You have only one day for visiting Krakow, but You want to see all the most important and most beautiful places? We have an offer of Krakow sightseeing, which responds to Your needs perfectly!
We have prepare the route that includes all the wonders of the Old Town and Kazimierz district. This extraordinary expedition begins at the medieval gates of the city and ends in the Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz, showing all the richness of multicultural Krakow heritage. Our Krakow guide will show You the places connected with the most ancient history of the city, including Wawel Hill, the former seat of Polish rulers and the Main Square with Renaissance Cloth Hall and monumental St. Marys's Church, whose interior hides the largest Gothic altar in Europe. Our route runs among the beautiful townhouses from different historical periods, through the streets delineated in the Middle Ages!
Our guided tour lasts from 5 to 7 hours (less if You decide to hire a melex). Do not worry, we will not allow You to be hungry or tired. We offer a break for lunch while touring and promotional restaurant packages for the whole group.
There is no way to see everything, what is worth of seeing in Krakow in one day, but we choose, what is the most important. Thanks to our guides You will touch the mystery of this remarkable city and feel its unique atmosphere. We are sure, that You will want to come back.
This charming square is located outside the medieval city walls, in Kleparz (formerly the separate, small town). Right here, in front of St. Florian's Church begins the Royal Route. Polish rulers solemnly entering into the city were welcomed here by the authorities, clergy and citizens (Krakow was the capital of the Polish Kingdom to the very end of the 16th century).
Really picturesque fragments of the city walls – 14th century St. Florian's Gate and the Barbican – round fortress from the 15th century (so-called "the pan"), which was once connected to the gate and now is just surrounded by a moat. What happened to the rest of the Krakow walls? Unfortunately they were demolished in the 19th century.
A beautiful street running from St. Florian's Gate to the Market Square. One of the most important routes in the city through all its history. At the end of the street You can see an impressive view of gigantic Gothic basilica – St. Mary's Church.
Krakow Main Square was set in the 13th century, when the city was invested on the Magdeburg Law. Visiting all monuments and museums located around the Market would probably take all day! The vast space, wonderful architecture of the buildings surrounding the market and the unique atmosphere of this place makes a great impression.
This great market hall occupies a central space of the Main Square from the Middle Ages. It was rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century. Be sure to pay attention to the finesse of architecture – graceful arcades designed by Giovanni Maria Padovano and beautiful attics by Santi Gucci, two excellent Italian architects. The hall retains its original function (at least partially) – it is still a place of trade – stalls are located in the inner gallery.
The main church of the city built in the 14th and 15th century. Every day, every hour the special trumpet call is played from one of the windows of the higher tower. The call (always interrupted for a while) commemorates the death of the watchman, who was, according to the legend, killed by an arrow during the Tatar invasion in the 13th century. In extended option of sightseeing You can see the interior of basilica, including the famous altar by master Veit Stoss of Nuremberg.
The only relic of medieval Krakow Town Hall, demolished in the 19th century because of serious structural damage. A significant example of Polish Gothic architecture. Nowadays, the lonely tower recalls the times of the greatest glory of the city.
One of the oldest Krakow routes. In the Middle Ages it connected the exact city (invested in the 13th century around the Main Market) and the old settlement surrounding the Wawel Hill. Buildings remembering almost all historical periods, people speaking languages from all over the world, street musicians, horse-drawn carriages – this is an amazing view You will see and probably will not forget.
The first baroque church in Krakow. The astonishing architecture recalls the Roman churches – Santa Susana and Il Gesù. The vault ceiling is so high, that every Thursday the spectacular shows of the Foucault pendulum (46,5 metres long!) are organized in the church. You will be delighted by its subtle facade and magnificent sculptures of the Apostles situated in front of it.
In the Middle Ages cathedral canons (members of the cathedral chapter) lived in houses located on this street. Each of the townhouses has its own rich history. Architectural details (dated from the Middle Ages to the 18th century) are truly dazzling. You may be also interested in fact, that Karol Wojtyła (the future pope John Paul II!) lived here for many years.
The first settlers in the area of Krakow appeared thousands years ago, probably right on this naturally defensive, limestone hill by the Vistula River. For centuries Wawel was the centre of authority. Nowadays, it offers absolutely remarkable number of astonishing monuments.
Probably the most significant church in Polish history. In the Wawel Cathedral our kings held their weddings, coronations and funerals. Their mortal remains lie here in magnificent tombs. Extended tour includes visiting the crypts and the tower, where the famous 16th-century Sigismundus Bell is hanged. Cracovians believe, that touching his metal heart brings luck and can make whispered wish come true.
The splendid residence of Polish monarchs. We will see the beautiful Renaissance inner courtyard of the Wawel Castle with its three-level arcaded galleries following the Italian architecture and designed by Italian masters.
The most famous Krakow legend is associated with a large cave hollowed out by Mother Nature in the slope of Wawel Hill. The story (well-known from the Middle Ages) says, that there lived a horrific dragon finally defeated by a shoemaker. You will hear the whole legend, when we get to the statue of Wawel Dragon near the mouth of the cave.
The place, where in the 11th century Krakow bishop Stanislaus was murdered by the order of the king Boleslaus II the Cruel (also called the Generous). Some chronicles say that the king cut off bishop's head personally, attacking him at the altar. Nowadays, there is a monastery and a splendid, baroque church, whose crypt is from the 19th century a national pantheon.
Skałka was our first stop in Kazimierz, a gigantic, 14th-century St. Catherine's Church is the second. Earthquakes are rare in Poland, but this magnificent building has suffered from seismic twice! The construction have never been completed. Despite this, monumental form of the church and its wonderful architectural details are stunning.
Through St. Joseph's street and the old, picturesque market square called Plac Nowy we will get to the Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz. Jews was settled here at the very end of 15th century. The first object we will see here is 17th-century Isaak Synagogue. It is one of the seven preserved Krakow synagogues. The impressive, baroque building was founded by a rich merchant, Isaak Jakubowicz.
The oldest synagogue located in the heart of Jewish Kazimierz – on Szeroka street with its unique, a little bit exotic atmosphere. One of the most important monuments of Jewish religious architecture in Europe. The building contains the original Gothic and Renaissance parts.
A small Reneissance building of a huge religious, cultural and historical significance. The cemetery surrounding the synagogue is one of the oldest Jewish necropolis in Europe. There is a 16th-century grave of famous Rabbi Moses Isserles visited by Jews from all over the world. We can see it during the extended tour, as well as the interior of this still active synagogue.


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Een waterstofatoom is een atoom van het chemische element waterstof. Het elektrisch neutrale atoom bevat een positief geladen proton en een negatief geladen elektron, dat aan de kern wordt gebonden door de coulombkracht. De meest voorkomende isotoop, protium (ook waterstof-1 of lichte waterstof genoemd), bevat geen neutronen; andere isotopen van waterstof, zoals deuterium en tritium, bevatten respectievelijk een en twee neutronen.

Waterstofatoom als modelsysteem in de kwantummechanica
Het waterstofatoom is het eenvoudigste realistische systeem dat zich laat behandelen met de kwantummechanica. Omdat het een tweedeeltjesprobleem is, en de twee deeltjes (het elektron en het proton waar het omheen "cirkelt") op de schaal van het atoom als puntmassa's kunnen worden beschouwd, kan onder die (in de praktijk alleszins redelijke) aanname een exacte oplossing gegeven worden voor de schrödingervergelijking (het waterstofatoom is daarmee ook het enige atoom waarvoor men de schrödingervergelijking exact kan oplossen). Op die manier heeft men nauwkeurige kwantitatieve voorspellingen kunnen doen die een van de redenen vormen dat de kwantummechanica als succesvolle natuurkundige theorie ingang heeft gevonden.

Onder meer de frequenties van verschillende series spectraallijnen (met name de Balmerreeks en de Lymanreeks) kunnen op deze manier worden berekend uit "eerste beginselen", waar voorheen alleen empirische formules voorhanden waren.

De orbitaalstructuur van waterstof is in de theoretische chemie en computationele chemie nog steeds een belangrijk theoretisch en praktisch hulpmiddel bij het beschrijven van de elektronenstructuur van andere atomen en van moleculen (al kan men de vergelijkingen voor dergelijke systemen niet meer exact oplossen, zelfs niet in de Born-Oppenheimerbenadering).

Oplossing van de schrödingervergelijking
De schrödingervergelijking voor de golffunctie  van het elektron dat met constante energie  in het coulombveld van de atoomkern golft, is

De laplaciaan  wordt uitgeschreven in bolcoördinaten en voor de golffunctie worden de variabelen gescheiden:

De vergelijking kan dan zo geschreven worden dat de linkerkant alleen van  afhangt en de rechterkant alleen van de hoekcoördinaten . Linker en rechterkant zijn dus constant.
De schrödingervergelijking valt uiteen in twee vergelijkingen, een voor  en een voor :

en

Deze vergelijkingen hebben alleen de constante gemeen die geschreven wordt als . De tweede vergelijking heeft dan voor  bolfuncties  als oplossing.  Voor elke  zijn er  oplossingen, aangeduid met de index .

De eerste vergelijking wordt omgevormd door een reeks substituties. Dat gaat het eenvoudigst als de vergelijking geschreven wordt in atomaire eenheden. Substitutie van ,  en vervolgens  levert ten slotte

waarvan de oplossing  bekend is uit de theorie van Laguerre polynomen. Voor elke  zijn er oneindig veel oplossingen , namelijk voor elke gehele .

Het resultaat in gewone eenheden is:

 zijn sferisch harmonischen
 de bohrstraal van het H-atoom,  de fijnstructuurconstante,  en
 gegeneraliseerde laguerre-polynomen.

De kwantumgetallen kunnen de volgende waarden hebben:

Alleen deze oplossingen van de schrödingervergelijking zijn acceptabele golffuncties: genormeerd, eenwaardig en eindig.

Energieniveaus
De energieniveaus van het elektron hangen alleen van  af
 eV,

negatief omdat het energie kost om het elektron uit het atoom te verwijderen.
Ze bepalen het waterstofspectrum. De frequenties van de Lymanreeks zijn
 voor ,
voor de Balmerreeks
 voor ,

enz.  PHz;  is de Rydbergconstante.

Golffuncties voor n=1 en n=2
Grondtoestand

Eerste aangeslagen toestand

Correcties
Bovenstaand model is een zeer goede benadering hoewel de massa van de atoomkern  oneindig groot verondersteld is vergeleken met  en relativistische correcties niet verrekend zijn.

De eindige atoomkernmassa kan eenvoudig in de formules gecorrigeerd worden door  te vervangen door de gereduceerde massa .

Door relativistische correcties zijn de energieniveaus niet meer alleen van  afhankelijk. De spectraallijnen hebben een fijnstructuur.

Waterstofachtige ionen
Het model geldt ook voor ionen met één elektron, zoals He⁺, Li²⁺, met kernlading Ze als in de schrödingervergelijking e² vervangen wordt door Ze². In de oplossing verandert a0 in a0/Z en En krijgt er een factor Z² bij. De energieniveaus zijn dan een factor Z² dieper.

Waterstof
Kwantummechanica

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GETTY USES A LIGHT TOUCH TO EXPLORE HUMOR IN DRAWINGS
Exhibition includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Goya, and Tiepolo from the Getty's collection, along with drawings from The Huntington
A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing
At the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
September 23–December 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES—From wicked caricatures to wry satirical observations of social and political injustice, drawings have incorporated humor for centuries. A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing, on view from September 23–December 7, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at theGetty Center, uses drawings from the Getty's collection, along with several loans from the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, to explore humor in European drawing up to the year 1900. Included in the exhibition are works by Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, and Pierre Bonnard.
"This exhibition shows how artists in previous centuries harnessed the power and immediacy of drawing to make their point," says Julian Brooks, associate curator of drawings. "Just as social structures and art have changed through the centuries, so the use of humor within drawings has varied to fit the tastes of the period. While some of the humor is still funny today, other aspects may now seem curious or even distasteful."
The exhibition is divided into categories of humor, beginning with caricature, one of the fundamental bases of drawn humor, in which the characteristic features of the human figure are exaggerated for amusement or criticism. Leonardo da Vinci was the first artist to popularize this art form. In Caricature of a Man with Bushy Hair, Leonardo emphasizes a man's grotesque facial features, including his unkempt hair, jagged teeth, and oversized chin and nose, to comic effect.
Innuendo used in drawings exploits a double meaning, often with the help of a written caption. For example, Francisco de Goya's He Can No Longer at the Age of 98 shows a frail old man hobbling along with theaid of two canes. As is often the case with Goya's drawings, a Spanishinscription of the title gives the scene its meaning—suggesting the elderlyman's mental and physical frailty, and hinting at his sexual impotence.
The Commedia dell'Arte was a widely popular form of improvisational theater that flourished across Europe in the 1600s and 1700s. The popularity of these comic performances inspired artists to depict the satirical characters and themes of these plays, which relied heavily on visual humor. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Punchinellos Approaching a Woman uses one of the most popular comic figures, the Punchinello, who talks with squeaks or strange sounds and was capable of trickery, violence, and gluttony. Tiepolo's drawing shows a group of Punchinellos accosting an apparently compliant drunken woman.
Drawings based on social and political satire are often exaggerated representations designed to denounce the plentiful vices, stupidities, and evils of humanity. Jacques de Gheyn's A Frog Sitting on Coins and Holding a Sphere: Allegory of Avarice is an allegorical representation of the sin of avarice. de Gheyn gives the naturalistic frog the human personality trait of greed. The frog bears a haughty expression, while he grasps uncouthly for the coins between his legs. In the other hand, the frog holds a sphere, symbolic of the grasp of greed on the world.
Adding a light touch to a more serious theme creates playfulness in drawings. Guy Billout's Quadrature, the only drawing included in the exhibition from after 1900, playfully parodies Richard Meier's famous grid design of the Getty Center by showing a young boy dragging a stick across the enamel-covered aluminum paneling, threatening to pull the whole structure apart. This drawing appeared in the March 1998 edition of Atlantic Monthly to commemorate the opening of the Getty Center.
Included in the exhibition are five drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, on loan from the Huntington Library. Rowlandson is regarded as one of the greatest practitioners of humorous drawing. His drawings were avidly collected, and some were made specifically to be reproduced and distributed in prints, both individually and in bound volumes. Rowlandson successfully combined many aspects of humorous drawing, using caricature for satirical purposes and lampooning well-known personalities as well as generic social types.
A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing is curated by Julian Brooks, associate curator in the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Laura Patrizi, former graduate intern in the Department of Drawings.
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OVERVIEW: Shiva (Chetan Maddineni), son of a weaver (Nagineedu) in Siricilla district, after watching his friend Raju lead a posh life in Gulf, decides to go to Gulf to make money. He fights in his house and forces his dad to send him to Gulf. On his first flight to Dubai, he happens to meet Lakshmi (Dimple) who too lands there in search of greener pasture and help their families. But Shiva and Lakshmi receive huge shock within minutes of their landing in Dubai. To find out more about it, watch Gulf on screen.
REVIEW: In telling the story of individuals finding an escape from poverty, director P Suneel Kumar Reddy plays up the usual suspects. Yes, some of these elements are there for a reason. A fraudulent broker (played by a Raja-obsessed Posani Krishna Murali), a father (Nagineedu) who is sentimental about his jati's handloom legacy, an unseen cancer-stricken mother, a pregnant wife waiting for his husband to return from the distant land, etc. These are all necessary for a film like 'Gulf'. But the way the elements are shown in an over-dramatic manner or in a cliched style is what makes the film a total turn-off.
The basic emotions that all Indians go through when they meet their families after a long time has been dealt in a very emotional manner. Heroine Dimple Hayati is quite impressive in her role and showcases wonderful emotions.
Praveen Immadi came with situational songs most of the time. He attracted with his good background score to make an impact. SV.Sriram elevated the scenes with good camera angles. Samuel Kiran should have concentrated on editing especially in the second half as the pace of the film dipped and many drags crept in.
The dialogues make a mark here and there. The way Thotapalli Madhu says that the real Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is in those poor dormitories is nice. The tragedy of loneliness is brought out through a few good lines.
Suneel Kumar Reddy should have worked on the script to give more powerful message and offer solution to the problems of the immigrants.He should have concentrated even on screenplay and direction to make it more interesting. Production values are good.
Final verdict of the film is Gulf is a very realistic film about the problems that Indians face in the Gulf countries.But some dragged out narration and lack of the depth in the proceedings during the second half make the film get a documentary kind of a feel.


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The MBA is the champion for Minnesota bankers, representing 95% of Minnesota chartered banks and savings and loans.
Since 1889 the Minnesota Bankers Association (MBA) has been serving Minnesota's banking community. We are extremely proud of our long history and our close working relationship with our members. Along with the education, legal, legislative, and insurance areas, members receive value added quality products and services to ensure that they receive the most from their membership.
Membership in the MBA is available to commercial banks, trust companies and savings associations with an office in the state of Minnesota. In addition, the MBA has over 120 associate members serving the banking industry. This strong membership base allows the MBA to provide all members with unparalleled advocacy and exceptional products and services.
The governing body of the Minnesota Bankers Association is its Board of Directors consisting of a Chair, Vice Chair/Treasurer, Immediate Past Chair, one Director from each of MBA's six districts, and two At-Large Directors. The association leadership changes every June.


The Elevator Brewer and Draught Haus finds its home in the historic Columbia building, built in 1897 by the Bott family to house the Bott Brother's Billiards and a gentleman's saloon. The beautiful hand-carved, hand-split Philippine mahogany bar was created to serve the whiskey distilled on the second floor. The saloon enjoyed a brisk business from the turn of the century until the advent of prohibition in 1920. The building, rich in history, is on the national registry of historic landmarks and has been restored to much of its original grandeur. Among the original architectural elements that remain today are the beautiful bar, intricate mosaic tile floor, much of the stained glass and of course the decorative ceiling. The luxurious back-bar won the coveted blue ribbon for craftsmanship at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Many myths and legends surround this historic building, including the presence of ghosts and spirits. Perhaps during your visit with us, you'll encounter the unexpected.


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Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone
FM 2010 Handheld for iPhone allows users to carry the hopes, dreams and fortunes of their favourite football team in their pocket.
Easy to pick up and play, astounding level of detail for an iPhone game, similar match day experience to PC versions, fast to load
Lacks a lot of features found in PC versions, small screen makes finger taps and drags hit and miss, 2D match view is slow and limited
It can't match the depth of the PC version and there are a few annoying omissions, but Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone remains a credible and entertaining game that will keep you occupied for hours on end.
Football lovers have hit the jackpot in 2010, with the FIFA World Cup rolling around yet again. Fanatics of the world game will undoubtedly be familiar with Sports Interactive's Football Manager game, which lets you lead your team to glory as the manager, buying and selling players, attending media conferences, scouting new signings and coming up with your own tactics, formations and training. This famous game has now been ported to the iPhone, allowing users to carry the hopes, dreams and fortunes of their favourite football team in their pocket.
The Football Manager games have always prided themselves on the ridiculous level of detail, but the iPhone version involves a slimmed down version of the full game. Despite lacking the depth found in the PC version, Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone remains a credible and entertaining game that will keep you occupied for hours on end.
Many of the features found in the PC version are missing — training is simplified, there are no media conferences before or after games, the database of players is much smaller, you can't hire backroom staff (such as scouts and coaches), there are no youth or reserve teams and you can't give pre-match, half-time or post match team talks.
Though it may sound like the game lacks a lot compared to its bigger brother, the nature of the iPhone demands a title that is less fiddly and more pick up and play — and Football Manager Handheld 2010 duly delivers. You can still edit your formation, request detailed reports on players in your own team and those you're interested in signing, negotiate playing contracts, and even criticise or praise players for poor or excellent form, so this remains one of the most detailed iPhone games on offer in the App Store. Just to give you a quick idea of the level of detail, Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone allows you to manage in 34 leagues around the world and has a database of more than 20,000 real life players.
Once you've chosen your club to manage, it all comes down to game day. Here, Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone is a similar experience to the full PC version. Matches can be viewed in a top down 2D view, or plain text, and you can speed up or slow down the commentary, watch replays of key highlights and make substitutions during the match. There is also a detailed statistics report with critical stats like possession, completed passes, errors and time in opposition half. Though Sports Interactive deserves plaudits for bringing a 2D view to the iPhone, we prefer to just read text-only commentary — the 2D engine is slow, limited and often struggles to keep up with the text.
Perhaps the best aspect of Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone is its speed. Whereas some of the newer versions of FM chug along on anything but the latest PC's, Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone is quick to load, making it easy to pick up and play. You're never left feeling as if you're always waiting for a round of Champions League or International games to complete, and you can get through a full season fairly quickly.
Unfortunately, the iPhone's small screen makes it hard to pick a starting 11, particularly when moving players around. The text feels too small and selecting the wrong player with an innocuous finger tap is a common experience. Strangely, you also can't listen to music while playing the game, even though there is no in-game sounds. We can only hope this is corrected in a future software update.
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Ramipril, sold under the brand name Altace among others, is an ACE inhibitor type medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease.[1] It can also be used as a preventative medication in patients over 55 years old to reduce the risk of having a heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death in patients shown to be at high risk, such as some diabetics and patients with vascular disease.[2][3][4] It is a reasonable initial treatment for high blood pressure.[1] It is taken by mouth.[1]
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Common side effects include headaches, dizziness, feeling tired, and cough.[1] Serious side effects may include liver problems, angioedema, kidney problems, and high blood potassium.[1] Use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is not recommended.[5] It is an ACE inhibitor and works by decreasing renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activity.[1]
Ramipril was patented in 1981 and approved for medical use in 1989.[6] It is available as a generic medication.[7] In 2020, it was the 196th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 2 million prescriptions.[8][9]
1 Structure and Activity Relationship
2 Medical uses
4 Adverse effects
5 Mechanism of action
6 Society and culture
6.1 US patent
6.2 Brand names
7 Research
Structure and Activity RelationshipEdit
Ramipril is a pro-drug. The molecule must be hydrolyzed by the esterase at the OCH2CH3 and form a carboxylate. This carboxylate then interacts with the positive Zn+2 to inhibit the ACE enzyme. The COOH helps orient it with the enzyme. Ramipril is similar in structure to the Trandolapril ACE Inhibitor but it has a cyclopentane instead of cyclohexane.
Medical usesEdit
Medical uses include:
Congestive heart failure[10]
Following heart attack in people with evidence of heart failure
People over 55 years at high risk: prevention of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular death, or need of revascularization procedures
To prevent the onset and progression of kidney damage due to diabetes with or without protein in the urine.[11][12][13] Randomized trial evidence suggests that a maximum tolerable dose prevents cardiovascular events and death in patients with diabetic kidney disease.[13]
ContraindicationsEdit
Contraindications to its use include volume-depleted patients, a history of angioedema while on an ACE inhibitor, pregnancy and hypotension.[citation needed]
People should not take ramipril (or any ACE inhibitors) if they have hyperkalemia. It is also recommended to avoid using salt-substitutes as this can further increase potassium levels in the blood.[1]
Ramipril can be considered safe and well-tolerated for most people with renovascular disease (narrowing of the artery to one or both kidneys) only if close blood test monitoring is available at the start of therapy.[14] Treatment with Ramipril in some patients with significant narrowing in both kidneys can increase serum creatinine concentration (measured in the blood test), which returns to baseline upon therapy cessation.[14]
Adverse effectsEdit
Shakiness
Dizziness and light-headedness due to low blood pressure
Fatigue, especially in the early stages
Mouth dryness in the early stages
Signs of infection (e.g., fever, chills, persistent sore throat)
Neutropenia (low white blood cells)
Impotence (erectile dysfunction)[15]
Serious allergic reactions to this drug are unlikely, but immediate medical attention must be sought if they occur. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include, but are not limited to a rash or swelling of the face, mouth, tongue, or throat. In extreme cases, ramipril may lead to potentially fatal liver problems.
Mechanism of actionEdit
See also: Renin–angiotensin system
Ramipril 1.25-mg oral capsule,
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ACE inhibitors inhibit the actions of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), thereby lowering the production of angiotensin II and decreasing the breakdown of bradykinin. The decrease in angiotensin II results in relaxation of arteriole smooth muscle leading to a decrease in total peripheral resistance, reducing blood pressure as the blood is pumped through widened vessels. Its effect on bradykinin is responsible for the dry cough side effect.
Ramipril, a prodrug or precursor drug, is converted to the active metabolite ramiprilat by carboxylesterase 1.[16][17] Ramiprilat is mostly excreted by the kidneys. Its half-life is variable (3–16 hours), and is prolonged by heart and liver failure, as well as kidney failure.
Society and cultureEdit
US patentEdit
The compound was protected by a patent which was assigned to the German pharmaceutical company Hoechst AG (since merged into Aventis) on 29 October 1991.[18] The patent was scheduled to expire on 29 October 2008. On 11 September 2007, in an appeal by the Indian company Lupin Ltd., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court trial verdict and found that Aventis's patent on ramipril was invalid for "obviousness", opening this drug to generic manufacturers.
Brand namesEdit
It is marketed as Prilace by Arrow Pharmaceuticals in Australia, Ramipro by Westfield Pharma in the Philippines, Triatec by Sanofi-Aventis in Italy and United States and Altace by King Pharmaceuticals in the United States, Novapril by Pharmanova in Ghana, Ramitens by PharmaSwiss, Ampril by Krka in Slovenia, Corpril by Cemelog-BRS in Hungary, Piramil and Prilinda by Hemofarm in Serbia, by Lek in Poland and by Novartis and Opsonin Pharma Limited as Ramace in Bangladesh, and in Canada as Altace (Sonfi) and Ramipril (Pharmascience).
Ramipril is marketed in India under the brand names Cardace, Zigpril, Ramistar, Odipril and Zorem . Ramipril is marketed in Myanmar under brand name Endpril .
ResearchEdit
The Heart Outcomes and Prevention Evaluation trial[19][20] seemed to show ramipril possessed cardioprotective qualities which extended beyond its qualities as an antihypertensive. However, the trial and the interpretation of its results have been criticised.[21]
The Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy (AIRE) trial[16][22] showed a 27% reduction in mortality for patients receiving ramipril for chronic heart failure following a myocardial infarction.
Ramipril was found to have similar results as telmisartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker.[23]
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^ "Effects of ramipril on cardiovascular and microvascular outcomes in people with diabetes mellitus: results of the HOPE study and MICRO-HOPE substudy". The Lancet. 355 (9200): 253–259. January 2000. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)12323-7. S2CID 1863533.
^ Savarese G, Costanzo P, Cleland JG, Vassallo E, Ruggiero D, Rosano G, Perrone-Filardi P (January 2013). "A meta-analysis reporting effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in patients without heart failure". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61 (2): 131–42. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.011. PMID 23219304.
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^ British national formulary : BNF 76 (76 ed.). Pharmaceutical Press. 2018. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9780857113382.
^ "Ramipril - Drug Usage Statistics". ClinCalc. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Pilote L, Abrahamowicz M, Eisenberg M, Humphries K, Behlouli H, Tu JV (May 2008). "Effect of different angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors on mortality among elderly patients with congestive heart failure". CMAJ. 178 (10): 1303–11. doi:10.1503/cmaj.060068. PMC 2335176. PMID 18458262.
^ Remuzzi G, Macia M, Ruggenenti P (April 2006). "Prevention and treatment of diabetic renal disease in type 2 diabetes: the BENEDICT study". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2. 17 (4 Suppl 2): S90-7. doi:10.1681/ASN.2005121324. PMID 16565256.
^ Lv J, Perkovic V, Foote CV, Craig ME, Craig JC, Strippoli GF, et al. (Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Group) (December 2012). "Antihypertensive agents for preventing diabetic kidney disease". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 12: CD004136. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004136.pub3. PMID 23235603.
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^ a b Chrysochou C, Foley RN, Young JF, Khavandi K, Cheung CM, Kalra PA (April 2012). "Dispelling the myth: the use of renin-angiotensin blockade in atheromatous renovascular disease". Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 27 (4): 1403–9. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfr496. PMID 21993376.
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^ Thomsen R, Rasmussen HB, Linnet K (January 2014). "In vitro drug metabolism by human carboxylesterase 1: focus on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors". Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 42 (1): 126–33. doi:10.1124/dmd.113.053512. PMID 24141856. S2CID 206496779.
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^ "Effect of ramipril on mortality and morbidity of survivors of acute myocardial infarction with clinical evidence of heart failure. The Acute Infarction Ramipril Efficacy (AIRE) Study Investigators". Lancet. 342 (8875): 821–8. October 1993. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(93)92693-N. PMID 8104270. S2CID 5770772.
^ Yusuf S, Teo KK, Pogue J, Dyal L, Copland I, Schumacher H, et al. (April 2008). "Telmisartan, ramipril, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events". The New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (15): 1547–59. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0801317. hdl:2437/81925. PMID 18378520.
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Movers and shakers: Shayne Tong is new Auckland District Health Board CIO
A roundup of the latest business technology executive appointments and events in New Zealand
Divina Paredes (CIO New Zealand) 21 February, 2017 07:00
Shayne Tong has joined the Auckland District Health Board as CIO/Chief of Intelligence and Informatics. He replaces Linda Wakeling, who held the role for over four years. Tong was most recently CIO at Genesis Energy and before that, was GM, Group Technology and Digital at Fletcher Building.
Fronde has appointed Honourable David J. Bartlett as its new chairman. Bartlett was the Premier of the Australian State of Tasmania from 2008 until 2011. During his parliamentary career he also held the positions of Minister for Innovation, Science & Technology and Minister for Education & Skills.
Prior to entering Parliament, Bartlett had an extensive career in the information technology and telecommunications sector including roles as Chief Information Officer and Industry development specialist.
"My career to date has been focused on driving innovation, new opportunities and delivering value to the people I work with," says Bartlett, in a statement. "Fronde offers a wonderful opportunity at the intersection of all of those things.
"Its great strength in the New Zealand market uniquely positions us to deliver expanded services and rapid growth in the Australian market and I am looking forward to guiding Fronde's strategy in new markets and new technology platforms into the future."
LookSee Wellington has been launched as a global talent search programme to help address the city's IT skills shortage and position the industry for further growth.
Since the LookSee Wellington portal went live last week, there have already been in excess of 26,000 unique visits to the site, and more than 5,000 registrations of interest from tech professionals worldwide, with a significant number of these from the US, UK and Singapore. A number of these candidates currently hold senior roles at major tech brands, including Facebook, Google and Amazon.
LookSee Wellington will see 100 pre-screened IT professionals selected to come to Wellington, with their flights and accommodation paid for, for a series of pre-arranged job interviews with employers who have signed-up to be part of LookSee Wellington and have roles that match their skills.
Given the fierce competition globally for talented tech professionals, we need to be creative in attracting attention, says David Jones, General Manager at Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency (WREDA).
WREDA's key partner in LookSee Wellington is Workhere New Zealand, which specialises in global talent attraction. They are supported by the New Zealand Immigration Service and NZTech.
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says Canterbury clinicians have achieved one million electronic referrals.
The South Island's Electronic Request Management System enables general practice teams to submit requests for specialist advice direct to a secure database of over 700 specialists.
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"The eReferrals system, which was first launched in Canterbury in 2009, plays a key role in bringing care closer to home by making general practice the first point of contact for patients," says Coleman.
"The eReferrals system was designed by clinicians, for clinicians, to ensure a faster, smoother and more accurate transfer of patient information," he states. "Replacing hand-written referrals with eReferrals has also reduced inaccuracies and has saved time for clinicians.
"It's great to see district health boards, Primary Health Organisations and providers working together." eReferrals were launched through the South Island Alliance, a collaboration of the five South Island DHBs, with support from the Ministry of Health.
Fonterra has launched farm performance management system Agrigate, which combines the key data farmers need to make faster and smart decisions on one, easy to use online dashboard.
The online tool was developed by Fonterra Farm Source and LIC.
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"Having data in one place and working in real time makes it easier to make comparisons, see trends and make better management decisions," says LIC CEO and Agrigate Chairman Wayne McNee. "A key outcome will be enabling farmers to make the most efficient use of their resources – which is important in both tough and better times."
A prototype of Agrigate was trialled with 70 farmers in August 2016 and feedback from this group helped to develop the tool further. Agrigate has been made for farmers in conjunction with farmers and on-going feedback will help the team develop new features that can make the tool even more useful.
Certus Solutions wins 2017 IBM Choice Award For Transformation. The systems integrator was honoured at the IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference in Las Vegas.
Certus was recognised for its contribution and investment in new Cognitive, Cloud and XaaS solutions and its ability to successfully transform businesses in these areas.
"The IBM Choice Awards are highly respected accolades in our industry and are a true recognition of our extraordinary achievements this past year as a key IBM Business Partner, for consistently delivering client satisfaction and business excellence," says Brian Allen, CEO, Certus Solutions.
"Disruption is the new normal and all of our clients are confronted with the reality that their customers, markets and business models are changing. We're helping these organisations blend user-centric design experiences with deep data insights, augmenting this with artificial intelligence and cognitive computing using the power of IBM technology."
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Cities can serve as useful proxies to study and predict the effects of climate change, according to a North Carolina State University research review that tracks urbanization's effects on plant and insect species.
Cities often display many of the predicted effects of climate change, including higher temperatures, higher carbon dioxide concentration and higher drought rates. Some of those effects are due to impermeable building materials like concrete and glass, which help create "urban heat islands" and prevent water from soaking into soil.
Experiments in cities also have advantages over experiments performed in labs or in specially designed "growth chambers" that attempt to mimic higher temperature or drier soil conditions. Cities are larger than experimental chambers and organisms like trees have lived at higher temperatures their entire lives in cities, whereas other experimental methods can only increase temperature for short periods. Thus, urban areas can show how plants and animals respond to changes in climate over long stretches of time, which lab and growth chamber studies can't quite match.
"Our review synthesized existing studies that used cities as proxies for climate change, particularly higher temperatures," said Steve Frank, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at NC State and a co-author of a paper describing the research.
In cities like Raleigh, N.C., Frank says the effects of urban heat islands on trees and bees are clear and in some cases match effects of climate warming in natural areas. Higher temperatures mean that trees are more susceptible to pests; Frank's work with insects on red maple trees highlights these results. City bees unaccustomed to high temperatures may leave heat islands to live in cooler city zones or in rural areas. That means some city plants may not be pollinated efficiently.
Most of the reviewed research took place in North America and Europe. Frank said that more research is needed in African and Asian cities, where biodiversity hotspots may see large climate effects.
The research appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Eleanor C. Lahr, a former NC State post-doctoral researcher, is the paper's first author. Rob Dunn, a professor of applied ecology, co-authored the paper.
The research was supported by Cooperative Agreement nos. G11AC20471, G13AC00405 and G15AP00153 from the United States Geological Survey; by an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive grant no. 2013-02476 and an ARPD grant no. 2016-70006-25827 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and by NC State's Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Abstract: Urbanization represents an unintentional global experiment that can provide insights into how species will respond and interact under future global change scenarios. Cities produce many conditions that are predicted to occur widely in the future, such as warmer temperatures, higher carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and exacerbated droughts. In using cities as surrogates for global change, it is challenging to disentangle climate variables – such as temperature – from co-occurring or confounding urban variables – such as impervious surface -and then to understand the interactive effects of multiple climate variables on both individual species and species interactions. However, such interactions are also difficult to replicate experimentally, and thus the challenges of cities are also their unique advantage. Here, we review insights gained from cities, with a focus on plants and arthropods, and how urban findings agree or disagree with experimental predictions and historical data. We discuss the types of hypotheses that can be best tested in cities, caveats to urban research and how to further validate cities as surrogates for global change. Lastly, we summarize how to achieve the goal of using urban species responses to predict broader regional- and ecosystem-level patterns in the future.


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Q: Restrict method reference parameter type Set<String> premiumStrings = new HashSet<>();
Set<String> sortedSet = new TreeSet<>(Comparator.comparing(premiumStrings::contains).thenComparing(Comparator.naturalOrder()));

This doesn't work, because premiumStrings::contains can take any object and not just strings. One can replace it with (String s) -> premiumStrings.contains(s), but is there a way to restrict the parameter type while still using a method reference lambda?
(Specifically, the problem is The method thenComparing(Comparator<? super Object>) in the type Comparator<Object> is not applicable for the arguments (Comparator<Comparable<? super Comparable<? super T>>>).)

A: Help the compiler a bit with types:
Set<String> sortedSet = new TreeSet<>(
                Comparator.<String, Boolean>comparing(premiumStrings::contains).thenComparing(Comparator.naturalOrder()));

A: The compiler should infer the types of arguments passed to each method.
And when we have a chain of methods, the context doesn't provide enough information for that. And the argument of every method reference (or lambda expression) would be treated as being of type Object and not String.
To avoid that, we can provide the type explicitly as a parameter of a lambda expression:
Set<String> premiumStrings = new HashSet<>();

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Or by using so-called Type Witness: Comparator.<String>comparing().thenComparing().
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Travel light in this pack that sets aside space for your laptop and essentials. This trimmed-down backpack features the same durability and functionality of the Command pack, without the excess baggage.
Size: 18 inches high x 12.75 inches wide x 8.5 inches deep / 26 liter volume.


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9/11/11 Release: Qasem's "Death to the Camera"
[Ed. 7/21: CSFilm has removed the last names of Afghans and the images of those still in the country due to the deteriorating security situation.]
Leading up to 9/11/11, Community Supported Film is releasing one Afghan-made film per day from the collection The Fruit of Our Labor. As we reflect on the impact of 9-11 and the October 7th US-led invasion of Afghanistan on our lives, Community Supported Film is providing an opportunity to also reflect on the situation from an Afghan perspective.
The Fruit of Our Labor is a collection of intimate stories made by Afghans and about Afghans' survival in their war-ridden country. Each documentary short offers a personal and first-hand point of view rarely seen or heard in the US, even after 10 years of intense media coverage. As a series, these films bring to life Afghans' daily efforts to address their challenging social and economic conditions – providing an insider perspective behind and beyond the battlefront.
Today's Release: Death to the Camera, Full Version, 20 min.
Direction and Camera by Qasem
Editing by Hamed
Sound by Mona
A camera moves among woman working their last day on a job site. As they joke and fight – accusing each other of being prostitutes, liars, and racists – the mood repeatedly shifts between belly laughs and rage. The women are left waiting for hours for their pay by the charity that administers the cash-for-work program. As they wait, they consider what debts they'll pay off, what food they'll buy, and how they'll stay warm during the approaching winter. There is lively discussion about what happens to all the aid that never reaches them, and whether Karzai is a crook or a servant of the people.
Is the camera revealing anything truthful, or simply inciting these women to present what they think 'the other' wants to hear – or what might get them something from the world on the other side of the camera? Who is on the other side of that camera anyway?
Qasem, after growing up in Sari Pul and Balk provinces, Qasem studied in the Cinema and Fine Arts department at Kabul University. He has previously produced a short video report on carpet making, served as a sports reporter for a community newspaper, and worked as a freelance production assistant.
Building Local Capacity – Giving Voice to Afghans through Filmmaking
In the interest of amplifying the voices and expertise of Afghans, Community Supported Film conducted an intensive 5-week training of 10 Afghans in documentary production in the fall of 2010. After three weeks of rigorous exercises, each student was required to develop and produce a character driven short documentary. The resulting films are gathered in this collection, The Fruit of Our Labor. For many of them this is their directorial debut as a documentary filmmaker. CSFilm continues its training and production program in Afghanistan.


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Carrothers  is an unincorporated community in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It is located along State Route 4, just north of the border between Seneca and Crawford County. The community is served by the Attica (44807) post office.

History
Carrothers was platted in 1873 by James Carrothers, and named for him. A post office was established at Carrothers in 1874.

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HC at Bristol
Thunberg's Thunder
By Eve Coleman • Bristol Contributor • Culture November 19, 2019 at 4:00am
Greta Thunberg: a name that you are almost certain to have come across in the media, whether attending a 'Fridays for Future' rally, tuning in to Good Morning Britain or scrolling through twitter to see yet another middle-aged man question Greta's right to preach her agenda, when he has it on good authority that her breathingproduces CO2… But how did this 16-year-old girl from Sweden expand her platform to become the face of one of the largest rebellion movements of recent decades?
In August 2018, Greta Thunberg skipped school to protest outside the Swedish parliament, posting a photo to her twitter account with a 'School Strike for Climate' placard. Greta wished to voice the anxiety and anger of the young generation whose future will be detrimentally affected if world leaders and corporations continue to ignore the looming climate crisis and issue weak, ineffective policy. She argues that skipping school is insignificant when students are forced to study for a future that they may not have, and learn science that politicians are blatantly ignoring in their policy-making.
This small act of peaceful protest by one young girl, has rapidly expanded into the hugely influential 'Fridays for Future' movement, with regular protests for climate justice taking place all over the globe. Last month, 128 strikes took place in the UK alone and Organisers estimated that around 100,000 people attended the rally in central London.
Yet Greta's influence has extended far beyond the climate justice rallies. In September 2019, she was invited to speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Before even arriving at the event, Greta attracted huge media attention in opting for a 15-day boat journey across the Atlantic, as a carbon-neutral alternative to flying. Her address to the World Leaders and policy makers further established her as a force to be reckoned with, as she refused to sugar-coat the climate situation. With powerful emotion and a chilling, restrained rage in her voice, she claimed,
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
The speech affirmed that Greta will not be appeased with token gestures, nor turned into a poster girl of the UN's insufficient environmental action plan as it stands. This is not the time for small measures. Radical action is required to reverse global warming and tackle climate injustice, and Greta will not be satisfied with anything less.
Anyone taking such a passionate public stance and calling people to accountability on a soci0-environmental issue, is likely to receive an onslaught of criticism and online trolling, and when the activist is a teenage girl, media attention can turn particularly ugly. Despite the myriad of praise that Greta has received for her activism, even receiving a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, she has also been the subject of much controversy. Amidst these internet trolls, Donald Trump issued a scathing tweet following Greta's UN speech, sarcastically referring to her as "a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future." Greta's response to the President's 'dig' was fantastic, as she boldly set his epithet as her twitter bio. Recently, Piers Morgan has come under criticism for a derogatory impersonation of Greta on Good Morning Britain. His behaviour was marked as being particularly distasteful in its ableism, as he mocked Greta's delayed speech and communication, a symptom of her Asperger's syndrome.
Thankfully however, Greta Thunberg shows few signs of allowing hate to halt her activism, as she continues to strive forward in her revolutionary cause. She has inspired millions of people worldwide, from toddlers holding home-made placards at rallies, to elderly environmentalists, hoping to leave behind a better world for the younger generations to inherit. When one girl has played so vital a role in progressing the climate justice movement, it offers us a sense of renewed hope in the power of individual activism. While the capitalist giants and World Leaders may often seem to be insurmountable opponents, Greta reminds us that we all have a voice to use and a vote to cast, and must show both our local, and global Governments that we are holding them accountable for their environmental policy. In the words of Greta herself, "For way too long the politicians and people in power have got away with not doing anything at all to fight the climate crisis and ecological crisis. But we will make sure that they will not get away with it any longer. We will never stop fighting, we will never stop fighting for this planet, for ourselves, our futures and for the futures of our children and grandchildren."
The next 'Fridays For Future' global rally will take place on November 29th. Placards at the ready, Bristol!
This article is part of HC Bristol's Sustainability themed week.
Eve Coleman (Bristol '21)
A second-year English student at the University of Bristol. Born and bred in Belfast, Northern Ireland, I love theatre, reading (obviously) and trying out veggie cuisine. All writing done with the aid of copious amounts of caffeine!
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Sometimes life calls for a rental car. And no, we are not talking about going on a vacation. We are talking about the unfortunate situation where your car is damaged in an accident. While your car is in the shop, you need something to get around in. In many cases, the auto insurance policy will provide you with some type of coverage. Coverage is usually limited to a certain monetary number per day for a certain period of time. These details will depend solely on the type of auto insurance coverage that you have.
Your auto insurance company is the first place you should check to understand what kind of rental coverage you have. Be sure to reach out to your insurance company directly to clarify the exact details of your coverage. This will help you understand how you can move forward with rental car company.
If you do not have rental car reimbursement, get a breakdown of the different plans that are available versus the cost that will be added to your auto insurance payments (this is helpful in case you need a vehicle in the future due to an accident). Make sure you understand the types of coverage, such as weather-related accidents, collisions, vandalism, etc.
The addition of rental car reimbursement can usually be added for a fairly low extra cost. If you don't have a reliable back-up vehicle, it is highly recommended that you add this type of coverage. Without this coverage, you could be looking at hundreds of dollars in car rental fees if your vehicle gets stuck in the repair shop for days, or even weeks.
Once you figure out the details of your coverage underneath your insurance company, it's time to arrange the payments. Assuming you have car rental coverage, your best bet is to work with a car rental company that is partnered with your insurance company (you can often look these up through the insurance company's website). However, be careful to choose a car and a plan that fits within the parameters of your plan. Once you do this, the car rental company will bill the insurance company directly. Not a penny comes out of your pocket.
If you have a specific car rental company that you want to use that isn't partnered with your insurance company, this is still an option. This process is a little bit more of a headache, but it can be done. Check in with your insurance company to let them know of the car rental company that you have chosen. You will likely need to pay for everything up front. Once you provide a receipt to your insurance company, they will reimburse you for the proper amount that matches the details of your plan.
What if you don't have rental reimbursement options?
At the end of the day, you just may be in a situation where you don't have any rental reimbursement options attached to your auto insurance plan. Don't stress out. If you are located in the state of Oregon, this is where a personal injury attorney like Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Attorneys can step in to help you out.
Since Oregon is considered a "fault" state, you may be able to get the driver of the other car to cover your rental expenses through their auto insurance provider. Again, this is where you will need a personal injury lawyer to help you out. For this process to occur, you need to prove that the other driver was negligent in the accident, therefore causing the damages that put your car in the repair shop. In many cases, you can file a claim directly with the other driver's insurance company.
If you find yourself in a situation where you will be in need of a rental car due to an accident here in the state of Oregon, contact us today at Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Accident Injury Attorneys for a free case evaluation. Our team of experienced personal injury attorneys will make sure that you get compensated fairly for your rental car needs.


This month SAP Activate Learning Room scheduled another live session for you. In this webinar, you will be introduced to a new technical reference guide which offers help on implementing SAP S/4HANA®, on-premise edition.
The guide is designed to complement the SAP S/4HANA, on-premise implementation road map and provides detailed advice on using SAP Solution Manager 7.2 during the 'prepare,' 'explore,' and 'realize' phases.
The webinar will take place on the 11th of November, 2PM (GMT+1). You can join via this link and choose your best dial-in number from here.
Once you've made the decision to move to SAP S/4HANA 1610, or even if you are still considering it, you need to understand what's new compared to SAP S/4HANA 1511 and how to best get there.
In order to help you with the transition, we've scheduled multiple expert sessions as part of the SAP S/4HANA 1610 Early Knowledge Transfer program included in the following SAP Learning Rooms. Please note that these webinars are only available for SAP Learning Hub subscribers and participants need to register in advance.
SAP S/4HANA 1610: Central Finance Overview and Introduction to the new features in central finance. Recording is available.
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On 8-10 November, SAP Learning Hub will be at SAP TechEd Barcelona, the premier technology event for learning, networking, training, and education on the SAP platform and technologies. SAP Learning Hub, together with openSAP will host a booth where we'll talk about the open beta of our new offer, SAP Learning Hub, edition for SAP Enterprise Support.
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While the e-books are better that flipbooks there are still many areas of improvement required.
Download and sync with tables This was possible with Flipbook and now e-learning as well. I still need to check if it works for all. I have seen this working for some and I am sure it will become consistent in the future. Its just a matter of time.
On ipads only landscape format is support with tons of free space of either sides. We need it to turn to portrait format , so not sure what this is not possible.
Quality of diagram are still poor so when zooming we get a poor experience. The reading Experience with ebooks and Flipbooks are similar. How difficult is it to get a standard ebook reader features?. If Amazon, Google, Apple, B&N can get this right, I am sure we can get it right as well. We want to read the ebook not worry about zooming and moving around each page to read the content. We need to fix this ASAP.
Just using a standard ebook format and reader should improve the reader experience.


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Song of the Day: 'The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight' by Dominatrix
Over the weekend, a friend shared this five-year-old article about the highly influential club hit "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight." I couldn't really make heads or tails out of it -- I still don't understand how a pro-domme, a Russian diplomat, U.S. intelligence and Mary Tyler Moore's landscaper conspired to create a dance classic -- but one thing it did accomplish was sending me down a related YouTube rabbit hole. For a while I have known that the woman who sings on the record, Claudia Summers, and the woman in the video who toured with the song -- Dominique Davalos, whom I've met as a member of two of Kathy Valentine's post-Go-Go's bands (Delphines, Bluebonnets) -- were not the same. But I had never actually seen Dominique sing or perform it -- until I stumbled upon this 2018 performance in Houston.
This looks like a fun night.
My friend then added this to the discussion:
[Dominique] had a song out in '85 called "Madonna Vogue" that people thought was about THAT Madonna, but it was really abut Marie Antoinette. and then years later, when Madonna was performing "Vogue" on MTV she dressed as ... hmmm....
And what about this, Dominique covering the Waitresses?!!!
Smiths fans will recall that Dominique's father, actor Richard Davalos, was the object of Morrissey's affection.
Labels: Dominque Davalos, Song of the Day
Hot guys said...
*listens*


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05/11/2013 | Argentina's mid-term election - Cristina's come-uppance
Fernández should build bridges to her opponents—or risk leaving office early
POWER in Argentina is like mercury. It drains swiftly from troubled leaders, flooding towards their most likely successors. That is the prospect facing the president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after a mid-term congressional election on October 27th. Having driven her country's economy close to a precipice, she still has two more years in office. They look as if they will be bumpy ones—even assuming she makes a full recovery from the head injury that prevented her campaigning during the last four weeks.
On paper, Ms Fernández did not fare badly in the election. She retained a narrow majority in Congress. Her opponents are divided three ways. Her group within Argentina's all-embracing Peronist movement remains the country's largest single political force. But it won only 33% of the vote, down from the 54% she secured in winning a second term in 2011. In politically crucial Buenos Aires province, it was trounced by a rival Peronist list led by Sergio Massa, who served as Ms Fernández's cabinet chief before breaking with her (see article).
The election has killed off any lingering hope the president might have had of lifting term limits to allow her to run again in 2015, a measure that would need the backing of two-thirds of Congress. And she has no obvious successor. To a more consensual leader, none of this would matter much. But Ms Fernández and her late husband and predecessor, Néstor Kirchner, have ruled Argentina since 2003 through permanent confrontation—with bondholders, the IMF, political opponents, the media and, lately, the judiciary. Their main weapon was a booming economy. They were fortunate to preside over a surge in the world prices of farm exports from the bountiful Pampas. They shovelled the proceeds into public employment, loss-making state companies and welfare programmes.
To keep this show on the road, Ms Fernández's government abandoned common sense. It lied about inflation. It imposed price and exchange controls, as well as import curbs. It expropriated the controlling stake held by Repsol of Spain in YPF, an oil company. As Talleyrand said of the Bourbons, the Kirchners learned nothing and forgot nothing from Argentina's failed statist protectionism of the past.
The road is now running out: growth has slowed to a crawl, the bill for energy imports is mounting and the black-market exchange rate is 60% higher than the official one. The most closely watched statistic in Buenos Aires is the level of usable international reserves—which, at around $25 billion, are barely enough to last two years on present trends.
Dump the bullies and dismantle the controls
Argentines have begun to lose faith in the Kirchner model (see the Latinobarómetro poll). Ms Fernández's instincts remain intransigent: to press on regardless of the economic damage and let her successor pick up the pieces. Yet a controlled retreat and a recognition that a political transition has begun would be in her own interests as well as her country's. After this election many people will no longer feel so intimidated by her. Her majority in Congress may melt away. As her grip weakens, there is a danger that Argentina topples into a familiar spiral of inflation and devaluation. If so, she risks being driven from office prematurely.
To prevent this requires Ms Fernández to dump some of the bullies, cronies and Marxists through whom she governs and to start building bridges to her rivals and opponents. It would mean dismantling the most destructive economic controls, cleaning up official statistics and settling with holdout bond investors and Repsol. Impossible? Ms Fernández might recall that the Bourbons came to a sticky end.
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grey eyes, wavy brown hair, and a fair complexion.
every 40 turns.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
permanently cursed.  It activates for bizarre things every 30+d30 turns.
cold, fear, dark, confusion, nexus, nether, chaos, and life draining.
turns) every 150+d150 turns.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
It increases your constitution by 2.  It provides resistance to fire.
all your stats.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
It provides resistance to fear.  It cannot be harmed by the elements.
Starting out again, Cuthbert I maxed out on XP without finding all artifacts.
Slow start, only 3 uniques killed so far!
Cuthbert II is feeling more self assured, he now as the ability to run (teleport).
Made it to Lev20 without too many scares.
just the one artifact so far.
Mim proving a tough (annoying to be closer to truth) opponent, he keeps knackering my armour and weapons.
Tempting to dive far enough to find rings of speed!
I agree; you'll get 2 (3 at 40th) shots with a bow. Even an enchated longbow would dish out more damage than that. Keep your eyes open for ego bows in BM.
Also, you need to be wary of poison breathers. Find a ring of poision resistance and swap out the ring of acid.
Thanks for the advice on the bow.
How about Thranduil instead of Hammerhand? You'd gain some INT and ESP, and you can afford losing CON bonus from change. Or do you need that STR bonus to get 5th blow with Glaive of Pain?
Why Ingwe? Carlammas would give you few more hp.
have all resists except poison. Probably need to start using my stash of healing potions to see off some of the last uniques.
Seem to remember The Tarrasque, Vecna and Sauron being tricky.
I know Qlzqqlzuup being a real pain.
Maybe consider Erebor against Sauron, for the acid brand.
was more tricky and cost me lots of healing and *healing* potions.
According to this last dump, you're missing electricty resist!
Very 'touch and go' final battle with Morgy.
Will now persue remaining artifacts. have a whopping 53 to find. Kronos still hiding from me.
Considering you are facing instant death from a big blue D, I'd probably put on Isildur. How are you surviving without it?
Had lucky find! Decended one level after defeating Morgy, blatted a blubbering icky thing and it dropped Ringil. Found Cubragol shortly after.
Will probably give up but having a go at finding all the artifacts.
Exactly 100 found - therefore 36 to go!


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Is the future flag?
With topic of injuries and concussions playing a major role in football these days, the sport of flag football may have staying power
Tim Whelan Jr./Daily News Correspondent
Football has been undergoing a cultural shift for many years, with so many committed to the growth of the sport within a safe and fun environment.
The sport-within-the-sport's growth is undeniable in towns like Sudbury, where fifth graders now have a flag football option in addition to tackle within the American Youth Football framework.
Lincoln-Sudbury's varsity team reached the Div. 2 Super Bowl last fall, an indicator of football's stronghold on the community. With that being the case, opportunities within flag football are rampant for first-to-eighth-graders in Lincoln and Sudbury.
Chris Skiffington is the commissioner of Sudbury's Flag Football program as well as a member of the American Youth Football board in town.
The NFL Play 60 programs throughout the area but, as Skiffington sees it, they aren't necessarily a big help in preparing players should they want to go forward with their football career post-flag.
"As a guy who played football, as a coach, I feel like I can teach these kids what they need to know to learn, that even before they put the pads on, they'll know the game," said Skiffington, who played Pop Warner and high school football growing up in Needham. "When I discovered that American Youth Football had dipped its toe into flag football, as I explored that, I thought that this could really impact our program."
Like its tackle cousin, the flag football season in town began on August 13 and will run until late October or early November.
Another great thing about the flag leagues is that, since they are a part of American Youth Football, every player is eligible, regardless of height or weight. Skiffington estimates that at the younger levels, there are 35 to 40 kids participating across kindergarten through fourth grad.
"Last year, coaching the third- and fourth-grade level, you can see it's such a great experience for the kids, parents, coaches," he said. "We'd have Friday afternoon practices, the whole team at the high school field, watching the high school team play. It's a traditional football experience in a lot of ways, one that I think helps prepare you for playing tackle football.
"The kids, of course, all want to go out and hit each other."
Skiffington, who has three kids, has a son who is in the fifth-grade league this year.
"The way I position it is, it's a recreational league, and it's fun as it is," he said. "What we're doing in a town like ours, traditional football is a part of the town and the community, but we are bringing the relevant skills to where a kid who plays flag will still know how to take a handoff."
In Sudbury, tackle football is not available until fifth grade.
"I like helping to rebuild this sport into a healthy sport," Skiffington said. "I genuinely believe you can play football and be safe. Now, I don't advocate playing in the NFL for 10-20 years if you're about safety, but as a youth sport, it's as good as any.
"I wouldn't be doing this if my son didn't love it," he added. "My son loves football and, candidly, my philosophy is to play it as long as you can, as long as you want … when you play football, and you take that first hit, it's a wake-up call. So you want kids to be more developed, have more testosterone and be more ready physically for when they take that hit."
In communities not just across Massachusetts and the rest of New England but also into pockets of Texas, some kids aren't even hitting until seventh grade.
Skiffington wants to be a part of teaching the game at the lower levels, while having players avoid the destructive head-to-head hits.
"My intention is to try and drive a full schedule, especially for the firth-grade team as we get it going," he said. "In certain towns, like Needham, Westwood, they have 300 kids out for the NFL Play 60 teams. How can you compete with that? My selling pitch to these other towns is that, through AYF, it's more comparable to traditional football while also being flag."
Skiffington is still looking for more towns in the area who are willing to field fifth-grade flag football teams. While he and other commissioners around MetroWest and the state as a whole figure out the best models for spreading the flag football experience, one thing is for sure – the sport has staying power, as more than simply a pastime.
"I think that the future of football is heavily dependent on the success of flag football," he added. "And I think the NFL does, too, which is why they added Play 60. But I like what we're doing here."
Tim Whelan Jr. can be reached at whelan.timothy@gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter @thattimwhelan.


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Published 9:57 am Friday, January 5, 2018
According to statistics released by the Alabama Department of Labor, Marengo County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate did not change in November; however, it is well below the rate from a year ago.
November's unemployment rate was reported at 4.8 percent. In November 2016, the rate was at 7.4 percent.
The unemployment rate represents a civilian labor force of 7,514, which is down from the previous year's 7,661.
In Greene County, the unemployment rate saw a slight month-over-month increase, from 5.7 percent in October to 5.8 in November. Still, that number is well below the 10.2 percent reported in November 2016.
Sumter County also saw an increase in its rate at 5.4 percent, which is up from 5 percent in October. The rate in November 2016 was 7.4 percent.
Hale County's November unemployment rate is 4.7 percent, up from 4.3 percent in October, but down from 7.4 in November 2016.
Other neighboring county November unemployment rates are: Choctaw, 5.6 percent; Clarke, 6.7 percent; Dallas, 5.8 percent; Perry, 6.3 percent; and Wilcox, 9.3 percent.
Wilcox County's 9.3 percent unemployment rate was the highest among Alabama counties with Clarke County placing second highest, followed by Lowndes with a rate of 6.4 percent.
Counties with the lowest unemployment are Shelby, Marshall, Cullman, Madison, Lee, and Elmore, respectively.
Among major cities, Selma had the highest unemployment rate at 6.6 percent, followed by Prichard, Anniston and Bessemer.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 2.4 percent, Homewood at 2.5 percent, and Alabaster and Hoover at 2.6 percent.
The November statewide unemployment numbers are being touted by state officials as setting all-time lows.
The seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate set a new record low of 3.5 percent, down from October's previous record setting rate of 3.6 percent, and well below November 2016's rate of 6.2 percent. November's statewide rate represents 75,807 unemployed persons, also a new record low, compared to 77,231 in October and 136,135 in November 2016. More people were counted as employed in November, with 2,087,667 people working, up from 2,079,720 in October, and 40,152 more than in November 2016, when 2,047,515 were counted as employed.
"It was just last month when we reached the extraordinary milestone of breaking all previous unemployment rate records, but now just a month later the trend continues and we have once again broken those records." Governor Kay Ivey said. "This continued historic decline in our unemployment rate, coupled with the fact that Alabama's businesses are employing more Alabamians than ever before, shows that we are truly moving forward and proving to everyone that Alabama is a great place to live and do business."
"We have 30,500 more jobs now than we did last year, over 40,000 more people are working, and the number of unemployed has dropped by over 60,000 from last year – the fewest number of people counted as unemployed in Alabama history! We will continue our work to ensure that any Alabamian who wants a job, can find one," Governor Ivey continued.
"Our construction employment, currently measuring 91,500, is at one of its highest levels in more than eight years," said Fitzgerald Washington, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Labor. "Construction employment is an indicator of economic stability, and we have seen a steady increase in construction employment for most of this year. Additionally, our manufacturing employment is at its highest level in nearly nine years, nearing 2008 levels, which are pre-recessionary in Alabama."
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 30,500, increasing to 2,029,800, the highest number ever recorded, with gains in the construction sector (+6,600), the manufacturing sector (+5,600), and the leisure and hospitality sector (+5,200), among others.
Wage and salary employment increased in November by 6,700. Monthly gains were seen in the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+6,200), the government sector (+1,800), and the manufacturing sector (+400), among others.
"All 67 counties experienced significant drops in their unemployment rates over the year," continued Washington. "Wilcox County, which traditionally has the highest unemployment rate in the state, has seen its rate drop by 5.7 percentage points since last year. 2017 marks the first time in a decade that all counties' unemployment rates have been in the single digits."
(This article originally appeared in the Saturday, December 30 issue of the Demopolis Times.)
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