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Honoring Our Past to Build a Brighter Tomorrow for Children
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Creating Your Legacy
It's the wisdom, foresight and generosity of those who came before us that have allowed us to become the world-class medical center we are today.
Time Capsules Symbolize How Our Rich History of Collaboration Transforms Care
Nearly a century ago, a group of hospital leaders, clergy, construction workers and philanthropists gathered to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone for the expansion of what is now Cincinnati Children's.
They marked the occasion by enclosing a time capsule with several artifacts, including photos of previous buildings, a written history of the hospital and an address given at the ceremony.
Unearthed almost 100 years later, the items represent more than simply expanding our space to accommodate a growing community. They also represent expanding the mission of the medical center—pinpointing the very moment in history when we committed to improving patient care through education and research.
Another special item in the 1925 time capsule was a photo of William Cooper Procter, who served as president of the hospital's Board of Trustees for 13 years. He was a visionary leader whose transformational gift of $2.5 million (valued at $40 million today) helped us grow from a small community hospital to one of the top medical and research centers in the nation.
Proctor gave to support research because he knew that scientific discovery drives great care. He also knew that philanthropy and collaboration were two critical components to becoming a global leader in child health.
World-Class Care Is Fueled by Charitable Partners
Collaboration with donors continues to be a foundational component in advancing research and transforming care. Take for instance our development of a new, first-of-its-kind liver research center —thanks to a recent gift of $1.5 million from the Peter and Tommy Fund.
William Balistreri, MD.
The fund was first established in the 1980s by Carmela Colucci after losing her two young sons, Peter and Tommy, to a rare genetic illness called progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). The condition causes damage to liver cells and a buildup of waste in the bloodstream that can lead to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease.
In most cases, a transplant is the only option. However, the procedure that may have saved the boys' lives was unheard of at that time. In 1973, merely one day after losing her second child to the devastating illness, Carmela learned that surgeons had performed the very first liver transplant.
Although her sons were not able to benefit from modern research, she set out to do everything she could to help support innovative medical and surgical advances for other children and families facing this diagnosis.
In their tireless pursuit, Carmela and her family met with William Balistreri, MD, an expert in liver disease. That first meeting marked the beginning of a yearslong collaboration and support of his work. Dr. Balistreri's work and the Colucci family made a transformational impact on care in 2020, when they reached out to discuss an innovative idea—establishing a new Undiagnosed and Rare Liver Disease Center at Cincinnati Children's.
"When we opened the Liver Care Center in 1985, everyone was excited about liver transplantation—and as excited as I was about establishing that program, I'll be more excited when we close because we have found cures for these diseases," Dr. Balistreri says. "I feel the same way about this new research center. We want to find causes and cures for
these patients."
Bold Research Initiatives Yield Treatments and Cures
For more than 25 years, experts within our Pediatric Liver Care Center have worked to provide life-saving and life-changing care for children with liver conditions, and the program is recognized as one of the best in the world. The new Undiagnosed and Rare Liver Disease Center, which officially opened earlier this year, focuses on scientific research and clinical studies to improve outcomes and find cures.
Our integrative approach to discovery will help us better understand the causes of the disease and ultimately lead to novel therapies and even eliminate the need for liver transplantation for children with PFIC.
To mark these extraordinary times, we've dedicated a time capsule that includes items like a 3D model heart, COVID-19 vaccines, research honors, Mayor's Proclamation and more.
Support from the Colucci family will enable us to build on this expertise to incorporate clinical care, research, advocacy and educational components. In the near future, we will focus on exciting goals such as building a patient registry, establishing a PFIC-dedicated clinic, and developing new drugs to potentially halt the progression of disease.
In the long term, we'll embark on studies of new potential therapies and establish a national-international alliance to advance clinical PFIC research.
"For patients and families, we'll work together to find answers—from identifying genetic causes for the disease, to making a diagnosis, to providing personalized therapies," says Akihiro Asai, MD, PhD, one of our pediatric hepatologists and researchers.
Ultimately, the new research center aims to fulfill Carmela Colucci's wish in memory of her sons—that no child will suffer or die from pediatric liver disease. And our unique expertise in collaboration—among donors, researchers, care providers, patient-families and other institutions—will continue to be a key factor in achieving our ambitious goal.
Paving the Way for a Healthier Future
Achievements like this new center serve as inspiration for what we plan to memorialize in a new commemorative time capsule. A project which, once again, marks a momentous milestone.
A 3D printed heart model.
Our present-day time capsule will commemorate 100 years since the establishment of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Currently ranked No. 2 in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, it's comprised entirely of staff members from Cincinnati Children's—including in-house physicians, researchers and others who hold academic appointments. The Department of Pediatrics exemplifies our commitment to advancing medicine through collaboration and education.
The time capsule will also honor Benjamin Knox Rachford, MD, the first physician in the city to devote his practice to children and the first chair of the Department of Pediatrics.
With the help of chief-of-staff, Patty Manning, MD, more than 40 groups selected new contents to send 100 years into the future, such as Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vials, a 3D heart model, copies of prominent research articles, and many more items that reflect these extraordinary times and our progress in improving child health.
The current B.K. Rachford Chair, Tina Cheng, MD, MPH, led the celebration.
"Collectively, we've made important contributions to child health in our missions in clinical care, research, education and community/advocacy work," says Dr. Cheng, who is also the director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation and chief medical officer of the medical center. "It's a momentous time in history as we are facing a pandemic and planning for the future amid many societal shifts."
By looking back on past accomplishments made possible through the collaborative efforts of our institutions, our community and the charitable partners who continue to help us advance care, we can see the progress we've made together. And we can see that our greatest achievements for children are yet to come.
For more information on how you can support this research, please contact James Cleetus at 513-636-1166 or james.cleetus@cchmc.org.
Living Proof that Bold Research Leads to Medical Innovations
The 9-month-old recipient of our first-ever segmental liver transplantation.
In 1988, Dr. Balistreri and his colleagues beamed as they sat next to a cooing baby girl. That little 9-month-old didn't know how special she was.
She was the recipient of our first-ever segmental liver transplantation—a groundbreaking surgery that saved her life and made history. We were just the second hospital to perform the innovative procedure.
The pioneering technique divides a large donor organ into multiple pieces for transplant, dramatically increasing the supply of donor organs.
And because organs for donations are scarce, especially for infants, this discovery has changed the face of pediatric medicine.
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UPDATED: Netflix has surpassed 20 million subscribers, capping off a growth spurt so strong that it has surprised even the company's top management while providing more cash to satisfy the hunger for increasingly expensive streaming content.
Netflix on Wednesday posted fourth-quarter net income that increased 52% to $47 million on revenue that grew 34% to $596 million.
Netflix added 3.1 million subscribers in the quarter, putting it past the 20 million mark by 10,000, enough for it to overtake Sirius XM and DirecTV as the No. 2 subscription media business in the U.S. behind Comcast, which boasts 22.9 million subs.
Netflix predicted that it would end the current quarter with as many as 22.8 million subscribers, or 23.1 million if Canada is included.
Netflix had forecast more than a year ago that it would add just 3.6 million subscribers to its ranks in all of 2010, though it more than doubled that, adding 7.7 million last year. Management gives credit to the popularity of its on-demand streaming product.
"Our huge subscriber growth, fueled by the excitement of watching instantly, impressed even us," CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells wrote in a letter to shareholders.
The letter acknowledged that some in Hollywood are cautious about Netflix's value to them. They didn't name names, but Time Warner executives have been publicly skeptical about whether Netflix is friend or foe.
The pair said later during a conference call with analysts that it has gotten easier to strike deals since they are paying more and that content rightsholders have been reaching out to them.
Netflix shares fell 2% during the regular session Wednesday to $183.03 but were surging more than 10% in afterhours trading.
Netflix also said it will expand beyond the U.S. and Canada — where it began operating last fall — though executives didn't identify which part of the world it intends to conquer next.
"We think our subscriber growth in any given geography will follow the S curve of adoption, and we are excited to still be in the accelerating phase of the S curve today," Hastings and Wells wrote.


Inexplicable radiance. That is how I would describe Moanna in two words. Moanna initially came to Kudjip severely septic from a deeply seeded infection in her femur. (The medical term is osteomyelitis.) Over the course of several tenuous days, we were able to stabilize her. Her life is no longer in grave danger, but the osteomyelitis in her femur is so widespread that it will be very difficult to fully eradicate the infection. Moanna has been at Kudjip for five weeks and will likely stay for several more months. She will probably never walk again.
Moanna is 12-years-old and the 4th of 6 children in her family. Her grandmother cares for her siblings while Moanna's mother stays at the hospital to care for her. Moanna is only in 2nd grade, despite her age. It is common for PNG children to start school late and miss large portions of school for various reasons, such as the family's inability to pay for the school fee. Moanna has not been able to attend school since she got sick.
Due to my assigned workload in other wards, I have not had the privilege to take care of Moanna until recently. When I reviewed her chart and saw how far she has come, I observed another doctor's brief notation — "Somehow smiling." Moanna's condition would make most 12-year-olds miserable, but every day she has a huge radiant smile on her face. Moanna and her mom point to their faith in Jesus as the source of their joy. I asked Moanna, "Bilong wanem yu lap olgeta taim?" (Why are you always smiling?) She said, "Bikpela i strongim mi." (God strengthens me). The contrast between two apparent opposites—her serious illness and her radiant joy—shows the beauty of how God can impact one's life, even in the bleakest of circumstances.
Those who look to the Lord are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. … Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.
It is a awesome testimony to Jesus and His work on earth to non- believers. Praise the LORD.
Her smile so beautifully reflects the love of God in her life.


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Try a Different Hobby to Improve Job Performance
By William Vogeler, Esq. on November 28, 2018 11:30 AM
In Opposite World, "yes" means "no" and "no" means "yes." If you need a better explanation, ask a teenager.
The point is that some things are counter-intuitive, like hobbies that can improve your work. You would think that playing chess, for example, might help develop trial-strategy skills.
But it doesn't work like that. According to research, you should have hobbies that are completely the opposite of your work. Apparently, it's about balance.
Everybody knows by now that you have to balance your work and your life to be healthy. "All work and no play makes...blah, blah, blah."
But hobbie-life balance is something new. When choosing a hobby, you should pick one that does NOT connect to your work life.
Kevin Eschelman, a psychology professor at San Francisco State University, says hobbies that are less like your job are better for it. Wait, what?
"Whatever the activity is that you're doing in your free time, it becomes incredibly more valuable if it is different from what you've been doing most recently in your work environment," he told Fast Company.
So if you are a criminal defense attorney, you should take up sleight-of-hand tricks? No, that would be too similar. So if you are crook, you should become a criminal attorney? No, that would be redundant.
Opposite Hobbies
So what then? Eschelman says hobbies should protect the resources and energy you need for work. Hobby time is a time to relax and refuel.
Like being a comedian; nothing is a better escape from the seriousness of work. Steve Johnson, an improv comedy guy, says it's a fun way to let go, too.
It's also perfect for lawyers who take themselves too seriously. Johnson teaches the "yes, and" skill to teach practitioners to talk to others and build on their ideas.
"You approach ideas with an ability to explore and heighten -- rather than question and parse," he says. Exactly -- the opposite of cross-examination.
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Participation is possible at all times.
Free improvisation. Marienkirche Wallenbrück. 9.3.2019, 7 p.m.
On saturday, 2nd of march, a extended concert night for the musician and composer Gerd Lisken who died in 2018 will happen at the Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld. The Cooperativa Ensemble and the Ensemble Freie Musik will be part of the tribute.
The Cooperativa Ensemble will have a full day at the exhibition "Volatile dreams – Art of the World's Fair" at the museum Marta in Herford.
The program includes concerts, talks and workshops.
Besides performing with the ensemble in front of Delaunays "Air, fer, eau" I invite for a soundwalk. Furthermore the electroacoustic piece robert will be aired for the whole seven hours.
In the time between 27th of december 18 and 6th of january 19 I had the rare opportunity to travel across and live with producers of brasil nuts. Besides the extraordinary possibilties of field recordings I got an insight of the hard but also rewarding work. Brasil nuts are not grown in plantations but collected in the rain forest itself. Several days of ship travel on the rio madre de dios had as much been part of the travel from Riberalta in Bolivia to Puerto Maldonado in Peru as night hikes acroos the rain forest to the camps of the gatheres.
Two month artist residency at Bolivia Sostenible.
Field recordings during the in total 3 1/2 month long travel, with special hikes into the rain forest.
Workshops of Non-violent communication and Tension release Exercises with the volunteers of the NGO.
Development of the new retreat "aus eigener Kraft".
What is the sound of Der Speicher? The house as an instrument, as a score. The trio Geplante Obsoleszenz with Angelika Höger, Peter Schwieger and Marcus Beuter works directly with the material of a space. Willem Schulz interpretes the architectonical structures with his viloncello.
What is the sound of the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus? The house as an instrument, as a score. The trio Geplante Obsoleszenz with Angelika Höger, Peter Schwieger and Marcus Beuter works directly with the material of a space. Willem Schulz interpretes the architectonical structures with his viloncello.
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From Monday June 3rd 2013 through Sunday June 9th 2013, the fourth edition of the very exciting Stoke Newington Literary Festival will take place in London.
Stoke Newington has been the home to many creatives and free thinkers, such as Daniel Defoe, Joseph Conrad, Marc Bolan, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Edgar Allen Poe. This year's edition of the literary festival will stay true to its borough literary heritage with a host of many debates including feminism with Caitlin Moran, rewriting The Bible with Professor Steve Jones and the future of Britain, but for the very first time, Stoke Newington will also have a strong focus on graphic novels, science fiction and fantasy.
1) Renowned for his collaboration with Alan Moore on the cult comic, Watchmen, the legendary Dave Gibbons will be talking about his career spanning Marvel, 2000AD and DC Comics as well as his current project, The Secret Service.
2) Journalist, digital copyright activist, co-editor of the hugely influential Boing Boing blog, and author of Rapture of the Nerds, Cory Doctorow, will be in conversation with Padraig Reidy, news editor of Index on Censorship, talking about free speech, cyber utopianism and much more.
3) Master of the horror-novel and author of the BFI Companion to Horror, Kim Newman, is joined by fantasy, vampire and supernatural writer Freda Warrington, to discuss genre fiction, silver bullets and stakes to the heart just around the corner from Edgar Allen Poe's former home.
4) Hosted by crime fiction aficionado Barry Forshaw, Ben Aaronovitch, author of fantasy series Rivers of London and George Mann, author of the Newbury and Hobbes Series, take to the stage to talk urban fantasies—where science fiction, fantasy and mystery converge.
5) Following the success of his graphic adaptations of The Waste Land, Gulliver's Travels and TristramShandy, Martin Rowson, once appointed 'Cartoonist Laureate' of London, brings his famous energetic performance style to Stoke Newington. Expect a hilarious and possibly foul-mouthed guide to 37,000 years of visual satire.
6) Reads Like a Seven comes to the Stoke Newington Literary Festival to discuss video game culture and to dispel any doubts that video games deserve to be considered alongside other art forms. Curated and presented by New Yorker games correspondent Simon Parkin, it features the Guardian's Steven Poole, New Statesman's Helen Lewis, and award-winning broadcaster/game developer and 'best games writer of his generation', Ste Curran.


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Google Drops Some Science in Michigan
Update: The new Google office will be primarily for the company's advertising efforts.
The New York Times reports today that Google will open a research center office in Ann Arbor, Mich. The center will have 1,000 employees, and Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm is expected to make the announcement this morning at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing.
The center is expected to open in Ann Arbor, where Google co-founder Larry Page earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from the University of Michigan.
The Times article says Google has been quietly searching for 240,000 square feet of office space in Ann Arbor. That search was documented in an Ann Arbor Business Review article in 2005.
Google is also building a huge facility in The Dalles, Ore., near the Washington border.
Competitor Yahoo has also been involved in real estate dealings recently. Earlier in July the company bought 42.5 acres in Santa Clara, Calif., for an undisclosed amount.
Microsoft is also growing and plans to spend $1 billion to expand its Redmond, Wash., office complex by 3.1 million square feet over the next three years.


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Last time Mamamoo released a CF song and music video, it was in the form of the gloriously breezy Woo Hoo, which remains one of the best tracks in their discography. Now, the girls are shilling for Maeil Bio yogurt with the much more derivative Everyday (매일 봐요). This comes right on the heels of the chorus-averse Starry Night, yet doesn't share that track's interesting guitar-laced instrumental.
Everyday feels like the kind of song you'd hear playing in the background of some trendy clothing store. It's inoffensive to a fault, and perfect for providing an exciting beat without drawing attention away from your shopping. And for a CF, I guess that's kind of the point. But it doesn't make for a particularly exciting song. It seems like Mamamoo are getting to a point in their career where they're starting to move away from the very thing that made them a hit in the first place. Everyday is a song driven by its EDM instrumental loop rather than any sense of vocal interplay.
To Mamamoo's credit, they try their best to make this heard-it-a-million-times-before material interesting. The pre-chorus is especially nice, as we get to hear some of those trademark harmonies before the instrumental comes crashing back in. Rapper Moonbyul also gets more to do, with an extended second verse that's all hers. But when all is said and done, Everyday feels as if it was written by a committee of advertising executives uninterested in music but keenly aware of trends.
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Danish PM says no need to fix ties with allies after spying scandal
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Brussels (Brussels Morning) Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, said on Wednesday that her country's relationships with its allies, including France and Germany, remain solid and do not need restoring because of the recent spying scandal.
"I do not think it is correctly presented that there is a need to restore relations with either France or Germany," said Frederiksen. "We have an ongoing dialogue, and so do we in the field of intelligence".
The Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio broke the news on Sunday that the US National Security Agency (NSA) tapped into Danish internet cables to eavesdrop on high-ranking European politicians, including officials in Germany, Sweden, Norway and France.
The broadcaster cited findings of an internal investigation within the Danish defence services, which had examined NSA's role in the intel-sharing partnership between the two countries. That investigation revealed that NSA used its alliance with Denmark's military intelligence agency to tap into comms traffic routed through the country.
As Denmark hosts key landing stations for undersea cables connecting to neighbouring countries, NSA was able to access phone calls, metadata and text messages sent by leading politicians and officials across the border. Reportedly, NSA listened in on calls made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and then-Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, now the President of Germany.
Denmark's Defence Minister Trine Bramsen commented on the matter by saying that "systematic eavesdropping of close allies is unacceptable". On Wednesday, Frederiksen said she would not comment on stories about intelligence work that appeared in the media, but she did reiterate that "there must be no systematic monitoring of allies".
Frederiksen, a Social Democrat who leads a minority government, is now burdened by the fact that the alleged eavesdropping occurred during the previous Social Democrat government, headed by Helle Thorning-Schmidt.


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The offensive line was missing starting left tackle Russell Okung and center Max Unger to injuries from which they may or may not return for this coming Sunday's game at home against the New York Giants (3-4). In the third quarter, left guard James Carpenter sprained his ankle.
At that point. here's what Seattle had on its offensive line: a fourth-string center the team cut and then re-signed three weeks ago (Patrick Lewis), a former defensive tackle at right guard (J.R. Sweezy), an undrafted college tight end at left guard (Garry Gilliam), a second-year fill-in at left tackle (Alvin Bailey) and a rookie at right tackle (Justin Britt).
Uh ... yikes.
This is how bad it was in front of Wilson: Stephen Schilling entered his fourth career game at center -- as a savior.
Coaches didn't want to use Schilling, the fill-in for Unger, because Schilling had a bad knee. But they had to put him in for Lewis during the second half to, as Carroll put it, "settle it down."
"That," Carroll said, "is about as hard as you can get."
No wonder Wilson was 17 for 35 passing for 179 yards while getting chased around by every Raider back to Lyle Alzado that zoomed through Seattle's makeshift line. No wonder offensive line coach Tom Cable said today's was the most challenging game he's ever coached in his 26 years in the business, including as a college and NFL head man.
This was the sixth time Wilson had completed less than 50 percent of his throws in a game in his three-season career. Seattle is now 3-3 in those games. This was the seventh time Wilson failed to throw a touchdown pass in his 45 career starts. Seattle is now 4-3 in those games.
The next question to Wilson was along the same lines: Are there limitations in the offense because of the blockers its having to employ?
The answer kept Wilson in team-leader mode.
"No. I thought that Patrick Lewis did a great job of stepping up today. That's not easy to do. He just got here (three weeks) ago, and now he's going against the Raiders who have a good front seven," Wilson said. "I thought he did a really good job, and then Schilling stepped in there and just finishing off the game there at the end. That's good football, and that's going to pay dividends down the road, as you go throughout the season."
Wilson then echoed what Carroll told me when I asked him if this is just how it's going to be, and what the coach said he's said to his team plenty this season.
"I think back to last year, we had to win a lot of tough games where we had three of our starting offensive linemen, sometimes four of our offensive linemen, out. And guys had to step in and we still found ways to win," Wilson said. "Like I said to you guys last week, we were 3 and 3, and we had 10 games left, and our goal was to go 1 and 0 every week, like I say, every time.
"So, we were able to win last week and we were able to win this week. And, we just look forward to the next opportunity. We're excited about the win. I'm more excited than anybody else about the win. So, that's what I look forward to."
Thing is, the offensive line even while whole last month wasn't protecting Wilson with any kind of consistency. The reason Seattle has been at the top of the league in rushing for most of this season was because of Wilson's two 100-yard rushing games while scrambling all over the field out of necessity more than want-to.
The Seahawks and play-caller Darrell Bevell continue to go away from Lynch's running for puzzling -- no, inexplicable -- stretches of games. Today Lynch ran the ball on the first three plays of the game for the first time since Seattle traded with Buffalo for him four games into the 2010 season. Lynch had seven touches on Seattle's crisp, 10-play, 72-yard drive, the first offensive possession of the game. It ended with Lynch carrying half of downtown Seattle across the goal line with him on a three-yard touchdown run, the first of his two rushing scores.
Then: Lynch carried the ball eight times over the Seahawks' next seven drives deep into the third quarter. The offense bogged down, and Oakland rallied from a 24-3 hole to within 24-17.
Even when Unger, Okung and Carpenter return, the pass-protection issues are unlikely to vanish. Sticking with Lynch's bullish rushes -- even, as today, when they result in just 67 yards on 21 carries -- appears to be the 5-3 Seahawks' best chance of running down first-place Arizona (7-1).
In more ways than one.
--Here is all what Wilson said following the game:
QB RUSSELL WILSON
(On having an 0-7 team coming to Seattle and giving the Seahawks a battle…) "They've kind of given everybody a battle. They've had a lot of games that have come down to the wire. Offensively, we know that we can better, I know that I can play better. That's what it really comes down to. I think that the defense played spectacular today, they made a lot of plays, they got some turnovers, and offensively we just have to click better. We just have to do our thing to get the ball in the end zone and find ways to make plays. The positive thing is that you look at all of the guys that had to step up. I know that a lot of young guys had to step up and play line for us today and you think about Marshawn's game. He had an unbelievable game today, Marshawn Lynch. Then, Robert Turbin had a really good game, as well. "
(On evaluating his own play…) "I didn't think I played well at all, for whatever reason. And usually I'd know why. Usually I know why if something is off, footwork wise, or whatever. That's usually something I try to find out, throughout the game, so I can adjust. I felt like I was in it. For whatever I was trying to do, it just wasn't working. But, I think the thing is, we won the game, and that's the exciting part. I know that I can play better, I know that I will play better. I know that our offense will play better, and so that's what I look forward to. "
(On how much he is noticing the opposing pass rush this season… ) "I think we're doing a good job of protecting me. I think the guys are doing a great job, especially with what's going on in terms of the guys that have to step up. They're doing an excellent job. I just think that in terms of the passing game, we're going to pick it up. Things there, and we're going to hit it, and we're just going to move on to the next game. We got a huge one today. They played us tough in our own stadium, and we were able to get a huge in. "
(On whether there were limitations because of the offensive line personnel…) "No. I thought that Patrick Lewis did a great job of stepping up today. That's not easy to do. He just got here a week and half ago, and now he's going against the Raiders who have a good front 7. I thought he did a really good job, and then Schilling stepped in there and just finishing off the game there at the end. That's good football, and that's going to pay dividends down the road, as you go throughout the season. I think back to last year, we had to win a lot of tough games where we had three of our starting offensive linemen, sometimes four of our offensive linemen, out. And guys had to step in and we still found ways to win. Like I said to you guys last week, we were 3 and 3, and we had 10 games left, and our goal was to go 1 and 0 every week, like I say, every time. So, we were able to win last week and we were able to win this week. And, we just look forward to the next opportunity. We're excited about the win. I'm more excited than anybody else about the win. So, that's what I look forward to. "
(On the importance of Marshawn Lynch… ) "Marshawn was exceptional today. The things that he was doing out in the field, it's one of a kind. He had a great football game. I thought the line did a really good job of run blocking for him, too, as well. The tight ends did a good job of blocking for him. He made some things happen. He caught the ball really well, too, as well. Robert Turbin came in the game and had some huge runs, as you guys saw. I think one of the things offensively, is we have to stop getting penalties. For whatever reason, we're getting penalties on big plays. And that really brings us back. So, that's something that we have to pay a little bit more attention to, and I have to a better job of communicating, if that's the case, or whatever it takes. Whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to be successful."
(On the throw to Kearse that Hayden almost intercepted…) "I was trying to fit it in the seam, and the slot defender did a good job of trying to grab on to Kearse, and I was just trying to get it in there. We hit that 9 times out of 10, 10 times out of 10 usually. Luckily, it hit the ground. That's something that we do all the time."
(On the throw to Luke Willson in the back of the end zone…) "I was trying to hit him in the back corner, and it got away from me a little bit."
(On Doug Baldwin's big punt return…) "We have so many guys step up, and so many guys show up and find ways to make plays. Doug Baldwin's punt return, to bring that ball back across the 50 to the 40 or 30 or so, that was a huge play. You think about Paul Richardson's kickoff returns. He's doing a great job back there. His ability to step up; he did a great job kickoff returning last week, and has done a great job this week. I thought our defense was lights out, too, the way that they made plays. We had a lot of guys come in and start. You think about Brock Coyle and DeShawn Shead having to step up and make plays for us. We have a lot of talent, and we just have to put it together. We're still finding ways to win games, and we're not playing our best. We're far from playing our best. So, when we put it together, it's going to be hard to stop us. I think that's the exciting part. "
(On how long it will take to get to that point…) "I don't think it's going to take a while. I think that we're going to play great next week. I think that to be able to come back home; we do play a good team in the Giants. So, I don't think it's going to take a while. I think we have the right guys. I think we have the right system. I think we're calling the right plays. I just have to make a throw here and there, and keep the tempo up and stay on schedule and then things will click for us."
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Korey Sprengel Pockets $300(K)
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Let's examine the phenomenal rise of a young professional walleye angler with multiple victories and more than $300,000 in winnings over the past few seasons; introducing young gun 25-year old Korey Sprengel. He lives in the south-central Wisconsin city of Beaver Dam, and grew up not far away near the shores of Fox Lake. His success story is no accident. His work ethic and preparation provide lessons for even the grizzled pro anglers.
First of all, how does a young guy get time off work to follow his dream? "My boss understands and gives me time off for tournaments. You have to have a job like this to fish at this level," Korey said. When home, Korey is a mason, doing brick, stone and concrete work since graduating from High School.
Most pro anglers have interesting stories about their beginnings. His is no different. He started out with local bar tournaments at age 18, and moved to the FLW Leagues. He did it in a borrowed boat. "My buddy let me use his 18-foot boat, which was really run-down. The trade was that if I took care of it, I could keep using it." Korey replaced plugs (some weren't even connected), changed gear lube and eventually exchanged the lower unit, re-wired the entire boat, detailed every inch, replaced the trailer tires and heard this from his friend, "My boat is cleaner and runs better than when I got it."
Korey moved into the professional ranks in 2009 by fishing the MWC with his dad, and has fished the MWC every year since (now with a buddy). In 2011, he captured the Cabela's National Team Championship and the MWC qualifier. In 2012, he won the FLW tournament on Bay de Noc. He was also victorious in the inaugural 2013 National Walleye Tour pro event on the Mississippi River.
His answers to the big question "Why?" reveal much and serve as lessons to those aspiring for similar success. "The biggest reason for winning so early in my career is that I really prepare for each tournament," he said. "I don't know if it's different from anybody else, but I devote every waking moment so that everything is ready. I also develop a good game plan."
* Specifically, this is his "preparation" game plan:
* Rods are rigged;
* Rigs are tied;
* Leaders are ready;
* Bobber rods are set;
* Trolling gear is ready to go;
* Doubles & triples of nearly everything are ready;
* Maps, paper to electronics, are scoured, marked and filed.
In other words, his equipment is perfect.
Add to this a game plan that includes every possible fishing report, every
tournament report - results, where and how won, comments, what's happening now and last year and in the past at the same time, and the biology of the lake. "It always has something to do with bait fish. I try to figure what and where the walleye's food is located, if it will be moving or in a certain area; that's a big part of my preparation," he said.
Weather plays an important role, and often dictates where the forage might be, how it affects bait fish spawning, where it might force bait, and forecasts are critical to his plans. "Where will walleyes go when bait or weather changes?" he asked.
Combined with all the research is mapping. "I start out with large NOAA paper maps, examining as much as I can, trying to find key breaks, where suspended fish might lurk, vegetation, flats near deep water, rocks, etc.," he said. "I then turn to the electronic maps. I really like the Navionics maps I can review on my computer, and match them with spots I have found on the paper maps, and plug these GPS points into my units. I like an easy reference when I'm on the water."
With his mind wrapped around a new body of water - most tournament waters are new to him - Korey said, "New waters don't bother me much. I try not to be intimidated. I have everything ready, and for the first few days, fish the way I like, and stay in my comfort zone. This way I don't get overwhelmed." He continues to examine the situation, but stays with his strengths which are first and foremost open-water trolling, especially with crawler harnesses. His number two strength is fishing weeds, and third is jigging.
At Red Wing earlier this year, he put his preparation into practice. "I knew big fish responded to jigs and ring worms in April. After determining the stage of the spawn and picking the brain of friend Bill Shimota, I wanted to become good at jig-worm fishing," he said. He spent three full days getting comfortable with the tactic, learning to watch his line, the correct jig weight and angle to reduce snags, boat control, wind and current. "It was hard to get confident when not getting bites, but I stuck with the pattern," he admitted. During the two-day National Walleye Tour event, he jigged 80 percent of the time and was the only pro to catch limits both days. "Yes, this was a new pattern for me, but it had accounted for big fish in the past, and to do well, I knew I had to stick with it," he said.
Korey's attitude about success could be emulated by more young people in all walks of life. He said, "When you put your money into something, you work harder!" The results prove that. Many friends and family members have been surprised at his early success, but admitted, "It made me feel good when they told me they believed in me and told me I had what it takes."
He also had many questions about the business-side of fishing along the way and joined the National Professional Anglers Association to learn. "This opened up avenues as I met pros on a level playing field at conferences. As a younger angler, I guarantee my generation of pro anglers can learn the industry and meet the leaders via the NPAA," he said. His biggest NPAA conference lesson came when Chase Parsons taught a class on how pros should present seminars. "I do a few each year, but am trying to get into this part of the promotional game," he said. Pros Bill Shimota, Mark Courts and Tommy Skarlis have been especially helpful.
Skarlis, a decorated walleye pro with numerous victories, and in demand as a seminar presenter, said, "After watching Korey on stage talk about his father, friends and family, and carry the first place trophies, I felt he was a superstar in the making. I reached out to him and some of my sponsors and offered whatever assistance he required. That is something legendary anglers like Gary Parsons, Keith Kavajecz, Jimmy Saric, Denny Brauer, Norb Wallock and Larry Nixon did for me. I feel we need as many Korey Sprengel's competing and showcasing the exciting sport of fishing. He epitomizes the modest yet energized and amazingly talented young competitive anglers that will positively influence younger anglers."
Korey will fish three MWC tournaments and the Championship, the National Walleye Tour and the single AIM tournament in 2013. He can be reached via Facebook. His sponsor contingent continues to grow, and includes Ranger, Mercury, Lowrance, Krugerfarms.com, Berkley, Fenwick, Pflueger, Off-Shore Tackle, Federal Mogul, B Blades and MW Marine.
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Archbishop of Canterbury praises volunteers helping refugees in Christmas sermon
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has delivered his Christmas Day sermon (Steve Parsons/PA) (PA Media)
The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas sermon to celebrate the work of volunteers helping refugees, saying: "The Christmas story shows us how we must treat those who are unlike us."
The Most Rev Justin Welby preached the sermon at the Christmas Day Eucharist at Canterbury Cathedral shortly after 11.20am.
It's not politics, it's simply humanity
Justin Welby on the work of volunteers helping refugees
He said the Christmas story of Joseph and Mary searching for shelter demonstrates the need to treat with compassion those people "who have far less than us, who have lived with the devastating limits of war and national tragedy – those who risk everything to arrive on the beaches".
He said "there is no doubting" the human capacity to show "great kindness", and volunteers working to welcome refugees arriving on beaches close to Canterbury Cathedral are "extraordinary people".
Mr Welby praised rescuers such as the crews of the RNLI, saying: "I saw them the other day, a couple of days back, just getting on with it – five times as many shouts, callouts, as they've ever had in the history of the Dover lifeboat, and they do one thing – save life at sea.
Volunteers today in food banks and other places of comfort and help show this country as it should be, at its best, as we dream of it to be
Justin Welby
"It's not politics, it's simply humanity.
"And volunteers today in food banks and other places of comfort and help show this country as it should be, at its best, as we dream of it to be: a beautiful sign of compassion, of generosity, of living out that saying 'it's not about me'."
He referenced the way the pandemic has forced people to confront their "fragility" as never before, adding that vaccines are "amazing", but ultimately "we can't vaccinate our mortality away".
We are loved, in all our limitations, by the God whose love has no limits.
My Christmas Day Sermon: https://t.co/WRw8DeUGWP
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) December 25, 2021
Mr Welby touched on the UK's efforts to combat climate change, adding: "We have tried to shield ourselves from how limited each of us is – we've done that often by our limitless use of the natural world.
"These are actions which have brought the planet into trauma which, despite the initial and vital agreement at Cop26, it is still unclear if we can heal."
The sermon was livestreamed from Canterbury Cathedral's website, with the speech published on the archbishop's website.
It has also been published on the Canterbury Cathedral YouTube channel.
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Virginia senators kill proposal to ban Dominion Energy's campaign cash
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Democrats and Republicans united to quash another effort to stop state-regulated utilities like Dominion Energy from making political donations in Virginia.
State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax City) renewed his push to end the flood of campaign donations from public utilities in the commonwealth, including from the megadonor Dominion Energy and the Appalachian Power Company.
The legislation aimed to prevent candidates, campaign and political committees from seeking or accepting money from any public utility. It also sought to block those utilities, or any of its political action committees [PAC], from making political contributions.
But Petersen's proposal met the same fate as last year, voted down by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a state Senate committee, many of whom have received donations from Virginia's public utilities, and write the laws that set their regulatory structure and impact their profits.
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According to the Virginia Public Access Project, Dominion Energy has donated $3.2 million to Democratic candidates and $3.3 million to Republican candidates since 2021.
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HomeOpinion & AnalysisThe damage caused by 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan
The damage caused by 20 years of American presence in Afghanistan
By The Standard
BY OWN CORRESPONDENT
One of the longest United States wars began 20 years ago.
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, the American army and their allies invaded Afghanistan.
At the end of August 2021, the Americans left Afghanistan. But how did they leave?
The very form of their departure, which turned into a stampede, made many talk about the coming of a new world in which no one – not allies, not vassals – can no longer rely on the help of the Americans.
The world in which the US has lost its main asset – the image of an almighty superpower.
The hasty evacuation was a consequence of America's inadequate understanding of the world around it – in this case, of Afghanistan.
According to American plans, they should have been quietly evacuated by the end of August – while the Afghan army would hold back the Taliban offensive.
But the Afghan army surrendered most of the territory to the Islamists almost without fighting – and by mid-August the Americans were in the country controlled by the new regime.
Nothing threatened them: the Taliban were interested in the withdrawal of troops and complied with the agreement.
But the Americans themselves, amazed at the speed of the fall of President Ashraf Ghani's collaborationist regime, panicked – and with them the tens of thousands of Afghans who worked for them.
The tragedy began with people clinging to the landing gears of planes taking off – and the bewilderment of the whole world, watching the evacuation in the American way.
That is, after 20 years of occupation of the country, trillions of dollars spent and the work of thousands of analysts of the special services and the political leadership of the United States could not even correctly assess the situation, predicting how long Ghani's regime would last, could not give an adequate assessment of either the government army, or the Taliban forces, or – the most important thing, the mood in Afghan society.
This was a real failure: everyone saw the inadequacy of the Americans, their inability to objectively assess reality.
So what did the Americans leave behind other than the Taliban who came to power and the destroyed country?
Countless thousands of US bombs and munitions dropped on Afghanistan.
US Brown University's Costs of War project has calculated that at least 47,000 civilian Afghans were killed in that war.
From the population of 38 million, around 5.9 million Afghans have either been displaced internally or have fled the country.
More than 64,000 members of the US-trained Afghan National Army and the country's police force perished in the war.
US military casualties account at more than 2,400 killed, with 20,000 others wounded.
An additional 3,800 private contractors died.
More than 1,100 allied soldiers, including those from NATO states, also lost their lives.
And the total human losses from the war in Afghanistan amounted to more than 176 000 people.
The US taxpayers paid for that war cost of US$ 2.3 billion.
According to United Nations figures, Afghanistan's opium production was estimated at 6,300 tonnes in 2020.
That year, the total area under opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was estimated at 224,000 hectares, an increase of 37% compared to 2019.
Afghanistan is once again the world's leading source of opium poppies.
At the same time, many political analysts believe that the growth in drug production in Afghanistan was directly related to the presence of the Americans in it, who led this process and received profits from the supply of heroin around the world.
This is confirmed by the fact that before the arrival of the American military in Afghanistan in 2000, under Taliban rule, the opium crop had been nearly completely eradicated.
While fleeing Afghanistan, the brave American soldiers threw down so many weapons that it's terrible to imagine.
According to US congressman Jim Banks, due to the "negligence" of the Biden administration, the Taliban is in possession of 75,000 vehicles, over 200 airplanes and helicopters, 600,000 small arms and light weapons, as well as night vision goggles and body armour.
It seems that this amount of weapons and equipment would be enough to arm all the armies of the African continent, but at least the states of the Southern African Development Community.
At the same time, fleeing Afghanistan, the Americans continued to leave behind death and destruction.
So at the end of August there was a terrorist attack near the Kabul airport and 13 US soldiers and about 200 Afghans were killed.
The responsibility was laid on the Islamic State – Khorasan Province group, which is fighting both the Taliban and the Americans.
But most of the Afghans died not from a bomb explosion, but from the hands of American soldiers, who, just after the explosion, opened fire on a crowd of Afghans, fearing that there were accomplices of the suicide bomber.
That is, after the explosion, the Americans simply went mad and began to shoot the frightened and wounded people.
And this was not the last crime of the Yankees – they promised to take revenge on IS-Khorasan Province and began to launch drone strikes on those who were considered involved in the terrorist attack at the airport.
One such attack killed 12 people in Kabul – seven of them children between two and 10 years old.
The Americans say that they were aiming at a car with a terrorist transporting explosives, and the death of a peaceful family could be the result of an explosion.
But the Afghans do not care what the Americans say, for them, they are just killers.
But is it over now? After all, the Americans left Afghanistan – and now they will no longer kill Afghans?
Yes, they left – but they reserve the right to strike at those who are considered terrorists – like the very same IS-Khorasan, which means that there will certainly be more casualties among civilians.
The entire long-term experience of American drone strikes from Yemen and Somalia to Afghanistan and Iraq shows that hundreds of killed civilians do not stop or care anyone in the United States.
When a dozen civilians are killed to kill one terrorist, what kind of high-precision weapons can we talk about?
And what about the fight against terrorism if the fighter himself is no better than the terrorist?
According to the assessment of US Brown University's Costs of War project , from September 2001 on the fight against international terrorism, US$8 billion have been spent from the US budget and victims of that fight are about 900 000, including both military and civilians.
At the same time, only those who were killed directly during the clashes were counted among the victims.
The number did not include people who died from various scourges of war – hunger, thirst, disease, lack of medical care caused by the total destruction of infrastructure.
According to human rights activists, the deaths were much higher.
The US Physicians for Social Responsibility NGO, for example, estimated that around a million people were killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan alone between 2001 and 2015.
The structure of deaths, reflected in the Brown University report, is interesting: 387 000 of the dead were civilians, about 200 000 were local soldiers who fought on the side of the Americans, and more than 300 00 were local guerrillas, whom the Americans called "terrorists", but most of them were posthumously credited as terrorists, but in fact were ordinary civilians.
It should be mentioned that in the "war on terrorism" about 7 000 US soldiers around the world have died while American contractors number about 8 000.
That is, almost a hundred times less than the citizens of the occupied countries.
So for what and with whom are the Americans fighting around the world?
On what grounds have they assumed the role of the world gendarme and are trying, under the pretext of "eradicating evil", to impose their own world order by force?
The crimes committed by the American military during the so-called war on terrorism deserve, of course, a thorough international investigation.
But the United States at one time very prudently avoided participating in the work of the International Criminal Court.
However, human rights organisations and NGOs around the world continue to write the terrible chronicle of the American occupation.
And it's time to urgently send the world gendarme into retirement.
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Artificial intelligence a tool in fight against fake news?
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A coalition of European human and digital rights groups has signed an open letter to Facebook demanding far greater transparency about how its platform distributes and amplifies political ads ahead of elections to the European parliament which will take place in May, TechCrunch reports:
The company had already announced it will launch some of its self-styled 'election security' measures in the EU before then — specifically an authorization and transparency system for political ads. ….Last month the Guardian reported on changes Facebook had made to its platform that restricted the ability of an external political transparency campaign group, called WhoTargetsMe, to monitor and track the flow of political ads on its platform.
Signatories include the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Open Data Institute and Reporters Without Borders.
Today, in the face of an authoritarian sharp power offensive, the United States (and allied democracies) find themselves on the defensive, argues Joseph S. Nye.
Expected asymmetries have been reversed, he writes in Protecting Democracy in an Era of Cyber Information War, a paper for Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Autocracies are able to protect themselves by controlling information flows, while the openness of democracies creates vulnerabilities that autocracies can exploit via information warfare.
A national strategy for defending democracy in the cyber age must include all three dimensions of resilience, deterrence and diplomacy. But as democracies respond to sharp power, we have to be careful not to undercut our own soft power by imitating the authoritarian model, Nye contends:
Dealing with fake news designed to polarize, disrupt and suppress voting also requires action by the companies but with procedures for protecting transparency in algorithms and processes that reveal difficult trade-offs regarding free speech. None of this will be solved easily. In some cases, artificial intelligence will help the offense, in other cases the defense. The game of cat and mouse does not end; it must be continually monitored. …We are only at the beginning of a long process of protecting democracy in an era of cyber information war. RTWT
Digital repression is occurring with increasing frequency across the world, notes the Center for Strategic & International Studies. China is using increasingly sophisticated technology in its pervasive surveillance systems, which it employs along with human surveillance to control ethnic and religious minorities, among others. These issues will be discussed at a forthcoming event Digital Surveillance Unleashed: Implications for Human Rights, Democracy, and American Influence. Wednesday, February 13, 9:00am-1:30am RSVP FEATURING
Steve Feldstein, Professor, Boise State University
Mike Green, SVP for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Jim Lewis, SVP and Director of Technology Policy Program, CSIS
Shanthi Kalathil, Senior Director, National Endowment for Democracy
As the European Union readies for its upcoming elections, accelerating the fight against fake news has become a top priority, writes Eline Chivot, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Data Innovation.
One powerful tool in the fight against fake news is artificial intelligence (AI), which can be used to automatically detect and respond to this content as well as empower users with the ability to verify the veracity of claims. A number of leading tech companies, including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, have committed to self-regulatory standards and developed a code of practice on disinformation, and the European Commission is evaluating the extent to which automated tools and self-regulation can counter fake news, without introducing new distortions to public discourse or stifling freedom of speech.
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a conversation about how the public and private sectors can work together to accelerate the use of AI to combat fake news.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM. Press Club Brussels, Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Confirmed Speakers:
Paolo Cesarini, Head of Unit, Media Convergence & Social Media, DG CONNECT, European Commission
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All Creatures Animal Hospital is proud to offer an extensive selection of veterinary care services to residents of East Amherst, NY. Our team of highly trained, professional veterinarians is dedicated to the health and wellness of pets. With years of experience and a commitment to ongoing training and development, you can count on our veterinarians to always provide care that is compassionate and informed.
Dr. Adamcak graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. She continued her education by completing an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. She worked in New York City for 4 years in a private small animal practice before following her dream to do a residency. She completed a 2-year residency in avian and exotic companion pet medicine, one of only 5 in the country. In 2000, she passed the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners' examination to become one of only 125 veterinarians in the world to be recognized as a board certified avian veterinarian. She opened All Creatures Animal Hospital in April of 2003 to provide specialty care for bird and exotic pets in WNY and all surrounding areas. In 2013, she became a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist through the Chi Institute and is excited to have advanced her specialty skills in treating not only dogs and cats with complementary medicine, but also birds and exotics. Dr. Adamcak is also very knowledgeable in herbal and holistic medicine and she is skilled in the use of laser therapy. She received her Veterinary Acupuncture Certification through the Chi Institute in in 2013.
Professionally, she is active in several veterinary organizations. She was the president elect for the Western New York Veterinary Association. She also services on the examination committee for the American Board of Veterinary Practice and attends each annual Association of Avian Veterinary Conference. She participates in several exotic veterinary on-line groups in order to continue her education.
In addition to being a Managing Veterinarian at All Creatures Animal Hospital, her time is happily consumed by her 3 precious angels, Jack, Olivia and Emmett, her husband Richard and their dog, Clarence.
Dr. Albert graduated from Mississippi State in 1994. He practiced equine and large animal medicine in Kentucky upon graduation. He gained valuable emergency medicine and surgical experience while employed at the Greater Buffalo Veterinary Emergency Clinic and opened All Creatures Animal Hospital in April of 2003.. He has been a small animal, avian and exotic doctor since 1995 and most notably was the veterinarian for the Buffalo Zoo. He was the former president of the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society from 2010-2012 and sat on the board for almost a decade. In 2013 he decided to increase his knowledge in alternative medicine and began to practice the ancient Chinese art of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine with aspirations of completing his certification in 2014. Dr. Albert is also a consultant to many rescue groups and animal sanctuaries. He provides on site services to many exotic animals from llamas to tigers.
Dr. Albert's interests include zoo animal medicine, public speaking, and spending time his working dogs, his wife Amy and his three boys, Declan, Aidan and JT.
Dr. Hyo Seon Sunny Pan was born in South Korea and grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Biology then attended Lincoln Memorial University for her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. During her clinical year, she spent two months in Buffalo and fell in love with the area and decided that she wanted to practice there after graduation. Her professional interests include emergency and critical care, exotics, and surgery. In her free time she enjoys ballroom and salsa dancing, skiing, and traveling. She has one feline overlord (Friday) and one sassy rabbit companion (Bunny). She speaks fluent Korean.
Dr. Furst's passion for veterinary medicine extends into her childhood, where she spent a significant time bothering her family for more pets. Dr. Furst enjoys working with all animals, especially exotics. Some highlights of her training include working at the San Diego Zoo, Chimp Haven in Louisiana, Kruger National Park in South Africa, and a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia; she has been privileged to learn from many incredible veterinarians around the world. Dr. Furst's professional interests include surgery, preventative medicine, and exotic animal medicine.
Dr. Furst graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology and a minor in Global Poverty and Practice. She then chose to pursue her Degree of Veterinary Medicine in her home state at Colorado State University. She moved across the country for this practice due to its strength as a team in working with all creatures, and is very excited to now call the greater Buffalo area home.
Outside of the office, Dr. Furst enjoys hiking with her very spoiled dog, Remi, snapping photographs while adventuring, and hitting the slopes in the winter.


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Q: Restrict Action Within An ID? How do I make a script only work for a particular ID? I have multiple div's with the class names .item-post within various ID's. How do I restrict the script to working only within a particular id?
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    $( ".next" ).click(function() {
        $(".item-post:first").insertAfter($(".item-post:last"));
        $(".item-post:first").css('display','none');
        $(".item-post:first").fadeIn()
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    $( ".prev" ).click(function() {
        $(".item-post:last").insertBefore($(".item-post:first"));
        $(".item-post:first").css('display','none');
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This is what I tried:
$('#layout-education-1').is({
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EDIT: Updated with fiddle showing the issue: http://jsfiddle.net/m5s8ad68/1/

A: $(".next").click(function () {
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    $("#layout-education-1 .item-post:first").css('display', 'none');
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A Rayleigh-féle olajcseppkísérlet az olajmolekulák méretének meghatározására alkalmas kísérlet. Ennek a módszernek a segítségével Lord Rayleigh elsőként tudta megadni egy molekula méretét.

A kísérlet lényege
Egy edényben lévő tiszta víz felületére kis kámfor darabkákat dobnak. Az oldásnál fellépő lokális felületi feszültség változások miatt a darabkák ide-oda táncolnak a víz felszínén. Ahol bármiféle szennyeződés, például olajcsepp megváltoztatja a relatív felületi feszültségviszonyt, ott a kámfordarabkák nem mozognak, nyugalomban maradnak. Az úgynevezett Rayleigh-féle olajcseppkísérletben azt használják ki, hogy a vízre öntött olaj szétterül, és egyenletes vastagságú vékony hártyát alkot a felületen. Egyre kisebb és kisebb olajcseppet cseppentve a tiszta víz felszínére, egyre vékonyabb és vékonyabb olajfilm hozható létre. Egy bizonyos méretűnél kisebb csepp esetén azonban már nem elég az olaj mennyisége, hogy beterítse az edényben a teljes vízfelszínt, így a szétterülő olaj kör alakú foltot képez, melyen kívül lesznek olajtól mentes területek, és ott a kámfordarabkák újra mozogni kezdenek.

A kísérletben azt a "legkisebb" olajmennyiséget kell meghatározni, melynél nem marad szabad vízfelszín, azaz nem mozognak a kámfordarabkák. A lehető legkisebb vastagságú, azaz egyetlen olajmolekulányi réteget ("monomolekuláris réteget") tartalmazó egyenletes olajfilm létrehozásához szükséges olajcsepp tömegét megmérve, a vízfelszín területét és az olaj sűrűségét ismerve ki lehet számítani az olajhártya vastagságát.

Az olajcsepp m tömegének és  sűrűségének ismeretében kifejezhető a térfogata: .

Ez az egyetlen csepp hozza létre a kör keresztmetszetű R sugarú edényben szétterülő, h magasságú, henger alakú olajfilmréteget,

aminek térfogata: .

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A kísérletben Rayleigh által használt edény átmérője 84 cm, a vízfelszínt beborító legkisebb olajcsepp tömege mérése szerint 0,81 mg volt. Olívaolajat használt; melynek fő alkotórésze a glicerin, sűrűségét 0,9 g/ml-nek véve az egy molekularétegnyi olajfilm vastagságára, azaz egy molekula méretére 1,6 nm-t kapott.

Hivatkozások

További információk
Estimating the size of an atom (with a bath and a drop of oil)
Measurements of Monolayer Thickness

Fizikai kísérletek

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Scott Warren '09, co-founder of Generation Citizen (GC), will speak about the ramifications of failing to educate the next generation of citizens and how GC is attempting to change the tide by working with schools to bring civics education back into the classroom. GC has worked with more than 40,000 students in six states, including recent moves to begin work in Texas and Oklahoma, and has become a national leader in the civics education space.
Scott Warren '09, co-founded Generation Citizen during his senior year at Brown and is currently its chief executive officer. During the spring semester, Warren is Social Entrepreneur in Residence at the Swearer Center, a position supported by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. As part of his residency, he is teaching a course, Social Entrepreneurship, Policy, and Systems Change.
As a student at Brown, Warren was active in the movement to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, helping to lead successful campaigns to divest Brown University, the City of Providence, and the State of Rhode Island from companies conducting business in Sudan.


Hello, I hope everyone is well! I have to share my experience with a clinic L***s! I could not conceive because of my heart disease name mitral stenosis! A family friend suggested me to go to this clinic I went to this clinic! They don't know how to treat their patients! They have no concept of hygiene! They got dirty pieces of equipment! I came back from there after watching all this! Please be careful. Avoid visiting them!
I am so sorry to hear about your experience. I know it must have been really hard for you. Facing such situations disappoint a person. Patients go there with so much hope. And this is what they get as a result. I feel so bad. I wish people were more careful. And above this, I wish these clinics to learn to deal with their clients. They should not disappoint their clients in this way. It creates problems for the people. And later, the clinic itself will be in trouble. They really need to understand this.
Hello, Juliet. Thank you for this post. I understand your concern. I've seen some pathetic reviews regarding that clinic. I'm glad you're talking about it. Raising awareness about these matters is the right way to approach them. Keep up the lovely work!
Hello, Juliet. I can totally understand. It must have been a nightmare. I don't blame you. Although, it could have been avoided. Which is why I've been stressing on the importance of choosing the right clinic. I think the most important thing about these fertility treatments is choosing the correct treatment. People neglect these things. They rush into these things. That is NOT the way to go about it. I hope your experience teaches a lesson to other people, as well. And, they are cautious. I have also had a similar experience. So, I can totally understand what you must be going through. I hope you find a great clinic!
Oh, no! I can't believe this. This is terrible news. I am so sorry, honey. This is totally uncalled for. How can they treat their clients like this? It's pathetic behavior. You don't deserve this. No one deserves this! I can relate to your experience. I had a very similar experience with another clinic named Ado***. It was a nightmare. That was quite easily the worst time of my life. It took me a while to get over it. I had lost all hope of ever conceiving. I hope you get over this, quickly.
Hi there! Hope you are good! This is really devastating! I know how you feel! Infertility is very hard to go through! Only that woman can understand this pain who is facing this! In this situation, if the clinic you are consulting gives you a cold shoulder it breaks you into pieces! I have read many negative comments about this clinic L***s! They are disgusting in every mean! There s no point in visiting them! My sister went there she also got really disappointed! They are heartless! They just think about money! I hope things work out for you! Don't lose hope! You will find a good clinic soon! Wish you all the best!
Nobody should go there. Stay safe ladies! How can they be so unhygienic? I had a wonderful experience with a clinic. They were super careful with the equipment. Specialists doctors are working there for humanity. They are unlike other clinics. They don't work for making money only. That is what is unique about it. My experience was memorable with the doctors. They helped me and provided guidance whenever it was necessary. They told me the precautions as well. I am thankful to them and god for my successful IVF. I had a long journey with ups and downs. I named my baby after a famous actor Arya.
This is horrible. How are they still operating? Does no one complain? Why didn't you sue them? they playing with lives. God help us. I am so glad I got the right place. This clinic I went to functions properly. There is no mismanagement. Proper protocols are followed. Everything is done in a specific manner. They even have arrangements for your stay in the city. This is what I liked most. I didn't have to pay a penny extra. Really liked them.
I am really sorry to hear about your experience. My honest advice to you would be to not give up! Infertility is a really difficult journey to be on as it is full of bumpy rides however, you have to be strong. I would honestly suggest that you visit a clinic which has a high success rate. When I visited a clinic I made sure that I looked at such things. I also looked up if their doctors were experienced or not. It is after I checked everything I decided to visit them. Good luck to you I hope things get better.
Hey, Juliet, I am so sorry to hear about your awful experience. I can understand how difficult it must have been for you. However, don't lose hope. I know moments like these really disappoint you. Therefore, keep searching and find a better place to visit. This is what I did and things are progressing for me. I am really hoping for the best. If you want I can help.
I am really sorry to know about your horrible experience at the clinic. I can understand how hard it must have been for you. Just dont lose hope! See this is why everyone says that one should take there time in deciding about the clinic. The clinic I am recently visiting with them things are going really well. The reason for that is the time and effort I had to put in searching for them. I looked up their success rate and experience. Apart from that also searched their website and blog. Really liked it. Asked a lot of people about their experience as well. All of these things led to me finally contacting them. I was really happy to know when they told us that the first visit would be for free. I visited them and after that confirmed my treatment with them. So far everything is going really well. I am hoping for the best.


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LG Unveils New Skinny Frame Plasma HDTVs 25mm Thick
By Shane McGlaun/Feb. 17, 2010 8:25 am EST
LG is certainly huge in the TV market with lots of sets that it sells around the world. Today most TV makers are moving towards thinner designs with less bezel thickness. This makes the sets look better when hung on the wall or sitting on the entertainment center. The new range of LG sets is very thin at only 25mm thick.
The big news with the 25mm thick sets is that they are plasma TVs. I am a fan of plasma tech and have been bummed that the tech is slowly disappearing. The line is called Skinny Frame and supports 1080p resolution. The TV boasts a 600Hz refresh rate for clear images.
Connectivity for the line includes three HDMI ports and a USB port. The screen sizes in the line are 60-inches and 50-inches. The bad news is that the sets aren't cheap at 3,800,000 won for the biggest set and 1,700,000 won for the 50-inch version. That works out to over $1100 for the 50 incher and over $3300 for the 60-inch version.
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"Anshin Oyado Shinjukuten" is a luxurious men-only capsule. The resort-like experience will leave you with a new positive impression not usually associated with capsule hotels. Relax and refresh in the shared bath (artificial hot springs). Our services meet the daily needs of walk-in clients including basics such as toothbrush to a comfortable sleep on world-renowned Simons beddings usually associated with Koikyuu Hotel.


In November 2018, he spoke with lapetitemort.info senior partner Greg Kelly at McDonald's new headquarters in Chicago. He shared his thoughts on the company's growth to date, how to sustain it, and his role in making it all happen.
lapetitemort.info: Not long after you became CFO, McDonald's developed a three-part growth framework—retain, regain, and convert customers. Tell us about that. What's worked best? Which of the three is the most difficult?
lapetitemort.info: Let's talk about the "retain" part. You could have just left it out of the growth framework, but you didn't. How well has that worked?
lapetitemort.info: Speaking of new areas, you've added some elements to the growth framework. You now have three "growth accelerators": delivery, digital, and the store remodels that you're calling Experience of the Future (EOTF). How do these accelerators relate to the retain-regain-convert framework?
lapetitemort.info: Uber Eats is taking the orders and making the deliveries, so Uber—not McDonald's—is getting the customer data, right?
lapetitemort.info: Did you have the same philosophy in developing your mobile app? Get the app out there and then improve it as you go?
lapetitemort.info: EOTF is a lot more capital intensive than the other two accelerators. How did you decide it was worth the investment?
lapetitemort.info: It sounds like you personally are spending a lot of time on the various elements of the growth strategy, rather than on purely financial matters. Is that just inevitable when you're the CFO of such a growth-oriented company?
lapetitemort.info: What's an example of a time when either you or your finance colleagues were creative and helped enable the growth strategy?
lapetitemort.info: You lead a very large finance organization. What leadership traits do you look for in your staff? What traits do you feel have been important in your own success?
lapetitemort.info: How do you think you became good at communication? Did you have to learn it? Or do you think it was innate?
lapetitemort.info: Do you spend a lot of your time on people issues?
lapetitemort.info: Last question: What's next for McDonald's? What are some things you're working on that could take the business to the next level?
Kevin Ozan is the CFO of McDonald's Corporation, based in Chicago. This interview was conducted by Greg Kelly, a senior partner in lapetitemort.info's Atlanta office.


This form of contract cannot usually be extended to cover "medical malpractice" or professional indemnity insurance, any form of insurance to cover "treatment risks" is not normally available under a surgery insurance policy and must be covered under a separate specialist insurance policy wording.
In recent years, many surgery proprietors have purchased the premises in which the business is located as commercial property can fit quite nicely in to some SIPP arrangements; this has allowed the surgery proprietor more control over the arrangement of the building insurance which, depending on area, can be more expensive than the actual contents insurance section of the policy.
Under the buildings section, all the usual perils should be included and to obtain a quotation you will need to provide details of the construction of the property as well details of any previous claim. A sum insured for rebuilding will also have to be provided and this can sometimes prove quite tricky to obtain with commercial buildings. A professional opinion should always be sought with regard to providing a valuation for insurance purposes in respect of your surgery. If you rent the surgery building from a landlord, they will usually arrange the building insurance for you and charge you accordingly. However, there may be some items that you feel should be insured under the building that the landlord will expect you to cover. This usually relates to glass in the premises and any signs attached to the building that you have erected. Most surgery contents insurance policies will be able to cover you for these items, often in a separate section of the policy. If a fixed sum insured is offered by the insurer, you will need to check that this is adequate for your needs.
The contents section of the policy will cover you for all the surgeries general contents such as tables, chairs, desks, filing cabinets etc but will also include equipment, stock & medicines. Often equipment is hired or loaned to a business and this may also need to be insured whilst in your custody or control. You will need to obtain a accurate sum insured for all such equipment, to ensure that it is insured correctly. You may find that a single sum insured is provided for all the surgery contents, or some insurance companies may wish you to split it in to various sections. You will need to be able to provide replacement costs for all items in your surgery. It is also usually possible to obtain "All Risks "Insurance for items that are used away from the premises. A separate sum insured will be needed for this and there may be restrictions on cover, especially for items that are left in unattended vehicles.
The Business interruption section of the policy will help protect the policyholder from a loss of revenue in the event of a serious loss occurring at the premises, such as a fire or a flood. Because of the nature of this type of business, a form of Business Interruption cover called" Increased cost of working expenses, may be more pertinent. Many surgeries find that following a loss that renders the premises unusable, they are able to temporarily relocate to new premises, whilst the restoration work is carried out.
The Public Liability section of the policy will provide an indemnity to cover accidents or injuries to persons occurring whilst on the surgery premises, as stated above, this cover does not provide any " treatment risk " cover and, if required this should be arranged under a separate policy.


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Our Treasured Oasis: Preparing for the Hermann Park Centennial
By Houston History Magazine on July 29, 2012 in Parks, Preservation
By Eliza Wright
Houston's Hermann Park has been a treasured oasis of green and blue in the heart of the city since its opening nearly a century ago. George H. Hermann, industrialist, real estate investor, and one of Houston's first park commissioners, donated land for the park in June 1914, and his estate bequeathed additional acreage upon his death later in the year. Though hard to imagine today, at the time, the heavily forested area extended to Brays Bayou and had little development surrounding it, save for Rice Institute, established in 1912 on the edge of the prairie.
Nearly 100 years later, Hermann Park is located in one of Houston's busiest destination areas. With its proximity to the Texas Medical Center, the Houston Museum District, Rice University, and diverse residential neighborhoods, Hermann Park serves an estimated six million visitors a year who come to relax and play among its 445 acres. It is home to more than 8,000 trees, many of them nearly a century old that not only look beautiful, but also provide cooler temperatures, cleaner air, shade, and a wildlife habitat.
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