SIIB is the 8th best B school for pedagogy!
MBA in International Business is one of the most reputed programs in the country given its global importance in helping businesses traverse geographical boundaries with relative ease. But, when it comes to pursuing niche programs like the MBA in International Business or the MBA in Agribusiness, it is extremely tough to choose the right B school. There are very few places like the Symbiosis Institutes where students benefit from the constant endeavor to achieve academic excellence.
Symbiosis Institute of International business is one such place that combines academic exposure with relevant practical training to give students a learning environment that is coherent with the latest industry trends. These efforts and initiatives to teach better were recently recognized when SIIB was ranked as the 8th best B school for its pedagogy and teaching methodology.
For any MBA aspirant, it is imperative to invest time, effort and money to be doubly sure about the choices that you make. During the admission season, B school rankings are the first thing that students rely upon to choose the right B school. The recent rankings declared by business world put SIIB as the 8th best B school in the country for its pedagogy and innovative teaching techniques. Given the crucial role that pedagogy plays in determining the learning environment of a B school, this achievement is one of the biggest milestones for Symbiosis group and SIIB as well.
Currently, SIIB offers three programs-the MBA in International Business, MBA in Agribusiness and the MBA in Energy and environment. Each of these programs is unique and offer students an opportunity to walk the lesser tread path of the industry. For each of its program, SIIB brings in the finest of academicians in the country to train the students. The Symbiosis Institute of International Business also brings in industry experts to further aid in the learning of the students. These experts share their views on relevant industry developments and help the students prepare themselves for the rocky road of realities in the corporate sector.
The indulgence of industry experts in the training program also ensures that the curriculum at SIIB is in tandem with the latest industrial developments. It is this dedication and paramount efforts that have led to SIIB achieving recognition as one of the best B schools in the country and the topmost institute for energy and environment programs in the country. The recognition of SIIB as the 8th best B school for pedagogy, in the business world rankings is indeed a reason to celebrate. In fact, the institution is all set to grow at an exponential pace and add to its credit several similar milestones.
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How to meet a NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle pilot in Birmingham
Tony Antonelli has more than 3,000 hours of flying experience to talk about in two hours at the University of Birmingham
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Ground control to Commander Tony...
Former NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli is coming to the University of Birmingham to answer questions and to reveal the secrets of space exploration.
Tony has served as a Commander of the US Navy as well as being a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.
As a pilot, he has accumulated more than 3,200 hours in 41 different kinds of aircraft.
Tony was selected as a NASA pilot in 2000 and flew his first mission in space as the pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery in March 2009. He also served as a pilot on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Former NASA astronaut Tony Antonelli is coming to the University of Birmingham to answer questions and to reveal the secrets of space exploration (Image: NASA)
Tony has logged a total of 24 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds in space.
A recipient of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and various service awards, Tony will be taking part in a Pint of Science event from 7pm-9pm on Monday, February 18 in the Avon Room of the University of Birmingham.
For details of how to obtain tickets (£18 standard, £12 conc), visit the Pint of Science events website here
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The university also played a leading role in the discovery of gravitational waves announced in 2015.
The research confirmed Einstein's description of gravity and the nature of space, and is set to change the face of astronomy via a new £6 million Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy.
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Home News Mondli brews his own happy ending
Mondli brews his own happy ending
Mondli Mahamba owns Heaven Coffee at the Central Mission Methodist Church.
Opportunity has been percolating into Mondli Mahamba's life after he opened his own business, Heaven Coffee, in the city.
But the beginning of his story is far from heavenly.
Mondli was born in Eastern Cape, but moved to KwaZulu-Natal after his single mom landed a job there.
He finished his schooling in KwaZulu-Natal, and moved to Cape Town fresh out of matric.
"My mom was retrenched, and we were all old enough to start working, so we all moved away from home, and I found myself in Cape Town."
Mondli was in Cape Town for three months when he landed work at a call centre in Bellville.
He then ended up working for Old Mutual for the next three years.
During this time, he experimented a lot.
"I hung out with friends and started drinking alcohol and then started doing cocaine. It worked for a while, but then it started affecting my work.
"I would stay out of work, or come to work late, and my standards started dropping."
His workplace forced him into rehab, where he was an outpatient for 21 days, and came out functional.
"I was under supervision at work, but I still went back to drugs. I relapsed and went back on treatment, but I wasn't ready to admit that I have a problem, so I continued to do drugs.
"At work, it was warning after warning until I was eventually fired."
Mondli said it all went downhill from there.
"My addiction worsened to the point where I felt sorry for myself. I felt so much shame and guilt, and because of those feelings, I just kept using, until I eventually hit rock bottom and ended up on the streets."
He lived on the city's streets for six months, until one day, he met two girls from Switzerland at the Cape Town train station. They asked him for directions to a church they wanted to attend.
"We chatted a bit, and they were very friendly. That same night, they invited me for dinner, and we became friends.
"I stayed with them in Green Point for that week, and they bought me new clothes.
"When they left, they paid for my shelter fees at the Carpenter's Shop, and they sent me money through the Common Ground church in Green Point.
"I started attending church there, and things started looking up, so I started attending support groups at the Central Methodist Mission church.
"I started getting my life on track after I connected with the church. I hit rock bottom, and that's usually when miracles happen. I think the love and care I received from these two girls motivated me."
Eight months later, after attending more support meetings and getting himself clean, Mondli started searching for a job.
He started working at a coffee shop in Bree Street, and that's when he fell in love with coffee.
"I loved coffee, I loved working with coffee, and I loved the space I worked in – it had all these vintage cars and then a little coffee shop in the middle. It was amazing."
After leaving the coffee shop, and continuing with his meetings, he met the management of the Central Methodist Mission Church, who told him a space
in the church had became vacant.
"I asked if I could rent out the space and received a loan from the Common Ground Church to buy a few things and Heaven Coffee was born. I also moved out of the shelter into my own place in town."
He says, so far, Heaven Coffee has been doing well, and it pays the bills. "I love the fact that we could open up the church and people of all backgrounds – believers or not – could come and enjoy the coffee and the beauty of the church.
"If you are a believer, you can come to pray. It's great that we could open a space that would previously have been exclusive.
"Heaven is inclusive, in whichever way people choose to see heaven. It's a happy place."
Mondli says the city is a place where anything is possible.
"There are opportunities for young black entrepreneurs here, but, personally, I would love to see this grow."
While he is saddened by homelessness increasing daily in the city, he loves the fact that he is able to meet people from all over the world in the CBD.
"The friendliness, the warmth and the diversity of the city is what I love best. I get to meet people from all over the world and learn their culture and share a bit of mine. I get to meet the world here."
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import ca.eandb.jmist.framework.IntersectionRecorder;
import ca.eandb.jmist.framework.Light;
import ca.eandb.jmist.framework.SceneElement;
import ca.eandb.jmist.framework.ShadingContext;
import ca.eandb.jmist.framework.SurfacePoint;
import ca.eandb.jmist.math.Box3;
import ca.eandb.jmist.math.Ray3;
import ca.eandb.jmist.math.Sphere;

/**
 * A dummy SceneElement that provides no geometry.
 * @author Brad Kimmel
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public final class NullSceneElement implements SceneElement {

  /** Serialization version ID. */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 102708499493815006L;

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Doreen Overstreet, Senior Public Information Officer, Orange County Government
Email: Doreen.Overstreet@ocfl.net
Greater Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit Partners To Unveil Host City Candidate Logo and Announce Series of Special Events in Downtown Orlando
Plans announced for Thursday, June 20, to celebrate 25th Anniversary of the 1994 FIFA World Cup hosted in Orlando
Orlando, Fla. – June 17, 2019 – The Greater Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit Partners (GO26) will unveil its new Host City Candidate logo on Thursday, June 20th. Orlando is among 17 U.S. cities still in the running to host matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will be jointly hosted across North America by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
"On behalf of our World Cup Pursuit stakeholders, we are looking forward to unveiling our Host City Candidate logo," said Jason Siegel, CEO of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission. "Our leadership team from the City of Orlando, Orange County, Orlando City Soccer Club and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission is very much looking forward to welcoming dignitaries from FIFA and U.S. Soccer to Orlando during the upcoming phase of the bid process to showcase all that our community has to offer."
The Greater Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit Partners also announced a series of events set to take place on Thursday, June 20, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 FIFA World Cup matches that were hosted in Orlando. Descriptions of each event are provided below. The watch party on Church Street is a public facing event and fans in attendance will have the chance to win an assortment of prizes. In addition, Fox Sports is expected to show live shots of the Church Street watch party during the international broadcast of the match.
2019 FIFA World Cup Watch Party (Open to Public)
The Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit Partners along with the Orlando Downtown Development Board are hosting a Church Street Block Party on Thursday, June 20th at 3pm for the U.S. Women's National Team as they take on Sweden in their final group stage match of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. The first 100 fans will receive a commemorative cup featuring all Orlando Pride players playing in the 2019 FIFA World Cup. Also, in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Orlando, the first 25 fans to arrive will receive an Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit Scarf, and all fans will have the chance to win additional prizes including an Orlando 2026 World Cup Pursuit jersey, 2019 MLS All-Star jersey, and tickets to the 2019 MLS All-Star Game in Orlando.
25th Anniversary VIP Celebration presented by Orlando Health (Invitation Only)
Join Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings, and other special guests as we turn back the clock for the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. This VIP celebration presented by Orlando Health will be hosted on Thursday, June 20 from 6:00pm-8:30pm at Cheyenne Saloon. We will reflect on the 1994 FIFA World Cup with community leaders, government officials and key personnel that led the charge. Speakers include:
Mayor Buddy Dyer – Mayor of the City of Orlando
Mayor Jerry L. Demings – Mayor of Orange County
Jason Siegel – Chief Executive Officer of Greater Orlando Sports Commission
Alex Leitao – Chief Executive Officer of Orlando City Soccer Club
Alan Rothenberg – Chairman and CEO for the 1994 FIFA World Cup
Marla Messing – Executive Vice President for the 1994 FIFA World Cup
Ross Berlin – Senior Vice President of Venues for the 1994 FIFA World Cup
Joanie Schirm – Orlando Chairman for the 1994 FIFA World Cup
About Orange County Government: Orange County Government strives to serve its citizens and guests with integrity, honesty, fairness and professionalism. Located in Central Florida, Orange County includes 13 municipalities and is home to world-famous theme parks, the nation's second-largest convention center, and a thriving life science research park. Seven elected members make up the Board of County Commissioners including the Mayor who is elected countywide. For more information, please visit www.OCFL.net or go to the Orange County Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Q: Where is the latest source code of man command for linux? I'm looking for the latest source code of man command, the version in my Linux is pretty old(v1.6f), but I failed after googling a while.
I mean the latest source code of man, not man-pages but the binary file in /usr/bin/man itself which can be compiled and installed.

A: On Debian based distributions, same like Ubuntu, you can find and download source code like below:
$ which man
/usr/bin/man
$ dpkg --search /usr/bin/man
man-db: /usr/bin/man
$ apt-get source man-db

This will put the source code in your current working directory.

A: You can usually query your distribution to see where sources come from.  For example, I'm on Fedora, and I can see that the man command comes from the man-db package:
$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/man
man-db-2.6.7.1-16.fc21.x86_64

I can then query the man-db package for the upstream url:
$ rpm -qi man-db | grep -i url
URL         : http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/

And there you are, http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/.
You can perform a similar sequence of steps with the packaging systems used on other distributions.

A: The source code is now available on GitLab.

A: Linux is not an operating system but just a kernel. So in theory every distro is free to use whatever they like.
Even rpm is not necessarily used on every linux distro, so the first step is to find out which implementation is used. This can typically be done by using strings on the binary and then use a significant string in double quotes as search string on Google.

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Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such place within or without the State of New York as the board shall authorize.
The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the 2nd day of January at 11:00A.M. in each year if not a legal holiday, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next business day following at the same hour, when the shareholders shall elect a board and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the board or by the president and shall be called by the president or the secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board or at the request in writing by shareholders owning a majority in amount of the shares issued and outstanding. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice.
action, the board shall fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than fifty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than fifty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed it shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of law.


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Terri Windling is a writer, editor and artist specializing in fantasy literature and mythic arts. She has published over forty books, winning nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and placing on the short lists for the Tiptree and Shirley Jackson Awards. She received the S.F.W.A. Solstice Award in 201o for "outstanding contributions to the speculative fiction field as a writer, editor, artist, educator, and mentor."
Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian, Turkish, Korean, and Japanese. She has served on the boards of the Interstitial Arts Foundation and the Mythic Imagination Institute (U.S.), and is currently a member of the advisory board for the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Fantasy at the University of Chichester (U.K.).
Website: www.terriwindling.com/
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This programme offers access to an impartial, experienced business person to act as a sounding board, providing focussed and objective assistance. Someone who has extensive knowledge of the issues that face small and medium sized businesses in the East Midlands, and has access to high quality information, resources and training to support business growth and sustainability.
The NBV Grant for Enterprise supports the growth or diversification of existing micro, small and medium sized businesses based in Greater Lincolnshire.
The fund can provide capital and revenue grants to trading businesses for a specific project or investment.
You will be required to pay the supplier for the full cost of the project before claiming the grant element and therefore it is imperative that funds are in place to cover these costs prior to submitting the application. No retrospective applications will be considered.
Grant applications can be made for both Capital and Revenue Projects.
Up to a maximum of 25% of eligible costs.
The business must fit the criteria of Small and Medium Sized Business (SME) in the Greater Lincolnshire area.
The business must have commenced trading.
The business should trade business to business or business to consumer (service), NOT retail.
The business must be eligible for ERDF funding.
Further sector restrictions also apply. This list is not exhaustive and further eligibility criteria do apply.
Grants of between £1000 (minimum) and £2500 (maximum) are available up to a maximum of 25% of eligible costs (whichever is lesser).
European Regional Development Fund grant managed by NBV Enterprise Solutions LTD.
Stage 1 of the application process is to complete an expression of interest and submit this to NBV (see below for link to form). Basic eligibility checks will be carried out and, if successful at this stage, you will be asked to complete a full application. Full applications consist of an Application Form with supporting evidence in the form of 3 quotations for items required. NBV staff will support you in completion of the application and are on hand to answer questions throughout the application process.
Once submitted the application will be considered by the Grant Panel who will meet to discuss all applications and decide which businesses are supported according to the funds available.


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Alabama's Shame: HB 56 and the War on Immigrants
'Go Back to Mexico'
A Traffic Arrest, a Mother's Nightmare
A Boss Flashes Gun, Refuses to Pay
Clinic Refuses to Treat Sick Teen
A Popular Hair Salon Closes, Dreams are Dashed
Store Clerk Demands 'A-mer-i-can' ID
Traffic Stop Puts Life on Hold for Family
Puerto Rican Birth Certificate Causes Confusion
No 'Papers,' No Running Water
A Car is Bought, Then Taken Away
This report contains stories reported to the Southern Poverty Law Center. They illustrate the devastating impact HB 56 has had on Alabama Latinos, regardless of their immigration status. The stories also illustrate that HB 56 has unleashed a kind of vigilantism, leading some Alabamians to believe they can cheat, harass and intimidate Latinos with impunity.
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Alabama's HB 56 is a self-inflicted wound—the product of short-sighted lawmakers unable to see beyond the most immediate political opportunity. Though the impact of similar anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Georgia clearly foreshadowed its legal and economic fallout, HB 56 was passed with little regard for the hardships those states have experienced.
The result is a crisis that harkens back to the bleakest days of Alabama's racial history. It is a crisis that could have been avoided—one that certainly must end now.
A family goes 40 days without running water because their "papers" are not in order.
A health clinic refuses to treat a young girl due to her immigration status. Days later, she undergoes emergency surgery.
A man brandishes a gun to day laborers, then refuses to pay for their work.
A Latina born and raised in the U.S. discovers she's suddenly regarded with suspicion — even enduring taunts of "Go back to Mexico."
These are just a few of the stories told by Latinos who are living under the cloud of Alabama's newly enacted anti-immigrant law, HB 56.
Like the Arizona law it was modeled after, Alabama's law grants police the authority to demand "papers" demonstrating citizenship or legal status during routine traffic stops. But it does much more.
In Alabama, where undocumented immigrants comprise just 2.5 percent of the population, lawmakers added a slew of cruel provisions designed to create a law that, in the words of a key sponsor, "attacks every aspect" of an undocumented immigrant's life.
The result was the harshest anti-immigrant law in the nation—a law that virtually guarantees racial profiling, discrimination and harassment against all Latinos in Alabama. HB 56 attacks not only "every aspect" of an immigrant's life in Alabama—but also basic human dignity and our most fundamental ideals as a nation.
The victims are mothers, fathers and children—often people working hard to overcome crushing poverty and build a brighter future against long odds. Thousands of children—many of them U.S. citizens who have every right to be here—are now living in fear of losing their parents and are afraid to go to school.
Photo by Sarah P. Reynolds
Shortly after the law took effect, the Southern Poverty Law Center and its allies established a hotline for residents to report how the law affected them. Almost 1,000 calls poured in during its first weekend of operation. By late January 2012, more than 5,100 calls had been received. This report contains stories reported to the SPLC through the hotline and other channels. They illustrate the devastating impact HB 56 has had on Alabama Latinos, regardless of their immigration status. The stories also illustrate that HB 56 has unleashed a kind of vigilantism, leading some Alabamians to believe they can cheat, harass and intimidate Latinos with impunity. These consequences were easily foreseeable.
The law was forged within a legislative debate rife with stereotypes, misinformation, incendiary rhetoric and bigotry. The Senate sponsor told colleagues they needed to "empty the clip" to deal with immigrants. The House sponsor, Rep. Micky Hammon, cited the increase in Alabama's Latino population to illustrate the growth of the state's undocumented population. Hammon's conflation of "Hispanic" with "illegal immigrant" during the legislative debate was so egregious that a federal judge cited it in a recent opinion.
When legislators supporting HB 56 can't distinguish between ethnicity and immigration status, it should be no surprise the law brings the chaos and confusion described in the following pages. As the Latinos whose stories are told here can attest, HB 56 has been a dangerous, failed experiment—a humanitarian disaster.
It is not a mere reflection of federal immigration law, as some supporters suggest. Federal immigration law does not require school officials to question students about their immigration status. It does not invalidate contracts based on a person's immigration status. And it does not make it a crime to give someone a ride. Yet HB 56 contains these provisions and more.
Whether through ignorance or design, HB 56 sends a destructive message of intolerance to Alabama's Latino residents and sullies the state's reputation in the eyes of the world. It gives a nod and a wink to the worst prejudices harbored by some residents.
The message is being heard loud and clear.
"Hateful people are hateful no matter what, but with this law they feel more empowered," Enrique Corral, a U.S. citizen in Alabama, said of the new attitude adopted by some residents. "If I used to just spit on you, now I'm going to spit on you and kick you when you're down."
Carmen Gonzalez was born in Texas but has lived in Foley, Ala. for most of her life. She's a U.S. citizen. Her husband has legal status, and she has two children who are citizens.
Supporters of HB 56 say Carmen and her family shouldn't be worried about the new law. But that's not the reality they have experienced.
"It has affected everyone," said Carmen, 27. "It doesn't matter if you have residency or not. Even my son came home and asked if we are going back to Mexico."
In December, Carmen received a reminder of the xenophobia and hostility that the law has engendered in Alabama. She was running an errand when she noticed a piece of paper in the floorboard of her vehicle.
It read: "Go Back to Mexico."
She realized that she had left her window slightly cracked. Someone must have seen the flyers on her vehicle advertising a meeting for area Latinos.
Carmen did her best to comfort the children with her. "You're allowed to be here," she told them. "You're supposed to be here."
State lawmakers may have given assurances that HB 56 won't lead to racial profiling, but members of the state's Latino community are well aware the terms "Hispanic" and "illegal immigrant" are often used interchangeably in Alabama.
Carmen has helped support other Latinos who fear they will be racially profiled by police as they drive through the community. She has driven them to work, school and helped them complete errands.
Though it's been stressful, Carmen wants to help her community in the face of an unjust law. She has signed legal documents to be the guardian of several children, providing some peace of mind to parents worried about what may happen to their children if HB 56 fractures their family.
Sadly, in October 2011, Carmen had a miscarriage. She hates to think that the stress from the law caused it but believes that "it's possible." Still, she continues to speak out against HB 56 on behalf of the Latino families living out of their suitcases as they weigh the possibility of leaving Alabama.
"I'm a Southerner. That's how I've been raised. For this law to happen to us, it's embarrassing."
A Traffic Arrest, a Mother's Nightmare
Martha was pulling out of a restaurant parking lot in central Alabama when she saw the police lights flashing behind her.
She hadn't been overly concerned about HB 56. She's married to a U.S. citizen and is in the process of adjusting her status to comply with immigration law.
"After the law passed, I felt pretty calm," she said. "I would get scared when I saw the police, but I just stayed calm because I thought, since I haven't done anything wrong, there's no way I'll go to jail."
Now, she was worried, particularly because she feared being separated from her young son, Julio, a U.S. citizen who was in the car with her.
The officer asked Martha, 19, for her license. She didn't have one. He asked her for any form of identification. She obliged.
"He said, 'Do you know what's going on with this law that passed in Alabama?' And I said, 'Yes.' Then he went back to his car."
Martha would later learn that she was stopped for not having her lights on. She called her husband, and soon her husband's aunt arrived at the scene to pick up Julio if necessary. But the aunt left empty-handed; a social worker took the toddler.
"The baby was really scared when he realized that he had to go with them," Martha said. "It was so sad."
Three additional officers were on the scene of this traffic stop in a county with a population of less than 45,000 people. Martha was arrested for violating HB 56 and taken to jail.
"I didn't know how long I would be there without seeing my son, my husband and my family," Martha said. "It was very difficult. The most difficult thing for me was when they put me in handcuffs." Fortunately, her husband was able to pick up Julio that night.
While in jail, an official gave Martha an earful.
"One of the officials was saying we should go back to our countries if we're illegals and come back here legally, because we come here to take things for free, like food stamps, insurance, benefits, many other things."
It's a monologue she heard repeatedly over the next two days. Immigration officials picked up Martha three days after her arrest and took her to Montgomery, where she was released later that afternoon. Her stepfather and other community members had been working to get her released.
The experience has changed Martha. She believes people look at her differently now that she has been to jail.
"I hope they succeed in getting rid of this law because there are many innocent people that should not have to go through this situation. Just for being undocumented, they don't deserve to be separated from their family, like what happened with me."
It was only three days of landscaping work, but Hortensia decided to take the job.
She and a friend were promised $7.50 an hour to clear a plot of land and plant trees. The boss seemed to appreciate their work. He treated them well and gave them a full hour for lunch.
But that would all change. As an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Alabama, Hortensia would learn that under HB 56, there's not much you can do when your employer won't pay you. In fact, she believes the new law helped give her boss the confidence to deny her the money she earned.
"The HB 56 gives him the power," the 50-year-old Decatur resident said. "This is what I thought right away. You're listening on the TV and the radio, knowing how little we can defend ourselves as immigrants now. If you're a citizen and you're from here, you have the power. And the HB 56 is saying to you that … there is no one to defend me."
During the first two days, the boss praised their work. On the final day, things took a turn for the worse. They were asked to clean up a trailer that hadn't been used in years. Hortensia pulled out wet and moldy furniture, including old mattresses filled with bugs. She wondered why he wanted them to clean a trailer that was in such disrepair. It didn't make sense.
The boss' demeanor had changed. At one point, he showed Hortensia and her friend a gun he had at his side, saying it was for protection. He then left for the bank.
When he returned, he was angry. He yelled at them for supposedly doing a terrible job. The two women were scared of the gun. He disappeared into a trailer.
Hortensia wanted her pay, but it was quitting time and her friend was the only ride home. She left but was determined to get paid.
A few days later she went to her boss' house with her son-in-law. When he finally answered the door, he again yelled about how terrible her work had been. Hortensia and her son-in-law told him it wasn't true. She only wanted her pay.
He pulled the gun from his side. He told Hortensia that it didn't matter if she filed a police report or if she went to court—he wouldn't pay her. Hortensia couldn't do anything because she didn't have "papers."
He pointed the gun at Hortensia and her son-in-law. They left.
A police report was filed about the incident, but nothing happened. Hortensia has yet to receive her wages.
"You can't fight with anyone if you aren't legal, and that's why he didn't pay us," she said. "We haven't gone to the court because it's like we have no case because we're illegal. We're afraid to do it."
Laura knew something was wrong with her 13-year-old daughter, Alejandra.
The 37-year-old mother of four was once a nurse in Mexico. She knew Alejandra's fever could signal something serious. The Birmingham resident gave her daughter a Tylenol and took her to a local health clinic that had treated her family in the past. She was prepared to pay.
But this visit on Nov. 8, 2011, was different. Provisions of the state's anti-immigrant law, HB 56, were in effect.
Though Laura insisted that the clinic staff do something for Alejandra, they only took her temperature. They said that, because of HB 56, the clinic could no longer treat undocumented immigrants.
A few days later, Alejandra was rushed to a hospital emergency room, where she underwent surgery for an abdominal abscess. Laura believes that if the clinic had examined Alejandra, it may have been possible to avoid surgery. And despite claims of undocumented immigrants taking advantage of free medical treatment, Laura is facing $2,000 in medical bills.
She wonders if hospital staffers believed her daughter was getting free medical care and resented the family for it.
"Even if we asked for a glass of water they would get angry," Laura said. "But the Americans that spoke English, they were treated well. That's the way it was. Do they think we don't have to pay? This isn't free. I will pay for these bills, too, just like them."
It's not the only indignity the family has suffered since HB 56 became law. Alejandra said her classmates have become more hostile. Even finding a seat on the school bus has become a problem. "They say I shouldn't be here and that they don't want to sit with me," she said. "This wasn't happening to me before the law passed. It makes me mad."
In the wake of HB 56, Laura initially kept her children out of school for two weeks, fearing they would be singled out for harassment. "My kids told me there were no [other] Hispanics at the school, so I didn't let them go," she said.
There have been other problems as well. Laura was robbed while waiting for a bus in Birmingham. A police report was filed, and Laura and her two daughters could receive temporary visas since she was a crime victim.
But for now, Laura and her family are trying their best to live under HB 56 and all its consequences—intentional and unintentional. The future looks difficult. Though Laura, her husband and two daughters are currently undocumented, her two sons are U.S. citizens. She worries about what could happen to her family if she's ensnared by the law.
"I can't go home," she said. "I would have to split myself. Half of me can't go with my two kids who were born in Mexico and half of me can't stay here with the other two born here."
Arcelia quietly operated a hair salon for seven years.
The clientele was diverse. She had Mexican and American clients. They liked her work and they were loyal customers.
"There was one client that would come all the time," Arcelia said. "He was an older American guy, around 75 years old. He said he wanted to try out a haircut with me because he had always thought his head was deformed because of the way his hair had been cut."
Her skills with a pair of scissors earned her a new client.
"Every month he would come to me after that. And just like him, many other Americans would come to have their hair cut with me."
Arcelia is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Within the walls of her hair salon, the rancor of the immigration debate didn't seem to matter. Arcelia and her salon were part of the community. But the passage of HB 56 threatened to destroy her business and shatter her family.
Arcelia's business permit expired in September. At the end of the month, when provisions of HB 56 took effect, she received a phone call from an official informing her that if she didn't renew her business permit, she would be fined $10,000. She was warned that if she decided to work without a permit, she could be arrested.
It was Friday. She had until Tuesday, the official told her. When she went to renew her permit, she was asked for an identification from Alabama and her Social Security card. There was no way she could comply.
"I told them I have those things in my car, but then I went out to my car and never went back," she said. "I left with my self-esteem so low. I was so depressed that they wouldn't renew my permit." She decided to close up shop. She couldn't risk being taken away from her three daughters, all of whom are U.S. citizens.
"I thought [it's] better to stop working, because who will take care of my girls if someone takes me away?" she said.
It looked as if HB 56 had claimed a small town's business in the midst of tough economic times. A law that some supporters claimed would stop undocumented immigrants from coming to Alabama to claim benefits they don't deserve had left Arcelia unemployed.
She cleaned out her shop and locked up the items in a small hutch behind her trailer. Other items sat in her yard. Life was on hold. The hopes and dreams she and her husband had for their family began to crumble. The family had their eyes on a house. They had saved enough money for a down payment and were about to buy it when HB 56 passed. With one of the family's breadwinners out of work, the money they had saved quickly evaporated.
"Everything fell apart," she said. "There was nothing more to hope for."
Arcelia's clients also missed her.
"My clients keep calling me and calling and asking when I'll be back to work," she said. "I did the work to help my family, but I also loved my work. I loved my clients, all of it. This is why it has affected me so much."
Arcelia was eventually able to return to work. As the legal battle against HB 56 continued to play out in the federal courts, it became possible for her to receive her business license with no fear of arrest.
Arcelia could cut hair again.
But a few things have changed. A new salon moved into the location of her old business during the time she was unable to work. Arcelia opened a new salon in a nearby town.
She said it's like starting over. When she was out of work, she kept her chairs and some other equipment in her front yard where they were damaged by the weather. It cost her about $4,000 to get new equipment and start over. She also has to find new clients since she's in a new town.
It's all part of the lingering effects of HB 56, which turned her life upside down. And there's always the possibility HB 56 may affect her life in the future.
But for now she's keeping a positive attitude.
"Sometimes a door gets shut and then another opens," she said.
Shortly after Alabama passed HB 56, Enrique Corral, a 35-year-old Latino man who was born and raised in Texas, went to buy beer at a big box retailer near his suburban Birmingham home.
The cashier asked him for an "American ID."
He thought it was odd. As he took out his wallet, the cashier emphasized the type of identification she wanted. "A-mer-i-can," she said, stressing every syllable.
Enrique asked the cashier if a tourist visiting the United States would be unable to purchase beer from the store.
"She said, 'If you have a problem, you can talk to my boss.'"
He showed the cashier his license and made the purchase. He then watched her as an African-American woman attempted to purchase beer. This time the cashier simply asked for "ID."
"I said, 'Hey why are you not asking for an American ID if this is what you said you have to say?'
"She told me it's because I can tell that she's American."
He left the store angry. Enrique's parents legally immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s. He's a citizen and the brother of a U.S. Marine, but it appeared none of that mattered because he's also a Latino living in Alabama.
"I felt like I was not American. I've never had any problem, and as soon as this law came into effect that's when this took place."
Enrique said the state's anti-immigrant law has had a disturbing effect on people harboring prejudices against Latinos.
"The hateful people are hateful no matter what, but with this law they feel more empowered." He summed up their new attitude under HB 56: "If I used to just spit on you, now I'm going to spit on you and kick you when you're down."
Jorge was driving home from work in a small town in South Alabama late one night when he was pulled over by the police.
It was a traffic stop that would end with the police charging Jorge with driving without a license and for the broken light over the vehicle's license plate. He was also charged with failing to pay a speeding ticket he had received earlier.
Though Jorge, an undocumented immigrant, had to deal with the consequences of these charges, under Alabama's anti-immigrant law, the stakes were much higher for him. Jorge faced deportation, which could have taken him away from his wife and two children, ages 4 and 7. Though he wasn't deported at the time, Jorge was jailed and separated from his family for a month—from the first week of December 2011 until the first week of January 2012.
He wasn't with his family for Christmas.
He wasn't with them to celebrate the New Year.
He was behind bars, facing the loss of his family—not because he was charged with a serious crime—but as a result of common traffic charges.
The traffic stop seemed excessive to Jorge's wife, Gladis. When she arrived at the scene, three police cars were there.
Then, when she went to the courthouse, she was dismayed by what she saw. "I saw people in the court for drugs and other crimes, and then there was my husband, just there for two small tickets," she said.
Jorge was eventually transferred to a detention center in Louisiana, where he would face possible deportation. Gladis did her best to keep the children from worrying.
"I'm not telling my daughter where my husband is, I just tell her that he's on a trip for work far away and that he'll be home soon," she said at the time. "But [my daughter] says, 'Mom, it's so strange that he's not calling us.' They love him. He always helped me so much with the kids."
While Jorge was in jail, Gladis was able to work his job as a painter and provide money for the family. She also found a lawyer who was able to secure Jorge's release. Gladis isn't certain of the specifics. She knows the judge asked her husband questions about his family, which may have helped him avoid deportation for the time being.
The ordeal has been expensive. The lawyer was able to reduce Jorge's bail from $11,000 to $4,500. It was still a lot of money for the family, but it wasn't out of reach. Gladis used her car to borrow some money. Family and community members pitched in.
Now, Jorge is working constantly to earn the money to repay the debt. Gladis hopes she'll soon be able to get back the car she leveraged.
Jorge still has a court appearance ahead of him. And the family still lives in a state where a traffic stop could leave a child without a parent. But for now, Jorge and his family are together.
When Carmen Vélez tried to renew her car tag in Athens, Ala., she was told she needed to show her birth certificate.
She had not brought it because she didn't think it was necessary. She returned later with two copies—and older copy and a newer one. The attendant refused to accept them, saying she need a U.S. birth certificate.
Carmen was at a loss. She was born in Puerto Rico, which is, of course, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Its residents have been U.S. citizens for nearly a century.
"I thought they were joking with me," said Carmen, 44. "I couldn't believe it. I never thought they wouldn't know that Puerto Rico was part of the U.S."
Her ordeal is an example of how HB 56 complicates the most mundane tasks for many Latinos, even those with legal status. She never had this problem before the law took effect.
Carmen tried to explain that Puerto Rico is part of the United States, but it seemed futile. She became upset. Finally, the attendant asked for another form of identification. She took Carmen's driver's license and told her to wait.
She waited for two hours with her 5-year-old son. "Everyone was looking at me like I had two heads."
Finally, the attendant appeared after speaking with another official.
"She called me back up and said we'll take a copy of your birth certificate, but next year when you come in you'll have to have a birth certificate from the U.S."
Though she was able to renew her tag, she left wondering what will happen next year. How do you prove your citizenship when officials don't believe your birth certificate is from the United States?
"It's like they've passed the law but they haven't taught people how to implement it and they don't know what they're doing," Carmen said. "They've just created confusion. Now I'm afraid to go to any government office."
José and his family awoke one morning without running water. No water for cooking, cleaning, bathing or flushing the toilet. And no hope of getting it turned back on.
It wasn't a matter of money. José, 43, could pay a water bill. But he's an undocumented immigrant struggling to survive in Alabama, where HB 56 and an anti-immigrant atmosphere have turned lives upside down.
The problem began when José and his family moved into a rental home in a small town near Birmingham last June—the same month Gov. Robert Bentley signed HB 56. Jose had no problem getting the power bill put into his name. But when he presented a Mexican ID to the local water authority, he was told he would need an Alabama driver's license. He didn't have one.
For months, the water kept flowing anyway. But then, on Halloween, about a month after HB 56 took effect, the faucets ran dry.
There was no where to turn. But the family persevered.
Every morning, José would take two large jugs to his construction job. Sometimes, he would fill them at Walmart. Other times, homeowners in the neighborhoods where he remodeled homes would let him use an outdoor spigot.
"I would wait until he'd come home with the water from work to put it in the bath, heat it up to bathe our eldest son, which was the most important because he goes to school," said Artemia, José's wife. "The other two kids would bathe twice a week and for me, well I didn't bathe much. Neither did my husband."
They also used the water to flush the toilet. It wasn't a perfect solution. The family could hardly bear the smell in the bathroom. Their daughter developed a urinary tract infection.
Cooking meals was a challenge. "I would make easy dinners, things that didn't need much water, because we didn't have enough," Artemia said. "We tried to use disposable plates, because there wasn't enough water to wash."
The daily struggle wore her down.
"I was here, depressed, and my husband was working and there was a time when I was thinking of suicide," she said. "But thanks to God, I thought of my kids and we made it through."
José and Artemia contacted a local radio station for help and were eventually introduced to a local advocate who went to the utility with the couple. "She told them that there were children in this house and that they shouldn't be suffering," Artemia said.
The utility accepted Jose's passport as identification and turned on the water—40 days after it was shut off.
As José reflected on the ordeal, he turned to his faith.
"We are all human beings, like it says in the Bible," he said. "There is just one God and we are all under that one God equally. I don't ever want this to happen to anyone."
Isabel and her family saved every penny possible to buy a car, even forgoing new sneakers for her two sons.
Eventually, they drove from their home to a dealership in northern Alabama where they had previously bought a car. They decided on a blue 2004 Ford Explorer. They paid $1,500 down and would pay $65 a week until the $6,400 sport utility vehicle was paid in full.
Their hard work and sacrifice had paid off.
Unfortunately for Isabel and her family, as undocumented immigrants in Alabama, they would learn the car they had worked so hard to buy could be taken away. It was September, the same month portions of HB 56 would take effect across the state.
One day, a tow truck pulled up to Isabel's home. She hadn't missed a payment. She had no idea why the dealer would take the SUV. She called him, and after offering up flimsy excuses, he told her the real reason: He could no longer sell to "illegals" because he might lose his business license.
Alabama's new law does not, in fact, prohibit businesses from selling merchandise to undocumented immigrants. But it does say that contracts are not valid when one party is undocumented. That opens the door wide for unscrupulous businessmen.
The dealer offered to return the vehicle—if Isabel presented a Social Security card and a green card. She didn't have them. He refused to return the money the family had already paid. They lost nearly $3,000.
"It affected me so much because I was seeing the racism in these people," said Isabel, 37. "They robbed this money that, with such sacrifice, I was saving to be able to have a car."
Isabel and her husband drove to the dealership several times over the next few weeks to see about the vehicle. Some of the mechanics told Isabel that they thought what the dealer had done was wrong, but they couldn't do anything about it. Eventually, the dealer made a different offer to Isabel: She could pay the full price of the vehicle and it would be returned. That wasn't possible. After several attempts, Isabel and her husband gave up.
Isabel has since heard of other undocumented immigrants enduring the same ordeal. Though undocumented immigrants are often accused of stealing jobs and other benefits from citizens, Isabel said her family was meeting their responsibilities. They had insurance, license tags—everything they needed, except a car.
"So who is robbing who? They stole from us. They did—the citizens, not the undocumented people."
Her husband, Santiago, believes HB 56 has only emboldened some people to harass Latinos and discriminate against them.
"There has always been some racism in this country, but since the law [was enacted] it's like the people that are a little racist can open up more," he said.
HB 56 has created a humanitarian crisis in Alabama.
Under the provisions currently in effect, undocumented persons are unable to interact with the government in any way and for any purpose. It has turned a significant class of people, effectively, into non-persons, subjecting them to a kind of legal exile. It has destroyed lives, ripped apart families, devastated communities and delivered a body blow to an already struggling economy.
There is no fixing this law. It does not need to be re-written or tweaked at the margins, as some Alabama legislators have suggested.
It should be repealed.
Other states hoping to emulate Alabama should consider its devastating economic consequences. In recent years, Alabama has attracted significant foreign investors; now the state is garnering headlines for the arrests of foreign automobile company employees who have every right to be here.
Farmworkers—regardless of immigration status—have fled the state rather than live under HB 56. Crops have been left rotting in the fields, causing farmers to lose millions.
Immigration must be a federal issue. It is simply untenable to have 50 different immigration policies across the country. The nation must speak with one voice on this issue.
Frustration with Congress' failure to reform the nation's immigration policy is not sufficient reason for states to create a patchwork of policies that throw lives into disarray and sow fear, bigotry and confusion in communities. State legislators must recognize the impact is simply too high of a price to pay to make a political point.
The SPLC has been heartened by the response of the federal government to HB 56, particularly that of the Department of Justice, which has challenged the law in federal court.
However, another federal agency, the Department of Homeland Security, has played a deeply troubling role in enabling HB 56 to funnel Alabama's immigrants into deportation proceedings.
Though Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has stated that her agency will not help Alabama implement HB 56, we have yet to hear specifics about what that means. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted raids and other enforcement actions in Alabama that have terrorized immigrant communities and threatened to trample their civil rights.
This was vividly illustrated in December 2011, when armed ICE agents raided apartment complexes and mobile home parks in Fort Payne and Collinsville, entering homes without permission and even interrogating young children about their parents' whereabouts. ICE also continues to detain and deport people as a result of HB 56—a law the Department of Justice has decried as unconstitutional.
The result is a contradictory message from the federal government that has pledged to protect the civil rights of the immigrant community but at the same time engages in activities that threaten to violate those same rights. These enforcement actions by ICE must cease.
HB 56 is a self-inflicted wound—the product of short-sighted lawmakers unable to see beyond the most immediate political opportunity. Though the impact of similar anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Georgia clearly foreshadowed its legal and economic fallout, HB 56 was passed with little regard for the hardships those states have experienced.


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SHDA Research Update – July 2017
Posted by Structural Heart Disease Australia | Aug 5, 2017 | Research Update |
Welcome to the monthly SHDA Research Update. Our specialists have selected 3 seminal papers that have been recently published in each speciality (Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Imaging, Perioperative Medicine).
Summarised by Sarah Catchpoole
Lytwyn J, et al. The impact of frailty on functional survival in patients 1 year after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun 24.
The prognostic value of three fraility indices were compared with the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (euroSCORE II) in this prospective cohort of 188 patients (median age 71) undergoing elective (n=155) or urgent cardiac surgery (n=33). Prevalence of frailty was 31.9-51.6%, depending on the scale. Follow-up was conducted at 9-19 months post-operatively, with the primary outcome of functional survival defined as freedom from mortality with adequate health-related quality of life (>60 on the EuroQol-Visual Analogue Scale). Higher pre-operative scores on all three frailty scales were associated with 2.0-3.5 fold increased risk of poor functional survival. In addition, all three scales provided incremental prognostic value to the euroSCORE II alone.
Witberg G, et al. The Prognostic Effects of Coronary Disease Severity and Completeness of Revascularization on Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Jul 24.
This is the first large, multicentre, retrospective observational study to examine the impact of coronary artery disease (CAD) on all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Of the 1270 patients enrolled, 26% (n=311) had CAD and 122 (10%) had severe CAD (SYNTAX score (SS) <22), while incomplete revascularisation (ICR) was defined as residual SS >8 and "reasonable" ICR as residual SS <8. Only severe CAD and ICR were associated with increased mortality after a median follow up of 1.9 years (hazard ratio: 2.091; p<0.017 and hazard ratio: 1.720; p<0.031, respectively). If "reasonable" ICR was achieved, there was no difference in prognosis compared to patients without CAD (hazard ratio 0.749, p=0.178). The results suggest that CAD severity, rather than CAD itself predicts risk, while reasonable revascularisation can improve outcomes.
Kotronias RA, et al. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Artery Revascularization Strategy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jun 27.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients undergoing transcathter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), however the prognostic significance and benefit of pre-procedural intervention is uncertain. This systematic review identified 9 studies with a total of 3858 participants for inclusion in a meta-analysis. In the 983 patients that underwent revascularisation, there was no difference in 30 day cardiovascular mortality, 1 year mortality, and rates of myocardial infaction, acute kidney injury, and stroke. However, they had worse 30 day mortality (Odds ratio (OR): 1.42; P=0.01) and increased rates of major vascular complications (OR: 1.86; P=0.0003). The authors suggest there is no clear benefit of revascularisation prior to TAVR, however they note the poor quality of included studies and need for further randomised controlled trials.
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Esaki,J. at al. Risk Factors for Late Aortic Valve Dysfunction After the David V Valve-Sparing Root Replacement Ann Thorac Surg 2017 Jun
This retrospective review examined risk factors for late aortic insufficiency (AI) and aortic stenosis (AS) after David V valve sparing root replacement (VSRR). From 282 patients between 2005 to 2015 who underwent VSRR, 64 patients (22.7% had bicuspid valves) and 41 patients (14.5%) had Marfan syndrome. Operative mortality was 8 (2.8%). Seven year cumulative incidence of reoperation, greater than 2++ AI and greater than moderate AS were 3.1%, 2.2% and 0.8%, respectively. Multivariable analysis showed aortic root size 55mm or larger to be a risk factor for late AI (hazard ratio 3.44, 95% confidence interval: 1.27 to 9.29, p=0.01). Bicuspid valve and cusp repair were found to be risk factors for late AS (hazard ratio 16.07 and 5.91, 95% confidence intervals (3.12-82.68) and (1.17-29.86),p=0.001 and p=0.03 respectively]).
Schaefer, A. et al. Comparison of latest generation transfemoral self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun
This study evaluated the 30-day outcomes of latest-generation self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves in 104 patients between 2012 and 2016. The Symetis ACURATE Neo transcatheter heart valve was studied with a control group receiving the Edwards Sapien 3. Device success was 94.2% (98 of 104) and 98.1% (102 of 104) in study and control groups, respectively (P = 0.157). All-cause 30day mortality was 3.9 (4 of 104) vs 0.9% (1 of 104) (P=0.317). Resultant transvalvular peak/mean gradients and effective orifice area were 14.2 ± 5.7 vs 22.6 ± 6.8 mmHg (P < 0.001)/7.3 ± 2.8 vs 11.8 ± 3.5 mmHg (P < 0.001) and 2.0 ± 0.4 vs 1.7 ± 0.4 cm2 (P=0.063). Next generation transcatheter heart valves were found to preserve superiority in terms of post-interventional haemodynamics (eg paravalvular leakage) without presenting former drawbacks.
Couperus, LE. et al. RV dysfunction after surgical LV restoration: prevalence, risk factors, and clinical implications Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2017 May
Surgical left ventricular (LV) restoration (SVR) induces changes in LV systolic and diastolic function that may affect postoperative right ventricular (RV) function. This study of 86 patients aimed to evaluate the long term effect of SVR on RV function, with specific focus on determinants and prognostic implications of RV dysfunction. RV dysfunction at follow-up was present in 40% of patients and was associated with worse preoperative RV fractional area change (39 ± 9 vs 46 ± 7%, P< 0.01), pulmonary hypertension (18 vs 4%, P= 0.03) and higher follow-up LV filling pressures (E/E' ratio23±8 vs 15±8, P=0.02). Patients with RV dysfunction were more frequently in New York Heart Association Class III or IV (30 vs 12%, P=0.04)and 5-year mortality, heart transplantation and LV assist device implantation rate was increased (49 vs 17%, P< 0.01) as compared to patients with normal RV function. Patients with RV dysfunction after SVR had worse clinical functioning and outcome as compared to patients with normal RV functioning.
Goublaire C, et al. Prognostic Value of Exercise-Stress Echocardiography in Asymptomatic Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jul 13.
In patients with asymptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), changes in blood pressure changes or development of symptoms on exercise testing are well-known indications for valve replacement. However, the role of echocardiographic parameters is uncertain. In this single-centre observational study, 148 patients with mild to moderate isolated AS who underwent exercise-stress echocardiography were followed up for a median of 14±8 months. Measures of AS severity at rest (mean pressure gradient (MPG), peak velocity, and aortic valve area) were prognostic for progression to aortic valve replacement and AS related events (p<0.0001). However, there was no association found for peak systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) and MPG values at peak exercise.
Hahn RT, and Zamorano JL. The need for a new tricuspid regurgitation grading scheme. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jul 13.
Contemporary feasibility trials of transcutaneous tricuspid valve devices have revealed that current definitions of "severe" tricuspid regurgitation (TR) do not adequately capture the severity of end-stage disease in the patients enrolled. Nor can current grade boundaries capture the post-intervention improvements in TR measures and quality of life that are likely to have some prognostic benefit. Consequently, Hahn and Zamorano have proposed the expansion of the "severe" TR grade to include "massive" and "torrential" categories. In addition, they hope a new grading system would facilitate better trial design and monitoring of long-term differences in outcomes.
Bai AD et al. Diagnostic Accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Infective Endocarditis Findings Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as the Reference Standard: A Meta-Analysis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Jul.
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is the current gold standard for diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). However, have advances in harmonic imaging and probe technology improved the sensitivity and specificity of less-invasive, cheaper transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)? In this meta-analysis of 16 studies and a total of 2807 patients (n=793 with IE vegetations), the authors found harmonic TTE can detect vegetations with a sensitivity of 61%, specificity of 94%, and negative likelihood ratio (NLR) of 0.42. While NLR was improved in patients without prosthetic valves (NLR = 0.36) or in the setting of conclusively negative results (NLR = 0.17), the authors conclude that TTE nevertheless may miss many vegetations, with subsequent TOE inevitably required.
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Lomivorotov, V.V. et al. Low-Cardiac-Output Syndrome After Cardiac Surgery JCTVA 2017 Feb.
Over the past decade, there has been a significant decline in cardiac surgery-associated mortality, despite an increase in the complexity of operations. The low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) remains the most common complication, characterized by decreased heart pump function, leading to reduced oxygen delivery (DO2 ) and subsequent tissue hypoxia. The most common definition of LCOS decreases in the cardiac index (CI) to <2.0 L/min/m2 and a systolic blood pressure of <90 mmHg, in conjunction with signs of tissue hypoperfusion in the absence of hypovolemia. Inotropes or mechanical support are invariably required. Acute renal failure, neurologic and pulmonary complications, as well as atrial fibrillation, are common sequelae of LCOS, and mortality may exceed 20%. Prompt identification of LCOS is necessary to instigate goal directed therapy to maximize DO2 and to restore organ perfusion and function.
Eisen, A. et al. Digoxin Use and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With or Without Heart Failure in the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 Trial JCTVA 2017 Jun
Digoxin is widely used in patients with atrial fibrillation despite the lack of randomized controlled trials. In the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 trial, 21,105 patients were enrolled with 6327 (30%) were treated with digoxin at baseline. Among patients without HF (n=8981), digoxin use (20%) was independently associated with sudden cardiac death (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.10–2.08), with no significant interaction by age, sex, left ventricular ejection fraction, renal function, or concomitant medications (P>0.05 for each). Among patients with HF (n=12 124), digoxin use (37%) was associated with an increase in all-cause death, cardiovascular death, sudden cardiac death, and death caused by HF/cardiogenic shock (P<0.01 for each), but not with noncardiovascular death, stroke/systemic embolism, or myocardial infarction. Whilst residual confounding cannot be excluded, the association between digoxin usage and worse clinical outcomes warrants further investigation.
Reddy, S.K. et al. Effect of 0.9% Saline or Plasma-Lyte 148 as Crystalloid Fluid Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit on Blood Product Use and Postoperative Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery JCTVA 2017 April
This multicentre, double blind, cluster-randomized, double-crossover study and prospective nested single centre study compared the effect of Plasma-Lyte 148 (PL-148) with 0.9% saline on blood product use and postoperative bleeding admitted to the intensive care unit following cardiac surgery. 128 of 475 patients (26.9%) in the PL-148 group received blood or a blood product compared with 94 of 479 patients (19.6%) in the saline group (OR [95% confidence interval], 1.51 [1.11-2.05]; p = 0.008). There were no differences between groups in chest drain output from the time of arrival in the ICU until 12 hours postoperatively (geometric mean, 566 mL for the PL-148 group v 547 mL in the saline group; p = 0.60). The hypothesis that using PL-148 for fluid therapy in ICU reduces transfusion requirements post cardiac surgery was not supported by these findings.
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Heredity is a primary risk factor for glaucoma, and African Americans have a six- to eight-fold risk for the disease.
Glaucoma is a family of diseases that damage the optic nerve, causing vision loss and blindness if left untreated. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form of the disease, and it rarely has symptoms. POAG affects about 3 percent of Asian Americans, 6 percent of Caucasian Americans, and 16 percent of African Americans.
Research including the Baltimore Eye Study and Barbados Eye Study have helped scientists understand how genetic and environmental factors affect POAG among people of African ethnicity. Recently, the National Eye Institute funded a 5-year study called the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics Study (POAAGG). This study was the first large-scale population study analyzing African Americans for hereditary risk factors. The study included 2,365 participants of African American, African Caribbean or African descent from Pennsylvania.
From POAAGG data, researchers hope to develop a whole-genome sequence to determine genes associated with glaucoma, improve screening and develop new therapies. Currently, there is no cure for the disease, but several types of glaucoma therapy can be effective with early diagnosis.
It is important to visit an eye doctor each year for a comprehensive eye exam. Routine eye exams can detect eye diseases like glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration early. Glaucoma symptoms are rare, so you cannot depend on warning signs or pain to indicate an eye problem. Swift detection prevents vision loss and preserves your eye health.
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Here follows a course review from my recent General Purpose Security Dog (GPSD) course which I attended with Malpeet K9 Security from Monday 6th September 2010 – Sunday 12th September 2010 inclusive. The course was very kindly donated by the Managing Director of the company, Simon Mallin, and was part of the raffle prizes on offer at the Close Protection World networking meeting held earlier this year in aid for Help for Heroes. Close Protection World is a networking website used by members involved with various aspects of the security industry, from door supervision, to close protection, private investigation, surveillance, and dog handling.I arrived at L & A Outdoor Centre, Goytre, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales on Monday at 11:30am. Concise joining instructions were received in advance instructing not to arrive before 12pm on the first day of the course as there was plenty of behind the scenes paperwork and administration to complete before delegates arrival. Simon Mallin, Managing Director of Malpeet K9 Security was our instructor, and was assisted by another handler who had completed the course approx. 1.5 years ago and had taken up GPSD handling full time and is working towards becomeing a Nasdu assistant trainer. Simon is also chairman of NASDU and a very experienced dog handler and trainer.


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What Comes about When Your Waiter Just can't Manage Hire
If LaToya Flood had her way, she would employ the service of an more 5 to seven staff at Ruby Mae Soul Food items Cafe, which she has operated for 3 several years in Kingston, N.Y. With her business open now just on Fridays and Saturdays, Ms. Flood and her sole staff, her mom, prepare all week for what could be a thriving, comprehensive-time organization.
But discovering minimum amount wage personnel in Ulster County has turn into nearly difficult, she said.
Like lots of components of the nation, like the city and the Hamptons, Ulster County is going through an employment crisis. Because the pandemic, some personnel have moved, when others have reassessed their lives and have found other options. But the dilemma is driven, in component, by a absence of inexpensive housing.
Ms. Flood said that when she very first moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and then to Kingston pretty much 11 yrs back from the Bronx, it was straightforward to discover two-bedroom rental residences for considerably less than $850 a month. But accessible housing has been dwindling in the county. When the pandemic hit, city dwellers bought up houses or moved into what utilised to be their next houses, even more diminishing availability.
Now a two-bedroom rental in the county averages $1,439 per thirty day period, an 11 per cent boost from the earlier yr, according to the county's rental housing survey.
"It's hard to roll up your sleeves and work tough for minimum amount wage and sense like you're suffocating mainly because you can not manage rent," Ms. Flood stated. "So now I'm at a stage where I just can't broaden my enterprise and am at a loss of what I'm intended to do next."
Studies have proven that adding a lot more housing prospects to the creation of employment, but present-day higher setting up and labor charges, amongst other points, have led builders nationwide to concentrate on substantial-conclusion houses. Construction is at a five-10 years reduced on starter households, according to Freddie Mac.
Incorporating to the dilemma of source are the owners who have opted to lease out their excess rooms or next homes to vacationers in its place of to extensive-term tenants. In Ulster County, slightly in excess of 2,000 rooms and households have been stated as short-expression rentals in Could, in accordance to AirDNA, a trip rental data company. These property owners averaged $236 in profits for each night's rental, so even if the income netted was 50 percent of that determine, it's a gain margin that is also really hard to resist.
This coincides with a low emptiness level for prolonged-phrase rentals in the county, which was just shy of 2 p.c in 2020, according to the rental housing study. (Housing industry experts say a rate beneath 5 % restricts tenant preference and mobility and presents landlords pricing energy.) There had been only 180 rental models marketed in between January and Oct 2020, down from 269 units the earlier 12 months.
A determined want for infrastructural advancements in rural cities and cities — a lot more populous than ever mainly because of the pandemic — has posed problems for builders. Patrick K. Ryan, Ulster's county government, says that courting developers of cost-effective housing is hard when there are not plenty of sewer and water strains to get started with.
"It's been tough to listen to about all the probable advancement the county could be going through simply because of the lack of infrastructure and thus housing," Mr. Ryan explained. "But what is worse is when you listen to about the nurses and grocery store clerks, or those people who got us as a result of the pandemic, who are anxiety-ridden because they can't afford to pay for to are living in the neighborhood they just served."
During Ulster County, community meetings are loaded with locals contacting for a take care of. Just after months of debate, the Town of Woodstock this week approved a 9-thirty day period moratorium on the development of new lodging, which includes shorter-time period rentals, which pits a neighbor trying to receive added money in opposition to other individuals remaining priced out of the neighborhood.
"Housing is the No. 1 issue," stated Mr. Ryan, introducing that he and other officials are seeking to speedy-monitor cost-effective housing plans. The Kingston Town Land Lender has been fixing up very long-vacant housing, there are strategies to renovate an vacant county jail into units for seniors and other individuals, and a tiny-home initiative is also underway. Zoning codes are currently being reviewed in numerous cities and villages, and Mr. Ryan claimed there was a push for speedy authorization to develop accessory dwelling units, like modest cottages or basement residences.
In mild of the very affordable housing crunch, lots of business homeowners have been compelled to rethink how to operate their firms. Tom Smiley, the chief govt of the Mohonk Mountain Residence, a 250-as well as-place resort in New Paltz, reduce the availability of lodge rooms and companies by a 3rd this yr due to the fact he could not discover sufficient workers. In a typical calendar year, Mr. Smiley hires about 750 personnel. This year, he is down to about 630.
For the to start with time due to the fact his loved ones commenced the organization in 1869, Mr. Smiley asked his marketing director to concentration on staff recruitment, and not on visitor promotions. He spent additional income to publicize readily available employment on the radio and billboard room on Route 299 in New Paltz.
Some staff members have been equipped to safe cheap lodging at the hotel's worker dorms, but the quantity of rooms was cut to 45 from about 180, because the pandemic built it necessary to provide non-public loos in its place of shared facilities.
Mr. Smiley stated he had been on the hunt for federal and condition incentives that would assistance him develop extra dorm house, but has experienced very little luck.
"I have staff that say they do not know how a great deal more time they can get the job done in this article as they struggle to come across a put to dwell," he reported. "So now I also worry about staff retention."
Stew Meyers, a founder of Exago Inc., a program firm in Kingston, wonders how his young work drive (typical age, 29) will be able to continue to keep living in and around Kingston if dwelling costs and rents preserve climbing.
"I've been concentrating on employing domestically to mature a competitive organization right here, but if my employees say they can not afford to pay for to stay below and they all out of the blue talk to me for an raise in income, I would be caught," Mr. Meyers claimed.
Housing activists are warning about the effects of gentrification, which has been occurring for at least a 10 years, and the probability of a spike in homelessness amid the doing work course. There have been stories of some persons who were being pushed out of their households and are now sleeping in their automobiles, typically in the neighborhood teach station's parking good deal.
Rashida Tyler, a co-founder of the Ulster County Coalition for Housing Justice and the founder of the Actual Kingston Tenants Union, stated she had been flooded with calls and emails from folks inquiring for her help, which commenced right before the pandemic for the reason that of present economic inequalities in the spot involving poorer communities of shade. As a third-generation Kingstonian, Ms. Tyler reported she employed to be ready to join locals in need of reasonably priced housing to a wide range of generous landlords. "But I have not been equipped to aid anyone in months, as all my resources have dried up," she stated.
The corporation, amid other items, has requested regional legislators to determine very affordable rents employing the area's common hourly wage, at present $13.33, alternatively of the area's median profits, specifically now as a lot more affluent New Yorkers have moved into the county.
"When housing selling prices are too superior, it puts way too much pressure and makes it more durable for people today to continue to be in their group," Mr. Meyers explained. "I need to have and want my workers to continue to be right here, but what occurs when they can't?"
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A busy and well-established business is looking for a talented Standalone IT Support Engineer (1st - 3rd line) to be based in the St Albans area, Hertfordshire (commutable from parts of Buckinghamshire, North London, Essex and Bedfordshire).
The successful candidate will be tasked with providing 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support to a medium - large sized business across multiple UK sites with only very occasional travel required.
In order to be suitable for this role you must have some experience working in an IT Support Engineer, IT Technician, Infrastructure Engineer, Windows Systems Administrator, IT Generalist or similar role. It is essential to have proven experience with a broad range of technologies including Windows 2008R2 - 2016 Server, VMWare, Hyper-V, Windows 7-10, MS Office 2010 - 2016 and general networking knowledge, including Firewalls. Any exposure to Photoshop, or a similar tool, such as adding layers, inserting some text and generally tidying up images would be highly desireable, but not essential.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in an established group of successful businesses and be involved with various live projects. This Standalone IT Support Engineer (1st - 3rd line) role is paying up to £32,000 depending on experience plus benefits including 22 days holiday and pension.


Due to the expansion of the Company and our exciting growth plans, we are currently recruiting for a brand new role of Data Manager. The role is supporting both the Office Supplies and Print Divisions and is based from our Head Office in Cheltenham.
Reporting to the Head of Sales Support, the successful candidate will be pivotal within the team to oversee data integrity and bespoke management information production. Bespoke and accurate customer management information is essential for rewarding account reviews, improved margin management and increased opportunity for up sell and cross sell.
Control and manage data integrity for office supplies and print customers. Enforce accurate customer configurations and accurate invoicing.
Production of data and reports for Category 1 customer reviews. Liaise with Sales to agree content and frequency of report. Production of bespoke management information.
Ensure customer and product data required for management information and utilised for bespoke large account reviews is accurate and accessible.
Oversee and manage customer data contained within our office supplies and print e-commerce online platforms and our back office system. Ensure customer data is consistent and accurate.
Oversee and manage product data contained within our office supplies e-commerce platform and back office system. Ensure product data is consistent and accurate. Ensure customer specific office supplies products are correctly categorized.
Instill and enforce best practice and consistency for the format of customer and product data online. Ensure consistency of data online and on our back office system.
Management and enforce control for access to customer data. Manage and control security of customer data held internally. Manage and enforce process for data deletion.
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