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D&B: Is Atlanta Finally A Spot For Free Agent
NBA TV's Tom Penn joined Dukes & Bell to talk about the NBA offseason with the Draft tomorrow night, and how close are the Hawks? Penn said he thinks there will be a ton of trade activity the next few weeks. "I see a ton of activity over the next few weeks." Penn said "The main reason for that is the East and the West for the first time in a really long while are so wide open, so that should encourage everyone to go make deals, and typically you'll see that on draft night." Tom told the guys the fourth overall spot in the draft is what got the AD deal done. "Primarily because number four wasn't defined." Penn said "New Orleans was probably thinking the pick would be a later because the Lakers would be a playoff team, but being number four was a game changer. I always thought that deal would be more likely to happen in the offseason." "I don't know if they can do it. The first thing they have to do is get Anthony Davis to waive his trade kicker, when Miami did the big three Dwayne Wade took about five million less, LeBron and Bosh did the same thing, here they don't have that option because Lebron is making the max." "None of that matters anymore now that they're NBA champions. I think they ride the wind, losing Kawhi changes things but they all knew he was a rental player so they're drinking Molson and riding in the wind up there." When asked how the Hawks get big name free agents to sign with the team. "You got to get better." Penn said "The key this year is finding a running mate for Trae, he's an A player, and a signature player for this franchise, can you move up and get whoever you want. This year you get the other A player to grow up and run with Trae, then you wait for that cap room in the next year, when about $40 million comes off the books. Then the appeal of Atlanta comes to play, can you show the growth to free agents, I think next year is the year for the Hawks." Penn said he's curious to see how the Hawks spend their cap space this year. "They have $25 million or more in cap space to spend." Penn said "I'm curious to see how they spend it, they could continue to use it to gain assets, but I think they should try to get an identity with a bunch of guys who fight their tails off and show respectability."
Braves Legend Dale Murphy joined Dukes & Bell to talk about the Braves hot streak, who he would add at the deadline, and is this the best Braves infield ever? "It's the weird thing that people who know baseball love it. The Braves are red hot, can't be stopped and then they get blown out and completely shut down, one of the great attributes of this team is the Braves never give up." Dale said the division will come down to who takes care of business against the lower tier teams. "You look at the Mets they have a good staff." Murphy said "They're throwing a quality pitcher out there, this is going to come down to what you do teams with the lower tier teams like Miami, your win percentage has to be really good against those lower tier teams because every night it's going to be a dog fight." Murphy told the guys you can never have enough good pitching. "You're pitching has to be really good." Murphy said "Baseball will always be pitching, it's always about pitching, then defense, then your offense, but everyone will be going after Madison Bumgarner. There's no such thing as a crowded pitching staff, some guys will get bumped but you cannot have enough quality pitchers, I think the Braves will be very active, hopefully sooner than later." Dale said this could be the most productive Braves infield ever when it's all said and done. "I don't doubt that." Murphy said "I looked thru past infields, in '82 our infield was good, Chipper's MVP year the infield hit 74 homeruns, these guys have already hit 57 homeruns and 179RBI which will completely blow any infield the team has had out of the water, I like our lineup better than anyone in the East. The other thing is the defense, this is a great offensive and defensive infield."
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Great Plague
The Black Death swept across Europe killing millions in its path and desimating entire communities…how did the town of Leith cope through the dark times it was faced with?
For centuries, the plague had always affected Leith due to it being a port and to filthy living conditions within the town. Plague affected the soldier monks of the Preceptory of St Anthony and in fact decimated their numbers and so by around 1530 there was only about two left. However, the plague of 1645 was the last great outbreak and the most devastating but a case was found in Leith in 1902 and so it isn't only found in the pages of history it could well happen again. Unlike many tales of Plague the Plague of Leith was carefully recorded by the Session Clerk of South Leith Church called David Aldinstone the only break in his record is six pages in a record running from the 3rd April 1645 to the 23rd Nov 1645. The reason for this is he contracted or was suspected of having the plague and so was confined to his house as he had been praying with a plague victim Margaret Gilmuir who had died from it. Apart from David Aldinstone. s record, we still have two things left in Leith that recalls the sad events that took place in Leith in 1645. The first of these can be seen as you enter the Churchyard at South Leith is the headstone of Alexander Abercrombie and the stone is simply marked 1656 . AA. with the Skull and crossbones on the stone with a hour glass. David Aldinstone and Alexander Abercrombie were great friends and it was Abercrombie. s job at this time was to gather heather from all around the town to burn inside the affected houses to fumigate them. He survived the plague but many in the town didn. t. It is odd to realise that despite living 355 years ago a map still exists of which I have a copy, which still shows where he lived which, was in Yardhead. And from the position of the grave and the map, we know he was a Maltman (ie someone who makes beer). The second thing is the silver baptismal basin, which is still used for baptisms at South Leith Church and is dated 1647. This silver basin was purchased from the sale of goods of the victims of the plague who had no known relatives and cost £500 scots. Around the edge of the basin it reads . Gifted to the South Kirk of Leith by James Rucheild and James Elles and David Vilkie Bailies 1647. . It is sobering to think that people who survived what even today people would be terrified at had handled this basin, and that it is a direct connection with these terrible times.
So what was the plague, it was more than likely Bubonic plague and is characterised by buboes or swellings in the neck, armpits and groin but death happens before any obvious symptoms appear. The disease was brought into Scotland by the covenanting army under Leslie from Newcastle. However what made it worse at this time was because the harvest was poor that year, living conditions in Leith were bad along with anxiety of civil war and the constant fasting people where getting really depressed and so when the disease struck nobody had the strength to fight it of and death worked overtime from the borders up to Perth.
In Leith it started quietly enough on the 3rd April two men and a women living in the Yardheads were suspected to having the plague and where confined to there homes and a white sheet hung from their windows. Within days it had spread to the King James VI hospital which stood in the Churchyard at South Leith and from there all around the town. Families were move out of the town to the Links where Booths were built and that is why at the Seafield end of Leith Links we have a building called Booth cottage. As the plague continued, people died at first they were buried at the churchyard at South Leith later on the Links. In fact, when the houses at Waterloo place were being built a large plague pit was discovered and a number of these have been found subsequently. To this day from time to time human remains are still dug up on the Links and around Leith. I have been told when the New Kirkgate shopping centre was being built human remains were found it is possible these were also plague victims (it is possible they dated from the time of the Siege of Leith, it is difficult to say as they were never dated as no archaeological work was done at the time.

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Of Constable-bows and rainbows
by Annja Neumann
Thursday, Sep 01 2022
Looking for the first time at the 'English Landscape Scenery' print portfolio by John Constable and David Lucas, I was struck by the intermedial and dramatic effects of the prints. Sections of these mezzotints have the quality of a photograph, yellowed over time: a photorealistic streak countered only by the dotted texture exposed in other parts. This network of tiny dots (see Elenor Ling's post on Constable's printed landscapes) not only anticipates pointillism – a painterly technique developed by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in 1886 – but suggests pixelated digital artwork, and therefore an awareness of artistic mediation. CryptoPunk NFTs, a collection of algorithmically generated pixel-art characters that recently went viral, are probably at the extreme end of this dotted spectrum.
By contrast, the velvety tones of the mezzotint prints create the illusion of painted brushstrokes in other sections of the prints. This versatility of Constable's printed landscapes – alternating between photography, pixel, print and painting – reanimates and remediates his trees, cloud formations, people, and land. In so doing, it enthrals and absorbs the viewer. And yet it was only when I began walking with Constable that I started to grasp this quality of intermedial playfulness and 'liveness'.
Walking among fellow walkers and local experts on Walk C, I stepped into the landscape that inspired Lucas's and Constable's 'Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk' 1829 mezzotint nearly two hundred years ago. The print shows a village church that is arched over by a rainbow at noon and surrounded by some dwellings. The top half of the composition is dominated by thundercloud formations and trees that are competing for the attention of the viewer whilst the bottom half extends in an agricultural landscape with people working the land.
Unsurprisingly, the man-made landscape has shifted considerably between Constable's time and the summer's day in July 2022 on which we started our walk. However, some buildings – notably, the alms house where we stopped to compare the views between print and physical landscape, were already in place in Constable's time (so we were informed by local archaeologist and fellow walker, Angus Wainwright). Walking at noon, on one of the hottest days of the year, the temperature no doubt exceeded that depicted in the print. I found myself in a scorching heat that Constable might have welcomed. He sought the 'solemn stillness of Nature in a Summer's Noon, when attended by thunder-clouds', so he noted in the description accompanying the 'Nayland' print.
The deep blue sky of our visit explains why the discussion turned towards the 'impossible position' of the church, as noted by fellow walker and writer Mathelinda Nabugodi. Constable has brought forward and reversed the church for the print, apparently so that the rainbow can light the church and heighten the contrast between light and shade (chiaroscuro). In this way, the dramatically lit church tower in the print beckoned us into Constable's imaginary world. Walking with him clearly wasn't about recreating and re-enacting the scenography of his printed landscape: as we have seen, Constable's own composition neglects a realistic representation of the landscape in favour of other effects. What we experience instead is a sublime drama and vitality; and, crucially, a sense of where the scenery places us, the viewer.
Walking with Constable draws me into a set of questions that concern what I am calling here "digital liveness". How, in other words, are visual cultures – such as Constable's printed landscapes – reconfigured when they are augmented through physical environments and digital technology?
Performance scholar Philip Auslander argues that digital liveness is an interaction or a specific relation between us and the object; in our case we are involved in a relationship with an artwork, as well as a virtual copy of it, and the land that inspired it. Auslander bases his argument on Hans-Georg Gadamer's proposition that a work of art makes a claim upon us. This means that we set up a relationship with the object or virtual entity by accepting its claim to liveness or its demand of full presence 'as binding upon us, take it seriously, and hold onto the object in our consciousness of it in such a way that it becomes live for us.' (Auslander, 2012, 9). Effectively – and returning to my slow walking in the heat of this summer's noon – digital liveness asks for a performative pact and shares some sweat with the walker.
We stopped at a mound by the alms house in Stoke-by-Nayland to overlay an augmented copy of the 'Nayland' print onto the surrounding landscape. The church tower was glaring at us from a distance, waiting to be augmented by a virtual landscape.
– View of St Mary Church in Stoke-by-Nayland from the alms house on 11 July 2022, picture by Mathelinda Nabugodi.
At first, augmenting the deep blue sky with a rainbow in velvet (similar to a moonbow that is usually perceived as white) seemed surreal, not least because Constable highlighted in his notes that a Noonday-bow, known for its low and flat appearance, cannot appear in Summer, 'after the sun has passed a certain altitude'. Constable concluded in his notes on the 'Nayland' plate: a low bow 'is best seen "Smiling in a Winter's day"'.
The impossibility of Constable's rainbows has been the source of heated debates by curators and art historians (see, for instance, Anne Lyles on sublime nature and John E. Thornes on Constable's Salisbury rainbow), not least because Constable had a solid knowledge of contemporary rainbow theory. According to Thornes the rainbow has a symbolic function in some of Constable's work. He argues, for instance, that the rainbow in Constable's summer scene 'Salisbury Cathedral' in the Meadows (exhibited in 1831) was a later addition to commemorate the exact time of the death of his friend John Fisher on 25 August 1832.
Why then did Constable use a rainbow that couldn't factually have appeared under the meteorological conditions seen in the 'Nayland' print? Is it possible that Constable intentionally acted against his considerable rainbow knowledge? There may well be plausible theories out there that I don't know of. The 'Nayland' rainbow might mark the time of a significant autobiographical event in Constable's life. The 20 degrees angle of the rainbow in the 'Nayland' mezzotint, as explained by Thornes, seems to point to a date in late January. In addition, the mezzotint only shows a section of the rainbow. Constable's composition leaves open exactly where the low bow rests and peaks. However, for the walker on a summer's noon, who has superimposed an impossible (virtual) Nayland rainbow onto today's scenery, as Constable did onto his imagined landscape, this Constable-bow holds a performative promise.
Like the Salisbury rainbow, the Nayland rainbow was a later addition to the 'Stoke-by-Nayland' scenery. It is missing in most of Constable's earlier 'Nayland' sketches (1810-30) and in the later unfinished 'Nayland' painting (1836). His notes on the 'Nayland' plate show that he knew about the impossibility of a noonday-bow in England on a summer's day. After walking through the printed landscape by using augmented reality, I see that it was for good reason that he reserved his artistic licence for the mezzotint print. Of rainbows, Constable notes: 'when this phenomenon appears under unusual circumstances it excites a more lively interest'.
– 'Stoke-by-Nayland', John Constable, 1836, from the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago
The subtle medial shifts of the 'Nayland' mezzotint immensely benefit from the augmenting zoom effect of the rainbow. From my viewpoint, Constable used his artistic licence to augment the position of the viewer in the 'Nayland' scenery. If he understood his paintings as scientific experiments, primarily interested in cloud formations and the solar geometry of the rainbow, walking with Constable illuminates how the 'Nayland' print is set up as a dramatic experiment. The rainbow firmly positions the walker in relation to the printed landscape.
It was only when I walked the physical landscape and looked through the digital lens of a tablet that I started to participate in the visual drama of the 'Nayland' mezzotint. In the latter, the rainbow expands the Nayland scenery into three dimensions. Its 'mild arch of promise' – here I am quoting the poet Robert Southey's words as Constable did in his notes – firmly positioned me in a specific relation to the church, the trees and the people working on the land. The geometry of a rainbow helps to determine distance in a landscape. In this way, it made me realise that augmentation is a principle inherent to the Nayland scenery in the print.
In relation to me, for instance, the illuminated figure working on the fields at the back left seems blown up and out of proportion. The augmented worker helped me see that the centre of the arch of the rainbow does not point to the church and its symbolism but is located closer to the people working the land. As I looked at the Nayland rainbow through the digital lens of a tablet (not lens-shaped rain drops), the Constable-bow created digital liveness. It expanded and merged my physical body with the viewer Constable had imagined and the virtual viewer implied in the augmented print. In this way, the Nayland rainbows, augmented and analogue, made a claim to liveness and full presence. They interweaved the physical, the digital, and the imaginary, by making the 'solemn stillness of Nature in a summer's Noon' grow alive across different media with a 'diffusive tremble'*… just before, that is, the thunderclouds and lightning strikes claim their due.
– As we turn around a bend, we are presented with two construction workers, who look onto Constable Country, augmented through their dazzling protective gear, picture by Caroline Bassett.
*James Thomson, 'Summer', 'The Seasons', London 1744. Constable quoted lines 1226–28 in his notes on the 'Nayland' plate by omitting the second part of line 1228 that reads 'while, as if in sign /' and continues in the next line: 'Of danger past, a glittering robe of joy, /'.
– Auslander, Philip, 'Digital Liveness: A Historico-Philosophical Perspective', 'PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art', Vol. 34, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER 2012), pp. 3- 11.
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Italian loudspeaker manufacturer RCF is collaborating with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia for its 2019 Sound Engineering course this spring.
The course, taught in English and using a distance learning/low-residence format, will spend six weeks teaching via e-learning methods before convening the class for one week in May at the RCF Audio Academy in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
The course is designed to provide audio engineers with knowledge of technologies related to sound, transducers and speaker systems, exploring their applications in the professional market. It will progress from the basics of electroacoustic components, like transducers, amplifiers and digital processors, to the design of a complete audio project based on a real case study. An international reference project carried out by RCF engineers will act as a study guideline to be used during the course.
The course will be directed by Professor Emilio Lorenzani, Department of Science and Methods for Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. E-learning will take place for six weeks, beginning February 28, 2019, and then will require a one-week presence, from May 20-24, at the RCF Audio Academy in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
The registration deadline for the course is February 7, 2019. As part of its sponsorship, RCF will cover the course's participation fee, but students will have to pay the university's enrolment fee of 750 Euros. Lodging accommodations will be available to participants during the week in Italy.
More information can be accessed here.


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Moves at 3i
3i's retiring head of its venture capital business, Rod Perry, is to be succeeded by Jo Taylor, with effect from the conclusion of the 2005 Annual General Meeting in July. Perry, 59, has been responsible for 3i's venture capital business since 2001.
Since 1999 Jo Taylor has run 3i's UK venture capital team. He has 20 years of investment experience and has invested in all areas of venture capital across Europe. Key investments made by his team include Cambridge Silicon Radio, which successfully achieved an IPO earlier this year, and Trigenix, which was recently sold to Qualcomm. He is also chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) High Technology Committee.
3i has also added Dr Paul Preston to its healthcare team. Preston will reinforce the 17-strong pan-European Industry Group. He has over 20 years' experience in the healthcare sector, the past four as a director of General Healthcare Group and managing director of BMI Healthcare.
Throughout his time at BMI, Preston has concentrated on improving operational efficiency, helping to create the largest and most profitable independent acute provider in the UK. He initiated a review of knowledge management across the company and introduced a number of marketing, purchasing and service delivery initiatives that have kept the company at the forefront of the industry.
Most recently Preston helped to launch a new trade association, the Independent Healthcare Forum, which concentrates on representation and development of operational policy for the sector. He brings with him extensive experience gained in commercial roles across the pharmaceutical and hospital products sectors.
Andrew Golding, 42, has been appointed as banking director within 3i's European buyout business. Based in London, he will be responsible for overseeing the firm's key existing banking relationships as well as forging new ones across 3i's European buyout activity.
Golding has previously held positions at Bank of America, Barclays Capital, and Samuel Montagu leading financings for leveraged buyouts on a pan-European basis. At Bank of America Securities he was a managing director and head of its European financial sponsor group.
Since 2002, he has been a banking consultant with projects including negotiating a debt for equity swap for a PLC, raising funds for a start-up business, advising a management team on a potential £100m + MBO from a UK-quoted financial services group, and advising a £250m retail enterprise on its banking arrangements. He also recently coordinated a competitive tender for a VC for US$150m in banking facilities to support an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
In the German office, 3i has appointed Stephan Krûmmer as managing director, with effect from February 1, 2005. He will succeed Jane Crawford who has been on assignment in Germany from 3i London, since 2002 and returns there after a period of handover. Krûmmer will also take responsibility for 3i's activities in the Swiss and Austrian markets. Based in Frankfurt, he will report to Chris Rowlands, 3i's Head of Group Markets.
Krûmmer, 48, started his career in 1983 as a consultant at Bain and Company in Munich, before he moved to Bertelsmann AG in Gütersloh, where over 11 years he held a number of senior positions including member of the Board of the Book Group and CEO of the Multimedia Division. In 1998 he moved to Frankfurt to run Rothschild's investment banking business in Germany.


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Sarah Dayan
For my own logo as a lettering artist, I chose to emphasize three facets: simplicity, mastery and timelessness. It's important for me to establish trust with my clients, and this is what my branding needed to enable. My logo had to not only be unique, but also have a level of precision that would help people define what my quality standards are so they can feel safe hiring me.
The idea of doing a monogram came quickly. By only using my initials instead of my full name, I allowed more creativity and versatility with the format. Monograms are a risk because they're not explicit. It takes more time for people to associate it with your brand if you don't have the possibility to run large advertising campaigns. Yet, if done well, they have a huge power due to their graphic nature. I decided to take that chance, because I was designing it with a long-game mindset: my logo was here to stay, not be replaced every six months.
The risk you run when drawing interlaced letters is altering legibility. By using dotted paper and drawing at large scale, I made sure that my drawing would remain clear and understandable. I filled many pages before achieving this final pencil concept.
Final concept
I went with monoline to convey simplicity and timelessness. The interlaced letters reach a level of complexity that would have become cluttered if associated with thicks and thins. By using a single-width stroke, I kept my logo from trends and went for something that would pass the test of time. I picked the thickness of the stroke so it would look bold at big scale and remain legible at small scale. The cuts at every intersection add dimension to the logo while using solid colors only. The letters look like they're really interlaced, not just set on one another.
The result is a creative, sophisticated yet simple and timeless logo. It leaves a strong impression and is highly recognizable.


Goddard proved his versatility during Manic's injury crisis by filling a number of roles in the Manics' first season, and then went on to start 02-03 season as first choice at right wing for the Manics in August 2002.
Handing the captains armband to Gary Sarney in 2002-2003, Aaron continued to be vice-captain to the side, and then in his 2003-2004 season Goddard recieved 'Manics Runners-up Managers Player 2003-2004'.
Team-mates feel at home with his 'iron man' presence on the field. There's no doubt this tough tackling player works hard for the squad, not just in the air, but on the deck too.


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Claude Schaeffer Beck (* 8. November 1894 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania; † 14. Oktober 1971) war ein US-amerikanischer Herzchirurg.

Claude Beck studierte Medizin an der Johns Hopkins University mit dem M.D.-Abschluss 1921. Ursprünglich spezialisierte er sich auf Neurochirurgie. Er wurde am Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston und an den Lakeside Hospitals in Cleveland ausgebildet und war 1923/24 bei Harvey Cushing an der Harvard University. Ab 1924 war er an der Klinik der Western Reserve University, wo er ab 1924 Surgical Resident und Crile Research Fellow in Chirurgie war. Dort wandte er sich der Herzchirurgie zu, entwarf den Prototypen der für Transfusionszwecke und als Antriebsaggregat für Herz-Lungen-Maschinen einsetzbaren Rollerpumpe und wurde 1928 Associate Surgeon und bald darauf Demonstrator in Chirurgie, 1940 Professor für Neurochirurgie und 1952 der erste Professor für Herzchirurgie (Cardiovascular Surgery) in den USA. Er blieb an der Universität bis zu seinem Ruhestand 1965. Er starb 1971 nach einem Schlaganfall.

Von 1942 bis 1945 war er Chirurgischer Berater der US Army und erhielt die Legion of Merit. Er entwickelte verschiedene Techniken der Herzchirurgie, zum Beispiel die als Beck I und II bezeichneten Techniken bei koronaren Herzerkrankungen, die er 1935 bzw. Ende der 1940er Jahre entwickelte. In den 1920er Jahren assistierte er Elliott Cutler in ersten erfolgreichen Mitralklappenoperationen. Er versuchte 1929 im Tierversuch eine Mehrdurchblutung bei Koronarinsuffizienz zu erreichen, indem er eine Perikarditis durch Injektion von Dakin'scher Lösung (Natriumhypochlorit-Lösung) in den Herzbeutel erzeugte, und war auch ein Pionier bei der Operation koronarer Arterien, da er 1935 erstmals eine operative Revaskularisation des Myokards (Herzmuskel) bei Menschen durchführte, indem er bei 20 Patienten Fettgewebe des Mediastinums und Brustmuskulatur der Patienten auf deren Herzmuskel aufnähte sowie bei der ersten erfolgreichen Entfernung eines Tumors am Herzen.

Im Jahr 1947 wandte Claude S. Beck als Erster erfolgreich eine Defibrillation bei einer Herzoperation an. Die dreistündige Operation an einem 14-jährigen Jungen war schon fast vorüber, als ein Herzstillstand einsetzte. Zunächst versuchte Beck Herzmassage am offenen Herzen für 45 Minuten, bevor er einen Defibrillator einsetzte, den er zusammen mit James Rand entwickelt hatte, angeregt von Beobachtungen des Physiologen an der Western Reserve University, Carl J. Wiggers. Die Maßnahme bei der Operation war ein voller Erfolg. Er unterrichtete in der Folge zahlreiche Ärzte und medizinisches Personal in der Technik und in den in den 1950er Jahren aufkommenden Defibrillatoren für äußere Anwendung. Drei Symptome bei akuter Herzbeuteltamponade sind nach ihm benannt (Beck's Triade).

Er war seit 1928 mit Ellen Manning verheiratet und hatte drei Töchter.

Veröffentlichungen (Auswahl)
 Wounds of heart: technic of suture. In: Arch. Surg. Band 13, 1926, S. 205 ff.
 mit Elliott C. Cutler: Present status of surgical procedures in chronic valvular disease of heart, final report of all surgical cases. In: Arch. Surg. Band 18, 1929, S. 403 ff.

Weblinks
 Claude Beck, defibrillation and CPR
 Biographie bei Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

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Herzchirurg
Hochschullehrer (Case Western Reserve University)
Träger des Ordens Legion of Merit
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1894
Gestorben 1971
Mann

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Eleven Thomas Nelson Community College students spent last week's spring break in Costa Rica and Nicaragua with faculty members as part of a biology class. The trip, part of the lab requirement for a course on tropical ecosystem ecology, focused on the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Students also planned to kayak through a swamp, hike to the top of the Maderas volcano to study cloud forest ecology and spend two days on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua to help with the nesting and hatchling release of endangered sea turtles.
The Hampton School Board will take a first look at the superintendent's proposed 2009-10 budget at Wednesday's meeting. The public meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in the forum at Jones Middle School, 1819 Nickerson Blvd. The budget is expected to reflect deep cuts across departments to make up for a $20 million shortfall.
Bethel College in Hampton was accredited Feb. 17 by the Association of Biblical Higher Education.
The four-year Christian college opened in 1996 and is based at Bethel Temple Church on Todds Lane. It can now offer full financial aid packages, including Pell Grants and federally subsidized loans.
The college specializes in training students for leadership in pastoral, counseling, missionary and lay ministries. It will graduate its first accredited class on May 2. Several students have been accepted by graduate schools or been employed in ministry positions by local congregations.
Newport News Public Schools' two adult learning centers are offering people interested in earning the General Education Development, or GED, certificate to take a free practice test and get a free pizza lunch.
To earn a GED, students must pass five exams assessing high school-level skills in math, language arts, reading, writing, science and social studies. The pizza and practice test event, for potential students ages 18 and older, is between 9 and 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Jackson Learning Center, 4600 Huntington Ave., and the Denbigh Learning Center, 606 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 301.
Williamsburg-James City County students and teachers can call the two days they had off last week for snow and ice a gift because school officials say they won't have to make them up. The division scheduled two inclement weather days into the school system calendar last year just in case classes needed to be canceled for bad weather, said school spokesman Greg Davy. Davy said if school is closed again for bad weather before the end of the year then they'll have to be made up.
A turkey, phoenix and even Thomas Jefferson have all been suggested as mascots for the College of William and Mary on a Web site created by the university to get the public's input about its future symbol.
University President Taylor Reveley announced last week that he formed a committee of faculty, staff and students to work on finding a new mascot for the university.
The suggestions on the Web site are meant to aid the committee in making a final decision. To submit your input, visit www.wm.edu/mascot.
Cathy Grimes, Samieh Shalash and Jennifer L. Williams cover education for the Daily Press. Grimes can be reached at 247-4758 or at cgrimes@dailypress.com. Shalash can be reached at 247-4537 or at sshalash@dailypress.com. Williams can be reached at 247-4644 or at jwilliams@dailypress.com. Tyra M. Vaughn, Williamsburg and James City County education reporter, contributed to this report. Vaughn can be reached at 247-7870 or tvaughn@dailypress.com.


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Travel is something I'm passionate about. Tune in to 'Go On Travel', a brand new travel programme I co-present every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday on YouTube. Go On Travel brings the great travelling public together, travel enthusiasts, backpackers, thrill seekers, business travellers, solo adventurers you name it, to share ideas, tips and inspiration three times a week.
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Випсанија Пола (лат. Vipsania Polla) била је ћерка Луција Випсанија Агрипе и сестра римског војсковође и политичара Марка Випсанија Агрипе. Живела је у време касне Републике и владавине првог цара Октавијана Августа.

Иако је била истакнута личност, о животу Випсаније Поле се мало зна. Све што је познато јесте да је Пола завршила изградњу споменика под називом Porticus Vipsania, који је био мапа Римског царства уклесана у мермеру. Марко Агрипа је почео изградњу споменика пре своје смрти 12. п. н. е. Иако Porticus Vipsania није опстао до данас, историчар Плиније Старији описао га је у књизи Историја природе.

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Gerard H. Meulensteen
This Dutch entrepreneur and art collector and patron was born on February 5, 1943 in Eindhoven. He and his wife Riky have two children, Annelie and Edwin. In 1969, he founded Neways Electronics International N. V. and up to 2000 he was the chairman of the World Trade Center in Eindhoven and other leading companies. In 1994, he funded the activities of Vincent van Gogh's Yellow House in Poprad before moving on to the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Bratislava-Čunovo in September 9, 2000. He also initiated and funded the implementation of the Meulensteen Art Centre on the grounds of the Eindhoven University of Technology, which opened on March 24, 2001. The Center offered artists from all over the world the opportunity to work and create in its graphic, painting and sculpting studios. Up to 2001 he was also the chairman of the Emmasingel Foundation and a major sponsor of Eindhoven's Van Abbe Museum for more than twenty years. His art collection, acquired over the past 30 years, contains remarkable works by artists from Europe (including Slovakia since 1994) and around the world. In 1999, he funded the construction of the Danubiana, and from 2000 to 2012 he supervised its activities, before donating the museum to Slovakia.
He was awarded the Medal of the President of the Slovak Republic in 2003 for his cultural contributions and in 2005 he was granted the award of Honorary Citizen of the Bratislava Region. In 2005, Juan Carlos I of Spain conferred upon him the Order of Civil Merit, and in 2007 the Ministry of Culture of Hungary presented him with its Pro Cultura Hungarica award. He was also the recipient of Slovakia's highest state decoration, the Order of the White Double Cross, and in 2016 he received the honorary award of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
Since 2004, he has served as Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Netherlands. He also initiated and managed the Danubiana extension project. Currently, he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the non-profit organization, DANUBIANA - Centrum moderného umenia (Modern Art Center).
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What Does It Mean for EU Competition Law?
On 23 April 2018, the European Commission – Directorate General of Justice and Consumers (the "Commission") proposed a Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of EU law (the "Proposed Directive") (see Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, 23 April 2018, COM (2018) 218 final-2018/0106(COD)).
The Proposed Directive aims to strengthen the protection available to natural or legal persons who report actual or potential breaches of EU law under EU Member State laws, including in relation to breaches of EU competition rules. The Proposed Directive sets out minimum EU-wide standards of protection so as to encourage more individuals in both the private and public sectors to help prevent and detect unlawful activities under EU law. The Proposed Directive is reportedly also aimed at protecting those who act as sources for investigative journalists to help safeguard freedom of expression and the freedom and plurality of the media. While not specifically focused on competition law, it can be expected that – once implemented – the Proposed Directive will also serve as encouragement to individuals who have relevant information about breaches of competition law to alert the competition authorities.
In the wake of a number of recent large-scale and cross-border infringement proceedings such as those relating to Dieselgate, LuxLeaks, the Panama and Paradise Papers and Cambridge Analytica, it has become clear that individuals play an important role in revealing potential violations of the law. Although, in many cases, these violations were identified as a result of individuals speaking up, they also highlighted the fragmented systems of protection in different EU Member States and across policy areas potentially lying at the basis of what has broadly been considered as an unsatisfactory level of reporting of legal violations.
In the context of competition law, the Commission has long recognised the importance of whistleblowers in the detection and prevention of infringements of EU competition law in EU leniency policy, which currently offers companies involved in a cartel and which self-report and hand over evidence either total immunity from fines or a reduction of fines which the Commission would have otherwise imposed on them. The importance of individuals as whistleblowers was also reiterated with the introduction in March 2017 of the Commission's anonymous whistleblower tool (see the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2018, "Individuals as Whistleblowers", Ingrid Vandenborre and Thorsten Goetz). The introduction of whistleblower protection at Member State level will further strengthen the ability of the Commission and the national competition authorities to detect and bring to an end competition law infringements, although it may also have different implications from a competition law perspective.
The protection of whistleblowers is enshrined in a number of EU fundamental rights and rules as well as international instruments which require states to incorporate, or consider incorporating, specific measures to protect reporting persons. For example, the Proposed Directive references the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the right to freedom of expression and media, the 2014 Recommendation of the Council of Europe on the protection of whistleblowers (see Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the protection of whistleblowers, https://www.coe.int/en/web/cdcj/activities/protecting-whistleblowers) and international standards and good practices; for example, the 2004 UN Convention against Corruption to which all Member States and the EU are parties, the G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan and the OECD Report of March 2016 on Committing to Effective Whistleblower Protection.
In particular, the Proposed Directive draws on the 2014 Recommendation of the Council of Europe on the protection of whistleblowers which sets out a series of key principles and safeguards to guide Member States when reviewing their national laws or when introducing legislation and regulations or making amendments as may be necessary in the context of their legal systems.
The Proposed Directive reflects the Commission's commitment to placing greater emphasis on ensuring effective enforcement as set out in its 2016 Communication EU Law: Better Results Through Better Application: "Often, when issues come to the fore – car emission testing, water pollution, illegal landfills, transport safety and security – it is not the lack of EU legislation that is the problem but rather the fact that the EU law is not applied effectively. That is why a robust, efficient and effective enforcement system is needed to ensure that Member States fully apply, implement and enforce EU law and provide adequate redress for citizens. Members of the public, businesses and civil society contribute significantly to the Commission's monitoring by reporting shortcomings in the application of EU law by the Member States. The Commission acknowledges the crucial role of complaints in detecting infringements of EU law" (see Communication from the Commission, C/2016/8600, EU Law: Better Results Through Better Application and the Annex, https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/communication-commission-eu-law-better-results-through-better-application_en).
The Commission reportedly wants to use whistleblower protection as a systemic part of enforcement of EU law in those areas with a clear EU dimension and where the impact on enforcement is the strongest. These policy areas include competition law and State aid as well as a number of other areas such as, e.g., public procurement and financial services, among others, etc. The Proposed Directive encourages Member States to develop comprehensive frameworks of protection for whistleblowers that go beyond these minimum standards.
3. What Does It Mean for EU Competition Law?
To alleviate the limitations to the existing reporting mechanisms and strengthen its fight against cartels and other breaches of competition law, the Commission introduced in March 2017 an online anonymous whistleblower tool to make it easier for individuals to alert the Commission about past, ongoing or planned cartels and other infringements while maintaining their anonymity (see http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/whistleblower/index.html and the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency 2018, "Individuals as Whistleblowers", Ingrid Vandenborre and Thorsten Goetz).
The same emphasis was already reflected in the Commission's March 2017 proposal for a Directive to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers ("the Proposed ECN+ Directive"). The Proposed ECN+ Directive sets out, inter alia, minimum standards for the protection of employees and directors of companies that file for immunity – that they are protected from individual sanctions, where they exist, provided that they cooperate with the authorities. The proposal stipulates at Article 22 that: "Member States shall ensure that current and former employees and directors of applicants for immunity from fines to competition authorities are protected from any criminal and administrative sanctions and from sanctions imposed in a non-criminal judicial proceedings for their involvement in the secret cartel covered by the application, if these employees and directors actively cooperate with the competition authorities concerned and the immunity application predates the start of the criminal proceedings." The provision is designed to alleviate the risk that the information provided by individuals be used against them in criminal proceedings. The proposal stresses the importance of this protection in order to maintain incentives for companies to apply for leniency because their leniency applications often depend on their employees cooperating fully, without fear of incurring sanctions.
The Proposed ECN+ Directive also provides that the individuals who have knowledge of the existence or functioning of a cartel or other types of antitrust violations should be encouraged to provide that information, including through the establishment of reliable and confidential reporting channels.
The greater emphasis being placed on reporting by individuals must also be seen in the context of the efforts undertaken by the Commission to support and encourage private damages actions. While they impact companies, private damages actions do not target individual employees and typically have no direct impact on employees, whether current or former. While agencies encouraging private damages actions can thus do little to further incentivise companies to self-report in the wake of increasing damages exposure, they can incentivise individuals.
Although the Commission Staff Working Document, Impact Assessment, accompanying the Proposed Directive suggests that the introduction of protection of whistleblowers at Member State level would also have a significant impact on the ability of Member State authorities to detect and bring infringements of EU competition law to an end and would therefore "also strengthen the incentives for companies to come forward and report cartels under leniency programs themselves rather than risking detection through whistleblowing",it remains to be seen how the success of individuals reporting competition law breaches to competition authorities will impact the effectiveness of leniency programmes for companies.
Companies traditionally rely on employees coming forward in the context of internal investigations and often on the basis of carefully designed company compliance programmes that incentivise employees to self-report competition law breaches within the company. This internal reporting by individuals is often the basis for a company's application for immunity or leniency under the Commission's and/or national corporate leniency programmes. It would thus be helpful for competition authorities to clarify the rules on individual whistleblowers, including under the Proposed Directive, as they relate to the interaction between whistleblower tools for individuals and the latter's protection and leniency programmes for companies to avoid a potential further negative impact not only on the incentives, but also on the ability for companies to assemble – with the benefit of greater background and document access – the requisite information to support an investigative proceeding.
It is noteworthy that when only a few Member State legal regimes provide for criminal sanctions for individuals that have participated in competition law violations, the proposal does not impact sanctions for individual employees. With companies potentially negatively impacted by the consideration of private damages actions, and industries and markets becoming increasingly complex, the EU Commission's proposal appears to acknowledge agencies' increasing reliance on individuals.
The Proposed Directive does not go as far as, e.g., the UK Competition and Markets Authority, which offers individuals financial rewards for information on cartel activities and strict protection of their identity (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cartels-informant-rewards-policy), but rather aims to offer minimum standards of protection against retaliation, adequate reporting mechanisms and safeguards against abusive reporting. The proposal may thus mainly be relevant for individuals who face no legal sanction themselves as a result of participation in an alleged violation. Rather, the proposal seeks to provide protection against retaliatory measures without providing immunity to the individual concerned itself. To do so would directly impact, and potentially run counter to, competences held by individual Member States in relation to the enforcement of national laws. It may at the same time identify the limitations of the proposal, at least from a competition law perspective. In particular, the Proposed Directive distinguishes the "reporting person" from the "concerned person" (i.e. the natural or legal person to whom the breach is attributed). While the Proposed Directive offers protection against retaliation and effective reporting mechanisms to the former, with respect to the latter, the proposal offers rights to effective remedy and fair trial, the presumption of innocence, rights of defence, and the protection of identity. The Proposed Directive does not address circumstances where the reporting person is also the person to whom a breach is attributed, unlike the reporting mechanisms and immunity programmes under competition law. It is assumed that if the reporting person is also the person concerned, then the Proposed Directive would afford them the maximum protection under both regimes.
It is possible, and perhaps likely, that some Member States will go beyond the provisions of the proposal to provide greater protection, and thus greater incentives, to individuals.
Finally, from a competition law perspective, it is also interesting that the proposal comes at a time when the Commission published on 11 April 2018 its New Deal for Consumers comprising a draft Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers designed to introduce a European-wide harmonised, compulsory, compensatory redress mechanism to protect the collective interests of consumers (i.e. group or collective damages actions). Like the Proposed Directive, as background to the proposed collective redress Directive, the Commission cited large-scale cross-border proceedings, such as the diesel emissions case, as examples of the difficulties currently faced by consumers seeking to claim collective redress across un-harmonised national regimes (see Proposal for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC, 11 April 2018, COM (2018) 184 final, 2018/0089(COD)). At present, whilst injunctive relief mechanisms are available in all Member States under the Injunctions Directive 2009/22/EC, collective damages actions are currently not available in all Member States and where they are available, they are often limited to specific sectors or areas of law.
We end with a brief discussion of the scope of the protection set out in the proposal.
The Proposed Directive sets out minimum standards of protection, which could not be adequately achieved by Member States acting alone or in an uncoordinated manner (Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, 23 April 2018, COM (2018) 218 final, page 16, Recital 84), leaving Member States the possibility to introduce or retain provisions more favourable to the rights of whistleblowers or to go beyond the level of protection set out in the Proposed Directive (Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, 23 April 2018, COM (2018) 218 final, page 29, Article 19). In this respect, the existence of a different regime in the UK, that provides, e.g., for rewards in case individuals report legal violations, is a case in point, and other Member States may similarly develop further protections and/or incentives under their national laws.
The Proposed Directive is also designed to run in parallel to existing protection in other EU instruments (e.g. EU rules on employment, EU rules on protection against harassment and violence at work) and aims to contribute to the implementation of a number of core EU policies which have a direct impact on the completion of the single market including competition.
The Proposed Directive aims to set out common minimum standards for whistleblower protection in specifically defined EU law areas which the Commission consider the impact on enforcement is the strongest and where whistleblowers are in a privileged position to disclose breaches.
The protection mechanisms that will have to be set up include clear and adequate reporting channels, within and outside of the organisation, ensuring confidentiality of the reporting person, and a three-tier reporting system consisting of internal reporting channels, reporting to competent authorities ("if internal channels do not work or could not reasonably be expected to work (for example where the use of internal channels could jeopardise the effectiveness of investigative actions by the authorities responsible)") and reporting to the public/media ("if no appropriate action is taken after reporting through other channels, or in case of imminent or clear danger to the public interest or irreversible damage").
The Proposed Directive will need to be approved by both the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers before it becomes law, a process that can take many months (a first reading typically takes 15 months and may be followed by a second and third reading should an agreement not be reached) and lead to amendments to the present text.
It will be the responsibility of the Member States to implement the Proposed Directive, once adopted, into national law in line with the common minimum standards of protection the Commission has laid out. The current draft of the Proposed Directive stipulates an implementation deadline of 15 May 2021, which, however, may change depending on the timing for the adoption of the Proposed Directive.
While the Proposed Directive is not specifically focused on competition law, it can be expected to have a material impact on the Commission's cartel detection abilities. Still, to date, most cartels are being detected on the basis of the Commission's leniency programme that allows companies to report their involvement in a cartel in exchange for immunity from, or a reduction in, fines. Last year's introduction of the online anonymous whistleblower tool was a first step by the Commission to also induce individuals to provide information about competition law breaches to the Commission with the anticipation that reporting individuals would increase the likelihood of detection and prosecution of cartels which, in turn, would further deter companies from entering or remaining in a cartel. The success of the anonymous whistleblower tool is dependent on adequate protection of individual whistleblowers against retaliation, as well as the reliability of the information provided by the reporting individuals. The Proposed Directive is designed to close this perceived gap and to complement the Commission's existing toolbox comprising its corporate leniency programme and the anonymous whistleblower tool.
It remains to be seen whether the Proposed Directive, and national implementation in Member States, focusing on the individual's protection against retaliatory measures will be sufficient without providing immunity to the individual concerned itself and/or providing a financial reward to the individual as provided under the UK system, in particular in light of the Commission's and Member State agencies' increasing reliance on individual whistleblowers for the enforcement of competition law. It also remains to be seen how the protection will impact companies' incentives and ability to cooperate.
Another important question that remains open is how the success of individuals reporting competition law breaches to competition authorities will impact on the effectiveness of leniency programmes for companies. The Proposed Directive does not solve, and is not designed to solve, the interaction and potential conflict between whistleblower tools for individuals and the latter's protection, and the continued success of leniency programmes for companies who often rely on an employee's internal reporting as one basis for a company's application for immunity or leniency under the Commission's and/or national corporate leniency programmes.
1. The results are discussed in ICF Consulting Services Limited's "Study on the need for horizontal or further sectoral action at EU level to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers" of 27 November 2017 as well as in the Commission Staff Working Document, Impact Assessment, accompanying the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, 23 April 2018, SWD(2018) 116 final, in particular Annex 2, pages 65 to 71 – both documents can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=620400.
The authors wish to thank Caroline Janssens, Senior Professional Support Lawyer in Skadden Arps' Brussels office, for her contribution to this chapter.


Two people were injured in a lion attack after it entered the coastal Madhavpur village of Porbandar district Tuesday morning. Videos circulated on social media showed villagers running helter-skelter after the wild animal charged in their direction. The big cat was a sub-adult male aged around three-and-a-half years.
The injured were identified as Arjan Mavadiya (75) and Shyam Solanki (23), both resident of Madhavpur village.
Madhavpur is around 50 km west of Babra Vidi, the nearest permanent habitat of lions in Junagadh district.
"Madhavpur is not an established habitat of Asiatic lions but a couple of lions have been seen roaming in that area for the last few days. We believe, the lion seen near Osho Ashram on Tuesday morning is one of them. Our local staff is keeping a watch over the area and a rescue team from Sasan has also reached the spot. Presently, we are observing the animal. There are no immediate plans to rescue and take the wild animal back to forest area," the CCF further said.
Deputy conservator of forests (DCF) of Porbandar said that after straying into the village early in the morning, the lion had sought refuge in a thicket of gando baval (prosopis juliflora) lining limestone mines in the area.
"A pair of male and female lions were seen near Madhavpur around a month ago as well. Just four days ago, our staff had spotted pug marks of lions on the sea coast. But this lion seems to be another one," Rabari observed.
Asiatic lions are an endangered species. Its only wild population in the world is surviving in Gir forest and other protected areas spread across Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts of Saurasthra region of Gujarat.
Being territorial animals, a few lions have migrated out of protected forest areas as population of the top predators increased and have settled in revenue areas of these districts as well as thickets along the sea coast.
The lion census conducted in 2015 had estimated the population of Asiatic lions to be 523. But forest officers claim that the number has already crossed 600 now and that more and more lions are moving out into the revenue area and newer territories.


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St. Panteleimon Monastery
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St. Panteleimon Monastery is built on the southwest side of the peninsula of Mount Athos. It is often referred to as 'Russian' and does have historical and liturgical ties to the Russian Orthodox Church; nevertheless, like all the other monastic settlements on Mount Athos, the monastery is under the direct ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and all its monks are citizens of Greece, usually naturalized.
The monastery was founded by several monks from Kievan Rus in the 11th century, which is why it is known as 'Rossikon'. It has been inhabited by mainly Russian monks in certain periods of its history. It was recognized as a separate monastery in 1169.
The monastery prospered in the 16th and 17th centuries being lavishly sponsored by the tsars of Moscovy, but it declined dramatically in the 18th century to the point where there were only two Russian and two Bulgarian monks left by 1730.
The construction of the present monastery on a new site, closer to the seashore, was carried out during the first two decades of the 19th century, with the financial help of the ruler of Moldo-Wallachia, Skarlatos Kallimachos. The monastery occupies the nineteenth rank in the hierarchical order of the twenty Athonite monasteries.
In 1913, the monastery was the site of a raging theological argument (Imiaslavie) among Russian monks, which led to tsarist Russian intervention and the deportation of approximately 800 of the monks on the losing side of the debate.
The Monastery of St Panteleimon was repeatedly gutted by fires, most famously in 1307 (when Catalan mercenaries set it aflame) and in 1968.
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Russian monastery in mount Athos, full of historical monastic life in the name of the holy trinity
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The food here was warm and had a Russian feel to it. The monks were as welcoming as they had to be sometimes though a bit harsh. The one who accompanied us was answering our questions in great detailing which I liked.
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Netflix increases prices: Here's how much you'll be paying each month
Netflix has increased the price of its monthly subscription by $1 to $2 per month depending on the plan, according to the company.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File
By Katherine Rodriguez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Netflix has increased the price of its monthly subscription by $1-2 per month depending on the plan, according to the company.
The company told Reuters on Friday the price increase would pay for new programming and allow the streaming service to compete in a crowded market.
The standard plan, which allows for two streams at the same time, went up from $13.99 per month to $15.49 per month in the U.S.
Netflix's basic plan in the U.S., which allows just one stream, increased to $9.99 per month.
The premium plan, which allows for four streams at a time in ultra HD, went up by $2 to $19.99 per month.
The price hikes went into effect immediately for new customers. Existing customers will see the price increase reflected in their future monthly bills.
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Parkinson's Disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement. Some common results from this disorder can include tremors, slowing of movement and rigidity with movement. Parkinson's Disease can also have an effect on a person's speech, a loss of automatic movements including blinking, smiling or arm swing during walking.
What are the common physical challenges people with Parkinson's face in day-to-day life?
Some of the most common physical challenges a person with Parkinson's faces day to day include difficulty walking, typically resulting in a slow, shuffled gait pattern. Parkinson's disease also can have an effect on a person's ability to perform daily task which can included buttoning a shirt, putting on a jacket or even getting up from a chair in their home.
What is LSVT BIG® technique and why/how is it different from other PT programs for Parkinson's.
LSVT BIG® is a research-based exercise approach developed from the principles on Parkinson's speech specific program LSVT LOUD®. LSVT BIG® treatment trains for amplitude (bigger movements), drives for high intensity and repetitive practice and teaches the amount of effort needed for normal movements. LSVT BIG ® treatment consists of 16 sessions: 4 consecutive days a week for 4 weeks. Sessions are individual for 1 hour and include daily homework practice and carry over exercise.


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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2015 /Weed Wire/ – District Growers today publicly launches the first medical-cannabis beverage to be sold in Washington DC. "More…" is a signature line of 5 fresh cold-pressed raw fruit and vegetable juice beverages designed to provide patients with a nutrient-dense alternative to smoking and vaporizing medical cannabis.
District Grower's building in Southeast, Washington, D.C., is incognito by design—it shares walls with an auto body shop and has no sign indicating what goes on behind its weathered brick facade.
D.C. residents cannot buy or sell marijuana of any kind, but this is exactly what savvy entrepreneurs would like to happen.
Medical marijuana has been legal in the District of Columbia since 2010, but dispensaries did not begin opening until the spring of 2013. They have had a pretty rugged year, operating within the confines of a highly restrictive law. That may be about to change, however, because the District's Council has made moves.


What are Buyers shopping for?
It varies. The "turn-key Buyer" is shopping for that home that they can simply move into and carry on with their everyday lifestyle without having to lift a finger. The "move up Buyer" wants that special lot, that desirable neighbourhood that offers that comfort feeling. Building the dream home! "Relocation Buyers" love our city and can't believe our reasonable prices compared to other major cities. "First time Buyers" are thrilled to find their starter homes, knowing they qualify and can realize building equity in the years to come. Retirees are looking for the perfect fit before bringing their home new to the marketplace as well. The cycle continues. "It's a beautiful thing" says John Humphreys of the Hamre Team at RE/MAX Metro City in Ottawa.
Yes. The smart ones did their homework in August and they are now out there making things happen for themselves. We can feel the movement in the market. Experienced two multiple offer situations this week. We have a number of offers on the go today. It is a great time to be involved in real estate.


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Low rate of recurrence after surgical management of spinal haemangiomas
At EuroSpine (1–3 October, Lyon, France), Nasir A Quraishi (Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery, Nottingham, UK) reported that data from the largest multicentre surgical cohort of spinal haemangiomas (to date) indicate that the rate of local recurrence after surgery is low and that excellent rates of long-term survival can be achieved when strict oncologic treatment principles are followed during the index surgery.
Quraishi commented that the optimum surgical management of symptomatic spinal haemangiomas (ie. requiring treatment) remains unknown as do the risk factors for recurrence and mortality after surgery. He and his co-authors (from the AOSpine International Knowledge Forum Tumour; AOSKFT), therefore, aimed to quantify the rates of local recurrence and mortality after surgical treatment and "identify prognostic variables for local disease control and death".
They created an ambispective database of patients with primary, symptomatic spinal haemangiomas who underwent surgical treatment at one of 13 participating centres. Using secure web-based electronic data capture, Quraishi and his co-authors collected demographic, clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, cross-sectional survival and local recurrence, and perioperative data.
Of 68 patients (63% female) with a haemangioma who underwent surgery between 1996 and 2012, 82% had pain on presentation, 55% had epidural disease, 38% had neurological dysfunction, and 31% had a pathological fracture. Quraishi reported that 39% of patients had a benign latent haemangioma, 38% had a benign active haemangioma, and 23% had a benign aggressive haemangioma. He added that just over a third (35%) underwent pre-embolisation prior to surgery and 9% received adjuvant radiation.
Local recurrence was observed in only two patients (2.9%), with one patient having a recurrence four years after surgery and the other having a recurrence after five years. Quraishi commented that because the rate of local recurrence was so low, "no clear risk factors for recurrence could be identified". Additionally, no mortality due to the spinal haemangiomas was observed.
He concluded: "Despite the aggressive appearance of haemangiomas, formal en bloc resection is not required. Excellent rates of local control and long-term survival can be achieved." He added that there was "no clear need for adjuvant radiation" but aggressive resection of gross disease was necessary.
Quraishi told Spinal News Internationl: "This study was developed and funded under the umbrella of the AOSKFT group with Christina Goldstein (principal investigator) and Michael Fehlings (lead principal investigator), Toronto. Going forward, it will be important to monitor our patients in a prospective manner including complications, and in particular neurological recovery where relevant for these common spinal tumours."


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City Electric Supply Opens South Carolina Branch
GREER, S.C. — City Electric Supply recently opened its first Greer, South Carolina location, bringing small-town customer service to a busy city. Home to the BMW plant that employs over 9,000 individuals and the GSP Airport that over two and a half million people fly through each year, Greer was an obvious choice for CES' newest location.
"We found a building that was built between the late '70s and early '80s and knew it was the one," said Branch Manager Justin Powell. "The building was an old HVAC supply house that had seen better days. We gutted the entire place and designed a space to suit our specific needs."
The team at the Greer location has a combined experience of over 50 years. Powell himself has lived in the area for eight years. He started with CES as a driver for the Simpsonville branch where he was promoted to operations manager and then to outside sales representative. According to Powell, each of the team members comes from a family of electricians. In addition to extensive experience, the branch has the largest showroom in the district. The new branch cannot wait to build strong relationships with customers, vendors and manufacturers in the area.


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It seems Renata was stirring up plenty of drama behind the scenes, making enemies galore: her long-suffering makeup artist, an extremely harsh critic, an angry audience member. . .even boy toy Graf had a motive. But the most damning evidence points to Sarah. Now, to save her reputation, Sarah reckons she'll have to bring the curtain down on a mystery with more twists and turns than the Old Muddy. . .


Just as some put their faith in the heart-racing, butterflies-in-my-stomach feeling when bumping into someone new, others believe that these instant "connections" with complete strangers are as meaningful as connecting to coffee shop WiFi. Love at first sight is hotly debated in literature and in life; let's see what science has to say about it.
When you first see someone, it takes about 0.2 seconds for you to get an impression of them; if you find them attractive, twelve areas of your brain are activated all at once. During your first interactions with your captivating stranger, you start feeling that sense of euphoric giddiness thanks to multiple neurotransmitters.
You may be familiar with adrenaline, the substance that your body produces when you're scared, excited, running on a treadmill, or all three if you happen to find a cutie at the gym. A major player in the "reward-seeking" system in the brain, dopamine is then produced, which is also an effect of yummy foods like truffle Parmesan fries. Let's not forget about oxytocin, a.k.a. the "Cuddle Hormone," which is released during social bonding, snuggle sessions, and while petting cute puppies.
On to the love at first sight debate. The main arguments against love at first sight are: 1) your opinions are invalid because you barely know this person, and 2) you haven't had enough time to do lovey-dovey things with them so you can't say you're in love.
As a counter to the first point, you actually take in a lot about a person in that first glance. According to evolutionary reasoning, it was a crucial primal instinct to be able to make a quick decision about another person's suitability for mating and passing on your DNA – super romantic, right? That's why it is popular belief that males make visual judgments to determine whether a female will be able to give birth to healthy, adorable babies and why females tend to look for loyalty, ensuring that males will stick around to protect and care for said babies.
Furthermore, studies have found that when someone is shown a picture of their love, there's a deactivation in the frontal cortex of the brain, which controls judgment. Acting as Mother Nature's rose-tinted glasses, this effect encourages – you guessed it – reproduction.
Now, in response to the second point, that "you haven't even had any bonding time with your newfound love", some argue that you don't need to frolic in meadows or bake heart-shaped cookies together in order to feel love; "action readiness" in itself is sufficient.
Imagine this scenario: your sister ate all of your favorite Ghiradelli chocolates that you got for your birthday, and you refrain from taking revenge by revealing the endings of all her current TV show obsessions. Just because you didn't manifest your emotions into actual behavior doesn't mean you feel any less angry. Thus, action readiness is enough to prove you are feeling some type of way.
Phew. I hope you've picked up something about the biological basis of love at first sight from this article. If you're interested, you can find out much more about the research on love and attraction here. It's fascinating stuff.
Now on to the outfits. These outfits are perfect for convincing a special stranger that love at first sight is, indeed, real. Sigh!
This monochrome outfit is inspired by the sophistication of modern design. An off-the-shoulder shirt is the trendiest way to bare some skin in a classy way, and the hint of lace on the neckline is a subtle nod to a romantic look without overtaking the simplicity of the outfit.
The "treggings," a blend of trousers and leggings, continuing down to the mixed-media open-toe booties give you a sleek silhouette that is bound to grab attention as soon as you walk into the room.
With your gold-trim crossbody purse to hold your essentials, you'll be ready to lock eyes with that attractive stranger sitting at the next table and perhaps start a conversation with them.
This angelic look is inspired by the "halo effect" in which your appearance can make others instantly believe you are the lovely girl that, well, you are!
To start, dainty gold sandals perfectly complement a halo-inspired necklace. A girly Bardot top and a blush lace skirt will make you seem sweet and approachable to your admirer from across the room. Who knows, maybe they're gathering up the courage to talk to you!
Inspired by the French phrase that describes love at first sight and literally translates to "thunderbolt," this outfit is sure to strike the hearts of everyone at a party.
A classic LBD and red lip give you a Hollywood-glam feel that's updated by the lace and peek-a-boo back of the dress. Throw on strappy lace-up heels and a cute bow purse, and you'll be ready to dance the night away with your newfound love!
How do you usually react in these heart-thumping situations? Have you ever experienced "the halo effect?" Let me know in the comments below!


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Are GMOs Causing a Decline in Bees? We can Have on the Vitality of honeybees? More Study Needed~
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Are GMOs Causing a Decline in Bees?
The sudden and widespread disappearances of adult honey bees from hives, termed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), became a national concern more than 10 years ago. Claims circulated that certain GMO crops harm bees.
Bee-cause It Matters
It's National Pollinator Week, a time to celebrate all the living creatures who help humans grow crops. The Non-GMO Project uses a butterfly logo because pollinators are important to our shared food system and because we recognize the many human-caused problems they face. All humans rely on pollinators in order to eat! Pollinators are a bellwether of change and threats to their existence represent a larger threat to all of us.
Our friends at Wedderspoon use a bee to represent their honey for the same reason. From climate change and habitat loss to the use of pesticides like neonicotinoids, it's crucial we all recognize the impact, negative or positive, that we can have on the vitality of honeybees and their colonies.
Join the Non-GMO Project and Wedderspoon to learn more about the importance of pollinators!
What Is Pollination?
Flowers are the mechanism that flowering plants use to make seeds and reproduce. Flowers have anthers (sometimes called "male" structures) and stigma (sometimes called "female" structures). Flowering plants cannot reproduce unless pollen (which is analogous to sperm in mammals) from their own species reaches the stigma. Some crops, including wheat, can be pollinated by the wind without help from animals. Most plants cannot be pollinated in this way—they need pollinators!
We All Need Pollinators.
A pollinator is any animal that moves pollen from the anthers to the stigma. This process fertilizes the plant, allowing it to form seeds. Nearly every flowering plant on Earth relies on help from pollinators such as butterflies, beetles, birds, bats, and more than 16,000 different species of bees. Snails, lizards, honey possums, and even lemurs can also be pollinators.
Pollinators help fertilize more than 1,200 crops, including 87 of the 115 crops most commonly eaten by humans. Roughly 35 percent of human food requires pollinators, so the conversation about feeding a growing population has to begin with pollinator health—not GMOs. The biotech industry has long been trying to convince consumers that we need GMOs to feed the world, but they have not delivered on promises of increased yield, increased nutrition, or any other trait that would increase food availability in the real world. Besides, if we don't protect our pollinators, we won't even have seeds for the future.
Human survival aside, there is a strong economic argument to be made for the preservation of pollinators. Pollinators do useful work that adds value to crops. It is estimated that pollinators are responsible for adding $24 billion to the United States economy—more than $15 billion of that comes directly from honey bees through their pollination. We all need pollinators.
Cross-Pollination Ensures Genetic Diversity
There are different types of pollination. Self-pollination occurs when plants fertilize themselves with or without help from pollinators. This occurs when pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma on the same plant. In this case, the seeds produced only contain genetic material from a single parent plant, so the offspring will look just like the parent plant.
Cross-pollination occurs when pollen from one plant is transferred to the female part of another plant in the same species. This can occur between two plants of the same variety (e.g., two cauliflowers) or between different varietals within the same species (e.g., cauliflower and broccoli).
Cross-pollination cannot occur between different species. To draw an analogy, a chihuahua couldn't reproduce with a cat, but it could reproduce with a golden retriever because these dogs are varieties within the same species. Cross-pollination between different varieties is how hybrid crops are made. It's also how we have ended up with a wide variety of crops within the same species—this is why there are more than 7,500 types of apples, for example. This traditional breeding technique has been used for centuries to create many of the modern crops on which we depend.
GMOs and Cross-Pollination: There's No Stopping Contamination
Some GMO crops can cross-pollinate, which means they are able to spread their genetic information to other crops. For example, all varieties of corn can be bred together. If one farmer is growing GMO corn near another farmer's non-GMO corn, pollinators could contaminate the non-GMO corn with pollen from that GMO corn. The resulting seeds would contain genetic information from both parent plants. If those seeds were to be planted, the resulting crops could put the farmer who planted them at risk for patent infringement or loss of Organic status.
Learn more about patent-related litigation against farmers
This type of GMO contamination can occur between wildly different varieties, too. For example, nearly all sugar beets are genetically modified, but there isn't any GMO Swiss chard. Sugar beets and Swiss chard are both part of the Beta vulgaris family, so it is possible for sugar beets to contaminate swiss chard, table beets, and other related crops that aren't usually genetically modified.
Once GMOs are released into the environment, they can't be recalled. There is no way to pull every plant, every seed, and every bit of pollen back into a laboratory. Contamination events spanning decades and national borders demonstrate this. There have been many cases where test crops that were never supposed to reach a field have been found growing very far from where they were first tested. This is often due to pollinators and pollen drift.
Learn more about StarLink Corn, Enogen corn, LibertyLink rice, and other major contamination events
GMO contamination affects apiculture (bee-derived) products as well. You can't start with pollen or nectar from a genetically modified crop and end up with honey that isn't derived from GMOs. Whether it comes from clover, manuka, or something else entirely, honey and other inputs from bees must come from bees who eat a non-GMO diet in order to attain Non-GMO Project verification. This means their entire four-mile foraging area needs to be sufficiently free of GMO agriculture. Some beekeepers supplement their bees with other feed; this feed needs to be non-GMO as well.
You Can Help Pollinators
We all know pollinator populations are declining—the problem is so widely acknowledged that the Obama Administration even launched a program designed to promote pollinator health.
You can help; join the Non-GMO Project and Wedderspoon in doing something kind for pollinators this week.
Plant pollinator-friendly gardens. Don't forget to include ground cover for caterpillars; young pollinators need protection too.
Make a bee house! The Non-GMO Project crew made three to celebrate National Pollinator Week.
Avoid neonicotinoids. Growing bodies of evidence link these insecticides to honey bee death.
Demand action from the EPA—compliance with the Endangered Species Act is critically important.
Learn about other ways you can help pollinators on Wedderspoon's website.
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The U.S. Bans GMOs, Bee-Killing Pesticides in All Wildlife Refuges
The Fish and Wildlife Service will phase out genetically engineered crops and neonicotinoids by 2016.
Todd Woody is TakePart's editorial director, environment.
The U.S. government is creating a safe place for bees in national wildlife refuges by phasing out the use of genetically modified crops and an agricultural pesticide implicated in the mass die-off of pollinators.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System manages 150 million acres across the country. By January 2016, the agency will ban the use of neonicotinoids, widely used nerve poisons that a growing number of scientific studies have shown are harmful to bees, birds, mammals, and fish. Neonicotinoids, also called neonics, can be sprayed on crops, but most often the seeds are coated with the pesticide so that the poison spreads throughout every part of the plant as it grows, including the pollen and nectar that pollinators such as bees and butterflies eat.
"We have determined that prophylactic use, such as a seed treatment, of the neonicotinoid pesticides that can distribute systemically in a plant and can affect a broad spectrum of non-target species is not consistent with Service policy," James Kurth, chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System, wrote in a July 17 memo.
The move follows a regional wildlife chief's decision on July 9 to ban neonics in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands by 2016.
The nationwide ban, however, goes further, as it also prohibits the use of genetically modified seeds to grow crops to feed wildlife.
A FWS spokesperson declined to comment on why the agency was banning genetically modified organisms in wildlife refuges.
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