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This SHEA white paper identifies knowledge gaps and challenges in healthcare epidemiology research related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with a focus on core principles of healthcare epidemiology. These gaps, revealed during the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, are described in 10 sections: epidemiology, outbreak investigation, surveillance, isolation precaution practices, personal protective equipment (PPE), environmental contamination and disinfection, drug and supply shortages, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare personnel (HCP) occupational safety, and return to work policies. Each section highlights three critical healthcare epidemiology research questions with detailed description provided in supplementary materials. This research agenda calls for translational studies from laboratory-based basic science research to well-designed, large-scale studies and health outcomes research. Research gaps and challenges related to nursing homes and social disparities are included. Collaborations across various disciplines, expertise and across diverse geographic locations will be critical.
Gödel's version of the modal ontological argument for the existence of God has been criticized by J. Howard Sobel [5] and modified by C. Anthony Anderson [1]. In the present paper we consider the extent to which Anderson's emendation is defeated by the type of objection first offered by the Monk Gaunilo to St. Anselm's original Ontological Argument. And we try to push the analysis of this Gödelian argument a bit further to bring it into closer agreement with the details of Gödel's own formulation. Finally, we indicate what seems to be the main weakness of this emendation of Gödel's attempted proof.
Gaunilo observed against St. Anselm that his form of argument, if cogent, could be used to "prove" all sorts of unwelcome conclusions - for example, that there is somewhere a perfect island. It would seem to even follow that there are near-perfect, but defective, demi-gods and all matter of other theologically repugnant entities. Gaunilo concluded, reasonably enough, that something must be wrong with the argument.
Kurt Gödel's modern version of the Ontological Argument [12] involves an attempt to complete the details of Leibniz's proof that it is possible that there is a perfect being or a being with all and only "positive" attributes. Given this conclusion, other assumptions about positive properties, and, well, a second-order extension of the modal logic S5, Gödel successfully deduced the actual existence, indeed the necessary existence, of the being having all and only positive attributes. Alas, or "Oh, joy!", depending on ones' theological prejudices, J. Howard Sobel showed that Gödel's assumptions lead also to the conclusion that whatever is true is necessarily true. Followers of Spinoza aside, this casts quite considerable doubt on the premisses of the argument. We shall consider here Anderson's emendation which does not suffer from the mentioned defect and which is still recognizably closely related to Gödel's argument.
Here are the assumptions and definitions -the notion of a positive attribute is taken as a primitive by Gödel and in the present version. We hasten to add that the idea is not crystal clear; Gödel's own explanations are extremely terse and somewhat cryptic. A property's being positive is supposed to be a good thing, such properties being characteristic of a completely and necessarily non-defective being.
The surgical problems posed by cardiac malformations may be considerably increased when the heart itself is in an abnormal position. This is, in part, due to the unusual anatomical perspective presented to the surgeon because of the malposition, and also to the abnormal locations of the cardiac chambers, which may necessitate approaches other than those already discussed. Cardiac malposition itself, nonetheless, does not constitute a diagnosis. Any normal or abnormal segmental combination can be found in a heart that, itself, is abnormally located. The heart may be normal, despite its abnormal location, but extremely complex anomalies are frequently present. Consequently, the very presence of an abnormal cardiac position emphasises the need for a full and detailed segmental analysis of the heart. All the rules enunciated in Chapter 6 apply should the heart not be in its anticipated position. In this chapter, we confine ourselves to a description of abnormally positioned hearts, giving a more detailed discussion for specific types of malposition. We conclude with a review of the surgical significance of isomerism of the atrial appendages, which is generally agreed to be one of the major harbingers of abnormal cardiac position. We emphasise the need to segregate the syndromes, preferably into the subsets of right versus left isomerism, as the prognosis is markedly different for the two variants.
Abnormal systemic venous connections are usually of little surgical significance, as their clinical consequences are limited. The anomalies are apt to be encountered as the surgeon pursues a more complex associated intracardiac anomaly. They are of most significance in the setting of isomeric atrial appendages, which we discuss in Chapter 10, showing how so-called visceral heterotaxy is best considered in terms of right versus left isomerism. In this chapter, we consider the features of the anomalous systemic venous connections in their own right. They may be grouped into the categories of absence or abnormal drainage of the right superior caval vein, anomalies of the inferior caval vein, persistence or abnormal drainage of the left superior caval vein, and abnormal hepatic venous connections. Abnormalities of the coronary sinus usually fall into one of these groups, although unroofing, which produces an interatrial communication through the right atrial orifice of the sinus, has been discussed in Chapter 7.
Abnormalities of the right superior caval vein
These are extremely rare. The vein may be diminished in size. Alternatively, it may be completely absent when the venous return from the head, neck, and arms passes through a persistent left superior caval vein to the right atrium by way of the coronary sinus (Figure 9.1) or, rarely, directly into the left atrium. Only this last situation requires surgical intervention. The other conditions, if encountered during an open-heart operation, would require some adjustment from the usual technique used for cannulation. Although there is no definite evidence to this effect, we would not expect these abnormalities to affect the location of the sinus node.
It is axiomatic that a thorough knowledge of valvar anatomy is a prerequisite for successful surgery, be it valvar replacement or reconstruction. The surgeon will also require a firm understanding of the arrangement of other aspects of cardiac anatomy to ensure safe access to a diseased valve or valves. These features were described in the previous chapter. Knowledge of the surgical anatomy of the valves themselves, however, must be founded on appreciation of their component parts, the relationships of the individual valves to each other, and their relationships to the chambers and arterial trunks within which they reside. This requires understanding of, firstly, the basic orientation of the cardiac valves, emphasising the intrinsic features that make each valve distinct from the others. This information must be supplemented by attention to their relationships with other structures that the surgeon must avoid, notably the conduction tissues and the major channels of the coronary circulation. For this chapter, throughout our narrative we will presume the presence of a normally structured heart, lying in its usual position, and without any coexisting congenital cardiac malformations.
When considering the valves, we distinguish between the atrioventricular valves, which guard the atrioventricular junctions, and the arterial valves, which guard the ventriculoarterial junctions (Figure 3.1). The atrioventricular valves are best analysed in terms of the valvar complex, made up of the annulus, the leaflets, the tendinous cords, the papillary muscles, and the supporting ventricular musculature (Figure 3.2). All of these components must work in harmony so as to achieve valvar competence. The leaflets of the atrioventricular valves are supplied with a complex tension apparatus, as they must withstand the full force of ventricular systole, so as to retain their competence when in their closed position. The arterial valves are also a combination of complex anatomical parts.
The books and articles devoted to technique in cardiac surgery are legion. This is most appropriate, as the success of cardiac surgery is greatly dependent upon excellent operative technique. But excellence of technique can be dissipated without a firm knowledge of the underlying cardiac morphology. This is just as true for the normal heart as for those hearts with complex congenital lesions. It is the feasibility of operating upon such complex malformations that has highlighted the need for a more detailed understanding of the basic anatomy in itself. Thus, in recent years surgeons have come to appreciate the necessity of avoiding damage to the coronary vessels, often invisible when working within the cardiac chambers, and particularly to avoid the vital conduction tissues, invisible at all times. Although detailed and accurate descriptions of the conduction system have been available since the time of their discovery, only rarely has its position been described with the cardiac surgeon in mind. At the time the first edition of this volume was published, to the best of our knowledge there had been no other books that specifically displayed the anatomy of normal and abnormal hearts as perceived at the time of operation. We tried to satisfy this need in the first volume by combining the experience of a practising cardiac surgeon with that of a professional cardiac anatomist. We added significantly to the illustrations in the second edition, while seeking to retain the overall concept, as feedback from those who had used the first edition was very positive. In the third edition, we sought to expand and improve still further on the changes made in the second edition. In the second edition, we had added an entirely new chapter on cardiac valvar anatomy, and greatly expanded our treatment of coronary vascular anatomy. We retained this format in the third edition, as we were gratified that, as hoped, readers were able to find a particular subject more easily.
In the previous chapter, we paid attention to those hearts in which the associated cardiac malformation existed in the setting of normal connections between the cardiac segments. All those associated lesions, of course, can also be found in hearts with abnormal segmental connections. It is these abnormal connections that will be our focus in this chapter, emphasising the associated anomalies that are particularly frequent with a given abnormal segmental arrangement. We conclude the chapter with a brief discussion of those hearts in which the relationships of the arterial trunks are abnormal in the setting of concordant ventriculoarterial connections, as these combinations still produce problems in understanding and description.
Over the years, hearts with a double-inlet ventricle have represented one of the greater challenges to surgical correction. They have also posed significant problems in adequate description and categorisation. Even these days, many continue to describe the lesions in terms of single ventricles, or univentricular hearts, despite the fact that almost all patients with a double-inlet atrioventricular connection have two chambers within their ventricular mass, one being large and the other small–. The semantic problems with description can now be resolved by the simple expedient of describing functionally univentricular hearts, this approach also accounting for the other lesions dominated by ventricular imbalance. At this point, we describe the relevant anatomical characteristics of all those hearts unified by the presence of the double-inlet atrioventricular connection, irrespective of whether they contain one or two ventricles, although almost all do have one big and one small ventricle. The previous problems with description centred on whether the small chamber in hearts with ventricular imbalance deserved ventricular status.
Understanding the anatomy of septal defects is greatly facilitated if the heart is thought of as having three distinct septal structures: the atrial septum, the atrioventricular septum, and the ventricular septum (Figure 7.1). The normal atrial septum is relatively small. It is made up, for the most part, by the floor of the oval fossa. When viewed from the right atrial aspect, the fossa has a floor, surrounded by rims. The floor is derived from the primary atrial septum, or septum primum. Although often considered to represent a secondary septum, or septum secundum, the larger parts of the rims, specifically the superior, anterosuperior, and posterior components, are formed by infoldings of the adjacent right and left atrial walls. Inferoanteriorly, in contrast, the rim of the fossa is a true muscular septum (Figure 7.2). This part of the rim is contiguous with the atrioventricular septum, which is the superior component of the fibrous membranous septum. In the normal heart, this fibrous septum is also contiguous with the atrial wall of the triangle of Koch (Figure 7.3). In the past, we considered this component of the atrial wall, which overlaps the upper part of the ventricular musculature between the attachments of the leaflets of the tricuspid and mitral valves, as the muscular atrioventricular septum. As we discussed in Chapter 2, we now know that it is better viewed as a sandwich. This is because, throughout the floor of the triangle of Koch, the fibroadipose tissue of the inferior atrioventricular groove separates the layers of atrial and ventricular myocardium (Figure 7.4). From the stance of understanding septal defects, nonetheless, it is helpful to consider the entire area comprising the fibrous septum and the muscular sandwich as an atrioventricular separating structure, as it is absent in the hearts we describe as having atrioventricular septal defects.
When we describe the heart in this chapter, and in subsequent chapters, our account will be based on the organ as viewed in its anatomical position. Where appropriate, the heart will be illustrated as it would be viewed by the surgeon during an operative procedure, irrespective of whether the pictures are taken in the operating room, or are photographs of autopsied hearts. When we show an illustration in non-surgical orientation, this will be clearly stated.
In the normal individual, the heart lies in the mediastinum, with two-thirds of its bulk to the left of the midline (Figure 1.1). The surgeon can approach the heart, and the great vessels, either laterally through the thoracic cavity, or directly through the mediastinum anteriorly. To make such approaches safely, knowledge is required of the salient anatomical features of the chest wall, and of the vessels and the nerves that course through the mediastinum (Figure 1.2). The approach used most frequently is a complete median sternotomy, although increasingly the trend is to use more limited incisions. The incision in the soft tissues is made in the midline between the suprasternal notch and the xiphoid process. Inferiorly, the white line, or linea alba, is incised between the two rectus sheaths, taking care to avoid entry to the peritoneal cavity, or damage to an enlarged liver, if present. Reflection of the origin of the rectus muscles in this area reveals the xiphoid process, which is incised to provide inferior access to the anterior mediastinum. Superiorly, a vertical incision is made between the sternal insertions of the sternocleidomastoid muscles. This exposes the relatively bloodless midline raphe between the right and left sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. An incision through this raphe gives access to the superior aspect of the anterior mediastinum. The anterior mediastinum immediately behind the sternum is devoid of vital structures, so that the superior and inferior incisions into the mediastinum can safely be joined by blunt dissection in the retrosternal space.
Regardless of the surgical approach, once having entered the mediastinum, the surgeon will be confronted by the heart enclosed in its pericardial sac. In the strict anatomical sense, this sac has two layers, one fibrous and the other serous. From a practical point of view, the pericardium is essentially the tough fibrous layer; the serous component forms the lining of the fibrous sac, and is reflected back onto the surface of the heart as the epicardium. It is the fibrous sac, therefore, which encloses the mass of the heart. By virtue of its own attachments to the diaphragm, it helps support the heart within the mediastinum. Free-standing around the atrial chambers and the ventricles, the sac becomes adherent to the adventitial coverings of the great arteries and veins at their entrances to and exits from it, these attachments closing the pericardial cavity. The cavity of the pericardium is limited by the two layers of serous pericardium, which are folded on one another to produce a double-layered arrangement. The outer or parietal layer is densely adherent to the fibrous pericardium, while the inner layer is firmly attached to the myocardium, and is the epicardium (Figure 2.1). The pericardial cavity, therefore, is the space between the inner parietal serous lining of the fibrous pericardium and the surface of the heart (Figure 2.2). There are two recesses within the cavity that are lined by serous pericardium. The first is the transverse sinus, which occupies the inner curvature of the heart (Figure 2.3). Anteriorly, it is bounded by the posterior surface of the great arteries. Posteriorly, it is limited by the right pulmonary artery and the roof of the left atrium. There is a further recess from the transverse sinus that extends between the superior caval and the right upper pulmonary veins, with its right lateral border being a pericardial fold between these vessels (Figure 2.4). When exposing the mitral valve through a left atriotomy, incisions through this fold, along with mobilisation of the superior caval vein, provide excellent access to the superior aspect of the left atrium and the right pulmonary artery. This fold is also incised when a snare is placed around the superior caval vein. Laterally, on each side, the ends of the transverse sinus are in free communication with the remainder of the pericardial cavity.
Systems for describing congenital cardiac malformations have frequently been based upon embryological concepts and theories. As useful as these systems have been, they have often had the effect of confusing the clinician, rather than clarifying the basic anatomy of a given lesion. As far as the surgeon is concerned, the essence of a particular malformation lies not in its presumed morphogenesis, but in the underlying anatomy. An effective system for describing this anatomy must be based upon the morphology as it is observed. At the same time, it must be capable of accounting for all congenital cardiac conditions, even those that, as yet, might not have been encountered. To be useful clinically, the system must be not only broad and accurate, but also clear and consistent. The terminology used, therefore, should be unambiguous. It should be as simple as possible. The sequential segmental approach provides such a system, particularly when the emphasis is placed on its surgical applications. The basis of the system is, in the first instance, to analyse individually the architectural make-up of the atrial chambers, the ventricular mass, and the arterial segment. Emphasis is thus given to the nature of the junctional arrangements (Figure 6.1). Still further attention is devoted to the interrelationships of the cardiac structures within each of the individual segments. This provides the basic framework within which all other associated malformations can be catalogued.
The disposition of the conduction system in the normal heart has been emphasised already (see Chapter 2). In that earlier chapter, we pointed to the importance, during surgical procedures, of avoiding the cardiac nodes and ventricular bundle branches, and scrupulously protecting the vascular supply to these structures. In this chapter, we will consider the anatomy of these tissues relative to the treatment of intractable problems of cardiac rhythm. The abnormal dispositions of the conduction tissue to be found in congenitally malformed hearts, features of obvious significance to the congenital cardiac surgeon, will be discussed in the sections devoted to those lesions in the chapters that follow. In this chapter, nonetheless, we will discuss surgical procedures performed to treat arrhythmias that develop in the setting of the Fontan circulation.
In patients with intractable tachycardia, it may be necessary to ablate the atrioventricular bundle. Although this sometimes occurs inadvertently, it can be surprisingly difficult to divide this structure intentionally. The landmark to penetration of the atrioventricular conduction axis through the fibrous insulating plane is the apex of the triangle of Koch (Figure 5.1). The apex is marked by the point at which the tendon of Todaro inserts into the central fibrous body (Figure 5.2). Just inferior to the apex of this triangle, the components of the atrioventricular node gather themselves together, and enter the insulating tissues of the fibrous body (Figures 5.3, 5.4). Once insulated from the atrial myocardial mass, the conduction axis becomes the penetrating atrioventricular bundle, better known as the bundle of His. This part of the overall atrioventricular conduction axis is short, but extends leftwards as it pierces the fibrous body.
The coronary circulation consists of the coronary arteries and veins, together with the lymphatics of the heart. Because the lymphatics, apart from the thoracic duct, are of very limited significance to operative anatomy, they will not be discussed at any length in this chapter. The veins, relatively speaking, are similarly of less interest. In this chapter, therefore, we concentrate upon those anatomical aspects of arterial distribution that are pertinent to the surgeon, concluding with a brief discussion of the cardiac venous drainage and the cardiac lymphatics.
The coronary arteries are the first branches of the ascending portion of the aorta. They take their origin from the sinuses within the aortic root, immediately above its attachment to the heart (Figure 4.1). There are three sinuses within the aortic root, but only two coronary arteries. The sinuses can be named, therefore, according to whether they give rise to an artery, the normal arrangement being a right coronary, left coronary, and non-coronary aortic sinus (Figure 4.2). When described in this fashion, the terms 'right' and 'left' refer to the aortic sinuses giving rise to the right and left coronary arteries, rather than to the position of the sinuses relative to the right-to-left coordinates of the body (Figure 4.3). In the normal heart, the aortic root is situated obliquely, while in malformed hearts, the root is frequently positioned abnormally. Whatever the position of the aortic root, however, the two coronary arteries, when two are present, almost always take origin from those aortic sinuses that are adjacent to the sinuses of the pulmonary trunk.
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Practice of the Practice Podcast with Joe Sanok Session 014 | Five Ways to Make More Money in Your Private Practice
I know I took a break in podcasting in June, it was so beautiful here in Traverse City. I am going to make it up to you by doing a few weekly podcasts. This iwll be a lot more work for me, but I want to make it up to you!
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This is my co-worker Ms. Oshiro, leaning over my shoulder at the office sink. I've got a scrubby in one hand, bento box in the other, and my first reaction is, "Well, who else'd wash 'em?"
But then common sense kicked in. The same person who made my delicious bento: my wife, of course. Because in Japan, that's the way it works. Ken Seeroi's wife hand-makes him a lunch box of rice, mackerel, a hard-boiled egg, and mini sausages shaped like octopuses, then at the end of the day he takes his dirty dishes back to her. Honey, I'm home. Japan's real 1950's like that. Continue reading "Feminism in Japan"


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While falling asleep at night comes easy to some, it can be a struggle for others. You may still have thoughts about your day running through your mind, feel stressed or full of anxiety, or simply have trouble relaxing when it's time for bed.
These types of situations are the perfect times to use technology to your advantage. Here are the best apps to help you fall asleep.
Calm is an app that offers stories and sounds for sleep time along with music, nature sounds, plus mediation and breathing sessions.
Calm notable features:
- Listen to sounds with moving photos without any purchases to relax during your day.
- Select Sleep Stories for kids, naps, fiction, and non-fiction.
- Choose from different background scenes and adjust the in-app volume.
- Set a timer to play sounds outside the app.
Calm offers terrific options for helping you fall asleep, but includes much more for focus, relaxation, anxiety, meditation, and an overall calming experience.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Android, and the web
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases for Calm Premium and subscription plans to unlock the features. Calm is a nice try-before-you buy option.
Relax Melodies: Sleep Sounds
Not everyone likes the same types of sounds to help them sleep and that's where Relax Melodies: Sleep Sounds comes in. You create your own combination from tons of sounds and melodies for just the right mix.
Relax Melodies notable features:
- Choose from sounds that include everything from nature to appliances to music to city sounds.
- Adjust the volume for each individual sound within the combination to create the ideal effect.
- Use the nightstand clock, bedtime reminder, and create alarms and timers.
- Check out additional features including SleepMoves, Meditations, and Breathe for a little extra relaxation.
If mixing the sounds that soothe you the most is what you really need to help you relax and sleep at night, then Relax Melodies is the app for you.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, iMessage, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Android
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases for subscription plans to unlock the extra features.
White Noise Lite
White Noise Lite is another wonderful app to help you sleep. With over 40 sounds you can listen to a light rain, a crackling campfire, ocean waves, and so much more.
White Noise Lite notable features:
- Create mixes and playlists of your favorite sounds.
- Set timers and alarms and use the bedside clock.
- Create a sound of your own with the in-app recorder.
- Use AirPlay to your Apple TV or HomePod.
White Noise Lite of course offers what you would guess, white noise. You can also listen to brown, pink, blue, and violet noise. But the additional sounds really add to the flexibility of the app.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, Windows, the web, and more platforms
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases for upgrades to remove the ads and unlock additional features.
Rain Rain Sleep Sounds
Rain Rain Sleep Sounds, as the name implies, offers many types of rain sounds from calming drizzles to booming thunderstorms. But it doesn't stop there. You can listen to the ocean, nature, transportation, appliances, and other sounds that soothe you.
Rain Rain Sleep Sounds notable features:
- Mark your favorites for quick access.
- Convenient timers for fade-out and bedtime.
- Handy modes for a nightlight and big picture.
- Use AirPlay to your Apple TV or HomePod.
If the sound of rain really is the one that helps you relax and sleep, then definitely give Rain Rain Sleep Sounds a try. But remember that the app does offer extra sounds and features that make it more than just a rain sound player.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Android
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases for additional sound packs or the unlimited app version.
Pzizz – Sleep, Nap, Focus
For relaxing at bedtime, another good app to try is Pzizz. The app offers three sections for sleep, nap, and focus, each with sounds, music, a timer, or alarm.
Pzizz notable features:
- Choose from nature sounds like distant thunder, a waterfall, or a mountain stream as well as melodies.
- The Sleep and Nap features offer music and a voice with guided relaxation. You can use both or just one.
- The Focus feature has low and high intensity sound effects for you to pick from.
- Connect with HealthKit to track your mindful minutes.
Pzizz is a light and simple app to help you sleep, nap, or focus. It might just be the perfect way to end your day and awaken refreshed.
- Availability: iPhone, iPad, and Android
- Cost: Free with in-app purchases for a premium version and subscriptions for additional features.
Wrapping it up
Hopefully one of these apps is just what you've been looking for to help you relax and fall asleep. They each have something different to offer, but all accomplish the same goal.
Do you already use of these apps and love it? Or, do you use another one you'd like to recommend? Let us know in the comments below!
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Transform the interiors of your home with these unusual decorations
If your home starts to cause a feeling of boredom, it means that is time for a change. Do not worry, you do not have to waste your time and money through different stores that provide common decorations because you can use skills in order to handmade several unusual decorations that will transform the interiors of your home drastically. Moreover, your guests will fall in love instantly with your intricate and unusual designs. Practically, you have the opportunity to contribute personally to your home improvement.
Decorate the walls and the doors
This idea might seem too much at the beginning but have you ever considered upholstering your walls with ribbon? Many online retailers like http://theribbonroom.co.uk can provide all types of ribbon and you have to admit that it definitely represents a bold statement that will raise everyone's interest. The cool thing is that you can write positive messages or poems small pieces of paper and tuck them in there. When you want to change them or they simply take control over your wall, you can easily remove them. You will transform your wall into a great canvas. Speaking of walls, instead of painting common stuff like flowers, you can paint an artistic ribbon. Another idea is to create a wall from ribbons. If you feel bold and extravagant, you can gather colorful ribbons and hang them from the ceiling or you can stick to just one simple shade. For the doors, you can handmade several wreaths by adding flowers or ribbons and hang them on the inside or on the outside.
Embellish the furniture and other elements
Take furniture decoration to another level with big and elegant satin ribbons. If you have black pieces of furniture, use white or silver ribbons for contrast and tie them around chairs or the bed. If your furniture has a light shade like cream or white, use ribbons in strong colors or with intricate patterns. Regarding other elements in your home, you should not neglect them. For instance, place bouquets of natural flowers from your garden if you have one in every room for refinement and freshness. According to their size, you can put them in long glass vases or small jars, wrap them with ribbons the same color as the flowers and add water. You will go from plain to unusual in minutes. If you like to feel warm in the evenings, use candles and embellish the holders with sparkling lace ribbon.


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One of many aliases of house music luminary Maurice Fulton, Boof is used to output jazzy off-kilter house material. Fulton first presented it to the public with "Life Is Water For Gerbadaisies When They Are Dancing" album back in 2000. "A Soft Kiss By A Rose" followed in 2006, while the latest, flower - themed of course, "Shhh… dandelions at play" is out 2011 on Bubbletease communications.
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A privately owned family business offering traditional and contemporary funeral services, cremations, and pre-planning.
Carolyn J. Lynn
Carolyn J. (Reppert) Lynn, 84, passed away on Saturday morning, January 6, 2018, in her home in Walnutport, PA. Born on September 1, 1933 in Palmerton, PA, to the late Walter and Violet (Snyder) Reppert, she was the wife of Charles W. Lynn Jr. with whom she celebrated 33 years of marriage.
Survivors: In addition to her husband Carolyn is survived by her children, Douglas DeLabar of Silver City, NM, Dean DeLabar and his wife Jan of Catasauqua, PA, Beth Fujita and her husband Henry of Astatula, FL and Alison DeLabar of Walnutport, PA; sister, Gloria Kolnik and her husband Robert of Bowmanstown, PA; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Dale DeLabar; granddaughter, Jennifer DeLabar, and sister, Joyce Sechler.
Services: Funeral service will be held at 11:30 am on Friday, January 12, 2018 at St Pauls UCC 105 E 19th St, Northampton, PA. Friends and family may pay their respects from 10:30am to 11:30am in the church prior to the service. Arrangements are entrusted to the Nicos C. Elias Funeral Home of Allentown. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the church.


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AITRICS research papers to be presented at ICML 2018
July 9, 2018
AITRICS Research team has published 3 research papers in the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), for the second consecutive year.
At this well-known summit where some of the best machine learning experts around the world will come together to discuss their new innovative ideas, our researchers will present their study on solving some critical problems that may arise when applying AI techniques to clinical data.
Listed below are the three papers that have been accepted for publications.
- AMTFL: Deep Asymmetric Multitask Feature Learning (Deep-AMTFL))
- MSplit LBI: Realizing Feature Selection and Dense Estimation Simultaneously in Few-shot and Zero-shot Learning
- Bucket Renormalization for Approximate Inference
The risks of multiple related diseases are often studied together in a multi-task framework where knowledge transfer between diseases occurs. However, each disease might not be closely related to all of the predictable diseases. In those cases, sharing information with an unrelated task might negatively affect the prediction performance, a phenomenon known as negative transfer.
To address this challenge, our researchers proposed Deep Asymmetric Multitask Feature Learning (Deep-AMTFL) that can prevent negative transfer, by allowing asymmetric knowledge transfer between tasks.
Many datasets related to medical diagnoses are naturally imbalanced and typically have an inadequate supply of training instances. For example, datasets for heart failure or cerebrovascular diseases are small and imbalanced. When sufficient data is not readily available, the development of a representative prediction algorithm becomes even more difficult due to the unequal distribution between classes. The application of multi-task learning model in this case would only increase the probability of transferring the false information between unrelated diseases.
Our Deep AMTFL methodology effectively controls such negative transfer by allowing reliable predictors for the easy tasks (related) to have higher contribution to the feature sharing, while suppressing the influences of unreliable predictors for more difficult (unrelated) tasks. Thus, AITRICS continues to focus on building core AI techniques to overcome the challenges associated with integrating AI into the healthcare industry.
ICML is one of the world's most prestigious machine learning gatherings that highlights studies of emerging machine learning technologies. The 35th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2018, will take place on July 10, 2018 to July 15, 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden.


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I seem to be getting a lot of money in Lord of the Rings Online lately. I think it is mostly that I have few things to spend it on, and between slayer deeds, black dye profiteering, and hard mode runs, I am racking it in more than ever. Which leads me to the ultimate buyable (not auctionable) item in Moria… the Nimble Redhorn-Goat.
This caprine pile of fur and pockets weighs in at a decent 6 gold and some change. For many players this is a drop in the bucket. For casual players, like me, this will take most everything. But, this is not the issue because the money will come back and the elves in Lothlorien abhor cash in order to use twig and berries to barter.
The problem is I can't use my horse in Moria (decrees Tolkien), but I can use a goat in Moria and under the sky. If it were merely an unlockable skill, which Zubon discussed earlier, there would be no discussion. But, with a bag full of status potions, legendary items, traveling rations, maps, hope tokens, and random crafting materials, it feels like it is a decision.
I suppose I have plenty of options. Hoof it (colloquially) in Moria and use my horse elsewhere. Hoof it (literally) in Moria and carry my horse too. Stuff one of the hoofers into the bank vault. Retire my dapple gray. Etc.
The big things against buying a goat is that the travel system in Moria is very good and the mobs are packed tightly in the narrow stone halls. Buying the beast feels a little superfluous. Sure, it might be nice to dodge past fungus-filled trolls or cross the 300 m back to the quest hub, but I have gotten so used to 35-45 silver rides where I high five a warg-rider on my way to the depths that the control might shake things up a little too much. Plus, goat eyes were not meant for this world.
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It's much easier to adopt a child when you're married... it's a lot harder not to fall in love.
Scott had everything he wanted out of life. Rich and handsome, with his dream job, by most measures, he was successful. Until one day, he realized what was missing. He wanted to be a father.
Mark, a brilliant but isolated artist, has been living alone with his adopted daughter, Mary Anne, for years. When he finds out that Scott wants to adopt, a plan is hatched. The two men will get married and form a family - but Scott is straight, and a real relationship is out of the question.
Will Scott accept who he really is and what he wants before it's too late? Can Mark allow a new father into his daughter's life? And what really makes a family - marriage, or love?
Publisher: LoveLight Press


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Medical professionals are recommending thorough hand washing after contact with surfaces such as grocery bags, packaging or deliveries. We wash our hands, avoid our faces and then put our dirty cell phones to our face. Bacteria, viruses and other pathogens live on surfaces for up to 3 days.
Our portable UV sterilizer folds up and fits in your pocket or purse and can be used to sterilize items such as cell phones, laptops, remote controls, car interiors, handbags, and any other small items you may come in contact with.
It's also great to give your airplane seating area or hotel room a once over. Sanitize your mask after each use in under a minute.
For over a century, UV light has been used as a disinfectant and germicide in medical sanitation, sterile work facilities, and to sterilize drinking water.
Short-wavelength ultraviolet (UV-C) light kills or inactivates microorganisms by destroying and/or disrupting their RNA and DNA.
Just hold it a centimeter above the object for 20 seconds and it will kill up to 99% of bacteria, viruses, mold, and invisible mites.
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Oregon is widely perceived as a national leader in health care reform and health system transformation, but the reality for most Oregonians is that health care remains expensive, poorly coordinated and a source of anxiety for far too many.
Oregon's Consumer Voices for Innovation team, a partnership between OSPIRG and Unite Oregon, is working to change that. We think the first step is advocacy and organizing to elevate the voices of consumers struggling in Oregon's health system – collecting and sharing their stories, and advocating for policy change to open up the processes of health system decision-making to more meaningful patient and community input.
While Oregon has pushed forward with an ambitious Medicaid payment and delivery system reform agenda, and has achieved some important successes, most Oregonians simply aren't seeing the kinds of changes that were promised. At the statewide level, Oregon's Medicaid program has been dramatically restructured through the establishment of a system of regional Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs), each with a global budget, held accountable to a set of health outcome measures for a defined population. Oregon health advocates supported this reform for its promise to improve outcomes for consumers, but despite the lofty rhetoric about transformation and some interesting small-scale experiments, the ground-level experience of care has barely changed for most Oregonians.
To push for the kind of change Oregonians really need to see, our team has adopted a two-pronged approach.
Unite Oregon has spearheaded a unique grassroots organizing campaign in rural Southern Oregon aimed at building a base of engaged consumers that can demonstrate the power of consumer engagement at the local and regional levels, which we believe is of paramount importance given the diffuse structure of Oregon's health reform efforts through the CCO system.
OSPIRG has focused on pushing for statewide policy reforms to make the CCO system more transparent and responsive to consumer input, working with state legislators, regulators and the state Medicaid agency, the Oregon Health Authority, as well as our statewide network of members and supporters.
As we advanced our organizing and advocacy work over the course of 2017, our team collected many stories from Oregonians to illustrate what the state's health system transformation means for real people's lives.
Celine B., a special education teacher in Central Point, shared the impact she has seen in her students' lives from Oregon's investments in new ways of providing health care and other key services to young people with disabilities, including a former student who has been able to live independently for the first time through a Medicaid-funded supportive housing program. She also shared her observations about the impact of Medicaid expansion and transformation efforts on school-based health centers in her region, which have seen substantial investment and new hires to provide much-needed mental health and other services. In addition to improving access to needed services, she's seen these investments free up her colleagues and herself to focus more on teaching. Celine, who has been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of eye cancer, is also personally reliant on the ACA for access to affordable coverage and remains anxious about the future of the law.
For 15 years, Lisa T. has been the primary caregiver for her daughter, who experiences epilepsy and cerebral palsy. Since the advent of the ACA, her daughter has been able to access not just basic health coverage, but – thanks to Oregon's efforts to transform the delivery system – other critical, life-changing services such as the help of a personal support worker, transportation services, mobility devices and a range of wraparound services that have enabled her to be more independent and more engaged with her community. In turn, this has made it more viable for Lisa (currently self-employed) to pursue employment outside the home, now that she no longer has to provide support for her daughter 24/7.
Since the debate about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a vote on a ballot measure with high stakes for Oregon's Medicaid expansion funding overlapped with our work, this effort also served to help illustrate the profound impact of Medicaid and the ACA in Oregon. To help clarify the stakes in the ACA debate, our team shared many of the stories we collected with Oregon's Congressional delegation – especially Oregon's sole Republican Congressman, Greg Walden, whose district encompasses the Unite Oregon organizing effort in Southern Oregon.
One of the most basic themes running through these stories is the sense of financial security that comes from having health coverage, and how transformative that can be.
Sarah W. from Phoenix (OR of course, not AZ) shared her experience with having to cut her epilepsy medication in half, have teeth extracted instead of fixed, and otherwise going without needed care until she was able to purchase affordable coverage under the ACA. Alex S. shared that obtaining access to Medicaid under the ACA expansion made it financially realistic for the first time for him and his wife to start a family, and they are expecting their first child in May.
Gaelen T. shared that her access to Medicaid under the ACA helped save her family from bankruptcy when she was diagnosed with extreme gestational diabetes and had to be hospitalized twice during her pregnancy with her son.
What comes through loud and clear from all these stories is not just the life-changing impact of gaining health coverage, but the importance of understanding access to health care and other services in the context of a person's entire life. Each of these Oregonians – like most people – understands it that way intuitively, but unfortunately our health care systems do not always reflect this insight. The stories demonstrate the kind of progress we can make when a person's needs are taken into account holistically. Unfortunately, there are countless examples of failures to do this, especially for Oregonians struggling with mental health, addiction, homelessness and other difficult issues often siloed off from the health care delivery system.
The scope of the problems remains daunting, but our team has made some important progress in the past year.
Unite Oregon has built a strong base of consumers engaged in health care advocacy, built a new regional coalition dedicated to advancing health equity, built lines of communication with local and regional health system leadership, and placed several grassroots community activists on key boards and commissions.
OSPIRG successfully pushed for the passage of House Bill 4018, which creates new transparency requirements for Oregon CCOs, enables greater consumer and community representation on CCO boards, and will increase CCO investments in addressing the social determinants of health.
As we continue to make progress to give consumers a stronger voice within these systems, we hope to leverage that progress to achieve concrete reforms to improve health outcomes, advance equity and address the social determinants of health. We'll keep you posted.
Jesse O'Brien, Policy Director for OSPIRG


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Apple Creek State Hospital
|Apple Creek State Hospital
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|Joseph A. Gattozzi
|Apple Creek, OH
|Peak Patient Population
|2,300 in 1958
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It began Feb. 14, 1931, Valentine's Day, when the Apple Creek State School opened in what had been a tuberculosis hospital. It was the third such center in the state. The others were in Columbus and Gallipolis. While most patients in the early days were "feeble-minded,' as they were labeled, the place held a mixture of the mentally retarded and mentally ill, alcoholics, cerebral palsy sufferers, unwed mothers. By 1947, the institution had blossomed into a small city covering more than 2,100 acres, much of it dedicated to raising crops, chickens, cattle and hogs. It had its own power and sewage-treatment plants, along with cemeteries where 128 people are buried.
Closed in 2006 due to lack of maintenance funds. Most of the buildings have been demolished, only a few remain. The site is expected to be turned over to Ohio State University's Agricultural Technical Institute, which already uses nearby land that was once part of the Apple Creek campus.
This video is from 1965 when a reporter visited the hospital with a hidden camera.
Located adjacent to the Apple Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. This cemetery serves as a "potter's plot" for those who were wards of the State that died while committed to the Apple Creek Developmental Center. It contains the graves of around 130 patients.


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Welcome to the home of the MidSouthern Santas, a dedicated society of Christmas community members from Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, with the expressed purpose of fostering and furthering the relationship of Santa Claus and children from this region.
We are dedicated to furthering the belief in Santa and enriching our communities with the values he represents: faith, truth, generosity and goodwill to others.
Please help us by supporting our goals, and by believing in Santa.


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Boy Scouts of America
National Capital Area Council
Prince William District
Cub Scout Pack 289First United Presbyterian Church14391 Minnieville RoadWoodbridge, VA 22193
Pack 289's Web II's Worked with the staff at Prince William Forest Park to clear 3 miles of trail. The Weblos did this service project to help out one of the parks in our area. They also used the event to work on part of their requirements for their Arrow of Light award.
Copyright Cub Scout Pack 289. All rights reserved.
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La Pocha Nostra's Ex-Machina 3.0: A psychomagic ritual against violence
Part of the Mapa/Corpo series
Culver Center of the Arts
Free admission with reservation.This reservation is considered a place holder only and will be honored up until ten minutes prior to the performance. Remaining guests will be let in on a first come, first serve basis.
Saturday, October 21, 2017, 7pm
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Balitronica Gómez, Saul Garcia-Lopez
In conjunction with the exhibition, Mundos Alternos: Art and Science Fiction in the Americas, UCR ARTSblock presents Ex-Machina 3.0: A psychomagic ritual against violence.
This new performance by La Pocha Nostra, (Gómez-Peña, Balitronica Gómez and Saul García Lopez) is a ritual action involving two human bodies, an acupuncturist, and spoken word.
La Pocha Nostra, "the most influential performance troupe of the last 10 years", is known for its radical interactive performances dealing with issues that equate the human body with the political body and frontally deal with complex gender & ethnic identities, migration, and the politics of new technologies and language.
The central image consists of a shaved nude cyborg body (Balitronica) acupunctured with needles bearing flags of the 40 most insidious corporations affecting the economy, politics and culture of the US and Mexico. This interactive performance challenges the audience to ritually partake in the removal of the flags as a psycho-magic action and a form of imaginary and collective activism. The piece is a re-enactment of a classic Pocha performance originally created as a response to the invasion of Iraq. An additional new image depicts Xochipili the Aztec Godd/ess of Corn, an indigenous body covered with transgenic corn. This daring shamanic action calls for audience to collectively consume the flesh of the corn man as an act of conceptual cannibalism and performance exorcism against colonialism and the violence of our times.
La Pocha Nostra is a transdisciplinary group devoted to erasing the borders between art and politics, practice and theory, and artist and spectator. Founded in 2001, the group has become known for radical interactive performances dealing with issues that equate the human body with the political body, and deal with complex gender and ethnic identities, migration, and the politics of new technologies and language. La Pocha Nostra practices an intense collaboration across national borders, race, gender, and generations as an act of radical citizen diplomacy and as a means for creating ephemeral communities of rebel artists. Ex-Machina 3.0 will be performed by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Balitronica Gomez, and Saul Garcia Lopez.
Image: Guillermo Gómez-Peña & Saul Garcia Lopez, "Robo-Proletarian Warriors." Photo by Wolfgang Silveri, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Austria, 2012. Photo Courtesy of La Pocha Nostra Archives.


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Submissions:2015/WikiProject X
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- Title
- A first round of WikiProject X: the journey and results
- Theme
- community
- Type of submission
- presentation
- Author
- Isarra
- E-mail address
- zhorishna at gmail
- Username
- Isarra
- Affiliation
- I am totally a Wikipedian.
- Abstract
- This presentation will focus on our work on WikiProject X, a project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant to research and improve the WikiProject experience on the English Wikipedia, where WikiProjects are community spaces dedicated to specific subjects or goals.
- This will partially be a rehash of the wikimania presentation we did, but with more conclusions on account of this part of the project actually being concluded at this point, as well as, on account of it probably being only the designer presenting this time, a much heavier emphasis on the design process and how horrible it all was.
- To sum it all up in a nice list, because we all like lists:
- Our research on the existing state of WikiProjects
- Stories, pilot project volunteers, etc
- Mockups
- Horrible reality - scripts, hacks, initial pilot, bots, wikidata stuff
- More mockups!
- Pilot projects and lessons learned from initial iteration
- Why didn't it occur to us sooner to actually use a workflow manager for a project about improving workflows?
- Second batch of pilot projects
- Wrap up and things to explore and work on in the future
- Length of presentation
- 30 min or so
- Will you attend WikiConference USA if your submission is not accepted?
- If I get a scholarship
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We had a slightly different approach for this zine. The Modern Poet zine would focus on words and we created it for Rebecca, wordstress extraordinaire! We enlisted the help of Tori from Drawriot for this zine. I got to make the base so I started the cover of the zine and everyone else added to it.
Words can be flowers, words can also hurt. Some words written in China can get you exiled or imprisoned. This page was meant to express that.
I did the right page above. The base is made with alternating washi tapes with words and letters. "Mots ou maux" means "words or hurts", different words that sound the same in French.
The page on the left above is mine as well (with some added loveliness!). It is a haiku that isn't a true one (I didn't count the syllables), so that is why I added the Japanese washi tape.
All in all one of my favourites because it pushed me to try something new! Please check out Julia, Katie and Tori's pages!


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Rustic Strawberry Kugel
This recipe is heavenly! It is a welcoming change from the heavy oil based kugels that we are so used to. The rustic charm and appeal are an added bonus to this sweet, moist, bursting with flavor kugel. I am in the country this summer and can't submit a picture being that i lack kitchen facilities (we are in a camp) but trust me-it looks as good as it tastes. The only downside is that it never makes it to the shabbos table intact.
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- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sugar
- 21 oz bag frozen strawberries
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
Defrost strawberries.
Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, beat eggs until they foam. Add the berries into the eggs and gently stir add oil and applesauce. Create a well in dry ingredients and pour in the wet mixture. Gently mix, but be careful not to allow berries to fall apart!
Pour into greased loaf pan and bake uncovered at 350 for one hour. Enjoy!!!
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You're in safe hands
Singapore Airlines has always put passengers first. During these extraordinary times, the world's best airline has stepped up all of its cleaning measures and introduced brand new measures designed to protect passengers' wellbeing, while continuing to provide its signature impeccable care and service.
The award-winning airline consistently works to create the highest standards of safety and care not only in the skies, but throughout every step of your journey. Read this helpful e-brochure for a detailed look at the safety measures Singapore Airlines has taken – from before you step into the airport, right through to your arrival. You can also read a full list of precautionary measures, guranteed to give you peace of mind.
Singapore Airlines can't wait to welcome you back on board.


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Multigenerational Homes Floor Plans - Charlotte NC - Video
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Multigenerational home floor plans - Charlotte NC has been dominated by Lennar Homes NextGen in an excellent way. The local Charlotte home builder leader is Classica Homes with their brilliant FlexGen in-law suite. This multigen living design frames a wall in such a way that can convert the in-law suite into a full dining room easily. Watch my YouTube real estate video from when they unveiled this design at the 2013 HomeArama.
Classica Homes FlexGen Multigenerational Floor Plan
3 Generations Under One Roof - The "In-Law Suite"
What are some advantages of multigenerational living floor plans? With so many families relocating to the South and Charlotte in particular, this is the perfect time to build your dream home. The climate, the proximity to the beach, and the vibrant economy. As a relocation Realtor®, I am seeing Baby-Boomers from New York moving to Charlotte to be near their children and grandchildren. Younger couples benefit from the live-in daycare from their parents, while also having aging parents under one roof and spending those awesome last years of life together. Elderly parents maintain their independence longer, as well.
Financially Smart Multigenerational Living
Plus, combining the resources of two families reduces living expenses for each. Creating a multi-generational home is not a new concept. It is familial and it is practical financially. And the aging parent feels secure and loved while the design on the multi-gen house allows them to have their own space with a small kitchen, living room, and bedroom combination. If you are able to afford a custom multigenerational home, there are great plans available and Charlotte boasts custom home builders that I can connect you to, as your real estate professional. I can find you the perfect lot to build on and arrange interviews with several Charlotte custom home builders for Multigenerational homes floor plans - Charlotte NC.
Boomerang Generation
Besides Lennar Homes' multi-generational floor plans, local builder Eastwood Homes has several plans that could work for a multigenerational household. Eastwood offers some great plans with the Eastwood Homes' 3rd floor Bonus Room (or Man-Cave) complete with a full bedroom and a full bath. That returning college grad who is not ready to buy their first time home could feel quite at home on the third floor. We call them a boomerang child, coming back home. Eastwood also has a Master down plan and multi-gen Guest bedroom on the Main level with a full bath complete with shower adjacent. Another floor plan, the Davidson, boasts a full bedroom and bath on the Main level, an optional full guest suite on the second floor as well as a 3rd floor Bonus Room with an ensuite bedroom/bathroom.
Why is everyone moving to Charlotte?
So if you're an empty nester, a Baby Boomer looking to move somewhere warmer, think Charlotte NC. And if your grandkids are here, imagine spending some great vacations with them at the Beach or in the Mountains just a few hours away. Sell your snowplow and move South. I will assist in your relocation as your real estate agent. Don't go into an expensive nursing home. Sell your home up north and invest in yourself with an asset that doesn't go up and down like the stock market. Aging-in-place features of Universal Design (UD) with an in-law suite new construction home could work for you. Let's look at multigenerational home floor plans - Charlotte NC. Call/Text 704-345-3400 to know more.
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Drew uses ESPN platform to brag on Baylor
Congratulations once more to the Baylor men's basketball team on the program's best season in 20 years. The best part is that, looking ahead, this year shouldn't be a fluke, but the beginning of a long stretch of success.
Much of that has to do with the hard work of head coach Scott Drew and his staff. I linked to this in yesterday's post, but it really deserves to be called out on its own. Drew got five minutes of airtime on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption this week, and he turned it into a running commentary on why Baylor is great. Not just basketball, mind you, but the University in general. Anyone interested in Baylor should watch this clip.
Drew's optimism and excitement about Baylor come across so obviously and so genuinely that I can't imagine a better representative for the University.
Sic 'em, Coach Drew and Baylor basketball!


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How I forgot my camera I will never know.
I wound up going to Mount Pleasant with Jeremy even though I was convinced that baby would pop out the second I crossed the state line...but it didn't...and it still hasn't. We had a great time as usual, I love going to see his Dad and Sandy. Although Sandy cooks really good, I have to constantly remind myself that I can't eat everything or I will not get out the door. The really fun part though, to me, was that their crazy weenie dog Winston knocked up a Lhasa Apso and made what was a very interesting looking Dachshund puppy named Cindy Lou. Who did in fact look like a Dr. Seuss character. I wish I had a picture of her, she looked like my Maddie but with a less pointy nose and crazy fluffy ears that looked like someone crimped them.
But Saturday was the day that the Mustang wasn't big enough, I didn't carry enough cash, and I totally forgot the camera.
But going there made me seriously want to be Amish and made me want to pickle things and make soap. Too bad ole Jeremy wouldn't go for non electrical farm life.
Oddly enough one of the Amish stores was selling Lottery tickets. My comment on that one was "What do you get for a two dollar scratch off? A chicken?" To which Mr. James replied "Their Powerball is probably a cow." Needless to say the "Amish Lottery" gave us a good 5-10 minutes of fun.
When I find my camera I will post pictures of our hike in 20 degree weather to a frozen waterfall.
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- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Waitaminute...you traveled out of state with only TWENTY DOLLARS? Are you completely insane?ReplyDelete
i blame it on the debit card...i never carry cash either. but just today i went in to pay for some cokes at the gas station with some leftover christmas cash instead of my debit...the guy looked at my cash like i was nuts =)ReplyDelete
cool story by the way, i would have LOVED to have went to meet the Amish folks =) they seem like some of the most loving and kind people in the US. would probably do us all good to live with them for at least a month or so...but then again i have seen the movie 'king pin'...lol.
ps, send me your email to email@example.com so i can add you to my blog list =)ReplyDelete
i'm such a ditz, i guess i should've checked first, lol.ReplyDelete
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The Hayes Valley Urban Air Market is this Weekend and it Looks Dope!
I'm super busy so I'm just gonna cut and past all the info, but it look like it's gonna be pretty rad. I'm sure I'll cruse through there at some point.
This September, as other cities are cooling down, San Francisco is warming up for Urban Air Market's return to the block where it all began: Hayes Valley.
This FREE sustainable design festival will take place at the epicenter of San Francisco's most fashionable neighborhood (at Hayes St. and Octavia St.) on Sunday September 14th from 11-6pm and feature 130+ emerging designers and established brands, as well as talented local artists and musicians.
Urban Air Market continues to deliver a high quality community market by providing the Bay Area with a highly curated, unique shopping experience that gives attendees the opportunity to meet the designers and artisans behind the making of their favorite goods.
Known for making the finest in sustainable, eco-friendly and locally produced goods accessible to the public in support of our local economy, Urban Air Market is the Bay Area's hot spot for locally made women's, men's, and children's apparel, one-of-a-kind accessories, home décor and art.
As if the best open-air shopping event in the city weren't enough, Urban Air Market will also feature other onsite activities:
·Kick back at the relaxation lounge provided by One Medical Group and rehydrate at Avalon Hayes Valley's water bottle station
·Smile for the roaming street fashion photographer from the Avant Gardist
· Enjoy live urban art from 1AM Gallery (First Amendment)
· Embrace your inner groupie and enjoy live musical performances by Tone, Vandela, Tin Cup Serenade, Erin Brazill and the Brazillionares,Paige and the Thousand, Uni and her Ukelele, Foxtails Brigade, Gail Edwards, Dirty Cello, and Max & Nicky
·Grub on local nosh from food trucks like Dum Truck and Benedict Arnold and more provided by Proxy SF
The first 150 attendees to RSVP in advance on the Urban Air Market website will be given a free tote bag at the event. To get the latest updates, scope participating designers, or to register as an Urban Air Market vendor, please visit http://www.urbanairmarket.com.
As Urban Air Market supports a sustainable lifestyle, we recommend to either walk, bike, ride share, or use public transportation to get to the event.
Urban Air Market – Hayes Valley Fall Show
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How Do You Kill a Writer?Posted by Amy at 2:21 PM
Every writer dreams, these days, of seeing her book turned into a movie. But I think she should also dread that the movie might completely replace the book. Who reads Cool Hand Luke? Who reads Breakfast at Tiffany's? Who, in the coming decades, will read The Remains of the Day?
I first discovered James Leo Herlihy when I gave myself this cute little assignment: read the books that have been replaced by their movies. I decided to read Midnight Cowboy, and I was shocked to discover that the book was out of print.
So it really had been replaced by the movie. Unlike my other examples, which are all still in print (if less widely bothered-with than the movies made from them), Midnight Cowboy actually had disappeared. And so had its author, James Leo Herlihy, who after three novels, two collections of short stories, and several plays, published in the 50s 60s and 70s, kind of disappeared. He spent the 80s teaching -- apparently teaching for a year at the University of Arkansas, where I earned my MFA -- and then, in 1993, he killed himself.
Discovering his suicide further stoked my anxieties. After all, this entire adventure is an anxiety-stoking exercise: authors want to believe there is something essential to their art. They do not want to believe that novels are just screenplays in need of reformatting. They need to believe that there is an essential and vital (ironically, ineffable) something in their words that cannot be reproduced on the screen. The movie isn't as good as the book. This is the sentence that keeps authors alive.
I read Midnight Cowboy, and I loved it. The second and last thirds of the book are what the movie used to make itself something good. The first third of the book is why books are better than movies: things that can only be half-hinted at in the movie are brought to full, terrifying flower there. If you've ever watched, then read, 2001: A Space Odyssey, you know what I mean. You watch that opening scene with the apes, and the images intrigue you, and you do follow the narrative, such as it is. But until you read the book, you have absolutely no idea what any of it means. That is how I feel about Midnight Cowboy.
But more than that, I just loved the book. It's a perfect novel. Not a word is unnecessary, or out of place. And nothing is glossed over. And there is no cheap stylistic razzmatazz where the truth of the story should be -- no, it's all just the truth of the story. So I looked for more of Herlihy's books -- all of them out of print -- and discovered that here is one of the greatest authors of the 20th Century, and he has been forgotten, he is out of print, no one knows his name, and his most remembered book is remembered not as his work, but the work of Jon Voigt and Dustin Hoffman.
His first collection of stories, The Sleep of Baby Filbertson and Other Stories, contains some of the best short stories I've read in my life. "Summer of the Dead" is a mini-novel, whose characters will live within me forever. His novel Season of the Witch so well-channels the voice of a teenage girl experimenting her way through 1969 that you have to remind yourself it was written by a middle-aged man. And you never really convince yourself. Witch Gliz (as she calls herself) lives. And I, who was born in 1975, feel like I was there.
His talent was enormous. His books both a pleasure and perfect art.
So what must have been going through the mind of James Leo Herlihy in 1993? I don't know why he killed himself, but his suicide brings all my anxieties to the edge: to have such incredible success (his books were wildly popular when they first came to print -- one wishes to add snarkily in spite of their merit), to write such perfect books, to have the honor of seeing your work turned into classic cinema, but be replaced by the cinema, and forgotten, cast aside, let slip out of print. Again, I don't know why he chose to leave this world, but this would drive me over the edge.
One of the most marvelous qualities to his writing is the way he, the authorial voice, slips beneath the surface unnoticed, and this lets the characters rise, rise up, and assume a multi-dimensionality, a reality, that is rare in art. He is surely always there, but he is never there -- it's like a creation itself. I admire his ability to restrain his ego so well -- but it's terrifying to me that in the end he completely undid himself, disappeared entirely, and left only his characters.
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Growing up, my sister and I had one red and one blue camera that we aimed at our parents and our pets. At age four, I discovered and more or less wore figure skates until I was twenty. As art class took to a photography component in my grade ten year, it was love at first assignment for me. That experience led to years spent in numerous dark rooms with little light and lots of photographic paper. When my skating career came to a close it was to study the photographic arts at the Alberta College of Art and Design. This chapter of my life would solidify what I already knew: I loved photography.
As my continued dedication to photography was increasingly becoming a source of business for me, I created Centric Photography. Since that day I have been pushing my business and myself to create images that express life in a creative and honest way. I have found that in my business as in my life I attract people who are real, set with intention, driven by love and are kind by nature. My photographs are often less about a location and more about the people who were there. I love stripped down imagery that speaks in depth of beauty in a way that is not always obvious and has a subtle quiet voice that is loud with feeling. Perhaps my images speak to you?


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Should You Really Try To Date At The Gym?
Once upon a time, working out involved walking into a gym, doing your thing, then leaving to go about the rest of your day. The only person you'd talk to might be the front-desk receptionist or the guy hogging the one rowing machine.
That story line has long since ended.
For many, fitness has evolved into an opportunity to meet cool and like-minded people—new friends, sure, but increasingly, romantic partners.
In the past three years alone, at least half a dozen dating apps have sprung up that match users based on mutual workout pursuits. (Check out a few below.)
25% of pairs who flirt at the gym end up in a relationship together.
Wellness-themed social clubs like NYC's Wellvyl and the multi-city Racked Fit Club—as well as gyms themselves—often host speed-dating and singles events for members, sometimes featuring an exercise class as part of the evening.
Of course, sheer convenience plays a role in the trend. It makes sense that as people amp up the time they spend being active (last year, for the first time ever recorded, more than half of Americans met the recommended physical-activity guidelines, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), they may have less time for standard socializing, dating included.
Combining the two worlds could be, to put it unromantically, a way to optimize your jam-packed schedule. But there's also a much bigger current at work: the ability to handpick a partner who values healthy living—and enjoys the same sweat escape you do.
If you like to work out, you're wired to fall for someone else who does, too
"We also seek validation, which is easier to find with a person who shares our specific interests," says Theresa DiDonato, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at Loyola University Maryland. The data proves it: 83 percent of people who regularly exercise want a mate who's equally active, reveals a 2018 survey from online-dating service Zoosk.
Take Abby Margulies, 35, a communications professional who met Charles while rock climbing, a sport she's loved since college. They started as friends, both dating other people. But after seven months of hanging out, they couldn't deny their chemistry. Once single, they finally got together, and five years later, the two are married, living (and belaying) in Berkeley, California.
There's actual ~science~ to explain why you're so into fit dudes
Abby's experience confirms a fascinating theory: If you sweat in a room with someone you find attractive, you'll likely be even more turned on than if you were just standing behind him in line at Starbucks.
It's not just the pheromones (hormonal scent signals) in male sweat that get you going, though research has found that's part of it.
"When your body is physiologically aroused, like during a workout, any emotions you're feeling are intensified," explains social psychology professor Madeleine Fugère, Ph.D., author of The Social Psychology of Attraction and Romantic Relationships. Studies suggest that's because our brains can't tell the difference between excitement from exercise (a quickening pulse, flushed cheeks, clammy palms) and from sexual desire (a quickening pulse, flushed cheeks, clammy palms), so the first gets interpreted as the latter.
Just ask Alyssa Simm, 26, an account manager and marathon runner in New York City who met Jeremy, an avid tennis player, through the Sweatt app. "I found him cute and smart, and I felt immediately at ease because he understood my wake-up-at-five-and-run lifestyle," she says.
"But when we went to the gym together very shortly after our first date, he suddenly became this insanely hot guy I needed to see again. As I watched him push his body, I wanted to get closer to him."
That solid bond is more likely to last, too
The heart-eyes effect from fitness doesn't vanish once you become an established twosome. Those who regularly participate in physical activity together actually report greater feelings of relationship satisfaction and being in love, research shows. (P.S. The benefit still stands if you linked up awhile ago but only recently started sweating as a pair.)
"Sharing something that holds deep meaning to your identity can help create a solid foundation."
You'll also have a better shot at forever: Experts say that couples who have similar world views, an interest in health and fitness included, are more likely to last in the long run, and 64 percent of married adults believe shared interests are more important than any other factor for a successful marriage, per a Pew Research Center survey.
"Sharing something that holds deep meaning to your identity can help create a solid foundation for a long-term relationship," says DiDonato.
Veronica Bertrand, a 28-year-old teacher in Naples, Florida, met her now-fiancé at her CrossFit box, where he proposed three years later—and she's experienced this firsthand.
"When we hit a rough patch, it was attending the same CrossFit events and connecting with the same circle of friends that reminded us that we met for a reason,"she says. "Most people spend time away from their significant other and do their own thing when they argue, but doing our own thing was doing the same thing. We never had a chance to grow apart."
This article originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of Women's Health Magazine. For more great advice, pick up a copy on newsstands now.
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Biography of James Loudon
James Dalrymple Loudon (d 1979) was a graduate of the University who was titular Professor of Chemistry from 1968 until 1973.
Loudon's primary research was in the fields of optical activity, colchicine and tripolones, the organic chemistry of sulphur and indole alkaloids. He published more than seventy academic papers during his career, mostly in the Journal of the Chemical Society.
James Loudon
Died 15 July 1979.
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Elon Musk blames past CEOs for Tesla's failures
To anyone familiar with Elon Musk's brief, troubled career as CEO of PayPal, the troubles at Tesla Motors, his electric-car startup, seem all too predictable. As does his spin on his decision to lay off dozens of employees, close Tesla's Detroit office, postpone a new model, and replace Ze'ev Drori as CEO. Musk blames past CEOs — chiefly cofounder Martin Eberhard — for the company's current troubles."It's taken us about a year to correct major errors," Mr. Musk told the New York Times. Eberhard has a snappy response: "Look at the constant factor at the company through all the years: Elon." A history lesson from PayPal: Not until Peter Thiel replaced Musk as CEO, and he ceased day-to-day involvement with the company, did it thrive. (Photo by Peter DaSilva/New York Times)


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Our textiles I Indispensable on Heimtextil 2019
Textiles for digital printing by PONGS® inspire the industry and are absolutely indispensable to the trade fair stands of well-known printer manufacturers. That's how it is at this year's Heimtextil in Frankfurt: HP and Mimaki present various applications of SILENCIO® and Artist Mambo on their stands. Whether interior, digital printing, stage, event or trade fair construction – textiles from PONGS® prove the highest quality made in Germany. Collaborations have also been announced for FESPA in Munich and ITMA in Barcelona.


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Isn't it time for a break?
Soldier Mountain Ranch is no longer in operation.
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We appreciate your past patronage and wish you all the very best in 2016.
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In a representative democracy, good communication is necessary for Canadians to be adequately represented in Parliament. How else can an MP know what their constituents think? But in politics, as in other parts of life, communication needs to be a two-way street. In assessing the contribution different kinds of communication make to the state of our democracy, we consider how Canadians reach out to MPs, how MPs explain themselves to Canadians and how much Canadians discuss politics among themselves.
The percentage of Canadians who reported having a discussion about politics in at least one of five ways.
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Discuss via email or
text message
Discuss face to face
or over the phone
Circulate, repost
or comment
Follow a politician
on social media
Follow a political
group on social media
Source: 2016 Samara Citizens' Survey
The percentage of Canadians who reported having contacted an elected official in the last year.
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Tap or hover over region to view percentage
View percentages for all regions
The percentage of Canadians who reported having been contacted by a party, candidate or Member of Parliament—via email, phone, mail, in person, or social networking—in the last year.
The percentage of Members of Parliament who reported having spent money on at least one "householder" pamphlet between January and September 2016.
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Source: House of Commons Records
The average percentage of Members of Parliament using four popular social media platforms.
With Snapchat increasing in popularity, seven MPs have started using this new platform. Thumbs up to these early adopters!
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Ok so here goes! I always knew it would be hard for me to get pregnant,( im 28) call it womens intuition im not sure but i somehow knew! me and my husband have been trying three months ( not long at all i know!!), i went to the doctors and he mentioned something about my fibrods being small and so were my ovaries. So i have been on tablets called clomid for five days and now i am on the gonal f injections for another three days! the thing is im not too sure whats happening here! i have done some google searches on this trying to work it all out, and to work out whats wrong with my fibroids! can anyone shed some light on this on whats happeneing here with me! My doctor is amazing but i live in qatar and the language barrier is a problem at times! im very excited about all of this happening and so badly want this to work! but i have so many questions about everything!what happens next, how do i find out if it worked? im flying back to the uk in three weeks its a seven hour flight, is this safe in the first few weeks will it be ok ( if i am pregnant) what bout being on gonal f is there any side effects!thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and reply!!!!
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