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VECTORLORD Visual Style and Supporting Photosensitive Players
NQ Transmission: BLINKY LIGHTS
Hola, Aloha, Bonsoir, Etc. NQDevon here.. and I'm going to write a bit about some of the visual design elements of VECTORLORD and how we're making it accessible for a couple different classes of users who might otherwise have trouble playing it.
Basics: Gamestate & Rendering
So starting with some concepts ... what is gamestate? why do we render "gamestate"? Even text adventures have a "renderer" of some sort, invoked you type "look" or "inventory". We render the game to show the player what's going on in the gamestate - which is really just some area of memory in the computer that describes everything in play.
A chunk of gamestate might look something like this:
struct character { int health = 99; int anger = 50; int stun = 20; };
In this case we have a chunk of data describing a few numbers. You can imagine that there's a whole array of these character structures sitting in your computer's memory somewhere. So the computer knows about these, but the player does not yet.
Photosensitivity: Part A.
For those who don't know or don't remember the Pokemon Shock of the late 90s - certain visual effects -- flashing and strobing -- became popularly known to trigger seizures in sensitive individuals.
We somewhat suspected - thought had not done the research yet - that VECTORLORD could have the potential to cause these seizures, due to how we intentionally visualize.
So what's the problem?
So back to that gamestate thing...
In our pre-VECTORLORD prototyping, it became somewhat obvious to me that it was rather fun from both a player position and a programmer position to visualize as much state as possible. At this point, there was no real design to VL, just a collection of mechanics that had been loosely arranged into a series of levels with some narrative. This game looked very different from the VECTORLORD of today.
In order to turn this nebulous sandbox into a product, with a deliberate design, we started to conceptualize and brainstorm about our game and our audience. Very early on, I came up with a simple mantra: In VECTORLORD: game state must always be visualized.
Another way of thinking about this, is that for every "event" in the game which has relevance to the player, we will visually express that in some way. A particle effect. A flash. A strobe. Information is not "hidden" from the player in any way, we lay it all out there on the playfield. (Sometime indirectly, , but it's always there.)
During one of our design-heavy phases, a couple of us working on the design were playing an awful lot of pinball. These games really inspired a lot of use of flashes and strobes to communicate information.
Wait... a flash... a strobe... where have I heard about this before....
Accessibly Blinky Lights
The thing is, we don't want to give people seizures if we don't have to, but we also want to make an extremely visually stimulating game.
So when approaching this, we had a few of goals:
Refine our research on what constitutes a PSE (Photosensitive Epilepsy) trigger.
Understand other aspects of our visual presentation that might be problematic.
Figure out practical ways to minimize anything problematic without sacrificing gameplay or experience, and minimalize what we can globally
Anything which we aren't comfortable changing for the global experience, but doesn't break the design too much should be implemented moved into a "Photosensitive" mode.
For research we looked at a few sources:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
Xbox Accessibility Guidelines
We also used our own collected feedback from playtesting, which covered a broad range of backgrounds, gaming experience and ages. Some people loved the crazy graphics. Others felt distracted, unable to pay attention or overwhelmed. In fact, we already had started balancing for this way back in September. Reading through the accessibility guidelines gave us a clue as to what might be going on here: It appears pretty clear that we had not just a potential PSE issue, but likely had an ADD issue as well which was alienating some players.
Fortunately, there's some pretty clear guidelines we can use to make sure VECTORLORD is at least safe. The pixel values expressed in the web guidelines can be easily extrapolated to whatever monitor resolution and you can use them as a guideline for regional flashing.
Fixing Flashes with The Magical Low-Pass Filter
One of the first things we did, was eliminate 80-90% of the areas where hard-frame-cuts were used in state-transitions. I.e., never having a light go from being 100% on the first frame, to being at 0% on the second frame. For certain game events like laser gates and collision glows. Universally we implemented this using low-pass filters anywhere hard visual state transitions were used.
A low-pass filter is a filter that removes high frequency content from a signal. An instantaneous state change (from 0% one frame, to 100% another frame) has effectively "infinite" frequency because the change happens immediately. One of the simplest things to do is just add another variable to keep track of things and use some simple math to create what's called an Infinite Impulse Response(IIR) Low-pass filter which looks like this: filtered = (input * a) + (filtered * (1 - a))
So if "a" is set to 0.1, then 10% (10/100 == 0.1) of the input signal will be added to 90% of the filtered state. The out come of a filter like this is that instead of going from 0 to 1 instantaneously - it gradually changes to whatever input is, but over a series of frames with a rate we can control with a. If you're astute you might notice that filtered will never actually reach impulse, it will get progressively closer and closer always cutting the gap by 10% but never reaching its target, which is why this type of filter is called an Infinite Impulse Response filter.
There are Finite Impulse Response(FIR) variants that could be used as well, but IIR filters are effective and simple to program.
The downside of filtering, is that we have introduced some output lag - which is something we generally want to avoid, so for actual active elements (stage hazards etc.) sometimes the "damage" region had to be tuned to better match what was appearing. In other case, the effected flashes are "secondary" information, that informs the player about an action they have invoked, but is not critical to making their next move.
Animation Speed
Originally we thought this would be a PSE issue, but based on our research this applies more to users with ADD related issues.
While in some cases animation priority is used a lot of the gameplay in VECTORLORD does not really care what frame a particular piece of scenery looks like. A lot of the "secondary animation" in VECTORLORD mostly happens through its particle system. Here we had an interesting option availble to us - we can find non-essential animations, and increase their animation divisor. The way this works is sort of like the "step division" you'd find in a Music Tracker.
We can even make it a bit "smarter" but having the divisor increase more as the objects get further away from the player.
Photosensitive Mode
When all was said and done, here were the changes we implemented for our Photosensitive Mode which we hope will allow more player to enjoy playing VECTORLORD:
Flashes in the game itself are rate limited based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
Full-Screen flashes and strobes in the cinematics are disabled.
Telegraph Flashes at the top of the screen are muted.
Extra flashes to show bullet collisions are removed
Specific sprites featuring flash frames are replaced with alternate versions which remove the flash
Shockwave effects from Dash Attacks (an often repeated action in VL) are reduced.
Animation for secondary effects (particles, collision indicators) is slowed, especially when occurring further away from the player
Even before we implemented these changes VECTORLORD passed in testing with PEAT. Honestly, this surprised me but I am unsure how to verify if the program is working as expected. It was unable to read AVIs created from our OBS captures, so instead we utilized its built in "capture" tool to capture VLC playing back our FLVs. It forced VLC into a smaller frame, and could not capture VLC until I changed its rendering mode to the very old GDI fallback.
While I'm fairly sure it did capture succesfully (as on analysis it shows thumbnails), I suspect that this tool is not capturing at 60FPS, and can't really rely that it's able to analyze some of the rapid frame sequences in VECTORLORD which would effectively "disappear" in aliasing if sampled at anything less than 60FPS.
05-23-2020 -- VECTORLORD 1.1 Economy Update
05-01-2020 -- Why All Coordinate Systems Suck
04-22-2020 -- VECTORLORD OST
04-05-2020 -- AntHive
03-10-2020 -- VECTORLORD Visual Style and Supporting Photosensitive Players
03-08-2020 -- NerveQuake Introductions
03-06-2020 -- Transmission
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In the next lines, you are going to learn about the 4 important maintenance you should do for your commercial HVAC.
Reason Reason Reason number 1. Invest in programmable thermostat – the advancements in technology made it feasible for electronic companies to produce programmable thermostats that are efficient and reliable compared to traditional ones. Among the many benefits of investing in such models is the fact that it is eliminating the need for changing the settings in temperature continuously.
Reason number 2. Ensure that the ducts are sealed properly – ensuring that the HVAC ducts are sealed properly improves the efficiency of your HVAC system by up to 20 percent. They can be sealed by using blow-in duct sealant, foil tape or mastic. Seals function as insulation material and can avoid heat loss while the air flows through ducts. Better focus on sections of your buildings that aren't protected similar to unheated storage spaces if you wish to get the best results.
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Josep Grivé i Simon (Barcelona, 28 de maig de 1907 - 12 de març de 1984) fou un compositor de sardanes.

Fou fill de Llàtzer Griver, instrumentista de fiscorn, que volgué que es formés a l'Escola Municipal de Música, on estudià solfeig i teoria amb Lluís Millet, violí amb Manuel Viscasillas i Francesc Costa i harmonia amb Enric Morera. Del seu germà Juli, Josep Grivé rebé ensenyances de flabiol, i el 1920 el reemplaçà com a flabiolaire a la Cobla Barcino.

En tant que compositor, la sardana es beneficià d'unes belles composicions plenes d'una manera de fer molt pròpia de l'autor i d'una excel·lent qualitat musical. Alguns títols seus foren Tristor (1926, la primera); A Joaquim Serra; Almogavarenca (1953); La nit de Nadal (1966); Vora d'uns rulls (1954). Escrigué sardanes per a dues cobles, i també compongué música per a cobla, com la peça Empordaneses (premi Barcino 1949) .

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Brandtique: Verizon's V Cast, 'Cheyenne'
by David Goetzl @dgoetzl, July 18, 2006
The battles ensuing between Verizon, Cingular and Sprint in the wireless arena call to mind the ongoing tussles between Sirius and XM in satellite radio. Just as Sirius and XM are constantly trying to outdo each other with exclusive deals to land high-profile content, the wireless carriers are now in the same game.
The logic is pretty simple: As technology evolves and cell phones ultimately morph into portable home entertainment centers, subscribers (at least the younger generations) will make choices based less on nighttime minutes and text messaging charges and more on what video (and music) they can download to their "third screens."
So Sprint has a deal with the NFL, Cingular with HBO, and Verizon is offering behind-the-scenes peeks at "Pirates of the Caribbean" on its V Cast programming service. While the wireless carriers are still spending to promote differentiators like the "Fair and Flexible" plan, their content offerings are generating an increasing portion of their marketing dollars. Verizon upped spending in this year's first quarter by 46.1 percent, partly due to a heavy emphasis on pitching V Cast, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
In Verizon's case, it clearly knows who its audience is. It's not Boomers who still remember when people used pay phones, but those 12- to-24-year-olds who wouldn't mind changing their ringtone every other day.
So, in order to plug its V Cast service to this tech-savvy group--no doubt an elusive target well-versed in DVRs and ad-skipping--Verizon is increasingly employing product placement and branded entertainment.
Its tactic is to integrate the V Cast programming into a show's content, then give it a more direct plug with a billboard and voiceover at a commercial break.
This spring, Verizon integrated the V Cast content it offers related to the Fox show "The O.C." into the show itself. So, a series of webisodes related to "The O.C." were touted in an episode when one character mentioned them to another--then at a commercial break, viewers were referred to V Cast for the "never-before-seen" content.
A similar ploy was put into action on the July 5 episode of MTV's new reality show "Cheyenne" (one of the top-ranked product placements of the week, according to measurement firm iTVX). The series chronicles 15-year-old Cheyenne Kimball's attempts to become a pop star.
Part of Verizon's move to lock up compelling content for V Cast includes a series of exclusive concert performances from acts such as the band Live, Gavin DeGraw and--Cheyenne.
So in the July 5 episode, Cheyenne is seen watching a clip of herself performing. "There's me, there's me," she exults. Members of her band and entourage, including her mother/manager Shannon, also go nuts.
Then Shannon, who often acts much more like a rebellious rocker than the mother of a 15-year-old (who's not really that rebellious), delivers the coup de grace. Excited about the streaming video of Cheyenne on stage, she tells the entourage, "Verizon phones rock. You all need these phones because the phones that you use suck."
The somewhat salty plug is followed up at the break with a shot of a Verizon phone and a plug for Cheyenne videos, songs, and ringtones on V Cast.
While Shannon's salty plug for Verizon phones might make some in the phone giant's C-suite cringe--perhaps anyone over 35--credit Verizon for an attempt to speak to its target audience in their vernacular. No doubt if the product placement leads to increased V Cast subscribers, there'll be a little less wincing.
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Q: How to change UIView constraints based on device orientation using Objective C? I am trying to create iOS storyboard with multiple view for portrait and landscape. Everything I have created storyboard constraints and autolayout.
Now my problem is for portrait I need to show like below portrait Image. Thats I have done by using storyboard constraints.
For landscape Need to show First View (red) and bottom bar only other I have hidden by hardcode. But I don't know how to expand the red screen first view full height upto bottom bar top.
NOTE : This is Universal App.
- (void) orientationChanged:(NSNotification *)note
{
    UIDevice * device = note.object;
    switch(device.orientation)
    {
        case UIDeviceOrientationPortrait:
            /* start special animation */
            NSLog(@"Portrait");
            self.namelist_tableview.hidden = NO;// ORANGE VIEW
            break;

        case UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight:
            /* start special animation */
            NSLog(@"Landscape");
            self.namelist_tableview.hidden = YES;// ORANGE VIEW
            break;

        case UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft:
            /* start special animation */
            NSLog(@"Landscape");
            self.namelist_tableview.hidden = YES;// ORANGE VIEW
            break;

        default:
            break;
    };
}

A: you can add the red view height constraint, store it in your UIViewController.
when the device's orientation changed. if portrait, set the ret view height constraint equal how long you want to set, and landscape set the red view height constraint your initial value.

A: It can be done easily if you use size classes.
Use cmd+delete for the views which you don't want in landscape mode.and set others accordingly.

A: Very simple, add constrains in intefacebuilder for portrait mode ,
 add constrains for landscape mode.
Next make an outlet for all constrains.
In device change orientation event do this
if you are in landscape mode
+Set active constrains for portrait to false (constraint.active = NO)
+Set active of constrains for landscape to true (constraint.active = YES)
if you are in portrait mode
+Set active of constrains for landscape to false (constraint.active = NO)
+Set active of constrains for portrait to true (constraint.active = YES)

A: If you did not fix the height of the red view than you can do something like this:
Create a instance of height constraint of the yellow color view like,

Step 1: Select height constraint as I did

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Step 2: Make a instance in you view controller interface

After that write below line of code to your orientationChanged: method
self.heightConstarintYelloView.constant = 0.f;
It will set you yellow box height to zero and because of the vertical spacing between red view and yellow view, red view will than expand.

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Home / Belladonna
Scientific name: Atropa belladonna
Common names: Deadly Nightshade
Ayurvedic names: Suchi
Chinese names:
Bangladesh names:
Arabic names: البلادونة (al belladoonah)
Rain Forest names:
Approximate number of species known:
Common parts used: Whole herb, sprouts
Collection: September
Annual/Perennial: Perennial
Actions: Pain reliever, muscle relaxer, and anti-inflammatory, and to treat menstrual problems, peptic ulcer disease, histaminic reaction, and motion sickness, Belladonna drops act as an antimuscarinic
Known Constituents: The total alkaloid present in the root varies between 0.4 and 0.6 per cent, but as much as 1 per cent has been found, consisting of Hyoscyamine and its isomer Atropine, 0.1 to 0.6 per cent
Constituents Explained:
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Robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is a common treatment for localized prostate cancer. Despite a primary advantage of improved postoperative pain, patients undergoing RALP still experience discomfort.
Belladonna, containing the muscarinic receptor antagonists atropine and scopolamine, in combination with opium as a rectal suppository (B & O) may improve post-RALP pain. A study was conducted to evaluate whether a single preoperative B & O results in decreased postoperative patient-reported pain and analgesic requirements.
Patients undergoing RALP at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington DC between November 2008 and July 2009 were offered the opportunity to enter a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Exclusion criteria included: glaucoma, bronchial asthma, convulsive disorders, chronic pain, chronic use of analgesics, or a history of alcohol or opioid dependency.
Surgeons were blinded to suppository placement which was administered after induction of anesthesia. All patients underwent a standardized anesthesia regimen. Postoperative pain was assessed by a visual analog scale (VAS) and postoperative narcotic use was calculated in intravenous morphine equivalents.
Ninety-nine patients were included in the analysis. The B & O and control groups were not significantly different in terms of age, body mass index, operative time, nerve sparing status or prostatic volume. Postoperative pain was significantly improved during the first two postoperative hours in the B & O group.
Similarly, 24-hour morphine consumption was significantly lower in patients who received a B & O. No adverse effects secondary to suppository placement were identified. The study concluded that Preoperative administration of B & O suppository results in significantly decreased postoperative pain and 24-hour morphine consumption in patients undergoing RALP.
Lukasewwycz S, Holman M, Kozlowski P, Poter CR, Odom E, Bernards C, Neil N, Corman JM. "Does A Perioperative Belladona And Opium Suppository Improve Post-Operative Pain Following Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy? Results Of A Single Institution Randomized Study." 2010 October http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20974030


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Latest Drew Doughty news could impact trade deadline approach
Ryan Sikes March 19, 2022 1 min read
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The LA Kings could be without defenseman Drew Doughty a little while longer as the latest report indicates his injury is worse than expected.
This may or may not impact the LA Kings positioning with the trade deadline looming, however, sources say Drew Doughty's injury is more significant than expected and he could miss more time than the Kings originally feared.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) March 19, 2022
Doughty, 32, last played on March 7 in the Kings' stunning 3-2 overtime win in Boston. The former Norris Trophy winner apparently injured his hand in the contest.
The London, Ontario native is just one of several recent injuries the Kings have been forced to navigate around. In fact, Los Angeles' current top six defensemen weren't in the Opening Night lineup.
The Kings certainly don't HAVE to make a move in advance of Monday's trade deadline. Entering Saturday's game against the Golden Knights, Todd McLellan's group occupies second place in the Pacific Division with 19 games remaining.
Perhaps it's not a big name to acquire but maybe a veteran presence that can help stabilize the right side until Doughty returns to the lineup. Two guys I'm looking at that probably won't break the bank: Colin Miller (BUF) and Justin Braun (PHI).
Both players will be UFAs during the summer.
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From the city center of Grenada to the terminals you will need approx. 20 minutes by car, as the distance is about 8 miles. To have a look at the Grenada-Airport Flight Information please check the "Arrivals & Departures" section. And if you plan to visit Grenada please keep in mind that the official currency is "East Caribbean Dollar". Just use the currency converter in the field "Money".
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Q: MacPorts Apache : PDO works but mysql_connect and mysqi_connect does not I try to configure Wordpress on my Mac. I use an Apache server with MySQL, installed via MacPorts.
So, from phpMyAdmin, I created a "hellowp" user with a "hellowp" database. I can correctly log in with this user, and I have access to the hellowp database.
But when I set these parameters in my wp-config.php, or from the Wordpress configuration GUI, Wordpress can't login to database.
I enabled the debug, and this is the errors I get:
Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/2002): No such file or directory in /private/var/www/hellowp/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1342

Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in /private/var/www/hellowp/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1372

Warning: mysql_connect(): No such file or directory in /private/var/www/hellowp/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1372

My PHP version is 5.5.10. I use this server for many projects, as some running on Drupal, and I do not have any problem with them.
I also tried to log as MySQL root user in Wordpress, but the error still the same.
EDIT 1 :  I tried to log into my server from MySQL Workbench and SURPRISE, the server cannot be found at 127.0.0.1... What's strange is that phpMyAdmin still working, and other projects and Drupal use the database without any problem. I will investigate about that, maybe a firewall issue. Will update when I've got news.
EDIT 2: Ok, so I checked what many of you were telling, and yes many of you were right : MySQL connection from PHP is working only when using PDO (what I do in all of my projects and that Drupal do). mysql_connect and mysqli_connect are triggering an error.
But the fact is that I will not rewrite Wordpress, and I'm using the latest version. So I will try to find a solution to make mysql_connect and mysqli_connect work on my PHP configuration.
**EDIT 3: THE SOLUTION: **
I installed Percona server (a MySQL fork) few months ago, to replace mysql server. And during this install, in my php.ini, I setted the socket only for PDO, and not for mysqli and mysql. So, I had to set the socket for all mysql extensions in my php.ini. This is those lines:
pdo_mysql.default_socket="/opt/local/var/run/percona/mysqld.sock"
mysql.default_socket = "/opt/local/var/run/percona/mysqld.sock"
mysqli.default_socket = "/opt/local/var/run/percona/mysqld.sock"

A: The first error message tells you that Wordpress cannot find your database, most likely your hostname is incorrect - its normally 'localhost' but you could try 127.0.0.1 which I believe better for Macs.
The remaining error messages are misleading - If wordpress fails to make a Mysqli connection, it will try the deprecated mysql, and in your case, will also fail because it cannot find the database.

A: Not sure but this is how Id usually debug it.

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*Login to the db via command line. This ensures its in your path and everything is working correctly.

*If that works, here is a section from my local dev environment.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'foo');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'foo');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'foooo');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1')


I've joined the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at MSU as an assistant professor in August 2014. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Sustainability from the Rochester Institute of Technology and worked as a Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE-BNL) for the National Photovoltaics Environmental Research Center.
My group use proactive sustainability assessment to reduce the environmental impact of new technologies. Process-based life-cycle assessment (LCA) is used to identify critical steps in current technologies and guide greener alternatives by combining theoretical environmental assessment and experimental work.
Evaluating the environmental impact of commercialized and future solar photovoltaics technologies constitutes the core of my research. Because solar energy is perceived as a green technology, any harmful environmental issues arising from its manufacture, use or disposal will be detrimental to solar energy's long-term success.
In addition to photovoltaics, I have research projects related to battery, nanomaterials synthesis, and wastewater treatment. I am also interested in other opportunities to use my expertise in life-cycle assessment and sustainability assessment for other applications.
If you are a motivated, creative and independent student interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in an area similar to my area of interest, contact me! I'm always looking for students with strong analytical and computer skills, research experience and preferably a background in chemistry, physics, engineering or environmental science. Please review our group publications and current projects before contacting me.


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Emergency sentence example
I had an emergency call.
It seemed like hours in the emergency room before the diagnosis.
We found their emergency back-up supplies here.
The injured may proceed immediately to the emergency station, the fed said.
He asked for a contact phone number and gave me an emergency number to call.
I locked out all the terminals, the emergency operations networks for the eastern part of the country, and re-routed the communications systems to my micro.
Megan indicated the emergency room to her right.
Would you mind if I gave this number to my Father for emergency use only?
He glanced out the window and realized he'd pulled in the entrance for the emergency room and morgue.
Brady reached into a cargo pocket and pulled free an emergency bandage wrap.
She woke Sofi with a touch and tugged the gurney down to the emergency room.
Emergency lights were now on outside the motel, making the return trip easier once he reached the road.
He took them to the nearby hospital and set Sofi carefully on a stretcher in the hallway leading to the emergency room.
Dan tore Brady's uniform open then pulled out a small emergency medical kit and slapped skin grafts over the two wounds.
The small group moved more hurriedly now and the man said something to Betsy and shoved her forward toward an emergency exit.
She frowned, glancing around the empty emergency room.
She had come prepared for such an emergency, but any delay might prove embarrassing.
She hung back as they entered the hospital and watched the emergency room personnel take Traci.
Kiera went more than willingly, near the emergency point for reaching the bathroom.
He hadn't issued an emergency order over the nets of those who worked for him, and he'd asked someone in the regular military to contact her rather than calling out his special security forces.
I'm glad I thought to create an emergency chocolate stash.
You know tonight I had to prevent the VP's commo guy from using the emergency network to order gin?
She can locate and open the federal emergency supply depots.
We seem to be the emergency points of contact for anything that goes wrong anywhere in the western hemisphere.
The base camp housed the emergency response helicopters for Tucson and neighboring sectors and was manned with a skeletal crew of Guardians and one on-duty pilot, a Natural who'd been trained to fly.
The emergency network had not been utilized, which meant that by morning one of the high-ranking men hiding underground would be on the phone to General Greene to complain about the lack of gin.
She all but dropped into the commo sector chair and issued mayday calls on the emergency net.
Emergency lighting glowed red, turning the world inside the broken helo surreal.
No contact, unless there's an emergency.
It is thus a matter of difficulty to provide trucki for a stidden emergency, e.g.
Don't you have a number where I can reach you in an emergency?
Impressment is commonly employed to fill the ranks, and in cases of emergency the prison population is drawn upon for recruits.
As commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and as charged with the faithful execution of all laws, he is likely to assume, and would indeed he expected to assume, all the powers which the emergency requires.
In the first place, there were in early days far more bishops in proportion to the number of believers than is the custom now; and, secondly, it was the rule (except in cases of emergency) to baptize only in the season from Easter to Pentecost, and the bishop was always present and laid his hands on the newly baptized.
Even before the Canadian Pacific railway was fully completed, it proved of great service in a national emergency which suddenly arose in the north-west.
By the terms of his commission he was empowered to act, in case of emergency, without waiting for orders; he was, moreover, to be kept informed by the French cabinet of the whole course of business.
The three days that must pass before any clinical effect is obtained renders it useless in an emergency.
While we couldn't keep up with the ambulance but we held our own and kept the emergency vehicle in sight.
Dusty should have given you a means of contacting someone in an emergency, he said with disapproval.
There are no locks on the doors or windows, and only one route of egress in the case of an emergency.
You were unconscious and it was an emergency.
His side of the conversation indicated there was an emergency.
London was not to be supposed helpless in such an emergency; Manchester, Glasgow and Dumfries, rid of his presence, had risen against him, and Charles paused.
Make sure everyone rafting knows how to react to emergency situations, including free-floating through the rapids.
I understand when they have an emergency and you're handy, but surely they don't have emergencies all the time.
She woke several times briefly; once to see Len and an older officer with white hair talking in the hallway outside her cubicle in the emergency room.
We caught up to the ambulance at the emergency room entrance just as attendants were removing a stretcher.
Yes, I realize it's very early but this is an emergency.
I obeyed the emergency protocol issued earlier in the day and didn't approach the vamp.
Oh yes, with all the emergency supplies they had gathered for this occasion.
We intercepted some emergency transmissions but couldn't get everything because of the electromagnetic field.
Electricity is applied through a separate locomotive attached to the head of the train, or through motor carriages attached either at one end or at both ends of the train, or by putting a motor on every axle and so utilizing the whole weight of the train for traction, all the motors being under a single control at the head of the train, or at any point of the train for emergency.
As regards the tariff he advocated, as a temporary stop-gap, the passing of the emergency tariff, which had been vetoed by President Wilson, but which with slight alteration was approved by Mr. Harding on May 27 1921.
In this emergency assignats were issued to provide a substitute for a metallic currency.
But the Army of the Tennessee had been on the verge of annihilation on the evening of the first day, and Grant's leadership throughout was by no means equal to the emergency, though he displayed his usual personal bravery and resolution.
Grant possessed or acquired both to such a degree that he proved fully equal to the emergency.
In the critical situation after the battle of Pavia (1525) she proved herself equal to the emergency, maintained order in the kingdom, and manoeuvred very skilfully to detach Henry VIII.
The Government repeatedly exposed itself to the charge of proroguing Parliament in order to avail itself of these emergency paragraphs.
The situation was often such that Parliament would not work, and the Government was faced with the alternative of stopping the machine of State or availing itself of emergency decrees.
The Reichsrat's right of control was secured after the event by the fact that the Government was bound, the next time it assembled, to lay the emergency decrees before it within four weeks; and that it could refuse its ratification.
It was only in 1917 that the emergency decrees promulgated by the Stargkh Ministry at the beginning of the war failed to receive ratification, in retaliation for the suppression of trial by jury by a military trial and the extension over civilians of the j urisdiction of the military courts.
By its provisions communications from the Government and the other House, and reports of commissions, had to take precedence of other business; further, the president could postpone to the end of the sitting formal motions, interpellations, emergency motions, and other obstructive measures.
In practice the legislature has interpreted these exceptions so freely that nearly all important laws are passed with emergency clauses.
From 1820 to 5825 Sir Charles (who succeeded his brother in the baronetcy in 1822) was resident at the court of the nizam, and afterwards was summoned in an emergency to his former post at Delhi.
But these standards proved inadequate to the emergency, for it was possible, especially by the use of the allegorical method, to interpret them in more than one way, and their apostolic origin and authority were not everywhere admitted.
The National Assembly confirmed all the emergency measures which had been passed by the National Council between Oct.
The country was not now divided into a few duchies which, with skilful management, might still in times of emergency Classes have been made to act together.
North of this the "third entrance" has been recently constructed, with two enormous locks, one of which in an emergency could be used as an additional dock.
In 1886 a law was carried in either parliament creating a Landsturm, and providing for the arming and organization of the whole male population up to the age of forty-two in case of emergency, and in 1889 a small increase was made in the annual number of recruits.
Government in Austria was carried on by cabinets of officials with the help of the emergency clause (paragraph 14) of the constitution.
A few days later he set off for Manchester, posting in that wettest of autumns through "the rain that rained away the Corn Laws," and on his arrival got his friends together, and raised the money which tided Cobden over the emergency.
All tenants are under obligation to guard or repair the banks of the Nile in times of flood, or in any case of sudden emergency.
A day's labour in mines and in works for the reduction of ores is limited to eight hours except in cases of emergency where life or property is in imminent danger.
The college of physicians, by royal command, put forth such advice and prescriptions as were thought best for the emergency.
In order to meet the cost of the early wars a special contribution from property (tributum ex censu) was levied at times of emergency, though it was in some cases regarded as an advance to be repaid when the occasion of expense was over.
The idea that the ruler possessed a normal income in certain rents and dues of a quasi-private character, which on emergency he might supplement by calls on the revenues of his subjects, was a bequest of feudalism which gave way before the increasing power of the state.
As Bacon's conduct in this emergency seriously affected his fortunes and has been much misunderstood, it is necessary to state, as briefly as possible, the whole facts of the case.
The emergency suggested to some of the bishops the idea of a voluntary contribution, which was eagerly taken up by the noblemen and crown officials.
The long roll of charges made upon the r9th of April finally decided him; he gave up all idea of defence, and wrote to the king begging him to show him favour in this emergency.'
Section A, which receives extra allowances, is liable to be called up in a minor emergency; section B is the general reserve; section C, also part of the general reserve, consists of men who have been sent to the reserve prematurely; section D (which is often suspended) consists of men who at the expiry of their twelve years' engagement undertake a further four years' reserve liability.
A more questionable benefit was her rapid elevation to the rank of an imperial power, an elevation which imposed the duty of remaining a military monarchy, armed cap-d-pie for every possible emergency.
He was the first to discern that public opinion, though generally slow to form and slow to act, is in the end the paramount power in the state; and he was the first to use it not in an emergency merely, but throughout a whole political career.
The desperateness of the situation, however, roused the government of Theodosius II., who was still upon the throne, to put forth the most energetic efforts to meet the emergency.
Emergency assessments, not to exceed 2%, may be made whenever necessary to pay in full the depositors in an insolvent bank; if the guaranty fund is impaired to such a degree that it is not made up by the 2% emergency assessment, the state banking board issues certificates of indebtedness which draw 6% interest and which are paid out of the assessment.
He was appointed a commissioner of the U.S. Shipping Board, and a member of the U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. 1917-9.
Demosthenes urges that such an enterprise would at present be useless; that it would fail to unite Greece; that the energies of the city should be reserved for a real emergency; but that, before the city can successfully cope with any war, there must be a better organization of resources, and, first of all, a reform of the navy, which he outlines with characteristic lucidity and precision.
It should be " a place for everything and everything in its place " prepares the bee-keeper for any emergency; constant watchfulness is also necessary, not only to guard against disease in needs a reminder of this truism he surely has it in the borne in mind that the disease is much easier to cure in the earlier stages while the bacilli are still rod-shaped than when the rods have turned to spores.
Among the charitable institutions are the general hospitals (Harper, Grace and St Mary's); the Detroit Emergency, the Children's Free and the United States Marine hospitals; St Luke's hospital, church home, and orphanage; the House of Providence (a maternity hospital and infant asylum); the Woman's hospital and foundling's home; the Home for convalescent children, &c. In 1894 the mayor, Hazen Senter Pingree (1842-1901), instituted the practice of preparing, through municipal aid and supervision, large tracts of vacant land in and about the city for the growing of potatoes and other vegetables and then, in conjunction with the board of poor commissioners, assigning it in small lots to families of the unemployed, and furnishing them with seed for planting.
In 1917 he was appointed state engineer of New Jersey, but after America's entrance into the World War he was released to serve as manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Alexia had arrived long before her due date, with the emergency removal of Carmen's womb.
A provision is made on the chassis for an emergency parachute behind the pilots head.
Having lost patience with the emergency services, Linda was calling friends.
Remember that the lifeguard patrol will normally be your quickest means of access to other emergency services.
The usual setting crisis, and Chris went on an emergency pectin hunt.
In addition, the attacking planes would fly low, strafing the emergency personnel with machine gun fire.
Having American Community Mutual Insurance Company a dilated of emergency physicians a quot frozen.
From the New Year, emergency contraceptive pills will be available over-the counter in chemists, it was reported today.
In an emergency, make sandbags using old pillowcases, carrier bags or even tights filled with sand or earth.
This course also aims to give a series of ' top tips ' from experts outlining potential pitfalls in emergency image interpretation.
An abrupted placenta meant I had my baby by emergency cesarean early -- at 35 weeks.
Why didn't he just call the emergency plumber?
It is also wise to keep cash available for contingencies including emergency plumbing or electrics.
Emergency tracheotomy performed by an off-duty nurse in her front yard.
The island remains a strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean and serves as an emergency landing location for transpacific flights.
Emergency measures were taken as truckloads of sand and cement were used to stabilize the structure, saving the pier from imminent closure.
The second patient had undergone an emergency resection of a bulky tumor leaking into the left chest following endoscopic dilatation.
It features Emergency Brake Assist plus the latest version of the Electronic Stability Program with understeer control, as well as ASR traction control.
In an emergency the door can be opened and the wheelchair unloaded manually from the Autochair wheelchair lift.
During 1990 the declaration of unrest areas replaced the state of emergency as the formal emergency regime.
Free calls (including 0800, emergency services and Telewest Customer Care on 150) do n't utilize your usage allowance.
The service makes use of new videophone technology allowing the emergency service staff to see the callers.
Quietly and with no publicity, emergency denitrifying water treatment plants have been built for the time when levels rise to alarming proportions.
Know where your stop valves are and ensure that they work so that you can turn off your water supply in an emergency.
Is experimenting with several approaches to alternative emergency winterized shelters.
The first responders have audacity, making them well-suited to deal with emergency situations.
Declining stock prices were a source of investor angst, leading the company to call an emergency board meeting.
Startups are like hospital emergency rooms-you're going to be faced with desperate situations and catastrophes on a regular basis.
Post a list of emergency numbers, such as the Poison Control Hotline at 1-800-222-1222, your local fire and police departments, your child's pediatrician, and of course 911.
To keep milk in the freezer for an emergency?
What type of first aid or emergency medical training have you had?
Home Information-This may include regulations pertaining to the location, indoor/outdoor areas, transportation, and emergency procedures.
They can be counted on should an emergency arise.
Post a list of emergency numbers near every phone in your home.
Also, include the telephone number of a friend or relative living outside of the emergency area.
You can download a free copy of my emergency preparation sheet from the book The Safe Baby at my website The Safety Expert.
Keep a pack of disposables on hand for that rare emergency.
Create a practical emergency diaper bag for the new mom.
Learn the premiums for different plans, what the co-pay costs are for prescriptions and doctor and emergency room visits, and whether or not the plan you're interested in covers preexisting conditions you might have.
Safety features - Some machines offer an emergency shut off switch for times when you want to stop the belt immediately.
This is one of the more high-tech models, complete with advanced lane guidance, photo viewing, built-in microphone, speed limit information, audio recording, emergency services, live help, and more.
Even if you plan ahead, an emergency like a broken vehicle or an unexpected injury could deplete your funds very quickly.
Finally, silver is a very liquid asset, which means you can easily sell your silver coins for cash in an emergency.
Even if your current budget allows for installment payments, a medical emergency or broken vehicle is enough to throw your budget off for several months.
Plastic and glass can shatter, sending shards of material into your eye-and you to the emergency room.
A maintenance agreement will cover both routine and emergency maintenance.
Keep phone numbers on hand for your veterinarian, local emergency clinic, and the ASPCA Poison Control Center.
Some plans strictly cover emergency care, while others may include coverage for some routine health care needs, such as vaccinations.
For some owners, an unexpected health emergency could become a financial crisis.
He is likely in need of emergency care at this point.
Reaching a mutual decision can be difficult, especially in a stressful emergency situation.
I suggest that you request a complete copy of the treatment records from the emergency vet.
I found out how important an emergency plan is due to the unprecedented fires we recently had here in California.
I had an emergency plan not just for myself, but for my pets as well.
You should have an emergency plan in effect for whatever may come, and it doesn't have to be Mother Nature either.
The list I have compiled here contains items that I feel are essential for you to have for your pet, in case of any emergency that may come up.
If so, then it is not as much of an emergency, but she should still see the vet.
If you have cats, it is always a good idea to have some basic emergency care items on hand.
This is an emergency situation, and you should take your cat to the vet immediately.
It is important that you contact your vet or emergency animal care clinic immediately if you suspect your pet may be suffering from renal failure.
Medicines and vaccinations should not be given unless it is an emergency.
The Seattle and King County Department of Public Health has a free downloadable comic that talks about the influenza pandemic of 1918 and discusses emergency preparedness tips.
Ability to handle emergency situations better.
These cards are also a great idea to provide peace-of-mind for both parents and students by providing funds that can be used in an emergency.
But if you have manageable debt, such as home and auto loans, you should be able to set aside a considerable amount for emergency savings and retirement.
Premium cardholders (if in good standing) can get $200 wired to them in case of emergency or if cards are lost or stolen.
The Gold Card has everything a standard card has plus additional amenities like emergency cash and roadside service.
A good rule of thumb is to keep three months worth of expenses as an emergency savings.
If your car needs emergency repairs or you become sick, you will regret any lose of insurance.
An emergency can happen without warning.
These are often your first line of defense in an emergency.
Knowing how you can access all your personal finances can make an emergency less of a financial burden.
Bills may overwhelm individuals, especially after having recently lost a job or experiencing an unforeseen financial emergency.
If an emergency arises, you may not be able to make the payment as planned.
Unless it is an absolute emergency, you should never charge more than you can pay off in any given month.
Emergency Card Replacement -If your card is lost or stolen call you can call a toll free number (1-800-964-8542).
Emergency Check Cashing - With this feature, you can get access to cash at more than 1,700 American Express Travel Services locations nationwide.
Emergency Check-In - Even if your card is lost or stolen you will be able to apply for emergency check-in status and charge your stay without having to physically present your card to the hotel.
Visa TravelMoney prepaid cards offer additional travel services such as lost luggage assistance and emergency travel support.
Emergency Card Replacement - American Express will replace your Plum Card within 24 hours if it is lost or stolen.
As an emergency card for a high school or college student - The cardholder must be at least 13 years of age.
These programs include grants to people who were in an emergency situation, such as a flood or a hurricane, and grant programs for people that have large medical bills they can't pay.
These benefits include emergency roadside assistance, up to $50,000 of insurance to help cover the costs of damage to a rental vehicle, zero liability coverage for stolen cards, and up to $1 million in travel accident insurance.
In an emergency, you can deposit money immediately and directly to the card using an approved one-time transaction.
For example, you can obtain an emergency card replacement and an emergency cash disbursement if you have lost the card.
The company offers protection for those who need medical, legal or other emergency help while traveling.
If a recipient of the email opens the message, he or she is greeted with a warning that an account has been compromised or some other emergency has happened.
This program provides protection for travelers, by providing up to a £3000 emergency cash advance for those stranded overseas.
They are a staple of emergency lighting (done with caution and protection), regularly used in many different kinds of religious ceremonies, and of course, where would we be without candle lit dinners?
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that ocean coastlines are eroding one to four feet each year.
Even without a cell phone service plan, you can still dial 911 in an emergency.
Bach Flower Essences should never substitute for emergency first aid or medical treatment.
In fact, cayenne is a wonderful item to have in an emergency first aid kit.
If you believe you've been bitten by either species of spider, seek medical treatment from a physician or emergency room promptly.
If you can, capture the spider that bit you or take the dead spider in a sealed container with you to the emergency room so the staff can identify the exact type of spider that bit you and treat you with the appropriate anti-venom.
Many people keep an aloe plant in their home for emergency use.
Pepper spray may give you time to get away in an emergency situation.
Any strong negative side effects, difficult breathing, rash or other serious medical condition merits a trip to the emergency room or the doctor's office.
Many people end up in the emergency room quite sure they're having a heart attack because the bodily sensations associated with panic and anxiety disorder mimic a heart attack.
If your child develops these symptoms, call 911 or take him to the nearest emergency room, since such reactions may be life-threatening.
Makeup bags are generally designed for short-term use such as travel or emergency office supplies rather than daily storage.
This will ensure that you're the only person who can log onto your account, even if your children or other family members have emergency access to other passwords.
Unless you have a dire emergency or need to visit a blocked website, be respectful of the school's or company's property.
The website also asks you for an "emergency" website that your Virtual Puppy page will go to when you press a certain key.
In the past, many experts recommended having a six-month energy fund; however, in response to these economically challenging times, the recommendation is a year's worth of emergency money.
Finally, keep in mind that emergency money should not be invested in the stock market.
The likelihood is that no one will even notice if your holiday party is missing some decorations and there is nothing wrong with buying an emergency pumpkin pie from the store because you burned your own.
For example, an emergency phone call is not something that you plan into your schedule, but you need to handle it immediately when one comes up.
If the suicide attempt is obviously eminent, call 911 or take the adolescent to the emergency room.
It's a sign that they need help and if they can't be seen by their doctor in a timely manner, then the young person should be taken to the Emergency Room to get help.
The course is a great asset for those looking to develop skills in child safety and care, like what to do first in an emergency.
An emergency reference guide highlighting what is most likely to happen and how to deal with it.
Ladies may find jewelry and an emergency sewing kit useful.
In this emergency Murad was implored to return to the throne; to a second appeal he gave way, and crossing over with his Asiatic army from Anatoli Hissar he hastened to Varna.
The defter emini kept the registers for the nishanji, whose place he took on emergency, the others acted as secretaries and clerks.
In this emergency Mustafa Suleiman II., Kuprili (q.v.) was appointed grand vizier (1689).
This was in direct contradiction with the instructions Napoleon had given him on the 28th of March in view of this very emergency.
To this fresh emergency Napoleon and his army responded in most brilliant fashion.
The United States contended that it must be a diligence commensurate with the emergency or with the magnitude of the results of negligence.
All matters relating to the exercise of the powers of the education authority (except those of rating and borrowing) must be referred to the committee, and before exercising any of their powers the council must (except in cases of emergency) receive and consider the report of the education committee with respect to the matter in question.
An amendment which was adopted (177,615 for; 147,290 against) in November 1908, and came in effect on the 4th of December 1908, provides for initiative and referendum applying to statutory law and to constitutional amendments, but emergency measures, and appropriations for the state government, for state institutions, and for public schools are exempt from referendum.
The senate having promised protection to all ecclesiastics who should in this emergency aid the republic by their counsel, Sarpi presented a memoir, pointing out that the threatened censures might be met in two ways - de facto, by prohibiting their publication, and de jure, by an appeal to a general council.
The practice of commendation, by which - to meet a contemporary emergency - the revenues of the community were handed over to a lay lord, in return for his protection, early suggested to the emperors and kings the expedient of rewarding their warriors with rich abbeys held in commendam.
The barracks at HQ are full from the incoming Guardians, and I have an emergency order for more weapons in.
Emergency lighting glowed along the walls, and the strange silhouettes of workout machines made her pause and wait for her night vision to filter out machine from potential attacker.
She took the money in her emergency stash, grabbed her purse, and left.
The sounds of chaos below grew as emergency vehicles responded.
I'll activate the emergency facilities on the moon.
The power remained out so the only light in the room came from the outside emergency fixture through the open door.
The packed emergency area waiting room held a disreputable collection of weeping women, stoned teenagers and dirty derelicts, all talking at the same time over the background music of a near-constant scream of sirens hauling in more Saturday night victims.
There needs to be absolute clarity about the definition of an emergency.
Early resocialization appears feasible following emergency surgery in newborn primates.
The Malayan Emergency illustrates how the British government grappled with the issue of political terminology within the broader context of anti-communist propaganda.
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I had a really traumatic birth, he was born 2 mths early by emergency c-section due to me having a placenta abruption.
A fully addressable emergency test system is incorporated into the lighting controls, enabling every emergency luminaire to be monitored.
Early mortality was lower in elective admissions (0.5 %) than in emergency admissions (2.4% ).
Model B, looked at the mortality for emergency admissions only.
Captain Gerlach made an emergency landing on an improvised airstrip and made preparations to take off with his precious cargo.
Will I be covered for emergency air ambulance back home?
This midlands based charity provides three helicopter ambulances giving emergency cover over 11 counties.
He was taken by ambulance to The London Chest Hospital where he underwent an emergency angioplasty.
We have someone who has just had to have an emergency appendectomy.
He added that 5 pumping appliances, 1 rescue tender and 1 emergency support unit support the district resources.
With over 4,000 rescue vehicles, emergency assistance is provided 24 hours a day, everyday.
You should get medical attention by going to A&E at your local hospital or by phoning 999 for an emergency ambulance.
An introduction to survival shelters and emergency bivouacs will be included.
Bags of this thickness are used regularly in high mountain bivouacs and could, in emergency, save life in this country.
In an emergency, use liquid bleach to purify drinking water.
Please do not use the emergency bleep number for non-urgent matters.
Brett Brett needed emergency surgery after suffering a burst blood vessel in his throat.
Caesareanook at the mother's chances of needing an immediate emergency cesarean.
Caesarean ' only real means of helping is performing an emergency cesarean.
Caesarean a planned cesarean instead, which ended in an emergency hysterectomy.
Caesareant case scenario hadn't planned for the emergency cesarean which led to many more problems.
Weak and faint from the assassin's dagger, the emergency came upon the dying caliph unprepared.
We also offer a 24-hour emergency call center service to help out anyone with problems.
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Staffing comprises of one emergency nurse practitioner per shift and is supported by a health care assistant, who undertakes clerical and nursing duties.
A next door neighbor's car aerial, carefully folded, makes a ideal coat hanger in an emergency.
This requires complementary Emergency Response Modules to be designed which can identify and develop such sources rapidly.
Since the fire the company has reviewed its maintenance procedures and worked with the fire service to examine emergency contingency plans.
Patients who have required high dose emergency corticosteroid therapy in the past may also be at risk.
Patients were treated according to standard protocols including emergency craniotomy where necessary.
In emergency cases, this service may also include fast delivery on modified products.
Bosses on standby for the 999 deluge AMBULANCE executives are preparing to join paramedics in responding to the deluge of emergency calls expected tonight.
Around 70% of night and weekend visits to accident and emergency departments are alcohol related.
The library committee held an emergency meeting to find a replacement but the minute book gives no reason for his hasty departure.
If you dial the 9-1-1 emergency dispatcher, they see the address immediately.
Jejunal diverticulosis occasionally presents as an emergency with perforation, obstruction or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
Emergency services and public agents have egress at all times.
The College has trained staff present that are able to use an evacuation chair for the safe egress of disabled visitors during an emergency.
In addition every habitable room on an upper story not more than 4.5 m above the ground level shall have an emergency egress window.
They discussed traffic density with ATC, and eventually declared an emergency in order to get priority for landing.
Responders may be asked to attend any medical emergency in their area.
The Battalion was deployed against terrorists in the Malayan emergency from 1949-1952.
Tell us if you think there is a life-threatening emergency or the matter is urgent.
Anyone wishing to vote by proxy on grounds of a medical emergency, must apply in writing by 5.00pm on Thursday 6th July 2006.
Unfortunately, the Faculty cannot help unless the difficulties are produced by an unforeseen emergency or change of circumstances.
This service provides out-of-hours emergency care for many of the veterinary practices in Cardiff, the Rhymney and the Rhondda Valleys.
Preparation of hospital emergency plans to cope with large influx of patients with burns, lung damage and trauma.
Out of Hours Emergencies The council has an emergency Repair Service to deal with very urgent repairs outside normal working hours.
Not all anti-tank emplacements had an ' emergency exit ' .
Acute subdural empyema is the most imperative surgical emergency.
Well, your doctor has nitrite and leucocyte esterase dipstick tests for night, weekend or emergency use.
The corridor then turns through 90 degrees toward the emergency exit.
International relief agencies began to respond as a huge exodus of refugees began to require immediate emergency relief.
Currencies will probably collapse in the end, and gold will be the emergency fallback.
All of the crew took emergency landing positions which were in the main fuselage of the aircraft to prepare for a crash landing.
When getting out of a vehicle on any dual carriage way or non-urban road, an emergency high visibility garment must be worn.
The following morning an emergency glazier attended a car in the carpark which my window overlooked.
We have developed a new strategic vision to reflect the increasingly global nature of emergency rescue crises.
You can use it in your garage or keep it safely in your car's glove compartment for an emergency use.
Improved coverage as well as emergency buttons on Airwave handsets enable officers to call for urgent assistance.
Unplug and remove the existing hard disk with the supplied torx screwdriver (old drive can be kept as an emergency backup ).
There are huge steel doors, like safe doors, for equipment on two levels and smaller but similar doors as emergency escape hatches.
Plymouth City Council produces and tests the off-site emergency arrangements in response to a radiological hazard extending beyond the Devonport site.
The report repeatedly praises individual heroism by emergency workers, but it finds a number of organizational failings.
Setting The Emergency Department of a large teaching hospital in South-East England.
His life-threatening injuries included broken ribs and a collapsed lung that required emergency surgery and extended hospitalization.
She had a planned cesarean instead, which ended in an emergency hysterectomy.
With State of Emergency 2's release now imminent, what can players expect from the sequel?
Andrew specializes in commercial and contractual disputes, all aspects of employment law and emergency injunctions.
These facilities ensure appropriate assessment for all emergency inpatients.
Patient Education A person who has adrenal insufficiency should always carry identification stating his or her condition in case of an emergency.
Speed control is by a Lenze 9326 vector inverter plus a 9351 brake module to give fast emergency stop.
A US passenger flight from Heathrow to JFK made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday.
An emergency laparotomy was performed through an upper midline incision.
The patient was taken to the emergency room, where doctors identified the problem as a bloodsucking leech.
An emergency call from a member of the public alerted the Coastguard, who immediately requested the Torbay inshore and all-weather lifeboats to launch.
Failed emission test inspections elicit an emergency room visit for immediate engine liposuction.
This black grease contains solid lubricants to ensure emergency running properties.
The minimum duration for any emergency lighting luminaire shall be 1 hour.
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Robert Ward (B. 1097): Education and Schooling
Katie Molloy May 7, 2021 Biographical Entries, Education and Schooling, Lancashire, Robert Ward, working class
The theme of Education and Schooling is very prominent in Robert Ward's 'A Lancashire Childhood', and arguably could be the main theme'. You can read in full here, which is his memoir transcribed by myself.
"Shortly after it was published he bought me the Children's Encyclopedia, probably my greatest single educational influence for many years." (4)
Robert Ward mentions his education and school life very frequently throughout his memoir. There isn't just one section in which he discusses it, it is a constant theme throughout. As Robert's memoir is based on his childhood, it is not surprising that his education and school life is so prominent, as it is what would have consumed most of his days. He does not describe his school experience to be negative at all and despite him not explicitly saying it, it seems that Robert enjoyed his time and gained a lot from it.
Robert began his education at the Infants Department of the Littleborough Central School in which he does not have much memory of except for his very first day; he recalls crying, so much so that his teacher, Miss Lindop, had to "[sit him] on her knee" (1). He would have joined at the age of around 5 and so "blanks" (1) in memory is to be expected. Progressing up from the Infant's Department, Robert joined the "big school" (1) a year or so later, and this where he stayed until he was 13. Again, he doesn't have too much to say about this time other than the fact he found a few of his teachers to be quite strict, and he even said he was "afraid" (1) of his headmaster. This is not too dissimilar to something a child just starting school now-a-days would say; starting school is very daunting, especially for a young child, and this was clearly still the same in Robert's time.
Littleborough Central School
The Littleborough Central School was clearly quite strict as Robert tells us that "every morning all those who were late were automatically caned" (1). To a modern reader this seems rather barbaric as there is definitely laws against this sort of behaviour today, however this was a normal form of discipline in the early to mid 20th century; one can only presume that they made this punishment so bad in the hope of encouraging students not to be disobedient.
Despite the discipline in Robert's school being quite strict, the wellbeing and best interests of the students are at the heart of the institution. Robert speaks of an ongoing problem he experienced when he was a child, which was fainting. It was particularly an issue when he had to walk into the morning assemblies; assumingly the large mass of people in one place overwhelmed him. Rather than telling him to get on with it, or even ignoring him, the teachers removed him from the situation entirely, and "a few months' exclusion from these activities cured [him] of the habit" (1). This shows that the relationship between Robert and his teachers was a positive one and they truly wanted to help him.
The statutory age that children could leave education in the early 20th century was 13 years old; only those who could afford to pay for education could continue for an extra 4 more years and sit their "Matriculation Examination (five subjects, including Mathematics and English)" (11). Fortunately, Robert was one of few that won the Alexander Harvey Scholarship which meant he was given a grant from the government to pay for his further tuition. This tells us that Robert was clearly very bright and his teachers and the government saw a lot of potential in him. Due to the scholarship, Robert was able to progress into the 'High Grade Department' at The Littleborough Central School, which was a "really small grammar school" (11); this meant that Robert received, most likely, the best education available at this time.
Robert's education and learning was not limited to just the classroom, he also attended Sunday School at the Stubley Chapel. Robert takes a rather humorous tone when he discusses why one would attend Sunday School; he tells us that parents may have wanted to send their child there "perhaps to get them out of the way" (6), and the children themselves may have wanted to attend as, "only regular attenders would qualify" (6) when treats were handed out. This adds an heir of mischief; as Sunday School would have been a very important activity, designed to encourage children to become good, religious adults, but their intentions may have said otherwise; rather ironic! From attending Sunday School for several years, Robert learnt to play the piano by the age of fourteen. He was so skilled in fact, that he was "recruited to play the organ for the hymns" (6). This is contrary to the fact that one of his teachers once told him that he had "NO EAR" (1) when it comes to reading or listening to music; Robert certainly proved that teacher wrong!
St Nicholas Church Littleborough – This would have been a similar church to the one Robert attended
From the way Robert discusses particular subjects, we can denote that he had far more interest in the likes of Music and English, rather than the more practical subjects such as Woodwork and even sport based subjects; he goes as far to say he "detested Woodwork" (2). This is rather interesting as his father was skilled in lots of areas of labouring, which most likely included woodwork. This may be down to the fact he nearly "severed an artery in [his] wrist" (2) when he tried to use a chisel, and by the way he explains this ordeal, it sounds as if it was traumatic. Robert ended up attending college to become an English teacher. We can assume that one of his English teachers, Miss Royds, helped him choose this path as he tells us he "owes [her] a great deal" (11). This is rather heartfelt to see him so appreciative of the education he received. Robert's father had "very positive ideas about education and was determined that [he] should do well at school" (4); this tells us that he would have received great encouragement at home from his father in particular, and this was the push that helped him to succeed.
Ward, Robert. 'A Lancashire Childhood'. Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies. Special Collections. 2:0797.
Secondary Sources:
Rose, J. (1993). Willingly to School: The Working-Class Response to Elementary Education in Britain, 1875-1918. Journal of British Studies, 32:2, pp. 114-138.
Marsh, J. (2016). Pretend play. [online] The British Library. Available at: <https://www.bl.uk/playtimes/articles/pretend-play> [Accessed 28 April 2021].
Rose, Jonathan, 'Rereading the English Common Reader: A Preface to a History of Audiences.' Journal of the History of Ideas. 53. 1 (1992): 47-70
Image 1 – Littleborough Central School. Retrieved from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/808solutions/8441816540
Image 2 – St Nicholas Church Littleborough. Retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicholas_Church,_Littleborough
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2 Responses to "Robert Ward (B. 1097): Education and Schooling"
Carly Cain says:
This is a really fascinating blog, especially the part about Robert's habit of fainting. It's quite nice to hear how supportive and caring his teachers were. I think when we look back at education and schooling in the 19th and, sometimes early 20th century, it's easy to assume all teachers were strict and heavily relied on physical punishment. It's refreshing to hear such an endearing story, of how Robert's teachers looked after him.
Also, its wonderful to hear of Robert's progression into further education. I can imagine this was a rare event for children with a working-class background and I'm sure Robert would have been thrilled.
Katie Molloy says:
Thank you Carly! I found the part about his scholarship really intriguing too. As this was many years ago it is easy to assume that things that happen now-a-days didn't happened back then, but evidently they did! Before reading this memoir I also assumed that school life in the 19th and 20th century was a very hard and strict place, which to an extent it was, but it also had some caring aspects which we see in Robert's memoir, and that is so lovely to see!
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For horses, as for humans, a hospital stay can be exhausting because the environment disrupts sleep patterns so much – and the effect is even worse for people with arthritis. This is what Brazilian researchers discovered in a recent study.
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Researchers focus on REM sleep because it is so important to overall health, says Oliveira: "REM sleep is essential to the rest and recovery process in horses, as it is for all animals. Horses suffering from total REM sleep deprivation can experience collapses, falls and incoordination, which seriously impairs their health and well-being.
To study how a hospital environment can affect REM sleep in horses, Oliveira and his fellow researchers hospitalized eight healthy mares for a period of five days. Each mare was also categorized as suffering from mild or severe arthritis based on complete lameness, x-ray and ultrasound examinations.
Although the mares were hospitalized for study purposes only, they were kept on the same management schedule as horses admitted to the facility for diagnosis or treatment.
During the study period, cameras mounted in each mare's stall continuously captured video of her activity. The researchers then examined the images and documented several types of behavior, including wakefulness, duration of sleepiness, and time spent in sternal and/or lateral recumbency.
The data revealed that during the first two days of hospitalization, all mares spent significantly less time than normal lying down. Those with mild arthritis returned to expected levels of recumbency on day three, but those with severe arthritic changes did not lie down during normal periods until day four.
Although four days of interrupted sleep might seem exhausting, Oliveira says the horses probably did better than people would have under those conditions.
"We think the horses were adapting to the environment," he explains. "Compared to humans, the horse can endure longer periods without REM sleep without major damage because it is a prey animal in nature. This characteristic allows it to stay alert for longer, being essential for its survival. believes that animals begin to experience greater impairment after a few days of complete REM sleep deprivation.
Overall, the researchers found that mares with severe arthritis spent significantly less time lying down. In fact, these horses spent so little time in recumbency during the study period that they could be considered sleep deprived. "The transition to recumbency was hampered by arthritis – the motion of lying down and getting up was more uncomfortable than standing up," says Oliveira.
He adds that when horses are left standing, they are not only deprived of REM sleep but also risk overloading their vulnerable limbs. "The husbandry, treatment of injuries, and pain control of these animals are very important to allow adequate rest, even in animals that apparently feel no pain when standing," he says.
These findings underscore the importance of management measures that allow horses to achieve adequate REM sleep, Oliveira says, especially when they have other physiological challenges. "Studies show that several changes in husbandry (bed depth, lights on, space to lie down) can improve horses' rest," he says. "If the horse has a chronic disease, it is very important to follow up with a veterinarian to promote comfort and allow the animal to express its natural behaviors."
Reference: "Hospitalization and disease severity alter the resting pattern of horses," Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, December 2021