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Yu Ren Chapter 14
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Yu Ren Chapter 14 It was not easy to look like this
The man and the woman sitting in the hall were the parents of Bai Fu Ling, master Bai and madam Bai. The bright hall was somewhat scary under the 'powerful aura' of these two.
People who had seen this Bai couple would generally be frightened to a certain extent. It was really amazing that two of such ugly people existed in the world and were also a married couple.
The maiden name of madam Bai was Mu Pei Lan. She had a sharp mouth and monkey cheek. Her forehead and cheekbones were protruding. She had deep sunken eye socket and cheeks, and her body was tall and plump. At first glance, she looked like a big female monkey who had put on clothes.
The surname of master Bai was Bai and his name is Chou (means ugly). It was truly not just in name only but also in reality. He was the best example of this!
Not just in name only but also in reality: be worthy of the name; be something in reality as well as in name.
As the saying goes, however strong you are, there is always someone stronger. There's no ugliest, only uglier! On the level of ugliness, he was like the mountain that is higher than the high mountain that Mu shi was. His facial features were like being washed by a washboard. It was crooked where none of the facial features were in normal shape and stayed where they were supposed to be.
Those who had seen Bai Fu Ling couldn't dare to imagine that these two super ugly people 'joining force together' would give birth to such a stunning daughter. This was simply a miracle that violated the laws of heredity. It was so hard to believe that two top-notch toads could actually give birth to a phoenix!
If it wasn't because Bai couple loved their only daughter like their own life, others would think that Bai Fu Ling wasn't their biological child but was stolen from somewhere.
When Bai Fu Ling was a child, she didn't dare to look in the mirror and to her reflection for a long time for fear that she would be frightened to death by her resemblance to her parents. Until she found out that it was a false alarm. The first thing she woke up every day was to look in the mirror to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She looked really different from her parents and was an absolute topnotch beauty.
Bai Fu Ling ran into the hall. She clung onto her father directly and sweetly called him 'father'. Then she walked into her mother's embrace and called her 'mother'. After listening to that, the two's taut faces immediately softened. They carefully looked at their daughter confirming that she was safe and in good condition. Only after having asked some questions about if she had enough food and warm clothes, health and other issues did they feel reassured to go back to their room to rest.
After Bai Fu Ling had calmed down her overstressed parents, she took a long breath and returned to her yard to wash and sleep.
The small courtyard where she lived was arranged very cozily. A hot spring pool was built behind the yard. This pool wasn't big but the whole pool was dug from a huge piece of white jade stone. Not even in the imperial palace would they do such a thing.
The water of the hot spring was filled with medicinal things of nourishing and calming effect. After Bai Fu Ling soaked for a while in there, she became somewhat drowsy. It wasn't good for her health to be soaked for too long in the hot spring. After she got up and dried her body, she pulled at a small rope on the side. A sharp and clear sound of the bells spread out. After a while, a woman of about forty or so came in.
The woman was dressed in a clean dress, holding a wooden basket in her hand. She had soft facial features but there were no expression in her eyes. This was a blind person who had been blind for many years. Bai Fu Ling was startled by her, "Aunt Fang, why is it you? Isn't aunt Liu coming over today?"
Aunt Fang smiled and said, "The daughter of sister Liu is ill. She has to look after her, so I changed the day with her." As she spoke, she made an accurate courtesy in the direction of Bai Fu Ling.
Bai Fu Ling nodded, got up and went behind the screen to lay on a soft couch. Aunt Fang familiarly walked to the side of the soft couch. She placed the basket on the small table next to the couch, opened the lid, skillfully took out the cloth towel and wiped her hands carefully. Afterwards, she opened a bottle and poured a little ointment in the hand. Then, she put her hands on the back of Bai Fu Ling and skillfully massaged all the way down from the neck and shoulders.
Bai Fu Ling exclaimed comfortably. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the professional services, while not forgetting to praise, "Aunt Fang, you will be the best masseuse in the capital for sure if you stays in the capital."
"That's also because of miss's grace. I'm old. It's best for me to stay at my son's side," Aunt Fang smiled. She was proficient in her movements and didn't hesitate at all because of her blinded eyes.
Aunt Fang had come to this place countless times, and the furniture were fixed here. At the beginning, she had to be led by the maid. She remembered every step by heart. Afterwards, she no longer needed anyone for guidance. She was able to walk freely in this place.
Aunt Fang had already bought back her slave contract from Bai family for several years. Her son was Fang Hai. In the early days, Bai family had bought many blind people like her who had no food and clothing or were abandoned by their families. Even finding professionals to teach them massage skills and opened massage parlors in the capital to serve rich families.
The point that they couldn't see anything with their eyes had in fact become an advantage in the eyes of the high official and noble persons. Because even if such a person was brought into the house, they weren't afraid that they (blind people) did ridiculous things or saw things that shouldn't be seen. In addition, Bai Fu Ling would let Fang Hai, the great disciple of the genius doctor Xin Yi, make new healthy massage ointments every season. Over the past few years, other copycat massage parlors in the capital had been unable to compete with them.
After trying their massage skills, many masters and ladies from official's families were full of praise. They tried any means to buy them (blind people) home to serve them, but Bai Fu Ling wasn't willing. She only sent them (blind people) to their (officials) houses to serve. Then, they (blind people) received a reward according to the number of times they went. After they earned enough money to buy back their slave contract, Bai Fu Ling would annul their slave's contract and get rid of their slave status.
Bai Fu Ling never do business that loses money. The money to redeem themselves was extremely high, often dozens or even hundred times higher than the price they were sold. However, these people had absolutely no complaints and were in fact full of gratitude.
Bai family didn't only give them skills to support themselves but also gave them the best opportunities. After they had bought back their slave contracts, they could still continue to work in the massage parlor and received a generous fee.
At that time, aunt Fang was sold for one silver liang. When she bought back her slave contract, she spent a full hundred liang. But she earned this one hundred liang back after she had worked two years in the capital's massage parlor.
"Teach Fang Hai how to make some money when you have time. Not only does he not have the money to buy back his slave contract, he still owned me two hundred silver liang that he borrowed for the opening of the medical center." Bai Fu Ling took the chance to complain to Fang Hai's mother.
Aunt Fang didn't really care about her son's delay in buying back his slave contract and said, "This child is someone stubborn, but miss will look after him, so, I'm not worry. The medical center earned eight hundred liang today…."
"How's it eight hundred liang?! It should be four thousand liang!" Bai Fu Ling got up abruptly and said agitated. She clearly said to charge each one of those eight barbarians five hundred liang!
Aunt Fang was startled by her sudden movement. She stopped the massage and explained, "Those eight people were seriously injured. Hai put their bones back in place and put on medicine for them. After that, he told them about the medical fees. But they all said that they had come from far away and had lost more than half of the goods on the way. They hadn't found a buyer yet for the rest of the goods. They only had eight hundred liang with them and asked Hai to make an exception. When Hai saw them so pitiful, he did…."
TLNote: As many of you know, I've dropped this book for three years already. I did plan on finishing it and had been translating some chapters in my spare time. Recently, it had come to my attention that RandomAlex started translating it. Since, I've already translated till chapter 16, we agreed that I will post till chapter 16 and she will continue from chapter 17 onwards. For the future chapters, here is her site.
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After evading questions for a half hour, I made an excuse about my head hurting and was able to get to my room. The Inn only had one room left so I was forced to share it with Michael. The room had a simple green rug, a lamp, a night stand, and one bed. I had Wolfgang put Michael on it since he needed the rest more than I did. Heidi brought me a spare pillow and I slept on the rug. It wasn't uncomfortable, although it wasn't anything close to being as nice as my usual sleeping accommodations.
I thought about a lot of things before drifting off to sleep. Why was Michael out for revenge against Sadow? The most likely reason was that Sadow had been involved with the annihilation of the draconians. But the very idea was almost incomprehensible to me. Ever since I was a child I had heard tales of Sadow. He had always been described as a righteous and just Magi. When a severe forest fire had decimated the northern outskirts of Het Wald, leaving several people homeless and even causing a few casualties, he had been among the first to provide relief for the survivors and aid in the recovery effort. We weren't the only ones he had aided. He had a long history of such altruistic acts. Why would someone like that be involved in murder?
I also thought about Callie. She had worked so hard to get me my freedom and all she had asked was that I consider spending more time with her. Now I was going to her home, but the circumstances were all messed up. Ideally, my visit to see her should have been because I wanted to, but I was going because there wasn't anywhere else. There was another issue that I hadn't considered. Callie lived in Strecner, just like Sadow did. Would it be easy for him to find us there? I checked my map. She had circled the far north-western outskirts, just outside of the main city. That was good. From what I could remember about the Magi, Sadow took residence in the eastern area, fairly close to the city centre. So he would have to travel quite a ways to find us. And I didn't think Callie would tell anyone we were there if I asked for her discretion.
I glanced up at Michael. He was sweating heavily in his sleep. I almost wanted to wake him up and hear his perspective, but I didn't dare disturb him. Thinking about it, it was no wonder that that human in the lobby had mistaken him for a woman. He had very soft features. He also had very long hair. It wasn't difficult to understand why the patrons had thought him a woman. Depending on where the human was from it might have been unusual for him too. And his armour hid his figure pretty well. You could tell that he was slim, but you couldn't tell much more than that. Even I hadn't been sure whether he was a woman or a man when we had first met. Heidi had known right away, but she wasn't relying on her sight.
After a lot of thinking that only left me with more questions, I managed to fall asleep. I had a strange dream of twin dragonflies flying toward the sun. It burned their shimmering wings and sent them plummeting to the earth. I felt sorry for the poor things, but when I tried to catch them they fell through my hands.
I woke up with the sun in my eyes. Michael had been washed and dressed in new clothes. He didn't show any signs of waking up. A plate of ham and eggs had been set out for me. It was kind of cold, but I ate it anyway. It was still good. I took the dish downstairs. Heidi was serving mutton and corn to a group of travellers. Her eyes brightened when she saw me.
"Was I really out that long?" I asked. I felt embarrassed.
I started to protest but she wouldn't hear of it. She had a barely pubescent girl with almost black fur prepare a bath for me. I followed the cub into their lodging. Which only had five rooms as far as I could see. The main room, which had a toy chest, a bookcase and several chairs, a bathroom and three others. Bedrooms, I suppose. The bathroom had nothing but a large wooden tub that had been filled with hot water, a rack of clean towels, and a small elevated platform that had bottles of soap and shampoo on it.
"You're welcome to use these," Amalia said. "If you'd like I can wash your back." It was a little surprising how soft spoken she was.
"That isn't necessary," I said.
I relented and let her take them. I had intended to take the bath quickly and get moving, but I had to wait until I could hear Amalia returning with my clothes which took about twenty minutes. As soon as I heard her foot steps I got out of the bath and dried off.
"Yes, it certainly is," I agreed. I took my clothes. They had been cleaned and dried. Judging by the heat on them she had used fire magic to do the drying. I dressed quickly.
"Don't worry," Wolfgang said. "I couldn't stay away from you or the cubs too long." He nuzzled against her neck for a moment. "Let's go," he said.
I nodded and we began our walk toward Strecner.
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Our laboratory is examining a broad range of evolutionary questions, including the evolution of sex and recombination, the evolution of microsatellites in lower organisms, microevolutionary events that take place in the course of infection in the genomes of pathogens, the evolution of HIV and other viruses, the timing of genetic events that have taken place during the history of our species, and the evolutionary divergence of distantly related proteins. We are also examining the maintenance of diversity in complex genetic systems and complex ecosystems. We have found that the major gene directing sexual recombination, the MAT locus, has pleiotropic effects that range far beyond meiotic and mitotic recombination and DNA repair, to encompass cellular processes as different as the uptake of exogenous DNA and the regulation of mitochondrial activity. Our results strongly support the concept that the evolution of sex had its beginnings in the uptake and incorporation by cells of exogenous genetic material. We are investigating large numbers of polymorphic microsatellites in yeast, some of which may be correlated with fitness. Such microsatellites are surprisingly common in lower organisms, and we have shown that microsatellites of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans undergo alterations in the course of infection in AIDS patients. We have also found abundant polymorphic microsatellites in the important viral pathogen cytomegalovirus.
We are also developing a selective PCR system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae which will allow us to follow the accumulation of microsatellite length mutations over time in stressed and unstressed populations.
We have developed a number of methods for increasing the amount of evolutionary information in phylogenetic trees. This has enabled us to obtain a more accurate estimate of the date, and the probable geographic location, of the mitochondrial Eve. This methodology has also enabled us to determine more accurate human retrovirus evolutionary trees. Using this approach, we were able to show that the evolution of n-glycosylation sites ("sequons") in the envelope gene has proceeded at three times the rate in HIV-1 that it has in the less pathogenic HIV-2. This is the largest difference in evolutionary rate that has yet been detected in these viruses, and is likely to be connected to their interaction with the host immune system.
Another research direction in the laboratory has been the mechanisms maintaining genetic diversity. We recently proposed a model of "genetic herd-immunity" to explain the maintenance of such highly polymorphic genetic systems as MHC. This frequency-dependent model permits a genetically heterogeneous host population to keep many pathogens at bay simultaneously. Stephen Hubbell, Richard Condit and I have recently extended this model to the maintenance of diversity in the rainforest, and have evidence from well-studied rainforests in Panama and Malaysia that herd-immunity at the level of species is in fact operating.
Most recently, we have shown that for seven different tropical rainforests, in both the Old and New Worlds, cohorts of trees increase in diversity over time because the locally commoner species have a higher mortality than the locally rarer ones. These results, which show that there are strong non-random processes increasing diversity in these forests, are consistent with several frequency-dependent models for the maintenance of diversity.
I have published a number of books about evolution for general readers, most recently "The Darwinian Tourist" (Oxford University Press, 2010). The book deals with how ecosystems throughout the world have been shaped by the process of evolution. My new book on ecology, evolution, and our interactions with the natural world, "Green Equilibrium: Balancing the Futures of Our Species and Our Planet," will be published by Oxford University Press in early 2013.
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Wills, C., and J. Bada. (2000). The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup. Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA.
Birdsell, J., and C. Wills. (2003). The evolutionary origin and maintenance of sexual recombination: a review of contemporary models. Evolutionary Biology 33:27-138.
Metzgar, D., L. Liu, C. Hansen, K. Dybvig, and C. Wills. (2002). Domain-level differences in microsatellite distribution and content result from different relative rates of insertion and deletion mutations. Genome Research 12:408-413.
Wills, C., R. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, R. B. Foster, and N. Manokaran. (2004). Comparable nonrandom forces act to maintain diversity in both a New World and an Old World rainforest plot. Pp. 384-407 in E. C. Losos and E. G. J. Leigh, eds. Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism: Findings from a Large-Scale Network. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Wills, C., K. E. Harms, R. Condit, D. King, J. Thompson, F. He, H. C. Muller-Landau, P. Ashton, E. Losos, L. Comita, S. Hubbell, J. LaFrankie, S. Bunyavejchewin, H. S. Dattaraja, S. Davies, S. Esufali, R. Foster, N. Gunatilleke, S. Gunatilleke, P. Hall, A. Itoh, R. John, S. Kiratiprayoon, S. L. de Lao, M. Massa, C. Nath, M. N. S. Noor, A. R. Kassim, R. Sukumar, H. S. Suresh, I.-F. Sun, S. Tan, T. Yamakura, and J. Zimmerman. (2006). Nonrandom processes maintain diversity in tropical forests. Science 311:527-531.
Wills, C. (2005). Revision of the evolution section of Campbell's Biology, 7th edition. This text, the most widely used introductory biology text, provides an introduction to evolution for 150,000 beginning biology majors each year.
Wills, C. (2010). The Darwinian Tourist, Oxford University Press. This book, illustrated with 150 of the author's photographs from above and under the water around the world, shows how the world's living systems have been shaped by the process of evolution. It was called probably the year's most important travel book" by Conde Nast Traveler.
Veretnik, S., C. Wills, P. Youkharibache, R. E. Valas, and P. E. Bourne (2009). Sm/Lsm Genes Provide a Glimpse into the Early Evolution of the Spliceosome. PLoS Comput. Biol. 5.
Wills, C. (2011a). Genetic and phenotypic consequences of introgression between humans and Neanderthals. Advances in genetics 76:27-54.
Wills, C. (2011b). Rapid recent human evolution and the accumulation of balanced genetic polymorphisms. High Altitude Medicine & Biology 12:149-155.
Wills, C. (2013). Green Equilibrium: Balancing the Futures of Our Species and Our Planet. Oxford University Press, in press.
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Canadian Sport Institute Ontario – TORONTO (August 14, 2019) – Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) would like to congratulate Team Canada on a successful 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. The Canadian Team delivered inspiring and powerful performances time and time again, bringing home 152 medals –35 Gold, 64 Silver, 53 Bronze.
Team Canada finished 4th in the medal standings (by Gold medal) and 3rd by number of total medals. This is the most medals won by Canada in a non-home Games since Mar del Plata 1995 (196).
Ontario athletes dominated at the Games with 179 Ontario athletes winning a total of 83 medals – 16 Gold, 40 Silver, 27 Bronze. Ontario athletes won 54% of Team Canada's medals.
CSIO affiliated athletes are a large contingent of the Canadian athletes bringing home the hardware with 63 medals – 14 Gold, 29 Silver, 20 Bronze.
477 Team Canada Athletes à 152 medals
179 Ontario Athletes à 83 medals
122 CSIO Affiliated Athletes à 63 medals
41 OHPSI Athletes à 19 medals
Canada dominated the Men's Decathlon, with Ontario and CSIO affiliated athletes Damian Warner (Gold) and Pierce LePage (Bronze) controlling the leaderboard over the two-day event.
Athletics athletes had 15 podium finishes including CSIO affiliated athletes Warner, LePage, Geneviève Lalonde (Gold – 3,000m Steeplechase), Brittany Crew (Silver – Shot Put), Alysha Newman (Bronze – Pole Vault), and Khamica Bingham, Crystal Emmanuel, Ashlan Best, Leya Buchanan (Silver – Women's 4x100m)
Laser Radial Sailor Sarah Douglas won Gold in Women's Dinghy – Sarah is an OHPSI program grad and CSIO affiliated athlete.
Badminton player Michelle Li won Gold in Women's Singles, moving her to 9th in the World Ranking, her highest ranking to date.
Canada won 3 Silver medals in Rhythmic Gymnastics – Natalie Garcia (Clubs), Katherine Uchida (Ball, Hoop)
A Complete List of Ontario Medallists & CSIO Affiliated Medallists from the Pan Am Games are Enclosed.
"On behalf of CSIO, congratulations to Team Canada – our 152 medal winning performances, and all of the athletes, coaches, and support staff on a wonderful showing at the Pan Am Games. We are extremely proud of our Ontario and CSIO affiliated athletes and their powerful performances and their accomplishments on the podium. Thank you to the Government of Canada and Sport Canada; the Province of Ontario and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport; Own the Podium; and the Canadian Olympic Committee for their continued support of CSIO and Ontario athletes at these Games. We now look forward to even more captivating and triumphant performances from Team Canada's athletes and coaches at the Parapan Am Games later month!"
Debbie Low
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Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) is a non-profit organization committed to the pursuit of excellence by providing world-class programs, services, and leadership to high performance athletes and coaches to enhance their ability to achieve international podium performances. CSIO offers athletes a range of sport science and sport medicine services including nutrition, physiology, biomechanics, strength & conditioning, mental performance, sport therapy and life services. CSIO also delivers programming and services to National and Provincial Sport Organizations and coaches to work towards building a stronger sport system in Ontario and Canada.
CSIO services approximately 700 high performance athletes and 250 coaches, at its main facility at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, its satellite location at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre in Milton, and in daily training environments across Ontario. CSIO is part of a larger network of 4 institutes and 3 multi-sport centres across the country known as the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network, working in partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee. CSIO is further supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Sport Canada, Own the Podium, and the Coaching Association of Canada, along with the National and Provincial Sport Organizations within the sector. www.csiontario.ca
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Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold."
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had, oops, been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
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"If you're alive in your grave and your string meant to save snaps in two, you're dead" never became popular and was, eventually lost.
And that's the truth, except for the part about the lost saying... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! !
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Helen Bartlett first began photographing children when she was a teenager, at her mother's south London nursery. She launched her professional career in 2003 and is now one of the UK's most accomplished and respected family portrait photographers. Her black and white images use available light and express the emotional spectrum of family life. We caught up with her to find out about the challenges of turning a passion for photography into a full-time career.
My dad was a keen photographer when I was growing up so we had a darkroom at home. My brothers and I all had manual cameras, took lots of photos on black and white film, then developed and printed our own pictures. At the same time, my mum ran a nursery school from home during the week. When I became a teenager, I started photographing the nursery children and selling photos to their parents as a way of making some pocket money. Then I carried on while studying for my university degree as I always wanted to be a photographer. However, I thought it was just a dream and I'd end up doing something else.
How did it become your career?
When I'd tried a couple of other jobs and still wanted to be a photographer, my older brother loaned me some money to set up a children's photography company and everything just seemed to happen at the right time. Digital photography was becoming more affordable, so I got a Canon EOS 10D, bought a computer and lived with my parents while I became established.
What challenges did you need to overcome?
The main challenges in setting up then were the same as they are now. The main hurdle is getting clients. You can take the best photos in the world but if people don't know about you, then it's hard to get more clients through the door. And when you're starting up, learning to work with children takes time and experience'. I remember photographing four small boys in a basement flat, on a rainy day, and thinking that doing this as a job would be an interesting, and fun, challenge. The longer you work with children the more you learn the ways to get the best out of them and also to make sure that everyone has a brilliant time along the way.
"The more you shoot, the more tricks you'll learn and the more you'll define your style."
What tips would you offer to aspiring professional photographers?
One of the things to remember is that photography is rarely a route to riches. It's hard work, so before people give up their day jobs, it's important to remember that things don't happen overnight.
I'd say learn as much as you can. The internet is a great resource for practical help and learning techniques. But the most important thing is to practice. Because nothing beats actually taking photographs. It's a good idea to simply capture photos of friends and family before you take on paid commissions. The more you shoot, the more tricks you'll learn and the more you'll define your style.
What kit do you currently use?
I usually use two Canon EOS-1DX cameras as they're rugged and suitable for all situations. Kids move really fast so you need to be able to capture that, and also you're never quite sure what you're going to have thrown at you when playing exciting games with enthusiastic toddlers – sand, water, cuddly toys, the list is endless.
I often shoot with prime lenses. My usual kit for an outdoor shoot is a Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM and a Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM lens. Inside I tend to use the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM and a Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM. And if I'm shooting babies under the age of one, I usually bring a macro lens as well.
If any of my clients wants to photograph their children, I usually suggest they start with an inexpensive Canon prime lens such as the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM. They're fantastic! They're a great way to learn about apertures and shutter speeds. And they let in a lot of extra light, so they're perfect for photographing children indoors.
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Sapelo Island lies on Georgia's coast in between Brunswick and Savannah and is the fourth biggest island in Georgia. Cabretta Island and Blackbeard Island both are in very close proximity to Sapelo and are generally talked about together as a single entity. All of the barrier islands including Sapelo Island are slowly losing ground on the northern end while generally gaining ground on the southern portion of the islands. This study will look at the Southern tip of Cabretta Island (which lies just off of Sapelo Island to the east and just south of Blackbeard Island to detect the shoreline change over the years of 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015. According to a study by Letzsch & Frey (1979) of University of Georgia (UGA), Sapelo island salt marsh is gaining silt and coastline is eroding in one side and depositing in other side. The intent of this project was to combine the large scale accuracy of a surveying techniques along with the spatial analytical features of GIS, GNSS, and landuse land cover classifications to track and gain further insight on this shore line change.
The data obtained for this project was National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 1m resolution imageries of 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015. The automated geospatial model developed in ArcGIS ModelBuilder to classify imageries using the ISODATA-Maximum Likelihood Hybrid classification algorithm, as well as the Reclassify and Plus tool. The object of interest that was classified throughout the years was the vegetation of Sapelo Island. The vegetation meant all trees that were is the area, not grass because that area is majority saltmarsh. By classifying the vegetation for each year we were able to display the change and reduction of the vegetation over time due to salt water intrusion. The coastal vegetation reduction is caused by the rising of the oceans tide. Freshwater wetland vegetation declines with salt (brackish) water intrusion, and perished later.
The correlation to the shoreline change is, if the vegetation line keeps receding further and further back it indicates that the shoreline/ ocean water must be rising and changing impacting the vegetation. Using landuse and land cover classifying methods we could classify each year's coastal vegetation cover and retrieve a result. This study, with the use of NAIP imagery classification, reclassification, and visual study, helped us to delineate the shorelines of the Sapelo Island AOI with regards to coastal erosion. The landuse change analysis to determine coastline freshwater vegetation reduction in Sapelo Island provided insight or confirmation of coastal erosion. The vegetation observed to be changing/reducing over time due to incoming salt water from the ocean and explaining the shoreline change.
The final classified images were overlaid on a true color ultra-high resolution ESRI base map to estimate and compare the shoreline locations of the Island in last 7 years. Also, the 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015 shoreline results were substantiated with survey data comprising of distance and direction. This study is being updated using the LiDAR data obtained from NOAA Coastal database inventory. This project would help coastal managers for decision support on coastal erosion monitoring.


Horror movies and alarm uses aren't what Halloween is about for me. My affliction abrrence aback activity through a apparitional allure isn't the chainsaws, screams or blood. I'm added anxious about accidentally accepting poked in the eye while in a angle aptic room.
For me, the best alarming allotment of Halloween is advancing up with aloof the appropriate costume.
I see Halloween as apparel therapy. It's a action that helps me ignment through my fears, weaknesses, obsessions and my charge to aculate a active angle on life. Aback I ane about my apparel cices over the years, I can acutely yze problems or situations I ability subconsciously accept been ambidextrous with. For instance, the year I was Delilah and I dressed up my husband, Bill, as Samson charge accept had article to do with conjugal ascendancy issues.
I accept been aggregate from Florence Nightingale to Pee Wee Herman. Aback Bill and I were younger, we did a Daddy Warbucks-Little Orphan Annie pair. Unfortunately, anybody anion Bill was dressed as a tooth. Somew with his white clothing anorak and baldheaded wig, he did resemble a bipid. Maybe I suld accept dressed as a dentist.
My best admired apparel is my bedrock brilliant with a mullet look. I accept beat this accouterments on added than one occasion, for apude sws and on career day. Sometimes I aloof charge the abundance and aegis of a mullet. After all, it was my signature hairstyle in the '80s and aboriginal '90: business in the front, affair in the back. To acclaim the mullet, I abrasion decrepit jeans and a T-shirt with ripped-off sleeves that says: "If you're rich, I'm single."
Last year, I was aggravating to ignment through my abrrence of aerial by bathrobe up as Amelia Earhart. Unfortunately, addition acicular out that aerial didn't end up able-bodied for this adventurous gal. Regardless of her fate, I looked like I had aloof stepped out of a even from the past. I accept this astonishing and yet alien apude for affairs apparel out of my hat. It additionally helps to accept a apparel closet.
My apparel ysis history is accessible to psycyze. I've been a gypsy (obsession with blatant jewelry), an Italian agency grinder (secret admiration to abound a mustache and own a monkey), a charlatan (preoccupation with gold teeth and Johnny Depp), a cone-head (fixation with aliens), Willie Nelson (understanding tax evasion), Marilyn Monroe (middle-age anatomy angel issues), Biker Barbie (a covering hang-up) and Sally O'Malley (both she and I were 50).
This Halloween, I'm activity to be a cowgirl, complete with chaps and affected covering pants. I'm accepting additional tughts about the pants. They're tight, and because of the abrasion of my thighs abrading calm during the Biker Barbie stint, I attending as if I encountered a backpack of athirst abundance lions. I haven't yet ample out absolutely w the cowgirl accouterments is theutic. Possibly, it's about rses. I've consistently admired rses, but the aftermost time I went on a aisle ride my rse was uncooperative. The adviser kept cogent me I was captivation the reins too loosely, appropriately giving the rse alloyed signals. That wasn't the aboriginal time I've heard that. I wondered if that adolescent wrangler was a beginning Dr. Phil.
Maybe the accomplished Western angel affair is absolutely about the adventure of beefcake on a beautiful blush pistol and lster. I accept consistently feared guns, but this one is added like an accent than a weapon. I would, wever, like to appearance off by acquirements w to do some quick-draw and twirling tricks. Knowing my luck, I would apparently aloof blow myself in the eye.
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Are these the cheapest ever non-mistake Business Class fares from Europe to Asia?
By euflyer in Qatar Airways on April 16, 2015 .
We recently highlighted the superb value that could be had in the Qatar Airways one week sale, that ends on 19 April, 2015, for travel up to 10 December, 2015.
The stand out fare in this has to be the Oslo to Bangkok Business Class return, which is priced at a quite staggering 9,052 NOK (£776/€1082/$1152). That is little more than Economy Class prices, for a Business Class flight with the excellent Qatar Airways.
But is it actually available at all at this price?
There's actually an even less expensive long haul Business Class flight available, too. Again, taking random dates in May, 2015, Oslo to Delhi is priced at 8824 NOK (£755/€1054/$1120). We really are almost talking Economy prices for Business Class travel here.
Yes. This is a sale that's well worth browsing generally. You will get extra-cheap fares from the European departure points like Oslo, Amsterdam and Stockholm, but there's also very competitive Business Class fares available from the traditionally more expensive starting points, like London.
If you're based near a European starting point airport like Oslo, Amsterdam or Stockholm, or are willing to take a quick flight to get there, this really is a rare opportunity. I have booked the Oslo-Delhi flight, with a simple repositioning flight to Oslo (and a day there) costing me little more than €100.
If those prices aren't enough for you, surely an Armani amenity kit will seal it?
By the way, the heading to this article is a genuine question. If you have seen cheaper Business Class fares, please let me know in the comments!
Remember, you have just 3 days left to book at these prices!
Just shows how little front cabin traffic there really is for these gulf emirate airlines as they flood local markets with their predatory economy fares to destroy home carriers. There's no logic to so-called Open Skies when it results in the destruction of once-viable legacy airlines in Europe and North America. The consumer might win in the short run, but this is destructive of local economies and jobs in the long run. Just as China has hollowed out manufacturing in the west, so too will these highly subsidized predatory airlines from the gulf emirates wreck national airlines across the west.
Interesting take, and I appreciate the input.
My biggest issue with the increasing Middle East 3 dominance/undercutting is not so much their access to the open market – we live in a hard nosed capitalist world, of course (and Open Skies is bi/multilateral – it's not simply the ME3 that benefit). As you allude to, my concern is much more to do with the level by which the ME3 are, in reality, being bankrolled by the (vastly wealthy) state. If that is the case, and there's a few indicators to suggest that it is, then this is not a level playing field.
I see similar fares on AY through HEL, ex-CDG. For instance May 7-11, CDG-HEL-DEL, 1196€.
Good spot – will post on these ex France fares, thanks.


Our life is simply a series of combustions. Yes, our thoughts, feelings and actions, all our expressions are accompanied by combustion.
To generate energy for our life, materials must be burnt somewhere. This combustion inevitably produces residues that must be thrown away; otherwise, what would happen? If we do not clean the glass of an oil lamp, it will not give light anymore; if we do not clear away the ashes of a coal stove, it cannot give off heat.
In the same way, if humans have not learnt to rid themselves of their wastes, they sink into darkness and cold.
Unfortunately, most humans think they can do any kind of activity without taking care to eliminate impurities.
And yet they know they must wash themselves every day, otherwise the pores of their skin will be blocked, and this is detrimental to their health. Well, in the same way, they must think of washing themselves inwardly to clean the pores of their spiritual skin and thus re-establish communication with the divine world.


No, this is not about the Jimmy Fallon music video made with Jack Black that is all over social media, this is about me.
I've been saying forever about wanting to move on and wanting to let go. I've never pretended like this was an easy thing to do but I've often talked about it being something I was working on. Well, now I kind of see it as something I wanted to do but wasn't really putting in the real effort to achieve. Hell I've talked for a while about getting "let go" tattooed on my wrist but maybe actually finding a way to do it would be a good first step.
People that make assumptions about you – it's more about them not understanding you or your situation and assuming is how they can resolve the misunderstanding.
Continuing to use the same habitual thinking when dealing with someone you are angry with even though it failed every time before means nothing will be resolved.
When we refuse to respond with anger then we decide that revenge is not the only option.
Stepping away from assumptions and using kindness and compassion instead, taking time to really understand where the other person might be coming from.
The worst enemy is our inner enemy and it comes out when our sense of self is threatened.
Categorizing others as right or wrong helps us feel secure so we know where everyone, including ourselves, stand.
Putting other people in a completely different category from us objectifies them and creates tensions.
Refusing to allow yourself to be trapped in the role of victim or aggressor.
When angry, pause (for as long as you need) until it passes and you may not feel the level of anger you had before.
Stop and really think about your anger. Do you remember where it even came from? Is it helping you any or anyone else? Is it a worthwhile thing to focus on or, like for myself, is it totally ridiculous?
The very moment I suddenly thought to myself: why am I angry? Is this what I'm really making myself sick over? That's when I honestly felt a huge sense of relief, a weight lifted if you may. Once I decided to just let go forever my feelings of anger that's when I realized how pointless it all was.
This will remind me that I don't have to do everything on my own.
Sounds like we need a trip to the tattoo parlor.


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Cypress College to Present DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Next Year
This production runs March 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 in the Campus Theatre at Cypress College.
by Blair Ingenthron Dec. 03, 2022
Cypress College Theatre Arts Department will present Disney's Beauty and the Beast next year. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of an unkind prince who has been magically transformed into an unsightly creature as punishment for his selfish ways. To revert into his true human form, the Beast must learn to love a bright, beautiful young lady who he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle before it is too late.
This production runs March 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 in the Campus Theatre at Cypress College. The show is directed by Ryan Holihan and choreographed by Sonya Randall with musical direction by Bradley Hampton. The creative team includes Avery Tang (Scenic Design), Brad Bangi (Projection Design), Heather Harless (Lighting Design), Becky Ogden (Costume Design), Sam Lehotai (Prop Design), Paul Hadobas (Prosthetics) and Marci Alberti (Makeup Design). The production is staged managed by Sarai Sarmiento. Tickets can be found at www.CypressCollegeTheatre.com.
The Cast includes Isabel Van Wye as Belle, Bradley Weaver as The Beast, Wyatt Calderon- Gaston, Gavin Prudencio as Lefou, Lukas Marvin as Lumiere, Saul Conde as Cogsworth, Angie Chavez as Babette, Bethany Folks as Mrs. Potts, Doris Dai as Chip, Capone Walker as Madame Bouche, Precious Montgomery, Carla Ongpauco, Ashley Zarate as the Silly Girls, Jack Burford as Monsieur D'arque, and Sydney Park as Enchantress.
The ensemble includes Sydney Tagarao, Chase Carroll, Vincent Gaspar, Destiny Colman, June Torres Avvayga, Tristan Lund, Sarah Ceriale, Jordan (Simy) Sims, Lauren Cupulony, Jean Poincelet, Emily Ambrose, Joseph Fausto, Dimitri Zoida, Jose Tovar, Aaron Espinosa, Maya Mendoza, Geralyn Ibarra, Chloe Minell, Angela Michaela, Yessenia Munoz, James Gonzales, Isabella Vega, and Jeffery Jones.
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"This Means War" is helmed by director McG whose worldwide hits include "Charlie's Angels," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Terminator Salvation," written by scribe Simon Kinberg who penned the incredibly thrilling films "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," ""X-Men: The Last Stand," "Jumper" and "Sherlock Holmes," and produced by Will Smith to create 2012's most enjoyable adult romantic-action-comedy.
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In the press: Five steps to a more inclusive and sustainable UK economy
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The UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing is a group of leading figures from business, Government and civil society with a clear mission: to build a more inclusive and sustainable economy in the U.K. It is chaired by Bridges' co-founder Michele Giddens and supported by the Bridges Impact Foundation.
Its new report: 'The Rise of Impact' features five recommendations for investors, businesses and Government, drawing on the lessons of impact investing to propose concrete steps that would make the UK economy more inclusive and more sustainable.
Over 200 people attended the launch event hosted by the City of London Corporation at the Guildhall this week, where Michele and the rest of the UK NAB outlined an ambitious vision to unlock an additional £300bn for investments that directly address social and environmental challenges, while also establishing the UK as a global hub for impact investing.
The report's recommendations include: the creation of a £2bn fund to catalyse investment and stimulate opportunities in communities that have seen decades of underinvestment and no real income growth; the creation of 'Pensions with Purpose' that will enable savers to invest in line with their values; placing even greater emphasis on social value within public procurement; and strengthening the UK's role in international development finance.
The UK NAB is the UK's voice in a Global Steering Group of 15-member states plus the EU: chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen, it was established as the successor to the Social Impact Investment Taskforce set up during the UK presidency of the G8. Chaired by Michele Giddens (co-founder of Bridges Funds Management), members include David Blood (co-founder of Generation Investment), Saker Nusseibeh (CEO of Hermes Investment Management), Sacha Romanovitch (CEO of Grant Thornton), and Hazel Blears (former Labour MP).
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Matthew Lloyd has worked in the Film,Television and Gaming since 1998. Some of Matthews work includes the Die Hard series, Spectral, Halo Nightfall and most recently the Amazon Prime Children series Stinky and Dirty. He currently works as a Lead Modeller in Dublin at Brown Bag Films and also teaches on the VFX program at Ballyfermot College.
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Holyoke's Workplace Wellness has a walking challenge for our employees!
Challenge yourself this fall to get up and move! Aim to walk at least 5 days a week. Start at a pace that's comfortable for you then gradually pick up speed.
3. First 5 employees to register get a YMCA punch card which entitles you to attend 10 classes for free!


"To reduce the burden of stroke in our local and global communities by identifying its causes and treatments through state-of-the-art clinical and translational research."
The Stroke Recovery Initiative at UCSF is designed to help people who have had a stroke connect with researchers who are applying the latest science and technology to test new treatments for stroke recovery. If you have had a stroke and are interested in participating in a stroke research study or clinical trial, join the Stroke Recovery Initiative at http://strokerecoveryinitiative.ucsf.edu/.


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Bottled Water Battle With Billionaire Polluter
Let us put a face to a name here, it's yet another "unacceptable face of capitalism" ….and yet another bloody billionaire….80 years old too. Meet Pierre Papillaud. He is listed as a Businessman and his speciality is buying up water supplies. He really makes his money out of selling plastic bottles, which incidentally happen to be filled with water, but as soon as they are empty they get to be somebody else's problem, especially when it comes to they're disposal. He has pissed off the people of a small town called Weed in California by buying into a timber company called Roseburg Forest Products.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/10/french-billionaire-disparages-rural-california-town-water-rights/
A town called Weed in California, just south of the Oregon border and in the shadow of Mount Shasta, is best known for its offbeat name and its appearance in John Steinbeck's classic "Of Mice and Men." Weed is also home to around 2,500 people. But now this small town in Siskiyou County is the focal point of a fight between a community's right to local water, and a company's right to sell it. In an area still recovering from the devastating 2014 Boles Fire, Weed is the David trying to find a voice against a Goliath that insists the town's water supply is better managed by bottling it and exporting it to Japan.
Weed's residents often tap into the nearby Beaughan Spring, especially during times of drought. Many homes scattered around this remote area in Northern California have piped this source of water onto their properties for years. The land surrounding the spring is owned by Roseburg Forest Products, a timber company, who entered into a controversial agreement with Crystal Geyser, the bottled water company {who are part of a conglomerate co-owned by the French billionaire Pierre Papillaud}.
Earlier this decade, Coca-Cola abandoned a local bottling plant and this is now re-opened and used by Crystal Spring. Papillaud is the owner of several bottled water brands world-wide so he is obviously a firm believer in water being a private commodity, not something that just falls from the sky on everyone.
The Beaughan Spring, along with other springs surrounding Mount Shasta, are considered sacred to local Native Americans, but it is the next one on Papillaud's shopping list and he doesn't seem to give a toss about ancient rights. Historically, Weed residents have been granted access to this water for $1 a year for the past half-century, but this year, Roseburg hiked up the annual fee to $97,500, with a stipulation in the contract that directs the town to find other water sources of water for its citizens. As a result tensions flared between one of the poorer regions in California and the companies determined to win this water war, the New York Times reported back in October.
The mayor of Weed, Ken Palfini, told Thomas Fuller of the Times that Papillaud's relations with local officials bordered on abusive. Weed officials claimed the octogenarian demanded that the city release its rights to the Beaughan Spring, threatening to "blow up the bottling plant" if he didn't get his way. Papillaud's son eventually visited the city to apologize, but the damage was done.
Residents and civic officials in Weed insist they have documentation proving water rights to this spring. Those claims date back to when the previous owner of Roseburg's timber lands, International Paper, sold those holdings in 1982 with the stipulation that the city could have unrestricted access to this source of water. And in any event, the city insists it has no other options in an area where some sources of water could be extremely toxic.
The Times story outlines Roseburg's suggestion that the city drill a well elsewhere on the company's property, but the city balked at the fact it is located only a few hundred yards from what is now an EPA Superfund site. For a city with a municipal budget of only a few million dollars, to spend as much as $2 million to drill a well in a dubious area makes no sense: No one wants anything remotely close to the Flint water crisis.
Earlier this summer, an alliance of citizens filed a lawsuit against Roseburg and the city of Weed. The plaintiffs argue the arrangement between the city and Roseburg was made without a proper environmental review. And they're seeking an extension of the current water lease.
Weed citizens are emboldened by a recent decision by the Montana Supreme Court where the state's high court ruled in August that the city of Missoula could seize water sources by eminent domain in order to protect municipal water supplies for the public good.
Papillaud, meanwhile, did not help his company's cause, as he downplayed local concerns over water in Weed by rationalizing that there is no "blood water" or anything nefarious such as child labour involved. It sounds like Senility doesn't seem to recognise money.
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Eliminate the health IT usage metrics in MIPS since it already measures the end results of quality, cost, and practice improvement.
Eliminate the use of visit documentation E/M codes along with the box-checking tasks that are required for payment.
Focus on how and when data is exchanged rather than focusing on the individual data elements, with the goal being to reduce the irrelevant information that is automatically generated in exchanging CCDAs.
Fund the creation of consistent data models in a physician-led process.
Reduce the number of products and services that require prior authorization; develop a standard form that all payers use; require payers and PBMs that create a PA specifically to save themselves money to pay physicians for the time required to complete those forms; and eliminate PAs for durable medical equipment, imaging, supplies, and generic drugs.
Adopt a single set of quality measures that span all public and private payers.
Develop a single, EHR-populated form for justifying orders for medical supplies and services.
From Constantine: "Re: a radiology question for your readers. Are any healthcare organizations sending preliminary results from a radiology AI application to the EHR prior to radiologist review?" It will be interesting to see if radiology departments trust AI analysis enough to post the preliminary interpretation in the EHR. My guess is no, but we will see.
From Aleutian: "Re: Stanford cancer vaccine announcement. Sounds promising. What do you think will happen?" Oncologist Ronald Levy, MD and postdoctoral fellow Idit Sagiv Barfi, PhD (above) find that directly injecting a combination of immune-stimulating agents into mice tumors (breast, colon, and melanoma) kills both the tumor and any metastases, in essence curing cancer in 87 of 90 mice. If it works in humans – and that's a big if – the treatment would offer a fast, cheap way to stop cancer in is tracks without the side effects inherent with tweaking the patient's entire immune system. Stanford is starting clinical trials in lymphoma patients, for which we should all keep our fingers crossed. It sounds like they will find out quickly if it works since the effect is nearly immediate.
From Privacy Guy: "Re: DuckDuckGo's privacy browser add-in. It doesn't grade the HIStalk site well and they're apparently anti-Google and Facebook." The HIStalk low grade is because the site (a) doesn't use encrypted sessions, and (b) articles sometimes link to rather innocent third-party systems such as Twitter and YouTube that can track user behavior. I'm considering implementing SSL security just because Google downgrades search results for unencrypted sites, but there's little benefit otherwise – the only information you can enter here that could be intercepted would be an article comment.
Most poll respondents attend the HIMSS conference either because their job requires it or because they like socializing and visiting the exhibit hall. I can't say I'm shocked.
New poll to your right or here: Would you be satisfied if your doctor prescribed a digital health app rather than a medication?
Thanks for the great responses to "What I Wish I'd Known Before … Taking a Job Selling Software to Hospitals or Practices," which contains useful insight whether you're a seller or a buyer.
This week's question is timely – if you've attended the HIMSS conference as an exhibitor, take a minute to share your thoughts about what you wished you had known beforehand.
Welcome to new HIStalk Platinum Sponsor Mobile Heartbeat. The Waltham, MA company is a leading provider of enterprise mobility clinical communications and collaboration solutions. Its Clinical Unified Results Enterprise (CURE) technology powers MH-CURE, which improves clinical workflow by giving clinicians what they want and need, no matter where they are. MH-CURE consolidates alarms, notifications, patient information, lab data, texting, voice, and photography. Some of the country's largest health systems have reported results that include 31 percent faster clinician response time, 50 percent improvement in HCAHPS scores, and 50 percent reduction in noise. Its patient-centric Dynamic Care Team director connects team members – inside and outside the hospital – to the patients they are caring for, ensuring that patient alerts and notifications are sent to the right person, who can then quickly engage other team members. Thanks to Mobile Heartbeat for supporting HIStalk.
CEO Brent Lang says several customers have purchased the rules-driven Engage care team communication platform.
Q4 sales include $2.8 million deals with the DoD and Sutter Health as well as a system-wide implementation at BayCare (FL).
Lang says the company expects overall hospital IT spending to increase 5-7 percent in 2018, mostly for back-to-basics solutions that reduce cost or increase efficiency.
He says the BYOD movement is limited for hospital clinical workers and more health systems are instead providing company-owned devices for better security.
Widespread consumer acceptance of a voice user interface will open up possibilities and the company is investing in speech recognition technology.
The company is working with Caravan Health to create the CPSI Rural ACO Program to help rural providers transition to value-based care.
The $28 million impairment charge is because of poor revenue and high development costs of the American HealthTech post-acute care product, which contributes 8.7 percent of CPSI's revenue. (Healthland acquired American HealthTech in 2013 for an undisclosed price, then CPSI acquired Healthland for $250 million in late 2015).
15 percent of Evident clients are live on CommonWell.
The company hasn't seen any impact from the Allscripts ownership of the former McKesson Paragon, which it says doesn't really play strongly in CPSI's target market of hospitals under 100 beds. The company's strongest competition has shifted to Cerner, Epic Community Connect, Athenahealth, and Meditech.
An analyst asked why hospitals running older systems would replace them without government incentives, with the company answering that the driver is doctors who are unhappy with usability and software completeness, especially with those systems that were bought quickly to earn Meaningful Use money.
I missed this earlier: Quality System (NextGen) posts Q3 results: revenue up 3 percent, adjusted EPS $0.15 vs. $0.23, beating revenue expectations slightly and meeting on earnings. QSII shares have dropped 20 percent in the past year and are trading at their 52-week low, valuing the company at $800 million.
A review of the New York healthcare startup landscape predicts that health IT investment will decrease in an overheated market, with the hope that someone will buy digital health companies that are losing too much money to run an IPO. Most of the M&A involved big companies buying point solutions vendors for under $100 million. A growth equity executive says hospitals are busy running expensive EHR implementations and insurer consolidation has left fewer customers in that sector, so pharma is the best bet.
Community Hospital Corporation (TX) chooses Parallon Technology Solutions to provide 24/7, US-based help desk services.
The state of Queensland, Australia selects Sunquest for a 10-year, $54 million laboratory software and services contract.
Lake Area Medical Center (LA) will switch from Medhost to Meditech in 2018.
Gulf Breeze Hospital (FL) went live with Allscripts in December 2017.
Paoli Hospital (PA) will go live on Epic on March 3, 2018.
DocuTAP hires Rob Rueckl (Edmentum) as CFO and Jared Lisenby (PointClear Solutions) as SVP of sales.
Logicworks launches Pulse, a cloud monitoring solution that integrates with AWS and Azure to look for security gaps, architectural red flags, and unusual traffic patterns.
DrFirst announces a mobile e-prescribing app intended to improve opioid prescribing by integrating with state PDMP databases, providing medication history and medication adherence information, and making it easier to prescribe shorter-term therapy that can be easily extended if needed.
Healthcare spending jumped 15 percent from 2012 to 2016, not because patients consumed more services, but because providers keep raising their prices unsustainably even as usage declines. Surgical admissions declined 16 percent, but the average price increased $10,000 to $42,000.
In China, a man playing games on his phone while sitting on the toilet for 30 minutes has a rectal prolapse and requires emergency treatment. You publish-or-perish academics might want to create an observational study to determine how many people (with a male vs. female comparison) whip out their phones during stall visits of greater than two minutes.
Liaison Technologies breaks company revenue records in 2017 thanks to Alloy Platform's marketplace momentum.
A NEA survey pinpoints the top 10 dental practice pain points.
Sunquest Information Systems will exhibit at Molecular Med Tri-Con February 11-16 in San Francisco.
TriNetX will exhibit at the Scope Summit February 12-15 in Orlando.
Jay Silverstein (Picwell) joins ZappRx's Board of Directors.
That might not be as innocent sounding when you consider the users posting comments that might anger their employer if they do so on company networks and they happen to be peeking.
The good news is that after I wrote that, I went ahead and set up SSL encryption on the site. The browser bar now shows the "locked" indicator and Chrome shows a green "secure" as all pages redirect to https.
??? It isn't even ambiguous – the ICD-10 code is W61.52XA, "Struck by goose, initial encounter". (There's also a "struck by duck," my go-to example for training.
This allows interpretation of the "crushing" to be of the ego, pride, or dignity of the hunter. Or would that require a DSM-V code?


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Q: NetCDF uses twice the memory when reading part of data. Why? How to rectify it? I have 2 fairly large datasets (~47GB) stored in a netCDF file. The datasets have three dimensions: time, s, and s1. The first dataset is of shape (3000,2088,1000) and the second is of shape (1566,160000,25). Both datasets are equal in size. The only difference is their shape. Since my RAM size is only 32GB, I am accessing the data in blocks.
For the first dataset, when I read the first ~12GB chunk of data, the code uses almost twice the amount of memory. Whereas, for the second, it uses just the amount of memory as that of the chunk (12GB). Why is this happening? How do I stop the code from using more than what is necessary?
Not using more memory is very important for my code because my algorithm's efficiency hinges on the fact that every line of code uses just enough memory and not more. Also, because of this weird behaviour, my system starts swapping like crazy. I have a linux system, if that information is useful. And I use python 3.7.3 with netCDF 4.6.2
This is how I am accessing the datasets,
from netCDF4 import Dataset
dat = Dataset('dataset1.nc')
dat1 = Dataset('dataset2.nc')
chunk1 = dat.variables['data'][0:750] #~12GB worth of data uses ~24GB RAM memory
chunk2 = dat1.variables['data'][0:392] #~12GB worth of data uses ~12GB RAM memory

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PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1388-465 "(3) RELATED PERSON.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'related person' means any person who is related (within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b)(l)) to the 10-percent owner." (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— Clause (x) of section 6724(d)(l)(B) is amended by striking "section 1060(b)", and inserting "subsection (b) or (e) of section 1060". (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 338(h)(10) TRANSACTIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Paragraph (10) of section 338(h) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: " (C) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED TO THE SEC- RETARY.— Under regulations, where an election is made under subparagraph (A), the purchasing corporation and the common parent of the selling consolidated group shall, at such times and in such manner as may be provided in regulations, furnish to the Secretary the following information: "(i) The amount allocated under subsection (b)(5) to goodwill or going concern value. "(ii) Any modification of the amount described in clause (i). "(iii) Any other information as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. " (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —Subparagraph (B) of section 6724(d)(l) is amended by striking "or" at the end of clause (x), by striking the period at the end of clause (xi) and inserting ", or', and by inserting after clause (xi) the following new clause: "(xii) subparagraph (C) of section 338(h)(10) (relating to information required to be furnished to the Secretary in case of elective recognition of ggdn or loss)." (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 26 USC 338 note. (1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to acquisitions after October 9, 1990. (2) BINDING CONTRACT EXCEPTION. —The amendments made by this section shall not apply to any acquisition pursuant to a written binding contract in effect on October 9, 1990, and at all times thereafter before such acquisition. SEC. 11324. MODIFICATION TO CORPORATION EQUITY REDUCTION LIMITATIONS ON NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYBACKS. (a) REPEAL OF EXCEPTION FOR ACQUISITIONS OF SUBSIDIARIES. — Clause (ii) of section 172(m)(3)(B) (relating to exceptions) is amended to read as follows: "(ii) EXCEPTION.—The term 'major stock acquisition' does not include a qualified stock purchase (within the meaning of section 338) to which an election under section 338 applies." (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 26 USC 172 note. (1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to acquisitions after October 9, 1990. (2) BINDING CONTRACT EXCEPTION. —The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any acquisition pursuant to a written binding contract in effect on October 9, 1990, and at all times thereafter before such acquisition.
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