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About hemorrhoids
Origin of the word comes from greek "haimorrhoe", meaning bleeding (haima = blood, rheo = flow).
Current surveys show that more that 50% of world population suffers from hemorrhoids.
What are hemorrhoids?
Vascular structures disease involving inflammation and the enlargement of the veins in the rectum. They are a kind of "varicose veins" that occur also on legs. Hemorrhoids often occur in anal-rectal area and it is a final 2-3 cm of large intestine.
Hemorrhoids are a natural part of human body. Hemorrhoids are vascular structures (tissues) which help with stool control and act as a sort of cushion composed of arteriovenous channels and connective tissue. Hemorrhoids develop when blood vessels are bulging. The blood flow hinders, the affected tissue stretches and starts bleeding. In next phase it can even emanate from the protruded area.
Causes of hemorrhoids and factors increasing the risk of hemorrhoid formation
Causes of hemorrhoid formation can differ and are rather unknown. They form more often due to the genetic disposition, irregular bowel habits (diarrhea, constipation), sedentary job, pregnancy, frequent and long sitting (toilet, drivers, cyclist), high blood pressure, insufficient rectal hygiene, unhealthy lifestyle, including obesity, smoking, bad eating habits, alcohol and coffee abuse, spicy food and recently also stress.
Types of hemorrhoidal disease
Hemorrhoids are classified into several levels according to the degree of advancement:
- 1st degree hemorrhoids: occasional bleeding, unpleasant feeling of pressure or pain in anal canal area.
- 2nd degree hemorrhoids: prolapse upon bearing down. Prolapse spontaneously reduces.
- 3rd degree hemorrhoids: prolapse upon bearing down but requires manual reduction.
- 4th degree hemorrhoids: prolapsed cannot be manually reduced
Symptoms of hemorrhoids
Most typical hemorrhoid symptoms include itching, burning, pain in anal region, bright red, rectal bleeding during or following a bowel movement, feeling of incomplete evacuation, increased rectal mucus production, and in the last phase rectal prolapse. In a latter stadium these symptoms may occur simultaneously.
So far, the most commonly known and applied method is pharmacological. Nevertheless it is not always recommended, as it often causes allergies, interacts with other medications and causes side effects. Different food supplements, ointments, suppositories and baths are applied to support the healing, however these methods have temporary therapeutic effect.
Advanced stage of 3rd and 4th degree of hemorrhoids demand surgical procedure.
History of surgical treatment of hemorrhoids is dated from late 19th century (Whitehead's hemorrhoidectomy). Surgical methods underwent many modifications, e.g. Milligan-Morgan method coming from 40ties of the last century.
All above mentioned methods are associated with postoperative complications including significant pain or protracted period of convalescence, often extending 4 weeks' time. Sometimes also uncontrolled stool evacuation and gas release occurred.
Contemporary medicine offers plenty considerable methods, e.g. Barron ligature, Radiofrequency coagulation, Laser therapy, or Hemorrhoidal arterial ligation HAL.
Current science also offers one of the most considerable method: cryotherapy (application of frost) has been found effective. It can be performed in intimate environment at home by the patients themselves. Device of small finger size is applied for approx. 10 minutes into rectum. It is simple to use and very effective. The applicator is called Anurex and was developed in United States.
Diagnosis and visiting doctor
Many people hesitate visiting the doctor or come already in advanced stadium of disease. The sooner you visit the doctor the better. Unfortunately blood in the stool can signalize even more serious diseases. Therefore rectal bleeding should not be underestimated and without further examination be claimed hemorrhoids. Every rectal bleeding must be examined by a doctor.


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Classes for the beginning and intermediate student focus on technique and rhythms from the Middle East, including Egypt and the Mediterranean area, the Levant, Iran/Persia, and the Arabian Peninsula. The primary instrument we use is the doumbek or goblet drum. We also work on transferring doumbek knowledge to various Middle Eastern frame drums such as Read More ...
I am a West African and Middle Eastern drummer based in Marietta, GA. I play djembe and dunun, plus a little krin, in the style of Guinea/Mali/Ivory Coast. I also play Middle Eastern doumbek, tar, daf, and dayereh.
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As of July, 2019, I am no longer teaching at, performing at, or in any way whatsoever associated with Global Academy of Performing Arts, formerly known as Global Dance Studio and Theater. I found the proposed change in my role as part of the Atlanta SEEDs program quite unacceptable, and determined it was time to Read More …

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Friday, September 09, 2016
Where do you begin a memoir?
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- Unknown said...
Actually, it is "Magillicuddy" which comes from "Magillicuddy's Reeks which is a range of mountains in Ireland (Kerry). The Reeks is where some "outlaws" would hide and the people would not give them up to the English who ruled Ireland at the time. People there were referred to disparagingly because they refused to cooperate with the authorities. They couldn't be trusted, had a strange way of dressing, and were considered rather dumb because they pretended not to understand when the authorities tired to talk to them. Consequently, "it's a true magillicuddy came down as a reference to downright confusing or questionable things or people.
- Marcy said...
I love these beginning thoughts on starting your memoir. This past April as a part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge I wrote about random childhood memories for each letter of the alphabet. I had a great time doing that, and think that I will use the same method for exploring my teenage years this coming year . . . possibly moving along to young adulthood, etc in subsequent years. Thanks for sharing your memories!
- judyalter said...
Neat idea, Marcy. I saw a suggestion somewhere to list people and events that have had a major influence on you. I think it was in "The Tao of Memoir" series on Telling Her Stories. I intend to try it.


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Why the Pessimism?
61:9 It is He Who sent His Messenger forth with the guidance and the religion of truth, to make it triumph over every religion ...
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' ...
Bukhari 52.196
Islamism is commonly expressed as the desire to enforce a version of Shari'ah as law… An Islamist attempts to impose his version of Islam on society, and a jihadist is an Islamist who attempts to do so by force…
Political Islamists seek to impose their views through the ballot box, biding their time until they can infiltrate the institutions of society from within.
Maajid Nawaz, author of Radical, My Journey out of Islamist Extremism
Both extremists and moderates, if they are sincere believers, must seek to make Islam triumphant everywhere, at every opportunity.
Many authors have pointed out that it is problematic to speak of Muslim "fundamentalism" because it suggests that there are large doctrinaire differences between fundamentalist Muslims and the mainstream.
The truth, however, is that most Muslims appear to be "fundamentalist" in the Western sense of the world—in that even "moderate" approaches to Islam generally consider the Koran to be the literal and inerrant word of the one true God …
The only future devout Muslims can envisage—as Muslims—is one where all infidels have been converted to Islam, subjugated, or killed. The tenets of Islam simply do not admit of anything but a temporary sharing of power with the "enemies of God" …
Sam Harris author of the New York Times bestseller, End of Faith, W. W. Norton, 2004.
The moderates believe that Islamic supremacy can be achieved through peaceful means. These peaceful means, for the likes of the deceased Gaddafi, include drowning the West in babies. For Tariq Ramadan, it is invading the public space with Islamic symbols such as the hijab and demanding special treatment for the superior believers from ostensibly secular governments, or else.
There efforts to Islamicize the West through peaceful means and intimidation are already causing a backlash. It can only get worse, and will drive the moderates into the arms of the extremists.
We are facing an increasingly bloody and violent future, a future made even bloodier by Islamic rituals and scriptures which condition believers from childhood onward, not only to accept that killing unbelievers is a good thing but teaches them to kill them with just a knife and to enjoy and celebrate their murder.
Militants rejoiced as Canadians were beheaded ...
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"They were watching it and they were happy," she said of the militants,
Philippines — The Associated Press, June 24
Can we hope to break this cycle of unending wars and massacres that are endemic to Islam? The End of Faith may be our only salvation. Not about to happen. Expect the worst!
It does not seem much of an exaggeration to say that the fate of civilization lies largely in the hands of "moderate" Muslims.
Unless Muslims can reshape their religion into an ideology which is basically benign—or outgrow altogether—it is difficult to see how Islam and the West can avoid falling into a continual state of war, and on innumerable fronts.
Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons cannot be uninvented … weapons of mass destruction will soon be available to anyone who wants them.
Sam Harris
Bernard Payeur, June 25, 2016


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What is sh*t life syndrome?
Some time ago Journalist Sarah O'Conner wrote a piece for the UK's Financial Times Newspaper that explored the multiple overlapping problems that people face living in Blackpool, England.
In this economically depressed part of the country, a combination of economic, historic, social and cultural factors all combine to make life harder and harder for people for whom life was already hard.
She referenced a phrase sometimes used by General Practitioners, the local neighbourhood doctors, called 'Shit life syndrome, ' (SLS).
The medical professional has always valued an abbreviation especially one that can sum up something so overwhelming and pervasive that it has no ready cure.
A century ago, NFN (Normal For Norfolk) initials would be written on some patients medical records in the East Anglia County of England to allude to illnesses or disorders suspected to be the result of incest.
It is hoped that those particular initials are no longer ever needed and certainly would not have stood the test of political correctness. Equally nor has GFS (Good Fen Stock) the GP's other favourite abbreviation that meant the same diagnosis.
SLS is not a new term but neither is it in the list of conditions taught in medical school. It is a contemporary phrase of the 21st Century used in a first world affluent country to make a diagnosis even in these times of 'woke' awareness.
GP's use the initials to refer to issues that are not wholly medical, but which fill up their surgeries nonetheless. They are used, to sum up a situation where an individual has so many challenges that even finding a foothold to begin to make positive changes is impossible with so many other, remaining factors pulling them down and keeping them stuck.
UK's National Health Service (NHS) Doctor Phil Cumberlidge has worked in Liverpool's Vauxhall Primary Health Care practice for ten years.
He believes Sh*t Life Syndrome is a problem society is all too quick to medicate with anti-depressants instead of trying to make the enduring but much more challenging and expensive interventions that are needed.
He said that some days at work are for him like being in an episode of the Jeremy Kyle Show, a UK reality TV show similar to Jerry Springer's original infamous US TV programme.
He said that as a doctor you would expect to need to know a bit of medicine to get by, but that he often he feels powerlessness in knowing how to help his patients.
This could be due to a serious untreatable medical condition, although sometimes it's because the patient has a problem that medicine cannot help.
Over the last ten years, working in general practice, Dr Cumberlidge has noticed a sharp increase in the number of people coming in to see him with what can best be described as 'Sh*t Life Syndrome (SLS).'
So what exactly is SLS?
Cumberlidge said 'It's not in any of my textbooks and I cannot remember where I first heard it used. Perhaps it is best explained by giving examples.'
'Imagine being a single parent after finally getting away from your abusive alcoholic boyfriend. Your baby is unwell and frequently in the hospital. You have no family support. No money. Your flat is surrounded by drug users and alcoholics. Or how about being middle-aged, losing your job, your partner and your house all within six months?'
Living a sh*t life
'Sounds shit?' He asks. 'Try living it. So when she comes to see you distressed, unhappy and not wanting to get out of bed you can hardly blame her.'
'The easy answer would be: she's depressed, give her some medication or counselling but that isn't going to change her environment or lack of support.'
'In truth though, antidepressants are not the answer, but you can feel helpless to do otherwise and end up medicalising someone's shit life. As a GP, you need to sometimes realise your limitations too. You cannot cure everyone with a pill.'
So what can GPs do?
Dr Cumberlidge says, 'Sometimes we can signpost to other services or support in the community but often as doctors we just try to be the person that our patient can talk to without judgement.'
The doctor continued, 'You would be amazed how lonely people can be, even in a big city. Perhaps most people would think to confide in their family but you would be amazed how many people I see who haven't even spoken to their partners or family about their troubles.'
One thing about the Jeremy Kyle style show is that he gets people talking about their problems and sometimes shouting and fighting, too.
Perhaps previous generations would have confided more in their friends, workmates or even someone in their church but that doesn't seem to happen anymore.
Despite all the plethora of choice in ways of communicating with each other and the ever increasing number of social media platforms what is actually happening is that we are we more detached, disconnected and disassociated from each other.
Life can be shit and sometimes being a GP means putting away the pills and being a substitute friend, parent or even priest.
And, what can we do as standard people out in our own communities to connect with people overwhelmed with the challenges in their lives?
We can make connection especially with people from our own family we have lost contact with and if that isn't a positive move for you then reach out to people in your wider community and make contact there instead.
We may not know people who live sh*t lives but we probably do know people who live lives of quiet desperation and we can make contact and reach out.
A recognised foundation of mental well being is identified time and time again as a connection. The importance of feeling connected to others improves health outcomes and extends life expectancy so even as we reach out to others we are working on improving our own mental well being too so its a win, win.
If you are feeling lost and overwhelmed then use the link on this page to book an obligation free discovery call and we can look at how you can improve your mental well being. I look forward to your call.
Sally Baker is Senior Therapist, published Author and Speaker in private practice in London for face to face sessions and the world over via the internet.
With almost twenty years of professional experience, she employs cutting-edge therapeutic approaches to help one person at a time to transform their lives.
She has extensive experience working with people to alleviate their anxiety, depression, anger issues, eating disorders as well as conflicts within relationships and the family.
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text: Canis ISSN: 2398-2942 Theobromine / chocolate poisoning Synonym(s): Methylxanthine Contributor(s): Lisa Moore, Nicola Bates Introduction Pathogenesis Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Outcomes Introduction Toxic signs caused by theobromine (a methylxanthine). Signs: gastrointestinal, CNS and cardiovascular signs. Diagnosis: History, clinical signs. Treatment: activated charcoal orally, supportive therapy. Prognosis: good in most cases but guarded in dogs with seizures or arrhythmias. Print off the owner factsheet on Chocolate toxicosis Chocolate toxicosis to give to your client. Pathogenesis Etiology Theobromine is a methylxanthine occurring as the major alkaloid in chocolate and cocoa powder. Chocolate is made from the fermented, dried then roasted beans of Theobroma cacao. Chocolate also contains a small amount of caffeine (also a methylxanthine). The type of chocolate is defined by the quantity (percentage) of cocoa solids the chocolate contains. Cocoa mulch used in gardening is also a potential source of theobromine. Some laxatives (usually senna-based) contain theobromine. Pathophysiology Toxic effects in dogs occur at theobromine doses of 20 mg/kg, with severe signs at 40-50 mg/kg and seizures at 60 mg/kg. Several online chocolate toxicity calculators are available, eg petcare.com.au/calc/choctoxicity/ . Deaths have occured after ingestion of 80-300 mg of theobromine/kg body weight. The amount of theobromine in products will vary due to natural differences in cocoa beans and the formulation of the products. Milk chocolate contains 1.0-2.1 mg theobromine/g. Dark or plain chocolate contains around 0.4-8.8 mg theobromine/g. White chocolate and cocoa butter contain a negligible quantity of theobromine. Cocoa powder can contain 4.6-38 mg theobromine/g. Cocoa mulch can contain 10-30 mg/g. Rapidly absorbed from small intestine. Excreted in urine. Theobromine inhibits phosphodiesterase, thereby increasing cAMP concentrations and causing catecholamine release. Antagonize adenosine receptors and inhibit phosphodiesterase → stimulate myocardial and skeletal muscle contraction. Timecourse Generally within 2-4 hours, sometimes 6-12 hours Recovery can occur within 24 hours but can be 48-72 hours. Sudden death (cardiovascular collapse) may occur - rare. Epidemiology Cases of chocolate ingestion in dogs are common when chocolate and chocolate products are readily available in the home, eg Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter. Diagnosis This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Treatment This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Prevention This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Outcomes This article is available in full to registered subscribers Sign up now to purchase a 30 day trial, or Login Further ReadingPublicationsRefereed papers Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource. Bates N, Rawson-Harris P, Edwards N (2015) Common questions in veterinary toxicology. JSAP 56 (5), 298-306 PubMed. Agudelo C F, Filipejova Z, Schanilec P (2013) Chocolate ingestion-induced non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema in a puppy: a case report. Vet Med 58 (2), 109-112 VetMedResource. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2008) Theobromine as undesirable substances in animal feed - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain. European Food Safety Authority Journal 6 (9), 725 EFSA. Gwaltney-Brant S (2001) Chocolate intoxication. Vet Med 96 (2), 108-111 VetMedResource. Stidworthy M F, Bleakley J S, Cheeseman M T, Kelly D F (1997) Chocolate poisoning in dogs. Vet Rec 141 (1), 28 PubMed. Drolet R, Arendt T D, Stowe C M (1984) Cacao bean shell poisoning in a dog. JAVMA 185 (8), 902-908 PubMed. Glauberg A & Blumenthal H P (1983) Chocolate poisoning in the dog. JAAHA 19 (2), 246-8 VetMedResource. Gans J H, Korson R, Cater M R, Ackerly C C (1980) Effects of short-term and long-term theobromine administration to male dogs. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 53 (3), 481-96 PubMed. Other sources of information Dolder L K (2013) Methylxanthines: caffeine, theobromine and theophylline. In: Small animal Toxicology, 3rd edition. Peterson M E, Talcott P A (eds). St Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. Organisation(s) ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center: www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control, telephone number (888) 426-4435 Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS): www.vpisglobal.com. + 44 (0) 2073 055 055


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James Legge: missionary and scholar
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Chinese Christians: Elites, Middlemen, and the Church in Hong Kong By Carl T. Smith
"The London Missionary house on the north side of Aberdeen Street. Below it is the Union Church
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This is a picture of the First Union Church on Hollywood Rood, with the mission house on Aberdeen Street behind it. A lower quality version has been uploaded to Gwulo here with a descriptive caption
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Welcome to one of the richest Eco-systems in Africa. Bwindi has more than 125 different species of mammals, 250 species of butterflies, 300 species of birds, 27 species of frogs, and other lizards plus many more other endangered species.This is one of the most diverse forests in East Africa, with at least 1,500 flowering plant species including 200 species of trees and 105 species of ferns.
River Nile
While you are in Uganda the Pearl of Africa, never miss to tour the longest River in Africa, R. Nile. River Nile has its source in Jinja, Uganda and its waters shared among 11 countries. Egypt and Sudan in Africa majorly depend on the Nile. You really don't want to miss remarkable features at the source of this amazing flow.
Mount Rwenzori
Mountain Rwenzori, previously Ruwenzori Ranges or Mountains of the Moon borders Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The mountain peak (Approx. 5000m) is constantly snow capped. During its Uplift formation, approx. 3 Million years ago; it resulted into formation of three African Great Lakes: Lake George, L. Albert and L. Edward.


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Lee Gerney on Building the Perfect Home Gym
One of the best parts of working for EliteFTS (besides the diet advice from Dave) is helping people create their own home gyms.Lee Gerney on Building the Perfect Home Gym
The Contrast Platform
Ripcord Deadlift
The Rip Cord Deadlift produces a similar training effect for the deadlift as weight releasers do for the squat and bench press. This method takes advantage of the stretch reflex. We know that concentric forces are greater when preceded by an eccentric contraction. Since this method increases eccentric muscular tension, it creates even greater concentric force. Long term benefits are increased explosive power which will result in big deadlifts.
Quick Release Deadlift
There is an inverse relationship between force and velocity. As velocity increases, force decreases. As force increases, velocity decreases. This can be seen when lifting a maximal deadlift. If the lifter performs a maximal lift with 800lbs, he is exerting 800lbs or more force, but the bar moves slowly. If the same lifter performs a repetition with 400lbs, the bar moves with high velocity, but the lifter cannot exert 800lbs because the lift is completed too quickly. Our bodies take time to manifest force. This can be demonstrated right now as you read using Zatsiorsky's "finger-flick" example from, Science and Practice of Strength Training. Flick your left palm with your right middle finger without using the thumb as a trigger release. Now, undergo the same process, but push hard into your thumb for a short period of time and then release. You will immediately notice the increased power. This is because the time available for force production is no longer limited. This method will allow you to train with submaximal loads and simultaneously produce more power than otherwise possible.
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Aside from the increased power output, you will also be gaining the benefit of isometrics. Isometrics have been an iron game favorite to strengthen sticking points for many years. Sticking points occur at the lifters weakest joint angle and are the limiting factor is maximal lifts. When using the Quick Release method from the ground, the lifter will experience a sustained maximal effort in this very disadvantageous position. The large amounts of force produced coupled with the amount of time spent in this position will raise the lifters maximal strength from the floor resulting in strong starts. The Contrast Platform can also be used to stop a lifter mid-rep in their weakest position to utilize isometrics.
ISO-Set-GO Deadlifts
This method activates the strongest motor units with a short isometric pull. You then reset and pull against the now much lighter barbell. Imagine that you are lifting boxes onto a truck and they all weigh 200lbs. Unexpectedly, you pick up a box that only weighs 100lbs. It will feel weightless! This method produces the same effect and results in fast, powerful starts.


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INTEGRATE: Head position template to stimulate vestibular system + knee mobility
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The semicircular canals respond to head rotation but have a limited dynamic range; the otolith organs respond equivalently to both gravity ('tilt') and linear acceleration ('translation')....nervous system combines visual, vestibular, and other cues to yield estimates of tilt, translation, and rotation...combined information from the semicircular canals and otolith organs typically yields more accurate estimates of motion and orientation than would be attained via either sensory modality alone.
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Spatial Disorientation: Any impairment of spatial orientation (i.e., our sense of linear motion, angular motion, or tilt)
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Vertigo: A sensation of rotation or spinning
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Vestibular organs: The set of five organs—three semicircular canals and two otolith organs
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OK, first off, how fun was last week's interview with Joss Whedon? You guys went to town on that one. Honestly, I haven't taken that many hits since high school, if y'all know what I mean.
Which brings me to this week's bidness. Being November, the month of Thanksgiving, I've decided to devote each of the next four columns to shows I am grateful to have on DVD. And since high school is on my mind these days- just had my 20th class reunion last weekend (and let me tell ya, we still look good!)- the first batch are all shows from back when the Bonner boys were wearing our Capezio jazz shoes, thin leather ties and trying to understand why all the Prendie girls thought their massive Aquanetted walls of hair and liquid eyeliner looked good. So for Jerry Leyden, Chuck Wurzbach, Art Hoath and the rest of the crew, I offer you the best of the Class of 1987!
The Cosby Show By its third season, Denise was just about to show off her Angel Heart (and more), Rudy was miles away from the intersection of cute and annoying, and none of us had yet realized that Bill Cosby's sweaters were the ugliest things this side of my sister-in-law's embroidered ski-slope sweatshirt. In other words, it was still brilliant. And happily, if I recall correctly, it remained that way until Cliff and Claire waltzed off the set in the series finale, like 100 years later. As for the Season 3 set, all I have to say to you is this: Gilbert Gottfried crushing Cliff's chances of haggling with a car dealer in "Say Hello to a Good Buy." Daawwwkkktaaahh Huxtabuulllll! That's good stuff, right there.
Cheers Another one of the Thursday night dynamos, the fifth season collection comes packed with two things every other show should be jealous of: the funniest Thanksgiving food fight ever and an abundance of Bebe Neuwirth's Lilith Sternin. Like M*A*S*H was for our dads, this may be the sitcom we late-30somethings watch over and over again without getting bored.
Family Ties What would we do, baby, without Michael J. Fox's chronically capitalist Alex P. Keaton? My senior year was all about the as-yet-unreleased Season 5, but Season 2 just hit the shelves last month and I think I watched the entire thing in about a day and a half. Seriously, I lost a weekend. And you know what? No shame! Because buried in this one is "A Keaton Christmas Carol" and Tina Yothers will never be better than when she was a dirt-selling street urchin scrooged over by her own brother. Plus, there's the Alex-on-diet-pills episode and he so worked that crazy years before Kelly Taylor over-Dexatrimmed. Sha la la laaaaah.
The Golden Girls It's Sex and the City with support hose. Try and say something bad about this one. I'll cut you.
Dallas Confession time: I never watched much of this show when it was on. In the Holbrook house, it was Dynasty or nothing. So imagine the glee I get from catching up with J.R. and company one set at a timeat my leisure! And while they have yet to get around to releasing the Bobby-in-the-shower shizz that was all the talk when I was prepping for Senior Week 1987 down in Wildwood, Season 7 dropped this summer and if ya loved the oily Ewings, you know that this is the year good old Bobby supposedly "died" and went to cliffhanger heaven.
Full House Laugh now, but this embarrassing gem, which didn't actually show up until the fall of '87, ran for 8 seasons, gave us more Dave Coulier than we deserved and unleashed the Olsen twins on the world. And don't even get me started on the Stamos mullet. House rocked, plain and simple, mostly because it was plain and simple. Sadly, we'll never see a silly family comedy like this again, unless it's being spoofed, so my suggestion is to go hit the CoinStar and grab the Complete Series Collection that was released yesterday.
Miami Vice Every Friday night, that damn Jan Hammer theme song was playing as I headed out to either a party at Maria Plower's house or a trip to Mike Golden's parents' Mexican restaurant (R.I.P., Taco House!) But for all the dated pastels and pushed-up sleeves, the MTV-ized magic remains whenever I dip into one of the individual season sets for a shot of Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. Next week, a Complete Series release is set to make a splash and it's OK to want it. This was our cop showand I have pictures of dudes in Vice-inspired prom tuxes to prove it.
Moonlighting My friend Joe McB. has a very um, pubescent fondness for this detective dramedy, but I'll forever adore Moonlighting because the late Helen Holbrook loved it. "Oh, that Bruce Willisthere is just something about him!" What can I say, my mom was weird. It did, however, have the best dialogue I'd ever heard and all of the seasons available on DVD crackle with the chemistry between Maddie and David that made other TV couples look like punks. Even better, I just got to interview Cybill Shepherd for new issue TV GUIDE (page 84, if you're wondering) and she was sooooo much cooler than you can even imagine. Extra points right there, folks!
Next week: More headtrippin' down memory lane for classic DVD delights you can help but give thanks for. Until then, don't hog the remote!
Oh! And check out this One Tree Hill coolness so y'all can get up to speed for the new season...and December's Season 4 release!
OK, first off, how fun was last week's interview with Joss Whedon? You guys went to town on that one. Honestly, I haven't taken that many hits since high school, if y'all know what I mean.
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Emerging Paradigms in International Entrepreneurship
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Chapter 15: How Entrepreneurial are University Alumni? A Scottish and International Comparison
Jonathan Levie, Wendy Brown and Laura Galloway
Jonathan Levie, Wendy Brown and Laura Galloway INTRODUCTION International entrepreneurship is a young field with several sub-fields, including entrepreneurial cross-border activities and 'research comparing domestic entrepreneurial behavior in multiple countries' (McDougall and Oviatt, 2000, p. 903). This chapter aims to contribute to the latter sub-field of comparative entrepreneurship, with a new study comparing new business activity among university alumni with new business activity of national adult populations. Surveys of university students and of young people in the UK have consistently shown that self-employment or starting and running one's own business is a desirable career choice for almost half of those sampled (Harrison and Hart, 1992; Curran and Blackburn, 1989; Worcester, 2000; MORI, 1998). To what extent are such intentions translated into action? This question is important for the economic development of a country, given the alleged link between entrepreneurship and national prosperity (Reynolds et al., 2000). It is also important for universities, since it has been posited, at least in the UK, that 'too few people with innovative ideas and know-how come out of universities … to start growth businesses' (Department of Trade and Industry, 1998, p. 2.6). It is equally important for entrepreneurship educators, as it could help determine the extent to which entrepreneurship should be taught in universities across faculties, not just in business schools. In this chapter, we regard entrepreneurial activity as the creation of a new business, following the convention of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research consortium (Reynolds et al., 2000). In this view, becoming...
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Jacob Lew served as White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama from 2012 to 2013 and was chosen by Obama to serve as Secretary of the Treasury in 2013, a position he held until 2017.
Lew grew up just blocks from QCH's main site in Forest Hills, and remembers the organization's origins. "The housing project that became the original home of the Queens Community House was a major topic of controversy," he said. "While many opposed it, I grew up in a home where responsibly opening the doors to the community was seen as a good thing, and even advocated on behalf of the project at a local forum at Forest Hills High School. A local lawyer named Mario Cuomo earned his reputation as the mediator to resolve the siting issues – producing the low rise scatter site development that now stands. "
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Edgardo Alfonzo played third base for the New York Mets from 1995 to 2002 and inspired fans through his exceptional talent, his dedication to the game, and his success as an immigrant who arrived in this country at a young age. He is the all-time Mets leader in post-season hits, was chosen as an All-Star in 2000, and finished second in Gold Glove balloting on three separate occasions.
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Pumpkin pie says everything we love about the holidays. Sweet smelling, a heavenly taste, brings happiness to the soul and a smile to the face.
When I take that first bite of pumpkin pie around the holidays it makes me want to close my eyes and melt. Kind of like those commercials you see where little bubbles pop up describing how you feel. In this case, the feeling is perfectly delightful, marvelous, grand, sublime, okay you get the picture. Pumpkin pie is the BEST!
This recipe I'm sharing with you comes from a long line of wonderful cooks. A one of a kind you might say. It uses fresh pumpkin from your garden, eggs straight from the chicken and wonderful cream you get from the cow. That is probably why it tastes so good. If you don't live on a farm, no worries, just go to the store and pick up some pumpkin, eggs and cream:). Alright, let's start.
Ingredients for Pumpkin Pie: This is for 1 pie. Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 hours
- 2 cups pumpkin
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup cream ( fresh or heavy whipping cream)
- 2 Tablespoon flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cloves
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Ingredients for Crust: Recipe is for a single crust (9-inch)
- 1 cup all-purpose or unbleached flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbls shortening
- 2 to 3 Tbls cold water
Begin by mixing all of your ingredients in a kitchen aid or whatever method of mixing you prefer. Once you have all the ingredients mixed set your oven to 350 degrees.
- Next start making your crust. Mix flour and salt in a medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using a pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until particles are the size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 Tbls at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves the side of the bowl. Add 1 to 2 tsp more of water if needed.
- Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. (For Two-Crust Pie, divide pastry in half and shape into 2 rounds.) If desired, wrap flattened round in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 30 minutes to firm up the shortening slightly, which helps make the baked pastry flakier and lets the water absorb evenly throughout the dough. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.
- Roll pastry on a lightly floured surface, using a floured rolling pin, into a circle 2 inches larger than the upside-down pie plate, 9 x 1 1/4 inches. Fold pastry in half or in fourths and place in pie plate. Unfold pressing firmly against bottom and sides being careful not to stretch pastry, which will cause it to shrink when baked. Pinch with fingers to make some kind of edging and trim off any extra.
Now stir your pumpkin pie mixture and pour into the pie crust. Place pie in the oven and bake for an hour and a half or until a butter knife when placed in center comes out pretty clean.
Cool on a drying rack and serve or freeze and save for a later date being sure to cover the pie or pies with saran wrap first.
I hope you and your family will ENJOY this one of a kind recipe!! Happy Holidays!
Heather Earles
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A Walk in the Dark announced for Xbox One and Windows 10
Flying Turtle Software has announced action platformer, A walk in the Dark is is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10, as an Xbox Play Anywhere title. The game will be available on May 19, 2017. Take a hop, skip and jump to check out the announcement trailer below.
In this action platformer, you play as Bast, a cat on a mission to rescue his best friend Arielle from an ancient evil creature that interrupted their usual walk through the forest. You'll be running, jumping and sliding with smooth and precise controls designed to make you feel like a cat. But it won't be easy. In the dark, you never know what lies in the shadows. During this journey, you will face strange creatures and dangerous traps through 100 main story levels that will put your skills to the test.


text: "Barrington's Biggest Birthday Party" is the theme of this year's Relay for Life to benefit the cause we all love to hate … cancer. Doug's "A Long Swim Team" will be there and we'll have a tent and the whole shebang. June 10th, 6:00, Barrington High School. I'll be there with my camera … and my sleeping bag. We're looking for team members so please join in. ("A Long Swim" is raising money for ALS but this is very local and this will get the word out. Just watch what we can all do together.) (PS … My kitchen is messy, but my bionic boyfriend is really the bomb…he's lighting the candle for Gordy's 17th birthday.)


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Identify Potential Fire Hazards
Before you lease a building for your business, inspect it for potential fire hazards. Old or inadequate wiring, not enough or overloaded electrical circuits, and out-of-date heating systems could increase fire hazards. Check the outside for fire hazards as well. Your fire prevention plan should clearly list every potential fire risk, including any flammable chemicals or other materials stored in the building.
Fire Prevention Systems
Your plan should also include fire sprinkler service as well as service for any other fire suppression equipment, such as fire extinguishers. Carefully detail how to use and maintain this equipment. Most city fire departments require businesses to keep records handy of when the last time your sprinklers or extinguishers were checked or serviced. Write down the fire department's number for quick reference as well.
Fire Prevention Training
Your emergency plan should also detail what employees should do in case of a fire. In addition to having fire prevention equipment readily available, you and all of your employees should know how to use that equipment. Make sure to have regular training and review sessions on using extinguishers or special extinguishing methods for unique chemicals if that is a potential risk in your business building.
Putting the fire out is not always an option. Your fire plan should include a contingency and evacuation plan that all employees should know and understand. The safety of personnel should be the highest priority. Understand how to safely get out of the building when you have no other recourse. Emergency exits should be clearly designated with lighted signs that use battery backup.


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LONDON — Former head of the United States Agency for International Development, Gayle Smith, said that she has never been more worried about the scale of crisis in the world and called on aid workers to launch an "activist humanitarian movement" to convince politicians the humanitarian sector needs their support more so than ever.
With an estimated 145 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, funding levels on the decline, and increasing instances of attacks against aid workers — including the most recent reports that at least 15 United Nations peacekeepers were killed in eastern Congo — Smith, who is now president and chief executive officer of the ONE Campaign, said the sector needs to come together and fight for its survival.
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"I have never seen a time that worries me more, a scale and scope of crisis that has sharper edges or a greater urgency," Smith said, adding that it is made worse as "countries in the north are turning inward," and "multilateralism is on the wane [and] populism on the rise," she said.
"My appeal would be that we come together, we form the activist movement we need, we stand up for the people we serve and frankly we fight back," she said, adding that "I think we can win, but if we don't, I think we risk losing," she said.
Speaking at the annual Humanitarian Policy Group lecture at the Overseas Development Institute in London last week, Smith, who was head of USAID for just over a year under the Obama administration, said the humanitarian sector was "breathtakingly impressive" in its agility and effectiveness and called on aid bosses to "brag" more about their achievements.
However, she also called on humanitarian actors to take a more active stance when it comes to defending their sector. Otherwise, she warned, constraints and violations against humanitarian norms and activities will continue amidst a "deafening silence" from the international community.
The development veteran, who has also served as senior director for development and democracy at the U.S. National Security Council, offered the following advice about how to build and shape her vision of an activist humanitarian movement.
The international humanitarian community needs to "learn to brag."— Gayle Smith, president and CEO, One Campaign
1. Form a united front and learn to brag
Smith described the current humanitarian community as "fragmented" and called on members to "come together with a single voice" and proclaim that the status quo is "not acceptable." Putting collective pressure on governments "would make a huge difference," she said, although it will be hard, she admitted, since organizations are often competing for the same resources and have different priorities and boards to answer to.
The international humanitarian community also needs to "learn to brag" about its own achievements, Smith said, explaining that "the fact is the humanitarian community is so agile and so creative … but it doesn't brag and I think the humanitarian community needs to get out there and say 'sure we can always improve but here's what we are and here's what we do,'" she said.
2. Louder and smarter advocacy
The next step is to think about how to influence policymakers, something into which Smith has useful insights from her time in government — where she was on the receiving end of the "asks and aspirations" of advocacy groups. According to Smith, the most effective advocacy was "angry but smart and fierce and fair," she said, adding that advocates "do better when [they] question somebody's policy or their vote [rather] than when we question their motive."
She also advised that they "invest in and encourage political courage," something which she said has worked in the U.S. where aid generally benefits from bipartisan support. This is in part because "if you have the political courage to invest in humanitarian spending and development, we give you credit and it really matters a lot to people being elected," she explained.
Effectively influencing policy also requires keeping track of what donors and governments are spending and where, and then making this information public, which is something the humanitarian sector needs to do more of, Smith said.
3. Have better asks of politicians
Concrete asks which go beyond "do the right thing" and asking for more funding will be critical to securing political buy-in for the humanitarian sector, Smith said. When speaking with advocacy groups while at USAID, Smith said, "she learned a lot about what works and what doesn't." Using hard data is one of the most effective strategies, she said.
"We need to challenge [political leaders] as to how, in the eyes of taxpayers and voters, they can justify underinvesting in development and humanitarian aid now when we know … that doing so will require overspending in the future."—
For example, advocates need to make better use of evidence about the costs of war and violence — such as that collected by the Institute for Economics & Peace in the Global Peace Index which shows violence globally cost an estimated $14.3 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 12.6 percent of its gross domestic product — to influence policy makers, she said.
"It doesn't take a mathematician … to figure out that the world's failure to invest sufficiently in preventing wars, or staunching the bleeding when a crisis arises, is expensive," she said. And this can then be turned into an effective "challenge" and ask to political leaders.
"We need to challenge them as to how, in the eyes of taxpayers and voters, they can justify underinvesting in development and humanitarian aid now when we know … that doing so will require overspending in the future," she said.
In her experience, no advocacy groups have ever asked that question, she said, but added that "I think it would get through."
4. Track and publish where humanitarian norms are being eroded
Talking about what she described as the steady "erosion" of human rights laws and norms, Smith said that while aid workers are right to be angry about the "deafening silence in the face of those violations" from the international community, a more effective response would be to measure, aggregate and report on the problem.
"On New Year's Day every year the international humanitarian community should issue its annual report [including] how many clinics were burned this year … how many humanitarian workers were killed … how many humanitarian norms and laws were broken," she said, adding that if the community does this then "people will take notice and start to look for it."
This is what will get through to today's politicians and people "who don't want to hear about far off crises," she said.
5. Understand and listen to the skeptics
"Talk to people where they are and not where you think they should be," Smith said, which in practical terms means acknowledging and understanding that people are "turning away" from aid because they are fearful of "the other" and the future. This is also being fuelled by "political figures who are legitimizing the definition of the other …[and] cultivating hatred," she said.
Addressing these fears requires painstaking time listening and persuading, Smith said, adding that it "takes a long time but actually works."
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By Stephania Flores '20
From celebrating Kentucky Fried chicken for dinner in Japan or hiding brooms from witches in Norway, or doing Christmas posadas in some Latin American countries, these are some of the few traditions that happens around the world during the holidays.
Traditions are customs or beliefs that are passed from generation to generation. During the holiday season, many families come together and enjoy each other's company. Families sit around the table and enjoy having small talk here and there. However, each family has their own tradition based on their culture.
Junior Yoana Hernandez said, "For Christmas, we put baby Jesus under the tree with the plastic animals." In the Hispanic community, the celebration of the Jesus' birth is referred to as "Posadas." Most of these Posadas are celebrated between Dec. 16 to the 24. The significance of Las Posadas is to celebrate the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem to give birth to Jesus.
As seen above, traditions can be based on religion. Junior Andrea Garcia can also relates to Hernandez by celebrating traditions based on religious beliefs. Garcia stated that one tradition she does with her family is "wrapping a porcelain baby and everyone has to carry him while we do prayers." Garcia mentioned that she does this to give thanks to Jesus for everything he has done for her and her family. Garcia revealed that "a major part from putting the Christmas tree and light[s] is to decorate our Virgen de Guadalupe [Virgin Mary] with flowers and candles."
Traditions can also be celebrated based on family. Freshman Melanie Lopez explained that for Christmas, she and her family "put [up] a Christmas tree and lights," but it all depends on which house Lopez and her family celebrates in. Lopez mentioned how some years, she celebrated Christmas in her house. Other times, she celebrated it in her aunt's house. At the same time, Lopez added that "having family together is the most important tradition that I would like to carry on over the years."
Each family has their own significance or purpose for celebrating a particular tradition. Hernandez answered that people do traditions to keep values within families and pass memories down to the next generations. Garcia can also relates to Hernandez because Garcia "believes that many people perform these traditions with their family and for their culture." Garcia continues by saying that "ever since I was a baby, my family has performed these traditions." Lopez commented on the same thing about "spending quality time together" with her family.
Some of the significances or purpose for celebrating can vary depending on your beliefs and culture. At the end of that day, each tradition caries on a special moment to share with loved ones and pass the same traditions to future generations.


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iPod shuffle docks are NOT indestructiblePosted by Julo at 9:31 PM
sooooooo...i have the iPod working, but when we were straightening up our room we discovered the itty bitty metal rod that sticks up from the dock of the iPod, you know, where it sets to charge, BROKE OFF.
I am truly the KISS OF DEATH for all small appliances and electronics. I need to just give it up and join an Amish community.
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Julie, send Apple an email to customer service. It is probably under warrenty if it is under a year old! My dh just took in our dd's ipod and they couldn't fix it so they handed him a new one!
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1. First steps
I arrived in the theoretical physics group at Brussels Free University as a doctoral student in 1976. My young enthusiastic fascination was with quantum mechanics. As a student the course on quantum mechanics had intrigued me very much and now I was eager to learn more about it. I also wanted to find out whether it would be possible to work on a doctorate by doing research on the theory of quantum mechanics itself. I was lucky that my thesis director, professor Jean Reignier, who was also the head of the theoretical physics group, was very open minded and supported the idea. Although he was not himself engaged in research on this topic, he was interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics. He warned me however that it is not obvious for a young student to engage in this type of research, and that a certain risk was involved concerning the possibility to make a doctorate. At the same time I could feel however that he would support me if I made this choice. He did tell me that I would have to look for a scientist working in this field that could be my scientific thesis director, and he allowed me to look all over the world, because there would be money to have me travelling and even staying some period of time abroad. This is the constellation in which I started my research as a young doctoral student.
When I started to read articles on the foundations of quantum mechanics, rather by accident, because I found it in a forgotten pile of papers at the mathematics department during tea break, I stumbled upon an article of Constantin Piron. The title of the article was: "Survey of Generalised Quantum Mechanics". I was highly intrigued by the content of the article. Piron explained how the standard theory of quantum mechanics could be derived from a more general approach, that he called 'generalised quantum mechanics' in an axiomatic way. I found it even more intriguing to learn that this generalised quantum mechanics was defined operationally, starting from very the simple physical objects of 'yes-no-experiments', and that standard quantum mechanics as well as classical mechanics arose both as special cases of the theory. Reading eagerly the article of Piron led me to more of his papers, more specifically the one of 1964, that contains the results of his doctoral thesis, and where he derives (almost - we will come to this later) the structure of the complex Hilbert space of standard quantum mechanics from the set of yes-no-experiments and axioms defined on this set.
I was completely taken by the approach to quantum mechanics that I came to detect and could not help to talk to all the members of the theoretical physics group about it. I bought the books of Jozef Maria Jauch and of George Mackey that also follow in great lines a similar approach and I started to read and study intensively.
2. The basic setting of operational axiomatic quantum mechanics
Standard quantum mechanics, mathematically rigorously defined in the book of John von Neumann, described the states of a quantum entity by means of unit vectors of a complex Hilbert space. Physical quantities or observables of a quantum entity are described as self-adjoint operators on this complex Hilbert space, where the outcomes of the observable are the numbers of the spectrum of the self-adjoint operator. Hence the most simple of all observables, an observable with only two possible outcomes, labelled 'yes' and 'no', is described by a self-adjoint operator with only two elements in its spectrum, and this is an orthogonal projection operator. The operational axiomatic approaches that I go into concentrated on the 'yes-no-experiments' as basic objects. Actually, this approach was originated by John von Neumann himself, in 1936, only a few years after he wrote his book, in an article that he wrote together with Garett Borkhoff entitled "The logic of quantum mechanics". The reason why 'yes-no-experiments' can be taken as basic objects for a general approach to quantum mechanics is because a general experiment with more than two outcomes can always be subdivided in different yes-no-experiments, considering each time again a subset and its complement of the outcome set. This means that if we develop a framework for the general description of yes-no-experiments we can reconstruct all the experiments by considering them as compostions of their underlying yes-no-experiments. Much in the same way as a self-adjoint operator is completely defined by means of its spectral resolution, which is the set of orthogonal projections corresponding to the yes-no-experiments that are sub experiments of the observable described by this self-adjoint operator.
So the focus of these general operational axiomatic approaches to quantum mechanics is on the set of orthogonal projection operators of the complex Hilbert space that corresponds to the quantum entity under consideration. There is a one to one correspondence between an orthogonal projection operator and the closed subspace of the Hilbert space that is the range of this projection operator, in the sense that if we know the projection operator we also know this subspace, and if we consider a closed subspace of the Hilbert space, this also defines the orthogonal projection operator on this subspace. That is the reason that more often it are the closed subspaces of the Hilbert space that are taken to represent the yes-no-experiments, and that is also what we will do here. Let us denote the complex Hilbert space corresponding to a quantum entity S by means of H. Traditonally the set of closed subspaces of the complex Hilbert space H is then denoted by L(H).
As we mentioned already, yes-no-experiments are the basic operational tools of the approach, and for a quantum entity described in a complex Hilbert space H they are represented by the set of closed subspaces L(H) of the Hilbert space. Each yes-no-experiment tests a certain property of the quantum entity under consideration. That is the reason that often also the properties of the quantum entity under consideration are taken to be the basic objects. Of course, a yes-no-experment is not the same object as a property, and we will come back later to the more subtle aspects of the approach. For the purpose of introducing the approach, it is all right that we do not distuinguish yet all this, and consider a closed subspace of the Hilbert space to represent as well a yes-no-experiment as the property tested by this yes-no-experiment. The aim of a axiomatic approach to standard quantum mechanics is to put forward axioms on a basic structure that will lead to standard quantum mechanics once these axioms are fulfilled. To have an idea of what type of axioms have been investigated, let us put forward some of thye basic properties of the set L(H) of closed subsets of a complex Hilbert space H.
3. The lattice of closed subspaces of a complex Hilbert space
a) L(H), is a partially ordered set.
There exists the structure of a partial order relation on L(H). Let us explain what we mean by this. Consider two closed subspaces A and B, then it is possible that A is contained in B. We denote this by A B. Clearly we have, for A L(H), that A A. This shows that the relation is 'reflexive' (every element relates to itself). Furthermore, for A, B L(H), we have that A B and B A implies A = B. This shows that the relation is symmetric (if a first element relates to a second one, then this second element also relates to the first one). Finally, for A, B, C L(H), we have that A B and B C, implies A C. This shows that the relation is transitive (if a first element relates to a second and this second to a third, then the first element also relates to the third). A relation that is reflexive, symmetric and transitive is called a 'partial order relation'. A set with a partial order relation is called a patially ordered set.
b) L(H), , , , is a complete lattice.
If a set is partially ordered, for a mathematician a natural question arises: to investigate whether a collection of elements of this set has an infimum (greatest lower bound) or a supremum (least upper bound) for this partial order. Let us check this first for two elements of L(H). So consider two closed subspaces A, B L(H). The intersection A B would be a natural candidate for the infimum of the collection consisting of the two elements A and B. This makes of course only sense if the intersection of two closed subspaces is again a closed subspace. It can be proven that indeed the intersection of any number of closed subspaces of a complex Hilbert space is again a closed subspace of this complex Hilbert space. We will not prove this, because it takes some Hilbert space mathematics to show this, and we do not want to elaborate in this here. But taken for granted this property of closed subspaces of a complex Hilbert space, it is easy to verify that A B is an infimum. First we have to verify that it is a lower bound, namely that A B A and A B B. This follows immediately from the definition of the set theoretical intersection of sets. Second we have to verify that it is the greatest of all the lower bounds. This means that if we consider another arbitrary lower bound, lets call it D, hence D A and D B, that this implies that D A B. Also this follows from the set theoretical definition of the intersection of sets, but lets prove it explicitly. To prove that D A B it is sufficient to show that every vector of the Hilbert space that is contained in D is also contained in A B. So consider a vector x H such that x D. Since D A and D B we have x A and x B. But then x A B. This proves that A B is an infimum of the collection consisting of A and B. What we have shown now for a collection consisting of two elements is also true for a collection (Ai)i consisting of any number of closed subspaces. The intersection of these closed subspaces iAi is again a closed subspace and it is the infimum. A natural candidate for the supremum of a collection of closed subspaces would, at first sight perhaps, be the union of these closed subspaces. This is however not true. The union of closed subspaces is not even again a subspace in general. The fact that the union of closed subspaces is in general not again a subspace is directly linked to the superpostion principle in quantum mechanics. It can be seen already for the case of a Hilbert space of little dimensions, for example dimension 2. For a two dimensional complex Hilbert space, the only subspaces are the one dimensional subspaces (the rays), the subspace 0, and the whole space. Obviously the set theoretical union of two such one dimensional subspaces, in case they are different, is not a one dimensional subspace, and neither is it 0 nor the whole space. So it is not a subspace, because they are the only ones. Form the fact that for any collection of closed subspaces there exists an infimum, it can however be proven that for any collection of closed subspaces there also exist a supremum. This supremum is just the infimum of the collection of all upper bounds of the considered collection. This means that the supremum of a collection of closed subspaces is the smallest closed subspace that contains all of these. It can be proven, using again some Hilbert space mathematics, that this is the topological closure of the linear closure of all these closed subspaces. A partially ordered set such that for all collections of elements there exists an infimum and a supremum is called a complete lattice. For a collection (Ai)i of closed subspaces we denote the supremum of this collection by iAi.
c) L(H), , , , ', is a complete orthocomplemented lattice.
In Hilbert space exists an orthogonality relation on the vectors. Two vectors are orthogonal if the inproduct between these two vectors is zero. This orthogonality relation on H introduces the structure of an orthocomplementation on L(H). Let us explain what this structure is. Consider a closed subspace A L(H). Let us define A' to be the set of all vectors that are orthogonal to all the vectors contained in A. It can be proven in a Hilbert space that A' is again a closed subspace. Moreover we have (A')' = A. If we consider two closed subspaces A, B L(H), such that A B, it can be shown that this implies that B' A'. No vector is orthogonal to itself, and this implies that A A' = 0. A function ' , that maps each element A L(H) to an element A' L(H), such that (i) (A')' = A, (ii) A B gives B' A', (iii) A A' = 0, is called an orthocomplementation, and a lattice with such a function on it, is called an orthocomplemented lattice. So we have shown that L(H) is an orthocomplemented lattice.
d) L(H), , , , ', is an atomistic lattice.
An atom of a lattice is a smallest element different from 0. In the case of the lattice of closed subspaces of a complex Hilbert space, it are the one dimensional subspaces that are atoms. A complete lattice is called atomistic if every element is the supremum of the atoms that are contained in this element. This is the case for L(H). An arbitrary closed subspace is indeed the supremum of the one dimensional subspaces that are contained in this closed subspace.
e) L(H), , , , ', is weakly modular.
Weak modularity is a somewhat more complex mathematical property. It means that for closed subspaces that are related by the partial order, there is distributivity between infimum and supremum. More specifically, suppose that A, B, C P(H), such that A B, then (A B) B' = A. It is possible to prove that L(H) is weakly modular. In fact, the weak modularity is equivalent with the Cauchy completeness (every Cauchy sequence has a limit) of the complex Hilbert space.
f) L(H), , , , ', satisfies the covering law.
The covering law is the property that makes an atomistic lattice into a projectice geometry, where the atoms of the lattice are the points of the geometry. To be able to put forward the covering law, we first have to say what is meant by an element of a lattice 'covering' another element. Suppose that we consider two elements A and B of a lattice. We say that B covers A if it is such that A is contained in B and there is no element in between A and B. With other words, from A D B follows that A = D or B = D. L(H) satisfies the covering law.
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Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
Buy a bottle of Teriyaki sauce? NO!! It is amazingly easy to make teriyaki sauce at home. All you need is soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. The key ingredient is mirin, which adds shiny look (teri). You can find mirin in Japanese, Korean or Chinese grocery stores .
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- 1 pounds chicken breasts or thighs
- 2 tbsp sake (rice wine)
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 4 tbsp mirin (sweet rice wine)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Poke chicken using a fork.
- Mix other ingredients in a bowl.
- Marinate the chicken in the mixture for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
- First, fry the SKIN side of the chicken (very important for crispy skin!) on medium heat until the skin is browned.
- Turn the chicken over to fry the other side on low heat.
- Pour the sauce used to marinate chicken in the pan.
- Cover the pan and steam cook the chicken on low heat until done.
- Remove the lid and simmer until the sauce becomes thick.
- Stop the heat.
- Slice the chicken and serve on a plate.
- Pour thickened sauce over the teriyaki chicken.
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|Amount Per Serving
|Serving Size 120g
|Recipe makes 4 servings
|Calories 199
|Calories from Fat 76
|Total Fat 8.4g
|Saturated Fat 2.42g
|Trans Fat 0.11g
|Cholesterol 58mg
|Sodium 959mg
|Potassium 236mg
|Total Carbs 7.88g
|Dietary Fiber 0.1g
|Sugars 6.57g
|Protein 19.96g


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The injured and sick get automatically confined to a station's hospital, or Sick Bay, for recovery. Bribing the personnel works in both directions for you or others here: You can either speed up the regeneration process or prolong the stay. A special service is offered for healthy people: doctors can install or remove modifications (mods) that grant bonuses to your stats.
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People who suffer fatal injuries on a station with no Sick Bay cannot recover, but must respawn into Clones.
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Elena Karneeva 儿童与动物摄影作品集,来自俄罗斯的摄影师Elena Karneeva创作了一组儿童与动物之间友谊的情景摄影作品,每一组作品都展示了孩子们与不同动物之间的友谊,再搭配入镜的环境,组成了一幅幅温馨的画面。
Children's relationships with animals and with each other are free of many of the misconceptions and unfounded fears that can infect our minds later in life. It is this innocence that Elena Karneeva, a professional child and family photographer based in Moscow, captures in her beautiful photos of children and animals.
The children in each image seem to great the animals posing together with them as friends, rather than as dumb beasts or as food. The dogs, pigs, goats and other critters inspire beautiful rural images that remind us of another Russian photographer as well – Elena Shumilova.
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Gaston Lacombe 动物园里圈养动物们的向往
Jessica Shyba 儿童与狗的温情睡姿
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