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As a little kid, Jordan Strickland always had to be busy – going out and getting dirty, his mother Kerry says. He was very athletic playing soccer, football, and his favorite, baseball. He joined a Cub Scout troop and attended Sunday school. He was a happy, funny, sweet and respectful young man.
If he wasn't playing a sport, he was hunting or fishing with family or friends. Jordan was a star athlete in high school. His junior year, he received the all-state football title for both offense and defense, which was a big achievement. He was the catcher for the baseball team. His coach, Jeff Miller, said in 2007 that Jordan was one of the best catchers in the league and that he would be an anchor for the team that year.
Jordan's father is a commercial fisherman and Jordan also wanted a career on the river, says Kerry. He thought he could be the captain of a tug boat. He participated in the Marine Environmental Research and Training Station (MERTS) program in high school and after graduation, went to Alaska to fish commercially.
When Jordan returned home, he moved in with a friend. One day another friend told Kerry Jordan was using heroin. Kerry said it felt like someone had stabbed her in the stomach with a knife. She was so scared, she immediately called her husband and Jordan's two eldest siblings. They went to him the next morning and did an intervention.
Kerry says Jordan grew up in an alcohol- and drug-free home. She has been a member of the recovery community in Astoria for the last 27 years.
"I sponsor young women while they work toward recovery," Kerry says. "I had all the information available to get the help Jordan needed. I was lucky because I had resources and knowledge, but it didn't take away the fear."
Jordan willingly went to Astoria Pointe, a rehab center. He was 18.
"It was heartbreaking. He looked awful," Kerry says. "He experienced a lot of shame and guilt."
Jordan told her along with alcohol, he had experimented with prescription pills and one day someone introduced him to heroin.
He was in and out of treatment five times over the next seven years fighting to get his life back. "He hated it, but he couldn't stay away from it," Kerry says.
The last Christmas
Before Christmas 2014, Jordan relapsed one more time. Kerry says he had always been a hard worker and supported himself. There were times he disappeared from the shame, and called asking for help, she says.
That Christmas Eve, Jordan had been gone for a week, when he called saying he needed help. He came home and was so sick, Kerry says. She called her friends at Klean treatment center and suggested a fresh start in California at their West Hollywood center.
"On Christmas evening, Kerry and her husband drove Jordan to the airport and he got on a plane to California.
Jordan spent 45 days in treatment, then moved to a sober living house. He was all business, helping others in rehab, his sponsor told Kerry. He was encouraging and funny, wanting everyone to be successful, she says
Kerry went to visit Jordan during spring break last year. He was working in construction at the time, remodeling multi-million dollar homes. She says, "He was so proud and said he knew he could fish, but now he was also a home builder.
"He had to take three buses to get to work. It took a couple of hours there and back each day, but he didn't mind. He would get up, make his lunch and get on the bus. His sponsor told me Jordan was doing the work."
"He was happy and healthy," Kerry says of her visit to see Jordan in California. He enjoyed the fresh start, the anonymity.
Kerry wanted to have a good time with Jordan and took him to Universal Studios. "We had two days of 'him' – the way he used to be. "We made plans for him to come home for his birthday on July 23, Kerry said. The ticket was bought and the whole family was excited to see him."
Then, 13 days before his visit home and almost seven months clean from drugs, Jordan and a friend decided to use heroin after work one day. Just one time they thought, his sponsor reported. "They thought they could control it," Kerry says. "Jordan was sick for two days, and then on the morning of July 10, 2015, he used for the last time, trying to end the sickness of withdrawal. His roommates came home from work and found him dead.
"Nothing is worse than watching your child struggle and feeling so helpless. Then he's gone and you can never talk to him, touch him or hug him ever again. He fought so hard to reclaim his life. He would have continued to fight.
"This disease is all consuming and robs you of everything you love. It will kill you with just one use. You won't always get that next chance."
"Jordan was a great kid, a wonderful uncle. He had a family that did nothing but support him. We didn't enable him, we just loved and accepted him," Kerry says.
She says, "We had this conversation in March. I told him, "Jordan people are dying from this drug, he told me, it won't happen to me Mom, I'm smarter than that."
Kerry says she's grateful Jordan had almost seven months of good, healthy, happy living before he lost his life. She said she and her family hang onto the fact that Jordan did not intend to die.
On how to help young people who are struggling with addiction she says, "If we can get kids through their 20s, they can become more mature and accept the fact that they have this disease."
She is worried about the prevalence of alcohol in American society. "It has become a normal function to use some form of chemical while socializing in our society, alcohol being No. 1, she says. "We have learned to deal with our feelings by medicating them. It's scary."
Helping others
Kerry and others in the area have created an affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) called "Jordan's Hope for Recovery." There are 11 people on the executive board, which she chairs and about 30 on an advisory board. "He fought so hard," Kerry says. "I want to honor his battle by continuing his work." They will work with other groups in the area to provide education, prevention and resources for the community.
Kerry also mentioned the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) that was created in Gloucester, Mass., and has spread to many cities across the United States. The program is designed to:
• Encourage opioid drug users to seek recovery
• Help distribute life-saving opioid blocking drugs to prevent and treat overdoses
• Connect addicts with treatment programs and facilities
• Provide resources to other police departments and communities that want to do more to fight the opioid addiction epidemic
Kerry would like to see the North Coast community obtain resources and perhaps start a PARRI initiative here.
"Let's get well," she says.
The family plans on planting the live Christmas tree they decorated in his memory last Christmas and visiting a sober living facility in West Hollywood that has been named "Jordan's House" in his honor.
Kerry says, "It's all bittersweet for me, but if one family can be spared this awful pain by me sharing our story, then it helps the hurt."
Donations in Jordan's name may be made to Jordan's Hope for Recovery NCADD affiliate at Astoria Wauna Credit Union, 100 Columbia Ave., Astoria, OR 97103.
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Alex has a bit of a stutter. Honestly, it's not even as recognizable as my own, but some of the other kids had picked up on it; particularly Mario. Seeing the constant reports of arguments between Alex and Mario had started to trigger the bullied Middle Schooler in me, because Alex's stutter came up repeatedly. Usually it would start with something like a friendly sports competition or some seemingly harmless "trash talk". No matter how it started, it almost always ended with Alex in tears and Mario denying everything he was accused of.
It was a Monday when I walked into Joshua Station to a troubling report. Alex, while often the target of Mario's verbal attacks, is actually the bigger of the two by a decent margin. Well, he and Mario got into another argument that ended with Mario making fun of his stutter, only this time Alex didn't end up in tears. As the legend goes, he used a few choice words and forced Mario to "trip" into the bushes along the sidewalk. Once there, Mario desperately tried to escape, but Alex kept pushing him in and making sure he had nowhere to go. Luckily for everyone involved, Mario was able to squeeze his way out behind the bushes and run his fasted 100 meter dash back to his apartment.
Stories like this are not exactly in short supply at Joshua Station–or any school, after school program, and day camp for that matter. It seems that kids can sometimes be downright nasty to each other. It can be tempting to label the attackers as "Bad Kids" or "Trouble Makers" and just accept that they are wired poorly, but of course most of us know better.
The truth is that Mario lives in a Transformational Housing Program rather than a nice 4 bedroom house, something his family could definitely use. He is deeply insecure, although it takes a conversation with an adult he really trusts to be vulnerable enough to show it. He is constantly exposed to a glamorous image of what "success" looks like and he can find dozens of illustrations of how he, and his family, fall short.
When you get to know Mario, you realize that he says terrible things to Alex, because he gets some relief from the idea that he is "better" or "more successful" than someone else. He seems to believe that by reducing Alex to tears, the attention of those seeking to expose weakness will be diverted away from him. Once this happens, he might even be able to convince himself that he has a little more worth than previously assumed. Of course this feeling of worth only lasts until he encounters another example of a personal shortcoming.
It seems that somewhere along the way a central message of the Gospel has been distorted and even forgotten. At the deepest, truest core of Mario's being is the very image of the God who created him. Whatever insecurities he has are born out of the incorrect belief that his identity is formed by how others see him or how "successful" he is.
Our kids at Joshua Station are largely still stuck in the mindset that you have to look, act, believe a certain way to truly be accepted by your peers, role models, and even God. Unlearning this cultural norm and remembering the truth about our deepest being is a lifelong journey. It's a journey that requires several companions and guides. In some ways that is what I see as my most significant work at Joshua Station—to be a guide for these kids along this difficult journey. My prayer is that kids like Mario will begin to discover their truest selves. I also pray that in that discovery, they would realize how infinitely valuable they truly are. Perhaps once they catch even a glimpse of that reality, the need to prove their worth at another's expense will begin to fade.
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Security incident aboard AirTran Flight 297 suggests terror "Dry Run"
Northeast Intelligence Network:
By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director
3 December 2009: On November 17, an incident took place aboard AirTran Flight 297 scheduled to fly from Atlanta Hartsfield Airport to Houston that the media does not want to cover and everyone from the airline to the TSA and other government agencies want to keep very quiet. The reasons, I have been told, is fear of predatory lawsuits, negative publicity from accusations of religious profiling, and the obligatory subjugation to mindless mandatory Muslim sensitivity training that make a mockery of our American system of values. Interestingly, one airline official told me "we don't want to become another flight 300," which is a reference to a very similar scenario that took place aboard US Airways Flight 300 exactly three years ago.


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Jillian & her family happily made Invermere home in 2013. An avid trail runner and lover of the outdoors, she is delighted to live in such a beautiful place for exploring and raising a family. She has a Masters in Architecture and blends her passion for design and advocacy for the environment as Principal of Cochrane Design Studio, where she designs healthy, sustainable spaces and places throughout the Columbia Valley. Jillian is grateful for the opportunity to learn about the Kootenays through Wildsight's important work


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Sherbrooke Housing Market Report Edmonton
In 2010, total of 29 single detached homes have sold in the Sherbrooke neighbourhood, ranging in selling price from $211,000 to $385,000. The average selling price for these north Edmonton homes was $302,191 and 269 per square foot and list price $311,52 / 278 per square foot. It took on average 34 days for these homes to sell ranging from 113 to 6 while sold-to-list price ratio was 96 percent, 103% to 90.
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Home > Type Locality Minerals – September 21 > MS1256 Penroseite with Clausthalite
Penroseite with Clausthalite - Sold
- Virgen de Surumi mine
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- 3.3 by 2.3 by 2.1 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Penroseite is a nickel selenide of the pyrite group. Sam Gordon presented a description of penroseite at a November 12, 1925 meeting of the Philadelphia Mineralogical Society. The mineral name honors R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863-1931), American economic geologist, of Philadelphia, who left a large endowment to the Geological Society of America. Today the Penrose medal is the highest award given by the GSA. Clausthalite is a lead selenide of the galena group. While often called the "Pacajake mine", this occurrence is actually the "Virgen de Surumi" mine.
This is a massive hunk of intergrown penroseite and clausthalite. Qualitative SEM-EDS shows significant Cu and minor Co substitution in the penroseite. There are pockets in the selenides, but their contents are unexciting baryte and anglesite. This specimen was part of the personal collection of Ralph Merrill, proprietor of the prolific mail order business Minerals Unlimited. Merrill's collection card and label ship with the specimen.


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The Kent ladies manage to pick up three medals at the Hasta La Vista Squash club in Wroclaw, Poland in the 2017 European Masters Championships last week. Keeley Johnson, Karen Hume and Mandy Akin travelled to Poland with high hopes and weren't disappointed.
Keeley Johnson, current National and British Open over 40's Champion was seeded No. 1 and played some tough games to get to the final, but came through them all 3/0 to set up an all English final against her recent British Open opponent Rachel Calver. After a tight first game, Keeley took control and continued the great form she has shown this season to take the European Over 40's title 3/0 and the Gold medal. What a great season Keeley has had.
Mandy Akin was hoping to hold on to her current over 50's European title from Malmo, Sweden in 2015 and was seeded at No.1 having just moved up to a new age group. She won the first three matches 3/0, to reach the semi-final, which proved to be a tough contest against Sian Johnson from Wales. Sian was playing some great squash and took the lead 2/1 and took a 9/3 lead in the fourth! Mandy staged a great come back to take the fourth game 12/10. The final game was closely contested, but Mandy manged to hang on and take the final game 11/9 to take her through to the final. The final was always going to be an epic match, particularly if it followed the form of the many previous meeting between this England / Scotland rivalry, with Fiona McClean 'just' winning their last meeting in the British Open final, taking the fifth game 19/17! As expected the match was closely contested throughout, with Fiona finally managing to pull away in the fifth and final game taking it 11/7, to secure herself the Gold medal in the over 55's, leaving Mandy picking up the Silver!
Karen Hume, current World Masters over 55 Champion, had high hopes having just moved in to a new age group. She continued her recent good form and took control in her first four matches not dropping a game. This took her through to the final to meet her nemesis Julie Field, also current World Masters Champion in the over 60's category. With many previous meetings under their belts and with each of them winning one of their last two meetings. Karen beating Julie 3/0 in a recent county match and then the last meeting, Julie beating Karen 23/21 in the fifth! Let the battle commence. The first two game saw both players showing some nerves, with Julie just managing to take the first two, but Karen settled and played some great squash to level the match at 2/2, so down to the fifth and final game, Julie played some great squash in this final game and edged away to take the match 3/2 and the Gold medal, leaving Karen to pick up the Silver.
One Gold and two Silver European Masters medals for Kent. A massive achievement and great that we're keeping Kent on the map in 2017, as this follows on from the earlier success for Kent this year when these same three people were part of the ladies Kent County teams who took both the over 40's and over 50's county finals!
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CBSE has published the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 answer key recently. Candidates could verify their correctness of their answers by matching them with the ones in the answer key provided at the NEET official site. Four marks would be awarded to the correct answer and one mark would be deducted for the wrong answer.
The NEET exam 2017 was held on 7th May and around 11,38,890 candidates attended the same in 1921 centres across 103 cities.
The exam was held in several languages like English, Hindi, Tamil, Oriya, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese.
The exam was conducted late this year owing to some changes and protests.
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The main thrust of my painting right now, which has been the case for about 2 years, is producing a collection of small paintings of texture and colour observed in nature. To this end I've been making expeditions to a variety of locations as frequently as possible. Characteristically these paintings have been full of colour, pattern and detail but not classically composed as scenes. As they are part of a grand plan these paintings are shown exclusively on my Artists-Connect website page where they are not associated with any other artwork I produce
Occasionally I find myself in a situation where the opportunity to execute a painting of nature is limited or the subject so interesting I paint a complete scene. For these I have a separate collection on my 'Projects' website. Recently I've been to a few places where I've settled down to paint a great collection of natural forms growing together for the prime project and found I've painted scenes with distinct focal points complete with sky, background and foreground. I need to complete my project which will include about 48 paintings but I'm concerned that these recent ones will look out of place, so what to do?
The following images illustrate what I mean. All 3 paintings have been executed this month.
Rightly or wrongly my decision is that 'Standing Stone' is to be part of the 'grand plan' and will appear on the Artists-Connect site. My rationale is that the stone has become an integral element in the landscape and so weathered that its another natural texture.
I invite you to investigate my work at my websites. If you have a view please let me know.


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State, city funds to upgrade Shelton elementary school security
Shelton will receive $168,537 in state funding to improve security in its schools.
The state money will be combined with almost $299,000 in city funds to make about $467,000 of upgrades in the five elementary schools.
New state-of-the-art security surveillance systems will be installed at the schools with the funds. The web-based systems will provide 360-degree views of the building's exteriors as well as driveway entrances, and also offer interior surveillance.
"This is one important piece to upgrade infrastructure within our district, especially at our older elementary schools," School Supt. Freeman Burr said.
The work will take place at Booth Hill, Elizabeth Shelton, Long Hill, Mohegan and Sunnyside schools, all of which serve kindergarten to fourth-grade students.
In response to Sandy Hook
Many school districts, especially in Connecticut, are making similar types of improvements based on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last December that led to the death of 26 students and educators.
Burr said the work is part of "a combined effort between the city of Shelton and the Board of Education to improve the security at each of our school facilities."
He said it will be up to the city to decide how to move forward with finding a contractor. Possibilities include hiring one vendor through a no-bid process or the regular bidding process, or perhaps using a multi-bid process due to all the schools involved.
Burr said the city essentially has the bid specifications ready for the project based on having to put together the state grant application.
Malloy: 'Make schools safer'
The grant funds for Shelton are part of $5 million the state will give to 169 schools in 36 education districts as reimbursement for security infrastructure improvements.
"This funding allows districts with the most need to implement modern security measures that will make schools safer," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said.
The state received 111 applications for proposed infrastructure projects in 604 school buildings, consisting of the installation of surveillance cameras, bulletproof glass, electric locks, buzzer and card entry systems, and panic alarms.
A school security assessment survey conducted by each local school district that applied.
Perillo calls funds 'essential' for project
State Rep. Jason Perillo of Shelton praised the state funding announcement, noting the city was required to provide its own money as well.
"These funds are essential to providing adequate security measures to protect our students and our educators," Perillo said. "I want to thank our local leaders for dedicating the resources needed to ensure that our schools are safe."
First round
The funds are part of the first round of the state's Competitive Grant Program for school security, part of the Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety Act.
"After the horrific events on Dec. 14, Connecticut cities and towns moved swiftly to improve security infrastructures at schools in need," Malloy said. "We will never be able to prevent every random act, but we can take the steps necessary to make sure that our children and our teachers are as safe as possible."
Each municipality will be reimbursed between 20% and 80%, according to town wealth, as defined in a section of state law.
The state reimbursement rate in Shelton for the security enhancements is more than 35%, according to Burr.


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Similarity Preserving Hashing: Eligible Properties and a New Algorithm MRSH-v2
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Hash functions are a widespread class of functions in computer science and used in several applications, e.g. in computer forensics to identify known files. One basic property of cryptographic Hash Functions is the avalanche effect that causes a significantly different output if an input is changed slightly. As some applications also need to identify similar files (e.g. spam/virus detection) this raised the need for Similarity Preserving Hashing. In recent years, several approaches came up, all with different namings, properties, strengths and weaknesses which is due to a missing definition.
Based on the properties and use cases of traditional Hash Functions this paper discusses a uniform naming and properties which is a first step towards a suitable definition of Similarity Preserving Hashing. Additionally, we extend the algorithm MRSH for Similarity Preserving Hashing to its successor MRSH-v2, which has three specialties. First, it fulfills all our proposed defining properties, second, it outperforms existing approaches especially with respect to run time performance and third it has two detections modes. The regular mode of MRSH-v2 is used to identify similar files whereas the f-mode is optimal for fragment detection, i.e. to identify similar parts of a file.
KeywordsDigital forensics Similarity Preserving Hashing fuzzy hashing MRSH-v2 properties of Similarity Preserving Hashing
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GiGse 2017 Looks Toward Next Generation in Casino Gaming
When GiGse 2017 touches down in San Diego later this April, it will be with an unflinching eye toward the future. While there will be a variety of topics discussed at the conference – virtual reality, social casino, skill-based games, esports, mobile integration, and more – all of it will focus around the next generation of casino gaming: The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Question and Answer
"GiGse will pose a range of questions some of which may be uncomfortable. For example: Is the U.S. casino sector at risk of losing its foothold within an online and disruptive entertainment market? Is U.S. gaming's past destroying its future?" said Clarion Gaming Head of Content Ewa Bakun in a press release. "This is going to be one of the most fiery and contentious GiGse's on record and not everyone is going to agree, but that just reinforces how the future of gaming is so fundamentally important and why this edition of GiGse cannot be missed."
To that end, GiGse will provide attendees with over 40 hours of "constructively disruptive thinking and debate". But it won't all be questions and debate – Bakun notes that GiGse's role is also to resolve questions in the industry. People will not only gain insights on how to prepare their gaming brands for future channels and regulated markets, but they will also learn how to commercialize gaming and create "the ultimate" return on investment in the current climate.
Speakers and Topics
Over 52 thought leaders will speak during the course of GiGse. Clarion's Sadie Walters, who curated the agenda, said she was delighted at the quality of GiGse's speaker community. "The industry is punctuated by opportunities as well as challenges, and delegates can look forward to expert analysis on casino based esports offering and how the gaming sector can gain market share of the $900 million esports economy."
In addition to esports, GiGse will also cover the following topics: Implementing and optimizing social gaming/casino to generate revenue and convert players to the casino floor; implementing and monetizing skill-based gaming, virtual reality and esports; the regulatory environment of social gaming, skill-based gaming, esports and daily fantasy sports (DFS); the future scenarios of sports betting in the USA; building loyalty with next generations consumers; monetizing digital platforms including on-premise-mobile; and Tribal casino and innovation.
Confirmed speakers include: John Kenefick, Vice President Chief Information Officer, Penchanga Resort and Casino and Foxwood's Director Online Gambling, Seth Young, who will be leading the discussion 'Nurturing our technology in Indian Country; Seth Schorr, CEO, Fifth Street Gaming, who will be part of a panel exploring gaming's relationship with esports and Felix Rappaport, President and CEO, Foxwoods Resort Casino, whose Keynote presentation is entitled Keeping Your Foothold in the Future Entertainment Sector.
Additionally, for the first time, GiGse will host the iGaming North America Awards (iGNA). The awards, which are celebrating their third anniversary, comprise seven categories and recognize excellence and innovation displayed by gaming organizations operating in the North American market.
Time and Place
GiGse takes place April 26-28 at the Marriott Marquis Marina in San Diego. Day 1 begins at 12:30pm and Day 3 closes out at 1:30pm. Those interested in learning more, seeing the full agenda, or registering can do so at http://www.gigse.com/.


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Even before the Farnsworth Art Museum opened its doors on August 15, 1948, it had already set a goal to build a collection of American art whose subjects reflected the daily experience of Rockland's residents: the land and the sea, and scenes of work and play. Thus the museum's earliest acquisitions often depicted the harbors, streams, fields, and forests of Maine, and boat builders, fishermen, farmers, and vacationers along the state's scenic coastline. Since the mid-nineteenth century all of New England has been both host and inspiration to many of America's most noted painters including Thomas Cole, Fitz Henry Lane, Alvan Fisher, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Martin Johnson Heade, John Frederick Kensett, Thomas Moran, and George Inness. What these and other artists experienced was an American nation that spread itself across the continent, a place that was defined by remarkable natural wonders as well as human transformation of the land and its bounty to serve people's needs. Places such as Niagara Falls, the Rocky Mountains, and Maine's own scenic wonders all found their way onto artists' canvases—now part of the museum's collection.
In Maine, the arrival of the railroad along with travel by sailboat and steamer brought more and more visitors to the state. Lane's painting of the Camden Mountains, or Gifford's of Mt. Desert Island, or John Joseph Enneking's of Mount Kineo from across Moosehead Lake captured the allure of the spectacular places increasingly accessible to America's leisure travelers. In the summers especially, those with the necessary means were able to escape ever more populated Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and other east coast cities for these attractive sites.
A critical issue for many American artists in this period was how they defined themselves in relation to their European counterparts. American Impressionists adopted from Monet and his French contemporaries their free handling of paint, vibrant color, and the very notion of painting outdoors rather than in their studios. The Farnsworth's paintings by Joseph DeCamp, John Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Frank Benson, and Bruce Crane exemplify the strong hold French Impressionism had on American artists.
The influence of the French avant-garde was rekindled in 1913 when a large body of their works was exhibited at the famed Amory Show in New York, but the stunning scenery and distinctive light of Maine's coast had their impact, too, on the American artists in the early years of the twentieth century. Rockwell Kent was one of many who followed the advice of the influential American painter and teacher Robert Henri to work on Monhegan Island, located some...
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BMA debates plan to lead mass patient opt-out from privately provided NHS care
Exclusive: The BMA is considering leading a mass patient opt-out from privately-run NHS services as part of the next phase of its campaign to fight the NHS reforms, Pulse can reveal.
BMA Council has agreed to explore a plan to produce and promote 'patient pledge' cards, which would allow patients to ask their GP to refer them only to publicly-run NHS services, providing the quality of their care would not be compromised.
The scheme, based on an existing Keep Our NHS Public campaign and designed to sabotage the Government's competition agenda, could see GPs coding patients' wishes to be treated by NHS providers into their medical records.
BMA Council, which appears to have dropped plans to debate a full-scale boycott of commissioning, endorsed a motion agreeing in principle to explore the 'patient pledge' idea at its last meeting, and is set to make a final decision at its next meeting in November.
In the meantime, the GPC has been asked to consider the practicalities of the plan, including whether GPs should record patients' preferences in their records or whether patients themselves would hold cards as with the organ donor card.
The GPC will also consider how the cards could be distributed, with GPs likely to be asked to hand them to patients in their practices.
Dr Clive Peedell, the BMA council member and co-chair of the NHS Consultants' Association who proposed the motion at the last BMA Council meeting, said: 'The card is designed to scare off healthcare investors. We need to send the strongest possible message that we don't want our health service to be privatised.'
Dr Louise Irvine, a BMA Council member and GP in Lewisham, south-east London, who seconded Dr Peedell's motion, said: 'The card would take forward the BMA policy of campaigning against the Health and Social Care Act, in particular raising public awareness of the damaging effects of privatisation on NHS services.'
But others on BMA Council urged caution. Dr Peter Holden, who is also a GPC negotiator, warned the campaign was 'overtly political' and said: 'We need to know a lot more details about this. We have to retain a relationship with our patients for 40 years.'
Dr Coral Jones, a GP in Hackney, east London, who already offers Keep Our NHS Public pledge cards at her surgery, said: 'Patients are keen. We have had around 20 who have dropped it in and asked for it to be put in their notes.'
Ben Troke, partner at Browne Jacobson LLP solicitors, said: 'There's no competition law obligation on patients as such not to exclude private providers. But I would be concerned about asking a patient now to rule out a number of their options, in advance and out of hand.'
Readers' comments (31)
Sounds good in theory, but if you read Daily Mail people want MORE private sector input and choice. Daily Mail will see it as BMA memebers trying to protect their turf and may actually be anti competition!
Second lots of services now have only private option!
Many if not most OOH providers are private companies-does that mean a BMA representative will see patients Out of Hours if they fall ill.
Also just because you and I think a publicly funded healthcare is the best it doesnt mean it actually is!
To all the well meaning BMA members, this will be seen as far worse plug in for ourselves than the fizzled out strike for Pensions.
This is great. We should be doing this. The Act is unpopular and we need to keep up the pressure for its repeal.
It is confusing to talk about GMS or PMS practices being private providers. Our GP contracts do not cream off NHS money to external shareholders with no personal stake in the service provided.
Shows how clueless BMA is really.
Majority of my patients are not bothered what kind of contract their health care provider holds. Infact when we had a local agreement with Spire, many were asking to be sent there - private rooms, better staffed, courteous manner from reception to nurses, no newly qualified juniors and guaranteed review by the consultants.
Compared that to my local DGH who offers outdated investigation (ETT for chest pain anyone?), long waiting list and charged car park!
What really surprises me is BMA thinks this is a good idea. I assume its the same boffins who came up with one day "strike but not really a strike" action.


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St. John's Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore in association with Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada, conducted a one-week course on Health Research Methodology and Evidence Based Medicine from November 17th to 22nd , 2014.
The Karnataka Medical Council had awarded accreditation and 6 credit points for this workshop.
The workshop was designed for faculty and postgraduate students from medical, nursing and pharmacy colleges, ethics committee members, regulators and health policy makers.
Of the total 49 that registered, 36 attended this workshop that represented over 17 institutions from India and Sri Lanka.
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The course ended on 22nd Nov with a valedictory function at which prizes were distributed to the best two groups. The course prizes were awarded based on the academic performance of the group. Certificates of CME accreditation and participation were given to candidates who had attended all the sessions on all the days.
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Copper was key in the emergence of primitive life on Earth
Researchers with the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow published a study where they state that an abundance of copper played an equally crucial role to oxygen in helping the rise and spread of the earliest animals 700 million years ago.
By analyzing a series of geological records, the scientists were able to prove that the level of copper in the environment increased dramatically at the same time as the first animals started to emerge.
Their first clues arose from the fact that it is estimated that oxygen levels were relatively low in the environment during the Neoproterozoic period – when the first multicellular life began to emerge.
At the same time, there was a dramatic increase in the availability of copper during this period. This occurrence combined with the crucial role that copper plays in the creation of proteins, allowed them to reach their conclusion regarding the importance of the mineral.
Copper was particularly key in the development of proteins that helped primitive jellyfish and sea sponges develop respiratory systems.
"Oxygen was actually toxic to earlier primitive life, but copper gave animals the means to cope with it and use it to their advantage – it was a clever bit of evolution," John Parnell, lead author of the study, said in a media statement. "Our research shows that across the planet, magmas from deep in the Earth brought copper-bearing volcanic rocks to the surface about 800 million years ago."
Parnell explained that animals used copper in several ways, but two critical functions of the metal gave animals the strength to support themselves, and the ability to breathe oxygen from the air by making compounds called copper proteins, which are essential to the way they live.
"Oxygen in the air had the double role of weathering rocks to provide copper, and of letting animals breathe, which they could do using their copper proteins," he said.
In the view of co-author Adrian Boyce, it is no coincidence that some of the biggest copper ore deposits in the world, which are located in Africa, formed just as the first animals were starting to emerge.
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Global Wellness Day began in Turkey in 2012 and has spread to be a worldwide celebration. Wellness is something we are always on board with, so we've shared five tips for well-being in honor of Global Wellness Day on June 8.
- Be Grateful
The effects of gratitude are astounding and consistently associated with happiness. If this is new to you, don't worry, you can practice! Being grateful is a daily effort with huge rewards for both mental and physical well-being. Try writing in a gratitude journal for one month and you will never go back.
- Nourish Your Body Well
We are surrounded by poor nutrition choices and it takes serious effort to eat healthy. Drinking plenty of water and choosing food that will nourish your body is so important to well-being. Of course, there is nothing wrong with indulging every so often, but food should be fuel for your body. So choose wisely. And don't forget body scrubs, wraps and massages to give you a boost.
- Connect With People Around You
Connecting with others means having a conversation, sharing a laugh or a meal, and spending time with people. Making meaningful connections is vital to well-being. Why? Because this is how deep relationships and friendships are formed. A tip: connecting through social media and text message doesn't count for this one. Pick up the phone, schedule a dinner or drop-by in person.
- Sleep Well
It's a no-brainer that our bodies need sleep to function properly, but getting enough sleep is elusive for many. Staying up late to work or watch T.V. can impact your well-being negatively if it becomes a habit. Your body can survive on fewer hours of sleep, but it cannot thrive. Set an alarm and stick to it. Utilize essential oils. Your physical and mental health will be better because of it.
- Practice Regular Self-Care
It's easy to get into a routine and set yourself on auto-pilot. And if you're busy sometimes this is helpful, but it's important to remember that your well-being and mental health crave self-care and supplements. It's different for everyone; it could be alone time with a book, a weekly bath, a night out with girlfriends or a regular trip to the spa (we vote for this!). Whatever it is for you, schedule it and stick with it.
We feel strongly about the importance of well-being and its effect on mental health. We hope these tips help you make well-being a priority.


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Month: June 2019
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Five-Country Coproduction to Open BRICS Film Festival
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has teamed up with four established directors from Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa to make a movie.
Where Has the Time Gone is a feature-length coproduction that will be the opening film at the upcoming 2nd BRICS Film Festival, to be held in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, from June 23 to 27.
The movie consists of five short stories, 18 minutes each, done by the five directors.
Each film, done in the local language, portrays the country's unique culture, says Jia.
Besides Jia, the other directors are Walter Salles from Brazil; Aleksey Fedorchenko from Russia; Madhur Bhandarkar from India and Jahmil X.T.Quebka from South Africa.
The directors are all masters in their own right.
For instance, Salles' Central Station was nominated for the Oscars in the best foreign language category in 1999, and Quebka is seen as one of the best directors in South Africa thanks to A Small Town Called Descent (2010) and Of Good Report (2013).
Jia is internationally known for his socially conscious films, such as Still Life, a Golden Lion winner in Venice in 2006; and Mountains May Depart, nominated in Cannes in 2015.
Most of Jia's early movies are based in his province of Shanxi, which is also the case with his short piece in Where Has the Time Gone.
Called Revive, the tale, starring Zhao Tao, his favorite actress, is about a couple's decision to have a second child.
"It (the film) is a blend of social reflection and comedy, and my personal views about time," says Jia.
Jia, 47, who is also the chief producer of the project, says that language barriers and the pace of work were biggest challenges for the five-nation coproduction.
But art travels across borders.
"Where Has the Time Gone is a universal theme. It struck a chord with all the directors, They each use a unique narration style to explore the topic," he says.
The movie, backed by Chinese studios, will open across the Chinese mainland in September.
Ma Li, director-general of the International Cooperation Department of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, says the festival is expected to prompt more coproductions with BRICS countries.
He Lyvzhang, vice-secretary of the Sichuan provincial government, says the festival, which will be held in China for the first time, is a cinematic event which aims to be a cultural bridge among BRICS nations.
Up to 30 movies from the five countries will form part in the festival.
Chinese director Xie Fei, who won a Golden Bear at Berlin in 1993 for The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls, will head the jury at the event.


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Silas Nacita, the former Baylor running back/special teams player, plans to transfer to Southwestern Assemblies of God University.
The school is in Waxahacie. It announced the signing of Nacita late last week.
Coach Frank Tristan said in a statement: "Silas Nacita is a resilient young man and a great fit for our institution. Obviously he is a special talent athletically but more impressive is his character and his commitment to God."
Nacita was featured in Sports Illustrated in December. He was profiled because for several months in 2014, he didn't have a home. He slept on friends' couches while he worked as a waiter at a Waco restaurant. He joined the Baylor football team last summer.
In February, Baylor dismissed him from the team after the athletic department learned that he had aceepted improper benefits from a family friend to pay for his living expenses.


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The company recently was bought out by the international brokers Poland Sothesby's Realty.
The offices designed by DCArchitects from Warsaw distinguish attractive, prestigious modern and unique design. The colours used for the interior creates the atmosphere of luxury and prestige. The office is located just by the Ferrari showroom, so it shows how close is to the important decision makers.
We are proud to be the supplier of the customize furniture for this prestigious project.
Attached please find selected photos of the interior.