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Details of Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Revealed by Universal Orlando
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After recently finding out the official name of the long under-construction attraction at Islands of Adventure, which is Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure in case you've forgotten, this week also saw the release of more details of the ride.
The park released the above concept art for the ride, which mirrors the awesome aerials we've been following for months from Bioreconstruct on Twitter. The journey will take place in the forbidden forest outside of Hogwarts Castle, where riders will join Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class, and board enchanted motorbikes that look very similar to Hagrid's. Riders will be seated two across, one on the motorcycle and one in the side car.
The journey will be intended to safely show off all of the magical creatures in the forbidden forest, but of course not everything will go to plan during the roller coaster ride. Universal Orlando has confirmed that along the way you'll see Fluffy the three-headed dog, Cornish Pixies, Centaurs, and the Devil's Snare. There will also be a creature in the ride that's never been featured in the Harry Potter films, but it is being kept a secret for now.
Other facts released about the ride include the planting of 1,200 trees in the area of the ride to fully recreated the forbidden forest, that the ride will go both forward and backward, and that it will have a top speed of 50 miles per hour.
Check out the video embedded below for more about Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Islands of Adventure.

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Daniel Widlöcher (Paris,  – Paris, ) foi um professor de psiquiatria e psicanalista francês.

Biografia
Daniel Widlöcher foi psiquiatra, doutor em psicologia e psicanalista. Foi presidente da Associação Psicanalítica Internacional (em inglês: International Psychoanalytical Association) de 2001 a 2005. De 1953 a 1962, foi analisado por  Jacques Lacan, que ele critica em seguida por causa dos desvios técnicos  característicos deste analista. Alain Braconnier escreveu na biografia que consagrou a D. Widlöcher, "que sua vida se identifica à psicanálise, que ele gosta de definir como sendo ao mesmo tempo uma prática cultural e uma prática terapêutica, que não dá uma verdade  mas abre uma via". O biógrafo ajunta que Daniel Widlöcher "retoma assim, o ponto de vista de Daniel Lagache, salientando a importante influência que este psicanalista, professor de psicologia, exerceu sobre ele. Em 1964, ele adere à Association Psychanalytique de France, na qual  exerceu diversas funções, entre outras a de presidente.

Obras
 Le psychodrame chez l'enfant ( O psicodrama na criança ), PUF, Paris, 1962. Uma  nova edição foi publicada em Quadrige, 2003
 L'interprétation des dessins d'enfants ( A interpretação dos dezenhos das crianças ),Charles Dessart, Bruxelles,1965, ISBN 2-87-009005-6
 "Métapsychologie du sens" (Metapsicologia do sentido), Psychiatrie ouverte, 1986
 Com  Marie-Christine Hardy :"La dépression" ( A depressão ),  Hermann, Paris, 1989, ISBN 2-70-566099-2
 "Les psychotropes, une manière de penser le psychisme?''(Os psicotrópicos, uma maneira de pensar o psiquismo?), Les Empêcheurs De Penser En Rond, 1990, ISBN 2-90-860202-4
 "Traité de psychopathologie" ( Tratado de psicopatologia ), Grands traités, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1994
 (Com Pierre Fédida): "Actualité des modèles freudiens, langage, image, pensée" ( Atualidade dos modelos freudianos,linguagem, imagem, pensamento ), Monografias de psicopatologia, 1995
 "Logiques de la dépression" ( Lógicas da depressão ), Fayard, 1983 e 1995, (segunda edição)
 "Les Nouvelles cartes de  la psychanalyse" ( Novas cartas para a psicanálise ), Editions Odile Jacob, 1996, ISBN 2-73-810332-4
 (Com Alain Braconnier) : ''Psychanalyse et Psychothérapies'' ( Psicanálise e Psicoterapias), Médecine-Sciences, Flammarion, Paris,1996,ISBN 2-257-15537-8
 "Freud et le problème du changement"(Freud e o problema da mudança), P.U.F., 2001
 "Sexualité infantile et attachement" ( Sexualidade infantil e apego ), Petite bibliothèque de psychanalyse, 2001

Artigos
 L'hystérie dépossédée ( A histeria  desapossada),   em "L'idée de guérison, Nouvelle Revue de Psychanalyse", N°17, Gallimard, 1978
Intériorisation et processus thérapeutique ( Interiorisação e processo terapêutico),  em "La psyché, Nouvelle Revue de Psychanalyse", N°12, G allimard, 1975
 L'interprétation entre guillemets (A interpretação entre aspas)  em "Dire, Nouvelle Revue de Psychanalyse", N°23, Gallimard, 1981
 Intentionnalité et psychopathologie (Intencionalidade e psicopatologia), em Revue International de psychopathologie, n°10, 1993
 Entre la pensée et l'acte. De Freud à Wallon (Entre o pensamento e o ato. De Freud a Wallon), em "Enfance", t.47, n°1, 1993
 Emotional and psychopathological disturbances in HIV-infection (Distúrbios emocionais e psicopatológicos, in HIV-infecção), obra coletiva, Progr.Neuro-Psychopharmacol.& Biol.Psychiat. vol.17, 1993
 L'analyse cognitive du silence en psychanalyse. Quand les mots viennent à manquer ( Análise cognitiva do silêncio em psicanálise. Quando as palavras vêm a faltar), em "Revue Internationale de psychopathologie", n°12, 1993
 A propos de la croyance délirante" (A propósito da crença delirante), em "Revue Internationale de psychopathologie", n°14, 1994
 Deuil fini et deuil sans fin. A propos des effets de l'interprétation (Luto terminado e luto infinito. A propósito dos efeitos da interpretação), em Le Deuil, monographie de la Revue française de psychanalyse, PUF, 1994.
 Psychanalyse et science (Psicanálise e ciência), com a ccolaboração de N. Dantchefet, E. Rappard, Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale, 37-811-A30, 1994.
 A case is not a fact (Um caso não é um fato), em Int.J.Psycho-Anal, 1994.
 Psychanalyse de l'instant  (Psicanálise do instante),  em L'Inactuel, n°2, Emplois du temps, Calmann-Lévy, 1994.

Ver também
Sigmund Freud
Jacques Lacan
Didier Anzieu
Jean Laplanche
Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
Anna Freud
René Diatkine
Gérard Pommier

Ligações externas

Psicanalistas da França
Psiquiatras da França
Psicólogos da França

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Robertson, Thomas A. A Southwestern Utopia. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Ward Ritchie Press. 1964. 265 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, Alfred & Thomas C. Russell (ed). Life in California Before the Conquest. Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians, Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones, American & English Comerciantes, Puertos, Presidios, Castillos, Sailors & Backwoodsmen, Revoltions & Strife. Photo available. San Francisco. The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell. 1925. 104 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. Gilt top edge. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Limited edition of 250 copies, number 76. Signed "Thomas C. Russell". Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, Alfred. Life in California. A Historical Account of the Origin, Customs and Traditions of the Indians of Alta-California. Photo available. Oakland. Biobooks. 1947. 72 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Limited edition of 750 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, Alfred. Life in California. During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory. Comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Incidents, Observations, Etc. Photo available. San Francisco. William Doxey, Publisher. 1891. 284 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition thus. Important reference work. Rare. Fine copy.
Robinson, John V. Building the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. Photo available. Crockett. Carquinez Press. 2007. 128 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, John V. Spanning the Strait. Building the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge. Photo available. Crockett. Carquinez Press. 2004. 116 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, John W. Los Angeles in Civil War Days. Los Angeles Miscellany Eight. 8. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1977. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding map. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, John W. Southern California's First Railroad. The Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad. 1869-1873. Los Angeles Miscellany Ten. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1978. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, John W. The San Bernardinos; Signed by the author. The Mountain Country From Cajon Pass to Oak Glen. Two Centuries of Changing Use. Photo available. Arcadia. Big Santa Anita Historical Society. 1992. 256 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, John W. The San Jacintos. The Mountain Range from Banning to Borrego Valley. Photo available. Santa Ana. Santa Ana Historic Society. 1993. 252 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, John W. (ed). The Westerners Brand Book 22. Los Angeles Corral. 2002. Photo available. Los Angeles. The Westerners. 2004. 253 pps. 4to. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, Ray. American Original. A Life of Will Rogers. New York. Oxford University Press. 1996. 288 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, W.W. Bombs and Bribery. The Story of the McNamara and Darrow Trials Following the Dynamiting in 1910 of the Los Angeles Times Building. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1969. 52 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. Land in California. The Story of Mission Lands, Ranchos, Squatters, Mining Claims, Railroad Grants, Land Script, Homesteads. Photo available. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1948. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, W.W. Land Titles in Long Beach. A Calendar of Events That Made a City. Photo available. Los Angeles. Title Guarantee and Trust Company. 1935. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. Lawyers of Los Angeles. A History of The Los Angeles Bar Association and of The Bar of Los Angeles County. Photo available. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Bar Association. Ward Ritchey Press. 1959. 370 pps. Octavo. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in edge taped dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, W.W. Lawyers of Los Angeles. A History of The Los Angeles Bar Association and of The Bar of Los Angeles County. Photo available. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Bar Association. 1959. 370 pps. Octavo. Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, W.W. Los Angeles from the Days of the Pueblo. Together with a Guide to the Historic Old Plaza Area. Including the Pueblo de Los Angeles. State Historical Monument. Photo available. Menlo Park. California Historic Society. 1959. 97 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. Maps of Los Angeles. From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the End of the Boom of the Eighties. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1966. 89 pps. Folio. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Folding maps. Important reference work. "Map of the City of Los Angeles" in rear pocket. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. People Versus Lugo. Story of a Famous Los Angeles Murder Case and Its Amazon Aftermath. Photo available. Los Angeles. Dawson's Book Shop. 1962. 36 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 300 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. Ranchos Become Cities. Photo available. Pasadena. San Pasqual Press. 1939. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated by Irene Robinson. Important reference work. Fine copy (name covered on end paper).
Robinson, W.W. The Indians of Los Angeles. Story of the Liquidation of a People. Photo available. Los Angeles. Glen Dawson. 1952. 44 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Important reference work. Limited edition of 200 copies. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. The Key to Los Angeles. Photo available. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott. 1963. 128 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Robinson, W.W. The Story of Your Land. Signed by the author. Photo available. Los Angeles. Title Guarantee and Trust Company. nd. Octavo. Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Signed by the author. Fine copy.
Robinson, W.W. What They Say About Angels. Photo available. Pasadena. Val Trek Press. 1942. 88 pps. Octavo. Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated by James Hawkins. Fine copy in fine (scratch on front panel) dust jacket (in mylar).


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Graphite pencil portrait of Alyzza on A4 Daler Rowney Airbrush Bristol board.
Pencils: Various Mars Lumograph (6H to 8B), Faber Castell 9000 (6B to 8B), mechanical pencils 0.3mm/2B, 0.5mm/4B.
Blending: Blending stump from Royal Langnickel, cotton buds and paper tissues.
Erasing: WH Smith kneadable eraser, Jakar battery eraser, Tombow Mono Zero Ultra-fine eraser.
My sincere thanks go to Peter Dahlgren on Flickr for making his lovely photo of Alyzza, from which I made this drawing, available for derivative works via a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence.
When I saw this photo on Flickr several months ago I saw those eyes and thought that I must draw them sometime!
This is absolutely delightful. You've captured her image beautifully!
Thank you very much. I have this drawing hanging in my hallway.
Thank you very much, Nicoletta, and thank you very much for the fave and the 'Watch'.
All the art is beautiful and inspirational . Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much, Anusha, and thank you also for adding this drawing to your favourites and for the 'Watch'.
I hope one day I can achieve this level of detail. This is just stunning, I started teaching myself to draw last week, and this is an inspiration like nothing I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing these with us.
I am sure that you can. I am no innate artist. When I started drawing my pictures were laughable. Luckily I did not have the Internet so had only my own drawings to judge my improvement. Had I seen when I first started, as I did almost 3 years later by which time I had improved considerably, what others could achieve with a pencil it would probably have put me off drawing. This would have been a great pity as I have gained a great deal of pleasure from my hobby. If you are interested my First Year Journal tells of my artistic journey from its laughable beginnings to the time that I joined DeviantArt. My Scraps illustrates this journal.
I feel convinced that anyone could make drawings like the ones that I do. It just takes practice, patience and an eye for detail. Oh, and more practice!
Fantastic, very accurate, you don't need a photo camera!!
Thank you very much and thank you also for adding this to your favourites. Unfortunately someone else has to produce the photo from which I make my drawing. I have no imagination, or ability, to draw from scratch.
You 're very good at what you do!!
Thank you very much, Lisador. It is one of my own favourites and hangs in my hallway.
That is really amazing. You did a fantastic job. Congratulations!
Thank you very much, Marcelo, and thanks too for adding this to your favourites and also for the 'Watch'.
It's really well made and positive too.
Thank you very much, Johan, and thanks too for adding this to your favourites.
omg !ur words r really useful sir!!i too wondered about this camera related question!!aspiring to be like u someday!
It is not only, or sometimes even predominantly, the camera that can affect the quality of the picture that you upload. Certainly a 2 Megapixel camera should give a noticeably poorer picture quality than an 8 Megapixel one (all other things being equal), but neither camera will give a good picture if the drawing that you are photographing is unevenly illuminated. This I have noticed to be a problem on some of your pictures.
Another thing that can improve the photograph and make its appearance on the computer more closely resemble that of the drawing in life is adjustment of the histogram of the photo. I intend to cover this in the next of my tutorials.
Hi, I love your artwork.... I was just wondering, does a camera make much of a difference in reference to how a picture looks on a computer?
Yes, it certainly can. My inexpensive compact camera has 12 Mpixels for a 3x4 photo. I see that the Yifang and Samsung tablets that you have used are 1.9 and 3 Mpixels respectively. I have used a 2 Mpixel tablet camera for some WIP photos but would always use the higher resolution camera for uploads to my gallery. Apart from the lower resolution there is more chance of camera shake (no image stabilisation and the need to tap the screen to take the photo!).
Using my Lumix camera does not guarantee a perfect picture, however.
Even illumination is essential. I photograph in a room with large windows at either end and take care that no light can reflect directly back into the camera from graphite shine by holding a dark cloth (a navy blue cardigan!) behind the camera to block light from behind the camera. I use a tripod for the camera and an easel for the drawing to make things easier. I adjust the blinds and curtains on the windows to get even illumination, checking with a sheet of black paper in place of my drawing, viewed through the camera.
I found that if I use zoom so that the camera can be further from the drawing to reduce distortions, the image is not so sharp. So I use it without zoom and correct, using GIMP, for the barrel distortion that is introduced.
In spite of aligning the camera carefully there is always some amount of perspective distortion so I trim around the photo of my drawing to the correct aspect ratio of the paper then pull the photographed image back to this correct aspect ratio using the perspective tool in GIMP, trim off the edges of the drawing and adjust the histogram so that the tonal range matches that of my drawing. Adjusting the histogram allows me to correct for the grey cast that otherwise usually affects the photos.
I prepared a tutorial, but I was using a free program with far fewer facilities than GIMP (which is also free) at the time. I have not got round to updating it but I have put some updated notes in the description. Here is the link: Prepare a photo of a b/w drawing before submission.
Thank you, that explanation was Awesome!!!!!! I will most certainly try those methods, and hopefully my pictures with come out much better. Also, thank you for the link!!!!!
completely adorable! you did a great job!
Thank you very much, Gabriela.
Thank you very much, Maria, and thanks too for adding this to your favourites.
Wonderful! It looks like a photo plus your Works cheer me up!
Thank you very much, Valentina. It is nice to hear of their effect on you. Thank you, too, for adding this and three more of my portraits to your favourites.
You are welcome,i will always check your Gallery!
Excellent! The details and precision in her hair is wonderful! Great expression too.
Thank you very much, Ray. Of course the photographer, her father, caught the expression that I transcribed.
At a glance it looks like a photo! You've done a spectacular job. And your photo model is very adorable. What a cute face! I find the hair and eyes the most amazing. Those kinds of details aren't always easy to do, but you've made her really come to life.
Thank you very much, Sa. The hair of her fringe was surprising easy as it was relatively straight, or curved in one direction only. I was pleased with the glow in her eyes, achieved by drawing in the iris rays, blending, adding more rays, blending again and then adding the 'glow' by carefully lifting off some graphite with a kneadable eraser.
You're quite welcome. Either you are incredibly humble about the work that you do, or a man with skills of your caliber truly finds it easy. Either way, your work is quite impressive and I look forward to seeing more in the future.
I really appreciate you sharing your technique for the eyes. ^^ I never did get the hang of a kneaded eraser (I have one around here somewhere..), but it's always interesting to see the techniques different artists use to get their results.
What I meant by 'surprisingly easy' was that before I started the drawing, as is often the case, I was not exactly sure how I was going to tackle parts of it (in this case the hair) and it turned out to be not as difficult as I had feared. Most of my drawings are to some extent a journey into the unknown. I would have laid down the positions of the important crosses and overlaps of the hair and then drawn in the locks of hair around them. Again I would have used the kneadable eraser, this time to add highlights to the hair.
I find the kneadable eraser absolutely indispensable. Pinched into an edge it can be used to add highlights to hair. Pinched into a point it can be used to add texture to skin, and if you add light shading around the lightened spot on the side away from the light source, it will depict a raised spot. Again, when pinched to a point, it will clean up the highlight on the tip or bridge of the nose, which might otherwise look rather flat from blending around the nose. It can also be used to reduce the shading if I have gone in too dark!
It is my firm belief that anyone could reach a similar standard that I have reached with practice, patience and an eye for detail. I am no innate artist as my First Year Journal relates.
That's true, it does takes time and dedication to reach that level. I agree with you wholeheartedly that many others can reach that level if they apply themselves. It just takes longer for some than others. I know I've struggled at some times to reach a level that was far more attainable for other people around me. That happens, too.
Some tools and mediums are easier to come to different people, but no method should be taken lightly. I'm really grateful for you sharing some of your techniques with me. Thank you for that.
Artist, to me, means the same thing as 'creator'. You create traditional works and your work has much life in it. You do have a great eye for detail and you've honed your skill-set and use your tools with as much passion and pride as any artist can dream for. The fact that you improved so much with only self-study is, to me, a tribute to the greats who also came the same way before you. At least in our cases we don't have to pay or rob for a body to sketch. There's a perk to being born in the era we're in for artists.
Ahh, sorry. I tend to get on little tangents. In a nutshell, you're a wonderful fine artist and I'm very glad I stumbled across your work here. Your work will help other artists to aspire to greater heights and inspire them to try harder to improve--seeing as you did all of this on your own. It's really quite wonderful.
I very much appreciate the time that you have spent writing this. I enjoy what I do and am very gratified that others can gain pleasure from them too. I thank you for adding me to your watchlist and hope that I do not disappoint in future.
It's my pleasure. I look forward to your future works.
LOVE THE HAIR omg!! It look sooo real!!!
Thank you very much. It was actually much easier to draw than it looks.
Thank you very much and welcome to DeviantArt.
It took me a few seconds to realize that this is a drawing! Wow this is awesome!
Thank you very much, Arend, and thanks too for adding this to your favourites.


NewZNew (Chandigarh) : After a pathbreaking partnership for the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2015, ICC & Twitter are all set to introduce a range of new interactive experiences for the ICC World T20 in India.
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This #OnlyOnTwitter experience will be live for fans from the 13th-19th of March and from 29th March-4th April.
In addition to showcasing relevant Tweets during the game, ICC is giving cricket fans around the world a chance to make dreams come true in each of the 35 men's ICC World T20 matches and the 13 televised Women's World Twenty20 matches.
By Tweeting to @ICC with the hashtag #AskCaptain, Twitter users across the world can participate in the live post-match interviews where one Tweet containing a question will be picked up by the commentators and asked to the winning captain live on global TV.
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Chazz Korvex – March 4, 2018
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The aim of the study was to investigate the accuracy of ultrasound-derived estimated fetal weight (EFW) and to determine its impact on management and outcome of delivery.
In this single-center cohort analysis, women with a singleton term pregnancy in the beginning stages of labor were included. Women with immediately antepartum EFW (N = 492) were compared to women without ultrasound (N = 515).
EFW was correct (deviation from birth weight ≤ 10%) in 72.2% (355/492) of patients with fetal biometry; 19.7% (97/492) were underestimated, and 8.1% (40/492) were overestimated. Newborns with a lower birth weight were more frequently overestimated, and newborns with higher birth weight were more frequently underestimated. The mean difference between EFW and real birth weight was − 114.5 g (standard deviation ±313 g, 95% confidence interval 87.1–142.0). The rate of non-reassuring fetal heart tracing (9.8% vs. 1.9%, P < 0.001) and of caesarean delivery (9.1% vs. 5.0%, P = 0.013) was higher in women with EFW. Overestimation was associated with an increased risk for delivery by caesarean section (odds ratio 2.80; 95% confidence interval 1.2–6.5, P = 0.017). After adjustment, EFW remained associated with increased non-reassuring fetal heart tracing (odds ratio 4.73; 95% confidence interval 2.3–9.6) and caesarean delivery (odds ratio 1.86; 95% confidence interval 1.1–3.1). The incidence of perineal tears of grade 3/4, shoulder dystocia, postnatal depression and neonatal acidosis did not differ between groups.
Antepartum ultrasound-derived EFW does not improve maternal and fetal outcome and is therefore not recommended.
Usually, first presentation to the delivery room of pregnant women at term occurs with onset of regular contractions. Although ultrasound examination of the fetus during admission is not routinely recommended, it is a common practice in German hospitals. There may be various reasons for this approach. On the one hand it gives certain information about fetal position and placental location that may be of relevance for management of the delivery. Otherwise, especially residents can gain experience in performance of ultrasound. From own experience it can be stated that ultrasound-derived estimation of fetal weight (EFW) is nearly always part of such an examination. In that way, fetuses with suspicion of macrosomia will also be identified. Fetal macrosomia is a known risk factor for adverse obstetric outcome parameters, such as shoulder dystocia, failure of progression and third and fourth-degree perineal tears [1–3]. The performance of ultrasound-derived EFW at the beginning of birth is not part of the recommendations of the international guidelines. However, if fetal macrosomia is assumed, particularly > 4500 g and in combination with diabetes, a delivery by caesarean section should be considered to reduce the potential morbidity [4, 5]. Although there is only weak evidence for this approach, the determination of EFW could be of forensic relevance in cases of birth-related damage; subsequently, claims are continuously increasing in Germany and other countries . Consequently, knowledge of EFW could become legally relevant, and it could therefore influence the management of delivery and facilitate decisions in favor of a secondary caesarean section even if a vaginal delivery was initially intended. The aim of this study was to correlate the immediate antepartum ultrasound-derived EFW with the birth weight and to investigate if knowledge of EFW influences a) the management of delivery and b) maternal and fetal outcome parameters.
The study was performed at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Rostock between May 2012 and February 2013. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. A total of 1007 women with an uncomplicated singleton pregnancy and onset of regular contractions between 37 + 0 and 41 + 0 weeks of gestation were included. The exclusion criteria were premature onset of labor, multiple pregnancies, preterm membrane rupture, cervix dilatation > 5 cm, planned primary caesarean delivery, non-vertex presentation and suspected intrauterine growth restriction. The trial meets the criteria of a quasi-randomized design. The condition of the cervix in all the women was classified by a modified Bishop-Score . Mothers with a mature cervix (score > 12) were directly prepared for delivery without ultrasound (N = 492); otherwise (score ≤ 12), ultrasound with EFW was additionally performed (N = 515). All women progressed spontaneously to the active phase of the first stage of labor without pharmacological or mechanical techniques of cervical ripening. In all cases, delivery was within seven days after EFW.
EFW was calculated using fetal abdomen circumference, the length of the femur and the biparietal diameter according to the formula of Hadlock II . GE Logiq P6 (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) was used for sonographic examination. Residents had > 1 year of experience in ultrasound examination, and specialists had > 5 years of experience. Gestational age was calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period and was corrected by ultrasound if measurements of the crown-rump-length during the first trimester were different after more than 7 days. Intrapartum assessment was based on continuous fetal heart rate monitoring with a classification of heart rate patterns according to the FIGO-guidelines. The appraisal of cardiotocography and concomitant proceedings including fetal blood sampling, intrauterine resuscitation with β-mimetics or operative termination of pregnancy was decided by the specialist on duty. The following outcome parameters were registered: shoulder dystocia, third and fourth-degree perineal tears, neonatal depression (5'APGAR ≤7) and neonatal acidosis (umbilical arterial blood pH < 7.10 or base excess < − 10 mmol). Shoulder dystocia was assumed if a delayed development of the fetal shoulders required medical care by obstetric procedures.
All data were stored and analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistical package 23.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA) and Excel 2010 (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA). Descriptive statistics included mean and standard deviation (SD) for parametric as well as median and interquartile range (IQR) for non-parametric parameters. Frequency and relative percentage were used for categorical data. Testing for differences of continuous variables between groups was accomplished by the Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test as appropriate. Comparison of categorical variables between the groups was performed using the chi-square test or the Fisher's exact test. P values resulted from two-sided statistical tests, and values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. For the outcome parameters, caesarean section and non-reassuring fetal heart tracing odds ratios (ORs) were computed. Here, the logistic regression model was used to assess the independence of specific outcome parameters. In the multivariate model, the ORs were adjusted to maternal body mass index, nulliparity, gestational age at delivery, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, maternal age and birth weight. Correlations were computed using the Pearson's correlation coefficient. The 95% confidence interval (CI) was reported to demonstrate the reliability of the estimated parameters. The percentage difference between EFW and real birth weight was calculated by the following formula: relative difference % = [(EFW - birth weight) / birth weight] × 100. A relative difference ± 10% was regarded as correct.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were calculated for identification of hypertrophic and hypotrophic newborns by EFW and the areas under the curves (AUCs) were reported. The cut-off values were calculated for false positive rates of 5% and 10% and corresponding detection rate (DR) is given.
The baseline characteristics of the included women were generally well balanced between both groups with only little differences (Table 1). The proportion of nulliparous women was slightly, but significant higher in the EFW group (58.5% vs. 52.2%; P = 0.049). Women who obtained EFW had also a higher mean weight gain during pregnancy (mean difference 0.79 kg, P = 0.049). Although mean gestational age at delivery was higher in women with EFW (P = 0.006), the mean difference was only two days. Inhomogeneity was also observed for the frequency of hypertensive disorders with more cases in women with EFW. Only one patient with hypertension got a caesarean section after EFW.
Antepartum assumed EFW and real birth weight were well correlated with a Pearson's correlation coefficient of r = 0.778 and a coefficient of determination of R2 = 0.606 (Fig. 1). In the entire group, mean birth weight was underestimated by − 113.6 g ± 313 g (95% CI -141.3 to − 85.9; P < 0.001), which correlates to a mean relative difference of − 2.75% ± 8.8% (95% CI -3.5 to − 2.0; P < 0.001). The absolute estimation error (sum of all difference values/n) was 261.5 g. Of all EFW, 72.2% were evaluated exactly with an underestimation of 19.7% and an overestimation of 8.1%. The accuracy depended on birth weight with an increase in overestimation at a birth weight < 3000 g and an increase in underestimation at a birth weight ≥ 4000 g (Fig. 2). Best performance was achieved in the subgroup of newborns with a birth weight between 3000 and 3900 g and ultrasound performed by specialists (n = 151): mean difference − 86.6 g ± 275 g (95% CI -130.8 to − 42.5, P < 0.001) and mean relative difference − 2.30% ± 7.9% (95% CI -3.6 to − 1.0, P < 0.001). The accuracy was 79.5% in this subgroup (74.0% for residents, 76.6% all investigators, P = 0.251). The accuracy between residents and specialists was also not different in the total study population (69.1% vs. 75.6%, P = 0.129). However, in the subgroup of newborns with a birth weight > 4000 g, the specialists conducted significantly more correct measurements compared to the residents (73.0% vs. 45.2%, P = 0.022). Relative differences between EFW and neonatal birth weight were neither correlated to pregravid maternal body mass index, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, parity nor to gestational age at delivery (all P > 0.05).
DRs for hypertrophia (birth weight ≥ 4500 g) were 83.3%, 58.3% and 41.7% at an EFW cut-off-level of ≥4000 g, 4300 g and 4500 g with the corresponding FPRs of 7.9%, 1.4% and 0.4%. ROC-analysis resulted in an AUC of 0.92 (95% CI 0.81 to 1.00, P < 0.001). Calculated DRs were 83% at a FPR of 10% (EFW cut-off 3900 g) and 67% at a FPR of 5% (EFW cut-off 4100 g).
DRs for hypotrophia (birth weight ≤ 2500 g) were 60.9% and 47.8% at an EFW cut-off-level of ≤2700 g and 2500 g with the corresponding FPRs of 2.8% and 0.9%. The AUC was 0.97 (95% CI 0.94–1.00, P < 0.001). Calculated DRs were both 83% at a FPR of 5% (EFW cut-off 2760 g) and at a FPR of 10% (EFW cut-off 2900 g).
As shown in Table 2, women with antepartum EFW underwent caesarean section more frequently (9.1% vs. 5.0%, P = 0.013) with an adjusted OR of 1.86 (95% CI 1.1 to 3.1; Table 3). Among patients with caesarean delivery, we did not observe a difference in birth weight (3504 ± 667.9 g without and 3474 ± 671.9 g with EFW, P = 0.858). There were also no differences with respect to mean head circumference and maternal weight gain during pregnancy (data not shown). EFW did not differ between patients with and without caesarean delivery (P = 0.262).
However, the accuracy of EFW was different between both groups. In patients who underwent a caesarean section, the EFW was significantly more frequently overestimated (17.8% vs. 7.2%, P = 0.013) with an OR of 2.80 (95% CI 1.2–6.5, P = 0.017). The rate of caesarean section did not differ significantly between classes of birth weight, but there was a trend in higher numbers of hypo- and hypertrophic newborns (16.4% < 3000 g, 7.5% 3000–3999 g and 10.1% ≥4000 g; P = 0.065).
Interestingly, non-reassuring fetal heart tracing was more common in women with EFW in the entire study group (9.8% vs. 1.9%, P < 0.001; adjusted OR = 4.73, 95% CI 2.3–9.6, P < 0.001) and also if only patients who underwent caesarean delivery were considered (31.1% vs. 7.7%, P = 0.037). Frequency of non-reassuring fetal heart tracing did not differ between patients with and without overestimation of EFW (8.3% vs. 8.1%, P = 0.957).
Patients with known EFW revealed a trend to a higher frequency of failure to progress (5.7% vs. 3.3%, P = 0.069). A similar trend was observed if only patients with overestimation of EFW were considered (17.9% vs. 7.5%, P = 0.067; OR = 2.67 (95% CI 0.9–7.4, P = 0.061), but differences were restricted to nulliparous women (Table 3).
Although knowledge of EFW increased the rate of caesarean section, the short term fetal and maternal morbidity was not improved in this group (Table 2). The results were also not significant even if we compared a composite morbidity endpoint including all single outcome parameters (13.3% vs. 30.8%, P = 0.075).
In accordance with numerous other studies, our results confirmed that the ultrasound-derived EFW during labor at term is an appropriate diagnostic tool, with an average accuracy of 70% within a relative difference of ±10% to the real birth weight [9–13]. We also observed a systematic underestimation of fetal weight in the total population. The frequency of underestimation was highest in newborns with a birth weight > 4000 g. In this subgroup, only 58% were correctly estimated, and none were overestimated. Therefore, EFW at term is of limited value for identification of fetal macrosomia. In our study, the accuracy did not depend on the pregravid maternal body mass index. However, there were only five women with a body mass index ≥40 in our study cohort. Other studies demonstrated a decrease of accuracy when the body mass index increased [14–17]. Although accuracy was nearly the same between residents and specialists in the total study population, specialists had more correct results when only newborns with a birth weight > 4000 g were considered.
In a postpartum study Kehl et al. directly measured the two-dimensional biometric parameters head circumference, abdominal circumference and thigh length (instead of the ultrasound parameter femur length) on 419 term newborns and computed the best-fitting formula for calculation of birth weight by a forward regression analysis . Results were validated on validation group of further 209 newborns. With their new formulae a further increase of accuracy with avoidance of a systematic error was possible. They concluded that a good sonographic weight formula should have an accuracy of 80% within a discrepancy level of 10% with a SD of about 7% and without a systematic error. However the new formulae also revealed the problem of a general overestimation of birth weight in the lower weight range and an underestimation at the upper end of the range. Furthermore, as the authors circumvented the performance of ultrasound they did not consider the influence of measurement errors resulting from oligohydramnios, thick abdominal wall, deep pelvic head position and inaccuracy in measurement of the abdominal circumference. In a recent study Eggebø et al. demonstrated that it is possible to achieve the quality of fetal weight estimation postulated by Kehl and colleagues . In this study the ultrasound examination was performed on 419 women on day 290 of pregnancy. With an algorithm including gestational age the authors reported of an accuracy of 83% within 10% discrepancy, a SD of 7.6% and without a systematic error (mean difference between birth weight and FWF was -6 g). Even if these results were impressive, the detection rates for macrosomia and small for gestational age fetuses were only 54% and 49% on false positive rate of 5%. In comparison, sensitivity was not superior to our results (using the less accurate formula of Hadlock II) for detection of the cases of most clinical importance.
Consequently, EFW at term is not reliable for prediction of macrosomia and is therefore not recommended by several guidelines. Taking the international guidelines into account, the rate of caesarean delivery should not be higher if fetal weight was estimated immediately before delivery. However, in the present study, it was nearly doubled. The increase was independent of fetal weight, and it was not restricted to macrosomic fetuses. However, the overestimation of fetal weight was associated with an increased risk for caesarean delivery. In a retrospective cohort analysis, EFW was also associated with an increased risk for caesarean delivery (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.1–1.9) . Similar results were found in a recently published big cohort study of 64,030 women at term who attempted vaginal delivery . In this study the knowledge of EFW was significantly associated with an increased risk of caesarean delivery (adjusted OR 1.44 (95% CI 1.31–1.58, P < 0.001). In contrast to our results, several studies correlated the risk of caesarean delivery with an increase of the EFW > 3500 g [20–22]. Our data supported the study results of Blackwell et al., which showed that overestimation of fetal weight (in contrast to absolute weight estimation) was an independent risk factor for caesarean delivery (OR 4.8, 95% CI 1.5–15.2) . In a further retrospective cohort analysis, the overestimation of large gestational age fetuses was identified as a risk factor for caesarean delivery in newborns with birth weight between 2500 and 3499 g (OR 2.82, 95% CI 1.62–4.84, P < 0.01) as well as 3500–4500 g (OR 3.47, 95% CI 2.06–5.88, P < 0.01) . So there is rising evidence, that knowledge of EFW by itself is a risk factor for decision to a caesarean delivery.
In our study, the increase of the caesarean delivery rate was neither accompanied by a decrease of fetal nor maternal morbidity. In particular, no differences in shoulder dystocia and third and fourth degree perineal tears were observed. In a case-control study of 1938 women with antenatal EFW eight cases of shoulder dystocia were observed . In four cases dystocia occurred in women with EFW < 4000 g. Although fetal macrosomia is a known risk factor for the development of shoulder dystocia, 20–65% of all cases of shoulder dystocia occur in children with a birth weight below 4000 g . In a recent study by Peleg et al. on newborns with birth weight > 4000 g (238 non-diabetic low risk women with EFW ≥4000 g and 205 women with EFW < 4000 g), the risk of caesarean delivery was 9.0-times higher when macrosomia was correctly assumed, but there was no difference in the rate of shoulder dystocia . Overall, there is strong evidence that EFW increases the rate of caesarean delivery with no impact on the rate of shoulder dystocia [27–32].
In the EFW group, a non-reassuring fetal heart tracing was diagnosed more often, although we found no differences in short-term fetal outcome. This is a new observation that is difficult to explain. We hypothesize that the obstetricians were hypercritical when interpreting the fetal heart rate patterns, and they were seeking an indication to perform caesarean delivery following the overestimation of fetal weight.
The strengths of this study are its prospective, quasi-randomized design, which maintained mostly well balanced patient characteristics between both groups. The availability of outcome parameters allowed statements regarding not only the accuracy of EFW and its influence on the mode of delivery but also regarding the fetal and maternal morbidity.
A potential bias in our results may be founded by the different maturity of the cervix at inclusion. Several studies observed a correlation between cervical dilatation at admission and the risk of a caesarean section [33–37]. These studies compared patients with cervical dilatation of 0–3 cm to patients with dilatation of 4 to 10 cm. Earlier admission to delivery room was associated with an increased risk of a caesarean delivery. However, essential differences to our study are obvious. First, we included only patients during the latent phase of labor with cervical dilatation < 5 cm . Second, as even postulated in some of these studies, the observed increase of caesarean delivery was probably caused by physician intervention, e.g. augmentation of labor with oxytocin [34, 35, 37]. In contrast, in our study intervention for cervical ripening or labor augmentation was avoided during the latent phase of labor. At least, our observed differences between patients with and without EFW were confirmed by the increased risks for caesarean section in patients with overestimation of EFW. In this inner group comparison a bias related to criterions of inclusion can be clearly excluded.
However, it cannot be ruled out, that the differences of cervical maturity between our groups may have an influence on the frequency of caesarean section. Further limitations of our study are the limited patient numbers and the generally low number of outcome events. Hence, we presented a composite outcome. There were some additional imbalances between the groups in terms of parity, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, gestational age at delivery and the frequency of hypertensive disorders (which were generally low); therefore, we computed a logistic regression analysis by adjusting for these possible confounding variables.
Antepartum ultrasound derived EFW is, although widely used, of limited clinical benefit. Its accuracy substantially decreases in the detection of hypo- and hypertrophic fetuses. The overestimation of fetal weight correlates with an increased risk of caesarean delivery. Nevertheless, antepartum ultrasound-derived EFW does not improve maternal and fetal outcome and is therefore not recommended.
JS analyzed and interpreted the patient data and was a major contributor in drafting the manuscript. AP collected the raw data and also analyzed and interpreted them. MB made substantial contribution to conception and design of the study. ÄG was responsible for analysis and interpretation of data as well as conception and design of the study. BG interpreted data and was a major contributor in drafting the manuscript. All authors have been involved in revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and gave final approval of the version to be published.
The study protocol was approved by the IRB (ethics committee of the University of Rostock): Reg.-No.: A 2017–0148. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
JS reported of no conflict of interest. AP reported of no conflict of interest. MB reported of no conflict of interest. ÄG reported of no conflict of interest. BG reported of no conflict of interest.
Shoulder Dystocia [https://www.rcog.org.uk/globalassets/documents/guidelines/gtg_42.pdf]. Accessed 28 Apr 2018.


Being afraid of things going wrong, doesn't help them go right.
Después de algún tiempo, al amargado no le queda deseo alguno. No tiene voluntad ni de vivir, ni de morir. Éste es el problema.
If I can change the way you think, I can help you to incredibly success".
I come away from a gig thinking, 'Yeah, I'm worth something.' I can still do it and entertain people, and that's worth it.
I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here.
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.
It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.
The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides – only the heart truly binds.
Entrepreneurs are selected to be just doers, not thinkers, and doers do, they don't talk.
There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me.
There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking and saying 'What can I learn?.' That's a very different approach.
Once a man began thinking with his body, intelligent decisions came few and far between.
But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their specialized knowledge the few independent thinkers, that is to say the poets, who try to to keep civilization alive.
Some minds, at some point, discover that they can not make sense of their own predications without attention to grammar, although they do not ordinarily think of what they are doing as an exercise in grammar.
Sabía que mi madre tenía razón, pero eso no cambiaba mi manera de ser. La gente siempre cree que demostrando tener razón puede hacerte cambiar tu manera de pensar.
Many so-called disorders of the mind are simply disorders of thought.
Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented society, and doing nothing is hard to do. It's best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing is walking.
Thinking is the soul speaking to itself.


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California wildfires threaten millennia-old giant sequoias
in Climate Change — by Adria French — 22/09/2021
In this Aug. 24, 2020 photo, fire burns in the hollow of an old-growth redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
The ongoing wildfires in California are again threatening the state's millennia-old giant sequoia (also known as giant redwood) trees in central California. The most immediate danger is from the KNP Complex, a recent merging of the recently sparked Paradise Fire and Colony Fire, which has grown to 25,142 acres and is 0 percent contained.
The wild land blaze has already begun to burn into different groves of ancient sequoias with trees at least 200 feet tall and 2,000 years old, as reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
The fire was sparked by lightning late on September 9, and continues to expand into Sequoia National Park. It has gained 2,200 acres since Sunday after smoke at the northeast end of the fire dispersed Saturday, allowing airflow to increase and causing the blaze to spread.
Approximately 400 firefighters from the surrounding area local, state and federal agencies are fighting back the uncontrolled wildfire currently battering the precarious habitat for the giant sequoia.
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 71 large fires have burned 3,219,092 acres in 12 states so far this year. More than 17,000 fire personnel are assigned to fires mostly across the West. In California, nine fires have burned 1,883,805 acres this year.
Any loss of sequoia trees would be an environmental, as well as historical, tragedy. Many of them were beginning their growth contemporaneously with the flourishing of the Ancestral Puebloan culture and the building of their homes and villages among the cliffs at Mesa Verde, as can be seen at Mesa Verde National Park and other well-preserved villages in the US southwest (900-1350 AD).
Low-intensity wildfires have been beneficial to the giant sequoias for thousands of years, as the heat aids in opening their seed cones, allowing the seeds to drop onto the forest floor and germinate. High-intensity fires, however, brought on by drought, hotter temperatures induced by man-made climate change, and dead trees building up fuel on the forest floor from long-term fire suppression, have increased the threats to these ancient trees.
The KNP Complex encroached into a small area of the Giant Forest on Thursday in the Sequoia National Park area known as the Four Guardsmen. On Friday, firefighters managed to keep the slow-moving fire away from this world-renowned grove of giant sequoia trees where five of the largest trees in the world stand, including the tallest, the General Sherman Tree. When park staff became aware of the proximity of the fire to the Giant Forest, crews were dispatched to wrap the massive trees with fireproof aluminum blankets.
Hotshot crews were assessing the conditions on the ground on Monday to determine if conditions were stable enough for more crews to re-enter the area. Fire officials were unable to determine how severe the damage might be in these areas, which are located in rugged terrain and enclosed by smoke.
Other groves in the park, however, have yet to receive similar protection. According to the Mercury-News, a lack of federal funding, local concerns about smoke from controlled burns, and administrative procedures have knee-capped efforts to increase fire resiliency. In addition, California's drought from 2012 to 2016 killed millions of firs, incense cedars, pines and other conifers in the Southern Sierra Nevada, and those are now providing fuel for potentially catastrophic wildfires around many of the untreated sequoia groves.
Last year, the Castle Fire killed between 7,500 and 10,600 giant sequoias, an estimated 10 percent to 14 percent of all the sequoias in the world, mostly in Sequoia National Forest. At that time, 22 groves burned, about 10 of them severely.
Tim Borden, sequoia restoration and stewardship manager for the Save the Redwoods League, told the Mercury-News on Friday that he worries a similar event is now playing out this week. The Bay Area newspaper reported that not only are the two fires in Sequoia National Park threatening multiple groves, a third fire, the Windy Fire, has already severely damaged at least one giant sequoia.
The Windy Fire is blazing through the Tule River Indian Reservation and Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County, according to the Mercury-News. It is currently 25,191 acres in size and only 4 percent contained.
Oriole Lake Grove in Sequoia National Park and Peyrone North and South groves in the neighboring Sequoia National Forest, with trees up to 2,000 years old, were also burning according to a report by ABC News. Borden told the Bay Area News Group that "These groves are just as impressive and just as ecologically important to the forest. They just aren't as well known. My heart sinks when I think about it."
An evacuation warning is in place and people currently subject to the evacuation warning were urged to be prepared to leave the area if the warning is raised to an evacuation order.
Kings Canyon National Park remains open, but Sequoia National Park is closed to the public. Air quality has severely deteriorated in the area near Kings Canyon and in Three Rivers. Particulate matter numbers were in the hazardous range over the weekend. The smoke has traveled to communities farther away from the national parks and public lands and is causing hazardous air quality as far away as the Central Coast and the Bay Area as well.
Continued protection and mitigation measures for all sequoia groves within the fire area, including the Giant Forest Sequoia Grove are planned for the next few days. Structure protection planning and mitigation efforts for National Park infrastructure will also be taking place. Indirect dozer line construction on Cal Fire protection areas and the western park boundary are planned in order to provide for structure protection at risk in Three Rivers and the surrounding community, according to the Sequoia National Park Incident Information System.
Originally published by WSWS.org
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Author: Adria French


MARS 5th Annual Adoption on the Lawn is Sunday, September 9 from Noon to 5 pm!
Please join Black and Orange Cat Foundation for MARS Petcare's 5th Annual "Adoption on the Lawn" on Sunday, September 9 from noon to 5 pm. The event, which is held on the lawn in front of MARS at 5115 Fisher Road, will feature adoptable dogs and cats (just a note–Black and Orange does not do same day adoptions–all of their normal adoption policies will stand and no cats will be able to go home with adopters the day of the event), music, kids activities, product giveaways, and prizes.
The adoption event will feature 15 local shelters and rescues including several purebred dog rescues (Columbus Cocker Rescue, Ohio Pug Rescue, and Ohio Rottweiler Rescue). Additionally, there will be several cat groups (Cat Welfare, Cozy Cat Cottage, as well as B and O), and shelters that feature both dogs and cats (Citizens for Humane Action, Humane Society of Madison County, Humane Society of Clark County, New Beginnings Animal Shelter, Pets Without Parents, Powell Animal Welfare Society, and Stop the Suffering).
Canine Collective and His Hands Extended Sanctuary will also be among the Elite 15!
We hope you will come out and support MARS and the animals at this fun event.
Safe & Sound in Union County is Saturday, August 25 from 8 am to 1 pm at Bunsold Middle School in Marysville.
The Union County Sheriff's Office is hosting the third annual Safe & Sound in Union County, Community Safety Expo on Saturday, August 25 from 8 am to 1 pm at Bunsold Middle School, 14198 State Route 4, in Marysville.
Some of the other presentations you can attend include: Electrical Safety, Senior Safety, Farm Safety, and many, many more. There will also be a prescription medication drop, so take all your outdated medicines for disposal.
A Farm Bureau Farmers Care Breakfast will start at 8 am.
The Ohio Wildlife Center and Med Flight will also be present.
Is Summer Really Over Already? By Basil Sarantis, Who Does NOT Have to Go Back to Classes This Year (Hurrah!).
Going back to school can be a stressful time for both parents and children. To help relieve a bit of this stress, I wanted to give everyone some health-related back to school tips for their youngsters to keep them healthy and happy this coming school year.
1) Be sure your child is up to date on immunizations. Children are already very vulnerable to infection and disease and making sure your child has all the necessary immunizations is important to help protect not only them, but their classmates and teachers, as well. Parents should also communicate with the school nurse/office staff and make sure a copy of their child's immunization records are on file at the school.
2) Germ spreading prevention. Being in such close contact with other students, it is important to teach your child the importance of washing their hands regularly (or, at the minimum, using hand sanitizer), especially after they have used the restroom, have finished playing outside, or are going to eat. As parents, it is important to lead by example with this, because many children will respond much better when someone they look up to is doing the same things they should be doing. It is also important to stress to your children not to share food items like drinks or candy, and to not share other items like combs, brushes, and hats because this can lead to the spread of lice. Parents should also teach their children to cover their mouth with a tissue or sleeve when they are coughing or sneezing. Again, leading by example and reinforcement at home can help children get the message when it comes to germ-spreading prevention.
3) Eating healthy. It is important to teach your child about healthy eating habits. Many adolescents and teens who eat unhealthy are doing so because their parents have never taught them what healthy eating is. A high protein diet with fruits and vegetables and a limit on junk food is ideal, but not always realistic. If your child is a picky eater, consider using a children's multivitamin to help "fill in the gaps" when it comes to nutrition. Controlling your child's portion size is also a good way to help manage healthy eating.
4) Knowing when to stay home. If you do notice your child is sick, do not hesitate to keep them home, for their safety and the safety of others. A fever of > 100oF or a constant cough are good indicators of when to let your child rest and stay home for the day.
5) Animals in school. Animals and pets are a great way to teach children responsibility while still having fun. Again, it is very important to teach your child proper hand washing and hygiene while handling animals. Proper supervision by adults is also important when children are around pets. Read more HERE.
Hopefully, these tips will make the start of a new school year a more enjoyable and healthy one! Thanks for reading.
What Everyone Should Know About Shingles. By Our August Pharmacy Student, Basil Sarantis.
If you have had chicken pox before (or even if you haven't), please read!
Hello, everyone! My name is Basil Sarantis and I am a pharmacy student who will be here at Plain City Druggist for the month of August. Throughout the month, I will be writing some short blog posts on topics of my choice. With that being said, my first question to my new readers is, have you had chicken pox at any point in your life? If you have, then continue reading. If you have not, continue reading anyway and tell your friends and family about this blog (because they may have had chicken pox before).
So why am I asking about chicken pox? People who have had chicken pox before usually had the virus at a young age. Those suffering from chicken pox were miserable and itchy for about a week, and then they recovered. The thing is, the virus that causes chicken pox, called varicella-zoster, is still in those people's bodies, and will be forever, even though they may have no signs of chicken pox. Years to decades later, the same virus that causes chicken pox can cause shingles.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a skin rash that often is associated with blisters. Some other symptoms are pain, tingling, or numbness. The most serious long-term effect of shingles is something called post-herpetic neuralgia or PHN–simply put, severe nerve pain. This condition can last long after the rash caused by shingles disappears, and it can be extremely difficult to treat, greatly affecting a person's quality of life. Also, shingles is more likely to appear in people aged 50 or older, and is even more likely in patients who have a weakened immune system due to medications, cancer, or infections.
So what can you do to help prevent shingles? The answer is simple. Talk with your doctor about the shingles vaccine and see if it would be a reasonable option for you. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends the shingles vaccine for people 60 and older. The shingles vaccine has been proven to reduce the risk of developing shingles by about 50%. Those who did develop shingles even with having received the vaccine, experienced a more mild form of the disease and had much less pain, both short term and long term.
Unlike some vaccinations (like the flu-shot–which everyone should be getting this fall in time for flu season), the shingles vaccine requires a prescription from your doctor. The vaccine can then be given at almost any pharmacy–like right here at Plain City Druggist!
So in summary, if you have ever had the chicken pox (or even if you haven't), and you are 50 or older, talk with your doctor about the shingles vaccine. One conversation can prevent a lot of unnecessary pain and frustration for you and your family in the future. Remember, prevention is the best medicine.
To see a slideshow on Shingles on WebMD, go HERE.
Plain City Free Clinic Offers Healthcare for Those in Need. By Kelly Banker, Our Pharmacy Student Who is Gone, But NOT Forgotten!
The Plain City Free Clinic is a satellite office of Madison County Health Partners, offering free medical services to uninsured residents in the southern one-third of Union County and northern one-third of Madison County. The clinic offers free doctor's visits for routine medical conditions and provides referrals for laboratory services and other medical needs that can't be taken care of at the clinic. Patients from the clinic may be referred to providers who have agreed to provide services at reduced or no cost for medical needs, including women's health and mental health. The Plain City Free Clinic helps patients who qualify sign up for free medications through manufacturer's patient assistance programs and also provides vouchers through Plain City Druggist so that patients can get their medications at no cost to them. Additionally, the clinic offers spiritual guidance by offering interested patients the opportunity to meet with a prayer partner. The clinic does NOT provide controlled substances, including narcotics.
The intention of the Plain City Free Clinic is to help those who are making a sincere effort to help themselves and their families. In our current healthcare system, many patients are without health insurance due to inability to pay increasing premiums, inability to obtain full-time work, or they are employed by employers who do not offer medical insurance. A $5 donation per visit is suggested in order to control costs and as an acknowledgement of the importance of provided health services.
An initial phone interview will be conducted to verify that a potential patient qualifies. Qualifying income requirements are also available at the local library, 305 West Main Street in Plain City. If you (or someone you know) are in need of medical care or have questions about whether you qualify, please contact Charles and Zeta Holcombe at (614) 873-8600. You may also contact Jane with the Plain City Public Library at (614) 873-4912, Ext. 28.


SQL or Structured Query Language is a standard language used to to create, list, update, delete databases, tables, records. It provides this functionality with different type of commands. In this tutorial we will learn popular and useful SQL commands.
SQL language is very advanced language which provides large command set. The commands are categorized according to their usage. Here is types of SQL commands.
DDL – Database Definition Language is used to create,change,delete database, table.
DQL – Data Query Language is SELECt and similar query commands.
In SQL tables are created at the start and generally used for long times. But if we need to change like adding new column to table we need to use ALTER TABLE . In this example we will add a new column named Age to the table Person. Age column will hold data in integer type.
SQL provides logical operations like AND . We can use AND check multiple conditions if they are True . In this example we will check if 1=1 and a value is equal to b .
After SELECT we can rename the column name whatever we want. We will use AS after the column name. In this example we will rename the column Age as YAS .
In some cases we may need to make simple arithmetic calculations like average. We can calculate average value of given columns with AVG() function. In this example we will calculate average value of the Age column.
While printing records we can specify some conditions for a given value for a range. We can use BETWEEN to specify the column value should be between given values. In this example we will print rows where Age is between 18 and 25.
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We can simply count given column values. Attention this will not sum just COUNT . In this example we will count with Age column not sum.
What if we need to delete some record from table. We will use DELETE by providing the condition to select rows we want to delete. In this exmaple we will delete records those Age is equal to 20.
We can group results according to given column. In this exmaple we will group by according to Age .
HAVING can be used with aggregate functions where WHERE can not be used.
One of the most used operation on SQL databases is record or row insert simply adding record. We will use INSERT in to insert new data into table. In this example we will insert data Name , Surname , Age into table Person .
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There are different types of data. If the given value is not set it will be NULL . We can check whether given value is null with IS NULL . In this example we will find the records those Age not set properly.
If we want to filter according to a patterns we can use LIKE . In this example we will filter Name which starts with A .
When we run a generic query we may get a lot of record which will slow down database and fill the result pane. We can limit listed records wit LIMIT keyword by providing the record count we want to list. In this example we will list first 50 records.
We can select maximum value of the given column with MAX() function. In this example we will select the maximum Age from table Person .
We can select minimum value of the given column with MIN() function. In this example we will select the minimum Age from table Person .
SQL supports logic operations like OR . We can or two conditions where meeting one of them will make true. In this example we will list rows where Age is 20 or 30 .
We can order selected rows with ORDER BY . In this example we will order by Age column values.
Outer join is used to join multiple tables where there is not condition met. So every table on the left will be return and merge with right table. If column value not met NULL will be set for the given column.
We can round given column and values. In this example we will round Age column.
The most important is listing records. We will use SELECT which will print all columns with * or columns we provide. In this example we will select columns Name and Age .
We can select given column in a unique way. We will use columns Name .
We can sum given column values. In this example we will sum Age column.
We can update given row value with UPDATE . In this example we will update the Age of the record İsmail .
We need to generally specify some conditions about the operations . We can use WHERE in order to specify the condition with the helpers like LIKE , BETWEEN etc.
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Mike Azevedo is just a student, but we see him going places once he graduates and starts working for a company – I'm sure they'll grab him pretty soon. His fan-art is pretty swell. He's from Sao Paulo, Brazil.