Are Sidewinder missiles heat seeking?
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a supersonic, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. It has a high-explosive warhead and an infrared heat-seeking guidance system.
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AIM-9X belongs to the family of AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles produced by Raytheon. It is an infrared air-to-air missile primarily developed for the US Air Force and the US Navy. The AIM-9X Sidewinder missile is currently in service with more than 24 countries worldwide.
How much does an aim-9 missile cost?
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|188 pounds (85.3 kg)
What is the AIM-9X Block II/II+ Sidewinder?
The AIM-9X Block II/II+ Sidewinder (AIM-9X Blk II/II+) continues the evolution of the AIM-9 series of missiles. This missile program delivers a launch and leave, air combat munition that uses passive Infrared (IR) energy to acquire and track enemy air targets and complements the radar guided Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM).
What is the AIM-9X missile used for?
AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile 1 Infrared-tracking, short-range, multi-mission missile. The AIM-9X® Sidewinder missile is a triple-threat missile that can be used for air-to-air engagements, surface-attack and surface-launch missions without modifications. 2 Multiple platforms. 3 Block II variant.
What is a Sidewinder missile used for?
Infrared-tracking, short-range, multi-mission missile The AIM-9X® SIDEWINDER™ missile is a triple-threat missile that can be used for air-to-air engagements, surface-attack and surface-launch missions without modifications. A U.S. Navy-led, joint program with the U.S. Air Force, the AIM-9X SIDEWINDER also has 26 Foreign Military Sales partners.
Why is the Navy still building AIM-9 Sidewinders?
The Navy is still funding work on a new rocket motor and other features that could fundamentally change the character of this “dogfighting” missile. When it comes to air-to-air combat, no missile on earth is as iconic as the AIM-9 Sidewinder.


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After one year plus and visits to remedy my brake problem, Toyota service changed a valve that they felt was the problem. It was not. I took it to arbitration, which at that time, the technical people gave me a full explanation of the brakes design. And, admitted that all prior service work done was a waste of time due to the brake design. The brake pressure is proportional. To top it off, the Toyota experts indicated that if I had the traction control option, things would have been different with the brakes. In the 2010 model they all have traction control as standard. I guess Toyota dealers were unaware of the importance of traction control on the 2009, they did not stock this option.
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Will The Plain Dealer remain a daily newspaper? That question dominated the conversation at today's forum at Trinity Cathedral about the future of the news in Cleveland.
“There’s a lot at stake; it’s not just our jobs,” said Harlan Spector, chairman of the Newspaper Guild's Plain Dealer chapter and one of the leaders of the union's Save The Plain Dealer campaign, launched Sunday.
The Plain Dealer's owner, Advance Publications, has been converting its daily newspapers in several states to three-day-a-week publications and cutting their staffs by about 50 percent. The realignment toward online publication has already happened at Advance's papers in Michigan, Alabama and New Orleans, and it is slated to take place in Syracuse, N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa. in January.
Plain Dealer staffers fear Cleveland will be next. A no-layoffs pledge in the journalists’ union contract expires in January, and the company has told leaders of the newsroom union that layoffs and unspecified changes are coming.
“This really undermines the ability of the press to function as it should in a free society,” Spector argued to the audience of about 30 at today's forum, sponsored by the Cleveland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Spector pointed to paper's coverage of the 2009 Cuyahoga County reform effort. “The Plain Dealer was all over county reform. We covered it at every turn of the screw,” he said. “That would not have happened if it weren’t for a daily newspaper coming to look at that day in and day out. That’s the kind of thing you’re going to lose.”
Without a daily paper, many people will be cut off from the news, Spector argued. “The physical paper serves a role that I don’t think can be replaced digitally,” he said. “There are a lot of elderly in the city, and they’re not just going to go on the website to get their news.”
Print newspapers nationwide face declining circulation and revenue as readers move online. People at the forum agreed that social media is accelerating the change and becoming many readers’ main source of news.
“News was a one-way thing, where we printed it and you read it. We played the gatekeeper role,” said Jean Dubail, a senior regional editor at Patch.com and a former Plain Dealer staffer.
“We would sort through all the myriad of things that were happening in Cleveland and boil them down into a manageable package that you could read every day,” Dubail said. “Now that function is being performed by your friends.”
Plain Dealer reporter Diane Suchetka, in the audience, argued that her colleagues are providing reliable reporting online and in print. “We’re tweeting, we’re on Facebook, but we’re giving people a quality product just like in any other industry,” Suchetka said. “You want the suit coat that you buy, or the glasses that you buy, or the shoes that you buy to be good, and you’re willing to pay for good quality. That’s what we’re asking.”
The Save The Plain Dealer campaign's online petition has attracted nearly 1,000 signatures in the past 24 hours, totaling at 3,629 supporters as of this afternoon. The campaign hopes to receive 5,000 signatures and encourages the community and long-time followers of The Plain Dealer to show their support over the next several weeks by signing the petition, subscribing to the paper and writing letters to Advance executive Steven Newhouse.

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While many NHL players are taking their games to the major leagues of Finland, Russia, Switzerland, and Czech Republic – Detroit’s Jonathan Ericsson is taking things in a different direction.
Bob Duff of The Windsor Star reports Ericsson will head to Sweden to play for Vita Hästen in the 3rd division. Comparatively, that’s like playing in that country’s version of the ECHL. He played for Vita Hästen in his first season of pro hockey back in 2002-03 as an 18 year-old.
While he had a breakout in the playoffs back in 2009, he’s had his ups and downs with the Wings since then. That didn’t stop the team from signing him to a three-year, $9.75 million deal in the summer of 2011.
With Nicklas Lidstrom retired and Brad Stuart in San Jose, he’s now by default one of Detroit’s top four blue liners.
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Because your garage door can be customized, pricing varies. Our Clopay configurator will help you review pricing as you begin your project. You’ll start with your door size and whether you need a single or double car door. Next, you can choose the collection of door, which gives you options of various materials and styles. Then, you’ll choose your construction, which allows you to decide what you need in terms of energy efficiency, durability and noise control. Lastly, you will be able to visualize the design and see an end price. Other optional add-ons include windows, decorative hardware, smart features and the r-value. However, you do not have to use the configurator. We also install standard garage doors that have not been customized so you know the product price early on in the process.
Step 5: Check for loose hardware, and tighten as needed. On swing-up doors, check the plates where the spring is mounted to be sure the screws are tight, and tighten any loose screws. On roll-up doors, check the hinges that hold the sections of the door together; tighten any loose screws, and replace any damaged hinges. Sagging at one side of the door can often be corrected by servicing the hinges. If a screw hole is enlarged, replace the screw with a longer one of the same diameter, and use a hollow fiber plug, dipped in carpenters' glue, with the new screw. If the wood is cracked at a hinge, remove the hinge and fill the cracks and the screw holes with wood filler. Let the filler dry and then replace the hinge. If possible, move the hinge onto solid wood.
Garage door springs counterbalance the weight of the door to make it easy to open and close. They serve the same purpose of counter weights used to balance doors in centuries past and in many doors today. For example, if a garage door weighs 100 pounds, a spring force of 100 pounds needs to pull against the weight of the door. This can be accomplished with springs that either stretch or torque special parts to assist in balancing the door.


"Harts is a natural performer, exuding confidence as he commanded the stage and attention of everyone in the room."
Those who arrived early to the Metro Theatre kicked off the night with catchy melodies and '80s vibes delivered by Sydney synth-pop four-piece Froyo.
Super talented multi-instrumentalist and energetic live performer Yeo then got the crowd moving with his electronic indie-pop. The Melbourne songwriter and producer sang and played keytar, bass and a Korg synth throughout the set, accompanied by his laptop and a live drummer.
Once the crowd was sufficiently warmed up, Melbourne's Harts took to the stage alongside his drummer and bassist, with whom (as Harts informed us) he went to high school. Harts is a natural performer, exuding confidence as he commanded the stage and attention of everyone in the room. It's easy to see why he's been compared to a young Prince by so many (even the late artist himself) but, with a colourful Stratocaster guitar in hand — on which he absolutely shreds — and a real ‘60s psychedelic influence, comparisons could also be made to Jimi Hendrix.
Harts, also a skilled multi-instrumentalist, moved from electric guitar to bass guitar to keys during his set, delivering his fundamentally irresistible combination of funk, rock, soul, blues and pop. Each song was expanded and filled out with lengthy solos, making the concert feel like a bit of a jam session.
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Fear In Me, off his latest album Smoke Fire Hope Desire, was a definite set highlight — the crowd erupted the moment that he began playing the opening riff, they cheered as he rapped and they shouted-along to the track's catchy hook. He informed the crowd that he'd been sick all week and had almost cancelled the show, but as he then sung the uplifting track Peculiar and played its killer guitar solo, there was no telling that he was anything less than one hundred per cent. Harts and his band left the stage on a high, to roaring applause, leaving a crowd of very satisfied fans.


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Finally, after weeks of spending most of my time and energy recuperating from my leg injury, I have at least several new paintings for 2015 and have added them to my gallery. As I get better, I will be doing more paintings. Hopefully I can squeeze out something good inspired by my quad tendon rupture.
Thank you everyone for their donations and gift baskets and support as I get through this crappy leg injury. I am now close to six weeks post op and I can actually bend my leg about 40-50 degrees without significant pain. I am walking around the house now with just one crutch. Was able to take my first shower without any assistance and could be driving again in the next couple of weeks. I haven't been able to stand and paint and therefore most of the art I have created this year have been smaller pieces. Anyway, the journey continues..
I am continuing with this series of paintings/art during my rehabilitation of my leg. Obviously, once I recover (in a few months) the series will have ended. So this body of artwork that I am now starting will be limited. They are all for sale. I need the $$ for all of my expenses and lack of income during this period. ANESTHESIA. 11x14 inch colored pencil on bristol paper
So, here's the deal. Since the accident I have had to temporarily quit two part time jobs and my partner one of hers. That results in a loss of about 80% of our income. I was thinking of starting a gofundme campaign to help out the expenses. I would rather just have people buy my art, whether originals or prints. That way everyone gets something out of it. Not sure. Any feedback from you good folks?
So Frida has become some big inspiration for me. Not only because she's an awesome painter, but because of how she was able to continue painting even when laid up with her various maladies. Hell, she was in a full body cast and was painting. So I can't paint while standing up right now. Big deal, right? So I have an table easel set up and next will get my brushes and paints out here to at least start something new. Stay tuned!
On December 29th 2014, in a split second, I lost my independence. I was walking my dog Molly not far from home, slipped on a patch of ice and instead of just falling on my ass, I instead unknowingly used my left leg to brace the fall and in doing so, ruptured the tendon in my quadriceps in my left leg. I have not been able to stand on the leg since then. I had surgery to repair it on Jan. 7th and from that point forward have been full recuperation mode. Which right now means, staying off of the leg and using crutches to get around the house. So, I am pretty much housebound (still icy out) and certainly won't be driving for a while. I obviously haven't done any painting since the accident although I hope to start some small works this week. I will keep everyone posted here or on my facebook page.
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With the help of my nephew, Russell, who composed the music, I created a slideshow of my picks from paintings I did in 2012. Here is the link on youtube: http://youtu.be/dD_VoHzdZbM I plan to do another for 2011 and for 2013.

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TELAM, 22 Mar: The government higher secondary school (GHSS) here in Lower Siang district was severely damaged after a storm hit the area at around 3 pm on Sunday.
Seeking assistance from the district administration, the school’s Principal M Koyu informed that the storm “completely destroyed the administrative block and classrooms of the secondary section of the school building.”
The damaged building housed the administrative rooms, rooms for storing textbooks and computers, the examination cell, the library, furniture, classrooms for the secondary section, and a miscellaneous storeroom.
The principal also pointed out that several items in the rooms were damaged or destroyed.
Speaking to this daily, Lower Siang DC AK Singh informed that the rooftops of about six to seven rooms of the school were blown away, and that the district disaster management officer conducted an inspection on Monday to assess the damages.
He informed that the district administration and the departments of education and disaster management have provided financial and restoration assistance to the school.


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Morpeth, Maitland Gaol and Coquun restaurant are about to be showcased to the nation when they feature on the May 26 screening of Sydney Weekender.
The Seven Network program, hosted by former test cricketer Mike Whitney, was filmed in the area over two days this week.
A Seven spokesperson said the filming was part of a Destination NSW special for areas north of Sydney.
"Maitland and Morpeth were both featured and the Sydney Weekender crew said the locals were incredibly helpful and hospitable," the spokesperson said.
"We have filmed in the area many times before but this week a particular highlight was the way the area looked at this time of year."
Trevor Richards from Campbells Store, Morpeth said host Whitney was taken aback with Morpeth's progress. He last visited the village 21 years ago.
His return visit focused on Morpeth Ginger Beer Factory, Morpeth Gourmet Food and Morpeth Gallery.
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Well my ribbons were a bit of a joke really, didn't know what I had or in what colour, I just kept buying more and shoving them in a box. So I came up with this, it's actually an old laser cartridge box that has the flap over top so I set about covering it with some more of that adorable wrapping paper I'd bought from that posh shop. I virtually took up a whole sheet - eek! but it's just a lovely paper, it has strokeable bits on it if you know what I mean LOL!
Anyway, I made up a sections to go inside similar to the inside of a box that holds 6 bottles of wine, you drinkers amongst you will know what I mean!
I then punched some holes in the top of the box in 3 differents sizes to allow for differing widths of ribbon and voila. Shoved the ribbons in and poked them through the holes.
It's taken me hours but worth it as I now stand a chance of selecting the right ribbon for the job! LOL!
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday announced that he has tested negative for the coronavirus, contradicting earlier reports — including from his son — that he’d tested positive.
Posts on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts said that “The Armed Forces Hospital and (diagnostic laboratory) Sabin have returned a negative test result for COVID-19,” the official name of the disease. Bolsonaro included a photo of himself flexing.
The Brazilian leader, who is 64, was tested for the coronavirus earlier this week after his top aide, press secretary Fábio Wajngarten, tested positive for the virus. That result came after Bolsonaro, and Wajngarten, had visited with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, which means the US president could also been exposed to the virus.
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Source: Vanguard Newspaper

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Nearly two centuries ago, Isaac Reed died of strangulation in a Henrico County cellar. He was handcuffed and tied in such a way that three men could hoist him up and down or leave him suspended, his toes barely touching the ground.
His supposed offense? Reed, a free black man, had been accused of stealing $100, a crime to which he never confessed. One witness testified that he saw Reed before his death, and that the man had begged him to pay the money, pledging five years' service in return.
The details of the Henrico coroner's report on the death, which happened July 17, 1827, provide a chilling glimpse of the realities of the racial system that structured American society for so long. Because of the Library of Virginia's new crowd-sourced Transcribe program, Reed's story is preserved for posterity and easily available to the public.
"This is an opportunity to attract users that might not have otherwise come to us," says Kathy Jordan, a digital initiatives and Web services manager at the library.
Transcribe is built on open-source code developed by the University of Iowa and George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, and supported partly through funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Dominion Foundation. It opens up selected Library of Virginia collections of scanned manuscripts for members of the public to try their hands at transcription. The goal is to make the digitized documents more searchable and readable.
The tool neatly kills two birds with one stone: It chips away at the massive digitization job confronting the library — which possesses some 119 million archival items — and increases public engagement with the institution. "It's amazing, the number of people who enjoy doing this kind of work," Jordan says.
With most manuscripts between three and 10 pages long, and none exceeding about 20, each project offers a manageable chunk to transcribe. Volunteers can even work on a single page of a manuscript, leaving the rest to someone else, although most get drawn into the stories and are reluctant to step away before finding out their conclusions.
Part of the appeal of the manuscripts lies in the collections the library has selected for inclusion. Although the project may expand to include new collections, it's now focused on five: broadsides, African-American narratives, the Civil War 150 Legacy Project, manuscripts related to Gabriel's conspiracy, and letters written by Patrick Henry during his three years as governor of Virginia.
Digital collections specialist Sonya Coleman notes that the Civil War 150 and African-American narrative manuscripts in particular have attracted much attention because of how personal the stories are. "I think it's very important for the public to become invested in that personal story," she says.
To dip into the documents on display at the Transcribe site is to fall down a rabbit hole of historical questions, whether about an individual who wrote a particular diary, a former slave who gained his or her freedom papers, or the mechanics of early-20th-century communication as described in the charmingly forthright "Directions for Using Phone" published around 1900 in Blackstone. Each document brings what could have been a dry historical footnote into sharp relief.
Although the library initially faced concerns that crowd sourcing transcriptions would produce poor or inaccurate work, Coleman says the finished products "have generally been of very good quality."
"We've found that the crowd is really very self-policing," Jordan notes, perhaps not a surprise when considering the high level of accuracy that other crowd-sourced resources such as Wikipedia have achieved.
Nevertheless, the library isn't leaving the job entirely up to amateurs. Every transcription must be reviewed by at least one staffer at the library before it can be approved, adding a key level of quality control that will satisfy the rigorous standards of scholars interested in using the collections for their work.
So far, Transcribe has been a success, gaining momentum since its launch Aug. 26. As of late October, almost 2,000 pages had been transcribed by more than 1,500 people, and Jordan reports that people from as far away as Argentina and China are diving into the manuscripts.
Down the road, the staff hopes to expand the project into public transcribe-a-thons, or perhaps work with college classes to transcribe lengthy documents such as diaries.
"In many ways," Jordan says, "we don't know what's next." S


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April 1, 2016
A silent, dust-covered Beijing greeted us – four exchange students from Denmark – as the train softly came to a stop at Beijing’s Central Railway Station one mild Indian summer day in September 1981 after an eight-day train journey with the Trans-Siberian railway from Copenhagen Central Station.
I don’t know what I expected; probably anything but a grey, ugly, dusty featureless city. Cyclists, mule carts, people all dressed the same, making it difficult to distinguish men from women, front from behind. Everyone wore Sun Yat-sen uniforms (which some call “Mao-suit”) and a cap – army green, blue or sometimes grey.
I did not know my Danish fellow students beforehand, but the mind boggling train journey gave us ample opportunity to get acquainted. We were picked up in the school minibus and driven some 20 kilometres to Beijing Yuyan Xueyuan, Beijing Foreign Languages Institute. My luggage consisted of seven items – including my badminton racquets and a small toolbox with the essentials: hammer, nails, folding rule, screwdrivers, a bit of everything, all of which came in handy – and was high in demand with my fellow students. I also brought moon boots, ski gloves and coveralls for the approaching winter – which likewise proved indispensable. Wearing my skiing outfit I was almost able to stay warm while doing homework in my dorm in Beijing’s icy, bone-dry winter.
Armband Bicycle Light
I bought a big sturdy men’s bicycle in the foreign exchange shop where foreigners could purchase without ration coupons, and mounted reflectors and a bright coloured sticker with a stork on it from a Danish rock band. We often cycled into town, 18 km each way; paved roads had lighting, dirt roads usually did not. Bicycle lights were unheard of; nevertheless, I carried one fastened round my arm. The Chinese had no lights on their bikes. And when we rode home in the evening on dirt roads, the odd oncoming car would blind us so we had to stop in order not to fall into a ditch or crash into something.
We cycled about in a city where the sun often shone from a clear blue sky, and the beautiful Fragrant Mountains in the far distance to the West were in plain sight. We rode past Beijing’s low, dusty buildings – e.g. to the village Wudaokou near the language institute. Wudaokou had a large selection of goods on offer, a model village to convince foreigners of the wide selection of goods available to the Chinese.
A Discreet Revolution
Close by was the village Sidaokou which we weren’t meant to visit. Here, the selection was highly authentic, i.e. extremely modest: Row upon row of Chinese cabbage, garlic sprouts, a few spotted and blistered tomatoes, and perhaps a small slice of fatty pork. There was a tea shop with a small selection of green and red (which we call black) teas, one jiuba, a bar where you could get boiled peanuts, a few almost identical dishes with cabbage, flat beer in tubs and the hefty local firewater, baijiu, which tasted like ether, and was followed for days by a foul aftertaste.
In the school canteen you could buy several servings of rice for the price of an airmail stamp to Denmark. As an exchange student, I received a monthly grant of app. 10 dollars from the Chinese government along with ration coupons for cotton, cooking oil and rice in the government shops, which were the vast majority by far.
The cardboard boxes and bicycle racks of private farmer-entrepreneurs, who sold small quantities of produce in the villages were China’s very first free market stalls; the very first expression of Deng Xiaoping’s revolutionary – and historically unprecedented – economic reforms, which since 1979 have made it possible for the Chinese to double their gross domestic product 20 times. At the time, peasants still had to sell a fixed quota of their crops and produce at a fixed price to the state, but they were allowed to cultivate and breed some for their own use, to eat themselves to get the much needed proper nutrition, or sell on the small, free markets. Back then a peasant gladly cycled dozens of kilometres to sell a tiny piece of pork, a chicken or four shrivelled tomatoes.
Little did I know that I was actually witnessing the greatest economic revolution in human history.
Greeted by an Omnipotent Mao
The school covered an area of approximately five km2, and was, like everything else in China, enclosed by a wall. At the main entrance, one was welcomed by a huge statue of Mao Zedong, hand raised in omnipotent greeting.
Concierges zealously guarded the only two entrances and dutifully noted in their book, who went in or out and when. Occasionally, we foreigners invited Chinese visitors, who then had to go through a nasty registration process with all sorts of questions – if indeed they were allowed to enter the campus with its 10,000 students, 10,000 teachers and 10,000 “others.” e.g. janitors, gardeners, canteen staff, craftsmen and workers.
We mostly used the rear entrance, which was closer to our dorms and the buses to the city and Zhongguancun in the Haidian area where Beida – Peking University – was and still is situated. Today, the Mao statues at the colleges have all been removed and Haidian is a hectic, densely populated district with many skyscrapers and colleges, nicknamed Beijing’s Silicon Valley.
Then, as now, Beijing was centred round the old Imperial Palace, The Forbidden City, from where the low buildings of the hutongs, the narrow alleys, spread out. An imperial decree forbade any building higher than the wall encircling the Forbidden City; no one was allowed to look into the Emperor’s Forbidden City. Thus it remained for centuries. During the first half of the 20th century, foreign legations and churches were constructed at appropriate distance. And after the revolution in 1949 the city expanded with public buildings as well as large, ugly apartment blocks, modelled on Soviet architecture. When I first arrived in Beijing in 1981, at 15 storeys, The Peking Hotel was the tallest building in central Beijing.
Dust to Colour
The beauty of Beijing was that, over time, the city imperceptibly changed from the dusty uniformity, which struck me at first, to slowly become a city full of nuances, in people as well as colours, smells, scents, sounds and architecture. Under the dusty layer, the wall surrounding the Forbidden City was a warm crimson. Along and The Boulevard of Eternal Peace, Chang An, were benches, where old gentlemen chatted and compared their song birds in bamboo cages. Bird-keeping had only just been legalised once more after 15 years of having been deemed counterrevolutionary and thus a crime.
All over, in Beijing’s many parks, the old men gathered with their caged birds, and they still do. In the evening, for lack of space at home, young students studied under street lamps, while others sought out street lamps that didn’t work, to try and share a quiet moment with a friend or girlfriend. These timid tête-à-têtes were zealously monitored by the “kissing police,” which we dubbed the elderly women from the neighbourhood committee, who proudly wore their red armband on their uniform as proof of their authority. These women made sure that nothing improper took place – and certainly no breach of the regulation that allowed city couples only one child each; that part of the kissing police’s assignment was carried out by keeping a watchful eye on whether women of childbearing age washed and hung their menstrual rags to dry.
When Jianguo Hotel, China’s very first joint-venture hotel owned by the Liberation Army and a foreign hotel chain, opened just east of the Second Ring Road we cycled the 25 kilometres from the school to the hotel (and back) for brunch. With olives!
We cycled through the fields to the Summer Palace, or to Tiananmen Square in the city. Since the uprising in Beijing in 1989, the Square has been closed to bicycles and fun in general, but back then we often cycled about the square when heading home after a beer at the Peking Hotel.
Chang An, the Boulevard of Eternal Peace, which cuts East-West through Beijing had only one single lane for cars then. The rest were for bicycles. Today it is vice versa. There were no private cars, and the entire fleet of vehicles consisted of Jiefang, Liberation, trucks, the mint green passenger car Shanghai, and the distinguished limousine Hong Qi, Red Flag, all of them copies of robust Soviet models. In the absence of tinted windows the limousines had adorable white lace curtains, so you could look out, but not into the car.
Oh, the sound of camels’ feet on tarmac
Thousands of cyclists on the move make their own special sound, often accompanied by hefty swearing and the fiery clanging of bells.
But most exquisite is the soft sound of a caravan of camels on tarmac. In order to actually hear the camels’ soft approach there must be no other sounds. Back then in the early 1980s the camel caravans were relegated to night hours. They were no longer welcome in the streets by day, blocking the pulsating bicycle traffic. Silently watching and listening to a passing camel caravan under Chang An Boulevard’s dim streetlights was magic. The mere thought of where these majestically arrogant animals came from and where they were heading? The distinguished and very exotic restaurant inside Beihai Park served camel feet, supposedly a delicacy, which under no circumstances I would – or will – sink my teeth into.
Back then shepherds too, herded their flocks through the city to the abattoir, south along the Forbidden City’s Western wall enclosing the government headquarters, Zhongnanhai. Some of the sheep wore bells, so one could always hear the approach of sheep from afar. The sheep were relegated to nights as well. Later, horse and mule carts were also relegated to nocturnal traffic, and then further afield to outside the ring road and later even further out. At the time there were still fields within the Third Ring Road, and, apart from the Soviet style Agriculture Exhibition Centre, almost everything beyond the ring road was fields.
Back then, “our” villages Sidaokou, Wudaukou and Zhongguancun, were indeed villages, not like today, swallowed up by the city.
In winter, when the lakes in the Summer Palace and Beihai Park and the moat around the Forbidden City froze over, we went ice-skating. And workers came and sawed huge solid ice blocks from the thick ice on the moat, which were placed in cold storage and used in old-fashioned refrigerator cabinets during summer.
We suffered fierce dust storms, with dust and sand from the Gobi Desert in the north forcing its way into eyes and skin and settling between the teeth. We only had the luxury of hot water in the shared showers twice a week, for two hours, causing long queues. And if a dust storm did not fall on a hot-water-day, you had to wash in a tub of hot water, nicked from the big kettle with boiled water, kaishui, for tea, or in the ice-cold shower.
China’s then paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, spearheaded a tree-planting campaign in Beijing. I clearly remember the vast posters of the little man and his shovel leading the way … and over time the tree-planting campaign has greatly curbed Beijing’s dust storms.
I was an exchange student in the academic year 1981-82. Since then, I have returned to Beijing more times than I can count, and I have spent a total of more than 10 years in China.
Beijing spread tremendously during the 1980s and soared skyward with office towers, which still had to keep a respectful distance from the Forbidden City.
The new economic freedom rubbed off on everything; women and men began to perm their hair into unwavering curls. And women and men alike mounted little rubber heels on their shoes, which didn’t exactly become stilettos, rather like pumps. Daring women began wearing colourful lace and ruffles that cheekily showed at the edge of the sleeves of their uniforms. Some even tried a little red lipstick or nail polish. For the Chinese, these were exuberant times.
Back then it never occurred to me how fond the young Chinese were of our blue jeans, which were standard outfit for Westerners. Denims were wildly fashionable and an expression of great freedom. Our Chinese friends were delighted with almost anything we would come up with, be it pantyhose or quality shoes; or my ice skates, which I gave to a friend, when I returned to Denmark.
City dwellers and peasants benefiting in turn
Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, gaige kaifang, were conceived to benefit first the peasants (85 per cent of China’s population at the time) for five years, and then the city people, then the peasants and then the city people, shifting focus between countryside and cities every five years.
In the late 1980s, China’s city dwellers and Beijingers in particular, were elated over being able to express themselves more freely than ever, while at the same time confounded and deeply frustrated that the peasants became richer than they did; supplies in shops were better than ever before, but accompanied by unprecedented inflation. In New China’s first 35 years, rice, flour and cooking oil cost exactly the same, so it was a shock when in the mid-eighties prices began to rise. And while until the early 1980s there was in fact equal pay, with everyone being equally poor, and basically no crime because there was nothing to steal, increased prosperity in parts of the population meant corruption, which, like inflation, was unknown in New China’s first 30-40 dogmatic years from 1949 and on.
This was the colourful backdrop when in the spring of 1989, students from Beijing’s elite universities decided to form a student organisation and a university newspaper independently of the Communist Party, which was (and remains) in overpowering charge of any such activities in China. Youngsters marched from the university campuses out in Haidian to the government headquarters at Tiananmen Square, demanding their rights.
Under normal circumstances they would have been stopped, roughed up and forced back to the university, but a variety of circumstances would that the demonstrations were allowed to gain momentum and swell into fierce criticism of the government, of inflation, increasing inequality and corruption as well as calls for democracy. Within a few weeks, the students’ demonstrations gained tremendous public support in Beijing as well as other major cities.
In the late 1980s, I worked at the foreign desk at Danish Broadcasting’s TV News in Copenhagen and was to cover the historic summit between China’s aging leader, Deng Xiaoping, and the then Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, in Beijing in May 1989. The two mighty Communist neighbours had been at odds since the late 1950s, and expectations for them to bury the hatchet were high.
So when one sunny April day in 1989 I landed in Beijing, I was speechless when I stopped my taxi on a bridge over the Second Ring Road and looked down at 300,000 self-assured youngsters peacefully demonstrating their demands and proving their patriotism by singing the International at the top of their lungs. All along the procession older Beijingers offered the demonstrators water, cigarettes, tea, ice cream and whatever else they had to offer.
It was both poignant and ominous. China’s leaders would never accept such a tremendous challenge. But since the leaders could not agree on how to handle the situation, the massive manifestations – most unusually – were allowed to continue and grow. First, the students set up camp in Tiananmen Square. Just as the summit between Gorbachev and Deng to put an end to 30 years of distrust and skirmishes was to open, some students went on hunger strike to force the resignation of the government. Gorbachev’s laying of a wreath at the Square to honour China’s martyrs had to be cancelled, and he and Mme Raisa entered the parliament building, The Great Hall of the People, through a side entrance.
People’s Liberation Army open Fire at the People
For nearly two months, Beijing was paralysed by peaceful strikes and demonstrations; not a window was smashed nor a flower trampled under foot. Central Beijing was a glimmering human sea. Peace, love and understanding. Protesters and ordinary citizens were intoxicated by their apparent success. Human chains, sing-along, unity – it was too good to be true and ended in carnage in the streets of Beijing and other big cities in China. This was the first time in the history of New China that People’s Liberation Army fired at the people. It is not known how many people were killed. We only know that the official figure of 300 dead is a completely unrealistic understatement.
The successful Sino-Soviet summit was overshadowed by the unprecedented challenge to China’s Communist Party. Even if events touched me deeply, these were people and places I knew and loved, I did my utmost to cover them soberly. For me personally witnessing the demonstrations was highly emotional, the students’ energy and increasing arrogance, their matchless self-assurance, their experiments with democracy, which was unchartered land to them. Not for one moment did I doubt that the leaders would strike back. The only question was when; and the longer the wait, the harder the counter attack. The waiting game was painful.
China’s leaders hit back with the undignified impotence of their massive power. They were taken aback by the world’s critical reactions. And as I had witnessed and reported on the uprising I became persona non grata in China, a common practise in authoritarian regimes with censored media.
A different city
After repeated rejections, in 1991 I received my entry and work permit. One of the Communist Party newspapers wanted a correspondent in Denmark. And as China’s state authorities don’t – or can’t – distinguish between state and private, they felt they probably had to let me into China for their correspondent to live and work in Denmark. Obviously, this wasn’t the case. The Danish government had absolutely nothing to do with my work, but there really was no need at the time to point out this obvious fact to the Chinese authorities.
The Beijing I revisited two years after the uprising was a mere shadow of its former self. The energy was extinguished. Traces of Liberation Army attacks on unarmed demonstrators were visible everywhere. Buildings along the Boulevard of Eternal Peace were still scarred with bullet holes. Broken and scorched tiles were all over Tiananmen Square where tanks had razed the demonstrators’ camp and burned the remains. Immediately after the massacres in June 1989, I managed to speak with a few emergency rooms in Beijing, as did friends. And to the best of my knowledge, it is true, when China’s rulers maintain that no demonstrators were killed on the Square. They were killed and wounded in the side streets and further East and West on the Boulevard of Eternal Peace.
The mood in Beijing in 1991 was infinitely gloomy and far from the energetic optimism that prevailed two years previously, until a few weeks prior to the massacre in Beijing and other major cities on June 4th. People walked with bowed heads, no twinkle in their eyes or colourful clothes, they hardly talked to each other; there were short tempered quarrels in the streets. Friends, colleagues and acquaintances of mine had been sent to the countryside to learn from the peasants, others had been or were still in prison.
One Chinese friend and colleague who had spent a year in the countryside to learn from some – fortunately very nice and friendly – pig farmers, declared that he would not work as a journalist again until he could report freely; he still doesn’t work as a journalist; and sadly, he never will.
Although China’s leaders will never ever admit that they totally flew off the handle, in the intervening 25 years they have, in various ways, tried to accommodate some of the protesters’ demands. Whether this might have happened in any case, we’ll never know.
Not a Camel left in sight
Beijing is a totally different city today. The delicate nuances of the 1980s have evaporated. The economic reforms have taken root. The city has exploded in both width and height, in traffic, commercialisation and population. There is not a camel, a sheep or a mule for miles around. And not a lot of bikes either.
Due to tight security, cycling freely across Tiananmen Square is no longer an option; days and weeks pass without sunshine, because smog and heavy pollution completely block out the sun. It is no longer possible to see the Fragrant Mountains in the far West.
Never before have the Chinese been wealthier or had greater opportunity in life. Up until 1992 they – and we – needed internal travel permits to go from one city to another, now they can travel freely almost anywhere in their own country, sometimes even abroad. Although the judicial system is unacceptable compared to Western standards, and can be both arbitrary and politically motivated, never before have the majority of the Chinese people experienced equality before the law to such extent as at present. Never have they been able to express themselves as freely as today, which of course by no means is the same as actually being able to express themselves freely.
Today, just over half of the Chinese live in cities – compared to 15 per cent in the 1980’s. Beijing is bursting at the seams in order to adapt. The pressure on the city is huge, the air often deadly to breathe.
The Human Cost of Development
I consider it my good fortune that for so many years I have had the opportunity to follow China’s development closely. I’ve have travelled further afield inside China than most of the Chinese. I have witnessed how close to half a billion people have been lifted out of absolute poverty. I have witnessed a historic development of enormous proportions, and as I have watched, the gap between urban and rural areas, and between rich and poor has grown ever wider.
China’s strict one-party rule has dictated development top-down, often without regard for the human cost. But conversely, development was initiated to improve life for the majority of the Chinese, the Chinese masses. And only over the last 5-10 years have China’s leaders made a serious effort to settle the very high environmental bill, the flip-side of development. Finally, China is making concerted efforts to rein in the devastating impact of climate change and clean up after 30-35 years uncontrolled environmental pollution and ecological destruction; at the very last moment, or perhaps even to late.
The small open village markets where I bought tea and vegetables 35 years ago have been replaced in Beijing by huge air-conditioned supermarkets. Even so, in some places in China, people still live in caves, which, however, may well have electricity and running water, which in turn other Chinese in different regions can only dream of.
Millions of Chinese still have no access to proper toilets or clean drinking water. The original plan with alternate progress of five years for peasants and city people respectively was overtaken by reality. The cities with their demanding and better-educated population ended up the winners. In return, the peasants, who, as migrant workers helped build the Chinese “miracle” with their elbow grease and hard work, increasingly floated to the cities. So nowadays many rural areas have been abandoned, with able-bodied people working in big cities, while grandparents look after the children in near-empty villages; a sad and in most instances also painfully high price of development.
One may deplore the extensive redevelopment in Beijing’s alleys with their beautiful low settlements around the Forbidden City and the ugly new high-rises in the city’s outskirts. But one can only welcome that residents have moved to much healthier apartments with central heating, private flush toilets, running water, gas or electric stove and all sorts of other healthy, hygienic and environmentally friendly modern amenities.
In the poetic hutongs people lived too densely, 100-150 families would share one set of open, stinking latrines, an outdoor faucet here and there, poor garbage collection, and small stoves cum heaters fuelled by briquettes of coal dust and oil, which develop toxic smoke. Everyone coughed all through the harsh winter, partly because they never really got warm, partly because the stoves were indoors in winter.
I return to Beijing every so often, but it is a different city now, and I don’t perceive it as the place I lived in as an exchange student 35 years ago. I have followed developments in China intensely ever since. Beijing and other major Chinese cities have developed as most other Asian cities – with the major exception that because of strict state control, China has very little slum, when compared to metropolises in Thailand, the Philippines, India or Indonesia.
Guinea Pigs no more
China has made tremendous achievements over the past 35 years, much more than anyone had imagined. China is extremely complex. There has been great progress, but also many setbacks. Often, development has both a good and a bad side. Beyond the hugely successful fight against poverty, the greatest advance in “my” time in China is that despite all their dictatorial tendencies and lack of confidence in the Chinese, the leaders have not regarded the Masses as guinea pigs in their personal human laboratory. This was how, increasingly, the founder of New China, Mao Zedong, perceived the Chinese masses, as his personal property and guinea pigs for his oftentimes insane social and ideological experiments. On other accounts he did very well for China. But besides his glorifying official Chinese profile, he will be remembered mostly for his repeated violations against the Chinese people.
In China’s thousands of years of history as well as in her own perception, Deng Xiaoping’s gaige kaifang, reform and opening up, will be remembered as the mighty realm’s biggest revolution and the first great leap towards regaining the imperial greatness, China feels entitled to after a century and a half of temporary set-back.
This essay is a translation of my contribution (in Danish) to a recent photo publication by Niels Bjørn on China’s Mega Cities, Livet i Kinas kæmpebyer.


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Posted in Sports Participation 8 months ago
Barnsley Football Club’s Jacob Brown has enhanced his support for Reds in the Community by becoming the Charity’s Sports Participation Ambassador.
The 21-year-old has committed to the role for the 2019/20 season in a bid to further support Reds in the Community.
Jacob has already taken part in two Reds in the Community player appearances this season.
Jacob spoke about why he came forward for the role of Sports Participation Ambassador.
He said: “I wanted to get involved because it’s great to get kids involved in any sports whether its in school or out of school. It’s a great thing to do out of school because it keeps you off the streets. You never know what could come of it. You could find a new hobby or really excel at something.
“It’s a great aspect of the job. When you’re playing on the pitch and you’ve got fans, it’s great to give back to them. When you’re a role model you can really affect how they are growing up. To do something like Sports Participation is good because you can get them involved with sport and it’s something they enjoy.”
In this role, Jacob will become the face of the Sports Participation aspect of Reds in the Community’s work.
He will also step up his support for Reds in the Community’s in-school programmes including Premier League Primary Stars, lunch clubs and after-school clubs.
Sports Development Officer Kieron Campbell is looking forward to working closely with Jacob over the remainder of the season.
He said: “It’s fantastic to have a key player like Jacob come on board and be supportive of our work in the community. He’s going to be a role model for the young people that we already engage with and hopefully it’ll support the growth of the programmes as well.
“It’s always great to see anyone from the first team, a lot of the players do get involved. Jacob has done a couple of school visits with us and he’s fantastic with the children. As soon as he walks in, you can see in their faces that it lightens up their day. He loves giving back to the community and getting young people involved with sport and with Reds in the Community.”


TALENTED QUINTET MIC LOWRY ANNOUNCE HEADLINE LONDON SHOW FOR NOVEMBER 2017
NEW EP MOOD AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
Talented R&B quintet MiC LOWRY have returned to music’s frontlines with their second EP, MOOD, which comes off of the back of them supporting Justin Bieber on the European leg of his Purpose tour. In celebration of the new release the band have announced a headline London show at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Saturday 25th November.
Expanding on their favoured soulful sound with forays into funk, Hip Hop, and even garage, MOOD hears the MOBO Award-winners update the music of their youth. Pairing memorable melodies with explicit lyrics over a bed of experimental backdrops that make for one hell of a tasty musical buffet, this is by far MiC LOWRY’s most exciting offering to date.
“Working with amazing producers pushed us to take risks and try out new sounds,” explains Kaine Ofoeme. Co-written by the band, MOOD was recorded in Liverpool, London and L.A. with the best of the best as far as A-list producers go. With MNEK (Beyonce, Disclosure), Stereotypes (Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber), Harmony Samuels (Ariana Grande, Chris Brown) and Shift Key (Stormzy, Tinie Tempah) all behind the boards for MOOD it gave the lads from Liverpool the confidence to be themselves and offer their fans a little bit more than they had previously.
Led by sultry new single “Don’t Tempt Me”, which captures the stripped down acoustic sound and hypnotic harmonies of MiC LOWRY’s live shows, it was written by Justin Gray (Amy Winehouse, Mariah Carey, James Bay) after the band met him in L.A. one day and just recorded it off the cuff. Hearing the band channel what can best be described as a Shawn Mendes and Boyz II Men hybrid laced with a charming British vitality, it’s definitely going to be a fan favourite.
Following their sold out UK tour in February the guys will perform a very special London date to showcase their new material. Tickets go on sale 10am Thursday 28th September and will be available at www.gigsandtours.com
PRE-ORDER MOOD HERE: https://miclowry.lnk.to/MoodWE


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In the critically ill, there is a consistent association between each of the three domains of dysglycemia—hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and high glycemic variability—and poor outcome, although causal links have not been established (1–3). However, failure to reproduce the beneficial effects reported in the pioneering studies on tight glycemic control in Leuven (4 , 5) has fueled intense debate around the potential benefits and risks associated with intensive insulin therapy (6). Recent data support personalized glycemic control (7).
Current guidelines and expert opinion (8–11) recommend relatively loose glycemic control, with an upper blood glucose (BG) limit set at 180 mg/dL to avoid severe hyperglycemia and to limit glucose variability and hypoglycemia. Indeed, iatrogenic and relative hypoglycemia can occur during any form of insulin therapy and have consistently been associated with an increase in mortality (12 , 13). However, this seemingly easy target is hard to achieve with the currently available equipment, and intermittent glucose monitoring (IGM) is labor intensive (14 , 15). Even in highly motivated centers participating in interventional trials comparing two target ranges of BG, the performance of glycemic control assessed by the proportion of time in range (TIR) calculated from intermittent readings ranged from 31% to 53% (16).
Recent developments in this field include (near)-continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. Glucose can be measured by CGM in whole blood, plasma, interstitial fluid, or microdialysis fluid by glucose oxidase–based techniques, midinfrared spectroscopy, fluorescence or microdialysis, continuously or near continuously (every 5–15 min). However, as reported by a board of experts in a recent opinion article (17) and in recent reviews (18 , 19), clinical experience has demonstrated that the degree of accuracy required for glucose control in critically ill patients can only be achieved by intravascular (IV or intra-arterial) devices, whereas the performance of some point-of-care meters have been found acceptable (20). Conceptually, CGM can decrease the incidence of severe hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia by enabling insulin infusions to be adjusted more rapidly and more appropriately because trends in glucose concentrations can be more readily identified. Marketed CGM devices have been validated in clinical studies by matching of standard requirements for glucose meters. These requirements were designed to assess the accuracy of point-of-care meters in outpatients with diabetes (ISO 15197 2013 and the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] draft guidance of 2014) (21–29) while the standards suggested for CGM were adapted to intensive care medicine (30). However, the effects of a strategy of glycemic control guided by a previously validated CGM device have not been prospectively tested. The present study compared a strategy of glycemic control guided by CGM with the current standard of care based on intermittent BG readings. The quality and safety of glycemic control were assessed using the TIR and the incidence and severity of hypoglycemia.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Study Design and Conduct
This single-center, cluster-randomized, crossover, prospective, investigator-initiated study was performed in the 35-bed Department of Intensive Care of Erasme Hospital, an 858-bed university hospital in Brussels (Belgium), from July 2014 to June 2015 (Fig. 1). The Department is composed of four separate medical/surgical ICUs positioned in the same area of the hospital. The study was approved by the institutional review board (P2014/162). Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients or their next of kin.
Eligible patients met the following criteria: 1) 18 years old or older 2) critically ill, as reflected by an Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score greater than or equal to 10 (31); 3) expected to stay in the department for at least 3 days; and 4) had persistent hyperglycemia (BG >150 mg/dL) for at least 6 hours after admission and/or were being treated with IV insulin. We excluded pregnant patients and those with any contraindication to heparin, a known history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a documented end-of-life decision to limit therapy, or skin conditions or existing/planned medical instrumentation or dressings that precluded the placement of a peripheral IV catheter (e.g., extensive psoriasis, scarring, tattoos, eczema, dermatitis herpetiformis, burns, surgical dressings). Patients being treated with insulin prior to ICU admission could be included.
After signed informed consent, a peripheral venous catheter (Insyte Autoguard Winged, 20 G, 1.1 × 25 mm; Becton-Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ) was inserted in a forearm vein, after skin disinfection with a chlorhexidine gluconate/isopropyl alcohol solution. Each patient included in the study had a blood sample taken at the time of ICU admission to measure BG using the standard local point-of-care testing device (GEM Premier 4000; Instrumentation Laboratory, Bedford, MA). The CGM sensor (GlucoClear; Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) was then placed in the dedicated catheter using the manufacturer’s recommended technique and left in place for up to 3 days. Once calibrated and flushed using a heparinized solution, the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) monitor measured BG every 5 minutes in all patients using a glucose oxidase–based method. No other catheter could be placed in the same forearm.
The four ICUs were randomized in a crossover design (Fig. 1). During the first period, two units were equipped with unblinded CGM monitors, enabling the CGM values to be visualized, and two with blinded monitors, so that the CGM values could not be seen. During the second period, the equipment was switched between units, in order to allocate the unblinded monitors to units previously equipped with blinded monitors and vice versa. Each period lasted up to 28 days, or for a total of 50 patients across all the units, whichever occurred first. All potential users (nursing staff, research associates) were trained in installing, calibrating, and simple troubleshooting of the CGM system.
Each patient was connected to a blinded monitor (IGM group) or an unblinded monitor (CGM group), depending on which unit they were admitted to. Data collection started at the time of admission to the ICU (first BG value available) and finished up to 72 hours later, at the time of discharge from the ICU, or in case of technical failure, whichever came first. At the end of each crossover period, the complete sets of electronic BG data were downloaded from the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) monitor for analysis. The unblinded monitors had major alarms set at 40 and 220 mg/dL and minor alarms set at 70 and 180 mg/dL. The blinded monitors only had alarms triggered by technical issues, such as open door, inability to measure BG, near-expired cartridge, flushing problem.
Glucose Management Protocol
In all patients, bedside nurses used the standard department dynamic insulin algorithm adapted from Meynaar et al (32), which targets a BG range of 90–150 mg/dL. This algorithm has been used by our department since 2009; about 40% of patients require IV infusion of insulin during the ICU stay. In the IGM group, the rate of insulin infusion was adjusted based on repeated BG values measured using a blood gas analyzer on average four to six times per day. In the CGM group, the BG values displayed on the monitor were introduced manually into the bedside computer every 30–60 minutes to adapt insulin infusion rates. A continuous infusion of regular human insulin (Actrapid HM; Novo Nordisk, Baegsvard, Denmark) with a standard concentration of 50 IU of insulin in 50 mL of 0.9% NaCl was used in both groups.
In the CGM units, additional reference blood samples were taken and checked on the BG analyzer if 1) there was a significant decrease between two consecutive GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) measurements, that is, more than 40 mg/dL without an identified reason; 2) there was a minor or major alarm; 3) there was any doubt concerning the value indicated on the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) monitor based on a flat trend or any other issue. If the difference between the BG measured by the reference method and the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) value was greater than 20 mg/dL, the reference BG value was entered into the insulin dynamic protocol, according to the standard of care. When the difference was less than 20 mg/dL, the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) value was used.
Data were collected from the subject’s medical records and the case report forms. We recorded demographic data, the primary reason for ICU admission, ICU length of stay, and the ICU outcome. The APACHE II score was determined on the day of admission to the ICU. Glucose-related data included BG values measured with the blood gas analyzer and with GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) at least once per hour, technical issues (resiting, flushing, troubleshooting), serial number of each monitor and sensor.
The quality of glycemic control was assessed by the proportion of time the BG was within the target range (TIR90–150). Safety was assessed by the proportion of patients who experienced at least one episode of BG less than 70 mg/dL, the lowest BG values, and the percentage of time the BG was less than 70 mg/dL (TB70). These metrics were calculated from the values recorded by the CGM for each day and for the whole study period and compared between the groups. Glycemic variability was assessed from the values recorded by the CGM using the coefficient of variation (CV, SD/average) and the glycemic lability index (GLI) (33 , 34).
The “down-time” was calculated as the period of time during which there was no BG determination although a display of BG was expected, in relation to monitor-related, cartridge-related, or catheter-related issues. Monitor-related technical issues were reported as the “no-read rate.”
Data are presented as means with SD or medians and interquartile ranges for continuous variables and as numbers and percentages for categorical variables. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used, and histograms and normal quantile plots were examined to verify whether there were significant deviations from the normality assumption of continuous variables. Difference testing between groups was performed using Student t test, Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test, or Fisher exact test, as appropriate. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS 24 statistical program for Windows (IBM Corporation, Somers, NY). All statistical tests were two sided, and p values of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
From a total of 3,261 admissions during the study period, a convenience sample of 100 patients was included. In 23 of these patients, there was no peripheral vein suitable for catheter placement (n = 11), IV insulin was no longer required at the time of connection (n = 9), death occurred early (n = 2), or there was a heparin allergy (n = 1). Of the 77 remaining patients who had at least one BG value measured by CGM, 39 were allocated to the CGM group and 38 to the IGM group. The demographic and clinical characteristics were representative of a population of severely ill patients and were similar in the two groups (Table 1).
We recorded a total of 22,721 BG values during a period of 3,012 ± 1,348 minutes in the CGM group and 20,386 during 3,019 ± 1,365 minutes in the IGM group (differences = not significant [NS]), with an overall range of 53–378 mg/dL. No medication used during the study period was known to interfere with the sensor used, according to the manufacturer’s library. A representative graph showing the time course of BG in a patient during monitoring is shown in Figure 2. The down-time averaged 6.4% (range, 1.74–10.8%) and 8.3% (range, 1.4–28.5%) in the CGM and IGM groups, respectively (NS). There were no statistically significant differences in the no-read rate (3.3% in the CGM group and 3.0 % in the IGM group, NS). The average BG was similar in the two groups (121 ± 26 mg/dL in the CGM group and 124 ± 25 in the IGM group, NS), with values ranging from 61 to 368 mg/dL in the CGM group and from 53 to 378 mg/dL in the IGM group. The TIR90–150 and the glycemic variability, assessed by CV or GLI, did not differ between groups (Table 2).
The number of patients who experienced at least one episode of BG less than 70 mg/dL was lower in the CGM than in the IGM group (8/39 [20.5%]) vs 15/38 [39.5%]). The lowest BG values recorded in the CGM and IGM groups were 68 and 53 mg/dL, respectively. No episodes of severe hypoglycemia (BG < 40 mg/dL) occurred in either group. The TB70 was lower in the CGM group than in the IGM group (0.4% ± 0.9% vs 1.6% ± 3.4%; p < 0.05) (Fig. 3).
The most salient findings of this study are the reliability and feasibility of glycemic control using a CGM-guided strategy. Importantly, our results show that the safety of glycemic control was increased when CGM was used to adapt the insulin infusion rate, with decreases in the incidence and severity of hypoglycemia compared with IGM insulin adjustment. This enhanced safety was likely related to more frequent changes in the insulin infusion rates, which were not measured. Admittedly, more frequent BG measurements could potentially lead to overtitration of insulin, but near-continuous monitoring reduces this risk by providing an early warning of impending hypoglycemia enabling insulin doses to be adjusted rapidly and appropriately. In contrast, less frequent BG values, as in the IGM group, increase the risk of hypoglycemia because intermediate BG values that may have enabled the insulin dose to be adjusted are not measured. Other aspect of safety, such as catheter-related issues, was not assessed. Glycemic variability could also be considered as a surrogate marker of safety and was not affected by the use of CGM. The ability to safely achieve a target BG range will enable assessment of the effects of therapeutic strategies targeting narrower or personalized BG ranges. The lack of effect of CGM on the TIR is not surprising, in view of the high TIR (> 70%) in the IGM “standard-of-care” group. This high TIR may be related to the wide target range selected (8–10), the use of an adapted bedside dynamic algorithm, and the motivation and skill of the nursing team (13). We used the TIR calculated from CGM values because it differs from the TIR calculated from intermittent values; in a previous study, we found a 4% difference between the TIR measured using another CGM device and intermittent values (22). The calculation of percentage of time without a dysglycemic event (proportion of time spent without hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and/or with low variability) would be desirable for a more accurate evaluation of the effects of the CGM-guided strategy, but it cannot yet be performed because there is no validated reference value for variability using CGM readings.
Importantly, use of the system was facilitated by training sessions delivered to the nursing staff. The unique organization of our department allows comparisons of “clusters” of polyvalent units staffed with a dedicated permanent team of nurses who are used to managing medical and surgical/trauma patients. A crossover design was used to minimize the potential risk of bias related to individual factors or to different levels of knowledge or motivation between the units. The nursing teams expressed no complaints related to the CGM device.
The GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) system has been validated in different settings and meets legal requirements (mean absolute relative difference, ISO 15197, Clarke Error Grid) (24). The accuracy and ease of use of the GlucoClear (Edwards Lifesciences) system may be reduced compared with other CGM devices because of potential physicochemical interference related to the glucose oxidase–based method and by the need for peripheral venous access (impossible in 11% of our patients) and for frequent calibrations. Nevertheless, the “down-time” and the duration of monitoring were similar to those reported for other devices (21–23 , 29). The level of agreement between BG values measured by blood gas analyzers (used as reference method in this study) and in the central laboratories is sufficient for clinical use in ICU, even though it may not meet the stricter requirements of the FDA 2014 draft guidance or 2016 final guidance (35).
Our study has some limitations, including the lack of data on insulin treatment (dose—number of changes), the lack of clinical outcome variables other than ICU mortality, and the absence of a formal evaluation of the feedback from the nursing staff. However, a decrease in nursing workload is likely in view of the reliability of the CGM values, implying a reduction in the need for intermittent BG sampling.
The development of CGM has opened the possibility of using closed-loop systems connected to model-predictive controllers for glycemic control in critically ill patients, an approach already successfully tried in small cohorts of critically ill (11 , 36) or postoperative (37) patients.
In conclusion, in a select group of critically ill adult patients, CGM measurements were associated with safer glycemic control as a result of the decreased incidence and severity of hypoglycemia.
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In a private ceremony in Texas, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves were married Saturday. The couple had been seeing each other for six years and had two children.
People Magazine is reporting the Camila will take McConaughey’s last name to become Camila McConaughey.
Family and friends attended the wedding, including the couple’s to kids, Levi, 4, and Vida, 2.
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Read all about what I got up to at the Knitting & Stitching show last week over on my blog.
Tag Archives: dressmaking
So, are you going to be joining me and Crafty and Cake for a whole month of noseying at what other people are stitching?!
Make-It-Yourself March or MIYmarch will be starting on Sunday. The full monty description of what’s involved and how to play is here.
I’m looking forward to seeing your pics…….
In celebration of sewing and dressmaking and the Sewing Bee on television and all things you made yourself, me and Emma aka Crafty & Cake are hosting a month long photo-a-day challenge over on Instagram. We want to know what you’re making, what you want to make, your making inspiration, where you make, what you make with and your best and worst making moments!
Each day will have a theme that we’ll post at the start of the day and you just need to post a sewing and/or dressmaking-related photo or photos on Instagram, tag us (@thewendyward and @craftyandcake) and use the hashtag #miymarch
Hopefully you’ll be inspired by everyone else’s photos, meet some new online buddies and have a bit of fun appreciating the fruits of your labours! Every day Emma and I will choose our favourite 4 images to showcase at the end of the day.
What’s not to like?!
Celebrate Making It YOURSELF!!
On the hottest day of the year so far, the third Summer Frock Making workshop at MIY Workshop was timely and delivered yet more lovely frocks. Here they are:
Clare’s first foray into sewing knitted fabrics turned out beautifully and she was pleasantly surprised by how easy jersey was to work with! Clare used a lovely drapey viscose jersey from C&H Fabrics. You can buy this MIY Collection pattern here.
Joy and Hannah both made the simple shift dress, both with pockets. This was the first time Hannah had made something to wear and the first time she’d done any sewing for 15 years! Joy is a knitting convert (!) and will be adding this lovely frock to the cardi she made at my Sewing with Knits workshop. Hannah’s spotty fabric was from John Lewis, Joy’s cotton/linen mix grey fabric that has a really nice sheen is from Ditto. This pattern will be available to buy soon from MIY Collection.
Jo is another knitter and crocheter and is dipping her toe into the dressmaking water! I think she’s made a fantastic start with this fitted shift dress. If you look closely the fabric print has lots of sewing related illustrations and works really well in this dress – a simple style to suit an intricate print. This fabric was from online fabric shop Frumble. They have a whole range of sewing related prints, I’m particularly taken with a scissor one……
All 5 students worked extremely hard to produce some beautiful dresses by the end of the day. Hannah happily went off home in hers. I’m eagerly awaiting pictures of Mary’s as we had a last minute change of mind over some sleeves!
Here’s what the students thought of the day:
“From the friendly atmosphere, the patient and detailed help and guidance to the utterly splendiferous finished frock (even if I do say so myself!) it has been an absolute pleasure and delight to go on the course today! I heartily recommend it to the less experienced and slightly clueless but enthusiastic sewing machine users (like me), to those who want to try something new. Thank you again for such a lovely day and you’ll be seeing me again in the future!”
“Thanks Wendy, the class was a lot of fun and it was great to get back into sewing. It’s so wonderful to be going home with a dress and I look forward to coming back soon!”
“Fantastic dress making day with Wendy. Can’t wait until this pattern is available so I can make another one of them!”
“Really enjoyable day. It was the first time I had used knit fabric and I finished a dress and am pleased with the results!”
You might see a “Party Frock Making” workshop appearing towards the end of the year!!


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Game played in 2021
This is a Simulation ruleset game! This will be the third official game to use Sim ruleset, this time using v2.99. A lot of bugs and disbalances have been fixed and final checks are underway. This is the first Sim game to be played using Freeciv 2.6 server.
General information and Sim ruleset guide can be found on its official page (*click*). At this moment the official page is 90% complete, but as the game start time approaches, it will approach 100%. Current 100% full description of the ruleset properties can be found in the corresponding Freeciv forum thread, although in a not very orderly presentation. However, there are also plans for some additional upgrades that are not listed in this thread either (because they exist only in admin's head). With all this in mind, even now the official page is an Essential First Read (and will turn into Full Manual by the time the game starts). (Hopefully.)

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