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Her Creative Space...
I'm cheating a little as I don't have a space but my sweet Miss 5 does so lets see her space.
Now we all understand that if a creative urge calls it doesn't matter if we are still in our PJs and/or brothers dressing gown. lol
and that sometimes a table just isn't big enough to hold all of those creations exploding in ( and out of ) your mind ...
So for arts sake I tolerate it for a while and with such beautiful creations and sweet smiles how could I not ?
Thanks for stopping by :)
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What a gorgeous space you have there! The little ladies in the little fellas dressing gowns must be contagious, there's a bit of that going on in this house as well!ReplyDelete
What a fantastic little space!ReplyDelete
Love it. Well done to you for finding some tolerance and patience when you are not feeling great. Hope today is a better day.ReplyDelete
Lovely little space!!!ReplyDelete
Have a great day,
Awww Little miss is so so cute and I love her creative space. I so want to join in and play! :-)ReplyDelete
That's a great space - always fun to see what the littlies are up to! :) KReplyDelete
What a great space. My daughter's space also often flows onto the floor. Unfortunately little brother also often eats the creations!ReplyDelete
Super adorable...What a creative little one you have there!!!! Lots of keepsakes to be had I am sure...ReplyDelete
I hope you are strengthened by the blessings in your life to help you get through these hard times ((hugs))
This is overwhelming and totally gorgeous. Brings back good childhood memories.ReplyDelete
What a lovely space that your little girl created this week, looks like she had fun. Hope you have a better day today!ReplyDelete
what gorgeous photos, and a seriously fun place to 'work'.ReplyDelete
Aww she is just like her Mum, looks like R got your creative genes Tammy.Loving that she has her own space to create too.ReplyDelete
Gosh she is getting big too, and looking more like you,
I love the busyness of a kid creative space. Just lovely.ReplyDelete
We have little ones busily creating here too. I love it when the textas come out before breakfast, two little monkeys colouring in... love the dressing gown, nice and warm!ReplyDelete
Looks like she is having a wonderful time. I always have the dilemna of what to do with the creations.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/8/09 7:23 pm
Fantastic post!! I love the creative energy flowing through these pix!!ReplyDelete
PS...your daughter has the most stunning eyes!!

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Why do some doctors order unnecessary tests? (I know PopTort fans, you're probably thinking "Unnecessary tests? I can't get my HMO to cover tests that I actually need." Whatever.) I know this question is on your mind, Dr. Gupta. Just last week, you lamented in a New York Times op ed, "It is a given that American doctors perform a staggering number of tests and procedures, far more than in other industrialized nations, and far more than we used to." You say that many of these tests are unnecessary because they are "meant less to protect the patient than to protect the doctor or hospital against potential lawsuits." Your theory is supported by one survey of orthopedic surgeons, who claimed that "24 percent of the tests they ordered were medically unnecessary."
It being Olympic summer and all, I thought it might be a good idea to add up the points on both sides of this debate and see who's winning. Here's the question, as best put by Dr. Fred Hyde, Clinical Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health:
"In contravention of good medical judgment, the basic rules of Medicare (payment only for services that are medically necessary), threats of the potential for False Claim Act (prescribing, referring, where medically unnecessary), physicians will, as a group, act in ways which are possibly contrary to the interests of their patients, certainly contrary to reimbursement and related rules, under a theory that [1.] excessive or unnecessary prescribing and referring will insulate them from medical liability," (i.e., "defensive medicine"), or 2. they make more money by prescribing more tests thanks to "fee-for-service" medicine, which underlies our entire health care system.
First up, the "defensive medicine" side.
Let's discuss the "survey of orthopedic surgeons cited by you, Dr. Gupta. This was a "survey" of 56 (according to American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' on-line summary of presentations) or 72 (according to the Academy's news release) Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeons presented at the Academy's annual meeting in San Diego on February 16, 2011. The Center for Justice & Democracy requested Dr. Hyde to review this study and here's what he found:
- In searching for the actual paper containing these findings, it turns out that there is no paper, much less one peer reviewed prior to publication. Instead, this was a podium presentation by a medical student, accompanied by a faculty supervisor.
- The methodology, according to news and public relations reports, was this: to ask the ordering doctor whether or not he or she was ordering a test for reasons having to do with "defensive medicine." However, the moderator of the presentation suggested other possible explanations for tests. He noted, for example, that MRIs and other imaging studies are frequently ordered "unnecessarily" for reasons other than malpractice avoidance.
- No mention was made of the potential for fraudulent billing if the MRI studies ordered were not for the benefit of the patient. So here's the question: Were the physicians really uninterested in the results of the MRI tests, and willing to risk sanction? Or did they "check the box" to "show support" without realizing that it might indicate a potentially fraudulent act?
We can guess. In fact, there are no "studies" of defensive medicine that do not almost entirely rely on anonymous physician "surveys" to establish its widespread existence. This is true even for studies that try to put dollar figures on the health care costs involved. That includes the Congressional' Budget Office, which found a paltry reduction in "defensive medicine" - totally 0.3% in overall health care costs - should the nation enact a panoply of Draconian "tort reform" measures."
These physician "surveys" are usually conceived by organized medicine lobbying for "tort reform." In 2003, the General Accountability Office condemned their use as extremely unreliable. The GAO also noted that "some officials pointed out that factors besides defensive medicine concerns also explain differing utilization rates of diagnostic and other procedures. For example, a Montana hospital association official said that revenue-enhancing motives can encourage the utilization of certain types of diagnostic tests, while officials from Minnesota and California medical associations identified managed care as a factor that can mitigate defensive practices." Moreover, "According to some research, managed care provides a financial incentive not to offer treatments that are unlikely to have medical benefit."
So, I don't know what you'd score the "defensive medicine" side of the argument. Let's be generous and give them a 1.
Next up - the profit motive side.
Perhaps today's front-page, 3,000-word article, New York Times article, "Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work," says it all.
It all started with a complaint by a caring nurse to "chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA," about cardiologists who were "performing heart procedures on patients who did not need them, putting their lives at risk." Found the Times:
[T]he nurse's complaint was far from the only evidence that unnecessary — even dangerous — procedures were taking place at some HCA hospitals, driving up costs and increasing profits.
HCA, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States with 163 facilities, had uncovered evidence as far back as 2002 and as recently as late 2010 showing that some cardiologists at several of its hospitals in Florida were unable to justify many of the procedures they were performing. … In some cases, the doctors made misleading statements in medical records that made it appear the procedures were necessary, according to internal reports. …
[T]he documents suggest that the problems at HCA went beyond a rogue doctor or two.…
Cardiology is a lucrative business for HCA, and the profits from testing and performing heart surgeries played a critical role in the company's bottom line in recent years.
What's more,
In a recent statement, HCA declined to provide evidence that it had alerted Medicare, state Medicaid or private insurers of its findings, or reimbursed them for any of the procedures that the company later deemed unnecessary, as required by law. … HCA also declined to show that it had ever notified patients, who might have been entitled to compensation from the hospital for any harm. Some doctors accused in the reviews of performing unnecessary procedures are still practicing at HCA hospitals.
The Times also notes that HCA has had a history of committing Medicare fraud, already paying the Justice Department over $1 billion in fines and repayments.
That physicians profit by prescribing tests should be nothing new to regular PopTort readers (see,e.g., here, here, here). Nor should the fact that real academic studies demonstrate the utter failure of "tort reform" measures to have any impact whatsoever on doctors' testing behavior. Nor should the fact that when physicians decide to be honest about it, they admit that eliminating the risk of lawsuits has no impact whatsoever on their testing behavior. Nor should the fact that when cornered at congressional hearings about whether they are actually billing Medicare and Medicaid for supposedly unnecessary "defensive medicine" tests, they stumble into an embarrassing heap of denial. (See video below)
So, profit motive? We'll give it a perfect 10.
And that will do it for us this summer, PopTort fans. We'll be back after Labor Day, but hopefully today's extra long post will provide you with a lasting summer treat to get you through the dog days of August. And Sanjay Gupta, please pay attention. You're almost there.


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Well, Spring is supposedly around the corner; but I have to say that it does not yet feel like that here. Until it arrives, I will continue to wear leather and fur (or in this case faux fur). A great way to break up an all black outfit is by adding some "colour" to your shoes. Here, I went with metallic, which for me is as much of a basic, as black and white. Long live simplicity and minimalism, where a colour or one piece is in itself enough.
Good news: I have finally finished drafting all my patterns, and purchased amazingly soft fabric. The cutting has already began, if things go to plan and I don't have any road blocks, I should be done that phase by next week. I am so excited, anxious, you name it - if there is an emotion I am feeling it - up and down, my heart and mind are constantly freaking out. Every new collection, old feelings re-emerge and others also arrive. The assuring thing is that I have finished and survived my own doubts every collection, so I am positive that this one will be the same.
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Heaven Can Wait
Ernst Lubitsch's first effort in Technicolor shimmers like Champagne in crystal: all bubbles, trifles, and blithe sophistication
Reviewed by Josh Rosenblatt, Fri., June 10, 2005
Criterion, $29.95Ernst Lubitsch has a reputation as one of the most brilliant and important directors in Hollywood history. Intelligent, witty, and visually inventive, his films in many ways exemplify everything that was great about the old studio system. So it's not a little surprising that Heaven Can Wait is only the second of his pictures released by the Criterion Collection. The first, 1932's Trouble in Paradise, is a masterpiece of deviousness and casual amorality, a remnant from the free and easy days of the pre-Production Code era, when the guidelines governing moviemakers were blissfully vague and pliable. Originally released in far stuffier and stricter 1943, Heaven Can Wait, with its stiff upper lip and buttoned-down propriety, suffers by comparison. On the surface, everything sparkles: Heaven was the first film Lubitsch shot in Technicolor, and cleaned up for DVD, its rich colors and ornate backdrops shimmer like Champagne in crystal; set in the upper class fin de siècle milieu of ball gowns and cocktail parties, the film is beautifully shot and elegantly designed. But, buried somewhere underneath all those portieres and chandeliers a spirited idea was suffocated, and what could have been one of the era's great black comedies, with a premise begging for the acid tongue of a George S. Kaufman or Billy Wilder, settles instead for being a parlor jaunt: badinage in topcoats and tails, jokes about yokels and showgirls. Potentially one of the cinema's immortal comic creations, Henry Van Cleve a philandering post-mortem playboy so enamored of his own dissipation and amorality he angles to convince the devil to let him into Hell is reduced to a low-grade rake by the somnolent Don Ameche and the sentimental dialogue of writer Samson Raphaelson. The film, though, is complemented admirably by the disc's extras, highlighted by a 30-minute profile of Raphaelson produced by Bill Moyers for PBS. The vitality of the man, already 80 years old at the time of the taping, belies the propriety and detachment of his writing; and his passion and enthusiasm for the craft of writing for the stage and screen, and for his past collaborations with Lubitsch, are remarkable. In an original video conversation, film critics Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris argue, at times even convincingly, for the enduring value of the film, and the rest of the collection of odds and ends home recordings, original trailer, audio seminars is worthwhile.


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I found some Greek drachma the other day and couldn't have been more delighted. I had thought they were just worthless holiday souvenirs but, the way the world is moving, for all I know they might soon become the European currency of choice and worth a fortune.
I suppose the good news about the financial crisis is that all the world leaders are dealing with it. Unfortunately, the bad news is also that all the world leaders are dealing with it. The legendary Greek statesman Demosthenes (born in 384BC) once said: "All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action." Which rather crystallises what most of us feel about the fiscal world – we glaze over during economic discussion yet have a strong sense that "something really must be done".
Finding the right action to stem the financial meltdown is not assisted by some verbal confusion. I can't, for example, get over the fact that what the Europeans used to call one billion, in the US is a trillion. Basically, it looks like 1,000,000,000,000 to everyone, but to the Americans it sounded like more, which can't have helped in discussions. It was announced this day in 1923 that the official currency of Germany would be changed, with one trillion papiermark suddenly equalling a single new rentenmark. By now, inflation in Germany was so ridiculous that the government was issuing single bank notes worth 100bn mark. I bet no one needed the niggling question: "When you say a billion, is that a trillion?"
Amazingly, the 100bn mark is not the highest denomination bank note ever issued. That prize goes to Hungary's 100 million billion pengo which the Americans called 100 quintillion pengo) which was issued in 1946. Whatever name you liked, it was 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Hungarian pengo and worth about 20 US cents. Calculating change must've been hell.
The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree. The correct term for currency which in itself has no intrinsic value is "fiat money", from the Latin fiat, which I thought meant an easily parked car but actually means "let it be done". It was the Chinese who invented fiat money back in the 10th-century Song Dynasty when, presumably, everyone needed something to buy tunes with. The songsters were the first to issue paper money and before long discovered they had also invented that modern joy, inflation.
The world grew into one giant Ponzi scheme requiring the invention of Robert Peston, but we must remember when economics was much simpler. Demosthenes himself provides a very good example. Legend has it that there was a beautiful Athenian courtesan called Lais to whom old Demos offered 1,000 drachmas to spend a single night with him. Apparently she thought this was a splendid price until she saw him up close and upped the figure to 10,000 drachmas. Inflation by appearance is something we can all get our heads around.
I think I prefer the pre-fiat days when all money had intrinsic value. The Greek name drachma means "to grasp" and used to relate directly to six metal sticks you could hold in one hand. The word "salary" comes from the Latin salarius (pertaining to salt) and harks back to a time when soldiers were paid in salt. How much simpler just to work out how much iron and salt you needed to earn before packing up and going home.
Perhaps we should give up on currencies altogether and go back to bartering. When Peregrine White, this day in 1620, became the first English child born to the New World pilgrims, there were no dollars. Probably, however, people already talked about "bucks" as the word originated in the buckskins traded with Indians. Of course, here, too, was a market full of inequities where the Indians often gave the white people bucks only to get smallpox in return.
My favourite story about the value of money is one told of the legendary actress and good-time girl Tallulah Bankhead. It is said she was in a public ladies' room and found she had no loo roll. She called to the woman in the next booth: "Darling, is there any tissue in there?" "Sorry, no." "Then have you any Kleenex?" "Afraid not." Then Tallulah said: "My dear, have you two fives for a ten?"
Anyway, I am saving my drachmas to purchase something big when the price is right. The way things are looking, it may be Greece.
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Computer engineering major and Brazilian student Henrique Silveira relishes his opportunity to study in "the capital of the world." A visiting student this academic year thanks to the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, he cites not only his professors and his T.A.'s but also Columbia University administrators with helping him build career skills, navigate the job market, and discover new opportunities. To wit, he just landed his first internship with the award-winning health and wellness information site WebMD. We spoke with him about what he loves about Columbia's international community, why his first internship is so important, and how being a visiting student at Columbia is helping him reach his career goals.
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Columbia is an amazing university. I have learned a lot, and I have taken some courses that really opened my mind. One of the most important things I have learned is that I cannot only depend on classes, but I also have to learn on my own. In Brazil, we have a large amount of classes and little time to study on our own. Here, it's a little bit of the opposite: I only took four classes last semester and had much more time on my own to study and do my projects.
What do you think about the international community at Columbia?
I think that the international exposure I have here at Columbia was really interesting. In Brazil, my university, the University of São Paulo, is one of the biggest. Still, there are not many international students. Here at Columbia, I have met people from the most different parts of the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, South America. I get to find out about other cultures and other customs, which is really nice.
Can you tell me about how Columbia helped you get your current internship?
We had some sessions with the School of Professional Studies staff to help us prepare for interviews and practice our pitches. We had help regarding how to deal with employers, how to prepare for career fairs, how to present ourselves online, and how to write emails to potential employers. Those sessions really helped me. I had no experience in interviews or anything related to work. This is my first job.
I have been working as an intern at WebMD. Being a Columbia student certainly helped me to secure an internship for the summer; having "Columbia" on my résumé really gave me an advantage over other competitors. It's a renowned university.
And what are you learning at your internship?
Working at a big company like WebMD is really nice because I got to see how a company works – and especially how a technology company works. As someone who never had any work experience before, this was really new. Doing things on my own has really helped me to gain insight into how a company works and what kinds of things I can expect to do when I graduate and try to find a job.
How is Columbia helping you meet your career goals?
Well, I still don't know exactly what I want to do for my career. But I'm building my professional network here. This is really important for a career.
Columbia University is a really big name to have on my résumé. I'm sure that when I get back to Brazil, it will make a really good impression on employers. Or if I plan to get a graduate degree, my previous coursework at Columbia will be helpful.
What do you think was most valuable about going to Columbia?
One of the most valuable things to me is being able to live here in New York. I was born in a big city – in São Paulo, Brazil. But here in New York, it's the capital of the world. I've been able to meet people from all parts of the world and able to live in a city with lots of cultural opportunities.
It's one of the most valuable aspects of coming to Columbia and to New York City. I have never lived abroad before. Living here means being immersed in a different language, and this comes from being immersed in a different culture. There's something special about being here.
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The Climate Movement Heeds the Call
By Gillian Caldwell
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post
We are hearing lots of conflicting statements on the status of a comprehensive climate bill. Depending on who you read or listen to, it's either still a viable, passable solution in the Senate or it's dead in the water. It's easy to see why some people might have written off a comprehensive climate bill: the quagmire of the U.N. talks at Copenhagen and the delays in the Senate to combine legislation since September could lead one to believe that legislators really aren't concerned with a bill this year.
To those comments, we look at the continually growing movement of legislators, organizations, groups, and everyday Americans who picked up the mantle in January and continued the push for a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill in 2010. They were building off a year where the EPA moved forward on Supreme Court mandated greenhouse gas regulation, a comprehensive climate and energy bill passed in the House, and our president actually attended international climate change negotiations. This movement knows we still have momentum, despite what climate and clean energy deniers say about these milestones.
Starting today through Thursday, March 4, dozens of environmental, faith, student, veteran, and labor organizations – representing millions of supporters – are taking part in the "72 Hours for Clean American Power" campaign. It is an unprecedented attempt by climate and environmental groups to band a number of different issue groups together for a call-in mobilization on Senate offices.
The demands are simple: keep the Clean Air Act strong and pass a comprehensive clean energy bill providing us with the opportunity to truly reform our energy and economic needs for a better future. Thousands have already signed up nationwide, expanding the voice of the movement for real legislation this year.
A call-in campaign seems daunting: you're asking people to take time out of their busy days to go to a website or call a number and speak with their senator's staff to make a case for legislation that isn't finalized. But strong, bold, forward-thinking legislation doesn't get created in a vacuum – public support is crucial to getting the ball rolling with our leaders and every single call matters.
1Sky held a call-in day in January to voice support for keeping the Clean Air Act from being dismantled by Senator Lisa Murkowski's resolution that would strip its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. We also asked our supporters to continue the push for a clean energy and climate bill. Climate action supporters registered more than 3,600 calls on a cold January day, helping set the table for discussions on the Clean Air Act and the bill.
Here's what a few callers reported during that campaign:
- Jennifer in NC calling Sen. Kay Hagan: She didn't have a public position statement on (the leading climate bill), but assured me Hagan believes in global warming and believes something must be done; (she) stated that Hagan believes green jobs are a path forward and will be a champion here.
- Richard in VA calling Sen. Mark Warner: Does not have a position on climate change legislation or Murkowski amendment. I told the staffer that Sen. Warner should show the same leadership in the Senate in this issue that he did as Governor of Virginia.
- David in NY calling Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: "Their office said they were getting a lot of calls about the is issue."
- Douglas in MI calling Sen. Debbie Stabenow: "Had a nice conversation. She supports green jobs, mom and apple pie. I felt like I got listened to a bit more after mentioning walking in a parade with Debbie and the fact that I admire her as a person."
- Irene in FL calling Sen. George LeMeiux: "I said I know the Senator is a Republican, but he has small children and I hope he thinks of them and votes against Murkowski's resolution."
What will happen now when these voices are amplified by dozens of other groups and thousands of other voices? It will strengthen the movement and continue the push 1Sky started with our friends, allies, and supporters two years ago. Our leaders will hear the collective call: pass a strong climate bill this year.
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The team once again has committed itself to "give back" to the society by being involved directly with another fund raising. This time, it is for NASAM or National Stroke Association of Malaysia. The team, together with 16 other strong individual will participate in the upcoming Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon in both the 21km (7 Awesome Fundrunners) and 42km (15 Awesome Fundrunners). The aim is to raise awareness and the Fundrunners will be running with a placard "There Is Life After Stroke". The runners together with NASAM are hoping to raise RM10,000.00 to further enhance and support the existing facilities to help with the rehabilation and support of stroke victim and their needs.
We hold this cause very dearly to us as the designated Team Captain for this run, Roy Yeow, was a two-time stroke victim. He is a picture of inspiration as he has shown with determination and not giving up has driven him to not only succeed in fighting stroke, but to inspire others. Tri Stupe's father was a stroke victim and he (with his wife) too, will be running for this cause.
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Arriving in London, I negotiated my way to Ridgemont Street just in time for Annie Mauger's welcome.
- Don't panic, it will be fine
- You already have a brand
- You can never fully control it
- Don't panic
- Get online - he recommended Twitter as a good starting point for those who are not already online
- Publish something - try something like In the Library with the Lead Pipe or check out the Library Writer's blog for writing opportunities
- Organise something - join a committee & help out with events, or if the kind of events you like aren't happening in your area, organise one yourself (eek!)
- Share something - some of the most popular blogs seem to be the ones that share advice & resources that can be helpful to others in the information profession
- Present something - apparently after the first time it becomes less scary (hmm)
He pointed out that it is not realistic to promote yourself as a 'super librarian' 24/7, or to worry too much about what other people are doing, it's not a competition. You only really need to compete with those that are pursuing exactly the same career path as you, and as there are so many different ones to choose from, the chances of you having exactly the same as anyone else are relatively slim.
"Just do something, anything! If you have an idea, try and make it happen"


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Tuesday, November 1, 2016
New Edition of Brotzman's "Old Testament Textual Criticism"
Baker is advertizing a new edition of Ellis Brotzman's Old Testament Textual Criticism, now co-authored with Eric Tully. I enjoyed reading the first edition, which is a great simple introduction to the topic. It will be interesting to see what the new edition includes.
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Robert Mick is an associate attorney at the firm's Crest Hill office. Mr. Mick is a member of the firm's bankruptcy department, where he handles all bankruptcy matters for clients in the collar counties of Will, Kendall, Grundy, and LaSalle. While at the firm, Mr. Mick has advised and consulted hundreds of clients at both the Crest Hill and South Side Chicago offices in addition to preparing and filing their bankruptcy petitions.
While attending The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Mick was a law clerk for the Illinois Office of the Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, in the special litigation and civil rights divisions, as well as a law clerk for the firm of Pissetzky & Berliner, where he practiced in both criminal defense and real estate. After graduating from The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Mick continued to work for Pissetzky & Berliner as a short sale negotiator and as a volunteer legal advisor for the Chicago Legal Clinic, where he advised homeowners facing foreclosure at the Daley Center's Chancery Help Desk.
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Gladiator-at-Law by Cyril M. Kornbluth
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
The title (and the racy covers on some editions) might lead you to expect a little more swashbuckling than is actually present in this book. This is mainly a corporate finance thriller, with a few hard-sf elements mixed in. Apropos of the current economy, suburbia has been laid waste by a housing bubble, but then real estate world is turned on its head by… bubble houses. With some very grim consequences for society. Overall, though the book comes off as very dated. There's lots of rapid-fire 50's repartee and raging, obnoxious sexism and racism. Pretty much all the characters are thoroughly unlikeable.
I was really sweating as I got down to the last few pages, as no gladiatorial combat had ensued, and I was feeling very cheated. (It brought to mind the crushing letdown at the end of Make Room Make Room in which, it turns out, Soylent Green is made of… soy and lentils. But, then, rapidly and incongruously the title character and his band of misfits get dumped into the Roman-circus-like games.
Really, though, our "gladiator-at-law" doesn't do much in the ring except pass around bribes, so, it was a bit sad.
I have half a notion to write my own "Gladiator-at-Law" novel that fulfills my expectations from the title, followed, of course, by "Gladiator-in-Chief", in which our hero is elected president, and "Gladiator-in-Law," a lighter tome to finish out the trilogy, in which the hero gets married—with sexy and/or hilarious results.


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Sweet Briar Lake, North Dakota
Yes, you can hear the trucks in the background from I-94 but that is the only negative thing about this wonderful place.
Driving across country last summer, my husband and I were always on the lookout for nice, clean, free campgrounds. We found a handful that we remember with fondness and this one tops the list.
Sweet Briar Lake was, I think, create by a dam, and it appears to be a good fishing spot. But if you care about birds, this place is a bonanza. From just our little spot overlooking the lake we watched white pelicans, double-crested cormorants and canada geese swim around and generally busy themselves, and heard red-winged blackbirds make their lovely background music. Most likely a walk around the lake would have resulted in seeing more species but we were more than thrilled to just stay put and enjoy this peaceful display.
Kolea, Akekeke & Honu
It's interesting to see which bird species congregate together, or at least tolerate each other if their habitats overlap. In this case it's the Pacific Golden-Plover and Ruddy Turnstone, or in Hawaiian terms Kolea and Akekeke, respectively.
These birds were foraging on the lava rock beach on the western coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. The turnstone is keeping itself busy in the shallow pool, bathing and looking for food, possibly turning stones over like its name implies it should. It draws the attention of two plovers who seem determined to intimidate the turnstone, or at the very least keep an eye on him or her. The plovers are only slightly larger than the turnstone, 1/4 inch in length, according to National Geographic Field Guides, but maybe that's enough to be the generally more dominant species. There are photos of other sights in this area underneath the video, such as a green sea turtle (Honu, in Hawaiian), a wasp and what I think is a Wandering Tattler.
Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe
My husband and I were a little disappointed about only seeing a couple of birds at the Randall Davey Audubon Center in Santa Fe but we went during the hottest part of the day in early May so we weren't too surprised.
There were numerous finches at the feeder, a gorgeous hawk moth at some flowers, a squirrel keeping busy digging in the dirt, and an unknown bird foraging in the bushes and parking lot.
What makes this place special are of course the volunteers and the beautiful terrain including the hillside trails, and the gorgeous adobe buildings. And the awesome bee hotel deserves a mention. I'd like to go back someday when it's a little cooler, perhaps in the winter when there are more birds around.
Salida, Colorado: Sands Lake SWA
The second part to the amazing May 2017 birding experience I had in Salida, Colorado was Sands Lake State Wildlife Area. It consists of Sands Lake and a stretch of the Arkansas River – my husband and I spent about an hour walking the lovely trails and walkway along the river.
The lake has had a lot of effort put into it to be bird friendly. Two islands naturally create a safe atmosphere for waterbirds like pelicans, geese and ducks. And at least two nesting platforms have been put up, as well as a handful of (floating?) platforms scattered around the lake.
The most exciting sighting of the day was an American Dipper, a first for me. And I even managed to get a decent shot of it.
We also saw a yellow-rumped warbler, several yellow warblers, cedar waxwings, and tree swallows in areas along the river and lake. A memorable sighting was the pair of ospreys, one on a nest and the other perched on a light pole nearby. Below are the rest of the photos. Hope you get to visit Salida some day!
Salida, Colorado: Frantz Lake & the Arkansas River
Last summer my husband and I were able to take a 3 month trip from Texas to Alaska. We spent most of our time in New Mexico and Colorado, in May, and both of those states provided some amazing birding.
Salida, Colorado was a birding bonanza: Frantz Lake along the Arkansas River and the nearby Sands Lake (in the next post).
Frantz Lake is located on county road 154 near the Mt. Shavano Fish Hatchery. Google Maps has it listed as "Franz" – a different spelling; I took my spelling from the sign at the lake.
County road 154 is a birding spot in itself. Mountain bluebirds and tree swallows nest in the birdhouses that have been erected along the road. Canada geese and mule deer abound. *Click on the first image below and scroll to the right to view a larger image and see captions.*
Frantz Lake itself is a nice little turquoise-tinted reservoir next to the Arkansas River. Here I found 2 grebes, a western and a pied-billed, common mergansers, and white-faced ibises (a first!). Along with Canada geese, blackbirds and mallards.
A little ways away, by the Arkansas River, a red-tailed hawk flew overhead and white-crowned sparrows were foraging and flitting around on the dirt trail.
(Some of these images are sized 1920×1080 so can be used for that size monitor, I kept the copyright small. I like desktop wallpaper with a lot of blank space so it doesn't feel cluttered and a couple of these photos work well for that.)
It snowed while we were in Salida in the middle of May – it's at 7000 feet – but that was the day we were leaving and the sun came out just a bit later, so no harm done. 🙂 Thanks for looking!
Raven's nest in moose antlers
A few years ago I went with my husband up the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay. We stopped a few different places including a storage yard and former state camp called Happy Valley where I found one of the most wonderful things I've ever happened upon… a raven's nest in a mounted rack of moose antlers with two babies in it!
Wild Turkeys in Hawaii
There are tons of wild turkeys on the Big Island of Hawaii! They roam the golf courses and lava rock fields searching for insects, lizards, seeds, berries and anything else that's edible and relatively small. It's a lovely thing to see.
The Wild Turkey evolved in America and was domesticated by Native Americans. In the early 1500s turkeys domesticated by the Aztecs were taken to Europe and interestingly enough, their descendants were brought back to America by the pilgrims who soon found out their indigenous neighbors were raising them too.
They soon spread to China and in 1788 they were introduced from there to the Hawaiian islands. Over the years, more have been released, whether purposely or not, by ranches and farms and perhaps by people who wanted to hunt them. Currently you can hunt them on the island along with pheasant, doves, francolin, quail, as well as introduced mammals such as goats, sheep and boar.
Turkeys especially prosper on the Big Island because of it's dry grassy sloping landscapes, and as you can see, they seem right at home.


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A Lesson in Waiting Well: The Tension of Contentment
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! ~Psalm 27:13-14 As a single woman quickly approaching my mid-twenties, I've received a lot of questions and advice about my dating … Read more


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By MIKE VINSON
As indicated, this is a story about "time." However, in this particular case, time takes on a greater definition than the mere passing and recording of seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
It was Thursday, February 20, 2014, around 4:30 p.m. My cell phone rang, and it was my good friend John, who'd been a patient at the Veteran's Administration/VA Hospital in Nashville for the previous nine days, undergoing a battery of tests and treatments for a serious illness.
John had been released from the VA Hospital, he informed me, and wanted me to drive down and pick him up. I knew he'd been "cooped up," so to speak, and was anxious to get home. I told him he could expect me around 7 p.m.
Leaving McMinnville around 5 p.m., I hit Highway 70S and traversed Woodbury to Murfreesboro, where I hit I-24, Nashville bound.
I arrived at the VA Hospital in Nashville a little after 7 p.m. After securing a spot in the VA parking lot, I called John and told him I'd arrived. In about ten minutes, John appeared, a couple small backpacks in tow, and he and I loaded up in my station wagon.
Traffic was moving at a snail's pace on I-24, from Nashville to Murfreesboro, and for a good reason: There was a torrential downpour! Visibility was extremely poor, and traffic was pulled over everywhere!
However, a couple minutes before John and I reached the 231/Shelbyville Road Exit in Murfreesboro, the rain let up considerably, and we figured we were good to go.
After exiting on 231 and hitting South Rutherford Boulevard, though, it was as if the Lord, Himself, unzipped the sky and was showing us what Noah and his family went through on the Ark for 40 days and 40 nights! It commenced raining harder than before-"buckets," not drops!
The logical move would've been to pull over to the side of the road; however, there was nowhere to pull. Plus, we couldn't visually distinguish anything: couldn't tell if we were veering into the next lane, getting too close to a curb, whatever. It was as if we, literally, were driving on top of a lake.
With my hands locked firmly in the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions on the steering wheel, eyes glued straight ahead, I mentioned to John that it would be all-too-easy to wreck in such weather conditions . . . then BOOM!
Yep, my front tire had barely caught the triangular edge of a high curb, my station wagon jumping up on the curb, then off the curb back onto the road, passenger-side tires-front and rear-flat.
But we had to keep driving, on two flats, or risk someone plowing into us from the rear! Even when we found a flat spot on which to pull over, about 150 feet from where we'd hit the curb, were we far enough off the road to avoid getting smashed?! Traffic was zig-zagging all over the place! It was 10 o'clock at night! Still, I had a very sick man with me who needed to get home and into bed! What was I to do?!
Luckily, the rain eventually eased up. I ended up calling a relative, who came to our rescue. She let me borrow her car, and John and I arrived home (McMinnville) a little after midnight. I drove back to Murfreesboro the next morning, retrieved my car, and all ended well.
That said, John and I agree that had I not had my hands firmly in the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock positions on the steering wheel, thus allowing me to maintain control of the wagon, the outcome could've been far worse.
John and I also agree that first 20 or so minutes after hitting the curb was one of the more stressful "times" either of us ever has experienced. However, it just wasn't our "time."


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Sad news about Kassie/ethrosdemon/syncope/Kassandra Sims
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Ethrosdemon was really nice to newbies like me back in the day, and we were talking US culture and politics on her LJ just last month. I'll miss her. Also, not a memorial: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Ethrosdemon
I learned today that Kassie/ethrosdemon died on 27 September 2016.
It sounds there won't be any kind of public memorial type stuff happening. Information (there is very little) is here:
ETA slightly more info here http://ift.tt/2cIfR0v
I knew her originally from Buffy, then later Lotrips, then CW (Smallville/Supernatural) - she was a key early founder of fannish infrastructure in the Supernatural fandom. Did not know her well but always enjoyed exchanging comments. She was sharp and hilarious, and her fic (both fan fic and published pro fic) was wonderful.
I'm also feeling sad about the dispersal of the livejournal fandom diaspora and how we have not been able to maintain anything like the kind of cohesion we used to have there. Feel like there is almost no one left on deck to do the kind of public mourning we used to do. IF I DIE, YOU GUYS HAD BETTER NEVER STOP POSTING ABOUT ME FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU (ok?).
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Installation view of the south wall, including fireplace. The rocking chairs are printed with Scrabble design as well as senryu. The fireplace area has long held a tradition of sitting by a fire and reading. The book on the mantle is one of my codex books. The image above the mantle is printed on the same felted paper as the fireplace book.


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Linking IPL To Drought Will Not Trivialise The Issue, But Alleviate It
Rahul Dravid is a delightfully-intelligent person. He is a dexterous cricketer and a conscious human being, which is why his recent statement on the IPL controversy – whirling under dreadful droughts – does not sound too perceptive.
While speaking to a news channel, Dravid had said, "It's a serious issue and the fact that so many people are dying because of shortage of water is serious but linking it to IPL will trivialise it. How can a drought be as important as cricket? If not having IPL will solve the problem, then we should stop playing cricket."
His statement came after the Bombay High Court ruled that IPL matches would be shifted out of the drought-hit state of Maharashtra after April 30.
Veteran cricketer Sunil Gavaskar had also echoed a similar sentiment. He said water crisis, which has led to farmers committing suicides, is a serious issue, but should not be mixed with cricket. "What do you think has been happening for the last 9-10 years? It's always something or the other cropping up before or during the IPL. Whether it's a soft target or not, yes it is a soft target," Gavaskar said, according to news reports.
Rising Pune Supergiants skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni opined that it is important to seek long-term solutions to the prevailing water crisis in Maharashra. "Whether IPL's match number 5, 6 or 7 happens or not, I don't think it makes much of a difference," Dhoni told the Press Trust of India.
Now that the matches have been shifted from the parched state of Maharashtra to Rajasthan, the former can hope to save 60,000 litres of water per match. It also hopes to save an additional 40,000 litres that are supplied to toilets inside the Wankhede, reports The Times of India.
Let's say the Indian Premier League is the spendthrift progeny of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. It is all about the glamour and glitz. It is a dazzling annual commemoration of the power of money, and all the Board cares about, is the moolah.
Our celebrated cricketers may defend the format, out of allegiance to the Board, for the love of the game, or because they simply have a different opinion. But the fact is, taking up the issue of drought and fighting for the unnecessary wastage of water does not trivialise it.
A severe water crisis is looming over Maharashtra, and every single drop of water is precious. The fact that thousands of litres of water is being saved per match is a relief in itself. And drought is more important than cricket. People don't have access to water across several hamlets in Maharashtra and the fact that we are having the IPL is irksome.
IPL is not being targeted. And yes, the fact a few matches are not happening in a drought-hit state, does make a lot of difference.
We must weigh conscience and humanity on the same scale. If the Board could shift the venue from India to South Africa keeping in mind the elections, it could have adjourned this season on philanthropic grounds too.
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Not Lunch Break
I was going to use this as a lunch break, but then I decided it was against the spirit of the thing to have a lunch break that would leave you afraid to eat lunch. So here's Robert Kenner, director of "Food Inc.," on "The Daily Show."
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Stewart and Kenner discuss something you hear a lot: If our food is worse today than it was in the '50s, how come we live longer? It's a fair question. One answer is we spend a whole lot more money on health care than we did in the '50s. And much of that spending is counteracting our poorer health. We have one industry that makes us fat and another industry that helps us deal with the consequences of being fat. Gotta love the invisible hand.
Another is that a lot goes into our health. Food is some of it. But so is sanitation. Physical exercise. Maternal nutrition. Mental well-being. And a lot of those contributors have improved. So it's hard to say what the changes in our diets would have done if we held everything else equal. The rise in obesity, in diabetes, and in heart disease suggests that we'd probably be facing pretty high death rates. But either way, the evidence is very strong that bad diets are making us sicker than we'd otherwise be. And that's something worth changing.
Ezra Klein
July 7, 2009; 11:30 AM ET
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The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes among Mexican Americans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans in the United States and compare these estimates to data from prior surveys for U.S. non-Hispanic whites and blacks. Data for this study are from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a multipurpose cross-sectional survey of three U.S. Hispanic populations conducted in 1982-1984. The interviewed sample of people aged 20-74 yr included 3935 Mexican Americans in the southwest, 1134 Cubans in Florida, and 1519 Puerto Ricans in the New York City area. The diabetes component consisted of interview questions on diabetes diagnosis and treatment and an oral glucose tolerance test administered to a subsample. The prevalence of diabetes was two to three times greater for Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans than for non-Hispanic whites surveyed in 1976-1980. In Cubans, the prevalence was similar to that for non-Hispanic whites. In men and women 45-74 yr of age, the prevalence of diabetes was extremely high for both Mexican Americans (23.9%) and Puerto Ricans (26.1%) compared with Cubans (15.8%) or non-Hispanic whites (12%). The total prevalence of diabetes was not significantly different for Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans but was significantly lower for Cubans. The relatively lower prevalence of diabetes among Cubans and the high prevalence in both Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans may be related to socioeconomic, genetic, behavioral, or environmental factors.
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But either way, the evidence is very strong that bad diets are making us sicker than we'd otherwise be. And that's something worth changing.
Ezra, are you kidding? If not you are out of your area of competence. If anything the medical care system is doing very little.
You need to look at the other side of this argument. Spend a few hours on the junk food science blog:
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One of the first tasks for the genetics group at the Buffalo flipped case studies workshop was to agree upon a list of the essential and important genetics topics for an intro biology course, and then match the topics to the best freely available videos that address these topics, and to any relevant case studies. The purpose is to identify gaps, as targets for new videos and case studies. Here is the list we came up with. With agreement from the team, I am publicising this table for input from the wider community of intro biology instructors.
If you know of other videos that address any of these topics, and are 10 min or shorter, engaging, informative, freely available, and appropriate for an intro biology audience, please submit a comment with a brief description of the topic and a link. If you have been contemplating flipping your class, or are searching for good videos and case studies to use in your intro bio class, please feel free to use this table as a resource. You can download this table as an editable & printable file for your convenience here: genetics_topics_videos_casestudies_table.


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Exploding Head Syndrome
Exploding Head Syndrome is more common than what people know. This is because most people do not even know that they are experiencing it. Stats show that more than 80% of the population will experience an element of parasomnia sometime in their lifetime whether it be for a brief or extended period. It can be triggered by anything and everything from genetics, stress, anxiety, dietary changes, hormonal changes and so much more.
Exploding Head Syndrome is generally experienced just before nodding off to sleep or within the first two hours. It is characterized as a sudden, loud, sound of crashing, breaking or exploding object such as glass, metal, or electrical like materials. The sound is heard only by the individual and is perceived to be so loud that it often causes them to jerk awake, spring out of bed or feel sudden fear triggering an adrenaline rush.
Amazingly, EHS (Exploding Head Syndrome) is recognized as a biological safety precaution. When your body's chemicals are soothing you to sleep at a higher rate than normal it recognizes this as 'abnormal' and will wake you. This is cautionary because it is alerting you that something is wrong. Maybe you are not "really tired" maybe medications are interacting in a less than positive way or you have been poisoned or possibly suffering from a reaction from something. So in this case, it is a good thing. As lousy at that sounds when you wake up to crashing vases in the middle of the night, ye I know, but it's true.
The technical term is Auditory Sleep Start. So what's the deal right?- It's frustrating, annoying, irritating and keeps you up all hours of the night. Physical pain is not felt when experiencing EHS however it elevates the heart rate, and makes you feel like you had a close encounter with an understatement of dangerous. Sadly I have no clue how to cope with them except go back to sleep and try, try again. Oh yes, and remember to be reassured they are harmless. (Like that helps…)


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I told you my foot hurt! First I got two -- not one, but two -- abscesses on my paw. Probably from from a thorn or a splinter. I didn't like the treatment and I certainly felt silly wearing Margot's sock. (We have the same size feet.)
Then the Mistral started to blow. I hate the Mistral! Doggles are stupid!
And now Harry! Why won't he leave me in peace? Do I look like I like cats?
And now look! Another eye operation: a lid lift. Carina says I look like I've been Photoshopped. Very funny, Carina!
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By Patricia Boccadoro
PARIS, 26 JANUARY 2006 When two internationally acclaimed choreographer/dancers, Akram Khan, British/Bangladeshi and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui , born in Belgium with a Flemish/ Moroccan heritage got together, the result was almost bound to be explosive. When one adds to that the name of Nitin Sawhney, the award winning composer and musician, it became a certainty.
When writing about Khan, trained first in Kathak and then in contemporary, superlatives abound. Dark-eyed and dark-skinned with a powerful stage presence he is one of the finest dancers around. Classically trained, fast, precise, with an extraordinary fluidity, he is grace personified.
And apart from their shared European Muslim background it would appear that Cherkaoui, slender, pale, and fragile, had but little in common with him. But the seemingly odd pairing with Cherkaoui, known for his work with Ballets C de la B, and who is a gifted acrobat, comic and actor as well as dancer, was irresistible. It was, in fact, a stroke of genius!
Presented recently at the Theatre de la Ville, this unusual collaboration, entitled Zero Degrees, began with the two men sitting casually side by side on a plain white stage set inhabited by two silicone bodies lying motionless behind them, dummies, which would later stand in as witnesses to the action or as replacements for the dancers.
Khan and Cherkaoui, in perfect unison, and not without humour, began to tell us the story of Khan's horrendous train journey from Bangladesh to India and of his problems with the border police because he found a dead man in his railway carriage.
"I watched my passport pass through the hands of all the guards", they chorused, "and I didn't let it out of my sight, because, although it's just a piece of paper, without it you have no identity."
Synchronised gestures accompanied the dialogue, each mirroring the other's movements, their arms, wrists and fingers forming shapes, entwining, interlocking, their arms making graceful arcs in the air, each dancer's movements an extension of the other. They were hypnotic, recapitulating the reaction of bystanders and the stationmasters, alternating their dialogue with sudden whiplash movements. What appeared superficially simple and entertaining was in fact quite violent with undercurrents for in addition to what we saw, the audience knew there was an additional private conversation going on between the two of them.
Khan was so riveting that one no longer saw any choreography so dazed were we by watching Sawhney's music made motion with spins of dizzying rapidity. His grace, power and steel contrasted with the vulnerability of Cherkaoui, whose slender, boneless body slid across the ground in impossible angles in a mesmerising earth-bound solo.
They continued their story, sometimes together, other times separately, often finishing each other's phrases, telling of how Khan's confusion over his foreignness turned into energy as the guard just watched him.
The two dancers interrupt the spoken words to dialogue with their movements in sequences where they stamped rhythmically and spiralled around each other on their off-beat journey where they left behind their own world and their own rules.
As the show ended, after an intensely moving kathak solo, Khan began to shake and quiver, his arms jerking uncontrollably before he was gathered up and carried off, along with his dummy, by Cherkaoui.
This was a performance that went way beyond a simple exchange between a kathak dancer who is seeing how far he can take his art and a leading figure in contemporary dance/theatre. Life and death, order versus chaos, the body versus the spirit? Interpret the work as you may, the essential point is that these two superb dancers/choreographers, both full of fantasy, mystery and invention, overflowing with so much to say, are above all creators of atmosphere . It was impossible to differentiate between text, music, movement and rhythm. A fascinating experience.
Patricia Boccadoro writes on dance in Europe. For many years, she contributed to The Guardian, The Observer and Dancing Times and was dance consultant to the BBC Omnibus documentary on Rudolf Nureyev. Ms. Boccadoro is the dance editor for Culturekiosque.
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Google has updated its search by integrating encyclopedia-style facts and figures directly into its results page, speeding up information gathering.
The update places results pulled from Google's Knowledge Graph – a database containing encyclopaedia entries on about 570m concepts, relationships, facts and figures – under small popup information panels next to search results.
"To help you learn more about the websites you see in your search results, starting today you may see more information about them directly on the results page when you search on your desktop," said Bart Niechwiej, a software engineer at Google in a blog post.
The panels are accessed through a small clickable link on the second line of applicable search results.
Could cause issues for website owners
While the update is likely to enhance search for individuals, it could cause issues for website owners who appear in search results with the added information panels.
"The popup adds up to three extra links to the search result that don't go to your website," explains Matt McGee, editor-in-chief of search specialist Search Engine Land. "If this becomes a popular feature with searchers, it could lead some to click away from the actual web page that Google included in its search results."
Starting as a small trial, Google will continue to expand the number of sites that bring search results with Knowledge Graph entries attached.
The update builds on the biggest change to the search algorithm Google had made in three years, called "Hummingbird", which focused on Knowledge Graph and natural language interpretation making the core search better at answering longer, more complex and spoken queries.
• In January, Google's Eric Schmidt denied knowledge of the NSA's data tapping of the search firm


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Shepard Fairey's latest work, "May Day" on display at the Deitch Projects on Wooster Street-NYC. Shepard also shows off some portraits of trailblazers in areas of art & culture that he finds inspiring including the Dalai Lama, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, & Neil Young. Of course, I was unable to capture the newest portraits on display with Debbie Harry(Blondie) & Muhammad Ali due to our wonderful timing of entering with 5 minutes remaining before closing time. You can also check out Shepard's "May Day" street mural on the legendary corner of Houston & Bowery streets in lower Manhatty,NYC! The May Day mural should be up for about 6 months on Houston & Bowery with a few "tagged" modifications. Tagged..cleaned up…tagged..cleaned up..it's street art, y'all!
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CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Ersan Ilyasova scored 17 of his 18 points during a big second-half comeback that rallied the Milwaukee Bucks to a 93-92 victory over Chicago.
The Bucks erased a 27-point deficit during the rally, which was capped by Ekpe Udoh's driving layup with 57.5 seconds remaining -- providing what proved to be the decisive blow.
The Bucks outscored Chicago 42-14 over the final 14 minutes to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Bulls, including a loss at Milwaukee Saturday in the first of back-to-back meetings.
Chicago fell despite 30 points from Richard Hamilton.
Carlos Boozer added a double-double of 19 and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who made just 4-of-19 shots down the stretch.


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Secondary prevention – in diagnosed or symptomatic patients:
Patients who survived a heart attack Symptomatic patients – Stable
anginaost-revascularization patients Heart failure patients –
improving outcomes
Leading researchers have concluded that targeting Endothelial function can improve outcomes way beyond conventional tests or risk measurement tools today.
Both physicians and patients treat heart disease very seriously and treat symptoms aggressively.
Yet, for patients who survived a heart attack the probability of sudden cardiac death is 4-6 times greater than that of the general population.
With EndoPAT® direct feedback, your efforts at Secondary Prevention can be personalized and fine-tuned to help ensure they are as effective as possible. One size does not fit all.
Symptomatic patients / Stable Angina
Assessment of endothelial function by non-invasive PAT predicts late cardiovascular adverse events
Rubinstein et al, Eu Heart Journal (2010)
Method: 270 outpatients with unexplained chest pain (low-risk findings during stress testing and/or
the absence of new obstructive lesions by an invasive coronary angiogram)
The patients were followed for CV adverse events (AE): death, myocardial infarction, revascularization
or cardiac hospitalization) during a 7-year follow-up
Conclusion: a low RH signal detected by EndoPAT®, consistent with endothelial dysfunction,
was associated with higher AE (Adverse events) rate.
L_RHI was an independent predictor of AE. Non-invasive assessment of peripheral vascular
function may be useful for the identification of patients at risk for cardiac AEs.
Takeaway: PAT signal can be a valuable tool in assessing CVD risk in patients with unexplained chest
pain, allowing timely treatment and prevention of adverse events.
Post-menopausal females with chest pain
Digital Assessment of endothelial function and ischemic heart disease in women Matsuzawa et al, JACC 2010
Method: 140 chest pain postmenopausal women tested with EndoPAT®, coronary angiography
for obstructive CAD and if non obstructive or normal angiography – then tested with Acetylcholine
provocation test, adenosine reduced coronary flow reserve, and stress thallium test to further diagnose
ischemic heart disease.
Conclusion: PAT non-invasively predicted the presence of IHD, especially NOCAD (non-obstructive)
which cannot be diagnosed by anatomical tests (angiography).
PAT is a potentially useful clinical test and can effectively help to identify high-risk women with chest pain.
Post-MI CAD patients*
ndothelial dysfunction predicts residual risk in coronary artery disease patients with statin therapy
Matsue et al, EU Heart Journal abstract suppl. 2013
Method: 213 CAD patients who were well treated with statin therapy (achieved LDL<100)
Patients were followed-up for secondary CAE for a median of 2.7 years.
During follow-up, CAE occurred in 6 (5.5%) patients in the L_RHI > 0.52 group and 16 (15.5%) patients in
the L_RHI <0.52 group (P=0.023).
Conclusions: L_RHI (Endoscore) was an independent predictor for CAE (coronary artery events) even after
adjusting by Framingham traditional risk factors for secondary CAE
Takeaway: EndoPAT® must be used to follow up on cad patients and target endothelial function to improve prognosis.
Heart Failure patients
Akiyama et al, JACC, Journal of American College of Cardiology, 2012
Method: 321 patients with heart failure tested with EndoPAT®.
Rate of adverse events was almost 4 times in the group of endothelial dysfunction (28.1%) vs.
8.8% in the normal function group. Patients followed up for a mean of 20 months
Unique EndoPAT® value: Peripheral endothelial dysfunction independently correlated with future
cardiovascular events, adding incremental clinical significance for risk stratification in patients with HF.
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Understanding the DNA of Personality Type and Leadership Development for Doctors
I've just returned from the annual Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) Leaders in Heathcare 2016 conference. A key message from many of the speakers was that leadership development starts from within. Couldn't agree more – but how do you do this if you haven't the time or the resources to go on an expensive leadership development programme?
Senior Doctors told me at the conference that their leadership roles are often characterised by:
- Not enough time to do it well
- Imposter syndrome (feeling that you are promoted beyond your skill/capabilities)
- Feeling isolated with insufficient support
- Having to learn on the job (no or little training offered)
- Expected to deliver far too quickly
- Expected to deliver on things that are outside of your direct control
- Lack of clarity over the role and scope of role much larger than anticipated
Through coaching doctors over the years I have found that enabling doctors to understand themselves (and the people around them) helps to manage some of these difficulties encountered in leadership roles. A great way of understanding behaviours, strengths and weaknesses is by using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It supports self awareness and strengthens leadership practice.
MBTI Step II takes self undestanding to a deeper level. With step II you learn how your preferences for the Extrovert – Introvert, Sensing – iNtuition, Thinking – Feeling and Judging – Perceiving functions are affected by specific behavioural facets. Under each of the function pairs (e.g. E-I) sit ten facets of behaviours and Step II measures you against these. This allows people to see the subtly and complexity of what makes them tick and build a richer view of why they prefer different ways of doing things. This enables you to be more specific about how you want to develop.
You can read more about this when I wrote a blog for OPP (European administrators of MBTI) late last year HERE.
I've been using Step II for over a year now and have seen how the model can support people to review their approach to leadership and adapt their strengths to work more productively within the context they are operating in.
I'm delivering an open access course on the 6th December 2016 in London for FMLM. To find out how to book click HERE.
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James Crouch accumulated many titles in his 90 years, earning recognition from the U.S. Army and from the El Paso athletic community for his years of service.
Crouch, who died Monday after a lengthy illness at the age of 90, was a referee, a softball star, a decorated soldier, and the highest ranking African-American civilian employee in the history of Fort Bliss when he retired in 2010.
But more than all that, he was a mentor to countless youth in El Paso.
"Growing up in Fort Bliss, Mr. Crouch not only took care of me, he took care of a lot of children at Fort Bliss whose fathers were deployed and away," said Wayne Thornton, the public relations director of the El Paso Parks and Recreation department. "He was a father figure. He was a good man, an honest man."
More: James Crouch is the man in stripes
Crouch retired after 30 years in the Army as a chief warrant officer 4. He then was a civilian employee for the next 32 years and retired as the highest ranking African-American in Fort Bliss history as GM-14, a civilian equivalent to lieutenant colonel.
He was also inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame as a referee in 2006, and into the El Paso Softball Hall of Fame as a player in 2015.
More: Trio inducted into El Paso Golf Hall of Fame
He is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Lillian Crouch. They had four children and numerous grandchildren.
"He loves children, he loves sports, he loved officiating," Lillian Crouch said. "He always felt you need to know the rules to be an official. He was a mentor to other officials. He was generous, whether helping people financially or just lifting them up when they were down.
"He was just a special person who loved helping others."
Crouch was born in Dallas and as a soldier was deployed to Germany, Japan and Korea.
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Innovative crossover design and cabinet materials create superb sounding speakers with an elegant and timeless look, a stunning piece of acoustic furniture.
Show your true colours
Royd introduces several new innovations within the manufacture and design of its loudspeakers.
One of which is to use ValchromatTM for our enclosure. We have carefully chosen to manufacture our speakers from this premium material.
Coloured all the way through from natural dyes, it machines and finishes very well, is 30% stiffer than the equivalent thickness MDF and much kinder to the environment. The fibres are densely packed preventing unwanted cabinet vibration and resonances. Front faces are available in Black, Red and Birch Ply. Other colours are available on special order.
The tweeter
One of the innovations in our design is to use an Isodynamic tweeter. This can be described in simple terms as a mini Magnepan.
It's benefits include high power handling and a wide range frequency band [up to 40Khz] with no impedance resonance.
The tweeter features a low mass heat-resistant Kapton/Copper Membrane and heat-resistant conducting electrical membrane covering about 90% of the chip. It has an exceptional sonic resolution and an ability to reveal the dynamics of instruments very clearly.
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Synergy between Experiment and Computation in Nanoscale Science (Synergy)
Venue: Maxwell Dworkin Building at Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
|Event Date/Time: May 31, 2006
|End Date/Time: Jun 03, 2006
|Registration Date: May 17, 2006
|Abstract Submission Date: Apr 07, 2006
In this workshop, we will discuss a varied assortment of nanoscale systems and phenomena with an emphasis on computation. The main theme of the conference, the synergy between experiment and computation, will be explored in focused presentations from experimentalists who will describe the impact of computation on their research and what their desiderata might be for future computation. Correspondingly, computational researchers will focus on the outstanding experimental puzzles that their computations address and their desiderata from the experimental world.
We will describe the computational tools that are currently available through NNIN/C and those that are being acquired specifically to dove-tail with NNIN experimental themes, from the state-of-the-art research of several groups. We will provide hands-on sessions in order for prospective users to acquire a quick rise on the often steep learning curve of complex codes.