Sheremetyevo (SVO) Airport is located 44 km from Izmailovo Alfa Hotel. The airport has 5 terminals: Sheremetyevo B and Sheremetyevo C, Sheremetyevo D, Sheremetyevo E and Sheremetyevo F. Regular comfortable buses run between these terminals.
Domodedovo (DME) Airport is located 56 km from Izmailovo Alfa Hotel. The airport is the largest and the most promising Russian airport. It holds the leading position among Moscow area airports in terms of passenger traffic.
Vnukovo (VKO) Airport is located 48 km from Izmailovo Alfa Hotel. The airport was recently renovated and is now one of the most modern ones in Moscow.
Regardless of the airport you arrive at, you can use a car.
The minimum trip time from any airport to the Izmailovo Alfa Hotel will be 1h - 1h30. The cost depends on the destination from the airport to the venue and the class of the car.
For your comfort we would like you to use a transfer from and to any airport.
Upon the arrival at the airport or railway station the representative of the International Agency of Congress Management «МАКО» will meet you with the sigh «RADECS – 2015 Conference», first name and last name.
Arrival: You should book and pay for this service no later than 48 hours before the arrival by using your personal page during on-line registration.
Departure: You should book and pay for this service no later than 24 hours before the departure by using your personal page after the on-line registration or on the spot.
If you want to cancel your reservation you should do this without any penalties (100% refundable) at least 24 hours before the arrival or departure date.
If you cancel your reservation less than 2 hours before you will pay a penalty of 1,000 rubles for a comfort class car, 1,200 rubles for a business class.
If necessary a car of a different brand (not mentioned below) might be provided.
The class of the car will not be lower than the one you have already booked and paid for.
If you have any questions please feel free to refer to our project manager of International Agency of Congress Management «MAKO».
You can call a cab by yourself as well. Here is a list of English speaking taxi companies where you can find all prices.
Moscow, as any other metropolis, has big traffic jams, especially at peak hours (from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 5 p.m to 9 p.m.). So the duration of your trip from the airport or railway station to the Izmailovo Complex will depend on the day of the week and the arrival time.
You will spend less time if you arrive before 8 a.m and after 10 p.m during the week and before 12 a.m. on weekends. Otherwise your trip from the airport will take 2 hours 30 minutes or more.
Another way to get from the airport to the Izmailovo Alfa Hotel is to use Aeroexpress.
The fastest and the best way to get to and from the city is to take the comfortable high-speed Aeroexpress - the fast train service to the center of Moscow. http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/.The price is 450 RUB (one way) if you buy the ticket in ticket offices and ticket vending machines and 400 RUB (one way) if you buy it through electronic sales channels.
Izmailovo Alfa Hotel is one minute away from Partizanskaya Metro Station.
If you want to know more information about the Moscow metro go to http://engl.mosmetro.ru/.
Although the Moscow metro is safe and practical, the trip after a long-distance flight in the rush hour with your luggage won't make you happy.


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(In the medical literature, Hugh Calkins always confirms what Jeff Brinker wrote in 1991 http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/84/5/2213 about cardiac catheterization in general: The experience and knowledge of the performing physician are critical, as are the experience and teamwork of laboratory personnel.)
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Patient Combative
"I think I'm going to die"
Medical experiment disclosure hinges on a flawed honor system Hopkins worker death raises wider questions.
By Tom Pelton, Sun Staff, August 12, 2001
Problems at Hopkins
Dr. Greg Koski, director of the federal Office of Human Research Protections, said he doesn't know how accurate Shamoo's figures might be, but he acknowledges that the underreporting of "adverse events" could be a problem. Koski's agency recently suspended most experiments at Johns Hopkins when it found systemic problems with the review of experiments after the death June 2 of volunteer Ellen Roche.
Koski said his agency will work with the National Institute of Health and the Food and Drug Administration this fall to improve the national system for monitoring experiments and collecting and sharing reports of deaths and injuries. "It's difficult to know how much is underreported," Koski said. "Many of these adverse events are being handled at the local level, and I don't know if they are being handled in the optimal way. There is no question that there is room for improvement." Koski added, however, that federal law does not require researchers to report all injuries and deaths among study subjects to his agency.
It requires reports only of regulatory violations and health problems that are unexpected and likely a result of the treatment. The agency leaves it up to researchers and university review boards to sort through the sticky problem of separating which health problems are a product of illnesses and which are side effects of the drugs. Koski's agency, with only 45 employees, would be overwhelmed with paperwork if every research institution in the United States sent in every report of problems in the thousands of federally funded experiments across the country, said Bill Hall, a spokesman for the agency.
The number of incident reports flowing into the agency has almost tripled in recent years, rising from 100 in 1997 to 290 in 2000, with at least a third of these detailing unexpected health problems suffered by volunteers, according to the agency. The increase stems from increasing awareness of federal reporting requirements and a surging amont of medical research, Koski said. In contrast to Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland released its adverse-events numbers when asked by The Sun.
The review boards that monitor experiments at the university's medical school received 880 reports of "serious adverse events" to volunteers during more than 1,000 experiments last year. The university defines "serious adverse events" as "any untoward medical outcome occurring in the context of research" – which could include anything from vomiting to the deaths of seriously ill cancer or cardiac patients, according to school spokesman Larry Roberts.
The majority of these health problems, in 728 cases, were judged to be unrelated to the studies – for example, volunteers injured in car accidents while away from the hospital, Roberts said. The university reported only two cases to the federal agency because they were the only cases that were unexpected and probably linked to the treatment, and not to an underlying illness, Roberts said. One was a blood infection that a researcher mistakenly gave to a 24-year-old volunteer in a metabolism study.
Another was the death of a 61-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease who may have suffered a reaction to medications he was taking in a study, Roberts said. The Johns Hopkins University, unlike Maryland, refused to release information about the number of problems suffered by volunteers in its more than 2,700 experiments last year. Joann Rogers, a spokeswoman for Hopkins, said the university has no evidence of widespread problems with underreporting.
"We are looking to see if there are systemic problems," Rogers said. "If there are, we are going to do whatever it takes to change that." Shamoo and others complain that self-policing invites a lack of candor. "It's an honor system," said Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Bioethics Program. "Many adverse events do not get reported because doctors and researchers don't like to think about themselves causing harm. So if there's something else to blame it on, like an illness, they will."
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/Detail.CFM?MDRFOI__ID=623585
(Notes: 2003 calkins sez 80% success rate. Check this put real figures after the graph.
Consent Forms:
Accepting the fact that Pam signed a standard consent form in the stressful moments before the procedure, the form contains no such language as is offered at other hospitals:
I authorize Dr. ____________, and such physicians in training and assistants as (s)he may select, to treat my condition… I UNDERSTAND THAT PHYSICIANS IN TRAINING MAY PERFORM PORTIONS OF THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED BELOW …" (Emphasis Original) University of Virgina Health System.
Contrary to professional guidelines, the form at Hopkins makes no mention of the specific involvement of a trainee in the procedure. A barely legible scrawl of the word "staff" can hardly be considered full, comprehensive and specific material information.
I hereby give my consent and authorize Doctor ___Calkins/staff____of the Johns Hopkins Hospital to perform the following operation or other procedure: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TESTING AND ABLATION
One could be forgiven for thinking that since the person who proposed and explained the procedure was Hugh Calkins, and that Hugh Calkins made clear that operator experience is essential to minimize risks and insure success, and that Hugh Calkins made clear that he – Hugh Calkins – was just the experienced professional operator needed in this situation, well one could be forgiven for making the ordinary assumption that /staff meant nurses and technicians and the like.
"A perfunctory, signing of a consent form elicits mere passive assent, not active consent. It neither enhances patient understanding nor helps the patient take responsibility for his or her choices. There is a substantial consensus in our society that it is unethical to impose risks on people without their consent." – Dr. Harold J. Bursztajn, Associate Clinical Professor and Co-Director, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Harvard Medical School.
"Few Decisions bespeak greater trust and confidence than the decision of the patient to proceed with surgery. Implicit in that decision is a willingness of the patient to put his life or her life in the hands of a known and trusted medical doctor… the doctor who, without the consent of the patient, permits another surgeon to operate violates not only a fundamental tenet of the medical profession, but also a legal obligation." Supreme Court of New Jersey 92 N.J. at 463-465, 457 A.2d at 440-441.
"Hugh Calkins, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, has disclosed that he has served as a consultant to ProRhythm, Ablation Frontiers, CryoCor, and Biosense Webster. Dr. Calkins has also disclosed that he has served as a speaker for Biosense Webster and Reliant" http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/7535_authors
"Uh… You Weren't There That Day"
Risk Management: "You'll Get Nothing!"
The Wilmer Eye Center on Scratched Corneas: "Oh, we see a lot of that in the ICU."
http://www.theheart.org/article/546039.do
Here is some mind-bending logic:
Experts say time has come for AF ablation RCTs: "Only thing missing is the data"
"We're missing a lot of things at this point," Dr Hugh Calkins (Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD) told heartwire. "Everything is based on, 'This is how I think my patients are doing.' If history holds true, the results are always worse when the procedure is held up to a multicenter, rigorous study, where you prospectively define the complications and evaluate. We need better data on the true efficacy and safety of the procedure in patients selected as part of a multicenter study in a rigorous, prospective fashion."
Dr Andrea Natale, medical director for the Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the Cleveland Clinic, told heartwire that the center performs five to six AF ablations every day and that the waiting list extends from anywhere between four and nine months. Smaller centers perform fewer procedures, and their success and complication rates vary, he noted.
"Atrial fibrillation ablation is technically very challenging," he said. "This is the deterrent for less skilled hands in embracing the procedure."
st 31, 2005 Michael n
Calkins predicts that there is probably a two- to five-year horizon before ablation of AF is a primary therapy. "Some doctors are pretty enthusiastic about ablation as a primary therapy, but they're only enthusiastic until a patient has a stroke or some type of devastating consequence. Then the enthusiasm tends to go down a little bit," he notes.
Kim,
Were you ever able to pin that lying little weasel Hugh Calkins down about his complication rate?
Dan Walter wrote:
Kim Young wrote:
Thank you for your comments about an article on Cardiosource by Dr. Hugh
Calkins, Atrial Fibrillation: Drugs or Ablation. From your coments, it seems as
though your issue is with Dr. Calkins, and I recommend that you get in touch
with him directly. We are, however, seeking to get clarification of the
statement in question and will modify the paragraph accordingly. In the
paragraph above the one quoted by you (see below) Dr. Calkins states that the
complication rate for the procedure is 6%. This is clearly inconsistent with
his next comment of "one-in-a-thousand". We will ask Dr. Calkins to clarify
this inconsistency for us , and correct it on the site.
Kim Young
Senior Editor, Cardiosource
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/the-growing-disconnect-between-doctors-and-patients/
July 2nd,
Dear Dan, (79);
I apologize for mischaracterizing your quotation of the ACC guideline in your original comment (79). After reading your post, I assumed you were referring to the guidelines as pertaining to EP clinical research. After reading your account of your wife's ordeal, I understand that your quote sums up your point beautifully. There is a small but increasingly vocal movement in EP and interventional cardiology which calls for restraint and reason in practice, particularly in a field where technologic advancement is so rapid.
There is also an ever present paradox in procedure-driven fields which require intense training at well known academic centers; both the patients and the trainees go there for access to high profile practitioners. Institutions and physicians must constantly balance the care of the patient with the training of the next great, for example, electrophysiologist. As a result, all patients at these centers need to know, that 1)trainees may be involved in their care; and 2) theyhave a right to limit a trainee's involvement if they choose.
The best situation is when the trainee/fellow is involved all aspects of care-the consult, the office visit, the consent, and the follow up. It is always better to get to know the family as well-after all, this is what the the rest of their career will be like.
When you get to know a patient, you tend to think of them ('how can I reduce this person's risk and make their life better?') before yourself ('what new technique can I try out on this patient today?'). I am convinced that this approach has led me to choose wisely, and has saved more than couple patients from complications.
— Posted by Mike (84, 85)
July 1st,
Dan Walter (79) brings up an interesting point. I happen to be a "research doctor" and Electrophysiogist (a Cardiologist who studies the electrical properties of the heart).
I agree that there is intellectual and ethical tension inherent in clinical and basic science research. On one hand, patients have a right to get care which is shown to be efficacious and safe. The entire concept of research has evolved because in the not-so distant past, treatments were based on "good ideas" rather than solid evidence. On the other hand, in order to demonstrate clinical efficacy, one needs to perform clinical research.
There is no doubt that some researchers become so invested in their trials that they lose sight of the best interest of the individual patient. This is unacceptable. I personally meet with each patient enrolled in the study, assure them that there are alternatives to my research, and let hem know that they are entitled to receive the standard of care treatment without exception if they wish.
However, the excerpt you quote from the ACC/AHA guidelines misses your point entirely, and is out of context. The quoted text refers to an ongoing debate regarding education, not clinical research. The admonition is akin to reminding conservatory students that it is the music, not the recording technology, that makes their calling special.
Further, the author of the quote, a well known "research" physician" in a Boston "research hospital," is famous for putting the individual patient above all else.
We cannot provide patients with the care they deserve and demand without responsible clinical research.
— Posted by Mike
Dear Dan (79),
I just read your touching account of your wife's ordeal. You have effectively captured an aspect of interventional cardiology and critical care medicine which we all wish did not exist. My heart goes out to you and your family, and you are in my prayers.
My only hope is that the "lesson learned" by myself and my interventional minded colleagues is not just one of technique, but one of humility and honesty; we all (surgeons, physicians, and someties patients) tend to minimize, and sometimes forget completely, the audacity of what we are trying to do: namely, stop or alter completely a biologic process which has been evolving at least as long as we have been. When you think about it, we should be suprised that it works at all. We definitely have a long way to go.
Again, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Dear Mike (#84)
Thanks for your comments on my story. It is very important to me that I get it right and I am curious to know more about your feelings on the AHA/ACC quote about EP technology:
"… Although it is exciting, it should be kept in mind that the technology facilitates the application of those fundamental principles of Electrophysiology only for the benefit of arrhythmia patients."
I do not think I am misreading this. It appears to me to be a caution to physicians that although this new technology (enhanced catheter ablation techniques for AFIB) is fascinating – don't forget that is being developed for the good of the patient. The fact that "the author of the quote… is famous for putting the individual patient above all else." would seem support my interpretation. Im not sure I understand the music analogy – aside from as it applies to patient safety.
I would really appreciate your thoughts.
— Posted by Dan Walter
y 2nd,
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Tate Stillwell says:
Pam's story sounds very similar to my third ablation done at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN. I thought that I was going to the "best facility" with the best Dcotors available, if it was good enough for the kings and Presidents, it must be the best.
Being that this was my third attempt at ablation, I requested and thought I was assured of the most senior EP. I too was given the consent after initial sedation, back in the anti room prior to ablation.
My wife met a very nice woman while waiting for my ablation. It seems she and her husband flew in from Arizona on a "rush" basis being referred by a DR. at Mayo's Arizona facility. My wife still had no clue that there might be a problem in being assured of the Doctor we had requested to perform the procedure.
After what seemed like an eternity, a Dr. we had never met nor knew of came in saying he had good news and bad news! He felt they had erradicated all the errant signals but that when they started to remove the catheters,one had punctured his ventricle and they were taking him to ICU. My wife was in schock.
While waiting in the ICU waiting area she overheard another family being told that during pacemaker placement, there had been a problem, also making her feel even more fearful of what kind of care was I receiving.
After another couple of hours, My wife had about had it and luckily my daughter was with her, she asked her to ask the nurse how much longer before we could see me, and if it wasn't soon my wife was about to make a scene. I was very lucky to have survived with no permanent damage, that we know of. I went on to have a Cox maze in 2005 and feel better than I have in years. only wish I had done it a lot sooner, even though it is major surgery, there is less risk than with ablation.
Having read a shorter version of Pam's experience on affibers.org, you have my best wishes for the best possible outcome, only sorry you did not have better luck with your court case. Where is the justice?

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Ice Cream Cups 101: Sizes, Printing Options, Pricing And More
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Home — Work — Teach for America, San Francisco
Developing space as a business tool to attract and retain talent
Teach for America,
TFA's San Francisco location is used as a key tool to attract and retain the company's valued employees. M Moser successfully converted a former industrial space – consisting of mixed concrete and wood framing – into a modern and inviting workspace. Environmental graphics showcase TFA's mission and values throughout the space. Training rooms, an all-hands area, collaboration zones and a large café support TFA's energetic, mobile and highly collaborative workforce.
Supporting present and future growth
M Moser has developed a strategic program and defined building criteria for Teach for America at locations across the US - including New York, Houston, Dallas, Washington DC and San Francisco. Discovery activities were conducted, including interviews with TFA's executive leadership team, to gain a comprehensive understanding of TFA's mission and considerations for their future workplace. These elements were at the center of every conversation and resulted in a statement of requirement, including guiding themes and principles.
Area 24,000 sq-ft
Completion date 2015
Location San Francisco, CA
Photographer Eric Laignel
Strategy Design Thinking Interior Design Environmental Branding Project Leadership
A "living lab" to innovate future workplaces
M Moser Associates, New York
Promoting diversity and innovation in a state-of-the-art mega-campus
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We are Tim and Misty at ChunkiChilli and this is our own exclusive range of organic cotton puppets and soft toys. All of the toys and puppets are hand knitted in certified organic cotton and padded with Oeko-Tex certified stuffing.
We designed these toys ourselves, intending them as a special gift that speaks volumes and spans the generations. Children love them, but we also know quite a few adults who collect them avidly.
ChunkiChilli has been in existence for nearly a decade already. We have always liked vivid colours, and then we discovered colourful organics in a big way after our own children were born. Toys inevitably find their way into small children's mouths. We could never be sure what was in the toys we were giving to our children, so we decided to produce a range of toys that we knew for sure would do them no harm.
The range includes elephants, rabbits, monkeys, pigs, lions, tigers, mice and pandas, all bursting with character. The designs fit loosely with the theme of a trip to the seaside. You'll find pirates, hula hula dancers, and some rather elegant lady rabbits.
Items ordered before midday on Wednesday 21st December will arrive in time for Christmas. Items ordered by express delivery before midday on Thursday 22nd December will arrive in time for Christmas.


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Tomorrow, there is going to be another big phone release by _HTC or Samsung or Motorola or Sony Ericsson or LG or ZTE or Acer or Lenovo or Google.._

And it is going to be dubbed the iPhone killer, again.

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> The more Android handsets there are, the more fragmented is the ecosystem, the _better_ it is for iPhone.

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After 8 months of study, experimentation with different styles, and practicing yoga together I am pleased to certify six beautiful ladies as Yoga Instructors. The emphasis in the course has been the techniques of the Krishnamacharya lineage which includes rigorous Ashtanga Vinyasa, precise Iyengar techniques, and therapeutic Viniyoga methods. I feel confident that the newly certified Yoga Teachers will have the knowledge to use yoga in ways that will be beneficial to many students by addressing the needs of their students. By meeting the qualifications of the Yoga Alliance, the new instructors can be certified as RYT's (Registered Yoga Teachers). Please enjoy the photos of our graduation ceremonies and festivities. You can click on the images for a larger view.
Artist Laura Rogan gifted the graduates with beautiful henna tattoos.
Kirtan (devotional music) performer, Thierry, performed on sitar and harmonium, leading the group in devotional chanting.
Please enjoy these new instructors as they offer classes through out San Diego.
On a cold December afternoon (yes, even in San Diego there is winter!) our Teacher Training group met to complete their course work with a final exam. In order to become registered as a Yoga Instructor through Yoga Alliance, there is a specific syllabus involving practical, theoretical, and philosophical criteria. In the past 7 months our group has logged 200 hours of training in the teaching of asana as fitness and therapy, in studying the necessary philosophical and theoretical foundations of yoga, and participating in related studies such as Ayurveda and Anatomy.
The photos show the practical teaching portion as well as the written Q&A and essay examinations. I am happy to report that all the candidates did exceptionally well in their exams! Please excuse the poor lighting in the photos. Stay tuned for graduation!


The Bishkek - Naryn - Torugart Road - Project 3 (BNT3) is an Asian Development Bank financed Project to upgrade the road from Km479 up to the People's Republic of China (PRC) border at Km539. The alignment passes through the Karatal-Japaryk State Nature Reserve (KJSNR)1 from Km501 to the border control holding area at Km531. The KJSNR contains Lake Chater Kul; a recognized RAMSAR site. The special importance of Lake Chatyr Kul designates the project as Category A - Environmental, in the ADB project ranking system2. This six monthly Environmental Monitoring Report is the sixth for the Project, covering the first half of the 2016 construction season.


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9 May 2021updated 22 Jul 2021 6:13am
Keir Starmer's sacking of Angela Rayner has plunged Labour into an avoidable crisis
The party's election victories have been overshadowed by anger and confusion at Rayner's sacking.
By Ailbhe Rea
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer leaves his home on May 8, 2021 in London. (Photo By Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
A Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle will take place today, a source confirms, following a night of high drama and chaos in the party after Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, was sacked as party chair following the defeat in the Hartlepool by-election and other disappointing local council results in England.
Rayner was the election coordinator, but last night outraged colleagues from across the party insisted she was not responsible for key decisions in relation to that by-election defeat, instead pointing the finger at the Labour leader's office. One source suggests that Starmer also blames Rayner for hostile briefings against his staff, a report corroborated in the Sunday Times.
The top story today plainly should not be "Labour Party in crisis", and it is something of a strategic failure that it is. Hartlepool set the tone for these results (which may be why there is so much internal wrangling within Labour over who chose the by-election date) but it does not tell the full story, and nor does Labour's loss of councils such as Durham, Dudley and Harlow.
This was a set of elections that rewarded incumbents, whether the Conservatives in England, the SNP in Scotland or Labour in Wales. Labour in England could have emphasised the incumbency effect and emphasised the much more mixed results that followed. But while the party retained the London mayoralty and won the Cambridgeshire mayoralty from the Conservatives, that news was drowned out by anger and confusion at Rayner's sacking, a move that has alienated back-bench MPs and shadow cabinet members alike, while reinforcing a narrative of Labour in turmoil.
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And that's before you consider that Nicola Sturgeon's SNP has secured a fourth consecutive term in office and a pro-independence majority with the Greens. The biggest news this morning should easily be the fallout from that victory and the UK government's response to her stated intention to pass legislation for an independence referendum. This is a difficult story for Boris Johnson, yet Labour is competing with it for attention on this morning's front pages.
The decision to sack Rayner last night has plunged Labour into a crisis it didn't need to be in. The decisions that Starmer is making in the wake of these results are deeply revealing of his strengths and weaknesses as a leader and as an operator. There'll be much more on that, on the unfolding story in Scotland, and more analysis of all the election results on the New Statesman website all day today.
Ailbhe Rea
@PronouncedAlva
Ailbhe Rea is political correspondent at the New Statesman.
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Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the 8th World Water Forum, Brasilia, Brazil 2018.03.18-23
Rivers and water security
Water is life. Without water there can be no life. The world's freshwater supplies, unfortunately, are under threat. Water stress is increasing in many parts of the world. Aquifers are depleted faster than they are replenished. The growth of the world's population will increase demand for water by 55% by the year 2050, placing even further strain on freshwater reserves.
Rivers are the arteries of the earth. Seen from above, the earth's creeks, lakes, rivers and wetlands form natural networks which sustain nature. Rivers and lakes account for 90% of the world's freshwater stocks.
Rivers have been the cradles of human civilization from time immemorial. The earliest civilizations were nurtured along the banks of rivers – including the Euphrates, the Indus, the Nile and Yellow rivers. Rivers remain vital today. Rivers will be essential for all eternity.
Rivers are indispensable to human well¬-being. The waters of rivers are used for cooking, drinking, fishing, recreation, transportation and washing. Rivers also provide water for irrigation for farming, mining, manufacturing and other economic activities.
Rivers are important for the security of states. Half of the world's peoples live in countries, like Guyana and Brazil, which share river boundaries. The management of transboundary watercourses must promote cooperation and collaboration rather than confrontation and conflict.
Rivers must be protected from pollution, including that caused by environmental degradation and the discharge of effluent from industry, mining and agriculture. River pollution impacts adversely on water quality, on health and the economic and social well-being of citizens.
The protection of the sources of the world's freshwater sources is essential to ensuring:
– citizens' entitlement to water;
– communities' access to safe and sanitary water; and
– countries' and the continent's water security;
The word Guyana – the name of my own country – is derived from the Amerindian expression meaning 'land of many waters'. I feel proud to be here to speak to you from the land of waters.
Guyana, a small state, is part of the Guiana Shield – an area spread over 2.7 million km2 – making it bigger than Greenland. The 'Shield' is a zone which encompasses parts of Brazil, Colombia and all of French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and parts of Venezuela. The 'Shield', described as the "lungs of the Earth" and the "greenhouse of the world" is a global resource because of the environmental services it provides.
The 'Shield' is vital to global water security because it contains 15% of the world's freshwater resources. The rivers of the Guiana Shield discharge an average of 2,792 km3 (cubic kilometers) of water annually, with one of the highest specific discharge rates for a zone of that size.
The adverse effects of climate change – droughts, flooding, rising sea levels and extreme weather events – are exacerbating water quality and environmental security. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has forecasted that climate change will result in reduced surface and ground water in most sub-tropical regions.
The protection of the world's freshwater sources, therefore, is essential to global water security. This World Water Forum is encouraged to continue to introduce initiatives to protect these resources, particularly the rivers of the Guiana Shield.
The 8th World Water Forum coincides with World Water Day – 22nd March 2018. World Water Day reminds us of our shared responsibility to protect the earth's water resources.
Guyana, therefore, calls on this World Water Forum to take action to protect and preserve the Guiana Shield as a vital source of the world's freshwater reserves. We recommend to this the Forum, a three-point action agenda to enhance:
– Commitment to pay continuous attention and unceasing action, not only to occasional conferences;
– Collaboration among states, especially neighbours which share the waters of rivers; and
– Conservation of water resources and the protection of the environment everywhere in order to maintain the integrity of the earth's rivers and lakes.
At stake is nothing less than humanity itself. The Cooperative Republic of Guyana wishes every success to the 8th World Water Forum.
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/*
Solution to the "EvenTree" challenge by HackerRank:
https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/even-tree
Written on 07-12-2016 in C++14
by simba (szczerbiakadam@gmail.com)
License: MIT
*/

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

const int MAX_NODES_COUNT = 100;
const int UNINITIALIZED = -1;

// Represents a node in a tree.
class Node
{
 public:
  Node() : _visited(false), _volume(UNINITIALIZED) {}

 public:
  int _volume; // tells how many edges are in a subtree rooted in this node.
  bool _visited;
  std::vector<int> _neighbors;
};

static Node nodes[MAX_NODES_COUNT + 1];

// Marks every node in the entire tree as an un-visited one.
void unvisit(int treeSize)
{
  for(int n = 1; n <= treeSize; ++n)
  {
    nodes[n]._visited = false;
  }
}

int get_subtree_volume(int nodeIndex)
{
  // currying:
  if(nodes[nodeIndex]._volume != UNINITIALIZED)
  {
    return nodes[nodeIndex]._volume;
  }

  // marks this node as already visited:
  nodes[nodeIndex]._visited = true;

  // the subtree consisting of this node itself has the volume of 1.
  nodes[nodeIndex]._volume = 1;

  // but if there are unvisited neighbor nodes, their volumes need to be added:
  for(int n = 0; n < nodes[nodeIndex]._neighbors.size(); ++n)
  {
    int neighbor = nodes[nodeIndex]._neighbors[n];
    if(!nodes[neighbor]._visited)
    {
      nodes[nodeIndex]._volume += get_subtree_volume(neighbor);
    }
  }

  // finally, returns the volume of the subtree rooted in nodeIndex:
  return nodes[nodeIndex]._volume;
}

int get_removable_edges_count(int rootNode, int treeSize)
{
  int ans = 0;
  for(int n = 1; n <= treeSize; ++n)
  {
    if(n != rootNode)
    {
      if ((nodes[n]._volume > 0) && (nodes[n]._volume % 2 == 0))
      {
        // This node may be disconnected from the parent tree:
        ans += 1;
      }
    }
  }

  return ans;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  int nodesCount, edgesCount;
  std::cin >> nodesCount >> edgesCount;

  // Reads in the two nodes' indices that share an edge, constructing a tree:
  for(int e = 0; e < edgesCount; ++e)
  {
    int a, b;
    std::cin >> a >> b;
    nodes[a]._neighbors.push_back(b);
    nodes[b]._neighbors.push_back(a);
  }

  // The tree is rooted in node 1, but anyway, it's a tree, any index could
  // be used.
  // 1 is always guaranteed to exist, though, so it will be used anyway.
  unvisit(nodesCount);
  get_subtree_volume(1);

  unvisit(nodesCount);
  int ans = get_removable_edges_count(1, nodesCount);
  std::cout << ans << std::endl;

  return 0;
}


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FOUNDATION_EXPORT double Pods_BugReporter_ExampleVersionNumber;
FOUNDATION_EXPORT const unsigned char Pods_BugReporter_ExampleVersionString[];


3D Hubs is the most autonomous Manufacturing platform out there. We've built great manufacturability tools into our 3D File viewer to predict any manufacturing issues with your specific design. This feedback will help you decide which technology to use and how to adjust your file in case of an error.
Your system says my part isn't printable, what does this mean? Can I still proceed with the order?
Our Manufacturability analysis will either indicate which technology is best for your project, or which part(s) of your model need improving in order for you to get the best outcome for your design and to proceed with the order.
My file's dimensions are wrong after uploading them, how come?
The 3D Hubs portal is interpreting every file as if it is exported in millimeters. Exporting it in your software with different settings would cause the 3D Hubs to misinterpret the size of your file.
A feature to toggle between the exported dimensions is coming out soon.
My file is too large to upload, how can I get my quote?
Generally 3D printed models over 128 MB consist of millions of polygons, which often means the design contains polygons that usually have no influence of the 3D printed end-result (unless your 3D model is highly detailed, like for example a character model that shows every wrinkle and pore). Hard surface designs generally do not surpass 50.000 polygons, which is far below the 128 MB file-size.
The CAD Files (such as .STEP or .IGES or similar) generally should never exceed this size limit if they include a single part. Assembly files are generally not accepted, so please make sure to upload all the parts as separate CAD files.
My part needs to be manufactured in a specific orientation, how can I communicate this?
For 3D printing, orienting your parts differently can make a specific side of your model look cleaner or achieve better suited mechanical properties for your application.
3D Hubs offers a tool to indicate the 'cosmetic' side of your model, which you want to remain untouched with support material. This information will be sent to the supplier and they will do their best to avoid any production marks on the indicated part of the model.
For now, this feature is only available for SLA (Resin) orders.


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Q: Trouble with understanding proof of showing $S^2$ and $S^2/D$ are equidecomposable -Banach-Tarski paradox In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%E2%80%93Tarski_paradox#Some_details.2C_fleshed_out paragraph 2, it seems to imply that we need all the $\rho^n(D)$ to be disjoint from each other but I can't understand why. It seems to me that it's only important to show that $D$ is disjoint from the rest of the $\rho^n(D)$. This is because I thought that the reason they need to be disjoint is to make sure that $\rho(\bar{D}) \cup (S^2/\bar{D}) = S^2/D$ which is only the case if D is disjoint from the rest of the $\rho^n(D)$.
Could someone explain why all the $\rho^n(D)$ need to be disjoint?

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