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Infections top safety issues for Houston-area hospitals
Infections top safety issues for hospitals
Medicare data reveal Houston-area patient incidents
The most common hospital-contracted malady among older patients in Houston is systemic vascular infections, a problem often caused by unsanitary or improper procedures during their hospital stay, a new study of Medicare claims shows.
Among 46 hospitals within a 50-mile radius of the city of Houston, half reported vascular infections in Medicare patients through catheters, the tubing used for various procedures.
A total of 472 "hospital-acquired conditions" were reported from the 234,200 Medicare discharges from October 2008 through June 2010. That's two incidents per 1,000 Medicare discharges in Houston.
Allowing the public to see information about mishaps and errors that occur during a patient's hospital stay has been a contentious issue for hospital personnel, who believe the public could misread it. To date, there's no universal ranking system for the public to determine the safety of the nation's hospitals.
The reports released this month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the first to look strictly at how many times bedsores, surgical errors and falls and trauma, for example, occur among Medicare patients.
"We wanted to bring transparency to the fact that patients are exposed to potentially unsafe occurrences at America's hospitals, said Donald McLeod, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "We hope that by making the data public, we will spur hospitals to work with care providers to reduce — or even eliminate - these hospital-acquired conditions from happening again to even a single patient."
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When a hospital submits a claim to Medicare, the nation's largest insurer of the elderly, it must report any such incident involving a patient. If it happened in the hospital, Medicare doesn't pay and patients can't be billed.
While 213 cases of vascular infection via catheter occurred in area hospitals, they represent just 1 per 1,000 patient discharges.
Infections can happen in a variety of ways: unwashed hands placed on the patient during procedures, a catheter touching a contaminated surface before insertion, or the device being reused or left in a patient's body for too long.
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital had the highest vascular infection rate in the region, with 40 cases reported, or 2.31 per 1,000 Medicare discharges. Hospital officials said Medicare's data does not take into account whether patients are more prone to infection in certain situations.
"St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is a referral hospital, which means we are treating patients that are sicker than normal," said Beryl Vallejo, senior vice president. "The risk of developing an infection is higher if the patient is in the intensive care unit, has a weakened immune system (i.e. transplant recipients), is receiving chemotherapy, suffers from diabetes, or is in the hospital for a long period of time."
Vallejo points out the hospital gets better marks from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in which its overall infection rate data is adjusted by patient condition. The CDC, like Medicare, falls under Health and Human Services.
But there is no way for the public to verify those rankings because the CDC, unlike Medicare, does not make infection reports public.
Nevertheless, Vallejo says St. Luke's operates various programs to make sure catheters are sterilized and hospital staff consistently wash their hands.
St. Joseph Hospital, ranked second in vascular infections among Houston facilities, created a team to work with physicians to make sure they insert catheters correctly. The team also regularly evaluates physicians and offers follow-up education.
The Texas Hospital Association, a hospital trade group, cautions that Medicare's data is not comprehensive because it does not reflect physicians' or nurses' notes.
"We got concerned about the accuracy of the data. It doesn't include clinical information," said Cameron Krier, THA's senior director of policy analysis. "We are worried that will give public a false impression about hospital's safety rates."
Consumer advocacy groups, however, say the reported incidents could be only a small portion of hospitals' actual adverse events.
"One problem is that the data is based on claims, the records submitted to get paid," said John Santa, M.D., director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center. "You (hospitals) make decisions on which ways you can get the highest payment rather than the most accurate description of what happened medically."
Health Affairs, a health policy journal, recently published a study that indicates 10 times more errors occur in hospitals than hospitals are likely aware of.
Objects left in patients
Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center, which reported three incidents involving objects left in patients' body after surgeries, said each occurred after Hurricane Ike when its trauma center experienced a high volume of patients. This type of incident is rare but occurs in more complex trauma cases, Memorial Hermann Chief Medical Officer Michael Shabot said.
"In such an environment, where a large amount of blood is lost, there is a greater opportunity for inaccurate sponge counts," he said, referring to objects left in the patient's body.
The Harris County Hospital District's adverse events were totaled from all three of their hospitals - Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease - and had 1.27 per 1,000 discharges in which objects were left behind after surgery.
West Houston Medical Center, an HCA-owned hospital, ranks highest in the area for severe bedsores and urinary tract infections. It had 14 and 8 respectively.
"There is no acceptable number but 'zero' for hospital acquired conditions. It's as simple as that," said Angela A. Shippy, M.D., chief medical officer of HCA Gulf Coast Division. "... We investigate every hospital acquired condition or patient safety issue and take action to improve training and protocols based on what we learn."
Shippy noted that in the fourth quarter of 2010, there were no adverse events in any of its Houston-area hospitals.


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The use of voltage-guided ablation (VGA) of the posterior wall (PW) beyond pulmonary vein antral isolation (PVI) in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) has been shown to significantly improve long-term arrhythmia-free survival compared with nonvoltage-guided ablation. These findings were published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
The researchers sought to assess whether the use of PW ablation based on the presence of or absence of low voltage improves long-term arrhythmia-free outcomes. A single-center, retrospective review was conducted.. Researchers presented 5-year data from a clinical study of 2 AF ablation procedures: standard ablation (SA) and VGA. Consecutive patients were included who had presented between 2010 and 2014 for ablation to treat persistent AF. Individuals with long-standing persistent AF, paroxysmal AF, and previous AF ablation were excluded from the study.
In all of the patients, PVI was performed. With SA, ablation of the left atrial (LA) posterior wall beyond PVI was carried out at the discretion of the operator, not guided by the presence or absence of low voltage. With VGA, additional ablation of the LA posterior wall was carried out only if the voltage mapping of this region while in sinus rhythm demonstrated low voltage.
Five-year follow-up data in a total of 152 consecutive patients were retrospectively reviewed. Participants received 1 of 2 treatments: SA with PVI alone or PVI+PW isolation, according to physician discretion (SA group; n=77) or VGA with PVI and the addition of PW ablation only if low voltage was present on the PW (VGA group; n=75).
LA size and duration of AF were similar in the 2 groups. At the 5-year follow-up, 64% of the patients treated with VGA were atrial tachycardia (AT)/AF-free, compared with 34% in the SA group. Per AT/AF Kaplan-Meier arrhythmia-free survival, those in the VGA arm experienced a significant improvement in AT/AF survival compared with those in the SA arm, which began within the first year and was maintained up to 5 years post-ablation (hazard ratio [HR], 0.358; P <.005).
Although similar AF recurrence was reported in the SA and VGA groups with the use of PW ablation (HR, 0.30 vs 0.27, respectively; P =.96), a significantly higher recurrence of AT was observed in the SA arm compared with the VGA arm (HR, 0.39 vs 0.15, respectively; P =.03).
At the 5-year follow-up, use of VGA was associated with a significant decrease in AF/AT in both patients who received posterior wall ablation (HR, 0.16; P =.002) and those who received PVI alone (HR, 0.33; P =.002), compared with those who received SA PVI alone. Per multivariate analysis, the only procedure-related predictor of arrhythmia-free survival was the use of VGA (HR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.14-0.64; P =.002).
Limitations of the current study include the fact that although data demonstrate voltage in sinus rhythm is associated with atrial fibrosis, it is also true that voltage changes with activation pattern and length of cycle; the current study focused on voltage measurement during sinus rhythm. Elucidating the mechanistic relationship between voltage and atrial arrhythmias might help to improve understanding of the appropriate target.
“In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, the use of voltage mapping to guide whether to ablate or not to ablate the posterior wall in addition to PVI improves long-term arrhythmia-free survival when compared to a nonvoltage guided ablation strategy,” the study authors wrote. “A prospective randomized trial is currently underway to study this technique of ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation ([ClinicalTrials.gov identifier:] NCT03355456).”
Disclosure: Some of the study authors have declared affiliations with biotech, pharmaceutical, and/or device companies. Please see the original reference for a full list of authors’ disclosures.
Cutler MJ, Sattayaprasert P, Pivato E, Jabri A, AlMahameed ST, Ziv O. Low-voltage-guided ablation of posterior wall improves 5-year arrhythmia-free survival in persistent atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. Published online March 24, 2022. doi:10.1111/jce.15464

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http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...=136312&spln=1The Sixers are reportedly making the No. 2 pick in the draft available, but there are strings attached.
A team would have to take Elton Brand and the three years, $51 million left on his contract along with the pick. It's a pretty sure bet that no NBA team is going to take on that burden, so the pick is probably staying with the Sixers.
Just throwing it out there for the heck of it. Let the random conjecturing begin!

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FOUR dozen State Emergency Service volunteers from Brisbane have been sent to storm-ravaged towns around Gympie to help with the mammoth clean-up operation following yesterday’s extreme weather.
Families, businesses and farmers are beginning to count the cost of the damage after twin supercells carved a path of destruction 300km long, from Chinchilla to the coast on Thursday.
One of the cells spawned a tornado near the tiny town of Tansey, causing widespread damage.
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her thoughts were with the families who were caught up in the terrifying storm and said a massive clean-up was underway across the impact zone.
“We’re starting to get a full picture of the damage it has caused,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“We have seen the pictures of a mother who was injured protecting her child and we know there was also damage to crops. But thankfully, there was no loss of life.
“SES crews have been working hard overnight and crews from Brisbane are on their way to the region.
Forty-nine SES volunteers from Brisbane will be sent to Gympie where they’ll spend up to three days assisting with the clean-up.
Agricultural Minister Mark Furner said the pictures of ruined crops were shocking. He is urging farmers with significant damage to apply for disaster relief.
“The ferocity with which the hail and wind hit during the storm was incredibly intense,” he said.
“I encourage any producers who have suffered significant damage to apply for an Individual Disaster Stricken Property (IDSP) declaration.
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“I look forward to visiting affected landholders tomorrow to see if there’s anything the state government can do to assist further.”
Fire and Emergency Services Minister Craig Crawford said it was likely the number of SES tasks would increase during the day.
“Overnight to 5.30am, there were more than 300 calls for assistance with 289 of these in the North Coast Region,” Mr Crawford said.
“There were 170 callouts in Gympie, and 53 in the South Burnett.
“The damage was mostly structural, including hail damage to skylights and windows, trees down and leaking roofs.
“Thankfully, the forecast is that severe storms are less likely today in the areas such as the South Burnett, however, the potential for heavy rainfall may affect the clean-up in some areas.
“Local authorities are meeting this morning and will provide an update about any further assistance that may be required.”
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By the way, that’s just a figure of speech. Please don’t hit me in the face with a shovel.
As a writer I constantly have to fight the urge to tiptoe cautiously into a new project. I don’t want to make a mistake; I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot; I don’t want to lose my readers before they’ve finished the first paragraph. Well, guess what – if I start off writing like a coward I will have made a huge mistake and my readers will leave.
Don’t bore me. Get my attention with the opening sentence. Grab me by the throat and don’t let go. Hit me in the face with a shovel. Please don’t make me wait until page seventy before your book gets interesting, because if you do I won’t be around, even if your name is Stephen King.
Elmore Leonard said that after writing a draft of his novels he would go back through them and strip away all the boring parts. That’s excellent advice from the best crime fiction author I have ever read. Lose the adverbs and, please, lose the excessive, flowery, navel-gazing, introspective, self-congratulatory description
that you learned in a creative writing class or a writing seminar. It’s more likely to bog down the story than add to it. As a reader, I will skim those parts. If there are enough of them, I will give up on the book. If you’re writing, or trying to write so-called literary fiction, please warn me so I can avoid your work.
Thanks for listening. Forget what I said about the shovel in the face thing. I said forget it!


text: Xie Guozhong, an economist and former Morgan Stanley managing director, recently said that cryptocurrency will not be recognized as a legitimate currency because the government cannot use it to issue bonds, and its huge volatility may cause such a government to go bankrupt. Only a few exchange operators are expected to make a profit. He also said: "Bitcoin is mainly a gambling tool for Chinese, Koreans and Japanese." Xie Guozhong also said that Facebook's Libra may be detrimental to Bitcoin, as its launch will increase the supply of Bitcoin alternatives. But it also brings a psychological effect that "cryptocurrency is becoming more and more legitimate", attracting people back to the encryption market. He believes that although Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $20,000 in 2018, it is unlikely to exceed this figure in the future, as Wall Street traders will not allow: For US traders whose bitcoin is the main source of income, This 'game' is getting more and more important… they are actually making money from East Asia and will continue the game in this way. East Asia loses about $100 billion a year in gambling, and the encryption market is taking over the business.

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Organisation may finding themselves using multiple clouds naturally, but going multi-cloud adds complexity and makes IT support more difficult. IT departments may be questioning why the business needs it. But the good news is that there are ways to address these common concerns.
As always, the first question is how you define multi-cloud. Opinions vary, but here at Telstra Purple, our definition is simple; “multi-cloud is the use of multiple clouds by the same organisation”. This comes with a couple of key points and many implications. Namely, the management of multiple clouds and the responsibility of data in these clouds.
What clouds qualify as part of multi-cloud?
Any cloud should be included in an overarching multi-cloud strategy, including Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS) from public clouds. On-premises private cloud and legacy environments must also be considered as they need to fit into the overall strategy.
Multi-cloud does not have to be a hybrid cloud where different cloud providers are managed by the same control plane and where workloads can be seamlessly migrated between them. If you are using Office 365 and Salesforce, for example, you are doing a multi-cloud. You must manage both cloud services, and you will undoubtedly be storing sensitive organisational data in them. They are most certainly not the same cloud. However, you definitely want users to be able to access both with the same ID and password.
Multi-cloud creates a more complex world
The example above shows how multi-cloud easily adds complexity. Suddenly, you need a single sign-on solution for your clouds. And there are many more examples to add to the list:
- Identity – each cloud comes with its own identity and access controls.
- Security – each cloud increases your security boundary. You need to make sure all clouds are monitored, configured correctly, and appropriately governed.
- Cost – you need to keep track of spend on each cloud to ensure they are not spiralling out of control.
- Skills – You will need skilled people to manage the different types of clouds.
- Data Transfer – transferring data between clouds can be expensive.
- Connectivity – you need robust connectivity to connect all the cloud services.
And adding clouds increases complexity, so design to simplify as much as possible
Scale makes complexity grows exponentially, simple adding more services from, for example, public hyperscaler or connectivity to on-premises, increases complexity. This simple sequence shows how quickly complexity escalates.
If you do not plan and design for multi-cloud, you will very soon be overcome by the complexity. You will have multiple management tools, security tools, identities, and bills. You also need a skilled team in all areas, you will need strong governance or soon you will see inconsistencies that will cause further confusion and uncertainty.
The answer is to acknowledge multi-cloud and address its complexity.
The key is to simplify is preparing, planning, designing, and implementing multi-cloud using a well-thought-out strategy. And if you are already there, start optimising to reduce complexity.
Design your landing zones with repeatable patterns and policies and look for commonalities. Centralise common services like single sign-on that will prevent those username and password mismatches. Look for tools that can simplify operations by providing a common solution over multiple clouds, helping to provide a single interface for configuration, security, availability, and performance.
Ensure consistent governance and security by creating policies and processes that map across your clouds. The implementation steps may be different, but consistency and standards will reduce complexity significantly.
You can, of course, reduce complexity by limiting the number of clouds you use. Make sure your clouds provide business value and do not cost more to manage than their differentiator. Assess to see if they can be consolidated before choosing the complexity of managing and securing yet another cloud.
Cloud breeds Shadow IT
Don’t forget, the issue of shadow IT. The reality is that employees are probably using clouds that are not managed by IT. Do not instantly dismiss these and shut them down. Once you have addressed any security risks look at why it is being used and evaluate the reasons. You can then make a call. If they provide value, you may want to bring them under IT management or look at how to provide the capability within your supported portfolio.
Multi-cloud enables best-in-breed advantages
Multi-cloud can bring many benefits to accelerating digital transformation and reaching business goals, including flexibility, scalability, agility, and resilience. However, sound planning and governance are imperative to extract the maximum value without overloading IT or putting the organisation at risk.


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It’s creative nonfiction. I’m taking the class to complete my minor in creative writing. I love writing. I love the formulas, the methods, the elements. I enjoy the science of crafting good writing. So naturally, I thoroughly enjoy workshop classes. I love the opportunity to read the work of other writers, and critiquing their piece for clarity, character development, and story structure among a multitude of things. In turn, I LOVE when others do this to manuscripts and stories I that I myself scribe. I consider myself an artist of the written word, and as such it is imperative for me to receive honest, accurate, and constructive criticism to better myself as a writer. As well, I see it as my duty to return the favor for fellow writers. When I read a piece to critique, the first thing I want to make sure of is that your story makes sense. Does everything that needs explaining get explained? Do the plot points make sense in structure? Is their a point? Are the characters fleshed out? And so on and so on.
We recently had a piece turned in by a classmate in which she documents the abuse she was the victim to by an ex-boyfriend. A tragic situation, and a brave topic to write about, no doubt. However, at the end of the day, it is a STORY that is being written. If in your story you first introduce this ex-boyfriend character as ugly, mean, and rude with ZERO explanation as to why you even like him the first place, that’s a really shitty story. I critiqued the piece, making note at each instance where the persona went back to or submitted to the abusive boyfriend, wondering why the persona did so in the first place. Without any explanation as to what it was that the persona liked about the abusive boyfriend, I became increasingly frustrated with the persona as the narrator of the story. At one point, the boyfriend literally throws the persona out of his house, and two sentences later, without explanation, the persona is grovelling at the boyfriend’s feet asking for forgiveness and admitting that the persona is wrong for being upset with the abusive boyfriend. Zero explanation. So I wrote, “FUCKING WHY?!?!?!” in the margins. At the end, I wrote a a page to the author explaining my incredible frustration with the persona due to her lack of explanation, and that ultimately leading to the story being ineffective.
I am very active in class discussion. Very vocal in regards to negative and positive criticism. In fact, when we discussed the piece in class, one positive note I made was that the ex-boyfriend was a fleshed out character. It just made no sense whatsoever as to why anyone would want to be with him or even like him in the first place.
This morning I had to meet with my professor because I was accused of being harsh, insensitive, selfish, and “gutting my classmates” in my critiques. I was told that such “cruelty” has “no place in art”. I nearly vomited from the peace, love, and bullshit my professor was trying to shove down my throat. I critique pieces in the way I want my own to be critiqued. If I write shit, I would LOVE to be told so and how I did so, so I do not recreate the same shit.
In life, especially art, you’re going to make shit. And when you make that shit, it’s nice to have people around that will let know. Nobody wants to make shit. And when you make shit, that’s your fault. Own it. Don’t get upset that someone said a story about your trauma is a shitty story. If you don’t want people to say that, write it better. But until then, you’re going to need to take notes on how to improve. I find it pathetic on not only the author’s part for essentially taddling on me, but my professor’s part for acknowledging and agreeing with the coddling of the class like children.
If you want to make good art, you have to learn how to. It’s a rare thing to be a prodigy. So until then, shut up, quit crying, and learn from your mistakes.


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Peter Sharp will be Cronulla’s coach at least until officials have some finality around Shane Flanagan’s future after a landmark board meeting on Thursday night, which also saw the club reiterate its desire to defend all charges.
The Sharks board met for the first time since NRL chief executive Dave Smith handed the club a $1 million fine and suspended coach Shane Flanagan for a year for code of conduct breaches.
The board vowed to support Flanagan, who along with the club will have until January 15 to respond to the breach notice. In the interim, Sharp will be coach, handing him a clear advantage to guide the Sharks if Flanagan’s ban is upheld, over the other candidate, Brett Kimmorley.
‘‘The board of the Cronulla Sharks will take a measured and considered response to the breach notice issued to it during the week,’’ a club statement said following the long board meeting at Sharkies Leagues Club. ‘‘The board will seek legal advice to confirm our position in defending all charges.
‘‘The board wishes to reassure our members, sponsors and fans that we intend to support Shane Flanagan, who we believe is an integral part of our club. In the interim, Peter Sharp will coach the team with the support of James Shepherd and our premiership-winning NSW Cup coach Tony Herman.’’
That will at least give the Sharks time to take a breath following the events of this week. But as they ponder their more immediate concerns, the club is also bracing for a longer-term battle with a host of players off-contract at the end of next season. The board met knowing many of their decisions would flow into 2015 and beyond.
Front of mind will be the fact that more than a dozen players, including Andrew Fifita, Wade Graham, Isaac De Gois and Sosaia Feki, are off contract at the end of next year. The uncertainty over Cronulla’s future could tempt some to look elsewhere, although Sharks boss Steve Noyce was hopeful the players would not be swayed by recent events.
‘‘We haven’t talked about it at this stage,’’ he said. ‘‘I don’t think it matters what organisation you work at, if people genuinely want to stay in your organisation and be part of something, you’ll keep them ... Everyone’s well aware of some of the challenges we might have, but they also see an exciting future. They are a tight group. A vast number of them live in the Shire. That builds and breeds its own culture. There’s a couple of good young kids coming through. That’s exciting as well.’’


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Boys, Masculinities and Reading explores elementary students’ interpretations of their experiences of reading and the contextual influences that impact those experiences. While research continues to highlight the apparent systematic underperformance of boys in comparison to girls on national and international reading benchmarks, this text moves beyond broad generalizations to consider complexities inherent in notions of masculinity and associated tensions. Applying a socio-cultural perspective, Scholes highlights the voices of boys and girls by focusing on their reading experiences. Examining the perceived, generalized "crisis" of boys’ underperformance in reading and literacy, Scholes identifies the factors that shape perceptions of masculinity among different groups of boys across the globe.

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Stuart Holloway on the boil ahead of Lordshill 10k defence
Runners from across the region will descend on the Lordshill this Sunday for for the fourth stop of the Hampshire Road Race League.
The 10-mile race, which is organised by Lordshill Runners, will see around 550 runners take to the course.
Last year’s race winner Stuart Holloway of Salisbury returns as he looks to keep the pace with the frontrunners in the men’s individual league table.
Holloway will be aiming to beat his time of 52 minutes and 48 seconds, which he achieved in atrocious conditions in 2012.
In the ladies’ race, Erica Fogg will be defending the title she claimed with a run of 61 minutes 51 seconds last year.
However, she is sure to come under pressure from Winchester’s Kath Bailey, who will be looking to re-establish herself at the top of the women’s league, which is currently led by Jessica Barling of Lordshill.
In the team standings – Holloway was Salisbury’s saviour two weeks ago as he pushed them back into contention with a second place at the Solent half marathon, meaning they are just off Winchester at the top of the men’s league.
Salisbury are also in fine fettle in the women’s competition and sit near the top of division one after a second place at the Solent half.
The race gets under way at 10am this Sunday.
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I have been teaching music, and more specifically piano, for the last fifteen years. I have taught at all levels, including at university for both bachelor and graduate levels. I have been adjunct professor with the University of Montreal, where I both taught piano and worked as a pianist for the vocal diction classes. I have been invited as a teacher, accompanist and clinician in many music festival and music schools and I also teach privately. Inspired by my experience and observations practicing music, I have devoted myself to different types of personal research, principally pedagogical, in the goal of evaluating, discovering and developing ideal approaches, methods and tools to define and achieve a whole musical training. I recently presented at a conference for Projet SEUR, affiliated with the University of Montreal, and I coordinate the Série des Diplômés de l’Université Laval (SéDUL), an alumni concert series that I founded in 2011.
In addition to my doctoral thesis, « Canvas of Leos Janácek’s expressive universe through the understanding of his 4 movements solo piano piece In the Mist », research subjects that interest me and on which I would like to publish and present include the following : a method developed to help the student vocally express his musical intentions which will allow for an easier sharing of ideas between professor and student; a new approach to the solfege system to help for development of both relative and perfect pitch; the importance of developing a greater understanding of harmonic progressions; how to realize a jazz leadsheet; the importance of teaching composition to young pianists; the idiomatic fundamental principles of piano technique.
As a teacher, I look to inspire a love for music, but also to generate understanding of the work ethic necessary in this domain. I am able to connect well with my students and adapt well to their needs. It is also important to me to contribute positively to the communities with which I am involved and to communicate in a healthy way with my students and colleagues. For more details on my approach to teaching piano, you can download my philosophy of teaching document.
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Militants of ISIS execute two Syrian men on charges of leaking information to Syrian rebels in Hasakah. File photo
- Over 1400 Peshmerga soldiers killed so far in war on ISIS north Iraq
- Islamic State official executes his brother on charges of apostasy
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QAMISHLI – Militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Friday executed a number of Iraqi civilians in the city of Abu Kamal in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor on charges of apostasy, local sources reported.
Local activists confirmed that ISIS executed five men in Abu Kamal city on charges of apostasy and violation of ISIS regulations.
Speaking to ARA News in Deir ez-Zor, media activist Khidir al-Faris said that ISIS militants have brought five people from the Iraqi city of al-Qaim, and executed them publically in the city of Abu Kamal in the eastern suburbs of Deri ez-Zor province on the Syrian-Iraqi border.
“They were executed on charges of apostasy and disobeying the group’s rules in the region,” the source reported.
The victims were arrested by ISIS-led Hisba police earlier this week. They were then referred to the Sharia Court which convicted them of apostasy and ordered their execution, according to local activists.
According to activists, the victims were not identified; they were only known as Iraqi nationals.
Al-Faris pointed out that ISIS has taken the city of Abu Kamal as a center for the field executions carried out against opponents from the people of Deir ez-Zor province and the ISIS-controlled areas inside Iraqi territory.
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Olivia Chaney’s music can be described as removed from time. The English songwriter and balladeer distills the essence – the blood, sweat, and tears, the love, life, and death from the songs she performs.
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I love love love swiss chard. I still remember the first time I cooked with it and how in awe of its gargantuan leaves I was. And it’s so good for you. And for picky eaters like Alex, it resembles spinach and can generally be used in place of spinach.
I decided that leftovers night is often one of the more creative nights in the kitchen. It’s all about making do with what you have and making creative replacements to your favorite recipes– a challenging sort of race against the rot clock, if you’d like to think of it that way.
Here are a few creative things I did that resulted in this lovely dish:
1. I saved time (and dishes) by cooking the chard in the same pot as the pasta. When, according to my pasta’s package directions, it had 5 minutes left to cook, I added the chopped chard and let it go, draining both pasta and chard together in the colander when the pasta cooking time was up.
2. I used up all the bread. Because I bake my own artisan bread without preservatives or dough softeners, the loaf can get extremely hard extremely fast if we don’t eat it fast enough. Sometimes this means I have to toss an end piece every now and then. This week’s loaf was rescued and turned into croutons.
I know it may seem odd (or perhaps quintessentially Italian?) to top
carbs pasta with carbs croutons, but I was inspired by a recipe I remembered seeing in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution in which rotini pasta is tossed in a sauce with breadcrumbs and anchovies.
3. I added a little bit of parmesan cheese to help everything stick together and add an extra nutty layer of saltiness–a sort of cheese sauce without going crazy with cream and eggs.
Make the croutons:
– stale bread
– olive oil
– salt and garlic powder
1. Preheat oven to 375F. Cut bread into small cubes. Toss with olive oil, salt, and garlic powder, then spread evenly on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Bake 20-25 minutes, turning once for even browning.
Make the pasta:
– 1/2 onion, sliced
– the stems of one bunch of chard, chopped
2. Get the onions going in a bit of olive oil in a medium pan over medium high heat.
3. When the onions start to soften, add the chopped chard stems and continue to saute.
– 1/2 pound pasta, such as linguini
– leaves from 1 bunch chard chopped
4. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water generously and add your pasta, cooking according to package directions. When there is about 5 minutes left in cooking the pasta, add the chopped chard and continue cooking until the pasta is finished. Drain.
– small glass of white wine
– 1 tablespoon milk
– 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
5. When the onions and chard stems have softened, add the wine and let it boil down so that it is almost evaporated. Add the milk and a small handful of the cheese, stirring to combine and heat through.
*Note: If you’d like, consider adding 1 finely chopped anchovy fillet here. Haven’t tried it, but I think it would work.
6. Toss the pasta and chard with the onions and chard stems along with the rest of the parmesan cheese. Serve warm topped with croutons, parmesan cheese, and sliced almonds (if desired).
Next time it’s leftovers night, see if you can unleash your creative powers to make a new favorite meal. Maybe your favorite meal evolved “accidentally” from a leftovers fridge raid? Do tell.


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The Meadows Country Club will host a professional women’s doubles tennis exhibition Dec. 5.
The match will feature Kveta Peschke, Sunitha Rao, Whitney Biles and Jackie Bohannon. Peschle was ranked No. 3 in the world in women’s doubles in 2008 and has been a U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Finalist and a two-time U.S. Open Doubles Finalist. She will partner with Bohannon, who is a teaching professional at Longboat Key Club and is currently ranked No. 1 in Florida in Women’s Open Singles.
The pair will face Rao and Biles. Rao, who competes in the Federation Cup for India, reached the round of 16 at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing while Biles is a former Women’s NCAA Doubles Champion and U.S. Hard Court Champion.
The exhibition, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Meadows Tennis Center, 3100 Longmeadow, Sarasota, is free and open to the public. For more information contact The Meadows Country Club Tennis Center at 378-5265 or visit www.meadowscc.org.
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2 Florida's Children First 2014 Sarasota Reception
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16 Pillar of Hope Open House
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17 Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
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Talk about a real big fish.
Mazel tov to Klauber and Mancini
The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael’s On East, with its Civic Achievement Award in November.
Bob Havel celebrates 90 years with family members
Bob Havel recently celebrated his 90th birthday on Longboat Key with 24 members of his family.


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In der Klassikkategorie ist das nicht der Fall. Hier gibt es eine barrierefrei zugängliche Dusche.
Ich finde es richtig vom Hotel, dass Sie Ihnen die Kategorie gegeben haben die Sie auch gebucht haben. Immerhin kann man nicht das billigere Zimmer buchen & dann erwarten, dann man einfach ein Upgrade bekommt.
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A few weeks ago I was asked to do some generic implementation of ReactJS renderings in Sitecore SXA. The challenges: It needs to work with standard SXA, using dynamic placeholders, using an ORM mapper like Glass but also pass only needed data structures to the components, thus the serialization may not be too bloated. During this journey I found an interesting issue you might get into as well.
So what happened? My placeholders did not show up in my component. One component had one, the other did not. What went wrong?! They used the same codebase in the controller and same client code in the front-end. Could it be code? Could it be a bug?!! It was driving me crazy! It felt like....
Setting up the ReactJS scaffolding
As you may have read in one of my posts Tuning Sitecore Experience Accelerator (SXA) with React.Net it is quite easy to have your own components included in SXA having placeholders where you can add additional components. And you want them to be dynamic. That means that under the hood a Guid is added to the name of the placeholder. This way when you re-use the component they do not have the same child components in them.
What we eventually want to have is a component with one or more placeholders. This looks something like this:
But instead I get:
Creating the items
To make it all very easy for you to understand I leave out all code stuff and focus just on the actual problem. The code is simple and handles the creation of dynamic placeholders based on the datasource template of my component.
I start by creating three placeholder settings:
- majesty (my favorite Islay, cheap but good)
These will be the placeholders for my Whisky Component. Additionally we'll have to add the items to a datasource template for this component:
Adding the component to the page
Now that we have all the things in place we can add the component to the page. In the available Renderings section of the SXA Presentation node I've added my component so I can drag it onto my page in the Experience Editor. I select the Component Properties and select the Placeholder Configuration pointing to the keys I need to use. It is a necessity to have placeholder settings in place otherwise they won't show up. For the ease I will not fill the Allowed Controls.
Troubleshooting the dynamic placeholder
In my real environment one component shows the placeholder and the other one doesn't show a placeholder. This component will combine the issue so you already can check yourself where the differences are. First thing that came up to me was that it might have to do something with the code. I attached to the process and found a difference between the placeholder which showed up and a piece of code that did not render the placeholder and notice the property Editable is false:
This was strange because the other placeholders were configured the same way. But was this because of my code? It wasn't. The placeholder is returned from the SitecoreHelper class. And it also shows that editable = false:
Validation of different Sitecore environments
I began to feel a little desperate...
Had it to do something with the Sitecore items? And then it struck me. The placeholder that didn't show up was different than the other two because it has a dash sign:
laphroig-16years. Some crazier even, when removing the digit from the name works too. So a dash followed by a number will render your placeholder ineditable :-) I remember from an earlier version that the dynamic placeholders had a guid in the display name and now in Sitecore 9.0.1 its gone and shows only the name:
So what if I would remove the dash sign from my placeholder?
So I did two things:
- change the key of the placeholder to
- change the value of the placeholder key value for the datasource template for the controller (dynamically getting the placeholders)
All placeholders are showing. You can even use underscore signs, slashes and other signs in your placeholder key names. Using dashes followed by a number just will disable your component.
SXA to the rescue
Next step is to do something different, the right way: use Sitecore SXA.
Sitecore SXA's Placeholder to the rescue
Checking out the code for the placeholder used by SXA there's no difference:
So I checked the key of the placeholder in SXA:
SXA has its own implementation of handling the uniqueness of the selected rendering. Back to the ReactJS rendering with its dynamic placeholder I renamed it to column-1-1. I was pretty sure that this is not going to work because a dash with a number didn't work! But what the...
It works when just having a number and not any trailing words. Also notice the nice guid now in the name. That wasn't here before! The placeholder implementation of SXA is very different. As stated here: When you use dynamic placeholders, you can add the same placeholder name several times. You can do this across multiple renderings, and you can even use the same placeholder multiple times in a single rendering (source: Sitecore).
The resolution is of three options:
- Use the splitters in SXA (they have their own implementation of handling the unique key)
- Building your own unique key implementation like in this example
- Accept the placeholder key name limitation and go with my solution
So avoid dashes with numbers and letters in them, even dashes of water in your whisky! cheers!


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McCartney Joins Joel at Shea Stadium 7-18-08 Jul 19, 2008 21:30:45 GMT -5
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PAUL McCARTNEY JOINS BILLY JOEL AT SHEA STADIUM
By BEN SISARIO
Published: July 19, 2008
It takes a lot to upstage Billy Joel at Shea Stadium.
But late on Friday night, nearly three hours into a career-spanning performance advertised as the last concert at Shea before it was to be demolished, Mr. Joel seemed happy to turn over the spotlight to Paul McCartney, who, he said, had just flown in from London.
The sold-out crowd of 55,000 people let out an ear-splitting roar as Mr. McCartney sang the Beatles’ I Saw Her Standing There, with Mr. Joel singing backup and, fitting his reputation as a self-deprecating rock star, looking on from his piano as if he were just another fan himself.
Billy Joel and Sir Paul McCartney
Before beginning Let It Be, Mr. McCartney alluded to the Beatles’ first concert at Shea in 1965, the year after the stadium opened.
“It’s so cool to be back here on the last night,” he said. “Been here a long time ago — we had a blast that night, and we’re having another one tonight.”
The concert was the second of two farewell shows by Mr. Joel, who told the crowd earlier in the night: “They’re tearing this house down. I want to thank you for letting me do the job and keep doing it — the best job in the world.”
Mr. McCartney wasn’t the only big guest. The country star Garth Brooks, dressed in a Mets T-shirt, sang Mr. Joel’s Shameless, which was a big hit for Mr. Brooks; Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performed Walk This Way; and Roger Daltrey of the Who — which played at Shea in 1982 — sang My Generation as Mr. Joel smashed a guitar on the center-field stage.
Before the show, fans praised Mr. Joel, Long Island’s favorite son, as an approachable superstar whose songs chronicle everyday New York lives and struggles. “Only New Yorkers have a true sense of what he talks about,” said Lauren Marchiano, 26. As an avowed follower of both Mr. Joel and the Mets, she said, the night was doubly poignant for her.
But the most popular topic of conversation seemed to be how much everyone had paid to get in. Ronnie Glowacki, an administrative assistant from Brooklyn, had been frozen out when tickets went on sale in February; she would say only that she paid “somewhere between zero and $500” to get in on Friday. A Yankees fan, she was there to catch what could be a last glimpse — not of Shea Stadium, but of Mr. Joel.
“I don’t know how much longer he’s going to be doing concerts, so I want to get every one I can get in,” she said. “For me it’s all Billy.”
Billy Joel Blows Fans Away at "Last Play at Shea" Stadium video at website. (2.32 minutes)

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“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
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Eddie Murphy's ex-wife Nicole recently stunned her fans with a gorgeous picture that captured her dressed in a skin-tight black outfit while promoting her latest venture.
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UAL Corp.’s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. tentatively agreed on an exchange ratio in their all-stock merger of 1.05 shares of UAL for each Continental share, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
United Chief Executive Officer Glenn Tilton and CEO Jeff Smisek of Houston-based Continental have briefed their boards on the terms, said the person, who asked not to be identified because details aren’t public. The CEOs reached their accord at a meeting on April 27, the person said.
A merger may be announced as soon as May 3, people familiar with the situation have said. At today’s closing prices, UAL and Continental were valued at $3.63 billion and $3.12 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Each Continental share was valued at 1.03 UAL shares.
“United shareholders may feel it’s undervalued,” said Vicki Bryan, a debt analyst at New York-based Gimme Credit LCC. “The board is going to have to justify that.”
The new company may deliver a combination of more than $2 billion in savings and added revenue, Bryan said today in an interview. The merger would produce the world’s largest carrier based on passenger traffic, surpassing Delta Air Lines Inc.
Directors at UAL have scheduled a meeting for today, people have said. Jean Medina, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based United, declined to comment. Continental’s David Messing didn’t return a message. CNBC reported the ratio earlier today.
UAL gained 13 cents to $21.60 at 4 p.m. in New York in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, while Continental slid 35 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $22.35 on the New York Stock Exchange.
UAL and Continental are the third- and fourth-largest U.S. airlines by market value and passenger traffic, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.
Together, they would leapfrog Delta for the top spot across both the Atlantic and Pacific among U.S. airlines, with 40 percent and 53 percent of traffic, based on data compiled by Bloomberg. The merged carrier would be No. 2 in Latin America behind AMR Corp.’s American Airlines.
Blending their networks would produce two hubs at U.S. East Coast business centers, United’s at Washington Dulles and Continental’s at Newark, New Jersey. United’s routes include flights between Washington and Moscow, a city not served by Continental.
“A merger would be smart in a strategic sense, combining Continental’s strong trans-Atlantic network with United’s strength in the Pacific,” Jim Corridore, a Standard & Poor’s equity analyst in New York, wrote today in a note. He rates UAL as hold and recommends buying Continental.
Continental abandoned merger talks with United in 2008, saying the risks of a tie-up outweighed the rewards. Continental later joined the Star Alliance group of airlines led by United.
Negotiations on a tie-up resumed this month, people have said. US Airways Group Inc. ended its own merger discussions with United on April 22, and said it would remain a stand-alone carrier. The Tempe, Arizona-based company walked away after concluding United favored a Continental deal, people have said.

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Corundum castable is a kind of high alumina refractory castable. Because of its stable high-temperature performance, good wear resistance and corrosion resistance, it is commonly used in the lining of a variety of high-temperature industrial kilns. It is an amorphous refractory prepared by mixing electric fused brown corundum as the main refractory aggregate, adding a variety of ultra-fine powder and calcium aluminate cement binder in proportion.
Corundum castables are widely used, and the quality of on-site construction is closely related to the quality of corundum castables. The following is the on-site construction instructions of corundum castables:
- Before the construction of corundum castable, three supplies and one leveling shall be achieved, and the construction equipment and construction surface must be clean and tidy.
- The temperature during construction shall be about 30 ℃, and construction shall not be carried out under the construction environment lower than 5 ℃.
- Clean drinking water with pH value of 6-8 shall be used. The amount of water added shall be accurately weighed, and the amount added shall be 4-6% of the total amount, which can be increased or decreased according to the actual situation.
- It is recommended to use a forced mixer to mix the aggregate, powder and binder of corundum castable evenly, and the mixing tools must be clean.
- Mixing sequence: mix the aggregate and powder for 3 minutes, add the specified amount of water after uniformity, and then mix evenly for 6 minutes. When discharging, ensure that the mixture has sufficient fluidity.
- The mixed corundum refractory castable must be used within 30min during pouring. The castable that has lost fluidity cannot be reused to avoid waste.
- The pouring thickness shall be based on the actual kiln lining requirements or design requirements to ensure uniform pouring and dense vibration.
- The pouring surface of all Abrasives shall be coated with a layer of engine oil in advance, and the embedded metal parts shall be painted with a layer of 2mm thick asphalt paint.
When pouring, install the mold first. After installation, pour the corundum castable into the mold and put it into use after curing, drying and demoulding.
The construction steps of corundum castable are roughly the same as those of other refractory castables. The pouring construction of castable is also a major factor affecting the service life of refractory castable, so the on-site construction process is also very important.