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Dr. Orest Cap receives Diamond Jubilee Medal
Dr. Orest Cap receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from Paul Grod, UCC National President
The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal was presented to Dr. Orest Cap, U of M Faculty of Education professor, by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) during a special awards ceremony in Winnipeg on Friday, February 8, 2013.
Dr. Cap was honoured for his instrumental work in establishing the Chernihiv State Teacher Innovation Award Project at Hohol State University in Nizhen, Ukraine and then at Chernihiv State Pedagogical University of Chernihiv, Ukraine, where he helped to establish a successful social services network that assists physically and mentally challenged individuals from Chernihiv who were affected by the Chornobyl disaster.
Dr. Cap is a Professor of Technology Education and Director of the Imperial Oil Academy, Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. He holds a PhD in technical-vocational education from Ohio State University, has been published extensively in various national and international journals, and through his work, has been involved in several research initiatives with Ukraine.
Dr. Cap has also been actively involved with Ukrainian Canadian Social Services for many years on the local, national and international level.
The Faculty of Education congratulates Dr. Cap on this wonderful on honour.
Allison Dunfield
What exactly is 'neurodiversity?' Using accurate language about disability matters in schools
The connection between language and meaning has been well established. The language we use is directly related to the way we view and treat others. Inclusive language is imperative to achieve equitable change, grounded in human rights and social justice.
Faculty of Education, graduate students, Research and International, The Conversation
Annual Education Graduate Student Research Symposium
Call for papers for the 24th annual Education Graduate Student Research Symposium, presented by the Education Graduate Students' Association.
Faculty of Education, grad students, graduate students
Faculty of Education progress on review of MEd and PhD programs
Faculty of Education is undergoing a review of its Master of Education (MEd) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs.
Faculty of Education 24th Education Graduate Students' Research Symposium February 23, 2023
Connect with the Faculty of Education
Contact the Faculty of Education
Email: education@umanitoba.ca
Faculty of Education, Office of the Dean
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Q: vuejs declare global parsing error unexpected token I'm struggling with this error.
this error is occured at
error  Parsing error: Unexpected token

   7 |
   8 | Vue.config.productionTip = false
>  9 | declare global{
     |         ^
  10 |   interface Window{
  11 |     getAlert : any;
  12 |   }

I found many answers exist and I followed but it's not working.
Many answers are likely adding this senetence.
    parser: 'babel-eslint'

but this option is already done when the project is created.
.eslintrc.js
module.exports = {
  root: true,
  env: {
    node: true
  },
  'extends': [
    'plugin:vue/essential',
    'eslint:recommended'
  ],
  parserOptions: {
    parser: 'babel-eslint'
  },
  rules: {
    'no-console': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'warn' : 'off',
    'no-debugger': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'warn' : 'off'
  }
}

main.ts
import Vue from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import './registerServiceWorker'
import router from './router'
import store from './store'
import vuetify from './plugins/vuetify'

Vue.config.productionTip = false
declare global{
  interface Window{
    getAlert : any;
  }
}

var vm = new Vue({
  router,
  store,
  vuetify,
  methods:{
    getAlert(){
         alert(11111)
       }
  },
  render: h => h(App)
}).$mount('#app')

window.getAlert = vm.getAlert

How to solve this problem?
I really want to make a window property.
common.d.ts(updated)
declare global{
  interface Window{
    getAlert : any;
  }
}

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In a perfect world, your customer would act upon your marketing efforts the first time around. They'd visit your website, understand, appreciate (and need) what you offer, and convert. But unless your product is what impulse purchases are made of, the customer journey is convoluted. For some industries, like ecommerce, only 2% of people convert on the first visit.
Luckily, you can smooth the path by including retargeting campaigns as part of your strategy. People who have already visited your website but took no action, or have given you their email from a previous transaction, can be reactivated through ads that help them take that next step from consideration to conversion.
You add a pixel to strategic areas of your site (or across your whole site).
When they leave your site, this cookie notifies the ad networks you've integrated that they should serve that user specific ads based on the pages they visited on your website.
Activate a burn pixel on your confirmation page so that you're not targeting ads to people who actually did convert. This makes you look silly and disorganized and annoys your customers who already took the action you're asking them to take again. Alternatively, use another pixel to track converted visitors and reengage them in another way, with an ad for related products or services, or with a discount code for a future purchase.
Retargeting demands unique creative, ongoing optimization, and sometimes custom landing pages. Ads that speak to someone who's never heard of your brand vs. someone who came within inches of converting should clearly differ. It's smarter not to enable retargeting if you can't keep up with the content demands of this kind of campaign.
Cap the frequency and length of time you serve up retargeting ads to visitors. Your ads will degrade over time if they don't take action, negatively impacting performance.
I'm sure you've experienced some level of retargeting if you've "window shopped" online but didn't complete a purchase. At the present moment, Zappos is haunting me with retargeted ads for a pair of gorgeous but pricey Cole Haans that I can't bring myself to splurge on.
Zappos, I wish I knew how to quit you.
List-based retargeting can be highly customized and specific, because you have more control over who goes on the list and can base your lists on actions each user has taken.
If you're utilizing email marketing as a way to connect with prospects or customers, you can target ads to users who clicked on a product in your email with more information to activate them. Or, you can reengage with them through display advertising if they haven't opened your emails in awhile.
There are some drawbacks to list-based retargeting – sometimes people enter one email address on a landing page form, yet use another for Facebook, so they won't get your retargeting ads if you run that kind of campaign through Facebook. It's best to put together a large list to make this type of retargeting really effective.
You can use list-based retargeting by uploading an Excel file with a column of subscriber email addresses. Depending on your list size and how well your own list is scrubbed & segmented, you can layer additional targeting on top of these users to serve up ads only to men or women, for example, or only to users who are 21-30 years old, or even based on their interests for even more relevance.
Ad retargeting is an important part of your social media advertising strategy, and one that we tend to recommend to most of our clients as a way to improve campaign performance and get the most out of your ad spend. For some of our clients and industries it's so profitable and has shown to drive down CPAs that it commands the bulk of the budget over prospecting new leads & customers.
Ready to learn what sort of returns you could see through retargeting? Contact us below for a look into what pixel- and list-based retargeting could do for your ad strategy.


Collaborative working labs complete with specialist computing and audio visual equipment to support group working.
Over 300 Computers in the School dedicated exclusively for the use of our students.
An e-Science Centre and Access Grid facility for world wide collaboration over the internet.
Specialist electronic system design and computer engineering tools.
The University of Manchester offers more university-owned accommodation than any other university in the UK.
Accommodation ranges from traditional or modern halls of residence with food provided, to smart modern self-catering flats close to the campus, to small Victorian houses in quiet suburbs.
Full-time international students coming to the University alone are guaranteed a place in university-owned accommodation for the duration of their course. To be eligible for a place, you must ensure your application for accommodation is submitted and you have firmly accepted a place by August 31.
Manchester Student Homes is an invaluable resource for finding privately rented accommodation around Manchester, whether you're looking for a pre-dominantly student area or somewhere more professional. For advice on everything you need to know when renting a house, you just also pop into their Fallowfield-based office.
Transport in and around Manchester is excellent. City buses run through the night as do many local train services and metro services (light rail).
You can easily access beautiful countryside in the nearby Derbyshire Peak District or the Lake District.
Manchester has an international airport with many UK, European and global destinations.
The University's maps and travel section.
Every student is allocated a personal tutor to help them with any problems or issues they may have, and this relationship lasts throughout your degree studies.
Our Student Advice Centre provides impartial advice on a range of issues including finance and scholarships, housing, tax and employment.
Our Student Support website provides help with student issues including registration and fees, documentation, loans and grants and exams, right through to graduation. Further essential advice and information is also available in our Crucial Guide.
Our dedicated Careers Service is one of the largest in the country, and in addition to offering skills workshops and interview training, host more than 100 organisation holding events on campus each year.
The John Rylands University Library has over 4 million printed items, the largest collection of electronic resources in the UK.
The Special Collections of the JRUL were designated as of international significance by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in 2005.
We provide our students with up to date syllabus reading books on loan basis.


NKU is a smaller campus than most but that is absolutely a benefit. The class sizes are small and all my teachers know me by name and will stop and talk to me outside of class or are always available if I need extra help. I myself am in the chemistry program and it is excellent. We have free tutoring and help galore including STEM study sessions and practice tests. We're located 5 minutes outside Cincinnati which leads to so many opportunities for internships and jobs as well as entertainment. There are always events on campus whether it be a comedian, fundraisers, student festivals or even concerts at the BB&T arena.
Im really happy here and would recommend it. The campus is a pretty good size, but all the classes I've been in have had no more than 40 people. In classes like this the professor knows you by name, and can truly connect to the class.
Northern Kentucky is a school of love and care. The teachers are very understanding and welcoming, making others feel secure and safe. The campus is very involved with many opportunities for everyone. It was an overall nice campus.
NKU is the best university in the US. Seriously!
I didn't want to go to NKU at first, but visiting the school definitely changed my decision. Everyone was so friendly and when I went I knew it was the right choice! It was like when people say "yes to the dress," you just know. After coming here I joined a sorority that got me super involved here on campus. I've gained so many leadership skills and was able to find my future bridesmaids here. Definitely come here and you get a lot of scholarship money!!!!
Northern Kentucky University is very good university and i like the campus is smoking free andsafe. Everyone isfriendly and co-operative. Facultiesare supportive. I feellike home. Best in the field of computer science and Information Technology.
Smaller class sizes, professors really care about you, there isn't all that much to do unless you're in Greek life which isn't realistic for everyone. I love my major and most of the professors in my department are wonderful!
NKU is a great place to learn and the environment is extremely safe. The classes and housing are awesoe and fun. The students are very friendly.
NKU isn't the most glamorous or prestigious school in the nation, but we have many intellectual and down-to-earth students. The professors genuinely care for the most part, and our campus is growing every day. New buildings are being added and renovated. It can only get better from here!
Campus truly feels like a second home. There's nothing but support for you to follow your dreams and achieve great success!


When you think about classic hairstyles for sure you can think about ponytails. When you don't want to keep your hair down, next easiest thing you can do with it is to tie it into a ponytail. If you are the type of person who loves to be free, not thinking about how the wind might blow your hair and ruin your hairstyle or sometimes from commodity you might not want to wash it, consider to try this braided ponytail look. It is a combination between simple classic and complex elegant and can be worn no matter the time of the day. It looks quite impressive and the longer the hair the better it looks on it. You can do this by yourself, but if you will find it a little difficult, ask a friend to help you!
1. Gather your hair into a very high ponytail (you want to make it as high as possible so it stands out more).
2. Use two bobby pins on left and right side to split the ponytail and make it cover a larger area of the head (check the picture to see how).
3. Take two not very thick, quite thin, hair strands and secure them in an "x" with a hair clip. You will prepare this, because you will make a fishtail braid. Remove the bobby pins and go to the next step.
4. Continue taking small hair strands from the back of both left and right sides and keep making a fishtail braid by overlapping one over the other.
5. Do these movements until you reach the bottom where is no hair left to be braided and secure with a hair band. You can loosen the braid a little bit for even more volume and use hairspray to make sure it lasts for a long time!


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TTB Considering Change That Could Open US Whisky Market
May 5, 2019 – Ask most serious U.S. whisky connoisseurs about their biggest complaints, and odds are you'll hear a few say "why can't we get all of the whiskies they only sell in Europe?" While a change in that situation may still be a year or more away, the Treasury Department's Tax & Trade Bureau has opened the door a crack with one of its latest proposals to update federal alcohol regulations. The agency has received requests for years to change the regulation that specifies the legal sizes of bottles that whiskies and other distilled spirits, and now appears to be poised to act on those requests.
"Authorized standards of fill" is the bureaucratic jargon for the rules that specify the size of bottles for whiskies and other distilled spirits, and since the U.S. switched to the metric system in 1980, those standards of fill have been based largely on a nine-liter case with 12 750ml bottles. That conflicts with the European Union's regulations requiring the use of 700ml bottles. While most other countries will accept either size, the conflicting standards force whisky makers to produce both sizes or risk being shut out of a major sales market. For smaller European-based distillers and independent bottlers, the choice has usually been to produce a few 750ml whiskies for the U.S. market while focusing most of their attention on their home market. The same applies for American distillers, who also have to have special bottles made when they want to export whiskies to Europe.
The TTB proposal to eliminate all but a minimum and maximum "standard of fill" appears in the Office of Management and Budget's "Unified Agenda," which outlines plans for upcoming regulatory changes that do not require Congressional approval. It's listed as a "Spring 2019" project, and TTB spokesman Thomas Hogue told WhiskyCast in an email that no specific date for publishing the proposal has been set while emphasizing that this is "in no way a foregone conclusion." Once the proposed changes are published in the Federal Register and at Regulations.gov, a public comment period would open for feedback from the industry and consumers.
According to the agency, the proposed change would "provide industry members greater flexibility in production and sourcing of containers, and provide consumers broader purchasing options. This deregulatory action would also eliminate restrictions that are no longer required for tax administration, and that inhibit competition and the movement of goods in domestic and international commerce."
In short, it would allow American distillers and bottlers the ability to produce 700ml bottles for both the domestic and export markets while allowing importers to bring in whiskies not available in 750ml bottles. For instance, Nikka importer Hotaling & Co. had to persuade the Japanese distiller to produce its popular "Nikka From the Barrel" whisky in a special 750ml bottle last year so that it can legally be sold in the U.S. market. That whisky has traditionally only been available in 500ml bottles, which have not been allowed in the U.S. since 1989.
As for the "restrictions that are no longer required for tax administration" language, that is a direct nod to the original reason for setting the authorized standards of fill in 1980. In those days, federal agents didn't have access to computers and spreadsheets, forcing them to calculate the amount of excise taxes due on imported spirits manually (U.S. distillers, then as now, are taxed on proof gallons).
Former National Association of Beverage Importers president Bill Earle was with the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms at the time, and explained the rationale in a 2010 WhiskyCast interview. "It's easier to count nine-liter cases or cases that are of a standard measure in order to fix the taxes. Now that has obviously been overcome by technology because computers can now very accurately account all kinds of different sizes," he said.
Earle noted that at the time the Carter Administration decided to switch the U.S. to the metric system, the beverage alcohol industry was going to be "the poster child" for converting the entire country to metrics. "Of course, that never worked out," he laughed.
In fact, nearly four decades after that switch, one other part of the TTB's proposed changes would specifically allow whisky makers to include non-metric measurements on their labels alongside the mandated metric ones. While that has always been "allowed," according to the TTB – it was never specifically stated in the regulations.
The agency is also nearing the end of the public comment period on its much larger rewrite of the regulations for labeling and advertising of whiskies and other distilled spirits announced last December. That period was originally scheduled to end in March, but was extended until June 26 at the request of industry groups.
This story will be updated, and please listen to the next episode of WhiskyCast for industry and consumer reactions.
Links: Tax & Trade Bureau
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Q: Leaflet: Close Popup when the markers cluster I have markers and when that markers are near to each other, it will cluster when i zoom it out. I also have a popup whenever the details of markers in the sidebar is clicked. i have this code for the zooming:
$("#mapContainer").on("click",".zoomMarker",function(){
    var zoom;
    var no = $(this).attr("mapNo");
    var deviceID = $(this).attr("deviceID");
    console.log("eventData : ",findMapNo(no).eventData);

    var events = findMapNo(no).eventData[deviceID].events;

    //console.log("events: ",events);
    if( events.length>0 ){
        var eventsIndex = findMapNo(no).eventData[deviceID].events.length-1;
        var temp_content = createPopupContent(deviceID, eventsIndex, no);

        var lat = events[events.length-1][4];
        var lng = events[events.length-1][3];
        var latLng = new L.latLng(lat, lng);

        var setZoom = findMapNo(no).map.setZoom(20);
        findMapNo(no).map.panTo(latLng);

        var Oldzoom = findMapNo(no).map.getZoom();

        popup = L.popup({
            permanent: true,
            autoPan: false,
            minWidth: 200,
            closeOnClick: true,
            minHeight: 200,
            offset: [0, -12]})
            .setLatLng(latLng)
            .setContent(temp_content);

        if(Oldzoom == Oldzoom){ //the first default zoom
            findMapNo(no).map.removeLayer(markersCluster);
            findMapNo(no).map.addLayer(markersLayer);

            if(findMapNo(no).map.hasLayer(markersLayer)){
                console.log("there is marker!! Oldzoom");
                findMapNo(no).map.openPopup(popup);
            }

        }

        findMapNo(no).map.on("zoomend", function (e) {
            zoom = this.getZoom();

            if(zoom != Oldzoom){
                findMapNo(no).map.removeLayer(markersLayer); //remove marker
                findMapNo(no).map.addLayer(markersCluster); //cluster the near markers
                findMapNo(no).map.closePopup(popup); // must close the popup when marker is cluster
            }else{
                findMapNo(no).map.removeLayer(markersCluster);
                findMapNo(no).map.addLayer(markersLayer);
            }
            return;
        });
    }else{
        toaster("Marker No Location","warning");
    }
});

my problem is when i zoom it out, when i click another marker (name of the marker) in the sidebar, the right data of the clicked marker is in the console, but the map is staying in the last click marker.


Nurigen was not only the best creator of weapons the empire had ever produced, he was also an important archivist. True most of his archives were about the immortal warrior and her battle with the crawling chaos, but his archives were vast and covered an almost immeasurable period of time.
He was ordered to destroy the archive by the emperor, who realised the dangers of leaving too much forbidden knowledge in the multiverse. Nurigen though was famous for his stubbornness and he etched much of the forbidden archive onto metal tablets that were designed to last for eternity….perhaps even longer.
Most of the contents of the archive consisted of dry technical information, details of horrendous weapons and their use. In amongst the dross though are real gems, stories of valour, courage and sometimes mind boggling stupidity.
With a mixture of caution and humility I will tell you a few of these long lost stories of the most powerful empire the multiverse has ever seen….. an empire that still thrives to this day.
Once a slum runner, always a slum runner - A story of Mo, a beautiful woman and an adventure on an unaligned desert moon. - Click link below to read. There is a PDF version in the download area.
The Importance of Breakfast - A dark angel, a galactic cruise vessel with everyone dead and someone isn't telling the truth.
An Ordinary Day - The empire visits a small blue planet in an unstable galaxy.


If you pay a trip to Camden, you can dress as weird as you like and you still won't be noticed in the eccentric crowds. Believe me, however weird you look, many people there will look a lot weirder than you!
Tall, pink spiky Mohawks and nose studs are optional.
I went there on Sunday, getting off at Camden Town Underground.
As many as 100,000 people visit the area at weekends and it was packed!
Music blared out from every doorway and market stall, and street performers were well-spaced out along the road.
The Regent's Canal runs under the road, with Camden Lock surrounded by market stalls.
There are several markets, which began to appear and grow in the 1970s.
People loved them because they could trade on Sundays. And although they're open every day now, Sunday is still the busiest day.
There was a large fire in the Camden Canal Market in 2008 that was attended by 100 firefighters, and another one in the Stables Market in 2014 that needed 10 fire engines and 70 firemen.
Camden Market is so tightly packed that it's an effort to walk round it.
Stables Market has more room.
The market food is excellent, and you don't need to worry about hygiene. Apart from being strictly supervised by 'Ealth & Safety' the turnover is rapid, so the food is as fresh as it's possible for food to be!
I had a Chinese selection; as much as can be fitted in a foil container. It was a generous meal, delicious, and it cost me just £4.
In the Camden Lock Market is Shaka Zulu.
It's an African restaurant, with the most amazing décor. I think it's one of the most visually stunning restaurants in the world.
The carved figures at the entrance give no clue as to what is below!
You travel down on an escalator, where the restaurant's massive area opens out in all directions underground.
There are huge carved figures about 20 ft high, and a hand-carved wood wall with a life-sized African elephant.
The roof had to be taken off to allow all the furniture and ornaments to be lowered in by cranes.
The food is all African, and you can dine on zebra, wildebeest, crocodile, and other surprising things!
The wine is African, with a large cellar to choose from. And the cocktails are wonderful!
I'd reviewed the restaurant a couple of years ago, so I thought I'd go and see if it's altered at all, and escaped from the Markets' mad mayhem for a while.
Oh what a relief to step into peace and a huge space! I'm a country lass and I can only put up with being squashed in crowds for a short time.
Tebo, the manager, greeted me like an old friend and sat me at the bar to recover. The cocktail barman mixed me a De-Harrassment, which was just what I needed!
It was a mixture of Gold rum, passionfruit puree, ginger and lemongrass cordial, apple and pineapple juice, lemon juice, and a dash of sugar for balance!
Talking about balance, the balance of the fruit and rum was perfect, and made me feel much better!
I then walked along the road to The Forge, a charity-run music venue with a bar and restaurant, to attend a Cuban Night.
More about that in another article!
Then I caught the Underground, and my train home.
I really enjoy a day out in London. There's so much to see. And it helps me to have a good night's sleep afterwards!


I have a basic rule for wine and food pairing, Number One: Simple food with complex wine, and vice versa, complex food with simple wine. There are perfect wine and food matches like goat's cheese with Sancerre (a wonderful Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley) or a fine aged Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux or Napa with roast lamb. After that, there are many other guidelines I use to pair wine and food. For example, if a dish has acidity from lemon or other citrus, you need a wine that has an equal amount of acid or the wine will taste flat.
So what is the perfect wine for the Thanksgiving meal? The answer is there isn't one wine, but two or three might do the job! Think about it, this is a complex meal with a wide variety of flavors and aromas. How do you match cranberry sauce, sauerkraut, white and dark turkey meat, sweet potatoes and green beans?
You do it by remembering rule Number One and following a few basic guidelines.Stay away from tannin and astringent wines, big full- bodied wines that are high in alcohol, and wines that are heavily oaked. All will clash with a variety of flavors on the table. These include barrel fermented Chardonnay, fine Bordeaux and New World Cabernet Sauvignon, Barolo and Big Aussie Shiraz (too alcoholic).Choose a wine(s) that is fairly fruity and medium bodied. This will complement the white and dark meat without overpowering the lighter sides. A little sweetness in a white wine is good, but not too sweet, as it will make some foods taste bitter. Both red and white wines should have adequate acidity to cut through the fat.
My first choice is a German Riesling that is off dry. Schuman-Nagler Rheingau Riesling 2006 ($12.99) has a hint of sweetness, good backbone and 11% alcohol. Take a bite of cranberry sauce with dark turkey meat, then take a sip. Kerpen's Wehlener Sonnenheur Kabinett 2005 ($18.99) is gorgeous with a little more acid and slight steely edge. Many people love GewÅrztraminer on this holiday. It has a spicyness that compliments the food and can be off-dry. Try Alexander Valley Vineyards New Gewurz for only about ten bucks.
A fruity style Pinot Noir works well, especially one that has little or no oak. McManis California 2006 or Willamette Valley Vineyards Whole Cluster 2006 are both fruit forward style wines, with soft textures and enough flavor to hold up to the meal.
Red Zinfandel can work well, but be careful --some are very high in alcohol. Girasole Vineyards 2004 from Lake County is a nice easy style with brambly fruit flavors from organic grown grapes and not too much kick (14.3%). Fratelli Revello Dolcetto d'Alba 2005 is a beautifully made, medium bodied, juicy red with nice raspberry and cherry flavors. Carlo Revello is a modernist from Piedmont and a highly skilled winemaker.
Beaujolais Nouveau actually works well with its big fruit flavors, low tannins and mass appeal. If you're on a budget and want an amazing red that has good fruit and spice, low tannins and is just plain delicious, try Vina Borgia from Campo de Borja in Spain 2006 at $10 for a 1.5 liter. Tough to beat.
I like to start my meal with some sparkling wine. My crowd likes Prosecco di Conegliano, a nice sparkling wine made near Venice. Since it's made via the bulk process (later lesson) it doesn't have those yeasty flavors and will actually work well with the meal. An extra dry champagne which has a hint of sweetness could also be great as it has nice acidity and bubbles to cleanse the palate. Remember since there are so many flavors on the table no wine will match perfectly, so I recommend two or three choices and see what happens.Whatever you choose I hope your holiday is great and the turkey is moist!
If you have any questions about wine, or have a favorite Thanksgiving wine, please let me know. Just email me (winostan@aol.com).
Stan Bliden, the second-generation owner of Midway Liquors on Pulaski Highway in Joppa, grew up in the wine business. His passion from early on has been wine and he is "continually amazed" by how much there is to learn about the subject.


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Tonya Dickerson has been a member of HBCU CONNECT since Jan 31st, 2006. Tonya represents Spelman College class of 2010 and is located in the atlanta, GA area. You can connect with Tonya Dickerson and other interesting members of HBCU CONNECT by signing up or logging in.


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Q: Does summernote allow Microsoft word document upload Does summernote allow Microsoft word document upload through it's UI just like image upload.

A: You can only achieve this by implementing a custom button/function. If you want to show a thumbnail of a file and a link to download the document you can do this by managing your html. If you want to show the entire document on summernote I think it's not so trivial, you will need to find third-party libs for converting word format to html.
Take a look at https://summernote.org/deep-dive/#custom-button.


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Dr. Bandettini is a cardiologist with expertise in cardiovascular magnetic resonance(CMR). She completed a cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the National Institutes of Health(NIH) in the United States, and after completing her training, Dr. Bandettini remained as faculty. Currently, Dr. Bandettini is a Medical Officer within the Heart Failure & Arrhythmias Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Bandettini is a strong advocate for CMR, serving within the SCMR, American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Development Panel, and Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee. She actively engages in performing research, teaching, and promoting clinical applications of CMR.
Gaia BANKS
Gaia Banks has more than 15 years of experience in the field of medical devices and cardiovascular imaging. She started her career with the leading Japanese medical device company, Terumo where she worked in the areas of Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology. In 2013 Gaia joined the Siemens Healthcare global headquarters in Erlangen, Germany where she held clinical marketing roles in angiography and cardiology. In 2018 she took over as Global Marketing Manager for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance imaging. Gaia holds a PhD from University of California, Irvine.
Chiara BUCCIARELLI-DUCCI
Dr Bucciarelli-Ducci is a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor) in Cardiology since 2010 at the University of Bristol and honorary cardiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom. She is the co-Director of the Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRIC) Bristol, University of Bristol. She was awarded a PhD in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK.
In May 2019 she was also appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) with headquarters in the United States.
She is the past European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Vice-President and chair of the cardiac MRI section (2016-2018), within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Since September 2020, she is the Deputy Editor (Imaging) of the European Heart Journal.
Ping CHAI
MBBS, MMed, FRCP(UK), FAMS, FAsCC
Senior Consultant, Head of Department, Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Dr Chai graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1993. He underwent advanced specialty training in cardiology at the National University Hospital and was accredited as specialist in cardiology in Singapore in 2002. He trained in cardiovascular magnetic resonance at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom. He is currently Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore. His interests include non-invasive cardiovascular imaging, heart failure, telemedicine and clinical practice improvement. He is also passionate about teaching and is actively involved in medical and nursing education.
Andy Wai-Kwong CHAN
Dr. Andy Wai-Kwong CHAN is currently Honorary Consultant (Cardiology) at Department of Medicine & Geriatrics of United Christian Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) in Family Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was the Head of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of United Christian Hospital for more than 10 years.
Dr. Chan has been serving a number of posts in local cardiology organizations. He is now the President-Elect of Hong Kong College of Cardiology. He also serves as Convener of Cardiac Intervention Chapter of the College. He was Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologists Association in 2006.
Ronnie Hiu-Lam CHAN
Dr Ronnie Chan is an Associate Consultant in the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong. She is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology.
She is the Convenor of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Chapter and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
Eric Kwong-Yue Chan
Dr. Eric Chan is an interventional cardiologist and Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor in Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong. Previously he completed his structural and interventional cardiology fellowship program at Stanford University Medical Center under Dr. Alan Yeung and Dr. William Fearon, and has vast experience and interest in coronary physiology study (FFR, CFR and IMR testing), complex coronary interventions, alcohol septal ablation as well as structural heart interventions including TAVR and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of mitral and tricuspid valves.
Wendy Wing-Lok CHAN
Dr. Wendy Wing-Lok Chan is currently the Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Chan obtained the Fellowship of The Royal College of Radiologists in Clinical Oncology and the Fellowship of Hong Kong College of Radiologists. After her fellowship, she obtained the MSc in Palliative Medicine (Cardiff, UK).
Her research focus is on breast cancer, cancer survivorship, geriatric oncology and endocrine malignancy. She has special focus on cardiac toxicities of breast radiotherapy. She published in various peer-review journals and has presented in multiple local and international cancer conferences.
Carmen Wing-Sze CHAN
Dr Carmen Chan was graduated from the University of Hong Kong. She is currently being the Consultant Cardiologist and the Clinical Honorary Associate Professor at Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.
She is sub -specialized in advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging and has undergone one year fellowship training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Apart from providing clinical service, she is also interested and actively involved in clinical researches, guideline and reviewer in several peer group review journals and author of book chapters. She is also a council member of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology and the convener of CMR chapter and Women's Heart Health Campaign.
Kam-Tim CHAN
Dr. Kam Tim Chan graduated in University of HK with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1985. He is currently the Consultant Cardiologist of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is the center performing the highest volume of complex coronary and structural heart diseases intervention in HK. Dr. Chan has extensive administrative and clinical experiences in interventional cardiology. He is the past president of HK College of Cardiology and throughout these years; he is dedicated to uphold the professional standard of Cardiology practice by organizing continuous medical education activities to colleagues and actively involved in community heart health promotion.
Ngai-Yin CHAN
Dr Ngai-Yin Chan was conferred Doctor of Medicine [MD(HKU)] in 2019. He is currently the President of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology, Chief-of-Service and Consultant Physician in Department of Medicine & Geriatrics in Princess Margaret Hospital and North Lantau Hospital. He is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Department of Medicine & Therapeutics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With his outstanding performance both professionally and in the community contribution, he won the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in the year of 2006 and the Hong Kong Humanity Award in the year of 2015.
Yu-Ho CHAN
Dr. Yu-Ho, Chan is currently the Director of Cardiology Centre, CUHK Medical Centre. Before joining his current post, he worked as Consultant Cardiologist in Pok Oi Hospital.
His expertise is in percutaneous coronary and structural heart disease intervention with a focus on complex PCI, CTO intervention and LAAO. He has also participated in organizing various academic meeting and educational program e.g. HKPHCA annual scientific meeting, HKSTENT CICF, APCTO club meeting and HKCC Fellowship Training Course …etc
Dr. Chan is the Fellow of American College of Cardiology, Council member of Hong Kong Society of Transcatheter Endo-cardiovascular Therapeutics, Honorary Secretary of Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologists Association and Council member of Hong Kong College of Cardiology. He is the fellow of APCTO club.
He has published on various aspects related to percutaneous coronary intervention, including chronic total occlusion intervention, dedicated bifurcation stent and drug eluting balloon in different peer reviewed journals such as Eurointervention and Catheter Cardiovascular Intervention.
Andrew Kai-Chun CHENG
Dr Cheng graduated from LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in 2010 and received radiology training in Queen Mary Hospital since 2012. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) in 2016. Dr Cheng underwent subspecialty radiology training in cardiovascular imaging in 2018 and received Best Scientific presentation award in ASCI Beijing China 2018. He was awarded Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists (FHKCR) and Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (FHKAM Radiology) in 2019. Currently Dr Cheng is working as the Associate Consultant of Radiology Department in Queen Mary Hospital and the Honorary Clinical Assistant professor in LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
Stephen Chi-Wai CHEUNG
Dr. Cheung is a consultant radiologist at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong with special interest in cardiovascular CT, MR and aortic interventions. He is keen about training young radiologists and has started the cardiovascular imaging subspecialty training program under the Hong Kong College of Radiologists. He is also active internationally, participating in various conferences organised by SCMR, EACVI and ASCI as speakers and moderators.
Calvin Woon-Loong CHIN
Asst. Prof Calvin Chin is a Senior Consultant, Clinician Scientist and the Director of the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Center at the National Heart Centre Singapore. His research examines cardiac remodeling in cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertensive heart disease; and translating novel CMR techniques such as exercise stress CMR to clinical practice. In recognition of his research, Dr. Chin has received several national and international awards, including the American Heart Association Young Investigator Award (2018), American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award (2015), British Heart Valve Society Young Investigator Award (2015) and the Singhealth Publish Award (2015 and 2016). Asst. Prof Chin is the recipient of the Clinician Scientist Award in 2018, a talent development award by the National Medical Research Council in Singapore.
Victor A. FERRARI
Victor A. Ferrari, MD, MSCMR, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FRCP (Lond., Hon.) is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Chair of the Penn Cardiovascular Imaging Council. He is a Founding Member and Past President of SCMR, and Past Chair of the Certification Board for CMR. He served as Chair for the ISMRM Cardiac MR Study Group and served on the AHA Cardiac Imaging Committee. He is Past Chair of the ACC Imaging Council, and past ACC Board of Governors member. His research interests include ventricular function and remodeling, and high field imaging.
Vanessa FERREIRA
Professor Vanessa Ferreira is British Heart Foundation Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR) and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the University of Oxford. She obtained her Bachelor of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Doctor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). She subsequently obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford. She was a board member of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and serves on multiple SCMR committees. Prof Ferreira has expertise in quantitative CMR techniques, particularly T1-mapping.
Alison FLETCHER
Alison has 25 years' experience in MRI with 17 years dedicated to cardiac MR. She has worked in all areas of CMR and is currently the lead research radiographer at the Acute Vascular Imaging Centre, University of Oxford, U.K. and also works at OCMR in Oxford. Alison is extensively involved in CMR education nationally and internationally and was the technologist representative on the Board of Trustees of SCMR from 2014 – 2017 and is still actively involved with SCMR. She is a Fellow of the SCMR and a visiting lecturer for the post graduate program at City University U.K.
Arjun GHOSH
Dr Arjun K Ghosh MBBS, MSc, PhD, FHEA, FACC, FESC, FRCP, FICOS is a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London and at University College London Hospital. He is the first cardiologist in the UK to be appointed specifically in cardio-oncology and helped establish Cardio-Oncology services at both these hospitals which are now amongst the biggest services worldwide. Arjun leads the cardio-oncology service at UCLH.
Arjun is also actively involved in developing cardio-oncology curricula and guidelines and changing practice through the British Society of Echocardiography, British Cardio-Oncology Society and International Cardio-Oncology Society. He was joint first author of the first British cardio-oncology guidelines published earlier this year. You can find him on Twitter @arjunkg.
Lars GROSSE-WORTMANN
Dr. Grosse-Wortmann received his medical degree from the University of Würzburg in Germany, trained in pediatric cardiology in Aachen (Germany) & Toronto and completed a two-year fellowship in advanced cardiovascular imaging at the Hospital for Sick Children. He accepted a faculty position there in 2008 and directed the cardiovascular MRI section. He joined Oregon Health and Science University in 2019 as the division head of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Grosse-Wortmann specializes in echocardiography, MRI and CT imaging. His research focuses on myocardial health as well as on the physiology and long-term outcomes in patients with congenital heart disease.
Kate HANNEMAN
Dr. Kate Hanneman completed medical school and diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Toronto, a cardiovascular imaging fellowship at Stanford University, and a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology at Harvard University. She is a cardiothoracic radiologist and Clinician Scientist at the University Health Network and Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. She is appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and is the Director of Cardiac Imaging Research at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging. Her research focuses on cardiac MRI and clinical outcomes in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathies.
Ivan Fan Ngai HUNG
Professor Ivan Fan Ngai HUNG is currently Ru Chien and Helen Lieh Endowed Professor in Health Sciences Pedagogy, Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean (Admissions), Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Consultant in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Professor Hung has published more than 240 international peer reviewed original articles, including research articles in the Lancet, the Lancet Infectious Diseases and the Clinical Infectious Diseases. His research interest includes influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory virus antiviral treatment and vaccinology.
Cally Ka-Lai HO
Dr Cally Ho is the Consultant Cardiac Surgeon currently working in Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Dr Ho obtained her degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in year 2000, and she obtained her Master of Medical Sciences in year 2011 from The University of Hong Kong.
She had her cardiothoracic surgical training in Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong since year 2004 and obtained her Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong in year 2008. Afterwards she went to Papworth Hospital in United Kingdom to specialised her training in Heart & Lung Transplantation and ventricular assist device. Her special interests are heart transplantation, lung transplantation, ventricular assist device, mechanical circulatory support, aortic surgery and complex redo valve surgery. She is actively involved in the aortic registry and also in the development of heart & lung transplantation & VAD programs in the department.
Christopher M. KRAMER
Dr. Kramer is the George A. Beller/Lantheus Medical Imaging Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief of the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Virginia. Dr. Kramer's principal research interest has been in cardiovascular magnetic resonance. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications, 4 books, and over 100 reviews and editorials on left ventricular remodeling, perfusion and viability, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He is Associate Editor for Imaging at JACC and Treasurer of the ACC. In 2015 he won the Gold Medal of the SCMR and named the 2021 ACC Distinguished Mentor.
Sonia Hiu-Yin LAM
Dr. Sonia Lam is a Consultant Radiologist at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong and the Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lam graduated from the University of Hong Kong. She underwent subspecialty training in Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic Imaging at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong and Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom. She is currently the trainer of Thoracic Imaging and Co-trainer of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital.
Yuk-Kong LAU
Immediate Past President, Hong Kong College of Cardiology
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant, Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals
MBBS (HK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine), FRCP (London & Edinburgh), FACC
Dr Lau undertook 3-year cardiology training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA. He served in Grantham, Queen Mary, and then as the Consultant & Head of Cardiology of Ruttonjee Hospital for over twenty years.
Dr Lau dedicates himself in promoting top quality professional training. He is the Founding Chair & currently the Program Co-Director of the international biannual Echo Hong Kong conference since 1997. He had been the Chair of the scientific committee and then the Chair (2006-2010) of Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologists Association.
During his presidency for the Hong Kong College of Cardiology (2017-2019), Dr Lau pioneered to organize the HKCC Core Cardiology Certificate Course. He actively recruits young enthusiastic colleagues for the College leadership.
Dr Lau finds greatest satisfaction in patient care and teaching. He has been invited to deliver lectures & talks in numerous local, regional & international scientific meetings. His major interests are in the clinical management of ACS, echocardiography and emergency percutaneous coronary intervention including PPCI.
Benny LAWTON
I am a diagnostic radiographer with over 12 years of Cardiac mri experience. I was the first Superintendent radiographer at the Bristol Heart Institute, one of the UK's largest single scanner CMR units. I was a co-founder/co-director of the Bristol Cardiac MRI Radiographers course for 5 years. After working for 20 years in the NHS, I have now moved to the independent sector as the Executive CMR Radiographer for St Joseph's Hospital in Wales. I currently sit on the Technologist committee for the Society of Cardiac MRI (SCMR), and the education committee for the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI).
Jonan Chun-Yin LEE
Dr Lee Jonan Chun Yin, MBChB, MRCP(UK), FHKCR, FHKAM (Radiology), FSCMR
Dr Lee is an associate consultant and the head of cardiovascular imaging in the Department of Radiology & Imaging, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. He underwent overseas training in cardiac MR in 2016 at Flinders Medical Centre Adelaide, Australia, under the auspices of Professor Joseph Selvanayagam. He is a fellow of the SCMR and regularly reports cardiac MR on cardiomyopathy, ischaemic heart disease and adult congenital heart disease.
Eleanor Wei-Sze LEE
Dr. Lee Wei Sze Eleanor obtained her MbChB degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003. She holds Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Medicine), Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Physicians (Cardiology) and is Fellow of Hong Kong College of Cardiology. In 2013, she was granted the Lee Po Chun Charitable Trust Fund, Overseas Postgraduate Study and Professional Training Scholarships and underwent overseas training specializing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom. She is currently an associate consultant in Department of Medicine, North District Hospital, Hong Kong.
Danny LEUNG
Mr. Leung is a registered Part I Radiographer (D) of Hong Kong Radiographers' Board. He practices and manages multiple imaging modalities & oncological services as the Director of Diagnostic Imaging and Oncology Centre of Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road. He is also the Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Radiological Technologists' Association, and founding committee member (VP for Professional Affairs) & member of Hong Kong Colleague of Radiographers & Radiation Therapists. Mr. Leung is also the members of multiple international professional organizations such as SMRT, RSNA, ISRRT, etc.
Andrew Ying-Wah LI
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin).
Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Dept of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK
Associate consultant and Director of Echo laboratory at United Christian Hospital
Council member, HK Public Hospital Cardiologists Association
Dr Li completed his cardiovascular imaging fellowship in cardiac MRI, CT and Echo at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia. He has authored peer-review publications in journals including European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, American Journal of Medicine, Heart, and Clinical Radiology. He is a fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (FSCMR), and holds Cardiovascular Board Certification of Cardiac CT (CBCCT).
Gary Yiu-Kwong MAK
Dr. Gary Y.K. Mak graduated in University of Hong Kong in 1982. He received his medical training in the Department of Medicine, Chinese university of Hong Kong and completed his Interventional and Nuclear Cardiology training in the University of Toronto. In 1989, he returned to CUHK to continue his clinical and teaching duties until 1993 when he starts his private practice.
He is currently the Director of the Pro-Care heart Clinic and Pro-Cardio Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Center. He is also the Consultant cardiologist of Sir Run Run Shaw Heart & Diagnostic Center, St. Teresa's Hospital, Consultant Cardiologist & former Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab. in Hong Kong Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Mak is the Past President of the Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science. He is the Consultant Cardiologist of the Hong Kong Sports Institute for more than 20 years taking care of their elite athletes. He is also the visiting lecturers in the departments of cardiology and sports medicine in Chinese University of HK as well as HK Polytechnic University.
Dr. Mak started reading CMR since 2005 at the St. Teresa Hospital CMR and imaging center and report CMR regularly at STH and Exact MRI center.
His current research interests include CMR in athletes and CAD, cardiovascular response to exercise and exercise related sudden death, Coronary CTA, hypertension, novel oral anticoagulants, atherothrombosis, metabolic syndrome, and lipid disorders.
Dr Chris Miller is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Advanced Fellow and Cardiologist at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. His research interests include cardiovascular magnetic resonance and heart failure. He is Director of the British Heart Foundation Manchester Centre for Heart and Lung Magnetic Resonance Research, and leads a large heart failure with preserved ejection fraction clinical service.
Charlotte Manisty
Dr Charlotte Manisty is Clinical Lead for Cardio-Oncology at Barts Heart Centre, and Associate Professor at University College London. She set up and leads the largest cardio-oncology service in the UK at Barts, and is currently Vice-Chair of the Society of Cardiovascular MRI Cardio-Oncology group. She is Research Lead for British Cardio-Oncology Society and chairs the UK Cardiac Device MRI working group. She is regularly invited to speak around the world on both clinical cardiology and research, has received over £4 million funding for her medical research in the past 5 years, supervises several PhD students and is author of over 130 publications and books.
Kanae MUKAI
Kanae Mukai, MD, FACC, FSCMR is the Medical Director of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging at Ryan Ranch Center for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging and Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System. She obtained her BS in chemical engineering from MIT and has previously worked in the semiconductor industry. She obtained her MD at Chicago Medical School and completed internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic, fellowships in general and integrative cardiology at Scripps Clinic, and imaging subspecialty fellowships at Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center and UCSF. She holds Level III certification and is a boarded Diplomate in MRI, CT, nuclear imaging, and echocardiography.
Ming-Yen NG
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong
Division Chief of Cardiac Imaging at the HKU– Shenzhen Hospital, China
HKU Cardiac Imaging MOOC Course Director
Dr. Ng is a fellow of the SCMR and vice-chair of the SCMR's education committee. He serves on the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography's (SCCT) corporate relations committee and is an Associate Editor of the SCCT's official journal - Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
He has published multiple cardiothoracic imaging papers in journals including JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging and Radiology.
Ngoc-Trang NGUYEN
Dr. Ngoc-Trang NGUYEN graduated from Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam. He currently is the senior radiologist at Bach Mai hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam. He was a fellow at the University hospital of Clermont Ferrand and Rouen (France) and the University of Sydney (Australia). He is now serving as an EC member of ASCI and General Secretary of the 14th Congress ASCI 2021, Vietnam. He interests in cardiac CT and CMR for congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, aortic valve… and AI in heart imaging.
Ntobeko NTUSI
Ntobeko Ntusi is a cardiologist and a Professor of Medicine, currently appointed as the Chair and Head of Medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, where serves as Program Director: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He is a Principal Investigator based at the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa and the Cape Universities Body Imaging Centre as well as a Collaborating Investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Heart Journal, and an Associate Editor of Circulation and BMC Medical Imaging. He has been actively engaged and contributed to improved understanding of cardiomyopathy, inflammatory heart disease, HIV-associated cardiovascular disease, and heart failure in South Africa and globally.
Karen ORDOVAS
Karen Ordovas, MD, MAS is a Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging at the University of Washington. She specializes in advanced Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging, in particular cardiovascular MR and CT. She received her medical degree from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and completed her residency in Radiology at the Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul and Mae de Deus Hospital, Brazil. She has completed research and clinical fellowships in CardioThoracic Radiology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and earned a Masters Degree in clinical research from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF.
She is a fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular MRI (SCMR), American Heart Association, and North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI).
In addition to serving at the SCMR Executive Board as Treasurer, Dr. Ordovas is deeply engaged in the main radiology and cardiology societies on her field. She is past-president of NASCI, Chair of the American College of Radiology Cardiology Research Committee, and Co-Chair of the RSNA cardiac program subcommittee. Dr. Ordovas' research interests include establishing evidence-based applications for CMR and CCT in several clinical settings, with emphasis on non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, women cardiovascular diseases, and adults with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Ordovas has more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and 26 book chapters. Her articles have appeared in the Radiology journal, the American Journal of Cardiology, the JACC Cardiovascular Journal, and Stroke: A Journal of Cerebral Circulation.
Steffen PETERSEN
Steffen Petersen is a Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London and a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust. He is President-Elect of the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). He holds an MBCHB and MDRES equivalent (Dr med.) from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, a DPHIL (OXON) from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health and an MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Science from the London School of Economics.
Maurizio PIERONI
Maurizio Pieroni is a cardiologist at San Donato Hospital in Arezzo (Italy). He obtained his specialization in Cardiology cum laude in 2001 and a PhD in human pathology in 2005. From 2006 to 2011 he worked as a cardiologist and researcher at Catholic University, and Arezzo Hospital in 2011 where he is Head of the Cardiomyopathies' Unit. Dr Pieroni was interested in the study of cardiac pathology and cardiomyopathies, in particular Fabry disease. He is skilled in execution and histological evaluation of endomyocardial biopsy, and echocardiography and cardiac MRI interpretation in the field of cardiomyopathies. He is deeply involved in both research and patients' management in the fields of lysosomal storage disorders, inherited cardiomyopathies and channellopathies.
Catherine SHEA
Dr. Shea graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2009, and underwent Internal Medicine and Cardiology training at Queen Mary hospital. She completed her overseas clinical fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac transplantation at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in 2019. Her interest is in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and inherited and acquired cardiomyopathies. She is currently an Associate Consultant at Queen Mary Hospital and provides expertise in advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies, adult congenital heart disease, and high risk pregnancy cardiology services.
Lynette TEO
Lynette is a radiologist at the National University Hospital, Singapore. She did her radiology training in Singapore with fellowships in cardiothoracic imaging at the Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom in 2006/7 and 2011. She has been an EXCO member with the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI) since 2014. She has also served as ACGME-I radiology program director for more than 10 years and continues to be involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education; sitting on various radiology and educational-related committees. She is also involved in several cardiac-related research projects.
Paaladinesh THAVENDIRANATHAN
Dr. Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan is a cardiologist at the Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto. He is an associate professor of medicine and a clinician scientist. His clinical practice involves work with cardiac MRI, CT, and echocardiography. He is the Director of the Ted Rogers Program in Cardiotoxicity Prevention which focuses on cardiac toxicity from systemic therapies including cancer therapy. His research focus is in the use of advanced cardiac imaging techniques for detection and management of cardiomyopathy.
Sara TYEBALLY
Sara Tyebally is a senior cardiology registrar at Barts' Heart centre, specialising in advanced cardiac imaging, cardio-oncology and preventive cardiology. She has received her board certification in cardio-oncology from the International Cardio-Oncology Society.
Mark WESTWOOD
Dr Mark Westwood is a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, London, UK. He previously set up and delivered the cardiac MRI service at the London Chest Hospital which became one of the UK's largest CMR services. He is currently the President of BSCMR, the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and he also has a strong interest in training and education where he is Vice President of the UK Specialty Advisory Committee, the national body for cardiology training in the UK.
Michael Ka-lam WONG
Dr. Michael Ka-lam WONG is a heart transplant, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) physician in Cardiac Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital. Dr. Wong graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2005 and completed Cardiology training in Queen Mary Hospital. He received training on ECMO from National Taiwan University Hospital in 2010 and then received overseas training in advanced heart failure and transplantation at the Mayo Clinic, USA. He is currently Associate Consultant in Grantham Hospital with clinical focus in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation and end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension
Jeffrey Ka-Tak WONG
Dr Wong graduated from Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995 and received radiology training in Prince of Wales Hospital from 1997. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) in 2000 and Fellowship of the Hong Kong College of Radiologists (FHKCR) and Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine [FHKAM (Radiology)] in 2003. Currently he is working as the Chief of Service of Department of Imaging & Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital and Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His special interests include Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging and Interventional Radiology. Apart from clinical service provision, Dr Wong has published more than one hundred scientific articles in local / international peer-reviewed journals and as editor of four Radiology books.
Lawrance Kai-Chiu YIP
Lawrance Yip completed radiography training in Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He specialized in MRI and acquired Master degree in Magnetic Resonance Technology from University of Queensland, Australia. Currently, he is Department Manager in charge of Radiographic service and Senior Radiographer taking care of MRI service of Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong as well as Director of MRI Faculty of Hong Kong College of Radiographers and Radiation Therapists. He has conducted numerous presentations on various topics of MRI at local or overseas seminars and conferences. His main interest is in cardiovascular, body and neurological MRI applications.
Chun-Ho YUN
Dr. Chun-Ho Yun is currently the senior radiologist in MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. In 2007~2008, He had one and half year fellowship in cardiovascular imaging corelab in Massachusetts General Hospital. He obtained his PhD degree in department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming University in 2016. In the past ten years, he has collaborated with colleagues in institutions in the United states and Europe including New York University, Castwestern university in Cleveland, Lawson Health Research institute, London, Canada and Oxford university. In clinical practice, Dr. Yun is the director of Cardiovascular imaging in MacKay memorial hospital and provides stress MR perfusion and coronary CTA services not only for patients but also for customers from the department of health evaluation center.
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I'm really having a problem with gender bender stories. I cannot imagine that not a single person will be able to notice that a "boy" is actually a girl. the voice and chest and absence of Adam's apple and some muscles will give away the gender immediately. We are forced to suspend our disbelief that the coast is clear, and that no one will ever notice. Even the most "butch", a real gay, cannot totally look like a male.


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Research Finds Early Childhood Education Strengthens Families
Kristen Thometz | May 23, 2019 1:56 pm
New research by the University of Chicago finds that disadvantaged children who received high-quality early childhood education are reaping the benefits of that program 50 years later in terms of better life outcomes – and so are their offspring.
"This research builds on existing evidence that high-quality early childhood programs, beginning at birth, produce significantly better life outcomes for children," said University of Chicago professor James Heckman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who led the research. "The effects have a beneficial impact on the immediate family and extend to later generations, multiplying the value of the original investment and boosting the effectiveness of existing investments in education."
Heckman, along with co-author Ganesh Karapakula of the university's Center for the Economics of Human Development, examined the long-term impacts of the iconic Perry Preschool Project. Started in the 1960s, the project aimed to study the lifetime impacts of providing high-quality preschool experiences to socioeconomically and developmentally disadvantaged African American children.
From 1962-1967, 123 children ages 3-4 with below average IQ scores were enrolled in a two-year program in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The program provided them with "an enriched early environment," that included preschool instruction and supplemental weekly home visits with staff, said Heckman, who has been studying the group for about a decade. Participants were compared to a group that didn't receive such education and researchers have tracked their development periodically throughout their lives.
The latest research surveyed participants, who are now in their 50s and many of whom have children of their own, on a number of measures, including the well-being of their offspring.
Researchers found participants had significantly better life outcomes at midlife compared to those who weren't involved in the project, including increased employment and cognitive and socioemotional skills. They also found reduced criminal activity, especially violent crime, among male participants, which Heckman called "a major boost to the earnings of families."
Participants also had more stable marriages and were more likely to provide their children with a more stable two-parent home, building the foundations for stronger families that resulted in larger gains for their children.
"High-quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children builds valuable personal and interpersonal skills, contributes to stronger families and can be an effective way to lift generations out of poverty," he said.
Heckman found participants' children were more likely to be in good health, complete college and to be employed despite living in similar or worse neighborhoods than the children of nonparticipants.
Those outcomes are due to parental engagement with children and improved family life, according to Heckman. "The results are a consequence of improving, bolstering families," he said, dispelling the notion that an individual's future is shaped by where they live. "This is not a consequence of changing zip codes."
Heckman said the findings can't be generalized to a much broader population or used as evidence to support universal preschool programs. "This program targeted disadvantaged children," he said. "Evidence from this study and others like it show … targeting disadvantaged children and families with disadvantaged children is a very effective strategy."
Note: This story was originally published May 16, 2019. It has been updated.
Contact Kristen Thometz: @kristenthometz | kthometz@wttw.com | (773) 509-5452
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Book Review: Devil's Cut (The Bourbon Kings) by J.R. Ward
Posted August 14, 2017 by @Angelized_1st in Books, COYER Summer Reading List, Entertainment / 0 Comments
Devil's Cut by J. R. Ward
Series: The Bourbon Kings #3
Published by Ballantine Books on August 1st 2017
Genres: Fiction, Sagas, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Women
ASIN: B01MRGOYE7
Buy on: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks
In #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward's thrilling finale to her Bourbon Kings series, the Bradford family dynasty teeters on the edge of collapse after the murder of their patriarch--and a shocking arrest. At first, the death of William Baldwine, the head of the Bradford family, was ruled a suicide. But then his eldest son and sworn enemy, Edward, came forward and confessed to what was, in fact, a murder. Now in police custody, Edward mourns not the disintegration of his family or his loss of freedom . . . but the woman he left behind. His love, Sutton Smythe, is the only person he has ever truly cared about, but as she is the CEO of the Bradford Bourbon Company's biggest competitor, any relationship between them is impossible. And then there's the reality of the jail time that Edward is facing. Lane Baldwine was supposed to remain in his role of playboy, forever in his big brother Edward's shadow. Instead he has become the new head of the family and the company. Convinced that Edward is covering for someone else, Lane and his true love, Lizzie King, go on the trail of a killer--only to discover a secret that is as devastating as it is game-changing. As Lane rushes to discover the truth, and Sutton finds herself irresistibly drawn to Edward in spite of his circumstances, the lives of everyone at Easterly will never be the same again. For some, this is good; for others, it could be a tragedy beyond imagining. Only one thing is for certain: Love survives all things. Even murder.
Praise for J. R. Ward's Bourbon Kings series "A most sinful indulgence . . . The gorgeous Kentucky backdrop will sweep you away."--Susan Wiggs "Breathless fun!"--Lisa Gardner
The final installment in J. R. Ward's The Bourbon Kings series tied up all the loose ends, solved a murder mystery, and gave the characters the endings they deserved. The novel was an engrossing read that I found difficult to put down, despite me wanting it to never end. J. R. Ward captivated me with the Dallas like shenanigans that the glamorous Baldwine clan got involved in. The series is straight soap opera. From the sweeping locations, the high fashions, and the sneak peeks into the life of Kentucky high society.
When we last saw the Baldwine's, Edward confessed to murdering his father, William Baldwine, and was arrested by the police. Prodigal son Max returned just in time for dear old dad's funeral. Gin was preparing for the possibility that her new husband's abuse might kill her, leaving her daughter Amelia alone. Lane, the former playboy, has now found happiness with old flame Lizzie King, but now must step up into the shoes his brother Edward left behind and save his family from ruin. All of these characters' destinies depend on the family's bourbon company, which has fallen into bankruptcy.
I really enjoyed the Devil's Cut. Ward tied up all the loose ends she left dangling from her two previous novels and solved the murder mystery in a believable way. The novel was filled with the usual outlandish antics, dramatic fights, and intrigue. Even though the story may come across as over the top, it's definitely right up the alley for fans of soaps. However, there are two things that bugged me about this novel. One, I didn't think Max was very well-developed. Two, the ending seemed very rushed.
Though mentioned from the very first novel, Max Baldwine didn't physically appear until the end of the second book. Even then he wasn't fleshed out much, but I didn't mind because I figured he would in this book. Yet, there seemed to me too many loose ends to tie up that Max never got as developed as the other characters. Despite trying to provide him with his own ending, I didn't feel as invested in his resolution as I did his siblings. That brings me to the rushed ending. I wish that there had been another chapter to wrap up this story. Everyone got the ending they deserved, but I kind of felt like a curtain was dropped over the stage while the characters were still performing the last act. This put a damper on everything I'd read before, and the characters (and readers) deserved better.
About J. R. Ward
J.R. Ward is a #1 New York Times and USAToday Best Selling author of erotic paranormal romance. She lives in the south with her incredibly supportive husband and her beloved golden retriever. After graduating from law school, she began working in healthcare in Boston and spent many years as Chief of Staff of one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation. Writing has always been her passion and her idea of heaven is a whole day of nothing but her computer, her dog and her coffee pot.
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