Don't you just love the week between Christmas and New Years? I do! The pressure of the gifts, the cards, the wrapping and the parties is over and now we can relax for a short while and think about how we may do things differently in the coming year. It is a good time to reflect on what worked and didn't work from the past year and consider what to do differently in 2010.
What were some of the highlights of the past year which are worth repeating?
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What is one new achievement I would like to accomplish in 2010?
Prayerfully ask the Lord to lead you as you walk through the doors leaving 2009 behind and as you step into the possibilities that await you in 2010. Seek His power to strengthen you on your journey and follow His path as He lovingly guides you. This week take some time to read and reflect on II Peter 1:3-7. Think about each phrase and ponder what it means to you personally. Consider memorizing it for the coming year. And yes, Happy New Year to you my friend. May it be a year filled with a deeper love for God and for the people He places in your life.


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William (Bill) Flynn will retire as president and ceo of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings on January 1, 2020, when he will become chairman of the board.
The provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services said its current executive vice president and chief operating officer, John Dietrich, will succeed Flynn.
Dietrich will become president, effective immediately, and will take on the ceo duties next year.
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In August 2016, I got my first longboard thinking I'd use it mostly for transport. At least that was the idea before I saw videos of longboard dancing and freestyle: a stylish variety of skateboarding which has its roots from boardwalking on surfboards. Then it took me two months to learn a simple cross-step, which is the same series of steps that surfers use to walk from one end of the surfboard to the other. I embarked on a journey that has now lasted for over a year.
I admit that occasionally I might fall, have my knees hurt the whole week, or that I might have gotten seven stitches from a skateboard hitting my face. Still, I keep telling myself it's not the masochism that keeps me going with the sport - it's all the lessons and mentality I've learned ever since I started skateboarding last year.
It's very easy to look only at the physical side (both in terms of benefits and hazards) of skateboarding. While I've lost over 25 kg of excess weight, I wouldn't credit that only to physical exercise. So, what exactly in skateboarding is important to me, so much so that I believe everyone should start today if possible?
It was sort of ironic that when I had gotten my seven stitches, I left the hospital by pushing on my skateboard again. It might sound careless or thoughtless to some, but I think it gives a small peek at the "never give up" attitude I've acquired. These days, I might fail at landing a trick for weeks and weeks, but the feeling of finally getting it and learning it puts a smile on my face. The sort of smile that turns some of the worst days into one of the best and the most memorable ones.
It's impossible for anyone to be perfectly technical and stylish right from the get-go and land every new trick they set out to do on the first try. I know the best skaters failed thousands of times at things that look very easy to me now. I take failure for granted. I tolerate it, accept it and most importantly, I'm not afraid of it.
There isn't really any other way to learn or practice other than by just skating and failing countless of times. By accepting that fact I learned to cope with failure: I took learning in a new, completely different way. Baby steps have been more effective for me (and really, anyone I know) than cramming everything into a large chunk of a few big tries. Putting my mind into one small aspect of a trick and then keeping at it for a while gives me a chance to forget about everything else that's worrying me.
I used to give up very easily with tasks that I couldn't instantly succeed in, and I think that is a problem a lot of people can relate to. Thanks to skateboarding, I learned that even if life can be tough most of the time, it's better to push through, since the payoff will be worth it.
After the amount of failure that a skater goes through, landing a trick makes you feel like you can do anything in life you set out to do. Even if there was something that's more difficult than skateboarding, succeeding makes you feel like a superhero (you are defying gravity after all).
You start taking some more risks, since you learn to not be as afraid as before. You get pushed out of your comfort zone and then get rewarded for it.
When I started to become adept at longboard dancing, people would very often come to me and ask what it was that I was doing, since they had never seen anything like it before. In an unexpected way that started to build my confidence to keep going and showcase the sport to them. As the summer went by, I noticed people giving genuine smiles and curiosity as they saw me dance. I was suddenly filled with positive energy by having an audience of sorts - strangers who enjoyed seeing what I put a lot of effort into.
I was once told by someone that they could never imagine me with a skateboard, yet some of the new friends I've met in the university can't imagine me without one. While it's unfortunate that some consider longboards as pretentious and people who ride them as posers (they apparently can't do any "real" skateboard tricks), I'm skating only for the sake myself and my love towards skateboarding. It's the piece of wood itself which has taught me that judgmental thinking isn't worth my time.
Ever since "Roller Derby" in 1959 started to mass produce the world's first skateboard, and ever since the first ollie was popped by Rodney Mullen in 1981, skateboarding has come a long road in a surprisingly short amount of time.
There are so many ways people skateboard nowadays. Some prefer the extremely high speeds and adrenaline rushes of downhill longboarding as they take down the Alps. Some people still love the old school Rodney Mullen type of freestyle skateboarding. Even regular skateboards have so much freedom in ways you can express yourself and do what you love: bowls, street, skate parks, and so on.
I love longboard dancing for its smooth, seemingly never-ending lines, flurries of pirouettes and carving that feels like I'm surfing on concrete. I find myself daydreaming about which moves would best work in a combination that expressed my specific style.
Plenty of innovation is still left to be found both within the varieties of skateboarding and coming up with new ones. I've even seen someone put steel wheels on a skateboard and then put the skateboard on tram tracks. There's something that suits everybody, and I'm always excited to think about the new paths that skateboarding will take in the future.
While I write a lot about improving yourself and your mentality, I think the most important lesson - one that applies especially to skateboarding - is to just have fun with it. I've caught myself going too serious about trying to learn a trick, and I had to remind myself to take it a little easier.
If you don't have fun with what you're doing, you lose the point of it all. Instead of enjoyment something becomes a tedious end goal that you're pursuing for some toxic reason. So, I sometimes give myself a break and I don't focus on learning a new trick. Instead, I simply cruise and do some simple steps while enjoying a beautiful park scenery with relaxing hip-hop.
In conclusion, I think skateboarding is a valuable sport. Every skater knows this, which is why they make up an amazing community. Ask almost anyone, and they'll be sure to share their excitement about skateboarding and help you get started as well.
Though skateboarding may look intimidating, it becomes so much more than that: an important lesson, a way to steam off, have fun, and get exercise. Turns out, it's also a decent icebreaker to meet new people at the university.


Oftentimes, as I travel to various cities, I make it a priority to visit a town's local art gallery. Over the years, I have learned to enjoy the visual delight a simple but elegant piece of art can provide. In addition to the visual pleasures art offers, art expresses a multitude of different stories.
In one of my recent travel assignments, I was fortunate to visit an art museum with an incredible western exhibit. Therefore, I found it appropriate to label this photo blog as titled.
Great photos and stories by Jimmy Don Cox.
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Pick-up from your hotel in Hohhot, or Hohhot Railway Station or Airport, then drive directly to Xilamuren Grassland.Xilamuren, which means "yellow water" in Mongolian. Xilamuren Grassland, located in Baotou City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a famous tourist summer resort. Xilamuren Grassland is located about 80 kilometres from Huhhot (about a 2-hour drive).On the grassland, the weather is cool and the natural scenery is fascinating. With thriving grass and abundant water, the green of the grassland reach out as far as your eyes can see. Colorful wild flowers and flocks of sheep that look like masses of cloud make the scene absolutely beautiful.
The best time to visit the Xilamuren Grassland is in summer and early autumn. Besides the amazing natural scenery, visitors can also taste traditional Mongolian food and take part in local activities. While listening to the melodious toasting songs and appreciating traditional Mongolian dances, visitors have the opportunity to taste kumiss, roasted whole sheep and shouba rou (boiled mutton eaten with hands). In traditional Mongolian clothes, visitors can take part in horse race, wrestling and archery which have been popular on the land for thousands of years. At night, people sit around bonfires singing and dancing to their hearts' content. After one day's travel, the Mongol ger, which means home in Mongolian, provides accommodation for the tourist. All these experiences give visitors the true feeling of what life is like on the vast grassland.
Our tour guide will meet you and pick you up from your hotel. After breakfast, you will visit the Resonant Sand Bay, Yellow River.
Most tourists come to Inner Mongolia to see 2 main attractions – the Grasslands and the Desert.Situated in the territory of Dalad Banner, Ordos, Resonant Sand Bay is featured by its amazing desert landscape and the whispering sand dunes. In the conditions of the dry climate, people will hear sounds like a bugle and drumbeat in the sand if they surf along the slopes of the dunes. Tourists can participate in sand exploration, horse and camel riding, glider flying, motor racing, target practice, arrow shooting, sandbaths and swimming.
Your will have a chance to see Yellow River on the way to Ordos.The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers(3,398 miles). It is called the "the cradle of Chinese civilization", as its basin is the birthplace of the northern Chinese civilizations and is the most prosperous region in early Chinese history.
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Navigating Technological Change at Light Speed
Unprecedented advances in technology have now made science fiction a reality. In only a handful of years, we've moved to the near worldwide use of handheld computing, the full mapping the human genome, and the advent of drones and driverless cars, to name just a few life-changing developments. This trajectory of technological advancement is only getting faster.
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How driverless cars are a perfect metaphor for our anxiety over where technology is headed
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Moto G6 Plus India launch today: Know specs, features and expected price
By Khalid Anzar | New Delhi | Last Updated at September 10 2018 09:58 IST
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Lenovo-backed smartphone manufacturer Motorola is launching the Moto G6 Plus in India on September 10. This smartphone had been announced earlier this year, along with the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play, which were launched in the country in June. Like the other two siblings, the Moto G6 Plus runs on Google Android Oreo 8.0 and sports an 18:9 screen. Compared to the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play, the Moto G6 Plus is a premium smartphone with a faster processor, more RAM and a bigger screen estate.
In terms of features and specifications, the Moto G6 Plus has a 5.93-inch IPS screen of fullHD+ resolution. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 system-on-chip (SoC), paired with 4 GB or 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB or 128 GB of storage, respectively. In terms of imaging, the phone has a 12-megapixel and a 5MP dual camera on the back. The rear camera module boasts Dual-Pixel autofocus and is capable of recording ultra-high-definition 4K videos. On the front, the phone sports an 8MP selfie camera with face filters and LED selfie flash. The phone is powered by a 3,200 mAh battery and comes with a 15W TurboPower charger.
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Understanding thrombocytopenia and antigenicity with glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitors.
Platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb-IIIa receptor antagonists are being used with increasing frequency in the settings of percutaneous coronary interventions and acute ischemic syndromes. The development of thrombocytopenia after GP IIb-IIIa blockade has been observed to some extent with all parenteral GP IIb-IIIa inhibitors studied to date and could potentially limit their effectiveness. The incidence and severity of thrombocytopenia has varied in large clinical trials with GP IIb-IIIa inhibitors, presumably as a consequence of the different structural and pharmacokinetic characteristics of the agents, the dose administered and duration of use, repetition of exposure, and the various drugs coadministered with these agents. Certain baseline characteristics may be predictive. In most cases, severe thrombocytopenia associated with the use of GP IIb-IIIa receptor antagonists was readily reversible with platelet transfusion and was not usually associated with major clinical sequelae. Although the exact mechanisms responsible for thrombocytopenia after GP IIb-IIIa blockade are poorly understood, an immune mechanism is suggested in which the binding of the antagonist to GP IIb-IIIa receptors leads to the exposure of ligand-induced binding sites recognized by preexisting or induced antibodies. Alternatively, the receptor-drug metabolite complex itself may induce an immune response. All patients receiving parenteral GP IIb-IIIa inhibitors should be monitored within 24 hours of initiation of therapy for the development of thrombocytopenia. An algorithm for the detection and management of thrombocytopenia after GP IIb-IIIa inhibitor therapy is proposed.


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Hopes raised for whale and dolphin protection after last minute landmark nature agreement
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Brain disease cat parasite found in beluga whales
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A parasite, previously found in cats, that can cause brain disease in humans has now been found in Arctic beluga whales.
Pregnant women are often warned to avoid changing kitty litter in order to stay clear of the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. which can cause miscarriage and also blindness. The find by scientists now raises health concerns for indigenous Inuit people who eat beluga whale meat.
Whale and dolphin species can carry high levels of mercury and other harmful substances in their meat and blubber. Independent studies of children in the Faroe Islands, for example, have directly linked brain, cardiovascular and other development problems to mums who have eaten whale meat whilst pregnant. Other, recent studies have shown a direct link between the Parkinsons disease in adults and eating pilot whale meat. Despite these clear health issues, the hunts and consumption of whale meat in various countries continues.
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Initially the OS ran on its own BeBox hardware; it was extended to cover all computers running PowerPC processors and then onto Intel processor based computers. Despite interest from Apple to replace MacOS with BeOS the system did not achieve a significant marketshare. In 2001 Be's intellectual property was sold to Palm. BeOS 5 is considered the last version.
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It's very telling that you only choose to respond to emails where you have some wiggle room or you can throw forth one of your famous unfalsifiable claims. You refuse for example, when pressed, to state what units torsion fields are measured in. You refuse to admit that your Explorer 1 explanation is poppycock due to your inability to apply a simple equation correctly. But you will boldly state stuff that cannot be verified.
You could have written that Wiki (or indeed Rational Wiki, as you claimed in your reply) was edited by two of the surviving Von Trapp children supervised by Julie Andrews. It sounds as ridiculous as NASA editing pages dedicated to exposing pseudoscientists, but I cannot state that it is not true. No matter how preposterous the notion.
You told us that water is a very effective shield with respect to torsion waves, yet still wanted funding to visit the Baltic Sea object. Don't you remember being caught with that one ?
Not ONCE have you addressed your mathematical errors, and in fact they remain on your page after all these years. Perhaps you are lazy, or maybe you just don't give a monkey's curse about either your audience or your critics.
Not once have you provided baselines or controls when conducting experiments. You have never shown your data. In fact you stated that, "you would not hand over your data to complete strangers." This is what we engineers and scientists do on a regular basis Richard. It's called peer review.
Expat caught you faking data. You were nicked 100% with no get out of jail free card. You said there is a mile square ziggurat on the Moon, knowing the source of the data was from a teenage gamers forum, and quite probably knowing that the image was a fake, and not a very good one at that. Not a word though from you or Mike now that kksamurai has shown up with the original that he faked all those years ago.
As my Grandfather used to say, "If you can never admit to making a mistake, you can never be a real man."


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Are you interested in joining a well-established team with lots of opportunities for personal and career development. Our aspiration is to consistently deliver person centred support that exceeds customer expectations.
You must enjoy working with older people and valuing each person's uniqueness and be able to motivate and encourage residents to maintain their independence and life skills, including encouraging people to join in various activities and be able to assist them and co-ordinate various sessions, including arts & crafts. The role is varied but the main focus is to ensure that every resident receives the necessary support and care detailed in their individual well-being plan, this may include support with dressing, mobility and social care, promoting independence or generally living life to the full.
You will need to be trustworthy, reliable and committed to providing a quality service and a high standard of care, being able to use your own initiative and having a forward thinking approach would be beneficial.
We are looking for a team player with a sense of humour who is prepared to be flexible and willing to learn. Having a clean driving licence and able to drive a car/minibus to take residents on outings and to appointments would be an advantage but not essential.
This role is for a bank position consisting working across a seven day period, including weekdays and weekends. Applicants must be flexible and willing to help the team.
Middleton Hall Retirement Village is an Employee owned Organization and a Living Wage Employer. Successful candidates will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and barring checks.


Back in May this Year I went along once more to the Badminton Horse Trials, a 3 day horsing event with jumping, showing etc, I took with the the Fuji XE-2 and the awesome 23mm lens, plus my old OM 100mm 2.8 lens and an adapter, here are a small selection of shots I got on the day and a bit more about what it was all like.
We went on cross country day which is essentially a 2 mile course with some crazy high jumps in it, perfect for trying out the OM lens and a bit of focus speed testing on the 23mm.
23mm on an XE-2 in Continuos focus, low speed burst mode, kept up fairly well, not everything was in focus but it was good enough for me, after all this isn't a sports camera.
The 100mm lens held up really well and allowed me to get some nice tight shots of the jumps while getting that lovely background separation courtesy of the F2.8 aperture, manual focus can be hard at times but with stuff like this it's no problem to pre-focus on where you know the action will be and knock out 7 frames per second to get your moment.
The OM 100mm, a cracking lens.


At this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, we offered visitors a unique glimpse into the world of sustainable design, and unveiled for the very first time, a brand new design update on one of our bestselling chairs.
Working with designers Hunting & Narud, we created our most conceptual design fair stand to date, using raw materials and story-boarded displays to provide a rare insight into the thoughts and challenges faced by designers when it comes to sustainable furniture design.
"There are a lot of untold stories within Flokk and we wanted to turn some of them into physical concepts for this year's fair. What are these chairs made of? Where do the materials come from? What is the basic DNA of the company? We didn't set off wanting to create a concept based on the environment and sustainability, but the answers to our questions quickly took us there.
The concept was a great success, drawing interest not only from the design fair attendees, but also the organisers of the event. Flokk was one of four nominee's for the Editors Choice – Stand of the Show Award.
What better place to showcase one of our latest designs than Stockholm Furniture Fair?
Flokk brand RH provided the first look at the RH New Logic, a complete redesign of their most iconic chair, the RH Logic.
The new RH Logic is the result of a five year long process, where our developers have collaborated closely with designers Jonas Stokke and Øystein Austad. The driving force has been to make the chair accessible and comfortable to use but also to manage and to look at.
Designer Jonas Stokke said "The driving force behind the design of the RH New Logic has been to make it accessible to all. The working world has changed a lot over the last ten years, so we needed to create a product sure to meet the needs of today.
The RH New Logic will launch in the summer later this year.
Steel: Did you know? Recycled steel produces 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions of raw steel production, creating a significantly reduced environmental impact.
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Using recycled aluminium in our footbases uses only 10% of the energy required when using raw aluminium.
Plastic: In 2016 we used 517 tons of recycled plastic waste in our products, rising to 607 tons in 2017. Last year our goal was 700, and by 2020 we hope to achieve 1000 tons.
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Where a highway construction worker, who had completed a strenuous shift of work on a hot summer day, lost consciousness, and fell to the ground in the presence of his supervisor, the worker's failure to give his employer formal notice of his injury was excused, held the Supreme Court of South Carolina [see Nero v. South Carolina Dept. of Transp., 2017 S.C. LEXIS 62 (Mar. 29, 2017)]. The Court acknowledged that S.C. Code § 42–15–20 required that every injured employee or his representative give the employer notice of a job-related accident. It also noted, however, that the statute required no specific method of giving notice. In this case, the Court indicated the employer could hardly claim it had been prejudiced when the workers' supervisor witnessed the incident and even visited the worker later in the hospital.
Nero was part of a SCDOT four or five member work crew on a hot, summer day. Their job consisted of pulling a 30-foot-long two-by-four "squeegee board" to level freshly poured concrete. At some point during the day, Nero's supervisor pulled Nero off the squeegee board temporarily because Nero appeared overheated. After a break, Nero returned to pulling the squeegee board. At 3:00 p.m., after finishing their work and cleaning up, the crew, including Nero and the supervisor, talked and joked near the supervisor's truck when Nero lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Nero regained consciousness, stood up, told his supervisors he was fine, and drove home. Once home, Nero passed out again while sitting in his driveway. His wife immediately took him to the hospital where he was admitted and treated.
The single commissioner found Nero's claim compensable as an injury by accident that aggravated a preexisting cervical disc condition in Nero's neck. The commissioner further determined Nero had a "reasonable excuse" for not formally reporting his work injury because (1) his lead man and supervisor were present and knew of pertinent facts surrounding the accident sufficient to indicate the possibility of a compensable injury, (2) the lead man and supervisor followed up with Nero, and (3) SCDOT was aware Nero did not return to work after the June 20, 2012 incident. Further, SCDOT was notified Nero was hospitalized and ultimately had neck surgery. Finally, the single commissioner found SCDOT was not prejudiced by the late formal reporting of the injury.
The Appellate Panel reversed the single commissioner, finding that although Nero's supervisors witnessed him pass out, Nero never reported that the squeegee board accident involved a "snap" in his shoulders and neck. The Appellate Panel further found Nero's excuse for not formally reporting was not reasonable and SCDOT was prejudiced because Nero's late reporting deprived it of the opportunity to investigate the incident and whether Nero's work aggravated his preexisting cervical stenosis.
The high court acknowledged that Nero never formally reported his injury to his employer. It indicated, however, that no particular method of reporting the injury was required by the statute. When questioned at the workers' compensation hearing as to why he never reported the injury, Nero answered that his supervisor was "right there." The Court said the record did not contain substantial evidence that Nero failed to put the employer on notice. The Court reiterated that the employer was fully aware that Nero had been hospitalized and had undergone surgery. It knew he had never returned to work. It was not prejudiced under the circumstances.
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~1986~
Following a number of trouble free years in Space Exploration the Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take off watched by people live on TV around the world. The Internet Mail Access Protocol defined which opens the way for E-Mail and the same year the Human Genome Project is launched to understand the Human Makeup, this will open the way for great advances in the treatment of many illnesses. The worst ever Nuclear Disaster occurs as the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Explodes causing the release of radioactive material across much of Europe. In the UK (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease is identified which causes many deaths over the next few years and a major reform in farming practices.
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.91%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1895
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.50%
Average Cost of new house $89,430.00
Average Income per year $22,400.00
Average Monthly Rent $385.00
Average Price for new car $9,255.00
1 gallon of gas 89 cents
Casio Portable Color Television $249.99
Tandy 600 Portable Computer $1599.00
Bacon per pound $1.75
What Events Happened In 1986?
• US bombs Libya in protest at Libyan sponsorship of terrorist organizations involved in the bomb exploded in the crowded La Belle disco in Berlin, Germany.
• Breakthrough in US - USSR Arms Talks between Reagan and Gorbachevleads to commitment to disarm thus ending a long period of instability caused by the Cold War
• Spain and Portugal join the EEC
• John McCarthy, a British TV journalist, is kidnapped in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.
• Soviet Nuclear reactor at Chernobyl Explodes on April 26th causing release of radioactive material across much of Europe
• British newspapers move to Wapping , East London in an attempt to break print union stranglehold over the newspaper industry
• M25 circling London is completed
• Gorbachev steps up reform programme in Russia introducing Perestroika ( restructuring ) and Glasnost ( openness )
• Comet Halley reaches the closest point to the Earth, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century.
• Approximately Seven million Americans join hands in "Hands Across America"
• Violence continues to escalate in Northern Ireland during the Orangemen Parades in Dumcree and Portadown with more innocents killed during the troubles.
• Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four armed men
• Bomb Explodes on TWA Jet over Greece blowing hole in aircraft sucking 4 passengers out
• Earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
• Iran-Contra Affair President Ronald Reagan's administration sold arms to Iran, an avowed enemy. At the time, Americans were being held hostage in Lebanon by Hezbollah, a militant Shi'a organization loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini.
• The London Stock Exchange is deregulated allowing computerized share dealing ( The Big Bang )
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease first identified Following an epidemic of BSE in Britain, 157 people (as of 2004) acquired and died of a disease with similar neurological symptoms subsequently called vCJD, or (new) variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
• Mike Tyson becomes the youngest Heavyweight Champion in history
• South African troops launch multiple raids on Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana
• 175 Gold Miners Die in Kinross mine in the Eastern Transvaal, South Africa
• The South African government censors reporters and the news media from reporting unrest throughout the country.
• Richard Branson on the 72 ft powerboat Virgin Challenger II breaks the world record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic
• Smoking is banned on all public transport including trains, planes, busses and coaches
• Lethal gas from the volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, West Africa kills 1,500
• Swedish Prime Minister Murdered
• A full survey is carried out of Loch Ness hoping to find proof that Nessie exists. ( No Proof Found )
• The experimental airplane Voyager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight
• The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is laid to rest alongside her husband King Edward VIII
• A mass uprising by Palestinians against Israeli military occupation, begins in Jabalia refugee camp and spread to Gaza
• A british newspaper reveals information that Israel has Secret Nuclear Weapons including 100 nuclear war heads.
• Micronesia Gains Independence From the United States
• US introduces sweeping tax reform legislation
• Argentina Wins 1986 World Cup in Mexico
Inventions by Inventors and Country (or attributed to First Use)
High Temperature Superconductor ~ Switzerland
Nicotene Patch ~ Frank Etscorn
• The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.
• Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after launch, killing all on board
• The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station
• IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer.
• British Surgeons perform the worlds first triple transplant ( Heart, Lung and Liver )
• Internet Mail Access Protocol defined for e-mail transfer
• The 386 series of microprocessor introduced by Intel.
• Human Genome Project launched with the object to understand the human genome and therefore provide the continuing progress of medicine, It was announced in 2000 to be completed by Bill Clinton and Tony Blair


I HAVE A NEW COMPUTER!!!!
It is great fun to slash out this old blog entry!
I am on my wife's computer at the moment so that I can let you know that I am not certain when I will be back in the land of blog.
I will post a better blog entry than this one in the next few days to let you know what has been happening.
Bummer! Hope you can retrieve your files! Best of luck!
None of the files have been retrieved. I have a new computer now, thank-you Mum.
Studio Update July 2, 2011.


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Институт проблем криобиологии и криомедицины Национальной академии наук Украины — научно-исследовательский институт, занимающийся исследованиями устойчивости биологических объектов к холоду, разработкой технологий криоконсервирования биологических объектов и технических средств их реализации.

Директор института
Доктор биологических наук, профессор ПЕТРЕНКО Александр Юрьевич

Общие сведения

Институт был создан в 1972 году на базе двух лабораторий Физико-технического института низких температур Академии наук УССР и проблемной научно-исследовательской лаборатории низкотемпературного консервирования костного мозга и крови Харьковского института усовершенствования врачей.

С 1983 по 2011 гг. директором был выдающийся акушер-гинеколог, академик НАН Украины, доктор медицинских наук, профессор Грищенко, Валентин Иванович.

Со времени своего основания институт активно сотрудничает со многими научными зарубежными партнерами из таких стран как Болгария, США, Израиль, Великобритания, Бельгия, Германия, Япония и др.

На данный момент структура института состоит из 16 научных отделов, где работают 18 докторов наук и 116 кандидатов наук.

Научные отделы

Криобиофизики
Организован в 1976 году на базе физико-технической лаборатории института.
Занимается изучением молекулярных механизмов криоповреждения и криозащиты биологических систем различного уровня организации.

Биохимии холодовой адаптации
Организован в 1989 году.
Занимается изучением молекулярных механизмов зимней спячки, а также изучением биомолекул-адаптогенов клеток пойкилотермных и гетеротермных животных к охлаждению.

Криофизиологии клетки
Главным направлением исследований является изучение механизмов холодового и осмотического шока клеток.

Криобиологии системы репродукции
Создан в 1984 году. Задачами отдела в фундаментальном аспекте являются изучение механизмов действия факторов криоконсервирования на гаметы, эмбрионы, овариальную и тестикулярную ткани, плодовые и эмбриональные клетки и ткани человека и животных.

Низкотемпературного консервирования
Основными направлениями работы отдела являются фундаментальные теоретические исследования причин и механизмов криоповреждения и криозащиты на клеточном уровне.

Криофизиологии
Занимается изучением реакций центральной нервной и сердечно-сосудистой систем в ответ на охлаждения — различные режимы краниоцеребральной гипотермии, ритмические холодовые воздействия, искусственные и естественные гипометаболпческие состояния (гипобиоз, гибернация, сон), общее охлаждение организма и экстремальная криотерапия.

Криобиохимии и фармакологии НГС
Занимается разработкой методов долгосрочного хранения трансплантационного материала. Результатом труда стало создание низкотемпературного банка органных культур адренокортикальной ткани, органных культур щитовидной железы, семенников.

Экспериментальной криомедицины
Основан в 1972 г. Занимается исследованиями применения криохирургии в разных областях экспериментальной и клинической медицины.

Криопатофизиологии и криоиммунологии
Отдел создан в 1993 г. Основным направлением исследований является изучение патогенетических основ развития аутоиммунных заболеваний, а также изучение механизмов иммунокорригирующего эффекта криоконсервированных продуктов фетоплацентарного комплекса — ПФПК (фетальные нервные клетки, клетки фетальной печени, плацента и др.) разных сроков гестации с целью обоснования возможности их применения при лечении патологий аутоиммунного генеза.

Криоморфологии
Старейший отдел, стоявший у истоков основания института.
Многие годы основным направлением научных исследований отдела является изучение адаптационно-регенераторных способностей клеток и тканей после холодового воздействия, а также в условиях естественного и искусственного анабиоза.

Криоцитологии и количественной морфолгии
Основан в 1993 г.
Основное направление — изучение молекулярных механизмов структурно-функциональных изменений клеток кордовой крови, в том числе и стволовых гемопоэтических, а также модификаций плазматической мембраны эритроцитов кордовой и донорской крови человека, которые лежат в основе криочувствительности и криорезистентности клеток, под влиянием криопротекторов различного механизма действия и низких температур; разработка новых технологий криоконсервирования клеток кордовой крови.

Криопротекторов
Основное направление — изучение криопротекторов, поиск, прогнозирование и создание новых криозащитных соединений.

Криобиохимии
Основан в 1972 г.
Занимается изучением в системах in vitro и in vivo биологических свойств и репаративного потенциала стволовых клеток.

Долгосрочного хранения биологических объектов при низких температурах
Создан в 1999 г.
Занимается изучением сохранности жизнеспособности и свойств биологических объектов различного уровня организации (микроорганизмы, клетки эукариот) после лиофилизации, криоконсервирования и в процессе долгосрочного хранения при низких температурах, поддержанием низкотемпературного банка промышленных штаммов микроорганизмов и созданием электронной версии журнала учета микроорганизмов, хранящихся в низкотемпературном банке института и т.п

Низкотемпературный банк биологических объектов
Является важнейшим структурным подразделением института. Базой для создания НТББО послужил «минибанк» Проблемной лаборатории Физико-технического института низких температур.
Основными направлениями работы отдела являются:
 разработка технологий криоконсервации биологического материала: оптимизация программ замораживания-отогрева, подбор криозащитных сред и адекватной низкотемпературной тары;
 исследование влияния условий и длительности хранения на сохранность биообъектов при долгосрочном низкотемпературном хранении;
 оптимизация условий и контроля хранения биологического материала в НТБ путём автоматизации скрининга температуры и уровня жидкого азота в хранилищах, создание систем предупредительной сигнализации;
 определение наиболее адекватных методов оценки и информативных параметров биологической полноценности криоконсервированного материала, который хранится в НТБ;
 оптимизация системы учета криоконсервированного биоматериала НТБ;
 верификация потенциала деконсервированных биообъектов в системах in vivo и in vitro.

Примечания
 Головний портал НАН України
 Проблемы криобиологии, 1992
 Всеукраинский научно-популярный журнал «UNIVERSITATES. Наука и просвещение»

Ссылки
Сайт института

Сайт Отдела экспериментальной криомедицины

биология
Наука в Харькове
Криобиология

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Violating Neutrality
State rules that favorable statements from schools about ballot proposals do not break election law by expressly advocating for 'yes' votes
By Tom Gantert | January 4, 2011
Each year, Michigan public school districts are accused of violating the state's campaign finance laws on the basis of them allegedly taking a side in election campaigns. Michigan Capitol Confidential submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Michigan Department of State for all campaign finance violation complaints against school districts dating back to 2006. It showed that the Department of the State has ruled that two school districts were in violation of state law during the past five years because they used district resources to promote their side of a bond election or other election finance issue. In each case, the penalty was a $100 fine.
This week, Michigan Capitol Confidential looks at how school districts that were accused of promoting a "Yes" vote for increased revenues were able to avoid serious state sanctions.
In 2007, the Southgate Community School District mailed an informational flier to all absentee voters in advance of a school district bond election. The flier contained the following statements in reference to the bond:
"Securing a better future for Southgate students…"
"Let's make our Southgate schools safer and better"
"To stay competitive in the global economy, we must provide our students access to the latest educational technology systems and updated computer workstations…"
"Security at school is a win-win for everyone."
"Maintaining a safe, secure learning environment will enable school personnel to teach our Southgate students to the fullest of their ability."
The Michigan Department of State ruled that none of the statements were in violation of the state's campaign finance law, which states that public bodies may not make statements of "express advocacy" using public resources.
"A sensible reader may be left with the distinct impression that the informational flyer contains an unambiguous appeal for voters' support," the state wrote in its opinion. However, the ultimate ruling was that the letter of the law was followed: "… it does not contain words of express advocacy."
The Department of State tells school districts that it is important for public bodies to remain neutral when presenting information on bonds and millages. However, the department has ruled that schools may "communicate with voters, so long as the communication does not contain such words as 'vote for,' 'vote against,' 'support,' 'oppose,' or other words of express advocacy."
And school districts have shown they can promote a bond or millage while steering clear of the loaded terms.
Proposal 5 of 2006
Had it passed in 2006, the "Michigan Mandatory School Funding Initiative." known as Proposal 5, would have increased funding for schools by $565 million, with about $386 million of that going to cover school districts' pension costs.
In an effort to get it passed, the Macomb County School Board Association and the Macomb County Schools Superintendent Association used public funds to mail a pamphlet to absentee voters that claimed Proposal 5 "is part of a long-range plan to boost Michigan's employment rate and economy."
That caught the attention of Sterling Heights resident Gerald O'Neill, who filed a complaint with the Michigan Department of State, saying statement was untrue and in violation of the state's campaign finance law. What proof was there, he wondered, that a tax increase with most of the money going to pay pension costs would lower unemployment and improve the state's economy?
The Department of State disagreed, ruling that the pamphlet "simply presents factual information concerning education funding and the potential impact if the ballot question is adopted."
Proposal 5 was eventually rejected by 62 percent of the voters.
Galesburg-Augusta
In 2006, the Galesburg-Augusta School District mailed a district newsletter that said "voters can vote yes for one, two or three (bond) proposals."
A violation by "expressing advocacy" for 'yes' votes only?
Not according to the state. According to the state's ruling: "Although the article neglected to mention that readers may also vote 'no' on any of the ballot proposals, the Department regards the quoted sentence as a statement of fact."
When the Berkley School District reported in a 2010 newsletter that the "total cost" for a bond was $167 million, some residents filed a complaint with the state. The residents said the school was misleading voters because the total cost would be $430 million once interest on the bonds was added. The district had failed to mention that.
The state disagreed. Its opinion reads: "The statute, however, does not require that the information disseminated by a public body be accurate or complete… only that it is factual."
Schools That Break State Election Laws Face Just "Speeding Ticket" Fines
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School Advocacy in Bond Elections Questioned
School District Defends Its Neutrality in State House Race
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In the year of the 30th anniversary of Intech Automazione, we decided to take stock of what has been achieved so far.
Alongside the financial results, which confirm once again that we have taken the right path, there are figures that perhaps we have not taken into due consideration, and which represent a crucial voice in the success of our company.
We are talking about the number of 'lesser known' brands within our offer: thousands and thousands of small or medium-sized manufacturers with whom we have come into contact after having expanded our offer to sectors adjacent to the pure industrial automation.
Brands that, along with the top players in the industry, allow us to have a really unlimited range of products, devices and components.
These manufacturers, often highly specialized and true niches of excellence, allow us to always have alternative items to be proposed alongside the traditional best-sellers: products at prices more advantageous, more readily available or characterized by specific and unique performance.
Our purchasing team has done a terrific job and our multilingual sales team is tenaciously exploiting this strong advantage, creating a truly unlimited offer of products for the industry.
Ask us what you want: it is almost certain that we have it at the most advantageous prices!


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Dr. Febe Pamonag
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Dr. Febe Pamonag joined the department in fall 2007 as its specialist in Asian history. Prof. Pamonag received her Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Alberta. She offers the department's upper-division courses on the history of China [History 345], Japan [History 346], women and gender in Asian history [History342], cross-listed with Women's Studies [History 342], topics in Asian history [History 485 (G)], survey courses on Asian history [History 245] and World history [History 116], which are available for Humanities and Multicultural General Education credit, and graduate seminars on postwar Japan, U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines, history and memory of the Asia-Pacific War, and history of food in Asia [History 530 and 531]
Prof. Pamonag's research interests include transnational movements for women's education, and imperial medicine and public health. She has published articles on trans-Pacific initiatives for the promotion of Japanese women's higher education from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. Her current project is a social history of leprosy in early twentieth-century Philippines.
Prof. Pamonag serves as Associate Editor of the "U.S. in the Philippines" team of the "Women and Modern Empires [WAME], 1840 to the present" project, directed by historians Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin. This peer-reviewed online collection is co-published by the Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender at the State University of New York, Binghamton, and Alexander Street Press of Alexandria, Virginia. The entire project will be online in 2017.
Prof. Pamonag has won several grants and awards. She was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship for her project on leprosy patients' activism in early twentieth-century Phillippines. She also won a Summer Stipend Award from the NEH to support archival research on the same project. She was one of sixteen post-secondary instructors in the United States selected to participate in the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad to China in summer 2013. She also won two WIU University Research Council Grants and two WIU Faculty Summer Stipends to support her research.
Prof. Pamonag has supervised several graduate and undergraduate students' research. Four of her students have won awards: Samantha Heinrich's paper "The 'Savage' Filipinos and Their Dog-Eating Habits" was honorable mention in the best paper, graduate category, in the 2016 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference; Madeline Olejnik's paper "Representations of Women in Post-1949 China" was a co-winner in the Department of History's 2014-2015 Judy Ellen Thompson Prize for Best Undergraduate Paper in a History Course; Lauren Armstead was the Department of History's first-place winner in the 2012 Undergraduate Research Day poster competition for "Maternal Bond in Hiroshima Narratives of Survival"; and Lara Zink took third place in the graduate division in the 2010 Phi Alpha Theta Illinois Regional Conference for her paper "Historical Fiction in the Classroom: Linda Sue Park's When My Name Was Keoko."
Prof. Pamonag served as the academic advisor of the WIU Anime Club from 2008 to 2016. She is currently learning Mandarin Chinese.
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People ask me some form of the same question all the time. It usually goes something like this: "Housing is hot in Denver, but don't you think it's just a bubble and when is it going to pop?" I'd be lying if I said I never asked myself the same question, as my father always said, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is". Since the Foreclosure Crisis brought attention to the concept of an economic "bubble", others have felt the same way. I think we initially react to "excessive" investment gains with a healthy amount of skepticism, especially when it comes our personal homes, there is an inherent emotional aspect that can carry a lot of weight. "Am I missing something, or will history repeat itself?" Somewhere in the middle is the difference between those who have found themselves realizing the benefits and those who are left saying shoulda, coulda, woulda. Simply because something takes-off doesn't mean it has to crash.
For those unaware, the Real Estate market in Denver is up nearly 55% over a 5 year period and 30% over 30 year period. Averaging 10% per year appreciation and 34% year-over-year increase in the median list price, Denver is THE #1 hottest real estate market in the country! While these excessive gains may cool over time, the real estate market is still a function of supply and demand. With nearly 200 people moving to Denver each day, current demand is outpacing new construction to house that demand- we simply are not building fast enough! Now, I am no economist, but from the real estate side the market will keep its momentum as long as the demand continues. Here are 5 reasons why I don't see demand going anywhere and how the wealth of Denver's' work force contributes to accelerate the real estate market.
1. Tourism: One of the strongest economic drivers, tourism provides a valuable source of jobs and revenue. In 2014, 71 million people spent 18.6 billion dollars here, an all-time high for the state.
A) First Class Skiing: Denver is located just a short drive away from some of the best ski resorts in the world. Vail, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Loveland, Winter Park and Aspen are just a few of many world-class resorts available to extreme powder chasers and family riders alike. These resorts attract people from all over the world and bring in billions of dollars in revenue.
B) Outdoor activities: Even while the snow is away, there is still plenty of fun to be had in Colorado's 300+ days of sunshine. It's a major destination for many Americans, particularly Texans and others in close driving proximity. Hiking, biking, fishing, kyaking, horseback riding, camping, you name it, you can find it here in Colorado. The endless possibilities make it a fantastic family get away, and I don't think the mountains are going away any time soon.
D) Arts and Music: Denver has such a diverse population, which can be seen in the arts. The Santa Fe arts district is a major attraction along with top notch museums. On the music side there is always "Red Rocks"? Arguably (and in my opinion) the greatest concert venue in the world plays host to the best-of-the-best acts and musicians. Every Friday and Saturday in the summer, people gather at this awe inspiring place to relax and make memories that many travel across the country to experience. In addition, there is a growing industry that accommodates a large number of people traveling to Colorado to experience, and it is that of Marijuana Tourism.
2. Growing Employment Base: The starting point in measuring the strength of the economy and real estate market in any location begins with the employment base, and Denvers' is top rate. Not only is the employment base strong and stable, but it's growing and diversifying, attracting more industries, investments and talent to the area.
A) Financial and Commercial capital of The Rocky Mountain Region: Also known as "The Wall Street of the Rockies," Denver is THE major shipping, distribution, industrial and commercial corridor to Colorado and bordering states New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada. On the financial side, Denver is on track to become Charles Schwab Corp.'s largest employment center in the US by 2018, the brokerage company's CEO says. Recognizing Denvers growth and appeal, Charles Schwab shows confidence in the Denver economy, a lead that has not gone unnoticed as aerospace giant Lockheed Martin continues to dig-in roots in the Denver area.
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3. Excellent Education: Colleges and Universities attract and create skilled professionals. Skilled professionals attract and demand high paying jobs and more money to spend on housing.
A) Educated Population base: Fun fact of the day- Denver is one of the most educated cities in the U.S. With nearly 40% of its residence holding college degrees, we are right behind Washington DC and San Francisco and gaining ground.
B) First Class Universities: There are a multitude of top notch schools within a stones throw of Downtown. University of Denver, University of Colorado, Metropolitan State, Regis University, and the Denver School of Nursing are just a few of many. Specifically in the Medical field, there have been substantial investments. The University of Colorado-Denver's new Anschutz Medical Campus integrates world-class education, research and patient care on one of the nation's newest health sciences campuses.
4. Legalization of Marijuana– No matter what side of the fence you stand, you cant argue with numbers, and marijuana was a $700 million dollar industry in Colorado last year. According to the Washington Post, this segment of the market generated over 70 million in tax revenue and is expected to climb to $94 million annually by 2016.
Those are real dollars with real impact! A large chunk of that money goes straight into education: a constitutional amendment in the law promises $40 million a year to building schools and investing in education. Many cities around the country are underwater or fighting for revenue. For example, Atlanta is currently trying to figure out how to fund its rail line to accommodate for traffic demands, and the only answer seems to be raising taxes. Many states are looking to marijuana reform to fund the projects they desperately need while Colorado tax payers keep more money in their pockets.
5. Quality of Life: With nearly 300 days of sunshine, top notch outdoor activities, a thriving economy and a downtown with incredible restaurants and night life- all set against the picturesque background of the Rocky Mountains, Denver simply sells itself. The financial meltdown of the mid 2000's wiped a lot of money out of our economy, leaving many people reexamining what they found to be important in their life. As we have continued to recover, those with a thirst for adventure, a desire to experience nature and a passion to live in a prosperous, diverse environment have been able to find themselves a home in Denver, CO.


In a recent discussion after a naloxone reversal of excess opioid therapy, the question was raised as to why a patient had not been on patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). PCA has been a major development in pain management and, for the most part, has resulted in improved pain control and patient satisfaction, shorter lengths of stay, and better utilization of resources. Though having the theoretical "built-in" advantage that should prevent inadvertent narcotic overdose (i.e. as the patient becomes drowsy, he/she cannot press the button to infuse more narcotic), use of PCA pumps have been associated with multiple problems of their own. PCA is another example where new technologies effectively eliminate some problems but introduce new problems of their own.
In our September 9, 2008 Patient Safety Tip of the Week "Less is More….and Do You Really Need that Decimal?" we discussed many of the safety considerations related to use of PCA pumps. We referred to ISMP's outstanding monograph about patient safety issues involved in PCA, published in 2006.
So just how frequent are errors and safety issues associated with use of PCA? An analysis of one year's worth of reports to the MEDMARX® database (Hicks et al 2008) found 1% of all reports related to PCA. However, 6.5% of these were associated with harmful outcomes, compared to 1.5% for all other errors in the MEDMARX® database. That makes sense because all the medications being delivered via PCA are high-risk medications. They also noted that a greater percentage of harm occurred in older patients.
One of the problems in determining the frequency of adverse events related to PCA is that the MEDMARX® database is a voluntary reporting database and likely considerably underestimates the true frequency. A new paper (Meissner et al 2009) has actually quantified both the frequency and costs of errors attributable to PCA. They used data from both the MEDMARX® database and the MAUDE database (an FDA database that collects mandatory reports on device-related errors), then used a correction factor to adjust for the likely underreporting in both databases. They estimated the rates of PCA-related errors and device-related errors, respectively, at 407 per 10,000 people and 17 per 10,000 people. The average cost per error was $733 for errors in the MEDMARX® database and $552 for those in the MAUDE database. Given that about 30% of surgical patients use PCA (the most common situation for PCA use), they estimate that errors related to PCA may cost the entire United States healthcare system about $400 million annually.
The Hicks paper categorized the types of errors seen. Improper dosage or quantity was the most frequent type of error, but omission errors, unauthorized or wrong drug errors, and prescribing errors were also frequent. Errors in the monitoring phase were also frequent. Errors related to human factors were the leading causes for errors, accounting for almost 70% of causes listed. But also seen were faulty equipment, communication issues, problems with storage/handling/packaging, documentation, and name confusion. Errors were seen with the gamut of opioid drugs.
Other contributing factors were distraction, workload, inexperienced or temporary staff, shift changes, and cross-coverage. Many errors were also noted to occur at the time of patient transfer from one clinical area to another.
They provide actual clinical examples of the errors in the various phases of the medication cycle. Of particular note, problems associated with dosage conversions (when converting from one narcotic to another), LASA (look-alike sound-alike drugs) confusion (eg. confusion morphine-hydromorphone and meperidine-morphine), and retrieving the wrong medication from automated dispensing machines were highlighted. The latter issue will hopefully be minimized as more facilities move to barcoding/bedside medication verification systems but still suggests that healthcare organizations need to pay careful attention to overrides and their automated dispensing systems. Restricting the number of medications used for PCA may also help minimize some of these errors. Tall-man lettering may help avoid some of the LASA drug-pair confusion.
Dose miscalculations and device programming errors are frequent. In our September 9, 2008 Patient Safety Tip of the Week "Less is More….and Do You Really Need that Decimal?" we discussed some specific examples of such errors. We noted the ISMP Safe Medication Alert "Misprogramming PCA concentration leads to dosing errors" that highlighted a paradoxical problem with PCA pump programming. If one programs in too high of a concentration, the patient tends to get underdosed (so may suffer continued pain). If one programs in too low a concentration, the patient actually gets overdosed! This seems counterintuitive. But think about it – the patient asks for a certain dose of the narcotic and the pump delivers the volume it is programmed for to meet that request. If the concentration was erroneously too low, the pump has now given a higher volume and, hence, a higher actual narcotic dose. And often a warning on the pump that the concentration is too low may be overridden because the nurse or physician feels less concerned about "too low" than "too high". Also, in our March 12, 2007 Patient Safety Tip of the Week "10x Overdoses" we pointed out another potential problem with misprogramming PCA (or other infusion) pumps. The data entry person may double press a key (or the key may become stuck) resulting in, for example, "88" instead of "8". Also, during data entry it is possible to think one hit a decimal point but it fails to print out. These types of data entry error have recently been noted in programmable intravenous infusion pumps and there have been several occurrences of 10x overdoses with those pumps.
For a variety of reasons, using independent double checks is very important when dealing with high-risk drugs and PCA. But keep in mind that the error rate for the person doing the second check may be as high as 10% (based on data on double checks in almost any industry). Such double checks should take place not only at the time the preparation is made and when it is first set up on the PCA pump but also any time there is a change in dosage or rate, when a patient is moved from one site to another, at change of shift, etc.
The Hicks paper also gave an example of "PCA by proxy". "PCA By Proxy" is perhaps the best known safety issue with PCA. This, of course, means the pressing of the infusion administration button by someone other than the patient. This is most often a friend or family member but could be a member of the healthcare team. In most cases, the person pressing the PCA button thinks they are helping the patient avoid pain. They may not recognize the problem of overdosage from the narcotics. One of the "built-in" safety features of PCA is that when a patient gets sedated from too much analgesic, they can no longer press the PCA button to get more analgesic. That safety measure is bypassed in "PCA by Proxy". In fact, the occurrence of incidents involving "PCA by Proxy" was significant enough for Joint Commission to issue a Sentinel Event Alert in 2004.
The ISMP monograph about patient safety issues involved in PCA published in 2006 also discusses other issues regarding misprogramming PCA pumps and several other issues, including selecting appropriate patients for PCA, monitoring patients, setting up quality indicators, and performing FMEA.
Actually, all the risk factors for hypercapnic respiratory failure we noted in our June 10, 2008 Patient Safety Tip of the Week "Monitoring the Postoperative COPD Patient" and our January 27, 2009 Patient Safety Tip of the Week "Oxygen Therapy: Everything You Wanted to Know and More!" should also be considered relative contraindications for PCA. These include COPD, certain neuromuscular disorders, chest wall deformities, massive obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea. These are not absolute contraindications for PCA, but they do require that such patients would have more intensive monitoring. The same applies to patients requiring high doses of opiates regardless of whether they are receiving them via PCA or otherwise. After identifying high-risk patients, one must use sedation scales properly, and consider using capnography in addition to pulse oximetry in such high-risk patients.
PCA pumps or other judicious use of opiates may be very important for patient care. However, one must recognize the potential dangers and ensure proper patient and drug selection, appropriate training of staff, patients and families, proper safeguards and good monitoring techniques.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). Beware of basal opioid infusions with PCA therapy. Medication Safety Alert. Acute Care Edition. March 12, 2009.