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BOOK BEAT 53 – Laurie Martin
BOOK BEAT Naples Sun Times August 22-28, 2007
by Philip K. Jason
At a certain point in her life, Laurie Martin needed to find her way out of a downward spiral that had affected her self-worth and her physical and spiritual health. What Martin discovered in the process of transforming her own life she has been able to refine and share, both in workshops and in her new book "Smile Across Your Heart: The Process of Building Self Love." The book enables the active, responsive reader to participate in his or her own rebalancing of attitudes and behaviors.
Martin, who moved to Naples to be near family at the end of 2004, has offered a book in a crowded segment of the marketplace. The broad concepts offered here are not too different from what can be found elsewhere. What makes Martin's treatment stand out has to do with the design of the book and the voice that reaches the reader.
Design operates on many levels to make "Smile Across Your Heart" an effective self-help publication. The chaptering provides relatively self-contained, effective steps toward self-discovery and change. Each focuses an issue: "Remembering Your Natural State" leads us to recover the natural joy of childhood, while "Staying True to Yourself" encourages a proper balance between recognizing and using personal power and responding to the views and needs of others. "Co-creating Your Life" urges collaboration with the universe and with divinity. "Finding Humor in Your Life," one of my favorite chapters, celebrates the fun that we can find in our imperfections and coaches us to relieve the stress of taking ourselves too seriously. The other chapters are "Balancing Your Everyday Life," "Relaxing with Your Heart," and "Relating with Your Heart."
Each chapter has several subsections, allowing resting places for contemplation or for performing the suggested activities.
Design is also reflected in the shape of each chapter and the contribution of graphic design techniques to hi-light exercises. Martin offers suggestions for journal-keeping, for visualizing successful outcomes, and for expressing gratitude and request experiences. She also provides strategies for personal problem-solving.
The design of the book, and of the program that it represents, does involve repetition: advice and exercises and issues overlap somewhat as the reader moves from chapter to chapter. But that repetition is part of the design, reinforcing key concepts and thereby enhancing the possibilities of changes in outlook and behavior.
The book has a pulse. There is a rhythm to the construction of insights and activities and a compelling rhythm as well to the coach's voice. One can't help but want to follow her lead.
It is that engaging, friendly, and supportive voice that makes the book an effective stand-in for personal coaching sessions. Without getting sugary or euphorically enthusiastic, Laurie Martin insists that we are all part of a perfect design, that we have what takes to thrive in all aspects of our lives, and that with guidance and committed effort we can release our thwarted energies and take responsibility for our life's journey.
Martin advocates a healthy self love. Though most readers will understand that this kind of self love is not to be confused with excessive pride or conceit, I do wish Martin had given attention to the distinction.
This is not the kind of book that I would have been drawn to on my own. In fact, I almost resisted exploring it. But I'm glad I took the chance. The message and method of "Smile Across Your Heart" can help all of us some of the time, and many of us all of the time. The book, five years in the making, represents Martin's goal of helping people go into their own hearts to embrace their own divinity. Her credo is "living in love feels better than living in fear."
A year ago, she hired an editor to help her refine the manuscript. When she was ready, Martin prepared the usual proposals and circulated them to many publishers. The second nibble quickly led to a book contract, though the publisher insisted that another hundred pages be cut, in order to streamline and focus the presentation of the book's message. Martin signed the contract last fall and the book came out last month from Yes International Publishers.. A second book and a video lie in the future.
On Sunday September 9, Laurie Martin will be leading a workshop at the Unity Church in Bonita, at noon, based in principles in the book. You can also meet her at her
book signing at the Naples Borders on Saturday September 15 from 2-4pm. Meanwhile, you can find out more about Laurie Martin and her book at smileacrossyourheart.com.
Philip K. Jason, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. A poet, critic, and free-lance writer with twenty books to his credit, this "Dr. Phil" chairs the annual Naples Writers' Conference and Authors & Books Festival presented by the Naples Press Club.
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BOOK BEAT 52 – Bonnie Crosby
Few teams have had the love of their local fans and of the American public to the degree achieved by the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose mix of failure, success, and colorful characters made them synonymous with baseball for several decades. Some say they were the first "America's Team." For many, the Dodgers were family, and this loving tribute to the team and to Barney Stein's memorializing photographs has the flavor of a family album.
"Through a Blue Lens," by Dennis D'Agostino and Neapolitan Bonnie Crosby, does justice to a brilliant photographer and a tantalizing sports epoch.
The nearly 200 photographs are a selection of those taken by Stein from 1937-1957, the twenty-one years that he served as the official Dodgers photographer. For Stein, this was his afternoon job, following hours he would put in as a news photographer for the New York Post.
Many of the photos in this collection had not been seen in fifty years; others, including those of the final Dodgers game at Ebbets Field, had never before been published. Crosby, who discovered the treasure trove of her father's seemingly lost photographs several years ago, spent two years cataloging them and digitizing them. She was tracked down by sports historian D'Agostino, who some twenty years before the collaboration had found a beat-up paperback called "The Rhubarb Patch" that included yellowing pages of Barney Stein's photographs. His initial search to find Barney's daughter did not pan out, but when she created a website to document her father's work, D'Agostino was able to get in touch with her and propose the project of bringing Stein's Dodger photographs to a new audience. When Crosby found out that D'Agostino was originally from Brooklyn, the deal was sealed.
The "family album" flavor of the book is enhanced by the reminiscences of several Dodger greats. These include Duke Snider, Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Ralph Branca, Clem Labine, and Johnny Podres. There are also comments by (and photos of) the master announcer Vin Scully, Mrs. Gil Hodges, and Dodgers' executive Buzzie Bavasi. Because she was prescient enough to interview her father shortly before his death in 1993, Bonnie Crosby also brings us her father's own words.
The selection includes not only memorable action photos of games and great locker room moments, but also spring training (at Vero Beach), social events, groupings of players' wives and executives, photos of the players at home, and many celebrity shots. Danny Kaye, Milton Berle, General Douglas MacArthur, Nat King Cole, President Dwight Eisenhower, Red Skelton, and Marilyn Monroe are among those found in or around Ebbets Field and caught in Barney Stein's viewfinder.
There is a special chapter on the legendary Jackie Robinson, another on the championship season of 1955, and finally one on the demolition of Ebbets Field that marked the end of Brooklyn Dodger history.
Included the book is Stein's most famous photo, one of the most famous in sports history. It won the first prize in the New York Press Photographers' Sports Class and the prestigious Izzy Kaplan Memorial Trophy. This is, of course, the shot of Dodgers' pitcher Ralph Branca, sobbing on the clubhouse steps of the Polo Grounds in 1951. Branca had served up the immortal three-run game-winning homer to New York Giants' outfielder Bobby Thomson in the ninth inning of the third and final game of the National League playoffs.
For this reader, whose only visit to Ebbets Field occurred around 1950 for a game in which the great Stan Musial was swinging his bat for the visiting St. Louis Cardinals, the collection not only captures the mystique of the Dodgers before their flight to Los Angeles, but it also opens a black and white window on urban America during this era. Here in abundance is the look of the times – the clothing styles, the haircuts, the billboards and advertising styles, and the broadcast booths. The collection provides a poignant review of a key component of American popular culture during a period that seems, from today's perspective, refreshingly innocent. And, by the way, these are simply great photos.
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Bonnie Crosby and her husband, Steve, have made Naples their home since 2004. Naples met two important criteria for the couple: it had the climate characteristics that Bonnie Crosby needed for her health, and it had the calendar of artistic and cultural events that they craved. "Through a Blue Lens," published by sports specialist publisher Triumph Books, is widely available. A somewhat different representation of Barney Stein's work, prepared by Crosby, is available on the website barneystein-photography.com.
Philip K. Jason, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of English from the United States Naval Academy. A poet, critic, and free-lance writer with twenty books to his credit, this "Dr. Phil" chairs the annual Naples Writers' Conference presented by the Naples Press Club.
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BOOK BEAT 51 – Jonathon King
BOOK BEAT Naples Sun Times August 1-7, 2007
Jonathon King has become, in a very short time, one of the premier crime novelists among the exceptionally talented group writing in and about Florida. His terrain includes the densely populated counties of South Florida and the sparsely populated, mysterious Everglades. King has just brought out his fifth "Max Freeman" novel, after a brief escape from Max with the recent and masterful "Eye of Vengeance." Max's return in "Acts of Nature" brings the protagonist fully into the ferocity of Florida's most powerful natural menace – the hurricane. Or is that menace human nature? The title lets us take our pick.
Unlike most crime fiction, "Acts of Nature" does not attach the hero to a particular investigation. But as in some of the best of the genre, trouble finds him anyway.
The plot involves a triangulation of destinies, and the narrative technique finds King alternating three story lines until they inevitably intersect and explode.
The first story line involves a shared vacation between private investigator Max Freeman and his girlfriend, Sherry Richards, who is a detective with the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Desiring an uninterrupted escape, Sherry leaves no contact information as the two decide to nurture a relationship that has engaged King's readers through several books. After some time at Max's Everglades cabin, the two seek out a remote fishing camp to continue their cautious embrace of the area's allure. They lose contact with the fact that a tropical storm has turned into a serious hurricane speedily bearing down on the Glades.
The second story has to do with a pair of security operatives for an oil company. These men, Harmon and Shields, are hired guns performing the kind of deniable dirty tricks that corporate success requires in the unstable world of international politics. When we first meet them, they are liberating a computerized analysis device from a pump room in Venezuela.
Harmon is an especially credible and memorable character, whose skills, background, personal traits, and home life King sketches with vividness and efficiency.
The third track concerns three low-lifes from the Ten Thousand Islands area. The leader is an ex-con, Buck, who runs salvage operations (burglaries) as mentor to two teenagers who do the heavy lifting. It's a pretty slick operation, looting empty homes in gated communities across South Florida and fencing the goods. When the hurricane strikes, Buck is convinced that there will be easy pickings at the damaged fishing retreats in the Everglades. He assumes that the owners will first attend to their primary homes before checking on the condition of these remote properties.
King nails the lingo of the teenagers and builds a compelling portrait of their milieu, their relationship to one another, and their interaction with the thirtyish Buck. Theirs is a sad story, but it is related with zest and with the kind of telling details that pull the reader in.
Through short, fast-paced chapters, King draws in the net that holds his three stories until they become one. The complications include a serious injury to Sherry Richards, an injury that becomes life-threatening due to the pair's isolation and the wreckage created by the hurricane. As King fashions their responses to this predicament, he artfully deepens the characterizations of both Sherry and Max while ratcheting up the suspense.
"Acts of Nature," published by Dutton, is a not only a sharp-edged thriller, but an album of American types and of America's moral malaise.
King's new readers will want to go back to the beginning of the Max Freeman series – the award-winning "The Blue Edge of Midnight" – and follow the ongoing Freeman saga. King's committed followers will enjoy this new Freeman adventure, but are likely to hope that the walk-on part assigned to Palm Beach lawyer Billy Manchester, Max's main source of employment and frequent benefactor, is enlarged in the next outing. And all followers of Florida crime fiction will chuckle at the affectionate passing reference to Jim Born, who really is a special agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as well as a stalwart member of the Florida crime fiction tribe.
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Wintrust Financial to boost Milwaukee presence for Town Bank with new branches and downtown office
Wintrust Financial Corp., the parent company of Town Bank, is planning to boost its presence in Milwaukee in a big way.
Wintrust Financial to boost Milwaukee presence for Town Bank with new branches and downtown office Wintrust Financial Corp., the parent company of Town Bank, is planning to boost its presence in Milwaukee in a big way. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2HCKYyU
Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:59 p.m. CT April 30, 2018 | Updated 5:14 p.m. CT April 30, 2018
Town Bank soon will open a branch in the Catholic Financial Life building, part of a move to increase its presence in Milwaukee.(Photo: Paul Gores / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Wintrust Financial Corp., the parent company of Town Bank, is planning to boost its Milwaukee presence in a big way.
The Hartland-based lender said Monday it will establish a downtown Milwaukee headquarters office for commercial banking at 731 N. Jackson St. this fall.
The bank has signed a long-term lease for 20,000 square feet on two floors there. The office will by staffed by about 40 employees.
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In addition, Wintrust is opening two branches in Milwaukee — one at the corner of East Kilbourn Avenue and North Milwaukee Street and the other across the street from the Al McGuire Center on the ground floor of the Catholic Financial Life building at 1100 W. Wells St.
Jay Mack, chairman and CEO of Town Bank, said the agreement for the North Jackson Street facilities also includes building naming rights and prominent signage on all four sides of the nine-story structure. The building will be known as the Wintrust Financial Center, and signage is scheduled to go up this summer.
"There are a lot of exciting changes happening in southern Wisconsin and downtown Milwaukee, and we want to be a part of them," said Mack.
Mack said Town Bank's expanded efforts in southern Wisconsin will allow the bank to address the growing needs of middle market businesses, commercial real estate developers and larger corporations, as well as serve the Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Madison markets.
Most of Town Bank's branches are in the suburbs or other parts of the state. Mack said Hartland will remain the official headquarters of Town Bank, while the new North Jackson Street office will give it a very visible anchor for its commercial banking operations.
The office, which won't have a lobby retail branch, will offer a full range of commercial banking services, such as commercial real estate lending, asset-based lending, commercial finance, wealth services and treasury management services. The commercial banking division also specializes in a number of niche industries, including franchise services; construction; engineering; property management; agribusiness; professional practices; municipalities; government entities; nonprofits; health care providers; and property, casualty and life insurance premium financing.
"We're proud to offer financial expertise tailored to this area's industries," Edward J. Wehmer, president and chief executive of Rosemont, Ill.-based Wintrust, said in a statement Monday.
Town Bank recently was named the exclusive bank at Marquette University, which includes establishing a branch at Alumni Memorial Union and providing ATMs throughout campus. That deal runs for 10 years.
The student union branch is expected to open in early July. The new branch in the Catholic Financial Life building should open within the next couple of weeks, and the 401 E. Kilbourn Ave. branch is slated for a mid-June opening, Mack said. Town Bank also is opening a branch in Racine this week.
Town Bank, with assets of about $2 billion, currently has 21 branches throughout southern Wisconsin. Wintrust, with about $28 billion, also operates branches under various bank brand names in Illinois.
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Fresh ammunition for Boeing and Airbus in plane subsidies battle
Barnard, Bruce
Vol.7, No.20, 17.5.01, p18
By Bruce Barnard
WHILE Airbus and Boeing executives plot new battle moves in their bunkers, bureaucrats in Brussels and Washington are still waging the old war.
Less than two months ago Boeing and Airbus were competing head-on to market a superjumbo, keeping alive a long running transatlantic row over aircraft subsidies. This changed dramatically when Boeing dropped out of the race and announced it would develop a long-range jet that travels near the speed of sound.
What has not changed is the mud-slinging between Washingto and Brussels over the subsidies that could yet escalate into a fully-fledged World Trade Organisation row.
On the day Boeing dropped its bombshell, the Bush administration warned the EU it could face trade sanctions if governments continue to subsidise Airbus's A380 superjumbo.
US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, in his 'Super 301' report on unfair trade practices by foreign nations, expressed "serious concern" about Brussels compliance with an accord capping government handouts for development of new aircraft.
The attack, coming a week after Brussels supplied Washington with details of A380 funding which it says is in line with the 1992 US-EU agreement, showed the enduring potential of the dossier to disfigure transatlantic trade relations.
The EU is already priming its ammunition, claiming evidence that Washington exceeded the ceiling on aid allowed to Boeing.
The new battle between Airbus and Boeing involves much higher stakes, with the two taking fundamentally different stances on how the market will pan out in the next 20 years.
Airbus says airlines will have to buy 1,500 superjumbos because of growing congestion at major airports. Boeing puts the figure at 500, claiming airlines will opt for more point-to-point services requiring smaller planes.
The financial penalty for getting it wrong will dwarf the government subsidies row over the A380 project.
The dispute is also being overtaken by the increasing globalisation of Airbus and Boeing manufacturing, making it difficult to characterise the nationality of their planes.
This was highlighted in March when US tyre-maker BF Goodrich, edged out European rivals to win a contract that could be worth more than €2 billion over 20 years to supply and maintain landing-gear systems on the A380.
Airbus accounts for around 14% of Goodrich's aerospace sales, a figure expected to rise to 20% - roughly the same as its Boeing business. It says the A380 will create up to 60,000 jobs and generate business worth €1.6 billion annually in America - even more if the planes are fitted with US engines.
Boeing subcontracts a large slice of its production to Europe which also supplies engines for its jets, and Airbus is courting sub-contractors in Japan in a bid to break Boeing's strangle-hold on that country's market.
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Otton Marcin Nikodym
Zablotow, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Utica, USA
Otton Nikodym was a Polish mathematician who worked in America and is known for his work on integration theory.
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Otton Marcin Nikodym (sometimes written Otto Martin instead) was born in Zablotow near Kolomyja (in the province of Stanisławow). His father Otton Boguslaw died in an accident when he was only one year old and soon after that also his mother Marianna (née Cyprian) also died. He was brought up by mother's grandparents Marcin Cyprian (of Italian origin) and Amalia Bott de Pirot (of French origin).
After a short stay in Vienna the whole family returned to Lemberg (now Lviv in Ukraine) in 1897 where he finished mathematical high school. He prepared himself for the exams in Latin and Greek and also obtained a classical high school diploma. He studied mathematics at the University of Jan Kazimierz (UJK) in Lwów (as Lemberg was then known) under W Sierpinski, J Puzyna and M Smoluchowski.
In 1911 he graduated in mathematics and also received a licence to teach mathematics and physics in high schools. Immediately after that he started his job at the high school in Kraków where he remained until 1924. In 1915 E Tarnawski was his student in the fourth class in high school and later, in a letter to W Orlicz, he wrote:
Otto Nikodym sticks in my memory as a rather uncommon personality ... I see him as slim and dark-haired with a beard. He was in his late twenties, but different from others of his age; almost impersonal as if unchanged with age, isolated and distant ... aesthetically neutral, physically flimsy, not raising the voice but always unimpassioned, however audibly ... His lectures were interesting because of their contents ... He presented science as it was, without incorporating his own personality which disappeared from view.
Another pupil in 1922-1924 M Miesowicz wrote (cf. [9]):
He was able to evoke the students' appreciation, admiration and enthusiasm, for his precision and elegance of expressing physical laws in a strict mathematical form.
On 2 April 1919, the Polish Mathematical Society was founded by sixteen mathematicians - among them Otton Nikodym.
In 1924, under strong pressure from Sierpiński, Nikodym agreed to take his doctoral examination at Warsaw University. It seems he did not care much for the title or publication - his response to Sierpiński's persuasion was:
Am I going to be any wiser because of that?
After that he moved to the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and started to publish in 1925. The Nikodyms (Otton and his wife Stanisława) spent the academic year 1926/27 at the Sorbonne and immediately after returning to Poland, in June 1927 Otton obtained his habilitation at Warsaw University. In the period 1930-1945 the Nikodyms lived in Warsaw and until beginning of World War II both lectured at the University. During this period Nikodym published 32 papers and four textbooks.
Nikodym's name is mostly known in measure theory (e. g. the Radon-Nikodym theorem and derivative, the Nikodym convergence theorem, the Nikodym-Grothendieck boundedness theorem), in functional analysis (the Radon-Nikodym property of a Banach space, the Frechet-Nikodym metric space, a Nikodym set), projections onto convex sets with applications to Dirichlet problem, generalized solutions of differential equations, descriptive set theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
The Radon-Nikodym theorem (Radon proved it in 1913 for Rn\mathbb{R}^{n}Rn and Nikodym in 1930 for the general case) is now a fundamental theorem in analysis:
Let μ be a σ-finite measure on a σ-algebra Σ of subsets of Ω and ν a countably additive set function on Ω. If ν is absolutely continuous with respect to μ: that is, μ(A) = 0 implies ν(A) = 0, then ν(A)=∫Afdμ\nu(A) = \int _{A} f d\muν(A)=∫Afdμ for any A ∈ Σ, where f is locally integrable on Ω.
Nikodym showed in 1927 how to produce a subset NNN of the unit square with area(NNN) = 1 such that for each point x∈Nx \in Nx∈N there is a line intersecting NNN in the single point xxx. This paradoxical set in the plane, which for certain problems plays a role similar to Besicovitch sets is called a Nikodym set.
In 1945 Nikodym became a professor at the Technical University of Cracow and in academic year 1945/46 taught mathematics. In 1946 Nikodym and his wife Stanisława left for Belgium and France where he began his work on mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. From 1948 to 1965 he worked in USA at the private Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He never changed his place of employment again. After he retired, the Nikodyms moved in 1966 to Utica, New York, where he continued his research, sponsored in part by the Atomic Energy Comission and National Science Foundation.
After 1947 he wrote about 50 research papers. He lectured in Italy, Belgium, France, England, Germany, Romania, Canada and at universities in USA. In 1965 he was invited for a semester by the University of Naples, Italy, to lecture on measure theory.
Nikodym wrote three volumes of Didactics of pure mathematics in high school but published only the two first volumes in 1930 and 1938. He was discouraged by the poor response of teachers to his popular methods of improving teaching and so he burned the manuscript of the third volume. He presented popular lectures on radio such as: Logic and intuition in science, On infinity, On paradoxes in logic, What good is algebra?, On different kinds of spaces, The mystery of gravitation, On the importance of theory and these were published in 1946 as a book Let's look deeply inside the mind (Spojrzmy w glebiny mysli).
Some of his other books were: Introduction to differential calculus, (Warsaw, 1936) (jointly with his wife), Theory of tensors with applications to geometry and mathematical physics, I, (Warsaw, 1938), Differential Equations, (Poznań, 1949).
Three of other his books: the second volume of Theory of Tensors and two volumes of Mechanics disappeared during World War II. When Nikodym heard that his many years' work were lost he only said: In that case I will not have to correct the galley-proofs. On the question of whether he would like to write these books again, he answered: There are so many new problems that I cannot spend more time on those that I have already finished.
His last book The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum-Theories, based on the Theory of Boolean Lattices published in 1966 by Springer-Verlag contains, on almost thousand pages, the mathematical formalism for quantum mechanics or more precisely a detailed study of the Boolean subalgebras of the logic of closed subspaces of a complex Hilbert space.
Nikodym liked good literature and fairy-tales but mostly music. He was able to play for hours on the piano. He knew well (apart from Polish) English, French, German and Italian. He lectured in all these languages.
The National Science Foundation in the USA asked him what to do to raise the level of mathematics in USA. He answered: We should invite lecturers-enthusiasts since enthusiasm is infectious. He himself was full of enthusiasm until the end of his life.
In 1971 he got an electric shock and for two years and ten months did not regain consciousness. He died on 4 May 1974 and he was buried in the "cementery for the meritorious" in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (at the shrine to Our Lady of Czestochowa). After his death Nelson Dunford wrote in the letter to Nikodym's wife:
Otton was, and always will be, a great man. I am happy that I knew him. His discoveries were very deep and will live for ever as long as Pythagoras's theorem, which has survived for centuries.
Quotations by Otton Nikodym
Other Mathematicians born in Ukraine
A Poster of Otton Nikodym
A. I. Borodin and A. S. Bugai, Eminent mathematicians (Russian) (Kiev, 1987).
Roster of the great mathematicians (Polish), Ed. W Krysicki (Warsaw, 1975 and 5th ed. Bielsko-Biala, 2001).
K Kuratowski, A half century of Polish mathematics (Warsaw, 1980).
J Diestel and J J Uhl, Jr., Vector Measures (Providence 1977).
Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, 7 and Supplement II (Kluwer 1991, 2000).
A Derkowska, Otton Marcin Nikodym (Polish), Wiadom. Mat. 25(1983), 74-88.
A Derkowska, Corrections to: 'Otton Marcin Nikodym' (Polish), Wiadom. Mat. 27 (1983), 45-46.
A Derkowska, Nikodym Otton Marcin (Polish), Biography of Polish Mathematicians, in preparation.
M Miesowicz, My teacher, reminiscence on Professor Nikodym (Polish), Matematyka 3 (1980), 182-183.
W Szymanski, Who was Otto Nikodym?, Math. Intelligencer 12 (1990), no.2, 27-31.
Other websites about Otton Nikodym:
Societies: Polish Mathematical Society
Other: Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (R)
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The Correct Mistakes (oops) program is a powerful account history editor, so only one person can use it to edit the same account at a time. Sometimes, you may need to close another user's oops screen for a particular account, perhaps because a user closed their screen without quitting. In Partner 4.7, when you run oops for a family that is already being edited, you have the option to close the other user's screen.
The main screen in oops shows a history of account transactions. The most recent transactions appear at the top. Charges are grouped by date of service. Claim submission history, billing messages, and payments all appear beneath the charges to which they are linked. Every item has a line number for quick selection.
If you post a payment and later discover the procedure or payment was a mistake, you may need to "relink" the payment to different procedure.
You can run oops as a stand-alone program from your Partner Windows, by typing oops at a command prompt, or by jumping to it from another Partner program.
Use the Visit Status screens (also called the "Changing Visit Information" screens) in oops to change diagnoses, billing provider, and other important visit information that appears on an insurance claim.
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Should contain a string identifying the widget's type.
After the layout is built, may be replaced by an array
of strings identifying multiple types. This is used
internally by some widgets to provide information about
the widget's state to the theme (themes describe the
appearance of widgets according to their type).

If a type is registered with the widget's layout, the registered
type initializer function will run once when the widget is constructed.

@see Widget.register

@attrib type
--]]--
Attribute.type = {}

function Attribute.type.set (widget, value)
    local oldType = widget.attributes.type

    widget.attributes.type = value

    if value and not widget.hasType then
        widget.hasType = true
        local Widget = require(ROOT .. 'widget')
        local decorate = Widget.typeDecorators[value]

        if decorate then
            decorate(widget)
        end
    end
end

--[[--
Widget identifier.

Should contain a unique string identifying the widget, if present.

A reference to the widget will be stored in the associated layout
in a property having the same name as the widget's id.

Setting this attribute re-registers the widget with its layout.

@attrib id
--]]--
Attribute.id = {}

function Attribute.id.set (widget, value)
    local layout = widget.layout.master or widget.layout
    local oldValue = widget.attributes.id

    if oldValue then
        layout[oldValue] = nil
    end

    if value then
        layout[value] = widget
    end

    widget.attributes.id = value
end

--[[--
Widget value.

Some widget types expect the value to be of a specific type and
within a specific range. For example, `slider` and `progress`
widgets expect a normalized number, `text` widgets expect
a string, and `check` and `radio` widgets expect a boolean.

Setting this attribute bubbles the `Change` event.

@attrib value
--]]--
Attribute.value = {}

function Attribute.value.set (widget, value)
    local oldValue = widget.value
    widget.attributes.value = value
    widget:bubbleEvent('Change', { value = value, oldValue = oldValue })
end

--[[--
Solidity.

Should true or false.

@attrib icon
--]]--
Attribute.solid = {}

function Attribute.solid.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.solid = value
end

Attribute.solid.get = cascade

--[[--
Context menu.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib context
--]]--
Attribute.context = {}

function Attribute.context.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.context = value
    if not value then return end
    value.isContextMenu = true
    widget.layout:createWidget { type = 'menu', value }
end

Attribute.context.get = cascade

--[[--
Widget style.

Should contain a string or array of strings identifying
style rules to be applied to the widget. When resolving
any attribute with a `nil` value, these style rules are
searched for a corresponding attribute.

Setting this attribute resets the `Font` and `Text` object
associated with this widget.

Setting this attribute recalculates the size and position
of the parent widget and its descendants.

@attrib style
--]]--
Attribute.style = {}

function Attribute.style.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.style = value
    widget.fontData = nil
    widget.textData = nil
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Status message.

Should contain a string with a short message describing the
purpose or state of the widget.

This message will appear in the last created `status` widget
in the same layout, or in the master layout if one exists.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib status
--]]--
Attribute.status = {}

Attribute.status.get = cascade

--[[--
Scroll ability.

Should contain `true` or `false` (or `nil`).

If set to `true`, moving the scroll wheel over the widget will adjust
its scroll position when the widget's contents overflow its boundary.

@attrib scroll
--]]--
Attribute.scroll = {}

--[[--
Keyboard Attributes.

@section keyboard
--]]--

--[[--
Focusable.

Should contain `true` if the widget can be focused by pressing the tab key.

@attrib focusable
--]]--
Attribute.focusable = {}

--[[--
Keyboard shortcut.

Should contain a string representing a key and optional modifiers,
separated by dashes; for example `'ctrl-c'` or `'alt-shift-escape'`.

Pressing this key combination bubbles a `Press` event on the widget,
as if it had been pressed with a mouse or touch interface.

Setting this attribute re-registers the widget with its layout.

@attrib shortcut
--]]--
Attribute.shortcut = {}

local function setShortcut (layout, shortcut, value)
    local mainKey, modifierFlags = Shortcut.parseKeyCombo(shortcut)
    if mainKey then
        layout.shortcuts[modifierFlags][mainKey] = value
    end
end

function Attribute.shortcut.set (widget, value)
    local layout = widget.layout.master or widget.layout
    local oldValue = widget.attributes.shortcut

    if oldValue then
        if type(oldValue) == 'table' then
            for _, v in ipairs(oldValue) do
                setShortcut(layout, v, nil)
            end
        else
            setShortcut(layout, oldValue, nil)
        end
    end

    if value then
        if type(value) == 'table' then
            for _, v in ipairs(value) do
                setShortcut(layout, v, widget)
            end
        else
            setShortcut(layout, value, widget)
        end
    end

    widget.attributes.shortcut = value
end

--[[--
Size Attributes.

Setting these attributes recalculates the size and position
of the parent widget and its descendants.

@section size
--]]--

--[[--
Flow axis.

Should equal either `'x'` or `'y'`. Defaults to `'y'`.

This attribute determines the placement and default dimensions
of any child widgets.

When flow is `'x'`, the `height` of child widgets defaults
to this widget's height, and each child is placed to the
right of the previous child. When flow is `'y'`, the `width`
of child widgets defaults to this widget's width, and each
child is placed below the previous child.

Setting this attribute resets the `Text` object associated
with this widget.

@attrib flow
--]]--
Attribute.flow = {}

function Attribute.flow.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.flow = value
    widget.textData = nil
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Width.

This attribute may not always hold a numeric value.
To get the calculated width, use `Widget:getWidth`.

Setting this attribute when the `wrap` attribute is
also present resets the `Text` object associated
with this widget.

@attrib width
--]]--
Attribute.width = {}

function Attribute.width.set (widget, value)
    if value ~= 'auto' then
        value = value and math.max(value, widget.minwidth or 0)
    end
    widget.attributes.width = value
    if widget.wrap then
        widget.textData = nil
    end
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Height.

This attribute may not always hold a numeric value.
To get the calculated height, use `Widget:getHeight`.

@attrib height
--]]--
Attribute.height = {}

function Attribute.height.set (widget, value)
    if value ~= 'auto' then
        value = value and math.max(value, widget.minheight or 0)
    end
    widget.attributes.height = value
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Minimum width.

@attrib minwidth
--]]--
Attribute.minwidth = {}

function Attribute.minwidth.set (widget, value)
    local attributes = widget.attributes
    attributes.minwidth = value
    if type(value) == 'number' then
        local current = attributes.width
        if type(current) == 'number' then
            attributes.width = math.max(current, value)
        end
    end
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Minimum height.

@attrib minheight
--]]--
Attribute.minheight = {}

function Attribute.minheight.set (widget, value)
    local attributes = widget.attributes
    attributes.minheight = value
    if type(value) == 'number' then
        local current = attributes.height
        if type(current) == 'number' then
            attributes.height = math.max(current, value)
        end
    end
    widget.reshape(widget.parent or widget)
end

--[[--
Font Attributes.

Setting these attributes resets the Font and Text
objects associated with the widget.

@section font
--]]--

--[[--
Font path.

Should contain a path to a TrueType font to use for displaying
this widget's `text`.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib font
--]]--
Attribute.font = {}

local function resetFont (widget)
    rawset(widget, 'fontData', nil)
    rawset(widget, 'textData', nil)
    for _, child in ipairs(widget) do
        resetFont(child)
    end
    local items = widget.items
    if items then
        for _, child in ipairs(items) do
            resetFont(child)
        end
    end
end

function Attribute.font.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.font = value
    resetFont(widget)
end

Attribute.font.get = cascade

--[[--
Font size.

Should contain a number representing the size of the font, in points.
Defaults to 12.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib size
--]]--
Attribute.size = {}

function Attribute.size.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.size = value
    widget.fontData = nil
    widget.textData = nil
end

Attribute.size.get = cascade

--[[--
Text Attributes.

Setting these attributes resets the Text object
associated with the widget.

@section text
--]]--

--[[--
Text to display.

@attrib text
--]]--
Attribute.text = {}

function Attribute.text.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.text = value
    widget.textData = nil
end

--[[--
Text color.

Should contain an array with 3 or 4 values (RGB or RGBA) from 0 to 255.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib color
--]]--
Attribute.color = {}

function Attribute.color.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.color = value
    widget.textData = nil
end

Attribute.color.get = cascade

--[[--
Text and icon alignment.

Should contain a string defining vertical and horizontal alignment.
Vertical alignment is defined by either 'top', 'middle', or 'bottom',
and horizontal alignment is defined by either 'left', 'center', or 'right'.

For example, `align = 'top left'`

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib align
--]]--
Attribute.align = {}

function Attribute.align.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.align = value
    widget.textData = nil
end

Attribute.align.get = cascade

--[[--
Wrap text onto multiple lines.

Should contain `true` for multiline text, or `false` or `nil`
for a single line. Even text containing line breaks will display
as a single line when this attribute is not set to `true`.

- This attribute cascades.

@attrib wrap
--]]--
Attribute.wrap = {}

function Attribute.wrap.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.wrap = value
    widget.textData = nil
end

Attribute.wrap.get = cascade

--[[--
Visual Attributes.

@section visual
--]]--

--[[--
Background color.

Should contain an array with 3 or 4 values (RGB or RGBA) from 0 to 255.

@attrib background
--]]--
Attribute.background = {}

--[[--
Outline color.

Should contain an array with 3 or 4 values (RGB or RGBA) from 0 to 255.

@attrib outline
--]]--
Attribute.outline = {}

--[[--
Slice image.

Should contain a path to an image with "slices" to display for this widget.

@attrib slices
--]]--
Attribute.slices = {}

--[[--
Margin size.

The margin area occupies space outside of the `outline` and `slices`.

@attrib margin
--]]--
Attribute.margin = {}

function Attribute.margin.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.margin = value
    widget.textData = nil
    widget:reshape()
end

--[[--
Padding size.

The padding area occupies space inside the `outline` and `slices`,
and outside the space where the `icon` and `text` and any
child widgets appear.

@attrib padding
--]]--
Attribute.padding = {}

function Attribute.padding.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.padding = value
    widget.textData = nil
    widget:reshape()
end

--[[--
Icon path.

Should contain a path to an image file.

@attrib icon
--]]--
Attribute.icon = {}

function Attribute.icon.set (widget, value)
    widget.attributes.icon = value
    widget.textData = nil
end

return Attribute


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Q: How do you specify a certain directory with PickPhotoAsync? How do you specify a certain directory or path when using PickPhotoAsync?

A:
How do you specify a certain directory or path when using PickPhotoAsync?

Unfortunately, it can not. However, image.path can be getted if be helpful.
From officila document,Task<MediaFile> PickPhotoAsync(PickMediaOptions options = null); can not add options with Directory .

However when you taking photo, you can set options with Directory:
 var file = await CrossMedia.Current.TakePhotoAsync(new Plugin.Media.Abstractions.StoreCameraMediaOptions
 {
        Directory = "Sample",
        Name = "test.jpg"
  });

Although can not PickPhotoAsync from Directory,but you can use file.path where you want.
Image imgTemplateImages = new Image();
if (imgTemplateImages != null)
{
    lblImagePath.Text = "ImagePath" + file.Path;
    byte[] testByte = CommonFunctions.ReadStream(file.GetStream());
    imgTemplateImages.Source = ImageSource.FromStream(() =>
    {
        var stream = file.GetStream();
        file.Dispose();
        return stream;
    });
}

Or you can save path to database or webserver to be used next time.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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3D printing has rapidly increased in quality and popularity over the past decade. In the medical sector, it has evolved from the creation of relatively simple prosthetics, to a silicon prototype of a functioning human heart.
Unfortunately regulation hasn't kept pace with technological progress.
As the costs of 3D printing have reduced, patients are now able to manufacture their own prosthetics at home – or school – under the "custom made" definition of the Therapeutic Goods Administration frameworks. Soon we will be able to print our own medicines.
But who should be legally responsible as the manufacturer when 3D printed devices fail?
In what could serve as a watershed moment for additive manufacturing, the TGA is now proposing changes to the personalised and 3D printed medical devices regulatory framework that have the potential to settle that question.
In January 2013, the US medical device company, DePuy, recalled their knee and hip replacement systems. The devices were made from layers of metal, and shavings had come loose – potentially harming the patient. There is a high possibility of similar problems occurring (called layer separation) in 3D printed parts.
The TGA's proposed amendments are part of an effort to increase oversight and prevent these kinds of issues. In doing so, the TGA must balance ease of access for patients with the need to protect the public from the harm posed by devices that are manufactured without adequate oversight and testing. All this within a medical system already under pressure financially.
The current TGA framework breaks therapeutic goods into three areas: medicines, biologicals and medical devices.
Medicines are the pharmacological items we get from a chemist and biologicals are anything containing human cells.
Medical devices are ranked on a scale from Class I to Class III according to the level of harm they may pose to a patient. These devices are already subject to strict regulation and range from eye glasses (Class I) to custom vascular stents (Class III).
While a 3D printed prosthetic may be classified as Class I, or low risk, the technology has progressed to enable more advanced implants and tools to be produced that encompass Class III, or high risk, medical devices.
For example, full surgical instrument sets for space missions, umbilical cord clamps for disaster relief efforts and new implantable medical devices to help heal fractured bones.
If such devices are mass produced on a 3D printer, then high level, third party oversight of safety, quality and performance applies. However, if they fall under the custom made definition, third party oversight does not apply.
Devices made for a specific patient under the current framework are considered under the "custom made" definition. Historically, this made sense since custom made items were typically low risk and few in number. But as the number and complexity of custom made devices grows, we need to ensure they are subject to the same high level scrutiny as mass produced devices.
The custom made loophole isn't the only issue with the current framework. There remains an ambiguity about who is legally responsible for the manufacture of a device.
This is fine for items such as the raw material used for making dental crowns.
But what about TGA approved filaments and other raw materials for 3D printing?
There is a risk that once raw materials are approved and included on the ARTG then any device could be printed and circumvent the definition of being a manufacturer.
For example, if a filament impregnated with copper was approved, we could print a custom made copper IUD contraceptive based on 3D scans similar in concept to this already open source device. Given personal scans of the patient were integrated into the design it would meet the custom made definition, so paperwork related to it would only be required to be kept for five years. But a copper IUD can last anywhere from five to 12 years. Therefore, the risk of such a device causing permanent infertility would not be properly managed.
This goes some way towards fixing the problem.
But if a hospital were to print devices for their patients by strictly following the instructions from the supplier, they would not be considered the manufacturer under this change.
So who would be responsible for the device? How do we treat the designs of products and their associated 3D files – the digital blueprints of a medical device?
Traditional definitions of manufacture do not encompass the designer. Generally speaking, we assume the business that designs an item will manufacture the item. That is not always going to be the case with the democratisation of 3D printing technology.
I have previously written about the Australian laws surrounding 3D Printed Firearms. I drew the conclusion that we need a unified approach to legislation that specifically speaks to the capabilities of 3D printers, and the digital blueprints devices are based on.
The TGA is beginning to address this by ensuring items that are now enabled by this technology are suitably captured by the existing legislation. What still isn't clear is how digital blueprints will be treated in this new age of fabrication.
Comments submitted during the consultation process of the regulatory changes are now being reviewed by the TGA. If the TGA is serious about preventing harms caused by 3D medical devices, they must ensure these loopholes are closed.


I've written before about kids saying the darndest things, which got me thinking: where do those little words come from? Kids are sponges, and they're ALWAYS listening!
Yesterday, when I picked up my son from school, he came running to me exclaiming, "I have really exciting news!!" His enthusiasm literally made my face and my heart smile. I realized that I talk to him with that same enthusiasm, and I get excited to the point of ridiculousness over "little" things, which of course to him are so big. His exciting news was that he got a special note and sticker because he was a good boy in school. If only this naiveté could remain forever…sigh.
The lesson is our children are ALWAYS listening! Someone is going to pour their influence into our children – let's make it us and let's make it good!


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Physical Education Teachers and Competing Obesity Discourses: An Examination of Emerging Professional Identities
Dean Barker, Mikael Quennerstedt, Anna Johansson and Peter Korp
Aim: To provide insight into how physical education teachers use discursive resources related to obesity to create particular professional identities. Method: Data come from focus group and individual interviews with physical education teachers in Sweden. Discourse theory on teacher identities frame the analysis of the empirical material. Results: Data suggest that teachers in Sweden make use of six distinct but related discursive contributions to produce three professional identities: the caring practitioner, an identity concerned with ensuring all pupils irrespective of size participate in physical education; the activity luminary, an identity that focuses on inspiring pupils toward activity across the lifespan, and; the body rationalist, an identity concerned with challenging unrealistic media discourses and reassuring pupils that they have "normal" bodies. Discussion: The identities appear more inclusive, sensitive, and critical than current physical education literature on obesity suggests, however they also contain elements that are fundamentally unsympathetic to overweight individuals.
Relationships Between Arch Height Flexibility and Medial–Lateral Ground Reaction Forces in Rearfoot and Forefoot Strike Runners
Caleb D. Johnson and Irene S. Davis
Higher medial–lateral forces have been reported in individuals with stiffer foot arches. However, this was in a small sample of military personnel who ran with a rearfoot strike pattern. Therefore, our purpose was to investigate whether runners, both rearfoot and forefoot strikers, show different associations between medial–lateral forces and arch stiffness. A group of 118 runners (80 rearfoot strikers and 38 forefoot strikers) were recruited. Ground reaction force data were collected during running on an instrumented treadmill. Arch flexibility was assessed as the difference in arch height from sitting to standing positions, and participants were classified into stiff/flexible groups. Group comparisons were performed for the ratio of medial:vertical and lateral:vertical impulses. In rearfoot strikers, runners with stiff arches demonstrated significantly higher medial:vertical impulse ratios (P = .036). Forefoot strikers also demonstrated higher proportions of medial forces; however, the mean difference did not reach statistical significance (P = .084). No differences were detected in the proportion of lateral forces between arch flexibility groups. Consistent with previous findings in military personnel, our results indicate that recreational runners with stiffer arches have a higher proportion of medial forces. Therefore, increasing foot flexibility may increase the ability to attenuate medial forces.
Sex and Stride Impact Joint Stiffness During Loaded Running
Tyler N. Brown, AuraLea C. Fain, Kayla D. Seymore and Nicholas J. Lobb
This study determined changes in lower limb joint stiffness when running with body-borne load, and whether they differ with stride or sex. Twenty males and 16 females had joint stiffness quantified when running (4.0 m/s) with body-borne load (20, 25, 30, and 35 kg) and 3 stride lengths (preferred or 15% longer and shorter). Lower limb joint stiffness, flexion range of motion (RoM), and peak flexion moment were submitted to a mixed-model analysis of variance. Knee and ankle stiffness increased 19% and 6% with load (P < .001, P = .049), but decreased 8% and 6% as stride lengthened (P = .004, P < .001). Decreased knee RoM (P < .001, 0.9°–2.7°) and increased knee (P = .007, up to 0.12 N.m/kg.m) and ankle (P = .013, up to 0.03 N.m/kg.m) flexion moment may stiffen joints with load. Greater knee (P < .001, 4.7°–5.4°) and ankle (P < .001, 2.6°–7.2°) flexion RoM may increase joint compliance with longer strides. Females exhibited 15% stiffer knee (P = .025) from larger reductions in knee RoM (4.3°–5.4°) with load than males (P < .004). Stiffer lower limb joints may elevate injury risk while running with load, especially for females.
Test–Retest Reliability and the Effects of Walking Speed on Stride Time Variability During Continuous, Overground Walking in Healthy Young Adults
Nicholas S. Ryan, Paul A. Bruno and John M. Barden
Studies have investigated the reliability and effect of walking speed on stride time variability during walking trials performed on a treadmill. The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability of stride time variability and the effect of walking speed on stride time variability, during continuous, overground walking in healthy young adults. Participants completed: (1) 2 walking trials at their preferred walking speed on 1 day and another trial 2 to 4 days later and (2) 1 trial at their preferred walking speed, 1 trial approximately 20% to 25% faster than their preferred walking speed, and 1 trial approximately 20% to 25% slower than their preferred walking speed on a separate day. Data from a waist-mounted accelerometer were used to determine the consecutive stride times for each trial. The reliability of stride time variability outcomes was generally poor (intraclass correlations: .167–.487). Although some significant differences in stride time variability were found between the preferred walking speed, fast, and slow trials, individual between-trial differences were generally below the estimated minimum difference considered to be a real difference. The development of a protocol to improve the reliability of stride time variability outcomes during continuous, overground walking would be beneficial to improve their application in research and clinical settings.
Correlates of Domain-Specific Physical Activity Among Older Adults in Six Low- to Middle-Income Countries: Analysis of Nationally Representative Samples From Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) (Wave 1)
Mengyun Luo, Philayrath Phongsavan, Adrian Bauman, Joel Negin, Zhiruo Zhang and Ding Ding
The correlates of physical activity differ across domains. The authors explored the contribution of domain-specific physical activity to total physical activity and examined how different sociodemographic and social capital-related variables are associated with different physical activity domains in older adults, using nationally representative samples from six low- to middle-income countries. Activity at work and home combined plays an important role in contributing to total physical activity, while leisure-time physical activity accounted for an extremely small proportion. Some correlates of physical activity were similar across countries, such as working status and structural social capital, while other associations were country specific. Promoting structural social capital, trust, and perceived safety may confer positive benefits on older adults' activity.
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Nigerian (Igbo) Version of the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly
Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Fatai Adesina Maruf, Ifeoma Uchenna Onwuakagba and Victoria Chinonye Chukwuma
Objectives: To cross-culturally adapt and validate the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) into Igbo culture. Methods: The English version of the PASE (E-PASE) was translated into Igbo, harmonized, back-translated, subjected to expert panel review, and pretested. The final Igbo version of PASE (I-PASE), the E-PASE, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire were then administered to consecutively recruited 109 consenting Igbo older adults. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Mann–Whitney U test, Spearman rank-order correlation, and Cronbach's alpha at .05 level of significance. Results: All items on the E-PASE were retained on the I-PASE but some modifications were made. The I-PASE had poor internal consistency coefficient (α = .66), poor-to-excellent item, and total score known-group validity (ρ = .24–1.00) and moderate convergent validity (ρ = .50). Conclusion: The I-PASE is a valid, reliable, and culturally specific tool for assessing PA among Igbo older adults.
The Efficacy of a Multicomponent Functional Fitness Program Based on Exergaming on Cognitive Functioning of Healthy Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Élvio R. Gouveia, Asim Smailagic, Andreas Ihle, Adilson Marques, Bruna R. Gouveia, Mónica Cameirão, Honorato Sousa, Matthias Kliegel and Daniel Siewiorek
Background and Objectives: Regular physical exercise can attenuate age-related cognitive decline. This study aimed to investigate the effect of a physical exercise multicomponent training based on exergames on cognitive functioning (CF) in older adults. Research Design and Methods: This randomized controlled trial included older adults aged 61–78. Participants were randomly allocated to an intervention group (IG; n = 15) or active control group (CG; n = 16). The IG was exposed to a combined training with traditional exercise and exergaming, twice a week over a period of 12 weeks. The CG performed only traditional sessions. CF was assessed by the Cognitive Telephone Screening Instrument. The time points for assessment were at zero (pretest), 12 (posttest), and 17 weeks (follow-up). Results: Active CG and IG increased from pretest to posttest in short-term memory (STM), long-term memory (LTM), and Cognitive Telephone Screening Instrument total score 1.98 > Z < 3.00, ps < .005, with moderately large positive effects (.36 > r < .54). A significant increase was seen from posttest to follow-up in STM, Z = 2.74, p = .006, and LTM, Z = 2.31, p < .021, only in IG. Across the two time periods posttest to follow-up, there were significant interaction effects between program type and time for STM (p = .022, ηp2=.17) and LTM (p = .004, ηp2=.25), demonstrating a more beneficial effect of the exergames intervention compared to the CG. Discussion and Implications: The integration of exergaming in a multicomponent functional fitness exercise might have the potential to maintain and improve CF (in particular, STM and LTM) in older adults.
Erratum: Naclerio et al. (2017)
Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of the MotionWatch 8 to Evaluate Physical Activity Among Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment in Assisted Living Settings
Barbara Resnick, Marie Boltz, Elizabeth Galik, Steven Fix and Shijun Zhu
This study tested the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the MotionWatch 8 among assisted living residents with and without cognitive impairment. Data from the Dissemination and Implementation of Function Focused Care in Assisted Living Using the Evidence Integration Triangle study were used. The sample included 781 individuals from 85 facilities with a mean age of 89.48 (SD = 7.43) years. The majority were female (71%), White (97%), and overall (44%) had cognitive impairment. A total of 70% were willing to wear the MotionWatch 8. Reliability was supported as there was no difference in time spent in activity across three consecutive wear days. Validity was based on hypothesis testing, and function was associated with counts of activity at baseline (p = .001) and 4 months (p = .001). Those with cognitive impairment engaged in less physical activity (p = .04). The MotionWatch 8 is a useful option for measuring physical activity in older adults with and without cognitive impairment.
Gender, Leadership, and Governance in English National Governing Bodies of Sport: Formal Structures, Rules, and Processes
Lucy V. Piggott and Jordan J.K. Matthews
Within this article, the authors explore the extent to which the administrative and governance hierarchies, rules, and processes of two English national governing bodies (NGBs) reproduce or resist gender segregation and male dominance within their leadership and governance. Drawing on Bourdieu's theory of practice, the authors expand upon current literature to better understand the workings of gender power relations at the structural level of organizational practice. Semistructured interviews with male and female leaders were supplemented by an analysis of formal documents. The authors found that gender power relations privileging men were simultaneously conserved and resisted within the two NGBs. While resistance to male-dominated leadership and governance was evident, transformational organizational change was lacking. This highlighted the limitations of strategies being primarily driven through top-down, policy-based approaches. The authors end the article by emphasizing the importance of a combined approach at the structural, cultural, and individual levels to enable sustainable and transformational organizational change.
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Beer geeks and industry folks gathered at the Horse Brass last night to give another sendoff to legendary publican Don Younger, who passed away a year ago last week. The event was well-attended, as beer people packed the area around the back bar at the HB...and parking was scarce.
The main event was the unveiling of a new John Foyston painting of Younger. Prior to the unveiling, Foyston tapped a Firkin of Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA for all to enjoy. Lots of mingling. Good times.
For the unknowing, another Foyston painting of Younger hangs over the mantle at Lompoc's Sidebar on North Williams. Younger was a partner in the Lompoc operation and the Sidebar painting was mounted just months before his death. When Don first saw that painting, he was shocked, but loved it, according to Foyston and Lompoc owner Jerry Fechter.
The newly unveiled portrait is a painted version of a picture taken by Lisa Morrison, aka the Beer Goddess. It appropriately shows Younger drinking a beer from a glass (he's drinking from a plastic mug in the picture at Lompoc) and smoking a cigarette. His favorite vices. Morrison took the photo at Amnesia Brewing.
While we surely crossed paths many times over the years, I never formally met Don Younger. So my points of reference with him revolve around the legendary stories, which are many. I've always been drawn to the one about how he wound up owning the Horse Brass.
The story is well-known. He evidently bought the place during the course of a day and night of drinking, and wasn't sure what he'd done when he discovered the bill of sale the next morning. He may have been a little groggy at the time.
After he took over, the Horse Brass would eventually become a place where players in the fledgling craft industry met to share ideas over a few beers. Some of those same folks, people like Fred Eckhardt and Rob Widmer, were on hand last night, honoring their departed friend.
This event and the people who attended it are proof of Younger's lingering and extensive influence. Without him, the Portland beer landscape would not be what it is today. Foyston's latest portrait will hang as a testament to that notion.


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Steve is Professor of Proteomics in UCD. A chemist (Imperial College, London) and PhD biochemist (University of Cambridge) by training, he has spent much of his research career using mass spectrometry to measure and characterise proteins. He has given over 150 invited presentations at international events, published over 75 scientific papers as well as editing and contributing to several books including editing one of the first books on Proteomics that was translated into Chinese and Japanese.
He is highly energetic, enthusiastic and focused on bringing protein biomarker research endeavours to clinical utility and value. To support this, Steve has commercial experience and has developed significant insight into the molecular diagnostics arena. He has been consultant to a number of companies including a major private proteomics-based biotech that went on to a successful IPO and has been Director of Research and Board Member of a Cambridge-based seed-corn funded fledgling biotech company.
Steve was awarded an Elmore Medical Research Fellowship while in Cambridge and subsequently was the recipient of a Sir Henry Wellcome Award for Innovative Research. He has filed three patents and is currently the lead organiser of 16th Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO) World Congress which will be held in the national Convention Centre in Dublin from 17-20th September 2017.
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