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Prescribed Fire Behavior and Custom Fuel Modeling in the Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak Barrens and Pine-Oak Forests of New England (Woodall 1998)
Class Report.pdf>
NE Barrens, Model/Tool/Technology, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Post-fire Stand Development and Potential Fire Behavior for the Waterboro Barrens, Southwestern Maine (Patterson 1999)
Report.pdf>
NE Barrens, Post-fire Environment & Management, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Post-fire Stand Development and Potential Fire Behavior for the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve, New Hampshire (Patterson 2001)
NE Barrens, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Post-fire Environment & Management
The Effects of Brush Cutting and Burning on Fuel Beds and Fire Behavior in Pine-Oak Forests of Cape Cod National Seashore (Norton-Jensen 2005)
John Norton-Jensen
Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts at Amherst
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
FOREST 698: PRACTICUM
Partial Abstract:
Pine-oak forests comprise 46% of the vegetation of Cape Cod National Seashore. Flammable ericaceous shrubs, especially Gaylussachia baccata, dominate the understories and combined with heavy litter fuel loads increase the probability of intense surface fires. Past research has evaluated the use of brush cutting and prescribed burning to reduce fire hazard and to construct custom fuel models to predict fire behavior. Results suggest that the two treatments combined will better accomplish this goal than when they are applied separately. The goal of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of combined treatments.
Interview/Lesson Learned, Technical Report
NE Barrens, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Wildland Fuel Management Options for the Central Plains of Martha's Vineyard: Impacts on Fuel Loads, Fire Behavior and Rare Plant and Insect Species (Patterson, Clarke, Haggerty, et al. May 2005)
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest JFSP Report: "Wildland Fuel Management Options for the Central Plains of Martha's Vineyard: Impacts on Fuel Loads, Fire Behavior and Rare Plant and Insect Species" (Patterson, Clarke, Haggerty, et al. May 2005)
Eighty-three page final report submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation - 2005
Land Management Implications for Hemileuca maia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Habitat at Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (Haggerty MS thesis 2006)
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SARAH A. HAGGERTY - UMASS 2006
Early seral habitats in the northeastern U.S. are being threatened by succession brought on by the alteration of natural ecosystem dynamics (Noss 1995). In fire- dependent systems such as sandplain barrens, this is compounded by the threat of catastrophic fire from increased fuel loads created by long-term fire suppression. Efforts are currently underway in many areas to restore open habitats through the reintroduction of natural disturbances or by alternative techniques which mimic their effects. In fire prone systems, the goal of these efforts is twofold: 1) to reduce fire danger in areas with heavy fuel loads and 2) to restore natural open habitats. The effects of such management on the native insect species, including rare species dependent on open systems, are just beginning to be examined (Swengel 2001, Swengel and Swengel 2001, Panzer and Schwartz 2002).
NE Barrens, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Fire Ecology & Effects
Distribution of Rare Plants on the Central Plain of Martha's Vineyard: Implications for Conservation and Management (Clarke MS thesis 2006)
GRETEL L. CLARKE - UMASS
Rare plants in coastal New England sandplains are often restricted to sites disturbed by humans. On the central plain of Martha's Vineyard, which has one of the highest concentrations of rare plant species in Massachusetts, disturbances include plowed and mowed firelanes. Little is known about pre-European rare plant habitat or how modern management impacts these species. To better understand the factors influencing the distribution of rare plants in coastal habitats, I examined the influence of vegetation structure, species composition, environmental characteristics and disturbance history on existing rare plant populations and potential natural habitat in the 2100-ha Manuel F. Correllus State Forest. This was accomplished by sampling more than 100, 100-m2 plots in firelanes (including 22 at rare plant occurrences) and forested/shrubland areas. I also conducted extensive searches for rare species.
NE Barrens, Fire Ecology & Effects, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Fuel Bed Characteristics in Invaded and Uninvaded Forest Stands (Dibble, Rees, Ducey, Patterson - 2002)
Summary Report.pdf>
Summary for the Joint Fire Science Program - 2002
NE Barrens, Invasive Species, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Research Brief: Fire and Wildlife- Eastern hognose snakes prefer managed habitat
September 07, 2018 / Inga La Puma
Photo by Micheal Jewel via Flickr
Some animals like an open canopy and some don't! For those that do, mechanical thinning and prescribed fire can help create and maintain the habitat they need. This month's research brief covers a study by Dr. Micheal Akresh and his fellow researchers tracking the habitat preferences of the Eastern hognose snake in the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area in Western Massachusetts.
Research Brief.pdf>
September 07, 2018 / Inga La Puma/ Comment
Wildlife & Aquatic Ecosystems, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Fire Management Plan for Montague Plain Wildlife Management Area (Clark and Patterson 2003)
Prepared for Massachusetts Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Environmental Law Enforcement Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
Prepared by Kennedy H. Clark and William A. Patterson III -University of Massachusetts
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Montague Plain Wildlife Management Area (MPWMA) is a 1,512 acre property in western Massachusetts owned and managed by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The primary purposes of the site are to protect and preserve an outstanding example of a xeric outwash pitch pine-scrub oak barren natural community and to provide public access for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and compatible recreational activities. This fire management plan (FMP) is a strategic plan that defines a program to manage wildland fire on MPWMA for ecological health and public safety. Fire management is needed at MPWMA to sustain and restore the health of the ecosystem and its component biota, and to protect on-site and off-site infrastructure and lives from wildfire.
MPWMA encompasses a glacial outwash sandplain with droughty soils supporting a pitch-pine - scrub oak community. The site also includes a hill with shallow, sandy loam soils that supports an oak dominated forest. One rare natural community and a number of rare plant, insect, and reptile species are known from the site. Pitch pine - scrub oak communities are the most fireprone vegetation types in New England, and significant evidence exists suggesting that fire was an important influencing factor on the vegetation of MPWMA for many years before European settlement. There are numerous fire and smoke sensitive areas surrounding the site including individual residences, businesses, highways, villages, and a small airport.
Post-fire Environment & Management, Fuels & Fuel Treatments, NE Barrens
Fire Issues Unique to the Northeastern Area of the United States
National Fire Plan
The New Jersey Forest Service has a critical need to refine the national Fire Danger Rating System so that it is specific for the Pine Barrens. We will address this fire research need in the Northeastern area as part of the National Fire Plan.
Fact Sheet.pdf>
Fuels & Fuel Treatments, Fire Policy, NE Barrens
Characterizing Canopy Fuels as They Affect Fire Behavior in Pitch Pine
Master's Thesis by Matthew Duveneck FEBUARY 2005
Fire managers in the Northeast are increasingly concerned about crown fire development in pitch pine (Pinus rigida) P. Mill. Increased awareness of eastern crown fire problems has led to increased interest in predicting the development and behavior of crown fires in pitch pine. Models developed in the western United States exist to predict crown fire behavior. Managers in the Northeast, however, have relied on western data to predict crown fire behavior in pitch pine stands. Pitch pine-specific inputs to these models, most notably canopy bulk density (CBD), have not been available to northeastern fire managers. The objective of this study is to add pitch pine crown characteristics to the body of data on canopy fuel characteristics. Following destructive sampling of 31 pitch pine trees in Montague and on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, I developed predictive equations that will enable fire managers to predict CBD in pitch pine based on the indirect variable diameter at breast height (r2>0.93). To demonstrate the application of the predictive equations, I calculated the wind speed needed to sustain an active crown fire in a treated and an untreated pitch pine stand in Montague. The results indicate that CBD, calculated with the equations I derived, can be manipulated to reduce the threat of catastrophic crown fire.
Dissertation/Thesis
Fuels & Fuel Treatments, NE Barrens
Fire Management Plan for the Maine Army National Guard Hollis Training Site, York County, Maine (Patterson and Duveneck revised 2004)
Prepared by: William A. Patterson III and Matthew J. Duveneck
Forestry Program
Date: March, 1997 Revised: July, 2004
The modern fire management era began at the Maine Army National Guard Hollis Training Site in 1995 with initial efforts to characterize fuels and implement a prescribed burning program. The Hollis site is important ecologically because it supports unique Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak barrens vegetation which provides habitat for regionally rare moth, butterfly and plant species. The vegetation is adapted to fire, and fire suppression since the 1950's has resulted in the vegetation becoming overgrown and in many areas dominated by gray birch, which shades out barrens species of lower stature and interferes with mobility during training exercises. Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak fuels are highly flammable, and infrequent fires lead to an increased hazard of catastrophic wildfire occurrence. A fire management plan completed in 1997 identified objectives including the reduction of fire hazard, increased mobility during training exercises, and the restoration and maintenance of pine barrens communities and rare species habitat. This plan provides documentation of the effectiveness of efforts to meet goals established in 1997 and provides guidance for future management activities.
Field Guide for Fuels Demonstration Tour (June 2004) in Massachusetts
From NE Barrens legacy site:
Demonstration tour of projects in Massachusetts funded by JFSP grant with Dr. Bill Patterson at UMASS-Amherst.
Guide.pdf>
Field Guide/Manual
Northeast Barrens Website (not maintained): Legacy Publications
Managing Fuels in the Northeast Barrens Publications
This website was last updated in May of 2013, but represents an excellent source of information compiled by Dr. Bill Patterson at the University of Massachusetts for his Joint Fire Science Program deliverable. The goal is to move all of the publications listed on this page to the NAFSE page.
Website Link>
Database/Dataset, Bibliography
Wildfire disturbance – recovery dynamics in Acadia National Park: feedbacks between climate change and ecosystem resilience.
With limited available funding and the high cost of fuel treatments, fire managers in the northeast have been challenged with quantifying and prioritizing which lands are in greatest need for fuel reduction.
Fuels & Fuel Treatments
The estimation of burn severity using satellite imagery in a temperate deciduous forest.
New methods for evaluating burn severity across broad spatial extents, using satellite imagery, have enabled new opportunities for wildland fire managers and researchers. While numerous studies have calibrated burn severity for forest types of the western United States, comparatively little research has been conducted in forest types of eastern US, where seasonality modulates wildfire occurrence and reflectance patterns of vegetation.
Article/Book/Chapter, Dissertation/Thesis
Fuels & Fuel Treatments, GIS & Remote Sensing
Monitoring techniques: Using citizen science to gather fuels data
Technology is a wonderful thing. Especially if it makes your job easier. Check out this research brief on a smartphone app designed to engage the public in estimating forest fuels. See how well professionals compared to non-professionals while using the app.
Download.pdf>
Fire Communication & Education, Fuels & Fuel Treatments
Proceedings from the Canadian National Fuels Management Workshop January 2014
Discussion groups, presentations and practice guidelines from the Canadian National Fuels Management workshop held in Hinton, Alberta, Canada in January 2014.
Click here to find proceedings
Fire Regimes, Fuels & Fuel Treatments


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Restaurant near Purdue reopens after employee lied about COVID-19 test result
Dave Bangert
Lafayette Journal & Courier
WEST LAFAYETTE — A day after a popular pizza place a block from Purdue's campus closed Sunday, at the end of a busy move-in week and on the day before fall semester classes were scheduled to start on the West Lafayette campus, the owner of Mad Mushroom said it was because an employee faked a coronavirus test to get out of working a Saturday night shift.
David Sommers, owner of Mad Mushroom, said his restaurant at 320 W. State St. would reopen Tuesday morning after getting the go-ahead from the Tippecanoe County Health Department.
On Sunday, Sommers said an employee reported the positive COVID-19 test Saturday night. The employee's most recent shift before that had been Thursday morning, he said.
Sommers posted a notice on the restaurant's front door and posted messages on social media Sunday — "in the spirit of transparency." He said he spent Sunday calling nine other employees who would have had contact with employee to let them know.
When the health department spent the day checking the report, Sommers said, there was no record of his employee's positive test.
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He's good, no doubt, and key to us being good next year. But Ayo, unless he becomes the clear leader of this team and this team makes a run, will not even be 2nd team B10. At his slight build, Id be surprised any team will offer him a guaranteed contract. I believe he will be an NBA'er but needs another year or two.


An American physicist has won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work developing an optical microscopy technique that is now behind an exciting research project involving Heriot-Watt University.
Arthur Ashkin shares the 9m Swedish Kronor prize alongside Canadian scientist, Donna Strickland and Gerard Mourou from France who, this week, were named as the 2018 Nobel Prize winners in Physics.
Ashkin won the coveted title for his groundbreaking work in developing 'optical tweezers' that allow scientists to capture and move cells, bacteria and even viruses using the power of light alone.
Optical tweezers are at the centre of a new £1m, three-year project, between the University of Nottingham, Heriot-Watt University and the University of Glasgow to develop a state-of-the-art optical instrument to better understand the spread of cancer and human disease.
If successful, the instrument will give scientists a unique 4D-view of live cells, allowing them greater insight into the triggers that lead to mutation and why disease spreads around the human body.
Dr. Amanda Wright, Project Lead from the University of Nottingham, said: "This instrument will revolutionise our understanding of how cells respond to the forces imposed on them by their matrix as they move through it - forces which directly control cell function and behaviour.
"For the first time, we will be able to view the cellular microworld from a cell's own perspective. It will help us to learn how migrating cancer cells, for example, exploit existing tracts and directional cues inside the matrix."
The research will result in a bespoke instrument, combining four cutting-edge optical microscopy technologies in a way that has not been previously possible, creating a single multifunctional platform.
The tool will track and analyse the cells' position, movement and function as they grow into and interact with the proteins and sugars that make up their surrounding environment (the extracellular matrix).
This will enable scientists to understand how physical and biochemical cues from cells influence the matrix, and vice versa, and how these interactions affect the progression of disease.
Dr Paul Dalgarno from Heriot-Watt University who pioneered multiplane imaging technique that for three dimensional imaging, said: "While a conventional microscope produces a sharp image from just a single object-plane, multiplaning records sharp images from several object-planes simultaneously.
"We will combine our revolutionary multiplane system with optical trapping before integrating this into the full light sheet based trapping system of our co-collaborators.
The new approach will be important for developing therapies for diseases where cells respond abnormally to signals from their local matrix, such as cancer. The advancement in optical technology could also benefit research into degenerative diseases, regenerative medicine and infection pathways as scientists build a better understanding that will ultimately inform treatments.
A second research strand will examine how cells absorb particles and the impact that drug therapies (such as functionalised polymer nanoparticles) have on the matrix. The findings could help to design new medicines and drug delivery systems targeted at the macromolecular level.
Commenting on the collaboration, Professor John Underhill, Chief Scientist at Heriot-Watt University, said: "This million pound investment in life sciences research is a demonstration of the potential and importance of collaboration in research in general and this exciting research theme in particular.
The research project is being funded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) with co-funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).


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Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellions is free on Steam
By Andy Chalk published 17 December 18
The Minor Factions DLC is out today.
Minor Factions, the Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion DLC that was announced last week, appeared right on schedule today, and to help convince you to try it out Stardock is giving the base game away on Steam until December 19.
Minor Factions adds 15 new minor factions to the sci-fi strategy game—hence the title—each of which will bring unique bonuses and abilities to your solar empire. It's quite a mixed bundle, with "mercenaries, xenophobes, pacifists, used ship dealers, demolition experts, resource miners, resistance fighters, arms dealers and more!"
It sounds like at least some of them will have some pretty significant downsides, too: The Nilari Cultists, for instance, can indoctrinate populations and inflict "devastating attacks," but their belief that the end is nigh means that they're not always going to too discriminating about who they actually aim at.
The Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion – Minor Factions DLC is available for $5 on Steam until December 19. Probably not coincidentally, the game is free until then too.
Andy Chalk
Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne hypersonic scramjet engine sets new thrust record
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the US Air Force Research Laboratory have achieved a new record thrust output from a scramjet engine, generating 13,000 lb of thrust with over an hour of combustion under various hypersonic conditions.
Northrop Grumman scramjet sets new thrust record in testing
After a two-year upgrade of its test facilities, the AEDC Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee has finally been able to test the latest Northrop Grumman scramjet at simulated hypersonic speeds, setting a new thrust record in the process.
BAE Systems and Reaction Engines to develop hypersonic space engine
Reaction Engines' single-stage-to-orbit Skylon spacecraft took a step closer to reality today as BAE Systems announced that it would buy a 20 percent stake in the company.
Scramjet-based project looks to blast Australia into space
If the University of Queensland (UQ) and Heliaq Advanced Engineering get their way, Australia could be joining the spacefaring club. The two are teaming up on a project intended to deliver payloads weighing from 50 to 500 kg (110 to 1,102 lb) into orbit.
SABRE engine concept passes US Air Force feasibilty test
Reaction Engines' Skylon reusable spaceplane project has been given a boost ,with analysis by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) confirming the feasibility of the SABRE engine cycle concept that lies at its heart.
Scramspace flight ends in failure
The University of Queensland's Scramspace hypersonic experiment ended in failure today as the unmanned spacecraft plummeted into the North Sea off the coast of Norway. After a successful launch, Scramspace failed to reach the required altitude to begin the hypersonic flight experiment.
In conversation with Scramspace director Russell Boyce
The University of Queensland's Scramspace project hopes to launch its unmanned scramjet vehicle from a test range in Norway early next week. We caught up with Professor Russell Boyce to talk about Scramspace, the test flight, and the future of scramjet technology.


Even though I'm 50, I'm like a 3-year-old, always wanting to do things "all by myself!" I'm defiant, independent and impatient.
I rail when the minister tells us to bow our heads, so I look up, out and sideways rather than dip my chin. Instead of asking for help with a too-tight lid, I vice-grip the pickle jar between my legs, and use a strap wrench to turn the top. I even lotion my own back by rubbing up against a shower tile I've strategically squirted with moisturizer to hit that itchy spot just under my left chicken wing.
Last night, after 3 weeks of waiting for someone to help me carry up the recliner, I couldn't wait any longer. I went to the basement, turned the chair upside down and laced my leather belt around the metal underbelly; now I had a good strong handle. With my elbow looped in the circle of the belt, I dragged that dumb chair to the bottom of the steps. Regrouping for a minute, I assumed a sumo wrestler pose and a gave a hearty grunt to gather my strength. Then I rolled that chair end over end up each cluster of stairs until I was at the top step where I had a rug waiting. Gliding on top of the carpet, the chair slid effortlessly across the hardwood floor as if it were polished ice.
With the recliner positioned in front of the TV, I sat down, popped out the signature footrest and enjoyed my evening with a steaming mug of hot water. I watched a show about Alaskan homesteaders who do absolutely everything for themselves. This 3-year-old was very proud of herself indeed!
I stepped up to the outdoor pharmacy window at our Kroger grocery store to pick up my prescriptions. The system outside was not equipped with one of those keypads where you swipe your Kroger Rewards card or type your phone number in to receive your purchase credits.
The pharmacy technician was a young woman in her early 20's and appeared to be new at the job. We had a little friendly cashier-to-customer banter where I told her I had a daughter in college, and she told me she was taking classes at UC.
We were at that moment where my technician was beginning to ring up my bill. All of a sudden, I realized I had no keypad outside to enter my phone number for my Rewards points. I interrupted her saying, "Wait! Do you want my phone number?" Seeing the stricken look on her face, I instantly realized how she had interpreted my request. Wide-eyed-and-horrified, she drew back in disgust and said, "No!"
I quickly responded with, "No. No. No. It's not like that. You need my phone number for the Kroger Rewards credit."
I'm 30 years older than she is, am straight, and have been happily married for 25 years, but I can't help feeling a little bit rejected by the whole thing. I thought I was at least kinda cute.
I've spent a lifetime camping across the United States with my parents and sister, and I married a man who loves to camp. I've taken showers with spiders and have expertly dried off while standing on top of my shoes. I've blown out my hair with the wall mounted hand dryer. I've used earplugs to drown out the nighttime swells of katydids and the campers next door who keep breaking out into song and laughter. I have my ways of adjusting to all the major and minor inconveniences of camping, but camp damp is too much for me. It's all I can think about. Camp damp!
I made up this phrase during our most recent 3-day camping weekend with my sister and brother-in-law. It's this pervasive "cold sweat" that dews all over everything, soggying up all forms of paper and fabric. Camp damp! I repeated the phrase all weekend like a Polly who wanted a cracker. It's the only part of camping I cannot abide.
My sister tells me I just need to embrace it and forget about it, but I can't. Every 10 minutes I'm standing by the fire again to rotisserate and re-dry all my wet places. Nighttime is the worst. The sleeping bag's once silky lining is now a wet skin. I've tried wrapping my sleeping bag in a plastic tablecloth hoping to seal in some freshness, but it too succumbs to camp damp.
I came home from this past weekend determined to solve this problem. I went to the computer to look up hydrophobic materials that naturally do not absorb water, and I found it - polyethylene terephthalate. It comes in various thicknesses and goes by the common name of polar fleece. My solution to camp damp. On my next camping trip, I'm simply going to swaddle in fleece. The only problem is that it's terribly flammable, so my days of rotating on the spit are over.
I don't like the way women smell. It's all flowery and fruity and high pitched perfumey. I like the way men smell - with their low note baritone fragrances of woods and water and wonderful. My man is gone all day, and by the time I see him (I mean smell him) in the evening, most of the woods and water and wonderful have blown off of him.
Since I enjoy male scents so much, I decided I should stop waiting to run into manly smells and simply lather myself in them so they're with me all day. I'm using an Old Spice High Endurance deodorant that's simply yummy. I found a hand soap in a woodsy green bottle called Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint. It smells not only like a man but a rich man! Rich men wear scents that have both high and low notes. I guess they can afford to smell a bit girly - and they seem to enjoy girly things like shoes, clothes and jewelry. I don't want to be married to a rich man, and their smell makes me weary eventually, but I sure do enjoy the occasional whiff of one.
But my eyes look just like my sister Jennifer's.
With our big brown eyes.
With just a wave of my hand.
Even the laugh lines at the corners of our eyes.
All 3 bathrooms are clean at the same time; it's a February miracle. I can't remember when this happened last. Normally when guests ask to use the restroom, I struggle to direct them to one without "ring around the collar" at the toilet bowl's water line.
I know on the "miracle scale" this shouldn't rank very high, but I find myself wanting to text the special people in my life who will rejoice with me. I'm so pleased with myself that I expect papal smoke to unfurl from my chimney and I'm not even Catholic. Now that would be a REAL February miracle!


BEIJING, China, Mar 15 – China is falling short of its people's expectations in battling smog, Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday, one week after authorities blocked a scathing documentary on the country's air pollution problem.
Li, who is second only to President Xi Jinping in the Communist hierarchy, made the comments at his once-a-year meeting with journalists at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
Reporters attending the annual event are typically required to submit their questions in advance.
One year ago, Li pledged that China would declare "war on pollution", and the premier said Sunday that Beijing is "determined to continue our efforts".
"We will continue to track down and pursue polluting companies," he said, adding that "environmental authorities must not suffer interference from industry, and should be brave enough to take on responsibility".
China's cities are often hit by heavy pollution, blamed on coal-burning by power stations and industry, as well as vehicle use.
The issue has become a major source of popular discontent with the Communist Party, leading the government to vow to reduce the proportion of energy derived from fossil fuels.
Last month, former Chinese state media journalist Chai Jing released a hard-hitting independent documentary on the country's air pollution problem.
The 103-minute video investigation, "Under the Dome", racked up more than 155 million views on mainland Chinese video streaming sites just one day after its release.
China's newly-appointed environmental protection minister, Chen Jining, praised the video, telling reporters that it should "encourage efforts by individuals to improve air quality".
But days later the documentary was taken down from China's mainstream video sites, and Chen did not address it in an hour-long news conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's rubber-stamp legislature.
Li was asked about the video Sunday and the role of China's state-owned oil companies in pollution.
He did not directly address the film issue but in a reference to China's annual top political meetings said: "Since environmental protection has been continuously stressed in the Two Sessions, the people running companies should not be so silly to overlook it.
"They must have already noticed it. But why do they continue to ignore the policies made by the state?" he asked.
Illegal emitters – "no matter what type of company they are" – will "pay a price too high to bear", Li said, adding that the enforcement of China's environmental law must not be "soft".


"Humanity's faith in itself, and in a benevolent universe, will only be restored by receiving the grace that humanity believes it has lost. Grace is the invincible Divine Feminine Christ consciousness that has never left you and who lives within you. As you surrender to her mighty works and miraculous solutions, your faith will be reconciled."
A supercomputer simulation of the sun's corona on August 21, 2017, during the total solar eclipse.Courtesy of Predictive Science, Inc.


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The comedian, 41, shared the news on social media Friday, and bantered about what viewers can expect when she hosts the British awards show.
She joked that she may not be as funny anymore since she lost weight and that she'll be hanging out with former James Bond himself, Daniel Craig.
"I am very honoured to be hosting the EE British Academy Film Awards in March, where Covid will no longer exist because it will clearly have been canceled by then. It's going to be so much fun!" she wrote.
"I don't wanna put any pressure on this — I know I'm not going to be funny because I am no longer fat," the "Pitch Perfect" star added. "And besides, I'm not going to 'sweat-it' with nerves because I have a peculiar medical condition where I can't sweat…or cause offense to people because of my adorable Australian accent."
Wilson joked that she isn't "going to be funny because I am no longer fat."
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Wilson continued, "So basically I'll just be there to hang out with Dame Judi Dench and together we'll both try and bond with Daniel Craig. And yes, I do mean 'bond'😉."
"This show will be an anniversary celebration of some important British film franchises such as 'HARRY POTTER' and not such as 'CATS.' Everybody's going to love it, I'm sure! See you guys March 13th!" she concluded.
The BAFTAs, celebrating the year's best in British and international film, will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC's iPlayer on March 13 from London's Royal Albert Hall. Prince William is president of the association, taking over the role in 2010 from Sir Richard Attenborough.
BAFTA executive Amanda Berry said in a statement, "We are delighted to welcome Rebel Wilson as this year's host of the EE British Academy Film Awards. Rebel has stolen the show at several previous Film Awards, and we're hugely excited to see her bring her fantastic charisma and humor to the whole show as we celebrate the very best in film."
The 2022 BAFTAs will take place in London on March 13.
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Wilson previously made appearances at the 2016 and 2020 BAFTAs. She stole the show both times with her deprecating humor.
She poked fun in 2016 about the attractiveness of Idris Elba and the racism controversy surrounding the Oscars at the time. 2020 saw the Australian actress joking about COVID-19 masks and her her disastrous film "Cats."
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History of Federal Funding for Child Care and Early Learning
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For more than 80 years, the federal government has invested in child care and early education programs to help parents work and children succeed. Over time, these programs have varied in intent, scope, and design, and have evolved in
response to changes such as the influx of women in the workforce, a greater understanding of childhood brain development, and developments in societal beliefs and values around the social safety net. Federal early childhood programs
are often viewed as a patchwork of solutions which have emerged in reaction to these changes and are still evolving today.
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For instance, the first federal investment in child care was made in 1933 in response to the Great Depression. Thousands of government-paid jobs were provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to help those rendered unemployed, and the Emergency Nursery School Program provided child care for the children of WPA program participants.
In 1935, the Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) program was included in the New Deal. The ADC began as a state-administered cash assistance program to support single mothers by allowing them to stay home and care for their children. Over time, especially during World War II, women's participation in the labor force was critical and the need for child care for these working mothers became apparent. These federal programs quickly shifted and were cobbled together to support working mothers.
In 1940, the Lanham Act authorized funding for child care facilities for children of mothers working in defense and defense-related industries. Under this program, subsidies were provided for all children, regardless of family income, to help communities care for children while mothers were assisting with the war effort.Over the next 25 years, the ADC evolved into a broader welfare program targeted toward low- or no-income families (and re-named Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC).
In 1965, then-President Lyndon Johnson established the Head Start program as a part of his War on Poverty initiative, predicated on the belief that early education could have a substantial impact on low-income children's later success. The program began as a national school readiness program for 4-year-olds from lowincome families, and while it has evolved and expanded over time, the goals to improve school readiness have remained. Grants are given directly from the federal government to local Head Start grantees, who offer a range of comprehensive services to support school readiness and strengthen families. In 1994, the Early Head Start program was created to support low-income pregnant women, infants, and toddlers up to age three, ensuring the program could serve a continuum of children ages birth through five.
In 1974, Title XX of the Social Services Amendments allocated $2.5 billion for services to promote adult self-sufficiency, including through child care. This program eventually became the Social Services Block Grant. Several other programs including the AFDC Child Care Guarantee, the At-Risk Child Care program, and the Transitional Child Care program, were implemented under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. These initiatives were all created to help support parents in the workforce through child care, and continued to promote child care as a form of work support.
In 1990, the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program was developed to provide child care subsidies to working families with incomes too high to receive AFDC support. While most regulatory aspects were left to states, the CCDBG required states to spend a portion of their funds on quality improvement activities.
In 1988, a new law required most welfare recipients, including mothers with young children, to be working or participating in education or training—a significant shift in how eligibility would be calculated.
Building on this change in public sentiment, in 1996, then-President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) into law, which brought sweeping welfare reforms to the nation. It replaced the AFDC with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which now provides cash assistance and social services, including child care subsidies, to low-income families.
Over the last two decades, a better understanding of children's brain development and research into the quality of a child's early experiences has led to bipartisan interest in early childhood programs to improve a child's outcomes later in life.
In 2007, then-President George W. Bush signed the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 into law, which included significant changes to the program. Most notably, the law moved away from the previous practice of giving Head Start grantees awards with no end dates and instituted a five-year designation period.11 After five years, the grantee must show it is delivering high-quality, comprehensive services. If it does not
meet that requirement, the grant is opened for re-competition. This process is known as the Designation Renewal System.
In 2014, CCDBG was reauthorized and included new requirements to improve health and safety of child care programs and better support stability for families and child care providers. Also, in 2014, Congress appropriated funds for the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program which provides grants to Early Head Start programs and child care providers who work together to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers. These changes to these monumental early childhood programs have revitalized a commitment to fostering quality early childhood development.
CCDF Program
In 2018, Congress increased funding for the CCDF program by $2.4 billion to $8.1 billion, the largest-ever single-year increase, and an increase from $4.9 billion in 2008.13 In 2017, CCDF served an average of 1.3 million children and 796,000 families each month.
Similarly, Head Start saw an increase from $6.8 to $10.6 billion over those 10 years. In 2018, Head Start and Early Head Start programs served over 1 million children from birth to 5 years old15 and their families across the country.
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Competitive Grant Programs
In recent years, several competitive grant programs have been created to encourage better coordination of existing early childhood programs, to combat the patchwork approach. Due to their competitive nature, not all states apply for, let-alone receive, these grants.
Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge
The Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge provided competitive grants to 20 states between 2011 and 2013 aimed at improving the quality and integration of early learning programs and increase the number of low-income children in high-quality settings.
Preschool Development Grants
Between 2014 and 2018, the Preschool Development Grants (PDGs) were administered by the Department of Education and provided funding to 18 states to improve their capacity to develop, enhance, or expand high-quality preschool programs.17 The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 established a new version of PDGs, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The new version is known as Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) and is designed to improve states' early childhood systems by coordinating and building on existing programs.
Over the course of their tenure, this patchwork of federally funded child care programs has slowly evolved into a broader network of programs, which support the dual purposes of helping parents work and supporting children's development.
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NZ telcos to provide essential repair services using 'no contact' model
Nick Forrester
The telecommunications industry is working on a 'no-contact' model which will allow its retail stores to provide essential modem and phone provisions to its customers without them coming into contact with workers, as alert level 4 and lockdown commences in New Zealand.
Telecommunications has been classified as an essential service, and as such are expected to continue to provide service to New Zealanders in their roles as mobile carriers and internet service providers (ISPs).
But all providers, including the big three, have closed their doors to usual retail service. Vodafone closed on Tuesday, and Spark and 2degrees both closed yesterday before the raising of alert levels.
On Tuesday the telco industry received confirmation from the Government that any entity that provides maintenance and repair services for utilities and communications, including their supply chains, is an essential service.
This includes any issues related to connectivity, such as modem and phone provisions and SIM replacements.
Some retail stores will, therefore, be open only to provide these essential services and act as 'distribution sites' for zero-contact pick up by the customer.
Customers will be turned away, however, if they are not experiencing a genuine connectivity issue.
"Customers need hardware to remain connected to friends and family and to work from home during the lockdown," says New Zealand Telecommunications Forum chief executive officer Geoff Thorn.
"If someone experiences an issue with a modem, handset or SIM during the four-week period, and cannot get these items replaced, they could be cut off from the outside world.
"The courier network may be heavily congested over the coming weeks, so implementing a purely online delivery solution could still leave people disconnected for days.
"To ensure we can keep all New Zealanders connected, the industry is currently designing a no-contact collection model that would allow some of its stores to continue operating.
"While the details are still being confirmed, in practice this would mean that while stores would remain closed to foot traffic they will act as distribution sites for a 'no-contact' pick-up by the customer.
"We are taking the time to get the model right, to ensure we are protecting the health and safety of the people who will be operating the retail stores.
"Our goal is to maintain strict adherence to the lock-down – no contact between individuals – while ensuring no New Zealander is disconnected."
This comes as most ISPs in the country announce new plans and measures to deal with COVID-19.
Broadband data caps have largely been scrapped, and most providers have implemented a freeze on COVID-19 related disconnections or late fees.
Spark has rolled out a discounted service for connecting New Zealanders who don't have internet access at home, and Vodafone NZ has implemented a remote-learning plan through zero-rating Government guided education and health sites to support responses to COVID-19.
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I've already written about the power of play and why we need more of it in our lives. Yes, even – and especially – adults. If you're not sure what in the world I'm talking about, pause here and go read this quote and this post.
Okay, now you're all caught up to how essential it is to play. But how do you incorporate it into your daily life? How do you find new ways to play, so you can get out of your leisure-time rut? Here are some tips for adding more play to your day.
Dance in the kitchen. Turn up the tunes and dance like no one's watching. Or if you don't care if they watch, and participate, invite friends or family members to join you. Get your groove on. Try some goofy moves. Mock the lyrics. Just let yourself go and follow your body's lead.
Play cosmic chess. This is a fun game I used to play with my friend Luke, years ago. Everything in your environment is a possible chess piece. There are no rules, other than taking turns. You make up the moves as you go along. As part of a match, we once created an amazing impromptu sculpture of salt & pepper shakers, a napkin holder, and other stuff on the dining room table. The winner was unanimously declared when the pile fell over. You might even want to create a fancy cosmic chess set, like this, but it's not strictly necessary.
Color and doodle. Sure, adult coloring books are all the rage. Don't dismiss the idea just because it's trendy. It simply means that amazing artwork will be more readily available. If you're super artsy, create your own coloring pages. Play with markers and colored pencils and even crayons. Put colors together that don't ever collide in nature. Color outside the lines if you feel like it.
Have a boffer battle. Boffers are fake padded swords, used by those who re-enact medieval battles. They're easy to make with PVC pipe, foam, and duct tape. JFGI (just freaking google it). Make a set and have a crazy battle with a friend.
Play with rocks. I love to play with little polished rocks and crystals. I carry them in my pockets like tiny pets. Other people enjoy playing with bigger rocks, making cairns or stone walls. You can collect them from the beach or wherever you go – I find there is always a rock looking to hitch a ride to a new locale. Rocks move very slowly on their own, so they're often happy for our quick feet and wheeled vehicles.
Laugh at yourself and life's odd moments. You know the ones – the GPS gets you totally lost, you forgot to bring that essential item with you, you trip over your own feet (often right in front of that special guy or gal). Find the humor in these little "fail" moments.
Have a scavenger hunt. Find a playful friend or a team and create a scavenger hunt, or find one online that sounds fun. Play your way around the neighborhood or town. If you don't want to physically collect items, use your phone's camera and collect photographic proof.
Dress up for no reason. Take yourself out for morning coffee in an evening gown or tux. Wear all your favorite colors and patterns and tie dyes at once. Don a fancy cap. Act natural and pretend you don't know why people are looking at you oddly. Take silly selfies.
Make refrigerator poems. You know those magnet words you can put on your fridge door? Get some and make ridiculous poetry. Start a story and see who continues it. Anonymously put some on the staff fridge at work and see if others play along.
Play with pets. Dogs love to play chase the ball or stick. If you don't have a dog, borrow one for a couple of hours. Cats, in the right mood, will play so kittenishly that they will have you laughing until you're in tears. Catnip is a good motivator. My cats like to play with me and my rocks and crystals, especially if I'm setting up an altar or doing a Tarot reading.
Flirt with someone. Sure, be safe and respectful and all that – I know you have good manners. But in the right setting, a few moments of mutual flirtation will lift your mood. Playful verbal banter is encouraged.
Ask a question. When you're grappling with a big issue or some uncertainty, ask a question to the Universe at large. Then practice playfully reading the answers in your environment. Each Facebook meme could be a clue. The pattern of ducks swimming in the pond or the shape of clouds are potential omens. Open a book at random and read a line in response to your question. Consider all of these replies equally, and with a light heart.
Get side-tracked. Sometimes we're out and about and we have an impulse to go a different way, stop into a new shop, or call a friend out of the blue. Follow those impulses! They will often lead to delightfully playful encounters. You can even set up a playdate on purpose – invite a friend to have tea or a picnic, and bring food you've never tried before or a silly new game to play.
Invent a silly game. Need a silly game to bring to a playdate? Invent one! Kids are genius at this. Be sure that the game requires liberal use of your imagination. If you come up with a fun game, I'd love to hear about it; post a description in the comments.


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PA Tortures Journalists
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"This is not Israel, where you are allowed to see a lawyer."
Over the past two years Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been subjected to a systematic campaign of intimidation that has resulted in the death of some and the detention of others.
The campaign, which is being waged by both Hamas and Fatah, has received almost no attention from human rights groups and advocates of the freedom of expression throughout the world.
By contrast, when a Palestinian journalist is accidentally wounded by Israeli gunfire during clashes with Palestinians, the incident makes headlines in major media outlets in the US and EU.
What is most disturbing about the campaign of intimidation is the fact that it's being spearheaded by the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. This is the same authority that is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from American and European taxpayers' money every month to build a proper judicial system and promote democracy and transparency among the Palestinians.
One should not be surprised when Hamas targets journalists. The Islamist movement has long been known for its tough measures against "unfriendly" reporters.
At least 13 Palestinian journalists have been arrested and tortured by Hamas's militias in since the movement took full control over the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007. Hamas also raided the offices of most of these journalists and confiscated computers and other equipment.
In the most recent case, Ala Salameh, a reporter for a radio station in the Gaza Strip, complained that Hamas militiamen detained him for several hours and forced him to eat contaminated food.
In the West Bank, Abbas's security forces have also focused their efforts on fighting against any journalist who don't toe the line.
More than 10 Palestinian journalists have been targeted by Abbas's security forces over the past few months. Most of them were held in detention without trial and denied the right to see a lawyer of family members.
Some of the reporters said they had been interrogated about "negative" stories that they had published in various newspapers and magazines. The stories were often related to financial corruption among the top brass of the Palestinian leadership or to human rights violations in Abbas's West Bank detention centers.
According to testimonies provided by the journalists and local human rights activists, most of the detainees were subjected to physical and verbal abuse at the hands of the Palestinian security forces.
When one of the detained journalists complained about the harsh conditions he was being held in, his interrogator reportedly responded: "This is not Israel here where you are allowed to see a lawyer and petition the High Court."
Abbas's anti-media campaign has also taken other forms. For example, when Al-Jazeera recently failed to carry a live broadcast of a speech he gave in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority president issued an order banning the station's representatives from entering his compound or covering news related to the activities of senior Palestinian officials.
In another recent incident, the largest Palestinian news agency, Ramattan, was forced to suspend its work in the West Bank after coming under pressure from Abbas and his top aides. The managers of Ramattan complained that Abbas's office was trying to turn the independent agency into a "mouthpiece" for the Palestinian Authority.
Like his predecessor Yasser Arafat, Abbas has also banned opposition newspapers in the West Bank. Palestinian journalists who dare to report anything that reflects negatively on Abbas or any of his senior aides are often receive threatening phone calls from his office of members of the Palestinian security forces.
One of the first things that Arafat did after he entered the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1994 was to order a massive crackdown on the Palestinian media to make sure that all those working there were 100% loyal to him. The result of the clampdown was that the majority of Palestinian reporters were too scared to report or talk about financial corruption and human rights violations under Arafat.
What is particularly disturbing is the fact that the Western journalists based in Israel tend to turn a blind eye to the assaults against their Palestinian colleagues. Some of these foreigners say they are afraid of the repercussions if they dare to anger Abbas or Hamas. Others claim that their editors are interested in such stories only if the perpetrators are Israeli soldiers.
As one foreign correspondent recently remarked, "The more anti-Israeli stories I send to my editor, the more popular I become and my chances of winning an award are much higher."
But what the Western journalists need to understand is that the campaign against the Palestinian journalists is also affecting their work. Foreign journalists rely heavily on Palestinian journalists when it comes to covering Palestinian affairs. So when a Palestinian journalist is afraid and under threat, he or she will think twice before they tell the Western correspondent what they know.
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Year : 2019 | Volume : 32 | Issue : 4 | Page : 1328-1332
Recent trends in the management of deep vein thrombosis in cancer patients
Nehad A Zaid1, Mahmoud S Abd El-Haleem1, Ali M. S El-Sayed Shaat2
1 General and Vascular Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebeen El-Kom, Egypt
2 General and Vascular Surgery Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Date of Submission 22-Dec-2018
Date of Decision 02-Feb-2019
Date of Acceptance 02-Feb-2019
Ali M. S El-Sayed Shaat
General and Vascular Surgery Department, Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo
DOI: 10.4103/mmj.mmj_407_18
To focus on the recent trends in the management of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in malignancy as well as its fatal complications.
DVT is usually silent in nature in most of the hospitalized patients and is usually presented by nonspecific symptoms and signs.
A prospective study was carried out on 60 patients at Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital between 2017 and 2018. The patients were divided into two groups: the first group composed of 30 cancer patients on whom prophylactic measures against venous thromboembolism was applied for 8 months and the second group composed of 30 cancer patients with a history of DVT and who had undergone management and follow-up for 3–6 months. Full history, routine, physical examination, routine investigations, and coagulation profile were done.
The mean age of the prevention group was 54.87 ± 11.34 and 59.10 ± 12.50 in the management group. The incidence of DVT was 16.7%. In the management group, the rate of resolution of DVT without complications after being treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for 6 months was 66. The rate of cases developed pulmonary embolism from the management group was 10%. The rate of deaths due to DVT and its complications was 3.3%.
LMWH prophylaxis in patients undergoing cancer-related surgery has proved to be effective and safe in reducing the risk of an acute event. Thromboprophylaxis with LMWH, unfractionated heparin, and mechanical methods should be considered for all patients with a malignancy who undergo surgery.
Keywords: cancer, fatal complications, malignancy, management, thrombosis
Zaid NA, Abd El-Haleem MS, El-Sayed Shaat AM. Recent trends in the management of deep vein thrombosis in cancer patients. Menoufia Med J 2019;32:1328-32
Zaid NA, Abd El-Haleem MS, El-Sayed Shaat AM. Recent trends in the management of deep vein thrombosis in cancer patients. Menoufia Med J [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 17];32:1328-32. Available from: http://www.mmj.eg.net/text.asp?2019/32/4/1328/274273
The complications of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are one of the most common causes of hospital death, ~300 000 die per year in the USA from pulmonary embolism (PE), the majority of which results from DVT [1]. Understanding the underlying epidemiology, pathophysiology, and natural history in DVT is essential in guiding appropriate prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment. DVT is usually silent in nature in most of the hospitalized patients and is usually presented by nonspecific symptoms and signs [2]. In 1856, a German pathologist (Rudolf Virchow) postulated the interplay of three processes resulting in venous thrombosis known as Virchow's triad; this triad is a description for the components of the risk factors of DVT, which include abnormalities of thrombosis, abnormalities of blood flow, and abnormalities in the vessel wall [3]. Malignancy is considered one of the most important risk factors of the DVT and that is what we are targeting in this research. Patients with cancer are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Approximately 15% of malignancies are complicated by VTE with higher prevalence in autopsy studies [2]. Several structured scoring systems have been developed and introduced; the most widely used and well-studied is the Wells score. It utilizes information from medical history and physical examination and consists of nine items that initially categorized patients into 'likely' and 'unlikely' patients to develop DVT [4]. Thrombogenic mechanisms associated with cancer may be heterogeneous, but likely involve substances that directly or indirectly activate coagulation. About 90% of patients with cancer have abnormal coagulation parameters including increased coagulation factors, fibrinogen, and thrombocytosis. The levels of coagulation inhibitors, antithrombin, and protein C and protein S may be reduced in malignancy [5]. Clinical trials have shown that thromboprophylaxis reduces the incidence of DVT in cancer patients. We are aiming for prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of DVT [6]. Diagnosis of DVT is very challenging as the limb that appears clinically normal may have a life-threatening clot. On the other hand, the limb with typical symptoms and signs of DVT may prove to be normal. Diagnosis is by clinical assessment, imaging, and by biological tests [7]. There are two methods of prophylaxis: the first one is nonpharmacological by elastic stocking, good hydration, postoperative early ambulation, and active leg exercises, and the second method is pharmacological like heparin, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), oral anticoagulant or vitamin K antagonist and new oral anticoagulant. Treatment of DVT include general measures like bed rest and limb elevation, use of unfractionated heparin, LMWH, oral anticoagulants, new oral anticoagulants, thrombolytic agents, or surgical treatment [8]. The aim of this study was to focus on the recent trends in the management (diagnosis and treatment) of DVT in malignancy as well as its fatal complications.
A prospective study was carried out on 60 patients at Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital between August 2017 and August 2018. All studied patients were divided into two groups: group I: the first group is composed of 30 cancer patients on whom prophylactic measures against VTE will be applied for 8 months.
Active cancer patients
Patients on treatment for cancer, patients received treatment for cancer within previous 6 months, and patients receiving palliative treatment were excluded.
Motivation and acceptance to follow instructions, medications, and data collection.
Patients having DVT (and/or PE), active internal bleeding, recent cerebrovascular accident, recent major surgery, recent serious gastrointestinal bleeding, recent serious trauma, severe uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy and puerperium, and patient refusal to participate in the study were excluded.
Group II: the second group is composed of 30 cancer patients who already have DVT and will undergo management and follow-up for 3–6 months.
Active cancer patients (patient on treatment for cancer, patient received treatment for cancer within previous 6 months, patient receiving palliative treatment) and patients having DVT (and/or) PE, motivation, and acceptance to follow instructions, medications, and data collection are included.
Patients excluded were those with high-risk of bleeding (peptic ulcer, esophageal varices, history of hemorrhagic strokes), active internal bleeding, recent cerebrovascular accident, allergy to thrombolytic agents, recent major surgery, recent serious gastrointestinal bleeding, recent serious trauma, severe uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy, and puerperium, and those who refused to participate in the study.
The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Menoufia Faculty of Medicine and an informed consent was obtained from all patient's guardian before the study was started.
Method of sampling
Sample size was calculated using computer sample block randomization type. Samples were obtained during routine investigations. A 5 ml sample of venous blood was drained by sterile syringes, and was put in a tube containing dipotassium EDTA reagent; the sample was shaken gently and analyzed by Medonic 20 (IndiaMART, New Delhi, India ).
All cases were subjected to the following: full history in detail, including age, obesity, prolonged bed rest, smoking, previous documented DVT, present illness and history of chemotherapy, stressing on history of recent leg swelling and/or aching pain. Special attention to past history of recent operations, hip trauma, cerebrovascular accidents, and coronary attacks was done to exclude patients unfit for thrombolytic therapy. Clinical examination: general examination included recording of vital signs (pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and respiratory rate) in every patient. The patients were also examined for signs of PE (chest pain, cyanosis, tachycardia, and tachypnea). Abdominal examination was performed to exclude masses compressing large (iliac) veins. Local examination: individual signs and symptoms are of relatively little value in the diagnosis of DVT, the lower limb is inspected for any swelling, collateral superficial (nonvaricose) veins, color changes either whitish or bluish, and for signs of superficial thrombophlebitis.
Routine investigations
Duplex study of the venous system of the suspected limb was performed to confirm the diagnosis and define the extent and level of DVT. d-Dimer is the best recognized biomarker for the initial assessment of suspected VTE. A combination of clinical risk stratification and a d-dimer test can exclude VTE in more than 25% of patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of VTE without the need for additional investigations. Complete blood count included platelet count and hemoglobin level using the Sysmex KX-21 automatized hematology analyzer (Sysmex corporation, Japan). Coagulation profile included prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time. Prophylaxis: The first group received drugs as LMWH or heparin as prophylaxis for 1 week starting 12 h before the operation and for at least 10 days postoperatively and for up to 4 weeks after major abdominal or pelvic surgery. Also, mechanical thromoprophylactic measures were applied. Treatment: The second group was treated either with LMWH for at least 6 months and treatment could be extended up to 1 year in patients with high-risk factors for recurrence or patients who show recurrence despite anticoagulation or with initial anticoagulant with LMWH for 10 days, with early initiation of a vitamin K antagonist such as warfarin for 6 months up to 1 year.
The results were tabulated and statistically analyzed by using a personal computer using Microsoft Excel 2016 and SPSS version 21 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA). Statistical analysis was done using: descriptive statistics, for example, percentage, mean and SD. A value of P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results showed that out of the 30 patients of the prevention group included in this study, eight (26.7%) of were women and 22 (73.3%) were men. The age of the patients ranged between 33 and 82 years with a mean age of the patients being 53 years. Six (20%) patients had a special habit of smoking, in the treatment group they were seven (23.3%), there were nine (30%) patients who had a history of obesity, while in the treatment group, there were five (16.7%). There were three (10%) patients with a history of arterial embolism in the form of ischemic heart disease. There were three (10%) patients with a history of previous DVT. The most common malignancies to develop DVT were malignancies of the pancreas, colon and the stomach [Table 1]. In cancer patients undergoing surgery without thromboprophylaxis, the rates of DVT and fatal PE ranges from 15 to 30 and 0.2 to 0.9%, respectively. The incidence of DVT in this study was 16.7% and the incidence of fatal PE was 0% [Table 2]. Out of the 30 patients of the treatment group included in this study 12 (40%) were women and 18 (60%) were men. The age of the patients ranged between 33 and 82 years with a mean age of the patients being 59 years. Seven (23.3%) had a special habit of smoking. Five (16.7%) patients had a history of obesity. There were three (10%) patients with a history of arterial embolism in the form of ischemic heart disease. Six (20%) patients had a history of DVT [Table 3]. Regarding the management group in the present study, the rate of resolution of DVT without complications after being treated with LMWH for 6 months was 66.7%; the rate of cases who developed PE from the management group was 10%. The rate of deaths due to DVT and its complications was 3.3% [Table 4].
Table 1: Distribution of the studied cases regarding demographic data, risk factors, and type of cancer in the prevention group (n=30)
Table 2: Descriptive analysis of the studied cases regarding laboratory data, duplex, and operative time in the prevention group (n=30)
Table 3: Distribution of the studied cases regarding demographic data, risk factors, and type of cancer in the management group (n=30)
Table 4: Descriptive analysis of the studied cases regarding laboratory data, duplex data level of deep vein thrombosis, sequel, and time of recanalization in months in the management group (n=30)
In the current study, eight (26.7%) patients of the prevention group were women and 22 (73.3%) were men. Their age ranged from 33 to 82 years with a mean age of 53 years, whereas 12 (40%) patients of the treatment group were women and 18 (60%) were men. Their age ranged from 33 and 82 years with a mean age of 59 years. These results agree with a study done by Giorgio et al. [9], in which 74 patients were included, 41 (55.4%) of them were men and 33 (44.6%) were women with a mean age of 63.6 years. In another study conducted by Kroger et al. [10] there were 507 surgical cancer patients (53% male and 47% females with mean age 68 years). In the present study, six (20%) patients of the prevention group had a special habit of smoking, in the treatment group they were seven (23.3%). Also nine (30%) patients of the prevention group had a history of obesity, while in the treatment group, there were five (16.7%) similar to the study done by David et al. [11] in which the percentage of obesity of cancer patients undergoing surgery was 35.4%. In the present study, three (10%) patients of the prevention group as well as the treatment group had a history of arterial embolism in the form of ischemic heart disease, which agrees with a study done by Alok et al. [12] where the rate of the patients with a positive history of IHD were 17.4%. In the current study, three (10%) patients of the prevention group gave a history of DVT, while in the treatment group there were six (20%), which disagrees with the results of the study by Kroger et al. [10] with a history of DVT in 33% of the patients. Regarding the base data of the present study, it agrees with the results by Hotoleanu and Aurel [13] in which there were 181 surgical patients, 120 (66.8%) patients were men and 61 (33.2%) were women with a mean age of 58.57. Also, patients who had a smoking habit were 81 (44.6%) patients and patients with a history of DVT were 30% of the included patients in the study. In this study, the most common malignancies to develop DVT were malignancies of the pancreas, colon and the stomach, which agrees with a study done by Qureshi et al. [14] where the most common malignancies to develop DVT were brain tumors, pancreatic, stomach, uterine, and lung carcinomas. Another study done by Falanga et al. [15] showed that pancreatic cancer is considered to be on the top of solid tumors with a high-risk of VTE. Diagnosis of patients with acute DVT was achieved after subjecting the patients to detailed history taking, general examination, local examination of the suspected lower limb, and investigations that involved routine laboratory work and duplex study of the venous system. Leefmans and Czeredarczuk [16] suggested the same diagnostic criteria. In cancer patients undergoing surgery without thromboprophylaxis, the rates of DVT and fatal PE ranges from 15 to 30 and 0.2 to 0.9%, respectively. The clinical value of thromboprophylaxis has been confirmed by a meta-analysis of randomized trials in which the prophylactic regimens was compared with no prophylaxis. The frequency of DVT was significantly reduced by thromoprophylactic measures from 22 to 9% and fatal PE from 0.8 to 0.3% [17]. The incidence of DVT in this study was 16.7% and the incidence of fatal PE was 0%. These results resemble the data published by Agnelli and Becattini [17]. Another study made by Niklus et al. [18] has shown that the incidence of DVT among cancer patients, who used a preoperative thromboprophylactic regimen, postsurgery was12.4% which agrees with the current study. Regarding the management group in the present study, the rate of resolution of DVT without complications after being treated with LMWH for 6 months was 66.7%, while in a study done by Maxwell and Bennett [2] 87% of patients experienced complete or partial resolution of the signs and symptoms of DVT. In the current study, the rate of cases developed PE from the management group was 10%, which is not far from a study done by Maxwell and Bennett [2], where pulmonary embolus occurred in 4% of the patients. In the current study, 3.3% of the management group died from DVT and its complications was 3.3%, while in a study done by Maxwell and Bennett [2], death due to DVT was also relatively uncommon (2%).
LMWH prophylaxis in patients undergoing cancer-related surgery has proved to be effective and safe in reducing the risk of an acute event. The author recommends the use of thromboprophylaxis with LMWH, unfractionated heparin, and mechanical methods for all patients with a malignancy who undergo surgery and the use of LMWH in the treatment of cancer patients with DVT.
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A Minnesota University Is Under Fire for Dismissing an Art History Professor Who Showed Medieval Paintings of the Prophet Muhammad
by Sarah Cascone
Artnet News
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/63979/a-minnesota-university-is-under-fire-for
In a controversial move, an adjunct professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, has lost her job after showing her class Medieval paintings depicting the Prophet Muhammad, founder of the Islamic religion.
The school's decision not to renew the professor's contract for the current semester has sparked debates over free speech, including a Change.org petition in support of the teacher, signed by at least 2,500 scholars and students of Islamic studies and art history, and a condemnation from PEN America of the "egregious violation" of academic freedom.
Though it is not mentioned in the Koran, many Muslims believe it is idolatrous to show Muhammad's face. Most mosques instead are decorated with geometric designs and calligraphy featuring passages from the Koran, and Islamic figurative art is now rare.
But there is also a tradition of painting Muhammad, often in miniature, especially in Persia, Turkey, and India. Examples can be found in the collections of museums such as the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. It was a selection of two of those artworks shown to the class that cost the professor her job.
The teacher, identified by the Art Newspaper as Erika Lopez Prater, is said to have displayed the images during on online lecture on October 6, 2022. There was a two-minute content warning prior to the artworks' appearance, to allow students to opt out of viewing the potentially offensive imagery should they feel it was against their faith.
"I am showing you this image for a reason," Prater said before changing the slide, as reported by the university's student paper, the Oracle. "And that is that there is this common thinking that Islam completely forbids, outright, any figurative depictions or any depictions of holy personages. While many Islamic cultures do strongly frown on this practice, I would like to remind you there is no one, monothetic Islamic culture."
One of the artworks was an illustration of the archangel Gabriel delivering his revelations to Muhammad from a 14th-century manuscript by Rashīd al-Dīn called the Compendium of Chronicles, while the other was a 16th-century work by Mustafa ibn Vali showing the prophet with a veil and halo.
Aram Wedatalla, a student in the class and the president of the university's Muslim Student Association, complained to the professor afterward. Prater apologized in an email, but Wedatalla elevated the issue to university administrators, arguing that the lesson was disrespectful to Muslim students.
In response, the dean of students sent an email to the student body condemning the incident as "undeniably inconsiderate, disrespectful, and Islamophobic."
On December 6, two articles on the incident were published in the Oracle—one a news report in which the university's associate vice president of inclusive excellence David Everett said that "it was decided it was best that this faculty member was no longer part of the Hamline community."
"My perspective and actions have been lamentably mischaracterized, my opportunities for due process have been thwarted, and Dr. Everett's all-employee email accusation that 'undeniably... Islamophobic' actions undertaken in my class on Oct. 6 have been misapplied," Prater told the student paper.
The other Oracle article was a letter to the editor from Mark Berkson, the university's department of religion chair and a professor of Asian religions, Islam, and comparative religion.
"In the context of an art history classroom, showing an Islamic representation of the Prophet Muhammad, a painting that was done to honor Muhammad and depict an important historical moment, is not an example of Islamophobia," he wrote. "Labeling it this way is not only inaccurate but also takes our attention off of real examples of bigotry and hate."
The Oracle editorial board removed the article from its website just two days after its publication. (Berkson's text is currently available on the libertarian magazine Reason, along with both emails from administrators to the university community.)
"Those in our community have expressed that a letter we published has caused them harm," the Oracle wrote in explanation of the decision. "Our publication will not participate in conversations where a person must defend their lived experience and trauma as topics of discussion or debate."
The following day, a second university-wide email went out, from Everett and university president Fayneese Miller. It said that "respect for the observant Muslim students in that classroom should have superseded academic freedom."
"Displaying an image of Muhammad may similarly be deeply offensive to some, but because it was pedagogically relevant to the course at issue, it is protected by basic tenets of academic freedom," Sabrina Conza, the program officer of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), countered in an open letter to Miller, expressing the organization's concern about the incident and calling for Prater to be reinstated.
The university had held a 33-person meeting about the incident on November 10, with Everett and other administrators such as the dean of students, the interim provost, the assistant director of social justice programs, and the university chaplain among those in attendance, as well as a number of students.
"Of all of the conversations that were held between the MSA and the administration about what to do about the situation, the faculty member was excluded and not a single scholarly voice was ever included," Berkson told Hyperallergic. "So nobody in the room actually knew anything about these images."
"These images are a part of Islamic artistic tradition, and it is very important for us to appreciate and study. That's what art historians do," Berkson added. "If specific students don't want to look at it, that is an important right. I think we should have a protocol to ensure that no student's religious prohibitions are violated. But their prohibition cannot be imposed on everyone else."
Representatives for Hamline University did not respond to a request for comment.
To address concerns among the university's Muslim community, Hamline reportedly invited Jaylani Hussein, executive director of Minnesota's chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, to the school to lead a conversation about Islamophobia in December.
"Many of the Muslim students on campus, after they heard of this incident, it impacted them. It impacted their grades, it impacted them finishing off the semester. They obviously were hurt. At the same time, they're appreciative of the institution doing the right thing," Hussein told Twin Cities Pioneer Press last month. "For us Muslims, it is blasphemy."
News of the professor's termination was first reported outside the university in New Lines Magazine by Christiane Gruber, an art historian who specializes in depictions of Muhammad.
"Hamline administrators have labeled this corpus of Islamic depictions of Muhammad, along with their teaching, as hateful, intolerant, and Islamophobic. And yet the visual evidence proves contrary: The images were made, almost without exception, by Muslim artists for Muslim patrons in respect for, and in exaltation of, Muhammad and the Quran," Gruber wrote.
"Through conflation or confusion, Hamline has privileged an ultraconservative Muslim view on the subject that happens to coincide with the age-old Western cliche that Muslims are banned from viewing images of the prophet," she added, noting that this "muzzles all other voices while potentially endangering rare and precious works of Islamic art."
"If these reports are accurate, Hamline University has committed one of the most egregious violations of academic freedom in recent memory," Jeremy Young, senior manager of free expression and education at PEN America, said in a statement.
"Not only is an art history professor well within their rights to show medieval and Renaissance Islamic artworks in class," he added, "but the professor apparently took added care to create a positive pedagogical experience for students—placing the images in historical context, allowing students to opt out of viewing them, and thoughtfully exploring the history and diversity of Islamic art and thought."
The Academic Freedom Alliance also published a letter in support of Prater, calling for her immediate reinstatement.
"If a professor of art history cannot show college students significant works of art for fear that offended students or members of the community could get that professor fired for doing so, then there simply is no serious commitment to academic freedom at that institution—and indeed no serious commitment to higher education," Keith Whittington, a member of the alliance's academic committee and a professor of politics at Princeton University, wrote in the letter.
In another email to the Hamline community on December 31, the university president continued to defend the decision not to renew Prater's contract.
"It was important that our Muslim students, as well as all other students, feel safe, supported, and respected both in and out of our classrooms," Miller wrote, according to Pioneer Press. "It is also important that we clarify that the adjunct instructor was teaching for the first time at Hamline, received an appointment letter for the fall semester, and taught the course until the end of the term."
In response, FIRE filed a complaint with the Higher Learning Commission on January 4, asking that the organization hold the university accountable for violating accreditation standards regarding academic freedom.
"We gave Hamline plenty of time to reverse course, but it's clear they're not planning to deliver on their academic freedom promises," FIRE attorney Alex Morey, who wrote the complaint, said in a statement.
"Hamline has no right to dismiss an art history instructor for teaching art history," Conza added. "Hamline clearly doesn't understand what academic freedom means, even though it explicitly promises faculty this core right."
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