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The Distant Flood
Olivia Laing's Crudo is about the intensity, the anxiety and the challenges of identifying yourself when you have all of global politics at your fingertips. I understood this most clearly when, on page 58, The New York Times alerted me to the fact that my 'morning briefing was ready' and, with the aid of one notification, I was plunged into the existential reality of Laing's protagonist Kathy. Arguably it is unnatural to access so much of it all at once. I have often thought this when I feel the pressure to respond to a text immediately; what if you are in the shower or having dinner or ignoring everyone you have already spent the day with? For Kathy this is in overdrive; it is not her social life that weighs on her time and her mind, but the real-time running commentary on how the most important people in the world are threatening to destroy everything.
Crudo is set in summer 2017. Politics is inescapable: Kathy and the reader are constantly faced with tragedy, shock, and scandal delivered via news-feed and push notification. Laing is thorough – we are invited to dimly remember what we were doing the day we read about Anthony Scarammuci being sacked (endless 'I've had X that lasted longer jokes', maybe some anxiety about Trump's sanity), Hurricane Harvey (mostly mocking Melania Trump's shoes, some heart-warming Twitter threads about heroic deeds) or Grenfell (I remember the anger radiating around the kitchen that morning). We are reminded of the very real threat of nuclear war that hung over everything that late summer. Because few things have got better and most things have got worse, it is likely that many of us have not yet thought about the impact that this constant stream of news has had on our lives. What was it doing to our relationships with everyone else? How did it affect our trust in politics? What does constant, low-level fear do to people? Laing's aim is partly to explore these questions, and partly to record the chaos and confusion of that summer.
Laing is best known as a prolific writer of non-fiction – Crudo is her first novel. The question, then, that immediately suggests itself is: Why is Crudo a work of fiction rather than non-fiction? Why use a single voice to capture all of these experiences? Laing's justification is simple:
I knew the summer of 2017 was a turning point, and that it would be written about by historians in the future, acquiring a shape and coherence it absolutely didn't possess at the time. It was the messy moment itself I wanted to record, the limited perspective, the perpetual anxiety of not knowing what was happening or why.
Laing reveals that she took note of everything that happened and never allowed herself to deliberate over a sentence. For a non-fiction writer, this was quite a significant shift in discipline, but she thoroughly believes that her previous writing style would have been too laboured to capture the essence of this moment. 'The now pours onto you day by day and I just wanted to write down what it was to be drenched by it.' Only fiction was fast enough to record everything.
The form of Crudo is masterful. Rapidly paced, it feels like a series of tweets. Few of Laing's clauses are likely to be rejected by the 240-character limit. Popular culture is namedropped with ease. There is little punctuation. The summer of 2017 came at us thick and fast, and this is entirely recreated in the novel. We often check in with dates – anchors that keep us afloat when Kathy's thoughts spiral entirely out of time constraints or reference points. This is something like a stream-of-consciousness, and also something very different. 'Woolf's project', Laing calls it. Just a further attempt to try and understand how to capture the 'now.' Ali Smith delightedly refers to it as plagiarism: plagiarism of the moment. The twenty-first century feels totally present. Something about the form and the single experience it presents manages to feel wholly reminiscent of every other single experience of living that summer. Crudo is about us, all of us, from the reader to Laing herself to Kim Jong-Un, and the girl who Instagrammed her rape.
It is also intensely about Kathy. But who is 'Kathy, by which I mean I?' Firstly, Laing's notes at the back (aptly named Something Borrowed) tell us that she is Kathy Acker, the late American punk-experimental novelist. Laing was fascinated by how many of Acker's stickiest subjects have become relevant again – abortion, nuclear war, pornography. She wanted to see how seamlessly they would marry the current political moment. The more brutal language, the more complex considerations of oneself in relation to everything else, are borrowed from Acker's works. The project itself is something of an homage to Acker's methods of working: Acker used to sit in public libraries and totally immerse herself in the figures she was researching. She used to basically become them. In turn, Laing has tried to become Acker. This is true on at least two levels. On one level, Kathy is a fictional character who was written into life by Olivia Laing and bears a close resemblance to Kathy Acker. But Kathy is also very similar to Laing herself. A quick online search reveals some of the parallels with Laing's own life – the timing of the wedding, the dress, the husband figure, his birthday meal at the River Café. Kathy, then, is not just a fictional character with many of the characteristics of a dead writer. She's also, somehow, the author herself. Crudo has been described as a roman à clef, a work of autofiction, and a 'biographical pastiche.' We can be sure of one thing: It isn't like other novels.
I understand that it may seem a little unsettling to pass so much fact off as fiction. Earlier this summer I read What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt, and was really quite disheartened to discover that the most crucial plot points were autobiographical. It felt somewhat exploitative, like two fingers up to imagination. This is not how Laing sees it. 'The single life is irrelevant' declares Ali Smith in an interview with Laing in theLondon Review of Books, and Laing seems to concur. Perhaps Kathy is Acker, and Acker is Laing, but only because these twin viewpoints are the only way that she can access and understand the moment in question. In this case, Laing's defence of her fiction–autobiography is compelling. This quote from the novel is particularly enlightening:
She [Kathy, definitely Acker] liked to steal other people's stories, just lift them wholesale. I am Toulouse Lautrec, I'm a totally hideous monster. I'm too ugly to go out into the world. I am Laure the schoolgirl, I thought you didn't notice me because I'm so invisible. I'm born poor St Helen's Isle of Wight. 1790. As a child I have hardly any food to eat.
Laing doesn't make the mistake of thinking that people were always engrossed in the events playing out in the wider world. I certainly know that I was not always glued to my phone during the summer of 2017. I was holidaying with my family and awaiting the start of university. Laing acknowledges this other side of reality; Kathy is not wholly weighed down by this constant stream of alerts; often her priorities are closer to home. Like us, she has her own worries, her own problems and concerns. Kathy's marriage looms over the narrative as much as any international event; she has more anxieties about her ability to share a single space with another person than she does about the government. Politics is always in the picture but it moves in and out of view. It acts as a reference point, a way for Kathy to orient herself in a world that is larger and more complex than she had imagined. Crudo is a novel of approach: Kathy is learning to navigate the personal and political as they hurtle towards her. Her wedding grows ever closer, and then it passes and nothing is fully resolved; Kathy is still unsure if she can really love, unsure if she can really adapt to her new life. Her engagement with the media gives her the opportunity to situate herself in a bigger picture and allows her to take comfort in the contrast between the small struggles of her daily life and the broader dramas that are playing out elsewhere.
For the most part, the global horror stories remain international, and Kathy is rarely directly affected. But there are exceptions. On page 16, Kathy overhears a conversation about 'the tower block that had burned down.' On page 92, she travels past 'the blackened skeleton of Grenfell Tower. Somehow, she had not realised how many houses and flats were nearby, how many people must have watched the children at their windows.' Here, something dimly relevant becomes crucial, and it shocks Kathy that the nebulous world of international chaos is more than a series of notifications on a screen. There are real consequences. This is significant for her situating of herself; it is impossible for Kathy to be most anxious about this state of affairs, she cannot be the primary concern at the heart of them. Laing captures what it was like for the average reader to be continually overwhelmed with second- hand suffering, and to only sometimes feel its direct consequences.
The same is true of America. As a concept, it permeates the narrative through a series of present tweets and past memories. Laing calls on Acker to define it:
'How did America begin. To defeat America she had to learn who America is'/ 'a minor factor in nature, no longer existed' / 'what are the myths of the beginning of America' / 'the desire for religious intolerance made America or Freedom.'
The formless picture of America grows, until suddenly Kathy is confronted with it. She has enrolled to teach a course for a term at an American university, and the reality of facing this shifting, unkind mass, head on and identity-less, engulfs Kathy. It is bad enough witnessing it; Kathy's final great challenge is working out how to live and work and create there without allowing the government to overwhelm her to the point that her mind is "numbed". For this, she calls on the help of the painter, Philip Guston.
He'd [Guston] been thinking a lot about the Holocaust … especially the concentration camp in Treblinka. It worked, the mass killing, he told Feldman, because the Nazis deliberately induced numbness on both sides, in the victims and also the tormentors. And yet a small group of prisoners had managed to escape. Imagine what a process it was to unnumb yourself, he said, to see it as it actually was. That's the only reason to be an artist: to escape, to bear witness to this.
Crudo captures the inevitable numbness that ensues when tragedy or scandal inundates the media day after day. Withstanding the flood is a struggle – one must try to resist the normalisation of the exceptional. The novel makes it clear that such resistance is essential, even though it takes a great deal of effort and is often unsuccessful. It is our only weapon for living at a time when we are constantly subjected to the bad news of the world. Laing helps us to realise that we must never not be shocked.
LILY HERD


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El Cazador (internationaler englischsprachiger Titel Young Hunter) ist ein argentinisches Filmdrama von Marco Berger, das im Januar 2020 beim International Film Festival Rotterdam seine Premiere feierte.

Handlung
Als seine Eltern für einen Monat nach Europa reisen, bleibt der 15-jährige Ezequiel allein zu Hause. Ihr Domizil in einem wohlhabenden Vorort von Buenos Aires verfügt über einen Pool und einen Kühlschrank, gefüllt mit kaltem Bier.

Eines Tages trifft er beim Skaten den etwas älteren Mono, der ihn zum Sex verführt. Die Sommeridylle wird jedoch durch die unerwartete Rückkehr seiner Eltern und seiner jüngeren Schwester gestört.

Produktion

Es handelt sich bei El Cazador um den sechsten Spielfilm des argentinischen Regisseurs Marco Berger, dessen vorherigen Filme sich ebenfalls durch das Thema sexuelle Spannungen zwischen scheinbar heterosexuellen Männern auszeichneten. Sein dritter Spielfilm Ausente aus dem Jahr 2011 wurde im Rahmen der Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin als bester Queer-Film mit dem Teddy Award ausgezeichnet.

Der Nachwuchsschauspieler Juan Pablo Cestaro spielt in der Hauptrolle Ezequiel, Lautaro Rodríguez den etwas älteren Mono.

Der Film feierte am 23. Januar 2020 beim International Film Festival Rotterdam seine Premiere. Ende Juli 2020 wurde er beim New Zealand Internationale Film Festival gezeigt, Ende September 2020 beim LGBT Film Festival in Polen. Im Juni 2021 wurde er beim Molodist International Film Festival gezeigt. Ende Oktober, Anfang November 2021 wird er beim Hamburg International Queer Film Festival vorgestellt.

Rezeption

Kritiken
Der Film stieß bislang auf gute Kritiken.

Auszeichnungen
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara 2020
 Nominierung als Bester Spielfilm (Marco Berger)

Rotterdam International Film Festival 2020
 Nominierung für den Big Screen Award (Marco Berger)

Weblinks

 El Cazador / Young Hunter - Trailer von Cinémathèque bei YouTube (Video)

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Filmtitel 2020
Argentinischer Film
Filmdrama
Jugendfilm
Homosexualität im Film

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Stephen Emanuel was educated at Cambridge University (Gonville & Cauis College). Formerly chief architect to a London housing association he gained his experience in various private and public sector offices including the BBC.
In 1980 he moved to Devon to set up the practice – near Lutyens' Castle Drogo, 'for inspiration'. He is responsible for award-winning work on urban infill and historic buildings.
Stephen passed away in December 2014 but the practice continues working under his name, inspired by his core values and approach to design.


Immaculate Conception, Cleveland, will have an 8am Low Mass for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday Feb 2.
St. Stephen's will offer High Mass at 9:30am. Following Mass, fellowship will be offered in the club room. You are encouraged to bring a pastry or whatever you like.
The Feast of the Purification is also known as Candlemas, referring to the special use of candles during this Mass, as the Christ Child is a light to the revelation of the Gentiles (Luke 2:32).
A great tradition is to bring candles from home to be blessed, at least 51% beeswax, which can be used for devotional practices at home. A few customs are to light them after dusk on All Saints Day, for the Sacrament of Unction, and during storms and other times of trouble.
Before Mass, the priest will bless all the candles, and small candles will be distributed to the Faithful at the communion rail. Then a procession follows, through the church, with everyone holding a lighted candle, singing anthems. Mass begins, and the candles are again held lighted during the Gospel, and from the beginning of the Canon through the reception of Holy Communion.
The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared Tuesday, January 22, a National Day of Prayer and Penance for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. There will be a special Latin Low Mass celebrated that day at Immaculate Conception Church in Cleveland at 6:30 PM.
We failed to remind you that St. Stephen's also has the regularly scheduled Tuesday morning Mass at 7am. You can hear Holy Mass for the Protection of the Unborn in the morning if that fits your schedule better.
A suggestion from a reader.
Hello, Here are some easy New Years Resolutions to make.
First, grab your new 2013 calendar and mark every 1st Friday and 1st Saturday of each month. Second read & print the following email so you are reminded of what you are supposed to be doing in this devotion (attach it to your calendar and reread it every new month. Third, forward this email to your friends/family and do these devotions together! Fourth, go online to read more about the important origins of these devotions and the promises attached to them!
With the intention, in the heart, of making reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the sins committed against Him.
Let us dedicate the month of January to The Holy Name of Jesus.


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Auckland is 1 hour after Nuku Alofa (Tongatapu). You might feel jetlagged after the trip.
Train Station - Papatoetoe train station is 6 kms from Auckland airport.


The Good Shepherd Parish Catholic Women's League (CWL) is part of a national organization whose purpose is to serve God and Canada at home and abroad by adhering to and promoting Gospel values. The CWL provides fellowship and a spiritual environment for its members in its work at the local, provincial, national and intenational levels. The CWL supports parish activities and provides assistance where needed. While fostering faith development and personal fulfillment of its members, the CWL encourages its members to interact socially with one another. The CWL meets the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. (September to June) in the social space.


Robin Hood and I are having a baby!
In a lot of ways, it feels surreal. Is this actually happening? By this time next year, will there actually be a tiny human wiggling around in our home? Naaaahhhh….
It's what we all want to believe, but it doesn't always work that way. Our bodies, dazzling mysterious universes that they are, have their own plans. And the time table that we plot for our lives? God tends to laugh at that.
Trying unsuccessfully for over a year to get pregnant was…hard. Hopes were lifted and unceremoniously dropped every month, and it felt like my prayers were being ignored. I was scared, frustrated, and angry. I doubted.
Looking back, I realize I have a lot to be thankful for. Lots of people wait longer – in some cases, MUCH longer – before it happens for them, if it ever happens. My heart goes out to them. I have a husband who is tremendously supportive, whose love, humor, and patience with me means more to me than he'll ever know. And while we were trying to start a family…well, shoot. We had fun. We went to Las Vegas. We went camping and hunting. We went to Disney World. We spent time with family and friends. We cried, yes, but we laughed much more.
On or around December 2, our lives will change. Really, they're changing already, if gradually. Now, there are doctor's appointments, mood swings, and earlier bedtimes. The bottles in our wine rack are collecting dust.
But some things (so far, anyway) have remained the same. My stomach has behaved itself. I'm still able to run. I won't be tackling any marathons any time soon, but I can still get out there, and I signed up for a local 5k next month. I'm still able to eat plenty of delicious foods, hang out with friends, walk the dog, and (er, hooray?) pull weeds.
There really is something to it.
Congratulations!! What an exciting time.


For our final strawberry recipe of the month we've found a beauty of a recipe that contains all of our favourite flavours of Summer! We think this dish would go down particularly well at a garden party.
Place the strawberries, Pimm's and sugar in a bowl. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sugar has dissolved.
Using a hand-held blender, whizz the strawberry mixture into a coarse purée.
When ready to serve, whisk the cream until it forms firm peaks. Gradually mix in about two-thirds of the strawberry purée — the mixture should be soft but still firm enough to hold its own shape.
This recipe was provided by Waitrose, they've loads more suggestions on their recipe page which we'd highly recommend taking a look at!


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Home » Beta Blockers for High-Risk Vascular Surgery
Beta Blockers for High-Risk Vascular Surgery
Pharmacology Watch: Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery
One year after surgery, preoperative program to quit smoking still shows benefits
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Source: Poldermans D, et al. N Engl J Med 1999;341:1789-1794.
Although earlier studies have shown a reduction in perioperative cardiac events with prophylactic beta-blocker use, they lacked power to assess such serious events as perioperative death or nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI). Thus, Poldermans and colleagues randomized 112 major vascular surgery patients with positive dobutamine stress echocardiograms (DSE) at multiple centers to one week of bisoprolol (5-10 mg/d) preoperation (pre-op) followed by 30 days post-operation (post-op) vs. usual care. The primary end points were death from cardiac causes or MI for 30 days post-op. Bisoprolol resulted in lower heart rates, but other patient characteristics were similar in the two groups. Perioperative mortality was less in the bisoprolol group (3% vs 17%; P = 0.02), as was nonfatal MI (0 vs 17%; P < 0.001). All but one of the nine MIs occurred post-operatively; the one pre-op MI resulted in cancellation of the surgery. The combined end point was also reduced (3% vs 34%; P < 0.001). The relative risk of the combined end point on bisoprolol was 0.09 (95% CI 0.02-0.37). Because of these results, the trial was stopped prematurely. Among 53 patients who were excluded from the study because they were already on beta blockers, 7.5 died and there were no MIs. Among eight patients excluded because of extensive wall motion abnormalities on DSE (high risk), four underwent bypass surgery and two of these died, but the two survivors later had successful vascular surgery. The remaining four underwent vascular surgery on beta blockers; one had an MI, but none died. Poldermans et al conclude that bisoprolol reduces perioperative death and MI in high-risk patients undergoing major vascular surgery.
Comment by Michael H. Crawford, MD
Many have resisted the move to liberally use beta blockers for major noncardiac surgery in patients with risk factors for or clinical suspicion of coronary artery disease in favor of preoperative testing to select the appropriate candidate for revascularization or beta blockers. Why the reluctance? The mechanism of action of beta blockers for this purpose is not known and if the myocardium lacks adequate blood flow, it seems more reasonable to return blood flow, especially if it can be accomplished percutaneously. Most agree coronary bypass surgery should be reserved for those who need it anyway. Also, the previous large randomized trial of atenolol prophylactically by Mangano and associates was not very impressive.1 Perioperative deaths and MI were not reduced, but long-term mortality was. However, Mangano et al studied a lower risk group undergoing various surgeries and their study was underpowered for serious perioperative events. The 10-fold decrease in perioperative death or MI in this study (34% vs 3.4%; P < 0.001), even though it was interrupted when half the planned patients were enrolled, is impressive. On the other hand, these were truly high-risk patients with clinical risk factors, such as age older than 70 years, prior MI, heart failure history, undertreatment for ventricular arrhythmias, diabetes, limited exercise ability, and a positive DSE. The latter suggests that they have flow limiting coronary lesions that perhaps could have benefited from a percutaneous intervention (PCI).
Because of the lack of evidence that PCI improves perioperative outcomes in randomized trials and the cost of such an approach, Lee, in an accompanying editorial, suggests that we should de-emphasize testing and revascularization and increase beta blocker use in appropriate patients.2 The question is how liberal to be? Clearly not everyone should receive beta blockers, but who are the appropriate candidates? The ACC/AHA guidelines3 suggest that intermediate-risk patients undergoing major surgery should have noninvasive testing, but Lee believes that, based upon this new evidence, this should be modified to read beta-blocker therapy.
There are other issues as well. What about the lower risk patient (i.e., 1 or 2 risk factors and a negative DSE)? Poldermans et al would not treat such a patient because of the high negative predictive value of DSE. Is one week of therapy enough or necessary? Must selective beta blockers be used like bisoprolol or will nonselective agents work? Also, there are limitations to this study such as the lack of blinding. Of course, it is almost impossible to blind a study using beta blockers because of the heart rate response to the drug. In addition, Poldermans et al eliminated very high-risk patients and the intermediate and lower risk patients. Thus, these data only strictly refer to high-risk patients. However, it will be hard to argue that a perioperative major cardiac event rate of 3.4% on beta blockers can be bested by any other therapy or management approach. Finally, would dipyridamole thallium stress testing provide the same predictive power as DSE for the application of beta blockers?
1. Mangano DT, et al. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1713-1720.
2. Lee TH. N Engl J Med 1999;341:1838-1840.
3. Eagle KA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996;27:910-948.
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As part of the Four Thieves Fringe (see tab above for more info) Hate n Live previews their Edinburgh Fringe show.
Hate n Live - This fast moving comedy show has the audience write down suggestions which are pulled at random out of a bucket, then the comedians have to say why they hate it...no matter what it is! Everyone likes seeing a comedian let rip on a deserving target, but the real fun comes from seeing a comedian squirming to find an angle to hate on something that's impossible to hate, such as "puppies" or "the abolition of slavery". This is Whose Line Is It Anyway? meets Room 101! Hate 'n' Live features regular Gladihaters Darius "Sir Hatealot" Davies and Leo "Kearse on Humanity" Kearse, with a revolving lineup of top comedians and improvisers. A different show every time!


With limited support vessels built for purpose on the market up to 500GT, Auckland-based Diverse Projects has designed a vessel which combines the most-effective features of support vessels in service.
A new support vessel concept has been launched to market.
Atlas, the naval architecture of which is advanced and which is ready to build on request, has been created by a team experienced in converting commercial vessels into superyacht support vessels.
Atlas takes the knowledge the team at Diverse Projects, Auckland, has gathered through extensive work with superyacht owners creating support vessels, and combines all common requirements into one, purpose-built vessel.
"We have been very fortunate to see both the benefits and shortcomings of what the incumbent industry can offer. With the knowledge that owners are wishing to push the duration of their voyages to more remote places, while still being able to cater for every possible activity, we started our design process not from a blank sheet but from knowledge of vessels currently in service," says Diverse Projects' John Vitali.
Atlas has been designed based on Diverse Projects' experience of what owners most commonly ask to be added - or removed - from their support vessels. With a hull designed for ultimate steadiness, it has multiple loading stabilities and is designed to come in under 500GT.
"After a number of iterations with our chosen design office, which has one of the most efficient hull form databases, and thousands of hours of design work, we firmed on the platform which is now Atlas," continues Diverse Projects' Lars Bjorklund.
The Atlas package offers an efficient, stable, DP1, high load carrier with package options to add on modules like heli-decks, large A-frame, tender ramp, submarine garage, media/science containers and other extras often required for support vessels, and the team is ready to start work on an Atlas project immediately. Having been designed specifically for purpose, Atlas will be a very efficient high load carrier of both liquid and deck cargo platforms.
The Diverse Projects team were the project managers who were tasked with the conversion of Damen Sea Axe Umbra into a comprehensive support vessel for 56-metre research vessel Alucia - a yacht which had also been refitted by Diverse Projects. The team is currently converting another Damen Sea Axe; Advantage into a support vessel, and the project, six months in the making, was one Diverse Projects was thrilled to bring to New Zealand shores.
With experience stretching across many refit projects, as well as new build, the Diverse Projects team has an awareness of the time and cost involved in adding or subtracting elements from an existing vessel. Reducing that time and cost is the driving principle behind Atlas.
The Atlas package is fully customisable according to owner requirements with additional elements that can be added to ensure it fully fits the owner and mothership's needs.
Please make an appointment with directors John Vitali and Lars Bjorklund to be introduced to Atlas at the Monaco Yacht Show.


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from selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver import WebDriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
import time, unittest

def is_alert_present(wd):
    try:
        wd.switch_to_alert().text
        return True
    except:
        return False

class Add_number(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.wd = WebDriver()
        self.wd.implicitly_wait(60)

    def test_test2(self):
        wd = self.wd
        self.Open_home_page(wd)

        self.Login(wd, "tolikivanyuk@gmail.com", "ihor198q")

        wd.find_element_by_link_text("History").click()
        wd.find_element_by_link_text("New SMS").click()
        wd.find_element_by_id("newMsgRecipient").click()
        wd.find_element_by_id("newMsgRecipient").send_keys("+380971779383")
        wd.find_element_by_id("newMsgText").click()
        wd.find_element_by_id("newMsgText").send_keys("Hello!!!")
        wd.find_element_by_id("sendNowBtn").click()
        wd.find_element_by_link_text("Tolik Ivanyuk").click()
        wd.find_element_by_name("Notifications").click()

    def Login(self, wd, username, password):
        wd.find_element_by_id("_username").click()
        wd.find_element_by_id("_username").send_keys(username)
        wd.find_element_by_id("_password").click()
        wd.find_element_by_id("_password").send_keys(password)
        wd.find_element_by_id("logInBtn").click()

    def Open_home_page(self, wd):
        wd.get("https://my.textmagic.com/login")

    def tearDown(self):
        self.wd.quit()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


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Supplement Forms/Alternate Names :
Thiamine, thiamin
Vitamin B1 is found in nuts, beans, and yeast. The body needs it to create energy. Vitamin B1 has been used to improve heart health and ease digestion. It has also been used to manage thiamine deficiency. It can be taken as a pill or powder. It can also be injected into the bloodstream or muscle by a healthcare provider.
1 to 1.2 milligrams per day for adults
May Be Effective
Heart failure —may improve heart function and ease symptoms D1, D2
Menstrual cramps—may ease pain E1, E2
Premenstrual syndrome —may ease symptoms F1
Unlikely to Be Effective
Glaucoma—unlikely to provide benefit C1
Not Enough Data to Assess
Alcohol abuse A1
Alzheimer disease B1
Heart Failure D1
Wernicke encephalopathy in anorexia nervosa G1
Editorial process and description of evidence categories can be found at EBSCO NAT Editorial Process.
It is likely safe to vitamin B1 in small doses for a short time. Not enough studies have been done to say whether it is safe to take for a long period.
Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take high doses of vitamin B1.
Talk to your doctor about any supplements or therapy you would like to use. Some can interfere with treatment or make conditions worse.
Day E, Bentham PW, et al. Thiamine for prevention and treatment of Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in people who abuse alcohol. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;(7):CD004033.
Rodríguez-Martín JL, Qizilbash N, et al. Thiamine for Alzheimer's disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2001;(2):CD001498.
Ramdas WD, Schouten JSAG, et al. The Effect of Vitamins on Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2018 Mar 16;10(3). pii: E359.
DiNicolantonio JJ, Niazi AK, et al. Thiamine supplementation for the treatment of heart failure: a review of the literature. Congest Heart Fail. 2013 Jul-Aug;19(4):214-222.
Jain A, Mehta R, et al. Determining the Role of Thiamine Deficiency in Systolic Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. J Card Fail. 2015;21(12):1000-1007.
Hosseinlou A, Alinejad V, et al. The effects of fish oil capsules and vitamin B1 tablets on duration and severity of dysmenorrhea in students of high school Urmia-Iran. Glob J Health Sci. 2014;6(7):124-129.
Pattanittum P, Kunyanone N, et al. Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Mar 22;3:CD002124.
Avdollahifard S, Rahmanian Koshkaki A, et al. The effects of vitamin B1 on ameliorating the premenstrual syndrome symptoms. Glob J Health Sci. 2014;6(6):144-153.
Wernicke Encephalopathy in Anorexia Nervosa
Oudman E, Wijnia JW, et al. Preventing Wernicke's encephalopathy in anorexia nervosa: A systematic review. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Oct;72(10):774-779.
EBSCO NAT Review Board Eric Hurwitz, DC


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The Year of the Eagle is Upon Us
Meet Janie Tucker
Almost three years ago to the day, the Prosper Eagles gathered towards mid-field to talk to first-year head coach Chris Ross after a tough, some would say heartbreaking, loss to Frisco Lone Star in the first round of the 2014 Texas high school football playoffs.
If you weren't there, you missed a moment that to this day I still have not forgotten and I'll never be able to 'unsee.'
There wasn't a dry eye among any of the players. All of them emotional because they knew it was their game to win and they weren't ready to be done with the season. For the seniors especially, it was a hard game to accept.
I remember walking down to the field and the first person I wanted to get the reaction of was Ross. Someone I had grown to really respect, and someone I'm honored to call a friend.
I was surprised to see the emotion on his face. This emotion wasn't something you could fake. This was the kind of emotion that any coach would have when he had to see the heart-breaking looks on his player's faces.
So many injuries when they couldn't afford it, so many plays that could have gone their way, so many situations that should have gone differently.
In the end, they just didn't.
It's been three years since that evening. Three years since the looks on faces of players who would never again wear the white and green. Three years since those players walked away from Prosper and on to the future that awaited them.
What the town of Prosper can look forward to is the future isn't three years behind them.
In fact, it's a lot closer.
The talent that the Eagles have from top to bottom might be better than the team that was bounced out of the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. That talent has the ability to run the table in their district and, with most of their starters healthy, could make the kind of run in the state playoffs that this town has looked forward to since they celebrated a state championship team with Prosper baseball just two years ago.
Look at the depth this team has on offense, look at the position players and who they have at the important positions and the kind of talent they will run out on to the field in just a few short weeks. That's the kind of depth this team has been looking to have for a long time.
Watch them defensively. Watch guys like senior linebacker, Justin Benvie, and senior free safety Blake Harrington.
Watch them offensively and the arm they have at quarterback in junior Keegan Shoemaker, and the three-headed monster the Eagles have in the backfield with up and coming sophomore Reid Applewhite, junior Wayne Anderson Jr and senior Kaleb Adams.
There isn't a team across the state of Texas that wouldn't love to have that kind of talent in their backfield because the defense will never know who to key on. Especially when all three have different things they can do well and three guys who can make a big-time impact with the ball in their hands.
On September 1, the journey begins for a Prosper Eagles' team looking to be the ones who change the future of the program as it heads into an amazing time in school history.
But the game can't be played on paper. You can look up and down the roster and make any kind of prediction you want. But don't be surprised if that prediction falls apart four to five weeks into the season, or just ask the Texas Rangers how things have gone for them this season after what they've done in the American League West each of the last two years.
You can't play it on paper.
But that doesn't mean you still can't make a prediction based on what you already know and what you've already seen. There might be some newcomers to this roster but, for the most part, there are a lot of returning seniors who made impacts last season as well as returning starters who made people take notice early in the 2016 season.
That's the information you take with you and put together a coherent position on how you feel any given team will finish the season.
While I certainly am not ready to call a complete sweep through district play, I will call them for the team I believe them to be.
What kind of team is that?
An eight-win team.
Yes, I believe they are that good and that ready to make their mark. It's the year of the Eagle.
And this Eagle team will do a lot more than just spread their wings and fly.
Todd Kaufmann
Special to the Prosper Times


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Watch The Scientist: A New Medical Marijuana Documentary
Angus McBride · October 14, 2015
"As scientists, indeed, as intellectuals, we should try always to be skeptical." Just imagine: What if the cannabis plant and its astonishing range of healing properties had been suddenly discovered today in a remote forest? The find would send seismic shockwaves blasting through the scientific community overnight. The plant would immediately come under frantically intense study in every nation on earth, and the person who first identified the active compounds would be revered as an inspiring icon of medical science, forever.
"The Scientist" is a documentary that traces the story of Dr. Mechoulam from his early days….
Well, thanks to politics, 10,000 years later the global scientific embrace of the humble and spectacularly versatile 'miracle plant' has yet to transpire. But at least, thanks to The Scientist from Zach Klein and Y. Klinik Productions, we still get to know in marvelous depth our inspiring medical icon—and to revel in his fascinating and unlikely journey of discovery spanning nearly half a century.
Klein's 2009 debut Prescribed Grass documented the stunning success of cannabis therapy so thoroughly, it prompted health officials in Israel to launch what is now the world's largest state-sponsored medical cannabis program. He has followed up that effort with what should be regarded as the frontrunner for 2015 Documentary of the Year. The Scientist is a compelling masterpiece that chronicles the life and times of famed Israeli biochemist Raphael Mechoulam, Ph.D., who is hailed as the "grandfather of cannabis research".
Why cannabis?
Dr. Mechoulam explains it as a matter of convenience: "With a small budget, you have to pick a topic not already being pursued by any major research groups." Having done his doctoral dissertation on natural products related to biological problems, figuring out what makes cannabis work was a "natural" fit for him. He was, true to his word, skeptical—of the wildly divergent claims made about the effects of cannabis. He decided to learn the truth. First he identified the chemical structure of CBD and THC (cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol) in 1963 and 1964, respectively. Then in 1988 came the next important discovery: Our brains and bodies have specific receptors for cannabis molecules.
But why? Dr. Mechoulam's team reasoned that if we have receptors, they couldn't have evolved just to receive molecules from a single species of plant; we must make our own cannabis internally. The hunt began for human-generated cannabis molecules, and in 1992 the first was revealed: anandamide, regulator of the immune and nervous systems.
Two years later, Dr. Mechoulam's fourth major discovery rocked the biomedical world: an entirely new body system. It is no overstatement to say the endocannabinoid system is equally vital as the neurological, or endocrine, or any of our other biological systems, and that knowledge of its existence could, and should, change the field of medicine drastically and permanently. Astonishingly, every process in every cell of our bodies is mediated in some way by our own cannabinoids acting on receptors. And those receptors are also susceptible to activation by careful application of external cannabinoids from the cannabis plant.
Therein, hopefully, lies the future of medicine.
Why is this film important?
It's rarely difficult to overstate the importance of a film; enthusiastic reviewers do it all the time. In this case, though, it could actually be impossible. If enough of the right people see it, and they eventually cause enough countries to legalize the plant, it could fundamentally transform the world in numerous, enormously positive ways—medical, agricultural, social, and financial among them. We "don't even know what we don't know" about cannabis, our internal cannabinoid system, and how they could potentially be the master keys to human health and disease.
Science could be on the brink of learning how to use our endocannabinoid system to finally gain the upper hand over illness in general. And all progress made toward that goal will be directly attributable to Dr. Mechoulam, making his story all the more significant. The Scientist will only keep getting more and more important as cannabis researchers like Dr. Mechoulam and the other trailblazing scientists we meet in the film continue to reveal the plant's wonders and change the world of medicine. It should be viewed by everyone who cares about human health and well-being.
What's it like watching The Scientist?
To watch this film is to feel vindicated. We've all been force-fed far more fear than facts about cannabis, but those who consume it have known the truth all along. We know from experience that it's mostly innocuous. After consuming it, you can still walk, talk, dress yourself. Neither we nor anyone we know ever has violent withdrawal seizures, gets stoned and then wrecks their car at 120 mph, or mugs little old ladies to buy a joint. It's better for you than some substances that are legal, like tobacco, pharmaceutical drugs, even cola drinks. And now we find out that in many cases, the non-toxic veggie can also, conveniently, cure little kids of epilepsy and cancer. That's check, and mate. Being right isn't everything, but it sure does feel…right.
To watch this film is to feel stirred. To wonder: Why are this man and his team's towering scientific achievements largely ignored by the western medical establishment, laws unchanged, suffering patients left without the natural medicine they need? What if more people knew that their entire body literally runs on cannabis—that without it they would not exist? Shouldn't our farms be revitalized with this versatile, mega-cash crop? What if ordinary citizens could help the American entrepreneur cannabis farmer to finance farmland and equipment, through crowdsourcing?
To watch this film is to feel inspired. Inspired to learn more. To share more. To feel better about suffering the stigma society has falsely linked to cannabis consumption. To free those forced to hide in fear in order to obtain natural medicine for themselves or for their child. Inspired to do something about it.
To watch this film is to feel uplifted. The music and animation are pleasing, thoughtful, and appropriately unobtrusive. Dr. Mechoulam's heart and humanity pour onto the screen in rich textures. And there is some transcendent camera work that captures a serendipitous, silent interaction between the scientist, onstage receiving an honorary doctorate, and a family member in the audience: a cute little girl, smiling and waving and finally greeting him with a big hug. The spontaneous moment sparkles with a genuine warmth so epic it aches.
Dr. Mechoulam advises always being skeptical, so…see for yourself. The Scientist will make you feel good, like a film about a man saving the world from ill health should. Enjoy it, and above all share it with everyone you know.
Article By: Garyn Angel
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While it was a slow month for SharePoint news, there are still several things you should know that occurred this month to stop on top of the latest information about the platform.
Even though the year has come to an end, it was a busy month for SharePoint announcements.
It was another busy month for Office 365, here's the highlights from the previous month.
As Microsoft begins to roll out the next generation of on-premises version of SharePoint, you may be considering moving to SharePoint online and here's what to expect if you do make that move.
Microsoft keeps the updates flowing and last month, Office 365 received a number of updates that continue to enhance the platform.
Looking to see what happened in the SharePoint world last month? Look no further than Shane's coverage of all the announcements.
With Ignite happening last month, there was a lot of Office 365 news and Shane distills it down into an easy to read format.


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That Fateful Day
Posted on September 10, 2016 in Washington Watch
September 11, 2001 was a lovely day in Washington. I was driving to work, stopped at a red light. I looked over at the woman in the next lane because she was frantically motioning to me to roll down my window. As I did, she shouted "Did you hear? A plane flew into the World Trade Center. My father works there." The light changed to green and we drove off. I never saw her again. But I don't think I'll ever forget the fear in her eyes, just as I will always wonder if her father was one of the thousands who perished in that horror.
I arrived at my office in time to see the second plane hit and it became clear that this was no freak accident. We had been attacked. The nightmare began.
My daughter, whose office was a short distance from the Pentagon, was ordered to evacuate. She called, frightened and concerned. Before long, the police arrived at my building asking us to leave. Because we are just two blocks away from the White House, the entire area was being cordoned off. Since I was receiving calls from Arab Americans across the country seeking guidance and assistance, I asked if I could remain. They let me stay.
The next day, I arrived at my office and began to retrieve the phone messages that had been left overnight. Included among them was a chilling death threat—"Jim, all Arabs must die. I'll slit your throat and murder your children." It was not the first threat I had received, nor was it to be the last (in fact, three individuals who threatened my life after 9/11—including that caller—were found by the FBI, charged, prosecuted by the Department of Justice, convicted, and served jail time for their threats).
I was not alone. Arab Americans, and those who were presumed to be of Arab descent, experienced a terrifying onslaught of threats of violence and some were murdered in the backlash that followed the attacks. One month after 9/11, I was invited to testify before the US Commission on Civil Rights. My office had prepared a detailed collection of all the incidents of violence and threats that had occurred during that first horrible month. It told a frightening story of hate and the fear it had generated.
As I look back on that period, it was not the threats, themselves, that most troubled me, it was that the threats separated us, in a profoundly disturbing way, from our suffering compatriots. Like the rest of America, we too felt the pain of the loss of so many innocent lives. I remember watching the tragic scenes on CNN of crowds of New Yorkers standing up against the cordons that separated them from Ground Zero. Many carried pictures of loved ones who had been in the towers. They read "Missing"—hoping, against hope that missing, not deceased, was the right word to use. They cried when interviewed, and we cried with them.
Like the rest of America, we hurt and we needed time to be together, to be comforted and healed. This, we were denied. The threats said "You are not part of us" and so we were wrenched away and forced, instead, to look over our shoulders and seek protection.
Thankfully, protection was there, as were acts of kindness, large and small. Senators called to offer support. Organizations hosted events in solidarity. The DC police kept police cars in front our building for weeks. And I'll never forget the sweet woman, from the office next door, who came to our door one morning with brownies she had baked for my staff, saying "I know you guys aren't supposed to leave and go out for lunch, so I hope you'll enjoy these." All of this was so appreciated. But as wondrous as these displays of kindness were, they also felt as undeserved as the threats. We had done nothing to earn the hate, and nothing to earn the love.
It is in this same vein, that I sometimes wonder about the nineteen attackers. I think of how they must have come here to live for a time. I imagine the landladies who gave them housing. The storeowners who sold them groceries. The ordinary folks they met on the street who exchanged greetings with them. And all the while they were plotting murder with such evil in their hearts. They had taken advantage of our openness—to kill us. Their victims had done nothing to deserve their fate—they were just ordinary people who happened to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
While I often think about how much we lost on that day, in recent years, I have also come to reflect on how much we lost in the months and years that followed. Instead of building on the wave of international support for our country, the Bush Administration lost it all by arrogantly leading us into two disastrous wars that cost us dearly in lives and treasure, devastated Iraq and its people, weakened our military, and destroyed our standing world-wide. At the same time, they cavalierly embarked on a campaign which, in the name of security, eroded a broad range of fundamental constitutional protections.
The wounds of the wars are still with us—not least of which are the over 22 veterans who commit suicide each and every day. And the damage done to our Constitution remains and only grows more serious, given the absence of political leadership with the courage to point out that the dangerous practices put into place after 9/11 haven't made us more secure and should be scuttled.
Back then, 9/11 was called, "the day that changed everything". It surely did, and not in a good way. It is important to remember the horror, the loss, the pain, the fear, and, yes, even the anger; and to recall the solidarity and kindness that, for some, helped ease the sting. But, to be true to that fateful day, we must also reflect on the lessons we should have learned from terrible mistakes we made in 9/11's tragic aftermath—the wars, the shredding of our rights, and the crimes that were committed in the name of hate.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the position of the Arab American Institute. The Arab American Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan national leadership organization that does not endorse candidates.
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By Sean Texas Medicine December 2019
Practicing extreme medicine requires getting acclimated to extreme situations. For a group of second-year medical students at The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine in Galveston, that meant slipping into a 10-foot-deep swimming pool to scuba dive.
"While we were actually in the water, everything was difficult," said Omar Abdelaziz, a UTMB student.
"Everything" included simple things like moving and trying to regulate the water pressure throbbing in his ears.
"You know how when you go on a plane and get pressure in your ears? It's like that but more intense really quickly, even in a 10-foot pool," Mr. Abdelaziz said.
The purpose of scuba diving was not just doing something adventurous, though that's an enjoyable benefit of learning about extreme medicine, he says. It's also trying to understand what patients go through when they do extreme activities – like scuba diving, rock climbing, or floating weightless in space.
"I've never been scuba diving before, and I didn't know what the sensation of the air going into the mouth was," he said. "It's dryer than normal air because there's no water in the air tanks. … And when you understand where the patient's coming from, you can then go on and talk to the patient," about how to safely do potentially dangerous activities.
Mr. Abdelaziz was one of 18 medical students taking part in a two-week extreme medicine program offered in August through UTMB's preventive medicine residency department. The main thrust of the class was to help aspiring physicians learn how to cope in austere settings where most or all of the tools of modern medicine are unavailable, says Brian Pinkston, MD, a former director of UTMB's Aerospace Medicine Center.
"A lot of our medicine is, 'I don't have what I need, but what do I have? And how can I use my brain, and how can this suffice? If the prevention doesn't work, how do I then put something together that is workable?'" said Dr. Pinkston, who taught the course with his wife Cheryl Lowry, MD.
The extreme medicine class also was designed to give medical students a break from the physiology, anatomy, and pathology classes that make up most medical school curricula in the first and second years. And it's designed to show students the possibilities of what might be an enjoyable – if unorthodox – career in medicine.
Physicians who practice different types of extreme medicine – which is similar to wilderness and expedition medicine – don't always practice full-time in wild and unreachable places, according to the Wilderness Medical Society, an Austin nonprofit that promotes wilderness medicine training and research. In fact, most physicians who provide care in austere settings work in typical clinic and hospitals settings, but prepare themselves also to provide care while traveling, participating in outdoor sports, or doing philanthropic work in remote environments, the organization says.
Training for extreme situations also turns out to be good medical training because austere environments can crop up in unlikely places, says Luke Husby, DO, an assistant professor at UT Health San Antonio and the school's director of education for wilderness medicine.
"That could be on a plane," said Dr. Husby, an emergency physician and member of the Wilderness Medical Society. "Every doctor has had somebody go down [sick] on a plane. You encounter that low-resource [environment] and you have to kick in that fundamental thought about what tools you could use."
An emerging field
Extreme medicine is as old as first aid. But today it's an emerging field of medicine that encompasses various medical specialties for a range of human endeavors, including travel, exploration, entertainment, business, disaster relief, and warfare. (See "Taking Medicine to the Extreme," page 23.)
There are about 20 wilderness medicine fellowship programs across the country, says Renita Fonseca, chief executive officer at the Wilderness Medical Society. Texas does not currently have any wilderness medical fellowships, but the emerging extreme medicine curriculum at UTMB and a wilderness program under development at UT Health San Antonio give medical students and residents a taste of the specialty, she says.
Drs. Pinkston and Lowry arrived at extreme medicine through long careers in military aerospace medicine, which focuses on clinical care and support for crewmembers and passengers in aviation. That population frequently lives and works in remote, isolated areas under great stress, according to the Aerospace Medical Association website.
Aerospace medicine, like other types of extreme medicine, prepares physicians to practice in low-resource environments, and it is a mixture of individual care and population health, says Dr. Pinkston.
For instance, physicians might give pilots a physical to check their fitness for an assignment. But when a new military base is set up, that same physician acts more as a public health official – one of the first people on the ground to figure out where to put latrines and dining areas, and to assess what types of illnesses are likely to arise in that environment, Dr. Lowry explains.
Because they practice a form of preventive medicine, extreme medicine physicians spend most of their time preventing a crisis so that they won't have to address one, Dr. Pinkston says. For instance, he and Dr. Lowry helped conduct UTMB's medical reviews of people who go to scientific stations in Antarctica. Because of the extreme cold and difficult weather there, the South Pole station in winter can be more difficult to reach and resupply than the International Space Station, he says. Physicians there must be able to endure the tough conditions while planning and using resources intelligently.
"In Antarctica, you only have so many antibiotics until you can get another shipment," Dr. Pinkston said. "The best resource that you have is prevention versus using up [medications] that you might not have enough supply of. You have to think of prevention as a tool to save on resources."
Physicians in those circumstances also must improvise treatments that are normally no problem for modern physicians. Several years ago, a doctor in Antarctica emailed Dr. Pinkston to find out what antibiotic regimen he could use to stabilize a patient with appendicitis for two months until the patient could get to a surgeon. The regimen worked and the patient survived.
UTMB's two-week medical school class was designed to give students a feel for that kind of medicine by taking them scuba diving, rock climbing, sailing, and to NASA's neutral buoyancy laboratory. In each case, students learned basic skills – some medical and some practical – designed to make them better doctors in those situations.
"We were given mild exposure [to each situation]," said Gabe Pecha, a UTMB second-year medical student. "For instance, if you're stuck in the middle of the ocean on a boat, what do you do? What kinds of things do you bring for sea sickness? We also learned how to tie knots and basic knowledge of how sailboats work."
The students planned a simulated trip to support a humanitarian operation in Brazil, figuring out what types of supplies were most urgent. They also rehearsed treating a patient after a rock-climbing accident, with Dr. Pinkston as the patient, and practiced triaging patients during a natural disaster. And they learned how to treat medical conditions typical of extreme environments, like hypothermia in the cold and getting the bends (decompression sickness) while scuba diving.
"There was lots of pressure, lots of chaos," Mr. Abdelaziz said. "A lot of [the class] was physiology, the basic med school stuff, while adding the problem-solving layer of not having things available to you and being in a precarious position yourself."
Prepared for anything
The Wilderness Medical Society as well as several for-profit businesses provide conferences, workshops, and training for physicians looking to learn more about wilderness or extreme medicine. (See "Where to Get Training," page 25). That kind of training can come in handy when you least expect it, says Dr. Husby at UT Health San Antonio.
Two years ago he visited Jackson Hole, Wyo., to attend a wilderness medicine CME course. One day later, he went to a nearby lake to read a book when he heard two thudding sounds and guttural screams. A hiker had fallen from not one but two cliffs – a roughly 60- to 80-foot fall altogether – and was lying unconscious. Dr. Husby and another man rushed to see what happened.
Dr. Husby said his training told him it would have been dangerously foolish to try to reach the fallen man because of his size and lack of equipment.
"I physically couldn't get to him," he said. "I could see right over the edge, but I was too big" to reach him.
Fortunately, the other man was smaller and had climbing equipment, so he managed to get to the fallen hiker, and Dr. Husby talked that man through administering first aid.
"We could barely hear each other, but I was trying to tell him what to do – don't move him, don't roll him, try to keep his head straight, open his airways – all the kind of stuff," he said.
Together they were able to tend to the hiker, alert a park ranger, and get the hiker evacuated to a hospital. His spine was damaged, but he survived.
While it's hard to be prepared for every eventuality, the UTMB class does get students thinking about what's most important in an extreme situation. One of the class exercises was to create a "survival kit" out of a normal-sized pill bottle. Mr. Pecha was able to squeeze matches, superglue, fishing line, duct tape, a safety pin, and a rubber band among other things into his kit. Estefania Bazan, another second-year UTMB student, also included contact lenses.
"I can't see very well, and I'd definitely need those if I was stranded in the wilderness," she said.
Extreme medicine positions are not as easy to find as those at clinics and hospitals, but physicians with extreme medical training can look forward to a growing job market, Dr. Pinkston says.
"The CIA, the State Department, National Geographic, reality TV shows – all of those have increasing need for those trained in this field, and there are increasing numbers of people with medical conditions who want to go on that adventure travel," he said. "We need a corps of individuals who have that knowledge who can provide either as expeditionary medical leads or just for counseling."
To that end, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UTMB already offers a certificate program in extreme medicine that's open to anyone with a bachelor's degree. A master's level extreme medicine degree program through that school is currently under review by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Physicians who take up extreme medicine as a career typically find that the unusual problems it presents help keep them from feeling worn out or unchallenged, Dr. Lowry says.
"It helps prevent burnout," she said. "If you talk to doctors who are out there practicing in the wilderness, very few of them are actually burned out compared to regular health care providers within a health care system."
But even physicians who practice traditional medicine can learn a lot from the survival skills and the ability to improvise that extreme medicine demands, Dr. Husby says.
"You need to have those skills and just be comfortable with those skills should something arise," he said. "Because you're going to be the de facto leader [in a medical emergency]."
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Kurdish Women's Movement paid tribute to Emiliano Zapata
Kurdish Women's Movement: 100 years after the assassination of Emiliano Zapata, the peoples' revolution brings us together in the march
CHINAMECA
Sunday, 14 Apr 2019, 10:30
On April 10 1919, the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata was assassinated in Chinameca, in the Mexican state of Morelos. The revolutionary inspired the insurrection of the Zapatista movement and the struggles of social movements against all exploitation.
On April 9 and 10, in two days of international and national mobilization, recalling that Zapata's aspirations represent the aspirations of the peoples of the world against oppression, a communiqué from the Kurdish Women Movement was read and shared to the General Assembly in Amilcingo in the National Indigenous Council and during the massive march in the town of Chinameca.
Here is the full text of the communiqué.
"Dear women, dear comrades,
Sisters and brothers in struggle,
Today we participate as Women Movement of Kurdistan from Latin America united in the love for the land and freedom and in the defense of society against every injustice that threatens the ethical and political values developed in autonomy by the history of freedom of the peoples and of the women in the world. This shared ancestral history brings us closer to the endless struggle that Emiliano Zapata carried on. It continues until now. With the awareness that it will not end in its intensity until we obtain all that corresponds to us in building world without statal, racist, capitalist and patriarchal exploitation, where women play a motor role of transformation in all areas of life.
We have said many times that in front of every colonial, capitalist and state system, women are the first most exploited colony: so we made a very radical affirmation.
We say today that this radical affirmation has to uncover answers and even more radical solutions, which go to the roots of the problems of capitalist modernity to create another system of life without slavery for women and consequently for the whole society.
In Rojava we have proof today that another world, where many worlds fit, is possible.
Today the jihadist forces product of the global capitalist system of the Islamic State have been defeated definitively by the Feminine Defense Forces in Deira Zore. A victory obtained thanks to the free thought of a myriad of peoples, thanks to the intercultural force of self-organization present today in millions of women and men in North Kurdistan, as in Rojhelat, as in the revolutionary project of the Democratic and confederal Federation of North Syria.
From Morelos to Kurdistan we come together in the river of democratic modernity, walking side by side feeling the struggle in the skin of our bodies, from the cities to the forests, from the jails to the mountains, from the revolutionary martyrs and from all fallen, like Samir Flores. With the spirit of Sakine Cansiz, of Berta Caceres, of Marielle Franco, of Baty Cariño, of our revolutionary Argentina Alina Sanchez, who built bridges between our desires and continents, we continue to walk, multiplied and stronger.
On the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Emiliano Zapata, beyond the due and deserved tributes to his life and his work, we say today that we want to pay the historical debt with the indigenous peoples and women in the front in each corner of the Planet, as protectors of the land, of the air that we breathe every day, of the rivers, with all the women rising up today in the world against patriarchal and fascist capitalism.
Motivated by these same dreams against this power world system and against the dictatorship of the Turkish state, Leyla Guven with thousands of political prisoners activists from around the world, started a hunger strike that continues for more than 150 days . Its objective is linked to an idea of universal freedom, in the will to break the isolation left by the revolutionary philosopher of the democratic confederalism Abdullah Ocalan in total isolation in a prison of maximum security for more than twenty years.
The resistance carried out today by the Kurdish people through the pioneering action of Leyla Guven is at a historical level of resistance.
The liberation of the Kurdish city of Afrin occupied by Turkish State wants to be the next step in the resistance, which will lead us to break with fascism thanks to a revolution of women that is becoming bigger every day.
As Emiliano Zapata and Abdullah Ocalan showed us, ideas can not be arrested. They continue to inspire generations and to strenghten communities. We have not extinguished the light that our Zapatista sisters have given us, it illumines more than ever our challenges and our dreams and will be transformed into a fire of hope and freedom, an alternative to the system, in every place in the world where there is oppression, developing , in the self-government, with the global democratic confederalism of women, in plurality and together, another possible life, more beautiful and just.
We salute with this vivid promise this celebration and our meeting today
Zapata Live! The fight continues!
Biji Pisgiriya gelan!
Woman, Life, Freedom!
Jin, Jiyan Azadi"
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Shoots crystal-clear 4K video, flies at up to 40 miles per hour, and folds up for easy transport.
UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) pilots love the DJI Mavic Pro — it's been one of our top sellers since it was introduced. The Platinum edition of this crowd-pleasing quadcopter operates more efficiently, bumping flight times up to a maximum of 30 minutes, and reducing propeller noise by 60%. And it still shoots crystal-clear 4K video, flies at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, and features a folding design that makes it easier to transport.
The DJI Mavic Pro Platinum folds up into a compact, easy-to-carry size.
The Mavic Pro shoots beautiful 4K video at multiple frame rates, and also snaps beautiful 12-megapixel still photos. Its razor-sharp lens offers a 78° field of view, and DJI's 3-axis gimbal technology ensures stable, shake-free footage.
Its sleek, aerodynamic body is both lightweight and very durable. Sophisticated sensors and GPS tracking provide accurate flying, even in windy conditions. Foldable propellers make traveling with it a breeze, too. They've been tested to at least 5,000 folds for long-term enjoyment.
DJI built in a number of intuitive control options to make this drone easier to use. Use ActiveTrack to keep the camera focused on yourself or a friend while you have fun. Wave at the 'copter while it's hovering over you, and it will automatically snap an aerial selfie. And the free DJIGO app for iOS® and Android™ makes it easy as can be to share footage with friends and family.
The included controller — with impressive 4.3 mile range — features responsive control sticks that make piloting smooth and intuitive. Built-in dials control gimbal movement and camera settings, and dedicated buttons provide easy video recording and photo capture. A return-to-home button automatically pilots the Mavic Pro Platinum back to you and sets it down gently.
You can also use your smartphone to control your drone via Wi-Fi®. You'll enjoy a live-view look in HD when you dock your phone to use as a display.
DJI Mavic Pro: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinum is a small yet powerful aerial drone. Its compact size hides a high degree of complexity that makes it one of DJI's most sophisticated flying cameras. 24 high-performance computing cores, an all-new transmission system with a 4.3 mile range, 4 vision sensors, and a 4K camera stabilized by a 3-axis mechanical gimbal are all at your command from the included controller.
Aerodynamic Design: The aerodynamic configuration of the Mavic Pro Platinumhas been redesigned according to its flying attitude and angle when moving forward. DJI also optimized the aerodynamic efficiency of the propellers so that the Mavic Pro Platinumcan fly for longer. Its aerodynamic design and polished surfaces reduce air resistance for excellent flight handling in up to 24mph winds.
Propulsion System w/ Folding Propellers: An improved propulsion system ensures the DJI Mavic Pro Platinumascends and accelerates faster. Combined with a fast responding, highly robustness flight controller, it is able to expertly handle strong winds while flying. Mavic Pro Platinumhas 2 pairs of 8.3" foldable propellers, each covering nearly half its length, compared to most foldable drones on the market whose propellers are only 1/4 their length. This is possible through elegant engineering that allows rear arms to fold below forearms, saving overall space while allowing room for larger props.
Note: Once the rotors start spinning, the centrifugal force will automatically push the propellers into the correct position, so you don't need to worry about not having unfolded them perfectly.
OcuSync HD Transmission: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinumutilizes a brand new OcuSync transmission technology which offers a range of 4.3 miles and full HD 1080p/720p video streaming between the aerial drone, the controller, and your Apple iOS or Android mobile device. OcuSync is able to strike a perfect balance between latency and receptivity, reducing latency to 5ms for remote controller transmission commands, 10ms for video data and 130ms for videos. Before taking off, OcuSync will automatically scan the environment and choose the frequency band with the lowest interference, ensuring more stable video transmission. During a flight, it sends key flight parameters back for viewing in the DJI GO app and supports a maximum download speed of 40Mb/s for photos and videos.
FlightAutonomy Technology: FlightAutonomy gives the DJI Mavic Pro Platinumlong range, high precision obstacle sensing, enabling it to scan its environment in 3D before taking off. FlightAutonomy ensures the Mavic precisely locates obstacles around it to brake and maneuver around them. FlightAutonomy is made up of 7 components including 5 cameras (forward and downward dual vision sensors and the main camera), dual-band satellite positioning (GPS and GLONASS), 2 ultrasonic rangefinders, redundant sensors, and a group of 24 powerful, specialized computing cores. As the Mavic flies, dual forward and downward vision sensors measure the distance between itself and obstacles by taking photos from all four cameras and using the information to create a 3D map that tells it exactly where obstacles are. The dual forward and downward vision sensors require visible light to function, and in bright light can see as far as 49' out in front.
Notes: This obstacle avoidance system is activated in every Intelligent Flight Mode including all ActiveTrack modes, TapFly and Terrain Follow. It is also available during automatic Return to Home, so that the Mavic can easily make its way back without bumping into anything in its path.
Precision Hover & Return Home Landing: Through the use of dual forward vision sensors, the DJI Mavic Pro Platinumis able to see obstacles in 3-dimensions up to 49' in front, increasing positioning accuracy to 2-3x that of an Optical Flow system. It also allows the speed of the aircraft to be calculated, enabling precise hovering at up to 33' without satellite positioning. Dual forward vision sensors allow it to calculate its current location and speed of flight by observing the scene in front, further increasing positioning accuracy. Thanks to this precise hovering technology, the Mavic Pro Platinumis able to automatically land almost exactly where you took off. Every time you take off, the two downward facing vision sensors record a burst of video of the ground below and pair it with satellite coordinates. When you tell the Mavic Pro Platinumto fly home, it will return to that coordinate, match the video, and land back at your feet.
Redundant IMU & Compass Sensors: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinumemploys dual IMUs and dual compasses. The IMU acquires the angle, speed, and acceleration of the Mavic Pro, so if it functions abnormally, it could negatively affect flight. The compass is used to know where the drone is heading, ensuring it flies in the right direction, and allowing it to return to home automatically. Without the compass, the Mavic Pro Platinumwould lose its ability to navigate. This is why DJI has made these sensors in the Mavic Pro Platinumredundant with two sets of sensors working simultaneously. Whenever the system detects an inconsistency in one, it switches to the other, keeping your flight steady and reliable.
ActiveTrack: The Mavic Pro Platinumwith ActiveTrack technology is engineered to detect and recognize a number of common subjects including people, bike riders, vehicles and even animals. Once you have marked your subject, you can create a huge variety of shots depending on the mode you are in. Choose from Trace, Profile or Spotlight, to give every scene you shoot a professional touch. When the Mavic Pro Platinumis tracking, you can even select exactly where you want them in the frame, for more control over your final shot.
Profile: Flies alongside your subject at a constant angle and distance.
Spotlight: Keeps the camera pointed on your subject while you fly almost anywhere.
Intelligent Flight Modes: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinumoffers a variety of intelligent flight modes that are convenient and fun for both beginner and advanced pilots.
TapFly Mode: Thanks to its intelligent vision technology, the DJI Mavic Pro Platinumis extremely smart. In TapFly mode, you can simply tap a point on the touchscreen of your smartphone and the Mavic Pro Platinumwill fly towards that point directly. If you tap another point, it will smoothly turn to the new destination. In TapFly mode, Mavic Pro's onboard obstacle sensing systems are constantly scanning in front of it, keeping it away from any obstructions, freeing you up to admire the view.
Terrain Follow: When you are flying over changing terrain, like following bikers riding uphill, the Mavic Pro's Terrain Follow function uses height information gathered by the onboard ultrasonic system, and its downward facing cameras to keep you flying at the same height above the ground even as the ground moves. Just set the height from the ground (9' to 33') you want and focus on getting the right shot.
Gesture Mode for Selfies: In Gesture Mode, the DJI Mavic Pro's Vision System can recognize your gestures. Raise your arms or wave to it and the Mavic Pro Platinumwill follow you or take selfies for you. You can put away your smartphone and controller, all you need is a gesture.
Tripod Mode: Tripod Mode limits the DJI Mavic Pro's maximum speed to just 2.2mph, and the control stick sensitivity of the remote controller is slowed to give you the precision you need for accurate framing. It is also great for flying indoors in small spaces where the Mavic Pro's normal speed may make it more challenging to fly.
Sport Mode: Sport Mode was designed for fun, giving the DJI Mavic Pro Platinuma top speed of 40mph, all the while ramping up agility and responsiveness, to give you a taste of drone racing. You can also use it to film something fast, or zip out to catch a shot before the moment passes. Even in Sport Mode, the Mavic Pro Platinumwill stop almost instantly if you let go of the controls, so no matter how fast you go, you can stop at any time.
Note: The Forward Vision System is disabled in Sport mode, which means the aerial drone will not be able to automatically avoid obstacles on its route.
Quiet Flying: With the new FOC technology and dedicated 8331 noise reduction propellers, the decibel level of the Mavic Pro Platinum decreased. In outdoor testing, DJI found that the Mavic Pro Platinum could fly relatively quietly as its noise power was reduced by 4B when compared to the Mavic Pro (60% lower).
4K Camera: The included 4K camera uses core technologies found in all DJI cameras. It is equipped with a 1/2.3" CMOS image sensor (12.71 total pixels / 12.35M effective pixels), commonly found in professional sports cameras, and an aerial imaging optimized integrated lens with an equivalent focal length of 28mm, FOV (field of view) of 78.8°, and focus range of is 1.64' to infinite. There is a 2x digital zoom, but no optical zoom. The camera has an ISO Range of 100-3200 (for video) and 100-1600 for photo).
3-Axis Gimbal: To provide true 4K aerial video and a smooth live feed, the Mavic Pro Platinumis equipped with the smallest high-precision 3-axis gimbal that DJI has ever made. With brushless motors on all three axes (pitch/roll/yaw), the gimbal can control the camera with precision, adjusting it to eliminate shake caused by movement from the Mavic Pro.
Tilt & Roll Adjustments: It has an adjustable pitch from -90° to +30° for a total tilt of 120°. It also has an adjustable roll of 0° (horizontal) or 90° (vertical) for portrait or landscape shooting modes.
Follow or FPV Mode: Two gimbal operations modes are available. In the Follow mode, the angle between the gimbal's orientation and aircraft's nose remains constant at all times. In FPV mode, the gimbal will synchronize with the movement of the drone to provide a first-person perspective flying experience.
Up to 4K Video: The DJI Mavic Pro's 3-axis gimbal 4K camera can shoot smooth video up to 4K (60Mbps max video bitrate). Video recording modes include - C4K (4096 x 2160 @ 24fps) 4K (3840 x 2160 @ 24/25/30fps), 2.7K (2704 x 1520 @ 24/25/30fps), FHD (1920 x 1080@ 24/25/30/48/50/60/96fps) & HD (1280 x 720 @ 24/25/30/48/50/60/120fps). Video is recorded in either MP4 or MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264).
12MP Photos: The DJI Mavic Pro's 3-axis gimbal 4K camera will also capture 12 megapixel (4000 x 3000) still images in JPEG or DNG RAW format. The camera's shutter speed can be set to 8s to 1/8000s. You can even flip the camera 90° for portrait oriented shots, just like you do with your smartphone. Still photography modes include Single Shot, Burst Shooting (3/5/7 frames), Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB), Interval, & HDR.
microSD Memory Card: Captured video and still image photos are recorded onto a microSD or microSDHC memory card (up to 64GB). A Class 10 or UHS-1 rated microSD/SDHC memory card is required.
microUSB Port: The Mavic Pro Platinumfeatures a microUSB port and comes with a microUSB-to-USB cable to connect to your computer for transfer and download of your aerial videos and photos to your computer.
RC & WiFi Modes: By sliding the Control Mode switch on the right hand side of the DJI Mavic Pro Platinumyou can choose easily between RC and WiFi mode depending on which transmission type you need. In RC mode, you will use the included remote control with OcuSync to operate the Mavic Pro. In WiFi mode, you will use your Apple iOS or Android mobile device with the DJI Go 4 App installed to control the Mavic Pro Platinumover WiFi.
RC Mode: In RC mode, the Mavic Pro Platinumutilizes OcuSync transmission technology and is controlled by the included remote controller for an increased range of up to 4.3 miles in open areas without interference, FCC compliant.
WiFi Mode: When using a smartphone connected via Wi-Fi, the controllable range is 262', with a maximum altitude of 164', making it suitable for short-range shots like selfies and for setting up ActiveTrack. You can also download photos and videos directly from the Mavic Pro Platinumto your mobile device via Wi-Fi.
Note: The aerial drone will also automatically return to home if the remote control signal or your smartphone's WiFi signal is not detected for a specified amount of time (3 seconds when using the remote controller and 20 seconds when using WiFi).
Remote Controller: The included remote controller is a multi-function wireless communication device that integrates the video downlink system and aircraft remote control system. The video downlink and aircraft remote control system operates at 2.4GHz using OcuSync transmission technology for a wireless range up to 4.1 miles. In addition to flight controls, the remote controller features a number of camera control functions. The remote is equipped with joystick and push-button control, as well as a LCD screen.
Joystick Control: The slightest movement of your fingers on the controller's joysticks is translated almost immediately into movement in the air, so you always feel in complete control.
LCD Screen: The LCD screen displays various system statuses including flight telemetry and battery level in real-time.
Customizable Buttons: The push-buttons of the controller are customizable.
Note: The remote controller and aircraft are already linked out of the box. To prevent interference, do not operate more than three aircrafts in the same area.
DJI Go 4 App: The DJI Go 4 app for Apple iOS 9.0-up & Android OS 4.4-up lets you control gimbal, camera, and flight functions from your compatible mobile device.
Flight Controls: Control the flight pattern of the Mavic Pro Platinumfrom your mobile device and the DJI Go 4 app, while viewing a live video feed and flight telemetry data. Virtual joysticks on your compatible mobile device's touchscreen let you control the direction of the aircraft.
Flight Simulator: The DJI Go 4 app even includes a flight simulator that gives you the lifelike experience of flying the Mavic Pro Platinumin a safe, controlled virtual environment.
Camera Functions: The DJI Go 4 app gives you complete control of your camera and a live HD video feed right on your mobile device's touchscreen. You'll be able to adjust camera settings and use this real-time view to line up the perfect shot. You can snap photos and record vides with just a tap on your Apple iOS or Android device's touchscreen.
Mobile Cradle: The included remote controller features a mobile device cradle which allows you to use the RF remote controller and the DJI Go 4 app on your smartphone in conjunction with one another. Use the RF remote for longer range control of the Mavic Pro Platinumand use the DJI Go 4 app on your mobile device as a live view screen. This type of configuration also requires your smartphone be connected to the remote controller via USB (cables sold separately).
Note: The remote controller can fit smartphones between 0.25-0.33" thick and up to 6.3" long, without a phone case. Smartphones and tablets larger than this do not fit the remote controller's device holder.
Optional DJI Goggles: Optional DJI Goggles (sold separately) make flying totally immersive, putting two lifelike 1920 × 1080p LTPS displays with a wide 85° angle of view in front of your eyes for a true bird's eye look at the world around you. Built-in OcuSync delivers a 1080p video stream and because it connects directly to the Mavic Pro Platinumand not through a cable or a Wi-Fi link to the controller, a super low latency.
Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer Batteries: The DJI Mavic Pro Platinumis powered by a high-density, rechargeable lithium-polymer (LiPo) battery that has a capacity of 3830mAh and voltage of 11.4V. This battery can provide a flight time of up to 30 minutes (at 15.5mph with 0 wind) and a hover time of 25 minutes (with 0 wind). In calm weather and under ideal conditions, the Mavic Pro Platinumcan fly up to 8 miles at 31mph on a single charge. The included remote controller is equipped with a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery with a capacity of 2970mAH. Operating temperature for both batteries is 41°F to 104°F. The batteries must be fully charged before using it for the first time.
Intelligent Flight Battery: The DJI Intelligent Flight Battery in the Mavic Pro Platinumadopts the latest technologies to ensure that the flight control system is able to obtain accurate battery level. This allows it to calculate remaining flight times more accurately. It also gives pilots a full understanding of the overall battery status, including real-time battery cell status, circle number, temperature and more, and all in the DJI GO app on your smartphone.
AC Power Adapter: An AC power adapter is included to charge the Mavic Pro's lithium-polymer (LiPo) battery. The AC power adapter is also outfitted with two USB (type-A) ports to charged the included remote control and your smartphone. Charging times are not specified. However, it will take longer to fully charge the battery when multiple devices are connected.
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