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Bogibeel bridge opening likely within this fiscal
5 Jul 2017 in Category(ies): Author railPosted on 05/07/2017 05/07/2017 Categories Northeast Frontier Railway
GUWAHATI: Work on the long-awaited Bogibeel Bridge is progressing at a fast pace and Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has completed launching of the 35th girder of the bridge.
NFR officials said that the 35th girder was launched in June. Another six girders remain to be completed and they are expected to be completed by September.
"The sub-structure works for the bridge have already been completed. There are 41 girders, out of which 35 have been launched till date," said an official.
He added, "Girder fabrication and assembly works are being executed with state-of-the-art welding technology as per European standards. The project is progressing as planned. The Railway authorities are planning to complete launching of all the girders by September."
Work on the viaduct in the north bank of the Brahmaputra and the approaches on the National Highway in that direction have already been completed.
"Deck slab concreting of 10 spans have been done and further work are in progress. Track linking from the north bank side has been taken up," said an official, adding that on the south bank work is being carried out by the PWD (National Highways) on the approach road connecting the bridge.
The Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge project was a part of the Assam Accord. The bridge project was sanctioned in 1997 and was declared as a National Project in 2007.
The total project cost is estimated at around Rs 5,000 crore.
The bridge site is 17 kms downstream of Dibrugarh and connects Silapathar in Dhemaji district on the north bank of the Brahmaputra and Bogibeel in Dibrugarh district on the south bank.
At 4.94 kms, the Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge will be the longest bridge over the Brahmaputra and also the longest rail-cum-road bridge in India.
The bridge is planned for commissioning within the current fiscal.
Apart from the main bridge, the project also incorporates guide bunds (2,043 metres of guide bunds on the south bank and 2,792 metres on the north bank) and road viaducts on the north and south banks, 32 kms of dyke strengthening, National Highway road network of 30 kms, railway network of 74 kms and six new stations, including Dibrugarh station.


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1993 Mumbai blasts: Verdict in case against Abu Salem on June 16
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| Updated: Monday, May 29, 2017, 21:07 [IST]
Mumbai, May 29: A special court here will, on June 16, deliver its verdict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case against mafia don Abu Salem and six others, it was announced on Monday.
All the seven accused were produced before Special TADA Court Judge G. A. Sanap here for an ongoing hearing on the judgement date.
Apart from Abu Salem, who was extradited from Portugal in 2005, the other accused are Mustafa Dossa (extradited from the UAE), Mohammed Tahir Merchant alias Tahir Takla, Abdul Qayyum, Karimullah Khan, Riyaz Siddiqui and Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan.
Abu Salem is charged with supplying the arms and ammunitions for the blasts, Dossa is facing charges of conspiracy and arranging landing of the explosives - around 3,000 kg of RDX, along with his associates in Raigad.
Merchant arranged for the others involved to travel to Pakistan for training, Qayyum is accused of supplying weapons to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and other charges, Karimullah Khan charged with smuggling the explosives into the country through Shekhadi Port in Raigad while Siddiqui and Feroze Khan are charged with transporting the explosives to the various targeted locations in Mumbai.
The current trial is known as Case B since these seven accused were nabbed when the main trial in the case against the other 123 accused was already underway.
Several other prime accused in the case including the mastermind and former Mumbai underworld don, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and his henchman who carried out the blasts, Tiger Memon, are still absconders.
Abu Salem, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005 for the 1995 murder of builder Pradeep Jain, is currently lodged in Taloja Central Jail in Raigad.
Earlier, in the same case, the special court had convicted 100 accused, including Yakub Abdul Razak Memon who was hanged on July 30, 2015.
Actor Dutt, who was let off the terrorism charges but tried and convicted under the Arms Act, served his full sentence and was released from jail in February 2016.
On the afternoon of March 12, 1993, a series of 13 blasts in quick succession were carried at various locations in Mumbai city and suburbs killing 257 people and injuring another 700 plus.
The blasts, said to be in retaliation for the demolition of the Babri Mosque in December 1992 and the subsequent bloody two-phased communal riots of Mumbai in December 1992-January 1993 - were master-minded by don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and carried out by his henchmen, like Tiger Memon and others.
At the end of a marathon trial lasting over 13 years, in September 2006, 12 accused were sentenced to death but 10 of these commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court later, and another 20 were given life sentence.
The prime targeted locations included the Air India Building, Bombay Stock Exchange, Zaveri Bazar, then existing five star hotels, Hotel SeaRock and Hotel Juhu Centaur, and others leading to public and private property worth Rs 27 crore damaged.
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Aim: This study investigates whether screening tools for dysfunctional breathing measure distinct or associated aspects of breathing functionality.
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Results: Significant correlations where found within categories of measures however ccorrelations between variables in different categories were generally not significant. No measures were found to correlate with carbon dioxide levels.
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Communication » Communication Theory and Philosophy » Remediation
Remediation (Bolter & Grusin 1999) refers to a historical process through which newer media forms interact with earlier ones. On the very first page of Understanding media (1964), Marshall McLuhan noted that the "'content' of any medium is always another medium: the content of writing is speech, just as the written word is the content of print." Remediation proceeds from this insight, but understands the process as more complex and historically nuanced.
The relationship between media is not a linear process of replacement or incorporation, as McLuhan suggested; instead, the media of a given culture enter into a configuration of relationships involving cooperation as well as competition among numerous media. When a new medium is introduced (e.g., film at the beginning of the twentieth century, television in the middle, or the computer at the end), the whole configuration may shift. Designers and producers working in the new medium may seek to take over the roles previously played by the established media, and their counterparts in the established media may respond either by yielding easily or by reasserting their own roles. This dual process of appropriation and reappropriation will remain ongoing as long as the various media remain vigorous. Today, printed materials (books, magazines, newspapers), film, television, and radio remain important, although practitioners in these media have had to adjust their roles because of the introduction of digital forms.
One might generalize and claim that Hollywood film remediates the novel, or that computer games remediate film. Used more precisely, however, the term "remediation" describes specific creative acts: the computer game The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers remediates the Peter Jackson films, which in turn remediate the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. Remediation is not a mere transfer of content. In the quotation from Understanding media above, McLuhan himself put the word "content" in quotation marks, indicating that the distinction of form and content was problematic for him. By the same token, new media producers do not remediate content per se, but rather the representational practices of a previous media form.
For example, some video and computer games borrow and refashion camera techniques and narrative elements from film. Such games have radically extended the first-person (or subjective) camera. In film, the subjective camera locates the viewer in the persona of one or a few main characters. Early generations of action and role-playing games put the player almost exclusively into the viewing position of the main figure. This practice (which may in fact have been adopted to make the rendering of computer graphics more efficient) was promoted as a defining advantage of games over film. Games were and are still claimed to be interactive: not only can the player see through the eyes of the main character, but he or she can act as the main character, usually by fighting opponents and gaining various forms of treasure. Later games have become more sophisticated in their camerawork, refashioning many Hollywood techniques quite explicitly in so-called cut scenes over which the player has no control. Game producers, however, continue to insist on the advantage of games as a representational practice: they are interactive, not fully determined by the game designer.
This claim to greater authenticity (or sometimes even "reality") is a defining aspect of remediation in general. For this reason, acts of remediation establish an ambivalent relationship between the remediating and remediated forms. The producers of the new form borrow representational elements from the older one, but, in refashioning those elements, they further make an implicit or explicit claim that their new form is in some way better, i.e., more authentic or more realistic.
Bolter and Grusin (1999) identified two main representational strategies of remediation: transparency and hypermediacy. Transparency is a strategy that dates back at least to Renaissance painting, in which the artist or producer tries to erase the evidence of the medium: to make the medium disappear so that viewers may feel as if they were in the presence of the object or scene represented. Examples include linear-perspective painting, so-called "straight photography," Hollywood narrative cinema, and digital interactive narratives. Hypermediacy is the opposite strategy, in which the producer acknowledges and even celebrates the process of mediation. Examples include avant-garde cinema, postmodern architecture, and many forms of digital installation and performance art. As approaches to remediation, a focus on either transparency or hypermediacy indicates whether the producer is inclined to cover up or to acknowledge a dependence on earlier media forms. The strategy of transparency often makes a direct appeal to nature, denying its dependence on these earlier forms.
Remediation is one theoretical approach to comparative media studies. Intermediality is another term that covers, for instance, an approach currently pursued by a variety of scholars in Europe and Canada. While intermediality often implies synchronic studies of media forms, remediation entails a historical approach. This historical perspective is grounded in a conviction that there is a relationship between formal strategies of representation and the ideologies of particular times and cultural groups. Strategies of remediation are also strategies for affirming cultural identities. Thus, the so-called music-video and remix generation may favor a strategy of hybridity and hypermediacy, while older viewers may prefer the transparency that still characterizes Hollywood films.
Bolter, J. D., & Grusin, R. (1999). Remediation: Understanding new media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Fetveit, A., & Stald, G. S. (eds.) (in preparation). Digital aesthetics and communication: Conceptual and theoretical reassessments.
Manovich, L. (2001). The language of new media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Müller, J. E. (1996). Intermedialität, Formen modener kultureller Kommunikation. Münster: Nordus Publikationen.
Qvortrup, L., & Philipsen, H. (eds.) (in preparation). Moving media studies: Remediation revisited.
Spielmann, Y. (1998). Intermedialität: Das System Peter Greenaway. Munich: Wilhelm Fink.
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.Flower Child Opening at Wildwood Center in July
Flower Child Opening at Wildwood Center in July
Bethesda location is second in Montgomery County for restaurant
By Charlie Wright
Flower Child will open a North Bethesda restaurant in July, the second location in the county.
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Flower Child is set to arrive at Wildwood shopping center in Bethesda in July.
The fast-casual, vegetable-centric restaurant will open its second Montgomery County location at 10205 Old Georgetown Road on July 2 following the success of one at Travilah Square Shopping Center in Rockville.
"There's a lot of families in the area, there's schools nearby," Flower Child Regional Manager of Restaurant Operations Jessica Mulroy said. "It's a healthy, fit community. Flower Child's model really works well in a neighborhood like that."
Flower Child features farm-fresh ingredients used in dishes that are all made from scratch, along with a beverage program with juice options made with excess fruit and vegetables. The restaurant also has organic wine, Maryland beer, cold-brew coffee and a variety of lemonades.
Salads, wraps and bowls are $9 to $13, while plates are $9.50 and include a choice of two dishes, such as gluten-free macaroni and cheese along with sautéed broccoli. Chicken, steak and other proteins can be added for $5 to $7.
The sidewalk near the restaurant was extended and dotted with furniture "to create a place to hang out," said Kari Glinski, director of asset management at Federal Realty Investment Trust, a real estate group that owns and operates Wildwood.
"It should be an environment where you feel comfortable to enjoy yourself, not just be rushed out," Flower Child General Manager Chris Boitel said.
Boitel was the general manager at the Rockville location and will be moving to the same position at the Bethesda restaurant.
A parking lot with 42 spaces was also added beside Flower Child, part of Federal Realty's $5 million investment in the property.
Flower Child will host a job fair at the restaurant from today through Saturday and June 17 to 22.
This article was updated with the correct address from Flower Child representatives.
Charlie Wright can be reached at charlie.wright@bethesdamagazine.com
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Around 1920, local citizens lobbied successfully to establish Whitewater State Park to protect some of the most beautiful parts of the Whitewater River Valley. Picturesque limestone bluffs and deep ravines make Whitewater a very popular park. It is an angler's paradise with brown, brook and rainbow trout swimming in the spring-fed Whitewater River and Trout Run Creek. Visitors enjoy a sandy swimming beach, a year-round visitor center, easy-to-challenging hiking trails, camping, staying at the group center in rustic, winterized cabins. Winter visitors enjoy cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Nearly 50 kinds of mammals and 250 kinds of birds use the Whitewater River Valley during the course of a year. Wild turkeys and bald eagles can be found year-round. In the spring, listen and look for a rare bird, the Louisiana waterthrush. Of Minnesota's rare animals and plants, 43 percent live in the Blufflands.
This project involved a relatively small parcel that was an inholding within the park located near the entrance. Acquiring the land helped to ensure a contiguous park management. In 2017 one of the campgrounds was moved from its flood-prone location to higher ground near the location of this land.
Trout Run Creek meanders through this 40-acre parcel that contains some of the Whitewater Valley's most important and unique natural resources. Acquiring this land for the park ensures this important waterway remain clean and prime habitat for trout and the many other wildlife that rely on this creek. Parks & Trails Council partnered with the Whitewater State Park Citizen's Association and the Citizens for Southeast Minnesota State Parks to complete this project.
As visitors arrive to the park and walk into the Visitor Center, they are greeted by the stunning view of giant, forested bluffs towering over them. Beginning in 2000 worries were mounting that this view would be forever lost as the iconic land was put up for sale.
At the time, most of this property was relatively flat farmland located on top of the bluff with the steep slopes leading down to the park that were not tillable and therefore forested. The matter became urgent when the county approved plans for subdividing the land. Visions of multiple dwellings dotting the top the bluff seemed inevitable. Furthermore, discussions were underway to cut down the trees along the slopes to harvest their timber. The landscape would have been completely changed and yet it nearly seemed out of reach for the park to acquire the land.
Parks & Trails Council engaged in extensive negotiations with the landowners over the course of five years and in 2005 we purchased 216 acres of the property, specifically the iconic bluffs towering over the visitor center. Critical to this purchase was a donation from the WM Foundation of $1 million and a $250,000 gift from The McKnight Foundation.
When a private residence went for sale along the road leading to the park visitor center, it was an opportunity to buy the land that could be impact the overall park experience. Most park visitors drive past this land, and the house then existed, on the way to the visitor center and see it as they hike the popular trail behind the center.
Parks & Trails Council stepped up to purchase the land and house when the park lacked the funding to act before it was sold to another private owner. It took four years of holding the land in trust before the park was able to incorporate it into the park.


Lightly raced four-year-old Nordic Lights improved on a promising Carnival debut when making virtually all to beat fellow Godolphin runner Desert Fire in the nine-furlong turf handicap on week six of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan, UAE, on Thursday, 7 February.
The Charlie Appleby-trained son of Intello, runner-up to First Nation in a similar contest over a mile and a quarter on Thursday, 17 January, broke smartly under William Buick and soon took the 12-strong field along.
Nordic Lights kicked on at the top of the straight and kept on strongly to come home two and a quarter lengths ahead of Desert Fire (Saeed bin Suroor/Christophe Soumillon), who was handy throughout, in 1m 49.69s on good ground.
Charlie Appleby said, "We tried to eliminate the preliminaries as much as possible with Nordic Lights, which helps because he is very hard on himself. Coming back to nine furlongs also suited.
"He was just running out of gas over 10 furlongs last time and got caught late on, so we were confident that he would have the pace for this trip and hopefully see it out strongly.
"He soon starts to get himself worked up down at the start and it's just a question of trying to keep the lid on him for as long as possible. It was handy that we were allowed to get him down to post early and keep him as calm as possible.
"He was a breeze-up horse and was probably asked to do quite a bit as a two-year-old for a big horse. I think that has sort of played on him, so you are better off keeping it simple and letting him get on with it.
"He deserved to get his head in front as he is a horse who has always shown a lot of potential and never quite gone through with it. Hopefully, he will gain some confidence from today.
William Buick added, "Charlie told me to get on Nordic Lights early and try to make it as easy as possible for the horse.
"We managed to set him off on the right foot today and it made a difference as he is in the right frame of mind.
"He is a strong galloper and has always been a horse who has been held in fairly high regard, so it is nice that it has come together for him.
"Nordic Lights is just a horse who, once he steps onto the track, he is in the ring and it's time to go to work. He is a very honest horse and, if they all tried as much as he does, it would be lovely.


The Health centre caters to the needs of students, staff, non-teaching staff, visiting faculty of the University and to a limited extend to the needs of the surrounding cluster of villages. The Health centre as yet does not have in-patient therapy units. An expansion of the physical infrastructure of the Health centre is under way and when the work is completed, limited in-patient services will also be offered. There are three Medical Officers manning the Health centre.
Out-patient clinic & free drug dispensary (with an annual budget of 4.2 lakhs) to students, Research Scholars, Teaching and Non-Teaching staff and their families, Hostel staff and their families, campus residents and hostel inmates, delegates of seminars, Spot valuation staff, Summer course students, N.S.S. Programme volunteers, participants of sports meets, Cultural meets, Youth festivals, Competitive exams goings, guests of students and staff, Building construction workers, and canteen workers and helpless people.
Pregnency identification and confirmation and antenatal checkups.
NOTE: The Health centre actively participates in blood donation capms, diabetes detection camps, pulse polio programmes and other health awareness promotion activities. It has also taken part in the various rounds of Janmabhoomi.


Girl group CHERRSEE has released their latest MV for Piano.
It was selected to be the main promotional track for the girls' very first mini-album titled Melody.
Melody will be released in the standard two versions, CD only and CD+DVD. Six tracks will be included in total, along with instrumental versions for each song. The DVD version will include the full MV for the promotional song Piano.
Piano is a refreshing pop song with a catchy beat. The girls wear sleek black outfits while performing in a mansion, other scenes include the members wearing cute white and black outfits while dancing in front of a forest area.
Melody will be released nationwide in Japan on May 30th, 2018.


Thank you so much for responding, let me know how many disc and your address and I will get them in the mail ASAP!
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If there really is no such thing as bad publicity, then the furious attention around Will.i.am's new album #willpower is exactly what he wanted. What's more likely is that his decision to brazenly and blatantly rip off Arty & Mat Zo's 2011 Trance hit "Rebound" for the fifth track from his album, "Let's Go" has resulted in a larger and angrier backlash than he expected.
The irony of this is that in attempting to jump on the 'EDM' bandwagon, his obvious plagiarism immediately creates tension and resentment, instantly distancing himself from a large group of listeners that he was presumably attempting to appeal to. Also his timing of this is impeccable, when all forms of EDM (horrible word) has mainstream attention greater than at any point in the last 10 – 15 years, possibly ever. If the label Anjunabeats decides to take legal action over this or loudly denounce him and demand compensation, as they are entitled to, the negative press attention over this will go even further backing Will.i.am in to a corner, and it almost certainly won't end well for him.
The general feeling around this is that Will.i.am deserves whatever negativity he receives for his actions. If following this commercial artists think twice before ripping off other artists work then at least some good will come from this.
" Anjunabeats is the record label behind Arty and Mat Zo and owns the master recording rights to their collaboration "Rebound." Mat Zo and Arty have been important members of the Anjunabeats family for a number of years and "Rebound" was one of the label's most popular releases in 2011.


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Congressional day care center with miniature National Mall to open, with $12 million taxpayer-funded outlay
By Gregg Re | Fox News
A new congressional day care expansion is opening this week, after a $12 million taxpayer-funded outlay -- and members won't have to pay nearly as much as many D.C. residents. (Architect of the Capitol's Office)
Following a $12 million taxpayer outlay spearheaded last year by GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a newly expanded congressional day care center is set to partially open this week, featuring a playground complete with a miniature Capitol dome and Washington Monument.
The 26,000-square foot facility, which an host up to 120 toddlers, services both members of Congress and their staff, in an effort to make working on Capitol Hill more appealing.
In early 2018, the waiting list for the House day care facility reportedly topped 175 names, and newborns at both the House and Senate day care centers typically waited between two and three years for a slot to open. The delays were so lengthy that many House employees signed up before they became pregnant.
"The Senate day care and the House day care -- they're the golden egg," former U.S. Senate counsel Michele Jawando said in an interview with NBC News last year. "They're the Willy Wonka golden ticket."
Members of the 116th Congress take ceremonial swearing-in photos with Speaker Pelosi
A second expansion to the facility is expected to open next year, and provide space for an additional 120 preschool-age children. The waiting list on the House side is expected to drop to just one year after the expansions are complete.
"If somebody is working for you and wants to continue to serve government, but says 'I don't have day care so I can't stay here, the wait list is too long, the quality is not there,' then you are disadvantaging who can actually serve and work in government at the same time," McCarthy, who pushed for the new facility while he was House Majority Leader last year, said in an interview with NPR.
"This is the only Washington Monument in D.C. that you can climb up," he added, referring to the playground in the facilty.
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Parents with kids at the day care can expect to pay between $1100 and $1700 a month, according to NPR. That would seemingly represent some potential savings for those able to claim a spot: In 2015, The Washington Post reported that a single year of infant care in a day-care center in Washington, D.C. costs $22,631, or more than $1800 a month. (The costs plummet to an average of $1161 per month in Maryland.)
But a congressional official with knowledge of the day care's planning told Fox News that the rates for members and their staff are not subsidized by taxpayers. The Chief Administrative Officer of the House did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment on how the rates were determined or whether they were subsidized.
Only two lawmakers currently have children in the day care center, according to congressional sources, and lawmakers do not receive preferential access over staffers.
The sky-high cost of living in D.C. was thrust into the national spotlight in November, when 29-year-old New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez annoounced that she could not afford to rent an apartment in the city until her six-figure congressional salary kicked in.
"I have three months without a salary before I'm a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real," Ocasio-Cortez told The New York Times.
Gregg Re is producer of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on the Fox News Channel. He has an A.B. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he edited the Law Review. Follow him on Twitter @gregg_re or email him at gregory.re@fox.com.


Two just people left their doctor's appointment feeling pretty frustrated. Why? Because they didn't get answers to their questions.
Dave had thought a lot about what he wanted to ask his doctor and had come prepared with a list of questions. About a dozen. He was planning to go through them with his doctor, one by one.
Lisa had also done a lot of thinking about her appointment. While she didn't actually make a list, she knew she would remember them.
Dave and Lisa didn't get their question answered for two different reasons. But for the same reason.
And while Dave's doctor had provided the answers to these questions, Dave felt like he hadn't been given the information he thought he needed and deserved.
Lisa's doctor started the appointment by asking her some questions. She was considering making changes to Lisa's medication regimen, and wanted to review Lisa's current progress before she made her decision. This caught Lisa off guard. As a result, not only did she forget her questions, but she forgot she had questions in the first place.
What's next for Dave and Lisa? Chances are, another appointment to get the answers that they didn't get this time.
So how could this situation have been avoided? After all, while Lisa didn't have her questions written down, Dave had taken the time to make a list. Yet they both walked out with unanswered questions.
The solution here lies somewhere in the middle. Not remember to ask your question basically guarantees that you won't get answers. On the other hand, bringing a long, overwhelming list of questions pretty much guarantees the same thing. But how about coming to the appointment with a reasonable list of questions, based on what you most need to know? And that your doctor can answer within the time that you have together? Maybe three questions?
Keep realistic expectations. Physicians are limited by their organizations and/or managed care in terms of how much time they can spend with each patient. As a result, they usually don't have time to pore through long lists of questions. So both patients and physicians each have a responsibility to make the best use of that time. Time is money. That's the system.
Don't view your doctor as your only source of information. In the not too distant past, physicians rolled their eyes in annoyance when patients started to talk about what they had learned in their own research. Now, most doctors expect their patients to take responsibility for keeping themselves informed.
Give yourself permission to participate actively in your healthcare. Sometimes patients feel hesitant about asking their doctor questions. They may be concerned that their doctor might think they doubt his/her competence. Or that they will be viewed as "high maintenance." But doctors appreciate when patients take an active role in their healthcare, and that includes asking questions.
Do some brainstorming with yourself. To start the process of coming up with the best questions to ask your doctor, keep an ongoing list between appointments. Anything that comes to mind, jot it down. As your appointment gets closer, take some time to sit down and add any other question that pops into your mind. Don't hold back. The idea here is to have a big list that you can then narrow down to a few key questions.
Do some of your own research. When you brainstorm on questions to ask your doctor, you may come up with a few that you haven't thought about before. This might be a time to jump on the Web and go to some trustworthy sites to update your research. You may find some of your own answers, or you may come up with some better questions based on what you learn. It's never a bad idea to keep your knowledge up to date.
Narrow your list down to what you need to know now. After you have done your research, go back through your list and decide what questions you most need answers to. (Our friend Dave could have benefitted from this exercise.) Not sure how to make this decision?
Ideally, limit your list to three questions. These should be the questions you are most concerned about, or you feel are the most urgent. Keep in mind that three questions will not be sufficient in every situation. For example, if you are newly diagnosed, or are making a major medication change, or are experiencing unusual symptoms, you will most likely need to ask your doctor more than three questions. Also, some physicians are better communicators than others. If your doctor tends to be more reserved, then you may routinely have to do more digging to get the information you need. If your doctor is talker, he/she may anticipate your questions before you even ask.
Record your questions. Write/type them on something you can easily access and won't leave behind. Your smartphone or some other electronic media. A notecard. A piece of paper. And then make sure you this with you when you are at your doctor's office. You may have to tie a string around your finger to remind yourself to pull out your questions. Whatever it takes. You've only got one chance here, unless you want to make another appointment or get your doctor's attention by phone or email.
Start by listening. It's human nature to be so concerned about what you want to say next that you don't hear what the other person is saying. Remind yourself to begin the appointment in listening mode. Your doctor is most likely seeing one patient after the other, so you may benefit by not breaking his/her train of thought. And, after having reviewed your record, your doctor probably has an initial agenda for the appointment, e.g. to ask you some questions, to tell you something, or to examine you. It might help to have your questions in front of you so you don't have to worry about forgetting them. You're doctor may answer some of your questions before you even need to ask them.
Choose the right time to bring up your questions. You may want to ask a question or two at appropriate times during the appointment. Or you may want to save your questions until the end. Use your judgment. You know your doctor, and you know what's comfortable for you.
Assert yourself. For example, your doctor may be talking about one of your medications and one of your questions may pertain to that medication. If so, wait until he/she pauses, and jump in, or hold a finger up to signal that you need to speak, and introduce your question with something like: "I actually have a question about ____." And ask your question. Or it may be more appropriate to wait until the end of the appointment, and then say, "I brought in a couple of quick questions that I need to ask you before we finish." And ask your questions.
And if no is the usual answer, then maybe it's time to consider talking to another doctor. We live in age of empowered medical consumers. Doctors have learned to appreciate, and even welcome, questions from their patients. That's how doctors and patients communicate. If your doctor doesn't seem willing to answer your questions, or if you don't feel like you are getting complete answers, then it may be time to obtain a second opinion. Or to find a physician who considers you to be a member of the team.
Dave and Lisa were better prepared for their next doctor's appointment. Lisa took the time to make write a couple of questions on her smartphone. Dave pared his list down to three questions, which he wrote on a notecard. As a result they left the appointment with answers instead of questions. And probably avoided having to schedule another appointment to fill in the gaps.
Your time is important. Your doctor's time is important. Get prepared for your appointments by knowing what you already know, and being ready to ask what you need to know.


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Heartstopper Volume Four
by Alice Oseman
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.
'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry On
Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.
Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind – not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.
As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.
Heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.
'The queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.' Gay Times
This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.
Genre: Children's, Teenage & Educational / Children's / Teenage Fiction & True Stories / Romance & Relationships Stories (children's
On Sale: 13th May 2021
Heartstopper


Detroit pizza grows in Austin. The "313" in Via 313 is an homage to the founder's childhood home in Detroit, Michigan. Fortunately, it wasn't just the area code that owners Zane and Brandon Hunt brought to Austin back in 2009. They brought recipes, cooking techniques, and auto parts pans. Yes, pans designed to hold spare auto parts are used to cook Detroit style pizza. The high square sides of the deep dish auto parts pan permits the dough to rise higher and the cheese to extend to the edge. It is likely that Sicilian immigrants to Michigan have been cooking pizza in this manner for generations, but only once it left the area was the term "Detroit style" applied. While it may not have been the Hunt brothers that coined the term, they definitely did their part to master it and introduce it to satisfied Austinites. I recommend "The Detroiter" which comes with two layers of zesty pepperoni and cheese topped with a copious amount a rich tomato sauce. The thick slices may have a light focaccia-esque consistency but I'd advise you to err on the side of under ordering as they tend to expand in your stomach. Located on Austin's renowned 6th street, the original Via 313 operates out of a trailer having no tables or facilities of its own. Fortunately, the trailer is parked in the front lawn of the Violet Crown bar which welcomes and encourages ordering from Via 313. Other brick and mortar locations have opened since, as the world is falling in love with Via 313's Detroit style pizza. I, personally, can't wait until a Via 313 opens near me.
1. Robin Rothman and I went as the Mario Bros. for Halloween.
2. After pizza, Robin and I went to an open mic at B.D. Riley's on Austin's famous 6th Street.
3. Last night, I had a midnight burrito and woke up and had breakfast tacos. I can't get enough of this Tex-Mex food!
VPN in Hill Country. Where the highway meets the hills on the outskirts of Austin, Texas might soon be the prime destination for authentic Naples style pizza thanks to Pieous. Certified Verace Pizza Napoletana (VPN) each pizza at Pieous abides by strict preparation guidelines from how the dough is stretched, to specific bake time and temperature in the wood-fired brick oven. The high quality ingredients are sourced locally and the fresh mozzarella is made in house. Something else made in house is their mouth-watering pastrami. Although it is not recommended as a topping due to its powerful flavor profile, a pizza and a side of pastrami make a great meal. Save some room for the delectable desserts if you can. The word is out, so lines do form often, but the friendly staff and cool music makes the wait during the rush a lot more palatable. The pizza, [dessert] pies, and pastrami are such a tasty trinity, you may just have a religious experience at Pieous.
1. Robin Rothman and I went last minute costume shopping after pizza.
2. Afterward, Robin and I went to an open mic. She sang and was amazing. I sat in the audience and blogged about pizza. As a matter of fact, I am writing this here now.


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Three New Offshore Wind Projects Emerge in Australia
December 22, 2021, by Adrijana Buljan
Spain-based BlueFloat Energy and Australia's Energy Estate, which recently partnered to develop offshore wind projects in New Zealand and Australia, have revealed the first three offshore wind farms they are developing together in Australia.
The projects, which have a total installed capacity of 4.3 GW, include one bottom-fixed and two floating wind farms, with floating wind technology planned to be installed off the coast of New South Wales and bottom-fixed turbines planned for the waters offshore Victoria.
The partners said on 22 December that they were also assessing a number of additional sites in each of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania and they planned to announce further projects early next year.
In North South Wales, BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate are developing Hunter Coast Offshore Wind Project, a 1.4 GW floating wind farm south of Newcastle in the Hunter Coast region, and a 1.6 GW floating wind project called Wollongong Offshore Wind Project, which includes two sites off Wollongong in the Illawarra region.
The Hunter Coast floating wind farm, located in the offshore wind renewable energy zone identified by AEMO in the draft 2022 Integrated System Plan, would supply electricity to existing large energy users such as Tomago's aluminium smelter as well as to the emerging loads such as green hydrogen being promoted by the Hunter Hydrogen Hub, according to BlueFloat and Energy Estate, a developer of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects in Australia and New Zealand.
The large-scale Wollongong floating wind project, located across two sites in the NSW offshore wind renewable energy zone, would support the existing industrial ecosystem in Illawarra and facilitate growth of new industries in the region, including green hydrogen for export and domestic markets such as mobility.
The bottom-fixed offshore wind farm, located off the coast of the Gippsland region in Victoria and named Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project, is planned to have an installed capacity of 1.3 GW.
This large-scale offshore wind farm, located in the Bass Strait, builds on the momentum for an accelerated retirement of brown coal projects in the La Trobe Valley and is intended to complement the existing and planned transmission infrastructure in Gippsland, the developers said.
"The timing of our announcement comes hot on the heels of Australia's Federal Government passing legislation that provides a framework for developing offshore wind projects here. This is a pivotal step as the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 establishes a regulatory scaffold to enable the construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore electricity infrastructure", said Nick Sankey, Country Manager for BlueFloat Energy.
Australia Clears Path for Offshore Wind Projects
At the end of the last month, Australia's Parliament endorsed a package of new laws establishing the regulatory framework around electricity infrastructure projects in Commonwealth waters.
The Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 allows the government to designate areas in Commonwealth waters more than three miles offshore for wind energy development. In addition, the accompanying Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021 allows for the imposition of levies on regulated entities to recover the regulatory costs.
BlueFloat Energy and Energy Estate announced their partnership, at the same time Australian government passed the new legislation, saying they teamed up with Elemental Group for offshore wind in New Zealand while the two companies had also partnered to develop offshore wind projects in Australia.
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European Pillar of Social Rights, CECOP: high appetite by European Commission, now implementation
Employment & Social Inclusion Sustainable Growth
11 Mar 2021 News Press release
The European Commission published its "Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights" on March 4th, 2021. CECOP welcomes that steps are taken in target setting to make the European Pillar of Social Rights a reality, but urges the Commission to raise its ambitions in the implementation of the Action Plan. This means including all dimensions of the Social Pillar.
The European Institutions proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017 with a catalogue of 20 social rights to which the European Union committed itself. On March 4th, 2021 the European Commission released its Action Plan to implement these social rights in the European Union. CECOP welcomes that this action plan acknowledges the potential of social economy actors such as worker and social cooperatives in delivering these social rights to European citizens. By providing access to social services, ensuring the inclusion of people in vulnerable positions, delivering quality jobs and bringing value to their communities, worker and social cooperatives in Europe are at the forefront of implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights. CECOP appreciates the acknowledgement of the social economy in the Action Plan as an important strategic partner in its implementation.
Climate change and increasing inequalities made it clear that European societies are in a transition process, for which the European Commission established policies under the European Green Deal. Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the livelihoods of European citizens and the European Union levied unprecedented resources to respond to this new crisis that reinforces existing inequalities and problems in Europe.
The Action Plan foresees three 'headline targets' to be met by 2030: at least 78 % of the population aged 20-64 should be in employment, at least 60 % of all adults should participate in training every year, and the number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion should be reduced by 15 million. These headline targets include several sub-targets:
Employment: 78 % of the population aged 20-64 in employment
At least halve the gender employment gap.
Increase the provision of formal early childhood education and care.
Decrease the rate of young people aged 15-29 neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEETs) from 12.6 to 9%.
60 % of adults in annual training
80% of those aged 17-74 should have basic digital skills.
Early school leaving should be reduced and secondary education increased.
15 million less at risk of poverty
5 million of which should be children.
These targets are crucial in implementing key elements of the European Pillar of Social Rights. However, it is regretful that the Action Plan does not cover all 20 points of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The European Union and its member states need to take effective steps to address all dimensions of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
To ensure coherence with the commitments made under the Agenda 2030, we welcome that the Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights includes direct links to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs have proven to be a comprehensive framework towards sustainable societies, which is the target of all EU policies and this Action Plan is moving towards.
Cooperatives need active policies to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights
Ahead of the publication of the Social Pillar Action Plan, CECOP published a position paper, demanding that the Action Plan addresses 1) job creation and equal opportunities in the workplace, 2) fair working conditions, 3) access to social protection, and 4) support for social economy enterprises such as worker and social cooperatives. The Action Plan addresses these points to varying degrees:
1. Job creation and equal opportunities
Especially considering the COVID crisis, job preservation and job creation are important to allow for social inclusion. However, job creation is not a panacea and not all jobs provide decent work in dignity. The target of 78% of the population aged 20-64 in employment compared to 72.4% in the end of 2020 will require the maintenance and creation of new jobs.
The sub-targets to halve the gender employment gap, the improvement of early childhood education and care, and to bring young people in employment or education are crucial to provide equal opportunities. CECOP therefore welcomes these targets.
Furthermore, the Action Plan reiterates the need of equal opportunity regardless of sex, ethnic or racial origin, disability, religion or belief, age, and sexual orientation. Equal opportunities in the labour market are crucial for social inclusion. Social cooperatives in Europe developed various models to provide opportunities for persons in marginalized situations, such as persons with disabilities and others. In particular, social cooperatives that offer work integration and/or access to services to people with disability play a key role in the social inclusion of their beneficiaries who are often worker members, integrating a governance model that involves many stakeholders: public authorities, healthcare workers, families and clients. CECOP therefore welcomes the recently published EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disability 2021-2030.
The Action Plan highlights the importance of a 'vibrant industry […] to Europe's future prosperity and a key source of new jobs.' The ways to achieve these will be outlined in the European Industrial Strategy and the Circular Economy Action plan. Worker cooperatives are an integral part of Europe's industry and have repeatedly shown their ability to create and retain high-quality jobs, whilst being resilient in times of crisis. Therefore, worker cooperatives need to be supported in the upcoming update of the EU Industry Strategy. Especially topics such as business transfers to employees under the cooperative form (worker buy-outs) can be utilized to ensure the continuity of enterprises, to maintain jobs and a stable industrial basis. This needs comprehensive support measures and a legal framework within the European Union.
The Action Plan acknowledges the important role of the social economy in job creation while addressing key societal challenges. The upcoming Social Economy Action Plan therefore needs to provide comprehensive support to social economy enterprises, including worker and social cooperatives. CECOP therefore welcomes the roadmap consultation that was conducted in the creation of the Social Economy Action Plan.
2. Fair working conditions
The Action Plan rightly identifies the issue of in-work poverty and inequality as a key challenge to fair work. CECOP welcomes the proposed Directive on Minimum Wages to fight in-work poverty and ensure work in dignity.
A second crucial field of intervention is the blurring lines between employees and self-employed. Especially in the new digital economy, the misclassification of workers as self-employed is a harmful practice, denying workers access to social protection and work in dignity. The recently published social partner consultation on the Platform Work Initiative needs to take ambitious steps to ensure decent work and access to social protection for workers in the platform economy. This also needs to address the issue of algorithmic management and ownership of data.
3. Access to social protection
The Action Plan calls to ensure social inclusion of vulnerable and people in poverty by reducing the number of people in or at risk at poverty by 15 million. This is a crucial step to ensure social protection and inclusion. However, the aim needs to be the eradication of poverty in Europe.
Furthermore, the Action Plan calls for effective access to essential services of sufficient quality. This target is crucial to ensure social protection and inclusion to the most vulnerable. This is a good opportunity to reiterate the important role social cooperatives take in the provision of such services (general interest services, including services for people in marginalized situations). CECOP therefore hopes that the announced report on access to essential services will take account of this work and lead to steps to support social cooperatives in Europe.
The Action Plan foresees the publication of a report on Public Procurement of Innovation and one on Socially Responsible Public Procurement. CECOP welcomes these reports and reiterates that public procurement can be an impactful tool to support social service providers such as social cooperatives, which improves the livelihoods and access to social protection of citizens.
To ensure better access to long-term care, the Commission proposes an Initiative on Long-Term Care to be brought forward. Protecting against the risks of life includes the provision of care to those who need it. Ensuring access to long-term care therefore is a crucial step to fill gaps in social protection.
4. Support for social economy enterprises such as worker and social cooperatives
The Action Plan indicates that the European Commission will provide increasing support to the social economy. Specifically, the InvestEU scheme will allow for increased investment in the social economy, both through financial instruments and grants. Furthermore, steps are planned to increase the visibility of the social economy. CECOP welcomes these steps and urges to pay particular attention to the social innovation brought forward by social economy enterprises such as workers and social cooperatives.
The Action Plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights addresses many of the needs expressed by CECOP ahead of its publication. However, the European Commission needs to uphold its ambitions to deliver on the European Pillar of Social Rights, especially in the implementation of the proposed initiatives. It is regretful that the Action Plan does not cover all aspects of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Therefore, it is even more important to upkeep the ambitions on which the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States agreed upon in Gothenburg with the ratification of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
In the announced steps taken, the European Commission needs to ensure:
That worker cooperatives are recognized as an integral part of Europe's industry in the upcoming update of the Industrial Strategy.
Provide support and legal frameworks for business transfers to employees under the cooperative form.
Support for persons in marginalized situations to allow for equal opportunities.
That worker and social cooperatives are recognized as important part of the Social Economy in the Social Economy Action Plan and supported with dedicated funding.
A comprehensive regulatory framework on Minimum Wages is developed.
Meaningful legislative steps are taken to improve the working conditions of platform workers with the Platform Work Initiative.
That the eradication of poverty is the aim of social policy in Europe.
Support for social cooperatives as providers of high-quality social services and social inclusion through work.
Socially responsible procurement promotion among public authorities to raise awareness about existing tools to include social considerations in procurement.
Funding and support for social innovation by social economy enterprises such as worker and social cooperatives.


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I'm getting H12 error code randomly after 30 minutes (or near) of constant operation (basically renders and queries). Looking at the logs, it appears that the request are taken by the app but it never gives back the response.
I was searching in forums but I can't find a solution for this issue.
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Pediatric Haemophilus Influenzae Infection Clinical Presentation
Author: Mobeen H Rathore, MD, CPE, FAAP, FIDSA; Chief Editor: Russell W Steele, MD more...
Pediatric Haemophilus Influenzae Infection
Sections Pediatric Haemophilus Influenzae Infection
Antibiotic agents
Chemoprophylaxis
Further Inpatient Care
The history is targeted to identifying the specific Haemophilus influenzae disease syndromes, which include the following:
Prior to H influenzae type B (Hib) vaccines, meningitis was the most common and serious manifestation of invasive disease.
Disease is insidious in onset, with a preceding nonspecific febrile illness. No specific etiologic clues are present. The signs and symptoms can be nonspecific.
Young infants may present with irritability, lethargy, anorexia, or vomiting. Only older children are likely to present with the classic findings of headache, photophobia, and meningismus. Therefore, the absence of meningismus is not a helpful finding for excluding meningitis in a young child.
Acute upper airway obstruction caused by Hib infection of the epiglottis and supraglottic tissues is perhaps the most dramatic and rapidly progressive form of disease caused by H influenzae.
Epiglottitis primarily occurs in older children (aged 2-7 y), and it usually has an abrupt onset with high fever, dysphagia, drooling, and toxicity.
Occasional cases of Hib epiglottitis in older children still occur in children who were never fully immunized.
Hib is also an important cause of epiglottitis in adult patients.
Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis: In the prevaccine era, Hib was the leading cause of septic arthritis in children younger than 2 years.
Hib cellulitis usually involves the face, head, or neck.
Most cases occur in children aged 2 years or younger.
Occult bacteremia: In the prevaccine era, Hib was the second leading cause of occult bacteremia after Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Pneumonia: Hib pneumonia caused as many as one third of the documented cases of bacterial pneumonia in the prevaccine era.
Neonatal disease
In recent years, H influenzae has been increasingly recognized as a cause of bacteremia and meningitis in neonates. Neonatal infections are usually caused by nontypeable H influenzae, which can be cultured with samples from the maternal genital tract, the presumed source of the infection.
The disease involves early-onset sepsis; [5] more than 80% of cases occur in 1-day-old neonates.
Maternal-to-fetal transmission probably occurs in utero because the infection is associated with prematurity, low birth weight, and maternal complications such as premature rupture of membranes and chorioamnionitis.
Brazilian purpuric fever
A nonserotypeable H influenzae biogroup III (identical to the H aegyptius group) organism has been demonstrated to be the cause of a disease called Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF) discovered in children in southern Brazil.
After an antecedent episode of purulent conjunctivitis, children with BPF become bacteremic and present with fever, shock, and purpura fulminans.
The disease may mimic meningococcemia, but this has not been reported in the United States.
Nontypeable H influenzae disease
Underlying medical conditions, such as prematurity, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, congenital heart disease, and immunoglobulin deficiency, may predispose an individual to invasive disease caused by the nontypeable strains of H influenzae.
Immunization with conjugate Hib vaccines does not confer protection against the nontypeable strains. Therefore, nontypeable H influenzae remains a major cause of otitis media in children. (Other common causes of acute otitis media in children are S pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis.) Hib is an unusual cause of acute otitis media, particularly in the era of conjugate vaccines.
Occasionally, the encapsulated non-Hib strains of H influenzae are implicated as causes of invasive disease.
Recent findings from a series of H influenzae type f meningitis cases suggest that these organisms conceivably could emerge as important causes of invasive disease in children in the post-Hib vaccine era, although this trend has not yet become widespread.
Physical examination findings depend on the clinical syndrome. Because Hib is primarily a bacteremic infection, comprehensive physical examination and complete evaluation are mandatory, with a focus on excluding meningeal, lung, and pericardial involvement.
At physical examination, findings may include the following:
Approximately 30% of children have seizures at some point in the course of Hib meningitis.
Like patients with meningococcal disease, children with Hib bacteremia can have a petechial rash.
Patients can also have a secondary site of infection, such as septic arthritis or facial cellulitis.
Shock is present in approximately 20% of patients.
Anemia is common; it is caused by a combination of accelerated RBC destruction and diminished erythropoiesis.
Complications of Hib meningitis include subdural effusion or empyema, ischemic or hemorrhagic cortical infarction, cerebritis, ventriculitis, intracerebral abscess, and hydrocephalus.
Typically, a child with Hib epiglottitis drools because of an inability to swallow the oropharyngeal secretions, and progressive respiratory distress develops over a period of hours, with tachypnea, stridor, cyanosis, and retractions.
The patient may sit forward with his or her chin extended, in the so-called tripod position, to maintain an open airway. Few conditions produce such a striking constellation of symptoms and findings.
Lateral neck radiography can be helpful if the clinical presentation is subtle (see Imaging Studies), but diagnostic studies should not delay direct inspection of the epiglottis in the operating room and insertion of an endotracheal tube. The mortality rate of 5-10% is invariably related to poor early airway control.
Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis
These usually affect the large joints, particularly knees, ankles, hips, and elbows.
Contiguous osteomyelitis may be present, but isolated osteomyelitis without an adjacent septic joint is uncommon.
Characteristically, preceding nonspecific illness is present; this is followed by pain, swelling, and erythema of the involved joint.
Clinical signs in children with a septic hip may be less prominent than in those with other affected joints. Findings may be limited to a decreased range of motion in the joint or referred pain from the hip.
A strong association exists between septic arthritis and meningitis; lumbar puncture is necessary.
Buccal cellulitis occurs almost exclusively in infants aged 1 year or younger. In infants, the onset of illness includes fever and a raised, warm, tender, and indurated area that develops a violaceous hue.
The clinical presentation may mimic erysipelas.
Periorbital (preseptal) cellulitis occurs in young children, and it often occurs in the context of contiguous sinus disease. It must be differentiated from the more serious orbital (postseptal) cellulitis, which can be a life-threatening complication of invasive Hib disease (or disease caused by other pathogens).
Often a complication of disease in the paranasal sinuses, orbital cellulitis can lead to cranial sequelae, including cavernous sinus thrombosis. (Typically, hospital admission for intravenous antibiotics, imaging studies [CT scan, MRI], and consultations with an ophthalmologist and a neurosurgeon is required.)
The clinical triad of chemosis, proptosis, and ophthalmoplegia should prompt consideration of the diagnosis of postseptal cellulitis.
Hib cellulitis is a bacteremic disease, and meningitis must be excluded by means of lumbar puncture.
Occult bacteremia
Although most children with Hib bacteremia have a focus of infection, occasionally bacteremia can be the sole manifestation of disease in the febrile child. These children are usually younger than 2 years and have temperatures of 39°C or higher.
An important distinction between Hib and pneumococcal bacteremia is that most episodes of untreated occult pneumococcal bacteremia resolve spontaneously without sequelae, whereas 30-50% of children with occult Hib bacteremia have focal infections, including meningitis. Hence, in any child with blood culture results positive for Hib, the possibility of meningitis must be seriously considered.
Hib pneumonia is clinically indistinguishable from other bacterial pneumonias. It has a strong association with pleural effusion; therefore, radiography may be helpful (see Imaging Studies).
The best diagnostic test is blood culture, which has positive findings in almost 90% of patients.
Complications of Hib pneumonia include pleural empyema, pericarditis, and meningitis.
The classic presentation of H influenzae pericarditis is that of a toxic-appearing child with fever, respiratory distress, and a clear chest on examination.
Associated conditions include pneumonia and meningitis.
Hib pericarditis may become clinically apparent when a child receives antibiotic therapy. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis in a child who has a persistent fever while receiving therapy for Hib meningitis.
Although the diagnosis may be suggested after careful inspection of the cardiac silhouette and neck veins, echocardiography is the best test for establishing the diagnosis of pericardial effusion.
Pericardiocentesis is the diagnostic procedure of choice.
Other invasive infections
Hib bacteremic disease is rarely associated with seeding of other body sites.
Endophthalmitis, glossitis, uvulitis, thyroiditis, endocarditis, lung abscess, epididymitis, peritonitis, intraperitoneal abscesses, hepatobiliary disease, and brain abscesses have been reported.
Nontypeable strains of H influenzae frequently cause otitis media, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, and bronchitis. Conjunctivitis is usually bilateral and purulent and often occurs in association with acute otitis media (ie, conjunctivitis-otitis syndrome).
Although these respiratory tract infections are common, they are rarely life threatening. In general, they are not associated with bacteremia.
The finding of nontypeable H influenzae systemic infection should prompt immunologic investigation, even if the obvious risk factors are absent.
CNS involvement: The CNS is a major target organ in invasive H influenzae disease.
Cardiovascular involvement
Children with invasive Hib disease often have septic shock.
Cardiovascular instability may manifest as blood pressure instability.
Myocardial dysfunction may occur, and pericarditis is a known and important complication.
Respiratory involvement
Invasive Hib disease may cause pneumonia or upper airway obstruction secondary to epiglottitis.
Clinicians skilled at airway management should be available to coordinate the treatment of these children.
Fluid and electrolyte disturbances: When meningitis is present, children may have disturbances in fluid and electrolyte homeostasis due to shock and the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH).
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Dramat społeczny − odmiana fabularnego dramatu filmowego, w którym akcja skupia się wokół jakiegoś problemu czy konfliktu społecznego.

W polskiej literaturze dotyczącej filmu i mediach funkcjonuje jako oddzielna kategoria gatunku filmowego.

Przykłady polskich dramatów społecznych według portalu Filmweb
 Trzeba zabić tę miłość − Janusza Morgensterna z 1972
 Blizna − Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego z 1976
 Samowolka − Feliksa Falka z 1993
 Wrony − Doroty Kędzierzawskiej z 1994
 Przedwiośnie − Filipa Bajona z 2001
 Solidarność, Solidarność... − z 2005
 Uciec stąd − Mathiasa Mezlera z 2005
 Plac Zbawiciela − Krzysztofa Krauzego i Joanny Kos-Krauze z 2006
 Nieulotne − Jacka Borcucha z 2012
 Jesteś Bogiem − Leszka Dawida z 2012

Przykłady amerykańskich dramatów społecznych według portalu Filmweb
 Intruz − Edmunda Gouldinga z 1929
 Ziemia błogosławiona − Sidneya Franklina i Victora Fleminga z 1937
 Dżentelmeńska umowa − Elii Kazana z 1947
 Jajo węża − Ingmara Bergmana z 1977
 Rytm − Paula Monesa z 1988
 Ćpuny − Stephena Kaya z 2002
 Prawo do wolności − Dona McBrearty'ego z 2004

Przykłady niemieckich dramatów społecznych według portalu Filmweb
 Portier z hotelu Atlantic − Friedricha Wilhelma Murnaua z 1924
 Śląski Dziki Zachód − Ute Badury z 2002
 Dzieci wojny − Ambera Bongarda i Anny Brüggemann z 2006
 Milcząca wieś − Martina Enlena z 2009
 Sponsoring − Małgorzaty Szumowskiej z 2011
 Combat girls. Krew i honor − Davida Wnendta z 2011
 To tylko wiatr − Benedeka Fliegaufa z 2012

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Immunoglobulin D (IgD) is an antibody isotype that is found primarily on mature B-cells as part of the B-cell receptor (BCR) complex. Clustering of the BCR due to antigen binding leads to activation of B-cells that can result in a number of outcomes including proliferation, differentiation, and tolerance.
The ability to activate B-lymphocytes using polyclonal antisera recognizing anti-IgD is useful for the study of B-cell function (Finkelman, et al., 1985; Nguyen, et al., 2014). Anti-IgD is particularly suited for this application because soluble IgD is present in extremely low levels in serum (<0.25% of total immunoglobulin) and will not interfere with B-cell activation in a whole blood-based or in vivo setting. (In contrast, high levels of circulating IgM will typically block B-cell activation by anti-IgM in whole blood.) Such a methodology can be used to rapidly test the efficacy of B-cell inhibitory agents in a cellular, ex vivo, or in vivo context (Coffey, et al., 2012).
Storage: Short term at 2- 8°C. For long term storage, -80°C is recommended. Avoid multiple freeze- thaw cycles. Should be kept sterile. Can be re-filtered if necessary.
Nguyen, T., & Morris J. (2014). Signals from activation of B-cell receptor with anti-IgD can override the stimulatory effects of excess BAFF on mature B cells in vivo. Immunology Lett., 161(1), 157-164.
Coffey, G., DeGuzman, F., Inagaki, M., Pak, Y., Delaney, S., Ives, D., Betz, A., Jia, Z., Pandey, A., Baker, D., Hollenbach, S., Phillips, D., & Sinha, U. (2012). Specific Inhibition of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Suppresses Leukocyte Immune Function and Inflammation in Animal Models of Rheumatoid Arthritis. J. Pharm. and Exp. Therapeutics., 340(2), 350-359.
Finkelman, F., Smith, J., Villacreses, N., & Metcalf, E. (1985). Polyclonal activation of the murine immune system by an antibody to IgD. VI. Influence of doses of goat anti-mouse delta chain and normal goat IgG on B lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation. Eur J Immunol., 15(4), 315-320.
IgD cross-linking on B cells is an ideal method for the assessment of acute polyclonal B cell activation across multiple strains of mice. Following anti-IgD injection (100μl/mouse, i.v.), peripheral B cells are rapidly activated as evidenced by up-regulation of CD86 and CD69. Activated B cells will secrete effector cytokines (IL-4) and acquire effector function (secretion of IgE antibodies) within 5-7 days. Anti-mouse IgD antibody can also be used to induce functional B cells in vitro. This model system is ideal for specific examination of key pathways and players in the functional activation of peripheral B cells in vivo.


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//
// Base class for classes that calculate the multiplicity in the
// SPD clusters event-by-event
//
#ifndef ALICENTRALMULTIPLICITYTASK_H
#define ALICENTRALMULTIPLICITYTASK_H
/**
 * @file   AliCentralMultiplicityTask.h
 * @author Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard
 * @date   Wed Mar 23 14:00:03 2011
 *
 * @brief
 *
 * @ingroup pwglf_forward_aod
 *
 */
#include "AliBaseESDTask.h"
#include "AliFMDEventInspector.h"
#include "AliAODCentralMult.h"
class AliCentralCorrectionManager;
class AliESDEvent;
class AliMultiplicity;
class TH2D;
class TList;
class TTree;
class TObjArray;

/**
 * Class that calculates the multiplicity in the
 * central region event-by-event
 *
 * @par Inputs:
 *   - AliESDEvent
 *
 * @par Outputs:
 *   - AliAODCentralMult
 *
 * @par Histograms
 *
 * @par Corrections used
 *
 * @ingroup pwglf_forward_tasks
 * @ingroup pwglf_forward_aod
 *
 */
class AliCentralMultiplicityTask : public AliBaseESDTask
{
public:
  /**
   * @{
   * @name Interface methods
   */
   /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param name Name of task
   */
  AliCentralMultiplicityTask(const char* name);
  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * Reserved for ROOT's I/O system - do not use
   */
  AliCentralMultiplicityTask();
  /**
   * Create output objects
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual Bool_t Book();
  /**
   * Creat output objects in tree
   *
   * @param ah Handler
   */
  virtual void CreateBranches(AliAODHandler* ah);
  /**
   * Called just before first event
   *
   * @param v Vertex axis
   * @param e @f$\eta@f$ axis
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual Bool_t PreData(const TAxis& v, const TAxis& e);
  /**
   * Called before event
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual Bool_t PreEvent();
  /**
   * Process each event
   *
   * @param esd ESD event
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual Bool_t Event(AliESDEvent& esd);
  /**
   * End of job
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual Bool_t Finalize();
  /**
   * Print information
   *
   * @param option Not used
   */
  virtual void Print(Option_t* option="") const;
  /**
   * Set whether to use the secondary corrections
   *
   * @param use Whether to use secondary corrections
   */
  virtual void SetUseSecondary(Bool_t use) { fUseSecondary = use; }
  /**
   * Set whether to use the acceptance corrections
   *
   * @param use Whether to use acceptance corrections
   */
  virtual void SetUseAcceptance(Bool_t use) { fUseAcceptance = use; }
  /**
   * Set whether to make diagnostics or not
   *
   * @param use If true, store some extra diagnostic histograms
   */
  virtual void SetMakeDiagnostics(Bool_t use=true) { fStore = use; }
  /**
   * Get the event inspector
   *
   * @return Reference to used event inspector
   */
  AliFMDEventInspector& GetEventInspector() { return fInspector; }
  /**
   * Get the event inspector
   *
   * @return Reference to used event inspector
   */
  const AliFMDEventInspector& GetEventInspector() const { return fInspector; }

protected:
  /**
   * Copy constructor
   *
   * @param o Object to copy from
   */
  AliCentralMultiplicityTask(const AliCentralMultiplicityTask& o);
  /**
   * Assignment operator
   *
   * @param o Object to assign from
   *
   * @return Reference to this object
   */
  AliCentralMultiplicityTask& operator=(const AliCentralMultiplicityTask& o);
  /**
   * Process the ESD SPD information
   *
   * @param hist    Histogram to fill
   * @param spdmult SPD multiplicity object
   */
  virtual void ProcessESD(TH2D& hist,
			  const AliMultiplicity* spdmult) const;
  /**
   * A vertex bin.
   *
   * Used to store and apply corrections and fiducial cuts. Never
   * streamed.
   */
  struct VtxBin : public TObject
  {
    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param iVz    Bin number
     * @param minIpZ Least @f$IP_{z}@f$
     * @param maxIpZ Largest  @f$IP_{z}@f$
     */
    VtxBin(Int_t iVz=0, Double_t minIpZ=0, Double_t maxIpZ=0);
    /**
     * Copy constructor
     *
     * @param o Object to copy from
     */
    VtxBin(const VtxBin& o);
    /**
     * Assignment operator
     *
     * @param o Object to assign from
     *
     * @return Reference to this object
     */
    VtxBin& operator=(const VtxBin& o);
    /**
     * Get the name
     *
     * @return The name
     */
    const char* GetName() const;
    /**
     * Prepare for data
     *
     * @param l         List
     * @param coverage  Template
     * @param store     Whether to store results
     */
    void SetupForData(TList* l, TH2* coverage, Bool_t store=true);
    /**
     * Correct the input data
     *
     * @param aodHist       Histogram
     * @param useSecondary  Whether to use secondary correction or not
     * @param useAcceptance Whether to use acceptance correction or not
     * @param sum           Whether to sum or not
     */
    void Correct(TH2D&  aodHist,
		 Bool_t useSecondary,
		 Bool_t useAcceptance,
		 Bool_t sum=true) const;
    /**
     * Print information
     *
     * @param option Not used
     */
    void Print(Option_t* option="") const;

    Int_t        fId;     // Vertex bin number
    Double_t     fMinIpZ; // Least value of ipZ
    Double_t     fMaxIpZ; // Largest value of ipZ
    Int_t        fEtaMin; // Smallest eta bin to use
    Int_t        fEtaMax; // Largest eta bin to use
    TH2*         fSec;    // Our secondary correction
    TH1*         fAcc;    // Our acceptance correction
    mutable TH2* fHits;   // Diagnostics sum

    // ClassDef(VtxBin,1);
  };

protected:
  /**
   * Make a simple @f$\frac{dN_{ch}}{d\eta}@f$ estimate.
   *
   * @param input   Sum list
   * @param output  Output list
   * @param nTr     On return, the number of events w/triggers
   * @param nTrVtx  On return, the number of events w/triggers+vertex
   * @param nAcc    On return, the number of accepted events
   *
   * @return true on success, false otherwise
   */
  Bool_t MakeSimpledNdeta(const TList* input,
			  TList*       output,
			  Double_t&    nTr,
			  Double_t&    nTrVtx,
			  Double_t&    nAcc);
  TAxis* DefaultEtaAxis() const { return new TAxis(200,-4,6); }
  TAxis* DefaultVertexAxis() const { return new TAxis(10,-10,10); }
  AliFMDEventInspector   fInspector;        // Inspect events
  AliAODCentralMult      fAODCentral;       // Output object
  Bool_t                 fUseSecondary;     // Whether to secondary map
  Bool_t                 fUseAcceptance;    // Whether to use acceptance corr.
  Int_t                  fIvz;              // Event's vertex bin
  TH2D*                  fNClusterTracklet; // # of clusters vs tracklets
  TH2D*                  fClusterPerTracklet; // Clusters per tracklet.
  TH1D*                  fNCluster;         //! Number of clusters
  TH1D*                  fNTracklet;        //! number of tracklets
  TObjArray*             fVtxList;          //! Array of vertex bins
  Bool_t                 fStore;            // Store diagnostics
  TH2D*                  fHData;            // Sum of signals
private:
  ClassDef(AliCentralMultiplicityTask,5)    // Forward multiplicity class
};

#endif
// Local Variables:
//  mode: C++
// End:

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'Brilliant stats' show that Wales has exceeded recycling targets yet again
Saturday 12th November 2022 11:00 am
(Welsh Government )
New stats published this week show that recycling rates in Wales have increased considerably over the last two decades with the country once again exceeding the statutory targets.
Wales has long been a stand-out performer in the UK when it comes to recycling rates and the new stats show that the national recycling rate has exceeded the statutory target of 64%, with a rate of 65.2%.
The Welsh Government's £1billion investment since devolution in municipal recycling has helped see rates catapult from just 4.8% in 1998-1999, to more than 65% today.
In 2024-25, the statutory target will be raised to 70%, which has remarkably already been met by four Welsh local authorities: Conwy, Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and Pembrokeshire.
In total, sixteen of Wales' twenty-two local authorities have exceeded this year's statutory minimum target of 64%, with ten local authorities reported an increase in performance on the previous year.
The recycling rate is the percentage of local authority municipal waste that is reused, recycled or composted, and in a true Team Wales effort household waste per person has decreased when compared with last year's figures.
This supports the Welsh Government's 'Beyond Recycling' ambition which has set a bold target to achieve zero waste in Wales by 2050 by moving to a circular economy which keeps resources in use.
According to the last global study from Eunomia in 2017, Wales was ranked third in the world behind Germany and Taiwan on the global recycling leader board.
Figures released earlier this year also showed Wales was the only UK nation to uphold stellar recycling rates during the pandemic, with the other nations of the UK seeing a drop in performance.
As world leaders gather in Egypt for COP27, Wales can be proud that its recycling efforts already make a significant difference to emissions, saving around 400,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from being released into the atmosphere.
Minister for Climate Change, Julie James said:"These brilliant stats show us exactly what can be achieved when we all work together to tackle climate change and put in the hard work to ensure we're building a green and prosperous Wales for future generations.
"Earlier this week, I cautioned world leaders gathering at COP27 that now is 'not the time to rest'. The same goes for us here in Wales.
"Our recycling track record is a fantastic platform for us to build on to tackle the climate and nature emergencies – and now is not the time to get complacent.
"We have recently introduced a Bill to ban the blight of single-use plastics that damage our wildlife and environment – and we're working to make sure those companies responsible for the most commonly-littered items that blight our communities and countryside, cover the clean-up costs.
"Local authority recycling targets will increase to 70% in a matter of years, and while I'm thrilled some councils here are already going above and beyond, I ask everybody in Wales to continue the great progress we've made on this journey for the common good – and really think before throwing away."


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