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With Secretive China Trip, North Korea's Kim Builds Bargaining Power
By admin 28th March 2018 NDTV 0 Comments
Beijing/Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to China, countering what had been growing estrangement between the Cold War allies, is likely to bolster Pyongyang's leverage going into a planned summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump.
For Chinese President Xi Jinping, the meeting with a long-troublesome neighbour ensures Beijing will not be left out of any deal struck between the United States and North and South Korea, experts said.
Months of frosty relations between Beijing and Pyongyang appeared suddenly to thaw with Kim's secretive trip, which saw the Chinese capital go into security lockdown as the mysterious North Korean delegation toured the city.
China said Kim had pledged to denuclearise the Korean peninsula while North Korean state media said Xi had accepted "with pleasure" an invitation to visit the North.
Kim's meeting with Xi strengthens North Korea's negotiating position by aligning the two nations ahead of Trump and Kim's planned meeting, said Wang Peng, a North Korea expert at the Charhar Institute in Beijing.
"North Korea is seeking assurances," he said. "They want to quickly mend ties with China so that they have more leeway with the Unites States and they have more confidence in a good outcome."
Analysts say North Korea has been hurt by tightening UN sanctions and would need Beijing's support for any softening of trade restrictions.
China wanted to show its importance as a partner to North Korea and ease worries about being sidelined in negotiations between North and South Korea and the United States.
"At the end of the day, China's got huge interests and it was not comfortable not being at the table," said Paul Haenle, director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center in Beijing and a White House representative to the Six Party Talks from 2007-09.
"Kim Jong Un's first meeting with a head of state was with the Chinese president, which frankly from the Chinese perspective is exactly the right thing," he added.
Trump's decision to hire hardliners such as incoming National Security Adviser John Bolton may have put added pressure on North Korea before the summit, said Han Suk-hee, professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University.
"It seems that North Korea is not ready to deal with the United States without support and help from its longtime ally China," he said.
Kim Jong-Un and Xi Jinping are in talks in Beijing to discuss North Korea's nuclear programme (AFP)
Close Allies Again?
China, as well as being North Korea's biggest trade partner, also has key strategic interest in assuring its isolated neighbour remains a buffer between it and South Korea, home to 28,500 US troops.
The two nations also have long-standing emotional and historic ties. China sometimes says they are "blood brothers", having fought side-by-side in the 1950-53 Korean War.
The two remained close allies in the decades immediately after the Korean War, but have drifted apart since Kim succeeded his late father.
North Korea's rapid escalation of nuclear tests and missile launches, combined with the assassination of Kim's half-brother last year in a Kuala Lumpur airport, brought diplomatic ties between Beijing and Pyongyang to historic lows.
With China signing on to ever-stricter United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang, North Korean state media took to openly criticizing and even threatening China.
"China is … the only state willing and able to immediately ease North Korea's economic burden," said Christopher Green, senior adviser at International Crisis Group. North Korea was not prepared to give up its close relationship with China, much as it may chafe at its economic and political reliance on its much bigger neighbour, he added.
With North and South Korean relations improving during the Winter Olympics and plans for summits involving Trump, Moon and Kim, Beijing had reasons to resume contact with North Korea that had all but disappeared in the past year.
Xi stressed to Kim that past Chinese and North Korean leaders had always visited each other "as often as relatives", proposing the two leaders set up new channels of communication, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
Chinese state media has cast Beijing as crucial to forcing talks between Trump and Kim with its "freeze for freeze" pitch for North Korea to suspend nuclear and missile tests, and South Korea and the United States to suspend military drills.
"It's extremely difficult for the US to map out a feasible denuclearisation process that meets the North Korean preconditions without China's support and involvement," said Cheng Xiaohe, a North Korea expert at Renmin University in Beijing. "China wants to show it cannot be left out."
Speaking at a banquet hosted by Xi, Kim Jong Un expressed gratitude to China for readily accepting his proposal to visit and all the efforts Chinese leaders made to pave the way for a successful visit in a short period of time, according to the North's official KCNA news agency.
China remains an advocate for a dual track of pressure and greater dialogue with North Korea, a position at odds with the Trump administration's maximal pressure approach.
That disagreement had left Beijing sidelined amid the escalating crisis, shunning a meeting of foreign ministers in Canada where leaders discussed how to pressure the North into backing down.
North Korea may also be taking advantage of tensions in US-China relations over trade and the disputed South China Sea to draw in Beijing, Jia Qingguo, dean of the School of International Studies at China's Peking University
"China wants North Korea to denuclearise but does not want to alienate North Korea at a time when China-US relations are deteriorating very fast," said Jia, who has advised the government on foreign policy.
"We want a denuclearised North Korea, but at the same time we want North Korea to be a friend."
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Book 4: Chapter 123 - Receiving Gold Moon Badge Once Again
Zong Ben lowered his head and immediately showed a bored expression. "And paint another rubbish like that?" Zong Ben rudely said that his creation was rubbish. "I don't want to draw that kind of shallow painting ever again. I want to paint something deeper! Something that could raise one's soul higher. A painting that could suck one's soul!" Zong Ben said excitedly.
"Then… take your time and think," Jun turned Zong Ben as though he was consoling a child. He made Zong Ben face the refreshing yet magical painting. "Look at her. You might find inspiration."
Zong Ben stole a glance at Jun. Then, he looked at the painting in boredom as though he was really looking for inspiration.
Jun slowly retreated. He pulled my arm and exited the holy temple.
"Why does he always sacrifice you?" I was upset. I knew that Zong Ben liked to paint nudes so I wasn't surprised at what he said.
"You meant the part where he wanted me and you…" Jun pointed at himself and me awkwardly. Then, he flashed a bright smile, "You misunderstood him. He will imagine it himself…"
"Imagine?!" My eyes were wide open in shock.
Jun smiled, "You thought it was for real? No, Zong Ben doesn't need it. He prefers to imagine. A real person wouldn't be able to achieve what he wants. For example… I… Hehe…" Jun scratched his head in embarrassment, "I couldn't make the kind of expression he wants."
I pressed on Jun's shoulder, "You don't have to feel sorry. It is his problem!"
"Don't think of Zong Ben that way. Art seeks the origin." Jun's expression became serious. "We began to paint the human body not from a pornographic aspect but from the solemn observation of the human body's ratio. In the end, everyone is after the origin. What's the origin of the soul? What's the origin of art? Zong Ben
"You really show him compassion and spoil him. Do you… like him?" Jun was really nice to Zong Ben.
Jun was stunned and he immediately waved. "No, no, no. You are misunderstanding our relationship. We are not in the kind of relationship you are thinking of. Although Zong Ben did paint a lot of nude paintings of me, he is like me, a true straight man!" Jun said straightforwardly. It seemed that all nude paintings were merely paintings to them.
If a doctor looked at your body, it was merely a body.
In contrast to their innocent artistic viewpoint, we seemed to be perverts and filthy-minded.
"Zong Ben liked strong women, especially female soldiers," Jun smiled. His smile was always bright. "Hence, if he was alive, he would have definitely liked you. You are a strong warrior. That's why Zong Ben wanted to paint you. He wanted to see you during war. Don't misunderstand him that he likes to see murder but it was because he wanted to paint a person experiencing life and death in that moment. It wasn't mercilessness of humans but hopelessness and horror that the war brings…"
I looked at Jun in shock. Every time I talked to them, I felt myself elevating my soul. They had told me a simple theory, don't judge the book by its cover.
"I'm sorry, I know that you wanted to rest but I brought you here to chat with us…" Jun chuckled in embarrassment. "It's because we have been dead for sixty years and it was our first time seeing a living person. That's why we wanted to talk to you more…"
"You should go back. I'll see you next time," Jun smiled widely at me. His innocent smile was like an angel's. "Thank you for listening to us dead, and looking at our posthumous painting work.
The more he said, the more I felt like crying. They didn't feel like dying but they were pretending to be okay.
"I'm leaving Silver Moon City," I said. Jun looked surprised, "Are you leaving? Is Silver Moon City not good? Oh yeah, Zong Ben told you to stay away from Cang Yu. His superpower seems to be dangerous."
Is he really dangerous? I immediately asked, "What did he see? What happened to the girl?"
Jun shook his head," Zong Ben is not willing to say but he said that the girl is still alive."
Nora is alive. Where is she then? I think only Cang Yu knew or maybe Xing Chuan.
I looked at Jun, "I will go home, back to Noah City. I will visit Valley Dust Ruin before I go back. I will take another spirit flower to keep in touch with you."
"Thank you! Luo Bing!" Jun said happily, "That's great. As long as you have our spirit flower, we will be able to keep in touch. Oh yeah, this is a present that everyone entrusted me to pass to you." Then, he smiled and suddenly leaned down. He planted a kiss on my cheek before leaving.
I looked at him dumbfounded while he smiled at me, "I hope you like it. It's everyone's gratitude." Then, he placed his hand on my shoulder and pushed me back.
I woke up and the spirit flower's petal slowly vanished in the morning sunlight.
I touched my cheek that was kissed and I felt happy. I was happy not because of Jun's kiss but because the kiss carried everyone's gratitude. Their gratitude filled my new room and my heart was once again fueled with love in these cold end of times.
Suddenly, I felt myself heightening to another level. I didn't hate Xing Chuan as much then.
Mm. Time to look for him.
The robot came in and gave me breakfast. I picked up the milk glass and a glimpse of gold caught my eyes.
I paused. It was the gold moon badge. It was shimmering under the sunlight.
"His Highness Cang Yu said that only the one with gold moon badge could look for His Highness Xing Chuan," the robot relayed a message from Cang Yu.
Receiving the gold moon badge meant that I had received the highest honor of Silver Moon City again. I had the highest authority and I carried the responsibility of the North Star, staying in Silver Moon City.
If I didn't accept it, I couldn't go and get Xing Chuan.
Cang Yu is brutal. Is he really going to let Xing Chuan die on the ground? Is he really not going to bring Xing Chuan back? Besides me?
In the mind game, he was far ahead of Xing Chuan.
I took a deep breath and sipped the milk. Then, I picked up the gold moon badge and headed to look for Xing Chuan!
On the hanger, Gale, Yama, Sharjah, Blue Charm, Sophia and Matsuno, who didn't like to bother with anyone, were already there. Only Moon Dream wasn't there.
Gale saw me coming in and greeted me happily, "Thank you! Brother Bing!"
"You…" I looked at them, "Did you wait here for an entire night?"
They didn't speak.
Matsuno glared at them, "That's right. Only a bunch of idiots would wait for you for the whole night. Pfft."
"Your Highness Cang Yu commanded that only the North Star can look for His Highest," Sharjah said with a heavy heart. Although Xing Chuan had punished him before, he was still loyal to Xing Chuan.
Xing Chuan's knight group was loyal to Xing Chuan. It reflected Xing Chuan's charm and capability.

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» "Living better" with dementia is desirable, but what does it mean for care?
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"Living better" with dementia is desirable, but what does it mean for care?
By shibleyrahman in Dementia on January 25, 2015 .
After having thought about it for more than one year, I've concluded that the term 'living well with dementia' is not the right one. For a start, it implies some objective, sometimes unattainable, standard. Also, I feel that some people are clearly not well with dementia with the dreadful state of post-diagnostic care and support in some parts of the country, or personal symptoms which are difficult to manage (not living well with dementia from a lack of ability to communicate verbally, or intense 'night terrors'). Each person living with dementia is more than the dementia, and I am mindful of not projecting an over sanitised portrayal of the dementias.
Somebody I truly admire in her work and general campaigning on dementia is Beth Britton. Beth has already made a huge impact in the co-production group at the CQC, and will, I am sure, make a massive impact on the Carers' Commission. Having founded D4Dementia in May 2012, the blog was a finalist in the Roses Media Awards 2012 and has developed a huge following in the UK and internationally. The blog is genuinely loved and supported by thousands of families, carers, people with dementia, health and social care professionals, policy makers, leaders and anyone looking for a highly informative, personal and authoritative perspective on dementia.
I will publish my book 'Living better with dementia: looking to the future' later this year (around June – July 2015) with Jessica Kingsley Publishers. I feel that this book, although adopting both a domestic and international viewpoint, fits in very nicely with Beth's corpus of impressively high quality work.
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to current policy in England, as it currently stands, including a review of the need for a 'timely diagnosis' as well as a right to timely post-diagnostic care. This has been a vocal concern of Baroness Sally Greengross, the current Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for dementia.
In England, the issue of the 'timely diagnosis' is an exquisitely sensitive one.
Other carers, Beth Britton, Sally Ann Marciano and Ming Ho contributed their experience emphasising that support is essential and that good outcomes for the whole family, in addition to those of the person with dementia, should be taken into consideration.
This chapter also provides an overview of the current evidence base of the hugely popular "Dementia Friends" campaign run very successfully by the Alzheimer's Society and Public Health England, to raise awareness about five key 'facts' about dementia. It was intended that this campaign should help to mitigate against stigma and discrimination that can be experienced by people living with dementia and their caregivers. The 'proof of the pudding' will come when the outcome of turning communication into action is assessed objectively.
Chapter 2 comprises a preliminary analysis of stigma, citizenship and the notion of 'living better with dementia'. This chapter explains the urgency of the need to "frame the narrative" properly. This chapter also introduces the "Dementia Alliance International" group, which has fast become a highly influential campaigning force by people living with dementia for people living with dementia.
It is hoped that openness in discussion will help to mitigate against a deeply entrenched stigma by some.
As Margaret Thatcher joins the many people with dementia who have passed before her, and debates rage about her political legacy, I would argue that this is a time to talk as openly about her most recent experiences as it is to reflect on her career. An opportune moment for us all to think about what having dementia means, whether you are a former prime minister, a doctor, a professor, a grocer, a bus conductor or a refuse collector. Dementia brings a whole new meaning to being 'all in this together'.
Chapter 3 looks at the various issues facing the timely diagnosis and post-diagnostic support of people living with dementia from diverse cultural backgrounds, including people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, people who are lesbian, bisexual, gay or transsexual, and people with intellectual difficulties. Attention is paid to the various intricate ways in which exact culture can impact not only on the timely diagnosis of dementia but also in the post-diagnostic care.
Chapter 4 looks at the issue of how different jurisdictions around the world have formulated their national dementia strategies. Examples discussed of countries and continents are Africa, Australia, China, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Scotland. There is remarkable convergence in the efforts of various jurisdictions, and it is here I first introduce the critical importance of collaboration. A major plus here has been the contribution of the Alzheimer's Disease International in their work on the need for national dementia policies, and how to implement them.
Chapter 5 looks at the intense care vs care debate which has now surfaced in young onset dementia. There is a potentially problematic schism between resources being allocated into drugs for today and resources being used to fund adequately contemporary care to promote people living better with dementia. An example is discussed of how the policy of 'Big Data' had gathered momentum across a number of jurisdictions, offering personalised medicine as a further potential component of "person-centred care".
For us, devoid of any additional support or resources, we simply had to learn about dad's dementia as it progressed, inevitably making mistakes along the way, but always trying our best to understand what his life was like and what he needed. Through the work I do now, I aim to use that knowledge to improve the lives of all those who are touched by dementia, increasing awareness and education in society as a whole, and transforming the care given to people with dementia and their families.
A candid description in my book was also given about the possible sequelae of the diagnosis of young onset dementia on employment, caregivers, and in social isolation.
Chapter 6 focuses on delirium, or the acute confusional state, and dementia. It attempts to explain why delirium and dementia might converge in policy, after all. There are general issues of whether it is possible to inject incentives into the system at critical points. However, in parallel with this, there is an active debate as to why delirium (however so labeled) is not picked up sometimes in hospital, why people who experience an episode of delirium can do quite badly in the long run, and what to do in the special case of a person living with dementia with delirium superimposed on that.
Chapter 7 is the largest chapter in this book, and takes as its theme care and support networks. I make no apologies about the length of this chapter, as I have been hugely influenced by the Dementia Action Alliance Carers Call to Action in the last year.
Most carers are totally unprepared for what caring will involve and have no idea when their caring role will end. They often 'fall into' caring, simply by taking on small responsibilities that escalate, triggering experiences that untrained family carers can find very difficult to cope with.
For me the gold-standards that every family should be looking for from a care home are person-centred care, compassion, dignity and respect. You want to know that your loved one will be treated as an individual in every possible aspect – not just another box to tick on a care plan. You also want to know that they will have access to anything and everything that constitutes therapeutic dementia care, and not just a range of set 'activities' that they have no interest in participating in.
The idea of families and professionals working side by side is a very powerful one.
This shows that when families and professionals work side-by-side it often creates a unique, and holistic, model of care. Relatives can also benefit from the support and knowledge that professionals caring for their loved one can provide in challenging times.
It should never be the case that those who have spent years being educated in their subject feel that their clinical training and evidence based approach carries greater weight, or that families adopt the viewpoint that their emotional ties and personal experience is all that is needed to effectively care for their loved one.
In my book, an overview of how patient-centred care is different from person-centred care is given, and how person-centred care differs from relationship-centred care. I feel, personally, that the literature has thus far excessively focused on the 'dyadic relationship' between the person with dementia and caregiver, but a need to enlarge this to a professional in a 'triangle of care' and extended social networks was further elaborated and emphasised.
Different care settings are described, including care homes, hospitals – including acute hospital care, and intermediate care. This chapter first introduces the critical role of clinical nursing specialists in dementia in providing proactive case management in a person-centred care philosophy.
However, Beth is right, in my opinion, to bring up the notion that "care homes are not police states"; rather care homes could be open to scrutiny whilst being part of an extended community.
Chapter 8 considers eating for living well with dementia. This chapter considers enforceable standards in care homes, including protection against malnutrition or undernutrition. The main focus of the chapter is how people with dementia might present with alterations in their eating behaviour, and how the mealtime environment must be a vital consideration for living better with dementia. Eating well with dementia is clearly not all about finger snacks and the such like.
Chapter 9 looks at a particular co-morbidity, incontinence. Focusing on the various co-morbidities will be an opportunity of a whole person approach for a person living with dementia, during health as well as illness. The emphasis of this chapter is on conservative approaches for living well with dementia and incontinence. Other issues considered here are the impact of incontinence on personhood per se, and the possible impact on the move towards an institutional home.
Incontinence for a person living well with dementia is not all about pads. We have to, as a society, wish to talk about incontinence for people living with dementia, and I am hoping this chapter is a help.
How do you feel about the idea of needing someone to dress you, wash you, help you to the toilet or change your incontinence pads, feed you, give you medication, move you around, and enable you to watch the TV programmes of your choosing or listen to the music that you love?
This is day-to-day life for the many people who receive care. Such dependence can happen at any age, but it becomes more likely as you get older, making the need for care something people fear the most as they approach their mature years.
Chapter 10 argues how the needs for people living better with dementia would be best served by a fully integrated health and social care service in the form of "whole person care". This chapter provided the rationale behind this policy instrument in England. This chapter argues how the needs for people living better with dementia would be best served by a fully integrated health and social care service. Currently too many NHS patients cannot be discharged out of social care in a timely fashion.
We certainly do need to be looking forward to the future now.
In 15 years' time we must have a health and social care system that is (finally) fully integrated. The UK should be leading the way in providing aged care, and recognising and fully supporting the role of family carers. More broadly, I want to be living in a society that makes ageing something we embrace and nurture, not something to be sneered at, marginalised and locked away.
Chapter 11 considers the importance of the social determinants of health. The framework, I argue, is eminently sensible for organising one's thoughts about dementia friendly communities. The focus of this chapter is housing. I focused on design of buildings in my previous book 'Living well with dementia', but I wished to articulate here the wider context of the importance of housing for a person living well with dementia. Housing for living well with dementia is not just about buildings, and is pivotally enmeshed with the person centred care philosophy of projected English policy.
With such a broad brush tool as equality and "dementia friendly communities", the scope for squashing diversity is enormous. Few topics enter the realms of "one glove does not fit all" to the same degree as the potential use of global positioning systems for dementia. Chapter 12 considers whether 'wandering' is the most appropriate term. The main emphasis of this chapter is the legal and ethical considerations in the use of 'global positioning systems' in enhancing the quality of life of persons with dementia and their closest ones. A central theme of this chapter is what might be best for the piece of mind of the person in a caring role might not be entirely synchronous as the wishes of the person himself or herself with dementia. To show how extreme the term "wandering" potentially becomes, I am aware of some friends of mine living with dementia who simply wish to go for a pleasant walk, but are frightened of being labeled as "wanderers".
Chapter 13 considers head-on a number of important contemporary issues, with a main emphasis on human rights and "rights based approaches". While there is no universal right to a budget, the implementation of personal budgets is discussed. This policy strand is indeed very complex. The chapter progresses to consider a number of legal issues which are arising, including genetic discrimination in the US jurisdiction, dementia as a disability under the equality legislation in England, and the importance of rights-based approaches for autonomy and dignity.
Nonetheless, "personalisation" remains a powerful strand in policy across many successive governments.
The first and most important thing to stress is that everyone is an individual, so what works for one person won't work for another. True quality of life is only achieved through personalisation, therefore it is vital that everything you help someone with dementia to do, achieve or enjoy is what they have or would choose for themselves.
Too often the debate about dementia can be engulfed in a diatribe about 'cost' not 'value'. Persons living better with dementia wish to contribute effectively with the outside world, and the feeling is mutual. Chapter 14 is primarily concerned with art and creativity, which can be incredibly empowering for some people trying to live better with dementia. This chapter takes as its focus on how living with dementia could lead to art and creativity. This chapter also looks at the exciting developments in our understanding of the perception of music in people living with dementia, and why music has the potential to enhance the quality of life for a person living well with dementia through its intrinsic features as a reward.
Too often the focus in international policies is on medications.
I believe the interest in 'reminiscence' is very well deserved.
Dad's room was filled with pictures, cushions depicting farmyard scenes and life-like soft toy animals – everything chosen because it told some part of his story. At the heart of that was dad's memory box displaying captioned photographs charting dad's life from his birth to mine, alongside emblems that represented his home county and favourite football team.
All of these reminiscence therapies combined to keep dad's identity alive, much in the same way that resources like Memory Bank can do for people who are living with dementia today. These aids help to focus on the uniqueness of the individual, and provide focal points for conversation that ensure each person's story is brought to life.
Chapter 15 looked at the triggering of football sporting memories in people living well with dementia. This chapter considers the cognitive neuroscience of the phenomenon of this triggering, and presents a synthesis of how the phenomenon could be best explained through understanding the role of emotional memory in memory retrieval, how autobiographical memories are represented in the human brain usually, the special relevance of faces or even smells such as "Bovril". The triggering of football memories may have some neuroscientific commonalities with the triggering of musical memories, and it will be interesting in the future to identify carefully which people living better with dementia benefit from such reminiscence approaches.
Chapter 16 looks at the impact of various innovations in English dementia policy, giving as examples including service provision (such as the policy on reducing inappropriate use of antipsychotics or the policy in timely diagnosis) and research. This policy goes through the current evidence for this evidence in particular detail, and considers how culture change may be effected internationally for quality in this policy area. This chapter tries to convey the complexity of the issue, and to explain in a fair way why deep down in this policy plank are traditional concerns to do with 'continuity of care' and 'valid consent'.
Chapter 17 looks at how leadership could be promoted by people living with dementia themselves. I first introduce the need for this in Chapter 2. Chapter 17 considers who might lead the change, where and when, and why this change might be necessary to 'recalibrate' the current global debate about dementia. This chapter considers how change might be brought about from the edge, how silos might be avoided, the issue of 'tempered radicals' in the context of transformative change to wellbeing as an outcome; and finally how 'Dementia Champions' are vital for this change to be effected.
Finally, I attempt a Conclusion at Chapter 18.


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Chris' Interview with Adventure Games Podcast and also Game Dev Necromancy!
Featured by Chris Tihor, posted in Appearances, Game Releases, Interviews
I recently had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Seoirse Dunbar for Adventure Games Podcast. We had a long and fun chat where we discussed my history as a game maker, my work with Talespinners, and my work with the WordPlay Festival where I am proud to continue to serve as Festival Director. You can listen to the episode here.
Besides promoting the WordPlay Festival (coming up this November 9th and 10th), one of my goals in the interview was to talk about my own experiences making games in a way that would be accessible to people new to the game development world and may even inspire them to try making their own games.
That goal led me to talk about one of the first games I'd ever worked on as a game designer: Curse of the Mummy's Brain!! As mentioned in the interview, I'd made Mummy's Brain in 2011 during OrcaJam, an annual game jam that is run by IGDA Victoria. It was my first game jam and it opened my eyes to the amazing things that could be done by a small team of creative, motivated individuals over a short period of time.
After talking about it on the podcast, it seemed like a shame to me that listeners wouldn't be able to experience the game for themselves, so I did some digging around, found the source code, made a bunch of updates to make it run on modern hardware, and posted it on my itch.io page for all to see. It's a bit clunky, and there are definitely a few things that aren't working as they're meant to, but once again it's back from the dead! I hope you'll enjoy playing Curse of the Mummy's Brain!! as much as I enjoyed making it.
Tagged adventure games podcast, back from the dead, game design, Game dev, game development, game jam, Game Writing, necromancy, OrcaJam, retro 2d platformer, Talespinners, video games, WordPlay, writing
The State of the Ironic Iconic Nation
Featured by Chris Tihor, posted in Announcements, blah blah blah
Those who know me know that while I am a writer, I'm not much of a blogger. But I do like to take a moment on occasion to recount what's happening in my life for the curious. I'll begin with some highlights from the past year or so:
I recently celebrated my first anniversary of becoming a partner at Talespinners, a company that I've previous worked with as a writer for some time. We recently went through a restructure to a co-operative and founder Ian Thomas brought myself and two other partners on to help take things to the next level. Here's the original announcement, if you're curious.
Through Talespinners, I've worked on a bunch of projects for clients including designing and writing a special event for Bud Farm: Idle Tycoon for East Side Games, writing the launch trailer for Albion Online with Antimatter Games, writing and editing work on Cryptant by Orcari Games and story consultation for a VR project for DIVR Labs. Not to mention a bunch of work on unannounced projects for Playful Solutions, Jassim Albuarki, and the Royal Mint.
Returned to help organize the WordPlay Festival in November with the Hand Eye Society. And I'm happy to say I'm back again as Festival Director for 2019.
Was interviewed for an article for PC Gamer magazine: "The evolving art of dialogue in games".
There was not one, but two EGLX cons last year: one in the Spring and one in the Fall. I spoke on the "Developing on a Dime" panel at the one in March and participated as a mentor in the Mentor Lounge at the one in October.
Participated in my first TOJam and helped to create the game "Grimistar" which was later selected as part of the TOJam Arcade at the Toronto Media Arts Centre (TMAC)
Returned to Breakout Con, a terrific local tabletop game and RPG con that's been growing and getting better every year. I had a great time meeting new friends and old and playing loads of games. I'm looking forward to attending the next one though it's months away.
Besides those highlights, there's been a bunch of other things happening that I'm not at liberty to talk about yet, including work on a new game featuring a famous literary detective! There will also be a couple upcoming podcast appearances that I'm pretty excited about. Stay tuned as you know that I'll be sharing more details as soon as I am able.
Tagged game design, game development, Game Writing, state of the nation speech, Toronto, video games, writing, year in review
My PC Gamer Interview – Extended Edition!
April 26, 2018 by Chris Tihor, posted in Interviews
I was recently interviewed by Xalavier Nelson Jr. for an article in the May 2018 issue of PC Gamer magazine, as you may have heard already if you've been following me on Twitter and Facebook. (Hey look! I'm on the cover!) The article in question is titled "The evolving art of dialogue in games" and is pretty much what it says on the tin, coming from a number of indie game devs including yours truly. Definitely worth checking out if you are interested in the nuts and bolts of story-making for games.
Due to limited space on the physical page, they couldn't include all of my ponderings on the subject, but Xalavier has graciously allowed me to publish them here for the curious. Enjoy!
How would you describe the function of a dialogue system for a player unfamiliar with the nuts and bolts of making a game? Do you see the role of a good dialogue system as being substantial in a game's overall quality?
Dialogue systems, as you might guess, are systems developed to deliver dialogue to the player. Optimally, they would allow players to navigate conversations in a way that best communicates the story and characters in harmony with gameplay. Although they are primarily concerned with narrative, they can also serve as a device to help the player achieve gameplay goals as well. For example, convincing a guard to unlock a gate to the next level through persuasive dialogue.
A good dialogue system isn't necessary to make a quality game, of course. There are plenty of games don't use dialogue at all and are still considered great games. But for games that are narrative-focused and feature a lot of spoken interaction between characters, a good dialogue system is vital.
Why is it somewhat complex to simply put text into a game? How much does your workload increase when you're attempting to display text in a pleasing or emotive arrangement?
The one thing that I've come to realize as a game designer is that dialogue text in a game tends to occupy a space somewhere in-between dialogue text in a novel and spoken words in a film or audio recording. And depending on your game, it may be closer to one side or the other. Your methods for displaying text will have to reflect where on the spectrum your particular game lands. If your game has the capability for showing varied and nuanced animations of your character's expressions, you won't have to worry as much about representing the non-verbal or subtle part of their responses in text. Though you should still consider it, especially if you want your game to appeal to the part of your audience that has difficulty interpreting visual cues such as the visually-impaired or those on the autism spectrum, for instance.
How do fonts tie into a 'good' dialogue system?
When it comes to fonts, I often find that you know you've got it right when the player doesn't notice them. You have to pick something that feels natural amidst the rest of the design. If the player notices the font at all, it means that either you've picked something that annoys them or that they are font-aficionados. Unfortunately, it's usually the first one.
What considerations do you balance for when you're putting dialogue in your own games? How do you look at dialogue in terms of the overall work's pacing?
A big consideration is screen size. You don't want to jam a whole bunch of words on a small screen. Even if you dole out the dialogue in bite-sized chunks, it'll still take forever for the player to read them all. Of course, the type of game would also make a difference. If you're creating a work of interactive fiction, then lots of text can be what your audience is expecting. It often really comes down to managing the expectations of your audience. Personally, I tend to make games where (I hope) the audience is expecting a fair amount of dialogue text. Even then you need to be frugal with your words and treat them like a precious commodity.
I try to vary the style of the dialogue in my games based on the current situation in the game. For more relaxed conversations between characters that are familiar and friendly I tend to let the dialogue be looser and more jokey. For intense scenes between characters in conflict the lines tend to be shorter and more punctuated. When the player follows the main story arc I adopt a driving pace that increases as they get further to their goal. Side conversations may have a more relaxed pace to let the player feel like they can explore the environment. Of course, this all can go out the window in an "open world" environment where it's hard to control the order that the player will do things, but you do the best you can to keep a feeling of flow from one event to another.
How much did you have to bend dialogue conventions to convey the unique choice and investigation mechanics of Mandatory Upgrade? Did you find any deviations from the norm in terms of interface difficult to teach to players?
With Mandatory Upgrade, I stuck fairly close to standard branching dialogue conventions, but I included a few things tailored to the style of investigative mystery games. I was fortunate to work with a game engine that was designed in part for mystery games. Story Stylus is an engine made by One More Story Games with mechanics in place to, among other things, allow for the unlocking of conversation topics as you speak to the various characters in the game and present those topics on a selectable list in the conversation window. Having a separate selectable topic list was a little unusual, although not without precedent in some point-and-click adventure games and RPGs (Wizardry 8 comes to mind). Fortunately, players were generally able to figure it out quickly so it didn't become too much of an issue.
This is a huge topic with a loooot of potential ground to cover, but briefly: when you're not only implementing dialogue, but CHOICE in a game, how does this work behind the scenes? What concerns are you balancing? How does allowing for choice in a game affect its scope or wider overall design? Is the technical cost to build and display effective decision-making interfaces significant?
I think player choice is one of the things that makes games so interesting and engaging as a medium. After the introduction in Mandatory Upgrade I tried to make the game as "open world" as possible, allowing the player to go wherever and talk to whoever they wanted. This meant that behind the scenes I had to keep track of several things: who they met, who they talked to, what clues they found, whether they found enough evidence to solve the case, that sort of thing. I also allowed for some choices in how they acted towards the characters they met. As the player, will you choose to be sympathetic to other characters or be a hard-ass to get the answers your looking for?
The main issue with giving plenty and varied choices to the player is the sheer amount of work that it takes to not only write the multiple branches of dialogue but to keep track of the player's choices and provide meaningful consequences as a result of those choices. Not to mention the fact that if you want any new systems to interact significantly with existing systems, the complexity will also rise accordingly. I actually had to cut back on my original plans to allow the player to develop different potential relationships with different characters because the technical and creative costs would have added months of development time that I couldn't afford. I'd love the opportunity to play around with those systems in the future.
Can you detail a time when your dialogue system broke down, or otherwise impeded other goals you had for a title? If so, how and why did this occur?
When working on Mandatory Upgrade I ran into a few small things with the dialogue system that gave me trouble implementing my design goals. One issue was that the topic conversations didn't allow for different initial responses based on current conditions, for example having a different conversation around the "Weather" topic based on whether it was raining or snowing. The developers hadn't thought of using topics in that way before but were happy to add that functionality to accommodate me, so it didn't turn out to be an issue. One thing you learn in making games is that the user, be it game designer or player, is going to use your product in ways you don't expect and can't predict, so it pays to be flexible.
Can you detail a specific time when you used a choice or branching system to evoke a reaction in players? Did this attempt succeed?
At one point in Mandatory Upgrade, the player is faced with confronting another character that they hold in high esteem with information about something kind of seedy that they may have done. It's an uncomfortable moment and one of the dialogue options I offer appears to let the player escape from the situation. It's a false hope though. They don't get off that easily and are forced to continue the awkward conversation.
My plan was to evoke a reaction in the player by subverting their expectation that the choice they picked would give them the result they wanted. I wanted them to realize that nothing was 100% guaranteed in the game and hopefully make them feel slightly uneasy about that. I haven't received any feedback about that dialogue specifically, but I'm hopeful that it had the effect I was shooting for.
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
January 2, 2018 by Chris Tihor, posted in blah blah blah
2017 was an interesting year. Not interesting in the "may you live in interesting times" way entirely, although there were certainly a share of challenges during the year. One challenge that was a welcome one was the challenge of becoming familiar with my new home in Toronto and getting to know a city I haven't had much contact with for twenty years. But instead of focusing on the challenges that 2017 had brought, I thought I'd focus on some of the highlights:
Won first place for Game of the Year for 2016 with Mandatory Upgrade: X Marks the Spot
Became an Associate Writer/Game Designer with Talespinners
Started writing a tabletop role-playing game based on the world of Mandatory Upgrade
Attended my first Breakout Con, played many games, and met lots of tabletop & RPG game folks
Got to work on some great games: Primer for Headless Chicken Games and Depot for Villainous Games
Returned to Raleigh NC for another terrific time at the East Coast Game Conference with friends new and old
A game I worked on was released – Raid: World War II. I've now officially worked on a thing that features John Cleese.
Ran the WordPlay Festival in November as Festival Director. It was my first event that I ran since arriving in Toronto.
Finished an outline for an interactive novel about ghost hunters (now I just have to figure out what to do with it)
Was interviewed for a "featured developer" article by EveryDownload
And all of that is just stuff I can talk about. There are also a few things brewing up behind the scenes that I hope to be able to talk more about soon. Unfortunately, this means that the "looking forward" part of this post is going to be a bit light in detail at the moment. Rest assured that more news will be forthcoming as 2018 progresses. You can definitely expect to see more news about Mandatory Upgrade related projects, and possibly something around a certain web-comic that remains near and dear to my heart. Oops! I may have said too much, ignore that. Regardless, 2018 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Ironic Iconic Studios and I hope you'll be joining me for the ride.
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Q: Using Matrix addition in cuda c,code executes but when profiling it with nvprof.It says NO kernels are profiled nvprof profiles The API just fine. But says No kernels were profiled. It shows these 2 warning messages "
==525867== Warning: 4 records have invalid timestamps due to insufficient device buffer space. You can configure the buffer space using the option --device-buffer-size.
==525867== Warning: 1 records have invalid timestamps due to insufficient semaphore pool size. You can configure the pool size using the option --profiling-semaphore-pool-size.
==525867== Profiling result:
No kernels were profiled."
I am using  NVIDIA GeForce GPU.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cuda.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <cuda_profiler_api.h>

__global__ void matrixInit(float *m, int N_1, int N_2, int value){
    unsigned int ix = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
    unsigned int iy = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * blockDim.y;
    unsigned int strideX = blockDim.x * gridDim.x;
    unsigned int strideY = blockDim.y * gridDim.y;

    for(int j=iy; j<N_2; j+=strideY){
        for(int i=ix; i<N_1; i+=strideX){
            m[j*N_1+i] = value;
        }
    }
}

__global__ void matrixAdd(float *d_A, float *d_B, float *d_C, int N_1, int N_2){
    // indexes and strides in 2d

    unsigned int ix = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
    unsigned int iy = threadIdx.y + blockIdx.y * blockDim.y;
    unsigned int strideX = blockDim.x * gridDim.x;
    unsigned int strideY = blockDim.y * gridDim.y;

    for(int j=iy; j<N_2; j+=strideY){
        for(int i=ix; i<N_1; i+=strideX){
            d_C[i] = d_A[j*N_1+i]+d_B[j*N_1+i];
        }
    }
}

int main() {

    int N_1 = 1 << 12;
    int N_2 = 1 << 15;

    //Size

 int N_1_2 = N_1 * N_2;

 // host memory pointers
    float *A, *B, *C;

 // device memory pointers
    float *d_A, *d_B, *d_C;

  clock_t t = clock();

  size_t bytes = N_1_2*sizeof(float);

// allocate host memory
    A = (float*)malloc(bytes);
    B = (float*)malloc(bytes);
    C = (float*)malloc(bytes);

//set  dimensions for 1d

int threadsPerBlock=32;
dim3 threads(threadsPerBlock,threadsPerBlock);
dim3 numBlocks( N_1/threads.x, N_2/threads.y);
printf(" Grid Size of X: %d Grid Size of Y: %d \n ",threads.x,threads.y);

//Initialize
    matrixInit<<<numBlocks,threads>>>(A,N_1, N_2, 1.0f);
    matrixInit<<<numBlocks,threads>>>(B,N_1, N_2, 2.0f);
    matrixInit<<<numBlocks,threads>>>(C,N_1, N_2, 0.0f);

   //allocated device memory

    cudaMalloc(&d_A, bytes);
    cudaMalloc(&d_B, bytes);
    cudaMalloc(&d_C, bytes);

    //copy to device
    cudaMemcpy(d_A, A, bytes, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
    cudaMemcpy(d_B, B, bytes, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);

    matrixAdd<<<numBlocks,threads>>>(d_A, d_B, d_C, N_1, N_2);

    //copy back to host
    cudaMemcpy(C, d_C, bytes, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);

    t = clock() - t;

    printf("Program executed at %f seconds", ((float)t) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);

cudaFree(d_A);
cudaFree(d_B);
cudaFree(d_C);

cudaProfilerStop();

    return 0;
    }

Using Matrix addition in cuda c,code executes but when profiling it with nvprof.It says NO kernels profiled.

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What Christmas pastry do you prefer? Is it Christmas Cake, Austrian Stollen or Italian Panettone? All this kinds of bakery are very interesting and tasty, but now I want to share with you homemade ginger cookies recipe!
This yummy, aromatic ginger cookies with a lot of different spices are looking very festively and will be a fine gift for children and your friends!
You may take molasses instead of honey.
Softened butter whisk or grind with sugar.
Add the yolk and the honey. Stir with spoon.
Sift the flour with spices, soda and baking powder, add salt.
Knead the dough. It must be soft but not sticky. Form a disk and put the dough to a fridge for 1-1,5 hour or for tomorrow.
Divide the dough in 2 parts. One of it roll between two sheets of baking paper to a layer 0,5 cm thick.
Make cookies by different cookie cutters like Christmas trees, bells, deer and horses, even sleigh and bags with gifts!
Place the cookies on the baking tray covered with baking paper, left distance between cookies in 1-2 cm.
Bake ginger cookies during 10-15 minutes – total time depend of your oven. Cookies must become light golden color. If you will bake it longer, it become golden brown and will be harder.
Replace cookies on a table and let them cool. Meanwhile make the sugar lemon icing for decorating. Mix sugar powder with lemon juice to required consistence.
Put the glaze into a pastry bag, cut the corner and draw diverse pattern on the cookies.
Let the icing to freeze, and homemade ginger cookies are ready!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You, Your family and friends!


When I heard those words come out from my little sister's lips today, I was speechless (in a good way). A guilty feeling washed over me. It was time to pray Asr, but I was so caught up in doing some work. I said out loud to my sister that I would pray when I finished what I was doing. And that's when she asked me the question.
no… but He cares about me. No matter how many times I've fallen down, He has been there for me.
Her question weighed heavy on my heart. Suddenly, everything I was doing seemed pointless because I hadn't prayed. How could I not have time for the One who gave me time? Was I truly thankful to Allah for the blessings I have? The reason I'm still alive is because He has allowed my heart to beat, my lungs to breathe and the rest of my body to function. At any moment, He could take these blessings away.
Allah has blessed us with everything we have. When we pray, we show our gratitude and devotion to Him. He cares about us. When you care about someone, you want to have a good relationship with them. And in order to have a good relationship and truly connect with someone, you have to communicate and spend time with them. That's the beauty of prayer. We get to spend time with and talk to Allah, the One who truly cares about us.
He's alway there and He always has been there for you. Every time you smiled, laughed and cried, Allah was taking care of you. Every time you felt heartbroken, He was there to listen whilst you poured your heart out. Every time you were in need, He was there to provide you with what you asked for. And sometimes, He gave you better than you could ever imagine.
So the next time you and I get too caught up in the material things of this worldly life, we need to really consider how much we care about our relationship with Allah. Because without a doubt, He cares. Yes, Allah cares about us. That's why He gave us the blessing of Salah, so that we can maintain the most important relationship we will ever have: the one with Our Creator.
Whenever you struggle to prioritise your prayer, remember that your relationship with Allah determines your success in this life and in the hereafter.
Beautiful, soo beautiful Maa shaa Allah💜.
Subhanallah, that's deep. May Allah always bless you, ukhti fillah.


We are talking single, 60 minutes lectures here ….
These people are the same one's who will be very paly with you on other occasions … teach you about the benefits of team work … they are the pinnacles of altruism … but five minutes into the mass bunk and they realise … that they haven't polished enough apples yet … nor licked enough boots too … sycophants of the highest order !
God save the day !
yeah, u right, but actually, i think these special pppl. dont do just for licking teacheer's boots, but also for fear of breaking of the unity . Actually, these ppl. think that what if other ppl. go for the lec., and so they go and sit for lec. so that they r on a safer side.
they dont realize the unity; that we all r bunking, so who wil go for the lec, and hence these special pppl. only end up in attending the lec.
but, i think , coz the "MASSS bunk " isnot possible in our class, i think i will also convert my self into this type….
Jayn…ur right…but now that we KNOW their Scummy Kind….Feel bad 4 them…coz they are in OUR bad books now…!!!
and I 4 one would NOT like to be there!!!


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The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

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#### Original name
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Joaquim Roberto Leão Borges (3 de agosto de 1922 - Belo Horizonte, 20 de fevereiro de 2004) foi um engenheiro civil e político brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais

Joaquim Leão Borges foi deputado estadual em Minas Gerais por três legislaturas consecutivas, da 5ª à 7ª legislatura (1963 - 1975).

Foi também secretário estadual de Viação e Obras Públicas no governo do estado de Minas Gerais.

Deputados estaduais de Minas Gerais
Mortos em 2004
Engenheiros de Minas Gerais

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Angiography is an x-ray study of the blood vessels. An angiogram uses a radiopaque substance, or dye, to make the blood vessels visible under x ray.
Why is an angiography done?
Angiography is used to detect abnormalities or blockages in the blood vessels throughout the circulatory system and in some organs. The procedure is commonly used to identify atherosclerosis; to diagnose heart disease; to evaluate kidney function and detect kidney cysts or tumours; to detect an aneurysm (an abnormal bulge of an artery that can rupture leading to haemorrhage), tumour, blood clot, or arteriovenous malformations in the brain; and to diagnose problems with the retina of the eye. It is also used to give surgeons an accurate 'map' of the heart prior to open-heart surgery, or of the brain prior to neurosurgery.
Angiography is performed at a hospital by a trained radiologist and assisting technician or nurse. Angiography requires the injection of a contrast dye that makes the blood vessels visible to x-ray. The dye is injected by an arterial puncture. The puncture is usually made in the groin area, armpit, inside elbow, or neck. Depending on the type of angiography procedure being performed, the contrast medium is either injected by hand with a syringe or is mechanically injected with an automatic injector connected to the catheter. An automatic injector is used frequently because it is able to propel a large volume of dye very quickly to the angiogram site. The patient is warned that the injection will start, and instructed to remain very still. The injection causes mild to moderate discomfort. Possible side effects or reactions include headache, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, nausea, warmth, burning sensation, and chest pain, but they usually last for a short time. Throughout the dye injection procedure, x-ray pictures and/or fluoroscopic pictures (or moving x rays) are taken. Because of the high pressure of arterial blood flow, the dye will dissipate through the patient's system quickly, so pictures are taken in rapid succession. Once the x-rays are complete, the catheter is slowly and carefully removed from the patient. A pressure bandage is then applied.
What are the different kinds of angiography?
A variety of common angiography procedures are: Cerebral angiography Cerebral angiography is used to detect aneurysms, blood clots, and other vascular irregularities in the brain. The catheter is inserted into the femoral or carotid artery and the injected contrast medium travels through the blood vessels on the brain. Coronary angiographyIn a coronary angiography, the arterial puncture is typically given in the femoral artery, and the cardiologist uses a guide wire and catheter to perform a contrast injection and x-ray series on the coronary arteries. The angiogram procedure takes several hours, depending on the complexity of the procedure. Pulmonary angiographyPulmonary, or lung angiography is performed to evaluate blood circulation to the lungs. It is also considered the most accurate diagnostic test for detecting a pulmonary embolism. The contrast medium is injected into the pulmonary artery where it circulates through the lung capillaries. The test typically takes up to 90 minutes. Kidney angiography During a kidney angiogram, the guide wire and catheter are inserted into the femoral artery in the groin area and advanced through the abdominal aorta, the main artery in the abdomen, and into the renal arteries. The procedure takes approximately one hour. Fluorescein angiography Fluorescein angiography is used to diagnose retinal problems and circulatory disorders. It is typically conducted as an outpatient procedure. The patient's pupils are dilated with eye drops and he rests his chin and forehead against a bracing apparatus to keep it still. Sodium fluorescein dye is then injected with a syringe into a vein in the patient's arm. The procedure does not require x rays. Instead, a rapid series of close-up photographs of the patient's eyes are taken. The entire procedure takes up to one hour. Coeliac and mesenteric angiography Coeliac and mesenteric angiography involves x-ray exploration of the coeliac and mesenteric arteries, arterial branches of the abdominal aorta that supply blood to the abdomen and digestive system. The test is commonly used to detect aneurysm, thrombosis, and signs of ischaemia in the coeliac and mesenteric arteries, and to locate the source of gastrointestinal bleeding. It is also used in the diagnosis of a number of conditions, including portal hypertension, and cirrhosis. Splenoportography A splenoportograph is a variation of an angiogram that involves the injection of contrast medium directly into the spleen to view the splenic and portal veins. It is used to diagnose blockages in the splenic vein and portal vein thrombosis and to assess the strength and location of the vascular system prior to liver transplantation.
How to prepare for an angiography?
Patients undergoing an angiography are advised to stop eating and drinking eight hours prior to the procedure. If the arterial puncture is to be made in the armpit or groin area, shaving may be required. A sedative may be administered to relax the patient for the procedure. An IV line will also be inserted into a vein in the patient's arm before the procedure begins in case medication or blood products are required during the angiogram. Prior to the angiography procedure, patients will be briefed on the details of the test, the benefits and risks, and the possible complications involved, and asked to sign an informed consent form.
Because life-threatening internal bleeding is a possible complication of an arterial puncture, an overnight stay in the hospital is sometimes recommended following an angiography procedure, particularly with cerebral and coronary angiograms. If the procedure is performed on an outpatient basis, the patient is typically kept under close observation for a period of at least six to 12 hours before being released. Pain medication may be prescribed if the patient is experiencing discomfort from the puncture, and a cold pack is applied to the site to reduce swelling. It is normal for the puncture site to be sore and bruised for several weeks. Angiography patients are also advised two to three days of rest and relaxation after the procedure in order to avoid placing any undue stress on the arterial puncture site. Patients who experience continued bleeding or abnormal swelling of the puncture site, sudden dizziness, or chest pains in the days following an angiography procedure should seek medical attention immediately. Patients undergoing a fluorescein angiography should not drive or expose their eyes to direct sunlight for 12 hours following the procedure.
Because angiography involves puncturing an artery, internal bleeding or haemorrhage are possible complications of the test. As with any invasive procedure, infection of the puncture site or bloodstream is also a risk, but this is rare. A stroke or heart attack may be triggered by an angiogram if blood clots or plaques on the inside of the arterial wall are dislodged by the catheter and form a blockage in the blood vessels or artery. The movement of the catheter through its chambers may also irritate the heart during pulmonary and coronary angiography procedures, and arrhythmias may develop. Patients with kidney disease or injury may suffer further kidney damage from the contrast mediums used for angiography. Patients who have blood clotting problems, have a known allergy to contrast mediums, or are allergic to iodine, a component of some contrast mediums, may also not be suitable candidates for an angiography procedure. Because x-rays carry risks of ionising radiation exposure to the fetus, pregnant women are also advised to avoid this procedure.


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Methods: Continuous spectroscopic analysis showed reproducible absorption spectra of coronary sinus blood. Due to uneventful intraoperative courses, clear ischemia-related changes could be detected in none of the patients. Present initial results show that intravascular near-infrared spectroscopy can reliably be used for an online intraoperative ischemia monitoring in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
Results: In 15 elective patients undergoing off-pump myocardial revascularization, intravascular near-infrared spectroscopic analysis of coronary venous blood was performed. NIR signals were transferred through a fiberoptic catheter for signal emission and collection. For data analysis and processing, a miniature spectrophotometer with multivariate statistical package was used. Signal acquisition and analysis were performed before and after revascularization. However, the method has to be further evaluated and standardized to determine the role of spectroscopy in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. In off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, manipulations on the beating heart can lead to transient interruptions of myocardial oxygen supply, which can generate an accumulation of oxygen-dependent metabolites in coronary venous blood.
Conclusions: The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of intravascular near-infrared spectroscopy as a monitoring method to detect possible ischemic events in off-pump coronary artery bypass procedures.
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Birmingham, Alabama 01 April 2011 – Kirchner Private Capital Group (KPCG) is pleased to announce that it will begin publishing 'The Kirchner Blog' (www.kirchnerblog.com), a fresh perspective "from the trenches" to provide insight and perspective on operations and transactions to capitalize on our firm's deep foundation in all aspects of investing in, running and exiting companies.
In keeping with its commitment to support businesses from start-up to exit, KPCG is concurrently launching an entrepreneur resource center, an online knowledge base covering all aspects of building, operating and exiting a business. In addition to our proprietary content, the center will also contain links to valuable third-party articles we have screened.
Kirchner Blog will begin posting regular entries on April 1. The Resource Center is now accessible at www.kirchnergroup.com.


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Michael James
Michael James, born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, graduated from the University of South Florida where received a BA for Modern Dance Performance. After college, he performed in the American Stage Company's "Shakespeare in the Park" Series for five seasons, as well as danced and choreographed for the Children's Theater Tour.
Michael was a scholarship student at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, Massachusetts, where he studied under Linda Kent and Carolyn Adams. He also danced with The Men Dancers of Jacob's Pillow International Touring Company, which allowed him to dance and teach in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was also a member of The Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah. After dancing in Utah, he began dancing at Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney Pleasure Island Explosion Dancers, Animal Kingdom's "Tarzan Rocks!', and Disney's Hollywood Studios "Beauty and the Beast".
As a color guard designer and choreographer, Michael has worked with Timber Creek HS (FL), Freedom HS (FL), Spring HS (TX), Cypress Creek HS (FL), Seminole HS (FL), Tarpon Springs HS (FL), The Company Winter Colour Guard, Kennesaw Mountain HS (GA), Miamisburg HS (OH), Pope HS (GA), Center Grove HS (IN), and Northmont HS (OH). He's also been on staff with The Cavaliers, Santa Clara Vanguard, Carolina Crown, Madison Scouts, The Mandarins, and The Magic of Orlando.
Michael's choreography has also been viewed at Pleasure Island with the Pleasure Island Explosion Dancers, University of Central Florida's Starlet Knights Danceline, University of South Florida's Herd of Thunder and winter guard, 1999's Orlando Fringe Festival, and numerous other high schools and colleges around the country.
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List of Top Construction Companies in Dubai for Civil Engineers
Dubai is known as most populous city of United Arab Emirates (UAE) which is also known for ultramodern architecture and various construction companies. Here, we are going to create a list about Dubai's best Construction companies for Civil engineers who are unemployed and want to join such companies. A few companies are specified below which are renowned as Dubai's top construction organization.
Top Construction Companies in Dubai for Civil Engineers List
1. Sam Building Contracting LLC
2. Al Naboodah Construction Group LLC
3. General Construction Company
4. Arabian Construction Company
5. KPS – Interior Design and Construction Company Dubai
6. Arabtec Construction LLC
7. Al Sahel Contracting Company LLC
8. United Engineering Construction Company Dubai
9. Fujairah National Construction Co. LLC
10. Turner Construction International LLC
Sam Building Contracting LLC is construction firm, serving from last 40 years. Mr. Milind Deshmukh is head of Sales, Marketing and Engineering departments and Mr. Abbas Khully leading the Operation teams. Company located at Montana Commecrial Centre, Zabeel Road, 407 + 408, 4th floor,P.O.Box 124542, Karama and remains open all days of the week.
Sam Building Contracting LLC:
Al Naboodah Construction Group (ANGCG) LLC is one of the best construction company on the earth. ANGCG is a UAE based contractor which is specializing in civil engineering. This company is situated at 800, E44, Dubai, UAE at Dubai-Hatta Road. Company remains open from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM while Friday and Saturday remains closed. To know more details and any query you can make a call at 97142948777 phone number.
Al Naboodah Construction Group LLC:
General Construction company (GCC) is another one best construction company in UAE which was opened in 1996. Company has earn a good reputation for their services, integrity, Quality and attention. The firm is located at Beirut Road, Dubai, UAE and remains open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM while Friday and Saturday it remains closed. To more details and any query you can contact at +97142806889 phone number.
General Construction Company:
Arabian Construction Company (ACC) commonly known as contractor in Dubai which is giant giant construction company, serving from 50 years. ACC operation is 7 countries and 11 offices are situated in the middle east and India. As per source 30,000 are workforce. Accordingly official website company's annual turnover is more than $1 Billion.
Arabian Construction Company:
KPS basically known as international company which provides interior construction services for offices, hospitality, retail, education, food & beverage, technology and healthcare sectors. The company is situated at 12A P.O.B 111727 near DAMAC Business Tower in UAE and remains open 8 AM to 6 PM. Accordingly official website. company's annual turnover is US$125,000,000.
KPS – Interior Design and Construction Company Dubai:
Arabtec Construction LLC is a construction company in Dubai which is serving since 1975 and earn a good reputation in Construction Industry. Firm is specialized for many types of works like, High Rise Developments (Residential, Commercial, Mixed Use), Hotel Interiors, Stadiums , Hospitals, Museums, Malls, Residential Complexes and Communities, Luxury Villas, Major Airport Developments, Commercial and Industrial Projects, Cinemas, Entertainment Facilities and Infrastructure Works.
Arabtec Construction LLC:
Al Sahel Contracting Company LLC a mid size contracting company equipped with some excellent systems and people. This construction company located ar 25th Street, Umm Ramool – Dubai, UAE. Employee works here in two shifts like 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM while Friday and Sunday it remains closed.
Al Sahel Contracting Company LLC:
United Engineering Construction Company is a construction company which was founded in 1976 by the General Manager, Mr A Halim Muwahid. UNEC head office in Dubai while its branch offices are opened at many locations like Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Fujairah in UAE and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Company located at Dubai Airport Road, Al Fattan Plaza Office 209, Dubai UAE and remains open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
United Engineering Construction Company Dubai:
Fujairah National Construction Company is giant firm which was founded Mr. Joseph Zahra. The company located at Khalid Bin Waleed Street, Opp. Dubai Customs، Bur Dubai – Dubai – United Arab Emirates. It remains open from 8 AM to 6 PM while Friday and Saturday it remains closed. To more details and any query you can make a call at +97143938888 phone number.
Fujairah National Construction Co. LLC:
Turner Construction International LLC is a construction company which network is spread in middle east. Company is located at Block A2, Office #803 – 20 20th St, Gulf Towers Building, Dubai, UAE. It remains open from 8 AM to 5:30 PM and Fri-SAT it remains closed.
Turner Construction International LLC:
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It's one of those stories to show no matter how bad things are when you're flat broke, single, raising three kids, and unemployed, sometimes having the high-paying job makes it so your personal life is even worse. Erin Brockovich is a fascinating case study on how a tenacious attitude, street smarts, and an ability to talk to people as though you've known them your whole life—with a not so subtle flash of cleavage—can allow you do accomplish pretty much anything you want. Down on her luck, the bottom drops even further when an ER doctor runs through her car at an intersection where she had the right of way. A profanity-laced retort to the prosecuting lawyer later and Brockovich is seventeen grand in debt and right back to where she was before tragedy struck. With nowhere else to turn, she forces herself into a job as a clerk for the defense attorney who failed her, and then the wheels begin to turn. She said she was a fast learner and willing to do the work, but I'm sure no one thought she'd construct a multi-million dollar case with over six hundred plaintiffs and a huge utility company to foot the bill.
The principals involved in bringing this true story to the screen are not initially seen as the perfect choices. Director Steven Soderbergh had been known for his mix of personal oddities and slightly off the beaten path indie crossovers. But then came 2000 and his life would never be the same. A darling for cinephiles the world over, it wasn't until the 21st century began that Hollywood decided to also take notice. His inventively constructed interweaving triptych Traffic, garnering praise from all directions, eventually being nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and winning Best Editing, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, and Director, wasn't the last of it either. Currently known for his prolific working schedules, who knew he'd be able to get two films in the same year to compete against each other for awards? Probably his most straightforward film, devoid of any glaring examples of his visual flair, Erin Brockovich just plain got the job done. It took an intriguing true-life court case and breathed some vigor and emotion, animating it to open the world's eyes to a high caliber underdog; unafraid to do what's necessary for justice. Also nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Director and Screenplay, it won a single trophy—Best Actress.
I'm not going to lie; if I had a vote back in 2001, Ellen Burstyn would have received it. That said, however, I cannot deny the power Julia Roberts brings to her portrayal of Brockovich, a very singular woman. I've said it before and I'll say it again, when Roberts is given an edge of attitude and confidence, she is unstoppable. The wardrobe is memorable—all those short skirts and low cut tops bringing her 'assets' to the forefront—and its juxtaposition with her ability to dress down someone who dismisses her as a white trash inferior is an apt one, but without her delivery of well-written quips (courtesy of screenwriter Susannah Grant) and heart-on-her-sleeve expressions, America wouldn't have fallen in love with this tough-as-nails upstart. You look at the character and think high class call-girl, you see her young children eating fast food burgers because the pantry has only a jar of peanut butter and think broken single mom, yet once she speaks, cursing and no-holds-barred content included, you can't help but see her appeal. This woman will never give up on you or run away from the promise of her word, and all the while she'll treat you like family, dissolving any inhibitions that may exist about lawyers, making the case about humanity rather than money.
This trait is key for anything that occurs in the film to work. You see later on how mistrustful—with reason—small town folk can be to a flashy, well-dressed Ivy Leaguer looking for facts and saying, more in attitude than words, "I don't want any sentimental projections clouding them because I just don't care". These people have been lied to their entire lives, growing up and raising children on land contaminated with hexavalent chromium, a chemical directly related to cancers and other horrific diseases, being told the 'good' version of the element is actually being used. These folks don't want to believe—they can't fathom anyone would be so cruel—that their ailments could stem from the kind businessmen who paid for medical examinations and said everything would be all right. Already pandered to by suits from Pacific Gas & Electric, the last thing they needed was a lawyer coming with big words and tough to understand concepts to break the news. Those fools would be dismissed as money-hungry cretins, drudging up old history for financial gain as the families dying are exploited. So, in comes Erin Brockovich, a woman from the area and one of them. She becomes a translator for the common man and their strongest cheerleader.
Soderbergh must be given credit for allowing Grant's script to be realized in all its detailed research and findings. We go with Roberts to the water board, we watch her visit the affected families, and stand by as she fights for the intrinsic value of human decency, unable to let cold and calculated law firm plans overturn the personal bonds she has created. It isn't her astonishing ability to memorize phone numbers, names, and facts for each client that stands out, it's the dedication and stake she's put in at the detriment of her own children and lover (Aaron Eckhart) back at home doing their best to support her work. Because it is great work she's doing, helping others get the justice they deserve. But to what end does that help her loved ones? What is the money when you don't have the time to see it used and appreciated by the ones you've been working so hard to provide for? Eckhart's performance helps bring this conflict out and Albert Finney's Ed Masry, her boss, undergoes a transformation showing her effect to breed change for the better. Sometimes the people with large hearts have just been defeated for too long. It only takes one to wake up and become the catalyst for those around her. What better change is there than giving those without faith or hope the means to survive with dignity?


The documentary "Outfoxed" examines how media empires, led by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-larger corporations taking control of the public's right to know. Murdoch's tentacles reach over 3 billion – that's billion – people around the world.
As we listen to its employees, whose voices are disguised, and former employees we understand the tactics of Fox News: one-sided right-wing reporting. The technique used by the filmmaker to drive the point home is simply to run the network's own coverage. The spin is mind-boggling. "Repeat a lie 1,000 times and it becomes the truth," Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda, said.
There is one exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Jeremy Glick, whose father died in the attack on the World Trade Center. Obviously, O'Reilly was unaware of the young man's politics, which were shaped to some degree by his father.
As the interview progresses and Glick shows himself to be anti-imperialist, O'Reilly becomes angry. He tells Glick his father would be very unhappy with what he was saying. When Glick tries to defend his position, O'Reilly cuts him off.
O'Reilly abruptly ends the interview and, while still on camera, motions to security to show his guest the door. When Glick goes to get some water, security advises him to leave rather than chance running into O'Reilly in the hallway, implying the threat of bodily harm.