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BriefAs part of their global launch of the new V60 Plug-in Hybrid, Volvo were unveiling the car at Goodwood Festival of Speed. This activity consisted of three elements that all needed to be included in the final edit - Consumer test drives, the Volvo pop up stand, and consumer engagement with the car.
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Using 3 crews we were able to guarantee we would cover every aspect of Volvo's presence at Goodwood. We were able to monitor the test drive area, the Volvo stand, whilst also getting scene setting shots of Goodwood itself. Getting interviews with key people was a priority and shooting on the new Canon C300 meant the shots looked stunning. Our main aim was to get across the key benefits of the car as a hybrid electric vehicle, whilst showing it in the best possible light.

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Be careful with your plain ignorance about nuclear energy. Remember that there is a food chain at work in life. Once the insects become radiated, anything eating them also becomes radioactive. This is why all creatures living near Chernobyl are not allowed to be near people, thus hogs and other wild animals are killed and their carcasses disposed of safely. Birds will be killed off by eating such insects.
What the government should do is to ask the Council for Scientific Research to give them the best way forward in a safe, sustainable manner on how to handle these pests in agriculture. What is the least cost solution to our farmers and the environment? Do not just focus on how much spraying cost the government last year, but look at other alternative solutions, and what they cost to the farming sector, and the country as a whole.


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OPEX program started
The OPEX program was started in the year under review with the following fields of action: maintenance, joint coordinated building (Bauen im Verbund) and capability development. OPEX supports the objective of Railway of the Future to change the performance culture of DB Group on a sustainable basis. Through OPEX, we are advancing the transformation that has already begun – for greater quality that persuades, and performance that delights our customers.
In the OPEX maintenance sub-program, the transformation at about 30 locations has begun in two phases. This involves initiating and implementing process improvements on a sustainable basis, using a standardized procedure. Employees are trained in their OPEX/lean skills and the performance levels achieved are discussed regularly on the basis of defined parameters and continuously improved.
The capability development sub-program has drawn up the first training portfolio of the OPEX institute. The qualifications on offer enable employees and executives to carry out the transformation professionally, acquire or develop skills and consequently to work differently.
In 2018, another 30 or so maintenance sites will take part in phases three and four of the OPEX transformation. The locations in the first and second phases will be checked at regular intervals in relation to their progress and support will be provided for follow-up work.The OPEX punctuality sub-program will be newly established in 2018. New measures to improve punctuality and those that are already ongoing are consolidated here in a program across all business units. These measures include that the PlanStart teams at the top ten railway stations will not only improve the ability of long-distance transport departing on schedule, but also that of local transport, and ensure that stop times are as scheduled.
The OPEX institute will also extend its portfolio with regard to the requirements resulting from OPEX punctuality, as well as offering individualized qualifications that are specific to previous experience.


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Crosby, Stills, And Nash Ask Rick Rubin To Help Them Restore Their Dignity
When I read that Rick Rubin was going to produce the new Crosby, Stills, and Nash record, for a split second I got excited, thanks to imagining the trio harmonizing sweetly over the top of some badass "99 Problems" boom-bap. For better or worse, that is not the case. Instead, they'll be teaming with Rubin to record an album of covers–so what we'll probably get is a ripoff of Johnny Cash's dour, cred-resurrecting American Recordings album, right on down to the production credits. It's a rather transparent and uncreative bid for gravitas, but if they pick the right songs, it may actually be successful in improving their image and their legacy.
For example, if they follow Cash's formula completely, they'll be obligated to do at least one cover of a grim '90s rock hit. My suggestion:
"All Apologies" would lend itself very well to an acoustic folk-rock arrangement and has an outro–"all in all is all we are"–that could sound haunting and gorgeous if sung in their brand of tight vocal harmony.
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"Up, with this sort of thing!"
Is there anything to be said for another episode of this television treasure?
The man who is responsible for the magnificent tune that is, 'Songs Of Love' aka the Father Ted theme spoke to NME recently about recent developments in the script for 'Pope Ted' the upcoming musical offspring of the original.
"I loved the original series and we're trying to do justice to the style and give the characters proper stories. You're trying to make a proper musical with a proper plot yet if it becomes too plot-heavy, it doesn't feel like the original series which was so silly sometimes. It's a delicate balance but we're getting there. I think it'll be a hugely entertaining evening out – but then I would say that!"
The Fergal D'Arcy show is praying for a song about 'Small and Far Away Cows'
Hannon says he's also managed to squeeze some gags in himself, "I think I've got a few gags in it because I'd say 'Why don't they do this?' and Graham and Arthur would boggle 'That's funny! I didn't know you were funny?' I replied: have you listened to any of my songs?!' God, I've written a lot of songs for it!"
Currently promoting The Divine Comedy's new album 'Office Politics' speaking on BBC Breakfast on Monday morning, Hannon also mentioned that Matthews and Linehan had clashed over the musical but have now "settled their differences".
"Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, praise be, settled their differences and we are all back in a room writing the musical," said Hannon.
"It's very exciting," he continued. "In fact, we are pretty much almost finished. It'll still be quite a while before it hits the boards."


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Globe and Mail readers and I agree that housing is possibly the most important personal finance topic of recent years. Seven of my 15 most-read columns and newsletters this past year were about housing, and I'm sure much the same would be true of previous years.
My most popular column in 2017 was titled "Sorry to burst your bubble, but owning a home won't fund your retirement." This column looks at how it can be misguided to think that selling your house will generate enough money to ensure you have a financially comfortable retirement.
The edition of this newsletter that was most popular online was titled "Here's a way renting beats owning by a mile." It's about a personal finance blogger who experienced a family financial setback and found that being a renter, as opposed to a homeowner, made it easier to cope.
The Toronto real estate market, in all its technicolour glory, was covered in a column that examined six outrageous statistics showing just how unaffordable the city is.
Another popular column took a fresh look at the question of how to tell if you have saved enough for retirement. A gauge called the Living-Standard Replacement Ratio is introduced, and there are instructions on how to use it yourself.
When I look back on 2017, one of the dominant themes is how much anxiety people are feeling about their personal finances. In this column, I looked at how stagnant income growth has been a big factor in shaping people's finances.
Loyalty programs like Air Miles and Aeroplan are always a popular topic with readers. A lot of people participate in these programs, and they get angry when rules change for the worse. In the past year, the big story in loyalty programs was news that Air Canada will pull out of Aeroplan in 2020. I advised readers to prepare for all-out war between loyalty programs to scoop up disgruntled Aeroplan members.
Globe readers devour almost everything we write about tax-free savings accounts. That explains the popularity of a calculator that helps your figure out how much your TFSA could be worth in the future.
For about five years or so, I've been paying close attention to the financial challenges of the young adults who make up Generation Y. Readers seem to agree this is an important topic. One of my top 15 columns of the year looked at how tough the job market is for Gen Y, and it was closely followed by a column looking at a $20,000 mistake parents and students risk making when they choose the wrong program at college or university.
Finally, there's the Canada Pension Plan. Anyone doubting the importance of this program should check out how many people read the stories we publish about the CPP. I looked at how reluctant Canadians are to delay their CPP benefits, even if doing so would earn them higher payments. Actuary Fred Vettese looked at the benefits of delaying CPP to age 70, while Dalhousie University's Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald looked at how delaying CPP is especially relevant to women.
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On alternating Saturdays, I write an investing column called Portfolio Strategy. One of the most popular of these columns from the past year tried to answer a question from a Toronto-area boomer couple who sold a home, moved to a cheaper housing market in Ottawa and wanted to know how to invest their leftover money.
Another popular investing column looked at the case for taking CPP retirement benefits early. Call it a contrarian take on the many columns we've presented on the benefits of delaying CPP.
One of my missions as a personal finance columnist is to help readers cut through the clutter of investment products available today. The 2017 ETF Buyers' Guide was popular with readers, as was the 2017 Robo Adviser Guide. The ETF guide will be updated early in the new year, and the robo guide next fall. On Jan. 20, the next Online Brokerage ranking will be published.
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Heat shock proteins and hypometabolism: adaptive strategy for proteome preservation
Authors Storey K, Storey
Published 30 March 2011 Volume 2011:2 Pages 57—68
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/RRB.S13351
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Kenneth B Storey, Janet M Storey
Departments of Biology and Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract: To survive under harsh environmental conditions many organisms retreat into hypometabolic states where metabolic rate may be reduced by 80% or more and energy use is reprioritized to emphasize key functions that sustain viability and provide cytoprotection. ATP-expensive activities, such as gene expression, protein turnover (synthesis and degradation), and the cell cycle, are largely shut down. As a consequence, mechanisms that stabilize the existing cellular proteome can become critical for long-term survival. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are well-known for their actions as chaperones that act to fold new proteins or refold proteins that are damaged. Indeed, they are part of the "minimal stress proteome" that appears to be a ubiquitous response by all cells as they attempt, successfully or unsuccessfully, to deal with stress. The present review summarizes evidence that HSPs are also a conserved feature of natural animal hypometabolism including the phenomena of estivation, hibernation, diapause, cold-hardiness, anaerobiosis, and anhydrobiosis. That is, organisms that retreat into dormant or torpid states in anticipation that environmental conditions may become too difficult for normal life also integrate the use of HSPs to protect their proteome while hypometabolic. Multiple studies show a common upregulation of expression of hsp genes and/or HSP proteins prior to or during hypometabolism in organisms as diverse as ground squirrels, turtles, land snails, insects, and brine shrimp and in situations of both preprogrammed dormancies (eg, seasonal or life stage specific) and opportunistic hypometabolism (eg, triggered by desiccation or lack of oxygen). Hence, HSPs are not just a "shock" response that attempts to rescue cells from damaging stress but are a key protective strategy that is an integral component of natural states of torpor and dormancy.
Keywords: chaperone proteins, metabolic rate depression, estivation, anaerobiosis, hibernation, diapause, cold-hardiness
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ORLEANS — A 52-year-old awning contractor with a long list of similar cases against him pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Orleans District Court to larceny of more than $250 by false pretense.
Police began investigating Awning Systems in Hyannis owner Robert Glidden, of Forestdale, in July after an Eastham man reported that he had paid $3,500 for two awnings for his home that were never delivered, according to a police report. Phone calls from the victim to Glidden went unreturned, the report says.
Police found at least three similar cases.
In 2016, Glidden's business was evicted from its storage and retail location in Hyannis and more than a dozen small claims had been filed against him since 2002.
Glidden is due back in Orleans District Court on June 29 for a pretrial hearing for the larceny case.


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The Coimbatore Medical College Hospital is making a move towards renewable energy. It will install as many as 45 solar-powered streetlights on its premises. R. Doraiswamy, Coimbatore (South) MLA, under whose constituency the hospital comes, has come forward to bear the entire project cost of Rs. 20 lakh from his MLA Local Area Development Fund.
Hospital sources told The Hindu here on Wednesday that the first solar streetlight was installed as a pilot project near the Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC) centre, which rendered emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Each solar light costs around Rs. 43,000. They would be fitted with LED lights. This was the first time the CMCH was installing solar streetlights. Till now, it used solar power only for heating water.
The lights would be stand-alone systems with each unit having a separate power supply. They can be used round-the-clock. The installation of the streetlights was likely to commence in September and would be completed by month-end.
The hospital had also sought the MLA's financial support to purchase two advanced generators of 250 kVA capacity each. Costing totally around Rs. 40 lakh, these generators would automatically start if the power supply was cut. Right now, the hospital experienced darkness during the time it took for the generator sets to start after the power supply was disrupted, sources said.
The hospital had also purchased 565 steel cots, 190 perforated chairs, 50 wheelchairs, 89 office tables, 70 steel bookracks, and 30 cupboards, besides 49 stretchers with funds provided by the MLA.
The CMCH, which was the tertiary referral hospital for the region and treated patients from several Western districts and even from border districts of Kerala, witnessed anywhere near 7,000 outpatients every day besides 1,200 in-patients.


text: Bandit99 8 Report post Posted March 22, 2011 To all members of the Urgent Fury Community, On behalf of the Directors and Staff, I would like to take this time to address the recent issues of clans and people leaving UF, due to a ruling in the Clan Rep Section of the current COD tournament: In Country, as well as the ruling itself. The issue and it's ruling were doomed from the start. From how the complaint was brought forward, to how it was handled, this issue was handled incorrectly. There is a process that needs to be followed and that process was ignored. When tried and trued processes are ignored, breakdown occurs and that is what happened in this case. Every aspect of this issue was bungled from start to finish. As Directors and Staff, it is not only our desire, but it is our responsibility to the community to do our best to ensure that every product we put out and every issue we address is done so with the utmost due diligence. These issue, should not only be handled with our community in mind, but with our community as our priority. In this case as stated, there was a breakdown. For our role in this we do apologize. In this case, we had a member from a competing clan in In Country, contact a member of staff personally, behind closed doors, with complaints that a clan participating in In Country had illegally placed members on their roster as well as they had participated in matches. This behind closed door contact is a direct violation of the process. Teams are informed that any and all complaints and tournament issues are to be discussed solely in the CR section. Both the player who wished to remain anonymous as well as their clan, are well aware that this was a violation, yet they ignored the process. This was the first breakdown. The staff member, at the point of contact with the anonymous complainant, should of informed the anonymous complainant that he would not discuss this privately. If he had a complaint to have his CR post it in the CR section. That was not done. This was the second breakdown. The contacted Staff member then brings this issue to the staff section for debate. Per the tried and trued process, staff is not to deliberate a tournament complaint, until there is a formal complaint. This is due to due process. The accused has the right to face their accuser. The accused has a right to defend themselves. To debate an issue, staff should have access to both a complaint and a rebuttal before reaching any conclusion. We need to see all the evidence to reach a fair ruling. The staff member bringing this to the staff section with out a complaint was the third breakdown. Staff and Directors, both share responsibility in the forth breakdown as we did deliberate on one side of an issue. This was a violation of the process. There should never of been debate on this topic prior to a complaint and rebuttal. We needed both sides of the story, so again that is the fourth breakdown. The fifth breakdown was a culmination of many things. The complainant was informed that this needed to be done in the CR section before we could address it. When it was posted, wildfire took over as soon as it hit and everyone chimed in they should be kicked. 3 clans were very vocal over this and it ended up being the 3 who resigned. To them there was no other side of the story. There were no mitigating circumstances. There was no need to debate this issue, as it was all black and white with no room for discussion. They felt this was a clear violation with no defendable rebuttal. They were asking for immediate action, no deliberations needed. Nothing else needed to be considered. We could not do that. We had to look at all relevant evidence as well as past rulings. We had to take our time to come up with the right fair ruling. This was something that the Reps and especially the 3 clans who resigned, decided for us, that we did not need. They felt that we should answer them and answer them now. That is when we as Staff, committed another error. We caved to the pressure. We allowed the CR's to dictate when the answer would come. There are a lot of issues that can be resolved quickly. In this case due to all things that needed to be considered such as territories, pow's, past precedents and all the clan who were beat by these players playing, made this not an easy fix. This issue would take some careful thought out deliberations on how to proceed. Making a ruling in this situation will always and I mean always be seen as unfair to some. Everyone is affected by this ruling. What some may see as fair and equitable others not so as they will feel slighted. For all of these reasons, there was not an easy fix, yet here the CR's were demanding immediate action and well as stated we caved and a ruling was made. The ruling appeared to be final and those who were not happy with it decided to revolt. That was the final breakdown. Anyone who has participated here at Urgent Fury knows that a major requirement we have is that when you select your CR, we ask that you select an individual who is level headed, responsible and will represent their clan in a respectful manner. To select an individual who will do their best, to mediate any issues in an unbiased way as possible. This situation is a perfect example of why. As I have shown there were many missteps along the way by many parties that contributed to what has transpired, however even when a ruling came down, that does not mean the end. I had an individual call me on Saturday night/Sunday morning at 3:46am regarding this situation. Thank you very much by the way? During our conversation I was very blunt and informed this individual that they called it quits way to soon. They informed me they felt it was over and final. I said, "how can you say that, when you did not try and mediate with Staff and the Directors over the final rulingâ€. The CR's were more than welcomed to challenge and discuss the ruling, however that was not the route they chose. They chose to leave the tournament as a show of solidarity, rather than stand up for what they believed in, in the CR section. While that is their right to walk, I felt it would of served them better to mediate the situation as mature adults in the CR section. They had nothing to lose by doing so. Why was there such a rush? To that there was really no answer other than they felt it was a lost cause. You will never know unless you put forth the effort. In this case you have seen what has transpired with the accused. They have post up a resignation post and have sincerely apologized to the community for what has transpired. Why is that important? I have read the post and seen the comments. We have heard comments come from both sides. When we talk about previous rulings, we seen an individual say you have to look at each case individually. When we do not rule exactly as previous we hear well you set a precedent. Right there you have 2 people on opposite sides on how you should view a situation. In the case of UF we look at everything. Every case is ruled individually on the evidence presented as well as how we handle previous incidents of like nature. The rule that sparked this whole controversy came to be, because the community asked for it. The community was tired of seeing clans come to UF not as a clan, but just a mix match team to win tournaments. Teams of Ringers and Rent a Players. We listened to the community and the rule was born. This rule is known as the Rent A Player rule, affectionately known by quite a few as "The JYK Rule†Not soon after in late 2009 the rule was put to the test. A similar complaint was filed back then. When all the dust was settled and all the investigation was done, we found that the little pieces of the rule that people were picking out and wanting to be enforced, was not what the spirit of the rule was. If we were to of enforced the rule back then by that standard and the standard that was asking to be applied here, one of the teams who were very vocal of the removal of Aiel in this issue would of missed a year of playing here at UF as they would have been removed from that tourney and suspended a year. That did not happen, as one of the main themes of the rule is intent. Was their intent to defraud the community and defame the tournament? When we investigated the last time we found no intent to harm the community or tournament and it was an innocent omission or oversight. In that case we removed the players in question. Also in that case several more teams and another long standing clan in this community who has been an upstanding clan as well, could have been suspended over this rule, if we only looked at part of the rule. Their case too, was a simple oversight. They did not try defraud the tournament or the UF community. In that case when resolved as previously mentioned, there was no issue such as this one. Now back to this situation. A ruling was handed down that was expedited needlessly under the pressure of the CR's. Instead of using the CR section as intended, to mediate such rulings, they decided to walk from the tournament. I will say that in this case that none of the Directors and or Staff were completely satisfied with the initial ruling and we continued to debate it in the staff section. Several proposals came up. Finally I myself proposed a ruling that everyone felt was the best possible solution to this situation. Caracarn, leader of Aiel was to be approached with 2 options. I wished I could see the puzzled look on his face, as he has no idea what I am talking about, as option 2 was never presented. It didn't have to be and for that I commend you Caracarn Option 1: To resign from the tourney. Option 2: Be removed from the tournament and suspended for a year. Some may or may not agree with us giving them an option, however I will explain why it was done this way. As with the previous case and with this one, we felt the biggest issue here was intent. Community members felt that their whole intent was winning at all cost. That they had no issue with using ringers and or rent a players. That winning is what defined them and not their character. This is what we needed to know as staff. We needed to find out the intent of their actions. While this case was very similar to the previous issue we had, we felt this situation was on a grander scale, more egregious and for that reason we felt the punishment should be on a grander scale. By taking option one this showed us they do hold UF in high regards. They realized the error of their ways and winning at all cost was not the reason for this adding of illegal players. As stated when approached by Johnson, option 2 never was even brought up. As soon as Johnson started with the resignation option, Caracarn was all over it and remorseful with what transpired. Since this was Johnson who actually spoke with Caracarn, I will let him if he so chooses, to divulge more on this. I would also like to add, that there was previous discussions with Staff and Caracarn about the possible merger with these gunners well before this incident took place. They were asking about if they would have to re-apply to UF in the event that they merge. This was more proof that that was their intention. Even though that was their intention and no disrespect or dishonor was meant, it was decided that they needed to resign from the tournament. So as you can see many breakdowns in the procedure occurred along the way. All parties involved share responsibility in the breakdown. As Directors and Staff we acknowledge our role and again we apologize for our errors in handling this. We are sorry that the community has had to endure this issue in the forums and we are sorry that long standing teams of our community felt the need to leave. We regret that this occurred and wished that these individuals could've at least had a little faith in the process to work this out. We wish the best to those who chose to leave and ask that in the future, please allow staff the time to look at all angles of a situation. To have faith in the staff to come to the best possible solution. If a decision is made that you may not like, we will listen to a rebuttal. 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The Case That Turns Your Smartphone Into a Game Boy Was Shown Working at E3
What was teased as an April Fools' joke last year is now a reality.
What was teased as an April Fools' joke last year is now a reality.
It's fun watching people trip over furniture, or smash into other obstacles, but it's not as fun when you're the one accidentally breaking your own TV. So Nyko has come up with a solution.
The best E3 2016 game trailers, all in one place, categorised by conference. Get comfy - there's a lot to see.
Microsoft's next console sounds like an absolute beast.
The next Xbox One dashboard update will let you have your own music play during a game, through the console. No more iPod juggling to get your Bee Gees fix during a Halo bout.
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>Let's Get Congressional Term Limits And Stop Letting Congress Hoodwink & Bankrupt America
>In my quest for Congressional term limits, I came across a web site that administers IQ tests. They have proven conclusively that members of Congress are the dumbest people on the planet. Even a 13-year-old, who had an IQ of 138, was smarter than all the Democrat and Republican lawmakers.
If some rich guy would fund me, I'd take a year off to travel the country setting up an organization which would get signatures in each state — enough to pass a referendum for Congressional term limits — two six-year terms for Senate and three two-year terms for Representatives.
We could then turn over our Congress rapidly and weed out the dumbest lawmakers, which is what we need to do right now, what with the atrocious amount of needless spending lawmakers have authorized to bail everyone out.
But then I thought, while we're limiting Congressional terms, maybe we also should require honesty and IQ tests for all people who want to run for national office. It's one thing to call them dumb and liars, which they are, but it's another thing to prove it.
You can require that they take lie detector tests for honesty, realizing some dishonest people can beat the test. That's the breaks. But a test of this nature is needed to keep liers out of office. If President Obama had been administered a test of this kind, he would have flunked. Then here's what you do when candidates make promises on the campaign trail: We keep track. If any successful candidate then goes back on his promises he must give up his office immediately, and the Supreme Court is not the arbiter, that job goes to a panel of 6th graders — just to keep politics out of it. It's pretty easy for a child to tell if someone has lied.
The IQ test idea is addressed by two web sites I mentioned above, Forum.flyordie.com. or http://thefastIQtest.info/
Here is a little of of the fast IQ Test's stuff:
This is a Free IQ Test where you can find out how smart you are compared to your friends and family.
There is no cost to take this test, it is totally free.
Some Famous people's IQs:
Albert Eeinstein
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Bill Clinton
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Bill Gates
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George W. Bush
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Stephen Hawking
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If you feel strongly about term limits, candidate lying and over promising, and the stupidity of lawmakers (the need for IQ tests), then let us know your side of it by clicking the COMMENT BUTTON below. Thanks, and keep reading. Don White


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I'm doing an in-store, bringing a catalog of cds (including 2 new ones), t's, cigarbox guitars, harmonica and a Solo Blues set from 6:30-7:30pm this coming Monday night in Johnson City, NY (suburb of Binghamton).
If you're in the area, this was a last-min. add to the tour so pass the word on if you think someone might be interested in up-close-and-personal blues wit. da Kaiz 🙂
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NewZealand's largest South Island city, Christchurch sits in the heart of ruggedly beautiful Canterbury. Once known for its traditional English architecture, the garden city underwent a forced metamorphosis after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes which devastated the region. Yet emerging from the rubbles is a vibrant, innovative cultural hub which has a little of the old, a little of the new - and something for everyone to enjoy.
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Samsung Ships 1 Million Galaxy S Phones
Samsung Electronics said it has shipped 1 million of its Galaxy S smartphones to the U.S. since mid-July as more carriers begin stocking them.
The phones are currently available through AT&T's and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile and will be available through Sprint Nextel starting Tuesday. In comparison, Apple has said it sold 8.4 million of its flagship iPhones between April and June.
"Bringing Galaxy S devices to multiple carriers has given Samsung Mobile the opportunity to reach millions of consumers," said Samsung Mobile President Dale Sohn.
Smartphones running the Android operating system, made by Google, have gained popularity recently and have become the main rival to Apple's iPhone and its operating system. Earlier this month, industry researcher iSuppli said more smartphones will be using the Android operating system than the iPhone OS by 2012.


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The major hazard associated with intubation of critically ill patients in the ICU is the occurrence of profound desaturation that can unfortunately lead to cardiac arrest [1]. A recent study by de Jong et al. reported that cardiac arrest complicated the course of 1 intubation out of 40 [2]. Hence, with a low estimate of approximately 100 intubations per year in an average 12-bed ICU, ICU teams may experience at least two cardiac arrests a year. Quite expectedly, outcome of patients that suffer these arrests is poor [2]. Proportions of patients experiencing profound desaturation (defined as SpO2 below 80%) have been reported with a striking consistency in studies dealing with intubation of the critically ill, between 20 and 25% [1, 3]. Other complications such as hypotension also frequently occur and contribute to the occurrence of cardiac arrest. This calls for two comments: first, procedures and devices currently used in the ICU to provide preoxygenation are insufficient to ensure patient safety; second, it is our duty to improve this high-risk procedure and reduce occurrence of these avoidable deaths.
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) has gained popularity in the ICU to manage patients with acute respiratory failure [4], and should be considered as first-line ventilatory support instead of conventional oxygen or non-invasive ventilation (NIV) [5]. Because the nasal prongs can be left in place during the entire procedure, HFNC has been used to provide pre- and per-laryngoscopy oxygenation [1]. Studies evaluating the benefits of HFNC in this indication have provided mixed results, some studies finding a clear benefit of HFNC, others not [1, 3]. Several points need to be considered when analyzing the literature, including patients' initial severity of hypoxemia, the comparator [i.e., standard bagvalve mask oxygenation (BVM) or NIV], the level of oxygen flow during the procedure with HFNC and the procedure itself (for example, application of jaw thrust or not). Some of these may explain these discrepancies.
NIV was the first strategy used to improve pre-oxygenation of critically ill patients in comparison with BVM. Although the first study clearly showed an advantage of NIV over standard facemask oxygenation in terms of the reduction of desaturation episodes [6], the second study performed by the same team failed to demonstrate any benefits of NIV as a pre-oxygenation method to reduce organ dysfunction compared with usual pre-oxygenation in hypoxemic, critically ill patients requiring tracheal intubation [7]. Until very recently, NIV had not been compared to HFNC in this indication. In a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT), Frat et al. [8] showed that, in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, pre-oxygenation with non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy did not change the risk of severe hypoxemia. This risk seemed to be decreased with non-invasive ventilation for patients with moderate-to-severe hypoxemia. The results from an ancillary study of the MACMAN trial suggest similar findings [9]. NIV has the advantage of promoting alveolar recruitment thus further increasing oxygen reserves. This may be of particular benefit in patients with reduced lung volume and FRC [10, 11].
Since the introduction of HFNC, one before-and-after study and three randomized controlled trials compared this device to standard BVM in the context of ICU patients requiring emergent intubation with discrepant results [1]. These studies, along with others performed in the emergency department or the prehospital setting were included in a recent meta-analysis that concluded that "apneic oxygenation [was] associated with a decreased incidence of oxygen desaturation in emergency intubations" [12].
In this issue of Intensive Care Medicine, Guitton et al. provide yet further evidence on the benefits of the use of HFNC over BVM in a multicenter RCT that included 192 non-severely hypoxemic patients [13]. In the intent-to-treat analysis, the median (IQR) lowest SpO2 was 100% (97; 100) for HFNC and 99% (95; 100) for the BVM group (P = 0.30). Mild desaturation below 95% was significantly more frequent with BVM (23%) than with HFNC (12%). There were significantly fewer adverse events in the HFNC group (6%) than in the BVM group (19%), including fewer severe adverse events. The authors concluded that, although pre-oxygenation with HFNC in the ICU did not improve the lowest SpO2 during intubation in the non-severely hypoxemic patients in comparison with BVM, it did lead to a reduction in intubation-related adverse events [13].
An important aspect to consider is the timing of intubation [1]. Evidence suggests that unduly delaying intubation in patients with acute respiratory failure worsens patient outcome. Quite intuitively, one may infer that the later the intubation in hypoxemic patients, the greater the risk of desaturation during the procedure. However, anticipating which patients will fail and require intubation is difficult, and deciding when to intubate not always easy. Recently, an index has been developed to predict the outcome of patients treated with HFNC. The ROX index (easily calculated by the ratio of SpO2 over FiO2, divided by respiratory rate) has its best accuracy when performed at 12 h after HFNC initiation [14, 15].
HFNC oxygen has shown a clear benefit in the first-line treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure over other strategies in one large RCT [5]. Hence, those that believe that HFNC should not be used for the pre-oxygenation would reach the ludicrous decision of having to remove HFNC from a patient who requires intubation and replacing it with a BVM to ensure pre-oxygenation. The results from meta-analyses tell us that this would not be appropriate [3, 12].
It is our opinion, supported by the data presented here, that, at both the patient level and the societal one, the burden of the consequence of cardiac arrest and cerebral anoxia unquestionably outweighs the putative uncertainties regarding the efficacy of HFNC in preventing profound desaturation during intubation of the critically ill.
An ongoing large observational study endorsed by international scientific societies (INTUBE Study, NCT03616054) will provide evidence on the worldwide incidence of intubation-related adverse events and useful insights into current practice of airway management in critically ill patients, including apneic oxygenation.
Let us not forget that ensuring our patients' safety is our utmost priority.
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Jean-Damien Ricard declares having received coverage for travel expenses to attend scientific meetings by Fisher&Paykel. Cesare Gregoretti declares having received fees from lectures or consultancies from ResMed, AirLiqide, Philips and Vivisol. He also received coverage for travel expenses to attend scientific meetings by Fisher and Paykel.
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It made sense for Showtime to air the first two hours of the "Twin Peaks" revival together last week, because the episodes flow so cleanly that it's hard to tell where one ends and the next begins. Putting Part 3 and Part 4 back-to-back, though, wasn't really fair to either. Part 3 offers a dose of David Lynch madness so concentrated and so puzzling that it might've been best just to let it bounce around in viewers' heads for a week. Part 4 has its own charms, but after an hour of mesmerizing Lynchian nightmares, it's not so easy to shift gears to deadpan comedy and celebrity guests.
So let's pretend these two parts aired separately, and unpack them one at a time:
Season 3, Episode 3
This episode is wondrously confounding, even on a literal "How did they do that?" level. Much of the first half consists of mostly dialogue-free scenes of Agent Cooper exploring a strange metal contraption floating in outer space, with the help of one woman whose eyes are sewn shut and one who looks like Ronette Pulaski. The most obvious analogue to these scenes is Lynch's own 1977 film "Eraserhead," which also has images of a Godlike being yanking levers in a cosmic factory — and which also features visual effects so striking and surreal that even now it's hard to tell how he achieved them.
Lynch's latest avant-garde concoction is as inspired and beguiling a blend of model-work, C.G.I., animation, costuming, makeup, set-design and cinematography as he's ever cooked up. It doesn't really do it justice to reduce it to what it "means." Still, there are connections here to "Twin Peaks" as a whole.
The face of Maj. Garland Briggs is projected across the stars at one point, whispering the words "blue rose," which is the F.B.I.'s code word for special supernatural cases in "Fire Walk With Me." Also, Cooper's trip through the universe recalls a conversation between Donna Hayward and Laura Palmer in that movie, in which Laura says that anyone falling in space will accelerate and incinerate, because there are no angels around to help.
Whenever "Twin Peaks" gets this metaphysical, it may be best to read it as Frost and Lynch generating darkly poetic visual metaphors to describe a universe abandoned by the benevolent gods. In the show's version of reality, a blandly pleasant, morally weak humanity has allowed the likes of Bob torun amok, while a few ancient mythological beings — like The Giant, and The Arm — try to steer our noblest remaining champions to protect order and innocence. But because these creatures' methods and motivations are hard to parse, the results are often sloppy, and insufficient to stanch the evil in the world.
That interpretation may explain the rest of this hour, which takes place on Earth, and is divided among three characters, all played by Kyle MacLachlan. As Agent Cooper drifts through other dimensions, his Bob-infested doppelgänger, Mr. C, vomits up the creamed-corn-like substance identified in "Fire Walk with Me" as "garmonbozia" — or "pain and sorrow." The sickness causes him to crash his car in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he's found by cops who are sickened by the smell of his spew.
Elsewhere, another Cooper-double named Dougie Jones is basking in the post-coital glow of an extramarital affair when he pukes so hard that his soul leaves his body and lands in the Red Room. There, the One-Armed Man says he was "manufactured" for a purpose that's been fulfilled. Dougie's head pops, and his hand shrinks so much that a green ring (the same one Teresa Banks and Laura Palmer wore in "Fire Walk with Me") falls off his hand.
While this is happening, Cooper grinds through the mill of the Space Cube and is converted into a black smoke that eventually takes the place of Dougie Jones. This new Dale Cooper is practically a blank slate, only able to follow simple commands and to echo whatever anyone tells him. Dougie's sex-partner drops him off at the Silver Mustang Casino, where he follows a fiery orb around the slots floor, playing machines that pay off in jackpots.
There are some "normal" moments in Part 3, including a long comic scene back in Twin Peaks where Hawk ponders whether it matters that Lucy ate one of the chocolate bunnies from the Laura Palmer evidence box 25 years ago. The episode ends on a cliffhanger of sorts too, as the F.B.I. agents Gordon Cole (David Lynch) and Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) hear about Mr. C's crash in South Dakota and wonder if Cooper's returned.
Mostly though, this hour is pure, magnificent abstraction, right down to the unexplained few minutes of Dr. Jacoby's spray-painting a rack of shovels. The rest of the series could be nothing but Kyle MacLachlan shouting "Hell-ooo-ooo!" at slot machines and this episode alone will have justified the entire "Twin Peaks" revival.
Season 3, Episode 4
In terms of advancing the plot, most of the relevant action in Episode 4 is confined to the last 10 minutes, in which Gordon and Albert meet Mr. C in a Black Hills jail. The interrogation itself is haunting, shot in low light, with MacLachlan speaking in what sounds like a digitally slowed and lowered voice. The scene immediately after is effectively moody too, as Gordon whispers his suspicions that Cooper's not what he seems.
It's been surprising so far how emotionally affecting this new "Twin Peaks" is. The actors' aged faces and bodies — combined with the sense of time and opportunities lost — injects melancholy into even the goofiest moments. And Part 4 is certainly well-stocked with silliness. The episode mostly consists of a series of comic sketches, given a Frost/Lynch twist. Some are hilarious and some less so. Judging from the early reactions online, few fans agree which is which.
Here's how I'd rank them, labeled by their celebrity guest star:
1. Michael Cera as Wally Brando
I'm sympathetic to anyone who found Cera's Marlon Brando imitation — complete with "The Wild One" biker garb — to be overlong, syrup-paced, and pointless. But I laughed at every overwritten faux-beatnik line of dialogue, and at the utter sincerity of Wally's rumination on dharma and Lewis and Clark (the first "caw-cays-ee-uns" to see the American northwest). The sense of absurdity is helped by how Wally's framed, with his parents Lucy and Andy beaming proudly by his side. It also helps that Lynch keeps cutting to the increasingly impatient reactions of the man this ersatz Brando is "paying his respects" to.
2. Robert Forster as Sheriff Frank Truman
It's inapt to call Forster a "celebrity guest star" since he plays the sheriff of Twin Peaks and the brother of Harry Truman (who won't be returning because Michael Ontkean has retired from acting). Forster's Frank carries on Harry's tradition of calmly indulging "the mumbo-jumbo" that comes with fighting crime in this freaky town. He keeps his cool through Lucy's confusion over how cellphones work (in this episode's most painfully unfunny bit), while also managing what looks to be a team of legitimately up-to-date criminologists, in a room far away from Lucy and Andy's shenanigans.
3. Naomi Watts as Janey-E Jones
Lynch's "Mullholland Drive" star appears in two significant stretches of this episode as the wife of Dougie Jones. In the first she smacks the still-addlepated Cooper around for missing the birthday of "Sonny Jim," then forgives him when she sees he's won so much money at the casino. In the second, she serves him some coffee, in an "I Am Dougie's Coffee" mug. (The java-loving Cooper almost awakens when he's handed the cup, but then drinks the hot, bitter brew too fast and spits it out.) Watts makes all this absurdity work, by playing Janey-E earnestly as a long-suffering spouse, even as MacLachlan is stammering and dribbling.
4. David Duchovny as Denise Bryson
The former Dennis Bryson is still a strong character, with her keen analytical skills and confident sexuality. (Also Duchovny still looks gorgeous in a dress.) Still, when Gordon shows up in Bryson's office to talk about Cooper, the scene feels a little like Lynch congratulating himself for having a sympathetic transgender character in his show decades before it was fashionable. Also, there's not a lot to Duchovny's part here — although it's a treat to hear the zest with which the actor says "Federal Bureau of Investigation."
5. Ethan Suplee as Bill Shaker; Richard Chamberlain as Bill Kennedy (tie)
These scenes land so low because they'e so short. Suplee has a funny few minutes as a hot dog enthusiast friend of Dougie Jones; but the character's whole purpose is to help "Mr. Jackpots" find his house. And Chamberlain's only in the episode for less than a minute. I wouldn't mention his scene at all, except that it includes a humorously oblique bit of Frost/Lynch dialogue in which Cole asks Kennedy, "Martha ever fix that thing with Paul?," and when Bill replies that Paul's at the North Pole, Gordon says, "Well there ya go!"
The other major character in Part 4 is Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook), who's apparently put his juvenile delinquent days behind him, and is following in his father's footsteps by dedicating his life to public service, as Sheriff Truman's deputy. On the whole, this episode is the most straightforward of the new "Twin Peaks" in the first batch, balancing quirky deadpan comedy and over-the-top soapy melodrama, just like the old show. When Bobby gets moved to tears by the sight of Laura's picture among Hawk's files, it's a throwback to how the show used to be — and, again, more moving than expected, given how much more grizzled everyone is now.
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• During the production of this new season, Showtime indicated that Frost and Lynch had written one long script and were filming it as one long episode. We'll see going forward if the individual hours will be as clearly divided as Part 3 and Part 4. Whether they are or not, I hope each chapter continues to end with a performance at the Bang Bang Bar. This week we get some lovely music from the Cactus Blossoms and Au Revoir Simone. (More shows should end with a song. It's just like the old Fat Albert cartoons!)
• The fourth episode ends with Gordon and Albert suggesting they need to consult with someone before they take the fake Agent Cooper's word at face value. My money's on Audrey Horne.
• All four hours so far have made a big deal of various digits — including the third part's strange scene of one of Dougie's neighbors washing down pills with booze and shouting, "119!" If I thought of "Twin Peaks" primarily as a puzzle like "Lost" or "Westworld," I might put more time into deciphering the numbers' meaning. But I'm not even sure those shows benefit from that kind of analysis. For now, I'm content just to enjoy the enigma.


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