The Dare County Regional Airport on the north end of Roanoke Island, where OBX Airplanes operates its air tours, has a very rich history dating back to before World War II. There is small but detailed museum dedicated to the history of the airport located inside the west end of the main terminal building. On display inside the museum's two rooms are photographs, documents, uniforms, models and artifacts that bring to life the airport's storied past.
The Wright Brothers may be the most famous aviators to have flown in Dare County, but their fame does not mean we should overlook the brave pilots that flew out of Manteo during World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Navy realized it needed an air base near Cape Hatteras and considered building one on the Cape itself. However, Dare County had already begun construction of a publicly owned airport on the north end of Roanoke Island, so the Navy decided to make this their base of operations.
On July 27, 1941 a mass flight of Civil Air Patrol aircraft from all over North Carolina descended on Roanoke Island. Historically, Civil Air Patrol Units were comprised of private citizens and private aircraft from all over the Country, but not the Civil Air Patrol based in Manteo. 95% of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Base 16's pilots came from North Carolina.
The mission of CAP Base 16 was to patrol the waters off the Outer Banks looking for wrecks and the German U-boats that were harassing U.S. Convoys. It was a dangerous job. The single engine planes flew twenty to forty miles offshore, often in hazardous weather conditions and with spotty radio contact. Two pilots from the Manteo base were lost in action while serving their country.
The Navy transitioned the CAP Base to a Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) and officially commissioned it on March 3, 1943. NAAS Manteo was used for the special training of squadrons. Some of the aircraft that flew out of Manteo where F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, SB2C Helldivers, TBM and TBF Avengers, PBY Catalinas and F4U Corsairs.
The "Jolly Rogers" or "Blackburn's Irregulars" had been training in Norfolk, but their hellraising antics caused them to be transferred to a less populated area. According to Tom Blackburn's memoir, the last straw was either Ensign Burris holding a low-level dogfight with a P51 over residential Norfolk or Ensign running a truck off the highway while playing chicken in his inverted F4U. In Manteo, however, the squadron was able to continue with its unorthodox method of training without drawing the attention Norfolk brass.
A local aviator was among the members of Blackburn's "Jolly Rogers" and was one of the squadron's top pilots. "One of Dare County's own, Lt. Sheldon R. 'Ray' Beacham of Kitty Hawk, was a pilot with VF17. He was credited with their first victory" (https://www.darenc.com/departments/airport/museum).
The Ready Room: Ondongo, 15 November 1943. From left to right, Schub, Davenport, Chasnoff, March, Kepford, Blackburn, Wharton (kneeling), Kurlander (kneeling), Streig, Hogan.
J.D. "Dave" Driskill was the local barnstormer of the Outer Banks in the 1920s and 1930s, but he went on to become known as one of the better accomplished of America's aviation pioneers. He was a test pilot and the first licensed helicopter pilot in the country. Dave was integral in the foundation of the Dare County Regional Airport and served as its first manager from 1946 to 1949.
In 1936, the National Park Service acquired its first aircraft, a 1928 Fairchild FC-2W2. Dave Driskill was its pilot. At the time, the park service had several remote Civilian Conservation Corps camps along the Outer Banks that were used for staging dune stabilization projects. Dave and the FC-2W2 provided the Park Service with a reliable means of transporting personnel, mail, and supplies to and from the scattered camps.
During World War II Driskill went to work as a test pilot for Kellet Aircraft Company. After the War he returned to Manteo and was responsible for the revival of aviation on the Outer Banks. It is said that "The Wright Brothers brought aviation to the world, but Dave Driskill brought aviation to the Outer Banks." (https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2008/09/national-park-services-first-plane-was-1928-fairchild-fc-2w2).
Sadly, On October 3, 1949, Driskill was killed while testing the XR-10 helicopter near Philadelphia. There is a pictorial history of Dave Driskill's career in the Ready Room of the Dare County Regional Airport.
The museum at the Dare County Regional Airport is often overlooked by visitors but is worth the time to check out. The airport terminal is located less than a quarter mile from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. Stop by next time you're in Manteo…and while you're at it, consider booking an air tour with OBX Airplanes for the ultimate adventure on the Outer Banks.
OBX Airplanes has added a true classic to our fleet of aircraft. The WACO YMF-5C marries the beauty, adventure and romance of the 1930s Golden Era biplane with the modern safety and technology of an FAA certified aircraft.
Originally built in 1934 by WACO Aircraft Company in Troy, Ohio, the Waco F series represents the aesthetic and performance pinnacle of the open cockpit sport biplane. The company (originally Weaver Aircraft Company) was founded in 1920 by barnstorming pilots Charles "Charley" William Meyers and George "Buck" Weaver and businessmen Clayton J. "Clayt" Brukner and Elwood "Sam" Junkin. The popularity of the WACO biplane quickly took off. By 1927 more than 40 percent of personal aircrafts in the U.S. were WACOs. During World War II WACO shifted its prodution to military aircraft including the CG4-A troop-carrying gliders, but as a result of a post-war general aviation bust the company halted production in 1946.
In the words of the new WACO Aircraft Corporation: "To accomplish this mission, Classic hired experienced engineering talent from Piper, Taylorcraft and Ford. While maintaining the sanctity of WACO's original masterful design, this team of proven professionals modernized the aircraft with more than 300 engineering changes, redesigning over 1400 drawings and building new tooling for production.
There is no experience quite like flying in a WACO open cockpit Biplane above the coast of the Outer Banks; it is the ultimate Outer Banks adventure. The sound of the Jacobs R-755 Radial Engine, the wind on your face, the smell of the salt air, the view of the beaches, bridges, lighthouses and shipwrecks between glossy red wings… our Biplane Tour truly is an experience of a lifetime!


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The Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., is the May winner of APME's Innovator of the Month contest. The paper is honored for its social media integration into reader contests.
APME's Innovator of the Year, now in its fifth year, is expanding in 2011 by naming an innovation of the month.
"The Statesman Journal in Salem launched online-only voting for its annual Best of Mid-Valley contest three years ago. This is a revenue-generating digital project that can quickly grow reader engagement and traffic for all sites. Online users nominate entries in numerous categories and then are allowed to vote once daily during the contest period.
"This year, Best of Mid-Valley saw record growth in digital traffic, thanks to exclusive early voting through Facebook, hundreds of tweets during the contest period and the launch of a mobile Best of Mid-Valley that integrates Foursquare.
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Emma in Bromley: The health visitor visit.
I've been in a bit of a spin thinking about this post and if I should publish it. I was left feeling upset by my recent Health Visitor's visit - I've tried to just forget it, but I want to know a little more!
We live in Bromley but on the lewisham border - literally the first road classed at Lewisham, recently we had to change GP's as we were no longer in the catchment area for our preferred GP - who hubby had been with for 30 years and I had built up a level of trust and been through two pregnancies with.
We now fall under Lewisham health care even though we are in Bromley.
I received a letter to say that as we were new to the GP's, Blake needs his 2.5 year check and Meg her 9-12month check, they would be doing a home visit.
Now I've never heard of home visits after the newborn checks so must be something just Lewisham NHS do.
Maegan was having a nap, so Blake had his development check first. Blake is bright, he's known numbers up to 10 since he was 18months, can now count to 20, knows his ABC's, that his name starts with B and is a general chatterbox and excellent story teller, one of the things I'm proud of - naming a large number of dinosaurs! - the Health Visitor recommended that Blake needs help with his speech and we should take him to see the drop in speech therapist! My reply was that we do lots of phonics exercises and reading and I'm confident in his speech. Is it common practice to refer all children to a speech therapist? Or has my son got a genuine problem that I can't see? Love is blind and all that.
I'm a little concerned by Blake's current fussy eating but not too worried as his weight is still on the 50th and he's a very happy healthy little boy and almost all nearly 3 year olds go through this stage. She advised vitamin drops - I explained that I would try them as a last resort but I believe in teaching a balanced diet rather than artificial supplements. - she really didn't want to let it go, and repeated that she strongly advises vitamins - that she's seen a number of children in my neighbourhood with rickets! My reply was that we are an outdoor family and I feel the sun provides us with vitamin D and I asked if my son was displaying symptoms of rickets - which of course he isn't.
Is the standard advice really to give artificial vitamin supplements to our children, rather than practicing a good healthy nutritionally balanced lifestyle and regardless of need?
She also advised me that Blake needs another MMR jab as in lewisham they do an extra one "just incase the previous ones fail!"
Anyone else advised to have an extra MMR? there also seems to be conflict over the age of having the MMR2 Preschooler booster.
When it was Maegan's turn, I was advised to give her the BCG - as we live in a neighbourhood with a "high number of infected immigrants!" but they don't give it to Blake! So I can protect one child but not the other!
BCG jabs for under ones only?
She also, and again, not willing to drop it - advised I give vitamin drops to Maegan too!
Maegan was exclusively breastfed until 5.5months and then we went down the baby led weaning route. She still has BF's from me and I plan to do this as long as I can or up to 18 months.
Firstly, they don't advise extended breastfeeding as "it doesn't provide adequate nutrition" and that she recommended introducing a formula, growing up milk!
Since when have they started advising formula over boobie milk? I've never heard of that one before! - she even wrote in Maegan's book that she has formula when she doesn't at all! - I've noted in the book that she's BF.
And they also don't advise BLW I need to make sure I give her lots of textured purees! Maegan has a fantastic sense of adventure when it comes to food and where I can, I buy organic. Now, I'm a fan of BLW even though I know it's not the advised program , I'd recommend it but I also know that BLW doesn't suit every baby and every parent. Surely, if BLW is clearly working - you wouldn't expect to be advised to switch at 11months?
The discussion moved to dental care - where I explained that we see a family dentist together and Blake's last check up was only a month ago with no concerns. I have a few missing teeth - this is from a genetic issue and nothing at all to do with dental hygiene - I can't help but think this was an assumption the Health Visitor made as she asked my son to show her his teeth and went on to say that she would advise switching from the children's tooth paste my dentist is happy with to an adult toothpaste for both children! This is because lewisham has a high rate of tooth decay in children! My children are being judged here purely on their neighbourhood and not their actual dental routine!
Is this a new standard to advise adult toothpaste for babies and toddlers? Even if only a month ago my dentist was happy with my children's oral hygiene?
She looked around the living room and said we should revisit our home safety needs and went on to start asking about the rest of the family. She said she was compiling a brief family tree for their records- when I asked what it was for, I was told that it was for if Social services were ever needed - if I was in "an accident ... or something!"
Anyone else have a health visitor compile a family tree for if social services are needed?
This did not sit well with me, especially after being told to revisit my home safety needs! Was she implying something?
Other points of the meeting included discussing domestic violence which I know are discussed with other health visitors too and she also asked if I was up to date with my smear tests - I'm not sure why but this is something which everyone needs to ask! - right down to the GP's receptionist! While I appreciate the importance of smear tests, I don't see what they have to do with my baby and toddler's development checks and I also believe that a woman should have the right to chose if she does or doesn't partake in having them without being judged.
She also informed me that they have a drop in sexual health clinic - in which I find that an extremely offensive comment given that we had already discussed I have been married for almost 5 years.
Although I found her to be a pleasant and professional health visitor, I couldn't help but feel disappointed and judged by the visit - even though I'm sure she was just following guidelines.
Are the guidelines so rigid they take over common sense?
Is there an assumption, and that I conform based purely on the area I live in and not actually on my home and family?
Has anyone else come across this situation or blogged about their Health Visitor?
Funnily enough when we moved back to Bromley, I was told that the health visitor would come for a home visit (Kit was 16 months) after her cancelling it twice she said that I should pop into the drop-in instead. I was also told that because we were in Bromley we needed a second MMR jab which he hadn't got because Sussex don't do them. We had a leaflet come through the post for me to assess Kit's progress for his 2.5yrs (which I still have sitting in my bag to post actually - but they haven't chased it 6 months on!). Apart from when I got a call to check that Kit was ok after burning his arm and our trip to A&E I've not been or heard from them since! I loved my health visitor in Beckenham, she was amazing, I've hated every one I've seen since because they've made me feel like a bad mother for doing what I know is best for my son, and after being told to feed Kit cream over breastfeeding because he dropped a little weight (around when he learnt to run actually!) I was done with them!
Good grief! It sounds to me as though your HV is completely out of touch with individual needs and is just trying to do her job "by the book", which is not always the right way to go about dealing with it. Do you know what I'd do? I'd ignore her. Giving your child vitamin supplements should be a last resort. A second MMR jab in case the 1st one didn't work sounds ridiculous and should most definitely be discussed with a professional away from your surgery. Doing a family tree in case social services are needed sounds like the most stupid and bizarre thing I've ever heard. How dare they make you feel like that. I have no faith in social services and no faith in HV's either and if that woman had come into my home and dictated all this things to me, I'd have moved to a different surgery, complained to the one she was from and demanded an urgent appointment with my GP to clarify the information I had received. I feel sorry you've gone through all that and I think you're absolutely right to question it all. You know what's best for your children, and however you choose to feed them and bring them up is your business. I had a rubbish HV too and in the end I refused to see her. My daughter has autism and the last thing she needed was an interfering old bag trying to tell me I was doing this wrong, that wrong, my daughter's head was too big, she wasn't talking, she shouldn't still be in nappies, and so it went on. I never went back after Amy's diagnosis because she knew nothing of any use.
Whoa! What a nightmare! I am can tell how this is distressing for you and its good that you wrote a post on it. Its worth sharing this for other other mums and for yourself to get those feelings out.
I have my son is 18 months and I've been to see our health visitor at the clinic as I like him to be weighted from time to time. Our experience is fine now. However when he was only a few weeks old when I had my first home visit I was having a rough time coping and my health visitor asked me if I was naturally an anxious disposition, to which I said 'yes'. She then wrote that in my book. I felt so hurt and embarrassed that it has taken me all of 16 months to reach out and get help for what I now know to be PND. I did write a post about it months later as the time I was not a blogger.
I can only hope that you next visit is with someone else and you have a better experience. It's very daunting and you do feel a bit trapped with not many options as this is the service we get with NHS. You feel afraid to talk about it and afraid NOT to talk about it. Not sure what's the answer.
I live in Ireland now but my first two were born in UK so I have experience of health visitors in both countries - I am not a fan! My next door neighbour was a health visitor; she had no children and obviously not a clue of the practicalities of child rearing as demonstrated when she knocked on my door at 8.30am to ask if my son was ok because she'd heard him crying all night - he was teething. Maybe this she was trying to be pleasant and neighbourly, I could only see it as nosy and intrusive and wondered what she was implying. I was exhausted and had just got him back to bed - I was not the only person who thought this was an odd thing to do.
I am all for going with parental instincts, following a child not getting too worried about dietary habits unless they are excessively gaining or loosing weight. One health visitor told me I should watch my son's increasing weight but without any suggestions how to do so - he was bf and just starting on solids! It is definitely the new guideline to recommend vit D which I've ignored for all 4 of my children, I don't believe in artificial supplements unless there is an obvious need. My advice is to listen to their advice nod/smile and then do what you feel is right!
I am appalled by the safety comments how intrusive (I got safety checked after son fell down the stairs but they were pleasant enough) I wonder how good parents can be so badgered yet the bad seem to slip the net?
It really does sound like she was repeating a spiel by rote rather than applying what should be her professional expertise to families on a case by case basis. I will give my HV her dues, despite trying to send me on a parenting course when I was at the end of my tether with my extremely naughty child, she is pretty sensible and will mention the things that she has to mention to everyone but will quite often say "I know this probably doesn't apply, but....".
You have every right to ask to see someone else if you want to and also to make a complaint. Your local health board website or your surgery should have the complaints procedure on display & every health board should have a complaints manager to guide you through any queries you have.
I have no doubt having met you & your little ones that they are perfectly happy, healthy children who have loving parents who only want the best for them and are doing a fantastic job.
* in most areas its standard to advise that an adults toothpaste or children's toothpaste with high fluoride content is used. It's certainly standard advice in our PCT. There is no fluoride in most of England's water. So I think she can be forgiven for this one.
* New Department of Health advice is that ALL children under 3 be given vitamin supplements, regardless of how they are weaned/fed.
She should have stated this rather than making it sound like a reflection of your parenting.
She sounds completely in line with current guidelines, but perhaps a bit too rigidly so.
If they do something 'out of line', you can make a complaint or request another HV. I have a friend who told her HV she had started weaning her 4 month old son and her HV exclaimed "What sort of Mother are you? You've been advised to hold off until he's at least 6 months old!". My friend rushed out in tears but when she'd calmed down, she wrote a letter to complain as it was in front of the whole baby clinic.
... as for the extra MMR! (Don't even go there!!) I've never heard of having an 'extra' dose! I lived in Westminster and I opted out of the BCG for my children (you can have it done privately when they're older) as 3 babies I knew ended up in hospital having infected BCG sites lanced!! Huge scars on tiny arms! Weigh up the pros and cons and go with your heart.
I would've been livid too!
I've foun some stories shocking, but also good to hear its not all bad! - afterall, I did like one of the HV's from my old surgery!
Wow. Her attitude was appalling! The one thing I would say as others have is I was recommended to use adult toothpaste (the tiniest smear) and also it's now official advice to give vitamin supplements especially for vitamin D. I was skeptical but there is growing evidence that a shortage of vitamin D doesn't just cause rickets, there are some suggestions it might also be implicated in food allergy and other issues. I have to be honest and say I don't give vitamins every day but I do occasionally.
As for advising against extended breastfeeding though. That made me see red!!!!
Hi, just read your post and it does sound like quite a visit. I live nearby in Bellingham and I have heard completely different things from my Health Visitor. From what I read it seems that a lot of what your health visitor said wasn't at all 'NHS guidelines' and more her own opinion! I was particularly alarmed by her comments on formula feeding, which is definitely not government guidelines!
My Health Visitor went on and on to me about Baby Led Weaning. Luckily this is what I was planning to do anyway, but it just shows, even in the same area Health Visitors have their own opinions and spread them at will!
I hope you feel better wit your choices, I think Health Visitors knock confidence out of a lot of people, myself included. I only ever seem to hear bad things about most which is disappointing.
I realise that this blog is from last year but I was very interested since my daughter has recently experienced a similar thing with her latest baby She is no stranger to Health Visitors since this is her 4th child - but this person has not acted in the usual way. I found out today that the HV concerned has just moved from Lewisham to Bexley! Without revealing her identity - I wonder if you could let me know the first name or initials of your problem HV. If you are uncomfortable with this I will fully understand. As a guy I am not given to browsing these girly blogs by the way but I feel very protective over my daughter and I think that rogue professionals need to be weeded out. Many thanks, Peter. PS In case you're wondering - I found your blog by typing in complaints+health visitor.
Seems a bit rigid to me! I've been a health visitor since 1982, so I should be 'old school ' if anyone is. But I'm no robot. I will listen and learn from parents as well as children.
This one sounds less than confident - HVs aren't usually so dogmatic. Do check that this is Real Health Visitor though. Many times, you think you're getting a professional visit, but many districts in England substitute HVs with NNEBs (child carers) or HVAs (HV assistants, may be unqualified, or only qualified as nurses). These do tend to be a bit robotic because they're working to a protocol.
Some staff tend to push what worked for their own kids, but every child is different, so I prefer to offer advice with some decent research evidence behind it. I love to discuss pros and cons, but I'm not responsible for the child's upbringing, I'm just supporting & informing the parents.
I have experienced the odd duff reaction from parents and a feeling that my visit hasn't gone down well. It's only been a couple of times, but I would prefer to ask if there's anything wrong and see if they need a change of professional. I admit that very tidy homes and very Stepford Wives, apparently Perfect Mothers tend to scare me a bit. I ask if they'd prefer to see one of my colleagues instead and swop the case if they do fancy a change. I usually end up with getting my colleague's least fave family as a swop, but at least it's a change for everyone.
PS I was vaccinated against everything available as a child, except BCG because I grew up with TB in my family & some of them died of it. This means I acquired infection related immunity from them. I hope it protects me from some of the drug resistant TB too, but I also have a risk of developing active TB one day. I wish I'd been able to have BCG instead, even though it's not perfect protection.


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The 1981 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship was the first annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the top Division II women's college field hockey team in the United States.

The semifinals and championship of the inaugural event were played at Pfeiffer College in Misenheimer, North Carolina.

Qualified teams
 Four teams qualified for the inaugural tournament.

Bracket

See also
NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

References

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What Is Yahoo Worth?
By Paul Shread | February 20, 2008
Analysis: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang could be facing some dissension from board members who wonder if he is acting more out of emotion than responsibility to shareholders in rejecting Microsoft's takeover offer, according to recent press accounts.
Given the recent stock performance, those dissident board members may have good reason to wonder.
Yahoo shares were at $19 and falling before Microsoft's offer, which is currently worth about $42 billion, or about $30 a share.
[cob:Related_Articles] At current prices, Yahoo trades at about 61 times last year's earnings and 52 times next year's estimates. Google, by comparison, trades at 38 times last year's earnings — and 20 times next year's estimates.
For that price, investors get 30-40 percent sales growth with Google, and sales growth at Yahoo that's barely registered in the double digits in the last year or so. It may not get much above that in the next couple of years.
To put that valuation difference in perspective, we'll use the PEG ratio, or price-to-earnings growth, a simple measure that is so common that Yahoo Finance provides it in its basic stock quotes. In a nutshell, the theory states that a stock's price-to-earnings ratio, or PE ratio, should roughly equal its growth rate (for example, a company with a PE of 15 should be growing at 15 percent annually, for a PEG ratio of 1).
Yahoo currently trades at a PEG ratio of 3, which means the stock is valued at three times its growth rate. Google trades at a PE of 0.72, which means the stock needs to gain about 39 percent just to be fairly valued. The S&P 500 trades at a PEG ratio of about 1, which means that Google is undervalued compared to the market, and Yahoo very overvalued.
In other words, for the price Microsoft is offering, no wonder the company is hesitant to raise its offer. It's going to be hard to get a good return on its investment even at the current offer.
Let's dig a little bit further to see what Yahoo might be worth to investors as a standalone company, since that's the direction Yang and company seem to want to take after Microsoft's initial offer. Yahoo's cash and investments have been valued as high as $12 a share, so we'll add that figure to whatever price we come up with.
Yahoo grew at a 22 percent clip in 2006, then slowed to 8 percent last year. According to Thomson Financial estimates (also published on Yahoo Finance), analysts expect 11 percent growth this year and 13 percent next year. If we average that near-term growth out, Yahoo is currently growing at about a 12 percent annual rate. If the company's shares were valued at 12 times earnings, Yahoo shares would trade at $7, then at $19 when the $12 in cash and investments is factored in, or right where Yahoo was trading when Microsoft made its offer. Don't let it be said that Microsoft can't recognize value.
For Yahoo to turn down the Microsoft offer or entice an improved one, it would need to return to something approaching its historical growth rate. Over the long term, analysts expect the company to return to a 22 percent annual growth rate, but long-term estimates are notoriously unreliable, and Yahoo will face a big uphill battle getting there.
If Yahoo can get to 22 percent annual growth, it would merit a $13 valuation without its investments, and $25 a share with. That's still $5 a share less than Microsoft's current offer.
Looked at strictly through the cold prism of numbers, the dissident Yahoo shareholders have reason to scratch their heads.
Yang understandably has an entrepreneur's attachment to the company he founded, but if Microsoft gives him a graceful exit by raising its offer, he might consider taking the money.
Paul Shread is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and member of the Market Technicians Association.

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Dr. Gaynor has been consecutively listed in The Best Doctors in New York since 1997 and has served on the Board of Advisors for Healthy Living Magazine, the Sass Medical Foundation, as well as the editorial board of Integrative Cancer Therapies. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Texas - Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, he was a clinical fellow in hematology-oncology at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and a post-doctorate fellow in molecular biology at Rockefeller University, New York City. He is board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Physicians, and the New York Academy of Sciences.
The Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice, and Music (Shambhala Publications, 2002), an updated paperback edition of Sounds of Healing.
Sounds of Healing: A Physician Reveals the Therapeutic Power of Sound, Voice, and Music (Broadway Books, 1999). A companion meditation tape is also available.
In addition to his work with sound and singing bowls, he has published studies on oncology and the effects of environmental toxins on health in peer review journals such as Seminars in Hematology, The American Journal of Clinical Oncology, The Proceedings of the American Society for Clinical Oncology and Environmental Health Perspectives. For his work, he was awarded the New York State Assembly"s "Environmental Advocacy Award" and named "Environmental Advocate of the Year" by the Mid-Hudson Options Institute in 2002.
Dr. Gaynor is well known in the media as an integrative medicine specialist and is frequently called upon to discuss such topics as nutritional aspects of cancer prevention; environmental threats to health; complementary cancer therapies; the dangers of carcinogens and health; and spirituality and healing. He has been featured in many national newspapers, including The New York Times, USA Today, Newsday, The New York Post, and New York Daily News. He has also been a source for articles in many national magazines including Newsweek, Publishers Weekly, Self, GQ, Healthy Living, New Texas Magazine and USA Weekend.
His appearances on television and radio are extensive: In 1999, he was a guest on 29 radio shows. Last year, he taped shows for National Canada Radio, local stations in Vancouver, British Columbia and stations throughout America. He has appeared widely on television, including CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, ABC Good Morning America, Discovery Health-She, Fox News Channel, WNET-Channel 13 with Dr. Frank Field, Healthy Living with Jane Seymour, CBS-48 Hours and CNN Your Health.
Dr. Gaynor has lectured widely, both to medical institutions and lay conferences, seminars and spiritual institutions. Recent appearances include the United Nations, New York"s 92nd Street Y, Marble Collegiate Church and Unity Village, Unity Church, Missouri. He conducts on-going healing sessions using meditation and chanting with Tibetan bowls for patients and families. He is 47 years old and was born and raised in Plainview, Texas. He lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.
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Promise Technology Pegasus32 Series offers both Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.2 Gen 2
By Brian Fagioli
Cloud storage is great. Seriously, folks, storing important files online is a great way to protect them from disasters, such as theft, fire, or flooding to name a few. When people tell me they have their own "cloud" at home with an internet-connected NAS, I simply sigh. Yeah, that's cool, but you are still lacking offsite redundancy. Ideally, you should be using both an online cloud service, such as Dropbox, while also storing your files locally on an encrypted drive.
Of course, the cloud isn't a realistic option for all industries. Media creators, for instance, often need fast local storage with large capacities. Especially with 4K and 8K video editing, you are looking at enormous file sizes. Today, Promise Technology unveils an excellent storage solution for the media editors. Its new Pegasus32 Series offers connectivity for both Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 (aka USB 3.1 Gen 2). In other words, it is compatible with both standards (each uses USB-C). Believe it or not, its DisplayPort can push an 8K display at 60Hz!
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"The Promise Pegasus32 Series has the same great features and performance as the Pegasus3 product lines that customers are used to and depend on, but now enables connectivity and versatility with the ability to connect at maximum allowed bus speeds via the same port to either Thunderbolt 3 enabled hosts at up to 40Gbps or USB 3.2 Gen 2 enabled hosts at 10Gbps," says Promise Technology USA.
ALSO READ: Samsung unveils extremely affordable 860 QVO 4-bit MLC SATA SSD with big capacity options
The company further says, "The Pegasus32 Series, using Intel's latest TitanRidge Thunderbolt 3 chip, works on 8K monitors via the full size 4-lane DP1.4 port, powers your hosts up to 85W with Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 port and has up to 112TB of raw capacity with the R8. Additionally, the line features rock-solid HW RAID5+ protection, hot-swap 7200 rpm HDDs, and dual Thunderbolt 3 ports to daisy chain."
Promise Technology USA shares the following features and benefits.
Supports maximum throughput allowed by Thunderbolt 3 interface and USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface
Supports simultaneous streaming, editing, and backup of 8K video
Support DisplayPort 1.4 with max, resolution 8K (7680 x 3840) @ 60Hz HDR Deep Color
Support Power charging up to 85W
Portable hardware RAID protection for offsite shoots
Essential to PROMISE's end to end 8K workflow environment SSD
The company also lists the following specifications.
Vijay Char, president, Promise Technology USA offers the following statement.
Promise listens to our end-users and delivers solutions that address key needs while also remaining at the forefront of industry innovation and advancement. With today's launch of the Pegasus32 Series, with a first-of-its-kind dual-compatible host connection, we let users use their Pegasus RAID storage with a wider range of hosts.
ALSO READ: Philips launches a pair of affordable E Series monitors
As per above, there are three models from which to choose -- R4, R6, and R8. If it isn't obvious from the pictures, the number after the "R" represents the number of drive bays. The max total capacity is calculated using 14TB mechanical hard drives. They can be configured with 1TB or 2TB solid state drives too.
Pricing doesn't seem to be available yet, but based on the cost of Promise's other products, it won't be an inexpensive affair. For instance, the Pegasus32 R4 configured with "just" four 3TB drives (12TB total) will likely cost more than $1,000! A maxed-out Pegasus32 R8 with 112TB (drool) will likely cost close to $10,000 -- if not more. So yeah, Pegasus32 is a hardcore storage product reserved for true professionals.


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PUBLISHED ON Nov 19 2014
Jill B. Allen '13 needed physical education equipment and resources for her Movement Studio classroom at the Butler Lab School and, thanks to the participants in the NFL PLAY 60 DonorsChoose.org Showdown, she's getting it.
Allen's class will receive an array of volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls and other gear after her project, called "Help Us Get Moving in Class and at Recess!," was featured in the NFL/DonorsChoose competition. The NFL Play 60 Rush initiative is a weekly contest that pits two deserving youth health and fitness projects from the corresponding cities who play on Monday Night Football against each other each week. Fans vote for the winner.
"My students are diverse and love being able to explore in multiple ways," Allen wrote on the NFLRush website. "That is why I am requesting movement manipulatives, balls, and other PE equipment so my students can learn the importance of physical activity, living a healthy life, and what it means to be skillful."
Allen's project won against a school from Queens, New York, which will receive 50 percent of the money it requested.
"This is a new program and I'm starting from scratch," Allen said. "The kids only have about six items to play with at recess and some of the equipment is too young for them. This will really build our physical education and recess equipment base."
Mindy Welch, Coordinator of the College of Education's Human Movement and Health Science Education (HMHSE) program, said Allen has established "a remarkable impact" at the Lab School.
"Securing the funding for this DonorsChoose project is simply one fine example," Welch said. "Through Jill's leadership, initiative, and innovations, she is really helping to build community in new ways through the Movement Studio curriculum."
Allen was one of six Butler juniors who were in an inaugural physical education practicum at the Lab School in the spring 2012. HMHSE students and faculty have provided the school's only movement education since then, until Allen was hired this fall.
Welch, who is on sabbatical this fall, is working with Allen to develop the Movement Studio curriculum.
BY Savary Koller
By Sarvary Koller
The temperature hovered around 90 degrees as freshmen Sidney Parrish and Julia Thomas pruned trees at Indianapolis' Holliday Park. Parrish and Thomas volunteered at the park as a part of Bulldogs Into the Streets (BITS), an annual freshman orientation public-service program organized by Butler University's Volunteer Center.
[caption id="attachment_20709" align="alignleft" width="290"] Sara Patel, left, an accounting major from Western Springs, Illinois, and Sidney Parrish, a pre-pharmacy major from Indianapolis, help prune trees at Holliday Park as part of BITS.[/caption]
Gardening and cleaning up Holliday Park on a humid, summer day made for exhausting work, but the two said they loved the opportunity to venture out of the Butler bubble and make a difference in the surrounding Indianapolis community.
"It's been a lot of fun," Thomas, a business major from Bay Village, Ohio, said. "I've gotten to meet a lot of new people, and it helps involve us in Indianapolis. A lot of us aren't from the area, so it's helped to transition us to living here."
"We've connected more as a group," added Parrish, a pre-pharmacy major from Indianapolis, Indiana. "I came in today not knowing anybody, and now I've already made friends with new people in my class."
Holliday Park Volunteer Coordinator Katie Neill said the 15 Butler volunteers transformed the park's playground area by pulling weeds, raking mulch, trimming trees, and sweeping sidewalks. With a full-time park staff of four, Neill said she is grateful for the students' hard work.
"Our playground does need help," Neill said. "Every year, we try to have a project that shows the students that they've made a difference. We depend on volunteers for everything, and we love when the students come out and help keep the park looking nice for the community."
Sam Thomas, Volunteer Center Events Coordinator and sophomore Political Science and Economics major, spent most of last semester and this summer being called "the BITS guy" as he worked with places like Holliday Park to coordinate volunteer projects for BITS participants.
About 545 volunteers donated their time to 19 agencies across the greater Indianapolis area this year, but Thomas said BITS is about more than just service work.
"The 1,500 hours of community service is awesome," Thomas said, "but what BITS does is show freshmen that they can make a difference in their new home and community right off the bat during their first week on campus."
Freshmen Moriah Riggs and Nicolina Cecere said they, too, appreciated their BITS experience at Joy's House Adult Day Service in Broad Ripple as new Butler Bulldogs looking to get acclimated in Indianapolis.
Riggs and Cecere spent time playing bingo and conversing with visitors to Joy's House, an adult day service for community adults with physical and mental disabilities who are no longer able to stay at home safely.
[caption id="attachment_20710" align="alignright" width="400"] Butler volunteers visiting 19 agencies on Tuesday, including Chapel Glen Elementary School.[/caption]
"It's nice to just talk to the people here," Cecere, a sociology major from Minneapolis, Minnesota, said. "It's cool because not only do we get to go out in Indianapolis, but we get to meet other people from our class and the community. I didn't know any of these people before today."
Candace Preston, Joy's House caregiver and Program Manager, said the house guests love the opportunity to meet and interact with the Butler students.
"They love seeing a set of different faces," Preston said. "They see us Monday through Friday all day, and now they get to spend time with new people. Plus, it benefits the Butler students by showing them that old people aren't scary or boring. We have some volunteers who come for a couple hours and then decide to come back."
Thomas said the goal of BITS is to recruit freshman volunteers and encourage them to take advantage of future service opportunities in Indianapolis.
According to Thomas, the Volunteer Center will host a Volunteer Opportunities Fair on September 5 to provide an experience where students can discover new community volunteer options. The fair will include many of the agencies that hosted students during BITS this year.
"Hopefully we'll get some BITS volunteers signed up for more service activities at the fair," Thomas said. "This program is mutually beneficial for both students and service agencies in our community."
Statement from President Danko on the Passing of Amos Brown
The Butler University community is saddened to learn of Amos Brown's sudden passing today in Chicago. Amos was an extraordinary civic leader who helped bridge cultural divides and create greater understanding in our city. He was also a great friend to Butler, serving for decades as the master of ceremonies for our Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. He will be missed.
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PUBLISHED ON Jul 29 2014
Elizabeth Davis '15 describes herself as "an avid Googler." So one day last winter, when she was thinking about summer opportunities, she searched for "St. Jude internship."
The first thing that popped up was an opportunity in the Pediatric Oncology Education program at the Memphis, Tennessee, children's hospital.
And that's where Davis has spent her summer: the Psychology Department of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where she conducted research on children with a kind of brain tumor called craniopharyngioma. The tumors can cause vision changes, obesity, sleep dysfunction, and more.
"Psychology fits in because cancer is a hard thing to go through for both the patient and the family," she said. "So psychology provides counseling, therapy, testing, and other psychological services to make sure the patient and the family are functioning where they should be and are also receiving medication, care, therapy—anything they would need."
Davis, a psychology major who plans to go into medicine, has worked with 56 patients to see what kinds of cognitive impairment the tumor has caused. She tracked them as individuals—to help meet their needs—and collectively, to determine patterns in their symptoms. She's also been able to shadow a physician three days a week.
The experience has been phenomenally rewarding, she said.
But there are days when it breaks her heart.
"I met a family whose child was diagnosed with a brain tumor in utero about halfway through the pregnancy," Davis said. "I met them when the patient was 4 weeks old. They had to decide whether to treat it or give up. That was the day I went home and just cried. Nothing in your life really compares to what they're going through." (The couple decided to continue treatment.)
Ultimately, though, work at St. Jude "gets easier because the kids are so cute," she said. "They will hug you and squeeze you and make you laugh. That makes it a lot easier."
Davis is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and St. Jude is the beneficiary of their national fundraising. So working at St. Jude has given her the opportunity to see where the money goes and strengthened her belief in the sorority's philanthropic efforts.
She said that has been "an unparalleled experience," one for which her Butler education has prepared her well.
"The Psychology Department at Butler is really big on research, and I came in with a lot of practical skills—like knowing how to handle large volumes of data, knowing how to write a paper about your findings, knowing how to present," she said. "The Undergraduate Research Conference really strengthened me in that area. So having those basic skills when you come into a research setting, everyone is like, 'Of course you know how to do a statistical analysis.' Butler really prepared me because I did know how to do that."
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Say what you will, but this is pretty brilliant: In a restaurant where a featured drink is the "State Fair Lemonade" — served in a closed mason jar ("When you're ready," they say, "shake it up and drink it") that tastes exactly like what you expect, but with a subtle alcoholic kick — you can get away with serving some unique items, like, say … a walking taco (aka "Frito pie"). If you're befuddled, you must not have ever experienced the questionable delight of lunch-room chili in a bag of Fritos with cheese, iceberg, and taco salsa; for the less confused, this is not quite what you remember. Your childhood has been rehabilitated. House chili — your choice of red, green, or white — with white cheddar, pickled chili, shaved romaine (thank the heavens) lettuce, scallions, and sour cream. Just try it, you'll understand.


Fixed crash in style libraries on a pop-up menu display occurring if the application did not create a menu bar.
If you see that downloads count is zero and there is no new version announcement then you have discovered a new SmallPlugin™ package with some fixes and improvements. Look for other secret tips in SmallPlugin's sample projects.
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This code will import the reg key specified from the var$ field, but in the registry the key will be named "filename.exe" with the doubles quotes. Deleting the doubles quotes from the String$ give me a syntax error. Have you an idea? Thanks!
and don't forget to read MMB help file.
As for SmallPlugin question, I think current pinned topic is good enough for it?
Sorry, my question about a new topic or post in the pinned was made with the intention not to interfere with this and I thought this was rather for updates.
What I want is to place the menu under my own Windows as pictured (or know how to locate where you want).
Sorry, it's not possible, at least in current version.
Sorry am I reading this correctly.
Delboy is right.. and his example is exactly what wanted.
I feel the confusion but sometimes the translations are not the best. Thanks to both.
Hi dgilmour, i need to use the "RegistrySetValue" function. This is the REG_BINARY value: "4b 4c"


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Microsoft Admits That Sony Makes Better Games Than Them
By Jesse Williams
Microsoft has admitted that gaming industry rival Sony makes the better first-party game out of the two.
The honest admission came from the latest round of statements in Microsoft's negotiations to acquire game developers Activision Blizzard, which Sony is trying to prevent from going through.
Microsoft's statement says "many of [Sony's first-party games] are of better quality" than its own output, going on to call Sony "the dominant console provider" and a "powerful games publisher", apparently "equivalent in size to Activision and nearly double the size of Microsoft's game publishing business".
One the biggest points of contention over the merger is that Microsoft will make the 'Call of Duty' franchise an Xbox exclusive, which Microsoft claim they never will.
Some may say the statements sent to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) group, are just Microsoft's self-deprecating way of appeasing regulators, showing that their $70bn takeover deal Activision Blizzard will not actually hurt Sony or Nintendo.
Sony claims that "Xbox would become the one-stop-shop all the best-selling shooter franchises on console (Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War, Doom, Overwatch)" and will lead to Microsoft freely increasing the price of its console and games "free from serious competitive pressure."


The Monster Alphabet is a 26-page board book based off of legendary monsters and the alphabet. The author wanted a book to read to his son that was filled with nerdy delight, so he came up with an alphabet based off the monsters of legend. Found at Kickstarter.
An instructional video that explains how to handle an unfortunate attack of zombies during the holidays. Found at YouTube from TeamUnicornFTW.
Once a Nazi, always a Nazi. Found at CollegeHumor.
The Monsters' Guild Of America wants you to know about the diversity in the Monster community. Found at Current TV.
A hungry clay monster eats things. Found at YouTube from jetlag4u.


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Q: how to handle data from asyntask - need pojo i am calling this api in my android app , in which json is returned with many different fields. How can I get this into a pojo ? I am using an asynctask.

A: you can use jsonschema2pojo to create your model. then you can use Retrofit with Json to grab this data. here is a good tutorial and example.
Consuming APIs with Retrofit

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Here @ PetTags.onl we are passionate about pets, we love them, we live them. And we know you love them too, and want them to be safe and protected.
We have been providing quality pet tags since 2002, and what started to protect our own pets, has become so much more than just a passion. We also run one of Australia's biggest and fastest growing Trophy Shops, so you can be sure the engraving quality is top of the line professional. Combine this with a quality range of tags and you have a winning combination to protect your pet.
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This might not be the usual attire for Vincent Vega but after being sprayed down with a hose, this UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs t-shirt is the one Jimmie throws him. You can't be picky when it comes to escaping the law. Not only is this tee designed for sports fans and Pulp Fiction movie addicts but works well as a costume too! So slick your hair back like John Travolta and enjoy the ride.
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What is the Trackman Combine test?
Designed to test all aspects of your game, learn your strengths and weaknesses so that you can identify where you need to focus your practice.
6 shots at each target yardage varying from 60-180 yards and then driver. 60 shots in total.
Each shot is scored out of 100 and points are awarded for accuracy of distance and direction.
3 people per team, 60 shots at the target, each shot marked out of 100, then an average score given at the end of the test.
Handicaps are taken into account, so we have a scratch and nett leader board.
A great way to practise through the winter, plus have some fun with a few friends.


Moomba Forum > Moomba Boats > General Chat > Travel with or without cover.
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We found the back cushion on the starboard side kept flying up even though it was snapped into place while travelling without the boat cover on with our 2014 LSV.
Should we be snapping the walkthrough cover on or off?
I had this problem also so I added an extra snap to both left and right back cushions. I just bought a kit from amazon for around $10. Had some material laying around the house for the strap portion. I attached them to the opposite side of the factory straps. Haven't had a problem since.


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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Expands Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium to 50 mg and 100 mg Tablets USP, Sold Exclusively to Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.
Teva's Medical Information
druginfo@tevapharm.com
Eric Rubin
Parsippany, N.J., June 10, 2019 -- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. has expanded its voluntary consumer-level recall originally initiated on April 25, 2019 in the United States of losartan potassium tablets. This expanded recall includes six (6) lots of bulk losartan potassium USP Tablets (two lots of 50 mg strength and four lots of 100 mg strength) due to the detection of an impurity – N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA) – that is above the US Food & Drug Administration's interim acceptable exposure limit of 9.82 ppm. The source of the NMBA impurity was detected in one lot of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), manufactured by Hetero Labs Limited, which was used in the manufacturing of the six (6) bulk lots of these drug products. Based on the available information, there is a potential risk of developing cancer in a few patients following long-term use of products containing high levels of NMBA.
For more information on the previous recall initiated on April 25, 2019, click here.
Losartan potassium is indicated for the treatment of hypertension, hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, and nephropathy in Type 2 diabetic patients. The bulk lots were sold exclusively to Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. of Camarillo, California. Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. packaged these bulk products under its own label and distributed retail bottles of 30, 90 and 1000 tablets to their customers.
The affected losartan potassium tablets being recalled are described as:
Losartan potassium tablets, USP 50 mg, are green, film-coated, oval-shaped biconvex tablets with "LK|50" on one side and ">" on the other side.
Losartan potassium tablets, USP 100 mg, are dark green, film-coated, oval-shaped biconvex tablets with "LK100" on one side and ">" on the other side.
Teva promptly notified Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. of the presence of the impurity in Hetero's API and Teva will recall six (6) lots of bulk losartan potassium tablets sold to that company. The tablets, which have been packaged and sold by Golden State Medical Supply, Inc., will be sub-recalled from their customers and patients. Distributors and retailers that have product being recalled should immediately stop distribution, quarantine all remaining product in their control, and return the recalled product per the instructions given to them by Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.
Patients taking losartan potassium tablets are advised to continue taking their medication and contact their pharmacist, physician, or medical provider for advice regarding an alternative treatment. The immediate risk of harm to a patient's health is likely to be higher if the medicine is stopped abruptly without any alternative treatment. For full drug product information, please refer to the full prescribing information for losartan potassium tablets USP.
Customers and patients with medical-related questions, who wish to report an adverse event, or quality issues about the Teva products being recalled under the Golden State Medical Supply label should contact Teva Medical Information by phone at: 888-838-2872, option 3, then, option 4. Live calls are received Monday-Friday, 9:00AM-5:00PM Eastern Time with voicemail available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or by email at druginfo@tevapharm.com.
Adverse reactions or other problems experienced with the use of these products should also be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online, by regular mail or by fax.
Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.
Regular Mail or Fax: Download form www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178.
Patient safety and product quality are critical to Teva. As always, Teva and Golden State Medical Supply will continue to partner with, and regularly update, all relevant stakeholders, including regulatory authorities, to resolve this situation.
Lots Under Voluntary Recall
The finished product lots that are included in this voluntary recall and listed below were sold by Teva in bulk containers. The bulk tablet lots were repackaged into seven (7) finished product lots for further distribution by Golden State Medical Supply under its product label.
GSMS FG NDCs
GSMS FG
NDC Description
GSMS FG Product Lots
GSMS FG Expiration Dates
60429-317-10
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM 50 mg TABLETS, USP 1000 tablets/bottle
GS017387
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM 50 mg TABLETS 90 tablets/bottle
LOSARTAN POTASSIUM 100 mg TABLETS 90 tablets/bottle
Note – "GSMS FG" refers to Golden State Medical Supply Finished Goods.
Patients wishing to return product may contact Teva's product recall processor to obtain instructions and a return kit for returning their medication:
Contact Inmar at 877-789-2065 (Hours of operation: 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time, Monday – Friday) or email Inmar at: tevarecalls@inmar.com.
Inmar will provide the materials needed to return their medication and instructions for reimbursement.
Customers of Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. may contact them at:
Call: (800) 284-8633, ext. 215
Email: recalls@gsms.us
Golden State Medical Supply Inc. Product Labels


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import theano as th
import theano.tensor as tt
from .layer import Layer

float_x = th.config.floatX
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def drop_output(output, pdrop, rand_gen=None):
    srs = tt.shared_randomstreams.RandomStreams(rand_gen.randint(1e6)
                                                if rand_gen else None)
    mask = srs.binomial(n=1, p=1 - pdrop, size=output.shape)
    return output * tt.cast(mask, float_x)

class DropOutLayer(Layer):
    def __init__(self, inpt, rand_gen=None, n_in=None, pdrop=0):
        if pdrop:
            self.output = drop_output(inpt, pdrop, rand_gen)
        else:
            self.output = inpt
        self.inpt = inpt
        self.params = []
        self.n_in, self.n_out = n_in, n_in
        self.pdrop = pdrop

        self.representation = "Drop:{:.0%} Out:{:3d}".format(pdrop, n_in)

    def TestVersion(self, inpt):
        test_version = DropOutLayer(inpt, n_in=self.n_in, pdrop=0)
        test_version.output *= 1 - self.pdrop
        return test_version

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