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Bradley James Felt (May 6, 1956 – October 6, 2011) was an American tuba and euphonium player, composer, bandleader and educator. His work extended modern jazz traditions, using tuba and euphonium as lead and featured solo instruments.

Biography
Brad Felt was born May 6, 1956, in Royal Oak, Michigan to Charles and Jeanne (nee Vorhes) Felt. He was raised in Bloomfield Township and West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

Felt became interested in music through hearing his parents play records and sing around the house, and he began playing trumpet in grade school.

Braces were put on Felt's teeth as a teenager, making it difficult to play trumpet. At the behest of his junior high school band director, he switched to tuba at age 14. He later recalled:I was the last-chair trumpet player and they needed a tuba player. So (the band director) asked me to switch, and I said yes. He basically shut me in a room with a beginning tuba book and mostly left me to my own devices until I was ready to rejoin the ensemble. It was a drag at first, but I rapidly came to love it. I really blossomed in high school.Felt attended Bloomfield Hills Andover High School, graduating in 1974. His tenure in the concert band there culminated with a performance of Frank Bencriscutto's "Concertino for Tuba and Band."

Following high school Felt attended Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on a performance scholarship. Oakland's music department included a strong jazz faculty staffed largely with active professionals from the Detroit area. In 1991 he said:…it was at Oakland University, thinking that I would play with a symphony someday, that I took the jazz ensemble course with Doc Holladay, Sam Sanders and especially Herbie Williams, who was a great early influence on me.Felt participated in the jazz workshop led by trumpeter Marcus Belgrave and formed a musical partnership with saxophonist Steve Wood (a fellow Oakland student) that would continue for 35 years. Felt began to focus on urban music venues and opportunities to learn from local artists. Soon he encountered and performed with Nasir Hafiz (a.k.a. Abe Woodley), Roy Brooks, Kenny Cox, Wendell Harrison, Frank Isola, Phil Lasley, Bud Spangler, Donald Walden, A. Spencer Barefield, Ed Nuccilli and many others.

From this point forward, Felt was committed to extending the Detroit jazz tradition and developing his own artistry within that continuum. Much of this commitment was born of an appreciation for the support he received from the local jazz community. Felt's suburban background and unusual choice of instrument were not questioned. Instead, he was accepted as an artistic peer and community member.

In addition to frequent work in Detroit-area nightclubs, Felt's performances were regularly featured at the annual Detroit International Jazz Festival. During an appearance there in 2010, he said:I play…from a tradition of Detroit music that I'm trying to extend further…When I was first coming up…The Detroit community welcomed me with open arms…It's a great debt that I owe to the Detroit jazz community.Felt's skill as a jazz songwriter coincided with and developed alongside his work as a performer. He started writing jazz tunes soon after he began playing the music, eventually generating over 60 compositions – Many of which were featured in live performances as well as on his recordings. As he noted in a 2010 interview:In a lot of ways, being a composer has been the thing that defines my musical experience maybe more than the instruments I play.In 1989, the quintet Felt co-led with Steve Wood travelled to California for a performance at the Hollywood Palace as a finalist in the Hennessy Cognac Jazz Search competition.

Around 1990, the Steve Wood/Brad Felt Quintet was featured as part of the Detroit-area cable TV series Jazz Masters-Keepers of the Flame.

In April 1990, Felt headlined a concert at the Detroit Institute of Arts entitled The Tuba Rules! featuring primarily his own compositions. Supporting Felt were Steve Wood and James Carter (reeds), Rob Pipho (vibes), Kenny Cox (piano), Jaribu Shahid (bass) and Danny Spencer (drums).

In 1990 Felt appeared with Kenny Cox and the Guerilla Jam Band at the Moers Festival in Germany.

Felt was the subject of a "Just Stanecki" news feature on Detroit's WJBK-TV in 1992.

He addressed his unusual choice of instruments for the music he played in a 2010 interview:Q.  Was there ever a disconnect between your desire to play jazz and the fact that the tuba wasn't really considered a jazz instrument ?

A. Never. I was aware that I was going to be learning from people who weren't playing my instrument. Like a lot of people, I would take the turntable and turn it down to half-speed and learn Charlie Parker solos. Early on, I began to think that this could be a good thing...You're not dealing with that ball-and-chain of being connected to the instrument. There are no biases related to the horn. You can pick any instrument you want to emulate. There's a certain freedom.In 1990 he told The Detroit News:The tuba has more octaves than any other wind instrument. It can play a ballad better than a trumpet can. It has more available, but nobody knows it.Felt added euphonium and baritone horn to his instrumental arsenal during the 1990s. He began to put more focus on euphonium in succeeding years, to the point where many performances featured that instrument exclusively.

His first CD Exordium was released in 1995 (re-released in 2019), with five original compositions among eight tunes. It showcased performances by Felt on tuba, euphonium and baritone horn, Gary Schunk on piano, Jaribu Shahid on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums. In his review, Cadence magazine's Richard B. Kamins stated:Brad Felt is a brass master…Felt's ease of movement in the tuba's higher register works to dispel any awkward image of the horn as a lead instrument.In the 1990s Felt met Howard Johnson, leader of the tuba-focused band Gravity. This led to Felt's participation in two European tours with Gravity (in 1998 and 1999) as a featured performer.

Felt won an artist's grant for jazz composition from the Michigan Council for the Arts in 1989 and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1990 and 1995.

In the new millennium, Felt worked frequently with Detroit pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Scott Gwinnell. Felt performed on three CDs released by Gwinnell and served as executive producer on the last – Cass Corridor Story.

His second CD First Call was released in 2009 featuring his NūQuartet Plus in a program of original compositions. He played euphonium on all eight songs, supported by Steve Wood (tenor and soprano sax), Gary Schunk (piano), Nick Calandro (bass) and Bill Higgins (drums). Reviewing for the Southeastern Michigan Jazz Association, Piotr Michalowski stated:(Felt)…has managed to turn the euphonium into a perfectly normal jazz instrument, sounding somewhat like a dusky voiced valve trombone. His fast-fingered post-bop solos are complex and well developed, characterized by a fanciful melodic sensibility.In Cadence magazine, David Dupont said:Felt's playing brings all the (euphonium's) qualities to the fore. His tone is resonant, his articulation clear and firm…His playing seems very much of a piece with the compositions.Felt spoke about having a group concept in 2010:The idea is to have a group concept; that's my mantra. When I'm in the early stages of writing a new piece, I'm already thinking about how the group will change it in performance and how that might affect me as I write...my goal is to realize the concept and ideas inside each composition. The reason you establish a strong concept is so it can evolve and then you can begin to deconstruct it.His third CD Dana Sessions: Duets with John Dana was released in 2021 (recorded circa 2010). Felt played euphonium on all 13 tracks, accompanied by bassist John Dana.

Death
Felt died October 6, 2011, of pancreatic cancer.

Legacy
In a remembrance for the Metro Times, W. Kim Heron said:Brad was a master of the tuba and its more compact cousin the euphonium…One sign of his prowess is that he had worked (with) Howard Johnson's band Gravity…To get the nod for Gravity's all-tuba-family horn section means a tuba player really has arrived on the national level.Mark Stryker writing in the Detroit Free Press observed:Felt was a magnificent musician…He took big, cumbersome instruments and made them sound fleet and airborne. He was a vibrant post-bopper, playing with an expansive harmonic knowledge and no-prisoners attack that could stun an audience into silence.

Awards
Finalist, Hennessy Cognac Jazz Search (1989)

Creative Artist Grant for Jazz Composition, Michigan Council for the Arts (1989)

Individual Artist Fellowship for Jazz Performance, National Endowment for the Arts (1990)

Individual Artist Fellowship for Jazz Performance, National Endowment for the Arts (1995)

Certificate of Appreciation – Outstanding Service to Jazz Education – International Association of Jazz Educators, Toronto (2003)

Educator
Instructor – Applied Improvisation, University of Toledo (2003–2009)

Discography

As leader

 1995: Exordium (D Flat) – Re-released in 2019
 2009: First Call (Launch Control)
2021: Dana Sessions: Duets with John Dana (DartBlef)

As sideman

With Roy Brooks

 Live at the Montreux/Detroit Jazz Festival 1986/1989 (Sagittarius A-Star, 2013)

With Scott Gwinnell

 Basement Vibes (None, 2002)
 Brush Fire (WSG, 2009)
 Cass Corridor Story (Detroit Music Factory, 2012)

With Doug Halladay

 New Beginnings (None, 2011)

With Wendell Harrison

 Live in Concert (Wenha, 1992)

With Maureen Schiffman

 Sing a Little Happy Song (MLS, 1989)

With Pamela Wise

 Songo Festividad (Wenha, 1994)

References

External links

 The Official Brad Felt Website
 Brad Felt discography at Discogs

People from Royal Oak, Michigan
1956 births
2011 deaths
American tubists
Oakland University alumni


The Hippie Clothing originated in US by mid-60's, the clothing style was popularized by the radical youth during that period. The Hippies are known to be rebellious in a subtle way, creating their own communities and groups, as well as other radical habits and practices.
It is hippie clothing style who has become and reincarnated as Indie Clothing (Independent Clothing) in the 80's because the style refuse to follow trends, but their comfortable styling, ethnic taste, and accessories. It has later become the Bohemian Clothing upto the present.
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An inside view of two precision engineering operations in South Australia provides a valuable insight into the approaches that skilled engineering shops are taking to achieve internationally competitive prices proding high-precision, quality components.
Based in Murray Bridge, 76kms east of Adelaide, Kennewell CNC Machining is a precision engineering company that has successfully launched a project supported by the Government of South Australia's Regional Development Fund, integrating a Fanuc Robot with an Okuma Genos M560V vertical machining centre, and also purchasing an Okuma LB3000EX-II-MYWx800 multi-axis CNC lathe with OSP-P300L Control.
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To inspire members of the Kennewell machining team, Brett sent three of his personnel to the USA to attend the Okuma 2017 Winter Showcase for Training and Information, where the very latest technology was on show. The three were also privileged to see this technology in operation in a real-world environment, during conducted tours of some of the most advanced engineering shops in the USA. The tour opened their eyes to the use of advanced CNC machines to the maximum of their capacity and utilising all of the Okuma technology.
Since their return from Okuma America, the company has been pushing further advancements in automation. Brett sees collaborative robots, upgraded machine tools and bar feeders and metrology to enhance and increase productivity.
The market for this enterprising company is Australia-wide with indirect export sales via customers. Its diverse range of products and components include intricate clinical devices, components for agricultural, mining and defence machinery, and motorsport components.
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Nylastex has had a strong relationship with Okuma that spans more than eight years. The company has invested heavily in high-end manufacturing equipment, with the latest acquisition being the Okuma LB3000EX-II-BMYC multi-axis CNC lathe with OSP-P300L Control, complete with a full-length bar feeder and product unloader.
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Nylastex now has a total of six Okuma CNC machines within its facility, capable of machining components up to 400mm in diameter by 2,000mm long on CNC lathes, and 1,000mm with 500mm of travel on CNC mills with an integrated fourth axis. Okuma was selected because of its performance, consistent stability, service, technical support and training, all available from its Adelaide office.
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Pair trading is a technique to improve the productivity and quality of stock trading (or any type of financial trading, e.g. commodities). In pair trading, two traders share a single workstation. The trader at the keyboard (usually called the driver) actively trades, while the second trader (called the observer or navigator) is reviewing, advising, thinking through problems and generally sanity checking the first. These two roles switch on a regular basis (e.g. every ½ hour). The pairs also swap partners every day.
Pairing is one of the most valuable techniques you can bring your business, yet it is initially counter intuitive. It is hard to convince management that pairing will do anything but double your costs. In actual fact, most empirical studies show a significant increase in quality for a small (15-20%) cost overhead as compared to individuals working independently.
Some history about pair trading. This is an idea that I, and some of my clients in the finance sector, have been developing and experimenting on for a number of years. Pair Trading is heavily based on the agile technique of pair programming, in which computer software is written in pairs. This has proven successful in many organizations. It is claimed (with some empirical support, though not entirely conclusive) that the ~15% overhead is actually less than the long-term cost of poor decision making (and in the case of software, defect resolution and maintenance).
Higher quality trades = less risk and more money; this one is obvious. With two people working together, market conditions can be better assessed and industry knowledge pooled, leading to better, less biased, trades.
Skills & knowledge transfer and adhoc training; by continuously working together, traders will learn each other's domain and trading tactics. By changing pairs daily, all traders will get the chance to work with and learn from each other.
Shared knowledge of industry and companies; similar to 2 above, when pairing, traders will share industry insights and awareness of specific and valuable companies in the industry.
Justifiable trades; a key measure for successful pair work is the ability for the pair to "trade out loud." This leads to clearer articulation of the complexities and justifications of a trade and the often subconscious details that inform the decision.
Resilience to interruptions; a final advantage is the ability for the pair to focus. Or as I like to put it, less Facebook time.
Also understand that the advantages are going to be different depending on the type of pair. For example, an expert-novice is going to have a greater skills transfer than expert-expert or novice-novice. That being said, when you are rotating pairs, it is valuable to have all combinations.
While it can be described fairly easily, pair trading is not the easiest thing to learn.
It costs more in the short term; while most empirical evidence shows higher quality work, these same studies show a 15-20% increase in immediate cost. The impact of that on the team, and the ultimate effectiveness of pair trading, depends on how long it takes for the improved trades to pay off.
It's a social skill that takes time to learn; it can take weeks for pairs to learn how to communicate and productively collaborate. Don't expect them to sit down together and be more productive than their non pairing peers immediately.
It requires both traders to be actively engaged; the role of navigator is just as active and intense as the role of driver. The value and benefit of pair trading is only realized when both traders are participating. A key indicator of a poor performance pair is silence; there should be an ongoing hum of communication.
Pay and bonuses; while pay can be commensurate with experience; bonuses need to be shared across the team. As everyone is working closely together it is very difficult (though not impossible) to differentiate performance.
I hope this gives you some ideas on how you can bring adaptability into your workplace. If you are unsure, experiment. Set up one team as a pair trading team and measure their performance against their non-pair peers. If, after a couple of months, they are outperforming the other teams then you know you are onto a winner.


The Swans of Fifth Avenue is a novel about the experiences of American author Truman Capote and the group of wealthy women he called his swans, particularly Babe Paley. The story is set against the backdrop of New York City high society in the 1950s through the 1970s. The novel is a fictionalized account of historical people and events.
London, 1955: Grace Monroe is a fortunate young woman. Despite her sheltered upbringing in Oxford, her recent marriage has thrust her into the heart of London's most refined and ambitious social circles. Then one evening a letter arrives from France that will change everything. Grace has received an inheritance. There's only one problem: she has never heard of her benefactor, the mysterious Eva d'Orsey. Told by invoking the three distinctive perfumes she inspired, Eva d'Orsey's story weaves through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London.
The fate of Brooke Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwide headlines since her grandson Philip sued his father in 2006, alleging mistreatment of Brooke. And shortly after her death in 2007, Anthony Marshall, Mrs. Astor's only child, was indicted on charges of looting her estate. Rarely has there been a story with such an appealing heroine, conjuring up a world so nearly forgotten.
The New York Times best-selling author of The Aviator's Wife returns with a triumphant new novel about New York's "Swans" of the 1950s - and the scandalous, headline-making, and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley.
Of all the glamorous stars of New York high society, none blazes brighter than Babe Paley. Her flawless face regularly graces the pages of Vogue, and she is celebrated and adored for her ineffable style and exquisite taste, especially among her friends - the alluring socialite Swans Slim Keith, C. Z. Guest, Gloria Guinness, and Pamela Churchill. By all appearances, Babe has it all: money, beauty, glamour, jewels, influential friends, a prestigious husband, and gorgeous homes. But beneath this elegantly composed exterior dwells a passionate woman - a woman desperately longing for true love and connection.
Enter Truman Capote. This diminutive, golden-haired genius with a larger-than-life personality explodes onto the scene, setting Babe and her circle of Swans aflutter. Through Babe, Truman gains an unlikely entrée into the enviable lives of Manhattan's elite along with unparalleled access to the scandal and gossip of Babe's powerful circle. Sure of the loyalty of the man she calls "True Heart", Babe never imagines the destruction Truman will leave in his wake. But once a storyteller, always a storyteller - even when the stories aren't his to tell.
Truman's fame is at its peak when such notable celebrities as Frank and Mia Sinatra, Lauren Bacall, and Rose Kennedy converge on his glittering Black and White Ball. But all too soon, he'll ignite a literary scandal whose repercussions echo through the years. The Swans of Fifth Avenue will seduce and startle listeners as it opens the door onto one of America's most sumptuous eras.
At first I thought that the narrators emulating Truman Capote's voice and inflections would be grating but as it turns out, that actually added positively to the reading and listening.
Caasandra Campbell and Paul Boehmer did a great job.
The down side is, if you're under say, the age of 55, you probably won't get a grip on the character that Capote truly was merely by hearing the narrators' really good impersonations of his persona via voice. I might be wrong, but I believe that you almost have to have had a somewhat vague impression of him from that time period to really understand and get into this book.
Ms. Benjamin did a super job in painting the characters and overall, the book is a really good listen.
Some readers will have little interest in these characters and their world, floating like whipped cream on top of the Fifties and Sixties. The complex of relationships between Truman Capote and his "swans" (wealthy, socially powerful, gorgeous society women: Babe Paley and her sisters, Slim Keith, CZ Guest, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Carol Matthau, Gloria Vanderbilt, Pamel Digby Churchill Heyward Harriman and others); and their husbands, esp Bill Paley, is here treated in a "non-fiction novel", a literary form Capote claimed to invent, and used to impressive effect in his masterpiece, In Cold Blood.
Benjamin is not a stylist at Capote's level, but she writes well. (I should mention that i listened to an audible version instead of reading print.) She brings to life the emotional activity behind all that luxurious beauty and social perfection - she is esp good with Capote, Babe Paley, Slim Keith, and Bill Paley, our principle players.
I was already familiar with many of these stories, esp Capote's triumph and fall, and the aftermath of the story La Cote Basque, 1965. Many other reviewers have given vivid intros.
The symbolic bookends at the beginning and end, happily brief.
The dialogue at the imagined "swan power lunch" after the Esquire publication, which seems somewhat weak.
The re-working of who might have left the stains on those sheets. While Benjamin's version has some poignancy, Benjamin's choice, who cared deeply for Babe, would never have behaved so - and this version undercuts the point of Truman's story: the deliberate insult the old-money, un-swan-like WASP wife intended to wield as she conveyed her contempt for the Jewish mogul who dared to believe himself in her league.
The best parts are the voices of Truman, Babe, Bill, and Slim, who come to life. They grew on me until they felt fully formed. The writer makes real the fragile trust Truman and Babe hold in each other, until he goes too far.
I wish someone would publish depth biographies of these swans and their world, and i would also love a photographic history. We can be nostalgic because this world is as lost as Fitzgerald's hopes and dreams, as given to Gatzby. These socialites already seemed quaint and "as seen through a glass" in the seventies, and Amanda Burden, Babe Paley's daughter, has chosen and succeeded at a very different and modern sort of life.
Curously the most successful of these swans, in the terms of today's worldviews, are Pamela Harriman, "the courtesan of the century", the least swan-like, who transformed herself into a real power with a notable career; CZ Guest, gardening expert, and to appearances the least fragile, most confident and emotionally whole of this group, and the one who stayed in touch with Capote; Gloria Vanderbilt, survivor of a horrible childhood, also re-invented herself as a notable businesswoman.
I started this expecting a "beach read" and found much more.
At best, this book shows a tiny wedge of "society" as it once existed in New York. It attempts (in a fictional way) to explore some "what ifs" about Truman Capote as he related to several society women, their husbands and his own lover(s). It's not exactly a story, yet it's not a biograph(ies) since it weaves a few basic facts with hypotheticals to spin a tale.
As always, Capote is revealed to be the opportunist and somewhat hideous person and leach he was. This book somewhat gave him more depth than many literary critics do - but I suppose it's subjective.
The "feel" and descriptions of New York - other than those of Bergdorf-Goodman and a couple of restaurants - are shallow. The author says in the end notes that she never lived in New York, and it's obvious to anyone who has. This lack of richness of backdrop brings the characters into sharper focus which may be intentional as it brings falseness and flaws more sharply into focus.
I'm sorry I read this book because it was, overall, depressing. There are no smiles when you're reading this book - but there are no tears either. It's just there, and I walked away feeling like I do when I leave a funeral. Bad.
What did you love best about The Swans of Fifth Avenue?
The performances matched the subject matter, characters and atmosphere perfectly. The actor who performed Truman Capote's voice was pitch-perfect and took care not to camp it up.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Swans of Fifth Avenue?
When it all fell apart. Babe was the center and as long as the center held all of the characters remained in motion. When she became ill and Truman began his dissolution everything fell apart. The idea of their health abandoning them as surely as friends abandoned each other was very real and very sad.
Truman's Black and White Ball was beautifully described as were the lunches of the original Ladies Who Lunch.
Having been a lifelong lover of Truman Capote and his original works I found his constant need to be accepted and nurtured particularly moving. He could never get enough of that because he never got enough of that from his earliest years.
I purchased this book because another reviewer wrote- Best. Book. Ever.- I agree.
Very entertaining. It opens a window into a bygone era. The narrators did an excellent job bringing the characters to life.
What a time travel port...this one will take you into the glamour of decades past high society in a way that you will not stop listening! Love!
For me, this book is bad on so many levels. The plethora of narrators make no sense and I found it to be distracting. Plus the story itself is just "fluffy Wikipedia", i.e., the facts which are available anywhere have been "fluffed up" with inane dialogue. I've read several books about the socialites in this book and, here, they come off less "rich and famous" than they do as just plain silly. Not for me!
The characters are well developed and memorable.The prose was just delightful.
Multiple narrators who were all excellnt.I was sorry when it ended. Well done.
Loved this book although a lot of it was fictional loved learning and imagining about NY socialite in the 50s & 60s a lot of good info and biographical facts! Would recommend to everyone!
I'm not really into Wives of *wherever, which is how this book starts. Then BAM -- Truman Capote's voice jumps out (the audio is brilliant), and then another BAM moment when Bill Paley starts talking. This book is not really my thing, but is a superb offering of how this strange friendship and life and ending could have actually happened. This is Melanie Benjamin's best yet, and sure to be on shelves for a while, so you might as well listen now and get a jump on the fuss.
I was unsure about this book to begin with, but I really enjoyed it. It is well written, well read and I felt that the author's note at the end was a useful addition to the book.
I have read Capote's work, seen the movie where he is played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and read a lot about the Black and White Ball and about Capote's downfall and eventual death. This book, an 'imagined account' of Truman and his 'swans' is a great addition to the library of Capote fans and of those who are interested in social and, even in, fashion history. I look forward to reading more from this author.


When does streptokinase beat primary PCI most dramatically !
STEMIis numero uno of any medical emergency . The risk of death is maximum in the first hour.
Here is a patient who presented within 30 minutes of chest pain.Enzyme sample was just sent and a bed side echo revealed a severe wall motion defect in LAD region.
What would have been the response from a current generation cardiologist ?
Alert the cath lab . Send the patient direct to cath lab .
This did n't happen as we are in a underdeveloped country and the patient is poor .
Should we worry about that l ? Not at all . . . He received a shot of much ridiculed streptokinase injection which costs 2000 Rs ( 50 dollars) in India .
And see the result yourself !
Can you imagine this man had a major STEMI just an hour back ?
Any intervention that is done immediately has a major impact on outcome. When the patient comes to you early within 3o minutes and STEMI, or actually a TEMI , T wave elevation MI or Hyper acute MI .
When the patient comes to you early cardiologist should raise to the occasion and set a new challenge .
What is that challenge ?
The aim should not to be in salvaging the myocardium , rather prevent the event of ACS and abort the MI process itself !
How is this possible ? Can you abort a STEMI or TEMI by primary PCI ?
Since one has to act fast , primary PCI is a likely loser 9/10 times in aborting a STEMI .
The best option is to do an intervention which can have almost zero door to needle time* . The good old thrombolysis administered at the door itself pips the pPCI convincingly with a huge cost saving as well .
This is what this patient received. and see the result . His angiogram later showed a fully recannalised LAD .No stent was advised .He was put on high dose statins ,beta blocker and antiplatelet agents.
*You can not balloon the patient on the arrival in door steps ! .
Do not ridicule any modality of therapy for being simple and cheap . They may be most effective as well .
Drug eluting stents fail in crucial board EXAMINATION in STEMI !
Interventional cardiologist are excessively talented guys .They always lead ahead in innovations .The only issue is , their enthusiasm ( many times overtake the pace of science . In the name of off label indications they indulge in drug and device extravaganza in uncharted territory .
Further, what EXAMINATION trial did not address is acute and sub acute stent thrombosis .Even as the DES is credited with a dubious record for sub acute stent thrombosis , there is every reason to suspect , in the milieu of STEMI the thrombotic risk of DES would increase many fold.
The seemingly low incidence of stent thrombosis with DES in STEMI , in EXAMINATION trail is a statistical mirage .This trial was neither planned nor powered to address the issue of stent thrombosis.
In the ultimate analysis of EXAMINATION , One could conclude Cobalt chromium BMS, has cemented its place , more firmly for use in primary PCI.
DES at best ( *With all those conditions apply , Dual antiplatelet etc) can be equal to BMS, while BMS at any day , would casually will win over DES without any conditions at a huge cost advantage.
The above analysis is diagonally opposite to that of general perception that emanated from Paris ESC meet 2011 trial .
Please remember EXAMINATION trial did not reach its desired primary end point !
That is a strong point against it .What do you think ?
What is the function of moderator band of right ventricle ?
Moderator band is a ubiquitous structure found inside right ventricular cavity , often overl0oked by cardiologists. God has created no structure without any purpose ! Moderator band has important role to play both in physiology and pathology .
The table attempts to summarise the features of moderator band. The structural and functional behavior of moderator band in , RV cardiomyopathy , RV non compaction and arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia is not fully studied yet . Reference :Content is taken from various sources and with a personal input in few places. The anatomical data is largely taken from the pioneering work of cardiac pathologist and morphologist RH Anderson of United kingdom.
Here is an article from my institute Madras medical college published in Indian journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascualr surgery in 1982.
What is the function of pectinate muscles of heart ?
Has muscle fibers arranged in a comb like fashion.
Has less mechanical activity, no significant contribution to atrial contractility.
The pectinate muscle folds act as RA volume reserve during adverse loading conditions . It helps RA dilate with out much wall stress.
The concertina like effect of pectinate muscle .
The atrial infolding increases the surface area of atrial chamber at times of dilatation , like the music instrument .So, these macro folds ( like intestinal villi ) help overcome the constantly changing volume status of right atrium.Since the variation left atrial blood flow is not that much , the pectinate muscles are not well developed in the left atrium.
The same rules would apply for why there is excess trabeculations in right ventricle than left ventricle .
Silly questions in live cardiac work shops !
This happened in one of the cardiology work shops I recently attended , which beamed live cath lab procedures from across the country.
An interventional cardiology team in a bright sky blue suit was preparing a patient for graft angioplasty in a degenerated SVG graft to left circumflex . The patient had apparently had CABG few years ago (LIMA to LAD still functional ) . His LV EF was reported to be 40 %. The procedure was about to begin. The femoral artery was being cannulated . . .
As the audience were encouraged to ask questions. A young cardiologist wanted to know what was the indication to open up the graft / And what was his symptom ?
"Do not ask such silly question" . Prompt came the reply from one of a senior interventional cardiologist from within the cath lab. He further said such questions can not be entertained as the forum is meant for tips and tricks to cross a degenerated vessel graft . When he insisted for an answer , the entire panel joined the ridicule and the questioner quietly went out of the hall !
What do you infer from such reaction?
What makes this question silly ? Why the cardiologist got annoyed and amused ?
This odd reaction implies , the cardiologist has something to hide or has guilt of doing inappropriate procedure.
Such is the transparency in cardiology workshops transmitted live all over the country imagine what one can expect in regular cath labs .
Live workshops are not simply to train our hands . It is supposed to teach us the "what is right" and "what is wrong" , "what is good" and "what is bad" for our ailing patients. The senior cardiologists who administer these workshops should realise this fact. Very often a bad example is set . When asking for patient's true symptoms looks silly for us . . . guess where our profession is heading for !
Can you do PTMC in the presence of LA clot ?
Left atrial clot is a traditional contraindication for performing PTMC. This rule was formed in the early days of PTMC.
PTMC recently celebrated its 25th birth day . In India it was first done by GB Pant hospital by Kallilulah in early 1980s.
We have learnt the nuances of septal puncture , maneuvering the transpetal needle and the balloon catheter within the LA in the last two decades.it is also becoming clear how the IAS anatomy behaves in various LA and RA sizes and pressures . So , the experts (Read again . . .experts !) have relaxed the rule of the PTMC game !
PTMC can safely be done if the LA clot is confined to the appendage .Even clots abutting just out of LAA appendage may be tried if you have the expertise akin to Dr Manjunath and his team from the garden city of India .(Jayadev institute , Bangalore probably has the largest talent pool for PTMC , In fact they have classified the LA clot according to size and location .) Read the reference below.
If a cardiologist is allowed to meddle the LA filled with clot , why not a surgeon do a CMC in the presence of LA clot ?
I believe old generation surgeons did it. I am told few surgeons have specail talents to deliver LA clot off pump and complete a successful CMC with lateral thoracotomy . Fresh un organised clot can be flushed out of LA .
But currently doing a CMC with LA clot is considered unscientific . Further surgeons often consider CMC as an inferior Job .They love to go on pump and replace mitral valve with a slightest provocation . It need be realised a half functional native valve is at any time better than an artificial valve . In developing countries CMC would make lot of sense when we confront with small LAA clots . One can do 5 CMCs at the cost of one mitral valve . Surgeons comments are welcome.
What will happen if LA cot gets accidentally dislodged ?
A stroke or a systemic vascular event may occur , but it depends upon the embolus size .Up to 2mm clot debri can easily cross the cerebral microcirculation and escape a major stroke.Showers of micro emboli can cause a lacunar infarct or vascular dementia.
By the way , I am curious to know what will happen to these clots after successfully opening the mitral valve by PTMC* ?
PTMC can not be claimed as a cure as long as the patient harbors the clot in a precarious location . So it needs intensive oral anticoagualtion (or even heparin ) and many times we have observed these small clots disappear .
*Logic would suggest an LA clot with a closed mitral valve could be much safer ! many times we have seen large LA clots struggle to get past the mitral valve because of critical stenosis.
Here there is no chance of PTMC , however good you are !
Either you should trap it and remove it or desiccate it into minor particles.
Basket in root of aorta to capture the clot in transit may be a good concept to try.
What happens to LA clot following long term oral anticoagulations ?
Most disappear according to a study from JIPMER , Pondicherry , India .
they are from the remote third world locations .
What is geographic miss during PCI ? How do you classify it ?
A stent missing a lesion after a PCI is referred to as geographical miss.
It can be metal missing a lesion ( in BMS )or a drug missing a lesion with DES.
Read a related article in this site. Geographical Miss : Difficult coronary Runways . . .
What are the types of geographical miss ?
Longitudinal miss is more of a technical failure (Interventionist error ) While axial miss is often a design or concept failure .
Longitudinal miss results in edge lesions ( either stent inflow or outflow lesions) .Axial miss result in discreet in-stent lesions .
Please remember , axial GM is much more common .
What is definition of axial geographical miss ?
Inadequate inhibition of intimal hyperplasia within the region of stent .
Stent radial strength more than the desired force per unit area . This excess stress effect might interfere with drug release.
*A modern day cardiologist is expected not only to deploy the stent properly , he has to make sure drugs reach the target cells . What an irony cardiology can be . . . a too gentle PCI can show up a negative face ! when we want to poison selectively the atherosclerotic plaques .
What is the incidence of GM ?
Longitudinal miss can be identified by conventional angiography.
Axial miss is very difficult to diagnose . IVUS,ICT will help.
Many times it is an after thought when patient presents with an event.
What can we do once we recognise it ?
Unfortunately nothing much can be done to reverse the miss especially the axial ones.
Can "Geographic miss" be termed as a failed PCI ?
Clinically , technically , logically and morally Yes .
But practically "No" , as GM takes much longer time to manifest as a clinical event , by then , no one would really attribute the event as procedure related . And of course , we have numerous other excuses to convince our patients.
The link to STLLR trial which gave us the startling data about GM .


Many people refer to the home as being the place that puts a roof over their head. The roof is an important part of your home, literally and figuratively. When you own a home, you understand the importance of maintaining your roof. Read the below article for excellent advice on how to take care of your roof.
TIP! When hiring a roofing contractor, checking their background references is an absolute must. When you speak with the referring individual, inquire about the quality of work and overall satisfaction.
Don't try to fix your roof during wet weather. If your roof is slippery and wet, you may fall, causing bad injuries or perhaps death. Only work on a sunny, dry day.
Make sure your grass is cut before the roof on your home is removed. Major roof work will inevitably scatter some nails on your lawn, and close-cropped grass will make it easier for you or your contractor to recover them. Your contractor may have a nail finder, which works well in tandem with short blades of grass.
TIP! When you pick a roofer, make sure they carry liability insurance. First of all, there are plenty of shady roofers out there, but the ability to carry valid liability insurance is beyond most of them.
Make a list of questions to ask before hiring a roofer. For instance, see how many nails a given contractor uses for every shingle. If it is three or fewer, that is a bad sign. Ask them about the methods they use to find out whether or not they give good answers. If the answers are poor, move on asap.
If you need a roofing contractor, reach out to family and friends to find out if they have any suggestions or experience to offer. If any of them have done business with this contractor, they can let you know how pleased they were with his overall work. You might also inquire about the clean-up involved after completion or whether certain materials and work was covered by warranty.
Avoid paying full amounts upfront. Once the supplies are delivered, paying 25% is fair. You don't need them to do less or poor work than you expected.
Choose a roofing contractor who is skilled and experienced. Ask loved ones for referrals. You need to hire an excellent contractor; this is the best way to ensure that you aren't looking at expensive repairs down the road.
TIP! The age of your roof is a good indication as to whether it should be replaced. Roofs are generally warrantied for 20 years.
Insurance is crucial in this line of work. If the roofer lacks sufficient insurance and you suffer damages, the cost will be on you. Have the roofer provide you with proof of current comprehensive insurance.
Roofing contractors should have full, reliable credentials. Check to see that his licenses are up to date and valid. They should maintain full liability insurance, and also have a current certificate for workers' compensation.
TIP! Ask your roofer about any warranties they might offer. Some companies may give you a better deal than others.
Ask roofing contractors about the type of warranty they have. Sometimes, you may get a great warranty that can save you a lot of money. Obtain a written warranty with your estimate so that you're in possession of all the proper information. This will prevent disagreements down the line.
Don't get discouraged if you can't locate the source of a leak on your roof. By utilizing a water hose and some help, you will eventually find it by a process of elimination. Communicate via cell phone if you have a large house so that you ensure there is no large pools of water flowing into the home as you test for leaks.
TIP! Locating the exact spot where a roof is leaking can take a little time. You will eventually find the source using process of elimination or by using your water hose with a friend's help.
Think about selecting architectural shingles for a roof replacement project. These are better than regular shingles and last a lot longer. Also these kinds of shingles add some value to a home because people seek them out so it's a good idea to go with them if you're selling your home.
Don't hesitate to bombard a contractor with questions before entering into an agreement. You do not want to leave a question unasked and have the issue get out of hand down the road. If a prospective contractor fails to answer questions, you should probably steer clear of them.
You are a responsible homeowner if you're taking care of your roof. While there are some household issues that can be tackled at a later date, this is not the case with your roof. Using these suggestions can help your roof stay in good condition to avoid problems later.
This entry was posted in San Antonio Texas Roof Repair and tagged roofing contractors on March 1, 2015 by Vologon.


THURSDAY, March 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it plans to cut the amount of addictive nicotine in the nation's cigarettes.
The goal is to lower the amount of nicotine to minimally or non-addictive levels, the agency said.
"We see a historic opportunity here to use that product standard to potentially more rapidly migrate smokers off of combustible cigarettes, that we know cause a lot of death and disease related to tobacco use, and potentially onto products that can provide adults with access to nicotine without all the harms associated with combustion," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said during a media briefing.
But e-cigarettes "and other products that could offer a bridge to quitting need to be properly evaluated," he noted.
One lung health expert applauded the move.
"Exploring a product standard to lower nicotine content in cigarettes to minimally or non-addictive levels is an exciting concept," said Andrea Spatarella, from the Center for Tobacco Control at Northwell Health, in Great Neck, N.Y. "Any and all efforts to reduce or eliminate the health burdens and tobacco-related deaths to millions of Americans deserves consideration."
Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, said at the briefing, "Given their combination of toxicity, addictiveness, prevalence and effect on non-users, cigarettes are the category of tobacco product that causes the greatest public health burden. In fact, cigarettes are the only legal consumer product that when if used as intended will kill half of all long-term users prematurely."
Reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes and other policy measures could help prevent millions of tobacco-related deaths in the United States, Gottlieb added.
The proposal on reducing nicotine levels includes a review of current science about how nicotine creates and sustains addiction to cigarettes, and asks for public input and review.
Gottlieb said answers will be sought on questions such as, "What potential maximum nicotine level would be appropriate for the protection of public health? Should a product standard be implemented all at once or gradually?"
Also, he added, there could be "unintended consequences" to making cigarettes less addictive, for example, the growth of a black market in high-nicotine cigarettes.
Still, Gottlieb said a new analysis, published online March 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine, has suggested that millions could benefit from the proposed move.
"If this scenario were implemented, this analysis suggests that approximately 5 million additional adult smokers could quit smoking within one year of implementation," Gottlieb said.
"And with this scenario, an even greater impact could be felt over time: by the year 2100, the analysis estimates that more than 33 million people -- mostly youth and young adults -- would have avoided becoming regular smokers. And smoking rates could drop from the current 15 percent to as low as 1.4 percent," he added.
"All told, this framework could result in more than 8 million fewer tobacco-caused deaths through the end of the century -- an undeniable public health benefit," Gottlieb said.
Young people would benefit hugely from the proposed move, one lung health expert said.
"The benefits the FDA cites for this proposal are extraordinary," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
"Given these enormous public health benefits and the millions of lives that would be saved, it is critical that the FDA move as quickly as possible to turn this plan into reality," Myers said. "There is no other single action our country can take that would prevent more young people from smoking or save more lives."
Still, another expert said the move could backfire.
"Lowering the nicotine level in cigarettes may simply lead to more cigarettes smoked by current smokers," said Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He believes that to really put an end to the scourge of smoking, "tobacco and nicotine -- in other words, cigarettes -- must be eliminated as a threat to health."
Spatarella agreed the nicotine-lowering strategy could fail.
"It is feasible that the end user may react to the decrease in the addictive chemical nicotine by smoking more. What they perceive as a lack in quality, or the amount of nicotine needed to satisfy their nicotine craving, they may make up for in quantity, the number of products consumed," she suggested.
"The smoking behaviors may remain unchanged and the smoker may seek other tobacco products to fill that nicotine gap," Spatarella added. "They may seek to purchase traditional cigarettes with higher nicotine content from illegal sources."
In its proposal, the FDA said that it also plans to examine the role that flavors -- including menthol -- play in people starting, continuing and quitting smoking, to assess regulation of premium cigars, and to update how it deals with the development and regulation of nicotine-replacement products, such as nicotine gums, patches and lozenges that help smokers quit.


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State briefs: State auditor: General Land Office mishandled contracts
The Woodlands Villager // The Woodlands News
AUSTIN— The Texas State Auditor's Office says the General Land Office has made mistakes in handling nearly $6 million in contracts over the past few years, including vastly underestimating project costs.
In a report released Tuesday by the State Auditor's Office, "significant weaknesses" in three contracts between 2010 and 2015, ranging from $1 million to $2.8 million were detailed.
The audit states managers who oversaw those contracts for technology, environmental and audit services failed to scrutinize the agency's needs before entering the contracts. If the managers had done so, then the state may have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the audit.
In one case, the land office didn't consider how much it would cost to hire full-time employees to audit oil and gas royalties instead of using contractors. Hiring four state employees for the work would have cost $426,000, much less than the approximately $1 million contract it now has with Grant Thornton, according to the State Auditor's Office.
The audit also states the land office also failed to disclose a conflict of interest in one contract and used untrained contract managers.
Spokesman Bryan Preston for the land office said the agency has already addressed a number of the report's findings. All three contracts were signed during former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's tenure.
Since taking office in January, Commissioner George P. Bush has established a compliance and ethics division and has required all contract managers to complete the comptroller's contract management training. Bush also is updating the agency's contracting processes to comply with new safeguards recently adopted by the Legislature.
State Sen. Jane Nelson, who authored legislation calling for more stringent oversight and tougher contracting requirements, praised Bush's work on the issue. She said lawmakers will be closely monitoring compliance with the new law."Sound contracting practices are essential to delivering state services efficiently and in accordance with the highest ethical standards," Nelson said.
Deer euthanized to test for neurological disease
HONDO— State officials have euthanized 34 deer at a Medina County breeding ranch, where a buck tested positive for chronic wasting disease last month.
The deer were euthanized Tuesday at the Texas Mountain Ranch north of Hondo, and owner Bob Patterson valued them collectively at $280,000, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
"It's heart-wrenching. It's devastating," he said. "It's tough all the way around."
A 2-year-old buck tested positive for the disease in June after dying in an accident, marking the first CWD case in a captive-raised deer in Texas. The disease affects the brains and nervous systems of deer and elk, and isn't considered a threat to human health.
The only other CWD ever found in Texas was in seven, free-ranging mule deer in the Waco Mountains in 2012, according to state officials, who have allowed continued hunting of that herd since the area is remote.
The state is tracking deer bought and sold by Patterson, and State Veterinarian Dee Ellis predicted the probe would yield other positive results of CWD.
Authorities say they decided to start testing Patterson's herd with 35 deer considered at the highest risk of contracting CWD; one of them was killed last week due to an antler infection. Officials say their brain stems are undergoing testing and the results are due next week, which will help determine if any more deer from the ranch will be euthanized for testing.
Texas allows captive-bred deer to be released into the wild, raising the prospect of possible infection of native deer, said Clayton Wolf, director of wildlife for the Texas Parks and Recreation Department. Last month's positive test has prompted state officials to restrict the sale and movement of deer held by most breeders as they investigate its origin and reach.Ellis said he's trying to craft CWD guidelines that protect native deer but also permit the sale, movement and release of captive-raised deer deemed to be low-risk."We're trying to balance the risk to wildlife with the need for business continuity for captive breeders," he said.
Man charged with arson in blaze, 3 firefighters hurt
HOUSTON — Houston police say a man has been accused of starting an apartment complex blaze that left three firefighters slightly hurt.
Houston City Jail records show 18-year-old Danny Isidoro was being held Wednesday on a charge of reckless arson.
Authorities did not immediately say what started Tuesday afternoon's fire that damaged or destroyed dozens of units at a complex in northeast Houston.
Three firefighters were transported to a hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion. The fire was extinguished after about two hours.
Jail records do not list bond or an attorney to speak for Isidoro, who was booked early Wednesday. Investigators did not immediately say whether the teen lives at the fire-damaged complex.
Man with baby faces theft, abandonment charges
COLLEGE STATION— Police say a Texas man accused of stealing $75 worth of electronics had his baby along but her stroller hit a building and she fell out as they fled.
College Station police say Tracy Allen of Bryan then grabbed his 6-month-old daughter by the arm and broke through a fence Tuesday night.
He was caught when the baby's mother waited in a car but snatched the girl and wouldn't let Allen into the vehicle.
Police say the baby was treated for minor injuries. A Wal-Mart employee also was slightly hurt trying to stop Allen, who was being held Wednesday on charges of child endangerment, theft and assault causing bodily injury.
Bond was $6,000. Jail records don't list an attorney for Allen, who allegedly dumped the electronics during the chase.
Search of vehicle at border crossing leads to $482K LAREDO— Agents at the South Texas border have seized nearly $482,000 hidden in a vehicle attempting to enter Mexico.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say a 43-year-old man from Laredo has been taken into custody in the undeclared currency investigation.Authorities at the Laredo Port of Entry say the cash was confiscated Monday from a pickup truck at the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge.Investigators didn't immediately say where the bundles of money were found in the vehicle or release further details on the driver.Any cash adding up to $10,000 or more must be declared at the U.S. border to make sure the funds are not tied to criminal activity.Floridian last of 12 convicted in Texas for timeshare fraud DALLAS — A Florida man could be sentenced to more than 500 years in prison for leading a $10 million timeshare scam in the U.S. and Canada.Fabian Fleifel of Winter Springs, Florida, was convicted in Texas of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud. A federal jury in Dallas on Monday also convicted Fleifel of 19 counts of mail fraud telemarketing and six counts of wire fraud telemarketing.Investigators say the 45-year-old Fleifel hired telemarketers to call timeshare owners to solicit fees in a bogus promise of buyers. Prosecutors say more than 5,000 people, include many over age 55, were victims.Fleifel, who was convicted on all 26 counts in the 2012 indictment, remains in custody pending sentencing.Eleven other people earlier pleaded guilty and await sentencing.

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Зинаи́да Серге́евна Про́нченко () — российский кинокритик, журналист, блогер. Кандидат искусствоведения. Шеф-редактор сайта журнала «Искусство кино» с 1 апреля 2020 года.

Постоянный автор ряда авторитетных изданий о кино и культуре — «Искусство кино», «Сеанс», Colta.ru, «Кино ТВ», КиноПоиск; модератор онлайн-лекций Московской школы нового кино.

Биография
Родилась в Ленинграде. Окончила факультет истории и теории искусств в Санкт-Петербургской академии художеств имени Ильи Репина. Училась на Высших курсах сценаристов и режиссёров (мастерская Петра Тодоровского и Наталии Рязанцевой). Изучала сравнительное искусствознание в Высшей школе европейских культур при Российском государственном гуманитарном университете. В качестве режиссёра сняла несколько короткометражных фильмов. Несколько лет прожила во Франции.

В марте 2022 года подписала коллективное обращение киноведов, кинокритиков и киножурналистов  России против военной агрессии РФ против Украины.

Мнения
 Антон Долин: «Она не только блестяще пишет, но и парадоксально мыслит, а также обладает всеми качествами прекрасного редактора: стратегическое планирование, уважение к чужим текстам, способность своевременно улавливать всех интересующую тему».
 Ксения Собчак: «Зинаида Пронченко — это новая Божена Рынска».
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Designer transforms UN refugee tent into dress
DUBAI Arts
Mar 23, 2017 12:00 am GMT+3
Project ambassador of ,Dress For Our Time, Louise Owen models a UN tent from the Zaatari camp in Jordan that has been converted into a dress by fashion academic Helen Storey. (AFP Photo)
A UN refugee tent home has found a new life as a dress, while still bearing the marks of its past.
"Dress for Our Time", the brainchild of fashion designer Helen Storey, has turned a discarded tent from the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan into a hooded dress featured on stage at the Glastonbury Festival and in the conference halls of Dubai.
Now on display at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition, the project aims to introduce the reality of refugee life to audiences who may be physically and politically removed from the conflict.
"We're using fashion as sort of a Trojan horse, and from that you're able to talk about something that's more serious... a crisis that involves all of us," said Storey, professor of fashion and science at the University of the Arts, London.
"It was important for me that it did have a history and it was genuinely the shelter to a family, and I think it's that narrative that helps give the piece resonance with people."
The tent was discarded when the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, began to install cabins at the Zaatari camp on the border with war-ravaged Syria.
Storey preserved the condition of the tent as she had found it: a stained piece of beige tarp imprinted with the blue UNHCR logo, the remains of a message scribbled in orange marker faded but still visible.
The dress has in the past year made its way down the sidewalks of London to Glastonbury, where Malian singer Rokia Traore wore it on stage last year.
Reactions to the dress have run the gamut, from confused to amused to touched.
"In London there's a lot of stopping and staring," said project ambassador Louise Owen, who also modeled the dress at the conference in Dubai.
"We had a Syrian artist here burst into tears when she saw me in the dress," Owen said.
"It had touched her in a way it wouldn't anybody in London."
And while the garment will continue to take its story around the world, one place it will not be returning is the Zaatari camp.
"I've taken the view that it's inappropriate to take it back," said Storey.
"It's our part of the world that needs education.
"It's really a tool to help the Western part of the world be less defensive about this."
Syria's devastating civil war, now in its seventh year, has rendered more than half the country's population refugees.
The conflict has left more than 320,000 people dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Frontier cites opposition of Charter-TWC deal as it looks to get Minnesota video franchise
Frontier is voicing its opposition of Charter Communications' (NASDAQ: CHTR) purchases of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Bright House Networks to the FCC following Charter's move to block Frontier's pursuit of a video franchise agreement in Minnesota.
On Monday, Farmington, Minnesota officials are conducting a public hearing to consider Frontier's request to bring its Vantage video service to the city.
Charter, which holds the city's sole cable franchise and an extension to a franchise agreement that expired Dec. 31, is trying to block Frontier's move to enter the city's video market as an alternative provider. LeeAnn Herrera, director of government affair for Charter, alleges that Frontier hasn't complied with state laws. FierceCable has this report.


CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Electrophysiologist Stan Weiner, M.D., performed the first implant of the WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device on a patient with atrial fibrillation (AF) at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center – Longview on November 12. This marks the 172nd WATCHMAN procedure for the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic team, who were the first in East Texas to perform this procedure in 2016, offering an alternative to the lifelong use of warfarin for people with AF not caused by a heart valve problem (also known as non-valvular AF).
An estimated five million Americans are affected by Atrial Fibrillation – an irregular heartbeat that feels like a quivering heart. People with AF have a five times greater risk of stroke than those with normal heart rhythms. The WATCHMAN device closes off an area of the heart called the left atrial appendage (LAA) to keep harmful blood clots that can form in the LAA from entering the blood stream and potentially causing a stroke. By closing off the LAA, the risk of stroke may be reduced, and over time, patients may be able to stop taking warfarin.
The WATCHMAN device has been implanted in more than 50,000 patients worldwide and is done in a one-time procedure. It's a permanent device that doesn't have to be replaced and can't be seen outside the body. The procedure is done under general anesthesia and takes about an hour. Patients commonly stay in the hospital overnight and leave the next day.


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If you have been shopping for an engagement ring or an impressive diamond, you're sure to have realized the prices diamonds with VVS2+ clarity and D-G colors are bringing. We all fantasize about flaunting a rock with these characteristics, and also believe that they are well out of reach.
Not true. While a traditional diamond with these qualities can be priced in the hundreds of thousands, depending on the carat size, you can obtain a natural diamond, not a synthetic, with intrinsic ultra-high clarities and high color from $10k to under $200k.
It's a secret many jewelers invested in traditional diamonds do not want you to know.
In a nutshell, GIA Certified Natural HPHT (High Pressure, High Temperature) diamonds are genuine, gem-quality diamonds that have been mined from the earth and have gone through a permanent, non-invasive HPHT process to enhance their color. They are derived from the same volcanic sources as all other diamonds.
Did you know there are different types of diamonds? Type 2a diamonds are one example, and they are the only kind that can undergo the HPHT process. This is because their structural integrity is top-notch and can endure the immense heat and pressure conditions of this permanent color transforming technique. Read more about the HPHT process.
Now, a white, fully crystallized Type 2a diamond will fetch mega-bucks. Whether you're a fan of them or not, to give you perspective on the cost, Kim Kardashian's multi-million dollar diamond from Kanye West is a Type 2a, D color diamond. So how does it make sense that an HPHT diamond (which is also Type 2a and can be D in color), can be within reach for you?
The difference is that a natural diamond that has undergone the HPHT process doesn't come out of the ground white, like Kim's. Instead, it originated with a brownish hue before it was permanently enhanced to a white color with high pressure, high temperature. But wait a second, why would you want one?
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The Type 2a diamond from which a natural HPHT diamond comes from makes up only ½ % of all diamonds mined. Therefore, we believe the demand will continue to increase, while quantities decrease. Although we are not investment advisors nor give investment advice, we believe there will be a favorable long-term return on these types of diamonds.
Over the past few years we have seen a higher demand for natural HPHT diamond from couples and sophisticated diamond buyers alike. We are also seeing the preference for HPHT diamonds among individuals who could otherwise afford a traditional diamond with top-tier specifications.
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Cuba: Submarine of the Left
by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira December 21, 2016 January 7, 2008
Normally, a ruthless military dictator of a small island country would weigh little in world events. Normally, the world community would try to ostracize this ruthless leader and hasten the day when the nation could live in freedom.
However, that logic does not apply when it comes to one military dictator. That exception is Fidel Castro, an unabashed Stalinist who has maintained Communist rule over Cuba for nearly fifty years.
Far from welcoming a change in his ruthless regime that may come due to Castro's declining health, the left worldwide has united around the Castroist regime hoping for a continuation of the misery of the Cuban people.
Why are leftists who claim to be so compassionate so adamant when it comes to Cuba? Perhaps it is because Cuba is an important symbol and rallying point to the communist movement worldwide. Leftists, guerrillas and even American liberals seem to gather courage from thCe fact that Castro and Cuba have survived.
The following article analyzes Cuba's great importance among leftists even as the leader of this despotic regime appears to be nearing his end.
Cuba and the Submarine
If there is a revolutionary remnant in the world today where the communist flag still insults the sun's rays with its presence, that remnant is Castro's Cuba.
Communists, more or less everywhere, have been scared and disconcerted by the spectacular collapse of the Soviet bloc. Certain macro-capitalist mass media always boastfully presented that bloc as being the second international empire after the United States.
Now Russia — this nation of tattered wretches reduced to beggars by the cruelest of tyrannies — was suddenly pulverized, and this was a frightful psychological blow for communists the world over.
Nevertheless, these same communists are consoled to see that in small Cuba there still burns a communist Troy, radiating to the three Americas — even to Africa — her evil electro-political vibrations.
Cuba, the island-prison of the Antilles, nonetheless, is submerged in chaos. Castro appears to be "without oxygen" and the only possible way out for his delicate situation is his propaganda support from outside Cuba.
In this sense, caravans of colorful foreigners have not hesitated to give him this indispensable support.
Happy spokesmen of the Brazilian Catholic left such as the Dominican, friar Betto, the ex-Franciscan, Friar Leonardo Boff, and others of the same persuasion, go there often. Forming a choir with ecologists and tribalists, these "showmen" of liberation theology continue to repeat the same song and dance which can be summarized more or less like this:
"The people in Cuba are happy. There is misery, that is true. But, what is the difference between misery and poverty? In the final analysis, is not a bearable poverty better than consumerism? Is it not at least the lesser of two evils, since the population is not obliged to work so much, in order to produce so much? Does not the idleness of misery bring attractions along with it? Is this not better than the vertiginous keeping up with the Jones' of the consumer civilization?"
Since they have no other defense of the island-prison, these apologists dedicate themselves to this lewd defense of misery. They could care less about the fact that their attitude helps perpetuate the brutalities, cruelties and crimes of Stalinist communism, that failed in Eastern Europe yet still reign in Cuba.
In spite of all this, international communism accrues a great advantage by preserving Cuba as a Stalinist holdout. Cuba ends up being their flag bearer, while they attempt their metamorphosis throughout the world.
For the sake of comparison, imagine a submarine, in which the periscope, besides its optical function, also serves as a snorkel which lets air in for those inside the vessel.
Cuba, presently, is playing the role of the hypothetical periscope. The communist crew, submerged amid the waters of misery, feels diminished, disheartened and asphyxiated before the vision of the sinking of Russian communism. However, the existence of Castro's Cuba brings oxygen to these lungs. In such a fashion that if communists breathe today it is because Castro breathes. And this is of great importance for the survival of communism.
The preceding article written by Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira was originally published in Agência Boa Imprensa – ABIM in the first half of July, 1992. It has been translated and adapted for publication without his revision.
Written in the early nineties the article refers to the then-recent fall of the Berlin Wall. However, the left still flocks to communist Cuba and takes courage in its continued existence. –Ed.
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Q: multiplication on Jacobian and corresponding map on the curve let $X$ a smooth algebraic curve over a field , let $A$ be its jacobian and $n:A\rightarrow A$ the multiplication by $n$ map (can assume $n$ coprime with the char of the base field if this semplifies things ). Since the curve embedds in its Jacobian which is the corresponding map $X\rightarrow X$, or $X\rightarrow Y$ where this is a finite map and $Y$ is a smooth curve?
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A: As noted in comments, once $g(X) > 1$, there is no map $X \to X$ induced by multiplication by $n$.
Rather, one has the following: the preimage in $A$ of $X$ under multiplication by $n$
is a (disconnected, if $n > 1$) curve $X_n$ contained in $A$, and multiplication by $n$ restricts to a finite
map $X_n \to X$ which is etale (i.e. everywhere unramified) of degree $n^{2g}$.
Furthermore, every connected abelian everywhere unramified Galois cover of $X$ is a subcover of one of these $X_n$, i.e. if $Y\to X$ is a connected abelian everywhere unramified finite cover of $X$, then for some $n$ we may find a
factorization $X_n \to Y \to X$.  (This statement is part of geometric class field theory.)

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Beeliar Regional Park is located in the south west of the Perth metropolitan area. The Park comprises 26 lakes and many other associated wetlands in two main chains located parallel to the coast.
Beeliar Regional Park provides for a range of passive and active recreation opportunities, including bushwalking and bird watching including strategically positioned bird hides. This park is of particular significance for providing the opportunity to recreate in natural environments that are relatively undisturbed yet close to urban areas. A wide variety of natural features such as the lakes, wetlands and bushland areas as well as coastal environments, provide visitors with a variety of recreation opportunities and experiences.
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Manning Lake at Beelair Regional Park. Photo: WA Parks and Wildlife Service
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