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By Sarah B. Weir, Shine Senior Writer | At Home – Mon, Dec 16, 2013 4:18 PM EST
On Jan. 1, 2014, it will be lights out for standard incandescent 60- and 40-watt light bulbs. In order to comply with efficiency standards outlined in the Energy Independence and Security Act, which was signed into law by President George Bush in 2007, it will be illegal to manufacture or import them after Dec. 31. But retailers will still be able to sell off any remaining stock. In 2012, all 100-watt bulbs were phased out, and 75-watt bulbs disappeared the following year.
The old incandescent bulbs are highly inefficient — only about 10 percent of their energy output is converted into light; the rest is lost to heat. "Once all of our nation's 4 billion screw-based sockets have an efficient bulb in them, U.S. consumers will save $13 billion and 30 large coal-burning power plants-worth of electricity a year. The savings really add up," Noah Horowitz, senior scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council tells Yahoo Shine. He adds thatif you replace an incandescent bulb with a CFL (compact fluorescent light), you'll save about $50 over the course of the bulb's lifetime. LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are pricey up front — they run about $10 per 60-watt equivalent, but over time they offer a savings of $100 to $150 in energy costs. The numbers are compelling, but that doesn't mean that some of us won't mourn the loss of the mellow light emitted by old-fashioned bulbs, especially the 60-watt version, which accounts for about 50 percent of household lighting in the United States.
Lighting artist and designer Bentley Meeker, who runs a successful lighting design company in New York City, isn't a fan of all of the new, more efficient bulbs. "The soul doesn't connect to LED, it's a visceral reaction," he tells Yahoo Shine. "Until the mid-1850s, the only light that humans were exposed to was daylight and firelight — incandescent bulbs have a color that is similar to firelight." He believes that LEDs and fluorescents can be fatiguing on the eyes and unpleasant to live and work with for long periods of time.
Horowitz argues that the transition to energy efficient bulbs has been smooth and successful and that the technology and choices are continually improving. He says the main reason people aren't happy with some of the new bulbs is that they are choosing the wrong brightness level and/or "flavor" (the color of light the bulb emits).
Here are expert tips to comply with the new law, as well as to balance energy efficiency and cost savings with aesthetics:
- Don't inadvertently buy a bulb that's too bright. New bulbs are measured in lumens, not watts, which can be confusing. A 10-watt LED is as bright as a 60-watt incandescent, so if you purchase a 19-watt LED for a small accent light, it will seem glaring. The NRDC has a useful chart showing the light equivalences of various bulbs.
- Choose different types of bulbs for different purposes. Meeker uses LEDs and CFLs to light hallways, stairwells, and basements, and for spotlighting objects. For living spaces, he prefers halogen incandescent bulbs. He says they are a great substitute for the old bulbs, especially if you use them on a dimmer.
- If you want to use CFLs, choose the right color. Most people prefer the ones labeled "warm." The bulbs that are labeled "daylight" are bluish.
- Bring the bulb you want to replace to the store so you can find an equivalent that is the correct size and shape.
- The new bulbs don't work in recessed can lighting. You will still need to buy reflector bulbs, which are not subject to the same regulations.
- If you have dimmers, chose a halogen incandescent bulb or LED. Most CFLs do not work with dimmer sockets.
While Some people are oblivious to lighting, most of us are sensitive to it, so it's worth being thoughtful about your choice of bulbs. Meeker, who has illuminated such venues as the White House Rose Garden and the Burning Man Festival puts it bluntly: "If the lighting sucks, people will be miserable."
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Raspberry Sounds Continued
Last time, I looked at using Portaudio to read sound from a USB microphone connected to a Raspberry Pi. This time, I want to reverse the process and create sounds. Since the Pi has audio output and Linux, of course, you could use a variety of Linux methods to play a sound file from a WAV or MP3 file. What I'm interested in, however, is the software-generation of sounds.
If you recall from last time, Portaudio allowed you to open an input stream and when it had audio data, it called a callback function. Sound generation is very similar. You open an output stream and when the library needs data, it calls a callback so you can provide it.
In this case, I wanted to generate TouchTones (technically know as dual-tone multi-frequency signaling or DTMF). In other words, if you wanted to use the Pi as part of a phone project (or a ham radio project), how would you generate the tones? Although you could just record twelve or sixteen WAV files and play them, I wanted something more flexible and to show how to use Portaudio.
In concept, generating DTMF is simple. Each key corresponds to two tones. The designers picked tones that would not interfere with each other and that were easy to detect using 1963 technology. There are even standards for the minimum duration of the tone (50 ms), the space between the tones (45 ms), and the total duration of a digit (at least 100 ms).
Of course, the expectation is that a human is pressing the buttons, so longer is fine (the numbers above are from ANSI T1.401-1988, although there are other standards with slightly different numbers). Most consumer devices use at least 70 ms just to be safe.
There are only eight frequencies required for DTMF. These eight are divided into four high frequency tones and four low frequency tones. Each digit is a combination of one tone from each set. The mathematically astute might notice that four times four is sixteen, but there are only twelve keys on a typical phone. The standard allows for four control keys (usually called A, B, C, and D) that rarely appear on consumer equipment. My code ignores those keys.
Most modern equipment can read tones even if they are not exactly correct. For example, the standard requires that the high frequency tones must be from -8 to 4 dB relative to the low tone (measured at the receiver). Depending on the application, that means the one tone might need to be generated louder to account for increased loss at either high or low frequencies. In practice, most modern equipment does fine without this stipulation (known as the "twist").
You can find the entire code in the online listings. It is very similar to the last Portaudio program, except it opens an output stream and uses floating-point samples instead of integer values. The callback, of course, is extremely different since it is producing data instead of consuming it. Consider making a "pure" tone:
// Audio data comes from this callback static int paCallback(const void *in, void *out, unsigned long framesPerBuffer, const PaStreamCallbackTimeInfo *timeinfo, PaStreamCallbackFlags statusFlags, void *userdata) { unsigned i; float *buf=(float *)out; ttdata *data=(ttdata *)userdata; // fill frame with sine wave for (i=0;i<framesPerBuffer;i++) { buf[i]=sin(_radian_phase_); } return paContinue; }
sin function will return a number from -1 to 1 for a given frequency. You usually express a frequency in Hertz, but for the
sin function you will need to compute the current phase times the frequency in radians. To convert Hertz to radians, you need to multiply the frequency by two and times pi. The current phase is the sample number (ranging from 0 to the number of samples in one second). So actually the line above should read:
However, it is wasteful to compute 2*pi*f each time through the loop. Here are a few lines from the actual callback:
temp1=PI2N*data->f1; // PI2N is 2*PI/SAMPLE_RATE temp2=PI2N*data->f2; // fill frame with sine waves for (i=0;i<framesPerBuffer;i++) { if (data->unmute) // but only if not on mute { buf[i]=(1-TWIST)*sin(data->phase1*temp1)+TWIST*sin(data->phase1*temp2); } else { buf[i]=0.0; } if (++data->phase1==SAMPLE_RATE) data->phase1=0; // update phase counter . . .
temp1 and
temp2 do the bulk of the math one time per callback. If you were really trying to optimize, you could store the frequency and the temp values away. Then you could do a simple integer compare to detect when the frequency changed and only recompute at that time. That seemed to be overkill for this little project, however.
The computation of the sine waves makes two calls to
sin (one for each frequency component) and the calculations with TWIST make sure the total adds up to 1.0 (or -1.0). The default TWIST is defined as 0.6 so the high frequency is 60% louder than the low frequency.
Note that the buffer size and the sample rate are probably not the same, so the phase needs to survive between callbacks. When the count reaches the sample rate, the code resets it to zero.
To use the tone generation system, your main code needs to manipulate the
ttdata structure. The
f1 and
f2 members take the two frequencies to generate (with
f2 assumed to be the higher frequency). There is a member of the
ttdata structure named
unmute. If this member is non-zero, the system generates tones. The phase variable is in that structure as well, but you should not need to change it. It is essentially a static variable for the callback.
Not very painful. Even so, I wrote a handful of simple functions to serve as an API to the tone generation system:
run— Serves as a "main" for your logic that runs after Portaudio is set up and ready to go.
play— Generates tones for a specified duration and then maintains silence for a second duration.
tone— Generates a tone for a given digit with a specified duration and then maintains silence for the same duration.
us_busy— Generates a fake US-style busy signal for a certain duration.
us_ringback— Generates a fake ring signal for 250mS.
us_startdialtone— Starts generating a dial tone.
us_stopdialtone— Stops generating a dial tone (or any tone, for that matter).
dial— Dials a string.
Here's the example
run() function I included with the online listings:
// "main" program other than PA init void run(ttdata *tt) { us_startdialtone(tt); Pa_Sleep(2000); us_stopdialtone(tt,500); dial(tt,"4159476000"); Pa_Sleep(1500); us_busy(tt,5000); }
Now that is easy! The last two pieces of code give you the tools you need to do audio input and output on the Raspberry Pi (or, actually, any platform that can handle PortAudio). The real question is: Can the Pi do any significant signal processing? I intend to find out. Stay tuned.


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I'm not worried about it though. It's very obvious that customer satisfaction is a high priority to the folks at Threadbias. Because the tool is so new, there are a few bugs to work out, but there are updates made to the Design Tool daily and new capabilities being added all the time. Alex, the builder, is very engaged in the Design Tool forum, welcomes suggestions and fixes issues sometimes by the next day. Clearly this is a tool that the folks at Threadbias want to be useable and helpful, and simple and intuitive enough for people like me to use.
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HARRISBURG -- Department of Environmental Secretary John Hanger announced today that he has called a meeting of oil and gas companies with permits to drill in the Marcellus Shale to discuss what steps the industry must take to prevent gas migrating from wells and polluting Pennsylvania's natural resources, which can create a public safety risk.
The meeting will be held on May 13 in Harrisburg.
"The Department of Environmental Protection has a constitutional and statutory obligation to protect Pennsylvania's environment. That right is not for sale and is not subject to compromise," said Hanger.
"Drilling for natural gas beneath our soil can be done responsibly without putting the citizens of Pennsylvania, their property or livelihoods at risk," added Hanger. "I am urging the industry to come and discuss how to effectively and safely prevent gas migration, protect our natural resources, and ensure that what happened to the residents of Dimock Township, Susquehanna County, does not happen elsewhere."
Last week, DEP took further action against Cabot Oil & Gas Inc. after it failed to address migrating gas discovered in 2009 from drilling operations that contaminated groundwater and the drinking water supplies of 14 homes in the region.
"Gas migration is unacceptable and the department is taking every precaution necessary to address this issue to protect our citizens and their communities," Hanger added. "In addition to increased oversight, the department has proposed tougher regulations to meet the growing demand and new drilling technologies including improving well construction standards to protect from gas migration."
For more information, visit www.depweb.state.pa.us.


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The Splunk developer selection has been expanded this week with new SDKs for Java and Python. Splunk is aiming to make it easier for developers to customize and extend Splunk Enterprise with these releases, which follow the release of Splunk SDK for JavaScript for Splunk Enterprise 5.
NOTE: The Splunk SDK for PHP is in public preview.
"Our mission at Splunk is to lower the barriers for organizations to gain operational intelligence from machine data," said Paul Sanford, general manager of developer platform, Splunk. "We want to empower developers to build big data applications on the Splunk platform and to understand that you don't need large-scale development efforts to get big value."
"Building a developer community around a software platform requires a strong commitment to a low barrier to entry. This applies to every step of the adoption process, from download to documentation to development. Splunk's focus on SDKs for some of the most popular programming languages, with underlying REST-based APIs, supports its commitment to enabling software developers to easily build applications," said Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D., IT industry analyst, RedMonk.
The Splunk SDKs for Java, JavaScript, PHP, and Python are built on a documented REST API and include code samples, resources, and developer tools. Benefits include the ability to discover "a higher level of operational intelligence" by letting developers create applications to index, search, visualize, and analyze data using Splunk software and any other application.


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- You get maximum life out of your tyres
Misalignment of the wheel angle and direction are frequently described as positive or negative camber and toe in or out respectively.
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Set by vehicle manufacturers, the camber is the angle of the wheel to the ground. Misalignment would be indicated by an excessive outward or inward tilt of the wheel. The camber of your wheels may require adjustment periodically. The term 'toe' refers to the direction of the wheel and indicates whether the front of the wheels is closer together or further apart than the rear of the wheels. Wheel alignment can be affected by driving through a pothole or hitting a kerb, for instance. Excessive wear to suspension or steering components may also cause misalignment.
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Residents asked the council tasked with distributing billions in BP oil spill fine money to act with urgency and make use of the numerous plans and programs already in place to restore Louisiana's coast.
Residents asked the council tasked with distributing billions in BP oil spill fine money to act with urgency and make use of the numerous plans and programs already in place to restore Louisiana's coast.
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, created last year by the federal Restore Act, is developing a plan to distribute the fine money that will be sent back to the Gulf for restoration and economic development. The draft plan will be released for public comment in the spring. The plan itself will be released in July. The meeting Tuesday at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center was the first of several along the Gulf Coast to obtain public comment.
"A lot of us have been coming to meetings for many, many years," said United Houma Nation Chief Thomas Dardar. "The test is now. We've done the studies. You know the urgency because we're fishing where we once planted crops."
The Restore Act, passed by Congress last year, dedicates 80 percent of Clean Water Act fines from the oil spill to five Gulf Coast states.
Companies involved with the spill can be fined from $1,000 to $4,300 per barrel leaked after the 2010 deadly explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
On Tuesday, a federal judge approved Transocean's $1 billion civil settlement for its involvement in the spill. A portion of those fines will go into the Gulf Restoration Trust Fund and could be available by the end of April, said Teresa Christopher, senior advisor for Gulf restoration with the U.S. Department of Commerce. For BP, that settlement could add up to fines of between $5 billion and $20 billion.
The restoration council is chaired by the secretary of commerce and includes governors of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. It also includes secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, the Army, Homeland Security and the Interior, plus the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Of the money going to the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, 30 percent of it will be divvied up for restoration and protection. The other 30 percent will be sent directly to the states. But the money sent to the states must be spent in a way that's consistent with the goals of the council's plan.
Another 35 percent of the Restore Act money will be split equally between Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida for environmental and economic recovery along the coast.
The final 5 percent goes to research on the Gulf fisheries, including 2.5 percent for science, observation, monitoring and technology programs, and 2.5 percent to create the Centers of Excellence Research Grants, which will offer grants to research a variety of Gulf issues.
While the plan itself is still in development, Christopher said the Restoration Council has five goals for the spill fines. It wants projects that will:
n Restore and conserve habitat.
n Restore water quality.
n Replenish and protect living coastal and marine resources.
n Enhance community resilience.
n Restore and revitalize the Gulf economy.
Several attendees asked the council to consider creating a community advisory council so locals, especially socially and economically vulnerable residents such as those living on the bayous, can better weigh in on how oil spill fine dollars are spent.
"We've experienced natural and man-made disasters, and I think it has left a lot of community members feeling helpless," said Donald Bogen, a community organizer with BISCO, a multifaith community nonprofit group.
Environmental groups also urged the council to consider the work already done in drafting Louisiana's master plan for coastal protection and restoration. That plan, released last year, has already undergone rigorous vetting for cost, benefits and long-term viability, and has had intense public scrutiny.
Doug Meffert, Audubon Louisiana's executive director, suggested work focus on river diversions to restore the natural system and barrier island projects, which are both major components of the master plan.
"Let's not reinvent the wheel when the work has already been done," said David Muth, director of the National Wildlife Federation's Mississippi River Delta Program.
Kyle Graham, deputy executive director for the state Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, said Louisiana is planning to use that document as its guide when spending its oil spill fine money on projects. The state hopes to pay for major work in the Terrebonne and Lafourche area such as for the Houma Navigation Canal Lock, barrier island restoration on Isles Dernieres, Timbalier and Caminada, and projects to route fresh water from the Atchafalaya River into Terrebonne.
But Terrebonne Restoration Director Nic Matherne said there's much restoration work Terrebonne would like to do that is not included in the plan. He asked for flexibility to pursue projects locals think are important.
Kerry St. P�, director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, added that restoration dollars could help pay for smaller projects that could help bird species majorly impacted by the oil spill. Small barrier islands in the Barataria Basin popular with nesting birds were nearly wiped out when the oil killed the black mangroves that held those islands together. Some have gone from hundreds of acres in size to less than a dozen acres.
Steven Peyronnin, executive director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, pointed out that many of the council's goals could be accomplished by focusing on Louisiana's problems with coastal erosion.
"The underlying for problem for communities, our culture and our economy is coastal land loss," he said.
He urged the council to act quickly, especially knowing that $1 billion in Restore Act dollars from Transocean will be coming soon.
"We know today that the council has these dollars. I ask you to act with a sense of urgency," Peyronnin said.
More information is available at restorethegulf.gov. You can submit written comments by email to email@example.com.
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BECAUSE I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY IN THE AGE OF VAN HALEN, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A super-Strat guy. Over the years I've owned any number of Strat-shaped shred machines with a humbucker in the bridge and a Floyd Rose. That's why I was psyched to try out the Godin Redline 3. With its dual EMGs, locking whammy, and sweet flame top under a racy trans amber finish, it just looks like it's built for speed, as the name suggests. Picking it up, I could tell that was true, because the Redline 3 has a smooth, satin finished neck and low action that almost insists that you blaze on it. The frets are clean and feel great to bend on, although monster bends on the B string tended to fret out in the upper register. The Redline's body is sculpted in an interesting way. It has a belly carve, which is not uncommon on double cutaway guitars, but the horns are also carved for a slimmer profile. This doesn't affect playability, but it looks cool, although only if you flip the guitar over. I put the Floyd bar in to test the whammy system and discovered that it's a very lively trem. By that I mean that if I accidentally hit it while I'm playing, which I did a few times, it sproings and gargles noticeably. It behaves just fine if I don't hit it, but I had to point the bar at the floor to be safe. The action on the Floyd is smooth as silk, though, with a huge range above and below pitch. The up-trem capabilities are particularly impressive. I can yank the G string up a tritone (!) for Steve Vai-approved Flex-Able-era screams, shrieks, and harmonic abuse. In so doing, I managed to break the G string, and that was the only time the Redline 3 ever went out of tune. Bonus Floyd perk: I was able to change the string in about 15 seconds by unclamping at the nut, unwrapping a couple of the extra winds, and stuffing the same string back into the bridge. Don't try that with a Strat trem!
The EMG humbuckers give the Redline a very defined voice, with clarity and precision on even the fastest passages. The electronics are straight ahead: just a 3-way toggle, volume, and tone. That seems like all this guitar needs to do its thing. My only tonal concern is a minor one, and that's that the neck pickup seems hot in comparison to the bridge and could probably be lowered a touch. I didn't do that, though, because I was too busy burning and dive bombing, which is almost too easy to do on the Redline.
Any rocker who ever loved a super-Strat-style guitar should check this thing out, because it will remind you of all those cool techniques of yesteryear. But that's not to say that players in other styles shouldn't try a Redline. Granted, the Floyd isn't for everyone (and Godin does offer hardtail Redlines as well), but that doesn't change the fact that this is a solid, well made instrument that won't break the bank.
Godin; godinguitars.com
MODEL Redline 3
PRICE $985 retail/ $819 street
NECK Rock maple
FRETBOARD Rosewood with 16" radius
BODY Silver leaf maple center with poplar wings and flame maple top
PICKUPS EMG 85 (neck) & EMG 81 (bridge)
CONTROLS Master Volume and Tone, 3-way toggle
BRIDGE Floyd Rose tremolo bridge
TUNERS Godin
FACTORY STRINGS Godin, .009-.046
WEIGHT 8.08 lbs
KUDOS Solid construction. Straight forward design. Great trem action.
CONCERNS Upperregister bends on B-string tended to fret out.


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Bank Of India NEFT, RTGS and IMPS codes can be found in the table provided. These codes are same as IFSC codes and have to be used for the
purpose of net banking. This type of transfer is of three types-. As already said these are conducted online, with NEFT being carried out in the batches
and NEFT or RTGS or IMPSRTGS separately. On the other hand IMPS is a mobile transfer service which works 24X7. These modes of money transfers can be used
to make bill payments, insurance payments, fund transfer and online purchases.
Although due care has been taken in collecting the IFSC codes and putting them in a user friendly manner, in case of any error, you are requested to report
the same through email@example.com. Other banks willing to be listed on our website can contact us on the same email id.
Bank Of India IFSC codes in are used to transfer funds between two branches of the bank. The IFSC codes of Bank Of India in serve
as the unique identity of every branch in for the purpose of NEFT or RTGS or IMPS. Therefore, each branch of Bank Of India in possess
it unique IFSC code. The list of IFSC Codes of Bank Of India in , are provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and customers may note, only
RBI approved branches of a bank can offer net-banking facility to customers.
The IFSC codes of the branches of Bank Of India in can be found in the table provided, along with the address and phone number of the branch.
To make it easy, just select the city from the dropdown list or simply click on the link for the cities mentioned on the right side of the table.
Bank Of India IFSC codes in can be located here.
The IFSC codes for the branches of Bank Of India in in Tamil Nadu state can be obtained by using the search box or just by browsing through
the table; alternately, you can also use the control options provided at the bottom of the table.
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(without netting). To transfer funds using RTGS, you need to provide the IFSC code of the recipient branch to identify it. It should be noted that all
branches do not have IFSC code. Learn more about RTGS.
'IMPS' is Immediate Payment Service and is commonly called Interbank Mobile Payment Service. Here also, IFSC code of the recipient bank has to be provided
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Discover How a Clinton Township Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Can Bring Justice To Residents Who Are Abused, Neglected, or Injured in a Nursing Home
Our Clinton Township nursing home abuse lawyers represent nursing home residents and their families in lawsuits against nursing homes and residential care facilities. There are strict laws and regulations to protect the safety and welfare of these residents. Unfortunately, nursing home patients do not always receive appropriate care and the results can be severe and are often deadly.
When an elderly person moves into a nursing home, the family places a tremendous amount of trust in the facility and its staff. If the patient is injured or dies due to improper treatment and neglect, that person or his or her family should explore taking action against the facility.
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Our Clinton Township nursing home abuse attorneys pursue cases for many different causes of nursing home abuse and neglect. These include:
- Failure to turn or move immobile patients
- Failure to bathe patients
- Failure to supervise patients in baths and showers
- Failure to monitor nutrition and hydration/malnutrition
- Failure to use bed rails
- Verbal abuse of residents
- Failure to supervise patients
- Failure to train staff properly
- Patients wandering away from the facility
- Reduced staff-patient ratios
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There are a number of skilled nursing care facilities in the City of Clinton Township. These include the following:
Church Of Christ Care Center, Clinton Township, MI 48035
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The Clinton Township nursing home abuse lawyers at Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C., recommend that families be alert to these signs of nursing home abuse:
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- Fractures (frequently hips)
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- Residents wandering away from the facility
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Patients and their families can file civil claims seeking money compensation for the injuries suffered due to nursing home neglect and abuse. In situations in which a patient dies due to the negligence of the facility, the family can file a Michigan Wrongful Death Claim for the loss of their loved one.
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Aortic dissection is the separation of layers in the aorta. The aorta is the main artery leading from the heart. Arterial walls have 3 layers. A tear in an inner layer can admit blood under pressure that works its way between layers, causing the layers to dissect apart or separate. This process can squeeze off the main channel so that blood cannot get through the main aorta or any of its branches.
This is a life-threatening event since it can cause stroke , sudden cardiac arrest , or death due to impaired blood flow to a number of vital organs. The enlarging mass of misdirected blood can also compromise nearby structures, such as the airways, lungs, or heart. It may also rupture with catastrophic bleeding.
Aortic dissection is usually caused by elevated high blood pressure or a diseased aorta. This usually is the result of atherosclerosis .
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chances of aortic dissection:
- High blood pressure
- Atherosclerosis
- Chest injury or surgical mishap
- Hereditary connective tissue disorders, such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or Marfan syndrome
- Late pregnancy
- Smoking
- High cholesterol
- Untreated, late stage syphilis
Aortic dissection may cause:
- Sudden, ripping pain in the chest and or back
- Stroke
- Fainting
- Shortness of breath
- Sudden weakness
Aortic dissection is usually a sudden, catastrophic event that results in a medical emergency. At the hospital, the doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Imaging tests evaluate the aorta and surrounding structures. These may include:
- Chest x-ray
- CT scan of chest and abdomen
- MRI scan of chest and abdomen
- Echocardiogram
- Aortography—x-rays taken after dye is injected into the aorta through a surgically placed catheter
Treatment depends on where in the aorta the dissection occurs. Once stabilized, you will be further evaluated for the type of treatment needed. One type of aortic dissection requires immediate major surgery. Another type can often be managed without surgery (if no blood vessels are obstructed).
Treatment options may include:
The chest is opened, and the aorta is repaired. A stent may be used to replace the damaged segment of aorta.
Medical Treatment
Your blood pressure will be reduced to minimize stress on the aorta. You may undergo repeat imaging studies every 6-12 months to detect further dissection.
To help reduce your chances of aortic dissection:
- Keep high blood pressure and cholesterol under control through diet and/or medications
- Talk to your doctor about any risk factors you may have for aortic dissection
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NEFT, RTGS and IMPS codes for Union Bank Of India can be found in the given table. These codes are nothing but IFSC codes used in net-banking transactions. The
details required to conduct net-banking are the IFSC code of the branch where the money has to be transferred, the account number and the type of account.
Transfer of money can be done via any of the three methods- NEFT, RTGS and IMPS. Union Bank Of India IFSC codes for Union Loan Point Au branches can be used for online
fund transfers, bill payments, payment of insurance premium, booking of bus and plane tickets and online shopping.
Although due care has been taken in collecting the IFSC codes and putting them in a user friendly manner, in case of any error, you are requested to report
the same through email@example.com. Other banks willing to be listed on our website can contact us on the same email id.
The IFSC code is an 11 digit number provided by the Reserve Bank of India for every branch of Union Bank Of India approved to allow online transaction facility to
its customers. Fund transfer by means of cheques and drafts are quite time consuming, and therefore, net banking is considered a far better option as it is
both quick and easy. In order to carry out transactions through NEFT, RTGS and IMPS, IFSC code is must as it is the unique identity of the bank branch. The
IFSC Codes of Union Bank Of India in Union Loan Point Au Branch is used for on line transactions. The list of IFSC Codes of Union Bank Of India, are provided by the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI), and customers may note, only RBI approved branches of a bank can offer net-banking facility.
The IFSC codes of the branches of Union Bank Of India in Union Loan Point Au can be found in the table provided, along with the address and phone number of the branch. You
can contact the concerned branch and recheck the correctness of the code before doing the online transaction. You can search for a particular branch name
in the table which provides IFSC Codes for all branches in Union Loan Point Au of Union Bank Of India.
The IFSC codes for the Union Bank Of India branches for District Pune in Maharashtra State can be obtained by using the search box or just by browsing
through the table. Alternately, you can also use the control options provided at the bottom of the table.
The full form of RTGS is Real Time Gross Settlement, as the continuous (real-time) settlement of funds transfers individually on an order by order basis
(without netting). To transfer funds using RTGS, you need to provide the IFSC code of the recipient branch to identify it. It should be noted that all
branches do not have IFSC code. Learn more about RTGS.
'IMPS' is Immediate Payment Service and is commonly called Interbank Mobile Payment Service. Here also, IFSC code of the recipient bank has to be provided
to conduct the money transfer operation at any time in 24 hours. This service is provided by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an organization
that regulates retail payments in India. Get more information about IMPS.


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Soccer is a great way to build endurance, improve speed, and stay fit, all while enjoying being a part of a team. However, soccer does involve quick start-and-stop motions and physical contact, which can lead to injury. Risk of injury is no reason not to play soccer, though. Soccer players just need to be aware of the risks and know what steps they can take to play as safely as possible.
1. Sprains
Sprains are common soccer injuries. They often happen to the ankle or knee. The pivoting and lateral movements of soccer contribute to these injuries.
To avoid unnecessary risk, always check the condition of the field before you play. Do not play on fields that are uneven or have holes or rocks on them. Also, proper footwear and appropriate strength and balance training are the key to prevention.
2. Strains
Muscle strains can be caused by:
- Pulling a muscle too far in a direction it does not want to go
- Contracting a muscle hard against resistance
- Contracting a muscle hard when the muscle is not ready
The most common muscle strains in soccer occur with groin muscles, hamstrings, and quadriceps. A muscle strain won't send you to the emergency room, but it can be painful and can keep you off the field for a few days or weeks. Strains occur frequently in soccer due to constant stop and go movement, or taking a longer stride than muscles can handle.
Good flexibility and strength can lower your chances of muscle strain. Start with a warm up, then stretch the areas that are most likely to suffer a strain. Make sure that you are also doing strengthening exercises before the season begins.
Wearing well-fitted cleats with appropriate spikes (longer spikes in softer turf and shorter spikes on dry, hard turf) may also help prevent strains.
3. Fractures
The majority of soccer-related fractures are also in the lower extremities . Fractures often occur as a result of contact, so wearing protective gear like shin guards is important.
4. Head Injury
Closed-head injury is most often the result of a collision between players or from not heading the ball properly.
Correct heading involves use of the forehead to contact the ball, the neck muscles to restrict head motion, and the leg muscles to to propel the body from the waist.
You may want to consider strengthening your neck muscles to prepare them for heading. You can use your hand to provide resistance against your head. Then, use your neck muscles to turn your head right, left, forward, and backward. Wear a fitted mouth guard to protect your mouth and teeth. You may also want to consider protective eyewear.
General Prevention Tips
As with any sport, a good warm-up is important to an injury-free soccer experience.
- Cardio : Start with a few laps to get your heart rate up.
- Stretching : Focus particularly on the lower body and hips; do not forget to stretch your neck gently.
- Passing : Begin with short-distance passing, then move gradually into longer distance drives.
- Shooting : Work up from lighter, shorter shots on net to harder shots.
- Sprinting : Include a few short distance sprints.
Other things to consider:
- Wear cleats and shin guards that fit.
- Take precautions when playing in hot and humid weather.
- Stay hydrated and follow a nutritious diet.
- Avoid overuse injuries. Consider taking at least one season off each year.
- Do not play when you are tired.
- Pay attention to your body. If you feel pain or discomfort, then limit your training time and intensity.
- Talk to your trainer or sports medicine doctor to learn more about other injuries and prevention tips.
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- Review Date: 01/2017 -
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All my life I have had a Butler address, although I never lived in the city, but only in the surrounding townships.
During World War II, when I was a young boy, Main Street on Saturdays was sidewalk-to-sidewalk full of people shopping, with the ever-present police officer leaning against the bank building at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets.
The Main Street of that time is now gone, but what is not gone is the great leadership that has made the city of Butler and Butler County stay alive and prosperous as financial times evolved and changed.
Now, because of their efforts, in 2013 we have a modern school system.
When the decision was made to start a community college, our Butler County leaders didn't look for an empty city building that could be converted into classroom space. Instead, they bought acres of beautiful Pennsylvania rolling hills and built a campus that now is referred to throughout Western Pennsylvania as the Cadillac of community colleges.
For a small town of less than 20,000 people, our local hospital is another real winner. It is a newly remodeled, big-city-type medical center, rarely found in small towns.
As great as all these things are, I believe the greatest achievement has been the creation of Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. It often has been said that the mark of any great civilization can be seen in how well it treats the least fortunate among them.
Sunnyview is Butler's "shining light on the hill."
In January, my wife fell and broke her left hip — requiring an operation in which titanium rods were placed in her femur bone and hip. The operation was done at Butler Memorial Hospital.
She only stayed at the hospital for three days, then was transferred to Sunnyview's rehabilitation unit for the rest of her treatment.
Each day of her treatment I went to Sunnyview to be with her. My first impression of this nursing facility, full of sick and infirm senior citizens, was the incredibly sunny-day, fresh-air scent that was inside the building complex. There are few public buildings in Butler that smell as fresh and clean as Sunnyview.
Then I noticed the wide aisles and lots of wall-length curtained windows that were designed to let the sunshine in. There are large lobbies.
What a nice facility it is.
So, it was sad to see in the Butler Eagle that Sunnyview recorded a financial loss of about $808,000 last year. Perhaps what is needed each year to correct the shortfall is a separate fund drive to help finance Sunnyview in the same way the citizens of Pittsburgh hold a yearly fund drive to help fund Children's Hospital.


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UFC® ANNOUNCES ANDERSON SILVA vs. DEMIAN MAIA
Belfort Injured; Maia Steps up to Face Silva for Title Shot
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Following a hard-fought three round win over Dan Miller at UFC 109 that showed him to be more than just a submission expert, Demian Maia will jump right back into training camp for the biggest fight of his career – an April 10th meeting with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC 112 at Ferrari World on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Maia replaces countryman Vitor Belfort, who underwent emergency surgery on his left shoulder earlier this week to fix a chronic injury that got worse in his training camp for Silva.
"It's always tough when a top fighter like Vitor Belfort has to pull out of a big title fight, but we have found a high quality replacement," said UFC President Dana White. "Top contender Chael Sonnen was not available due to injuries sustained in his fight with Nate Marquardt, so top six middleweight Demian Maia will step in to fight for the title. Maia is an Abu Dhabi grappling champion, a five-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, and he is 12-1 in MMA and coming off a win over Dan Miller at UFC 109. Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia will be a matchup between MMA's best striker and MMA's best grappler."
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Seniors Ring Monon Bell All Four Yearsby Howard W. Hewitt • November 10, 2012 Share:
For the first time in 33 years a group of Wabash seniors have run the table against DePauw. The Little Giants pummeled DePauw's Tigers on the ground for a 23-0 win in the 119th Monon Bell Classic.
Wabash's senior class becomes the tenth group to go 4-0 in Bell games. The Class of 2013 may have a record of domination unsurpassed at 147-26 scoring differential, including two shutouts in the four -game run.
Wabash simply overpowered the visiting Tigers on one of the warmest and nicest days in recent Bell game history. The Little Giants rushed for an incredible 275 yards behind Tyler Holmes' 169-yard effort to DePauw's mere 35. Wabash notched its third shutout of the year.
"Obviously, our defense played fantastic again," Coach Erik Raeburn said. "We did a good job on offense running the ball and not turning it over. I'm certainly disappointed with all the penalties in the first half; that really killed some drives.
"To be able to graduate from Wabash without a loss in the Bell game is really special. I know all the guys on the team and all the coaches wanted to make sure our seniors ended their careers at Wabash the right way. And we want to thank them for all they've done to help build our program."
It was a game of mistakes for Wabash with eight first-quarter penalties and six more in the second quarter. The Little Giants ended with a season-high 18 flags for 133 yards. DePauw's defense was stout at times but worn down with a nearly 2-1 time of possession differential, 39:46-20:14.
Heroes are always plentiful in the Bell battle but Saturday's leading man was clearly Tyler Holmes. The 225-pound junior running back compiled 169 yards on 30 carries and earned Wabash's first 1,000-yard rushing season since 2003.
"I feel honored to be a part of that and get that milestone, but I tell everyone that our offensive line and receivers' blocking has been amazing. I have to give it up to those boys."
Holmes even admitted the last few weeks have been difficult with injuries to the other running backs and his own nagging injuries.
"Now that the season is over, I'm not going to lie to you guys anymore … I'm hurt and hurting pretty bad. My knee has been tweaked, my shoulder, just a combination of things but it was last game and it's the Bell game so I had to come out here no matter what and fight through it."
Raeburn saluted his bruising ball-carrier and lamented not being able to give him more rest.
"He hasn't been able to finish the two previous games," said Raeburn, who improved his personal record to 4-1 against DePauw. "But with all the injuries we've had at running back, Tyler has had to really carry the load and not get as much of a breather as we were able to give him earlier in the season. Every week we've not been sure he was going to be able to play but on Saturdays he guts it out and does a great job for us."
Wabash's penalties and DePauw's inability to move the ball got the game off to a very slow start. The Little Giants finally got on the board mid-way through the second quarter. Quarterback Chase Belton hit Houston Hodges for 20 yards, a pass interference call against the Tigers, then a 13-yard strike to Sean Hildebrand at the back edge of the end zone got points on the board, 6-0.
Wabash was able to add three more before the half on a 37-yard Ian MacDougal field goal, 9-0.
The Little Giants put together the nicest drive of the game on their first third-quarter possession. Holmes carried the ball nine times for 47 yards the final nine for diving touchdown, 16-0. Wabash's possession was aided by a critical DePauw roughing-the-punter penalty on the Wabash 33 that kept the Little Giants in business.
Senior running back Troy Meyers capped the game with a 5-yard scoring run with only three minutes to play, 23-0.
Besides the lopsided rushing, penalty, and time of possession totals, Wabash accounted for 432 yards of total offense to the Tigers' 142. Chase Belton closed out his Wabash career with 37 yards on the ground, hitting 10-of-24 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown.
Sean Hildebrand had three catches for 33 yards and newcomer Jon Laird had two receptions for 67 yards. Laird admitted to some butterflies before his first Bell game but after things got underway it was just football. "Whether it was blocking or moving the chains, I just wanted to help the offense go," the De La Salle High School graduate said.
Freshman Justin Woods led Wabash with seven tackles, Nate Scola added six. AJ. Akinribade had five stops with Denzel Wilkins, Cody Buresh, and J.T. Henninng.
Austin Hodges had an interception, his seventh of the season.
DePauw struggled running and passing the ball. Drew Seaman and Justin Murray combined to connect on just 16 of 38 passes for 107 yards with an interception.
The Tigers closed at 2-8. Wabash ended 8-2. The Wabash seniors were disappointed not to be continuing to the playoffs but embraced four years of Bell perfection – despite the penalties or the esthetic appeal Saturday's game.
"That's all that matters to me; I don't care if it's 2-0 at the end of the game. As long as it says Wabash won today I'm happy," senior cornerback Austin Hodges said. It's awesome. I don't think it has set in yet. It's my last game ever and winning the Bell, my emotion is all over the place."
Wabash leads at 57-53-9 overall against DePauw and 38-37-6 in Monon Bell game.


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Most people know that Sri Lanka is the post-1972 name for Ceylon, the large island off the southeast coast of India. But most people – myself included before this trip – probably don't know much more than that about this fascinating country and its ancient culture. For two weeks in late September/early October, I had the chance to visit and learn more.
My three travelling companions were Paul, a herpetologist who worked for 25 years at the Houston Zoo; his wife Barbara, formerly head of the zoo's primate section; and Lynn, who currently works in the primate section. My interests are in plants and insects – so the trip had a broad biological orientation. Our in-country guide was Anselm De Silva, a herpetologist and professor who has written many books about the reptiles and amphibians of Sri Lanka. He put together quite an itinerary for us natural history geeks, taking in seasonal forest, dry forest, cloud forest, a huge botanical garden, but also some famous archeological sites, a tea picking operation and processing factory, and the bustling city of Kandy, one of the country's former capitals.
Things I learned about Sri Lanka…one, it has an incredibly ancient (and violent) history. We visited several ancient archeological sites, including Anuradhapura, which reminded me very much of Tikal in the Peten area of Guatemala: both are ancient metropoli that were abandoned and subsequently covered by jungle. Both flourished during the same (long) time period: about 400 BC to 1000 or so AD. Both were mainly religious sites (Buddhist and Hindu, in the case of Anuradhapura; polytheistic in the case of TIkal) with many temples and extensive living quarters for the monks and/or priests of the religious class. The architecture, carvings, and other art work found in the two sites are amazingly similar.
Polonnaruwa is another historical site we explored – it dates back to the time of William the Conqueror. The nearby fortress city of Sirigira was also impressive. Like some of their counterparts in the New World (Tikal, Palenque, etc.), these archeological sites in Sri Lanka are great for seeing wildlife. Macaques and langurs ran about the ruins, lizards basked on the ancient brickwork, and exotic birds flew among the trees.
In addition to its archeological riches, I learned that Sri Lanka has protected about 8% of its land area in 15 impressive national parks and other reserves (over 100 protected areas in all). We visited just a few of them. My favorite was Ruhunu or Yala, the largest park in the country, comprising over 32,000 hectares (80,000 acres) of dry forest on the southeast coast. Visitors to Yala are only allowed to travel safari-style with a driver and guide; there are too many large and potentially dangerous animals to let people wander on their own. It was the end of the dry season, so the shrinking water holes were the best place to see wildlife. We had hoped to see leopards, as Yala has the highest concentration of these animals of anywhere in the world – but we missed on this one. However, we saw dozens of elephants, axis deer, water buffalo, wild pigs, crocodiles, along with langurs and macaques, mongooses, a variety of lizards, and dozens of birds.
In Bundala, another large park along the southern coast that was mostly lagoons and swamps, we saw many of the same animals but also many water birds – herons, egrets, storks, flamingos, lapwings, stilts, etc., etc. Our best views of elephants was at Minneriya, where we watched two bull elephants in must mingle with a large herd of cows and youngsters, while in the distance a pair of jackals yipped back and forth, and spectacular Brahminy kites flew overhead. Wild peacocks and jungle fowl (national bird of Sri Lanka – ancestor of the domesticated chicken) were everywhere in all these parks. Flying foxes (giant fruit bats) were everywhere, hanging chittering in the trees by day, flying off en masse in the evenings. They were spectacular! Sadly, we noticed many caught (electrocuted) in electrical lines, especially near roost areas.
I learned that tea, coconuts, rubber, fish, coffee, and spices are all major export crops in Sri Lanka. We had a chance to spend a couple of days in the refreshingly cool tea-growing area in the central mountainous area. The plantations themselves – hills covered with carefully pruned tea bushes, coral bean (Erythrina) or other trees providing some shade – looked and felt very much like the coffee-growing areas of Costa Rica's central plateau. However, the brightly dressed Tamil workers reminded me that this was the East and not the West.
I also learned that Sri Lanka has a relatively high standard of living (the highest of any Asian country,according to WIkipedia) and a literacy rate of over 90% – among the highest in the developing nations. The country is predominantly Buddhist, but Hindus, Muslims, and Christians are also represented, and all appear to co-exist quite peacefully (the Tamil Tiger rebels are Hindu, but their rebellion is based on ethnic and economic problems, not religion). The people we met were friendly, and I didn't notice any who were desperately poor. Most people spoke at least a few words of English, and there was a lot of interest in our upcoming election! I loved the clothes – most women wore colorful saris – in all colors of the rainbow. I saw only a few women, and only in the cities, wearing pants. Men had a wider range of possibilities – some wore pants, others shorts, and many wore long or short sarongs. Sandals and flipflops were the footwear of choice for both sexes. Muslim men often wore caps on their heads, and the women covered their hair with a scarf.
The food was good – although I did crave a bowl of cold cereal or a simple peanut butter sandwich more than once. "Rice and curry" is eaten breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Sri Lankans traditionally eat with their hands (the right hand only is used). That took a little getting used to since I have been discouraged from putting my hands in my food since I was about two years old – and this was not discrete finger food, but rice and helpings of often soupy curried vegetables, or meat, or lentils, etc. But, we managed (and sometimes broke down and ate with a fork).
Our time was short and there were things we didn't get to do – we missed seeing the traditional dancers in Kandy, for instance. And I would have loved to check out some of the beaches, which were fabulously beautiful, with clear blue water and pinkish sand. Colorfully painted wooden fishing boats, and endless skeins of fishing nets, were strewn over some of them; others were completely pristine. Although most areas have been extensively repaired, we saw some evidence of the devastating 2004 tsunami in places along the coast. Seeing the bare foundations of houses, and hearing people's stories, reminded us that Sri Lanka lost over 35,000 people in that disaster, with over half a million displaced – making our recent hurricane "Ike" seem benign by contrast.
All in all it was a very interesting visit. If I go back, I'd like to have more time to explore on my own and get to know the people. I'd especially want to go back to Galle, an old Dutch outpost on the southwest coast. The colonial part of the city in particular was very picturesque. The highland village of Ella had marvellous views and plenty of accomodations for tourists. I would definitely want to get to Sinharaja, a rainforest preserve with many endemic plants and birds. And I'd want to spend at least a bit of time on any of the gorgeous beaches – and do some shopping!


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