When you witness a crushing tackle during a game of Monday Night Football, you probably wonder how these guys can continue to get out and play again the following week. Besides simply being big and tough, one way players in the National Football League (NFL) get back on their feet is through chiropractic treatment. Sports chiropractors focus on treating injuries of the muscles and bones. With back pain alone appearing in as many as 75% of professional athletes every year, and possibly even a greater percentage of football players, NFL players are requiring chiropractic care for their aches and pains.
3. 31% of NFL teams had an official chiropractor on their staff.
Stump JL, Redwood D. The use and role of sport chiropractors in the National Football League: A short report. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2002:25(3), p. e2. Chiropractic is a simple concept: Straight is better than crooked. Stay straight and stay strong.
Virginia Tech's football team has had an impressive record over the last several years. Head Coach Frank Beamer took the "Hokies" to a Big East Conference championship where they finished number 2 in the Associated Press. Some of the credit for their physical health and recovery from injuries is attributed to chiropractic care. Dr. Greg Tilley, a chiropractor from Blacksburg Virginia started caring for various members of the team after approaching the team physician to discuss how he could assist the team. "In the beginning there were times when I only saw one or two patients," says Dr. Tilley. "Now I have been allocated an office in the sports complex where I have my own portable table, and they have a schedule where the trainers can schedule times for their athletes to see me. Junior quarterback Grant Noel began receiving adjustments in July of 2001. He feels that chiropractic gives him better flexibility and range of motion. "Just getting my back adjusted and loose helps with my trunk mobility as far as twisting and throwing." With the success and testimonials of the football team, other athletes have also begun chiropractic. Athletes from the schools swimming, diving, lacrosse, soccer, and basketball programs have begun regular adjustments. Mike Gentry, the assistant athletic director for athletic performance, summed it up by saying, "I see chiropractic as having two functions from my perspective. It helps our athletes return to competition faster if they have sustained some injuries, and secondly, it seems to be preventative, in the sense that it keeps our athletes more mobile and flexible and feeling better."
The Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ reported a story about professional golfers using chiropractic on a regular basis. Dr. Tom La Fountain is a chiropractor who travels with the PGA tour and regularly provides chiropractic to the pros. Dr. La Fountain reports that up to 85 percent of the injuries on the PGA Tour and Senior Tour relate to the spine, and about 70 to 75 percent of those golfers receive regular chiropractic care. The August 21, 2000 issue of the Salt Lake Tribune reported that senior pro golfer, Doug Tewell was delayed entering the Senior PGA tour due to spinal problems. Tewell injured his back while playing a round of golf with his son in Oklahoma. The injury kept him in bed for three days and required the use of a walker for two weeks. On the recommendation of fellow pro Bob Tway, Tewell decided to see a chiropractor. His comments in the Tribune article summed up his reactions,"the most incredible thing, just a few little jerks," Tewell said. "I thought I had met Oral Roberts." Professional women golfers also utilize chiropractic. Dr. David E. Stude, a chiropractor and associate professor and faculty clinician at Northwestern Health Sciences University, lectures across the country with Lisa Masters, an LPGA golf pro, emphasizing the importance of chiropractic care for golfers. Dr. Stude states, "Normally, each vertebra in the spine moves independently a certain number of degrees when our whole body is involved in an activity. If that is not happening, for example, if two or more segments move as a whole unit, rather than moving independently, it can lead to one kind of vertebral mechanical dysfunction.
"Being a chiropractic patient has really helped me immensely." "
lifting weights and seeing a chiropractor on a regular basis has made me a better golfer. I've been going to the Chiropractor for as long as I can remember. It's as important to my training as practicing my swing."
The May - June 2002 issue of Today's Chiropractic Magazine featured a story of the Mississippi State University football team's usage of chiropractic care. In the article head football coach Jackie Sherrill stated, "Our players have no qualms about chiropractic." He further stated, "When we say, you have an appointment with Dr. Allen (their team chiropractor) they don't miss their appointment. They have enough belief and confidence that it does help them or they would not be getting on the (adjusting) table." The endorsing remarks from coach Sherrill continued in the article. He stated that even when he was head coach for Texas A&M he was using chiropractic care for his teams. "We were fortunate that we were able to use chiropractic services back in the early 80's." He continued, "Is there a place for it? Definitely yes. We're very fortunate because our medical staff and Dr. Allen work very well together." Dr. Allen the team chiropractor explains his success with the team by saying, "There are problems in the neck that can cause nerve interference and definitely effect equilibrium, and you just remove the nerve interference and it goes away. In whiplash injuries, the head and neck goes into a flapping motion, and football players can experience whiplash-type injuries every time they hit the field. What we want to do is make sure the athletes have flexibility and stability."
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The pain was excruciating. The doctor, a man she had just met, was driving his thumbs into the sore tissue around her right knee, which her otherdoctors insisted required surgery. Instead, here she was in Austria, praying, biting her lip and trying to remember to breathe as the doctor's thumbs probed deeper. Nine days had passed since DeLisha Milton-Jones had suffered what two MRIs revealed as a torn ACL, and she still couldn't bear weight on her right leg. But ever since twisting the knee during practice for the USA Basketball Senior National Team on Feb. 22, the 6-foot-1 forward refused to believe the ligament was torn. Something inside of her urged her to believe the knee would be OK. So turning her back on traditional medicine, Milton-Jones was relying on the Austrian physician, Dr. Mohammad Khalifa, and his "knee tissue manipulation," which is believed to stimulate re-growth of the tissue in a non-invasive procedure. Khalifa told Milton-Jones his hands are so sensitive that he can feel the nerve endings in the body, and by rubbing his thumbs in a circular motion on the front of Milton-Jones' knee, Khalifa believes he stimulates those nerve endings to help encourage the body's natural healing process. Milton-Jones, who has started for the Los Angeles Sparks for the past five seasons, wanted desperately to believe. The WNBA season was just around the corner, and the Olympics were a mere six months away. Surgery would surely put both in jeopardy, so Khalifa and the two 90-minute sessions a week he required were certainly worth taking a chance on. If only those thumbs would stop digging. And then, they did. "Stand up," Khalifa said. Milton-Jones grabbed for her crutches, but Khalifa shook his head. Then he asked the unthinkable: "Jog in place." So Milton-Jones took a tentative step. Quickly, she realized the knee felt stable, almost normal. And pretty soon, Khalifa had her jumping off the injured knee as if going for a layup, then doing defensive slides -- completely pain-free. "It was a miracle," Milton-Jones said recently when recounting the experience during a phone interview. How else can you describe her recovery? Although two MRIs -- one by USA Basketball shortly after the initial injury and a second test five weeks later by the L.A. Sparks -- indicated a complete tear of the ACL in her right knee, Milton-Jones' latest MRI shows scar tissue but no tear. Nancy Lieberman, an ESPN analyst and Hall of Famer, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com's women's basketball coverage.
This is why you would want to use a chiropractor as your first choice for all health care decisions.
You now have a better choice.
"Why Teen Athletes Get Adjusted"
By Dr. Eric PlaskerWhy do teenage athletes get adjusted and enjoy chiropractic care so much? The same reasons professional athletes like Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys, John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves, and Olympic Gold Medallist and World's Greatest Athlete Dan O'Brien enjoy regular chiropractic care. Chiropractic helps athletes improve their athletic performance, heal quicker from injuries, increase flexibility and stamina, and much more.
1. Improving athletic performance If you had a racecar would you make sure your front end was aligned properly before a big race? Of course you would because you know that when your car is aligned properly it will run faster, more efficiently, and with less strain on the cars structure. This is how chiropractic care relates to your body and athletics. And there's more. To perform at your peak, your body must receive signals from your brain, and your brain must get messages from your body. Have you ever been on a cell phone when there was static on the line? Interference over your nerve pathways has the same effect. It reduces the communication between your brain and your body and affects your ability to perform at your best. Chiropractic care removes this interference and keeps it out of your life through specific chiropractic adjustments. No wonder Dan O'Brien credits chiropractic for helping him win the Olympic Gold Medal.
2. Heal quicker from injuries People heal quicker from injuries, sickness, and everything else if they have good nerve supply from their brain to their body and back again. This is what chiropractic does! There are countless personal experiences from people who have limped into chiropractic offices with a sports or athletic injury, and leaped out to participate in their activity the next day. While not every person who goes to a chiropractor has this kind of experience because it depends on the extent of the injury, many people certainly do. Why do you think chiropractic has been one of the fastest growing health professions over the last decade? Chiropractic works!
3. Improve flexibility and stamina One particular study tested 2 groups of athletes in training. The first group trained without receiving chiropractic care. The second group trained and received ongoing chiropractic care as well. As you would expect, both groups improved. After 12 weeks however, there was a substantial difference in their results. The group that was not under chiropractic care showed a 4.5 % improvement while the chiropractic group showed a 16.7% improvement after 12 weeks. No wonder Evander Holyfield gets regular chiropractic care during his training, as well as before and after a fight. Travis Jones, a high school soccer player said, "chiropractic keeps me more flexible and agile. It definitely improves my soccer game!" His sister, Taylor Jones whose team won their league championship last year said, "Chiropractic makes a big difference. I wish my whole team was under chiropractic care." Rebecca Allen, a high school cheerleader, says, "I would not be able to cheer if it wasn't for chiropractic. It has made such an impact on my cheerleading that I'm considering chiropractic as a career!" If you're involved in sports, don't you think its time you were examined by a chiropractor to see if chiropractic could make a difference for you?
Chronic subluxations the spine leads to abnormal muscle contraction and laxity, deformation of ligaments and the spinal bones themselves eventually. The reason for the repetitive adjustments is because the spine and its supporting tissues (ligaments, tendons, muscles, and discs) have become anchored in the abnormal position, often since childhood. Due to the longevity of the spinal distortion, the spine will change back to normal at its own pace, which is not usually as fast as we'd like. Researchers have found that within two weeks, subluxations left uncorrected begin to become permanent. Because of these multiple tissue changes the corrective chiropractic adjustments make very small changes but added together over time will make the correction. An adjustment given on Monday will create a small improvement in spinal alignment but due to the chronicity of the subluxations by Wednesday the spine will drift back to its abnormal position. Therefore, it must be adjusted again on Wednesday and then again on Friday. As the adjustments start to add up and you do your home exercises consistently, the spine will gradually hold its corrected position and not slip back to its subluxated position.
Reaction Time and Chiropractic Adjustments From the New Zealand School of Chiropractic, New Zealand, comes an interesting study about reaction times and the effects chiropractic adjustments have on them. In this study two groups were used to check reaction times. One group received upper cervical (neck) toggle adjustments, while the other group was a control group for comparison and only received a short period of rest. The results showed a marked improvement for the group that received an adjustment over the group that got nothing but rest. The group that got only rest did show an average decrease in reaction time of 58 milli-seconds which represented an 8 percent quicker reaction time. The group that received the chiropractic adjustment showed a decrease in reaction time of 97 milli-seconds representing a 14.8 percent quicker reaction time. The implications are far reaching. Imagine the benefits of being able to react quicker to traffic situations or any other crisis life might throw at you. Imagine also the benefit to the athlete who depends on reaction times in order to perform at a competitive level. Today many top name athletes are regular chiropractic patients. In addition to recovery from injury most report the ability to perform better with chiropractic care. Now, thanks to the study from New Zealand , there is scientific proof of what the athletes have reported.
Increased flexibility and Chiropractic Adjustments When any of these vertebrae are out of their normal position, the normal range of motion is compromised, abnormal and premature wear and tear occurs and most importantly your nervous system can be affected in profound and multiple ways. The vertebrae are designed to protect the spinal cord, which runs through a canal in the center of the vertebrae, and the 31 pairs of spinal nerve roots, which exit the cord in the intervertebral spaces. These spinal nerve roots serve as the connecting structure between the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nerves. Nerve impulses travel from the brain down the spinal cord and out the spinal nerves to all parts of the body. Similarly, nerve impulses from various body components travel to the brain via the peripheral nerves and the spinal cord. The nervous system is responsible for initiating and coordinating movement and for integrating all the physiologic activities of the body. Adapting to temperature changes, digesting a meal, responding to a stressful situation, running, and obeying a command are examples of activities mediated by the nervous system.
To better understand my purpose, you need to understand the basis of chiropractic. Throughout history, chiropractic has been based on the fact that the power that made the body heals the body. Healing does not take place through the use or consumption of any pill, potion, or lotion. This is not meant to discredit the validity and result of any product which is used to enhance your health or well being by using that method. Nutrition, relaxation, exercise, and balance are critical in reducing subluxations (nerve stress). The brain is the master system of the body which controls and regulates all functions of the body. The route of communication is the spinal cord and branching nerves. More importantly, the brain gets much of its stimulation from the mid-lying joints of the body (primarily your spine). With this basic understanding, just imagine the impact of chiropractic in your life. What could you do with just 10% more energy?
How much more effective could you be with 10% more mental clarity? You are probably wondering where 10% comes from, right? Well, research has shown that it takes as little as the weight of a dime on the back of your hand to significantly decrease nerve function - that is only one subluxation! How many subluxations have you been living with!! Why do teenage athletes get adjusted and enjoy chiropractic care so much? The same reasons professional athletes like Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys, John Smoltz of the Atlanta Braves, and Olympic Gold Medallist and World's Greatest Athlete Dan O'Brien enjoy regular chiropractic care. Chiropractic helps athletes improve their athletic performance, heal quicker from injuries, increase flexibility and stamina, and much more.
Emmitt Smith is the NFL's all-time rushing leader. He is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993).
On October16, 1998 USA Today carried an extensive article on Emmitt Smith.
Emmitt Smith said, "I started doing this( getting adjusted) on a regular basis about four or five years ago." "...I've become a big,big believer in servicing my body and making sure it is lined up properly and functioning the way it should be on Sundays."
Tiger Woods is a professional golfer who is currently ranked the World's No.1.
In 1995, Tiger ride the Chiropractic Centennial Float in the Pasadena tournament of Roses Parade. He also had his chiropractor with him during the 2005 Presidents Cup. Tiger's chiropractor worked on his ribs whenever he could during the tournament and Tiger was quoted, "Tom (LaFountain) did an awesome job. He kept me swinging."
Lance Armstrong is a 7 time winner of Tour De France.
Nike said in an article, "Jeff has been working with Lance since January of 1999, helping him to keep his body together for the harsh demands of the Tour de France. After last year's Tour de France, Lance said that he could not have won without Jeff's help. With Lance approaching his second victory, the same thing might well be true."


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For Immediate Release: January 22, 2009
CDC and National Expert Panel Promote Revised Field Triage Guidelines of Trauma Patients
Will Help Save Lives by Getting the Right Patient, to the Right Place, at the Right Time
Guidelines published in today's MMWR Reports and Recommendations are aimed at ensuring that trauma patients with more severe injuries are taken to trauma centers designed to handle such injuries. The recommendations designed to standardize decision-making at the injury scene also offer guidance on new technologies such as vehicle crash notification systems, which alert emergency services that a crash has occurred and automatically summon assistance.
The guidelines in the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were developed by CDC and key experts in trauma care.
The report provides the rationale and development process for the revised 2006 Field Triage Decision Scheme: the National Trauma Triage Protocol for emergency medical service (EMS) providers. It was compiled by key trauma care experts to provide broader access of the information for emergency care services. The goal is to guide the nation's 800,000 EMS providers in making crucial field triage transport decisions.
Previous CDC-funded research has shown that decisions made at the scene of the injury are vital. The risk of death of a severely injured person is 25 percent lower if the patient receives care at a Level 1 trauma center, which has additional resources specifically designed for care of severe trauma.
"Quality and timely care at an injury scene by EMS providers are integral to determining the severity of injury, initiating medical management, and identifying the most appropriate facility to which the patient should be transported," said Richard C. Hunt, M.D., director of CDC′s Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and an author of the report. "The Decision Scheme provides a safety net that the public won't see. But we know it can help improve the chances of survival for severely injured patients."
Other key revisions include:
Recommendations for the right place and right time to best use crucial emergency care resources
Vehicle crash damage criteria which can help determine which patients may require care at a trauma center
The Decision Scheme was developed in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma with support from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It was reviewed by the 36-member National Expert Panel on Field Triage, which included representatives from EMS, emergency medicine, trauma surgery, the automotive industry, public health, and several federal agencies.
The Decision Scheme has been endorsed by many professional organizations and associations. It was included in the 2006 versions of the American College of Surgeons' Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians' Prehospital Trauma Care Life Support manual for EMS practitioners.
The revised guidelines are in line with the 2006 Institute of Medicine report on the state of emergency care. The report envisioned a highly coordinated emergency services system that assures that each patient receives the most appropriate care, at the optimal location, with the minimum delay.
With additional funding from NHTSA, CDC is developing a companion educational initiative for local EMS medical directors, state EMS directors, public health officials, and EMS providers. Educational materials will be tailored to meet the needs of their communities and include: a user's guide, poster and pocket card of the Decision Scheme, a slide presentation for use in trainings, and the MMWR article that includes continuing education opportunities.
Information and free downloads are available from CDC at www.cdc.gov/FieldTriage. For a complete copy of the MMWR report, please visit www.cdc.gov/mmwr. For more information about CDC's work in injury and violence prevention, please link to: www.cdc.gov/injury.
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Nixon-Cuomo Debate Has Tempers Flaring: 'Can You Stop Interrupting?'
'Can you stop lying?' Nixon shot back at Cuomo.
Gideon Resnick
Political Reporter
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LONG ISLAND, New York—"Can you stop interrupting?" New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sneered at Cynthia Nixon, who was seated across from him before a blue curtain in a Hofstra University gymnasium.
"Can you stop lying?" Nixon shot back.
"As soon as you do," Cuomo said.
Such was the tenor of the first and only debate between the incumbent governor and his insurgent challenger, who faced each other just two weeks before the state's Sept. 13 Democratic primary.
As the two traded barbs in Cuomo's first head-to-head debate in a decade—he stood across from Jeanine Pirro (yes, that one) in 2006, when they jockeyed to be New York attorney general—Cuomo sought to portray himself as the leader of a vanguard against President Trump, while Nixon challenged him on his progressive bona fides, corruption in the state's capital, and his vision for improving public transportation in the state.
Cuomo's focus on Trump even prompted an early question from the moderators about whether he could commit to being governor for four additional years and not mount a presidential run in 2020.
"Yes and yes," Cuomo responded. "Double yes."
He added that "the only caveat is if God strikes me dead."
Nixon, who has been trailing by double digits in publicly available polling—though New Yorkers are all too familiar with those polls failing them recently—spent more time attacking Cuomo, labeling him a "corrupt corporate Democrat."
Best known as an actress, Nixon hasn't held office, and she was questioned about her experience and whether it would translate to a successful tenure in the governor's office. "I'm not an Albany insider like Governor Cuomo, but experience doesn't mean that much if you're not actually good at governing," she answered.
Cuomo's response to questions about experience, and the lofty goals—single payer, marijuana legalization among them—of a prospective Nixon administration, was to argue that he was effective and to dismissively say that "you don't snap your fingers" just to get stuff done.
Both of their respective camps suggested that their opponent was losing their temper throughout the debate. Melissa DeRosa, secretary to Cuomo, tweeted early on that Nixon "appears unhinged." A release from Nixon's camp after the event said the governor's temper erupted.
"Now we know why Andrew Cuomo hates debates so much," Cynthia for New York spokeswoman Lauren Hitt said in a statement. "The governor was visibly angry about Cynthia contrasting his corrupt, centrist administration with her progressive vision for New York—and his resulting temper flare-ups and rants told the story."
Neither of the candidates showed up in the spin room for reporters, held on the side of the gym where the debate took place. (The room was, in fact, quite cold following a reported battle about what temperature it would be.)
On policy specifics, Nixon went after Cuomo for his handling of New York's mass transit system, the MTA, saying he used "the MTA like an ATM."
"As someone who is on the subway literally every day, I know that delays have tripled under Cuomo," she said, promising to delay the next fair hike.
"It has been declining for decades," Cuomo said, passing the buck.
During an exchange about corruption, specifically Cuomo aide Joe Percoco, who was found guilty in a bribery conspiracy, Cuomo hit Nixon for asking for favors from New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's office, saying, "You are a corporation."
"I'm a person," Nixon responded.
They also differed on New York's Taylor Law, which curtails the right to strike for public employees. Nixon is against it, saying, "We're in a moment of unprecedented attacks on labor. Our labor unions are the most important counterbalance we have to unrivaled corporate power and greed."
Cuomo disagreed, saying that if workers were allowed to strike, it "would cripple the city," with teachers possibly going on strike, sanitation going on strike, and subway workers going on strike.
The debate ended in a brief lightning round of short answers in which Nixon promised not to take a salary as governor of New York and both candidates were noncommittal about getting an endorsement from de Blasio.
"I love Mayor de Blasio. I'm sure he loves me in a strange sort of way," Cuomo remarked of their notorious relationship.
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Calestous Juma, director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, was film-interviewed at the official launch of a Bio-Innovate Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi on 16 March 2011. In the interview, Juma, an eminent Kenyan bioscientist, says that biosciences offer many regions in Africa an opportunity to produce surplus food for the first time. 'Without biosciences research within Africa, agriculture will face a difficult future.
The Bio-Innovate Program is important because it will stimulate new industries that are linked to the life sciences. Farmers will not benefit from producing more food unless they can get it to markets to process and sell. 'Rwanda after the genocide, the first thing they did was to modernize agriculture. And Rwanda has started to feed itself,' Juma added.
See the news at http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/4872


Still, McFarland, a former Fox News contributor, said the failed non-nuclear missile test Sunday by the rogue nation was one of about 30 failed attempts and that cyberwar is now a big part of the geo-political landscape.
"I do think we are entering a whole new era, not just with North Korea but with everybody," she said, amid speculation the U.S. foiled the launch with a cyber-attack.
President Trump and other world leaders are concerned about North Korea's nuclear tests and efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
And Trump has recently tried to improve his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping and solicit his help in reining in North Korea's nuclear pursuits.
U.S. officials think Sunday's test involved a medium-range ballistic missile that failed within 4-5 seconds after launch and that it did not involve an intercontinental ballistic missile.
And officials said "other actions would have been taken by the U.S.," had the failed launch been a nuclear test.
The high-profile failure came hours before Vice President Pence arrived in South Korea and as an American aircraft supercarrier approached the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.
McFarland and other U.S. officials say they had good intelligence about the launch, in part because North Korea this weekend was holding one of its biggest propaganda events of the year -- celebrations of the 105th birthday of late North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of the country's current leader, Kim Jong Un.
"We all understand that the Korean peninsula should be denuclearized," McFarland said Sunday.
She also declined to say whether she is being pushed out of the White House and its National Security Council now that Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has been replaced as National Security Adviser by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.


The outlook for practice in 2006 looks grim. Unless Congress intervenes, by the time you read this, Medicare will have imposed a 4.4-percent physician pay cut. The trickle-down effect from this act will reduce our incomes even further as other payers – who structure their reimbursements as a percentage of Medicare-allotted payments – follow suit. To try to compensate for these losses, many of us will cram in more visits or increase procedures. Patients will get shortchanged, more findings will be missed, and our liability – already precariously poised – will be in even greater jeopardy.
I will decrease prescribing errors.
With so many electronic drug databases and medication calculators now available – online, on handhelds, and in electronic health records – it is easy to avoid mistakes that result from dosage errors or drug interactions.
Steven P. Ringel, MD, Director of the Neuromuscular Division at the University of Colorado and Associate Editor-in-chief of Neurology Today, purchased Epocrates from the AAN for his Tungsten T3, a personal digital assistant. He uses it to read the common side effects of drugs to patients and to give them estimates of pill costs. The multi-check feature alerts him to review medications that could interfere with each other for his patients who are often on numerous drugs.
I will start using an electronic health record.
Electronic health records (EHRs) can reduce a variety of costs associated with manual charting and storage as well as improve office efficiency and prevent losses associated with E-M down-coding. Because each data entry is retained as a discrete piece of information, virtually any portion of the chart becomes readily searchable.
James R. Storey, MD, who established a five-person neurology practice in Albany, NY, began phasing in components of the Intergy system by WebMD (now Emdeon) last year. After successfully implementing electronic scheduling, billing, prescribing, and scanning components, the practice is ready to integrate the EHR module. Dr. Storey anticipates realizing over $100,000 in transcription savings alone. Best of all, the EHRs will allow his practice, which participates in numerous clinical trials, to go back into the databases and run searches for specific diagnoses, physical examination findings, and prescriptions. "An electronic system makes it much easier to find potential trial subjects and review outcomes and treatment data," Dr. Storey said.
I will drop payers with high-hassle factors.
While some insurance companies appear to reimburse well, they engage in practices that ultimately make providing care for their members too costly. Systematic down-coding, chronically delayed payments, and inaccurate denials all take up a disproportionate amount of secretarial time.
Meet with your staff to find out which payers have the highest hassle factor. Do claims personnel keep your secretaries on hold for a long time? Do they make errors in processing your claims? Do they hold up reimbursement by requesting more information or additional documentation?
"When I meet with my staff, they tell me that they are overwhelmed by billing problems, and those problems seem to stem from the same few payers," said Neil A. Busis, MD, a member of the AAN Medical Economics and Management Subcommittee (MEM). Rather than hire new staff to handle the hassles, Dr. Busis said, he is going to drop those payers.
I will stay involved in the daily practice management of my office.
While we all went into medicine to care for patients, it is no longer possible to neglect the health of our business. Show me a doctor who believes that coding, billing, and practice management is not something a physician needs to know, and I will show you a practice that is leaving lots of money on the table. "With the current push for pay-for-performance and other external economic forces, paying attention to such mundane management details as overhead, productivity, and effective billing is more critical than ever," said AAN MEM member Bruce Sigsbee, MD.
I will try not to keep my patients waiting.
It is easy to fall behind on any given day. We get phone call interruptions from patients, other doctors, and from hospitals. Our secretaries ask us to sign off on refills and intervene with insurance personnel. Meanwhile, our waiting rooms fill up and patients become annoyed.
Russell D. Snyder, MD, a pediatric neurologist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, insists that most, if not all, of the waits are physician-generated and can be avoided. He intends to put off interruptions and to review charts and records while with patients. He also plans to help patients avoid unnecessary return visits by conveying test results and directions for therapy programs by telephone calls or letters – after his day is over.
I will include my patients in measures to secure safe practices.
Involving patients in their daily care can decrease medical errors and improve compliance. Asking patients to help by bringing their medication lists or bottles and by keeping us informed of any allergies, adverse reactions, or new prescriptions can go a long way to prevent problems in an environment with multiple providers of care.
Daniel M. Feinberg, MD, Patient Safety Officer at Pennsylvania Hospital and a member of the AAN Patient Safety Subcommittee, asks his patients to take an active role in ensuring their health. "I ask them to bring their prescription bottles or a list of medications to each visit so that I can review them," he said. He is also concerned about the potential for missing test results or lack of follow-through for test completion. "I will tell patients that I will call them even if their results are normal, but if they do not hear from me, they should call my office".
I will put the interest of each patient first.
Former AAN President Nelson G. Richards, MD, had been in practice for 40 years when he retired in 2004. But when, as a new Medicare enrollee, he began searching for a primary care physician, he could not find one who would accept new patients. "I just could not get beyond the front desk!" he exclaimed.
"The way a physician treats patients should be the way that a physician would want to be treated were the roles reversed," said Glenn A. Mackin, MD, who chaired the AAN Ethics Law and Humanities Committee Professionalism Workgroup from 2003 to 2005. Physicians who strive for the ideal of consistent professionalism, he explained, know that all they may do for patients derives from trust and consent from patients. In essence, professionalism means offering patients optimal care – based on the best available clinical evidence and guidelines – seamlessly interwoven with human virtues including honesty, reliability, and kindness.
I will remember why I am a neurologist.
We like to say that neurologists are special, that we become enthralled by remarkable findings, and that our specialty is by far the most interesting. Worn down by insurance company battles and the ever-increasing regulations, however, we could all use an annual reminder of why we chose our field in the first place.
Neurology Today6(1):30-31, January 3, 2006.


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1963-10-13 - A Start
Summary: After ignoring her stalker-sister for a couple weeks, Jessica acknowledges her and invites her inside.
It's early in the morning, and Jessica skulks towards Alias Investigations, aka her apartment, down the hall. She wreaks of booze, is dressed in yesterday's clothes, and has very tousled looking hair. She glances down at the floor as she passes her door guardian, and shakes her head with as much attitude as she can manage.
Her teeth toy at her bottom lip as she looks down at Trish. She emits a soft whistle and then frowns. "Come the fuck in," the door is broken as she pushes it open without turning the doorknob. "I'll make you coffee." She points a finger at Trish, "But this doesn't mean we're talking. Just coffee. And… chips. I have potato chips."
Snorting awake, in a rather unattractive fashion, as her ears pick up the sound of footsteps, Trish's grasp tightens on the baseball bat before she even opens her eyes. Only once they're open does she let out a low sigh and rolls her eyes. "And a jolly good morning to you too, Princess Whiskey of Scotchton." She murmurs as she pushes herself up with the help of the baseball bat.
She shuffles in, her heels barely lifting off the floor. "You should get the door fixed." She mutters, making an attempt to close it behind her. "I can pay for it to be fixed." It's all about protecting Jessica, after all! "Coffee's good. Just…just coffee." Although her grumbling stomach might suggest she'd eat the chips if they were put out.
"It's fine the way it is," Jessica answers flatly as she ticks her head towards the kitchen table. "The label on the door works. And so does the sign." She pads towards the kitchen and sets about making coffee. Seconds later, she returns with the bag of stale chips that she sets out on the kitchen table for the pair to.. consume. Enjoy might be a stretch.
"Eat," she declares and lifts her eyebrows before sitting in one of the two chairs at the table. "Why you stalking me?"
"It doesn't lock or properly latch. I'd say it has room for improvement." Comes Trish's quick response. "Anybody could walk in without your permission!" She sits down at the table and leans the baseball bat against it gently. She eyes the chips placed on the table and slowly reaches her hand in, bringing one chip out to eat. It's not great, but it will do.
"I'm not stalking you." She replies, looking at the table top instead of at Jessica. "I'm…I…" She chews on her lower lip, trying to get the words right. She knows that whatever she says, Jessica's probably not going to be happy with it. "I'm just making sure you're safe."
"Stalker," Jessica states bluntly in return. "You know it too." The part about anybody getting in has Jessica rolling her eyes emphatically. "Oh for fuck's sake. You know that I could pulverize anyone that would be in here. And if I couldn't, a door wouldn't stop them anyways." Her eyebrows lift expectantly. "You can't keep me safe. Not anymore than I can."
"I'm not a…!" Trish sighs and grabs another chip, chewing on it while she thinks of how to respond. "Look, I am forever grateful for how you've looked out for me over the years." She starts off quietly at first. "You're the only one who really knows how crappy my home life was. And you help get me out of that." Finally looking Jessica in the eyes, she continues. "You've spent years protecting me, it's the least I can do to try to keep you out of harm's way. If I can keep you from needing to 'pulverize' someone, my job here has succeeded."
"I look forward to pulverizing people," Jessica replies flatly. "It's one of the few true joys left in my life." Yeah, she's joyful about it, can't you tell. With a stitch of a smirk, her head shakes, "Anyone would've done the same for you. With that woman in your life — " she shrugs and then walks over to the coffee to pour two cups. One is set promptly in front of Trish. "It's fine. The door is fine. My apartment is fine. All fine."
"It's going to take more than your…emphatic exclamation of enjoyment to convince me to stop keeping watch outside your door, Jess." Trish tells her sisters point blank, raising an eyebrow. "And besides, it wasn't anyone who looked out for me. It was you." She takes a deep breath in. "You kept her away. I owe you for that." She takes the coffee cup in both hands and lifts it, taking a sip. "I…I just want to help, Jess. Honestly. That's all."
"You owe me nothing. I did that because I wanted to," Jessica states in return. "I'm not a saint. I'm not a hero. I'm not even all that strong in a world full of super powered people. Besides. You ought to be inside. There's literal hell in the Kitchen these days…"
"I owe you so much more than nothing." Trish sips on the coffee again and sighs. "You're the closest thing to a saint this building has, that's for sure." She glances around. She doesn't say it, but she definitely doesn't approve of the building…or the area. "How am I supposed to keep things out if I'm stuck behind the door, hmm?"
Jessica takes a long languid drink of her coffee. "The Kitchen is where I belong. I started a business even. And people have paid me." Mostly in booze, but then that's what the sign on the door suggests paying in. "And you have your own apartment. Go stay inside that place…"
"My apartment will always be there." Trish says quietly. "But you…I need to make sure that you'll always been here as well." She stares at her coffee silently for a moment. "It may be dangerous here, but I can't stomach the thought of something happening to you again. I care about you too much. I just…I…my money, my fame, I'd give it all up just to know that you'd always be safe."
"There, but empty. Safe but empty. You could be there. You could be safe." Jessica's eyebrows lift. "I'm fine. I literally went to Hell and came back." Her hand lifts innocently, "I had a madman inside my head for months. I am fine." Clearly. She cranes her neck. "I think I have some whiskey. Want to make your coffee Irish?"
"I can either be safe but worry about you, or in trouble's way, but be assured you're safe." Trish tells Jessica. "I'd rather know you're safe. It's the easiest choice I've ever made." She tells Jessica in a matter of fact tone. "What do you mean you've been to…" She narrows her eyes. "You know what? I probably don't want to know. Regardless, you're stuck with me." She rolls her eyes. "No thanks, I'm not feeling very Irish today."
Jessica shifts from her seat and steps lightly to the cabinet and finds a mostly-empty bottle of whiskey that she brings back to the table. The fluid is added to her cup of joe and she takes a long breath before bringing the cup to her lips. There may be evidence she's an alcoholic. "You should go find work or something. Obviously that fucking agent of yours isn't getting you enough work if you can just sit outside a shitty apartment all day and night."
Watching Jessica carefully, Trish is silent for the time being, just sipping on her own coffee and munching on the occasional stale chip. She lets out a little snort. "Maybe I told my agent to hold off on the scripts for a while. Can't work all the time while I'm looking out for you, can I?" She bats her eyelashes and smiles sweetly.
"You need a job. Or a hobby. That doesn't involve me," Jessica deadpans towards Trish with a distinct roll of her eyes. "You know that right? You can't just — sit here and guard my door forever." Her lips curve downwards. "I have people or whatever. I don't need you scaring my clients away. A gal has to pay for booze."
"I'm still getting royalties from It's Patsy. And that's in addition to the money I've made from the movies I've been in so far." Trish states flatly. "I have plenty of hobbies. I do charity work. Plus, I'm somewhat of a socialite. I can't tell you how boring it is to make polite conversation with uppity rich people." She rolls her eyes in annoyance at the thought. "I can't guard your door forever, but I can do it for a long time! And if it's money for booze you're worried about…" She puts down her cup of coffee and digs through a pocket in her dress, because she's fashionably practical like that, and pulls out her wallet. Counting the money, she pulls out a few bills and throws them on the table. "There's fifty bucks. That'll buy you booze for a while." She shoves her wallet back in her pocket and picks up her coffee, taking another sip.
The money on the table is met with a wry arch of Jessica's eyebrows. "I can get my own fucking booze. I have clients. People are coming and hiring me to do weird shit to watch the weird shit and find WEIRD shit. Just. Ugh. This isn't about your money or your career. I'm fine. Fine. You know that right? I'm fine. I'm going to be fine. I am fine. I just need to keep pickling my brain."
"And now you can get more 'fucking booze'. Fifty dollars worth of it." Trish sips her coffee and shrugs. "I'm sure you're great at this new job of yours, Jess. I'm just here to help. Consider me your security guard or something. I don't know. Just don't push me away!"
"Go home and we'll make a dinner date," Jessica answers in turn. "I won't eat anything," her eyes roll, "but I'll show up." And drink. That much is certain. She issues Trish a one shouldered shrug. She won't be the kindest sister, but she also won't push Trish away either.
Regardless, it's a start.
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Do black-backed jackals affect numbers of smaller carnivores and prey?
Sunday, 1st December 2013
Bagniewska J.M., Kamler J.F.,
African Journal of Ecology, 2013
The important role of mesocarnivores in ecosystems hasrecently received increased attention (Prughet al., 2009; Ritchie & Johnson, 2009; Roemer, Gompper & VanValkenburgh, 2009). Mesocarnivores can function in rolessimilar to apex predators (Roemer, Gompper & VanValkenburgh, 2009) and, consequently, can decreasepopulations of prey and smaller carnivores (Prughet al.,2009; Ritchie & Johnson, 2009). Mesocarnivores oftenincrease in numbers with reductions in numbers of apex predators, a phenomenon termed 'mesopredator release'(Crooks & Soule, 1999; Prughet al., 2009).In Africa, research on the effects of mesocarnivores onprey species and smaller carnivores has been little studied.A dominant mesocarnivore in South Africa may be the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), as recent researchhas shown that jackals have lethal and sublethal effects on cape foxes (Vulpes chama) and bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis), which resulted in jackals suppressing numbers of cape foxes (Kamler, Stenkewitz & Macdonald, 2013). Similarly, numbers of black-backed jackals were inversely related to numbers of cape foxes, bat-eared foxes and small-spotted genets (Genetta genetta) across 22 sites in South Africa, associated with intensity of jackal control (Blaum, Tietjen & Rossmanith, 2009). However, research on the effects of black-backed jackals on the numbers of prey species and other smaller carnivores has not been studied.This study examined the relative abundance of black-backed jackals, smaller carnivores and small prey species across three sites in South Africa. The research was conducted in a region where apex predators had been extirpated, leaving jackals as the most dominant carnivore in the area. The goal was to determine whether abundance of jackals was inversely related to abundance of important prey species and smaller carnivores.
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The trees are turning orange, the leaves are dancing in the wind and farmers are busy picking the apples in the orchards. It's autumn, so why not take advantage of the last few warm days to have a family picnic?
This year, just saying that the countryside looks magnificent in autumn is not enough, we want to enjoy it as a family! Get out your boots and prepare for adventure as you organise a Bohemian Autumn Picnic.
Get into the bohemian mood: copper and orange colours, braided hair, long dresses and scarves floating in the wind … The poets and dreamers in the family are just made for this!
The apple takes pride of place with a delicious Pink Lady® apple and quince tart and Pink Lady® apple chips. To warm you up as you tuck in, prepare a Thermos of hot spicy Pink Lady® apple juice.
A classic chequered table cloth, a wicker picnic basic, large cushions, cosy covers to snuggle under together to get warm and a feeling of joy.
Today, we choose JOY! Happiness and contentment at the heart of nature. The plan: hide and seek behind the trees, jumping in puddles, kicking through piles of autumn leaves, making tree houses in the woods, playing cards under rugs and so on.
November Rain, by Guns N' Roses.


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Ketoprofen (Page 2 of 7)
Aidarex Pharmaceuticals LLC 14 November 2016
The plasma clearance of ketoprofen is approximately 0.08 L/kg/h with a Vd of 0.1 L/kg after IV administration. The elimination half-life of ketoprofen has been reported to be 2.05 ± 0.58 h (Mean ± S.D.) following IV administration from 2 to 4 hours following administration of ketoprofen capsules. In cases of slow drug absorption, the elimination rate is dependent on the absorption rate and thus t1/2 relative to an IV dose appears prolonged.
In a 24 hour period, approximately 80% of an administered dose of ketoprofen is excreted in the urine, primarily as the glucuronide metabolite.
Enterohepatic recirculation of the drug has been postulated, although biliary levels have never been measured to confirm this.
Clearance and unbound fraction
The plasma and renal clearance of ketoprofen is reduced in the elderly (mean age, 73 years) compared to a younger normal population (mean age, 27 years). Hence, ketoprofen peak concentration and AUC increase with increasing age. In addition, there is a corresponding increase in unbound fraction with increasing age. Data from one trial suggest that the increase is greater in women than in men. It has not been determined whether age-related changes in absorption among the elderly contribute to the changes in bioavailability of ketoprofen (see Geriatric Use).
In a study conducted with young and elderly men and women, results for subjects older than 75 years of age showed that free drug AUC increased by 40% and Cmax increased by 60% as compared with estimates of the same parameters in young subjects (those younger than 35 years of age; see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
Also in the elderly, the ratio of intrinsic clearance/availability decreased by 35% and plasma half-life was prolonged by 26%. This reduction is thought to be due to a decrease in hepatic extraction associated with aging.
Renally Impaired
Studies of the effects of renal-function impairment have been small. They indicate a decrease in clearance in patients with impaired renal function. In 23 patients with renal impairment, free ketoprofen peak concentration was not significantly elevated, but free ketoprofen clearance was reduced from 15 L/kg/h for normal subjects to 7 L/kg/h in patients with mildly impaired renal function, and to 4 L/kg/h in patients with moderately to severely impaired renal function. The elimination t1/2 was prolonged from 1.6 hours in normal subjects to approximately 3 hours in patients with mild renal impairment, and to approximately 5 to 9 hours in patients with moderately to severely impaired renal function.
Hepatically Impaired
For patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, no significant changes in the kinetic disposition of immediate-release ketoprofen capsules were observed relative to age-matched normal subjects: the plasma clearance of drug was 0.07 L/kg/h in 26 hepatically impaired patients. The elimination half-life was comparable to that observed for normal subjects. However, the unbound (biologically active) fraction was approximately doubled, probably due to hypoalbuminemia and high variability which was observed in the pharmacokinetics for cirrhotic patients. Therefore, these patients should be carefully monitored and daily doses of ketoprofen kept at the minimum providing the desired therapeutic effect.
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
The efficacy of ketoprofen has been demonstrated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. In other trials, ketoprofen demonstrated effectiveness comparable to aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, piroxicam, diclofenac, and indomethacin. In some of these studies there were more dropouts due to gastrointestinal side effects among patients on ketoprofen than among patients on other NSAIDs.
In studies with patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ketoprofen was administered in combination with gold salts, antimalarials, low-dose methotrexate, d-penicillamine, and/or corticosteroids with results comparable to those seen with control non-steroidal drugs.
Management of Pain
The effectiveness of immediate-release ketoprofen capsules as a general-purpose analgesic has been studied in standard pain models which have shown the effectiveness of doses of 25 to 150 mg. Doses of 25 mg were superior to placebo. Doses larger than 25 mg generally could not be shown to be significantly more effective, but there was a tendency toward faster onset and greater duration of action with 50 mg, and, in the case of dysmenorrhea, a significantly greater effect overall with 75 mg. Doses greater than 50 to 75 mg did not have increased analgesic effect. Studies in postoperative pain have shown that ketoprofen in doses of 25 to 100 mg was comparable to 650 mg of acetaminophen with 60 mg of codeine, or 650 mg of acetaminophen with 10 mg of oxycodone. Ketoprofen tended to be somewhat slower in onset; peak pain relief was about the same and the duration of the effect tended to be 1 to 2 hours longer, particularly with the higher doses of ketoprofen.
Carefully consider the potential benefits and risks of ketoprofen capsules USP and other treatment options before deciding to use ketoprofen capsules USP. Use the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration consistent with individual patient treatment goals (see WARNINGS).
Ketoprofen capsules USP are indicated for the management of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Ketoprofen capsules USP are indicated for the management of pain. Ketoprofen capsules USP are also indicated for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.
Ketoprofen capsules are contraindicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity to ketoprofen.
Ketoprofen capsules should not be given to patients who have experienced asthma, urticaria, or allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs. Severe, rarely fatal, anaphylactic reactions to ketoprofen have been reported in such patients (see WARNINGS , Anaphylactoid Reactions and PRECAUTIONS , Preexisting Asthma).
Ketoprofen capsules are contraindicated in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery (see WARNINGS).
Cardiovascular Effects
Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events
Clinical trials of several COX-2 selective and nonselective NSAIDs of up to three years duration
have shown an increased risk of serious cardiovascular (CV) thrombotic events, including
myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, which can be fatal. Based on available data, it is unclear
that the risk for CV thrombotic events is similar for all NSAIDs. The relative increase in serious
CV thrombotic events over baseline conferred by NSAID use appears to be similar in those with
and without known CV disease or risk factors for CV disease. However, patients with known CV
disease or risk factors had a higher absolute incidence of excess serious CV thrombotic events,
due to their increased baseline rate. Some observational studies found that this increased risk of
serious CV thrombotic events began as early as the first weeks of treatment. The increase in CV
thrombotic risk has been observed most consistently at higher doses.
To minimize the potential risk for an adverse CV event in NSAID-treated patients, use the lowest
effective dose for the shortest duration possible. Physicians and patients should remain alert for
the development of such events, throughout the entire treatment course, even in the absence of
previous CV symptoms. Patients should be informed about the symptoms of serious CV events
and the steps to take if they occur.
There is no consistent evidence that concurrent use of aspirin mitigates the increased risk of
serious CV thrombotic events associated with NSAID use. The concurrent use of aspirin and an
NSAID, such as ketoprofen, increases the risk of serious gastrointestinal (GI) events (see
WARNINGS).
Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
Two large, controlled clinical trials of a COX-2 selective NSAID for the treatment of pain in the
first 10 to 14 days following CABG surgery found an increased incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke. NSAIDs are contraindicated in the setting of CABG (see CONTRAINDICATIONS).
Post-MI Patients
Observational studies conducted in the Danish National Registry have demonstrated that patients
treated with NSAIDs in the post-MI period were at increased risk of reinfarction, CV-related
death, and all-cause mortality beginning in the first week of treatment. In this same cohort, the
incidence of death in the first year post MI was 20 per 100 person years in NSAID-treated
patients compared to 12 per 100 person years in non-NSAID exposed patients. Although the
absolute rate of death declined somewhat after the first year post-MI, the increased relative risk
of death in NSAID users persisted over at least the next four years of follow-up.
Avoid the use of ketoprofen capsules in patients with a recent MI unless the benefits are expected to outweigh the risk of recurrent CV thrombotic events. If ketoprofen capsules are used in patients with a recent MI, monitor patients for signs of cardiac ischemia.
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Not long before, Hyderabad was quite a Tier-II city. Today, this cyber hub is giving metropolitans such as Bengaluru and Chennai a tough competition. The city has managed to shine on the world as more and more global giants set shop here. Also, ratesof property in Hyderabad have been moving upwards constantly because of the grow potential it offers investors. This is contrary to the muted growth witnessed in other major cities of the country.
Let us look at the key factors that are helping Hyderabad and its real estate grow bigger day by day.
A great deal of Hyderabad's success depends on state policies. Subsidised land rates, waiver in operational fees and a single-window clearance system for commercial projects are some of the advantages that IT/ITes companies get. Those business units which prefer leasing office spaces find the cost lower when compared t other metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. The state government is also promoting the startup culture through incubation centres coming up in the city.
Like any other metro city, Hyderabad enjoys international connectivity. This also includes those nations that are IT exporters and send their professionals to the city for operational purpose. The road connectivity to nearby cities such as Bengaluru and Chennai is smooth and transportation is readily available round the clock. Private as well as state-run buses ply over national highways between Hyderabad and other nearbby cities. The railway network in Hyderabad i swide and the multi-modal transport system is highly active within the city. Once the metro becomes operational, the traffic on roads will decline further.
A major thing that pushes real estate in the city of Nawabs is the infrastructure development. Construction of the Inner Ring Road, the Outer Ring Road and proposed Radial Roads has smoothened the travelling within the city. Traffic-less, signal-free roads to the airport from the city centre, flyovers and underpasses havealso made the commute easy for the residents. Apart from this, the Hyderabad civic authority has ensured that proper drainage and sewerage systems are installed across the city to minimise the damages during the rainy season. The recent cleanliness drive in Hyderabad was a big success. In fact, geo-tagging of bins is under-process while the new spots for lifting up the garbage have been identified. The city also ranks among the cleanest cities in India.
Hyderabad is a hub of some of the prominent educational institutes. The city is rich in the talent pool and has easy access to those available in Bengaluru and Chennai. The Indian School of Business, the ICFAI, the Hyderabad University, the Osmania University and the JNTU are some of the premier institutions.
You can Confidential choose Hyd as most safe residential zone among all metro cities along with the best spot for high return's on Investen by just less cost invest compare to all major cities like Mumbai.
No wonder to say that Hyd gives us less cost of living with more peace and delightful oppurtunities. However, it's said it is a city of Nawabi's with lavishness of Nawabi still exists.
Hurryup!, to choose the your destination to stay or lease or Investment at place of Pearls city Hyderabad.


On the day that the UK is due to withdraw from the EU we Ban the B word in conjunction with Hanna Moon & Joyce NG: English as a Second Language.
An exclusive after hours event in the galleries encouraging alternative perspectives and positive forward facing solutions.
Be introduced to the exhibition before joining conversation artists Norn in discussing a menu of conversation alongside an assortment of international food and drink.
Devise recipes and remedies along with Hanna Moon and Joyce NG, hear more of their personal perspectives and how these are projected in their photographic outcomes.
Tickets include exclusive after hours entry to Hanna Moon & Joyce NG: English as a Second Language, a gallery introduction, refreshments, informal creative conversation and the chance to meet Hanna Moon and Joyce NG.
Norn is a space to develop your philosophical self. Their network of curious members from around the world attend our conversations to engage in meaningful discussions every week.


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LG's 27-inch OLED monitor will cost more than its 42-inch C2 TV
By Joe Svetlik
LG's first 27-inch OLED gaming monitor will cost more than the company's 42-inch C2 OLED TV. The monitor in question is the LG UltraGear 27GR95QE, which will cost $1000 (about £820, AU$1500) when it launches in the US on 28th December.
That's pricier than the 42-inch C2's current price of $999 (though it launched at £999 / $1150 / 2376). But it's cheaper than Dell's $1300 QD-OLED monitor, though Dell's is bigger, at 34 inches.
If you think LG's is a bit pricey, fear not. There will be deals. And one of them will come from LG itself. According to FlatpanelsHD (opens in new tab), the South Korean firm will unveil a pre-order offer on 12th December which will bring down the monitor's price. Though by how much is anyone's guess.
LG has also priced up its 45-inch OLED monitor, the 45GR95QE. This will set you back $1700 (about £1400, AU$2500), and will also launch in the US on 28th December. Again, a pre-order deal will be unveiled on 12th December.
Both boast 240Hz OLED panels with a resolution of 1440p. But the 45-inch monitor is an ultrawide model, whereas the 27-inch display has a more traditional 16:9 aspect ratio.
LG Display is working on 32-inch OLED panels too, so we could see that size work its way into LG's gaming monitor portfolio. Or maybe LG would make a titchy OLED TV? It already pioneered the 48- and 42-inch sizes, after all...
Check out our list of the best gaming TVs
Here's our LG C2 review
It's not available at 42 inches, but the LG G2 OLED is even better than the C2
Joe Svetlik
Joe has been writing about tech for 17 years, first on staff at T3 magazine, then in a freelance capacity for Stuff, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Men's Health, GQ, The Mirror, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar and many more (including What Hi-Fi?). His specialities include all things mobile, headphones and speakers that he can't justifying spending money on.


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Home » pressreleases » Planar TFEL Displays Selected by the China Ministry of Railroad
Planar Systems - Specialty Display Technology
Planar's TFEL technology was chosen for its resistance to extreme temperatures, making the ultrasonic rail-flaw detector display operable in virtually all weather conditions. Planar's TFEL displays are designed and built to endure the most adverse conditions and to withstand a myriad of extreme conditions, including operating temperatures of -50°C to +85°C, dust, shock and vibration, and even g-forces. Leveraging 27 years of display engineering expertise, Planar has built electroluminescent displays that are proven to meet the most rugged and extreme requirements for a variety of markets.
Because China has the busiest railway system in the world, it is not possible to use other common forms of rail checking systems that would require interrupting train schedules, such as HiRail testing vehicles. However, increased rail traffic carrying heavier loads at higher speeds has made rail inspection even more important. The Chinese railway system's ultrasonic rail-flaw detector, developed by Xingtai Xianfeng, a premium high-tech company specialising in ultrasonic rail-flaw detectors, is designed to allow operators to view and monitor various sound wave modes transmitted through the rail allowing for constant rail checking ensuring maximum security without interrupting train schedules. Planar's electroluminescent displays, which deliver excellent viewing and boast the latest display features, were the only ones to meet the rugged specifications required by the China Ministry of Railroad for mission-critical railway checking throughout China.
"We are committed to using Planar's EL displays because of their proven durability in harsh conditions. Planar's TFEL displays always outperformed for our ultrasonic rail-flaw detector when tested against other LCD displays under cold weather conditions. The EL displays are enabling us to expand our business to more regions in China and additional international markets," said Mr LiMing Zhang, CEO and chairman of the board of Xingtai Xianfeng.
Planar's EL320.240.36HB display-fitted rail-flaw detectors boast excellent potential in other geographic regions worldwide, as well. With Planar's TFEL display-fitted devices offering a lower cost of ownership, easy operation and maintenance, and superior accuracy and reliability when compared to LCD displays, they represent ideal display solutions for geographic markets with extensive rail infrastructure, such as India, which has a railway network stretching for nearly 40,000 miles, and Vietnam, which has recently embarked on a $56 billion railway modernisation project.
"As railways become more extensive and countries increasingly rely on them, the trend will be to use ultrasonic railway detectors and Planar's proven EL technology is uniquely suited for these railway monitor devices," said Doug Barnes, general manager and vice president at Planar Systems. "New demand continues to emerge for test and measurement, communication and petro-chemical equipment that can reliably perform in severe temperature conditions and offer multi-person, off-axis viewing in rugged, industrial environments. Planar's TFEL design win in China demonstrates how this display technology and expertise can enhance user experience and increase our customers' competitive advantage."
With its lifecycle guarantee and the industry's leading warranty package, Planar allows its customers, such as Xingtai Xianfeng, to integrate Planar knowing that its high-performance displays perform every time without compromise.
Additional information about Planar's TFEL technology and a 14-page electroluminescent design guide summary is available for download at www.planarembedded.com.
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In the following video, Professor Hayagreeva Rao from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, delivers the message that killing ideas is way more important that collecting ideas.
Now, there's the right way to do it and the wrong way to do it.
In most companies, the decision of promoting or killing ideas is left in the hands of a small committee referred as the "Murder Board" by Professor Rao. According to Professor Rao, the murder board 's decisions may come across as arbitrary and in the worst cases subject those proposing the ideas to ridicule, humiliation and rejection, thereby killing their initiative. As a result, people watching those actions will become reluctant to suggest ideas in the future. The end result is that the smart people who were hired by those same companies become "dumb" or rather mute/silent.
To me the most interesting idea brought up by the video is the case-study of the company Rite Solutions. Their brilliant idea is to organize all the company's idea into a "Stock Market for Collective Genius" that they call: Mutual Fun (no "d").
Others can buy stocks, offer suggestions, and volunteer time.
Low-quality ideas don't find "prophets" or are quickly eliminated for lack of support. However, since those ideas have been viewed by many employees, they may become the material for new ideas which might get more traction.
Anybody can suggest ideas and Professor Rao recalls that the receptionist of the company for example had 2 ideas in the Mutual Fun.
Rite Solutions developed some pretty sophisticated tools to show the "stocks" and stock activity in the Mutual Fun with charts, news stories, levels of funding, etc… to help stock owners to manage their stock portfolio.
So, instead of solely relying on the opinion of a few individual (the murder board), Rise Solutions was able to tap into the wisdom of the company as a whole by looking at the ideas that rise to the top of the Mutual Fun market. Those ideas then get fully funded with real money (called "adventure capital", cute) to implement the ideas contained in those stocks.
I wish such a tool existed as Open Source for other companies like mine to use.


The post-DVD optical disk market is stuck, like a compass needle, between two poles, and it can't work out which is the right way ahead.
This is going to be a real nuisance to optical disk archivers who currently use DVD for storing CCTV surveillance images, health records and other things for customers that can't afford a more up-market optical archive such as Plasmon's UDO.
What do these suppliers do? Do they jump on HD-DVD because its cheaper than Blu-ray and could match Blu-ray's capacity? Do they plump for Blu-ray because it has films from Sony Pictures and games from PlayStation 3 heading for it?
Or do they go for combo players that read and write both Blu-ray and HD-DVD? That puts up cost again even as it it removes dependency on one format or the other.
The ability of Japanese media format developers not to agree rivals that of Muslim religious factions. Last time VHS won out over Betamax. This time we're waiting .... we're waiting .... we're waiting for the winning format to emerge.
Meanwhile a supplier like Plasmon could bring out a cost-reduced UDO system and target the post-DVD optical archiving market. Let UDO 2 come out and then cost-reduce UDO 1 and give the format a new lease of life in the low-end of the archive market. These customers won't buy UDO 2 products; they are too expensive, too 'enterprise'.
It would be similar to half-height LTO drives which have successfully pro-longed the life of LTO 1 and 2 and helped LTO become the dominant tape format.
There is no other optical storage supplier that could do this. Holographic optical storage is just starting out and cannot entertain the idea. Plasmon could. I wonder if the thinking caps in Cambridge are looking at the Blu-ray/HD-DVD impasse and thinking about possibilities.
I do hope so, because the world and its brother are simply fed up with the idiot antics of the optical disk format developers and suppliers from the land of the rising, but now alas, stuck fast, sun.
Through a glass clearly Where is Plasmon going?


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Or to those who dare to go beyond….
OSDD is launching an e-learning initiative seeking to impart instruction in subject areas relating to drug discovery.
The story of Ekalavya in the Indian epic Mahabharatha depicts the urge of a village student not having access to brilliant teachers to seek knowledge, a determination to seek knowledge that was out of bounds to his peculiar situation, the ability to learn without the physical presence of the master, and to excel at the art. Though with a tragic end, it has been inspiring example for all those who followed the path of learning through their own difficulties.
The internet is regarded as the next biggest leap in knowledge dissemination after the invention of the printing press. If the printing press released knowledge from confines of monasteries and libraries, internet released us from the confines of physical space, from the confines of printed word, and opened up windows to the world in our homes. It is an unprecedented opportunity particularly to those in developing world to access knowledge that has so far been the privilege of few.
OSDD is driven by the fact that the current market oriented drug discovery models fail to find solutions to problems affecting large number of patients, particularly those afflicted by diseases endemic to the tropical regions. Those who hold the power over the knowledge that could lead to find solution to these problems, fail to do so, as it is not profitable to their enterprises. A patient whether of tropical disease or otherwise should have the access to latest drugs. We refuse to accept a worldview which result in a situation where all lives do not have equal value. Rather than be passive spectators of the problem, OSDD endeavor is to find a solution to reach the unreached.
Drug Discovery has been a hallowed science, often revered only in the confines of pharmaceutical research and development centers. In the conventional drug discovery model, the job of the academic world has been to train scientists, who will then work with the industry. Most drugs developed in the 20th century were developed in this model and we owe to the pharmaceutical industry for their contribution to improving life expectancy around the world. In the recent years, as the new drug pipelines are drying up there is a general feeling that low hanging fruits are plucked. There is increasing awareness of the complexity of the task associated with drug discovery and the academia has risen to face this challenge and a large number of early stage discoveries are taking place in research laboratories of universities, which are then licensed to pharmaceutical enterprises. This points to the need and possibilities of fostering collaborations in drug discovery and the opportunities that lie in tapping the potential of student minds in solving problems. OSDD endeavors to bring drug discovery to the open, where researchers, scientists, academicians and industry can collaboratively endeavor to solve complex problems.
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While bioinformatics has been widely accepted and practiced in the academic community, with strong presence of both open and proprietary software adding value, informatics has been rather slow to take root in the discipline of chemistry. Therefore we see fewer student/researcher activity in cheminformatics, the impact is directly seen in the lesser number of open source software and tools. The OSDD community developed tools reflects our commitment to fill this gap, and this endeavor will continue.
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What gives us confidence to launch this e-learning initiative is the large academic and scientific community, already involved in OSDD. Some of them have already been using e-learning as effective tool to train researchers in OSDD activities. They will provide lectures on various topics to the benefit of all, even those who are not even members of OSDD. This will include some well known teachers, from reputed universities, who will provide their lessons over this e-learning platform, to reach to those who are not lucky enough to be in their classrooms.
We would urge the student community to make the best of this opportunity. The power of the web is unleashing an unprecedented openness in science. Today the students, particularly in the developing world, have more opportunities for learning than the generation before them.It is for them to make full use of these opportunities.
The following lines of Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem Ulysses has special meaning to those who would not like to rest on what they have got in life. Ulysses, who after winning his battles and epic voyage returned to his Kingdom, but decided to abdicate his thrown in favor of his son Telemachus and start a new journey. The poem Ulysses is his farewell speech.
OSDD is for those who seek to go beyond the ordinary!


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Do votes matter? Voting weights and the success probability of member state requests in the Council of the European Union
Andreas Warntjen*
The impact of votes on Council decision-making is a widely studied subject. A large body of theory supports the contention that more votes, ceteris paribus, translate into more influence. Empirical studies have, however, shown a negative relationship between the voting power of a member state and its bargaining success. Based on a new data set, this study shows empirically that there is a robust positive relationship between the number of votes backing a member state request to change European legislation and its success probability. The analysis is based on all unique member state requests for exemptions, lower standards or longer transitional time periods in the field of environmental policy between the first wave of Eastern Enlargement in 2004 and the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty in 2009 (N = 216). It also shows that member state requests are often successful, contrary to the image of an unresponsive Brussels.
Journal of European integration = Revue d'intégration Européenne
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Warntjen, A. (2017). Do votes matter? Voting weights and the success probability of member state requests in the Council of the European Union. Journal of European integration = Revue d'intégration Européenne, 39(6), 673-687. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2017.1332057
Warntjen, Andreas. / Do votes matter? Voting weights and the success probability of member state requests in the Council of the European Union. In: Journal of European integration = Revue d'intégration Européenne. 2017 ; Vol. 39, No. 6. pp. 673-687.
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