In March 2018, we launched a Kickstarter campaign because we wanted to validate the demand for a new type of nozzle that would not wear off, and that would offer both great durability and thermal conductivity.
That's how we came up with the Tungsten Carbide Nozzle: a state of the art 3d printer nozzle that offers good durability and performance for almost any printer, such as Ultimaker, Raise3d, Prusa, Makerbot, Robo, LulzBot, Flashforge, and many more. The Tungsten Carbide Nozzle is also compatible with aftermarket hotends like E3D Volcano, E3D V6, Olson Block, Hexagon, and DyzEnd.
After a successful campaign, we produced the Tungsten Carbide Nozzle, and we are proud to announce today that the product is officially available on the market. Customers can buy them on our online store for $55. In the next few months, it should also start being available all around our reseller network.
Why a tungsten carbide nozzle?
Your nozzle is the last and final step in your extrusion system, and maybe the most important part of your 3d printer. Plastic flows through the small orifice, thanks to the pressure generated by the extruder. This flow can reach a pressure as high as 250 times the atmospheric pressure (25 MPa).
With plain plastic, most metals commonly used for nozzles can easily hold up against the flow. Unfortunately, once we start using plastic filaments with hard reinforcement fibers such as carbon and glass, things start to get more complicated. These reinforcement materials will scratch the inner wall of your nozzle orifice as they pass due to the flow and pressure. Both glass and carbon are known to be very hard, a lot harder than any metals, resulting in what is known as abrasion inside your nozzle.
The high pressure built up inside your nozzle also means that surface finish and coating will eventually wear out, even if a coating has a higher hardness than the material printed. This is due to a phenomenon called abrasive wear. For this reason, it is best to avoid thin coating plating in nozzles. Once the coating disappears, the performance of your nozzle starts dropping.
Fortunately, tungsten carbide is the cermet of choice when it comes to wearing and abrasion resistance. Don't confound it with tungsten alloy, which is metal and not that good at wear resistance. For instance, tungsten carbide is commonly used for the fabrication of cutting tools for steel and tool steel. The mining industry also uses it extensively as a button insert for crushing rocks.
Tungsten carbide is hard enough that both the nozzle hole size and height will always stay the same, regardless of how long you use the nozzle, and the abrasiveness of the material you use it with.
You may have heard that "insert-type" nozzles may cause poor flow and extrusion losses. This may be true for other hotends, but our insert specifically designed to give you all the benefits of a single-piece type nozzle in terms of flow.
The internal geometry is designed for flow optimization, even with a tip.
In fact, users will find out that the tungsten carbide nozzles lead to even better extrusion flow when compared to other "hardened nozzles", whether they are made out of steel, corundum, or other hard materials.
The reason behind this performance increase is due to the high thermal performance of the tungsten carbide, which keeps the nozzle tip hot, thus allowing faster printing speed without sacrificing the quality. The thermal conductivity ensures that heat is able to travel up to the tip of your nozzle, keeping your molten plastic at the right temperature. Having a bad heat conductor like tool steel or ruby may lead to a colder extrusion. Thus poor layer bonding, greater flow fluctuation and even jamming.
Moreover, the whole nozzle has a nickel plated coating for enhanced slippery properties. Plastic will slide on the nozzle instead of sticking to it. This results in cleaner parts and less dragging problems.
We ran some tests and compared our tungsten carbide nozzle to a brass nozzle from Ultimaker for reference. The tungsten carbide nozzle boasts increased output flow by around 80% while retaining the same print quality.
Because of the way tungsten carbide is manufactured, we couldn't make the whole nozzle out of tungsten carbide.
We chose to use steel as the nozzle frame. It has all the properties required for a good nozzle body. It has excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures.The nozzle will stay strong, no matter the pressure generated by the extruder. This is a very critical parameter as the assembly reliability depends on the mechanical joint between the tungsten carbide insert and the nozzle frame.
Not only is steel strong, but it's also very thermally stable. It has the lowest coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) from the standard materials used as nozzles. While tungsten carbide has a lower CTE, it is critical to opt for a similar value, as it reduces the gap created by the temperature increase.
Steel's thermal conductivity might seem low compared to the other common options, but it's actually around 2 times higher than tool steel.
Also, the critical zone for thermal conductivity is the nozzle tip, where the section area is very low, and the convection cooling power is high. Fortunately, the tungsten carbide tip will provide the proper thermal conductivity, offsetting the steel disadvantage.
The high hardness of tungsten carbide will provide a lifetime of carefree extrusion. The unequaled wear resistance will ensure both the nozzle diameter and flat will keep the same dimension, and so will your printed parts.
Due to the high thermal performance of the nozzle, printing speed can be pushed even further without sacrificing the quality. The special shape inside the nozzle allowed by the manufacturing technique to improve the flow where the diameter gets reduced, thus allowing a faster flow rate.
The whole nozzle is nickel plated for enhanced slippery properties. Plastic will slide on the nozzle instead of sticking to it. This result is cleaner parts and less dragging problems.
From printing PLA to carbon fiber reinforced plastics, this nozzle can handle anything. The low friction coating greatly helps with flexible filaments allowing them to slide throughout the nozzle. A single nozzle will offer quality prints, wear resistance and high flow. No need to get a ton of different nozzle when a single one can offer the best of all worlds.
Tungsten carbide is easier to produce than corundum (Sapphire, Ruby, etc) and the performance is very similar. The use of steel makes it very easy to manufacture and offer amazing thermal performance. The whole package is a win-win situation in terms of performance and price.
Simon is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Dyze Design. He's also a world traveler and blogger. And passionate about homebrewing.
Is it compatible with Creality Enter 3?
Yes, it is! You'll need model M6 1.75mm.
Yes, it's compatible. You need to pick model M6 1.75mm.


Rwanda National Police has announced that Anne Rwigara, Diane Rwigara, and their mother Adeline Rwigara, could be called back to CID for further interrogation any time.
"As investigations continue, those involved can be called back at CID for further interrogations," Police said in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon.
They had been forcefully arrested on Monday evening for failure to respect three consecutive summon warrants to CID to answer charges of forgery and tax evasion.


5 reasons why you should choose a career in Digital Marketing!
Let us first understand what is Digital Marketing. It's the promotion of products or brands via one or more forms of electronic media. For instance, advertising mediums that may be utilized as a component of the digital marketing strategy of a business could incorporate promotional efforts made through the Internet, social media, cell phones and electronic boards, and in addition by means of digital and TV and radio channels.
At the point when supply is less while demand is more, it's implied that a good digital marketer will get oodles of cash. Besides, the higher you go up the ladder, so does your compensation scale.
You needn't bother with a specific set of qualifications to be able to pursue digital marketing. The best part is you don't need to start your career from scratch if you need to become famous in the business. All you require is passion.
Be it writing a blog, building a website or making digital marketing strategy, creativity is necessary. It's a chance for you to think out of the box and bring your thoughts into action.
Digital Marketing Job is challenging! So if you have got bored with your job and feel it's becoming monotonous then digital marketing is the answer for you. In here, everyday is a new day with new challenges.
Experts say there will be a huge demand for digital marketing professional by 2018. So without any doubt, step into a career where demand exceeds supply.


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Pagan Community Notes: California wildfires, Frith Forge 2017, Doreen Valiente and more
By The Wild Hunt | October 16, 2017
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CALIF. – As is being reported throughout mainstream media, the California fires still burn. The death toll is at 40 and multiple fires continue to rage with the worst ones in the north. Despite the devastation, officials are now saying that firefighters are beginning to get control of many of the fires, and promise of cooler temperatures is helping.
The California Pagan community has not be left untouched by the destruction. As we reported last week, Tracy McClendon and her family evacuated their home quickly, and just in time as the blazes consumed the structure. "It is scary to think that ten minutes is the difference between us being alive and us not being alive," she said. The family lost everything and has a GoFundMe campaign running to help them rebuild.
According to the Sonoma Valley Pagan Network, Annwfn and all of Greenfield Ranch is safe. Firefighters reportedly "were able to halt the fires at Reeves Canyon, northeast of the ranch."
The Isis-Oasis sanctuary in Geyersville is untouched, and is offering a place of rest to first responders. "We have beds and food … free of charge." Covenant of the Goddess Northern California Local Council has been posting information, news stories, and resources on its Facebook page.
We will be following the situation and bringing you more on the situation over the next week, including eyewitness reports from our California-based writers.
GERMANY – Reports are now coming in from Frith Forge 2017, a new international event sponsored by the Troth. Frith Forge was designed to be conference for inclusive Ásatrú and Heathen organizations, and individuals. As is advertised on the website, the event offers a space "to build alliances, understanding, and friendships among us instead of compartmentalizing further in an industrialized world. Let's learn from each other with respect and fellowship to forge frith among us."
Frith Forge was held Oct. 5-8 in Werder/Petzow, Germany, and included workshops, talks, and a sacred sites tour Oct. 6.
There were reportedly over 30 attendees from around the world, including TWH columnist Karl E. H. Seigfried, who was attending as goði of Chicago-based Thor's Oak Kindred and as a member of the Troth Clergy Program. On his personal website, the Norse Mythology Blog, Seigfried has published the talk that he gave at the conference itself, which is called "A Better Burden: Towards a New Ásatrú Theology."
In that talk, Seigfried offered his services as "editor for the first international anthology of the public theology of Heathenry," and he has reportedly already received interest. Seigfried will be providing a full account later this month of what happened at Frith Forge 2017, and what the event means for global Heathenry.
In addition, many of the talks were reportedly recorded and will be made available online over the next few weeks by the Alliance for Inclusive Heathenry.
TWH – The Doreen Valiente Foundation (DVF) will be publishing a new book titled A Witch Ball and other Short Stories. The book is a collection of previously unpublished material from Doreen Valiente, who died in Brighton in 1999. Valiente is considered by many the mother of modern Witchcraft, and her works have influenced Witches around the world.
When she died she left her legacy to John Pelham Payne, who created the Doreen Valiente Foundation. Its mission as stated is "to preserve, protect, research, and make accessible" Valiente's work. Payne himself died in 2016, leaving the organization to a number of trustees who continue the efforts.
In that light, DVF has gathered these previously unpublished writings together in one book. According to the site: "This collection of short stories is not only of significance to fans of Doreen Valiente, but of import within the wider genre of gothic fiction and folk horror. . . . These enjoyable tales weave and layer magic and folklore into a notable contribution to the interesting genre of magical tales written by magical practitioners."
Professor Ronald Hutton wrote, "The publication of these stories offers both real entertainment for readers and a valuable resource for those interested in the history of Paganism, witchcraft and magic. In them, Doreen reveals herself to be a proficient, engaging and immensely readable author of fiction, producing occult detective tales on the level of those by Dion Fortune."
A Witch Ball and other Short Stories will be released in December 2017.
The Gerald B. Gardner (GBG) Calendar 2018 is now available. Since 2011, Pagan and Gardnerian Witch Link publishes the calendar filled with quotes, photos, and historical data. The calendar includes many Pagan feast days, moon phases, and holiday information from around the world. This year the calendar also includes information on a lesser known member of the original Bricket Wood Coven, Monica English.
Another popular annual publication is also now available. The Witches' Almanac 2018 is on bookshelves. The Issue is #37, and is titled, "The Magic of Plants." Its 194 pages include articles, poetry, art, and information, as well as astrological calendar that runs from spring 2018 to 2019. As we reported in 2016, the Witches' Almanac has been a fixture in the Pagan community for 46 years.
Circle Sanctuary joins the many other Pagan organizations that are offering online classes and workshops. Rev. Selena Fox will be offering instruction on the celebration of Samhain and Halloween. The online class, to be held Oct. 18, will teach students "ways to work with old and new customs, rites, and symbols in creating personal, household, and community celebrations of Samhain and Halloween."
Solar Cross Temple founder, activist, and author T. Thorn Coyle has published an October Manifesto on her website. In her typical tone that mixes gentle compassion with inspirational drive, Coyle begins, "Our societies don't have to be this messed up. We can learn from past mistakes. We can stop operating out of sheer ego-protection and fear. We can choose to not preference the making of money over the well-being of community. We. Can. Do. This." The Manifesto goes on to stir action and inspire hope toward a better future. This work, like much of her work, is reader funded through Patreon.
Tarot of the week with Star Bustamonte
Deck: Crow's Magick Tarot by Londa Marks, U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Card: Five (5) of Swords
This card reflects circumstances that are destined to be frustrating. The key to moving forward is the ability to tweak one's thinking. The week ahead is liable to be rife with aggravation, and the best way to address it is to step back and think outside of the box. A measured and thoughtful response is called for rather than knee-jerk reaction.
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Hydro Innovations, founded in Austin, TX in 2006, was established to provide cultivators the means to maintain a proper garden environment with purpose built equipment, rather than struggling with repurposed equipment made for comfort cooling.
In 2014, Hydro Innovations relocated from Austin, TX to Boulder, CO and became a subsidiary of Surna Inc. Surna Inc. provides design, engineering and equipment manufacturing services to large commercial cultivators, while Hydro Innovations by Surna Inc. has been catering to wholesale, retail and small-scale cultivators. We work closely with our clients to create the right environment for their goals. In the last decade, we have been involved with over 700 unique projects, establishing ourselves as experts in the field.
In an effort to consolidate and more efficiently serve both our commercial and wholesale clients, Hydro Innovations is being transitioned to the Surna Inc. brand. This allows our dedicated team of experts to focus on creating a precise environment for all our customers – large or small, commercial or residential.


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Q: Selenium Grid. Why HUB wrote "false" after registration Selenium RC? Steps:
1. Run hub ("ant launch-hub")
2. Run registration of RC ("ant -Dport=5557 launch-remote-control")
3. Chek console of hub
Question:
In the console says: - RemoteControlProxy localhost:5557#false.
why does it say "false". I dont understand it.![alt text][1]
But Selenium RC displayed in the browser in "Available Remote Controls" place.
Unfortunately, I cant post a screenshot.

A: I found the answer to this question.
False - it is correct message.

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Coffee table with 12 mm extralight tempered glass. Structure in hand burnished brass. The hand burnished brass finish looks naturally spotted and irregular. Due to this craftmade processing, each product is unique and exclusive.


I finally finished what is my biggest parade to date! It's 10x20 inches and the pic above it's just a preview. It's the "All Seasons Parade" and will be available at the PFATT Marketplace on december 10th. Feeling like you have to have one NOW? The Christmas Parade on auction right now on Ebay. You can go and bid here.
What a wonderful piece!!! LOVE IT!


Founded by Par Lundqvist, Stephen Little, and Richard Bell, NEUW Denim originated from Par's extensive vintage denim collection dating back to 100 years. The old denim is treated with "NEUW" love—Par re-cuts and repairs jeans to give them the right fit and look, hence the name "Vintage Revision." The collection also consists of raglan sweatshirts and cotton twill chinos. Check out the pieces above and on NEUW Denim.


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University students, openSUSE participates in GSoC!
openSUSE participates again in Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a program that awards stipends to university students who contribute to real-world open source projects during three months in summer. With this article, I will provide my experience as a former GSoC student and mentor, give you more details about the program and try to encourage students to get involved in openSUSE development through GSoC.
Why open source and openSUSE?
I have fun: The most important reason is that it is fun. At openSUSE, we have great conferences, geekos everywhere, geeko cookies, openSUSE beer, fun stickers,… and the most important part: we have fun when working!
I learn a lot: In most of the projects, every single line of code is reviewed. That means not only that the code quality is better, but also that every time you write something wrong or that can be improved, someone will tell you. In open source, we think that making mistakes is perfectly fine. That people correct you is the best way to learn.
People: I have the chance to work with really skilled people all around the world, who are interested in the same things as me.
Starting is always difficult, but you don't have to do it alone! In openSUSE, you will always find people to help you, and with GSoC this is even easier. The best feature of the program is that you will always have at least one mentor (most likely two) who will lead you through it. In addition, you will work in a project used in the real world by many users and all your code will be released under an open source license, so everybody can access, use, study, change and share it. Last, you will receive a stipend between 2,400 and 6,600 dollars depending on the country.
But we also have simpler projects such as Trollolo, where any computer science university student could get started with Ruby. The desire to learn is much more important than the previous experience and knowledge.
openSUSE is part of yet another Google Summer of Code. After a rocking ride in last year's edition, our Geeko's are gearing up for another awesome program. This year promises to be more special, as Google is celebrating its 10th anniversary of the program.
Google Summer of Code (commonly called as GSoC) is an annual program conducted by Google which pays students code to write code for open source organizations. It is one of the most best ways for organizations such as openSUSE to get some quality work done, and gain long term contributors. In the last edition, we had 10 students complete their projects and gain recognition within the community.
Last year, we collaborated with ownCloud, Balabit(makers of syslog-ng) and Hedgewars under a common umbrella. It worked very well for all of us. This year, we are collaborating with ownCloud, Zorp(a Gateway technology by Balabit) and the MATE desktop along with the bucket load of awesome projects from openSUSE itself. Our mentors are quite enthusiastic, and recognize the role played by GSoC in moving the community forward.
If you are a student who wants to participate under openSUSE, and 'have a lot of fun', do check out our ideas page and guidelines. As always, the key is to start early and to interact with mentors and the community at large. Fixing bugs and working on Proof of Concepts is a good way to start.
Student application period opens on 10th March, and continues till March 21.
You can reach the community at our Mailing List and on #opensuse-project on IRC (Freenode).


Visual arts is the focus of Ely Greenstone Public Art and in 2014 it is revving up its Juried Art Show and Sale with a Saturday, July 5 Preview Gala opening at Miners Dry House in Ely Arts & Heritage Center.
The Show and Sale continues from Sunday July 6 through Sunday, July 13 from 1-4 daily at 105 Miners Lake Landing Road, Ely.
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust and the new home planned for the Ely Public Library, Ely Greenstone announces that this year Library Select designations will be part of the event.
Members of the Library Board will assist in jurying the show which is in its ninth year. They will then select 10-12 artworks which they deem worthy of inclusion in the new library.
The connection is that an art collector, Donald G. Gardner, who had a summer home in the Ely area, donated an Impressionist painting to the Ely Public Library and the City of Ely. Its eventual sale for $510,000 funded the Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust in his name. This summer events will be held in early August to commemorate its beginning 25 years ago.
And since collectors often find themselves with more art than wall space, Greenstone will offer the opportunity for a donor to choose one of the Library Select artworks for the new library building. They will receive a 15 percent discount off the price of the art, thereby reducing the commission which Ely Greenstone would normally receive. The artists will receive their full 70 percent commission of the original price.
Tickets to the Gala evening, 7-9 p.m., are $30 and offer samples from Ely area restaurants and wine.
The afternoon events are free to one and all. Everyone is invited to vote for the People's Choice Award. The winner is selected from all votes cast during the eight days and the winner receives $150 and a certificate.
But that's not all that is in store this year!
The Shaft House at 401 North Pioneer Road will be open every Tuesday and Friday afternoon from Memorial Day through Labor Day to share Ely's rich mining history at the historic Pioneer Mine complex.
And there's a busy summer ahead for the arts community! Several new events are planned and some favorites are being returned.


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Bartłomiej Wawak (ur. 25 sierpnia 1993 w Bielsku-Białej) − polski kolarz górski, złoty medalista Mistrzostw Europy w Maratonie w Singen (kat. U23), mistrz Polski w różnych kategoriach wiekowych. Uczestnik I Młodzieżowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Singapurze. Jeździ w barwach polskiej drużyny Kross Racing Team.

Kluby
 2005-2009 – UKS Victoria Kozy
 2009-2014 – JBG2 Professional MTB Team
 2015-2018 – Kross Racing Team
2019 - Volkswagen Samochody Użytkowe MTB Team
od 2020 - Kross Racing Team

Najważniejsze osiągnięcia

2018
 złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski w Mrągowie (Elita)

2016

 złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski w Gielniowie (Elita)

2014

 6 miejsce Mistrzostwa Świata w Maratonie RPA Pietermaritzberg (Elita)
 6 miejsce Mistrzostwa Europy w Maratonie Irlandia (Elita)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski XC Żerków (U23)
 Srebrny medal Mistrzostw Polski XCO Żerków (Elita)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski w Maratonie XCM Obiszów (U23)
 Srebrny medal Mistrzostw Polski w Maratonie XCM Obiszów (Elita)
 Srebrny medal Górskich Szosowych Mistrzostw Polski Jelenia Góra (U23)
 4 miejsce overall Andalucía Bike Race
 10 miejsce Puchar Świata XCO  Albstadt (U23)
 1 miejsce Puchar Chorwacji MTB – Vodice
 3 miejsce XCO Premantura Kamenjak Rocky Trail – Pula
 2 miejsce Mishmar Haemek – Mishmar Haemek #1
 2 miejsce Mishmar Haemek – Mishmar Haemek #2

2013
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Europy Maraton Singen (U23)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski XC Żerków (U23)
 4 miejsce Mistrzostw Polski XC Żerków (Elita)
 13 miejsce Mistrzostw Europy XC Bern (U23)
 22 miejsce Mistrzostw Świata w Maratonie (Elita)

2012
 Srebrny medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB XC Kielce (U23)
 Srebrny medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB Maraton Dąbrowa Górnicza (U23)
 1 miejsce Klasyfikacja Generalna Pucharu Polski MTB XC (U23)- 4/5 edycji wygranych
 3 miejsce Klasyfikacja Generalna Pucharu Europy MTB XC (U23)
 8 miejsce w wyścigu (C2) Internacional de Rans w Portugalii (Elita)
 3 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Puchar Portugalii w Povoa de Lanhoso (U23)
 8 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Maros Bike XCO CUP w Rumunii (Elita)
 4 miejsce Puchar Polski Maraton w Lublinie (Elita)
 4 miejsce Puchar Polski Maraton w Gdańsku (Elita)
 2 miejsce w wyścigu (C2) 15.KAMNIŠKI KROS w Kamniku w Słowenii (U23)

2011
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB XC Kielce (Junior)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB Sztafeta XC Kielce
 1 miejsce Klasyfikacja Generalna Pucharu Europy (Junior)
 18 miejsce w wyścigu Mountain Bike World Cup – Val Di Sole we Włoszech (Junior)
 15 miejsce w wyścigu Mountain Bike World Cup – Offenburg w Niemczech (Junior)
 18 miejsce w wyścigu Mountain Bike World Cup – Dalby Forest w Wielkiej Brytanii (Junior)
 4 miejsce Puchar Polski Maraton w Białymstoku (Elita)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Plus Grand Prix MTB – Jelenia Góra (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Grazer Bike -Opening Stattegg  – Graz/Stattegg (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Kamptal Klassik Trophy – Langenlois (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C2) JBG-2 MTB Race  – Ustroń (Junior)

2010
 4 miejsce I Młodzieżowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie – Sinagpur (do 18lat)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB XC Wałbrzych (Junior)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB Sztafeta XC Wałbrzych
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Vacansolei Grand Prix MTB  – Szczawno Zdrój (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C2) Vacansolei Grand Prix MTB  – Białystok (Junior)
 2 miejsce w wyścigu (C2) Ostravsky Chachar – Ostrawa w Czechach (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C2)  Vacansolei Grand Prix MTB – Olsztyn (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Vacansolei Grand Prix MTB  – Bielawa (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Vacansolei Grand Prix MTB – Bielawa (Junior)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu Trofeo Laigueglia MTB Classic – Laigueglia we Włoszech (Junior)
 2 miejsce w wyścigu (C1) Kamptal Klassik Trophy – Langelois (Junior)

2009
 Złoty medal Górskich Mistrzostw Polski na szosie Walim (Junior Młodszy)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostw Polski MTB XC Siepraw (Junior Młodszy)
 Złoty medal Mistrzostwa Polski Sztafeta Kielce
 1 miejsce w wyścigu o Puchar Prezesa PZKOL (Junior Młodszy)
 2 miejsce w wyścigu LangTeam Grand Prix MTB – Szczawno Zdrój (Junior Młodszy)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu LangTeam Grand Prix MTB – Bielawa (Junior Młodszy)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu LangTeam Grand Prix MTB – Nałęczów (Junior Młodszy)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu LangTeam Grand Prix MTB – Gdańsk (Junior Młodszy)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu Puchar Czech XCO – Kutna Hora w Czechach (Junior Młodszy)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu Powerade MTB Marathon – Istebna (do 19 lat)
 1 miejsce w wyścigu Maraton wałbrzyski – Wałbrzych (do 19 lat)

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Profil na cyclingarchives.com
 wyniki na stronie the-sports.org
 Oficjalna strona klubu JBG-2Tem
Oficjalna strona klubu Volkswagen Samochody Użytkowe MTB Team http://www.vwuzytkowe-mtb.pl/
oficjalna strona klubu Kross Racing Team https://www.facebook.com/KrossRacingTeam/

Polscy kolarze górscy
Urodzeni w 1993
Polscy olimpijczycy (Tokio 2020)
Ludzie urodzeni w Bielsku-Białej

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Eastleigh News
The Battle of Bishopstoke
by Stephen Slominski • May 1, 2012
"Don't let Bishopstoke become a Lib Dem dictatorship" opposition candidates are pleading with voters as Thursdays poll see's all 14 seats on Bishopstoke parish council up for grabs.
In a show of strength the Lib Dems have fielded 14 candidates to contest all the seats – raising the possibility of a 100% Lib Dem council. Labour has five candidates, Ukip three and there is an independent but no Conservatives standing.
Both Ukip and Labour have distributed leaflets urging residents not to entrust all local decision making to the Lib Dems alone.
Labour candidate Mary Shephard said:
"Over the last four years the different voices representing the major political parties and the independents on the Parish Council have worked well together to do the best for our community and its residents."
"Don't let them turn the Parish Council into a dictatorship like they've done with the Borough Council"
Hugh McGuinness, a Ukip Parish Councillor who is up for re-election, has similarly asked voters to;
"Prevent a Lib Dem monopoly- Ukip wants local democracy. Lib Dems want political monopoly."
Liberal Democrats are well represented on Eastleigh's Parish and Town councils.
Hedge End has currently only one sitting non Lib Dem – the Independent Keith Day – after 12 of its seats went completely uncontested last year and were gifted to Lib Dems.
Hedge End Town Council is therefore dominated by Lib Dems (including three members of the same household.)who are also Borough councillors and decisions made at the Borough Council tend to be rubber stamped.
Another problem with councillors who hold more than one elected local government post – councillors dubbed as 'dual hatters' by local blogger Ray Turner – is that they sometimes find they are 'double booked' and unable to fully discharge their duties.
Ray wrote about this on Eastleigh News and is also petitioning for legislation to prevent people from holding a position on more than one level of local government here.
The Lib Dems contesting Bishopstoke includes five serving Borough Councillors two of whom are also County Councillors.
One Ukip activist told Eastleigh News 'We are fighting the Battle of Bishopstoke.'
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3 comments for "The Battle of Bishopstoke"
Ray Turner
I completley agree that it is wrong for the Lib Dems (or any other party) to be gifted seats. We live in a democracy and all elections should be contested. People in other parts of the world would be amazed that the Lib Dems are sometimes returned without a contest, here in Eastleigh…
We've done slightly better recently, in Hedge End, with the Southern Parishes Conservatives working particularly hard to make sure that the two Town Council vacancies that arose were contested.
LIES DAM LIES AND OUR OPPONENTS (MIS)USE OF
stastistics.
Faced with losing the battle for public opinion
our opponents especially the Lib Dems,have begun to peddle inaccuracies, half truths and
falacies.
They say we can't leave the EU without losing vital markets,jobs and trade and will be subject to retaliation. THIS IS NONSENSE.
We run trade deficit with the rest of the EU-
if Libs Dems what to challange us to a debate
on these issue-just gives us a date.
Peter Stewart
Surely this little battle for control of one parish council really sums up the problem: Voter apathy.
If the Tory electorate were not so demoralized by the anti-democratic direction their ruling elite have taken, they would be fielding candidates. Likewise Labour would be more active.
Both of the big old parties have adopted an abominable policy of aiding and abetting foreigners in Europe to govern us. No wonder their core support has collapsed and marginal elections are becoming the norm.
As voters realize it makes no difference which mainstream party they vote for (since 70% of law now comes from the aforesaid foreigners in Europe) voting itself declines. Of course this favours UKIP so I am not moaning. This is the way the equilibrium is restored…BACK TO SELF GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY.
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Hassan Rivaz is an Assistant Professor and a Concordia University Research Chair at the ECE Department with a joint appointment at the PERFORM Centre. He is also the Founding Director of the IMPACT Lab: IMage Processing And Characterization of Tissue.
Dr. Rivaz is an Associate Editor of IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging (TMI, since 2017) and IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (TUFFC, since 2018).
He was an Area Chair of MICCAI 2018 and MICCAI 2017 conferences. He will co-organize the elastography tutorial at IEEE ISBI 2019, and co-organized the same tutorial at IEEE ISBI 2018. He also co-organized the CURIOUS 2018 Challenge on registration of ultrasound and MRI in neurosurgery, and the CereVis 2018 Workshop on Cerebral Data Visualization, both in conjunction with MICCAI 2018 in Spain. He will co-organize the CURIOUS 2019 Challenge on registration of ultrasound and MRI.
He was a Petro-Canada Young Innovator from 2016 to 2018. He was an NSERC and Jeanne Timmins Costello post-doctoral fellow at MNI working with D. Louis Collins. He received his PhD from the NSF ERC for Computer Integrated Surgery at JHU working with Gregory Hager, Emad Boctor and Gabor Fichtinger. He received his MASc from UBC with Robert Rohling. He earned his BSc from Sharif University of Technology.
Hoda Hashemi received the MASc Convocation Award in recognition of the best MASc thesis in the ECE Department. 2018.
(Hashemi & Rivaz IEEE TUFFC 2017) among Editor's Selection of Articles in TUFFC (Dec 2018).
Dr. Yiming Xiao received the BrainsCAN postdoctoral scholarship. $110,000 over 2 years. 2018.
Dr. Yiming Xiao received the RBIQ/QBIN (Quebec Bio-Imaging Network) postdoctoral scholarship (among 7 total scholarships in the entire province of Quebec). $7,000. 2016.
(Shams*, Boily, Martineau, Rivaz, SPIE 2016, San Diego, CA) selected as a finalist for the Robert F. Wagner All Conference Best Student Paper Award. Only 16 finalists among more than 1000 presentations. Paper presented by R Shams, MASc student.
(Zhou* & Rivaz, IEEE EMBC, Milan, Italy) invited for submission of full journal version. Only 10 invitations among 2948 submissions to IEEE EMBC. Paper presented by MASc student H Zhou. The IEEE JBHI paper (Zhou* & Rivaz 2016) is now published.
IEEE Xplore, pdf, supplementary material, code.
IEEE Xplore, pdf, supplementary material.
NonLocal Coherent Denoising Of RF Data For Ultrasound Elastography, Journal of Healthcare Engineering, (Impact factor 0.97, invited manuscript, APC waived), 2018, pdf.
Springer, pdf, short version on arXiv.
Evaluation of an automated thresholding algorithm for the quantification of paraspinal muscle composition from MRI images, Springer BioMedical Engineering Online, 2017 22;16(1):61.
pdf, Springer, Code and instructions.
Ultrasound, MRI and manually selected landmarks (591MB zip file).
17. Karimaghaloo, Z., H. Rivaz, Arnold, D., Collins, DL, Arbel, T, Adaptive Voxel, Texture and Temporal CRF for Detection of MS Lesions in Brain MRI, MICCAI, Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 2013 pp 543-550 [Acceptance rate: 32%] pdf.
16. H. Rivaz, Collins, D.L., Self-Similarity Weighted Mutual Information: a New Non-rigid Image Registration Metric, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, Oct 2012, pp 91-98 [Acceptance rate: 30%]. pdf.
15. H. Rivaz, Boctor, E., Choti, M., Hager, G., Real-Time Regularized Ultrasound Elastography, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, April 2011, vol. 30 pp 928-945 pdf Code.
14. H. Rivaz, Boctor, E., Foroughi, P., Zellars, R., Fichtinger, G., Hager, G., Ultrasound Elastography: a Dynamic Programming Approach, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Oct. 2008, vol. 27 pp 1373-1377 pdf Code.
13. H. Rivaz, Boctor, E., Choti, M., Hager, G., Ultrasound Elastography Using Three Images, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, Toronto, Canada, Sept. 2011, pp 371-378 [Acceptance rate: 30%] pdf Code.
12. Foroughi, P., H. Rivaz, Fleming, I., Hager, G., Boctor, E. Tracked Ultrasound Elastography (TrUE), Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, Beijing, China, Sept. 2010, pp 9-16 [Acceptance rate: 32%] pdf.
11. H. Rivaz, Kang, H., Stolka, P., G. Hager, Boctor, E. Novel reconstruction and feature exploitation techniques for sensorless freehand 3D ultrasound, SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, pp 762911-762919 pdf.
10. H. Rivaz, Kapoor, A., Fleming, I., Hager, G., Boctor, E. A novel method for monitoring liver ablation using ultrasound elastography, SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, 7629131-7629138 pdf.
9. H. Rivaz, Foroughi, P., Fleming, I., Zellars, R., Boctor, E., Hager, G., Tracked Regularized Ultrasound Elastography for Targeting Breast Radiotherapy, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, London, UK, Sept. 2009, pp 507-515 [Acceptance rate: 33%] pdf.
8. H. Rivaz, Shinagawa, Y., Liang, J., Physical Priors in Virtual Colonoscopy, SPIE Medical Imaging 2009, pp 7260191-72601912 pdf.
7. H. Rivaz, Fleming, I., Assumpcao, L., Fichtinger, G., Hamper, U., Choti, M., Hager, G., Boctor, E., Ablation Monitoring with Elastography: 2D In-vivo and 3D Ex-vivo Studies, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, New York, NY, Sept. 2008, pp 458-466 [Acceptance rate: 30%] pdf.
6. H. Rivaz, Fleming, L., Matinfar, M, Ahmad, O, Kamen, A, Choti, M, Hager, G., Boctor, E. Ablation Monitoring with a Regularized 3D Elastography Technique, IEEE Int. Ultrasonics Symposium, Beijing, China, Oct. 2008, pp 308-312 pdf.
5. H. Rivaz, Rohling, R., An Active Dynamic Vibration Absorber for a Hand-Held Vibro-Elastography Probe, ASME Journal of Vibration Acoustics pdf.
4. H. Rivaz, Zellars, R., Hager, G. Fichtinger, G., Boctor, E., Beam Steering Approach to Speckle Characterization and Out-of-Plane Motion Estimation in Real Tissue, IEEE Int. Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, NY, Oct. 2007 pp 781-784 pdf.
3. H. Rivaz, Boctor, E., Fichtinger, G., A Robust Meshing and Calibration Approach for Sensorless Freehand 3D Ultrasound, SPIE Medical Imaging, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2007, Vol. 6513, pp 181-188 pdf.
2. H. Rivaz, Rohling, R., A Hand-Held Probe for Vibro-Elastography, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI, 2006, pp 613-620 pdf.
1. H. Rivaz, Boctor, E., Fichtinger, G., Ultrasound Speckle Detection using Low Order Statistics, IEEE Int. Ultrasonics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2006, pp 2092-2095 pdf.
Hassan Rivaz, Motion estimation in ultrasound imaging, get it from Amazon or from Barnes and Noble.
3. M Ghasemi, MO Ahmad, H Rivaz, Accuracy Assessment of Time Delay Estimation in Ultrasound Elastography, Fairlee, VT, 2016 pdf.
2. H Hashemi, H Rivaz, Global time-delay estimation in ultrasound elastography, 15th Tissue Elasticity Conference, Fairlee, VT, 2016 pdf.
1. H Rivaz, Incorporating second-order derivatives into real-time regularized ultrasound elastography, 14th Tissue Elasticity Conference, Verona, IT, 2015 pdf.


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Maloney Takes On Oversight Committee Chairmanship at a Critical Time
J.SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP
By Courtney Bublé
"It's an incredibly difficult time to forecast the role of oversight on Capitol Hill," says one expert.
With the House impeachment investigation potentially wrapping up, the House Democratic Caucus voted last week to install Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., as the new House Oversight and Reform Committee chair following the death last month of former chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md. The 73-year-old Maloney takes the helm at a crucial time for many federal agencies.
"The question is where to begin in terms of focusing public attention on the very real problems that face government," said Paul Light, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University.
Currently most of Congress's work is "eclipsed by the impeachment investigation," Light said, but once attention shifts away from impeachment, the oversight committee is poised to tackle any number of issues, including whistleblower protection, problems stemming from the high number of leadership vacancies across government, the administration's efforts to reshape long-standing civil service protections, and other issues affecting federal workers and agency management.
Other experts generally agreed.
"It's an incredibly difficult time to forecast the role of oversight on Capitol Hill, especially for this committee. Will the impeachment inquiry generate more investigations, or will the coming vote tamp down enthusiasm for more investigative work, at least until after the election," said Donald Kettl, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. "This committee plays the key role in defining the House's approach to federal workforce issues. Just how important in the overall mix will these issues be for Rep. Maloney?"
Dan Blair, senior counselor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former Office of Management and Budget deputy director and acting director, said Maloney has a chance to take a bipartisan approach to government performance. "As the new oversight chair, she can engage the committee members in bipartisan oversight of federal agencies and programs," said Blair. "Systemic oversight of government performance is sorely needed if citizens' trust in government is going to be rebuilt."
Maloney has been on the committee since entering Congress in 1993 and became acting chair following the death of Cummings. Now she is the first woman to serve as oversight chair.
In her bid to lead the committee, Maloney wrote to her colleagues, "As permanent chairwoman, I would support our caucus' efforts to advance economic opportunities for all Americans, expand equality, strengthen the federal workforce, protect our census, combat climate change, champion women's rights, improve government operations and services and more."
After she was selected to lead the committee, she wrote that she is "deeply humbled and grateful to my colleagues for entrusting me with the chairmanship" and "will do my best to follow the honorable example that Chairman Cummings left for us all."
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I often think of Peru. Weekly. I think about going alone, no plan, no return ticket. On foot, bus. Small hotels. Notebook. Camera. No pressure, no time restraint, no strings attached.
I must first begin with an apology.
The goal was the write as we went along. A real-time report if you will, but things got in the way. Like they always do. I could give a list of excuses, but in the end they are just that, excuses. I also think my days of being a reporter are long gone. Distance and time play such a role for me now. Greedy? Yes, without a doubt, but I am admitting this to you now.
I'm going to spare you the details of the what we had to endure when it comes to logistics, but if you are a glutton you can find more here. Just know that customs detained and held our equipment for the entire trip. LUCKILY, we had a few cameras between us and we begged and borrowed enough to run the workshop. Instead of one camera per student we had one per every two or three students. The kids never blinked an eye and all we had to do was yell "Cambio!" and out went one flash card and in went another. In fact, just so you know upfront, NOTHING phased the kids.
For you photographer friends out there, I need to remind you that this was a teaching trip, not a photography trip. If you THINK you are going to shoot your own work while teaching you quickly realize that is not going to happen. Besides stealing a frame here and there, maybe, if you get insanely lucky, it never really crosses your mind to actually shoot. This isn't a bad thing. Quite the contrary. Why? Because the kids are so great you don't really think about doing your own thing. It's far more interesting to see the kids make images, to see the wheels turning, to see them make manual adjustments and begin to understand things like light, timing and composition.
I think what I'm going to do here, instead of one huge post, is create a series of short posts that recap certain moments.I'm going to include sound as well. Stay tuned.
By the way, we did this pose every single morning as part of our warmup. I was going to photoshop the Managua skyline in the background but ran out of time.


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The Tumbleweed Approach: A Case Study on Continuous, Targeted Wealth Screening
Viv Chappell
Editor's Note: This article is featured in Best of Connections 2021. Read Apra Editorial Advisory Committee Chair Jessica Balsam's editor's message to learn more about the top articles of the year.
By Viv Chappell and Kelley Rowe
Understanding constituent gift capacity is a fundamental component of prospect identification, prioritization, cultivation and solicitation. But when it comes to wealth screening your organization's constituents, where can you begin? And where do you go from there?
As a tumbleweed rolls on across a majestic landscape, so does the screening process here at Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA), a private, nonprofit organization that advances the objectives of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). Our tumbleweed approach to screening, a work in progress since 2017, has led to enhanced capacity insights and better engagement of UW-Madison's constituents. Here's how we developed a method for timely, strategic screening — and lessons learned along the way.
Wealth Screening Basics
Organizations collect, analyze and utilize constituent wealth data. The data may be used alone (e.g., when sharing research findings with colleagues) or as part of a gift capacity model to estimate individual prospects' philanthropic ability to give to an organization. Development officers, researchers and other advancement staff take a keen interest in these insights.
Wealth data collection is largely done systematically; for most organizations, that means utilizing a third-party vendor via a paid contract for a set amount of screening data over a set period (e.g., 100,000 constituents per year).
Following an automated screening, our Prospect Research team also manually validates select screening results to confirm identified wealth data. Not all constituents who are wealth screened are validated. Generally, the segments we validate include constituents who would see a change in gift capacity (compared to their previous rating) landing them in the top three gift capacity tiers if assets identified during the automated screening were to be confirmed.
The Tumbleweed Approach
With over one million constituents in our database, a routine screening of everyone in the CRM would not be feasible.
Despite their reputation, tumbleweeds in the wild do not pick up everything. But they do grow by gathering other tumbleweeds and bracken — you know, key tumbleweed stuff. We needed a process that could be selective, too — picking up only those constituents of greatest potential interest, since including every single record that our tumbleweed "rolled by" was not an option.
Our tumbleweed screening approach is a predictable, sustainable method for prioritizing the use of limited screening resources and staff time. In recent years, our focus has refined to a select array of populations within our customer relationship management system (CRM), all rising to a threshold of interest based on: 1) a connection to UW-Madison that could suggest affinity, and/or 2) a proactive constituent behavior or staff insight that could suggest affinity or capacity for constituents not previously screened.
These populations include:
Weekly, monthly and annual screenings are run in batches by the prospect development data specialist. Validations are subsequently completed by two research program specialists and one to two prospect research interns.
This approach allows us to leverage the engagement work of our colleagues in advancement and alumni relations. A salient tumbleweed population to use as an example on this point is event registrants.
Our partners on campus, alone and with foundation staff, present an array of events on diverse subjects of interest to university community members and the public — from areas of academic focus to current events and identity-based engagement. The topics tie into fundraising initiatives that may speak directly to a potential prospect's areas of interest.
For example, let's say the university was to offer a virtual panel discussion about COVID-19, bringing together an epidemiologist, a vaccine research scientist and an economist to talk about the trajectory of the pandemic. By working together and running the registrant data from that event through the tumbleweed process, we can identify individuals whose affinity for the university's work coincides with the capacity to make significant financial impacts — even if the constituents haven't (yet) asked us, "How can I support COVID-19-related efforts at UW-Madison?" By operating on a set schedule, this information enters our data universe promptly, allowing staff to utilize it while still fresh.
Watch Out for Unwieldy Tumbleweeds
Googling the phrase "out of control tumbleweeds" returns surreal sights of houses and highways buried by mountains of intrepid plants. In earlier iterations of our process, our tumbleweed wealth data queues seemed similarly overwhelmed. In addition to refining our populations, we have limited screening and validation loads further by excluding select constituents, such as individuals under age 30, previously disqualified prospects, donors engaged only in transactional giving (for a membership to access popular campus facilities and other perks) and more.
Before implementing these exclusions, validations were piling up, wealth data was aging and lower-priority validations were mixed indiscriminately with high-priority validations. Refining criteria with a focus on prioritization and feasibility made the process more strategic, volumes more manageable and translated into timely, accurate wealth data on constituents of greatest interest to the development team.
Initial Results
WFAA has analyzed initial results for the tumbleweed process to see if our methodology yields positive outcomes. Given the timelines of major gift solicitations, our results data are still preliminary but early indications are promising.
In an analysis of select tumbleweed affinity populations from a recent 15-month period, the tumbleweed affinity populations proportionally outperformed other, less-targeted screening populations by multiple key metrics: the rate at which individuals are engaged by development via a cultivation plan, number of plans with qualified and accepted asks, the value of related gift commitments and value of realized gifts (dollars in the door following commitment to give).
Our analysis also shows that tumbleweed is succeeding in another area of interest: highlighting fresh prospects in our CRM data — potential diamonds in the rough just waiting to be discovered. Fully half of all tumbleweed constituents who have been engaged on a cultivation plan since their screening was never previously identified as potential prospects or cultivated. Of newly-cultivated tumbleweed prospects who were not previously identified as potential prospects, more than three quarters had been in our CRM for over a year, and 60% were more than five years old.
Creating Your Tumbleweed Process
To distill some of the lessons coming out of WFAA's experience, here are our top tips for an institution looking to implement a similar process:
Inventory your resources: Review the terms of screening contracts, including the number of screenings you are allowed to perform, and staff availability.
Consider restrictions: These include data integrity requirements, legal regulations related to HIPAA or political giving and existing cultivation practices.
Evaluate your institution's unique data landscape: Look for indicators of constituent affinity and capacity in your CRM.
Evaluate the bigger picture: Run forecasts from past data and look for opportunities to limit volume.
Start small: Test your new procedures on just one or two populations at first.
Analyze: Monitor the process (e.g., volume, feasibility) and the results (e.g., tag constituents so you can follow them over time). Adjust as needed.
We hope you can draw inspiration from our journey so far. Our team looks forward to evaluating future results and innovating to further improve the process. May it roll on.
WFAA is a private, nonprofit organization that advances the objectives of the University of Wisconsin–Madison by encouraging the interest, engagement and financial support of alumni, donors and friends in the life of the University and with each other. Their 18-member Research and Prospect Management team supports over 80 development staff members.
Viv Chappell is the prospect research manager at WFAA and has previously served in other positions in fund development, prospect research and prospect development. She currently manages a team of eight researchers.
Kelley Rowe is the prospect development data specialist at WFAA. Her previous experience includes data management and integration and process development in the nonprofit arts industry, before joining WFAA.
Released: September 9, 2021 08:17 AM | Updated: January 6, 2022 09:34 AM
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Every year for Hanukah my mom makes Brisket. Although Hanukah runs for 8 nights, we typically choose one night to celebrate it as a family. My siblings and I are grown up and living on our own, but we always make a point to pick one night we can come together as a family. Sure, it's nice to see everyone and get together, plus we exchange gifts, but the biggest perk… her delicious, juicy, Jewish style brisket.
I've done my best to quantify this recipe, but the truth is, I think she changes it a little every time. The most important thing, is that there is both a sweet and a tangy element, and lots of liquid. My grandmother actually used to add coffee to it. So feel free to experiment and share how you added your own twist in a comment below!
Place a couple of spoons of the chili sauce around the bottom of a roasting dish. Slice up the onions and spread them around the pan.
Put the brisket on top (trim off any large pieces of fat). Fill in the area around the brisket with the potatoes and carrots.
Cover everything with the rest of the chili sauce, the cranberry sauce, and the wine. Cover tightly with foil, because it will get really juicy.
Cook at 300 degrees for 5-8 hours depending on the size of your brisket. It should fall apart when you test it with a fork.
To serve, slice it up in the pieces against the grain. Make sure to get lots of juice and veggies. If you have to transport it, make sure it take the juice out first and put it in a Tupperware container. (I learned that the hard way.) The best part is, if you have any left, it freezes really well!
Every Thanksgiving, my mother Ann (Nana) would make the tastiest pumpkin bread ever. Our family loved it so much, we'd ask her to make it again for Christmas!
Sift all dry ingredients together in large mixing bowl.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients then add all wet ingredients.
Grease and flour loaf pans then fill pans 3/4 full with batter. This batter is enough for 2 large loaf pans or 3 median loaf pans or 5 mini loaf pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes for large pans or 40-45 minutes for small pans.
Allow pumpkin bread to cool, then turn out onto racks.
The pumpkin bread is very moist and keeps for several days stored in plastic bags!
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Dr Briffa certainly interpreted it that way - this evidence points away from differences in activity and energy expenditure as being a major explanation for why hunter-gatherer populations tend to be much lighter than those living a more Westernised existence - as did the Daily Mail.
It is not as straight forward as that of course....it never is. Health Uncut point out three flaws in the paper, "sealing its place in the realm of fiction"
1) The study was a population of only 30 people, and of these 17 were women, who had NO statistically significant increase in physical activity levels versus Western women. That's right in a study comparing the effects of high versus low activity levels of two populations; there was no actual difference in the levels for over half the group. Makes it interesting to wonder how they could expect to find a difference.
2) The average BMI of the Western population was just over 25, so not an obese population, and depending on fat distribution, not an 'overweight population' either. Basically, we are comparing apple brands, and asking which makes the tastiest orange juice.
3) Lastly, the study does not describe the calorie intake of the Hunter Gatherers. What we do see is a small population bordering on underweight status. So most likely they have low caloric intake. And, what does low caloric intake i.e. dieting do, it lowers total energy expenditure (hence the flaw in dieting). So are we surprised with these inconsequential findings?
As we describe in The Health Delusion, such is the age of sloth we live in, that in order to match our 1950s counterparts when it comes to physical activity, the average person would need to run a marathon each week.
In a world where there are already too few hours in the day, the last thing we want to hear is that we need to set aside more time to being more active, when we could actually free up time by just skipping a meal. And, so the market is open to all the diet gurus' to pander to what interests us, instead of what is in our interest. But nature is a strict mother of principal, and does not cave in to our whimsies, whinging and tantrums to get what we want on our own terms. When you sooner or later join the 99% of people who find out dieting is ineffective for weight loss ask yourself this; if you don't have time to be physically active now, how will you make the time for all that disease and illness in later life?
Independent of its role in weight management, physical activity is also important to keep the heart healthy and to promote mental wellbeing.
As the authors point out, this study only measured energy expenditure between different populations. This study does not examine the effects of changing levels of physical activity on obesity and did not report the long-term dietary patterns or calorie intakes of the people studied. It therefore cannot answer the question of which is more important, a calorie-dense diet or lack of physical activity as a cause of obesity.


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Uppsala University Department of Medical ... Research Clinical microbiology
The research group of Clinical Microbiology consists of several independent project groups that work with important human pathogens, both bacteria such as Campylobacter and Chlamydia, and viruses such as retroviruses and Hepatitis C virus. The goals are to understand how these pathogens are spread, how they cause disease, and to improve both detection and treatment as well as preventive measures.
Chlamydia trachomatis cervix sample
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Campylobacter is the most important cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in the western world and causes significant economic and disease burden on society with more than 200 000 reported cases in the EU alone. Campylobacter is a major threat to public health with C. jejuni and C. coli being the major pathogens. Campylobacter is part of the gut flora in many domestic and wild animals and poultry products have often been shown to account for the majority of human infections. Despite the increasing knowledge on molecular epidemiology and ecology as well as the availability of whole genome sequences for Campylobacter, the bacterial pathogenicity mechanisms and human characteristics connected to disease are still poorly understood.
Clinical Microbiology consists of several independent research groups that work with different pathogens, both bacteria such as Campylobacter and Chlamydia, and viruses such as retroviruses and Hepatitis C virus. The goals are to understand how these pathogens are spread, how they cause disease, and to improve both detection and treatment as well as preventive measures.
Detection and analysis of pathogens
Early and rapid detection of disease-causing pathogens is important for combatting infections
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caused by bacteria, virus or fungi. As the treatment has to be adopted to the type of pathogen it would be most valuable if common pathogens could be analysed simultaneously in the same sample, so called multiplex testing. We aim therefore to develop diagnostic tests for simultaneous detection of nucleic acids from, and anti-bodies to, viruses, bacteria and fungi. We also work to detect and analyse viral sequences by new bioinformatics methods, and search for pathogens in myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome).
Antiviral treatment and resistance
Hepatitis C virus constitutes a global health problem since it often causes persistent infections with chronic hepatitis that may result in liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Novel drugs, so called directly acting that target specific viral proteins of the hepatitis C virus, have been developed, but their efficacy can be limited by mutations that render the virus resistance to these drugs.
To better understand resistance mechanisms we investigate the prevalence of natural Hepatitis C virus resistance to protease-NS3 and NS5A inhibitor drugs in untreated patients, analyse resistance mutations by population and ultra-deep sequencing, and conduct a Nordic multicenter study. We also investigate HIV resistance to nucleoside analogs and develop methods to study potential Zika and TBE virus drugs. For more information contact Johan Lennerstrand.
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Chlamydia trachomatis is globally the most commonly reported sexually transmitted bacterium and gives rise to complications with infertility as final endpoint. The research group has developed a high-resolution typing system that enables epidemiological investigations of the spread in sexual networks and populations. Epidemiology and prevention of chlamydia from an international public health perspective is also a field of research interest.
Chlamydia psittaci is defined as a high risk pathogen causing fatal respiratory infections, but the spread from wild birds to humans is not well understood. C. psittaci infections in birds and their role for zoonotic disease are investigated. Detection and identification of other bacteria causing respiratory tract infections is an additional research topic.
Several projects are ongoing with the aim to prevent infections. In the Baltic Antibiotic Collaboration Network., the focus is on clinical microbiological diagnostics and surveillance of resistant bacteria, infection prevention and control and antibiotic use. We are, e.g. also taking part in a multi-center study with Lars Engstrand, Professor of Clinical Bacteriology, Karolinska Institute and Gunilla Hamberg, chief physician at the Women's Clinic at the Uppsala University Hospital, where we map the microbial flora in the operating room during cesarean section and its significance for the normal flora of the newly delivered the children.
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Campylobacter infections and intestinal microbiota; whole genome sequencing of important bacterial pathogens
Hilpi Rautelin, Cecilia Johansson, René Kaden, Christian Kampmann, Anna Nilsson, Astrid Skarp, Lars Engstrand (KI)
Our research strategy is based on three approaches: to reveal 1) bacterial and 2) human host characteristics relevant for Campylobacter infection and to understand 3) host-pathogen interactions. We apply genome-wide association studies on Campylobacter together with integrated phenotypic characterization to reveal pathogenicity mechanisms of Campylobacter using internationally unique collections of clinically relevant bacterial strains. We also integrate the human gut microbiota in our research and study the role of gut microbiota composition for susceptibility to Campylobacter infection and the impact of Campylobacter infection on gut microbiota composition, along with human host response parameters. We recently showed, for the very first time in humans that, the fecal microbiota composition was associated with susceptibility for Campylobacter infection and that Campylobacter infection had long-term effects on the fecal microbiota composition. Furthermore, individuals whose faecal microbiota had lower diversity became significantly more often infected with Campylobacter than those with a higher diversity of their faecal microbiota composition. In addition, we use in vitro host-pathogen interaction models to study adhesion/invasion mechanisms, cell signaling pathways and downstream effects. Our approach increases understanding of the pathogenicity mechanisms of Campylobacter at a molecular level and helps to direct preventive measures.
Whole genome sequencing is also used to study rare and previously unknown but potentially clinically important bacterial strains. In addition, whole genome sequencing is used to trace contacts in clinical outbreak situations.
Multiplex virus diagnostics, and bioinformatics-led definition of variation tolerant nucleic acid detection and endogenous retroviral sequences
Jonas Blomberg, Christina Öhrmalm, Bengt Rönnberg, Hongyan Xia
We develop nucleic acid and antibody based diagnostic tests which address many viruses at the same time, i.e. multiplex tests. We use these methods for studying zoonotic infections and myalgic encephalomyelitis, the chronic fatigue syndrome. We have unique bioinformatic tools for creation of these tests. Our bioinformatical effort also led to the identification and classification of human endogenous retroviruses.
Chlamydial infections in humans and birds
Björn Herrmann, Hilde Riedel, Jenny Isaksson, Guma Abdeldaim.
Identification of success factors for spread of chlamydia infections
Studies with the genotyping system developed in our group has shown that certain genotypes are predominating in many countries. Ongoing project extend typing to analysis of whole genome sequences and aims to identify factors that lead to the successful spread of infection.
Development of prognostic markers for chlamydia associated infertility
Chlamydia trachomatis cause ectopic pregnancy and infertility. In contrast to most research in this field the current project focus on genetic polymorphism patterns in women. The aim of the project is to develop a diagnostic test that identifies individuals at increased risk for infertility. The project is within the framework of a European consortium.
The spread of Chlamydia psittaci.
Chlamydia psittaci is a high-risk pathogen, but the knowledge about the transmission risk from wild birds to humans is poor. This project investigates the prevalence of C. psittaci in different bird populations and relate it to the risk of transmission to humans. Genetic characterization can elucidate why certain outbreaks have caused high mortality among humans, while most infections appear to cause mild disease.
Johan Lennerstrand, Assar Bergfors, Midori Kjellin, Dario Akaberi, Adam Ameur, Anders Lannergård, Tore Gutteberg
In collaboration with local and international scientists, our group focuses on the following themes:
1. Study of resistance in Hepatitis C virus prior to treatment with new directly acting antivirals. A Nordic Multicenter Study.2. Ultra deep-sequencing of Hepatitis C virus resistance - in collaboration with SciLifeLab Uppsala. 3. Studying nucleoside analogs candidates against Flaviviruses such as Dengue and TBE. 4. Biochemical mechanism of HIV RT resistance to nucleoside analogs.
Birgitta Lytsy, Anna Hambraeus, Ulrika Ransjö
Our group focuses on surveillance of resistant bacteria, infection prevention and control, and antibiotic use. In several projects, local and international collaborators and networks are involved.
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Recent days and weeks have seen several news items pertaining to the future state of the Russian nuclear triad. The scope of modernization plans suggests the role Russia's strategic nuclear forces are to play as of Russia's security foreign policy.
The scale of Russian strategic nuclear modernization is impressive. President Putin recently attended the laying down of Aleksandr III, the seventh Borey-class ballistic missile submarine out of eight planned which carry 16 multi-warhead Bulava SLBMs each. Three of these ships are already in service, the whole series is to become operational by 2020. It was also announced that the first PAK-DA heavy bomber flight is to take place in 2020, with the aircraft becoming operational by 2025. In the interim, Russia's Long-Range Aviation will receive several squadrons of Tu-160M2 bombers, whose production is expected to resume in the upcoming years. The Sarmat heavy ICBM research and development has been recently declared complete, and the missile will begin launch testing in 2016 or 2017. The missile's unique capabilities include the ability to strike any target on the planet using multiple possible trajectories, for example, it could be used to strike North America not only by flying over the North Pole, but also using an alternative trajectory over the South Pole which would render US ABM systems irrelevant. The construction of Voronezh-DM over-the-horizon ballistic missile attack early warning radars is continuing. Finally, the Russian General Staff announced the development of a system allowing strategic ballistic missiles to be retargeted following launch, which thus far was impossible to do because once the target selection was completed prior to launch there was no way to alter it once the missile was in flight.
This brief outline of current developments shows that Russia is pursuing a sophisticated strategy of deterrence. The comparatively small and uniform French, Russian, and Chinese nuclear arsenals are capable of deterring only one threat, namely a nuclear attack on their national territory. The variety of capabilities inherent in Russia's triad means that its national leadership has a range of responses at its disposal and can use its capabilities to deter not only nuclear attacks against its territory but also conventional attacks against its military targets, including outside of Russia's borders.
Syria is an example of what these capabilities mean for Russia. It is no accident that Putin's request to raise the strategic nuclear force readiness level to 95% came when he instructed the General Staff to destroy any potential threat to Russian aircraft or ground facilities in Syria. The Russian military presence in Syria is not large enough to guarantee survival against a concerted NATO attack. Fifty aircraft located at a single airbase, even one protected by the S-400, are still vulnerable due to their exposed location and lack of strategic depth. Russian conventional forces could not easily come to Hmeimim's aid in the event of it being attacked by NATO forces. What makes Hmeimim secure from attack is the credible and flexible deterrence posture.
What makes that deterrence both credible and flexible is the variety and modernity of Russia's delivery vehicle force which is not limited to having to launch a multi-warhead ICBM or SLBM, and which can penetrate all current or planned defenses. The credibility of Russia's nuclear deterrent is strengthened by the existence of a powerful conventional deterrent in the form of Kalibr and Kh-101 cruise missiles. The use of these missiles against ISIS targets was likely motivated to dissuade any countries hostile to Russia's presence in Syria because it demonstrated Russia could use these weapons to retaliate against any attack on Hmeimim. The target state would then have to choose between backing down or escalating, thus risking a nuclear exchange with Russia. If Russia simply had an ICBM and SLBM force, Hmeimim would be a much more tempting target because an ICBM launch would be disproportionate response to the attack. Russia's strategic force modernization plans indicate that its leadership anticipates Syria-like scenarios in the years to come.
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9 million Australians take prescription medicines daily
Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
More than 9 million people take a prescribed medicine every day, with 8 million taking two or more prescribed medicines in a week, according to a new survey into the medicine-taking habits of Australians.
The survey* of more than 1000 adult Australians also estimates more than 2 million people take over-the-counter medicine daily and more than 7 million take a complementary medicine daily.
The findings were released as part of a campaign by NPS MedicineWise to raise awareness of the importance of safe and wise medicine use by families.
NPS MedicineWise Medical Adviser Dr Jeannie Yoo said: "There's no doubt medicines are part of many people's lives, so it's critical we have access to all the information we need about the medicines we're taking, including why we're taking them and how to take them correctly.
"It doesn't matter whether our medicines have been prescribed by a doctor or bought from a supermarket or health food store, medicines can have side effects, and can interact with other medicines if you are taking multiple medicines," Dr Yoo said.
"Each year more than 230,000 Australians are hospitalised with problems caused by their medicine1, and if medicines aren't used correctly, the results can be serious.
"There's no one-size-fits-all approach to taking medicines. We're urging people to talk to their doctors and pharmacists about their medicines, and any medicines for children or other family members they're caring for."
NPS MedicineWise suggests patients follow five steps to improve their understanding and awareness of their medications:
Ask for information about the medicines in order to make better informed decisions. For example, how do I take the medicine, when do I take the medicine, are there common side effects?
Know it's a medicine. Medicines don't just come on prescription — they include over-the-counter medicines from a pharmacy, supermarket or other store, as well as herbal remedies, vitamins and other supplements.
Know the active ingredient. Active ingredients are what make your medicines work.
Follow instructions from the doctor or pharmacist and read the labels and packaging carefully.
Keep track of all your medicines. Keep a current list for visits to doctors, pharmacies or the hospital.
*YouGov Galaxy Poll: Following completion of interviewing, the data was weighted by age, gender and region to reflect the latest ABS population estimates.
1. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Literary Review: Medication Safety in Australia. Sydney: ACSQHC, 2013.
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Deepak Kamboj (born 10 December 1986, Ludhiana) is a Swedish Indian Singer and a Music Entrepreneur currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a multi talented artist who is a self-taught singer, songwriter and music entrepreneur. In 2017, he started his own Record Label in Stockholm, Sweden known as Folk Studios Sweden which supports and sponsors independent musicians and artistsin creating music content.
Recent Work from Deepak & his Record Label Folk Studios
Deepak recent work includes Take Off (Hip Hop from rapper Somey Kale), a Bollywood love song Bairaagi (from singer songwriter Sampriti Goswami), which has been released under his Record Label "Folk Studios" with the concept named "Folk Studios Originals (Season 1)". Deepak is also popularly known for recreating Bollywood and Punjabi songs like Lehenga, Koi Vi Nahi Club Version, Dil Diyan Gallan Lounge Work which he has performed himself and many other songs which he has worked together in collaboration with popular Punjabi record label Speed Records.
Deepak was born in Ludhiana, Punjab and grew up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and studied high school at Carman School, Dehradun and completed his Business Administration at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies U.P.E.S, Dehradun, Uttarakhand and started his signing in his college events and started uploading his signing videos on YouTube from which he started his passion for music.
Deepak is married to Supriya Nanda Kamboj in Stockholm, Sweden and has a son Vir Kamboj who is 2 years old. Deepak is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Deepak has a younger brother Tarun Kamboj, mother Sadhna Kamboj, Father Vinod Kamboj who are based in India.
1. Deepak was awarded as Mr. North India in the year 2002.
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