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2019 GNSH Board Election Ballot
Dear GNSH Membership:
The following candidates have submitted their applications for joining the GNSH Board of Directors (There are nine seats made up of industry/association, and moving forward, every year 3 members will rotate off and 3 new members are added. This year Michael Seropian, Carol Durham, and Ralf Krage will be rotating off the GNSH BOD and we are seeking to fill them with 3 new leaders who are willing to think outside the box and help guide industry into shaping simulation to impact and improve healthcare globally.
Our focus is impacting healthcare with a teaching methodology that we know engages learns … but weaving it into the culture of healthcare systems is the challenge.
For 2019, we have 5 candidates for 3 GNSH BOD positions. Please review their CV/Bio's and their motivation for joining the GNSH board, and choose 3.
Please note: The order that the candidates are presented are based on the date the applications were received. (If you are receiving this ballot, your organization is elegible the vote. Each organization is only allowed a single vote)
Please submit all votes by April 30, 2019.
Makani Purva
Brief CV/Bio
Motivation for Joining the GNSH BOD
MBBS (Madras), 1990
FFARCS (Ireland), 1995
MBA (Leicester), 2006
Masters in Medical Education (Leeds) 2013
Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Fellow of Academy of Medical Educators
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND
National Chair, Faculty development for simulation based education, Technology enhanced learning committee and Working group Lead National Simulation Strategy,
SIMULATION COMMITTEE, JRCPTB, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
Founder member to oversee the strategy for delivery of simulation based courses for Core Medical training in England. Lead author of policy document for CMT training..
ASSOCIATION OF SIMULATED PRACTICE IN HEALTHCARE, UK
Chair, National Standards committee, creating the national standards and accreditation pathways for simulation based education for the UK.
OBSTETRIC ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION
CHAIR, Information for Mothers subcommittee 2010-2015 facilitating the creation of new information leaflets and over 160 foreign language translations of leaflets
CHAIR and member, National Obstetric Anaesthesia Database 2011-17-largest database in the world overseeing annual data collection and analysis from 200 obstetric units.
EXTERNAL PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS
Peer Reviewer, Scientific Content-International meeting on Simulation in Health Care, 2012, 2014, 2015,2016,2017,2018
Professor rounds-International meeting on Simulation in Health Care, 2015,2017.
Invited Faculty, Indian OAA Annual Meeting, 2009, 2011, 2013,2015,2016,2018
Lead faculty, National conference for Anaesthetic trainees, India 2016,2017.
Invited faculty, Obstetric Anaesthetic Conference, Brazil, March 2016.
Manuscript Reviewer, Clinical Teacher journal and BMJ STEL.
Poster committee reviewer, Association of Simulated Practice, 2012 to present.
NCEPOD advisor (past) by appointment for the ongoing National Perioperative audit
Speaker, 7th, 8th, & 9th Annual Clinical Audit and Improvement Conference, 2007-09
I believe the big challenge for the current and future generation of simulation educators is to understand how simulation can integrate into mainstream clinical care delivery such that the two are seamless. The focus of organisations worldwide is to provide high quality care within the constraints of workforce and financial challenges. Simulation needs to be seen as a cost effective intervention that not only improves safety of care but also provide efficiency gains for the organisation, while supporting the workforce to be more resilient and safety focused.
GNSH can provide the global perspective needed for simulation organisations to unite and pool common resources and knowledge to benefit the community to find an answer to these challenges. The recent developments of creating resources to help educators develop business cases and formulate return on investment arguments in support of simulation initiatives is a huge step in the right direction. I believe that I can be part of these initiatives that GNSH has embarked on. As Chief Medical officer of my organisation, I can provide the insight needed to aid these programmes of development. My role as a President of a national simulation organisation in the UK provides a national credibility and my local experiences of setting up and running a commercially viable simulation centre gives me a unique advantage of providing perspectives from the simulation and management side.
The healthcare industry is only now waking up to the possibility of the Safety two culture with an emphasis on proactive approach to errors where simulation can play a huge part in making care safer. Improvement science and risk management need to unite to address safety issues in more robust manner. Selling these concepts to board level directors requires credibility and reach. I believe GNSH has that kudos to forge ahead with new ideas and innovations and I would very much like to be part of this.
I also see a huge opportunity for GNSH to work with simulation communities in developing countries who are embarking on their simulation journey who can learn from these new initiatives and build strong communities. GNSH is an organisation free of political agendas and geographical boundaries and therefore I think will be the organisation that can forge stronger and more altruistic links with simulation communities worldwide.
In summary, I believe GNSH is embarking on an exciting journey of leveraging simulation to the next frontier of safe and effective healthcare. I would very much like to lead and be part of that journey.
Mary Anne Rizzolo
My passion has always been focused on exploring new technologies, determining how they can serve to educate and inform healthcare practitioners, then operationalizing the delivery of those products in a cost-effective manner. I have broad employment experience in academic settings, for profit companies, and professional organizations. I have been selected to serve on many boards, committees, think tanks and expert panels for a variety of companies, academic institutions, and organizations, and have published and presented widely.
I began my career as a nursing faculty member, then became director of Learning Resource Centers in associate, baccalaureate and master's degree nursing programs. My interest in educational technology developed in the early 1980's when personal computers first became available. Because of my pioneering efforts in designing and developing interactive videotape programs with an Apple II and a Sony Betamax, I was recruited by the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Company to manage their federal grant from the Division of Nursing, and developed three patient simulation interactive videodisc programs that won national and international awards and were showcased at the National Library of Medicine Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications and the National Demonstration Laboratory for Interactive Technologies (Smithsonian and Library of Congress) in Washington, DC.
While at AJN Co., I also authored and was Principal Investigator of another federal grant that developed the award-winning AJN Online, one of the first nursing websites in the world that offered continuing education, access to journal articles, forum discussions on clinical topics, and a variety of other educational and networking opportunities. When AJN Company was sold to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, I became Executive Director of NursingCenter.com, a redesigned and expanded version of AJN Online. Since the World Wide Web was "new" at the time, commercial development tools were not yet available. Building NursingCenter.com required managing technology staff and providing the direction and leadership for them to build backend content management systems, a web course template, a web game, and functionality to deliver journal course packs, and manage group accounts. It also required managing marketing staff and determining how to make the website a commercial success through banner ads, sponsorships, digital coupons, partnerships and other advertising, in addition to conceptualizing and managing the development of innovative content delivery modes such as webquests, webcasts, a web CE game, and "nursing rounds."
In the mid 90's I was invited to present about the potential of the World Wide Web to the International Council of Nurses Board of Directors, and to the World Health Organization Nursing and Electronic Resources Committee in Geneva. I have presented at every major nursing organization in the United States (e.g. AAC[C]N, ONS, AORN, AANA, NONPF, APHA, NSNA) and have keynoted at several conferences and conventions, including the American Nurses Association. I have also presented internationally on new and emerging technologies in Europe, Asia, and Australia.
During my tenure at the National League for Nursing, I managed all the simulation projects including the original simulation research project with Pamela Jeffries, the development of the Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC) website, and the development of all the ACES unfolding cases. I served on the Wolters Kluwer Strategic Editorial Advisory Board for vSim and worked on the development of several vSim projects. I authored the proposal to Laerdal for the project that explored the use of simulation for high stakes testing and served as the PI. I founded the Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators, and co-authored and managed a contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's Division of Nursing for faculty development related to health information technologies.
I served on the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Board of Directors, worked on the Certification Committee from its inception, and chaired the committee that developed the SSH Academy. I am currently a member of the Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare's Toolkit Development Committee.
Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University, Department of Communication, Computing and Technology in Education. Focus: Instructional Design, 1988.
Ed.M. Teachers College, Columbia University, Clinical focus: Mental Health/Psychiatric
Nursing. Functional focus: Baccalaureate Education, 1969.
B.S.N. (cum laude) Seton Hall University, 1964.
I have a broad background and a wealth of experience that has spanned many years to bring to the Board of this very young organization. I have worked in a variety of employment settings, have served on many boards and think tanks, and I have been involved in the field since I pioneered computer-based simulations in the 1980s. The majority of my career has been spent in servant leadership. I am known for being able to move things forward and get the job done.
I believe in the mission of GNSH. I know that there is an incredible brain trust on the Board and among its members and collectively they will make wise decisions that will positively impact the use of simulation and lead to better patient outcomes. It would be a privilege to serve and be part of the group that charts the future direction and moves the GNSH agenda forward.
Marc Lazarovici, MD
Marc Lazarovici is a medical doctor (internal medicine), human factor trainer and computer scientist. He graduated from the Munich Medical School (LMU) in 2002 and studied computer sciences (part time) at the University Hagen between 2000 and 2011. Since 2003 he is a human factor and TRM trainer in the medical field. Currently, he is leading the Human Simulation Center at the Institute for Emergency Medicine, Medical Center of the Munich Ludwig-Maximilians-University, and working as trainer in different medical simulation trainings. He is member of the SSiH, SESAM and cofounding member of the DGSiM (german simulation society). 2016 he has been elected for a two-years term into the Executive Committee of SESAM as its treasurer and 2018 he has been elected into the position of SESAM President-Elect. He is cofounding member and active auditor in the SESAM Accreditation Group.
My experience with medical simulation has started early during the clinical career. I was involved in the early design stages of the planned simulation centre for our University Hospital. Being able to bridge between the world of medicine and the world of computer science I coordinated the planning and building effort of a highly innovative simulation centre and became its leader. Together with a team of experts from various clinical disciplines, we managed to design and implement a variety of simulation courses aimed at improving team interactions and performance. At the same time, we managed to implement a sustainability strategy for our simulation centre.
As a convinced simulationist I started to spread information and expertise on medical team simulation across Europe. Thus, I helped build a medical simulation education program in my country of origin, Romania. Through the combined efforts of leaders from different medical specialties several university simulation centres have been established in Romania over the past five years.
In order to ensure the coordination of European efforts for high quality simulation-based medical education I was happy to be able to join the initial gathering of experts which was to later become the SESAM Accreditation Group. By the joint efforts of this group, which I helped coordinate, the European simulation society SESAM was able to establish an accreditation programme for Simulation-Based Educational Institutions.
Based on this experience, as well as the experience gathered during the funding process of the German simulation society I decided that I could best promote medical simulation by being active in different societies and organisations. Thus, I applied for the position of treasurer in the European Simulation Society SESAM in 2016 and was elected for two years. After completing my term as a treasurer, in 2018, I applied and was elected for the position of President-elect of the SESAM society.
During all this time I continued my activity as a simulation facilitator and researcher. At the time being my team and I are exploring and developing the opportunities of augmented and virtual reality in simulation-based medical education, which I believe will profoundly impact the way we deliver medical education in the future.
Having known GNSH a for several years now, and having successfully organised a GNSH meeting in 2017, I believe I have reached a better level of understanding about the workings of this group. My experience in the field of simulation-based medical education has, above all, taught me one thing. There seems to be a huge gap between the enthusiasts using simulation to improve healthcare, on one side, and the decision makers and fund releasers on the other hand. I believe the work of the GNSH group can decisively contribute to reducing this gap. I also believe that the continued dialogue between commercial partners in the field of simulation-based education and medical simulation societies is crucial for the common development of the field. This is where in my opinion GNSH can make an important contribution.
I am convinced that my experience, grounded both in the economic mechanisms of running a simulation centre as well as in educational and society work, can contribute to successfully achieving these goals.
Bryn Baxendale
Bryn is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), one of the largest acute teaching hospitals in the UK. His clinical work is primarily covering emergency, major trauma and vascular surgical services. He helped design the Trent Simulation & Clinical Skills Centre at NUH and has been Director of this regional facility since it opened in 2004. In 2009 he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of Clinical Simulation at the School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, a position which has been renewed successfully by the University Senate on a 3-year cycle. He is the Clinical Lead for the MSc in Quality and Patient Safety Improvement at the University of Nottingham. He became the inaugural President of the Association of Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) from 2009-14, which is now the leading UK organisation addressing the use of simulation to enhance professional training and patient safety in healthcare. He currently co-chairs the ASPiH Special Interest Group (SIG) in Human Factors & Ergonomics and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors healthcare SIG.
He has current national roles with Health Education England (HEE) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) related to the strategic implementation, quality assurance and evaluation of simulation-based and immersive learning technologies within healthcare. He is interested particularly in the development of individual, team-based and organisational resilience and exploring how systems design (Human Factors) can influence staff performance and well-being. He is the lead for NUH TEAMS, an evidence-based team training programme that seeks to embed and sustain team-led improvement capabilities in clinical practice whilst simultaneously promoting staff well-being within 'healthy teams'.
He is currently leading a national HEE funded programme on simulation faculty development (based on evaluating the implementation of the Australian NHET Sim faculty programme within the UK for 150 experienced educators and 400 new simulation educators). He is also leading the introduction and evaluation of a national team training CRM programme for multiprofessional operating theatre teams on behalf of the RCoA. He has been an invited keynote speaker at national and international conferences on simulation and immersive learning technologies, patient safety, and the integration of Human Factors into the health and social care sector.
I have had leadership roles in simulation-based education and patient safety for over 15 years at the levels of my healthcare institution, regionally and nationally within the UK. In 2004 I led the design and opening of one of the early wave of advanced simulation facilities within the UK, based strongly on taking the time and opportunity to learn from the experiences shared from other facilities nationally and internationally. The educational work we led from this facility grew from an early focus on individual technical and non-technical capabilities into a stronger focus on mutliprofessional team working, clinical leadership and specific learning programmes that were focused more explicitly on representing the patient's perspective. These early years highlighted for me the value of having a truly multiprofessional national association to help develop and represent a diverse simulation community with the medical, nursing, midwifery and allied health professional bodies, the professional and organisational regulators and the healthcare commissioners. This personal commitment has enabled me to be appointed successfully to several national strategic committee positions influencing the wider adoption and evaluation of simulation in healthcare. These current positions include Health Education England (the principle education commissioners for health and social care workforce in England), the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and advising the Joint Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians on systems safety and teamwork. I have previously held a national tutor role on patient safety and team training with the Royal College of Surgeons of England. At an international level I was part of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Accreditation and Certification advisory panels and was asked to act as an assessor for the inaugural round of SSH Fellowships. I have also been asked to present a healthcare perspective on safety and team working to UK military and international aviation safety conferences. Most of my professional life has been spent sharing ideas and innovations, promoting networks, and developing collaborative programmes to enhance how health and social care can benefit from high quality simulation-based interventions.
I encountered GNSH first hand in 2011 and 2012 as President of ASPiH and helped contribute to the work on the concordat and early direction of the organisation. I was next able to attend the summer meetings in 2016 and 2017 on behalf of ASPiH and reflected that significant progress had been made toward creating resources that would benefit simulation organisations globally. However, my personal commitments around this period as President and Past President of ASPiH were focused on establishing and reinforcing political relationships between ASPiH and the primary leadership bodies within the NHS. My role in this work has now taken me into national leadership positions that address the development of commissioning standards for simulation-based education and the wider application of simulation to support of Human Factors and systems science integration in health care systems. I believe these goals are strongly synergistic with those of GNSH and its existing workstreams to demonstrate the value of high quality simulation toward development of professional capabilities, workforce transformation, systems design and quality / safety improvement in healthcare. I would like to contribute my leadership experience and enthusiasm for healthcare simulation toward endeavours that will have an impact at national and global levels, which I feel GNSH can lead by virtue of its unique collaboration between like-minded national / international societies and the industry sector.
Anurag Singh
Anurag Singh, CEO and President of Education Management Solutions, LLC, (EMS) has over three decades of engineering and medical simulation subject matter expertise. Founding EMS in 1993, the company has a 25-year history of innovation paired with a strong ability to drive and manage medical education focused immersive learning technology. Anurag continues to drive innovation, the cornerstone of his company. EMS is focused on "Better Simulations. Better Outcomes". As a company, every product and every technology development concept must serve this core mission. As EMS continues to innovate, we will continue to advance the latest technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence – to continue to gather performance data and measure the impact of data for medical education and curriculum.
I have been directly involved in medical simulation since 1996, when I was asked to consult with Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) to build a simulation center for testing Foreign Medical Graduates who are coming in for the Residency programs in USA. I observed how the medical examinations board was trying to automate the testing and assessment process. I did market research and found that in medical schools, high stakes clinical skills examination process was missing automated technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the assessment. EMS built the solution under my leadership for a fully automated system that has now been deployed at more than 300+ medical, nursing, allied health schools, and hospitals..
Since 1998, I, along with my entire EMS team have been focused on healthcare education for Academic, Hospital and Military and Public Sector markets. Today, I continue to work directly with major global and national organizations such as the National Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Saudi Arabia Commission for Health Specialties. I provide direct consultation on technologies that support improving medical simulation education for national curricula across multiple disciplines. I frequently present in partnership with academic institutes at major events, such as the upcoming Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing conference. I will be presenting on emerging artificial intelligence technology and its application for advancing clinical competency tracking.
I drive a corporate culture of teamwork at EMS. I focus on teamwork across departments to drive the best service and partnership for our customers. In fact, the company internal motto is "One Company. One Team". This approach extends to my working relationships across industry. As a leading technology integrator I work in collaboration with multiple other technology companies within the simulation industry, maintaining direct relationships with my global manufacturing colleagues. Currently, EMS serves in the Vice Chair position on the SSiH Corporate Roundtable, and previously served on the Executive Committee. I strongly encourage my executive team to follow my lead in service leadership and industry participation. This has resulted in my executive staff serving in advisory and mentoring positions as Board of Director members for emerging medical simulation companies. I seek to foster an environment of service leadership and encourage my team to follow my lead to support the growth and evolution of the medical simulation community. Finally, I currently serve as the Chairman, EMS Board of Directors and Chair of the Advisory Board.
I have also served on the Board of a Chesconet for 6 years. Chesconet is a non-profit that has been providing southeastern Pennsylvania's businesses and nonprofits the Internet network they need with the service they deserve.
EMS has been participating as an active member of GNSH since 2014. I have always seen the unique value that the organization provides. The concept presented at the 2019 IMSH GNSH meeting was exciting and is an outstanding step forward with the right kind of partnership to drive the organic adoption of simulation based patient safety training. While the current plan for partnering with the Patient Safety Movement and the six early adopter hospitals is a great first step, there are additional methods that can be employed to accelerate the process. The EMS team has successfully worked on expanding medical simulation adoption through innovation, advocacy and public relations initiatives – specifically for national training programs. I think there is a real value I can add, along with my team, to drive international attention and visibility to the next stages on this process. My team has been actively involved in prior marketing and design initiatives around the GNSH toolkit. The new initiative will need even more focus in order to drive the right kind of visibility to accelerate goals. My team right now is actively working with other large-scale national groups to drive focus on patient safety. I believe bringing some of these resources to GNSH in a leadership position will only strengthen the collective voice of our industry. I believe our industry is at a key turning point in growth, and I would like to help ensure GNSH is a major factor in our collective evolution.
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Lounge review: Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, Newark Liberty International Airport
22 Oct 2018 by Craig Bright
Virgin Atlantic has two lounges in New York; one at JFK Airport's Terminal 4 and another at Newark Liberty International Airport's Terminal B. But while the latter may be the smaller (and slightly younger) of the two, it still offers a number of the airline's signature services.
Opened back in 2012, the approximately 464-sqm Newark lounge formed part of a US$160 million investment that Virgin Atlantic put into its Upper Class offering.
As of this month, it also serves as the main port of call for business class passengers travelling on Singapore Airlines' new 17.5-hour flight to Singapore – now the longest commercial route in the world and the reason for my particular visit on this occasion. A full review of my flight from Newark to Singapore can be read here.
Business Traveller also reviewed Virgin Atlantic's Clubhouse at JFK Airport earlier this year.
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Airside just beyond the TSA security checkpoint at Newark Airport's Terminal B, opposite the British Airways Galleries Lounge. Signage is a little discreet and travellers will need to take a lift up to the lounge floor.
Who can access?
Travellers flying Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class (business) as well as Flying Club Gold members are able to access the lounge, though as mentioned the facility also serves as the business class lounge for business class passengers flying on Singapore Airlines' new non-stop Singapore-New York service.
Bold. The design, like Virgin Atlantic's other lounges, is one of the most flamboyant I've seen in an airline lounge with bright colours and funky furnishings. If the jet-black entrance didn't make you feel like you were heading into a chic New York nightclub then the angular bar with its pyramid-shaped drinks rack surely will.
That is where the similarities to a night club end, however. The service and ambience inside the lounge are both calm and friendly. Staff at lounge entry desks can have a bit of a reputation for being cold and dismissive, their job being to bar entry to anyone without the necessary permit. Here, however, I was asked by one of the young gentlemen at the door whether I'd visited this lounge before and was summarily given an overview of the venue's facilities, seating arrangement and even an estimation for when the announcement for my flight's boarding was expected to take place.
The Clubhouse has a number of different seating options to choose from, running the gauntlet from dining-style tables and chairs…
…to lounge chairs and coffee tables, long sofa seating…
…and even individual sofas in their own vibrantly coloured alcoves.
Only a few other people were in the lounge when I arrived at about 8.30 in the morning, making finding a seat perfectly easy. While the lounge did start to get busier closer to boarding time for my flight (10.15) it was never packed, though that's not to say it doesn't get crammed later in the day.
A quick note regarding the availability of power sockets at the lounge; there are some available at the sofas – they're slightly hidden underneath the seat – though not at the coffee and dining tables. There also isn't much in the way of dedicated work space, though an elevated area with a few seats and tables nearer the entrance is probably your best bet if you're looking to get some work done. The lounge does also have its own wifi network, though I found it unreliable with pages often having difficulty loading and the signal even dropping out entirely on two different occasions on my phone and then my laptop.
One definite service in the lounge's favour is that Virgin Atlantic has eschewed buffet dining in favour of an all-table service. Shortly after I'd found my seat, I was approached by a member of staff and asked whether I wanted tea or coffee, as well as any food from the menu. The breakfast selection was reasonably diverse, encompassing full fry-up breakfasts, eggs benedict, sausage or bacon sandwiches, cereals, fruits, yoghurts and even congee.
It's at this point I must state how gratifying it was to be served English breakfast tea in a teapot as well as find that the sausage and bacon in The Clubhouse British Breakfast were, indeed, British – at least in style.
The bacon was cooked such that it was crisp but not so much that it shattered like glass when you stuck a fork into it, as seems to be common stateside. That being said, some of the food was rather lukewarm rather than hot, thereby making one of the main benefits of table service versus buffet dining somewhat moot.
Also on the F&B front, it is impossible to ignore the bar standing at the heart of the lounge, which is manned on multiple sides by a few different bar staff. The selection of drinks was varied – far more so than is displayed on the menu – with a range of spirits adorning the aforementioned pyramid-shaped drinks rack at the centre and local craft beer also available.
If you do get a drink at the bar, remember that this being the US it is still customary to leave a tip despite the drinks themselves being complimentary. A good rule of thumb if you'd like to avoid a faux pas is US$2 for more complex cocktails and US$1 for simple mixed drinks and other alcoholic beverages.
The lounge also offers a few other facilities, notably bathrooms with showers and a luggage rack, both located on your right when you enter the lounge.
It's not the largest lounge out there but it is cosy, casual and a fun space to spend a bit of time before a flight. The table service and manned bar are definite pluses and overall the lounge feels designed with leisure in mind, though travellers looking to get some work done may find the lounge a bit lacking.
Opening hours Four hours before Virgin Atlantic-operated flights
Location Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal B, airside past TSA checkpoint
Tags: Newark Liberty International Airport, Virgin Atlantic
Tried & Tested Categories: Lounges
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Lounge review: Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse Lounge, LAX

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Q: Strange C++ syntax? This may be a stupid question but I have a code with the following line:
Solver *S, *STP = S =
UseDummySolver ? createDummySolver() : new STPSolver(true);

I know the ternary operator but it's the equals signs that confuse me a bit. Can anyone give me some explanation ? Thanks.

A: I would recommend this:
Solver *S = UseDummySolver ? createDummySolver() : new STPSolver(true);
Solver *STP = S;

It is concise, yet neat and clean.
Also, it uses initialization, rather than assignment. You should prefer initialization over assignment wherever possible.

A: You're looking at chained assignment.
It is the same as:
Solver *S;
Solver *STP;
S = UseDummySolver ? createDummySolver() : new STPSolver(true);
STP = S;

A: The ternary operator returns a value; based on the UseDummySolver Boolean value, it either returns a dummy solver or it returns a new instance of STPSolver().  This returned value is then stored in STP and S.

A: Written out, it's
Solver *S;
Solver *STP;
S = UseDummySolver ? createDummySolver() : new STPSolver(true);
STP = S;

It's very ugly though, I'd not recommend doing that in your code.
The recommended way would be to write it as follows (use initialization, rather than assignment):
Solver *S = UseDummySolver ? createDummySolver() : new STPSolver(true);
Solver *STP = S;

A: I would prefer either this:
std::unique_ptr<Solver> S (  UseDummySolver
                                  ? createDummySolver()
                                  : new STPSolver(true)  );
Solver& STP = *S;

or this:
std::shared_ptr<Solver> S (  UseDummySolver
                                  ? createDummySolver()
                                  : new STPSolver(true)  );
std::shared_ptr<Solver> STP = S;

Both avoid one problem with the code you've got there: we don't need do decide which pointer to call delete on when the objects leave scope (or, in fact, remember the need to call delete at all). Instead, we just wait until the variables leave scope, then the Solver object is automatically removed. STP is in the first case umambiguously just another way of accessing the object while it's in scope, in the second case it's an independent "co-owner" of the of the object and both pointers can independently be re-assigned.

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I noticed the recent posts about various OpenGL bindings.  The cross-platform Fast Light Tool Kit (FLTK) is very tightly coupled to OpenGL; OCaml bindings for FLTK would be wonderful.
FLTK does not absolutely require OpenGL -- it runs on Win32, X11, and Mac OS X native graphics.  It is an emulation toolkit with native look and feel (theming) support in version 2.  However it can also run inside OpenGL proper, like GLUT.  If you are running native graphics, it can create OpenGL windows.  So it has maximum configurability with respect to OpenGL.
to push their own baroque toolkit instead.
but extremely flexible callback mechanism for FLTK?s widgets.


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Ангел Иванов Михайлов () е чехословашки и чешки композитор, автор на филмова и поп музика, от български произход.

Биография
Роден е в София на 4 октомври 1939 г.

Завършва Музикалната академия в Прага със специалност "Композиране и дирижиране" през 1962 г.

Умира в с. Валкержице (Valkeřice), окръг Дечин, Устецки край през 1998 г.

Филмография
 Все отлагам да те забравя (1990)
 Златната ряпа (тв, 1990)
 Ако можеш, забрави... (1988)
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The Korean Wound Management Society was founded in 2002 and has consistently grown by the consistent activities and efforts of members. The Korean WoundManagement Society, which was organized by the professionals, gathered in various fields of different medical professions, basic/applied science researchers and nurses, have conducted various study and training programs on wound management and have performed membership activities and voluntary activities for public welfare.
The session took place on Wednesday 14 May from 16.45-18.00 in Room Retiro.


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Lega Nazionale je bila italijanska nacionalistična šolska organizacija v Avstro-Ogrski, ustanovljena 26. oktobra 1890. Bila je naslednica društva Pro patria, ki je bilo 10. julija 1890 razpuščeno zaradi iredentizma.

Statut organizacije je določal, da z denarno podporo, pridobivanjem učiteljev ter učil, s konferencami in tiski ustanavlja šole, v posebnih primerih tudi vrtce. Organizacija ni bila narodnoobrambna, ampak je v narodnostno mešanih okoljih (Istra, Goriška, Trst) in ob etnični meji delovala ekspanzionistično. Po 20 letih delovanja je štela 40 000 članov v 177 podružnicah, ustanovila je 74 vrtcev in šol, 136 vrtcem in šolam pa je pomagala. Nekaj takšnih ustanov je bilo tudi na slovenskem in hrvaškem etničnem ozemlju.

Lega Nazionale je bila zelo aktivna v slovenskih predmestjih in okolici Trsta, tako je imela šolo pri Sv. Kolombanu, vrtec in šolo v Križu, dnevno zavetišče za otroke pri Sv. Ivanu v Trstu, pozneje tudi na Opčinah in v Škednju. Svoje šole in vrtce je imela tudi na Goriškem in okolici Gorice, kjer je v Devinu imela vrtec in šolo, ter šolo v Neblem in Podgori, vrtec pa v Ločniku. Najbolj dejavna je bila v Istri, kjer je imela šolo v Kućibregu, Šmarjah nad Koprom, ter v Krkavčah vrtec in šolo. Nekatere njene šole so zaradi pomanjkanja zanimanja propadle ali spremenile lastnika (Neblo, Sv. Kolomban).

Slovenci so nasproti njenim šolam ustanavljali podružnice in šole Družbe sv. Cirila in Metoda. Vodstvo Lege Nazionale je širjenje šol na slovenskem etničnem ozemlju   upravičevalo z dejstvom, da so postavljene v najbolj ogroženih točkah poslovanjenja. Lega Nazionale je delovala do 16. maja 1915, ko so jo avstro-ogrske oblasti razpustile in prepovedale.

Leta 1946 je spet začela delovati in je aktivna še danes. Povezana je z ezulskimi organizacijami in skupaj z njimi enostransko interpretira zgodovino Trsta, Istre ter Dalmacije (napihovanje vprašanja fojb itd.). Nasprotuje tudi večjim pravicam slovenske manjšine v Italiji in ovira njeno delovanje.

Viri
 Enciklopedija Slovenije; knjiga 6, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1992

Glej tudi
 Pro patria
 Südmark
 Družba svetega Cirila in Metoda
 Schulverein
 Madžarsko izobraževalno društvo Slovenske krajine
 Turnverein
 Sokol
 Kärntner Heimatdienst
 Poitalijančevanje

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Ustanovitve leta 1890
Zgodovina Slovenije
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Stephen Clare Gain
Obituary for Stephen Clare Gain
August 16, 1951 – November 23, 2019
Stephen Clare Gain, 68, passed away suddenly on November 23rd, 2019 at his home in Coquitlam, BC Survived by parents, Clare and Sheila, brothers Patrick (Nancy), Jim (Roxanne) of Nanaimo BC, sister Anne (Mike Brusletten) and many nephews & nieces. Predeceased by brother John (Judi) February 2019. No service was held.
Steve was born August 16, 1951 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. He grew up there as well as La Tuque,Quebec, Thunder Bay, Ontario, and resided in Coquitlam, BC. La Tuque was a very special time for Steve, his siblings and his parents — with many happy memories. In 1965, the family relocated to Fort William/Thunder Bay, Ontario.
In Thunder Bay, he graduated from Sir Winston Churchill High School and later moved to BC where he earned his Bachelor of Theology at Northwest Baptist Theological College & Seminary.
Steve went overseas on several mission trips and church plantings, and worked as an assistant pastor for a few years. He enjoyed working with the elderly as a chaplain and driver at the Shannon Oaks Home in Vancouver. Steve loved driving and worked for many years as a courier for the Royal Bank.
He was well-loved by the many families and students he served when he was a school bus driver with Thirdwave and First Student Canada for over 10 years.
In his youth, Steve was a talented athlete. In 1967 & 1968 he was a member of the Churchill Trojans Senior & Junior CHAMPION football teams. With great pride, he was happy to share that he was a member of the 1967 CANADIAN CHAMPIONS Fort William Americans Senior Little League baseball team. In 1977 he was also a member of the Northwestern Ontario Canada Post team who went to the NATIONAL Curling PlayDowns in Toronto — representing Port Arthur Curling Club. Ultimately, in 1996 he was inducted to the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in Thunder Bay. He was exceptionally proud of being honoured by the Hall of Fame!
Born on Elvis's birthday, Steve absolutely loved music — especially the generation he grew up in (1950's-70's) — but he also had a very eclectic CD library of over 500 CDS including much of today's music. He lived an uncomplicated life, staying true to the simpler times of the past and loved watching vintage TV channels where he could tune into favourite shows like Perry Mason.
Steve was a fun-loving and jovial guy — who always had a bit of an Irish twinkle in his eye! He was extremely generous, unselfish, kind and good-hearted to everyone. He appreciated the hard-working men & women of the world and would often leave ridiculous tips to show his appreciation. Steve will be missed by his family & friends greatly!
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Nancy Bailey has the story about a new program at the University of Memphis that appears to be an attempt to change teacher education.
Bailey notes that the new program will be run by The New Teacher Project and the Relay Graduate School of Education.
It is designed to give would-be teachers an intensive residency and those in the program must commit to teaching for three years in a high-needs school.
The Relay Graduate School of Education follows the same pattern and was started in New York City by Teacher U which launched in 2008 by the charters Uncommon Schools, KIPP, and Achievement First. It uses words like "systematic" and "alignment." You could say Hunter College's Graduate School of Education at the City University of New York opened the door to this quasi-"blind leading the blind" faux teacher prep.
In Memphis, the Hyde Family Foundation is supporting the new venture.
For Nancy's full take on the issue, read here.
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One of our requirements for school is to write five reading journals each semester. Here is a portion of one of this semester's journals.
As writing instruction books go, this one was very readable. Even when he went over something I'm already familiar with, I still felt engaged rather than bored. The book's age shows, though, in his many references to putting pages through the typewriter and his suggestion to type the final draft yourself rather than hiring a typist. I wrote my first book long-hand and wrote much of the second on a typewriter, so I've been there, but it's been a couple decades and then some.
Something else that seemed a little dated was the lengths of the books. He regularly talked about writing 200-page novels. Today, most books are longer, many of them much, much longer. It depends on the genre, of course, but even the short category romances are usually around 250.
All that aside, writing is still writing, and most of what he says is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago when the book was written. I found his method for taking apart other people's novels and studying them very interesting, and I plan to try it out soon. I have structure issues, and I think dissecting successful novels would help me detect the problems with my own. At the same time, I'm dragging my feet, because it sounds like a very tedious process.
Block's comments about hobbyists (or the lack thereof) really struck a chord. He brought up some things I've never thought of – for instance, that people can be amateur singers or actors and no one suggests they're somehow deficient because they're doing community theatre rather than Broadway. Yet whenever I tell people I write, the next question is almost invariably, "are you published?â€?, as though the hours and work I put into the novel don't mean anything if a publisher hasn't added my book to their list. It doesn't help that I do want to get published, so this attitude of theirs only serves to remind me that I have yet to reach my goal.
Block also talked about the presumption of many budding authors who assume their first novel will be published. I wrote my first novel at the fairly young age of 12, and at the time, I was thinking not so much of publication as of pleasing my best friends, who would pass around pages of my book at lunch every day and beg me to write more. Who cared about publication when I already had adoring fans? But his point is accurate, especially considering how many first-time novelists are untrained. Would an untrained actor expect to get the lead in a major show? Yet first-time novelists assume they will get published?
In several different places, he talked about the way he developed different characters or plots, and I found those very interesting. For instance, when he talked about creating Matt Scudder, and reaching a point where he realized the character was interesting but that Block couldn't identify with him very well. He felt Matt Scudder – as he was then – was not a character he could write about convincingly. So he changed the character in a few key ways until he was someone Block could identify with and write about. It reminds me a little bit of Max, the main character in one of my works-in-progress (which is currently on the shelf). Max is an angry young man, and I have trouble getting into his head, because I'm not an angry person. I rarely get angry. After reading about Block's experience with Matt Scudder, I wonder if I could change Max in some way to make him a little easier for me to identify with.
I laughed when he talked about authors getting tired of series characters – of Agatha Christie wishing she could kill off Hercule Poirot. It's one of the things that concerns me a little, actually. I read a lot of series, and feel drawn to write a series, and yet I also worry that I'll get sick of it after a few books. Especially because I do tend to get bored with things in general. So a question I'm struggling with is whether to write a series in spite of possible boredom down the road or stick to single titles and enjoy the variety.
I liked what he said about using what you know. Because I started writing fantasy at a young age, I've always struggled against the "write what you know� adage. As Block points out, if we truly wrote only what we know, fantasy and science fiction wouldn't exist at all. Mysteries would be written only by people who are detectives themselves, and most books would be quite boring. His ideas about "using what you know� are a different thing altogether, and allow the author to turn a generic forest in their backyard into a mythical land.
In summary, I found this book thoroughly readable and enjoyable. I gained a few insights into the writing life and got a good idea of another author's methods.


South Korea's LG Electronics is taking on patent infringements by global smartphone makers by filling a suit against France's device manufacturer Wiko, the company said Wednesday.
LG filed the suit with a court in Mannheim, Germany, accusing the French company of infringing three LTE standard patents owned by the Korean phone maker.
The three patents are regarding LG's proprietary technologies enabling efficient communications between mobile devices and LTE networks.
Wiko is a Marseille-based handheld device manufacturer established in 2011. It is majority-owned by Chinese technology group Tinno Mobile and its phones are produced in China. The company has been selling LTE smartphones mainly in Europe, shipping around 10 million units last year.
LG sent a letter of warning to the French firm in 2015, and requested negotiations on patent license several times but hasn't heard back from it.
The Korean company with a lead in LTE patents has been taking more active measures against illegal use of its patents.
The company caught US-based phone maker BLU in March last year with similar patent infringement cases, and reached a settlement through a lawsuit.
"We will continue seeking stringent measures against such unauthorized use of our patents without legitimate compensation," said Jeon Saeng-gyu, executive vice president of LG Electronics' Intellectual Property Center.
LG was the top patent holder in the field of LTE and LTE-Advanced standards between 2012 and 2016, according to US patent research institute TechIPM.
The company announced co-development of the world's first 80-megahertz multiple input multiple output-based full-duplex radio technology with Yonsei University in November 2016, a pre-emptive move towards the fifth-generation network.


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Outcomes of eyes with retinal vein occlusion that are lost to follow-up after antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-2876Mirataollah Salabati1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5818-9083Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh1,
Jae-Chiang Wong2,
Dillan Patel3,
Samir N Patel1,
Anthony Obeid1,
Arunan Sivalingam1,
James F Vander1,
Sunir J Garg1,
Allen C Ho1,
Carl D Regillo1,
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2761-4219Jason Hsu1
1 The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Mid Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2 Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey, USA
3 Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Correspondence to Dr Jason Hsu, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Mid Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA 19107, USA; jhsu{at}midatlanticretina.com
Background/aims To evaluate the outcomes of eyes with macular oedema due to retinal vein occlusion (RVO) that are lost to follow-up (LTFU) after antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections.
Method A retrospective, single-centre, consecutive case series of RVO patients receiving injections who were LTFU >6 months was conducted. Data were collected from the visit before LTFU; return visit; 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after return; and the final visit.
Results Ninety eyes of 83 patients were included. Fifty (55.5%) eyes had branch RVO and 40 (44.5%) had central RVO. Mean LTFU duration was 277.8 days with additional mean follow-up for 748.1 days after return. Mean logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution visual acuity (VA) (Snellen) at the visit before LTFU was 0.72 (20/105) which worsened on return [1.04 (20/219), p<0.001) and remained worse at all timepoints after return: 0.92 (20/166) at 3 months (p<0.001), 0.97 (20/187) at 6 months (p<0.001), 0.94 (20/174) at 12 months (p<0.001) and 1.01 (20/205) at final visit (p<0.001). Mean central foveal thickness (CFT) increased from 252 µm at the visit before LTFU to 396 µm at the return visit (p<0.001). No difference in CFT was noted by 3 months (258 µm, p=0.71), 6 months (241 µm, p=0.54) or 12 months after return (250 µm, p=0.95). CFT was thinner at the final visit (215 µm, p=0.018).
Conclusion RVO patients receiving anti-VEGF injections who were LTFU experienced a decline in VA that did not return to the levels seen before LTFU despite improvement in CFT after restarting therapy, underscoring the importance of ongoing treatment.
Data are available on reasonable request. No.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-319180
Twitter @JasonHsuMD
Contributors MS, RM, J-CW, DP, SNP, AO and JH were responsible for data collection and analysis as well asdrafting and editing the manuscript. AS, JV, SG, ACH, CR and JH were responsible for planning as well as editing the manuscript. JH was responsible for the overallcontent of the study.
Competing interests MS, RM, J-CW, DP, SNP, AO, JV and AS: no financial disclosures. JH is a consultant for Gyroscope Therapeutics (London, UK), IVERICbio (New York, New York, USA) and OccuRx (Melbourne, Australia). He has received grants from Roche/Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA), Aldeyra Therapeutics (Lexington, Massachusetts, USA) and IVERICbio (New York, New York, USA). ACH is a consultant for Allergan (Dublin, Ireland), Roche/Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA) and Regeneron (Tarrytown, New York, USA). He has also received grants from Allergan (Dublin, Ireland), Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA), and Regeneron (Tarrytown, New York, USA). CR has received grants from Roche/Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA), Regeneron (Tarrytown, New York, USA), Allergan (Dublin, Ireland), Novartis (Basel, Switzerland) and Iconic (San Francisco, Iconic). He is a consultant for Roche/Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA), Alcon (Fort Worth, Texas, USA), Allergan (Dublin Ireland), Iconic (San Francisco, Iconic), Notal Vision (Prince William County, Virginia, USA), Kodiak (Palo Alto, California, USA), Santen (Osaka, Japan), Shire (Lexington, Massachusetts, USA) and Novartis (Basel, Switzerland). SG has received personal fees from Bausch and Lomb (Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA), Johnson and Johnson (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA), Merck Manuals (Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA), Genentech (San Francisco, California, USA), Santen Pharmaceutical (Osaka, Japan) and Deciphera (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA).
Frank Larkin
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2022; 106 i-ii Published Online First: 22 Nov 2022. doi: 10.1136/bjo-2022-322846


Now James and his cousin Walter the Steward moved their spearmen, many armed with Jethart staves, forward to the left of the Earl of Moray. The door was shut on the English cavalry for further advance. It was then Edward moved in his archers with a deadly turn against the success of the Scots. Archie's line within the schiltron was the hardest hit; nearly two hundred of the Douglas followers, good Scots all, would lose their life that day. James was agonized as the sound of Welsh arrows careened over his head. Many armed foot in his retinue were hit, injured by multiple assaults of arrows flying with deadly accuracy. His schiltron would fail without support of cavalry or archers, he was sure of it! The knight banneret spurred his Hobini forward shouting encouragement to his men at arms, "Press on, press on," he commanded.
Then he saw his younger brother take a second arrow in the same shoulder; soon Archie will have to drop his spear he realized. The field commander's heart was pounding fast, his heavy breathing betrayed his anxious concern for his brother, but the young squire stood his ground. What agony he must be feeling James reflected; then from behind him came the comforting sound of Keith's armed horse. The Marischal was leading the Scottish cavalry of light horse to annihilate the left flank of Edward's archers. The fast destruction of the bowman sent the others in their ranks running from the field. The Scots quickly recovered their forward momentum permitting James time to remove his brother from formation and tend to his wounds. "Squire, that you must seek our healer at the kirk in St. Ninian's parish," he commanded. Archie wanted to stay and began to protest; remaining in formation.
Just then a horrifying exchange of blows took place right near the lines held by the Douglas schiltron. Alan de Clephane of Carslogie for the Scots was returning from the successful cavalry assault on the Welsh archers when a larger war-horse approached him; the destrier carried more armor than that Scottish laird wore as a knight. Clearly disadvantaged, the laird from Fife fought hard against the English chevalier and would have prevailed but his light horse struck the surface of a fallen enemy and stumbled to break his leg. The gruesome sight of the snapped legged as it bent forward was followed as if in slow motion by the nearly fatal unhorsing of Alan. His right arm was crushed beneath the animal and then quickly severed by the swift cut of an English war-sword thrust mercilessly by one of Edward's charging armed horse. James rushed to meet the foe; unsheathed his father's own war-sword before the knight could return for another assault on the defenseless Carslogie laird. With a left to left upper cut le Hardi's sword laid the Englishman to his final rest. "That fallen enemy is yours dear father," James declared proudly. He had not planned on his individual fight in battle this day; but how satisfying it felt and using his father's sword, the recent gift from Eleanora, made the deed the sweeter he reflected.
As the laird of Douglas wielded his Hobini around he saw the squire of Alan of Carslogie rush to his knight's side and pull him to safety; the right arm was now gone from him. Another squire retrieved the limb to remove the prized gauntlet and the laird's signet ring. Then strangely the young lad stood there a moment contemplating what to do with the arm; unable to just throw it back into the fray he put it down, under the wooly saddle cover as if to provide some strange privacy for his laird's now severed limb.
"Archibald; so assist our fallen friend to take yourself with his squires to the kirk, to ride with him to Cambuskenneth when you can!" he ordered. Archie was just leaving the schiltron formation and came quickly; holding the arrows yet embedded in his shoulder, he joined James. The two Douglas brothers led the Carslogie squires with their laird in tow to move above the fray where James had them stop. The knight banneret had left his cousin Walter the Steward in command of their division; instructed the young knight to bid their schiltron forward. As the Douglas laird watched from his new vantage point he could see Walter leading his men in perfect formation; steadily, mercilessly they cut their way through the cluttered mass of English knights. The enemy's onhorse were a baffled and constricted mass of angry warriors, throwing their weapons helplessly to the center of the schiltron in their overwhelming frustration. With the deadly assault of archers no longer upon them the Scots were turning the momentum to their own.
Then in a brilliant move, King Robert saw his advantage. He gave orders for the onset of a Highland charge. The king's men who waited most impatiently now moved with bold enthusiasm and energy into battle under the command of Angus Og Macdonald of Islay. James watched with satisfaction; knowing now that the forward progress of the left flank would continue he could turn his attention to the wounded squire and knight. "Dear brother that you must allow this laird to look over your injuries," he said quietly. Archie was in a lot of pain; the arrows pierced his father's mail; one was resting near the bone he told James. The knight ripped off the bottom of his surcote and tied it hard around Archie's shoulder above the wounds. Carefully he assessed his brother's injury as one of Alan Clephane's squires was wrapping the stub of arm left hanging from his laird's right shoulder in silk as James instructed.
Behind them, coming from the left flank was an ebullient young Steward spurring on his destrier while leading a liberated English war-horse he brought for them to ride. "To make good speed with this fine animal," he chuckled; then vanished back into the frenzy of battle as quickly as he had appeared. The Carslogie knight was groggy from the pain and injury but managed a grateful smile to his rescuers. He watched with bemusement as his squires ripped the rich caparison of embroidered silks from the charger that said the great animal once belonged to a fallen Comyn. James was concerned for Archie's injuries. He pulled out le Hardi's dagger and grabbed some herbs from the pouch strung on his belt. He gave some to Sir Alan's squire and instructed him on how to apply the salve that would deaden some of the pain; then turned back to Archie to administer the herb concoction to his shoulder.
"Stand without motion," he commanded his brother sternly. The herbs did their best to deaden the area where James made an incision to remove the arrow heads. The armor had impeded their assault; the missiles were not entwined with cartilage or bone; only imbedded straight-in they withdrew cleanly from the shoulder. "Dear Beatrice will most forgive me?" the Douglas knight inquired sheepishly. Archie nodded in frustration. "To be most hit by English arrows, one then two, a sorry fate; at least the archers missed the face of this squire," he said sarcastically. "They were Welsh bowman; better than the English, they hit their target. Recognizing your fair beauty they aimed only to keep you from your duty to hold a spear," James teased him as he continued to pry the solid metal head of the arrow from the muscle and flesh of the shoulder. "This one is from a crossbow," he said quietly. "That it could pierce most any armor with this square faced head of four small points; this lad has not seen many of this design before," he explained. "The other arrow was from an archer's bow; a sharper head would find it difficult to penetrate our father's mail hauberk; it was fired to hit you most after the crossbowman's arrow is my fear." Archie told him that the second shaft hit him right on top of the first. "A lucky shot," he scoffed. "Is it not time that you return to you command?" the squire asked his older brother in mocked disdain.


The molecular weight and structure characterization.
Detectors: RI, Light Scattering (RALS, LALS), Viscometer, UV.
Sample type: Synthetic polymers, Copolymers.
Detectors: RI, Viscometer, Light Scattering (MALS),UV.
Sample type: Synthetic polar polymers.


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Mai 36 Galerie is an international contemporary art gallery, located in Zürich. The gallery was founded in 1987 by Victor Gisler.

History
In 1987, Victor Gisler founded Mai 36 Galerie in Lucerne. The opening show was held in February 1988 with Les Levine, on Maihofstrasse 36 in Lucerne. Since 1996, the gallery is located in the center of Zürich, next to Kunsthaus Zürich. With a focus on text-based art, new media and photography, the gallery showed in the early years of 1988/89 Lawrence Weiner, John Baldessari, General Idea, Thomas Ruff, Robert Mapplethorpe as well as Ian Anüll, Christoph Rütimann and Rémy Zaugg. With these artists, Mai 36 developed a profile that has distinguished itself since its inception through a critical examination of art, politics, society and the mass media. In 1990, Mai 36 Galerie participated at Art Basel for the first time. Victor Gisler has served as a member of the Art Basel Committee for 12 years.

Exhibition Program
Mai 36 Galerie presents and promotes the work of emerging and established international contemporary artists. For more than 25 years, Mai 36 Galerie has been working with John Baldessari, Stephan Balkenhol, Troy Brauntuch, Pia Fries, Matt Mullican, Christoph Rütimann, Thomas Ruff, and Lawrence Weiner.

The exhibition program of Mai 36 Galerie features the works of artists dealing with fundamental questions of artistic expression. Their points of departure are significant post–World War II statements, with their roots going back to the 1960s and 1970s (especially pop art, minimal art, and conceptual art). The gallery strives to work in close collaboration with the artists and presents their works continuously in individual exhibitions, publications, as well as at international art fairs such as Art Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Basel Miami, Fiac Paris, Arco Madrid, Frieze Art Fair London and Zona Maco Mexico City. The gallery hosts approximately six solo shows a year and various group shows across the three-story gallery space.

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Art museums and galleries in Zurich
Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland