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Algorithmic processing of pressure waveforms to facilitate estimation of cardiac elastance
© Stevenson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
- Received: 23 December 2011
- Accepted: 28 May 2012
- Published: 15 June 2012
Cardiac elastances are highly invasive to measure directly, but are clinically useful due to the amount of information embedded in them. Information about the cardiac elastance, which can be used to estimate it, can be found in the downstream pressure waveforms of the aortic pressure (P ao ) and the pulmonary artery (P pa ). However these pressure waveforms are typically noisy and biased, and require processing in order to locate the specific information required for cardiac elastance estimations. This paper presents the method to algorithmically process the pressure waveforms.
A shear transform is developed in order to help locate information in the pressure waveforms. This transform turns difficult to locate corners into easy to locate maximum or minimum points as well as providing error correction.
The method located all points on 87 out of 88 waveforms for P pa , to within the sampling frequency. For P ao , out of 616 total points, 605 were found within 1%, 5 within 5%, 4 within 10% and 2 within 20%.
The presented method provides a robust, accurate and dysfunction-independent way to locate points on the aortic and pulmonary artery pressure waveforms, allowing the non-invasive estimation of the left and right cardiac elastance.
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Septic Shock
- Pulmonary Artery Pressure
- Pressure Waveform
- Intensive Care Unit Setting
In an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), cardiac disturbances are difficult to diagnose and treat, which can lead to poor management [1, 2]. Inadequate diagnosis can be common, and plays a significant role in increased length of stay and death [3–5], despite access to many different cardiac measurements and metrics. Currently, internal measurements are only possible at the locations where catheters are placed. This limited set of data can severely restrict clinical diagnostic capability, and thus these catheters are not necessarily associated with improved outcomes [6–8]. Overall, a lot of data currently available to ICU clinicians, that could have significant clinical value, is under utilised.
Using modelling techniques, this limited set of data can be expanded to estimate a much greater set of clinically relevant data to enable more accurate diagnosis. For example, acute cardiovascular dysfunction, like pulmonary embolism (PE) and septic shock, severely alter \ system (CVS) hemodynamics around the heart. These changes can be seen by catheter measurements as a change in the balance of preload and afterload, resulting in an altered cardiac energetic state [9, 10]. Detailed cardiac energetics are too invasive to measure in an ICU setting. However, if the relevant energetics could be captured from a nearby catheter, the clinical potential of such measurements could be realised. To date, no such method achieves this aim.
where, V d is assumed to be equal to V 0 for simplicity, V 0 is the intercept of the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (ESPRV) with the volume axis [12], P v (t) is the ventricle pressure and V v (t) is the ventricle volume. It thus provides a measure of heart function and energetics [13–15]. The waveform e(t) is typically normalised to a value of 1.0 [13], and can also be used as the input or driver function in lumped parameter CVS models [16–20].
There have been several attempts to estimate TVE [14, 21–24]. However, none have estimated it for its own sake. Most studies present a method using the TVE to estimate a specific parameter, most commonly end-systolic elastance (E es ) [14, 23, 24] and ejection fraction [22]. However, their validation is based on these metrics, not on the resulting TVE waveform.
This research is unique in that the end goal is to produce the TVE function in its own right, validating the TVE waveform on its own accuracy for eventual use as a diagnostic tool. It is unclear to date how much specific information can be obtained from the TVE waveform, other than the highly sought-after E es [25] (although this cannot be found from the normalised TVE waveform). However, TVE features are highly correlated to clinical parameters [26] and contain similar information to pressure-volume (PV) loops, which are known to contain information on cardiac function [27] including cardiac work [28, 29], contractility [13, 30], O2 consumption [29, 31], and all the states of filling, contraction ejection and relaxation [1]. Thus, a TVE waveform reflects cardiac state, cardiac output or blood volume, and net preload and afterload, all of which change with cardiac dysfunction. Hence, the ability to easily and non-invasively obtain TVE waveforms could enable clinically useful diagnostics and metrics.
This paper presents the first step in estimating TVE from already available measurements, namely aortic (P ao ) and pulmonary artery (P pa ) pressure. This research develops algorithms to process these pressure waveforms to extract specific features and points, which, in turn, allow the estimation of the end goal, the TVE waveform. The P ao and P pa pressure waveforms, as typically measured, are noisy and/or biased, which can significantly effect this process. Hence, a method is presented for automatically processing the pressure waveforms to robustly and accurately locate the points required by the correlations, that enable accurate, not additionally invasive cardiac elastance estimation and construction.
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locate points on P ao and P pa (this paper)
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correlate points of the pressure waveforms to points on the measured cardiac elastance
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use these correlations to estimate the points on the cardiac elastance
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create a continuous function e(t) through the estimated points with (2)-(4)
- 5.compare the estimated elastance waveform to the measured elastance waveform(2)
This paper focuses on the robust capturing of the points on the pressure waveforms and leaves the specific correlations and methodology of creating the TVE waveforms to a paper in review. The details contained in this paper about the formulation of the correlations and there use are illustrative only, and are assumed to be correct for the purposes of demonstrating a potential use for this research.
Shear Transform
Both local maximum, , and minimum, , are also required. exists and is the maximum point of , if and only if, there exists a maximum stationary point that does not fall at the temporal boundary of , and similarly for .
The second way the shear transform of (6) is used relates to the verification of a particular point given an initial guess. For example, the first guess of the point MN is the global minimum of the waveform, after which this point is verified using the shear transformation, resulting in confirmation of the point or a new point to use instead.
This works by locating the maximum of minimum point of the shear transform, P 2, over a given range, t, near the first guess, P 1, and also defining a threshold time, D. If the point P 2 lies temporally within , then the correct point is the initial guess P 1, otherwise the correct point is P 2.
The choice of or , the range of time, t, and the threshold time, D, are defined for the type of point under consideration. The specific values, listed in Section Point location method, are chosen empirically, based on what features that appear close to the point of interest and the temporal variation that has been observed in these features.
Combined these two methods of use, shown in Figure 5 - 7, create a robust and computationally fast method for locating certain hard to find points on a waveform.
Point location method
Finding DMPG
Finding DN
Validation Test
The method presented was developed on a set of five pigs (51 waveforms) that were induced with pulmonary embolism [32, 33], and then independently tested on a further five pigs (37 waveforms) induced with septic shock, and treated with haemofiltration [34, 35].
The points for all waveforms (see Figures 3- 4) were identified or checked individually by eye. The two gradients (MPG and MNG) were first located through simple computation, and then individually checked by eye and corrected were necessary. Due to the nature and location of these points (maximum gradient of a sigmoidal function), they are the two easiest and most reliable to find algorithmically, and in fact the algorithmic approach is more accurate than hand selection. The two shoulders (LS and RS) were first located through the algorithm developed prior to that which is described in this paper, after which each point was individually checked and corrected. Because there is no formal definition for the location of these "shoulder" points, it was left to an algorithmic definition. For a validation test this definition is self fulfilling. However, as LS (RS is only used to aid in finding MNG , and is hence not included in the validation results) is found as an intermediate step to the estimation of the cardiac elastance, its full and more formal validation would be the results of the cardiac estimation which is not in the scope of this paper. All the remaining points were hand selected.
The automated method was applied to the waveforms and the identified points assessed against the known points for accuracy in time. The use of separate data with different cardiac dysfunction to design and test the method ensures the robustness of the validated method.
The error data for each location, grouped by number of points found per error band for each location
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The automated, algorithmic method presented enables the mapping between aortic pressure (P ao ), pulmonary artery pressure (P pa ), and the ventricle TVE (e rv (t) and e lv (t)), by accurately processing the P ao and P pa waveforms to identify specific points. Once combined, they enable a very useful tool, for clinicians to obtain very accurate TVE without further invasive or risky sensors or procedures.
There are other ways to locate the points on the pressure waveforms, most notably a derivative and second derivative method. However, this becomes problematic in practice due the noise inherent in the waveforms. The method that has been developed in this paper, was designed to work with the level of noise that is typically seen on these measurements, and is therefore more involved than a simple derivative method.
The method presented was robust to the typical and significant variation and noise in P ao and P pa waveforms. The method was developed on five pigs induced with pulmonary embolism, and then tested independently with data from another set of five pigs induced with septic shock. The results give confidence that this method will generalize to a wider set of disease states and to human data.
However, while the results were very good, this research needs further validation on a wider cohort of pigs and types of dysfunction to further quantify the limits and accuracy of this approach. Direct validation on humans is the ultimate goal. However, the results appear robust, and justify and enable a wide range of further more in-depth validation studies of both the method and its potential uses when reconstructing TVE for monitoring and diagnosis.
Clinically, it must be noted that for this method to work a Swan-Ganz catheter is assumed. If radial artery pressure was measured instead, there would be more oscillations in the waveform, potentially requiring modifications. However, Swan-Ganz catheters are still commonly used, and this application would add value to their use, which is otherwise sometimes contested [6–8].
The method developed in this paper shows promise for gaining clinical insight and improving diagnosis. It can enable clinicians to get more information about the current patient state, without the use of more invasive measurements, as well as beat-to-beat tracking of this information. This level of detail is far more than currently available and could potentially lead to better and earlier diagnosis of dysfunction, as well as better knowledge of response to treatment, non-invasively, as it needs no further procedures or sensors required.
This paper has presented a robust, potentially dysfunction-independent method to find the waveform points necessary to use proven methods to non-invasively and automatically estimate the otherwise unavailable left and right ventricle TVEs with accuracy well within measurement error. This capability is enabled using standard measurements that are already commonly used in an intensive care setting, thus involving no additional risk to the patient. The results thus justify prospective validation of these conclusions.
Author's contributions
DS drafted the manuscript and developed the algorithm. JR and JC participated in the algorithm development with added input from TD. CH participated in the initial mathematical formulation. GS provided physiological understanding and clinical input at all stages. BL, AG, PK and TD provided the porcine data and further clinical input and relevance. JC and TD edited and aided the writing of the manuscript and revisions with DS. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This work was supported by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) of New Zealand, the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS, Belgium) and the French Community of Belgium (Actions de Recherches Concertées Académie Wallonie-Europe)
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Wood Pellets
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Just today I was in the post office and there was one of those ubiquitous advertising flat screen TVs displaying various adverts. One advert that caught my eye was a bio fuel dealer's promotion which was making the bold statement that:
Wood Pellets cost half the price of Oil
You cannot make any comparison between the two fuels unless you first look at heat output.
1 Kg of Wood pellets gives 4.88 Kilowatts of heat for 1 hour.
1 Litre of Heating Oil gives 10.50 Kilowatts of heat for 1hour.
It takes almost exactly 2.14 tonnes of wood pellets, that is two and the one eight tonnes, to give the same heat output as 1000 litres of heating oil.
The Prices
Wood Pellets 2.14 tonnes = 1000 litres of oil.
Wood Pellets cheapest bulk (3 tonne lots) = €210 per tonne.
Wood Pellets bagged 10Kg bags = €300 per tonne + €54 for delivery.
Heating oil 1000 Litres currently approximately €730.
The Comparison
For the same amount of heat output the following end costs are true:
2.14 tonnes of wood pellets in bags cost = €708 (delivered).
2.14 tonnes of wood pellets in bags cost = €642 (if you collect. What does that cost?)
2.14 tonnes of wood pellets bulk 3 tonne lots = €449.40
1000 litres of heating oil at time of writing = €730
Bagged Wood Pellet Users
Delivered bagged wood pellet users will save €22 per fill over oil or €44 per year on average.
Bagged wood pellet users who collect may save a bit more but not the face value of €88 per oil fill or €176 per year average.
Bulk Wood Pellet Users
If you are one of the lucky few to have a proper bulk storage facilities, which probably cost you at least €2000 to set up, you could be saving €205 against the cost of a fill of oil. Two fills a year being the average use of oil, your yearly saving would be €410. Now if your paid €3000 on top of the grant for your pellet boiler and another €2000 for your storage facility, making a total of €5000, it would take you 12 years to recover your investment.
If you are a bagged wood pellet user saving €88 per fill the total yearly saving for bagged wood pellets would be €176 at most. Say your wood pellet system cost you €3000 on top of the grant, at present prices it would take you 17 years to recover your investment if you are using bagged pellets.
If you are a bagged wood pellet user who is paying a delivery charge you are saving little or nothing over oil costs.
Boiler Efficiency.
Condensing oil boilers will give a figure of 95% to 97% efficiency. For ordinary oil boilers the figure is 85%,
Wood pellet boiler efficiencies vary a great deal. The very best gives around about 92% efficiency, I have yet to see one giving better than that.
Overall Efficiency
If you have a condensing oil boiler is is going to be about 10% more efficient than an average pellet boiler. So the figures given above would need to be accordingly modified giving you less saving on the wood pellets.
Simple straightforward outcome of this exercise: It costs more to heat your home if you use bagged wood pellets than oil users with condensing oil boilers. For sure as oil prices increase, you will see wood pellet price follow, so I doubt you will see any future saving worth talking about.

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Last weekend the World Triathlon Series stopped off in Leeds for the latest round of fast and furious racing on the world stage.
The atmosphere in Leeds was brilliant, to have the opportunity to race on home soil with that level of support was incredible.
The British girls went into the race with a plan in mind to maximise our ability as a team and hopefully give the crowd something special to watch. Jess Learmonth, Non Stanford and I all lined up knowing we were targeting the same thing and what we needed to do to fulfil that goal in a variety of different scenarios.
Personally I needed to get out of the swim in the front pack if I wanted to have a productive day out. My race in the Madrid World Cup a couple of before suggested I was fully capable of this, however on Sunday I got caught up in some rough moments in the first 100m which ultimately resulted in hyperventilating before the first turn buoy and spending the rest of the swim trying to regain composure and find a way back into the race.
Coming out the water in the second pack, I looked around and realised I was with key athletes we had identified not to work for. This meant my job for the day was now to 'sit in' and make them do the work to get back to the front of the race. A frustrating position to be in when the bike is my strongest discipline, but it was necessary for what we were aiming to achieve. That being said the bike course was great to ride- a longish drag of a hill followed by a technical section through narrow streets with high buildings.
On to the run and it was a case of getting to the finish. My chest had tightened up as a result of the hyperventilating on the swim and it became a problem half way through the run. I ended the race in 17th position, my second best World Series result.
Leeds wasn't my best day out by a long stretch, but there are always positives to take away. I gained confidence the technical bike sessions I've been doing are paying off – I felt comfortable through the technical sections of the course.
Next up is the European Championships on Friday where I'm defending champion. The Championships are being held in Kitzbuhel, Austria which is said to be a beautiful place to spend some time and race a triathlon.


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You asked me some questions about how we should use this blog. I thought that I'd go ahead and answer here.
Q: What audiences are we hoping to reach with this?
A: I think it would be great if Obama tweeted a link to one of our posts, but short of that I'm content for the audience to range from you and me to anyone who finds us. I think we should talk to one another, but that we should try to frame what we're saying in ways that a general audience can grasp. No private jokes, in other words. Or not many private jokes.
Q: What kinds of comments are we hoping to attract?
A: I hope as we get polemical that people who care task us with proving / solidifying our claims. Along the lines of getting people who might care to read us, it would be great if we could compile the requisite blog role. I'll see about starting that up. I would include some theory blogs, some DH stuff, and some new and old media stuff. Agreed?
Q: Are we going to conduct a dialog by means of comments or only via posts?
A: I think we should stick to posts. I like the model of the Becker-Posner blog, for instance.
Q: Will we ever jointly author posts?
A: I think we should rewrite / edit each other rather than jointly author. That way we can see revisions and take back a move if necessary. I'd like a record of the process that is a little different than the way we've been writing / sharing docs to this point.
Q: How often are we expecting to post?
A: We are very busy people. I think 20-25 posts per day should suffice.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global energy trader Vitol kicked off the planned A$5 billion ($3.7 billion) float of its Australian refinery and fuel supply network Viva Energy on Wednesday, in what would be the country's biggest initial public offering in four years.
The sale of the unit, which supplies about a quarter of Australia's fuel, is Vitol's second IPO this year after the London listing of an African fuel business and is expected to raise up to A$3 billion for the energy trader and its partners, who will retain a 40 to 50 percent stake.
It comes amid a shake-up of Australia's petrol retailing, with BP looking to take over top grocer Woolworths' petrol stations and Caltex Australia ditching its franchise model to run its own operations.
Vitol SA [VITOLV.UL] is looking to cash in on the $2.6 billion purchase in 2014 of Royal Dutch Shell's refinery in Geelong near Melbourne and a network of around 1,165 petrol stations. It has since spent over A$1 billion improving the business, including buying Shell's jet fuel operations.
Viva Energy is expected to list on the Australian Stock Exchange on July 13 with an indicative market capitalization of around A$5 billion, according to the IPO documents.
Institutional investors have already committed to buy about A$1.2 billion worth of shares, which would be half the stock on offer at the bottom end of the offer price range, a person close to the process said.
The IPO pricing range looked reasonable for a business likely to benefit from demand for premium quality fuels, said Nikko Asset Management portfolio manager Tim Johnston.
"The volume outlook for the industry is relatively muted but extremely stable, and it's also an industry that's proven to have a high degree of pricing power," he said.
Viva's earnings grew 19 percent between 2015 and 2017, Chairman Robert Hill said in the prospectus.
"We have plans for the continued expansion of our retail network and see opportunities to benefit from growth in key commercial sectors," Hill said.
Gasoline sales, which make up about 25 percent of the business, are expected to hold steady or grow only slightly, with car fuel efficiency gains being offset by population growth and rising vehicle ownership, Viva Chief Executive Scott Wyatt told reporters on a conference call.
However the company sees good prospects in aviation fuel, with strong growth in air travel, especially with Chinese airlines coming into Australia and Viva Energy having pipelines into the country's two fastest growing airports — Sydney and Melbourne.
The float is being priced at between A$2.50 and A$2.65 a share, or between 13.1 and 13.9 times forecast net profit for the year to June 2019.
Its closest listed rival, Caltex, is trading on a forward price-to-earnings multiple of 13.2, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and UBS are running the IPO.
The Viva sale follows Vitol's $2.6 billion London listing of its African business Vivo Energy in May, although an IPO of its European oil products venture was scrapped in April due to poor market conditions.
Vivo Energy's shares have dropped 16 percent from their offer price of 165 pence since listing on May 4, against a flat broader market.
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George W. Bush's daughters reveal they attempted to 'veto' his presidential run
During a Facebook Live Q&A on Friday, former President George W. Bush's daughters shared a story that could have altered the course of the U.S. and the rest of the world.
While promoting their new book, "Sisters First: Stories From Our Wild and Wonderful Life," Jenna and Barbara Bush were asked if there were any moments when they wished their dad wasn't president.
Jenna responded, "When we were 18 and our dad sat us down to tell us he was running for president...we both tried to veto that idea."
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Explaining her statement, she said, "I think like normal 18 year olds, we really wanted to enjoy college...and grow and make mistakes, which we did...but I think pretty fast, pretty soon into his tenure, we realized how awesome it is to live history and how lucky we really were and are."
Barbara also emphasized the positive aspects of that time, adding, "Through him we got to travel around the world with our mom and our dad, so we got incredible exposure and got to meet unbelievable people, and that of course, outweighed any reservations that we had."
The Washington Post recently noted that George W. Bush's favorability ratings have gone up significantly since his presidency ended.
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Božkov Republica rum achieves the highest award for packaging design at the PACKSTAR 2018 Competition.
Currently in its fourth year, the PACKSTAR Best Packaging Competition saw a total of 130 products registered in seven categories and we're delighted to announce that Božkov Republica rum received not one, but two awards for packaging... Read more
For the third time, Božkov has been recognised as the most trusted alcohol brand in the Czech Republic, voted for by Czech consumers.
Currently in its fourth year, Atoz Marketing Services' Trusted Brands programme is the only one of its kind on the Czech market, monitoring and awarding brands that are the most trusted by Czech consumers.... Read more
Stock Spirits products reap the rewards at the prestigious International Taste & Quality Institute Awards in Brussels.
Established in 2005, the International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi), based in Brussels, Belgium, is one of the world's leading organisations dedicated to certifying the taste of food and drink... Read more
Two of Stock Spirits' leading brands have won in a number of categories at this year's Trade Hit awards, an annual ranking of the best...Read more
Stock Spirits' Božkov product range has been named as the most trusted alcohol brand in the Czech Republic after an extensive nationwide pole....Read more
On June 2nd it was announced that our Stock Sparkling vodka was awarded a Gold Receipt at the 'Golden Receipt – Polish Merchants...Read more
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He has recently written, with Ridley Pearson and Greg Call, a pair of novels about Peter Pan's adventures before Wendy showed up. I haven't read those, although I hope to get my hands on them soon. Before that were a couple of really excellent crime novels, Big Trouble and Tricky Business. They were very much in a Donald Westlake vein, and I enjoyed them very much.
He has an enviable ability to be writing comedy that makes me giggle (one of the very few writers that actually does make me laugh out loud in public) and then suddenly, without transition, take a hard right turn into seriousness that is as powerful and poignant as it's possible to be. He doesn't do it very often, which is good; it would seriously confuse my tear ducts, to the point where they couldn't tell whether they were letting out tears of laughter or sorrow.


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Coach Raymond McAloon, one of the owners of CrossFit Fife, was also one of the original founders of CrossFit Fife. He is a CrossFit coach level 1, Kettlebells instructor, Crossfit Olympic lifting coach and a CrossFit Powerlifting coach. Raymond's passion was originally in martial arts, he has over 20 years experience in that field and a black belt in Ju jitsu. He was looking for ways to increase his fitness levels for martial arts competitions when he discovered and fell in love with CrossFit. He converted his garage into a gym to train in and found that there were more and more people wanting to train with him and so he decided to open up one of the UKs first CrossFit affiliates.
Raymond is very passionate about helping others perform to their highest standard and is driven and dedicated to his members and his own progression. From a young age he always wanted to push himself and that's when he started competing. He achieved 2nd place in the East Scotland bodybuilding under 21s juniors and also 3rd in the Mr Scotland bodybuilding under 21s juniors. This experience at a young age clearly helped for when he became a CrossFit competitor. His achievements include winning the Central Manchester Games Master 2009 and 2010 and winning the London Throwdown Masters 2012. He also achieved 1st place at Masters at War 2013, 49th place CrossFit Games Open World 2014 Masters, 2nd place at Masters 45-49 European region CrossFit Games Open 2014 and 6th place Masters 45-49 European region CrossFit Games Open 2015.
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Coach Brenda Dougan is known as B around the box and coaches kettlebell classes as well as the CrossFit. B initially found kettlebells before CrossFit and then moved to CrossFit alongside kettlebells. When Brenda started to train with the 6am crew in 2010 that is when she really got hooked.
As one of the owners of CrossFit Fife and CrossFit Coach level 1 'B' has accomplished so much including 5th place at the Masters at War 2016 (mixed pairs) and 1st place at Form Fitness masters 2016 (same sex pairs). She refers to herself as an "old" master who can still kick butt with many of the younger members in the class. Brenda loves the banter around the box, the friendships that CFF has given her and the greater community of CrossFit. Her passions are simple - to see individuals grow, move correctly, get stronger and feel good about themselves. Her favourite saying when explaining CrossFit to people is quite simply, CrossFit is Fitness for all.
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Susie Mollison is the 3rd partner in the ownership of CrossFit Fife and is not a coach. She enjoys keeping fit however her role in the team is to expand the business and manage most administration roles. Susie is the one who will respond to your enquiries and help you with any getting started questions or booking queries. With a background in business and a passion in health and wellbeing this opportunity came along at the right time for her.
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Everyone seems to get caught up with showcasing the "perfect" abode. Decorating does not end with beautiful furnishings. Every day the décor needs to be cleaned and updated as new finds are brought in. It is a constant struggle to maintain the beautifully decorated neat and tidy home.
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RSSP Basketball Finals
Congratulations to the sixteen children who represented Leighfield Academy at the Rutland School Sport Partnership Basketball Athletics Finals on Thursday 7th December 2017.
Both our teams qualified for these finals and they were in two groups of five. One team finished 5th in their group and lost the 9th/10th play-off, and the other team finished 2nd in their group and drew the 3rd/4th place play-off. The children worked really hard as a team and I was so proud of their determination and perseverance.
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Majorly there are two elements included in EPF; one is provident fund and the other is employee pension scheme which was introduced in 1995. In this scheme, each participant contributes 12% of his basic pay to the provident and same amount of money is deposited by the employer to employees account. From that 8.33% is contributed to EPS and rest to the provident funds. The pension amount on retirement is calculated with the number of years of service and the average salary of the employee at the time of retirement. EPF scheme is extremely beneficial for your retirement life as you save the good amount of money for you retired life.
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Every now and then the bosses go out of town, and when they do, the leave me in charge. And when they leave me in charge, I gotta do something fun. Today is:
So often we're pumping out the best work at the fastest speed and it can start to wear even on the best of teams. So here at Beacon we like to reward our crew with good times and great food.
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Removing barriers to BIM adoption: clients and code checking to drive changes.
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HARTY, J. and LAING, R., 2010. Removing barriers to BIM adoption: clients and code checking to drive changes. In: J. UNDERWOOD and U. ISIKDAG, eds. Handbook of research on building information modeling and construction informatics: concepts and technologies. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. Pp. 546-560.
Building information modelling (BIM) is not only an authoring tool for architects and engineers, but also for all stakeholders in the building programme procurement process. Analysis tools like code checking of building regulations and environmental simulations that can report on heating loads, daylighting and carbon use will push the adoption of intelligent modelling faster and further than previously thought. The benefits for clients should not be underestimated either and some are already reaping them where project certainty is to the fore. However, the professional language that architects and engineers espouse is a latent force that can run counter to fostering collaboration. An emerging professional, the Architectural Technologist, can bridge that divide and adopt the adjunct role of manager in the integrated project delivery.


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Although the economy is reviving from the recession, a significant count of fleet managers believe that firms will reduce the number of cars in use, a study showed.
The survey by GE Capital's fleet services business found that as many as 30% of fleet managers anticipate a decrease in the size of their fleets.
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Also, almost 90% of fleet managers think that their decisions over the next 12 months will be largely affected by running costs, while 70% said that driver and corporate taxation will also be major issues.
GE Capital's UK fleet commercial leader Gary Kileen said: "While it is encouraging to see that fleet managers anticipate the UK economy to strengthen this year, it is very telling that they do not consider that their own fleets will grow as a result of the improved economy.
"It is understandable that many of these managers are prioritising cost efficiency savings on the back of the recession, but it is interesting that the economic recovery is not linked to an increase in fleet size as businesses look to longer-term growth."
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Hyatt Place Niagara Falls Hotel Project Nears Completion
October 30, 2017
Niagara Falls, NY - With the last steel beam put into place on Oct. 20, Hamister Group's hotel project in Niagara Falls has moved onto its next phase of construction. Crews are now installing the roof and working on the interior of the $35 million development.
Construction remains on schedule for an opening in the first quarter of 2018.
The six-floor Hyatt Place on Rainbow Boulevard will employ 35 people and feature 128 spacious, contemporary guest rooms; 6,600 square feet of meeting and banquet space on the top floor; a rooftop patio with scenic views of Niagara Falls State Park, and 7,000 square feet of retail space facing Old Falls Street.
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The mayor of Morris is growing frustrated over the lack of information flowing from the province in regards to the flood-proofing of Highway 75.
Scott Crick says he's hopeful they'll see more progress on the project this summer, but he's not sure, because the province isn't saying much about it.
"When we were at the AMM meeting we asked the government for the status of the project, but we did not receive an answer. We have sent letters to the minister's office, but we have not received an answer. So, we're patiently waiting for someone from the Ministry of Infrastructure to let us know what the plan and timeline are going forward."
In 2018, new concrete lanes were poured along Highway 75 northbound just south of the new Plum River bridge including two entrances at the north and south end of St. Jean.
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Let me clarify that I did NOT say *every* fashion blogger is a mindless drone. In fact, some that I read *do* give their opinions. Hence why I still read them.
*Not everything has demos people, and no I cannot always tell from a picture*
I need something, like iunno...
Do *you* feel my L would be well spent on it? I am not a content creator or even a creator of stuffs. I am just a tringo playing Tuesday DJ with a shopping addiction, I don't buy L's and I survive only on stipend & my tips from dj'ing sooooooo I need to know a little more than like, Pia put it best, "squeee".
In fact, before I start on another vent that spirals into other topics, let me tell you some good blogs to read for your fashion fix if you want to avoid the fashion feed boring commercial.
- Deux Looks by Gillian Waldman
- Alysha's Second Life by Alysha Rennahan
- MichaMi Style by Milla Michinaga (though her lack of easy SLURL bugs me)
- SL Fashion S.O.S. by Aemilia Villota, Alla Ruff, Ana Boogiewoogie, Eisa Loon, Violet Morellet
- Fashion Labyrinth by Sai Pennell
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Impreza, XV lead the charge
A month to remember, that's a good way to sum up Subaru's July 2017 sales results in Australia.
The Japanese brand enjoyed a 27.1% lift in demand in the month, according to the VFACTS data, with 4,265 new Subaru vehicles delivered to Australian customers.
The best-performing models? The new-generation XV and Impreza, while the BRZ also had a record breaking month too.
Across the first seven months of the year Subaru car sales in Australia skipped ahead 10.2%.
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Subaru boss Colin Christie was delighted with the results.
"Customer response to our new generation cars is just phenomenal.
"The value, specification and engineering right across the range are clear winners with Subaru customers both old and new."
July 2017 Car Sales Data – Subaru:
- Subaru XV – 1,138 (+88.1%)
- Subaru Impreza – 914 (+195.8%)
- Subaru Outback – 907 (+3.4%)
- Subaru Forester – 847 (-2.1%)
- Subaru WRX – 185 (-30.7%)
- Subaru Liberty – 151 (-22.6%)
- Subaru BRZ – 62 (+675.0%)
- Subaru Levorg – 61 (-73.5%)
Some of the best performing states for Subaru in July were SA (+59.1%), Tasmania (+114.1%) and WA (+41.5%).
While sales increased by 37.3% in Victoria, 14.3% in NSW and 13.7% in QLD.
Related: Refreshed Subaru Liberty launched in U.S.
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1923-Paterson Football Club is awarded the National Challenge Cup championship when Scullin Steel is unable to play a deciding game due being unable to field a team due to injuries and baseball commitments.
1967-The United Soccer Association's Toronto and Vancouver clubs reach an agreement with the Canadian Soccer Football Association which grants them 100-mile territorial rights for 25 years in exchange for an annual payment of $25,000.
1973-The American Soccer League's Cincinnati Comets reach an agreement to play at Nippert Stadium.
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2011-The U.S. Women's National Team surrenders two early goals to England on the way to their first loss in a friendly match since 2004, 2-1 at Brisbane Road.
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2013-A 70th minute goal by Antonio Neto gives VSI Tampa Bay a 1-0 win over the LA Blues at Titan Stadium.
2016-Clint Dempsey scores in the 79th minute to give Seattle Sounders FC their first win of the season, 1-0 over the Montreal Impact at CenturyLink Field.
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Paul Schaleger was born in Minneapolis and moved to St. Paul stopping along the way in New York, Hawaii, Iowa, California, Wisconsin, Texas, and Arizona. Studying piano, clarinet, and recorder in his pre-college days in Hawaii, he went on to earn his bachelor's degree in music from Coe College and an MA from Mills College, where his thesis composition was an interactive piece for bass clarinet and a computer controlled Buchla digital synthesizer. His teachers include Nancy Van de Vate, Jerry Owen, David Rosenboom, and Terry Riley.
Paul took a sabbatical from writing music for a number years, working at various times as a sound engineer, librarian, and computer systems engineer. He earned a masters degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He resumed composing in 1997 and has had his work performed in numerous locations.
For his day job, Paul works as a technical manager for an e-commerce company in the Twin Cities and currently resides in St. Paul with his wife, Dr. Beverly Dretzke, and their cats Sabina, Minnie, and Frankie. Paul and Beverly have studied recorder with Clea Galhano and frequently perform at Twin Cities venues . He has a son who is completing his bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota.
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Like Jordan, you may fear that you will throw up. in the event you concentrate on the remainder of your physique, you'll become aware of that you just don't simply consider like throwing up—your center is thrashing speedier, and your fingers are feeling shaky too. the excellent news is that there's a method to calm your butterflies. Noticing the butterflies—just looking at that there's a fluttery feeling on your stomach—is step one in having the ability to calm them. Then, you are able to do a deep respiring workout to calm your self. 12 soar together with your butterflies: calm your nervousness try out the next workout the following time that you are feeling jittery, fluttery, worried sensations on your stomach. (The "belly" is usually referred to as the stomach or tummy; it comprises your belly and the realm round and less than your stomach button. ) workout 2. 1: respiring with the Flutters sit or lie down in a snug place. shut your eyes, if you want to. position your fingers lightly in your stomach, together with your hands resting correct over your abdominal button. Your traditional tendency if you get butterflies on your belly is perhaps to attempt to not consider these fluttering sensations. For this workout, just do the other. concentration your awareness at the sensations on your abdominal, and check out to enable your self believe them much more. enable these sensations settle into your knowledge, and begin noticing how they modify from second to second. Breathe in deeply and enable your stomach extend in order that it might have enough room for the worried sensations. Don't try and cease the sensations. Then, breathe out, at an extended, sluggish speed. Breathe in deeply and breathe out slowly a minimum of 3 extra instances. realize a relaxed feeling whilst the fluttering begins to cool down. thirteen The Autism Playbook for teenagers it's a clinical incontrovertible fact that your physique calms down certainly in case you breathe deeply and slowly. should you lightly leisure your fingers in your abdominal, you could detect your physique calming down. you could perform resting your fingers in your stomach and respiring deeply from time to time should you aren't feeling relatively jittery, simply to get used to doing it. attempt it any time that you really want to chill. The extra you perform, the higher your physique will know the way to calm itself, and the higher you are going to think. bear in mind, getting butterflies on your belly is normal—we all get them at times once we are under pressure, anxious, or excited. occasionally it's challenging to inform what's supplying you with butterflies—stress, nerves, or pleasure, or a few blend of these items. All you recognize is you are feeling jittery. yet, when you cool down, you could begin to suppose extra full of life than worried. So, if you have calmed the butterflies on your abdominal, you could work out even if you're excited or worried, after which work out what may well be just right for you within the scenario. for those who calm your butterflies, you should use their strength in a special way—to gasoline your interest approximately what's particularly occurring and what you are able to do approximately it. it is possible for you to to concentration extra on what you could really like concerning the occasion or the activity you'll want to do this is in your brain.


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Sears Holdings said Thursday it plans to close 40 more stores early next year as it continues to slim its business and seeks to stymie losses under bankruptcy protection.
The new closures are in addition to the 142 unprofitable stores the department store chain is already expected to close toward the end of 2018. When it filed for bankruptcy in early October, the company had roughly 700 Sears and Kmart stores still open for business. It's shuttered hundreds of locations over the years, including spinning about 240 stores off in 2015 to form real estate entity Seritage.
The company said liquidation sales at the 40 locations set to close in February will start late next week. (See a full list below.) The accompanying Sears Auto stores will also be shut, according to the company.
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Lee partnered with Maayan Sela all season in doubles, going 4-11 overall. In singles, Lee dominated with an 8-9 overall record and 3-5 in conference play. Lee owned the No. 2 singles spot going 7-5.
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Lee is a five-star recruit who hails from Wichita, Kansas. While attending Andover High School, Lee won three-consecutive singles state championships from 2013-2015. She is the #2-ranked female tennis player in the state of Kansas and has a national ranking of #67. For the 2016 season, Lee had a 12-4 overall record while going undefeated against four-star recruits. She was also crowned champion in multiple USTA tournaments in both singles and doubles competition last season.


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