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Just a few days before, IDC predicted that smartphones would surpass feature phones shipments this year; 50.1% of mobile handsets to be sold in 2013 will be smartphones. In addition, China will hold the first position in terms of smartphone sales this year, followed by the US. More importantly, India is going to take third position in terms of smartphone shipments by 2017, with 155.6 million sales.

According to a recent report from by Strategy Analytics,  global mobile subscriptions will rise to 8.9 billion over the next five years, and developing countries would account for 80% of all subscriptions during this period. Undoubtedly, China and India will play significant role in the growth of global mobile subscriptions over next few years. However, the demand of mobile handsets are continuously been growing up in Middle East and Africa. Of course, mobile industry is going to create a huge opportunity for all–carriers, mobile makers and app developers.

Developing Markets To Fuel Global Mobile Subscriptions

Furthermore, the growth rate of mobile subscriptions in developing countries is expected to be greater than developed markets. The subscription in developing countries would rise at the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%, which is substantially faster than 2.8% growth rate of matured markets. The firm (Strategy Analytics) has estimated that mobile services revenue growth rate in Nigeria would be twice as the worldwide average.

Global mobile subscriptions

Still the majority of people in developing markets are using feature phones. For majority of users in these markets, mobile handset is just a “calling and texting” device. The growth rate of mobile subscriptions in developing markets would be driven by growing population of middle class. In Africa, the African Development Bank estimated that one-third of the population in the country (nearly 350 million) were middle class in 2010, up from 220 million in 2000. The growing number of middle class in developing markets are demanding more extensive data services. This is the reason why the number of data consuming devices such as smartphones, high-end feature phones and tablets are exponentially growing in these markets.

Nokia has little bit succeeded to claw back some of its market share with a low-end device strategy, selling of Asha lineup of series 40 handsets. In addition, at MWC 2013 trade show, the Finnish company announced an $85 priced feature phone with some smart extra features such as an ability to share photos to social networks and more.

Samsung is currently working on its Tizen OS in order to launch another potential low-end contender. Besides Tizen, number of OSes, including Sailfish and Ubuntu, are going to debut this year. At MWC  event this year, Indian telecom vendor Bharti Airtel, which operates in India and Africa, announced to launch $30 smartphones to push down the price barriers this year. However, we have already made debate that India would have 264 million internet-enabled smartphones by 2016.

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BREAKING: CDC flips again, now says coronavirus is spread through aerosolized “respiratory droplets” that linger in the air

(Natural News) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a discredited front group for the vaccine industry, has flip-flopped yet again, this time settling on the claim that Wuhan coronavirus particles do, indeed, spread through the air, riding along with aerosolized spit particles that are ejected from the mouths of people as they speak.

“The guidelines on how the coronavirus spreads were initially updated last month to acknowledge a role, and possibly the primary one, played by tiny aerosol particles in spreading the virus,” reports the Wall Street Journal, a pro-vaccine, pro-pharma publication. “But the agency removed the changes only days later, saying a draft version of the proposed changes had been posted in error. In its latest revisions to the guidelines Monday, the CDC acknowledged a role for the tiny airborne particles…”

This means the CDC, after months of junk science denialism, has finally come around to the position of Natural News, where we explained from February that respiratory viruses travel through the air, hitching a ride on aerosolized spit particles. But in the months since, the CDC and WHO have, at various times, denied that coronavirus strains could spread through the air, and then alternately confirmed that they could.

Notably, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube have banned content that claimed the coronavirus could spread through the air because such information contradicted the CDC. This demonstrates the idiocy of Big Tech’s censorship policies, as they are rooted in the false “authority” of bodies like the CDC and WHO that have no loyalty to anything other than political narratives that enrich Big Pharma.

Aerosolized virus particles help explain why masks help prevent infections from spreading when worn by those who are already infected

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Now, we face a situation where the CDC can’t decide what to say because its positions are determined by politics, not science. The truth is, if the coronavirus can’t spread through the air, then neither can influenza or any other respiratory illness, for that matter.

What the CDC is finally coming around to recognizing — eight months too late — is that the reason masks help spread respiratory infections is because they trap the spit particles of people who are infected. Masks offer no real protection to wearers who are not yet infected, but they do trap the spit ejections of those who are carriers. (This simple fact is yet to be recognized by the anti-mask advocates across indy media who continue to falsely claim that masks can’t work and might even be dangerous.)

Notably, the coronavirus travels attached to spit particles which are much larger than the virus itself, which explains why masks that have “weave” fibers which are much larger than the virus can still trap viruses traveling on large respiratory particles.

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One of the arguments of the anti-mask advocates has been that masks can’t trap the coronavirus because the virus is physically too small to be caught in the mask fibers. But those making the argument fail to recognize that the virus isn’t traveling in the air all by itself. It’s attached to much larger spit particles which are very easily trapped by N95 masks (or even bandanas).

White House outbreak spreads to 29 people (and counting)

Many people are currently speculating that President Trump caught the coronavirus because he refused to wear a mask, even while interacting with large numbers of people who were also not wearing mask. So far, the coronavirus outbreak has spread to 29 people in the White House, including many of those who were closest to the president.

“[There is] evidence indicating the virus can spread under certain conditions via the smaller airborne particles to people who were more than 6 feet away,” reports the Wall Street Journal. This means the six foot “social distancing” guideline is nonsense. Viruses don’t magically stop at six feet. The CDC goes on to say, “transmissions occurred within enclosed spaces that had inadequate ventilation,” which means it’s also pointless for people to wear masks when outdoors (such as while jogging on the beach or walking their dog).

Right-wing indy media outlets continue to claim the coronavirus is a “hoax” that doesn’t exist and killed no one

The vast majority of right-wing, independent media outlets have claimed the covid-19 pandemic is a “hoax,” often insisting there’s no such thing as the coronavirus or any virus. The recent infection of President Trump should have ended the “hoax” narrative, but it hasn’t. Now, many of the same outlets are claiming Trump faked the infection because he’s going into a deep bunker to launch 500,000 arrests of deep state traitors. Although we wish such an event would take place to remove deep state traitors from power, that narrative is pure fiction, and Trump isn’t faking his illness.

Sources tell Natural News that President Trump will be leaving Walter Reed at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time today, which means his stay in the hospital will be quite short. His battle with covid-19 and the coronavirus infection has, in fact, humbled the president and made him more compassionate and understanding of others who are battling the affliction. It might even turn out that Trump’s fight with covid-19 wins him just enough sympathy from voters to hand him a popular vote victory in November, if not an Electoral College victory.

Strangely enough, Trump being infected with the Wuhan coronavirus might be the very thing that saves his presidency.

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Death Cult Democrats: Killing newborn babies the day they’re born is “good for the economy”

(Natural News) Democrats are all set to raise every American citizen’s income tax above 70 percent and on upwards to 90 percent in order to pay for all the “free stuff” they’re raving about, including Medicare, college, food, and yes, day-of-birth abortions. You see, all Americans should be working hard in factories and processing plants, because the more people paying exorbitantly high income taxes, the more riches for the tyrannical Democrat-Socialist-Communist elite. Make no mistake, that’s what the late-term abortion push, fake global warming alarmism, and “no borders!” screaming is all about.

At the same time, the Death Cult Democrats want to eliminate the middle class, so that everyone is poor and desperate, literally voting for big government and the nanny police state to “rescue” them from their living nightmare. This depopulation agenda includes the mass murder of babies, forced vaccination of dissenters, and soon, the extermination of anyone who might not know exactly how to vote Democrat, like kids with autism and senile elderly.

If you’re thinking right now this has nothing to do with health, but only to do with politics, you’re dead wrong. This has everything to do with living organically, ethically, responsibly, and patriotically, as opposed to what the Death Cult Democrats would all have us “praying” for, like any food, any law enforcement, and any right to speak up against the ruling class.

Socialist dictators will wipe out all organic food and natural medicine, claiming GMOs are healthy, sustainable, and great for the economy.

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Socialist dictators will confiscate all civilian guns and ban free speech.

Socialist dictators will ban all real news and promote all fake, scripted, narrative news.

Socialist dictators will tax the working class to death (literally) and keep the money, because they certainly are NOT building train tracks across the 3000-foot-deep Pacific Ocean.

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Socialist dictators will increase illegal drug imports, sex trafficking, and slave labor in America.

Socialist dictators will limit all American families to one child.

Socialist dictators will put tracking devices inside all U.S. citizens.

Socialist dictators will confiscate all private land, businesses, and farms.

Socialists want your children to suffer from autism and mental health disorders so the state can confiscate them and sell them into slavery on the black market.

Communists and Nazis always propagate the same slogan – it’s “for the greater good”

Without Trump in office, we would already be living under a full Nazi-style regime. Think about it. We already see deranged organizations like Planned Parenthood funding abortions so they can steal the baby organs (pay bottom-dollar cash under the table) and use the flesh for biotechnology horrors.

We see mass sterilization going on with 9 – 12 year-old girls getting the highly toxic HPV vaccine, and one in every 50 kids becoming autistic during their first half-dozen years of life, thanks to the CDC vaccine schedule of 55 toxic jabs before age seven.

We have New York Democrats jumping up and down in fits of joy, celebrating the outright murder of live-birth babies, who could be completely healthy, but still suffocated to death, or their spinal cord severed, or getting their jugular slit with a scalpel.

We have Bill Gates admitting on video that he believes he can reduce the world’s population by a few billion people if we do a good job “with vaccines.” What kind of vaccines is he talking about? Aren’t vaccines supposed to prevent disease, not mass murder Africans and children in India?

People, you have no choice left but to vote Republican in hopes of preserving the Republic, the Constitution, organic food, natural medicine, free speech, free press, freedom of religion, freedom to run a private business, the right to own your own land, the right to keep the majority of your earned income, the right to a lawyer, judge and jury, and the right to have your vote actually count.

Tune into Preparedness.news for updates on what books, food, seeds, and weapons you should stock up on BEFORE SHTF, because then it’ll be too late. Have you seen the store shelves in Venezuela? Has anyone seen Holocaust films of the horrific medical experiments that were conducted on prisoners? That’s where America is headed under the Death Cult Democrats, should they gain complete control.

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

This month with snow and cold allowed me to spend some more quality time with my computer. A few topics that have been sitting in my Work in Process pile for a long time came to the fore. The first is my Belt Grinder Motor Guide. It's an effort to answer some of the many questions that arise when makers start down the "I am going to build me a belt grinder" path. Motors are complex, yet with some basic knowledge you can make a decision on the suitability of a motor before you buy.

Another page that's come through the pipe is Part 5 of the VFD series called VFDs: Part 5 - Remote Control. This segment is all about speed control and remote start/stop for your VFD. The tutorial is mostly generic, with a focus on the popular TECO Westinghouse L510 VFD.

Hope to be back in the shop soon as warmer weather comes our way. I've got a belt release lever coming for the BG-272 and a variable speed grinder wheel turning machine that uses a DC treadmill motor. Lots of exciting stuff.

As always, if you have a question or want to fire a comment off, your input is always appreciated!

alfanje said...

Always, thanks !!!!

Unknown said...

Thank you for your time and effort in this blog.

Marc said...

Hi Dan.

Your work is appreciated. Thank you.

After reading for a while on the net I decided I will base my belt grinder on your plans. I bought some steel this morning. I have a treadmill DC motor and controller but I hesitate to use it as it is not TEFC. What do you think? Thank you.

Unknown said...

Hi Dan.
Thanks for this blog and the big work you're doing.
Guestion to your BS 272: Does it work with the euripean belts 50 x 1600 mm and 50 x 2000 mm??

D. Comeau said...

Hi Donald.

This design will work with the 2000 mm belts. However it is not recommended for use with the 1600 mm belts.

D. Comeau said...

Hi Marc,

Treadmill motors in my experience have a few problems. One they are open as you suggested and two they prone to slow recovery when worked hard. Induction motors always work to catch up to the power line frequency, whereas permanent magnet motors sometimes do not have speed compensation (feedback) to help them quickly recover from loading. Three, they are not easy to couple a useful drive wheel to.

If I could make a recommendation it would be go with a two pole TEFC induction motor in NEMA frame 56 or 143T. You really can't go wrong with a sealed motor.

Unknown said...

Hi again Dan.
Thanks for your quick anwser.
This blog is a wery big help for a upcomming knifemaker here in Denmark.
Thanks again.

Frank C. Bigelow said...

Dan, can't thank you enough for sharing your time and knowledge to helping others lessen the arts of knife making and DIY equipment! Huge fan!

D. Comeau said...

Thanks for your kind words Frank.

Happy making!


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Opposition arrested in Tanzania

Chadima leader Tendo Lisu, pictured left, before the elections in Tanzania 2020.

Chadima leader Tendo Lisu, pictured left, before the elections in Tanzania 2020.

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The party said on Twitter that several members of the Chadima party, Tanzania’s largest opposition party, had been arrested. They were said to have been arrested overnight until Wednesday in the coastal city of Mwanza next to Lake Victoria, before a planned meeting on constitutional reform demands.

According to the information, this is the head of the party Freeman Mboye and ten other members.

“His whereabouts are unknown after a police force raided his hotel and arrested him,” Shadia wrote about the party leader on Twitter.

“We strongly condemn the repression of Tanzanian rights. There are indications that the dictatorship under President John Magufuli will continue,” the party added.

New leader raise hopes

Incumbent President Magufuli won Tanzania’s presidential election in October last year with 84 percent of the vote, according to official election results disputed by the opposition. When he then died in March, party comrade Samiya Sohulu Hasan became the country’s first female president – a shift that raised hopes for the hard-line Magufuli dictatorship.

Shdima has now published a list of a total of 11 people who have been arrested. The meeting on constitutional reforms was blocked by local authorities in connection with the coronavirus restrictions, but Shadima nevertheless promised to go ahead with the plans.

“Ready to go”

“People from Mwanza and elsewhere, are taking to the streets and demanding the release of our leaders and respect for political rights!” Tondo Liso, Chadima’s presidential candidate in the fall elections, is now on Twitter.

Even after the fall elections, several opposition politicians, including Freeman Mboye and Tondo Liso, were arrested, but later released.

“If they want to arrest all Chadima members, let them expand the prisons first because we are all ready for arrest,” Mbwe said in a video posted on Twitter after the meeting was banned on Monday.

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The Art of Letting Go

Holding tightly to a balloon so it didn’t go up in the sky.
Wrapping the string around my wrist so the kite wouldn’t fly away.
Staring out the window of my freshmen dorm when mom and dad left.
Watching Dad’s chest puff up as he tried not to cry walking me down the aisle.
Driving slowly away from Kiersten on her first day of kindergarten.
Feeling my heart skip a beat as I left my babies at college.
Crying for an hour back to Indiana after leaving Morgan in Colorado.
Hugging Roger’s neck as he left for South Carolina.
Wiping tears for hours when Sheri left Hill-Rom.
Emptying the tissue box when Denise moved to California.
Leaving my church after 30 years.
Comforting my dear friend when Dale died.
Trying to breathe when Emily was killed.
Burying my mother-in-law.
Saying goodbye to my sister.

There is no Art of Letting Go.  There is only the Art of Letting God.

Isaiah 41:13, “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear, I will help you.”  This, my friend, is the only true Art of Letting Go.

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How to Send Chocolate in the Mail: The Best Ways to Ship Chocolate
Dean's Sweets: Shipping chocolate straight from Maine

How to Send Chocolate in the Mail: The Best Ways to Ship Chocolate

I have a dear friend Nancy who lights up when the subject of “shipping” comes up. It’s how I react when someone says “Champagne.” You might think it odd that the subject of how to send chocolate in the mail would even arise between friends, but because she and I discuss all aspects of life, and shipping is a big part of Dean’s Sweets business life, we talk about shipping every once in a while. (Champagne too).

I’m fascinated with Nancy’s shipping fascination. Nancy enjoys comparing prices among the carriers – USPS, FedEx, and UPS – and which carrier will get a package to its destination fastest for the least amount of money. She is practically giddy when considering the multiple variables, such as the weight and size of the package and how far it’s going. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle to her. Though generally not super nerdy, Nancy would even be inclined to make a spreadsheet to compare and contrast all these values.

I hate to take away Nancy’s fun, but we’ve already crunched those numbers and found that USPS (U.S. Postal System) does the best job for the price overall. When we analyze shipping options, we prioritize cost and reliability. We want to know that your chocolate will show up in good condition within a reasonable timeframe and at the lowest possible price for the service.

Safest Ways to Send Chocolate

Shipping chocolate so it arrives intact takes some care. First, the chocolate needs to be wrapped in something cushy, like bubble wrap (which we hope always gets reused and recycled), to give it protection for the inevitable bumps and bruises the package will endure in transit. Second, the bubble-wrapped chocolate must go in a stiff cardboard box. No soft padded envelopes will do or what arrives on your doorstep would be chocolate pancakes (edible, but not pretty).

Shipping Chocolates in Hot Weather and to Hot-Weather Climates

Then we consider the destination, specifically the climate and temperatures. For most of the year, shipping chocolate from Maine to Michigan, for example, is easy. Except in peak summer months, the temperatures in the northern half of the U.S. stay quite moderate and wouldn’t warrant special packaging to keep the chocolate from melting.

Mailing chocolate to Florida and southern California is another story, however. Shipping chocolates to warm-weather climates means stowing the chocolate safely in an insulated box with a frozen cool pack. It also means assuring two- or three-days delivery time at most. After that, the cool pack has thawed, and the Arizona/New Mexico desert heat will affect even the most carefully wrapped chocolates.

Buying Chocolate Online – Keeping Shipping Costs Down

The extra care shipping chocolates requires in warm weather does, unfortunately, affect the price. We do everything possible to keep those costs to a bare minimum while still getting the job done. Most of our customers agree, being able to ship and receive chocolate in the summer months and to all destination, regardless of temperatures, is worthwhile. Chocolate, many would say, is essential. We do what it takes to keep prices down and get the chocolate where it needs to go.

We’ve wrestled with offering overnight shipping too, and though it’s possible with any of the carriers, it’s expensive, as in crazy expensive. We have always figured that no one wants to spend more on shipping than they do on the chocolate itself. Still, it’s an option. We encourage customers to call us (207 899-3664) if they feel overnight shipping is best because, we get it, sometimes it just has to get there.

Best and safest ways to ship chocolate

Shipping Chocolate During the Holidays

We’ve all heard and read about delays in shipping during the holiday season. We know those delays are real, so we encourage customers to buy and send gifts earlier than ever. During peak times, it could take several days longer than expected to ship a package. We do our best to mail chocolate orders out as soon as they come in, but sometimes high demand can delay a delivery for a day or two. During the holiday season in December – and then again at Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day – we mail out packages every day. In the quieter times of year and especially in the warmer months, we tend to ship on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, in order to avoid having packages sit in the post office over the weekend where temperatures are unknown.

You may not *light up* when contemplating shipping in the way my shipping-maven friend Nancy does. For most of us, shipping costs are necessary annoyances when we want to get something from here to there. Especially in this past year, when so much of our shopping has gone online, we’re all more and more aware of the added costs associated with mailing.

At Dean’s Sweets, our job is to make sure the chocolate arrives on time, in superior condition, and at the lowest shipping costs possible. If the chocolate is good and the friend is dear, it’s all worth it, isn’t it?


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Rogue Concept 2019

Ever since I first started drifting, Driftland had been a bit of a goal for me.

I knew I had to drift there at some point and in 2018 I was offered a chance to do just that by taking part in the Rogue Concept charity event organised by good friend Ewan Stark. Sadly this didn’t end up happening as a couple of days before the event the engine of my beloved Skyline started to get a bit “tappy”. Thankfully it turned out to only be the water pump, however this was only discovered after the event.

So as you can imagine when he asked me earlier this year if I’d like to take part again I jumped at the chance!

I picked up a trailer from Rothwell Trailers early Friday morning, and headed home. When I arrived the Land Rover started to die and wouldn’t start up again. After some discussion with a friend of mine and a close examination of the fuel receipt from the petrol station that morning. I realised in my half asleep state I had picked up the wrong pump nozzle and filled the truck with petrol instead of diesel. At this point I started getting a strange sense of deja vu, was I ever going to get up to one of these events?!?

Thankfully my friend Ste came round and helped me drain the tank before filling it with Diesel after which, the truck fired right up! Crisis averted!

I then got the car loaded on the trailer, and got the Disco packed with all the necessary tools, wheels etc. and I along with my better half Lucy and our dog Benji were on our way.

There’s no denying the journey up to our hotel for the night was long but nevertheless it was so picturesque, and the roads were so quiet!

The next morning we had an early start, albeit not as early as other drift day mornings! We arrived at the track for 8:30am and got straight to work preparing the car for the day ahead.

Death or Glory 32 in the pits at Rogue Concept 2019

Shortly after briefing, where we learned the layout for the morning ahead, it was time to hit the track!

Track time was split into 5 minute sessions for a maximum of 6 cars at a time. As it was my first time driving here I wanted to get straight out and get a feel for the track. My first session didn’t quite go to plan, Somehow, even though I had checked them before going out I had way more pressure in the tyres than I wanted so I spent the majority of the first session spinning! Although I did manage a couple of half decent skids despite holding up those on track with me!

After I’d been back to the pits to correct my tyre pressures (and a quick pep talk from Ewan), I headed back out for my second session, this time the car felt much better as far as grip was concerned, and I managed a few more decent skids (as well as the car stalling on one spin out and not start for what felt like forever!, this caused me to get a telling off by the marshals when I got off track.)

After this run I had a better understanding of what I was doing wrong and what I needed to do for my next session so I headed straight back out. Sadly this time, it seemed everyone else’s turn to impede me, every time I got ready for the big corner, someone had already spun just in front so I only managed a few skids on the tighter corners at the bottom of the track.

After a break and a drink I headed back out determined to push myself harder than ever! Sadly the Skyline had other ideas and as I initiated for the big corner… nothing happened, I just carried on driving straight on!

What was wrong? I tried a skid on the tight corners and it felt like either the clutch was slipping or I was only spinning one wheel (impossible unless my diff had become an open diff again??)

I headed back to the pits and it was making a number of strange noises, from a ticking noise that sounded like it was coming from the back of the engine when revved (which disappeared shortly after!) to the engine sounding lumpy at best. I let it cool for a bit as it was nearly lunch time.

During the lunch break all cars were due to be out on the track for a meet and greet type thing/photoshoot. I drove the Skyline down and it sounded okay again… strange! So I thought well I’ve got a trailer so if the worst happens I can still get it home, so as soon as lunch was over and afternoon briefing was over I headed straight back out!

I tried initiating in the tight turns and as I was expecting it to still not be working I spun! “Great!” I thought, “it’s working again, lets go!” so I accelerated towards the big turn initiated and …. nothing.

I took myself off track and as I sat in the pit talking to Lucy, the car started to idle really lumpy! Sadly this was the end of my day, I wasn’t prepared to keep going out, knowing full well that I was just getting in people way and if I hadn’t fixed it I would just be a moving roadblock for them. So I packed up and hung out with Lucy and Benji for a bit watching everyone else smashing it around the track.

You might think that after so much effort and preparation I would be feeling down hearted about the whole thing, and I will say there have been times in the past where I have come away from a drift day feeling frustrated and beating myself up for various things, but this time it’s the complete opposite!

For the first time I have come away from a drift day with a clear idea of where I was going wrong, and what I can do to improve. But what about the car? Well as a drifter its an occupational hazard, cars break some times especially when you’re beating on them at the track, thats exactly why I got my trailer license, so that if it did happen I was safe, As soon as I get a dry day I will diagnose the issue with the car and fix it, if it needs a new engine so be it, it will take longer before I can get back on track but, if thats what it takes. I’m fine with that!

The other thing that has stopped me from having a downer on the whole thing was the fact that I actually felt like I was part of something for a change! In the past I’ve gone to drift days and for what ever reason I’ve been on my own, I tried talking to people but they were either busy or just didn’t want to know. This time I had people coming up to me, chatting about the car, and how I was doing on track, and I chatted to them about their cars and had a bit of a joke with them.

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The lacrosse recruiting landscape looks a lot different than it did when I was in school. I’m sure most of you are aware of the recent rule changes that prevent coaches from recruiting players until September 1st of their junior year of high school. It used to be that kids weren’t committing until senior year, after visiting up to 5 schools to get a sense of where they wanted to spend four years.

I won’t pretend to think that these rules are perfect. Though kids can’t commit technically until senior year, there are still backdoors and loopholes that I think will be almost impossible to mitigate, like college coaches talking to their club coach friends. Lars Tiffany, the Virginia coach, had a good point: if a kid commits the day after September 1st, you know he or she has been talking to that coach. If they take some time, you can safely assume they started being approached after September 1st.. The new rules will help regulate this early recruiting somewhat, but there will always be the backdoor.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the current environment is awesome insofar as it means that there are no more excuses- no matter where you’re from, you’re visible to coaches. Social media, YouTube, and platforms alike mean that anybody can be seen anywhere. Lacrosse is an expensive sport and your ability to be recruited being contingent on how much money you can shell out to attend tournaments and camps places severe restrictions on many families. Now, you don’t have to break the bank or travel anywhere to get noticed. This is a good thing for the growth of the sport and the players. Colleges can advertise on a variety of platforms and reach out to players instead of players coming to them. This healthy exchange between coaches and players promotes communication and will hopefully lead to players being able to choose the school that will be best for their educational and athletic development.

I think some kids will be disappointed that they can’t officially commit or be approached before their junior year. It’s definitely an ego boost for a kid to be able to say as a freshman that he’s already committed to Syracuse. For kids who have their heads on their shoulders, I think they’ll view the rule change as a good thing. If I was in high school now and grew and developed at the same rate, I’d be excited about the rule. I was too small and never would have been recruited freshman year.

It will be interesting to see how the balance between top-tier programs and mid to lower-tier is altered. In the past, lots of the best programs that were recruiting early were bad at picking the best players. Those who may have been good their freshman or sophomore years often plateaued. What you found was a lot of coaches running mid to lower-tier programs who loved the old rules (or lack thereof). They got the leftover kids, who were often a lot better. Lars Tiffany said that many of the lower tier D1 coaches voted against the new recruiting rules because they were getting such good players who were just developing later when programs like Johns Hopkins were already filled up. It helped the game in a kind of weird way, where non-traditional programs could see success.

One last thing to note about all this recruiting hoopla- how to get recruited and what camps/tournaments to go to causes a lot of confusion. A lot of people get hung up on club teams. A lot are great, but at the end of the day you can play for the greatest club team or go to the best tournament and if you’re not any good it won’t matter. Kids should be investing time and energy into training and getting good instead of focusing on going to all these tournaments. Go to some, what you can afford, but don’t break the bank. Again, YouTube, Hudl, and other outlets are great resources to display your capabilities. People should take a step back and think deeply about what gets someone recruited- and that’s being good. So go out and train and get great, and coaches will find you.

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4344631_origThis week, KQED-FM, San Franciso’s NPR- afffilate and longstanding listener-supported radio station aired my Perspective on the economic boom and resultant gentrification situation here in San Francisco specific to how it impacts small business and in particular, bookstores.  Longtime readers know that since I moved home following a decade-in-exile in Southern California, I’ve become more than a little concerned about the changing book scene here.  I observed as two beloved West LA community insitutions, Midnight Special and Dutton’s, closed their doors. Citing emerging technology and real estate development as part of the complex, the closings left an area arguably already culture-spare without an accessible, substantial independent bookstore. Believe me when I say readers were bereft, though they were at a loss at how to turn things around without the assistance of major donor intervention or legislation.

And yet, a question I’m often asked is, what’s my personal stake in the matter of San Francisco bookstores? As an author, my livelihood depends in a small part on the sales of my books. I review books. Many of my friends are authors and I want them to succeed:  I support their work as I can—much of our work goes on in bookstores and on the backs of each other’s books.  I like bookstores.  I work parttime for a bookstore. Without bookstores, my husband wouldn’t know what to do with his spare hours when he isn’t working tirelessly; they feed him with more inspiration and fuel so he can work some more (books are part of his creative process and ability to earn too).  Children need books so they may learn how to read. People learn languages, new things, chart new paths, and cure diseases thanks to the knowledge found in books. Must I go on? I could, but you can just as easily listen.

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Bob-Marley-look-like-today-photoHad he survived the cancer that killed him in 1981, Bob Marley would’ve been 70 today. Perhaps he would’ve looked something like this computer-generated image. Perhaps he would still be on the road and recording albums with some frequency, in the way, say Bob Dylan does. Or maybe he would enjoy staying at home with his many children and grandchildren in Nine Mile, the place he was born and buried. Whatever he’d be doing, it’s certain that we’re still singing his songs, the lion’s share of which concern revolution, no more war, and universal love; sadly, they are as relevant as they were in the days he wrote them.

In honor of the Tuff Gong’s 70th, his family has launched the #Share1Love campaign; it encourages hashtag activism—video-making and sharing—and the Marleys will donate a dollar for every creation to charities bringing clean water to countries and regions where it is most needed. The family also oversees the 1LoveFoundation, its mission to “do good in honor of Bob Marley’s vision of a better tomorrow.”

If you are unable to give, the best thing you can do today to remember Bob Marley is to keep it positive. In that spirit, I can’t resist this crazy rare clip of him lip synching with the  I Threes (“Roots, Rock, Reggae,” “One Love” and “Positive Vibration”).  It’s followed by the classic Wailers appearance on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973 performing the more downbeat, “Concrete Jungle.” Happy Bob Marley Day to everyone.

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1 From Rumi, J. (2007). Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart. Trans. C. Barks, A.J. Arberry, and N. O. Ergin. HarperOne.


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Birmingham MI

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I began my painting career when I was 10, when I inherited an old varnished box of oil paints from my grandfather. My first work was a loosely realistic painting of a duck, which still hangs proudly in my mom’s house. Throughout the years I’ve explored various artistic mediums but oil painting kept luring me in. From a young age growing up on a farm in Michigan, I’ve been innately and deeply drawn to animals and the out-of-doors. After years of having my art secondary to teaching, in 2010 I finally listened to my deep inner call and began painting full time. Naturally, I paint subjects that are most familiar to me and close to my heart; animals and the landscapes surrounding me. With a background in photography, I am inspired by natural light. Working from photographs and plein-air studies, my unique painting style creates texture while capturing the character of each animal caught in a moment in time or the beauty of nature.


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Create Conversation

Creates a conversation in a mailbox with at least one thread.

How to define a customer

There are two ways how to define a customer when creating a conversations - either via id:

  "customer" : {
    "id" : 100

or via email:

  "customer" : {
    "email" : "",
    "firstName" : "Vernon",
    "lastName" : "Bear",

If a customer with this email doesn’t exist yet, the API will create a new customer — using all the optional fields.

Creating a draft conversation

To create a draft conversation, use the reply thread type with draft set to true.

POST /v2/conversations HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer oauth_token
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  "subject" : "Subject",
  "customer" : {
    "email" : "",
    "firstName" : "Vernon",
    "lastName" : "Bear"
  "mailboxId" : 85,
  "type" : "email",
  "status" : "active",
  "createdAt" : "2012-10-10T12:00:00Z",
  "threads" : [ {
    "type" : "customer",
    "customer" : {
      "email" : ""
    "text" : "Hello, Help Scout. How are you?"
  } ],
  "tags" : [ "vip" ],
  "fields" : [ {
    "id" : 531,
    "value" : "trial"
  } ]

Request fields

Path Type Required Description
subject String Y Conversation’s subject
autoReply Boolean N The autoReply request parameter enables auto replies to be sent
when a conversation is created via the API. When autoReply is set to true, an auto reply will be sent
as long as there is at least one customer thread in the conversation.
imported Boolean N The imported field enables conversation to be created for historical purposes
(i.e. if moving from a different platform, you can import your history).
When imported is set to true, no outgoing emails or notifications will be generated.
type String Y Conversation type, one of:
assignTo Number N The Help Scout user assigned to the conversation.
mailboxId Number Y ID of a mailbox where the conversation is being created
status String Y Conversation status, one of
createdAt String N When this conversation was created - ISO 8601 date time
customer Object Y Customer associated with the conversation. Must contain a valid customer id or an email address. If the id field is defined,
the email will be ignored. If the id is not defined, email is used to look up a customer. If a customer with the email in question does not exist a new one will be created, using all the optional fields and email.

If a customer is matched either via id or email field, the rest of the optional fields is ignored.
threads Array Y Conversation threads. There has to be least one thread in a conversation
tags Array N List of tags to be be added to the conversation
fields Array N List of custom fields and values to be set for the conversation, see Update Custom Fields for details
user Number N ID of the user who is adding the conversation and threads. The resource owner is used when not set. The value can be also overridden for some thread types.
closedAt String N When the conversation was closed, only applicable for imported conversations - ISO 8601 date time

Path Type Required Description
id Number N Customer ID
email String N Customer’s email
firstName String N First name of the customer. When defined it must be between 1 and 40 characters.
lastName String N Last name of the customer. When defined it must be between 1 and 40 characters.
phone String N Optional phone number that will be used when creating a new customer
photoUrl String N URL of the customer’s photo. Max length 200 characters.
jobTitle String N Job title. Max length 60 characters.
photoType String N Type of photo. Accepted values are:
background String N This is the Notes field from the user interface. Max length 200 characters.
location String N Location of the customer. Max length 60 characters.
organization String N Organization. Max length 60 characters.
gender String N Gender of this customer. Accepted values are:
age String N Customer’s age

Every thread object has to have type field while the remaining fields are defined in the documentation for individual threads:

type Request fields documentation
note Create Note
chat Create Chat
phone Create Phone
reply Create Reply
customer Create Customer Thread

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Resource-ID: 123

Locked conversation - maximum number of threads

A single conversation can contain up to 100 threads. If you try to create conversation with more than 100 threads or add a thread to a conversation that has 99 threads or more, the API will return HTTP 412 Precondition failed error.

Locked conversation - too old

Company policy can prevent old conversations to be updated. If you try to add a new thread to a conversation when when this policy is active, the API will return HTTP 412 Precondition failed error.


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I am working with Digital Ocean and Terraform and I already can automate the domain, subdomain, network preferences and the host but there is a section called User data that looks like this:

User data

The description of that field says Allows the use of Cloud-init to configure your droplet. Looking around I found the documentation.

How to take advantage of this while using Terraform?

Cloud-init files are essentially bootstrap codes, that run before each startup, and can - among others - modify files, set up services, create users, etc.

Not all types of droplets support all functionalities of cloud-init, for example CoreOS uses it's own implementation, with a very limited subset of valid values.

To use this in terraform, simply provide the cloud-init file during droplet creation:

resource "digitalocean_droplet" "web" {
  image              = "coreos-stable"
  name               = "web"
  region             = "lon1"
  size               = "2gb"
  private_networking = true
  ssh_keys           = ["${digitalocean_ssh_key.dodemo.id}"]
  user_data          = "${file("web.conf")}"

    - name: "etcd2.service"
      command: "start"
    - name: "fleet.service"
      command: "start"

This will for example create a droplet, where CoreOS will run etcd2 and fleet during startup

You can find some more examples in this repository, where I show how one can use these configuration options to set up some simple docker based services on CoreOS

When you create an Auto Scaling group with Terraform, you can specify the user_data to be used by instances created by this ASG. Documented here - https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/launch_configuration.html#user_data

You can also create a single EC2 instance, and provide user_data to be used - https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/r/instance.html#user_data

The AWS EC2 documentation explains how user_data is passed to the cloud-init service which is running on most Linux distributions available as AMIs on AWS - http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/user-data.html#user-data-cloud-init

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Fresh Greens with Hot Bacon Dressing

3 c torn spinach leaves
3 c torn romaine lettuce
2 small tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 c sliced mushrooms
1 medium carrot, shredded
1 slice bacon, cut into small pieces
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tbsp water
1/4 tsp dried tarragon, crushed
1/8 tsp coarsely ground pepper
1/4 tsp EQUAL Measure or 1 packet EQUAL sweetener or 2 tsp EQUAL Spoonful

Combine spinach, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, and carrot in large bowl; set aside. Cook bacon in 12-inch skillet until crisp. Carefully stir in vinegar, water, tarragon, and pepper. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in EQUAL. Add spinach mixture to skillet. Toss 30 to 60 seconds or just until greens are wilted. Transfer to serving bowl. Serve immediately.

Makes 5 Servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Fat

Nutrients Per Serving:
61 Calories
28 Calories from Fat
3 g Fat
1 g Saturated Fat
7 g Carbohydrate
3 g Dietary Fiber
4 g Sugars
3 g Protein
3 mg Cholesterol
74 mg Sodium

Creamy Vegetable Medley

1 can (10 3/4 oz) CAMPBELL’S condensed Golden Corn or Cheddar Cheese Soup
1/2 c skim milk
2 c fresh broccoli florets
2 medium carrots, sliced (about 1 cup)
1 c fresh cauliflower florets
1/3 c diced sweet red or green pepper, optional
1/2 c shredded Cheddar cheese (2 oz) (optional)
1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1/2-1 tsp Louisiana-style hot sauce (optional)

In 2-quart saucepan, combine soup and milk. Over medium heat, heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Add vegetables. Reduce heat to low. Cover; cook 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in cheese, cilantro, and hot sauce. Heat until cheese is melted. If desired, garnish with fresh cilantro.

Makes 6 Servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 1/2 Starch, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Fat

Nutrients Per Serving:
92 Calories
33 Calories from Fat
4 g Fat
2 g Saturated Fat
12 g Carbohydrate
3 g Dietary Fiber
4 g Sugar
5 g Protein
9 mg Cholesterol
493 mg Sodium

Sesame Slaw

4 c shredded green cabbage
1 c shredded carrots
1 c thinly sliced radishes
2 c alfalfa sprouts, divided
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
2 tbsp reduced-calorie mayonnaise
1/4 c plain nonfat yogurt
1 1/2 tbsp rice wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
1 tsp ESTEE Fructose
1 tsp ESTEE Salt-It
1/4 tsp celery seed

In a large bowl, toss together cabbage, carrots, radishes, 1 cup alfalfa sprouts, and sesame seeds. In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, yogurt, vinegar fructose, Salt-It, and celery seed; pour over vegetables and toss to coat. Chill before serving. To serve, spread remaining cup of alfalfa sprouts on serving platter, and tope with sesame slaw.

Makes 12 Servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 1 Vegetable

Nutrients Per Serving:
30 Calories
12 Calories from Fat
1 g Fat
0 g Saturated Fat
4 g Carbohydrate
1 g Dietary Fiber
3 g Sugar
1 g Protein
1 mg Cholesterol
29 mg Sodium

Herbed Vegetable Couscous

1/2 c couscous
1/2 tsp ESTEE Salt-It
3/4 c water
1 c diced tomato
2 c diced cucumber
1/4 c minced red onion
1/4 c minced fresh parsley
3 tbsp minced fresh mint
1/2 c + 2 tbsp ESTEE Italian Salad Dressing
2 tbsp lemon juice

Prepare couscous according to package directions, omitting butter and using ESTEE Salt-It. In large bowl, combine prepared couscous with remaining ingredients, stirring to blend well. Refrigerate several hours to allow flavors to blend.

Makes 8 Servings.

Dietary Exchanges: 1 Starch

Nutrients Per Serving:
58 Calories
2 Calories from Fat
0 g Fat
0 g Saturated Fat
12 g Carbohydrate
1 g Dietary Fiber
2 g Sugar
2g Protein
0 mg Cholesterol
56 mg Sodium


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Weekly Review 08

A view of San Francisco Twin Peaks.My two month long sabbatical has come to an end and this is the review of the last week of the sabbatical (posted about a week late) and it will also be the final post in this Weekly Review series.

Weekly Review March 27th to April 2nd, 2017

I watched San Francisco Symphony rehearsal of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 and Adagio from Symphony No.10. Symphony or classical music is not something I know or seek out a lot. I had a ticket and I had free time so I thought, why not. Listening in on the rehearsal was way more fascinating than I thought it would be. Before the start of the rehearsal somebody came up on the stage and gave a half an hour talk about Mahler and his symphonies. He even played few motives on the piano. Now when listening to the rehearsal I could use this extra information to watch out for these motives and it suddenly became much more interesting to listen to a symphony. I think this is similar to how after taking some cooking classes I started to enjoy cooking more. I think it generalizes further: in the very beginning stages of knowing something, knowing more about and how to do some activity will cause you to enjoy it more.

Otherwise, not quite sure if spending two and a half hours at DMV counts as an adventure, but I finally have my motorcycle driver’s license in hand!

Also a major milestone happened – I have finished my decluttering adventure with Marie Kondo’s method. I finished decluttering, organized and put stuff away and dealt with all the left-over items (sold, donated, mailed etc.)

Write every day: 7/7 – I have missed only one day in March.
Number of words written: 3437 total words or 491 per day.
Blogposts published: 3.
Number of days behind on personal email: inbox zero! – I am very happy I have been able to develop this habit during the sabbatical, will see whether I can keep up with it when I am back at work and have work email to deal with.

I finished reading another book on healthcare – America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System. Its a fascinating read, all my questions about Obamacare got answered.

Health & Fitness

Fitbit steps: 67’143.
Be active 6 days a week: 2/6 recorded activities: 1 walk + 1 run.
Meditate every day: 6/7.
No Facebook before noon: 6/7.
No added sugar 5 days a week: 2/5 – it is so hard to develop this habit! I will have to try a different strategy.

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Family Drag Queen Story Hour

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Three queens, Secret, Just JP, and Alli Short for Allister in full wig and dresses strike a pose

Join the Graduate Commons ProgramHarvard LGBTQ@GSAS Association, and the GSAS Student Center to celebrate PRIDE month with the fifth annual Drag Story Hour! Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.


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The glossary below is an alphabetical list of terms that have been used on this website, and have been defined in the context of dietetic practice in Canada.

The glossary terms and definitions provide general guidance only.

A committee that governs the food service department contract, in a large healthcare facility, for example.
A paid service that supplies food and beverages to individuals/organizations. Commonly, weddings, graduations, and large parties may be catered.
An approach where the client’s needs and goals are the focus, and clients are encouraged to make informed decisions about their health. Read more.
Postgraduate physicians who have chosen to pursue post certification training or specialization.
An organization that delivers primary healthcare services in the community, with a focus on health promotion and community building. They prioritize improving the health of populations who have traditionally faced barriers accessing health services, such as physical, social, and economic barriers. Services may be provided by a variety of health professionals such as family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, dietitians, health promoters, community development workers and others. Read more.
A community-based cooking program that involves a group of participants who share in the planning, preparation and consumption of nutritious meals. Participants often develop social support networks, food skills, and budget skills.
An approach to providing leadership, structure and training for the purpose of achieving continuous improvement in a department or organization.1

1 Gregoire, M. (2012). Foodservice organizations: A managerial and systems approach (8th ed.). Toronto, ON: Prentice Hall Inc.
An individual who provides non-clinical nutrition care to patients, such as discussing and addressing food preferences. They often work with Registered Dietitians in Nutrition Care.
Individuals who are completing the practical training required to become a Registered Dietitian.
The process of preventing specific diseases by identifying risk factors, reducing the risks, or detecting early stages of disease.
A comprehensive set of nutrient reference values that can be used for assessing and planning diets for healthy populations. Read more.
A computer-based patient medical record used in a specific organization.
“The absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people1,” regardless of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, educational level, income level, disability, geographic location and/or sexual orientation.

1World Health Organization (2015). Health Systems: Equity. Retrieved December 15, 2015 from
The systematic and thoughtful application of research evidence, combined with critical thinking and judgment, to guide decisions. This is a fundamental approach that is applied to all areas of healthcare including dietetic practice. Also referred to as evidence-informed practice. Read more.
An organization that delivers primary healthcare in the community with a focus on local health and community needs. Services may be provided by a variety of health professionals such as family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, dietitians and others. Read more.
The priority use of food products based on the time they were first placed in a storage system (also known as food rotation).
A place where basic food supplies, such as non-perishable foods, are collected via donations and provided at no or low cost to individuals in need. Read more.
“The ability of an individual to understand food in a way that they develop a positive relationship with it, including food skills and practices across the lifespan in order to navigate, engage, and participate within a complex food system.  It’s the ability to make decisions to support achievement of personal health and a sustainable food system considering environmental, social, economic, cultural, and political components.”1

1 Cullen, T., Hatch, J., Martin, W., Wharf Higgins, J. & Sheppard, R. (2015). Food Literacy: Definition and framework for action. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice & Research, 76, 140-145.
Food security is defined as having access to safe and nutritious food, at all times. Food insecurity arises when people do not have safe and nutrition food, at all times.
The pathway of food from growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming and disposing it.  This includes the inputs needed to ensure the system functions, and the outputs generated at each step.
An organization made up multiple member organizations that have the ability to purchase large volumes of goods and services that they could not do independently. The benefits are reduced costs and increased access to goods and services.
An equation that estimates an individual’s resting energy expenditure using gender, weight, height and age as variables. Read more.
A food safety approach used to prevent hazards throughout the food production process. Read more.
Preventable and unjust differences in health status experienced by certain population groups on the basis of lower socio-economic status, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, geographic location and/or sexual orientation.
“The process of enabling individuals, groups and communities to increase control over and to improve their health.” 1

1 World Health Organization. (2015). Health promotion. Retrieved from
Canada’s healthcare system is mainly publicly funded and delivered in various settings, such as primary healthcare clinics, community health organizations, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, Long-Term Care homes, home care agencies etc. Read more
A public or private organization that employs a variety of health professionals to provide healthcare in settings other than hospitals. These may include an individual’s private home, a nursing home, or a hospice.
The rate of new cases of a disease occurring during a specific time period in a population at risk of developing the disease.1

1 The British Medical Journal (2015). Chapter 2. Quantifying disease in populations. Retrieved December 29, 2015 from
An individual who helps translate communications between patients/family members and healthcare providers.
A group of individuals who meet to discuss, systematically analyze and evaluate a journal (research) article. The purpose is to help keep members informed about current research and to help facilitate evidenced-based practice.
A summary of scholarly work on a particular topic.
A graphic depiction of the relationship between elements of a program or initiative that can be used for planning, implementation and/or evaluation purposes.1

1 Public Health Ontario (2012). Program Logic Models. Retrieved December 15, 2015 from
A facility that provides care and services to individuals with chronic illness and/or disability. Each province of Canada has distinct, yet similar, legislation, regulations and standards for operating Long-Term Care facilities.
An order given in advance by a physician/ordering authorizers* to enable an implementer (i.e. a nurse etc.) to decide to perform the order under specific conditions without a direct assessment by the physician or authorizer at the time. Medical directives are specific only to the healthcare setting they are completed in and apply to specific healthcare professionals.1 Read more.
*May include other providers such as dentists, midwives, etc. with legislative authority to order and prescribe in a healthcare institution.
1 Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario (2007). What are orders, directives and delegation? Retrieved from
Nutritional assessment, diagnosis, and counselling for the purpose of disease management.
A type of study design that systematically assesses and combines findings from independent studies using a statistical technique in order to derive conclusions from a body of research. Read more.
A validated nutrition and screening assessment tool used in the assessment of malnutrition in adults 65 years of age and older. Read more.
A risk factor contributing to chronic disease that may be avoidable, altered or prevented.  Diet is considered to be one modifiable risk factor.
An area on a patient care unit that is designated as an administrative centre. It is often staffed by a clerical assistant. Medical paper charts are often kept and updated by various health professionals at the nursing station.
Literature that is reviewed by other researchers/experts (peers) in the field. Read more.
A planned approach to managing an employee’s work responsibilities and contributions with the goal of maximizing the success of an organization and encouraging employee development.
The period of time that includes pre-conception, conception, pregnancy, and after birth.
A short, brief report that outlines the rationale for choosing a specific policy or course of action regarding a single topic.
Policy focused on creating a healthy society that recognizes the importance of the social determinants of health, as well as the expanded definition of health.
Population health is an approach that aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. To reach these objectives, Population Health looks at, and acts upon, the broad range of factors and conditions that have a strong influence on health.
The first point of contact with the healthcare system.  Primary healthcare provides direct services for patients and coordinates specialized services when needed (e.g. from healthcare specialists).
A broad range of activities that enhance professional knowledge, skills, and abilities. For example, activities may include a workshop, conference, webinar, a Master’s degree etc.
The study of promoting the health of populations using approaches based in epidemiology, biostatistics, economics and behavioural sciences.
A health agency located in an urban or rural municipality that provides community-based health promotion and disease prevention programs.
Experiments that provide evidence for the effectiveness of a treatment or exposure, while including methods to reduce possible bias (e.g. randomly assigning participants to receive a current treatment or an alternative treatment). Read more.
The process of modifying recipes (e.g. nutrient content, cost, portion size, number of servings, etc.) using a standardized approach to meet the specific needs of a food service operation.
An organization that delivers services to those with physical impairments or disabilities in order to improve and/or restore functional ability and quality of life. May be located in hospitals and in the community.
A group of residents in a Long-Term Care home that act as key stakeholders and are involved in decision making. In some provinces, it is mandatory to have a Resident Council. Read more.
An operation that sells food to an end-user (e.g. restaurant customer).
A facility that provides housing primarily to older adults. In some cases, special services may also be provided. A retirement home does not receive funding nor is governed by provincial law. In some provinces, however, operators must be licensed and regulated under provincial legislation.
An approach to manage potential events that may cause harm to an organization and its stakeholders.  In food service, food safety, sanitation and facility maintenance are key components of risk management.1

1 Gregoire, M. (2012). Foodservice organizations: A managerial and systems approach (8th ed.). Toronto, ON: Prentice Hall Inc.
Key factors that influence/determine health. They include income and social status, social support networks, education, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal health practices and coping skills, healthy child development, gender, and culture. Read more.
Reduces health inequities among populations by addressing a wide range of social conditions and factors that determine health, as well as the complex interactions among them. These can include things like income, education, employment/working conditions and social environments. Focuses on issues of equality and democracy, specific to the distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges within society.
A sector of the food service industry that provides food and beverage services at on-site sports and recreation events such as professional tennis tournaments, competitive sports events or theme park outlets.
Individuals, groups or organizations who have an interest in, an influence on, or is impacted by, the planning, implementation and/or evaluation of a program, project and/or service.
An assessment tool used to identify risk of malnutrition and patients who would benefit from nutritional therapy. Read more.
A hospital that provides education and training to various health professionals. They are often affiliated with universities and engage in research activity.
A video X-ray that captures an individual’s eating and swallowing movements. It may assist in the assessment and diagnosis of swallowing problems.
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