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Please add a PAYGO option
I use this service from time to time. Let me buy X credits and I'll use them as needed. Why forcing me to subscribe, and pay you monthly?
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David.P commented
Is it greed, or just plain ignorance -- that makes you ignore this request for years, which has the most user votes ever?
I agree.
I will lose more that 300 credit when jumping from standard to light....
i'm thinking to left this service and never come again.
i will definitely not give a good feedback around me...
That is just because of the subscribe system.
Sonny Muntwiler commented
Yes please!
I'm skint, I just wanted to edit a meme.. not pay a days worth of food.
Sri commented
I am surprised that Cedar Lake Ventures/Clipping Magic has yet to offer this option, considering it's right at the top of requested features. I have 28 unused credits and it's likely I am going to use them before my subscription is due, which is in a few days. So, I'm forced to renew and have more unused credits pile up OR cancel my subscription and lose all the credits I paid for in the first place. Not a great business model. Clipping Magic is great but such practices make me question the people who are behind the operation.
whatever just post my idea commented
The Subscription Plans are a joke. You pay for a month, but you're limited to how many credits you get depending on your plan. And you're not exactly paying for credits because unused credits disappear after your subscription is canceled or plans are switched. I'm wasting my money. I get you need to make money, but the Subscription Plans are bad for regular folks.
I'd like to be able to use a pay-as-you-go option too. I just need a few images here and there, sometimes a few within a month, but then maybe none for 3 or 4 months. A subscription just doesn't work for me as a personal/home user. I don't mind if the effective price per image is a little higher than the effective price per image on a subscription plan -- where I would either end up accumulating far more credits than I'd ever use, or I'd cancel and lose all my credits (in either case making it far more expensive than it looks).
Keith Daniels commented
I would buy credits as and when I need them but, as a light user wouldnt subscribe to a monthly tariff.
Joan commented
I have used this service for the past year, beginning when it was free. It's not a service I use continuously therefore having credits available when needed seemed a good option. I regret having to cancel my subscription but accumulating credits to a large number is not of use to me. I also regret having to loose all my current credits. Because of the latter, I will no longer be recommending the Cllpping Magic site.
@Linea: "Third party info" is not signing up for spam, it's standard web terms of service - all web analytics is done by third parties, and web analytics are a crucial component to improving the site.
The 3 year thing sounds like the Paypal / Amazon Payments token duration - that's just to not force you to go through re-signup all the time, you can cancel either on our site or on Paypal / Amazon any time - you are certainly not forced to stay subscribed!
Linea commented
I agree. Some other items that could do with some rethinking concern your policies about using customers' information to send "3rd party info etc" (in other words, forcing us to sign up for spam) & the insistence that once a person signs up, it's pretty much forever in digital years (3 to be exact) & we're powerless to change it. Hard to believe that I can really "cancel anytime" as you say elsewhere. I'm not going to give you my credit card number under these terms!
Offer credit-only one-time payments. Don't force everyone into a subscription.
The fact the pricing isn't mentioned until after you've spent a good amount of time getting an image right is very naughty.
I'm trying to clip for a non-commercial project. I don't do this all the time. I would pay your 2.99 per picture on a pay as you go format. But I am not going to subscribe to a monthly fee. You are losing money. I'll go find another tool.
PSA: subscriptions renew at midnight UTC ("London time" without daylight savings).
So depending on which timezone you're in, that may appear to be "earlier" to you than the date might imply (e.g. right now, midnight May 20th UTC is 5pm May 19th in California)
@Emma: I hear you. Maybe try signing up for the Standard plan (thereby getting 100 credits), then schedule a downgrade to the Light plan? In the first month you'd have 100 credits (timing that to when you have the corresponding need), then you can build up tokens slowly during the non-use period, with the rollover enabling you to have enough for the next burst?
And if a burst is ever larger than normal, you can do either an early renewal, or a one-month upgrade to Standard (upgrade followed by scheduled downgrade) - hopefully this would be rare.
Emma Stewart commented
Just wanted to add an extra view of this issue. Our typical usage would be to do maybe 50-100 1 month then have a break of 2-3 months and do another 50 or so. We have no issue with the actual pricing our problem is simply that we would have to fit our editing into your billing periods or waste a lot of our credits. Although this is a small cost it hurts the customer experience.
To be clear: credits stay valid while you're subscribed. If your subscription ends (either by cancelling immediately, or cancelling at the end of the billing period), then any remaining credits are lost.
Christina commented
All well and good, Chris De Laet, IF you can afford £3 a month :( I cannot as many others I am sure can't. I have no credit or visa card :( I am not disputing the great service - but for the poor it is now completely unavailable :(
I said £3 a month as I am UK - unsure of conversion offhand - but it doesn't matter - I cannot afford to pay and have no way of paying :(
My suggestion would be a donation in order to allow the sites use. (Though it would not help me as I only have a bank cash card which cannot be used online. Can't afford a visa or credit card)
My idea would be a free version with basic controls. Background removal - no frills extras.
But other sites are now springing up and they are free to use.
Clipping Magic is great but ONLY if you can afford a subscription :( I would subscribe IF I could.
Chris De Laet commented
How long do the credits stay valid?
If they stay indefinitely, you can simply pay $3, cancel your subscription, and use the 15 credits at your leisure.
I think the "occasional user" thing should probably be clarified on the pricing page, judging by the amount of comments regarding the subscription plan.
$3... you won't hear me complaining. Thanks for the great service, guys!
We are considering alternative models to subscriptions, but for the time being subscriptions is what we've got.
If you only need to do a few images, you can sign up for the Light plan and then set your subscription to automatically cancel at the end of the billing period: just go to your account page on CedarLakeVentures.com and click cancel on your subscription and you'll get the option of cancelling right away and cancelling at the end of the billing period.


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Feline Inc. and Leaving Tracks held its Wine Sampling Party at Las Manos Gallery on Saturday.
Between the auction and donations the organization raised a good amount of money! Congratulations on being able to support more animals in need...
For more information on Leaving Tracks click HERE.
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Happy Christmas from us all at Kikori Hospital!
Hugest massive thanks for all your help this year- often wonder how I functioned prior to connecting with Swinfen- it's been life saving, thank you all SO much!
Happy Christmas from us all at Kikori Hospital!
Hugest massive thanks for all your help this year- often wonder how I functioned prior to connecting with Swinfen- it's been life saving, thank you all SO much!
In a country already faced with widespread poverty, vulnerability, food insecurity and lack of health services, the escalation of conflict in Yemen in late March 2015 has had a terrible impact on civilians, especially children and women.
Nine months later, nearly 5,000 people have been killed and 25,000 injured as a result of conflict. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced, sometimes more than once.
Education has come to a standstill for nearly 2 million children, with 3,584 schools, or one out of four, shut down; 860 of these schools are damaged or sheltering the displaced. The lack of functioning schools and continued insecurity delayed the resumption of the school year until November, normally scheduled in mid-September.
Many public health facilities have been damaged or forced to shut down. Before the escalation of conflict, more than 15 million people – around half the population – had no access to health care. That number has now risen dramatically, putting an already vulnerable population at even greater risk.
With the agriculture and fishery sectors heavily affected and food imports cut short by the crisis, livelihoods have been eroded and the ability of families to feed their children further diminished.
The bombing of defenseless civilians in the their homes, all cities, roads, schools, hospitals and the very few available facilities of electrical supply has left every city in Yemen without electricity, blocking out food, fuel, drugs and other essential materials for basic living for almost 9 continuous months.
As we say goodbye to 2015 the Swinfen Charitable Trust would like to wish everyone a very happy, prosperous and healthy New year for 2016
In July 2009 Swinfen Telemedicine received a case from an orphanage in China of a very seriously ill baby girl aged just 16 months. She had been abandoned with a heart condition, respiratory distress, severe pneumonia, had difficulty in holding her head up and was extremely malnourished weighing just 5.3kgs. Our system operator sent the case straight to one of our USA consultants, a Professor in Paediatric Cardiology, who diagnosed and gave advice on treatment.
After 2 months of treatment Candice started to show signs of improvement and we received the fantastic news that she was matched and was to be adopted by an American family. Sadly 6 weeks later she took a dreadful turn for the worst with Flu and was in desperate need of heart surgery but as she was matched to a family she would not be allowed to receive surgery from the government orphan fund. Candice was admitted to the local hospital with respiratory distress and mycoplasma pneumonia, we did not know if she was going to survive. They managed to stabilise her with drugs BUT still no heart surgery! She was returned to the orphanage.
As it was a matter of life or death the nurses of the orphanage decided that they would try and find a hospital that would be willing to do the surgery. Thankfully their efforts paid off and Candice was admitted, surgery performed and after a while in recovery she left the hospital with a smile on her face and even managed to say a few words. On her return to the orphanage our Swinfen consultant continued to give advice on treatment.
In March 2010 little Candice was adopted by her "Forever Family" and taken to her new home in America.
Swinfen Telemedicine has kept in contact with the family and very much look forward to hearing news of the special little girl – Candice.
Latest news from the family
"Our Candice is now 7 and half years old – can you believe it?! And she is doing wonderful. Her teachers give us glowing reports about her academics as well as her citizenship. Perhaps our proudest is when her teachers tell us that she is blessed with a very strong gift of compassion for others. We have seen this first hand. Anyone who is sad or hurt is immediately a concern to Candice.
She is learning the violin and doing very well. She enjoys music, singing, art and seems to be conquering math and reading at an impressive rate. She is becoming more and more confident in making friends. Candice now has a dog! and he is almost as cute as she is.
Her latest cardiology exam was just a week ago and the doctors expressed some amazement. There is virtually no evidence of a past major problem with her heart. We were told there was no need to return for another three years.
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15th July 2020
In Europe there is a new sport that is gaining more followers and is spreading more and more: the Skyrunning. This type of race, which was born in Italy, is based on running on the mountain in high altitude routes with steep slopes and difficult climbs and ascents. A challenge for mountain lovers, who must be physically prepared to face these tests.
On July 25 and 26, Andorra will host one of the most important skyrunning contests of the moment: the Skyrace Comapedrosa. This race, registered in the framework of the world championship, will once again bring together the best runners on the planet in our country.
This 21km race will have 2300m of positive height difference divided into several sections. The first will be a stretch of asphalt road that reaches the Coll de les Cases, located at 1958m altitude. After this point, the runners will have to follow a steep section with little vegetation until arriving at Pic de les Fonts (at 2748m). Then, the runners will begin to descend until arriving at the small borda located in the Pla de l'Estany. At this moment, the runners will face the high point of the race: 2km away with more than 1000m of altitude that will make them reach the summit of Comapedrosa, the highest peak in Andorra. Finally they will have to return to Arinsal through the Estany Negre.
In addition, for those who don't dedicate themselves professionally to skyrunning, they can participate in a reduced version of this race: the Skyrace Arinsal.
Here's the schedule the event so you don't miss a single second of this exciting appointment.
Saturday, July 25
From 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Delivery of numbers in the CIC (Comapedrosa Interpretation Center) located 500 m from the exit.
At 7:30 pm.: technical briefing in the starting area
Sunday July 26
From 7 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.: Delivery of numbers in the CIC (Comapedrosa Interpretation Center) located 500 m from the exit.
8.30h: Departure of the Skyrace Comapedrosa race from the town of Arinsal
9.00h: Departure from the Arinsal Skyrace from the town of Arinsal.
12.30h: Award ceremony


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Spring Fever
When the snow melts, the river fills, and the Vail Valley begins to bud green trees. The most fascinating aspect of the terrain is going from high alpine to high mountain desert— just take a 30 minute drive west and the adventurers can enjoy white water rafting, fly fishing, and mountain biking. Try out the new mountain electric bikes and venture from village to village.


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An axiom can be an established truth. An established truth I held was that Tide's marketing team must be better at this than I, the tragically-behind tragic hero of this Project 54.
Problem is, I followed Tide on twitter about a week into Curiousness and their marketing team is very "plop"-oriented. Here's five of my favorite Tide-sponsored "plop"s.
Give us a RT if #TideToGo has helped you get on the #bestdressed list. #TidePower twitter.com/tide/status/30…
— Tide (@tide) February 25, 2013
Now this is a plop if I have ever seen one! It's a stain photoshopped on and off with a picture of a Tide To Go in the middle! It might of been a little bit better if they use their new stain square thing and made the ad square, but there is no doubt that Tide is acting as a Deux ex Machina here!
#YoureMoreAttractiveIf your clothes smell like a Spring Meadow #TidePods twitter.com/tide/status/31…
— Tide (@tide) March 11, 2013
I find their use of trending tags like #YoureMoreAttractiveIf kind of funny, but just throwing a fishbowl full of Tide pods at the concept doesn't make it good! (Even if Spring Meadow Tide Pods are the bomb)
An honorable mention in the hashtag category is this loosely connected to detergent #WaysToMakeMeMad seen below:
#WaysToMakeMeMad Put a red sock in w/ a load of whites! RT if' you've ever had a load of pinks! #TidePower
— Tide (@tide) February 16, 2013
Last year, a star was born on the #redcarpet. Now #TidePods are one year old! twitter.com/tide/status/30…
— Tide (@tide) February 25, 2013
Oscar night! Full of Stars- its simply magical! So why not do nothing but add text to a picture of tide pods for the occasion?
Also from that night: Tide Boost in a supporting role- which is actually kind of a clever idea, I'll give them that.
Our award for best supporting role goes to #tideboost twitter.com/tide/status/30…
— Tide (@tide) February 25, 2013
Spotted: @realmissnyusa with Tide Pods at a @caravanstudio New York Fashion Week event last night #nyfw twitter.com/tide/status/30…
— Tide (@tide) February 13, 2013
Now you wouldn't think that it would be possible to plop in real life, but plopping in reality creates a twitpic all the lazier. It's Miss New York USA with Tide Pods! Not looking at the camera! Look we're hip! Please?
Congrats on your #race victory! You deserve one final spin. #tidepower twitter.com/tide/status/30…
— Tide (@tide) February 24, 2013
Now this here really takes the cake, there's not even text to remotely explain how a fishbowl won a race for stock cars! I didn't even know tide could only spin to the left…


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Waltham, Massachusetts resident Paul Manganelli is a confessed child pornography collector. Investigators claimed that he was part of "an international web of people trading child pornography over the internet" for a fifteen-month period beginning in late 2011. He was arrested without being the target of a multi-agency military-style raid of the kind recently mounted to bring in a child porn suspect in Livingston, Illinois.
In online conversations Manganelli "discussed his sexual interest in children and asked others how to groom a child to engage in sexual activity with him"; one of his specific targets was an 11-year-old girl with whom he carried out a lengthy cyber-correspondence. It's quite likely that young girl was not the unique object of his interests, given that Manganelli's occupation routinely brought him into contact with children who were taught to regard him as trustworthy: For twenty years he was a patrol officer with the Waltham Police Department. He also ran a side business as a DJ for birthday parties and similar events for youngsters.
In 2013, Manganelli was paid $92,435. After being arrested in March of that year, he remained on the force until October. Because he finished twenty years on the force, Manganelli is entitled to his full pension.
Ordinarily, a Massachusetts resident convicted of possessing child pornography would face sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The prosecution treated this offender with unwonted leniency, asking for 70 months; Judge F. Dennis Saylor regarded that sentence as too harsh, imposing a five-year term and waiving the fine outright. Manganelli has ample resources to pay the fine: In 2011, he won $1 million in the state lottery, and at present there is no statute that would prevent him from receiving his annual $100,000 payout.1:00 am on July 24, 2014 Email William Norman Grigg


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I missed my last weekly update due to a horrible headache, which seems to be the theme of my second trimester so far. The headaches are ridiculous! It's so frustrating when there's nothing I can do about it.
Other than that, the last couple of weeks have been relatively uneventful. I'm definitely growing faster now, though, with my belly expanding very rapidly. I feel like I'm looking wider too, although my friends assure me that I don't look pregnant from the back. It's possible they're just being polite.
I've also been suffering from a bad case of raging bitchiness lately. It's mostly been directed at a relatively new colleague of mine (behind his back, of course) but I'm happy to report that he didn't last and left the company yesterday. Hopefully my hormones won't decide to turn on someone else in his place…
Symptoms: I'm starting to feel like I don't have enough skin to cover my expanding belly. Logically, I know that it will stretch, but sometimes it feels like I will actually burst open. It doesn't help that the colder weather means the furnace is turned on and the air is drier. I was so itchy the other day that I scratched the crap out of my stomach to the point that I looked like I'd been mauled by a werewolf.
Clothing: I was finally successful in finding a pair of skinny jeans. Yay! Aside from the jeans and a new winter coat, I haven't bought much else. At this point, I think I'll just have to make do with what I have.
In other clothing news, the other day, I had an unpleasant reminder of how much bigger I'm going to get. I pulled out a couple of pairs of pajamas that I wore throughout my last pregnancy. They aren't maternity jammies, just loose, stretchy pants and long-sleeved tees. Anyway, rather than squeeze into my current pajamas, I tried on the old ones. The pants literally dropped to the floor. Yikes. As big as I feel right now, I guess I still have a lot of growing to do!
Fetal movement: Baby Bo is still pretty low-key during the day. His most active time is right before I get out of bed in the morning. He gives me the odd punch or kick if I've been sitting still at my desk for a while and sometimes I'll feel what seems like he's doing a somersault (kind of feels like my insides are flipping over). I'm still waiting for some nice strong jabs that can be felt on the outside.


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Girl meets Books is happy to host not one but three lovely historical romances from three lovely authors. We've got blurbs and excerpts from all three and a Guest Post from author Caroline Linden. Plus, check out my review of IT TAKES A SCANDAL.
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Title: It Takes A Scandal
Author: Caroline Linden
Buy Links: Amazon | B & N | iTunes
The second book in a deliciously sexy new series from USA Today bestselling and RITA award winning author Caroline Linden, in which an utterly shocking book–Fifty Shades of Grey for the Regency era– has all of London talking and gives more than one young miss a mind for scandal.
Sometimes it takes a scandal . . .
Abigail Weston has everything: beauty, wit, and one of the largest dowries in England. Her parents hope she'll wed an earl. Abigail hopes for a man who wants her desperately and passionately. But the money seems to blind every man she meets-except one.
Sebastian Vane has nothing. He came home from war with a shattered leg to find his father mad and his inheritance gone. He's not a fit suitor for anyone, let alone an heiress. But Abigail lights up his world like a comet, bright and beautiful and able to see him instead of his ruined reputation. And it might end happily ever after . . .
Title: How To Lose A Duke in Ten Days
Author: Laura Lee Guhrke
Buy Links: Amazon | B & N | iTunes
From USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke comes the story of a bargain, a marriage of convenience…and the chance for love to last a lifetime
They had a deal…
From the moment she met the devil-may-care Duke of Margrave, Edie knew he could change her life. And when he agreed to her outrageous proposal of a marriage of convenience, she was transformed from ruined American heiress to English duchess. Five years later, she's delighted with their arrangement, especially since her husband is living on another continent.
But deals are made to be broken…
By marrying an heiress, Stuart was able to pay his family's enormous debts, and Edie's terms that he leave England forever seemed a small price to pay. But when a brush with death impels him home, he decides it's time for a real marriage with his luscious American bride, and he proposes a bold new bargain: ten days to win her willing kiss. But is ten days enough to win her heart?
Title: Redemption of the Duke
Author: Gayle Callen
Buy Links: Amazon | B & N | iTunes
USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen concludes her new series with a tale of generosity, passion, and the true kindness of the heart.
A duke who needs to be tamed…a lady who refuses to be rescued.
Adam Chamberlin was the third son of a duke, known for gambling binges and drunken nights. No one expected anything of him …until tragedy strikes. Now Adam is the new Duke of Rothford, determined to right the wrongs he's done. Except a secret in his past means helping the one woman who doesn't want his help at all…
It's not every day that a duke introduces himself to a woman sitting by herself in Hyde Park. Faith Cooper is even more surprised when Adam offers her a position as a lady's companion to his elderly aunt. Faith refuses to be beholden to a man again-certainly not this man, who both infuriates and attracts her. But with the simmering passion between them, will Faith surrender to forbidden desire?
Continue reading Guest Post, Review, Excerpts, & Giveaways: TWO DUKES AND A SCANDAL Book Tour


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A New Domain Authority Is Coming Soon: What's Changing, When, & WhyBlog Post: February 05, 2019
Today, 6th March (one day after the update), my DA dropped from 29 to 16! I can't see that my competitors have dropped. For competitors where my DA was higher, mine is now lower (theirs remains around 25). I only have a spam score of 1% and don't partake in any bad link building tactics. I do comment on industry blogs, which usually give nofollow links to my website. Could this be the problem? Do you have advice how I can move forward to bring my DA back up? I don't know if it could have something to with with my recent Wordpress theme change in January (the site is now quite slow). I do keyword research for all my products and posts, but my traffic is low (only around 40 visitors per day). I have links from highly reputable interiors magazines etc, and only one spam link from what I can see on Moz. My site is around 18 months old. Thanks so much for any advice to bring my DA back up!


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Teaming up to fight superbugs
Antimicrobial stewardship teams ramp up the fight against "superbugs." The battle with drug-resistant bacteria has evolved into an all-out war in many hospitals, and fighting back with newer drugs no longer seems like the best defensive strategy. Instead, hospitals are deploying multidisciplinary teams to spread the word about prevention through judicious use of antibiotics.
The battle with drug-resistant bacteria has evolved into an all-out war in many hospitals, and fighting back with newer drugs no longer seems like the best defensive strategy. Instead, hospitals are deploying multidisciplinary teams to spread the word about prevention through judicious use of antibiotics.
These so-called "antimicrobial stewardship" teams are looking not only at antibiotic use as it relates to a patient's particular disease profile, but also focusing on how the case fits into hospital-wide trends of infection and resistance. The goal is to create an environment in which everyone, from techs to nurses to doctors to pharmacists, takes ownership of the idea that antibiotics should be used judiciously, both for the sake of the patient and the hospital.
"Antimicrobial stewardship is about taking infection control practices and marrying them with appropriate antibiotic use. The two go hand in hand," said Joseph Alessandrini, a pharmacist who is administrative director for the department of pharmaceutical care and drug information services at South Jersey Healthcare-Regional Medical Center, a community hospital in Vineland, N.J.
Most physicians would agree that overuse of antibiotics is feeding the epidemic of drug-resistance, and studies have shown that upwards of 50% of antimicrobial use is unnecessary or inappropriate. But that doesn't necessarily mean doctors are quick to change.
"The challenge is how do you get physicians to think globally? How do you get them to think about resistance instead of just about their own patient?" said Neil O. Fishman, MD, an infectious disease specialist and director of the antimicrobial stewardship program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Finding the right fit
Hospitals are learning that they need to find what model of stewardship works best for them. At Temple University Hospital, in Philadelphia, the antibiotic stewardship initiative began as a "point of initiation" approval program that entailed a single contact between the pharmacist and the clinician at the onset of treatment.
Now the program has evolved into a system that involves a case-specific review of antibiotic use, either at day one or day three of an admission, depending on the drug.
Thomas Fekete, FACP, the hospital's chief of infectious diseases and liaison to the stewardship program, said the new approach has fostered a closer relationship between the medical staff and the pharmacy and promotes the hospital's educational mission by allowing for more discussion of patient cases between the clinician and a pharmacist trained in infectious disease.
Under the pre-approval system, he said, doctors learned how to "game the system" to get clearance for antibiotics they were determined to use, and the approval process sometimes was contentious, in part because it required on-the-spot decisions by the pharmacist.
"As time went on, people lost faith in the system," he said. Now, with the follow-up approach, "it becomes not a confrontation, but a consultation," with an infectious disease doctor acting as tie breaker if the doctor and the pharmacist can't agree.
There's more opportunity for education between the consulting parties and patient safety has been enhanced by an emphasis on adjusting drug dosing and duration, Dr. Fekete said. The aim isn't to achieve a specific ratio of antibiotics or to put a cap on a given drug, he said. Rather, "the idea is that we don't want to undertreat and we don't want to overtreat. We want to hit just the right sweet spot." For instance, if an isolate for E. coli is found to be susceptible to ampicillin, the patient likely would be taken off cefepime, a broader agent.
Keeping tabs
Premier Inc., a quality and cost-improvement alliance of about 2,000 U.S. hospitals, offers members a Web-based tracking tool called SafetySurveillor, which provides alerts on lab results, keeps tabs on infection and prescribing trends, and helps simplify the job of reporting infection- related data to government entities and others. "Software like this is bringing people together throughout the hospital to think collaboratively about solutions," sand Salah Qutaishat, PhD, an epidemiologist and Premier's director of infection prevention.
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics uses the Premier system to flag cases that warrant a closer look, said Sarah Bland, senior clinical pharmacist. Each day, Ms. Bland gets a report of about 75 cases in which antimicrobial orders need to be evaluated for appropriateness, whittles it down to 10 to 15 cases that require more information and then talks to pharmacists and doctors on the wards.
Among the cases where she has intervened:
- Antibiotics that have run longer than needed for a given condition. For example, 14 days of antibiotics ordered for hospitalacquired pneumonia not caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Antibiotics that are either too broad or not effective against the identified organism. For example, piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) prescribed to treat Haemophilus influenzae (too broad) or Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (doesn't cover it).
- The use of multiple antibiotics when one will suffice. For example, tigecycline (Tygacil) can be used to treat polymicrobial infections.
"Physicians know we're not just there to play 'gotcha.' We're there to provide help for the patient," Ms. Bland said. "We don't tell doctors what to do, but we say, 'From an infectious disease perspective, this is something you should think about.'" While her hospital's stewardship efforts aren't strictly financially driven, they are paying off. Expenditures on anti-infective drugs went from $183.26 per admission in fiscal year 2005 to a projected $159.53 in fiscal January 2009, a decline of nearly 13%.
The University of Pennsylvania's antimicrobial stewardship program, started in 1992, includes representatives from pharmacy, microbiology lab, infectious diseases and epidemiology. It also maintains an up-to-date Web site relating to antibiotic guidelines, and operates a call-in system, staffed by clinical pharmacists in the day and infectious disease fellows in the evening, for cases in which an antibiotic needs to be preapproved.
Dr. Fishman said his team intervenes in about 80% of the calls it gets, which leads to more appropriate use of antibiotics, better infection cure rates and fewer unwanted side effects. The hospital saved about $302,000 on antibiotics in one year alone, $533,000 on infection-related expenses and $4.25 million in total costs, mostly because patients spent less time in the ICU.
"We have built a level of credibility with the staff, and we have data to show that patients do better," Dr. Fishman said. "We've always tried to keep this a positive thing. We all have the goal of providing quality care to patients and improving clinical outcomes."
Feeling their way
There has been little research on whether antibiotic stewardship programs can limit the growth of resistance, though some early promising reports have emerged from small studies and in-house reviews.
Guidelines published in January 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America offer a framework for a stewardship program, including assembling a multidisciplinary team that includes experts from infectious disease, pharmacy and microbiology. The guidelines also focus on the potential benefits of formulary restriction, preauthorization requirements, antimicrobial order forms and physician feedback mechanisms, and the importance of measuring outcomes.
In addition, the guidelines call for more research to prove what methods work best to reduce resistance. "A lot of what is being done is not evidence-based. I don't think we have the perfect formula and one size does not fit all," said Henry Blumberg, FACP, professor of medicine (division of infectious diseases) and epidemiology at Emory University School of Medicine and hospital epidemiologist at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
One area where hospitals have seen some success is in dealing with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but there are plenty of other worries, including Clostridium difficile, which is showing up as a more resistant and virulent strain requiring the use of vancomycin, traditionally considered a lastresort antibiotic.
A study presented in November 2008 at a meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology concluded that on a typical day in U.S. hospitals, 13 of every 1,000 patients are either colonized or infected with C. diff, with infections often happening as a result of other antibiotic treatment. Researchers said that rate was higher than some previous studies had shown.
Gram-negative organisms also are proving formidable. According to CDC testimony to Congress in June 2008, "a small but growing subset of the gram-negative bacterial strains that cause healthcare-associated infections, like Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, have become resistant to all available antimicrobial agents."
While stewardship proponents preach the need for more judicious use of antimicrobials, new data suggests there is much work to be done.
A study published in November 2008 in Archives of Internal Medicine found that antibiotic use in adult patients at a consortium of 35 university teaching hospitals rose 7% from 2002 to 2006, with the acceleration driven by more use of broad-spectrum agents and vancomycin. There was a 59% increase in carbapenem use and an 84% increase in the use of piperacillintazobactam during the five-year period.
Many of the hospitals surveyed had an antimicrobial stewardship program, but the study did not detect significantly lower use of broad-spectrum agents at those centers. The study was not designed to look at the impact of stewardship programs, so it's possible there was an effect that wasn't measured. However, the study's authors are still convinced that the programs can have an effect.
"With few new antibacterials in development, antimicrobial stewardship programs in concert with aggressive infection control efforts represent the best chance for control of resistant pathogens," the study concluded.
Study co-author Ronald E. Polk, chair of the department of pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Pharmacy, said the results illustrate the spiraling effect occurring in hospitals: The increasing presence of resistant organisms leads to increasing use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, which in turn leads to more resistance problems. Dr. Polk said more research is needed to identify optimal antimicrobial use, including whether the drugs can be given for fewer days without compromising patient care.
"The sad secret is that for most infectious diseases we don't know the optimal duration of therapy," he said.


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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived at the Red Planet on 19 October.
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a joint endeavour between ESA and Roscosmos, made its first scientific calibration measurements during two orbits between 20 and 28 November.
Example data from the first orbit were published last week, focusing on Mars itself. During the second orbit, the instruments made a number of measurements of Phobos, a 27×22×18 km moon that orbits Mars at a distance of only 6000 km.
The camera imaged the moon on 26 November from a distance of 7700 km, during the closest part of the spacecraft's orbit around Mars. TGO's elliptical orbit currently takes it to within 230–310 km of the surface at its closest point and around 98 000 km at its furthest every 4.2 days.
A colour composite has been created from several individual images taken through several filters. The camera's filters are optimised to reveal differences in mineralogical composition, seen as 'bluer' or 'redder' colours in the processed image. [More at link, including a red/blue anaglyph]


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This is one of those subjects that you read a lot about. Of course, I am only dealing with my area of writing a book of fiction, not technical manuals or any other non-fictional books, although their process might not be too different. When you write e-books, there is little to no cost involved, but what happens when you want to turn your fiction into a hard copy for those folks who don't want to read a story online?
In my experience, Amazon is surging ahead in finding a way to help the average writer by joining up with CreateSpace - an online publishing company that is amazingly user-friendly. Once you have worked your story in a simple software like Microsoft Word, gone over it a few times to make sure your spelling and grammar is perfect, have an editor look it over or another person who has a good handle on grammar and word usage, format it according to their directions, you are ready to prepare it for uploading. This involves sizing it to fit the size book you want, saving it as a pdf and then uploading it to their site.
Once they receive the document, you let them review it through their automated process and then have a look at your book on their site to make sure you like it. They have more decisions that you need to make, like where you want to market it and other details. For almost nothing, your book will be ready to print - although the price will be a little higher than a mass produced book since they need to recoup their costs from somewhere.
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As we explained in our previous post (Demystifying LTL ), managing less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation can be less difficult than you might think, especially if you understand how these services are priced. But having cracked the LTL pricing code, how can you make the service more cost-effective?
Shippers often find major savings opportunities when they work to increase the density of the cargo they flow into LTL networks. This is not surprising given LTL's fragmented nature compared to full truckload service.
A first step to solidifying shipments is making sure that you have 20/20 visibility into the variables used when sourcing LTL capacity. These include accessorials, shipment weight, class, rate, service levels, and receiver requirements. We touched on these values in the previous post. Note that in addition to providing a firm foundation for cost-cutting strategies, clear visibility into the building blocks of LTL shipments also streamlines the RFP process.
The next challenge is load and order consolidation. Tools such as transportation management systems are used to consolidate loads – particularly in a dynamic environment – and the technology has become much more sophisticated over recent years. But don't underestimate the importance of order consolidation. There may be multiple LTL shipments from the same origin to the same destination on the same day, for example, and each one is billed separately as a distinct order.
Amalgamating bills reduces the administrative burden and can create more cost effective rate structures. For example, five shipments which previously hit minimum charges now move together at a 500 lb discounted rate. These changes can add up to significant cost savings. Collaborate with core carriers to develop consolidation initiatives that are mutually agreeable. As mentioned above, these steps also prepare you for future RFP exercises; another key component of an LTL cost reduction strategy. After all, you need to have a clear idea of the shape of your network before appointing or reappointing carriers capable of connecting the dots.
If you genuinely understand and have maximized cargo densities regionally or nationally, you can leverage this effort to help you select LTL service providers. Choose preferred carriers – and/or providers that collaborate with other carriers – that optimize freight movements as they are tendered. This approach creates win-win relationships because shippers benefit from streamlined operations while carriers capture freight in volumes that make business profitable. Also, work with core service providers to make sure that the network meets your service goals and expectations, using rate and asset adjustments to fine tune the network. After giving the incumbents first right on the lanes they have historically served within agreed pricing thresholds, other carriers can bid on the freight that remains.
We have suggested in a number of posts that shippers should carry out regular procurement exercises in order to ensure that they are in synch with their service providers (see Avoiding the Two-Year Carrier Pitfall). The secret is to achieve the right balance. When too much time elapses between bidding events chances are that the network has drifted out of alignment. On the other hand, too many RFPs disrupt the partner relationships that underpin a well-run network.
Achieving the appropriate balance is especially important in the LTL space. The aura of complexity often deters shippers from carrying out the appropriate number of procurement exercises. These should be part of a well-planned strategy, and not ad hoc responses to performance-related problems.
The economics of LTL shipments is based on cargo value and density, and in that respect, the service is in fact more involved than full truckload. However, shippers that take the time to understand LTL may be surprised by how much they can raise the efficiency of their networks by using this service.


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Little French School
Academic Calendar 2019-2020
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Sept. 4 (W) First Day of School
Oct. 10 (Th) No School - Professional Development
Oct. 11 (F) No School - Statewide Inservice
Nov. 8 (F) No School - Professional Development
Nov. 11 (M) No School - Veterans Day
Nov. 28 - 29 (Th, F) No School - Thanksgiving
Dec. 23 - Jan. 3 (M-F) No School - Winter Break
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Jan. 6 (M) No School - Professional Development
Jan. 7 (T) Classes resume
Jan. 20 (M) No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 3 1 (F) No School - Conferences by Appointment
Feb. 17 (M) No School - Presidents Day
Mar. 13 (F) No School - French Night Out Preparation Day
Mar. 14 (Sat.) French Night Out Fundraiser!
Mar. 23 - 27 (M-F) No School - Spring Break
Mar. 30 (M) Classes resume
May 1 (F) No School - Professional Development
May 25 (M) No School - Memorial Day
June 11 (Th) Last Day of School
*If hazardous weather prompts any closures in winter, days may be made up in June, possibly altering the last day of school. Any changes will be announced as soon as possible. Any changes made to the 4j calendar due to labor negotiations (such as added furlough days) will be reviewed by the Director and Board as needed. Changes to the LFS calendar (if any) will be announced as soon as possible.


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This project produced the first systematic examination of the breadth of state funding for NGOs in Canada. In addition to Phase I of the database, there were also numerous other deliverables that emerged from this project.
Canadians have witnessed a remarkable surge in social protest in recent years from Idle No More to Toronto's G20 protests and the Quebec student demonstrations among others. These have occurred alongside similar developments around the world, most notably Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring and protests in Egypt, Turkey and Brazil. Meanwhile, the relationship between the governments and NGOs in Canada has been rapidly changing. Funding for the nonprofit sector is being substantially reduced. Yet governments in Canada continue to depend heavily on NGOs to deliver services such as crisis response, education or health programs. Many NGOs are responding to the cuts with innovations in organizing, advocacy, and community fundraising while others are diminishing in size or disappearing under these new conditions. These developments make this an ideal moment to study social movements and their relationship with the state. If NGOs are essential to democracy and facilitating citizen engagement, then changes in state funding raises profound questions about how NGOs advocate for the interests of their constituents.
The research team for this project included:
Principal Investigators
|Dr. Dominique Clément
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Alberta
5-21 Tory Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G2H4
|Dr. Pascale Dufour
Department of Political Science
Université de Montréal
Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, C. P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
|Dr. Catherine Corrigall-Brown
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of British Columbia
6303 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
|Dr. Dominique Masson
Institute of Women's Studies
University of Ottawa
Faculty of Social Sciences, 120 University
Social Sciences Building, Room 11002
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
|Dr. Howard Ramos
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Dalhousie University
6135 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Readings lists on the topic of state funding for social movements
All information sources from statefunding.ca and the database should be acknowledged by the User and cited as follows:
- Clément, Dominique. "Title of Page or Document." State Funding for Social Movements. Accessed [date accessed, e.g. 28 July 2020] www.statefunding.ca.
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Clément, Dominique. State Funding for Social Movements Database. Accessed [date accessed, e.g. 28 July 2020] www.database.statefunding.ca
This project was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. It also received generous financial support from the University of Alberta Library's Digital Initiatives, the Arts Resource Centre and the Kule Institute for Advanced Studies.


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This man made incredible music with these glasses. I was amazed.
Rumors are that Walt Disney used this castle as the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty.
I've heard that rumor about the inspiration for Disney and believe it to be true.
Lovely images to enjoy for someone who tends not to go out at night.
It's good to know you are also venturing out at night especially since you come from a place that closes up by 8. The city's architecture is stunning. That scoundrel Disney had me fooled that Cinderella really lived in that castle.ReplyDelete


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Villa Wave Type 2
This ultra-modern comfort villa with its spectacular glass design is perfect for taking in the amazing scenery both day and night. The floor-to-ceiling windows throughout the house create a sensational feeling of unlimited space. Enjoy beautiful sunsets and the views over the Pacific Ocean. Equipped with state-of-the-art features this residence is designed to amaze you each and everyday.


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6 x 30 minute episodes
This BBC series – adapted from stories by PG Wodehouse – starred Ralph Richardson as Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, lord and master of Blandings Castle.
Clarence shared his ancestral seat with his sister, Lady Constance (Meriel Forbes), his butler, Beach (Stanley Holloway), head gardener McAllister (Jack Radcliffe) and the Empress, his beloved pet pig.
The six-part series aired on Friday evenings at 7.30 pm and attracted a viewing audience of over 7 million.
All episodes are now believed lost.
Clarence, 9th Earl of Emsworth
Ralph Richardson
Sebastian Beach
Stanley Holloway
Lady Constance
Meriel Forbes
Angus McAllister
Jack Radcliffe
The Hon. Freddie Threepwood
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The Raid 2 (2014)
I'm sure you're all familiar with the old adage regarding the breathing of new life into an existing concept. For those of you who this maxim escapes, it essentially states that someone or something has successfully revitalized, imbued, or revolutionized what had universally become the standard. I decided to clarify this aphorism immediately seeing as it is excruciatingly similar to what Gareth Evans has done to action cinema with his past success "The Raid" and his latest, unfathomable triumph, "The Raid 2." Yes, Evans' incomparable genius removed any footing the rapidly deteriorating genre stood upon. And as if that wasn't enough, once he quite handily did away with the infuriatingly brainless and bombastic abomination the once beloved action genre became, Evans, with "The Raid 2" persisted to choke, beat, and mutilate his way to superseding his own previous best in a cyclic manner, as if to taunt any challenging newcomers, to make it painfully clear that the best is yet to come…
Approximately two hours after the first film ends, Rama goes undercover and infiltrates the ranks of a ruthless Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family and to uncover the corruption in his own police force.
As impressively choreographed and executed Evans sophomore effort may be, his follow up "The Raid 2" is a masterful expedition into extreme hand-to-hand combat and ultra-savagery. With brutal, occasionally disturbing violence and a limitless supply of unbelievably detailed gore, the slaughter throughout "The Raid 2" is mercilessly relentless and joyfully excessive. And while there's no doubt that Evans' latest will leave viewers exhilarated and gleefully gasping for air by the time it's concluded, there are a few scenes that might force even the toughest SOB to cringe and gag. Yes, a steel baseball bat lodged in between a man's jaw or the continuous burning of a man's face on a fully-heated grill is but a sample of the viciousness that awaits you in "The Raid 2." Granted, beautifully sadistic scenes such as those mentioned don't occur all too frequently, but it is something that you'll need to prepare for.
Clocking in at a daunting one hundred and fifty minutes, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if fanboys of "The Raid," which finished around the one hundred and five minute mark, would be a little too frightened by its sequel's massive runtime to undertake it. With this new allotment of time, Evans has expanded on the original story and list of characters, making for a much more fluent, intricate, captivating experience, one that isn't simply just run-and-gun. It sets it's primary focus on an intense, intelligent, ruthless crime-family drama, causing stimulation to not only occur physically, but mentally as well. That being said, "The Raid 2" does tend to drag occasionally, but when compared to the film's immense list of successes, any complaint about slight mistakes or the story's encompassing complexity is easily forgotten.
"The Raid 2" strays from the simple, easy to follow narrative that, in my opinion, hampered its predecessor, if only slightly. While this monstrously entertaining sequel does rely heavily on its action sequences to drive it forward, it provides enough substance for viewers to sink their teeth into. Allowing characters to become more three-dimensional and each scene to build and progress on the former, ultimately resulting in every new segment trumping the previous. For example, the violence and gore continuously ascends, becoming more deplorable, complex, and immeasurable, eventually reaching the crescendo. A tactic that will have you picking your jaw up off the floor. Additionally, the musical accompaniment throughout the film is something supremely identifiable. So much so that you'll be confused as to what exactly got your heart racing, the action or the music.
Now, if there's one thing that "The Raid" series isn't known for, it has to be acting. Granted, Evans has expanded the emotional range needed to partake in his action series juggernaut and the change is quite noticeable. Our antihero portrayed by the immensely talented Iko Uwais has several scenes in which he must display an array of varying emotions, albeit a restricted spectrum. Yet, the addition of a more emotional diverse and demanding story creates its own paradox. The level of talent needed to convey effectively what Evans is hoping to achieve with this intricate mafioso thriller is much higher than his typical cast can provide. So really, in order to complete this change, one would need to concede some action for substance, a sacrifice I don't think Evans or fans are willing to make. Nevertheless, the attempt is admirable to say the least. That being said, if you're going to see "The Raid 2" for its acting, it's probably best you don't see it at all.
For a film with an unbelievable sense of chaos, "The Raid 2" is surprisingly, yet certainly a controlled burn. Bursting with eye-popping action sequences, a respectable story, and stomach-churning visuals, Evans latest is a cinematic feast that all may not be able to enjoy, but at the very least revere. And since it is an action film, a genre in which I don't usually get along with, I'm giving "The Raid 2" bonus points for being, quite possibly the greatest action film I've ever seen.
The Raid 2: 9.5 out of 10.
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Jenifer Blacklock
Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Director, Advanced Manufacturing Program
Jenifer completed her Ph.D. at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany under a Fulbright Fellowship. Her thesis was on manufacturing techniques and characterization of various nanoparticles that could be used for gene and drug delivery systems. Jenifer also holds a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering and a B.S. in Engineering Management for Miami University in Oxford, OH. After graduating from undergrad, Jenifer worked in industry as a Project Manager at TESCO Engineering Firm, designing and installing assembly lines for GM and Ford. During her time in industry, she took night courses at Wayne State University in Biomedical Engineering where she completed her M.S. degree with a thesis on polymerization of crystalline structures for gene and drug delivery systems.
Before starting in academia, Jenifer was a NRC Post Doctorate at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) in Boulder, CO. There she worked on the industry standardization of gold and silver nanoparticle manufacturing along with standardization and production of protein coated nanoparticles.
Jenifer's research has focused on engineering education for the past several years. Within this area, she concentrates on innovative ways of incorporating project-based learning and hands-on curriculum into the classroom. She is also co-PI on a NSF-RFE grant focusing on teaching sociotechnical concepts in technical engineering courses. Jenifer enjoys designing and developing new courses and active learning techniques for the classroom.


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Exploring Generalization in Deep Learning
Part of: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30 (NIPS 2017)[PDF] [BibTeX] [Supplemental] [Reviews]
Conference Event Type: Poster
With a goal of understanding what drives generalization in deep networks, we consider several recently suggested explanations, including norm-based control, sharpness and robustness. We study how these measures can ensure generalization, highlighting the importance of scale normalization, and making a connection between sharpness and PAC-Bayes theory. We then investigate how well the measures explain different observed phenomena.