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Medical studies and clinical trials are methods of researching medicine. They involve testing or experimenting drugs and treatment approaches for various illnesses. These studies and trials are critical in ensuring that drugs and treatment approaches are safe and effective for the people. Studies may entail observing people in a natural setting while trials include tests in a controlled environment.
The health sector is rapidly incorporating digitization because of its efficiency and impact on healthcare. Before embracing or endorsing this form of technology, clinical trials, and studies out to be conducted. Any medical inventions involving digitalization ought to go through trials and medical studies to ensure it is valuable to patients. These studies and trials also reveal challenges or limitations of digital healthcare.
Medicine has come a long way and developed through traditional methods of medical studies. Despite the progress, these traditional methods have several challenges that hindered the accuracy of the results from the studies. Patient recruitment is one of the major problems affecting conventional methods of research. The recruitment process entails bias towards gender, race, geography, and ethnicity. This bias skews results and researchers end up making different deductions.
Other challenges include high costs of conducting clinical trials and studies. In the United States, health economists in 2003 estimated the average cost of introducing a new drug to a market as US$802 million. A fact, in which some recent estimates indicate that development and typical research costs are between the range of. Researchers needed funds for logistics and other issues as well. Interference of any form is also another problem, which highly affects the results of the studies or trials.
Introducing smartphones has played a critical role in reducing the challenges of traditional methods of medical studies.
Smart phones are being used to enhance the patient recruitment process, data collection and better connections for caregiving, coordinating trials and patient safety. These improvements ensure the accuracy of results and findings from the studies.
They also guide researchers on areas requiring further studies.
In particular, mobile phones are mitigating challenges such as bias during the patient recruitment process. All patients across the demographics are impartially selected. Mobile phones will be collecting real-time data that shows progress or problems of the study. If the study is detrimental, it will be halted immediately to prevent further harm. In such a case the mobile devices play a critical role in monitoring the study.
A successful study requires participative patients and compliance with the requirements of the study. Mobile devices are suitable for coordinating activities of the patients involved in the study. Researchers use these devices to communicate and ensure that every patient is following instruction.
The communication also helps to resolve any difficulties a participant is experiencing during the study. The effective communication established also enhances the collection of data and recording. Every patient enters real-time data and information such as symptoms and other essential details of the study. The data and information is the cornerstone of a fruitful study.
Will BIg Data in the healthcare sector make clinical studies obsolete?
The Apple Company collaborated with Stanford Medicine to conduct a medical study in heart studies. The research aims at studying irregular heart rhythms through an app. The study invites all participants in America to benefit from the results. Monitoring the pulse rate and rhythm will enable people to detect heart anomalies in good time and treat them.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis also launched a smartphone-based clinical study, called elevateMS for multiple sclerosis. The study was designed to collect sensor-based data of relating to physical symptoms and activities and store in mobile application.
The application was developed using Apple Research Kit wherein the participants can continuously document their symptoms in a personal health story for their healthcare providers to analyse to improve medications and therapy.
Another Successful research was a weight reduction and maintenance study using smartphones. This study was conducted with the view of ascertaining how useful a specific smartphone app would be in the reduction of the weight of obese or overweight persons. The data used was gotten from the logging and Clinical data of Noom Coach App users between the period of October 2012 to April 2014. A total number of 35,921 people were considered in the study, of this number, about 77.9% of them reported a drop in their body weight while making use of the app.
What the study went on to prove is the fact that an app for the can be used to reduce the weight of a majority of the users. The study concluded by saying that there was a better weight loss result among those who ensured that they monitor their health as well as diet a lot more frequently.
Apple launched a watch that utilizes LED lights to detect the blood flow on the wrist. The watch has a sensor that gathers signals from four particular points on the wrist. That is how the study collects data from people with irregular heart rhythms. Apple is encouraging Americans to participate in this study and save their lives.
All they need is an app and a wearable, which in this case is a watch. The company has received overwhelming appreciation from participating in the study. They testified how the wearable saved their life by detecting problems that could not have been quickly discovered. For instance, AFib is a common cause of stroke, and it causes about 130,000 and 750,000 people, who are hospitalized every year.
AFib does not have symptoms, and hence, it is impractical to detect it without monitoring. The Apple Heart Study had assisted many AFib patients to seek medical intervention before it deteriorated their health. The Apple Watch and other wearables are ushering in a new age of proactivity among people as opposed to reactivity after a health incident has occurred. His study is also benefiting other doctors and healthcare professionals around the world.
They are utilizing the data and information to learn more about the heart and its well being. Additionally, these medical professionals are using Apple Watch and other wearables from different companies to conduct their clinical studies. Among the studies done are autism and Parkinson’s disease. The discoveries deduced from these studies were at a scale that has never been witnessed before.
A study conducted in 2015 revealed that Apple iTunes and Google Play Store has over 165,000 apps related to health. And more than half of a billion have downloaded or used at least one application available there. This is a clear indication that Smartphones and other mobile devices are the future of medicine. The apps and mobile devices are a platform where medical professionals can gather critical data and information on health. They could also share this information and exchange ideas on how to resolve common problems in the healthcare sector.
Medical researchers no longer need to bring together patients for a clinical trial. Through mobile devices, they can have access to data on a real-time basis. All that researchers need to do is coordinate the participants and maintain communication.
Samsung has a similar program going on. The Remote Maintenance System is a program that is connected to specific equipment and wearables that send warnings to the system on a real-time basis. Samsung has the Gear S, which is a smartwatch that is mainly used for clinical trials. The Samsung Galaxy S6 is also favorable for entering patient data on symptoms and medications.
The future holds more inventions and methods of advancing healthcare and service delivery. Clinical trials and medical studies are essential because they uncover new and improved treatment methods and medications. Further research is necessary for developing these methods and propelling healthcare.
In the past organizations and medical institutions have spent a lot of funds on clinical trials and studies. Today, mobile devices have reduced these costs and improved the results. This accomplishment encourages researchers to conduct more studies, primarily in areas that do not receive sufficient attention.


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The Incredible Grace of God!
This week’s leadership blog is inspired by a current situation where we are helping a minister work through some marital issues. While much care will be taken to preserve identity, I feel the need to expound on how much we need the grace of God. If it took the grace of God to save us, we must continue to count on His grace every day of the rest of our lives. I find it a bit disturbing when I see leaders standing solely on their own merit and accomplishments, because, when crisis comes, the fall from one’s self-built pedestal of ministry can be catastrophic. Please leave a comment after you read each week’s blog. I enjoy reading them!

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Shock. Strong men that only eat plants? No? The idea that you have to consume whole chickens, piles of steaks and wash it down with a smoothie containing a dozen raw eggs to be a strong man is still the general concept that is floating around, which may date back to cave-men days. Yet, thank goodness we no longer live in caves and now more and more prominent males in the spotlight are demonstrating that this is not the case. You can live a cruelty-free life and be healthy.
You can EVEN live a cruelty-free life and be STRONG - and be a male.
It is understandable that most people have had the false belief they need to eat meat to get enough protein to be healthy, let alone be an athlete because that is what we have been fed for years, from well-funded campaigns from almost every angle. It has become a collective misbelief. It is recently that figures such as above have been helping lift this fallacy, and I am sure they did not make this decision lightly, because I know first hand professional athletes care A LOT about their craft. My father and my ex partner were professional sports players. Trust me.
We do need protein, without a doubt. And we do need sufficient amounts of it. Protein is absolutely critical in building and repairing muscle tissue and maintaining of a wide array of important bodily functions. But the myth is that we can only get this protein from the flesh of a dead animal and that we need copious amounts of it.
Protein is made up from 20 amino acids, of which 9 we MUST get from out diet and are called essential amino acids - means they are essential to EAT! The remaining our body can synthesise itself. All of these 9 essential amino acids we must ingest from our diet are ALL found in plants and animals. The animals firstly have to get them from the plants themselves, and as I deeply believe in the ability of our human bodies, we, like the animals, can also eat the essential amino acids in our diet from plants and convert them to what we need them to do in our own bodies.
black, kidney, butter and all types of other beans, legumes, lentils, a variety of all nuts and seeds (especially adding seeds like chia and hemp seeds) spriulina, sweet potato.
When you eat a varied diet, you will get the essential amino acids your body needs.
I hear lots of vegans say thats all there is to it, but I am also conscious that while our bodies ARE clever and DO know what they need to do, in the typical fast-paced, stressful lifestyle where we often consume way too much coffee and alcohol, then you DO need to be aware that WHAT you eat is important but HOW your body digests and assimilates that nutrition is just as important. If our digestive system is stuffed, then we won't be getting what we think we are from our foods.
Perhaps the lazy way is then to claim 'just eat meat', then perhaps your body needs to do "less" since it has the already converted forms of amino acids ingested. But I disagree this is sustainable longterm. Meat is hard to digest. Our bodies are not designed like carnivores, we have relatively flat teeth, our guts are much less acidic then them and we have very long digestive tracts compared to their short ones.
I can't help ignore that free-range, pasture-raised meat can be beneficial on a health platform when suffering from deficiencies but it is not the only answer. We can repair our systems with herbs and nutritional support and most importantly, lifestyle choices. We don't have to go to the fall back of meat.
And as for needing it as an athlete, just google the list of the people mentioned earlier to look at their feats. Powered by plants only. Whether these ultra-fit guys gave up meat and chose to eat only plants due to compassion for animals or the high amount of research on the health benefits, they are redefining the stereotype of what consists to be masculine by doing so.
Then there is my husband, who is still rocking it and my Dad, who in his late sixties is fitter than many of my friends half his age. Both strong, healthy plant-based fuelled men, constantly inspiring me.
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All meetings are held at 2pm.
Business meeting will include election of officers for the 2018-2019 meeting year.
Business meeting (kept very short) will include installation of officers for the 2019-2020 meeting year.
Annual June potluck...come hungry and enjoy yourself!
Society to provide meats and drinks.
Members are asked to bring a salad, covered dish and/or a dessert.
Take a trip to Scotland... It's a great time of year to go!!
Annual Halloween Party. Treats and games for the kids. (Bring your camera!) Costumes (for young and old alike) are welcomed and encouraged ... as evidenced by the picture below from the 2013, October meeting!
As is our custom in November, our secretary Fiona Alpaugh will be on hand with some of her Highland dancers to entertain and educate.
Annual Christmas party and potluck. Good food and fun for all! This meeting is a very family centric event, so bring the children and/or grandchildren. (We may even have a visit from our favorite, kilted Santa.) The Society will provide the meat and drink; members are asked to bring: salads, side dishes and/or desserts and come hungry.
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Remember: Our collective success is built on the abilities and contributions of all of our members ... not just a few!

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An eating utensil with humble origins, the spoon has a surprisingly rich history beyond the kitchen table. From ceremonial spoons of ancient times to spoon rings popular with the free-spirits of the late 1960s and 1970s, spoons have long been imbued with symbolism.
For centuries, spoons have been given as tokens of love, as in the Welsh tradition of the love spoon—a carved, decorated wooden spoon. Spoon rings, which were made from the handle of a spoon, are widely considered to have originated in 17th century England. In addition to being made from actual silver, flatware in those times was highly stylized and often decorated with the family’s crest, earning it heirloom status. Popular lore credits spoon rings to the servant class of generations past: Servants would steal a piece of silverware from their employer’s set and have it fashioned into a ring, so that they could give a symbol of love and commitment to their beloved.
Spoon rings experienced a comeback in the late 1960s and 1970s, when hippies wore them during the heyday of Haight-Ashbury and the youthful counterculture that embraced peace, love, and free-spirited rebellion.
Building upon this storied past, ALEX AND ANI has written the next chapter in the history of the spoon ring with designs that symbolize strength and enlightenment: the Hand of Fatima, the PATH OF LIFE, and the Endless Knot, among others. The Precious Spoon Rings Collection honors the spoon’s legacy while also marking the beginning of a new chapter in its rich history.


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There is a fiery message burning in my bones. It is a message every Christian needs to hear, especially in this age of overpowering temptations and excruciating hurt.
The message I bring to you from the Lord is simply this: God has not forgotten you! He knows exactly where you are, what you are going through right now, and He is monitoring every step along your path. But we are just like the children of Israel who doubted God's daily care for them, even though prophets were sent to deliver wonderful promises from Heaven.
God's people sat in darkness, hungry and thirsty, praying for deliverance and comfort. God bottled every tear, and He heard their cry and answered, "I will preserve thee... You shall no longer hunger and thirst... I will have mercy on you and lead you by springs of living water... for the Lord will comfort his people and have mercy on all the troubled ones..." (Isaiah 49). Did Israel rejoice in these promises sent directly from the throne of God? Did God's people quit their fretting and begin trusting in the Lord to see them through? Did those who were hurt and confused believe a single word of these promises? No!
"But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me" (Isaiah 49:14). These were not reprobates or sons of the devil. Rather, they were those "who sought the Lord... the sons of Abraham... those who knew righteousness... in whose heart was the law of God..." How much clearer must God make His Word to these stubborn, unbelieving children? God was greatly concerned because they were not appropriating or hearing His promises. You can almost sense the impatience of the Lord in rebuking their unbelief. "I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of men... and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and thou hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy..." (Isaiah 51:12-13).
Does it all sound familiar? Here we are today as the children of the same Holy God, having in us the glorious promise of Holy Ghost comfort; yet we go about daily fearing the oppressor. We know what our Lord has promised us: guidance, peace, a shelter from the storm, a way where there seems to be none, a supply for every need, healing for every hurt. Do we believe any of it? Do we just put these promises out of our minds and go on our way, worrying and fretting and taking matters into our own hands? I'm afraid so! And we are all alike. We get in a tight place; we get lonely and depressed; we fall into temptation and yield to lust; we make tragic errors and live in guilt and terror; and through it all, we choose to forget all that God has promised us. We forget we serve a God who laid the very foundations of this earth. We forget our Father is all powerful, and that all things that exist were made by Him. We see only our problems. Our fears shut out the vision of His power and glory. We get afraid; we panic; we question; we doubt.
We forget in our hour of need that God has us in the palm of His hand. Instead, like the children of Israel, we are afraid we are going to blow it all and be destroyed by the enemy. How difficult it must be for our loving Father to understand why we won't trust Him when we are down and in need. God must think to Himself, "Don't they know I have graven them upon the palms of My hands... I could no more forget them in their hour of need than a mother could forget her suckling child... and even though a mother could forget her child, I cannot forget a single child of mine" (Isaiah 49:15-16).
Again and again God came to Israel pleading for their confidence and trust in times of crises. "For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not!" (Isaiah 30:15). God said to them, "You didn't ask at My mouth, praying for help and guidance. You didn't wait for Me to help. You didn't return to Me for help and strength when you really needed it. You didn't accept My counsel; you didn't wait for Me to work; you didn't wait for that quiet word behind you that whispers, 'This is the way; walk ye in it.' You didn't believe My strong arm could deliver you. You didn't call upon My name of rest in the shadow of My palm. No! You took matters in your own hand; you depended on others; you trusted in your own thoughts. You conceived chaff and were burnt by your own fire."
God seems finally to shout at Israel, "Seek ye out the book of the Lord, and read: not one promise shall fail... for my mouth it hath commanded... so strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you... sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (Isaiah 34:16, 35:3-10).
It seems to me that even the New Testament echoes God's displeasure with unbelief: "Ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:6-8).
Jesus worried that when He returned to this earth, He would not find any faith left. He had just finished a message about how certainly God answers prayer. He had just promised that the Heavenly Father would speedily "avenge and answer his own elect, which cry unto Him day and night." It must have been with a heavy heart that Jesus spoke the following: "I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:7-8).
Can it be that we continue in our hurting - continue in our sinning - continue living in defeat and failure - simply because we really do not believe God answers our prayers anymore?
Are we as guilty as the children of Israel in thinking God has forsaken us and given us over to our own devices to figure things out for ourselves? Do we really believe our Lord meant it when He said God will act just in time, in answer to our prayer of faith? Jesus implies that most of us, even though called and chosen, will not be trusting in Him when He returns. Some of God's people have already lost their confidence in Him. They do not believe, in the deepest of their souls, that their prayers make any difference. They act as if they are all on their own.
Instead of submitting to the Lord in quiet confidence and rest in His promises, we try so hard to work out our own solutions. And when our way of doing things blows up in our faces, we get angry with God.
A young divorcee confessed, "I almost went out to get stone-drunk tonight. I've been praying for a whole year now for my husband to return, but instead of coming back to me, he has taken up with another woman. God didn't answer my prayer, so I thought I'd go out and get drunk to show Him how angry I am." What a pity! She was ready to take it out on God because He wouldn't answer her prayer her way on her time schedule. Like so many others who beg God for favors, she wanted only one thing: relief from her loneliness and release for her sexual drive. She didn't want more of Jesus, more holiness and Christian character. No! She simply wanted a man at her side. I knew immediately that God could not answer that woman's prayer. She was not ready to receive her husband back. She was till an emotional cripple, and she would have blown it a second time. Then all she would have left would be another failure, and her despair would be compounded. God had not forsaken her; He was actually being merciful to her. He was saving her life, but she couldn't see it.
Be honest now! Has your faith been weak lately? Have you almost given up on certain things you have prayed so much about? Have you grown weary with waiting? Have you thrown up your hands in resignation as if to say, "I just can't seem to break through. I don't know what is wrong and why my prayer is not answered. Evidently God has said no to me."
What about all the lonely people in the world who are torn apart by their solitude? The young unmarrieds who spend months and even years praying for a loving mate? Others would be satisfied if God would answer prayer and give them just a friend. They cry at night. The telephone becomes their life line, and when things get unbearable, they call someone - anyone - just to talk for awhile. Does God still answer those kinds of prayers? You know - the old-fashioned kinds where Christian girls still pray in a Christian husband - and boys pray in the Christian wife? Can God miraculously send into lonely lives friends, mates, in answer to prayer and faith? I still have to believe God works that way. Yet I know for a fact, after interviewing hundreds of lonely people, that few of them really believe God's promises.
Show me a lonely, hurting child of God who puts character and growth ahead of all other needs, and I'll show you one who is sure to be fulfilled. Instead of praying with faith, instead of reading God's Word and growing in strength, instead of committing their future to His keeping - most lonely people watch TV, read junk magazines, and grow spiritually dull. Their faith is weak because they are spiritually crippled. They pray only in quick snatches. They wallow in self-pity and self-condemnation. They are stunted and unbelieving, ready to think God has picked them out of the crowd to be treated wrongly. God can't answer their prayers because they are not ready for friendship and true love. They would mess it up in a short time because unbelief with God always leads to instability in human relationships. I say to all lonely people: Get back to the secret closet! Get back to simple, childlike faith! Start yearning for Jesus - more than for a friend or mate. God will, according to His own Word, meet your every need.
Almost everywhere I go today I hear Christians, even ministers, tell me there is something missing in their lives. A pastor friend summed it up like this, "David, I start to hunger after the Lord. I get a broken spirit; I weep and cry for hours. I feel like something in me is seeking expression. Like a birth about to take place. I want more from God and more out of life. I want to be holy. I want to know God and get through to Him. I pray that what I feel won't dissipate but will keep growing until I break through. But, sadly, in a few weeks I lose my broken spirit. I go back to my old fears and dryness. I get so close, but I never go all the way. Then I say to myself - What happened?"
Does that describe what you go through? Do you feel like you are just outside the gate; so close, about to break through to a life of joy, faith, answered prayers, and victory? Is there something in you that keeps condemning you, as if you never do enough to please God? At times do you think to yourself, "I'm just not doing anything. I'm not getting anything accomplished. I'm not growing. I'm not making real progress?"
I am of the opinion that in all of us, just beneath the surface, there lingers a horrible thought, "Oh God, help me or I'm going to blow it all." We never say it, but we think it. "God, I'm so weak, so susceptible to my besetting sin, so ignorant about winning over temptation, so confused about prayer and how to overcome the devil - I'm afraid I'll do something stupid and ruin everything."
What does it all mean when prayers go unanswered? When hurts linger? When suffering is permitted to continue, and God seems to be doing nothing in response to our faith? Often God is loving us more supremely at that time than ever before. The Word says, "Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth." A chastening of love takes precedence over every act of faith, over every prayer, over every promise. What I see as hurting in me could be His loving me. It could be His gentle hand spanking me out of my stubbornness and pride. God could be saying to me, "I've promised to meet your every need. I told you I would do anything you asked of Me in faith. You need to submit to s season of chastening; it is the only way I can make you into an experienced vessel of love. You can ask to be delivered, but it will only delay your spiritual growth. Through this suffering you will learn obedience, if you submit."
We have faith in our faith. We place more emphasis on the power of our prayers than we do on getting His power into us. We want to figure out God so we can read Him like a book. We don't want to be surprised or bewildered. And when things happen contrary to our concept of God, we say, "That can't be God; that's not the way He works."
We are so busy working on God, we forget He is trying to work on us. That is what this life is all about: God at work on us, trying to remake us into vessels of glory. We are so busy praying to change things, we have little time to allow prayer to change us. God has not put prayer and faith in our hands as if they were two secret tools by which a select group of "experts" learn to pry something out of Him. God said He is more willing to give than we are to receive. Why are we using prayer and faith as "keys" or tools to unlock something that has never been locked up? It's all freely given. It's been out-poured. It's a storehouse with all the doors and windows opened, with a Father who is already at work daily loading us with His benefits. When Jesus said, "Knock, and it shall be opened," He was talking about your door, not His. Knock down all your own doors. You need no key to enter His presence.
Prayer is not for God's benefit; it is for ours. Faith is not for His benefit, but for ours. God is not some eternal, divine tease. He has not surrounded Himself in riddles for men to unravel, as if to say, " The wise will get the prize."
We are so mixed up on this matter of prayer and faith; we have had the audacity to think of God as our personal "genie" who fulfills every wish. We think of faith as a way to corner God on His promises. We think God is pleased by our efforts to back Him against the wall and shout, "Lord, You can't go back on Your promise. I want what is coming to me. Your are bound by Your Word. You must do it or Your Word is not true."
This is why we miss the true meaning of prayer and faith. We see God only as the giver, we are the receiver. But prayer and faith are the avenues by which we become the givers to God. They are to be used, not as ways to get things from God, but as a way to give Him those things by which we can please Him.
Do you want a promise or do you want the Promisemaker? Do you want answers to prayer or do you want Him who works all things together for good? Can you imagine a wife who sticks with her husband only for the benefits she receives? She enjoys the prestige of her renowned husband, using his name freely to enhance her own position. She enjoys all the luxuries he provides; she constantly spends on his credit cards. Yet she takes for granted the one who loves her so. She has little time to spend with him; she is so preoccupied with her own comfort and pleasure. How long before the world knows she uses her husband, that she is more interested not so much in him, but in what he provides? Beloved bride of Christ, is that not the way we treat our Master? We demand the use of His credit cards, while showing so little interest in His love.
All the promises are given to us so we can become partakers of Him. He wants to get His divine nature of love into our puny bodies.
Do I believe all the promises are mine? Yes! Do I believe God still answers prayer? Yes! Do I believe He will comfort me; deliver me; give me the things I need to be free and fulfilled? Yes! But all that God does in me and for me depends on one thing: I must believe that He hears me when I call, that He bottles every tear, that He is more willing to give than I am to receive, that He is most anxious to answer every prayer that will help me be more like Himself, that He will never withhold anything that I need any longer than I can bear to be without it.
God has not forsaken me - nor you! A thousand times no! He is right now wanting us all to believe He is working all things out for our good. So quit trying to figure it out; stop worrying; stop doubting your Lord! The answer is coming! God has not shut His ear! You will reap - in due season - if you faint not!


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“We understand the challenges that our customers are facing and we want to take ownership of some of those challenges.We recognize that safety is one of the biggest concerns for our customers and our core focus this year will be on safety services”.
WSS is continuing to invest heavily on resource and expertise in Japan and across North Asia to meet the increasing demands of this growing maritime hub. Currently, it covers 180 ports in Japan with three main service centres located in Yokohama, Kobe and Moji in addition to the office in Tokyo focusing on ships’ agency business.

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I am pleased to present our third annual State of SMB Software Report, looking at fundraising and exit activity in the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) software space in North America last year. To isolate the SMB deal activity, we analyzed over 5,700 deals, narrowing them down to 553 venture deals, 37 private equity (PE) deals, 83 M&A deals, and 9 IPOs representing over $44B in deal proceeds.
For VCs, most activity was in front office. For PE firms, the middle office was most popular. This was the same last year.
While there are some pure-play companies that just serve small business, most companies serve small and mid-market customers. This mirrors our deal practice at SurePath where we work with software companies serving freelancers all the way up to mid-market enterprise.
2018 was a banner year across almost all deal categories: Other than angel/ seed rounds, every other deal type saw a large increase in deal volume and $. 2018 was a great time to fund your business and sell your business.
M & A Deal sizes were up significantly in 2018: There were six acquisitions over $1B in 2018 (vs none in 2017). With lots of capital and high valuations, 2018 saw lots of sale activity including several large take private transactions.
Business management/ERP and marketing tech were the top categories for deals: As younger people start small businesses, they want & expect to have software platforms that they can run their business on. And every small business is always looking for more customers.
Restaurant tech may soon be the first ever ‘winner takes all’ category in SMB: Most SMB markets are too large and fragmented for one vendor to own. For two years in a row, restaurant tech has seen significant funding. The stakes are high and every aspect of running a restaurant is being addressed. We expect to see a clear market leader emerge in this market.
2018 was a challenging year for public markets: Our SurePath SMB index was flat for the year. Gains in the first half of the year were wiped out in the back half. It still finished well up on all major indices. Atlassian was the best performer in the index. Deluxe was the worst performer.
Despite the overall public market volatility, IPOs were up significantly: We had 9 IPOs in 2018 (vs. 2 in 2017) with ~3.0B in capital invested.
I encourage you to check out the full report. We are happy to speak with you about the implications of this deal activity for your business.

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Mulching Fruit Trees and Keeping Busy When It’s Freezing!
A quick update on how we are mulching the fruit trees this year. Info on how I challenged the bind weed and ground elder on Jennie’s plot and a quick polytunnel update.


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Extractions: Juvenile Justice Web Sites Articles and Publications Source Links with Annotations Web Sites About.Com Juvenile Crime Page About.Com Juvenile Crime-Punishment Statistics Page About.Com Juvenile Punishment Page American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center ... Virginia Youth Violence Project Articles and Publications Abandoned in the Back Row: Abandoned in the Back Row reveals that youth who receive an inadequate education or do not succeed in school often enter the juvenile court system. Consequently, children with learning or emotional disabilities are highly susceptible to delinquency. More than 35 percent of students with learning disabilities drop out of school, twice the rate of students without learning disabilities. Youth that drop out of school are three and a half times more likely to be arrested than high school graduates.
Extractions: We are still a long way from the time when our conscience can be certain of having done everything possible to prevent crime and to control it effectively so that it no longer does harm and, at the same time, to offer to those who commit crimes a way of redeeming themselves and making a positive return to society. If all those in some way involved in the problem tried to . . . develop this line of thought, perhaps humanity as a whole could take a great step forward in creating a more serene and peaceful society.
CrimNotes, newsletter of the School of Criminology and criminal Justice at Florida State University. of juvenile detention education facilities throughout the state Joel DeVolentine in Journal of Offender rehabilitation.
Extractions: Special Education in Correctional Facilities More than one in three youths who enter correc-tional facilities have previously received special education ser-vices, a considerably higher percentage of youths with disabilities than is found in public elementary and secondary schools (Leone, 1997). Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), youths with disabilities in correctional facilities are entitled to special education and related services. Providing appropriate services for these students, however, can be extremely challenging. Several issues have been identified as having an impact on the pro-vision of appropriate special education services in correctional facilities, including transience of the student population, conflict-ing organizational goals for security and rehabilitation, shortages of adequately prepared personnel, and limited interagency coordination. This module synthesizes available information on youths with disabilities in correctional facilities and efforts to provide this population with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The first section describes the number and characteristics of incarcerated youths with disabilities. The second section portrays special education services in correctional facilities. The third section discusses particular challenges associated with the provision of services in correctional facilities, and the fourth reports results for incarcerated youths with disabilities.
Family Service Agencies; criminal Justice System; Social Work Agencies. education System; Child and Youth Care facilities; rehabilitation Services.
Extractions: Learn to offer support to people affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs. Our intensive 22-week Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) program will enhance your skills and prepare you to work with people who have suffered irreversible brain damage. At the end of the program, you receive a Credential of Academic Achievement that qualifies you to use your comprehensive understanding of FASD to help people affected by this disorder overcome obstacles in their lives. New students are accepted full time into the FASD program in the Fall (September) term. Qualified applicants may be admitted into programs outside of normal intakes. Interested applicants are considered on an individual basis by the Program Leader for acceptance into a program in an alternative or modified format. Academic Requirements An Alberta High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 60% in English 30 or 70% in English 33 or a previous certificate and/or diploma in a related field (eg: Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education, Nursing, Criminal Justice, Rehabilitation Services, Special Needs Teacher Assistant, Education or Social Work). Credits from previous programs may receive advanced credit.
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that arise in supported housing facilities in Suffolk and result in the successful rehabilitation of participants abuse is related to their criminal activity.
Extractions: Heinous Crime Prevention We are being annoyed by the increase of heinous crimes in Japan. On TV, I recently saw a young man asking adults the reason why murder is bad. A few adults hesitated at answering him and another replied that "Murder is not necessarily bad." We cannot keep our society stable without the severe punishment of the murder. First of all we, adults, have to definitely recognize the necessity of the punishment. Next we have to convince young people that the severe rules are necessary for our society. Before children begin to think why it is bad, we must teach them that murder is the worst deed in the world. I think the reason should be taught after they become schoolchildren. I suppose that the young man, who asked about murder, has never been taught about it by their parents. The Nihon Keizai Shinbun newspaper (Aug. 19, 2003) reported that The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology began to make up for the decline of the ability of parental education. The education courses, which were prepared for the pregnant woman and her husband, and for the parents of the child who will reach school age soon, have already started. On the next year, the child-care course, which was prepared for the parents of adolescents, is planned to double and the establishment of the child-care course for the high school students, who become parents in the near future, was planned.
Extractions: As part of ongoing research, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse has prepared this fact sheet to summarize correctional system statistics, research, and drug treatment information, as well as information regarding ongoing projects addressing drug abuse treatment in the criminal justice system. Background Additionally, 98,913 juveniles (9% of whom were drug offenders) were incarcerated in public or private juvenile facilities for nonstatus offenses. Drug offenders accounted for 21% (236,800) of the State prison population in 1998, up from 6% (19,000) in 1980, and 59% (55,984) of the Federal prison population in 1998, up from 25% (4,749) in 1980. Also, in 1998, an estimated 26% (152,000) of all inmates under local supervision were incarcerated for drug offenses.
Extractions: OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA adopted by the SFRJ Assembly at the session of the Federal Council held on September 28, 1976; declared by a decree of the President of the Republic on September 28, 1976; published in the Official Gazette SFRJ No. 44 of October 8, 1976; a correction was made in the Official Gazette SFRJ No. 36 of July 15, 1977; took effect on July 1, 1977.

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M-Connect Media is an eCommerce development company whose fundamental principle revolves around serving its clients and solving out their problems through unmatchable solutions. M-Connect is known to append wheels to the traditional businesses, and when needed, it gives an accelerating push to its clients through its final guidance. They analyze the latest trends of the eCommerce businesses and implement each one of them, but what sets them unique from their competitors? They not only examine the trends but also discover the new trends.
The great formulas to the intricate problems, vast reach, and gleaming goals (the three G’s) of M-Connect Media help it to persuade several eCommerce clients of great industrial backgrounds. But what makes M-Connect a particular organization? Its ability to lend support to the emerging visionaries. Such support makes it a tremendous and idiosyncratic builder of this era.
Synchronous hard work and zestful curiosity to give something new to the globe have helped a company to evolve set of rusty codes into robust extensions. The group insulated from any compromises. Hence, it has resulted in developing 70 additional modules. An elementary knowledge is enough to handle these easily-installable extensions.
Last time when I searched for a product in a branded store, I had to go through 2764 products ONLY. It not only pushed me into a convoluted situation but also compelled me to abandon the cart. Do you want your customers to leave the store similarly? If no, use AJAX price slider extension for Magento 2.
This layered navigation price slider extension saves the tremendous time from the customers and lets them filter the products based on their requirements. This extension funnels down with Ajax loading effect. Hence, the natural filtration.
Allow you to enable price slider at Magento 2 storefront.
Helps in setting the price slider for selecting the price range.
Makes filter more natural for the products with Ajax without page load.
Display error message for out of range price input.
What do we do when we travel to some unfamiliar area? We navigate the map on our phones/internet and try not to lose our spatial dimensions. Similarly, anyone who’s visiting our websites and is unfamiliar with it would want maps to help it navigate the store. AJAX price slider would prevent your customers getting lost in the pool of products by filtering the custom price range.


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This Fisheries Note replaces Victorian Fisheries Notes Nos. 1, 2, 13, 24, 85 and 90 by consolidation of most of the information contained in those six separate NOTES. It also incorporates the information on fin-clipped fish releases presented in Victorian Fisheries Notes Nos. 26, 86 and 91.
The month/s of release are included but space constraints precluded presentation of detailed reference to size of fish released other than the notation of Fi (Finglerling), Y (Yearling), ADY (Advanced Yearling), 2 (Two-year-old) and 3 (three-year-old).
In the original individual VFNs the size of fingerling, yearling and advanced yearling fish were referenced by a number which could be checked against a provided table of average length and weight of fish released. This information is available as all replaced VFNs can still be supplied to meet specific requests.
000 Numbers of fish in ITALICS indicate the number of finclipped fish stocked as part of the total allocation.
M. Month/s during which fish were released e.g. 4 = April, 9 = September etc.
(c) Anglers are required to have Geelong and District Water Board permit to fish Bostock Res.
(e) Modewarre L. originally suspended from stocking plan because of further decline in water level and general condition - number of fish released was a maintenance stocking only after late rise in water level.
(f) Commencement of stocking for limited area public access for fishing.
(i) Stoney Creek Res. No. 1 stocking program commenced for 1995 World Police and Fire Games freshwater fishing event - storage not open to public fishing.
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The venue for the ICSSA 2019 conference as well as the preceding Summer School is the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.
The St. Pölten UAS LLC is locally anchored, globally connected and stands for high-quality academic education in the departments of Computer Science and Security, Rail Technology and Mobility, Health Sciences, Media and Digital Technologies, Media and Economics, and Social Sciences. The interconnection of topics in teaching and research creates room for interdisciplinary scientific findings, products and solutions for the economy and society. More than 3,000 students receive a practice-oriented academic education in 22 study programmes and numerous continuing education courses.
St. Pölten can be reached by train from Vienna in about 25 minutes. You can find the train schedule at http://www.oebb.at/.


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Voters wait in line at an early voting site at Olmos City Hall.
After two years of planning and preparing, Bexar County has taken the first step toward acquiring new voting machines.
County commissioners on Tuesday instructed the Elections Department to negotiate with Election Systems & Software (ES&S) and give commissioners price options in one month.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen and Bexar County Purchasing Agent Mary Quinones started the process of finding new voting machines in 2017. The current machines used in Bexar County were purchased in 2002 from ES&S, Callanen said, and voters have used them to cast more than 7.5 million votes in more than 450 different elections.
Chris Moody, director of sales at ES&S, explained that like the current machines, the new voting system provides a touchscreen to vote. But as Congress and the Texas Legislature have both proposed requiring paper records of ballots in future elections, the voter’s choices would be printed out on a ballot card. The printed ballot is then scanned and officially counted. The printers provided use thermal printing technology, which eliminates the need to buy costly ink cartridges.
Most importantly, the machines from ES&S are certified on both the federal and state level, Callanen said.
Moody said ES&S also would provide a high-speed central scanner, which would save money and manpower when counting absentee ballots. The scanner also could sort ballots by races if a recount was called, instead of requiring election workers to look through ballots manually, Moody said.
Several Bexar County citizens voiced their support for new voting machines but also their concern for potential flaws. Susan Korbel, president of the Bexar County Voter Protection Coalition, asked commissioners to ensure their choice would offer voters the most security. Coalition member Ruby Perez, who tested the ES&S machine, noted there were issues with when trying to vote in Spanish.
Callanen promised her team would ask ES&S to address that issue.
County Commissioner Chico Rodriguez (Pct. 1) said his biggest concern was making sure voters were familiar with the machines before using them in an actual election. He asked if it were possible to allow voters to see the new machines at least three times before the March 3, 2020, Super Tuesday presidential primary.
Moody said ES&S could provide a machine for the public to see at each of the 41 early voting sites in May. Callanen said she would work to display them in subsequent elections before November, when she hopes to roll out the new machines for voters to use. The Elections Department also would do public outreach to familiarize voters with the new machines before the official switch.
Switching to new machines also gives Bexar County the ability to transition into using vote centers for elections. Callanen said the model, which allows voters to vote anywhere in the county on Election Day, would ensure voters’ ballots are counted at any precinct on Election Day. Right now, if a voter wants to vote at a poll site to which they are not assigned, their ballot is considered provisional.
The Elections Department could implement the vote center system by this November, Callanen said.
Nice work Jackie. Keep it up! Let us know if you’d like deets on ES&S and Voting security issues.
Hmmmm…. appears to be longer vote time per ballot- meaning longer lines to cast a ballot. Better, fewer polling precincts.
Just use a pen and paper. It scales better.
Agree! Why is this so hard?

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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#FIBAAsiaChallenge: Gilas Pilipinas vs. Jordan Results, Highlights and Full Video Replay (Sept. 14, 2016) - Balita Boss!
Gilas Pilipinas, the Philippines men's national basketball team, will face Jordan in the second round of 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.
Philippines got their first win in the tournament last game against Kazakhstan, 98-86, but unfortunately it's not enough to make to the Final Round. Mac Belo led the team with 30 points on 11-of-18 field goal shooting, along with 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.
Jordan, who defeated Chinese Taipei in their last game 109-83, sealed the top four spots in Group E and advance to the Quarterfinals.
Here's the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge information for Jordan vs. Philippines.

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Authorities are investigating after a man was shot by a passenger in his car around noon Thursday, according to New Haven police.
Investigators arrived at the Hess Gas Station at 1331 State Street in New Haven to find that a 31-year-old East Haven resident had been shot in the leg and pistol whipped, according to police.
Authorities said the incident happened the Warren Street cul-de-sac.
The victim told police he had gotten into an altercation in his car with the person who shot him, and was shot while the suspect was still in his vehicle. Police said the victim reversed down the street to get away, at which point the suspect fired another shot through his windshield.
The victim was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Police have not identified a suspect.

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Our goal is to make your life easier so you spend less time worrying about your illness and more time getting on with your life.
Currently, we are licensed to serve patients in the following states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
We know that a chronic illness impacts every aspect of a person’s life. The abiding mission of American Service and Product, ASAP Pharmacy, is our commitment to compassionately and honorably support our patients and their families. We are dedicated to serving our community so we invest in it by donating a percentage of our profits to organizational programs that serve to encourage families with social, economic, or spiritual needs.

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The premier independent media site for adult gamers and geeks.
From the Heart Elder Care is a home care company specializing in elderly home care services, non-medical errands and providing companionship to the elderly or those who are recuperating from injury or illness.
Charity, Friends of the Elderly, gives older people the opportunity to live fulfilled, respected lives through exceptional levels of care.
This is the place for taking care of elder people, who suffering in dementia, some other disease.
Cost of care for the elderly; how much can you expect to pay and what options do you have? Paying for Care answers all of these questions and more.


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Will your medication making you sick? That’s what some people are afraid of when they hear about massive recalls of medication they take every day.
According to Reuters, Pfizer is recalling more medication because patients may fear drug injuries as a result of treatment with the medication.
Lipitor, an increasingly popular Pfizer drug, is being recalled because patients report that the medication has an odd odor upon opening it. Authorities say the odd odor is the result of a chemical used to treat the pallets the medications are stored and transported on.
The medication has been recalled so that the chemical does not cause drug injuries to patients taking Lipitor.
Have you ever suffered drug injuries because of a prescription medication? Tell the drug injury lawyers at Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough Attorneys at Law about it.


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Reports of gunfire and explosions are pouring in from the Resorts World Casino in the Philippine capital of Manila in what could be a terrorist attack. “Resorts World Manila is currently on lockdown following reports of gunfire from unidentified men,” the resort shared via Twitter.
Witnesses claim suspects with long guns wearing black hoods stormed the hotel at roughly 12:30 a.m. and initial reports claim 25 people have been injured in the incident ISIS has already claimed responsibility for.
The incident happened while, in the southern part of the country, Philippine troops are struggling to end a bloody siege by hundreds of extremists aligned with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
GUNSHOTS HEARD! RESORTS WORLD MANILA!
Philippine police have not given details about the incident but have begun cordoning off the area near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
“I heard many, many gunshots,” Julio Silva, a witness who managed to dash out of the mall complex, told DZMM radio network.
The incident is unfolding amid a 10-day deadly siege by Muslim militants aligned to the Islamic State group in the southern city of Marawi. The attack has sparked fears that the militants may attack elsewhere to divert the focus of thousands of troops trying to quell the siege.
The SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. terrorism monitor, said an Islamic State-linked Filipino operative who provides daily updates on the ongoing clashes in Marawi claimed that “lone wolf soldiers” of the Islamic State group is responsible for the attack at Resorts World Manila.
A Filipino operative for the Islamic State group, in a quick communique, immediately took responsibility for the attack. But police cast doubt on any such links.
A shooting at a sprawling Manila resort that caused hundreds of people to stampede was an attempt by a lone thief to rob gamblers and not a terrorist attack, Philippines National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa said Friday.
Around 4 a.m. Friday, Resorts Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly told reporters police were looking inside the buildings for one suspect.
Jay Dones, a witness on the scene, said the incident started around midnight Thursday (noon ET) and that some employees said gunman fired shots in the air.
Dones said employees told him they saw two suspects wearing black and carrying long firearms.

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During our stay in Fairbanks, we camped at two different spots (okay three, but Wal-Mart’s parking lot doesn’t count). In addition to the places we stayed, we scouted out some amazing spots that would be ideal for boondocking in Fairbanks – and they were free!
The two spots at which we camped were both paid spots. This isn’t our ideal situation, as we prefer boondocking at free locations. However, sometimes convenience overtakes price and we decided to pay for a spot in town rather than camp where we didn’t have cell signal. After all, Mom was coming into town so we needed signal to make sure she was all in line (good thing we did that, because she missed her flight).
The first cheap campsite in Fairbanks that we stayed was Pioneer Park. Pioneer Park is a centrally located park in Fairbanks. The city park has a little festival-style area that has games, rides, and park features. This is really a great area to take families for a fun time. It’s also right on the Chena River, making river access quite easy. We paddled the river and launched our boat just right there from the park! There are kayak and raft rentals available as well.
Pioneer Park is $12 per night at the time we stayed. There are no hookups, but there is a water fill available when you pull in. There is a Tesoro gas station that has a dump for use if you fill up there. The gas station is off of Cushman Street. We saw some reports of WiFi, but that is incorrect. There is a signal being put off, but the signal is for the park’s communication devices, not for public use. Overall, the park is a good price for where it is located and how easy it is to access amenities in Fairbanks.
We stayed at Pioneer Park for four nights. Note that their max stay is five nights. We didn’t see a need to stay much longer anyway, as it is a parking lot that you are camping in. Four nights was plenty for us to be able to explore Fairbanks and find a nicer campground to move to for the remainder of our stay. This is a good option for boondocking in Fairbanks for a short stay in town.
The campground that we moved to after Pioneer Park was the Chena River State Recreation Area. Again, this campground was very conveniently located in town, just about 5 minutes from the airport. While there are no hookups at this location either, it is very quiet and a beautiful site for just $20 per night. We stayed here for three nights while we wrapped up our visit to Fairbanks.
There are about 45 campsites available in the Chena River State Recreation Area. We were there the weekend before Fourth of July weekend, and not all campsites were taken. I imagine it was probably full on the holiday weekend. Regardless, it was a quiet area for being centrally located and a popular area.
There is WiFi at this campground, but it is a relatively weak signal. Our campsite was the closest to the office that is offered, but we still had very weak signal. There is an office lounge area that you can come inside to connect to the WiFi if you can’t get the signal from your campsite. That’s a nice perk for an otherwise no services campground.
Although we ended up staying at paid campgrounds for the duration of our stay, there are options for free boondocking in Fairbanks and surrounding areas. Wal-Mart does allow overnight stays for free and actually has RV specific spots in their parking lot. We utilized their lot for one night while we got our bearings and stocked up on groceries. I will mention that there appear to be some RVs in the lot that have been there for quite a while. It’s nothing like the Whitehorse Wal-Mart, but it’s something to look out for at the very least. Be sure to never overstay and always clean up after yourself when using a Wal-Mart parking lot as an overnight. These are what we would consider “overnight stops” rather than camping.
While we were out driving around, we scouted out some gorgeous campground areas on Chena Hot Springs Road. These are free campgrounds on state land. Although we did not stay at them, we thought we would share them for others’ information! Note that there are NO cell services at any of these sites, which is the primary reason that we decided against them.
We did stop in at the BLM Field Office and the DNR Office to pick their brains on possibilities for boondocking in Fairbanks, but they were unable to point us in any particular direction other than the paid campgrounds. No worries, though, we scouted some places out for you!
Going out on Chena Hot Springs Road from Fairbanks, mile marker 38.2 had a great pull out area with 4 or 5 camping spots. The road was gravel with a few pot holes, but we would have felt comfortable bringing our 38-foot motorhome down the road. It is a very short road and comes to a river access area that is spectacular. The forest around the area offers privacy and noise reduction from the adjacent highway. This would be a great place to hang out for a few days of peace and quiet and escape from reality.
At Mile Marker 48, there is a sign for the 48 Mile Pond. Down this gravel road less than a quarter mile, there is a pond with 3-4 campsites around it. We drove Daypack (our Fiat) around the area with no problems, and it would be find to drive a larger rig into. It wouldn’t be easy to back out of, as it is not wide, but it is doable with some skilled maneuvering. When we pulled in to scope out the area, there was a large cow moose munching on some grass in the pond! She was more concerned with her dinner than with us, and we were able to snap some great pictures of her! While we watched her eat, a camper pulled in on the other side of the pond and set up camp. This spot is absolutely gorgeous and would be a great place to spend some time. With no cell signal, though, it would be tough to stay for too long!
There are some really great areas for boondocking in Fairbanks and in the surrounding areas, but you just need to keep your eyes peeled! Down Chena Hot Springs Road after about mile marker 25 or so, there are several places that looked like good potential camping spots, especially for smaller rigs with higher ground clearance. We were still surprised at the places we found that were accessible to larger rigs as well! So if you are in the area and cell signal is not as important, drive around and scout some areas out before you pay for a parking lot!
Let us know if you find more campsites in the area! We are always looking to help others out! And don’t forget to subscribe below for the latest updates in our adventures. Until next time, Live Vicariously!
Great BDing info on Fairbanks and Chen Hot Springs. Thanks as we will be there in July/Aug.
Thank you so very, very much! My father is very ill and lives in Fairbanks. Money is very tight for us right now but I must go take care of him. This information you’ve shared is a life saver!! As it will ensure my ability to care for both my family and my father’s needs. Thank you & God bless!
I live and die by traveler blogs when I am out adventuring. I just landed in Fairbanks and needed a quick reference for out of the way camping and this is perfect. It is raining now, but I will head up to Mile Marker 48 later on today. Love this and thank you!!
Glad to help! 😀 We hope you enjoy Alaska!
Thanks, Stephanie. Love the blog, headed for Alaska from Yellowstone in June, 18. 38 foot class A, self contained. Hope to dry camp most of the way.
Awesome, you’ll have a blast! Are you staying in Alaska long? Our 1 month trip was not long enough and we’ve been aching to get back there. Enjoy your trip!

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Jan. 31, 2018 - Endress+Hauser is offering Heartbeat Technology with its Liquiline CM44 and CM44R transmitters for use with Memosens pH and conductivity sensors.
Endress+Hauser describes Heartbeat Monitoring as minimizing the probability of a sudden breakdown or failure of the measurement point, while helping to define when maintenance may be needed. Monitoring function benefits are sensor health trending, tracking the quality of calibrations and integrating a maintenance timer to ensure optimal sensor performance is delivered, it notes. According to the company, the Heartbeat Diagnostics follows the NE-107 standardized NAMUR-compliant message structure for categorized event severity level with remedy instructions provided for operations or maintenance. Heartbeat Verification permits a measurement point to be assessed at any time in situ, without removing the sensor or shutting down the process. This qualitative function checks the entire measurement loop, verifying sensor and transmitter performance, says Endress+Hauser, adding that verification results are provided via an audit safe report automatically generated by the transmitter. The report is saved in PDF format and can be preserved on an SD card for transfer to a computer. These reports can be used when regulatory, quality or safety documentation is needed.
When the Liquiline transmitter is connected to a PLC, SCADA or distributed control system via fieldbus digital communications, Heartbeat Technology provides the host system with a range of sensor information that can be combined with process data to identify trends. This information, along with key performance indicators can be used for process optimization and predictive maintenance. Heartbeat Monitoring information is available over Profibus DP, EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP or Modbus 485 protocols.
Heartbeat Technology is now available as an option in Liquiline CM442, CM444 and CM448 transmitters and all DIN-rail mount versions, and works with Memosens pH and conductivity sensors, and Liquistation CSF34 and CSF48 samplers.

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And indeed it does. Old Glory waves, as it always has, from atop courthouse and post office, from the dome of the Capitol to the porch of Aunt Mary's mobile home, from the cab of the fire engine to the shoulders of our soldiers at war. But there is one place from whence the Star-Spangled Banner no longer waves: Barack Hussein Obama's lapel.
According to the New York Times, Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he stopped wearing an American flag pin in his lapel years ago, saying the symbol has become an empty substitute for true patriotism. Is that so? What exactly is the Senator saying?
Is he saying that the American flag is now a symbol of empty patriotism - that it stands now for nothing more than that? It no longer stands for General Washington at Valley Forge; for the Marines atop Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima; nor for Neil Armstrong on the moon?
Do the thirteen stripes and fifty stars no longer stand for the thirteen original colonies, and the fifty current states? Or was that a part of American history not covered in the public school Sen. Obama attended as a child in Indonesia? And participating in Democratic politics for the last two decades has provided no occasion for the subject to arise?
Perhaps he is not speaking of the American flag specifically, but merely of its use as a lapel pin. Now, certainly the wearing of an American-flag pin doesn't make a person a patriot, any more than wearing an American-flag bikini does.
But again, we must ask, is the American flag itself somehow corrupted by the imperfect people who might wear it or hide behind it? Let us imagine, somehow, that on some occasion Hitler were to have worn an American flag pin. Would that suddenly have befouled the flag, and we'd need to come up with a new one? Of course not. The very thought is absurd.
The American flag is far more than some colors and shapes. It is, as Obama rightly says, a symbol. But to say that it is merely an empty symbol, a substitute for patriotism, is to utterly fail to understand the whole sweep of American history - really, to fail to understand America itself.
The United States is a nation like no other. We do not require membership in a particular ethnic group, as Obama of all people should know. We do not require adherence to a specific religious creed or denomination, as half the world does. We don't even appear to require a common language anymore, though this is a serious mistake.
It's all the more important, therefore, that those few symbols which do unite all Americans, be treated with respect. Not by banning disrespectful actions - that would be pointless; in many cases the flag is honored by being disrespected by the disrespectable. But by holding it, in our hearts and minds, above the common fray, and refusing to even consider the possibility that any use, misuse, or abuse of it could ever besmirch the symbol itself.
Obama feels uncomfortable wearing an American flag lapel pin because of what it symbolizes for him? As an American, he has every right to wear, or not to wear, an American flag. Not every politician does; John McCain, for example, a decorated war hero and POW whose patriotism is completely beyond question, is rarely seen to wear one, and in no way does that detract from him.
But for someone to actually feel uncomfortable, in any way, about the American flag - now, that shows a window into the soul. What country is he running to be president of? A country of no flag? President of the world, perhaps? Even Hillary, certainly an opponent of Bush and "his" war, recognizes that the flag itself is sacrosanct.
A man who finds the American flag uncomfortable, would find dwelling in the White House, surrounded by them, deeply disconcerting. Far be it from us to sentence him to that fate.
yeah okay, with all of the ultra serious problems facing this nation at the current time... coupled with some of our presidential candidates being downright dangerous (Guliani) or a MEGA flip flopper liar (Romney), we really need to focus on this most important issue of weather Obama feels he needs to PROVE his patriotism by wearing a flag on his lapel. talk about nonsense. but then again, i guess any diversion from the state of the republican party helps your argument. have at it!
I would say that the lapel flag HAS become meaningless. I would liken in to using a mug for a long time that has a flag on it and then realizing that I'm not using the mug because I feel patriotic, but because I really need something to drink out of. The lapel flag has lost it's meaning because of overuse and misuse. It doesn't say anything other than, "Hey, look, I have a lapel pin.", and has the same effect as say... a rose pin would.
It is interesting to me however that he would purposefully NOT wear it. Although I chalk it up to politics, he is seaming to say that he is "above all that", and that if he is going to wear something patriotic, he's really gonna mean it, unlike those disingenuous "lapel-flag-wearers". Ain't politics Grand?
"Now, certainly the wearing of an American-flag pin doesn't make a person a patriot, any more than wearing an American-flag bikini does." Here you said it yerself. This is exactly the same thing Obama said. That is all. You agree with the Senator from Illinois.
No, re-read the article, that's not what it said. The trouble isn't that Obama DOES not wear a flag pin; it's that he WILL not, because he finds it offensive. The presence or absence of the pin isn't the issue here, it's just the symptom of a heart-problem with the guy. How can you run for president and be able to find the flag symbolically offensive?


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Welcome to The Briars Nursery and Briars Cabin Nursery.
In both nurseries we aim to provide a welcoming, warm, friendly and safe learning environment in order to provide our children with the best start to their education.
Led by Teresa Stockham, we have a well established team who work with the Early Years Foundation Stage in order to encourage the children to learn through their play, the social, commutative and physical skills they need to develop into well-rounded confident individuals who will continue on to school, motivated and ready to learn.
Our caring and knowledgeable staff listen to and respect our children and encourage them to explore both the inside and outside environment, making use of all the resources available to them to ignite their curiosity and broaden their knowledge.
We understand that parents are a child’s first educator and know their child the best; we therefore work in partnership with parents and embrace the whole family.
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Weigh-ins for Saturday night's NBC's "Premier Boxing Champions" card were held Friday, 11/27/15 at Dallas' Sheraton Hotel had a snippet of drama. IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Houston's Jermall Charlo (22-0 17 KOs) initially tipped the scales .4 lbs over the 154 pound limit. He was given the obligatory two hours by the TDLR to make weight and did. His opponent Wilky Campfort (21-1 12KOs) of Ft Lauderdale, FL came in at 153.2 lbs.
The official scales for the bout that has made this event a sold out affair DeSoto's Errol Spence Jr. (18-0 15KOs) also came in over his bout's weight limit, weighing .2lbs over 147 lbs. He easily made weight within the two hour limit. His opponent Alejandro Barrera (28-2 18KOs) of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico weighed 146.4 lbs.
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Credit Card Debt: RI vs. U.S.
The average credit card debt amount in Rhode Island is 3% greater than the national average of $4,965.
Rhode Island ranks 23rd in the nation with a credit card delinquency rate that is exactly equal to the national average of 0.57%.
Credit Scores: RI vs. U.S.
The average credit score for Rhode Island residents is 1% greater than the national average score of 696.
Household Income: Rhode Island vs. U.S.
For more information about Rhode Island credit cards, or for additional resources regarding credit cards overall, visit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Gay and lesbian speed dating is coming to Canberra. Located at Treehouse Bar, it’s your chance to meet single, like-minded local people.
Led by one of Canberra’s most talented hosts Johnathan Davis, ‘First Impressions’ offers you the chance to connect with the person of your dreams and will be filled with other single people looking for that someone special - just like you.
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In an area where there are a large number of renters and rental properties it’s important for landlords to make use of tenant screening Baton Rouge Louisiana to provide them with the information they want to have before making a rental agreement. By obtaining rental background checks from the Tenant Screening Center any landlord can have all the information they want from the various services offered. These include credit report, verification services, screenings and background checks to give a landlord the full picture of the tenant they are considering renting their property to for the foreseeable future.
The investment a landlord makes in a property cannot be appreciated by a tenant. Property ownership, whether it’s a home or apartment building puts the landlord carrying a majority of the risk when the property is offered for rent, making the decision of who to allow to rent the property one that is extremely important. With this in mind no landlord should ever enter a rental agreement without first checking into their potential tenant, and if the potential tenant is leery of the background verification that are going to be performed, the landlord should immediately back out of the possible agreement.
There is too much risk for a landlord to not use tenant screening Baton Rouge Louisiana. With the Tenant Screening Center providing rental background checks and other verifications needed every landlord can be fully protected. The Tenant Screening Center has served over 35,000 property managers and landlords over the thirty year history of the company. This valuable service means no landlord or property owner will have to be surprised by some of the actions taken by the tenants. They choose to allow to be the ones who are allowed to rent their property from them.
As a landlord it’s important to enter an agreement with the right tenant who will help maintain and manage the property for the owner. Using tenant screening Baton Rouge Louisiana to have the rental background checks provided, landlords are able to have a great relationship with their tenants.


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Our firm's attorneys specialize in commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense on behalf of individuals and corporations. Gelber + Santillo takes a client-centered approach to its matters, focusing on the background and strategic goals of its clients, and works tirelessly to deliver favorable outcomes in a cost-effective manner consistent with those goals. Whenever possible, Gelber + Santillo seeks to minimize the burdens and costs to litigation by resolving matters before trial. When the circumstances call for litigation, Gelber + Santillo vigorously advocates for clients in all phases of litigation, at trial, and on appeal.
In criminal proceedings, Gelber + Santillo provides thorough, creative, and effective sentencing advocacy, and its lawyers have successfully overturned serious felony convictions and lengthy sentences on appeal and in post-conviction proceedings.


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Join Us in Making Music for Life!
At Pakachoag Music School, we share our passion for music with students from all walks of life. Whether young or old, beginner or master, our students grow, with faculty support, in understanding what music is and can be. Our various programs, including Music Together and Private Music Lessons, encourage students to develop a love for music, to take risks and gain the confidence to succeed, in music and in life. Whatever your musical interest, our accomplished and caring faculty will support you in reaching your musical ambitions.
What’s going on at Pakachoag Music School? So much more than music making! Discover our latest news and events.
Every student at Pakachoag is a success story. This month, we’re pleased to feature one of our dedicated students.
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Today, our On The Move capital campaign is positioning Pakachoag for a new era for future generations.


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Softorea Solutions is looking for Web Developers and Web Developer Team Lead. Following technical expertise are required.
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At each reunion, we set aside some time for a special service to remember and honor those sailors and their ladies who have passed away. Services vary according to location and host and, if possible, we try to have active duty military service members involved. Selected crew members read the names of departed shipmates, with the tolling of a ship’s bell for each name.
Often taps are played. Sometimes a gun salute is rendered. The Navy Hymn may be sung; prayers and other words of tribute are given. A special wreath is presented and sometimes thrown into the briny deep.
This is a very special service and taken seriously. We have reproduced the current Memorial Program in HTML format. You can also download the current program and previous programs in PDF format. The list of names on the program is gathered by word of mouth, so if you know of a fellow sailor or his spouse that has gone west and is not included in the list, please forward his name and years of service on the Lloyd Thomas to Scott Sheffer.
At our 2019 Memorial Service, we dedicated paver bricks at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.
At our 2014 Memorial Service, we had a special guest bugler.
We still remember Alan Boor, Dennis Bullock and Douglas Neiboer who lost their lives in the Vietnam War in 1970.
We have listed obituaries for those shipmates and family that we are aware of. If you have additional obituaries to add, please contact Scott Sheffer.