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The capital city of the Republic of Ireland is one of the great cities in Europe. It's a wonderful place to visit anyway, and for the tastes of the dark tourist there a few sites well worth seeking out as well.
Apart from that, the General Post Office also holds a loose dark connection, namely to the Easter Rising of 1916 – see under Ireland. You can see bullet holes and bits chipped off the main columns at the front that are lasting signs of the fighting for this landmark building in the English crushing of the Rising. A bit further south at the bottom of O'Connell Street by the head of O'Connell Bridge take a closer look at the O'Connell Monument. The man himself at the top (the "Great Liberator" – who had made his name in the first half of the 19th century as a campaigner for the rights of Catholics) is less interesting here – instead look at the female figure at the foot of his column at the north-east corner of the pedestal. The hole you see in her breast is also a bullet hole from the Easter Rising fighting!
Dublin has its own tourist attraction that picks up the grim legacy of the Great Famine (see under Ireland), namely the "Jeanie Johnston" – a replica of one of the so-called "coffin ships" that transported emigrants across the Atlantic to their new homes in America. The Jeanie Johnston herself wasn't actually so bad – nobody on her 16 or so emigration voyages actually died. But it's still a kind of a symbol for the plight of the starvation-threatened emigrants' plight. The boat is only a copy but inside, accessible by guided tour, they have tried to replicate the atmosphere of hungry emigrants under deck by means of dummies in period costume lying in bunk beds or standing/sitting around, one even grumpily wolfing down a plate of spuds! They're not terribly realistic, and the whole scene doesn't look half as gruesome as you might expect (nor does it even look especially crowded). Maybe that's because a large part of the museum ship's clientele are young schoolchildren … (open daily with tours starting on the hour from 10 a.m. in high season, 11 a.m. in winter; last tour 4 p.m., 3 p.m. in winter; cost: 8.50 EUR adults, 7.50 seniors/students, 4.50 children).
Not far from the Jeanie Johnston, some 300 yards towards the city centre, look out for a group of statues on the north quay of the Liffey: these form Dublin's starkest Famine Memorial. The ensemble consists of six adult figures and one dog cast in bronze. One of the adults carries over his shoulders a small, listless child, most of the others clutch small bags to their chests, except one particularly miserable looking young woman whose arms are simply dangling down as if all strength has long gone out of them. All are wearing tattered rags and their facial expressions truly convey utter desperation. It's really one of the most moving ensembles of human sculptures I have ever encountered anywhere. Bronze plaques set into the cobbled ground around the figures specify the names of donors to an associated charity, with names ranging from total unknowns (to me at least) to highly prominent dignitaries including actors, footballers, ministers and even heads of state from Canada and the USA (both the Clintons were here, apparently).
One final point of dark interest is of a very different kind – that of actual dead on display. The crypt of St Michan's, an ancient small parish church to the north of the Liffey near the Four Courts, contains such a gruesome secret … although not quite such a secret any longer (you can find numerous images and references online). Amongst the coffins down in these dark dank vaults are four without lids, revealing some relatively well-preserved mummies. Naturally preserved mummies that is, not intentionally treated for controlled mummification like the famous Egyptian or Andean mummies. Here it must have been the dry air, maybe tanning effects from the water table on which the crypt sits, or other such phenomena (it's not entirely clear) that prevented the normal deterioration of the bodies. The faces and rib cages are covered in leathery skin. The hand of one of the men, known as the "Crusader", sticks slightly up – and in the past visitors were allowed (even encouraged) to shake that hand (because of a superstition that that would bring good luck), but no longer. Legend has it that Bram Stoker visited this crypt as a young man … so maybe it provided some early inspiration for his later forays into the fantastically morbid in his Dracula novel. Who knows. The crypt is officially only visitable on guided tours, which take place between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Saturdays and at weekdays also from 2 to 4:45 p.m. in summer, but only between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. in winter, no tours on Sundays; fee: 5 EUR).
Location(s): in the middle of the east coast of Ireland, ca. 65 miles (110 km) west of Holyhead in North Wales, Great Britain, and ca. 100 miles (150 km) south of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Access and costs: easy to get to, at least by air; rather expensive.
Details: Thanks to Dublin's international airport it is quite easy to get to the city by plane from a wide variety of departure points in Europe as well as America. Connections to the UK are particularly plentiful, including low-cost airlines.
Overland access is, naturally, restricted to the routes to/from Northern Ireland. Dublin has plenty of affordable bus connections to a number of places there, including, of course, the cities of Belfast and Derry/Londonderry. The former can also reached by slightly faster trains, which however also cost significantly more (double, unless booked well in advance).
Getting to Dublin by sea is also possible by means of the passenger/car ferry services to Liverpool in northern England and Holyhead in North Wales.
Once in Dublin, getting around is fairly easy, thanks to a good bus network as well as trams and metro-like fast trains. The city centre is perfectly walkable, but to get out to sites such as Kilmainham Gaol you will most likely want to use public transport.
Accommodation options in the city are plentiful and varied, ranging from hostels and B&Bs to upscale hotels at top-range prices. But even for fairly simple guesthouses or B&Bs that are in good locations prices can already be quite steep. To get better deals look for options north of the River Liffey and/or in the suburbs. In the summer it can get difficult to find a place to stay, so booking in advance is recommended at such peak times.
For food & drink, Dublin boasts a huge range of quality right up to the very top ends of international culinary standards. But it often comes at a price. Cheap grub is of course available too, but it's worth spending a little more. And that's not just for Irish fare. For instance I had one of the very best Indian meals in my entire life in Dublin (at the Jaipur) when I was there in December 2012 (and my standards with regard to curry are extremely high after several years of living in Great Britain's curry capital Bradford!). And as for drinking: Dublin's pubs are legendary, and often rightly so – see below. If you want a break from Ireland's ubiquitous standard stouts, the good news is that the microbrew/craft beer trend has made its inroads into Dublin too.
Time required: a few days are the minimum. To see just the specific places pointed out above, as little as two days may suffice easily, but Dublin as a whole is surely worth longer than that.
Combinations with other dark destinations: See in general under Ireland … and also under Northern Ireland – both Belfast and Derry/Londonderry are just a few hours away by car or bus (or in the case of Belfast alternatively by train too).
Combinations with non-dark destinations: There's so much, it's impossible to even attempt a halfway exhaustive lists of all those museums, parks, and what have you that Dublin proudly sports … so I won't. I'll rather leave that to the traditional guidebooks and other such resources. Here I'll just pick out a couple of (not quite) random items.
The Irish pub is a famed institution – but don't think you know what they're like from all those globally standardized copies you get in almost every corner of the world these days. The real thing, and especially here in Dublin, is indeed something else. The range is huge and doing your homework before you arrive really pays off. You can chose between more and less traditional, more emphasis on music or less, and more traditional or more modernized music. But music is a hugely important part of the Dublin pub experience in countless cases. Few places in the world are as rewarding territory for a pub crawl as Dublin. Sampling a good selection of the best is almost an obligatory exercise here. Drinking can get rowdy on weekends, but it's really not all just about the booze but an important part of Irish culture per se. Drinks-wise the quality varies, but some familiar names are as good as unavoidable.
Speaking of names of drinks … Two of the more specific attractions for mainstream tourism in Dublin are difficult to even mention without involuntarily advertising already well-established brand names. I'll try to do without dropping those names.
One is the place where probably the world's best-known stout (a black beer) is from, or at least that brewed in Ireland itself (some say it's better here than any of the licence-produced variants abroad). Its "home" in Ireland's capital is a vast facility, and one older part of the complex houses a big shiny visitor centre that draws in masses of tourists.
The other is a certain ex-distillery where a certain well-known brand of Irish whiskey used to be made. Now almost all Irish whiskey is produced in a huge modern factory near Cork (Midleton). Since that sort of facility would not exude the romanticism that the marketing departments of the whiskey industry favour, the long-closed down distillery on Bow Street in Dublin was converted into the museum it is today (although I wonder how many visitors miss that little point that it is no longer an active distillery). I did go on one of their heavily booked tours and can say that it was entertaining, for sure, but also heavily slanted, to say the least. Of course you'd expect marketing propaganda to be the main goal here, but it was still a bit painful to witness how the uninitiated amongst the tourists were misled into all manner of false beliefs about whisky in general, and about Irish whiskey's main competitors in particular (especially Scotland and the USA). It was almost an exercise in brainwashing everybody into believing that this particular Irish whiskey is indisputably the best in the world. It is admittedly a much improved brand – but hardly in the same super league as some top-level single malts. Never mind. As sheer entertainment the tour was very enjoyable.
Needless to say, Dublin is also a perfect starting (as well as end) point for any longer explorations of Ireland that goes beyond the confines of a city.


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FDA-approved remote monitoring system now commercially available; Cellular-enabled blood glucose meter receives CE Mark approval;
by Greg Slabodkin |
> Minneapolis-based Preventice, a developer of mHealth solutions, has announced the commercial availability of its BodyGuardian Remote Patient Monitoring System (BodyGuardian RMS). The BodyGuardian system allows physicians to monitor key biometrics outside of the clinical setting. A small body sensor attached to the patient's chest collects important data, including ECG, heart rate, respiration rate, and activity level. Patient data can then be transmitted to physicians via mobile phones. Article
> Bethesda, Md.-based Telcare, a provider of mobile diabetes management solutions, has announced it received CE Mark approval to market its cellular-enabled blood glucose meter (BGM), the first FDA-cleared mHealth glucose meter, in the European Union. According to the company, Telcare's BGM offers an innovative approach to managing the impact of diabetes by liberating data from blood glucose readings and enabling the observation and evaluation of self-management behavior across an entire population. Article
> San Francisco-based Runtastic, producer of a suite of apps that track and manage health and fitness data to motivate individuals to get in shape, has launched an extensive line of proprietary hardware in the U.S., available exclusively on Amazon. Runtastic's proprietary hardware has been designed to work with Runtastic apps that track critical performance metrics such as distance traveled, speed, elevation gain/loss, rate of climb, calories burned and pace. The hardware adds additional layers of data such as heart rate, speed and cadence statistics. Article
EMR News
> Doctors in the U.S. are embracing electronic health records, even if reluctantly, with 93 percent reporting they actively use an EHR system, according to a new report from Accenture. In addition, nearly half (45 percent) of U.S. doctors surveyed said they regularly access clinical data outside their own organization, illustrating the growing momentum of health information exchange. That's a 32 percent increase since last year, according to an announcement. Article
Health IT News
> The looming transition to ICD-10 continues to be burdensome for healthcare providers nationwide, so much so that some in Congress are calling for it to not be mandatory. However, according to Bonnie Cassidy, senior director of health information management innovation at Nuance, there are several steps that can be taken to ease the process. For example, Cassidy recently told Becker's Hospital Review, information managers in charge of leading such efforts must prioritize physician engagement from the get-go. Additionally, according to Cassidy, project management efforts must be firm to ensure that multiple tasks can be completed without a hitch. Article
And Finally… Cracking down on broomstick flights. Article
Penn Medicine launches new telehealth hub
The newly launched Center for Connected Health will be largest telehealth hub in the Philadelphia region, according to Penn Medicine.
by Evan Sweeney Feb 15, 2018 12:40pm
FDA wants to build a Center of Excellence for Digital Health
The FDA commissioner wants to use additional funding under Trump's budget to advance digital health initiatives and integrate real-world data.
by Evan Sweeney Feb 15, 2018 10:18am
FDA approval signals promise for AI-based triage apps
The FDA's approval of an app that uses AI to notify specialists of a potential stroke offers new possibilities for triage software that uses CDS.
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I've been searching for the best and simplest biscuit recipe, one that wasn't overly fattening. The problem was every recipe I found required a stick or 2 of butter. Which was just way too much for my liking.
So I decided to take a few ideas from some of the recipes I like and make it my own. I've tried countless different recipes. Kneading and without kneading. The recipes were pretty good but just not everything I needed them to be. Until "finally" I got it just right.
I let my little biscuit lover sample one. Then I hear the words that every mother longs to hear, especially when you have been working away in the kitchen for who knows how long…..Mom these are the best biscuits I've "EVER" eaten. The shock of those words nearly caused me to faint….lol. I quickly pull myself together because she wanted another. Next, she says you should definitely put this recipe on your blog.
In a large bowl add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar & salt mix to even combine.
Next measure out the milk and add vinegar to your milk (this is a substitute for buttermilk). You can use buttermilk and no vinegar is needed.
Add the 4 Tbsp of frozen pea size cut butter into the dry ingredients and stir to evenly distribute.
Add the milk mixture and stir to bring everything together. Don't over mix we don't want a tough biscuit.
In an 8-inch square pan spread the 1 tsp of butter around your pan.
Now spread the mixture into your buttered 8″ baking dish.
Allow them to cool for a few minutes then cut and enjoy!!!
A few weeks back I saw a blog post by Andrea of Cooking with a Wallflower. For Basil Garlic Noodles. I had to give the recipe a try but with my own twist to it. Thank you to Andrea for the inspiration.
This is a great quick and easy recipe. I will even put up a video to make peeling garlic easy. You will have your garlic peeled in 20 second flat. I promise it is quick and easy.
Now that you have all your garlic peeled and other items prepped. Let's get cooking.
1. Cook pasta according to packaging and remember to reserve 1/3 cup of pasta water.
2. In a large skillet on low to medium heat add the butter and garlic and stir for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add your peppers and stir for another 2-3 minutes.
4. Add your spinach, seasoning and reserved pasta water. Stir for 3 minutes.
5. Add the pasta and stir to evenly coat and combine. Takes about 2 minutes.
You can add so many things to this dish to change it up. Customize it to suit your taste buds.
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In a food processor add your flour, baking powder, baking soda and sea salt. Pulse for 10 seconds.
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Вест-индские негры (вест-индцы, афрокреолы, ) — условное название негритянского населения Вест-Индии (главным образом бывших и современных английских владениях) — потомков чернокожих рабов (главным образом из Западной и Тропической Африки — народов акан, йоруба, хауса, конго, эве и др.).

Составляют большинство населения на Ямайке, Тринидаде и Тобаго, Барбадосе, Багамских островах, Гренаде, Доминике, Сент-Люсии, Сент-Винсент и Гренадинах, Антигуа и Барбуде, Сент-Китс и Невисе, Ангилье, Виргинских и Каймановых островах и др.

Говорят на креольских языках на английской и французской основе и на английском языке.

По религии большинство — протестанты (англикане, методисты, пятидесятники), в бывших французских колониях — католики.

Численность по странам

История

Чернокожее население появилось на островах со времени ввоза сюда африканских рабов (около 1511 года). В британских колониях рабство было уничтожено с 1834 года, на Гаити рабство прекратилось со времени восстания негров в конце XVIII века, в датских колониях — с 1847 года, во французских — с 1848 года, затем — в голландских и испанских колониях.

Современная культура

Вест-индские негры сравнительно слабо смешивались с белыми (мулаты живут в основном в городах), сохраняют африканские корни в религии (культы предков, колдунов-,  на Сент-Люсии, Танец Большого Барабана на Гренаде, синкретические культы — шангоизм на Тринидаде,  и растафарианство на Ямайке и др.). Рабовладельцы-протестанты неохотно крестили рабов, миссионеры среди вест-индских негров, в основном баптисты, были главным образом неграми из Англии (освобождёнными англичанами от рабства на плантациях во время разорительных набегов англичан на испанские владения в Центральной Америке), многие вест-индские негры были обращены лишь в XIX веке неофициальными сектами — шейкерами, квакерами и др.). В Великобритании практически единственной глубоко верующей христианской этнической группой являются вест-индские негры наряду с ирландцами и восточноевропейскими иммигрантами.

Сохраняются особенности в театре (рождественские фолкмюзиклы на Ямайке и др.), музыке (песни калипсо на Тринидаде, музыкальный стиль рэгги и др.), танцах, сказках (ашантийские сказки о пауке-Ананси), изобразительном искусстве и др. Характерны местные варианты африканских инструментов: различные флейты, в том числе носовые, барабаны, бубны, банджо.

Остаются широко распространённые матрифокальные и матрилокальные семьи.

В колониальную эпоху бежавшие рабы (маруны) образовывали общины. Вест-индские негры мигрировали в различные страны Центральной Америки, где работали на плантациях, в строительстве и т. п., с XX века живут также в Северной Америке и Европе, где внесли заметный вклад в современную городскую культуру. В Лондоне они являются значительной этнической группой, проживают преимущественно на юге города, отчасти в центре. Однако в связи с притоком африканских мигрантов в город в последние годы там не осталось ни одного боро, где вест-индских негров было больше, чем африканских негров. К известным вест-индским неграм и их потомкам в Британии относится, к примеру, футболист Сол Кэмпбелл.

С 1960-х годов развиваются этнокультурные и этнополитические движения вест-индских негров за «вест-индизацию», поиск «африканского наследия» и др.

См. также
 Ямайцы
 Тринидадцы

Примечания

Литература

 Африканцы в странах Америки. Негритянский компонент в формировании наций Западного полушария. М., 1987;
 Африканцы в Новом Свете. Негроиды в формировании наций в Америке. М., 1991.
 Этнические процессы в странах Карибского моря. М., 1982;

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This week I spent time tidying up code, my Wiki page, and committing code changes to Mercurial. Did a bit of testing on my current set-up to test the reliability of pinging to clients (as packet loss was high). Seems that packet loss occurs very early on and then becomes more stable over time.
There are NS (Neighbour Solicitations) being sent by the gateway onto the network every 10 seconds. I'm still unsure as to why this is necessary and have tried modifying the code to increase the retransmit time (this resulted in a 20 second interval between each NS), and removing it completely but then I was unable to ping the gateway device. Either there is a reason for this functionality or there is a bug.
I have also had a look into microCoAP (CoAP server which runs on Linux) and have it running on my machine, but have not been able to communicate to it from the WSN. Ideally we would want the CoAP server running on Linux.
This week I successfully setup a network communicating with CoAP. I've modified the client code of contikis er-rest-example.c to send CoAP posts to the 6lbr CoAP server. The CoAP server on 6lbr has been modified to handle the incoming light resource from the sensor nodes and prints out the light sensor value and the MAC address of the sender. From the debugging output the incoming packets appear to be received by 6lbr at irregular time intervals - this will need to be investigated further. Ideally the 6lbr server will receive packets every 10 seconds (this is the time interval set on the sensor nodes).
This week I looked further into the contikimac driver. Found out that contikimac does not work properly when 6lbr is in smart bridge mode. I programmed 6lbr and the sensor node to use contikimac RDC driver and CSMA MAC driver, but with contikiMAC enabled I was then unable to ping the 6lbr device nor the sensor nodes and unable to access the 6lbr webpage. With further research I could not find anyone who had configured 6lbr in smart bridge mode with the contikimac driver, which makes me think that contikimac doesn't work with smart bridge mode (only router mode). I also spent some time looking into contikis real timer (rtimer) as an alternative method to turn off and on the radio to conserve power, and have started writing code for this. Next week I will be focusing on the CoAP protocol and setting up the network with a CoAP server (on 6lbr) and client (sensor node) which sends requests to the server for sensor data. Aim is to modify the client code on the sensor device to have it post sensor data to the server on the 6lbr device.
Looked at how to auto configure the IP address of the 6lbr router device on the Ethernet side of the network. Discovered that "smart bridge" mode for 6lbr auto configures an IP address based on the prefix obtained from the "home" router and the MAC address. I now have 6lbr set up as a smart bridge, and from the 6lbr website and logging output I can see that the IP addresses for the 6lbr device and WSN devices are auto configured.
From my Linux machine I can ping to the devices on the WSN network and view the website on the 6lbr webserver. By using the USB dongle and a simple python script to pipe packets through to Wireshark I can view packets being transmitted on the WSN.
Next step is to look into the contikiMAC driver and how to configure the wakeup and sleep times; taking into consideration router timeouts.
Now working at Virscient on the project. This week I worked alongside Dean, setting up the test environment for programming the devices and creating a simple test network.
We have set up a Linux computer, which is connected to an IPv6 router via Ethernet. The IPv6 router is connected to a server (called "Convincing John") to allow safe connectivity to the internet. On the Linux computer is a python script which creates a tap interface so that we can read and write packets from the WSN to Ethernet and vice versa by bridging the Ethernet and tap interface. On the WSN side we have a cc2538 device with 6LBR acting as a router, which has been modified to output packet information to be printed (for debugging purposes) and written to the Ethernet interface by the python script. The python script is used to read packets coming in from the serial on the WSN and write to Ethernet (IPv6 router), and in the reverse direction reads packets coming in from the Ethernet side and writing to the serial to the cc2538 device.
By removing DTLS I could communicate with the CoAP server (cc2538 device) via the Copper client on my host VM. I can get the uptime, and turn on and off each led light on the device.
I've been testing the er-rest-server and er-rest-client code provided by contiki (which uses the CoAP protocol) on the devices to understand what works with the cc2538 devices and to get a better understanding of the code. Aim is to have the devices wake up at regular time intervals and publish their data to a CoAP server (on the 6lbr router) then sleep after receiving an ACK to conserve power.
Did a bit of research into the contikiMAC driver which allows the radio on the device to be switched off for more than 99% of the time whilst still being able to relay packets. This would be ideal to further limit power consumption in the WSN.
After the meeting this week it was decided to implement 6lbr as a router to allow routing to IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. I have flashed the cc2538 devices with 6lbr-demo code configured as a CoAP server over DTLS, and installed the Copper add on to firefox on my host VM. From my host VM I can ping to the devices on the WSN and view the 6lbr webpage which now has an active link to the CoAP server for each device. Having difficulty getting the CoAP client communicating with the CoAP servers, will look further into this next week.
Also had a look at the MQTT protocol as an alternative to CoAP, but given MQTT does not map to HTTP nor is supported by contiki, it makes more sense to use CoAP. LWM2M (OMA light weight M2M), a simple protocol and standard device management interface can be built on top of CoAP, thus it would be ideal to have LWM2M on top of CoAP for my devices communicating over the WSN.
Got Wireshark working using a python script to capture packets from the USB dongle and pipe them to Wireshark.
Set up the network so that both VMs shared the same wifi hot spot. From my phone I could access the routers web interface via WiFi connection. Been looking into 6lbr router code and 6lbr-demo code to get an idea of how to implement the 6lbr border router as a bridge and devices as a CoAP server. Next week I plan to get the devices communicating using the CoAP protocol with DTLS using contiki example code, each device in the network will act as a web server to display sensor data on request from a CoAP client (which will be my host VM using the Firefox browser and Copper add on (Copper is a protocol handler for CoAP to interact with the Internet of Things)).
Got the USB dongle packet sniffer working with SmartRF sniffer software to detect packets on my 6LoWPAN test bed.
Installed 6LBR (boundary router) onto a VM attached to a cc2538 device acting as a slip radio - this required hardware specific code as it wasn't supported by 6lbr, as well as updating the Makefile and source files to compile with cc2538. Also fiddled around with the configuration settings (RF channel, PAN ID, drivers) of my device running 6lbr-demo example code, 6lbr router (on VM) and slip radio to get everything working together.
To check the ethernet side of my boundary router I set up another VM (host VM) which could ping to the router VM and access the 6lbr router website. This displayed information about devices on the network, packets sent and an RPL (routing protocol for low-power and lossy networks) tree (DODAG). From the host VM I can ping packets to the device on the 6LoWPAN network using the address given for the device on the 6lbr website.
Read Brad Christensens Report "Building a Network for the Internet of Things with the Constrained Application Protocol" to point me in the right direction for my research. Had a meeting with Dean Armstrong at Ruakura to discuss the software and protocols to use and get a basic idea of what we expect to achieve from this project.
After installing all the software needed I looked into implementing a boundary router.
Created a 6LoWPAN (IPv6 Low-power Wireless Personal Area Network) test bed consisting of an rpl border router (cc2538 device flashed with example code) connected to a VM via UART using the SLIP protocol. The router forwarded UDP packets to a cc2538 device flashed with udp-echo-server example code (provided by contiki). From the VM I could ping to the device and access the border router webpage which displayed the neighbouring device.


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Q: Let $\left( a_{n}\right) _{n}$ be a Cauchy sequence such that $\left\{ a_{n}:n\in \mathbb{N} \right\}$ is finite. Let $\left( a_{n}\right) _{n}$ be a Cauchy sequence such that $\left\{ a_{n}:n\in \mathbb{N} \right\}$ is finite. Show that $\left( a_{n}\right) _{n}$ is constant.

A: Let us denote $A=\{|a_n-a_k|:n,k\in \mathbb{N}\}\setminus\{0\}$. Since $\{a_n:n\in \mathbb{N}\} $ is finite $A$ is finite as well which follows there is a minimum in $A$. Denote $m=min\{a\in A\}$. Note that $m>0$ because $0\not \in A$. $\{a_n\}$ is cauchy which implies that there exists $n_0\in \mathbb{N}$ s.t. $\forall n>n_0$ $0\leq|a_{n+1}-a_n|<m$. If  $0<|a_{n+1}-a_n|<m$ it's a contradiction to the definition of $m$. So we have $\forall n>n_0$ $a_n=a_{n_0}$.

A: We assume the space is complete e.g. $a_n \in \mathbb{R}$
if $\left\{ a_{n}:n\in \mathbb{N} \right\}^2$ is finite then so is $\left\{ |a_{n} - a_{m}|:n,m\in \mathbb{N} \right\}$
hence $\left\{ a_{n}:n\in \mathbb{N} \right\}$ has a minimum separation $\epsilon$
$\left\{ a_{n}:n\in \mathbb{N} \right\}$ is Cauchy and so eventually a tail will all be within $\epsilon/2$ of each other, so this tail is constant $\square$

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Mora deal to be announced Friday...
By bigbird, May 19, 2006 in Orioles Talk
cornofthemonthclub
go to the gamethread
he likes it!
hey mikey!
how scott gets his birds
iliveforthefunk
incenseburner
scottrocksthemicrophone
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-os0518,0,6318977.story?coll=bal-sports-headlines
MChance
About time it's done. Good, fair price too. I like it. Angelos wins.
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The contract will also include a no-trade clause for the first three seasons, according to sources close to the negotiations.
STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!!
While this does scare me a little bit, who else do we have on the horizon to replace him at 3B? We do not have a single 3B prospect in the minors, so it would have to be a FA. If this is what it took to keep his average salary down (only 8M per year), then I'm ok with it.
I would rather give him 10 million a year than give him a full NTC.
Hopefully this is not a full NTC.
NCRaven
According to the article, the NTC is for the first three years, but if he performs well and has value in the fourth year, we could pick up the option and then trade him either prior to the season or at the trade deadline during the season. I'm not thrilled with the no trade provision, but it would not have been a deal killer for me.
FellsPointOsFan
Where would we trade him anyway?
Great signal to fans and players; a very fair price.
Hurray!
Pretty wishful thinking we would even want to pick up his option in his 4th year or that he would have alot of trade value.
Who knows what will happen two years from now. No-trades are a huge gamble.
Huh? There are 29 other possibilities.
Given our reluctance to sign give sign free agents to big contracts the past couple years, I would rather save that 2 M to go towards getting a legitimate 1B or a #1 starter if none of our young guys do not develop into one.
The Orioles don't do that.
We can always hope, right?
There is some risk in a no trade clause. However, the price is fair and it's a reasonable thing to do for a guy who really likes it in Baltimore and has put down roots here. If things really get bad, he can always waive it.
I like having some stability and am happy to have Melvin in the fold.
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Astrogate reminds me of Ray a Rice situation
I think there is one part of the comparison that is apt. The incident occurred in February, there was a minor penalty issued and no one thought that much more about it. It wasn't until the VIDEO came out in September that public sentiment exploded and the NFL and the Ravens had to do more. What the Cowboy LB, and the Cincinnati RB when he played at Oklahoma, did was every bit as bad as what Rice did, but there hasn't been quite as much of a public outcry because there's no video of it. That's not logical, that's emotional. And I think it seems similar with the buzzer thing. I know a lot of people who were mildly upset when it was whistles and trash can banging, but see the buzzer as being somehow worse. Logically it isn't any worse, it's basically the same thing, but it certainly seems to invoke a stronger emotional reaction. Human beings aren't always rational.
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Want to see a really interesting documentary about scandal and cheating watch Icarus. The Russians are still trying to take out or get the Russian whistleblower back. The Russians just got banned again from the Olympics. It is on Netflix.


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House Passes The 2018 Farm Bill In Landslide Vote
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The 2018 Farm Bill crossed the second of three hurdles on Wednesday when the House approved the measure in a landslide vote of 369-47 two days after the final conference report was made public.
The bill will head to the Oval Office next. President Trump has previously indicated he will sign the bill. However, timing is unclear.
"It is fitting that the House today considers the farm bill because 28 years ago, another proud Texan — President George H.W. Bush — signed the 1990 Farm Bill into law," said House Chairman Mike Conaway prior to the vote. "And, for the first time since 1990, Congress is poised to pass a new farm bill in the same year that the legislation was first introduced."
He continued to say that a farm bill has not been needed by farmers as desperately as it's needed today since the early 2000's .
"Our farmers and ranchers are going through a very difficult recession right now. Net farm income is down 50 percent from where it stood just 5 years ago — the largest drop since the Great Depression," he said.
Dairy leaders praised the bill's passage.
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A21 dualling to get underway
The dualling of the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury will start next month (April).
The £69.7 million scheme, which will be carried out by Balfour Beatty, will see a 2.5 mile section of the A21 between Tonbridge and Pembury in Kent upgraded from single to dual carriageway, adding a lane in each direction, upgrading junctions and improving the road layout
Preparatory work on the scheme has been underway since winter 2014 and it is anticipated that the scheme will be fully complete by spring 2017.
Highways Agency project manager Graham Link said: "The A21 is a vital route linking the region to the M25 and London. The new section will provide much needed capacity to reduce congestion and will also improve safety with a better road layout and new junctions provided."
The work will start in mid-April and traffic management measures will be necessary.
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Cancer Care for the Developing World
EditorialHealth
By MAREEG	 On Feb 2, 2015
Mareeg.com-BOSTON – More than four decades ago, US President Richard Nixon, inspired by early and encouraging results that showed that chemotherapy could cure diseases such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and Hodgkin's lymphoma, declared "war on cancer." Since then, steady progress has been made using chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat and cure an increasing number of cancer patients. But access to these life-saving advances remains elusive in low- and middle-income countries, where the majority of cancer patients reside today.
Lawrence N. Shulman is Chief of Staff and Director of the Center for Global Cancer Medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.
In the United States, more than 80% of patients with breast cancer are long-term survivors, and more than 80% of cancer-stricken children survive. In my nearly 40 years as an oncologist at Harvard University, I have cared for thousands of patients who would have had little chance of survival were it not for chemotherapy. Many of the patients who received treatment in the 1970s are alive and well today; their children are now productive adults.
But it was not until I began working in Rwanda in 2011 that I fully grasped the power of the tools at my disposal, by witnessing the impact of their absence. Stepping into the pediatric cancer ward at the central public referral hospital in Kigali was like traveling back in time. Outcomes among Rwandan children with Wilms' tumor, a form of kidney cancer that rarely afflicts adults, mirrored those in the US 80 years ago, before the availability of drugs that today enable more than 90% of diagnosed American children to survive.
According to Rwanda's health minister, Agnes Binagwaho, the cancer ward in Kigali resembled the HIV/AIDS unit when she was a pediatrician at the hospital, a decade earlier. With no antiretroviral therapy, the prescription for HIV/AIDS was food and rest – meaning that infection essentially amounted to a death sentence.
At the time, some were caught, if only briefly, on the wrong side of history. In 2001, a senior US official claimed that it would be impossible to treat HIV/AIDS in Africa, owing to its "complexity" and high cost.
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But he – along with the many others who shared his view – was proved wrong. Today, rates of treatment adherence in Africa among HIV-positive patients with access to drugs have long exceeded those in the US. Indeed, Rwanda was one of the first countries to achieve universal access to AIDS treatment.
Despite this experience, the prospect of effective cancer treatment in Africa has been met with similar skepticism. True, cancer therapy is complex. It requires a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic capacities – pathology, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and targeted medicines – together with the knowledge and skill to safely administer these life-saving treatments.
But the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence and others like it have proved that it is possible to treat cancer patients safely and effectively, even in poor, rural settings. Thanks to the Rwandan Ministry of Health, Partners In Health, and the Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Butaro Center has treated more than 3,000 cancer patients, most of whom are referred from outside the region, since its dedication in July 2012 by former President Bill Clinton and Binagwaho. Support from the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, LIVESTRONG, and private donors has also been critical to this achievement.
Fortunately, some major institutions are already stepping up to bolster this effort. The World Health Organization, together with the International Union for Cancer Control, is re-examining the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Cancer to identify more accurately which cancers are most responsive to treatment, and which place the heaviest burdens on populations.
The most efficient approach to reducing global cancer mortality rates would be to bring existing therapies to cancer patients in developing countries. Add to that international funding for cancer treatment, like that which was mobilized for HIV/AIDS through the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and The Global Fund, and cancer mortality rates in developing countries could decline considerably – and quickly.
More than a decade ago, the international community decided that it would no longer accept certain death for HIV patients. We must make the same commitment today to bring life-saving cancer treatment to patients everywhere.
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Editors call for covid-19 vaccine and treatment data to be available for public scrutiny
Data on covid-19 vaccines and treatments should be fully and immediately available for public scrutiny, argue editors at The BMJ today.
Twelve years ago, The BMJ called for the release of raw trial data for the antiviral drug Tamiflu after it came to light that governments around the world had spent billions stockpiling antivirals that had not been shown to reduce the risk of influenza complications, hospital admission or death.
Now, The BMJ's editor in chief Kamran Abbasi, along with senior editor Peter Doshi and former editor in chief Fiona Godlee, warn that these errors are being repeated.
"Today, despite the global rollout of covid-19 vaccines, the participant level data underlying the trials for these new products remain inaccessible to doctors, researchers, and the public – and are likely to remain that way for years to come," they write. "This is morally indefensible for all trials, especially those involving major public health interventions."
They point out that Pfizer's pivotal covid vaccine trial was funded by the company and designed, run, analysed and authored by Pfizer employees. The company and the contract research organisations that carried out the trial hold all the data, but Pfizer has indicated that it will not begin entertaining requests for trial data until May 2025.
Moderna says data "may be available … with publication of the final study results in 2022" and as of 31 December 2021, AstraZeneca may be ready to entertain requests for data from several of its large phase III trials. But as its website explains, "timelines vary per request and can take up to a year upon full submission of the request."
"We are left with publications but no access to the underlying data upon reasonable request," write the editors. "This is worrying for trial participants, researchers, clinicians, journal editors and the public."
Companies do provide far more granular data to regulatory agencies as part of the regulatory review process, they explain. As such, study reports are now available and missing appendices may be accessible through freedom of information requests.
However, they point out that most regulators do not hold participant level datasets, and industry, which holds the raw data, is not legally required to honour requests for access from independent researchers.
"The BMJ supports vaccination policy based on sound evidence," they write. "As the global vaccine rollout continues, it cannot be justifiable or in the best interests of patients and the public that we are left to just trust "in the system," with the distant hope that the underlying data may become available for independent scrutiny at some point in the future."
The same applies to treatments for covid-19, they add. "Transparency is the key to building trust and an important route to answering people's legitimate questions about the efficacy and safety of vaccines and treatments."
What's more, the public paid for covid-19 vaccines through vast public funding of research, and it is the public that takes on the balance of benefits and harms that accompany vaccination. "The public, therefore, has a right and entitlement to those data, as well as to the interrogation of those data by experts."
They conclude: "Pharmaceutical companies are reaping vast profits without adequate independent scrutiny of their scientific claims. The purpose of regulators is not to dance to the tune of rich global corporations and enrich them; it is to protect the health of their populations. We need complete data transparency for all studies, we need it in the public interest, and we need it now."
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Q: Best practices for schema changes and data migrations to a live database without downtime? How do you make schema changes to a live database without downtime?
For instance, lets say I have a PostgreSQL database with a table including various user data like email addresses etc, all associated with specific users. If I wanted to move the email addresses to a new dedicated table, I'd have to change the schema and then migrate the email data across to the new table. How could this be done without stopping writes to the original table? Surely while data is written over from the old table to the new one, new data would continue to be written to the old table and be missed, right?
I guess this problem comes up pretty frequently but I can't find any standard solution for dealing with it.
This article deals with the problem but I didn't really understand step 3. He says to write to both tables, then migrate old data from the first table to the new one. How do you make sure you're only migrating old data?
(I use PostgreSQL on Heroku.)

A: You almost have your answer already:

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*Create the new structure in parallel

*Start writing to both structures

*Migrate old data to the new structure

*Only write and read new structure

*Delete old columns

As for step 3, use something like this (in one transaction):
Insert what is not there yet:
INSERT INTO new_tbl (old_id, data)
SELECT old_id, data
FROM   old_tbl
WHERE  NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM new_tbl WHERE new_tbl.old_id = old_tbl.old_id);

Update what has changed in the meantime:
UPDATE new_tbl
SET    data  = old.data
USING  old_tbl
WHERE  new_tbl.old_id = old_tbl.old_id
AND    new_tbl.data IS DISTINCT FROM old_tbl.data;

New data will not be touched, because it is identical in both places.


Frogs chant spring love song from pond to ditch.
croaks of joy that move other frogs to ecstasy.
frog song to spawn still more singers.
everything frogs associate with spring.
swings its cheerful love lamp. Earth also sings.
I miss the chorus of frogs in my old pond in the spring. You took me back there, Roger!
It's an amazing time, spring and the frog's chorus: the constant noise, day and night, a regular choir. The poetry of it goes way back to Greek times, and beyond. Living in the city, surrounded by concrete, we forget the real world as many of us knew it, in the countryside, when we were children. Milk comes from a cow's udder, not from a plastic carton. I remember it well: hot, warm, and bubbling!
That is a poem in itself, Jane. I hope you never lose that poetry within you. It comes out in the paint too. Your paintings sing from my walls.
We have artistic personalities and when we express ourselves they come out differently in different media … but they are all recognizable. You are your art … and am so glad to be even the smallest part of it. Thank you for including me.


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Editors' Choice: Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley
By SF Gateway
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This week's SF Gateway Editors' Choice comes, controversially, from the 21st century: Cowboy Angels by the Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winning author Paul McAuley.
It is 1984 in the United States of America. Not our version of America, but an America that calls itself the Real, an America in which the invention of Turing Gates has allowed access to sheaves of alternate histories. For ten years, in the name of democracy, the Real has been waging clandestine wars and fomenting revolution across multiple Earths, freeing versions of America from communist or fascist rule, and extending its influence across a wide variety of alternate realities.
But finally, the human and political costs have proven too high, and new President Jimmy Carter has called an end to war, and is bringing troops and secret agents home. Some, however, don't want to follow orders . . .
Adam Stone is called out of retirement when his former comrade, Tom Waverly, begins to murder different versions of the same person, mathematician Eileen Barrie. Aided by Waverly's daughter, Linda, Adam hunts for his old friend across different sheaves, but when they finally catch up with him, they discover that they have stumbled into the middle of an audacious conspiracy that plans to exploit a new property of the Turing Gate: it will change not only the history of the Real, but that of every other reality, including our own.
Combining elements of noir, alternate history and conspiracy thriller to produce a compelling and action-packed race across parallel realities, if you put Sliders and 24 into an atom smasher, the resulting particles might look a lot like Cowboy Angels.
If you'd like to discuss Paul McAuley's Cowboy Angels – or any of our Editors' Choice books, there's a dedicated SF Gateway Forum thread here.
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Are you aware of the incredible impact that your thoughts have on your reality? Are you using the Universal Laws to create the life you truly want? These very basic principles have the power to change your life and help you manifest your dreams.
I'm very fortunate in that I am personally living my dream. I love being a professional speaker and I thoroughly enjoy the work I do as a speaking and presentations skills coach. I help healing professionals, authors, entrepreneurs, service providers, and 'in- tune' executives learn to speak in public in an authentic way. We work together to develop their skills so they get outstanding results. It's a joy to watch my clients grow their businesses and expand their influence in their fields.
Speaking is the undisputed best way to grow your business. Everyone with a company or service needs to learn to speak professionally. When you deliver a presentation that has immediate value to the audience, you prosper. I help my clients learn to clearly convey their value and generate more and more business in the process.
For 20 years, I have coached body language, expression, voice, presence, and strategic design of a core message to help my clients succeed beyond their wildest dreams. Since I began my own career performing on Broadway, I also teach secrets of communicating with large audiences from the stage so you generate extra star power and charisma.
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Using the Law of Attraction when addressing an audience is the key to creating what you want. When I realized how much easier my clients got more business using the Law of Attraction, I eagerly studied the complimentary Universal Laws of Resonance and Correspondence to see if they could be combined for speaking results. What I learned is that this combination, when used in the speaking arena, is extraordinary. It's absolutely transformational for speakers and presenters. You are speaking a transformational Language of Success when you use them together.
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The power of speech, either spoken aloud or voiced in our heads, combines sound and purpose. Tone of voice, pitch, and choice of words all come together to manifest your reality. Hence, the power of speech is a major factor in creation. Each word spoken is a vibration of sound and since scientists have proven that vibration is never lost, the spoken word sets our intention in motion and brings things we want to life.
The Law of Resonance determines what you draw toward you using the Law of Attraction. Scientists have long known that every object, even those that seem solid, is made up of particles that are moving. The vibration of this movement – also referred to as the vibratory pattern or frequency – can be affected by your thoughts, beliefs and emotions. The frequency that you project activates the Law of Attraction, since this projected energy can only harmonize with energies that vibrate or resonate at a similar frequency. This harmony is what determines the physical results that you create.
1. Don Miguel Ruiz wrote a wonderful book based on Toltec wisdom, entitled "The Four Agreements." The first life-altering agreement he suggests that you make is to "be impeccable with your word." What you say reflects and defines who you are and where you are going.
2. Tell yourself that you are wealth, you are health, you are intelligence, you are unbounded energy, and you are love. According to the Universal Laws, you will become those things and draw like people and energy toward you. Telling yourself you are wealthy when you are not sets up a conflict in your subconscious that could work against you.
3. Talk about what you want, not what you don't want. Pay attention to your habits and stop each time you are talking aloud or to yourself about what you don't want. Quickly revise the thought so that it's about what you want to create.
4. Choose to speak the language of your brain. Plant only positive seeds and you will get the result you want. The language of the brain is pictures, sounds, smells and tastes. The brain can't process negative pictures – images of "not doing" or "not seeing" – it can only work with positive information. Examine your personal explanation style. Do you explain things in a positive fashion or using negative words? Becoming aware of your own style is incredibly helpful, because the powerful synergy of the Universal Laws will work for you in the way that you direct them.
I must remind you that your experiences become words, your words become actions, your actions become habits, your habits become character, and it is your character that becomes your destiny. What destiny are you creating with the words you choose to exchange in your daily habits of speaking and thinking? Changing your words can transform your life, your business, your health and relationships, and the lives of those around you. What you say is the single biggest factor that determines your success and your happiness in life. You can learn to use the transformational power of your words to skyrocket your success and attract what you most want by encouraging success every day with every person you meet.
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Manchester man falls through ceiling during loft conversion
1 Sep 14 Tyrone Dobbs is not the only resident of Greater Manchester to have fallen through a ceiling during a loft conversion recently, it has emerged.
In a case with similarities to an ongoing Coronation Street storyline, a Manchester construction firm was in court last week on safety charges after a joiner fell through a ceiling.
Patrick Moran, 48 from Stretford, was badly injured in the incident, which happened on 21st May 2013. He had been working on a loft conversion in Chorlton for Quaintbrook Properties Ltd.
The company was prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after an investigation found he had been asked to help install partition walls without any floorboards in place.
Trafford Magistrates' Court heard on Friday (29th August 2014) that Quaintbrook had been hired to carry out loft conversions at two neighbouring properties on York Road. The firm had installed new floor joists but wanted the partition walls to be fitted before the floorboards, so they could be easily lifted up in the future.
The job sheet instructed the two joiners to use boards on the site as temporary flooring but when they arrived they could only find three pieces of wet plywood outside, which were unusable. They therefore had to use some old loft boards to create temporary walkways and kept moving them to reach different areas of the loft.
As the joiners were installing the wooden frame for a partition wall, one of them slipped and his leg went between the floor joists and through the plasterboard ceiling up to his hip.
He managed to pull himself up onto the joints but suffered severe internal bruising and continues to suffer from pins and needles to his left hand, caused by possible nerve damage.
Quaintbrook Properties Ltd, of Oswald Road in Chorlton, was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £5,518 in prosecution costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Laura Moran said: "The joiner was badly injured in the incident but it could easily have been much worse if he had fallen all the way into the room below. Quaintbrook Properties was responsible for his safety but it failed to take this responsibility seriously.
"The company did not give its employees any information about health and safety, or carry out a proper assessment of the risks ahead of the work starting. As well as the missing floorboards, there was also a large opening for the new staircase without any markings or protective measures around it.
"Following the incident, the company arranged for temporary flooring to be installed across the whole area. If this had been in place at the time of the incident then the joiner's injuries could have been avoided."
In the Coronation Street storyline, a local building firm tried to cut costs on a job by using thin boards for flooring the loft of Wetherfield resident Tyrone Dobbs. When Tyrone fell of a step-ladder he came crashing through the ceiling into the bedroom below (pictured below) and needed hospital treatment.
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It's the Spring of 1957 and Bobby goes to pick up his date. He's a pretty hip guy with his own car. When he goes to the front door, the girl's father answers and invites him in.
"Carrie's not ready yet, so why don't you have a seat?" He says.
"That's cool." Says Bobby.
Carrie's father asks Bobby what they're planning to do. Bobby replies politely that they will probably just go to the soda shop or a movie.
Carrie's father responds, "Why don't you two go out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it."
Naturally, this comes as quite a surprise to Bobby, so he asks Carrie's Dad to repeat it.
"Yeah," says Carrie's father, "Carrie really likes to screw; she'll screw all night if we let her!"
Well, this just made Bobby's eyes light up, and his plan for the evening was beginning to look pretty good.
A few minutes later, Carrie comes downstairs in her little poodle skirt and announces that she's ready to go. Almost breathless with anticipation, Bobby escorts his date out the front door.
About 20 minutes later, Carrie rushes back into the house, slams the door behind her, and screams at her father: "DAMMIT DADDY! IT'S CALLED THE TWIST!!!"
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Eric Rosenberg named associate chief medical officer
Eric Rosenberg, M.D., MSPH, FACP, joined the hospital leadership team as associate chief medical officer for UF Health Shands.
In May, Eric Rosenberg, M.D., MSPH, FACP, joined the hospital leadership team as associate chief medical officer for UF Health Shands. Rosenberg will report to the chief medical officer in addition to his role as UF College of Medicine chief of general internal medicine. Our chief medical officer
Rosenberg will report to the chief medical officer in addition to his role as UF College of Medicine chief of general internal medicine. Our chief medical officer physician leaders are resources and catalysts at UF Health Shands. Led by C. Parker Gibbs, M.D., UF Health Shands chief medical officer and UF College of Medicine orthopaedic surgery division chief, they guide us toward our goal of building stronger partnerships between hospital medical staff and clinical teams with collaboration and innovation at the forefront to enhance the patient experience.
Rosenberg's expertise in patient safety and adult inpatient treatment through interprofessional protocols have standardized and improved quality care. He has conducted original research to determine the causes of medical errors and has been an advocate for clinical quality and patient safety training for students in the health sciences.
as associate chief medical officer, ERIC ROSENBERG, News&Notes, UF College of medicine, UF Health
Staff honors longtime administrator


LSA is divided into six colleges, which are named after individuals who have shaped our learning or inspired us - and were chosen by our students: King, Whittle, Holmes, Lennon, Curie and Newton.
The college is the focal point of the community to which our students and staff belong, providing pastoral care, welfare and guidance as well as opportunity to be involved in a whole range of inter - college activities.
Each main school college has around 220 students only, divided into 10 forms; two form groups from Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The form tutor moves up through the college with their form, ensuring five years of continuity.
Leadership of each College is in the hands of a non - teaching member of staff, the College leader.The College Leader coordinates the work of Form Tutors and also has responsibility for college students through their 5 years in the College. The school's Pastoral Leader, Mrs Johnson, is the teaching member of staff with oversight of the work College Leaders across the school.
These arrangements ensure that LSA has the feel of a small school in which students are known as individuals and valued for their unique contribution to college and school.


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Basic Arrhythmia Class
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2021 at 8:00am
Thursday, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:00am
Saint Francis Medical Center
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2021 at 6:00pm
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:00pm
Jackson, MO
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021 at 1:30pm
HealthPoint in Cape
Bootheel Bluegrass Festival
Friday, Jan 22, 2021 at 2:00pm
Saturday, Jan 23, 2021 at 1:00pm
Bavarian Halle
PWP and Care Partners Support Group
Monday, Jan 25, 2021 at 6:00pm
Monday, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:00pm
Cape Girardeau Public Library
PWP annd Care Partners Support Group
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:00pm
Prairie Living at Chautauqua
American Legion - 14th District Meeting
Monday, Feb 8, 2021 at 6:00pm
Monday, Mar 1, 2021 at 6:00pm
Monday, Mar 15, 2021 at 6:00pm
Monday, Apr 5, 2021 at 6:00pm
Monday, Apr 12, 2021 at 6:00pm
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Stepping Stones Bereavement Support Group
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:00pm
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:00pm
Saint Francis Hospice
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2021 at 6:00pm
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 6:00pm
La Croix Church
Cape Girardeau Self-Help Group
Saturday, Feb 20, 2021 at 10:00am
Saint Francis Health And Wellness Center
Howard Aslinger Endurance Event
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Riverboat Series Day 6
Sunday, Apr 11, 2021 at 6:30am
Department Of Missouri Veterans Of Foreign Wars - District 15 Meeting
Sunday, Apr 18, 2021 at 12:00pm
VFW Hall
Muddy River Marathon
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 7:00am
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Game Logs 2019-2020
Date Opp Result G A Pts +/- PIM SOG SPct. PP PPA SHG SHA GWG TOI
10/03 Fla W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 10:55
10/05 @ Fla L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:18
10/06 @ Car OTL 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 12:56
10/10 @ Tor W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
10/12 @ Ott L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:25
10/15 @ Mon W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:00
10/17 @ Bos W-SO 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:42
10/19 Col L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:51
10/29 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 07:45
10/30 @ NJ W 7-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 10:30
11/14 NYR W 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:20
11/16 Wpg L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:08
11/19 @ StL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 06:22
11/25 Buf W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 10:22
11/30 Car L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 07:19
12/03 @ Nsh W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 05:19
12/07 SJ W 7-1 1 2 3 3 0 4 25.0% 0 0 0 0 0 12:38
12/09 NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:56
12/10 @ Fla W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:30
12/12 Bos W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:22
12/14 Was L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:27
12/17 Ott W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:34
12/19 Dal OTL 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:38
12/31 @ Buf W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 07:40
01/04 @ Ott W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0 0 08:50
01/05 @ Car W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 09:40
01/07 Van W 9-2 3 0 3 2 0 7 42.9% 1 0 0 0 0 11:43
01/09 Ari W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:46
01/11 @ Phi W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 11:17
01/12 @ NJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 06:55
01/14 LA W-SO 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 08:08
01/16 @ Min L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 06:53
01/17 @ Wpg W 7-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0 0 11:57
01/27 @ Dal OTL 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 05:56