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Distress, Medication Adherence and Care Needs in Patients With CML and GIST Receiving Oral Targeted Therapy
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Background: Long-term or life-long oral targeted therapy might also increase patients' distress, influencing patients' cognitive and life activity function, medication adherence and related care needs. However, very limited information has been known about patients' experiences.
Purpose: First, to examine the changes of perceived physical and psychological distress, functional status, medication adherence, and unmet care needs; and second, to identify factors related to the changes of patients' medication adherence and unmet care needs by generalized estimating equation (GEE).
Methods: This is a two-phase study. Phase I is a cross-sectional survey study, and the second phase is a 1-year follow-up prospective longitudinal study. Eligible subjects are CML and GIST patients newly taking oral targeted therapy. Patients will be assessed before taking the first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively). The patients were assessed of their (1) symptom severity, (2) psychological distress, (3) cognitive and life activity function, (4) adherence, (5) social support, (6) unmet care needs, and (7) background and disease-treatment information. Data will be analyzed mainly by GEE to identify the predictors (independent variables) of the changes in medication adherence and unmet care needs overall the 12 months, 6 time points. After the approval of IRB, research assistants in different data collection sites will be trained for maintaining the consistency and quality of data collection.
Expected Outcomes and Future Implications: Although CML and GIST are not the most prevalent cancers in Taiwan, the investigators aim to use both groups of patients groups to examine the current status and changes of distress, adherence and care needs in patients are taking long-term or life-long TKI derived oral targeted therapy. From Phase II study, the changes of newly TKI targeted therapy takers' distress, adherence and care needs would be carefully and in-depth examined. It will provide health care professionals a more comprehensive picture of the changes in patients' distress, adherence, and care needs during taking oral targeted therapy. The results will also provide as a basis and evidence for better development a timing and comprehensive care models to fit and increase patients' life quality during receiving the most advanced targeted therapy.
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|Official Title:
|Yeur-Hur Lai, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
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|March 25, 2015
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|December 31, 2021
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|December 31, 2021
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
For CML, the first-line targeted drug is imatinib, and then second line as nilotinib and dasatinib. In the past, the median survival of CML is around 4 to 6 years (NCI, 2008). Fortunately, the launch of the targeted therapy, the median survival is expected to approach normal life expectancy for most patients. However, limited to the less than 20 years of advent of TKI, the exact effects on survival time is not yet determined.
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
For patients with GIST, the imatinib mesylate (Glivec, Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland) (Heinrich et al, 2003) is the first line drug and sunitinib as the second line drug. Sunitinib is an anti-angiogenesis agent by virtue of targeting multiple tyrosine kinases, including the vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFR). With these target drugs, the survival of advanced GIST patients is prominently prolonged (Lamba, Ambrale, Lee, Gupta, Rafiyath, & Liu D, 2012). The median overall survival (OS) of advanced GIST patients increased from 18 to 57 months with imatinib therapy (Blanke et al, 2008).
- Change in Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]The 43-item Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) was modified from the Symptom Distress Scale (SDS) (McCorkle & Young, 1978). The SSS aims to assess the level of symptom severity with Each item scored from 0 to 10 (0 = do not have the problem at all, 10 = the most severity that I have ever experienced). The higher the score indicated the higher the symptom severity. The SSS has been used in the previous study and had good reliability and validity (Chen, Liao, Lin, Chang, & Lai, 2009; Lai et al., 2003; Shun et al., 2008).
- Change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) - Depression Subscale [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]We will use 14-item HADS to assess patients' anxiety and depression (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983). The HADS has 7 items that measure anxiety and 7 that measure depression. The total score of each subscale is ranged from 0 to 21 with a higher score indicating a higher level of anxiety and depression. The Taiwanese version of HADS has been developed and validated showed promising psychometrics (Chen et al., 2010; Cheng, Hao, Lin, & Yeh, 2000).
- Change in Fear of Cancer Recurrence Index-42 (FCRI-42) [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]The 42-item FCRI will be used to measure patients' self-reported fear of cancer recurrence (Simard & Savard, 2009) and it currently has been applied to several kinds of cancer populations (Simard & Savard, 2009). FCRI measures seven dimensions of fear of cancer recurrence. It is a five-point Likert's scale (0-4 for each item, scoring from 0 to 168 for total scale) and generally with higher scores indicates higher fear of recurrence. The Chinese version has been translated and validated in PI's on-going early-stage lung cancer study and proved to be psychometrically satisfied.
- Change in WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHO DAS 2.0) - Cognition and Life Activity Subscales [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]WHODAS 2.0 has been developed based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2001. In this study, we particularly apply the 6-item cognition subscale which to assess a person's cognition and thinking abilities. In addition, the 8-item life activities subscale will assess changes in life activities after having cancer and taking targeted therapy. Each scale of subscale was standardized from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating higher limitation in daily life. The Chinese version has been tested of its psychometrics in chronic illness patients and found to be reliable (Chi et al., 2014; Chiu et al., 2014; Yen et al., 2014).
- Change in Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) - Short form [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]We will use the MOS-SSS to assess patient perceived social support (Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991). The 20-item MOS-SSS consists of four subscales: emotional/informational support (8 items), tangible support (4 items), affectionate 11 support (3 items), and positive social interaction (3 items), and additional item (I item). The score for each item ranges from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very much). The summed scores of each domain and the global scale are converted into standardized scores ranging from 0 to 100, with higher scores representing more support. Several previous studies have demonstrated satisfactory psychometric characteristics for this scale (Moser, Stuck, Silliman, Ganz, Clough-Gorr, 2012; Yu, Lee, Woo, 2004).
- Change in Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS-9) [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]The brief version of SCNS-ST9 includes 9 items identified from SCNS-34. Each item with the following response options: "No need, not applicable (1)"; "No need, satisfied (2)"; "Low need (3)"; "Moderate need (4)"; "High need (5)". The number of items with moderate/high needs was counted for each domain of the SCNS-9 and the sum of item scores was transformed to a standardized score (0-100) with higher scores indicating more unmet needs. The SCNS-ST9 had good validity and reliability (Boyes, Girgis, & Lecathelinais, 2009; Girgis, Stojanovski, Boyes, King, & Lecathelinais, 2012).
- Change in Background, Disease and Treatment Information Form (BDTIF) [ Time Frame: Patients will be assessed before taking first targeted therapy and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 12th month (T1-T6, respectively) ]In addition to patients' demographic information (age, gender, education). Disease and treatment-related variables include: (1) types of diagnosis, (2) Performance status (by Karnofsky Performance Index), (3) length of time diagnosis (month), (4) Duration of receiving targeted therapy (months), (5) types of targeted therapy, (6) Dosages of target therapy, (7) Times of medication taking per day, and (8) Time since cancer diagnosis.
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- patients need to take targeted therapy
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03880617
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I apologise if I started of a bit rude. No, I'm not someone who says all should be for free. I contributed my fair share of RL money to this game. I pay for entertainment. Nothing more, nothing less. The rate this company wastes my money is frankly frightening.
Lets get back to economics. MindArk created a closed system. What does this mean? It means that they cant spend more (returns to players) then they receive. Unless they get a loan from outside. If they do that they will be owned (interest) by companies outside MindArk. Sounds familiar?
So how this work out? Many players contribute (as in depositing) to EU. MA takes it share to sustain hardware, pay their employees and make some profit (I learned 5% profit is a minimum to stay healthy). But as Entropia is a closed system it can NEVER have more output then deposited input (except when they get a loan). This logicly takes me to the conclusion that in order for some to profit, others HAVE to lose. Sorry if the term <leechers> offended you.
Dont jump too quick to the conclusion that other players dont understand the underlaying economics of Entropia when we vent our opinion and its something you dont like to hear. Im fine with the fact that you and other players profit in Entropia. As a fact I know many players who do. But I will not close my eyes or keep my mouth shut for that reason.
MA doesnt have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Nor can it magically create money. If they go the loan road they will end up as the USA: owned by China. Sounds far fetched? In a not so far past MindArk was in competition with Second Life to sell their product to China. Neither won. MindArk went in business with SEE, for the same reason. Failed again. So then they came with the LandDeeds. Still far fetched? I pitty those LD owners...they are kinda like the pple who cought up in business that almost brought our RL world economy to a disaster: the cheap morgage sales. Basicly they bought baked air as we say in my country.
I have a job, a house and a wonderfull wife. For much in my life I am in debt to MMORPG as Entropia. But I know enough about economics (I went to school and stuff) to see EU for what it is. And I still enjoy spending time there.
Regards, Roni
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You're assuming the player makes a 'loss' when they pay for something.
This is not necessarily true. Generally, what a sensible player will pay for is a service of some kind. (I'm not going into things like deliberate scams by players etc in this)
So, for example, a trader (a 'fair' trader) will pay more markup/unit than a player might get on auction, if the player was to try to auction their small quantity of minerals.
The trader makes their profit by maintaining a client list and selling direct to crafters, or by selling in higher volumes auction with lower fee/unit.
The trader is also providing a service by allowing faster turnaround of loot sales to the miner - and is taking on some risk, as prices can move before the trader accumulates enough stock to sell.
Miners and hunters provide a service too. Most crafters don't go out and source their ingredients by doing all their own hunting and mining. Some don't have the inclination, others dont have the skills or knowledge
And crafters naturally provide a service too. If I'd first had to skill up to craft all the Apis' that I've used before I could hunt with them... but I've never begrudged the markup paid to the crafter.
Suggesting that one player is making a 'loss' when they pay markup is like saying that when you buy a loaf of bread, you've made a loss if the baker charges more than the cost of the ingredients.
In fact, you've paid for the service of having those ingredients transformed into a product that is ready for you to use. And you pay for that in RL without even thinking about it.
How do you pay for that? Well, in RL, if you've got a job you go out and do something that someone (your employer) thinks is worth paying you for.
If that's more than what it costs you (you personally, not your employer's costs), would you say that your employer is making a loss? Or would you just think he's paying you for something that (at some point) he's going to make a profit on?
In EU, you can go out and earn it too, if you're willing to put in the time and effort... but you'll usually earn it a darn sight quicker in RL.
MindArk is like a RL government that levies a small 'consumption-type' tax on everything to pay for important infrastructure (like defence, health, education, roads).
It's not really a 'closed' economy if you consider that the game creates external products like fun, enjoyment, entertainment, friendship, status.
And that costs exactly as much as you're willing to pay.
Some put money in, and get those 'externalities' in exchange.
Others put in time, and effort, and experience .. and get some money in exchange.
You might also consider that the Earth as a whole is pretty much a closed economy, with the only external inputs being sunshine and the odd meteorite.
And so far, that hasn't stopped billions of people participating in one way or another in the global economy. Many of them even make a 'profit' over the course of their lives.
I don't think any of us are playing the game to turn a profit... and by profit I mean make a living off of those profits.
We are after all playing a game.
I mean think about the people who own the Xbox or PS3 or both and then some; and buy games frequently.. I'm sure they rack up some expenses on gaming.. I don't think they are waiting on Microsoft and Sony to cut them a check in the mail.
Then there's the loss side of things. This could also be on the user's own fault (i.e. using a weapon you're not skilled in or putting a privateer on auction for 1200 ped.) Lessons learned.
My opinion is between both Roni and Serica; I know that MA has to obviously make money to keep EU running and players happy (most if not some).
I have this eco-cycle theory; as can be seen in one of my other posts... which involves hunting/mining/crafting economically... then stockpiling loots to properly sell them (beat auction fees with proper MU or sell to other players).
I think there is a middle ground wheras deposits can be minimal if not at all and players can sustain...... (I hope at least)
MA doesn't "print money" as any RL government would do, too - they drop MU as loot for us, as a bait for more external money to be lured in.
The MA system is dependent of constant external influx (deposits). Your comparison with a RL government doesn't work. Apples and wooden planks.
Unfortunately, the "fun" gains have been reduced a lot during the recent years. More and more attention has been given to the complaints of the "big spenders", whose "leeching" had seemed to become harder.
At the moment, "fun" has to be payed for heavily by any newcomers, because the benevolent view of the developers has been shifted of the whole community of participants to the upper half - these have the better lobby.
Anything with a good MU (with very few exceptions) is only available to wealthy, seasoned, high skilled & geared players.
The others might eat Rugaritz, if they cannot afford Lyst ...
You still can earn some PED's in EU, no doubt. But like Dante said: "Abandon all hope for fun, ye who enter here" ...
Apples and wooden plank compared, again.
We see, earth did it well (as long as we belong to the vast minority of one of the 2 first groups). :/
And still earth is (necessarily until now at least) a self-supporting system, and EU is far from this yet. EU is still an influx-dependent economy, and this is undeniable. So all your comparisons are moot. Sry.
Have a good time!
PS: "Leeching" is a bad word, I know. I'm a "leecher", too, because my MU-value is quite above my deposits. I'd not use it as an derogative meaning usually - after all, "making profit" is the highest goal in EU, right?
While we don't have a better word for it, we're in a bit of trouble. I have made some profit, as well as ppl like Kikki did - without doing anything wrong.
Where I see the real "leechers" is where there's strong old connections used to tailor the game to their desires, and where old friendships are used to make the game suiting their needs. And I cannot help to see a lot of this, and I cannot accept. You'll know what I'm talking about.
Storage space is still limited to 500 items
(with an exploded item count throughout the universe),
and my nice Cognac Coat is still bugged -
will we ever get an VU solving the really important problems?
When I was reading that statement.. my first thought was..
Yeah they do. They create money out of thin air. They create motherships and quads and planets..
But then I thought about how those things are only of value if people are willing to pay money for them. My thought about creating the money out of thin air came from playing other games that didn't have a cash based economy. But here it's obviously a different story.
You go on to mention it's just a game.... But for a price.... If the EU economy is dependant on depositers depositing... the thought of that really starts to decay the fun factor.....
Starting to think I should dip on EU sooner than later...
Don't concern yourself about using the word leecher.. Nonsense. Say what you like.


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D3football.com is reporting that the Coast Guard Academy shocked RPI in football, 24-21. The Bears victory stopped an eight game losing streak and gave them the Shotglass Trophy, a trophy signifying victory in the annual football game between the two schools.
The loss drops Rensselaer to 0-2. This is the first time that RPI has started 0-2 since 1987.
It took a while to find the results of this game. The Times-Union and the Troy Record failed to post stories on the game. We had heard that D3football.com was similar to US College Hockey in terms of its reliable coverage of action at the level of RPI's team, but this is the first time we had looked at it.


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No matter where we are in life, we all hope for good luck and prosperity in the new year. You can never have too much luck, and the new year has always traditionally been a time for new beginnings. It's why we make resolutions around things we want to accomplish or change our lives over the next year.
Regardless of where we are in life, we could all do with a little more prosperity in 2018. That's because in today's economy, simply getting by can be tough. There are different tools you can use to push through it: opening a new credit card, cutting back on spending, or taking out auto title loans. Maybe you've even tried the suggestions in our winter break saving tips.
But why not try and avoid these situations all together with a little extra luck in the coming year? Whether you want to call them traditions or superstitions or rituals, all around the world people have very specific beliefs about what will bring them luck and prosperity. Here are 3 of the most common and enduring New Year's traditions from around the globe.
Numerous cultures have a tradition that revolves around the financial condition you're in on the eve of the new year and how it will dictate your fortune in the coming year. That means that if you're rich on New Year's Eve, you'll continue to be prosperous in the future.
This superstition can take a couple forms depending on which country and region you're looking at. Here in the states, it's money in your wallet that counts, while in Chile you're supposed to keep cash in the toe of your shoe. Another variation from Ecuador is to hide money throughout your house.
Another recurring theme among New Year traditions are rings or circle shaped objects. It is believed that the ring shape symbolizes coming full circle. This superstition can take the form of eating ring-like foods light doughnuts, bagels, cakes, carrying coins with you or even wearing polka dots.
Consuming certain foods to ensure luck is a recurring theme of many New Year traditions, though which foods you're supposed to eat vary greatly. For example, in the American South, a traditionally lucky meal is black-eyed peas, greens, and cornbread. They represent, in order: coins, green bills, and gold.
Another food tradition is common in Spain, Portugal, and various Latin American countries where you're supposed to eat one grape for every stroke of the clock at midnight, with the taste of each grape representing your luck in its corresponding month of the year. Watch out for the bitter ones.
Do you have any particular traditions that you and your family perform as the new year arrives? This year, why not add a few new ones to your list of fun superstitions? The truth is, we make our own luck, but every little bit helps, right? At least, it can't hurt.


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If you really want a screen to strap to your head just in time for the summer, your luck's in. The UK price of the Oculus Rift has been slashed to just £399, and that includes the Touch input thing as well.
So is this a bargain of a lifetime, with prices of the VR unit set to rocket straight back up again in a few weeks' time once Oculus's generosity has expired? Has that ever happened with hardware? Or is it because VR is already starting to diminish in popularity, plus there are all manner of legal threats to the very existence of the Oculus Rift device in the pipeline? Or maybe there's a new version coming.
I don't know, I'm sitting out this latest micro-trend. Trying Google Cardboard for two minutes and it being utterly useless and not even working is my only opinion on VR, that and you look stupid while doing it and it can't be good for your eyes, can it? I need my eyes for all the critical looking at my phone in portrait mode that I do through the day. [Oculus Rift]
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In today's video we demonstrate how to use The Perfect Pickler.
PRESERVING FOODS: Food preservation usually involves preventing the growth of bacteria, fungi (such as yeasts), and other micro-organisms (although some methods work by introducing benign bacteria, or fungi to the food), as well as retarding the oxidation of fats which cause rancidity.
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Skydive Franz was founded back in 2010 by Craig Clark, James Meldrum and Alex Miller. Three Kiwi guys with a passion for The West Coast and also enthusiastic aviators. The growth of the business has been rapid as the word of mouth reputation for excellent service, incredible scenery and an outstanding safety culture has spread around the globe. These days the company is still owned and operated by James, wife Andrea, Craig and wife Jo.
Skydive Franz offers skydiving from 13,000 feet, 16,000 feet and 19,000 feet.
The site was an awesome challenge and the goal was to try and capture the skydive experience online. A combination of beautiful photography and video assets help sell this service online. We worked closely with the team from Skydive Franz and a couple of trips across the alps later the project went live. Check out their 50 things to see, do experience in the South Island guide.


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By: Ashley B., Student Reporter
About 13 years ago, Green Bank Elementary-Middle School started to fundraise for a worthy cause, Pennies for Patients, a campaign which supports the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Mr. Brown and the Natural Helpers oversee the fundraiser and during the multi-week campaign, the efforts of GBEMS students, faculty, staff, and community members totaled $1,809.83 raised for Pennies for Patients.
During this year's fundraising event, the class who raised the most money was Mrs. Brown's 8th-grade class with a total of $350.82. The class raising the second most was Mrs. Baldwin's 6th-grade class with a total of $253.36. Mr. Morgan's 7th-grade class came in third with a total of $202.61. Pennants are awarded to classrooms collecting $100, $200, and $300. This year, GBEMS classrooms earned nine pennants; one gold, three silver, and five bronze.
Pennies for Patients organizer, Mr. Brown, said: "I am very proud of our Green Bank students for their support for helping the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I'm also thankful for the parents for their support for the program." Mr. Brown would like to give a special thanks to First Citizens Bank and Tonya Jones for their help counting the money with Pennies for Patients.
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Friday was appointed a service day in Belize. Citizens were asked to find something they could do to be of service to the country on the Friday before Independence Day Celebrations. Every school received an invitation from the Ministry of Education to participate.
We had already planned for a visit from MarAlliance, the local marine preserve, to do a presentation in advance of our visit there next Saturday for a school field trip. We hoped that we could do the presentation from MarAlliance, which was to begin about 9:00, and at the completion of that to do our usual "clean up the block where we live" service day and still be out by noon (because the Friday before Independence Day celebrations is a half day).
So, at 8:30, completely unannounced, the department of health sent in a dentist and his helper to examine our students. You don't say, "No, come back another day."
We helped the dentist get set up upstairs and began sending up one student at a time. He examined the mouth of each of the 11 students who were in attendance Friday and showed Ms. Candi the results of the exam. Only 2 of our 11 had healthy mouths. Many need fillings and extractions. Nine have gingivitis.
"Now what?" I asked Candi. Her reply was that for a payment of $2 per student the ministry would return and do the dental work needed.
Me, "Really? Two dollars? Will we do that?"
She told me that we were the second school the doctor had visited. He had earlier been to Living Hope, a school similar to ours, and that all the students had declined the treatment. These children, and their parents, do not go to the dentist or doctor because, one, it costs money, and two, they don't want to hear what the doctor says. She then said, with some determination, "Can we fundraise the money? I will not let our students decline treatment." The look in her eyes told me she meant it.
So, I'm considering adding a line item to the Friends School budget called Student Services. If you would like to help, just send a buck or two to FUM for Belize Friends School. If you trust us to spend it wisely, please just send it for the school, do not designate it for the dentist (see below).
Meanwhile, the nice lady from MarAlliance arrived in a taxi. We got her set up and she handed out a survey for the students to fill out about what they knew about sharks and rays. They were just in the midst of that when the dentists assistant came down and announced that they had forgotten to administer the flouride treatment while the students were upstairs, so they needed to do it now.
The assistant went around the room squirting a flouride treatment in the mouth of each student which they were to swish around in their mouths to the count of 30 and then spit out. I'm guessing from the looks on their faces that it didn't taste all that good.
Following that interruption, the MarAlliance presentation continued. It was a very good powerpoint and she did a great job of engaging our students. Then she announced that next Saturday they would need swimsuits, sun block, and a water bottle. Candi says they all have something that they can wear for a swim suit, but they will not be able to afford sun block or water bottles. We are thinking about buying each one a bottle of water ($1) and then have them use the bottle for the rest of the day. We will need to purchase sunblock. Student Services?
By this time it was 11:30. The government lunches had arrived. There would be no 'service day' today at Friends School. I felt better about that when Candi said that the school does a service day once each term, 3 times a year.
After the students went home, we went to the bank to set up direct deposit for teachers salaries. Following that, we took our application for the field trip to the Ministry of Education for approval, apparently that is a requirement. When we presented the application, the woman who received it looked it over and said that they currently were not approving field trips that involved swimming. Candi protested a bit and the receptionist said that she would forward it to the minister.
When we got back in the car, I asked Candi what it meant if the ministry did not approve the field trip. Did that mean we would have to cancel it? She said, with that determined little smile she gets sometimes, "That means that we will take an unapproved field trip." I like the way this woman thinks.
PS. For those of you who get uptight about this sort of thing, taking the field trip does not mean that we are doing something wrong, it just means that this field trip will not count toward what is expected of us each year. You can relax now.


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Seriously, how cute are they? It's triply, no, quadruply cute when you realize that Mathilde doesn't like to be touched or held that much. She'll sit on you, but sometimes she doesn't like to be petted, and she hates to be held. Most of the time, she doesn't seem to like Max too much, either, so the two of them practically snuggling? Unheard of.
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TVS Motor Company has silently launched a special edition model of RTR 160, no not the recently launched RTR 160 4V, but the standard, previous generation RTR 160. It is called the 'Race Edition' and it will be available in two variants, which are single disc, priced at ₹ 79,715 and the variant with discs at front and rear, which is priced at ₹ 82,044. As the name suggests, the bike gets a white paintjob with red stripes on the fuel tank, the front mudguard and the rear body panel near the grab-rail. There is a new badge on the fuel tank as well. And yes, this is not a limited edition model.
The TVS Apache RTR 160 Race Edition is priced at barely ₹ 1,000 more than the standard RTR 160. Coming to the engine, the Race edition still gets the same engine as on the previous gen 160, which is a 159.7 cc single-cylinder motor that makes around 15 bhp and 13 Nm of peak torque. The gearbox is a five-speed unit.
TVS Apache RTR 160
TVS had launched the new-generation RTR 160 4V in India in March 2018 at a starting price of ₹ 81,490. Being a new-gen model, the RTR 160 4V borrows its design and styling cues from its elder sibling, the RTR 200 4V and also gets a fully updated engine with more power and torque. The brakes, suspension and the frame have been comprehensively updated as well. The Apache RTR 160 has its rivals in the Honda CB Hornet 160R, Suzuki Gixxer and the Yamaha FZ.
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BiographyStephen Greenberg has been a rare book librarian in the Washington DC area for over twenty years. He holds a PhD in History from Fordham University, and a library degree from Columbia University, where he studied with Terry Belanger. He has taught the history of the book and related courses at the University of Maryland and at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. His particular research interests include pamphlet publication and distribution during the 17th century, the history of medical publishing and bibliography, and the interaction of printing, publishing, and photography from the invention of the medium to the present.
Dr. Greenberg's course will examine the progress of the book from papyrus scrolls to the Kindle, and will feature field trips to local repositories and in-class hands-on demonstrations with type, paper, book-bindings, and the various forms of book illustrations from the hand press to the inkjet.
When he's not philosophizing over the future of the book, Dr. Greenberg is an avid photographer, and currently owns more cameras (digital and traditional) than anyone could reasonably keep track of.


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A haunting crime novel set in Glacier National Park about a man who finds himself at odds with the dark heart of the wild—and the even darker heart of human nature.
It was a clear night in Glacier National Park. Fourteen-year-old Ted Systead and his father were camping beneath the rugged peaks and starlit skies when something unimaginable happened: a grizzly bear attacked Ted's father and dragged him to his death.
Now, twenty years later, as Special Agent for the Department of the Interior, Ted gets called back to investigate a crime that mirrors the horror of that night. Except this time, the victim was tied to a tree before the mauling. Ted teams up with one of the park officers—a man named Monty, whose pleasant exterior masks an all-too-vivid knowledge of the hazardous terrain surrounding them. Residents of the area turn out to be suspicious of outsiders and less than forthcoming. Their intimate connection to the wild forces them to confront nature, and their fellow man, with equal measures of reverence and ruthlessness.
As the case progresses with no clear answers, more than human life is at stake—including that of the majestic creature responsible for the attack. Ted's search for the truth ends up leading him deeper into the wilderness than he ever imagined, on the trail of a killer, until he reaches a shocking and unexpected personal conclusion.
As intriguing and alluring as bestselling crime novels by C.J. Box, Louise Penny, and William Kent Krueger, as atmospheric and evocative as the nature writing of John Krakauer and Cheryl Strayed, The Wild Inside is a gripping debut novel about the perilous, unforgiving intersection between man and nature.
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Grizzly bears, murder, mauling, and mayhem mix in this author's debut novel.
Ted Systead's past and present intersect in an unexpected—and chilling—manner against the gorgeous backdrop of Glacier National Park in Montana. When Systead was a boy of fourteen, his father, a pathologist, was dragged off and killed by a grizzly bear in Glacier.
Now, decades later, Systead is a homicide investigator for the Department of the Interior based out of Denver. When the body of drug user and general low life, Victor Lance, is found shredded by a park grizzly after having been secured to a tree with duct tape, Systead must push back against his own demons to work the case. In the process, he reluctantly teams with Park Officer Monty Harris, who he suspects is little but a spy for his boss, Eugene Ford. But, as they work their ways through the people who populated Lance's life (his mother, former girlfriend, and others), Systead gains a grudging respect for Monty and finds himself unraveling other peoples' lives in order to get at the truth.This author likes detail and packs the book with trivia about the park and its wildlife inhabitants, which prove interesting. The author also provides background details on some of the numerous characters, bringing them to life for the reader/listerner.
This book was stunning from the beginning until the very end. I've never been to Montana, or Glacier Park, but let's just say it's in my heart after reading this book. Superbly written; it has everything you'd love in a murder mystery, and then some. I'll say again, if you haven't heard of Christine Carbo or read one of her books, you're missing out
Join Special Agent Ted Systead for the Department of the Interior as he investigates a mind-boggling crime involving a grizzly and a hidden perp. Great twist at the end!
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- [Instructor] You've probably seen plants, either in your house or if you go for a walk. You've seen parts of the plants twist and turn in all sorts of directions. And if you observe closely, you'll see that oftentimes, it looks like the plant is twisting or turning towards the light. And what we're gonna do in this video is study that phenomenon a little bit more. So, in general, whenever we're talking about an organism twisting, or turning, or changing direction because of some type of external stimulus, we call that tropism, tropism. And in the case of turning or switching directions because the external stimulus is light, we would call that phototropism, phototropism. And phototropism is the general term for any type of organism turning direction, or switching direction, or moving in a certain direction because of light. And it could be moving towards the light, or it could be moving away from the light. Now, most of what we observe, if you were to go see a forest, you'll see that there might be a patch in the, or there might be an opening in the canopy, where the light is coming. And you'll often see trees and plants moving towards that light, growing towards that light. So, they are turning towards it. This would be called positive phototropism. If for some reason, there was some type of a plant that was moving away from it, that would be negative phototropism, which is a little bit less, or it's a lot less usual, especially for the stem of a plant, but we might talk about that in future videos. But what you would typically see is positive phototropism like this. And so, the question is, is how does a plant do this? What causes it to turn in the direction of the light in the case of positive phototropism? Well, the key actor here is a molecule called auxin. It's auxin. And auxin is phytohormone. So, this is phyto, phytohormone. And it's a fancy word for, this is just a molecule involved in the actual plant growth. And so, what happens, let me zoom in here on this plant, let me zoom here on this plant. And to be clear, we know how auxin acts. But all of the mechanisms by which the distribution of auxin changes or how it gets activated or deactivated isn't completely understood. And this is still an area of active research. But, what we know happens, so let's say the light is coming from that direction over here, is for various reasons, or for some reasons, you have an increase concentration of active auxin on the side of the plant away from the light. So, you're going to have more auxin, in this case since the light is coming from the left, you're gonna have more auxin on the right than you are going to have on the left. And what the auxin on the right is causing to do, it causes the cells on the right side of this stem right here to elongate. So, if we were to zoom in, so let me zoom in over here, yeah, so let me take that part of the plant. And if I were to zoom in, if I were to zoom in, and if the cells, I'm just gonna have a two-dimensional view here. Let's say on this side, these are the cells. And on this side, these are the other cells. Now, if we have more auxin, more of this phytohormone on the right-hand side, right over here, than we have on the left, what we know happens is it causes the cell walls, where there's more auxin, to break down a little bit more. And so, it allows those cells to stretch or elongate. And so, what's going to happen, let me see if I can draw this, is the cells on the right-hand side are going to stretch, are going to stretch, or elongate, because of the auxin, because they have more auxin in them than the cells on the left-hand side. And since these have a higher concentration of active auxin, they stretch. And if the right-hand side gets longer than the left-hand side, what's going to happen? Well, the plant is going to bend to the left. So, the plant is going to bend like that because now the right-hand side is longer than the left-hand side. So, this is what we know about auxin. It's a phytohormone that whenever it is in higher concentrations and it's active, the cells there are going to elongate, which will cause this bending. Now, the things that are still being studied is well, what caused there to be a higher auxin concentration on the right-hand side, and all of the exact mechanisms by which the auxin is actually acting. We know things like it creates a more acidic environment, which helps break down the cell walls. But how does it, you, how do you have a higher concentration here on the right? Well, in many plants studied, it's actually the blue light that causes the sensitivity. So, I drew this as yellow, but really I should draw this as blue light that causes the sensitivity. Although, it's not always blue light. It could be red light. It could be other frequencies of light. And the various theories, and it might be some combination of it, is when you have the light on one side of the plant, that it causes, one possibility is maybe it causes the auxin to migrate from the side with the light to the side that has less light. Another possibility is if the auxin is migrating down from the top of the stem, that it might cause more to migrate where there is less light than when there is more light. There is other possibilities, that somehow the light deactivates the auxin on the left, or maybe allows less auxin to be produced than what would happen on the right. So, these are all possibilities. And this is what's interesting about science is that there's always more for us to understand. But what we do know is that this type of positive phototropism, which you will often in the forest or you'll even see it on a house plant, if you put it next to a window, it'll bend towards the window, or it'll often bend towards the window. It's caused, the key actor here is auxin and the distribution of auxin changing in response to the light, and that the auxin distribution increases on the side away from the light when you have positive phototropism. Now, this picture here looks like this might be phototropism, but this is actual a mutant plant that actually is lacking auxin. So, it's growing in all sorts of random directions, but it's just interesting to look at.
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The draw for the 2018 McLaren Cup was held at The St. Regis Dubai, at Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club, on Monday, January 22. The championship, an 18-goal competition, enters its ninth year under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series is composed of five tournaments:
–Silver Cup: January 26 – February 9.
–Polo Masters Cup: February 10 – 15.
–Julius Baer Gold Cup: February 16 – March 9.
–Dubai Challenge Cup: March 14 – 23.
–Dubai Cup: April 6 – 13.
Founded by Mohammed Al Habtoor in 2009, the tournament is the most prestigious polo competition region, attracting VIPs, society figures, and senior corporate executives from around the world. The Series has grown in tandem with the city of Dubai, and as of 2012, it is the only tournament in the United Arab Emirates to be recognized and certified by the World Polo Tour (WPT).
The Series is supported by the Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA), with tournaments being played under strict international supervision, with HPA umpires enforcing HPA rules.
Mohammed Al Habtoor, Founder of the Gold Cup Series and patron of Habtoor Polo team, stated: "This year there are six teams playing in the McLaren Cup. The participating teams will host some of the top-ranking world polo tour players, including Pablo Mac Donough, the 10-goal superstar and three-time Triple Crown Champion with La Dolfina; Polito Pieres, another 10-goal figure and winner of the 2012 Gold Cup in England; Ezequiel Martinez Ferrario [8-goals]; Francisco Elizalde [8-goals], and many others who have come directly from Argentine Open."
The final of the McLaren Cup will take place on February 9, as of 1pm, at Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club, located in Dubai Land.
The six participating teams of the 2018 McLaren Cup are the following:
Bin Drai: Rashid Bin Drai 1, Andrés Laplacette 4, Matias Torres Zavaleta 7, Raúl Laplacette 6. Total: 18.
Habtoor Polo Team: Mohammed Al Habtoor 0, Jack Hyde 4, Bautista Ortiz de Urbina 6, Francisco Elizalde 8. Total: 18.
Mahra Polo Team: Rashid Al Habtoor 0, Benjamín Urquiza 5, Isidro Strada 6, Jero del Carril 6. Total: 17.
UAE Polo Team: HH Shaikha Maitha 0, Pablo Avalos 2, Matías Benoit 6, Polito Pieres 9. Total: 17.
Wolves Polo Team: Habtoor Al Habtoor 1, Matias Diego González Miguel 2, Ezequiel Martínez Ferrario 8, Manuel Crespo 7. Total: 18.
Zedan Polo Team: Amr Zedan 0, Tomás Panelo 3, Martín Gándara 5, Pablo Mac Donough 10. Total: 18.
On the Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series:
The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series was founded in 2009 by Mohammed Al Habtoor, patron of The Habtoor Polo team. Each year the tournament reaches new heights. In 2012, the Gold Cup was recognized by the World Polo Tour (WPT), and in January 2014, the WPT committee credited The Gold Cup tournament as the most prestigious competition in terms of points within The Challenge Cup category, with 50 points being awarded for the winner. In 2015, the WPT upgraded the tournament from 'Challenge Cup' category to the highly coveted 'WPT Cup' category, with winners receiving 60 points. In 2017, the tournament was ranked in the WPT Championship Cup category, with winners now receiving 80 points. The McLaren Cup, also known as The Silver Cup, is ranked under the WPT Challenge Cup Category, with winners receiving 30 points.
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David Dhawan's son in KJo's film?
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Posted by Fenil Seta in Bollywood News
Meena Iyer | TNN (BOMBAY TIMES; July 22, 2010)
It is set to be a dream launch. Varun Dhawan, younger son of former Bollywood box office pasha David Dhawan, has been signed by Karan Johar for a project that will take off in 2011.
Trade sources say that David was always clear that his older son Rohit will be a director and younger son Varun an actor. Rohit is meant to be directing Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Chitrangadha Singh and Deepika Padukone in Desi Boyz. And Varun was waiting in the wings till KJo discovered him.
Karan says, "The banner will launch two new boys in the same film. The details of the boys and the director are still in the process of finalisation there are no confirmations as yet."
However, it is almost certain that Varun will be one of those boys. Incidentally, the director too will be a Dharma faithful. There was a time when David could have been the ideal filmmaker to launch his own son. He was ruling the BO with super-hits like Biwi No 1, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Coolie No 1 and many of those critically-spurned puerile super-hits. However, post Partner (again a huge hit) David is in semi-hibernation. In fact, after his Do Knot Disturb fiasco, the trade has been sceptical about DD's box office prowess. The filmmaker has been signed for Sanjay Dutt's Rascals with Sanju and Ajay Devgn in the lead.


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The end is near and I don't know about you but I'm ready to slack a little bit. So in the effort to slack a little bit here is my weekend Junathon update:
Saturday: 6/28
6.59 mile run, 45 min kayak ride
Sunday: 6/29
10 mile treadmill run at the gym
Finishing up strong but glad to almost done.
Happy 29th day of Juneathon!


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Preparing for getting visa stamped on arrival
• Print out the approval letter for Vietnam visa on arrival and the entry and exit form (download form here)
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• Prepare 2 passport sized photos and stamping fee of $45 per person for single entry (or US$65 for multiple entry)
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Upon arrival to Vietnam International Airports (Noi Bai in Hanoi, Danang Airport in Danang City and Tan San Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City), you present the prepared packet (passport, visa approval letter, 2 passport sized photos, the entry and exit form and stamping fee (US$45 or US$65)) to the Immigration officer to get your visa stamped.
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Ten years ago, the prize-winning flight of a privately funded rocket plane called SpaceShipOne heralded a New Space Age — an age when everyday people could look forward to buying their own rides to the final frontier.
In part due to SpaceShipOne's X Prize triumph, hundreds of people have made reservations for suborbital spaceflights, on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo as well as XCOR Aerospace's Lynx rocket plane. In 2004, there was talk of sending up the first customers within three years. Those customers are still waiting.
Did something go wrong with the spaceflight revolution? Gregg Maryniak, who helped engineer the $10 million Ansari X Prize program, says no. In his view, the revolution is still just getting started.
"The ultimate purpose of our first X Prize was to crack open the door to all the energy and material resources of space," Maryniak said on this week's "Virtually Speaking Science" talk show. "Earth is an island, surrounded by an unlimited quantity of the things that we need to sustain human civilization. ... We didn't do this so rich guys could fly in space. We did it so it could create a steppingstone."
Watch Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo FlightJan. 10, 201401:16
SpaceShipOne's place in history and the future of the commercial spaceflight revolution will be the subject of a celebration at California's Mojave Air and Space Port on Saturday, exactly 10 years after the X Prize was won in Mojave on Oct. 4, 2004. The leading figures in the SpaceShipOne saga — including spaceship designer Burt Rutan, billionaire backer Paul Allen and XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis — will gather for a panel discussion that's due to be webcast starting at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) Saturday.
Maryniak will be on hand as well. He compares the current age of commercial spaceflight to the era of early aviation, with Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight of 1927 serving as a similar landmark. Back then, it took another 12 years for Pan American to start the world's first passenger air service over the Atlantic. So it shouldn't be surprising that SpaceShipOne's successors are still going through development and testing, Maryniak said.
"They're being very, very careful about expanding the envelope safely, because if we have fatalities early on, that would be the false start," he observed. "We haven't had a false start, we've had a great start."
Setbacks and switches
That's not to say the progress so far has been trouble-free. Far from it: Three workers were killed on the ground during a propellant test for SpaceShipTwo's hybrid engine at Mojave.
Just a few months ago, Virgin Galactic made the switch from the rubber-based fuel that powered SpaceShipOne to a new kind of plastic compound. That polyamide-based fuel has yet to be tested in flight — but Virgin Galactic's billionaire founder, Richard Branson, says it's still possible for SpaceShipTwo to break the 100-kilometer-high (62-mile-high) space barrier by the end of the year.
Sir Richard Branson going into space in early 2015Sept. 9, 201404:10
If all goes well, Branson himself plans to take a ride with his son, Sam, early next year, with passenger service starting at Spaceport America in New Mexico soon afterward. More than 700 customers have already bought their tickets, which currently go for $250,000 apiece.
The next year could be a big one as well for XCOR Aerospace, which is in the process of shifting its operations from Mojave to Midland, Texas. XCOR should begin flight tests in 2015, and could start flying passengers in its two-seat Lynx within the next year or two.
SpaceShipOne's legacy goes far beyond a couple of suborbital rocket planes, or course. Just this week, Sierra Nevada Corp. announced that it was talking with Stratolaunch Systems, Paul Allen's latest space venture, about the possibility of launching Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser mini-shuttle into orbit from Stratolaunch's giant carrier airplane.
The connections to SpaceShipOne are almost incestuous: Sierra Nevada helped Mojave-based Scaled Composites develop the rocket motors for SpaceShipOne as well as SpaceShipTwo. Meanwhile, Stratolaunch's airplane, which is currently being built in a Mojave hangar, looks like a dramatically scaled-up version of SpaceShipOne's White Knight mothership (which is now on display near Seattle as part of Allen's museum collection).
More space spin-offs
Still other billionaire-backed space ventures have come to prominence in SpaceShipOne's wake, ranging from Elon Musk's SpaceX, to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, to Robert Bigelow's Bigelow Aerospace. Bigelow helped NASA lay out a vision for space exploration that gives commercial ventures a leading role in lunar exploration and settlement.
NASA has capitalized on space commercialization in other ways as well: Two commercial ventures, SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp., have taken over the job of sending cargo to the International Space Station for NASA, and the space agency recently earmarked billions of dollars for commercial space taxis that could start carrying astronauts to the station as soon as 2017. NASA is also offering X Prize-type incentives for a series of "Centennial Challenges" aimed at promoting space technology innovations.
"We've come a long way since 2004 — our move to commercial cargo and crew transportation to the International Space Station being only one example," Alexander MacDonald, program executive for the Emerging Space Office at NASA Headquarters, told NBC News in an email. "Looking toward the future, we have a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitat module that's flying on a NASA-contracted SpaceX commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station, where it will be tested for possible future use on government and commercial missions. That's a great example of NASA's new way of doing business."
Today's space race: Google Lunar X PrizeJuly 18, 201413:28
Meanwhile, the X Prize push for progress continues: Since 2004, the foundation now known as XPrize has organized multimillion-dollar contests for super-efficient cars, lunar landing systems, oil-cleanup technologies, medical tricorders, next-generation educational tools and much, much more.
Like the era of commercial spaceflight, the era of prize-backed innovation is still just getting started, said Robert Weiss, a veteran Hollywood producer who serves as XPrize vice chairman and president. During the "Virtually Speaking Science" session, he said he hoped future X Prizes could address the challenge of cleaning up the space junk that's orbiting Earth, or the task of identifying and eliminating potentially hazardous asteroids.
Then there's the giant among X Prizes: The Google Lunar X Prize program could pay out as much as $30 million to private-sector teams that are able to send rovers to the moon and get live video transmitted back to Earth. If the feat can be done, it'll be a bigger show than SpaceShipOne. And Weiss thinks it can be done.
"It is the largest cash prize ever offered for anything. ... We're not supposed to handicap prizes, as it were. I don't think there is a Vegas line on this competition yet," Weiss said. "But it looks like that prize could be won within two years' time."
"Virtually Speaking Science" is hosted by NBC News' Alan Boyle and airs on BlogTalkRadio and in the Exploratorium's Second Life virtual auditorium. If you missed the live show, never fear: You can catch up with the podcast via BlogTalkRadio or iTunes. Last month's show featured University of Washington exoplanetologist Sarah Ballard discussing the search for alien worlds.
NBCUniversal has established a multi-platform partnership with Virgin Galactic to track the development of SpaceShipTwo and televise Branson's spaceflight.


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By Lawrence Budmen
"Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni and "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo are opera's perennial twins. These works are examples of the "verismo" school of Italian opera. "Verismo" represents operatic realism with raw emotions and violent passions coming to the fore. This unique operatic genre found an artistic parallel in the post World War 2 realistic Italian cinema of Roberto Rosselini, Vittorio Da Sicca, and the young Federico Fellini. The "Cav" and "Pag" double bill opened the 2002-2003 season of Florida Grand Opera. The performance on November 23, 2002 at Dade County Auditorium in Miami illuminated the strengths and weaknesses of FGO productions during recent seasons.
Leoncavallo was not an inspired composer, but he was a brilliant man of the theater. "Pagliacci" weaves a musico-dramatic tour-de-force which culminates in a play- within-a play that ends in a shocking display of violence. The musical and dramatic elements were astutely judged in this production. French director Renaud Doucet set the opera in an Italian village in the late 20th century. The action was always fluid, the characters were sharply delineated, and the choral groupings were cannily staged. The sets by Italian designer Roberto Lagana cleverly kept the audience's concentration on the drama by limiting the playing space. Costume designer Kristy Aitken created an odd assortment of modern attire that distracted from the action. (The costume for Nedda was tasteless.)
The pivotal character of Canio - the clown whose heart is breaking - is one of opera's great tenor roles. Clifton Forbis is a rising heldentenor with Wagnerian engagements in Vienna and Paris. His stage presence was powerful. His rage seemed real - "verismo" indeed. Most importantly, his voice had real Italianate ring. The great aria "Vesti la giubba" was sung with passionate abandon and, rightly, stopped the show. Yet his performance seemed too studied - lacking spontaneity and abandon. The British soprano Judith Howarth was riveting as the hapless Nedda and sang with a ravishingly beautiful lyric soprano. Her "Ballatella" and duet were textbook examples of superb vocalism. (Howarth confirmed the stunning impression she previously made as the four heroines in the FGO production of Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffman.") Mark Rucker revealed a large, sonorous baritone voice and was a menacing presence as the hunch back clown Tonio. British baritone Garry Magee sang with warmth and ease as Nedda's lover Silvio. (Magee had previously been a misbegotten Figaro in a misconceived, musically pallid "Barber of Seville" at FGO.)
"Cavalleria Rusticana" proved to be a less happy operatic experience. Doucet's staging was filled with dramatic tension. Lagana's set - with its many steps - was difficult for the cast to navigate and hindered the drama. Mascagni was an underrated composer. His melodies are inspired and his orchestration is gorgeous. (His neglected other works - like "Iris" and "Guglielmo Radcliffe" - deserve modern revivals.)The lush "Cavalleria" score was beautifully played by the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra in its final appearance as the pit ensemble for FGO. This is a major loss for future operatic productions. The Intermezzo in "Cavalleria" was exquisitely played by the strings. Conductor Richard Buckley caught the lyricism and passion of "Cav" and the dramatic tension of "Pag." His rhapsodically expansive conducting was the essence of "verismo" music drama. Every detail of the orchestral scores was made to count. Particularly impressive was Buckley's crisp shaping of the 18th century pastiche music in "Pag."
Mezzo-soprano Eugenie Grunewald was a commanding presence as Santuzza, the tragic heroine of "Cav." Her large, multi-colored voice is a beautiful instrument with a distinctive timbre. Her aria "Voi lo sapete" was delivered with intense emotion. Russian tenor Yuri Marusin was a crude Turiddu. He had strong high notes but his stage presence was stiff. His vocalism lacked tonal allure and suffered from poor intonation. A provincial performance!. Rucker was a superb Alfio who lit up the stage with passionate, refulgent vocalism. Melinda Pineda was a disappointment as Lola - small of voice and lacking in stage presence. Lola should be a true rival for Santuzza with a large mezzo-soprano voice and real dramatic intensity. Susan Shafer was a riveting presence as Mamma Lucia. She made a cameo role into an important presence by sheer intensity of vocal and dramatic declamation.
In "Pagliacci" the chorus sang with robust sonority and real character. Strangely, chorus master Bernard McDonald's group sounded undernourished and lethargic in "Cavalleria Rusticana."
The "Cav"-"Pag" double bill never fails to provide a compelling evening of musical theater. At its best, the FGO productions brought some fiery singing and compelling theatricality to these operatic evergreens. Yet the "tenor deficit" that has marred FGO productions for years continued to be a liability. South Florida deserves better!
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Background: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is important in many neurosurgical and neurological patients. The gold standard for monitoring ICP, however, is via an invasive procedure resulting in the placement of an intraventricular catheter, which is associated with many risks. Several noninvasive ICP monitoring techniques have been examined with the hope to replace the invasive techniques. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of all modalities that have been used for noninvasive ICP monitoring to date.Methods: A thorough literature search was conducted on PubMed, selected articles were reviewed in completion, and pertinent data was included in the review.Results: A total of 94 publications were reviewed, and we found that over the past few decades clinicians have attempted to use a number of modalities to monitor ICP noninvasively.CONCLUSION: Although the intraventricular catheter remains the gold standard for monitoring ICP, several noninvasive modalities that can be used in settings when invasive monitoring is not possible are also available. In our opinion, measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter and pupillometry are the two modalities which may prove to be valid options for centers not performing invasive ICP monitoring.
Surgical Neurology International
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Khan, M. N.,
Shallwani, H.,
Khan, M. U.,
Shamim, M. S.
(2017). Noninvasive monitoring intracranial pressure - A review of available modalities. Surgical Neurology International, 8, 51.
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Is there anything that's you've done in the past that you now totally regret? It could be anything; the way you looked, something you and your friends did, something you said, something you didn't do?
Regretting is one of the biggest problems many of us face on a daily basis; I have A LOT of regrets! The only thing stopping me from wanting to punch my younger self in the face is the fact that I've learnt from my 'mistakes'. To be completely honest a lot of my BIG regrets weren't regrets until about a year after they happened.
I've looked someone straight in the face and lied to them; I've wore fake, black-rimmed 3D glasses daily; I've started and made many (disgustingly hideous) videos on a YouTube channel with my cousin; I've had that 'emo' stage were all I wore was Doc Martins and all I listened to was AC/DC, Guns 'n' Roses and Nirvana; I've had an obsession with BRIGHT pink blusher; and I've wore those (god-awful) hair bandanas. And I can honestly say, I regretted every single one of them.
However, without lying to that person I probably would have crushed their heart and destroyed my friendship with them, without wearing those glasses I wouldn't be able to have a laugh when looking back at old photos, without making those YouTube videos I wouldn't have such a strong bond with my cousin (who is my one of best friends), without having that 'emo' stage I wouldn't know my 'style' and my 'place' in the world, without wearing that BRIGHT pink blusher I wouldn't know anything about makeup and without wearing those bandanas I probably wouldn't know never to do it again.
My point is, without regrets we wouldn't be able to learn and grow. There are so many things to embrace and enjoy there isn't any need to focus on your past regrets, look at them and laugh, look at them and cry, look and them and realise that without them you wouldn't be the person you are today.
So there is no need to have "ragrets", not even one letter.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa and Police Minister Bheki Cele are in Hanover Park in Cape Town to officially launch the police's anti-gang unit.
The president interacted with residents in a walkabout, where he heard about challenges faced in the area.
Ramaphosa briefly addressed residents as he stopped in the middle of Surwood Walk where 19-year-old Ameerodien Noordien was gunned down last month.
Eyewitness News reporter Lauren Isaacs was there.
This anti-gang unit has been disbanded for more than a decade but over the past month it has been revived in communities like Hanover Park, Nyanga...— Lauren Isaacs, EWN reporter
In the Western Cape alone, police this week said that there has been over 50 arrests since operational deployment and that was at the beginning of October.— Lauren Isaacs, EWN reporter
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Fluorescent tube light fixtures with two ballasts are typically wired in the same manner. Individual wires of one ballast connect to the one side of the fixture, individual wires from the other ballast connect to the other side of the fixture. The common wires of each ballast are connected to the other side of the fixture from each of the individual wires.
As seen below on ballast 1, individual wires are connected to the lampholders of lamp 2 on the left side, and the common wires on the right.
On ballast 2, common wires are connected to the lampholders of lamps 1 and 3 on the left side, and the individual wires on the right.
Using one 1 lamp and one 2 lamp series ballast
The 1 lamp ballast usually connects to the middle lamp, the 2 lamp ballast usually connects to the outer two lamps. If one of the outer lamps fail, the other outer lamp will not light up.
Using two 2 lamp series ballasts