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WhyLabs Spins Out of the Allen Institute for AI to Build the Interface between Humans and AI Applications
Backed by Madrona Venture Group, Bezos Expeditions and Defy Partners, WhyLabs empowers AI builders to run models with certainty by offering tools previously only available to tech giants
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AI–Emerging from stealth today, WhyLabs announced the launch of a new platform that enables enterprises to realize the full potential of their AI applications.
The company also revealed $4 million in seed funding from Madrona Venture Group, Bezos Expeditions, Defy Partners, and Ascend VC. Incubated at the prestigious Allen Institute for AI, WhyLabs was founded by Amazon Machine Learning alums Alessya Visnjic, Sam Gracie, and Andy Dang, together with Maria Karaivanova, former executive and head of business development at Cloudflare.
In recent years, a flood of new AI technology solutions have brought the barrier for enterprise AI adoption to an all time low. However, tools that enable AI builders to operate their applications effectively and reliably are still lacking. A recent MIT-BCG study found that more than 3 out of 5 companies reported that their AI investments have not paid off. The WhyLabs team believes that to be successful, AI builders need solutions that optimize AI operations, prevent costly model failures, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration.
"In speaking with AI practitioners from hundreds of enterprises, I kept hearing the same pain-points again and again," said CEO and co-founder Alessya Visnjic. "AI applications are constantly failing due to data bias, concept drift, and hard-to-spot anomalies in model inputs. These are the same problems I used to deal with at Amazon, when I carried a pager to respond to model meltdowns. The WhyLabs Platform is designed to catch these sources of model-failure in real-time and at scale."
"Today's AI systems make weighty decisions regarding loans, security assessments, medical diagnoses, and more. Ensuring that these systems are transparent and auditable is critical," said Oren Etzioni, the CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and a professor in the Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington. "WhyLabs is building the essential missing piece of the AI tooling ecosystem that will help enterprises use this technology responsibly."
The WhyLabs Platform offers teams an intuitive interface for monitoring and analyzing their models that is easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to scale. To begin, a team simply installs a lean, open-source library, which seamlessly integrates with on-premise infrastructure and all major cloud services. Upon installation, the WhyLabs user interface immediately starts surfacing the right insights to the right team members—insights that can be easily shared and used for collaboration. Using highly efficient algorithms, the platform is designed to run at terabyte-scale with a low compute footprint.
"At Zulily, we rely on advanced data and machine learning methods to connect every area of our global e-commerce business, from forecasting to personalization. We need tools that enable our machine learning team to ensure AI models help inform seamless experiences for customers and achieve business objectives when running at a very high scale," said Olly Downs, VP of Martech, Data and Machine Learning at global online retailer Zulily. "WhyLabs' monitoring solution takes a practical and elegant approach to monitoring the input and output data, statistics and behavior of models in flight at scale, filling the gap between software and machine learning model operations."
"The WhyLabs team are practitioners building for practitioners. From their time at Amazon, they recognized that the tools used to monitor software at scale are not applicable to running AI models – there is a clear need for specialized tools to operate these models responsibly at scale. The WhyLabs platform brings cross-platform transparency to this challenge for the data scientists, engineers and business leaders depending on these models to build trust with customers and deliver financial results," said Tim Porter, Managing Director at Madrona, "We are excited to back this great founding team that knows how to build solutions at scale inside cutting-edge companies."
AI practitioners can experience the product via an interactive demo on the company's website: whylabs.ai.
About WhyLabs
WhyLabs is on a mission to build the interface between humans and AI applications. As teams across industries adopt AI, WhyLabs enables them to operate with certainty by streamlining model monitoring, preventing costly model failures, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration. Incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, WhyLabs is a privately-held, venture-funded company based in Seattle. The company was founded by Amazon Machine Learning alums Alessya Visnjic, Sam Gracie, and Andy Dang, together with Maria Karaivanova, former Cloudflare executive and principal at Madrona Venture Group. Use WhyLabs to supercharge your AI teams, available now at whylabs.ai.
For media inquiries, email press@whylabs.ai
Erika Shaffer, erika@Madrona.com for WhyLabs


What advice to people wanting to experience the Logical Thinking Process Training Course?
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What is Negative Branch Reservation?
Did you experience this utmost frustration when having implemented a solution or countermeasure to a problem, a new issue arises brought up by this fix? This is what Negative Branch Reservation (NBR) intents to prevent. Negative Branch Reservation is a robustness test usually associated with a Future Reality Tree (FRT). It checks what could go … Continue reading What is Negative Branch Reservation?
How deep should a Goal Tree go?
When breaking down the Goal into Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and Necessary Conditions (NCs), the question soon arises: how deep should we dig to build the Goal Tree? There is no general answer to this question except: as deep as necessary to serve your purpose and as deep as necessary for you to feel comfortable … Continue reading How deep should a Goal Tree go?


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Miedzianka (niem. Kupferberg) – dawne miasto, obecnie wieś w Polsce położona w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie karkonoskim, w gminie Janowice Wielkie, w Rudawach Janowickich, w Sudetach Zachodnich. Dawny ośrodek górnictwa rud miedzi, srebra, cynku i uranu.

W latach 1519–1945 miała prawa miejskie. Miasto powstało, rozwinęło się i zostało zrujnowane przez górnictwo.

W latach 1975–1998 w województwie jeleniogórskim.

Położenie
Wieś położona jest na północno-zachodnich stokach wzgórza Miedziana Góra, pomiędzy przełomowym odcinkiem doliny Bobru, a doliną Miedzianego Potoku. Otoczenie wsi stanowią w znacznej mierze użytki rolne, obecnie w większości leżące odłogiem. Wieś w całości znajduje się na terenie Rudawskiego Parku Krajobrazowego. Teren ten należy do wschodniej okrywy granitu karkonoskiego (blok karkonosko-izerski), którą tworzą skały metamorficzne wieku palozoicznego: łupki kwarcowo-skaleniowe, fyllity grafitwo-serycytowe, amfibolity i zieleńce.

Położona jest na wysokości 470–530 m n.p.m. Dziś jest to zaledwie kilka domów otoczonych licznymi hałdami i wyrobiskami, pozostałością po pracach górniczych o 700-letniej historii, oraz ruinami jednego z piękniejszych Śląskich miast. Przed rokiem 1945  nosiła nazwę Kupferberg, wcześniej Coppferberge i Kopferberg. W roku 1613 śląski regionalista i historyk Mikołaj Henel z Prudnika wymienił miejscowość w swoim dziele o geografii Śląska pt. Silesiographia podając jej łacińską nazwę: Cupferberga.

Historia

Odkrywcą złóż rud metali w 1156 był Laurentius Angelus, fakt ten jest jednak wątpliwy, gdyż sama postać odkrywcy jest bardzo legendarna. Pierwszą pewną wzmianką o Miedziance jest zapiska w kronice znanego historyka, proboszcza katolickiej parafii w Miedziance, Johannesa Kaufmanna (po przejściu w stan spoczynku był on zatrudniony w bibliotece Grafa Schaffgotscha w Cieplicach), który mówi, że przed 1311 panem ziem późniejszej Miedzianki był Conrad Bavarus (w przewodnikach podaje się, że pierwszym właścicielem Miedzianki był Albert Bavarus (1311 r.), Albert był drugim właścicielem Miedzianki). Kilkadziesiąt lat później w okolicy wydobywano srebro.

W XV wieku uruchomiono w Miedziance browar.

W 1512 Miedziankę kupił Hans (Viggoer) Dippold von Burghaus i zainwestował w górnictwo miedzi, co po kilku latach zwróciło się i pozwoliło odbudować, zniszczony podczas wojen husyckich, Zamek Bolczów. W 1519 król czeski Ludwik Jagiellończyk, na prośbę Burghausa, nadał Miedziance prawa miasta górniczego. W latach 20. XVI wieku w Miedziance istniało około 160 szybów i sztolni. Kolejnym właścicielem był Justus Decjusz (Jost Ludwig Dietz) – sekretarz króla Zygmunta Starego. Decjusz był osobą z dużym doświadczeniem górniczym – wydał w 1539 w Krakowie specjalny ordunek (statut) górniczy dla Miedzianki. Jednak eksploatowane złoża były na wyczerpaniu. Gdy kopalnie Miedzianki zaprzestały wydobycia, kolejni właściciele Miedzianki, Hans i Franz Hellmannowie, uzyskawszy koncesję na produkcję witriolu, zbudowali w dolinie Hutniczego Potoku specjalne ługownie, w których przepłukiwali materiał ze starych hałd znajdujących się w okolicy. Hellmannowie w 1553 byli liderami w produkcji witriolu w całym cesarstwie austriackim. Koniec wieku XVI był początkiem całkowitego upadku górnictwa w Miedziance. Przyczyniła się do niego wojna 30-letnia i zaraza.

Po wojnie miasto odżyło. Mieszkańcy utrzymywali się z tkactwa i innych zajęć niezwiązanych z górnictwem. Dopiero pod koniec XVII wieku wznowiono wydobycie w kilku kopalniach. Na początku XVIII wieku miasto szybko się rozwijało, powstał urząd górniczy i zaczęto na szeroką skalę eksploatację starych i drążenie nowych chodników. Jednak wkrótce uwagę skierowano na odkrycie Jagwitzów – bogate złoża wzdłuż Bobru w stronę Ciechanowic. Jednak miedź w tych kopalniach szybko się wyczerpała. Syn Jagwitza odkrył w okolicy złoża kobaltu – cenionego w przemyśle farbiarskim. Z tej okazji w roku 1766 w Miedziance przebywał Fryderyk II. W 1811 Miedzianka ponownie otrzymała prawa miejskie.

Początek wieku XIX był początkiem upadku górnictwa. W kopalniach gwałtownie spadało wydobycie (znane złoża wyczerpywały się). Ostatni szyb wydobywczy został definitywnie zamknięty w 1925, choć już w 1883 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego podaje, że "górnictwo zarzucone". W tym czasie należała, wraz z Janowicami do hrabiów Stolberg-Wernigerode, a administracyjnie była położona w ówczesnym powiecie szunowskim (Landkreis Schönau). Od połowy wieku XIX Miedzianka zaczęła funkcjonować jako miejscowość wypoczynkowo-turystyczna. Jej położenie, klimat i sława w Prusach sprawiały, że Miedzianka stała się celem wielu wczasowiczów. Sławę miastu przynosiło też "Złoto z Miedzianki", czyli piwo produkowane w miejscowym browarze.

W 1945 miejscowość weszła w skład Polski i otrzymała obecną nazwę. Dotychczasową ludność wysiedlono do Niemiec, a administracja polska zdegradowała Miedziankę do rangi wsi. Po 1945 złożami rud uranu w okolicy Miedzianki zainteresowała się Armia Czerwona. W latach 1945–1954 w miejscowej kopalni, ukrytej pod kryptonimem Zakłady Przemysłowe R-1, wydobyto 600 ton rud uranu, w całości odesłanej do Związku Radzieckiego.

Rabunkowy sposób prowadzenia prac doprowadził do znaczących szkód górniczych na terenie Miedzianki. Pomimo 450-letniej historii miasta, jego walorów architektonicznych i krajobrazowych, podjęta została decyzja o całkowitej likwidacji osady. W 1967 żołnierze wysadzili w powietrze kościół ewangelicki, wkrótce wprowadzono zakaz remontu domów. W 1972 reszta ludności Miedzianki została ostatecznie przesiedlona do Jeleniej Góry, a większość pozostałości miasta wyburzono. Po zwartym rynku pozostała tylko jedna kamienica dawnej gospody "Schwarzer Adler" z kabaretem. Zachował się także kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela z lat 1824–41.

Po 1989 miejscowość zaczęła się odradzać. Wielką popularność przyniosła jej opublikowana w 2011 reporterska książka Filipa Springera Miedzianka. Historia znikania. W 2013 zamieszkałych było 11 domów. W latach 2014–2015 wrocławski przedsiębiorca i piwowar domowy Jarosław Kądziela wybudował w miejscowości restauracyjny Browar Miedzianka, którego otwarcie nastąpiło 1 maja 2015.

Nazwy historyczne
 Cupri Fodina (1311)
 Coppferberge (1367)
 Koppferberg (1368)
 Kopferberg (1370)
 Kupferberg (1786)
 Kupferberg im Riesengebirge
 1945 Miedziana Góra, Miedzianka (1945)

Zabytki
Do wojewódzkiego rejestru zabytków wpisane są:
 kościół filialny pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela, z XIX w.
 dom, Rynek 25

Inne zabytki
 monolitowy kamienny krzyż, możliwe że pochodzący z późnego średniowiecza; na krzyżu wyryty napis "Memento" (pamiętaj); pochodzenie krzyża nie jest znane, pojawiająca się hipoteza, że jest to tzw. krzyż pokutny, nie ma oparcia w bezpośrednich dowodach i oparta jest wyłącznie na nieuprawnionym założeniu, że wszystkie stare kamienne monolitowe krzyże są krzyżami pokutnymi; krzyż stoi kilkadziesiąt metrów od drogi z Janowic do Miedzianki

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Linki zewnętrzne

Miedzianka (województwo dolnośląskie)
Dawne miasta w województwie dolnośląskim
Dawne ośrodki górnictwa w Polsce
Miasta w Polsce lokowane w XVI wieku

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Three Environmental Issues to Consider in Building Development - Do You Know Your Carbon Footprint?
The construction industry is an important sector in the assessment of climate change and general environmental degradation. In simple terms, the process of building new structures demands raw materials from mining ores, stone quarries and even forest environment. In addition, the developments will require long-term input of energy during its use which contributes to a significant carbon footprint. If you are starting a development, you should consider the environmental aspects of the project. Ideally, you should engage an ecological consultant to guide you in reducing potential negative repercussions of the construction activities. Here are the main environmental issues that you must evaluate during a building development project.
There are growing concerns regarding the loss of biodiversity due to human activities. Therefore, you should ensure that your building development does not endanger the flora and fauna in the surrounding environment. This is particularly important when you are constructing in a relatively rural area. You should avoid cutting healthy and established trees within the property where possible. These are critical in managing carbon dioxide levels, and they are habitats for wildlife such as birds.
Moreover, these can increase the aesthetic value of your new development. You should also avoid any activities that can contaminate water resources and negatively impact aquatic life. Therefore, make certain that excavation practices are conducted by professionals to avoid affecting the groundwater resources and protect nearby rivers and wetlands from construction waste.
Energy efficiency is an important environmental issue in the construction process. This is because the rate of energy consumption will be affected by the design and general building system. For instance, one of the electrical systems that contribute to high energy consumption is the heating and cooling appliance. If the building walls have poor insulation properties, you will lose and gain heat, and this will contribute to higher energy demands. You can avoid these detriments by choosing building materials and designs that increase efficiency. Install double-glazed windows, use high-quality insulation and use open floor plans for better airflow. In addition, consider other aspects such as energy efficient lighting and appliances.
Finally, you can minimise the development's unfavourable impact on natural resources by utilising sustainable building materials. For example, you should consider acquiring recycled and reused products for construction because these reduce strain on the primary sources and require less energy to process. Additionally, it is critical to use long-lasting materials because you will not need to replace or repair the pertinent features periodically.


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Ala Mosque () is a historical mosque in Kadirli, Osmaniye Province, Turkey.

Ala Mosque is in Kadirli ilçe (district) of Osmaniye Province. There is a Roman necropolis to the east of the mosque.

It was a Byzantine church and monastery built in the 5th century. After the city was captured by Kasım Bey of Dulkadirids in 1489, it was converted into a mosque and a madrasa. A mimbar and a minaret were added by the Dulkarids. It was initially named Alaüddevle Mescit after Kasım Bey's father Alaüddevle Bozkurt. Later, the name was shortened to "Ala". During the 19th century, Ala Mosque was used as an Ottoman Army depot, and after 1865 it was restored as a mosque. In 1924, during the Turkish Republic era, it was abandoned. Beginning by 2012, the building underwent a restoration. Which was finished in July 2020.

According to Richard Batliss, the dimensions of the original building was .

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Mosques in Turkey
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Piano Starts Here - Live At The Shrine - Zenph Re-Performance [Hybrid SACD] by Art Tatum
Piano Starts Here - Live At The Shrine - Zenph Re-Performance [Hybrid SACD] by Art Tatum at Eastwind Import
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Artist/Band: Art Tatum
Name: Piano Starts Here - Live At The Shrine - Zenph Re-Performance [Hybrid SACD]
Cat No.: 88697222182
Performed by: Art Tatum (piano)
Description: Imagine sitting in The Shrine Auditorium on April 2, 1949 and hearing Art Tatum's brilliant solo piano performance in person. No scratch noise from the old LP; nor mechanical "warble" caused by imprecise tape speed. Just the magnificent performance, with great sonics. This Zenph "re-performance" disc features new recordings of that experience specifically designed for surround-sound, stereo or headphone listening.
ZENPH takes audio recordings and turns them back into live performances, precisely replicating what was originally recorded. The software-based process extracts and encodes the details of how each note was played, including musical nuances such as volume, articulation and pedal actions. The encoding is played back on an acoustic grand piano fitted with sophisticated computers and hardware. This "re-performance" is then recorded afresh using the latest recording techniques.
This revolutionary concept and technology may be controversial from a purist's perspective, but the result is an undeniable and resounding success! The sound coming out of the 9-foot Yamaha Disklavier Pro grand piano was authentic, powerful and beautiful. This hybrid SACD -- recorded in DSD -- provides one of the best listening experiences for fans of piano music.
In addition to the "usual" stereo and 5-channel surround mixes, the recording team utilized a set of microphones set on a dummy head and placed them close to where Tatum's head would have been while he recorded these immortal tracks. These "binaural" tracks are included as a separate set on this disc. By using high quality headphones, one can experience something close to what Tatum was hearing when he played these notes. What a fantastic treat!
The disc faithfully follows the format of the original LP Piano Starts Here. It starts out with four tracks played without live audience, replicating the studio recording on the original album. The remaining nine tracks were recorded in The Shrine Auditorium in front of a live audience. You can hear the enthusiastic applause of the audience who appear to be genuinly impressed with the performance. This is a must-own disc for fans of piano music and audiophiles!
Zenph re-performance session produced by Steven Epstein. Recorded live on September 23, 2007 at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. This recording was made directly to DSD utilizing the Sonoma Digital System. This hybrid SACD contains stereo CD, stereo SACD and surround multichannel SACD tracks, and can be played in all standard CD players, SACD players, and universal players.
1. Tea For Two MP3 Sample
2. St. Louis Blues
3. Tiger Rag
4. Sophisticated Lady
5. Humoresque
6. Tatum Pole Boogie MP3 Sample
7. Someone To Watch Over Me
8. How High The Moon MP3 Sample
9. Yesterdays
11. The Kerry Dance
12. Gershwin Medley
13. I Know That You Know

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(Macao, May 11, 2015) – China's first-ever celebrity culinary reality show "Celebrity MasterChef China" came to The Venetian® Macao in early April to film the sixth episode of the second season. Filming brought a group of well-known faces to town, including Zhang Liang, Mike He, Kristy Yang, Bai Kainan, Wang Lin, Zhu Dan, Xin Boqing and Ye Yiqian; as well as last season's returning judges Benny Li, Steven Liu and Jereme Leung.
The show's first season delivered a boost in ratings to Jiangsu Satellite TV during when it was broadcast last August, leading to a wave of enthusiasm for cooking across the country and creating a buzz on social media across Greater China. "Celebrity MasterChef China" is one of the top three programmes broadcast in this time slot and reaches an additional 12 million people when it is broadcast online. The episode featuring The Venetian Macao, which is scheduled to air via Jiangsu Satellite TV at 10 p.m. on May 13, 2015, will help increase awareness of Macao as a major tourism destination and as a hotspot for celebrity sightings.
Locations used during shooting included iconic attractions like The Venetian Macao's outdoor lagoon area, the main lobby, San Luca Canal and Italian restaurant Portofino. Part of the episode was also filmed in the Venetian Ballroom where the celebrities served their food to 64 specially invited guests.
The Venetian Macao has been a popular location for film and television shoots, including Chow Yun-Fat's "From Vegas to Macau," Zhang Ziyi's "My Lucky Star," and, more recently, the Hollywood sequel film "Now You See Me 2," helping making the integrated resort a popular place for celebrity sightings. South Korea's hit reality TV show "We Got Married: Global Edition," the "Dancing 9" TV series, "Boys Over Flowers," "Fated to Love You" and Taiwanese series "Summer's Desire" have all also filmed at The Venetian Macao.


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Lap-band patients operate in the dark
By Michael Hiltzik
April 18, 2010 12 AM PT
Willie Brooks Jr. was a 35-year-old substitute custodial worker for the Pomona school district when he decided to do something about his weight last year.
The 6-foot-6 Brooks tipped the scale at nearly 300 pounds. He thought he would be in line for a permanent position if he lost a few pounds. So when he noticed the advertising campaign suggesting he find out about weight loss surgery by calling 1-800-GET-SLIM, he followed up.
Lap-Band doctor: A column by Michael Hiltzik in the April 18 Business section incorrectly stated that Dr. Michael Omidi, who has been associated with Top Surgeons, the promoter of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery, was placed on probation by the California Medical Board for such acts of "gross negligence" as allowing medical assistants to operate on patients. Although the board did make such accusations, Omidi settled the case by stipulating to having violated state law by performing surgeries on three patients at an unaccredited surgical facility. The board revoked his license but stayed that action for a three-year probationary period. —
Brooks had surgery to implant a lap-band -- a silicone ring fitted around the upper stomach to suppress appetite -- last June 5 at a surgical facility in Beverly Hills operated by Top Surgeons, the sponsor of those 1-800-GET-THIN and 1-800-GET-SLIM billboards that have become as inescapable on Southern California freeways as smog in summer. He was sent home to Perris with a prescription for oxycodone painkiller and instructions to return in a week.
Three days later, Brooks was dead. At the autopsy, a Riverside County coroner found stomach contents leaking around the edges of the lap-band and more than a liter of pus in his abdomen. On her report she listed the cause of death as "peritonitis due to lap-band procedure due to obesity."
Lap-Band surgery: Michael Hiltzik's column in Sunday's Business section said that Willie Brooks, who died after weight-loss surgery at a clinic in Beverly Hills, was 6 feet 6 and nearly 300 pounds when he died. He was 5 feet 6. —
I was thinking about the Brooks family the other day while driving past one of the new billboards Top Surgeons has been rolling out in the Southland.
The new billboards state, "We only work with pre-screened, fully-inspected and accredited facilities." They display a huge gold seal reading: "We are committed to PATIENT SAFETY at the highest level!"
These billboards seem to be a response to my previous columns about this hard-sell, high-volume medical enterprise and the people behind it, the brothers Julian and Michael Omidi.
As I've reported, the California Medical Board revoked Julian Omidi's medical license last year after finding that he had been intentionally deceitful about his past on his license application. The board also has placed Michael Omidi on probation for such acts of "gross negligence" as allowing unlicensed medical assistants to operate on patients.
As for "fully-inspected and accredited facilities," the accreditation of the clinic at 9001 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills where Brooks had his surgery was revoked in April 2009 by the American Assn. for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF), one of the four accreditation agencies recognized by the state of California. The federal government terminated the clinic from Medicare and Medicaid after inspectors produced 22 pages of health violations.
In a lawsuit filed last month in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Willie Brooks' family says he would never have consented to have surgery at the facility or with Top Surgeons personnel had he known about some of these issues.
It's plain that Brooks' passing has left a vacuum in the lives of his widow, Okema, and their six children, ages 14 to 20.
"He was the glue that held the family together," she told me. "Camping, family vacations, sports." The last family fishing trip was the day before his surgery.
What the family's lawsuit underscores is that the state needs to get information about physicians' and facilities' disciplinary histories to their patients a lot faster. Much of that information is public, but it hides in plain sight because few patients know how to find it.
The medical board is taking a step in that direction by requiring doctors' offices to post a large sign directing patients to its website,
www.medbd.ca.gov, where they can find disciplinary records on every doctor in the state. The regulation will go into effect at the end of June, says the board's interim executive director, Linda Whitney.
The Legislature is also moving, if slowly, to close the holes in state regulation of independent surgical clinics. The regulatory fabric was ripped apart by a 2007 state court ruling that voided the Department of Public Health's oversight of clinics owned by a doctor.
But no other agency has been given legal authority to step into the void. A bill sponsored by Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) may help. "We're trying to close those holes so no one can sneak through," she told me last week.
A similar bill was vetoed last year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who said its improvements to consumer protection were only "marginal."
Negrete McLeod says her bill, SB 1150, would end another regulatory shortcoming identified by my reporting: the inconsistencies in the clinic accreditation process.
State law says that (with certain minor exceptions) an outpatient facility performing major surgery such as a lap-band operation must be accredited by one of four nongovernmental agencies recognized by the California Medical Board. But this system offers clinics a lot of wiggle room.
The facility where Brooks got his lap-band was originally accredited as Almont Ambulatory Surgery Center by the Accreditation Assn. for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). That approval ended February 2009 for reasons the association won't disclose. The clinic then received accreditation from a different body, the AAAASF. After that group revoked its accreditation on April 27, 2009, the clinic applied to the San Francisco-based Institute for Medical Quality, but the IMQ rejected its application in May.
For those of you keeping score at home, that's three out of four accreditation agencies. The fourth, which is known as the Joint Commission, last September accredited the facility, which by then was operating under a new corporate name, Beverly Hills Surgery Center. The facility still holds that accreditation.
Interestingly the JC, unlike IMQ and the AAAASF, doesn't examine a facility's prior accreditation history as part of its approval process.
Incidentally, Top Surgeons was claiming on one of its websites as recently as April 6 that its facilities were still accredited by AAAHC, though that hadn't been true for some 13 months. They removed the claim April 7 -- the day after I asked them about it.
Negrete McLeod is concerned that the system allows a facility with quality issues to go accreditation-shopping. Under her bill, the suspension or revocation of a facility's approval by one agency would be binding on the other three. "If somebody refuses or denies or revokes accreditation, you're not going to be allowed to look for another," she said.
Another provision under consideration is making sure that reports of clinics' health violations get publicly disseminated.
In their lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and wrongful death, Brooks' widow, Okema, and six children note that the flunked inspection of the Top Surgeons clinic and its termination by Medicare and Medicaid occurred before his surgery. The lawsuit says Top Surgeons and the clinic didn't meet the proper standard of medical care in treating Brooks, which it calls negligence, and that by not disclosing its regulatory history to him it committed fraud.
The lawsuit also says Top Surgeons knew that Brooks' surgeon, George Tashjian, was under investigation for gross misconduct.
Indeed, the California Medical Board began formal proceedings Nov. 3 to revoke Tashjian's medical license, accusing him of grossly negligent treatment of three patients, two of whom died. Those cases occurred in 2006 at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center. The board contends that, among other things, Tashjian failed to respond promptly to signs that the patients were suffering from infections or other complications.
Tashjian faces a July 21 administrative hearing. In an e-mail to me he called it "an unverified and unproven accusation to which I have valid defenses."
Although the board's formal accusations are posted on its website, Brooks would not have learned about the case against Tashjian even if he checked because the accusation was not filed until more than four months after his surgery. But the accusation concerns cases dating back to 2006, which suggests that the board's disciplinary cases should move faster and that some way should be found to alert patients when an investigation is under way.
According to the family members' lawsuit, Brooks experienced virtually nonstop pain and nausea in the days following his operation. They claim they placed five calls to Top Surgeons but no one there told him to come in for examination or to go to the hospital. Their lawsuit also claims they were never able to reach Tashjian.
None of the defendants, including Top Surgeons, has filed a formal answer to the lawsuit. But attorney Stephen J. Goldberg, who says he represents Michael Omidi and the Almont facility, said that nothing in the lawsuit suggests that the condition of the clinic had anything to do with Brooks' death. Goldberg contends that any gastric tear discovered by the coroner might have happened post-operatively, perhaps during a bout of vomiting, and says there were no evident complications when Brooks was sent home.
In an e-mail to me, Tashjian noted the coroner's observation that Brooks resisted his wife's entreaties to go to the hospital. "We were not given a chance to intervene and possibly prevent this outcome," he wrote.
Of course, if Willie Brooks had access before his operation to everything that has surfaced since then about the clinic and his doctor, perhaps no intervention would have been necessary, because he would have gone elsewhere for surgery.
Top Surgeons wants you to believe that things have changed at the surgical facility since Brooks' operation. Atul Madan, who became its medical director on Oct. 1, told me by e-mail last week that he had "established formal protocols" for patient care and instituted "in-service education of all staff," among other improvements. He said the facility had passed several inspections, a sign that it's "clean, safe, and professional."
For weeks, Madan has refused my requests for an interview. Among the questions I'd hope to ask him is why his facility's accreditation by the AAAHC was misrepresented on the Top Surgeons website on his watch. I'd also ask how he feels about Top Surgeons marketing major surgery as a "safe, 1-hour" procedure, especially to patients whose health is typically compromised by a high risk of "diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke and arthritis" (his words).
If Sacramento achieves anything this year, it should close the regulatory loopholes enjoyed by outpatient surgical clinics and require greater disclosure of problems. As long as there are billboards and TV jingles to advertise can't-miss surgical remedies for serious medical problems like obesity, people will respond to them. But how many more cases like Willie Brooks' do we want to see filed?
Michael Hiltzik's column appears Sundays and Wednesdays. Reach him
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The new "offshore" is in the cloud. The new asset protection tool is the blockchain. The best way to protect your IRA is by moving it onto the blockchain and behind and offshore structure. Get your retirement savings out of the United States, on to the cloud, and out of the reach of creditors before it's too late.
As of today, you can freely move your IRA and other liquid assets out of the United States and behind the protective wall of an offshore structure. But, don't expect this freedom to last long. As the tax reduction plans of President Trump come through, these loopholes will close.
The US will likely reduce US taxes and then eliminate the ability to retain earnings offshore. When that happens, all manner of regulations and new reporting requirements will be unleashed on offshore accounts. Only those who are already offshore will be spared.
You should be grandfathered in and not required to report the transfer. Also, you should not be required to pay any exit tax or transfer tax as we see with intellectual property transfers under IRC Section 482.
In most cases, the transfer of intellectual property to an offshore entity is a taxable event. The IP must be valued and tax paid on that fair market value as if you had sold it to the foreign entity. We expect this treatment to apply to all types of property in the near future.
To support this position, I note that the IRS has already ruled that cryptocurrency is property and not cash or a cash equivalent. This is why they can tax each and every sale as a capital gain. For more on this, see: Tax on Bitcoin Transactions.
In fact, the US government is all over cryptocurrency. The IRS is taxing transactions as capital gains. At the same time, the SEC claims Bitcoin is a currency and thus it has the right to regulate ICOs as it does IPOs.
You can expect the government to close the door to IRA transfers in the near future. If you want to get your retirement account on the blockchain and out of harm's way, you'll need to act quickly.
So, how do you get your IRA offshore? How can you move your IRA onto the blockchain? That's easy enough.
The first step is to form an offshore IRA LLC in an offshore jurisdiction that 1) maximizes asset protection and privacy, 2) won't tax your transactions, and 3) allows for single member LLCs. We need all three of these to build a proper retirement account structure.
As a result, the number of jurisdictions is limited. We usually work in Nevis, Belize, Cook Islands, and Seychelles. After 15 years in the industry, these countries are the most reliable.
Second, you likely need to transfer your IRA to a new US custodian. All IRAs require a US custodian, even those invested in cryptocurrency offshore. And the large custodians don't want you investing offshore. They make money selling you their funds, so they prohibit international transfers.
Third, once your IRA is with a custodian that allows for international transfers, you instruct them to send a wire transfer to your offshore wallet or to your international bank account. If you will invest only in cryptocurrency, you might only need a wallet. If you want to diversify, you probably need an offshore bank account.
Fourth, once you have your structure, an agreeable custodian, and your offshore company is funded, we install you as the manager. You're responsible for writing the checks or sending the transfers. You're in control of the IRA and the account grows based on your investment choices.
And that's all you need to get your IRA onto the blockchain and out of the reach of governments and civil creditors. A proper offshore structure, a US custodian, a quality international wallet or trading platform, and the documents required to install you as the manager of the account.
I should point out that buying Bitcoin in your retirement account will allow you to avoid US tax on these transactions. If you buy and sell crypto within a ROTH, the trades are tax free. If within a traditional account, they're tax deferred – you pay US tax as you take distributions.
However, if you buy using leverage, you may still have a taxable event. Whenever you buy and sell in an IRA with a loan or on margin, the gain attributed to that leverage is taxable at ordinary rates.
You can eliminate this tax if you're offshore, but not if you're investing in the United States. Offshore traders can set up a UBIT Blocker in addition to their IRA LLC and eliminate UBI on their cryptocurrency trades. For more on this, see: What is UBIT in an IRA?
UBIT blockers a very advanced IRA tool only available offshore. Only sophisticated investors should deploy these structures.
I hope you've found this article on moving your IRA onto the blockchain to be helpful. For more on setting up an offshore IRA, please contact me at info@premieroffshore.com or call us at (619) 550-2743. All consultations are free and confidential.


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In 2001 I came to Ghana for the first time. It was love at first sight. I felt very attracted to Banko, the town were I was volunteering for 6 months.
Ever since I have been dreaming of a life in Banko.
Four days a week Dorcas is your host at Moon&Star. Dorcas is a cheerfull 21 year-old student. She cooks, cleans, shops, helps the guests with anything they need and so on. Dorcas has been with us for more than 2 years.
Ebenezer has been with Moon&Star for 3 years now. In the evenings he will provide the guests with a drink or anything else they need. He loves teaching our guests the local language, Twi. And in the night he will keep an eye on things.
Toontje has been living at Accra, Ghana for the past 10 years together with her 2 sons. Toontje arranges the airportservice for Moon&Star and takes care of the volunteers during their first night in Ghana.
Toon and Pat are also working together when it comes to Travel&Tours.
Asabere is my dear friend and business partner.
He handles the paperwork for the guesthouse, replaces me when I travel and is often the tourguide during our organised roundtrips.
Besides all this and his day job Asabere is very busy with Moon&Star's extra projects(for example the Methodist school and Florence).
Bismark(left in the picture) also works 4 days a week at Moon&Star guesthouse. He is very skilful and likes to build. So most of the time you will see him covered with cement.
He is also our local guide, so he shows people around in Banko and surroundings or he can accompany you to one of the tourist attractions around.
And, lucky for us, he's just like Dorcas a great cook!


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Newly-established AIA Financial Advisers (AIA FA) is bringing out the big guns in recruiting agents, as it was reported to have offered to buy out over 300 Great Eastern Insurance agents under the Advisors Alliance Group (AA) for SGD100 million.
Aside from the agents, AA founder and Great Eastern senior executive director Tan Koon Chuan is reportedly leaving to join AIA FA, according to sources cited by the Straits Times. Tan is a seasoned insurance veteran, having joined Great Eastern in 1977.
The sources revealed that the buyout offer comes with upfront cash bonuses and a five-year "bond period" where the incentives could be repealed if the agent fails to meet the sales quotas. From AA's 400 agents, more than 300 reportedly accepted the offer.
"AIA FA adopts sound recruitment practices to protect consumers' interests and strongly advocates that packages offered to experienced representatives should be commensurate with each individual's qualifications, track record and experience," Tan Chuan How, chief executive of AIA FA, told ST.
Meanwhile, Great Eastern confirmed that a number of its agents did resign, but it did not reveal where they moved.
This mass migration of agents to AIA FA exceeds last year's exodus involving the Peter Tan Organisation, which saw 250 agents move from Prudential Singapore to Aviva.


Sarah specialises in using communications to bring about behaviour change. She has worked across a range of fields including creative design, targeted social media strategy and behaviour change communications. She has a particular interest in food waste having managed a Government funded food reward project across four local authorities. She has completed a Masters dissertation assessing barriers to the adoption of food waste recycling in the hospitability industry and set up the FoodCycle hub in Bath.


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A Resource for Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth
A Time to Support OYM
Celebrating Pride with LGBTQ+ Youth
Odyssey Advocates for Inclusivity
This is Why We Dance!
'Drag queens sparkle and shine at 20th annual drag show'
Odyssey Announces Sullivan as Executive Director
Odyssey Announces Permanent Drop-In Night for Young Adults
#BiWeek 2017
Franta: Pastor's Views Hurt Trans Youth
OYM Pilots Young Adult Program
Sexual Health - MORE inclusion, not less
Ian Sullivan - Interim ED
Odyssey's commitment to safe and affirming programs, policies, and services for LGBTQ youth came together this past week as the Spokane Public School Board tabled a vote on a new sexual health curriculum entitled Get Real.
The process for approval of a new sexual health curriculum has been months and years in the making. Including guidelines from the Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction in Olympia, teacher and administrator input, and most importantly a citizen's advisory committee focused on Human Growth and Development. Odyssey has a seat at this table along with over a dozen other committee members including parents, community members, and organizations such as the YWCA, Lutheran Community Services, Life Services of Spokane, and the Spokane Regional Health District.
The extensive review of available programs resulted in a recommendation by the Human Growth and Development committee for Spokane Public Schools to adopt Get Real for the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade curriculum. The support for this program came from its comprehensive content, evidence based research showing effectiveness, the LGBTQ inclusive language, and most uniquely a component that helps young people to identify a trusted adult in their life in order to jointly do activities about sexual health topics as homework.
Odyssey applauds the hard work of all these stakeholders and fully supports the recommendation to adopt Get Real because of its work to make sexual health lessons pertinent, safe, and affirming for LGBTQ youth in our community.
Just this past Wednesday, I was leading a lesson about STDs with Odyssey youth when the conversation took on a story telling atmosphere. Youth, one after another, shared stories of feeling personally excluded from sexual health lessons in school, afraid to ask questions about their bodies or identities, and general frustration at the lack of time and effort put into these topics at their school. Sadly, these stories are not unique, or rare.
Youth deserve an abundance of resources, tools, and information to make the best choices for themselves, and it should all be delivered in a medically-accurate and inclusive fashion in all youth spaces.
The discussion on sexual health curriculum will not be formally brought back up in Spokane Public Schools until the fall, and Odyssey is ready to do what is needed to tackle this first step in making sexual health lessons fully inclusive in our community. Inclusive for ALL youth.
Ian Sullivan
Interim Executive Director - Odyssey Youth Movement
Odyssey Representative - Human Growth and Development Citizen's Advisory Committee
Odyssey Youth Movement is a youth-led, adult-supported organization committed to creating, sustaining, and advocating for safe and affirming programs, policies, and services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth community.
Check out Odyssey's Health and Wellness Programs - Open to those 13-18
For info on the current Spokane Public HGD Curriculum or the Advisory Committee, click HERE
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Valerian is a perennial plant native to Europe and Asia and now cultivated in North America. It has been used as a medicinal herb since ancient times, and has long been recognized as an aid to sleep. You can get it at health food stores, although like melatonin, it is not regulated and you never really know the strength in the bottles you get in the store. The valerian in dietary supplements comes from roots and stems. Sometimes people take the valerian as a tea-like beverage, and dried plant materials and extracts are put into capsules or incorporated into tablets. Some people advocate taking valerian with hops, the plant used to flavor beer, but there is no scientific evidence that this works.
Valerian appears to work for some people, althouth it is not a miracle compound for relief of insomnia. It has mild sedative and muscle-relaxant effects. Overall evidence that would recommend use is scant.
A recent test in rats found that valerian shortened the sleep latency period, but it apparently had no effect on REM/non-REM sleep splits and delta activity. The Japanese researchers concluded that valerian might help people get to sleep without altering the sleep cycle. A Spanish study in 2010 found insufficient evidence to recommend use of valerian or even of further study. A recent Norwegian study found the herb was safe with modest benefits – this study was notable mostly for its use of television and the internet.
In tests with Parkinson's disease patients, valerian use resulted in a mild decrease in sleep latency and an increase in total sleep time. A study on patients with arthritis-related sleep disturbances found valerian did not significantly help. A study on patients with restless leg syndrome found some positivie benefits of valerian.
Many chemical constituents of valerian have been identified, but scientist still don't know which compounds make people fall asleep. It is likely that there is no single active compound and that valerian's effects result from multiple constituents acting independently or together. Swiss scientists recently found brain elements that provide some clue to valerien's action. A specific binding site on Gaba(a) receptors with affinity for chemicals in valerian were identified.


Trump released his budget for fiscal year 2020, to a general outcry from environmental groups who say it underfunds key programs and agencies.
Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency has made industry happy and environmentalists angry. Here's everything you need to know.
Since Andrew Wheeler was sworn as EPA's second in command on April 20, the lobbying veteran has had at least three meetings with former clients that may have violated the Trump administration's ethics pledge and other promises he made to steer clear of potential conflicts of interest.
Among the departures are nearly 200 biologists, chemists and toxicologists, draining the agency of scientific expertise needed to address pollution threats.
The EPA has been posting signs with images of Trump and Scott Pruitt that brag about deregulation. Employees say it feels like a slap in the face.


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NASCAR's three-race West Coast swing kicks off at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway before making stops at the Phoenix Raceway and Auto Club Speedway.
The West Coast swing starts now for NASCAR and the first stop is Viva Las Vegas. As "NASCAR Goes West," Monster Energy NASCAR Cup drivers are starting to settle into the 2018 season. The third race on the calendar at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway is one of those early-season races on the schedule where you truly start to assess a driver's performance and get a glimpse at how they may possibly fare for the rest of the season.
Martin Truex Jr. went on to become the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup champion last year after winning the race in Las Vegas earlier in the season. In 2016, Cup champion Jimmie Johnson won at Fontana, and in 2014, Kevin Harvick went on to become the Cup Series champ after taking the checkered flag at Phoenix when NASCAR went west that year.
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 02: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's for Pros Chevrolet, gets into his car during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Anyone connected to NASCAR knows that nothing is certain in stock car racing, but according to the statistics, winning a race while NASCAR is on the West Coast in March sways the odds in a driver's favor to win the Cup championship in November. With the exception of 2009, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson won a race during NASCAR's West Coast swing every year for which he won a championship. Johnson won seven races in 2009 including the October race at Fontana and the November race in Phoenix. He didn't win at Las Vegas, Phoenix, or Fontana during the West Coast swing, but it is safe to say, when a driver wins while out West, that driver faces some pretty good odds of becoming a NASCAR Cup champ that year.
Heading into Las Vegas, what we know so far is that the hometown favorites, Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch are determined to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race. Kurt will start from the third position and Kyle A.K.A. "Rowdy" will start 18th, while Ryan Blaney will start from the pole. Kurt has yet to win a NASCAR race at his home track, but Rowdy has won several. Kyle has won one Cup series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, one Xfinity Series race, and back-to-back Camping World Truck Series races. He won his second Truck Series race at his home-track this weekend for his 50th Camping World Truck Series win. He will now be moving on and attempting to sweep the weekend.
NASCAR's three-race West Coast swing starts with the race at Las Vegas, moves on to Phoenix, and concludes in Fontana, California. The green flag will drop for the Pennzoil 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race presented by Jiffy Lube on Sunday, March 4, 2018. The 400.5-mile, 267-lap race can be watched live on Fox Sports 1 Television Network.
After 'accumulating stuff' for eight decades, Petty tells the Associated Press he's ready to sell autos and other memorabilia.
Taylor Winston saved at least fifteen people in the chaos after last week's horrifying events.
While it's not a surprise to see Hendrick as most valuable, it is surprising to see that value estimated at $25 million less than last year.


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Denisova 11 The Hybrid Human Discover in Ancient Cave : 90,000-year-ago
90,000-year-old hybrid human found in ancient Cave (Denisova 11)
90,000 years ago, a youthful girl Denisova (Denny) who lived in a cave of the Altai mountains in Southern Siberia. Her life was too short she died in her early teens, but she stands at a unique point in mortal elaboration.
Denny's surprising genealogy was discovered in 2012 from a bone fragment. This piece was found by Russian archaeologists in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. After analyzing the bone's DNA, there was no doubt that the chromosomes contained a mixture of half Neanderthal and Denisovan. These are two different species of humans of four lakh and five lakh ye
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Nature magazine has given news about this girl Denisova 11 . Scientists at Oxford University have officially named it Denisova 11. When she died, she was only 13 years old and the cause of death is not known. So what has been the history of interracial children. Vivian Sloan, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and lead author of the report, says"Earlier there is evidence of interrelationships between different hominins, that is, ancient human groups. But this is the first time that we have directly found the offspring of the first generation."
Another scientist, Professor Svante Pebo of the Max Planck Institute, had identified the first Denisovan at the same site about a decade ago. "Firstly he thought that it must have been mixed in the laboratories," he says. There are only less than two dozen human genomes in the whole world which are more than 40 thousand years old. Their links have been made in the form of Neanderthal, Denisovan and Homo sapiens and there is hardly any hope of being half half or hybrid.
Sloan says, "The truth is that the discovery of humans from the mixing of Neanderthals and Denisovans shows us that interspecies breeding was happening much more than we thought." Pabo also agrees with him. A 40,000-year-old Neanderthal was recently found in Romania along with several generations of Homo sapiens, and this further strengthens this notion.
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HANSEN, Pierre, AOUCHICHE, Mustapha; « Distance Laplacian eigenvalues and chromatic number in graphs », Filomat, vol. 31, no 9, 2017, p. 2545-2555.
SOUHIR, Elleuch, HANSEN, Pierre, JARBOUI, Bassem, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « New VNP for automatic programming », Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics, vol. 58, 2017, p. 191-198.
MJIRDA, Anis, TODOSIJEVIC, Raca, HANAFI, Saïd, HANSEN, Pierre, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « Sequential variable neighborhood descent variants: an empirical study on the traveling salesman problem », International Transactions in Operational Research, vol. 24, no 3, 2017, p. 615-633.
HANSEN, Pierre, HERTZ, Alain, SELLAL, Cherif, VUKICEVIC, Damir, AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, CAPOROSSI, Gilles; « Edge Realizability of Connected Simple Graphs », MATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry, vol. 78, no 3, 2017, p. 689-712.
HANSEN, Pierre, MLADENOVIC, Nenad, TODOSIJEVIC, Raca, HANAFI, Saïd; « Variable neighborhood search: basics and variants », EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, vol. 5, no 3, 2017, p. 423-454.
AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, HANSEN, Pierre; « On the distance signless Laplacian of a graph », Linear and Multilinear Algebra, vol. 64, no 6, 2016, p. 1113-1123.
AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, HANSEN, Pierre; « Proximity, remoteness and distance eigenvalues of a graph », Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 213, 2016, p. 17-25.
NININ, Jordan, MESSINE, Frédéric, HANSEN, Pierre; « A reliable affine relaxation method for global optimization », 4OR - A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, vol. 13, no 3, Septembre 2015, p. 247-277.
BETTINELLI, Andrea, HANSEN, Pierre, LIBERTI, Léo; « Community detection with the weighted parsimony criterion », Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, vol. 28, no 3, Juin 2015, p. 517-545.
CARRIZOSA, Emilio, ALGUWAIZANI, Abdulrahman, HANSEN, Pierre, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « New heuristic for harmonic means clustering », Journal of Global Optimization, vol. 63, no 3, Novembre 2015, p. 427-443.
CAFIERI, Sonia, COSTA, Alberto, HANSEN, Pierre; « Adding cohesion constraints to models for modularity maximization in networks », Journal of Complex Networks, vol. 3, no 3, 2015, p. 388-410.
HANSEN, Pierre, MACEDO, Rita, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « Statistical tests of data classifiability with respect to a clustering criterion », Flogiston, vol. 23, 2015, p. 9-26.
CAFIERI, Sonia, COSTA, Alberto, HANSEN, Pierre; « Reformulation of a model for hierarchical divisive graph modularity maximization », Annals of Operations Research, vol. 222, no 1, Novembre 2014, p. 213-226.
ALOISE, Daniel, HANSEN, Pierre, ROCHA, Caroline, SANTI, Éverton; « Column generation bounds for numerical microaggregation », Journal of Global Optimization, vol. 60, no 2, Octobre 2014, p. 165-182.
CAFIERI, Sonia, HANSEN, Pierre, LIBERTI, Léo; « Improving Heuristics for Network Modularity Maximization Using and Exact Algorithm », Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 163, Janvier 2014, p. 65-72.
COSTA, Alberto, HANSEN, Pierre; « A locally optimal hierarchical divisive heuristic for bipartite modularity maximization », Optimization Letters, vol. 8, no 3, Mars 2014, p. 903-917.
SABOONCHI, Behnaz, HANSEN, Pierre, PERRON, Sylvain; « MaxMinMin p-dispersion problem: A variable neighborhood search approach », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 52, Décembre 2014, p. 251-259.
BELHAIZA, Slim, HANSEN, Pierre, LAPORTE, Gilbert; « A hybrid variable neighborhood tabu search heuristic for the vehicle routing problem with multiple time windows », Computers & Operations Research, vol. 52, Décembre 2014, p. 269-281.
CARBONNEAU, Réal, CAPOROSSI, Gilles, HANSEN, Pierre; « Globally Optimal Clusterwise Regression By Column Generation Enhanced with Heuristics, Sequencing and Ending Subset Optimization », Journal of Classification, vol. 31, no 2, Juillet 2014, p. 219-241.
AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, HANSEN, Pierre; « Distance spectra of graphs: A survey », Linear Algebra and its Applications, vol. 458, Octobre 2014, p. 301-386.
FERNANDES, Issac F., ALOISE, Daniel, ALOISE, Dario J., HANSEN, Pierre, LIBERTI, Léo; « On the Weber facility location problem with limited distances and side constraints », Optimization Letters, vol. 8, no 2, Février 2014, p. 407-424.
DESROSIERS, Christian, GALINIER, Philippe, HANSEN, Pierre, HERTZ, Alain; « Automated generation of conjectures on forbidden subgraph characterization », Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 162, Janvier 2014, p. 177-194.
CAFIERI, Sonia, HANSEN, Pierre, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « Edge-ratio network clustering by Variable Neighborhood Search », European Physical Journal B, vol. 87, no 5, Mai 2014, 7 p..
BELHAIZA, Slim, AUDET, Charles, HANSEN, Pierre; « A Note on Bimatrix Game Maximal Selten Subsets », Arabian Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 3, no 3, Septembre 2014, p. 299-311.
MLADENOVIC, Nenad, HANSEN, Pierre, BRIMBERG, Jack; « Sequential clustering with radius and split criteria », Central European Journal of Operations Research, vol. 21, Juin 2013, p. S95-S115.
AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, HANSEN, Pierre; « Two Laplacians for the distance matrix of a graph », Linear Algebra and its Applications, vol. 439, no 1, Juillet 2013, p. 21-33.
AOUCHICHE, Mustapha, CAPOROSSI, Gilles, HANSEN, Pierre; « Refutations, Results and Conjectures about the Balaban Index », International Journal of Chemical Modeling, Vol. 5, nos 2-3, 2013, p. 189-202.
CAPOROSSI, Gilles, HANSEN, Pierre, MLADENOVIC, Nenad; « Variable Neighborhood Search », Metaheuristics, Springer, 2016, p. 77-98.
CAPOROSSI, Gilles, HANSEN, Pierre; « La recherche à voisinages variables », Métaheuristiques, Eyrolles, 2014, p. 77-98.
HANSEN, Pierre, MEYER, Christophe; « A Polynomial Algorithm for a Class of 0–1 Fractional Programming Problems Involving Composite Functions, with an application to Additive Clustering », Clusters, Orders, and Trees:Methods and Applications: In honor of Boris Mirkin's 70th Birthday, Springer, 2014, p. 13-50.
ALOISE, Daniel, CAPOROSSI, Gilles, HANSEN, Pierre, LIBERTI, Léo, PERRON, Sylvain, RUIZ, Manuel; « Modularity Maximization in Networks by Variable Neighborhood Search », Graph Partitioning and Graph Clustering: 10th Dimacs Implementation Challenge Workshop, American Mathematical Society, 2013, p. 113-127.


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Christopher Michael "Chris" Fehn (ur. 24 lutego 1973 w Ankeny) – amerykański wokalista, muzyk i instrumentalista. Były członek grupy muzycznej Slipknot.

Dyskografia
Slipknot
 Slipknot (1999, Roadrunner Records)
 Iowa (2001, Roadrunner Records)
 Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004, Roadrunner Records)
 All Hope Is Gone (2008, Roadrunner Records)
 5: The Gray Chapter (2014, Rouadrunner Records)

Instrumentarium
 Tytanowe beczki
 2 Mounted Toms
 1 Pusta stalowa beczka
 1 Bass Drum
 1 Floor Tom
 Vater Hammer Sticks

Filmografia
 We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll (2001, film dokumentalny, reżyseria: Penelope Spheeris)

Przypisy

Amerykańscy perkusiści metalowi
Urodzeni w 1973
Członkowie Slipknot


A slide from Anjanette Delgado's presentation at #CMANYC16.
Friday's #MetricShift Twitter chat is all about which analytics tools we use, so here's my list.
I prepared it for a recent gathering of college newspaper editors and advisers, the College Media Association's spring conference held March 12-15 in New York City.
"The right tools support your mission rather than distract from it."
Speaking to college students made me think about how we measured success back at The Collegian, my old newspaper at Jamestown College in North Dakota. We'd check the racks to see how many copies of the free paper had been picked up. Sometimes that was an honest measure of our appeal, at least once it was an attempt at censure and more times than I'd like to admit it might have been a prank.
We've come a long way as an industry since then. Our data now is more reliable (though it still doesn't give us all the answers), and analytics can be a legitimate career for aspiring journalists.
Choosing the right tools to help us make sense of that data is an important decision for companies. The right tools support your mission rather than distract from it. The right tools save time and money. With the right tools you stop fighting and begin to understand your audience.
Join us for the #MetricShift chat Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m. Eastern on Twitter to discuss the analytics tools you use most.


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At Whitehouse Residential & Commercial Painting Company clients come first. Contact us and we pledge to give your commercial project the TLC it deserves.
We've helped reinvigorate our clients' work and retail spaces in all shapes, sizes and styles throughout our region. Check out our photo galleries and explore our recent work to help provide a spark or inspiration for your commercial painting needs.
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Tom Bouthillet is a Fire Captain / Paramedic in South Carolina where he is the Cardiac Care Program Manager of his department. He is Editor-in-Chief of ECGMedicalTraining.com and ACLSMedicalTraining.com, Co-Producer of the Code STEMI Web Series, and Author of the 12-Lead ECG Challenge app. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of EMS World Magazine and author of the EMS 12-Lead column at EMS1.com. He has taught nationally in the Critical Care Transport (CCEMT-P) program out of UMBC and his writings have been referenced in the American Heart Journal, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions and the EP Lab Digest. Tom is interested in patient safety, human factors, simulation, team dynamics, process improvement, and system performance. He enjoys spending time with his wife Kelly and daughter Sydney. All opinions expressed by Tom are his own and not the opinion of his employer.
David Baumrind is a Paramedic in Eastern Long Island, New York where he is the STEMI/Cardiac Arrest coordinator for his department. David has spent the past several years studying 12 Lead ECGs and found the EMS 12-Lead blog early in his studies. David has been an active reader and frequent contributor, and began on the team as an Associate Editor in March 2010.
Christopher Watford is a Lieutenant / Paramedic and Board Member at Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department (Leland, NC). At his day job, Christopher is a Lead Software Engineer with GE's Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas and a Captain on their industrial fire brigade (Wilmington, NC). He also works part-time as a Paramedic for New Hanover Regional EMS (Wilmington, NC). Christopher found the EMS 12-Lead blog during paramedic school, has been an active reader and contributor, and began on the team as an Associate Editor in March 2010. All opinions expressed by Christopher are his own, and do not reflect the opinions of his employers.
Vince DiGiulio is an EMT-Critical Care in Binghamton, NY and has been an active reader and contributor to this blog ever since he was an EMT-Basic. Unlike most of the team he works almost exclusively inside the emergency department, affording him a slightly different experience when it comes to the evaluation, management, and disposition of acute-care patients. He also maintains a personal emergency medicine education blog called The Medial Approach to EM, along with several side-blogs linked there.
Ivan J. Rios is a Cardiology and Electrophysiology enthusiast from Orlando, Fl and a loyal EMS12lead.com follower for over 4 years. He is a Critical Care Paramedic, currently working as a Paramedic/Field Training Officer for Sumter County, Fl, as well as an EMT and Paramedic Instructor at a local school, First Response Training Group. He has a great passion for Emergency Medicine and music, as an Acoustic Singer/Songwriter artist, know as Ivan J. Nash, by his local following.
Brooks Walsh is a board-certified emergency physician working in Connecticut. He studied the philosophy of physics in college (Bell's Theorem anyone?), and attempted a masters-degree program in pure mathematics. He found far more success in an EMT-B class, however,and spent the next eight years in EMS (five of those as a paramedic) working for private, volunteer, and hospital-based EMS agencies. He once led a traditional 5.10 route in New Hampshire (since downgraded to 5.9+ … ), has summited Denali, can often correctly use the subjunctive in Spanish, finished a marathon in 4:37, has a 2K erg time of 6:46, and is never, ever, sick at sea.
I have come across your web site many times and find it to be an awesome resource. Thank you and keep it up! Since HIPAA, I have found it difficult to follow up on patient outcomes-hence my learning was limited in that respect.
Just an off the wall question kinda related to this topic. I recently had an anterior MI new and evolving en route to the ED. Anyways everything went great cath lab and all the bells and whistles but my question was the Doc called the shape of this guys st segment a "sign" of some sort like a name of some famous doctor or something… I just cant remember what he said but I know it has to do with the type and shape being concave or convex or a specific type of st segment maybe only or usually found in anterior wall MI's. I cant remember what he called it and I have heard it before. Anyone can help me out?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog has at least one case featuring the evolution of Wellen's T-waves. They are typically deeply inverted, symmetrical T-waves or biphasic T-waves in V2-V3, without the loss of R waves in those same leads. Often a sign of proximal LAD stenosis. Along with de Winter and Brugada, it is a shape of ST/T waves that you should become familiar with in the long term.
I was looking at your diagram for 12 leads placement..I counted only 10 sites..where are the other 2 electrodes or is it only 10 sites?
I had a question. I am doing a reasearch on time to prehospital 12 lead and I was wondering if you have studies that you are aware of that may be helpful. I have looked at the usual places, pubmed, etc but have not found much. Anything you can share would be appreciated.
10 sites are normal. These 'sites' to name them properly are called electrodes. An ECG Lead is made up by combining two of these electrodes.
Basically the three electrodes placed on the right arm (RA), left arm (LA) and left leg (LL) are combined to make 3 lead views of the heart (leads I, II and III). The ECG machine then augments them to generate an additional 3 views (aVR, aVF and aVL), thus these three electrodes generate a total of 6 lead views of the heat. The chest leads V1 – V6 make up the other 6 views giving us a total of 12 leads from 9 electrode placements.
The electrode on the RL is used only as an earth reference point.
If you are interested to learn more you should do some reading on Einthoven's Triangle and Wilsons Central Terminal.
I need a a diagram showing where to put the leads where can i find a picture?
I sincerely appreciate all of the knowldege I've been able to gleen from your website. So that I might further develop my knowledge of interpreting 12 leads, is there a single-book resource you might recommend – something I can have as a "Universal Reference" for those hard to discern 12-leads?
Tomas Garcia and Neil Holtz's: 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation.
Thank you for this outstanding site! Thanks for making it easier to understand the "basics" of 12 lead reading!
I am wondering if you could direct me to a source for information on prehospital care. I am a DNP student working on a QI project for my facility. I am aware that my local EMS (nearly all volunteer) rarely completes prehospital ECGs but I am trying to locate data for prehospital ECG completion at the Utah state and national levels.
Any help that you could provide would be very helpful.


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Mail Activity Highlights: Retail Drivers
By Ethan Boldt and Inside Direct Mail
Retail traffic builders is consistently a busy category in our Who's Mailing What! Archive, the world's greatest library of direct mail. However, facing a down economy, the volume is down this year - and that's during usually the busiest season for retail: back to school!
Nonetheless, many of the big merchants continued to mail, including some going with brand new efforts to increase response. Best Buy used a 5" x 7" self-mailer to promote a grand opening for one of its stores. While it's a private shopping event that retailers like Bloomingdale's and Macy's are well known for, it still looks like a standard Best Buy mailing, both in terms of visuals and copy. Sent to Reward Zone members, it promises "your own private shopping experience" for a "pre-grand opening shopping event," and practically drips with benefits, like three useful coupons. On the outer's back, it also gives a small map breakdown and directions to where the store is located (Archive code #910-477176-0807).
Talbots also not only promotes its own grand opening of a particular store in a 5" x 7-1/2" self-mailer, but also shows off its new look in this slick, red effort. Formerly tending towards more traditional fashion, the new appeal is both young and fresh. It hints at that on the back of the outer with the copy, "See Something New." Opening the side flap reveals several pictures that exhibit this new look alongside invitational copy, including the offer to "bring in this card and take 20% off" (Archive code #910-171619-0805).
In the 6" x 8-1/2" self-mailer from Lane Bryant, an attitudunal approach is also used, literally: "The Attitude is Back!" alongside an image of a plus-size model wearing a fashion-forward outfit. Inside a standard coupon (a $50 "gift cheque") is included, but so is the trendy idea of getting "exclusive coupons sent directly to your cell phone." By texting a code to a Lane Bryant number, the prospect will be "the first to hear about new fashion arrivals and special store events in your area" (Archive code #910-173315-0807).
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Dr. Karena Wu has been working with Chef Wylie Dufresne since 2004. As a celebrity chef, his job requires additional on screen duties. A recent filming ended up causing Chef Dufresne major neck discomfort due to prolonged positioning. He learned of a new cause of neck pain, that was simply fixed by restoring the alignment and motion of a rib bone. Chef Dufresne's new venture, Du's Donuts in Brooklyn requires him to hold his head in different positions to generate his newest kitchen creations. Dr. Wu was able to relieve Wylie's neck discomfort to allow him to work freely and without pain. Chef Dufresne is back working and it is time to enjoy Du's Donuts delicious creations!


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Despre HIV
Unul din obiectivele principale ale Life4me+ - să prevină apariția unor noi cazuri de infecție cu HIV, boli cu transmitere sexuală (TBS), hepatită C și tuberculoză
Aplicația permite stabilirea unei comunicări anonime între medici și persoane care au HIV. Îți permite să organizezi mai ușor programul de administrare a tratamentului și să setezi notificări personalizate și discrete
Study: sex-race health disparities in the occurrence of chronic diseases associated with ageing
Black HIV-positive men and women receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) have especially high rates of health problems that can increase the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease, investigators from the United States report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Incidence of diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease and treated hypertension were all higher among black people compared to other racial groups. In addition, both black and white women had a higher incidence of chronic kidney disease compared to some other groups.
"Sex-race disparities in the occurrence of HTN [hypertension], DM [diabetes mellitus], and CKD [chronic kidney disease] persisted among men and women aging with HIV with access to care," write the authors. "Our findings are a call to action to: 1) better understand the drivers of these disparities that persist in an environment with equal access to care….and 2) fill gaps in NCD [non-communicable disease] prevention services among adults aging with HIV."
Thanks to ART, many people with HIV are now living well into old age and illnesses associated with ageing – especially cardiovascular disease – are now an important cause of serious illness and death among ART-treated older people living with HIV. Prevention of disorders that are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease is now a priority of HIV care. However, it is unclear if the risk of these for ageing-related diseases in HIV-positive people differs according to sex and race.
Investigators from North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) therefore designed a study to estimate the incidence before the age of 70 years of key non-HIV-related illness among people who received ART between 2000 and 2013. There were 20 cohorts providing data on diabetes mellitus, 22 cohorts on chronic kidney disease and 16 on treated hypertension.
Overall, around 51,000 people were included in the study; these people were followed for a median of five years and contributed a total of 288,000 person-years of follow-up. The majority (83%) were male, 44% were black and 84% were aged below 50 years. Two-thirds of individuals started ART before 2006.
Half of the participants had a viral load above 400 copies/ml and 44% had a CD4 count below 200 cells/mm3.
Rates of first occurrence of each disease were:
hypertension = 2.6 per 100 persons-years
diabetes mellitus = 1.2 per 100 person-years
chronic kidney disease = 0.6 per 100 person-years.
Median age at diagnosis was between 48 and 51 years.
After taking into account age, risk group and HIV-related factors, the investigators found significant disparities in the risk of these outcomes according to sex and race.
Black race, regardless of sex, was associated with increased rates of hypertension (black women, aIRR = 1.8; 95% CI, 1.6-2.1; black men, aIRR = 1.5; 95% CI, 1.4-1.7).
Compared to non-black men, black women (aIRR = 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2-1.6), black men (aIRR = 2.0; 95% CI, 1.6-2.3) and non-black women (aIRR = 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2-1.7) all had increased incidence of diabetes mellitus.
"Despite blacks comprising only 12% of the US population, blacks have a disproportionate burden of HIV infection," note the investigators. "The confluence of this burden of HIV infection and the associations of race with NCDs indicates an important clinical and public health issue."
Women – black and non-black – had significantly higher rates of chronic kidney disease compared to non-black men (aIRR = 1.5; 95% CI, 1.2-19 and 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1-2.0, respectively).
"In the setting of HIV infection, reasons for sex disparities are likely multifactorial, and may include biological differences, and differences in care retention," suggest the authors. "In light of this, women aging with HIV may require approaches to care that are distinct from those routinely used for men in terms of devising effective prevention and treatment plans for NCDs."
These race-sex disparities persisted after adjustment for body mass index (BMI).
Cumulative incidence (by age 70) according to race-sex ranged from 51 to 73% for hypertension, 34 to 52% for diabetes mellitus, and 25 to 38% for chronic kidney disease.
"We found increased rates of HTN, DM, and CKD, especially among HIV-infected black men and women," conclude the researchers. "Minimizing sex-race health disparities through more proactive preventive care, such as smoking cessation, physical activity, and nutritional assistance programs, will shape the quality of extended life made possible by effective ART in this population engaged in medical care."
Wong C et al. First occurrence of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and hypertension among North American HIV-infected adults, 2000-2013. Clin Infect Dis, online edition, 2016.
http://www.aidsmap.com/Black-ART-treated-people-in-US-have-high-incidence-of-illness-associated-with-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease/page/3105796/
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Although Yale does not award course credit to students who took college courses while they were in high school, a student may earn acceleration credit by satisfactorily completing an advanced course in a number of subjects during the first two terms of enrollment.


The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has found Vojislav Seselj - leader of the Serbian Radical Party - guilty of war crimes against Croatians in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina during the war in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
For over a month Canada has been bombing Yugoslavia. Without a parliamentary resolution, without a declaration of war and without a shred of legality Canadian war planes are attacking the nation that stood at the forefront of the fight against both Hitler's Nazis and Mussolini's fascists during World War II.
The ICTY was established by the United Nations Security Council in 1993 following the outbreak of violence and conflict in the former Yugoslavia in the ... of the ICTY was to try and prosecute those involved in committing human rights atrocities such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Continuing Aggression: Nineteen Years Since the Start of the NATO War on Yugoslavia ... "Political processes preceding the 1999 NATO aggression has not been finished as yet" – said the first speaker Momir Bulatovic, the war Prime minister. ... In fact, they become entangled in war – warned Jovanović.
Surplus weapons left over from Yugoslavia's civil war, including hand grenades, are being sold to gangs in Sweden. [The New York Times]. • Poland's governing party has used selective nostalgia and generous social programs to build broad support in neglected rural hinterlands. [The New York Times].
... Wright Patterson Air Force Base where Richard Holbrooke had just a few years before our conversation been responsible for keeping the Serbs and the Bosnians and the Croats and the Bosnian Serbs at the negotiating table until they reached an agreement that ended the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Growing up in former Yugoslavia, her family was forced to flee their home in 1991, just days after Ms Tesic' eighth birthday. "Mum grabbed one bag and we went to the periphery of the town where my aunty lived," she said. "My mum said 'we're just going there for the weekend and we'll come back'.
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The WWI Draft Registration Card for John Edgar Grant dated June 6, 1917 records his date of birth as Oct 1, 1889 in Philadelphia, PA. He is single and living at 2327 N 2nd Street in Philadelphia and is employed as a Hatter at the John B. Stetson Company. He is short and slender with blue eyes and light hair.
The WWII Draft Registration Card (for men born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897) for John Edgar Grant dated April 27, 1942 lists his date of birth as Oct. 1, 1889 in Philadelphia, PA. He is living with his wife, Mrs. Hazel B. Grant, at 7208 Spruce Street in Upper Darby, Delaware Co., PA. His physical description is 5' 4", 124 lbs with brown eyes, gray hair and light complexion.


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The Best Movies of the 2000s
My Favorite Albums of the Last Decade
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#29. Once[2007]: As a musician, I'm always intrigued by other musicians, the lives they lead, and the music that defines them. Unfortunately, movies about musicians don't always work. For every Almost Famous, there's a Rock Star (all due respect to Jennifer Aniston and Mark Wahlberg). As a result, I'm always leery of that genre of film. So it was a pleasant surprise when I had occasion to watch Once. Although I had read all of the accolades, it wasn't until my good friend Jenny Green demanded that I watch the movie that I actually did so.
The story centers around a struggling musician played by Glen Hansard who befriends fellow musician/pianist Marketa Irglova (referred to simply as "Girl") while playing on the streets of Dublin for loose change. The two strike up a conversation that leads to both a personal and musical relationship. Although the romantic chemistry between the two is palpable, the movie focuses more on their relationship as musical collaborators. Although the relationship takes a few twists and turns, the result of the musical union between the two is beautiful. There is a scene in the movie where Hansard and Irglova step into a music store that she often frequents that allows her to play the piano. Hansard plays one of his original tunes (the Oscar-award winning song "Falling Slowly) for Irglova and the two proceed to play it together. In that one moment, there is more musical authenticity and emotion exhibited between the two than any other film you're likely to see about musicians or the practice of making music, short of a documentary. This is in part why the movie works. Its simple, its short, and its real.
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Couldn't agree more dude. I've sold more people on that movie than I can count!
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While each stage of life comes with its own problems, seniors have a unique set of concerns and worries. Understanding the challenges your loved one faces will put you in a better position to help him or her. Here are a few of the most common concerns our trusted Fairfield caregivers hear about from clients.
Financial concerns top the list for most seniors. With many seniors living into their 80s and 90s, accumulating sufficient funds for retirement is challenging. Rising health care costs only add to the burden. Living on a fixed income often requires seniors to make changes to their lifestyles and can ruin plans to enjoy retirement. Consulting with financial planners before and during retirement can ease the process.
Aging is often associated with declining physical and mental health. One in three seniors will eventually develop some form of dementia, and osteoporosis, heart disease, kidney disease, and macular degeneration are very common in older people. However, advances in medicine make most conditions manageable.
Seniors worry about not being able to live independently. Even healthy seniors struggle with loss of strength, speed, and balance, and eyesight and hearing may decline as well. Seeking home care Fairfield is often a realistic solution that provides seniors the help they need without compromising independence.
Slower reflexes and fading senses means that some seniors have to give up driving. In many areas, being unable to drive means that doing basic chores like grocery shopping become very challenging. In addition to home care, many communities offer special transportation services for seniors.
Most people don't understand how much social activity comes from going to work each day, and it's not uncommon for seniors to feel isolated, lonely, or depressed after retirement. Volunteering and becoming involved in the community can help keep seniors active and involved.
The rapid advances in technology can leave seniors bewildered and left out. Computers, smartphones, and even ATMs can be difficult to comprehend. Free computer classes are often available from libraries and community centers to assist, or you can offer to give your aging loved one tutorials as needed.
With help from Home Care Assistance, you can ensure your senior loved one has the help and support he or she needs to live a safe, comfortable, healthy, and happy life at home. We offer hourly and live-in care as well as specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care Fairfield families trust. To learn more, reach out today by calling 203-955-1915 and speaking with a friendly Care Manager.