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A good friend always offers a shoulder to cry on, and a recent study offers even more insight as to why the canine has always been known as man's best friend. A study conducted by researchers at the University of London found that dogs will respond to almost any person who is expressing intense emotion - whether it is their owner or not, UPI reports.
The researchers developed a procedure to examine whether domestic dogs did, in fact, respond to emotions in humans as much as many people think they can. In the study, published in the journal Animal Cognition, 18 pet dogs ranging in age and breed were exposed to four 20-second displays of human emotion - crying, humming strangely and talking casually.
The majority of dogs looked at, approached and touched humans who were crying. The dogs showed more interest in these individuals than those who hummed in a strange manner or carried out casual conversation, the news outlet reports.
What was perhaps most interesting was that the dogs responded to every human's emotions, not just their owners', according to one researcher, Jennifer Mayer. She noted that this suggests dogs selflessly care for humans.
"If the dogs' approaches during the crying condition were motivated by self-oriented comfort-seeking, they would be more likely to approach their usual source of comfort, their owner, rather than the stranger," Mayer said. "No such preference was found. The dogs approached whoever was crying regardless of their identity. Thus they were responding to the person's emotion, not their own needs, which is suggestive of empathic-like comfort-offering behavior."
Indeed, this comfort-offering characteristic of dogs is a common reason why people get a canine companion and care so deeply for it. If you are considering adding a dog to your family, VCA Animal Hospitals recommends heading to your local shelter or rescue league instead of breeding dogs. Adopting a dog reduces the number of dogs that are euthanized in shelters each year, which is currently an estimated 5 to 10 million.


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UMass Offense Comes Alive on Sacred Heart
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AMHERST, Mass. - Led by seven points from Katie Ferris and three goals froms Melissa Carelli, the UMass women's lacrosse team picked up its fifth straight win 21-7 on Saturday against Sacred Heart at McGuirk Stadium. The Minutewomen took a 13-2 lead into halftime before scoring six consecutive goals to start the second half in the win.
The win keeps UMass undefeated at 5-0 this season, while the Pioneers fall to 1-2 overall. The Minutewomen will return to action next Saturday with its first road game of the year at Vermont.
Ferris continued her torrid start to the season with four goals and three assists in the season giving her 32 points for the season - nearly the halfway point of her point total last season as a freshman (72 points).
Along with her career-high three goals, Carelli also added an assist. Dayna Defliese and Lauren Terracciano each added a pair of goals and a pair of assists, while Kelsey McGovern and Sam Rush both scored two goals. In all, 12 different players scored goals for the Minutewomen.
Kate Kmiotek and Taylor Babin led the Pioneers with two goals each. Katilin Rochler, Katie Gerhard and Emily Pepe (two asssits) also scored goals in the loss.
The Minutewomen held a commanding shot advantage 36-to-17 including a 23-to-6 edge in the first half. UMass also held a 20-to-9 advantage in draw controls thanks in part to seven from Nina Sarcona.
UMass took a 3-0 lead in the first 7:18 of the contest before Kmiotek put the Pioneers on the board just over three minutes later. From there, the Minutewomen scored seven straight over an 11 minute span. Defliese's goal from a Terracciano feed put UMass up 10-1 with 7:31 left in the first half.After taking a 13-2 lead into halftime, the Minutewomen started the second half scoring seven consecutive goals as Carelli tallied her third of the day at the 19:52 mark to put UMass up 20-2.
Sacred Heart scored five of the next six goals in the game. Babin and Kmiotek netted their second goals of the day in the final 63 seconds of play to give the final 21-7 score.
Katie Ferris picked up her fifth win of the season playing the first 19 minutes, 26 seconds of the game making one save. Rachel Vallarelli played just under 21 minutes spanning the first and second halves with one save, while Jamie Schiloskifinished the final 20 minutes making three saves.
Kelly Keenan took the loss for Sacred Heart making eight saves while allowing 14 goals. Megan Pepe made one save while allowing seven goals in just over 10 minutes of action.
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Research Analyst (Oakland) - Applications Accepted on an Ongoing Basis
Position Summary
At the Global Footprint Network, we are always interested in qualified candidates to join our outstanding Research Team. Currently, there are no staff openings in the Research Department, however, we welcome applications for future consideration.
Global Footprint Network promotes a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a tool that makes sustainability measurable. Together with our partners, we coordinate research, develop methodological standards, and provide decision makers with robust resource accounts to help the human economy operate within the Earth's ecological limits.
The typical entry level position is a Research Analyst, who supports the maintenance and continuous improvement of the National Footprint Accounts. These accounts serve as the basis of our Ecological Footprint analyses worldwide. The Research Analyst will learn to apply the accounts in projects with governments, businesses and other organizations. In time, s/he will have opportunities to present on the Ecological Footprint method to clients and scientific communities, as well as on the outcome of specific research projects.
Some seasoned candidates may join the team as a Research Scientist, however, these general qualifications would also apply.
The Research Analyst will be based in Oakland and work closely with members of the National Footprint Accounts team, project managers, and others working to help maintain and improve the accounts and to apply the Ecological Footprint. Application activities will require retrieving and analyzing data, generating graphs, contributing to and writing of reports and papers, some of which may be submitted for publication in scientific journals. Additionally, the Research Analyst will work closely with Global Footprint Network's team members in Europe assisting them on Footprint applications through data, graphs and maps generation as well as report writing.
The Research Analyst will report to the Director of the Research Department.
Performance Profile
National Accounts (approximately 50%)
- Reviewing specific areas of scientific research, and incorporating findings into National Footprint Accounts calculation to improve the accuracy and relevance of the metric.
- Collaborating with research partners such as government agencies, academic institutions, and NGOs to validate and improve the data in the accounts and the calculation methodology, and to develop needed scientific information not otherwise available.
- Contributing to programming of the National Footprint Accounts, and to supporting and applying quality assurance procedures.
Applications (approximately 50%)
- Developing and refining approaches for applying the Ecological Footprint in a wide variety of contexts.
- Contributing to projects focusing on application of the Ecological Footprint by generating graphs and maps, retrieving data and by analyzing trends.
- Contributing to and writing of reports and other documentation that serve as project deliverables.
- Providing summaries and interpretations of Footprint data for Global Footprint Network internal use, as well as for clients, partners, and the general public.
- Collaborating with the Global Footprint Network team members in Europe.
- Supporting the communications department in its use of Footprint concepts and data.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:
- Master's degree or a Bachelor's degree with at least one year of research experience in a relevant field, such as environmental science, environmental or natural resource management, statistics or ecological economics.
- Ability to analyze and manipulate large data sets in Excel and MySQL. Proficiency in Excel VBA and/or MATLAB is desirable. Additionally, C#, GAMS, Python (GIS), Statistics (R and STATA) or CGE modeling experience would be useful.
- Interest in global resource issues and sustainability practice.
- Excitement about being part of a small but growing organization whose influence on global movement toward sustainability is rapidly expanding.
- Ability to work well in a highly interactive team environment and across different time zones.
- Well-organized, self-motivated, and able to meet project deadlines.
- Skilled in both technical writing and oral communications.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures.
- Experience with assessments in fisheries, grazing or livestock a plus.
- Fluency in European languages other than English a plus.
- Working knowledge of LCA and I/O methodologies a plus.
Personal Attributes
The following personal attributes are desired in all Global Footprint Network employees:
- A deep commitment to ecological sustainability
- Ability to communicate Global Footprint Network's mission and impact
- An international mindset and cultural sensitivity, with a diplomatic and respectful demeanor
- A collaborative and solution-oriented approach to solving problems and capitalizing on opportunities
- Proven ability to motivate and inspire colleagues by being an effective team player and leader
- Curiosity, integrity, honesty and a sense of humor
This position is based in Oakland, CA (USA) and requires interactions with Global Footprint Network's team members in Geneva (Switzerland). Occasional travel may be undertaken to attend meetings, conferences, events, and for project scoping and development.
Salary And Benefits
Global Footprint Network offers a benefits package and competitive salary that is commensurate with experience. Health insurance, 403(b) and other benefits are provided. This is a full-time position located at Global Footprint Network's offices in Oakland, CA. Our collegial, open-plan office is located two blocks from Jack London Square with good transit access. Our communal lunches are light-hearted and often delicious.
Please send your resume, a cover letter explaining how this position would fit into your career goals, and your salary requirements to firstname.lastname@example.com; subject line MUST include the term "Research Analyst." Global Footprint Network is committed to diversity in the workplace.
Global Footprint Network is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to diversity in the workplace. For more information about Global Footprint Network and the Ecological Footprint visit: www.footprintnetwork.org.


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Sweden boasts a deeply rooted tradition of high quality horse management and breeding and strict regulations regarding animal welfare. It's a formula for healthy, happy horses and horse-mad Swedes.
Nature's Best arrangement Fjällhästen in Lapland
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Sweden is vast. And long. 1,600 kilometres long to be precise. And it's high drama. Ride under the midnight sun in the Arctic Circle summertime, mountain trekking in deep virgin forests in central Sweden, or get lost in the forests of the south (metaphorically that is, we don't like losing horses – or tourists, obviously – to nature. Though we reckon the horse would have a better chance of making it). And beach lovers can canter along sandy beaches of Sweden's south.
Sweden has two indigenous horse breeds: the North Swedish Horse and the Gotland Pony. The North Swedish Horse? Brilliant, even–tempered and terrain-adaptable horse. Good for hacks. The Gotland Pony? Versatile fast trotters but child friendly living monuments from the forest-covered moors of Gotland. The hardy, docile and enthusiastic Icelandic horse is also very popular in Sweden. If you prefer not to have the reins in your hands, do a carriage ride with two Swedish Half-breds and a carriage.
Wilderness-adventure riding is the way to go in Sweden. Try a working holiday with horses, medieval riding experiences, Scandinavian Knight style (yes, we are serious), hunting on horses, and reindeer rounding-up with the indigenous Sámi people of Swedish Lapland.
Prefer to just watch? Horse show fans flock to the Swedish hosted international horse shows: Gothenburg Horse Show in Scandinavium, Gothenburg and the Sweden Horse Show in the Friends Arena, Stockholm, and the Falsterbo Horse Show in Falsterbo, Skåne.
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Come work for the Sierra Club... the time to make a difference is now!
Employees of the Sierra Club live our motto of exploring, enjoying, and protecting the planet. The work is meaningful and the people are great. Whether you work in our Oakland, CA headquarters or are based in one of our nationwide Field, Chapter or legislative offices, your contributions will help us to achieve our mission.
Please note that the Sierra Club only accepts resumes submitted for positions that are currently open. Unsolicited resumes, or resumes for posted positions that are not submitted via the on-line application process (where available), will not be reviewed or retained.
Enjoy our Benefits
The Sierra Club offers a full array of benefits to our employees. Our health and welfare plans include medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, free Sierra Club membership, discounts on Sierra Club outings and books and long term disability insurance. We offer a 401(k) Plan to save for retirement and we have generous holiday and vacation policies. For more details about our benefits, see our benefits brochure.
Diversity at the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club values diversity in our staff. We believe:
- Diversity is a conservation necessity and a social imperative that will enable the Sierra Club to continue as a leader of the environmental movement.
- Like a healthy ecosystem, our differences strengthen us in our efforts to preserve and protect the natural and human environment.
- Diversity fosters greater involvement of all persons and organizations that share our vision for a healthy planet.
Our vision is for the staff, volunteer leaders, members, and supporters of the Sierra Club to reflect the communities of our nation. Find out more about diversity at the Sierra Club.
Employment at the Sierra Club is based upon qualifications and competency. The Sierra Club does not discriminate against anyone in treatment, hiring, training, assignment, compensation, promotional opportunities, employee benefits, recall from layoff, discharge and discipline, or any other term and condition of employment on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, parental status, veteran's status, union activity, political affiliation, physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other basis prohibited by law.


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Are they estranged? And did anybody read McCartney's book on his brother with the photographs about 2o years ago. It was a great book. I hear they are estranged and it's too bad.
Paul experience the pain of seeing his father re-marry to a much younger woman in 1964 and it really pissed him off. Funny, how the worm turns??? Paul was so mad at the woman for selling his birth certificate he tried to throw her out of his father's house in Chesire.


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Get an overview of this hotelIdeal for business trips, the hotel is located near the Colosseum.
In city center
Hotel Colosseum is located in the center of monumental Rome, immediately near Colosseum, Santa Maria Maggiore and Domus Aurea.
Panoramic terrace
L 'Hotel Colosseum offers a bar / lounge, Wi-Fi Internet access charges, tourist information, panoramic terrace, buffet breakfast and parking nearby.
L 'Hotel Colosseum has 50 rooms with all facilities: air conditioning, private bathroom with shower or bathtub, satellite television, safe and Wi-Fi coverage on payment.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hotel Colosseum
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Hotel Colosseum is located in the center of Ancient Rome in a quiet street, between the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore and the Colosseum, near to the Termini and the Domus Aurea. The hotel is located in one of the highest points of the Esquilino Hill and thanks to its pleasant terrace, offers its customers a unique opportunity to enjoy a 360° panoramic view over Rome and surrounding areas. At the reception you have any information about moving around the city and information on guided tours. The rooms and common areas are covered with free WiFi. There are 2 meeting rooms available. The Hotel offers its guests the possibility of parking their car in a garage 20 meters from the hotel, for a surcharge. Airport transportation - pickup is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Airport transportation
- Computer station
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Number of floors - 8
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Television in common areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1971
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Daily housekeeping
- Shower/tub combination
Where to Eat
A rich continental breakfast buffet is served every morning in the breakfast room from 7.30 a.m. until 9.30 a.m.
Nearby Things to Do
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 4 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
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- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 70 per vehicle (one-way)
- Self parking fee: EUR 25.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Colosseum Hotel
- Hotel Colosseum
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Note: Other models of Jardine Drop-Side Cribs were recalled subsequently.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Jardine drop-side cribs
Units: About 130,000
Manufacturer: Jardine Enterprise Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan
Importer: Toys "R" Us, of Wayne, N.J.
Hazard: The cribs' drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an infant or toddler can roll and become wedged or entrapped, which can lead to strangulation or suffocation. A child can also fall out of the crib. Drop-side incidents can also occur due to incorrect assembly and with age-related wear and tear.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Jardine have received 47 reports of drop sides that detached or malfunctioned. In one of these incidents, a child was found unconscious after becoming entrapped and was hospitalized. Nine other reports involving entrapments or fallouts resulted in scratches and bruises, including one child who sustained a broken collarbone.
Description: All Jardine drop-side cribs have been recalled. The model number and date code can be found on the labels attached to one of the end panels.
Sold at: Babies "R" Us, Toys "R" Us, Geoffrey Stores and KidsWorld nationwide from January 2002 through June 2009 for between $150 and $480.
Manufactured in: China and Vietnam
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs and contact Jardine to receive a free repair kit that will immobilize the drop side. In the meantime, find an alternate, safe sleep environment for the child, such as a bassinet, play yard or toddler bed depending on your child's age.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Jardine at (800) 295-1980 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.jdservice.biz
Note: More information about the special industry program to provide free immobilization kits.
Important Message from CPSC: CPSC reminds parents not to use any crib with missing, broken, or loose parts. Make sure to tighten hardware from time to time to keep the crib sturdy. When using a drop-side crib, parents should check to make sure the drop side or any other moving part operates smoothly. Always check all sides and corners of the crib for disengagement. Disengagements can create a gap and entrap a child. In addition, do not try to repair any side of the crib. Babies have died in cribs where repairs were attempted by caregivers. Age is factor in the safety of any crib. At a minimum, CPSC staff recommends that you not use a crib that is older than 10 years. Many older cribs may not meet current voluntary standards and can have numerous safety problems.
Visit CPSC's Crib Information Center for more information on Crib Safety and Recalls.
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thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
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mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household
chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
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JB you need to put an asterisk on the former choice though b/c LeBron has no desire to be a historical afterthought or considered one of the pieces on a championship team. LeBron wants to be the man that brings home that bacon, sure he needs some help (all greats do) but he wants it to be on his shoulders. If he were to team up with Wade and Bosh there is no way history looks back on that championship (guarantee they'd get one) as LeBron's, it would be theirs.
Not I sir.
I think if LeBron James had the option of driving and dishing to Wade rather than actually taking the last shot, he'd be the happiest man on the planet. I really think dude would prefer to defer.
Also Reghi actually made a great point today in all the talk about Shaw ... concerned a Shaw hire turns LeBron off b/c ... LeBron needs an HC that was a former player etc...
To the blackboard and you must write "Reg never makes any good points" 500 times after school.
http://www.lakersuniverse.com/playerspr ... n_shaw.htm


text: The homes of both Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge were recently broken into. Now both actresses are turning to the internet to help bring those who are responsible to justice. First, Patridge posted a surveillance video from her home security system onto her website for others to view. Then the LAPD went ahead and posted the surveillance video from Lohan's house on Youtube in hopes that someone would recognize the perpetrators. With both of these videos on the internet, police were able to compare the two and as a result there are now suspicions that the burglaries may be related. The police believe that the people shown in Lohan's security video and those shown in Patridge's video are one and the same. Aside from possibly having the same suspects the two cases share other similarities. …Read More →


text: ECMO for providers Referring a patient to ECMO Infants, children, teens and adults suffering from severe cardio-pulmonary failure and other life-threatening conditions may require the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO is a sophisticated procedure, similar to the heart-lung bypass machine used in cardiac surgery, which takes over the oxygenation and heart function in patients with serious lung disease, cardiac disease, or trauma. For consultation or referral, Legacy One Call Consult & Transfer: 1-800-500-9111 Go here for our referral criteria for adults We accept questions and referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We are happy to receive consultations or to arrange transfer from centers in Oregon, Washington and the surrounding regions. A standard of care with solid results At the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center we utilize ECMO when indicated as a routine aspect of our protocolized approach to ARDS when other means of oxygenation and/or ventilation are insufficient or less safe. ECMO has become increasingly safe and efficient and is emerging as a standard of care for patients with refractory hypoxemic ARDS. Outcomes are significantly improved with both adult ARDS and H1N1 pneumonia if patients are cared for in an ECMO center. We also use ECMO to support circulation as appropriate for profound shock (septic and cardiogenic), hypothermia or in the extremes of resuscitation. In the years 2013-2014 our survival-to-discharge rate for adults with respiratory failure has been greater than 81 percent. These patients were profoundly hypoxic, with an average PF ratio of 55 on maximal ventilator support. The international norm for a similar cohort of patients is 59 percent. For patients with H1N1 pneumonia, our current survival to discharge rate is 77 percent. Both of these rates of success reflect our experience and program evolution as a regional referral center. For more, see ECMO: our history, references. To learn more about our experience and results in treating H1N1 patients, go here. The survival rate for children treated with ECMO at Randall Children's Hospital has been 75 percent and the VDR ventilator is used to prevent young patients from requiring ECMO and to assist with their recovery on ECMO. Transport capabilities To speed your patients' safe access to potentially lifesaving therapy, we provide the only dedicated and immediately available ECMO transport team in the Pacific Northwest for adults and adolescents. This mobile critical-care team consists of two attending surgeons, a perfusionist, a respiratory therapist, an OR nurse and a trauma resuscitation/ICU nurse. More than 90 percent of our ECMO patients are referred from outside Legacy Emanuel, and almost 70 percent of them have required that ECMO be initiated at the referral center to ensure safe transport, underscoring our team's depth of experience. From 2009–2013 we transported 62 adult patients, all on ECMO. Among the places from which we transported patients: Albany, Newberg, Roseburg, Corvallis and Bend in Oregon; Tacoma and Federal Way, Washington; and Anchorage, Alaska Recognized for excellence Legacy Emanuel Medical Center and Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, a regional leader in ECMO for decades, has a focused program for each age group, from newborn to children and teens to adults. We have the most experience using the therapy of any medical center in the regions and the capability to treat and care for six patients on ECMO simultaneously. Legacy's ECMO program has earned the ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) Award for Excellence in Life Support. This award signifies that our program has been recognized as a "distinguished leader in critical care" and provides high-quality, state-of-the-art care. The ELSO Award of Excellence is recognized by US News and World Report and Parents magazines as a criterion for top institutions. According to ELSO, our program "demonstrated extraordinary achievement" in patient care, training, collaboration, education and communication. A designated Center of Excellence has demonstrated extraordinary achievement in: Promoting the mission, activities, and vision of ELSO Patient care by using the highest quality measures, processes, and structures based upon evidence Training, education, collaboration and communication supporting ELSO guidelines that contributes to a healing environment for families, patients and staff. The ELSO Award signifies to patients and families a commitment to exceptional patient care. It also demonstrates to the health care community an assurance of high quality standards, specialized equipment and supplies, defined patient protocols, and advanced education of all staff members. Information for patients Patients can read about our ECMO services here; for pediatric ECMO, patients and families can find more information is here. Expert consultation If you are treating an infant, child or adult suffering from severe cardio-respiratory failure who is not responding to standard medical treatment, the experts at Legacy Emanuel and Randall Children's Hospital provide collaborative, consultative advice. Our experience with hundreds of ECMO cases shows that early dialogue is crucial to optimal patient survival and outcomes. Survival of the potential ECMO patient is correlated to appropriate and safe transfer of the patient before the patient actually meets the clinical criteria for ECMO therapy –– we encourage you to call. More patients with severe lung failure (ARDS) survive ECMO if it is started before they have been on the ventilator (breathing machine) for more than a few days. It is important to call us early. We are dedicated to be available to help these profoundly ill patients, their families and our community by providing this care at the highest possible standards. Therapy for serious conditions Our program helps patients with these conditions: Neonates • Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) • Pneumonia • Sepsis • Respiratory failure • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia • Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) • Congenital heart disease For infants/children/teens/ • Near drowning • Pneumonia • Sepsis • Congenital heart disease • Respiratory failure • Shock • Traumatic injury • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) • Acidosis • Hypoxia • Hypothermia For adults • Near drowning • Pneumonia • Sepsis • Congenital heart disease • Respiratory failure • Shock • Traumatic injury • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) • Acidosis • Hypoxia • Hypothermia • Bridge to transplant In addition to ECMO, we offer a full spectrum of related therapies. These include advanced ventilator management, kidney support therapy, plasmaphoresis, sophisticated monitoring, imaging and cardiac assist devices. All of these services are under the direction of specially trained, experienced and board-certified neonatal, pediatric and medical and surgical care specialists. In addition, the PICU at Randall Children's Hospital uses volumeric diffusive respiration (VDR) systems to keep some patients with lung problems from needing ECMO. Rooms in Randall Children's Hospital in the NICU and PICU are large enough to have room for the ECMO equipment. For adults, a new critical care unit has been designed for state-of-the art care in a family-oriented setting. Family and friends are welcome to participate while at the bedside of their loved one. Specialized, dedicated team –– around the clock Our program features a range of specialists to provide minute-to-minute bedside support for the complex technology. • ECMO-trained neonatologists and pediatric intensivists are available around the clock in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). • Specially trained ECMO physicians work with pediatric surgeons, cardio-thoracic surgeons, trauma surgeons, cardiologists, and renal and pulmonary specialists to care for ECMO patients. • The ECMO nurse specialist operates the ECMO machine, making adjustments. An additional nurse monitors vital signs and other aspects of patient care. • We have a full team of specialists, perfusionists, therapists and more ELSO database registry ELSO maintains an international registry of information about ECMO patients. 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Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Polikar's (Ph.D. 2000, Iowa State University) current research interests include signal processing, pattern recognition, neural systems, machine learning and computational models of learning, with applications to biomedical engineering and imaging, chemical sensing and nondestructive evaluation. He received his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1995 and the B.S. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1993. Dr. Polikar teaches upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in wavelet theory, signal processing, machine learning and pattern recognition, bioinformatics, neural networks and biomedical systems and devices. He is a senior member of IEEE, and member of ASEE, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu. He is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Executive Summary / Highlights of Academic Resume
Funded Research: Fundamental / theoretical research actively supported by Adaptive Intelligence Systems program within NSF, including a CAREER award on "Ensemble Systems for Incremental Learning". Large scale applied research supported by government agencies as well as industrial partners.
Publication Record Over 160 all-peer reviewed publications: 38 in journals; 6 in book / encyclopedia chapters, 18 in edited volumes; 100 (also peer reviewed and published) conference proceedings.
Citation Record: Over 5300 total citations, H-index of 29.
Student Involvement: 50 students appearing 130+ times (70+ graduate, 60+ undergraduate) as authors or co-authors in 70+ papers since 2002, with five students receiving best paper awards.
Professional Activities: Associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems; Editorial Board member of Springer's Evolving Systems, chair/co-chair/program committee member in various conference organizations; chair and organizer for several special sessions and tutorials; regularly invited to join NSF review panels; reviewer for numerous journals; ABET program evaluator
Teaching: Eight new courses developed and taught; consistently high student evaluations (over 4.0/5.0) despite (student perceived) difficulty, high expectations, workload and challenging nature of the courses.
Service: Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering program, Steering committee chair for establishing a new Biomedical Engineering program at Rowan (including Rowan's first PhD program), ECE graduate coordinator, member of graduate executive council, member of senate and various senate committees.
Contact Information
Email: email@example.com
Phone: (856) 256-5372
Homepage: http://users.rowan.edu/~polikar/
Office: 214 Rowan Hall
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Recent Publications
- D.L. Green, L. Payne, R. Polikar, P.J. Moberg, D.A. Wolk, J. Kounios, P50: A candidate ERP biomarker of prodromal Alzheimer's disease, Brain Reserarch, vol. 1624, pp. 390-397, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2015.07.054
- Y.Y Leung, J. B. Toledo, A. Nefedov, R. Polikar, N. Raghavan, S. X. Xie, M. Farnum, T. Schultz, Y. Baek, V. V. Deerlin, W. T. Hu, D. M. Holtzman, A. M. Fagan, R. J. Perrin, M. Grossman, H. D. Soares, M. A. Kling, M. Mailman, S. E. Arnold, V. A. Narayan, V. M-Y. Lee, L. M. Shaw, D. Baker, G. M. Wittenberg, J. Q. Trojanowski and Li-San Wang, "Identifying amyloid pathology?related cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in a multicohort study," Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, accepted, 2015. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2015.06.008
- G. Ditzler, R. Polikar, and G. Rosen, "Multilayer and recursive neural networks for metagenomics classification," IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 14, no. 6, pp 608-606, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2015.2461219.
- G. Ditzler, M. Roveri, C. Alippi, and R. Polikar, "Adaptive models in uncertain environments," IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 12-25, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/MCI.2015.2471196.
- G. Ditzler, R. Polikar, and G. Rosen, "Bootstrap based Neyman-Pearson test for identifying variable importance," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol 26, no. 4, pp. 880-886, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2320415.
- Sarnelle J., Sanchez A., Capo R., Haas J. and Polikar R., "Quantifying the Limited and Gradual Con-cept Drift Assumption," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2015), accepted, Ireland, 2015.
- Ebinger B., Bouaynaya N., Shterenberg R., Polikar R., "Constrained State Estimation in Particle Fil-ters," Int. Conf. Acoustic Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2015), Brisbane, Australia, 2015 ?
- Ramachandran R., Dahm K.D., Nickel R., Kozick R., Chetty S.S., Hong L., Chin S.H., Polikar R., and Tang Y.; "Vertical integration of biometrics across the curriculum: case study of speaker, face and iris recognition," IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol 14., no. 3, pp. 55-69, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/MCAS.2014.2333622.
- Dyer K., Capo R., Polikar R., "COMPOSE: A Semi-Supervised Learning Framework for Initially La-beled Non-Stationary Streaming Data" IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Sys-tems, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 12-26, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2013.2277712
- Polikar R., and Alippi C., "Guest Editorial in Nonstationary and Evolving Environments," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 9-11, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2013.2283547.
- Ditzler G. and Polikar R., "Incremental Learning of Concept Drift from Streaming Imbalanced Data," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 25. No. 10, pp. 2283-2301, 2013. DOI: 10.1109/TKDE.2012.136
- Pourrezaei K., Barati Z., Shewokis, P.A., Izzetoglu M., Polikar R., Mychaskiw, G., "Hemodynamic response to repeated noxious cold pressor tests measured by functional near infrared spectroscopy on forehead," Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 223-237, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0642-0 2013.
- Capo R., Sanchez A., Polikar R., "Core Support Extraction for Learning from Initially Labelled Non-stationary Environments using COMPOSE," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2014), pp. 602-608, Beijing, China, July 2014. DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889917
- Khan J., Bouaynaya N., Polikar R., "Optimal Bayesian Classification in Nonstationary Streaming Environments," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2014), pp. 609-615, Beijing, China, Ju-ly 2014 DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889924
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Domain Adaptation Bounds for Multiple Expert Systems Under Concept Drift," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2014), pp. 595-601, Beijing, China, July 2014 - Winner of IJCNN 2014 Best student paper award. DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889909
- Ramachandran R., Dahm K.D., Kozick R.J., Nickel R.M., Shetty S., Polikar R., Tang Y., Chin S.H., "Active Analog Circuit Design: Laboratory Project and Assessment" 121st Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 2014.
- Capo R., Dyer K., Polikar R., "Active learning in nonstationary environments," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2013), Dallas, TX, August 2013.
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Incremental Learning of New Classes from Unbalanced Data," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2013), Dallas, TX, August 2013 ? accepted.
- Davis S., Frankle M., Ramachandran R.P., Dahm K., Polikar R., A freshman level module in biometric systems," IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), Beijing, May 2013.
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Discounted Expert Weighting for Concept Drift," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence ? Computational Intelligence in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments (SSCI / CIDUE 2013), Singapore, April 2013.
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Information theoretic feature selection for high dimensional meta-genomic data," IEEE Int. Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS 2012), pp. 143-146, Washington, D.C., December 2012.
- Dyer K., Polikar R., "Semi-Supervised Learning in Initially Labeled Non-Stationary Environments with Gradual Drift," World Congress in Computational Intelligence - Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2012), Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Transductive Learning Algorithms for Nonstationary Environments," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2012), Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- T.R. Hoens, R. Polikar, N. Chawla, "Learning from streaming data with concept drift and imbalance: an overview," Progress in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 89-101, 2012.
- Ditzler G., Rosen G., Polikar R., "Forensic identification with environmental samples," IEEE International Conference on Acoustic Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2012), Kyoto, Japan, March 2012 - accepted.
- Ramachandran R., Shetty S., Dahm K., Polikar R., "Open-Ended Design and Performance Evaluation of a Biometric Speaker Identification System," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits & Systems (ISCAS 2012), Seoul, Korea, May 2012.
- Hoens T., Polikar R., Chawla N. "Heuristic Updatable Weighted Random Subspaces for Nonstationary Environments" IEEE Int. Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2011), pp.241-250, Vancouver, BC, 2011.
- Elwell R. and Polikar R., "Incremental Learning of Concept Drift in Nonstationary Environments" IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1517-1531, October 2011.
- Garbarine E., DePasquale J., Gadia V., Polikar R., and Rosen G., "Information-theoretic approaches to SVM feature selection for metagenome read classification," Computational Biology and Chemistry, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 199-209, doi:10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2011.04.007, 2011.
- Staudinger T. and Polikar R., "Analysis of Complexity Based EEG Features for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease" IEEE Eng. In Medicine & Biology (EMBC 2011) Boston ? accepted 2011.
- Essinger S., Polikar R., Rosen G., "Ordering Samples along Environmental Gradients using Particle Swarm Optimization" IEEE Eng. In Medicine & Biology (EMBC 2011) Boston ? accepted 2011.
- Ditzler G., Polikar R., "Semi-supervised Learning in Nonstationary Environments," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2011), San Jose, CA, - accepted, August 2011.
- Ditzler G., Polikar R., "'Hellinger Distance Based Drift Detection for Nonstationary Environments," IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2011), Paris, France, April 2011.
- Rosen G., Caseiro D., Polikar R., Sokhansanj, and Essinger S., "Discovering the Unknown: Improving Detection of Novel Species and Genera from Short Reads," Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, vol. 2011, Article ID: 495849, doi:10.1155/2011/495849, 2011.
- Polikar R., DePasquale J., Syed Mohammed H., Brown G., Kuncheva L.I., " Learn++.MF: A random subspace approach for the missing feature problem," Pattern Recognition, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 3817-3832, 2010.
- Polikar R., Tilley C., Hillis B., Clark C.M., "Multimodal EEG, MRI and PET data fusion for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis," IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2010) , Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2010.
- Ditzler G., Chawla N., Polikar R. "An incremental learning algorithm for nonstationary environments and class imbalance," Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2010), pp. 2997-3000, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2010.
- Ditzler G. and Polikar R., "An incremental learning framework for concept drift and class imbalance," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2010), pp. 736-743 , Barcelona, Spain, July 2010.
- Essinger S., Polikar R., Rosen G., "Neural network-based taxonomic classification for metagenomics," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2010), pp. 2962 - 2968, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010.
- Ethridge J., Ditzler G., Polikar R., " Optimal nu-SVM parameter estimation using multi objective evolutionary algorithms," Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2010), pp. 3570-3577 , Barcelona, Spain, July 2010.
- Rosen G., Sokhansanj B., Polikar R., Bruns, M.A., Russell J., Garbarine E., Essinger S., and Yok, N., "Signal processing for metagenomics: extracting information from the soup," Current Genomics, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 493-510, 2009.
- Merzagora A.C., Butti M., Polikar R., Izzetoglu M., Bunce S., Cerutti S., Bianchi A.M., Onaral B., "Model comparison for automatic characterization and classification of average ERPs using visual oddball paradigm," Clinical Neurophysiology, vol.120, no. 2, pp. 264-274, 2009.
- Polikar, R., "Ensemble learning," Scholarpedia, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 2776, 2009.
- Muhlbaier M., Topalis A., Polikar R., "Learn++.NC: Combining Ensemble of Classifiers Combined with Dynamically Weighted Consult-and-Vote for Efficient Incremental Learning of New Classes," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 152 ? 168, 2009.
- Rosen G., Garbarine E., Caseiro D., Polikar R. and Sokhansanj B., "Metagenome fragment classification using N-mer frequency profiles," Advances in Bioinformatics, vol. 2008, pp.1-12, 2008.
- Cevikalp H. and Polikar R., "Local classifier weighting by quadratic programming," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1832 ? 1838, 2008.
- Polikar R., Topalis A., Green D., Kounios J., Clark C.M., Ensemble based data fusion for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Information Fusion, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 83-95, 2008.
- Polikar R., "Bootstrap inspired techniques in computational intelligence: ensemble of classifiers, incremental learning, data fusion and missing features, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, v. 24, no. 4, pp. 59-72, 2007.
- Parikh D. and Polikar R., "An Ensemble based incremental learning approach to data fusion, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 437-450, 2007.
- Polikar R., Topalis A., Green D., Kounios J., Clark C.M., Comparative multiresolution analysis and ensemble of classifiers approach for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, Computers in Biology and Medicine vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 542-558, 2007.
- Polikar R., "Ensemble based systems in decision making," IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, vol. 6, no.3, pp. 21-45, 2006.


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These riders are not only world class athletes; they also play a big part in our quest to develop ground breaking gear and optimal protection. They provide us with invaluable input. Safety and equipment plays an important role when riding on the highest level. The good results and global visibility of these athletes allows us to showcase a great group of young talents.
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If two monitors are not enough, six may help in both business productivity and… video gaming.
ATI, graphics business group of Advanced Micro Devices, is set to offer a graphics solution that will drive video games beyond high-definition. The ATI Eyefinity technology will support video output to up six monitors, which means resolution of games will increase from 2560x1600 today to up to 7680x4800 tomorrow. The technology, however, is not without obvious limitations and drawbacks and the main is computing power.
ATI Radeon HD 5800-series graphics cards – which are code-named Cypress, Hemlock and Juniper – will support output of video or 3D rendered images to three monitors. However, ATI has ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition graphics card in the plans, which will support output to six monitors using DisplayPort connectors. The card, which supports DirectX 11 application programming interface as well as rather promising performance, is set to be available sometimes in Q4 2009.
ATI Eyefinity technology is a combination both hardware and software innovations. In particular, the software handles combination of images onto three to six displays. ATI's Terry Macedon promised that multi-monitor solution should work without an issue, which seems to be correct as the company has multi-year experience in multi-monitor solutions for business computers.
ATI Eyefinity is not free of prblems, however. With six monitors the resolution increases (in case of premium "30 displays) by nine times, meanwhile, the computing performance of ATI Radeon 5870 is about 2.7 times of computing performance of existing Radeon HD 4870 hardware.
Obviously, the new HD 5870 model offers gorgeous performance in video games. ATI claims that actual performance increase from the current hardware should be rather massive/.However, with six times increase in resolution and "only" three times in computing processing, it is not clear whether ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition will have appropriate performance/
The question of money – which does, frankly, exist in our graphics card reviews in a quite a rare manner – is crucial here: gamers with funds will have to buy three to six displays as well as the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition graphics cards to enjoy them in the so-called eye definition/ While there is a market for ultra-premium graphics sub-system solutions, that market is quite small, at least, when it comes to gaming PCs.


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Wednesday 7th April, 7-9pm in the Action Room
Artist Facilities Working Group meets to welcome newcomers and to maintain and improve:
The Forest Music Rehearsal Studio (The Cave)
photographic Darkroom
Screenprinting Room
the Tools Workshop
Artists' Studios (in the Bristo Hall balconies).
This group buys new materials and equipment and repairs damage. It also looks after the Swap Library, and runs the Sound Team, who do all the sound teching for gigs.
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Let's face it ... the Browns realistic best case hopes for this season are to try and somehow navigate through this weak early season schedule, win some close games, get some luck ... and be at 7-4 heading into their final five games of the season against the Ravens and Steelers, with the roadie to Arizona in the middle.
To have any shot to do that, they gotta win this one, right? Dropping home games to Cincy and this dog Miami team in weeks 1 + 3 - no way they survive that and win 6 of their next 8. Plus the Inbred and Rats have layup games this week. We gotta keep pace and hope they sustain key injuries.
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November's Featured New Audiobooks
Click here for a complete list of our newest audiobooks!
Longbourn / Jo Baker (BOOKS ON CD) -- The servants at Longbourn estate, only glancingly mentioned in Jane Austen's classic, take center stage in Jo Baker's new novel. Here are the Bennets as we have never known them, seen through the eyes of those scrubbing the floors, cooking the meals, emptying the chamber pots. Our heroine is Sarah, an orphaned housemaid beginning to chafe against the boundaries of her class. When the militia marches into town, a new footman arrives under mysterious circumstances, and Sarah finds herself the object of the attentions of an ambitious young former slave working at neighboring Netherfield Hall, the carefully choreographed world downstairs at Longbourn threatens to be completely, perhaps irrevocably, up-ended. From the stern (but soft-hearted housekeeper) to the starry-eyed kitchen maid, these new characters come to life.
The Paris architect / Charles Belfoure (BOOKS ON CD) -- In Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien can't resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces. But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly and the immense suffering of Jews becomes incredibly personal, he can no longer deny reality.
Second watch / J.A. Jance (BOOKS ON CD) -- Getting old is hell. J. P. Beaumont is finally taking some time off to have knee-replacement surgery. But instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing and mind-blowing mysteries he's ever faced. A series of dreams takes him back to his early days on the force with the Seattle PD, and then even earlier, to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years. Are they just drug-induced hallucinations? Beaumont isn't so sure. When tugging on those threads from long ago leads to present-day murders, Beau's suspicions are confirmed. Some bodies from the second watch just won't stay buried.
Doctor sleep / Stephen King (BOOKS ON CD) -- Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless-- mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep.' Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival.
Gone / James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (BOOKS ON CD) -- A crime lord has declared war on America. Only Detective Michael Bennett knows why. Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and he has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him. Detective Bennett, along with his ten adopted children, their nanny, and his grandfather, are hidden safely on a rural California farm, with guards courtesy of the FBI's witness protection program. Perrine begins to embark on an escalating series of assassinations across the country, killings whose brazenness and audacity bring into question the possibility of safety and law in the US. The FBI has no choice but to ask Detective Bennett to risk it all in Perrine's war on America.
Forge of darkness / Steven Erikson (BOOKS ON CD/MP3) -- It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold... Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now he returns with the first novel in a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness. It is the epic story of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire.
The telling room : a tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / Michael Paterniti (BOOKS ON CD/641.373 P) -- In the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge of town, an ancient door leads to a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." Containing nothing but a wooden table and two benches, this is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets—usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a larger-than-life Spanish cheesemaker named Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. An unusual piece of cheese. Made from an old family recipe, Ambrosio's cheese was reputed to be among the finest in the world, and was said to hold mystical qualities. Eating it, some claimed, conjured long-lost memories. But then, Ambrosio said, things had gone horribly wrong... Equal parts mystery and memoir, travelogue and history, The Telling Room is an astonishing work of literary nonfiction by one of our most accomplished storytellers. A moving exploration of happiness, friendship, and betrayal, The Telling Room introduces us to Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras, an unforgettable real-life literary hero, while also holding a mirror up to the world, fully alive to the power of stories that define and sustain us.
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Runners tend to measure life in terms of distances.
An ordinary Tuesday is suddenly made significant when labeled "10-mile-Tuesday;" work must be less busy than usual if you were able to make it a "30-mile-week;" your spouse knows exactly how long you will be gone when leaving for a "3-mile tempo run."
As distance people ourselves, the Sunriver Marathon for a Cause team wants to call your attention to one more important distance: 16. This is the distance between Bend and the Sunriver Marathon for a Cause starting line.
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weak...I have to regenerate the scaffold and restore the _form.rhtml and `schools` controller from cp's...but up and validating. Why?
... a better way? ...
Ok, I figured it out.
This problem had nothing to do with the migration of the database.(that just threw me off)
If you are going to use a select method in your forms like
and you still want your models validations to work, the find() method for your selection must be available to all pieces (like create/update/new/edit) if there is a redirect due to the validate_whatever.
So in my little example the critical missing piece (*) was
def update /create
@School = School.find(params[:id])
*-> @schooltypes = Schooltype.find(:all, :order => "name")
if @school.update_attributes(params[:school])
flash[:notice] = 'School was successfully updated.'
redirect_to :action => 'show', :id => @school
render :action => 'edit'
...yes it is obvious...welcome to my world...uggh!
Last edited by amendoza (2006-12-18 17:54:23)
The problem was that the 'update' method didn't set the @schooltypes array. So when you went to do:
<%= select ('school', 'schooltype_id', @schooltypes) %>
The 'select' method started treating @schooltypes like an array - but it was actually nil.
The solution to this would be to add @schooltypes to your 'update' method in the controller.
thanks danger.
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Skip to comments.Deport me? If America won't change its crazy gun laws... I may deport myself says PIERS MORGAN
Posted on 12/29/2012 7:47:22 PM PST by Boiler Plate
Although I love the country as a second home and one that has treated me incredibly well, I would, as a concerned parent first and latterly, of a one-year-old daughter who may attend an American elementary school like Sandy Hook in three years time seriously consider deporting myself.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
"In conclusion, I can spare those Americans who want me deported a lot of effort by saying this: If you dont change your gun laws to at least try to stop this relentless tidal wave of murderous carnage, then you dont have to worry about deporting me."
Pierce, don't let the door hit ya...
don't let the door hit you in the ass, loser
Don't let the door hit you in the b..... Goodbye and thank you for increasing the collective IQ of the US by leaving.
Don't tease us Piers.
A good reason to not change gun laws.
Careful Piers, back home there's nobody to protect your kids from guns.
Because, only the bad guys have them.
Don't let the screen door hit you as you leave.
The 2nd commandment "alludes" to the right to bear arms?
Does he really think that it may not mean what it says?
Pip, Pip, and Cherrio. D.B. Twit.
The UK doesn't want the twit back...but that's too bad.
Australia has millions of drunken limeys and ridiculous gun control laws. What's one more poofter to them?
He has laughed it off until now. He must be a little concerned.
Not that he will be deported because 100,000 people signed a petition,
but because it draws bad PR to CNN. It makes CNN continue to look
like a joke, which it is.
Go back to where u were spawned Piers.
So leave already.
Just go.
(Until last week, I had never heard of Piers Morgan.)
Sorry to hear that, Pierce. I hear that Cumbria, Dunblane and Hungerford are nice places to settle down over there.
Piers, please go.
But like all the Hollyweird creeps before you, you'll never make good on your promise to leave.
What kind of a hoity-toity, raised pinky, metrosexual clown name is "Piers" anyway?
Buh-bye, liar.
A Briton is 5 times more likely to die from government
health care than an American is to die from a gunshot.
Basic errors killing 1000 NHS patients a month a study has revealed
The largest and most detailed survey into hospital deaths has revealed that almost 12,000 patients are needlessly dying every year as a result of poor patient care.
The researchers from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine based the study on 1,000 deaths at 10 NHS trusts during 2009. The study revealed that basic errors were made in more than one in 10 cases, leading to 5.2% of deaths, which was the equivalent of nearly 12,000 preventable deaths in hospitals in England every year.
The research published in the British Medical Journal's Quality and Safety publication found that errors occurred when hospital staff made an incorrect diagnosis, prescribed the wrong drugs, failed to monitor a patient's condition or react when a patient deteriorated. Errors in omission were more frequent than active mistakes.
I concur. It's just too bad there aren't enough people watching his show to pitch in for a plane ticket.
But seriously, and some point, CNN will have to address the issue of more folks signing a petition for him to leave the country than are watching his show.
"(Until last week, I had never heard of Piers Morgan.)"
I thought I was the only one.
"then you dont have to worry about deporting me.
Oh my gosh! He's going to hold his breath!
Buh bye now.
Emigrate to the Bermuda Triangle and take Chris Matthews and Bill Press with you...
who will take him tho? Most Brits don't want him back.
Maybe China? His way of thinking will fit right in there.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
England doesn't want him back. Truly a man without a country.
A quote from one of his countrymen is appropriate here:
"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go! - Oliver Cromwell
Spare us, drama queen. Flights leave daily and you can board one tomorrow.
All of these worthless marx-suckers threaten to leave but never do.
Tar and feather him and send him to Canadistan.
It is $632 on Aer Lingus with a mere 75 minute layover in Dublin.
Me three! After all this came up, I did see an article that identified him as one of the primary suspects, IIRC, in the British cell phone hacking scandal. But that's the only time I have seen his face. How did he get a job with CNN after hacking cell phones for Rupert Murdock?
Don't let the Constitution hit you on your ass on the way out!
The NORKs would love to have him.
I don't worry about officially deporting Piers.
I do wish he would leave.
As I understand it, the UK doesn't really want him back, so perhaps he can go elsewhere, perhaps Iran, Russia or Mexico, where he could really use put his brave "talent" to good use.
Push off, Wanker!
Push off, Wanker!
Better still. . .we need people to WATCH CNN, and note each and every commercial, company and product advertised.
And then write letters, PHYSICAL letters to the sponsors, telling them you REFUSE to buy not just the specific product advertised on CNN, but ANY of their products, as long as Piers Morgan is employed by CNN in any fashion.
A week or three of such a campaign, thousands of letters a week to sponsors, they WILL tell CNN to get rid of Morgan. . .
This is called the "Rakolta Technique". . .
He got an instant PhD from the Dan Rather school of Journalism.
BTW, I would think that the one thing libs like more than a truckload of dead babies is registering them to vote... :)
Maybe the twit can go back home, and Jeremy Clarkson can have another go at him.
You red coat poosy.
I could kick your ass or break your ulna with my bare hands. I wouldn't need a long distance cordlesss paper punches to do it.
You disgust me. you are vile and the more I think of it deranged and know undeniably evil.
You are a votimous mass of putrile effluence.
Please shove it up your a** sideways and howl at the moon.
You do no good to humanity by standing on hallowed ground of patriots.
GTFO of the most peaceful, loving and charitable country in the history of humanity.
Feel free to duck march shouting "Seig Heil".
We, a free people will not.
We will, however, fight for your insignificant voice and desperately moral void to act out or speak your lunatic passions.
It's been a long time since journalism had anything to do with ethics or integrity. If NBC can hire an inciter, who calls people to commit acts of murder, CNN can hire somebody who hacks the cell phones of prominent people.
"It is $632 on Aer Lingus with a mere 75 minute layover in Dublin. "
You just have to love the Irish. Who else would name an airline "Aer Lingus".
Just as long as they don't merge with the Cunard Line.
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Make the switch to electronic Social Security payments by March 1
By Lori Friberg
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FLORENCE, Wis. – If you apply for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, you must receive your payments electronically. If you did not sign-up for electronic payments when you applied for benefits, you should do so now. You must switch to electronic payments by March 1, 2013. If you don't, the U.S. Department of the Treasury may send your benefits via the Direct Express card program to avoid an interruption in payment.
If you already receive Social Security or SSI benefits and you have a bank account, you can sign-up for direct deposit online at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount and creating an online account in order to set up direct deposit.
You can also contact your bank, credit union, or savings and loan association, or call Social Security toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). Alternatively, you can get a direct deposit sign-up form online at www.ssa.gov/deposit/howtosign.htm and take or mail it to your Social Security office.
The Direct Express debit card is another viable option to access benefits without the need of a bank account. With the Direct Express card program, your federal benefit payment will be deposited directly into your card account.
Your monthly benefits will be available on your payment day. You can use the card to make purchases, pay bills or get cash at thousands of locations. Call the toll-free Direct Express hotline at (877) 212-9991 to get signed up.
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You should shop around in your area to find an account that has the features you want at a price you can afford. Some financial institutions offer a low-cost account called an "Electronic Transfer Account."
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Ethiopia: Economy
|Income Level
(by per capita GNI) Source: The World Bank
Possible values: High Income, Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Income and Low Income
|Low Income
|Level of Development
Source: United Nations
Possible values: Developed, In Transition and Developing
|Economic Trivia
Ethiopia's economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for 46% of GDP and 85% of total employment.
Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.
Top 3 Trade Partners (2015): China, Kuwait, and India
|Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook
Food Processing; Beverages; Textiles; Leather
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Source: The World Bank
|GDP, PPP (current international)
|$161,570,921,285 (2015)
|GDP Growth Rate (annual %)
|9.608% (2015)
|GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international)
|$1,626 (2015)
GDP Country Rank 70/193 (2015)
Economic Indicators Source: The World Bank
|Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
|10.134% (2015)
|External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
|$16,585,085,000 (2014)
|Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
|32.1% (2015)
|Real Interest Rate (5 year average %)
|-17.122% (2008)
|Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
|4.081% (2015)
|Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$)
|($2,985,273,921) (2012)
Labor and Employment Source: The World Bank
|Labor Force, Total
|47,012,009 (2014)
|Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment)
|72.7% (2013)
|Employment in Industry (% of total employment)
|7.4% (2013)
|Employment in Services (% of total employment)
|19.9% (2013)
|Unemployment Rate
|5.2% (2014)
Trade Source: The World Bank
|Imports of goods and services (current US$)
|$16,827,889,912 (2015)
|Exports of goods and services (current US$)
|$6,047,447,053 (2015)
|Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP)
|42.121% (2014)
|FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
|$2,167,600,000 (2015)
|Commercial Service Exports (current US$)
|$2,536,557,849 (2012)
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Halloween is the time of year plagued with superstition, spooks… and some serious threats. Letting your children go from door-to-door in search of delicious, cavity-inducing treats can make any parent a little scared. But, with proper precautions, you can feel safe letting your little monsters run amok and collect all the candy their hearts desire. …Read More →
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Patron Book Review: Born to Die, by Lisa Jackson
Born to Die, by Lisa Jackson. A serial killer is after young women in their 30's who look so much alike that they could be sisters. The investigation centers on finding the link between the women since they did not know each other. Good mystery, quick reading and entertaining. Fun to try to guess the ending.
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Pigs Abused by Walmart Pork Supplier!
Posted July 23, 2012 by Whitney Calk
Last week, Mercy For Animals (MFA) released its latest undercover investigation—into Christensen Farms, a Walmart pork supplier:
At a Christensen Farms facility in Hanska, Minnesota, an MFA investigator documented horrific cruelty and neglect, including the following:
- Pigs suffered from large open wounds and pressure sores from rubbing against the bars of their tiny cages or lying on the hard concrete floor.
- Workers slammed conscious piglets into the ground and left them to suffer and die slowly.
- Workers ripped out the testicles and cut off the tails of conscious piglets without the use of any painkillers.
- Sick and injured pigs with severe, bleeding wounds or infections were left to suffer without veterinary care.
- Workers prepared to force-feed female pigs watery feces and dead piglets.
Almost all of the 100 million pigs killed for food in the U.S. every year endure horrific conditions like these on factory farms. These social, sensitive animals spend their lives in extremely crowded, filthy warehouses, in which they are deprived of even natural sunlight until the day that they are crammed onto a truck bound for the slaughterhouse.
Want to help stop this? Go vegan.
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1609 days ago
this is horrible people really need to treat animals right, its to cruel and painful
1640 days ago
The previous comment was meant for another post! Idk why it posted on this one. Please delete! 🙂
1640 days agoVN:F [1.9.22_1171]
this is beyond wrong these people deserve to be treated like they treat their pets
1640 days ago
This is the story of how I became a vegetarian:
I have been a vegetarian for 13 years now. When I was a little girl I wanted to become a veterinarian. So this one day I told my mom that if I wanted to become a veterinarian I couldn't eat my patients that I had to cure them instead. She was very surprised and didn't believe me much but from that day on I wouldn't eat any of the meat put on my plate. She tried forcing me to eat it, talking to me about it, taking me to the doctor, but nothing worked. I never went back to eating meat and overtime she just had to accept this.
1640 days ago
Get a fence, let your dog run around, play with it. If you "don't have the time," give your dog to a better home. I had a dog a few years ago, a beautiful golden lab named Maddie. Unfortunately my mother, my siblings and myself were all in school at the time, and my dad worked nights, so Maddie was in a kennel almost all day. We played with her whenever we could, but we realized it wasn't enough. So we gave our beloved Maddie to a family in the next town who homeschooled their children, and took their dogs everywhere with them (including bed!) and we went to visit her whenever we could. She now lives and plays in the mountains of Alberta, and is happier and healthier than ever before!
1640 days agoVN:F [1.9.22_1171]
This is terrible, I love my dogs, and would never let this happen to them.
1640 days ago
I've been a vegetarian for a year and 2 months. Last year i was with my friend and she showed me a video on how these animals are killed and i just felt really bad i decided to go vegetarian because of that bad feeling i just cant stand how people sit there and eat animals thinking that its ok.
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