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Once upon a time — about 40 years ago — there were few things as terrifyingly pulpy as the books at the supermarket checkout: fat paperbacks with crazy covers and titles like Eat Them Alive, The Face That Must Die and Crabs: The Human Sacrifice. This was lowbrow stuff, and Grady Hendrix, the author of Paperbacks from Hell, has read a lot of it.
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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
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(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE APPRENTICE")
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The numbers out of Las Vegas are staggering - 59 dead, more than 500 wounded. This is the nation's deadliest mass shooting in modern history.
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The film First They Killed My Father begins in 1975 Cambodia, during the rise of the Khmer Rouge. The hard-line communist regime aimed to deport an entire nation into the countryside and form an agrarian utopia — but their experiment failed. People were forced to work, and they were also tortured, starved and executed. In the end, around a quarter of the country's population — roughly 2 million people — died.
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SEC proposes postal ballot system for NRIs, Founding Member of ADR, Prof Jagdeep Chhokar raises some valid concerns. 1. Of the estimated 1 crore population of NRIs across the world, 60 lakhs are eligible to cast votes. EC seems to be going through a lot of effort to ensure voting rights to NRIs while our own MRIs (Migrant Resident Indian) do not seem to enjoy the same privilege. 2. For an estimated 28.50 crore (38% of the total registered voters in the country) migrants in India who are eligible to cast votes, there is no practical arrangement in place by the EC to exercise their franchise. The recommendation of the EC that migrants register as voters in their place of work is not doable as they are always on the move and a majority of them are not literate. Investing their time in registering as voters means foregoing their wages for a few days, which will also be true in case they choose to travel back to their villages to cast votes. 3. A practical arrangement that allows 28.50 crore migrants to cast their votes conveniently from anywhere in the country rather than giving preference to 60 lakh NRIs is the need of the hour. 4. As per a Dec 21 media report, EC is examining a plan to allow migrants to vote in their candidates' constituencies and will deliberate on a conceptual framework of the technology to enable voting from anywhere. While this is an encouraging development, the conceptual framework is still to be discussed, which means there is still time, raising questions whether the same will be in place before the 2024 general elections.
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A: I'm not sure if this would work on the Binder level or not, but if you can get a hold of the Compilation object, then you can query its GlobalNamespace property, which is "The root namespace that contains all namespaces and types defined in source code or in referenced metadata, merged into a single namespace hierarchy." From this you can get the (top level) type declarations and then you can simply look for any extension method that matches the type that you are processing.

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A dollar a day
Posted on August 15, 2018	by Tenayistilign
There is a call by the PM of Ethiopia to Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin to contribute a dollar a day for supporting the development of the country.
The class of 1989 at the medical school in Jimma University (South West Ethiopia) which used to be called Jimma Institute of health Sciences started with a class of 55 and after a grueling 7 years, about half, 27 to be exact, graduated.
Include me in that list.
The list goes down to 24 if you count out our Eritrean friends. Tuition, food, housing were all paid for by Ethiopia's meager resources.
Fast forward to 2018, about 12 of the 24 (50%) graduates in 1996 are now practicing outside of Ethiopia. Our class has produced US board certified internists, a cardiologist, surgeon, endocrinologist, nephrologist, public health experts, pediatricians who are involved in private practice, academic and in international institutions.
This trend is well described in a recent publication (Hum Resour Health. 2017 Jun 26;15(1):4). The migration of African -educated physicians to the US has grown substantially from 2005 to 2015. The number of African-educated physicians who graduated from medical schools in sub-Saharan countries increased by over 300% in the 10 years specified above. Ethiopian trained physicians practicing in the US increased from 355 in 2005 to 666 in 2015, which is an astonishing 87% increase. This is not limited to Ethiopia. In the same study, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Ghana account for 76.0% of all African-educated physicians in the United States.
If you break down the number of Ethiopian –educated physicians practicing in the US in 2015 by medical school, 365 were graduates of Addis Ababa University School of Medicine, 152 were trained at Gondar College of Medicine and 149 were trained at Jimma University.
In a paper published in 2011 looking at the financial cost of doctors emigrating from sub-Saharan Africa that studied 7 countries including Ethiopia (BMJ. 2011; 343: d7031.), total educational cost per student was $29898 in Ethiopia, $28620 of which was spend in medical school per medical student. If you extrapolate that data and multiply it by the number of Ethiopian trained physicians practicing in the US in 2015, it comes close to 20 million US dollars which is a lost investment for Ethiopia due to immigration of doctors to the US alone in the 10 years up to 2015. For the 9 countries included in the study (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe), the overall estimated loss of returns from investment was $2.17bn.
So when the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia called for the diaspora Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin to contribute a dollar a day, he is reminding us that more is expected from us.
We certainly can do more than a dollar a day!
At the end of the morning report
Eritrean –Ethiopian war (1998-2000), a brief reflection.
I took brisk steps as I approached the main entrance of the hospital's auditorium. I was the on call GP. It was a busy night call.
I barely had a moment's sleep. I had to pull the charts to be there on time to present the admissions and main events that happened overnight in this hospital in the center of Addis Ababa.
It was not an ordinary hospital; being late was not tolerated.
It was not an ordinary time, in the middle of the Eritrean –Ethiopian war. It was in 1998.
The senior internists and general surgeons had taken the first raw followed by the two pediatricians, gynecologists, radiologists. And almost all of the general practitioners had taken the back rows. The room was unusually full. I found a spot towards the back next to my good friend Dr T. We both were recent graduates but from two different medical schools. The hospital's ear, nose and throat surgeon walked in next followed by the medical director of the hospital.
A former colonel, the medical director of the hospital was respected when it comes to medical knowledge but was also feared.
"Good morning," he paused and looked at us.
"I want you all to stay after finishing the morning report."
The room remained quiet.
The medical director looked at me and indicated to start the report.
I did a summary of how many patients I had seen in the hospital's urgent care, how many I had admitted and I recall telling them with excitement the delivery of twins, a boy and girl that I had assisted. Respiratory ailments like tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma, heart failure were all presented in a precise summary.
It was unusual in that no one was interrupting me with questions or comments like the other morning reports. Even the surgeons were quite.
Everyone looked tense and away.
Shortly the chief nurse walked in and took a sit next to the medical director. We knew than something was up.
"Well, I know that you all may not be aware but today we have to pick one of you to join the medial team that will go to the war." He said firmly.
The war was raging at the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea including at the disputed Badme. It was a war that eventually would kill several thousands and by some estimates close to 100,000. Unfortunately it was a war between two countries of the same people but there was no time to reason out. Logic didn't exist.
Every one knew it was coming but at least some of us had no idea that it would be that fast.
"It is going to be a rotating service for 3 or 6 months," he followed.
"The first one goes to," he looked towards where I was seated next to my good friend Dr T unrolling the piece of paper that he picked.
Dr T was the lucky one. When the chief nurse announced his name he was stone cold and was still sitting after everyone else had left the room, in a hurry ,to call their families. I stayed behind.
It was a sacrifice the country requested.
He packed up the following day and joined the team that was heading north to assist the war. Dr T came back safe but with many war stories about heroic deeds and near survivals. Until the end of the war in 2000, many of my colleagues and other health providers followed… some of us were spared because of sheer luck but put up the time to cover our colleagues . It was a war that touched many lives.
Today, 20 years later, partly because of the change sought by the likes of the twins that have come of age since the war, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have resolved their differences and made peace so that the same people in two different countries ,however late , can restart living together in peace.
And no more surprises at the end of the morning report.
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia
Posted on August 7, 2018	by Tenayistilign
THE ABIY PHENOMENON
( by Dr Solomon Feyissa)
I can imagine that many of us have talked about the Abiy phenomenon since he came to power a little over 100 days ago.
I have been mentally wrestling with myself what term to use to describe the Abiy phenomenon and finally convinced myself that "perfect timing" would be appropriate.
Had he come to the scene few years earlier or few years later I would argue that he wouldn't have become the promising leader that we all are talking about but instead a regular nice technocrat of limited significance. I strongly think that things were ripe for him to shine at this point in time in Ethiopian politics.
He came at the right time in the history of Ethiopian political struggle for real democracy. I disagree with other people who give him too much credit for the changes and sometimes try to make him a messiah figure or a cult leader which seems to be a very wrong way to understand and describe the situation and could be dangerous and may encourage dictatorship.
His rise to power needs to be understood with the preceding political events and bigger context of political struggle in Ethiopia. No doubt that he is the best messenger for reconciliation, forgiveness, peace, change, democracy and rule of law. He is the right leader at this critical time which Ethiopia needs desperately.
Timing is everything, so this is his time and we should see his role as part of a bigger picture of ongoing political struggle but not as a one man show. I would say it is important to understand and acknowledge the significant historical events of our politics of the last half century to explain his ascendance to power.
He is the outcome of the multigenerational struggle for genuine participatory democracy and rule of law. He is the off spring of a very protracted conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery of a bitter political struggle and process which costed thousands of lives.
The struggle for democracy and rule of law has been fought by different groups in different forms and shapes starting from the Neway brothers, Mengistu and Girmame coup d'état. Countless Ethiopians sacrificed their lives under the umbrella of different organizations and popular movements including EPRP, MEISON, ELF,EPLF,TLF,TPLF,OLF,EPRDF etc and the original Yoyane movement, the Bale upraising and the Mecha tulema association etc…
The first real opportunity was created when Haile Selassie's monarchy collapsed which was exploited by some junior army officers who eventually hijacked the revolution and became dictators and killed, arrested or exiled their opponents.
A second opportunity was created when Derg fell and ERRDF took over. This was also wasted because EPRDF ended up being a dictator and oppressive regime primary serving the ruling class by marginalizing, alienating and excluding significant parts of the society.
The 2004 semi free election brought some hope but was quickly decimated when the fetus of democracy was aborted by primarily EPRDF antidemocratic actions and partly by failed leadership of incompetent, weak and divided opposition.
As the repression intensified the struggle travelled through different phases.
The current success has the following hallmarks
Death of former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in 2012 decapitated EPRDF and caused significant leadership and succession crisis and snowballed the current political change
Incorporation of information technology including internet, mobile devices and social media as a means of political discourse helped better communicate and organize citizens
The critical role the diaspora played in helping lead and organize the public at home and abroad
The relative success of the ethnic nationalist opposition movements and parties vis a vis the multinational/multiethnic parties in helping better organize and lead the struggle (the Wolkite identity issues and the Oromo protests were very good examples as the primary engines of change for the current events)
Formal and informal leaders of the recent struggle were very sophisticated and employed very successful peaceful resistance guided by prior proven experiences elsewhere and scientific literatures on the subject which posed a huge challenge to the ERPDF government which is known for its heavy handedness and militarism and was poorly equipped to handle such struggle
EPRDF's own weaknesses including corruption, failed leadership especially after the death of Meles and division within and among member parties.
In early summer 2016, the popular protest and struggle seem to have peaked particularly in Oromia and Amhara regions where lawlessness, and socioeconomic unrest prevailed at which time ERPDF led government had to do something to avert the looming political and socioeconomic disaster threatening the integrity of the country.
EPRDF brought new faces to the OPDO leadership in the Summer 2016 in an attempt to ease the popular anger and protest. Shortly after that Irecha massacre happened in late September 2016 which exacerbated the ongoing strife and EPRDF had to declare a state of emergency which was extended and lasted for 10 months.
The new OPDO leadership was led by Lema Megersa who seems to be the main architect of the current political philosophy in the country. Lema was able to assemble and bring in young, educated group of people, aka TEAM LEMA, to the OPDO leadership and the region. Lema started by listening to the public's grievances and spoke the language of the ordinary person and was able to convince many that he is on their side with his incredible oratory.
Most of his speeches were in Oromiffa and his power was limited to the Oromia region thus non Oromo speakers were unable to see his incredible political skills until recently. Lema introduced some reforms at the Oromia regional level including justice reform, land distribution, media reform, freedom of expression etc…which gave him popular support. He also did a lot to rein in corruption in OPDO and the region. Lema was able to recruit Dr Abiy Ahmed to the Oromia regional administration who was at the federal ministry of science and technology until summer of 2016. Abiy eventually became Lema's deputy in the summer of 2017.
In early fall of 2017 Lema led a delegation to Bahirdar ( capital of the Amhara regional state) and broke the spell of artificially created and manufactured hate between Amhara and Oromo. He made a famous and impassionate speech at the event which gave him university admiration and put him on a national spot light and was also praised by the diaspora. He did the same with other regions including the South, Benishangul and Gambela. I belive this was a turning point in the country's political dynamics proving that the different ethnic groups have nothing to fear of their differences and can live and coexist with tolerance no matter what.
As popular protest reached it's peak causing subsequent strikes and siege of the capital, Prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn was forced to resign in an attempt by EPRDF to come up with some drastic measures/solution to solve the crisis. EPRDF also declared a second state of emergency. EPRDF government seems to have failed in bringing peace and stability despite using all tactics and putting all of its cards on the table so was forced to make some unconventional moves out of desperation.
The vacancy created by the resignation of the Prime Minister gave OPDO a chance to nominate the next EPRDF chairman and Prime Minister. Lema Megersa had the best chance to become EPRDF chairman and the next PM among the other leaders of EPRDF member parties but he was not a member of the federal parliament which essentially excluded him. He was a member of the regional parliament instead. OPDO as a party and Lema as its leader were very aggressive and publicly lobbied to get the position. OPDO made a very unusual move to give its candidate a better chance and remove even the perceived slightest hurdle it might face during the election process and to that effect OPDO decided to make Lema deputy and Dr Abiy chairman; essentially they swapped positions. Lema gets a huge credit for this maneuver which seems also selfless on his part to let his deputy take over his post and make himself a deputy.
This paved the way for Dr Abiy Ahmed to get a shot at the candidacy for the chairmanship of EPRDF and PM. OPDO arm wrestled with TPLF during EPRDF meeting to get its nominee elected as chairman and was only successful after it got significant and tactical support from most ANDM and some SNNRP members. Dr Abiy Ahmed became chairman of the EPRDF and elected by parliament to be the next PM in early April and after that the rest is history.
So far his performance is impressive and earned him majority support from all walks of lives even if he appears to have some opponents from the old guard and hardcore EPRDFites.
I don't intent to mention laundry list of his achievements in the first 100 days because they are public record and easy for anyone to see. Rather I will dwell in explaining his personal attributes, political advantages and political philosophy as mentioned below.
His overarching theme seems to be reconciliation, peace, forgiveness, inclusiveness and love in an attempt to bring the country together and move towards democracy, the rule of law and prosperity and move away from vindictive politics of zero sum game and as an avid reader he might have gotten some inspirations from MLK, Gandi and Mandela
Has exceptional work ethic and obsessed with not wasting any time and can be described as a 24/7 leader
Cognizant of the fact that as leader he can set the tone of dialogue and political discourse through powerful rhetoric
He seems to be using his literature and writing skills to give some life to his political speeches and make it more palatable as opposed to a boring, dry cadre style political monologue.
He is using his personal appeal and charisma to achieve his political objective and can be best described as the huger in chief
Some of the overwhelming support he is getting from the public seems to make him more confident and bold by the day encouraging him to take more constructive steps
Seems that he has some strong moral and faith background and very supportive of people of faith and religion behind and around him. Testament to that he was able to reconcile the divisions with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, a remarkable fit in of itself.
Seems to be using some evangelical skills in the content and delivery of his speech which MLK had used extensively
Very savvy in using traditional media and information technology including social media
Was able to connect to different sections of the community with his relative young age appeal and diverse back ground (his father is a Muslim from Agaro, his mother is a Christian from West shoa, married to a woman from Gonder)
Has used his multilingual skills to the fullest (fluent in Tigrigna, Amharic, Oromoffa, English) to better communicate his political message, connect with people and achieve his political goals
The fact that he came from the party operating in the region (OPDO)which was hit hard by the protest gives him some legitimacy, credibility and gets him the necessary constituency support
Very ambitious man who is a thinker with big ideas which brings a good remedy for some of the small fights in our political discourse like tribalism
Full of hope, aspirations with potential to influence not only socioeconomic and political landscape and dynamics of Ethiopia but also the horn and East Africa at large. Normalization of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea is one such deed.
Capable of writing new chapters in the political discourse and narratives and willing to take risks and to go to unchartered territory to explore new possibilities
Seems committed to reading, willing to listen, learn and make corrections as needed
His life journey seems to have made him ready for the job with the necessary academic and professional experiences required; he was a colonel in the military, director of INSA/cybersecurity agency, has a Ph. D. in peace and security, was head of OPDO secretariat, member of the federal parliament and had federal and regional ministerial posts.
Seems to be willing to fight for his ideals and face the consequences of his actions and pay the necessary price to achieve his or his party's goal.
Seems to have the right temperament, personality and good will concerned for the wellbeing of his citizens
Seem to create a good vibe and working environment for colleagues and create a positive atmosphere and encourage others change and improve for the better.
I believe we are just witnessing the beginning chapters of yet to be unraveled great life as a leader. Time will tell how far he can transform the struggle of the Ethiopian people in realizing real democracy, rule of law, peace, prosperity and stability.
We also shall see what kind of influence he will have on the horn and greater East Africa with regard to peace, stability and economic integration.
I also believe that the general public with well-informed active engagement and participation has significant leverage and can help him steer the wheel of change to bring the desired out comes benefiting all.
I have high hopes for him and believe that we will be talking and writing more about the remaining chapter of the Dr Abiy Ahmed's phenomenon in the months and years to come. I can see more potential and greatness in his future.
I wish him, all Ethiopians, the citizens of the horn and east Africa good luck.
Dr Solomon Feyissa is a practicing physician based in the USA.
Nancy Alonso
Posted on June 11, 2017	by Tenayistilign
I found a surprise note on my desk after the morning clinic. It was a busy clinic with patients of various kidney and electrolyte problems including a challenging case of hypokalemia or low potassium.
At first it didn't click. I read the note again,
Please call Nancy Alonso at———- she is in Miami waiting for your call.
It sure was her, her voice still strong.
We were a bunch of 18 year olds sitting in one of the new lecture halls awaiting to see the famous Cuban physiology professor. It was twenty six years ago in what then used to be called Jimma Institute of Health Sciences, one of the only three medical schools at the time, located in South West Ethiopia.
A sharp, intelligent and telegenic Cuban professor would walk in that morning and every morning for a year to lay the foundation for our education in medicine. There is no medicine without human physiology. There was no better professor than Nancy Alonso, in South West Ethiopia, where we had scarcity of educational materials.
She brought the complex human physiology in a way we could grasp and enjoy it. I still do.
It was a very volatile time in Ethiopia. The Cuban professors including Nancy had to leave after a change of government leaving a vacuum in the medical school which fortunately was temporary. With a strong foundation in physiology, most of the class of 89 went on to finish medical school. Some of us had the opportunity to pursue sub-specialty medical training in Ethiopia and beyond working now in private practice and academia, teaching the next generation of health providers. Among us are US board certified internists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, nephrologists, surgeons, to name a few.
I drove to Miami to pick her up. We were both thrilled to meet again.
She was dressed in an Ethiopian outfit and carrying a present for us, berbere, Ethiopian hot spice, and Teff, Ethiopian super grain, that she got in one of the Ethiopian stores.
After a cup of strong Cuban coffee, we drove to our house to spend the afternoon with my wife and daughter.
It was easy to see that Nancy Alonso's two years in Ethiopia from 1989 to 1991 had left a lasting impression on her about the country, its people and culture. She told me that her experience in Ethiopia played a role in her becoming a writer. She also told me that she has an upcoming collection of short stories reflecting Africa. Most of her works are in Spanish but some are translated in to English.
We are testament that people like Nancy who travelled the world to teach did make a difference in the lives of many. Unfortunately some may not even know the impact they had on other's lives.
This is a thank you note to Nancy Alonso, the Cuban biology professor and writer, for her contribution to our early education in physiology and medicine and for who we are today as a person.
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A life matters !
"Doctor, doctor, doctor," she said, with a Spanish accent
"Look at me doctor," she said again grinning
"Look at my face, I am happy now, I am happy now, my life is back"
Her eyes welled up with tears
This was a mother who had suffered from chronic illness
For too long
That many physicians in the Americas missed
Because they were looking for common things
Even after her vital organs, like the kidney and liver
Started to fail
I remember the day I saw her
I could tell her body was on fire
Of inflammation
That alluded many
Until we made a diagnosis of the rarest of rare diseases
Almost a decade after her initial symptoms
When I look back, it is not because we are genius
Or it is not because we had an eureka moment
It was because we opened our eyes, scratched our head
And looked for rare diseases
Because a life matters!
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Until I had my own
Posted on May 29, 2016	by Tenayistilign
"Her heart is beating at 172 per minutes. Do you have fever?"
That question from the obstetrician threw chills in our bones in otherwise a routine visit. My wife quickly turned and looked at me but I wasn't able to reassure her; I was afraid.
No she didn't have fever. We kept our routine of freshly squeezed juice for her and a cup of black coffee for me and rushed to make it on time for the 8:30 appointment. There was nothing alarming; the baby was moving as usual. She was overdue so we had prepared everything ready from hospital gowns to baby clothes, snacks, toothbrush and paste.
"Well, your baby's heart rate is high so I don't think we can wait any longer. I will send you to the labor ward. Will start induction."
The labor ward at the Memorial Hospital was only a short walk from the obstetrician's office. By the time we arrived there, the midwives had all the information. They were nice to us, easing our fears. So that was how it all started. Slipping in to a hospital gown, intravenous lines, monitors for the baby's heart rate and my wife's contractions which began about an hour after the oxytocin was initiated. Baby's heart rate settled in the 160s, which was not alarmingly high. We waited for the labor to progress anticipating a normal deliver but knowing that we were in good hands if she needed surgery.
A loud bang on the front door. Again and again.
"Doctor, wake up. Doctor, wake up. There is a pregnant mother in labor."
I was the only intern in the compound at the time. This is back in the early 90s, in Asendabo Health Center, a small town in the outskirts of Jimma, a major city in western Ethiopia. I was completing medical school then but part of the requirement for graduation was to do internship in local health centers. There was no electric light at the time. I quickly lit the candle and checked my watch. It was about 3 in the morning. A tall and muscular man in his 50s was standing at the door, profusely sweating.
"Hurry up, hurry up, she is in labor. You are the only one I could locate. The mid-wife and physician are out of town. The health center's only car is broken. Please hurry up."
It was the security guard.
Fortunately the outside was lit by a full moon. We rushed to the health center. There I was, a young ambitious intern, with just a pen light at hand, at about 3 or 4 in the morning, in front of a young mother, perhaps 15 or 16, exhausted from hours of horse ride and in labor pain. Her husband, extended family, neighbors were all crammed up in a small dark room.
My wife's contractions started to peak up as the dose of oxytocin was escalated. Our baby's heart rate remained stable. About 2 hours in to labor, my wife finally requested epidural to ease the pain. It helped. She was able to take some rest, caught a nap.
I drifted back to Asendabo.
I soon realized I had no time to waste. Everything happened very fast. We explained to the family to stay outside. I made a quick evaluation. The mother's vitals were stable. I picked an old pinard horn fetoscope and tried to listen and count the baby's heart rate. It was fast, perhaps around 170. That made me nervous. The closest hospital for surgery or any major complication if needed was hours away and to make matters worse the multi-purpose car that also substituted as an ambulance was broken. Fortunately, the head was down and the cervix was fully dilated. All what she needed was a push. I got myself well situated holding the pen light in between my teeth, ready to deliver, with no other help.
Take a deep breath and when I count down to three start to push down.
They both pushed, taking few breaks in between, separated by time and location but united by the same being.
Celebratory gunfire erupted outside the health center in Asendabo the moment the baby cried. Word was out that I was able to successfully deliver her, both mother and baby doing well except that I was socked in the amniotic fluid and blood, unbeknown to me, until sunrise.
Two decades later, across the Atlantic Ocean, I stood mesmerized …as my own baby was delivered at around midnight. I was frightened when I first saw the cord around the baby's neck but it was loose … she cried… relief and joy and tears of happiness.
I didn't realize until now what that moment in Asendabo meant for her parents. Until I had my own.
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Renal rounds: Christmas gift
Posted on December 24, 2015	by Tenayistilign
We were shopping for Christmas when the call came through. It was a big shop with Christmas decorations all over the place. It was noisy and crowded. We left the house early to spend as much time as we can to hunt for bargains and make it on time for my dialysis, something I do three times a week for three and half hours. My dialysis days were on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but the schedule was changed so that we can spend Christmas day, which fell on one of my dialysis days, at home. My two younger brothers didn't expect much from me, they knew I only worked part time but it made me happy to get them something for Christmas. I also didn't want them to see me as disabled because I was not.
My kidneys failed when I was young. I had no idea why I was feeling weak and tired. There was blood and protein in my urine. I even had specimen taken from my left kidney for testing. The doctors said I had IgA nephritis, a common kidney disease that causes inflammation of the linings of the blood vessels inside the kidneys. My parents had no idea what it was and how to treat me. The doctors said it was too late to help me, that's until we moved to the US. I recall how I persuaded my parents to apply for the green card lottery. They were hesitant to do it first. I remember the joy when we got the visa but it was the beginning of a long journey.
It took us almost a day including the connection flight to Detroit where our host family was located. They greeted us in the airport with flowers. I wasn't feeling well. I was weak and nauseated. I had twice vomited during the flight from Ethiopia. My younger brothers were deep asleep on the car to the house. My parents were very anxious; they knew I was sick. That night, I would end up in the emergency room of Detroit Receiving Hospital. If it wasn't for the swift care I had there I would have died. My potassium was dangerously high, which is one sign of my kidneys failing.
Kidneys are not only filtering organs but they regulate key electrolytes, I recall the kidney doctor saying to the medical students, interns , residents and fellows all taking turn to hear the "rub" on my chest. I was in bad shape. The toxins that my failing kidneys were unable to remove were causing inflammation in the linings of the walls of my heart, what they termed as uremic pericarditis. That was how I started dialysis. It was new to me. I was fascinated by the science that my blood would circulate in a filter attached to a machine the size of our old black and white TV set to separate the good and the bad. While the people I later met in the dialysis unit were afraid to start dialysis, I was thrilled because I felt better with each dialysis treatment but as time went by it took a toll on our family. The boys started school. I picked up a part time week-end job in a nearby coffee shop. It made me proud to make the best coffee for each customer, I wanted to give back coming from the birth place of coffee, Ethiopia.
Four years went by until the call came through… on Christmas Eve…it was the transplant coordinator from the hospital.
"We have an organ for you."
I didn't hear her first, was I in shock?
"If you take the offer we want you in the hospital as soon as you can."
We dropped everything and rushed to the hospital. The boys joined us later once they heard that I am having a kidney transplant.
The surgery went well. My new kidney immediately started working.
That was one hell of a Christmas gift !
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while the weather is still being a commitment-phobe and temps are all over the place, spring fashion can get overcomplicated pretty fast. for me it always gets overwhelming thinking about how to layer just right, and sometimes you just need a one-and-done piece to make everything fall into place.
enter the denim jumpsuit - a piece i would not have been so sure about a few years ago and now don't know know how i lived without. it's pretty much like a great pair of go-to jeans but with a top built in so you don't even have to think about a top. WIN.
i have a love/hate relationship with winter outfits, and the reason usually has something to do with the fact that we all seem to fall into the seasonal slump of wearing the same stay-warm stuff over and over again when it's freezing outside. there's nothing wrong with a great staple seasonal uniform - especially when it's still dark when you have to wake up for work and the last thing you feel like doing is trying on tons of outfits - but i've found that for me, finding fun little ways to change up my look can make a world of difference in the winter.
my current favorite change up? bright ankle boots - the perfect unexpected winter wardrobe addition. i used to feel like bright colors had to be a spring and summer thing, but there are so many fun and fresh ways to wear these and there are SO many good colors out right now.
it's that time of year again, and as we strap ourselves in and prepare for the annual avalanche of over-the-top instagram captions from picture perfect couples we love to hate, it's important not to forget to show ourselves a little love. whether you've found your picture perfect relationship or you're planning to spend the day with a great bottle of red and some netflix (which could also qualify as a picture perfect relationship let's be real) we think you deserve some self love this V-Day.
HAPPY 2019! it's hard to believe the new year is here and off to the races. this past year truly flew (as they always seem to) and it's crazy to be jumping into new year new me mode already.
as i'm sure many of you did, i binged all of the new Marie Kondo Tidying Up episodes pretty much the minute they dropped (ok, not exactly at midnight on NYE, but like a few days after when i still wanted to deny that 'holiday break' was 100 percent over and it was time to be a real human again). i absolutely loved her book, and actually posted a bit about it in my closet makeover series here, so naturally i was super excited to see that she created a show around helping actual people get rid of all the (mostly) garbage they've been hoarding. SO satisfying.
clearly we're in full on holiday mode over here at WTD, and that means our calendar is quickly filling up with festive parties and sparkly soirées. i'm a huge fan of holiday party season because it's a great excuse to buy a new dress with sequins on it, wear a red lip, and rock a cool hairstyle that might feel too aggressive at a boring different time of year party. so we rounded up four of our fave ways to get creative with your waves this month.
today i'm sharing something of a bolt-on to my closet makeover series. i started using this outfit planning hack about a year ago, when i realized my biggest hangup in choosing an outfit is that i'm usually confused about what goes with what in my closet when i'm looking at it as a whole. I tend to be the type of person who likes pattern and print, so a lot of my favorite items in my closet could be classified as "statement pieces." statement pieces are great and all, but they don't go with other statement pieces. so it can get confusing when you want to put together an outfit that's well balanced in a pinch.
when i moved to France this year, i had to pack pretty lightly considering the tiny size of our 'pied-a-terre.' as you might imagine based on my closet makeover posts, minimalism isn't exactly something i've successfully embraced yet, so this was a challenge. on the denim front, this meant only 4 pairs of jeans made the cut (sidenote: my husband brought ONE pair of jeans total for this entire year in France). this past month, i kept seeing cropped jeans and kick flare jeans everywhere in Paris, and decided i could make room for pair #5.
with cooler temps around the corner, we're soaking up every last bit of lingering sunshine and warm, early fall weather. today we're sharing some outfit inspo for those fall days and date nights that don't quite require major layers just yet. this is a bit of a maximalist take on the mini dress + over-the-knee boots combo, a frequent favorite for us.


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Marker commemorates city's beach ownership
By DAVID DiPINO Staff Writer
The Delray Beach Historical Society placed a historic marker commemorating the municipal beach given to city by the Hunt and Gleason families in 1895.
"This area they set aside for the municipal beach would be worth $1 billion if sold today," Delray Beach Historical Society President Robert Ganger said.
"Sarah Gleason held the official title of the beach," he said.
More than 60 people turned out to a dedication ceremony to view the large rock monument. The monument is just east of the beach sidewalk at 200 Ocean Blvd. and Bay Street.
Robert Neff, a land developer, helped the DBHS obtain the marker from the state.
Neff, one of 60 observers at the dedication, spoke afterward about his storied past with the city.
"I came to Florida in the 1920s, battled mosquitoes in a Model-T Ford. We camped along the way to Delray Beach. I eventually settled for good at the corner of Bay Street and Ocean Boulevard in a beautiful home with a front window that overlooked the beach. I lived there for 35 years," Neff said.
For more information about the marker, call 561- 243-2577.
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In the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies students learn about physical, social and environmental phenomenon within Israel, the Mediterranean and throughout the globe.
Students gain a broad range of knowledge, research skills, and technological and practical tools, such as GIS and remote sensing.
Students get personalized study options, including classroom lectures, online courses, experiential field trips, and practice in departmental labs learning to use state of the art equipment and technology.
Several different undergraduate and graduate study programs are offered within the department.
The department hosts a variety of research and teaching labs as well as specialized research centers.
The department also publishes Horizons in Geography, the only Hebrew language geography academic journal.


On March 7th, all nine Massachusetts Congressional Representatives submitted a letter in support of Breakfast After the Bell legislation (H.591 and S.267) to the Joint Committee on Education.
Read the delegation's full letter to the Joint Committee here.
If you would like to learn more about Breakfast After the Bell legislation or join your organization to the growing Rise and Shine Massachusetts coalition, please contact Catherine Drennan at cdrennan@gbfb.org.


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A description of the condition...
A description of the condition and manners as well as of the moral and political character, education, &c. of the peasantry of Ireland, such as they were between the years 1780 & 1790, when Ireland was supposed to have arrived at its highest degree of prosperity and happiness /
by Robert Bell.
Bell, Robert, L.L.B.
Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor.
London : Printed for the author by Charles Barber, 1804.
Peasants > Education.
Ireland > Economic conditions.
Ireland > Social conditions.
Physical description: 43 p. ; 22 cm.
A sketch of the reign of George the Third, from 1780 to the close of the year 1790 /
by: Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, baronet.
Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry /
by: Carleton, William, 1794-1869.
Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry : With the author's latest corrections /
The Russian peasantry : their agrarian condition, social life, and religion /
by: Kravchinskii, Sergei Mikhailovich, 1852-1895.
Continental farming and peasantry /
by: Howard, James, 1821-1889.


The Lavender 'Avonview' is a cerise of fragrant pink flowers. It is all topped with soft link flag-like tufts. Ideal for gardenbeds loves an open, sunny well drained position. Trimming after flowering keeps plant compact. Height 80cm width 60cm.
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New collections about Great Britain Suffragettes and travelers on the S.S. Great Britain headline this week's roundup of new genealogy records online. Read here about more new genealogy records for England, Scotland and Ireland: parish records, newspapers and more.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the first phase of women's suffrage in England, genealogy giant Findmypast.com (together with The National Archives) has launched The Suffragette Collection. This new online collection of government records, digitized from originals at Kew, "reveals the struggles endured by the movement's most ardent supporters and highlights the State's response as it attempted to contain them," says a company press release.
You can now explore a free website with a searchable database of everyone who ever traveled on the S.S. Great Britain, both passengers and crew. Virtual exhibits on the Global Stories website also allow visitors to explore everyday life aboard the ship; what happened when people died, took ill, were hurt, or gave birth; what kinds of entertainment or discipline passengers could expect and more. You can even search departures and arrivals as the ship circumnavigated the globe 32 times and stopped at five continents between 1845 and 1970.
Buckinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1535-1812, a new collection with about 65,000 records.
Wiltshire, England, Wills and Probate, 1530-1858, a new collection of over 100,000 records.
Findmypast.com has updated its collection of Devon parish records, with over 30,000 new records in Baptisms, nearly 40,000 new records in Banns and nearly 80,000 new records in Marriages, about 31,000 new records in Burials, and all of these records (and more) browsable in its image collection of Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Parish Registers.
Scotland. Ancestry.com has published three new collections for Scotland. They are small, but if they mention your ancestors, they're important!
The British Empire once spanned the globe and had a presence on every continent. Chances are that at some point you will need to extend your research back to the British Isles. Genealogical research in the British Isles has some unique characteristics. Guest blogger Kate Eakman, a Senior Researcher for Legacy Tree Genealogists, clarifies confusing terms and helps you get your research started on solid footing. Click here to read her tips.


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Milrem Robotics' UGVs to be equipped with attack drones
BC, Tallinn, 08.10.2020. Print version
Estonian developer of robotics and unmanned systems Milrem Robotics and international manufacturer of aerial munitions systems UVision Air have started cooperation to equip Milrem's unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) with attack drones, reports LETA/BNS.
Attack drones manufactured by UVision can perform a dual mission -- to track and to destroy a target, Milrem said in a press release.
The new operational concept, presented by the two companies, is designed to offer frontline forces with a new independent ability to locate, track and accurately eliminate heavily armored targets from large distances in challenging battlefield conditions, including GPS denied environment and communication jamming, without the need for a headquarters' support.
It provides small light forces with advanced ISR capabilities combined with highly accurate long-range heavy fire power that were achieved until now only with complex cooperation between several units and echelons, the press release said.
Milrem Robotics has teamed with the Israeli company UVision to install a multi canister launcher for UVision's Lethal Loitering Munition Systems (LMs) on its newly developed Type-X robotic combat vehicle (RCV).
The launcher can be equipped with two of UVision's already operational loitering munition systems: the Hero-120, with its anti-tank warhead and up to one hour of flight time, and the Hero-400EC, capable of destroying fortified targets, with up to two operational hours. Milrem's Type-X will also be equipped with a 40 km range communication antenna, located on a telescopic rising mast, improving the operator's control of the system.
The second vehicle, Milrem robotics' UGV flagship, THeMIS, is designed for operation by dismounted infantry and special forces. Able to carry up to six of UVision's loitering munition systems, it will provide the forces with long-range ISR and firepower combination that will now be available to them for the first time.
"With a highly experienced team, all -- with military background, and many with actual combat experience, we know first-hand the challenges that are facing operational forces in battle conditions today, and we are committed to provide advanced, yet user-friendly and affordable solutions that meet those challenges. Teaming up with Milrem Robotics, to provide new operational concepts based on the advantages of both companies' cutting-edge solutions, is another milestone in our unprecedented developments," said retired Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrachi, UVision's CEO.
Kuldar Vaarsi, Milrem Robotics CEO, described bringing disruptive technologies to the battlefield and enhancing our warfighters' safety and capabilities as the driving force for Milrem Robotics.
"Our robotic platforms are deployed by different nations and it is our duty to propose new ways on how unmanned systems can benefit to capability building," he said.
Milrem's Type-X RCV is a robotic combat vehicle (RCV) with tactical characteristics of a modern infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The RCV can be equipped with a main armament of 30 up to 50 mm automatic cannon. It is a rapidly deployable and dependable unit, able to autonomously navigate the battlefield and perform tasks, keeping the operator in the loop with real-time situational awareness.
The Type-X concept is based on open architecture that enables it to be integrated with various payloads. The vehicle is designed for operations encompassing the entire spectrum of conflict from permissive to denied environments, fighting effectively in both conventional and non-conventional conflicts.
The THeMIS is intended to provide support for dismounted troops by serving as a transport platform, remote weapon station, IED detection and disposal unit, and much more. The vehicle's open architecture gives it a multi-missions capability on the battlefield.
The THeMIS recently completed a full 12-month deployment to an international military operation in Mali, and has already been delivered to a several NATO countries, including Norway, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Milrem Robotics also performs system integration of capabilities such as sensors, software and sensor based intelligent functions, and weapon systems.
The company also leads iMUGS (Integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System), a project funded by the European Defense Industrial Development Program (EDIDP), which develops the European standard architecture for unmanned ground vehicles and their management system, including cyber defense solutions, and demonstrates the advantages of unmanned systems for enhancing defense capabilities.
The functions of the system on the battlefield initially are to do with improving situational awareness on the battlefield and increasing the maneuver and transport capabilities of units.
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Streamlining troubleshooting in the field
Canon Production Printing has teamed up with TNO's joint innovation center ESI to identify potentially failing parts and predict potential issues in production printers. In the Carefree project, they're developing hybrid AI technology to support service engineers.
"At Canon Production Printing, predictive maintenance has been a topic of interest for quite some time," says Peter Kruizinga, a lead technologist at the Venlo-based company. "The aim is to get an accurate picture of when a printer or one of its components is going to break down by analyzing the machine's data, and then dispatch a support engineer to preempt the issue. We've already successfully implemented this for the transport belts in our systems: a significant rise in power usage of a belt drive is a direct sign of impending failure, so when we see that happening, we can send someone over to replace the motor before it breaks down."
Not all cases are so clear-cut, though. "A printer has thousands of parts," notes Kruizinga. "For a lot of them, unfortunately, there are no such direct indicators, so in order to ascertain the source of a problem, we need a lot of indirect information, which often is unavailable. For a specific part, the failure mode can also vary from one situation to another. We realized that doing predictive maintenance on a structural basis requires us to solve a large number of puzzles, and to get all the pieces, we have to make strides in problem diagnosis."
For the paper input module, the Carefree project has constructed a so-called Bayesian network to find the most likely root cause of a problem. Credit: Canon Production Printing, CC BY 4.0
With predictive maintenance being the ultimate goal, the initial focus is on corrective maintenance. Kruizinga: "Although our printers come with an extensive manual and have some diagnostic tests built-in, we see our service engineers mostly relying on their experience when they're called to fix a problem in the field. We want to guide them in finding the root cause faster. The first step is to improve our diagnostic capabilities after the fact, so after an issue has occurred. The next step is to also be able to see problems coming in advance."
In the Carefree project, a two-year effort that started in January of 2020, Canon Production Printing (CPP) has teamed up with TNO's joint innovation center ESI to identify potentially failing parts and predict potential issues. Combining models derived from the development phase with current machine data, the partners are building a self-learning diagnostic system that can pinpoint the cause of a future problem or advise where and how more information needs to be gathered in order to do so. As a result, timely action can be taken to prevent long and expensive downtimes.
Abstracting Bayes
The Carefree approach is based on so-called Bayesian networks. "Given a problem, such a network can lead you to the most likely root cause," explains Jos Hegge, senior project leader at ESI. "It allows you to enter 'evidence,' like error messages, and it then calculates the effects of this evidence, updating the probabilities and returning new conclusions on the most likely causes. It can also streamline your quest by suggesting which tests to run to get to a result more quickly."
The main drawback of Bayesian networks is that they tend to get really big really fast. "For a professional printer, consisting of thousands of components, creating such a network by hand is a rather hopeless enterprise, even more so considering you have to change the network each time you tweak your system design," observes Hegge. "Which is why we've added an abstraction layer in the form of a high-level language. We can use this language to describe a diagnostic model and then automatically convert it into a Bayesian network."
At the moment, the higher-level models are still manually created. "The ultimate goal is to be able to generate the Bayesian network from a printer's design documentation," Hegge points out. "As that places very high demands on the source documents, we've decided to settle, for now, for this intermediate abstraction layer. Later, at a moment of its choosing, CPP can pick up where the project left off."
For CPP's Kruizinga, the higher-level description language is actually one of Carefree's notable achievements. "Creating a Bayesian network requires really specific craftmanship. Thanks to the abstraction layer, we can now put the specification work into the hands of software designers who don't have that very specialist background but who can do an excellent job just using their knowledge of the application. Also, we're not faced with the daunting task of having to manually update the Bayesian network each time we change the system design."
Honing in
The higher-level diagnostic models created in the Carefree project consist of abstract representations of printer components, their capabilities and observable erroneous behavior. "Each printer has a paper input module, with a paper tray that moves up a little every time a sheet is fed into the machine," takes Kruizinga as an example. "For this module, we've constructed a model with components such as the lift motor and the tray sensors. The lift motor has as its capabilities that it can move up and down, while one of the sensors is capable of detecting the up position. Both the upward movement and the up position detection can trigger the observation that the lift table has arrived at the up sensor too late."
The model includes for every component the chances of it being in a specific state, for every capability the chance of it being enabled and for every error the chance of it occurring. These probabilities are based on factory specifications or they can be derived from historical machine data. "The same paper input module has been used extensively in a wide range of printers in the field," Kruizinga goes on to illustrate. "This gives us a detailed insight into the frequency with which components and capabilities break down and errors occur in practice, allowing us to more accurately determine the a priori probabilities."
The same paper input module has been used extensively in a wide range of printers in the field, giving a detailed insight into the frequency with which errors occur in practice. Credit: Canon Production Printing, CC BY 4.0
By adjusting the probabilities based on actual evidence gathered in the field, it's possible to hone in on the root cause of a failure. Kruizinga: "When the printer displays an error message indicating the lift table has arrived at the up sensor too late, the probability of that error occurring can be set to 100 percent. This change then propagates across the model, affecting the other probabilities. It raises the chance of the lift motor being faulty, for example. Additional evidence can be obtained by running diagnostic tests on the printer. If one such test shows that the up position can be detected successfully, the probability of that capability can be set to 100 percent. Eliminating the sensor as the source of the problem increases the likelihood of a faulty motor to almost 100 percent, giving us the probable root cause."
With the help of artificial intelligence, the project partners believe the diagnostic performance can be given a further boost. "We're looking to make the probabilities even more accurate by applying AI techniques to actual sensor data from the printer. We're also considering using AI to get useful information from user profiles – it might very well be that customized print jobs result in different wear and tear than mass printing," argues Hegge. "This hybrid AI approach, refining human knowledge with computer-generated insights, has been well received within Canon."
Design for diagnostics
Although the preliminary project results are already very promising, Hegge sees much more potential to unlock. "There are still many relationships to uncover within the printer domain – all kinds of thermal and mechanical interactions spring to mind. We haven't included those in our models yet, but they could be highly instrumental in improving the decision engine."
The technology could also be helpful during system development. Hegge: "In an earlier project at ASML, we've applied it to do design for diagnostics. If it's not possible to go from an error message to the trigger of the error in one step, that's a good reason to introduce additional sensorics." Kruizinga: "Using the technology in system design is an interesting avenue of research for us as well. What additional tests can we build into the printer to improve the diagnostics?"
As the main deliverable, Carefree will lay down the technology foundation for CPP to incorporate in a maintenance tool for easy troubleshooting in the field. "Whenever there's an issue at one of our customers, we dispatch a service engineer, who, after feeding the tool with the error messages and other 'evidence' found at the scene and running some additional tests as suggested by the tool, swiftly ascertains the cause of the problem by combining the results from the tool with his own expertise," envisions Kruizinga. "This combination of computer smarts and human skills is key. The tool isn't meant to replace our service engineers but to support them in doing their work even better."
"At ESI, we've built up a lot of experience with this kind of diagnostic challenges – in the collaboration with ASML but also with Thales, for example. In the Carefree project, we're bringing this knowledge to Canon," concludes Hegge. "Our goal is to generate a hybrid AI approach that can be used to manage the maintenance of professional printers, but that's also beneficial to the high-tech industry as a whole."
This article was written in close collaboration with Canon Production Printing and ESI (TNO). Main picture credit: Canon Production Printing, CC BY 4.0
Chip design: an inside look
Bram Nauta takes a closer look at what makes IC designers tick.


In "A Rebellious Nature," Drew Mosley explores themes of displacement and transition. Urban sprawl and commercial development threaten and displace natural habitats. The paintings in this collection evoke the transient nature of all life and reveal what is at stake if we do not develop sustainable relationships with the natural environment and its inhabitants. Both playful and haunting, Mosley's scenes depict an imagined world in which characters both innocent and foreboding are depicted at crucial moments in their missions to fend off the encroachment of two-legged foes. These anthropomorphized travellers work tirelessly in the shadows to protect and preserve what is left of the beauty in our natural world—a task that is often lonely and thankless.
By experimenting with three-dimensional painting techniques and found or fabricated sculptural materials, Mosley achieves a unique depth and atmosphere in his pieces. Inside wooden bowls and other thrift store finds, multiple layers of painted resin produce deep shadows that contribute to the convincing mood of his strange world. His forest-dwelling creatures appear forever in suspense, confronted with dangers and trials beyond our knowing.
Drew Mosley lives and works in Ottawa where he divides his time between an exhaustive studio practice and various carpentry and woodworking projects in the Ottawa Valley. He spends his free time bushwhacking with his wife, Izzy, and their son, Gray. The influence of these moments of solitude and resiliency in nature figure prominently in his paintings.


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The demolition of the B-listed Halley's Mill in Dundee could be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
The mill on Broughty Ferry Road, also known as Wallace Craigie jute works, was knocked down on May 12 due to "safety concerns" under a warrant obtained under building standards.
A report to be considered by councillors recommends that Dundee City Council reports the demolition by the building's owners under Section 8 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.
"That report will be considered on Monday June 18 and it outlines the three options available to us – take no further action, issue an enforcement notice or report the matter to the Procurator Fiscal.
The committee will be told that on May 11 the city council became aware that demolition work had started on the former Wallace Craigie Works (Halley's Mill) site, information that was confirmed when officers visited.
In his report Mike Galloway, executive director of city development, lays out the arguments for and against the three possible options.
The report notes that: "The unauthorised demolition of a Listed Building is a significant breach of National Legislation as reinforced through the comments by Historic Environment Scotland. Taking no further action is not considered to be an appropriate response".
Under consideration of serving an Enforcement Notice the report says it would not be an appropriate course of action because the building: "…has now been completely demolished and materials removed from the site". Any restoration would not be reasonably practicable.
When looking at whether to recommend reporting the matter to the Procurator Fiscal Mr Galloway's report says: "There was frequent correspondence between council officers and the owner's representatives late in 2017.
The report therefore recommends that Dundee City Council reports the matter to the Procurator Fiscal.


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This is painful. Too much excellence. I'll get back to you. Definitely between Vince, Danny, and Droog… But that JS-1… And Marv. Dammit, Blockhead. Too early on the west coast for difficult decisions.
The chart? You mean the poll? it's at the bottom.
That Danny Brown joint I wasn't feeling at first, but it hella grows on you. Something about the Subcontractors song grows on you, too.
I wonder what results you'd get if you didn't put the name of the artist in the column. I have no idea on how to do that but it would be interesting if results change.
Yeah, I agree. I feel like people see brown and Staples and automatically vote for them (which is fine cause both those songs are dope) but , in a vaccum, i wonder what people would like the most.


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Q: $4ac-b^2\leq 3a(a+b+c)$ in quadratic Suppose that the polynomial $(b+c)x^2+(a+c)x+(a+b)$ doesn't have real roots, where $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R}$. Prove that $4ac-b^2\leq 3a(a+b+c)$.
The quadratic not having real roots means that $$(a+c)^2-4(b+c)(a+b)<0$$ which translates to $(a^2+2ac+c^2)-4(b^2+ab+ac+bc)<0$, or
$$a^2+c^2-2ac-4b^2-4ab-4bc<0$$
which is still quite far from the inequality in question. We need to eliminate the $c^2$ term, which might be possible using a square form like $(c-b)^2\geq 0$, but it doesn't really get us closer.

A: in standard order $a^2, b^2, c^2, bc, ca, ab,$ you are given
$$ -a^2 + 4b^2 - c^2 + 4bc +2ca+ 4 ab > 0 $$
The following is positive semidefinite (rank one Hessian matrix)
$$ 25a^2 + 4b^2 + c^2 - 4bc -10ca+ 20 ab \geq 0 $$
It is, in fact, simply $(5a+2b-c)^2$
Add to get
$$ 24a^2 + 8b^2 + 0 c^2 + 0bc -8ca+ 24 ab > 0 $$
or
$$ 24a^2 + 8b^2 -8ca+ 24 ab > 0 $$
Divide by $8$ to get
$$ 3a^2 + b^2 -ca+ 3 ab > 0 $$
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As to how to find this: the (a,b,c) Hessian matrix of $$ t(3a^2 + b^2 -ca+ 3 ab) - (-a^2 + 4b^2 - c^2 + 4bc +2ca+ 4 ab), $$
restricted to $t>0,$ turned out to have determinant $$ -2(t+1)(t-8)^2 $$
so the only positive $t$ giving a non-negative determinant was $t=8$
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A: We have $$(a+c)^2<4(a+b)(b+c)$$ or
$$a^2+2ac+c^2<4b^2+4ab+4ac+4bc$$ or
$$c^2+a^2+4b^2-2ac-4bc+4ab<8ab+8b^2$$ or
$$(c-a-2b)^2<8b(a+b),$$ which gives
$$a^2(c-a-2b)^2\leq8a^2b(a+b).$$
In another hand, we need to prove that
$$4ac-b^2\leq 3a^2+3ab+3ac$$ or $$a(c-a-2b)\leq2a^2+ab+b^2,$$ which is obvious for $a(c-a-2b)<0.$
Let $a(c-a-2b)\geq0.$
Thus, it's enough to prove that
$$a^2(c-a-2b)^2\leq(2a^2+ab+b^2)$$ for which it's enough to prove that
$$8a^2b(a+b)\leq(2a^2+ab+b^2)^2,$$ which is true by AM-GM:
$$(2a^2+ab+b^2)^2\geq4\cdot2a^2(ab+b^2)=8a^2b(a+b).$$
Done!


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Product Review: Cook Medical- Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon
Healthcare | May, 2021
The use of transnasal endoscopy (TNE) is growing at a rapid pace in the field of otolaryngology as an investigative and interventional method for patients presenting complaints with the head and the neck. Realizing the potential for transnasal endoscopy, Cook Medical recently introduced Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon, a first-of-its-kind medical device designed specifically for the transnasal oesophageal procedures. With a much shorter balloon size than what is available in the market, Hercules 100 is tailored to the scope that ENT physicians commonly use and the patient anatomy they treat. The new tool allows patients to be treated on the same day they are evaluated rather than waiting for weeks or months to get scheduled for the procedure, saving the overall patient's and physician's time, and enhancing the quality of treatment.
Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon is a modification of Cook Medical's existing Hercules 3 Stage Balloon, which has been created for gastrointestinal use. Because the Hercules 100 balloon needs to be inserted trans nasally, the Cook engineers created the oesophageal tool 140 cm shorter than its GI counterpart. The transnasal esophagoscopy can be performed without administering general anesthesia as it is a minimally invasive procedure and can be done in an office setting, which leads to shorter recovery time and lower out-of-pocket costs to the patients and the healthcare system. The Hercules 100 balloon comes in different diameters to accommodate varying patient requirements.
Key Features and Benefits of Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon
P.E.T. Flex™ technology
The oesophageal balloon is made with proprietary P.E.T. Flex™ technology, a material with good barrier and clarity properties made for optimal combination of high tensile strength, hardness, durability, accuracy, and flexibility. The one-of-its-kind technology generates a greater radial force on the oesophageal stricture at the same or lower pressures when compared with other stageable balloon dilators.
Express Evacuation Catheter
When negative pressure is applied to the catheter with an inflation device, the Express Evacuation Catheter deflates the balloon and even if the clinicians initiate the withdrawal process before deflation, Hercules can be still withdrawn into the endoscope. The patient-pending Rapid Deflation Sleeve makes Hercules fast and efficient.
Kink-resistant Nitinol Catheter
Nitinol catheter supports minimally invasive interventional endoscopic procedures due to its superelasticity (10 times more elasticity than stainless steel) and thermal shape memory. The nitinol catheter can handle serious bending without kinking or permanent deformation and operate smoothly while bending around the tortuous paths.
Flexible Atraumatic Tip
The flexible atraumatic tip allows smooth accessibility through tight strictures and is configured to guide the elongated shaft through the body lumen without any perforation.
Through-the-balloon Visualization
The ultra-thin translucent balloons permit excellent visualization of the stricture during the dilation progress. The distal chip charge-coupled device technology enables rapid visualization of the esophagus in the office setting without risking the morbidity and mortality associated with anesthesia.
Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon facilitates the conjunction of transnasal endoscopy with balloon dilation, that present physician an opportunity to dilate all areas of the esophagus through the nasal cavity and perform therapeutic procedures like placing gastroenteric feeding tubes, oesophageal botulinum toxin injection, and tracheoesophageal Puncture. The balloon dilators are being utilized for decades in sedated endoscopy but due to its limitation, the new and novel transnasal technique has gained more recognition by offering several advantages. Transnasal balloon dilation can be performed either under local or general anesthesia, at the preference of the patient however the dilation technique is the same regardless of the anesthesia indication. Transnasal endoscopy alleviates 50% of the complications by eliminating the administration of general anesthesia, and thus decreases health risks for patients. Transitioning the approach from transoral to transnasal via Hercules 100, the gag reflex becomes less prominent or even absent in some cases, which enhances the tolerability of the patients for the procedure.
Another advantage of transnasal balloon endoscopy with Hercules 100 is that patients with anatomic limitations, which prevents treatment using rigid endoscopy under general anesthesia such as severe trismus or limited neck extension due to previous oncologic therapy, among other complications have a viable alternative. Utilizing Hercules 100 under topical anesthesia, the physicians can receive direct feedback from the patient and aid them in reducing post-procedural pain.
In addition to being an ideal screening tool, Hercules 100 can also be utilized for biopsies of the esophagus, as well as other interventions such as reflux, dysphagia, and difficulty swallowing, arising from different pathologies. The thin, distal-chip, video esophagoscopes have transformed patients' care and allow the clinicians to perform a comprehensive evaluation for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Hercules 100 transnasal balloon dilators are designed to offer enhanced procedural benefits compared to bougie dilators. While balloon dilators provide controlled radial dilation and can be used with a transnasal endoscope to provide visualization during the procedure, bougies are not compatible with transnasal endoscopes and enable blind passage of dilators for oesophageal perforation.
How is Hercules 100 balloon endoscopy performed?
The patient is given topical anesthesia to numb the nostrils and the procedure takes about 15 minutes.
From the nostril, an endoscope tube with a tiny light and camera at the end is inserted slowly into your esophagus. The fluoroscopy imaging method is used to create a moving X-ray image of the esophagus on the screen.
Hercules 100 balloon dilator is carefully guided into the scope working channel and positioned in the middle of the stricture.
Incremental dilation is performed through an inflation device to fill the air with a balloon and widen the tight strictures by relaxing the muscle fibers.
The inflated balloon is then pulled against the tip of the endoscope to allow the mucosal lining of the muscle to be visualized.
Compared to transoral endoscopy, patients are showing high affinity towards the transnasal balloon endoscopy, owing to its advantages such as fewer complications, relatively less costs, etc. Although the duration of TNE can take longer, the total time of transnasal procedure is shorter than transoral procedure when pre-treatment and post-treatment monitoring events are taken into consideration. Transnasal esophagoscopy with Hercules 100 is safer and viable alternative to both unsedated and sedated conventional transoral endoscopy.
According to TechSci research report on "Global Endoscopy Capsule Market By Product Type (Small Bowel, Esophageal, Colon) By Accessories (Wireless Capsule v/s Workstation and Receiver) By Endoscope Type (Capsule Cystoscopies v/s Capsule Neuro-Endoscopes) By Application (OGIB (Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding), Crohn's Disease, Small Intestine Tumor, Others) By End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Ambulatory Care Center, Others) By Company, By Region, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2026", the global endoscopy capsule market is expected to grow at a significant rate during 2022-2026. The growth can be attributed to the rising incidences of gastrointestinal problems and colorectal cancer, and the increasing demand for quick and accurate diagnostics. Besides, government initiatives and patient's preference for choosing non-invasive methods are anticipated to boost the growth of global endoscopy capsule market.
According to another TechSci report on "Global Intragastric Balloons Market By Administration (Pill Form v/s Endoscopy), By Balloon Type (Single, Dual, Triple), By Filling Type (Saline Filled v/s Gas Filled), By Application (Obesity, Diabetes, Diet Control, Others), By End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Others), By Region, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2026", the global intragastric balloon market is anticipated to grow at a significant CAGR during the forecast period due to increasing number of patients suffering from obesity and rising government initiatives for research and development in the domain.
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