Ohhhh do I have a sweet treat for you!! I have been on a mission, trying out different types and wondering what would you like? Hmmm, add this, add that take this out and ohhh, add that!!! So I did it, I came up with a tasty treat that won't hurt your waistline.
Let me introduce to you my newest coffee drink of the year!! Please give a warm welcome to Chocolate Cherry Jubilee Frappe. This frappe is chocolaty, sweet and has the nicest cherry taste to it!! It's almost like a cherry milkshake! I know, I know, frappes in January? Umm, yes!! There is no wrong time to have a frappe!!
I made this frappe using 1 1/2 cups frozen coffee, partially thawed, 1/2 cup frozen cherries, 1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, like Sharffen Berger, 2 tbsp. of maraschino cherry juice, you know the juice in the jar of cherries, 1/4 tsp. stevia and unsweetened coconut milk. Blended it all together and came up with this chocolaty drink! It turned out WAY better than I ever imagined!!
I get lots and lots of questions about my coffee, so I thought I would answer the questions I always get. For the frozen coffee, there are a few things you can do. One, use cold coffee and add a handful of ice cubes into the blender, Two freeze your coffee in ice-cube trays for easy blending, or three you can freeze your coffee in a flat freezer safe container. To defrost I microwave it for about a minute then break the ice apart. Defrosting it in the microwave doesn't warm the coffee at all.
For the coconut milk, I use Trader Joe's unsweetened coconut milk, it's in the isle with the almond, rice and soy milk and is only 60 calories for one cup. You can check out my Trader Joe's page to see the picture, it's in my top 10 TJ's items. Whatever you do, don't use coconut milk in the can. That will make a horrible, greasy coffee. I am sure you can sub almond milk, regular milk or even soy milk. In this drink , you do not get a coconut taste at all from the milk. I like to use it because it is creamy.
This is really a fun drink. If you're not a fan of coffee, eck!!! Just kidding, I am sure you can add one cup of milk of your choice and follow the rest of the directions. Then you get a nice chocolaty cherry milkshake!! Just be sure to add some ice cubes!! One thing I learned from making frappes is that the longer you blend the drink, the more creamer and smooth it is. When I first started, I didn't blend so much, but now it is so much better. If you want to thicken the drink more and get a BIGGER portion, add about 1/8 of a teaspoon of xanthan gum. This stuff makes your drink grow. This recipe in general makes 4 cups, two servings, but if you add the xanthan gum, it made it almost 6 cups. It actually was growing when I photographing because the whip cream started to go over the edge so I had to sip it. How horrible! lol Oh and the cherries, I used Target's Market Pantry Brand, found in the frozen section. I always buy at least one bag when I go to Target! I bet you're wondering the calories for this drink. Like I said the recipe makes four cups and it's a two cup serving size, which is only, drum rolls please, 46.2 calories! Yes please! I drank the whole blender full!! I didn't share, but I did give my Hubby a taste and he said, mmm, cherries. He didn't want any because he was working outside and it's only 32 degrees out. He thought I was crazy for making a frappe now.
A sweet frozen coffee drink made with cocoa and cherries.
Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth, about two minutes.
I know I have said it before, but I do enjoy making frappes. I make one almost everyday, unless its super cold out!! I was thinking if you want more protein to the drink, I am betting you can replace the cocoa powder with chocolate protein powder. So many ways with this drink!! You can also make this the night before. Just place the frappe in a freezer bag, put in the freezer and in the morning place it in the fridge. By the time you have your mid morning snack, it will have softened enough that you can mash the bag with your hand! Than pour into a cup! This will be cheaper and fewer calories than my Starbucks run!
Well Guys, time to go!
There are a lot of coffee beans out there that are thrilled! Knowing that the morning leftovers can have a DELICIOUS "makeover" ;)Redheads4ever!
This looks like an unbelievably fantastic 46 calories! Love it, and thanks for the tip about the TJ coconut milk, i didn't know about that!
Your welcome! I love there coconut milk and I love that it's guilt-free!!
I agree with you, I still have frappes even though its January 😀 Can't get enough, and I am dying to try this one!
I can't get enough Frappes, and it's starting to warm up so I'll be sure making them this weekend!! You enjoy your weekend! It's suppose to be nice in the city!
Awesome frappe. I loooooveee the combo of cherries and chocolate!
This Frappe looks so yummy that even though it's only like 30 degrees outside, I really want to go make one! I think I'll try this instead of my hot coffee. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday 🙂 Have a great weekend!
This looks absolutely delicious! I think it would make a perfect Valentine's Day treat.
Thanks Bonny! I am loving this drink! Your right it's perfect for V-day!
That sounds so good! Only 46 cals!? That isn't even a splurge. Thanks so much for sharing on Super Sweet Saturday.
Oh, your frappe sounds so good. Love the chocolate cherry combo. Saw it on Crumbs & Chaos. Would love for you to share on Thursdays Treasures http://fooddonelight.com/thursdays-treasures-week-69.
Thank you for the invite! I linked up!! Have a great day!
Visiting from the Super Sweet Saturday link up. This looks delish!! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Pinning!
I have to save this recipe for warmer weather but It looks great!
Thanks Danielle! For some reason I can drink frappes anytime of the year! 🙂 If you do try it out, stop back and let me know what you think!
I could go for this even if it is the dead of winter and below zero here. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday and hope that you will join us again this week with more awesome recipes.
Thank you for sharing on Thursday's Treasures! I've featured this on Week 70. Please stop by my blog and grab a "featured on" button. <3 and hugs!
Thank you so much! I am honored you featured it!! Thank you, thank you!!
YUMMMMMMY! I love cold coffee drinks!!
Me too! No matter how cold it is out!!
Thanks for the invite! I already linked up!
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Lynda Davis has had extensive performing, choreographing, directing and teaching experience that encompasses both the professional and educational dance worlds.
Davis is a former member of the Gloria Newman Dance Theater and a featured dancer with the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company. She has served as Artistic Director and Dean of the Dance School at the California Institute of the Arts. Along with Clay Taliaferro and Carol Warner, she co-directed, performed and toured extensively with the Theatre Dance Trio.
Davis has toured widely with her solo concerts and has choreographed and taught at many festivals and dance residency events. She has choreographed and directed a series of eight dance films related to technical training, improvisational skills and choreographic source materials.
In London, Davis has served as Artistic Director and principal choreographer for the Centre Dance Ensemble and Transition Dance Company sponsored by the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance.* She has conducted choreographic and teaching residencies throughout the United States as well as in parts of South Africa, Mozambique, China, India, Korea, Russia, France, Italy, Ireland, and England. The projects in each country were individual initiatives by separate organizations.
From 1988-1995, Davis, along with Martha Meyers, directed the American Dance Festival Professional Artist /Educator Update program. Davis is the 2012 recipient of the Florida Dance Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in Dance, honored as a choreographer, dancer and educator.
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For 35 years, Davis was on the faculty of the Florida State University School of Dance where she held the rank of Professor of Contemporary Dance and was Artistic Director of Dance Repertory Theatre (1985-‐2011). Davis received the Professional Excellence Program Award for Excellence in Teaching; the Teaching Incentive Program Award; the Committee on Faculty Research Support Award; the University Teaching Award; was recognized for creative excellence by the Florida State University College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance; and was honored by a named professorship, the Nellie-Bond Dickinson Professorship.
*Laban Centre for Movement and Dance is now known as Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
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Home > Ask Our Experts > Were Toys Regulated Before the 1995 Safety Regulations?
Before the Toy (Safety) Regulations 1995 were introduced, what protected toys when it came to safety requirements?
A history of how toys were regulated, if at all, up to the present would be really interesting to find out.
Toy safety is a very confusing area of law, and there have been several sets of regulations since the 1960s.
The Toy Safety Regulations 1995 are part of consumer safety law, and as such are also regulated in English law by the Consumer Protection Act of 1987. The Consumer Protection Act regulates the safety of any product which could potentially cause injury, whether from the raw materials used to manufacture it (in the case of paints containing lead in children's toys, for example) their components and any consumer products.
Under the Consumer Protection Act, if you or your child are injured by a toy, you can make a claim for damages using this legislation, by proving that the toy was defective, and that the defect caused either death, personal injury or damage to private property. This is not affected by the Toy Safety Regulations now in force.
From the 1960s the law started to get tougher on toy manufacturers, subjecting them to more rules and regulations concerning toy safety. In 1961 the British Standards Institute issued new safety regulations concerning toys, including strict guidelines on the use of substances like celluloid, a ban on toys with sharp edges that could cause injury, and bans on toxic dyes.
The first specific Toy Safety Regulations were created in 1974. In 1979 the British Standards Institute (BSI) published the first toy safety standard - BS5665 - parts of which are incorporated into the current toy safety law, and covering issues such as flammability and chemical toys.
More specific legislation was introduced in the 1980s, for example the Benzene in Toy Safety Regulations 1987. There have been other now revoked sets of toy safety regulations, namely the 1974 Regulations, the Toy Safety Regulations 1989, and the Toy Safety Regulations 1993.
Since 1990, UK regulations have been in place implementing an EU Directive which states that all toys must satisfy certain safety requirements, carry a CE Mark, and be accompanied by warnings if necessary. This directive was replaced by the current Toy Safety Regulations 1995. Both sets of Toy Regulations were brought under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
There are also new measures on the way to make the existing toy safety standards even tougher. Changes to the legislation have been backed by the European Parliament, and include a ban on potentially cancer-causing chemicals, and chemicals believed to cause genetic changes, as well as ban on fragrances that can provoke allergic reaction and small toy parts that could possibly choke small children.
Yesterday my 9 year old became one of the 100's of children who have got their hair tangled in a Bunchem's toy. I have come across so many articles going over 2 years about this and seemingly nothing is done.She was playing sensibly, seated at a table when another child dropped their model.16 Bunchem's landed in her hair and 4 took 2 hours to remove with a further hour devoted to cleaning her very distressed hair.I then saw this response from Spin master who make them to complaints (on Amazon) and am furious."We are sorry to hear about your experience. We make every effort to caution parents of the possibility of hair tangles on the box and the instructions, but understand that sometimes a kid's creativity knows no bounds." I think something more should be done - their You Tube video is very misleading also. Who can I share my photos and experience with so no other children have to go through this distress?
I have re-discovered a collection of metal toy soldiers in our loft that were made by Britains with dates shown on the base ranging from 1973 to 1986. I would like to give these to my grandchildren, but I am concerned in case they were made with lead or lead paint was used in their manufacture. Can you advise please.
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Hilary Rosen Talks Politics, Press and Sexism
By Andrew Belonsky June 16, 2008 at 3:06pm · 19 comments · Updated on June 17, 2008
Hilary Rosen may very well be Wonder Woman.
The New Jersey-born activist acted as the Recording Industry Association of America's chairman for five years, acted lesbian social networking site Ourchart's president, served as Human Rights Campaign's interim executive director back in 2004 and currently serves as Huffington Post's political director, a gig she accepted earlier this year.
With all that experience under her belt, you can be sure Rosen, who previously endorsed Hillary Clinton's campaign, has scads to say about the current electoral climate, including the increasingly "blurred" lines between press and politics, her feelings on Clinton's departure, sexism in the press and how the lived experience shapes one's political views. And, thankfully, Rosen shared her thoughts – and many more – with our trusty editor.
Before getting into all of that, however, the duo start things off at the "beginning" of Rosen's queer career: her coming out. Read all about it, after the jump…
Andrew Belonsky: How old were you when you came out, Hilary?
Hilary Rosen: I came out in college. I went to George Washington and my freshman year I fell in love with my roommate.
AB: And how did she take it?
HR: We fell in love with each other, I should say, so I guess she took it quite well!
AB: How convenient! Were your parents as enthusiastic?
HR: [Pauses.] My parents were actually great about it. My mother was resistant because she wanted me to be happy, but they were so liberal and their politics were so progressive, I think they were trying to live their values. I was testing their values.
AB: I imagine your parents' progressive politics influenced your activism.
HR: Yeah. My mom was the first woman elected to our town council, our city council. She was a politician and she took a very traditional route for women politicians in those days: she started out involved in the PTA and then was president in the PTA and then got involved on the school board and then ran for city council.
AB: Do you think that sort of trajectory for a woman – being involved in education – works or is it outdated?
HR: I think it does work with women today. It happens all over the place. People get politicized when something in their life connects with something that they perceive as actionable outside of it, in the government. The more involved you are, the meatier you are -whether that means being an advocate for your kid in the public schools or being gay and lesbian and not wanting to face discrimination or whether that's a truck driver unhappy about gas prices – you get engaged.
AB: Of course that's one of the keys to any – I'm using the term loosely, ideology – your lived experience influences your plot to change your reality. So, in addition to your parents' influence on you, do you remember a key moment in your politicization? Is there anything that sticks out?
HR: You know, I was kind of always political, as it were. I was a student rep on the school board, I was involved with President Carter, I volunteered at the local Democratic headquarters, and so I've always done that. I was always political, so to be a political gay person seemed like a pretty natural step for me.
AB: Looking at your beginnings in the gay rights movement and where we are now, what are your thoughts on the progress? And what hasn't changed, in your opinion, or are there tactics with which you disagree?
HR: It's never satisfying enough to hear how much progress there has been if we don't have full equality. It's like, "Yes, but it's not enough." If you start out with that caveat it's – I mean, my first days lobbying on gay and lesbian issues were met with surprise and reticence and people really didn't want to talk about it, but now there are real policy discussions. That in and of itself has politically changed, but it's not enough.
AB: Now, let's talk about a semi-related topic: the intersection of politics and press. This has come up a number of times during interviews I've done, like with Nico Pitney and Rachel Maddow. First the idea that now, more than ever before, journalists are becoming the news, which, I think could be a distressing development. When we have endless stories about Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann's tax records – does that threaten the "sanctity" of journalism?
HR: Clearly the lines are way blurred and since Rachel Maddow kept me out drinking last night, they're really blurred, but the – you know, Keith Olbermann's not a journalist –
AB: He's a commentator.
HR: Right. And Chris used to be a journalist, but not really. Before he was on Hardball he was a columnist and before that he was an advocate in Congress. The public has no clue who's a journalist anymore and who isn't. They see names on TV of people associated with news organizations and they make assumptions across the board. It's interesting, because in Washington, we're all so cognizant of who's a journalist and who's a pundit. Some people around the country don't know [the difference] and get confused and resent it. They'll hear things like Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann having an opinion when in essence that's who they are – and people will think, well they're news people, they're not supposed to have these opinions.
AB: That brings up something that Maddow said to me when I interviewed her earlier this year: that political analysis is inherently emotional; people need an emotion to relate to fully understand a lot of what's going on behind the scenes and in the news. Do you agree with that statement?
HR: I do agree with that and I think it's increasingly personal, as well, which explains the increased popularity for places like Huffington Post, the cable shows and things like that: places where you get people who have passion and are talking about the issues with passion. And, yes, there are news nuggets among them for discussion, but it's often about advocacy and passion. I think politics have in a way become much more organic and have in essence have surpassed news.
AB: Can you elaborate on that, please?
HR: When you think about news, you say, "Tell us the facts? Report the story to us." And I think in many ways with politics that only works so far – people want the facts of politics, but it's a subject they also want passion about. In that way, it's more like how culture has been to the news over the years, where the critique of the work is as relevant to the news consumer as the fact that it exists.
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What did she have to say about suing/extorting money from random people off the internet that the RIAA accused of copying music?
June 16, 2008 at 4:06pm
No one should ever boast of working for the RIAA. It's like bragging about be a member of the mafia.
Kid A
Fuck the RIAA. I'm a budding recording engineer, and seeing it all from the inside is doubly noxious.
Thomas Delayed
Wow, softball with Hillary Rosen.
Question if Rosen reads this.
Why did you bash Hillary the day after the last vote? She didn't give her concession speech in what YOU percieved the alloted time? Perhaps she wanted to wait and give the amazing speech she gave….but NOOOOOOOO….you had to throw the lady under the fucking bus because she wasn't working on your schedule or any of the other pussy pundits that you work with. That is called
a hypocritic traitor.
Also, why is it that Huffington Post has kicked off so many Clinton supporters? You were part of that. The Arrianna Huffington power play. That is called censorship.
Lastly, have you or anyone in your family downloaded a song? Are you happy that poor college students and grandmothers received heavy fines so the wealthy could get wealthier? That is not very kind my lady. That is called dictatorship.
The RIAA are the biggest crooks in the county and you owe the world an apology for having innocent people have to struggle with the law while you and your partner sit on your high horse in judgement.
Andrew, honey, if you are going to interview these people, you have to ask the serious questios and not just kiss their fucking ass because they know Rachel Maddow.
This woman has don't a god damned thing for the gay community other than take our money.
You should get together with Andrew Sullivan and rule your own little world.
I just have to mention this last quote that is so full of irony coming from a woman that had this exact sort of woman threatened with jail because
(on a budget) she downloaded a song for her grandchild.
I can't imagine what it's like for the waitress in the diner or the woman on Wall Street. Sexism just exists. It is real.
ggreen
Hilary always makes me think of something Molly Ivins used to say: Talk about putting lipstick on a pig.
hell's kitchen guy
Ah yes, the woman who single handedly destroyed the entire recording industry. If you're going to call yourself a "journalist," why don't you ask some real questions?
Here is a question for Hillary Rosen that I bet will never be answered. How do you feel about the hundreds of low to middle class folks, elderly, students, disabled and those on a fix budget…about making them out to be criminals and forcing them to pay hefty fines or sending them to jail..as in this story………..
the jury found Jammie Thomas, a single mother from Minnesota, liable for willful copyright infringement and awarded the RIAA plaintiffs $222,000 — that's $9,250 for each of the 24 songs she was alleged to have made available on Kazaa, for those of you keeping track at home, and probably something like, oh, say, $222,000 more than she should have had to pay, since the RIAA plaintiffs weren't required to show that Thomas had a file-sharing program installed on her machine or that she was even the person using the Kazaa account in question
This was not an interview, it was a nice chat.
I am sure she will check out this blog…so answer up girl.
^^^ Don't hold your breath expecting her to explain herself. She's made a career as Washington insider, falling upwards, enabled by fawning "interviews" like this one.
fredo777
I understand some of the criticism being thrown her way, but why question the topics the interviewer chose to cover? It's not like there was any obligation to start asking her about every RIAA-related thing under the sun. That's not what the article was about.
pay for your downloads, fags
You may be right. If that is the case why didn't they ask..
What is your favorite color Hillary?
If you were a tree what would you be?
Do you use both shampoo and conditioner?
Do you have the slightest understanding how beautiful you are?
June 17, 2008 at 10:06am
Pssssh.
The questions they asked were relevant. Also, I know you were being facetious, but I don't think Hilary is all that bad-looking. If she were thinner + had her same features, she'd be even prettier.
adamblast
I'm apalled you give this woman a forum. There are plenty of gay activists out there who *haven't* spent years destroying the rights of consumers at the behest of big media. This is the woman who's legal bulldog work killed legal p2p.
The federal government thinks they have a right to inspect anything coming in or out of your computer, and it's largely this woman's fault for selling the big-media agenda to congress and getting them to write anti-consumer laws.
Not Articulate
Well, this being a gay blog and no mention of the HRC came up in the interview, there's no reason to think that they're going to delve into the RIAA questions.
Personally, I think she left a disgraceful mark on the record industry, essentially shoving aside technology and innovation in the name of rights. When in reality, the artists and publishers actually making the music suffered while the labels sat back and cried foul.
porscha
Someone should tell Hilary that sexism is different for the waitress in the diner and the woman on Wall Street. Equally bad? probably. The same? hardly.
poliboy03
I worked in the music industry when Rosen was at RIAA. The people on this site don't know the same facts that people knew then. Rosen left RIAA literally the day before the first lawsuits against individuals were filed. She had already announced her retirement but she didn't agree with them and wanted to make sure they weren't done on her watch.
I don't care what any of you say. Hilary Rosen is hot!!!
What a scum bag! From top to bottom a total scum bag dressed in baggy clothes!
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*Results very from one individual to the next and cannot be guaranteed.


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A "splash play" in football is a play that makes a big splash—that is, it makes a big impact on the game. A "splash play" might be a quarterback sack, a tackle for a loss, a fumble recovery, or an interception. "Splash play" has been used to describe a big play made by a defense, although it could potentially also be used to describe a big offensive play.
"Splash play" has been cited in print since at least 2004.
There must something about the Miami Dolphins that brings out the best in Ryan Nece. Tampa Bay's third-year linebacker, who is fighting to keep his roster spot, made the kind of splash play that a player in his position needs to make, in the last game before the first round of NFL roster cuts.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin often talks about splash plays—big plays that make a major difference in a game—but every play on this rainy night in Pittsburgh was a splash play.
"James Harrison continues to make splash play after splash play for us," Tomlin said of his Pro Bowl linebacker who recorded his 12th sack of the season on the safety.
Cowboys O-Line: Successful Against The Splash Play?
The basic idea behind pass protection is to keep the opposing defenses from making what NFL scouts call splash plays - plays that turn games around. Splash plays include sacks, QB hits, QB pressures and penalties. The fewer of these an offensive lineman allows, the better.
That is the reality offensive linemen have to live with. For the most part, they get noticed only when they make mistakes or allow what NFL scouts call splash plays - plays that turn games around. Splash plays include sacks, QB hits, QB pressures and penalties.
The fewer of these an offensive lineman allows, the better.
The above quote was from the NFL Network's summer time-killing series, NFL's Top 100.
How Successful Was The Cowboys Offensive Line Against The Splash Play?
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"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" doctrine isn't recognized as a rule of law for courts to use in which country?
In the United Kingdom, the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine is not recognized. Illegally obtained evidence is admissible in UK courts of law. The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine (also known as the Derivative Evidence Doctrine) is a rule used in criminal law. It is a doctrine that extends the exclusionary rule to make evidence inadmissible in court if it was derived from evidence that was illegally obtained. As the metaphor suggests, if the evidential "tree" is tainted, so is its "fruit." This doctrine was established in the United States in 1920 in the decision delivered within the Silverthorne Lumber Company case.
The Silverthorne Lumber Co. case was a US Supreme Court Case in which Silverthorne attempted to evade paying taxes. Federal agents illegally seized tax books from Silverthorne and created copies of the records. The key issue was whether or not derivatives of illegal evidence were permissible in court. The ruling, delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was that to permit derivatives would encourage police to circumvent the Fourth Amendment of US Constitution, so the illegal copied evidence was held tainted and inadmissible.
The term itself was actually first used by Justice Felix Frankfurter in the case of Nardone v. United States (1939). The doctrine is intended to strongly deter police officers and their departments from using illegal means to obtain evidence against any and all alleged suspects.
Denise Currie
I put UK because I had never heard of it, and if it was used here I am sure I would have
earlepg
Kinda leads to my feeling that "the law" is a game. As a government auditor I had to carefully follow all the rules.
Sep 9, 2022 1:56AM
Kim Hernandez
Everything I read indicates that the United states is used
Mar 8, 2022 12:16AM


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Diagn Interv Radiol. 2018 Nov;24(6):342-347. doi: 10.5152/dir.2018.17261.
CT imaging of complications of aortic intramural hematoma: a pictorial essay.
Herrán FL1, Bang TJ2, Restauri N2, Suby-Long T2, Alvarez Gómez DI3, Sachs PB2, Vargas D2.
Universidad de Los Andes School of Medicine, Santiago, Chile.
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado, USA.
Department of Radiology, Clinica Santa Maria, Santiago, Chile.
Aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is a pathologic process with a clinical presentation identical to aortic dissection and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Radiologists must be familiar with the imaging appearances of IMH as computed tomography (CT) plays a critical role in both diagnosis and patient management. The course of IMH is variable and the process may regress, remain stable, or progress in extent and therefore imaging findings associated with a negative prognosis must be recognized and included in the formal radiology report. Potentially life-threatening complications and findings associated with IMH include hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade, coexisting aortic dissection, ulcer-like projection, intramural blood pool, and extension of hematoma along the pulmonary or coronary arteries, which are identifiable with aortic protocol CT. The purpose of this pictorial review is to provide the reader with an image-based review of the diagnostic criteria, related complications, and associated critical prognostic features in patients presenting with aortic IMH.
Type A aortic intramural hematoma. Axial (a) and coronal (b) unenhanced CT images show a crescent-shaped hyperdense collection along the right aspect of the ascending aorta (arrows). Note a small volume hemopericardium.
Diagn Interv Radiol. 2018 Nov;24(6):342-347.
Progression of type B IMH. Axial contrast-enhanced CTA (a) shows an intramural hematoma in the descending thoracic aorta with a small associated intimal tear and small collection of contrast in the false lumen (black arrow). Unenhanced and contrast-enhanced axial CT images (b, c) a few days later show retrograde progression of the IMH now involving the ascending thoracic aorta (b, white arrows); furthermore a frank dissection has developed in the descending thoracic aorta with a discrete intimal flap (c, white arrow). Case courtesy of Carlos S. Restrepo, MD.
Type A intramural hematoma complicated by hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. Axial contrast-enhanced CT images through the ascending aorta (a), heart (b) and upper abdomen (c) show a large type intramural hematoma (a, arrow) with an associated large hemopericardium (b, asterisk). There is marked mass effect upon the right atrium (b, black arrow) along with flattening of the free wall of the right ventricle. Image (c) through the upper abdomen shows severe reflux of contrast media into the inferior vena cava and hepatic veins. The above findings constitute tamponade physiology.
Extension of intramural hematoma along the pulmonary arteries. Axial contrast-enhanced CT images in two different patients (a, b) show type A aortic intramural hematoma (a, arrowhead) and hyperdense collections along the main and right pulmonary arteries (a, b, arrows).
Hematoma extension along the epicardial vessels in a patient with type A intramural hematoma. Axial contrast-enhanced CT images through the proximal (a), and mid (b) portions of the right coronary artery (RCA) and maximum intensity projection (MIP) multiplanar reformation (c) show high density fluid extending along much of the length of the RCA (arrows).
Type B aortic intramural hematoma and ulcer-like projection (ULP). Axial contrast-enhanced CT image (a) through the descending aorta shows an outpouching off the aortic lumen in the region of the patient's IMH (arrow). Double oblique image (b) and 3D surface rendering (c) show the caudal extension of the ULP, as it dissects through the aortic wall (arrows).
Intramural blood pool. Axial (a) and coronal (b) CT images through the descending aorta in an 85-year-old man with type B aortic IMH obtained three weeks after initial presentation show a collection of contrast outside of the lumen but within the right aspect of the aortic wall (arrows). Notice there is no obvious communication with the aortic lumen.
Intramural blood pools. Axial contrast-enhanced CT image (a) through the descending thoracic aorta shows an extraluminal collection of contrast within the aortic wall compatible with an IBP (arrow). Furthermore, the collection directly communicates with an intercostal artery (arrowhead). Coronal MIP image of the descending thoracic aorta (b) shows two separate intramural blood pools along the right aspect of the aorta (arrow and arrowhead).


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Q: How to get a Webworker really responsive and why setTimeout() not working I am studying Javascript Web Workers. To do so, I created the page and script below:
worker-test.html
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <title>Web Worker Test</title>

<form>

                Step Time
                <select id="stepTime" onchange="changeStepTime();">
                    <option>500</option>
                    <option>1000</option>
                    <option>2000</option>
                </select>

                <button id="btnStart" onclick="return buttonAction('START');">Start</start>

                <button id="btnStop" onclick="return buttonAction('STOP');">Stop</start>

                <button id="btnClean" onclick="return clean();">Clean</start>

                <textarea id="log" rows="15" style="width: 100%; font-size: xx-large;"  readonly="readonly"></textarea>

</form>

worker-test.js
function id(strId) {
    return document.getElementById(strId);
}

worker = new Worker('worker.js');
worker.onmessage =  function(e) {
    switch(e.data.msg) {
        case "STARTED":
            console.info(e.data);
            id("btnStart").disabled = true;
            id("btnStop").disabled = false;
            break;
        case "STOPPED":
            console.info(e.data);
            id("btnStart").disabled = false;
            id("btnStop").disabled = true;
            break;
        case "TIME":
            id("log").value += e.data.time + '\n';
            break
        default:
            // ...
    }
};

function buttonAction(action) {
    worker.postMessage({msg: action});
    return false;
}

function changeStepTime() {
    worker.postMessage({msg: "STEPTIME", stepTime: id("stepTime").value});
}

function clean() {
    id('log').value = '';
    return false;
}

function init() {
    id("btnStop").disabled = true;
    changeStepTime();
}

worker.js
var running = false;
var stepTime = 0;

// Replacement of setTimeout().
function pause() {
    var t0 = Date.now();
    while((Date.now() - t0) < stepTime) {
        (function() {}) ();
    }
}

function run() {
    while(running) {
        postMessage({msg: "TIME", time: new Date().toISOString()});
        // pause();
        setTimeout(function() {console.debug("PAUSE!!!")}, stepTime);
    }
}

addEventListener('message', function(e) {
    switch(e.data.msg) {
        case "START":
            running = true;
            console.debug("[WORKER] STARTING. running = " + running);
            run();
            postMessage({msg: "STARTED"});
            break;
        case "STOP":
            running = false;
            console.debug("[WORKER] STOPPING. running = " + running);
            postMessage({msg: "STOPPED"});
            break;
        case "STEPTIME":
            stepTime = parseInt(e.data.stepTime);
            console.debug("[WORKER] STEP TIME = " + stepTime);
            postMessage({msg: "STEP TIME CHANGED"});
            break;
        default:
            console.warn("[WORKER] " + e.data);
    }
});

How the page is supposed to do: When I click in Start Button, it sends a message to worker which call run function. In this function there is a while loop. There, first is sent a message to UI thread with the current time in the to be shown in the <TEXTAREA>. Next, the setTimeout() is called to pause in the time setted by stepTime <SELECT> element. Also, when the loop starts, the Start button must be disabled and the Stop one enabled. When the Stop is clicked, it changes the running flag in the Worker to false and stops the loop. Also, the Start button must be enabled and the Stop one disabled. Always when I click in the buttons, the console shows the message which is sent to worker and next the message that is received by the UI Thread from Worker. When I change the stepTime <SELECT> value, the worker pause time changes. The Clean button simply cleans the <TEXTAREA>.
What I really got: When I click Start, the <TEXTAREA> is filled with current time messages and the controls simply don´t respond. Actually all the browser instances (I tested in Firefox) freeze and after some time crash. Apparently, the setTimeout() is not working in the Worker, althought it works in UI (for example, in console I type setTimeout(function() {console.debug("PAUSE!!!")}, id("stepTime").value);).
A workaround I tried was replace setTimeout() calling by pause() function. I got this: The page (and the browser) is not freezed. The <TEXTAREA> shows the time messages, with the interval initially setted in the <SELECT>. The Clean button works as expected. However, when the loop starts, it shows the console message in worker (console.debug("[WORKER] STARTING. running = " + running);), but not the worker response (postMessage({msg: "STARTED"});). Neither the Start is disabled not the stop is enabled. Besides, if I change the <SELECT> value, it does not change the interval. If I really want change the interval, I need reload the page and set another value.
Looking into the code it is obvious why the response is not being called when I start the loop, because the run() function is a inifinite loop and therefore response command never is reached.
Therefore, I have two questions:

*

*How to change the code to make it really assyncronous and
responsive.

*Why setTimeout() is not working if it should work according the Web Worker definition.

Thanks,
Rafael Afonso

A: 1) For the first question:
This code:
function run() {
    while(running) {
        postMessage({msg: "TIME", time: new Date().toISOString()});
        // pause();
        setTimeout(function() {console.debug("PAUSE!!!")}, stepTime);
    }
}

will hang your browser because it will postMessage as fast as your cpu runs because you are inside in a sort of while(true) which freezes your webworker. Also the pause function will do the same, basically it is a while(true).
To make this code run asynchronous, you should control when postMessage is called inside your webworker, for example every 10% of your job completion ...  not inside a while true.
2) For the second question:
this line of code inside the while
setTimeout(function() {console.debug("PAUSE!!!")}, stepTime);

will not pause it, it does not affect the loop. In javascript there is not a sleep method like the php one.
To have the effect you need replace the run function with this one:
function run() {
    if(running){
        postMessage({msg: "TIME", time: new Date().toISOString()});
        setTimeout(function() { run(); }, stepTime);
    }
}

A: albanx:
Following your suggestion, I changed the worker.js code like this:

var running = false;
var stepTime = 0;

function run() {
    if(running) {
        postMessage({msg: "TIME", time: new Date().toISOString()});
        setTimeout(run, stepTime);
    }
}

self.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
    switch(e.data.msg) {
        case "START":
            running = true;
            console.debug("[WORKER] STARTING. running = " + running);
            postMessage({msg: "STARTED"});
            run();
            break;
        case "STOP":
            running = false;
            console.debug("[WORKER] STOPPING. running = " + running);
            postMessage({msg: "STOPPED"});
            break;
        case "STEPTIME":
            stepTime = parseInt(e.data.stepTime);
            console.debug("[WORKER] STEP TIME = " + stepTime);
            postMessage({msg: "STEP TIME CHANGED"});
            break;
        default:
            console.warn("[WORKER] " + e.data);
    }
});

This time all worked as expected: the Stop button was enabled and really stopped the loop. Also It was possible change the step time changing the <SELECT>. Finally, it was possible restart the loop so many times I wanted.
My only question is: Don´t these recrsive calls to run (setTimeout(run, stepTime);) can create a stack overflow?
Thanks,
Rafael Afonso

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BIM DataBook
In October 2017, BRE announced a new BIM data product library – DataBook, which they describe as 'game changing'.
DataBook will be the first free-to-use and free-to-list BIM Product Library which will serve as an immutable, definitive and universal data store for all BIM data. Helping to overcome the current, costly and time-consuming fragmentation issues, DataBook users will reduce development costs while benefitting from a compliant, trusted and standardised model that the entire supply chain can access and utilise.
Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 on centrally-procured public sector projects was mandated from April 2016. The introduction of BIM Level 2, which is a process lasting through the entire life-cycle of an asset, underpinned by the creation, collation and exchange of 3D models and the intelligent, structured data which is attached to them, should have a hugely positive impact on the construction industry supply chain. Ease of communication between different design and construction partners has been improved enormously since it first came to the industry.
However, current BIM software providers use different standards, without offering a complete range of building elements which the user can draw from, and are often non-compliant with the British Standard BS8541. Furthermore, the fragmentation in software has prevented seamless communication between different parties.
Responding to industry demand, BRE is developing the free, industry-disruptive DataBook Product Library, which allows registered users to link their BIM objects and associate data to a fixed manufacturers' data source.
DataBook will provide plug-in functions for authoring tools with options to not only link, but also attach data based upon project stage and appropriate project roles. This will remove the liability and risk for designers and constructors from using editable BIM Library objects, whilst providing them with the appropriate manufacturer data that they need to respond to the project requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
BRE has created a new Templater tool that holds the standard for exchanging data, including product data. This will remove the confusion and lack of interoperability that has surrounded sharing standardised product information from BIM and associates technologies.
BRE Templater (with code by activeplan) will provide core building element definitions (like doors, windows, plaster board, roof tiles, etc.), and is built on international standard such as IFC. Leading on from that, DataBook is a solution currently in beta testing and set to launch in early 2018.
Paul Oakley, BIM Director at BRE said:
"The new DataBook will provide a much-needed process to manage information flow during the design and build process, without the complex geometry that exists currently. This will help make BIM work for everyone, as currently too much manual object changing is required as projects are transferred between manufacturers, architects and contractors. Given the substantial savings in time and money, DataBook will quickly become the go-to development source in the building industry."
DataBook will have a premium, paid for element. Services will include BRE independent assessment of the validity of the data available to each BIM object. BRE will check whether the information source is correct and co-ordinated, and content requirements, including manufacturer and contractor-specific contents, will also be verified.
With this unique aspect, DataBook will become an immutable source of truth, critically reducing the risk often associated when sourcing build materials and suitable contractors. BRE is currently in talks with manufacturers, including Tata Steel and Wienerberger, regarding the listing of products in DataBook, which is set to launch in early 2018.
This article was originally published here by BRE on 26th Oct 2017.
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You must complete all six lessons and a short electronically administered test with a 90% pass rate in order to become a certified Range Safety Officer. If you do not pass the course the first time you will be able to take the test two more times. Once you pass the course you will be directed to receive a completion certificate that you can save as a file and/or print. If you do not pass the exam after the third time and you would like to pursue NRA certification as a Range Safety Officer, you will need to successfully complete a live classroom-based course facilitated by an NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officer. You will have access to this program for 90 days from the start of your enrollment date after which access expires.
The price of this non-refundable course is $125.00 and payment is accepted via credit card. After the credit transaction is approved you will be automatically registered in this course and you can begin taking the course immediately.
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After picking up 20 points yesterday to finish on 6,728, the FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES: ^FTSE) shed 15 points to 6,713 this morning as the mining sector is having one of the down days of its regular up-and-down dance. But London's top index is still five points up on the week so far. Could it be that the markets are finally recognizing that a strengthening US economy is actually a good thing, even if it does bring to an end those regular Federal Reserve handouts?
A third quarter update did the trick for CRH (LSE: CRH), boosting its shares by 49p (3.1%) to 1,608p. The construction materials group reported a 3% rise in like-for-like sales for the period, with EBITDA also 3% ahead despite adverse currency movements. EBITDA for the second half should still be in line with 2012.
The quarter represented something of a recovery after first-half results released in August had shown a 6% decline in like-for-like sales, adversely affected by the bad weather. But with CRH expecting to achieve cost savings of of €195m for the full year, we should be on for a return to earnings growth in 2014.
Investors certainly seem optimistic, having pushed the share price up more than 40% over the past 12 months.
Turning to the FTSE 250, Premier Farnell (LSE: PFL) saw its shares jump 14.5p (6.4%) to 242p after the technology services firm released an upbeat Q3 statement. Group sales for the quarter grew 3.3%, with the Asia Pacific region leading the way with a 10.5% year-on-year rise and European sales coming in 4.1% ahead. Total sales for the nine-months were up 1.9%.
Chief executive Laurence Bain said the firm anticipates "that our full year operating margin will be broadly similar to that achieved in the first half", though that will not yet be within the company's targeted range.
We saw a much bigger rise for Oxford Instruments (LSE: OXIG) this morning, as the shares soared 162p (13.2%) to 1,389p on news the firm has made a takeover approach for AIM-listed Andor Technology (LSE: AND). The 500p-per-share bid gave Andor shares a pretty nice boost too, and they're up 96p (24%) to 496p by late morning. The two companies have been in discussion since Oxford Instruments made a tentative 420p bid in July, and the Andor board is now considering the latest offer.
Oxford Instruments also released first-half results today, which showed a 2.6% fall in revenue to £166.3m and an 8.4% drop in adjusted pre-tax profit, with adjusted earnings per share down 13% to 28.6p. But at least the interim dividend was lifted 10.2% to 3.36p per share.


Back in April, when they dropped their debut single Don't Care, we were immediately introduced to the jangly, lo-fi sounds of Crushed Tinniez.
Now, with the release of their follow-up single Checkin' Out, the band have stepped up the quality without losing any of their scuzzy, DIY charm.
If Checkin' Out – the insanely infectious new single from Penrith three-piece Crushed Tinniez – doesn't leave you feelin' good, then you're probably a dickhead.
Brimming with deeply infectious guitar lines and vocal melodies, the new track sees Crushed Tinniez breeze through a loveable blend of warm indie-rock instrumentation and smarmy pop hooks reminiscent of Hockey Dad or Skegss.
Made up of Jack Isaacs, Matt Wigham and Kane Vardon, the band describe themselves as a "coupla mates just having fun," and this new single holds true to that mission statement. It's seriously addictive, and undeniably a good time. If Checkin' Out doesn't leave you feelin' good, then you're probably a dickhead.
These are still early days in Crushed Tinniez' career, but judging from what we've heard so far, I think we can safely expect more great tunes courtesy of this Penrith band.


Note: If you live in California, please read this BEFORE you order eggs! California Department of Food and Agriculture is destroying some shipments of eggs. More.
Healthy Traditions soy-free eggs are unique!
These chickens are raised by family farmers and eat a soy-free feed mixture that has no genetically modified grains (no GMOs!). Healthy Traditions developed the feed the chickens eat, and we test it for GMOs and glyphosate.
Soy is the cheapest protein available today, and it is a major component of most animal feeds. Cheap soy protein allows chickens to grow the fastest, and produce the maximum amount of eggs during their peak laying cycles.
If you believe you are allergic to eggs, it could be that you are in fact allergic to soy protein that researchers have now found to be present in egg yolks. Almost all commercial eggs, including those that are organic or marketed as "Omega 3" eggs, are from chickens fed high concentrations of soy.
So if eggs are a part of your diet today, so is soy protein, whether you realize it or not. Healthy Traditions wanted to offer a soy-free egg from chickens that eat NO SOY. Healthy Traditions soy-free eggs have been tested to be soy-free!
When we tested our USDA certified organic poultry feed purchased from an organic feed mill, we found alarmingly high amounts of GMOs and glyphosate in the corn that was included in the poultry feed, even thought it was USDA certified organic.
So we stopped using corn in our feed. We now source our own feed, including ingredients grown by our famers that test clean.
We don't simply add flaxseed or flax meal to our chicken feed to make it "high Omega 3." In addition to eliminating soy, our chickens eat a high quality fish meal and crab meal.
Our fish meal is from deep ocean water small fish, and our crab meal comes from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest or Nova Scotia.
They are very high quality products that add not only a high quality protein to replace soybeans, but also the purest form of Omega 3 fatty acids that come from fish sources.
Laboratory testing has shown that our eggs contain almost twice as much of the Omega 3 fatty acids as organic "Omega 3" eggs that derive their Omega 3 fatty acids from flax seeds.
And we not only add high quality Omega 3 sources to our chicken's diet, we completely eliminate the high amount of Omega 6 fatty acids that are contained in soy. Most nutritionists agree that our diet is unbalanced in its ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acids because of the abundance of soy and corn in our diets today.
Healthy Traditions soy-free high Omega 3 eggs supply a much better Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio because of the absence of soy.
These eggs do not come from "factory birds" where the chickens are kept in cages their whole lives and never see sunlight or go outdoors.
In the summer, these chickens are pastured on lush Wisconsin grass where they are free to roam around and eat other things besides their feed, such as bugs, worms, etc.
They also have access to the outdoors during the cold winter months, although there is no green pasture for them. Their diet is supplemented with sprouts and alfalfa during the winter.
NOTE: Because our chickens live in Wisconsin, they are not on green pasture during the winter. And because we no longer use corn in our feed, due to the presence of GMOs and herbicides even in USDA organic corn, this will result in very light colored yolks during the winter months.
However, even with pale egg yolks, these are still very high quality eggs from chickens that eat no soy, no corn, no GMOs, and no grains contaminated with herbicides or pesticides. These are very high quality eggs, even when the egg yolks are pale!
We had a young farmer in Wisconsin approach us one day about producing an egg from heritage chickens with a diet that was almost entirely grown on his family's farm or by his neighbors.
His excitement was contagious and we eagerly let him know that this is exactly the type of egg we want to make available!
Our Private Reserve Eggs are from hens that eat a diet of wheat, oats, barley, corn and alfalfa all grown within 10 miles of where the chickens call home.
They are also given raw milk from cows that are milked right on the farm.
Their diet also contains high quality feed ingredients that can't be produced on the farm, like cold water fish meal for protein and Omega 3 fatty acids, oyster shells for extra calcium, and a vitamin and mineral mix.
Normally we do not allow corn in our chicken rations because of the opportunity for GMO contamination, but the reason we have allowed corn in these birds' diet is because this farmer has begun growing corn that he thinks might be able to resist the DNA of GMO corn!
We have tested samples of his corn from the last 2 harvests and it has tested negative for any GMO DNA, suggesting it might be resisting becoming contaminated with any DNA from other corn varieties grown in the area. We will continue to test samples from each harvest and batch.
This is very promising and we hope to have enough corn in the future to offer all of our chickens, but for now, we only have enough for these special birds in our Private Reserve flock.
Not only is the diet of these birds special, the hens themselves are very unique! They are a cross of heritage breed chickens that are all hatched and raised on the farm, where they spend their summers roaming freely on pasture. In the winter they are brought inside because of the severe winters, and are given stored grass and alfalfa hay grown on the farm.
The entire process from hatching the chicks, to raising the pullets and feeding the hens all takes place on a very "local" scale and therefore very environmentally friendly.
Farm Fresh Eggs Shipped to your Door!
The box and dividers are 100% recyclable, and no plastic, Styrofoam, or bubble wrap is used. We have tested these boxes, and the eggs do not break! But even if they do, we will gladly refund or reship, so you can order in confidence!
The farmers use coconut water vinegar or apple cider vinegar to clean the eggs, and then apply a coating of Virgin Coconut Oil to the shell to keep them fresh until they are delivered to you!
Note: Eggs are shipped directly from the farm in Wisconsin on Monday and Tuesday each week. Shipped in multiples of four dozen.
Also, due to requirements of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, the farmers are now including an "ice pack" in the box. This is to satisfy the requirements of the regulators only. If you are concerned about egg shipment temperature, choose an expedited shipping option at check out, or do not order during warm weather months.
Note: These eggs are not graded and will vary in size. They are shipped to you directly from the farm. The farmers are part of Wisconsin Pastureland. HealthyTraditions provides the payment service for you to purchase these eggs directly from the farmer, and delivery is provided to you via a national transportation company such as FedEx or UPS which you will choose at check out. Eggs are shipped unrefrigerated. Contact us for alternative delivery options if you need refrigerated shipping.
The expiration date of fresh eggs is generally 30 days, but with proper handling and storage they can last 4-6 weeks beyond that period.
Professor M. Monica Giusti of The Ohio State University has done research on soy isoflavones appearing in commercial egg yolks.
In 2009 one of her graduate students conducted some research on soy protein in egg yolks for a thesis, and Tropical Traditions supplied some of their Cocofeed (a special feed we developed with no soy) for the study.
"Egg yolks of hens provided with the soy free diet, showed a rapid decrease of isoflavone concentration. From an initial isoflavone content of 52µg ± 0.73/100g it quickly diminished until at day 7, the concentration reached individual aglycone undetectable levels."
The chickens that were fed our Cocofeed were laying hens, and had been raised on a traditional soy-based chicken feed. Their results showed that laying hens that are fed our Cocofeed, even when raised on soy-based diet, quickly lose soy protein in egg yolks once they start eating our soy-free Cocofeed.
After 7 days there were "undetectable levels" of soy protein in the egg yolks.
The research is here. Please note: This research is pro-soy. The researchers believe that soy is a health food, and their studies on soy protein appearing in egg yolks was seen as a way to get more soy protein into people's diets.


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Q: Isomorphic image of a centre of a group Let $G$ and $G'$ be groups. Let $\phi: G \to G'$ be an isomorphism. Is it true that $\phi(Z(G))= Z(\phi(G))$.
Let $x \in Z(G)$. Then for any $g\in G$ we have
$\phi(x)\phi(g) = \phi(xg) = \phi(gx) = \phi(g)\phi(x)$. Hence $\phi(Z(G)) \subseteq Z(\phi(G))$
Let $x \in Z(\phi(G))$. Then $x = \phi(a)$ for some $a\in G$. For any $\phi(g) \in \phi(G)$, we have $\phi(a)\phi(g) = \phi(g)\phi(a)$. Thus $\phi(ag) = \phi(ga)$. As $\phi$ is injective $ag =ga$. Hence $a \in Z(G)$. Thus $x = \phi(a) \in \phi(Z(G))$.
Is this proof correct? I'm not sure about the second inclusion

A: I think this preserves the style of proof you are going for and clears things up:
Let $x\in Z(G')$. Note that $x = \phi(a)$ for some $a\in G$. We claim that $a$ is an element of the center of $G$. To that end, let $b\in G$ be arbitrary. Then $\phi(b)\in G'$ so $\phi(ab) = \phi(a)\phi(b) = \phi(b)\phi(a) = \phi(ba)$ by our hypothesis on $x = \phi(a)$. Now $\phi$ is an injection, so $ab = ba$. Since $b$ was arbitrary, $a\in Z(G)$, as desired.

A: Yes. Centres of isomorphic groups are isomorphic.
Intuitively this is because if an element in $G$ commutes with every other element then its image under an isomorphism commutes with everything in the image of $G,$ and similarly if we start with an element in the image of $G,$ then we apply the same argument again (but swap the isomorphism for its inverse - doesn't matter, it's essentially the same isomorphism).
It is quite easy to translate from plain language into a formal proof.
Forgot that you asked two questions:
You already showed that $\phi(Z(G))\subset Z(\phi(G)).$ Now you can swap the groups around and repeat the same argument with $G\leftrightarrow\phi(G)$ and $\phi\leftrightarrow\phi^{-1}.$ Your argument makes the same statement in principle anyway, and shows that $Z(\phi(G))\subset\phi(Z(G)).$ Then you can say $\phi$ is an isomorphism so $Z(\phi(G))\cong\phi(Z(G)).$


Public education has been a disaster for Andrew Cuomo, and vice versa.
Right from the start of his administration, he's used the wrong tactics, the wrong strategies and the wrong sequences if he had any intention of actually elevating New York's public education system and giving especially stressed urban and rural school districts a much-needed boost.
In two years of nastiness from his bully pulpit, he has derided teachers, their unions, administrators and school boards, and made them out to be barely competent. Yet, with ashes in his mouth, he portrays himself as the state's No. 1 advocate for students. And his tearing apart teachers helps students how, exactly? His favorite statistics, to support his education-bashing, have been that New York pays more per pupil than any other state, yet has a 38 percent graduation rate.
Those statistics are galling because they are highly misleading. New York yearly jockeys with Connecticut and New Jersey for the highest per pupil cost. They are neighboring states, you'll notice, a factor that has a bearing on high costs. The low graduation rate is dictated by New York City, where 140 languages are spoken and that has challenges and hardships completely alien to upstate and Long Island education.
Far more typical is this year's Education Week national ranking of statewide New York public education as the nation's third-best, behind Maryland and Massachusetts. By nearly every meaningful measure, New York is in the top handful in the country, year after year. A far cry from the governor's self-serving propaganda of derision.
Out of the gate, he rode a popular political hobby horse and got passed a 2 percent cap on school taxes. He strutted over that. But he made no progress on what was supposed to be the matching piece — mandate relief — which if it had gone far enough would have made the cap workable for local school districts. In addition, state support of public education, at his direction, is $1.1 billion less today than when he took office.
He justified that by saying repeatedly that the education establishment needed to learn fiscal restraint. It has had its noses rubbed in that, certainly, although statistics show school boards had already begun draconian cuts to proposed school budgets even before Cuomo came on the scene to take credit for it. A couple of years of an alarming number of school budgets defeated by unhappy taxpayers made the point.
The state's 700 school boards have two sources of revenue: state aid and local taxes. So, he's decimated the first and put a ceiling on the second and instilled terror in the hearts of school boards across the state with his bombast. And as a result, by gosh, the governor has been successful in creating the disaster for public education he said was there in the first place, but wasn't.
While 93 percent of school budgets passed last week, which Cuomo ''felt very good about'' and for some reason took credit for, 90 percent of the state budgets relied on reserves — so-called rainy day funds — to keep the total under the new ceiling. Plus, there were additional into-the-bone cuts to teachers, other personnel and programs. The short of it is the quality of New York education is taking a walloping, thanks to Andrew Cuomo. Although you'll notice he isn't taking credit for that.
A growing number of school districts are now out of reserve funds. A local school board member told me that a third of the state's school districts will be insolvent in three years at the present rate. A true crisis looms. What happens then? No one is quite sure, but you can be pretty confident it won't be good for the taxpayer, or for public education.
But even before that hour strikes, look for taxpayer suits against the state for depriving their children of an adequate education, as guaranteed by the state constitution; a ramping up and statewide expansion of the successful Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit down in New York City a few years ago. Incidentally, the state has reneged on half of a court-ordered $4.5 billion settlement in that case.
Which points to yet another, related issue: a widening gap between state funding to needy school districts and wealthier ones. In a Rutgers University study, New York ranked near the bottom in equitable distribution of education funds. That disparity is the equivalent of unequal opportunity. That is wrong, not to mention contrary to the spirit and language of our state constitution, and is going to come back to bite the Cuomo administration in the tail unless there's a dramatic course correction.
So this spring Cuomo appointed a blue-ribbon commission to come up with a fabulous plan, a plan of action for public education in this state that the governor can use to formulate where we go from here.
Never mind that the constitution I keep referring to puts the responsibility for that sort of plan in the hands of the Board of Regents, not the governor. For some reason, wiser heads long ago felt education ought not to be victimized by the whims of political opportunists. Imagine. Still, the governor can appoint a commission if he wants, and even stack it with a predictable cast of characters, as he has.
But wouldn't it have been both sweet and fitting if he had done so before advocating absolutely for a 2 percent tax cap, before making teachers and the state's public school system perpetual objects of ridicule, before putting school boards in the awful position of having to make choices that can only hurt education in their district?
Before inciting the public over supposed shortcomings in our current education system. You know, putting the cart before the hobby horse.
Instead, for reasons that remain a mystery, the governor opted for his version of thoughtful public policy. That is, throwing a hand grenade at a thorny problem, walking away, and seeing who and what survives. He does like the show, I notice.