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The OR Carries Reproductive Risks: Here's How to Mitigate Them
There are risks that accompany a career in surgery. For example, studies have shown that female surgeons have higher rates of infertility and pregnancy complications,...
By Alison McCook
There are risks that accompany a career in surgery. For example, studies have shown that female surgeons have higher rates of infertility and pregnancy complications, and not just because surgeons tend to have babies later in life (JAMA Surg 2020;155[3]:243-249).
Female surgeons face various reproductive hazards present in all medical specialties, such as injuries from sharps or infections from patients, said Aleksandra SzczEsna, a sixth-year medical student at the Medical University of Warsaw, in Poland, who has studied this topic (Ginekol Pol 2019;90[8]:470-474). There's also plain old stress, she told OR Management News: "Surgical specialties are inseparably linked to physical and emotional burden, which increases the risk of burnout and threatens mental well-being."
Unfortunately, the OR is home to several other potential reproductive hazards. Some, such as radiation and strenuous working conditions, are likely well known. However, others may be less familiar, like the hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy used in peritoneal carcinomatosis, and methyl methacrylate, a form of acrylic resin that's commonly used in orthopedic surgeries.
Most of the data linking these OR exposures to pregnancy outcomes are retrospective, making it hard to draw conclusions about dose-response relationships with reproductive health, said Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH, an associate professor of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and an occupational health physician at the Cambridge Health Alliance, both in Massachusetts. Barring pregnant surgeons from the OR isn't fair, either, she added.
Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH
The best way forward, Dr. Goldman said, is to limit exposures to the extent possible, and at a minimum, following guidelines from regulatory agencies, so it's safer for women—and men—to operate during their reproductive years. "We need to not stigmatize female surgeons about it, and begin to look at the evidence and have a dialogue and some rational decision making. And look at our operating rooms and see how we can better control some exposures."
Here is a list of some reproductive risks present in the OR, and suggestions for how to mitigate them.
What's the risk: In some studies, working more than 40 hours per week has been linked to increased risk for preterm delivery and miscarriage; night shifts are associated with preterm delivery and miscarriage.
How to mitigate: Educate physicians about the potential risks and provide alternative conditions that aren't unfairly restrictive.
What's the risk: Studies report a higher risk for fetal death (estimated threshold dose, 50-100 mGy), congenital abnormalities and growth restriction (estimated threshold dose, 200-250 mGy), cognitive effects with microcephaly (estimated threshold dose, 60-310 mGy), and childhood cancer (likely minimal risk at <10-20 mGy). These exposures are much higher than are found in the OR, Dr. Goldman said.
How to mitigate: Keep exposure as low as possible, mandate use of protective gear and maintain distance from the radiation source. Women who are pregnant should wear fetal dosimeters under their protective gowns near their abdomen, and have access to counseling by a qualified expert.
Surgical Smoke
What's the risk: Although much of the research on surgical smoke focuses on its components and does not focus on physicians, experts are getting a better picture of its potential health risks to providers. Studies of reproductive risk have associated particulate matter with low birth weight and preterm labor; toluene with congenital defects, cognitive problems and infertility; benzene with childhood leukemia; and 1,2-dichloroethane with miscarriage and infertility.
How to mitigate: Use a ventilation system, employ smoke activators with adequate capture velocity (31-46 m per minute), cut back on surgical smoke as much as possible, and use a high-filtration mask for standard procedures and an N95 mask in the presence of aerosols.
Waste Anesthetic Gases
What's the risk: There is a potential for miscarriage, congenital abnormalities and infertility.
How to mitigate: Follow recommendations of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, use ventilation and anesthetic gas–scavenging systems, maintain equipment, avoid high flow rates and other high-waste techniques, and monitor breathing zone atmospheric gas levels.
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
What's the risk: Studies of occupational exposure to chemotherapy have shown increased risks for miscarriage, low birth weight, congenital abnormalities and infertility.
How to mitigate: Inform physicians who are pregnant or trying to conceive that current recommendations advise not participating in HIPEC administration, train them on proper use and handling of antineoplastic agents, and any physician in direct contact with HIPEC should use triple gloves and change them every 30 minutes.
What's the risk: High exposures in animals are linked to skeletal abnormalities and growth restriction.
How to mitigate: Install laminar flow ventilation, use surgical hooded helmets, and use vacuum cement mixing systems and local suction during preparation.
Female surgeons can take on less physically demanding activities during pregnancy without interrupting their career goals, said Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik, MD, an obstetrics and gynecology resident at the Medical University of Warsaw, in Poland. (One example, Ms. SzczEsna said, would be avoiding the night shift, either in person or on call.) "More emphasis on the scientific work, attendance at theoretical courses, training in nonsurgical wards, gaining skills essential in the diagnostic process and follow-up care are the examples of much safer options within the residency curriculum than the OR," Dr. Kacperczyk-Bartnik said.
Although the data focus on female reproductive issues, men need to be aware of the risks and advocate for change, Dr. Goldman said. It's very possible that some of the risks to female reproduction also affect men, so limiting exposures is "going to be good for everybody," she said, "because there are the risks we know, and the risks we don't know. But when we control exposures, we basically control unknown risks, as well."
Source for all: (JAMA Surg 2020;155[3]:243-249)
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Richard Meltzer, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches: when James Wolcott dubbed them the Noiseboys, he did everyone (as so often) a disservice, including them, by collapsing them into just one wild-style jerk-store project and mislabelling it to match. They were friends in mischief, to be sure, but they were none of them particularly like one another in style or even tactic. What they did in fact share was a perverse attitude towards deep cultural knowledge, a feel for how to write and how to play and what was out there besides just rock. Elsewhere rockwrite was already sleepwalking uneasily — so they felt — towards a narrow pedantry, autodidact learning as a mode of borrowed bad authority. One escape route: knowledge as all-purpose bust-it-wide toolkit, as weaponry on behalf of the militant mutant grotesque that was rockthink's earliest best contribution.


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Q: The number of states for fermions, bosons, and Boltzman in statistical mechanics This is related with Equation 8.58 in Kerson Huang's 2nd edition of Statistical Mechanics.
The partition functions for the ideal gases are given as
$ Q_N (V,T) =\sum_{\{ n_p \}} g\{n_p \}e^{-\beta E\{n_p \}} $ where $E\{n_p \} =\sum_p \epsilon_p n_p$ and the occupation numbers are subject to the $\sum_p n_p =N$
The textbook says, for a bose gas and a boltzmann gas $n_p=0,1,2, \cdots $ and for the fermi gas $n_p=0,1$. I understand this is due to the pauli-exclusion principles.
But what i couldn't understand is eq 8.58 which is following
$g\{n_p\} = 1$ for both bose and fermi gas
$g\{n_p\} = \frac{1}{N!} \left( \frac{N!}{\prod_p n_p !} \right)$ for boltzaman gas
Please explain why we have this results.

A: Bose particles cannot be identified as different in a given state, whereas boltzmann particles can (even though both types can occupy a given energy state with more than one particle). Thus boltzmann statistics need to take into account the permutations ($n!$) of the $n$ particles into a given state, in contrast to the bose particles (which are not identified as separate).
For example for Bose-Einstein statistics the configurations:
(ike, mike) and (mike, ike) are considered the same.
Whereas for Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics the configurations:
(ike, mike) and (mike, ike) are considered different (each particle "ike" or "mike" can be identified as "ike" or "mike").
wikipedia Identical particles

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Im guessing its the leak thats not allowing me to play, but there are no holes in the map, and my spawn points and light are inside the map, anyone got any idea what the problum is?
Read the F.A.Q. it tells you how to fix a leak.
That is what i get now, but im a bit confused on how to fix it,so if you could please tell me what i need to do to fix these leaks that would be great.
Make sure there are no gaps between brushes, the inside of the map needs to be completely enclosed from the black void outside.
I follow the red line, but i just dont see any hole, so i really dont understand how to fix it, sorry if it seems like im asking repetive questions.
The hole is likely to be very small (like with Asians).
Ok, no more leaks, i started and made a new one, now im getting this, and it still wont start, do you guys see any errors thats causeing it not to run?
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Im actually running it straight through hammer, do you suggjest i do it the other way?
Yes use ZHLT like superjer's tutorial says.
When i finish typing it out, i save it as all files, with no .txt at the end, but when i try to save it, it continues to save as a txt document, any ideas?
Do the same thing but put a .bat at the end. Leaving out a file extension will cause Windows to put the generic file extension.
Sweet, i got it working thanks alot for your help, one last question though, if i want to add things inside the map, do i just have to save and convert it to .map again?
Do the same thing. Edit your map save it as .map, then use ZHLT.
Do you have any idea where i can find some more tutorials that will help me further?
As far as anything with hammer mapping goes, I really like this site.
So now a made a ladder, it works but i cant see it, what can i do to make it visable?
Did you build it with all 3 parts, like this?


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Our team of experienced grain traders at Mayco Export, Inc., handles a wide variety of the grains marketed on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Driven in part by the demand of our mill located in St. Louis, Missouri, our primary focus has remained durum wheat. In addition, we handle spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, canola, sunflowers, and the other crops grown in North Dakota and eastern Montana.
As a grain commission trading firm and a member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Mayco Export, Inc., works with our customers (a large number of grain elevators in the upper Midwest) to secure the best market prices for the commodities that are being sold.
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On December 11, 1951, the well-established Honky tonk singer HANK THOMPSON (« Humpty dumpty boogie » on Capitol for example, and before that on Modern, Globe and Blue Bonnet) cut in Los Angeles an all-time classic, « The Wild Side Of Life » (Capitol 1942). It was an immediate success, which eventually found its way at n°2 of the most played records by Disc-jockeys Country records for 1952. Soon there were covers, and the song was enduring versions until the '60s.
The Texan JIMMY HEAP & the Melody Masters (and his vocalist Perk Williams) did their version (issued February 1952) on Imperial # 8105. Full of energy as usual, although this time Williams adopts a plaintive way of singing.
In 1952 a strange version was recorded in Lake Charles, La. by SKUK RICHARD in French (« Le cote farouche de la vic » [sic]) with the vocal duty taken by Marie Falcon and issued on the local Khoury's 621 label.
Je l'ai écrit dans les mots dans c'ette chanson.
Pour t'en aller sur la borde la vie farouche.
Bien, êtes-vous d'être le bébé a n'importe qui…..
Oublier l'amour des yeux que t'as jamais connu.
In January 1953 JOHNNY HICKS also made a cover, under the title « No wild side of life » for Columbia (# 21064). A permanent host of the « Big D Jamboree » out of Dallas since 1948, he had already enjoyed success with the good boppers « Curb service », and later « Hamburger hop » or « Hey now honey », all recorded by Columbia between '49 and '55.
5 years later Dewey Rothering vocalized well with the RHYTHM PLAYBOYS for a Rockabilly styled version on the Summit label out of Central City, KY. There is even a welcome fiddle solo.
Late 1959 JERRY LEE LEWIS recorded the song at Sun during a semi-R&B session with saxes, but he remains lyrically true to the first version. It was then natural for him to include the song in his 1965 album « Country sounds for city folks » (Smash), which marked a turning in his career towards Country music.
Finally the Rockabilly Main Man, as he liked to be named, CHARLIE FEATHERS, had a preference for the song : he recorded it several times. First in studio Select-O-Hits in 1969 : energetic version, urgent vocal, sympathetic backing (wild Marcus Van Story on double-bass) ; then on various shows during the '70s, issued at G. Paulus label Barrelhouse.


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DAY 1: TEL AVIV / JAFFA / CAESAREA
On arrival at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv you will be met and transferred to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
DAY 2: JERUSALEM with DAN BAHAT
Our tour begins on the Mt. of Olives and Mt. Scopus, with several spectacular views of Jerusalem. These views will give us a clearer understanding of Jerusalem's geographical position. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane. We then drive down to the Old City and begin to explore the city's historical layers at the City of David. Excavations have exposed the city and shaft leading from the city to the water supply in the Kidron Valley. We will examine Hezekiah's Tunnel, built through the rock under the city to divert the water into an inner city reservoir, the Gihon Spring and Pool of Siloam. There will be time this afternoon to stroll in the Old City and to experience the preparations for the Jewish Sabbath in the Jewish Quarter. Visit the Garden Tomb. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 3: JERUSALEM
Our first stop this morning is the Model of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple. The remainder of the morning is devoted to an in-depth visit to the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and many other treasures, as well as an ethnography collection and the Billy Rose sculpture gardens. Lastly, we will stroll through the Kidron Valley, which holds some of the finest standing monuments of the Second Temple period. Dinner and overnight.
Returning to the Old City, we tour the Islamic monuments on the Temple Mount, including the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque (provided they are open to the public). Our touring continues to the Church of St. Anne visiting the Bethesda Pool and we will follow the via dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (in the Christian Quarter) Dinner and overnight.
Time for worship in the morning. The focus of this exciting day is the recent discoveries of the New Testament times. Beginning in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, we visit the Herodian Quarter, the residence of the upper-class Jerusalemites; the Cardo, the main thoroughfare of the Upper City and the fascinating southern wall excavations (the steps leading to the southern gates of the Temple). Dinner and overnight.
We visit the Bible Lands Museum and the Rockefeller Museum of Archaeology. Here we will see important finds from throughout the country, including the famous Israelite "Lachish Letters." The afternoon is at leisure to explore the city on our own. Dinner and overnight. After dinner we join for a lecture from one of the leading archaeological in the land.
DAY 7: BETHLEHEM / HERODION / TEL ARAD
Our day begins with a visit to Bethlehem. We continue to Herodion, the spectacular fortress built by King Herod between 22 and 15 BCE. We then visit the desert settlement at Tel Arad, an impressive Early Bronze Age city and Israelite citadel, and descend to the Dead Sea, stopping along the way to view spectacular desert vistas. We will arrive at our Dead Sea Hotel with time to swim in the Dead Sea before dinner.
DAY 8: TIBERIAS
This special day begins with an early ascent to the great fortress of Masada. Built by Herod as a sanctuary, it was later occupied by the Zealots and others fleeing the Romans. After a full morning at this extensive site, we will travel north to Qumran, believed to have been an Essene settlement whose library housed the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in nearby caves. We then continue to ancient Jericho one of the oldest urban settlements in the world. After completing our touring, we drive up the Jordan Valley to Tiberias for two nights at our hotel situated on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 9: GALILEE
Our day begins at Tel Dan, known in antiquity as Laish until it was captured by the tribe of Dan. This fascinating tel has yielded wonderful architecture, including a fine Middle Bronze Age mud-brick arched gate and a cult centre, where three altars have been found. The afternoon's touring will focus on the Golan Heights and will include Banias, one of the sources of the Jordan, and the Crusader fortress of Qalat Namrud, return Tiberias for dinner and overnight
DAY 10: GALILEE
Our first stop this morning is Capernaum, the site of Jesus' three-year ministry. We will then drive around the Sea of Galilee to the Golan Archaeological M useum and the ancient site of Katzrin. We will stop to examine 2nd millennium BCE funerary dolmens and visit the fortified ancient town of Gamla, with the only visible ruin of a first century synagogue in Galilee. We can easily imagine the bloody battle described by Josephus as we stand above the ruined city. After lunch, touring continues at Hazor where we explore the site and Amnon Ben-Tor's current excavations. Early work by Yigael Yadin revealed 21 different strata of settlement going back to the Early Bronze Age. Famous as one of King Solomon's military centres, it was finally destroyed by the Assyrians, Dinner and overnight.
DAY 11: MEGIDDO / CAESAREA / TEL AVIV
Our first visit will be to the Solomonic city of Megiddo, exploring the remains of the ancient city, the Early Bronze Age temples and the city's amazing water system. Continue to the Roman port of Caesarea, built by King Herod. On-going excavations are exposing greater expanses of the Roman city and port. Dinner and overnight Tel Aviv.
DAY 12: TEL AVIV
Our last morning in Israel will be spent visiting the Ha'aretz Museum, including Tel Qasile, a well-preserved Philistine temple. Transfer to Ben Gurion airport.
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All winter long, the most important part of the news report for Israelis is not the dollar-shekel exchange rate or the level of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange index, but rather the water level in Lake Kineret, which often reflects the national spirit. The Kineret, or Sea of Galilee, is Israel's largest fresh water reservoir, Read more
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Tiberias (Tabariyah) demonstrates the essence of vacations in the Holy land. In Tiberias, one can enjoy a variety of activities in a city that offers splendid opportunities to mix relaxation with nature, history with contemporary attractions, serene quiet with active water sports, and pilgrimage sites with unique tourist attractions. Tiberias is located on the shores Read more
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Not all Americans supported their country's entry into the "Great War in Europe," later known as World War I. This image depicts the cover sheet of a popular song, in 1915, expressing more pacifist sentiments. Cover image online via Wikimedia Commons. Click on the image for a better view.
James Gerard (US Ambassador to Germany) spoke in favor of it, using harsh words for German-Americans who supported the Kaiser.
Franklin Lane, Secretary of the Interior, also supported war and cited Germany's actions in sinking the Lusitania.
Congressional leaders overwhelmingly supported a declaration of war.
We are fighting Germany because she sought to terrorize us and then to fool us. We could not believe that Germany would do what she said she would do upon the seas. Yet, we still hear the piteous cries of children coming out, out of the sea where the Lusitania went down, and Germany has never asked forgiveness of the world.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) predicted the war would be won by the side which could best organize its labor force to support the war effort.
This war is a people's war - labor's war. The final outcome will be determined in the factories, the mills, the shops, the mines, the farms, the industries, and the transportation agencies of the various countries. That group of countries which can most successfully organize its agencies of production and transportation, and which can furnish the most adequate and effective agencies with which to conduct the war, will win.
Gompers' prediction was amazingly accurate.
Bos, Carole "AMERICA ENTERS WWI" AwesomeStories.com. Apr 01, 2004. Apr 23, 2019.
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Diese Liste zeigt alle ehemaligen und derzeitigen Mitglieder des Regierungsrates des Kantons Luzern seit 1831.

Geschichte
Zwei Parteien dominierten die Politik auf Kantonsebene bis um 1990 – die «Roten» (Konservative) und die «Schwarzen» (Liberale). Einige Politiker gehörten zu der Mittepartei «Liberal-Konservative». Seit dem späten 19. Jahrhundert kamen die Sozialdemokraten hinzu. Auch andere Parteien versuchten Sitze im Regierungsrat zu erringen. Die Demokraten (eine Abspaltung des linken Flügels der Liberalen), der Grütliverein (Grütlianer, auch Sozialdemokratische Volkspartei), unabhängige Christlich-Soziale (bei Wahlen meist ein Arbeiterflügel innerhalb der Konservativen) und der Landesring der Unabhängigen. In den letzten Jahrzehnten versuchten dies erfolglos die marxistisch orientierte POCH und später das Grüne Bündnis Luzern.

Nebst den beiden Traditionsparteien gelang der Einzug in den Regierungsrat bisher nur den Christlich-Sozialen, den Sozialdemokraten, der Schweizerischen Volkspartei und Parteilosen.

Parteiabkürzungen oder politische Richtung
 CSP: Christlich-Soziale Partei
 K: Konservative, Katholisch-Konservative, Konservative und christliche-Soziale Partei, Konservative Volkspartei, Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (CVP), Die Mitte
 L: Liberale Partei Luzern (LPL), Freisinnige, Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei (heute FDP.Die Liberalen)
 SP: Sozialdemokratische Partei (ab 1888)
 SVP: Schweizerische Volkspartei (ab 1971)
 U: Unabhängige, Parteilose

Regierungsräte
Anmerkung: Die hohe Anzahl Regierungsräte im Jahr 1847 ist auf die politischen Umstände zurückzuführen. Damals kam es zum Krieg gegen den Sonderbund. Die eidgenössischen Truppen marschierten gegen Luzern, das die Führung des Sonderbunds innehatte. In der Nacht vom 23. auf den 24. November 1847 flüchtete ein Grossteil der Regierung in den Kanton Uri. Um ein politisches Vakuum zu vermeiden, erklärte sich der (mehrheitlich) liberale Stadtrat unter Zuzug einiger Persönlichkeiten aus der Landschaft zur provisorischen Regierung des Kantons Luzern. Erst 1848 gab es wieder eine rechtmässig gewählte Regierung.

Quellen
 Staatsarchiv Luzern diverse Unterlagen, hauptsächlich E.z.111 und E.z.161 (Biographien der Gemeinderäte und der Grossräte/Kantonsräte)
 CVP Luzern: 150 Jahre Politik für Luzern - Der Weg einer Partei, 1991. Anhang, Regierungsräte des Kantons Luzern 1803–1990, Seiten 101–107
 Übersicht zu Geburts- und Sterbedaten.
 Details: Politische Richtung, Geburts- und Sterbedaten zu Regierungsratsmitgliedern (Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz)

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Heres a Camel Menthol ad with good ol Joe. I never tried menthol Camels before but I certainly rememeber hearing of em through 90s ads in mags.
I'm sure menthol Camels are still sold today. I even heard of Camel Menthol Wides before.
Instead of having Joe on the motorcycle, I'd have a redhead lady with her leather jacket on, some shades, and shes dragging on her lit Camel Menthol in handsfree fashion. I usually take drags on my cigs without holding em. The only time I hold is when I'm ready to tap ashes off of it.


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with pojo CreateSomething having int masterId = -1 with getter and setter.
what is the meaning of #masterId:NUMERIC:-1#, here i can understand masterId is of NUMERIC type but what is the associated -1 use here, and what will be the equivalent Mybatis query be.


New VW T6 with contemporary interior!
Willy – New VW T6 with contemporary interior!
This brand new T6 conversion offers great driving with Automatic gearbox, Bluemotion technology, Power steering, Parking sensors, Heated seats, full tan leather interior as well as everything needed for a great adventure. We have also WiFi capability for additional devices, such as IPADS etc.
We have additional items available, such as a great Awning, tables and chairs, food packs and other items.
The Campervan has 2 ring gas hob, sink, heating, grill and fridge. It also comes supplied with all the Kitchen/cleaning utensils that you would need, and a few extras too. The passenger seats swivel to face the dining table and create a great area for entertaining.
Another feature that we can offer is Hand controlled driving adaptions for disabled drivers, for more information just ask us.
No smoking at all, if you do want to take a furry buddy please ask and we will always consider it.
VW Campervan in Pembrokeshire awesome conversion.


Dads bring your kids (and significant others) for an ALL-FAMILY, PRIVATE, exciting class focusing on self-defense and bullying!!!
Kids are aware that bullies can make life difficult and cause anxiety and unhappiness, but as adults, we often don't realize bullies grow up and stay bullies. We have to learn mature strategies to work with them in the workplace as well!
Self-defense for kids and self-defense for adults is a different spectrum of preparedness and application, but both require confidence and self-esteem to act quickly and responsibly in a situation.
For this 2 hour course, we will visit Becks' Martial Arts in Fort Collins and practice strategies to utilize confidence and self-esteem to maintain healthy and happy lifestyles. Bond with your kids through self-defense drills that are fun and effective at keeping everyone safe.
Attire is workout wear (loose pants and t-shirts). Fathers are asked to also bring jackets with zippers for some practical self-defense applications.
Becks' Martial Arts specializes in teaching traditional Korean Taekwondo and works with families to nurture healthy lifestyles and strong family bonds. Check out their website at www.becksmartialarts.com for more information!


quite large patches of bluebells out, which look pretty spectacular.
I will be doing a run on Easter Monday from the wood's car park.
All are welcome to join me and take in the woods and the bluebells.
Will aim to start running at 8.30 AM.
is just over 3 miles and it should take between 30 and 40 minutes.
run after, I will have to get away though.
Count me and Jason in!


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Q: Prove continuous maps $f,g: S^{n} \rightarrow S^{n}$ are homotopic if $f(x)\cdot g(x)=0$ for all $x\in S^n$.
Let $f: S^{n} \rightarrow S^{n}$ and $g: S^{n} \rightarrow S^{n}$ be two continuous map on $S^{n}$. Suppose that, for all $x \in S^{n}$, we have $$f(x)\cdot g(x)=0\,.$$  Then show that $f \simeq g$.

For the definition of two homotopic functions, see here.
For information, the operator $\cdot$ is the usual dot product in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$.  Also $S^n\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ is the unit sphere with center at the origin.
For $n=1$, the claim is not difficult to prove.  If $f(x)\cdot g(x)=0$, then $f(x)\perp g(x)$.  Treating $\mathbb{R}^2$ as $\mathbb{C}$.  Therefore, $f(x)=e^{\pm i\pi/2} g(x)$.  Because $f$ and $g$ are continuous, we must have $$f(x)=e^{si\pi/2}g(x)$$ for all $x\in S^1$, where $s=\pm 1$ is fixed.  In this case, we have a homotopy:
$$H(x,t)=e^{si\pi t/2}g(x)$$
where $t\in[0,1]$ and $x\in S^1$.  Clearly, $H(x,0)=g(x)$ and $H(x,1)=f(x)$ for all $x\in S^1$.
How do we prove the statement for a general $n$?  Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge.

A: Presumably, the operator $\cdot$ is the standard inner product on $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, and $$S^n:=\big\{x\in\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\,\big|\,\|x\|=1\big\}\,,$$
where $\|\_\|$ is the norm induced by the inner product $\cdot$.  Let $$h(t,x):=(1-t)\,f(x)+t\,g(x)\,,$$ where $t\in[0,1]$ and $x\in S^n$.  Because $f(x)\cdot g(x)=0$ for all $x\in S^n$, we conclude that $h$ is a nonvanishing continuous map from $[0,1]\times S^n$ to $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$.  Define $$H(t,x):=\frac{h(t,x)}{\big\|h(t,x)\big\|}$$
for all $t\in[0,1]$ and $x\in S^n$.  Then, $H:[0,1]\times S^n\to S^n$ is a continuous map such that $H(0,\_)=f$ and $H(1,\_)=g$.  Consequently, $H$ is a homotopy from $f$ to $g$.
Remark.  It suffices to know that $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are linearly independent for every $x\in S^n$.  If this assumption is met, then $h(t,x)\neq 0$ for any $x\in S^n$ and $t\in[0,1]$.  Therefore, the same argument works.


One of the top things to do in RIga is the shooting tour. we went by Red fox tours. the service was excellent and price as well. i think that is perfect for someone who is looking for unique experience.
City of opposites: old/new, rich/poor, clean/dirty. Had a great time there though. The black cat is a wonderful pub with a good vibe and pool table which I enjoyed. Don't recall the name, but there's an indian restaurant near the centre which was also very good.


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Le tournoi de Londres est un tournoi de tennis. L'édition féminine 1969, classée en catégorie Dewar Cup, se dispute du 13 au .

Virginia Wade remporte le simple dames. En finale, elle bat Julie Heldman.

L'épreuve de double voit quant à elle s'imposer Ann Haydon-Jones et Virginia Wade.

Faits marquants
Il s'agit de la finale de la Dewar Cup 1969. Les quatre manches précédant la finale ont été jouées respectivement à Perth, Stalybridge, Aberavon et Torquay.

Avant ce tournoi, Virginia Wade compte trois victoires pour une à Julie Heldman dans la coupe 1969. En finale Virginia Wade remporte le titre pour la deuxième année consécutive.

Le classement définitif de la Dewar Cup 1969 pour les huit joueuses qualifiées s'établit comme suit : 1. Virginia Wade 23 points, 2. Julie Heldman 17 points, 3. Ann Haydon-Jones 14 points, 4. Joyce Barclay 9 points, 5. Annette Van Zyl 8 points, 6. Helen Gourlay et Corinne Molesworth 5 points et 8. Mary-Ann Eisel 4 points.

Résultats en simple

Parcours

Tableau

Résultats en double

Tableau final

Premiers tours

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Tournoi de tennis de Londres

Lien externe
  Site de la WTA

Navigation

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Tennis en Angleterre en 1969
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"Owl" is mentioned in 8 verses in the KJV and the word "Owls" is in 6 verses.
Other versions list – horned owls, eagle owl, short-eared, long-eared owl, barn owl and a white owl.
The first mention of owls in the Bible is in Leviticus and Deuteronomy that list the unclean birds that are not to be eaten.
Owls are divided into two (2) families.
The Barn Owls (Tytonidae Family) are medium to large-sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons (claws). They also differ from the Typical Owls (Strigidae Family) in the sternum (breast) and feet.
They live in a wide range of habitats from deserts to forests, and from temperate latitudes to the tropics. Little is known of many of them. The barn-owls are mostly nocturnal (active at night), and generally non-migratory, living in pairs or singly.
The barn-owls' main characteristic is the heart-shaped facial disc, formed by stiff feathers which serve to amplify and locate the source of sounds when hunting. Their wing feathers were created to eliminate sound caused by flying, aiding both the hearing of the owl listening for hidden prey and keeping the prey unaware of the owl. Barn-owls overall are darker on the back than the front, usually an orange-brown colour, the front being a paler version of the back or mottled, although there is considerable variation even amongst species. The bay-owls closely resemble the Tyto owls but have a divided facial disc, ear tufts, and tend to be smaller.
The Typical Owls (Strigidae Family) is a large family that comprises around 189 living species in 25 genera. The typical owls have a cosmopolitan distribution and are found on every continent except Antarctica.
While typical owls vary greatly in size, with the smallest species, the Elf Owl, being a hundred times smaller than the largest, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl and Blakiston's Fish Owl, owls generally share an extremely similar body plan. They tend to have large heads, short tails, cryptic plumage and round facial discs around the eyes. The family is generally arboreal (live in trees) (with a few exceptions like the Burrowing Owl) and obtain their food on the wing. The wings are large, broad, rounded and long.
Owls are generally nocturnal and spend much of the day roosting. They are often perceived as tame since they will allow people to approach quite closely before taking flight, but they are instead attempting to avoid detection. The cryptic plumage (help camouflage them) and inconspicuous locations (not likely to be seen or noticed) adopted are an effort to avoid predators and mobbing by small birds.
We will learn more about these beautifully created birds in other Bible Birds – Owls articles.


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April 23, 2020 4:55 pm AESTDate Time
2020 Maroondah youth celebrations moves 'online'
Despite Victorian Youth Week being postponed, Council is forging ahead in celebrating our city's young people and is encouraging those aged between 12 and 25 in Maroondah to head online to get involved.
Mayor of Maroondah, Councillor Mike Symon said that while being together physically wasn't an option this year, Council would continue to bring events and activities to Maroondah's youth in an online format during April and May.
"While the official Victorian Youth Week has been moved to later in the year due to COVID-19, we feel it's important that we continue to acknowledge the enormous contribution of young people across our city, and to remain socially connected as a community," Cr Symon said.
"Our Youth Services team has moved largely online in recent weeks, with events and services that support young people still going ahead, albeit from a different platform," he said.
"Council commends our Youth Services team who have been working hard to translate the programming of events into an online format," Cr Symon added.
Pure Talent 2020
This week sees the launch of Pure Talent Online, an online exhibition showcasing the talents of young emerging visual artists in Maroondah.
Traditionally displayed at Wyreena's Arts Lounge, the exhibition can now be viewed on the Arts Lounge website until Friday 1 May 2020.
Each artist and their work will be featured daily on Maroondah City Council Youth Services Facebook page and on Instagram
The online exhibition highlights works created by 2019 VCE and IB (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme) students from six Maroondah secondary schools as part of creative subjects including Studio Arts, Visual Communication and Design and Textile Design.
"Council is proud to showcase these creative and diverse artworks as part of Maroondah's celebration of young people, and hope it inspires others in their community," Cr Symon said.
Maroondah Youth Awards
The 2020 Maroondah Youth Awards will be adapted into a week-long online celebration via social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, from 11 to 15 May.
Cr Symon said that due to government-imposed restrictions on social gatherings, Council had been forced to cancel its presentation of the 2020 Maroondah Youth Awards, originally scheduled for Wednesday 8 April at Karralyka.
"We are excited to be bringing this annual event to the wider public through an online format," Cr Symon said.
"The online event will include videos hosted by two of our young people, video stories from some of the nominees, as well as video performances. Throughout the event, each of the nominees will be recognised with a full nomination description," he said.
This year's Maroondah Youth Awards recognises 148 exceptional young people who have been nominated across four categories: leadership, creativity, perseverance and teamwork.
"On behalf of Council, I would like to thank all the people who nominated an individual or group for an award," Cr Symon said.
"Whether it be coordinating events for other young people, acting as a role model for new settlers in the community, or having triumphed over hardship and adversity, there are so many young people in Maroondah who dedicate their own time to better the lives of others, and they should be recognised for their efforts," he said.
Connect with us for support
Council's Youth Support Service is still available by calling 9294 5704 (Monday-Friday, 8.30am to 5pm), or via Instagram and Facebook.
After-hours help
If you need help after office hours, you can call these 24-hour /7-day services for immediate help:
Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
Lifeline – 13 11 14
Eastern Health Mental Health Program – 1300 721 927
For all the latest information on activities, programs and resources visit the Maroondah Youth Services website
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LaVar Ball thinks Lonzo is better than 'specialty guy' Kawhi Leonard
Josh Martin
May 8, 2018 4:10 am ET
It's one thing to think that the Los Angeles Lakers would never give up Lonzo Ball in a trade for Kawhi Leonard, as LaVar Ball does. It's another entirely to believe that the UCLA product is already a better NBA player than the San Antonio Spurs' injured (and reportedly disgruntled) All-Star, as the Big Baller Brand CEO suggested during an interview with ESPN LA's Marcellus Wiley and Travis Rodgers on Monday.
"Lonzo, I'ma tell you what he does: makes everybody on the team better," LaVar explained. "Who don't start the team with that?"
In the Ballfather's mind, Leonard isn't that kind of all-around impact player.
"You put Kawhi on there, he don't make everybody better," he continued. "He gonna do his thing. He's a specialty guy."
Leonard's specialties, prior to his nearly nonexistent 2017-18 campaign, included consistent scoring (25.5 points per game in 2016-17), sharp outside shooting (38.8 percent from three over his first six seasons) and, of course, lockdown defense (as his two Defensive Player of the Year awards would suggest). While Kawhi has never shared the ball at a rate close to Zo's 7.2 assists per game as a rookie, the San Diego State product's abilities to draw double teams on offense and assume the toughest assignment on defense take pressure off his running mates, thereby allowing them easier access to being their best selves.
All told, you'd be hard-pressed to find a single executive in the league who wouldn't take Leonard, a former Finals MVP and top-five player when healthy, over Ball, who might not crack the All-Rookie first team.
But, this being LaVar, it's best to take a proclamation of this kind with a heavy pour of salt before placing it alongside his previous boasts about being better than Michael Jordan and his eldest son outpacing Stephen Curry while at UCLA.
Kobe Bryant, Lonzo Ball are aligned on Lakers in free agency
LaVar Ball: Hornets 'don't understand what they got' in LiAngelo
LaVar is ready for LiAngelo to join LaMelo on the Charlotte Hornets.
Lavar Ball announces new Big Baller Brand luxury lifestyle shoe
Big Baller Brand is back like it never left!
LaVar Ball sports 'I Told You So!' hat at LiAngelo's debut
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Chaturmas is the four month period which Hindus consider in for weddings. It is thought that Lord Vishnu sleeps during this period and it is considered unwise to disturb him.
Chaturmas in 2017 starts on 4 July, 2017 (Devshayani Ekadashi) and ends on 31 October, 2017 (Devuthani Ekadashi).


A Day Trip to New Haven 2019 — Decorative Arts Society, Inc.
Featuring more than 100 objects drawn from the Yale University Art Gallery's collection with select loans from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and curated by a group of Yale undergraduate students, A Nation Reflected: Stories in American Glass explores the myriad ways in which glass expresses the cultural, technological, and artistic aspirations of those who live and work in the United States.
This exhibition features over three hundred objects from Hunter's original collections and contemplates how objects of different kinds, perspectives on the body, and museums themselves have mediated, and continue to mediate, our understanding of one another and the world in which we live.


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Winterlude
February 3 - 20, 2023
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Experience the best the Canadian winter has to offer at the free Winterlude festival that takes place in the Ottawa region during the first three weekends of February each year! There is something for everyone to enjoy, from family-friendly activities, to group adventures and date nights!
Prepare to be astonished by stunning ice sculptures created by artists from around the world, skate on the world-famous Rideau Canal Skateway (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and play around in a gigantic snow playground called Snowflake Kingdom.
CNN Travel just named Ottawa the only Canadian destination to visit in 2023! The article highlights the renowned Rideau Canal Skateway, which is just a short walk from the downtown Ottawa Winterlude location.
Winterlude activities highlight Canada's cultural and artistic diversity. Urban sites, museums and special events present seasonal programming as well as opportunities to connect with Indigenous culture. Most festival activities are free and take place in the Urban Ottawa-Gatineau region. Don't miss Canada's annual Winterlude festival in Canada's capital!
Check out the Canadian Heritage Winterlude website to learn more about the various Winterlude activities as well as several volunteer opportunities.
Five winter-friendly must-see sights in Ottawa
CNN Travel names Ottawa a top destination to visit in 2023
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How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
by Malala Yousafzai
by Patricia McCormick
Genre: Children's Books / Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political
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Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.
Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school.
No one expected her to survive.
Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, which has been reimagined specifically for a younger audience and includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world — and did.
Malala's powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person — one young person — can inspire change in her community and beyond.
Praise for I Am Malala:
A 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List Selection
A CBC 2015 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist
A 2015 International Literacy Association Teachers' Choice Selection
* "A searing and personal portrait of a young woman who dared to make a difference."
"This is no simple redaction. With the capable assistance of co-author McCormick, the account has been effectively rewritten specifically for children...[I]t should pack quite a wallop."
"Although her efforts to attend school, and the subsequent attack she endured, make for a powerful story, Yousafzai writes just as vividly about her daily life as a child in Pakistan.... Yousafzai's fresh, straightforward voice creates an easily read narrative that will introduce a slew of younger readers to both her story and her mission."
[Yousafzai's] strong voice and ideals come across on every page, emphasizing how her surroundings and supportive family helped her become the relevant figure she is today....
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Death Wish V: The Face of Death is a 1994 action thriller film, and the fifth installment in the Death Wish series. It features Charles Bronson, who reprises his role as Paul Kersey in his final theatrical starring role. In the film, Kersey battles mobsters as he tries to protect his girlfriend (played by Lesley-Anne Down) from her ex-husband, mob boss Tommy O'Shea (Michael Parks). dstributed 21st Century Film Corporation, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and distributed mundial Europa Carat.
Death Wish V: The Face of Death was produced by 21st Century Film Corporation, a company established by Menahem Golan after Cannon Films' bankruptcy. It was shot in Toronto and helmed by Canadian director Allan Goldstein. Steve Carver was originally going to direct until the producers planned to cut the budget.
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The best Semi 1 non-qualifier from Eurovision 2018 according to YOUR votes is…
By Ervin Juhász	 On Jun 29, 2018
In the past week we ran a poll on our website, where we asked you to vote for your favorite of the 9 songs which failed to qualify from the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, which was held earlier this year in Lisbon, Portugal.
Sevak Khanagyan from Armenia, Aisel from Azerbaijan, Alekseev from Belarus, Sennek from Belgium, Franka from Croatia, Yianna Terzi from Greece, Ari Olafsson from Iceland, Eye Cue from Macedonia, as well as Zibbz from Switzerland were the nine acts which unfortunately failed to qualify for the Grand Final of this year's Eurovision from the first semi. We wanted to hear from you, and to find out which of these 9 acts you think is the best one.
Sennek (Belgium), Yianna Terzi (Greece) and Zibbz (Switzerland) got ahead of the remaining six acts, and they are the clear top three in this poll. With just under 800 unique votes received, the full results are as follows:
Greece – Yianna Terzi – Oneiro mou – 29.17%
Switzerland – Zibbz – Stones – 26.52%
Belgium – Sennek – A Matter Of Time – 16.16%
Azerbaijan – Aisel – X My Heart – 10.35%
Belarus – Alekseev – Forever – 6.94%
Croatia – Franka – Crazy – 5.93%
Macedonia – Eye Cue – Lost And Found – 2.15%
Armenia – Sevak Khanagyan – Qami – 1.64%
Iceland – Ari Olafsson – Our Choice – 1.14%
Give another listen to the winner of our poll, who unfortunately only managed to finish 14th in the first semi of this year's Eurovision – "Oneiro mou" by Yianna Terzi, right here:
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I watched Eurovision in 1998 for the first time (by accident), and wondered what this show was where this girl with a cape sang in Croatian on Hungarian television. It's needless to say that I watch this show ever since. 2008 in Belgrade was the first Eurovision I've ever been to, and the one in Tel Aviv was my 11th.
My favourite Eurovision winner is "Everyway That I Can", and one of my all time favorite Eurovision songs is "Igranka".
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Q: Using a Javascript function to add a background image on-top of a background color I have a div that is used for a piece in a game of checkers:
<div class="blackCoin" ondblclick="makeKing(this)">

When, for example double clicked, I want to make the piece a king by adding a crown on top of the existing background color:
function makeKing(obj){
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Here is the full JS Fiddle

A: Everything works fine with your code, the only thing you need to do is add background-size: contain; to the .blackCoin class and it will work.


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A very boozy guide to Edinburgh
February 10, 2019 March 1, 2019 ana@gnometrotting.com
Scotland is one of the world's most prolific producers of alcohol running the gamut from high-end scotch whisky to beer and flavored gin. There is no shortage of places to learn about a variety of boozy Scottish creations and to drink yourself silly.
The Scotch Whisky Experience
The Scotch Whisky Experience is like an alcoholic Disneyland. It's the hokiest alcohol-based experience money can buy, but it was also really fun. It's right in front of Edinburgh Castle so you can imagine that it has tourist trap written all over it. At the Scotch Whisky Experience, you learn about the process of making scotch whisky and you have an opportunity to try a couple of different whiskies from different regions of Scotland. They have several tours available, but the most basic "Silver tour" begins with an actual barrel ride, narrated by the ghost of Master Blender.
Since this is not an actual distillery, all the information you get about the distilling process is via digital videos and the ride. I was so distracted by the novelty/hilarity of it that I retained very little information, but I did learn about the flavor profiles of different Scottish whiskies. More importantly, I learned that there's smoky whisky from the Islay region of Scotland that tastes like mezcal.
Whiski Bar and Restaurant
This traditional Scottish Bar serves up over 270 types of whiskies, whisky cocktails, and a ton of different kinds of whisky flights. They also have amazing food, of which I recommend the haggis tower and the steak and ale pie. This is one of the best meals you can have in Edinburgh. Whiski Bar also features traditional Scottish bands every night after 10 pm, so you can really bask in the Scottishness of it all.
Pickering's Gin Distillery
Although Edinburgh Gin Distillery is slightly better known, if for no other reason than the name, Pickering's Gin has better reviews, probably due to the fact that it's a more intimate experience. The tour begins at the Royal Dick Bar, where you get a gin and tonic to start you off. Then you're off into the modest distillery, made up of two rooms, where you're walked through the history of gin-making in Edinburgh and the process of gin production, including the artisanal methods used at Pickering's.
At the end of tour, you're treated to a tasting of three of their gins. Since we were extra fun, our guide gave us an extra taste of the gin liquor. It was the best time I've had at a tour of this kind ever. It felt less automated than you'd expect, and informative in a fun way. We couldn't help but take home a bottle of their cask-aged gin from Islay. Honestly we've been drunk this entire trip.
This goes great with a walk along the Water of Leith in Dean Village.
The Standing Order
This watering hole is in a beautiful former bank building, hence the cheeky name. The Standing Order building has several intimate rooms with proper seating where you can get drinks or order a meal, including the room that has the bank's former safe. The main hall of the bar is a fairly large open space with the original crown moldings, marble columns, and chandeliers. It's worth visiting at least to take in the atmosphere. If you do grab a table, you can order anything you need to your table number using the Wetherspoon app, which can also be used across other eateries in Edinburgh. You can get Sunday brunch at the Standing Order until 11 pm, which is the way it should be.
Harry Potter is a big deal around here. For an alcoholic butterbeer that tastes exactly like you would expect, stop by The Dog House. It's a quirky dive with some colorful charcters playing Connect Four and a massive menu of wings. There are a couple of ferrets at the bar, and dogs are welcome.
The Register Street block
Though Edinburgh has a lot of unassuming pubs all over the place, if you want to drink like royalty, you should head to the bars on Register St. This square is surrounded by classy Victorian bars that have interiors that put Stirling Castle to shame. Pull up a stool at The Guildford Arms, Voodoo Rooms or Cafe Royal Circle Bar. If that's a bit too fancy for you, go drink with the rugby fans (kilts and all) on Rose Street.
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Tongue Tied's Daft Punk Tribute Party at Apollo's Lounge Guests gave it up one more time and lost themselves to the dance at Tongue Tied's Daft Punk theme party, where DJs Roya and Funkfinger came back harder, better, faster and stronger at Apollo's Lounge on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
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Cities of Los Angeles County
It's an old joke: Los Angeles is 100 suburbs looking for a city. But there are actually only 88 independent cities in Los Angeles County. Bear in mind, an independent city has its own government; Marina del Rey, for example, is unincorporated county land.
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I was surprised to see that my hometown, Glendora, had a guess rate of over 20%. I guess we're not that much of a mystery after all.
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I actually didn't guess it, but I've heard of it thanks to the Rilo Kiley song of the same name.
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Geeks OUT is excited to announce that NYC's first-ever queer-focused comic con, FLAME CON, will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. After running a successful Kickstarter for the event last November, which raised over $19,000, Geeks OUT is set to bring together LGBTQ fans on an unprecedented scale.
Geeks of all types are invited to attend and celebrate the diversity and creativity of queer geekdom and LGBTQ contributions to pop culture. This year, NYC Pride month will get its geek on! Flame Con will be a one-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo showcasing creators and celebrities from all corners of LGBTQ geek fandom, including comics, video games, film, and television.
There will be thoughtful discussions, exclusive performances, screenings, costumes, and more! The expo will be followed by an after-party, also taking place at the Grand Prospect Hall.
Registration is live for the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association's 31st Annual Global Convention, set for May 8-10 in Madrid. It is the association's first time to hold its premier educational and networking event in Spain.
This year, IGLTA debuts an appointment-driven buyer-supplier marketplace to better facilitate meetings between tourism professionals interested in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender market. Buyers may apply to receive free registration to the convention and a table for the five-hour marketplace on opening day where they will have pre-booked meetings with suppliers.
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Ex-Worker Of Elizabeth Holmes Recalls How Her Dream Job Switched Right Into A 'Nightmare'
January 12, 2022, 8:03 pm 3.4k Views
Former Theranos researcher Erika Cheung admits she was "star-struck" by Elizabeth Holmes the very first time she met their founder during the interview, but stated the dream job rapidly switched right into a "nightmare."
Cheung suspected employees in the highly-secretive bloodstream testing firm appeared to be spied on at the office and stated she felt physically ill when she recognized the organization was laying to investors and patients concerning the abilities of their highly-touted technology, that they boasted could perform numerous analyses using only a a couple of drops of bloodstream.
"It's incredibly demanding cheap the thing is yourself employed by the corporation that's laying to patients, it's a nightmare," Cheung told "American Greed" in the 200th episode airing Wednesday on CNBC at 10 p.m. ET/PT. "Every day, you're just challenging yourself like 'this is wrong. Personally i think sick, like I can't do that.'"
Cheung wasn't the only person to possess harsh words about Theranos and it is lately charged founder. Other people who spoke to "American Greed" known as Holmes a "zealot" who attempted to pin their failings on others and it was "putting patient's resides in jeopardy" by adopting an imitation-it-til-you-make-it method of the failing company.
Frederick Fuisz, an old friend and neighbor from the Holmes family in Washington D.C., described top of the-class Holmes family to be obsessive about the things they didn't have and stated by age 9, Holmes had already made the decision she would be considered a millionaire.
"These children are elevated with the concept that despite the fact that we reside in what many people would consider like a very, nice, upper middle-class way, it's not adequate enough," he stated.
It had been that drive, he stated, that pressed Holmes to become an over-achiever. After graduating senior high school, Holmes headed to Beijing to review Mandarin included in Stanford University's summer time program. It had been there she met Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, an application engineer and veteran of Plastic Valley start-ups who had been twenty years her senior.
"She was very famous within the Stanford Chinese program since the entire department understood about her Chinese, her skills and thus that's … initially when i first met her," Balwani would later recall inside a SEC deposition reported by "American Avarice."
In early stages, Holmes believed she'd end up being the Thomas Edison of biomedical engineering and when met with Stanford professor Phyllis Gardner, MD, to go over her idea for any wearable patch that may concurrently identify and treat patients for disease.
"She wanted to create a skin patch and she or he wanted an example of bloodstream to check to have an infectious disease after which she desired to deliver antibiotics with the patch," Gardner remembered to "American Avarice."
Gardner was skeptical from the idea because it might be nearly impossible to find antibiotics with the skin but stated Holmes declined to hear reason.
"I just couldn't help her," Gardner stated. "She didn't want help."
While Gardner wasn't buying in to the idea, Holmes did secure the support of some other Stanford professor, Channing Robertson, who left his tenured position in the college to enroll in the Theranos board.
"In describing Elizabeth Holmes, he stated, 'How frequently inside your existence do you're able to meet a Beethoven, somebody that is really a genius?' And that he described her like a genius," Ken Auletta, a reporter for that New Yorker who interviewed both Holmes and Robertson, told "American Avarice."
Holmes dropped from college at 19 and shortly set her sights on another goal: developing a device, referred to as Edison, that may perform countless tests with only a couple of drops of bloodstream.
The newest idea rapidly acquired support from vc's, including Rupert Murdoch, who put millions into Theranos to determine we've got the technology be realized. Balwani—who invested millions themself in the organization coupled with experienced a lengthy-term partnership with Holmes—became their chief operating officer.
It appeared the organization was increasing as well as in 2013, Walgreens announced a $140 million partnership with Theranos to produce sites inside their stores where customers could order their very own bloodstream tests.
Cheung was hired just from college to check the precision of Theranos' proprietary devices, such as the much-hyped Edison, inside a lab that operated similar to a secret governmental agency.
But in early stages, Cheung stated she was troubled through the company's results.
"There were a lot of difficulties with this product that nearly every single day it had been saying this machine isn't producing accurate results," she stated.
She also observed another thing unusual. Whenever she'd share information having a friend concerning the inaccurate results, Balwani would all of a sudden begin answering the e-mail, even when he hadn't been copied or perhaps blind copied around the correspondence. She also observed that things she'd stated privately conversations with other people were later reiterated to her through the leadership.
"They are monitoring our emails, like we can't even trust whether or not they are recording conversations that we're getting," she stated, adding the organization treated its employees like they might "potentially be traitors."
While Cheung was troubled through the leads to the lab, Holmes was touting their supposed successes on television interviews and earning more support—and money—from investors.
As you're watching from afar, Gardner was skeptical concerning the company's success.
"I understood she was putting patient's resides in risk and she or he was saying such things as 'fake it til you are making it.' You do not do this. You don't do this with patients," she told "American Greed" of her accusations.
Although a lot of thought that Theranos was running its tests using its proprietary Edison device, the organization was secretly running the tests on devices produced by others that were modified to suit their demands. However, to make use of the machines, the bloodstream samples needed to be diluted, frequently providing them with inaccurate results, Cheung stated.
"There were many cases that people understood we designed a mistake and they'd not let's tell patients you have to are available in for any re-draw simply because they didn't want individuals to realize the errors which were happening internally," she stated.
Upon the market dental professional Mehrl Ellsworth stated in a single instance a Theranos test established that he'd cancer of the prostate despite the fact that later regular bloodstream tests would make sure wasn't the situation.
Cheung attempted to voice her concerns to upper management but stated the culprit was frequently shifted to her.
"Every time I'd go closer and closer to the peak-level leadership, the increasingly more pushback I acquired when it comes to like, 'Well this isn't an issue with the Edison devices, this can be a trouble with you and also maybe you have to reconsider what you're doing,'" she remembered.
Holmes and Balwani even made an appearance responsible their staff for that failings privately texts.
"This is how our troubles are," Holmes stated in a single text referencing her staff.
"Most disappointing how bad this type of person," Balwani stated in another.
Cheung eventually made the decision to depart the task.
"Sunny had basically stated you have to decide if you wish to work here and essentially test patient samples undoubtedly and i believe, I understood 100 % which i couldn't therefore i left the organization and that i quit and i believe I had been seriously depressed next," she stated.
With that time, Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou had started to perform a deep dive into Theranos and arrived at to Cheung, who decided to share what she understood.
Cheung stated it had been a "relief" to understand "the truth will escape," but Holmes and Balwani learned that former staffers have been speaking to Carreyrou and Cheung stated she began to think she had been adopted with what she referred to as a "terrifying" experience.
One time she stated a guy leaped from a tinted Sports utility vehicle and gave her instructions addressed to her utilizing a temporary address where she'd been remaining that they had not passed out to anybody. The letter accused her of attorney and discussing trade secrets and threatened a suit against her, she stated.
Holmes would later be asked around the stand about Theranos checks totaling greater than $100,000 accustomed to pay private detectives for that "E. Cheung &amp T. Shultz project."
Carreyrou printed a surprising expose on the organization in 2015, finally getting the organization lower and resulting in federal fraud charges against both Holmes and Balwani.
Although Holmes attempted to assert around the stand late this past year that they had been mistreated and controlled by Balwani for a long time, a jury ultimately charged her this month on three counts of fraud and something count of conspiracy.
Balwani, that has denied Holmes' claims of abuse, is anticipated to take trial later this season.
For additional around the Elizabeth Holmes situation, watch "American Greed's" milestone 200th episode, Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CNBC.
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