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Brian Reeves
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© 1992 Brian Reeves
In August of 1992, I was in the Bahamas for a scientific expedition, upon which I was serving as one of about twenty-five volunteers. We were with the organization Earthwatch, assisting graduate students researching the nature of adolescent lemon sharks on the tiny island of Bimini, on the far western end of the Grand Bahama Bank. Our job was to be pretty simple: the graduate students, working under University of Miami biologists, were studying the lemon sharks in an effort to understand how they managed to locate their home range. They lived in mangroves, which were essentially salt water swamps full of strange trees which grew above the water line. The trees shot roots down through the water to anchor in the sludgy sediment two or three feet below. The effect was a tree on stilts. Spindly roots came up just out of the water line, where they came together to form the trunk of the tree. Broad branches with tiny green leaves created a shady canopy, keeping the heat and insects in. Birds and mangrove crabs dwelled in these swamps, but so did adolescent lemon sharks.
Sharks, unlike other fish, are viviparous, which means they give live birth. Usually there are eleven or so pups in a litter. The young pups stay close to the area they were born, while the mother abandons them and heads back out to sea. Most die off in the first year, and those that remain haunt the same one- or two-mile stretch of mangroves. They eat fish and other animals in the brackish water. One of the most misunderstood of the world's creatures, this type of shark also had a behaviour which had boggled researchers for some time: the young sharks, when taken far outside their normal range, were capable of finding their way back to it with little difficulty. The route they took was tortuous and confused, at best, but regardless of distance, time, season, or weather, they were capable of homing back on the same home range within twelve hours or so. When looked at on paper, the pattern sure looked like random exploration on the shark's part, but randomness could never account for the homing, time and time again, of the subject shark on its home range. Given total randomness, the shark would just as likely end up in Florida or nearby Andros Island as not. The students and staff from the University of Miami had been working on the how of this problem, to better understand the abilities of sharks.
That was where we came in. We paid our dues (a whopping $1,800 dollars!) and flew to Miami where we were taken over to Bimini. We were there to help them with menial tasks, and to provide extra hands when the students weren't enough. We were to help them net the sharks, track them, and study them, but we were also there to cook, clean, and haul things. Despite the high price tag, it was volunteer work, and we were ready to do our part in uncovering this mystery.
Flying low over Bimini, I looked across its entire expanse easily, half of it visible out of my side of the plane at any given time. The whole island was only a few miles long; really it was nothing more than a sand bank with some trees and buildings on it. But the relaxing turquoise of its waters gave it the appearance of a tiny gem in the Atlantic.
We stayed in a glorified trailer near a mangrove-infested lagoon. The spit of land the station was nestled on was half sand, half trees and had commanding view of the stagnant water of the lagoon, but if you were to walk a few yards behind the station through the bushes, you would emerge on the sands of a tranquil arching bay with waters clearer than you thought possible.
Not long after our arrival, a handful of us went down to the waters to swim and explore. The waves in the protected harbor were shallow, and lapped at our heels gently. Sunlight reflecting from the smooth sand warmed the water to near Jacuzzi temperatures: during August the water averaged 90 degrees Fahrenheit. It was wonderful to wade around in, but a few of us wondered if the water would keep its temperature at night. After sunset we went down in our swimsuits and plunged in. The water was still bath-like, only now, with the western sky deepening to a Technicolor blue, the waves glowed with the peppermint spark of bioluminescence. As we trailed our hands underwater, comet-tails of glitter would scatter behind.
A couple of days later, I returned to the beach alone when I had some time to spare. The sun was blissfully warm on my skin and rode nearly directly overhead. I was wading only a little way into the water, still in disbelief over the warmth of it, when I noticed a dark patch to my right. Merely an underwater rock or patch of turtlegrass, or so I thought, until I noticed it was moving. It drifted closer at a leisurely pace, but I wasn't afraid; the water was very shallow and I was only a few yards from the sand. At last this black shape drew near and I could finally tell what it was: a skate, a relative of the shark, but flat and winged, and much smaller (skates belong to the order hypotremata, and sharks are pleurotremata.) This skate had taken an interest in my ankles and was coming to investigate. It did a couple of loops around my heels, slowly, not realizing at first that I was alive. I stood stock still and watched, wishing I had brought my camera, and then I noticed another approaching. It joined the first one for a quick inspection, then the two diamond-shaped critters split up and floated back into the deeper waters.
Collecting the sharks for the research was not a great deal of fun. It involved going out in a squadron of boats to a mangrove-lined area along the central lagoon of Bimini (much larger than the tiny lagoon we were stationed near) and locating one of their experiments with a sonic device. The device was called a "hydrophone," and it looked an awful lot like a serving bowl taped to the end of a piece of PVC pipe. Sound waves traveling through the water would reflect off the bowl into a central microphone, to then be transmitted to a pair of heavy-duty headphones the operator would wear. The sharks had been previously caught and an object called a "pinger" was surgically inserted into their body cavity. The pinger was about the size and shape of a shotgun shell. It was equipped with a battery that would last a couple of years at least, during which time the pinger would constantly emit a low-level sonic ping (hence its name) that did not disturb the shark or its behavior in any way. The ping merely allowed the shark to be located using the hydrophone.
Once found, the shark had to be corralled in a semicircle of netting and brought onto the largest boat for immediate capture. It would be flipped onto its back to induce it into a state of "tonic," a sort of coma for sharks. It is then taken to the holding pen. Much later, after a "cool-down" session, the shark would again be taken, in tonic, far out to sea. There it would be released and tracked in the attempt to determine how the sharks could find their way back to the same home stretch of mangrove. Since this was usually a long and tiresome process, the pursuit would be done in three phases, each one done by a different relief crew.
Our second day in Bimini we finally went in search of a shark. We circled the island in two little boats, following the mangroves lining the central bay until we finally heard a ping. Pretty soon, we had taken a large net out of a garbage can they used as a container, and had stretched it in a huge semi-circle forming a phalanx along one section of mangrove. One of the sharks, dubbed "Chewie," was out there somewhere in the knee-deep water, skirting the mangrove trees. By the time we finally caught him, the thick sediments at the bottom had nearly pulled off my shoes and I had begun my sunburn in earnest. They kept the comatose shark in an Igloo cooler; they had to get it to a holding pen as soon as possible to prevent damage to the tissue. The holding pen was a ring of pegs and webbing in waist-deep water right offshore from the shark lab. Chewie would wait there, circling and circling, until we were ready for him.
That night they began the experiment. They took the big boat and headed far out to sea, east by southeast, Chewie relaxing upside-down in the cooler. The lab had a central radio, and volunteers were randomly picked to man it. I was picked for the first shift, then my job was taken over so I could get some sleep. About four in the morning we awoke and headed out on our relief crew mission. It was then when I saw the single most splendid sunrise I have ever witnessed.
It was still warm outside even in the last hour of night, but as the boat started out of out little harbor, the wind brought a bit of a chill. Combined with spray splashing up from the bow of the boat, I began to actually shiver. I huddled near the bow, wishing I could move back to one of the other benches. As we plowed eastward, the sky began to turn purple, then a deep blue, then with astonishing rapidity, burst into a range of reds, pinks, blues, oranges, and purples. This rainbow was broken up by lazy smears of clouds high overhead, colors splashed across their undersides. The thing I remember most is how tall it was: it seemed to start in a somewhat narrow base that wrapped across only about a quarter of the horizon, then built upward in a column that ran through the spectrum, darkening to a deep purple only directly overhead. They brought the little boat to a stop, and in my sleepy state I felt I had drifted back into dream. Even out here the waves were small and quiet, so there was only us and this immense sunrise painting us gold, the land a low strip of dark green far behind, and the clear water below, through which you could see the rolling sands of the bottom twenty or thirty feet below.
I never made it to the main boat: just after the sunrise, before we had even located the other boat, they lost Chewie in the waters and the experiment was scrapped. Presumably, he managed to reach his home range, but he had simply eluded the researchers and their hydrophone. It wasn't surprising – the sea is alive with noises, like the clicking of small shrimp in the turtlegrass beds, which came across as static in the earphones. There would be another experiment later. I didn't mind – even though I had missed out on some sleep.
The Lemon shark, negaprion brevirostris, is indigenous to the area, and has a range stretching from the New Jersey coastline all the way to Brazil, and even a little in the Pacific. They can grow up to ten feet in length, and usually weigh about 265 pounds. I didn't know much about sharks when I went, and was a little timid about getting into the water with them. The day after going out for drinks in the main town, we split all the boats up and went in search of some more sharks, these in wildly different sections of the island. Four of us climbed into a tiny boat and picked our way along the southern shore, pretty close to base. The alcohol I had imbibed the night before, combined with the relentless tropical sun, created an eye-blearing headache. We found no sharks, and instead ended up running our boat aground on some rocks. Fortunately, another boat came back with another shark. In the afternoon my headache had cleared a little, so I went to go see it.
I waded out to the shark pen. One shark, about the length of my arm, lazily swam the perimeter. That was the first time I got a real good look at one. I climbed a little ladder built into one side and peered down at it.
It was shaped about like the sharks I had seen before, but it had a second dorsal fin almost the same size as the first one. The skin was dark brown. Adult Lemon sharks have a yellowish tinge to their skin, which is where the name comes from. I remembered touching some shark skin in the lab: when rubbed one way, it was smooth and leathery, like tanned hide. But when rubbed the opposite direction, thousands of tiny spines, called dermal denticles, could be felt. The term means "skin teeth," and it is accurate – the tiny spines are akin to teeth, and are imbedded in the skin of the shark, forming a texture quite unlike the scales of fish. I wanted to touch the one in the water but didn't dare. Frankly, even though they had told us most sharks are essentially harmless to humans, it was still unwise to provoke them. I climbed back down off the ladder and headed back to shore.
In retrospect, I wish I had climbed down to touch it. The shark was small, and probably far more afraid of me than I was of it. It could certainly see me: sharks' eyes allow them to see objects fairly well above the water, a boon when scavenging the surface for food. Dr. Gruber, one of the most internationally well-known shark biologists, had given us some pointers on shark behavior, and he pointed out that sharks almost never attack for unknown reasons. Usually, they are prompted to attack by the presence of blood; sharks of all varieties can smell as low as one part per million of blood in the water. That means a significant amount of blood in the water, given the right currents, could attract sharks from as far away as seven miles. In addition, they are sensitive to vibrations: heavy thrashing can induce them into an instinctive eating frenzy. At the same time, cases have been documented of shark attacks being repelled by the victim shouting at the shark underwater. Sharks have delicate acoustic wave detectors in their snouts; any attack upon the shark focused on their snout will usually result in the surprised and stunned shark taking its appetite elsewhere.
But I didn't think about those things when I was looking down at out captured shark. He swam in lazy circles, round and round, no doubt peering up at me the whole time. If I had known, as I waded away, that it would be the last time I saw a shark during my visit, I might have gone back.
Four days after our arrival came the news: tropical storm Andrew had been upgraded to a hurricane and was plowing through the Bahamas, making a bee-line for Bimini. We were evacuated in a few hours and spent four days in Miami, scrounging for food. The last four days of our visit, we managed to get back to Bimini. The station was still mostly intact, actually having suffered less damage than the house we stayed in. Little was missing, and there was only a couple of hours' worth of debris to clean up. But distant Cat Cay, about ten miles to the south, had been obliterated, everyone on the island killed when the raging seas came up and covered it. Million-dollar homes were wiped out down there, but on Bimini there was only branches in the road and some toppled equipment.
We tooled around, assessing the damage. Not surprisingly, the terrific winds and waves had erased all three shark pens. We boated out to a shark cage they had submerged underwater: it was originally octagonal, about twelve feet wide, and a few feet thick. When they found it, even where it was anchored thirty feet underwater, it had been crumpled into a ball like so much tin foil.
Of the sharks there was no sign. The last afternoon, in the torpid heat and humidity, we split up once more to go on a shark hunt, only this time, there would be no capture. Of eight tagged sharks who made their home ranges in the mangroves of Bimini Island, we found three. Whatever happened to the others we never could ascertain, but if the fate of the octagonal shark cage was any indication, it couldn't be good.
If there was a lesson to be learned in all this, perhaps it was that nature was, in the end, unknowable, and untamable. We had lost our sharks – but were they really gone? Had they survived the storm by fleeing elsewhere, or had they been pulled far out to sea by the churning waters? Would they ever return to their idyllic strip of mangroves?
Hoping for some reminder of the beauty I had seen before, I walked behind the station down to the soft harbor I had grown to love. The winds, however, had marred its crystal clarity: silt from the bottom had been stirred up and now the water was a light brown stew. I would never see the bottom of the bay again.
Years later, I saw an article in Newsweek about Gruber and his graduate students. It seems the mystery had been solved: the sharks had a gland which enabled them to sense magnetic field lines, much like migrating birds do. The Earth is covered with these lines, which radiate from the magnetic poles like apple slices. The content of the Earth is largely metallic, with a dense core of iron and nickel. One of the properties of iron is that it has a tendency to "align" in the same direction. On a large scale, this means our planet is, essentially, a huge magnet, with both a positive and negative pole. The sharks – those little, baby sharks – were able to sense these lines almost like the currents of the water itself, and use them as guides back home. Simple as that.
I watched Bimini fade behind us as we flew out, our time over. Instead of the disk of turquoise, now it was ringed with a watery, sandy halo, deepening to normal blue where the shallows dropped off into the Florida Channel. It would gradually return to normal, and the sharks would come back out of their mangroves, and the conch would pull themselves back out of their shells, and the skates and tuna and dolphins would swim the shallows, and the phosphors would once again gleam in the tropical moonlight, but I wouldn't be there to see it.
Brian Reeves' novel A Chant of Love and Lamentation was a Finalist in the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and his fiction has appeared in Spark and Sand Hill Review. In addition, Brian Reeves is an avid tabletop gamer and has written material for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Savage Worlds, and Torg Eternity. His adventures have been published by many publishers, including Pinnacle Entertainment Group, where he is a full-time line developer. He is based out of Vancouver, Washington.
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Summary: As earthen vessels As jars of clay, We are stewards of God's comfort. God places his comfort in us, So that we may in turn comfort others.
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• That it is the spin cycle that gets most people.
• It is the spin cycle that leaves us twisted in knots and wrung dry.
• Today I want to look at how we can comfort people.
• And see that Glory working through us.
• So this being said We are also stewards of the God's comfort.
• And through these experiences we can give comfort to others who need to be comforted.
• And Because of this how we are able to comfort others who have gone for a bad spin as well.
1. God the Father is the ultimate source of our comfort.
• Text says All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.
• The word comfort brings two images together.
• The first is the image of coming alongside someone.
• We encourage and strengthen that person.
The Nile River is 4,175 miles long.
• The Blue Nile which originates in Ethiopia.
• These waters come together and flow north until they reach a large delta in Egypt and empty into the Mediterranean Sea.
Everything in life has to have an origin.
• And the effect is what happens because of the cause.
• Everything has an original cause or a beginning.
• And that God is the source of every mercy.
• All comfort that comes into our lives originates with God.
• Comfort doesn't originate from the Physician with a great bedside manner.
• Comfort begins with God as it bubbles up from springs and melts from mountain tops and flows north and south and east and west, down through rivulets, creeks, streams, rivers, and deltas of people to us.
• Our text reminds us that the comfort of God also flows through us.
2. Caring and comfort is about us… and others.
• 4 He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others.
• The word trouble means more than just a bump in the road, a snag, or a minor hardship.
As earthen vessels As jars of clay, We are stewards of God's comfort. God places his comfort in us, So that we may in turn comfort others.


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Albert Neuweiler (geboren im 19. Jahrhundert, gestorben vor 1946) war ein Schweizer Fussballspieler.

Neuweiler trat dem FC Winterthur nach dessen ersten Meistertitel im Frühling 1906 bei. In der Saison 1906/07 der 2. Mannschaft des FC Winterthur an, die in der Serie B Gruppensieger wurde und anschliessend das Finalspiel gegen den FC Baden verlor. In der darauffolgenden Saison spielte er in der 1. Mannschaft und wurde mit dieser 1908 Schweizer Meister. Am 4. April 1909 und 20. Mai 1909 spielte Neuweiler zweimal im Dress der Schweizer Nationalmannschaft. Neuweiler spielte bis mindestens 1911 beim FC Winterthur.

In der Publikation zum 50-Jahr-Jubiläum des FC Winterthur 1946 wird Neuweiler als bereits verstorben gelistet.

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In Tuesday's election, Livingston County voters gave a strong vote of approval to a proposition calling for county-funded home health care services, and a slightly less enthusiastic endorsement for a tax increase to cover the costs of such a program.
At one time, Livingston County had a program that provided home-based health services for seniors but funding for that program ended at the end of the last fiscal year. A citizen's group felt that the program was necessary, so they mounted a petition drive throughout the summer to place a non-binding proposal on the ballot, asking voters if the earlier program should be restored or replaced. Nearly 85 percent of voters said "yes".
In response to the citizen's group, however, the county board felt that revenue questions should be addressed as well. They placed another non-binding question on the ballot asking voters if they would support a requisite tax increase to fund the new program. That proposal was also approved, but with a significantly smaller percentage of the vote.
In a conversation with WJEZ in August, Livingston County Board Chair Bob Young told Todd Wineburner that, in light of a positive voter response, the board will take up the question of home-based health care again. He cautioned, though, that a number of variables were at work including changes in the board's membership and possibly its leadership, so he couldn't speculate on what the board might ultimately do. He said the process will begin with discussion on the committee level.


Created by General Idea in 1972, FILE Megazine ran for twenty-six issues, ending in 1989. Superficially, the publication mimicked the well-known American magazine LIFE, though its content did not. The "Glamour Issue" of FILE illuminates, in the group's words, "the story of glamour and the part it played in our art." General Idea acknowledged that glamour was a taboo topic in 1975, despite their interest in embodying it and employing it for their own needs: "The 'Glamour' article…was written at a time when, within the art scene, it was in extremely bad taste to talk about glamour. It was the last subject in the world that anybody would mention. And the same with money and fame." The "Glamour Issue" typifies the way General Idea adopted existing concepts, transforming them through humour and irony.


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Mohammad Sami (Urdu: محمد سمیع, born 24 February 1981) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as fast bowler and is considered to be one of the fastest bowlers in Pakistan after Shoaib Akhtar. He is the only bowler in cricket to notch hat-tricks in all three formats of the game. Sami is known for his quick yorkers and traditional swing good pace.
Sami, initially named as the modern Malcolm Marshall by Imran Khan, made his Test cricket debut against New Zealand in 2001 by taking 8 wickets for 106 runs in the match, including five wickets in the second innings. This was a world record for the most wickets by a debutant. During his third Test match he achieved a hat-trick against Sri Lanka and in 2002 he took his second hat-trick in his career, against the West Indies during a One Day International match. This led to him becoming one of only a two bowlers in cricket (the other was Wasim Akram) to achieve this mark in both forms of the game. He also displayed excellent performances against Zimbabwe and New Zealand in 2003. On 1 December 2003, he achieved his best bowling figures in One Day International cricket by taking 5 wickets for 10 runs during a match. Earlier in April during that year in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, he had taken 4 wickets for 25 runs against Kenya during the match. Sami played his 50th One Day International match against India at Lahore in Pakistan on 24 March 2004. He has also taken over 100 wickets in First-class cricket and in List A cricket.
Sami is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in cricket and has the ability to swing the cricket ball at high pace. He has unofficially bowled the fastest delivery in cricket when he clocked at 164 km/ph (101.9 mph) during a One Day International match. However, it was revoked by cricket officials after it found faulty speed measurements on the speed meter. He also once bowled a ball that clocked in at 162.3km/ph (100.8mph) against India, which would be the 'fastest ball' in the history of cricket. But despite his talent, he has been in and out of the national side for several times. However he has received support from former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram & Waqar Younis, who sees Sami's speed and wicket taking ability as an important skill for the Pakistan team.
Sami also earned the ignominy of bowling the longest over in One Day International cricket during the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in 2004, when he bowled 17 balls in one over which consisted of seven wides and four no balls. He is also the only bowler in Test cricket history to have over 50 wickets and a bowling average of 50.
After losing form and failing to achieve success for the Pakistan cricket team, the Pakistan Cricket Board and its national selectors replaced Sami for the One Day International series against England with fast bowler Mohammad Asif, however he was recalled for the series against South Africa in January and February in 2007. He was selected in the 15-man Pakistan squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, although he was named as one of five reserves. After team mates Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were dropped from the World Cup squad, since neither of the two had been declared fit and they had not undergone official doping tests, Sami and Yasir Arafat were called up as replacements.
Sami joined the Indian Cricket League following the tour of India in December 2007. He played for the Lahore Badshahs, a team composed entirely of Pakistani cricketers, during the Indian Premier League's second Twenty20 tournament. His participation in the league meant that he, like many other Pakistan players, he was banned from representing his country at both international level and domestic cricket in Pakistan.
In 2009–2010, he was recalled back to the Pakistan team and on 3 January 2010, during Pakistan's Test match series against Australia, he played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia and took 3 wickets for 27 runs in the first innings of the second Test match. On 19 April he was selected in the Pakistan squad as a replacement for the injured fast bowler Umar Gul, in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in the West Indies. Sami was recalled and played against South Africa in the middle east in November 2010. In May 2012 Mohammad Sami received another recall and was announced in the squad that toured Sri Lanka in June 2012, cause of his amazing performances in the Bangladesh premier league (which included a hatrick and a 5-wicket haul). He bowled brilliantly in the 2nd T20. Following that, in the 1st ODI he bowled economically and with pace, which earned him a place in the 15-man squad to play the touring Australians and also the 2012 World Twenty20. Sami was selected for these international tours, but didn't get to play an official game (he got to play two warm up matches), as Pakistan made it to the semi-finals of the WT20 but lost to Sri-lanka. In 2013, sami was retained by the BPL team, Duronto Rajshahi to play as the main fast bowler, but cause of disagreements between PCB and BCB no Pakistani player (including sami) was allowed to play in the BPL. This was a big loss for Duronto, because sami was the highest wicket-taker last season.
In May 2015, Sami was selected for the T/20 side that is going to play Zimbabwe in Lahore. This happened after impressive performances in the Faysal Bank T/20 cup. Mohammad Sami made comeback in the home series against Zimbabwe. In his comeback match, Mohammad Sami took three wickets for Pakistan. Sami has been included in Pakistan squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 as a result of strong performances in the BPL, the PSL & the Asia Cup where he bowled accurately at more than 140kph on a consistent basis.
Sami was bought by Islamabad United for US$50,000.He finished the season as the 2nd highest wicket-taker for his team and 4th overall in the tournament with 12 wickets in 7 matches. He was retained by Islamabad United in 2017 season again finishing the season as 2nd highest wicket-taker for his team.He is the second leading wicket-taker with 24 wickets in 16 matches.


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Primary care physicians' perceptions of barriers to chronic kidney disease management
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On July 10, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced they were aiming to reduce the number of Americans developing end-stage renal disease by 25% by 2030. But, the results of a focus group study done by Johns Hopkins researchers of more than 30 veteran primary care physicians across the United States suggest that these primary care providers lack sufficient knowledge, clinical support tools and time to effectively identify and manage patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study, published Aug. 22 in PloS ONE, suggests that much work is needed in order for HHS to achieve its goal.
By recognizing and diagnosing CKD in its earlier stages, researchers hope that primary care physicians will take the necessary steps to manage patients early on to prevent the physical and financial burden of advanced stage kidney disease.
High blood pressure and diabetes are the major contributors to CKD, now estimated by public health officials to affect 15% of the adult population or 37 million men and women. In a bid to slow the epidemic and reduce the high costs of dialysis, transplants and medical care associated with kidney disease, HHS wants to identify those at risk sooner to prevent disease progression with lifestyle changes and medicines.
The new study's findings suggest that both nephrologists and primary care providers looking to meet the HHS goal face notable, albeit modifiable barriers to success.
If we can really slow down progression of kidney disease through the earlier stages, it may have a meaningful impact on those complications that can develop, like cardiovascular disease and other health issues. If we hope to reduce the personal and financial toll of CKD and end-stage kidney failure, primary care physicians must be key players, and we as kidney specialists need to form better partnerships with PCPs, and need to offer more training and resources to them."
John Sperati, M.D., associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the school's Nephrology Fellowship Training Program
Sperati estimates that there is only about one nephrology specialist for every 2,000 patients with chronic kidney disease across the U.S. Those nephrologists' focus is mainly on the 8% of CKD patients who are in advanced stages with multiple complications or end stage kidney failure. Despite how prevalent this disease is, Sperati believes that, if managed early on by PCPs, some patients can avoid advanced stages.
According to the U.S. Renal Data System, total Medicare-related costs in 2016 were $79 billion for CKD and another $35 billion for end-stage renal disease. Sperati says it's an extraordinarily expensive illness to care for in this country, as 70% of end-stage patients are on dialysis and the remaining 30% have a transplant. In addition, CKD increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, which also leads to earlier deaths. Sperati wants to keep people off dialysis and prevent them from needing transplants by having PCPs address concerns at younger ages and earlier stages.
To learn more about what knowledge primary care physicians have of CKD and the challenges they face in caring for patients, the researchers divided 32 participants from Baltimore, Maryland; St Louis, Missouri; Raleigh, North Carolina; and San Francisco, California, into four focus groups. Each group was composed of eight physicians of various races and ethnicities, diverse sizes and lengths of practice, and ranging in age. The average age of the participants was 53, 19 were male, 21 were white, and 75% had been in practice for more than 15 years.
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The physicians first took a brief, self-administered questionnaire asking about their own demographic and medical practice characteristics. The results showed that 22 of the participants were in private practice and 20 treated between zero and 20 CKD patients per week, while the remaining 12 saw more than 20 CKD patients per week.
The 90-minute focus group sessions, facilitated by a female general internist and health services researcher with expertise in qualitative methods, generated responses to questions about perceived barriers and aids for caring for CKD patients. Almost 85% of the primary care physicians said they felt comfortable managing patients with early-stage CKD, but not comfortable managing specific complications such as anemia (44%), bone disorders (72%) and excess metabolic acid in the body that damages the kidneys (69%). Most cited a lack of access to clinical resources such as clinical information systems and insufficient patient education material about CKD as reasons for their lack of confidence. Physicians cited a lack of adequate time to spend with patients and identified health care system-level barriers such as poor reimbursement for delivering care to medically complex CKD patients. These challenges contribute to limited visit times and high out-of-pocket costs for patients.
In the focus group discussions, PCPs also identified patient-level barriers to effective management, such as patients having a limited understanding of the implications of CKD and the financial challenges associated with needing medications, tests and other health costs.
Sperati says physicians in the focus group also emphasized a need for CKD guidelines that were easier to implement: 14 of the 31 said that they didn't follow guidelines, typically given by professional societies such as KDIGO. When asked if they had educational tools and resources available to help patients understand and self-manage their day-to-day CKD needs, only 2 of the 32 strongly agreed that they did.
Asked to identify what could help them most, the focus group physicians cited access to automatic estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reports to screen for low levels of GFR -- a sign of early kidney disease; clear, concise guidelines for treatment; better education; and improved insurance coverage and physician reimbursement for services and care.
"This is very helpful information in identifying what primary care physicians see as barriers but also as potential solutions," says Sperati. "The National Kidney Foundation and others in the nephrology community have worked hard to engage primary care physicians in the management of CKD patients, and this study should help to further refine and strengthen those efforts. The HHS goal will require addressing CKD from many angles simultaneously."
While the primary care physicians studied had geographic and racial/ethnic diversity, Sperati cautioned that more research is needed to determine if the focus group findings reflect the views and practices of a broader group of PCPs, and that his team's study did not seek out or reflect the views of other care providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, or patients themselves.
Sperati, C.J. et al. (2019) Primary care physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to management of chronic kidney disease: A mixed methods study. PLOS ONE. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221325.
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Right after the first of the year, I'll turn 35. And what a life it's been so far.
My childhood wasn't perfect, but I was raised by parents who showed me they loved me every day. I didn't always like the lessons they taught me, but I know now that they were always coming from a good and honest place. And it was those lessons, the hard ones, that forced me to grow up and be… me.
Once I finished school and transitioned into adulthood, I fell in love — real love — with my husband. Several years later, we became the parents of two amazing children who light up my world. And in 2012, a lifelong dream of mine came true; I started a business that eventually allowed me to leave my 9-to-5 job and support my family as a solopreneur.
I've traveled many places in the world, achieved things I never dreamed possible, and experienced so many joyous moments that I feel utterly undeserving.
And it's all because of the lessons my parents, and specifically my mother, taught me — all of them.
I remember it like it was yesterday. Our family of five went to Ponderosa for dinner and we were waiting to order. Of course, I asked my mother if I could get a Coke for what was probably the hundredth time.
Still, my mother never budged, and I drank water during every meal out I can remember as a child. Of course, I spent that time plotting and praying for the day when I could simply order a round of Cokes for everyone. And that was exactly what my mother suggested, too.
"When you're grown up and paying the bill, you can drink as much Coke as you want," she would say with a wink.
But isn't it funny how things work out? Now that I'm "in charge," I don't let my daughters drink anything other than water when we go out. The truth is, my mom was right; the little expenses do add up. A drink for one of us might only be a dollar or $1.50. But for four of us? It could easily add $6 or more to the cost of a meal. My mom knew that money would be better spent elsewhere.
And now that I'm an adult, I realize it, too.
My parents were the epitome of frugality and thrift. But as a child, teenager, and eventual young adult, I just didn't get it.
I later found out exactly what my parents did with all of their hard-earned income: They saved it. Even though we never talked about it at the time, I eventually found out that my parents paid off their home in 17 years instead of 30. Instead of buying us designer clothes, they helped us save for college and for the future. And in lieu of televisions and giant birthday celebrations, my parents saved steadily for retirement — an early retirement they deserved. My parents saved their entire lives, and they avoided many of life's bumpy rides simply because they lived below their means.
And now that I'm an adult, I thank them for every dollar they didn't waste on me when I was young, clueless, and spoiled. Because now, they can use that money to live a happy and secure life instead of struggling like so many others.
My parents hated debt so much that my mother often drove old, worn-down cars to avoid having a payment of any kind. I distinctly remember one of them not having a radio, and another not having heat — and hating them both.
But my mother went without for a reason. One thing she tried to tell us was just how burdensome debt could be — whether it was in the form of a loan, credit card debt, or a car payment.
I didn't listen to that advice until I was in my 20s. In fact, I ran up several credit card balances and financed a $25,000 car before the age of 22.
I chose to learn that lesson the hard way, but I learned it nonetheless. That $25,000 Mitsubishi Galant came with payments of $500 per month, and I struggled to pay my other bills for years because of it. And those credit card bills? I hated them, too, and I hated myself for running up balances I couldn't tie to a single purchase.
I paid everything off eventually, even the Mitsubishi. And I vowed never to go into debt again. Debt really is a burden, and it's one that should be avoided at all costs.
Of course, now that I'm an adult, I'm the one with the embarrassing car — a 2007 Dodge Caravan with a crack in the back hind quarter and a few pieces of duct tape on the bumper. And guess what, it's paid off.
"The only way to win the game is not to play," my mother would often say when the subject of other people's spending habits came up. But what did that mean?
At the time, I thought it meant that she just didn't care what other people bought or had and didn't want to compete. And in a way, that was true.
But it meant more than that, as I would find out over time. As a young adult, I spent a lot of time trying to "keep up with the Joneses." That $25,000 car I financed is an excellent example, but there was more than that. I bought designer clothes, on my credit card, of course. I purchased expensive makeup and perfume. I balked at anything on sale because I felt I deserved better.
But at age 35, I see things exactly as my mother saw them many years ago. No matter how hard you try to keep up appearances, there will always be someone who outdoes you in an outrageous way.
Get a new Toyota and your friend will one-up you with a shiny BMW.
Splurge for last season's Coach purse and your neighbor will buy the new Cole Haan.
Upgrade to a house with a basement and your best friend will upgrade hers to a bigger one with a basement and a pool.
Now that I've been alive longer, I can honestly say I couldn't care less. Because, like my mom said, "The only way to win is not to play." My parents always focused on our family goals instead of worrying about others or keeping up with the Joneses.
And now that I'm an adult, I do the same.
When I was growing up, I believed a lot of things that simply were not true. One misconception that sticks out was that earning a lot of money is the one true way to get ahead.
I remember plotting and planning for a high income when I was in high school, although I had no real plan to get there. I wanted to earn as much money as possible because that was the one true way to achieve real wealth. Or so I thought.
Once I matured enough to realize how my parents turned their average income into a lifetime of security, I changed my tune. Now that I've lived in the real world, I know for certain that a high income means absolutely nothing if you spend it all.
I see it everywhere I look — acquaintances who earn more than six figures yet cannot afford home repairs they desperately need. Friends who buy new cars but have nothing saved for retirement.
Now that I'm older, I realize just how easy it is to squander a high, even extremely high, income. There are plenty of ways to spend your money, and if you're not careful, you can literally spend it all… and then some.
A family that earns $50,000 and saves 10% of their earnings will one day be wealthier than a family that earns $150,000 and saves nothing.
That's one lesson I don't intend to learn the hard way. And thanks to my mom, I'll never have to.
Isn't it funny how our view of the world changes once we reach adulthood?
As a child, I saw my parents as adversaries who stood between me and what I really wanted in life. But now that I'm adult, I realize they are the sole reason I was ever able to really live at all.
Cokes at restaurants add up, and so do designer clothes and fancy parties. And the people in our lives who appear to have the most sometimes have nothing but a lifetime of debt to show for it.
After all this time, I realize that my parents knew something I simply had to learn myself — life can be challenging, but we have the power to make our lives far easier and simpler.
My daughters are ages 3 and 5, and they ask for lemonades and juice boxes, toys and trinkets, and even trips to Disney World. My oldest is convinced that she's getting a Wii for Christmas ('not), and thinks only evil parents don't order desserts in restaurants.
I simply laugh and tell her the things my mother once told me. "We're on a budget," I say. Or, "All of those little expenses add up, my dear." In the meantime, I sock money away in their college funds every month. I save heavily for retirement so that we aren't a burden on them when we are older. I stash money away so I can help her pay for her wedding and a down payment on her first home. She may not know it now, but she'll find out soon enough. Life is so short.
I could never repay my parents for all they have given me, both financially and emotionally. And it would be impossible anyway. The truth is, the biggest gifts they ever gave me are ones that can't be purchased at all: The ability to find happiness in small things — my children's laughter, a beautiful day, a good book. The confidence to delay gratification — to save for what I want, to earn it. And the reality that "stuff" can never fill an empty heart.
I desperately hope my daughters learn these lessons too. But, like my mother, I don't want to preach it; I want to lead by example.
My dream is that, one day, my children will follow in the footsteps of their grandmother. They'll create a happy, fulfilling life built upon a foundation of hard work and perseverance, and filled with happiness brought on by the little things. They'll take chances. They'll save for the future. They'll find the kind of love you can only find when you truly, honestly love yourself first. And they'll teach their children how to create their own joy and contentment without the burden of debt — or the hassle of keeping up with others.
And when that day comes, I hope she's watching.


Key Learning Objectives Know and understand the cells, tissues and organs in plants and animals are adapted to take up and get rid of dissolved substances.
Know and understand the structure and function of the circulatory system and respiratory system.
when the circulatory system is not working well.
Know and understand plants have separate transport systems for water and nutrients.
Know and understand the structure and function of the kidney and ways in which we can medically intervene if you are diagnosed with disease.
Know and understand humans often upset the balance of different populations in natural ecosystems, or change the environment so that some species find it difficult to survive.
Key Activities / Homework's Learners will complete exam questions, six mark long answer questions and group work. Within the biology topic students will learn how the body regulates its internal conditions. Learners will dissect heart, lungs and kidneys to allow them to fully understand the structure of each organ.
Each half term learners will complete an end of progress checker to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses. Mocks will be completed in April / June.


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I Revved My Blue Bullet Racing Jet Boat then Rooster Tail
"I swear to goodness, Ezra, if you take Little E out in that boat and he so much as gets a crick in his neck I'm going to divorce you faster than the Chick-Fil-A cashiers can say my pleasure," Julie said, a hand on each hip but the faint semblance of a smile playing with the corner of her mouth.
Ezra chuckled and rubbed the back of Little E's head. Julie had six kids, but only Little E was his own flesh and blood. Ezra would let nothing happen to his only son. The other five kids were all old enough to reject any coddling Julie desired to dish out, so she had long since given up on babying them. But Little E was still under ten, and that also made him the baby of the family.
"Mom, we'll be fine," Little E said, his buck teeth adding icing to the cake of innocence his frail body created.
Julie sighed. Though she spoke in jest, her concern was with merit. Little E was daring, more so then any other of her children had been, and he had six broken bones in four years to show for it. The trailer park they lived in was a breeding ground for all forms of mischief, and Little E seemed to find everyone.
"Yeah, babe. We'll be fine. Plus, you know if we get divorced the only thing you're getting out of the whole thing is a headache."
"That's about all your worth," Julie said, showing her missing tooth as she smiled bigger.
Ezra pushed his prized blue boat out a little further into Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay, and Little E hopped into the passenger's side. The jet boat had three seats, but none of the other kids were interested in riding with Dad. Jeremiah and Levi both had their own jet skis, and they were out on the lake already. Deborah stayed on the shore and played with the family dog, Kit. Samson and Samuel were both at home still, playing Call of Duty like they did every weekend.
The blue boat had been dubbed the Blue Bullet by the family.
Though they'd never taken it out racing, Ezra was convinced it would smoke any and all competition if it ever came down to it.
Shoving the boat out until he was knee deep in the water, Ezra climbed onto the hood and slid into the driver's seat. He keyed the engine to a purr and steered it until it was facing out into open water. He let their momentum take them further out, and instead of blasting off from there he decided to show off a little. He left it in neutral and revved the engine, warming it up in the loudest possible way and smirking as Julie yelled at him from the shore.
"You're going to blow the dang thing up!" she called, a look of worry on her face.
Little E was all giggles as Ezra continued to rev the engine. They drifted out further. The stale fishy smell of the lake at the end of the summer filled their nostrils. A light breeze coasted over the surface of the lake. The sun shone at full power without a cloud to block it, scattering twinkling diamonds across the blue water.
"And where's your life jacket!" Julie yelled, cupping her hands to her mouth to ensure Ezra could hear her.
But the purr of the engine was too loud for him to make out what she was saying. He could hear that she was yelling something, but he pretended she was talking about how attractive he was with his shirt off. He had a bit of a base tan going, but most of it was concealed by the thick pelt of fur growing on his torso.
"Don't tell your mother about this," Ezra said, picking up the beer he had sequestered at his feet.
Little Ezra nodded but looked out over the water as Ezra continued to warm up the engine. The twin pipes situated up and over the rear spewed out puffs of white exhaust with every rev of the engine.
"You ready for this?" Ezra said with a grin to Little E. He set down his beer can.
Little E nodded and gripped his seat belt with both hands just like Ezra had shown him. Ezra revved the engine a little more before turning the boat so it would run parallel to the shore. The candy paint on the boat caught rays from the sun and gave it a brilliant twinkle. Taking a deep breath, Ezra gunned it.
Shooting forward like a bullet from a gun, the boat went airborne for a few seconds. Ezra glanced over his shoulder as his beer flew up and overboard. A thirty-foot spout of water shot up behind the boat and he smiled. Every other sound faded away as the engine roared.
The boat bounced along on the water and Ezra made sure Little E was doing okay. The ear-to-ear smile said he was having fun, and Ezra kept gunning it for a few more seconds before letting the boat even out. He drifted around before gunning it back, still running parallel to the shore.
Ezra eased the boat back toward the dock a bit faster than they had left.
"That was awesome!" Little Ezra said, tapping the side of the boat as they neared the shore. "Can we do it again? Please!" he finished, drawing out the last word.
"We'll go for another pass after lunch."
Back on the shore, Ezra helped Julie set up the food. She kept a slight grin on her face as they sat down to eat, nudging Little E when he had a mouth full of food.
"I don't know, Ezra." Julie started as Jeremiah and Levi brought their boats back and joined the rest of the family for food. "Little E looks like his head is crooked. He might have gotten injured."
"No!" Little E said, mouth still full of food. He smiled big again and swallowed. "I feel great. We're going out again as soon as we finish eating!"
Ezra smirked and shrugged. Julie shook her head but kept smiling as well, and the family ate with high spirits and good cheer.
Jet Boat Rooster Tail
Jet boats go fast, make noise and spit out a ton of water. A rooster tail is the jet of water roaring out of the back of a boat. Jet boats with a rooster tail suck up water and then push out with force to propel the boat instead of using a propeller to move the vessel forward. The rooster tail in jet boats is a cool attention getter.
The discovery of jet boat rooster tail is said to be a byproduct of developing an enhancement product for a surf wave. My guess is it was intended to be a reverse hydrofoil that can pull the stern deeper into the water instead of pushing it down using ballast.
The Dangers of Jet Boat Rooster Tail
It has its benefits and drawbacks. It has the potential to tick some people off especially in main channels with a lot of cross channel traffic and speed channel. Jet boats with a rooster tail will also be less desired by people who live in coves with lots of homes. Jet boat rooster tails can be extremely dangerous and cause a lot of damage so you should exercise some caution when doing this. A jet boat rooster tail may look cool, but in an actual sense, it is not an effective way to run your boat. It is essential to keep your drive trimmed for the type of boating you are doing. In theory, the higher up you run your trim, the faster you will bounce and go. The goal here is to have the thrust pushing your jet boat forward and not up or down.
What Causes a Rooster Tail?
If your boat is a typical boat and not a jet boat or a special drive setup, usually a rooster tail comes from a motor with a shaft length that it was mounted on or the motor being mounted too low. You can easily see the position of the anti-ventilation plate in relation to the bottom of the boat if you can get to the back of the boat. The wide plate is usually positioned immediately above the prop. It is advisable that you place the plate roughly even with the boat bottom when the motor is trimmed. This allows the plate to be parallel with the boat bottom.
Every jet boat makes a rooster tail at high power and high speed. They are formed by the design and trim of the boat. The more you get the boat on the running pad and the higher trim, the more rooster tail you get. A jet boat that can run on inches of the pad will make a massive tail when you trim it correctly. Speed and horsepower (HP) play a significant factor in achieving a rooster tail with a jet boat as well. So the faster you can go with the jet boat the longer the rooster tail looks. Also, the more HP you have, the higher you can push water. By following these tips, you can make an impressive rooster tail with your jet boat.
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How much can you sell that brackish water for? As rising oilfield activity and volatile precipitation patterns collide, this is an important question that West Texas landowners will increasingly face.
In dry West Texas, brackish water is a valuable commodity that in some instances can be sold at prices comparable to those for freshwater. For instance, one large water developer has sought a price of $0.50/bbl for brackish water from its ranch south of the Delaware Basin oil & gas development sweet spots. This is a "pipeline mouth" price after an approximately 50 mile journey, so it is discounted relative to what freshwater would likely sell for under the same circumstances. Yet Pecos SS's stated price point still suggests that even at the wellhead, brackish water in areas with significant oilfield demand could be worth $0.25 or more per barrel.
While the market is opaque, my initial research reveals multiple illuminating data points. For instance, on the eve of the oil price crash in late 2014, STW Resources structured a deal in Upton County under which it was asking $1.10/bbl for brackish water that would be cleaned up with reverse osmosis and sold under take-or-pay agreements.
The fact that the company believed it could sign customers up for term volumes, combined with the substantial asking price, suggests the area had significant oilfield water demand and insufficient freshwater supplies to meet that demand. Such situations present an ideal "pocket of opportunity" for a party seeking to market brackish water. It bears noting that STW has agreed to pay the ranchers whose tracts will supply the brackish water a royalty of 23% of the water sales price, or approximately $0.25 per barrel if water is indeed sold at $1.10/bbl.
For comparison, in the Texas Permian and Delaware Basins, freshwater supplies have sold in the past four years for as little as $0.02 to $0.03/bbl (production royalties charged by a large public landowner) but generally track between $0.50 and $0.90/bbl (Exhibit 1). Prices occasionally run significantly higher based on specific local circumstances and the urgency of a consumer's needs, among other factors.
The price of brackish water in the Permian Basin—especially that supplied to energy operators—is intensely local and based on demand and availability of alternative supply sources. It will also be increasingly driven by pressure on companies to reduce the burden of fracing on local freshwater supplies, a dynamic against which major E&P operators are already investing millions of dollars in response.
Total dissolved solids ("TDS") will likely also factor into the valuation. For instance, the Pecos SS water proprietors claim their supplies contain approximately 5,300 ppm total TDS (1,125 ppm chlorides), which is not especially saline and requires little if any pre-treatment. That helps hold costs down. Water from a more saline source and/or one with higher sulfate or boron content would require significant treatment or dilution to be usable for many purposes and so would likely be worth significantly less on the market (if a buyer could even be found).
The next analysis in this series will feature a detailed hypothetical assessment that compares the value of brackish water production to a landowner versus the income that an oil and gas production operation could yield.


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Violations Distribution by Act. 'Other' is an aggregation of the Violation Types not explicitly listed.
Welcome to DOL's enforcement data 3.6!
The Department of Labor enforcement agencies foster and promote the welfare of wage earners and retirees of the United States, by ensuring their safety, improving their working conditions, and protecting their retirement and health care benefits.
In carrying out this mission, the Agencies administer and enforce a variety of Federal labor laws that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working conditions, a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, and freedom from employment discrimination, as well as the integrity of their pensions and health plans. This site aims to make the enforcement data, collected by these agencies in the exercise of their mission, accessible and searchable. It intends, also , to engage you the public in new and creative ways of using this data. It is a work in progress, but it is foremost our invitation to you, the American public, to engage with us, and react to our work by telling us what you think, and what you would like to see here!
As a part of the Open Government Directive, each agency is publishing a plan that describes how it will improve transparency and integrate public participation and collaboration into its activities. Learn more about DOL's open government initiation at https://www.dol.gov/open/.


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namespace Zend\Form\Element;

use Zend\Form\Element;
use Zend\Validator\DateStep as DateStepValidator;
use Zend\Validator\Regex as RegexValidator;
use Zend\Validator\ValidatorInterface;

class Month extends DateTime {
	/**
	 * Seed attributes
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $attributes = array (
			'type' => 'month'
	);

	/**
	 * Retrieves a Date Validator configured for a Month Input type
	 *
	 * @return ValidatorInterface
	 */
	protected function getDateValidator() {
		return new RegexValidator ( '/^[0-9]{4}\-(0[1-9]|1[012])$/' );
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves a DateStep Validator configured for a Month Input type
	 *
	 * @return ValidatorInterface
	 */
	protected function getStepValidator() {
		$stepValue = (isset ( $this->attributes ['step'] )) ? $this->attributes ['step'] : 1; // Months

		$baseValue = (isset ( $this->attributes ['min'] )) ? $this->attributes ['min'] : '1970-01';

		return new DateStepValidator ( array (
				'format' => "Y-m",
				'baseValue' => $baseValue,
				'step' => new \DateInterval ( "P{$stepValue}M" )
		) );
	}
}

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LayoutUtilityStatistics.getSelectedView()

Returns the selection index.

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ViewLocalRecoding.getType()

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ViewStatisticsContingencyTable.getType()

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ViewClassificationAttributes.getType()

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ViewPropertiesOutput.getType()

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ViewStatisticsBasic.getType()

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ViewStatisticsDistributionTable.getType()

LayoutUtility.ViewUtilityType
ViewStatisticsEquivalenceClassTable.getType()

abstract LayoutUtility.ViewUtilityType
ViewStatistics.getType()

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ViewPropertiesInput.getType()

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LayoutUtility.ViewUtilityType
ViewStatisticsLogisticRegression.getType()

LayoutUtility.ViewUtilityType
ViewStatisticsDistributionHistogram.getType()

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When it comes to brakes and brakes repair, the longer you wait, the more damage you create. Driving on worn brakes causes serious problems with your vehicle and will definitely worsen the damage and the expense. Excessive braking, especially due to city driving, wears out your brake pads quickly therefore making it extremely important to have your brake pads and shoes checked often. American Brake and Foreign Car Service specializes in brakes and our mechanics will quickly determine the wear and tear of your brakes. We make it a priority to service and repair brakes so our customers can continue to drive safely.
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Presidentress Does Baltimore
I recently brought you the story of my fun-filled trip to Washington, D.C., and today I bring you Part II of that trip: Baltimore!
The Baltimore portion of my trip wasn't quite as presidential, but I managed to squeeze in some presidential history---and a lot of other history, too.
The morning after our jam-packed day in D.C., Becky and I were able to sleep in just a bit before the full day we had planned.
First stop was Green Mount Cemetery, where John Wilkes Booth is buried. His particular grave is unmarked, but it's somewhere in the Booth family plot. I didn't spend much time there because I didn't really feel like paying respects or trying to commune with him or anything.
Then we stopped by the grave of someone it would have been fun to commune with: the inventor of the Ouija Board. We had planned on taking a mini Ouija Board (make your own!) with us to try to conjure him, but it was waaaaaay too cold for stuff like that, so we just got some photos and left.
Our next stop was Edgar Allan Poe's grave(s). That's right: It turns out he has two! He was (and still is) buried in a now-decommissioned churchyard in downtown Baltimore. Originally he was buried toward the back in an unmarked grave. At one point someone decided to erect a headstone, but the stone was destroyed in a freak train accident, because somehow that seems fitting. Finally, in the mid-1870s, a monument was created for him. It was too large for the small plot in back, so Poe's body was exhumed and moved to the front corner of the yard. Later, they placed another headstone marking his original burial site, although supposedly (despite a few attempts) that one has never made it to quite the right spot. But apparently it's close enough.
Poe's current resting place
Poe's original-ish resting place
The Ouiji Board also would have been super handy at Poe's grave, but it was still freezing so we took a pass.
Then we headed over to the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. It's a small museum, but it's chock-full of The Babe. It didn't take us long to go through it---probably about half an hour---but it was worth doing.
Babe's kimono from his time in Japan
Then it was on to another, even tinier museum: The Edgar Allan Poe House. This museum is literally three rooms. Three very, very, small rooms, connected by very, very tiny, narrow staircases. Obviously it doesn't take long to get through that museum either, but it had a really cool feel to it. It was sort of eerie, in Poe-like fashion.
After that, we headed to Lexington Market, a huge and bustling and kind of crazy indoor market that has been operating since 1872. We went there because I wanted to try a crab cake, I figured Baltimore would be the best place for it, and I trusted Becky to take me to an iconic place to try one. We decided to split one, in part because they're huge and in part because I wasn't sure I'd like it (I sort of hate seafood). Verdict: It was really good, and I'd have one again!
Then we made one more Poe stop: a statue of him sitting and looking pensive. Becky insisted it was okay if I sat on his lap, so I did. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending) it appears as though we're engaged in some steamy behavior.
Before Becky took the photo, she asked if I wanted her to remove a piece of large red trash from the base of the statue. Upon closer examination, we discovered it was one of those painted rocks people hide. I brought it back home and left it at a local historical marker about Eugene V. Debs.
But back to Baltimore. Later that afternoon, Becky, her husband, kids, and I went to a local bar/tasting room that has a play area for kids. (It's a lot easier to drink when the kids have something to do!) The play area has shelves with free books on them, and while we were browsing Becky revealed to me there's a place called Book Thing that's like a used bookstore except everything is free. I repeat: ALL THE BOOKS ARE FREE.
I insisted that Becky take me there immediately.
Turns out the place was right across the street from where we were. I perused the American History section for a while until I realized there was an entirely separate section devoted to presidents. I wound up leaving with four books (three presidential, one kid's book about the Gilded Age), and I would have taken more if I'd had more time and more room in my suitcase.
A portion of the U.S. History section
The next day was a lot more laid-back, but we still managed to work in some history. We started the day with a screening of The Sound of Music at a beautifully restored 1920s theater. I couldn't stop staring at the lobby---it was gorgeous!
Then that evening we went to a place called the Owl Bar in what used to be the Belvedere Hotel. The bar was a hotspot during Prohibition, and the blinking owls above the bar would signal to people whether or not the booze was flowing.
Lore has it that once Prohibition ended, H.L. Mencken had Baltimore's first (legal) beer at the Owl Bar. Also, F. Scott Fitzgerald was supposedly kicked out of it, though I imagine several establishments share that honor.
The ambiance is awesome, as is the food and especially the drinks.
On the way into the bar, there's a corridor plastered with photos of famous people who had stayed at the hotel. Included are pretty much all 20th-century presidents through Kennedy. (Or maybe LBJ---I got tipsy and can't remember.)
What I remember very clearly is that the photo right next to the Owl Bar sign is none other than Warren G. Harding, who very well might have sipped some hooch under the gaze of the blinking owls.
Becky has been telling me for years how cool Baltimore is, and now I can confirm that she wasn't just making stuff up to get me there. I will definitely be going back, only next time I'm taking a large empty suitcase to fill with books.
Posted by Jen Presidentress at 6:23 AM
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The nation's tallest monument at 630 feet, the Gateway Arch symbolizes St. Louis' role in the westward expansion of the U.S. and anchors Gateway Arch National Park. The Arch offers many family-friendly experiences, including the Tram Ride to the Top, "Monument to the Dream" documentary movie, shopping at The Arch Store, dining at Arch Café, and a new interactive museum designed for people of abilities to enjoy.
Gateway Arch National Park also includes the Old Courthouse, one of St. Louis' most prominent architectural landmarks that has served as the backdrop for some of America's pivotal early legal cases, such as Dred Scott's suit for freedom and Virginia Minor's fight for the right to vote.
Due to the global pandemic, Gateway Arch National Park has implemented a number of health and safety protocols to keep visitors and employees safe. Please visit gatewayarch.com for all you need to know to prepare for your visit to the Arch.
Cost: Less than $25
Payment: Cash, Travelers Check, MC, Visa, AMEX, Discover
Discounts: Children, Students, Groups
Access: Public Transportation, Service Animals, Bicycle
Available: Self-Guided Tour, Guided Tour, Café, Restaurant, Concessions, Vending Machines, Kids Activities, Family Restroom, Changing Station, Gift Shop, Souvenirs
Extra Fun...
Take the Tram Ride to the Top of the Arch to see St. Louis and the Mississippi River from 630 feet in the sky! The tram sells out early and often; advance tickets are strongly recommended at gatewayarch.com/buytickets. Entrance to the Arch Visitor Center and the Museum at the Gateway Arch is free.
Visitors must enter the monument at the west entrance, which faces Fourth Street and the Old Courthouse. The Arch legs are exits only. Current Arch hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Old Courthouse is currently closed due to the pandemic. The historic building will undergo renovations beginning in late 2021 resulting in new exhibit galleries, structural improvements and accessibility enhancements.
Watch the award-winning documentary about the construction of the Gateway Arch, "Monument to the Dream," screening hourly in the monument's Tucker Theater. Tickets are available online at gatewayarch.com/buytickets.
During your Arch visit, head to The Arch Store and peruse variety of books, posters, apparel and educational toys as well as homemade fudge and other goodies, or grab a bite to eat at the Arch Café.
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MetroStore (0.25 miles) Riverboats at the Gateway Arch (0.3 miles) Drury Inn & Suites St. Louis Convention Center (0.38 miles) OYO Hotel St. Louis Downtown City Center (0.7 miles) St. Louis Metro Transit Civic Center (0.75 miles)
Drury Inn St. Louis at Union Station (1.16 miles) Joanie's To Go (1.59 miles) Residence Inn St. Louis Downtown (1.6 miles) Beer Museum at Anheuser-Busch (1.77 miles) Budweiser Brewery Experience St. Louis (2.17 miles)
Riverboats at the Gateway Arch (0.3 miles) Beer Museum at Anheuser-Busch (1.77 miles) Budweiser Brewery Experience St. Louis (2.17 miles) Victory Raceway (10.46 miles) Fast Lane Classic Cars (19.9 miles)
Meramec Caverns (55.2 miles)


1. I have missed writing about grief and loss from an informative angle. And I enjoy being able to open up the channels of communication for others to more easily talk about this subject in their everyday life, through my writing.
2. I have a lot left to say on this topic – many ideas for blogs and from so many other angles!
3. Writing about things related to grief, sadness and emotions is a very fulfilling thing when you know that it helps people (not to mention it is something that hugely interests me).
Bereavement is a heavy subject, and it has been just that for me, and hard for over these last few years. But it is also an area that greatly interests me. I realise that whilst my desire to talk in depth about my own loss on a regular basis has come to the end of its chapter, my desire to talk about loss and grief in order to help others has not.
I have wondered how I can get that balance right – of being able to write and discuss it, whilst also still maintaining my own well being, and I suppose it is similar to how I do that as a therapist – for when once I thought to work with the bereaved would be too painful for me, I now see how I can help them navigate life after loss without it hindering my own grief… and that is a great prospect.
The facts are that I care about those who are bereaved and struggle in life. I care about how they are treated in their loss and despair and my goal to be a therapist stems from the desire to lift up the heavy hands of those around me. If I can, through my writing and talking, enable others to also do this for them, then to me that is a gift that is truly priceless. I still (on a weekly basis) get questions on loss and grief, and how to help others facing unimaginable pain. I get messages about how much the person is struggling in an all too familiar way, and I realise that I possess experience and useful insights and perspectives that others want to read and hear of. And whilst it's not for everyone, I feel it is important to talk and to help.
Our society isn't very good at talking emotions, and we as Brits are especially good at keeping a stiff upper lip (in public at least). But one thing I am very passionate about sharing is the fact that grief and loss are so normal – They are as normal as birth is to life, and yet we aren't very good at talking about those who have died. We squirm when people want to acknowledge the dead and, instead of celebrating a life once lived (however long or brief) we instead banish people and our silent responses shame them for expressing feelings of grief or taking about their loss. We still very much take a Victorian "doom and gloom" approach to death, and "just get on with it"! Instead of looking to other cultures who celebrate life and support one another in their loss. We do not always recognise that life is forever changed after a loss and many need a rest from the sheer exhaustion of grief, and time to adjust to a new normal.
This has become very apparent in both my observations and recent learning – My studies on grief and loss have highlighted this time and time again, and these insights and desire to change it (combined with still receiving so many messages about loss and how to support others) has lead me to wonder if I should still be writing about bereavement, loss and grief in a way of supporting? I've wondered if, as I learn more about helping others generally if I should be sharing this with you?
"The scars we share become lighthouses to other people headed to the same rocks you hit".
How true is that? Just think for a moment – How many people have helped you in your loss, or your trials because they have been where you are now (or at least were back then?).
Just imagine life if we were all a little more open and a little more sensitive to the struggles, losses and grief of others.
It made me realise how important it is to talk, and how important it is to reach out to others in their pain and losses.
And so with that in mind, I will periodically be talking about loss and grief (and perhaps other insights that resonate about emotional well being) because we need to speak about them. We need to acknowledge the storms of life, and help others through them. Because, in so doing our struggles and lessons learnt take on perspective, and our new strengths and confidence in embracing our losses and pains as part of who we are, shine together to become the light house to help others navigate their journey as they head to those same rocks in life.
So now that I don't feel as emotionally weak and vulnerable as I have done, I suppose I will continue to share more insights about loss and grief … just not necessarily mine (And not at that same personal depth I shared before)!
Of course I may touch on some of my experiences – this is inevitable when writing about something I have such deep connections with. But that isn't why I want to continue to write about these topics now; I write about them more to help others to find their way through the storms of loss, as opposed to helping me make sense of my storms and touching others in the process. I want to share these type of blogs not for me, but to offer a little glimmer of light and help. and whether that comes through my words or through others that choose to act as a result of them, I feel it is worthwhile.


My breakfast and lunch are packed and tracked for tomorrow.
Tracking all my foods – check!
I'm eating flounder, vegetable patties, rainbow carrots, and dark chocolate.
Building a meal around a higher SmartPoint value with zero point foods – check!
On target with my activity goal (I go to spin tomorrow morning).
Does blogging count? I am sharing how I feel through my posts.
Driving home, I was thinking about how I had started a habit of saving a portion of my lunch and snacking on it in the car. I don't know if this is good or bad I'm just aware of it.
Beauty: I think my featured image is a beautiful display. Over the weekend I cleaned my curio and now I'm enjoying looking at it.
This is a journey of self-reflection, determination, and most of all kindness. Losing weight, changing how I deal with food, and finding time to get active is all challenging. This is especially true when life is so busy. I'm worth the effort and if this is a goal you want for yourself you are worth the effort too.