【Abstract】 Objective To research the effect of soft channel minimally invasive treatment of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) in the elderly.Methods In this study,124 patients with HICH in the Department of Neurology and Intensive Care Unit(ICU)of Huanghe Central Hospital from January 2014 to December 2016 were randomly divided into the study group and the control group,each with 62 cases.The control group was treated by hard channel minimally invasive surgery,and the study group was treated with soft channel minimally invasive interventional therapy.The clinical curative effect,postoperative complications and the scores of quality of life (QOL) in both groups were compared.Results The total effective rate in the study group was slightly higher than that in the control group,there was no significant difference between the two groups(P>0.05).The incidence of postoperative complications in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group,there was a significant difference (P<0.05).After 6 months of follow-up,the survival quality score of the study group was higher than that in the control group,there was a significant difference (P<0.05).Conclusion Hard channel of minimally invasive treatment and soft channel of minimally invasive interventional treatment have equal effect in treatment of HICH in the elderly,but the soft channel of minimally invasive interventional treatment has less complications,and has advantages on decreasing tissue damage,restoring nerve function,reducing the incidence of complications,and improving the quality of life,which is worth of clinical promotion.
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Insecurity and violent conflict continues in Idlib, Syria
On May 28th, a Syria Relief and Development health facility, which is supported by CARE, was damaged by aerial bombardment. Located in southern Idlib, the building was severely damaged as a result of the blast that took place approximately 10 meters away. All staff are safe as the facility had previously suspended its operations due to an earlier airstrike which occurred on May 3rd.
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In the first three weeks of May 2019, around 270,000 people have been displaced due to continued violence in north-western Syria.
"Despite our fatigue during travel and the continuous shelling, I felt so happy when I met my son, my brother and his wife. I haven't seen them for more than a year. Despite our suffering inside the camp, we are glad that we survived. I cannot even imagine what could have happened to us if we stayed in Aleppo. I decided to leave with my family and leave our house to save our lives and our children," says Sara (whose name was changed for her protection).
Hussein (name was changed for his protection) comes from Hama but has recently been displaced because of the increased violence. He moved to northern Idlib and now lives in a tent in the countryside. He spent the first period of his displacement with his family in a rented house. However, renting a house in the town is expensive and many families cannot afford living in a house. As a result, they move to camps near the town, just like Hussein. He moved to a camp near a town in northern Idlib hoping to help his family by saving some money.
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The home of Information Commissioner whistleblower Alec Owens – who believes official figures on the extent of blagging by journalists were 'grossly understated'– was raided by police 12 days before he was due to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
A report in The Independent said that Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, wrote to the Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, David Whatton, asking for a search to be carried out on Owens' home in a move described by a Labour MP as a "total misuse of resources and power".
Owens led the ICO's Operation Motorman investigation into the activities of private investigator Steve Whittamore, who supplied a 'treasure trove'of legal and illegal personal information to journalists.
When he appeared before the Levson Inquiry on 30 November, Owens, the ICO's senior investigating officer between 1999-2005, claimed Whittamore's notebooks showed17,000 requests were made by journalists – not 3757, the official figure quoted by the ICO.
He claimed that the ICO focused its investigation on the 'bottom of the pyramid'and that he was discouraged from going after journalists.
According to The Independent, when police raided Owens' home they 'took a computer file detailing 17,000 transactions made between the private detective Steve Whittamore and reporters working for national newspapers, magazines and television companies".
However, the paper has since learned that Cheshire Police has told Owens it will be taking no further action against him and that it had acted on a complaint by Graham.
The knock on the door from police can only be interpreted as a counter-productive, cack-handed attempt to put the frighteners on before testimony in the public interest to the Leveson inquiry … Given [the committee's] unsatisfactory experience with the ICO, nothing, frankly, would surprise me, but using the police in this way is a total misuse of resources and power.
According to The Independent, the ICO 'said it stood by its actions and that it referred the matter to Cheshire Police because 'it would not be appropriate for us to investigate a former member of staff'".


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Troubled Waters
Scientists find that wealthy nations are responsible for almost all trackable industrial fishing across the global oceans
By Sonia Fernandez
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 11:00
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As the global population booms, equitable access to healthy food sources is more important than ever. But, a study conducted by researchers at UC Santa Barbara shows that wealthy countries' industrial fishing fleets dominate the global oceans. This skew in power and control has important implications for how our planet shares food and wealth.
"We were really excited to use a novel and open source of data that helped us drastically improve the resolution at which we can observe and analyze global patterns of industrial fishing behavior among countries," said Caroline Jablonicky, a researcher at the Marine Science Institute and co-lead author of "Wealthy countries dominate industrial fishing." It is published in the journal Science Advances.
For this study, the researchers examined 22 billion data points of tracking data from fishing vessels that had been analyzed using machine learning technology.
"Advanced machine learning techniques allow us to identify fishing behavior without needing an analyst to look at the tracks of every single vessel," said co-author David Kroodsma of Global Fishing Watch, the organization visualizing and openly sharing in near-real time the global fishing data used in this research. "It would take an analyst years, if not decades, to make the same number of judgments about vessel behavior."
According to the researchers' findings, about 97 percent of trackable industrial fishing that happens on the high seas (international waters that do not belong to any one nation) is controlled by wealthy nations. Furthermore, vessels registered to wealthy countries were found to be responsible for 78 percent of trackable industrial fishing in the domestic waters of less-wealthy countries, a practice employed when the wealthy countries' demand for fish exceeds its domestic supply or these wealthy nations otherwise wish to seek out new supplies of fish.
China, Taiwan and Japan top the list of a very small number of wealthy countries whose industrial fishing dominates the high seas, with China and Taiwan together responsible for a little more than half of all the trackable industrial fishing in the shared waters. Meanwhile, China, Taiwan and South Korea were also found to be the top three industrial fishing countries fishing in the domestic waters of less-wealthy nations; their vessels were detected in 45 percent of all non-landlocked nations' waters.
As the world's people become more dependent on the ocean for sustenance, this lopsided dominance of industrial fishing becomes a larger matter of concern, according to the researchers. The ocean's fisheries are viewed as an international resource to be shared and as a buffer against food insecurity.
"Seafood keeps millions of people on our planet a hair's breadth away from diseases associated with malnutrition," said Douglas McCauley, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and co-lead author of the report. "This means that accurately describing these patterns by which seafood is shared matters as much for our own future as it matters for the future of fish."
However, the researchers said, opinions continue to vary on the issue of wealthy countries' dominance in industrial fishing. Some argue that the revenue less-wealthy countries receive from selling access to fish in their domestic waters is beneficial to these countries, and wealthy foreign industrial fisheries often process and sell back the low-value fish to the less-wealthy countries, in effect using their advanced and more efficient fishing technology to provide food to countries who may not have the resources to gather enough fish for themselves.
Meanwhile, others contend that the dominance of wealthier countries in industrial fishing diminishes the less-wealthy countries' right to control their own food systems, which, in turn, could divert food away from populations where food insecurity and malnutrition remain problems. Furthermore, the more dominant industrial fishing operations could outcompete local and domestic fishing operations, which provide a direct supply of food and income to local fishers.
This type of detailed data-driven visibility is unprecedented in other natural resource markets. "We cannot track assets in mining or forestry with anywhere near the precision that we are now able to track fishing vessels," McCauley said. "This is a game changer when it comes to empowering both international leaders and on-the-ground citizens to make intelligent decisions about how best to manage the future of their own marine resources."
The United Nations is currently negotiating a first-of-its-kind international treaty to benefit biodiversity on the high seas and the people that depend upon these resources. Next steps for the researchers involved in this project include engaging with the UN to make this data readily available for decision making associated with the design of this treaty.
Caroline Jablonicky
cjablonicky(at)ucsb(dot)edu
Douglas McCauley
dmmccauley(at)ucsb(dot)edu
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FAA issues new interpretation of "dual controls"
Recently the FAA issued yet another interpretation of "dual controls." The latest interpretation is intended to end the debate over whether or not dual brakes are required under parts 61 and 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) in aircraft being used for flight instruction and practical tests. Although previous interpretations reinforced that dual brakes were not required for flight instruction, it was unclear whether or not the interpretation applied to FAR Part 61 regulatory requirements for aircraft being used for flight instructor practical tests. The FAA's most recent interpretation -- contained in an amendment to the Inspector's Handbook -- ends the debate over dual brakes for both types of operations.
Most of the Mooney M20 series airplanes, many Beech Bonanza models, Beech Barons, Piper Apaches, and many other high and low performance single and twin engine airplanes are certified as "dual control" without being equipped with dual brakes. A series of recently issued FAA letters of interpretation stated that such airplanes could not be used for flight instruction because they did not meet the regulatory requirements of 14 C.F.R. � 91.109(a). Other recently issued FAA interpretations stated that aircraft without dual brakes could not be used for flight instructor practical tests because the applicant could not perform the required tasks without access to the brakes. These interpretations effectively eliminated a substantial portion of the GA fleet from being used for flight training or CFI checkrides.
The part 91 regulation in question is � 91. 109(a) where it states (in pertinent part) "No person may operate a civil aircraft (except a manned free balloon) that is being used for flight instruction unless that aircraft has fully functioning dual controls."
The first two FAA interpretations of this regulation (one from FAA's Eastern Regional Counsel and the other from FAA Assistant Chief Counsel) interpreted the dual control requirements of � 91.109(a) to mean that brakes, either toe- and/or heel-brakes or a hand/parking brake, must be accessible from either seat.
The latest FAA interpretation (from FAA Assistant Chief Counsel) recants on the agency's original interpretation and states "It has been a long-standing AFS technical position that brakes are not required controls under section 91.109(a). The term "dual controls" under section 91.109(a) refers to flight controls (e.g. pitch, yaw, and roll controls). These flight controls are the only required dual controls for the purposes of meeting the requirements under section 91.109(a)."
Under the latest FAA Chief Counsel interpretation brakes are not included in the dual control requirements of � 91.109(a) and are not required equipment when conducting instruction in an airplane.
The first FAR Part 61 regulation in question is � 61.45(c) where it states (in pertinent part) "Required Controls. An aircraft (other than a lighter-than-air aircraft) used for a practical test must have engine power controls and flight controls that are easily reached and operable in a conventional manner by both pilots, unless the examiner determines that the practical test can be conducted safely in the aircraft without the controls being easily reached."
In two separate letters of interpretation (one from FAA's Eastern Regional Counsel and the other from FAA's acting Certification Branch manager) the FAA rightfully determined that brakes are neither engine power controls nor flight controls and are therefore not required for aircraft being used for flight controls under the provisions of � 61.45(c).
Under this interpretation, access to brakes is not required for pilot practical tests in airplanes. Flight instructor and multi-engine flight instructor practical tests are currently exceptions to this interpretation (see below).
The second part 61 regulation in question is � 61.45(b)(1)(i) where it states (in pertinent part) "Required equipment (other than controls). Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, an aircraft used for a practical test must have - the equipment for each area of operation required for the practical test;"
An FAA interpretation (again from Eastern Regional Counsel) states "When a practical test for a flight instructor certificate is conducted, the applicant must demonstrate his or her qualifications from the secondary pilot seat. The Practical Test Standards require the instructor applicant to satisfactorily demonstrate various operations from that seat, such as taxiing and short field takeoffs and landings, which require use of the brakes. These operations thus dictate braking capability from the secondary pilot position...the aircraft being provided for a flight instructor practical test must be equipped with brakes from the secondary pilot position, which will dictate an aircraft configuration incorporating dual braking systems."
The latest FAA interpretation (contained in the Flight Standards Handbook Bulletin for General Aviation) supercedes the Eastern Regional Counsel Interpretation and allows the conduct of all checkrides in aircraft without dual brakes or a handbrake. The FAA's most recent interpretation states "FAA's previous and long standing policy regarding this matter continues to apply and civil aircraft with a single set of brakes, with or without a central handbrake, may continue to be used for flight instruction or practical tests in accordance with all applicable provisions of 14 CFR."
Under this interpretation, dual brakes or a handbrake are not required equipment when conducting any CFI practical test.
AOPA thanks the FAA for reinforcing and clarifying its position that brakes are not required equipment when engaging in flight instruction or a practical test in an airplane. AOPA holds that the previous FAA interpretations requiring dual brakes for CFI practical tests were impractical and were contrary to almost 100 years of aviation tradition. AOPA is pleased that the FAA has followed through on verbal agreements and issued new regulatory interpretations that accurately reflect the real-world practices of the instructional community by allowing aircraft without dual brakes to be utilized for all CFI checkrides.
Recently the FAA issued HGBA 00-08 clarifying that dual brakes are not required for flight instruction or practical tests.
On April 27, 2000, AOPA received the FAA's latest interpretation of the requirements of � 91.109(a). This interpretation did not address the interpretations of part 61.
On March 17, 2000, FAA issued yet another interpretation of � 91.109(a) and � 61.45(c), this time from Eastern Regional Counsel. This interpretation also included the still current interpretation of 61.45(b).
On September 29, 1999, the FAA issued another interpretation of � 91.109(a) (this time from the acting manager of FAA Certification Branch). This letter also included the first of a series of interpretations of 61.45(c).
On July 29, 1999, AOPA received the FAA's original interpretation of the dual control requirements of � 91.109(a) from General Counsel.


Rob Schneider talks about the showbiz industry before his four shows at Funny Bone.
Schneider has a penchant for a bygone era of Hollywood. A Sid Caesar story he recalls during a phone conversation leads to a Dean Martin story, which, in turn, leads to a Marlon Brando story. Schneider called to promote his club appearance in Liberty Township.
He also collects stories about his contemporaries, some of whom he starred alongside during a golden era of "SNL." A story involving an "SNL" heavyweight serves to explain why Schneider is choosing to come to Ohio in the dead of winter to play a comedy club.
"I was with Chris Rock and Adam Sandler the other day, and I was going, the difference between when we were on 'Saturday Night Live' and now is like, if somebody wanted to complain about one of our sketches, they had to get a pen, find a piece of paper, then they'd have to find an envelope, then they'd have to buy a stamp. And then they'd have to find a mailbox, and they'd have to find the address, so it's like a five-step process, as opposed to just tweeting. Not with Twitter and Facebook and social media, for dumb celebrities like myself who can just tweet something stupid and regret it, it's a different time.
"Chris Rock is the best comic of our era. Adam Sandler is the Jimmy Stewart of our era. There are people who would think it's Tom Hanks, but it's not, really. It's Adam Sandler. If you take a look at the eyeballs, you have a billion – with a b – a billion hours of people watching Adam Sandler, just on Netflix. He's the most popular actor in the world, as far as looking at the number of people watching, just because he's relatable and likable, but also he's a hard worker.
"I wish they would have gone through the ethics committee because Al Franken's not Harvey Weinstein. I think he was being a jerk and wasn't nice, but I never once saw him in four years, and I'm talking every day, be anything but respectful to the women who worked there. That's why I was one of the few guys who went public to defend him. Don't get me wrong. I didn't defend him in a good way. I said he's a jerk, but I said he's not a sexual harasser.


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March 19: DVD alternatives to this weekend's multiplex offerings
Fri Mar 19 2010, 07:19pm | 0 comments
We know how it is: You'd like to go to the movies this weekend, but you're on the run from cops, criminals, and your ex-husband the bounty hunter. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, "Hey, did you see The Bounty Hunter this weekend?" you can reply, "No, I found plenty of other hateful romantic comedies to enjoy, so to speak."
INSTEAD OF: The Bounty Hunter, in which Gerard Butler hunts down his former wife, Jennifer Aniston, and throws her in the trunk of his car until she falls in love with him again, or something…
WATCH: Fool's Gold (2008), another unpleasantly themed "romantic" "comedy" from director Andy Tennant, which pairs Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson as awful exes who hate-banter their way back into each other pants. Or you could see how, separately, Butler and Aniston have made the inexplicable decision to base their careers around terrible, unfunny, sexist movies that slander men and women alike and make love look like nonstop warfare and humiliation: He starred in the disgusting The Ugly Truth (2009), and she starred in the excruciating Along Came Polly (2004) — and you'd think at least one of them would have learned to avoid these kinds of movies like the plague. If you want an actual comedy about a bounty hunter (though it lacks romance), see Midnight Run (1988), in which Robert DeNiro hauls bailjumper Charles Grodin from New York to Los Angeles; it's one of the funniest movies ever made.
INSTEAD OF: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, about the trials and tribulations of being a boy in the jungle of middle school, right down to the de rigueur mortification of getting beat up by a girl…
WATCH: Hotel for Dogs (2009), also from director Thor Freudenthal, a nicer movie about an adolescent boy (and his sister) who put their growing-pain angst to good use by creating a shelter for street pooches. On a similar level of for-the-kiddies-ness — it's fine for youngsters, but their parents will be bored — is Hoot (2006), in which a young Logan Lerman fights to save a habitat for endangered birds from developers. Kids and adults alike will enjoy one of the best movies ever made about how hard it is to be a kid: Holes (2003), a bittersweet dramedy starring a teenaged Shia LaBeouf as a good kid wrongly sent to a juvenile detention camp. For the grownups only is Lord of the Flies (1963), a movie so definitive about what little monsters kids can be — a gaggle of them shipwrecked on an island descend into barbarism — that its title has become shorthand for the untamed animalism of the pubescent.
INSTEAD OF: Repo Men, in which Jude Law and Forest Whitaker repossess the artificial replacement organs of those who fall behind on the payments (until Jude Law decides he doesn't like this work anymore)…
WATCH: Repo Man (1984), science fiction of a different stripe about the guys who bring in the cars of deadbeat drivers and the mysterious car they and the CIA are after. On a more related theme is Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), a goofy musical about financing organ transplants that has quickly acquired a cult following. Two genre classics that surely inspired, at least in some small part, this new film are Logan's Run (1976), in which everyone must die at the age of 30 (until one man decides otherwise), and Blade Runner (1982), about a hunter-downer of rogue androids — the latter film also lends considerable visual style to Repo Men, especially in its neon-advertising-drenched urban landscape.
Along Came Polly [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Blade Runner [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Fool's Gold [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Holes [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Hoot [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Hotel for Dogs [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Logan's Run [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Lord of the Flies [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Midnight Run [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Repo Man [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
Repo! The Genetic Opera [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
The Ugly Truth [Region 1/U.S.] [Region 1/Can.] [Region 2]
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Along Came Polly | Andy Tennant | Blade Runner | Bounty Hunter | Charles Grodin | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Fool's Gold | Forest Whitaker | Gerard Butler | Holes | Hoot | Hotel for Dogs | Jennifer Aniston | Jude Law | Kate Hudson | Logan's Run | Lord of the Flies | Matthew McConaughey | Midnight Run | Repo Man | Repo Men | Repo the Genetic Opera | Robert De Niro | Shia LaBeouf | Thor Freudenthal | Ugly Truth