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Aerogal begins Quito-Guayaquil to Miami flights Dec. 7 and announces plans for further expansion
Aerogal, one of Ecuador's three national airlines, announced Oct. 12 that it will begin international service between Quito, Guayaquil and Miami, Dec. 7. The Cuenca-based airline, began the service last year but suspended operations within days due to aircraft problems.
The airline has completed its purchase of five new aircraft, bringing its fleet total to 17, the most of any of Ecuador's airlines. According to Gabriela Sommerfield, the airline's executive director, the fleet expansion will allow Aerogal to serve both domestic routes and accommodate the international growth planned for the next few months. According to Sommerfield, Aerogal plans to expand service to New York, Panama City, Madrid and Lima in 2009.
Aerogal currently serves Quito, Cuenca, Manta, Guayaquil, Baltra, San Cristobal, Coca, Salinas and Lago Agrio in Ecuador, and Bogota and Medellin in Colombia. The Guayaquil-Miami route is Aerogal's first venture into the North American market. The airline will use the 170-passenger Boeing 757 for the Miami route.


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James Noel Elliott (1947 – 26 February 2021) was an Irish rugby union player. He played in the back row for Dolphin RFC and Munster.

Career

Elliott enjoyed his first rugby successes when he won Senior Cup and Junior Cup medals with Presentation Brothers College at prop forward and also played for Munster Schools for two seasons. He led  the Dolphin U20 team to win the Dooradoyle Cup, a 7-a-side competition, beating University College Dublin in the final thanks to his two tries. As club captain during the 1972-73 season he guided Dolphin to the Munster Senior League title. Elliott subsequently changed positions to wing forward, a move which suited him, as he went on play many times for Munster, including in a narrow loss to Australia, while he also made the national squad for a period.

Death

Elliott died aged 74 on 26 February 2021.

Honours

Presentation Brothers College
Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup: 1965, 1966

Dolphin
Munster Senior League: 1973 (c)

References

1947 births
2021 deaths
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
Munster Rugby players
Dolphin RFC players
Rugby union players from County Cork

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The Attack of the Pat. Hilariously still trying to stay relevant.
Here we go again, Pat Robertson is serving it up talking crazy about D&D. But yet again no one is buying what he has to sell. We're not in the 80s anymore Pat, gaming has gone full on mainstream now and that crazy talk that you spun back then that did so much damage to the hobby will get you nothing but laughter now.
So here you go for your enjoyment. Pat is so out of touch these days that he can't even recall the name Dungeons & Dragons and Its likely games like World of Warcraft and such that would be the other online game.. he was trying to recall.
Thankfully D&D survived the witch hunts of the Pat and others that felt the need to try and demonise punish and shame people for playing a game they did not understand or even take the time to take a deeper look into the facts that were being blamed on the game.
Next postFinding Inspiration & Note Taking.


Alexander Glazunov's Rêverie, Op 24, published in 1890, is a much-loved work amongst horn players. It is a short, dreamy piece exploiting the lyrical side of the instrument. In fact Glazunov studied the horn, in addition to the piano, violin, cello, clarinet, trumpet and trombone! I recently heard an anecdote involving the great British horn player Anthony Halstead, which I think encapsulates the piece perfectly; when the LSO went on their great tour of Russia with André Previn, the horn sections of the LSO and Leningrad Philharmonic ended up in the apartment of Vitaly Bujanovsky, the orchestra's legendary Principal Horn. The English didn't speak a word of Russian, nor did the Russians speak any English. Bujanovsky picked up his horn and said one word to Tony, also an accomplished pianist: 'Glazunov'. No music of course but it was obvious what he had in mind. Tony played those great chords of D flat major and off they went! At the end the combined sections of both orchestras were in tears.


In December of 1991, Dom and Maria established D&M Automotive Inc. to offer quality service at a fair price. More than twenty years later, Dom and Maria have stayed true to their values and expanded the business by bringing their children on board.
With over thirty years of experience in the automotive industry, Dom is able to offer his customers unique and unparalleled insight when it comes to their vehicle and its repairs.
Reputation is everything to a small business such as D&M Automotive Inc., that is why our ASE certified technicians only repairs what is NECESSARY.


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Find the tools you need to incorporate sexual and reproductive health and abortion care into your nursing curriculum.
Learning Tools for Nurses in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Abortion Care
A variety of patient-centered, evidence-based learning tools for nurses and nurse educators
Sexual and reproductive healthcare educational curriculum for nurses —
Learning tools for nurses from the Curriculum Organizer for Reproductive Health Education (CORE)
The Association for Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) has created a free, open access, peer-reviewed resource that includes many teaching and learning tools on an extensive range of reproductive health issues. Tools include PowerPoint presentations, videos, handouts, group activities and more. Nurse educators may find these ready-to-use tools useful for delivering sexual and reproductive health (SRH) content in classes, or nursing students can access them to engage in self-directed learning. Practicing nurses may find these tools useful for delivering presentations to colleagues on various SRH topics.
Contraception, abortion, early pregnancy loss and professional responsibility learning tools for nurses —
Learning tools for nurses from Innovating Education in Reproductive Health
Innovating Education in Reproductive Health "cultivates clinicians who offer high-quality, patient-centered, comprehensive reproductive healthcare by generating, curating, and disseminating novel curricula, learning tools, and research for educators." Teaching and learning tools available through Innovating Education's website include a variety of interactive tools, videos, slide sets, teaching guides, workshops, research presentations (posters and infographics), and even complete courses.
Nursing Roles in Abortion Care from Innovating Education on Vimeo.
Though many of these resources are designed and delivered by physicians, they are suitable for nurses. Nurse educators may find specific tools that are useful for teaching students about these topics, or nursing students can use them for their own self-directed learning.
Innovating Education is a project of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California-San Francisco. Their resources are free, open source, and evidence-based.
Research and policy resources to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in the U.S. —
Learning Tools for Nurses from the Guttmacher Institute
The Guttmacher Institute is a pre-eminent reproductive health research and policy organization that works nationally and globally. Their research focuses on pregnancy, contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV in the U.S. and around the world. It is used to inform key policy reports and initiatives at the state, national, and international levels.
Practicing nurses and nurse educators can use Guttmacher's extensive resources to develop deeper understanding of the epidemiology and policies related to various aspects of reproductive health in their state, across the U.S., or around the globe. Features that may be particularly useful include fact sheets and infographics, as well as state policy and data resource centers, which students can use to build maps and tables or research policies specific to their location or area of interest.
As Guttmacher says, "Good reproductive health policy starts with credible research." Making nursing students aware of the Guttmacher Institute gives them a resource they can turn to for lifelong learning and engagement with policies related to SRH and abortion.
Educational resources for nurses to advance their knowledge and skill in abortion care —
Learning tools for nurses from the National Abortion Federation
The National Abortion Federation (NAF), a professional association that represents abortion providers in North America, offers educational resources for health care providers to support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, safe abortion care. NAF publishes annual Clinical Policy Guidelines, which give providers current, evidence-based standards for abortion care. Many of NAF's educational resources are available online, and are free and open to non-members. These can be used by providers for self-education, or as part of workplace education and training. Some of the featured topics include:
Medication and aspiration/"surgical" abortion
Quality assurance and improvement
Cultural competency and abortion care
In addition, NAF has a series of fact sheets that can be particularly helpful for nurse educators in teaching nursing students the "basics" about abortion, or for students to refer to on their own.
Abortion, contraception, and miscarriage management learning tools for nurses —
Learning tools for nurses from the Reproductive Health Access Project
The Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) is a U.S.-based organization that works to help primary care providers—including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and family physicians—integrate abortion, contraception, and miscarriage management into their practices. As part of fulfilling this mission, they have created many easy-to-use clinical tools and patient educational materials, as well as teaching resources that nurse educators can use with students to help them develop knowledge and skills in these key areas. These resources are also useful to nurses at all levels to help them develop knowledge and skills in these key areas, and provide quality patient care. The website offers a vast number of evidence-based resources, including algorithms, clinical pearls, reports, and patient materials.
Though RHAP focuses on abortion, contraception, and miscarriage management, they have also developed other resources on a number of related sexual and reproductive health (SRH) topics such as trauma-informed pelvic exams, sex education and sexual history-taking of teens, and more. The website's search function allows users to find resources easily, and most are downloadable at no charge.
Family planning and sexual health resources for nurses and administrators —
Learning tools for nurses from the Family Planning National Training Center
The Family Planning National Training Center (FPNTC) offers a variety of resources on family planning including sexual health, contraception, pregnancy, fertility/infertility, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care of "special populations," sexually transmitted infections and many other topics. Learning formats include e-learning courses, videos, newsletters, webinars, podcasts, and hands-on, live workshops.
FPNTC also facilitates a number of "Communities of Practice," where clinicians (and other health care workers) can connect with others (virtually) around topics of common interest, such as Zika virus, quality improvement, and implementing male health services.
The FPNTC is supported by the Office of Population Affairs/Department of Health and Human Services, and most resources are free and accessible through their website.
Sexuality and the Older Adult: Guidelines for Nurses
Learning tools for nurses providing sexual health care to older adults. Resources from the National League of Nursing's Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES).
Building Nursing Workforce Capacity in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the U.K. has created a model for the U.S. to build national health workforce capacity.
LGBTQ Health Care: Resources and Training for Nurses
Resources for nurses to learn how to provide high-quality, inclusive, affirmative health care to LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people.
Reproductive Health in Nursing
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BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor John Bel Edwards has signed SB 324, the Raise the Age Act, into law. The bill was authored by Louisiana Senator JP Morrell. The law ensures that juvenile offenders, including 17-year-olds, are placed in an age-appropriate setting, while still allowing prosecutors to charge them as adults when deemed necessary. This is a key part of the governor's 2016 Regular Legislative Session package and is supported by 66 percent of Louisianans. Louisiana joins 41 other states in charging 17-year-olds as juveniles.
Rather than automatically sending 17-year-olds to the adult criminal system, as has been the practice for decades regardless of their offense, the law will now send them to the juvenile justice system where they will have a greater opportunity for rehabilitation. Prior to this legislation, it had been 108 years since Louisiana reviewed the age at which children could be criminally prosecuted as adults.
In the states that have recently gone before Louisiana in raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction, and those states have found that the negative fiscal impacts on their systems was substantially less than first predicted. In fact, those states have reported substantial fiscal savings.


Bassaru is a genre, which combines the freshly cooked vegetable and their stock with a combination of spices to get aromatic curry and a side dish.
Herekai is again a very common vegetable in Karnataka. One of the most popular too. It is used in curries, chutney and even with Chicken and Mutton! Here is a vegetarian bassaaru.
Combine toor dal and 3 cups of water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Once the dal has changed its colour, and almost half cooked add the cubed herekai. Reduce heat to medium and cook till the dal is al dente and the herekai is crisp-tender. Drain the cooked vegetable and dal mixture saving the stock.
Chop the onion and toast it on a hot skillet till the edges are charred. Set it aside to cool. In a blender combine all the ingredients for the curry paste along with the toasted onion and a tablespoon of cooked dal.
In another pot heat one tbsp of oil. Drop the mustard, curry leaves and hing. Once the spluttering stops add the curry paste. Add some of the stock if the curry paste is too thick. Cook the mixture till fragrant, about 20 minutes. Combine the reserved stock and bring it to a boil. Adjust salt and turn the heat off.
For the palya, the side dish, heat the remaining oil in a skillet. Drop the mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and dry chillies. Once fragrant add the well drained vegetable and dal mixture. Mix through but gently taking care not to break the dal. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve hot with rice and wedges of lime.


Traditional dress of the Arann islands, cótaí dearga were distinctive red skirts, worn with white petticoats, made iconic in West of Ireland art and photography. Postulating a wholly speculative and unprovable link with shamanistic traditions, Na Cótaí Dearga imagines a new traditional mask ceremony for the skirts. Performed against a backdrop of an imperceptibly rotating 360' view of the back of Inis Oírr. Choreographed and performed by Ríonach Ní Néill, with video work commissioned from Paul Kinsella.
Na Cótai Dearga' will be first perfomed at NUI Galway's 'Arts in Action' programme, March 6 2013.


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Is there any scripting support for Synthesia ?
Would would be the easiest way to programmatically trigger it to go into Free Play or Play a Song ?
On OSX I can try Apple Script maybe ?
Sorry for the wait on this!
There are a number of command-line options available in the Windows version of Synthesia. I'm embarrassed to admit: I've never found a great way to get command-line input into a macOS app, so I have it disabled on that side for now.
Otherwise, the closest the app has to scripting is shimmying UI elements (and colors) around, as described in the Modding section of the forum.
I'm not super familiar with Apple Script, but if it's got the kind of capabilities you can find in something like AutoHotkey (e.g., sending mouse clicks to arbitrary window coordinates) you should be able to do some useful things. Ideally we should have much richer support for keyboard navigation built into the app. Sorry!


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Bikač (Бикач) este o așezare în comuna Chichinda Mare, Districtul Banatul de Nord, Voivodina, Serbia. Bikač nu este considerat, oficial, ca localitate separată, ci ca parte a satului Bašaid.

Populație
După recensământul din 1971, populația așezării era de 324 locuitori.

Localități din Banatul sârbesc
Localități din Voivodina


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Our Chief Article Writer Brittany Sutcliffe attended the hustings at lunch in The Arts Bar to get some scope on the candidates.
The Arts Bar was a popular topic with many candidates wanting to jazz up the place, suggesting the wall space as a place for work to hang and to create a more open environment to relax in.
Food prices was another; the odd snack isn't the big issue but when you're in uni for a full week and you don't have time for your own packed lunch, it all adds up. Just being able to have a hot meal and a drink is a pain when you know it costs pennies for a cup of tea and a crumpet in your own home. One candidate suggested a reduced section to combine low prices with fixing food waste. Smart.
Being able to pop into uni at a more convenient time for us is important. Saturdays are fab for coming in and getting work done in the library because you get the peace you lack in the week with a full house and music in the courtyard. Many candidates are striving for longer hours and even Sundays for both library and studio times.
Hearing that candidates recognise BUMF and the platform of discussion it acts as made me beam. Many want to boost that gallery space, either relocating it or extending it so we're no longer tucked away downstairs.
Keeping some of the fab things Lauren and Ismini have put in place in the last year was also on the agenda, wanting to keep the incredibly cheap SU bus trips to various cities as well as the open lecture series going.
Encouraging collaboration was also there in the campaigns, finding a better way to communicate with different courses asides Facebook. We all know meeting face-to-face would benefit our networking skills a bunch so everyone proposed some form of hub, a place to formally get in touch and physically meet. I've collaborated with a fair few in my first year but I only have BUMF to thank for that as it's forced me to work with a team of people outside my own discipline.
I'm extremely satisfied with my first year experience but having put an ear to the President and Vice President candidates, I'm excited to see how my time could be bettered…Make sure to go onto the SU website to cast your vote before the 10th March, each manifesto is on the website so you can see where each candidate differs in policy. Good luck ladies and gents.


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Sega GT 2002 est un jeu vidéo de course automobile développé par Wow Entertainment et édité par Sega en 2002 sur Xbox. Il fait suite à Sega GT sorti sur Dreamcast et PC en 2000 et est un concurrent de Gran Turismo 3 sorti un an plus tôt.

Sega publie une nouvelle version du jeu, titrée Sega GT Online l'année suivante, avec des voitures supplémentaires et des fonctions multijoueur compatibles avec le Xbox Live.

Système de jeu
Il existe plusieurs modes de jeu :
 Un mode carrière appelé SEGA GT 2002 ;
 Un mode Quick battle permettant de lancer des courses directement, contre des joueurs humains ou contrôlés par l'IA ;
 Un mode Chronicle, qui comprend des véhicules anciens des années 1960 et 1970 ;
 Un mode contre-la-montre, afin de jouer seul et améliorer ses chronos ;
 Un mode dans lequel revoir et éditer ses replays.

Mode carrière
En mode carrière, le joueur doit gagner de l'argent en remportant des courses. Il débute avec 13000 $ avec lesquels seuls quelques véhicules sont accessibles, puis doit accumuler les victoires afin de pouvoir s'acheter des voitures de plus en plus performantes, et remporter toutes les compétitions.

L'une des caractéristiques originales de Sega GT 2002, est de devoir réparer et entretenir sa voiture entre les courses. Ainsi le jeu ne redonne pas un véhicule neuf à chaque course, c'est au joueur de dépenser une partie de l'argent gagné afin de pouvoir remplacer ses pneus et autres pièces mécaniques, et ainsi de redonner de meilleures performances à son véhicule.

Le jeu inclut une jauge de dégâts qui se remplit au fur et à mesure des chocs rencontrés dans la course. Ce système n'affecte ni la conduite ni l'apparence du véhicule, mais une jauge de dégâts élevée à la fin de la course réduit le prix que se voit attribuer le joueur. De plus, s'il n'a aucun dégâts, le joueur se voit attribuer un bonus.

Il y a des « permis » à passer pour débloquer des courses supplémentaires, mais contrairement aux jeux Gran Turismo, ils consistent simplement en des tours de circuits chronométrés dans lesquels il faut atteindre un certain chrono.

Le joueur dispose d'un garage, dans lequel est visible le véhicule sélectionné. Ce garage est personnalisable, à l'aide d'objets décoratifs que le joueur peur acheter.

Il est possible de revendre ses véhicules. Pour cela, on peut choisir soi-même son prix. Les chances du véhicule d'être vendu dépendent de ce prix, un prix plus bas permettant logiquement de vendre une voiture plus rapidement. Un panneau "for sale" est ensuite affiché à l'extérieur du garage tant que le véhicule est en vente. Comme il faut effectuer des courses afin que le temps passe, une course équivalant à un jour virtuel, il faut faire passer les jours en participant à des courses afin que le véhicule ait des chances de trouver un acheteur. On ne peut par ailleurs mettre en vente qu'une seule voiture à la fois.

Véhicules
Le jeu comprend plus d'une centaines de voitures, dont un grand nombre sont japonaises.

 Ford Mustang GT
 Ford Mustang GT390
 Ford GT40 concept
 Ford GT90
 Chevrolet Corvette StingRay
 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
 Chevrolet Camaro
 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
 Dodge Viper VTS R
 Dodge Charger
 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II R34
 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec R33
 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II R32
 Nissan Skyline RS
 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R
 Nissan Skyline GT-R KPGGC10
 Nissan Skyline GT-R Racing edition
 Nissan Fairlady version S 2 seater (Z32)
 Nissan 240Z
 Nissan 240ZG
 Nissan MID4
 Nissan 2432R
 Nissan 350Z
 Nissan 240Z Racing
 Toyota Supra RZ twin turbo
 Toyota Supra 2.5 GT twin turbo
 Toyota Supra 2800GT
 Toyota Celica 2000 GT
 Toyota Celica SS-II
 Toyota Celica GT-Four
 Toyota Celica 1600 GT
 Toyota Celica Racing
 Toyota Trueno GT Apex
 Toyota TE27 Levin
 Toyota sports 800
 Toyota MR2 Group S
 Toyota MR2 SW20
 Toyota MR2 AWII
 Honda NSX-R
 Honda NSX-Type S
 Honda NSX-R2
 Honda NSX-Type S Zero
 Honda Integra Type R 99
 Honda Integra Type R 01
 Honda Civic Type R 98
 Honda Civic Type R 02
 Honda S2000
 Honda S600
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV GSR
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II GSR
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR
 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR IC Turbo
 Mitsubishi Starion 4WD Rally
 Mitsubishi Starion GSR-VR
 Mazda RX-7 Type Rs
 Mazda RX-7 R2
 Mazda RX-7 Type RS2
 Mazda Savanna RX-7
 Mazda Savanna RX-7 GT Turbo
 Mazda Savanna RX-3
 Mazda Maita 01
 Mazda Maita 89
 Mazda Cosmo Sport
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version II
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version V Limited Type RA
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version IV
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version III
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version II
 Subaru Impreza WRX-STI Version
 Subaru Impreza 22B STI Ver
 Subaru Alcyone SVX
 Subaru Alcyone
 Actura NSX
 Lexus SC 4 30
 Lexus is 300 5-Speed
 Alfa Romeo Alfa 147
 Alfa Romeo Alfa 145
 Alfa Romeo Alfa 156
 Alfa Romeo Alfa 155
 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2
 Audi TT Coupe
 Audi S3 Quattro
 Audi Sport Quattro
 Renault Clio Sport V6 24V
 Renault 5 Turbo II 1.40HV Turbo
 Renault AII0
 Mercedes Benz CLK 430 Coupe
 Mercedes Benz E500
 Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.5-16
 Mercedes Benz 300SL
 Peugeot 406 Sedan 3.0 V6
 Peugeot 307 2.0
 Peugeot 206 2.0 S16
 Peugeot 205 TI6
 Fiat Punto HGT Abarth
 Fiat Barrchetta
 Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo
 Fiat 1000 TCR Rerlina Corsa
 Fiat Abarth 131 Rally
 Opel Speed Ster
 Opel Astra Coupe
 Jaguar E-Type
 Jaguar MK 2
 Lotus Elise Type 72
 Lotus Elise Exige
 Lotus Esprit (2002)
 Lotus Esprit
 Lotus Elan SR.1
 Lotus Europa Special
 Caterham Super Seven R500R
 Caspila Jiotto
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Sega GT Online
Sega GT Online est sorti au Japon en , aux États-Unis en  et en Europe en . Sa principale nouveauté est l'ajout du jeu multijoueurs en ligne. Il comprend aussi plus de quarante voitures supplémentaires, de nouveaux circuits, et des modes de jeux inédits.

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Jeu vidéo sorti en 2002
Jeu Xbox
Jeu vidéo développé au Japon
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Jeu Wow Entertainment


How many cars does each Australian household own? Australians are car dependent, but do they share their vehicles, or is there more a one car per person policy? This FACT indicates the average number of motor vehicles per household in each Australian capital city for the year 2016.
This FACT is also ranked from low to high (low is good) in the Sustainability category.


Even though Christmas is over...there is still a week of celebrating left. Due to schedules we had to wait until this week to go to my parents for our annual cookie baking day. This picture is one of my favorites from the day with Mom and Katie. Such memories were made!
Just one of the varieties that is a family favorite.
I do believe we said no more licking but Railyn, our niece, could not resist and she wasn't going to get caught!!
The assembly line. My Mom has counters that go on forever which is a great thing on this day.
The kids creations. I have to say these will be for them. The more sprinkles the better they taste apparently.
Sometimes when you are working you have to get right into the action.
Following along with Favorite Friday Photo with Lisa!
Teri what precious pictures but even more precious are the memories and love behind them!
Mmmm, the peanut blossom's are my fave, and come to think of it we didn't have any this year. Might have to whip up a batch this week.


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The Cascadia national soccer team is a soccer team representing the men's side of the Cascadia region of the United States and Canada and is controlled by the Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF). The team is composed of players from the U.S states of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The stated mission of the team is "...to allow Cascadia as a distinct cultural entity, isolated bioregion and growing society with common interests to be represented at the international level in the sport we are all passionate about."  CAFF is a member of ConIFA. Cascadia is not a member of FIFA or any confederation or sub-confederation as the region is wholly a part of both the United States or Canada. However, CAFF is not opposed to those organizations and sees itself coexisting as a non-FIFA regional representative team.

It is hoped that the team will help expose more players from the region to international competition as well as foster a connection between the culture of Cascadia with other regions and peoples around the world. Cascadia participated in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.

History
The idea of a Cascadia representative soccer team existed long before the founder of CAFF and friends first discussed the possibility. People on internet soccer discussion forums discussed the possibility as far back as 2011. In early 2012 an Adidas Cascadia football shirt was designed by Kelly Dews and sold through the Cascadia Trifecta Facebook group to supporters and fans of the three Cascadian MLS teams: Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Seattle Sounders FC, and the Portland Timbers. The first run of these shirts were highly popular and were visible at matches throughout the region.

Following the 2012 London Olympic Games and noting the athletes from Cascadia, former CAFF President Leonard Laymon and others began investigating just what it would take to form a non-FIFA regional representative team. In August 2012 the decision was made to go forward with making such a team a reality and networking was conducted with the non-FIFA football community.

In January 2013 CAFF convened its first general meeting at the headquarters of Golazo Energy in Seattle. At this meeting CAFF's board of directors was elected and its bylaws and team eligibility requirements ratified, by vote. It was also determined in a vote by the CAFF board following the meeting that Cascadia would send a representative to the N.F. Board's Annual General in Munich Germany at the end of the next month. An Indiegogo campaign raised the funding for the application process in less than a week.

In February 2013 Sascha Tillmanns was elected as Cascadia's European representative and initially sent to the meeting to deliver CAFF's application documents, express Cascadia's interest in joining the N.F. Board and help CAFF get an understanding of what its next steps should be. Tillmanns was asked at the meeting to give a presentation on Cascadia which was well received. In early March 2013 Cascadia learned that the N.F. Board would be deciding in the summer to admit up to three new members, of which Cascadia was one. Following this positive news that the early work of looking for Cascadia eligible players and a coach began.

In late April 2013, Alan Koch of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC was the first potential coach to step forward and declare interest in becoming Cascadia's first coach. Later in July 2013 another potential Cascadia coach emerged when in a Q&A session on Twitter, former US men's national team defender and ESPN analyst Alexi Lalas proclaimed that "it would be an honor" to coach Cascadia.

In 2014 Cascadia joined CONIFA under the leadership of then President, Aaron Johnsen.

In June 2018 Cascadia took park in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup in London, finishing 6th. CAFF qualified for the tournament by being the only active CONIFA member in North America

Cascadia hosted its first true home match on July 27, 2019, playing a friendly against Darfur at French Field in Kent, Washington. Cascadia won the friendly 8–1.

In October 2019 CAFF made an agreement with the Western Washington Premier League. WWPL became an affiliate league of CAFF, and the two organizations will work together on projects.

International record

CONIFA World Football Cup

Cascadia qualified to participate in the 2018 CONIFA WFC by merit of being the only organization of its kind in North America in good standing with CONIFA. In April, UEFA B license coach James Nichols was brought on to lead the team. Despite an opening day defeat to Ellan Vannin, a 6–0 victory over Tamil Eelam ensured Cascadia's progress to the quarter finals on goal difference. However a defeat to eventual winners Kárpátalja saw Cascadia crash out. A 4–0 win over Western Armenia ensured they would finish in the 5th–6th place playoff, for the best teams knocked out of the quarter finals. Despite coming back from 3 goals down to draw 3–3, Cascadia eventually lost on penalties to early tournament favorites Panjab to finish 6th.

Fixtures and results

2018

2019

2021

Squad

Current squad
The following players were called up to the Cascadia squad for the friendly against  on May 22, 2021.

Recent call-ups

Head coach

Records

Top goal scorers

Kit

In early 2012, Kelly Dews designed an Adidas-produced limited run of Cascadia shirts. The kit was white, green and blue with a green sash, reflecting the colors of the Doug Flag.

In August the new design was announced by Kelly Dews and the Cascadia Association Football Federation. It is a horizontal tri-color design similar to that of the flag of Cascadia. It features the CAFF crest on the front and Cascadia on the neckline in the back. The new shirt is made by a local company, Looptworks, but never used.  After Cascadia were announced to feature in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup the team announced Stingz Sportswear as their kit supplier and a Giordano sponsorship.

See also
 Canada men's national soccer team
 Non-FIFA international football
 United States men's national soccer team

References

External links

CONIFA member associations
North American N.F.-Board teams
Soccer in British Columbia
Soccer in Oregon
Soccer in Washington (state)


We are SUPER excited to welcome Yrsa Daley Ward back to Second Home for our very first Poetry Festival. Poet, model and LGBTQ activist Yrsa first performed at our bookshop Libreria back in September 2017 and will be kicking off our Poetry Festival at Holland Park on the 5th June. Reading from her new memoir 'The Terrible', Yrsa will speak about girlhood, femininity, family secrets, addiction, sexuality, dangerous transactions and – most of all – hope.
Want to know more about our Poetry Festival? Check out the full line up here.


The office rent has been paid for two years in advance and has no reasons to believe it will leave the premises in the forseeable future.
If it is a Capital nature expense you can capitalize it and depreciate over the rent period. That means 02 years.
However, in order to recognize asset one of the criteria is: it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity which is likely in your case.
According to IAS-16, all major renovations in a rented office should be capitalized and then charged to PnL over the period of rent agreement. In your scenario, you should capitalize the renovation cost. To determine charge to PnL every year, you need to check the rent agreement between your company and the owner of the building.
The question is weather its bring the asset to its desired location or conditions?its requires careful assessments.
Can you consider such cost as day to day service cost?i guess not because it would change the entire look of office.May be such cost not only maintained the office in current conditions but improved it and increase their useful life.in this capitalized the cost is appropriate.
If a company made a decesion to decrease share capital on january 17, is this an adjusting event (IAS 10)?


5G networks will be the generation that is next of internet connectivity, offering faster speeds and more reliable connections on smartphones and other devices than ever before.
Combining cutting-edge network technology and ab muscles research that is latest, 5G should offer connections which can be multitudes faster than current connections, with average download speeds of around 1GBps anticipated to soon be the norm.
The networks will help power a huge increase in Web of Things technology, providing the infrastructure needed seriously to carry huge quantities of data, allowing for a smarter and more world that is connected.
With development well underway, 5G companies are expected to launch across the world by 2020, working alongside existing 3G and technology that is 4G offer speedier connections that stay online no matter where you stand.
What will 5G systems mean for me personally?
Exactly how fast will 5G be?
It's nevertheless perhaps not exactly understood simply how much faster 5G will be than 4G, as much of the technology remains under development.
That being stated, the companies should supply a upgrade that is significant current download and upload speeds - aided by the GSMA proposing minimum download speeds of around 1GBps.
Most estimates expect the average rate of 5G networks to achieve 10Gb/s, and some even think transfer rates could reach a 800Gb/s that is whopping.
This will signify users could download a HD that is full-length quality in a matter of moments, and that downloading and installing software improvements would be completed much faster than today.
Will I be able to get networks that are 5G my phone?
Existing smartphones, tablet or other devices that were released when networks that are 4G the typical may maybe not be able to link to 5G to begin with, or may incur extra costs doing therefore.
Nonetheless following the 2020 deadline for the rollout that is initial we should soon see devices coming with 5G connection as default.
Don't worry though - although 5G should represent a step that is major from current 4G and 3G networks, the newest technology won't instantly replace its predecessor - at the least, never to start with.
Instead, 5G should link in with current companies to make sure users never lose connection, with the older networks acting as back-up in areas perhaps not covered by the new coverage that is 5G.
Alleged networks that are"4.5G"also referred to as LTE-A) are set to fill the gap for now, offering connections that are faster than present 4G networks, although only particular countries such as South Korea can gain from them appropriate now.
Once launched nonetheless, implementing 5G may be a slow process. Much like the gradual takeover of 4G networks through the generation that is previous existing network infrastructure might need to be upgraded or even replaced in order to deal with the new technology, and homes and businesses may also need certainly to get new services installed.
It's perhaps not yet known how networks that are 5G take over from existing networks, but again, much like the rollout of 4G, may very well not manage to immediately hook up to the brand new networks without updating your technology.
Exactly what will a network need that is 5G?


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Q: how to encode/decode ascii85 in javascript I was looking for an alternative to Base64 which works fine on Unicode characters. I have found ASCII85 which works great however I found no code or command doing that in JS.
I just found this link which does not work for international characters and does not include decode function.
Here there are online Decoder/Encoder.
Even found codes in C language doing that(I don't have enough JS data handling knowledge to convert).
And some codes that I don't know how to run.
I have heard that JQuery does support Base64 but it seems that it does not support Ascii85.
Does somebody know anything about Ascii85 in JS which might help?
thanks

A: Pure JavaScript Ascii85 AKA Base85 encoding/decoding functions:

function encode_ascii85(a) {
  var b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k;
  for (!/[^\x00-\xFF]/.test(a), b = "\x00\x00\x00\x00".slice(a.length % 4 || 4), a += b,
  c = [], d = 0, e = a.length; e > d; d += 4) f = (a.charCodeAt(d) << 24) + (a.charCodeAt(d + 1) << 16) + (a.charCodeAt(d + 2) << 8) + a.charCodeAt(d + 3),
  0 !== f ? (k = f % 85, f = (f - k) / 85, j = f % 85, f = (f - j) / 85, i = f % 85,
  f = (f - i) / 85, h = f % 85, f = (f - h) / 85, g = f % 85, c.push(g + 33, h + 33, i + 33, j + 33, k + 33)) :c.push(122);
  return function(a, b) {
    for (var c = b; c > 0; c--) a.pop();
  }(c, b.length), "<~" + String.fromCharCode.apply(String, c) + "~>";
}

function decode_ascii85(a) {
  var c, d, e, f, g, h = String, l = "length", w = 255, x = "charCodeAt", y = "slice", z = "replace";
  for ("<~" === a[y](0, 2) && "~>" === a[y](-2), a = a[y](2, -2)[z](/\s/g, "")[z]("z", "!!!!!"),
  c = "uuuuu"[y](a[l] % 5 || 5), a += c, e = [], f = 0, g = a[l]; g > f; f += 5) d = 52200625 * (a[x](f) - 33) + 614125 * (a[x](f + 1) - 33) + 7225 * (a[x](f + 2) - 33) + 85 * (a[x](f + 3) - 33) + (a[x](f + 4) - 33),
  e.push(w & d >> 24, w & d >> 16, w & d >> 8, w & d);
  return function(a, b) {
    for (var c = b; c > 0; c--) a.pop();
  }(e, c[l]), h.fromCharCode.apply(h, e);
}

var myString='This is a test!';
var encoded=encode_ascii85(myString);
var decoded=decode_ascii85(encoded);
document.write(decoded);

A: using dojo.js framework     :
Decode Example + source
Encode Example + source
ascii85 Encoding using
summary:
dojo.require("dojox.encoding.ascii85");
var dc = dojox.encoding
var buf = dc.ascii85.decode("")
var a85 = dc.ascii85.encode("");

A: You can use my JavaScript ASCII85 (Base85) implementation which can work both with byte arrays and strings

A: For those of you who would like a loquacious version of Dave Brown's answer (reverse engineered from his answer and tested):
function encode_ascii85(sSource) {
    var sSuffix, iStringLength, f;
    var charArray = [];

    if (!/[^\x00-\xFF]/.test(sSource)) {
        [sSource, sSuffix, iStringLength] = initForLoop(sSource);

        for (var iIndex = 0; iStringLength > iIndex; iIndex += 4) {
            f = (sSource.charCodeAt(iIndex) << 24) + (sSource.charCodeAt(iIndex + 1) << 16);
            f = f + (sSource.charCodeAt(iIndex + 2) << 8) + sSource.charCodeAt(iIndex + 3);

            appendNextChar(f, charArray);
        }
        (function truncate(oArray, b) {
            for (var m = b.length; m > 0; m--) oArray.pop();
        })(charArray, sSuffix);

        return "<~" + String.fromCharCode.apply(String, charArray) + "~>";
    } else {
        // Error Handling
    }

    function initForLoop(a) {
        var sSuffix = "\x00\x00\x00\x00".slice(a.length % 4 || 4);
        return [a += sSuffix, sSuffix, a.length];
    }

    function appendNextChar(f, oArray) {
        if (f === 0) {
            oArray.push(122);
        } else {
            var g, h, i, j, k;
            k = f % 85, f = (f - k) / 85;
            j = f % 85, f = (f - j) / 85;
            i = f % 85, f = (f - i) / 85;
            h = f % 85, f = (f - h) / 85;
            g = f % 85;
            oArray.push(g + 33, h + 33, i + 33, j + 33, k + 33);
        }
    }
}

function decode_ascii85(sSource) {
    var sSuffix, d, iStringLength;
    var charArray = [];

    if ("<~" === sSource.slice(0, 2) && "~>" === sSource.slice(-2)) {
        sSource = initForLoop(sSource);

        for (var iIndex = 0; iStringLength > iIndex; iIndex += 5) {
            var x = "charCodeAt";
            var w = 255;

            d = 85 * 85 * 85 * 85 * (sSource[x](iIndex) - 33) + 85 * 85 * 85 * (sSource[x](iIndex + 1) - 33);
            d = d + 85 * 85 * (sSource[x](iIndex + 2) - 33) + 85 * (sSource[x](iIndex + 3) - 33) + (sSource[x](iIndex + 4) - 33);

            charArray.push(w & d >> 24, w & d >> 16, w & d >> 8, w & d);
        }
        (function truncate(oArray, b) {
            for (var m = b.length; m > 0; m--) oArray.pop();
        })(charArray, sSuffix);

        return String.fromCharCode.apply(String, charArray);
    } else {
        // Error Handling
    }

    function initForLoop(a) {
        var z = "replace",
            y = "slice";

        a = a[y](2, -2)[z](/\s/g, "")[z]("z", "!!!!!");
        sSuffix = "uuuuu" [y](a.length % 5 || 5);
        a += sSuffix;
        iStringLength = a.length;

        return a;
    }

}

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An Account of Life in London
Virginia	 September 13, 2013	 7 Comments
An account of life in London, as seen through the eyes of a girl from the coast
How long do you have to live in London before you can consider yourself a Londoner? Am I a Londoner yet? I've been living in London for almost a year now (although it feels like only 3-4 months!), after graduating from university last summer, and I still feel like I don't know it very well. Then again, it's a vast city with 8 million inhabitants so one year certainly isn't enough to do it justice.
Since I was about 15 I've wanted to live in London. Odd day trips to London and the occasional week here or there for short work experiences glamourised the city for me and I was desperate to attend university here. Much to my father's relief I didn't end up studying here and instead went to almost the polar opposite of London – the quaint city of Exeter in rural Devon, where badger-related stories routinely make the headlines due to a lack of anything more dramatic ever occurring.
So I finally made it up to London last September 2012 when I moved into a house just south of Hammersmith, in W6, and I set about like a dedicated tourist, keen to see everything London has to offer. I quickly realised that there will always be too much to see and that I'd wear myself out in a frenzied attempt to visit, see and do everything. So I've taken a more laidback approach now. I'm now living in Fulham in SW6 (still quite close to my first house) and what I adore most about this part of the world is the river.
I grew up on the South Coast of England and therefore miss the sea quite easily if I'm ever too far away. Don't get me wrong, the Thames hardly evokes the drama, the beauty and the sense of perspective that the sea provides, but it's a good substitute in the meantime. "My" part of the Thames is lovely. Looking over to the south of London, across the "border" as it were between North and South (there's quite a divide in mentality, trust me), you see the Wetlands Nature Reserve, Barnes Common and plenty of trees lining the riverside path, with not a building in sight, apart from the boat houses, from which keen rowers and the odd sailor set off. The Thames Path is a 184 mile-long walking trail that extends from the Cotswolds in the west out to the Thames Barrier in Greenwich in the east. You can walk the entire way along the river, with only the odd detour around a building.
The river is where I go to think things over, where I get a breath of fresh air (as there's no road along this part of the river, only a pedestrian path), it's where I go to sunbathe in Bishop's Park, to catch up with friends at the Crabtree Pub, to watch arty foreign films at the Riverside Studios, to nosy about through artists' work at Palace Wharf studios during Open House London (returning this year on 21st-22nd September 2013), it's where I go running (admittedly that only happened the once…).
This is somehow turning into an 'Ode to the Thames', which wasn't my intention I promise.
In short, I love my corner of London. I feel like I know it well. This corner of London certainly feels like home for now. I'm not sure "London" as a broader concept of 1,570km2 and 8 million people feels like home yet, as there is so much that I haven't yet explored. So no, I wouldn't call myself a 'Londoner'. But I would however say that I am a SW6-er or 'Fulhamite', as we're apparently called. (SW6 is the postcode for this corner of London, the SW standing for south-west). Fulham and SW6 isn't an area a tourist is likely to visit and it has quite a nice residential/village feel to it, full of independent cafes and restaurants, plenty of parks, in particular Parson's Green and the Hurlingham Club which are both lovely spots. The whole area has more of a village ambience, starkly contrasted against Central London which in comparison is a blur of crowds, car horns and flashing lights.
In reality I haven't actually written about London at all in this post, so there'll need to be a sequel to this where I extend my gaze and give you an insight into the rest of the city and what else I've been upto over the past 12 months living here, in one of the most popular and idolised cities in the world.
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lisaeatsworld says:
Lovely post! I'm in to my second year living in London now 🙂 x
paytonjade says:
thecafecat says:
I've been here all of three months and still feel like there's so much more I need to do and places to find to lose my heart to!
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I remember 13 years 364 days ago, very late in the day around 11 pm my water broke. Dave and I were over the moon with excitement. We hurried off to the hospital where they confirmed that yes my water did break and I was in the early stages of labour. They encouraged us to try to get some sleep, I think we did try but we were very excited it was hard to sleep. I felt my first contraction around 2am on the 5th of February. By morning things were really getting going. Our little guy's heart rate dropped and they thought they might have to do an emergency C-section but thankfully at about 2:30 in the afternoon our first-born entered this world. Elijah David how you changed our lives.
I can still close my eyes and see you all curled up in my lap, and I marveled at how fearfully and wonderfully made you were. I can remember feeling so undeserving of this wonderful opportunity I was given by God. Of all the Mommas in the world God picked me to be your Mom. That God would trust me, and your Dad, with the awesome responsibility of raising you. Here you stand 14 years later on your way to becoming the man that God wants you to be.
The journey is not always easy and you have a lifetime of lessons yet to learn, but keep your eyes on Jesus, Elijah, and you will be amazed at where the Lord will take you. You are a gift to each one of us and you have enriched our lives. We love you, Happy Birthday!


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Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think
Author: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier
ISBN number:
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Kenneth Cukier (2013) Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think. John Murray. ISBN 9781848547926.
We have always used information to make decisions, but there is a radical change taking place. Society is going from a constant shortage of data to a surfeit of information – and this upends everything.
For centuries, we have only collected and crunched a sliver of information because of the cost and complexity of processing larger amounts. We relied on data of the cleanest, highest quality possible, since we only tapped a little of it. And we tried to uncover the reasons behind how the world worked, to generalize. Yet all this was actually a function of a small-data world, when we never had enough information. Change that, and a lot of other things need to change as well.
Think of a car engine. Breakdowns rarely ever happen all at once. Instead, one hears strange noises or the driving "feels funny" a few days in advance. Many vehicles are fitted with sensors that can measure the heat and vibration from the engine. By capturing it in data, one can know what a healthy engine's "data signature" looks like, as well as how it changes prior to a breakdown. That way, one can identify when a part is about to fail before it actually breaks. The car can alert the driver to visit a service station to get it repaired, as if it is clairvoyant. But we needed lots of data, needed to accept messy data, and had to give up knowing why the engine was about to break for the practical knowledge that it was, without a cause.
That's big data. It ushers in three big shifts: more, messy and correlations (the book's chapters 2, 3 and 4). First, more. We can finally harness a vast quantity of information, and in some cases, we can analyze all the data about a phenomenon. This lets us drill down into the details we could never see before. Second, messy. When we harness more data, we can shed our preference for data that's only of the best calibre, and let in some imperfections. The benefits of using more data outweighs cleaner but less data. Third, correlations. Instead of trying to uncover causality, the reasons behind things, it is often sufficient to simply uncover practical answers. So if some combinations of aspirin and orange juice puts a deadly disease into remission, it is less important to know what the biological mechanism is than to just drink the potion. For many things, with big data it is faster, cheaper and good enough to learn "what," not "why."
A reason that we can do these things is that we have so much more data, and one reason for that is because we are taking more aspects of society and rendering it into a data form (discussed in chapter 5). With so much data around, and the ability to process it, big data is the bedrock of new companies.
The value of data is in its secondary uses, not simply in the primary purpose for which it was initially collected, which is the way we tended to value it in the past (noted in chapter 6). Hence, a big delivery company can reuse data on who sends packages to whom to make economic forecasts. A travel site crunches billions of old flight-price records from airlines, to predict whether a given airfare is a good one, or if the price is likely to increase or decrease. These extraordinary data services require three things: the data, the skills, and a big data mindset (examined in chapter 7). Today, the skills are lacking, few have the mindset even though the data seems abundant. But over time, the skills and creativity will become commonplace — and the most prized part will be the data itself.
Big data also has a dark side (chapter 8). Privacy is harder to protect because the traditional legal and technical mechanisms don't work well with big data. And a new problem emerges: propensity — penalizing people based on what they are predicted to do, not what the have done. At the same time, there will be an increasing need to stay vigilant so that we don't fall victim to the "dictatorship of data," the idea that we shut off our reasoned judgment and endow in the data-driven decisions more than they deserve.
Solutions to these thorny problems (raised in chapter 9) include a fundamental rethink of privacy law and the technology to protect personal information. Also, a new class of professional called the "algorithmist" that will do for the big data age what accountants and auditors did for an era 100 years ago, when the cornucopia of information swamping society was in the form of financial data.
What role is left for humanity? For intuition, experience and acting in defiance of what the data suggests? Big data is set to change not only how we interact with the world, but ourselves.
"This brilliant book cuts through the hype surrounding big data. A must-read for anyone in business, information technology, public policy…. And anyone else who is just plain curious about the future." John Seely Brown, Former director of Xerox PARC
"Just as water is wet in a way that individual water molecules aren't, big data can reveal information in a way that individual bits of data can't. The authors show us the surprising ways that enormous, complex, and messy collections of data can be used to predict everything from shopping patterns to flu outbreaks." Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus and Here Comes Everybody
"An optimistic and practical look at the Big Data revolution — just the thing to get your head around the big changes already underway and the bigger changes to come." Cory Doctorow, boingboing.com


It is more cost-effective to prevent a VTE than to treat it.
The additional costs associated with extended therapy would be acceptable when compared with the costs of treating postoperative venous thromboembolism.
This study suggests that extending thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin for approximately three weeks after hospital discharge is cost-effective.
The cost to treat VTE after TKA/THA is $46,709 (derived from CMS and sources within their Federal Register and CMS).
Rates based on objective diagnostic screening or asymptomatic DVT in patients not receiving thromboprophylaxis. DVT Prevalence, percentages: Medical patients 10-20%, General surgery 15-40%, Major gynecologic surgery 15-40%, Major urologic surgery 15-40%, Neurosurgery 15-40%, Stroke 20-50%, Hip or knee arthroplasty 40-60%, Major trauma 40-80%, SCI 60-80%, Critical care patients 10-80%.
The duration of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis after hip or knee replacement depends on individual patient risks. Because of the costs and inconvenience of administering extended-duration anticoagulant prophylaxis to all patients who undergo hip or knee replacement, it may be reasonable to limit extended-duration prophylaxis to high-risk groups. Douketis, James MD. (2003). "In Consultation-Preventing DVT: Is short-duration prophylaxis effective?
The Journal of Critical Illness.


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Second Breakfast Celebrates Octoberween the Only Way He Knows How
cmmelv / October 4, 2015
Thank the Lord… or, I guess whatever pagan deity is in charge of Halloween. Regardless, the month-long celebration of all things gruesome, horrific, and ghoulish, colloquially known as Octoberween and more commonly known as not a real thing, is finally upon us. Last year, as I'm sure at least one of you will recall, I celebrated the occasion in honor of one of horror cinema's greatest figures, Vincent Price. Although I do have over a hundred left to choose from, I shall not spend this year's Octoberween in the same way. That said, it wouldn't feel quite right to leave him out entirely so… yeah, one more.
The Bat (1959)
The Plot: Crime novelist Cornelia van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) takes up residence in a remote country mansion. Unbeknownst to her at first is the fact that the house served as the site for several gruesome murders one year ago exactly, committed by a faceless, clawed killer known only as The Bat, and he was never captured. Enter a varied cast of secondaries, Vincent Price, and a million dollars in stolen bearer bonds, and, yeah, people start dying again. How about that?
1959 was kind of a big year for Vinny P. He already had The Fly and House of Wax under his belt, but had not yet firmly established himself as an icon of the horror genre. That year saw the release of The Bat, which clearly demonstrated his unsure status. People were still not quite sure of what to do with him, what roles to stick him in, how to use him. He would have been in danger of fading into the background with other background stars of the time, whose names are now lost and forgotten (although probably not on IMDb), except that even now he has a naturally enticing weirdness and an unshakable charisma. And that voice. Love it. Fortunately for Price, 1959 also saw the releases of Return of the Fly (you know you've made it when you get a horror sequel), The Tingler (still regarded as kind of important in horror history), and House on Haunted Hill. That trifecta, especially House on Haunted Hill, launched Price's career in the horror industry, got him working regularly with director Roger Corman, and started him in on the path to become the actor we all know and love today.
Credz to my favorite boo.
But what about The Bat? Caught partway between an Agatha Christie-style in-house murder mystery, a low-rent film noir, and some kind of early slasher movie, it remains a somewhat perplexing film. I certainly enjoyed watching it, although its quality is not quite up to par that year's other releases and Vincent Price is woefully misused. Agnes Moorehead was great, though. You could tell that the four-time Academy Award nominee just needed her paycheck. She was so nonchalant about the whole thing. The first time the Bat shows up she reassure her staff by locking the door and calmly saying, "We're fine, you guys. He's out there. We're in here. We'll call the cops. What's the worst that could happen?"
And with that I have run out of things to say… ah, screw it. Double feature!
The Plot: After three or four of the top surgeons in England die gruesome, creative, and definitely connected deaths, each modeled on one of the Biblical Plagues of Egypt, the police slowly begin to suspect foul play. The culprit? Probably the presumed-dead, hideously deformed organist/theologian Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price), whose wife died tragically when a team of said surgeons failed to cure her ailments.
You know, I'm not 100% sure about this, because, you know, Godzilla vs. Gigan sows seeds of doubt, but The Abominable Dr. Phibes might just be the most early-1970s movie I've ever seen. It's possible. It supposedly takes place in the late 1920s, and most of the set and costume design supports this, but some of the locales and fashions are painfully late-'60s. It's not only astounding, but frankly kind of distracting. The questionable art direction of Dr. Phibes overpowers the vague plot and horror, but, of course, cannot conquer Vincent Price. Many consider Phibes one of Price's seminal roles, which always confused me a bit, since he doesn't speak at all through most of the film. Robbing Vincent Price of his voice is sort of like making a movie in which Michael Fassbender remains masked throughout, but Price overcomes the silencing and heavy makeup to deliver a haunting, ghostly performance.
That's what really makes this a cool movie. Price is best known for his voice, charisma, and what some would call overblown and hammy performances. In this case, the movie is about as overblown and hammy as they come, but to counterbalance that, Price delivers a somewhat, or at least comparatively restrained and subdued performance. Anyone interested in his acting style should definitely check out The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Anyone interested in watching Vincent Price commit increasingly outlandish murders with a terrible vengeance should watch Much Ado About Murder, a perfect film in every respect.
Anyone interested in getting in the Halloween spirit should probably do what I did last year and just begin working through Vincent Price's filmography. It is a consistently rewarding endeavor.
October 4, 2015 in Movie Review, Octoberween, Second Breakfast. Tags: Halloween, House of Wax, House on Haunted Hill, Movie Review, Octoberween, Return of the Fly, Rooster Illusion, Second Breakfast, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, The Bat, The Fly, The Tingler, Vincent Price
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