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Atlanta creator and star Donald Glover wanted to separate the new season of his Emmy-winning FX comedy from its first outing, so he gave it a modified title: Atlanta Robbin' Season.
Season 2 will take place in Atlanta during the holiday season, a time when robberies spike as people have more money and need more money. Also, it's worth noting there's a song called "Robbin' Season" by Migos affiliate Shy Glizzy out of Washington, D.C. If you watched Season 1, you know what Atlanta did to bring "Bad and Boujee" into the culture. After a collective chuckle from the assembled critics, Glover added, "It's a good show". Earn Marks (Donald Glover) is a young manager trying to get his cousin's career off the ground. "Darius"(Lakeith Lee Stanfield) is Alfred's right-hand man and visionary.
"I think what's important with Season 2 is making sure that people understand how it feels to live in the city of Atlanta", story editor Stephen Glover told IndieWire last summer. Van (Zazie Beetz) is Earn's best friend and the mother of Earn's daughter. The two cousins Earn and Alfred, played by Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry, will continue navigating the Atlanta music scene to get ahead and help their families, Variety reports. "What are the things that will make people happy?"
"It's just like a very kind of tense and desperate time", he went on. That life is really there. "And yeah, that was the inspiration for Season 2", Glover said.
FX has set premiere dates for the highly anticipated return of Atlanta, as well as the final season of The Americans and the debut of the television version of the Getty kidnapping drama Trust. FX has also revealed something of a title change for the series. "Now EZ must carve out his new outlaw identity in a town where he once was the golden boy who had the American Dream within his grasp".
Fellow executive producer Stephen Glover explained the connection.


Norms, that is, obligations, prohibitions and permissions, are useful abstractions to facilitate coordination in open, heterogeneous multi-agent systems. We observe a lack of distributed architectures and non-centralised computational models for norms. We propose a model, viz., normative structures, to regulate the behaviour of autonomous agents taking part in simultaneous and possibly related activities within a multi-agent system. This artifact allows the propagation of normative positions (that is, the obligations, prohibitions and permissions associated to individual agents) as a consequence of agents' actions. Within a normative structure, conflicts may arise – one same action can be simultaneously forbidden and obliged/permitted. This is due to the concurrent and dynamic nature of agents' interactions in a multi-agent system. However, ensuring conflict freedom of normative structures at design time is computationally intractable, and thus real-time conflict resolution is required: our architecture support the distributed management of normative positions, including conflict detection and resolution.


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Have you ever seen giant chickens fighting? No, I hadn't either before my friends' hen do, where people took it in turns to don sumo chicken suits and battle it out in a plastic arena. Seldom have arms and hands been so ineffectual as when flapping around in giant plastic wings, or feet rendered so useless in giant hen's claws. Unable to see much out beyond the giant cockscomb dangling in their eyes, the fights became about simply who could push who the hardest.
I wouldn't normally mention such extra-curricular activities, but this one provided me with so much illustrative mirth coming, as it did, hot on the heels of my recent visit to a much more solemn affair. In June, I revisited my Northern roots at the York Festival of Ideas, where the ever-brilliant Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) were hosting a themed day of talks and discussions on the topic: "Economic Growth for the Many, Not the Few" – talking about the opportunities and battles which now await the UK economy post the biggest financial crisis in living history.
There are clearly some big questions to be answered here: Is capitalism to blame for the economic crisis? How do we ensure it doesn't happen again? Is it time for a new world order? If so, what should that be? How do we make the system more equitable? Is socialism the way forward? Should we be looking for a third way?
Now I'm no ornithologist, but it doesn't take much to see the current situation as one in which the banks and other financial institutions are flapping around like headless chickens blaming each other, crying "'fowl' play" and seeing who can trample on who to survive. At the risk of ruffling a few feathers I could go on…and I will!
The first discussion of the JRF themed day introduced 'academic cosmologist' Bob Swarup, author of Money Mania: Booms, Panics and Busts from Ancient Rome to the Great Meltdown. And Bob had some bad news for us all: financial crises are endemic and "efficient markets are a lie" he said. Constant change (boom & bust) is necessary, innate and inevitable. Apparently you can no more teach a chicken to fly long-distance than to get humans to step off this roller-coaster.
So far, so bad. But how so, you might ask? Why is this boom and bust cycle inevitable? Because money accentuates natural human biases, making us more prone to errors over money than in any other arena. This is one of the key findings from my field of economic psychology (like behavioural economics) over the last few decades.
But what errors and biases are these? Is it simply 'greed' at the heart of human folly over money? "Individuals and institutions are captured by the wondrous satisfaction from accruing wealth," asserted the economist J.K. Galbraith. Or, put another way, does our short-termist nature mean that we are doomed to setting up booms and busts as we chase short-term gain instead of looking at the longer term picture?
The problem is that money makes us go a little funny. We imbue it with many different psychological values which end up over-inflating its real price. So does 'human nature' mean financial crises are the cost of progress? After all, you've got to crack some eggs to make an omelette. They call it 'creative destruction'!
Arguing for capitalism, in the blue corner, we have "the rational optimist". This point of view holds that constant economic growth is an increasing good, that increased commercialisation (economic progress) should (and will) go on ad infinitum without causing the end of the world; so why worry? The market will come right in the end. In the blue corner, arguing against this, we have the likes of the Occupy Movement spitting feathers about the 1% versus the 99%, and arguing that booms don't benefit everyone, and inequality being the root of all our woes. A battle between these two polar opposites would indeed be like a giant sumo chicken fight – ineffectual and hard to tell if anyone can win.
But is there a third way? Recent figures have shown that productivity in the UK has slowed almost to a halt over the last few years. This has been called 'The UK's productivity puzzle', and the New Economics Foundation has recently asked whether it has hit an invisible ceiling? In fact, productivity growth has been slowing across the whole developing world at least over the last ten years or so. But before we panic that progress has unthinkably been stymied, NEF wonders instead whether we should be rethinking economic growth - not just in terms of ever-increasing GDP, but instead in terms of more meaningful goals, such as greater wellbeing for all?
This is also the thesis of Umair Haque, author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business, who reminds us that capitalism in its twentieth-century form under-estimated the costs of destruction while over-estimating the benefits of creation. This imbalanced equation of creative destruction could not continue indefinitely. The new order needs to value wellbeing over profit, and in order to be sustainable needs to create value which makes people, communities and society better off as well as making profit.
So what's the solution? I believe that these 'third way' concepts are ideas which have come of age. These are ideas which supersede the old behemoths of capitalism, communism, and GDP. Now all they need to do is prove themselves. Metaphorically speaking we need to throw them into the ring with the Anzu Wlyiei; because I hope and believe that these are quicker, nimbler, more agile fighters which will succeed in battering the giant chickens – more Bantam-weight than old-fashioned heavyweight.
Despite my beliefs, however, I'm not betting my shirt on it yet because, as they say: never count your chickens before they hatch, and definitely don't put all your eggs in one basket!


Gunner's Run Rescue, a No More Homeless Pets Network partner, saves dogs who are in danger of being killed in the shelter system, abandoned by their owners, or put down by breeders who don't want them anymore. The organization works closely with Elanna Bradley, Chester Illinois Animal Control officer, to save at-risk dogs.
Founder Tammi Craig started Gunner's Run Rescue six years ago when she lost two souls who were very close to her heart: her beloved grandmother and her dog, Gunner. She was depressed and wanted to do something with her grief. She first started fostering homeless pets, but she knew she had more to contribute, so she began her own dog rescue nonprofit, Gunner's Run Rescue.
Along the way, she's fostered a relationship with the local animal control near her home in rural Ruma, Illinois. A nurse by trade, she has empathy for the dogs who need medical attention.
It was New Year's Day when Tammi got the call from a lady about three dogs who needed a place to go. Two of them were healthy and would be adopted out quickly. But there was something terribly wrong with the third. Mia the Chihuahua mix was horribly emaciated. When Tammi asked about her condition, the lady replied, "Oh, she should be fine."
No, Mia was not fine. She was first diagnosed with a bladder infection, which led to more tests. The vet then discovered she had grape-sized gallstones. After surgery, her stones were analyzed and found to be 100 percent ammonia based, which indicated her liver wasn't filtering her blood. Mia had some serious medical issues. The veterinarian determined she would need another surgery to address complications with her liver.
As the costs mounted, Tammi turned to Best Friends to see if there were any resources available. Diane Young, regional specialist for the No More Homeless Pets Network, got the case and was determined to get this little girl all the help she could.
"After evaluation of the potential for successful surgery by our veterinarian," shares Diane, "Best Friends helped with a contribution to Mia's medical expenses. Meanwhile, Tammi and her group kept raising money and were able to raise most of the funds through their own efforts. This kind of collaboration, with groups that are working as hard as possible to meet their own unexpected medical expenses, helps all of us to reach our goal of No More Homeless Pets."
To prepare her for her lifesaving operation, Tammi was helping Mia further by providing her with a homemade, restricted diet and medication. She came through the procedure like a champ on Valentine's Day, but she wasn't out of the woods yet. Tammi continued to monitor her health closely.
Then one month later, Tammi took Mia back in for tests. Weighing a robust seven and a half pounds — a weight gain of three and a half pounds — Mia was looking much better. The biopsy of her liver confirmed there was no long-term damage and the doctors predict Mia will make a full recovery.
Tammi is thrilled to say the least: "I really felt that Mia deserves a chance at a great life. After all, she is the greatest little dog."
Find out ways you can support Gunner's Run Rescue. Mia is also available for adoption.
When you donate to Best Friends, you are helping homeless pets across the country get the extra help they need to get their second chance.


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SDU About SDU Faculties The Faculty of Engineering News Researchers are trying to get brains to merge with computers
Monkey brains to control homes of the future
Researchers are trying to get brains to merge with computers
Researchers are copying the brain activity of monkeys to create tomorrow's smart homes, where far into the future we will perhaps control everything from light and heat to the coffee machine using only the power of thought.
Think about a cup of coffee and the coffee machine starts brewing. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark are copying the thought patterns of monkeys in order to develop intelligent systems that could give the power of thought a whole new meaning. They are attempting to merge monkeys' brains with computers.
- Our far-into-the-future vision is that a severely handicapped person need only to think about drinking a cup of coffee, and an intelligent system carries out the whole complex of necessary actions, says Associate Professor Poramate Manoonpong from SDU Embodied Systems for Robotics and Learning and continues.
- The applications of such a technology are virtually limitless. In every situation where we would normally interact with our computers and robot through speech, touch interfaces, keyboards and mousses, we could instead just think of what we would like to have done or do, and the system would figure it out without us having to tell explicitly.
Poramate Manoonpong works in a field where brains and robots merge and become intelligent systems. He and his colleague, Assistant Professor Jørgen Christian Larsen, are part of the European research project Plan4Act: From Monkey Brain to Smart House Control, which has received 31.5 million DKK.
Robot researchers look closely into brain research
Robot researchers are closely following the latest developments in brain research to find out how they can best transfer the brain's fast and complex signals to robots or intelligent systems. And the latest news is that it is the brain activity that happens before an action which is most interesting.
- Before we make an action, the brain plans or simulates the action, and the action itself is undertaken further down the line by reflex. The aim of our research is to understand the prior brain activity and use that knowledge to control and improve units in the future's smart homes, explains Poramate Manoonpong and continues:
- Neurological studies have recently shown that mental simulation in animals is more widespread than we thought. Existing brain-machine interfaces do not take into account the brain activity that happens in that phase.
Electrodes fitted to monkey
At the German Primate Center in Goettingen, researchers have fitted electrodes to a monkey, which can transfer the monkey's brain activity to a computer. The monkey is trained to undertake different actions and receives a treat when it does so correctly.
Poramate Manoonpong´s and Jørgen Christian Larsen´s task in the international research project is to develop an intelligent embedded control system that translates the information from the monkey's brain into computer language for smart house control.
- In the research project we are five partners, and we have divided the tasks between the partners, so when researchers in Germany have recorded and analyzed the brain's activity, they send it to us, and then we have to convert the information into proper commands through our intelligent control system for controlling devices in a smart house in Spain, says Poramate Manoonpong.
Facts: The research project Plan4Act: From Monkey Brain to Smart House Control consists of: University of Goettingen and German Primate Center from Germany, University of Southern Denmark from Denmark, and Technical University of Madrid and TSB Company from Spain.

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Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, President of Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Lawyer Suing Facebook Doubts Meeting Between Israeli Ministers, Execs Will be Fruitful
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Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder of Shurat HaDin-The Israel Law Center, and who is suing Facebook for allowing incitement to terrorism on its social media site, has little faith that a recent meeting between Facebook executives and Israeli officials will actually result in sufficient action against online incitement.
By: Ruthie Blum/The Algemeiner
The head of the organization behind a billion-dollar lawsuit against Facebook for its alleged enabling of incitement to terrorism on its pages told The Algemeiner that she was "not impressed" by Monday's purportedly fruitful meeting between Israeli ministers and executives of the social-media giant.
"It is nothing more than the usual public-relations stunt," said attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner — founder of Shurat HaDin-The Israel Law Center, an NGO whose mission is to combat terrorism through lawfare — in reference to the get-together of a visiting Facebook delegation with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan to discuss methods for putting a stop to the incitement phenomenon. Following the meeting, all in attendance announced they would work together to fight the spread of hate-filled material that leads to physical violence.
"Even as they spoke, Facebook was proving a platform to terrorist incitement and recruitment," Darshan-Leitner said. "And all it would have to do to — if it so decided — is press a button and remove the content in question."
Nor is this the first time Facebook has agreed to cooperate with Israel in the effort to combat incitement, she added. "But all that happens as a result is some grandiose joint announcement, while the dangerous activity itself continues unabated on the site," she said.
Darshan-Leitner told The Algemeiner that it was not in Facebook's financial interest to eradicate the pages in question, which, she said, garner millions of likes, shares and comments — the platform's lifeblood and source of massive profits. "The Hamas online magazine, for example, has four million followers," she said.
"Until it is hit where it lives — in the pocket — Facebook won't cease enabling terrorism," she asserted, "which is why we are moving ahead with our class-action suit."
Darshan-Leitner said she was optimistic about winning, due to American anti-terrorism legislation.
She concluded by saying, "Now that Facebook has made the journey from Palo Alto to Jerusalem to talk about incitement, maybe it can take the next step and actually do something about it."
Darshan-Leitner began her legal battle against Facebook last October, at the height of the Palestinian "lone-wolf intifada," which had begun a month earlier.
Neither incitement nor anti-Semitism was "new in the Palestinian Authority or in Gaza. But, typically, [they have] been disseminated through sermons in mosques, teachings in schools, speeches in public squares and on TV. Today, [they are] being spread like wildfire through social media networks."
Regarding the claim that such networks can only react to incendiary material, rather than prevent it from popping up, Darshan-Leitner asserted then — and reiterated on Monday — that "it is ridiculous to say that Facebook cannot monitor these things. Notice its millions of algorithms that know exactly what you like to wear and eat, who your friends are, what music you're interested in, etc. How else do ads aimed specifically at you mysteriously appear in your feed and on the side of the page? If it's got algorithms for consumer purposes, it can have algorithms for other purposes, as well."
A few months ago, Israeli lawmakers drafted legislation that could force Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media platforms to remove incitement.
"There should be some measure of accountability for Internet companies regarding the illegal activities and content that is published through their services," Justice Minister Shaked said in June at the 6th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference in Tel Aviv.
In July, Erdan accused Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, of not doing enough to prevent incitement against Israel, and said the social network was "sabotaging" Israeli police work.
Throughout the surge in terrorism that began a year ago this month, many young Palestinians posted their intention to kill Israelis on Facebook before actually setting out to do so — and often succeeding.
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Authorities in Paris have taken the rare step of making public transport free for three days to reduce severe smog caused by unusually warm weather.
The French capital region and 30 other departments have been on maximum pollution alert for several days.
Landmark buildings like the Eiffel Tower were barely visible after a white fog settled over Paris.
The capital's air quality has been one of the worst on record, French environmental agencies say.
A lack of wind, combined with cold nights followed by unseasonably warm days, has contributed to the worsening conditions.
The smog has also affected neighbouring Belgium, where officials have reduced the maximum speed limit allowed on main roads. The southern Wallonia region said it had also decided to make buses, trains and underground trains free until the pollution emergency was over.
Experts say levels of smog recorded in Paris this week have been similar to those of Beijing in China, one of the world's most polluted cities.
As part of the emergency measures, commuters in Paris and neighbouring areas will not have to pay for public transport between Friday and Sunday.
Bike sharing services are also free, as are one-hour sessions for electric car shares, the Associated Press news agency reports.
French authorities appealed to drivers to leave their cars at home.
"I am asking all residents in Paris and neighbouring areas to favour the use of public transport," said Jean-Paul Huchon, the head of the the capital's transport authority.
He also warned that current pollution levels represented "significant risks" to people's health.
The elderly, children, asthmatics and people with heart problems have been advised to stay indoors to avoid potential breathing problems.
Environment minister Philippe Martin said air quality had now become "an emergency and priority for the government".
The country's northern and eastern regions have been particularly hit by toxic pollutants.
Several other French cities, including Reims, Rouen and Caen, announced they would follow Paris's example and make their public transport free over the weekend.


The warehouse will be closed on June 13, with staff informed of the decision yesterday, according to Wigan Today.
Impacted staff who work at the warehouse, which packages Sports Direct goods for nationwide distribution, have reportedly been offered roles at the retailer's primary distribution centre in Shirebrook.
It is understood that the upcoming warehouse closure comes as the result of a lease expiry, with one source telling The Guardian that Sports Direct had exercised the option to trigger an early exit of its 10-year lease on the property.
The closure of the warehouse, which is staffed by a combination of permanent employees and agency workers, was described by GMB regional secretary Paul McCarthy as "another body blow for the North West – caused by a company with a track record of putting profits before people".
Wigan MP Lisa Nandy said: "This is devastating news for hundreds of workers who now face an uncertain future. I have today written to the management of Sports Direct and I am in contact with the GMB trade union.
Sports Direct is considering making a cash offer for Debenhams in its latest attempt to gain control of the ailing business.
Sports Direct has piled further pressure on Debenhams by urging its shareholders to revolt against a £200m funding lifeline.


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U.S. Q3 GDP growth revised up to 2.9% on stronger consumer spending
Economic Indicators Nov 30, 2022 08:42AM ET
By Geoffrey Smith
Investing.com -- The U.S. economy grew faster than first thought in the summer, as strong consumer spending offset the drag from a rundown of corporate inventories.
Gross domestic product rose at an annualized pace of 2.9%, rather than the originally reported 2.6%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Wednesday. Economists had forecast a smaller upward revision of only 0.1 percentage point to 2.7%.
The BEA said real consumer spending, which rose an annualized 1.7%, was the biggest factor behind the revision, along with non-residential private investment. The figures also got a lift from a fall in imports, as U.S. retailers frantically dialed back their orders, having failed to see the looming slowdown caused by the highest inflation in 40 years.
Inflation was also slightly stronger than first reported in the three months of summer. The BEA said that price for core personal consumer expenditures - which more closely reflects the actual spending patterns of consumers than the headline consumer price index - was revised up to 4.6% from 4.5%.
The CPI had run at around twice that level during the summer, due not least to soaring energy prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. One way or another, high inflation forced Americans to run down the savings that they had accumulated during the pandemic at a much quicker rate than earlier in the year. The BEA said the savings rate - defined as savings as a percentage of disposable personal income - was only 2.8% in the third quarter.
The savings rate had spiked during the pandemic to an unheard-of 17%, before unwinding as the economy reopened and allowed consumers to spend forced savings. A year ago, it had still been at 9.1% of disposable income, but it has slowed sharply in each of the four quarters since then.
Greg Daco, chief economist with EY, tweeted that the figures showed the U.S. economy still "on a solid footing" in the third quarter, but with "increasing evidence of a slowdown (in) employment, softening consumer spending & more hesitant business investment" along with a well-documented plunge in housing activity.
"The turn of the year will prove very delicate," Daco added.
More up-to-date data released earlier Wednesday suggest that the slowdown has carried on into the fourth quarter. Payrolls processor ADP said private-sector job creation slowed to only 127,000 in the month through mid-November, barely half of October's figure. Mortgage applications, meanwhile, fell for the 12th week out of the last 13.
The Labor Department will release its monthly survey on Job Openings and Labor Turnover for October at 10:00 ET (15:00 GMT).
Hunt Richardson Nov 30, 2022 9:11AM ET
prices up, savings rate down, spending up because things cost more. what is the velocity of money now?


It was 6-2, 5-0 as I walked back to the baseline. All at once my eyes filled with tears. Not because I was about to win, but because I never thought that this, this circumstance right here, would ever be able to happen. I gathered myself together to finish the last game of my second collegiate tennis match. My first match was 5 years ago before every aspect of what I have ever known would be tested and tried. Dreams were left to die, and new ones formed.
I was walking through this beautiful train station in Nashville and began to think about the trains coming through.
What are they carrying? Where are they going?
In the Metropolitan area of New Jersey and New York, I mainly see commuter trains, but here it looks like lots of cargo trains.
The loud whistles rang in our ears as we walked through the briliant old station.
I realized we all have one strong commonality. As a train or a human being, we are a vessel. We are filled and going somewhere to drop off what is inside of us.
I think its super important to realize what our cargo is: Negativity? Gossip? Joy? Unity? Peace? Love? Hatred? Encouragement?
Whether we like it or not, we are going to drop off our cargo and leave each station either better or worse off than before.


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Watching the permutations of health insurance legislation and regulatory maneuvers by federal and state governments reminds me of my high school chemistry class. Mix a little of this with a bit of that may yield the expected result – but it may not. It could fizzle out or it may even create a dangerous outcome.
The Trump administration has been willing to try radical solutions and the news is filled with announcements which make knowledgeable participants in the system cringe with anticipation of what might be. Over the past two weeks, the administration has flipped twice on the availability of exchange risk sharing adjustments. This mechanism is so central to the existence of the exchanges, which are required to take all applicants, that their survival hangs on the balance.
The Federal government also stated that they may bar pharmacy rebates for Medicare patients. Another change which would dramatically impact and cause realignment of that segment of the market.
In another announcement, the government stated that Medicare would change the way doctors' services are reimbursed, proposing to pay a flat amount for all doctor services rather than varying payments based upon the complexity of the service provided. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), points to the potential administrative cost savings. Primary care doctors should be celebrating this announcement while specialists would have to be thinking about how they might realign their practice models.
Responding to the increase in individual responsibility for healthcare costs and in a furtherance to President Trump's healthcare vision, the House passed a new Health Savings Account (HSA) rule. If passed by the Senate and signed into law, this bill would allow limited first dollar coverage, onsite clinics, telemedicine, gym memberships and some over the counter costs to be paid from HSAs. Additionally, limits would soar to $6,550 (from today's $3,450) for individual coverage, and to $13,300 (from $6,900) for families, which is equal to the plans maximum allowable out-of-pocket costs. HSA eligibility would also be expanded to individuals enrolled in Medicare Part A and individuals enrolled in a bronze or silver plan. The plan would also allow – subject to limits – transfers between Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) and HSA plans.
These changes are potentially seismic. Yet, the market response has been fairly tame – perhaps even numb from the sheer magnitude of proposals. To me, the scary part of all this is that the experimentation is with real people with real life and death medical concerns and mistakes will take their toll on those that are adversely impacted.


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\title{\Huge ClearTK 2.0: Design Patterns for Machine Learning in UIMA\\[0.2ex]}

\author{Steven Bethard\inst{1}, Philip Ogren\inst{2}, Lee Becker\inst{2}}
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  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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\date[May. 29th, 2014]{May. 29th, 2014}

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    \begin{block}{Overview}
      \begin{itemize}
      \item ClearTK: machine learning in the UIMA framework

        \begin{itemize}
        \item Common interface to SVMlight, LIBLINEAR, OpenNLP MaxEnt, Mallet, \ldots
        \item Rich feature extraction library
        \item Evaluation of machine learning classifiers
        \item UIMA wrappers for Stanford CoreNLP, CLEAR Parser, \ldots
        \end{itemize}

      \bigskip
      \item Reflections on 5 years of code-base evolution:
        \begin{itemize}
        \item best practices for UIMA components that rely on machine learning
        \item design patterns for more robust and accessible NLP frameworks
        \end{itemize}
      \end{itemize}
    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Annotators should be conceptually simple}
      \begin{itemize}
      \item Annotators should focus on a \code{process} method that:
        \begin{itemize}
        \item Extracts annotations that were previously stored
        \item Uses these annotations in machine learning models
        \item Creates new annotations and adds them to the store
        \end{itemize}
      \bigskip
      \item Original ClearTK used callbacks, obfuscating flow:
\begin{lstlisting}
public class ClassifierAnnotator<T> implements InstanceConsumer<T> {
  public void process(JCas jCas) throws AnalysisEngineProcessException {
    this.annotationHandler.process(jCas, this);
  }
}
public class NamedEntityChunker implements AnnotationHandler<T> {
  public void process(JCas jCas, InstanceConsumer<T> consumer) {
    ...
  }
}
\end{lstlisting}
      \item Modern ClearTK leverages standard UIMA \code{process} method:
\begin{lstlisting}
public class NamedEntityChunker extends CleartkSequenceAnnotator<String> {
  ...
  public void process(JCas jCas) throws AnalysisEngineProcessException {
    for (Sentence sentence : JCasUtil.select(jCas, Sentence.class)) {
      // extract features for each token in the sentence
      List<Token> tokens = JCasUtil.selectCovered(jCas, Token.class, sentence);
      List<List<Feature>> featureLists = new ArrayList<>();
      for (Token token : tokens) {
        List<Feature> features = new ArrayList<>();
        features.addAll(this.extractor.extract(jCas, token));
        features.addAll(this.contextExtractor.extract(jCas, token));
        featureLists.add(features);
      }
      // during training, convert annotations from the CAS into BIO labels
      if (this.isTraining()) {
        List<NamedEntityMention> namedEntityMentions = JCasUtil.selectCovered(
            jCas, NamedEntityMention.class, sentence);
        List<String> outcomes = this.chunking.createOutcomes(
            jCas, tokens, namedEntityMentions);
        this.dataWriter.write(Instances.toInstances(outcomes, featureLists));
      }
      // during classification, convert BIO labels into annotations in the CAS
      else {
        List<String> outcomes = this.classifier.classify(featureLists);
        this.chunking.createChunks(jCas, tokens, outcomes);
      }
    }
  }
}
\end{lstlisting}
    \end{itemize}
    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Collection readers should be minimal}
      \begin{itemize}
              \item UIMA allows only a single \code{CollectionReader} per pipeline
              \item Original ClearTK provided CollectionReaders for each corpus
                      \begin{itemize}
                      \item Difficult to import from multiple corpora simultaneously
                      \item Difficult to parse annotations from corpora in parallel
                      \end{itemize}
              \item Modern ClearTK recommends:
                      \begin{itemize}
                      \item Use only the \code{URICollectionReader}
                      \item Implement file format parsing in \code{AnalysisEngine}s
                      \end{itemize}
      \end{itemize}
    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Code should be type system agnostic}
    \begin{itemize}
        \item ClearTK, DKPro, OpenNLP all define \code{Token}, etc. differently
        \item Good frameworks should work with any annotation types
    \bigskip
        \item In ClearTK:
        \begin{itemize}
            \item Machine learning framework is type system independent:
\begin{lstlisting}
this.classifier.classify(Arrays.asList(
    new Feature("text", annotation.getCoveredText(),
    new Feature("size", annotation.getCoveredText().length(),
));
\end{lstlisting}
            \item Experimental type system independent interfaces (\code{cleartk-clearnlp}):
\begin{lstlisting}
@Beta
public interface TokenOps<TOKEN_TYPE> {
  TOKEN_TYPE createToken(JCas jCas, int begin, int end);
  List<TOKEN_TYPE> selectTokens(JCas jCas, Annotation coveringAnnotation);
  String getPos(JCas jCas, TOKEN_TYPE token);
  ...
}
\end{lstlisting}
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}

    \end{block}

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    \begin{block}{Pipelines should look like pipelines}
        \begin{itemize}
            \item Should be easy to see what components are in a pipeline
            \item Original ClearTK evaluation broke pipeline into many pieces
\begin{lstlisting}
public interface CleartkPipelineProvider {
  public List<AnalysisEngine> getTrainingPipeline(String name);
  public void trainingPipelineComplete(String name, List<AnalysisEngine> engines);
  public void trainingComplete();
  public void train(String name, String... trainingArguments);
  ...
}
\end{lstlisting}
            \item Modern ClearTK evaluation makes it easy to see flow:
\begin{lstlisting}
public void train(CollectionReader collectionReader, File outputDirectory) {
  // assemble the training pipeline
  AggregateBuilder aggregate = new AggregateBuilder();
  aggregate.add(UriToDocumentTextAnnotator.getDescription());
  aggregate.add(MascGoldAnnotator.getDescription());
  aggregate.add(PosTaggerAnnotator.getDescription());
  aggregate.add(AnalysisEngineFactory.createEngineDescription(
      NamedEntityChunker.class,
      PARAM_IS_TRAINING, true,
      PARAM_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, outputDirectory,
      PARAM_DATA_WRITER_CLASS_NAME, MalletCrfStringOutcomeDataWriter.class));
  // run the pipeline over the training corpus
  SimplePipeline.runPipeline(
      collectionReader, aggregate.createAggregateDescription());
  // train a Mallet CRF model on the training data
  Train.main(outputDirectory);
}
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    \end{itemize}

    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Modules should match natural subsets}
            \begin{itemize}
                    \item Better module organization $\Rightarrow$ better dependency management
                    \item Organize around programmer needs not annotations or corpora
            \end{itemize}
            \bigskip
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                    \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\textbf{Original ClearTK Organization}}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Modern ClearTK Organization}}\\
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                    Machine          & chunker          & Machine          & ml\\
                    Learning         & ml               & Learning         & ml-opennlp-maxent \\
                                     & ml-grmm          &                  & ml-svmlight \\
                                     & ml-libsvm        &                  & ml-tksvmlight \\
                                     & ml-mallet        &                  & ml-liblinear \\
                                     & ml-opennlp-maxent &                 & ml-libsvm \\
                                     & ml-svmlight       &                 & ml-libsvm-tk\\
                                     &                           &                 & ml-mallet \\
                                     &                           &                 & ml-crfsuite \\
                                     &                           &                 & ml-weka \\
                    \cline{1-4}
                    Evaluation       & eval              & Evaluation      & eval \\
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                    Linguistic       & named-entity  & Type System & type-system \\
                    Phenomena            & semantic-roles & Dependent  & corpus \\
                                         & stanford-corenlp &                    & feature\\
                                        \cline{3-4}
                                         & syntax           & Wrappers & snowball \\
                                         & syntax-berkeley  &                    & opennlp-tools \\
                                         & syntax-dependency &                   & berkeleyparser\\
                                         & syntax-dependency-clear &             & clearnlp\\
                                         & syntax-dependency-malt &              & maltparser\\
                                         & syntax-opennlp &                      & stanford-corenlp\\
                                        \cline{3-4}
                                         & timeml         & Home-grown & token \\
                                         & token          & Components            & summarization\\
                                         &                        &                       & timeml \\
                                         &                        &                       & examples \\
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    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Users need help past the UIMA overhead}

            \begin{itemize}
                    \item New ClearTK users just want to extract features, train a classifier
                    \bigskip
                    \item UIMA's expects a developer to first:
                            \begin{itemize}
                                    \item declare a type system
                                    \item configure autogeneration of Java classes from the type system
                                    \item write code to import training data into the CAS
                                    \item manage parameters for annotator initialization
                                    \item instantiate the AnalysisEngine for execution
                                    \item \ldots
                            \end{itemize}
                    \bigskip
                    \item One successful ClearTK adoption model:
                            \begin{itemize}
                                    \item Have an expert create UIMA scaffold for a task
                                    \item Allow novices to implement feature extraction
                            \end{itemize}

            \end{itemize}
    \end{block}

    \begin{block}{Acknowledgments}
            \footnotesize
            This research was supported in part by the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) Program (90TR002) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and by Grant Number R01LM010090 from the National Library Of Medicine. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the National Library Of Medicine or the National Institutes of Health.
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Antares Fixed Income Investment Manager, Ken Hyman discusses the fund's positioning and gives his outlook for the economy in a low rate environment.
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Market participants can't be blamed for being fatigued midway through the month of March, as the last two weeks have brought with them elevated levels of volatility, centered on policy actions from the major central banks. The balance of the month should provide some sense of calm as market participants take stock in the events that have unfolded over the last few weeks, though the outsized moves in foreign exchange markets have left some bamboozled, and the potential for the realization overshooting may have occurred, is likely to keep participants on their toes.
The outcome of the FOMC meeting last week caught many participants off guard, as it had been expected heading into the meeting that if anything, the Fed was likely to acknowledge the optimistic progression in domestic data, and the tone of the statement would either be balanced, or carry a slightly hawkish slant to it. While the dot plot for the Fed's forecasted interest rate trajectory was revised lower to better align with what the market had expected prior to the meeting, in our opinion, the larger surprise was the Fed's focus on the concerns for the global economic outlook, and their acceptance on keeping monetary policy unchanged because of uncertainty abroad. Ultimately this can be chalked up to the challenges the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank have been having trying to stimulate their economies through unconventional monetary policy action; however, the Fed changing its tone from being 'domestically' data dependent to 'globally' data dependant has left Fed watchers bamboozled, adding to frustration from a long list of central banking misfires, and the resulting implications for foreign exchange markets.
It is easy as a 'Monday Morning Quarterback' to feel jaded at the FOMC's misfire last week, though in the Fed's mind it appears as if they are willing to overshoot domestically in the near-term in order to make sure the global economic recovery isn't at jeopardy of crash landing, and if they have to accept inflation running hot as a result, it seems as if the Fed is willing to accept that as a consequence. In addition, while we do feel this was a misfire by the Fed, much like Draghi's misfire the week before, we would caution market participants putting too much stock in the outcome of the Fed's interest rate statement. Namely, the frequent changes from hawkish to dovish (and vice versa) are becoming more common as the Fed tries to stickhandle monetary policy against the backdrop of a strengthening dollar. The dovish slant to last week's statement surprised investors and left many with the takeaway that if the Fed keeps overshooting their interest rate expectations, what is to say that the next summary of economic projections doesn't display an outlook for no further rate hikes, or essentially suggests additional easing. In our opinion last week's statement can be chalked up as language to arrest the greenback as opposed to signalling a path towards future easing, and ultimately reiterating our thesis that monetary policy divergence has not yet peaked. Both the ECB and FOMC meetings have done strong technical damage to the American buck, but for longer-term considerations it is suggested to note that these developments have only been able to handcuff further USD appreciation, and not reverse the rise experienced in 2014.
If we can then make the assumption that dovish delays in tightening can only arrest further greenback appreciation as opposed to reversing its course, the risk is that once the Fed decides to reverse its interest rate outlook, the pressure building from policy normalization could trigger another outsized move in the American dollar. We acknowledge it will be a tough uphill climb for the USD to repair the technical damage that has been witnessed in the last few weeks, and warn there may be further selling pressure on the greenback given market sentiment, but ultimately, the monetary policy divergence trade should rear its head again in the future, if only for now it is presumed to be in hibernation.
The persistent strengthening of the Canadian dollar shares many similarities to the decline that was witnessed at the beginning of this year, though in this case negative data is overlooked, while positive data is emphasized. Friday's retail sales numbers were indeed much better than had been forecast, but the headline reading only recouped the drop from December, while the core number came in well short of its own print. The consequence of the better than expected retail sales number, ignoring the softness inherent in the inflation reading, was for the Canadian dollar to push further and hit levels not seen since October of 2015. It was not until position squaring in oil prior to the weekend caused WTI to slide below $40 that the loonie weakened off, though the technical damage had already been done and like we have mentioned before, there hasn't been enough constructive price action for USDCAD to suggest we have seen a short-term bottom. Just because the loonie has seemingly reached the top floor, doesn't mean it can't remain overstretched until fundamentals (interest rates spreads) exert their force.
The release of the Federal Budget on Tuesday will be influential for price action on USDCAD, though initial trading in the loonie might be overwhelmed by the headline as opposed to the intricacies of the budget we would draw attention to. A larger than expected deficit may provide the loonie with a knee-jerk boost higher given the assumption a greater amount of government spending will act as stimulus and take pressure off the Bank of Canada to wield monetary policy weaponry as a defence against a prolonged slowdown; however, we have been less sanguine the actual numbers will corroborate such an outcome. The devil will be in the details, specifically, how much the government plans to spend on infrastructure as a means of fiscal stimulus, and if this will be raised from the initial campaign promises of $30bln over three years. We would caution that the campaign promises of infrastructure spending should already be well baked into market expectations, and if a bigger than expected deficit hits the tape because the Liberals underestimated royalty revenues and tax receipts due to the lingering nature of low commodity prices, we would suggest that this assessment of the Canadian economy is a net negative as opposed to government stimulus that will have a meaningful impact on the economy.


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Haitian capital in ruins
Sun Jan 17 2010 10:19:55 GMT+0000
Haiti government officials say more than 100,000 people may have been killed in the massive earthquake that struck the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday [AFP]
The Caribbean nation has issued urgent calls for help after the magnitude 7.0 quake flattened entire neighbourhoods in and around Port-au-Prince [Reuters]
Much of the infrastructure in the city has been destroyed and authorities say they are overwhelmed at the scale of the disaster [AFP]
Rescuers have been racing to search for survivors, recovering victims trapped under rubble and trying to provide basic medical care [AFP]
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The US also began evacuating its citizens to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in southern Cuba. There are some 45,000 Americans in Haiti [GALLO/GETTY]
An estimated 74,000 people live within a 10-km radius of the epicentre of the quake, about 15km west of Port-au-Prince [EPA]
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The Red Cross has issued an urgent appeal for aid saying its staff on the ground in Haiti have run out of medical supplies, as international aid begin to arrive [AFP]
The UN has released $10m in emergency funds, even as its mission headquarters in Port-au-Prince lies in ruins leaving 17 personnel dead and 150 workers still unaccounted for [GALLO/GETTY]


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Danger Found in Overly Experienced Surgeons
By Rachael Rettner 2013-05-30T09:04:20Z
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The most-experienced surgeons are not necessary the best surgeons, a new study from France suggests.
In the study, patients having thyroid surgery were at higher risk of complications if their operations were performed by a surgeon with either little experience or an abundance of it.
The safest care was provided by surgeons between the ages of 35 and 50, with five to 20 years' experience, the researchers said. Surgeries performed by this group were found to have the best outcomes.
The findings suggest surgeons cannot maintain their optimum performance simply by accumulating years of experience, the researchers said. Continuing to monitor surgeons throughout their careers, and providing retraining if necessary, may prevent their performance from slipping, the researchers said.
The study included only surgeons in the field of endocrinology, or hormone-producing glands. It was not clear whether the findings apply to doctors in other fields who perform different types of surgery.
Too little or too much experience
The researchers examined the outcomes of 3,574 thyroidectomies — surgeries that remove the thyroid gland from a patient's neck — performed over a year by 28 surgeons at five French hospitals. On average, the surgeons were 41 years old and had 10 years of experience.
Patients were assessed to see whether two major complications of thyroid surgery were still present six months after the operation: severe hoarseness and hypoparathyroidism, a condition in which the glands in the neck don't produce enough parathyroid hormone, which helps control calcium levels in the body. Low calcium levels can cause twitching and cramping.
Occurrence of both complications was quite rare, about 2 percent of all patients.
Surgeons with more than 20 years of experience were three times more likely to perform thyroid surgery that resulted in severe hoarseness , and seven times more likely to perform thyroid surgery that resulted in hypoparathyroidism, than were surgeons with five to 19 years of experience.
Surgeons with less than five years' experience were five times more likely to perform a surgery that resulted in hypoparathyroidism than were surgeons with five to 19 years' experience.
Decline in performance
More-practiced surgeons may experience a drop in performance from weariness, the researchers said.
In addition, the most-experienced surgeons may be saddled with more academic and administrative duties, which could "affect surgeons' attention in the operating room and jeopardize patient safety," the researchers said.
Failure to adopt new surgical techniques also might affect the performance of the experienced physicians. "Talent and experience are not enough to guarantee safe surgery if a surgeon does not possess the motivation and willingness to progress," the researchers said.
The study is published online today (Jan. 10) in the British Medical Journal.
Pass it on:Surgeons with five to 20 years of experience may provide the safest care, according to a French study.
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Wear a ColdCure® Wrap as much as possible to relieve your pain and swelling and protect your Achilles Tendon from further damage.
Avoid re-straining the injury as much as possible. Using KB Support Tape® will help with this. Resting your ankle is hard, but it is very important in the early stages of healing your Achilles Tendon injury.
Do this and your Achilles Tendon injury can truly heal - finally.
You don't have to wait. You can heal much more quickly with the right treatment. For an Achilles Tendon injury, blood flow is the most critical element in rapid recovery. Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy® (BFST®) gives your injured Achilles Tendon the blood flow it needs to heal quickly and completely.
BFST® brings oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to your injured Achilles Tendon - a requirement for the body to heal itself. Unfortunately, an injured Achilles Tendon at rest often has restricted blood flow, which in turn limits the body's ability to heal. Physical activity will promote blood flow but all too often it also results in small but frequent re-injury, which extends the healing time and greatly increases the amount of scar tissue that develops. With a King Brand® BFST® Achilles Wrap, blood flow can be stimulated in the injured area while you are at rest. With improved blood flow, and without physical activity and the risk of re-injury, you can recover from your Achilles Tendon injury at a surprisingly rapid rate.
I had severe pain in my achilles tendon with a lump in the center of the tendon. This went on for about 4 years until I finally went to my orthopedic doctor. I was diagnosed with severe tendenosis which is micro tears in the tendon. I had tried physical therapy with stretching, ultra sound and laser light. None of these helped for more than a day. The Doctor put me in a boot for 10 weeks to rest the tendon but it was not getting any better. Why? Because the blood flow was compromised and until that flow could be increased the tendon would not heal. I started researching options for tendonosis help and found King Brand. I ordered it and within 4 days of using it, 3X's a day on the tendon I began to feel a reduction in my pain. Now I have been using it almost two months and I have an 90% reduction in my pain. I can actually palpitate the tendon and feel little if any pain whereas before I could barely touch it and the lump of scar tissue is greatly reduced. Some days when I am walking I all of a sudden realize I am not experiencing any pain. I also had some mild tendonitis on my left achilles tendon so have started using it daily on that tendon and it is almost gone. The BFST does work, nothing else I had tried before getting their product worked. I would highly recommend trying their product.
BFST® devices help heal soft tissue injuries.
BFST® stimulates blood flow through the Achilles Tendon while you are at rest. This is very important because, while at rest, an unaided inflamed Achilles can otherwise have seriously impeded blood flow. It is the oxygen and nutrient-rich blood that enables the healing process, so adequate blood flow is required for the Achilles Tendon to heal properly and quickly.
Does it pulse or vibrate? BFST® treatments are very pleasant and relaxing. People often notice a slight tingling sensation and warmth deep within the treatment area as the BFST® starts the blood flowing at an increased rate. For optimal results, you should try to do one BFST® treatment every 4 hours. An ideal treatment regimen would be doing one treatment first thing in the morning, one in the afternoon, one in the evening, and the last treatment right before bed. This will ensure that you have a great start to your day, and lots of healing throughout the night when you rest. Blood flow is the most critical element in rapid recovery, which is why BFST® treatments are so important. Your BFST® treatments should always be pleasant and relaxing. At no point should they ever feel uncomfortable and painful. Will the BFST® Wrap fit me? When we say that it's a one size fits all, we mean it. The BFST® Achilles Wrap specifically targets the back of the ankle, but the length of the wrap is 16 inches to ensure that there's enough fabric to wrap around your ankle comfortably.
Almost as important as the promotion of blood flow is the reminder of your injury. This is what helps you move with care so you don't re-injure yourself and make your condition worse. And avoiding re-injury is fundamental to rapid recovery. That's why the BFST® Achilles Wrap is designed to be worn between treatments. After a treatment, simply unplug the device from the controller and tighten the wrap to your Achilles. This will act as a reminder of your injury, as well as provide your injured Achilles with light support and protection.
Achilles Tendon injuries are extremely painful and debilitating, causing us to reach for painkillers time and time again. Analgesics and NSAIDs such as ASA, acetaminophen or ibuprofen are often used to treat the pain but these drugs do nothing to heal the actual condition. In fact, analgesics and NSAIDs are known blood thinners and make the bleeding worse for fresh tissue injuries. Typical pain medications actually interfere with the healing process. Cortisone injections are used in extreme cases but these too are only intended to address the pain. They do not promote healing of the injury and they put you at a very high risk of further injury.
Painkillers only mask the pain. Without fail this causes people to overstress and re-strain the Achilles Tendon, making their condition worse. It is understandable that people need relief from the pain, so if you have to take painkillers, try to restrict them to times when you are off your feet. You can use painkillers to help you sleep. Using them when you are active is a recipe for permanent damage.
The ColdCure® Achilles Wrap from King Brand® is a safe, effective alternative to painkillers. The ColdCure® Wrap even works faster. While painkillers take 20 minutes to kick in, there's no waiting with ColdCure®. As soon as you apply the wrap to your Achilles you will experience the soothing relief as the cold absorbs the pain. They do an incredible job of relieving the pain and inflammation without the risks of painkillers.
If you are in pain don't wait! Amazing Customer Service online and on the phone! So far I have purchased an Achilles Ankle Neoprene Wrap with ColdCure Technology. I received it today on a Saturday! I am thrilled with how well the wrap feels and how fast the non-migrating gel packs get cold and stay cold! Also, how easily they slide and fit inside the wrap. Once one of the three gel packs gets warm all I do is swap it out for another from the fridge or freezer. I also ordered the Pre Cut Tape and am pleased with the ease of use and stability. I look forward to getting additional items to help me knowing that good quality is what I will get. So happy to have found a place that truly cares about helping the customer by answering their questions in a friendly manner and not pushing you to purchase products but suggesting items that may work together to help your injury, pain, swelling, to give you relief! Thankful!
For dealing with the swelling and pain associated with an Achilles Tendon injury, nothing works better than our cold compression wrap.
ColdCure® technology was developed specifically to address the need for a cold compression device that does not freeze the skin or underlying tissue. Our gel packs pose no threat of cold burns. This makes them much safer to use than other products that use ice, which can cause the skin to freeze, leading to permanent damage. ColdCure® gel packs are completely safe to use for extended treatment durations, meaning faster relief of pain and swelling. Our ColdCure® technology is a huge improvement on regular ice packs.
The ColdCure® Achilles Wrap comes with 3 swappable gel packs that contain our unique XC RigiGel® formula. Our gel is firm yet flexible, unlike other gel formulas that are mushy and watery. This means the gel holds its form and doesn't flow away from your Achilles Tendon. It won't move, even under heavy pressure for long periods of time. It always stays in place to relieve your pain and swelling. The gel packs are inserted inside the wrap one at a time, so you can have the other two charging in the freezer to keep your cold therapy going. Do your ColdCure® treatments in 20 minute intervals throughout the day, or as long as you need the relief.
When you're not doing BFST® or ColdCure® treatments, your fragile, healing tissue becomes vulnerable to further injury. You don't want to re-injure your already damaged tissue and make your Achilles Tendon Injury worse than it already is. Apply KB Support Tape™ to your Achilles Tendon between treatments with your BFST® and ColdCure® Wraps. This will provide your Achilles with ongoing support and protection throughout the day.
KB Support Tape™ provides your injured Achilles Tendon with targeted protection and support without getting in the way of your daily activities. It also provides lightweight, comfortable compression without restricting your movement.
KB Support Tape™ comes in 2 different styles: Pre-Cut Strips and a Continuous Roll. These styles also come in 4 different colors: Pink, Blue, Black & Beige. There's no functional difference between the colors, they just allow you to express your individual style.
The Pre-Cut Strips of KB Support Tape™ are ideal for people who want to use their tape on-the-go. Since they're already cut into ready-to-use strips, you can just apply and go! Each roll of Pre-Cut KB Support Tape™ contains 20 individual strips. Each Pre-Cut Strip is 2 inches wide and 10 inches long.
The Continuous Rolls of KB Support Tape™ are perfect for people who want a more customizable Tape. You can cut the Tape into a variety of different shapes and sizes to create a completely unique application for your Achilles Tendon Injury. Each box contains 1 Continuous Roll of KB Support Tape™ that is 2 inches wide and 16 feet long.
We encourage you to experiment with a variety of different applications for your Achilles Tendon Injury in order to find the one that works best for you. There are plenty of examples online. Remember to trust the pain and use it as a guide. If you feel pain in a specific area of your ankle, apply the Tape there.
What sets KB Support Tape™ apart from the rest? It's not athletic tape, it's medical tape. This means our Tape is manufactured to ISO 10993 standards, which ensures that our Tape is made from extremely safe, biocompatible materials. Our Tape is actually made from materials that are safer than most baby products, including toys, clothes and diapers. Don't let the big brand tapes fool you. Most of them are made from toxic materials, because there are no standards for athletic tape. Some big brand tape glues even contain carcinogenic ingredients. At King Brand®, your health and safety are of utmost importance, which is why KB Support Tape™ is manufactured to such high standards.
When you entered our site, an Achilles BFST® medical device, an Achilles ColdCure® medical device, and a roll of KB Support Tape™ were automatically put into your shopping cart. What's in your cart now are the three things you need to stop the pain and heal your Achilles Tendon injury. Your checkout cart also has FREE Express Shipping! This is a huge savings as our Express Shipping is regularly $20.
*The Rechargeable Battery Pack is specifically designed to work with your BFST® Achilles Wrap. Your BFST® Wrap comes with the components you need for treatments and to charge the Battery. For further information on whether a Battery Pack is suitable for your treatment schedule, please contact our Treatment Advisors by email or phone.
It's Better than anything else I've tried. I've been through physical therapy twice and I've tried different ice wraps and heating pads and boots. This has done me more good than anything else so far. It is the most painless thing I've ever experienced. The ice wraps are great, I always struggled with others keeping them on. If this makes me feel better, rest assured that I'm going to go to my doctor and let him know what I had gone through with the medical field and then I found this on the internet and it has been better than what he had tried to do.
Combination Therapy means using ColdCure® and BFST® in combination by alternating treatments, as well as using KB Support Tape™ between your treatments. Combination Therapy is much more effective than using just one product or the other. This is because you're getting the pain and swelling relief of ColdCure®, the healing benefits of BFST®, as well as the protection and re-injury prevention of KB Support Tape™, resulting in the absolute best treatment for your Achilles Tendon injury.
Do a ColdCure® treatment any time you experience a pain flare-up or after any physical activity to prevent further injury and reduce swelling and inflammation. Follow with another BFST® treatment 30-45 minutes after your ColdCure® treatment. This time will allow the blood flow and body temperature to regulate again. Refrain from using ColdCure® within the 4 hours following your 20 minute BFST® treatment. This will counteract the treatment. If necessary, use the ColdCure® Wrap for pain control, then follow up with another BFST® treatment.
Any time you're not doing a ColdCure® or BFST® treatment, wear KB Support Tape® on your Achilles. If you're taping and doing multiple BFST® treatments throughout the day, do your first BFST® treatment before the Tape is applied and your last treatment after the Tape has been removed at the end of the day.
For even more relief of pain and swelling, attach an Accessory Strap around the back of your ColdCure® Achilles Wrap. The Accessory Strap provides additional compression, which means maximum relief. It sticks anywhere on the surface of the wrap to target the exact location of your injury that much better.
The Accessory Strap is also ideal for achieving a perfect fit for your BFST® or ColdCure® Achilles Wrap, especially if you have a smaller ankle and need to cinch the wrap in.
BFST® Wraps are FDA Registered Class II medical devices. This means they were designed, manufactured and tested to very high standards of quality, safety and performance. Consumer grade products aren't. BFST® Wraps comply with hundreds of pages of regulations and standards that are in place to keep you safe and ensure effective treatments. Manufacturers of consumer grade products can't say the same.
The Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy® (BFST®) Wrap is designed to promote blood flow in injured tissue below the dermal (fat and skin) layer. Utilizing our proprietary Energy Web®, specially controlled and incredibly safe levels of EMR energy envelops the Achilles Tendon and stimulates blood flow in the soft tissue deep beneath the skin. The resulting stimulation brings oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the injured area, accelerating the healing process.
During your first treatments on Level 1, your Achilles Tendon and the area surrounding it will feel quite warm. This is because, at first, your circulation is poor. The more treatments you do, the less warming sensation you will feel. This is good. As the warmth lessens from treatment to treatment, this is an indication that the circulation in your Achilles is improving. Better circulation means blood flow all the time, not just during treatments. This is the goal. When you feel very little warmth during a treatment, it is time to move up to the next power level. Don't rush it though, more heat does not mean better treatment. In fact, less heat means better treatment, so take your time moving up in levels.
BFST® Wraps have far more benefits than heating pads. For one, BFST® Wraps actually work to heal soft tissue damage. BFST® penetrates deep below your skin to stimulate blood flow in the area of your injury. This increase in blood flow helps to heal your injury. All heating pads do is bring blood to the surface of your skin, making it hot to the touch. The difference is huge.
The Energy Web® of the BFST® Achilles device is enclosed in a soft, comfortable neoprene wrap. The wrap shapes the Energy Web® to mold around the entire Achilles Tendon area to ensure there is an even distribution of energy over the injury. The wrap is opened and closed using attached Velcro® straps that make it easy to adjust the fit. After treatment the straps can be gently tightened to provide your Achilles with snug support and protection. The electrical components disconnect easily from the wrap so you are free to move around your home when not receiving treatments.
Even once your pain is gone, your Achilles Tendon may only be 20% to 30% healed. The healing process takes much longer than most people realize. (You can click here for the full story.) The key thing to remember is that long after the pain stops, your Achilles Tendon is still healing. That's why you need to keep doing BFST® treatments. Do a BFST® treatment prior to any physical activity you do. This will warm up your circulatory system. If you want to heal completely, do regular BFST® treatments for several months after the pain is gone. You should also continue using KB Support Tape™ to help prevent re-injury.
ColdCure® Wraps are FDA Registered Class I medical devices. These medical grade cold compression wraps are designed for in-home use. Cold and compression applied to an Achilles Tendon injury immediately reduces the risk of further damage from excessive swelling. Doctors and Therapists agree that controlling swelling is a fundamental part of reducing the long-term, permanent damage that can result from a soft tissue injury. The ColdCure® Wrap exceeds all government and health agency regulatory requirements for cold therapy, specifically for use in treating soft tissue injuries.
32°F / 0°C, but then their temperature keeps rising quickly, instead of staying in the safe, effective zone of 32°F / 0°C. The XC Gel® danger zone is very small, but the benefits are huge.
Most people think that RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation - is the formula to follow when treating a soft tissue injury, but the proper solution is actually RCCE® - Rest, Cold, Compression & Elevation. You don't want to apply ice, you want to apply cold that is just above freezing. Yes, you want cold - and lots of it - but not so cold that it is below the freezing point of water. The truth is that ice can actually freeze your skin and numb your nerves, causing 'cold burns' and even permanent damage to your underlying tissue.
XC Gel® packs contain 3x more gel per lb than other products. This means maximum coverage of your Achilles. When stored in the freezer, XC Gel® packs have 10x more cooling power than other products. This means they stay cold longer so you won't have to swap the gel packs as often. It also means faster relief of your pain and swelling. Bigger packs with more gel inside, plus superior cooling power equals an overall better, more effective treatment.
ColdCure® Achilles gel packs are specially designed for the shape of the back of your ankle. They cover the entire Achilles Tendon and surrounding area, so your injury will receive an even distribution of cooling power. We don't just use one generic shaped gel pack with all of our products. Every part of the body is shaped differently, which is why every part of the body deserves a custom designed gel pack. Our gel packs are all specially designed for a specific part of the body, to ensure the best coverage and treatment possible. This product has 100% been designed to treat Achilles Tendon injuries.
Gel packs are notorious for having hot and cold spots. Our XC RigiGel® packs help to distribute the cold energy evenly throughout the pack. When cold pressure is applied to an injured Achilles, the gel starts to warm up in that specific spot faster than the rest of the pack. The cold energy is transferred from the cold spots to the warm spots much more effectively. This is a valuable improvement as your hot, swollen Achilles Tendon will receive the cooling power of the entire gel pack. The temperature-balancing power of this gel formula is unmatched.
XC Gel® packs have 2 different colored sides: a white side and a gold side. Both sides will give you all the same benefits that our high performance XC RigiGel® has to offer. XC Gel® packs can be inserted inside the wrap with the white side facing towards your Achilles or away from your Achilles since they're not side specific.
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FDA for us does not mean that we just fill out a form to become Registered. Our claims are quite significant, and because of these claims the government agencies visit for week-long inspections to ensure that the end user is always receiving the safest effective medical devices we can offer. With two different countries of regulators this means our products get twice the oversight, ensuring exceptional quality and performance.
It is not required but we are also ISO-13485 compliant. This enforces standards are established by the International Standards Organization for global manufacturers of medical devices. This means more on-site week long audits every year ensuring our quality and products meet strict international standards.
Note from KB WebMaster - The text below is primarily intended to assist with Google properly classifying this page content. To learn more about our products please visit our website.<br>Achilles tendon injuries plague many people. A bad achilles tendon injury causes achilles pain. There are many symptoms of achilles pain caused by achilles tendon injuries. Achilles tendon treatment will cause your achilles pain to improve and your achilles injury to heal. There's no doubt that to heal achilles tendon injuries quickly you need BFST treatments. Coldcure will help with achilles tendon pain. You can cure achilles tendon pain and an achilles tendon injury with BFST and ColdCure technology. Some achilles tendon injuries require surgery. This heals the injured achilles tendon but the pain in your achilles after surgery can be severe. The best achilles tendon treatment is BFST. The best achilles tendon pain treatment is coldcure. These wraps are incredible. They feel comfortable. They work. So, if you want to heal your injured achilles tendon quickly, you need BFST. If you want to treat achilles tendon pain you need ColdCure. Achilles tendon injury symptoms are achilles pain and swelling. A sore achilles tendon can be helped with achilles exercises although Achilles exercises won't cure all Achilles Tendon injuries. If you have an achilles tendon injury or achilles pain, you might have achilles tendonitis. These products are the most effective achilles tendon treatment devices available.


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