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Yankees acquire Abreu
Dom Amore, the Hartford CourantORLANDO SENTINEL
NEW YORK -- New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman got to bed early Saturday night and was up by 6:30 a.m. Sunday. He knew there would be a long day ahead.
Soon he was back on the phone with Philadelphia GM Pat Gillick, working to fit the final pieces in the blockbuster deal they left on the table the day before.
"It's like walking a tightrope," said Cashman, after acquiring outfielder Bobby Abreu and pitcher Cory Lidle for four minor-leaguers. "You don't want to give away the future, but you want to do something now. This trade is all about 2006."
Cashman can't count on getting Hideki Matsui or Gary Sheffield back from their wrist injuries, so he has been after Abreu for weeks. But he said he was prepared to stand pat if the Phillies held out for prospects he wanted to keep, such as pitcher Philip Hughes and outfielder Jose Tabata.
Also, Cashman did not want to part with reliever Scott Proctor or outfielder Melky Cabrera.
Oh, and he wanted a pitcher, too. Not high-priced Jon Lieber, who is signed through next year, but Lidle, who is on a four-game winning streak and is in the final months of his contract.
By holding out until the day before the non-waiver trade deadline and the Phillies getting eager to dump salaries, Cashman was able to get all he wanted. The Yankees sent shortstop C.J. Henry, a 2005 first-round draft pick who has been disappointing; pitcher Carlos Monasterios, catcher Jesus Sanchez and reliever Matt Smith.
"If you're the Yankees, you've got to make that trade," center fielder Johnny Damon said. "We'll be a better team."
Only Smith, 27, who pitched 12 scoreless innings in 12 appearances for the Yankees this season, can help the Phillies right away.
"All four guys I have up are prospects," Cashman said. "They may turn out to be better than the guys I'm holding onto. That's the risk. It's like stocks."
Abreu, 32, a .301 career hitter, will be the Yankees' right fielder.
Gillick was eager to get rid of the last 1 1/2 seasons of the six-year, $64 million deal the previous regime gave Abreu in 2002.
A two-time all-star, Abreu has had at least 20 homers and 20 steals in seven seasons, but this season his power declined. He's hitting .277 with eight homers, 65 RBIs and 20 steals, but the Yankees are most excited about his 91 walks and .427 on-base percentage.
The Phillies reached a financial agreement with Abreu to get him to waive his no-trade clause. The Yankees inherit his contract as is, and will pay him $4.4 million for the rest of this season, $15.5 million next year, and $16 million or a $2 million buyout for 2008.
His acquisition figures to spell the end of Sheffield's Yankees career. Sheffield, who has been out since May, wants to return in September but would be limited to DH, possibly in a part-time role.
Lidle, a veteran sinker-ball specialist, is 8-7 with a 4.74 ERA.
Elsewhere around the majors, the St. Louis Cardinals improved their infield, acquiring second baseman Ronnie Belliard from Cleveland for Hector Luna in the latest move by the underachieving Indians.
And the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the Florida Marlins have contacted the Washington Nationals about acquiring outfielder Alfonso Soriano. It's believed the Marlins are willing to part with some upper level pitching prospects such as Yusmeiro Petit, Renyel Pinto and Jason Vargas to land the all-star and make a run at the wild card.


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Due to the closedness of the Chromecast platform, its support in Dashkiosk may break from time to time. As soon as it doesn't work anymore, feel free to signal it in an issue. If needed, it is possible to help debugging by registering a Chromecast device on the same account hosting the custom receiver.
However, there is no guarantee that the issue is easy to fix and it may take some time. Therefore, you must be prepared for the dashboards to break at any time without prior warnings (the Chromecast are updating themselves without user consent).
To be able to handle Chromecast devices, you need to enable its support (see Available options). You also need to ensure that mDNS is working correctly on your setup.
*** WARNING *** The program 'nodejs' called 'DNSServiceRegister()' which is not supported (or only supported partially) in the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
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Please note that you need to be on the same network as the Chromecast devices .
On OS X, you can check if you can see the Chromecast devices with dns-sd -B _googlecast._tcp, then try to resolve with dns-sd -G v4 "Chromecast\032Here".local.
Discovered Chromecast devices will be assigned to the special group "Chromecast devices". This group has no dashboard on purpose: if a Chromecast device is on a group with a dashboard, Dashkiosk will wait for the Chromecast device to be on the home screen and starts a custom receiver which will load the regular receiver and turn your Chromecast device into a regular display.
You can either add dashboards to the "Chromecast devices" group to let all Chromecast devices display a dashboard on inactivity or move the selected Chromecast devices to another group.
To display dashboards, a Chromecast device is requested to run a custom receiver, which is just some HTML5 application. Unfortunately, we cannot just provide an URL for that, we have to give an application ID. The Chromecast device will ask Google which URL to use and Google will provide the URL. By default, Dashkiosk will use an application hosted on some GitHub URL. This should work just fine.
If you want to use your own custom receiver (or modify the existing one), you need to declare a new application (and pay US$ 5). That's a bit unfortunate. Maybe we could do an application that will just forward to another application.
Let me explain how the whole thing works.
Dashkiosk detects the Chromecast device using multicast DNS. If it doesn't see yours, you need to check that multicast is correctly working on your network.
If the Chromecast is in a group with dashboards, Dashkiosk then asks to load the custom receiver using its application ID (5E7A2C2C). The Chromecast will then ask Google which URL it should load for this application ID. Google will send back the GitHub URL hosting the custom receiver. The Chromecast will load it. You should get a screen "This, Jen, is the Internet".
Dashkiosk will send the receiver URL, as you configured it in the Available options (or with --chromecast.receiver). Once the custom receiver gets this URL, it displays it in the lower left part of the screen. If it isn't displayed, it is likely to be a bug in Dashkiosk. Have a look in the logs and open an issue.
The custom receiver will then load the regular receiver. If you don't get to this step and are stuck on the "This, Jen, is the Internet" screen, it means that your Chromecast is not able to retrieve the receiver you provided. It could be a firewall issue or a DNS issue. Try to connect your laptop on the same network as the Chromecast and load the receiver URL yourself to see what is happening.
Troubleshooting is quite complex. Due to a recent change, users are only allowed to debug their own application. You need to register your Chromecast and register and host a copy of the Chromecast receiver. You'll get an ID for the Chromecast application and should use --chromecast.app to specify it.
Once the application is running, you can connect to your Chromecast device using its IP on port 9222. The Chromecast needs to be running the custom receiver. With recent versions of Chrome, you are likely to get mixed content restrictions. Click on the shield in the URL bar to lift this restriction.
Also, the Chromecast is a low-end device (but quite capable): it may have difficulties to display complex dashboards. You may want to try to load the dashboard alone using a simple sender. If the dashboard is unable to render correctly even with this sender, try to reduce its complexity. Moreover, during transitions, the Chromecast has to be able to display the current dashboard while the next one is rendered in the background. This may use too much resources. Try to not load two consecutive complex dashboards.
 The mDNS packets are usually using a TTL of 1 and therefore cannot be routed even if you try to setup multicast routing on your network. The correct solution is to configure a DNS-SD name server.


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Second-year youth midfielder Liam McCarron made his first team debut against Morecambe in the Checkatrade Trophy last week before then finding himself on the bench against Cambridge at the Abbey Stadium on Saturday.
We caught up with youth boss Darren Edmondson to get his thoughts on his 17-year-old wide man.
"It was obviously great for Liam to make his debut last week," he said. "I thought it was nice that when his number came up for him to go on, all of the lads were in the stand taking pictures and videos on their phones.
"It might have been to mock him a little bit as well, because that's what lads do, but I could see that they were all proud of him, because he's part of their team. It gives all of the lads a great lift to see that the first team manager is prepared to throw someone in and give them a chance.
"He should have had a goal as well, shouldn't he! We've all discussed that behind the scenes with certain senior professionals!
"We've had a laugh about it, and all Liam can do now is keep doing well in training, and in games for us, and then he has to make sure that if he does get cameo performances for the first team he does the right things."
"He travelled and was on the bench at Cambridge as well, and things like that will set him in good stead further down the line," he continued. "There are one or two first team lads coming back now, so if he is back with us at Wrexham on Friday he'll have to get his head in the right place and perform at the levels he has been doing. The difference is that this time it'll be for us.
"We knew last year that he would be one of the lads who would have a chance and that he'd be pushing very close. It's maybe happening a bit earlier than we would have thought, but it's great for Liam."
"The next few weeks will be a good test for him as a character and he's got to manage that himself," he told us. "He's not the type to come back into our group and be any different. He's a great lad and we have a good laugh with him.
"He's very grounded, as are his family, and I speak to his dad a lot. Most of all he's a good footballer with some good attributes, so provided he keeps his feet on the ground and keeps learning, he's got a really good chance.
"Like I say, it's great for the manager to come in and involve one of our boys in the first team set-up so early in the season. We've had a few seasons where that hasn't happened, so it's good for myself and Gav [Skelton] because it shows us that it isn't a pointless job we're doing.
"If the lads can see the pathway is there, it helps, because they want to learn and they want to be one of the players who is involved."


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Her daughter Lila posted on Monday morning that Shahani passed away at 2:40 a.m.
"Bereft and full of grief, but still strangely peaceful in the knowledge that she is now free from all suffering," Lila Shahani posted on Facebook.
In an interview with CNN Philippines, Lila said her mother had stage 4 colon cancer.
"She carried on very well, at least for two years and underwent chemotherapy and stem cell therapy," she said. However, the former senator developed infections and succumbed to pneumonia, which later developed into sepsis.
Lila said Shahani was admitted to the intensive care unit of the St. Luke's Hospital in Taguig City. She passed away after falling into a coma and having very low blood pressure.
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Шуди — упразднённый хутор Караидельского района БАССР России. Жили башкиры (1959). Ныне урочище Озёркинского сельсовета Республики Башкортостан Российской Федерации. Проживали башкиры.

География
Располагался на правом берегу реки Уфы.

Географическое положение
Расстояние, на 1 июня 1952 года, до:
 районного центра (Караидель): 58 км,
 центра сельсовета (Круш): 3 км,
 ближайшей ж/д станции (Щучье Озеро): 138 км.

Топоним
Известен также как Худайбердино/Худайбердина.

История
В 1939, 1952, 1959 году в составе Крушинского сельсовета.

Население
Существовал до 1960-х гг.

Основан башкирами на собственных землях.

В 1896 году проживало 38 человек, в 1906 — 57, в 1920 — 71. по Всесоюзной переписи 1939 года в деревне Шуди проживали 63 человека, из них 28 мужчин, 35 женщин. По Всесоюзной переписи 1959 года на хуторе проживали 41 человек, их них 19 мужчин, 22 женщины.

Инфраструктура
Было личное подсобное хозяйство. В 1896 учтено 8 дворов, в 1925 — 14 хозяйств.

Жители занимались пчеловодством. Отмечена смолокурня.

Транспорт
Переправа через Уфу и далее просёлочная дорога.

Литература
 Населенные пункты Башкортостана [Текст] : статистический сборник : [в 4 т.] / [А. М. Ганиев, Р. Ш. Гатауллин, И. Б. Утяшева и др.] ; Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Башкортостан (Башкортостанстат). — Уфа : Китап, 2018. Т.I. С.188 (данные 1939 года) , Т.II, С.154 (данные 1959 года).
 Башкирская АССР: административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1969 года: [справочник / ред. А. И. Захаров]. — Изд. 5-е. — Уфа: Башкирское книжное издательство, 1969. — 429, [2] с.: табл. преим. — Алф. указ.: с. 348—430. С.203.
 Башкирская АССР : административно-территориальное деление на 1 июня 1952 года : [справочник] / Президиум Верхов. Совета БАССР ; [сост. Н. Ильин, Ш. Файзуллин, М. Курамшин и др. ; отв. ред. А. Денисов]. — Уфа : Башкирское книжное издательство, 1953. — 494, [1] с. : табл. преим. — Алф. указ.: с. 398—493. С.158.

Примечания

Ссылки

 карта N-40-007, координаты 55°59'N 57°22'E

Исчезнувшие населённые пункты Караидельского района
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5 awesome cameras for the photography enthusiast
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We've told you about our favorite entry-level cameras in the past, but today we're focusing on those who are a little more serious about their shots. Whether you're an amateur in need of a new upgrade or a student looking to apply past teachings, below we've divvied up the camera market, and compiled a handful of today's best shooters for photography enthusiasts.
The Sony RX100 IV is one of the priciest compact, or point-and-shoot, cameras on the market, but it treats those who can afford the premium with excellent image quality (even in low light), fast autofocus, deep (if a tad overwhelming) customization options, and a revamped, high-res viewfinder, all in a comfortable, travel-friendly design. Where it really stands out, though, is video — beyond the sheer quality, the RX100 IV can also shoot in 4K and super slow motion.
The downside here is that, if you're mostly in this for still images, the RX100 III ($798) offers virtually the same performance at a lower price. (Although neither of them are particularly adept with zooming.) Something like the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 ($698) offers great, 4K-capable video and plenty of features, too, even if it's a little bit chunkier. But if you want the most complete package out of a compact, the RX100 IV is tough to top.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV, $948, available at Amazon.
Olympus Tough TG-4
The Olympus Tough TG-4 can't really compare to any other cameras on this list from an image quality or feature set perspective, but it earns a mention for those who need something rugged. While there are plenty of weather-sealed shooters out there, the TG-4 is waterproof, up to 50 feet. It's shockproof, freezeproof, and crushproof on top of that.
Plus, at least compared to similarly cheap point-and-shoots, the Raw shooting support and general sense of detail here is solid. Don't expect anything spectacular — especially when it comes to video — but for a camera you can easily stash and expect to survive your travels (or your kids), the TG-4 does well. The experts at DPReview, The Wirecutter, and PCMag all agree.
Olympus Tough TG-4, $347.99, available at Amazon.
When circumstances prevent you from getting up close and personal with your shot, you want a superzoom camera. As you might guess, these things use lenses capable of more intense zoom than your everyday compact.
If you're willing to pay for superior image quality to go along with that amplified zoom, try the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000. Its big, 20-megapixel, 1-inch image sensor takes beautiful, detail-rich photos and 4K-capable videos, its autofocus is tremendously quick, and it's still compact enough to take on the go. As CNET notes, it's like the middle ground between a entry-level DSLR and a portable point-and-shoot.
That said, it's not that compact next to other superzooms, and its 16x zoom itself isn't exactly huge for the category. Something like the Canon PowerShot SX60 HS ($449) is cheaper, slighter, and fitted with a much farther-reaching zoom lens, but its image quality just isn't as good, and its viewfinder isn't integrated well.
On the other end is the Sony RX-10 II ($1,298), which takes equally capable shots and nicer video in a better-built package, but is miles more expensive. (The first RX-10 has similar benefits for less, but sacrifices even more zoom.) Taking everything into account, the DMC-FZ1000 should be the best high-end buy for most.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000, $797.99, available at Amazon.
Mirrorless cameras offer the flexibility of interchangeable lenses and can rival, if not surpass, the image quality of comparable DSLRs, but do so with smaller sizes and relatively lower prices. They usually aren't as long-lasting or fast to focus, and some might prefer an optical viewfinder, but the size difference and comparable quality is enough to offset any deficiencies most of the time.
For enthusiasts who like the sound of that trade, look to the Olympus OM-D E-M1. It's a few years old at this point, but it's still capable of excellent shots with impressive color. It's weather-sealed and generally compact, and its viewfinder is very well-made. It also comes with a truckload of controls and setup options, which will likely overwhelm those new to this kind of device, but prove appealing to enthusiasts.
There are tons of excellent, high-end alternatives here, however. The Fujifilm X-T1 ($999) isn't built as well as the Olympus, but is easier to pick up and use, and has a bigger sensor that captures more detail when pushed. The Samsung NX1 ($1,499) beats them both, takes 4K video, and shoots super fast, though it's nearly as bulky as a DSLR. And the Sony Alpha a7R II ($3,198) is probably the highest-performing mirrorless camera on the market — see DPReview's glowing review for why — but it has the price to match.
Olympus OM-D E-M1, $999, available at Amazon.
When you picture a high-end camera in your head, you probably think of a DSLR. The notion that they're real cameras is part of their appeal, but DSLRs still (usually) win out when it comes to maximum image quality, focus speeds, battery life, and lens options. You have to really pay up to really see those advantages, and none of them will ever be thin, but if you're getting serious about this hobby, they're typically the way to go.
The Nikon D750, for example, should appeal to both enthusiasts and certain professionals alike. It'll blow away anyone moving up to this market for the first time, but even compared to other shooters in this range, it puts out superb quality at all times of the day, with wonderful autofocus and accurate exposure. Its tilting LCD screen is great, too, and its built-in WiFi is a welcome touch.
But, yes, it's $2,000. While that's still enthusiast level among DSLRs, it might prove too much for some. If you're on a tighter budget, the Nikon D7200 ($1,096) gets you similarly great feel and malleable performance for the money.
Nikon D750, $1,996.95, available at Amazon.
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You probably come to Fort Collins for the beer. Now you'll want to come for beer stories in a reading from Fort Collins Brewery's marketing guy and book editor/author Charles Drew Stanley. Check out his press release below and come listen to some beer-centric stories at the Old Town Book Fair in Fort Collins, CO.
[PRESS RELEASE] June 27, 2013 - Among the many talented local authors to be featured at the Old Town Book Fair on Saturday, June 29th is newcomer is Charles Drew Stanley, editor and contributing author of A Six Pack of Stories. A Six Pack of Stories is a collection of short beer-centric fiction from writers across the US and Europe that together tell the tale of the world's (or at least Colorado's) favorite beverage. Stanley independently published it in late 2012 as a means of combining his two great passions, beer and creative writing.
In early 2012, Stanley put out the call for short fiction of all genres, the only qualification being that it had to be beer-centric. The result is a mixed-genre collection of 24 (incidentally, the number of beer bottles in a case) stylistically diverse stories.
Stanley will speak with beer and literature lovers at this Saturday's Old Town Book Fair from 2-4pm in the FCB Local Author Tent. Copies of A Six Pack of Stories will be available for $10.
Those who cannot attend the Old Town Book Fair can purchase A Six Pack of Stories in paperback at Wolverine Farm Bookstore and in paperback and Kindle format from Amazon.com.


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Is there a HP or Fairchild Semiconductor of Iceland?
Fred has a very interesting post about the Darwinian Evolution of Startup Hubs, it is very poignant and relevant for Iceland. I think there are a couple of things of note in that post. First is the evolution of the companies themselves, if you look at them closely they resemble the hardware to software stack in the technology development cycle. I have written about this before, I believe the next wave of companies that are going to generate wealth are those that are building things on top of the new infrastructure of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple iOS, Android, Twitteretc but this cannot happen in Iceland without the ecosystem that Fred is talking about.
I have always felt that the first wave of entrepreneurs and those who created disproportionate wealth in Iceland have just not plowed enough of that back into the system to create the new seeds. In order for the ecosystem to thrive, there needs to be a evolution of industries just like what happened in Silicon Valley and much like -what is happening in New York and other places. The comments section of AVC.com for the above post has very interesting discussions for example the location of Toronto is considered and how RIM has not created a new wave of companies and teams. I believe in addition to the 7 things that I wrote about earlier, it is important for the previous generations of a community to contribute time, money and wisdom into the next generation to create a fledging ecosystem. Silicon Valley is the envy of many regions because the entrepreneurs who started there continue to plow back their money, time and wisdom into Silicon Valley. That in my opinion is one of the secrete sauce of Silicon Valley. Why is this hard to replicate in other places? Who knows? At the least we know one things about Icelandersthat they always come back and I hope that they will invest their talent, money, time and wisdom back into the society that they come from not into the usual suspects but into value creating companies of the future.


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Traditionally, researchers have tested their ideas by writing out reaction equations, and then calculated equilibrium constants and heats of reactions from standard thermochemical data. This required a time-consuming search for this data with standard state conversions.
HSC does all the above instantly - you simply type the reaction equation in the input field and HSC gives you the heat of the reactions, the equilibrium constant at any temperature and the amount of species. HSC even checks the elemental balance and gives potentials vs. the standard hydrogen electrode for electrochemical reactions.


PRALAtrexate is a topic covered in the Davis's Drug Guide.
Quiring, Courtney, et al. "PRALAtrexate." Davis's Drug Guide, 16th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/109550/all/PRALAtrexate.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. PRALAtrexate. Davis's Drug Guide. 16th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/109550/all/PRALAtrexate. Accessed April 23, 2019.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. PRALAtrexate [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. [cited 2019 April 23]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/109550/all/PRALAtrexate.


The best part of waking up... was getting a coffee can removed from this black bear's head.
The spectacle caused several motorists pull off the side of a highway in Tok, Alaska, on Monday.
Randy Rallo, owner and operator of 40-Mile Air, became curious when he noticed several drivers had pulled off the highway.
The 3-year-old adult male bear appeared to be healthy with no signs of injuries.
"I was working on a float boat when I saw a semi-trailer truck had stopped," Rallo told InsideEdition.com. "The bear walked right passed me, he couldn't see; he just kept bumping into the truck.
Rallo considered helping the bear but quickly thought better of it.
"I thought about trying to pull the can from the bears head but I gained my common sense and decided against it," said Rallo.
According to Rallo, another man attempted to help the 250-pound black bear but jumped back when the bear tried to smack him away. Luckily, the bear's massive paw missed.
After 30 minutes of wandering aimlessly, the bear settled underneath the truck until biologists from the Alaska Deparment of Fish and Game arrived.
They tranquilized the bear and waited 10 minutes until he was calm, carefully cutting the coffee can and taking it off of its head.
Rallo and the biologists then carried the bear into the woods, where it was released.
"I'm just happy he was around long enough so we could help," Rallo said.


Below is offered help for slightly shorter itineraries.
Those taking even shorter trips, or with very different arrival days, will be best served by looking at the closest itinerary I have for the essential matters, and then adapting to it the one and tw0 day touring plans you will find in my book. Ask me for help using the comment form below.
Going to WDW 2/7-2/14/2013 (Th-Th); itinerary suggestions pls sir?
We will be staying at AoA from May 17-24, 2014 and using 4 day military passes. We have three girls, ages 7, 5 and 3. I'm trying to use your itineraries as a basis for my own, but with only 4 day park passes, we are going to have to utilize one day at each park. I notice most of your itineraries have multiple visits to MK and EPCOT, which I think would be ideal but with only four days, how do you recommend planning with only one day at each park? Should we base it off your 5 or 6 night itinerary even though we will be there for 7? We are thinking of skipping the "hopper" option in order to add 2 days at the waterparks to our military pass for the same price. Just wondering what your recommendation would be.
Those dates, avoid MK the 18th, 19th and 22; avoid HS the 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 23rd and 24th, and avoid AK the 17th, 19th, and 24th. You don't need a hopper–the water park option will be a better use of money!
We will be arriving Aug 16, 2014 and staying for 6 nights, leaving Friday afternoon. Do you recommend your 6 night itinerary arriving Monday and just switching the days or should I use your 7 day and not do the second Saturday. We have 2 adults and 3 teens.
We are planning a trip arriving 1 am on Nov. 8, leaving 6pm on Nov. 11 so we only have 3 and a half day at the park. Two boys 8 & 12, one girl 5. We probably will split some time for the boys and the girl as they will have different interest. Do you have any suggestions re what to do together? What are the must during this short trip?
Bao, for the must-dos, see this: https://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/03/09/the-comprehensive-guide-to-walt-disney-world-rides-and-attractions/ At those ages you want a Magic Kingdom-focused trip–at least two days there. AK works well for your departure day as it has no evening program anyway. If the kids like thrill rides HS is the next best park choice.
Hi Dave. I'm taking my 12 year old daughter to WDW for 6 nights arriving 3/28/15. I see an 8 day itinerary for that week and shorter itineraries for lower crowd times. Is there one appropriate for higher crowds? We're staying off-site. Thanks!
Your site is awesome! As a first-time visitor, I am learning a lot. What can you suggest for a variation of your high-crowd itinerary….I am looking for a high-crowd, 7 night, arriving on Sunday for the week of March 20, 2016.
Amy, how old are your kids?
Our daughter will be 9 by March and our son 16.
I absolutly love this site!! I am planning a trip for August of 2017 (arriving on either Sunday the 20th, or the next week, 27th) and I looked for a short itinerary for the summer days, but cannot find one. We plan to stay at the RV park in Fort Wilderness and check out the following Saturday (6 night stay). Am i just not finding it?? Please help me out!!
Eric, I don't have one on this site, but you can build one from the one and two day plans for each park in our book.
Hi,I would appreciate any assistance that you could provide me with in regards to our trip itinerary. We are booked for our trip from Aug 20 to Aug 31. It will be myself, my husband, and our two girls aged 7 and 5. We will be staying in the All Star Movies Resort. Also we will have the deluxe dining Plan and 1o theme park days. We want a couple rest days thrown in between the park days but we also want to hit all the best character dining and signature dining as well. Any tips you can give on planning dining and park days to get the most out of our trip? Thanks for your help.
Caitlin, for your itinerary I will be able to help, but only after Disney's calendar for then is out. Right now it's out only through July 31, and it adds a day each day that passes. So ping me back in a month?
On dining, I suggest you look through the chapter on dining and all of itds reviews in my book.
My husband and I are taking our 7 (almost 8) year old daughter and 1 year old son to MK on June 20. We will only have one day at the park. How could we make the most of this day, especially given the ages of our kids? My daughter and I will be taking advantage of extra magic hours that night from 10pm-12am. Thank you for your help.
Hi Kristin, I'd ignore the one year old in planning (other than using child-swap now and then) and focus on the 8 year old. I don't have one day MK plans on this site, but you can find them in my book (where child swap is also explained).
What a great site! We're looking at the 23rd of September 2018 for about 5 to 6 days. Which itinerary should we use? Can you recommend a good clean and cheap hotel close to the parks? We're a family of 5.
Hi MrsBig and thanks! I don't have itineraries that short on this site. I suggest you use this page to target days per park, and then use the one and two day per park touring plans you can find in my book.
Hi Andrea, yeah, kindles can be harder than they need to be.
The plans are all in the "Cheat Sheets," which are at the end of Chapter 6. One way to get to them is to hit your "GO TO" button, select "Beginning," then page back (tapping the left side) into the table of contents, where after a few pages you'll find links to the Cheat Sheets.
Note, however, that the HS stuff does not yet include Toy Story Land. We will be publishing an update soon that will include it, so be sure to send read the bit at the end of "Introduction" that tells you how to get your update!
Got it, thanks so much! I needed to reduce the font size on the kindle to properly see it (funky links were showing up…). Posting this in hopes it this extra tip may help someone else.
I will for sure reach out for the updates; thanks again!
First off your site is amazing and your book will be making the trip with us. Apologies if jumping the gun here and/or posting in the wrong page. I'm trying to plan ahead for our trip to Disney 5/8/19-5/14/19 (Wed-Tues). We will have a 10 year old and a 3 year old with us staying at Wilderness Lodge. Is there an itinerary you'd recommend I reference?
Also, given travel times and not wanting to wear out the 3 year old we are considering not going to the parks on our arrival and departure dates and instead enjoying the resort those days (so 5 days at the park with two 1/2 days at the resort0. Is something you would suggest NOT doing or think is a bad idea?
Hey Don, and thanks!! Disney's calendar for then won't be out for a month or so, so its too early for me to advise on those dates.
With the new FastPass+ system–and the way tickets are priced after after 5 days–there's a huge benefit to many partial days (whihc give you more pre-booked FP+) rather than a smaller number of longer days. So in fact I would do a seven day ticket, aiming to have most days be half or 2/3 days (if 2/3, it often works well for later-closing parks to take the middle of the day off).
We decided on a whim to shorten our vacation at Universal and bring the kids (9 and 11) to Disney for two days 4/14 through 4/17 (leaving early in morning). Was this foolish? I can still change back to Universal for the whole week. Am I too late to plan anything? Can I still get dinner reservations? What have I gotten myself into! We've never been and I assumed booking flight, hotel and park tickets would be it! We are staying at Animal Kingdom. Should we do just two parks (Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom)? Thanks for any suggestions!
So, Mirela, that's one of the four busiest weeks of 2019, so to make it work you need really good plans and a certain indifference to the mobs that will be around you.
You still have a couple of weeks to plan for your FastPass+ at 60 days, but the most popular table-service dining will be hard to get. Frankly, given the cost of two day tickets then, I would keep the money, and return to WDW during a less crowded period when you can stay longer. If you do decide to go then, my book has one and two day itineraries for each park.


To introduce your child to shading, set up a still life that is illuminated by a strong light source. I suggest for the first project an apple or a ball illuminated by a lamp. Observing is a large part of art, so before your children attempt to draw the ball and shade it, they should study it first.
When Learning: Do not do shading from memory. When learning to shade, use models! I can't stress this enough. Never tell your students to shade a ball or an apple unless you have set one in front of them and use a light to cause distinct shadows.
Look at this apple. I did this in a high school class. Our teacher asked us to draw shapes and shade them. Of course it was shading from memory. Does it look like anything real? No, it is a poor example of shading. The shape is okay, the stem is okay, it obviously represents an apple, but the shading is not believable and the assignment was shading.
Before going further into this, I am going to post another bad picture from this same assignment of shading without models.
Your students should do exercises like the ones above, but it is not enough to teach tone or value. Your students need a model from which to study and to draw. A large part of learning how to draw is observation! In my drawing above, the tone is not that bad, but one item is missing and that item is reflected light.
I am going to post two pictures that show reflected light on the subject. The first photograph is a white dessert dish on white paper. The second photograph shows the same white dessert dish on a dark green shiny surface. See the reflected light?.
The reflection of light from the white paper is evident on the dish.
Below: The darker color does not reflect as much light, but it still has an effect, it reflects color onto the dish.
The artists that are known for shading are Caravaggio and Rembrandt. There is an example of these artists in the gallery Gallery 4. Go to your library and find art books that have more paintings by Caravaggio and Rembrandt. The text of some of the books might talk about their use of light.


Combat, in some senses, is an exchange of information. The information may be don�t mess with me. It may be go ahead, give me everything you�ve got. It may be you are not long for this world. Such information, like the effect of a sniper�s shot, makes everyone� suddenly very attentive.
Such information is never a one-way street. There is a necessary adaptation in practice. Information given can�t be restricted by pride or ideology. You may hate the other guy, but if you can steal his technique you will use it anyway. To save what pride you do have you may rename it; Jujitsu may transform into Combato, but the essence stays the same.
The martial arts is in constant flux. Street fighting bows to jujitsu which is supplanted by Karate that transforms to Taekwondo which for a while changes to Ninjitsu which turns itself into Wing Chun then revives as Jujitsu to return to street fighting in the guise of MMA. It�s not as fickle as the length of hemlines but, on the other hand, it�s not as long lived either.
The Chinese suffered some hard lessons in the latter half of the 19th century: Manchu conquerors, Western intervention, European diplomacy, Japanese Manifest Destiny, booming population, the biggest civil war on the planet, the governmental attempt to discredit martial arts, the outlawing of the arts, the rise of secret societies, a rash of famines, Western scientific and medical supremacy, missionary pressure. They also encountered Western fighting skills.
Here are three text examples of the Chinese adopting Western fighting systems.
2.���� A book written by a Chinese on �American� fighting style by� someone who obviously dedicated himself to doing it right. It even has�gasp!�weight-lifting photos.
There is even a small�very small�contingent of people who believe that Kung Fu started in and around Greece. It is said that Alexander the Great may have brought the Greek methods such as pankration 0n his route of conquest. It was then taken up by the Indians who transported it to China and the Shaolin Temple. Strange as it seems we have statues, even including images of the Buddha, influenced by Greek manners and resemblances. There are ancient Greek amphora decorated with techniques exactly like Kung Fu. There is even "Menander", a dialogue recorded between a king of Greek ancestry and a Buddhist teacher. Of course this is proably just simultaneous invention, but this section is called "fun stuff," and such speculation can indeed be fun.
The point is that martial arts have always been thus: taking whatever is needed then pretending to toss the rest (at least until it is needed again.) Whether in a cage, on a battlefied or during an international negotiation, we choose what we need. I think of this as selective martial arts; other than that they have already and always been mixed.
P.S. "Western Wrestling" is in Chinese. If you are interested, we have a few (about 5) extra copies of Book #1 and will send you a copy for FREE if you are among the first five people to request it.
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Flagship Nokia 8 Sirocco features 5.5-inch pOLED display, thin design, & Android One
- Feb. 25th 2018 7:51 am PT
In addition to its other low to mid-range Android One and Go devices, HMD Global's Nokia is launching a flagship device at MWC 2018. The Nokia 8 Sirocco is defined by its pOLED display, thin design, and other flagship-level features.
Building off last year's flagship Nokia 8 is the new Sirocco version – already a throwback to the brand's flip phone days. It features a 5.5-inch 2K pOLED display protected by 3D Gorilla Glass 5.
This curved body melts into a stainless steel frame and chassis that results in a 7.5mm thickness with a 2mm chamfered edge that aids in hand grip.
Meanwhile, there is a dual-real camera setup with a primary 12MP Zeiss lens and secondary 13MP telephoto for 2x optical zoom. Up front there is a 5MP wide-angle camera touted with 84 degree FOV and support for the Pro Camera mode.
Specs-wise, this device is still using a Snapdragon 835 processor with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Its 3,260 mAh battery supports Qi wireless charging and fast charging that promises 50% in 30 minutes.
Lacking a 3.5mm headphone jack, it will be available in black. It is running Android 8.0 Oreo and is another One device. This flagship will be available in early April, alongside the rest of today's lineup, for €799.
Google's latest version of Android. While not introducing new UI changes, it does pack with it new APIs and improved notifications.
Android One Nokia 8 Sirocco


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Cemetery Books by Margaret R. Jenks
Books >
The Descendants of Stephen Reynolds and Henry Rice
Of Hebron, Hartford, and South Granville, Washington County, New York
By Margaret R. Jenks ©2012
vi+145 Pages, Illustrations, Fully Indexed
Stephen Reynolds was born at North Kingston, Rhode Island in 1763 and died at Granville in 1734. He married Sally Wightman, born at Exeter, Rhode Island in 1758 and died at Granville in 1840. They had nine children, the first three in Rhode Island.
Henry Rice was born at Coventry, Rhode Island in 1758 and died at Hebron in 1809. He married Waity or Wata Briggs, born about 1764 in Rhode Island, buried at Hartford, New York in 1854. Census shows nine children, but not all the names are known.
Also included are the closely related families of:
Benjamin and Martha-Patty (Wightman) Cole of South Kingstown, Rhode Island and Hebron, New York
Zebulon and Charity (Crandall) Kenyon of Rhode Island and Granville, New York
Remington and Thankful (Barber) Kenyon of Rhode Island and Granville, New York


Join the Twin Cities Research Group, a local networking group and event series for Twin Cities-based researchers and analysts, at their next Brown Bag Speaker event. Featuring Alan Palazzolo, an interactive news developer for MinnPost.com, you'll hear all about the tricks of the trade from a local practitioner. Register below and don't forget your brown bag!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
At the next TCRG Brown Bag, Alan Palazzolo will provide a practitioner's view of data visualization – with tools, techniques, and resources. We will go through some of the basic concepts of what data visualization is and what makes a visualization successful, look at real examples, and then go through tools and resources that will help build visualizations.
Featured Speaker: Alan Palazzolo is an interactive news developer for MinnPost.com, where he helps in building news applications as well as data visualization to enhance or accompany stories. Alan also volunteers as a local organizer for Code For America.


The 1541/1571 Alignment system is probably the most well known alignment software. Not only will this software tell you if you drive is aligned, it also gives instructions on how to fix your alignment. This program requires a calibrated disk.


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La necropoli di Prato Rosello è un'area archeologica etrusca posta in località Artimino, nel comune di Carmignano, in provincia di Prato.

Identificata come tale nel 1965, è stato poi oggetto di campagne di scavi proseguite con regolarità fino ad oggi. Vi si accede dalla strada tra Artimino e Poggio alla Malva.

Descrizione
Si trova sul pendio sottostante la Villa medicea di Artimino o per meglio dire sul crinale che digrada verso l'Arno dal poggio della villa, un tempo probabilmente occupato dall'insediamento etrusco.

Presenta vari tumoli di sepoltura all'interno di un'area boscata.

I primi tumuli ad essere rinvenuti furono quelli denominato A e B che al momento della scoperta erano coperti da una folta vegetazione. Un incendio sviluppatosi nel 1968 cancellò gran parte della vegetazione che occupava il poggio e ciò permise l'individuazione di altre sepolture.

I tumuli più significativi sono quelli denominati significativi A, B, C, X e Z.

I Tumuli principali

Tumulo A

Il tumulo A è stato il primo ad essere esplorato e questo già nella seconda metà degli anni sessanta.

Esternamente si presenta come una montagnola anche se la collinetta è frutto di ricostruzione. L'interno è costituito da due grandi ambienti separati al centro da una zona dove sono state identificate la presenza di due cellette. I due ambienti mostrano tecniche costruttive diverse in quanto uno è stato realizzato mediante l'utilizzo di pietrame di piccole dimensioni mente l'altro con lastre di grandi dimensioni ed è questo che dovrebbe essere la camera sepolcrale vera e propria.

Da questa sepoltura proviene un'anfora con coperchio usata per una sepoltura ad incinerazione databile alla fine del VI secolo a.C. o al massimo al principio del seguente.

Tumulo B

Il tumulo B è quello di maggiori dimensioni ed in base ai ritrovamenti è stato ritenuta anche la sede di una più antica necropoli. Infatti si è rinvenuta una sepoltura risalente già all'VIII secolo a.C.

Il grande tumulo circoscritto da un tamburo circolare di lastre di arenaria.

Esternamente, nella parte posta a sud-ovest mostra un basolato realizzato per proteggere terreno situato intorno alla sepolture. Al centro del vasto tumulo si trova la tomba a camera a pianta rettangolare che è preceduta da un lungo dromos, al quale si accede da una gradinata. La camera ha pareti realizzate con blocchi disposti a filari orizzontali; al centro si conserva un pilastro rettangolare che aveva lo scopo di sorreggere la copertura e che inoltre divide l'ambiente in due vani. La copertura si è conservata solo in parte ed era realizzata mediante grandi lastre sovrapposte e risale alla metà del VII secolo a.C..

Come detto è stata rinvenuta una sepoltura più antica ed essa si trova a ridosso della parete sinistra della camera sepolcrale dove è stato rinvenuta una tomba a falso pozzo dalla profondità di circa tre metri. In esso si trova un cassone quadrangolare a lastre verticali ed il cui pavimento è costituito da un monolite mentre la copertura era realizzata mediante tre lastre poste in obliquo. All'interno del cassone furono rinvenute un cinerario biconico in lamina bronzea e sul pavimento era posto del vasellame per il banchetto funebre. In esso venne anche rivenuta una punta di lancia in ferro, un pettorale in bronzo e una spada di ferro e questo ha permesso di riconoscere il defunto come un guerriero.

Tumulo C

Il tumulo C presenta una tomba a camera rettangolare, alla quale si accede da una ripida scala, preceduta da un breve vestibolo. Analogamente alla tomba dei Boschetti, le pareti sono costituite da grandi lastre di arenaria unite ad incastro. Al centro della camera, poggiato sulla parete, un monolite aveva la funzione di pilastro per sorreggere la copertura e per dividere l'ambiente in due celle. Esternamente la sepoltura era delimitata da un tamburo e come la tomba di Montefortini presenta un altare-terrazza usata per esporre il defunto.

Tra i reperti rinvenuti uno straordinario incensiere in bucchero con tanto di iscrizione in alfabeto etrusco settentrionale; inoltre erano presenti vasi in bucchero in forma aperta ed anche unguentari sia piriformi (aryballo) che a ciambella (askoi).

Questi ritrovamenti hanno fatto datare il tumulo in un periodo compreso tra l'ultimo ventennio del VII secolo a.C. ed i primi del VI.

Tumulo Z

È stato indagato a partire dal 1999-2000 ed è costituito da una tomba a camera alla quale si accede da un lungo e stretto corridoio.

Il dromos, realizzato con blocchi molto regolari, è separato dalla camera sepolcrale da due elementi litici di piccole dimensioni aventi la funzione di soglie della antica porta di ingresso. La camera è a pianta rettangolare pavimentata da una massicciata larga e compatta e coperta come al solito da lastre sovrapposte parte delle quali conservate in loco.

Il corredo funebre rinvenuto era composto dal cinerario di impasto decorato all'altezza della spalla con il motivo delle sfingi; diversi unguentari etrusco-corinzi e delle coppe rivestite in stagno per dare la dignità dell'argento. Inoltre furono rinvenute sottili lamine bronzee.

Tumulo X

Esplorato nel 1999 è costituito da una tomba a camera di piccole dimensioni le cui pareti sono realizzate mediante l'uso di grandi monoliti ben incastrati tra loro. Al centro della camera un grande monolite verticale aveva la funzione di sorreggere la copertura e di dividere l'ambiente; divisione dell'ambiente che è ben evidenziata dalla differente pavimentazione realizzata con lastre di spessore e forma disomogenea. Alla camera si doveva accedere verosimilmente da una ripida rampa o scalinata preceduta da un vestibolo. A causa di antichi saccheggi e devastazioni questa zona delle sepoltura è difficilmente leggibile.

All'interno della sepoltura vennero rinvenuti vari oggetti tra cui una parte di un cinerario ad impasto risalente al VII secolo a.C. ed un coltello in ferro con lama arcuata a borchie e capocchia circolare, ottimamente conservato.

Altre sepolture
Poco distanti dalla necropoli vera e propria troviamo altre sepolture:
il tumulo di Grumaggio, poco sotto Prato Rosello, presso Poggio alla Malva, affacciato sull'Arno di fronte al masso della Gonfolina ed alle cave, ormai chiuse, di pietra serena: nel tumulo è stato rinvenuto casualmente, nel 1942, un corredo da simposio di cui fa parte un grande cratere etrusco a figure rosse, del IV secolo a.C. e vasellame di bronzo.
l'area del podere Grumolo a NNE della villa, dove nel 1929 furono rinvenuti tre cippi funerari e dove si trova un tumulo con tomba a camera.

I reperti della necropoli si trovano nel Museo archeologico di Artimino, insieme a quelli reperiti nell'area di Comeana e nelle altre aree dell'insediamento di Artimino.

Note

Bibliografia
AA.VV., Artimino scavi 1974, Firenze 1987.
F. Nicosia, Schedario topografico dell'archeologia dell'Agro fiorentino, in Studi etruschi n. 34, 1966.
F. Nicosia, Artimino, recenti scoperte in Bullettino storico pistoiese, vol. IX, Pistoia 1974.
W. Nesti, Artimino ed il suo territorio, in Prato Storia e Arte n. 54, Prato 1979.
G. Poggesi, Artimino: il guerriero di Prato Rosello, Firenze 1998

Voci correlate
Villa medicea di Artimino
Artimino

Altri progetti

Siti archeologici della provincia di Prato
Carmignano
Prato Rosello


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Audiological Pattern Of Hearing Loss At Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Ile - Ife, Nigeria
J Eziyi, Y Amusa, O Akinpelu, A Adeniji, G Ogunniyi
audiology, deafness, hearing loss, nigerians
J Eziyi, Y Amusa, O Akinpelu, A Adeniji, G Ogunniyi. Audiological Pattern Of Hearing Loss At Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Ile - Ife, Nigeria. The Internet Journal of Otorhinolaryngology. 2008 Volume 8 Number 2.
Objectives: To determine the etiology, and pattern of hearing loss (HL) among patients seen in our clinic over an 18 months period.
Methods: Questionnaire was administered to one thousand first attendee patients with HL. They were examined clinically, followed by pure tone audiometry and tympanometry.
Result: There were 595 males and 405 females, ages between 1-100 years with a mean of 35.2±22.68 years. Over 80% of patients within the 1st decade of life, presented as deaf mutes, chronic discharging ear was the commonest cause of HL within the 2nd and 3rd decade, and presbyacusis among 40yrs and above. Sensorineural HL (SNHL) was found in 51.5%, conductive HL (CHL) in 17.2%, and mixed HL 24.6%. Overall, 50% had severe to profound HL. Jergers Type A tympanogram was seen in 582(58.2%), type B in 366(36.6%), type C, As and Ad accounted for 52(5.2%). Bilateral SNHL of unknown causes were found in 412(41.2%), followed by infective diseases.
Conclusion: SNHL was the commonest type of HL in this study. Otosclerosis accounted for 3.2%. It may be commoner among Negroids than previously documented.
Sound constantly surrounds us and informs us about many objects in our environment. Its localization is one of the most important biological traits in man William 1 . Sound localization enables an animal to locate food, avoid predators, find a mate and to communicate 1 . Sounds from various sources are combined into one complex sound field and travels to the outer ear. The pinnae helped in funneling them toward the external auditory canal from where it reaches the tympanic membrane, it is then transmitted through the middle ear either by bone conduction, air conduction or across the middle ear cavity by means of the ossicular chain on to the fluids and the structures of the cochlear in the inner ear. The intricate motions and interactions of the various parts of the cochlear lead to the generation of electric potentials. This is then transmitted centrally toward the auditory cortex. Diseases of the external ear, the middle as well as any diseases affecting the cochlear, the auditory nerve and centrally the auditory cortex can result in deafness. In the United State of America, Census data showed that 3% of the population in the work force reports some hearing loss 2. Hearing loss was found to occur in both sexes, and it was found to be Sensorineural (SNHL) in 10 out of every 1000 children in the US. A Worldwide, SNHL occurs in 9-27 per 1000 children 2,3,4 . Conductive hearing loss results from any lesion that prevents sound transmission from the outside world to the cochlea, while SNHL result from the disruptions in transmission beyond the cochlea or damage to the eighth cranial (auditory) nerve. Mixed hearing loss has components of both conductive and sensorineural loss 4 . The objective of this study is to investigate the pattern of hearing loss, the severity (or degree), and the etiology among the first 1000 patients attending the audiology clinic for the first time at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Ile-Ife, Nigeria
The first 1000 patients that were seen at the audiology clinic of the OAUTHC Ile –Ife for the first time between December 2001-May 2003 were recruited for this study. Only patients who had hearing difficulty as one of the major complaints were admitted into this survey. A symptom questionnaire was administered to each patient. The questionnaire sought information about the patient's demographic data, the work experience, the history of the hearing loss and the possible aetiology, especially the history of exposure to noise, ear infections, use of ototoxic drugs. Other information that was sought in the questionnaire are the history suggestive of birth asphyxia, Neonatal jaundice or infections and history of admission into intensive neonatal care unit in children. Other areas of interest were the past medical and surgical history. The patients were then clinically examined including otological examination and had pure tone audiometry and acoustic impedance measurements.
Audiometric and acoustic impedance measurements: The diagnostic audiometer Interacoustics model AD28 was utilized. Pure tone audiometry using Hughson-Wetslake procedure was carried out on all patients at frequencies of 125, 250,500,750,1000,2000,4000,and 8000Hz. Children below the age of 4 years were screened using the Free field Screening methods. Impedance measurement was carried out using the Interacoustic Tympanometer model AT 22t. The impedance as well as the stapedial reflex was measured for all the patients at frequencies 500, 1000, 2000, 4000,Hz. These assessments were carried out in a soundproof audiology booth.
Data Analysis: The questionnaire of each patient was reviewed for the completeness of the information. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 10. The results were presented using the frequency and percentages.
One thousand patients were studied.
Sex Distribution: There were 595 males and 405 females.
Age Distribution Table I: showed the age distribution of the study population.. Deafness was found to be more prevalent in the third decade of life; this was closely followed by the sixth decade. The ninth and the tenth decades of life are seen less commonly presenting with deafness.
Etiology of Hearing Loss Table II: Showed the common etiologies of deafness as seen in the study population. Sensorineural hearing loss of unknown etiology was seen in 41.2%, Infective disorders was responsible for deafness in 14.6% of the population, Deaf mutism in 9.6%, Presbyacusis in 9.0% while the least prevalence was found in patients with Sickle cell anaemia with 0.2%
Impedance Measurements in the study population Table III: Type A tympanogram was found in 58.2% of the patients, Type B was found in 36.6% Type As was found in 3.2% while Ossicular discontinuity as represented by type Ad was the least in 0.1% of the patients.
Age specific prevalence of Sensorineural hearing Loss Fig. 1: This showed the age specific prevalence of SNHL. The peak prevalence was in the third decade while the least was found in the 9 th and the 10 th decade of life.
Severity of Hearing Loss Fig. 2: This Bar chart showed that bilateral disease was common. About 50% of the patients had socially significant hearing loss requiring rehabilitation
Types of Hearing Loss Fig 3: This pie chart showed that SNHL was the most common type of hearing loss in Nigerians deaf population (51.5%), Mixed deafness was the second most common (24.6%), while conductive deafness was the least prevalent. It was found in 17.2%.
Table 1: Shows the age distribution of the patients presenting with hearing impairment at a Nigerian Audiology clinic.
Mean age 35.2years.
Std Dev. 22.68
Figure 1: This shows the age specific prevalence of SNHL in the study population.
The peak prevalence was in the first decade of life, and there is a lesser second peak prevalence in the sixth decade of life.
Mean dB Loss 63.3 56.1 St Dev. ± 28.11db
Figure 2: This figure shows the severity of the hearing loss in the study population. Socially significant hearing loss was occurred in about 50% of the population. Normal hearing constitute 12% of the population, majority of them had wax impaction.
Table 2: Etiology of Hearing loss
The summary of the acoustic impedance findings according to Jergers classification.
Figure 3: This showed that SNHL was the most common type of hearing loss in Nigerians deaf population.
Hearing loss is more prevalent than many congenital abnormalities and all pediatrics cancers and other numerous medical conditions 4 combined yet clinicians pay very little attention to it.
The prevalence of hearing loss in the Nigerian community is not known and there is an incomplete knowledge of the causes and natural history of ear diseases and deafness. The prevailing level of poverty in the community and the non-availability of diagnostic facilities and hearing Aids had made management of these patients unrewarding. The age distribution of the study population showed that the third decade of life had the highest prevalence rate while the ninth and the tenth decade was found to have the lowest prevalence rate (Table I). Age specific prevalence rate of sensorineural hearing loss in this study population showed a high occurrence in the first decade of life.. High prevalence of childhood infections due to bacteria, viral, fungal, perinatal diseases and congenital malformation of the cochlea might contribute to this high prevalence. The second peak prevalence was found in adulthood. The prevalence of SNHL drops steadily by the second decade of life but rises steadily until it peaks again in the sixth decade of life Fig I. This could be due to the steady rise in the incidence of Cardiovascular, metabolic, and degenerative disorders that are common with aging 5 . More than 80% of the children in the 1 st decade of life presented with deaf-mutism usually at the age of 5 ± 1.65 years. The observed causes of this were found to be birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, measles and prematurity. These causes were similar to the findings by several investigators in Africa over 2 decades ago 6,7,8,9,10 . These conditions are largely preventable with better Obstetric services, improved immunization and improvement in the socio-economic status of the people. Immunization with Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine in the Gambia showed that it was effective in preventing meningitis and blood stream infections and 100% in preventing pneumonia 11,12 . Improvement in the socio-economic status and the living condition of the people in the then Soviet Union led to a significant fall in the prevalence of deaf-mutism 13 It is hoped that an improvement in the social-economic status and living conditions of Nigerians will also witness a decline in the prevalence deaf-mutism in Nigerian children. In the adult population, some of the common identified causes of SNHL were: Presbyacusis, chronic diseases like Diabetes mellitus, vascular lesions, tumors, trauma and chronic renal failure (Table II). This pattern agrees with the existing literature 5 .
Mixed Hearing Loss
This is the second largest type of hearing loss seen in this study. Some of the causes of this as noted are: Infections, Vascular causes, tumors and traumatic causes.
Otitis media was found to be the most common cause of conductive hearing loss in these patients. Chronic suppurative Otitis media (CSOM) was the most common with tympanic perforation, this agrees with the work of several workers 14,15,16 . There is a need for more studies into the bacteriology of and the associated risk factors for otitis media, such factors as nutritional status, personal hygiene, overcrowding, immunological factors in Nigeria. The high perforation rate in this patient might translate to better middle ear aeration, which has been established to protect against the formation of cholesteatoma. In a study of Otitis media in the Aborigine children a high perforation rate was found to be protective against the development of choleteatoma 16. Cholesteatoma was not diagnosed in any of our patient. Otosclerosis was found in 3.2% of the study population. Otosclerosis has been said to be rare in blacks 17. It might be more common in the blacks than had been previously observed; there is a need for further study to confirm this in Nigerians.
Wax impaction was the cause of deafness in 6.7% of our patients. The deafness was cured after syringing hence the finding of normal hearing in those patients.
Severity of hearing loss
Pure tone Audiometric reports showed that about 12% of the screened population had normal hearing. Many of these patients had wax impaction at the time of presentation, which was syringed before the tests. Close to 50% of the population had a socially handicapping hearing loss (Fig 2). The significance of this is that a lot of our patients need definitive rehabilitative intervention with close to 10% being deaf mutes. These facilities are not however available in our community and our children with congenital or acquired bilateral severe SNHL are allowed to develop as a deaf-mute and are unable to achieve their full potential. This is unacceptable. There is therefore the need to provide facilities for screening of at risk children for hearing loss, and the development of manpower involved in rehabilitation of these patients. The political will power to set up a nationally coordinated deafness prevention programme in Nigeria is hereby emphasized.
Tympanometry
Middle ear pathology was found in over 45% of the study population (Table III). Middle ear problem is therefore prevalent in our environment. Otitis media in one form or the other is the most common. Otosclerosis was found as a cause of middle ear pathology in our environment. Otosclerosis has been said to be rare in blacks. The need to focus on developing manpower in middle ear surgery in our environment is hereby emphasized. Effort should be intensify to have a temporal bone dissection Laboratory in the country so as to develop more surgically and technically competent Otologic surgeons to cope with the needs of the patients.
It is not known whether the pattern and the causes of hearing loss observed in this study is typical of other communities in Nigeria. Therefore there is a need for further investigations. The further research should focus on detailed study of the genetic of deafness, characteristics of these ear diseases that are found to be associated with hearing loss. The natural history, associated risk factors and management. There is also the need to develop audiological medicine and to provide early screening facilities for children as part of the national deafness prevention programme in Nigeria.
AO Adeniji ORL unit, Dept of surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun state Nigeria. e-mail: gbolaad@yahoo.com
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J.A.E. Eziyi
ORL Unit, Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University
Y.B. Amusa
O.V. Akinpelu
A.O. Adeniji
G.M. Ogunniyi