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Fashion mistakes can jump out at me at any given time, even when I least expect it. I strolled down my block earlier this evening to get some dinner at one of my favorite take out places. As I was waiting in line I noticed a rather handsome man standing in front of me. Of course I could not say hi and turn on the flirt because I was not looking my best but that is a whole other story. Just as I was admiring his chic leather shoes and crisp fall jacket, he pulled out of his pocket a…
My jaw dropped in disbelief. What was this guy thinking? His one fashion faux pas ruined my positive impression of him. I swear I almost said something. Doesn't he have a girlfriend or a partner of some kind to show him the way? And by show him the way I mean out of the Velcro jungle and into the grown up world of chic sophistication. I was so amazed that he was sporting a Velcro wallet I didn't even catch the design on it, but let's face it, the design may as well of been Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Guys, please read carefully here. If you are on a date or anywhere for that matter and you pull out a Velcro wallet you may as well be wearing a sign that says "my mom still does my laundry, I play World of Warcraft and I've never been laid." After the age of 10 you should never own a Velcro wallet again. Even those corny yet durable Mighty Wallets are superior to a Velcro number. My best suggestion if you are in the market for a new wallet is to get over to a Coach store. I love their wallets and have given them as gifts to several of my boyfriends. I promise you, the Coach wallet is a hit every time. To sum up what I am talking about with a pop culture video reference, watch this funny clip from Crazy Stupid Love.
Quick Aside: My talented literary agent emailed me an article today written about men's "Must Haves" for fall. It is definitely worth a read so check it out at Refinery29.


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What does knowledge look like in Maths
Written by Ben Rapley Monday, 24 June 2019
Edited and compiled by Robert J Smith @RJS2212
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The next La Salle Ed Maths Conference is #MathsConf20 in Edinburgh
'What does 'knowledge' look like in Maths?' ' is a blog about Ben Rapley's #MathsConf19 session/workshop at #MathsConf19.
The term 'knowledge' has become a bit of a buzz word in schools. Knowledge first teaching is championed and knowledge organisers are everywhere. Ben Rapley looks at what does 'knowledge' mean in mathematics and how we might use it in our classroom.
What Does 'Knowledge' Look Like In Mathematics?
"It is impossible to think well about a topic in the absence of factual knowledge about the topic." (1) Daniel T. Willingham
Knowledge is important, but what does that 'knowledge' look like? Is it knowing all the facts in mathematics? The angle rules, some formula and a vocabulary glossary and you are all set? Probably not, however as soon as you start trying to think of all the things you want your students to know the list can suddenly spiral out of control.
I want to look at what is 'knowledge' in a subject that is very practical, knowing all of the facts around expanding double brackets does not necessarily mean you can do it. Martin Robinson, in his researching of creating the perfect curriculum talks about three forgotten classical arts; Grammar, Dialectic and Rhetoric. Grammar is described as "the art of interpreting the world through foundational knowledge" (2). This can also be described as the subject disciplines, the fundamental principles of a subject. If the subject disciplines are what we call knowledge that makes a lot more sense.
Daniel T. Willingham states "Factual knowledge precedes skill" , I think skill here is defined as other subjects use it; analyse, critique, explain. In mathematical terms we might call it problem solving. Students need to be able to complete a process before they can problem solve with it.
In my previous and current schools we have had on a focus of the Core Skills, the parts of mathematics that students need to be able to access higher order mathematical thinking and problem solving. I would argue that they form a large basis of the knowledge of our subject. We practice these skills every lesson at the start (don't tell Mark McCourt). We then have regular low stakes quizzes that help us diagnose areas we need to improve on as a class and they will become the focus of our starters. You can read more about Core Skills here. The aim is that by transferring these processes into our long-term memory then that frees up space for students to be able use their working memory to deal with interpreting a question and solving the problem.
These processes are important as they form the chunks of information that will be stored in the long-term memory; however, these will not be transferred to schema unless connections between ideas have been made and understood. Schema can then be transferred to the long-term memory through consolidation and practice (4). Creating a knowledge rich environment can balance process and understanding, making it clear what we need student to know and practicing it at the same time as providing the information to enable students to create the connections of mathematical concepts in their head.
Here are some of the elements we are going to be using in our curriculum to try to create a knowledge rich environment:
• Core Skills
• Clear outcomes for each topic carefully sequenced
• Clear about examples we want students to see
• Multiple representations
• Vocabulary
Clear outcomes for each topic
We are separating our schemes of learning into access, core and depth. The core outcomes are areas that I expect every student to have covered and will form the bulk of our assessments. We have spent time sequencing each of these carefully, staff are then able to divide their lesson time as needed.
Clear about examples we want students to see
There can be a lot variety between question styles and they can be quite intricate and easily missed. We aim to show students all of those different styles of questions. Regular use of worked example pairs and showing boundary examples as well as non-examples. Rather than having knowledge organisers we are moving towards creating example collections.
Multiple representations
Dual coding is highlighted as one of the six strategies for effective learning by The Learning Scientists (5), one of the ways we can do this is to use manipulatives. It is clear that manipulatives can be a very powerful tool in supporting students understanding. We are getting better at using them as a department but it is definitely where we are developing. The EEF published a guide to Improving Mathematics in KS2&3 with a section dedicated to manipulatives. It says that having a strategy to remove manipulatives is just as important as the strategy to introduce them (6). We are dedicating time within department meetings to better our understanding of how we can use them and support the transition from concrete to pictorial to abstract.
It is important to equip our students with the ability to access and understand questions, one of the ways we can do this is by explicitly teaching the vocabulary we can use. Alex Quigley says "We should avoid the assumption that the language of mathematics is simply absorbed 'naturally' over time by children." (7). We can do this through exposition of a word's etymology or morphology, or using Frayer models, amongst other methods. They can be powerful tools to help students make connections with words. We are highlighting words in our schemes where teaching the vocabulary may elevate a student's understanding, being careful to not create cognitive overload by adding too much complexity.
Our curriculum isn't complete and will probably continue to be an ever evolving thing, however I feel confident that we are working towards creating a knowledge rich environment that will help students thrive and understand mathematics in a way that they never thought they could.
1) Why Don't Student's Like School, DT Willingham, 2009, p210
2) Trivium 21 C, Robinson M, 2013, p20-25
3) Why Don't Student's Like School, DT Willingham, 2009, p210
4) Understanding how we learn – a visual guide, Weinstein Y, Sumeracki M & Caviglioni O, 2019, p75-76
5) http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/10/6-1?rq=six%20effective
6) Improving Mathematics in Key Stages Two and Three, EEF, 2017, P10
7) Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Quigley A, 2018, 104-105
Ben Rapley spoke about "What does 'knowledge' look like in Maths?" at #MathsConf19 at the Penistone Grammar School held on Saturday 22nd June
Don't forget in July we also have our 'FREE' Maths Teacher Network events in association with Oxford University Press and AQA.
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Version 1.0 of my personal web site dates back to 1995. Yes, boys and girls, this was a long time ago, before Google was a glint in Larry and Sergey's collective eyes. Back then, if you wanted to be on the web, you made up your own web site. I mean you actually wrote html and asked other people to link to your stuff.
So much has changed since then. Most importantly, our imprint on the Web is no longer at a single site, but scattered all over the place, on Quora, LinkedIn, Google profiles, Scholar, Facebook, Twitter -- not to mention in search results.
With all that progress, you'd expect there would be no more room for a personal site, but something strange happened. Versions 1, 2 and 3 had been served out of my alma mater: UNSW. Out of the kindness of their hearts, they continued to serve my personal web site for 3 years after I left. And there was still a lot of useful data there: bits of code, publications, data I had collected over the years. And after 3 years, perhaps I have overstayed my welcome.
About me
TLDR version: Muslim Australian Software Engineer
Muslim: I'm a practising Muslim and have been somewhat active in the community, including a long involvement with the Islamic Society of UNSW. I also co-founded AMCRAN. I occasionally give speeches on Islamic topics and have been known to write.
Australian: I was born and raised in Australia, though I also spent a few years of my childhood living in Saudi Arabia. I have Egyptian heritage. I met my wife in Australia, and I'm happily married, no kids.
Software: I completed my PhD in Computer Science in 2002 in Machine Learning at UNSW (more details on my publications page). I currently work for a teenage internet company in Mountain View, CA.
Engineer: I started working with my grandfather (may God have mercy on him) on mechanical things when I was two, and I have a penchant for building things, like robots and sensors.
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Good lady and I were recently making decisions about some of our investments and had made an appointment with a specific advisor, at our bank (which we used for many years for personal and business banking). So as is our wont, we were there on time.
We were asked to take a seat along with some other people. In the intervening 25 minutes we waited, we were asked by three different members of staff if we were being looked-after, whilst it was obvious we were not!
Ultimately, we never saw our advisor, or received an apology, but another member of staff decided to deal with us, and did so with efficiency.
We thanked her and were heading off, when she informed us that we might receive a service call from the Head Office about how she had dealt with us. There was then what I can only describe as a plea that we commend her work, as, if we described it as less than excellent, she would be 'marked-down'.
What an insult to the human dignity of an individual, just doing her job!
I assured her that if such a phone call materialised, I would refuse to make any comment about her as an individual, but would restrict my conversation to statements about the Bank in general.
While the senior people within the banks in general command (or should I say, demand) unbelievable salaries, I will hold them responsible for any deficiencies in the system….or maybe they would agree to a call centre where annoyed customers could vent their spleen about the way banks are run!


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Episode 411, "How much is that warbird in the window?"
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Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What one thing would you change about the design of the TOS Enterprise? For me it would be the deflector dish.
Star Trek in pop culture:
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Monday, March 5, 2012
What I LOVE about Mt. Nebo, Arkansas
This little romantic one-bedroom cabin is PERFECT for us. We have a great view from our cabin of the Arkansas Valley below. AND--we can sit on our back porch/patio and see the sunset... Today I will share with you just a few of the things I love about being at Mt. Nebo. Above is a picture of our wonderful cabin in a perfect location. Be sure and click on the pictures in order to see them larger.
I have many more Mt. Nebo pictures to share --but that will have to be on another blog or two... Hope you had a great week also... I cannot thank you enough for continuing to come to my blog even when I am not commenting on yours. That means so much to me. I have alot of catching up to do --- so bear with me as I try to 'get back in the groove'....
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National Pizza Week
So word around town is that this week is National Pizza Week, omg what?? That's crazy!
So for dinner last night, I had pizza (which was already planned before I knew it was National Pizza Week) I had Dewey's Pizza to be exact.
Before pizza I had the House salad: A mix of Field Greens and Romaine Lettuce, toasted Pine Nuts, Sun-Dried Cranberries and Goat Cheese with the apple cider vinaigrette on the side.
We split the Green Lantern which had Red Sauce, Light Mozzarella Cheese, Minced Garlic, Goat Cheese, Artichokes, and Pesto- I love pesto!!
We also got the Billy Goat which had Olive Oil, Minced Garlic, Light Mozzarella Cheese, Goat Cheese, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Green Peppers, and Fresh Tomatoes-
Yesterday's breakfast was;
1 whole egg
1/3 cup liquid egg whites
Microwave for 2 minutes; stirring about every 30 seconds.
Sprinkle cheese on top.
I literally ate them on the go- in the car on the way to work 🙂 When I got to work I finished my breakfast with a grapefruit.
When I was little my mom would cut the grapefruit in half and sprinkle sugar ALL over it! I loved this when I was little although it wasn't the healthiest. I didn't think I would like grapefruit without sugar, but I was wrong.
If you don't like grapefruit because it is too tart, just eat it again, and again, and again, and finally you will love the flavor like I do!
When I work 10-12 hours, I have to think ahead and pack all my food in little zip lock baggies. This is my meal preparation the night before:
My afternoon snack was my go to protein shake, cookies n cream flavor just mixed with water and a little bit of ice. I like my shakes COLD! I also had some baby carrots.
Fibrous carbohydrates (carrots) not only help suppress appetite, but they help increase the absorption of protein that you ingest!
Here is a vegetable list of other fibrous carbs:
If you aren't a vegetable fan you can try oats, brown rice, or red potatoes that digest slower also.
For lunch at work I packed leftover Kale, Chickpea, and Sausage soup with a salad which was a mix of romaine lettuce, cucumber, tomato, feta cheese, and sliced almonds.
Afternoon Snack:
2 granola energy balls with blackberries. I wish I would have packed more berries because they were SO good!
Enough of all the zip lock bags…
Let's talk products and more food! So lately there's some food I have been wanting to try. I just need to get out and buy it.
1. Kefir
My friend Susan at work was telling me about this stuff! She drinks it in the morning with her overnight oats instead of adding yogurt. I really want to try it!
4. Oikos Toasted Coconut Vanilla Greek Yogurt
What are some New or Old Food/Products that you have been wanting to try?
What are your favorite pizza toppings?
What's your favorite vegetable?
Saturday. What a great way to start the weekend: with Pancakes!
I made coconut protein pancakes before I went to the gym!
- 2 tbsp almond flour
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 tsp regular flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp liquid egg whites
- 1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
- sprinkle of coconut
- water- (enough to make the consistency you need)
- 1 packet stevia
Peanut butter, more coconut
I did 20 minutes on the elliptical followed by a triceps and legs workout with a bonus abs/butt workout at the gym and burned around 600 calories! It was a great workout and I really broke a sweat! You can look back at some of my previous workout on my fitness page.
Russian twists- 40
Planks for 45 seconds
Repeat X3
Lay on the floor in this position for 3 minutes.
Squeeze your buttox and alternate right and left. For one minute raise up on your tip toes and continue the same thing. The last minute bring your knees together to feel the burn in your thighs too!
For lunch I made a ham and egg white wrap using the following:
Put in on the panini grill and wala!
We went to my husbands work Christmas party which was an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party.
They had it catered and there was some good food including an open bar! I think I almost tried a little bit of everything!
Little Quiche
Fruit and veggies of course!
We wore our ugly Christmas sweaters!
Fitness Plan for the Week:
*This may change as the week goes on*
Monday: Crossfit or Gym (biceps)
Tuesday: Gym (Prob legs)/ Maybe Pure Barre – I havent really decided!
Wednesday: OFF
Thurs: Gym – Back and Shoulders
Friday- Triceps
Saturday – Crossfit
Sunday – Pure Barre or Crossfit?
Question of the Day:
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Tis the season for pageants! So let the search begin! If your looking for pageant styles that are unique then shop with So Sweet Boutique. They are currently having a Sugar Trunk show with select one of a kind pieces. They will be here for a limited time only so be sure to visit sosweetboutique.com and check out the in stock section under pageants. They have hundreds of styles in stock that are available to ship out the same day. Not to mention they are now offering a dress registry for local pageants in the area. They keep track of the dresses that sell within each age group to avoid duplication of the same color or style.
This two-toned sugar style 50047S is fun, innocent, & adorable! Not to mention it is available in the sweetest pastels! Such as pink/lilac, lemon/baby blue, & mint/baby pink. It features a one shoulder strap for comfort and is embellished with pearls and sequins. It is also adorned with flowers throughout the bodice and they are also scattered along the skirt. The flowers and sash are a different color then the body of the dress creating a nice contrast. You can pair this with one of our pearl sets for kids to add the finishing touch! Petticoats are strongly recommended to add fullness to the dress as photoed.
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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.
EFSA and the EU Member States have finalized the re-assessment of glyphosate, a chemical that is used widely in pesticides.
The peer review group concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to be genotoxic (i.e. damaging to DNA) or to pose a carcinogenic threat to humans. Glyphosate is not proposed to be classified as carcinogenic under the EU regulation for classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances. In particular, all the Member State experts but one agreed that neither the epidemiological data (i.e. on humans) nor the evidence from animal studies demonstrated causality between exposure to glyphosate and the development of cancer in humans.
EFSA also considered the report published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans. The evaluation considered a number of studies not assessed by the IARC which is one of the reasons for reaching different conclusions.
The EFSA conclusion will inform the European Commission in deciding whether or not to retain the substance on the EU's list of approved active substances. This is a condition for enabling Member States to authorize its continued use in pesticides in the EU.
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Although they made their way online, you can not deny the power of a flyer. If you have a product or service you want to post a flyer on your local bulletin board, make it easy for people to grab your contact info. Here's how to make them in Word.
Creating Vertical Tear-Offs
Make sure the flyer contains content and design to attract passerby's. Microsoft provides a flyer templates that can get you in the right direction, or you can create your own.
Once you've finished with the flyer's content and design, it's time to create your vertical tear-offs.
As we mentioned before, it's important to leave space at the bottom of the tear-offs. A good rule of thumb is to give the bottom of the page a 3 "margin (which is what we are going to do with our example), but it depends on how much you plan to put in your tear-offs. [1
From the drop-down menu, select the "Custom Margins" option at the bottom.
The Page Setup window will open with the "Margins" tab already selected. Set the bottom margin to 3 "and then click" OK. "
To make room for your tear-offs.
To make the tear -offs, we're going to use a table in the document footer. The table should only be one row but eight or ten columns.
Double-click the footer area of the document to open it. Next, switch to the "Insert" tab and then click the "Table" button.
On the drop-down menu, use the grid to create your table. We're going with 8 × 1 table-eight columns and one row.
Now, you'll need to resume your new table to match the 3 "margin. Just grab the bottom of the table and drag.
Now that you've got the table set up, it's time for the text.
To rotate the text, highlight all the columns in your table, right-click any of the selected columns, and then select "Text Direction" from the context menu.
You can choose whichever works best for you. Once you select your orientation, click "OK."
Now you can enter your information-name, phone, email, or whatever else you want.
You can use a different font, change the text size, or even insert a small image-it's all up to you.
table to get a little out of whack because Word defaults to insert the image inline with the text. Do not worry; it's an easy fix.
RELATED: How to Wrap Text Around Pictures and Other Illustrations in Microsoft Word
First, click the "Layout Options" icon next to the image .
On the pop-up menu, select the "Behind Text" options.
Now all that's left is to
Now, copy and paste the contents of that cell into the other cells of your table.
All that's left to do it out, cut the lines on the sides of the tear-offs, and hang your flyers. Good luck!
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At No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart and most reported (61 stations) is Cyrus Chestnut A Million Colors In Your Mind (HighNote). The highest debut (No. 7) and biggest gainer (+127 spins) is Steve Davis Say When (Smoke Sessions). Most added (+34 stations) is Kurt Elling Passion World (Concord).
June 15: Chestnut is new No. 1
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It took me about 2 years of convincing to start Jiu Jitsu. Once I did, I regretted not starting sooner. I instantly caught the BJJ bug. I truly believe the fun, laid back, and family atmosphere of The Stronghold is a major factor why I continue my Jiu Jitsu journey with this academy. Whatever your reason for starting BJJ, from the owners, professors, coaches and teammates, The Stronghold is a great place to learn and "Trust in the Gentle Art" Oss. -Sonny Soellner
I had been practicing Jiu Jitsu for a year and a half before receiving my blue belt. When I joined, I did not join with the intention of earning belts or winning medals but rather to learn a skill that benefited me both mentally and physically. My time and experience with Jiu Jitsu at Stronghold has opened me up to awesome experiences and even more amazing people. My journey thus far has been overflowing with knowledge and techniques to learn, and I look forward to continuing my Jiu Jitsu journey one class at a time. Oss! -Carl Phelps


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Here's Tiger winning The Masters, his first Major, by 12 shots way back in 1997. When was the last time you saw him smile like that? Most days, Tiger makes being the world's most successful, famous and highly paid sportsman look as much fun as losing changes from an Excel spreadsheet.
Tiger's love of privacy makes Howard Hughes look like Rodney Hide. He swears, he glares, and woe betide anyone who wants to talk to him. It says a lot that his best mate is 'top' NZ 'sportsman' and prickly shit Steve Williams, a nightclub bouncer at Club Fuck You.
This current troubles will pass (he was crazy not to front-foot this in the media. WHAT are IMG getting paid for?), but I just hope he doesn't retreat further into his shell because of it.
I know it must be tough being Tiger, but come on, Golf is fun. I have that hacker's love of golf where I lie awake after a round thinking about that one sweet 7-iron that hit the green nicely, not the search for my third lost ball in the rough. I'd hate to see Tiger grimly march past Nicklaus' 18 Majors with little joy. I want to watch him enjoy himself while he does it.
Tiger reading list:
The Guardian's wonderful Lawrence Donegan profiles Tiger.
Another Guardian profile, linking to The man. Amen, a 1997 Esquire article on Tiger, when he was more trusting of the media. The Guardian profile asks:
Why should a man who, at 33, is in the prime of his life, who constantly expresses the joy his son and daughter bring to his life, who is reckoned to be a billionaire and who earns close to $2m a week even if he chooses to lie in bed, be so apparently fed-up and irritated?


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My boy is 5. It is so hard to believe. He is so big. He got to have his first Birthday party at school and he was super excited. He even helped with the sprinkles on the cupcakes.
He was a proud Birthday Boy
He got to pick a present out of the treasure box.
This is our Transformer Party at home.
The Birthday boy poseing with his cupcakes.
He is growing so much. We had his check-up and he is in the 75% for height and weight. And he is way above all the milestones. I am so proud of him. He loves Pre-K and is doing very well. It has reallly helped his behavior too. We are so blessed with our boys.


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Winter Carnival
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In a blog post dated 2 June 2018, I wrote about a number of DIRDs which had been prepared for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under their Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program.
Various individuals, commissioned under an AAWSA sub-contract to the Institute of Advanced Studies, based in Austin, Texas, were asked to look into the future, in a variety of areas, and write a DIRD on their specialty.
One of the sub-contractors, Dr Eric Davis, in a radio interview on the 'Coast to Coast' show, on 28 January 2018, said that DIRD authors were asked to imagine our earthly technology; extrapolate it to 2050, then compare what we might have by then, against what we saw of the phenomenon in that era (around 2009.)
We currently know that 38 DIRDs were authored, with 36 of them being 'unclassified.' We also know the titles of six DIRDs which Dr Davis authored/co-authored; and one title by Dr Hal Puthoff.
|Front cover of one of the DIRDs
Full copies of two of Davis's DIRDs, and one of Puthoff's are available on the Internet. A shorter version of Puthoff's DIRD appeared in an open source publication in 2010.
|Another DIRD's front cover
On 18 July 2018, an anonymous comment was left on my blog which read:
'In the 28 January 2018 interview on 'Coast to Coast,' Davis says the following about the DIRDs: 'a colleague of ours, who was a former PhD student at (of - KB?) Werner Heisenberg, also did a paper on advanced nuclear propulsion...' This could be Friedwardt Winterberg. Here he is (http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/team) along with Eric Davis and Richard Obousy (who authored one of the DIRDs with Davis.'
|Source: http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/team
His primary areas of research have been nuclear fusion and plasma physics.
He is an elected member of the Paris based International Academy of Astronautics,
His recent work has been on the 'Planck Aether hypothesis,' trying to explore both quantum mechanics and relativity.
This all appears to indicate that Winterberg authored one of the 38 DIRDs, under a sub-contract to the AAWAS program, on the topic of advanced nuclear propulsion. It still however, leaves us short of knowing the title and contents of the DIRD.
The DIRDs of which we are aware, were all dated either 2010 or 2011. In addition, we know that Puthoff's 2010 DIRD was also published, in a shorter version, in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society in 2010.
I therefore wondered, what papers Winterberg had published in open source in 2010/2011; which fit the Davis description of being in the area of 'advanced nuclear propulsion'? I therefore searched a list of Winterberg's published works.
I found three such papers:
1. 'Deuterium Microbomb Rocket Propulsion.' 2010. 'Acta Astronautica' 66 (1-2), 40-44.
2. 'Matter - Antimatter GeV Gamma Ray Laser Rocket Propulsion.' 2010. No publication details given.
3. 'Negative Mass Propulsion.' 2011. 'Journal of the British Interplanetary Society' 64, 3-16. Part of the abstract of this paper reads: 'But their use for propulsion by reducing the inertia of matter for example in the limit of macroscopic bodies with zero rest mass.'
Any one of the above could have been made the subject of a DIRD, but note the last six words 'macroscopic bodies with zero rest mass.' These words will take significance later on in this blog.
In 1976, the Chicago based Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) held a UFO conference between 30 April and 2 May of that year. Subsequently, a 'Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference' were published.
One of the papers presented, was titled, 'The Physical Possibility of Macroscopic Bodies Approaching Zero Rest Mass and the UFO Problem.'
The paper's abstract read:
' UFO reports by highly reliable witnesses have in common the observation of solid physical objects (1) with no or almost no inertial mass; (2) surrounded by an intense corona-like discharge; (3) possessing strong magnetic fields; (4) producing no sonic booms at the high velocities reported. These characteristics suggest a state of matter approaching zero rest mass. If such a state exists, then interstellar distances could be traversed in an arbitrarily small proper time and with vanishingly small amount of energy.
Matter incorporating magnetic monopoles may lead to just such a material state. Since monopole fields fall off much more slowly than dipole fields, this could explain the magnetic effects reportedly associated with UFOs. The induced electric field resulting from the rapid motion of the monopole field could explain the glow observed around the UFOs as a coronal discharge. The strong magnetic field could also explain the absence of any sonic boom.'
An appendix to the Proceedings' papers provides the following information about the author of this 1976 CUFOS Conference paper.
'...received a PhD in theoretical Physics in 1956 under Prof Heisenberg of the Max Planck Institute. He is the author of about 80 scientific publications in the field of nuclear fusion. His most important work relates to his original proposal for igniting thermonuclear microexplosions by means of intense charged particle beams. This work is presently receiving world wide study.'
Who was the author of this 1976 UFO article? It was in fact, Dr Friedwardt Winterberg.
In order to ascertain if my anonymous commentator's deduction was correct; and that Dr Winterberg was indeed another DIRD author, I located an email address for the now aged 90 year old Winterberg; who is still listed under the Physics Department of the University of Nevada, Reno, and posed the question of authorship to him. I have not, as yet, received a response.


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I was commissioned by the good people of Fort Cardinal to develop the graphic identity and some branding elements for their brand new camping and equipment products company. With an obvious relationship with nature and wildlife, the concept for the logo was to represent a Cardinal bird, who gives the name to the brand and whom habitat goes across the eastern United States to Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), home of the company itself.
The project is completed by some type logo variations, a couple of monograms prepared to be used as a stamp, badges and pins, and a secondary version of the main logo. This one is a closer look to the Cardinal's head combined with one of the monograms to be used for different formats and merchandise purposes.


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What's up with this? It's usually pretty quick to load everything, but lately I've been getting occasional bad lag when I'm either editting an uploaded image, leaving comments, or simply clicking the link to view the picture's comments/information page. When I'm tagging an uploaded picture, the auto-dropdown menu thing takes FOREVER to load right. I'd type out sei to get seifuku up, but it lists every word starting with s that is registered. o.o; It'd take a while before just "seifuku" would appear. Not that that's a big deal. I mean, I know I can easily just type in the rest and move on. But it's just weird.
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I will guess that you mean the tag autosuggestion. The problem can be either the server, your connection or your computer. I can't test right now if I canreproduce since I'm not on a computer at the moment.
edit: Ok I tested. I don't notice any lag on my end so I think the problem is either your connection or your computer.
edit: Ok I tested. I don't notice any lag on my end so I think the problem is either your connection or your computer.
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I haven't had lag problems, but I've had the auto tag suggestion screw up on me for a while now. When I type in "Dress", I get every tag starting with a D. And sometimes, it will give me tags that don't even start with a D. Sometimes I type in Dress and Red Eyes will pop up in the auto tags. And if I select the tag, the box won't disappear like it used to. It will hang around, even if I go to another box.
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I am also sometimes getting the tag suggestion box lag. It's no big deal but it is a bit annoying.
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The London Borough of Lewisham Pension Fund is part of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and is run by the London Borough of Lewisham. This means that the Council is the "administering authority" in the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations.
Administering authorities have to act in the interests of all employers, members and their dependants within the fund; the role of the administering authority is very similar to that of a trustee.
The Council has delegated the investment arrangements of the scheme to the Pensions Investment Committee (PIC), which makes decisions based on information from the Fund's appointed actuary, investment managers and investment adviser. The management of the Fund's investments is by professional investment managers in accordance with detailed agreements and regular monitoring.
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Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson is easily one of the most liberal politicians in the Bay State. I don't think she's ever seen a tax bill she hasn't liked and voted for. She is one of the Boston Globe's darlings, and they can always be counted upon to lavish her with laudations and acclaim whenever she finds herself in trouble.
Which makes me suspect that she might be in some trouble right now, judging by this piece they published today.
It's wonderfully illustrative of just how the Glob will chuck anything resembling journalistic ethics — or even standards — when they have one of their own to defend. After all, Wilkerson hits the grand slam on their scale — liberal, black, female, and gay. She simply can not do anything wrong.
For example, they gloss over her "tax issues," merely stating that she had pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors in 1997. The full story is that this champion of ever-higher taxes simply didn't bother to file her own state and federal taxes for four years, plea-bargained it down to house arrest, and even violated that — and was serving in the state Senate during two of the years she didn't file, as well as every year since.
They mention her having had a condo foreclosed on her, saying that her check "had fallen behind a dresser." I've never owned property, but I have a very hard time imagining any mortgage company foreclosing over a single missed payment. One would think that such a predatory company, making a victim of such a high-profile customer, would have been buried in bad ink, but I don't recall any such accounts.
Wilkerson is the ideal face of the Democratic party in Massachusetts. She votes consistently for higher taxes, but can't be bothered to actually pay her own. She refers to opponents of new taxes as "stingy," but doesn't pay her own bills. She sticks taxpayers with the bills for all her ideals and dreams and beliefs, but can't be troubled to pay her own mortgage. And now she thinks that as a candidate, she was entitled to spend contributors' money however she saw fit — including giving herself over $18,000 in undocumented "reimbursements," buying herself undergarments, and hiring her two sons as "consultants."
Senator Wilkerson is expected to run for her seventh term this November. I predict she will win handily.


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How to Start a Resistance-Training Routine
Safety Note: Check with your health care provider before starting or changing your exercise plan.
You might work up a sweat with regular bike rides and knock out thousands of steps a day, but there may be one piece of the exercise puzzle you're missing: resistance training. If you have diabetes, that's an essential part of any fitness plan.
"We know that people with diabetes are at risk for lower muscle strength," says Sheri Colberg-Ochs, PhD, FACSM, professor emerita of exercise science at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. One study published in 2016 in the journal Diabetes Care found that participants with type 2 diabetes had more fat in their leg muscles than those who didn't have diabetes, a possible cause of muscle weakness.
Doing resistance exercises (using free weights, weight machines, resistance bands, or your own body weight) will do more than boost muscle strength. Research shows it will also lower your A1C, improve insulin sensitivity, and help reduce the risk of diseases that people with diabetes are more susceptible to, such as heart disease, osteoporosis, and depression. No wonder the American Diabetes Association's 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes recommends two to three strength-training sessions per week.
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If you've never lifted weights before, resistance training can seem downright daunting. "People are afraid of getting hurt, especially if they have another coexisting disease along with their diabetes, such as high blood pressure or retinopathy," says Karen Kemmis, PT, CDE, a physical therapist and certified diabetes educator at the Joslin Diabetes Center at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. The key? "Make sure you don't start out too aggressively and that you're doing the exercises correctly.
Otherwise, you run the risk of injury." Many health clubs and community centers offer beginner-level classes, which can ease you into a strength-training routine. Whether you take a class or go it alone, keep these tips in mind
Stretch it out.
Stretch for five minutes before and after your workout. Less-flexible muscles make you more likely to develop overuse injuries such as frozen shoulder or carpal tunnel syndrome. (Go here for some easy-to-do stretches.)
Start light.
When you're new to resistance training, either lift your own body weight—with moves such as lunges and push-ups done on bent knees—or use light hand weights, resistance bands, or even simple household items, such as water bottles and soup cans. Once you've gotten to the point where you can do eight to 12 reps without muscle fatigue, move to a heavier weight. "Your body stores glucose in your muscles, and the heavier the weight, the more glucose you use," says Colberg-Ochs. Heavy weights are also better at building up muscle mass, which in turn helps your body store glucose.
Stick with it.
Do some type of strength training at least twice a week. "You don't want to do resistance training on the same muscles two days in a row because that doesn't give them enough time to rest," says Robert Powell, PhD, CDE, director of the Diabetes Exercise Center at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. That rest is essential—it's when your body repairs muscle tissue, which is how you get stronger. If you want to do resistance training on two consecutive days, focus on upper body one day and lower body the next.
Keep it balanced.
If you work the muscles on one side of a joint, work the ones on the other side as well (for example, biceps and triceps in your upper arms, or quadriceps and hamstrings in your thighs), says Powell. Doing so will help you reduce your chances of developing muscle imbalances that can make you more susceptible to injury.
Watch your blood glucose.
Do a blood glucose check right after you finish exercising and again 30 minutes later. Unlike aerobic exercise, resistance training can cause your blood glucose to rise right after your workout. Because it's anaerobic—exercise that requires a quick burst of power at a high intensity—strength training "increases stress hormones, such as adrenaline, for a short period of time, which tends to drive blood glucose levels up," says Powell. Don't take extra insulin at that point. "Wait a half hour to see if your muscles take that sugar back in." If they don't, he says, then it's time to inject insulin.


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The Ravnica block is the eleventh block.
It was released in 2005-2006 and consists of the following sets.
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- Guildpact (Released February 3, 2006)
- Dissension (Released May 5, 2006)
The Ravnica block focused on ten two-colour guilds, one for each two-colour pair.
- Ravnica contains four guilds: Selesnya, Golgari, Dimir, Boros
- Guildpact contains three guilds: Orzhov, Gruul, Izzet
- Dissension contains three guilds: Rakdos, Azorius, Simic
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Invasion • Odyssey • Onslaught • Mirrodin • Kamigawa
Ravnica • Time Spiral • Lorwyn • Shadowmoor • Shards of Alara
Zendikar • Scars of Mirrodin • Innistrad • Return to Ravnica • Theros
Tarkir • Battle for Zendikar • Shadows over Innistrad • Kaladesh • Amonkhet
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Heraldic Primer #33
June 8, 2013 by phicks2012
I love Heraldry. As a result, and because very
few people really know a lot about it, I've
decided to include in my blog some basic
information about how heraldics "coat of arms"
were put together back in the early days.
In my first two blogs I told you about the
heraldic tinctures and about the field. This
time I'm going to talk about the Charges,
starting with "The Ordinaries". Ordinaries are
geometrical charges placed upon the field,
generally going all the way to the edges of the
field, and they must contrast with it.
Ordinaries include the Fess (a horizontal bar),
the pale (a vertical bar), the bend and bend
sinister (diagonal bars), the cross (self-
explanitory), the saltire (an X), the Pall (an
inverted Y), and the chevron (an inverted V).
They also include peripheral charges like the
chief (covering roughly the upper third of the
field), a Base (covering roughly the lower
third), and other peripheral charges like
flaunches, tierces, gores, gussets, and piles
(some graphic examples shown below).
As with lines of division, all of these charges
can have simple or complex outlines (within
reason), and that will be covered in our next
little chat.
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Pile on the primers! I must con-fess, you are regarded as a chief expert in Heraldry and all other pale in comparison. We should all bend a knee to your expertise. 😉
Pile on the primers! I must con-fess, you are regarded as a chief expert in Heraldry and all others pale in comparison. We should all bend a knee to your expertise.


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American Board of Radiology Foundation
The American Board of Radiology Foundation (ABRF) is a 501(c)3 organization focused on creating a high-functioning, well-coordinated health system in which medical imaging and radiation are used safely and appropriately to deliver all the benefits that can be realized, while minimizing risk and waste.
- National Strategy for Safe and Appropriate Medical Imaging – The ABRF convened a diverse group of stakeholders in medical imaging in 2012. This group developed the national strategy, which is meant to grow and develop as more is learned about imaging safety and appropriateness. Two conferences have been held to date, one in August 2012, and one in March 2013; and a third was planned for August 2013. This link has the components of the National Strategy and current examples and metrics.
American College of Radiology – ACR
Publishes white papers, practice guidelines, quality control guidance technical standards, patient education materials on all types of radiology services.
- Guidance document for Safe MR Practices
- Practice guideline for radiation oncology
- Position Statement on quality control and improvement, safety, infection control, and patient education. Search "position statement" on the ACR website.
- ACR White Paper on Radiation Dose in Medicine: Three Years Later (2010 update)
- Patient website sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and ACR
American College of Emergency Physicians
Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
As part of the "Choosing Wisely" initiative, One of the recommendations includes "avoiding CT scans of head in ED patients with minor head injury at low risk."
American Society of Radiation Oncology – Resources for Patients
The American Society of Radiation Oncology has a website with resources to help patients and families better understand how doctors use radiation therapy to treat cancer safely and effectively.
- American Society of Radiation Oncology website: www.rtanswers.org
Association of Radiologic Imaging Nursing
The Association's website provides clinical practice guidelines on radiology and imaging topics such as handoff communications, site marking, moderate sedation and analgesia, and contrast-associated nephrotoxicity. Go to "Resources", then "Practice Guidelines".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Injection Safety
Improper use of syringes, needles, and medication vials during routine healthcare procedures, including injections and intravascular administration of contrast media, have resulted in patient infections and more than 40 outbreaks involving multiple patients. These outbreaks have resulted from failure to follow basic infection control procedures and aseptic technique in injection safety, including reusing syringes, contaminating multi-dose vials with unclean syringes, and using single-dose vials for multiple patients. CDC has published numerous guidance documents for healthcare providers.
- CDC website on "Injection Safety Information for Providers."
Choosing Wisely® – Medical Tests or Procedures that Should be Questioned
The Choosing Wisely® Campaign is an initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Over 50 national organizations representing medical specialists have joined the campaign to identify tests or procedures in their fields that may be unnecessary or may even cause harm. Relevant to radiology and imaging safety, see:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American College of Radiology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Society of Hospital Medicine – Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
ECRI Institute
ECRI provides resources on evidence-based research related to medical procedures, devices, drugs and processes to improve patient care, including risk assessment tools, guidance documents, alerts, educational programs and other resources and tools on patient safety topics, including radiology safety.
There are numerous U.S. laws that apply to radiation emitting products sold in the United States. There are also overlapping enforcement authorities for radiation-emitting products that include Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, (Chapter V, Medical Devices); Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 (now part of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as Chapter V, Subpart 3, Electronic product radiation control; and the mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992.
- FDA provides information on the laws, regulations, performance standards and industry guidance for radiation emitting products.
FDA Center for Devices and Radiologic Health – CDRH
CDRH responsibilities include regulation of radiation-emitting medical and non-medical electronic products. Their special website on radiation-emitting products contains listings of products, radiation safety information, standards, regulations, news, research, and education for industry, healthcare providers, and consumers.
FDA Initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical imaging
In November, 2010 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its initiative of February 9, 2010, to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from three types of imaging procedures: computed tomography, nuclear medicine, and fluoroscopy. The agency aims to achieve these reductions by promoting safe use of imaging devices (e.g., stronger equipment safeguards, personnel training), supporting clinical decision-making (e.g., standardized dosage reporting, appropriate use criteria), and education patients (e.g., patient medical imaging record card).
- FDA Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging
- FDA Pediatric X-ray Imaging A website launched in May 2012 that provides information on the benefits and risks of imaging using ionizing radiation, recommendations for parents and health care providers to help reduce unnecessary radiation exposure, and information for manufacturers of X-ray imaging devices.
- FDA White Paper Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging, February, 2010.
Image Gently – Radiation Safety in Children
The Image Gently Campaign is an initiative of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging. The campaign goal is to change practice by increasing awareness of the opportunities to promote radiation protection in the imaging of children. The Image Gently website states that NQF guidance is that "when CT imaging studies are undertaken on children, "child-size" techniques should be used to reduce unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation."
Image Wisely™
Image Wisely is an awareness program of the American College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Image Wisely's objective is to encourage practitioners to avoid unnecessary ionizing radiation scans and to use the lowest optimal radiation dose for necessary studies. Radiologists, medical physicists, technologists, and physicians are encouraged to take the pledge to image wisely for the health and safety of their patients.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices – ISMP
ISMP provides resources for medical error prevention and safe medication use, including newsletters, consulting, educational program and webinars, tools, and a voluntary medication error reporting program (MERP). A recent webinar addressed medication errors in the radiology suite and audiotape can be ordered on line.
International Atomic Energy Organization – IAEA
The IAEA was set up in 1957 within the United Nations family work with its members and worldwide partners to promote safe nuclear technologies. A number of documents have been release in collaboration with their partners, including the World Health Organization to address occupational, public, medical, and emergency exposure situations. Selected documents:
- International basic safety standards for protection against ionizing radiation and for the safety of radiation sources
Institute for Magnetic Resonance, Safety, Education, and Research
The IMRSER develops Magnetic Resonance (MR) safety materials and disseminates this information to the MR community. This is accomplished predominantly through the efforts of the Advisory Boards.
- MRI safety poster
- MRI safety guidelines
- MR Safety Papers – a selection of peer-reviewed articles, posted with permission from the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the American Journal of Neuroradiology, the American Society of Neuroradiology, the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Concepts in Magnetic Resonance. The majority of these papers were published by members of the Medical, Scientific, and Technology Advisory Board of the IMRSER.
The Joint Commission
Radiation overdose – sentinel event
Radiation overdose has been a reviewable sentinel event by The Joint Commission since 2005. The specific language is "Prolonged fluoroscopy with cumulative dose >1500 rads to a single field or any delivery of radiotherapy to the wrong body region or >25% above the planned radiotherapy dose." Thirty-three radiation overdose events have been reported from 2004 through June 2013.
- Sentinel Event Alert Issue 38, Feb 14, 2008 Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite.
- Sentinel Event Alert Issue, Issue 47, Aug 24, 2011 Radiation risks of diagnostic imaging
Mayo Clinic radiology course offerings
- Offers a number of courses for clinicians, including advanced radiology life support.
Medline Plus
Medline Plus is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. They have a website of Health Topics A-Z. See Radiation Exposure at this link, with many articles on basics, treatments, and related issues:
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NCI provides web resources on cancer imaging for patients. Information includes:
Cancer Imaging – A visual introduction to cancer imaging, featuring information about imaging technologies and their uses.
- Computed Tomography (CT) scans
- Digital mammography
- Image-guided brain surgery
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT)
- Sentinel node mapping for breast cancer staging
- Ultrasound
- Uses of imaging
- Virtual colonoscopy
- X-Ray imaging
National Council on Radiation and Protection Measurements – NCRP
NCRP was chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1964 to support radiation protection by providing independent scientific analysis, information and recommendations. A few selected documents include:
- NCRP Report No. 160 – Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States (2009). Detailed information on exposure of the U.S. population to ionizing radiation highlighting the two major sources of contributors to exposure of the U.S. population from ionizing radiation: exposure to ubiquitous radiation and medical exposure of patients.
- NCRP Report No. 172 – Reference Levels and Achievable Doses in Medical and Dental Imaging: Recommendations for the United States (2012)
National Quality Forum – NQF
All of the NQF-endorsed Safe Practices for Better Healthcare address patient safety and a number of them specifically impact on patient safety during radiologic care, including:
- Labeling of diagnostic studies
- Contrast media-induced renal failure prevention
- Pediatric imaging
Nuclear Regulatory Commission – NRC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), created as an independent agency by Congress in 1974, to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected,. The NRC regulates uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements. NRC also has formal agreements with 37 states that have assumed regulatory responsibility and jointly with NRC develop new regulations and guidance.
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
A state agency charged with eliminating medical errors has advisories, toolkits, brochures, and education materials on radiology-related services.
- CT Contrast Media Power Injectors Can Rupture Conventional IV Sets
- Diagnostic ionizing radiation and pregnancy
- Errors in Radiation Therapy
- Medication errors occurring in radiologic services departments
- Preventing the Retention of Foreign Objects
- Safety in the MR environment
- Contrast induced nephropathy
- Management of patients undergoing contrast-related procedures
- MRI patient screening form
- Provider's reference guide for radiation exposure
- Radiology Falls Risk Assessment Tool
This website provides information for patients. It has a "Procedures A-Z" section with information on topics such as MRI, CT Scans, PET Scans and much more. The page on MRI describes what MRI is, and how it works, and considerations to keep patients safe.
- Patient information on MRI in English and Spanish developed jointly by the Radiological Society of North America and the American College of Radiology.
Society for Interventional Radiology – SIR
The Society of Interventional Radiology has a taken a leading role in measuring and assessing radiation dosage; developing educational programs and publications on radiation safety, radiation protection and reduction of skin dosage; and promoting the safety of patients and health care professionals.
Selected documents published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and publicly available on the SIR website, selected documents include:
- Position Statement on Radiation Safety Interventional Fluoroscopy: Reducing Radiation Risks for Patients and Staff
- Guidelines for Patient Radiation Dose Management
- Quality Improvement Guidelines for recording patient radiation dose in the medical record
- Occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory
- X-Rays and radiation safety (Patient information brochure)
University of California, San Francisco: MRI Safety
This is the website of the University of California San Francisco, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering. The website contains:
- MRI Safety Policy at UCSF
- MRI Screening Form
- MRI Pregnancy Guidelines
- Gadolinium Policy
ACR Contrast Manual – Information About Gadolinium-Based Contrast Media and NSF –
- Clinical Utility and Safety Protocol for Noncardiac and Cardiac MRI patients
(Amerian Heart Association website)
University of Michigan Health Physics website
An internet resource for radiation, nuclear, and health physics topics that includes information and resources
U.S. Pharmacopeia – USP
The U.S. Pharmacopeia's (USP) Revised General Chapter 797 Pharmaceutical Compounding Sterile Preparations, which sets practice standards to help ensure that compounded sterile preparations are of high quality, is available in the Second Supplement to USP 31-NF 26, This revised version became official on June 1, 2008.
Complete document available for purchase at USP website.
- Excerpts from Chapter 797 on safe practices when handling hazardous drugs, radiopharmaceuticals.


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Scrivener lets you have lots of documents in the same place and allows you to edit them separately or as a whole; a corkboard, possibly the most pleasant and useful feature, uses virtual index cards to store a synopsis of each document in your project and you can shuffle them around any way you like.
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Leaves are changing color, temperatures are dropping and pumpkin-flavored anything can be found on every block; fall is officially in full swing. As the autumn season takes over New York City, the long awaited thrill of wearing trends seen on the runways of Fall 2014 fashion week is finally here. In order to properly transition into a new fashion season, a few staple trends are necessary additions to your wardrobe.
With 90-degree weather officially gone, a fall coat has resurfaced in your closet. Yet, to stay on trend, the one jacket that should be in your wardrobe is a poncho-cape. Oversized and warm was a huge trend on the runways. The poncho-cape is perfect for fall with its lightweight yet warm design that is easy to throw over a simple outfit, providing trendy flare. Zara carries multiple styles from traditional poncho to wool varieties for a small investment. Keeping warm with a poncho is an outfit staple that can be carried into early November weather.
With regards to accessories, a modern spin on the classic cowboy hat is the way to go. Another simple addition to a fall wardrobe, this trend was seen on looks from the Kenneth Cole fall 2014 collection and Tibi collection. Affordable versions of the trend in similar styles include a Forever 21 Wool Hat for less than $20.
Trends can be tricky to conquer, especially if they are a bit unpractical. Yet, one fall trend that is anything but tricky is sneakers. When Marc by Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Edun and DKNY revealed their high fashion collections with complementing sneakers instead of sky high heels, fashion-forward New Yorkers breathed sighs of relief and joy to have a comfortable alternative to look forward to. Adding sneakers to an outfit is no longer just a means of practicality, but a fashion statement as well. Look for bold sneakers with bright neon colors, spikes, sparkles, patterns, or even wedged sneakers if you can not bear to ditch the heel.
Last but not least, fur is a fall must, especially for 2014. The trend was seen across multiple collections, and some have even nicknamed it the year of fur. Fendi and Dolce & Gabanna both played around with the furry texture with oversized coats. To keep to a student budget, faux fur coats and vests are available at shops like H&M and TopShop.
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Guest Column: Cricket continues to be a unifying factor: Prasana Krishnan, SPN India
Prasana Krishnan, EVP & Business Head, Sony Pictures Networks shares his views on 2016 sports broadcasting industry, upcoming 2017 FIFA World Cup, BARC & many more.
As year 2016 draws to a close, Prasana Krishnan, EVP and Business Head, Sports Cluster, Sony Pictures Networks India shares the milestones that shaped the sports broadcast industry this year.
Overall, 2016 has been an extremely eventful year for sports. This was the year in which cricket continued to dominate across various series including IPL and T20 World Cup amongst others. One of the key highlights of this year was VIVO IPL 2016 which scaled new heights with a record viewership of over 361 million viewers. This demonstrated the strength of IPL that continues to grow bigger and stronger.
Insight from Euro
In football, this was a big year with the UEFA Euro 2016, the most watched international tournament of the year. This event also demonstrated the direction in which sports viewership is heading. UEFA EURO 2016 essentially established how the consumption of sports content on second screens has also increased substantially as consumers are eager to watch content on these digital platforms. The UEFA EURO 2016 was also a property in which social media engagement was at a significant peak. In a way, one can say that it is an interesting indicator of the future, with respect to multimedia multiplatform coverage, fans consuming the content across various platforms and the importance of digital mediums. It's also the year where digital streaming for sports has grown manifold compared to previous years.
The consolidation
In September 2016, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and its affiliates entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and its subsidiaries. Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. The TEN Sports network operates in several countries including the Indian sub-continent, Maldives, Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East and Caribbean.
Prominence of domestic leagues
Among other trends, domestic sports leagues are continuing to gain momentum with viewers. What primarily started with cricket with the Indian Premier League has now spread to other sports like wrestling, tennis, football, kabaddi etc. Some have been very successful while some are continuing to grow and we are seeing clear examples of leagues that are going to work or get mass numbers. For instance, wrestling, kabaddi and football have shown great reach and traction in select markets while some of the other leagues have become more niche.
We have also seen some effect of demonetization on sports towards the end of this year, for instance, there was a news report on IPTL tennis scaling down. So the year is ending on a slightly challenging note.
BARC's rural data
BARC data has been an eye opener for us. Reporting of rural data has led to a better understanding of viewership in the country and has brought up trends in rural and urban centers. One obvious conclusion (which we intuitively knew) is that cricket particularly IPL rules irrespective of urban or rural audiences. Rural India has definitely shown a great appetite for sports with close to 45 per cent of viewership coming from rural India.
Select market for different sports
A clear trend that has been established is that cricket continues to be a unifying factor and has a pan India presence. Barring cricket, we have seen that viewership of other sports often shows both regional preferences as well as an urban rural preference. International football leagues and sports like tennis have shown a more urban skew. Local leagues (depending on the sport) and sports that have very strong Indian roots, such as wrestling and kabaddi have shown a skew in rural markets for instance the Pro Wrestling League which was launched last December on our network had a more rural connect than urban. Another interesting insight is that each of these leagues has found different pockets of support. Football, for instance, always has a Kerala, Goa, North East and West Bengal skew and that continues in the leagues. Similarly, wrestling is extremely strong in North India while kabaddi has shown strength in select western and southern markets.
Looking forward in 2017
Something that I am really looking forward to is the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The big trend that I am very curious and excited about is that how this prestigious International tournament can become a catalyst and how much can it transform Indian football. I am very confident that this tournament will be a runaway success in terms of a standalone event and keeping in mind that this is the first International FIFA tournament that India is hosting. Can we really see grassroots football developing to an extent that India becomes a powerful nation in football? It is really very exciting once you comprehend the scale of this event and what it can do to transform football as a sport in this country. It not only has the potential of transforming and giving boost to football at grassroots level but also bringing in talent and professionalism, elevating Indian football to a totally different level. Once again the impact of this tournament will become clearer in the coming year.
And of course, I am also excited about the upcoming IPL which only continues to grow bigger each year. And the fact that it is the 10th edition of the Indian Premier League only makes it even more special.
(The author is EVP and Business Head, Sports Cluster, Sony Pictures Networks India)
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