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Top 5 Ways to Delay the Need for a Knee Replacement
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Knee replacement surgery is becoming a more common, with osteoarthritis becoming more prevalent in younger patients. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery claims that there will be a 670% increase in the total number of knee replacements by 2030. While there have been numerous advances in the field of knee replacement surgery, this is still considered a major operation. Here are some steps that you can take to delay the need for this surgery:
1. Lose Excess Weight
The knee joints bear a significant amount of pressure from supporting our body weight. Each pound of excess weight can exert up to four pounds of pressure on the knee, meaning a person who is 10 pounds overweight exerts 40 pounds of excess pressure on his knees with every step he takes. The damage builds over time, leading to
degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis. Compliance to a diet and exercise plan may be the simplest way to avoid surgery later on.
2. Strengthen Your Joints
You can increase the stability of your knees by strengthening the muscles that support the joints. The quadriceps and hamstring muscles are of particular importance, as they absorb the shock and weight-bearing loads. Building joint strength is done through exercises such as resistance training (squats and lunges), swimming, cycling and other activities. Building strong leg muscles has been correlated with less risk of joint replacement surgery.
Physical therapy can help strengthen one's knees and take pressure off the arthritic joint.
3. Wear a Brace
Some studies have shown that degenerative damage to the knee can be avoided by regularly wearing support. Braces and knee supports improve the alignment and stability of the knee joint, relieving pain and minimizing progressive damage.
The top braces to wear are called offloaders and shift pressure to the part of the knee joint that has less arthritis to relieve pain.
4. Hyaluronic Acid Injection
Hyaluronic acid is a naturally-occurring lubricant in the joints. It also regulates inflammation and provides a cushion between the knee cartilages. Hyaluronic acid injection has been shown to decrease pain and improve knee function in some people. It has also delayed the need for knee surgery in some patients.
5. Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) injections and Stem Cell Injections
One novel treatment that has gained popularity because of its use by athletes such as Tiger Woods and Rafael Nadal is the injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). PRP contains a greater concentration of platelets and growth factors than normal blood. The blood for PRP is drawn from the patient and run through processes that elevate the platelet concentration. The preparation is later injected to the site of injury to speed up healing. This is a relatively new treatment, and may require further studies validating its effectiveness.
Stem Cell injections with amniotic derived stem cell material or bone marrow derived stem cells are being shown to help considerably with degenerative arthritis.
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Q: About a polynomial with complex coefficients taking integer values for sufficiently large integers Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial with complex coefficients such that $\exists n_0 \in \mathbb Z^+$ such that $f(n) \in \mathbb Z , \forall n \ge n_0$, then is it true that $f(n) \in \mathbb Z , \forall n \in \mathbb Z$ ?

A: No. The ring of integer-valued polynomials (polynomials in $\mathbf Q[x]$ with integer values in $\mathbf Z$) is a counter-example. A basis, as a $\mathbf Q$-vector space made up of the generalised binomial coefficients:
$$\binom{x}{n}=\frac{x(x-1)\dots(x-n+1)}{n!}.$$

A: Proof by induction on the degree of the polynomial. Trivially true for degree zero. Assume true for degree $n$. Let $f$ have degree $n+1$ and be integral for all sufficiently large integer arguments. Then same is true for $g(x)=f(x+1)-f(x)$, a polynomial of degree $n$. By the induction hypothesis, $g$ is integer-valued for all integer arguments. Then it follows that $f$ is.

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Three Teens Arrested After Mill Valley LSD Party Turns Violent
LSD Mill Valley by Bay City News | September 29, 2013 8:31 pm	| in Bay Area | 0
Three teens were arrested and a fourth cited this morning after a wild party in Mill Valley involving LSD ended in a violent confrontation with sheriff's deputies.
Paramedics were initially called to a home on the 100 block of Reed Boulevard around 7:30 a.m. on a report of a male juvenile having a seizure, according to Lt. Doug Pittman.
The 911 caller reported the boy had taken "acid" or LSD during a party at the residence overnight, Pittman said.
Firefighters and paramedics were greeted at the gate of the residence by a male subject who was covered in blood and refused to allow them on to the property, Pittman said.
The subject, who appeared to be under the influence, became combative and allegedly began to attack the firefighters with what they later described as "superhuman strength," prompting a call for help from the sheriff's office, Pittman said.
The first deputy on the scene attempted to assist, but was confronted by more party goers, including a female who also allegedly became combative, Pittman said.
In all, sheriff's deputies and personnel from five other law enforcement agencies responded to the scene before the area was secured, Pittman said.
Paramedics were eventually able to assist the boy who had originally been reported as having a seizure.
They found around eight other party-goers inside the residence, many of whom were also covered in blood.
The blood was eventually determined to have come from injuries the original subject had inflicted on himself while under the influence of LSD, Pittman said.
Deputies found suspected drugs and narcotics inside the home including marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy, Pittman said.
A 16-year-old girl whose family owns the vacant home was determined to be the party's host, and was cited at the scene for hosting a party where illegal conduct that poses a threat to public health, safety or the welfare of a minor occurs. The citation, made under a Marin County ordinance, is a misdemeanor violation.
Two minor males and one 18-year-old female were arrested on charges including being under the influence of an unknown substance, resisting or interfering with an arrest, assault on a peace officer and assault on a firefighter or emergency rescue personnel, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Pittman said.
The boys were being charged with assault on public safety personnel after they spit blood on the firefighters and deputies during the confrontation, Pittman said.
All three were taken to a hospital for treatment before being booked into Marin County Juvenile Hall.
An investigation is being conducted into the events leading up to the 911 call, and all parents and guardians of the minors present are being contacted, Pittman said.
Additional charges may be added after the investigation is completed.
Sara Gaiser, Bay City News

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What are the key principles of preventing viruses – antiretrovirals?
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is the key principle in treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HAART is defined as the use of at least three drugs from two different mechanistic classes (Table I).
*In clinical trials with expectation of new approval.
For HIV treatment-naive patients, the combination of two NRTIs with a NNRTI, a PI, an INSTI, or an EI (specifically, maraviroc) is considered the standard of care. For treatment resistant HIV patients, three to five antiretrovirals (ARVs) may be used and should include at least two (preferably three) new ARVs.
HIV recognizes cells with a CD4 receptor and a chemokine receptor (CC chemokine receptor 5 [CCR5] and/or CXC chemokine receptor 4 [CXCR4]). HIV attaches to both receptors via an external protein, glycoprotein (GP) 120. The GP 120-CD4/chemokine receptor interaction exposes HIV GP41 (composed of helical region [HR] 1, 2 and fusion peptide).
Fusion peptide enters the CD4 cell membrane and this step signals HR 1 and 2 to form a six-hairpin structure resulting in HIV cell entry or fusion. After HIV fusion is complete, the reverse transcriptase enzyme transcribes HIV from a RNA virus to proviral DNA. Proviral DNA is integrated (via the integrase enzyme) into the human DNA genome. Large polypeptides are released into the cytoplasm and upon exiting from the CD4 cell; the protease enzyme cleaves the gag and gag-pol polypeptides into a new infectious virion.
Currently, there are twenty-five antiretrovirals marketed in the United States.
Customizing an ARV to the patient is key to HAART success. This includes an assessment of individual patient variables: co-morbid illnesses, drug-drug interactions, pharmacogenomic variables (HLA-B*5701), expected toxicities/adverse drug reactions, genotypic/phenotypic analyses, and adherence.
What are the key conclusions for available clinical trials and meta-analyses that inform control of viruses – antiretrovirals?
Early HAART initiation, when CD4 counts are between 350-500 cells/mm3, has demonstrated significant reductions in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated morbidity and mortality (Table II).
What are the consequences of ignoring key concepts related to control of viruses – antiretrovirals?
Death: The following website allows the practitioner to use patient specific data (age, route of infection [e.g., injection drug use or not], CD4+ count, HIV PCR [copies/mL], and historical AIDS-defining illnesses) to determine a 1 to 5 year estimated probability of AIDS-defining illness or death: www.art-cohort-collaboration.org.
AIDS related cancers including Kaposi's sarcoma, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cervical cancer.
Non-AIDS related cancers: increased association with CD4 counts less than 500 cells/mm3.
Chronic kidney disease: HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in HIV-infected patients. HIVAN primarily occurs in patients of African descent. Co-morbid illnesses (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, and hepatitis C co-infection) contribute to the onset of chronic kidney disease in HIV positive patients. All HIV positive patients should be screened at initiation of care with a dipstick for proteinuria, serum creatinine, and calculation of the glomerular filtration rate.
Poor prognosis in patients co-infected with hepatitis B and C.
In a large retrospective VA-based cohort study, HAART-related cardiovascular disease was not demonstrated. Moreover, a significant mortality reduction resulted after HAART initiation.
A large prospective cohort study (Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV drugs [D:A:D]) to evaluate the incidence of myocardial infarction in patients with HIV demonstrated an increased cardiovascular risk. Patients receiving PIs for greater than 6 years were at the highest risk (relative risk [RR] 1.17 [95% CI 1.12-1.23]). Specific PIs including lopinavir/ritonavir and indinavir have the highest risk.
In a separate study (the French Hospital Database), fosamprenavir was also associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (OR 1.53 [95% CI 1.21-1.94 per year]). No increased cardiovascular risk was demonstrated in patients using NNRTIs as part of their HAART regimen.
With regards to the NRTIs, didanosine and abacavir increase the myocardial infarction risk by 49% and 90%, respectively, when recent use (defined as use within the last 6 months) was included (D:A:D). Avoidance of these agents is recommended when patients have the highest Framingham risk (20% within 10 years) for a future cardiovascular event.
In the D:A:D cohort, controlling for cardiovascular risk factors including: age, BMI, calendar year of event, cardiovascular history, cohort, family history, gender, HIV transmission group, race/ethnic group, or smoking status did not affect the results (RR 1.16 [95% CI 1.10-1.23]). When a history of diabetes, hypertension, or dyslipidemia was controlled for in the analysis, myocardial infarction risk decreased (RR 1.10 [95% CI 1.04-1.18]).
In contrast to the D:A:D, the HIV outpatient study did not find an increased cardiovascular risk with any antiretrovirals. However, increased cardiovascular risk was demonstrated in HIV patients with a CD4+ count less than 350 cells/mm3. These data are in concordance with the International AIDS Society Panel, which has recommended initiation of antiretroviral therapy (regardless of the CD4+ count) in patients with a cardiovascular history with aggressive management of modifiable risk factors.
Bone disease has been documented in HIV positive patients before and after HAART initiation. Factors associated with decreased bone mineral density and reduced vitamin D concentrations include the following: chronic kidney disease, HAART (e.g., atazanavir, efavirenz, ritonavir, and tenofovir), and duration of antiretroviral use.
Tenofovir may lead to proximal tubular dysfunction and renal failure necessitating regular monitoring for renal insufficiency before and after initiation.Indinavir and atazanavir may lead to nephrolithiasis. Atazanavir may lead to acute interstitial nephritis.
The occurrence of a new infection.
The recurrence or increased severity/frequency of an infection.
The decreased response to standard treatment of a prior infection.
Non-infectious IRIS events have also been reported (e.g., rheumatologic and cancers). IRIS may be fatal and appears to be associated with a baseline CD4 count (<50 cells/mm3) at HAART initiation.
The benefits and risks of early versus late initiation of antiretroviral therapy are well summarized in the guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-1-infected adults and adolescents.
Reduction in mortality and/or AIDS-related morbidity.
Prevention and treatment of HIV-associated nephropathy.
Prevention of end-stage liver disease complications in co-infected patients with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C.
Decreased incidence of AIDS-related and non-AIDS related malignancies.
Improved immunologic response in patients greater than 50 years old.
Decreased T-cell activation and inflammation.
Prevention of HIV transmission (mother-to-child, sexual).
Improved quality of life in symptomatic patients.
Decreased quality of life in asymptomatic patients.
Antiretroviral drug resistance in non-adherent patients.
The overall antiretroviral benefit to HIV positive patients outweighs any of these risks and treatment should be offered to all patients meeting the recommendations for HAART initiation.
What national and international guidelines exist related to viruses – antiretrovirals?
Gazzard, BG, Anderson, J, Babiker, A. "British HIV Association Guidelines for the treatment of HIV-1-infected adults with antiretroviral therapy 2008". HIV Med. vol. 9. 2008. pp. 563-608.
"Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-infected Adults and Adolescents". Department of Health and Human Services. January 10, 2011. pp. 1-166.
Kaplan, JE, Benson, C, Holmes, KH. "Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents: recommendations from the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America". MMWR Recomm Rep. vol. 58. 2009. pp. 1-207.
Thompson, MA, Aberg, JA, Cahn, P. "Antiretroviral treatment of adult HIV infection: 2010 recommendations of the International AIDS Society-USA panel". . vol. 304. 2010. pp. 321-33.
"WHO, Antiretroviral therapy, available from their website".
Aberg, JA, Kaplan, JE, Libman, H. "Primary care guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: 2009 update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 49. 2009. pp. 651-81.
Cervia, JS, Smith, MA. "Enfuvirtide (T-20): a novel human immunodeficiency virus type 1 fusion inhibitor". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 37. 2003. pp. 1102-6.
D'Souza, MP, Cairns, JS, Plaeger, SF. "Current evidence and future directions for targeting HIV entry: therapeutic and prophylactic strategies". JAMA. vol. 284. 2000. pp. 215-22.
Kilby, JM, Eron, JJ. "Novel therapies based on mechanisms of HIV-1 cell entry". N Engl J Med. vol. 348. 2003. pp. 2228-38.
Kitahata, MM, Gange, SJ, Abraham, AG. "Effect of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy for HIV on survival". N Engl J Med. vol. 360. 2009. pp. 1815-26.
Sterne, JA, May, M. "Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy in AIDS-free HIV-1-infected patients: a collaborative analysis of 18 HIV cohort studies". Lancet. vol. 373. 2009. pp. 1352-63.
May, M, Sterne, JA, Sabin, C. "Prognosis of HIV-1-infected patients up to 5 years after initiation of HAART: collaborative analysis of prospective studies". AIDS. vol. 21. 2007. pp. 1185-97.
"Antiretroviral therapy cohort collaboration (ART-CC), Lanoy E, May M, et al. Prognosis of patients treated with cART from 36 months after initiation, according to current and previous CD4 cell count and plasma HIV-1 RNA measurements". AIDS. vol. 23. 2009. pp. 2199-208.
Bonnet, F, Burty, C, Lewden, C. "Changes in cancer mortality among HIV-infected patients: the Mortalité 2005 Survey". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 48. 2009. pp. 633-9.
Simard, EP, Engels, EA. "Cancer as a cause of death among people with AIDS in the United States". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 51. 2010. pp. 957-62.
Engels, EA, Pfeiffer, RM, Gordert, JJ. "Trends in cancer risk among people with AIDS in the United States 1980-2002". AIDS. vol. 20. 2006. pp. 1645-54.
Bruyand, M, Thiebaut, R, Lawson-Ayayi, S. "Role of uncontrolled HIV RNA level and immunodeficiency in the occurrence of malignancy in HIV-infected patients during the combination antiretroviral therapy era: agence nationale de recherche sur le sida (ANRS) CO3 aquitaine cohort". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 49. 2009. pp. 1109-16.
Lichtenstein, KA, Armon, C, Buchacz, K. "Low CD4+ T cell count is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease events in the HIV outpatient study". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 51. 2010. pp. 435-47.
Bozzette, SA, Ake, CF, Tam, HK, Chang, SW, Louis, TA. "Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients treated for human immunodeficiency virus syndrome". N Engl J Med. vol. 348. 2003. pp. 702-10.
Bozzette, SA, Ake, CF, Tam, HK. "Long-term survival and serious cardiovascular events in HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy". J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. vol. 47. 2008. pp. 338-41.
Friis-Moller, N, Sabin, CA, Weber, R. "Combination antiretroviral therapy and the risk of myocardial infarction". N Engl J Med. vol. 349. 2003. pp. 1993-2003.
DAD, study group, Friis-Moller, N, Reiss, P. "Class of antiretroviral drugs and the risk of myocardial infarction". N Engl J Med. vol. 356. 2007. pp. 1723-35.
Westring Worm, S, Sabin, C, Weber, R. "Risk of myocardial infarction in patients with HIV infection exposed to specific individual antiretroviral drugs from the 3 major drug classes: the data collection on adverse events of anti-HIV drugs (D:A:D) study". J Infect Dis. vol. 201. 2010. pp. 318-30.
Lang, S, Mary-Krause, M, Cotte, L. "Impact of individual antiretroviral drugs on the risk of myocardial infarction in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: a case-control nested within the French Hospital Database on HIV ANRS cohort CO4". Arch Intern Med. vol. 170. 2010. pp. 1228-38.
D:A:D, Study Group, Sabin, CA, Worm, SW. "Use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-infected patients enrolled in the D:A:D study: a multi-cohort collaboration". Lancet. vol. 371. 2008. pp. 1417-26.
McComsey, GA, Tebas, P, Shane, E. "Bone disease in HIV infection: a practical review and recommendations for HIV care providers". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 51. 2010. pp. 937-46.
Borderi, M, Vescini, F, Cozzi-Lepri, A. "Prevalence of hypovitaminosis D among HIV+ patients enrolled in a large Italian cohort. [Poster 751]". Poster presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and opportunistic infections. February 16-19, 2010.
Dao, C, Patel, P, Pals, S. "Assessment of vitamin D levels among HIV-infected persons in the study to understand the natural history of HIV/AIDS in the era of effective therapy: SUN study. [Poster 750]". Poster presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, CA. February 16-19, 2010.
Mueller, N, Fux, C, Ledergerber, B. "High prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency in cART-naive and successfully treated Swiss HIV patients. [Poster 752]". Presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. February 16-19, 2010.
McComsey, G, Kitch, D, Daar, E. "Bone and limb fat outcomes of ACTG A5224s, a substudy of ACTG 5202: a prospective, randomized, partially blinded phase III trial of ABC/3TC or TDF/FTC with EFV or ATV/r for initial treatment of HIV-1 infection. [Oral presentation 106LB]". Presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. February 16-19, 2010.
Cooper, RD, Wiebe, N, Smith, N, Keiser, P, Naicker, S, Tonelli, M. "Systematic review and meta-analysis: renal safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in HIV-infected patients". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 51. 2010. pp. 496-505.
Chan-Tack, KM, Truffa, MM, Struble, KA, Birnkrant, DB. "Atazanavir-associated nephrolithiasis: cases from the US Food and Drug Administration's adverse event reporting system". AIDS. vol. 21. 2007. pp. 1215-8.
Savini, C, James, C, Wilson, S, Martin, H, Szabo, S, Scotto, V. "Case presentation: nephrolithiasis in a patient treated with atazanavir". J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. vol. 19. 2008. pp. 225-7.
Ratnam, I, Chiu, C, Kandala, NB, Easterbrook, PJ. "Incidence and risk factors for immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an ethnically diverse HIV type 1-infected cohort". Clin Infect Dis. vol. 42. 2006. pp. 418-27.
Murdoch, DM, Venter, WDF, Van Rie, A, Feldman, C. "Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS): review of common infectious manifestations and treatment options". AIDS Res Ther. vol. 4. 2007. -9.
Muller, M, Wandel, S, Colebunders, R, Attia, S, Furrer, H, Egger, M. "Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Lancet Infect Dis. vol. 10. 2010. pp. 251-61.
What are the key principles of preventing viruses - antiretrovirals?
What are the key conclusions for available clinical trials and meta-analyses that inform control of viruses - antiretrovirals?
What are the consequences of ignoring key concepts related to control of viruses - antiretrovirals?
What national and international guidelines exist related to viruses - antiretrovirals?


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"This Is How It Ends:" A Collaboration of Steve Earle and Miranda Lambert
The collaboration of country singers Miranda Lambert and Steve Earle is one of a kind in country music. The two joined forces to write and record a single for Steve Earle's album So You Wannabe an Outlaw in 2017. "This is How It Ends" is a song penned by Miranda Lambert and Steve Earle. How did this amazing team up of artists happen?
When Steve Earle Met Miranda Lambert
Earle said in an interview with Rolling Stone that he decided to work with some people in the music industry. He worked with Guy Clark, Shawn Colvin and many more. He invited people he knew in Nashville to work with thus he ended up writing one song with Miranda.
"I made appointments with a few people to come in to town to write and Miranda was one of them."
Earle got to know Miranda when his song "Feel Alright" has the same tune to Miranda Lambert's song "Kerosene." Miranda was not aware that her song's tune was similar to another song, yet she still credited Earle on her single.
The Album, So You Wannabe An Outlaw
So You Wannabe An Outlaw is Steve Earle's latest studio album. In his album, he collaborated with songwriters Emily Earle, Allison Moorer, and Miranda Lambert. Emily, Allison and Steve wrote his single "News From Colorado." "This is How it Ends" is written by Miranda and Earl. The rest of the tracks on his single was written by him. His album reached No. 15 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart. In addition, it placed at No. 102 on the Billboard 200 chart. His album also secured a spot on the Billboard Folk chart at No. 5. It also entered the chart in the UK.
The Song's Content
His single with Miranda is a song about a story of two people whom at the beginning were in love with each other. However, even their love together did not last as they ended their relationship with one another. The characters in the song were both aware that their relationship is doomed from the start.
Listen to Miranda Lambert's collaboration with Steve Earle in their single "This is How It Ends."
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Q: if $H_1(X)$ has torsion in finite simplicial complex complex $X$ then a particular embedding into $R^3$ does not exist I was going through exercises in Hatcher to prepare for quals and then came across the following: (Ex 2.2.35)

Use Mayer-Vietoris to show that a finite simplicial complex $X$ for which $H_1(X)$ contains torsion cannot be embedded as a subspace of $R^3$ in such a way as to have a neighborhood homeomorphic to to the mapping cylinder of some map from a closed orientable surface to $X$.

I know how to prove the generalization (Corollary 3.46 in Hatcher)

If $X \subset R^n$ is compact and locally contractible then $H_i(X;Z)$ is $0$ for $i \geq n$ and torsion free for $i = n - 1$ and $i = n-2$

using Alexander duality and cohomology, but the exercise appears in Chapter 2 in Hatcher, before cohomology has even been developed!
Embarrassingly I've thought about this for hours but haven't got anywhere... I feel like I must be missing something basic. For the MV sequence I thought I could use $A$ and $B$ with $A \cup B = R^3$ and $A \cap B = X$ to get an isomorphism $H_1(X) \cong H_1(A) \oplus H_1(B)$ in reduced homology but it's still unclear how this could relate to a mapping cylinder, or why an open neighborhood would be relevant.
How does one go about showing the claim using only basic homological machinery (i.e. without appealing to results from cohomology)?

A: Assume that there's such and embedding of $X$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with a neighborhood $U$ homeomorphic to to the mapping cylinder of $f$ some map from a closed orientable surface $\Sigma$ to $X$.
Let $V = S^3 \setminus X$ and cover $S^3 = U \cup V$. Since $S^3$ has trivial homology in degrees 1 and 2, we conclude that $H_1(U\cap V) \cong H_1(U)\oplus H_1(V)$ from Mayer-Vietoris. Now, $X$ is a deformation retract of $U$, since $U$ is the mapping cylinder of $f$. Moreover, $U\cap V = \Sigma \times [0, 1)$. Then, since $H_1(U\cap V)$ is torsion-free, so is $H_1(U) \cong H_1(X)$.


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Lifestyle and Attractions
With a population of approximately 26,000, Asheboro is a large city that is consistently growing in numbers and popularity. Nestled in the Uwharrie Mountains, Asheboro is just 30 minutes from High Rock Lake, Badin Lake, and Lake Tillery. Top employers in Asheboro include Randolph Hospital, Klaussner, Walmart and more, and residents may also make the reasonable commute to Greensboro for work. Located at the crossroads of Route 64 and I-74, this city is highly accessible to and from Greensboro, Winston-Salem and other neighboring communities, but there is plenty to do right in the heart of Asheboro. The city is especially appealing to retirees, and in 2012 became one of the first cities to be named a Certified Retirement Community by the state. The community comes together with a variety of events and festivals each year, including the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame Annual Fly-In, a Fall Festival, Christmas on Sunset and more.
The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is one of the most popular attractions for people all ages throughout the Triad and the state of North Carolina. Inside the zoo's 1,500 acres of land, you will discover one of the largest natural habitat zoos in the country. It even has a unique zoo school program, in which a few select students may participate in classes at the zoo. Asheboro has many places for outdoor recreation, including the Asheboro Municipal Golf Course and the city's largest park, North Asheboro Park, with 26 acres of land hosting a swimming pool, picnic tables, tennis courts, ball fields, a sand volleyball court, and a disc golf course. Asheboro is home to both the Asheboro Regional Airport and the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame. A must-visit for NASCAR fans, the nearby town of Level Cross is home to Richard Petty and his museum, located a few miles from Asheboro. Watch a concert, movie or show at the historic Sunset Theatre regularly showing performing arts productions by the RSVP Community Theatre. Asheboro is just minutes from SeaGrove, renowned as the pottery capital of the country.
Here is list of top employers for Asheboro.
Nearby Schools and Higher Education
Asheboro is served by Asheboro City Schools, which has nine neighborhood schools. The Asheboro High School Zoo School provides an opportunity for 150 students to take most of their classes at the 1,500-acre North Carolina Zoo. There are four faith-based private schools in Asheboro, including Agape Christian Academy, Calvary Christian Academy, Fayetteville Street Christian School and Neighbors Grove Christian Academy. Asheboro is home to the Randolph Community College campus, and is within reach of several nearby institutions in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and other surrounding cities.
Asheboro was established after its citizens decided that Johnstonville, the original county seat of Randolph County, was too inaccessible. In 1790, Asheboro was named the new county seat, and was simply a 50-acre tract of land with a courthouse square. The courthouse remained as the primary structure in town for almost 100 years until a post office, a church, and a formal town government and newspaper were eventually added.
The city began to boom with the arrival of the railroad in 1889, at which point the population nearly doubled each decade between 1890 and 1930. Manufacturing also played a major role in Asheboro's growth during this time. Today, you may witness a piece of the town's history at the Pisgah Covered Bridge, which is one of only two remaining covered bridges in the state.
Approximate Distance to:
Greensboro: 27 Miles
Winston-Salem: 44 Miles
Piedmont Triad International Airport: 37 Miles
Randolph Hospital: 0.5 Miles
The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital: 28.5 Miles
Major Highway:
US-64: 2 Miles
I-74: 1 Mile
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Hello my crafty friends! Linda here today to share with you a card I made using the Prickly set from the May release.
I distress ink blended a piece of watercolor paper, flicked on some water, and die cut a circle from the Stitched in Circles dies. Then, I stamped the clay pot from the set, covered it with a mask and then stamped the greenery on top. I used the Brother Scan N Cut to die cut the entire piece out. Then, I colored the pot using my Copic Markers (YR8, E08, E09). I colored the leaves using YG11, YG13, YG17. I added a little R56 at the tips and then used a colorless blender to soften the harsh line between the two.
I then stamped a sentiment from Wishful Thoughts onto one of the Flag Banner Dies with Versamark ink and white embossing powder.


Eliza decides to confess her love for Henry. She tries to get Henry to confess his feelings for her, but ends up making things awkward for the two of them.
Eliza's effort to "follow through" on a work idea impacts her relationship with Freddy. Henry rejects an admirer, leading to unexpected consequences.
How many episodes of Selfie have you seen?
Q: What is Selfie about?
Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan) is a self-obsessed pharmaceutical sales rep who seems to annoy everybody at work and is more interested in online relationships than real-life ones. Henry Higgs (John Cho) is the marketing genius of the company. Eliza needs help to make friends and she seeks Henry's help at rebranding. It's a modern rebranding of 'Pygmalion' and 'My Fair Lady'.
Let's face it. The stupid name is tough to get over. It doesn't help that the show has to bent and twist to fit the premise. It would be so much easier to have Emily Kapnek write something completely original. The good part of the show is the pairing of Gillan and Cho. They are two of my favorite actors. She's got the wacky energy. He's the straight man Harold while she's perfect as a version of Kumar. It just takes some time to get there and the other characters/actors aren't as compelling. Gillan's American accent does fall flat once in awhile and I do miss a word or two. Nevertheless, I would love to see them do something else together.


Ian Kremmer is a qualified civil / structural engineer who has combined an initial 15 years working with major Tier 1 construction companies followed by with a subsequent 40 and management consultant with 40 years of extensive project, construction and consulting experienced gained working on a wide range of civil engineering, building, infrastructure, transport, mining and IT projects within Australia and overseas.
Ian provides expert delay, cost and disruption claims analysis services and has specialist knowledge of project scheduling, cost management, project, tender and construction planning, design and construction methodology, program and portfolio management, capital works planning, management consulting and development of integrated project solutions to clients within the building, civil engineering, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas and IT industries.
Ian has a high level of technical and analytical capability that enables clients to optimise planning solutions and project delivery outcomes. He is an experienced civil and building engineer with expert and practical knowledge of construction planning, capital works program, scheduling, BIM and risk management software, including @Risk for Project and Excel, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Asta Powerproject, Navisworks, Deltek Acumen Fuse and Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis Microsoft Access, SQL Server and Synchro.
Responsible for preparation of the Master Schedule to support the NSW Government Business Case. Project value $15 to $20 billion. Initially undertook as HKA staff member from March 2018 through to August 2018. Continuing to support project as Kremmer Management Group sub-consultant from August 2018 to present. Role expected to continue to November 2018.
Responsible for preparation of an Expert Witness Delay Report in relation to delays that occurred on the project on behalf of the EPC Contractor.
Responsible for preparation of an Expert Witness Delay Report in relation to delays that occurred on the project on behalf of the Construction Contractor, including assessment of bridge fabrication and shipping delays.
Responsible for preparation of Expert Report for Quantum Cost and Quantity assessment of defects for 1,000 accommodation unit permanent accommodation camp at Port Hedland, including site condition survey and liaison with Technical Experts to assess liability and hold Conferral Meeting.
Prepared detailed delay analysis and input to Expert Witness Delay Analysis for delays and associated prolongation costs that occurred on the project on behalf of the EPC Subcontractor.
Prepared detailed delay analysis and input to Expert Witness Delay Analysis for delays that occurred during construction of major gas and condensate storage tanks on behalf of the EPC Contractor.
Delay analysis and preparation of Expert Witness Delay Report to assess EOT claim.
Responsible for preparation of detailed delay claim for twelve major buildings on behalf of the EPC Subcontractor for design, procurement and construction.
Responsible for preparation of a detailed delay and disruption for the EPC Subcontractor, including review of labour records and undertaking a detailed measured mile disruption analysis.
Responsible for preparation of a detailed measured mile disruption analysis on behalf of the EPC Contractor in relation to labour productivity and disruption that occurred on a major gas pipeline infrastructure project.
Preliminary review of delays and actual progress for EPC Subcontractor.
Undertook independent review of EOT claims and actual progress and critical delays on behalf of the Superintendent for the New Perth Library.
Undertook review of EOT claim and assessment of actual progress, delays and concurrency for building owner.
Development and implementation of capital works planning and monitoring systems for Melbourne Airport Corporation of the capital project portfolio over a 20 year planning horizon, including development and documentation of business processes, systems design and database development, development of 10 Year Plans and Annual budget planning.
Provided advice and developed Capital Planning systems, including development and documentation of business processes, systems design and database development, development of 10 Year Plans and Annual budget planning. Provided strategic project advice regarding procurement methodologies, construction methods, planning, programming and monitoring of numerous other projects to support the Melbourne Airport project team.
Responsible for the development and implementation for a comprehensive web-based capital works monitoring system to track all projects and programs over the project life cycle from inception through to final handover, including tracking of project gates, schedule milestones, project costs, cash flows, forecast costs and variations and the ability to undertake detailed reporting of costs and schedule at the work package level.
Development of capital planning systems to plan, manage and monitor all capital works projects from inception through to completion, including monitoring of cash flows, changes, risks, contract work packages and costs.
Development of project monitoring systems to manage the program of all rail works.
Development of program management and control system for national supermarket development – estimated capital cost per annum $400 million for approximately 400 projects. This work involved review, documentation and documentation of business processes for project delivery and establishment of effective corporate and project level reporting and monitoring systems for KPI performance, financial and business reports.
Westconnex Sale - Schedule Risk Consultant : Provided Schedule Risk advice to IFM Investors Pty Ltd - (HKA – Mar 2018 to June 2018) Provided Schedule Risk overview advice during the sale process for Westconnex.
As Acting Project Controls Manager, provided expert planning and scheduling advice and responsible for development and submission of the Master Construction Schedule. Responsible for development of a database control systems to track quantities of materials, resources and productivity changes and labour estimates. Established comprehensive procurement tracking system to manage precast fabrication (65,000 components) including development of reports and daily monitoring of design variations, procurement, shipping, logistics and site installation. Developed multi-user database to manage scope changes.
Responsible for developing and implementing the fully resourced Project Master Schedule, preparation of detailed procurement and resource plans, developing and implementing project controls for the GNH $280 million design & construct project. Responsible for preparation of monthly status reports, updating site construction programmes, establishing design and procurement monitoring systems, preparation of EOT claims and providing on-going project and strategic advice. The project includes in excess of 2.5 million cubic metres of earthworks, three major overpass bridges (including two over the BHP Rail line) and two major drainage culvert structures.
Responsible for management and review of detailed Construction Schedule for this project. The Construction Schedule was fully resourced and a Basis of Schedule was prepared for the schedule. Undertook detailed Monte Carlo Risk Schedule Analysis for the Construction Schedule and a high level Risk Analysis for the Project Master Schedule.
Preparation and on-going development of Master Programme for relocation of 54 rail lines to 12 rail lines, construction of new walls to support the Federation Square platform and relocation of CBD maintenance facilities to outer Melbourne locations.
Detailed programme and staging for MCG Southern Stand precast ramps and walkways.
Responsible for preparation of a detailed tender programme for the design and construction of a complex underpass in Perth, including staging, bridge construction and rail shut down and relocation.
Preparation of Tender Programmes for Seaford Extension Rail Link and South Road Projects in Adelaide, including provision of strategic advice and programme development and 4D virtual construction modelling.
Prepared tender programmes for Abigroup for the Fremantle Port North Quay Rail Terminal Expansion Project and the BHP Ore Car Rail Project.
Site Engineer responsible for erection and operation of balanced cantilever traveller for construction of 80m span bridge of the James Harrison Bridge over the Barwon River, Geelong.
Project Planning and Controls Manager and Assistant Project Manager for Tailings Disposal System for the Sungun, Sar Cheshmeh and Miduk Copper Mines in Iran. Development of cost plans, programs, studies, design and engineering, including detailed analysis for Pre-Feasibility and Feasibiity Reports for the Sungun and Sar Cheshmeh projects. From 2004 to 2008, Ian had 18 site visits to the support the Iran tailings projects.
Development of detailed earthworks construction programme with plant and equipment resourcing. On-site project planning and project engineering support. Extensive earthworks project with monthly production exceeding 1 million cubic metres per month.
Preparation of the Master Program for the project from design through to construction and handover. Development of a comprehensive database to monitor site progress in detail, including daily production and diary records for quarry and breakwater construction. The system allowed Rio Tinto to accurately assess contractor performance and contractual claims.
The Oakajee Port and Rail Project was valued at $5 billion and involved a major port development and 500km of rail infrastructure. Services included preparation and development of the project Master Program in Primavera P6 including detailed scheduling of design and construction tasks, environment planning, indigenous and land approvals and legal and financial closure requirements and evaluation of program scenarios and risk scenarios. Development of Master Schedule, including legal and approval processes, for the Oakajee Port and Rail Project which was valued at $5 billion and involved a major port development and 500km of rail infrastructure.
Provision of specialist planning and scheduling advice and preparation of numerous high level strategic Master Programmes for the Port Headland Outer Harbour Development. Review of contract and construction programs, project scenarios and risks.
Preparation of the Master Program in Primavera P6 for the Pre-Feasibility Stage, including review and consideration of numerous options for the project, including resource loading.
Development of database system to plan and monitor earthworks progress and productivity for major dam construction at Goro Nickel Mine.
Developed detailed Monte Carlo risk analysis schedules using @Risk Project software for smelter shut downs for Nyrstar at Port Pirie and Hobart.
Planning consultant for $330 million expansion of the International Terminal and associated airfield and building projects for Melbourne Airport. This project involved redevelopment of the International Terminal, including additional Gates, Lounges, Retail Facilities and Baggage Systems. The project was successfully completed on-time and on-budget.
Ian role as consultant on this project was to provide strategic planning, construction staging and project monitoring advice directly to Melbourne Airport, from inception through to completion, including attendance at Project Control Group Meetings. Ian's role as consultant on this project was to provide strategic planning, construction staging and project monitoring advice directly to Melbourne Airport during the planning phase of this project, including attendance at Project Control Group Meetings.
Ian's role as consultant on this project was to provide strategic planning, construction staging and project monitoring advice directly to Melbourne Airport during the planning phase of this project, including attendance at Project Control Group Meetings.
Ian's role as planning consultant was to develop numerous Master Schedules for individual projects and programs and to provide advice regarding interface management and procurement and contracting strategy to enable coordination of projects within Melbourne Airport.
Provision of Master Programme, planning, programming and constructability advice and detailed development and construction programme. Ian provided detailed scheduling, 4D construction planning, interface planning and progress monitoring of aprons and taxiways adjacent to the new International Terminal Expansion.
This was a high-risk project which involved the complete shutdown of the main runway at Melbourne Airport for a period of one month to widen the runway to accommodate A380 aircraft and to install a CAT II lighting system. The project was successfully completed without one day loss against the original schedule and won the coveted industry Construction Achievement Award which is awarded annually for the most successful Australian construction project. ]Ian's role as consultant was to provide planning advice directly to Melbourne Airport, from inception to completion, for all aspects of this project, which was logistically complex due to large quantities and risks associated with the shut-down. Ian provided detailed planning of the early works, including intersection upgrades and developed a daily progress monitoring system for reporting directly to senior airport staff.
Master programming, staging ad-vice, evaluation of construction options, general risk management advice in relation to runway widening, aircraft parking apron extension, terminal and aerobridge works for new Airbus A380 aircraft. Detailed planning and progress monitoring of A380 runway widening.
Provision of Master Programme, planning, programming and constructability advice during design and construction.
Development and implementation of project control systems during construction. Monitoring of construction progress and site coordination.
Detailed review of constructability, programme, procurement, design and construction methods; assessment of resources, project risks and review of staging options.
Preparation o detailed tender programme and staging analysis for the Brisbane Domestic Airport Expansion project).
Provided expert planning and scheduling advice to Leighton Contractors for the Gorgon Civil and Underground Services Contract. Services provided have included: acting as Project Controls Manager at the commencement of the project responsible for development of the Project Master Schedule using Primavera P6. This schedule was fully resourced with manpower, quantities and TEU logistics demand resources.
The total value of the Leighton Civil Works contract was approximately $2 billion and involves complex logistics and construction planning and staging at a remote island location. Responsible for the development of detailed 4-D construction staging and simulation models using state-of-the-art Navisworks Building Information Modelling (BIM) software interfacing with a custom designed procurement and logistics database to provide virtual construction simulation at Level 4 schedule detail for detailed analysis, status review and demonstration to the construction staging of concrete, piping and electrical cabling works.
Responsible for designing, developing and implementing a Last Planner Database System for this project. The purpose of this comprehensive database system has been to provide accurate and reliable daily reporting to the client and internally including labour, plant, progress and production issues, weather, industrial, safety and other information. The system also captures weekly planning and daily monitoring of production and productivity based upon bill items and provides comparisons between earned and actual plant and labour hours and planned versus actual production. Responsible for implementing Navisworks BIM development and data extraction to facilitate procurement tracking and control.
Prepared site project programmes to support the construction project in Malaysia.
Development of a Master Construction Programme and Monte Carlo risk analysis for the Nakheel NTT (world's tallest tower project in Dubai). Review of constructability with Building Contractor in Tokyo. Development of a Master Schedule and Monte Carlo risk analysis for the Nakheel NTT (world's tallest tower) project in Dubai.
Provision of project planning, controls, monitoring and engineering services.
Preparation of Master Programme at inception of project and on-going development and monitoring during the design phase for Major Projects of Victoria.
Preparation of Master Programme at inception of project.
Project Manager responsible for the specification, design, development, installation, training, change management, data migration and rollout of a new national business system for Skilled Engineering Ltd with an annual turnover exceeding $600 million.
Planning Manager for John Holland's Southern Region: Responsible for tender and construction planning, engineering, value analysis and provision of planning support systems within the Victoria, SA and Tasmania region. During this time, the company undertook such projects as the Toyota Factory, MCG Great Southern Grandstand, ABC Studios in Melbourne.


According to the new law, 37 Sundays in 2019 is going to be encompassed ban of trading. Bill restrictive trade on Sundays is not going to influence on opening hours and days in which Hala Koszyki is opened. Facility is still going to be opened whole week – even in no-trade Sundays.
Changes in no way will influence on functioning the restaurant part of Hala Koszyki – all places will be opened as in the past. Opening hours of the facility are still the same as well, 09:00 a.m. to 01:00 a.m.
Immutable weekend cultural and entertainment offer of the facility stand the same. "Klasyka na Koszykach", free concerts of classical music, is still going to happened in each Sunday at 3:00 p.m. New law bans only stores, which in days with no trade will be closed.


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Why businesses need to protect their intellectual property and how you can use intellectual property information to improve innovation
Inventions, designs and trade secrets are all highly-valuable intellectual property rights (IPR), and businesses that don't protect these assets are effectively acting as 'charities'.
That was the message from Claire Howell, a senior lecturer at Aston Law School who is also a barrister of the Middle Temple and a principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Ms Howell, who was speaking at Aston Business School's latest 'Fresh Perspectives' seminar, explained that every business has IP assets, ranging from copyright to designs, and from trade marks to patents.
She said: "IP matters because it's out there, it's a business asset. What matters is not just ideas, but the people who have them – and those people realising the value of those ideas then protecting and managing them.
"You can have all the great inventions and innovations in the world, but without protection it's not a business – it's philanthropy."
Ms Howell, highlighting the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR), said:
about 50% of EU industries are IPR intensive;
one in three of all EU jobs rely on the IPR sector;
the sector accounts for almost 39% of EU GDP – worth €4.7 trillion;
IPR jobs command a wage premium of more than 40%;
the sector accounts for 90% of the EU's trade with the rest of the world.
She said that all companies should have an IP audit to find out what IP they own, what IP they need, what IP their competitors have, and whether they are maximising value under current IP laws.
After an audit, Ms Howell said companies needed to create IP policies, regularly reviewing them to make sure they're aligned with their business strategies, and communicating them to all staff.
This communication should start with those responsible for IP registration, litigation and licensing, and larger companies often have a chief IP officer. These staff either need to be on the executive board, or should at least have a direct line to those responsible for business strategy.
The most basic IP policies might be agreeing how to handle confidential information, with the potential for 'need to know' protocols, confidentiality clauses and exit interviews, and policies on how to deal with third party information.
More complex analysis may be needed to decide on an IP strategy – looking at which designs, trade marks and patents to register, and which valuable ideas, inventions and brands to protect.
Ms Howell said: "An IP strategy must be aligned with business strategy. What are the company's long-term goals? How can the IP strategy help? Once you have a course of action, you must allocate proper resources."
She said IP strategies depend on factors such as what the competition is doing, whether a business is in an expanding or shrinking industry, and whether it is a high value or mass market. Some businesses might just want to avoid getting into trouble with other companies' IPR.
A good IP strategy, Ms Howell said, is not just about stopping others, or entering into expensive litigation for potential infringements. Instead, a business might use IP as a bargaining tool, to block competitors making similar items, or to create customer loyalty.
Or a business could form strategic alliances, increasing its market share and revenues through licensing.
Ms Howell added: "For IP policies to work, a company must be committed at the highest level, flowing agreed policies down to all staff through a skilled team with a proper budget. This means that everyone knows what's happening with IP at all times."
Book your free place at the next Fresh Perspectives event at Aston Business School 'Brexit and interest groups - will anything change?' on Thursday 15 June. Dr Patrycja Rozbicka will identify the short and long term consequences that will emerge regarding the UK interest groups' lobbying capacity post-Brexit and how to counterbalance them.
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Jared Hamilton - Media Artist, Musician and Promoter, Pikeville, Kentucky:
"Growing up in the mountains is pretty amazing. A lot of time you either watch TV, or work on art, or walking around in the woods, whatever you want to do. Or waste your life on drugs. Those are pretty much your options.
It's a very big problem [drugs], but I don't really see a lot of that problem area. I'm not really around the bad a lot, the bad side, you know. The bad side of boredom, that's what I'm going to call that.
I like the word, hillbilly. I don't see it as derogatory, unless it's being used in a derogatory way. Hillbilly is a nice term to me. Redneck is different. A hillbilly is someone, to me, who enjoys the hills, and wants to live in the hills. And enjoys being in nature, and wants to have a farm, or at least grow some food, even a small garden, or wants to be further away from the city. It's someone who really just loves this culture and embraces it. You don't even have to have roots. I think you can become a hillbilly. I think it's inside of you. There are hillbillies in Oregon, you know. There are hillbillies that are born in New York City, that have to retreat to the hills to be who they are.
I remember the first time I went to the Breaks Interstate Park, and I climbed over the edge of the bannister, and sat on the edge. That moment kind of just changed my life. I had never really felt so small until then, and then coming up to Wiley's Last Resort also changed my life a little bit. Just being conscious about taking care of your land. Just the way that people go about things.
[The Appalachian stereotype began with media] trying to come in and help, because there was such great poverty down here. They thought they were doing a good, enlightening thing with their journalism, to show how bad it is, so people would feel bad and want to help. But people down here are proud, and they don't want that help. And that's only a part of the population that is even considered poor to us. And it offends people that they are lumped into that. I think the media doesn't have bad intentions, but it comes off that way to people from here.
Appalachian culture really breeds creative geniuses over and over again, because not a lot of people have a lot of money to go out and do things. And spend a lot of money going on trips, like whatever it is that more wealthy people do with their time. It leaves a lot of free time to be creative, and I think that's a good thing.
The band's called Moonshine District. We just started in October, of last year. We just got together and started playing, and it's been going since then. (I'm not sure about these names.) Maggie Noelle, Katie Didit, Eric Smith, and myself. We have a washtub bass, fiddle, mandolin, and two female vocals. It's hard to explain the type of music it is. It's not really Bluegrass, but we're definitely lumped into Bluegrass, but influences from all over, from funk to soul, to R&B to punk rock, to just like any kind of folk music.
It is mountain music though. Everything definitely draws influence from the old time traditional music. You can't reproduce that, because we've been influenced by so many other things, than what people were that made that original mountain music. I think any music that comes out of here could still be considered mountain music, even if it's old time or new time. It's modern mountain music.
I got a guitar when I was twelve, and I never really got that good at it. For one reason, I'm stubborn, and I don't want to learn other people's songs. Also, because I was so consumed with having to work, and go to school for so many years. I dropped it for photography, and I did pretty well with that. But once I got my job at Appalshop, which I don't have that job anymore, I had all this extra time in the evening. I picked up the mandolin, and I've been playing mandolin for probably fifteen months. I've only really tried to actually understand music, and keys, and scales, in the last year and a half. But it's all I do.
A lot of my family's made money from coal, and definitely mountaintop removal is horrible, but it is what it is. People got to make money somehow, so you offer people who don't really have that much twenty dollars an hour, they're going to do what you tell them. You can't really villain-ize the miner, but the coal companies are definitely evil.
How much more coal is there? How long can that last, if they blow up every mountain? It's got to run out sometime. It's not exactly a renewable resource. I don't really care, if people are making money, and feeding their families. That's one thing. But it's definitely leaving, and I think we need to find a way to move on.
What we're doing at Wiley's (a music festival resort on top of Pine Mountain in Kentucky) is a part of it (moving away from dependence on coal), using music to draw people in for nature tourism. Exposing people to the beautiful Pine Mountain with the trick of flashing lights and music. You come to this music festival up here, or any of the things that Jim's ever put on; you come for the music, and you stay for Mars Rock, and the pond, and the mountain. It's a different climate than in the valleys. It's a rain forest up here. It's a different climate, than in the valleys. It's a magical place. You come here, and you never want to leave.
If you want to pursue the kind of career that I want to pursue, and make enough money to have a decent life, you're going to have to go somewhere else to do it. My career, I consider to be photography, and I'm at least going to have to be closer to Lexington and Louisville to be able to get enough work to feed myself with that business.
I definitely don't like living in the city. I would much rather be here, but it's also a double-edged sword, because I'm a social beast. There isn't that many social opportunities down here. At least, not for the kind of weirdo that I am, who wants [to] go to concerts, and hang out with more artistic types, musical, artsy kind of people. There is a scene for it, but just not as much as I would like. But it's a double-edged sword, because the fast life of the city wears me out. It makes me grumpy, too.
I went to school at Western Kentucky University, and I got a Bachelor's in photojournalism. I've worked in newspapers in Michigan and Pikeville, Gilbert, West Virginia, and all kinds of different places. I love it, but I'm trying to do magazine work now. It's what I want to do. I have a bunch of friends that have really good connections, that I've never tried to use, because I was teaching, and I really wanted to do that. I just wanted to do something that was more like a non-profit, community servant type thing. I think being an artist is kind of self-serving. I went through a phase where I didn't want to dedicate my life to doing something that was self-serving, so I wanted to do something that was good for my community. I got a job at AMI, and that program changes kids' lives, and I loved every second of it, but now that I've had a taste of that, I'm going to really push, and see what I can do out in the world."
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MSDEER.net • View topic - How is this season turning out compared to past years?
How is this season turning out compared to past years?
Just curious to hear how everyone's season is going compared to other years.
I have not hunted near the amount that I normally do but buck sightings of size is way down this year compared to does compared to most years for me. Seeing lots of young bucks this year.
I have killed a few does, but still waiting on that buck. My youngest son killed his first squirrel and missed a deer early season so he has got a little experience under his belt and ready for his time to come.
Also had a chance to take a Co worker and he killed his first deer. So even though we have not got that big buck, we have still had a lot of fun and have some meat for the freezer.
How is your season. turning out compared to other years.
Re: How is this season turning out compared to past years?
Thanks for this great thread Huntall!!
I went back to my 1st forum hunting journal entry for this season and saw where I said I would take 2 does if no decent bucks present themselves. Well, 2 decent bucks presented themselves and I have seen many more bucks that, while still immature, are bigger than the immature ones I have seen in the past. Does that make sense? In other words, the young ones I am letting walk each year are getting bigger, and because I'm not over hunting the bucks, there are more of them. The herd looks very healthy. Now, if it will just stay that way. All that being said, I'm disappointed that I don't ever see or get on camera any REALLY big bucks. I would love to just get a pic of a once in a lifetime stud. I have to remind myself though that there was a time when, if we saw a doe on our place, it was a really big deal. Boy, have things changed. I do see approximately a dozen deer each time I go out....... The weather has really been interesting this season: drought, cold, ice, warm, and now wet. I'm thrilled with my season and already looking forward to the next!
It has been a very different type of year for me.
My wife lost her father and that tied us up during the preseason so I was not as well prepared as I would like to have been. Work kept me out of the woods during the peak of the rut. On top of this I just am not as mad at the deer as I used to be. The strange part is I have not seen a single buck. My hunting buddies have almost all limited out. I think this is the first year so far that no one has taken a doe. I have not because I still have a freezer full from the last few years and the fact I missed the Hunters for the Hungry this fall. We hunt my in-law's property and I have had great success over the last 40 years I have taken over 60 deer. This year I have not fired a shot (at a deer). On a side note this year we have had no "Air Balls", lost deer or even a long track. Only one "gut shot" that I remember but it only went 80 yards.
All in all I have enjoyed the camp life and the great company this year as much as any other year.
Like Pat, I'm just not as "mad" at the deer as I used to be. Having said that, this has been a fantastic year for me. I started it off in October by killing a very nice elk. Since I had so much meat from the elk, i decided not to kill any deer unless I saw a "goodern". Well, 2nd day of season, i got a pretty good one (for me anyway).
A few weeks later at our cabin, I had yet another nice one come by & took it as well. Ever since that one, I have not hunted nearly as hard, or one weekend, not at all.
This season has been my best ever. I started back deer hunting a few years ago after quitting for 20 years when my grandfather passed away. I killed a very nice 9pt (nice to me anyways) with a rifle my grandfather gave me. I killed it sitting on the ground with open sights the way I hunted with my granddaddy. Definitely a hunt I will likely never top. But I'm going to try.
sdw wrote: I killed it sitting on the ground with open sights the way I hunted with my granddaddy. Definitely a hunt I will likely never top. But I'm going to try.
First deer I ever killed was with open sights. My parents had just given me a 30-06 and I didn't have a scope on it yet.
flipper wrote: First deer I ever killed was with open sights. My parents had just given me a 30-06 and I didn't have a scope on it yet.
One of my best deer and most memorable was taken while still hunting my way to a stand in a light drizzling rain.
All the time hoping and praying this .54 Hawkin would go BANG not click-pop.
I sure hope I get a chance to add to my original post under this thread after this weekend .
This has been an unusual season compared to past years for me, but in a good way. Usually I don't get very many buck pictures until late December to the end of season. This year, I got almost exclusively buck pictures from late September until Thanksgiving, and I was getting pictures of 7 or 8 different bucks, 3 of which were good, and 2 of which were monsters for the coastal counties. I usually kill big deer, but other than the early bow season, I typically don't kill anything in MS until close to the rut down here - January to February, and I almost never get trail cam pics of the bucks I am after. I also don't really hunt food plots (done it plenty of times in the past!), but hunt in the woods, mostly from the ground. I got well over a hundred pics of each of the big bucks I was after this season, and killed both of them in a food plot 100 yards behind my house within a week of each other, one the last week of November and one December 5th. I killed another, a big 7pt, 18 1/2" wide with 5" bases, while stalking through the woods along the creek that runs through our place.
Maybe I should change my hunting style!
Surveyorshawn wrote: This has been an unusual season compared to past years for me, but in a good way. Usually I don't get very many buck pictures until late December to the end of season. This year, I got almost exclusively buck pictures from late September until Thanksgiving, and I was getting pictures of 7 or 8 different bucks, 3 of which were good, and 2 of which were monsters for the coastal counties. I usually kill big deer, but other than the early bow season, I typically don't kill anything in MS until close to the rut down here - January to February, and I almost never get trail cam pics of the bucks I am after. I also don't really hunt food plots (done it plenty of times in the past!), but hunt in the woods, mostly from the ground. I got well over a hundred pics of each of the big bucks I was after this season, and killed both of them in a food plot 100 yards behind my house within a week of each other, one the last week of November and one December 5th. I killed another, a big 7pt, 18 1/2" wide with 5" bases, while stalking through the woods along the creek that runs through our place.
I don't plant/hunt food plots either, but most of the successful hunters do. Maybe we should both change!
Hey, do you happen to know Retha (Smith/Rayburn) Graham? She is a nurse I worked with up here in Jackson at one time. From Stone County. I think she has moved back there.
I don't know her, but I just looked her up on FB and saw that she's friends with a lot of people I'm friends with. There are so many Smiths down here, an entire part of Stone County is called Smithtown, lol. My ex was a nurse, and she worked in Jackson for a while (ex sounds bad, but we got along fine after not being married). She's the woman who was killed by the professor at Delta State a little over a year ago who also killed the other professor. She & our daughter were like sisters. She also hunted, and my daughter has killed some nice bucks.
I never know the right thing to say to anyone who has had a tragedy in their life other than to say you and your daughter are in my prayers.
Considering what both of you have killed this year, I don't think either of you need to be taking advise from anyone, other than maybe Steve, on how to deer hunt.
I do plant food plots and hunt them, but mostly because I have gotten old and soft and it's easy to take kids. Also to give the deer another reason to stay on the property. I miss the time when preparing for deer season meant pulling your shotgun and coveralls out of the closet the night before gun season opened. Now, I'm already preparing for next year.
My success this year I attribute to my passing on (as well as most of my neighbors') young legal bucks in years past. Now, that being said, I know I killed some nice immature bucks in the past, but I didn't shoot every one of them I saw. Many, many I let walk. I have let some nice ones walk this year. That "kill anything with horns" mentality has passed. Food plots? I have no problem with them. I have no problem with anything legal. Many of you have young'uns and they need something to draw the deer in to enable them to get a shot and keep the fire going. That's great. That's what we need. I"m just cheap and will hunt whatever comes my way without enticing them into my crosshairs. It is fun no matter how you do it!
I try to kill mature bucks. In my younger years (I'm not old - 46, I just mean in my 20's and early 30's) I killed legal bucks, and progressively larger ones, but it just wasn't as fun or challenging. I bowhunted strictly during my late 30's, and got into ground hunting and stalking after I lost the ability to climb for a while. It's fun to try and figure out and defeat a 4 to 5 year old buck, and sometimes older, at his own game. This year I planted a plot for the first time since 2011. We have a long, narrow piece of land with a cattle farm to the North of us (he plants rye grass), and a big bottom/swamp to the South that is part of a hunting club (nobody hunts in that part, I traded some surveying for a buffer zone way back), and our place is right in between. Everyone around tries to manage for big bucks (usually 3 year olds - 15" 8pts that score around 100"), but most of them make it through. I am always surprised when the older class shows up on camera, though. Around here they generally disappear after their 3rd year, and you only see them in person if you are lucky or good. I've been pretty lucky Now my son is about old enough to start going, but he's too fidgety to be in an open stand. We put up a few pop-up blinds and left them out for long periods. I'll see how he does in them now that I've tagged out, lol.
Squeezed the trigger today for the first time in 3 years!
Nothing but a doe, but probably the most excitement I've had in quite a spell. Felt good to know I still have it! Felt even better knowing the long range practice at the range paid off.
As far as seasons past. I have yet to get one decent mountable buck on camera. I let 3 120's walk last year. I haven't any clue to where they went. The place is small and a travel corridor from one small patch of timber to the next. Almost always get mid night pics of those elusive ones. Not this year. Had a lease that didn't work out so the season started off not to good. Still wonder what really happened on that. But anyways. Watched a doe all season (population hoovers around 7) and that's been about it. Meth heads moved in late December and shut down our patch. Hopefully greener pastures next year.
Was fun to shoot though. Got meat per the request of the wife. Got one more weekend to go so who knows.
What few times I hunted were for the most part uneventful. I gave it up a few weeks ago, just not enough activity to hold my interest. Thinking about public land for next year.
Well it's not quite over, but I just don't seem to be as mad. I had a great season in the woods, just being out there is good. I have a lease I was on the fence about keeping, for a couple of years the deer just did not seem to be there. But I now seem to have a very healthy herd of does hanging out in the thickets and food plots. I have elusive bucks making camera appearances at night. I did kill two does, one off each lease. I saw deer, I watched birds, squirrels, I did some thinking and praying.
With the children a lot of our season is taken up with them, and it is a pleasure. Ben finally connected on a buck this year. His first small one here on the farm, and a really nice 8 point up on public land. I will have to post pictures and the story. Brandon got a nice 9 Point on Christmas Day. Bailey hasn't killed anything but she has had fun. She got her driving permit this fall and everyone lets her drive them around camp, so her season has been a success!
LadyHunter wrote: Well it's not quite over, but I just don't seem to be as mad. I had a great season in the woods, just being out there is good. I have a lease I was on the fence about keeping, for a couple of years the deer just did not seem to be there. But I now seem to have a very healthy herd of does hanging out in the thickets and food plots. I have elusive bucks making camera appearances at night. I did kill two does, one off each lease. I saw deer, I watched birds, squirrels, I did some thinking and praying.
Well that sounds like a highly successful and satisfying season to me. I'm really anxious to hear the stories!


As a bilingual education teacher at Barrington Elementary School, Ray Mata knows a thing or two about language barriers.
Like many of his colleagues in the Austin, Texas, Independent School District, where more than half of the school system's 82,000 students are Hispanic and at least 20 percent do not speak English as their native language, Mata is constantly looking for new approaches to get his students on par with their English-speaking classmates.
So when he found a free technology program that would let his students–and, importantly, their parents–translate English web sites into Spanish automatically and even send and receive translated eMail messages to teachers and friends throughout the school system, he just had to try it.
Several months later, Mata says he's using the program to show English-language learners how to conduct online research, better engage parents in their children's education, and encourage ESL students to share their language–and their heritage–with their English-speaking friends.
The project is part of a nationwide grant program sponsored by IBM that gives schools and other nonprofit organizations free access to a specialized version of the company's WebSphere Translation Server, a service that helps multinational businesses convert web sites and eMail messages from English to several other languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese, and vice versa.
Called Traducelo Ahora!, or "translate now," the version currently being used in schools is limited to English-Spanish conversions. Program developers say the goal is to help teachers, as well as students and their parents, bridge a burgeoning cultural divide that often stands in way of success.
"We are trying to inspire the conversation between Spanish-speaking students and English-speaking teachers," said Doris Gonzalez, program coordinator for IBM's Traducelo Ahora! project. As the Spanish-speaking population continues to grow–researchers predict that within the next few years, the Latino population will be the nation's largest minority–teachers must find a way to connect not only with students who have a limited grasp of English, but with their parents as well, Gonzales said.
As the program has evolved, IBM has invested a significant amount of research and development dollars into its translation engine. Three years and some serious tweaking later, Big Blue says the Spanish-English version of the program is up to 30 percent more accurate than it was when it first launched in 2003.
Despite all the extra work, the technology still is far from perfect, Gonzalez acknowledges. Because each form of Spanish–whether it's Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan, or some other regional translation–has its own unique dialect, IBM uses what it calls "International Spanish" as its default translation.
Though the conversions might not be exact in all cases, depending on what type of Spanish the user is accustomed to, it usually is close enough for a competent Spanish-speaking person to make the connection, Gonzalez said.
If there are major gaps in the translation, or portions of a web site are not translated correctly, participants are invited to point out inconsistencies by eMailing IBM software developers. The company reportedly gets upwards of 125 eMails from Traducelo Ahora! users each month and considers each suggestion on an individual basis.
There are other technological hang-ups, too. Gonzalez says the program still cannot automatically translate text and pictures featured on web pages as part of Flash images or PDF files. Rather than seeing these translations reflected automatically, as is the case with pages using strictly HTML code, she said, the user has to scroll over the English words and look for the Spanish translation in a separate pop-up box.
"We're still working on that," she said.
Though it remains very much a work in progress, Mata said Traducelo Ahora! already is keeping communication in Austin from getting lost in translation.
Where language barriers often preclude talented minority voices from assuming leadership positions within their local communities or keep parents from taking a more active role in their children's education, he says, programs like Traducelo Ahora! are empowering the school system's Hispanic population to take a more active role.
"It's amazing how often language barriers keep people from reaching their potential," said Mata.
IBM says Traducelo Ahora! currently is used at 160 grant sites in the U.S., Mexico, and Venezuela. Though the original grant program is now closed, IBM spokesman Clint Roswell said schools are encouraged to contact the company. IBM will reach out to interested applicants when the grant program reopens in the coming months, he said.


Markforged selected venture capitalists for its series C funding based on their strengths and ability to help get it get its products to market faster. It hopes to offer more 3D-printing solutions to manufacturers looking to build final parts with materials like metals and carbon fiber.
Alongside companies like Porsche and Siemens, Microsoft was probably the most surprising company to participate in series C funding for 3-D printing startup, Markforged. The investment not only stands out as a rare occasion where Microsoft invested in a hardware company, but also marks the first time that it invested in a 3D-printing startup, indicating that is has a high level of confidence in the technology's ability to impact the manufacturing sector.
Microsoft Venture typically invests in software-centric startups with specializations in emerging technologies like cloud computing. However, other actions, such as the introduction of the Paint 3D application on its Windows 10 platform, show its market interest for 3D modeling in the early stages of design.
The round, set at $30-million, raised a total capital of $57 million. The funding will be used for improving Marforge's technology to lower the cost of printing carbon fiber, metals, and other materials.
Markforged has expressed plans to release a new desktop 3D printer that can produce metal parts in 2018. Currently, its printers are used in industry to create final metal parts and prototypes.


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In 1957 Gordon Gould, then an obscure physicist and perennial graduate student, conceived one of the revolutionary inventions of the twentieth century -- the laser. But before he could submit a patent application, a prominent professor of physics whose office was next door to Gould's filed his own laser patent claims. Gould fought to reclaim the rights to his work, beginning a battle that would last nearly thirty years. Many millions of dollars, as well as the integrity of scientific claims, were at stake in the litigation that ensued. Laseris Gould's story -- and an eye-opening look at the patent process in America, the nexus of the worlds of business and science. Gould was struggling to finish his Ph. D. thesis when he struck upon the concept for the laser, or Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Light waves, Gould realized, would form a single concentrated beam when reflected between two mirrors inside a gas-filled chamber. Even as he was sketching his invention, Gould foresaw the tremendous potential of the laser in industry, communications, and the military. For three days he feverishly documented his ideas in a notebook, which he had notarized in a candy store near his Bronx apartment. A small technology firm took a great interest in Gould's laser and soon won a Defense Department contract to develop lasers for the military. Ironically, Gould was denied a security clearance because of his past communist associations, and so was unable to work on his own invention. He could only watch from the sidelines as colleagues tried to build a working laser in a desperate race with larger, better-funded research labs. Meanwhile, Gould's rival, Charles Townes, had everything that Gould lacked, most notably important academic and government appointments and esteem in the scientific community. In the dispute between the two men, few doubted Townes's word, while nearly everyone scoffed at Gould's claims. But Gould's determination was unyielding, and he fought everyone who stood in his way, including the U. S. Patent Office, major corporations, and the entire laser industry, until he finally won. Gordon Gould, the courts ruled, had invented the laser. Laseris a grand story of technology and law. Nick Taylor has extensively interviewed Gould as well as other key participants in the battle over the laser's invention and patents. In this riveting account of genius, rivalry, and greed, he shows just how difficult it is for the legendary lone inventor to prevail when the license to a valuable invention is at stake.
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Immuno-inflammatory diseases: Servier partners with University College of London
Accelerating the discovery of new treatments for immune-inflammatory diseases, including lupus and systemic sclerosis, is the focus of a new strategic research collaboration between Servier and UCL.
"Collaboration with academia is one of the main levers of our strategy to contribute to research to accelerate the discovery and development of innovative treatments for patients", said Claude Bertrand, Executive Vice-President Research & Development at Servier. The UCL team we are working with have considerable expertise in both lupus and systemic sclerosis, and they are based at one of the top institutions for medical and health research globally."
Each year, the UCL welcomes more than 41,500 students from 150 countries. It regularly ranks among the top 10 universities in the world, particularly in terms of research.
Announcing a new strategic research collaboration between @Servier and @UCL. This partnership will focus on accelerating the discovery of new treatments for immune-inflammatory diseases, including scleroderma and lupus.
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