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Nkana and Zanaco on Saturday clash at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka in one of the nine FAZ Super Division matches being played this weekend.
As the two teams meet, Kalampa are seeking a second straight win while Zanaco want to bounce back from last weekend's 3-1 loss at National Assembly.
Nkana beat Lumwana 3-0 in their last match played in Wusakile.
The Bankers edged Nkana 1-0 in the first round match in Kitwe.
Zanaco are fifth on the table with 44 points, just two points ahead of 7th placed Nkana, as at week 25.
Elsewhere at Garden Park Stadium, Kitwe United will be searching for their first win in four matches when they host struggling Nchanga Rangers.
Chingalika last won on July 3 when beating Power Dynamos 1-0 at Nkana Stadium.
Kitwe went on to draw at Nakambala Leopards before losing to Red Arrows and Nkwazi.
Nchanga are placed second from the table with 17 points, 13 points behind 12th Kitwe placed, as at week 25.
Napsa Vs National Assembly
Zanaco Vs Nkana
Kabwe Warriors Vs Forest Rangers
Nakambala Vs Nkwazi
Kitwe United Vs Nchanga
New Monze Swallows Vs Buildcon
Kabwe Youth Vs Green Eagles
Green Buffaloes Vs Lusaka Dynamos
Red Arrows Vs Power Dynamos
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EN00398 Amazing Modern Design Detached Villas in Aguas Nuevas
Villa / Semi detached · New Build
Efficax Real Estates
(+34) 656 400 400
- Price: 275.000€
- Reference: EN00398
- Built: 150m2
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Orientation: South
- Private Pool
- Plot / Garden: 235m2
- Energy Rating: In process
- Distance to beach: 1 Km.
- Distance to airport: 37 Km.
- Distance to amenities: 0,3 Km.
- Close to facilities
- Handicap friendly
- Open views
- Pool views
- White goods
- Storage/utility room
- Private solarium / roof terrace
- Floor heating - bathroom
- Terrace
- Barbecue
- Private pool
- Private garden
- Preinstalled AC
- Built in wardrobe
- Private parking
- Close to supermarket
- Close to restaurants
- Close to beach
- Guarded community
- Gated community
Amazing Modern Design Detached Villas in Aguas Nuevas
Located in one of the best areas of Costa Blanca south and surrounded by all kind of services and amenities.
The sandy beach of La Mata is not far away from this beautiful new urbanization. Ideal to enjoy of your holidays or to live all year around.
Short drive to Torrevieja city center.
3 bed 2 bath Detached villas constructed in the Aguas Nuevas area of Torrevieja.
Project consisits of 14 villas.
Prices vary in regards to plot size and position.
Plots vary from 165m2 to 235m2.
Ploo size vary fro 13m2 to 20m2.
Prices range from 249.000 to 349.000 euros.
Shops and supermarket are less than 5 min walk.
Sports complex less than 300 meters distance, which has tennis, squash, paddel, football, basketball, gym, and swimming pools (outdoor and indoor).
Plaster finishing in interior walls, with plastic paint without drop.
Porcelain stoneware and waterproof exterior flooring.
Porcelain interior flooring.
Main entrance door with security lock.
Interior doors lacquered in white.
Fitted wardrobes with folding or sliding doors
Brown aluminium exterior carpentry.
Brown aluminium exterior electrical blinds.
Kitchen furniture with wooden white melamine finishing and quarz white worktop.
Kitchen tap inox.
WHITE GOODS: fridge, oven, ceramic hob, washing-machine, dish-washer and boiler INCUDED
Porcelain tiled bathroom in walls and floors.
Sink and toilet from IDEAL STANDARD.
Bathroom taps inox.
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Electrical installation according to building rules and REBT
Exterior lighting INCLUDED.
Hot water system powered by alternative renewable energy system with electrical 75 litres boiler.
Air conditioning pre-installation in bedrooms and living rooms.
Pre-installation telecomunications network according to building rules. Exterior intercom INCLUDED.
Interior alarm and home automation system pre-installation.
Private residential with restricted pedestrian acces by automatic gates
PRIVATE swimming pool according to plans sizes INCLUDED.
Community and private green areas fully landscaped with drip irrigation system.
PRIVATE parking place according to plans sizes INCLUDED.
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- Telecommunications Giant Vodafone Leaves the Libra Association
- Group of Central Banks Assesses Developing Central Bank Digital Currencies
- South Korea Might Impose 20 Percent Tax on Cryptocurrency Profits
- Report: Terrorists Increasingly Use Crypto to Raise Funds Anonymously
- Canadian Securities Administrators Subject Crypto Exchanges to Securities Laws
20-Year-Old College Student Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for SIM Hacking and Stealing Bitcoin
Over the past years, fraudulent activities through SIM swapping have been the rave. Phone numbers of unsuspecting victims are being hijacked through SIM swapping and used to access relevant and sensitive information in the victim's phone; crypto wallets are a good target.
Crypto wallets are designed to be protected by the device. Consequently, anyone who gains hold of the necessary details is considered the owner and allowed uninterrupted access to the wallets. This nefarious act was being broadly reported recently in the district of California. Stemming from that, a task force was specially set up to investigate issues concerning SIM swapping. The Regional Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) reported that they received an overwhelming amount of SIM swapping complaints last year. But the trend has gone down the hill this year.
The team has been actively investigating and hunting down SIM hijackers across the district. So far, they have been able to make some noteworthy arrests such as the case of Joseph Harris, a popular sim swapper who has accrued about 14 million USD in cryptocurrency through SIM swapping. Nicholas Truglia is yet another noteworthy suspect arrested by the REACT team. Through SIM swapping, Truglia has amassed millions of dollars in Bitcoin. A third reported arrest is the case of Xzavyer Narvaez, who is currently accused of defrauding his victims of about 1 million USD in Bitcoin.
Although a number of arrests have been made, the case of Joel Ortiz, a 20-year-old college student accused of defrauding about 40 victims of over 5 million USD in cryptocurrency is the first time a suspect will be convicted for SIM swapping. The Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara, CA, Erin West, reported that Ortiz accepted a plea deal to serve 10 years imprisonment for his crime.
Several agents who have been investigating SIM swapping-related crimes were happy to hear of Ortiz's conviction. They opined that this will send a message to other SIM hackers out there that they are being tracked even to their basement and their mothers' home. Speaking on Ortiz's conviction, Samy Tarazi, one of the agents who worked hard to track Ortiz, expressed excitement over the conviction and stated that Ortiz's case will send a strong message to the community of SIM hackers. In addition, the Deputy District Attorney asserted that each arrest made so far had sent shockwaves through the community of SIM hackers, making them aware that they are not safe even in their basements.
Although the Deputy District Attorney declined to state the number of ongoing investigations currently being conducted, she pointed out that they have made new arrests and served a few search warrants.


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I'm back with another post about my Christmas card making for 2017.
Here is the finished set of cards - I only needed 4 but I was having so much fun blending, stamping and heat embossing I just kept going!
The Swirly Snowflake stamps and coordinating die are brilliant. I love the details in the stamped images and the dies are fabulous for those of us who dislike fussy cutting.
Foe these cards I used Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean,
Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Black Soot.
I inked the edges of my background with the Faded Jeans to frame the edge.
I gave each background a spritz & flick of water then gave then a quick blast from my heat gun to dry them before stamping some swirly snowflakes with Champagne Versamark. I love the sparkly watermark this makes over the Oxides.
To create my snowflake focal point I used my Tim Holtz stamping platform.
I applied 2-4 different colours of ink om my stamp, gave it a quick spritz of water them stamped it.
I added a sentiment then adhered them to my card base. I now have another set of
cards ready to be mailed out.
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Thank you for your support!
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The number one reason online casinos award bonuses might be because they want to attract more clients. However, since accessing an online casino means a player is already looking to gamble, a bonus is more likely meant to make the experience more fun and exhilarating.
Where to find the available bonuses
Since the top recipients of these incentives are first-time visitors, bonuses can usually be found on the online casino's homepage. A typical example, takebonus.com, features several bonuses aimed at the ones accessing this page, either for the first time or returning guests.
A ranking of online casino bonuses
Since online casinos are huge nowadays, it's only natural that numerous options have become available for every kind of gambler out there. As a result, choosing a casino based on the bonuses they offer might become confusing.
Let's clarify the terms you might have heard while browsing for the best bonuses online casinos have to offer.
1. Welcome Bonus
Every online casino wants to make a good first impression. This is the reason why the Welcome Bonus is so popular. It is a bonus that can only be collected one time only when a player joins a casino for the first time.
2. Sign-Up Bonus
This bonus type is basically the same thing as a welcome bonus. It comes in many shapes and sizes, and depending on the casino's Terms and Conditions, this sum of money can be used to play the games available in the respective casino.
3. Reload
Also known as a Deposit or a Monthly Bonus, sometimes, this kind of bonus comes in a welcome package for new players. The main difference between a welcome bonus and a reload bonus is the fact that the first one is a one-time thing, while the second can be repeatedly retriggered.
4. No Deposit
This popular perk offered to casino game fans is a bonus offered without the requirement of depositing any money beforehand. It basically represents free money you can play with.
5. Cash Back
This reward usually comes in the form of receiving a cut of your losses back after wagering money in a casino.
6. Free Trial
This is a helpful perk that allows you to try out the game for free, before deciding if you would like to invest actual money into it.
7. Sticky Bonuses
This class of casino bonuses refers to those bonus sums that you cannot retract from your account. You can use them to play the available games and score bankroll enhancing wins, however, you can only extract the money that is added to you account in addition to the bonus money. The bonus is removed after withdrawal.
8. Matching Deposit
This is another type of welcome bonus with the unique specification that, after making a deposit, that specific sum of money is matched by the casino, thus the overall amount you have in your account is enhanced.
9. High Roller Bonus
Similar to a match bonus, this kind of bonus is offered to those players who deposit large sums of money into a casino. Otherwise known as a high roller or a big spender. They are the big kahunas and this is the way casinos thank them for
10. Loyalty Bonus
Casinos want to create a nice atmosphere for all their visitors to enjoy and believe that their most loyal customers especially, need to be rewarded with something special in order to show its appreciation, a casino might offer a loyalty bonus to those faithful gamblers.
11. Refer a Friend
In case you have a buddy who wants to be a part of the wonderful world of gambling, all you have to do to get this kind of bonus is refer this person to the respective casino and you will be awarded a nice reward. Even though his kind of bonus is not that common anymore, those casinos offering it will most likely use a point system to reward players who meet the requirements for receiving this bonus.
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People tend to stick with what they know, even if there's a better option out there. When more upgraded payment methods are implemented in a casino, players are encouraged to use them via a payment method bonus. While not a very common perk, some online casinos will award bonus points when a player uses a specific payment method to wager money on their games.
Keep the wagering requirements in mind
A casino's wagering requirements are the conditions that you need to meet in order to be able to withdraw the amount of money you have in your account.
They may vary, depending on the casino, this is why you should read the Terms and Conditions before you start gambling. They should provide a good base of understanding, especially for those inexperienced players.
After becoming familiar with all the technical details, all that's left for you to do is enjoy testing your luck in the variety of online gambling games at your disposal. Have fun!
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Richard Fisher's Funeral (Part 2)
I had a fantastic time performing with Love Creek Productions this past weekend as part of their series of Short Acts. Our production of Richard Fisher's Funeral (written by Kellie Powell) received wonderful feedback and was a blast to do. A big thanks to everyone involved: Eva (my wonderful castmate), Scot (great director) and Steve (LCP executive director)! Also, a big thanks to all my friends and family who came out to see it - I was definitely feeling the love. A few shots from our tech rehearsal are below.
Richard Fisher's Funeral
This weekend I'll be hitting the stage as part of a festival of one acts put on by Love Creek Productions. I've had a great time working with my co-star Eva and director Scot on the play "Richard Fisher's Funeral." If anyone would like to check it out, information on showtimes and tickets are below!
Check here for fun bits of news about recent bookings and projects.
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MIvRPS was once again a cracker of a match. The IPL2017 is finally getting interesting and eventful. The Wankhede Stadium has seen many run chases and defence of low totals. Mumbai Indians have mostly defended the low scores. However, the home team was at the receiving end this time.
Mumbai still seats at the top of the table with 6 straight wins. It lost the first match and then it lost against Pune. But why they lost the match? It looked certain that Mumbai would go home even this time around. However, things went in opposite direction at the last over. It was a lack of the application in the last few overs that cost the match for Mumbai. Ben Stokes was absolutely phenomenal with his spell that restricted Mumbai. However, their run rate became sluggish in the middle overs and it became too much for Rohit Sharma alone.
Mumbai Indians required 39 runs from the last 24 balls when Keiron Pollard got out. Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma were at the crease. It was a gettable score in T20 especially when you have two good batsmen at the crease. However, Mumbai scored mere 22 Runs in the next three overs. It left them with 17 runs to get from the last over. They fell short by 3 runs. MI lost three wickets in the last over and that showed how much panicked they were.
RPS has finally picked the momentum and is winning it for the team now. They are currently at the 4th position.
MIvRPS Match Summary
|Rising Pune Supergiant
|160/6(20 Overs)
|Rahul Tripathi - 45(31)
|Jaspreet Bumrah -2/29
|Ajinkya Rahane -38(32)
|Karn Sharma - 2/39
|Mumbai Indians
|157/8 (20 Overs)
|Rohit Sharma - 58(39)
|Ben Stokes - 2/21
|Parthiv Patel - 33(27)
|Jaydev Unadkat -2/40
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Honoured guests, I acknowledge the Wadjuk people of the Noongar nation on whose ancestral lands we meet. I must deliver that salutation half a dozen times a week. But after the wonderful remarks we have heard from Reconciliation and Auspire leadership; from the four nominees we are sending to Canberra – Craig Challen, Frank Mallard, Noelle Martin and Chery Kickett-Tucker; and the inspirational welcome to country by Walter McGuire, I feel I must dwell on it. It is quite clear that the organisations and speakers have thought long and hard on indigenous issues and the need to acknowledge difficult components of settlement memory and use the event for unity building.
I want to say we are privileged to share the continent with our first nation peoples. When Australia was formally created on January 1st 1901 a unifying slogan was, "A nation for a continent, a continent for a nation." On 26th January 1788 our forefathers and mothers entered a continent for 750 nations. Our land was inhabited by the oldest civilisation on earth after most of the species homo sapiens had been wiped out by the ice age. They survived. Less well known, but it is entirely possible, the same civilisation 30,000 odd years earlier became the first to control the environment as opposed to being controlled by it. I always recommend Bruce Pascoe's 'Dark Emu' should be compulsory reading for all students. There is enough valid research to know now that we entered a continent not only of many nations, but a civilisation of great philosophical and technical capability. Some could but most of our ancestors could not recognise it. I would not normally engage this contemplation but it seems on this day we must.
While on indigenous matters I want to outline another impression. My period as Ambassador to the U.S. gave me something of a Rip Van Winkle experience in relation to my home state. We live life culturally like frogs in boiling water not aware of our changing condition. Absent six years from the phenomena, two things struck me on my return. One was how much wealthier and sophisticated this city had become. The second was that the biggest power shift in society and politics in WA was in the status of our indigenous community. The conversation still dwelt on injustice and race inequality. However the numbers of acknowledged Aboriginal voices, the respect accorded them, the size of their audience, the relevance of their issues had increased dramatically. No other shifts in the mental landscape were as dramatic.
That development is very much reflected in our four nominees, departing this afternoon for Canberra. They reflect that broader based WA agenda. Their unity of experience is courage, not just physical courage but moral courage. They have confronted danger in ways that amaze all of us but many also vicious and difficult threats that have required deep moral resources to overcome. Their behaviour and values represent all we West Australians aspire to be. Their success reflects well on our three organisational hosts at this gathering.
You should know Australia Day is a recently recognised moment in the way we celebrate it. It was only commonly acknowledged as such by the Commonwealth and States in the 1930s. It only moved into the current format in the 1980s and had that formalised in 1994. In a sense it is a creation of my generation of politicians interacting with our broader Australian community.
The Hawke Government had a thematic of nationalism and self-reliance. The anniversary opportunity was the bicentennial of January 26th 1788 in 1988. The sorts of celebrations we now have were perfected in the lead up. We became conscious too of the unhappiness in the indigenous population, so from the outset, attention was given to possibilities of reconciling concerns. A prelude that Prime Minister Hawke was most proud of was the passage in the British Parliament of the Australia Act and the Queen's subsequent visit to proclaim it here. By this act the British Parliament severed any legislative connection between the two states.
To give events a multicultural turn, citizenship ceremonies became prominent in official celebrations of the day. It should be pointed out that January 26th is not citizenship day. That was proclaimed in 2001 as 17th September, celebrating the proclamation in 1973 of the Australian Citizenship Act replacing the title of the Citizenship Act 1948-69. That in turn had been followed up in 1984 when laws were repealed that made our citizens subjects of the U.K. – a useful preliminary to the Australia Act. As well as various mechanisms we have for acknowledging the indigenous community, the citizenship ceremonies on the day remind us of the broad cultural base of our community, even if the date itself is of limited significance in the sign post dates of Citizenship significance.
There is just one other thing I want to mention and that is to look at what we have become. We have become without much fanfare, a more powerful nation than we believe ourselves to be. We look out at a complex world with not a little anxiety. It is not our way to big note ourselves or accord much value to individuals who do. Others however, are noticing us. The intellectual hegemony of the notion of a global liberal order challenged by a disruptive China and Russia is becoming more complicated. As the Trump Administration spurns American leadership founded essentially on American ideas, others become more interesting.
The indices of power, economic, military, industrial, resources, ideology, geopolitical capability, resolve and political structures are being measured in more interesting ways. For example, the Henry Jackson Society, in its Global Britain Programme, released this year its Audit of Geopolitical Capability. It is intensely mathematical and like all studies of its type is open to dispute. However, I have seen no more meticulous studies of this type. One of their conclusions elevates Australia to very high status. As they say,
"Other western powers – France, Germany, Japan, Canada and Australia – score prominently, as the world's fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth geopolitically most-capable countries, respectively."
Another interesting study of Chinese CEOs ranking of growth prospects for their businesses did not feature Australia in the top 10 in 2018. This year we stand number one – Australia 21 per cent, U.S. 17 per cent, Japan 13 per cent, France 13 per cent and Canada 11 per cent. A less significant measure than those above but further indication the world now is taking us more seriously. I found that when I was Ambassador to the U.S. When the U.S. contemplated combat we were seen not as a political flag but a capability. When it came to discussing global but particularly regional affairs we were seen as among their most valuable dialogue partners. We are a country worth celebration.
Well in 1994 the attributes of Australia Day, identified in the 1980s, became formalised. The Australia Day Council website points out families and those born overseas are most likely to celebrate the day. 13 million are participating in specific Australia Day celebrations this year. 75 per cent of us believe this should be a time to recognise and celebrate the country's cultural diversity. 54 per cent of us give a thought to how lucky we are to live in Australia.
We are lucky. Most of us won't be thinking of the history and detail of all of this. In a way many of us will be wrapping up the 'month of the family'. It started on Christmas Eve and it wraps up today. We will be looking for a joyous conclusion even if in reality most of us are already back to work.
Be safe.
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New outreach film set to be released
The new WELS outreach film To the Ends of the Earth will be released Sept. 1.
The film tells the story of the apostle Paul and his work in Philippi. Its title is taken directly from Jesus' command to his disciples at his Ascension: "You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8). "Since the movie focuses on mission activity, it reminds us of the important work that we have as we serve Christ—to reach out with the gospel to the ends of the earth," says Rev. Mike Hintz, retired director of WELS Commission on Evangelism who serves as a consultant for the film.
That's why film resources, including worship materials; adult, small group, teen, and children Bible studies; an Advent by Candlelight program; and personal reflections, will discuss how to witness and share your faith.
One way congregations can use the film and its resources is in connection with WELS Mission and Ministry Sunday, which the Conference of Presidents is encouraging all congregations to observe on Oct. 21. "It's an opportunity to give thanks as we look at the ways we in WELS as congregations and a synod work to reach out with the gospel, but also to look at opportunities that are still around us and how to make the most of them as we continue to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth," says Hintz.
By Sept. 1, every congregation will receive a free DVD of the movie for this purpose. Film resources will also be available for download by mid-August. "We pray congregations will take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate God's blessings on his church and to renew our commitment to the Great Commission to 'go and make disciples of all nations' (Matthew 28:18-20)," says Rev. Kurt Lueneburg, director of the Ministry of Christian Giving.
Congregations can bulk order additional copies of the DVD to use as giveaways to congregation members and prospects or for other outreach efforts. The DVDs are available in boxes of 100 DVDs at only $200 per box, plus shipping. Bulk orders must be received by Sept. 7, 2018.
This movie is the final installment in a series of four outreach movies that are a collaboration between WELS Commission on Evangelism, WELS Commission on Discipleship, Northwestern Publishing House, WELS Multi-Language Publications, and Boettcher+Trinklein Television, Inc. Funding from CM CARES, the Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation; WELS Foundation's Shared Blessings donor advised fund; WELS Multi-Language Publications; and gifts from groups, congregations, and individuals helped make this film possible.
Learn more about the film at wels.net/totheendsoftheearth.
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Redis Dictator is a simple program running next to Redis Server in a Master-Slaves topology. His role is to promote a Redis node as master through an election process. There is one Dictator by Redis Server on a given cluster topology, the election process are done with Zookeeper, the result of the election (the master promotion) is persisted into Zookeeper.
🌎 https://github.com/blablacar/redis-dictator


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DuPont engineer earns top honor
WASHINGTON, W.Va. – Following a career path from the classroom to the science lab earned a local DuPont employee a high honor few achieve.
Linda Ankrom, of Marietta, is among the first women at DuPont to be named a DuPont Fellow, which is the highest technical professional level in the company. Of the seven new DuPont Fellows, five are women, a first, Ankrom said.
At DuPont, Ankrom said the company has various career ladders, including one for someone who wants to stay in technology or science.
"Each career path has a ceiling," she said. "If you are a technical person and you want to stay on the technical career path the last promotion you can hope to get is DuPont Fellow, the top technical career level."
Ankrom said there are 27 DuPont Fellows.
"Throughout DuPont's history, our science and technology has been a main source of our competitive advantage, enabling us to drive innovation and transform markets for more than two centuries," said Douglas Muzyka, DuPont senior vice president and chief science and technology officer .
"As our company's most distinguished scientists and engineers, DuPont Fellows create, develop and commercialize new technologies. They explore and employ emerging science, and leverage key learnings and capabilities across the company to maximize the impact and value derived from our scientific investments," Muzyka said.
Ankrom said she was honored to be in a group of inspiring people. She also is among the few in the history of the program to not have a doctorate.
"What is interesting for the public, especially for young ladies who might want to get into engineering for the DuPont company, of the seven promoted this year to DuPont Fellow, five were women," she said. "This class with five women were the first female DuPont Fellows in the history of the company. So we made history."
Among Ankrom's achievements at the company was the integration of a new polymer compounding technologies that tailor engineering plastics, including "metalizing" DuPont Crastin PBT resins for automotive headlamps, now standard on millions of vehicles around the world.
Ankrom said using polymers in a manufacturing process makes it less expensive to change the design of an item.
"Instead of making new dies that can cost millions they can make a new mold for the resin that may cost $100,000," she said. "It reduces the costs to the customers."
Karl Boelter, plant manager at DuPont Washington Works, said Ankrom's work has an impact outside the Washington Works.
"Linda's impact in the automotive industry alone is enormous. The processes she designed to tailor the properties of our products for the automotive industry have led to safer, lighter, more economical and more fuel efficient vehicles," he said. "Her impact on the men and women she has mentored throughout her career is even more significant. She is truly a role model for men and women aspiring to technical careers at DuPont."
Before she came to DuPont in August 1980 Ankrom taught math in Marietta. A native of Youngstown, Ohio, she attended Ohio State University where she graduated with a math education degree. After graduation she got a teaching job with Marietta City Schools.
"While I was doing my student teaching I realized that maybe teaching was not for me," she said. "In my three years of teaching I just really had a hankering for a more technical career,"
Ankrom said her father, who was also an engineer, told her she should have been an engineer.
Ankrom said she looked into engineering classes at Ohio University.
"They were not very encouraging that a school teacher could make it through an engineering program," she said. "I started taking some classes and then it became obvious this was really for me and OU was getting less nervous about it."
After a time she resigned from her teaching job and went to engineering school full time.
"I started out to get a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and along the way I was invited to go into their master's program," she said.
Ankrom did an internship at the plant in 1978 and then applied for a job in 1980. She did her internship in the same department where she works, working in polymer science. At the time she said the field was not considered a traditional chemical engineering field.
"I started out in research," she said. "In my field we make our products go into various applications. What we do with our plastics, like nylon and polyester, those base polymers, we remelt them in a piece of equipment called an extruder and we mix them with various ingredients called compounding."
Ankrom has worked on a compound using the Sorona polymer used as carpet fibers and other commercial capabilities.
"My part has always been in the way to make a product useful and cost effective," she said. "My background is to do the process."
While there have been many successes, Ankrom said there have been times when she and other engineers will find a raw material that looks promising at first; however, as they work with it more and see how it works they find it will not work as they had hoped.
Ankrom said she has found there is one thing she learned in her teacher education that she uses in her career now.
"My answer often surprises them because the answer is my education classes I had when I was being taught how to be a teacher," she said. "In the role of engineer you are a support role to the business and to operations so you find a lot of times to get some of your technical program accomplished you are a kind of a salesperson or motivator."
Ankrom said that all is part of what is covered in teacher education. She said she learned she was cut out for the teaching and mentoring part, not the discipline part.
Ankrom and her husband have two daughters, both of whom have followed her scientific path.
"One is a Ph.D. chemical engineer who works for Merck Pharmaceutical and my other daughter has her bachelor's in chemical engineering but she used it as a vehicle to become a doctor of veterinarian medicine in Illinois," she said.


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HAWLIS, midthirties-early forties. RYAN, 18. Should be delivered as monologues.HAWLIS:
I couldn't believe it, the stones on this kid. He just bashes into my room, looks at me like to say 'you'll do'.
Not that guys aren't, uh, forceful round here. I mean you gotta meet the muster of the ape at the cash-window, just to get buzzed in, and pass the trolls and freaks, just to get to the rooms. Can't be shy. But he was just so damn, well, gunnin'. I mean it's no place for manners. Just a place of business to get done what you gotta do. And this kid's like, 'let's get to it'.
I like that. He don't want my name, or (laughs) my number.
Like I wanna see him or sumthin. Phht.
But it's a bit more than that maybe. I'm curious, I mean when they're so young, he looks bout twenny, they're not like that. I should jus' let it go. But no, stupid me, too late now. I just had to ask him, what got the fire goin'?
Well, who knew? Jeeezus.
They were moving around and saying things too loud—trying to get me out of my room. It's hot-tub night. Dad couldn't stop getting up from dinner and checking things, the temperature, the chlorine. Like it's rocket science. And Robbie's got Dwayne over from school. Dwayne's had the same jacket, three winters in a row now—you can tell his mom's trash. He puts up with Robbie's whining—probably for the pork chops and the pool and the hot-tub.
He seems ok. He's got about twice the size of Robbie this last year. He doesn't shave yet though—so he's got that fungus-sy shit on his face.
I've seen the other hair growing though... Mom's fuckin' do-gooder charity won't get him way out here much longer, hot-tub and pork-chops be damned.
Dad's beena total pain in the ass just cause Dwayne's over. Like we're some Christian family that does shit together?
Least it's better than him trying to make me listen to his lame lps. I donno what he's trying to do to me with that.
But at least that's not as bad as the 'Man' thing. With his musclehead buds Cory and Pete, from his building site. Like having a beer in the truck with them before some lame-ass hockey game's gonna make me... I dunno, cut my hair, wear a jean jacket?
I should do that but sew a swastika on it. Just look at him and say 'What?'
I mean isn't that where stuff like that leads to?
Fuck he's even got Robbie onto his schtick now.
'We're pouring the pop now, you want coke or fanta?' and
'If you don't come down, I'm gonna get the whirlpool seat' ...
I wish I had a brother I could hit. The fucking little gimp.
I can't slam my door any louder or turn up tunes enough to give me some distance. I'd turn out the light but when the ape sees it dark under my door that gives him an excuse to stomp in and ask some totally transparent stupidity.
I know now why Scroope sits in his basement doing hot-knives every night, getting stupider but at least getting away from it. He's even farther out. Two school buses every morning, and no car to borrow at night. No escape at all. Fours months til the end of semestre and I'm so outta here.
Now they've even got Tracker into it. Christ he's 14 years old, just leave him alone. But no, Robbie's retard-giddy-fun-fun-fun crap gets him excited and he circles, barking, down below my door. But even Tracker figures it's fake by the time he's at the stairs, and gives a last huff, pissed he hobbled up for nothing. And Robbie hops over and fake consoles him, like it's my fault he got up for nothing.
Finally they're into the back, changing. And then out. Just a couple of thuds from outside. Thank Christ.
Marilyn Manson cd.
Fuck yas.
(long pause)
I'm on the bed. The cd's stopped. Dark. Tracker's having a fit. I'm gonna kill Robbie one day if he doesn't stop harassing that dog, I don't give a shit that he's a gimp. I open my eyes, and my light's out. Out in the hall too. Just what I fuckin' need.
'Hey get the dog!'
Nothing, just the dog wailing.
'Will somebody please take care of the goddamn dog!'
Tracker's yowling even louder.
'Tracker, shut-up!'
Down the stairs, to the light-switch and everything's out. Shit.
I can hear Tracker still freaking, and see the back door's open a bit.
'Tracker, get the fuck in here, you stupid mutt.'
But he's pulling on something. I'm gonna break Robbie's good leg if he tied him up. He's not gonna bolt. Christ, all he wants is his cushion in the kitchen.
The door's moving a bit. And I can see a power-cord going out onto the deck.
Where the fuck is everyone.
'Tracker, get in here! Now!'
He just yowls some more.
I get to the door and it's just black as shit out. Tracker freaks huge as I step out. He's like caught up in the power-cord. I can see that from the snow reflecting. And the cord's pulling.
And I grab it… where it's wrapped up in his fur.
and find the other end,
coming off him
and it goes over towards the tub.
And I can just see the … shapes
(very quickly)
So I yank it.
And yank it so friggin' hard the dog drops.
And I'm pulling it as hard as I can and Tracker's freaking and lifting up and twirling and hurting and falling and I get it so tight and it's worked into his fur and I'm feeling all around untying him and he wants to bite me and so I pull the other end coming offa him… hand over hand and it's straight into the tub and it's stuck.
I pull it so hard I hear the splash and out comes fucking Robbie's stupid ghetto-blaster.
And I can see the shapes.
Of them.
And then everything slows down.
I can see it all. Exactly.
Mom's face down, only the back of her head above the surface. And she's so fat... there's no chance.
Dad's leaning back, one of his arms pulled back by the cord. Two hundred twenty foreman pounds. No way.
Robbie's under, all the way. I know 'cause that's his corner and there's nothing there.
And Dwayne's lying with only his thighs and his lower legs in. Like he saw it all, a second before. Tried to get out.
I see it all just as it happened. Robbie had to hear that stupid cd the billionth time, 'cause it's cool for him even though I told him it was fucking lame.
Tracker. Had to get him riled. Why couldn't he just...
And I know I got to choose. Mom and Robbie are already gone.
So it's Dad or Dwayne.
But I gotta nine-one-one. But... no power.
Dad's cell. Front pocket. His pants. In the back.
OK. What now?
Tilt the head back.
Clear the airway—
Cub-scout lessons come racing back.
Brains without oxygen for four and a half minutes... turn to soup.
Pictures. Diagrams. Brent Garvin's snotty nose from swim lessons.
And I've got the phone in my hand. But I'm on the deck. The numbers are in but it's hours before it answers. I pull Dad's head back. I take a breath. Slow and even. But it's… something's wrong. The air won't go in. I can't get his neck, his tube, his pipe, it's kinked.
And the seconds are ticking.
I gotta choose.
And I see Dwayne lying there—Dad's old Hawaiian shorts on him.
And the phone lady's talking to me like I'm retarded. Don't they have a fucking map?
I choose.
I go over and pull back Dwayne's neck. I'm yelling at the phone between breaths.
'You try to stay calm you stunned cunt!'
And I breathe warm air into his pork-chop mouth.
I forgot the chest rises and, for a billionth of a sec, it's like I cured him.
But then it sags again. That's when it gets bad.
I start saying things, sort of. 'It's not my fault' and 'I can't help them all' and 'I'm just one guy' and 'The driveway's not ploughed.'
I don't even hear the phone lady anymore.
And all I can think is what it's gonna look like when somebody gets a light on.
and I see my stupid relatives from Winnipeg not being able to talk to me,
and stupid Uncle Fred trying to take over the house,
and people trying to make me move. Some apartment, or worse, in with them.
I breathe into him again. I see the dark corner of the tub. I've got to get Robbie above the surface, I don't know why. Some death etiquette.
So I breathe into Dwayne real quick like four times and then push real hard on his heart and get up.
Over to the dark corner, and I put my arm down under and there's his leg. The gimped one. I'm gonna pull him up by it, but you don't do that. We never spoke, or touched, or looked at his gimpy leg.
I feel up to his hips and pull on his shorts. But he's stuck.
It's Mom. Heaped on him. I'm up to my shoulders on the edge and just... fuck it.
Fuck it all. I get in, and step on... his shoulder maybe, and bubbles of death fart up to the surface. I grab and pull. Mom slides forward and under. Fuck. I finally get him to the edge and flop him over, like a broken robot, all joints and hinges.
But I can feel Dwayne's chest emptying.
All the way from over here.
And there's chlorine in my eye now. I crawl over Robbie and grope, feel my way back to Dwayne. He feels cold.
I guess that's when they got there, but I never heard sirens. They said I was still CPRing when they arrived. Cunt-lady on the phone said I wasn't following her.
But the rescue guys. They were ok. They took over on Dwayne.
They took me to a hospital for some dumb-fuck reason. But I got outta there.
And then I'm in the cop shop. Questions. But they're all so stupid. And asking me if I want co-co, hamburgers? Like I'm hungry, stunned fucks.
All I can think about is that stupid dog.
And then some idiot detective says my whole family's gone.
I mean, how stupid…? I was there!
It hits me then.
And I know what I gotta do.
(very calmly)
I go in the front. Through the main hall into the garage. The power's back on.
Thanks guys.
I get Dad's aluminium baseball bat down from the shelves. I go into the kitchen and there he is, the dumb-fuck, on his cushion. Guess he came back, when the rescue guys were still here. He's looking bad.
I'll raise the bat up, I'll aim just for the head. Right there. And in one quick thunk, he'll be done. It's what he deserves. What needs to be done. And then I'll…and then…I'll carry him out back and put him in the pines. And that'll be the end of it.
It's what's gotta be.
'You ready, you fucker? Huh? Huh!'
And he lifts his eyes, they look sore. And I raise the bat.
And I think of everything I've ever thought. Where I am and who I am. All the things that are, and all the things that just became history. Everything is so tight like time is frozen up like granite.
The bat's cool in my hands.
And Tracker puts his head on his paws.
Lets out this little whimper.
And then something lets go.
And this long breath comes out.
I put down the bat.
I pet his head.
He moans, like guilt, like redemption. He has no idea.
I grab their clothes from out of the back. I go upstairs. I take Dad's car keys out and I put their clothes in each person's room. I shower. I close Robbie's door and Mom and Dad's door. I close the sewing room door. I close the family room door. I close the back and the French doors on the living room and dining room and the rec room. I take out a scoop of food and fill Tracker's bowls. I turn out the lights. I'm leaving and the phone rings.
I know I'm not answering. But the machine...
It's Dwayne's mom from the hospital. Blubbering and trash–I knew it. Thanking me for saving him. Spewing on some gibberish about always 'being there' for me.
I shut the door.
Dad's truck always starts warm. I know where I'm going. What I'm gonna do. There's five of them downtown. In the city. Saunas, baths. I know where they are.
That was an hour and a half ago. And now I'm here.
Shit. I wouldn't give a damn normal-like. I don't wanna talk. Not to...
But, for some reason I'm soakin' up ev'ry word, watching the bugs go round inside his head. Why he's tellin' me? I must look like some dumbass muscle-head. I mean I know I gots the meat on my bones that they like, causa the gym, but I'm practically droolin' from all the whisky it takes.
But he ain't even lookin' at me, just through me while he's spillin' it all.
I mean, he ain't even got a towel on yet, or a locker. He's just smushed up small, there, at the end of the mattress. You can tell it's real hard for him, just tryin' to talk. Words are comin' out like they're pulled with fishhooks. Slow, and wrestled with.
And for some, weird reason I want to go over and touch him... not like you're thinkin'. I don't do that.
I think I wanna touch him with my eyes, on his head, or his hair, maybe on those wide cheekbones.
You know like, for someone, who needs it.
Not like I'm one of them. Fuck no. Parades and shit.
But like a person. Hell, I don't even know if he's one of them. He seems just normal, but like, fucked up.
But I mean hey. You would be wouldn't ya?
So I wanna try. To, you know. Make him... feel ok. Ya know?
And lookin' at him, I'm thinkin' I see two kids. One this, like Goliath of will, and the other, this... lamb. This knowing lamb, that sees the blade on the stone, but lies beside it anyway.
I'm thinkin' I'm runnin' this show, hey, it's my room, but allova sudden I'm not so sure.
This kid knows what it is he's here for, who he is, what he wants.
I got tons of questions but he stands up and he's totally Goliath now. Like a, I donno, a statue, standing over the bed. I mean I'm twice his size, but still, you had to see him movin'.
He takes his clothes off like a man shedding his skin.
He knows what's he's doing, and for the first time, I got no idea what I'm in for.
I never had this. This is two... men. And his will, his will is so... I can't take it on. Must be what it's like when...
And what can I do? He's done sumthin to me. I can't stop the... pieces from falling in place. And he's gonna touch me and really, like, feel me. I mean in here. (touches his head)
And me him.
And here he comes.
He's naked and ready, and he bends down to me and moves my shoulders aside, moves me up and around behind. He says it's gonna hurt and he wants it to. He starts to put a safe on me and I just... take it from there.
But he grabs my hand and pulls my look into his eyes and tells me.
Like you've never done before, like your life depends on it. You're gonna fuck me into someone else now; someone completely new.


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HBO's hit show "Silicon Valley" follows the trials and tribulations of a fictional startup company, Pied Piper. But what lessons can a real startup learn about protecting its intellectual property?
"Startups work in an exciting landscape, but an extremely competitive one," said Ryan Koppelman, partner in Alston & Bird's Intellectual Property Litigation Group. "They face so many business challenges that they are often unaware of the necessary legal measures they must take. Understanding your intellectual property's value and learning how to protect your assets remains paramount and vital to a company's success."
Protecting your company's IP begins by identifying valuable IP and writing company policies and procedures requiring employees to disclose any new inventions to managers or a committee tasked with protecting IP, said Koppelman.
There are many different best practices to follow, continued Koppelman, including limiting access to trade secrets, establishing written policies, requiring confidentiality agreements and mandating the return of company assets when an employee leaves.
"Startups and emerging companies are particularly vulnerable to claims of IP violations because defending against such claims is expensive [and] these companies are usually operating on limited resources," Koppelman explained.
In the News July 17, 2015
Inside Counsel Quotes Ryan Koppelman on IP Lessons Learned from HBO's "Silicon Valley"
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There's an alarming trend of New Zealand's key strategic assets being sold overseas.
New Zealand First wants a 'national interest test' to ensure that sales of these assets to overseas companies will benefit New Zealand.
The second phase of the review of the Overseas Investment Act will focus on the sale of strategic assets. We've already stopped offshore purchases of our residential homes and restricted the sale of farms, so let's keep Kiwi assets in Kiwi hands.
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Watch Dogs 2
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Ubisoft got in touch with us to share some details about the Watch Dogs 2 Season Pass that will be made available for purchase for $39.99. You can also get the Watch Dogs 2 Season Pass as part of the Gold Edition of the game. Check out the trailer below to see what your extra money will get you. For your convenience, we are also providing you with a list of each of the four DLC packs.
Watch Dogs 2 – New San Francisco Gameplay TrailerOctober 25, 2016 | EdEN, Owner
Ubisoft has shared with us a new trailer for Watch Dogs 2. This time around, the focus is placed on the San Francisco Bay Area, giving us a glimpse at the gameplay in this sequel. Are you ready? Then check out the trailer below!


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It can be a confusing and overwhelming to be in need of car repairs if you find yourself staring at possible auto repairs.
This shows that the mechanic has passed a special test for competence and has more than two years experience as a mechanic. This means you know that the best possible person is working on your automobile.
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Get a reliable battery charger to keep in your vehicle. Learn how to find the points where the battery charger on your car.
You absolutely need a good emergency kit available in your vehicle. You should put together a kit that includes the tools you need to change a tire, battery charger and a gas can.
Test out your vehicle after repairs before paying the auto repair shop.
Don't leave anything of value in your car while you're having it repaired. Mechanics might have to empty the work and they aren't responsible if you discover something missing. Empty both the trunk too.
Assemble an auto repair kit and put it inside of your car. Your car came with equipment needed for changing a tire and other necessary items. A lug wrench and a jack are key. You should have a few screwdrivers with various shapes as well as different wrenches like for this kit.
Be sure to change your oil change schedule. You have to change it regularly get the oil changed to make sure your vehicle runs smoothly. If you don't change it, your car may not last as long as it could.
Check tire pressure whenever you fill your tank. Look at them and make sure they there is nothing embedded in them.You don't want to risk driving around with bad tires.
Don't buy parts to you that say they're going to last a lifetime. This is usually a ploy to get more money as possible from you. One example of this is transmission fluid will last a lifetime. It is true that this fluid does not need as much maintenance as other fluids in your vehicle, but you will still need to change it out at around 80,000 miles.
Many people are overcome with panic when their car has problems. If you're not too up on getting an automobile repaired, it can be hard to figure out what to do when you need help. With some luck, this article should guide you toward the right process.


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Observatree/IPSN Conference on Tree and Plant Health Early Warning Systems in Europe – poster abstracts
Surveying, monitoring and quarantining for notifiable diseases at Eden Project
A role of Mlyňany Arboretum in identifying new pest and pathogen threats to trees in Slovakia
Citizen Science and tree health: Towards a strategic plan for policy, operations and research
Detection of Phytophthora ramorum in Larch (Larix) using remote sensing methods
Facilitating plant health surveillance in botanic gardens and arboreta, using digital solutions
Is Phytophthora ramorum a problem in Portugal?
Plants for trapping new and unknown pests
The first attempt of biological control of a forest lepidopterous pests: Efficient rearing techniques of Ooencyrtus pityocampae and Ooencytus kuvanae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
The role of volunteers within the Observatree project and what motivates them to take part
Evaluation of far-eastern pests and pathogens threat for European fir and ash species
ENDOplant, a new trunk injection technique to control exotic, defoliator and allergic species in our green areas
Media monitoring for the early identification of emerging plant diseases: what can we learn from scientometrics?
Determining the geographical origin of Asian Longhorn (Anoplophora glabripennis) Beetle specimens
Gamification with education for outreach and engagement
Asian botanical gardens as a part of early warning system of new pest risks


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Join Hareesh Wallis for a 20-minute Tantrik micro meditation where you will seek to actualize the realization that everything is consciousness – and that consciousness is everything.
Why Soul Gazing is Your New Yoga Practice
Why Soul Gazing is
Your New Yoga Practice
Communication occurs on many levels, we know that it goes far beyond talking and listening. We're referring to what happens when you open up the energy lines between people with the exercise known as soul gazing. It's been known to give participants an altered state of consciousness by staring into another person's eyes for ten minutes. Psychologists refer to this as a dissociative state brought about by the lack of sensory stimulation.
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Tantrik Micro Meditation Practices: Everything is Consciousness
The Yoga of Soul of Gazing
If the word Tantra conjures up scenes of sexuality, you're not alone. The introduction of Tantric practices in the West has inadvertently become identified with a practice that's laced with nudity, sexuality, and occasionally, promiscuity.
The truth is, Tantra may enhance your sex life, but only by deepening your connection to your energy and your body first. Although Tantric practices are founded on the principal of intimacy, intimacy is not purely physical. It's the act of connecting so deeply that you feel as if you are getting a glimpse into your and perhaps another's soul.
The Tantric practice aims to expand beyond perceived limitations of yogic philosophy and the asanas. When one meditates it is the space between thoughts where one begins to find a glimpse of inner peace. As yogis, we cultivate that space until the thoughts become less and less obtrusive, and the space between them becomes vast.
The exploration of the subtle energies within the body and their connection to the universe provide the opportunity to understand the purpose of life and the principles of union in new dimensions.
Try this exercise with a partner
Come into a loose, cross-legged position (typically the larger person in Sukhasana first). Your partner then sits on your thighs and crosses their ankles behind your back. Touch your third eye centers (space between the eyebrows) as you both lengthen through your spines. Gaze lightly into each other's eyes as you inhale and exhale through the nose. Take 5 breaths, allowing a natural synchronicity of breath, with your palms resting on the backside of your partner's heart. Surrender to the intimate experience of both your and your partner's heartbeat. Try this for 10 minutes.
If you're practicing Tantra Yoga on your own or with a partner, you're expanding your capacity for intimacy and union. With practice, we're able to get up close and intimate with the beliefs and behaviors that hold us back from the intimacy we desire. In addition, Tantric techniques are provided to evolve beyond these barriers so that each and every one of us may thrive and prosper.


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Mental health crisis in New Jersey's Emergency Rooms
One of the solutions called for is more supportive housing for persons with a mental illness.
Mental health crisis in ERs statewide
A shortage of psychiatric beds is taking a toll on medical patients and hospital personnel
The Star-Ledger, Sunday, May 13, 2007
BY LAWRENCE RAGONESE, Star-Ledger Staff
A rising number of severely mentally ill people in need of psychiatric commitment are overwhelming emergency rooms statewide, stressing hospital staffs and budgets, and violating patients' rights, according to medical and mental health professionals.
A lack of available psychiatric beds, especially for short-term care, has turned emergency rooms into holding areas for in-crisis patients with no place else to go, officials said.
In some emergency rooms across the state, as many as 25 percent of beds are occupied by psychiatric patients waiting for placement, the New Jersey Hospital Association reported last week.
"Concerns you are hearing from emergency room professionals are right on all counts," said Kerry McKean Kelly, spokeswoman for the association. "It's a problem that needs to be addressed for the sake of the patients."
The medical and psychiatric community in Morris County recently issued a "white paper" to mental health and state officials asking that the state address the backlog of psychiatric patients, which has worsened over the past three years.
Mental health professionals and state officials say the problem is the result of a combination of factors: increasing state population, efforts to downsize state hospitals; the closing of some general hospital voluntary psychiatric units to make space for more lucrative specialties, such as cardiac care units; and a lack of affordable housing for former state hospital patients.
The white paper — a collaboration of Morristown Memorial, Saint Clare's and Chilton Memorial hospitals, plus county mental health agencies and county jail officials — identified a host of systemic problems, including:
Insufficient beds to meet growing psychiatric need
Failure to hold and treat clients in a safe, secure environment, which violates their right to dignity and privacy
Planned downsizing of available beds in the state mental hospital system
Difficulty in moving forensic cases — psychiatric patients with legal charges or violent criminal histories — to appropriate state settings
These points struck a sympathetic chord with mental health officials statewide.
"I agree with what they are saying. The system has never been the right size in terms of patient capacity," said Bob Davison, executive director of the Essex County Mental Health Association. "The system is backed up and, definitely, the forensic system isn't big enough to handle the state's needs."
The white paper called the practice of "stacking" in-crisis psychiatric patients in emergency rooms, partitioned only by thin curtains from medical trauma cases, potentially dangerous.
"These patients cannot receive adequate treatment, medication monitoring or counseling," according to the document. "There is increased risk of clients 'acting out behaviors' caused by this environment. It also leads to increased risk of assault of hospital emergency room staffs. Plus, there is potential for 'elopement,' which can cause security problems for the hospital and local community," according to the paper.
Morris County Mental Health Coordinator Laurie Becker, who participated in creating the white paper, said there have been some cases in which psychiatric patients have spent seven or eight days in emergency rooms waiting for placement in her county.
"Certainly, a person with a heart attack would not be handled this way," said Becker. "But persons in distress that involves mental health don't always get the treatment they deserve."
Distressed psychiatric patients who come to emergency rooms are examined by ER doctors and hospital psychiatrists, who attempt to stabilize them. But those who require more substantial care and placement in state institutions can find long waits in the screening process and even longer waits for beds.
"It's quite a challenge to our system, taxing on our resources," said Thomas Zaubler, chairman of the psychiatry department at Morristown Memorial Hospital. "We do the very best we can to meet their needs. But they require full-time psychiatric care, not to wait a few days in an emergency room."
It is especially difficult to move patients with criminal charges or violent backgrounds to an appropriate setting at the state's most secure psychiatric facility, Anne Klein Forensic Center in Trenton, which has a 10-day waiting period for placement, according to officials. Many troubled patients instead are held in emergency rooms under police guard, causing safety problems and running up police overtime costs, officials said. Others who are incarcerated are held over, without proper mental health care, at county jails, they added.
Assistant State Human Services Commissioner Kevin Martone said his agency is aware of the situation, which is particularly severe in South Jersey, and is working on several fronts to deal with it. He said there has been greater population growth in some South Jersey counties, which has outpaced the addition of needed psychiatric beds.
There are 342 short-term care beds statewide for persons in need of involuntary commitment, who are considered a danger to themselves or others, according to the state Division of Mental Health Services.
The state is reviewing how many more short-term care beds are needed and where to locate them and is trying to find hospitals willing to partner with the state in adding these beds. These would provide shorter-term care, from several days to a few months. Patients could be stabilized without placement in state institutions, freeing up emergency room beds.
But such an expansion would require more money or a reallocation of state funds, Martone said.
A $20 million mental health subsidy fund pays for the short-term care system statewide. To add beds without boosting that fund would mean hospitals would receive lower reimbursements for each patient added to the system, he said.
Meanwhile, the state is working on a community care project to provide more expansive and comprehensive outpatient services statewide that could prevent patients from flooding emergency rooms.
"Prevention is the key," said Martone. "But while we are working on that effort, we must ensure the infrastructure is in place to adequately meet the needs of our clients."
The white paper also was critical of the admissions process to Anne Klein Forensic Center and other state psychiatric hospitals, including Ancora, Greystone, Hagedorn and Trenton psychiatric hospitals. It called the system cumbersome — taking too long to process patients, adding to the backup. Administrators at state hospitals, it said, are not responsive to admissions requests, especially "after hours" and on weekends and holidays.
"We are all frustrated by this situation," said Jean Zaccone, vice president and chief nursing officer at Saint Clare's Hospital in Morris County. "Patients' rights and safety are at issue here. These patients are going through very stressful times and need proper and timely help."
The white paper and mental health experts offered a host of recommendations to improve the situation:
Add more beds to mental health screening centers
Streamline the admission process to state hospitals
Implement a backup plan for when beds are not available at Anne Klein Forensic Center
Streamline communications between local hospitals and state facilities
Create intermediate-level beds for those who have "decompensated," and need help for a few days to a few months
Make the state assume or share costs incurred by hospitals when involuntary patients are forced to wait in emergency rooms for extended periods
The paper also suggested reevaluating the pact between Morris County and the state, which prohibits criminal and violent patients from being sent to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.
Martone said his agency is working with the mental health community to deal with these issues. For example, he said a new 34-bed unit will open by late summer at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital for patients who normally would go to the Anne Klein Forensic Center, but who would not need such an intense level of care.
"Our goal is to create the most accessible and quality system of care (for) folks in need. But it has to be done within the resources given to us by the Legislature," said Martone. "That is a challenge."
Lawrence Ragonese may be reached at (973) 539-7910.
© 2007 The Star Ledger
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Today, the video streaming market is extremely competitive. Services must deploy considerable resources to retain their customers and attract new ones. On this last point, Netflix seems to be losing momentum.
At the beginning of video streaming, the competition was not so tough. Netflix reigned supreme, or almost. In the last two years, however, with the proliferation of new services, such as those of Amazon, Apple, Disney, HBO and others, it is not surprising that the number of subscriptions to Netflix is in decline.
Netflix slumps on new subscribers
According to the second-quarter results released by the platform, Netflix managed to attract "only" 2.7 million new subscribers over this period. That is a figure well below the initial forecast of the company, 5 million. In other words, Netflix will have to settle for half of the new predicted subscribers.
Blame the multiplication of streaming services
As mentioned above, this is not very surprising when we know the list of all the services that are coming or going to happen. Disney will probably be the biggest threat, with its well-stocked licensing catalog, such as Marvel and Star Wars, in addition to all Disney content. Plus, Disney controls Hulu. The competition will be very delicate against this newcomer.
On the other hand, faced with this proliferation of services and with each one of them trying to obtain exclusivities, an increase in piracy has already been noted. Since users do not want to pay subscriptions to many services, and they prefer to illegally download content instead.
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Local renewable energy opportunities generated through knowledge exchange, capacity building and training on sustainable forest management and energy transition.
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A transnational cooperation project to promote DIY solutions for renewable energy production in rural communities.
Expanding the range of tourist offer in a LAG area by supporting a small farm to diversify into horseback riding and therapeutic riding.
The 'Terroir Moselle wine and architecture route' is a 'preparatory' cooperation project gathering six LEADER areas, five wine growing areas from four regions and three countries.
Improving the centre of a small community by replacing the roofs of municipal buildings.
An integrated, community focussed model for quality meat production based on short supply chains, working together, and exchanging experiences between consumers and producers.
A Local Action Group (LAG) helps coordinate the climate and energy strategies of its municipalities.
An investment project that allowed a company to fill the gap in the local supply chain for wood chips in the north-west of Ireland.
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Report to Monaghan County Council Meeting on 7 January 2019.
On the afternoon of 19th December 2018, Monaghan County Council was notified by Gyproc (Ireland) Ltd that a crown hole was discovered 35 metres west of LP4900. The Chief Executive and Senior Engineer (Roads) visited the site on the evening of 19th December and spoke to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) seeking confirmation that LP4900 road was stable and safe for public use.
Following a meeting on the morning of 20th December between Gyproc Ireland Ltd and SRK Consulting Ltd, the DCCAE was advised of the ground conditions pertaining to the crownhole. Then, in consultation with the DCCAE and Gyproc (Ireland) Ltd., Monaghan County Council took the decision to close the LP4900 road a precautionary measure and to facilitate site investigation work by the mining company.
Monaghan County Council issued a Notice of Emergency Closure, in accordance with Section 75 of the Roads Act 1993 & Article 12 of the Roads Regulations 1994, and closed the LP4900 road at 3:30pm on 20th December 2018.
A drilling rig mobilised by Gyproc (Ireland) Ltd to carry out core drilling in the area remains onsite.
A meeting was held in Carrickmacross on 3rd January 2019 between DCCAE officials and representatives from Gyproc (Ireland) Ltd.. Wardell Armstrong and Monaghan County Council were also in attendance.
During the meeting, nine additional core drilling locations were identified as part of the investigation to determine the stability of the LP4900. SRK Consulting Ltd was instructed to evaluate the site investigation works and complete a report on the crownhole and ground conditions along the LP4900 to DCCAE by 10th January 2019. All parties agreed to meet again on 15th January 2019, following completion of the core drills to analyse the results.
Monaghan County Council has continued its Emergency Closure Order on the LP4900 pending the outcome of the geotechnical investigations.