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Dipyridamole belongs to the class of medications called platelet aggregation inhibitors or antiplatelets. It is used to prevent blood clots that may occur after a heart valve replacement. It works by preventing certain types of blood cells, called platelets, from sticking together. It is also used for certain types of tests for the heart that examine how well blood is flowing through the heart.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
Intravenous solution: Each mL contains 5 mg of dipyridamole. Nonmedicinal ingredients: tartaric acid, polyethylene glycol 600, hydrochloric acid, and water for injection.
The recommended oral adult dose of dipyridamole for preventing blood clots is 100 mg 4 times daily one hour before meals. If taken with 1000 mg of ASA daily, the dose of dipyridamole can be reduced to 25 mg 4 times daily.
When used for medical tests that examine how well blood is flowing through the heart, dipyridamole is given by injection in a hospital.
Many things can affect the dose of medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way that you are taking the medication without consulting your doctor.
It is important to take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store this medication at room temperature, protect it from light and moisture, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
Do not take dipyridamole if you are allergic to dipyridamole or any ingredients of the medication.
Do not give the injectable form of this medication to anyone who is in a state of shock or collapse.
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent.
The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not seek medical attention.
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Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Before you begin using a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should use this medication.
Liver function: Liver disease or reduced liver function may cause this medication to build up in the body, causing side effects. If you have liver problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed. Your doctor may want to test your liver function regularly with blood tests while you are taking this medication.
If you experience symptoms of liver problems such as fatigue, feeling unwell, loss of appetite, nausea, yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, dark urine, pale stools, abdominal pain or swelling, and itchy skin, contact your doctor immediately.
Low blood pressure: Dipyridamole may cause lowering of blood pressure and increase the effect of blood pressure-lowering medications.
Pregnancy: This medication should not be used during pregnancy unless the benefits outweigh the risks. If you become pregnant while taking this medication, contact your doctor immediately.
Breast-feeding: This medication passes into breast milk. If you are a breast-feeding mother and are taking dipyridamole, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.
Children: The safety and effectiveness of using this medication have not been established for children.
There may be an interaction between dipyridamole and any of the following:
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
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Victoria Roberts, dancer, began her career with Scottish Dance Theatre in Dundee, Scotland, where she danced for eight and a half years. After a short period teaching in the UK, she joined Cullbergbaletten in Stockholm and subsequently spent four years with the company. During her career so far, Victoria has worked with over thirty different choreographers, most notably including Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman, Rui Horta, Johan Inger, Ina Christel Johannessen, Crystal Pite, and Hofesh Shechter, amongst others. Victoria has also taught ballet and modern classes and creative workshops in all types of institutions, from primary schools to professional degree courses, as well as for professional dance companies. Victoria is currently working as a freelance dancer and teacher based in Stockholm.

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Anita Ashok Datar, was one of at least 19 people and the only Indian American killed in the November 20 terror attack carried out by heavily armed Islamic extremists at a Radisson hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako.
"We are devastated that Anita is gone," her family said in a statement issued through the State Department. "It's unbelievable to us that she has been killed in this senseless act of violence and terrorism," the US State Department confirmed in a statement.
Datar, 41, was a senior manager at Palladium Group, an international development organization with offices in Washington, her family said. As a public health expert, she focused on family planning and HIV issues, work that took her to Africa often in the past 15 years. She also worked in Asia and South America, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Datar of Takoma Park, Maryland, has been a Peace Corps volunteer, expert in global health and the mother of a 7-year-old boy, has devoted her life to caring for and helping others, her family said.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was among those mourning her death.
"Anita Datar was a bright light who gave help and hope to people in need around the world," Clinton said in a statement Nov. 21. "Anita represented the best of America's generous spirit." Datar was the former partner of David Garten, an attorney who worked as a senior policy adviser to Clinton in the Senate.
"Everything she did in her life she did to help others — as a mother, public health expert, daughter, sister and friend," the family statement said. "And while we are angry and saddened that she has been killed, we know that she would want to promote education and healthcare to prevent violence and poverty at home and abroad, not intolerance." The family said that of all her accomplishments, Datar was "most proud of her son." Her Facebook page is filled with pictures of the boy.
Born in Massachusetts, Datar grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers, her family said. She worked in Senegal with the Peace Corps for more than two years and earned master's degrees in public health and public administration from Columbia. In addition to her son, parents and a brother, she is survived by "many, many friends around the world," the statement said.
Clinton said Datar's death should strengthen Americans' will to fight terrorism and radical jihadism. "We face a choice between fear and resolve," she said. "Anita's murder should deepen our resolve. America must lead the world to meet this threat."
Anjali Datar graduated from Mount Olive High School, in Flanders, New Jersey, where she played both the flute and mellophone in marching band, was on student council all four years, made the National Honor Society and joined the school's French club and Future Business Leaders of America, according to a report on nj.com.


text: Bradley, William "Bill" age 66 of Lincoln Park at rest in Lincoln Park on October 14, 2019. Devoted son of the late William N. Bradley and the late Jane (nee Gorman) Bradley. Beloved brother of Colleen Platt & her husband Gene of Lincoln Park and the late Kevin John Bradley. Dear nephew of Dolores Makarowski of Lincoln Park. Also survived by many cousins and friends. Born in Paterson, he grew up in Paterson, then lived in Pompton Lakes for 20 years before moving to Lincoln Park 12 years ago. He was a Licensed Real Estate Appraiser. He was the owner of Jersey Regional Appraisal Service, Lincoln Park. He was also a Real Estate Agent for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Van Der Wende Properties, Little Falls. Bill was a parishioner of St. Gerard R.C. Church, Paterson. He was a member of the Lincoln Park Democratic Club and was an avid golfer at Deer Run Golf & Tennis Association. Bill loved nature, hiking and the outdoors. He was an accomplished musician, who loved Jazz and the Blues. Bill was well known for his kind and loving demeanor. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd, Totowa, on Friday at 9:30 AM. Funeral Mass to follow at St. Gerard R.C. Church, Paterson at 10:00 AM. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa. Friends may visit Thursday 3:00 - 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Lincoln Park Ambulance Squad would be appreciated. For more information, go to www.festamemorial.com.


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Denver won the game in dominant fashion, coming in as the decided favorite, and leading from wire to wire. Before the game started, Denver had approximately a 89% chance of winning.
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Ontario Citizens' Assembly – Decision Is In!April 25th, 2007 by Potato
The Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform has finished its deliberations and decided that Ontario needs an updated, fairer, more proportional electoral system. To keep the options simple, they've also deliberated on the alternatives and settled on Mixed Member Proportional. This fall, on October 10th, as part of the general provincial election, we will have a referendum on whether or not to change to this new system. The bar has been set high: rather than a simple majority, the Premier has stipulated that to change the electoral system, the vote must be at least 60% in favour provincewide, and at least 50% of the ridings must be in favour (that is, over half the people in over half the ridings). I'm hoping this will go through; while MMP wasn't my preferred voting system, it's still a big step up from first-past-the-post. Although party lists give me the heebie jeebies sometimes, at least the "proportional" part is kept to 30% of the seats. Of course, BC had a similar referrendum not too long ago, and despite being supported by a majority of the people, the motion died just short of the 60% threshold.
While there has been some media coverage of this long, slow process, it certainly isn't at the forefront. I don't even know if it will gain much (or at least, enough) ground in the collective consciousness for people to really know what the referendum is about when it falls upon them. So, I hope you all will learn about it, and start working it into your conversations at work and elsewhere… get people around you thinking about this sort of issue, and, hopefully, preparing to vote yes in the upcoming referendum!
Other news today out of the federal government is that they're also planning on banning incandescent lightbulbs…
Finally, I'd just like to say that over at XKCD the algorithm constantly finds Jesus. The algorithm fears velociraptors, yet constantly finds them.


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NDA MPs on the warpath over IAS officer's 'insulting remarks'
A senior IAS officer, credited with the disputed turnaround of Indian Railways during Lalu Yadav's tenure as Railways Minister in the UPA regime, has come in the firing line of NDA parliamentarians.india Updated: Apr 12, 2015 07:59 IST
A senior IAS officer, credited with the disputed turnaround of Indian Railways during Lalu Yadav's tenure as railways minister in the UPA regime, has come in the firing line of NDA parliamentarians.
Thirty-three members of Parliament from the BJP and its partners in Bihar have moved a privilege notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan against Sudhir Kumar, member of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), saying the officer made "insulting remarks" during a discussion about the condition of road projects in Bihar.
"Imaandari kisi ki bapauti nahin hai (honesty is nobody's monopoly)," Kumar allegedly told the parliamentarians during a heated exchange of words between him and the MPs over his reports on the reasons for lack of progress in different road projects in the state.
The MPs also said Kumar "misled" them by making "false statements" during the discussion at a meeting convened by the road transport and highways minister last month.
"His (Kumar's) tone and tenor was insulting … made several false statements to exonerate himself and the contractors, misleading the members in the course of discharge of their responsibilities as MPs, which is breach of privilege," said BJP MP and former union home secretary RK Singh in his report to the LS Speaker, requesting that the matter be examined by the Privilege Committee for further action.
"They (parliamentarians) have a right to dignity while engaged in their duties," added Singh, who also attached a detailed list of Kumar's "false statements" regarding road projects in Bihar.
For instance, Kumar reportedly told them that the construction of the approach to Digha Bridge in Patna had to be cancelled because land was not available. "In fact, the 12-km stretch on the Patna side was government land, which was handed over to the contractor. He was given a mobilisation advance and he did work for only 2.6% in two years," said the MPs in their annexure to the privilege notice.
One MP said Kumar was "callous" during the discussion about the condition of road projects in Bihar.
"We were talking about the terrible condition of roads and slow progress of road projects in Bihar. He (Kumar) was very callous and casual. Woh gandi tarah se baat kar raha tha (he was talking in an improper manner)," BJP MP Kirti Azad, one of the signatories, told HT.
It's rare for so many MPs to move a privilege notice against a serving bureaucrat. Kumar, in his capacity as officer on special duty (OSD) to then Railways Minister Lalu Yadav, was said to be instrumental in the turnaround of the Railways with a surplus of about Rs one lakh crore.
Lalu's successors, however, alleged the surplus was a result of changes in accounting methods. The 1982 batch IAS officer from the Bihar cadre later co-authored a book titled "Bankruptcy to Billions: How the Indian Railways Transformed Itself".
Kumar refused to comment saying, "I haven't got it (privilege notice) yet." The Lok Sabha Secretariat recently sent a copy of the notice to the road transport & highways ministry which is learnt to have forwarded the notice to Kumar on Friday.
RK Singh also declined comment on the notice. "We have written what we felt. It is not something that we bandy about in the press," he said.


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Superfluidity of excitons and polaritons in novel two-dimensional materials
This talk reviews the theoretical studies of the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and superfluidity of indirect excitons and microcavity polaritons in quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) van der Waals nanomaterials such as transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) heterostructures and phosphorene. Indirect excitons are the Coulomb-bound pairs of electrons and holes confined to different parallel monolayers of a layered planar nanomaterial structure. The high-T superfluidity of the two-component weakly-interacting Bose gas of the A-type and B-type indirect excitons in the TMDC heterostructures is proposed [1,2]. The critical temperature and superfluid velocity of the indirect excitons in a bilayer phosphorene nanostructure is shown to be anisotropic, dependent strongly on the particular direction of the exciton propagation [3]. The spin Hall effect for polaritons (SHEP) in a TMDC monolayer embedded in a microcavity is predicted [4]. It is demonstrated that two counterpropagating laser beams incident on a TMDC monolayer can deflect a superfluid polariton flow due to the generation the effective gauge vector and scalar potentials [4]. The polaritons cloud is formed due to the coupling of excitons created in a TMDC layer and microcavity photons. It was demonstrated that the polariton flows in the same valley are splitting: the superfluid components of the Aand Bpolariton flows propagate in opposite directionsalong the counterpropagating beams, while the normal components of the flows slightly deflect in opposite directionsand propagate almost perpendicularly to the beams [4]. The components of polariton conductivity tensor were obtained for polaritons without Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and in the presence of BEC and superfluidity [4]. The possible experimental observation of SHEP is discussed. These results open up new avenues for the experimental realization of the exciton and polariton BEC and superfluidity phenomena as well as their practical applications in optoelectronics [5].
[1] O. L. Berman and R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Phys. Rev. B 93, 245410 (2016)
[2] O. L. Berman and R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Phys. Rev. B 96, 094502 (2017).
[3] O. L. Berman, G. Gumbs, and R. Ya. Kezerashvili, Phys. Rev. B 96, 014505 (2017).
[4] O. L. Berman, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, and Yu. E. Lozovik, Phys. Rev. B 99, 085438 (2019).
[5] D. W. Snoke and J. Keeling, Physics Today 70, 54 (2017).


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Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo just finished its first equity ICO. The owner of the St. Regis Aspen Resort raised 18 million dollar in its security token offering (STO). Investors bought Aspen Coins, which are security tokens or investment contracts. Because this was an ICO with security tokens, only accredited buyers were able to invest in the project.
The Aspen Coin is an ERC20 token and can technically be held in any Ethereum wallet. But according to federal regulations these tokens can only be traded on an alternative trading system that's owned and operated by Templum Markets LLC, a FINRA and SEC registered operator.
With 18 million dollar raised, the St. Regis Aspen Resort project is one of the biggest campaigns to ever hit Indiegogo. The company has seen crowdfunding projects for drones and electronic bikes raise millions. An automated beehive named 'Flow Hive' even raised more than 13 million dollars back in 2015.


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Will Kozak is the primary designer for Pizz Customs, which specializes in making swimbaits, painting hard baits, painting hard swimbaits, and painting bait cast reels. Pizz Customs will occasionally paint a specialty item like a face mask or wood carving, but our focus is strictly about lure performance. Many months have gone in to developing a high performance product for the tournament anglers and trophy bass hunters.Confidence in a lure is a key ingredient to catching fish. The goal of Pizz Customs is to provide you with a top of the line product, excellent customer service, and very fast turnaround times.
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Vivaldi Four Seasons & Beethoven 6
April 27-30 | 2017
Matthew Halls CONDUCTS
Nathan Olson VIOLIN
The Four Seasons
Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
In a joyous celebration of spring, Co-Concertmaster Nathan Olson performs Vivaldi's extraordinarily imaginative Four Seasons. Plus Beethoven's charming Pastoral Symphony.
- Vivid, Brilliant Performances of Vivaldi and Beethoven from Olson, Halls and the DSO
by Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
I'll admit it. As a veteran of too many performances of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, I wasn't excited about a concert comprising only those two pieces. That, of course, is a minority experience and opinion, and it was good to see the Meyerson Symphony Center filled for precisely that pairing Thursday night. Before the concert began, I was told the program already had set a DSO revenue record.
That a wonderful experience lay ahead was evident from practically the first notes. In fact, DSO co-concertmaster Nathan Olson dispatched the Vivaldi with dazzling brilliance and elegant nuance. The 30-something British conductor Matthew Halls led fresh, caringly detailed performances of both works.
It made sense, of course, to pair these two pieces of program music, one baroque, one classical, each illustrating changing weather and associated feelings. Each at various times evokes a murmuring brook, bird calls, a thunderstorm and peasant dances.
During his nine season as music director, Jaap van Zweden has cultivated a good command of baroque style in the DSO — unforced buoyancy, shorter bow strokes for the strings, subtler vibrato just on long notes. With just two dozen strings for the Vivaldi, Halls molded a performance at once suavely stylish and vividly illustrative. A background including period-instruments performances, as well as playing organ and harpsichord and choral and opera conducting, seemed wholly relevant.
With a beautifully cultivated tone, except when it made sense to dig in a bit more, Olson dispatched the solo writing with unassuming virtuosity, but more reflective passages were subtly atmospheric. Start to finish, this was a fabulous performance.
- Halls Leads DSO in Fresh and Vibrant "Nature" Program of Vivaldi and Beethoven
by Wayne Lee Gay, Texas Classical Review
While this week's concerts of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Matthew Halls won't win any awards for adventurous programming, Thursday night's concert brought outstanding performances of a pair of familiar items from the classical hit parade.
The orchestra's co-concertmaster Nathan Olson stepped into the spotlight as soloist for the opening item, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Vivaldi's successful marriage of sturdy formal structure with vivid pictorialism has been, for more than half century or so, a bonanza for the classical recording industry, a staple of music appreciation classes, and an attractive, not-overly-demanding showpiece for violinists.
Halls led a reduced orchestra of twenty-five strings from the harpsichord, created a reading suitable for the modern concert hall but one thoroughly and appropriately informed by historical performance practice. Assertively articulated downbows and accents joined a subtly flexible, dance-like rhythmic approach to create a relentless energy.
Soloist Olson responded with a solid, low-vibrato tone that he successfully carried into both the lyrical sections as well as the rapid-fire passage-work. For his part, Halls surely highlighted Vivaldi's audacious sound effects: the gnats and lightning flashes in "Summer," for instance, or the violent pizzicatos in the final movement of "Autumn," or the cold raindrops in "Winter."
If Vivaldi occasionally lapses into easy sequences, he also frequently creates moments of irresistible interest, here beautifully realized by Olson, Halls, and the orchestra. The descending sequence in the opening movement of "Autumn" provided one such moment of tension and drama; and Halls and Olson collaborated to bring an almost lush romanticism to the cascading colors of the final movement, building a convincing sense of finality and valediction to the cycle.
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"We must acknowledge that there can be no hope of gratifying the senses permanently. At best, the happiness we derive from eating a good meal can only last until the next time we are hungry." His Holiness the Dalai Lama
As we head into the season of eating and drinking too much – well a lot of us – it would do us good to remember that it can be hard to resist the 'forbidden apple.' The problem is they aren't always forbidden exactly, it's more about making the decision to show some discipline and be sensible. But who wants to be sensible when you're having a good time? And who can resist the temptations when we're tired and that extra glass of alcohol gives us the much needed boost to keep going?
Unfortunately we often end up feeling worse as we wake the next day with regrets about having blown our diet or savings budget. Often it's just a habit that can be broken, especially if you create a pact with a friend to support one another through this time. Habits can be good and bad. How about creating some better habits with the help of a mate! Wouldn't it be better if you could head into the New Year knowing you haven't indulged the whim of over eating or drinking? That would be one less New Year's Resolution you would have to try and stick to!
Enjoy yourself this festive season without purely 'gratifying the senses!'


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'No American degree is close to what we'll offer'
With the introduction of the new four-year undergraduate honours degree programme (FYUP), the Delhi University is moving into an unfamiliar territory. HT reports. The face offdelhi Updated: May 07, 2013 01:52 IST
With the introduction of the new four-year undergraduate honours degree programme (FYUP), the Delhi University is moving into an unfamiliar territory. A number of questions have been raised about the system and the rationale behind it, with certain groups lambasting it and some others supporting it. As the academic council meets on Tuesday to approve the syllabi, Delhi University's Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh gives the rationale behind the new programme and also counters various claims made by the detractors.
What is the rationale behind the four-year programme?
Let me explain this by giving an example. Four weeks ago, a reputed private company came to our campus to hire students. They interviewed around 100 students and found only three worthy of employment. Even in some of our best colleges, half the students in a class remain unemployed. Around 30% undergraduate students drop out from the university each year. The new programme aims to correct this.
When I became vice-chancellor two years ago, I spoke to around 3,000 undergraduate students from different colleges. The students said they were not happy with what they were studying.
So, an open Academic Congress was organised in September 2012 for wider consultation with teachers and every college was invited.
A clear-cut recommendation emerged that a new programme is needed that allows the time and flexibility to do what needs to be done. Then I set up a 61-member task force of elected teachers to deliberate on this which came up with a well-defined programme (the FYUP) after discussions over two months.
The new programme proposes three different exit options: after the second, third and fourth year. Are you trying to blend the community college system, the traditional three-year system and the more internationally-accepted four-year system into one? Aren't you trying to achieve too many objectives?
No, community college will teach the kind of foundation courses that we are offering. And just because it is a four-year degree, it does not mean that it is based on the American system. No four-year American degree is even close to what we will offer. Essentially, we are trying to combine hands-on skills with traditional theoretical knowledge in the new programme.
One of the aspects cited as an advantage of the FYUP is flexibility. But students will have to declare their majors at the time of admission. Isn't that rigid?
My personal view was that students must decide their major after doing the foundation courses. However, both the faculty and parents were not in agreement. I hope my successors will think about it.