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Virtual ANS Version 3
Virtual ANS is a software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS – photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin from 1938 to 1958. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram (sonogram), without live instruments and performers. It was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edward Artemiev and other Soviet composers in their experimental works. You can also hear the sound of the ANS in Andrei Tarkovsky's movies Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker.
The simulator extends the capabilities of the original instrument. Now it's a full-featured graphics editor where you can convert sound into an image, load and play pictures, draw microtonal/spectral music and create some unusual deep atmospheric sounds. This app is for everyone who loves experiments and is looking for something new.
* unlimited number of pure tone generators;
* powerful sonogram editor – you can draw the spectrum and play it at the same time;
* any sound (from a WAV file or a Microphone/Line-in) can be converted to image (sonogram) and vice versa;
* support for MIDI devices;
* polyphonic synth mode with MIDI mapping;
* supported file formats: WAV (only uncompressed PCM), PNG, JPEG, GIF;
* Audio Unit Extension (AUv3), Audiobus;
* many new features compared to version 2.3; see the full list: http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/changelog.txt
Get Virtual ANS 3 HERE
Virtual ANS Ambient Music Generator
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A logo for a company that deals in the sale and maintenance of yachts off Bombay's seafront.
A wedding invitation for a couple that remain lifelong Gooners. The cannon from the Arsenal crest had to find its position of prominence. The embossed meandros pattern on the border was taken from the floor tiles of their room.
Identity design for a software designer Patrick, who specialised in coding educational web-platforms.
Concept: The New School, is the fish that swims against the tide of conventional approaches to explore newer solutions.
Fortunate enough to have a completely crazy travel writer for a childhood friend who was crazy enough to trust me completely with the cover of a book about stories from driving, and walking, around the world.
The typography was whimsical and carefree much like Rishad's personality. The style was like a personal diary or journal complete with the elastic band. The illustration was reminiscent of the writers heavy walking boots (he has since moved to wearing only Adidas Hamburg — good boy).
A software company formed with the coming together of six vibrant young minds.
The one-word essence for the identity was TRANSFORMATION. The need to continuously change, adapt and evolve to bring forward the best solution for the client.
Click-through here, or on the logo alongside, to see a short concept presentation on the identity design.
Logo and brand identity design for a jewellery designer.
A scientific foundation, committed to the research of innovative base technologies with a purpose to re-invest the proceeds so that eventually the system becomes self-sustaining for the common good.
A foundation to raise funds for the progress and development of earthquake-stricken Nepal — the small, proud, secular nation suspended between earth and sky.
Concept: The Endless Knot, a closed, graphic ornament composed of right-angled, intertwined lines. A graphic that draws you in as you gaze upon it, yet has much significance: It overlaps without a beginning or an end, symbolising the Buddha's endless wisdom and compassion. Since all phenomena are interrelated, the placing of the endless knot on a gift or card is understood to establish a connection between the giver and the recipient.
Falguni Mehta is a well-known designer in Bombay, her speciality remains the traditional jadau style that incorporates flower and leaf motifs.
Pratik and Nidhi, it was a joy to work on a monogram for the biggest day in your lives.
Crown Vet was set up by Pratap Gaekwad in 2016 with a view to providing the highest international standards in veterinary care for pet owners in India. Crown Vet is on its way to opening vet clinics across India whilst colloborating with expert veteranians from over the world.
Concept: Pratap's brief was to develop a logo around his handsome Great Dane, Chevy, whose most distinctive feature was a large black spot over his left eye.
A leading online preparatory course for the Royal College of Psychiatrists Membership Examinations (MRCPsych) that provides comprehensive online revision and mock exams based on the principles of evidence-based revision.
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Written by @Eubulletin | Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
In recent years, the European Union's relationship with several neighboring countries, particularly in the North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) region, seems to have gradually shifted from harmony to tension. The question that naturally comes to mind is if the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) might have served to make security political bonds stronger? As a book edited by Pernille Rieker, a senior researcher in the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), concludes, the "ENP hasn't lived up to expectations". Back in 2000s, when many post-Communist states in Eastern and Central Europe became EU members, the bloc also initiated a process aimed at creating a 'ring of friends' through building closer ties with several post-Soviet republics as well as countries in the South – in the MENA region. "However, the opposite has happened', Rieker explains.
One such case is Morocco. The EU's relations with Rabat overall seem to have taken a downturn during the past year. A diplomatic dispute in May between Rabat and Madrid over the latter's decision to host, under a fake name, a leader of the Western Saharan independence movement soured what had been improving relations across the Mediterranean Sea. A subsequent massive influx of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves situated on Morocco's northern coast, further fueled bilateral tensions and exposed divergent views on the Western Sahara issue. At around the same time, a fresh disagreement erupted between Germany and Morocco over the disputed territory, with Rabat recalling its ambassador in Berlin. Rabat has questioned why the EU and its member states refuse to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, even though the US has done so.
As its relations with Europe soured somewhat in 2021, Morocco has become increasingly receptive to the geopolitical influence of external powers such as China and Russia or the Gulf states. The accelerating tension with Rabat is putting European countries in a difficult situation, as they need to balance the need to uphold the principle of self-determination, as enshrined in the UN Charter, with the preservation of their relations with Morocco, one of their most important partners in North Africa. The widening diplomatic gulf between Europe and Morocco could lead to a gradual decoupling which has the potential to cut Rabat adrift and to benefit the external powers that are increasingly active in the region. But despite this somewhat gloomy picture, both sides seem to be looking for ways to repair the strained ties between both shores of the Mediterranean.
Brussels and Rabat clearly recognize that it is in the interest of both sides to prevent the situation from festering any further and find ways to rekindle the strategically important relations. On 24 December 2021, Morocco said it is ready to restore diplomatic cooperation with Germany, apparently thanks to a perceived shift in position toward the disputed Western Sahara. The Kingdom "appreciates the positive announcements and constructive positions recently made by the new federal government of Germany," the ministry said. "These announcements make it possible to envisage a revival of bilateral cooperation and a return to normalcy of the diplomatic representations of the two countries." The statement appeared to be referring to language posted on the German website that calls Morocco "a central partner of the European Union and Germany in North Africa" and states that the German position on Western Sahara has been unchanged for decades – Germany supports UN efforts to bring about "a fair, durable political solution that is acceptable for all sides."
Earlier in December, foreign affairs ministers of Morocco and Italy, Nasser Bourita and Luigi Di Maio, commented favorably on the excellent state of relations between Morocco and Italy, agreeing to accelerate implementation of the Multidimensional Strategic Partnership between the two countries. They reaffirmed their strong interest in maintaining and strengthening the legal framework that links Morocco to the EU, which is essential to ensure the continued stability of their strategic partnership. Apart from seeking to reinforce relations with its traditional European partners, Morocco has sought new allies on the continent on which to rely in order to face the challenges that lie ahead. As the Moroccan foreign minister said in December, his country was seeking a bilateral "real partnership" with the four countries that make up the Visegrad Group. On the eve of the V4+Morocco Foreign Ministers' Summit in Budapest, Nasser Bourita met, among other leaders, with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau. Poland — much like the other V4 countries, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia — consider the Kingdom of Morocco to be one of their most important partners on the African continent, and one with which it wants to develop economic cooperation based on considerable and yet not fully tapped potential on both sides.
It is clear that also both Morocco and Spain would like to mend their strained relations. As Moroccan King Mohammed VI. said in August, his country is keen to strengthen ties with Spain after a rift between the two countries this spring, though he added the crisis had shaken mutual trust. "We are keen today to strengthen (ties) bearing in mind the need for a common understanding of the two nations' interests," he said in a speech but noted that Morocco would not accept "that its best interests be trampled on". The analyst and international cooperation expert Nourdine Mouati agrees, arguing that also "Spain should make a gesture to regain that trust with Morocco" to further strengthen the bilateral ties. Overall, in 2022 and beyond, the relationship between the EU and Morocco needs to be reinvented so that it transcends notions of "us and them," as Nasser Bourita argued in a 2020 interview. "The renewed European Neighborhood Policy must transcend these notions and offer a clear political perspective that takes up the challenges but also brings answers to the ambitions of each partner."
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Q: Track pageview, event, custom var to Google Analytics using PHP? I would like to know the way (if possible) of Google Analytics tracking (pageviews, events, custom vars) using a PHP calls (using POST/GET with cURL or other methods) instead of JavaScript.
The problem is our client want to track some special events that are unable to track using JavaScript or I would have to set special (and generally useless) SESSION variables to check if set and then track using JavaScript and unset them that would lead into nasty code in templates...
I saw some PHP project that should provide such a functionality, but I would like to have it in pure PHP as I am not allowed to integrate such a third-party project into mine.
So my question: Is there a way of tracking Google Analytics from within a PHP code in controllers instead of JavaScript code in templates?

A: The php-ga does exactly what you are looking for. There's an awful lot of variables for the URL building to keep track of for sending your own requests. If you want to dig into and make it yourself - the library you posted is a really good place cause the parts of the URL are easily explained by the code around it.

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L.A. is pretty devoid of cherry blossoms in the spring, but what we lack in pretty pink flowers, we make up for with purple. Since the trees only bloom for a short amount of time, my boyfriend and I took several walks this week along the petal-covered sidewalks. The suddenly chilly onset of weather has been perfect since I just bought this blazer-turned-capelet and was doubting my ability to wait until fall to pull it out of my closet. Also, thank you to Lisa who sent over this beautiful headband from her shop that's stocked full of "Blair Waldorf-esque" pieces.


This smart update of a classic cable knit winter hat was created for life with horses in cold temps. Swap it for your helmet after a ride, or during barn chores.
A modern, low-profile brim adds style; extra coverage over the ears adds comfort and warmth to that long walk out to the pasture. A toasty way to top off your look.


While classic apples, such as Pink Lady, Royal Gala and Granny Smith are still a staple in the local fruit and vegetable aisle, some new names like Kanzi, Redlove, Bravo and Envy are stocking the shelves, promising a premium price and sustainability for apple growers.
They are called "club" varieties because they come with a trademark, and grower groups pay royalties and licensing fees in order to grow them.
Each variety has unique selling points, whether it be a nice colour or a better taste.
For example, the Kanzi apple is a hybrid of Braeburn and Gala varieties, and is promoted on its tangy taste and crisp bite.
Club varieties now account for 10 per cent of Australia's total production, according to Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (APAL) technical manager Angus Crawford, with the most popular being Kanzi and Jazz apples.
He expects that figure will continue to grow, as older varieties like Sundowner and Fuji fall out of favour with consumers.
But are the new varieties a lifesaver for a struggling industry, or just an added risk?


The purpose of the Energy Conservation Building Code (Code) was to provide minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design and construction of buildings.
An Awareness Program on Energy Efficient Building Code was jointly organized by KIIT School of Electrical Engineering and Bhubaneswar Development Authority(BDA) on 2nd February, 2018 at KIMS Auditorium, Bhubaneswar followed by LED Exhibition by Patriot Company, Bhubaneswar.
During the Inaugural Function, Welcome Address was given by Prof. Chinmoy Kumar Panigrahi, Dean, School of Electrical Engineering. Sri Santosh Das, Chief Engineer, SDA Odisha placed his talk on Objectives of Training, Need of ECBC in Bhubaneswar and Role of SDA in implementation of ECBC.
Sri Gouri Sankar Bhuyan, Planning Member, BDA highlighted on objectives of the Awareness Program. Energy conservation and its impact was sensitized by Sri Biswajit Ghosh, Visiting Professor, SoEE. Prof Rajan Rawal, CEPT, Ahmadabad addressed on the importance of Energy Conservation Building Code.
Prof. Ashok Kumar Pradhan, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur described on Smart Grid. Prof. Hrushikesha Mohanty, VC, KIIT DU also addressed to the gathering.
Vote of Thanks was proposed by Mr. Rajeev Ralhan, PWC India. All the faculty members and students of SoEE were present during program.


Abstract: In experiments with rats, subjected to single and repeated simultaneous effect of hypercapnia, hypoxia and cooling, contents of pyridine nucleotides (NAD, NADP, NAD-H2 and NADP-H2) and macroergic substances were studied and also the activity of dehydrogenases of the pentose pathway was determined in brain and myocardium. In brain NADP was not practically determined and in heart its content was increased after the first and the second treatments. Content of NADP-H2 was distinctly decreased in both tissues after the single treatment. NAD was not altered in the tissues in all the periods studied. The amount of NAD-H2 was decreased in brain after the single treatment and it was increased in myocardium after the repeated one. In the activity of dehydrogenases marked alterations were not observed. Total macroergic substances were not altered in brain after the single treatment and after the repeated one they were increased mainly due to the ATP increase. In myocardium total macroergic substances were decreased after the both treatments.
Reference: Baev V.I., Drukina M.A., Pyridine nucleotide content in the brain and myocardium of rats under combined effect of hypercapnia, hypoxia and cooling, Voprosy meditsinskoi khimii, 1976, vol: 22(1), 37-41.


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Sharing of Buildings
Children, Youth & Family Ministry
There are various ways to share the use of Methodist buildings with Christians of other traditions.
Joint services
Managing trustees may, with the consent of the Superintendent, hold occasional joint services with those of another Christian communion or body (see Model Trust 14(2)).
Worship on particular occasions
Managing trustees may, with the consent of the Superintendent and the Methodist Council, permit the use of Methodist premises by another Christian church or congregation. It is not permitted to lease Model Trust premises to other churches or congregations for religious purposes but a licence may be used. The consent is renewable and such use assumes continuing Methodist use of the premises.
Either party can terminate the licence at any time.
To obtain consent for such a licence, the managing trustees must complete Schedule 14a rather than use the property consents website. If a licence has not previously been granted to the church or congregation to use Model Trust premises, a copy of their statement of beliefs should be sent to the Connexional Ecumenical Officer. If the church or congregation is of a known denomination (eg, a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland) then the application should be straightforward. A conversation with the Assistant Ecumenical Officer should help and, if necessary, there will be a consultation with the Secretary of the Faith and Order Committee.
Schedule 14a - Please email your completed form to the Conference Office. Electronic signatures are acceptable.
A licence for worship by those of non-Christian faiths is not permitted on Model Trust premises.
Further information, including a Worship Licence and Worship Booking Form are available here: Letting Property and Third Party Use (TMCP website)
The Sharing of Church Buildings Act (1969) for England and Wales and similar legislation in other jurisdictions
If managing trustees in England and Wales wish to share a Methodist building on a medium- to long-term basis, consideration should be given to entering into a Sharing Agreement under the Sharing of Church Buildings Act (1969). Similar provisions apply in the Isle of Man and in Jersey.
A summary of the provisions of the 1969 Act are available here:
Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (CTBI website)
Please let your Superintendent, District Ecumenical Officer, and District Property Secretary know if you are considering this possibility of a sharing agreement on a Methodist building or on a building of another denomination and contact TMCP Legal and the Connexional Ecumenical Officer.
For other ways of letting property and third party use, see Letting Property and Third Party Use.


Article summarizing Milesi's work with NASA mapping turf grass across the US.
Looking For Lawns. Article by Rebecca Lindsey. NASA Earth Observatory.
Scotts Miracle-Gro has developed a RoundUp Ready GMO grass. Although they claimed they would keep it under control while conducting field trials (while applying for permission to sell this product)... you can guess what happened. I'm particularly baffled how the Feds have now changed their minds and are moving closer to granting permission.
Lawn of Native Grasses Beats Traditional Lawn For Lushness, Weed Resistance, Researchers Say. University of Texas at Austin News.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. December 2012, VOLUME 130 / ISSUE 6 Pesticide Exposure in Children.
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Updated Tables (January 2017) for the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, 2009.
U.S. News & World Report. Herbicide-Resistant 'Super Weeds' Increasingly Plaguing Farmers. Jason Koebler Oct. 19, 2012.
Alarming Levels of Glyphosate Found in Popular American Foods by Carey Gillam, Nov. 14, 2016. EcoWatch.
Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents. By Danny Hakimmarch, March 14, 2017. New York Times.
What's bad for turf (shade) is good for humans!
"When Grass Isn't Greener: Alternatives to the "perfect" lawn, at home and at Harvard." The Harvard Magazine. By Nell Porter Brown. March-April, 2011.
Learn how the Harvard Campus and Arnold Arboretum are changing their landscapes to decrease areas covered in turf.
"The Roaming Ecologist" website and blog by Jameson Crumpler, a drylands ecologist conducting grassland research in Far West Texas.
Jameson has an excellent piece on what "grass" can do when it's the right plant in the right place for the right purpose. Why Prairies Matter and Lawns Don't.


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Lata Mangeshkar born 28th September 1929 is an Indian singer, and occasional music-composer. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over seven decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of singer Asha Bhosle, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. She is the second vocalist to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.


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With Malaysians stuck at home due to a coronavirus outbreak, food delivery services are increasingly popular - but one customer has sparked an outcry by sending a helicopter across the country to collect a rice dish.
Police are investigating an alleged breach of virus rules after the aircraft landed in Ipoh city to pick up 36 portions of the rice dish and returned to Kuala Lumpur, 180 kilometres away.
Authorities have imposed a lockdown to battle a widespread COVID-19 outbreak, with people largely staying at home and travel between states banned except in exceptional circumstances.
Social media lit up with anger after images circulated online of the helicopter landing in a field at the weekend to pick up the takeaway from a well-known Ipoh eatery.
"What kind of nonsense is this?" one user posted on Twitter.
"There are people who can't travel back home to attend... funerals or to see their loved ones for one last time, because it's not a valid enough reason to get them a travel permit."
The dish, which usually contains fish, meat, vegetables and curry sauce, is popularly known as "nasi ganja" due to its supposedly addictive nature - although it does not contain any drugs.
Police say the red helicopter had been granted permission to fly outside the capital but only for maintenance, not to collect food.
They have taken statements from several people, including the owners of the restaurant and the helicopter, and prosecutors will decide whether to take further action.
The identity of the customer is not clear, but the helicopter owner has defended the unusual delivery.
"All papers were in order... it was a quick pick-up," Mohamed Raffe Chekku told local media outlet Free Malaysia Today.


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Home microscope An open-source microscope system delivers high-resolution images at a cost hundred of times lower than commercial microscopes
An open-source microscope system delivers high-resolution images at a cost hundred of times lower than commercial microscopes
The open-source 3D-printed cube can host self-designed inserts, electrical and optical components. The resulting modules can be combined to form complex optical instruments. This allows the smartphone to be transformed into a powerful microscope in no time at all — and at almost any place on earth — in order to pose and answer completely new questions to science. Image: UC2
The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the price
Modern microscopes used for biological imaging are expensive, are located in specialized laboratories and require highly qualified staff. To research novel, creative approaches to address urgent scientific issues — for example in the fight against infectious diseases such as Covid-19 — is thus primarily reserved for scientists at well-equipped research institutions in rich countries. A young research team from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena, the Friedrich Schiller University and Jena University Hospital wants to change this: The researchers have developed an optical toolbox to build microscopes for a few hundred euros that deliver high-resolution images comparable to commercial microscopes that cost a hundred to a thousand times more. With open-source blueprints, components from the 3D printer and smartphone camera, the UC2 (You. See. Too.) modular system can be combined specifically in the way the research question requires — from long-term observation of living organisms in the incubator to a toolbox for optics education. The research team presents its development on November 25, 2020 in the renowned journal Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19447-9).
The basic building block of the UC2 system is a simple 3D printable cube with an edge length of 5 centimeters, which can host a variety of components such as lenses, LEDs or cameras. Several such cubes are plugged on a magnetic raster base plate. Cleverly arranged, the modules thus result in a powerful optical instrument. An optical concept according to which focal planes of adjacent lenses coincide is the basis for most of the complex optical setups such as modern microscopes. With the UC2 toolbox, the research team of PhD students at the lab of Prof. Dr. Rainer Heintzmann, Leibniz IPHT and Friedrich Schiller University Jena, shows how this inherently modular process can be understood intuitively in hands-on-experiments. In this way, UC2 also provides users without technical training with an optical tool that they can use, modify and expand — depending on what they are researching.
MONITOR PATHOGENS — AND THEN RECYCLE THE CONTAMINATED MICROSCOPE
Helge Ewers, Professor of Biochemistry at the Free University of Berlin and the Charité, is investigating pathogens using the UC2 toolbox. "The UC2 system allows us to produce a high-quality microscope at low cost, with which we can observe living cells in an incubator", he states. UC2 thus opens up areas of application for biomedical research for which conventional microscopes are not suitable. "Commercial microscopes that can be used to examine pathogens over a longer period of time cost hundreds or thousands of times more than our UC2 setup," says Benedict Diederich, PhD student at Leibniz-IPHT, who developed the optical toolbox there together with René Lachmann. "You can hardly get them into a contaminated laboratory from which you may not be able to remove them because they cannot be cleaned easily". The UC2 microscope made of plastic, on the other hand, can be easily burned or recycled after its successful use in the biological safety laboratory. For a study at Jena University Hospital, the UC2 team observed the differentiation of monocytes into macrophages in the incubator over a period of one week in order to gain insights into how the innate immune system fights off pathogens in the body.
BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE LEGO PRINCIPLE: FROM THE IDEA TO THE PROTOTYPE
Building according to the Lego principle — this not only awakens the users' inner play instinct, observes the UC2 team, but it also opens up new possibilities for researchers to design an instrument precisely tailored to their research question. "With our method, it is possible to quickly assemble the right tool to map specific cells," explains Benedict Diederich. "If, for example, a red wavelength is required as excitation, you simply install the appropriate laser and change the filter. If an inverted microscope is needed, you stack the cubes accordingly. With the UC2 system, elements can be combined depending on the required resolution, stability, duration or microscopy method and tested directly in the "rapid prototyping" process.
THE VISION: OPEN SCIENCE
The researchers publish construction plans and software on the freely accessible online repository GitHub, so that the open-source community worldwide can access, rebuild, modify and expand the presented systems. "With the feedback from users, we improve the system step by step and add ever new creative solutions," reports René Lachmann. The first users have already started to expand the system for themselves and their purposes. "We are eager to see when we can present the first user solutions".
The aim behind this is to enable open science. Thanks to the detailed documentation, researchers can reproduce and further develop experiments anywhere in the world, even beyond well-equipped laboratories. "Change in Paradigm: Science for a Dime" is what Benedict Diederich calls this vision: to herald a paradigm shift in which the scientific process is as open and transparent as possible, freely accessible to all, where researchers share their knowledge with each other and incorporate it into their work.
UC2 BOX BRINGS SCIENCE TO SCHOOLS
In order to get especially young people interested in optics, the research team has developed a sophisticated tool set for educational purposes in schools and universities. With "The Box" UC2 introduces a kit that enables users to learn about and try out optical concepts and microscopy methods. "The components can be combined to form a projector or a telescope; you can build a spectrometer or a smartphone microscope," explains Barbora Maršíková, who developed experiments and a series of ready-to-use documentations that the UC2 team already tested in several workshops in and around Jena as well as in the US, in Great Britain and Norway. In Jena, the young researchers have already used the UC2 toolbox in several schools and e.g. supported pupils to build a fluorescence microscope to detect microplastics. "We have combined UC2 with our smartphone. This enabled us to build our own fluorescence microscope cost-effectively without any major optical knowledge and to develop a comparably simple method for detecting plastic particles in cosmetics," reports Emilia Walther from the Montessori School in Jena, who together with her group is pursuing an innovative interdisciplinary learning approach.
"We want to make modern microscopy techniques accessible to a broad public," says Benedict Diederich, "and build up an open and creative microscopy community". This build-it-yourself approach to teaching has a huge potential, especially at times of the Corona pandemics, when access to teaching material at home is severely limited.
Learn more: A MICROSCOPE FOR EVERYONE: YOUNG RESEARCH TEAM FROM LEIBNZ IPHT DEVELOPS OPTICAL TOOLBOX FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
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I read an article a while ago that sparked this post. I shared the article on Facebook, so some of you may have read it. In it, the mother writes "People comment on how "strong" my husband and I are. I don't want to be strong, I want to be normal. There is nothing strong about living without your child. We don't have any other choice but to go on without her; to go on living some semblance of a life while constantly missing her. There is no other option."
I've thought about this a lot since we lost Carter, and even more so since we lost our little girl, and now, after our miscarriage. People are always telling us how strong we are. We, like the mom that wrote the article, don't want to be strong. Trust me, I would love to have both my babies here and have people tell me I'm weak all day long. I would far take that over losing our babies and having to be strong. It takes so much work to be "strong." It is so hard to wake up every single day, get out of bed, eat, go to work, put a smile on my face, and help people with things when all I really want to do is scream and go home to sit in the empty nursery. At the end of the day, I barely have energy to sit on the couch with my eyes open. Some days I just want to drag myself outside, crawl into the backseat of my car and stay in the parking lot at work, because going home means I have to get up and do it all again the next day.
I don't want to be strong because I feel like the more I put on a show, the less people will remember our children and what we are going through. I don't want to be strong because I feel like the harder I try to be okay, the less I remember my own grief, and in turn, the less I remember our kids.
You think I'm strong because you don't see what happens when you aren't around. I put on a face for you because I don't want you to cry for me. I don't want to ruin your day the way all my days are ruined. I don't want you to feel even an ounce of the hurt I'm feeling, because no one deserves that. So you think I'm strong, because I'm spending my energy being strong for you.
But you don't see what happens when I'm by myself. When a song comes on the radio that reminds of Carter dancing in my belly. When I get home and can't make it up the steps because I'm physically tired from all the emotional pain. When I'm crying so hard that I can't breathe. When the skin around my mouth dries out because I drool a little when I cry. When anxiety sets in and I'm hovered over the toilet trying to simultaneously quell my crying and not throw up. When I get so angry that I throw the nearest non-breakable items until my arms are tired. When Brandon's shirt is soaked through with my tears. When we sit on the floor holding each other until the pain lessens. When every sentence about our children is a little stilted because we can't help but get choked up every time we talk about them. When we sit at the cemetery wondering how this is our life.
It's nice that people think we're doing well, and that we are being tough and putting on our game faces, but it's a lot of work. It's hard to not just call in to work every day. It's hard to not just lay my head down on my desk and will away the world. It's hard to come home to an empty house, or leave with an empty backseat. It's hard to live with an empty heart.
You can tell me I'm strong, but just know that you're lying. Maybe lying isn't the best word. Just know that you're wrong. I do things the way I do because I don't have a choice. Falling apart is not a choice because we have to keep going. Putting our lives on hold for grief is not a choice because time moves on and we have to learn to incorporate grief into our everyday routine. Giving up on myself is not a choice because at the very end of the day, I am all I have; I am the only one that controls my thoughts and emotions. Forgetting to live is not a choice, because my heart still beats for myself and our children, and there is so much potential for our little family. We have to live for that potential.
So you may think we're strong, but to us, breathing and living without our children is just a hard thing we have to do every day. It's routine but not, all at the same time. We're not just strong, we're loss parents, and this is our life.


Concerns over rising interest rates and expected further rate increases have hit several stocks hard since the end of the third quarter. The NASDAQ and Russell 2000 indices are already in correction territory. More importantly, the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) underperformed the larger S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by about 4 percentage points in October. Hedge funds and institutional investors tracked by Insider Monkey usually invest a disproportionate amount of their portfolios in smaller cap stocks. We have been receiving indications that hedge funds were paring back their overall exposure and this is one of the factors behind the recent movements in major indices. In this article, we will take a closer look at hedge fund sentiment towards Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
Following four consecutive quarters of declining hedge fund ownership, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) became a coveted stock in Q3 among the smart money, as there was a 24% increase in the number of funds tracked by Insider Monkey that were long the iPhone maker. That vaulted Apple into a top 10 position among the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds in Q3 of 2018, after it had fallen to 15th in the middle of 2018. Apple also ranked as one of Billionaire Ken Fisher's Top Stock Picks Heading Into 2019, and is a favorite stock of billionaire Warren Buffett.
At the end of the third quarter, a total of 112 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a 24% rise from the second quarter of 2018. On the other hand, there were a total of 109 hedge funds with a bullish position in AAPL a year earlier. With hedge funds' capital changing hands, there exists an "upper tier" of noteworthy hedge fund managers who were adding to their stakes significantly (or already accumulated large positions).
Among these funds, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway held the most valuable stake in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), which was worth $56.99 billion at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Fisher Asset Management which amassed $27.88 billion worth of shares. Moreover, Citadel Investment Group, AQR Capital Management, and Adage Capital Management were also bullish on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
With general bullishness amongst the heavyweights, key money managers have jumped into Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) headfirst. Tiger Global Management LLC, managed by Chase Coleman, created the most outsized position in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Tiger Global Management LLC had $231.2 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management also initiated a $146.8 million position during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new AAPL investors: Principal Global Investors's Columbus Circle Investors, Nick Niell's Arrowgrass Capital Partners, and Ian Simm's Impax Asset Management.
Let's check out hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) but similarly valued. We will take a look at Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). This group of stocks' market valuations match AAPL's market valuation.
As you can see these stocks had an average of 147 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $20.44 billion. That figure was $68.02 billion in AAPL's case. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is the least popular one with only 130 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these other heavyweight stocks, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the least popular, though the former hedge fund darling is finally gaining more support from the smart money.


Baby Woodrose is the drummer from On Trials new solo band. He recorded all the instruments on the CD himself but here has recruited Anders (guitar player from On Trial) and Anders on drums. This must have been their 5th or 6th concert in København and I have missed them all for various reasons. But not tonight. I showed up a little early and no one was around so I thought perhaps they would be at Route 66 (A vinyl only store), a few blocks away. Sure enough, Guf, Anders and Anders were all there with Ralph just drinking beer, smoking and listening to all kinds of strange records from DM Bob and the Deficits, Fu Manchu, Sweatmaster, Masters of Reality, Dr. John, the Heads, etc. We hung out for like 45 minutes and then walked back to the show. I spoke to Guf about Pandemonica and the new Baby Woodrose material.
The band started at 11:15 and the place was 1/3 full now. I would guess about 140 people showed up. I saw a lot of the people that I know... Morten Sporten, Henrik, Lars, Michael, etc... Guf put on his Fender Jaguar guitar and yelled out "Baby Woodrose blows your Mind!", and went straight into "Flash On You". We were in the late 60's rocking out now... Anders, the lead guitar player from On Trial, plays guitar in this band as well but he has it tuned so that it sounds like a bass, even though he plays it like a guitar. Great garage drumming by Anders as well. "What A Burn" from the Blows Your Mind CD was next. The band played a lot of new songs and most were between 2 and 3 minutes. The crowd was really into the 60s psychedelic rock sound. "Everythings Gonna Be" sounds like a 13th Floor Elevator song or Standells. Great stuff and Guf even played some lead guitar. No long jams tonight though. "You Own It", a new song, was next. Actually, quite a lot of songs were played that are not on the CD. "Pandora" and "Caught In A Whirl" followed. "Double Six" was a really cool song, a downbeat number with a spy movie theme style surf guitar. "Money For Soul" was a total 60's rock and roll number. "Never Coming Back" is a great new song. I love the guitar riff. "After Honeydripper" and "Living In A Dream, a fantastic song called "Boogaloo", could be an On Trial song as the riff is quite heavy. "Nobody Spoils My Fun" is also very On Trial like but a great song. Guf played a slow beautiful ballad called "That's How Strong (My Love Is)", probably for his girl Kate! The set closed with "Hang Up". The band came back and played one encore, another new song called "Volcano", a heavy rocker. A great 60s rock and roll show for 55 minutes. I was hoping for a little jamming but not tonight. I look forward to seeing the band again. The gatefold vinyl release of Blows Your Mind will be out in April on Animal Records out of Spain.
Visit the Baby Woodrose web site at: http://www.babywoodrose.com.


Micheal, Kathleen and Heiko Ang-Lee M.D.
Michael Ang-Lee has been in the Everett community for the past 7 years. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Chicago. He and his wife, Kathleen, have a 2 year old son, Heiko. He is most proud of the fact that personally cared for nearly 2 dozen PRMCE doctors, nurses and their family members.
Dan was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating high school, he spent a summer traveling through Europe, where he met his future wife, Elke Reibhorn. Dan studied Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and later medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. After medical school Dan married his one-time Austrian tour guide, and she became Elke Reibhorn-Bailes. Dan and Elke moved together to Seattle, Washington, where Dan completed his Anesthesia residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center. After residency (and a short stretch in Denver, Colorado), Dan joined the Anesthesia community in Everett, Washington – first with The Everett Clinic and later with Pacific Anesthesia.
While practicing at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, Dan was able to develop several professional interests. First, Dan joined the Cardiac Anesthesia Subgroup and honed his skills at taking care of some of the region's most critically ill patients. He spent many hours training in Trans-esophageal Echocardiography in order to further improve the care of PRMCE's cardiac patients. Second, Dan was able to apply his training in regional anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks to his practice of orthopedic, general, and thoracic anesthesia. In addition to continuing to use nerve blocks he learned in training, Dan has also leaned several new types of blocks and feels his patients benefit greatly from their use.
Dan has also been able to develop personal interests while living in the Puget Sound Region. Dan and his wife Elke have spent many days hiking and skiing in the Cascade Mountains. He has enjoyed many ski days and ski trips with the numerous friends he has made at PRMCE. Over the past several years Dan has also taken up several new hobbies, including motorcycling and tennis. With the addition of a child (Ethan) to their family in 2000, Dan and Elke have enjoyed teaching their son about the wonder of the mountains. Ethan, who is now in the third grade, has become an avid soccer player and a lover of the piano.
Dan will greatly miss all his friends and colleagues at PRMCE. He is sorry that his time there has been cut abruptly short, but is very thankful for all the wonderful friendships he has made and for the privilege of caring for Everett's patients.
I grew up in Portland Oregon, went to Oregon State University, and medical school at the Oregon Health Sciences University. I went to USCD for my anesthesia residency and ended staying in San Diego for 14 years. I returned to the northwest the summer of 2002 to work at Providence Everett Medical Center. I have enjoyed working with the surgeons and nurses at Providence, and will miss all of the wonderful people I have known and worked with for the last 7 years.
I grew up on the family farm in Iowa, but not being much of a farmer at heart, I went off to college where I found my way into psychology, of all things. I enjoyed almost all aspects of the field but really found my niche in it when I discovered psychobiology, which is the study of how the function of the brain is translated into the behavior that we see. I received a PhD in this field in 1980 from Iowa State University, where my research involved sites and neurotransmitters in the rat brain involved in the control of food intake and body weight. I then moved on to laboratories at UCLA, where I did further research in this and closely related areas. In 1985 I had the opportunity to open my own laboratory at the Sepulveda Veterans Affairs Medical Center, part of the UCLA system of hospitals, and I ran an NIH and VA-funded research program there concentrating primarily on brain structures and neurotransmitter systems involved in the control of the major metabolic fuels, glucose and fatty acids, and related hormones such as insulin and corticosterone.
From the beginning of my research career, most of my experiments involved rat neurosurgery — either a specific site in the rat brain was inactivated, or a connection in the brain was severed, or a neurotransmitter was injected into a specific brain site, and then effects on the variables of interest were measured. For all these experiments, not only was I a rat neurosurgeon — I was also the rat anesthesiologist. Rats need anesthesia for surgery just as much as humans do.
While there were several things about my years of doing science that were very rewarding, there were also things about it I enjoyed less. After some prodding by my same-age MD research colleagues I entered medical school at the University of California, Davis, at the age of 41. When it came time to choose a specialty it was a difficult choice between psychiatry and anesthesiology, but eventually anesthesiology won, and after graduation I came to the University of Washington for an internship in internal medicine, followed by residency in anesthesiology, which I completed in 2003. Not long after that I joined the anesthesiology service of Western Washington Medical Group in Everett, which eventually melded with anesthesiologists from The Everett Clinic to form the Everett division of Pacific Anesthesia. I have very much enjoyed my years in Everett; I could not have asked for a finer group of anesthesia colleagues, and I really appreciated their dedication to top-quality intraoperative patient care. Not surprisingly, my favorite cases have always been the neurosurgery cases; your brain is what you are, and providing the operative setting in which a neurosurgeon can fix an injured brain is both a challenge and a pleasure. The surgical results can be quite dramatic, and it's always gratifying to have made a small contribution to that outcome. It was with both surprise and much sadness that the realization came that our opportunity to continue providing this service to our community was going to be taken from us. The wide-spread support of our knowledgeable colleagues in the local medical community was very gratifying, and we wish them, and their future patients, the very best.
I cherished every day of my ten years at Providence Everett Medical Center and was looking forward to the next fifteen years in the new hospital tower. I will deeply miss my colleagues in the operating rooms and the labor and delivery unit – the surgeons, the nurses, and the ancillary staff. We were a family. We had a beautiful teamwork vibe going.
Anesthesia was a surprise career choice for me, as I'd begun a career in public health after getting a Master's Degree at Johns Hopkins. I'd built a nutrition program and a children's hospital in Niger, West Africa, and had done health education for the city of Santa Cruz and the state of Michigan. But one day, while a medical student, I needed a surgical procedure. The surgeon was a fine doctor but basically invisible to me. The anesthesiologist, on the other hand, was there for me, beginning to end. Wow, what a powerful role to play in someone's life! I changed my career plans and have found this work to be very satisfying, and often magical.
I came to Providence after medical education and specialty training at Stanford and Virginia Mason. I have been very happy in the Seattle area and never wanted to leave. My three boys have thrived here, have excellent teachers, and are very involved in their community. One son plays flute in the Everett Youth Symphony. My father, who is 80 and has Alzheimer's, lives with us and is very comfortable here. I was able to sing with the Seattle Women's Chorus for six years, even singing on stage with them at Carnegie Hall.
As I write this, I don't know what the future holds, and I feel a great sadness about the loss of my Providence family. You are all very loved and respected by me and my colleagues in Pacific Anesthesia and I hope your days ahead bring you many blessings.
After attending medical school at West Virginia University and residency at The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Greg joined Atlantic Anesthesia in Norfolk, Va. This was a large, busy practice based at Norfolk General Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center.
He practiced there for nine years, during which time he met his wife, Dr. Karen Barr. She was an attending physician in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. After their wedding in 2001, they moved to the great pacific northwest where Karen accepted a position at the University of Washington. Greg joined the Everett Clinic anesthesia section which ultimately evolved into Pacific Anesthesia. They have two young sons and enjoy Seattle and the northwest immensely.
Greg has greatly valued and appreciated his time practicing anesthesiology in Everett. He will truly miss his surgeon and hospital staff colleagues.
Biographical sketch — James Benthuysen M.D.
As a youth growing up in the painfully flat Midwest, I was blessed with grandparents who took me on a summer journey to the west coast, passing through the northwest.
After finishing medical school at the University of Chicago in 1980 I finally moved west for my anesthesia residency training at UC San Diego. Subsequently I taught at UC Davis for five years.
While attending a CME meeting in Seattle, I ran into colleagues from residency days some of which were working at The Everett Clinic. They said we need someone- come on up. I jumped on the opportunity to fulfill a youthful dream of exploring the northwest landscape. So in 1989, I moved my family to Everett and began working at TEC with John Kemp. It was a great group and we began to expand along with the clinic as it developed its surgery centers. I saw John somewhat overwhelmed administratively and so offered to take on a portion of this burden – eventually finding myself as the co-director of the department by the mid 90s.
In the meantime, my daughters adjusted and flourished in this new home. They attended Immaculate Conception School in Everett and later both graduated from Kamiak H.S. in Mukilteo. In their summers we would explore the mountains on longer and increasingly ambitious day hikes each season. Eventually we were on multi day backpacks.
Both girls learned music through the encouragement of their mom. Jacqueline pushed it as usual became quite a musician picking violin and viola as well learning piano.
The girls both wanted to ice skate so I took lessons with them at the Highland arena in Shoreline.
Through these activities I came to know this community and call it home. As I explored the mountains I saw things most people where I grew up couldn't imagine. So I began to take photographs with the desire to share my hikes and travels.
While my early photography efforts were lackluster, they provided a great documentary of my girls growing up. I continually learned more and the photographic aspect of my journeys became equal to the wanderlust itself.
The tumultuous times beginning around 911 have been transitional and focusing for me personally and professionally.
My girls grew up and both attended the UW honors program. Jessica went on to graduate school at MIT where she is in the final year of her PhD program (2009). Jacqueline is about to begin her senior year of her biochemistry major at UW and plans to peruse a PhD as well.
Following the group's expulsion from Everett clinic, I joined with Pacific Anesthesia where I served on the Board of Directors and continue to serve on the corporate finance committee.
I will stay with PA in a half time position at Stevens hospital in Edmonds WA. I plan to continue my explorations near and far and enjoy some better days.
my anesthesia training. The US did not recognize my Swedish training so I order to be able to practice in the USA, something I had decided I wanted to do, I had to become a resident again. After completion of my US training I was not allowed to stay since I had a student visa (J1). We returned to Sweden again, this time we were 4, our son born in Karlstad Sweden and our daughter born in Pittsburgh PA.
Two and a half years later (in 1985) we returned to the US, this time as immigrants. I had been offered a position as Asst. Professor at The Ohio State University. After a year in Columbus we moved to Everett where I have been practicing ever since.
We have loved it here. Our children went first to View Ridge Elementary School. It was tough for them since they did not know the language, but they managed. We did the usual family things: soccer, basketball and softball. We went hiking and eventually bought a small boat that took us to the San Juan and Gulf Islands, Victoria BC and around in the Puget Sound. Both children graduated from Everett High School, our son continued to UW, our daughter to Everett Community College.
After 23 years as a practicing anesthesiologist in this community my career has come to an end. Many things have happened during these years. Providence and General Hospital merged in 1994 and 10 years later the two competing anesthesia groups also became one. It has been a time of change, many challenges but also great rewards.
I am originally from Spokane and spent my college days at the University of Washington. After medical school in Wisconsin where I met my wife, Kim, and residency in Massachusetts, the lure of the mountains and the water brought me back to the Pacific Northwest in 1989. I was in the "original" anesthesia group, Medical Anesthesia Associates, but my career here has included time in Western Washington Medical Group the Everett Clinic and finally the Everett Division of Pacific Anesthesia. After many frustrating years of being unable to keep quality people locally in the competitive Seattle market, Pacific Anesthesia finally put Everett with the big boys where we could recruit and retain fine physicians. It saddens me that I will not consummate my career here but life will go on as I take a new position with the Overlake Division of Matrix Anesthesia. While my professional life is changing, I will continue to make my home in Snohomish and so will become an Eastside commuter. My daughter Abby is a freshman at Archbishop Murphy High School and is really enjoying herself so we are happy we will not be displaced by the changes going on at PRMCE.
My specialty training and interest has always been cardiac anesthesia and I have been privileged to be a part of an outstanding cardiac center with excellent physicians, nurses, perfusionists and support staff too numerous to mention. I am most proud of the cardiac anesthesia staff we assembled here. We all are either fellowship trained or have had extensive experience here or elsewhere. We are all specially trained to perform transesophageal echocardiography, giving our patients the opportunity for the best possible outcomes. I have learned much from my colleagues and I hope I have provided them with some wisdom and insight as well.
Thank you to the PRMCE staff who made it so enjoyable to come to work every day. The experiences we have shared—happy, sad, frightening, funny, the list goes on and on—is what I will miss the most. You are dedicated professionals and I am honored to have worked beside you.
Dr. Susan Wetstone, MD with sister Sara and nephew Tallyn.
It has been a joy to work with the wonderful nurses, techs, surgeons, and anesthesiologists in Everett and I am tremendously sad that Pacific Anesthesia will no longer have an opportunity to serve at PRMCE. Though I have only been practicing in Everett for a year, I have had a life long connection with the hospital. I was born at Everett General Hospital (now PRMCE) in 1973 to Scott and Dana Wetstone, both MD anesthesiologists who practiced there. My father belonged to the same Everett anesthesia group from 1972 to 1996 that later evolved into Pacific Anesthesia (PA). Even my mother practiced with the Everett anesthesia group for a year. Growing up, I knew Dr. Wear (president of the Everett division of PA), Dr. Subitch (recently retired after working with the anesthesia group since the late '60s), and Dr. Galuska (a practicing anesthesiologist with the group since the mid '70s) but never dreamed I would be working with them=2 0later!
After attending the UW for Medical School and UCSF for Anesthesia Residency where I was a chief resident, I joined PA in the beginning of 2008. I was astonished to discover how many nurses, anesthesiologists, and surgeons remembered my father. Some even remembered my mother from working with her in 1972! Dr. Wright, one of our delightful neurosurgeons, not only worked with my father for years, but also went to Medical School with him at the UW. (Dr. Wright was a bit of a prankster then, according to legend.) Additionally, I recently performed an anesthetic for a patient who remembered that it was my father who gave her a labor epidural 15 years ago!
I have the utmost respect and fondness for the nurses, techs, surgeons, and anesthesiologists with whom I have worked. I will miss them ver y much and wish them all nothing but the best.
I was raised in the Pacific Northwest, growing up on Mercer Island, and later attending the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma where I obtained bachelor's degrees in accounting and finance. I spent a short time in the business world before venturing forth to upstate New York to attend medical school at the University of Rochester. After a year of internal medicine training at Highland Hospital, also in Rochester, NY, I left the snow behind and returned home to the Seattle area for a residency in anesthesiology. It was there that I met my wife, then a University of Washington medical student who later went on to become an anesthesiologist as well. Immediately after finishing my residency in 2000, I began my career by joining the Everett Clinic Anesthesiologists and working at Providence Everett. I became very involved within the hospital at Providence Everett with a focus on improving patient care and patient safety in a cost effective manner. I served on innumerable committees, was the anesthesia department chairman for two terms, and helped open the Providence Pavilion for Women & Children with safe and comfortable anesthesia. In 2004 the Western Washington Anesthesiologists and the Everett Clinic Anesthesiologists merged to form Pacific Anesthesia in order for us to provide an even higher level of care to our patients. After dedicating the first decade of my career as an anesthesiologist caring to patients at Providence Everett, I am proud of the progress our group has made to ensure our patients and surgical partners receive the highest standard of anesthetic care. I am saddened that we will be leaving so many friends and colleagues in the perioperative and obstetric arena. I have very much enjoyed working with such wonderful people and I wish them all well in the future.
And now, it is time to move on.
I grew up in Southern California, graduating high school in Santa Barbara in 1988. I attended the University of California Santa Barbara, and then the University of Washington in Seattle where I obtained a B.S. in Pharmacy and then a doctorate in pharmacy. After a working as a clinical pharmacist at Harborview Medical Center, I returned to University of Washington to earn my M.D. degree. There I met my husband, who was a senior resident at Harborview at the time. I stayed on at UW to complete an internship in Internal Medicine and a residency in anesthesiology while he took a job with Everett Clinic Anesthesiology. Benjamin and I now have two children, ages 2 and 4. Ultimately, I became an attending anesthesiologist at Harborview Medical Center, and also worked in private practice at Northwest Hospital in Seattle. In 2008 I left Northwest Hospital and joined Pacific Anesthesia in Everett. Although I am relatively new to the anesthesiology department in Everett, I have very much enjoyed working with the surgeons, nurses, and staff that I have heard so much about from Benjamin over the years. In coming to Everett to work, I joined a number of long time friends and colleagues from my residency years that I like and respect. It has been an honor to work with such an excellent group of anesthesiologists. I will certainly miss you all as we leave Everett.
Everyone, it has been a short, but enjoyable run. Thank you and best wishes for the future.
Aditya is another East-Coast import who came to the Everett area due a great hospital environment and beautiful local surroundings. His ties to the Northwest began during his residence at UW. After a few years completing a fellowship and an attending position at the University of Pennsylvania he returned to the Northwest to work in Everett in 2005.
His time in Everett has been remarkable for the great friendships and colleagues that have made this hospital an enjoyable place to work. He hopes these friendships will last into the future and will find their different paths crossing again.


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Q: Model change detection ASP.NET code first migrations I have added
public IEnumerable<Comment> Comments { get; set; }

to a Model in an ASP.net MVC project. I ran the following to generate a migration in the package console
PM> Add-Migration AddCommentsToDevice

and the resulting migration did not pick up the change to the model
public partial class AddCommentsToDevice : DbMigration
{
    public override void Up()
    {
    }

    public override void Down()
    {
    }
}

Any tips on the syntax of the migrations or what causes detections?

A: You've added to little. You need to configure the relationship properly - the best with fluent api. Use this for navigation property:
public virtual ICollection<Comment> Comments { get; set; }

Important - always use ICollection, not IEnumerable for Navigation properties and make them virtual - thanks to this ef will be able to track changes.
Then in your DbContext you add following code:
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder.Entity<Model>().HasKey(x => x.Id);
        modelBuilder.Entity<Model>().HasMany(x => x.Comments);

        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
    }

I assumed that class related to Comments is named Model.


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