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APOE e4
Apolipoprotein E Genotyping
March 1, 2019.
Were you looking instead for APOE genotyping ordered to evaluate for cardiovascular disease? If so, see APOE Genotyping, Cardiovascular Disease.
APOE genotyping is not widely used. The clinical usefulness of this test is still being researched, but it may be used as an aid in the diagnosis of probable late onset Alzheimer disease (AD) in a symptomatic adult
When you have progressive symptoms of dementia and your healthcare practitioner wants to determine the likelihood that this is due to AD
A blood sample drawn from a vein
No test preparation is usually needed. However, prior to testing, you may wish to receive genetic counseling. This could be a helpful and important step in deciding if testing is right for you and for dealing with the result if you decide to be tested.
Apolipoprotein (Apo) E is produced under the direction of the APOE gene and is one of five main types of blood lipoproteins (A-E). This test evaluates a person's DNA to determine what combination of APOE forms (genotype) is present. The APOE gene exists in three different forms (alleles) – e2, e3, and e4 – with e3 being the most common allele, found in 60% of the general population. Everyone inherits a pair of APOE genes that is some combination of these three.
APOE e4 has been associated with an increased risk of late onset Alzheimer disease (AD), that is AD that develops after the age of 65. This effect is additive in that one copy of e4 (e2/e4 or e3/e4) carries some increased risk and two copies of e4 (e4/e4) are associated with even more of a risk of developing AD. It is important to note, however, that we are talking about the risk relative to other people at the same age with fewer copies of e4. In terms of lifetime risk, most individuals with APOE e4 will never develop AD and there are many people with AD who are e4 negative.
APOE genotyping is sometimes used as an added test to help in the diagnosis of probable late onset Alzheimer disease (AD) in symptomatic adults. However, the association of the e4 allele with late onset AD does not mean that it causes AD, only that more people with late onset AD have e4 alleles compared to similar aged peers without late onset AD. For this reason, APOE genotyping is referred to as susceptibility or risk factor testing since it indicates whether there is an increased risk of AD but is not specifically diagnostic of AD. For example, if a person has dementia, the presence of APOE e4 may increase the likelihood that the dementia is due to AD but does not prove that it is.
There are no clear-cut tests to diagnose Alzheimer disease during life. Healthcare practitioners can, however, make a reasonably accurate clinical diagnosis of AD by ruling out other potential causes of dementia and checking for a genetic predisposition to AD with APOE genotyping as supplemental information in conjunction with tau protein and beta amyloid testing.
APOE genotyping may sometimes be ordered when an individual has symptoms of progressive dementia, such as:
Loss of memory that affects daily life—forgetting information that was recently learned. This can occur with normal aging, but the information is usually remembered later. This includes forgetting important dates or events, having to rely on memory aids, and asking for the same information again and again.
Difficulty planning or problem solving, such as keeping track of bills and payments
Problems completing usual tasks, such as forgetting how to get to a familiar location
Confusion about place or time—losing track of time, forgetting where you are or how you got there
Increasing difficulty reading or judging distances
Problems speaking or writing—forgetting words, repeating the same thing, struggling with vocabulary
Losing things more frequently and not being able to logically retrace steps to find them
Impaired judgment, such as giving away unusually large amounts of money
Increasing withdrawal from activities, including social, work or family events
Changes in mood and personality, such as increasing anxiety, fear, suspicion and depression
After non-AD causes, such as overmedication, vascular dementia (caused by strokes), and thyroid disease, have been ruled out, APOE genotyping may help determine the probability that dementia is due to Alzheimer disease.
People who have symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD) and have one or more APOE e4 copies are more likely to have AD. However, it is not diagnostic of AD and should not be used to screen asymptomatic people or their family members. Many individuals who have APOE e4 alleles will never develop AD. Even in symptomatic people, only about 60% of those with late onset AD will have APOE e4 alleles.
Although APOE genotyping may be used clinically by Alzheimer experts, it can only provide additional information about a person with dementia. A definite diagnosis of Alzheimer disease can only be made by examining a person's brain tissue after their death.
Can this test be done at my local lab?
APOE genotyping is not available in every laboratory. If a healthcare practitioner recommends this test, the specimen will likely be sent to a reference laboratory and results may take longer to return than they would from a local laboratory.
My father has been diagnosed with probable late onset Alzheimer disease and his APOE genotype test is negative for e4 alleles. Should his doctor be doing other genetic testing?
No, not at this time. Forty percent of individuals who have late onset Alzheimer disease (AD) are negative for APOE e4 alleles.
Currently, there are only three known genes that are associated with AD. Mutations in each of these genes (PSEN1, PSEN2, and APP) are associated only with a rare and early onset form of AD. Changes to these genes are not associated with typical or late onset AD. If you have a strong family history of AD that includes multiple family members across several generations, you may want to talk to your doctor about genetic counseling for risk assessment.
Should everyone have their APOE genotype tested?
No, the test is not intended to be used to screen the general population. It is intended to be used in very specific situations to give a healthcare practitioner additional information. The association of APOE's e4 allele with AD arose as part of the Framingham Heart study to evaluate genetic risk factors related to cardiovascular health.
Is there a reason to test for APOE genotype more than once?
No, not unless your healthcare provider suspects that the first test was in error. A person inherits one copy of the gene from each parent and genotype does not change.
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The Martin County Sheriff's Office likely would rearrange its zones of service to provide lifesaving services on both sides of the railroad tracks should All Aboard Florida begin Brightline passenger rail service through the Treasure Coast.
Sheriff William Snyder has long decried the dangers posed by increased rail traffic, and, in particular, the possibility that first responders could be delayed trying to reach scenes or hospitals.
"It's not so much that people are afraid they're going to get hit by trains — people know if you stop at the train bars you'll be OK — but people want reassurance they're not going to be cut off when seconds matter," Snyder said. "A fire, a child being abducted from a school, a heart attack. You can just go down the list."
All Aboard Florida officials on Tuesday said improved track infrastructure would mitigate delays caused by Brightline.
The company pointed to a rail-traffic study, commissioned last year by Indian River County, that indicates delays caused by Brightline could be shorter than they currently are with only freight-train traffic along the corridor.
For Snyder, the St. Lucie River train bridge is of particular concern.
Together, Brightline and freight trains from Florida East Coast Railway — the sister companies would share the existing tracks — could force up to 50 daily closures of the 75-year-old drawbridge. It takes about 20 minutes to open and close the bridge, and most boats cannot pass under the low-clearance bridge when it's closed, according to Martin County.
"All of the waterways we patrol could be cut off. I have to be very cognizant of that and keep a boat west at all times," Snyder said.
For the time being, however, the Sheriff's Office is monitoring All Aboard Florida's progress, not taking action.
"My sense is that the rail is not imminent right now. If it does become imminent, then we will start addressing the concerns," Snyder said.
Last year, Snyder and sheriffs Ken Mascara, St. Lucie County, and Deryl Loar, Indian River County, released an open letter warning the public of All Aboard Florida's potential dangers.
Construction of the $3.1 billion passenger railroad already has begun between Miami and West Palm Beach. Passenger service there is to begin in early 2017, with full service — through the Treasure Coast and on to Orlando International Airport — beginning in late 2017.
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Opinion | The real State of the State – Alabama Political Reporter LLC.
The State of the State in Alabama? As always, it's great.
Gov. Kay Ivey gave her first State of the State address Tuesday night. As one would expect, all is well. We're doing great. Nothing to worry about here.
We do this every year. When has a governor actually told us the truth? When have we heard we need lots of work? When have we been told we're not living up to our potential?
Gov. Ivey has plenty to point to as achievements of her administration. She took over from the Luv Guv, Dr. Dr. Robert Bentley, who was pretty much a disaster for seven years.
Every year, in his State of the State address, all was well with Alabama.
All has never been well with Alabama.
We're a poor state. One of the poorest in the nation. We can't take care of our people like we should. We can't even take care of our people like a poor state should.
Yet, all is well with Alabama.
Yes, we've got a new auto plant coming in, one that will certainly bring good jobs, lots of them. That's a good thing, except we gave away our soul to get it. That's OK. Somebody's got to give away their soul to get one of these huge auto plants. Mazda goes hmmmmm.
But what about our children? Yes, as Gov. Ivey pointed out, we have a super, great, wonderful pre-K program. Lots of kids gonna get readin', writin' and arithmetic in their early years.
But not every kid. Just those who have the program in their areas. The program has expanded. Still, so many are left out.
What about health insurance for kids? CHIP was not reauthorized by Congress, so many of Alabama's working poor will have no option to insure their children. Maybe Congress will come through, but why didn't Alabama?
Alabama, if it had its priorities straight, could have funded CHIP. It didn't. We're screwed.
In this session of the Alabama Legislature, lawmakers need to readjust their priorities. We don't need more roads. We need more empathy. We need lawmakers to decide what's important in a way they've never decided what's important.
They need to decide that making sure poor kids have health care than whether rich people have tax breaks.
We are not kind to our children. We've never been kind to our children. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If Alabama were a parent, it would be arrested for child abuse. Or child neglect, at the very least.
The State of the State is wonderful, says Gov. Kay Ivey.
Our State of the State? Gov. Ivey says all is well.
It is not. It is not close.
Don't let the politicians blow smoke up your smoke-hole. There's no room.
Turn around and hold our elected leaders accountable. There's much for which they should be accountable.
This is a great state. We have much going for us. But we don't take advantage of it. We're lazy. We don't want to do the hard work. We don't want to make sure we've covered our bases — like in baseball, making sure the shortstop has second and third covered. Making sure the first-baseman isn't out of position. Making sure the catcher has home base covered.
We prefer to pick on the least of these. We hate immigrants, and outsiders, and the judges, and the courts. Those who make us do what we ought to do on our own. Without a court order. Without the embarrassment that comes with doing the wrong thing because we're stubborn.
Gee, we don't even acknowledge that we know where our bases are. Because, frankly, we don't know where they are. Sometimes, we're vacant.
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Autore che ama mischiare il romanzo poliziesco con l'orrore e la fantascienza, ha pubblicato anche racconti sotto diversi pseudonimi, tra cui Leslie Vardre.

I libri di Davies spesso riguardano la manipolazione della coscienza umana, in qualche modo paragonabili alle opere di Philip K. Dick.

I suoi protagonisti spesso soffrono di un'amnesia o di una perdita di identità e la ricercano per scoprire chi sono.

Prima di dedicarsi all'attività di scrittore, Davies fu farmacista, postino, optometrista e proprietario di un negozio di articoli da regalo, e servì nel Corpo Medico Britannico in Francia, Italia e Nord Africa durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

Opere

Romanzi polizieschi
 Man Out of Nowhere o Who is Lewis Pinder? (1965)
 Tell it to the Dead (1966)
 The Lampton Dreamers (1966)
 The Nameless Ones (1967)
 Stranger to Town (1969)
 The White Room (1969)
 The Shadow Before (1970)
 Give Me Back Myself (1971)
 What Did I Do Tomorrow? (1972)
 Assignment Abacus (1975)
 Possession (1976)
 The Land of Leys (1979)
 Morning Walk (1983)

Romanzi di fantascienza
 La leva di Archimede (The Paper Dolls, 1964)
 The Artificial Man, 1965
 Psicospettro (Psychogeist, 1966)
 Twilight Journey, 1967
 Lo straniero (The Alien, 1968)
 Dimension A, 1969
 La valle condannata (Genesis Two, 1969)
 Adventure Holidays Ltd., 1970
 The Silver Man, 1972

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 M is for … MAN OUT OF NOWHERE by LP Davies (con informazioni aggiuntive)

Scrittori di fantascienza britannici
Autori di gialli britannici
Autori horror

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Jeffrey Schultz pleads not guilty to multiple charges after alleged incident at Country Springs Hotel
WAUKESHA COUNTY -- 48-year-old Jeffrey Schultz, who is facing a number of charges for an alleged incident at the Country Springs Hotel on January 23rd was in court on Thursday, March 17th for his preliminary hearing.
Jeffrey Schultz
Schultz is facing the following charges:
Schultz waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and pleaded not guilty. Probable cause was found by the court, and Schultz was ordered to stand trial in this case. A hearing has been scheduled for April 15th.
According to the complaint, officers were dispatched to the Country Springs Hotel after receiving a call from someone who was "hysterical," and indicated "someone was trying to choke her mother."
Upon arrival, officers were advised by hotel staff that there was a disturbance in a room. Hotel staff members were trying to gain access to the room. Officers could hear a woman inside the room moaning, and a man yelling.
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Eventually, the door to the room was opened by the man inside, and the woman, who was laying on the floor, was dragged out of the room by an officer.
The complaint indicates officers learned from the woman that the man owns "many" firearms, but she wasn't sure whether he was armed.
The woman told officers her ex-husband, Jeffrey Schultz, had "choked her out," and had struck her a number of times. She indicated she was losing consciousness and "believed she was going to die." The woman indicated she and Schultz had gotten into an argument regarding one of her children. She said she was "terrified" of Schultz.
Officers learned Schultz had "a number of valid warrants for his arrest."
Prior to the alleged domestic incident, the woman indicated she, Schultz and her three children went shopping before returning to the Country Springs Hotel. During the shopping trip, the complaint indicates Schultz became upset, and he became "even more upset" once they returned to the hotel. He was apparently upset over how one of the children was acting, and he told the woman "you better control your kids" and that "he was not going to get arrested tonight."
When the woman told Schultz she and the kids were going to get a different room, Schultz "became extremely upset," according to the complaint.
Schultz is accused of grabbing the woman by the throat to the point where she couldn't breathe. He is also accused of slamming her head into the wall. The complaint indicates Schultz was threatening to kill the woman.
The three children were able to exit the room safely.
Some of the rooms near the room Schultz and the woman were in were evacuated during this incident.
Prior to the arrival of police, the complaint indicates hotel security officials came to the room and asked if they were OK -- and the woman said she told security "yes," but "made faces to try to let them know she wasn't OK."
When speaking with police, the woman indicated she feared for her life, and for the lives of her children. She said she feared Schultz would kill her and the kids, according to the complaint. She indicated she was so fearful for her life, she recently took a firearms training course and purchased a handgun for protection.
The complaint indicates one of the children in this case told police Schultz had been physically abusive to the mother and children in the past.
Officers deployed a Taser in an effort to take Schultz into custody. That was unsuccessful.
The complaint says while attempting to stabilize Schultz, officers observed him "to be in excess of 600 pounds and over 6' tall." Schultz told officers he weighed 700 pounds.
As officers worked to handcuff Schultz, an officer tried to again deploy a Taser, and the cords from the Taser's probes fell across an officers legs, and that officer felt the full effect of the Taser on the lower half of his body.
Another officer's leg became pinned under Schultz's body. Officers were initially unable to move Schultz -- causing the officer "extreme pain." The officer indicated he could feel his leg breaking.
Two sets of handcuffs ultimately had to be used to take Schultz into custody "due to his size."
Waukesha police said a total of four officers were hurt.
According to the complaint, even after he was handcuffed, during his transport to the hospital for medical clearance and then to jail, Schultz continued to resist officers.
The complaint indicates a doctor told the woman involved in this incident that Schultz "was extremely close to having snapped her neck," and also that it "would have been quite easy for her to have died" given the lack of oxygen and blood to her brain as a result of the alleged strangulation.
Schultz made his initial appearance in court on January 27th. A judge called Schultz an extreme danger, and set bond at $500,000 cash.


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Hiding in My Craft Room: HIMCR04NSD - Old Daffodil Petals!
Are we having fun yet!! Are you still with us?
It's time for our National Scrapbooking Day Celebration 4th challenge! And since we normally have a color challenge on the first Saturday of the month I figured it would be fitting to have one today!
These are Stampin Up colors: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, and Primrose Petals but you can use any brand colors that match or are similar.
You have until Saturday, May 9th at 2AM Central time, to link up your creation to get entered into the giveaway this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR04NSD.
Thanks so much for celebrating with us today! We have one more challenge to share with you today. Our 5th and final challenge will be up in one hour! See you then!!!
Like how the colors are used. I'm not the best at a color challenge. I sold a lot of my SU stamps at yard sale couple wks ago but kept the inks & paper as well as some of the stamps & all the framelits & punches.
Beautiful colours! I love your DT samples!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful projects everyone. Love the color combo.


The trip began with a short flight from Stockholm to Kiruna. We landed in what I consider heavy snow, which had me a bit concerned. I guess they thought nothing of it, because everything went off without a hitch. After the taxi ride into town, I arrived at the hospital … yes, the hospital. After much consternation about where to stay because the hostels were fully booked, I found out that the hospital has a "Lilla Hotelet," which I'm pretty sure I don't need to translate for you. Better yet, it was far cheaper, and I soon found out, far better equipped than a hostel. So I walked into the ER at midnight and said (in my best broken Swedish) I needed to pick up my key for my room. I got a room to myself, with a TV and own bathroom.
After a restful evening, I made my way down toward the train station through central Kiruna, walking beside 10 foot snow drifts and through the 8 inches that had fallen overnight. Here's some context.
There was a whole park full of snow sculptures, most of them odder than this, and those kids are standing on top of a mountain of snow. It was definitely a different world. And it was still snowing.
After warming up at the train station, I was ready to head to Abisko Mountain Station, the self proclaimed best place in the world to see Aurora Borealis. This claim (I think) is made based on their geographical location in a rain shadow beneath a canyon. As such, they get more clear nights than nearly any other populized area in the Arctic Circle. At least this is what they tell me. I certainly wasn't being convinced by the weather as I got there.
Yup, that's the sun trying to poke through. And the snow was still coming. And even though it wasn't looking too promising, I decided to chance it and buy a ticket up to the Abisko Sky Station that night, since it was the last night they were planning on opening. And in retrospect, I don't know why they even opened it, because when I went up there in the evening here's what I saw.
Yep, not much. The lights are where I was staying, but even they were a rare appearance from the sky station on this night. So needless to say, there was no chance of looking up and seeing anything. So I spent my time taking some pictures of the cafe/sky station. It's not very big, but its quaint. Let me also say there is something very unnerving about a complete white out. Riding up on the chair, the clouds were so thick, I couldn't even see the chair in front of me, and the ground below me was completely white. It was like a sensory deprivation tank, only not black. Very peculiar feeling.
The next morning I hopped on the train to Björkliden, a ski area 5 miles away. I had thought about trying telemark skiing or alpine touring, but in the end couldn't resist good ole downhill. Like a typical spoiled American skier, I was annoyed at the T-bar pulling lifts (seriously, up here Gondola's should be a must!), and no goggles + light snow = difficulty seeing, but other than that the skiing was great. I quickly found my favorite runs and spent all day on them (with copious stops into the Snöbar for hot chocolate and to warm up). On one such stop, I noticed a sign for trying a dogsled. How could I resist! I signed up and walked over and met Andreas and his many dogs. He quickly showed me how to hit the brakes, and then he got to harnessing Björk, Lare, Wilmer and Kim. They are sweet looking dogs, mainly Alaskan husky (to handle the cold) and pointer (to run forever) mixes for those of you who know your dog breeds. For sledding dogs, they had a really hard time grasping the concept at first. But in no time I looked like a pro.
Now, looking like a pro doesn't mean I drove like a pro, I did skid out and tip over on one turn. Driving those things is not as easy as it seems. And I don't know what Survivorman was talking about on his show where he was in the Arctic dogsledding, as soon as I was off the sled the dogs stopped. I got back on and all was well (the whole time Andreas was ahead of us in his snowmobile, so it's not as if I was going to get lost or anything). It was great fun though, I think I may try to run the Iditarod one of these days =).
That evening, my last at Abisko, I headed out with my camera after dark determined to see some northern lights. At least this night was somewhat clear, though clouds and occasional snow still passed through. I strained my eyes looking in all directions, lasting about two hours outside in the cold, through the peak auroral zone time of 10:30 I had heard about the night before. I even arose and headed back out when I saw it was clear at 1:30 AM. Never did I see anything, which was highly disappointing. It would all come down to the last night back in Kiruna. In all my time spent looking though, I did manage some pretty neat pictures of the night sky.
Here's some more pictures from Abisko that don't fit into the narrative for you to enjoy.
Part 3 comes tomorrow, the dramatic conclusion to my trip. I visit the Ice Hotel, and get a little crazy in my quest to see the northern lights. Stay tuned!


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Plus I experience a possibly related problem in 3.2 (and 3.0 and 3.1) when using the dashboard.


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According to local and security sources, a group of settlers living in the settlement outpost of Tel Rumeida attacked a lady and her son, from the Qaqour family, beating and assaulting them while they were in the vicinity of their home.
It is noteworthy that Tel Rumeida is located opposite the Ibrahimi Mosque and overlooks the center of the city, where Israeli settlers took over houses and reside there, while Israeli army controls all entrances to the neighborhood.
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Q: I knew I have to play in a different condition - is the sentence grammatically correct? I knew that in the future I have to play in a tough and different condition. I haven't played in that condition yet. Now if I say to someone today that -
1. I knew I have to play in a different condition. That's why I practiced harder.
or
2. I thought I will play in a tough condition. That's why I practiced in mud.
then are my sentences grammatically correct???

A: Let's assume you are playing some sports.
If you "play in a different condition", it means that your physical fitness or your health has changed.
If you "play in different conditions", it could mean that it's sunnier, colder or wetter on the field compared to what you have previously experienced. Regardless of how many aspects are different or tough, "conditions" is plural in this case.

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*I knew I will have to play in different conditions. That's why I practiced harder.

*I thought I will play in tough conditions. That's why I practiced in mud.
Sentence 2 is not clear about if you actually ended up playing in tough conditions or only thought you would.

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I would say in the Firmware it misses the command help and install ... then we probably could fix it ?!
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Prior to last night's visit to the Cowboys Stadium for the Cotton Bowl, I had not been to a Kansas State football game as a fan in over two years – since my freshman year in college. Since I now write for the Associated Press, which has writers stationed all over the country, this Friday's game away from my home base of Manhattan gave me a chance to revisit that glorious Wildcat tradition of cheering on the team from the stands.
I have to say, I enjoyed it immensely.
I jumped up and down and high-fived my friends and nearby strangers when Ralph Guidry blocked yet another kick, when Nigel Malone returned it all way across the field, when Andre McDonald snagged a touchdown pass, when John Hubert valiantly paved the way for Collin Klein going for a first down, when the K-State defense held the Arkansas offense to field goal after field goal against all probability.
After paying $30 to park, my friends and I spent the hours before the game lounging in folding chairs and drinking non-alcoholic beverages in the beautiful Dallas sunshine. Without a cloud in the sky, we took in views of the Ballpark at Arlington and Cowboys Stadium while competing in "tailgate golf," which I had never played before. We read a scouting report of the game on someone's phone and dissected the various elements of each team.
Hours later, after the clock hit 00:00, we left the grandeur of "Jerry's World" feeling a bit dejected but totally convinced that we had gotten our money's worth. Those days in Dallas are ones I will never forget. No wonder Wildcat fans are so faithful. When players and coaches give everything they have for the team on the field, it is only natural for the fans to want to give back by traveling to games to support them.


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That means the entire bottom half of the MacBook would be responsive to the app or language you're using and change according to your needs. This would be incredibly useful for software developers, gamers, and people who communicate in multiple languages—basically anyone who needs special keys, including emoji lovers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the new keyboard is coming in 2018.
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Lars-Eric Lundvall
3 April 1934 (1934-04-03) (age 85)
Karlskoga, Sweden
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Played for
IFK Bofors (1950–55, 1957–58)
Södertälje SK (1955–57, 1958–60)
Västra Frölunda IF (1960–68)
Representing Sweden
1964 Innsbruck Team
1957 Moscow Team
1958 Oslo Team
1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team
1963 Stockholm Team
1965 Tampere Team
Lars-Eric Lundvall (born 3 April 1934) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player and coach. Between 1956 and 1965 he played 195 international matches and scored 79 goals. During this period he won 5 world and 10 European championship medals, including world and European titles in 1957 and 1962; he also took part in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fourth, fifth and second place, respectively.[1][2]
Domestically Lundvall won two Swedish titles: with Södertälje SK in 1956 and with Västra Frölunda IF in 1965. He was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1959 and 1960.[1]
After retiring from competitions in 1968, Lundvall stayed as a coach with his last club Västra Frölunda IF. He also ran a gas station with his long-term teammate Ronald Pettersson.[1]
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Eleanor Roosevelt Could Have Been A Red Letter Christian
Practical Justice, Race, Women
Eleanor Roosevelt and pilot C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson, primary flight instructor at the Tuskegee Institute, 1941. Photo via the Smithsonian Institute
Eleanor Roosevelt could have, and maybe would have, signed up as a Red Letter Christian.
As bombs were destroying downtown London, Mrs. Roosevelt was publishing a short book entitled, The Moral Basis of Democracy. She overtly framed her book around the teachings of Christ and proposed that democracy depended on taking what we now refer to as "the red letters" seriously. She asked America on the eve of World War II to rise above the Nazi ideology and "practice a Christ-like way of living." She told our country that a good work ethic in itself would not make America great, because it is not enough for its people to work for themselves. Rather, they must "serve the purposes of the greatest number of people." That's what all Red Letter Christians should do!
Eleanor Roosevelt was the embodiment of Steinbeck's, The Grapes of Wrath, when he wrote: "Whenever there are battles to be fought or injustices overcome, wherever there are people – individuals or masses of people – who need a friend, Eleanor Roosevelt will be there… doing her job."
She was a leader for civil rights long before there was Martin Luther King, Jr. It was Eleanor Roosevelt who pushed for African-American pilots at the Tuskegee Air Base to be deployed on combat missions. She struggled to save Jews from anti-Semitic leaders in the State Department who had worked to shut the door on Jewish refugees. She did her best to open America to all people in need, as Jesus told us to do in Matthew 25:35.
After her husband's death, and following the end of WWII, she exercised her most important role when she led the drafting of the Declaration of Human Rights that was passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations. She maintained an opposition to bigotry which I am sure grew out of her childhood days in Sunday School where she learned to sing:
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world,
Red and yellow, black and white,
They're all precious in His sight.
President Kennedy would appoint her to be chair of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.
Eleanor Roosevelt became the face not only of American Idealism, but an example of what one person can do for America and for the world when that person takes the red letters of the Bible seriously and tries to use them to mold public policies.
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Tony Campolo is Professor of Sociology at Eastern University, and was formerly on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. For 40 years, he founded and led the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization that created and supported programs serving needy communities in the Third World as well as in "at risk" neighborhoods across North America. More recently, Dr. Campolo has provided leadership for the Red Letter Christians movement. He blogs regularly at his own website. Tony and his wife Peggy live near Philadelphia, and have two children and four grandchildren.
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– Bill Goldberg apparently plans to release footage from his wrestling training stage at the WCW Power Plant. He tweeted, "****Wrestling tapes FOUND!!!!!!!!!**** Never before seen footage documenting early days of "GOLDBERG" at the Power Plant!! Stay tuned!!"
– Arda Ocal of The Score has a new interview up with WWE Hall of Famer Mean Gene Okerlund. Regarding WWE Legends House on the Network, Okerlund said: "I can tell you this, I think there is some reservations about that particular program. Cause were talking about senior citizens, of course that's not me. Yes I intend, and Ive been asked to be apart of it. So lets go, lets see what happens"
What Happened After RAW – John Cena vs. Kane
After RAW went off the air, John Cena came out to face Kane in the dark match.
Kane took control of the match early on. The match went to the outside of the ring where Cena threw Kane into the steel steps. Cena got Kane back into the ring and went for an AA, but dropped Kane. Kane then worked Cena's neck over and clotheslined him from the top rope. Kane went for a chokeslam, but Cena countered. After a series of counters, Kane brought a chair in the ring and got disqualified for hitting Cena in the gut.
Kane started to head to the back, but went back to the ring to deliver a tombstone. Cena countered with an AA and celebrated to end the show.


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Mark your calendars now for Bill Tapia's 100th Birthday Celebration, this November, 2007. (Tappy's birthday is actually January 1st, but who'd argue with this?).
sign-up on our email list to be among the first to be invited!
It occurs to me that "100" stacked vertically looks suspiciously like a ukulele. Someone should make Bill a "100 Uke" for the event!
Yes, Bill's Birthday is actually on January 1st, but since he will be on the Islands in December and thru January celebrating it... we thought... there's gotta be one on the Mainland too! Hope all of you can make it!


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Comitatul Huntington, conform originalului din limba engleză, Huntington County, este unul din cele 93 de comitate ale statului american Indiana. Conform recensământului Statelor Unite Census 2000, efectuat de United States Census Bureau, populația totală era de 37.743 de locuitori. Sediul comitatului este orașul omonim, Huntington . Denominarea Huntington County este 69  pe lista comitatelor statului.

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WINTER HAVEN - Breaking an 85-year tradition, the Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce board of directors awarded its first posthumous Banker's Cup to the late Marlene Duffy Young.
The award was accepted at Lake Ashton Clubhouse ballroom by Young's husband and children.
"Marlene (Young), who died as the result of an automobile accident earlier this year, was a fixture in our community, and we are all better for the life she lived," said Seretha Tinsley, the incoming chamber president who presented the award to the Youngs. "Whether it was working for the good government, library funding, feeding the homeless, founding the county's first women's abuse shelter, adopting a colt or saving an oak tree, Marlene committed her time and keen intellect with passion and determination."
Young was a Winter Haven city commissioner and the city's first female mayor. She also served on the Polk County Commission.
Sam Killebrew, the outgoing chamber president, said he found his year successful and "none has been more gratifying to me than the formation of our Young Professionals Group with 106 members in the first year with Katie Gernert as chairperson. Another major commitment this year has been our advocacy of the CSX intermodal terminal."
"What was a 'tense situation' with our neighbors to the west (Lakeland) has now evolved into a super-region strategic think tank bringing representatives together, including Lakeland and Winter Haven voices, to a collective problem-solving table," Killebrew said.
Tinsley, stepping to the podium, noted that "I am the first African American president for the Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce, and I believe I was given this position for my competence and not for political correctness, and I thank you for that."
Taking charge of the meeting, following an introduction of all the past presidents, Tinsley cited the goals formulated at the chamber's summer retreat. She mentioned business seminars, membership growth and retention, a downtown International Food Tasting Extravaganza on Nov. 6 and advocacy for education funding. Long-term goals include CSX advocacy, Chain of Lakes canals, where the chamber believes "the community's signature asset is a navigable Chain of Lakes," Tinsley said.
"We intend to work with the city and Canal Commission to determine the feasibility of deepening the canals," Tinsley said.
The city is "moving in many new directions - parks, downtown redevelopment, potential redevelopment, new airport terminal and new fire department that the chamber values our partnership with the city." she said.
"This is my second time around serving on the board," Tinsley said. "I have been actively participating in the chamber for 20 years. Now that my business has been there for 25 years and has a larger infrastructure, when they approached me a couple of years ago to get in the progression to become president, I said yes because I had the task at hand and could do it effectively."
Tinsley says her "hot button" is "to focus on the best practices of tips and tricks to stay in business in this trying economy."
"We have to network and discuss tactics with one another to succeed and stay in business in times like these," she said. "We have to provide workshops to help all businesses share and benefit from best practices."
The chamber's former president-elect and treasurer before that, Tinsley will take office officially on Monday.
The remaining officers for the new chamber board are Howard King, president-elect; Cindy Price, first vice president; Nelson Kirkland, treasurer; and Killebrew, past president.


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Late Model Racecraft 2015 Corvette Z06 Owner: Steven Fereday OEM Calibration vs LMR Tune Only Dyno Pull Late Model Racecraft 11755 W. Little York, Suite 106 Houston, TX 77041 713-466-9900.
Driver: Gregg H. Car: 2015 Corvette Z06 (Z07) Track: Circuit Of The Americas Date: 02/27/15 Session: Day 1 – Session 2.


SAVE THE DATE! Concrete Sask Annual Summer Meeting & Golf Tournament scheduled for Thursday June 13th in Elbow, SK. Stay tuned for more details!
The SRMCA has been around since 1963 when it started out as the Prairie Ready Mixed Concrete Association. Then in 1983 the name was changed to the Saskatchewan Ready Mixed Concrete Association Inc.
The Prairie name was dropped because Alberta (ARMCA) and Manitoba (MRMCA) had both started their own associations. The Prairie Region Mixer is now the official quarterly newspaper for the three organizations. They work together on marketing, promotion, technical advancement, and training on an ongoing basis.


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Q: JsonConvert don't include unset numeric members in serialization I have a class
public class Container
{
    public long Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List<string> Aliases { get; set; }
    public double Height { get; set; }
    public double Weight { get; set; }
}

if I create
var container = new Container
{
    Weight = 127.3
}

I want it serialised to the JSON:
{
  "Weight": 127.3
}

but actually it gets serialized to this:
{
  "Id": 0,
  "Height": 0.0,
  "Weight": 127.3
}

I am trying to use this to serialize it:
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
    MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore
};
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(container, Formatting.Indented, settings);

Primitive types (like int and long I guess) can't be null as far as I'm aware. I think that's what causes this unintended behaviour.
How can I fix this though to get the output I want when I haven't explicitly set the values? I think turning all long into Nullable<long> for example might not be ideal.

A: Those values are not nullable so they will never be null. The reason you don't see  your string property printed is because strings are nullable so their default value is null.
Numeric types like int, long, etc. have default values of 0, 0.0, etc. If you truly want to ignore default values, you need to use DefaultValueHandling instead. I would normally just make those properties nullable (e.g., int? MyNullableInt) as I truly don't care about nulls, but some items may truly have a value of 0 that I need to know about.
https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/T_Newtonsoft_Json_DefaultValueHandling.htm


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Companies sue BFA
A gentleman's agreement has landed Botswana Football Association (BFA) at the courts of law after three companies grouped themselves to sue for what they term as 'unfulfilled promises.'
WeekendSport establishes that the trio of Axis studio, Boipuso De Witt Consulting and Boaba Investments, all with different working portfolios, claim that BFA has ignored and abandoned them after they rendered specified services sometimes in March of 2017. The crux of the matter is that BFA had engaged the three companies to help in the pre- developmental phase before building a football academy.
It is further said that Boaba Investment, who happens to be the third complaint in this case, entered into an oral agreement where they were to involve the services of Architects; Quantity Surveyors, Civil and Mechanical and Electrical Engineers who would provide their services on a risk basis during pre-developmental phase. The agreement meant that there would not be any payment fees.
According to the understanding of this publication, this was solely executed with the knowledge that Architects and Quantity Surveyors would be appointed for the final development phase of the project. With this in mind, all companies involved believed when accepting the contract will become a party to the agreement be entitled to claim from the association.
Furthermore, the companies all agree that by accepting the conditions of the agreement, they were also taking in the fact that they will be considered and appointed in the final development phase of the project. These companies also claim that their services provided on a risk basis were used by the association to secure funding.
" The association involved Axis Studio as Architects and Boipuso De Wittt as Quantity Surveyors throughout the pre-developmental stages and both companies rendered to the association services that were required,'' a paper complaint state. It is further argued that in October 2017, as the project was in the final stages of the pre development phase, the BFA had a meeting with its funders, whereupon it was agreed that the companies be considered and appointed for the final development phase.
As a result of this, the companies would later make presentations to the funders, it is claimed. Despite this agreement, the companies are now arguing that BFA failed to appoint them and that is a clear breach. With this failure by the association, the companies argue that they are entitled to payment in full for the services rendered. In July of last year, the three companies engaged BFA and advised them to comply with terms of the agreement.
As the struggle to reach a common ground continued, on August of last year, a meeting was set to resolve the issue and nothing concrete came out. "We were neither remunerated for all the services rendered during the pre-development phase or engaged for the final development phase," they say. All the three companies demand that BFA pay money amounting to P 4.626.179.01. The amount shall attract an interest of 10 percent annually should BFA continue to pay. Efforts to solicit a comment from BFA's communication department proved futile as they say there cannot remark on matters already before jurisdiction.


meeshkan is a Python package providing control to your machine learning jobs.
Notify you of your job's progress at fixed intervals.
We recommend running all command-line commands below in a new Python virtual environment.
Sign up at meeshkan.com and you will get your API key, also referred to as token.
If install fails, your Python version may be too old. Please try again with Python >= 3.6.2.
You are prompted for your API key that you should have received when signing up, so fill that in. If you'd like to be able to run code from private GitHub repositories, you may also fill an optional GitHub Access Token (only read access is required) when running meeshkan setup. You may skip that prompt otherwise. The command creates the folder .meeshkan in your home directory. The folder contains your credentials, agent logs and outputs from your submitted jobs.
If starting the agent fails, check that your credentials are properly setup. Also check known issues.
The script uses meeshkan.report_scalar() to report scalar values to the agent. These values are included in the job notifications sent at fixed intervals.
The command schedules the script for execution. As there is nothing else in the queue, execution starts immediately.
If you setup Slack integration at meeshkan.com, you should receive a notification for job being started. You should get notifications every ten seconds. The script runs for 20 seconds, so you should get one notification containing scalar values.
The script uses meeshkan.report_scalar() to report scalar values to the agent. These scalar values are included in the job notifications sent at fixed intervals.
If you setup Slack integration at meeshkan.com, you should again receive a notification for a job being started.
Note that unlike meeshkan submit used above, this example uses meeshkan.as_blocking_job() to notify Meeshkan agent of the job context. The decorated function is executed immediately in the calling process, thereby blocking the terminal until the script finishes execution. Running blocking jobs in this manner is a simple way to run Python scripts with Meeshkan notifications if you do not need the agent's scheduling capabilities.
You can use Meeshkan with any Python machine learning framework. As an example, let us use PyTorch to train a convolution neural network on MNIST.
Save Meeshkan API key to ~/.meeshkan/credentials. Unlike meeshkan.init(), does not start or restart the agent. Creates also the required directories if they do not exist.
Submits a GitHub repository as a job to the agent. The agent must be running.
# run the entry point file.
# A call with branch name would run the given branch from its most updated commit.
# that commit. Commit_sha can be either short SHA or the full one.
# In this case, either "61657d7" or "1657d79bfd92fda7c19d6ec273b09068f96a777"
branch_or_commit – Optional string, describing the either the branch to fork (checkout the branch when cloning locally), or the commit SHA to use.
report_interval_secs – Optional float, notification report interval in seconds.
Reports scalars to the Meeshkan agent. Reported scalars are included in the sent notifications.
By submitting the script or notebook for execution to the agent with meeshkan submit.
vals – Any additional (val_name, value) pairs to add.
True if job was found, False if not.
Adds a condition to send notification when scalars fulfill a condition. Requires Meeshkan agent to be running and aware of the job context as for meeshkan.report_scalar().
# Report the value to the agent.
# If the added condition is fulfilled, notification is sent.
vals – List of scalar names to include in the condition definition.
condition – A callable accepting as many arguments as listed values and returning boolean.
only_reported – Report all scalars in a job if True, only report the ones relevant to the condition if False. Defaults to False.
Submits the whole Jupyter notebook for execution. Requires the agent to be running. Can only be called from within a notebook instance. On password-protected notebooks, notebook_password must be supplied.
job_name – Name of the job.
report_interval – Report interval in seconds.
notebook_password – Notebook password, required for password-protected notebooks.
Submits a given function for separate execution. Relevant global variables are serialized in the process and are not updated when the job is done. Requires the agent to be running. This can be invoked from a script, IPython terminal, or Jupyter Notebook, allowing fast prototyping.
job_name – An optional name for the job.
report_interval – An optional report interval for the job.
args – An optional list of arguments to send to the function.
InvalidTypeForFunctionSubmission – if func is not a well defined function.
Create a blocking Meeshkan job used as context manager. The job is called blocking because it is not scheduled to the agent for execution. The job can be reused as context manager, ensuring that scalars reported earlier with meeshkan.report_scalar() are still included in the notifications.
Mark a function as Meeshkan job: notifications are sent when the function execution begins and ends. If the function reports scalar values with meeshkan.report_scalar(), notifications are sent also at the given report intervals.
The function execution blocks the calling process, i.e., execution is not scheduled to the meeshkan agent for execution.
report_interval_secs – Notification report interval in seconds.
True if agent was started, False if agent was already running.
Initialize the Meeshkan agent, optionally with the provided credentials.
meeshkan.init() without the token is equivalent to meeshkan.restart().
meeshkan.init(token=...) with the token is equivalent to meeshkan.save_token(token=...) followed by meeshkan.restart().
token – Meeshkan API key, optional. Only required if credentials have not been setup before.
Restart the agent. Also reload configuration variables such as credentials.
Check if the agent is running.
Start monitoring a SageMaker training job. Requires the agent to be running.
The agent periodically reads the metrics reported by the job from the SageMaker API and sends Meeshkan notifications.
Requires sagemaker Python SDK to be installed. The required AWS credentials are automatically read using the standard Boto credential chain.
poll_interval – Polling interval in seconds, optional. Defaults to one hour.
Command-line interface for working with the Meeshkan agent. If no COMMAND is given, it is assumed to be submit.
Use meeshkan COMMAND -h to get help for given COMMAND.
JOB_IDENTIFIER is either the job's ID, number, name, or pattern to match against the job's name.
Clear Meeshkan log and job directories in ~/.meeshkan.
Show this message and exit.
List the job queue and status for each job.
Retrieve the logs for a given job.
Retrieve notification history for a given job.
Print the latest scalars reported for a job.
Send error logs to Meeshkan HQ. Sorry for inconvenience!
Submit a new job to the agent.
ARGS can be either a single file (extension .py, .ipynb, or .sh) or a shell command such as echo Hello.
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(1) Grade A to C include positions such as administrative assistants, grade D and above are inspectors and H+ include senior managers.
(2) Due to rounding figures may not sum up.
In addition to home and European dental graduates, some overseas dentists with leave to remain in the United Kingdom apply for vocational training places.
Copies have also been placed in the Library.
Mr. Bradshaw: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Edward Miliband) on 7 May 2008, Official Report, column 885W.
Mr. Bradshaw: The Government's pay policy is guided by the following principles. Public sector pay settlements should be consistent with maintaining the necessary levels of recruitment, retention and staff engagement needed to support service delivery; ensuring that total pay bills represent value for money and are affordable within Departments' overall expenditure plans; and consistent with the achievement of the inflation target. Timing of pay decisions for a particular workforce depends on pay-setting arrangements for that workforce.
Mr. Bradshaw: In the Department, all unspent criminal record information is requested and subsequently provided through self-declaration by individuals. We are aware of the need to verify these records independently with Disclosure Scotland, and their Basic Disclosure service. However, we are in the early stages of recognising this as a mandatory requirement and are taking action to implement security checking for all new entrants. We are also reviewing how we manage risk appropriately in circumstances where appointment without Basic Disclosure is considered, for example, where an appointment is a very short-term one.
Mr. Bradshaw: The Department is compliant with the baseline security standard for all incoming permanent staff and inward secondees. While we are unable to provide the specific information requested, we have recently strengthened our recruitment processes by co-ordinating baseline checks through a single team, thereby ensuring consistent application of the standard. Previously, this was carried out across a number of teams and no central checking register was kept.
The Department ensures that all new permanent staff are entitled to work in the United Kingdom and that they meet nationality rules for Government service. We also carry out appropriate employment history reference checks to provide assurance of an individual's character. Their recent past provides the Department with a view on whether they are likely to bring discredit on the Department and suggests the likelihood of discreditable service in the future.
All unspent criminal record information is requested and subsequently provided through self-declaration by individuals. We are aware of the need to verify these records independently with Disclosure Scotland, and their Basic Disclosure service. However, we are in the early stages of recognising this as a mandatory requirement and are taking action to implement security checking for all new entrants. We are also reviewing how we manage risk appropriately in circumstances where appointment without Basic Disclosure is considered, for example where an appointment is a very short-term one.
Ann Keen: There are minimum standards for junior doctors' accommodation which trusts are required to meet. This forms part of the terms and conditions of service of hospital medical and dental staff and doctors in public health medicine and the community health service in England and Wales. Responsibility for meeting these standards rests with employers and we do not intend to monitor this centrally.
Mr. Bradshaw: The "Third Outline NHS Euro Changeover Plan" was updated on 14 January 2005. This outline plan covers the Department, its agencies and arm's length bodies.
Copies of the plan have been placed in the Library.
Mr. Ivan Lewis: All care homes are subject, under the care Standards Act 2000, to the Care Homes Regulations 2001. All providers of regulated social care services, including care homes, must be registered with and inspected by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).
When inspecting care providers to assess compliance with the regulations, CSCI must have regard for the relevant national minimum standards (NMS). Compliance with the NMS is not itself enforceable, but compliance with regulations is enforceable subject to the NMS being taken into account. Copies of the regulations and NMS are available in the Library.
Regulation 13(6) requires that arrangements shall be made, "by training staff or by other measures, to prevent service users being harmed or suffering abuse or being placed at risk of harm or abuse".
Standard 18 of the NMS for Care Homes for Older People refers specifically to the protection of service users from abuse. The NMS also refer the reader to further guidance on the prevention of abuse, issued by Action on Elder Abuse, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Department of Health and the Home Office and the Royal College of Nursing.
In addition to issuing its own guidance, CSCI also draws attention to guidance issued by other organisations on safeguarding.
It is part of the role of CSCI's provider relationship managers (PRMs) to obtain information on corporate providers regarding safeguarding issues, in order to ascertain if there are any trends in the homes operated by those providers. These trends would be identified in CSCI's annual report and PRMs would also meet with providers in order to raise such issues.
Ann Keen: The "National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions" is the key tool for delivering the Government's strategy to support people, and reduce health inequalities, for those living with long-term neurological conditions, including epilepsy. Copies of this publication have already been placed in the Library.
In October 2004, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published a clinical guideline covering the diagnosis, treatment and management of epilepsies in adults and children. This clinical guideline specifically covers the treatment and management of epilepsy in pregnancy.
Ann Keen: It is the responsibility of local health commissioners to provide services to meet the needs of their local population living with epilepsy. Local health bodies are expected to work towards the implementation of the national service framework for long-term conditions (copies of which have already been placed in the Library), and health professionals are expected to implement the guidance on the treatment and management of epilepsy issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
Departmental officials have recently met with representatives of the Joint Epilepsy Council and Epilepsy Bereaved to discuss issues of concern to those with epilepsy.
We have no plans to review the level of counselling and support provided to women with epilepsy in pregnancy.


Let's be honest: Opera is divisive. For those of us less familiar, the thought of sitting through a 2.5-hour full-blown production brings on either a nervous sweat or an immediate cloak of sleepiness. The visual image of grandees sipping champagne in penguin suits is of a bygone age. Today, Opera is searching for its next generation of audiences. Provoking interest and encouraging new entrants, there has been a complete re-drawing of the operatic landscape. New, more contemporary formats are being developed, which has created the advent of bespoke events which combine a lighter and more sociable dimension.
Divas & Scholars is the project of the charming opera entrepreneur, Lucy Woodruff. Lucy began her D&S journey by creating opera soirees in the comfort of her London home. Her project rapidly evolved into the more structured 'Certificate of Opera' program in 2016: a custom-built series of twelve sessions, run over six months. I had the pleasure of meeting Lucy at this series, and her enthusiasm for new entrants has always been a disarmingly pleasant experience.
Over time, Lucy has cultivated a small community of opera devotees, supplemented by a steady flow of aficionados, attracted by evenings of high-quality bespoke entertainment.
Using her extensive connections in the opera industry, Lucy brings together an eclectic group of guest speakers and performers (singers, production, and critics), into a single evening's worth of entertainment. This series of three events is billed as a precursor to The Grange Festival; a summer opera festival which opens in early June.
The soiree was held on the top floor of The Club at The Ivy in Covent Garden, which is the private member's section of the more famous restaurant. My dazzling navigation skills of London were once again on display, as an apparent five-minute journey took me fifteen minutes of intense scowling, constant re-orientating of my phone, and general confusion as I attempted to translate Google Maps landmarks into their physical counterparts. Ultimately, I succumbed to the good 'old-fashioned technique of accosting an unsuspecting gent with his mouth full of an apparent 'posh' ploughman's sandwich from Pret. An extended arm, a pointed finger, and I marched across the road towards my destination. So much for technology!
Unlike her previous series, which had a heavier focus on an educational format, these evenings are all about the opera stars. If you have ever wondered what it is like to get up-close-and-personal with the true backbone of opera productions, then this is an intimate way to gain that experience. Given that opera is not something that benefits from multiple presentations in the media and TV, this is an easy way to learn up close and personal.
Lucy has devised a format which is quite simple and focused entirely on the main event. Upon arrival, I was able to solicit a quick glass of liquid refreshment to lubricate the mind. After a maximum thirty minutes (assuming you arrive promptly at 6.30pm), guests are asked to take their seats. The space feels small, which makes for a more intimate setting, but can feel a little crowded.
After a brief introduction by Lucy herself, Michael Chance took over. Michael is an imposing figure in the opera world. Although he is now an established Artistic operatic director, he began his professional life as a well-known counter-tenor in operas, concerts and studio recording. As with all of these presentation-led evenings, the quality of the event is largely based on the lead-presenter. In Michael, Lucy chose an engaging figure.
The event is a mix of informal interview-style Q&A, between the lead-presenter and the other guests. It appeared deliberately un-scripted, which can make the flow feel a little bumpy at times, but ultimately provides a more conversational and relaxed style to sit and listen to. The other two guests were conductor Jean-Luc Trigaud, and lead soprano Na'ama Goldman. They may not have some of the natural presentation skills that Michael possesses, but they came across very well.
The discussion organically evolves around exchanging views on personal histories, production background, challenges, and techniques. The audience is treated to some interesting insights, with personal anecdotes, and discussion about Bizet's score from the conductor's point of view. Interwoven throughout this discourse are individual operatic set pieces. No one could have prepared me for the sight of Na'ama, singing live the wonderful opening sequence of Carmen (Google L'amour est un oiseau rebelle). Her powerful mezzo-soprano voice bounced off walls and delivered a beautiful aria fused with the gipsy seductress of Carmen herself. It was an absolute delight.
The price is very competitive at £45 per ticket per person, with the optional three-course dinner and wine at a further £78. A glass of wine at the bar will cost you about £10 per glass. A full bar is on offer, including Champagne by the glass. No food is available, so you would have to eat at the designated after-show dinner, or make your way to the many choices that Covent Garden has to offer.
There is little doubt that Lucy has crafted something with impeccable standards. If you are not familiar with the opera to be discussed, then it is worth doing some brief research. Familiarisation will make the evening much more fruitful, but you would certainly not have to have seen the production or know the speakers and singers to enjoy this type of event. It is a fun and stylish way to meet other opera devotees too.
At little over an hour, the evening is not a taxing after-work event. For opera newbies, it provides an informal way to see if you like what you hear, and for long-time opera devotees, it could be your chance to meet some of your stars and no doubt learn something new. Either way, The Cultural Aficionado would highly recommend this…..


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Compton, Calif. - Sophomore Yazzmine Arrington-Edwards went 1 for 3 at the plate and pitched 3.2 innings not allowing any earned runs with three strikeouts, but the Compton softball team fell short against Santa Monica, 6-1, on Wednesday afternoon.
Freshman Angelica Musick drove in the only earned run for Compton, going 1 for 2 with a walk.
Frehsman Diamond Hackett, started the game for the Tartars and went 2.1 innings allowing two earned runs. Sophomore Cristina Valladares came in relief with a shutout inning.
The Tartars (0-1) head to Barstow (1-3) on Friday for a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m.


"Real-time searches"? A real-time search engine will help you see what people are talking about "right now" on sites like Twitter. If you want to make sure your site pops on these searches, you've got to "get in the now," so to speak. Doing so is going to make your website a lot more popular and get you a lot more traffic — which in turn makes you more visible and will bring in more customers, too.