Summary: Just a little bit of very light reading. Perfect for when you've just finished reading pages and pages of angst.
The following is a little bit of fluff for readers who need or want a break from angst, real life, etc.
Clark dashed out of the room in his new costume and flew towards the Messenger Space Shuttle. He found Lois trying to poke something with a screwdriver and landed behind her. "What's the problem?"
"There's a bomb," she said, gesturing to the panel she'd been fiddling with.
Clark quickly assessed the situation, then snatched the bomb off the wall and swallowed it, much to Lois's surprise.
When Lois recovered, she looked at him carefully, and suddenly her eyebrows flew up. "Clark?!"
Clark blushed. "Yes. Is that a problem?"
"No, not at all," Lois said. "I knew there was something different about you. What's with that outfit?"
"Well," Clark shifted from foot to foot. "It's supposed to be a disguise."
Lois studied him and nodded. "It almost worked. You just need something…Maybe if you smoothed back your hair…" Lois reached out and pushed Clark's hair back against his head. "Yeah, that's much better."
Their eyes locked, and suddenly Clark felt compelled to say something. "Lois, will you marry me?"
The suddenness of the question took Lois back for a moment, but she quickly recovered and found herself saying, "Yes!"
The two flew off and lived happily ever after.
As for Lex Luthor, he decided to give up his worldly possessions and live a life of leisure in Brazil. He never harmed a fly after that, and the rest of the world never heard from him again.


Jennifer Ladwig is a senior communication major from Washougal. During her time at the Evergreen, she has served as copy editor, life editor, editor-in-chief and mint editor. She is set to graduate in May 2018.


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Winner of the Outstanding Organisation of the Year – Westminster Community Awards
DreamArts was awarded Christie's Charity of the Year 2018
DreamArts members have performed on West End stages; won national online awards; and performed to thousands at festivals. Below are highlights of some of these projects.
Street 2 Stage New Musicals
For over a decade DreamArts ran Street 2 Stage, which empowered young people to create, rehearse and perform their own musicals. These have included CARNIVAL- THE MUSICAL, set over 48 hours of Notting Hill Carnival and which had a sell-out show at the Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre, and a new musical adaptation of the award-winning Shane Meadows film Twentyfour Seven, which took place at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. These productions gave young people from social and ethnic backgrounds underrepresented in the arts a unique professional theatre experience, acting as a spring board for many to achieve a creative career. The ethos of Street 2 Stage continues within our Weekend Company whose member create and present their own musicals.
"Hugely ambitious… the seven-strong band played a fantastically eclectic score of blues, reggae, hip hop, rap and street sounds…while the design team came up with an impressive cityscape. Not only were the individual roles all well taken, the dance company really set the stage alight" Michael Coveney, Theatre Critic, on QUEST
"The cast demonstrate talent that suggests a career on stage or screen. Well-designed… versatile cast members who sing well together to a ten-strong live band … the comedy leading to a touching finale… great entertainment!" British Theatre Guide review of Can You Live Without It?
"This experience has changed everything I want to do with my life. My hobby has become my dream, and my parents now support me… they were so proud!" Abby, 18, costume designer
OiiMySize
The quality of DreamArts is demonstrated by OiiMySize, an online campaign that won the prestigious Nominet Internet Award for Making the Internet A Safer Place, beating competition from the BBC and the Safer Internet Day. Like everything DreamArts does OiiMySize responded to needs expressed by young people. When young women spoke of deep concern about the sometimes intimidating manner in which young men communicate with them, both in person and online, our Programme Director Anne-Marie Reid Cofie took them on an 18 month journey to develop an online campaign. OiiMySize raises awareness among young people about the dangers, effects and legalities of sexting, with the aim of promoting choice and respect for young women. The site is now used to help change young people's lives by Westminster Gangs Unit and the NSPCC; has featured in presentations at the House of Commons; and was a finalist in the UK Sexual Health Awards 2014.
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Abdurraqib (Author) Eve L Ewing (Foreword by)
*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY Show
*Best Books of 2018 --Rolling Stone
"A Best Book of 2017" --NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily
*American Booksellers Association (ABA) 'December 2017 Indie Next List Great Reads'
*Midwest Indie Bestseller
In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly.
In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris, he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music, at shows, and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now. While discussing the everyday threat to the lives of black Americans, Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to enter his own car.
In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others--along with original, previously unreleased essays--Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.
"Funny, painful, precise, desperate, and loving throughout. Not a day has sounded the same since I read him." --Greil Marcus, Village Voice
Two Dollar Radio
Genres & Styles - Rap & Hip Hop
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He is a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow, an interviewer at Union Station Magazine, and a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine. He is a member of the poetry collective Echo Hotel with poet/essayist Eve Ewing.
His next books are Go Ahead In The Rain, a biography of A Tribe Called Quest due out in 2019 by University of Texas Press, and They Don't Dance No' Mo', due out in 2020 by Random House.
"The Ohio poet/critic digs deep into what it means to be American in our moment -- and how much music has to do with it."
--Rolling Stone, The Best Music Books of 2018
"Rhythmic repetition makes for roaring passages that beg to be read aloud, but for all his poetic muscularity, Abdurraqib understands the value of linguistic economy."
--The Washington Post
"Abdurraqib writes about the music he holds dear, and the experiences which have embedded this music in his life, with such lyricism that the writing nears music itself--and his love of the subject is palpable."
--Buzzfeed, Best Nonfiction Books Of 2017
"Abdurraqib explores America through its popular culture."
--Vol. 1 Brooklyn, 2017 Favorites
"With a voice that rings clear off the page, Abdurraqib is an accomplished wordsmith, whose reflections on pop culture are intensely personal, political and utterly compelling."
--CBC (Canada)
"Abdurraqib will make you think critically about music and the culture it influences, and his thoughts will stay with you long after you've tunneled through... his wonderful book."
--Stereogum, Recommended Reading 2017
"Poignant and important. Abdurraqib offers a perspective that connects music, art, and memory, with the political realities of our time."
--Esquire, Best Books of 2017
"Establishes Abdurraqib as a major rock critic--polished and deft and original in a searchingly unpolished way."
--Robert Christgau, Barnes and Noble Review
"Funny, painful, precise, desperate, and loving throughout. Not a day has sounded the same since I read him."
--Greil Marcus, Village Voice
"Essential, gripping reading."
--Tobias Carroll, Pitchfork
"A much-needed collection for our time. [Abdurraqib] has proven to be one of the most essential voices of his generation."
--Juan Vidal, NPR
"A collection of death-defying protest songs for the Black Lives Matter era."
--Chicago Tribune, Best books of 2017
"Challenging and lyrical, his writing delivers compelling observations in bite-sized pieces, allowing you to digest the deeper ramifications of his insights."
--Paste, The 20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017
"It's a little bit of comfort when you think about it, that... Abdurraqib has provided us with an essay collection that might help make some small sense of what's going on."
--Vol. 1 Brooklyn, 'Hanif Abdurraqib's Great American Essay Collection'
"Abdurraqib's poetic sentence makes me see fireworks in a new way. It ingeniously reverses their motion: Instead of tendrils of light exploding outward, overwriting the darkness, these fireworks gather the darkness into themselves. They are like teenagers stuffing their pockets with candy, ravenous for the night. Violent illuminations arriving, out of nowhere, to hoard the darkness. That would be something worth staring at."
--New York Times Magazine, Sam Anderson, 'New Sentences' column
"Abdurraqib unites familiar sounds with fresh observations about music and the state of contemporary America... essential, gripping reading."
--Pitchfork, 16 Favorite Music Books of 2017
"Abdurraqib places the reader in front of the performer and commands them to see beyond the music, to glimpse the societal impact of popular performers and indie heroes alike, and how they reflect the culture that bears them."
--Pleiades Magazine
"Abdurraqib's essay collection on the convergence of identity politics, music, sports and culture feels important."
--National Post, The Best Books of the Year (2017)
"This tome stands as a bold statement for a great writer and a complete breath of life from a rare thinker."
--New Noise Magazine
"One of the stand-out essay collections of 2017."
--The Los Angeles Review
"Abdurraqib writes facing his people... and draws the rest of us to the circle's edge with his discerning eye."
--Columbus Dispatch
"As powerful and touching as anything I've read this year, and Abdurraqib has emerged as the Ta-Nehisi Coates of popular culture."
--James Mann, The Big Takeover
--Walton Muyumba, Chicago Tribune
"A penetrating and profoundly timely collection of essays. It is music writing at its sharpest, most perceptive, and most urgent... Most remarkable, perhaps, is Abdurraqib's ability to perceive and define connections between his subjects, himself, and the fractured, complicated culture in which we live."
--Foreword Reviews (starred)
"Abdurraqib's essay collection is mesmerizing and deeply perceptive... filled with honesty, providing the reader with the sensation of seeing the world through fresh eyes."
--Publishers Weekly (starred)
--Library Journal (starred)
"Abdurraqib writes with uninhibited curiosity and insight about music and its ties to culture and memory, life and death, on levels personal, political, and universal."
"A towering work full of insightful observations about everything from the legacy of Nina Simone to the music of Bruce Springsteen... a powerful work about art, society, and the perspective through which its author regards both."
--Electric Literature
"A joyful requiem--emphasis on joyful. Abdurraqib has written a guide for the living as well as a memorial for those we have lost."
--Los Angeles Review of Books
"Moving seamlessly from Fall Out Boy to Nina Simone, from Bruce Springsteen to the death of Mike Brown, Abdurraqib centers this masterful collection of essays not only around music and the way it's shaped and carried him through life, but the tiny sparks that help us survive."
--Fanzine
"Some of the most dynamic writing about music I've ever read. The way Abdurraqib ties the artists, concerts, and music culture he is covering into current events can make you care about music you have never even heard."
--Robert Sindelar, Board President, American Booksellers Association (ABA)
"These are essays about music, but also about culture, race, and life in America today."
--Book Riot, 20 Great Essay Collections from 2017
"Read this, then listen back--you're sure to hear something new."
--W Magazine
"Erudite writing from an author struggling to find meaning through music."
--Kirkus
"Certain writers can take a pop song or musician as their subject and turn what they write into a stunning evocation of some aspect of society. That's very much the case with Hanif Abdurraqib, and in this new collection he covers everything from the Columbus punk scene to Chance the Rapper, coming up with stunning observations along the way."
--Vol. 1 Brooklyn
"Uses [seemingly random moments] to try and explore some of the most difficult questions about race, violence, and prejudice facing Americans, specifically Americans of color, today."
--Bustle
"Hanif Abdurraqib's music writing possesses a singular, impossible magic--he cracks open the very personal nature of fandom with empathy and skepticism in equal measure."
--Jessica Hopper
"Abdurraqib bridges the bravado and bling of praise with the blood and tears of elegy."
--Terrance Hayes
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Martha's Vineyard Bank sponsored a shuttle van for residents of the Hillside and Woodside retirement communities to attend the bank's sponsored screenings of Hallmark's "The Godwink Christmas" movie at the Edgartown Cinema on Thursday, Dec. 6. According to a press release, as an added bonus, the shuttle drivers gave a tour of Edgartown's beautiful holiday lights.
"Thank you Patti! [Leighton, MVB's community relations director]. We had such a blast!" said Sheri Thomas, a Hillside resident.
The bank sponsored two showings of the movie, and both were well attended. A private event was held from 5 to 8 pm, which included a refreshment and social hour before the movie, and a public showing from 7 pm to 9 pm that was a packed house.
Godwink's screenwriters, SQuire Rushnell and Louise DuArt, were on hand to both introduce the movie and to take questions at the end. Rushnell pointed out that for cost reasons, the movie was filmed in Vancouver, not Martha's Vineyard, but that there were many shots of the Island folded into the movie.
At the close of the private screening event, the movie's inspirational couple and source of the Godwink love story, Paula and Gery Conover of Martha's Vineyard's Charlotte Inn, were asked to stand while the audience applauded.


From February 16th to the 18th, we'll be at the Düsseldorf Photo Books days.
In addition to the latest titles by l'Artiere Editions, we bring special and limited editions of some of our sold out books, our brand new notebooks and half of the team. If you are there, please stop by and say hello, and if you have time, join us for our talk on Sunday 18th, at 3.30 pm at HSD / Hochschule Düsseldorf, Building 4, Münsterstr. 156.
With us on stage there will be Sina Niemeyer, presenting her dummy Für mich, to be published by ceiba editions, in collaboration with Markus Schaden and The PhotoBook Museum later this spring.
ceiba notebooks from ceiba on Vimeo.


In reference to the previous day's post, you really didn't believe we were satisfied with sharing a tray of steamed shellfish and a bowl of watery clam chowder for a meal right? So in addition to more Whales Tails for the kiddies, we went for some more eats in the food court at Lonsdale Quay. Staring right us from our table, which ironically was the same one we sat in the day before (no exactly staring us directly, we could see it through the All Day Cafe), was Montgomery's Fish & Chips. Hey, stay on the seafood theme right? And besides, why not some good ol' fried goodness to go with our "healthy" steamed shellfish? As I was lining up to order, I noticed their daily specials and decided to get both. The first was their Prawn & Chips. Although the 6 prawns didn't look all that substantial, the good amount of fresh cut fries made up for it. The fries were crisp and none-too-oily. As for the prawns, they were fried perfectly being crunchy and moist. The batter was not too thick and crisp as well.
I also got 2 orders of their 1 Piece Cod and Chips. Admittedly, the cod was rather thin and wasn't all that filling either. Granted, it was only $7.15 and in a touristy market. However, it was fried nicely though with a thin batter which was crispy and minimally greasy. The cod was moist and flaky. In the end, the grub did the job and didn't break the bank. Of course there are many other fish 'n chip joints to choose from around town. Yet, Montgomery's benefits from location and a steady stream of customers.


What is involved in the trailer test currently?
I can't remember if I told the story before but a few years ago I was pulled over on a routine stop and found I had been driving for over 15 years without a license! And towing all over the country I went home and checked my envelope because I had def passed my test, and in all the excitement I had never sent off my pass cert to get my license upgraded So although plenty experienced at towing I need to get my test done, just trying to decide if I should bother booking some brush up lessons or just take the plunge and book the test.
Do an S reverse between cones and park a specified distance away from a barrier or cone.
How you traverse junctions and multip exit and lane roundabouts.
Entering and exiting a motorway.
These were all part of my test. Along with random questions of course.
There's so much bureaucracy nowadays, I would book at least one lesson just to be sure you can navigate it successfully!
I'm happy with most of that, the driving and reversing. I saw somewhere if you touch the bumper on the rehitch that's a fail, do they allow you to get out and look at the position when you get close or do you have to get it spot on first try? I used to get mine first time but its been a while!
I think I'm going to book at least half a day lesson and see where I go from there as I want to use their rig for the test (I've heard testers are generally happier with that) so need to get used to it first at the very least and get back in the swing of it.


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Virginia H Dale
For pioneering research in disturbance and landscape ecology and in modeling of land-use change with its implications for global changes, which have influenced environmental decision making on a worldwide scale.
Al Geist
For internationally recognized contributions in distributed and cluster computing, including the development of the Parallel Virtual Machine and the Message Passing Interface standard now widely used in science to solve computational problems in biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science.
Former Research Fellow (6)


The Erykah Badu-approved hip-hop set come together on-camera for the first time.
In anticipation of their major label debut, Council World, which is "coming soon" via Epic, the Erykah Badu-beloved hip-hop collective Divine Council are releasing new content every Monday.
Today's drop is a video for "Can't Afford Me," which features Cyrax mumbling dazed raps over a pretty ICYTWAT knocker. Shot in vacant, sun-soaked corners of Los Angeles, it finds that finds all four D.C. guys on-camera for the first time (they are split between Chicago and Richmond)—which is cute, because the track is all about saving your love for the crew. As Cyrax explained in an email to The FADER, "This song really just about flexin' up on your -ex and staying motivated while getting to the check wit the gang."
Watch the video for "Can't Afford Me" above.


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Music from LAX?
This album looks amazing: the cover looks like the 'Encounter' restaurant built at the LAX airport in 1962. The composer, Frank Comstock, wrote the themes to Dragnet, Happy Days and the Disney Main Street Electrical Parade … More
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Vaccinul pneumococic reprezintă un vaccin folosit pentru imunizare împotriva diferitelor tulpini de Streptococcus pneumoniae. Utilizarea acestora poate preveni anumite cazuri de pneumonie, meningită și sepsis. Există două tipuri de vaccinuri pneumococice:  și . Acestea sunt administrate fie prin injecție intramusculară, fie prin injecție subcutanată.

Organizația Mondială a Sănătății recomandă utilizarea vaccinurilor conjugate în rutina de imunizare a copiilor. Acestea se administrează inclusiv celor cu HIV/SIDA. Se recomandă administrarea a trei sau patru doze, ce prezintă o rată de eficiență a prevenirii bolii severe între 71 și 93%. Vaccinurile polizaharidice, deși eficiente la adulții sănătoși, nu sunt eficiente la copiii de sub doi ani sau în cazul acelora cu un sistem imunitar slăbit.

În general, vaccinurile pneumococice sunt sigure. În cazul celor conjugate, la aproximativ 10% dintre bebeluși apare o senzație de durere și roșeață la locul administrării, febră sau tulburări de somn. De asemenea, poate apărea și febră. Cazurile de alergii severe sunt foarte rare.

Vaccinurile pneumococice asigură protecție exclusiv împotriva serotipurilor de S. pneumoniae incluse în vaccin, nu și împotriva altor serotipuri de pneumococ și nici împotriva altor microorganisme care determină boli invazive, de exemplu Haemophilus influenzae sau Neisseria meningitidis (meningococul). Împotriva acestor germeni există alte vaccinuri specifice.

Streptococus pneumoniae

Pneumococul este o bacterie comensală, care colonizează în mod normal tractul respirator superior, dar și tractul intestinal și mucoasele uro-genitale. Procentajul de purtători oro-faringieni sănătoși în populație este estimat la 30-70%. Bacteria este condiționat patogenă, putând provoca îmbolnăviri în anumite condiții. Este unul din principalii agenți patogeni infecțioși la vârsta copilăriei, precum și la persoanele vârstnice și/sau care au boli cronice sau trăiesc în condiții speciale.

Pneumococul poate provoca următoarele tipuri de îmbolnăviri:
infecții de vecinătate, prin răspândire în regiunile anatomice învecinate căilor respiratorii superioare: sinuzite, otită medie, otomastoidite.
infecții invazive, prin diseminare sanguină (bacteriemie), cu constituirea de focare infecțioase la distanță: septicemie și meningită, care pot duce la deces, dar și endocardită, pericardită, artrite septice etc.
pneumonie și alte infecții ale tractului respirator inferior, prin ambele mecanisme descrise anterior.

Istoricul vaccinurilor pneumococice
Primul vaccin pneumococic a fost dezvoltat în anii 1980. și se află pe lista medicamentelor esențiale a Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății, cea mai importantă medicație necesară într-un sistem de sănătate de bază.

Etapa vaccinurilor corpusculare
Identificarea ca specie a pneumococului (în 1881) și demonstrarea ulterioară a rolului său în producerea pneumoniei au determinat demararea cercetărilor pentru producerea unui vaccin. Spre sfârșitul secolului 19 experimentele efectuate pe animale au arătat că vaccinarea iepurilor cu pneumococi întregi omorâți îi protejează pe aceștia împotriva infecțiilor ulterioare cu pneumococi vii. S-a descoperit că și serul provenit de la iepurii imunizați sau de la oamenii care se vindecaseră de pneumonie pneumococică oferea protecție împotriva infecției pneumococice.

La începutul secolului 20 au fost experimentate la om vaccinuri celulare ce conțineau pneumococi inactivați prin mijloace fizice sau chimice (căldură sau formol). Imunizarea s-a dovedit eficientă. Experimentele s-au efectuat pe minerii din Africa de Sud, care trăiau practic într-un regim de sclavie, în condiții mizere și muncind până la istovire. Randamentul exploatărilor miniere de metale și diamante era afectat de mortalitatea mare în rândul minerilor, inclusiv prin pneumonie. Noul vaccin experimental servea interesele proprietarilor de mine. Aceștia, sperând într-o creștere a randamentului care nu presupunea investiții în îmbunătățirea condițiilor de trai, le-au impus minerilor vaccinarea.

Studiile ulterioare au arătat că factorul care conferă pneumococului rezistență la fagocitoză este capsula acestuia. În 1900 s-a descoperit că există mai multe serotipuri de pneumococi și că vaccinarea cu un anumit serotip nu protejează împotriva infecției cu alte serotipuri. De atunci au fost descoperite peste 90 de serotipuri, fiecare cu un polizaharid capsular diferit, care poate fi identificat prin reacția Quellung. Există două sisteme de numerotare a serotipurilor: sistemul american, care le numerotează în ordinea în care au fost descoperite, și sistemul danez, care le grupează în funcție de particularitățile antigenice.

Etapa vaccinurilor polizaharidice
În 1920 s-a demonstrat că un anticorp specific față de polizaharidul capsular ajuta la omorârea pneumococului. În 1936 s-a utilizat un vaccin polizaharidic capsular pentru eradicarea unei epidemii de pneumonie pneumococică. Al Doilea Război Mondial a trezit interesul militar față de producerea unor vaccinuri pneumococice eficiente, care să prevină îmbolnăvirea soldaților și reducerea efectivelor combatante ca urmare a mortalității ridicate prin pneumonie. Vaccinurile pneumococice polizaharidice, utile pentru imunizarea adulților din armată, au început să fie produse în cantități semnificative în Statele Unite în 1940.

După război, în a doua jumătate a anilor '40, interesul față de dezvoltarea unor vaccinuri pneumococice a înregistrat o scădere, odată cu introducerea pe scară largă în terapeutică a antibioticelor, în particular a penicilinei, care s-a dovedit un tratament curativ eficient împotriva infecțiilor pneumococice. Pneumococul, la fel ca și alte microorganisme, a dezvoltat însă în timp modificări adaptative la nivelul unor structuri enzimatice, ducând la apariția de tulpini microbiene rezistente atât față de penicilină, cât și față de alte antibiotice (macrolide, cefalosporine, tetracicline, rifampicină, cotrimoxazol, cloramfenicol etc.). După 1967, răspândirea tulpinilor de pneumococ rezistente la antibiotice a redeșteptat interesul pentru descoperirea unor vaccinuri pneumococice cât mai eficiente.

S-a descoperit că majoritatea infecțiilor pneumococice ale omului sunt provocate de câteva serotipuri mai virulente de pneumococi. De aceea se poate conferi o protecție rezonabilă împotriva bolii pneumococice prin imunizare împotriva unui număr restrâns de serotipuri, dintre cele 90 existente. Primul vaccin polizaharidic capsular fracționat, care acoperea 14 serotipuri de pneumococ, a intrat în uz în anul 1977, fiind urmat în scurt timp (1979) de introducerea vaccinurilor 23-valente, a căror utilizare s-a extins după 1983. Prin numărul suficient de mare de serotipuri cuprinse în vaccinurile 23-valente, acestea ofereau o bună acoperire vaccinală, față de variabilitatea distribuției geografice a serotipurilor mai virulente. Ele se folosesc și astăzi pentru imunizarea activă anti-pneumococică la grupele de vârstă peste 2 ani. Dar aceste vaccinuri polizaharidice nu induc memorie imunologică de durată, stimulează foarte puțin imunitatea la nivelul mucoaselor și sunt neimunogene la grupa de vârstă sub 2 ani, grupă cu risc major de infecții pneumococice invazive.

Etapa vaccinurilor conjugate
Cercetările de la sfârșitul secolului 20 au demonstrat că, prin conjugarea cu proteine a polizaharidelor capsulare, se poate extinde capacitatea imunogenă a vaccinurilor pneumococice inclusiv la grupa de vârstă sub 2 ani.
În anul 2000 a intrat în uz un vaccin polizaharidic conjugat de primă generație, heptavalent, destinat imunizării sugarilor și copiilor mici, până la vârsta de 5 ani.
În anul 2009 a întrat pe piață un vaccin polizaharidic conjugat din a doua generație, decavalent, destinat imunizării sugarilor și copiilor mici, până la vârsta de 2 ani.

Sigure și imunogene, vaccinurile conjugate prezintă însă dezavantajul unui număr mai mic de serotipuri acoperite de vaccin (șapte la vaccinul de primă generație, respectiv zece la vaccinul din generația a doua). Acest număr le oferă o acțiune protectoare parțială față de boala pneumococică invazivă în general. Se estimează că vaccinul heptavalent oferă o acoperire vaccinală de peste 50% față de serotipurile invazive la nivel mondial și de cel puțin două treimi față de serotipurile generatoare de boli pneumococice în general.
Vaccinul decavalent se estimează că acoperă cel puțin două treimi din serotipurile invazive la copiii cu vârsta sub 5 ani, în toate țările în care s-au efectuat studii, și peste 80% din serotipurile circulante în Europa de Vest.

Perspective în mileniul 3
Cercetările actuale vizează producerea unor vaccinuri celulare (cu pneumococi omorâți, neîncapsulați), pentru administrare nazală. Se crede că aceasta ar îmbunătăți eficacitatea vaccinurilor și ar limita, de asemenea, numărul de injecții necesar pentru imunizare. Alte direcții de cercetare vizează dezvoltarea unor tipuri de vaccinuri pneumococice fracționate axate pe componente microbiene proteice, cum ar fi antigenul proteic comun. Continuă de asemenea cercetările în domeniul vaccinurilor conjugate plurivalente, vizând includerea a cât mai multor serotipuri într-un singur vaccin (sunt în curs de omologare vaccinuri conjugate 13-valente).

Grupe de risc cu indicație pentru vaccinare
Grupele de risc înclud persoane cu risc ridicat de boală pneumococică invazivă, care poate duce la deces.

Persoane imunocompetente
Vaccinarea acestora este indicată în următoarele situații:
 - vârste extreme: copii mici și persoane de peste 65 de ani
 - fumători
 - boli cardiovasculare cronice, boli pulmonare cronice sau diabet zaharat
 - bolnavi cu alcoolism, boli hepatice cronice sau pierderi de LCR
 - persoane care trăiesc în medii sociale defavorizate, în condiții de igienă precară
 - persoane care trăiesc în condiții de mediu speciale (persoane instituționalizate, în colectivități aglomerate)
 - persoane cu asplenie anatomică sau funcțională
 - persoane care au primit sau urmează să primească un implant cohlear

Persoane imunocompromise
- persoane cu infecție HIV
 - bolnavi cu leucemie, limfom, boală Hodgkin, mielom multiplu, malignități generalizate
 - bolnavi cu insuficiență renală cronică, sindrom nefrotic, chimioterapie imunosupresivă, transplant de măduvă sau organe.

Vaccinuri pneumococice conjugate

Generalități
Sunt vaccinuri fracționate care conțin antigene pneumococice polizaharidice conjugate cu anatoxine. Aceste anatoxine au rolul de a a mări răspunsul imun față de antigenele neproteice din vaccinurile fracționate, care conțin doar anumite componente microbiene. Fracțiunile din învelișul polizaharidic extern al pneumococului sunt prea puțin imunogene. Legând aceste fracțiuni de anatoxine proteice, sistemul imunitar este determinat să recunoască polizaharidul ca și cum ar fi un antigen proteic. Acest fapt le conferă acestor vaccinuri imunogenicitate la sugari și copiii mici, începând de la vârsta de 2 luni.

Preparate comerciale
În România sunt disponibile trei vaccinuri pneumococice conjugate, Prevenar (Wyeth), heptavalent, care conține 7 antigene pneumococice polizaharidice (de la serotipurile 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F și 23F), conjugate fiecare cu CRM197 (o anatoxină difterică); Synflorix, decavalent, care conține 10 tipuri antigene pneumococice polizaharidice (de la serotipurile 1, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F și 23F ), fiecare polizaharid fiind conjugat cu un tip de proteină purtătoare (proteina D a H. influenzae non-tipabil, anatoxină tetanică sau anatoxină difterică) și, din octombrie 2010, Prevenar 13 (Pfizer), 13-valent, care conține 13 tipuri de antigene pneumococice polizaharidice (de la serotipurile 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F și 23F), conjugate cu CRM 197 și adsorbite pe fosfat de aluminiu (0,125 mg aluminiu).

Indicații
Au indicație pentru  vaccinarea antipneumococică la sugar și copilul mic (între 2 luni-5 ani, pentru Prevenar, și 2 luni-2 ani, pentru Synflorix). Ideal este ca vaccinarea să se înceapă la vârsta de 2 luni. În acest caz primovaccinarea cu 3 doze are o eficacitate de peste 95% împotriva bolilor pneumococice invazive cauzate de tulpinile de pneumococ acoperite de vaccin.

Doze și scheme de administrare
Până la vârsta de 2 ani, schemele de vaccinare ale vaccinurilor heptavalent, decavalent și 13-valent se suprapun. Numărul de doze ce trebuie administrate depinde de vârsta la care se inițiază vaccinarea, astfel:
 - La sugarul sub 6 luni primovaccinarea se efectuează cu 3 doze de vaccin, care se poate administra începând de la vârsta de 2 luni, cu intervale de minim 1 lună între doze. Se recomandă o doză de rapel în al 2-lea an de viață (între 12-15 luni).
 - La sugarii între 6-11 luni primovaccinarea se efectuează cu 2 doze de vaccin administrate la un interval de minim 1 lună între ele. Se recomandă o doză de rapel în al 2-lea an de viață( între 12-15 luni).
 - La copii de 12-23 de luni primovaccinarea se efectuează cu 2 doze la un interval de cel puțin 2 luni între ele. Nu a fost stabilită necesitatea unui rapel.
 - Prevenar 13 se poate administra la copiii între 2-17 ani și la adult, la aceste grupe de vârsta fiind necesară o singură doză de vaccin pentru a asigura imunizarea.

La copiii din categoria de vârstă 2-5 ani, nevaccinați anterior, se poate iniția vaccinarea pneumococică cu vaccinul conjugat heptavalent (Prevenar) sau 13-valent (Prevenar 13), fiind necesară o singură doză. Vaccinul conjugat decavalent (Synflorix) nu este indicat pentru utilizare peste vârsta de 5 ani.

Administrarea vaccinului pneumococic conjugat nu înlocuiește utilizarea vaccinurilor pneumococice polizaharidice 23-valente la copiii cu vârste de 24 de luni sau mai mari, din grupele de risc față de boala pneumococică invazivă. Copiilor din grupele de risc, cu vârste de 24 de luni sau mai mari, care au fost imunizați anterior cu vaccin conjugat heptavalent sau decavalent, trebuie să li se administreze ulterior vaccin pneumococic polizaharidic 23-valent, în scopul de a extinde imunitatea acestora față de mai multe serotipuri de pneumococ. Intervalul minim dintre administrarea vaccinului pneumococic conjugat heptavalent și administrarea vaccinului pneumococic polizaharidic 23-valent este de 8 săptămâni.

Nu sunt disponibile studii despre administrarea vaccinurilor pneumococice conjugate la adulți.

Vaccinuri pneumococice neconjugate

Generalități
Sunt vaccinuri fracționate care conțin antigene pneumococice polizaharidice. Nu sunt imunogene la sugar și copilul mic. Sunt indicate pentru vaccinarea antipneumococică la copii peste 2 ani și la adulții din categoriile de risc. Gradul de eficacitate al vaccinului neconjugat variază între 21-81% (la adult), fiind cel mai scăzut la subiecții imunodepresivi. La copiii cu vârsta între 2 și 5 ani eficacitatea vaccinului neconjugat este de aproximativ 63%. Unele țări, din rațiuni economice (reducerea complicațiilor, internărilor și deceselor prin pneumoniile determinate de gripă), administrează concomitent cu vaccinul gripal și vaccin pneumococic, la persoanele cu risc crescut.

Preparate comerciale
Există mai multe produse comerciale de vaccinuri 23-valente neconjugate: Pneumo 23 (Aventis Pasteur), Pneumovax 23 (Merck Frosst), Pnu-Immune 23 (Wyeth Ayerst). Aceste trei produse comerciale sunt similare ca eficiență și profil de siguranță. Sunt echivalente și din punct de vedere al conținutului antigenic: fiecare conține componente polizaharidice capsulare din aceleași 23 de serotipuri de S. pneumoniae: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B, 17F, 18C, 19A, 19F, 20, 22F, 23F și 33F (conform nomenclaturii daneze). Ceea ce diferă sunt excipienții: soluțiile tampon și conservanții.

În România este disponibil produsul comercial Pneumo 23.

Doze și scheme de administrare
Vaccinarea inițială se efectuează începând de la vârsta de 2 ani, la categoriile de risc, cu o doză unică de vaccin, inclusiv la cei vaccinați anterior cu vaccin conjugat. Este eficace pentru o perioadă de 4-5 ani. Pentru asigurarea imunității pe termen lung este necesară administrarea unor doze de rapel la intervale de 5 ani.

Referințe

Legături externe
Dr. Felicia Toma Săcărea, UMF Tg. Mureș: Bacteriologie generală, University Press Târgu Mureș, 2006
Conf. Dr. Sonia Drăghici, Universitatea din Oradea: Infecțiile pneumococice - probleme de diagnostic și tratament, în revista Medic.ro, nr. 28
Ordinul M.S. nr. 1094 din 13 octombrie 2005: Anexa I: Planul național de intervenție în pandemia de gripă (Cap. Pregătirea intervenției, secțiunea A, III, 2: Vaccinarea antipneumococică), în Monitorul Oficial nr. 935, din 20 octombrie 2005
OMS: Pneumoccocal vaccines, în Weekly epidemiological record / Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire, nr. 14 / 2003 (Anul 78), pag. 110-119
E.M.E.A.: Prevenar: Anexa I - Rezumatul caracteristicilor produsului
E.M.E.A.: Raportul european public de evaluare (EPAR) Prevenar: Rezumat EPAR destinat publicului
E.M.E.A.: Prevenar 13: Anexa I - Rezumatul caracteristicilor produsului
E.M.E.A.: Raportul european public de evaluare (EPAR) Prevenar 13: Rezumat EPAR destinat publicului
E.M.E.A.: Synflorix: Anexa 1 - Rezumatul caracteristicilor produsului
E.M.E.A.: Raportul european public de evaluare (EPAR) Synflorix: Rezumat EPAR destinat publicului
British Columbia Center for Disease Control British Columbia's pneumococcal immunization program - Questions and Answers for Physicians and Public Health Nurses
Lisa A. Jackson & colab.: Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine in Older Adults, în The New England Journal of Medicine, 2003, nr. 348: pag. 1747-55
Leeds NHS - Primary Care Trust: Patient Group Direction for the administration of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
María Claudia Vela Coral, Nacxiry Fonseca, Elizabeth Castañeda, José Luis Di Fabio, Susan K. Hollingshead și David E. Briles: Pneumococcal Surface Protein A of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Colombian Children, în Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 7, nr. 5 / sept.-oct. 2001
Richard Malley, Marc Lipsitch, Anne Stack, Richard Saladino, Gary Fleisher, Steven Pelton, Claudette Thompson, David Briles și Porter Anderson: Intranasal Immunization with Killed Unencapsulated Whole Cells Prevents Colonization and Invasive Disease by Capsulated Pneumococci , în Infection and Immunity, Vol. 69, No. 8 / August 2001, pag. 4870-4873
Francesc Asensi, Conxa Carles: Història de les vacunes contra infeccions bacterianes Invasores, Fundació Alsina i Bofill (ed.), Valencia 2004

Medicamente esențiale listate de OMS
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Q: How to parameterize table name in oracle sql procedure || export table method I am trying to take an export of a table from oracle database to a csv. For that i have prepared some code. Now this code is based on that particular table base. I wanted to make this dynamic. Is that possible to edit this code so that we can pass the table name only and get the same output respectively?
SET ECHO OFF
SET VERIFY OFF
SET TRIMSPOOL ON
SET TRIMOUT ON
SET LINESIZE 9999
SET PAGESIZE 0
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET TIMING OFF
SET TIME OFF
set serveroutput ON
SPOOL C:\temp\output.csv
declare
    v_heading varchar2(4000);
begin
    for cur in (select column_name,column_id from user_tab_cols where table_name='NDR_AVTALE_TYPER' and COLUMN_NAME not like '%SYS%' order by column_id) loop
        if cur.column_id > 1 then
            v_heading := v_heading ||',';
        end if;
        v_heading := v_heading || cur.column_name;
    end loop;
    dbms_output.put_line(v_heading);
    for cur in (select AVTALE_TYPE, BESKRIVELSE, TABELL, HISTORIKK, DOKUMENTER from NDR_AVTALE_TYPER order by 1,2) loop
        dbms_output.put_line(cur.AVTALE_TYPE||','||cur.BESKRIVELSE||','||cur.TABELL||','||cur.HISTORIKK||','||cur.DOKUMENTER);
    end loop;
end;
/
SPOOL OFF
disconnect
quit

output of this is like
SQL> @C:\temp\Export_oracle_table.sql
AVTALE_TYPE,BESKRIVELSE,TABELL,HISTORIKK,DOKUMENTER,GEOM
1,Gatelysavtale,NDR_GATELYS_AVTALE,J,J
2,LinjetrasΘavtale,NDR_TRASE_AVTALE,J,J

A: With SET HEAD ON you will have the heading without printing.
If you do the SELECT statement out of block you will get your data in a file.

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As we created our GTM Automotive Services product, we knew our partner in India would be an award-winning, rapidly growing company: Sevenseas Global Express Logistics. In addition to its highly regarded transportation expertise, Sevenseas was already a close ally of GTM in Asia. Founded in 2001, Sevenseas is a top ten emerging mid-sized company in India, with sixteen offices throughout the country. It offers a comprehensive, pan-India warehousing and transport division, as well as specialized marine spares and multiple commodity handling abilities. Together, GTM and Sevenseas offer premium international logistics services to clients in India and North America. With its comprehensive offerings and proven knowledge of the automotive market, Sevenseas is a natural partner to serve our global automotive customers. Sevenseas' award-winning services include multi-modal transportation, local and distance trucking, project cargo and warehousing. The company is IATA, MTO, FIATA, and D&B certified; has received awards for responsiveness and as a most valued logistics member; and was profiled as an emerging leader on India's ET Now Channel. Both GTM and Sevenseas are independent freight forwarders. Our staff carefully manages our customers' cargo, meeting all logistics and supply chain needs. We're confident our partnership results in services comparable to any multinational company. Our affiliation also reaches beyond our respective nations. We're both hand-picked members of the Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN), which identifies and connects premium freight forwarders to customers around the world. Further, we both work closely with automakers and auto suppliers, so we understand this key industry quite well. Together, we've developed a premium, global, door-to-door automotive product. We serve our customers by drawing upon our individual service offerings and assets, including our trucking fleet, customs clearance expertise, and large contracts with [...]
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GTM + O'Brien Customs & Forwarding
When we developed GTM Automotive Services, we were determined to reach all our customers, domestic and international. How? By calling upon our solid global partners like O'Brien Customs & Forwarding. A well-known independent freight forwarder, O'Brien offers substantial expertise in logistics and IT for our customers in Australia. Founded in 1996, O'Brien Customs & Forwarding is based in Melbourne, Australia. The company employs several licensed, in-house customs brokers and is a Regulated Air Cargo Agent (RACA). O'Brien is accredited for hazardous goods transport and has won awards for support and operations. O'Brien's award-winning, multi-modal transportation capabilities include door-to-door transport, dangerous and oversized cargo handling, and an online freight tracking system, making it a natural service provider for our global auto customers. O'Brien is a founding member of the Freight & Trade Alliance of Australia (FTA) and has been commended by the Australian government for its aid efforts in East Timor and the Solomon Islands. Together, GTM and O'Brien provide premium international logistics products to clients in Australia and beyond. Combining careful freight management, a 24/7 track and trace system, and hazardous and special cargo expertise, we are well-positioned for continuing success in the automotive market. Both of our companies are independent freight forwarders. We personally oversee customer cargo, reducing overhead and increasing efficiency. Because of our strong alliance, we can offer services comparable to a larger company. Shane and Jan O'Brien with GTM's Mark Brodie We build upon our partnership with our membership in the Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN), which identifies and connects premium freight forwarders to customers on every continent. Both GTM and O'Brien have built close relationships with automakers and auto suppliers, and we fully understand this key industry. From [...]
Introducing GTM Automotive Services
Today, we're proud to announce the official launch of GTM Automotive Services. Since we've worked closely with automakers and auto suppliers for many years, we already know the industry inside and out. Now we're growing our offerings, joining with GTM's strongest international partners to expand our global reach. Building on our successful international alliances, we have developed a premium, global, door-to-door automotive product. We serve our customers by drawing upon our individual service offerings and assets, including our trucking fleet, customs clearance expertise, and large contracts with key international ocean and air carriers. With our hand-picked group of independent freight forwarders, we reach clients on every continent. Our shared capabilities allow us to maintain personal management of customer cargo, while increasing efficiency and reducing overhead costs. Together, we offer complete services that are comparable to those of any multinational freight forwarder. We're also members of the Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN). This organization includes more than 200 highly qualified, financially sound, independent companies that cover more than 100 countries with a combined staff of 20,000 and growing. Why Choose GTM Automotive Services? Our history is Detroit, our reach is global. The Michigan-based automotive industry remains essential to the greater U.S. economy. Its vast supplier and logistics network — in which we've been immersed for decades — is unlike any other. In fact, today's international automotive marketplace demands a flawlessly managed and responsive supply chain. Without an effective logistics partner, companies risk interrupted production lines and unexpected, often crippling expenses. That's where GTM comes in. Our Michigan headquarters, automotive experience, and established infrastructure give us a clear edge. We enjoy easy access to the continental U.S. and have direct knowledge of what makes an automotive [...]
GTM + GS3 Global: Strategic Partnership, Winning Solution
In 2012, Global Transportation Management, LLC (GTM) was already an aggressive, rapidly growing global freight forwarding company. To accelerate our global reach even further, GTM formed a strategic alliance with GS3 Global. GTM joined forces with GS3 Global to sell global transportation and logistics services worldwide. GS3 Global is a woman- and minority-owned fourth-party logistics firm (4PL), based in Livonia, Michigan and led by CEO Lisa Lunsford. It develops creative, value-added supply chain solutions for many Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Lisa Lunsford, CEO of GS3 Global At GTM, we want our work and our relationships to reflect our customers, our staff, and our partnerships. Our strategic alliance with GS3 Global solidifies our commitment to growing in a more diverse way. Mark Brodie, Managing Member and Co-Owner of GTM, is committed to cultivating the company's ongoing internal diversity program. On a global scale, we can now reach a wider, more diverse customer base. A clientele that reflects the richly varied cultural makeup of the U.S. and our partners around the world. One that provides unrivaled access, competitive advantage, and wide-ranging benefits to all parties. This strategic alliance immediately proved a great success for both companies. On its end, GS3 Global provides a supply chain solution to its customers based on careful analysis of their needs. With GTM, it can offer more. GTM's Global Freight Forwarding experience, licenses, staff, buying power and global agent network allow GS3 Global to provide a comprehensive range of services for both companies' customers. Through this critical partnership, GTM and GS3 Global now offer their customers complete, door-to-door logistics solutions. Because of our alliance, we have secured more than $10 million in additional logistics business for our two [...]
M3DExperiences2014-09-08T17:50:50+00:00September 8th, 2014|


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Moderate Depression Promotes Posttraumatic Growth (Ptg): A Young Population Survey 2 Years after the 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake
V. Bianchini1, *, L. Giusti2, 3, A Salza 2, 3, V. Cofini2, M. G. Cifone2, M. Casacchia2, L. Fabiani2, R. Roncone2, 3
1 Department of Mental Health, Asl Roma 5, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
2 Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
3 University Rehabilitative Treatment, Early Intervention Unit, TRIP, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy
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Earthquakes can result in a range of psychopathology and in negative and positive consequences for survivors.
To examine the association between clinical aftereffects (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among young survivors of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Italy.
316 young earthquake survivors enrolled in the University of L'Aquila were evaluated two years after the natural disaster. Participants completed three main questionnaires, including Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items (PHQ-9), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI).
59.6% of the student sample showed different levels of depression, whereas 13.3% reported anxiety symptoms. In both clinical dimensions (anxiety and depression), gender differences were found: female gender was confirmed risk factor for a clinical post-traumatic response. Personal PTG, demonstrated by 18% of the L'Aquila youths included in our sample, was predicted by moderate levels of depression (O.R. 2.7). In our model, gender, age, and anxiety did not show any predictive value.
In a post-traumatic setting, the development of individual cognitive strategies is crucial, whereas after a natural disaster, paradoxically, a moderate depressive condition and the related distress could promote the drive to overcome the psychological consequences of the traumatic event.
Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, Disaster, Earthquake, PTSD, Post Traumatic Growth.
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Professor Mauro Giovanni Carta completed his fellowship in Psychiatry and post-graduated from the University of Cagliari, Italy (1986 to 1990). Prof. Carta currently holds the following key positions:(a) Full Professor of Translational Medicine at the University of Cagliari; (b) Head of the Liaison Psychiatric Unit at University Hospital of Cagliari, Italy; (c) Co-chairman at WHO-Geneva and University of Cagliari agreement for implementing the Quality Rights Project in the Mediterranean Area ; (d) Head of a Collaborating Unit, Chafea – European Union, Joint Action on Mental Health, University of Cagliari; (e) President of the Mediterranean Society on Mental Health. He, as an author, has been involved in the publication of more than 200 articles in various international journals.
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March Highlights
3.13.18 Listening Lounge Notes! (courtesy of Lizzie)
In attendance: Tony, Rene, Lizzie, Bond, Ann
At Bond's suggestion, we began by sharing extreme weather stories related to the high winds we've had lately.
Rene: As an insurance appraiser, he's dealt with three cars hit by falling trees.
Bond: On his way to visit him, his mother had to take a five-hour detour into DC because a bridge closed in MD due to tractor trailers blown over by the wind.
Tony: He got last Friday off work!
Ann: On his way to visit her from Boston, Ann's brother's flight had to make two attempts to land due to the high winds. Luckily, he was not on the "barf flight" that landed at Dulles.
Lizzie: Not directly related, but last week contractors discovered a buried well in her backyard. We don't know how deep it is, or when it was built, but it's creepy as hell and anything could crawl out of it:
Sounds we shared:
Rene shared some SoundScene footage from last year, which he intends to make into promotional material for this year's event. We heard Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Rain" performed on a violin made from a baseball bat, and suggested structuring the piece around the violin music itself -- letting commentators lead us into the scene through description before telling us what we're hearing and end with the stellar line "if you haven't been here, shame on you."
Bond shared a song from Dessa's new album, Chime, called "Fire Drills" and it rocked. "You can't be too broke to break." Check it out!
Tony, who will be giving a workshop at the NSS (Natural Sound Society) on birdsong recording, shared a binaural recording he made from a canoe. Above him a colony of frigate birds nested together in mangrove bushes, and we could hear the young birds calling to their parents for food.
We also talked about binaural recordings for VR, and the microphones now being made in the shape of a human head, including some with pig skin for the "skin" and human-shaped ears (which have a significant effect on the recordings). We wondered if they could make a microphone with cat-shaped ears and head that would allow us to hear what cats hear...?
Ann shared a compilation of short but fully immersive recordings from her trip to China, which included street sounds, singing, and the bells the men ring to advertise ear cleanings. YES, EAR CLEANINGS. They use a "tiny bamboo scoop," a series of brushes, and a long fine wire which they insert into your ear and then touch to a tuning fork to let your whole head ring with an otherworldly vibration.
We wondered whether some of these street sounds (geo-linked recordings) could make a good contribution to this year's Sound Scene, "Mapping Memory." Tony added that we now know our ears are so finely tuned to our surroundings, however unconsciously, that even as adults we could identify our childhood bedroom from a bunch of recordings of empty rooms.
Rene shared audio from a podcast called "Tweet of the Day," featuring a different bird call and short accompanying explanation each day.
The conversation turned to the darker themes (virtual kidnapping and forest fires) so Bond pulled us back to the light with a song ("Everybody's Coming to My House") from David Byrne's new album, American Utopia.
We all ate copious amounts of peanut m&ms. A good time was had by all!
Looking forward to next month!
three reminders
Three reminders:
1. The next DCLL meeting Tuesday March 13th at Lizzie's house!
When: Tues March 13
Where: Lizzie's Place
Nearest metro: Crystal City or Pentagon City (blue/yellow)
"I'll make popcorn! And will probably have lots of peanut m&ms left over from my birthday so come help eat those."
Please also bring audio to share (limit clips to under 6 mins duration). Food, drinks and friends are very welcome too!
2. Reminder, if you'd like to submit an idea for a Sound Scene aka project/installation/proposal/workshop please do so here
By March 24th.
3. Separately, we'll have a planning meeting for Sound Scene (general planning for outreach, workshops, diversification of proposals etc) on Sat March 17th from 1-3pm. *You do not need to attend the planning meeting to submit a proposal!
*have a lovely week!


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Q: Synapse Dedicated Pool vs Partitioned PARQUET I'm not being able to get data from the partition columns using CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE.
On serverless I can use the "filepath()" function but I didn't find any equivalent on dedicated pools. Columns are NULL.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE myTable
    (   col01   int
       ,col02   Date
       ,col03   varchar(8000)
       ,col04   int
       ,col05   float
       ,col06   float
       ,col07   bigint
       ,col08   datetime2
       ,col09   varchar(8000)
      )
    WITH (
        LOCATION = '<<datalakepath>>/parquet_dir/',
        DATA_SOURCE = SilverAzureDataLakeStore,
        FILE_FORMAT = Parquet
    )

Source Path:
A/B/TransactionsHistoryV1/LAST7Days/col01=5241/col02=2021-11-09/<<parquet_filename>>.snappy.parquet
I also tried but with no success as well:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE myTable
    (   col03   varchar(8000)
       ,col04   int
       ,col05   float
       ,col06   float
       ,col07   bigint
       ,col08   datetime2
       ,col09   varchar(8000)
       ,col01   int
       ,col02   Date
      )
    WITH (
        LOCATION = '<<datalakepath>>/parquet_dir/*/*',
        DATA_SOURCE = SilverAzureDataLakeStore,
        FILE_FORMAT = Parquet
    )

Any Suggestions?
I also tried to use Delta, but looks like Apache Delta still not supported on Dedicated Pools.

A: Currently, both the Spark pool and serverless SQL pool in Azure Synapse Analytics support Delta Lake format. Serverless SQL pools do not support updating Delta Lake files. Only tables in Parquet format are shared from Spark pools to a serverless SQL pool.

This is an excepted behaviour when using Delta Lake partitioned views.

Note: Unfortunately, it is not possible to use the filepath function with format=delta.
If you are creating the partitioned views on top of Delta Lake storage, you can specify just a root Delta Lake folder and don't need to explicitly expose the partitioning columns using the FILEPATH function:
CREATE OR ALTER VIEW YellowTaxiView
AS SELECT *
FROM
    OPENROWSET(
        BULK 'yellow',
        DATA_SOURCE = 'DeltaLakeStorage',
        FORMAT='DELTA'
    ) nyc

You can use the FILEPATH function with Partitioned views.

If you have a set of files that is partitioned in the hierarchical folder structure, you can describe the partition pattern using the wildcards in the file path. Use the FILEPATH function to expose parts of the folder path as partitioning columns.
CREATE VIEW TaxiView
AS SELECT *, nyc.filepath(1) AS [year], nyc.filepath(2) AS [month]
FROM
    OPENROWSET(
        BULK 'parquet/taxi/year=*/month=*/*.parquet',
        DATA_SOURCE = 'sqlondemanddemo',
        FORMAT='PARQUET'
    ) AS nyc

For more details, refer to Create and use views using serverless SQL pool in Azure Synapse Analytics.


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Jowat SE announces new Head of Sales
Kay-Henrik von der Heide (on the right) to take over leadership role from Ulrich Schmidt Source: Jowat SE
Kay-Henrik von der Heide to take over leadership role from Ulrich Schmidt.
Kay-Henrik von der Heide is to become Jowat SE's new Head of Sales. As of 1 February 2020, the 52-year-old will take on responsibility for all direct sales activities of Jowat SE in the sales divisions "national" and "international". In his new position, he will report directly to Klaus Kullmann, Managing Director Sales & Marketing.
Von der Heide will be assuming responsibilities of previous Head of Sales Ulrich Schmidt, who is leaving Jowat after more than 20 years at the enterprise at his own request to take on a new challenge in a related sector. "We regret the decision, thank Mr Schmidt for the many years he worked for Jowat and wish him all the best in his future endeavours," said Klaus Kullmann.
Mr von der Heide graduated from Hamburg as an engineer in Wood technology ("Dipl.-Holzwirt"). He has served in various roles in both the wood-based materials industry and in the component supply industry, gaining a broad and international expertise in sales of technical products as well as decorative interior finishing products. In his last position as Head of Sales at Westag & Getalit AG, Mr von der Heide had responsibility for the sales of decorative interior finishing products in the D/A/CH region as well as sales of plywood/formwork. Mr von der Heide was born in East-Westphalia.
Mr Kullmann is convinced: "With Mr von der Heide, we have gained an experienced sales specialist who is already well connected with the wood and furniture industry, one of our key markets. We wish him a good start and look forward to a successful cooperation."
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Stonehenge - Dr Rupert Till and the acoustic effects of Stonehenge
Invisible input - healing
Number of hallucinations: 1
Music and beating rhythms are used by shamanic peoples to heal , produce out of body experiences and to have visions. They occasionally also produce hallucinations - the ability to see the image of spirit helpers superimposed over the images from the eye.
The research for this project has so far been inconclusive asa to which of these various frequencies can produce - but only because itis early days with the project.
"the music may have acted to entrain the body, encourage Alpha rhythms in the brain, and help achieve altered states of trance-like consciousness"
Sounds of Stonehenge
Who would have thought that one of the most studied archaeological sites in the UK would still have secrets hidden in plain view? However most previous studies of Stonehenge focused on looking at the site, rather than listening to it.
Music technologist and composer Dr Rupert Till started to ponder the likely acoustic effects of Stonehenge after finding a pilot study on the subject. He came up with the theory that the famous ring of stone could have sung like a crystal wine glass with a wet finger rubbing the rim, stimulated in this case by percussion played in time to the echoes of the space.
Thomas Hardy had hinted at this in 1891 in his novel Tess of the D'Urbavilles. Reading carefully between the lines with an acoustician's ear, one can find him discussing various acoustic effects. Further research turned up an interview with the author in which he states that 'if a gale of wind is blowing, the strange musical hum emitted by Stonehenge can never be forgotten'.
Mathematical acoustic analysis of Stonehenge's Archaeological plans was followed by the acoustic analysis of a digital model of Stonehenge using software designed for architects' use. The results of this analysis exceeded all expectations. The final stage of Stonehenge had acoustic figures that were as good as premier concert halls, and was perfectly suited to loud rhythmic music, much like a rock concert venue.
This work led to a visit to a full size concrete reproduction of Stonehenge in the USA, with acoustics expert Dr. Bruno Fazenda and Dr. Till flying to the Maryhill Monument in Washington State to use it as a model to carry out acoustic field measurements and search for evidence of acoustic features. Here it was possible to make the whole space resonate using a simple percussion rhythm, made by reconstructions of Neolithic instruments, and tuned to the space. Strange acoustic effects appeared in the space as if the stones themselves were singing. Dr. Fazenda has been a key research partner in the project, providing a acoustic and scientific grounding to the project.
The Maryhill trip led to 50,000 internet articles on the research, in turn leading to a History Channel Documentary in the MysteryQuest series (currently in post-production), and visits to Stonehenge itself, where echo patterns were found to support the theories.
The project has suggested where people might have stood at Stonehenge, the sort of instruments possibly used, what kind of sounds could have been made and how fast people might have played. It has also allowed tentative steps towards suggesting that the music may have acted to entrain the body, encourage Alpha rhythms in the brain, and help achieve altered states of trance-like consciousness.
Few specifics are known about the music, sound and ritual of prehistoric Britain, and any information that this project can uncover is significant. Stone circles are an enigmatic feature of British prehistory, and the hope is that understanding more about our past is on way of further understanding our present.
This work has led on to Dr. Till leading an AHRC/EPSRC research cluster focused on the acoustics and music of prehistory, a large grant application for further work on other prehistoric sites, collaboration on a TSB scheme to build an outdoor performance venue with similar acoustics and other research opportunities.
[Please note that this is an ongoing project and some of the results are preliminary. Any thoughts or feedback are more than welcome.]
Musician other
Sacred geography
Sacred geography - Lithophones
Listening to sound and music
Visit sacred sites
Visiting standing and marked stones
Visiting telluric hot spots
Listening to beating sounds


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The Heritage Society was established in 2003 to recognize an esteemed group of individuals who support the advancement of healthcare services at Baptist Health Floyd with a gift of $5,000 or more to the Floyd Memorial Foundation. These individuals are committed to healthcare excellence and ensuring that quality services are offered to Floyd Memorial patients. Gifts to the Heritage Society help support vital health initiatives, hospital needs and projects at Baptist Health Floyd that are endorsed by the Foundation.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 – PROGRAM: WINTER FEEDER BIRDS, FEEDERS AND SEED. Rick Read, 7 p.m Monon Public Library in Monon, Indiana. All you need to know to attract birds and liven up your yard this winter.
SEPTEMBER 26th WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – MONARCH BUTTERFLIES: CREATING A HABITAT. Reni Winter. 7-9 p.m. Lilly Nature Center. Monarch migration and creating monarch habitat.
OCTOBER 3rd WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – THE APPLE OF OUR EYE: EXPLORING NATURE'S FAVORITE FRUIT. Lynn Layden 1-3 p.m at the Lilly Nature Center.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5-7 – FALL BIRDING FESTIVAL! – Indiana Audubon Society's Fall Meeting. See more about this weekend on page 7 of the newsletter. Go to www.Indianaaudubon.org for more details and to go register.
OCTOBER 10th WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD SHAWNEE BOTTOMS SUNSET WALK. Gus Nyberg, NICHES Land Trust. 5:30 – 7:30 at Shawnee Bottoms in Fountain County. Car pool 4:30 p.m at Lilly Nature Center.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11th – PROGRAM: HOW TO TAKE RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME PHOTOS OF BIRDS. Ryan Sanderson. Come join us for an evening of stunning images as Ryan walks us through the art of bird photography. Lilly Nature Center 7:15 p.m. Free parking and refreshments.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th – WATERFOWL FIELD TRIP. If it rains enough, water birds will be moving through. We will check for ducks, etc., at Celery Bog, Mulvey Pond and other spots. Meet at the gravel lot in Celery Bog at 8 a.m.
OCTOBER 17th – WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – FALL COLOR AND DROUGHT IMPACTS. Sally Weeks. 1-3 p.m at Happy Hollow Park. Check out this Fall's yellows, oranges, reds and brown colors.
OCTOBER 24th – WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – INDIANA COYOTES: CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION OR CONCERN? Dean Zimmerman and Shawn Rossier, DNR. 1-3 p.m. Lilly Nature Center.
OCTOBER 31st – WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – WHOOO'S THERE? OWL MYTHS. Barny Dunning. 7-9 p.m. Lilly Nature Center. True and False owl myths, featuring most of Indiana's owls.
NOVEMBER 7th – WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES AND CONTEMPORARY TRADITIONS. Felicia Ahasteen-Bryant. 1-3 p.m at the Lilly Nature Center.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8th – PROGRAM: BIRDS OF CUBA. Sue Arnold. Known as "Big Sue" to her friends and fellow birders, Sue will share stories and photos from her March 2010 excursion to Cuba with the Indiana Audubon Society under the auspices of the Caribbean Conservation Trust. One of the highlights was the Bee Hummingbird, the world's smallest hummer. Lilly Nature Center 7:15 p.m. Free parking and refreshments.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th – LAKE MICHIGAN LAKESHORE FIELD TRIP. All day trip to look for migrating geese, swans and more. We will look at 6:30 from the Celery Bog gravel parking lot.
NOVEMBER 14th – WEDNESDAYS IN THE WILD – HONEY & THE HONEY BEE. Lynn Layden. 1-3 p.m at the Lilly Nature Center.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2nd – CRANE VIEWING AT JASPER PULASKI. Meet at the Celery Bog gravel park lot at 3:30 p.m to carpool to Jasper Pulaski.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13th – PROGRAM: BIRDS AND BOMBS ON THE BASE: A CITIZEN'S TOUR IN IRAQ. Carl Vogelwede spent 5 months working to solve human/wildlife conflicts with the USDA's Flight Safety Program on the Join Base Balad in Iraq. His perspectives and pictures will be enlightening. 7:15 p.m at the Lilly Nature Center.
DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS – will be updated as the date approaches.


Home Bible Studies About The Holy Spirit Who Is The Holy Spirit And What Does He Do?
The Holy Spirit is by far the most misunderstood member of the Trinity. We hear lots of teachings on God the father and God the son, but very few about the divine nature and attributes of the Holy Spirit.
So I decided I would share with you a Bible study on who is the Holy Spirit and what He does.
The Holy Spirit is not just a "person," but He is "divine" person. He is also not just a person unto Himself, but He is part and parcel of the Trinity where the three are one.
In Matthew's gospel chapter 28, Jesus Himself tells the disciples to baptize new believers in the "name" singular, of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
If the Holy Spirit were a separate entity, then He would have used the plural form rather than the singular form.
Again we see this relationship and association with the Father and Son in 2 Corinthians 13:14.
So let's take a look at how the Holy Spirit has the same divine attributes and nature as God.
The Holy Spirit is not just something that God thought up to replace Jesus as His representative here on earth after Jesus ascended to heaven. The Holy Spirit has been around since the beginning.
Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit were part of God since the beginning.
Not only is the Holy Spirit eternal, but the Holy Spirit is all knowing. Jesus said that our Heavenly Father would send the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit would teach us all things and remind us of everything that Jesus has taught. (John 16:12-13) In 1 Corinthians, Paul talks about the Holy Spirit knowing the mind of God.
Since we know that God is all knowing, and since the Holy Spirit knows God's own thoughts, then the Holy Spirit must be all knowing as well.
A compelling example of the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit is in the birth of Jesus. When the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and caused her to conceive Jesus, this proved the Holy Spirit is all powerful.
This same Holy Spirit is the one who raised Jesus from the dead. The ability to raise someone from the dead is a sign of being all powerful.
The Psalmist David expresses so beautifully this fact. The Holy Spirit is everywhere at once. There is nowhere we can go that will hide us from His presence.
So once again we see that the Holy Spirit has divine attributes just like God.
Here we see that The Holy Spirit was involved in the creation of all things. Only God is the creator. Thus the Holy Spirit must be God.
Not only was the Spirit of God at work in the creation of our world and humankind in general, but He is at work in the regeneration of man as well. In John's gospel, we have the famous passage telling us that we have to be born again. In this passage, it states that the Holy Spirit is the one that gives us that new birth.
Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.
Jesus beautifully ties the Spirit's work in creation with the Spirit's work in regeneration in a later passage in John. Let me show you both passages so you can see how beautifully He ties both together.
Then he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Just as God breathed physical life into man, so Jesus breathed spiritual life into the disciples by giving them the Holy Spirit.
The King James version states that all scripture is "God-breathed." The actual Greek word means that it is expired or breathed out.
Again we have the concept of God breathing life into something. The Bible is a product of the breath of God. It is the result of the activity of the wind of the Spirit.
As we saw earlier, it is the Spirit of God that raised Jesus from the dead. It is also the Holy Spirit that will raise us from the dead on that resurrection morning when Jesus returns.
It is also the Holy Spirit that is daily giving us the life of God in our mortal bodies. He is the agent that is transferring that power. The new life you are experiencing in Christ is because of the work of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, it is the Holy Spirit that empowers us to walk in supernatural power and ability so that we may be witnesses of the reality and truthfulness of what Jesus has done for us.
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere – in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
A witness not only tells people about an event, but a witness has also experienced that event. To share that experience, they need to be able to recreate or demonstrate that experience.
The Holy Spirit is the one that empowers us not only to tell people about the resurrection power of Jesus, and that it is real, but to show them by example and even supernatural ability that it is real. So the Holy Spirit is the one at work in giving us that ability.
I hope that now you have just a little bit clearer understanding of who the Holy Spirit is and what He does and that if you did have misunderstandings about who and what the Holy Spirit is that they have been cleared up.
Let's no longer let the Holy Spirit be the most misunderstood member of the Trinity.


This beautiful keychain is made from a sterling silver cast of a hand-cut Morgan dollar. The head shot of lady Liberty makes a striking piece, great as a gift for a coin collector, history buff, or Americana enthusiast.
The Morgan dollar was a United States one-dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, and then again in 1921. The coin is named after its designer, United States Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan. The obverse depicts a profile portrait representing Liberty, while the reverse depicts an eagle with wings outstretched.