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Who doesn't want a taste of the good life? If you are craving a little 'dolce vita', combined with some of the most inspiring culture on the planet, then we have the perfect trip to meet this objective.
The Via Veneto was already showing its style and appreciation of the high life at the turn of the 19th Century. However, it was Fellini's scrutiny of the decadent but much sought-after 'café life' in La Dolce Vita that placed the Via Veneto on the lips, and maps of every socialite and aristocrat in Europe. The film depicts the conflict between the nouveau riche and the established gentry, which in itself created a political scandal at the time. Whatever the outcome of this infamous work of motion picture art, the result today is indelibly marked right along the wide elegant avenue with glorious grand buildings, and an enticing café culture that is arguably more sensational than anywhere in Paris.
Today the Via Veneto remains a hotspot for socialites and discerning travellers; not only because of its reputation in the 60s, but because it really is the most appropriate address in Rome for exploring the wonders of this enigmatic and glorious city, where Augustus Caesar famously boasted: "I found Rome brick; I left it marble".
You could be forgiven for walking past Via Veneto 72, such is its subtle blending into the tree-lined avenue. However, once you know the address, and that it belongs to the Regina Hotel Baglioni, you will only ever walk in. It has to be said that many passers by are drawn to the flickering of flames from a grand fireplace, many marble paces away down the lobby, in one of the most sensational oval snug boudoirs in Rome. It is here that you will discover the source of the pulse of the Via Veneto.
Staying at the Regina is not overwhelming, nor is it formal and exclusive. It is more inclusive in its relaxed charm and unprecedented warm welcome, even though the surroundings bare all the marks of its illustrious heritage. The luxury is soft, the lighting is low and the feeling is remarkably intimate. Being here reminded me of honeycomb: a slightly forbidden treat with such sweet richness that, once you bite, you're hooked. The marble flooring in squares of cream and honey with the patina of this childhood A-list treat, is simply divine. It reflects the soft lighting from traditional and tasteful chandeliers.
Adorned in grand-traditional-meets-contemporary-chic-boudoir-bliss style, the salon is utterly delicious. At any time of day you can sit cocooned in your armchair or banquette covered in scrumptious Nobilis fabrics in a range of maroons, golds and rouge silks. Gilt has been lavishly used to create a feeling of warmth and richness, and large oil paintings hang around the oval snug in authentic renaissance style.
The service is on-the-button and delightfully fresh – none of that stuffy feeling you often get in hotels of this calibre. That's also because the hotel is really groovy: it caters for the zero to centurion, but in a style unique enough not to be generation specific, which is perfect; just as a large family home should be. Another facet is the contemporary-styled Brunello Lounge Bar and Restaurant, which features some of Rome's most innovative Mediterranean-influenced cuisine, as well as direct access onto the Via Veneto.
There are many walks you could do from the hotel – so many, in fact, that you will no doubt need to return. The Regina Hotel is smack bang in the middle of some of Rome's greatest landmarks. Within walking distance are the Villa Borghese gardens, Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps), the magnificent Trinità dei Monti church, the Fontana di Trevi, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Piazza Venezia with the awesome Vittoriano and – if you're feeling fit – the Colosseo. What's so amazing is that these are on every trotter's must-do-cultural-list and in some instances they are mere steps away.
Before dinner on our first night we strolled to the Spanish Steps, which buzz with appreciative students and travellers; the light at night on the steps, and in the square, is mesmerising. We had roast chestnuts and a long drink called 'Spanish Steps' (Grey Goose, lemon chunks, fresh red grapes and Galliano) on the Martini Terrace with staggering views overlooking the great steps and beyond. Following this, we took a gentle stroll to the Trevi Fountain, which is also magnificent by night.
The atmosphere in Rome is both operatic and football melodramatic, with every twist and turn in between. It is deeply pleasurable and historically quite formidable. With so much accessible history in our midst we saved the big walk for the following morning, and only halfway through this cultural extravaganza my memory card was complete; but I was loathe to delete any files of this extraordinary day.
The views over the Eternal City from the eighth floor are panoramic, as the Regina Hotel Baglioni sits on the highest of Rome's seven hills. The Roman Penthouse Suite is probably the finest in Rome and can be rented as a single apartment, with master bedroom, two further Deluxe rooms, four bathrooms, two living rooms, a dining room, kitchen with private chef, private gym and 24/7 butler service. Impressive? We think so, but the private terrace with those incredible views - and even a jacuzzi - make it totally unique.
For those who need to mix business with style, there are several 'salas' that make perfect meeting or event venues, with the new Sala Borghese catering for up to 80 guests in Art Deco-style.


Tashan-e-Ishq 22nd April 2016: The episode begins with Leela asking Twinkle not to tell Kunj that the donor was Yuvi. She says, Let him recover and we will tell him later. Usha comes and thanks Leela.
Leela says Kunj is my son too and asks not to thank her. Twinkle goes to Kunj. Twinkle brings herbal juice to Kunj and asks him to drink all at once. Kunj drinks and says husbands become silent when wives take charge.
Twinkle says shut up and is about to leave. Kunj pulls her back and asks where is she going when her husband is ill. He goes closer to her and Twinkle closes her eyes thinking that he is about to kiss. Kunj wears a mask and Twinkle gets scared seeing it.
Kunj laughs and Twinkle hopes that he lives the same way all through his life. Kunj says he has pain and Twinkle worries. He holds her hand and says I have pain when I see tears in her eyes. Sajna va plays.
Anita asks the policeman that Yuvi should be discharged without anyone knowing of it. The Policeman says he can't help her as his job is at risk. Leela comes and taunts her.
Anita gets angry and Leela says she will have a sound sleep tonight. Twinkle and Leela rush to Doctor and comes to know that Kunj needs more 3 liters of blood. Leela says Mohan is the donor and says we will go and get him.
Twinkle and Leela come to Mohan's society and find his house locked. They wonder what might be the issue and Twinkle says maybe someone did this. Anita says you are right and says to Leela that her daughter is smart but is not as smart as Anita.
Anita says that donor is flying to abroad, he might have never dreamt of it. Anita provokes them and Leela slaps her saying you have forgotten your last slap and calls her cheap for playing with children's lives. Leela says she will find many donors and leaves. Anita thinks to take revenge for the slap when Twinkle rushes to Yuvi.
Leela calls her people and asks them to find some donors. Twinkle says Anita might buy all our donors. Leela asks her to be strong. Yuvi calls Twinkle and says Kunj has gone to College and I think he might have an accident. Since you are looking for the donor, Kunj may die in the process.
Twinkle asks him to shut up and calls Kunj. Kunj cuts the call as he can't hear anything. Twinkle asks the driver to take them to Kunj and finds a car approaching towards. Twinkle calls Yuvi to stop the car and asks his demands. Yuvi asks her to free him from jail first.


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Raul Garcia leads both audit and tax engagements for clients across the investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity funds, registered investment advisors, broker-dealers and venture capital funds. He takes a hands-on approach when counseling clients and involves himself in every step of the auditing process, walking clients through policies, procedures and examinations to deliver quality reporting.
He focuses on helping clients reach their financial goals, whether related to tax, audit, business consulting or other entrepreneurial services. As an engagement partner on these projects, Raul oversees compliance and advises clients on assurance, tax planning and business strategies.
Since joining Kaufman Rossin in 1998, Raul has become a trusted adviser not only to clients, but also to employees ― in and out of the office. In addition to mentoring his team and guiding staff throughout tax engagements and audits, he coaches the firm's softball team and participates in the Kaufman Rossin Empowering Women (KREW) diversity committee.
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How to watch Martin County North in the Little League World Series on TV, live stream
Dan Rorabaugh
Treasure Coast Newspapers
It may not be quite the same Little League World Series we've come to know, with teams from all over the world coming to Williamsport, Pa., but Martin County North is among the best teams in America getting together, starting this week.
Martin County North became the first team to qualify from Florida in 13 years after reaching the final of the Southeast Regional. Martin County beat Columbus North of Midland, Ga., 4-0 in the semifinals behind Frankie Bracaleone's all-around performance. Bracaleone threw a three-hit shutout and hit a two-run triple in the first inning.
Martin County North didn't win the regional, losing 10-3 to Nolensville, Tenn., but both teams advanced to Williamsport.
Williamsport bound! Martin County North punches ticket to Little League World Series
More:Martin County North falls in region final, still headed to Little League World Series
COVID:Martin County North Little League gets forfeit victory because of positive COVID-19 test
Martin County's hopeful run in Williamsport begins Friday with Taylor, Mich., who won the Great Lakes Regional. Taylor had already reached the World Series with a 10-0 mercy-run win over Hinsdale, Ill., then won the regional 9-1 over Hamilton West Side (Ohio).
The Little League World Series, which was canceled in 2020, won't be the usual U.S. vs. the World matchup fans have come to know over the years. COVID-19 regulations still limit international travel, so this year's version will be an all-American tournament.
The last Florida team to advance to the Little League World Series was the Citrus Park Little League team from Tampa in 2008. They finished second in their pool, but lost in the quarterfinals to South Lake Charles, La.
How to watch Palm City, Florida in the Little League World Series
Where: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
When: 3 p.m. Friday, August 20
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Tottenham's women's team to play Arsenal at new stadium
Posted by TheStadiumBusiness
on 11th July 2019
Tottenham Hotspur has announced that its new stadium will host its women's team's derby match against Arsenal on November 17.
Further details of the match will be announced at a later date but the announcement is another boost for the Women's Super League, which is seeking to tap into growing interest in the women's game following the success of the World Cup in France.
Earlier this week, Manchester City and Chelsea announced that their women's teams would open their seasons at Etihad Stadium and Stamford Bridge, respectively, on the weekend of September 7-8, which is an international break on the men's calendar.
Tickets for City's match against newly-promoted Manchester United will be £7, with up to three under-16s going free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Tickets for Chelsea's match against Tottenham on September 8 will be free for everyone.
Tottenham's women's team normally plays home matches at The Hive, home of Barnet FC. Tottenham, along with United, was promoted from the second-tier Championship last season.
Tottenham's 62,000-seat stadium opened in April. The stadium will also host NFL games and is pencilled in to stage the Chicago Bears vs Oakland Raiders on October 6 and Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 13.
In May, the stadium secured hosting rights to the 2020-21 finals of European club rugby union competitions the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) assigned the rights for its Finals Weekend to Tottenham after what it described as a "robust and detailed" tender process.
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Win the Pavement & Asphalt Maintenance Battle with Tensar
by Jeffrey Rasche, on Feb 12, 2021 10:54:57 AM
One common solution that's used to address fatigue and reflective cracking in pavements is applying an asphalt overlay directly on top of the existing pavement. Although this approach provides some additional service life, the benefit is often short-lived. For each inch of applied overlay, reflective cracks are assumed to be deterred from reaching the surface for a period of just one year, creating a situation for cracks to pre-maturely resurface. This also creates an expensive, losing battle with pavement maintenance that will never end.
However, pavement interlayers like the GlasGrid System have proven to be an extremely effective method for deterring cracks for an extensive amount of time. Installed between an asphalt leveling course and the surface course, the GlasGrid System becomes the hidden strength in a road, turning reflective vertical crack stresses horizontally to effectively dissipate them.
Take a look at this example below. On the left, the asphalt is rehabbed with only an overlay and has no defense against the cracks creeping up towards the surface over time. As significant reflective cracking begins to appear at the surface, the rate that water seeps into the pavement increases. On the right, the pavement is reinforced with the GlasGrid System which intercepts and redirects the cracks to prevent them from migrating further.
Cost Benefits of the GlasGrid System
To determine the potential long-term cost benefits of the GlasGrid® System, it is first necessary to predict the performance of a particular overlay. See the table on the right for reference. In the chart below, the continuing deterioration of a pavement surface is indicated by a corresponding reduction in the Pavement Condition Index (PCI). In this example, a 4 in. thick overlay for a high volume road has been designed to last 10 years. If there were no cracks reflecting upward from the underlying pavement surface, the deterioration of the new pavement would likely continue along the solid line shown.
However, the existing pavement surface exhibits cracking that will reflect to the surface. Therefore, although the 4 in. thick asphalt overlay is sufficient to last for 10 years from an overall structural perspective, nearly all of the existing cracks will have propagated through the new asphalt after approximately four years; this is based on the general rule that cracking propagates through an asphalt layer at a rate of 1 in. per year. As significant reflective cracking begins to appear at the surface, the rate that water seeps into the pavement increases. The pavement surface is predicted to deteriorate as indicated by Line A in Figure 5. In this example, the pavement would require a major rehabilitation after only five years as opposed to the scheduled 10 years.
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LAS VEGAS — The Silver State could reap more than $1 billion from marijuana production, processing and sales by 2024, according to an industry group's economic analysis released Oct. 26.
Pot-friendly policies, strict "seed-to-sale" regulations and the prospect of doing business with some of the 45 million tourists who visit Las Vegas and Reno each year could make Nevada one of the nation's largest marijuana marketplaces, said Andrew Jolley, president of the Nevada Dispensary Association.
He acknowledged that California, which began recreational pot sales this year, is expected to dominate the industry in size and scale.
"Nevada will be a very important market and should be a leader in regulations," said John Restrepo, principal analyst at Las Vegas-based RCG Economics, the producer of the analysis that attempted to put dollars signs to smoke rings since legal pot sales started on July 1, 2017.
Restrepo and Jolley expanded on the report during an Oct. 26 press conference, which also featured speakers Riana Durrett, executive director of the Nevada Dispensary Association; John Ritter, board member of The Grove and NDA; and Sen. Tick Segerblom.
Speakers presented information from the report — which can be viewed here — on tax revenue, projected revenue and economic benefits through 2024, as well as employment statistics, regulatory costs, operating costs and more.
The 33-page report was made public just weeks after state officials reported first-year taxable pot sales totaled almost $530 million, exceeding expectations by some 40 percent. Nevada received just under $70 million in tax revenues on that figure, including $27.5 million for schools and about $42.5 million for a state "rainy day" contingency fund.


LESHER 2019 PSD Wrestling Champions!
Congratulations to our coaches and 71 student-athletes on their 8 - 0 undefeated season and commanding victory at Saturday's PSD tournament at Fort Collins High School to be named the 2019 District Wrestling Champions!
The attached pictures are of the whole team, the six 1st place finishers for their respective weight classes, and our Lesher Athletics mission/vision. The entire team has competed at the highest levels, and even more important and impressive was the class and character that our team displayed throughout the season including maintaining academic eligibility the entire time. On Saturday, match after match, our student-athletes won with humility and loss with grace; both of which are very difficult to teach and model at any level of competition. Congratulations again and Go Vikings ! ! !


I've some many problems trying to compile Code::Blocks (to test the patch I planned to submit for visual studio workspaces) that I'm quite decided to abandon. I installed the most recent wxWidgets 2.6.3.
I tried compiling the VERSION_1_0 from CVS with VC toolkit: no way, there's compilation error with wxImageList(16, 16). I do not figure why since it is in wxWidget API. I did not insist.
So I installed Codeblocks shipped MinGW. I lost some time trying to compile wxWidgets with MinGW and finally found out that the make shipped with codeblocks (those shipped with wxwidget I think) do not like backslashes. I then installed a new fresh MinGW. Ok for wxWidget now !
I then tried to compile CodeBlocks VERSION_1_0 with the codeblocks-wx260.cbp. It compiles ok, but when trying to execute, resources.zip is missing in the share directory. I copy the one shipped with codeblocks final beta and I get a nice write at a bad memory adress error. Maybe I miss the correct .zip file, but I can't find them in the CVS.
Then I tried to compile the final beta 1. First seems that some files are missing in the codeblock project for gdb plugin. I add the missing files, now there's compilation errors with wxWidgets. I didn't insist.
Now I'm tired... Am I missing something ? I read carefully the readme files but no way! Please help.
First things first: if you plan on working on a feature you should work on the HEAD branch. That's where development is heading.
--- Quote ---Now I'm tired... Am I missing something ? I read carefully the readme files but no way! Please help.
You should have read the wiki. It's all there.
I didn't work on a new feature but on a v1-final-beta bug... That' why I choosed the VERSION_1_0 branch. I think I tried to compile the HEAD with VCToolkit with no success.
On the wiki, there's no mention to "make" executable problem.
Last, I remember lauching update.bat, I'll check that!
Maybe somebody could update the wiki and/or the readme files since they are clearly out-of-date !


Finally content where I can use some of Nathan's amazing L2 renders on the DSG!
ASAP being positive about something!
Great article, and yes great images to support the story.
While the support of a well-watched advisory board is good, it does not change the political calculation for getting the overall DSG/DST plan approved and funded.
"...NASA expected to publish individual documents for each system, such as environmental control and life support, power, data, storage, etc., that would contain voluntary standards rather than requirements, with the hope that both international and industry partners would be able to develop hardware and software that could easily be incorporated into the overall architecture, per the overview to the ASAP."
In this day and age of distributed contributions (think Github, open source s/w, etc.) I think providing a framework for identifying the known issues and being a "repository" for solutions makes a lot of sense. It leverages not only the "wisdom of the crowds", but also the resources of the planet. To me that was the most noteworthy part of the article.
"In terms of basic functionality, the DSG is being planned to support multiple NASA, commercial, and international objectives," added the overview. "It would be designed for the deep space environment and would support a crew of 4 for total mission durations of up to 42 days with the Orion vehicle attached.
As of today there are really only two likely spacecraft that could use the DSG, the Orion MPCV and the Dragon Crew - I'm ignoring Soyuz for now.
We know that even though SpaceX is being paid to send two humans around the Moon, otherwise they are focused on building interplanetary spacecraft that can start to colonize Mars. So I don't see SpaceX themselves being interested in the DSG. Maybe a SpaceX customer would want to go, but I think there is a limited market for that.
Which leaves the Orion MPCV as the primary spacecraft that can reach the DSG. But because of the cost of the Orion and the SLS, and the production lead times for both with current factory capabilities, we're talking about 42 days in space per year at the DSG. Compared to the 6-12 months current U.S. astronauts spend on the ISS, I'm not sure what the value proposition is for spending 42 days in space. Sure the location is unique, but what is being learned in 12% of a year at the DSG vs 100% of the year at the ISS?
I mention that because there will need to be sponsors of the legislation for the DSG/DST in both the House and Senate, and they will need to be able to explain the value proposition to their fellow legislators and get them to set aside their priorities in order to fund this effort.
In internet startup terminology, I'm not seeing a "killer app" with the DSG, just a "nice to have". Things that are "nice to have" don't get funding priority, so I think NASA needs to work harder on identifying and explaining what the value proposition is for the Deep Space Gateway.
Given that only one SLS is planned per year, Orion would also only be launched once a year. If NASA were to decide that it wants 2 or 3 crewed flights to the DSG per year, it could contract SpaceX or another commercial company for the other flights. That would be an interesting scenario.
The 'killer app' for the DSG is sending people to Mars on the Deep Space Transport. To save fuel etc. the big ships will return to the DSG rather than LEO. An Orion could pick up the astronauts and return them to the Earth's surface.
IMHO The DSG day job will be sending people and cargo to the lunar surface. Reusable lunar landers will need to be parked and refuelled somewhere between missions.
Reusable LEO to DSG and back transfer vehicles will be useful. SEP for cargo and chemical rocket engines for people. Providing the LEO spacestation, DSG and transfer vehicle have NASA Docking Ports then NASA can simply buy tickets for the 3-4 day journey rather than pay for the vehicle's development.
The 'killer app' for the DSG is sending people to Mars on the Deep Space Transport.
OK. So the near-term "killer app" for the Deep Space Gateway is a U.S. Government program to return humans to the surface of the Moon? Why hasn't this been made an explicit goal then?
All great stuff, but we shouldn't conflate personal desire with U.S. Government needs - because the USG doesn't have a current "need" to do any of that (as defined by USG policy and funding).
One way to look at the situation with the DSG/DST is whether this proposal would have been made regardless if the SLS & Orion existed or not? In other words, is the goal what's important, of the use of the SLS & Orion? And would the U.S. Government be willing to give up the SLS and Orion in order to pursue the DSG/DST effort if needed?
Those are questions the President needs to answer since it should be the President that proposes and supports such efforts. Obama had other priorities that he supported, some that succeeded and some that didn't, so we'll have to see if Trump is willing to attach his name to a long term effort too.
We have a golden opportunity to do something that commercial and international partners are both interested in contributing to and using. Its not an ideal plan, but its pretty good for what we have to work with and what money there is. We can spend years arguing about what should be done or we can make a start on providing our own do-able cislunar toehold.
Obama did not ask for it, DSG is being managed by the Mars team and NASA would have to pay for an explicit goal. Providing support but no money to Lunar CATALYST industry/NASA partnership hopefully will produce several cargo lunar landers one of which is big enough to carry people. (The cabin will have to be a later project.) NASA is already looking for lunar surface payloads.
I don't generally like to rain on space parades, and mods can pull this if they think it doesn't belong. I just feel this entire direction is a waste of time and money, it isn't going to get us to Mars, at least not anytime soon, and wouldn't even do that much to facilitate a moon base or missions that can't be done in other ways. I have trouble seeing the advantages, all this does is add another layer of unnecessary complexity. It sounds like something created to eat budgets. Sorry to be cynical.
NASA has a long term problem. It takes about a decade to develop a major machine. Unlike the Apollo days it can only afford to develop one major machine at a time. Going to Mars will require several new machines. It has chosen to work on an important component - long term life support. ECLSS are needed in capsules, transfer vehicles, spacestations, landers, spacesuits, planetary buildings and manned rovers. It has decided to flight test the ECLSS in a spacestation's habitat.
I disagree. Regardless of where we go, we need habitats. I don't think that we are going to Mars any time soon. So this is what we get in the mean time. But this has to be done cheaply. If it's expensive, I agree that it then becomes a distraction.
I do not deny your points, NASA is doing the best they feel they can with the current circumstances, doing something different with the same money might well require unpopular things. We can blame the last decade of conflicted and uncertain direction from all quarters for the current state of affairs. I think a small lunar base would better serve all of our long term exploration goals for getting to Mars, a cislunar stations' only advantage is not needing to be landed or landed at, we could always send out smaller modules for fueling if we decided to go that direction. And we really don't want to hire the military industrial complex as the only gas station for interplanetary missions, and it sounds like they'd love to have that monopoly.
Each Orion launch on SLS Block 1B will have about 10 tonnes payload capacity unused. NASA is trying to do something with that excess capacity. So, DSG is actually a pretty good idea considering the situation.
If DSG turns out to be just a tin can for astronauts to sit in, it won't be very useful. If our ISS partners join up with NASA and add lunar landers, especially reusable ones to be docked at DSG, then it will be money well spent.
SLS and Orion are Congressional pet projects. They will continue to be funded for the foreseeable future. Might as well get some good use out of them.
Since they are self catering I sometimes think of these spacestations as YMCA in space.
Out of the way hotels probably have experience with logistics. Bigelow both builds and runs hotels. The oil companies run gas stations and are used to drilling off road. Walmart may be able to submit a very different bid.
I think a small lunar base would better serve all of our long term exploration goals for getting to Mars, a cislunar stations' only advantage is not needing to be landed or landed at, we could always send out smaller modules for fueling if we decided to go that direction. And we really don't want to hire the military industrial complex as the only gas station for interplanetary missions, and it sounds like they'd love to have that monopoly.
One big advantage of the station is that, according to Gerst, it can be done within the relatively flat NASA budgets. A surface base would be nice, but it requires commitment and funding that is not there and may not materialize for some time. This is what we can do now with what we have and even Bezos has expressed interest in basing a lander there.
We also don't want to have the only gas station held by corporate space interests instead of the military industrial complex if thats what you're implying.
NASA and the FAA can regulate the propellant depot. If the operator misbehaves they can threaten to take it to the Monopolies Commission. I do not know what the Commission will do but the operator is unlikely to like it.
I agree with you both: it's not really required to get to Mars but it is the only thing NASA could possibly afford in the near future.
My personal opinion is mixed, in addition to what I just mentioned the DSG would be good for the Moon, but it's a distraction for Mars. What would be better would be to develop an actual landing vehicle for the respective celestial bodies, not so much an ISS 2.0-Luna Deluxe. Telescopes and experiments can be sent up and act largely autonomously; the Hubble for instance benefited from sporadic human service, but a 24/7 human presence would have compromised its mission (outgassing from life support, ect. were one reason astronomy options for Freedom and then ISS weren't prominent).
As for whether the DSG or DST will materialize...it will largely depend on the success of the SLS firstly. Secondly, we need to see what the current and future administrations will do (not to get political, but frankly I think Mr Trump is too preoccupied with 'other' matters not to mention I think being explained the impossibility of reaching Mars within a single term threw his interest in NASA away). I'm only giving it a 40% chance of happening; ARM I'd have given 10% on a generous day for comparison.
I think what could help the DSG's case would be listing a very specific set of objectives it could accomplish. Testing out self-sufficient and enclosed life support could be considered one, but it shouldn't be the only one. If its main occupation is near the Moon, include some remote lunar science. After that, perhaps arrange for servicing other craft is Cislunar space - hypothetically the DSG is supposed to move anywhere, so it could visit a lunar-Lagrange Hubble and refuel and fix it for example, perhaps with a larger tool set than the STS had. Ensure it is more specific than the ISS yet useful.
The ECLSS in capsules can be serviced every time they return to Earth but the DSG's ECLSS can only expect its consumables to be replaced. NASA hopes to use the same design of ECLSS on its Mars trips.
I am in two minds about this DSG.
On the one hand NASA needs to find their next big project after ISS, on the other hand this has some of the hallmarks of a make work program to utilize the SLS/ORION.
I general I like the idea of a way-station where spacecraft's can refuel and astronauts rest/resupply before the next leg of a journey either to the moon or mars. For that reason, DSG is appealing.
But it should not be a substitute for LEO infrastructure such as a zero-gravity research, tech-demo etc. such as what is happening on ISS. Now commercial might take over this role with after ISS, with NASA as anchor tenant, but NASA would probably still need to initiate a COTS type program for that to happen.
NASA has forced itself out of LEO in some ways with all its talk of handing over LEO to commercial operators and SLS/ORION is for BLEO. SLS/ORION only justification other than pure pork lies in its superior per launch BLEO capability.
So, given the need to justify and utilize SLS/ORION what to do in BLEO, that is within the flat budget profile?
DSG allows NASA to utilize SLS/ORION to build an infrastructure capacity. A make work program for SLS/ORION that also delivers some permanent value.
The big fear is that a DSG program under the SLS umbrella so to speak will mean its cost will be enormous and ends up never flying or constant being revised since political forces align to keep it going no matter the high costs and low return. Much like SLS and ORION.
But if the ECLSS needs to be replenished every 42 days, you certainly aren't getting to Mars. Or am I missing something?


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Q: After adding objects via CoreDataGeneratedAccessors to-many relationships's NSSet is empty I have two Core Data entities: Parent and Child. Parent has to-many relationship to a Child called children. Inverse relationship from is Child.parent. So parent has CoreDataGeneratedAccessors: - (void)addChildrenObject:(Child *)value; and - (void)addChildren:(NSSet *)value;.
Problem: after I add Child(s) by using one of those accessors and save managedObjectContext parent.children is empty. At the same time parent property of every added Child point to  proper instance of Parent and NSFetchedResultsController fetches such children (predicate is parent = %@, <instance of Parent>) well.
How can it be so? Just don't have a clue how to debug such a strange CoreData behavior.

A: Solved. Somehow property of that set was sythesized by @synthesize not @dynamic in .m file. I know this was a very stupid typo, but I wonder why XCode did not even generated a warning about that! Static analyzer said nothing about it too!

A: The same happens when you define properties like this:
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Bowery Bombshell is een Amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1946 onder regie van Phil Karlson.

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Er wordt een foto genomen van Sach Jones, als hij bij de bank staat. Op dat ogenblik vindt er juist een bankoverval plaats. De politie gelooft dat Sach een van de daders is. Zijn vrienden willen bewijzen dat hij onschuldig is en ze gaan op zoek naar de echte bankovervallers.

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Tomorrow marks the start of Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, so we thought we'd give you this quick roundup of the 2015 event.
The event begins tomorrow at 7pm until midnight and runs on select nights on September 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27. October 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 and November 1.
Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular at Cinderella's Castle is the newest show to be added to MNSSHP and will be performed four times each night.
The show replaces the Disney Villains Mix and Mingle show and tells the story of the mischievous Sanderson Sisters from Disney's "Hocus Pocus" and their return to the mortal world for one night during the Halloween season.
With the help of the Disney villains, Winifred, Mary and Sarah gather together sinister shadows, nefarious nightmares and the power of their frightful friends to conjure the ultimate Hocus Pocus Party Potion and cast a spell on everyone in the Magic Kingdom Park.
As every year, MNSSHP will be offering trick or treat across the whole park and will be giving away over 245 tons of brand name sweets across 23 days.
As you step into the park, grab your bag and get ready to collect your Kit Kats, M&Ms and Skittles from all the below places.
There is also a trick or treat trail that starts near the Fantasyland Railroad Station and offers 3 times more sweets for everyone.
Various attractions will be open during the MNSSHP, however, it is worth noting that NO FastPass+ will be available for these times.
There are 13 Disney characters exclusive to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.
Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas will greet guests near Pete's Silly Side Show in Fantasyland.
During the Boo-to-You Halloween Parade you can see Big Al, Captain Barbosa, Dr. Facilier, Oogie Boogie, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed — the three hyenas from The Lion King and three Hitch-Hiking Ghosts from the Haunted Mansion.
We've included the guide maps below so you can start planning before you go.


Subject: Enlighten me about jigdo ..
I wonder what this hype about jigdo is ..
and possibly an md5sum for each file ..
creates the necessary directory structure) and an isoimage for the bootable cd.
mentioned layout is actually used by the people making the iso-s ..
Having those three is enough to keep your system(probably server farm) uptodate.
What you do is just run debmirror to update to latest sid and upgrade the new packages.
You could always create the latest iso images too.


Old Theory : Use paper cup and then dispose.
New Theory : Use RIP-cUP, rip out the top layer where you sipped from, rinse and reuse for a couple of more drinks.
My theory: use non-disposable cups.
I agree completly. Use non disposable items… All items, not only cups. Glass, Chinaware, etc.
why would I rip off a part of a perfectly usable cup? Swineflu? I've found these to be perfectly usable until they have melted away.
I want to know why the thinking is that there are only germs where your mouth has touched the cup. I doubt that is the case – likely fluids get in the rest of the cup too.
Yeah, saliva is heavier than most drinks and usually goes to the bottom… Not a good idea.
my theory: why RIP if it needs to be rinsed anyway?
agreed… this idea Can RIP.
we have christmas markets here and they serve tee in mugs, you simply return them and get back the refund. they do all the washing.
Not a good idea; cycling sickness!!!
Please avoid the idea of recycling the recycled.
The rim is not the only "affected" area. The saliva and germs get in the liquid which then spreads them around.


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To Your Scattered Bodies Go first edition
Riverworld / To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Novels, 1971–1983
On Greatest lists ▽ △
• Greatest Literature
• Greatest Novels
• Greatest Science Fiction
Novels in series ▽ △
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go, 1971
• The Fabulous Riverboat, 1971
• The Dark Design, 1977
• The Magic Labyrinth, 1980
• Gods of Riverworld, 1983
Alan Cumming is a blue alien helping a former journalist (Tehmot Penikett) in 2010 Riverworld mini-series.
Riverworld
including To Your Scattered Bodies Go
THE NOVELS | THE MOVIES
Up river with the Blue Man Group
Riverworld (2010): Television mini-series, director Stuart Guillard; writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Randall M. Badat, Hans Beimler; featuring Tahmot Penikett, Alan Cumming, Mark Deklin, Peter Wingfield, Jeananne Goossen
Mark Deklin as Clemens in Riverworld.
Much different, the U.S.-Canadian rebooting of Riverworld for TV in 2010.
Instead of the wilds of New Zealand, the wilds of British Columbia are the location. Instead of the hero being explorer Richard Burton (as in the novels) or an American astronaut (as in the 2003 TV attempt), he's now an American journalist, who yearns to find his all-American, bubble-headed girlfriend.
In place of warrior princess Loghu or Mali, we have warrior princess Tomoe.
Instead of Hermann Göring or King John or Emperor Nero, the bad guy is conquistador Francisco Pizarro.... Why? I don't know, maybe the producers thought they could get the rights to the Procol Harum song for the soundtrack.
But, wait, Burton is back in play after all. Though now he's kind of a bad guy.
The one constant is Samuel Clemens. But his story is so truncated that we never see him get his team together, build his boat, or engage in all those intrigues that were so absorbing in the novels. He just appears on the scene to join up with the American journalist and promptly lose his boat to Pizarro.
But at least in this short series, the good guys win through to reach the tower at the head of the river, something that doesn't happen until the fourth novel, where they solve the mystery of Riverworld.
I think they solve it. Hard to tell. Nothing is worked out very clearly in this jerky three-and-a-half-hour film. Time is always jumping ahead—I suspect whenever the producers run out of money to actually film what's supposed to happen in-between.
But it is a passable time-waster. Actor Tehmot Penikett (from Battlestar Galactica) is okay as the rugged American hero. Mark Deklin is a young, good-looking Clemens, maybe too young and good looking. And Peter Wingfield is overly villainous as Burton, all glaring eyes and curling lips, but that's the role they've given him.
Trailer for the 2010 TV remake of Riverworld, that revised the novel drastically.
The standout is Jeananne Goossen, whom I've never heard of before, as a Japanese female samurai fighter. Smart, sexy and strong, now there's a woman our hero should hook up with.
The aliens who create Riverworld, represented by the usually terific Alan Cumming, are the biggest disappointments. I was just thinking they looked and acted like rejects from the Blue Man Group—when our hero made the same reference to them. Just not mysterious enough, more like bickering kids playing with their human toys.
Through five books and two movies, I'm still not sure what they're on about.
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"Bad Dogs Have More Fun" is an unforgettable collection of more than seventy-five newspaper articles from "The Philadelphia Inquirer" written by former columnist John Grogan. Combining humor, wit, poignancy, and affection, these columns provide insight into the intriguing and wonderful world we live in. Whether it be writing about animals (from dogs to elephants to geese!), powerful and moving comments about his own and other families, trenchant comments on life's foibles and farces, or his interviews and interactions with people who are memorable and unusual in their own right, John Grogan makes us laugh–he makes us cry–he makes us think.


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Q: Summing up values of Some rows and add it to Value of other rows I need your help in SQL Query where in the example table given below, i just need two rows which doesn't have a Required flag set to Y. Value of these two rows should have (Price * % Levied) + (sum of (Price)*(% Levied) of rows which has Required flag set to Y)

Name
Price
% Levied
Required

King Bed
10000
120

Queen Bed
24000
140

Delivery
240
140
Y

Porter Charges
20
20
Y

My result should look something like this

Name
Values

King Bed
(10000 * 120)+(240 * 140)+(20 * 20)

Queen Bed
(24000 * 140)+(240 * 140)+(20 * 20)

I don't even know where to get started. Let me know if any info is needed. Thanks in advance.

A: SELECT t1.Name, t1.Price * t1.Levied + t3.CommonPayment Values
FROM table t1
CROSS JOIN ( SELECT SUM(t2.Price * t2.Levied) CommonPayment
             FROM table t2
             WHERE t2.Required = 'Y' ) t3
WHERE t1.Required <> 'Y'

A: Try something like this
with required_rows as
(
    select  Price * '% Levied' as 'add_on_price'
    from    my_table
    where   Required = 'Y'
),
sum_required_rows as
(
    select sum (add_on_price) as total_add_on_price
    from   required_rows
),
select  Name,
        Price,
        % Levied,
        ((Price * '% Levied') + total_add_on_price) as final_price
from    my_table
inner join sum_required_rows on 1=1
where   Required != 'Y'


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judy perry martinez prepares to lead american bar association as
CAMPUS NEWS: JULY 16, 2019
Judy Perry Martinez Prepares To Lead American Bar Association As President
Alumna Judy Perry Martinez will be sworn in as president of the American Bar Association on August 12 in San Francisco.
University of New Orleans alumna Judy Perry Martinez grew up in Chalmette, La., about a block from the St. Bernard Parish courthouse. Despite that proximity to the parish's judicial epicenter, Martinez, the president-elect of the American Bar Association, never thought about being a lawyer.
"I just think it's wonderful when someone says, 'I was 6-years old, and I knew I wanted to become an attorney,'" Martinez said. "I was not one of those children, and I really didn't know any attorneys growing up."
That epiphany, instead, came after a business law class at the University of New Orleans where Martinez was pursuing a marketing degree. The professor asked Martinez to stay after class one day, and gave her a nudge that would change the trajectory of her life.
"He said, 'You should go to law school,'" said Martinez, an attorney with Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn LLP in New Orleans, recalled with bemusement. "To have that expression of confidence, that he saw something in me that made him think that I should go to law school, was something that made me turn that way."
After graduating from UNO in 1979, Martinez headed to Tulane University for law school. She graduated law school in 1982 and embarked on a corporate legal career that has spanned nearly four decades, including a stint as vice president and chief compliance officer for Northrop Grumman and a fellow-in-residence at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, the multibillion-dollar aerospace company, Martinez spent 21 years as a commercial litigator at Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, where she was a member of its management committee.
"That just tells you that somebody's belief in a young person can change their lives," Martinez said referring to her former marketing professor's suggestion.
On August 12, Martinez will be sworn in as the president of the American Bar Association, an organization of more than 400,000 members that, among other services it provides, recommends legal policies and sets academic accreditation requirements for U.S. law schools.
Martinez has held various leadership roles in the ABA for more than 30 years, including chairing the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which evaluates all prospective nominees to the federal bench.
"I see the active participation in a bar association as essential to good lawyering," Martinez said. "I can attest to the fact that they expose you to new ideas, different thoughts and expose you to people with different perspectives than you have and, as a result, they help you hone your skills."
Role As ABA President
Martinez's inauguration will take place during the organization's annual meeting in San Francisco. Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson will conduct the swearing-in ceremony, Martinez said.
Martinez's husband, Rene, along with their four children, will also attend.
"I will be guided by the association's unparalleled history of standing up for the voiceless and its unwavering commitment to support our members to be the best that they can be each day for their clients and the public they serve," Martinez said during her acceptance speech last year when she became president-elect.
As president, Martinez will be the official spokesperson for the group. She is also charged with advancing the ABA's four primary goals:
• Serve members by providing benefits, programs and services that promote professional growth and quality of life.
• Improve the legal profession by promoting quality legal education, competence, ethical conduct, professionalism, pro bono and public service
• Eliminate bias and enhance diversity
• Advance the rule of law
"Everything we do, we do to advance those four goals," Martinez said. "In some organizations, the presidency sort of zigs and zags because it's just one year, but our organization really strives for strategic leadership and continual leadership that advances the organization's goal."
Since her election in 2018, Martinez has traveled with current president Bob Carlson to various events, including spending a week providing pro bono legal work at a residential detention center in Texas where she helped interview migrants, some of whom were seeking asylum in the United States.
"You see people who are desperate to come to this country," Martinez said regarding her observations of the detention center. "They need help telling their stories … getting information about the (legal) process and what's going to happen in court when they pursue their claims is critically important."
The ABA projects that its members will provide legal aid to more than 20,000 unaccompanied minors this year to help them make informed decisions throughout the immigration process.
In June, the ABA issued a statement decrying the "inhumane and illegal" treatment of unaccompanied immigrant children held in government custody, as had been widely reported in the news media.
"We issue statements if we feel an issue is critical for us to speak on," Martinez said.
Stellar legal career
Martinez's previous leadership roles in the ABA includes a 2011 appointment as chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which evaluates all prospective nominees to the federal bench, the ABA lead representative to the U.N., the members of the ABA Board of Governors and the members of its executive committee.
She previously has served as chair of the 170,000 member ABA Young Lawyers Division, a member of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and chair of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.
Martinez worked with other Louisiana bar leaders to establish the New Orleans Pro Bono Project, and served as its first chair in the early 1980s. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her work in the legal field, including the Sam Dalton Capital Defense Advocacy Award from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Counsel in 1997, the Michelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award from the Association of Women Attorneys in 1998, and the Alliance for Justice Award in 1999 from the National Gay and Lesbian Law Association.
She was named The Outstanding Young Lawyer in the State of Louisiana in 1990 and the Louisiana Bar Foundation's 2001 Distinguished Attorney. In 2012, the Federal Bar Association, New Orleans chapter, presented her with its Camille Gravel Public Service Award.
"Opportunities, not accomplishments"
The half-dozen floor-to-ceiling windows in Martinez's Poydras Street corner office, located on the 30th floor in downtown New Orleans, offers panoramic views of the Mississippi River, the Superdome, Uptown, and, on this day, a cloudless blue sky.
"I love the rain," Martinez says. "It just feels great. You see the clouds roll in and the rain."
Her office is neatly arranged with sleek furnishings that complement the abundance of natural light and the aerial view. Pictures of her husband and their four children line a bookshelf. There's also a picture of Martinez and several women associates at the firm laughing together—it was taken during "the early years," Martinez said.
Despite a career steeped in service and accomplishments, Martinez shrugs off compliments and counters that she's been given opportunities.
"I see them more as opportunities than accomplishments," she said.
In the 1950s, Martinez said her dad owned a furniture store on the corner of St. Claude and Desire in the Upper 9th Ward. Her three older brothers attended Holy Cross, while she graduated from St. Mary's Dominican High School. She initially attended LSU after high school, but her family's finances dictated a transfer after three semesters, Martinez said.
"We had a good life, and UNO fit in perfectly," she said. "I worked two jobs while I was there, and was blessed to have a strong education."
Her siblings and one of her sons live in Baton Rouge. Her oldest brother, Al, also an attorney and UNO alumni, moved there following Hurricane Katrina, she said.
She and her husband recently downsized to a smaller home in New Orleans about 10 blocks away from the house they'd lived in for 27 years, she said. To her delight, another son and his wife recently purchased a house nearby after living out-of-state for a decade.
"They moved 200 steps from our new house," Martinez said. "That's the greatest joy! His dog was over this morning."
Her family, which also includes a daughter and son living in Washington, D.C. keeps her rooted and motivated, she said.
"I have a big extended family and we love getting together," Martinez said. "We eat; it's all about the food!"
As she prepares to take the helm of the organization that bills itself as the "national representative of the legal profession," Martinez already knows the frenetic pace of the job. Her schedule is basically booked through next year with national and international obligations.
To handle the chockablock schedule, Martinez said she tries to exercise daily and give herself at least 10 minutes every morning to center herself. She has a "calming" app on her phone that provides daily themes.
"Today it was accepting criticism," she said. "It's just about 90 seconds to two minutes of talk at the end, but the first eight minutes are just music and breathing, and then I walk."
Martinez said she is honored and humbled to become the new ABA president, where she also will represent her state, city and alma mater.
"I'm so proud to be doing this and being from Louisiana and from New Orleans and being a UNO graduate," she said. "It could be someone else easily doing this, but because of all the support all these years, that's why I'm able to do this.
"There is nobody more proud of her city."


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Margot Robbie: Sexism is naturally ingrained in people
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Margot Robbie believes sexism is "naturally ingrained in people".
The 'Birds of Prey' star says she still regularly experiences prejudice because she's a woman, and believes sexism isn't something that will ever go away, because it's an "inherent thing everyone has got in their DNA".
She said: "[Sexism is] naturally ingrained in people - even if you are the one who should be dictating the decisions - that they turn to the closest, eldest male in the room and direct the question at them. It's just an inherent thing everyone has got in their DNA."
Margot claims she even experiences sexism when it comes to her production company LuckyChap Entertainment, as she says people will ask her male producing partners questions before considering her response.
She added: "When people are asking a question and I have the answer, they so readily will turn to my producing partners who are guys and ask them. It's a finance thing, so I will ask the guy. And they are like, 'actually she is the one with the answer, you should ask her!' It's the societal construct we have grown up knowing."
But the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' actress knows most people "want to embrace" equality, and believes it won't be long before people teach themselves to ignore their sexist "mindset".
Margot explained: "I think the interesting thing now is that everyone is so conscious of that and they often catch themselves. I think people want to embrace the idea of equality. I think they are a little shocked they hadn't before, and they didn't have that mindset and weren't conscious of it."
And whilst the blonde beauty is busy being critical of others for their mindsets, she's also "very critical" of herself, as she says she never gives herself enough credit for a job well done.
Speaking to Glamour UK's January 2020 digital issue, she said: "I am very, very self-critical and I am very critical of my work. I set a very high standard for myself. I always want to be doing better and I always think I can be doing better.
"I don't think there is one moment where I have thought, 'you have nailed it.' I always think, 'you did what you set out to do but you missed the mark here and next time you are going to do it differently.' I do have that inner voice that is constantly striving for something better."
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In a blow to the gene-editing super-tool CRISPR, scientists have found that it causes big, dangerous-looking changes to DNA in mouse and human cells.
What happened: A team at the Wellcome Sanger Center in the UK described how CRISPR can lead to massive genetic typos—big chunks of DNA getting deleted, reversed, or moved entirely.
Is that bad? Yes. The team says if CRISPR is used in a gene therapy to edit billions of cells, bad results are "likely." "The multitude of different mutations generated makes it likely that one or more edited cells in each protocol would be endowed with an important pathogenic lesion," according to geneticist Allan Bradley, who headed the study, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
The risk: The danger is that unplanned DNA alterations could start turning cells cancerous. That could throw a wrench into plans to use CRISPR to treat inherited illnesses like hemophilia—and it makes "designer babies" seem less likely than ever.


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A documentary history of religion in America
The work A documentary history of religion in America represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Union Presbyterian Seminary Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
The Resource A documentary history of religion in America
edited by Edwin S. Gaustad, Mark A. Noll & Heath W. Carter
Noll, Mark A., 1946-
Carter, Heath W.
Gaustad, Edwin S., (Edwin Scott)
United States -- Religion -- Sources
With more than a hundred illustrations and a rich array of primary documents ranging from the letters and accounts of early colonists to tweets and transcripts from the 2016 presidential election, this volume remains an essential text for readers who want to encounter firsthand the astonishing scope of religious belief and practice in American history
Students and scholars have long turned to the two-volume Documentary History of Religion in America for access to the most significant primary sources relating to American religious history. Published here in a single volume for the first time, the work in this fourth edition has been both updated and condensed, allowing instructors to more easily use the material in one semester. --
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The History of "Change"
Saturday, Feb 9 2008
American007
There's a fascinating SlateV video illustrating the history of candidates using the mantle of "change". It's worth considering that Obama really hasn't invented anything fundamentally new, he's really just adapting an old familiar campaign strategy that's been around for decades and used by both parties.
A few highlights:
1952: Dwight Eisenhower, who the video notes is remembered for being perhaps America's most boring status quo presidents, ran on a platform of change. Specifically, he was running a change campaign against the legacy of an unpopular president, supported ending a mismanaged and unpopular war, stopping government corruption, and lifting a faltering economy. Sound familiar?
1976: Still reeling from the Watergate scandal, both candidates sought to run on a theme of "change". Jimmy Carter ran as the ultimate change candidate–a fresh Washington outsider, brutally honest, with a campaign based more on big ideas than policy details. Gerald Ford on the other hand, was walking a tightrope. He had to convince the country that although he was the heir of an incredibly unpopular president, he was an independent thinker and had changed. At the same time, he struggled to mollify the party base that to a large part still rallied around their fallen standardbearer. Sound familiar in both cases?
1992: Bill Clinton, the original "Hope" candidate ran against a suddenly unpopular administration, a failing economy, and an increasingly out-of-touch president and opposition party–and based his campaign around the idea that, in his own words, "experience is important, but it's not everything". Sound familiar?
2000: Even after an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity, change was in the air. George W. Bush based his first campaign on an uplifting message of spiritual and moral change, arguing that he was a fresh face and a Washington outsider, above the scandals and corruption of both parties, and would transcend partisian bickering and unite a fractured country. Sound familiar?
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A Most Accursed - Ghosts.
Album: Ghosts
Artist: A Most Accursed
Label: Sombre Soniks
Catalogue no: SomSon139
2. White Cross
3. Rejoice
4. Wild River
I recently reviewed Druha Smrt's latest release, Incarnatium, on this blog some weeks ago, and rated it as another entry in a distinguished catalogue of fine releases from the Sombre Soniks. So, you may justly wonder, what does this have to do with this latest release on this small British label? The answer's simple: A Most Accursed is a side project of Druha Smrt, and takes matters off in a completely different direction from that project. Because what we have here can be classified as a form of shoegaze/noise/dark ambient hybrid: traditional instruments like piano and guitar are much in evidence, as are lyrics, and there's plenty of reverb to go around. And it's glorious – it's dreamy and noisy, uplifting and shattering, light and dark, and pure delight.
The title track 'Ghosts' begins with a simple reverberating piano figure that provides a backdrop to breathy lyrics and guitar feedback. These are ghosts indeed, fleeting glimpses of lights and shapes seen from the corner of one's eyes, distant elusive memories of past events and people long gone, seemingly recorded in a slice of air and time. Those memories haunt as shiveringly as spectres and apparitions do, living as they do in a past that can never be retrieved. 'White Cross' is just as mesmerising, echoey, ringing guitars and vocals rising into the sky, followed by soaring guitar notes winging their way to some distant, shimmering horizon. These are the bright but ephemeral sparks living their brief firefly existences in a vain effort to join the stars above.
'Rejoice' comes up next, more piano reverberations against a watery background, but this time accompanied by a mournful viola. This one, in spite of its title, is a swatch of darkness, velvety black and starless. A funereal pall hangs heavily, an oppression bearing down upon all who stand below. The final track 'Wild River' starts in much the same vein as the previous piece, with echoing bass piano notes set against rushing water, but don't be fooled into thinking this is uncreative repetition. This one is lighter in tone, but grandiose in effect, indeed just like a wild river should be – bounded only by its natural banks, not beholden to the controlling interference of man, and left to power and meander its way wherever its nature wonts. Rocks and barriers mean nothing, and in many ways this serves as a metaphor perhaps for our own lives; the river fears nothing in its path, and can be a powerful force to be reckoned with. It could burst its banks and flood the land, destroying homes and lives. It bends and finds its way around obstacles. It is clear, hiding nothing. It is strong, supporting life, and simultaneously able to move heavy objects. It is the quintessential element for the survival of life.
In my so far short acquaintance with Sombre Soniks Ghosts amounts to quite a departure from their usual style, but I have to say that that is a wonderful thing. This is a more accessible album than much of their output, but is ultimately another means of expressing concepts which would be hard to pin down in any other way. It is an uplifting and sobering experience, a reminder both of joy and grief, a celebratory parade and a funeral cortege. Furthermore, this shows versatile musicianship, and that moods can be created both through tradition and unconventional means. This is a scintillating gem that shines darkly in both the light and the dark.
Available from the Sombre Soniks Bandcamp page:
https://sombresoniks.bandcamp.com/album/ghosts
Labels: A Most Accursed, Ghosts, Sombre Soniks


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package de.onyxbits.raccoon.gui;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import java.util.Random;

import org.junit.Test;

import de.onyxbits.raccoon.gui.Traits;

public class FeaturesTest {

	@Test
	public void testRed() {
		assertEquals("nyzam", Traits.red("almnz"));
	}

	@Test
	public void testSaat() {
		String[] ret = { "kxew", "knwn", "iwpr", "jkkg", "mcdi", "mryy", "lbqd",
				"lokt", "ogfv" };
		for (int i = 0; i < ret.length; i++) {
			assertEquals(ret[i], Traits.saat(new Random(i)));
		}
	}

	@Test
	public void testInterpret() {
		String[] in = Traits.interpret("CQcPCA5YFAsTDgc=", "abcd");
		assertEquals("hello", in[0]);
		assertEquals("world", in[1]);
		assertEquals(2, in.length);
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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HomeNutrition10 Post-Workout Foods for Muscle Gain
10 Post-Workout Foods for Muscle Gain
Tamer El Sheikh 12:19:00 PM
Experts in the nutrition sector suggest that consuming the appropriate food after a workout is nearly as crucial as exercising itself if you want to gain muscle and reach your fitness goals.
Marni Sumbal, M.S., R.D., a sports dietitian and Ironman competitor, says, "Nailing your post-workout nutrition promotes faster recovery, lowers muscle pain, grows muscle, enhances immune system functioning, and restores glycogen — all critical building blocks in preparing you for future sessions."
True, new research reveals that you don't have to eat the nutrients you need right after a workout to get muscle-building and strength-building advantages. However, most individuals find that eating a protein bar or drinking a protein shake before (or even during) a workout can cause digestive problems, including a case of the trots mid-exercise.
It's also true that you shouldn't rely just on protein bars or shakes to aid your body's recovery after a strenuous workout. You should aim for a range of foods, just as you do for healthy overall nutrition because each one has its own set of beneficial nutrients.
So, if you think about your post-exercise nutrition a bit more, your time at the gym (or on the road, or in the water, or wherever you workout) could yield even better benefits.
So, how do you know what to go for? The science-backed solutions below can help you heal faster and stronger so you can get back to the gym sooner. Plus, none of them taste like your typical gritty protein drink.
1. Tart cherry juice
Tart cherry juice is high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances, and it has been demonstrated to aid in the recovery of athletes after intensive training.
Many studies have shown that tart cherry juice can aid recovery after an intense workout, but it's not just for weightlifters: a recent study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports found that tart cherry juice improved various aspects of cyclists' exercise performance.
In addition, when compared to the placebo, tart cherry juice reduced their systolic blood pressure 90 minutes after activity. And there's even evidence that it may aid with sleep.
Montmorency tart cherries are available in a variety of forms, including dried, juice, canned, concentrate, and frozen.
2. Whole eggs
Eating whole eggs can help you get ripped.
After exercise, researchers at the University of Illinois advised men who frequently lifted to eat three whole eggs or a mixture of egg whites containing 18 grams of protein. Then they measured their protein synthesis rates, which is the engine that propels muscle growth.
Even while they had the same amount of protein, entire eggs produced a 40 percent larger muscle-building response than egg whites alone.
The authors of the study believe that the nutrients in the yolk, like as healthful fats, vitamins, and minerals like phosphorus and iron, allow your tired muscles to better utilize the high-quality protein in the whites.
Mash a few hard-boiled eggs with 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon yellow curry powder and a couple pinches salt. Spread on rye crackers.
3. Ricotta
As little as 9 grams of dairy may be enough to kick-start the muscle-building process, according to research in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. For the study, men chugged either a milk-based drink with 9 grams of protein or a carbohydrate-only beverage equal in calories after a lower body strength training session. While the carb-only placebo did little to bolster the muscle-building process post-workout, the 9 grams of dairy protein sufficiently ramped things up. "In response to loading muscles with training stress, the mTOR protein in our muscles is activated, which is a key to stimulating protein synthesis," says Sumbal. "And mTOR is highly sensitive to the amino acids found in dairy."
A 1/2-cup serving of ricotta has around 14 grams of milk protein. It's also a rich source of whey protein, which is abundant in the crucial amino acid leucine, which, according to Sumbal, is highly effective in signaling mTOR to stimulate new muscle growth.
In addition, British researchers discovered that combining whey protein with carbs after an exercise can help strengthen your bones.
In a mixing dish, combine 1/2 cup park-skim ricotta cheese and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence. 1/3 cup granola and 1/2 cup berries go on top.
4. Smoked salmon
Higher intakes of omega-3 fatty acids present in certain fish, such as salmon, sardines, and mackerel, have been linked to decreased levels of delayed onset muscle soreness following resistance exercise, according to research.
Omega-3s may find their way into your muscle cells, where they aid in reducing the exercise-induced damage that leads to severe inflammation. Another reason to go fishing for post-workout sustenance: Omega-3 fats can activate pathways in your body that enhance muscle protein synthesis, according to research from Washington University School of Medicine.
On a small whole-grain wrap, spread 2 tablespoons cream cheese and top with 3 ounces sliced smoked salmon, 1/4 cup sliced pickled beets, and a handful of arugula.
5. Cottage cheese
Greek yogurt has gotten all the attention in recent years, whereas cottage cheese has fallen by the wayside.
While both are delicious, cottage cheese offers more protein per gram, as well as slightly less than 3 grams of leucine per cup. This amount has been found to aid in muscle growth and/or maintenance.
Make it easy — Good Culture single-serving Cottage Cheese (plain or flavored, available at Target) is a convenient alternative for on-the-go snacking.
6. Sweet potatoes
Keto devotees, I apologize. Carbs are your friend when it comes to post-workout recovery.
According to a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, eating carb-rich foods like potatoes, cereals, and fruit can help prevent the immune system from deteriorating after intensive exercise.
But don't worry, your six-pack won't be harmed too much. According to Sumbal, carbs consumed after a workout are more likely to be utilized as energy rather than stored as fat.
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine 1 medium peeled and cubed sweet potato and 1 tablespoon water. Wrap the bowl with plastic wrap and poke a few holes in it. Microwave for 6 minutes on high, or until potatoes are extremely soft. Remove the plastic wrap and mash the potato with 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder and 1/3 cup applesauce. Dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds can be sprinkled on top.
7. Herbal tea
Men who drank yerba mate tea (200 mL three times a day) recovered from eccentric activity far faster than those who drank simply water, according to research published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
It could be phenol antioxidants, which are naturally contained in the leaves of the Ilex paraguariensis shrub, from which mate is derived. Because yerba mate contains naturally occurring stimulants, ingesting it before an exercise can also help you feel more energized.
Bring a liter of water to a low boil. Combine 4 yerba mate tea bags or 1 tablespoon loose leaf mate in a jug. Allow soaking for at least 4 hours in the refrigerator before adding 1 lemon juice. After working out in the gym, have a cup of coffee.
8. Whole-grain bread
Bread has a poor reputation these days, yet carbohydrates assist in nourishing active muscles (not to mention your brain). Carbohydrates of high quality, such as those found in whole-grain bread, go a great way in replenishing your muscles.
Don't give it too much thought. A simple sandwich can be very filling. Use Dave's Killer Bread ($26 for two loaves; buy it here) to make an egg salad sandwich. It's packed with whole grains, fiber, and protein, plus it's free of artificial additives, preservatives, and fillers.
This versatile little grain is a terrific addition to any diet, but it's especially good for gluten-free, vegan, or vegetarians trying to boost their protein and fiber consumption, as it's high in both.
Bob's Red Mill Quinoa ($39.16 for a pack of four, available here) is a good option. As a side dish or as part of your main course, this dish is delicious.
10. Jerky
Jerky, whether it's made of beef, bison, turkey, or salmon, is dehydrated protein. Unless the jerky maker chooses to coat their product in a sugary glaze, it's usually a high-protein, low-carb snack.
Choose a brand with low or no added sugar. Epic Bars are a favorite of ours.
Related article: Best Foods to Eat After an Intense Workout


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Mustapha è un singolo del 1979 dei Queen, gruppo rock britannico, facente parte dell'album Jazz del 1978.

Scritto da Freddie Mercury con forti influenze arabe, il disco uscì solo in Bolivia, Germania, Jugoslavia e Spagna; ogni versione nei vari paesi è differente dall'altra. Il lato B è Dead on Time, mentre in Jugoslavia, il secondo brano è In Only Seven Days.

Le parole del testo consistono in un misto di inglese, arabo, persiano e qualche parola inventata. Alcune delle parole intelligibili nella canzone sono "Mustapha", "Ibrahim" e le frasi "Allah, Allah, Allah we'll pray for you", "salaam alaykum" e "alaykum salaam".

Formazione
 Freddie Mercury – voce, pianoforte
 Brian May – chitarra, voce
 Roger Taylor – percussioni, voce
 John Deacon – basso

Collegamenti esterni
  Mustapha su Queenpedia
  Jazz su All Music Guide
  su Queen Rhapsody


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Home » Careers » Biomedical Workforce
Diversity in Biomedical Research
00:00:14.12	Hello. I'm Larry Tabak and I serve as the principle deputy director
00:00:21.00	or the National Institutes of Health.
00:00:23.20	And today I'd like to update you on diversity in the NIH-supported biomedical research workforce.
00:00:31.28	Now, to begin, let's talk about why diversity matters.
00:00:38.14	It provides an enhanced quality of education in multiple settings.
00:00:44.13	It provides enhanced decision making,
00:00:48.06	racially and culturally concordant staff aid in the recruitment of individuals from minority groups in clinical trials,
00:00:59.20	racially similar physician-patient dyads
00:01:04.11	are related to greater patient satisfaction in ways that enhance communication
00:01:10.26	and participation in clinical research settings.
00:01:14.27	Underrepresented groups may preferentially conduct research in areas
00:01:21.08	related to health disparities or minority health
00:01:26.09	and a diverse workforce permeates all aspects of our nation's healthcare efforts.
00:01:34.19	This table displays the census of the population of the United States
00:01:44.14	by race and ethnicity, as compared to those who serve as principle investigators of NIH grants.
00:01:55.06	It doesn't take higher mathematics to see that we are woefully underrepresented in certain groups,
00:02:02.17	particularly black or African Americans and Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
00:02:11.05	Now, back in August of 2011, Donna Ginther and her colleagues published a paper in Science
00:02:23.22	which demonstrated that there is a disparity in the funding patterns of NIH R01 grants.
00:02:32.28	And so this just summarizes the data from a cohort that they looked at
00:02:39.22	from the years 2000 to 2006.
00:02:42.24	They analyzed over 83,000 R01 applications from PhD investigators
00:02:49.06	that were contributed by over 40,000 unique PhDs.
00:02:55.06	Of these, only 1,149 came from black PhDs
00:03:03.01	and that alone underscores a significant pipeline issue that we face.
00:03:08.00	Had the R01 applications from black applicants enjoyed the same success rate
00:03:15.15	as that enjoyed by white applicants, you would anticipate 337 applications to be awarded,
00:03:23.20	but only 185 were actually awarded, underscoring this disparity.
00:03:33.10	Now, here are some of the additional conclusions of the Ginther study.
00:03:37.22	They looked at a variety of parameters to observe what could make up the difference
00:03:46.16	in explaining the disparities in success rate.
00:03:51.11	First they found that award probabilities are correlated with NIH, a funding rank of the applicant's organization.
00:04:01.07	So, if you are at a top 1 through 30 NIH-funded organization,
00:04:07.01	you are far more likely to receive an award than if you are in an organization ranked 31 through 100.
00:04:15.12	However, in each rank group of study, black applicants still had the lowest award probability.
00:04:25.14	That's very disconcerting. In other words, even if you are at a top 30 organization,
00:04:30.11	black applicants still displayed a disparity relative to their majority colleagues.
00:04:36.24	Only citations and prior review committee experience reduced the disparities observed for black applicants.
00:04:48.06	But unfortunately, black and Hispanic applicants are less likely to resubmit a revised application
00:05:01.09	and as you no doubt understand, in the current funding climate,
00:05:06.07	it's rare that you are awarded an application the first time out.
00:05:13.05	Participation in NIH supported training or career development programs
00:05:18.24	have positive effects on R01 award rates,
00:05:24.05	but unfortunately, this advantage appears to help white applicants more than black and Asian applicants.
00:05:32.18	In response to these data and the general census,
00:05:39.07	the NIH director, Dr. Francis Collins and I, offered this policy forum
00:05:44.24	in Science magazine, entitled "Weaving a Richer Tapestry in Biomedical Science."
00:05:52.08	And in it, we outline the NIH plan for action.
00:05:55.16	First, to evaluate all current training programs
00:05:59.13	so that secondly, we can phase out those that are unsuccessful
00:06:03.16	and expand those which are.
00:06:07.07	Third, increase the number of early career reviewers, including individuals from underrepresented populations.
00:06:16.16	Fourth, to examine the grant review process for any unintended bias
00:06:23.25	and develop appropriate intervention.
00:06:26.12	Fifth, improve support for grant applicants
00:06:30.21	and then finally, gather expert advice on additional steps of action that NIH might be able to take.
00:06:38.21	With regard to that last point, Dr. Collins formed a working group on diversity in the biomedical research workforce
00:06:48.00	as part of his advisory committee and they recently provided a comprehensive strategy
00:06:54.28	in the form of recommendations that can be reviewed at this website.
00:07:02.06	And I just would like to quickly review these recommendations.
00:07:06.26	First, this committee concluded that NIH should conduct more rigorous of all training and career development programs.
00:07:16.28	Secondly, they said we should strengthen mentoring,
00:07:21.01	career preparation and retention.
00:07:24.08	Third, they recommended that we undertake a competitive grant process
00:07:32.05	to support infrastructure development in those comparatively under-resourced institutions
00:07:39.15	that have a documented track record of producing and supporting under-represented scientists.
00:07:47.25	And then finally, they recommended that we conduct research
00:07:53.13	on possible unconscious bias in peer review and test appropriate interventions.
00:08:01.25	NIH is now in the process of working through implementation strategies
00:08:10.19	for each of these recommendations.
00:08:13.26	We recognize that this is something that NIH alone can't do
00:08:18.01	but rather, it will require the partnership and collaboration with our extramural colleagues around the nation.
00:08:26.10	We look forward to working with you on this very, very important issue.
Speaker: Lawrence Tabak
Recorded: December 2012
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In this talk about diversity in biomedical research, Dr. Tabak reviews the data demonstrating the disparity between the numbers of minorities in the US population and the numbers in the scientific workforce, and he outlines the strategies put in place by the NIH to help rectify this inequality.
Lawrence Tabak
Larry Tabak is Principal Deputy Director of the NIH and a member of the NIH Working Group on Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce. He was director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2000-2010. Tabak has received numerous honors including election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Tabak's… Continue Reading
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Assessing left ventricular systolic function in shock: evaluation of echocardiographic parameters in intensive care
Bergenzaun, Lill LU ; Gudmundsson, Petri ; Öhlin, Hans LU ; Düring, Joachim LU ; Ersson, Anders LU ; Ihrman, Lilian ; Willenheimer, Ronnie LU and Chew, Michelle LU (2011) In Critical Care 15(4).
Introduction: Assessing left ventricular (LV) systolic function in a rapid and reliable way can be challenging in the critically ill patient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of, as well as the association between, commonly used LV systolic parameters, by using serial transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Methods: Fifty patients with shock and mechanical ventilation were included. TTE examinations were performed daily for a total of 7 days. Methods used to assess LV systolic function were visually estimated, "eyeball" ejection fraction (EBEF), the Simpson single-plane method, mean atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPDm), septal tissue velocity imaging (TDIs), and velocity time integral in the... (More)
Introduction: Assessing left ventricular (LV) systolic function in a rapid and reliable way can be challenging in the critically ill patient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of, as well as the association between, commonly used LV systolic parameters, by using serial transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Methods: Fifty patients with shock and mechanical ventilation were included. TTE examinations were performed daily for a total of 7 days. Methods used to assess LV systolic function were visually estimated, "eyeball" ejection fraction (EBEF), the Simpson single-plane method, mean atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPDm), septal tissue velocity imaging (TDIs), and velocity time integral in the left ventricular outflow tract (VTI). Results: EBEF, AVPDm, TDIs, VTI, and the Simpson were obtained in 100%, 100%, 99%, 95% and 93%, respectively, of all possible examinations. The correlations between the Simpson and EBEF showed r values for all 7 days ranging from 0.79 to 0.95 (P < 0.01). the Simpson correlations with the other LV parameters showed substantial variation over time, with the poorest results seen for TDIs and AVPDm. The repeatability was best for VTI (interobserver coefficient of variation (CV) 4.8%, and intraobserver CV, 3.1%), and AVPDm (5.3% and 4.4%, respectively), and worst for the Simpson method (8.2% and 10.6%, respectively). Conclusions: EBEF and AVPDm provided the best, and Simpson, the worst feasibility when assessing LV systolic function in a population of mechanically ventilated, hemodynamically unstable patients. Additionally, the Simpson showed the poorest repeatability. We suggest that EBEF can be used instead of single-plane Simpson when assessing LV ejection fraction in this category of patients. TDIs and AVPDm, as markers of longitudinal function of the LV, are not interchangeable with LV ejection fraction. (Less)
Bergenzaun_et_al.pdf
The heart in the critically ill patient- an echocardiographic study (Doctoral Thesis (compilation))
Bergenzaun, Lill LU ; Gudmundsson, Petri ; Öhlin, Hans LU ; Düring, Joachim LU ; Ersson, Anders LU ; Ihrman, Lilian ; Willenheimer, Ronnie LU and Chew, Michelle LU
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (research group)
Cardiology Research Group (research group)
BioMed Central (BMC)
10.1186/cc10368
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abstract     = {Introduction: Assessing left ventricular (LV) systolic function in a rapid and reliable way can be challenging in the critically ill patient. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of, as well as the association between, commonly used LV systolic parameters, by using serial transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Methods: Fifty patients with shock and mechanical ventilation were included. TTE examinations were performed daily for a total of 7 days. Methods used to assess LV systolic function were visually estimated, "eyeball" ejection fraction (EBEF), the Simpson single-plane method, mean atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPDm), septal tissue velocity imaging (TDIs), and velocity time integral in the left ventricular outflow tract (VTI). Results: EBEF, AVPDm, TDIs, VTI, and the Simpson were obtained in 100%, 100%, 99%, 95% and 93%, respectively, of all possible examinations. The correlations between the Simpson and EBEF showed r values for all 7 days ranging from 0.79 to 0.95 (P < 0.01). the Simpson correlations with the other LV parameters showed substantial variation over time, with the poorest results seen for TDIs and AVPDm. The repeatability was best for VTI (interobserver coefficient of variation (CV) 4.8%, and intraobserver CV, 3.1%), and AVPDm (5.3% and 4.4%, respectively), and worst for the Simpson method (8.2% and 10.6%, respectively). Conclusions: EBEF and AVPDm provided the best, and Simpson, the worst feasibility when assessing LV systolic function in a population of mechanically ventilated, hemodynamically unstable patients. Additionally, the Simpson showed the poorest repeatability. We suggest that EBEF can be used instead of single-plane Simpson when assessing LV ejection fraction in this category of patients. TDIs and AVPDm, as markers of longitudinal function of the LV, are not interchangeable with LV ejection fraction.},
author       = {Bergenzaun, Lill and Gudmundsson, Petri and Öhlin, Hans and Düring, Joachim and Ersson, Anders and Ihrman, Lilian and Willenheimer, Ronnie and Chew, Michelle},
publisher    = {BioMed Central (BMC)},
series       = {Critical Care},
title        = {Assessing left ventricular systolic function in shock: evaluation of echocardiographic parameters in intensive care},
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Home \ 100 Master Voices \ Philippine Arts & Culture in the Socio-Historical Context of Nation, Region & Globalization
Philippine Arts & Culture in the Socio-Historical Context of Nation, Region & Globalization
Reuben R. Cañete, Ph.D.
Reuben Ramas Cañete, Ph.D. is currently a full professor and assistant to the Dean for research and publications at the Asian Center, UP Diliman. He has written numerous articles of Philippine Arts and Culture, and has publish nine books on the topic. He is also an authority on Masculinity and Phil. Visual Culture. He is currently Editor-in-chief of Humanities Diliman: Philippine Journal of Humanities; University Artist II; and acting curator of the Asian Center Museum. He served as a President of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) from 2000-2002. He was awarded the Leo Benesa Award of Art Criticism (1196); Best book in Art at the 32nd National Book Awards (2013); and awardee for the Humanities, National Research Council of the Philippines (2014).
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