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Social Workers are Not Superheroes

A Case Study of Madison, Wisconsin

by Rachel Niesen

There is a pervasive myth in White culture that social workers “fix” society’s problems, and that they do so in a way that is “gentle,” “fair,” and “compassionate.” This rhetoric is seen in UW-Madison’s School of Social Work. The school promotes this myth by making statements to entire classes of students with the sentiment of “social workers make society better!” The final project in the MSW Field Seminar course each year is even called the “Change Agent Project.” This rhetoric is also seen in national organizations such as the NASW and the SoCal Social Work Women’s Council. A few weeks ago, the SoCal Social Work Women’s Council hosted a webinar on social work and structural racism. Presenters spent the first 12 minutes of this webinar complimenting themselves and each other for all their hard work challenging oppression, which was immediately followed by the keynote speaker clarifying that she is NOT an abolitionist, as “abolitionists are usually misguided white people” and “we have to remember that there is value in policing.” This myth of social workers as “fixers” or “change agents” needs to be interrogated within social work as well as within White activist spaces- including and perhaps especially in Madison, WI, which could be thought of as an allegory for social work – we love our “Black Lives Matter” yard signs but we do NOT love doing anything about systemic racism.

Since George Floyd’s murder in May, this myth seems to have gained traction in comparisons between social workers and police officers. At BLM protests this summer, people carried signs saying things like “fund social workers not cops” and have confronted police with statements like “If you actually cared about your community you would’ve become a social worker not a cop!” This response after the George Floyd protests led Kim Young, a Black Social Worker and prominent Instagram presence “@dopeblack_socialworker” to make a post with the simple words “Social Workers Are Not Superheroes.” Kim Young along with critical social work groups like Social Service Workers Uprising Now (SSWUN) and Social Service Workers United (SSWU) and Abolitionist Social Work have and continue to help increase critical consciousness within facets of the social work profession. However, these conversations remain distinct from larger community discussions around defunding the police. I specify that “White activist spaces” – not activist spaces in general – need to interrogate the Superhero Social work myth, because the sentiment is already better understood as a myth in Black and Indigenous communities. Most Black people know that social workers, not police, are responsible for Child Protective Services involvement in their lives at a disgustingly disproportionate rate to Child Protective Services involvement in White households. Most Indigenous people know that it was child welfare social workers, not police officers who were responsible for kidnapping their children and forcing them into Indian Residential Schools. The myth of social workers as “fixers” of society’s problems serves a purpose. This myth protects the social service system from being viewed as a component of a larger system of racist, market-driven policing in our country. It also serves the purpose of teaching social workers that they should be doing their work for the sake of believing that they are “bettering society,” not for a paycheck- this helps keep salaries for social workers low (but that’s a separate topic). By punching holes in this myth, we can take a critical view of social work and begin advocating for alternative methods of caring for our community.

Social Work’s Connections to the Criminal Justice System

One of the most important things for activists to understand is that the social service system is not a distinct system from the criminal justice system. In fact, funding for countless social service programs in Dane County comes directly from the Department of Corrections. As you can imagine, this means that there are strings attached to this funding. This is often rationalized and legitimized by saying the Department of Corrections is “investing in alternatives to incarceration” however, when we look closer at these programs we can begin to ask the question- are these really alternatives or just a different form of incarceration?

Take the Drug Court Treatment Program and the Drug Court Diversion Program, for example. These are two programs which our District Attorney, Ismael Ozanne, touts as a way in which our county is working to keep people with drug related charges out of our jail. At last year’s Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference, Ismael Ozanne even suggested that these programs are a way in which our county is working to end racial disparities in incarceration. However, the Drug Policy Alliance as well as the Justice Policy Institute have both stated that Drug Court Programs are not only ineffective at treating substance use disorders, these programs have also widened the net of people who get caught up in the criminal justice system. There are a multitude of reasons for this.

Data shows that of mandated reporting calls that are made, only 9% end in substantiated investigations and 6% of that 9% are cases of neglect, many of which can be attributed to poverty where families have inadequate food, shelter and clothing. In these cases, families are met with punishment when what they need are resources.

First, as the Justice Policy Institute explains, “before drug courts, those arrested for a drug offense or low-level offense related to their addiction may have had their case dropped or diverted to a community treatment option. But now, judges and prosecutors have a criminal justice option.”Second, Drug Court programs inflict hyper surveillance on their participants- requiring daily phone calls, multiple random, invasive drug tests in a week, and the provision of private information related to employment, family matters and any other form of counseling or treatment that the participant may be engaged in. If a participant fails to consent to this surveillance, they receive a jail sanction. As many harm reduction and addiction professionals state, treatment is not effective when it is coerced.

The problem of the influence of policing in social work also extends beyond programs that are funded by the Department of Corrections. On November 13th, the Shriver Center on Poverty Law facilitated a virtual panel called “Policing By Another Name: Mandated Reporting as State Surveillance” to bring attention to the way in which mandated reporting laws use social workers, counselors and educators as a means of expanding the reach of the criminal justice system. Data shows that of mandated reporting calls that are made, only 9% end in substantiated investigations and 6% of that 9% are cases of neglect, many of which can be attributed to poverty where families have inadequate food, shelter and clothing. In these cases, families are met with punishment when what they need are resources.

Additionally, mandated reporters are frequently told that if they suspect neglect or abuse that regardless of whether they are confident in their suspicion, it is better to be “safe than sorry.” This sentiment ignores the reality that even families whose reports are never substantiated are harmed by the child welfare system due to the psychological trauma of having your family surveilled and your names “put in the system.” Many social workers are unaware of these dynamics due to a lack of attention to them during their professional education, but even for those who are aware, there is an immense pressure to perpetuate this system due to the threat of liability and having your licenses revoked for failure to make a mandated reporting call. Perhaps if the child welfare system provided a valid response to struggling parents- for example, providing parents unable to provide adequate shelter, food, clothing to their children with a stipend each month, or provided judgement-free childcare to parents in need of childcare assistance while in recovery from mental health or substance use issues- this would be less of an issue. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

This issue of liability as a means of binding social workers to the carceral system can also be observed in mental health crisis responses. Dane County has invested in a system of managing mental health crisis responses that relies on law enforcement. This means that when a social worker has a client who is experiencing suicidality, a domestic violence dispute, a psychotic episode, or any other crisis in which a person may be if danger, the only legal responses for a social worker to take is to encourage the client, or the family of the client to call the police, or to call the police themselves on the client. Even in a situation in which a client or social worker calls the Dane County Crisis Line which is managed through Journey Mental Health Center, if the caller is assessed as being in immediate risk or danger- they will dispatch the police to the caller’s house. As one can imagine, this puts social workers in a position of feeding their client’s to the criminal justice system and it puts many people in need of mental health support in a position of having no one to reach out to for fear of having to interact with the police if they disclose a mental health crisis to a mental health professional.

County Supervisor Heidi Wegleitner, along with other progressive supervisors, have put up an immense fight this year in their efforts to secure county funding for piloting a mental health crisis response system that does not rely on law enforcement. However, the budget season has ended and we have been left with a measly $300,000 for a new Mental Health Triage and Restoration Center. It is hard to call this a victory when the proposal to redirect funds from the deputy sheriff positions to a mental health ambulance pilot was shut down and when the Madison Police Department will receive a budget of $87,000,000. If county and city funding were directed to investing in a viable Mental Health Triage and Restoration Center or better yet, towards a mental health ambulance that could be called on 24/7 (like the CAHOOTS model in Eugene, OR), social workers would have a valid option for assisting clients in crisis and would no longer be coerced into calling the police on their clients in crisis. The ethical issues that social work faces in Madison as a result of its relationship with law enforcement and the Department of Corrections do not exist in Madison alone. The National Association of Social Workers, whose role it is to “enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards for social workers, and to advance sound social policies” continues to promote relationships between social work and law enforcement. After a summer of “Defund the Police” Uprisings, the NASW decided to host and promote a continuing education course for social workers in September on “Police and Police Social Workers: A Collaborative Effort Towards Social Justice.” That in a moment where the whole country was being reminded that modern day policing is a practice that originated in slave patrolling and therefore cannot be reformed, the NASW decided to back its’ relationship with law enforcement, is a testament to the nature of social work.

Reimagining the Future of Social Work

Fortunately, there are small facets of the social work field that are resisting police and social work collaboration with all their might. In Buffalo, New York, social workers have and continue to organize against an initiative to partner social workers with police officers as the solution for preventing police brutality. Over 150 social workers have signed an open letter asking the city to rethink this initiative and state that this initiative does nothing to address the roots of police brutality. Buffalo social worker, Nancy Smyth, stated to a local news station “Social workers need to be an independent solution, an independent mental health response team and we would be very happy to talk about ways we can restructure systems but to work within a system that has as many problems as police do, we certainly need to get it right at this point in time going forward.”

Nancy Smyth highlights an element that must change in order for the field to deliver on what White people seem to think social work does. That is, social work needs to detangle itself from the grips of the criminal justice system in order to provide services that do not perpetuate the criminalization of individuals in need of support. However, even if this were possible, critiques of social work would live on. One of the fundamental issues with the social service system is the way in which it assumes authority over people’s live. in particular, it assumes authority over the lives of individuals and families who are vulnerable to interpersonal and systemic oppression. The social service system tells low and no-income individuals how often they can go to local food pantries and how much money they can use on groceries through FoodShare. It tells people with mental health and substance use issues what types of services they can receive, how often and when, and for how long. It tells parents how they need to parent their children, how much school they need to attend, and what type of school they can go to. This top-down decision making extends throughout all social work settings. As we look at the role that police play in our society and begin to consider its influence on social work, we should also ask ourselves – are there better ways of getting people’s needs met? Are there better ways of caring for each other?

There is a hashtag, #ComradesNotClients that began being used in radical social work spaces on social media this summer. This hashtag sums up the direction that social work must move. Social workers must do better at sharing decision making power with their clients, not just within the social worker-client dyad, but within the policies and procedures that govern social work dynamics with clients. Social work can look at the effectiveness of mutual aid networks during the pandemic for examples of how to do this as well as to see the power of an approach to meeting people’s needs in a way that removes hierarchy and upsets power dynamics. Social workers are not and should never strive to be “superheroes” because this sentiment is not only inaccurate, it also implies that it is ok for social workers to sit in a position of power over their clients. Superheroes are superheroes because they obtained some special power that others do not have, after all.

Social work will never get out of its position as an integral component of policing in this country unless the field is able to accurately identify the systemic forces that maintain poverty, police brutality, wealth inequality, etc.

Additionally, social workers must consider the way in which their responses to challenging or harmful behavior on the part of their client’s might mirror dynamics we see in policing. There are countless micro factors (mental illness, interpersonal trauma) and macro factors (poverty, racism, historical trauma) that cause people to behave in ways that can be difficult to work with. Traditionally, social service programs have the authority to decide that someone is “inappropriate” for their program or that a person can be kicked out of their program due to having broken a program rule like attending a class while intoxicated, or engaging in a fight with another client. Instead of relying on punitive measures for managing these issues, social workers and social work agencies need to begin looking to restorative and transformative justice to understand the roots behind these behaviors and to repair the harm caused in a meaningful way and in a way that does not leave people stranded. In Dane County, we are lucky to have Dane County Time Bank and their wealth of knowledge for learning about transformative justice and how to integrate it into our programs.

Last, social work will never get out of its position as an integral component of policing in this country unless the field is able to accurately identify the systemic forces that maintain poverty, police brutality, wealth inequality, etc. If social work refuses to name racial capitalism and analyzes its influence in social work’s history and present moment, then we will never be able to organize and advocate for the policies that we desperately need – like mental health ambulances, like reparations, like healthcare for all.  I have hope that social work can be transformed, but if not, we might need to abolish it too.

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RJ state’s 2nd Blackburnian Warbler at Pico da Caledônia

Adult male Blackburnian Warbler, Pico da Caledônia, 28 January 2020 (© Guilherme Serpa)
Adult male Blackburnian Warbler, Pico da Caledônia, 28 January 2020 (© João Sergio)

On 26th January, our bird guide Adilei Carvalho da Cunha was looking for cotingas near the gate to Fazenda São Bernardo at Pico da Caledônia with lodge guest Christian Hollville and UK volunteer Sue Loose, when he came across a stunning adult male Blackburnian Warbler. A new bird for Adilei, this is only the second record of this species for Rio de Janeiro state, after one was seen and photographed on 30 December 2016.

The Blackburnian Warbler is a long distance migrant, breeding mainly in the coniferous forests of north-eastern North America, and wintering in the north of South Amercia, primarily in the montane forests in Columbia, Venezuela, as well as in the Andes of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. There have been very few sightings of Blackburnian Warbler in Brazil, with this being perhaps only the sixth national record!

Raquel Locke informed members of the Rio Bird Club of the sighting via the WhatsApp group, and some of whom then successfully twitched it on the 28th, when Guilherme Serpa  and João Sergio managed to take some great photos.

Although the population is currently thought to be stable, the Blackburnian Warbler is under threat, from climate change that is predicted to push it’s breeding range northwards, to loss of their preferred forest habitat on their wintering grounds.

Unbeknown to us at the time, we have since discovered that this bird was first seen here three weeks before, and amazingly today a female (RJ state’s 3rd!) was also discovered at the same place on the 30th! Both birds are proving a popular attraction for local birdwatchers, and so there is a good chance they may stick around for a while yet before heading back north.

Many thanks to Guilherme Serpa and João Sergio for allowing us to use their excellent photos.


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In retrospect, I should have labeled one of last week’s posts “Coming Soon.” There have been delays in several posts in the making, all of which readers should see here in the near future. The initial Fiddler’s Green entry on August V. Kautz is nearly finished, for example. There was more information there than I’d expected, including an attempted ascent of Mount Rainier before the war. The comparison of resignations in the two dragoon regiments and the two cavalry regiments is still in the works, as is the road to war entry for the 1st Dragoons/1st Cavalry. All of these are still in the works, they’re just not finished yet.

An article that I read on Dimitri Rotov’s blog while looking for information on Stephen Sears’ To The Gates of Richmond led me to The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. This work is actually available in its entirety online. I must caution the casual explorer, however. Each volume consists of two parts, and all three that I looked at yesterday were greater than 100MB in size. There is some very interesting information in there, though.


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In Static Control Components, Inc. v. Lexmark Int’l, Inc., Andrew successfully defended an action asserting copyright, DMCA, and patent infringement claims, including assertion of patent misuse defense, resulting in a favorable settlement.

In Star Patrol Enterprises, Inc. v. Saban Entertainment, Inc., Andrew successfully defended against a complaint for copyright infringement, breach of contract, inducing breach of contract, and various associated state law claims against owners and broadcasters of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, alleging that the Power Rangers infringed a property the plaintiff allegedly owned.

In Whoop, Inc. v. Dyno Productions, Inc., Andrew represented actress Whoopi Goldberg and her corporation in litigation arising from the motion picture entitled “T. Rex.”

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Dream Journal #6 (2021)

Big Black Bug:

This dream was really sad. I was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The doctors told me they would keep me on watch and work with me because some people have been able to live a long time even with the illness. I carried on and was with my friends. Something happened that landed me in the hospital. The doctor’s told me that I only had a few weeks or even days left to live. In the dream, I went to my room by myself and cried and prayed and told Jehovah that I would just be grateful to die before ever failing him. I felt calm and accepted this. Now, there is no ideal illness, but in this dream, I would die in my sleep.
I decided to make the most of my time and enjoy my family and friends and start to plan things out. Well, I showed up at my friend’s house and their parents were worried for them because all they did was cry. They were in their rooms crying and had left out all this food we had ever cooked together and decoration and pictures and memories… They were so sad when they saw me walk in and I told them “no! Put all of this away! I don’t want you to be sad looking at all of this, I want you to be happy when you look at this” so I started to hide everything from them and told them “Don’t look at these until you feel happy to look at them again”.
I began to live in this ward where I was under constant watch from nurses. It was really a comfortable place where people would stay for the remainder of their time when they knew they were going to die. I was all lone and getting ready for bed and I just knew that was it. I grabbed a sticky note and a pen because I wanted to write a final goodbye note to my parents. Before I could finish writing, I looked at the carpet and there was a GIANT big black bug. It had 6 legs and looked a lot like a black widow but it was the size of my hand. The legs were long and pointy. The bug was super black and shiny and it move around gracefully. It stopped walking at I watched it. I wanted to kill it, but then I realized this was no ordinary bug. There was nothing I could do, it moved quick and it would get to me before I could even call for help.
I realized this bug was the representation of my illness that was going to put me to rest. When that bug came, that was it. I accepted this and laid on the bed and got comfortable. The last memory of the dream, the bug climbed onto the bed and came to me.

I edited this to make it look like the black bug I saw

The journey:

This dream wasn’t about me at all. It was about this girl from Canada. She was around 24 years old and struggled with severe depression after making bad life choices as a teen by using drugs and drinking. She felt like a burden on her family and wanted to accomplish something.

In this dream, I was a figment of her imagination.

She was outside alone talking to me. “My friends have all done something cool and they’ve moved on with their lives. I can’t even hold down a job long enough. I want to do something grand!” so I asked her what she was thinking about. “Let’s go on a road trip!”
I start helping her map out the road trip. She was going to do a cross country trip around the United States! (Which is a trip I’d personally love to do someday). She would take her time as she’d ride along. No time limit, just enjoy the whole trip and take it all in.

She heads out and a few hours in, her car starts to have some issues. She checks into a hotel and hours later her ENTIRE family comes. They all came because they wanted to make sure she was okay. I tell her she’s very loved and she smiles and agrees.

After spending time with her family and her car is fixed, she’s getting ready to get back on the road. Her family tells her that she should just go home and maybe wait to do this another time.
She tells them “No, I wand to accomplish this. I really want this adventure and I want to be sure I’m able to heal on my own”. She gave a convincing speech with this spark in her eyes that was new to me. This spark was a good thing! Her family agreed and supported her and she said her goodbye.
She was going back on the road and well, I was going along since I was part of her imagination… but before she made it onto the road, I woke up.

I am kind of upset I didn’t get to go on this trip with her. I hope she had a great time.

Map to represent that dream

The Fart Weapon:

A group of teenage boys was trying to take my little sister away. We were surrounded and I shielded her. I then put my back towards them and told them to go away or else I’d fart at them. It worked! They ran away and left her alone.

The Sailor and the Actress:

This dream was set in the 40s. A Sailor and his crew arrive at Paris. He wasn’t a very good Sailor because he was too emotional. An aspiring actress grew up in Paris. She was raised by her cruel mother. They both meet in front of the Louvre and fall madly in love. Next, there’s this sort of montage of them walking around the city together holding hands. The sailor returns to his crew, but then he’s fired. Soon after, he becomes a pirate and asks the girl to run away with him. He was building his own ship and asked her to meet him. The girl was hesitant since she had this huge audition coming up that same day! Once the ship was built, he waited for her… and waited. Meanwhile, the girl’s audition is a total disaster, so then she realizes how much she really wants to be with him. She looks at the time and decides to make a run for it because she might still be able to make it.
The sailor-turned-pirate looks at the time and believes she isn’t coming. Heart-broken, he boards his little ship, and starts to sail off. The girl approaches the destination. Just then, the pirates poorly built ship begins to sink. When the girl arrives, she sees the end of the boat submerged. She is devastated. He drowned along with his broken heart because he never knew she was coming after all.
It was a tragic ending.

This is not too far off from what I saw in my dream! (before he became a pirate)

The Alien Prince:

So ever since I moved to New York, I haven’t been having very many vivid dreams memorable enough for this post until last night. RIGHT ON TIME FOR THE END OF THE YEAR!

I was in the car with a group of friends when the tire popped. Some guy was randomly with us in the car and he started to change the tire so I got out and helped him. He then proposed to me to marry him. For some reason, I said yes, but I don’t even see his face! I just looked at the ring. I remember thinking “I don’t want to post this on Instagram because this is too weird”. Then I realized that I really didn’t want to marry him because I had no idea who he was and quickly regretted saying yes. I started to ask my friends about him and they were all just as confused because he just appeared out of nowhere and we were all realizing how obnoxious he was.
I felt guilty for saying yes so I wrote him a letter explaining that maybe we should call off the engagement and take it slower and be friends first because I really had no idea who he was. He never sees the letter.

Suddenly, I’m in this strange area with all of my friends and we can see the sky. Aliens started to appear looking for my “fiancé”. Turns out he was a prince from another planet and it was attacked by these other aliens so he fled and arrived to our earth to hide from them. These bad aliens said “face us now or all of your friends here will die!” and although none of us truly knew him well and had no idea where he came from, he was very passionate about us being his friends and says “I will not allow it! Leave them alone! I will come face you!”. He jumped onto his scooter that apparently also flew and as he took off into space, he rode past me and said “sorry, I don’t think this will work out between us after all” then as he rode away he says, “I got that ring at the 99 Cent Store”. I was just relived that I wasn’t engaged for real because I didn’t even like the guy.

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The Changing Face of South Africa’s Poor

In a country where one in three are unemployed, poverty camps on the doorstep of South African churches. The task of making a meaningful difference is daunting as remnants of apartheid linger, and the gap between have’s and have-nots stretches wide, while AIDS continues to ravage the nation of its youth. Without a robust social support program in place, South Africa’s poor either work—or starve.

Yet the local church in South Africa still struggles to realistically address the needs of the poor and the foreigner in a lasting way. They set up soup kitchens, hand out clothes and pass out blankets. Applying only this band-aid approach, unemployment continues to swell, crime is rampant and parents remain unable to care for their children the way they need to.

How can the churches of South Africa address such overwhelming needs if they want to target the problem rather than just treat the symptoms? The churches want to assist the poor in their community by providing a long-term solution, but struggle to know how.

The poor are also asking this question. How can they make their businesses successful? How can they provide for their families? How can they break the cycle of poverty in which they are trapped?

Judith, a South African single mother of seven children, once also asked these questions—then she started sewing. Judith had to drop out of high school at 16 to work at a sewing factory to provide for her parents. Judith already had sewing experience, and she had to provide for her family. She began sewing for profit, launching Soweto Sewing Company, yet she lacked knowledge on how to successfully run her small business.

Partnering in a New Paradigm

Across the ocean, newly married Americans, Jedd and Janelle Schroy, had a vision to help alleviate material and spiritual poverty. Their dream was to provide business training and biblical discipleship to the urban poor, so that instead of relying on handouts, they could run their own small businesses and provide for their families.

They also believed that, with the addition of small micro-loans and one-on-one mentoring, the poor could be the most well-equipped to grow their businesses to the next level. They were convinced that the vehicle to provide this holistic training should be business professionals from local South African churches who live near the poor communities, rather then foreign short-term missions teams or expats living temporarily in the country.

So in 2007, the Schroy’s founded Paradigm Shift—a nonprofit with the mission of empowering the poor. With a small team of other Americans, they moved to South Africa to develop this outreach program on the ground, so that it could be handed off to churches to implement in their own communities and used as an approach to solving both spiritual and economic poverty for the long-term.

New Creation Family Church was one of the very first churches to pilot the Paradigm Shift program. Six business professionals from the church volunteered an hour a week for five months to train and mentor micro-entrepreneurs in business skills while equipping select ones with micro-loans. Volunteers also taught a discipleship curriculum so the micro-entrepreneurs could grow spiritually.

The impact of the Paradigm Shift program was that the entrepreneurs saw an incredible 93 percent increase of business income by the end of the program, and 26 percent gave their lives to Jesus for the first time. Additionally, of the 30 entrepreneurs, 81 percent were attending a church or small group by the end of the program.

Grant Walton, Senior Pastor of the church said recently, “As a South African church surrounded by a community in need of social, economic, as well as spiritual renewal, we had a dream to empower entrepreneurs to earn a living while being discipled at the same time. The Paradigm Shift program has helped us realize that dream.”

Scaling Success

When a friend told Judith about the Paradigm Shift program that New Creation was running, Judith jumped on the opportunity to receive training on how to run her business. Through the program, Judith learned how to price and market her products. Using these new principles, Judith created business cards and began handing them out at trade expos.

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Her efforts were rewarded—first by being able to provide for her kids, and then when Coca-Cola ordered half a million aprons from the Soweto Sewing Company. But beyond business success, Judith experienced a spiritual transformation. “I’m learning everyday to be more Christ-like,” Judith says. “There is a change in me. I used to be angry all the time, but now I’ve become more gentle.”

Judith’s success has enabled her to employ 10 others from her community, and recently Judith has partnered with Paradigm Shift to sell scarves to retailers in the U.S. Her dream is now grown to employ 70 others from her community, in an industrial factory, that will create and sell fashion clothing.

With over 20 different African nations being represented in the program, Judith is one of more than one thousand entrepreneurs who have graduated from the Paradigm Shift program through the efforts of 12 South African churches. Currently, the program is also being piloted in Zimbabwe, Uganda and India.

Once faced with the question of “how,” these thousand entrepreneurs have now been equipped to live out the answer. As one small business owner expressed, “We used to think our businesses were cursed because they always failed. Now we realize we just didn’t have the proper knowledge.”

Throughout South Africa, church volunteers are now working together with impoverished communities to pave a way forward. The smile on Judith’s face says it all—how business training can transform a family, the lives of employees and ultimately a whole community.

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Learning Engineer

Remote / Middleton, Massachusetts, United States Full Time management
Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Manager, Machine Learning Engineering (People Leader) (Remote - Eligible)

As a Capital One Machine Learning Engineer (MLE), you‘ll be part of an Agile team dedicated to productionizing machine learning applications and systems at scale. You‘ll participate in the detailed technical design, development, and implementation of machine learning applications using existing and emerging technology platforms. You‘ll focus on machine learning architectural design, develop and review model and application code, and ensure high availability and performance of our machine learning applications. You‘ll have the opportunity to continuously learn and apply the latest innovations and best practices in machine learning engineering.

What you‘ll do in the role:

  • The MLE role overlaps with many disciplines, such as Ops, Modeling, and Data Engineering. In this role, you‘ll be expected to perform many ML engineering activities, including one or more of the following:

  • Design, build, and/or deliver ML models and components that solve real-world business problems, while working in collaboration with the Product and Data Science teams.

  • Inform your ML infrastructure decisions using your understanding of ML modeling techniques and issues, including choice of model, data, and feature selection, model training, hyperparameter tuning, dimensionality, bias/variance, and validation).

  • Solve complex problems by writing and testing application code, developing and validating ML models, and automating tests and deployment.

  • Collaborate as part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software that enables state-of-the-art big data and ML applications.

  • Retrain, maintain, and monitor models in production.

  • Leverage or build cloud-based architectures, technologies, and/or platforms to deliver optimized ML models at scale.

  • Construct optimized data pipelines to feed ML models.

  • Leverage continuous integration and continuous deployment best practices, including test automation and monitoring, to ensure successful deployment of ML models and application code.

  • Ensure all code is well-managed to reduce vulnerabilities, models are well-governed from a risk perspective, and the ML follows best practices in Responsible and Explainable AI.

  • Use programming languages like Python, Scala, or Java.

  • As a People Leader, you will be responsible for mentoring, coaching, providing feedback, building career plans and assessing performance for your direct reports enabling a high performance engineering team.

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor‘s degree

  • At least 6 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing (Internship experience does not apply)

  • At least 4 years of experience programming with Python, Scala, or Java

  • At least 2 years of experience building, scaling, and optimizing ML systems

  • At least 2 years of people leader experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master‘s or doctoral degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a similar field

  • 3+ years of experience building production-ready data pipelines that feed ML models

  • 3+ years of on-the-job experience with an industry recognized ML framework such as scikit-learn, PyTorch, Dask, Spark, or TensorFlow

  • 2+ years of experience developing performant, resilient, and maintainable code

  • 2+ years of experience with data gathering and preparation for ML models

  • 1+ years of experience leading teams developing ML solutions using industry best practices, patterns, and automation

  • 1+ years of experience developing and deploying ML solutions in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform

  • Experience designing, implementing, and scaling complex data pipelines for ML models and evaluating their performance

  • ML industry impact through conference presentations, papers, blog posts, open source contributions, or patents

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Location is New York City

- $190,950 and $225,278 for Manager, Machine Learning Engineering

Location is Colorado

- $161,847 and $190,943 for Manager, Machine Learning Engineering

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate‘s offer letter.

No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections ; New York City‘s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia‘s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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A Druid Hills High School student has been arrested following a morning lockdown at the campus and neighboring Emory University. During an afternoon news conference, DeKalb County School’s Police Chief Bradley Gober said the juvenile student will be charged with aggravated assault and carrying a gun in a school zone. Students at the high school, […]


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This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 46 ± 11 yrs) of the “Start-to-Run” program provided self-reports on their RRIs using an online questionnaire. Subsequently, they attended injury consultations with sports medicine physicians who provided physician-reports (blinded for the self-reports) as a reference standard. Self-reports and physician-reports included information on injury location (i.e., hip/groin, upper leg, knee, lower leg, and ankle/foot) and injury type (i.e., muscle-tendon unit, joint, ligament, or bone). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were 100% for all five injury locations. For injury type, sensitivity was low (66% for muscle-tendon unit, 50% for ligament, and 40% for bone) and lowest for joint injuries (17%). In conclusion, the validity of self-reported RRIs by novice runners is good for injury locations but not for injury types. In particular for joint injuries, the validity of novice runners’ self-reports is low. Abbreviations: RRI: Running Related Injury; SMC: Sports Medicine Centre; MTU: Muscle Tendon Unit; PPV: Positive Predictive Value

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Smits, D.W, Backx, F.J.G, Van Der Worp, H. (Henk), van Middelkoop, M, Hartgens, F, Verhagen, E.A.L.M, … Huisstede, B.M.A. (2018). Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners: comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians. Research in Sports Medicine, 1–16. doi:10.1080/15438627.2018.1492399


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Arsonist wrecks car of Sinn Féin justice spokesperson

The home of a Sinn Féin TD has come under firebomb attack after he defended the rights of immigrant asylum-seekers. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald condemned what she said was a “very deliberate and targeted attack” which she described as a “deeply serious and sinister development.”

The attack has been blamed on volatile far-right elements who have emerged in recent years on Irish social media. They have been capitalising on a series of controversial decisions by government officials to house asylum-seekers in very conservative rural areas.

There were protests earlier this year against proposed centers in Oughterard, County Galway, and in Roosky on the Roscommon-Leitrim border, where an empty hotel planned as a center was twice set on fire.

A separate plan to temporarily house asylum seekers at a hotel in Achill is to go ahead despite local anger. Some 13 female asylum seekers were due to arrive at the remote Achill Head Hotel outside Keel on the island on Friday, but their arrival has been postponed due to protests.

In Ballinamore, County Leitrim, local Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny has found himself on the front line of race hate after his car was set alight in a row over a local apartment building getting listed as a potential centre for the accommodation of asylum seekers.

TaoiseachLeo Varadkar described the incident as an “attack on democracy”, but he has so far refused to suspend the policy of locating ‘direct provision centres’ in rural areas.

The centres have been strongly criticised by human rights groups for providing refugees with only minimal housing and sustenance in conditions similar to open prisones. Their location has appeared deliberately designed to stoke maximum controversy.

Sinn Féin and the Green party have both been at the receiving end of hate mail for standing up for the rights of refugees. Mr Kenny told his local radio station last week that he had received death threats after he spoke out in the Dublin parliament against those “whipping up hysteria” about asylum seekers.

In an appeal against increasing racism, he warned of a “far-right ideology that is being peddled in this country”. He told the Dáil that “fear-mongering discussion about being overrun has become common and acceptable language.”

Mr Kenny has described the arson attack outside his home as “traumatic and difficult”. The TD for Sligo Leitrim said that nobody should have to experience those events.

Awakened by “flashing lights” and “a hissing sound” at 2.15am on Monday, he said he saw flames “licking up as high as the roof”. Speaking on radio, the party’s justice spokesperson said if his burning car had been closer to his house, it would have melted the house’s doors and windows.

Mr Kenny urged people to “take a step back, take a deep breath and realise that there are consequences to everything we do and say”.

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The UK Government must help end Scotland's drug-related death crisis

James Nicholls, Shirley Cramer, Steve Ryder, Deborah Gold, Saket Priyadarshi, Susanne Millar, Carole Hunter, Ron Hogg, Arfon Jones, Fiona Measham, Alex Stevens, Ian Hamilton, Iain McPhee, Niamh Eastwood, Martin Powell*

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ConceptDistil: Model-Agnostic Distillation of Concept Explanations

João Bento, Ricardo Moreira, Vladimir Balayan, Pedro Saleiro, Pedro Bizarro

Published at ICLR 2022 - PAIR2Struct workshop

Concept-based explanations aims to fill the model interpretability gap for nontechnical humans-in-the-loop. Previous work has focused on providing concepts for specific models (e.g, neural networks) or data types (e.g., images), and by either trying to extract concepts from an already trained network or training self-explainable models through multi-task learning. In this work, we propose ConceptDistil, a method to bring concept explanations to any black-box classifier using knowledge distillation. ConceptDistil is decomposed into two components: (1) a concept model that predicts which domain concepts are present in a given instance, and (2) a distillation model that tries to mimic the predictions of a black-box model using the concept model predictions. We validate ConceptDistil in a real world use-case, showing that it is able to optimize both tasks, bringing concept-explainability to any black-box model.

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5 Benefits Of Listening To Music While Meditating

5 Benefits Of Music During Meditation Some people say that listening to music while meditating is not a good idea, because you might get dependent on the music and you won’t learn how to calm the mind without it. Personally I think there is no right or wrong and everything has its own benefits. Sometimes […]


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WWF - Pakistan
Posted date 20th September, 2022 Last date to apply 27th September, 2022
Country Pakistan Locations Multan
Category Human Resource
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Reporting to                                        :              Senior Manager Human Resources

Additional Reporting                      :              Director Food & Markets

Department                                        :              Human Resources

Programme / Region                       :              Food & Markets

Employment Grade                         :              C2/C3

Positions                                             :               1

Duty Station                                        :              Multan

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External       Educational Institutes, Comparable non- profit organizations, HR consulting firms

Internal        Employees in the designated areas

Duties and Responsibilities

□        Ensure full compliance with WWF-Pakistan’s HR policies / procedures within the designated projects / areas;

□        Suggest improvements in HR policies / procedures based upon market best practices and employee feedback;

□        Handle the recruitment process and ensure that the timelines are followed and hiring is completed as per project agreement / plan.

□        Keep track of position requests on HRIS. Assist in preparing TORs, advertise vacancies, schedule interviews , form interview panels, compile interview / test results, send offer letters and conduct reference / background checks;

□        Maintain a data base of potential candidates for ongoing and future hiring needs; develop relationships with relevant higher education institutes for entry level hiring requirements;

□        Ensure that all the relevant / necessary documents are available for employment related letters / memos to be issued. Prepare the memos and employment letters for sign off from HO.

□        Assist in new Employee orientation and other

□        Assist in Employee Performance Appraisals and ensure that they are completed in time.

□        Assist in employee training needs assessment and preparation / implementation of the Annual Capacity Building Plan. Identify relevant trainers and training institutes;

□        Prepare internships contracts and certificates for sign off from HO.

□        Assist in periodic internal satisfaction surveys and external benchmarking surveys;

□        Ensure that Employee Exit process is followed and documented; maintain and analyze exit records to compile feedback and identify trends.

□        Assist in Identifying individuals for succession for key positions and their capacity building plans.

□        Conduct counseling sessions with employees and address queries; handle employee grievances.

□        Assist in workplace investigations as required.

□        Keep track and update the employee medical and life insurance record;

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□        An appropriate post-graduate qualification in Human Resource Management or a related field.

□        At least 2 years of relevant work experience;

□        Familiarity with the multicultural / international environment and development sector;

□        Familiarity with the local language/s will be an advantage.

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Animal Hospital Perdido Heights, FL

A good number of people who own pets will tell you that if you are searching for an Animal Hospital in Perdido Heights, you need to check out DavisPetVet.Com. Centrally located minutes from everywhere this is a full service affordable animal medical center run by lifelong animal lover Mrs. April Ball. When you love your furry friend as much as we do you probably what the best for them. At DavisPetVet.Com, we‘re devoted to the well-being of all animals, from K9 and felines to birds and ferrets. Nevertheless, searching for an affordable animal hospital in Perdido Heights may prove to be more problematic than you may realize. Nowadays a good number of businesses rely on reputation management agencies to provide pay-for reviews on Social Media making it more difficult for consumer to figure out who is the best Animal Hospital in Perdido Heights. At Davis Animal Hospital we value our reputation too much to play those games. As a matter of fact, if you are looking for a Veterinary Animal Hospital in Perdido Heights, FL we welcome you to pay us a visit and see for yourself why we‘re constantly label the best Veterinary Animal Hospital in Perdido Heights

Four Tips for Choosing Emergency Animal Hospital Perdido Heights, Florida

Choosing an animal hospital is just not as simple as it may possibly seem. It is a great idea to consider the proper animal hospital before you require it. Select a hospital which has friendly staff with a veterinarian whom you feel at ease with. Here are the most useful strategies for picking an animal hospital.

  1. Have a look at their webpage – First, you need to browse the sites of all animal hospitals that are in your area. These web pages can show you a quick look of the ability of the hospital and the staff of these facilities. And they could help you to narrow down the list. You can also verify their specialities, prices, and their workforce on these websites.
  1. Request Endorsements – Secondly, asking for references is the best way of choosing the right animal hospital. Talk to other pet owners. They take their pets regularly to animal hospitals, so they know of the best hospitals in your area. They should recommend a hospital they know and trust.
  1. Check out the Hospital – Third thing is visiting various animal hospitals is among the oldest means of picking the right hospital. People don’t visit many animal hospitals today as they rather doing their findings online. It is important to schedule some time to speak with the vets in these hospitals. Ask them important questions during the meeting. Then, pick a hospital you are comfortable with.
  1. Staff Credentials – Finally, examine the staff qualifications before selecting an animal hospital. An excellent veterinarian displays their diplomas, accomplishments, and licenses. The best hospitals hire veterinarians who definitely have passed their licensing exams and undergo ongoing education each and every year. Ensure all of the employees for the reason that hospital have undergone the required training.

These are the best tips for choosing an animal hospital. Pick a hospital containing affordable rates. And you need to look for the right animal hospital before you need it. Whether you own a Feline or a reptile you can trust Davis Animal Hospital to provide the best medical care for your furry friend. If you don’t know about Davis Veterinary Services stop by and introduce yourself and if you would like additional information on how to care for your furry friend, stop by our Pet Boarding & Daycare blog and don’t forget to tell everybody looking for a reputable animal hospital in or near Perdido Heights, FL to call us

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Get Nutrition Counseling For Pets

One of the best things that we can do to help maintain the good health of our pet is to make sure that they get proper nutrition. Just as people need good nutrition to stay healthy, so do our pets. In fact, it is an integral part of a pet’s wellness and proper care. Here we will take a look at nutrition counseling for pets.

One Nutritional Diet Doesn’t Fit Every Pet

There is no one-size-fits-all diet plan for pets. When a pet is young it needs a diet that helps it to develop good health and to become strong. Older pets will need a nutritional diet that is more appropriate for them and if they are struggling with excess weight an adjustment may be needed in order to help them reduce their weight while remaining strong and healthy. Some pets may have certain allergies and their nutritional diet will need to be managed around those allergies.

More and more dogs and cats including those that are middle-aged rather than just the older ones are now experiencing problems with obesity. Similar to the way a lot of the population is becoming obese, our pets are as well. Dogs and cats, in particular, are facing this issue and it is leading to a number of health concerns. When a pet is overweight it can develop chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and a reduced lifespan.

How Can Nutrition Counseling For Pets Help?

Just as modern nutrition is discovering that the right diet can help prevent and manage various chronic diseases in people, it is now being discovered that the right nutritional diet can do the same for our pets. Very often by simply making good choices and changes in our pet’s diet, various health conditions can be avoided or managed. This is how nutrition counseling for pets can help pet owners.

A pet owner can learn exactly what they need to know about essential nutrition and good practices when feeding their pets. The nutrition plan can be tailored to meet the pets specific situation and around their stage of life. The nutrition counselor can also help determine the caloric needs of your pet. They can also help you so that you are better able to understand food labels for pet food.

When getting nutritional counseling for pets, all important factors will be considered. This includes your pets medical history along with how active they are and what their current weight is. These all come together in helping develop the right nutritional plan for your pet. Just as we each have our own likes and dislikes when it comes to food, so do our pets. Nutrition counseling can help you develop an appropriate nutritional plan for your pet while still accommodating their particular tastes.

The right nutritional plan will help your pet eliminate any type of constipation or diarrhea that they may be experiencing as well as helping them to develop good digestion. Nutrition counseling for pets can improve their natural immunity and increase their ability to fight off disease. It will even help them to develop more muscle tone and a good body condition.

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Sunday Summary – 25th March 2018

Good morning all! I hope my UK friends have remembered to roll your clocks forward!
I think I have – but there always seems to be one I miss… that I find about a week later.
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Every time. ANYWAY – moving on!!
Those of you that take your valuable time to look at this little book blog once in a while (and I am ETERNALLY grateful – thank you!) may have noticed a little more going on this week. I’ve been spending the past couple of weeks on the warpath to catch up with my reading, so I wasn’t really posting much. Now I am caught up though, it’s time to see the fruits of my labour!
On Monday I took part in a Blog Tour I have been looking forward to for a couple of months – StoneKing by Donna Migliaccio. This is the third book in the series, so in order to participate properly, I spent February catching up with the first and second books. Therefore, to me, this review felt like it was a long time in the making!
I published another review on Wednesday for Copper Sky by Milana Marsenich. This review was also followed up with a guest post written by Milana herself, so I would really encourage you check these out if you haven’t already!!
I was also hoping to put a post together in relation to a nomination I received, but I was feeling lazy yesterday decided that I would post about this next week instead!

Books Read

Last week I mentioned that I had just started reading Beowulf… and that was the book I kick-started the week with! It is the first poetry I have read in a long time, so it made a refreshing change actually!
My next (and current) read is Ekata: Fall of Darkness. Admittedly, I am only 16% of the way through this one at the moment; there is definitely a fine balance between reading and blogging that has to be struck! I’ve not read as much as I would like, but I’m sure I can have it read by the end of next week!
Lastly, I have made a little more progress through An Almond for a Parrot by Wray Delaney (Sally Gardener) and I continue to love that!! Now that I am not doing any painting, I have taken to listening in the morning if the news is particularly grim. Also, Piers Morgan. Ugh. Some mornings, I just cannot be doing with that!

Books Discovered

This was a late add to my discovered list.
I seem to recall having seen this before and dismissing it as a book I wasn’t convinced I would enjoy. However, I read a review on another blog the other day (apologies – neither can I remember who wrote it, nor can I find you – sorry!) and it changed my mind completely! I’ll have to pick this up sometime. If I find the review, I’ll link it here, but in the meantime I’ll just have to keep searching! I really should keep a note of these!

Coming Up…

As I mentioned above, I’ll be starting the week with a blog nomination post – it’s great to celebrate blogs and the people behind them, so I appreciate the nomination!
On Wednesday I’ll be reviewing Beowulf, which should appease the Netgalley gods for a little while at least! I’m catching up on a few of my Netgalley reads, so my rating will have improved by this time next month! So many books, so little time…
That’s all for now – what are you reading this week?
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Traveling overseas for a business? Or exploring a country’s hidden gem for entertainment? Whatever the case may be, it’s easy to forget your routine. Perhaps, you overindulge in nightlife, cuisines, and recreational activities. Failing to follow the right procedure for maintaining your contact lenses is no exception. Improper and irregular care could lead to discomfort, hassles, eye infections, and other costly problems.
Worry no more! Here are the experts-recommended tips to follow when traveling with contact lenses. Are you ready? Read on for more information!
Remember Eyewear Prescriptions
Probably, you’re done packing your stuff. Perhaps, you’ve gathered all the necessary travel documents. Then, your job does not stop there! It’s important to let a specialist check your contact lens beforehand. While it requires an additional cost, you can be sure that your eyeglass prescriptions are up-to-date.
Whether you will be on a business trip for a month or two, eyewear prescriptions can play a crucial role.
Apart from bringing a pair of glasses, place a copy of prescriptions for glasses and contacts in a sturdy and accessible bag for emergency purposes. Whether you break or lose any of them, you can purchase another pair abroad. Just present the prescription for your peace of mind.
Don’t Forget to Bring an Eye Care Gear
It’s advisable to have another pair of glasses and contact lens solution during an escapade. But remember to bring a leak-proof cases and other eye care supplies according to experts. Although you won’t use them all, pack them ahead to avoid other hassles.
Understand Specific Travel Security Rules
Many countries have different transportation security administration regulations on wearing contact lenses. That’s why it is important to study the rules to avoid legal issues abroad.
TSA allows contact lenses in checked or carry-on bags. Cleaning solution, on the other hand, is a different case. Every container must contain approximately 3.4 ounces of liquid. It should also fit into a quart-size or clear plastic bag.
The size of liquid in a checked bag, however, is not restricted. Just pack a container of cleaning solution in your carry-on bag. Make sure you have enough products throughout your escapade.
Switch to Disposable Contact Lenses
Contact lenses have been a popular treatment for eye problems. But studies show that they accumulate a buildup of dirt particles over time. The disposable contact lens is your best alternative. It is more affordable, healthier, and safer. Just select the brands that best match your requirements and expectations.
Good Contact Lens Hygiene is a Healthy Practice
Our hands are prone to germs and other harmful bacteria. So, it’s imperative to wash them with mild soap and water before touching your lenses and eyes. You should dry them with a lint-free towel.
Yes, you get tired after a long escapade. But don’t forget to remove or clean your contacts after use to avoid eye sensitivity or infection.
Never Wear a Lens in the Water
When traveling, it’s good to visit a beach resort or a luxury pool. Before you dive into crystal clear and bluish water, pause and remove your contact lens.
Experts say that the risk of eye infections is higher when you wear contacts in the water. But you can use them while swimming. Just wear a disposable one, put on goggles, and throw it right away for your safety and convenience.
Protect yourself from the UV Rays
Too much exposure to UV rays can cause a skin cancer. That’s not all! It can also lead to eye problems. The secret here is to get lenses with UV protection to enjoy a premium protection.
Other resources include polarized sunglasses and UV-blocking contacts, according to experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Whether your eyes become painful or sensitive to light, remove a pair right away. After that, what’s next? Be sure to put them in a sturdy case. Don’t throw them away so that your doctor could figure out the real cause of your condition.
While waiting for the results, wear eyeglasses. As soon as a specialist checks the data, obey his order. If the doctor advises you to stop wearing a contact lens for a week, follow his prescriptions to avoid serious complications.
Eliminate Unreliable Contacts from Your List
When traveling abroad, you might spot affordable contacts in a range of stores. While it is tempting to add them to the cart, don’t buy them. Be willing to spend more bucks on a quality and experts-recommended pair. Although it requires an additional cost at first, it enables you to save some cash over time. You can also protect your vision from harm.
Keep your Contacts Labeled and Organized
Contact lenses can get mixed up, especially when you wear a range of prescriptions in every eye. So, it is imperative to label them for easy and stress-free identification.
When you travel, it’s risky to lose them. The key here is to place them in a safe and reliable spot. Contacts are expensive nowadays. To protect your investment, keep it labeled and organized.
Bring All Necessary Accessories
Traveling is daunting, which in turn causes you to rub your eyes more often. Be sure to pack a hand sanitizer to keep your hands germ-free. Also, invest in a quality bottle of eye drops. Before falling asleep on a plane or bus, take a pair out. Plus, a set of glasses is another excellent accessory to have.
Be Ready for Something Unexpected
An escapade with contact lenses is full of surprises. Although it’s possible to prepare for something unexpected, there are things that would still overwhelm a traveler. What are you going to do during emergencies? Of course, your knowledge can play a critical role throughout the process. But ask help from your travel buddy. Or contact your physician.
Now that you know how to travel with contact lenses, you can have a fun and stress-free experience in the future.
Don’t forget to consult a capable specialist on a regular basis! An ophthalmologist or optometrist can ensure your safety from start to finish!


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#QPR January Transfer Targets: ‘R’ Scouting Report

‘R’ Generation’s Tom Ward (@WardTom7) compiles his ideal transfer targets for the all important 2022 January transfer window

Target 1 – Harrison Ashby

Club: West Ham United

Age: 20

Position: Right Back

Ashby is a promising young fullback coming through at West Ham. His game is based a lot off his energy and on ball ability, and he would provide excellent cover for Adomah and Odubajo. He’s also versatile so could fill in on the left side if required. A loan move would be welcomed by West Ham and he could provide that added bit of quality that unfortunately Kakay lacks.

Target 2 – Dan Barlaser

Club: Rotherham

Age: 24

Position: Centre Mid

Although Barlaser may command a fee of upwards of a million pounds, I think that he would be a perfect fit in the middle of this QPR side. With Amos, Field and Ball all posessing a similar style of hard work, tackling and keeping it simple, the responsibility to create can sometimes lie too heavily with Johansen, and Barlaser would provide added quality on the ball, whilst also being able to provide the dirty work the other 3 provide. Andre Dozzell has been impressive so far this year as well, but two very left footed players in the midfield can upset the balance, and therefore adding Rotherham’s best player would really bolster the position.

Target 3 – Jacob Greaves

Club: Hull City

Age: 21

Position: Centre Back

A wildcard selection. Greaves has been a gem in an otherwise below par Hull City defence this season. He suits our style with good composure on the ball, and has shown good decision making too. Pace is not his strongest suit but he could prove to be a top level defender in years to come and getting him this January for a smallish fee would be a risk worth taking.

Target 4 – Jake Cooper

Club: Millwall

Age: 26

Position: Centre Back

This one would really show ambition, and could end up costing a fairly decent amount fee wise, however Cooper has been long thought of as one of the Champs best centre halves, and his no nonsense style would prove very compatible with Dunne, Dickie and Barbet. He would also add to our depth in a position that, due to De Wijs’ constant injuries, is light. The speculation surrounding Rob Dickie’s future is the main reason why I have targeted Cooper, as if he is sold I see Cooper as a good replacement.

Target 5 – Callum Brittain

Club: Barnsley

Age: 23

Position: Right Back

Last season Brittain looked like one of the champs’ best fullbacks, however, fast forward to this year and there are very few EFL pundits and fans talking about him. His performances haven’t changed, he still flies up and down the right side, yet his crosses just haven’t been converted as they were last year. At 23 Brittain would provide good competition now at RWB, and then eventually could progress into first choice at wing back.

Target 6 – Keshi Anderson

Club: Blackpool

Age: 26

Position: Winger/Attacking Midfielder

Keshi has been the Tangerines standout player so far this season, so signing him would be a challenge and a massive coup. But it is a signing that I believe would really give us that depth in the attacking areas currently occupied by Willock and Chair. Both have been our standout players this year, and adding Anderson would help fill the void left when one can’t play. He would also provide some more quality and chance creation, something that at times can be lacking in our game!

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Adults with Impaired Capacity or Unable to Consent

Where an adult is not capable of giving consent to participate in health and medical research, researchers and Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) should ensure that recruitment is in accordance with the ethical requirements set out in the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, 2007 (updated 2018) (National Statement). However, in every instance relevant jurisdictional laws must be taken into account.

National Statement

The National Statement, Chapter 4.4, references the ethical requirements for research involving people highly dependent on medical care who may be unable to give consent. The relevant sections relating to consent include 4.4.1, 4.4.9, 4.4.10, 4.4.13 and 4.4.14.

The National Statement, Chapter 4.5, references the ethical requirements for research involving people with a cognitive impairment, an intellectual disability or a mental illness.  The relevant sections relating to consent include 4.5.1, 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.5.8, 4.5.9, 4.5.10 and 4.5.11.

The Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (Western Australia)

In WA, the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (Act) was amended on 7 April 2020 to provide pathways for the participation of adults who do not have the capacity to consent in health and medical research. The relevant section is Part 9E.

Therer are two potiential enrolment pathways:

  • Medical Research with consent of Research Decision-Maker
  • Urgent Medical Research without consent

The WA Department of Health Guidance Document: Involving Incapacitated Adults in Health and Medical Research must be consulted regarding the requirements of the Act and its application, before completing either the WA Specific Module (WASM) or the WA Health Ethics Application Form (WAHEAF).

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Refer to the Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia website for contact details and ethics application information.

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NS Category Widget

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options in default Category widget in WordPress? Then this plugin is for you. Works in similar fashion but with several customization options. Cheers !

  • Adding widget in sidebar

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard
  2. Select ‘ns-category-widget.zip’ from your computer
  3. Install
  4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard
  5. Place the ‘NS Category Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.

Using FTP

  1. Extract ‘ns-category-widget.zip’ to your computer
  2. Upload the ‘ns-category-widget’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard
  4. Place the ‘NS Category Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’ menu in WordPress.

Is only Category is supported in listing?

You can list Category as well as Custom Taxonomy also.

There is something cool you could add…

Nice, make a post on the Support Forum and let us know.

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  • Feature: Tree (Expandable) feature is added in category listing
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Friday Follies: Extracurricular!

Believe it or not, this shot is from an admissions brochure that they didn’t bother to put a date on:

You might be able to date it by the exact amount of grey in Bill Martin’s hair.

Bonus: Get me out of here.

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10 Responses to Friday Follies: Extracurricular!

  1. Susan Faust says:

    I can date it to 1979-1983 because it was definitely during my time. Is that the Rally Club? I think that’s Steve Schooner in the dark blue shirt behind Prof. Martin.

  2. Do they still use the term wiener for students who study all the time? That came to mind when I read the comment that starts “I’m super pumped”. Or maybe it is sarcasm I missed?

  3. Karen says:

    It’s definitely Steve Schooner. I’m guessing it’s maybe Sid Rich beer bike. He graduated in 82, and he looks to be a little younger than I remember him his senior year. Also, I seem to remember Dr. Martin was only master until about 81, so I’d say it’s probably between 78 and 81.

    • Karen says:

      Looking at it more closely, I’m pretty sure it’s 81. I’ll have to check my yearbooks to be certain though.

      • Karen says:

        I got confirmation. I happened to run into someone this evening who was there and confirmed that this is the 1981 Sid Rich beer bike picture.

  4. mattnoall says:

    I would say 1980 or later. I graduated in 1979 and the caps are NOT ringing the proverbial bell. Also if it is beer bike I do not remember having non-team members with shirts while I was there.

  5. Lavelle Fritz Ferris says:

    Melissa – I posted this picture on our Rice University Class of 1982 facebook page and got some good IDs… and comments.

  6. Doug Williams says:

    I think Sid Rich won Beer-Bike in 1981. This could be the celebration.

  7. Randy Wile SRC ‘83 says:

    1981 SRC Beer Bike. Steve schooner, Matt Wareing, Al Hirshberg, Rob Degeeter, Roger Ford, Kenny Austin, John Holverson, Steve Corbató, Keith Chappell. I believe that was the year that our entrance to the stadium parking lot where the race was held featured the Bellaire High School dancing Majorettes and the Goodyear Blimp flying overhead with “SRC #1” flashing in its lights!

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Listen, I get why they’ve got Regular Folks at the State of the Union.  There’s even a cute name for them – Skutniks – in honor of the first guest invited to the State of the Union by Ronald Reagan.  Every president since has invited their own Skutniks to January’s Big Show, choosing guests that highlight issues of concern to the White House.  As for Trump’s first State of the Union, he invited a whopping fifteen people for shout outs in his speech (in case you weren’t counting).  They could have fielded a baseball team with players to spare.

At any rate.

There’s no denying a one hour straight up policy speech can be boring as hell rough on a lot of us. Some studies note that many adults lose concentration after only seven minutes of television, and I’d assume that’s while watching something a wee bit more appealing than U.S. politics in action.  So I see the point of those Regular Folks.  They’re supposed to make abstract issues relatable, putting a face on the policy, so to speak.

Which is only one of the reasons I find using a 3-month-old infant deplorable.

An incredibly brief recap:  Officer Ryan Holets encountered an eight months pregnant addict shooting up on the street with her baby’s father and offered to adopt their baby on the spot.  The Holets named the child Hope when she was born in October 2017.  “Officer Holets and his wife adopted a baby from parents who suffered from opioid addiction, breaking down walls between drug addicts and police officers to help save lives.” – Sarah Sanders, White House press briefing, 1/29/18.

The Holets (Ryan and Rebecca, holding baby Hope) stood in the United States Capitol “to highlight [the administration’s] efforts in fighting opioid abuse across the country.” (CNN politics, 1/30/18.)

Where to begin.

The visual of this young white couple being applauded as saviors.

Beaming shyly, holding a baby out way past her bedtime, as the applause rained down.  Either this child’s life will be about being rescued from the clutches of addiction, in which case she’s become an after school special cautionary tale, or she’s simply the Holets’ youngest child and they’ve allowed her to be used to make a political point.

Splashing the birthmother’s pain all over the news.

Which of us wants our most agonizing struggle thrown into the spotlight, not just for our family but for the entire world to see?  Please, sweet baby Jesus, let them have gotten permission from the birthparents before dropping this media circus into their lives.  Although it’s my personal belief that no one, especially someone in the throes of heroin addiction, can reasonably be expected to grasp the extent of what was to come.

Paradoxically, the simultaneous dismissal of Crystal Champ and Tom Key in this narrative.

The birth parents are drug addicts, or were in the fall.  True.  They (or she) may or may not have entered rehab by now.  However, the story begins and ends with Crystal was eight months pregnant and an addict, so the Holets adopted her baby.  I struggle with the leap to how this highlights the administration’s fight against opioid abuse.

Stripping this child of any degree of privacy.  At all.  Forever.

From this point forward, this child’s story will pop up as part of the public record every time someone does a Google search for Hope Holets, Ryan Holets, police officer adopts, opioid addicted baby, or Trump’s first State of the Union. The entire fucking thing – from her birthparents’ addiction to her television debut to the “where are they now?” updates yet to come – splashed across the internet for friends, teachers, coworkers, and perfect strangers to discover. The fact that a drunken one night stand produced cousin Eddie can stay a family secret but this girl’s story will forever belong to the public should horrify every one of us.

If I sound pissed off it’s because I am.  Not because there are Skutniks…the Skutniks of the world make politics accessible.  Sometimes they even guide us toward empathy, something that brings everyone closer to our humanity.

I’m pissed because adults have coopted a child for their message.  Make no mistake – this is more than an opioid addicted baby who was adopted into a stable family.  Hope Holets is a child with an entire life ahead of her, and she deserves more than a standing ovation at the State of the Union.  She deserves the respect and dignity inherent to every living being on this earth.

Hope deserved the right to her own privacy.


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