In the grand tradition of parties, the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave will host the annual "Buffalo Bill Birthday Bash" on Sunday, February 26 from noon to 4 p.m.
Sing Happy Birthday, eat cake, play games and maybe even learn a thing or two on this very festive Free day. Free Museum Admission 9 am - 5 pm.


Abstract: Pharmaceutical compounding in community pharmacy is currently a common practice in Portugal. The foundation of a national compounding department, the development of a national galenic formulary and the approval of up-to-date legislation contributed to the modernization of compounding practices in the past decade. Currently, all Portuguese community pharmacies have a compounding laboratory and minimum equipment for the preparation of non-sterile (traditional) compounded medicines. A few community pharmacies specialized in pharmaceutical compounding and also prepare innovative dosage forms for complex patients. Sterile compounded medicines are still prepared exclusively in the hospital setting.
The compounded medicines dispensed by the Pharmacy Lordelo (Vila Real, Portugal) in 2012 were systematically reviewed and analyzed. The most frequently dispensed dosage forms were oral liquids. Trimethoprim, omeprazole and nitrofurantoin represented the top 3 oral liquids dispensed. The most common medical specialties were pediatric patients (need for individual strengths and dosage forms) and dermatology patients (need for special combinations). Compounding for medicine's shortages and discontinued medicines was particularly important in the past year, considering the increasing disruptions in the medicines supply chain.
In Portugal, pharmaceutical compounding represents an invaluable therapeutic alternative that meets the need of individual (complex) patients, which cannot be met by the pharmaceutical industry, and is increasingly important in today's health care provision.


It's important to know and understand your benefits so you can get the most out of your insurance coverage. Comprehensive insurance guarantees you a minimum amount of healthcare coverage for each area and type of medical service that you may encounter, including for example, doctor visits, prescription drugs, hospital stays, chronic medical care and/or surgery. The defined categories of well-rounded coverage are outlined in what's called the Essential Health Benefits.
Primary Care includes basic healthcare services, usually delivered by physicians and trained medical personnel who practice family medicine, pediatrics, or internal medicine. A primary care physician is your main healthcare provider and usually your first point of contact. This physician will deliver preventive services and may refer you to specialists.
Specialty Care extends beyond primary care to medical fields such as surgery, cardiology or oncology. Specialists are doctors who have trained more deeply in specific medical or treatment areas to gain a more detailed level of expertise.
Urgent Care centers are same-day clinics that can handle a variety of injuries and conditions that require care but are not serious enough to require an emergency room. They offer a wide range of services for common illnesses that are not considered a true emergency including severe sore throats, minor sprains and cuts requiring stitches.
Emergency Care is required for any medical condition that poses an immediate danger to a person's life or health. Head injuries, weakness, paralysis or persistent chest pain are true emergencies and are among those conditions that require emergency care.
Preventive Care includes testing, screenings and immunizations. Well-baby care, children's vision exams, periodic prostate exams, pap smears and mammograms are all examples of commonly covered preventive care services. The ACA requires most insurance plans to provide preventive services without incorporating deductibles, co-payments, or co-insurance payments from you, allowing you to participate in these services without an expense.


Development and validation of a risk-prediction nomogram for poor functional response one year after treatment with anti-VEGF in naive-diabetic macular edema.
Pierre-Henry GABRIELLE, Jacques Bouche-Pillon, Edouard Maupin, Serge Aho-Glele, Ramin Tadayoni, Laurent Kodjikian, Alain M Bron, Pascale Massin, Catherine P Creuzot Garcher; Development and validation of a risk-prediction nomogram for poor functional response one year after treatment with anti-VEGF in naive-diabetic macular edema.. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):3615.
Purpose : To develop and validate a risk-prediction nomogram for poor functional response during the first year of treatment with anti-VEGF agents in naive-diabetic macular edema (DME).
Methods : This was retrospective study involving patients with naive DME treated with anti-VEGF agents intravitreal injections and followed-up during one year in the Ophthalmology department of Dijon University Hospital between February 2010 and March 2015 (derivation cohort) and in several French ophthalmology centers between January 2014 and June 2015 (validation cohort). We used a program to generate nomogram based on binary logistic regression predictive models. We included variables that had significant associations with a poor functional response to anti-VEGF agents during the first year of treatment, defined as recovering a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) < 80 letters according to the ETDRS chartsUsing regression coefficient, we calculated scores for each variable, and estimated the event probability. Model validation was performed using bootstrap method to quantify our modeling strategy and receiver operator characteristic curves (ROC). The nomogram was tested on a separate validation cohort using ROC analysis and goodness-of-fit tests.
Results : Data from 161 eyes (109 patients) in the derivation cohort and 100 eyes (100 patients) in the validation cohort were analyzed. In the final model, the following variables were associated with a poor functional response during the first-year of treatment: age, baseline BCVA and baseline ellipsoid zone (EZ) disruption on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). The resulting nomogram showed excellent discrimination for poor functional responders (area under the curve [AUC] 0.906, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.849-0.964, P=0.0037 for the derivation cohort; [AUC] 0.942, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.879-0.978, P< 0.001 for the validation cohort).
Conclusions : This study confirmed that age, baseline BCVA and ellipsoid band disruption on SD-OCT are important functional prognosis factors in naive DME treated with anti-VEGF agents. This nomogram provides a rapid and simple functional estimation of a poor functional response in naive-DME patients treated with anti-VEGF agents.


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For me, the feeling just after editing a book of short stories is very much like having been at a really big, all-night party. The next morning—once I've sent those edits off to the editor—my head is full of vague memories of talking to dozens of people, and I'm worried that I said something out of line, got too personal, threw insults, acted like an idiot, or even worse, didn't say anything of value at all.
I've just spent two weeks editing my forthcoming collection of stories, living with a bunch of characters and scenarios I created but can't always control. Except I've had to control them now. First draft dream time is finito.
I'm not the first to say this, but there seem to be two different kinds of writers when it comes to crafting the work. One loves the first draft, the creation, the "anything goes" period where you just open up your brain and pour its highly variable content out. The other kind is the editing kind, the writers who love going over every word—over and over again. Don't get me wrong: both have their own level of satisfaction, their highs and lows. But give me a first draft any day!!
While editing, at least on good days, the story becomes a sort of garden. I need to make a little space where new things can grow. Then I push those darned seedlings into that soil and throw water, fertilizer and sun upon them and so help me, they better grow, and fast!
Pressure of this kind doesn't always work. Introducing new ideas into a story line requires time passing to work, otherwise they can feel plopped in—planted where they are out of place, like a wilting geranium in the middle of the pumpkin patch.
Luckily, I've sent them off: my stories are back in the hands of my astute editor, and I'll have another chance at refining them before they become final versions, bound for binding. What a gift, to have people working on behalf of my words. I'm so grateful for my publisher and the team who works with her.
The phrase "honouring the work" keeps coming out in conversations lately, and that's the best way to describe this phase of publishing a book. It can be a challenge to revise, to see the problems in a manuscript, to cut beautiful paragraphs that just don't fit; to even, sometimes, leave whole stories out. But ego needs to be put aside. It's time to honour the work.


Ballad : for clarinet and piano / Dulcie Holland.
Domino / Roslyn Dunlop, clarinets ; David Howie, piano.
Difficulty: Medium — AMEB Grade 6-7.
22 May 2016: at Against the Tide (Kendall School of Arts Hall). Featuring Nattanan Low, Jeanell Carrigan.
1950: for ABC radio. Featuring Clive Amadio, Olga Krasnik.


In Defense of Communism: KKE Gen.Secretary D.Koutsoumbas: "People's struggle against capitalism is what brings hope"
KKE Gen.Secretary D.Koutsoumbas: "People's struggle against capitalism is what brings hope"
On July 3 2017, a pre-agenda discussion in Parliament was held at the level of the party leaders on the issue of the economy, at the request of the President of ND, K.Mitsotakis, on the occasion of the recent agreement in the Eurogroup regarding the completion of the second "review" of the Greek economy.
As was expected, the Prime minister A.Tsipras, the President of ND K.Mitsotakis and the leaders of the rest of the bourgeois parties attempted to use confrontational language in order to conceal their strategic convergence around the basic demands of capital, swapping accusations about who "undermines" the aims of capital and who serves them better.
In contrast, the GS of the CC of the KKE, D.Koutsoumpas, noted that the real hope for the working class and people is not to be found in the plans and negotiations of the capitalists. Dimitris Koutsoumpas underscored that the biggest memorandum is the capitalist development path itself. He noted that the fairy tales about "just development" in capitalism, which allegedly benefits both the monopolies and the people, are collapsing every day in the workplaces, where the harsh exploitation of the workers is realized.
The GS of the CC of the KKE noted that the euphoric atmosphere, which the government is trying to create amongst a people that has been driven to its knees by the policies of all the governments until now, is provocative and outrageous. In reference to Eurogroup agreement on the 15th of June, he underlined that this confirms that capitalist development does not mean the "end of the sacrifices" for the people, but signals the beginning of a new round of the intensification of the exploitation of the workers. a constant anti-people offensive.
At the same time, D. Koutsoumpas lambasted the country's participation in the NATO plans that serve the aims of big capital, with the danger that the Greek people will pay an even higher prices for the interests of capital.
The GS of the CC of the KKE stressed that real hope for the working class and people can only be created by coming into conflict and rupture with the current development path. With a powerful KKE, the revitalization of the movement, the Social Alliance, with a proposal for a way out in favour of the people.


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Batelco offers high-speed LTE services package
Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, is set to offer a new high-speed LTE Data Roaming services package with options including a one-day data roaming in the GCC for only BD5 ($13.26) and seven-day data roaming in the GCC f
Leveraging LTE for improved public safety system
Many of us believe that Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology is primarily for commercial mobile broadband usage for higher speed. However, the technology is not just for speedier transportation of our heavy images or watching movies without bu
LTE speeds in Bahrain up 23pc in 2 years
LTE services in Bahrain are performing 23 per cent faster in 2016 compared to 2014, said the deputy general director of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). TRA has released three major reports of an independent audi
Menatelecom offers new 4G, LTE packages
Menatelecom, an Internet service provider in Bahrain, has launched new 4G LTE and LTE broadband services, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication. To read further, please visit
5G subscriptions to reach half a billion in 2022
There will be 550 million 5G subscriptions in 2022, said the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, noting that 25 per cent of all subscriptions will be 5G in North America by then, representing the highest market penetration in the world.
Menatelecom launches LTE Advanced
Menatelecom, the leading Internet service provider in Bahrain and an investment subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House – Bahrain, has announced the launch of LTE Advanced, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.
Ericsson, Bombardier test LTE networks at 200 kmph speed
Ericsson and Bombardier have completed trials of LTE networks for railway solutions at simulated speeds of up to 200 km per hour. A total of 11 tests were conducted in a laboratory to determine the ability of the LTE networks to s
Etisalat launches its first virtual telecom function
UAE-based telecom group Etisalat has on-boarded its first virtualised telecom function using Affirmed Networks' virtualised Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution. vEPC is a framework for providing converged voice and data on a
Batelco to launch superfast 4G+ in Bahrain
Bahrain-based telecom group Batelco has announced plans for the rollout of superfast 4G+ for its customers, the first telecom in the Kingdom to start rolling out the service. LTE Advanced is the latest mobile technology launched t
Huawei named best 5G innovator
Global ICT solutions provider Huawei was recently named the Best 5G Innovator at the inaugural LTE & 5G Mena Awards held in Dubai. Commenting on the win, Sun Xiaofeng, vice president of solution sales and marketing for Huawei in the
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#TBT On The Cover of the UK Music Magazine Blues and Soul in 1989.
Celebrating 25 years of my second album. Most fans think of my solo debut as the breakthrough and it was – as well as being trendsetting in style and video. However my second album is the one that was really quietly the most pioneering and to me overshadowed. My infusion of high fashion, commercial ad campaigns and layouts – uncommon for any black artist at the time, and only by one other Madonna. 'Larger Than Life' ushered in a raised bar for other female artists that would follow. The pioneering "Friends" featuring Eric B & Rakim; the first to feature Pop/R&B/Hip-Hop 16 bar verses and crossing over R&B, Pop, Dance, Hip Hop – as well as a genre crossing video featuring transgender, drag queens, underground club culture, B-Boys and Girls, voguing and Jean Paul-Gaultier couture blended into a mix of high end and street chic as well as my highest charting ballad 'Everything." There was no press release to stir controversy and bring attention about the casting of the video – for me it wasn't about that. Everyone in the video was real, friends of friends – not models or professionals. Tyrone Procter helped cast it. Eric B and Rakim called some of their friends. What I wanted to represent the types of clubs I liked dancing at full of of types of people united by the music and stepping out in style to get down on the dance floor. It was a real club scene in the west village on a hot summer afternoon in NYC. It went over the heads of a lot of people..my label didn't know what to make of it, and weren't happy with it – but let me do what I envisioned and I'm thankful.
I also found success overseas in the Japan, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom among others as well. It was always a challenge because I wasn't the typical 'urban black artist' and was always in a struggle to shine on my own terms, remaining true to myself, wanting to have standards, authenticity to my artistry. 25 years later this is still true in everything I do whether on the commercial radar or not. It's true no matter what your job or career is – be the best you.
Jody Watley. Fashion Friday Rewind by Steven Meisel.
Jody Watley photographed by Steven Meisel, 1989.


Every Club or Society must send a minimum of 1 representative to this training session every fall to be eligible to receive Student Union funding. Primary Event Organizer Training covers risk management, the event application process, and general event planning best practices. The Primary Event Organizer must submit a signed Primary Event Organizer contract to the VP Finance and Operations.
Event application form must be submitted to the VP Finance and Operations of the UNB Student Union along with any applicable forms (e.g. Alcohol, Travel, Physical Activity forms). Event applications or due a minimum of 2 weeks in advance of the event.
Event approval will be conditional with the expectation that the organizer books space, campus police and any other necessary services to ensure a safe and successful event. Confirmation of these bookings must be provided to the VP Finance and Operations of the UNB Student Union.


You are here: Home / Blog / Price on Purpose / It's NOT Value BILLING!
An open letter to accountants, lawyers, technologists, engineers, architects, advertising folks, and consultants to the professions, et al.
Here at the VeraSage Institute, we have never, and will never advocate value billing. A bill comes after the fact. In fact, we think that such a practice would be considered mail fraud. Please stop referring to what we espouse using this hideous and offensive term.
We advocate and practice value pricing (good), or value-based pricing (better), or pricing on (or with) purpose (best).
Violators will henceforth be subject to intense ridicule in this space. We ask our minions to send us examples for public display.


As a working adult, it can be difficult to go to graduate school. With working full time and taking care of a family, attending classes on a traditional campus can be next to impossible. With the advent of online classes, many working adults are now able to earn their master's degrees.
There are various reasons for why someone would want a postgraduate degree, but some reasons are more common than others.
Many reports identify that the level of education a person has positively correlates with lifetime earnings. According to the College Board Trends Report, individuals with a master's degree make 1.97 times more than high school graduates make. Those with a doctoral degree make 2.58 times more.
People with master's degrees also have increased career opportunities. For example, Nurse Together reports that many health administrators prefer to hire MSN graduates. Nurses with graduate degrees are more likely to qualify for clinical and management jobs, too.
Job satisfaction is extremely important in life. People who find their job rewarding and enjoyable are less likely to be stressed and to suffer health issues. They also tend to be more satisfied with life. Individuals with a graduate degree are more likely to experience job satisfaction, according to the College Board. Fifty-eight percent of individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher reported job satisfaction, compared to only 50 percent of those with a high school diploma.
One reason why graduate degree holders may have a higher level of job satisfaction is that they have more influence at their job. For example, a study conducted in 1997 by Morrison, Jones & Fuller found that job satisfaction with nurses was more evident when they had transformational leadership roles. They also found that satisfaction might come from these nurses having more pride in their work. This is because of the ability for a nurse to be more involved, due to his or her educational background. It's most likely another motivating factor for nurses who turn to higher degrees, like nurses who decide to seek an RN to BSN online degree.
People with higher education are qualified for more positions. Because of this, they have more opportunities to find work if they were ever faced with unemployment. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 report, the unemployment rate for high school diploma or less was 13.3 percent. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for advanced degree holders was only 4.1 percent.
When attending a traditional school, most master's programs take two to four years to complete. Online master's degree programs can take this long or can be much shorter. In fact, some take less than two years. Accelerated programs are designed for individuals interested in the benefits of having a graduate degree sooner. These are benefits like a higher salary, increased job satisfaction and more career opportunities.
While the cost of online degree programs can be as much traditional programs, online students save money by not having to worry about transit or paying for a parking permit. Students who happen to be parents save money by not having to pay for childcare for when they're in class.
Studies show that having a graduate degree can lead to higher lifetime earnings, more opportunities, less unemployment as well as more job satisfaction. An online graduate program can help to realize this sooner. These programs can be more cost-efficient, and a student can continue working while attending one. There's no denying that an online graduate degree can help to improve a person's quality of life.


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Time for our top 10 stories from 2015. Consider this our gift to you. Happy reading!
- Loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Georgia set another record.
- Study shows Flint's gator snappers slow to rebound from commercial trapping.
- Rare golden eagle caught in Georgia to track through migration.
- Three things to know as the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance turns 20.
- Tag! Right whales were it in first satellite tracking project.
- Found at Tallulah Gorge, Georgia's first 'wild' peregrine falcon nest since 1930s.
- Largest head-start release helps gopher tortoises at Yuchi WMA.
- Fall surveys find new sites in state for Georgia aster.
- GPS-based project maps manatee movements along coast.
- Fungal disease documented in more snakes in state.
- Hellbenders show swimming and hunting moves on video.
Here's hoping last week's sighting of Harmony and her new calf bodes well for North Atlantic right whales this winter.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission survey flight spotted the well-known adult whale 10 miles east of Jekyll Island Dec. 10. Nicknamed Harmony, the 15-year-old mom was nursing a calf, her third known offspring and the first of the 2015-2016 right whale calving season. The survey crew saw another mother-and-calf later that day near St. Augustine, Fla. A sickly 10-year-old female nicknamed Cherokee, who has never calved, was spotted on Dec. 12 by Sea to Shore Alliance, which conducts survey flights for DNR.
North Atlantic right whales are one of the world's most endangered marine mammals. And coastal Georgia and northeast Florida are their only known calving grounds. Each winter, pregnant and some non-calving right whales migrate here from the northeastern U.S. and Canada.
Yet sightings have slipped, according to Clay George, Georgia DNR's lead marine mammal biologist. "In the past five years, we've seen 15 calves per year, compared to 24 per year on average in the 2000s," George said. Also, fewer non-calving whales are showing up – 14 last winter compared to almost 200 in 2010.
Changes are being seen, as well, at the whales' summer feeding grounds. For example, the number of whales visiting the Bay of Fundy – a popular late-summer foraging site in southeast Canada – has plummeted in recent years. At the same time, right whales have been seen in "new" habitats, like the Gulf of St. Lawrence, George said.
Scientists are unsure if the recent changes are a temporary anomaly or whether they foretell major changes to right whale habitat and distribution.
Including data from monitoring in the Northeast and Canada, the North Atlantic right whale population is growing an estimated 2.6 percent a year. And for this charismatic species – Georgia's state marine mammal – hope springs eternal.
Even in fall and winter.
- DNR works with the National Marine Fisheries Service, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Sea to Shore Alliance and others to conserve right whales. We monitor the population, protect habitat and raise awareness to reduce shipping strikes and other threats.
- Aerial surveys flown December-March document calf production, collect photo data and alert ships to whale locations. By boat, DNR collects photo ID data and genetics samples and responds to whales entangled in fishing gear, a leading threat.
- DNR's Nongame Conservation Section also is in the second season of a three-year project to develop and use minimally invasive satellite tags to track right whale migrations. Of three whales tagged in January, one was followed more than 1,000 miles from Florida to Massachusetts. Up to seven whales will be tagged this season.
- When boating or fishing by boat on the coast mid-November through March, keep an eye out for right whales. If you spot one, stay at least 500 yards away, as required by federal law to reduce risks of harassing or hitting a whale. Disturbing these animals, particularly during the vulnerable calving season, can affect behaviors critical to their health and survival.
- Buy or renew a DNR eagle or hummingbird license plate. These plates, only $25 more than a standard Georgia plate, support the Nongame Conservation Section, which depends largely on fundraisers.
- Contribute to the Georgia Wildlife Nongame Conservation Fund state income tax checkoff when filing your 2015 taxes. The Give Wildlife a Chance checkoff is another key nongame fundraiser.
- Follow DNR's right whale work through Facebook, Flickr and this newsletter.
- Consider buying ocean-friendly seafood. Tips.
American robins are inexorably linked to spring. Many Americans believe that after a long, bleak winter, a robin in their backyard is a sure sign that winter is weakening and spring is just around the corner.
But I've never considered robins a harbinger of spring. To the contrary, I associate them with winter.
I guess the reason why is that although I see them throughout the year, I see more in winter than during all other seasons combined.
Read the rest of Terry's column for more on mega-sized robin flocks, plus how to make your yard more friendly in winter and year-round for these "early" birds.
Need a wild last-minute gift? With ideas that vary from buying an eagle or hummingbird license plate to purchasing a "Calls of the Wild" frogs CD, here's a list that will help conserve Georgia wildlife.
And don't forget: Some sale proceeds from the landmark UGA Press books "Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia," "The Breeding Bird Atlas of Georgia" and "The Natural Communities of Georgia" also go to the Georgia Nongame Wildlife Conservation Fund, created to conserve native wildlife and wild places!
The first coastal ecosystem report card for Georgia gives the state a B+ for 12 indicators of human health, fisheries and wildlife. Based on DNR surveys and inventories in 2014, the report card presents a timely and geographically detailed assessment of ecosystems in a public-friendly way.
Weekend for Wildlife, Nongame Conservation's primary fundraising event, will return to Sea Island Jan. 29-30. Learn more and register for the 28th annual event at www.weekendforwildlife.com.
A Savannah symposium will dig deep into how the Georgia coast's environment and natural resources shaped human history in the region. Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast, set for Feb. 18-20, features trips and leading scholars.
Red-cockaded woodpecker prospects are brighter because of the Safe Harbor Program, which turned 20 this year. The program in which private landowners voluntarily manage their forests to benefit this endangered species includes almost 2.5 million acres and 835 red-cockaded woodpecker groups across eight states, including nearly 177,000 acres and more than 100 groups in Georgia.
Legislation making the federal tax incentive for conservation easements permanent has passed the U.S. House and Senate in what the Land Trust Alliance calls "a huge win for conservation, landowners and the land trust community." The bill also reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund and raised funding from $306 million last year to $450 million, according to the alliance.
DNR biologists and others recently collected specimens of the undescribed Altamaha and Bartram's bass and the recently described Chattahoochee bass for fish illustrator Joe Tomelleri. Tomelleri's illustrations will be used to help identify these bass – all high-priority species in the revised State Wildlife Action Plan – and promote Georgia as a hotspot for unique sport fishes.
Young whooping cranes led on their first migration by ultralight aircraft are slowly making their way south. Delayed by warm southerly winds, as of Monday the 2015 Operation Migration group of endangered birds and dedicated humans was in north Alabama, with plans to fly south through Alabama, then across southwest Georgia en route to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge after the Christmas break.
Artists in grades K-5 are invited to take part in the 26th annual Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest. The competition held by the Nongame Conservation Section and State Botanical Garden of Georgia is aimed at increasing knowledge and appreciation of the state's nongame wildlife and habitats. Deadlines and details.
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Some 665 female loggerhead sea turtles were detected nesting on Georgia beaches this summer, according to the latest report from research done for DNR by UGA's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Nairn Genetics Lab. The analysis of DNA in eggs showed that about 225 females were new to the database, representing first-year recruits in the population.
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The New Georgia Encyclopedia is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities' top 50 projects that "have enriched and shaped American lives," according to the federal agency celebrating its 50th anniversary. Many DNR biologists contributed to what is touted as the first state encyclopedia designed exclusively for online use.
Names in the news: Dr. Bob Sargent is the new program manager at the DNR Nongame Conservation Section's Forsyth office. Sargent formerly worked as Robins Air Force Base natural and cultural resources manager, and served eight years as Georgia Ornithological Society president. Dr. Jessica McGuire has been named Private Lands Program manager with DNR Wildlife Resources Division's Game Management Section. Most recently Nongame Conservation Section's red-cockaded woodpecker and Safe Harbor Program biologist, McGuire also has been a Private Lands Program biologist. Tamatha Beckham is now program manager at DNR's Go Fish Education Center. Beckham has coordinated administrative operations at the Perry center since it opened in 2010. Former DNR Deputy Commissioner Todd Holbrook (photo below) of Conyers has earned the 2015 Clarence W. Watson Award, considered the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' most prestigious honor. Holbrook's late father, Duff Holbrook, received the award in 1988. Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Jimmy Rickard will be the U.S. Forest Service forest botanist-ecologist on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. Gov. Nathan Deal has honored DNR Law Enforcement's Capt. Chris Hodge, Cpl. Craig Smith and Ranger 1st Class David Brady with Public Safety Awards for Acts of Heroism. On Dec. 5, 2014, Hodge, then a sergeant, pulled a Camden County Sheriff's deputy from a burning patrol car. The night of March 9, Smith and Brady rescued a man entangled in branches and submerged to his neck in the rain-swollen Satilla River. Authors of the paper "Significant new records of amphibians and reptiles from Georgia, U.S.A.," published in Herpetological Review, included DNR's John Jensen and Robert Horan.
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Zachariah Davis Wheat (May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972), nicknamed "Buck", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left fielder from 1909 to 1927, most notably as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers who were known as the Robins at that time. After 18 seasons in Brooklyn, he played his final season with the Philadelphia Athletics.

Although Wheat spent the first part of his career playing in the Dead ball era, he hit over .300 in 13 seasons and won the National League batting championship in 1918. He ended his career with a .317 career batting average and remains the Dodgers all-time franchise leader in hits, doubles, triples, RBI, and total bases. Wheat was also known as a stylish and graceful outfielder, leading National League left fielders in putouts seven times and fielding percentage twice.

Wheat was unanimously elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959. His brother McKinley "Mack" Wheat also played in the major leagues, and the two were teammates in Brooklyn for five seasons.

Early life
Born in Hamilton, Missouri, he was the son of Basil and Julia Wheat. His father was of English descent. For many years, it was believed that Wheat was at least partially of Cherokee descent but, according to the Society for American Baseball Research, this was likely untrue.

Career
Wheat began his professional baseball career in 1906 for Enterprise in the Kansas League, followed by Wichita in 1907, the Shreveport Pirates of the Texas League in 1908, and the Mobile Sea Gulls of the Southern Association in 1909.  It was during that 1909 season that the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League purchased Wheat for $1,200, and he made his major league debut in September. Wheat batted with a corkscrew type of swing, and held his hands down near the end of the bat, unlike most hitters during his time, a time noted as the "Dead Ball Era". Along with his consistently high levels of hitting, he was also noted for his graceful and stylish defense.

Wheat played his first full season in 1910. He played every game for the Superbas that season as the regular left fielder, leading the league in games played. He batted .284 that season, the second-lowest average of his career, which led the team, and was among the league leaders in hits, doubles, and triples. It was in 1911 that his reputation as a slugger began to take hold. Along with hitting .287, Wheat finished eighth in the league with 13 triples and slugged five home runs. In an era when players rarely hit double-digit home runs for a season, five was enough for people to take notice.

Wheat continued his steady and consistent climb up the batting charts in 1912, hitting .305 and finishing the season among the league leaders in home runs and slugging percentage. Over the next four seasons, he continued to be among the leaders in many offensive categories, including home runs, batting average, slugging average, hits, doubles, triples, and RBI. It was during the 1912 season that Wheat married Daisy Kerr Forsman. His wife quickly became his de facto agent, encouraging him to hold out for a better contract each season. Each time Wheat held out, he received more money, the club not wanting to lose one of its best hitters and the team's most popular player. This tactic of threatening to hold out served him well during throughout his career, including during the World War I era, when he raised and sold mules to the United States Army as pack animals. Wheat claimed that he was making so much money from his business that he wouldn't need to play baseball at all. The team, fearing that they might lose a great player during the prime of his career, succumbed to his demands every year.

In 1916, Wheat topped off a string of seasons with a finish in the top ten in all the above categories, topping the league in total bases and slugging. He also had a career-high hitting streak, which reached 29 games. The Brooklyn Robins won the National League pennant that season.  In the World Series, they faced the Boston Red Sox, who had the formidable pitching rotation of Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard, Carl Mays, and Babe Ruth. The Red Sox won the series four games to one, holding the Robins to a .200 batting average and Wheat to a paltry .211.

During the 1917 and 1918 seasons, Wheat hit well, but missed many games due to injuries. He had tiny feet, around size 5, and this is believed to be the cause of the many nagging ankle injuries that caused to miss many games in his career. However, Wheat led the league in batting average for the only time in his career with a .335 batting average, his highest average up to that point. Despite being known as a slugger and consistently placing in the top ten in home runs, Wheat hit no home runs that season and had hit just one the season prior. Not until Rod Carew in 1972 would another player win a batting title without hitting a home run during the season.

Starting in 1919, Wheat returned to the league slugging leaders once again as the baseball began to become livelier. The Robins made their second World Series appearance in 1920, this time facing off against the Cleveland Indians. The Robins lost this series as well, 5 games to 2, although Wheat's series average was .333.  Wheat's statistics climbed during this new live era of baseball, reaching double-digit home runs for the first time with 14 in 1921, and again three more times in the next four years. Wheat hit .320 or higher every season from 1920 through 1925, topping out with .375 in consecutive seasons. He failed to lead the league in hitting those two seasons, not getting enough at bats in 1923 to qualify, and Hornsby topped the league with .384, and in 1924, his .375 was a distant second to Hornsby's .424.

A subtle but longstanding friction existed between Wheat and his manager, Wilbert Robinson. The friction reportedly stemmed from Robinson's belief that Wheat pursued the manager's job behind his back.  When owner Charles Ebbets died in 1925, new team president Ed McKeever reassigned Robinson into the front office and named Wheat as player-manager. Newspapers confirm that he managed the Dodgers for two weeks.  McKeever caught pneumonia at Ebbets' funeral, and died soon afterward, and Robinson quickly returned to the manager's position. As it turned out, Wheat never again managed in the majors, much to his disappointment. Moreover, Wheat's 1925 managerial stint never made it into the official records. In 1931, Steve McKeever, Ed's brother, hired Wheat as a coach, leading to widespread speculation that he was being groomed for the manager's spot, threatening Robinson's job for a second time in seven years, and he treated his former star as coldly as ever.

Wheat was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics after his release from Brooklyn in 1927. After the season, he was released again; this time he signed and played for the minor league Minneapolis Millers of the American Association. Wheat played very little that season due to a heel injury, and retired from playing following the season. He still holds the Dodger franchise records for hits, doubles, triples and total bases.

Career statistics
In 2,410 games over 19 seasons, Wheat posted a .317 batting average (2,884-for-9,106) with 1,289 runs, 476 doubles, 172 triples, 132 home runs, 1,248 RBI, 205 stolen bases, 650 bases on balls, .367 on-base percentage and .450 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .966 fielding percentage as a left fielder. In 12 World Series games (1916,1920), he batted .283 (13-for-46) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 3 RBI and 3 walks.

Post-career
After Wheat retired from baseball, he moved back to his  farm in Polo, Missouri, until the Great Depression forced him to sell it in 1932. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he operated a bowling alley with Cotton Tierney. Wheat later became a police officer. During his duties as an officer in 1936, he crashed his vehicle while pursuing a felon, and nearly died. Following five months in hospital after the accident, he moved his family to Sunrise Beach, Missouri, a resort town on the Lake of the Ozarks, where he opened a  hunting and fishing resort.

Wheat was first voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1957, but could not be inducted because he had not been retired for the required 30 years. The committee unanimously elected him in 1959. In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. In 2006, the stretch of Route 13 that runs through Caldwell County, Missouri was named the Zach Wheat Memorial Highway.

Due to the long-held belief about his supposed Cherokee ancestry, Wheat was featured in  "Baseball's League of Nations: A Tribute to Native Americans in Baseball", a 2008 exhibit at the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howes Cave, N.Y.

Wheat died of a heart attack on March 11, 1972.

Legacy
The American Legion Post in Sunrise Beach, Missouri, where Wheat lived following his retirement, is named "Zachariah (Zack) Davis Wheat Post 624 American Legion, Sunrise Beach, Missouri" in his honor.

See also

 List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
 List of Major League Baseball batting champions

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Say Goodbye to the Office Cubicle
The Wall Street Journal | April 2, 2013
By Ben Kesling and James R. Hagerty
The same folks who brought you the bland office cubicle are turning a profit these days by trying to kill it off.
As the nationa's economy recovers, office-furniture makers, who were hit hard by the recession, are racking up sales by persuading companies that newer office layouts can encourage collaboration and, in some cases, shrink their space requirements and costs.
Herman Miller, Inc., which helped spawn the cubicle craze more than 40 years ago, is one of the suppliers leading the charge. Its revenue has risen by nearly a third in the past two years, thanks to customers such as Microsoft Corp.
The software giant hired Herman Miller's consultants to track how space was used at some of its locations. They found, among other things, that conference rooms designed for 20 were often being used by just two or three people. So, Microsoft created more "focus" rooms -- smaller spaces where two to four people could huddle.
"Work is really getting done in smaller teams," says Martha Clarkson, Microsoft's global workplace strategist.
Postcubicle offices began to crop up in earnest about a decade ago, inspired by changes in the way people worked. They feature lower walls between desks, or even no walls, and more areas designed for conversaton, to encourage impromptu problem-solving sessions.
Many companies were intrigued by the idea, but the recession stalled the trend, sending the U.S. office-furniture industry's revenue plunging 26% in 2009, according to market researcher IBISWorld. Lately, however, the surging stock market and growing optimism about the economy have rekindled "projects that were sleeping for several years," says Franco Bianchi, chief executive of Haworth, Inc., one of the nation's biggest office-furniture makers.
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Mr. Bianchi has sought to counter some customers' lingering caution about spending by improving service and providing more design advice. He says Haworth has added around 20 employees who work with clients to create effective work environments. Closely held Haworth, which is based in Holland, Mich., says its sales have climbed 18% since 2009 to $1.31 billion in 2012.
"Ten years ago we didnt' have the resources to engage people on how they work," Mr. Bianchi says. "We were selling furniture, and now we're selling interiors."
Herman Miller is widely credited with inventing the cubicle in the 1960s, when it introduced what it called the "Action Office," a line of panels and desks that could be configured in a variety of ways.
At the time, private offices were a symbol of rank and privilege. But the new partitions, some of them six feet tall, could be arranged to provide similar privacy for rank-and-file workers, who had largely labored in open areas called "bullpens," with their desks placed in rows. In the decades that followed, cubicles became ubiquitous.
In recent years, as electronic communications supplanted paper and flat-screen monitors and laptops replaced unwieldy desktops, businesses found that workers were left with unused space. Some of them also were feeling isolated.
Younger workers were accustomed to using wireless devices in settings like coffee shops, where they could move around and chat, rather than being tethered to workstations.
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To get a better handle on worker behavior, Herman Miller has its own research arm, which relies on some high-tech tools. For example, it temporarily attaches electronic sensors to chairs in some clients' offices to determine how often they are occupied.
The research shows many cubicles are used for only a bit more than a third of the workday, and individual offices can sit empty 80% of the time.
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Last month Herman Miller reported its profit for the fiscal third quarter ended March 2 rose nearly 11% to $16.5 million as revenue increased 5.9% from a year earlier to $423.5 million. For the fiscal year ended in June 2012, the company's revenue rose 4.5% to $1.7 billion, after jumping 25% the year before.
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Q: What is the best alternative to `SELECT ..., (SELECT ... FROM ...) FROM (SELECT ... FROM (SELECT ... FROM ...))` types of constructs? I wrote this query. But, I am wondering if there is any better/professional way to rewrite this.

Find the employees who would receive bonuses in the current year. The condition for receiving bonus is, he would have to sell a specific category of product of the amount of at least $4000.

select yy.CurrentMonth, yy.ID, yy.Name, sum(yy.commission) as comm_total, sum(yy.bonus) as bonus_total
from
(select sysdate as CurrentMonth, ee.ID, ee.Name, cc.commission, (cc.commission * 25 / 100) as bonus
from employee ee,
(select e.id, pc.category_name, sum(quantity) as qty, pc.commission_rate, sum(quantity*pc.commission_rate) as commission
from sales s, product p, product_category pc, employee e
where to_char(sales_date, 'yyyy') = to_char(sysdate, 'yyyy')
and s.employee_id = e.id
and s.product_id = p.id
and p.product_category_name = pc.category_name
group by pc.category_name, e.id, pc.commission_rate
order by e.id) cc
where ee.ID = cc.id
and cc.commission >=4000
) yy
group by yy.ID, yy.Name, yy.CurrentMonth

Edit: Table schema:
  CREATE TABLE "XYZ"."EMPLOYEE"
   (    "ID" NUMBER,
    "NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
    "AREA_NUMBER" NUMBER,
    "EMP_TYPE_NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
   );
--------------------------------------------------------
--  DDL for Table PRODUCT
--------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE TABLE "XYZ"."PRODUCT"
   (    "ID" NUMBER,
    "NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
    "PRODUCT_CATEGORY_NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE)
   ) ;
--------------------------------------------------------
--  DDL for Table SALES
--------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE TABLE "XYZ"."SALES"
   (    "RECEIPT_NUMBER" NUMBER,
    "SALES_DATE" DATE,
    "QUANTITY" NUMBER,
    "PRODUCT_ID" NUMBER,
    "EMPLOYEE_ID" NUMBER
   );
--------------------------------------------------------
--  DDL for Table PRODUCT_CATEGORY
--------------------------------------------------------

  CREATE TABLE "XYZ"."PRODUCT_CATEGORY"
   (    "CATEGORY_NAME" VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
    "COMMISSION_RATE" FLOAT(126)
   )  ;

A: You can use multi step cte, use indenation, use JOIN syntax, avoid long lines, capitalize keywords, avoid ordering in subquery and so on:
WITH cte AS
(
  SELECT e.id
        ,pc.category_name
        ,pc.commission_rate
        ,SUM(quantity)                      AS qty
        ,SUM(quantity * pc.commission_rate) AS commission
  FROM sales s
  JOIN product p
    ON s.product_id = p.id
  JOIN product_category pc
    ON p.product_category_name = pc.category_name
  JOIN employee e
    ON s.employee_id = e.id
  WHERE TO_CHAR(sales_date, 'yyyy') = TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'yyyy')
  GROUP BY e.id, pc.category_name, pc.commission_rate
), cte2 AS
(
  SELECT SYSDATE AS CurrentMonth
        ,ee.ID
        ,ee.Name
        ,cc.commission
        ,(cc.commission * 25 / 100) AS bonus
  FROM cte cc
  JOIN employee ee
    ON ee.ID = cc.id
  WHERE cc.commission >= 4000
)
SELECT CurrentMonth
      ,ID
      ,Name
      ,SUM(commission) AS comm_total
      ,SUM(bonus)      AS bonus_total
FROM cte2
GROUP BY CurrentMonth, ID, Name;

A: I believe that you don't need the extra join to the employee table - you're just wanting to exclude the rows where the summed commission is < 4000, right? If so, you can easily do that in the group by query by using the having clause, e.g.:
with sum_categories as (select   e.id,
                                 e.name,
                                 pc.category_name,
                                 sum(s.quantity) as qty,
                                 pc.commission_rate,
                                 sum(s.quantity * pc.commission_rate) as commission
                        from     sales s
                                 inner join product p on (s.product_id = p.id)
                                 inner join product_category pc on (p.product_category_name = pc.category_name)
                                 inner join employee e on (s.employee_id = e.id)
                        where    trunc(sales_date, 'yyyy') = trunc(sysdate, 'yyyy')
                        group by pc.category_name,
                                 e.id,
                                 e.name,
                                 pc.commission_rate
                        having   sum (quantity * pc.commission_rate) >= 4000)
select   sysdate currentmonth, -- should this be trunc(sysdate, 'mm')?
         yy.id,
         yy.name,
         sum (yy.commission) as comm_total,
         sum (yy.commission * 25 / 100) as bonus_total
from     sum_categories yy
group by yy.id,
         yy.name;

You'll note that I changed your to_char(sales_date, 'yyyy') = to_char(sysdate, 'yyyy') into trunc(sales_date, 'yyyy') = trunc(sysdate, 'yyyy') because I prefer to keep the comparisons between the correct datatypes (you're comparing two dates, so I like to keep them as dates).

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When the team of Indonesian archaeologists stumbled upon the skeletal remains of Homo floresiensis they were sure that they were human bones. However, they had doubted that they belonged to an adult and speculated that they may be the bones of a human child.
The partial skeleton of Homo floresiensis before it was lifted (Photo: © Liang Bua Team/ARKENAS)
These doubts were dispelled after removing dirt from the teeth.
"…we were still not sure if it was a child. But after a couple of days, we were able to remove all the dirt in the teeth. All of us were very, very surprised because it was an adult human" (Thomas Sutikna, archaeologist)
The find is particularly fascinating as it predates the known existence of primitive hominins in this part of the world, casting shadows on many long-held assumptions about human evolution. Previously, it had been a commonly-held assumption that early Homo erectus left Africa, made it to China and western Indonesia, and was widespread through Asia.
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Homo Floresiensis Uncovered: The Science of 'the Hobbit'
"…with a discovery such as Homo floresiensis, it really tells us that there's a lot more out there that we just haven't found yet. And that we're likely going to continue to find more diversity, likely more species, and a more complicated evolutionary history for the species that are most closely related to us" ( Matt Tocheri, palaeoanthropologist ).
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