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The Effect of Intravenous Nitroglycerin on Uterine Relaxation in Emergency Cesarean Section
Farnaz Moslemi Tabrizi, Soosan Rassooli , Simin Atash Khoii , Rasool Azarfarin ,
Volume 4, Issue 2 (Summer 2004)
Background & Objectives: Nitroglycerin is found to have vasodilatory effect. It has also a relaxing effect on the smooth muscles of other organs including uterus. This study investigates the effect of intravenous nitroglycerin in emergency cesarean sections in which rapid and transient uterine relaxation for rapid and nontraumatic extraction of the fetus is necessary.
Methods: Sixty pregnant women who were candidated for emergency cesarean and needed rapid uterine relaxation for different reasons were selected. These subjects underwent spinal anesthesia and at the time of uterine incision, 100 micrograms of nitroglycerin was injected to them intravenously. The time lapse between nitroglycerin administration and fetal extraction, the degree of uterine relaxation, the amount of intraoperative hemorrhage, uterine tone after fetal delivery and APGAR scores of the infants were all controlled and recorded. Also with regard to the vasodilatory effect of nitroglycerin and probably its resultant homodynamic problems, blood pressure, heart rate and arterial O2 saturation were recorded before and after nitroglycerin injection and throughout the surgery.
Results: The results showed that in 53 (88.3%) of the patients the uterus was acceptably relaxed and the fetus was delivered very easily. Only in 7 patients (11.7%) uterine relaxation was not acceptable. The mean decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressures after nitroglycerin administration compared with before injection BP was 12.97 mmHg (12.210 %) and 7.86 mmHg (12.208 %), respectively. There was not seen any prolonged effect of the drug such as uterus relaxation tone or abnormal bleeding. Also, none of the delivered infants had low APGAR scores. Besides, in patients with acceptable uterine relaxation the first and fifth minute APGAR score of infants were higher (p = 0.008, p = 0.000).
Conclusion: This study shows that nitroglycerin can relax uterine smooth muscles very rapidly and transiently and in emergencies it can be an appropriate alternative to the other tocolytic agents with prolonged effect or onset time.
The Effect of Order of Injection of Propofol and Remifentanil on Hemodynamic Changes During Induction of Anesthesia
Jafari Rahimi Panahi , Ata Mahmoudpour , Sohrab Negargar, Rasool Azarfarin ,
Background & Objectives: One of the most common ways in intubation without muscle relaxant is using propofol and remifentanil. The common practice is injection of remifentanil and then propofol. This occasionally produces severe hemodynamic changes. The aim of this study is to inject propofol followed by remifentanil for evaluating the effect of the order of injection on decreasing these complications.
Methods: 40 patients with American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) class I-II, who underwent minor elective surgery with airway mallampati class I-II entered the study. Patients were randomized into 2 groups each with 20 patients. The first group received 2.5mg/kg propofol followed by 1.5 g/mg remifentanil while the second group received 1.5 g/mg remifentanil followed by 2.5 mg/kg propofol. Laryngoscopy and hemodynamic changes were compared in two groups.
Resutls: There was no difference between two groups in laryngoscopy attempts (P=0.145) but the frequency of easy laryngoscopy in the first group (85%) was more than the second group (60%) (P=0.031). Systolic blood pressure changes after laryngoscopy in the first group (20 7.7 mmHg) was less than the second group (28 6.7 mmHg) (P=0.001). There was no statistical significant difference between two groups in diastolic blood pressure and heart rate changes (P=0.88, P=0.86 respectively).
Conclusion: Administrations of propofol before remifentanil during anesthesia induction produces acceptable hemodynamic changes in patients.
The Effect of Succinylcholine Dosage on the Rate and Postoperative Severity of Postoperative Muscular Fasciculation and Pain
Simin Atashkhoii, Rasool Azarfarin , Zahra Fardiazar ,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Autumn 2007)
Background & Objectives: A common side effect associated with succinylcoline is postoperative myalgia. The pathogenesis of this myalgia is still unclear therefore there is no ideal method of decreasing the rate and severity of fasciculation and postoperative myalgia. The aim of this prospective and randomized study was to evaluate the influence of low-dose succinylcholine for tracheal intubation on the rate and severity of fasciculation and postoperative myalgia.
Methods: In this study, 60 patients of ASA physical grading I or II were randomly entered into two groups of 30 patients each. One fasciculation was evaluated on the basis of Mingus and myalgia on the basis of Harvey Induction of anesthesia was performed with fentanyl/thiopentone, and then succinylcholine 1 mg/kg (control group) and 0.6 mg/kg (case group) were administered to patients for tracheal intubation.
Results: There was not fasciculation in 50% (15 patients) of study group and on the rest no severe fasciculation occurred. Furthermore, the severity of fasciculation in the study group was significantly lower than that of control group (p<0.0001). In 16 (53.3%) patients of study group and 4 (13.3%) of control group myalgia were not occurred. Severity of myalgia was also significantly lower in study group than the control group (p<0.0001). Acceptable intubating conditions in all patients of two groups.
Conclusion: Decreasing the dose of succinylcholine (from 1 mg/kg to 0.6 mg/kg) both provides acceptable intubation conditions, and reduces the rate and intensity of succinylcholine induced fasciculation and postoperative myalgia.


Are calculators permitted on certification exams?
Yes, but on certain exams only. Calculators are supplied for Mobile Crane Operator Specialty Exams (not Core), Digger Derrick Operator exams, Rigger Level II exams, Lift Director—Mobile Cranes, Lift Director—Tower Cranes, and Mobile Crane Inspector exams.
Why did NCCCO change its policy on calculator use for Mobile exams?
The change in policy is based on the results of a study commissioned by NCCCO. The study, The Effects of Calculator Use During NCCCO Testing, concluded that, while the use of calculators would not be appropriate for use on basic math questions such as those contained in CCO Core exams, their use would be supportable on load chart calculations used on CCO Specialty exams.
May I use my own calculator to test?
No. If policy allows calculator use for the exam you are taking, the calculator will be provided. You will not be permitted to use your own calculator or a calculator on a cell phone.
Am I required to use the calculator on the exam?
No. Although NCCCO allows the use of calculators on certain exams, candidates are not required to do so and may choose to test without the use of the calculator.
What type of calculator is supplied?
For paper-based testing (PBT), a basic four-function calculator will be provided by the Chief Examiner who administers the exam. For computer-based testing (CBT) an on-screen basic computer calculator will be available.


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← Let's talk a teeny bit about optimism and pessimism.
Part 3. The matriarch of all revolutions →
Part 2. The matriarch of all revolutions
As I wrote a few days ago, the Russian Revolution — as narrated by Victor Sebestyen in his historical biography, Lenin — was a series of absurdities which remind me of Armando Iannucci's great satirical film, The Death of Stalin.
When I left off last time, Sebestyen had noted the Bosheviks won because, as divided and incompetent as they were, they were less divided and incompetent than the Kerensky government.
So let's continue with Sebestyen's history of the Revolution:
To Lenin, timing was crucial but his timing was off. The Congress of Soviets ("Soviet" means "Council" in Russian) was due to meet in the Solny the day the revolution was supposed to happen and Lenin intended to "present the takeover [to the Congress] as a fait accompli" and declare victory.
Problem was, the Winter Palace, where the Kerensky coalition government had established itself, "symbol of power in Russia since the time of Catherine the Great"– had not fallen."
Lenin had been told by his military committee that seizing the palace would be a straightfoward matter, over within five or six hours. But it would take more than fifteen hours, amid a catalogue of errors that would have been farcical if the stakes had not been so high.
Well, hell. So at 9 a.m., three hours before he intended to declare victory, Lenin demanded that the government surrender. Nobody answered, in part because Kerensky had left the palace to see if he could "raise some loyal troops to defeat the rebellion."
The Bolsheviks did not stop Kerensky. Now here's where matters take on a Keystone Kops aspect:
There were thirty cars parked outside the palace but none were [sic] in working order. [Kerensky] couldn't even find a taxi to take him. An ensign was sent to see if he could requisition a car that would run. The British Embassy turned him down, but an official from the US Legation was persuaded to let Kerensky use his own car, a Renault, as long as it was returned. Another officer managed to scrounge a luxurious open-topped Pierce Arrow and some fuel. Kerensky was driven around Palace Square and through the streets of Petrograd with the roof down, easily recognisable.
Meanwhile, Lenin was in a rage most of the day, had to postpone his "victory" speech, started yelling at his aides and Red Guard commanders and threatened to shoot them.
Back at the Winter Palace, the government ministers were still "holding out." In the courtyard were horses and their Cossack human partners, "charged with defending the government" and officer cadets, as well as…
…forty members of the Petrograd Garrison's bicycle squad and 200 women from the Shock Battalion of Death.
I will pause now to introduce you to the Shock Battalion of Death because they have become my favorites among all the disparate participants in the Revolution:
Despite their bloodcurdling title, they were mostly girls from the provinces and not at all happy to be part of the last-ditch effort to prop up the Provisional Government, which they did not support. They were marked out by their size, and with their close-cropped hair resembled young boys…They were scared — and not only of the Bolsheviks. 'At night, men knocked at our barracks and cried out with blasphemies,' said one of the young girls in the battalion. When they had been ordered to the palace they were told they would be taking part in a regimental parade. They were not prepared to shoot fellow Russians.
The 'storming of the Winter Palace' — centrepiece of the Russian Revolution — was so sloppy that the American journalists John Reed and his wife Louise Bryant were able to stroll into the building during the afternoon without being stopped. Palace servants in their Tsarist blue uniforms took their coats as usual and some of the cadets from the military School showed them around.
Good grief.
Soldiers who were supposed to defend the government were hanging around drunk. But…
At 3 p.m. Lenin could delay no longer. He appeared before the Congress of Soviets…and brazenly declared a victory, though the government had not yet fallen, the ministers were not arrested, nor was the Winter Palace in Bolshevik hands. This was the first big lie of the Soviet regime.
Things were falling apart.
…the tragi-comedy and absurdity of the siege was only beginning. The clockwork timekeeping of the coup slipped further and further and, as the day went on, there ceased to be any deadlines at all. The Bolshevik gunners were complete incompetents. There were five heavy field-guns at the fortress, but they were museum pieces which hadn't been fired in years or cleaned in months. Some lighter training guns were found and dragged into position, but no one could find the right…shells for them. Then it turned out that the guns did not have sights. In the late afternoon the commissars worked out that the original guns simply needed cleaning.
It's time to remind ourselves of the new DOJ indictments of the Proud Boys, for seditious conspiracy. The Proud Boys had guns that worked. If I remember correctly — I don't pay a lot of attention to the antics of Steve Bannon — Bannon has declared Lenin as his avatar and the Revolution as the model for his grand plan.
Dare I point out that, with the Proud Boys, Bannon has certainly improved on the Bolshevikian fecklessness with regard to munitions? Yes, I guess I dare.
Big deal: it didn't work.
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Before you plan a holiday with your dog, ask yourself will my dog be comfortable and happy on a trip? Some animals simply prefer to stay at home a 'homesick', possibly motion-sick pet will ruin everyone's trip. In such a case it's probably wiser to leave your dog with a friend, relative or hire a 'dog sitter'. If that is not possible, you might consider boarding them in a clean, well-run kennel.
Taking your pet with you on holiday can be a great experience, but if you are taking your pet abroad you need to plan well in advace.
PET TRAVEL SCHEME is a legal process that has to be followed if you are travelling to an EU country or to an approved non-EU country with your Pet.
Your pet must have a working microchip (ISO standard), a licensed Rabies vaccination and a PET passport issued by an Official Veterinarian (under current EU regulations).
You must wait 21 days from the date of the Rabies vaccination before you travel therefore we recommended obtaining your PET passport at least a couple of months prior to travel.
If you are travelling to a country that doesn't have an agreement with the EU you will need to obtain a third country veterinary certificate, also known as applying for an Export Health Certificate (EHC).
Check the APHA website for the latest information on requirements for travelling for pets from the UK.
If you do decide to take your dog along, you must take as much care with the preparation of your pet's trip as your own. If you plan to travel by plane, bus, train or boat, find out if your pet will be welcome and what kind of reservations and transport arrangements must be made.
If you'll be staying at hotels or campsites, you must check if animals are allowed or if kennel facilities are available. If you're staying with friends or family, make sure your dog is also invited.
Be sure to ask about the airline's rules for dog crates or carriers.
The airline may allow your dog in the passenger cabin if your crate or carrier can fit under the seat in front of you. If your dog must travel in the cargo hold, be at the airport early, place them in a travel crate yourself and pick them up promptly when you land.
If your dog is not used to being in a car, take him/her for a few short rides before your trip.
Dogs should NEVER be allowed to put their heads outside the window when riding in a car. It is dangerous for you, your pet and potentially other road users.
Give the main meal at the end of the day. Dry food is more convenient but if your dog needs canned food, dispose of any unused portions if they cannot be refrigerated.
It is not recommended to leave your dog in a parked car for a prolonged period of time. If you must leave your pet in a parked car, lock all doors and open windows enough to provide good ventilation, without allowing them enough room to jump out or get their head caught. Remember, on hot days, the temperature in a parked car can rise to dangerous levels in just minutes and your dog could die of heat stroke.
Not all bus/rail companies allow you to travel with your dog, so phone ahead for information.
Ensure your dog ALWAYS wears a collar with identification.
Have your dog examined and vaccinated, if necessary, by your veterinary surgeon before a long trip.
If your dog must travel in a crate or carrier, make sure it is strong, large enough for them to stand up and turn around, has a place for food and water, is well ventilated, has a leak-proof bottom and closes securely.
If you are planning a trip abroad with your dog, contact your vet practice and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for advice, as the health and vaccination regulations of different destinations vary greatly. Click here to find out more on the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS).
Consider whether there may be special health risks where your dog is travelling too- your vet will be able to advise on any additional precautions that you need to take.


PiBot-B is very tidy, thanks in part to the USB cables that were shortened and modified using liquid rubber.
The Raspberry Pi has only one PWM output so Thomas used two OR gates to select whether the left motor, right motor, or both motors receive the PWM signal.
The write-up has some great photos and informative diagrams.
The PiBot-B page is written in German, but it has a link at the top to translate it into English using Google Translate.


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← Brighton Antifascists press release
Brighton Antifascists benefit gig →
March for England by Malatesta
The usual toothless eejits went to Brighton and proved nothing.
The two things that plod hate most are political demonstrations and football crowds and today in Brighton they got both. March for England held a Saint George's day demo – which they claimed was neither a parade nor a protest – and gathered a toothless retinue of football hooligans who put a crimp in a few people's weekend. The cops responded in a heavy handed manner and despite outnumbering the March for Little Englanders by 2:1were visibly nervous. Your correspondent got questioned, frisked and shoved by a cop accusing us of throwing stuff at the MfE in the space of 20 minutes. The cops were hot and bothered, sweating beneath their riot helmets and 3 layers of uniform and with the abuse from the MfE – 'Harry Roberts is our friend' – it all added up to a frustrating bank holiday weekend for them, overtime notwithstanding. Shame. Plod was being very careful about arresting any of the MfE knowing how volatile they can be when denied beer and toilets. The MfE were optimistically hoping to mobilise similar numbers to the English Defence League demos but they were very disappointed: they got about 100 from a rough head count. They also seemed to be joined by the EDLs Weightwatchers Division.
Before the march, the MfE claimed 2 things that they subsequently forgot on the day: they said that it was to be a St. George march and not 'political' but ended up chanting 'no surrender to the Taliban'? Not being local to Brighton we can safely assume that there are very few Taliban knocking around Kemp Town. They also said that this was nothing to do with the English Defence League but then, on the way back to the train station, they unfurled EDL flags. Oops! There is a photo of someone holding an Essex Infidels flag which has been seen on EDL demos before. On their website they had asked people not to display any EDL insignia. The MfE demo had known EDL members on it and the majority were not local. There were people from Essex, Eastbourne and Portsmouth thus proving that Brighton EDL is very weak indeed and that signing up to a Facebook page does not translate into shoe leather on the cobbles. Any half pissed moron can do that. Local numbers have had to be supplemented from other 'divisions' from afar. The cops had expected more and had drafted in bobbies from around the south east. They held a thin blue line between the MfE and the counter-protestors who hadn't been kettled in. The counter-protest gathered at the train station and was contained by plod whilst other anarchists and anti-fascists kept well out of the cordon.
The march was all-white and obese, fat bellies wobbling in the sunshine and many 'had strong drink taken.' They sang the usual garbage about 'English Til I Die' (hurry up, please!), 'You're not English anymore' and 'No surrender to the Taliban' to the general bemusement of Brightonians. They will of course see this as a great victory having 'taken liberties' in Brighton but, as with the EDL, they achieve nothing apart from annoying people. They had to ask permission to march and were heavily surrounded by plod, they were then marched to their meeting point and marched back again. All the publicity they have received is negative and they come across as unwanted irritants and outsiders on an otherwise pleasant bank holiday weekend. There have been other Saint George's day marches in Brighton that featured war veterans. With the MfE hijacking the demo, the veterans wisely stayed away. The MfE were also supposed to end up in the King and Queen boozer but they had closed for the duration.
The March for England were very wary of being seen as EDL and had stated that the EDL, BNP etc were barred. But they showed anyway. There have been some interesting schisms in these nationalist grupuscules of late in case you don't know. At the EDL's Blackburn demo recently leader Steven Caxley-Trousers outed one of his online critics which led to a rather amusing brawl between the varying factions and stewards. This caused a rift in the north and 2 splinter groups – the North West and North East Infidels – were created. Also, the English Nationalist Alliance has been proscribed by the EDL after ENA head cheese Billy 'Bunter' Baker appeared on TV claiming to speak for the EDL. This annoyed Caxley-Trousers and 'Cocaine' Kev Carol who booted big Billy out. The March for England, although having a membership overlap with the BNP, EDL, ENA etc, try to distance themselves from such behaviour and the leadership remain relatively anonymous. However, the leaders of these various grupuscules have realised that there be money to make here. On their little websites, alongside some appalling 'poetry,' there is always a section entitled 'Merchandise' from which they sell a variety of nationalist tat. Caxley-Trousers clearly made a mint out of flogging his funny little burkahs and hoodies and there have been questions asked over where the proceeds have gone. There were also accusations of financial mismanagement from various quarters. Richard Price was a former EDL 'leader' who was arrested last year. Caxley and Cocaine Kev started raising money for this 'political prisoner' until it was revealed that Pricey had in fact been nicked for downloading child pornography – as well as cocaine and crack possession. Some of the disenfranchised EDL members are now asking what happened to the defence fund. There is a website set up by former EDL leader Paul Ray, a bizarre racist Christian who is bitter over being toed out of the EDL. His blog is full of ravings 'exposing' Cocaine Kev and Caxley Trousers over their dodgy doings – some of which is pretty believable. Caxley-Trousers is also facing charges of fraud which can't help his case. Like with Nick Griffclops of the BNP the money may be the undoing of the EDL leadership: they just can't keep their hands off the cash can they?
So although the far right are getting increasingly cocky with their flash demos there are too many schisms amongst them to form any coherent political block. And that is not including the usual football rivalries. The money and ego-trips are too tempting and the 'leaders' love showing off in the pub to their mates. These 'English' defenders and marchers also represent a minority of what many of us see as Englishness, i.e., tolerance, plurality and peace, cause local bother and have achieved very little politically beyond a good day out for ageing hooligans trying to relive their former 'glory.'
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Here`s College 101 for students looking to ace their finals: Leave those fancy-shmancy Mac Books at the dorm.
When it comes to taking notes during those interminably long lectures, studies say it`s better to write than type. Researchers graded hundreds of students at Princeton and UCLA. Everyone scored the same on the factual questions but they found students who hand wrote their notes scored higher on the conceptual questions.
Ya know, the questions that actually make you think!
According to the Psychological Science Journal, when we "write," a unique neural circuit is automatically activated!
In other words: when you write you're learning something.
But, if you stick to your keyboard, It`s like putting a big ol` block on your brain!
So, If you want an "A," the hand-writing is on the wall!


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People across US gather to protest recent…
People across US gather to protest recent police shootings
David Goldman — The Associated Press
Protester Aurielle Marie, left, talks with Police Chief George Turner outside the home of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal during a march through the Buckhead neighborhood against the recent police shootings of African-Americans Monday in Atlanta. Demonstrators gathered for a fifth consecutive night, blocking the road outside a mall in Buckhead before marching to the governor's mansion, where they were staging a sit-in.
PUBLISHED: July 12, 2016 at 4:32 a.m. | UPDATED: September 24, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.
Protests and related events nationwide Monday after the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the deadly sniper attack on police officers in Dallas:
Police protests were calm and lightly attended in Denver on Monday, when a group of about 50 waved signs decrying police killings while a smaller group entered a fourth day of quietly mourning blacks killed by police in the last year.
The demonstrations outside the state Capitol attracted a mixed-race crowd and supporters bringing water, fruit and sandwiches to support the efforts. A handful of police stood watch from about a block away.
The Denver observations were a marked contrast from charged police protests in some cities. None of the protesters attempted to block the streets during a busy lunchtime hour. Instead the protesters kept to a park to wave signs and mourn.
Protesters say they were inspired to protest by cases around the country of police killing young black men.
Demonstrators in Atlanta gathered for a fifth consecutive night, blocking the road outside a mall before marching to the governor's mansion, where they staged a sit-in.
Mayor Kasim Reed said earlier Monday that about 15,000 people attended various protests over the weekend in Atlanta. Reed said 14 people were arrested Saturday and Sunday by the Atlanta Police Department, and two others were arrested by the Georgia State Patrol.
Local media reported Reed and Police Chief George Turner appeared at the sit-in Monday night, where they spoke privately with protest leaders.
Most of the several hundred who had gathered headed home shortly after midnight, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Protesters marched peacefully through Chicago Loop in another day of demonstrations over police methods sparked by the fatal shooting to two black men by white officers in Minnesota and Louisiana.
Monday's demonstration was organized over social media by teenage girls who said they were determined to keep it peaceful.
Demonstrators met in a park along the Lake Michigan shore. Organizers said many protesters put tape over their mouths to symbolize the way police brutality silences African Americans.
The group then marched to a downtown plaza where they joined several hundred more protesters for a rally. The combined group, escorted by police, some on bicycle, then marched through the business district, disrupting traffic.
The demonstrations in Chicago in recent days have been relatively peaceful, though police scuffled with some protesters Saturday, resulting in 16 arrests.
Dozens of people attended a vigil in Louisville to protest the recent police killings of black men.
The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/29vNW2i) reports the "Breaking White Silence" event began at noon Monday outside Metro Louisville Police Department headquarters. It was organized by Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice. A statement from the group says the gathering is part of a national effort to get more white people to voice concerns about racial justice.
Tensions between black citizens and police have risen since last week's killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in Minnesota by white officers, and a retaliatory attack on police by a black sniper in Dallas that killed five officers and wounded others.
The group said it will read the names of people killed by police and the names of the officers killed in Dallas.
A Louisiana civil rights group is criticizing law enforcement officers over their treatment of protesters.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana said Monday that Baton Rouge police "used violent, militarized tactics on groups of people who have gathered peacefully in protest of Alton Sterling's killing."
At times, police have used riot gear and military-style vehicles in demonstrations.
Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was killed Tuesday by two white police officers. His death, captured on video by bystanders, has sparked days of protests.
Authorities have arrested about 200 demonstrators since Friday. Monday night's protests were largely peaceful.
Memphis officials are asking protesters who occupied a key bridge over the Mississippi River Sunday night to attend a meeting where they can voice their concerns.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Interim Police Chief Michael Rallings said Monday morning that the meeting would be held at 4 p.m. at Greater Imani Church in Memphis as a way to start a dialogue on how to unite the city.
Traffic on Interstate 40 was blocked in both directions for hours after hundreds of angry Black Lives Matter protesters marched onto the bridge to show their anger about police killings of black people. Police in squad cars tried to stop them, but several hundred had already made their way up the ramp, and the crowd swelled to more than 1,000.
Rallings locked arms in solidarity with people marching off the bridge. Several hundred remained until riot police with shields slowly pushed them off.
___Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Kristen Wyatt in Denver; Kathleen Foody in Atlanta; Herb McCann in Chicago; and Adrian Sanz in Memphis, Tennessee.;


Landscaping isn't just for homeowners; it can do much for office environments, too. If you look outside of your office building at the landscape around it and think it is lacking some sort of appeal, it probably is. If it is drab, boring, or a bit tired looking then why not consider redesigning it? There are so many benefits that can come from having a vibrant, new landscape that perks you up, makes you feel good and makes you want to go inside the building that you work in.
When you enhance the beauty of your landscape, you enhance the beauty for the clients and customers that visit and also for those that work inside the building. If they eat lunch outside when it the weather is warm, it's a refreshing and healthy break for them to have an inviting space to breathe in the fresh air and smell the flowers. If you just have plain concrete with a few strips of grass, that's not going to be enough. Think about adding some landscaping to make it an attractive and comfortable space – such as small trees and shrubs, benches, rock gardens, and more.
Planning a design that makes your landscape stand out from the rest of the businesses on the block makes you look more appealing to customers. When someone drives by, they might stop and look at the beautiful, well-maintained landscaping around your building. Making a good first impression goes a long way to developing your business. You are able to bring in more business while your employees are able to feel good about their jobs while they are there.
Productivity in the work place is an important thing, and you want to make sure that everyone that works there is comfortable. These employees will work much harder and a lot better if they are in better moods. Their surroundings can affect the way their moods change throughout the day. Placing a nice landscape around them to look out in or sit in during lunch breaks might boost their moods, boosting your business because your clients and customers will want to work with them more if they clearly enjoy their work.
The winter can bring along the blues with it. Do not let it get the best of you any longer, though. Spring is just around the corner, so let us boost the outside appeal of your business. We do not just design and install landscaping for residential homes, but commercial buildings that need a new facelift can also count on our landscaping services.
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Lunafest – Short Films By, For & About Women – Comes To Boone April 7-8
Published Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:30 am
LUNAFEST, the fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women's issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will be presented in two local screenings in April.
All proceeds benefit the Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge, Girls on the Run of the High Country and the Breast Cancer Fund.
The first screening is April 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Greenbriar Theater of Appalachian State University's Plemmons Student Union, followed by a question-answer session beginning at 8 p.m.
The second screening will be held April 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Harvest House Performance Center in Boone. Intermission will feature complimentary movie snacks and an auction of the winning pieces from BraVa!, a community competition to creatively and festively decorate a bra.
Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for the general public. They can be purchased at the door or at www.lunafest.org.
This film festival highlights women as leaders in society, illustrated through six short films by women filmmakers. The films range from animation to fictional drama, and cover topics such as women's health, motherhood, body image, aging, cultural diversity and breaking barriers.
Since the film festival began in 2000, LUNAFEST has raised more than $857,000 for Breast Cancer Fund and over $2,100,000 for other women's non-profit organizations. Local screenings are hosted by Mast General Store and the Appalachian State University Beaver College of Health Sciences. For more information, visit http://gotr.appstate.edu/luna
Greenbriar Theater
ASU Plemmons Student Union
6:30 p.m. Showing of LUNAFEST Films, Q&A to follow
Harvest House
247 Boone Heights Drive
6:30 p.m. Showing of LUNAFEST Films, BraVa! Auction during intermission
TICKETS: $7.00 Students; $10.00 General Admission
Available to purchase at www.lunafest.org
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Aubree is doing great and is attending school full time!
In late October Aubree underwent several medical procedures including an MRI, EEG, and a muscle biopsy. While Aubree and her family are eagerly awaiting the results of her recent procedures, she has been keeping busy with her newest passion, riding her new adaptive tricycle and singing along to her favorite song, Baby Shark. Aubree's Mom, Desiree shared with us that Aubree had a medication change to address her increased seizures and that she has responded well.
We are so happy to hear that Aubree's personality has begun to flourish and she continues to do well!


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DOE Patents Patent: Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor
Title: Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor
A shock, detonation, and damage location sensor providing continuous fiber-optic means of measuring shock speed and damage location, and could be designed through proper cabling to have virtually any desired crush pressure. The sensor has one or a plurality of parallel multimode optical fibers, or a singlemode fiber core, surrounded by an elongated cladding, doped along their entire length with impurities to fluoresce in response to light at a different wavelength entering one end of the fiber(s). The length of a fiber would be continuously shorted as it is progressively destroyed by a shock wave traveling parallel to its axis. The resulting backscattered and shifted light would eventually enter a detector and be converted into a proportional electrical signals which would be evaluated to determine shock velocity and damage location. The corresponding reduction in output, because of the shortening of the optical fibers, is used as it is received to determine the velocity and position of the shock front as a function of time. As a damage location sensor the sensor fiber cracks along with the structure to which it is mounted. The size of the resulting drop in detector output is indicative of the location of the crack. 8more » figs. « less
Weiss, J D
PPN: US 8-083223
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
AC04-76DP00789
Patent File Date: 29 Jun 1993
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; DESIGN; SHOCK WAVES; MEASURING METHODS; DAMAGE; OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; VISIBLE RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; FIBERS; RADIATIONS; 440600* - Optical Instrumentation- (1990-)
Weiss, J D. Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Weiss, J D. Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor. United States.
Weiss, J D. Tue . "Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor". United States.
title = {Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor},
author = {Weiss, J D},
abstractNote = {A shock, detonation, and damage location sensor providing continuous fiber-optic means of measuring shock speed and damage location, and could be designed through proper cabling to have virtually any desired crush pressure. The sensor has one or a plurality of parallel multimode optical fibers, or a singlemode fiber core, surrounded by an elongated cladding, doped along their entire length with impurities to fluoresce in response to light at a different wavelength entering one end of the fiber(s). The length of a fiber would be continuously shorted as it is progressively destroyed by a shock wave traveling parallel to its axis. The resulting backscattered and shifted light would eventually enter a detector and be converted into a proportional electrical signals which would be evaluated to determine shock velocity and damage location. The corresponding reduction in output, because of the shortening of the optical fibers, is used as it is received to determine the velocity and position of the shock front as a function of time. As a damage location sensor the sensor fiber cracks along with the structure to which it is mounted. The size of the resulting drop in detector output is indicative of the location of the crack. 8 figs.},
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Impurity-doped optical shock, detonation and damage location sensor
Patent Weiss, Jonathan D [Albuquerque, NM]
A shock, detonation, and damage location sensor providing continuous fiber-optic means of measuring shock speed and damage location, and could be designed through proper cabling to have virtually any desired crush pressure. The sensor has one or a plurality of parallel multimode optical fibers, or a singlemode fiber core, surrounded by an elongated cladding, doped along their entire length with impurities to fluoresce in response to light at a different wavelength entering one end of the fiber(s). The length of a fiber would be continuously shorted as it is progressively destroyed by a shock wave traveling parallel to its axis.more » The resulting backscattered and shifted light would eventually enter a detector and be converted into a proportional electrical signals which would be evaluated to determine shock velocity and damage location. The corresponding reduction in output, because of the shortening of the optical fibers, is used as it is received to determine the velocity and position of the shock front as a function of time. As a damage location sensor the sensor fiber cracks along with the structure to which it is mounted. The size of the resulting drop in detector output is indicative of the location of the crack. « less
Fiber optic sensor employing successively destroyed coupled points or reflectors for detecting shock wave speed and damage location
Patent Weiss, J D
A shock velocity and damage location sensor providing a means of measuring shock speed and damage location is disclosed. The sensor consists of a long series of time-of-arrival ``points`` constructed with fiber optics. The fiber optic sensor apparatus measures shock velocity as the fiber sensor is progressively crushed as a shock wave proceeds in a direction along the fiber. The light received by a receiving means changes as time-of-arrival points are destroyed as the sensor is disturbed by the shock. The sensor may comprise a transmitting fiber bent into a series of loops and fused to a receiving fiber atmore » various places, time-of-arrival points, along the receiving fibers length. At the ``points`` of contact, where a portion of the light leaves the transmitting fiber and enters the receiving fiber, the loops would be required to allow the light to travel backwards through the receiving fiber toward a receiving means. The sensor may also comprise a single optical fiber wherein the time-of-arrival points are comprised of reflection planes distributed along the fibers length. In this configuration, as the shock front proceeds along the fiber it destroys one reflector after another. The output received by a receiving means from this sensor may be a series of downward steps produced as the shock wave destroys one time-of-arrival point after another, or a nonsequential pattern of steps in the event time-of-arrival points are destroyed at any point along the sensor. 6 figs. « less
A shock velocity and damage location sensor providing a means of measuring shock speed and damage location. The sensor consists of a long series of time-of-arrival "points" constructed with fiber optics. The fiber optic sensor apparatus measures shock velocity as the fiber sensor is progressively crushed as a shock wave proceeds in a direction along the fiber. The light received by a receiving means changes as time-of-arrival points are destroyed as the sensor is disturbed by the shock. The sensor may comprise a transmitting fiber bent into a series of loops and fused to a receiving fiber at various places,more » time-of-arrival points, along the receiving fibers length. At the "points" of contact, where a portion of the light leaves the transmitting fiber and enters the receiving fiber, the loops would be required to allow the light to travel backwards through the receiving fiber toward a receiving means. The sensor may also comprise a single optical fiber wherein the time-of-arrival points are comprised of reflection planes distributed along the fibers length. In this configuration, as the shock front proceeds along the fiber it destroys one reflector after another. The output received by a receiving means from this sensor may be a series of downward steps produced as the shock wave destroys one time-of-arrival point after another, or a nonsequential pattern of steps in the event time-of-arrival points are destroyed at any point along the sensor. « less
Fiber optic sensor for detecting damage location and shock wave velocity
Patent Application Weiss, J D
This invention is comprised of a shock velocity and damage location sensor providing a means of measuring shock speed and damage location. The sensor consists of a long series of time-of-arrival `points` constructed with fiber optics. The fiber optic sensor apparatus measures shock velocity as the fiber sensor is progressively crushed as a shock wave proceeds in a direction along the fiber. The light received by a receiving means changes as time-of-arrival points are destroyed as the sensor is disturbed by the shock. The sensor may comprise a transmitting fiber bent into a series of loops and fused to amore » receiving fiber at various places, time-of-arrival points, along the receiving fibers length. At the `points` of contact, where a portion of the light leaves the transmitting fiber and enters the receiving fiber, the loops would be required to allow the light to travel backwards through the receiving fiber toward a receiving means. The sensor may also comprise a single optical fiber wherein the time-of-arrival points are comprised of reflection planes distributed along the fibers length. In this configuration, as the shock front proceeds along the fiber it destroys one reflector after another. The output received by a receiving means from this sensor may be a series of downward steps produced as the shock wave destroys one time-of-arrival point after another, or a nonsequential pattern of steps in the event time-of-arrival points are destroyed at any point along the sensor. « less
Predicting threshold and location of laser damage on optical surfaces
Patent Siekhaus, W
Disclosed is an apparatus useful in the prediction of the damage threshold of various optical devices, the location of weak spots on such devices and the location, identification, and elimination of optical surface impurities. The apparatus comprises a focused and pulsed laser, a photo electric detector/imaging means, and a timer. The weak spots emit photoelectrons when subjected to laser intensities that are less than the intensity actually required to produce the damage. The weak spots may be eliminated by sustained exposure to the laser beam.


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Buffalo may look like big, cuddly, slow-moving animals; they are anything but. Buffalo can weigh as much as 1,300kgs, and will run at speeds up to 60kph (over three times faster than humans) and can jump over objects up to 1.2 metres high. They are agile and very good swimmers and have been seen swimming many kilometres off the coast as they travel between mainland and islands.
They can travel over 40kms in a single night and eat up to 40kgs of green fodder in a day. Buffalo have exceptional vision, hearing, and sense of smell. They are most aggressive during their mating season in late February and March, and calving season is usually around December and January.
On the Nhulunbuy Town Lease we usually only see "bull" or male buffalo. These buffalo are solitary however there are time when you may see a small group of younger buffalo bulls hanging out together.
Most of the time, buffalo seem to tolerate the presence of people, but if you venture too close, they have been known to lash out.
Buffalo have caused deaths and casualties around Nhulunbuy and vehicles are usually written off when there is a collision with one.
Hunting is illegal on any Dhimurru IPA, RioTinto and Nhulunbuy Corporation land. If you see a buffalo around Nhulunbuy, please call Nhulunbuy Corporation Animal Control on 0419 838 064 or altrnatively the NT Police - Nhulunbuy (08) 8987 1333.
"Stay at least 80 metres away from buffalo when on foot and give them some room when you approach them in a vehicle. All buffalo want, is their space.
Wild dogs are common throughout the NT, except for the Tanami Desert where they are rare due to the lack of water.
Packs of dingoes exist in this region where watering points have been introduced such as on pastoral properties, in mining areas and near towns.
There are a number of negative impacts caused by dingoes and wild dogs.
• prey on livestock by causing economic loss to farmers
• prey on domestic livestock on rural blocks
• be a menace to tourists and staff at remote tourist resorts and national parks
• impact the survival of remnant populations of endangered animals.
Feral domestic dogs and hybrids are often more dangerous to humans and livestock than dingoes.
Wild dogs also spread disease such as hydatidosis in cattle and sheep, and heartworm and parvovirus in pet domestic dogs.
Careful management on the Nhulunbuy Town Lease by the Nhulunbuy Corporation is needed to control the number of wild dogs, while protecting purebred dingoes in the wild.
In the NT, wild dog control measures such as trapping, exclusion fencing and shooting have been less intensive than in other states and territories, and there has been little or no change in the distribution of dingoes.
Australia is being swept by a second wave of post-settlement extinctions, and the culprit is the feral cat. Cats are estimated to eat 75 million native animals every night and the future for Australian fauna looks bleak.
Scientists now say the main threat to that biodiversity is the feral cat. It is estimated there are between 15 and 23 million wild cats living around continental Australia and its offshore islands.
It is estimated feral cats eat 75 million native animals a night—more than 20 billion mammals, reptiles, birds and even insects every year.
Feral cats threaten the survival of over 100 native species in Australia. They have caused the extinction of some ground-dwelling birds and small to medium-sized mammals. They are a major cause of decline for many land-based endangered animals such as the bilby, bandicoot, bettong and numbat. Many native animals are struggling to survive so reducing the number killed by this introduced predator will allow their populations to grow.
Feral cats can carry infectious diseases which can be transmitted to native animals, domestic livestock and humans.
Feral cats are the same species as domestic cats, however they live and reproduce in the wild and survive by hunting or scavenging. They are found all over Australia in all habitats, including forests, woodlands, grasslands, wetlands and arid areas. The map illustrates the estimated abundance of feral cats across the country.
Feral cats are predominantly solitary and nocturnal, spending most of the day in the safety of a shelter such as a rabbit burrow, log or rock pile. They are carnivores, generally eating small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects depending on their availability.
Snakes are found throughout the Northern Territory in all habitats.
If you have problems with snakes in your property there are a number of things that you can try to reduce these problems:
Keep your garden neat and tidy; if you have compost heaps or wood piles keep them well away from your house
Control any mice and rats living in or around your house
Build snake proof aviaries, fowl yards and other small pet cages
Wear long pants and thick boots when walking in long grass
Never try to capture a snake, call a professional
Contact a registered snake removalist (fees may apply)
Seek medical attention immediately if a snake bite occurs
All native snake species are protected in the Northern Territory. For this reason, it is important that members of the public do not interfere with these animals without an appropriate permit. It is an offence to kill a snake unless; "the snake was within 100m of an occupied building; or the defendant proves that they honestly believed that it was necessary to kill or injure the snake to avoid an immediate danger of death or injury to a person or domestic livestock".
For further information on snakes please click here.
NT Parks and Wildlife website
The main four species of problem wild animals Nhulunbuy residents may encounter are Buffalo, Crocodiles, Wild Dogs and Feral Cats. Remote East Arnhem Land also has a large number of venomous and non-venomous snakes and other reptiles.
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Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus
W Y Yu, J M W Slack, D Tosh
The mouse embryonic oesophagus is initially lined with a simple columnar epithelial layer which changes during the course of development to a stratified squamous tissue. To study the mechanism of this transition, we developed an in vitro model, based on oesophageal explants isolated from E11.5d mouse embryos, which fully recapitulates the normal in vivo development. In this system, the columnar epithelial markers cytokeratins 8 and 18 (K8, 18) were strongly expressed at the beginning of the culture period and decreased in the basal layer of the epithelium at around 5 days of culture. Expression of K8 + 18 persisted in the suprabasal layers of the stratified epithelium for several more days. In contrast, the stratified squamous epithelial marker cytokeratin 14 (K14) was absent at the beginning, and cells expressing it progressively appeared within the basal layer from day 5 to day 9 of culture. The two possible mechanisms for the change are (1) a direct conversion of columnar cells to the basal layer cells of the squamous epithelium; (2) an overgrowth of columnar by squamous cells. Our results show that the first mechanism is operative. Firstly, co-staining for K8 and K14 demonstrates that some cells express both markers during the transition period. Secondly, after electroporation of a construct containing the K14 promoter driving nuclear GFP into the epithelium of E15.5 oesophagus, some cells expressed both K8 and GFP. Thirdly, there is no preferential loss of the columnar cells by apoptosis. Fourthly, inhibitors of apoptosis do not affect the process. Finally, inhibitors of cell division do not affect the process. In terms of the molecular mechanism, inhibitor studies suggest that de novo DNA methylation is required for the loss of the K8 expression but not for the acquisition of the K14 expression. The results show that, in normal development, the squamous epithelium arises from the columnar epithelium by a direct conversion process.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.042
Keratin-14
Keratin-8
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Yu, W. Y., Slack, J. M. W., & Tosh, D. (2005). Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus. Developmental Biology, 284(1), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.042
Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus. / Yu, W Y; Slack, J M W; Tosh, D.
In: Developmental Biology, Vol. 284, No. 1, 08.2005, p. 157-170.
Yu, WY, Slack, JMW & Tosh, D 2005, 'Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus', Developmental Biology, vol. 284, no. 1, pp. 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.042
Yu WY, Slack JMW, Tosh D. Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus. Developmental Biology. 2005 Aug;284(1):157-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.042
Yu, W Y ; Slack, J M W ; Tosh, D. / Conversion of columnar to stratified squamous epithelium in the developing mouse oesophagus. In: Developmental Biology. 2005 ; Vol. 284, No. 1. pp. 157-170.
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Denton distance to High Point
How far is Denton from High Point?
Shortest distance between Denton and High Point is 23.11 miles (37.19 km).
Flight distance from Denton, NC to High Point, NC is 23.11 miles. Estimated flight time is 00 hours 03 minutes.
The driving distance from Denton, North Carolina to High Point, North Carolina is: 26.98 miles (43.43 km) by car.
Driving from Denton to High Point will take approximately 00 hours 36 minutes.
#2 High Point
City in North Carolina, United States
35°57'20"N 80°0'19"W
Ending point in High Point: South Main Street (-80.005284,35.955694)
Estimated Travel Time Between Denton and High Point
The distance between Denton and High Point is 43 km if you choose to drive by road. You can go 00 hours 28 minutes if you drive your car at an average speed of 90 kilometers / hour. For different choices, please review the avg. speed travel time table on the below.
There is no time difference between Denton and High Point. The current time is 18:46:08.
A car with a fuel efficiency of 8.3 l/100 km will need 3.6 liters (0.95 gallon) of gas to cover the route between Denton and High Point.
The estimated cost of gas to go from Denton to High Point is $3.15 (diesel $3.55).
The place names are translated into coordinates to approximate the distance between Denton and High Point (latitude and longitude). Cities, states, and countries each have their own regional center. The Haversine formula is used to measure the radius.
Driving distance from Greensboro, NC to Denton 40.11 miles (65 km)


All children and all people in the world have their own name, a name being one word that identifies us among the others from birth.
Every name has an origin, though sometimes it is lost throughout history, the origins and meanings of the names are very interesting and often curious, with some names being very original and modern.
We have hundreds of drawings to color in boys names. Our drawings names have varied backgrounds and the friendly octopus Pypus as decoration. The names are written in capital letters and without accents with a type of very rounded letter, the Pypus's alphabet.
You can find the name you want by its first letter. There are so many names in the world that we are sure to not have them all, if you find any name missing, tell us through our social networks and we will try to prepare it for you.


N ow charges and counter charges are being freely exchanged between the Congress and the BJP and all and sundry are commenting on it. There must be stock taking of what exactly the matter is. First of all we had the CAG report which was directly mentioning irregularities and illegalities committed by the Central Government by flouting accepted norms and procedures and thereby giving benefit to private individuals and corporate bodies. That is of course a serious matter. And the loss to be expected here runs in to lakhs of crores of rupees as the CAG has pointed out. 2G was taken notice of by the Supreme Court but Coalgate is yet to get the attention of the Supreme Court and obviously coal blocks will be cancelled only when the Supreme Court intervenes. The earlier the Supreme Court takes cognisance of it, the better it is for the country.
After that, Arvind Kejriwal has come out with serious allegations against the first family's son-in-law, which again is a serious matter because the figures involved are huge and there is a direct link with one particular corporate body in the real estate sector. Strangely enough after a few reports in papers, this matter appears to have faded away. Even Kejriwal has stopped talking about it. Why? It is a mystery. Has Kejriwal now realised that his facts were wrong or has he been scared off or he perceives that the Congress people will resign — one is perplexed because the matter is far too serious and the figures are too large and we should not let the matter rest.
Pity is this that now petty matters are coming to the surface. What Kejriwal is pursuing is a 72 lakh NGO irregularity and for that he has gone to Farrukhabad. He is wasting his energy. This country has got thousands of NGOs and all of them do not run very efficiently. Salman Khurshid's NGO may be one of them but this is hardly a matter of political corruption or irregularity at the Central Government level. There is machinery in place to inspect NGOs and take action against them. Certainly it does not deserve the attention of any major political party, least of all of Arvind Kejriwal, who has come out very bravely to clear up the Augean stable of corruption in this country.
When there are charges against Nitin Gadkari, they are laughable. They are laughable because Gadkari comes out as a petty business man from Bombay who has taken the help of some dubious chartered accountants to turn black money into white, this is all that he has done. It immediately disqualifies him from becoming the BJP President. Why the RSS and BJP cannot see this and remove him is again a mystery. Either the RSS does not want to displace the Congress with the BJP in the next election and therefore they want to keep Gadkari in the chair. It is obvious to any person that with Gadkari as the leader of the party, the party is nowhere.
Then Dr. Subramanium Swamy has come out with a very informative fact of Rahul Gandhi taking over the property of the National Herald newspaper. It is a transparent case of enriching oneself by taking a 90 crore liability, a liability towards the AICC which is hardly a liability. The property at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg was of hundreds of crores of rupees and passes on into the hands of Rahul Gandhi. Now here again Government money is not involved. It may be very indirectly because originally the plot was given for newspaper work. But the National Herald has always been Nehru family property. It again shows that people who are aspiring for high positions are indulging in small things. It is not good. People who want to lead the country, people who want to have a vision for future of the country should resist this temptation of falling for small corporate gains, even if they are small or run into few crores or even hundred crores.
Till Indira Gandhi, we never thought any Prime Minister could even think in these terms. People who are against the Congress have been saying that Indira Gandhi started all this corruption. While it is true that expenditure increased at that time but nobody has accused Indira Gandhi of making money for herself. Whatever corruption was there, money was collected for the party and spent on the party, which again may be a debatable question, that a candidate spends so much money, but that was pure politics, but now it is naked personal gain. Everybody is trying to use and misuse his position to line his own pockets. Once again, if Manmohan Singh is serious about what he has been saying to complete the agenda of UPA-2, he must institute an enquiry wherever there is public loss or wherever national leaders are trying to line their own pockets. The confidence of the country will get sapped. Democracy will be in danger and there has to be a stop somewhere to these kind of things.


China lands spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
In a first for the world, China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration said Thursday as the nation announced its arrival as a bona fide space power.
The landing "marked a new chapter in the human race's lunar and space exploration," the CNSA said in a statement.
Although China, the United States and Russia have operated robotic spacecraft on the moon before, Chang'e 4 is the first to land softly on the side of the satellite that always faces away from Earth. The geology on this side of the moon is distinctive, with more craters and less evidence of volcanic activity. But it is difficult to explore, because scientists on Earth cannot communicate via direct radio signal with spacecraft in this remote region. The mission transmitted an orange-tinted, high-definition photo of the moon's lightly pockmarked surface on Thursday.
Chang'e 4 is the latest in a series aimed at exploring the moon and paving the way for Chinese astronauts to eventually land on the lunar surface. Its predecessor, Chang'e 3, delivered a rover called Jade Rabbit to the lunar nearside, where it worked for more than two years. In Chinese mythology, Chang'e is the name of a goddess who lived on the moon.
The landing demonstrated China's ambitions to become a space power and scientific force in an era when NASA funding has generally been shrinking as a percentage of the U.S. federal budget. China spends more on scientific research than any nation but the United States, and it launched more rockets than any other country in 2018.
"The whole world is raising their game," said Maria Zuber, a lunar geophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
NASA is not currently developing any robotic spacecraft to operate on the moon's surface. A sample return mission that would explore the same spot as Chang'e 4 has been proposed but never selected for development by the space agency. The agency's first rover since the Apollo era, the Resource Prospector mission, was abruptly canceled last spring, stunning many scientists.
However, in November NASA announced it would begin contracting with private aerospace companies to send scientific payloads to the lunar surface. Those missions could start as early as this year.
China is far from the only nation with its eye on the lunar surface. India, Israel and Germany also have lander missions planned for this year, and the Russian and Japanese space agencies aim to send spacecraft to the moon in the early 2020s.
There, it is thought that an ancient meteor impact during the early days of the solar system exposed material from the moon's deep interior. Obtaining a precise date for the event, and probing the primitive rock it revealed, could help solve lingering mysteries about the formation of the moon and the history of the solar system.


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Kate Middleton & Meghan Markle Cannot Wear This Surprising Style Around The Queen
Duchesses avoid wearing certain items in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II.
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While Meghan Markle adjusts to life as a British royal, it's come to light that she and her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, cannot wear a particular style of footwear around the queen.
Is it flip-flops? Surely, the Queen of England would not allow flip-flops, but that isn't the footwear faux pas just waiting to happen. No. According to a report from Daily Mail, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Sussex cannot wear wedge style shoes around Queen Elizabeth II. It's not an official law or anything, but it's certainly a well-known preference among the females of the royal family.
According to an inside source, "The Queen isn't a fan of wedged shoes. She really doesn't like them and it's well known among the women in the family."
Just because the queen doesn't like wedges doesn't mean that the women don't wear them when she's not around. In fact, Kate Middleton even put on wedges in the past for official royal duties as long as Queen Elizabeth II didn't attend too.
Just last month, Middleton actually ran in wedges, according to a Hello Magazine report. The mother of three ran down a grassy hill at a polo match while wearing wedged heels by Russell & Bromley, and she managed to keep her balance and look reasonably royal while doing so, which is quite a feat no doubt.
Meghan Markle Loves This Hat Almost As Much as She Loves Prince Harry https://t.co/sS7SAG9j72
— People (@people) July 2, 2018
As for Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex hasn't worn the shoe in public since becoming a member of the royal family in May. She did, however, manage to stun in some more casual looks this past weekend at a charity polo match, and Markle even wore pants for the first time since her royal wedding in May, according to the Inquisitr.
The cropped black skinny jeans and loose white button up shirt with its sleeves rolled up to her elbows, which the Duchess paired with black leather Chanel flats and a recycled black banded Madewell x Biltmore Panama hat, ended up being her most casual since she married Prince Harry.
The whole weekend, Markle appeared in good spirits as she smiled and cheered on both Prince Harry and her brother-in-law Prince William at the Audi Polo Challenge. TheInquisitr reported that on Saturday, Markle's close friend Venus Williams joined her at the event. Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian also played.
Despite Meghan Markle's casual weekend looks while she watched polo, there was nary a wedge shoe in sight. It's possible she's removed them from her wardrobe altogether.


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Our inductive plate algorithm is based upon the theoretical formulation first made by Peter Annan in his PhD thesis. This formation was later implemented in what was for a decade or more called UofT plate. Although, our mathematical formulation is little modified from the Annan's original mathematics, the numerical implementation is far different from the older implementation. Additionally, the implementation has been augmented to incorporate both traditional and modern current waveforms for a variety of systems as well as our methodologies to incorporate other aspects of the instruments' impulse responses have also been included.
The implementation is not just for a simple induced dipole current as in some other popular software but rather a system of eigenfunction expansions of the current. This expansion of the induced currents allows for among other things, the ability to have large gradients of the source field over the object and to allow plates with very different aspect ratios—issues which are critical in accurate modeling of airborne TDEM data. Additionally, the implementation allows the user to have multiple targets and to implant these targets in a layered earth model by superposition of the inductive response of the plates with that of the background earth.
In our new release, we have implemented a new compiler and implemented other engineering aspects. With all of these changes, the result is up to 50 times increased speed of computation!
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In This Article Feedback
General Overviews
Evaluating Feedback Guidelines
Characteristics of Feedback Episode
Strategies to Improve Feedback-Giving Behavior
Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Reviews and Conceptual Work
Determinants of Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Outcomes of Feedback-Seeking Behavior
Feedback Reactions
Empirical Studies
Feedback Environment
Performance Appraisal and Management
Multisource Feedback
Other Feedback Applications
Frederik Anseel
Providing feedback is one of the most widely accepted and applied psychological interventions. Feedback is generally defined as actions taken by an external agent to provide information regarding some aspects of one's task performance. This may vary from a golf coach verbally correcting the swing of one of his/her trainees to a formal assessment in the classroom to evaluate and communicate students' progress toward learning goals. Given their widespread applications in work settings, sports, and education, feedback interventions have received research attention from a broad number of disciplines. Historically, their conceptual roots date back more than one hundred years to Thorndike's "law of effect," wherein positive feedback was equated with reinforcement and negative feedback with punishment. By reinforcing correct behavior and punishing incorrect behavior, individuals' learning and performance should be susceptible to change and improvement. While research in the feedback domain clearly is multidisciplinary, it has had a particularly strong tradition within the field of organizational psychology and management, which has provided a strong foundation for conceptual and empirical work focusing on the effects of feedback on (job) performance. After the wonder years of feedback in the first half of the 20th century, an important impetus to feedback research was given by a meta-analysis of feedback interventions. Contrary to commonsense beliefs, this review of the feedback literature revealed that feedback interventions in general have modest effects on performance and, more importantly, they do not produce unequivocal positive effects on motivation and performance. Challenging the "feedback is good" consensus in this domain has proven to be a good strategy to instill new energy and direction for research into feedback effects, looking to solve the feedback intervention conundrum. While no "solution" has been achieved, since the 1990s a number of important advances have been made so that we now have a better understanding of how feedback should best be delivered, how and why individuals seek feedback themselves, how people react to different feedback messages, and how an environment can be designed that supports feedback interactions.
The contributions of different disciplines to our understanding of feedback interventions are important to take into account: Different perspectives originating in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology, as discussed in Kluger and DeNisi 1996; educational research, as seen in Hattie and Timperly 2007; behavioristic research, as explained in Balcazar, et al. 1985; and medical education, as documented in van de Ridder, et al. 2008, have had their own take on how feedback is best conceptualized, how it should be studied, and what we can conclude from these studies. While the general picture is remarkably consistent across disciplines and interventions—even in those as surprising as energy resource applications, as discussed in Karlin, et al. 2015—a good appreciation of nuances in each domain is needed to attain an in-depth understanding of feedback characteristics in different settings. A good starting point is therefore to go back to highly influential reviews or basic empirical papers in each of the disciplines to acquire a good understanding on each of the disciplinary perspectives. While these reviews have mostly focused on the effect of feedback interventions, it is also important to consider the breadth of feedback-related trends that have emerged in recent years. To this end, relatively recent and easily readable books have been included to point the reader to recent evolutions in feedback research and practice, such as can be found in London 2003 and Gregory and Levy 2015.
Balcazar, Fabricio, Bill L. Hopkins, and Yolanda Suarez. "A Critical, Objective Review of Performance Feedback." Journal of Organizational Behavior Management 7.3–4 (1985): 65–89.
DOI: 10.1300/J075v07n03_05E-mail Citation »
Provides an overview of feedback interventions from the best behavioristic tradition with a specific emphasis on behavioristic applications in the workplace. The authors arrive at similar conclusions as those of other reviews, but they identify a number of factors that may improve or debilitate feedback interventions.
Butler, Deborah L., and Philip H. Winne. "Feedback and Self-Regulated Learning: A Theoretical Synthesis." Review of Educational Research 65.3 (1995): 245–281.
DOI: 10.3102/00346543065003245E-mail Citation »
Provides a cognitive account of how feedback has its effect on self-regulation in learners, with an emphasis on student learning. Although a bit older, this review goes beyond a mere summary of previous findings and guides readers in developing a fine-grained understanding of the actual cognitive processes taking place.
Gregory, Jane B., and Paul E. Levy. Using Feedback in Organizational Consulting. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2015.
DOI: 10.1037/14619-000E-mail Citation »
Given the myriad of "how to" lists available, it is sometimes difficult to discern which recommendations are based on sound evidence and which ones are not substantiated. This book brings together well-established findings and how they can be applied in the work place.
Hattie, John, and Helen Timperly. "The Power of Feedback." Review of Educational Research 77.1 (2007): 81–112.
DOI: 10.3102/003465430298487E-mail Citation »
This is the piece to turn to if you want a good background on feedback in an educational setting. Hattie draws insights from his authoritative meta-analyses in education and includes work from diverse disciplines but emphasizes the applications in educational settings and the specifics of giving feedback to pupils and students.
Karlin, Beth, Joanne F. Zinger, and Rebecca Ford. "The Effects of Feedback on Energy Conservation: A Meta-analysis." Psychological Bulletin 141.6 (2015): 1205–1227.
DOI: 10.1037/a0039650E-mail Citation »
A good example of how powerful feedback interventions may be. This meta-analysis focuses on how feedback may be used as a strategy for promoting energy conservation. Bringing together studies from the 1980s until the present, the authors find that feedback has small positive effects with high variation in effects.
Kluger, Avraham N., and Angelo S. DeNisi. "The Effects of Feedback Interventions on Performance: A Historical Review, a Meta-analysis, and a Preliminary Feedback Intervention Theory." Psychological Bulletin 119.2 (1996): 254–284.
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.119.2.254E-mail Citation »
Without any doubt, this is the place to start for anyone who is interested in studying feedback. This masterpiece provides a historical, multidisciplinary overview of feedback interventions, a new preliminary feedback intervention theory, and a meta-analytic test of this theory involving almost all experimental feedback research.
London, Manuel. Job Feedback: Giving, Seeking, and Using Feedback for Performance Improvement. 2d ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.
This book is one of the key references to go to when looking for information on feedback. It provides an excellent introduction to feedback theories and their applications in the work environment, both from an academic and from a practitioner perspective.
van de Ridder, J. M. Monica, Karel M. Stokking, William C. McGaghie, and O. T. J. Ten Cate. "What Is Feedback in Clinical Education?" Medical Education 42.2 (2008): 189–197.
Feedback interventions have proven to be a theme of particular interest to medical education, leading to a sizeable stream of interesting insights that may generalize to other settings and, thus, should not be overlooked. This publication provides an introduction to the specifics of feedback interventions in medical education.
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Mercy Health & Bon Secours merge to generate a massive health system
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In a bid to create one of the largest health systems in the United States, Mercy Health has announced a strategic merger with Bon Secours Health System, Catholic health ministry renowned for serving residents across the East Coast. Reportedly, this deal between the two healthcare firms has been forecast to generate a net operating revenue of around USD 8 billion with an operating income of nearly USD 293 million.
Sources cite that this joint unit encompassing 43 hospitals and over 1000 healthcare locations is projected to encounter over 10 million patients spanning seven states in the U.S. Key officials from both the firms have apparently stated that the combined health system setup will run over fifty home health & hospice units along with skilled nursing & assisted living services.
For the record, Mercy is the fourth largest employer in Ohio with an overall manpower of more than 33,500, while Bon Secours, Mercy's health system partner, with its headquarters situated in Marriottsville encompasses a workforce of around 24,000. Mercy is also the largest health system in Ohio and boasts of 6.8 million patient interactions in 2017 alone. Apparently, firm's assets are valued at around USD 6.8 billion.
Industry analysts claim that the strategic merger between Mercy and Bon is yet another example of giant hospitals joining hands to expand their patient base. Apparently, both the health systems rank among the best performing Catholic health systems offering excellent medical care services to patients at affordable costs. The new entity, which will create the fifth largest Catholic health system in the U.S., will help in leveraging economies of scale through the team as well as resource combination in the merged unit.
For the record, the merged unit is projected to provide employment to nearly 57,000 personnel, which will include over 2,100 doctors and clinicians.
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Q: SAS read input file with following fields Hi I have a txt file arranged as follows:
ID        Item1            Item2
x1        A                B
x2                         A
x3        C                D
x4        A
x5        A                B

There can be blanks in the text file. ID are all unique numbers. I want them read in SAS as follows:
ID item
x1 A
x1 B
x2
x2 C and so on.....

Can I do this by infile or is there any other way? Thanks

A: Load Item1 and Item2 into an array, iterate & output

data want ;
  infile "myfile.txt" ;
  input @1 ID $2.
        @11 Item1 $1.
        @28 Item2 $1.
        ;

  array items{*} Item1-Item2 ;
  do i = 1 to dim(items) ;
    Item = items{i} ;
    output ;
  end ;

  drop Item1-Item2 ;
run ;

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Popcorn basically started molesting Weddnesday at 6 months. When she was a year and a half they laid eggs. She abandoned the nest initially, but once Popcorn started sitting on the eggs, she eventually returned.
Despite being reassured that Popcorn (he was 21) was too old to fertilize eggs, One hatched on June 3, 2010. He was followed by Two and Three on June 4 and 5, and their sister hatched sometime that next week. I had every intention of finding them all new homes. However, the tornado sort of messed that up. their sister found a new home, but One, Two and Three are still with me.


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Seven Western States Sign Deal to Expand Electric-Car Charging Networks
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The Western United States will soon see an electric-car charging network covering 5,000 miles of roadways and span 11 U.S. interstate highways. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced that he and six other governors in western states have agreed to develop a network of fast-charge stations in the region.
The announcement expands upon Colorado, Nevada, and Utah's previous commitment for a 2,000-mile charging infrastructure across the three states. Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming joined the three other states in signing a memorandum of understanding to develop the fast-charging network.