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Healthy (and non-healthy) Holiday Treats
It's that time of the year again…it's the Holiday's!!
This is a time to kick back and relax as you attend countless family and social gatherings and lets not forget of course about the feasting! Sadly with all the lovely Holiday feasting and dinning that occurs between Thanksgiving and New Years studies have shown that people on average can gain up to 1 pound in weight!
Now you might consider that a relatively low number, one pound, but a pound a year over several years can add up rather quickly!
So here are some Holiday treats that you should probably avoid and others to love 🙂
Try to avoid this tempting treats…
Eggnog: This oh so tasty treat may tantalize your taste buds, but consider this before having a glass…one 8-oz (~250mL) serving can exceed 250 calories and 5g of saturated fat! Throw around the idea of having a small glass of red wine or some light fruit juice as an alternative 🙂
Dips: Though they are extremely delicious you never actually know what can be lurking within them…extra extra cheese…heavy cream? The only thing that is not a mystery about them is the fact that they are like a chorus of angels in your mouth when you eat it. As an alternative to the mystery dip try hummus or a home made salsa instead.
Now for some Healthy Alternatives!
Sweet Potatoes: These yummy powerhouses are absolutely delicious! and they taste like dessert!! Packed with an assortment of healthy nutrients you can swap out your regular potatoes and add these guys in to amplify the taste and you can cut back on added sugars too!
Cocoa: Chocolate lovers will love this one, in moderation of course. Studies have shown that having a small amount of chocolate (the darker the better) can actually lower your blood pressure!
So remember this Holiday season to watch what you are treating on and look out for these guys! Maybe you'll save yourself a pound if you do! 🙂
Healthy Work Place…BINGO!!
With Healthy Workplace Month coming to a fast close it seems like this would be a good time to remind everyone about your BINGO cards!
In case you have forgotten they look something like this bingo, they should be well on their way to be completed and handed in by the beginning of November to be enter to win some of the amazing prize we have!
These prizes may include such things as Fresh gift cards/items and even lululemon athletica gift cards/items!
All you have to do is print out a Bingo card from above, if you don't already have one that is, and start completing the tasks outlined in each box. Yes it's that easy! 🙂
For every column/row you complete you are entered into the draw for the gift prizes….yes that means that you can be entered to a max of 5 times if you complete your entire card. That's pretty awesome!!
And remember you have to either hand in your bingo card to the Wellness Centre at Toronto General or you can scan and email them to us at email@example.com
So get your Bingo Cards completed and send them in within the week! The deadline is fast approaching!
Nordic Pole Walking Club
Starting Today Monday, November 4th, the Wellness Centre will be starting a new program!
With the winter months and weather coming in rather fast this past week we will be starting to "run" a Nordic Pole Walking Club here at Toronto General Hospital.
The club will meet from 12 noon to 1 PM and go for a 3-5km walk. Meet at the Wellness Centre.
This is an excellent opportunity for staff to come out and take a lovely stroll while on their lunch break 🙂
Bring your friends and co-workers and just go for a nice walk, have a talk about last nights game or perhaps how your dog Tyson has been doing.
For those of participating in Activate Your Commute this is an excellent opportunity to help build up those steps and then log them to win some awesome prizes!
I'll be sure to see ya on Monday at the Wellness Centre at noon!
Lace Up and get ready to walk 🙂
Activate Your Commute
The Activate Your Commute campaign closed yesterday and we would like to send a friendly reminder to log your biking and walking trips to work for the month of October. You are able to go back and log your trips for the entire month of October. Even you log a commute once, you are still eligible to win fantastic prizes!
The winners will be drawn in a couple of weeks.
3 Ways to Deal with the Busiest Commute Day of the Year
Halloween not only brings the ghosts and goblins out in full force, it's the busiest commute day of the year with everyone rushing home to fix dinner, don costumes and hit the streets in time for trick-or-treating.
Want a happier commute on Halloween? Try one of these three R's:
1. Reduce: If you can telework (work from home), or work from a location closer to home, Halloween would be a good day to give it a try.
2. Re-time: Think about shifting your work hours, starting and leaving earlier, for example, to avoid peak congestion times.
3. Re-mode: Consider walking, cycling or taking public transit to reduce the time you might otherwise spend in traffic. It's one more way to activate your commute.
Happy Halloween from your Smart Commute Team


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This project creates a real-power energy monitor using a NodeMCU module with ESP8266-12 and ADS1115.
Use the ATM90E26 highly accurate (utility grade) energy monitor ASIC to measure power usage with safe low voltage inputs.
Log your Energy Meter data using a Raspberry Pi and plot graphs of your energy consumption.
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a home energy monitor with inexpensive components.
The Smart Analyzer is an extended version of Oscillogram for Utility Grid with advanced resources: fft analysis on voltage and current.
This is a project for a energy tracker that monitors the whole house. It uses the YHDC SCT-013-000 current sensor.
Power monitoring, appliance detection using Arduino and save data into a Text file, Google Sheet for creating graphs and analysis.
Make an Electricity Monitor for your home that utilises the cloud of the Arduino Yun, Temboo and Google Drive
This is a project for measuring the AC current of a device plugged into the outlet and data feedback using Blynk with OTA.
An IoT platform based on the ATmega328p designed to acquire data using industrial standard 4-20mA sensors and MODBUS protocol.
The oscillogram monitor the utility grid, recording the amplitude and frequency values and record the voltage waveform during a disturbance.
How to measure the instantaneous power absorbed by the electrical system and send it to a display & sound a buzzer if max power is reached.
This device monitors the total current coming into your home and performs and FFT on it to determine what appliances are running.
In this article, I explain how I integrated Dr. Wattson Board with Raspberry Pi and AWS IoT to create an Internet-connected energy monitor.
This project is aimed at leveraging use of WIZnet board to connect to industrial meters, appliances, SCADA, and PLCs.
Project SEUMS - A smart energy monitoring system that will ease the inspection, monitoring, analysis, and calculation of energy fare.

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Unless you own a business that has leased or sold commercial real estate, you have purchased or leased commercial real estate for your own account, or you work for a company that has leased or purchased commercial real estate, chances are you have never dealt with a commercial real estate broker.
Most of us have dealt with a residential real estate agent – especially if we have bought or sold a house. The two professions are similar but dramatically different – all at the same time!
This post was written to highlight the differences between residential and commercial real estate agents.
Agents, brokers, and Realtors. Many times these titles are used interchangeably but each has its own meaning. Generally, all real estate practitioners – commercial or residential – are agents. All with the agent designation have passed the California agent's exam and currently hold a license through the California Bureau of Real Estate. California law requires an agent to operate beneath a broker. A broker has passed the California broker's exam and may or may not have agents beneath her. I, as an example, am a broker but have no agents reporting to me. A realtor is a broker or agent that is a member of the National Association of Realtors. Typically, commercial agents are referred to as brokers – regardless of their licensing – and residential agents are referred to as Realtors. In some cases, commercial agents or brokers are members of the National Association of Realtors, but commercial agents are not commonly referred to as Realtors.
Leasing and selling. Commercial real estate brokers can make their living leasing or selling commercial real estate. Most in the biz complete several lease and sale deals every year. Residential Realtors generally don't lease houses – they sell them.
Disclosures. Believe it or not – many, many more disclosures are required in a residential transaction than in a commercial real estate transaction. I believe the reason may be the sophistication or lack of sophistication of the buyer in a home purchase vs. a commercial lease or purchase.
Licensing. Anyone with a California real estate agent's license may transact commercial or residential deals. In other words, no special license – other than an agent's license – is required to sell commercial real estate.
Specialties. Commercial real estate specialties abound – industrial, office, retail, land, income properties, multi family. Additional specialization occurs in the area of owner or occupant representation – in many cases, commercial real estate brokers ONLY represent occupants – not owners. Finally, specialization can occur for specific industries – such as companies that operate distribution warehouses in the Southwestern United States. Conversely, Realtors sell houses. Realtor's specialization occurs in specific neighborhood expertise, luxury homes, or buyer or seller representation.


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Say Hi to 'CliFi' - the rising popularity of a new storytelling genre
by Helen Steiger
What's Going On Here?
Climate Fiction (CliFi for short) is becoming an increasing popular creative medium to help us (the public) to understand climate change, and how it could impact our lives in the future.
What Does This Mean?
CliFi includes books, films, art and radio programmes that explore how changes in our environment (due to climate change) could impact human society and individuals now and in the future. Yes, even Hollywood films like The Day After Tomorrow.
It offers a new medium to engage audiences from a wide range of backgrounds and interests who may not have considered how climate change, and its effects, could impact the lives they currently lead (as well as being a useful Call To Action!).
Why Should We Care?
It has been shown that a major psychological barrier to climate action is that climate change can often feel like a large, unrelatable term that is removed from our current life both in space and in time. This distancing effect often leads to inaction, and a tendency to ignore the problem - not helpful!
Engaging multiple people in what the effects of climate change could personally mean to them in an informative and fun way can help to overcome this barrier as well as widening awareness of the science and issues of climate change!
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Col-Pop: How did I not hear about this?
Serious Eats just posted their 10 top hits of the year and THIS came out on top. Hot finger food in a secret compartment and a straw that slides through a side hole into a reservoir of carbonated goodness?! Genius! Now all we need is someone to manufacture a non disposable version so that we can incorporate it into our daily lives. Tater Tots and Dr. Pepper? Gougere and Champagne? Jalapeno Poppers and Margarita? I do love that when you watch someone drink from the straw it looks as if they're slurping up the fat that would accumulate on the bottom of the cup.


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The alarm went off, it was still dark. I rolled over to see the time. 4:45am. Perfect. My favourite time of the day. I love mornings — it's a time when I can just plug in, no distractions, be my most creative, navigate my thoughts clearly and simply enjoy the stillness.
Being up at 4:45 (and effective) means that I've went to bed at a sociable hour, it means I haven't been out, it means I'm on top of everything.
I think my love stems from a combination of the peacefulness and the feeling of knowing I'm on top of my game.
It looked like it had been raining all night when I caught a glimpse of the windows with an outside light in the garden glistening through; on closer inspection it was actually condensation. Leave the air conditioning on all night in a tropical destination and that's what happens!
I hadn't packed my gear the night before, so I had to tip-toe around the hotel room so I didn't wake up the wife. Drone, lens, spare batteries, check, check, check. It was time to head to the beach.
You see we were in Thailand. Nai Harn beach specifically. For the past 7 months we had been travelling the world, alongside launching a new startup within the adverting, media & production space. We'd been fortunate enough to travel to Hawaii, South Africa, Greece, Ibiza and now, Thailand.
Leaving my hotel room, as expected, very few people were around. A few nightshift cleaners, food delivery trucks, security guards — the usual. It was already hot and it wasn't even light yet!
As I got to the beach the number of fitness fanatics steadily increased; I think my best streak was 16 days or so for fitness in the morning — I found it impacted my work flow too much, the mornings became about fitness rather than deep, clear thinking work. And if I tried to squeeze the workout in afterwards, it was too late in the day by the time I headed to the office.
Back to the beach though, more and more people arriving for their morning workout– mostly running alongside their dogs, the waves crashing in, and by now — first light starting too appear. That wonderful hue that lets you know sunrise is en route, and that it's going to be pretty spectacular.
Similar to when I'm working through a financial model, company strategy or any problem during my morning "flow" — I was focused on capturing some amazing shots, memories to reflect upon in later years. By no means was I any good, but I was enjoying learning about photography.
For instance, I now know not to keep my cameras right below the air conditioning all night, it takes a DSLR a good 20 minutes to dehumidify! If you were cutting it close to sunrise, having to run to your location to capture it — you'd probably not be able to get any decent shots, as your lens would be all cloudy. Upon research, keeping it in the hotel room safe should give it a barrier agains the humidity.
The sky was turning all sorts of colours, and I could see the first ray of sunshine peeping over; helped by the fact I was currently navigating a camera in the sky — my drone at around 300 metres.
I had to stop and pinch myself, I wanted to just pause — enjoy the moment. Think of the steps, work and choices that had led to me in that moment, being on that beach, with my camera equipment, half way around the world capturing some truly stunning landscape.
And that leads me onto the main thoughts for this article; I wanted to reflect upon what my new found love for photography has taught me over the past 7 months — I'd never experienced so many moments like the one I was having right there on Nai Harn beach; this photography stuff is good for the soul, body and mind.
So if I was to try and summarise what photography has taught me, let's go….
Look where others are not
Throughout our travels we've been to a lot of "instagram spots". People eager to get the shot that 10,000 other people have got. Similar to entrepreneurship and being a founder who's seeking out opportunity — I found that some of my best photos come from approaching the whole setting in a different and unique way.
Get out from behind the screen and enjoy nature
I should really have started with this point, it seems so obvious — but ever since I got into photography, I am out enjoying the world more. I'm not constantly in an office, my apartment or a restaurant. I'm out getting my hands dirty, climbing Lion's Head in Cape Town at sunrise — enjoying the noise my trainers are making each and every step along the gravel. Photography has helped me get out and explore the world around me, rather than just live it through instagram and photos.
Always be ready to capture
The most amazing shots usually hit you unexpectedly; as a result, you have to be ready at all times, with the camera in close proximity if you want to capture it. Similar to entrepreneurship, luck comes at the most random of times — you have to be ready to capitalise upon it. Opportunity waits for no one, and if you're too slow, that incredible shot will not hand around.
Humans are inherently social
Think through the photos that you like in your instagram feed, I guarantee if you did an analysis you would have liked more photos with people in them. Photography has taught me, or at least refreshed my memory, that humans are always seeking connection. I can't even fathom how many neurones are triggered when we first see a photo — who's the person, what's the setting, does the person look happy or sad, etc. etc. Within 1 second our brain has done a mind-blowing amount of analysis. It's also refreshing to reflect upon the fact that humans are inherently social beings.
Deep friendships are made through experiences
If you're getting up at 5am to shoot a sunset from the top of a mountain, you're most likely going to do it with friends and family. And unless you want to fall on your face, you probably won't be glued to your, phone apart from taking photos of course. I've been fortunate enough to create life-long friendships with an an amazing group of people over the past 7 months, mostly through photography missions. Same can be said about business and entrepreneurship; most of my deepest connections were borne from social situations and experiences.
Thank you
Apologies for the rather abrupt end, but as I said I'm writing these on the go and just clicking "publish", I've found it's the only way that I stick to the habit. If you enjoyed this, it would mean a lot if you let me know or if you shared the article for others to read. All-in-all, my advice would be, find something that can help you experience the learnings that photography has given me. If it is photography, you don't even need a fancy camera – just use your phone, and happy snapping!
P.S. you can check out my shots from the past few months on Instagram.
P.P.S. I'm going to be updating this post later on to include some nice photos from my travels!


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The title of this booklet is quoted from a statement by Paul that clearly reveals that there is a celestial being in opposition to God and apart from the human race. He is a prince and ruler exercising authority and power in his own dominion and over the minds and hearts of the unregenerated who become subject to his control and conform with his directives. From time immemorial there have been those who have endeavored to relegate the Devil, that is, Satan, to the limbo of forgetfulness, even to declaring the impossibility of his very existence. Paul the Apostle states otherwise and the testimony of this most acknowledgeable servant of our Lord, in his testimony and witness, takes precedent over any of our modern pundits today. Furthermore let it be fully recognized that whatever God created and formed its nadir or opposite was also created. If there is a top there is a bottom; if there is height, there id depth; if there is heat, there is cold; if there is good, there is evil God declares "I make peace and create evil" (Isa. 45: 7) and this booklet confirms that Satan, that is, the Devil, and evil or demonic spirits do indeed exist and are carrying out their evil activities.


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Last week, UGC teased that something new was in the works called the Halo 3 Winter Series on Twitter. Today, we are able to provide you with more information that has since been released.
The tournament will be a 4v4, 32 team, double-elimination tournament that spans six weeks. Matches will be played on Friday nights at 7PM CST starting February 8th. There is a $1,000 USD prize pool with $500 for 1st, $300 for 2nd, and $200 for 3rd. Rosters are locked once a team is registered. However, one substitute is available.
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Band Concerts on the Common
The Townsend Military Band performs at Summer Band Concerts every Thursday evening, (weather permitting) on the Town Common. Band Concerts are free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair (and bug spray), socialize with your friends and neighbors, and enjoy some great music! Summer Band Concerts are one of the things that make Townsend special!
At the conclusion of the Memorial Day Parade and Services, The Townsend Military Band performs a 1 hour concert on the Common.
The series of ten Thursday Band Concerts begin with four in June and continues through July and through at least August 16th, weather permitting. The music starts at 7:30 and ends at 9:30, with a brief intermission.
Each week a different, local non-profit organization hosts a Lawn Parties in conjunction with the Band Concert. Food, beverages, and other items are available for purchase and there are opportunities for concertgoers to test their skill or luck at various games set up on the Common.
For more information contact
Betty Mae Tenney
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P.O. Box 328
Townsend, MA 01469
978-597-8845 (home) or 978-597-6495
To learn more about hosting a Lawn Party at a Band Concert, please contact Betty Mae Tenney


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Assisted living organization CEOs, on average, saw base pay increases of 2.77% in 2017, according the 20th annual "Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report," just published by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service. Average pay for the CEO position was $132,560.
Those national trend data reflect organizations that participated in the survey in both 2016 and 2017.
Assisted living administrators fared even better, averaging base pay bumps of 3.88%, according to the report. The increase for memory care program directors was smaller, however, at 1.71%. Average pay for the two positions was $85,627 and $62,970, respectively.
Assisted living CEOs earned less than their peers at nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities/life plan communities, where top executives averaged salaries of $110,000 and $150,000, respectively, according to all responses to the report. Assisted living administrators, however, earned more than their peers at nursing homes and CCRCs, who made $67,974 and $68,008, respectively.
Regionally, average CEO pay ranged from a low of $97,176 in Alabama/Kentucky/Mississippi/Tennessee to a high of $173,455 in Iowa/Kansas/Minnesota/Missouri/Nebraska/North Dakota/South Dakota. Assisted living administrator average pay ranged from $68,338 in Alabama/Kentucky/Mississippi/Tennessee to $113,594 in Connecticut/Maine/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/Rhode Island/Vermont. Memory care director average pay ranged from $52,222 in Iowa/Kansas/Minnesota/Missouri/Nebraska/North Dakota/South Dakota to $66,597 in Connecticut/Maine/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/Rhode Island/Vermont.
In individual states, average CEO pay ranged from $92,923 in Texas to $178,074 in Minnesota. Average assisted living administrator pay ranged from $69,381 in Florida to $128,566 in Massachusetts. Memory care director pay averaged from $49,537 in North Carolina to $65,775 in Massachusetts.
Generally speaking, CEOs, assisted living administrators and memory care directors earned more at communities that had 90 or more beds compared with those at communities of 89 or fewer beds. Average pay for all three positions was higher at not-for-profit organizations than at for-profit ones.
The report includes responses from more than 600 assisted living communities, according to Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, which cooperated in the production of the report. The National Center for Assisted Living also supported the research, for which 79.57% of participants worked for for-profit organizations and 20.43% worked for not-for-profits. They provided compensation data related to more than 37,000 employees in 20 management and 29 nonmanagement positions nationwide. Data are reported according to for-profit and not-for-profit status, revenue size, unit size, state, county and geographic region. Also covered are 18 fringe benefits, turnover rates by department and projected salary increases for 2018. Data are effective as of October.
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I'm Jen. Founder of "Friends in Warwick." I currently reside in Warwick, NY. We specialize in Bethel trip planning and worldwide JW group trips. And while that has been great...I felt like I could do even more to bring us closer. I wanted to create a line of merchandise that will allow us to proudly display our heritage, honorably and stylishly. There are many ways I could have gone about this, but I couldn't skip these key components: #1 - JW "employees." Everyone working on our projects are JW's in good standing, just trying to support our respective ministries and enjoy life a bit. #2 - High quality. We feature only original artwork by JW artists. In addition, we select only the best when it comes to materials and techniques. I know there are cheaper products out there. It just doesn't feel right for me to sell lower quality goods, especially because of their theme. I want onlookers to see that we really value our heritage. I hope you like what we offer and I'm excited to hear your feedback. May all your efforts continue to be blessed.
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I like my fats on long run. Will have to try this at some point.
Chicharon (cracklins/grattons) from bacon ends
1. Pickup bacon ends from your store meat section/butcher.
2. Depending on the amount you cook, use a size pot that keeps the bacon ends together when it eventually cooks in its own grease.
3. Place the bacon ends in the pot and fill with enough water to cover the bacon.
4. On a stove bring to a boil, then reduce to medium to medium-high heat. Basically allow all the water to evaporate while melting the fat of the bacon.
5. Eventually the bacon will be frying in its own grease. Cook till the bacon is completely crispy. So control the temperature so avoid burning and stir/ turn the bacon occasionally.
6. With a spoon, tong, or chopsticks, carefully scoop out bacon and place on a plate lined with paper towel.
7. Sprinkle bacon with salt to taste.
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Colorful photos capture mid-century life in San Francisco
San Francisco was booming in the post-war period.
It went from 634,536 residents in the 1940 census to 775,357 in 1950. World War II drew thousands of workers seeking jobs to the Bay Area's shipyards. Soldiers passing through the city on their way to the Pacific Theatre were also charmed by the city. After the war, many made the Bay Area their permanent home.
These color photos, found in Getty's historical photo archive, show bustling San Francisco in the 1940s and 1950s. Snapshots of daily life include women enjoying an Elizabeth Arden spa treatment, fans taking in a Giants game and San Franciscans stuck in traffic — a familiar scene indeed.
Several of the images were taken at the 1956 Republican National Convention. The RNC was held at the Cow Palace that year — its first major national event — and city-wide events were held in its honor. There was a parade, society parties and, of course, the nominating convention itself. The Getty images show Pat Nixon, wife of Richard, at a tea party, and enthusiastic female supporters of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
MORE: San Francisco aerial photos through the decades: How much has the city changed?
To see the lovely color images of mid-century San Francisco, check out the gallery above.


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Someone (with far too much time on his hands) once estimated a typical Nielsen market report contains more than 175,000 individual audience figures. RRC offers training courses and a curriculum that helps makes sense of it all.
RRC is now producing online training videos for you! These videos are short and focused to help you answer questions quickly from your desktop PC, yet can also be viewed on your tablet or phone when you're on the go.
Click here for training videos.
Click here for information on how to use and interpret your station's audience estimates.
The RRC offers online meetings and training through GoToMeeting, as well as some on-site training. Whether you are trying to understand PPM Data or Diary Data, we can help.
We've created a one page document you can use to quickly see all the major functions of the PPM Analysis Tool software. Save it to your desktop for reference or hang it on your office wall! We're hoping it will make your life a little easier when using the software.
PPM Analysis Tool One Sheet
For clients in diary-based markets: RRC has retired our MarketPC software and has replaced it with Nielsen's online Tapscan Web service, available when you log-in to the Nielsen Answers website. Click below for help:


text: Although the history of neurosurgery in Anatolia goes back ten thousand years, modern surgery began in Turkey in 1890. Neurosurgery in Turkey began in the first half of the 20th century. However, general surgeons began applying neurosurgical techniques back in the late 19th century. Most of these applications included procedures for craniocerebral traumas and infections.


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Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. The city was planned and constructed under the guidance of the Greek urban planner, Constantinos A. Doxiadis. The city is one among the most beautiful cities in this part of the globe: it is rather spacious containing four sub-sectors, each one separated by green belts and parks. The city was constructed in the region of the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of Pakistan and is located within the Islamabad Capital Territory. Historically, this area has served as a gateway to the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Islamabad with a population of about one million has an urbane culture and being the capital city of Pakistan represents a real cultural milieu of Pakistani culture.
Tips for: backpackers • business travelers • luxury/exotic travel • hitchhikers • families • seniors • LBG travelers • pet owners
Hotels and lodgingEdit
There are many good hotels in Pakistan, and some of them are:
- Best Western Islamabad Hotel [1]
- 6 Islamabad Club Road, Islamabad - 46000, Pakistan
- Islamabad Serena Hotel [2]
- Khayaban-e-suhrawardy, Sector G-5, Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan
- Marriott Islamabad [3]
- Aga Khan Road, Shalimar 5, Islamabad - 46000, Pakistan
- Pearl Continental Hotel [4]
- The Mall Road, Islamabad Rawalpindi, Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan
- Continental House [5]
- 94 Nazimuddin Road, F-8/4 Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan
Although Islamabad is a relatively new city, its location by the side of the ancient city of Rawalpindi and its rapid development had ensured its emergence not only as the beautiful capital of Pakistan, but also as a friendly and attractive destination of the domestic and international tourists. Some of the major attractions in and around Islamabad are:
- Art Galleries
- Chattar Bagh
- Daman-e-Koh
- Fatima Jinnah Park
- Islamabad Museum
- Islamabad Sports Complex
- Lok Virsa
- Margalla Pass
- Rawal Lake
- Shah Faisal Mosque
- Museum of Natural History
- Murghzar Mini Zoo and Children's Park
- Rose and Jasmine Garden
- Shakarparian Hills
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Practical information and resourcesEdit
- Currency: Rupee (PKR)
- Major Language: Urdu, though many other languages like Sindhi and Punjabi are also spoken and understood. You may manage with Simple English.
- Time zone: PST (UTC+5:00)
- Calling code: +92
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Most of the local population of Islamabad work in the offices and establishments of the Government of Pakistan. After office hours people normally spend time in their homes. Still, some of the 5-star hotels have night clubs in basements and serve alcoholic drinks discreetly.
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simply divine
. . and probably with a heavenly scent as well.
We have a local garden that's just bursting with colour right now. Looks like it's time to go out and capture all the loveliness!
This one's just plain pretty.
like a queen in a pink dress
wish you a wonderful weekend
You're getting creative artistically with the recent shots of flowers.
This is stunning. I adore the soften in your images.
Happy Weekend my friend.
Simply beautiful.


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The Original
With his A-line vinyl dresses and lunarlike accessories, André Courrèges blasted onto the fashion scene in the 1960s, shocking haute couture's bourgeois clients. Optimistic and out-of-this-world, his designs—which drew daring fashionistas like Françoise Hardy, Lee Radziwill, and Marisa Berenson—soon became some of the most copied on the planet.
Photograph by Getty Images.
The Return
In 2011, former Young & Rubicam execs Jacques Bungert and Frédéric Torloting bought the rights to the name from André and his wife, Coqueline. Since then, they have been staging its comeback, introducing a line of clean-cut Courrèges-inspired basics (as well as reissued classics like the cropped PVC jacket) and a makeup collection with Estée Lauder, all available in a pop-up store, which opened in Paris in October. A Courrèges electric car is in the works.
Courtesy of the designer.
The Reinterpretation
Courrèges's ideas were so forward-thinking that a half-century later, they are still inspiring designers. From the sleek, graphic dresses at Carven to the spherical PVC shapes at Junya Watanabe, the futuristic house is all the rage in 2015.
Junya Watanabe Spring 2015. Photograph by Getty Images.


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Ribose is a simple supplement with substantial potential. Cardiologists have found it to be a helpful member of the heart treatment team. It has also grabbed the attention of doctors and patients alike for its improvements to fatigue.
Ribose is a carbohydrate, or sugar, used in the cell to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is extremely important, as it's the energy unit that fuels our cells and bodies. It is needed to help our muscles squeeze, heart pump, brains think and countless actions that we don't consciously control.
Ribose provides a raw material to facilitate ATP production. Many doctors believe that at least part of the problem with chronic illnesses, such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, is a lack of energy production to keep the organs, like the muscles and brain, happy. If the muscles have adequate energy available, less stiffness and cramping should arise. This is similar to having enough money in the bank. If the money is gone, and the roof springs a major leak, no funds are available to fix it. In the end, the whole house is affected. Similarly, if the muscles are undernourished and energy production is down, the muscles will tighten, causing pain. Tight muscles can often pinch nerves, causing greater pain and starting a vicious cycle. One of the main goals of ribose supplementation is to improve symptoms by aiding energy production.
A small study involving patients with chronic fatigue and/or fibromyalgia documented significant benefit in energy, sleep, pain intensity, mental clarity and overall well being with ribose [Source: Teitelbaum]. Ribose has shown benefit in those with a history of decreased blood flow to the heart, and improved measures of quality of life in patients with heart disease [Source: Pliml, Omran]. Studies looking at the use of ribose in athletes have shown that higher doses may be needed for athletic performance, or athletes may not show such obvious improvements as those with fibromyalgia [Source: Peveler, Dunne].
Ribose is typically well tolerated. Patients with decreased exercise ability due to a weakened heart could also consider ribose. As a supplement, it is listed as D-ribose and typically comes as a powder to mix in water or juice. The dosage is 5 g taken 3 times a day, for 3-4 weeks. After this time, patients can try going to the same dose twice a day, maintaining the amount that keeps the improvement in symptoms. No major interactions for D-ribose are known, and side effects are limited to minor GI disturbance in some.
Can this carb be found in foods?
While ribose is a naturally occurring substance throughout the body, it is not with significant concentration in any food. Ribose must be supplemented to have a significant effect.
Can it be taken for prevention against chronic fatigue, heart disease, etc.?
Ribose certainly appears to be safe when taken for prevention. The only set back may be financial, as the treatment dose of D-ribose can be 30 to 50 dollars per month. The benefits could be easily worth the cost. For prevention, most patients' money may be better spent on organic food, a good water filter and key nutrients like fish oils, CoQ10 and magnesium.
Related Articles
- Teitelbaum, J.E. (2006). The use of D-ribose in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: a pilot study. J Altern Complement Med, 12(9):857-62.
- Pliml, W. (1992). Effects of ribose on exercise-induced ischaemia in stable coronary artery disease. Lancet, 340(8818):507-10.
- Omran, H. (2003). D-Ribose improves diastolic function and quality of life in congestive heart failure patients: A prospective feasibility study. Eur J Heart Fail, 5(5):615-9.
- Peveler, W.W. (2006). Effects of ribose as an ergogenic aid. J Strength Cond Res, 20(3):519-22.
- Dunne, L. (2006). Ribose versus dextrose supplementation, association with rowing performance: A double-blind study. Clin J Sport Med, 16(1):68-71.


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Evening show cancellation frustrates
April 18, 2019
As senior multicultural show host Sabnyyah Bilal fought to maintain the scheduled evening performance, she said she felt disrespected having to constantly stand up for her beliefs. "We weren't consulted about anything that was happening with Prom and we didn't know about how Pr...
Multicultural show energizes audience
Dani Orloff, Noah Orloff, and Abby Intveld
April 15, 2019
As junior Zahra Mohamud reflects on this year's multicultural show's performance, she said she was proud of the initiative students took to create the performance this year. "I was a part of the show freshman year but the thing was it was never student-led. It was always a teacher who took the resp...
Evening multicultural show canceled
April 11, 2019
According to an email sent by Principal Scott Meyers April 11, the multicultural show performance scheduled for the evening of April 12 will not occur or be rescheduled for the future. Junior leader Sutra Abdullahi said the show's leadership decided to have an evening performance for the community...
Multicultural show to occur April 12
April 8, 2019
As junior multicultural show leader Zahra Mohamed reflected on past shows, she said after performing at the multicultural show for multiple years she was ready to take on a greater leadership role. "This year, we kind of felt like it wasn't going to happen, and we wanted to do something different, so o...
Multicultural show displays diverse community
April 11, 2018
Junior Soubane Abdi said after dancing in the multicultural show last year, her passion for dance has driven her to audition for this year's show. "(Participating) probably shows more color to our school, more diversity where everyone comes together embraces their culture, embraces their heritag...
Multicultural show displays diversity
Sumaya Mohamed and D'aviyan Robinson
March 17, 2017
After junior Mario Marin Luna performed at the Multicultural show March 10, he felt satisfied with his performance because of the reaction it received. "I think (the audience) was not shocked but a little bit amazed because they didn't know I played (guitar) and (my partner) could sing, so it felt g...
Multicultural show to return to Park
Alex Balfour, Elise Riley, and Sophie Yarosh
February 16, 2017
As junior Doreen Moranga rehearses her dance for the multicultural show, she hopes students and faculty recognize that different people have different backgrounds and cultures. Moranga said she will be dancing with juniors Immaculate Ombaba and Samra Ali. "(I wanted to audition) because most people...


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Police: 13-year-old Schenectady girl returns home safe
Police said about 10 a.m. Wednesday that she had returned home safe
SCHENECTADY - A missing Schenectady girl has returned home safe, police said.
Police had asked for the public's help in finding Indera C. Morgan, 13. She was last seen in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood Monday at about 4:30 p.m., police said.
but she has since returned home and police thanked all who helped by sharing her information.
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Though I remember rotary phones (and manual typewriters and eight track players) with fondness, they just don't serve my needs anymore.
I used to find technology terrifying. Now I find it freeing. There's still a lot I don't know how to do (video links, anyone?) but I'm not afraid to experiment.
And hey, that's what the "edit" button is for, right?


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Postnatal Depression
Postnatal Depression is a serious clinical condition.
Treatment is available and recovery depends on the severity of the condition.
Postnatal depression (PND) usually starts soon after the birth of a baby but can occur in the months following the birth. It is important to distinguish the difference between PND and 'baby blues', which is a brief episode of tearfulness that affects at least half of all women following delivery, especially those having their first baby.
Some women may feel tearful and experience symptoms of depression, while others can experience feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness which if left untreated could result in the mother losing interest in her baby.
No one knows exactly what causes PND but it is commonly believed to be related to the hormonal changes that a woman goes through during pregnancy. It could be both a combination of this and other factors such as social circumstances, family responsibilities etc. It can happen suddenly or at a slow pace, gradually building up until something brings the illness out into the open. The woman may not recognise that she has an illness.
Many feel that it should be a happy time, but because of these confusing feelings, the illness can become more prominent causing feelings of failure, because suddenly that person isn't coping.
PND is treatable and it is important to seek medical advice as soon as possible. Treatments available include a range of therapies, anti-depressants, counselling and alternative therapies. A GP or health advisor will suggest the most suitable approach.
Recovery from PND can take time, and depends on the person and the severity of the condition.
If you know someone with PND and want to help them, first and foremost take them and their concerns seriously and be patient with them.
Understanding Depression
This resource describes the symptoms of depression and the different kinds of treatment available.It also looks as ways that you can help yourself, and what family and
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Windsor native named head coach of the Senators
The NHL now has yet another head coach with Windsor-Essex connections.
The Ottawa Senators announced Thursday morning that they have named former Windsor Spitfires assistant coach D.J. Smith as their new bench boss. Smith succeeds Guy Boucher, who was fired during the season, with assistant Marc Crawford filling in as head coach.
Smith, 42, joins the Senators after serving as an assistant coach for four seasons at one of Ottawa's rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"D.J. Smith is a winner. We believe he is the best person to drive the development and success of the Ottawa Senators," said Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion in a media release. "D.J is a great communicator and an exceptional strategist. His passionate approach, coupled with his ability to teach the game, is exactly what we were looking for throughout the process. We're thrilled to welcome D.J. and his family to Ottawa."
Smith grew up in Windsor and played hockey as a defenceman. His junior career was with the hometown Spitfires. He played in 45 NHL games with the Leafs, Colorado Avalanche and the New York Islanders. He began a coaching career with the Spitfires, serving as an assistant for six seasons. During that time, the Spits won back-to-back Memorial Cups.
The first head coaching job for Smith came with the OHL's Oshawa Generals, where he spent three seasons. He guided Oshawa to a Memorial Cup title in 2015 and was named the OHL Coach of the Year during his tenure.
Welcome to Ottawa, D.J.! Bienvenue!
News Release: Ottawa Senators name D.J. Smith head coach: https://t.co/jubv1CDahH
Communiqué: Les Sénateurs d'Ottawa nomment D.J. Smith au poste d'entraîneur-chef : https://t.co/wx1safhoOe #Sens pic.twitter.com/naxejtxuTH
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An ant travels from the point \(A (0,-63)\) to the point \(B (0,74)\) as follows. It first crawls straight to (x,0) with x>=0, moving at a constant speed of \(\sqrt 2\) units per second. It is then instantly teleported to the point (x,x). Finally, it heads directly to B at 2 units per second. What value of x should the ant choose to minimize the time it takes to travel from A to B?
\(T =\dfrac{\sqrt{x^2+63^2}}{\sqrt{2}} + \dfrac{\sqrt{x^2 + (74-x)^2}}{2} s\)
What class is this? Are you allowed to use calculus to minimize this?
If not there's a ton of messy algebra to convert T into parabolic form and choose the vertex as the minimum.
You use the word geometry. Are you supposed to come up with a geometric solution?


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The Best Eyebrow Products For Arches As Dark As Your Heart
It's 2018, and the beauty industry is (finally) catching onto the importance of inclusivity. The year's biggest launches included foundations with 40+ shades to suit all skin tones (thank you, Fenty Beauty); high-pigment palettes featuring shadows that pop against Black, Latina, Indian, and Middle Eastern skin; and an influx of hair care products that cater to natural curls and coils. But there is one beauty category where it's still surprisingly hard to find products that cater to deep skin and dark hair, and that's brows. But consider your search over — The Zoe Report consulted celebrity makeup artists to find the best brow products for dark arches, and boy, did they deliver.
"Anastasia Beverly Hills has some amazing deep dark pencils and cream eyebrow pots," Mylah Morales, a celebrity makeup artist who regularly works with Rihanna, Willow Smith, and Nicki Minaj (just to name a few), tells The Zoe Report. She reaches for her Anastasia Beverly Hills faves when going for a more natural look, but sometimes dramatic arches are in order. If Morales wants to create a dark, sharp brow that appears almost tattooed-on, she opts for Ardell Only Stroke A Brow Feathering Pen. "It goes on very deep and very dark, almost like a felt tip pen," she says.
"I've been loving all the Kelley Baker Brow products," Ash K. Holm, the go-to makeup artist for Kourtney Kardashian and Jourdan Dunn, tells us. "This is a must-have brow line," she says, if only because there's a shade for every skin tone and hair color. "I typically like to use Brown or Dark Brown for Latina and Middle Eastern skin tones, and for deep or dark skin, I would use the Dark Brown," she says.
"Senna Cosmetics has great products for women of all skin tones," Scott Barnes, J.Lo's go-to glam artist, tells The Zoe Report. The brand's Brow Book is the most inclusive item in the range, with nine brow powders that range in shade from Platinum to Noir.
All that being said, there's always the danger of going overboard with dark brow products and ending up with arches that look less-than-natural. "I find brows to look best when you go one shade lighter than your hair color," Holm says. "If you have deep skin and black hair, using dark brown brow products looks softer, and you still have plenty of definition."
According to all three artists, creating the perfect dark brow begins with either a pencil or powder — it all comes down to which texture you perfect to work with. "Use soft upward strokes to create a feather effect with the brush or pencil to create the look and feel of actual hair," Morales tells us.
"It's easy to overdo it, so start lightly filling in sparse areas and build from there to avoid looking heavy-handed," Barnes advises.
Holm suggests filling in the arch and the tail of the brow first for more definition, using the Kelly Baker Brow Pencil. "Always fill in the inner part of the brow last with a softer application, so the brows look feathered out in the front," she says. Once you're done applying color, flip the pencil over to utilize the brow brush. "You can brush through the brows to make them soft and bushy," she tells us.
Layering products is encouraged, since incorporating different textures into the look creates dimension and makes your arches appear natural, rather than drawn-on. "I like to finish with brow gel to keep the powder or pencil in place," Morales says.
Ahead, discover the 12 brow products makeup artists recommend for arches as dark as your heart (or maybe just your hair).
Shop Dark Brow Products
The Brow Wiz pencil range from Anastasia Beverly Hills includes the shades Granite (almost black) and Ebony (true black) for dark-as-night brows.
This brow product from ABH features an angled head and a creamy formula, so you can draw on feather-like strokes with ease.
One of Morales' favorites, ABH Brow Pomade in Granite will give you dark arches that last all day. Bonus: It's waterproof.
A staple in Barnes' kit, Senna's Sketch-A-Brow Precision Pencil comes in five shades, from Blonde to Mink.
Have every shade you'll ever need on hand with Senna's Brow Book, which includes nine inclusive brow powders, two base shades for long-lasting wear, and a setting pomade.
Choose the shade Soft Black for the darkest, most defined brows ever.
"This brow pencil makes it very easy to create the feather effect," Holm says.
"Lightly setting the brow with the matching brow powder gives the brows a longer wear," Holm tells TZR. This powder duo from Kelly Baker Brows includes the shades Brown and Dark Brown, so you have options.
Holm swipes this gel on her clients' brows as the last step, to make them appear bushier and simultaneously set them in place.
Black-owned brand Beauty Bakerie is on a mission to make high-quality makeup that caters to all skin tones. Its Brownies Eyebrow Gel, which comes in four shades that work on literally everyone (Blonde, Taupe, Brown, and Dark Brown), is a must try.
The shade Blackest Brown makes for an edgy black brow that still has some softness to it, courtesy of beauty legend Iman.


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Gladis Reptile Skin: The mainstay of men and women luxury fashion
Reptile skin is one of the fashion products that are currently in great demand. The developments of trends make products such as bags, shoes, purses made from reptile leather become contemporary fashion products. Not only as one of the luxury products in Indonesia, products made from reptile leather are well-known internationally.
Most consumers generally use clutch bags or party bags, but Large-sized bags and wallets are also much loved by luxury lovers. Especially for men, wallets and belts which made by leather are the mainstay products for collection.
Not only can increase the confidence, fashion products made from reptile skin are known for their excellent quality. Besides that, it can be used for decades. Reptile skin products offer an exclusive design. In addition, the patterns and motifs that are typical of reptile leather products make it look more classy and elegant.
Reptile skin that is often used for fashion products is snake skin, one of which is Python snake. Python skin can not only be made for bags, but also would be made for jackets, belts, upholstery, hats and so on. In fact, phone cases from reptile skins are a trend of young people nowdays.
Products made from Python skins have been exported to various countries in the world, including the United States, Turkey, Japan, Europe, China, Russia, Egypt, Dubai, Asia and other countries. This is certainly one of the benchmarks that fashion products made from reptile leather become one of the international luxury items.
For you who want to have fashion products made from reptile leather, do not worry, in Indonesia there are several trustworthy manufacturers of reptile products, with a price range of hundreds of thousand until millions of rupiah, you can collect one of these luxury items with elegant design and best quality .


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 42-year-old Olathe, Kansas, man was arrested Friday and charged with criminal desecration in Johnson County District Court in connection with the vandalism earlier this week at a city-owned cemetery.
Alex Deason faces one court of criminal desecration causing between $1,000 and $25,000 in damage, a felony. He remained in jail Saturday evening on a $3,500 bond.
More than 20 headstones were toppled over or broken at Olathe Memorial Cemetery, 738 N. Chestnut St., on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, according to the Olathe Parks and Recreation.
Olathe police, who offered a $1,500 reward for information in the case, announced Friday that a suspect in the vandalism had been contacted.
Deason was identified through court records.


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string comparison
I've tried to master your though very clear "using strings" chapter, but it's still a bit confused [:I]
I only wish to do the following with two strings :
subject = "abcdeabcde"
pattern= "cbaaaf"
and then get
- pattern letters found in subject, getting : 4 cbaa
- subject letters missing in pattern, getting : 6 debcde
My strings are lower letters only, I don't care about letters order in my results.
What I really wish to do is to go through the subjectstring and get the following answer for each letters : isinPattern or isnotinPattern. The problem is that I don't know how to tell, once a letter in pattern has been "used" for comparison", not to look at it again :
When I reach the first c (abCdeabcde) in the subject, I should get OK, but when I reach the second c (abcdeabCde), I should get Not in pattern (since there is only one c in my pattern)...
Hoping I'm clear [:)]
On the other hand you provide a cool strtoarray function. Maybe I should convert my string to table then try to compare them...
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Crowdsourcing CPR gets more help to cardiac arrest victims
If you go into cardiac arrest, getting help within the first few minutes can mean the difference between life and death. A new study shows that help can get to victims more quickly with a mobile-phone app that directs people who know CPR to medical emergencies near them.
The researchers call their app a "mobile-phone positioning system," an homage to the network of satellites that make up the global positioning system, or GPS. The app uses the GPS function in mobile phones to find and contact bystanders trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation who happen to be in the vicinity of a reported cardiac emergency. CPR-trained volunteers download the app if they are willing to get the alerts.
Dr. Leif Svensson, a cardiologist at the Center for Resuscitation Science at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, conceived of the research project 10 years ago during his morning commute. A 50-year-old woman's heart stopped right outside the bus he was on.
"Nobody on the bus, including myself, saw this," he said.
But when he arrived at the hospital for work, he saw the woman again, dead upon arrival in the emergency room.
"I was sitting approximately 10 to 15 feet from the place where she had her cardiac arrest," Svensson recalled. If he had known of her condition earlier, he would have been able to help by performing CPR.
So Svensson recruited some colleagues and devised a system to "find your closest lifesaver," as he put it. Whenever someone reported a case of cardiac arrest to emergency responders, all CPR-trained volunteers who were within about a third of a mile of the patient would receive a text message and a phone call to alert them to the emergency and the patient's location.
To test how well it worked, Svensson and his team enlisted nearly 10,000 CPR-trained volunteers to participate in the study. The team activated the network and put out a call to volunteers after 306 cardiac arrests over a 20-month period. In those cases, a volunteer was able to initiate CPR 62% of the time.
View the full story by Sasha Harris-Lovett at the Los Angeles Times.Full Story
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Clinical Trial: Mobile-Phone Dispatch of Laypersons for CPR in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before the arrival of emergency-medical-services (EMS) personnel is associated with a rate of survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that is up to three times as high as the rate among patients who do not receive such assistance. Low rates of bystander-initiated CPR are a major obstacle to improved survival rates.
The usual approach to increase rates of bystander-initiated CPR has been to train as much of the public as possible. However, this approach is associated with substantial costs and uncertain effects on rates of bystander-initiated CPR. With the use of a mobile-phone positioning system, persons who have mobile phones can be located and sent to assist patients with suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; this approach has been reported in prior pilot and simulation studies.
We hypothesized that the use of a mobile-phone positioning system to dispatch lay responders who are trained in CPR to assist patients with suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest would increase the proportion of cases in which CPR was performed by trained bystanders.
The use of a mobile-phone positioning system for location and dispatch of lay volunteers who were trained in CPR to patients nearby who had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest significantly increased the rate of bystander-initiated CPR.
Read more about the study and results in The New England Journal of Medicine.Full Story


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What Insurance Do You Need for a Leased Car?
When you lease a car you have to buy auto insurance, even though you don't own the vehicle. That's because you need to meet minimum auto insurance standards wherever you're leasing as well as any additional requirements your lessor has–like comprehensive and collision coverage.
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These additional requirements can make leasing a car more costly than you expected.
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- Is It More Expensive to Insure a Leased Car?
- How To Get Insurance for a Leased Car
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Insurance Requirements for a Leased Car
When you lease a car, coverage is mandatory; you can't drive off the lot without it. Because auto insurance requirements are set at the state level, the amount of coverage you need depends on the state where your car will be registered. Your leasing company might have certain insurance coverage that it requires as well, and certain models will be more expensive to insure than others.
Moreover, you must list the leasing company as an additional insured and loss payee. This means that the lessor, because it is the owner of the vehicle, gets the insurance company payout for any damages to the insured vehicle.
Common State Requirements
Car insurance requirements can vary from state to state. The most common is liability insurance, of which there are two primary forms:
- 1. Bodily Injury Liability Coverage, which takes care of medical expenses for people's injuries, other than yours, in an accident. A minimum of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident is typical.
- 2. Property Injury Liability Coverage, which pays for damages to other people's property in the event of an accident. A minimum of $10,000 per accident is typical.
Common Lessor Requirements
Leasing companies will often require that any possible damage to a leased vehicle be covered by your auto insurance policy. Therefore, they will often require:
- Collision coverage, which pays for damage to your car incurred as a result of a collision with an object or another vehicle.
- Comprehensive coverage, which pays for damage to your car that isn't caused crashing into an object or another vehicle. These are often called "act of God" events, such as theft, damage from falling objects, and damage caused by natural disasters.
Some lessors also require that your insurance policy include higher limits for liability insurance than the state minimums. Typically, leasing companies require $100,000 of bodily injury liability coverage per person and $300,000 per accident, as well as $50,000 in property damage liability insurance. Additionally, your lessor might require gap insurance or set a maximum deductible—say $500 to $1,000—for collision and comprehensive coverage.
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Gap Insurance for a Leased Car
Gap insurance covers the difference between the amount that is owed and the actual value of a vehicle, and it might be required by your lessor. It is useful mainly for new vehicles that depreciate rapidly once driven off the dealership's lot, and typically doesn't make sense if you lease a used car. There is often a limit to the maximum benefit you can receive from gap insurance; this can range anywhere from $30,000 to $125,000, depending on your policy.
For example, say you lease a new car for $30,000, drive it around for a week and then total it. If your insurance company determines that the actual value of your car is $27,000, then gap insurance covers the $3,000 difference between what insurance will pay and what you owe on the vehicle.
Gap insurance offered by your lessor can be either an additional monthly charge or a one-time upfront fee. If you purchase gap insurance through an auto insurer the cost of coverage is added to your monthly premium.
Is It More Expensive to Insure a Leased Car?
Whether the vehicle is leased or owned has nothing to do with the cost of insurance. However, leasing companies typically require you to purchase a more expensive plan than one with only the minimum coverage requirements in your state. Higher liability limits, as well as collision and comprehensive damage coverage requirements, often raise the cost of insurance premiums.
Another factor that could lead to higher premiums for individuals leasing vehicles is maximum deductible restrictions. A deductible is how much you pay out of pocket before your insurance company will start to pay. Higher deductible plans typically have lower monthly premiums. If your lessor requires that your deductible be no higher than a particular amount, then you could end up paying more in premiums if you lease rather than buy a car.
How to Get Insurance for a Leased Car
Oftentimes when you sign a lease, you are agreeing to meet insurance requirements for the entire duration of your contract. Here are the steps to take so that you can provide your lessor with proof of insurance before leasing a vehicle:
- Choose the best car for you.
- Speak with your leasing company to learn what the minimum insurance requirements are.
- Determine if you want any additional coverages (like gap insurance).
- Shop around and choose an auto insurance policy.
- Purchase insurance and have your insurer email or fax you or your leasing company proof of your insurance. You can do this on the phone or online, at the dealership or beforehand (if you know the Vehicle Identification Number of the exact car you will be leasing).
- Provide the leasing company with proof of insurance, sign your lease, and enjoy your new vehicle.
Car Subscription Services
Car subscription services offer alternatives to traditional car leases. These services are now being offered by several of the major car dealers. Here is how they typically work:
- Sign up for your first month
- Select a car and use options (like how many miles you can drive in a month without additional charges)
- Have the car delivered to you
- At the end of the month, return your car or renew your subscription
Subscription programs are being offered through several companies, such as Canvas (Ford), Care (Volvo), and Book (Cadillac). The advantage of these programs is that they remove the hassle of shopping for car insurance and dealing with car maintenance—as they are included in the monthly cost—while giving their users the flexibility of no long-term commitments.
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Planting trees here will help conserve habitat for the Jaguar and hundreds of other species living in the protected areas, while providing sustainable livelihoods to local people.
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04 October 2018
The UK's representatives of CEJA, the lobbying voice for European young farmers, are continuing to play their full role in representing UK young farmers until their membership ends in January next year.
Kate Wainwright (pictured right), from the NFYFC's AGRI steering group, and Olivia Richardson, from the NFU Next Generation Forum, attended CEJA's General Assembly meeting in August. While in Slovenia, they were involved in discussions on common issues including risk management from extreme weather, creating links between towns and rural areas, and access to land for young farmers. Kate and Olivia also attended an International Ministerial Conference where young farmers were encouraged to acknowledge diversity and share good business practice from their own farms.
Member states are keen for relations with UK young farmers to remain strong following the ending of the membership and for dialogue to continue.
Everyone in the organisation is keen for the current representatives to stay involved until the membership ends, including taking part in working groups and the forthcoming 60th anniversary celebrations.
Kate said: "We emphasised the close relationship we have with CEJA and that we envisage and hope for future communications regardless of our membership.
"Olivia and I are really grateful for the opportunity to represent NFYFC and NFU Next Generation."
CEJA President Jannes Maes recently addressed the informal meeting of agriculture ministers in Schloss Hof, Austria regarding shaping the future of vital rural areas and quality food production in the European Union.
Mr Maes said: "If young people feel that they cannot make an adequate living as farmers, they will not remain in the sector. The youth in rural areas need to have opportunities if they are to stay in the countryside and work and live there. Without them the vitality of rural areas would suffer and their depopulation would be accelerated."
CEJA is highlighting that a stable and competitive income for young farmers is at the heart of ensuring vitality in rural areas and that the role of the EU is to support young farmers through more ambitious measures in the future CAP.
"The CEJA President's view is just as applicable for our own policy makers as we discuss further detail for the future Agriculture Bill," commented NFYFC AGRI Chair James Hutchinson.
NFYFC CEJA reps will report back to the NFYFC AGRI steering group meeting on 20 October.
8-10 November – joint CEJA seminar with SMA CR, Czech Republic
3-4 December – CEJA's 60th anniversary, Brussels/Ypres
04 October 2018
A new structure for the Board of Management, which was agreed by NFYFC's Council in June, means there are four new positions available for YFC members.
A new structure for the Board means that a third of its membership must be YFC members (aged 16 to 26 years) and changes the way YFC members are selected for the Board. Previously YFC members were recruited to the Board to represent regions. The change in the nomination and selection process will facilitate the best experienced YFC members to be nominated and the NFYFC will make the Board appointments.
A shortlist of applicants that meet the selection criteria will be assessed by a working party, to be appointed by NFYFC's Council, and presented at the Council meeting for election in February 2019.
The position for the Chair of the Board is also being advertised as the current Chair Heather Black has reached the end of her term of office.
Individuals that make up the Board of Management hold the legal duty and responsibility to ensure that NFYFC's operations always meet its purpose and charitable objectives and also meet all regulation and legislation that apply to it. Members of the Board hold ultimate responsibility for the organisation, the actions of its members and must safeguard and protect the organisation.
Anyone interested in applying for a position on NFYFC's Board of Management should visit the Recruitment Area of the website to see the role description and to download an expression of interest form.
NFYFC October Council Meeting
Council meetings are held three times a year and this is where your elected Council member represents you. The October meeting is held on 20-21 October and if you have views, questions or concerns, make sure you contact your Council representative. Details for your Council representative can be found from your County Office.
03 October 2018
County Chairs and Vice Chairs will get the chance to boost their leadership skills at a dedicated training weekend in November.
Equipped promises to be a fun-packed weekend of learning, designed to support County Chairs and Vices in their new roles and includes key sessions and workshops.
Held at Mount Cook Adventure Centre in Derbyshire, from 23-25 November, YFC members will enjoy some outdoor team building activities as well as spend time understanding their new role.
Workshops will cover topics on time and people management, finances, YFC culture, club and county communication channels and coordinating county events.
NFYFC's Chair of Council Lynsey Martin said: "This is a great opportunity for chairs and vice chairs to get to grips with their new role and to network and share best practice with others in a similar role to them.
"The training is positive news for Counties too as they benefit from having a confident and skilled leader in post to help guide them through the membership year."
For more information and to book a place if you are a County Chair or Vice Chair, visit EventBrite.
01 October 2018
Encouraging young people to start a conversation about succession of the family farming business is the aim of a new video by the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (NFYFC).
The short film, which involves professional actors, and was supported by Defra and AHDB, will be launched on social media on 1 October 2018 and shows the conflict that many farming families face when dealing with succession.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that one in four farming families in the UK are not speaking to a member of their family as they have fallen out over succession issues, causing serious problems for relationships and the business.
Siân Bushell of Siân Bushell Associates – a trained facilitator who helps family businesses develop succession plans – narrates the film and says families just need to talk.
"In a lot of farming families, people assume that they know what the rest of the family want to do. This video from NFYFC will hopefully act as a tool to help young people approach the subject of succession with their family.
"Now's the time to start planning as succession will happen. It's incredibly important to start that conversation early."
The film, which was recorded in Warwickshire, shows a farming family not speaking openly to each other, with their true feelings printed on the walls of the house. The film moves on to show how the family benefit from talking honestly to one another and how it can help to bring about a resolution for everyone.
NFYFC's Agricultural and Rural Issues (AGRI) Chair James Hutchinson said:
"NFYFC is aware of the problems that a lack of succession planning can cause and the impact it can have on young people involved in the business. This short film raises awareness of the reasons why it's important to start talking and to get a succession plan in place as soon as possible.
"We are grateful to Siân Bushell for the excellent advice she gives throughout the video and also to the funding support from Defra and AHDB that enabled NFYFC to create this film."
The film, Succession… we need to talk, will be promoted on social media from 1 October and an advice guide will also be available for download from the NFYFC website.
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Kevin Waugh (Saskatoon—Grasswood)
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Madam Speaker, I am a member of the heritage committee, and I have attended the meetings discussing Bill C-311. It has become abundantly clear to me that this measure aims to go in the back door to achieve a desired outcome at the front door. I am opposed to the legislation and to the method by which it has been proposed.
First, let us get some history. We have heard a lot of history in the last 50 minutes or so. The bill is described as a modest measure to add consistency to the language in the federal Holidays Act by adding the word "legal" and ensuring that the same language that is used for Canada Day and Victoria Day is used for Remembrance Day. The bill has been introduced and reintroduced nine times since 2004. Seven of the nine introductions never made it past first reading. Does this not raise the question, then, of whether it is worth spending more time debating a measure to add consistency to the Holidays Act?
This inconsistency has been around since 1931—that is, 86 years—without any ramifications. As I said earlier, the desired outcome is a national statutory holiday coming out the front door; this is just gaining entry through the back door.
Remembrance Day is the day dedicated to remembering those who have served and sacrificed. We have an opportunity to thank those who have served in our world wars. However, do we need a holiday to do this?
Last year, as is my habit, and for the past number of years in my city, I attended the ceremonies at the Sasktel Centre with over 9,000 other Saskatonians. The Sasktel Centre event is considered Canada's largest indoor Remembrance Day ceremony, and it has been for the last two and a half decades.
Let me quote a statement made at the committee by Mr. Brad White, who is the dominion secretary of the Legion. He said:
This procedure for enacting change in the Legion starts at the branch level, where any member can propose a change in policy or administrative procedure that could affect the entire organization. Following a review and discussion by all members within the branch, the resolution passes to the provincial command level. At the provincial command level and at their convention the delegates from within that jurisdiction further consider and discuss the proposed resolution.
What I saw in the testimony at the heritage committee was no documentation at all. All we heard from the guests was talk about the RCAF Association and the navy, although during cross-examination it was not so much about the navy. The testimony that we heard had very little to do with the national association but with all the local bodies. This is why we see the bill come back to the House of Commons time and time again.
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"[Marshall Space Flight Center acting Director Gene] Goldman said private companies have their own ideas. "We've been pushed back on when we try to advocate our requirements for certification, and they say, 'We don't need your requirements, this is our venture,'" Goldman said. "There's absolutely a lot of truth in that." He predicted again that it could come down to the makeup of the crews and said he is "not exactly sure how that is going to play out."


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