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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
icu is icu is icu, but some icu stories could only happen in south africa.
i was doing my icu rotation. the work wasn't so tough but the hours were long and we did one in three calls, so it became a bit tedious. part of the job was shuffling patients to make space for the next critical patient coming in. bed occupation was always 100% or more (makeshift icu beds were often created in side wards). so late one night i get a call that they are operating some guy the cops winged in a shootout. apparently he lost quite a bit of blood and would come in intubated. great, i thought. probably a bad man and i needed to perform almost a miracle to create a bed for him.
sure enough, after transfering our most stable patient to another hospital, which required speaking to their superintendent, no small feat at night, i got a bed ready.
the patient arrived after a somewhat eventful surgery. he was intubated and needed ventilation, but was actually otherwise relatively stable. to keep him alive through the night should not be too difficult.
the next morning the patient wasn't only alive, but he was doing very well. he was still on a ventilator, but we expected to wean him in a day or two.
then two cops walked in carrying a ridiculous amount of heavy chains and shackles. they walked up to my patient and sort of dumped them on the bed with a loud clang. they then told me they were going to chain him down. you see, it seems, my patient was a known cop killer. he had chalked up quite a number of 'kills' and they weren't too keen on him getting away. my mind wandered to my student days when we once had an ethics discussion about chaining prisoners while they were in hospital. i had thought those morals sounded decidedly first world and didn't really have a place in south africa. but this patient/prisoner was different. he was intubated and couldn't escape for the simple reason that he couldn't breathe on his own. i explained this to his would be shacklers. the cops reluctantly left, taking their chains with them. they did leave the obligatory heavily armed guard at the door. i handed my patients over and went home.
next morning, when i got to work, one of the sisters greeted me at the door.
"did you hear what happened last night?" her eyes sparkled with the excitement of someone who has some hot gossip to spread. as it turned out, as the night went on and as our bad man patient gradually got stronger thoughts of escape dominated his mind. he knew he had a tube in his throat, but how was he to know that that tube was helping him to breathe? also, i assume, through the haze of the drugs he was getting, maybe his mind wouldn't have responded to logical arguments.
so at a stage, when there was less activity, he took his chances. he jumped out of bed and ran for the door. the endotracheal tube was ripped out as was the urinary catheter. he apparently almost made it to the above mentioned door before he collapsed in a heap. everyone, including the heavily armed cop at the door had to help to get him back into bed. he was then reintubated and his blue colour soon gave way to a more healthy looking pink.
i listened in disbelief, but, i confess, with a smile. as soon as i heard the story i walked to the police outside icu and demanded they chain the patient with everything they had. they complied.
p.s in retrospect i often wondered if it was the lack of the endotracheal tube that brought the patient to a heap on the floor or the urinary catherer being ripped out with the balloon still inflated.
14 comments:
- Devorrah said...
This reminds me of my students, who leave the computer in a run, headphones still attached.
- July 15, 2008 11:30 pm
- rlbates said...
Amazing! I think the blue skin speaks that it was the endo tube (lack of) that stopped him and not the foley. :)
- July 16, 2008 12:58 am
- Bongi said...
ramona, i just thought that if a foleys were ripped untimeously from my body, still inflated, i'm sure i'd turn many shades of many colours, blue being one of them.
- July 16, 2008 1:22 pm
- Dragonfly said...
I do what devorrah mentioned quite a lot... - July 17, 2008 6:46 am
- Eish said...
Have a similar story. ICU patient tried to make a duck for it - organo OD. The Foley "hand"-cuffed him to the bed for a moment. His Hb dropped from 12 to 7. He survived to exit via the window a few days later, minutes after he was extubated. Pity the ICU was on the 3rd floor. Gravity appears to be more effective than organophosphates.
- July 17, 2008 3:36 pm
Crazy story... as was Dr. Shakhi's comment. Sometimes the hospital provides a place to pause between life, death, and criminal activity.
- July 18, 2008 5:44 pm
- ditzydoctor said...
the balloon. always the balloon! ;)
- July 20, 2008 2:10 pm
- Enrico said...
Your last comment about the foley (in small type) was EXACTLY what I was thinking as I read the sentence "almost made it to the door" (and squirmed in the chair...)
- July 22, 2008 9:02 am
Just thinking about a foley catheter coming out with the balloon intact makes me want to faint! : D
It's worse when I've seen a patient has actually done it! - July 22, 2008 8:05 pm
- Jeffrey Parks MD FACS said...
They used to keep the gang bangers in Chicago chained to the beds with an armed guard on vigil at all times, even when they were tubed and sedated....now you see why.
Part of the reason for the armed guard was to actually protect the criminal/patient; retribution ambush raids by rival gang members occured a couple times in the 1980's - July 22, 2008 10:16 pm
- jennyjoseph said...
I remember this story and am always amazed at two things - how we decide that people can not do things and how human determination seems to have no bounds. ICU is ICU is indeed not always ICU to some.
- September 02, 2008 2:02 pm
OK, even reading that hurrrrts!!!!!!!!
- March 23, 2009 4:17 pm
Love, love your sense of humour.
- April 01, 2013 10:38 am
Love, love your sense of humour. Thank you for sharing.
- April 01, 2013 10:41 am


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Bitsum developed ParkControl because core parking settings are hidden in Windows, but can make such a large difference on performance, particularly when there are bursting CPU bound loads (the most common type).
Core Parking
Core Parking is a sleep state (C6) supported by most newer x86 processors, and newer editions of Windows. Core Parking dynamically disables CPU cores in an effort to conserve power when idle. Disabled cores are re-enabled as the CPU load increases once again. This technology is very similar to frequency scaling, in that it seeks to throttle the CPU when idle.
The problem is that Window's default power profiles are configured far too aggressively when it comes to core parking, especially on workstations. Their interest was in conserving energy, even if this meant marginally decreasing performance. A number of complex parameters control when a core should be parked, and Microsoft tuned heavily towards power savings.
The core parking settings in Windows are implemented as parameters of power plans (aka power profiles). That means you can, for example, disable core parking for the High Performance power plan, but leave it enabled for other plans. And that is exactly the desired tweak for most users: disable parking only for high performance power plans.
Empirical evidence shows that disabling core parking can make a real difference in system performance. There are many factors that will determine how efficacious it will be for any given system, including the CPU type, application load, and user behavior. However, we find that Windows is often over-aggressive in its core parking, resulting in excess latency as cores are unparked to accommodate bursting loads (the most common type of CPU load).
In our tests, we've found AMD processors benefit most from disabling core parking. This is perhaps due to the dramatic difference in the way AMD processors share (hardware) computational resources between logical cores. Microsoft optimized for Intel's HyperThreading, which has much less capable secondary cores. AMD's secondary logical cores are near full CPUs.
YMMV, but if we didn't see real and substantial performance gains after disabling core parking, we wouldn't have authored this utility.
These tweaks are entirely safe for any PC that is constructed properly. The only way that they could possibly seem to cause some change in behavior is if the PC has overheating issues. In such an event, those issues would be seen regardless of these tweaks by simply placing a sustained high load on the CPU.

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On my way home...Black is hard to shoot at night!
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On my way home...Black is hard to shoot at night!
Very cool, Fred - that belongs to the Earnhardt NASCAR team.
wonder what they were doing in town?!
Awesome! Sharp looking Learjet!
Very nice catch, Fred ! Hmmm I too wonder what they were doing here
Busy day at FRG...de-mil started on the Prowler, engines are out and other "stuff" being removed as I type. Also two television shoots going on, one at the terminal (been here since last Thursday) and a separate shoot using the other side near the museum, as well as the north half of Rwy 1/19. Pix to follow.
Any idea what the television shoots are for?
Unforgettable and Damages
De-mil work on the Prowler. It's mostly complete, they just need to remove the radar, and load everything onto a truck, which should happen Wednesday.
Also at Republic today, the television show Unforgettable was filming scenes for an upcoming episode. I haven't seen it, but it's a cop show starring Poppy Montgomery. They filmed some inside SheltAir, and spent a good part of the day shooting on one of the runways. The set up for the scene has a suspect trying to escape in a small aircraft, and the cops drive alongside the plane on the runway and shoot out the nose wheel tire, forcing it to stop (I know, I know...) They went up and down the runway a bunch, with the plane (a Cessna Caravan) and the detectives' car (a Dodge Charger) followed by a camera truck.
Awesome! Will definitely have to keep an eye out for that episode. Always cool to see places you're familiar with in TV shows and movies, especially when its an airport :smile:
Subcontractors, hired by the Navy.
ETA: FlightAware is showing the Earnhardt Lear returning to FRG today, scheduled in around 5:15pm
Is Fred gonna make another depressing video like he did for the Felix 101 demill?
That one was tough to watch, man.


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As Kenya prepares for a presidential election next Monday, it's trying to prevent a recurrence of the last such poll, in December 2007, when more than 1,000 people were killed in postelection violence.
Last time, technology helped incite that violence. This time, the hope is that technology will help prevent a similar outburst.
Last time around, a text message came on Dec. 31, 2007, four days after a presidential election that many people in the Kalenjin tribe thought was rigged.
The text message said that the most powerful Kalenjin figure in the government, William Ruto, was killed. This wasn't true. But the rumor went viral, from cellphone to cellphone.
"That was around in the morning, and by 5, people were moving with their properties, the houses were being torched, and you're just seeing smoke," says a man named Alex, who asked that his last name not be used.
Alex was in Kenya's Rift Valley, where gangs of youths with gas canisters and machetes attacked their ethnic rivals.
Now Alex is part of a private research project called Umati that scours social media for potentially dangerous speech — speech like that 2007 text message, which he says wasn't just some falsehood. It was written to incite.
"It was hate speech, because whatever was being written there, on the text message, it was for people to react against certain kind of people," he says.
So now when Alex or his teammates find a text or a tweet they're worried about, they report it to a network of bloggers, activists and tech geeks overseen by Daudi Were.
"We're talking about going beyond monitoring a vote; we're calling on citizens to protect their vote," Were says.
Were directs a project called Uchaguzi, or election, in Swahili. Among other things, it connects on-the-ground reports with law enforcement officials.
In its inaugural run during the 2010 constitutional referendum, a voter sent a text message to the project that said simply: "Young men congregating with machetes outside a polling station in Molo."
Molo is 125 miles away from the capital, Nairobi. But Were says that within 15 minutes, "two trucks full of policemen turned up at that polling station, acted as a deterrent. The young men went away."
So what happened in those 15 minutes?
The text message was mapped and verified with on-the-ground election officials and forwarded to police — and this was done out of an air-conditioned technology hub in Nairobi with Super Mario Bros. posters and a foosball table.
So whatever transpires this election, it will be under the scrutiny of a vastly more wired Kenya. In the past four years, the number of Kenyans who own cellphones climbed from 8 million to 30 million — which means more cellphone cameras to catch unguarded political moments.
For example, last year politician Ferdinand Waititu urged a crowd in Nairobi to find people from the Massai ethnic group and chase them from their homes. Several people were killed in the riots that ensued.
When the video was posted on YouTube, Waititu was disciplined by his party and fired from his post. But that same politician is now leading the race to become governor of Nairobi province.
Hate speech and ethnic baiting can still win votes.
"There are two competing facts in the narrative of Kenyan politics," says Wangui Kaniaru, a corporate lawyer in Nairobi.
"One is that once someone goes into a voting booth, they vote tribally. They pick a person from their ethnic group and from their ethnic community. That's the bias that we always have had historically in every election we've been through as a country," she says. "The other fact is that Kenya as a country is more prosperous and better educated than ever before. If the middle class were a tribe, they'd actually be the biggest tribe in this country."
So why don't they vote as a class? Kaniaru says it's because most of them don't vote at all. Her fellow Kenyan professionals, she says, have given up on the government actually providing services. They hire private security guards and take their kids to private schools.
"You have private garbage collection," she says. "And we don't recognize that that's a political problem that requires a political solution."
Kaniaru founded a website — SwingVote2013.org — that lays out some election math and why the middle-class vote could swing the outcome. She says her target audience is the 1 million Kenyans on Facebook.
And she hopes that next week, when they go to the polls, all this new Kenyan connectedness will translate into actual change.
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Vestis Group Sells Midtown Phoenix Apartments For $142,308 Per Unit
(Phoenix – April 13, 2016) – Vestis Group, a multifamily brokerage and investment firm, is pleased to announce the sale of MODE @ Pierson, a 13-unit apartment complex located at 605 West Pierson Street, in the Pierson Place Historic District of Midtown Phoenix for $1,850,000 or $142,308 per unit.
"605 W Pierson underwent a major transformation in 2015," says Natan Jacobs, Principal at Vestis Group, "The remodel was done with a great respect for the original architecture and spirit of the buildings. The midcentury modern community now has a great mix of vintage sensibility and modern amenities."
The Phoenix based Vestis Group multifamily brokerage team of Natan Jacobs, Les Litwin and Chad Barber negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, MODE Apartments of Phoenix. The buyer, a private investor from Belleview, Washington, was represented by Sophia Baron of Real Living S.J. Fowler Real Estate in Mesa, Arizona.
MODE @ Pierson Apartments is located at 605 W Pierson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85013. The property is situated less than one-half block east of 7th Avenue, a major north-south thoroughfare running through Phoenix, Arizona. The property is surrounded by an abundance of commercial developments including Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center one mile east, providing strong employment generation for the surrounding area. MODE @ Pierson is also convenient to public transportation, with bus service provided along Camelback Road and 7th Avenue. A Metro Light Rail station is conveniently located less than one mile east at the intersection of Central Avenue and Camelback Road.
MODE @ Pierson is part of Pierson Place Historic District, centrally located in a trendy neighborhood of Phoenix and is within walking distance to many neighborhood cafés, restaurants and shopping, including Southern Rail, Postinos Central, Windsor, Joyride Taco, Copper Star Coffee, Gallo Blanco Café and Bar, FEZ, Hula' s Modern Tiki, Maizie' s Cafe, Zinnias at Melrose-Consignment, Modern on Melrose, Melrose Center, Melrose Marketplace and Park Central Mall.
Built in 1958, MODE @ Pierson Apartments was fully remodeled and repositioned in 2015.
Interior property upgrades include in-suite laundry, stainless-steel appliance package equipped with an electric stove, dishwashers, refrigerators, microwaves, double stainless steel sinks with garbage disposal and retractable multi-setting faucet, upgraded countertops with glass tile backsplash, wide plank wood-style flooring or stained concrete floors, porcelain tile shower surrounds with new fixtures, premium lighting, and low-flow toilets.
The revamped exterior features a manicured courtyard featuring a stainless steel barbecue grill, LED outdoor fireplace, steel pergola, custom seating areas, bocce ball court, pet friendly accommodations, bicycle parking, additional storage, keyed entry pedestrian gates and covered parking, plus an abundance of parking available along neighborhood streets including Pierson Street.
Vestis Group is the broker of choice for individuals and institutions investing in multifamily residential real estate throughout Metropolitan Phoenix. Our advisors assist clients in the acquisition and disposition of multifamily investment assets, including, apartments, bulk condo packages, duplex/triplex/fourplex properties, single-family rental portfolios (SFR Portfolios) and income producing single-family investment properties. In the field of housing, Vestis Group's principals have developed, built, rehabilitated, constructed, improved, managed, and sold thousands of apartments units, condos, single-family homes and home sites.
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Woman Fakes COVID-19 to Get Out of Work, Boss Catches Her Partying
One woman almost got away with faking COVID-19 to get out of work so she could party — until her friend shared a selfie online and her boss caught her in the lie.
TikTok user @elliemiddleton1973 shared the story of how she managed to briefly fool her boss into thinking that she had COVID-19, before he discovered that she wasn't in bed sick, but out partying like a rock star.
Ellie's viral TikTok video about the ordeal, which has been viewed 260,000 views to date, reveals she knew the jig was up when her boss texted her to ask where she was while she was literally out dancing at a party.
At first, she responded that she was at home and wondered why he would even ask her about her location. Unfortunately, she didn't realize that her friend's Snapchat Story showed them out dancing together, without face masks.
When her boss confronted her and let her know he spotted her on her friend Lily's social media, Ellie quickly came up with another lie.
"My test was negative, I did one of my mom's PCR tests and they came back straight away because she works in a care home. So I went to Lily's birthday party just to show my face but I can be back at work tomorrow because I'm negative," she fibbed to her employer.
But when her boss requested she forward her test result to him in an email — which she didn't have, of course, as she never took the test in the first place — she began to panic.
"I'm definitely getting the sack," Ellie bemoaned in a caption in the clip.
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In a follow-up video, Ellie unveiled more of the text conversation between her and her boss, along with various subsequent attempts to cover up her first lie.
Now, it seems her employee is waiting for a legit negative COVID test result before she can return to work.
Will Ellie get fired for her COVID-19 fib? Only time will tell...


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Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new president's agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges.
In a first vote, the Senate confirmed Biden's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines. Senators worked into the evening and overcame some Republican opposition to approve his first Cabinet member, in what's traditionally a show of good faith on Inauguration Day to confirm at least some nominees for a new president's administration.
Haines, a former CIA deputy director, will become a core member of Biden's security team, overseeing the agencies that make up the nation's intelligence community. She was confirmed 84-10.
The new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged colleagues to turn the spirit of the new president's call for unity into action.
"President Biden, we heard you loud and clear," Schumer said in his first . "We have a lengthy agenda. And we need to get it done together."
Vice President Kamala Harris drew applause as she entered the chamber to deliver the oath of office to the new Democratic senators — Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock and Alex Padilla — just hours after taking her own oath at the Capitol alongside Biden.
The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote.
Ossoff, a former congressional aide and investigative journalist, and Warnock, a pastor from the late Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, won run-off elections in Georgia this month, defeating two Republicans. Padilla was tapped by California's governor to finish the remainder of Harris' term.
"Today, America is turning over a new leaf. We are turning the page on the last four years, we're going to reunite the country, defeat COVID-19, rush economic relief to the people," Ossoff told reporters earlier at the Capitol. "That's what they sent us here to do."
Taken together, their arrival gives Democrats for the first time in a decade control of the Senate, the House and the White House, as Biden faces the unparalleled challenges of the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout, and the nation's painful political divisions from the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol by a mob loyal to Donald Trump.
Congress is being called on to consider Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID recovery package, to distribute vaccines and shore up an economy as more than 400,000 Americans have died from the virus. At the same time, the Senate is about to launch an impeachment trial of Trump, charged by the House of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol as rioters tried to interrupt the Electoral College tally and overturn Biden's election. The Senate will need to confirm other Biden Cabinet nominees.
To "restore the soul" of the country, Biden said in his inaugural speech, requires "unity."
Yet as Washington looks to turn the page from Trump to the Biden administration, Republican leader Mitch McConnell is not relinquishing power without a fight.
Haines' nomination was temporarily blocked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Okla., as he sought information about the CIA's enhanced interrogation program. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is holding back the Homeland Security nominee Alejandro Mayorkas over Biden's proposed immigration changes.
And McConnell is refusing to enter a power-sharing agreement with Senate Democrats unless they meet his demands, chiefly to preserve the Senate filibuster — the procedural tool often used by the minority party to block bills under rules that require 60 votes to advance legislation.
McConnell, in his first speech as the minority party leader, said the election results with narrow Democratic control of the House and Senate showed that Americans "intentionally entrusted both political parties with significant power."
The Republican leader said he looked forward working with the new president "wherever possible."
At her first White House briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden's desire to have his Cabinet confirmed and in place is "front and center for the president," and she said he was hoping to have his national security nominees in place Thursday or Friday.
Psaki said the president will be "quite involved" in negotiations over the COVID relief package, but left the details of the upcoming impeachment trial to Congress.
The Senate can "multitask," she said.
That's a tall order for a Senate under normal circumstances, but even more so now in the post-Trump era, with Republicans badly split between their loyalties to the defeated president and wealthy donors who are distancing themselves from Republicans who back Trump.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to soon transmit to the Senate the House-passed article of impeachment against Trump, charged with incitement of insurrection, a step that will launch the Senate impeachment trial.
Meantime, the power-sharing talks between Schumer and McConnell have hit a stalemate.
It's an arcane fight McConnell has inserted into what has traditionally been a more routine organizing resolution over committee assignments and staffing resources, but a power play by the outgoing Republican leader grabbing at tools that can be used to block Biden's agenda.
Progressive and liberal Democrats are eager to do away with the filibuster to more quickly advance Biden's priorities, but not all rank-and-file Senate Democrats are on board. Schumer has not agreed to any changes but McConnell is taking no chances.
For now, it will take unanimous consent among senators to toggle between conducting votes on legislative business and serving as jurors in the impeachment trial. The House last week impeached Trump for having sent the mob to the Capitol to "fight like hell" during the tally of Electoral College votes to overturn Biden's election.
Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.


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Vision Therapy for Strabismus
Strabismus is a common visual problem among children, affecting up to 3% — that is, 1 out of every 30-40 children.
Strabismus, also known as an "eye turn" or "cross-eye", is a condition characterized by the improper alignment of the eyes. One of the eyes may look straight ahead, while the other eye turns inward, outward, upward, or downward. The eye turn may be permanent, or may only occur occasionally. At times, the straight and misaligned eye may even alternate positions.
The eye turn is usually noticed in the first few years of the child's life, but It can also occur later in life, particularly as a result of a traumatic brain injury or a neurological incident.
The misalignment of the eyes in a strabismic patient means that the eyes may be unable to work together to provide the brain with accurate binocular visual information. This can result in blurry vision or double vision, overlapping images and difficulty with depth perception.
A functional eye exam at Brain Vision Institute will detect whether your child is suffering from strabismus, and if so, Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana will prescribe the optimal vision therapy treatment to correct it.
Vision Therapy Treatment for Strabismus
Vision therapy is an advanced and effective treatment regimen for strabismus. The goal of vision therapy is to teach the brain and eyes to work together to correct the eye misalignment and thus achieve clear and comfortable vision. Vision therapy can also strengthen neuro-visual processing to further alleviate challenges caused by the eye turn.
Vision therapy strengthens the child's visual skills, resulting in improved reading abilities, clearer focus, better balance, improved coordination and more accurate depth perception. The team at Brain Vision Institute has extensive experience in helping children and adults with strabismus see clearly and comfortably.
What are the Signs of Strabismus?
Parents or teachers often cannot detect an eye turn in the child, as it is rarely perceptible to the naked eye. Children can also struggle to identify the signs of strabismus, particularly if they are young. The best way to diagnose this condition is to undergo a functional vision exam as soon as you suspect a vision problem in your child.
A child with strabismus may show any of the following:
- Eyes that don't simultaneously look in the same direction
- One or both eyes crossing or turning inward
- One or both eyes turning outward
- Eyes that don't move in tandem
- Squinting or closing one eye
- Tilting or turning the head to look at an object
- Bumping into objects, difficulty picking up small items, or any other issues with depth perception
- Reversing letters (b, d, p and q and the numbers 2, 5, 6 and 9)
- Headaches
- Nausea and dizziness (vertigo)
Can Adults With Strabismus Be Helped With Vision Therapy?
There are certain advantages and disadvantages to adult strabismus vision therapy. It may require more time to retrain an adult visual system that has been adapting to the eye turn for several years. On the other hand, adults tend to have more discipline and motivation than children, and thus tend to follow the vision therapy program more diligently and fastidiously.
However, during infancy and childhood, the development of the visual systems is highly active, and therefore providing vision therapy during that period increases the chances of permanent vision correction.
The Vision Therapy Process for Strabismus
Prior to starting any type of treatment, the optometrist will provide you or your child with a comprehensive eye exam. This involves an in-depth examination of the vision, visual skills and general eye health.
We will inquire into the family's medical history, medications, or any other relevant information. These questions are important as they can affect a patient's visual skills and development.
Following the comprehensive eye exam, the eye doctor will determine the right course of action.
The goal of the vision therapy program is to ensure the eyes learn to work together (binocular vision). Created and supervised by the optometrist, the personalized vision therapy program will include any or all of the following exercises:
- Eye teaming and tracking
- Binocular vision
- Convergence exercises
- Focus shifting
- Eye patching
- Gaze maintenance
How Soon Will I See Results?
The benefits of a vision therapy program may be seen within a few weeks, but it can take up to six months to recognize significant results. Of course, this depends on each patient and their particular therapy regimen. In addition to the exercises, visual aids, or eyeglasses, the vision therapy plan will include monitoring and follow-up appointments throughout the course of the program. The number of visits required to ensure the best results will be determined by Dr. Ingryd Lorenzana.
The optometrist will provide you with detailed instructions and a regimen of patches, and exercises, to ensure the most positive outcome. For optimal results, exercises and learned visual skills must be performed regularly.
If you want to treat your or your child's strabismus, contact Brain Vision Institute today. Our goal is to help our patients with strabismus maximize their visual skills and give them the best opportunity to reach their full potential.
Our practice serves patients from Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, South Barrington, Hoffman Estates, and Arlington Heights, Illinois and surrounding communities.


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"It's going to be like eating spaghetti with a spoon. It can be done, but it's going to be messy and slow."
The Obama administration on Monday is set to make a major announcement that could serve as the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's legacy on climate issues.
The Environmental Protection Agency will announce a rule to restrict carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants, which are considered the most prevalent cause of the world's rapidly warming climate. It is considered a bold plan and calls for reductions by as much as 25% over the next 15 years.
But the changes will run into major resistance from Republicans in Congress and businesses whose bottom lines will be negatively affected by the restrictions.
Michael Gerrard, director of the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, summed up the coming fight perfectly to The Associated Press.
"It's going to be like eating spaghetti with a spoon. It can be done, but it's going to be messy and slow," Gerrard said.
Both sides of the political aisle in the U.S. have begun ratcheting up their rhetoric on the issue already.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week released a study claiming the restrictions could cost the economy $50 billion and thousands of jobs annually. But a study released last week by Syracuse and Harvard universities said the rule could potentially not only remove carbon from the air but other pollutants as well.


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Patriots' 'Wonder Years' Video Is Clever Retro Super Bowl 51 Hype
Even Patriots haters may have to give this a thumbs up.
New England wide receiver Julian Edelman posted this offbeat Super Bowl 51 hype video in which several Patriots star in a parody of the classic Wonder Years opening. Tom Brady and company are as reviled as Kevin Arnold and his family are beloved, so this is bound to leave the legions of people who loathe the Pats confused.
The clip itself is pretty well done. Heck, even Bill Belichick is in the video, in a shot where he's fishing. Hmm, we thought the only thing he does when he's not coaching is buying hoodies.
It's not exactly the Chicago Bears' "Super Bowl Shuffle" -- which is the definitive Super Bowl hype song and video (and came during a season in which the Bears beat the Patriots to win the Lombardi Trophy) -- but, you know what, it's definitely up there in terms of creativity.
As for lasting impact? Well, we'll have to see.
There's no word whether the Falcons have made a video. Maybe they're more focused on creating a game plan to stop the juggernaut that is the Patriots.
Meanwhile, compare Edelman's video to the original Wonder Years opening.


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Who do I notify if I think the abuser should not have a gun?
If you think the abuser is violating state firearm laws, you can call your local police or sheriff department or the state police. If you think the abuser is violating federal firearm laws, you can call the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
You can find contact information for sheriff departments in your area on our RI Sheriff Departments page.
You can find ATF field offices in Rhode Island on the ATF website. For reporting illegal firearm activity, a person can also call 1-800-ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867). Many ATF offices have victim advocates on staff (called "victim/witness coordinators") and so perhaps you may ask to speak one of these advocates if you are having a hard time connecting with (or receiving a call back from) an ATF officer.
A local domestic violence organization in your area may also be able to answer your questions and assist you in talking to the necessary law enforcement officials. You will find contact information for organizations in your area on our RI Advocates and Shelters page.
Note: Generally, the abuser does not have to have knowledge of the law in order to be arrested for breaking the law. If the abuser has or buys a gun in violation of the law, the abuser can be arrested, whether or not s/he knows that s/he was in violation of the law.1
1 United States v. Lippman, 369 F. 3d 1039 (8th Cir. 2004); United States v. Henson, 55 F. Supp. 2d 528 (S.D. W.V. 1999)


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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) – India's largest maker of generic drugs won approval to sell a generic version of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor. The world's top-selling drug ever recently lost U.S. patent protection.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it granted Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. approval to sell a generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor, called atorvastatin calcium. The last-minute decision ended widespread speculation over the outcome of a delay caused by long-standing manufacturing issues at some Ranbaxy factories.
Ranbaxy confirmed the approval in a statement issued late Wednesday night, noting Lipitor generated $7.9 billion in U.S. sales in the 12 months through September. Ranbaxy spokesman Chuck Caprariello said shipments would begin immediately.
Analysts, pharmacists and others had been watching closely to see whether Ranbaxy would be able to get its generic on the market by the time the patent expired for Lipitor.
That's because quality problems at some Ranbaxy factories, dating to 2006, had led the FDA to block shipments of many of its generic drugs to the U.S. and to hold up approval of any new Ranbaxy drugs.
According to FDA spokeswoman Sandy Walsh, Ranbaxy will be manufacturing the pills under a partnership with Ohm Laboratories in Ohm's New Jersey facility.
Meanwhile, statements issued by both Ranbaxy and by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. said that under an agreement between the two companies, a portion of the profits from Ranbaxy's sales of atorvastatin during the next six months will be paid to Teva. Ranbaxy said terms of the agreement would not be disclosed.
Denise Bradley, a spokeswoman for Teva, the world's largest maker of generic drugs, said she was not able to disclose either the reason for the deal or the amount of money involved.
With billions of dollars in annual U.S. sales of Lipitor at stake, the largest-ever switch from a brand name to generic drug has been arguably the biggest event this year in the pharmaceutical industry.
Lipitor had peak sales of $13 billion and still brings in nearly $11 billion for New York-based Pfizer. The U.S. revenue will start declining right away, and will plummet with the advent of more generic versions next June.
Two generic versions, priced about 30 percent to 50 percent less than Lipitor, originally had been expected to hit pharmacies starting Wednesday, offering some savings to the 3 million Americans taking the cholesterol-lowering pill.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. began distributing one, an authorized generic, Wednesday under Watson's brand. Under Watson's deal with Pfizer, Pfizer will receive an estimated 70 percent of those sales.
Under complex U.S. patent law, because Ranbaxy was the first company to successfully challenge Pfizer's Lipitor patent, it has the sole right to compete with brand-name Lipitor and Watson's authorized generic for the first 180 days after the patent ends.
But Teva and at least two additional companies are expected to sell their own generic Lipitor starting on June 1. Then the price for all the generics should plummet to about 20 percent of Lipitor's current price, about $115 to $160 per month, depending on dosage.
But Ranbaxy's manufacturing issues and an unprecedented scheme by Lipitor's maker, Pfizer Inc., upended what normally happens when a blockbuster drug's patent expires.
Amid repeated inquiries from journalists and others about the pending approval, Ranbaxy refused to comment. The FDA, per its standard procedure, stayed quiet until the approval was official.
Ranbaxy now has permission to sell atorvastatin tablets in 10, 20, 40 and 80 milligram strengths, the same as for brand-name Lipitor.
Rumors had been floating over the past week that Ranbaxy was close to a financial settlement with the FDA that would include approval to sell generic Lipitor. The FDA has been under pressure because patients, insurers and consumer advocates wanted widespread generic competition on time.
"This medication is widely used by people who must manage their high cholesterol over time, so it is important to have affordable treatment options," Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "We are working very hard to get generic drugs to people as soon as the law will allow."
In September 2008, the FDA blocked imports of more than 30 Ranbaxy generic drugs, including two older generic cholesterol drugs, because of poor quality in two Ranbaxy factories. The FDA said that it had found problems that could result in contamination and allergic reactions, and that the company had not corrected them.
Meanwhile, Pfizer, which gets about one-sixth of its revenue from Lipitor, has started a strategy to retain as much revenue from Lipitor as possible, at least until next June. It is subsidizing both patients and insurers to keep their costs at or below generic prices – if patients stay on brand-name Lipitor for the next six months.
Atorvastatin is a statin, a type of drug that lowers bad cholesterol and blood fats called triglycerides by blocking an enzyme in the liver. Along with a low-fat diet, the drug lowers the risk for heart attack, stroke, chest pain and some types of heart surgery. It can also raise levels of good cholesterol.
In Pfizer's clinical tests of Lipitor, the most common side effects were nasal inflammation, joint pain, diarrhea and urinary-tract infections.
Date: December 1, 2011
Source: Associated Press


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Most people go to exhibitions to look at the objects. Eggheads go to read the labels. Design geeks (and museum professionals like myself) want to study the installation itself. How are the platforms and cases constructed? How are the texts laid out? How are supplementary graphics handled?
Cooper-Hewitt's new exhibition Design for a Living World was designed by Pentagram. The design team sought to make the exhibition conform not only to fire codes, ADA guidelines, and museum conservation practices, but to make the installation sustainable as well. Here's how they did it.
How are the photo panels printed?
The exhibition features dozens of original images by photojournalist Ami Vitale. The photos are printed on aluminum panels that magically reflect light. Museums usually print photographic enlargements on paper or vinyl and mount them to foamcore or Sintra (a hard plastic). These materials are not biodegradable, and they can't be recycled or reused. Pentagram used a process called direct-to-substrate dye-sublimation printing: when the ink is heated and transferred to the material, the ink embeds into the surface of the metal. The resulting print is durable and scratch-resistant, and each panel can be recycled (like a soda can).
How were the overlapping panels designed?
Overlapping the panels adds dimensionality to the graphics. The technique makes reference to shingles, a vernacular building method used around the globe. Jeremy Hoffman, a graphic designer on the Pentagram team, created paper models of all the shingled wall montages in order to test and calculate the overlaps.
Is this process significantly more expensive than using Sintra?
Direct printing on aluminum is slightly more expensive than traditional techniques, but it may be less expensive in the long run. Printing directly to a rigid surface eliminates the use of adhesives and a paper or vinyl substrate. It's an almost a flawless process, so you avoid rejecting panels that have imperfections resulting from all of the handwork that comes into play with mounting and trimming traditional output.
What material is used for the casework and scaffolds?
The exhibition is designed to travel. Instead of creating solid temporary walls, most of the wall structures are made with exposed wood studs, reducing the use of materials. The open scaffolds also reference informal building techniques seen in many parts of the world. The wall structures and the legs of the casework are made of FSC-certified Spanish Cedar harvested from Bolivia. The wood thus comes from forests that implement sustainable logging practices.
What else makes the exhibition sustainable?
The aluminum panels are made from 94% recycled aluminum, and the decks of the cases are made of Medite II, a medium-density fiberboard manufactured from 100% recycled or recovered wood fibers bonded with formaldehyde-free resin. (Cooper-Hewitt often uses this material.) The exhibition catalog was produced with sustainable materials as well; for more info, see Chul R. Kim, "Green" Publishing."
Exhibition photographs by Paul Warchol and Brian Raby
Exhibition Design: Pentagram Design / Abbott Miller, Brian Raby, Jeremy Hoffman, Kristen Spilman
Exhibition Fabrication: Design and Production, Inc.
Graphic Production: Mega Media
Lighting: Jeff Nash Lighting Design


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Medco revenues on the rise for Q2
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. Total net revenues at pharmacy benefit manager Medco increased by 17%, to $15 billion, the company announced Wednesday in a second quarter 2009 earnings report.
Specialty pharmacy revenues increased by 20.3%, to $2.4 billion, compared with $1.98 billion in second quarter 2008, while the percentage of drugs dispensed that were generic increased to 67.3%.
"Our strong second-quarter results are a testament to our organic growth driven by Medco's unique and demonstrated ability to improve clinical outcomes and reduce total healthcare costs," Medco chairman and CEO David Snow said in a statement. "We are confident in our continued strong performance for the remainder of 2009, despite the weak economy, and are pleased to raise our guidance to yield expected GAAP diluted earnings per share browth of 19 to 22%."


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Mommy Holly is hosting a great apron swap and if you love aprons and Amy Butler fabric then you are going to LOVE this swap!! You can use any apron pattern that you want but you must use Amy Butler fabric to sew a great apron for your swap partner. Hurry on over, you can still sign up until January 9th.
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Guess where this guy's headed in his suit of many colors? If you said Burning Man give your self a pat on the back. After making a half-hearted EL suit for the festival in 2010 [Sander] decided he needed to step it up this year. He bought and affixed 200 LED modules to this suit so that he could light up the night.
They're mounted in a grid, and in order to keep the changing patterns orderly he mapped the physical location of each in his code using a two-dimensional array. The controller uses an Arduino nano to push the patterns out to the array via SPI.
[Sander] included several different visual effects for the controller. One strobes the suit starting from the right cuff when he shakes someone's hand. There's also an audio spectrum analyzer chip and microphone that let him pulse the lights to music. You can see how bright this thing is in the image above, but to get the full effect shouldn't skip the video after the break.
He's entered the project into the Full Spectrum Laser Cutter giveaway. If he wins, we expect laser cut goodness for next year's festival!
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/29552399 w=470]
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On the product side, Chef Matt's Split Pea Soup was possibly one of the best I've had -- hearty with a hint of lemon for brightness.
Our awesome customers: JCD, Marybeth and Allen, Frank S., Yulya.
Always photogenic JCD
Sara and Jeff. Aww....
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It has been an amazing year for indigenous rapper, Olamide. To crown the many successes of 2016 and give back to his loyal fans, Olamide has announced the 3rd edition of Olamide Live In Concert. This December, Achievas Entertainment , YBNL Nation Entertainment and Right Entertainment team up to bring to fans of Olamide, the Beast Mode III.
Plans are also in full gear for the concert and like previous editions, Olamide is set to once again, to 'unleash the beast' at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos on the 26th of December, 2016.
Fans are definitely in for a huge surprise as the organising team of OLIC III have assured that this edition is going to be absolutely different from preceding editions. There will be surprising changes from the norm of OLIC concerts from props and promotions strategies to never seen before set designs.
From setting a standard for United Kingdom concerts by selling out tickets hours before the YBNL concert began with fans overfilling the five thousand capacity concert venue to hosting his first ever OLIC concert in Toronto, Canada which was recorded as a massive success, not to forget noteworthy international nominations and awards and of course hit singles like Orobo, Abule Sowo, Owo Blow, Konkobility among others, that have all continued to top music charts locally and internationally, Olamide has shown that he is indeed a master of the game.
By all standards, OLIC I was an absolute success, OLIC II was a massive shut down of Lagos, Nigeria but OLIC III promises to be history making as Olamide and his team are set to bring a concert like never seen before in the history of concerts in Nigeria. The rapper has urged his loyal fans to anticipate the surprise of a lifetime.
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The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival is an annual literary festival where visitors can meet and listen to authors and experts from a wide range of fields discussing a variety of topics from literature, politics, history, philosophy, economics, science, culinary, travel, environment and religion, to mention only a few.
Hosted by the Christ Church College and its lovely Tudor cloisters and hall, the Festival consists of hundreds of events which are led by writers, authors, thinkers and experts from all over the world. With each festival, the number of events and speakers are growing and thus the 2013 Literary Festival was joined by some of the most respected authors from more than 20 countries. Of course, they were also joined by some of the greatest English authors including Seamus Heaney, Julian Barnes, Hilary Mantel and Ben Okri.
Besides taking part of the Festival's discussions, visitors can also join literary walks, lunches and dinners with some of the greatest names in both English and world's literature, while aspiring writers can also improve they writing skills by participating in the creative writing course which is a part of the Festival's programme since 2008.
The next Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival will be held from 22nd to 30th March 2014.


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Remotely operated vehicle and detailed seabed maps used to find sensitive underwater habitat
A team of marine scientists have discovered a very rare shark nursery, 200 miles west of Ireland while investigating Ireland's deep ocean territory. The announcement was made at the INFOMAR Seabed Mapping Seminar in Kinsale today, where video highlights were debuted of this rare occurrence, discovered during the recent "SeaRover" survey by the Marine Institute's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Holland 1 deployed onboard the ILV Granuaile. The INFOMAR Programme is a Government of Ireland initiative, funded by Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and is a deliverable under Project 2040, Ireland's National Development Plan.
Speaking at the event David O'Sullivan, of INFOMAR and Chief Scientist on the SeaRover survey (Sensitive Ecosystem Analysis and ROV Exploration of Reef habitat) said: 'We are delighted to report the discovery of a rare shark nursery on a scale not previously documented in Irish waters. This discovery shows the significance of documenting sensitive marine habitats, and will give us a better understanding of the biology of these beautiful animals and their ecosystem function in Ireland's Biologically Sensitive Area."
During the SeaRover survey undertaken last July, the shark nursery was discovered while exploring Ireland's deep-water coral reef systems. The exploration initiative was a collaboration jointly funded by the Irish Government (DAFM & DCHG) and the EU's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, supported by Marine Institute, NPWS, Geological Survey Ireland, & NUIGalway.
Speaking at the INFOMAR Seminar, Koen Verbruggen, GSI Director said "We are delighted that this discovery has been unveiled at todays' event, demonstrating the importance of mapping our seabed habitats in understanding and managing our vast and valued ocean resources. Our data and team continue to make significant contributions to harnessing our ocean wealth."
Very large numbers of egg cases, commonly called mermaids purses, were filmed on the seafloor at depths reaching 750 m. Such large concentrations of egg cases, are rarely recorded and indicate females may gather in this particular area on the seafloor to lay their eggs.
A large school of Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus), abundant in the northeast Atlantic were present at the site, and it is likely the eggs are of this species. A second more unusual and solitary species, the Sailfin roughshark (Oxynotus paradoxus) was also observed. "Both species are of scientific interest as Ireland has an obligation to monitor deep-water sharks under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive", said Maurice Clarke from the Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Services at the Marine Institute.
The Sailfin rough shark is listed as 'Near Threatened' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature meaning it may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future. The species grows up to a length of 1.2 m and is usually observed moving slowly with deep water currents feeding on small benthic invertebrates. The individual may have been feeding on the eggs although this was not observed by the science team.
"No pups were obvious at the site and it is believed that the adult sharks might be utilising degraded coral reef and exposed carbonate rock on which to lay their eggs. A healthy coral reef in the vicinity, may act as a refuge for the juvenile shark pups once they hatch. It is anticipated that further study of the site will answer some important scientific questions on the biology and ecology of deep water sharks in Irish waters," explained David O'Sullivan.
The shark nursery was observed within one of six offshore Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Irish waters designated under the EU Habitats Directive for Annex 1 reefs. The SACs host a diverse range of marine animals including sea fans, sponges, worms, starfish, crustaceans and a variety of fish species. Many of these species were apparent in the newly discovered nursery highlighting the importance of conserving key areas of our oceans to sustain and support marine biodiversity.
"Our key objective is to assess, protect and monitor Ireland's rich offshore marine biodiversity so we can begin to manage our marine resources effectively. Without knowledge of what lives in our seas we are at risk of never fully understanding and appreciating Ireland's marine environment", Dr Yvonne Leahy (NPWS) explained.
Scientific expertise and the high resolution deep sea mapping dataset used in survey planning and design was provided by the national seabed mapping programme INFOMAR. This enabled targeting potential locations of reef habitat for this survey, in the form of seabed features including submarine canyons and seabed mounds, frequently host to cold water coral reefs and associated habitats in Ireland's rich offshore waters.
The survey called 'SeaRover' is the second of three surveys commissioned and jointly funded by the Irish Government and the EU's European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. 'The cross government initiative is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM), Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht (DCHG), and Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment as part of the Marine Institute's implementation of the Marine Biodiversity scheme. Survey operations were coordinated and led by the INFOMAR programme which is a joint venture between the Geological Survey Ireland and the Marine Institute, funded by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Scientists from the Marine Institute, National Parks and Wildlife Service, National University of Ireland, Galway, Plymouth University and Aquafact participated in the survey which this year extended coverage to include Ireland's farthest offshore area within its Exclusive Economic Zone at the Rockall Bank.
Editors Notes:
The EMFF Marine Biodiversity Scheme aims to promote good fisheries and aquaculture management and protect biodiversity in marine habitats to support Common Fisheries Policy implementation and compliance with the Habitats and Birds Directives (Natura 2000) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Further information on individual projects and the scheme itself at https://emff.marine.ie/.
INFOMAR is Ireland's national marine mapping programme and a global leader in this regard. It is funded by DCCAE and delivered by Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute. It follows on from the GSI managed Irish National Seabed Survey and is scheduled to complete the mapping of all Irish waters in 2026, when Ireland will be the first country in the world to have mapped 100% of their marine territory.
The Habitats Directive (EC 92/43/EEC) requires that member states take measures to avoid deterioration of protected habitats and this study will ensure that Ireland is evaluating the status of these offshore habitats. Under the Habitats Directive reporting requirements, Ireland has reported to the European Commission on the status of Annex 1 reef habitat.
This is the second of three surveys proposed under SeaRover (Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef) SeaRover Survey Team:
The project team includes Chief Scientist David O'Sullivan (INFOMAR – Marine Institute); Dr Yvonne Leahy (National Parks and Wildlife Service), Louise Healy (Marine Institute), Sinead O'Brien (Marine Institute), Prof Louise Allcock (National University of Ireland, Galway), Felim O'Toole (MSc. in Coastal and Marine Environments: Physical Processes, Policy and Practice at NUIG), Dr Kerry Howell (Deep Conservation Research Unit at Plymouth University Marine Institute); Dr Rebecca Ross (Deep Sea Conservation Research Unit at Plymouth University Marine Institute) , Poppy Keogh (National University of Ireland, Galway) [Not on board] Dr Janine Guinan (INFOMAR-Geological Survey Ireland), Dr David Lyons (National Parks and Wildlife Service), Dr Leonie O'Dowd (Marine Institute); Thomas Furey (INFOMAR-Marine Institute).
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You may have heard the rumors, but now we can officially confirm them – Isagenix is launching in the United Kingdom and establishing a foothold in Europe!
With a population of nearly 65 million people, the United Kingdom presents a unique opportunity for Isagenix to expand its vision of impacting world health. The UK has been experiencing a renewed interest in exercise and aerobic activity since the 2012 Summer Olympics were hosted in London.1 Despite this, 67 percent of working-age men and 57 percent of working-age women in the UK are overweight or obese.2
Considering this, Isagenix UK is uniquely positioned for success with Solutions to Transform Lives™!
UK Market Launch Timeline
Beginning with the official announcement at 2017 New Year Kick Off, we will begin a pre-enrollment period in which UK residents can register their interest in becoming Isagenix Customers or Associates, and secure a place on your team. This period is a great opportunity for you to begin contacting people you know in the UK who may be interested in Isagenix.
Following the pre-enrollment period, we will have a soft launch scheduled for the end of Quarter 2 in 2017. Members will be able to order products, join the IsaBody Challenge®, and if they choose, participate in the Isagenix Team Compensation Plan! Stay tuned to IsaFYI.com for more information on the grand opening event and find out how you can be a part of Isagenix history.
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text: May 11, 2017 Wholesale Funding of the Big Six Canadian Banks Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2017 Matthieu Truno, Andriy Stolyarov, Danny Auger, Michel Assaf The Big Six Canadian banks are a dominant component of the Canadian financial system. How they finance their business activities is fundamental to how effective they are. Retail and commercial deposits along with wholesale funding represent the two major sources of funds for Canadian banks. What wholesale funding instruments do the Big Six banks use? How do they choose between different funding sources, funding strategies and why? How have banks changed their funding mix since the 2007–09 global financial crisis? Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Market structure and pricing, Wholesale funding JEL Code(s): E, E4, E44, F, F3, G, G0, G01, G1, G10, G12, G15, G2, G20, G21, G28, O, O1, O16


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Staff and visitors at a Nebraska zoo got a bit of excitement recently when a nearly 5,000-pound rhinoceros named Jontu slipped out of his pen unnoticed.
Workers at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium found the 13-year-old Indian one-horned rhino behind his barn, calmly munching on grass.
"Where he was at, there's a ton of grass. And he was like a giant lawnmower. He was just grabbing a mouthful of grass. He'd move a little bit and grab another mouthful," Dan Cassidy, the zoo's vice president of animal management, told NPR.
Jontu shares his display area with some Père David's deer, who have eaten all the grass inside, Cassidy said. "The grass is always greener on the other side. It certainly was for him," he added.
When it was discovered the rhino had taken a trip, a worker called in a "code red," which is the zoo's lingo for a dangerous animal escape.
The zoo was open the day Jontu escaped last week, but Cassidy said the rhino didn't wander to a public area and there was never any danger to visitors.
Still, workers told some visitors in the vicinity of Jontu's enclosure to shelter in place and evacuated others to a more distant part of the zoo.
Then came the big question: How do you coax a two-and-a-half ton ungulate back into his pen?
"There's a lot of things to consider, so our first choice is always safest to just try to walk them back in," Cassidy said. "With some of our other animals, you know, you can use people to get around them and shrink the gap to get them where you want them to go. But in this case, we had to use pickup trucks."
Veterinarians, keepers and even some maintenance staff converged on the site. They surrounded Jontu with trucks and tried to lure the big guy back inside with treats and fruit.
Eventually, with the entrance in view, the promise of fruit and the smell of his fellow rhinos in the air, Jontu reentered his pen. Staff shut the door behind him.
The animal was safe. The public was safe. And he didn't destroy any vehicles, so that was a plus.
Cassidy believes Jontu got out through a gate that wasn't closed properly. He chalks up the success of the operation to the fact that zoo staff do a lot of drills to train for emergency situations — including animal escapes.
"Do the drills. They really pay off. It comes more naturally to you after you practice," he said.
"Sometimes you question the value of them, but like yesterday, everybody knew what to do and did exactly what they were supposed to. And it ended up really well. The animal was safe. The public was safe. And he didn't destroy any vehicles, so that was a plus."
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CAIRO – Egypt's Jewish community has announced that it has elected the daughter of a well-known leftist and nationalist icon to protect its heritage and care for its dwindling, elderly membership.
Magda Haroun, 60, told The Associated Press Tuesday she aimed to continue the work of her predecessor, Carmen Weinstein, who died Saturday at the age of 82. Weinstein was known for her efforts to preserve synagogues and a Jewish cemetery.
"My new priority is to preserve the Egyptian Jewish heritage ... to give it back to Egypt, because it belongs to Egypt," Haroun said.
Haroun, an Egyptian who is fluent in Arabic, French and English, was born in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city. She attended school in Cairo, and graduated from Cairo University with a degree in Applied Arts. She runs a patents and legal affairs firm with her sister Nadia.
Haroun said she considered herself Egyptian before Jewish, born and raised in the country.
Her father Chehata Haroun was a prominent Egyptian nationalist, one of the founders of the leftist Al Tagammu Party. He was known for his anti-Zionist politics and his defense of Egyptian Jews against accusations of having greater loyalty to Israel than to Egypt, at the peak of the Mideast wars.
Haroun had previously told the AP that only around 40 Egyptian Jews remain in the country, a far-cry from the once-thriving Jewish community that largely left more than 60 years ago at a time of hostilities between Egypt and Israel.
"I will continue taking care of them, socially, medically, gathering them for the holidays, and burying them with dignity," Haroun said.
Haroun was unanimously elected as community president at an extraordinary general assembly meeting held on Monday, following Weinstein's death.
Since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, an estimated 65,000 Jews left Egypt — most of them traveling to Europe and the West. Few of them settled in Israel. The remnants of the community are split between Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria that was also once a thriving multicultural and cosmopolitan hub.
Considerable hostility persists in Egypt, where radical preachers and others regularly denounce both Israel and Jews in general. However, Haroun said that Egyptians were kind-hearted and what ultimately mattered was social interaction. "If you treat others well, you will be treated well," she said.
Haroun dismissed any fears from the rise of Islamists to power in Egypt after the 2011 overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising. "The community size is still the same, and they keep dying one after another, what's the difference?"
But she said that the ensuing political turmoil around the community had made members fearful.
"Don't forget that most of the community is elderly women and housewives, uninvolved in everyday life," she added. "When they see the intolerance around them, they become more anxious."


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- Orenco Originals creates exceptional charts/patterns. NO thread or fabric are included.
- COUNTED CROSS STITCH PATTERN Finished Size is: 16 inches (224 Stitches) by 12 inches (168 Stitches)
- Chart/Patterns use up to 40 colors of floss. Full stitches only. No half stitches and no backstitching necessary.
- We provide two charts both printed in black ink on bright white 11" by 17" paper. Chart #1 is a single page chart. Chart #2 (tired eyes) is a 4 page enlarged chart that eases eye strain.
This is a pattern that is used to sew and to create a cross stitch picture.
This is NOT a completed product. It is NOT a kit, it contains no floss or fabric.
This chart was inspired by the illustrations of John Gould ; 1804 - 1881, was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.


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: opposite (rarely alternate or whorled), simple (rarely pinnately compound), mostly toothed to lobed, exstipulate.
: cymose, or less often racemose to paniculate, the cymes often congested as axillary verticils, these sometimes forming spikes or interrupted spikes, the internodes then clearly visible.
: mostly perfect; sepals 5, connate, the calyx appearing 2 5 lobed or toothed, actinomorphic to zygomorphic, mostly persistent; petals 5, connate, the corolla (4 )5 lobed, mostly strongly zygomorphic, often bilabiate; stamens epipetalous, 2 (2 staminodes sometimes also present) or 4 (then of two lengths); pistil 1; carpels 2; ovary superior, sessile to stalked, deeply 4 lobed, each lobe with 1 ovule; style 1, the stigma usually 2 lobed.
: of 4 1 seeded nutlets.
: Ca. 200 genera, ca. 3500 spp., cosmopolitan; frequented by many pollinators, especially bees. Volatile oils are produced by most species. Many are cultivated as culinary herbs, including Mentha (mints), Lavandula (lavender), Salvia (sage), Thymus (thyme), Ocimum (basil), Origanum (oregano), and Rosmarinus (rosemary). Others are cultivated for ornament (Solenostemon, Monarda, Salvia) and the alkaloids of a few have known psychoactive or medicinal properties. As traditionally defined, a group that is mostly easy to recognize, but considered polyphyletic by Cantino (1992) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79:361 379.
Species within checklist:
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During the creation of a SIOS Protection Suite SQL resource, the user must enter a SQL administrative username and password for that instance of Microsoft SQLServer. Should the password of this username change at some point in the future, the SQL resource must be updated on all systems in the cluster with this new password. Failure to do so will prevent SIOS Protection Suite from fully monitoring the status of SQL Server on these systems. A warning message will be logged in the Application Event Log, but the SQL resource will not fail as a result of this.
The SQL administrative username and password associated with the SIOS Protection Suite SQL resource can be changed using the SQL Server Configuration tab in the LifeKeeper GUI. To administer a protected SQL Server resource from the LifeKeeper GUI, right-click on the SQL Server resource (on the right hand side of the LifeKeeper GUI) and select properties, then select the SQL Server Configuration tab. Click the Admin Actions button and select Manage User on the SQL Server Configuration page to view or change information about your SQL resource.
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The Women on Waves ship, which already has visited traditionally Roman Catholic countries Spain, Portugal and Ireland at the invitation of local women's groups, had planned to arrive at Smir, northern Morocco, but was denied entry.
"The harbor is totally blocked by warships so no one can get in, and there are a lot of police here," said Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves who had gone on shore.
"We're now working on an emergency plan but we have opened up our hotline so women can call for information about the abortion pill."
The group, which was invited to Morocco by rights group Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI), wants to spread awareness on land about the use of pills for a medical abortion and said it would carry out abortions aboard the ship in international waters.
Like in other Muslim countries, abortion is illegal and punishable by up to 20 years in prison under Moroccan law, but hundreds of illegal abortions are carried out daily in clinics or using herbal medicines, sometimes resulting in death or injury.
"In Morocco, between 600 and 800 abortions are done every day, but only about 250 are done by doctors, so they are safer, while the rest are taking risks," Schellekens said.
There was no immediate comment from officials on Thursday, but on Wednesday Interior Minister Mohand Laenser, a secular member of the government led since December by moderate Islamists, said the ship would not be allowed to reach Morocco.
"The organizers have never contacted us to seek permission to visit Morocco," Laenser told Reuters. "Plus, we are not going to let them in."
Each year hundreds of single mothers are forced to abandon or give up their babies for adoption because of the stigma linked to abortion and pre-marital pregnancy.
The Moroccan Association Against Clandestine Abortion said in June that the legislation on abortion was disconnected from the social realities of the country and the number of unsafe abortion required a political commitment for a change.
Organisers of an all-gay cruise in June blamed Moroccan officials for the cancellation of what would have been the first visit of its kind to a Muslim country.


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I haven't updated this place for quite a long time, but hopefully it's going to change.
Since I started full-time job in November – my free time for kits got cut down drastically.
But. I managed to finish this Gwendolyn now and there's hope for other kits!
She's contest entry, for our GK group, I couldn't post pictures earlier due to contest rules.
Gwendolyn, Valkyrie from Odin Sphere.
E2046 recast, not really awesome quality. Kit didn't include base, I've made my own.
Kit is both: hand-painted and airbrushed.
Paints used: Vallejo Model Color acrylics, Dealer-Rowney's Interference Colour (shimmering blue, shimmering violet), Pebeo Prisme Fantasy paints.
Other materials: Glitter and some crystals normally used for nail decoration.
Crystals made using Copper(II) sulfate (I've grown those).


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