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Imports System
Imports Microsoft.SPOT
Imports Toolbox.NETMF.Hardware

'  Copyright 2012-2014 Stefan Thoolen (http://www.netmftoolbox.com/)
'
'  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
'  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
'  You may obtain a copy of the License at
'
'      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
'
'  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
'  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
'  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
'  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
'  limitations under the License.
Namespace Games

    Public Module HD44780_Snake
        ' Constants that compile all characters
        Private Const FRUIT_BOTTOM As Byte = &H1 ' b0001
        Private Const FRUIT_TOP As Byte = &H2    ' b0010
        Private Const SNAKE_TOP As Byte = &H5    ' b0101
        Private Const SNAKE_BOTTOM As Byte = &H8 ' b1000

        ''' Reference to the display
        Private _disp As Hd44780Lcd
        ''' Start button
        Private _btnStart As IGPIPort
        ''' Left button
        Private _btnLeft As IGPIPort
        ''' Right button
        Private _btnRight As IGPIPort
        ''' Up button
        Private _btnUp As IGPIPort
        ''' Down button
        Private _btnDown As IGPIPort

        ''' Random helper
        Private _rand As Random

        ''' Max. width of the game
        Public Width As Integer = 16
        ''' Max. height of the game
        Public Height As Integer = 4

        ''' Storage for the position of the snake (y * Height + x). The integer size is the max. length of the snake
        Private _snake(40) As Integer

        ''' The position for the food
        Private _FoodPosition As Integer = -1

        ''' The direction we're moving into (-1 = left, 1 = right, -Width = up, +Width = down)
        Private _Direction As Integer = -1

        ''' Each tick this will be increased
        Private _Timer As Integer = 0

        ''' The current game speed
        Private _Speed As Integer = 40

        '''
        ''' Shows the splash screen
        '''
        Public Sub Splash()
            _disp.ClearDisplay()
            _NetduinoLogo()
            _disp.Write(" HD44780  Snake")
            _disp.ChangePosition(1, 2)
            _disp.Write("for ")
            _disp.Write(New Byte() {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 6}, False)
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Initializes the hardware
        '''
        ''' <param name="Display">Reference to the LCD</param>
        ''' <param name="ButtonStart">Start button</param>
        ''' <param name="ButtonLeft">Left button</param>
        ''' <param name="ButtonRight">Right button</param>
        ''' <param name="ButtonUp">Up button</param>
        ''' <param name="ButtonDown">Down button</param>
        Public Sub Init(Display As Hd44780Lcd, ButtonStart As IGPIPort, ButtonLeft As IGPIPort, ButtonRight As IGPIPort, ButtonUp As IGPIPort, ButtonDown As IGPIPort)
            ' Copies the parameters to local values
            _disp = Display
            _btnStart = ButtonStart
            _btnLeft = ButtonLeft
            _btnRight = ButtonRight
            _btnUp = ButtonUp
            _btnDown = ButtonDown
            _rand = New Random()
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Changes the custom characters to the Netduino-logo
        '''
        Private Sub _NetduinoLogo()
            ' To show the Netduino-logo on a 2x16 LCD, we need 7 custom characters (0x00 to 0x06):
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H0, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &HE, &H11, &H11, &H11, &H11})   ' n
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H1, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &HE, &H13, &H14, &H19, &HE})    ' e
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H2, New Byte() {&H0, &H10, &H10, &H1E, &H10, &H10, &H10, &HE}) ' t
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H3, New Byte() {&H1, &H1, &H1, &HF, &H13, &H11, &H11, &HE})    ' d
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H4, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &H11, &H11, &H11, &H11, &HE})   ' u
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H5, New Byte() {&H0, &H4, &H0, &H4, &H4, &H4, &H4, &H4})       ' i
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H6, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &HE, &H11, &H11, &H11, &HE})    ' o
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Changes the custom characters to the snake
        '''
        Private Sub _SnakeChars()
            ' To play snake on a 2x16 LCD, we need 7 custom characters (0x00 to 0x06):
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H0, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &HE, &HE, &H0})         ' b000: ₒ     (fruit at the bottom)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H1, New Byte() {&H0, &HE, &HE, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0})         ' b001: °     (fruit at the top)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H2, New Byte() {&H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H0})     ' b010: ▀     (snake at the top)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H3, New Byte() {&H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H0, &HE, &HE, &H0})     ' b011: ▀ + ₒ (snake at the top + fruit at the bottom)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H4, New Byte() {&H0, &H0, &H0, &H0, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F})     ' b100: ▄     (snake at the bottom)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H5, New Byte() {&H0, &HE, &HE, &H0, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F})     ' b101: ▄ + ° (snake at the bottom + fruit at the top)
            _CustomizeCharacter(&H6, New Byte() {&H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F, &H1F}) ' b110: █     (snake at the bottom + snake at the top)
        End Sub

        ''' Screen line 1 buffer
        Private _Line1Buffer() As Byte = New Byte() {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
        ''' Screen line 2 buffer
        Private _Line2Buffer() As Byte = New Byte() {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}

        '''
        ''' Draws the screen
        '''
        Private Sub _DrawScreen()
            ' Lets start with 2 empty lines
            Dim Line1() As Byte = New Byte() {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
            Dim Line2() As Byte = New Byte() {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}

            ' Adds the fruit
            If _FoodPosition < 16 Then        ' line 1
                Line1(_FoodPosition) += FRUIT_TOP
            ElseIf _FoodPosition < 32 Then    ' line 2
                Line1(_FoodPosition - 16) += FRUIT_BOTTOM
            ElseIf _FoodPosition < 48 Then    ' line 3
                Line2(_FoodPosition - 32) += FRUIT_TOP
            Else                              ' line 4
                Line2(_FoodPosition - 48) += FRUIT_BOTTOM
            End If

            ' Adds the snake
            For Pos As Integer = 0 To _snake.Length - 1
                If _snake(Pos) = -1 Then Continue For

                If _snake(Pos) < 16 Then      ' line 1
                    Line1(_snake(Pos)) += SNAKE_TOP
                ElseIf _snake(Pos) < 32 Then  ' line 2
                    Line1(_snake(Pos) - 16) += SNAKE_BOTTOM
                ElseIf _snake(Pos) < 48 Then  ' line 3
                    Line2(_snake(Pos) - 32) += SNAKE_TOP
                Else                          ' line 4
                    Line2(_snake(Pos) - 48) += SNAKE_BOTTOM
                End If
            Next

            For Pos As Byte = 0 To 15
                If Line1(Pos) <> _Line1Buffer(Pos) Then
                    _disp.ChangePosition(0, Pos)
                    If Line1(Pos) = 0 Then
                        _disp.Write(" ")
                    Else
                        _disp.Write(CByte(Line1(Pos) >> 1))
                    End If
                End If
                If Line2(Pos) <> _Line2Buffer(Pos) Then

                    _disp.ChangePosition(1, Pos)
                    If Line2(Pos) = 0 Then
                        _disp.Write(" ")
                    Else
                        _disp.Write(CByte(Line2(Pos) >> 1))
                    End If
                End If
            Next

            _Line1Buffer = Line1
            _Line2Buffer = Line2
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Starts the game
        '''
        Public Sub Start()
            _disp.ClearDisplay()
            ' Enables the snake characters
            _SnakeChars()
            ' Sets the snake for the first time
            _ResetSnake()
            _ResetFood()
            ' Starts the main loop
            Do
                _MainLoop()
            Loop
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Main game loop
        '''
        Private Sub _MainLoop()
            ' Draws out the display
            _DrawScreen()

            ' Joystick control changes the direction
            If _btnLeft.Read() And _Direction <> 1 Then _Direction = -1
            If _btnRight.Read() And _Direction <> -1 Then _Direction = 1
            If _btnDown.Read() And _Direction <> 0 - Width Then _Direction = Width
            If _btnUp.Read() And _Direction <> Width Then _Direction = 0 - Width

            ' Increases the timer
            _Timer = _Timer + 1

            ' Do we need to move?
            If _Timer >= _Speed Then
                _DoMovement()
                _Timer = 0
            End If
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Resets the snake, placing it at a random position
        '''
        Private Sub _ResetSnake()
            ' The rest of the snake pixels is empty
            For Counter As Integer = 0 To _snake.Length - 1
                _snake(Counter) = -1 ' No position
            Next

            ' Starts at the middle
            _snake(0) = CInt(Height * Width / 2 - Width / 2)
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Will place food on the matrix
        '''
        Private Sub _ResetFood()
            Dim NewPos As Integer = -1
            Dim Found As Boolean

            ' Checks if this position isn't currently occupied by the snake
            Do
                NewPos = _rand.Next(Width * Height)
                Found = False
                For Counter As Integer = 0 To _snake.Length - 1
                    If _snake(Counter) = NewPos Then Found = True
                Next
            Loop While Found

            _FoodPosition = NewPos
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Moves the snake one position
        '''
        Private Sub _DoMovement()
            ' The next position
            Dim NextPos As Integer = _snake(0) + _Direction

            ' We went out of the screen
            If NextPos < 0 Then NextPos += (Height * Width) '                                    At the top
            If NextPos >= (Height * Width) Then NextPos -= (Height * Width) '                      At the bottom
            If Floor(NextPos / Width) < Floor(_snake(0) / Width) And (_Direction = -1) Then NextPos += Width ' At the left
            If Floor(NextPos / Width) > Floor(_snake(0) / Width) And (_Direction = 1) Then NextPos -= Width '  At the right

            ' Are we eating?
            Dim Grow As Boolean = False
            If NextPos = _FoodPosition Then
                Grow = True
                _ResetFood()
            End If

            ' The next list of positions will be stored in here
            Dim NewSnake() As Integer = CType(_snake.Clone(), Integer())

            ' Some checks
            For Counter As Integer = 0 To _snake.Length - 1

                ' We ate ourself!
                If _snake(Counter) = NextPos Then Throw New Exception(" Game over!")
                ' Is this our length?
                If _snake(Counter) = -1 And Not Grow Then
                    Exit For
                    ' Do we need to grow?
                ElseIf _snake(Counter) = -1 Then
                    Grow = False
                End If
                ' Moves up one spot
                If Counter > 0 Then NewSnake(Counter) = _snake(Counter - 1)
            Next

            ' New position
            NewSnake(0) = NextPos
            _snake = NewSnake

            ' Did we win?
            If _snake(_snake.Length - 1) <> -1 Then
                Throw New Exception(" Next level!")
                'this._ResetSnake();
                'this._ResetSnake();
                'this._Speed = (int)(this._Speed * .9) - 1;
            End If
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Creates a customized character on a HD44780 LCD
        '''
        ''' <param name="Index">Character index (0 to 7)</param>
        ''' <param name="Character">Character bitmap</param>
        Private Sub _CustomizeCharacter(Index As Integer, CharacterBitmap() As Byte)
            If Index < 0 Or Index > 7 Then Throw New IndexOutOfRangeException("Index must be a value from 0 to 7")
            If CharacterBitmap.Length <> 8 Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("CharacterBitmap must have 8 byte values")
            _disp.Write(CByte(&H40 + 8 * Index), True)   ' Set CGRAM Address
            _disp.Write(CharacterBitmap)                 ' Writes the character
            _disp.Write(CByte(&H80), True)               ' Set DDRAM Address
        End Sub

        '''
        ''' Since VB.NETMF lacks Math.Floor, I made this method
        '''
        ''' <param name="Value">Full value</param>
        ''' <return>Value rounded down</return>
        Private Function Floor(ByVal Value As Double) As Integer
            Dim RetValue = CInt(Value)
            If RetValue > Value Then RetValue = RetValue - 1
            Return RetValue
        End Function

    End Module
End Namespace

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La chiesa di San Giuseppe è un chiesa rettoria situata all'interno del centro storico di Crotone, di fianco a palazzo Gallucci.

Storia
La chiesa fu costruita nel primo Settecento, da principio per ospitare la Confraternita di Maria Addolorata. La consacrazione fu officiata nel 1756 da Domenico Morelli.

Struttura
La Chiesa di San Giuseppe è un monumento di interesse di Crotone.

L'edificio attuale è il frutto della ricostruzione avvenuta nel 1719 di una struttura preesistente, avvenuto per opera del diacono Onofrio De Sanda, appartenente ad una vecchia famiglia cittadina di mastri carpentieri, e grazie all'elemosina dei fedeli. La chiesa è dedicata a San Giuseppe, protettore dei falegnami.

A suo ricordo è ancor oggi visibile l'iscrizione scolpita sull'architrave del portale: .

Al suo interno sono sistemati pregiati altari in marmo e sono conservate alcune statue devozionali lignee, fra cui si menzionano le statue di San Giuseppe, di San Gregorio Vescovo e di San Nicolò da Bari. Ai lati si aprono quattro cappelle, fatte realizzare in occasione della ristrutturazione dalle famiglie Sculco, Lucifero, Gallucci e Zurlo.

Di particolare pregio, nella cappella Gallucci-Zurlo, è custodito un Crocifisso in legno di fattura partenopea, scolpito nel XVIII secolo.

L'interno della chiesa è decorato con stucchi.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Giuseppe, san
Giuseppe, san
Crotone
Crotone

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Assessment is a vital tool for improvement, especially when it is used in ways that serve what matters most in the undergraduate experience. In an era of often intrusive external oversight, many on campus are suspicious—or just plain tired—of initiatives promising change. Yet, a large study of student success in college found that effective institutions are characterized by "positive restlessness," which is "an acculturated wariness that what and how we are doing now can well be improved" (Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, Whitt, & Associates, 2010, p. 146). This "we can do better" ethos not only works dynamically to improve the institution but also models for students the processes of growth and change. The following seven action principles can guide your work.
Understanding is the first step toward improvement. Until you understand what is, you cannot identify a reasonable path toward what could be. Unfortunately, assessment in higher education too often operates in a culture of compliance. This "assessment-for-others" orientation has created a chasm between routine assessment practices at many institutions and the people on campus who are most able to act on the results of those assessments to improve student learning: the faculty, staff, and students. By focusing on improving, assessment becomes "problem-specific and user-centered" (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, & LeMahieu, 2015, p. 12). Those characteristics make it possible for academics to do what they do best: applying their critical capacities to understand and systematically act on complex issues related to both student learning and institutional performance. In other words, assessment as improvement is a key to student and institutional effectiveness.
Assessment can be a powerful lens for improvement, but only when it is focused on what matters most. Effective assessments require clearly articulated goals that are linked to the institution's mission and priorities. For example, St. Olaf College in Minnesota threads this needle by supporting department-level assessment. When the department of religion sought to assess its students' performance on a core disciplinary and liberal arts goal, the capacity to "form, evaluate, and communicate critical and normative interpretations of religious life and thought," the faculty worked together to evaluate senior essays. When the management studies concentration weighed the merits of team-based pedagogies, which gave students practice with challenging group work but also consumed considerable class time, the faculty compared student performance on individual and group quizzes. In both cases, assessment led to significant improvements, including new writing assignments in religion courses and expanded use of team-based learning in management (Beld, 2010).
Although institutions have invested vast sums and great hopes in the power of data to serve as a catalyst for change, research demonstrates that evidence alone is rarely sufficient to spark meaningful reform (Banta & Blaich, 2011). Nobel Prize–winning physicist Carl Weiman and his colleagues, for example, conclude that research results seldom are "compelling enough by themselves to change faculty members' pedagogy" in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines (quoted in Wieman, Perkins, & Gilbert, 2010, p. 13). This problem of individuals and institutions not applying what is learned from research is so pervasive in higher education, extending far beyond STEM classrooms, that one of the primary findings from the 49-institution Wabash National Study is that "it is incredibly difficult to translate assessment evidence into improvements in student learning" (Blaich & Wise, 2011, p. 11).
Establish clear improvement priorities for sustained focus.
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Gather enough data to have a reasonable basis for action.
Foster conversations about and engagement with that data so those in positions to act have the opportunity to understand the evidence and shape further actions.
Identify and celebrate successes along the way.
Too often, assessment is done to or for people rather than with them. Students, for instance, complete surveys like NSSE or develop portfolios of their best work yet may not know what happens with, or as a result of, these efforts. Trustees often review assessment reports that provide a lot of information but offer little nuanced or benchmarked evidence to support program oversight or appropriate board action (Sullivan, 2015).
To counter this, improvement initiatives should be designed from the start as partnerships among all of the relevant parties. Effective partnerships draw on the distinct expertise and perspectives of different participants. For example, diverse institutions ranging from Bryn Mawr College to North Carolina A&T State University are developing student-faculty and student-staff partnerships to bring undergraduates into the institutional processes used to gather, analyze, and make decisions about how to act on evidence of learning, teaching, and other important aspects of the student experience (Cook-Sather, Bovill, & Felten, 2014).
Assessment often focuses internally. That is essential, but institutions also should look externally to identify effective practices at other institutions and within the scholarly literature that could be adapted to meet local goals and needs. Many students and institutions, for example, struggle with developmental math and statistics. While the particulars vary by campus, common challenges exist including student habits and beliefs that make success unlikely. Drawing on research and a multi-institutional network of faculty, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching sponsored the creation of a set of strategies to support students in cultivating productive persistence. Both scholarly studies and classroom experience demonstrated that students' beliefs about themselves as mathematical thinkers and about their sense of belonging in a mathematical environment had profound influence on their performance in developmental courses. The results of the productive persistence interventions are striking, dramatically increasing the rate of student success in roughly half the time (American Association of Community Colleges, 2014; Yamada, 2014). As the number of faculty and campuses who adapt these interventions in their own local contexts grow, the results vary within a small range while the impact of this best practice spreads to thousands of students in many states (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2015).
Make the work problem specific and user centered: Effective improvement efforts typically focus on concrete, clearly defined problems that are of concern to the people involved in the effort.
See the system that produces the current outcomes: Whatever you are trying to improve exists within a context, and that context matters. By looking at both specific problems and the environment that produces and sustains those problems, you will be more apt to recognize both resources that can aid your improvement efforts and challenges that will need to be addressed.
Use inquiry to drive improvement: Inquiry is a powerful tool for improvement, particularly at academic institutions where many people are trained and motivated by research. (Bryk et al., 2015, pp. 12–17).
By publicly modeling the improvement process and bringing students into the work, projects like this help the institution to get better and students (and others in the campus community) to develop the kinds of practical reasoning capacities that are essential to working and living in the modern world (Sullivan & Rosin, 2008).
In short, a personal orientation toward and an institutional culture of positive restlessness are necessary for us to fulfill our aspirations for our students and our communities. Developing these can be challenging in a time of constraints and cynicism, but a persistent focus on what matters most—and on the vital purposes of higher education for our students and our world—can help individuals and institutions to do the hard work necessary to make positive, lasting change.
Excerpted from chapter 6 of Felten, Gardner, Schroeder, Lambert, & Barefoot, The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most (Wiley, 2016; ISBN 9781119050742).


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Ideas worthy of space travel: The YouTube Space Lab global winners
Can you teach an old spider new tricks? Could better understanding alien superbugs cure diseases on Earth? These are the questions that will be asked by the two winning experiments of YouTube Space Lab, the science competition that challenged students from 14 to 18 years old to design a science experiment that could be performed in space. Your votes and our expert judges chose the winners from thousands of entries from around the world. Experiments submitted by Dorothy and Sara, from Troy, Mich., U.S. (winners in the 14-16-year-old age group) and Amr from Alexandria, Egypt (winner in the 17-18-year-old age group) will be performed aboard the International Space Station and live streamed to the world on YouTube.
Meet Amr from Alexandria, Egypt Global Winner, 17-18-year-old age group:
Watch their entry: "Can you teach an old spider new tricks?"
Meet Dorothy and Sara from Troy, Mich., U.S. Global Winners, 14-16-year-old age group:
Watch their entry: "Could alien superbugs cure diseases on Earth?"
Sunita Williams—the NASA astronaut who'll fly to the International Space Station later this year and perform the winning experiments live on YouTube—announced the global winners at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C., where the six regional winning teams were gathered. While in Washington, all the teams also took a ZERO-G weightless flight and a private tour of the the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum.
In addition to having their experiments performed in space, Amr, Dorothy and Sara get to choose between one of two awesome space adventures: a trip to Japan to watch their experiment blast off in a rocket bound for the ISS or, once they're 18 years old, a week-long astronaut course in Star City, Russia, the training center for Russian cosmonauts.
Subscribe to the YouTube Space Lab channel for all the best space playlists and to check out video of the winners on their ZERO-G flight. Stay tuned for the live stream from space, which will take place later this year.
Zahaan Bharmal, head of marketing operations in EMEA, recently watched "Meet the Space Lab Winners"
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Coming to a universe near you: YouTube Space Lab
Can plants survive beyond Earth? Can proteins observed in space reveal the mysteries of life? Science experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS) could unlock the answers and now we're giving you a chance to ask the questions. Today, we're launching YouTube Space Lab with Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Space Lab is a new galactic channel on YouTube that will lift off from your laptop, taking you to interesting and awesome videos from around the world... and beyond.
Interested students are invited to come up with an idea for a science experiment that can be conducted in space and upload a video explaining it to YouTube by December 7, 2011. The YouTube community and a panel of distinguished scientists, astronauts and expert judges, including Professor Stephen Hawking, will pick the best ones. If your video is selected, it will be performed aboard the ISS and live streamed on YouTube to the world in 2012.
We'll also throw in some out-of-this-world prizes for the winners: like ZERO-G flights, Lenovo IdeaPad laptops and your choice of either a trip to Tanegashima Island, Japan, to watch your experiment blast off in a rocket bound for the ISS, or—once you're 18—a one-of-a-kind astronaut training experience in Star City, Russia, the training center for Russian cosmonauts. For more information on how to enter, including eligibility requirements and experiment guidelines, check out the competition page on the channel or the official rules.
All future astronauts and space enthusiasts can find inspiration in the space related content on YouTube.com/SpaceLab. Space Lab is just one of many educational channels available under YouTube.com/EDU. Educators can also visit YouTube.com/Teachers to learn how to better incorporate video into the classroom. We're developing a YouTube for Schools pilot aimed at making YouTube accessible in more schools. If you want to be notified when it's ready, sign up here.
Blast off now and be part of a global experiment where your teacher is an astronaut and your classroom, space!
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Health and safety at work: Priorities and gender challenges
ETUI Senior Researcher Aida Ponce talks to ETUC Confederal Secretary Esther Lynch about the priorities and gender challenges that employees face at their workplace.
I am here with Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary at European Trade Union Confederation. Today we are going to speak about working conditions and occupational health and safety and her top priorities during the upcoming months and years. Thank you very much for being here with us. Would you please briefly describe your top priorities as a Confederal Secretary?
The top priorities for the ETUC for the coming years are to improve health and safety for all workers in Europe. We have a couple of themes within health and safety that we are working on this year. One of those is work-related cancer. Another is to improve the situation in relation to psychosocial risks and vascular skeletal disorders and also to try and empower health and safety reps in the workplace. We want to focus on both men and women in their workplaces.
You mentioned the gender issue in occupational health and safety. One would tend to think that where occupational health and safety and working conditions are concerned, men and women are protected equally. Isn't that the case?
I think the biggest problem that women have in relation to health and safety is having their situation recognised as being different to men. Often, risk assessments don't take into account the differences between either the work that women do or the impact of the work on women. For example, you often see that machines aren't designed for women's work, personal protective equipment doesn't fit, but also in risk assessments it's almost invisible the fact that women do a lot of work that has the same impact. So for example, care workers who often lift very heavy loads, women working with chemicals at the end of the process, are issues that are often not recognised. So you will see a good risk assessment on where the chemical is being made but not so much of a risk assessment on where the women, for example, in cleaning or in other industries are using the chemicals at the end of the process.
I wonder if you could, as ETUC Confederal Secretary, provide some ideas and what would you suggest unions do within the gender issue and in order to keep women's health protected in a better way?
What we know for sure is that trade union health and safety committees make workplaces safer. So what's absolutely critical is to include women within those health and safety committees and really to encourage a lot more women to come forward and to participate, to give them the skills so that they can do that. But also, we need a lot more research. So for example, work-related breast cancer. The biggest cancer-related cause of death for women in Europe is breast cancer. But we know very little about the work-related aspects of this. What we know is that risk factors include night work, shift work, but also some chemicals. And yet, very little information is available and most importantly we don't know what advice we can give to women to protect themselves properly at work from work-related breast cancers. Other pieces that we are missing are information for pregnant workers in relation to endocrine disrupters, reprotoxic chemicals. So there is a lot of information that we need, a lot more research that we need. What we know for sure is that trade-union-led health and safety keeps workers safe. So it is important that women are encouraged to come forward and to be part of those committees.
Well, Esther, thank you very much for being here with us and for pointing out the different challenges. We hope to have you again at ETUI. For those who would like to know more about the topic, we have published the recent HesaMag on gender, work and health. It is available to read on the ETUI website.
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I get that some people are adrenaline addicts and do this sort of thing. I have zero issues with people risking their own lives. I do however have a problem with this dude and those like him that put other people's safety and property at risk.
Am I the only one who thought that looked like fun?
In my years with a bike, I can't say I've ridden into oncoming traffic. And while I've gone in between my fair share of cars, I certainly can't say I've gone in between as many at one time. Beyond that, this clip is pretty much a been-there-done-that kinda thing for me. Thankfully, I survived.
You took your life in your own hands so while I'm glad you survived, it was your choice, so thanking yourself is a little weird. What you should be thankful for is that you didn't kill anyone else.
Yeah, you're right, as usual. I'm a terribly selfish and pathetic loser of a human being. I should go step in front of a bus to rid the world of my vile and disgusting presence.
Oh crap! That's selfish too. I should take the bus driver into consideration. He may get hurt or be emotionally scarred for hitting me. And what if there are passengers on the bus? They may be hurt too or somehow be inconvenienced. Then there's the traffic jam to think about. Someone could be late for work and may get fired.
Gee, I'm going to have to think this through. Not to worry though, I'll come up with something. Hang in there - I won't let you down.
That guys bike is a hell of a machine!!!! Yeah, he's crazy and all but it does look a little fun. Just too much to chance. A single lane change or a guy slightly drifting when he's splitting oncoming traffic would end it for him... end his LIFE.
My bike couldn't even go that fast! I would want it too, just not inches (scratch that), centimeters from other cars!
I've seen a lot of these types of videos that were clearly sped up. It's not so easy to tell with this one. Regardless of speed, moving against oncoming traffic is more than a little scary in my book. Wheelies and weaving through traffic is one thing but crossing the double line is nucking futs.
If you like to watch real riders, riding on urban roads, with stones big as basketballs. Watch the Isle of Mann TT. Those guys scream around a 37 mile closed course with their hair on fire.
They're still aired on Discovery HD Theater. In fact, I have the 2010 super sport race on my DVR.
I've got a couple DVDs of the IM also, great fun!


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Robert Lewandowski- The perfect striker
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Well, who didn't see it coming?
Robin van Persie has decided not to renew his contract with Arsenal, leaving him with a year left on his contract before he can move on as a free agent.
But I'm not here to whine about Van Persie abandoning us, you can read hundred of articles about that wherever you want, I'm here to tell you about a very special player, a player that with the right guidance and hardwork could be an RvP replacement, I'm talking about Robert Lewandowski.
The star man has it all, from perfect timed runs into the box too climbing higher than the Eifel Tower to header it home, he is a great talent that doesn't get the recognition that he deserves.
The big pole started his career in the Polish 3rd Division, before moving onto Lech Poznań for 1.5 Million zlotys. In the summer of 2010 Lewandowski made a huge step-up and got the move he deserved to Borussia Dortmund.
He didn't have much of an impact in the first season, with Lucas Barrios smashing them in, but in his second year he made a name for himself. He was named Bundesliga player of the year and ended as the third top-scorer with 22 goals, a remarkable rise from where he was just a few years before.
Now I have watched Lewandowski a few times this year and he seems the real deal, even if he doesn't score in a game, he still has a great impact on how the team plays. Standing at 6ft 2in, he has the height to win any battle in the air and it gives a great advantage to the team, his build up play is superb with clever runs through the box Shinji Kagawa would happily play him through.
Lewandowski has the same height as Robin van Persie but his advantage is that he scored a lot with his head, something RvP does not do often. He would bring the same great build up play that Arsenal rely on RvP to do, and his finishing is near perfect as he showed last season, he may bring the same side of the game that RvP brings, but, Lewandowski is still young but he does have two seasons under his belt, he doesn't lack experience at all.
He's the true definition of a poacher, as you can see by the goals he has scored this season he finds himself in the right place at the right time over and over again. Lewandowski has also shown a great close control as well in the Bundesliga last season and that's why I see him as the perfect striker.
He has recently stated his desire to move to the premier league, Manchester United and Arsenal look like the main destinations, Wenger may need to break the bank to land him, but won't he be worth it.
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Addy July 9, 2012 at 8:03 am #
Hi, the problem about Lewandowski is, that Dortmund don't want to sell him, because they lost Kagawa this season to Manchester United and they don't need the money.
So at the earliest they will sell him next season (if he doesn't sign a new contract). Furthermore it seams, that his agents exert bad influence (he only wants more money and I think he never stated, that he wants to go to the BPL), because they said they want more money from BVB. So it is possible that he joins for example Bayern Munich, which are huge fans from the pole.
solomon.omowele@yahoo.com July 9, 2012 at 8:31 am #
Hi, a player can ignore or even sack his manager if the manager tend to stand on his way to realising his dream.Lewandowski is a great player and you forget to mention the fact that he's a right footed striker. That is another missing ingredient in our current forward line up. If we want him, we will get him is all up to our desire to get Lewandowski. He will be a perfect replacement for RVP.


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New discovery could open door to breakthrough treatments for rheumatoid arthritis
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SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It's estimated that 1% of people globally suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's tissue after mistaking it for invading pathogens. A recent study reveals new findings that shed light on the inflammatory process causing bone damage by rheumatoid arthritis. This finding uncovers the possibility of groundbreaking therapeutic inventions that could be used to reduce the effects of this disease.
The researchers at the Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CRID), part of the University of São Paulo located in Brazil, found T-lymphocytes work their way into bone tissue, increasing the number of cells known as osteoclasts that break down the matrix in joints. These bone matrices are a crucial part of the bone repair and maintenance process, so reducing them can cause serious joint issues.
"This is an important finding since pain and inflammation have been treated with medications, but the bone damage that is a debilitating complication of this disease is practically irreversible," says Fernando de Queiroz Cunha, head investigator at CRID, in a statement. The study focused on how smoking worsened inflammation causing a path to bone damage to be discovered.
Smoking has been studied in the past regarding its negative effects on rheumatoid arthritis. Past research shows that smoking activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) on Th17 cells, the cells known to be involved in the disease's progression. While smoking cannot cause rheumatoid arthritis directly, it has been shown to worsen the disease.
"AhR is a pollutant-detecting intracellular sensor that participates in the inflammatory process. When AhR is activated on T-cells by certain ligands, they differentiate to Th17 even more. The increase in Th17 cells exacerbates the inflammatory process," explains CRID researcher Paula Donate. "If this receptor is activated by an external agent such as cigarette smoke, it enters the cell nucleus together with other proteins and promotes the transcription of various genes, including microRNAs, which are small regulatory RNAs inside the cell," said Donate.
The researchers' goal was to discover which microRNA's inside Th17 cells were more prominent in AhR activation. After analyzing and comparing previous laboratory research involving human patients and mice, results pointed to miR-132. They found that large amounts of miR-132 inside vesicles worked as an anti-inflammatory by increasing the enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2).
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This study is published in PNAS.
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Optimal Health is about more than weight loss. It's about bringing every area of wellness into balance so that you can function at your absolute best. With our nation's obsession with diet & exercise, these other aspects of health are often ignored. The consequence of ignoring the total picture of health has been countless failed resolutions, a slew of cancelled gym memberships, and more than a few disastrous diet attempts.
To keep patients from feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices that can affect your health, I summarize well-being into three key areas: physical health, mental health, and financial health. The deeper that you go into the Habits of Health system, the more you see that our choices do not exist in silos. For example, a poor night's sleep can lead to a stressful day at work, which leaves you stuck at the office working late instead of heading to the gym for your favorite cycling class.
One choice—going to sleep late—can ripple through all three areas of well-being. The only way to avoid being derailed by these ripples is to strive for Optimal Health in all facets of your life.
In other words, the less well-off are more likely to have high blood pressure.
To be completely forthright, this study does not go as far as to claim causation or to clearly define the correlation between income and blood pressure, but one could reasonably assert that the realities of being low-income directly affect a person's health.
We know through previous research that lower income individuals and families have poorer diets overall for a variety of reasons—like cost, access, and education—but we could also safely guess that being financially unstable is stressful. In fact, I don't need to guess. From my days as a young med student, I know what it feels like to scrape together a rent check, and that type of stress can have serious consequences for one's health.
I, for one, am not surprised by these findings, but you should not make the mistake of assuming that simply making a lot of money equates to Optimal Financial Health. In fact, having a lot of money can be just as unhealthy as having too little money. In the Habits of Health system, we view financial stability as a gateway to creating meaningful memories with the people we love. This does not mean chasing bigger paydays for the sake of the payday alone. It means organizing your life around what matters most.
Is your work a constant source of anxiety and stress?
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Ideally, your work should be a source of fulfillment as well as a source for income. You should be able to provide for your family without sacrificing your ability to be there with them. If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you have an opportunity to revitalize your Habits of Healthy Finances. As the study we discussed previously illustrated, your financial health can have a real impact on your physical and mental health, for better or for worse.
I am not suggesting that you storm into your boss's office today to give your two-week's notice. Changing your career path could improve your financial health, yes, but so could opting out of the fancy sports car so that you could have a longer family vacation. You could ask to work from home a few days a week. You could move closer to your job to cut down on your commute. You could turn your cellphone off at night so that you can focus on your loved-ones.
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Intel shows off 64-bit Android for smartphones
By Agam Shah
U.S. Correspondent, IDG News Service | PT
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The long wait for a 64-bit version of Android on smartphones is coming to a close, with Intel on Monday showing a version of the OS running on a handset.
The OS was shown running on a smartphone with Intel's new dual-core smartphone chip code-named Merrifield during a press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Intel had already shown tablets running an unfinished version of 64-bit Android with its Atom chip code-named Bay Trail.
The smartphone was shown on stage by Hermann Eul, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile and Communications Group. The demonstration was short, with Eul taking a smartphone from his pocket and swiping through a few screens of the Android interface.
"We have on Merrifield our 64-bit Android kernel running," Eul said. "We prepare the world and the ecosystem for advances and we push the 64-bit adoption in mobile."
Intel said in January that it had completed work on the 64-bit Android kernel. Intel has been working on integrating 64-bit for use in Android 4.4, code-named KitKat.
However, no smartphones with 64-bit Android have been announced. Intel expects new smartphones with Merrifield to be announced by the end of the second quarter.
Intel announced long-term partnerships Monday with device makers Lenovo and Asus, though it wasn't clear if those companies will release 64-bit Android handsets.
There will be improvements in video performance, compression, decoding and other intensive computing tasks with a 64-bit chip and compatible OS, said Julie Coppernoll, marketing director in Intel's Mobile and Communications Group. Mobile devices will also be able to pack more than 4GB of memory, which could provide performance improvements.
Intel's demonstration also paves the way for more device makers to bring the 64-bit OS to smartphones. Intel accelerated the code contributions to complete the 64-bit Android kernel for its x86 chips, while development is still underway for 64-bit ARM chips. The mobile device market is ruled by ARM, whose processor designs are used in most smartphones and tablets.
At MWC, Qualcomm announced a new 64-bit Snapdragon 615 chipset with eight CPU cores, but did not talk about OS support for the chip. The Snapdragon chip will be in high-end mobile devices during the fourth quarter. More chip makers are expected to come out with 64-bit ARM chips in the coming months.
Intel hopes the 64-bit OS support will give its x86 mobile chips an advantage over competitors in the ARM camp. However, Apple is still ahead in the 64-bit smartphone OS race with iOS on the iPhone 5s, which has a 64-bit A7 chip.
"Nobody expected the transition to come this quickly. Apple accelerated everyone's schedule," said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research.
Google provides the baseline for Android and is working with a lot of partners on OS optimization for chips and handsets. On the other hand, Intel's doing a lot of the Android work itself, which allowed it to put in extra work and get ahead of its rivals, McGregor said.
"It's just a matter of where the schedule fits. Nobody expected the need to have it today," McGregor said.


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Indoor growing conditions often offer limited light and that can mean tall leggy transplants with weak stems, explained Myers. Gardeners can greatly increase their success by investing in quality grow lights. Adding artificial light to any seed starting regime results in stout transplants with strong stems and deep green leaves. Myers offered these tips for getting started.
Invest wisely when shopping for indoor plant lights. Fluorescent tubes used to be the standard because they provided a wide spectrum of light needed for plant growth and flowering, were relatively inexpensive and readily available. Unfortunately, they used significant amounts of electricity and needed to be replaced every few years. Then many gardeners shifted to full spectrum fluorescent grow lights. Many last longer than the older and larger fluorescent tubes, but new LED grow lights provide even better light intensity with much less energy.
In the past, LED lights tended to be pricey and many suffered from sticker shock. Fortunately, the prices have dropped. Plus, if people consider the fact that LED plant lights typically use half the energy of fluorescent tubes, provide consistent light quality and last up to five times longer, the long-term savings outweighs the initial investment. They're also mercury-free and won't add contaminates to landfills.
When replacing fluorescent tubes with LED grow lights, look for compatibility. Some of the newer LED grow lights are compatible with existing T-5 light setups. Consumers simply need to replace the bulb, not the whole lighting system.
Get the most out of this investment and grow better transplants with proper use. Move seedlings under lights as soon as they start breaking through the soil surface. Keep the lights about six inches above the top of seedlings. This means raising the lights or lowering the plants as the seedlings grow. Or make a light stand using adjustable supports to raise and lower lights as needed. Use a reflector above grow light tubes to direct the light downward toward the plants. Bounce light back onto seedlings by using reflective surfaces under and around the plants. Even easier, invest in a quality grow light stand like the SunLite® Garden.
Set the lights on a timer. Seedlings need about 14 to 16 hours of light. Plants do need a dark period, so running the lights longer wastes electricity and is not good for the plants. If using grow lights to supplement natural daylight, gardeners may only need to run the lights a few hours a day. Monitor plant growth and increase the duration if the plants appear leggy or pale.
Increased light along with proper watering, fertilizer and growing temperatures will ensure a bumper crop of transplants for gardens and containers this season.
Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses "How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening For Everyone" DVD set and the nationally syndicated Melinda's Garden Moment TV & radio segments.


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echo. & echo Remember to surround everything you say with quotes (" ") & echo.
echo Please wait 10 seconds before pressing a button, to give the users time to be informed.
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Two new fire trucks have been approved to be built for the Florence fire department, but it will take a while.
It's going to take at least 12 months for the city of Florence's new fire trucks to be built, and today they returned two fire trucks they were leasing.
We wanted to know what the city will do if their current trucks break down while the new ones are being built.
The Florence mayor told WAAY 31 having the leased trucks for two months gave their mechanic time to do routine maintenance and fix some of their fire trucks.
"At least they have somebody working on it," Nakisha Shipley tells us she's glad Florence fire trucks are being fixed, but they returned two leased trucks and it's goign to take at least a year for new trucks to be built, which leaves her asking the question... "What if something happens?"
Back in February of 2018 the Florence fire department ran into this exact problem. Fire trucks broke down then the reserve trucks broke down. One fire station didn't have a fire truck for weeks.
"It just all broke down at once," Florence Mayor Steve Holt said.
The solution to the problem was to bring in the leased trucks for two months, which were returned on Thursday.
"It allowed our mechanic not to just put a bandaid on things, but take the time and do what he needed to do," Holt said.
The Florence city council approved the fire department to buy a new ladder truck and pump truck for about 1.6 million dollars. It's going to take at least a year for theose new trucks to be operational. Florence Mayor Steve Holt told us all their trucks are running, but if they break down again the fire truck manufacturer has agreed to help.
"We may be able to lease a truck from them again in order to fill a gap. I hope that doesn't happen but if it does we have some things in place," Holt told us.
City officials tell us the chances of their trucks breaking down are slim but they are prepared if that happens.


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Evaluation of corneal changes in chemical burns with anterior segment optical coherence tomography
Magdalena Antova Velevska, Hristijan Duma, Natasha Trpevska
University Eye Clinic-Skopje, R. Macedonia
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Chemical injuries to the eye represent one of the true ophthalmic emergencies. While almost any chemical can cause ocular irritation, serious damage generally
results from either strongly basic (alkaline) compounds or acidic compounds. Alkali injuries are more common and can be more deleterious (1).
For chemical burns a considerable lack of methods exists for defining penetration kinetics and effects of decontamination within biological structures. We demonstrate that optical coherence tomography can close this gap by monitoring changes.
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT) was recently developed and has become a crucial tool in clinical practice. AS-OCT is a noncontact imaging device that provides the detailed structure of the anterior part of the eyes (2, 3).
OCT provides high-resolution images of biological tissue using the interference between incident and returning (reflected or backscattered) light to obtain structural information that can be used to distinguish between injured cornea and healthy cornea. A particularly important use is to distinguish benign and severe burns by means of Descement membrane.
Chemical burns invariably cause damage to the surface epithelium as well as to the stromal matrix. The persistence of active fibroblasts in some of the tissues is a proof of ongoing stromal changes, long after the primary damage from chemical burns. The initial influx of polymorph-nuclear cells and direct damage of the stromal matrix and fibroblasts could possibly trigger off a vicious cycle of inflammation, wound repair and fibrosis. The damage to the corneal and conjunctival epithelium from an ocular burn may be so severe as to damage the pluripotent limbal stem cell causing a limbal stem cell deficiency. This may lead to opacification and neo-vascularization of the cornea (1, 4).
The importance of phospholipids in the structure of cell membranes of the cornea is crucial damage to the cytoplasmic membrane the disintegration of the three-dimensional configuration of the protein (5).
The purpose of this article is to present the application of AS-OCT evaluation of the corneal changes in patients with chemical injuries. To evaluate the characteristics of abnormal corneal lesions with slit-lamp biomicroscopy and digital photography with good resolution and correct contrast of various grade of corneal chemical burns.
We analyze retrospective and non-comparative series of 17 eyes in 14 patients who were evaluated and treated at the University Eye Clinic Skopje.
The Topcon SL Scan 1 FD (840 nm) and color photography were used in each injured eye, OCT-AS scanning was performed at the first examination and next ones. All scans were carried out with scanning beam passing through the center at specific meridians. Color photography was correlated with OCT findings.
The SL SCAN-1 uses a Fourier Domain OCT system (SLD light source, central wavelength 840 nm, bandwidth 30 nm, 1024 pixel CCD camera, resolution in tissue 8 to 9 micron, scan speed 5000 A-scans per second,). The fast scanning speed, with 512 a-scans per B-scan, allows a full B-scan to be made in approximately 0.1 seconds.
The AS-OCT findings of patients suffering from acute chemical injury were as follows: anterior stromal hyperreflectivity, epithelial edema, and irregular breaks in the epithelium.
Undetected epithelial basement membrane, intraepithelial inclusions, and anterior stromal hyper-reflectivity were seen in patients with corneal scars. These findings correlated well with the clinical symptoms.
AS-OCT presented clear visualization of the fibro-vascular pannus as an irregular hyper-reflective layer and hypo-reflective area of differing diameter.
Various corneal changes (Figures 1 and 3) can occur and AS-OCT can be helpful in detecting these conditions. OCT works on the principle of low coherence interferometry (2, 3). First clinical impressions in patients with chemical injury present new precise understanding of this serious problem. (5)
This study demonstrated the proof of principle that the AS-OCT scans can obtain all structures of cornea and anterior chamber, to examine lesions and provide detailed cross-sectional image. Also these images will provide additional information about corneal neovascularization, thickness and tears meniscus (6, 7).
We showed that the AS-OCT is capable of imaging and evaluation of chemical injuries in real time. It was demonstrated that AS-OCT is sensitive to the changes in the structural properties of the cornea as a result of the chemical damage. The result from implementing the AS-OCT will be useful for evaluating and planning the urgent management and treatment. We can follow "in-vivo" evolution of chemically severely-injured, preventing complications and educate of young ophthalmologists.
Aims: Chemical injuries of the anterior segment of the eye are a common problem and may cause a serious damage to the eye. Proper management in the acute setting, as well as follow up examination and evaluation is crucial in limiting adverse effects of ocular tissue damage.
Purpose: To present the application of anterior segment optical coherencet omography (AS-OCT) evaluation of the corneal changes in patients with chemical injuries.
Patients and Methods: Retrospective non comparative series of 17 eyes in 14 patients who were evaluated and treated at the University Eye Clinic Skopje. The Topcon SL Scan 1 and color photography were used in each injured eye, OCT-AS scanning was performed at the first examination and the follow up examination. All scans were carried out with scanning beam passing through the centre at specific meridians. Quantitative parameters of the corneal thickness were also investigated. Color photography was correlated with OCT findings.
Results: A characteristic AS-OCT images of the cornea ex vivo is shown. The epithelial and endothelial layers, the stromal fibers are distinguished. Also OCT images of the corneal tissue damage caused by chemical interaction are presented.
Summary: We showed that the AS-OCT is capable of imaging and evaluation of chemical injuries in real time. It was demonstrated that AS-OCT is sensitive to the changes in the structural properties of the cornea as a result of the chemical damage.
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Downtown workers duke it out in karaoke challenge.
On a typical day, downtown workers stroll through the quiet of Court Square to a handful of nearby restaurants. A few homeless people sprawl on benches, and pigeons strut near the fountain.
But last Wednesday, passersby were treated to something a little more lively as 22 downtown workers competed for a $100 grand prize in the Center City Commission's "Downtown Alive Corporate Karaoke Challenge."
On a small stage erected in the northwest corner of the park, petite Christin Yates belted the lyrics to Aretha Franklin's "Respect."
As the Archer Malmo employee found her soulful groove, a skinny man danced to the beat. A woman carrying a plastic grocery sack joined him as men and women in business attire took pictures of the pair.
A few women wearing Shelby County government polo shirts sang along and clapped their hands to the beat from their front-row seats. About 50 people, many standing, gathered in front of the stage for the show.
Several days a month, the Center City Commission hosts free mid-day educational and arts activities in the Downtown Alive program. Earlier this year, the group hosted a surprisingly popular walking tour of downtown manhole covers. Other highlights have included an Opera Memphis performance in the Brinkley Plaza Courtyard and a ballet recital by Company D, a group of dancers with Down Syndrome.
"In other parts of the city, you have office parks. But we think of all of downtown as an office campus. We're trying to make that space more vibrant with these programs," said Leslie Gower, communications director for the Center City Commission.
After several performances of karaoke standards such as Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" and blues staple "Mustang Sally," city councilmen Myron Lowery and Edmund Ford Jr. took the stage.
"Ed and I have never sung together before," warned Lowery as the Temptations' "My Girl" cued up in the background.
"It might be the last time too," Ford said and laughed.
The duet managed to make it through the song, though somewhat off-key. Lowery, who later admitted he often sings in the shower, took most of the high notes.
Archer Malmo employee Joey Kaegi performed a raucous version of Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild." At one point, he took a wide stance, held his microphone low, and strummed it like an air guitar.
"I love you, downtown! Sorry I can't sing, but it was fun," screamed Kaegi at the end of his song. Then, instead of stepping down from the stage, he exited in a front flip.
Winner Mario Lindsey does his best Humpty Hump impression.
AutoZone employee Mario Lindsey began his rendition of Digital Underground's "Humpty Dance" and several surprised audience members murmured how Lindsey sounded exactly like Digital Underground's lead singer Humpty Hump. Kaegi airplane danced in front of the stage, and Lowery briefly attempted the Robot from his front-row seat.
Lindsey later admitted that "Humpty Dance" is his favorite karaoke song, and he actually has a fake nose like the one Humpty Hump wears in the group's 1990 music video.
"I would have brought my nose, but I didn't know this was going on today," Lindsey confessed. "I was just over here getting a Subway sandwich."
Lindsey picked a good day to eat at the downtown Subway. At the end of the competition, he won first place and the $100 prize. He said he'd like to see Center City host karaoke again, and he thinks the Downtown Alive program is a great way to get workers active in the downtown community.
"Downtown can be so dead sometimes," Lindsey said. "Stuff like this gets people out and walking around."
Upcoming Downtown Alive events include a program on Elmwood Cemetery residents on Friday, June 13th, and a performance by Reflections Dance Group on June 19th. Both events are at Court Square from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
To see video of the winner — and council members Edmund Ford Jr. and Myron Lowery — performing, visit memphisflyer.com.


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