To the general public, the Holiday season means cold weather, finding the perfect gift and deciding what to serve at the annual family gathering. To those of us in the Public Relations industry, it means getting coverage for our clients in the many Gift Guides, segments and stories that will run this Holiday season. To learn more about the inner workings of a PR agency during the Holiday months, please see below.
From October to December most short lead media (Newspapers, Online Sites and Broadcast Stations) are focused on filling their stories and segments with everything Holiday. This could be through a Gift Guide, Holiday Décor story or even Festive Recipe ideas. For a PR agency, this means finding a place in these stories and segments where our client's products might be a fit.
Much like any campaign, we prepare in advance. Before a holiday campaign launches we make sure all of our documents are ready—this means press releases are finalized, target media lists are compiled and the coffee pot is full. This way, once a campaign is ready to launch we have all the tools needed for a successful Holiday season. Throughout the campaign we continue to seek out opportunities for our clients in the media and stay updated on what they have planned for future stories and segments.
Now you have a better idea of what goes on in a Public Relations agency during the Holiday Season. It may sound crazy, but we love every second of it!
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Organization is a key factor to the success of a business. Without it things can get a little out of hand— documents get lost, employees get confused and clients get frustrated. At Avalon Communications we find that formatting our documents plays an important role in staying organized (and keeping your sanity). Below we have outlined what formatting means and how it can help any business stay on top of their game.
By definition, formatting is "the organization, plan, style, or type of something." At Avalon Communications we feel that formatting is important to a business not only for the company itself, but for its employees and clients as well.
For the Company. Scattered, messy and inconsistent documents may reflect poorly on the company as a whole even if the people working on the inside understand them. Being consistent with formatting can help streamline a companies' efforts and present their information in a clear and concise manner.
For the Employees. In business it is necessary for employees to both understand the documents they are working with as well as keep them organized. Using the same format throughout the company is a great way to accomplish this as colleagues can easily read, edit and share documents without wasting time trying to decipher the contents. Some companies may find that certain employees have a 'system' that works for them, which is fine! Just be sure the end result aligns with the standard format.
For the Clients. When presenting documents to a client it is important that the information be neat and comprehensible. A client should be able to look at the document and understand the information presented without any confusion. Using the same format also makes it easy for clients to compare current and previous documents for reference and helps your company save time and energy from explaining the format method.
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Many times when hearing the words "Staff Meeting" employees may think it is code for an hour of meaningless conversation that usually involves bitter coffee and donuts. At Avalon Communications, we think differently. Staff meetings should be fun as well as informative, and time should be used wisely. In the public relations world there is no such thing as free time, so when we have a meeting every minute counts. Below are a few tips so getting the most out of a staff meeting.
Be prepared. When attending staff meetings be sure that you are up to date on all of your clients. There is nothing worse than being asked a question regarding your client and not knowing the answer. If it helps, try printing out a mini-update or summary of where you are with a certain client as well as any pertinent information that may come up in conversation. Bring a writing pad and pen with you to the meeting in case you need to jot down any extra information.
Organize the meeting space. Do you use a projector in your staff meetings? Be sure the computer works. Have a whiteboard? Make sure you have markers. These may seem like easy things to remember but it's the little things people tend to forget. This way, you are prepared to start your meeting right away rather than testing out 10 markers and wasting 10 minutes. Another thing to keep in mind is to have a clean meeting table, this way employees will not get distracted and be able to apply themselves to the meeting.
Have fun! Remember that staff meetings should also be fun! Order in lunch, have a quick catch up on current events, whatever you feel might lighten the mood. This will help create an atmosphere where employees feel comfortable voicing their opinion, making for a very productive staff meeting.
Do you have any tips or tricks to getting the most out of your staff meetings? Share them with us in a comment below!
When you ask the average person when Christmas is, they are more than likely to say December 25th, but ask any Public Relations professional and their answer will be slightly different by a few months. Although there may not be stockings on the fireplace or gifts under a tree, in this industry Christmas comes in July. To better explain what "Christmas in July" really means we have listed a few industry tips below.
Lead Times. Public relations professionals must pitch according to what their outlets are working on. Typically, major publications such as Real Simple, Every Day with Rachael Ray and Better Homes and Gardens have a 3-5 month lead time, meaning that while it may be July in real-time, they are already working on Holiday issues! For smaller, regional publications the lead time may be shorter—about 1-3 months.
Finding the Right Contacts. When it comes to pitching it is imperative that you reach out to the proper editors (Pitch food items to food editors, not fashion editors). During the Holidays, this can get a little confusing—some publications designate one editor that is in charge of Holiday Gift Guides, some have multiple editors accepting submissions and some publications don't even have a gift guide! The key is to stay ahead of the game, do your research and figure out the Holiday contacts before you pitch. Nothing is more embarrassing than pitching for a gift guide only to find there isn't one.
Deadlines. Deadlines are key in the Public Relations industry. If you don't meet them, you won't secure coverage and if you don't secure coverage your client may not be a happy camper. Deadlines may vary for major publications Holiday issues, which explains the importance of doing your research. We suggest that when reaching out to find which editors are in charge of the Holiday Gift Guides or Holiday Issues that you also inquire as to what the deadline is for submissions (bonus points if you also ask for the theme of their issue)!
Hopefully these tips give you a little insight into what we mean by Christmas in July—have any extra tips? Comment below!
If you are looking to secure Holiday coverage for your brand please contact us, we would love to help! Have a Merry Christmas!
Motivation by definition is the condition of being eager to act or work. Every professional faces days where their motivation is at its peak— tasks are completed, goals are met and life is good. Sadly, every professional also faces days where they have difficulty finding this motivation and their productivity drastically decreases. Many may wonder what causes this lack of motivation and how it can be fixed.
According to an article on Forbes.com, some factors that may contribute to poor motivation include low levels of confidence, lack of progress or even boredom. At Avalon Communications we have found that the answer lies in a little friendly competition.
Creating a friendly competition that combines work, goals, fun and of course a prize, will have any company's motivation and productivity at an all-time high! How exactly do you do this? Easy! Follow the steps below to create your own company-wide competition.
Find out how you will be competing (most number of placements, most new clients, highest sales, etc.).
Set a deadline to complete the competition.
Pick a prize employees will find motivating.
Once you have decided the above rules, create a chart for all employees and track their status. Seeing where they stand among their colleagues will not only make employees more productive, but the competition will create a fun work atmosphere!
What keeps you motivated at work? Comment below!
We all need a little inspiration every now and then. Below are a few of our favorite quotes that inspire us to do our best every day! Do you have a favorite quote? Leave us a comment below!
As every PR Professional knows, pitching can be tricky. One day a pitch can land you the greatest placement of all time and the next you could be receiving an "unsubscribe" notice (with an overused pitch you will definitely receive the latter). Just remember to keep pitches fresh and timely so that editors will actually want to read them!
When it comes to public relations, brainstorming is a must; however it is hard to come up with new ideas when everyone is just agreeing with each other. We are not saying you should argue with your colleagues, but simply try offering additional ideas just to see what happens. Who knows, you may come up with an even better solution! Need tips on how to brainstorm? Check out our post on The Importance of Brainstorming!
This quote says it all when it comes to engaging fans and followers on social media. If you understand your audience, it is easier to tailor messaging so that it has the biggest impact on fans.
Enthusiasm and positivity are a must in the public relations industry and we strive to maintain this atmosphere in our office each and every day!
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Everyone know the classic phrase "Sharing is Caring," but how does it relate to social media? With the recent decline in Facebook reach, businesses that use social media are resorting to an age-old way of gaining new followers, the SHARE technique. By using this technique, fans can share content so it will show up in their friend's news feed, who in turn shares the content again, and in no time you have a high fan engagement level, reach and even MORE fans!
Now for the catch—how exactly do you get fans and followers to share your content? It's easy, just make the content interesting! (Okay, easier said than done). We have included a few tips below on creating 'Share-able' content.
Viral Content. Fans LOVE video content—so why not give them what they want? Remember that viral video everyone was talking about with the (insert viral video topic)? If it relates to your page in some way, post it! Not only will this increase clicks on your own page, but your fans will share it with their friends, giving you a chance to score even more fans!
Photos. Pictures make posts more interesting, simple as that. Not only are fans more likely to click on a post when an image is involved, but they may even comment with their own photo!
Make it Meaningful. Whether this means inspiring your audience to join a cause or comment on a trending topic—if the post relates to fans in some way they will act on it. (Remember, this can go both ways so try to keep your posts positive)!
We hope these tips help your page reach its maximum potential! Have any more tips on creating "Share-able" content? Share them with us below! (Pun intended).
The Public Relations Industry is what some may call 'fast-paced' and at times it can be (very) stressful. Here are a few tips on how to stay sane when things seem to be getting a little crazy.
Organize your Inbox. Email is a key form of communication in the PR industry- and a cluttered inbox makes for a stressful day. Take some time before you leave work to go through your inbox and organize it. Delete emails you no longer need and file the rest. When you come in to work the next morning a clean inbox will be very refreshing.
Take a break from your desk. We know you all love sitting at your desk staring at a computer screen, but sometimes you just need a break. Take your lunch break outside and enjoy the weather, walk around your building or even stand up and stretch at your desk. Anything to get you moving throughout the day!
Drink something other than coffee. We are all guilty of it—but next time you feel the need for some caffeine swap out that morning coffee (or maybe just the second morning coffee) for an Orange Juice or water. This is not only healthier but it will keep you from hitting that mid-day slump and give you actual energy to power through the rest of the day!
Take a break from your tech devices. This may be very difficult considering our phones and tablets are like an additional limb—but you can do it! Try putting down your gadgets an hour before you go to bed and you will wake up a new (well-rested) person.
Breathe. This may seem silly, but the best thing to do when faced with a stressful situation is to stop and take a deep breath. This will help calm you down as well as give you some time to take a step back and really think about the task at hand. Easy as that!
How do you relax in the fast-paced world of Public Relations? Comment below!
The social media supergiant Facebook always seems to have an upgrade for its users, and in this case it doesn't come cheap. The latest in Facebook news is an algorithm that decreases a brand's "reach," which ultimately means fewer people are seeing posts from a brands page. This means that in order to reach more fans, a brand must increase its "Facebook" budget. Two years ago, reach was at 16 percent, today it can be as low as 2 percent depending on the brand—so what does this mean for brand pages and their content and how do we remedy this without paying an arm and a leg? One word: Engagement.
Now is the perfect time to focus on engagement. Since not many 'new' fans will be seeing your page, why not get the existing ones to join in on the conversation! We have listed a few ways to counter the new algorithm and maintain a brands page below.
Content: Do your fans like Notes, Videos, Photos, Status updates or Links? Take a look under the "Posts" tab in Facebook insights to find out and adjust your content according to which type of posts gets the most interaction.
Timing: When are your fans online? Again, take a look at your Facebook Insights under "Posts" to see what time of day your fans are on Facebook and schedule your posts to match that, otherwise you are shooting in the dark in hopes that your post shows up on fans timelines.
Sharing: Your fans will always be your best promoters, and it's time to rally the troops. Encourage fans to share your content- this will not only help increase organic reach but you get the chance to gain new fans!
Cross Promotion: All brands are facing the same challenge in reaching a broad audience-why not help each-other out? Find a complementary brand (preferably with a high number of page likes) and cross-promote. This benefits both brands as they will get access to a whole different pool of potential fans! You can also cross-promote internally across all of your social media platforms to increase brand awareness.
Streamline: Make sure your messaging is the same across all social media platforms. This includes Twitter, Instagram, Vine, etc. You don't want fans getting confused about your brand due to separate messaging.
We hope these tips help you and your brand overcome the Facebook Reach obstacle. If you have any extra tips or tricks please comment below-we would love to hear your thoughts!


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"According to Nielsen, from data provided by managers at Nielsen SoundScan, which collects recorded-music sales information, of the eight million unique digital tracks sold in 2011 (the large majority for $0.99 or $1.29 through the iTunes Store), 94 percent – 7.5 million tracks – sold fewer than one hundred units, and an astonishing 32 percent sold only one copy. Yes, that's right: of all the tracks that sold at least one copy, about a third sold EXACTLY one copy. (One has to wonder how many of those songs were purchased by the artists themselves, just to test the technology, or perhaps by their moms out of a sense of loyalty.) And the trend is the opposite of what Anderson (Chris Anderson, author of 'The Long Tail') predicted: the recorded music tail is getting thinner and thinner over time. Two years earlier, in 2009, 6.4 million unique tracks were sold; of those, 93 percent sold fewer than one hundred copies and 27 percent sold only one copy. Two years earlier still, of the 3.9 million tracks that were sold, 91 percent sold fewer than one hundred units and 24 percent sold only one copy. The trend is clear: as the market for digital tracks grow, the share of titles that sell far too few copies to be lucrative investments is growing as well. More and more tracks sell next to nothing.
Equally remarkable is what is happening in the head of industry's demand curve. In 2011, 102 tracks sold more than a million units each, accounting for 15 percent of total sales. That is not a typo: 0.00001 percent of the eight million tracks sold that year generated almost a sixth of all sales. It is hard to overstate the importance of those few blockbusters in the head of the curve. And the trend suggests that hits are gaining in relevance. In 2007, 36 tracks each sold more than a million copies, together these tracks accounted for 7 percent of total market volume. In 2009, 79 tracks reached that milestone; together they make up 12 percent of the sales volume.
The level of concentration in these markets is so astounding, in fact, that it is nearly impossible to depict the demand curve: it disappears entirely into the axes… It is staggering to see how few titles at the top contribute to a significant portion of sales, and how many titles at the bottom fail to do the same. Those are the realities of digital markets. Assortments may become more and more expansive, but the importance of the few titles at the very top keeps growing, while average sales for the lowest sellers are going down.
The same patterns are visible in album sales. …out of a total of 870,000 albums that sold at least one copy in 2011, 13 album titles sold more than a million copies each, together accounting for 19 million copies sold. That's 0.001 percent of all titles accounting for 7 percent of sales. The top 1,000 albums generated about half of all the sales, and the top 10,000 albums around 80 percent of sales. Deep in the tail, 513,000 titles or nearly 60 percent of the assortment, sold fewer than 10 copies each, together making up half a percent of total sales.
The numbers certainly do not come close to the trusted '80/20 rule' that many managers live by, which supposes that 80 percent of the sales tend to come from 20 percent of the products on offer. For music albums, it is close to an 80/1 rule – if we can speak about a rule at all. Even if we take a conservative estimate of what would be on offer in a bricks-and-mortar store at any given point in time, Anderson's predictions that long-tail sales will rival those in the head are far off.
"In the recorded-music industry in 2011, more than 8 million unique digital-track titles together sold 1.271 billion copies… For instance, nearly 6 million titles – 74 percent of all unique titles – each sold fewer than 10 copies, accounting for only 1 percent of sales.


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Rhexidius is a genus of ant-loving beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 10 described species in Rhexidius.

Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Rhexidius:
 Rhexidius aggestus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius aperulus Casey
 Rhexidius asperulus Casey, 1894
 Rhexidius crenatus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius cuspidatus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius glareosus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius granulosus Casey, 1887
 Rhexidius hispidus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius impensus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962
 Rhexidius incomptus Schuster & Grigarick, 1962

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The complex between the photoreceptor-specific regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) protein, RGS9-1, and type 5 G protein beta-subunit, Gbeta5L, regulates the duration of the cellular response to light by stimulating the GTPase activity of G protein, transducin. An important property of RGS9-1.Gbeta5L is that it interacts specifically with transducin bound to its effector, cGMP phosphodiesterase, rather than with transducin alone. The minimal structure within the RGS9-1.Gbeta5L complex capable of activating transducin GTPase is the catalytic domain of RGS9. This domain itself is also able to discriminate between free and effector-bound transducin but to a lesser degree than RGS9-1.Gbeta5L. The goal of this study was to determine whether other, noncatalytic domains of RGS9-1.Gbeta5L enhance the intrinsic specificity of the catalytic domain or whether they set the specificity of RGS9-1.Gbeta5L regardless of the specificity of its catalytic domain. We found that a double L353E/R360P amino acid substitution reversed the specificity of the recombinant catalytic domain but did not reverse the specificity of RGS9-1.Gbeta5L. However, the degree of discrimination between free and effector-bound transducin was reduced. Therefore, noncatalytic domains of RGS9-1.Gbeta5L play a decisive role in establishing its substrate specificity, yet the high degree of this specificity observed under physiological conditions requires an additional contribution from the catalytic domain.


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Trump to sign resolution pledging to "use all available resources" against "White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups" ~ Pamela Geller (pamelageller.com)
By kdocburgess on September 15, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )
The SPLC, traffickers in blood libel and incitement to murder, is a hate group that the left counts on to smear, defame and destroy those who are brave enough to oppose their totalitarian agenda. This Soros-funded opposition research smear machine never identifies leftist or Muslim hate groups, and demonizes legitimate opposition to the left's agenda by lumping it in with neo-Nazis and the KKK.
And now they've got the President of the United States signing on to their agenda. This resolution will be used to do more to shut down the speech of those whom the left opposes and hates. Trump should be condemning this disingenuous initiative, not signing it.
"KASSAM: The Swamp Just Bounced Trump Into A European-Style Assault on Free Speech," by Raheem Kassam, Breitbart, September 13, 2017:
Many Americans don't seem to appreciate as much as outside admirers do, that the United States is the only country in the world with a commitment to free speech enshrined in the nation's Constitution. Many nations do not even have codified constitution of which to speak.
Which is why it is almost more egregious to the outsider than the American that such protections are under assault, not just on the streets of Berkeley or Charlottesville, but in your legislature — and soon in your Oval Office.
This afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed President Trump would "absolutely" be signing a resolution drafted by Republican and Democrat lawmakers "condemning" hatred.
"He and [Senator Tim Scott] talked about that and discussed that and agreed that that was the appropriate place to be," Sanders said. "In terms of whether or not he'll sign the joint resolution, absolutely, and he looks forward to doing so as soon as he receives it."
But the resolution is manifestly a ruse — the first line of attack in a new wave of assaults against free speech in America.
Let's examine what the motion, passed by both legislative chambers early this week, says.
The preamble, in addition to expressing "support for the Charlottesville community," demands of the President that he rejects "White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups" and urges him and his cabinet to "use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups".
From the outset this is disingenuous and troublesome.
The President has already disavowed these groups, including Neo Nazis and the KKK. Why are elected members, alongside the White House, wasting time virtue signaling over it?
Perhaps because it backs POTUS into a corner, especially when you consider many establishment media organizations call his former Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon — who has mocked and derided ethno-nationalists — a "white nationalist" or "white supremacist". This week, ESPN even let one of its hosts off with no more than a slapped wrist for suggesting the President himself was a "white supremacist".
So by whose definitions are we going? And what exactly does "use all available resources" mean?
The President and his cabinet ostensibly have all resources available to them. The U.S. military, trillions of dollars, three and a half years of power. To what is the President subscribing?
Whatever happened to the old line by Voltaire, "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too", or as it was paraphrased by Evelyn Beatrice Hall writing under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre in Friends of Voltaire: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
Personally, I believe sunlight is the best disinfectant for hateful beliefs.
The U.S. Constitution is perfectly clear on this too. No matter how vile your views — as those of the KKK and Neo Nazi groups are — you still have a right to express them in America.
The fact the Supreme Court had to readdress this fact only earlier this year is harbinger enough of the assault on liberty we are about to witness.
In June, Justice Kennedy opined in the case of Matal v. Tam:
A law found to discriminate based on viewpoint is an "egregious form of content discrimination," which is "presumptively unconstitutional." … A law that can be directed against speech found offensive to some portion of the public can be turned against minority and dissenting views to the detriment of all. The First Amendment does not entrust that power to the government's benevolence. Instead, our reliance must be on the substantial safeguards of free and open discussion in a democratic society.
Justice Alito said at the time:
[The idea that the government may restrict] speech expressing ideas that offend … strikes at the heart of the First Amendment. Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, or any other similar ground is hateful; but the proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence is that we protect the freedom to express "the thought that we hate."
Obvious enough to you or me. But not self-evident enough for your representatives or even your President, if Ms. Huckabee Sanders is correct.
The five page document the President is now committed to signing refers to violence on the side of Neo Nazi protesters, but fails to mention Antifa, or any other leftist-inspired violence, including but not limited to the Bernie Sanders supporter who recently attempted to murder Republican congressmen.
It demands signatories "speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, extremism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and White supremacy" — laudable aims were it not for the fact that the political left has abused and debased these terms, effectively stripping them of all meaning.
Today, a "racist" is someone who believes in legal immigration. An "extremist" is someone who doesn't believe in mass, state-funded abortion. A "xenophobe" is someone who takes pride in their nation. An "anti-Semite" is — curiously — someone who supports the State of Israel, and "white supremacy" now occupies the Oval Office. The Overton window has shifted so far that even practicing Muslims are now decried by the most heavily quoted sources as "Islamophobes"….
https://pamelageller.com/2017/09/trump-threats-white.html/
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TAVR Bleeds Stand Apart From PCI-Related Events
With TAVR, there appears to be a "clotting defect independent of known platelet-mediated factors," a small study suggests.
Patients undergoing TAVR appear to have a "hemostatic defect" that uniquely predisposes them to bleeding and involves less thrombin generation and prolonged clotting time as compared to patients receiving PCI, a single-center registry suggests. Moreover, investigators say, their bleeding risk doesn't hinge on platelet reactivity alone but appears to be driven by some other unknown mechanism.
Platelet activation and leaflet thrombosis—affecting leaflet mobility, thickness, and durability—have captured the lion's share of interest when it comes to TAVR hemodynamics. But thrombocytopenia, acquired von Willebrand disease, anemia, and other blood-related disorders are relatively common among TAVR candidates and their potential contribution to bleeding complications is less often discussed.
"The theory out there is that when you fix the aortic valve with TAVR or surgery you fix this predisposition to bleeding, [but] that theory has largely been untested," lead author Harold L. Dauerman, MD (University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington), explained.
Clinicians should trust their clinical judgement [and] if they think someone is high risk for bleeding going into a TAVR, they should still be worried about bleeding post-TAVR. Harold L. Dauerman
Concerns about hypoattenuated leaflet thickening and leaflet thrombosis have led to a push for more-intense early anticoagulation, while results from the REAC-TAVI trial made a case for stronger antiplatelet therapy, he pointed out. "I thought that this could be dangerous if applied to all patients getting TAVR, because at least a significant proportion have some mechanism for being at risk for bleeding," Dauerman said. "I just became worried about this because I saw so much bruising and bleeding, [like] GI bleeds, in TAVR patients."
Davide Capodanno, MD, PhD (University of Catania, Italy), commenting for TCTMD, said, "This is really the first time that someone has looked mechanistically at bleeding, and the methodology of this study is interesting, because they looked at both components of the hemostatic process: platelets and coagulation." As a small study, it may be particularly vulnerable to confounding, he added. "But anyway, I think it's a very nice approach."
Prolonged Clotting Post-TAVR
Dauerman and colleagues compared hematologic parameters in 29 TAVR-treated patients against those of 55 PCI-treated acute MI patients by using blood samples taken 12 to 24 hours after intervention. Patients who had been on oral anticoagulation in the day prior to treatment, who had international normalized ratios greater than 1.5 on the day of blood draw, or who had platelets below 100,000 were excluded.
The researchers measured clotting time and maximum thrombin generation in both platelet-rich and platelet-poor plasma in an attempt to look beyond "known abnormalities in platelet function characterizing patients with aortic stenosis," they explain in their paper, which is being published as a research letter in the August 13, 2019, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The TAVR group as a whole was older than the PCI group and showed trends toward more PAD and less smoking. Other factors, such as baseline platelet count, renal function, and hemoglobin level were similar in the two cohorts. All PCI patients went on dual antiplatelet therapy, as compared to 72% of the TAVR patients. Around one-quarter of the PCI patients received ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca).
Clot time was shorter for PCI than for TAVR, both in platelet-poor plasma (mean 221.47 vs 258.31 seconds; P = 0.002) and platelet-rich plasma (mean 301.32 vs 481.17 seconds; P = 0.0001). Maximum thrombin generation was higher with PCI compared with TAVR in platelet-rich plasma (mean 173.76 vs 140.11; P = 0.008) but not in platelet-poor plasma (mean 407.69 vs 434.18; P = 0.27).
After adjusting for age, PAD, and smoking status, the differences in clot time remained significant for not only the platelet-rich comparison but also in the platelet-poor comparison, where a disparity would not be expected. Overall, this hints "that these patients have intrinsic bleeding abnormalities that extend beyond just the platelet system, things that we don't know about the coagulation cascade in these patients undergoing TAVR," Dauerman said.
What's worth tracking through serial blood testing, he continued, is: "How long does this persist? Is it a permanent thing or, for example, maybe after 30 days clotting time would it be similar between [PCI and TAVR patients]? We don't know the answer to that, but I would be very concerned about any algorithm or trial that had every single patient post-TAVR go on an oral anticoagulant."
Clinicians, Trust Your Judgment
Forthcoming data from the GALILEO trial, prematurely halted for harm back in 2018, may provide clarity on the trajectory of bleeding risk after intervention—as well as the best drug regimen—but for now, Dauerman said clinicians should err on the side of caution.
"I don't think anybody should feel that anything beyond an aspirin a day is mandatory in these TAVR patients," he advised. "If they have a history of recurrent GI bleeding going into TAVR, I would not put that patient on an oral anticoagulant unless they had another indication that was much [stronger] than a hypothesis of preventing leaflet thrombosis, which is . . . unproven." Standard of care, Dauerman said, is currently dual antiplatelet therapy for 30 to 90 days.
Asked if an aspirin-alone approach might be reasonable in some cases, based on these data, Capodanno replied, "I think, yes, because [bleeding] is more prevalent than thrombosis."
Registry data have shown that approximately 30% of TAVR patients experience bleeding over 5-year follow-up, Capodanno noted, so these are clinically relevant questions. Although the situation may change as TAVR extends to lower-risk, younger patients, "for the time being we should be very much aware that bleeding is as important as thrombosis and maybe even more important" when deciding on antithrombotic regimens post-TAVR, he stressed.
It will be very important to explore the outcomes of the GALILEO study and understand which bleeding [type] was increased in which group and why. Davide Capodanno
Capodanno agreed that, given the evidence that there are multiple mechanisms for bleeding in TAVR, "it will be very important to explore the outcomes of the GALILEO study and understand which bleeding [type] was increased in which group and why."
For Dauerman, the "million dollar question" going forward is whether TAVR patients can be prospectively identified as having a low or high risk of bleeding, with the possibility of individualizing medical therapy. A randomized controlled trial could then home in on the low-risk patients, to compare among aspirin alone, dual antiplatelet therapy, and aspirin plus an anticoagulant.
"In the absence of data, we use a lot of clinical judgement. But I would say that clinicians should trust their clinical judgement [and] if they think someone is high risk for bleeding going into a TAVR, they should still be worried about bleeding post-TAVR," he concluded.
GALILEO is expected to be presented at a meeting later in 2019.
Dauerman HL, DeStephan CM, Sommer HT, et al. Prolonged clotting time among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;74:820-821.
The study was supported by an Institutional Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.
Dauerman reports being a consultant to Medtronic, Celecor, and Boston Scientific; being a data safety and monitoring board member for Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Recor Medical, and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation; and receiving research grants from Medtronic, Abbott Vascular, and Boston Scientific.
Capodanno reports no relevant conflicts of interest.
Harold Dauerman
Davide Capodanno
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Q: TFS: Keeping history while formatting document Currently, the developers of my team format their source code (C++, C+, stored in MS's TFS 2012) manually. We are now considering to use Visual Studio's auto formatting option (probably with Uncrustify as the pretty print engine). The idea would be to make sure that nobody has any outgoing changes, and then to format the whole code base and to commit the result. From then on, we would integrate automatic formatting into our workflow.
However, our fear is that we will afterwards not be able to easily find out who has done the last changes on a particular line of code using Source Control/Annotate (that information is often quite useful, e.g. for asking the according developer about that code).
So here are my two questions:
a) Does anybody have experience with introducing auto-formatting into a team's workflow (given an already existing and quite large code base)? Are there any best practices for this?
b) In particular: Is there any way to format our complete code base without loosing the history information? I could e.g. imagine a tool which would keep track of where each line has gone after formatting, and to adjust TFS's history such that that information is preserved. However, I haven't found anything like that by now.

A: Annotation will indeed be 'screwed up' by pretty-printing the whole project. There are no tools that I know of that can work around that.
A way to get the least amount of history issues is to have each developer prettify a method when he is making changes to it to add functionality or solve a bug, this will take time to propagate the whole code base, but it's the only way I know of.

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'Diary of an Artist'
Photographs by William Pierson at Piante Gallery
by Gabrielle Gopinath
Courtesy of the artist Bill Pierson's "Horizon Line at Midnight," shot in Waialea Bay, Hawaii, on April 3, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.
Courtesy of the artist Bill Pierson's "Crow Manifestation," shot in Freshwater on Oct. 26, 2015 at 3:36 p.m.
Courtesy of the artist Bill Pierson's "Shadows from the Center," shot in Freshwater on Aug. 1, 2015 at 4:44 p.m.
Courtesy of the artist Bill Pierson's "From the Lookout," shot in Bear Basin Butte Lookout on June 17, 2019 at 10:18 p.m.
Courtesy of the artist Bill Pierson's "Jellyfish Nebula," shot at Nick's Cove in Marshal, California, on March 19, 2011 at 10:42 a.m.
Media Literacy week at the NCJ presents a welcome opportunity to reflect on the critic's (frequently misunderstood) role. The critic, here at least, is neither judge nor booster nor native interpreter nor PR flack — just a person who narrates their experience of art in public. In doing so, the critic models the form (but never the content!) of the viewer's potential encounter with the artwork.
Viewers co-create the works of art they view. Critics strive to express that experience and make it live on the page. "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" the Irish modernist William Butler Yeats wondered circa 1926. In an era where dancer and dance are always intertwined, narrating the total experience might mean faithfully representing things like bodily movements, stray breezes and dreams or memories that emerge as part of the experience.
William Pierson's new exhibition of photographs at Piante Gallery is titled Diary of an Artist because he wanted to emphasize his images' role as markers of time. "It is the moment in time that is the subject of inquiry, and so that momentary event is primary. The subject matter is secondary to that moment of seeing and revelation," Pierson said. Pierson remembered being struck by the way digital image files are time-stamped, feeling it was important to make that moment of photographic inception a part of every image title because "that moment of seeing is something to be celebrated."
The photographs he shows here, titled with the times and places they were made, form an autobiographic archive. The author is never represented, though viewers share his point of view from one moment to the next. Many images are land- or seascapes. Others show graced microevents in nature when some combination of matter, light and energy takes shape, organizing itself inexplicably into symmetry or pattern. Dark gold frames recall the color of heaven in a Byzantine mosaic, also speaking to this preoccupation with transcendence.
Sunlit ocean views and night skies shot with the transit of stars were recorded from vista points including the artist's home in Kneeland, Waialea Bay in Hawaii, points on the Sonoma coast and a lookout tower in the Six Rivers National Forest. There are also isolated scenes from nature, cropped so composition becomes largely abstract. Current ripples in the wake of a swimming sea lion. Crows throng around a solitary redwood in a funnel cloud. A phosphorescent jellyfish floats on the Pacific's glowing swell, reflecting ice blue light from within.
When he photographs the sky at night, Pierson places the camera on a tripod for exposures that may last minutes or hours. Even when movement of the major celestial bodies can be planned in advance, he notes, "there's an element of surprise" when working with such lengthy exposures. "You never know quite what you're going to get." Each long exposure becomes a roll of the dice, an opportunity to court chance inside parameters. In images titled "Completion," "From the Heavens" and "Horizon Line at Midnight," stars, planets, meteors and satellites leave blazing trails across the night sky. The effects recall both Caravaggio's "Calling of Saint Matthew" and the poster for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Other images are the product of rapid exposures that freeze a single decisive moment. In "Fog Break at Dusk," it's the moment when the fog rolls back and an airy series of oceanside eucalyptus trees is silhouetted against waning light. "I would never have managed to photograph that moment if I hadn't been there, waiting," Pierson said. In the sky view "Free Fall," a ring of milky light haloes the sun as it shines through cloud cover on an overcast day. What makes the composition, the artist told me, is its most unpredictable element — the crow that falls unexpectedly out of the sky, frozen in flight like a small black arrow pointing to the composition's center.
Like the mid-century nature photographer Ansel Adams, a source of inspiration, Pierson charges his images with contrast and intensity. He goes beyond Adams in embracing expressionist features that are unique to digital photography — for instance, the way you can shoot directly into the sun to produce dramatic contrast effects like those in "Shadows from the Center," in which a glorious corona of rays shoots through a cloud-strewn sky.
Some of the photographs that transmit the strongest sense of in-the-moment epiphany are pure products of the camera: records of sights that, viewed directly, would be inaccessible to the human eye and incompatible with the human experience of time. It speaks to the camera's alchemical powers to say that some of these large-format images conjure a sense of breathless communion, like the kind two people have when they see the same shooting star.
'Diary of an Artist' will be on view at Piante Gallery through Oct. 19. Extended gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 5 pm.
Gabrielle Gopinath is an art writer, critic and curator based in Arcata. She prefers she/her.
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The Bridge 1.05 – The Beast
Posted on August 8, 2013 by staff writer | 2 Comments
Previously on The Bridge: poor Maria freaking was filmed baking in the desert sun while the FBI floundered. Sonya figured out Maria's location from shadows because she is just that good. Marco found unwelcome help in Fausto Galvan, the SCARY AS HELL crime boss of Juarez. And the killer sent some home truths in the form of another segmented body to Daniel Frye and Marco Ruiz.
In possibly the best scene of the entire episode, Fausto Galvan and his chief minion count ill-gotten cash and muse about what makes a serial killer. "You're a businessman," Chief Minion protests when Galvan notes that he himself kills lots of people (their primary working definition). Nah, serial killers are into weird crap like cannibalism and freaky sex. "You're only a serial killer if you enjoy it," Galvan concludes. He wrings the name "Steven Linder" from the beaten and bloodied cousin of Eva Guerra's stalker. "I don't enjoy this," he says flatly to his minion before he fires three times, killing their informant.
In case it wasn't clear, Fausto Galvan scares THE HELL out of me.
Marco and family settle in for a cozy dinner when Sonya comes knocking at the door wanting to chat about beheadings (as one does). "Why do you keep looking at me?" Sonya asks immediately embarrassed Gus bluntly, and tells Alma Ruiz she's not eating because "it doesn't taste good." Like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, that one. To conclude her performance as the most unwelcome guest ever, she antes up Marco's wallet, emphasizing he left it at Charlotte Millwright's place. You know. When they slept together.
Okay, Sonya doesn't come out and reveal Marco's sexy infidelities precisely, but Alma's no fool, and you can see her putting the pieces together immediately. In the next scene, she throws him out.
At El Paso PD, Sonya notices a girl booked for shoplifting the night before still waiting to be picked up. Later her wealthy dad swings by, more focused on sticking his ex-wife with the bail charge than dealing with his daughter, who would only get between him and his new girlfriend. "I do have an appointment in twenty," he says cheerfully when she offers to walk instead of getting a ride. Great parenting there, guy.
Inside, Tim exclaims the FBI are nuthuggers (let's interpret that the filthiest way possible), hogging the info on beheaded Agent Gedman (the one who slept with Cristina Fuentes). "Damn, sorry, buddy," Tim says feelingly to Marco, who slept in the back of the station. He gives him coffee and explains his distraction of going after Steven Linder to Sonya, saying, "He got the toss last night. He needs to go get mad at somebody."
Frye has a brief and unproductive appearance, sparring with Sonya about the phone calls he gets from the killer and feeding her a bad line explaining why he does drugs (they're there, they're fun, they make you hate yourself less).
In the second-best scene of the ep, Linder, wearing only tighty whities, skips his customary sun salutation to iron his shirt.
Linder, dressed for — well, not dressed for what happens, anyway.
Scary Tear-Drinking Thug breaks in to strangle him with a garrote, and yes, gets the hot sizzle as Linder slams him and irons him like crazy. Marco borrows some of Sonya's bad timing to show up then and question Linder's many trips to Mexico, but misses the fact that Scary T-D Thug is dying inside. Gah, it's weird to see Linder kill, and even weirder to see him doing it in only his undies.
Marco tells Sonya that unwritten partners' rule: don't tell his wife he's sleeping around. No one to blame but yourself, Marco! Though Sonya's still a stickler for the rules (you know, marriage, truth, those crazy concepts) she feels a bit bad that Marco's benching-it in the back room, and offers him her couch for the night.
At Frye's workplace, Marco visits, and after some calculated coffee-spilling, pockets Frye's phone. You know Sonya will say, "Oh my god, RULES," when she gets it. But she may want to take care when she bemoans wanting to get Frye's phone records, because we've already seen in past eps how Marco's obviously willing to go the extra (read: not so legal) mile to help out.
You all know I love a complex character, and in this episode, both his phone-stealing and his visit to Linder are excellent reminders of Marco's many gray areas. Though I still think of him as the moral compass (enforced when he quietly tells the hospitalized Maria to ask for asylum before she gives the police any info, so she can get to her baby in Houston), he's obviously not above underhanded tactics to get the larger job done.
Alma Ruiz chats with her colleague about how her marriage is tanking, and spots Gus looking suitably disaffected and teenager-y. "He doesn't think about anybody but himself," Gus complains about Marco; certainly he feels cut off from his father, but he's also angry he's betrayed his step-mother. In a nice bit of relationship-building between the two, Alma insists he "stay home," when he mumbles about living with a friend.
Oh my god, what are you doing walking over the bridge to Juarez, hoodie-wearing shoplifting girl??
Leaving your uncaring family and starting over in Mexico is not a great idea if your first step is to plop down in a random doorway and wait for something to happen. Hey, don't follow that random guy upstairs for a beer! Great, now he's locking her in the apartment with him. His sister mutters, "stupid gringa"; this can only end badly.
Linder wipes his bloody floor with a rag and swathes Scary's head in plastic wrap to contain the gore. Clever, yet creepy. He pockets something and rolls the body in a rug. Up until now, even though Linder's halting speech and awkward mannerisms broadcast his oddness, he's handled some complex situations (like helping Eva) capably, if strangely. Here it's fascinating to see him stumble through solutions badly: he decides to drop Scary's wrapped body out the window and frets, "Oh dear!" when the body loudly slams atop the hood of a car.
At the station, Sonya pushes aside her misgivings about possessing Frye's phone to answer it, and gets her first conversation with the killer. "You don't like surprises," she says firmly when he calls her back on her office line. "You talk as if you know me," he growls in his distorted voice. I thought this an intriguing moment; Sonya doesn't grandstand about how she'll be the one to track him down, but she does note that she's studying him and will find him in the end. It's less arrogance than a determined declaration to route out this intricate mystery.
"I'm not special," the killer continues, clueing her in that "If I knew, others knew. Institutions know, and they ignore, and they protect." Okay, so that's why the FBI has refused to share the files; they knew about Gedman's association with Cristina Fuentes.
Hank, sympathetic to Marco's worry about Maria and her baby in Houston, and hoping to garner some information from Maria, visits a friend at Immigration Services. "Geez, you're bossy," she observes even as she concedes to see about a visa.
Charlotte Millwright, who keeps calling for Marco at the station (do not try that with Kitty Conchas, for she sees all!), finally gets him to meet her for coffee. It's partly clinginess and wanting to keep up their sexy connection, and partly finally telling someone in authority that she's got Graciela Rivera after her, stringing up her horses and wanting to move people through her land.
But Marco doesn't want to hear about Charlotte's criminal syndicate woes. He actually gestures to block his ears. Gah, it's a bit frustrating that when Charlotte actually tries to tell someone about the scary illegal operation, she gets brushed aside. Long view, what should she do? "Just live your life," Marco advises. Um. This does not seem like good advice. "I have to take the long view, too," he tells her, pulling away when she tries to grasp his hand. Burn! Though not nearly as bad as the one Scary got, am I right?
Sonya scolds Marco for stealing Frye's phone before confiding about the killer phoning her. Both she and Marco are grave as they ponder the FBI's knowledge of Cristina and the video. Good news from Hank: Maria's now in the system and will soon have a visa. "Are you coming?" Sonya asks Marco as she heads home. He hurries after her while Hank's eyebrows shoot up at the (unfounded) innuendo.
While her host/kidnapper phones a contact to kidnap and ransom Gina (the hoodie girl), his sister helps her escape, whew! Though Gina's appearance seemed random and disconnected at the episode's start, I loved how her story finally began to thread into the series' larger issues. Her wanderings with the sister bring emotional charge to the daily disappearances of young women and girls in Juarez. They call the killer "La Bestia, The Beast," the sister explains when she takes Gina to look at a cluster of pink crosses.
Before he heads to the couch, Marco looks at the scribbled crayon drawings on Sonya's fridge and asks what child drew them. "Jim Dobbs," Sonya answers. Not a child, but the brain-damaged man who killed her sister. Though she seems matter-of-fact, when Marco asks, "Was it a violent death?" she lies down without answering. "I'm sure you miss her very much," Marco says into the darkness. "Sometimes. But she's gone."
Gah, I find Marco and Sonya's partnership SO FASCINATING! Of course there are many moments that seem unrealistic — surely Sonya has had partners before, and been compelled to deal with other people's expectations. But putting aside that, their interactions, like this wonderful and quiet exchange at her apartment, do so much to reveal both how very alone Sonya is, and how much that fact is changing now that Marco has become part of her work and life.
Charlotte rebounds but quick, phoning an old boning buddy in Tampa to reminisce about "that night on the skiff, you and me, Bartles & Jaymes." "You call, I come," he announces when he arrives the next day (too bad he didn't have a six-pack of Body Shot Lime in his hand). "You did good," he says of her huge spread (the ranch, geez), and offers to show her his new tattoo. Most miserable rebound effort in the history of ever.
Gina and her friend share churros near posters of missing girls. "Don't come back, okay?" the friend says, worried Gina could disappear like her sister. Even if it took me a little while to warm to Gina's storyline, there's such great world-building going on in those moments in Mexico in this and every ep (I'm thinking of our fascinating and frightening friend Galvan's stellar appearances as well).
Marco and Sonya head to see Maria. Marco gently tells her she has asylum and will get to see her baby. "Now tell us what you know, Sonya says (all business all the time, of course). She didn't see the killer's face, and can't ID his car, "but there was a cage" in it. LIKE A POLICE CAR. "Maybe he's one of us," Sonya notes to Marco.
This is one of my favorite developments yet. Though I love this unfurling of a whodunit with no actual suspects yet (I really think Linder's ruled out, though tell me what you think in comments!), it's so intriguing and horrifying to hear that this entire series of murders might have been perpetrated by an insider.
So far The Bridge has done a fantastic job of complicating how corruption works. We see the bribery in Mexico, but Marco doesn't take bribes (except when he does, with Maria's ransom). We meet the FBI agents who trumpet their professional connection to the case, and then they turn out to have a bunch of dirty little personal connections to the victims. Now we're looking with suspicion at the characters at El Paso CAP, considering if one of them, an officer or detective or, dare I say it, lieutenant, might be involved in these heinous murders. Institutions are implicated far more than individuals. It's one of The Bridge's most impressive achievements yet.
Linder drags the body to the desert, digging a grave to conceal it. He yanks the corpse in and stumbles, and suddenly a truck appears, bearing down on him. HOLY CRAP, IT'S GALVAN! "That is mine," Galvan spits, throwing Linder's shovel aside.
Tim Cooper tips off Marco and Sonya that the FBI sent Agent Gedman to a psychiatrist, Peter Meadows. They head to visit him while Gina arrives at a very nice house indeed, and lets herself in with the key under the welcome mat. When Marco and Sonya pull up, surprise, it's at that same house! "Show me your hands," Sonya yells to a man sitting in a chair (loved her silent intuitive exchange with Marco before they bust the door down).
There's a plotty rationale for it — Marco's not authorized to carry a gun in the USA — but I really dig seeing Sonya being the gun-wielding partner.
Uh, he can't show her his hands; he's been brutally murdered. At the sound of a girl crying, they open a closet door to reveal Gina. "You," Sonya says, recognizing her from the station. "I saw him," Gina sobs. "I saw the beast!" Oh my god, stop any and all thoughts of Gina's entrance being superfluous to the main narrative. She's seen the killer!
Wow, EXCELLENT episode this week. I'd absolutely love to hear your thoughts in comments. Quick note: I'm on the road next week when the next episode ("ID") airs. I'll do my best to get a brief reaction/recap post for that ep up for you all as soon as I can.
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Big Weekend on Tap for Wildcat Sports Teams
April 20, 2006 Sports Comments are disabled after 182 days.
The biggest weekend of the spring season is on tap for four Pennsylvania College of Technology sports teams, and two of the teams will have a home-field advantage.
In baseball, the Wildcats of coach Rees Daneker host the four-team, double-elimination Penn State University Athletic Conference West Division playoffs at Bowman Field on Saturday and Sunday. On the same days, coach Chad Karstetter's archery team hosts the East Regional Outdoor Intercollegiate Championships on campus near the field house.
In softball Saturday and Sunday, Penn College, coached by Roger Harris, travels to Penn State Harrisburg for the PSUAC West Division playoffs, while the men's volleyball team, under coach Wes Strayer, seeks its second consecutive Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship at Northampton County Community College.
In the event of rain for either the baseball or softball tournaments, they will go from seven-inning double-elimination games to nine-inning single-elimination games, said Mike Stanzione, Penn College athletic director.
BaseballPenn College enters as the top seed after going 18-4 during the conference portion of its fall and spring seasons. Overall this spring, the team is 14-6.
Action is scheduled to get under way at 10 a.m. Saturday, when second-seeded Penn State Beaver and third-seeded Penn State Fayette meet. The Wildcats take to the field in the second game at 12:30 p.m. against Penn State Harrisburg. Losers of the first two games square off at 3 p.m. that afternoon in Game 3, while the winners of the first two games clash at 6:30 p.m. in Game 4.
Play resumes at 11 a.m. Sunday when the Game 3 winner and Game 4 loser meet. Saturday's Game 4 winner and Sunday's first-game winner meet at 2 p.m. If a second game is needed to decide the champion, it will be played at 4:30 Sunday.
The West Division champ will square off against the East Division winner April 29 at University Park. Teams competing in the East Division playoffs, also this weekend, are Penn State Delaware, Penn State Abington, Penn State Hazleton and Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
"We're very optimistic. We're planning on taking the whole thing," Daneker said.
Jordan Staib (Williamsport) will start on the mound in the first game for the Wildcats, Christian Worth (Williamsport) will get the call in the second game and Austin Upright (Montoursville) will start the third. Other pitchers who may see action are Nate Hill (Loyalsock Township), Brian Bell (Butler) and Dan Preston (Montrose).
Should rain become a factor and the tournament go from double to single elimination, Daneker said, "The difference it makes is that you can't make a mistake. Whenever you are in single elimination, you make a mistake and you're gone.
"But my guys are tough and we're going to play hard. Regardless of how we make out, we've had a great year. It's been very successful."
Archery	A joint venture with James Madison University will bring up to half a dozen teams and 60 archers to the Penn College campus for the second year in a row.
Registration will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday with practice beginning at noon. That will be followed by a qualifying round of shooting. After practice at 8 a.m. Sunday, the Olympic round (eliminations and medal rounds) will be shot. The Olympic team round is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, with awards presentations and the naming of the All-East team afterward. All-East team selections will be determined by the combined scores of the Eastern Regional Indoor Championship in March and this weekend's event.
"Things are looking good for the Penn College archery team," Karstetter said. "We have been practicing hard every day and there have been improvements."
In addition to the host schools, others expected to enter teams are Stevens Trade School, Columbia (N.Y.) University, Atlantic Cape (N.J.) Community College, and possibly Penn State.
Should rain become a factor, Karstetter said the tournament will continue as long as there is no thunder and lightning.
"On Saturday, if rain gets too bad after a few rounds of competition, it may be called for the day being that it is only a qualifying round," the Penn College coach said. "Sunday, the tournament will go on, but, if there is bad weather, we will try to wait it out," Karstetter added.
SoftballAction gets under way at 10 a.m. Saturday, when Penn College, the second seed, takes on third-seeded Penn State Beaver. At 12:30 p.m., top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg faces fourth-seeded Penn State New Kensington. Losers from the first two games square off at 3 p.m. that afternoon in Game 3, while the winners of the first two games clash at 6:30 p.m. in Game 4.
Play resumes at 11 a.m. Sunday, when the Game 3 winner and Game 4 loser meet. Saturday's Game 4 winner and Sunday's first-game winner meet at 2 p.m. If a second game is needed to decide the champ, it will be played at 4:30 p.m.
The West Division champ will square off against the East Division winner April 29 at University Park. Teams competing in the East Division playoffs, also this weekend, are Penn State Hazleton, Penn State Schuylkill, Penn State Mont Alto and Penn State Scranton.
A doubleheader loss to Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday dropped the Lady Wildcats to 13-7 overall and 11-7 in the league.
"Defensively, we're getting better. But we still need to work on mental things and increasing our hitting," Harris said. "We need to step our game up."
"When we walk off the field, we have to know that we gave 120 percent. I don't want to walk off thinking, woulda, coulda, shoulda, because we gave 80 percent,"he continued.
"Do we have the ability? Yes. Is there anybody in the league that we shouldn't have been able to beat?" Harris asked. "No. Absolutely nobody!"
Men's VolleyballPenn College takes a 22-5 record into the EPCC tournament, including a second-place finish in the tough Middle Atlantic Collegiate Volleyball Club League. Also entered are Lehigh Carbon Community College, Harrisburg Area Community College and host Northampton. Teams will compete in round-robin play, with the top two advancing to the championship match.
Because of its strength of schedule and the success it already has had, Penn College enters as a clear favorite.
"I think it's going to be a good tournament. I'm going to get a lot of kids some playing time," Strayer said.
"Lehigh Carbon has a decent team, and, if it puts things together, you can't take it lightly; the same way with HACC. You can't go in and expect to walk all over them,"he said.
"I'm just looking for another EPCC championship,"Strayer added.
Complete rosters and season schedules are available on the college's Athletics Web site	.


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Across the Middle East, construction projects are becoming increasingly complex, delivery timeframes are shrinking, and projects are required to satisfy the demands of a broader group of stakeholders.
This is a potential cause for concern as until now, the industry has a mixed record when it comes to delivering major projects on time and within budget. New ways of working will be needed to meet this growing challenge.
Fortunately, some of the enablers needed to drive this change are beginning to emerge. Digital disruption is gathering pace and already driving alternative ways of working. New skillsets are starting to permeate, and the technology solutions that enable process enhancement, are now a lot more accessible, flexible, and less cost prohibitive.
This is especially relevant when it comes to Program and Project Controls (PPC); an evolving discipline that can significantly de-risk the delivery of major projects, through smart and data-driven processes, digital technologies, and data analytics that enable the right people to make informed decisions at the right time.
If done correctly, there is a very real opportunity for Project & Program Controls to play a key role as the construction industry steps into a new era of digital and data focused delivery.
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Why one man is happy to say that he owns the household copy of A Women's Commentary.
Too often we gather only to retell the stories of the avot, our paternal ancestors, in our Torah study groups, Bible classes, youth group lessons, etc. We hear stories of Abraham smashing idols, of Isaac favoring his strong son Esau, and of Jacob wrestling angels to a standstill. Examples abound of biblical men performing tasks that would elicit a Tim Allen–style grunt. We have been male-focused for thousands of years. Only recently have we begun the swing toward behaving as an egalitarian religion. Even though we have added the imahot (maternal ancestors) to our daily prayers, it is not often enough that we give them our attention and study their contributions to the Jewish people.
Last November, the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) sponsored a nationwide Shabbat of Study dedicated to the women of our heritage. Appropriately, the study day coincided with Parashat Chayei Sarah, the weekly Torah reading entitled, "Sarah's Lifetime." Though this Torah portion begins with Sarah's death (it is named not for its subject matter, but for its opening words, cited above), it takes us through the narrative of Rebekah's marriage and succession as matriarch, and ends with a listing of Hagar's descendants. Three powerful women are mentioned in this section, with three important stories to tell.
Usually, the stories of our tradition are told using the male voice. Modern commentaries often add the voices of women to help expand and add to the other voices making commentary, such as Adele Berlin or Nehama Leibowitz. This December, the WRJ will go even further with The Torah: A Women's Commentary. This new Torah commentary is written entirely by women, giving them not just an opportunity to add to the male voice, but a microphone to address the concerns of contemporary Jewish women, previously unanswered by commentaries.
Often, when men react to undertakings of feminist perspective, we react like my father did. We ask, "Why do you need your own commentary? Why not add to what is already there?" We react by getting defensive, as if the women are creating because the writings of past male commentators do not suffice for them. This is obviously not so with this book. In one section, the commentators cite several textual sources written by men. They neither disregard the male point of view nor contest it. They just write their commentaries with different goals than their male predecessors. The men of the past were teaching a male-dominated culture. Study was for men, and the commentaries addressed male concerns. Today, scholarship transcends gender, and A Women's Commentary adds some much-needed balance!
There are five types of commentary in this book. The "Central Commentary" expands on the Torah text. "Another View" is a shorter, topical essay. For Parashat Chayei Sarah, the topic focuses on one verse of Torah, written by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, where she explains Isaac and Rebekah's unique relationship. "Post-Biblical Interpretations" show how some of the rabbinic sources and interpretations like the ones I mention above relate to women. "Contemporary Reflections" provides a more scholarly commentary of the Torah portion and offers insights based on Talmud as well as contemporary texts. My personal favorite section is "Voices," which offers creative writings on the Torah in the form of poems about the parashah. It's this section that makes this commentary different from all others. We hear the characters weep, fight, and rejoice together via the poets' pens.
I have already used and will continue using A Women's Commentary in teachings at Temple Sinai in North Miami Beach, where I serve as one of the rabbis. Last year, we participated in the day of study using this book as the main source of commentary, and the results were fantastic. Four of our teachers, professional and lay, led sessions on various aspects of the commentary, including separate sessions for women and men, who then came together near the end of the session to share ideas. We also had a session on creating artistic midrash using A Women's Commentary, and one dealing directly with the text. All four sessions produced fantastic results.
Rabbi David N. Young, who grew up in Cincinnati, is the assistant rabbi at Temple Sinai in North Miami Beach. He has served congregations in New York City, Alaska, Ohio, North Carolina, and has taught middle school, high school, and adults. During his time at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbi Young served as president of the rabbinic student body.


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Angie Clark
In 2006, Angie rekindled a friendship from her high school cc team. Her friend suggested they start a 150 mile club, like they did in high school (running 50 miles a month for 3 months). By the time Angie finished the program twice, her friend had only done 3 miles. However, where Angie lived, she had the support of other graduate students who joined the 150 mile club. While Angie was in the midst of the 301-450 range, she met a cute guy who was totally into running and turns out into her. He invited Angie to run her first marathon and instantly, she said, "yes." That marathon was their third date. Fast forward to 2015, when they celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary and her first 50k.
For Angie, running has always been about relationships whether it's teaching her new things about herself, celebrating the retirement of her h.s. cc coach, running in group costumes, or helping others cross the finish line. She cherishes the networks she has developed as a result of her involvement in races and encourages others to build a network that serves their personal running goals.


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Q: React callback not getting updated before navigation I'm sure this is a situation which can be fixed by async/await, but I can't see where that should be applied.
I have three components.  One component is a timer which receives a callback from the parent and returns the remaining time left when the timer is stopped.  The parent component receives this data and navigates to a results page.  However, navigation happens before the data is received so isn't passed.  If you navigate back and repeat the process, the previous data is then shown so I know it works in theory, but it's just a case of waiting for the data to arrive.
timer component
export const Timer = ({ seconds, timerRunning, checkForTimeLimit }) => {
  const [timeLimit, settimeLimit] = React.useState(seconds);
  const [timerActive, setTimerActive] = React.useState(timerRunning);

  React.useEffect(() => {
    setTimerActive(timerRunning);
    settimeLimit(seconds);
    return function cleanup() {
      setTimerActive(false);
    }
  }, [timerRunning]);

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (timeLimit > 0 && timerActive) {
      setTimeout(() => {
        settimeLimit(timeLimit - 1);
      }, 1000);
    }
    if (timeLimit === 0 && timerRunning || !timerRunning) {
      checkForTimeLimit(timeLimit); // When the timer is stopped, it passes back the remaining time
    }
  }, [timeLimit, timerActive]);

 //...Other stuff

parent component
export const Test = ({ navigation, route }) => {
  const [timerRunning, setTimerRunning] = React.useState(timerIsRunning);
  const [secondsForTest, setSecondsForTest] = React.useState(minutes * 60);
  const [remainingTime, setRemainingTime] = React.useState(0);

  const handleCheckForTimeLimit = (timeLimit) => {
    setRemainingTime(timeLimit); // Receives the remaining time from timer and sets to state
  };

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, margin: 10 }}>
      {timed ? (
        <Timer
          seconds={secondsForTest}
          timerRunning={timerRunning}
          checkForTimeLimit={(
            timeLimit // passes callback to timer
          ) => handleCheckForTimeLimit(timeLimit)}
        />
      ) : null}

      <Button
        onPress={() => {
          setTimerRunning(false); // stops timer and triggers callback
          setResponseDetails({ answered: false, index: null });
          setActiveIndex(0);
          setStoredResponses([]);
          navigation.navigate('Results', {
            // navigates to results page and passes in data
            data: storedResponses,
            category: category,
            timed: timed,
            minutes: minutes,
            remainingTime: remainingTime,
          });
        }}
        disabled={!responseDetails.answered}
        style={styles.button}
      >
        <Text>Results</Text>
        <Icon name="arrow-dropright" />
      </Button>
    </View>
  );
};

results page
export const Results = ({ navigation, route }) => {
  const { category, data: testData, timed, minutes, remainingTime } = route.params;
  // remainingTime is not populated
}

How should I update this code so that remainingTime is populated and passed to the results page?

A: Since your callback is used to set timeLimit, navigation should be an effect of change applied to timeLimit (navigation should not be in the press handler).
So just wrap your navigation in useCallback and pass it as dependency to the effect which triggers on timeLimit change.
UPDATE
Try to use additional state to allow navigation only when the button is pressed.
export const Test = ({ navigation, route }) => {
  const [timerRunning, setTimerRunning] = React.useState(timerIsRunning);
  const [secondsForTest, setSecondsForTest] = React.useState(minutes * 60);
  const [remainingTime, setRemainingTime] = React.useState(0);

  // use additional state
  const [isNavigationAllowed, setIsNavigationAllowed] = React.useState(false);

  const handleCheckForTimeLimit = (timeLimit) => {
    setRemainingTime(timeLimit); // Receives the remaining time from timer and sets to state
  };

  // move navigation into callback
  const navigateToResult = useCallback(() => {
    navigation.navigate("Results", {
      data: storedResponses,
      category: category,
      timed: timed,
      minutes: minutes,
      remainingTime: remainingTime,
    });
  }, [storedResponses, category, timed, minutes, remainingTime]);

  // navigate only when you allow it
  useEffect(() => {
    if (isNavigationAllowed) {
      navigateToResult();
    }
  }, [navigateToResult, isNavigationAllowed]);

  return (
    <View style={{ flex: 1, margin: 10 }}>
      {timed ? (
        <Timer
          seconds={secondsForTest}
          timerRunning={timerRunning}
          checkForTimeLimit={(
            timeLimit // passes callback to timer
          ) => handleCheckForTimeLimit(timeLimit)}
        />
      ) : null}

      <Button
        onPress={() => {
          setTimerRunning(false); // stops timer and triggers callback
          setResponseDetails({ answered: false, index: null });
          setActiveIndex(0);
          setStoredResponses([]);
          // allow navigation only after button is pressed
          setIsNavigationAllowed(true);
        }}
        disabled={!responseDetails.answered}
        style={styles.button}
      >
        <Text>Results</Text>
        <Icon name="arrow-dropright" />
      </Button>
    </View>
  );
};


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Syracuse Vs. Pitt: Panthers Win Over Sloppy Orange
By Anson Whaley@AnsonWhaley Dec 3, 2011, 4:04pm EST
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Pitt defeated the Syracuse Orange Saturday 33-20 at Heinz Field to become bowl eligible.
The Panthers played a good game, but Syracuse will remember it as a mistake-prone contest. The Orange finished with 10 total penalties for 95 yards and while they did much better in that aspect in the second half (one penalty for five yards), the early mistakes plagued the team.
But even worse than the penalties were the turnovers. The Orange had six of them – four lost fumbles and two interceptions.
Still, Pitt wasn't able to pull away and the Orange even had a chance late to win. They had the ball late in the fourth quarter deep in their own territory down only six. Antwuan Reed recovered a fumble for Pitt, though, and returned it for a touchdown, sealing the game for the Panthers.
Freshman running back Isaac Bennett filled in admirably in place of the injured Zach Brown. Bennett had only 51 yards on the ground on 13 carries, but also had 61 yards on seven catches and scored the first touchdown of the game.
Pitt now will wait to find out its bowl fate to see if they'll be invited to postseason play.
For more on Pitt and the game, check out SB Nation Pitt blog Cardiac Hill.
Syracuse Vs. Pitt: Panthers Grab Bowl Eligibility With 33-20 Win Over Orange
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The miniaturization of electronics has allowed the creation of new biofeedback assistive devices that can be worn on a belt and even embedded into clothing without affecting the wearer's ability to perform normal daily activities. To detect and predict balance instabilities in individuals with acquired brain injury, algorithms are being developed to track and interpret human movement using a miniature commercial motion sensor that provides real-time 3D orientation data.
Balance instabilities can occur for a variety of reasons. Deficits of the visual, proprioceptive, vestibular, or motor control systems can significantly impair an individual's ability to sit, stand or walk without losing balance. Biofeedback has been shown to improve balance control in some populations; however, its applicability is limited because current rehabilitation devices are not portable.
Existing devices for therapy provide balance biofeedback using force plates coupled with visual, tactile, or auditory feedback to the user. However, no commercially-available portable balance assistive device exists. This project validates the usefulness of an inertial motion sensor for detecting complex three dimensional motion in a portable manner. The ultimate goal is to include these sensors into a portable, wearable assistive device that will be used for therapy, research, and treatment of individuals with brain injury.
The Xbus Kit (now MTw Development Kit) Master allows collection of simultaneous orientation signals from more than one position on the human body as individuals perform activities of daily living. The primary usefulness of this device is that it allows untethered data collection, which facilitates the wearer behaving "normally" instead of feeling encumbered by the measurement devices. The Xbus Master also allows very rapid startup of a new project because it is essentially plug-and-play.


As a finance student at St. Cloud State, you'll learn the important role finance plays for business, industry, government and nonprofit groups in connecting the present to their future. Students in the program become experts in securities, management, investment, international business, government regulation, administration and service agencies. They learn how to help clients analyze their growth, invest its capital in securities and stocks to build the financial resources needed to grow, modernize and develop new markets or services.
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Notable alumni: Brian Belski '88, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, a multinational financial services company.
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ST. LOUIS -The Annual Builders St. Louis Home and Garden show kicks off March 7 at America's Center in downtown St. Louis. Nearly 400 exhibitors and 1400 booths display products and services for all home needs, inside and out.
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Multi-Story Self-Storage Project Causes Resident Outrage in Hobsonville, Auckland, New Zealand
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Residents are angry about a four-story self-storage development that's under construction in Hobsonville, a rural suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The National Mini Storage facility on Hobsonville Road is across from several homes and a school.
Approved by the city in 2016, the project will include 1,400 storage units and 22 parking spaces. The property is zoned for light industrial under the Auckland Unitary Plan, and although the Auckland Council hasn't received any complaints, one resident claims neighbors are "horrified" about the building, according to the source.
"Now they've got this humungous thing … going up, and it's gob-smacking. And they've only done one half of it so far. The other half is going to block out the sun, literally," said John Carrodus, chairman of the West Harbour Residents Association and the Hobsonville Residents and Ratepayers Association.
Although Carrodus said he knew the site was zoned light industrial before construction began, he expected the building to face the freeway and be less intrusive. Now he's concerned the property will have a negative impact on home values in the area. In addition, he claims the facility lacks an overall aesthetic plan, the source reported.
Resident Murray Cooper, who lives down the street, also questioned why the building wasn't placed closer to the freeway. He noted his previous view of the hills is now "blanked out totally" by the storage building. Oliver Ivisoni called the structure's height "not ideal," but hoped the facility would bring new jobs to the area.
Auckland Council Manager Stefan Naude noted the storage facility is in line with the type of development permitted in the zone. Public notification wasn't necessary, as the project was considered to have a minor adverse effect on the area, the source reported. The structure's height of 15 meters falls under the city's 20-meter building restriction. In addition, National Mini agreed to focus on landscaping as well as create an urban design, particularly where the property faces the road and school.
The storage facility is part of a wider subdivision at 106-108 and 110 Hobsonville Road, which contains 38 industrial lots. With a focus on high-employment density, the redevelopment includes part of the Hobsonville Village Centre, between Hobsonville Road and the Upper Harbour Motorway.
Founded in 1991, National Mini operates nine facilities in Auckland. In addition to traditional storage, it offers vehicle storage, and sells moving and packing supplies.
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You are here: Home / Africa / "African Lion 21" exercise begins with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal
"African Lion 21" exercise begins with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal
African Lion, U.S. Africa Command's premier joint annual exercise, kicks off in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal for its 17th iteration June 7, dvidshub.net.
With more than 7,000 participants from nine nations and NATO, African Lion is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise. The training is focused on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces.
"African Lion 2021 is U.S. Africa Command's premier, joint and multi-national annual exercise. African Lion is an excellent example of the United States' long-term commitment to Africa and recognition of Africa's strategic importance to the United States," said U.S. Africa Command commander, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend.
African Lion 21 is a multi-domain, multi-component, and multi-national exercise, which will employ a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among partner nations and enhance the ability to operate in the African theater of operations.
"This exercise is all about readiness. Readiness of our partners, and readiness of our forces. It brings together various ideas, experiences, and capabilities–ultimately making us stronger partners and a more capable multi-national force," said Townsend.
African Lion activities are spread across Morocco, from Kenitra Air Base in the north to Tan Tan and the Grier Labouihi training complex further south. Activities are also occurring in Senegal and Tunisia.
An air training exercise, coordinated by the U.S. Air Forces Europe and Africa, will feature U.S. and Moroccan air maneuvers including bombers, fighters and aerial refueling.
Naval maneuvers include a naval gunfire exercise and multiple sea-based maneuvers involving U.S. and Moroccan navies and crisis response capabilities.
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the Utah Air National Guard will conduct a humanitarian civic assistance event in Morocco. Utah is partnered with Morocco as part of U.S. Africa Command's State Partnership Program. There are 15 African nations in the State Partnership Program.
"African Lion is key in building and strengthening partnerships in the region," said Townsend. "It provides an opportunity for mutual learning between the U.S. and our African partners and benefits participants by strengthening interoperability and collective efforts towards enhancing security and stability throughout the region."
In Senegal, U.S. and Senegalese militaries will demonstrate their combined capability to rapidly deploy and integrate in response to a crisis.
In Tunisia, U.S. and Tunisian Armed Forces will conduct command post exercises and small unit tactical training.
The importance of training and ability to learn how to operate in a COVID-19 environment made African Lion 21 a priority.
"COVID-19 has not changed our focus on engaging with our Africa partners. Due to last year's cancellation of African Lion, we had a head start in planning this year's exercise," said Townsend. "We understand how important this training is to our forces and our partners and how to better operate in a degraded COVID environment. We will ensure successful training while taking necessary COVID-19 precautionary measures in order to do so."
The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, assumed lead responsibility of exercise African Lion in 2019 from the U.S. Marine Corps.


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Martin Klepke, född 24 augusti 1955, är en svensk journalist och politisk redaktör för veckotidningen Arbetet. Som journalist har han tidigare främst skrivit om arbetsmarknad och ekonomi och har arbetat på Expressen, Aftonbladet och Länstidningen Södertälje. Han medverkar regelbundet i Panelen i Sveriges Radios Godmorgon världen.

Martin Klepke gav 2003 ut boken I väntan på en lever på Norstedts förlag om sin egen väg från svårt leversjuk fram till transplantation. Boken uppmärksammades i debatten om organdonation och transplantation i början av 2000-talet.

Inför valet 2014 gav Martin Klepke ut boken Ultimatum - argument för en ny politik.

Hösten 2020 gav han ut boken Kanalerna i De Kooi, en skildring av de släktingar som organiserade motståndet mot nazisterna under andra världskriget i arbetarstadsdelen De Kooi i den nederländska staden Leiden. Han följer motståndet och släktens öden i koncentrationsläger och arbetsläger.

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