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Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett's first inspiration was Doctor Who
The Bafta winning writer behind Suranne Jones's smash hit drama says the sci-fi series is responsible for his career in TV
He may be best-known for writing a Bafta winning drama about a GP these days but screenwriter Mike Bartlett has revealed that a very different kind of doctor actually inspired him to pursue a career in television.
"I loved Doctor Who when I was a kid," the Doctor Foster scribe writes in the latest edition of Radio Times. "When I was nine I found a copy of Doctor Who: the Making of a Television Series in the school library. It had a picture of Peter Davison on the front and it was a formative book for me. It explained all the different departments like the script, cameras and sets, and explained how a television show is put together."
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Bartlett says the book, written by Alan Road and featuring an introduction by Davison, opened his eyes to the fact that everything he was watching on television was actually being made by people.
"That book started my career so when I eventually wrote an episode of Doctor Who last year, Knock Knock, it was pretty special," Bartlett says.
Bartlett's new drama, Trauma, features Doctor Who's very own Master, John Simm, so he's certainly continuing to nod to his old favourite TV show. Now if only he could find a way to write Simm and Suranne Jones (who played the Tardis in corporeal form during Matt Smith's run as the Eleventh Doctor) back into the series opposite Jodie Whittaker...
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We think that'd be pretty special too.
Read Mike Bartlett's full account of his Life in TV in the new issue of Radio Times magazine, which comes in three different covers and includes a free 16-day guide to the Winter Olympics

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- Is there any limit for online transaction?
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text: Natural Red Palm Oil is produced from the fruit of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis. This palm tree can be found in the wet, rainy areas of Africa, as well as the tropical rain forests of Asia. Our Natural Red Palm Oil comes from Malaysia. More palm oil is produced and exported from Malaysia than any other country. Natural Red Palm Oil contains about 50% naturally occurring saturated fats and 50% unsaturated fats. The fats in Natural Red Palm Oil are not synthetically hydrogenated or altered in any way. The main fatty acid found in Natural Red Palm is oleic acid, which is the main type of fat in olive oil. Natural Red Palm Oil is a vegetable oil and therefore does not contain any cholesterol, which is only found in animal or dairy products.

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I’ve never really been one to do the whole planner thing, but I see how much fun others seem to be having doing it on Instagram and their blogs, so I decided to give it a try. Yesterday I bought a simple but cute planner and a planner sticker kit, because I figured the cute stickers would make me more likely to “stick to it” – pun intended.
I have already set up the Jan-March months and am going to keep track of my goals I set for my art, writing, and blog this year. Here are the goals I set:
- Create at least 2 artworks larger than ACEO cards each month (I love doing ACEO art, but want to do larger artworks as well)
- Submit poetry to a contest or publication at least once a month (to help with this I ordered the 2020 Poet’s Market guide)
- Promote at least 2 Instagram posts a week
- Post on my blog every other day (pretty much keeping my current schedule)
- Make $1,000+ selling art in 2020 (this was my goal last year too and I think I may have met it or come close, but I didn’t keep track of it well)
I like being able to set goals I can actually control like most of the ones above, rather than abstract numbers of followers/subscribers that I have no control over, although I do set a new goal for Instagram and blog followers each year just for fun.
For 2020, I am aiming for 2,000 followers on my blog and 5,000 followers on IG. Of course, I would LOVE to sail past both of those goals!!!
I was excited as soon as Thanksgiving was over to put up my Yule altar. I’m not sure if this is the finished version for the season or not, but I liked the way it looked so far and thought I would share a pic:
My favorite touches this year are the red Reindeer candle holder (from Walmart), and the glittery green pinecone. The silver glittery tree candle holder and the altar cloth are also new (I found both at Goodwill). The little cinnamon broom, jingle bells, and white star are from last year. I also sprinkled an assortment of seasonally colored tiny gemstones and several small healing wands on the table as well.
By the way, for this photo, I loved the way the candles reflected in the darkened window frame, so had to include that in the background!
Are you interested in hearing a weird personal story? Ok, so for over a year now I’ve had this praying black cat statue on my living room coffee table:
I picked him up at Michael’s last Halloween. Anyway, I normally have him facing front as pictured, looking to the left (from his perspective). But, multiple times I keep finding him moved about 90 degrees to the right, directly facing my little pagan altar. I just find this so weird, especially since he is a praying statue and he keeps moving to face my little altar.
I know I have never moved him to face that way and my husband swears he has never done so either. The only other possibility would be one of our cats knocking into him, but I never really see any of our 3 cats up on that table, and even if they did get up there, what are the odds they would keep moving him exactly the same amount, in the same direction?
The statue is solid and fairly heavy, so the cats would really have to knock into him to move him too, and if they did that, they would probably knock him over, or off the table, since he is close to the edge on the front and side of the table.
I can’t explain it, but I thought it was kind of weird and interesting. Any thoughts?
For Yule/Christmas this year, I’ve decided to do a black, white, and red color scheme. Here is the first bit of decorating I’ve done:
I’ve always wanted a black Christmas tree, so I bought a two foot one, and then decorated it with white lights, red tinsel/star, and bulbs/ornaments in all three colors. Now I need to find some other things that match to display around it!
Last night I went to a candle magic painting class. It was a lot of fun, but harder than it looks! The “magic” part of it is that we used some runes/esoteric symbols for inspiration. Here is how my rune/symbolic candle turned out:
I took some liberty with the symbols and even created a couple of my own. I wanted my candle to have a bit of an Egyptian feel, which I think the black scythe and the black and gold detail does give a bit of that impression.
We also painted a tealight candle, and while mine started out as a symbol for Hades, the candle was NOT easy to paint on and it kind of turned into an abstract expressionistic painting, but I still like it:
It looks a little like a tormented soul in Hades to me, so that works I suppose ♥
I pledge allegiance
to the underworld
of our darkest King, Hades,
and his beautiful,
Queen of duality, Persephone.
And to the lost souls
upon the shores of the Styx,
under the earth,
and somber humility
(I have to give props to Green Day’s song “Minority” for giving me the first two lines of this poem and the idea to run with it!)
I love this quote by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche:
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
The trouble is, sometimes I’m not sure exactly what my “why” is. The most likely answer is my husband. I would say I stay alive for him when things are the most unlivable. I know what it is like to lose someone you love dearly and would never want to put him through that. Other friends and family count as well, but I don’t have a whole lot of them left on this earth or living near me, so they aren’t as much of a “why” anymore.
Other possible “whys” for me would include sharing my art and writing, my pets, and connecting with people online (including you guys!). Another “why” would simply be my stubborn refusal to surrender and give up. I’ve always been a fighter and determined to prove the critics wrong. I still hope to do that.
What would your “why” be?

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Property dealer kills wife in Noida
A man strangled his wife with the seat belt in his car in Noida after suspecting her of having an affair.india Updated: Aug 22, 2008 20:28 IST
As his two sons watched in horror, a man strangled his wife with the seat belt in his car in Noida on Friday after suspecting her of having an affair. He then drove to the police station and was arrested.
The police said that Sher Pal Singh Yadav on Thursday night went to the Sai Temple at Sector 40 in Noida with his wife Sonia Yadav, 30, and their sons aged 6 years and 2 years.
When they reached a neighbourhood market, the husband and wife entered into a heated argument. Sher Pal started beating Sonia. In the scuffle, he strangled her with the car seat belt, killing her instantly.
After the incident, Yadav drove the car to the Sector 39 police station where his sons told the police how their mother was murdered. Yadav told the police that his wife had eloped about 15 days back.

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text: Hundreds of women turned out Monday at the Western Wall with the Women of the Wall’s regular service, marking the start of the new month in the Jewish calendar and the group’s 25th anniversary.A call had been issued Sunday night by a senior haredi rabbi for ultra-Orthodox high school girls to deploy a past strategy of arriving at the site ahead of the WoW group, in order to fill up the women’s section. But the numbers turning up on Monday were far below previous months, and WoW was able to hold its service in the area designated for women’s prayer.A small contingent of school girls from the Bnei Akiva religious- Zionist movement joined the several hundred ultra- Orthodox girls at the Western Wall on Monday morning, Army Radio reported, marking the first time that members of the organization had joined in the ongoing row over women’s prayers at Judaism’s holiest site.According to the Women of the Wall’s Facebook page, at least one thousand people were in attendance.“Twenty-five years of sisterhood prayer and struggle at the Kotel. We have arrived. With 1,000 people singing Hallel,” said the group on the page.The group also added that men and boys were harassing one of the Women of the Wall’s board members, but there were no arrests or acts of violence reported.Although the service passed off peacefully, WoW did note once again that loudspeakers were used in the men’s section to drown out their own prayer service, although the interruptions ended shortly after prayers began.Yizhar Hess, director of the Conservative movement, said that Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinowitz was complicit in the repeated use of loudspeakers when WoW holds its services, and called for him to be removed from his post.“Instead of allowing a dignified and quiet prayer service, Rabbi Rabinowitz deployed loudspeakers,” said Hess. “He’s not directing the Western Wall but rather a war of the Jews, and he’s not [acting] with a desire for reconciliation but is instead provoking conflict and quarrels, [through] arrogance and haughtiness.”Rabbi Gilad Kariv, head of the Reform Movement in Israel, was more upbeat about Monday’s service, saying that the fact it passed off peacefully was a blow to those trying to cause provocations at the Western Wall.“The peaceful prayer service of the Women of the Wall in the women’s section [represents] the failure of the efforts of the Rabbi of the Western Wall and other elements to create provocations at this holy site,” said Kariv.“This is proof that it is possible...that all Jewish communities can pray according to their own customs at the Western Wall.”Members of the Kivunim program, a pre-University year program in Israel that encourages its participants to engage in a wide variety of cultural and religious events, were in attendance of the prayer service and opted to draw on the positives from the experience.Staff counselor, Gabi Wachs from Philadelphia, called the service a “joyous occasion,” and expressed a feeling of personal empowerment in seeing a women-led service taking place at the Western Wall.“Today I felt I was in a community of supportive, likeminded women and men,” she told The Jerusalem Post.Program participant 18-yearold Basia Rosenbaum of New York told the Post that the catcalls and verbal outbursts from the haredi protesters did not ruin the momentous occasion of her second visit to the Western Wall.She was particularly impressed with the way the Women of the Wall participants made sure to include the students and help them follow along during the service.Both said that though they had prepared for an unpleasant experience they did not witness any acts of violence beyond the occasional shouting and whistling from the protesters.

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Callisia Repens ''Pink lady''
Callisia species are closely related to the tradescantia family and native to the Western Hemisphere, from the Southern United States to Argentina. This plant is easy to care for and will make for a beautiful hanging basket, however it does need to be grown in bright light for the leaves to be dense and compact. Avoid direct sunlight when growing outdoors.
LIGHT | Bright light
COLD TOLERANCE | -1 ºC
WATER | Water moderately. Keep soil moist.
SOIL PH | Acidic soil
PROPAGATION METHODS | Stem cuttings
HUMIDITY LEVEL | High
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NOTE | May cause allergic reactions in pets.

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Yesterday we revealed newbreview.com’s nominees for Game of the Year 2011, Batman Arkham City, Portal 2, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. We have to admit that all three games are worthy contenders to be Game of the Year, but, much like The Highlander, there can only be one.
After much debate, and many shouting matches, the staff at newb HQ have agreed on their pick for newbreview.com’s Game of the Year 2011.
Drum Roll Please.
And the Winner is…
Yes, Bethesda’s latest entry in the Elder Scrolls series is officially our favourite game of the year, joining Batman Arkham Asylum and Mass Effect 2 on our wall of fame. It was the sheer scale of the game that sealed the deal for us. As well as featuring a lengthy and epic campaign the game’s greatest attribute is the way that it quite literally swallows up your life. You could spend dozens of hours just wandering through caverns, hunting animals, collecting flowers, or making a home with a special man/woman/cat-person, and if RPGs are your sort of thing you’ll love every second.
So congratulations to everybody at Bethesda! Your trophy is in the mail

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|Year : 2021 | Volume
| Issue : 1 | Page : 1-5
Inter-observer agreement and inter-imaging accuracy in sinus computed tomography scans and panoramic radiography on signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency
Anna Julkunen-Iivari1, Satu Apajalahti2, Riste Saat2, Anna Maria Heikkinen3, Jukka H Meurman3, Sanna Toppila-Salmi4
1 Transplantation laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki, Finland
2 Medical Imaging Center, Department of Radiology, Helsinki, Finland
3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
4 Transplantation laboratory, Haartman Institute; Department of Allergy, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
|Date of Submission||13-Jan-2021|
|Date of Decision||19-Feb-2021|
|Date of Acceptance||20-Feb-2021|
|Date of Web Publication||20-May-2021|
Haartman Institute, P. O. Box: 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3), University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
Background: There can be variability between observer's opinions when reading radiographic images. Aims: The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate inter-observer agreement and inter-imaging accuracy regarding radiological signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and apical radiolucency on sinonasal computed tomography (CT) images and Panoramic tomography (PTG) images. Materials and Methods: Imaging data of 59 patients with oral maxillofacial or sinonasal diseases were used. Radiological signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and apical radiolucency were analyzed blinded. Using Cohen's kappa statistic the reproducibility of the findings between the oral radiologist and three other observers were compared. Inter-imaging accuracy was calculated, based on the records by the oral radiologist. Results: Inter-observer agreement between the oral radiologist and the three different professionals was from poor (kappa - 0.054) to moderate (kappa 0.455) with PTG and CT scans. Inter-imaging accuracy was moderate (0.565) to very good (0.908). Conclusions: This study showed a large diagnostic variation between the oral radiologist and the three professional observers in recording signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency. This finding indicates that before final treatment plan of the patient, multi-professional consultation is recommended. PTG may not be as reliable imaging method as CT.
Keywords: Alveolar bone loss, panoramic radiography, periapical periodontitis, periodontitis, X-rays
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Julkunen-Iivari A, Apajalahti S, Saat R, Heikkinen AM, Meurman JH, Toppila-Salmi S. Inter-observer agreement and inter-imaging accuracy in sinus computed tomography scans and panoramic radiography on signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency. J Oral Maxillofac Radiol 2021;9:1-5
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Julkunen-Iivari A, Apajalahti S, Saat R, Heikkinen AM, Meurman JH, Toppila-Salmi S. Inter-observer agreement and inter-imaging accuracy in sinus computed tomography scans and panoramic radiography on signs of local dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency. J Oral Maxillofac Radiol [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 Mar 28];9:1-5. Available from: https://www.joomr.org/text.asp?2021/9/1/1/316482
| Introduction|| |
Periodontitis and apical periodontitis may be asymptomatic clinical problems need to be treated. They both associate with general health problems such as cardiovascular diseases. Periodontitis manifests on radiological images as diffuse bone margin, horizontal, or vertical alveolar bone loss., Apical periodontitis appears on a radiograph as periapical bone loss, radiolucency around the dental root.
In upper jaw, apical periodontitis can lead to chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Odontogenic origin should be considered especially when CRS is unilateral or mucosal thickening in maxillary sinus is associated with an infected tooth., Odontogenic sinusitis is most often caused by apical periodontitis of the first or second upper molar. Approximately 10% to 12% of maxillary sinusitis has dental etiology., Obayashi et al. found that 65.4% of the maxillary sinusitis patients had changes in their alveolar cortical plates around the infected teeth. They also discovered that 71.3% of the patients with dental infection had changes in maxillary sinuses.
There can be variability between observer's opinions when reading radiographic images especially if the observers have different background and experience., Different diagnoses can then be made from same scans, which may lead to different and even erroneous treatment plans.
The aim of this study was to see how the opinions of four observers with different expertise and experience differences with an oral radiologist and is PTG scans as reliable as computed tomography (CT) scans for diagnosing local horizontal bone loss, vertical bone loss, and periapical radiolucency. Our hypothesis was that the inter-observer agreement is mostly good and PTG scans are as reliable for diagnosing sings of local alveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency as CT scans. Intra-observer agreement was recorded for the validation of reliability.
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This study was carried out at the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases and Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Hospital (HUH). We collected retrospectively a random sample of 70 patients from the HUH database. Data included patients with oral maxillofacial or sinonasal diseases. Inclusion criterion was that the patient had undergone both the sinus CT scan and PTG scan within 6 months. Patients with head and neck tumors, acute traumas, toothless jaws, and age under 17 years were excluded. The final sample included 59 patients, 24 (40.7%) males and 35 (59.3%) females. Patients' mean age was 35 years (range 17–75 years) [Table 1]. They had undergone sinus CT and PTG scans within 6 months due to medical reasons.
CT-scans were performed with a 16-row CT scanner Bright SpeedTM (GE Healthcare Systems, U.S.) or Somatom Definition EdgeTM (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). The data was reconstructed into 1.0 mm images in axial, sagittal and coronal plains using bone kernel. In addition, radiological examination included PTG images with OP-300TM or OP-200TM (Instrumentarium Imaging, Finland) or PromaxTM (Planmeca, Finland).
The Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa provided an approval that there was no need for written informed consent of the patients of this retrospective study (Rhinosinusitis Risk Prediction Study; no. 31/13/03/00/15).
The data that support the findings of this study is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Four independent observers, blinded to the patient history, recorded the CT and PTG scans. The focus was on comparing the agreement between oral radiologist and three different observers in evaluating radiological pathology of dental alveolar bone and periapical radiolucency. The observers were a board-certified oral radiologist, a head and neck radiologist, an ear-, nose-, throat- (ENT) and rhino specialist, and a 3rd-year dental student.
All four observers evaluated the scans in similar conditions at the HUH Radiology Department diagnostic monitors and filled out the predesigned forms. Time interval between the evaluation of CT and PTG scans was at least 7 days for each observer. Before starting recording the scans, all potential diagnostic choices were discussed by the observers. A pilot study with 10 CT and PTG scans ensured that all observers were familiar with filling out the forms used for evaluation.
The dentoalveolar bone of the upper jaw in premolar and molar areas was studied from the radiographs, including three different signs for local dentoalveolar bone loss (vertical bone loss, horizontal bone loss >3 mm) and periapical radiolucency on both the CT and PTG scans.[Figure 1]. On PTG scans additional sing of local diffuse bone margin was estimated. Right and left sides of the scans were separately evaluated, altogether 118 regions from the 59 patients. Findings were recorded as “Yes–No–Not Detectable.” The ENT -and rhino specialist also evaluated Lund-MacKay scores from the CT scans [Table 1]. “Not detectable” was not an option in the items on Lund-MacKay scoring.
|Figure 1: Radiological signs of dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency. *On PTG scans additional sing of local diffuse bone margin was estimated|
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Statistical analyses were carried out with the SPSS Base 15.0 Statistical Software Package (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Cohen's kappa was used to compare the degree of inter-and intra-observer, and inter-imaging agreements on the scans, respectively. The established interpretation of kappa-value is classified into six subgroups: Poor <0.2, Fair 0.21–0.4, Moderate 0.41–0.6, Good 0.61–0.8, and Very Good 0.81–1.0. Associations between observers (inter-observer agreement), and between CT and PTG scans (inter-imaging agreement) and intra-observer agreement were assessed by the Fisher's exact test, respectively. Two-tailed P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
| Results|| |
The estimation by the oral radiologist served as a reference standard. Results of the inter-observer agreement are given in [Table 2].
|Table 2: Inter-observer agreement between the oral radiologist and the three other observers|
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The inter-observer agreement between the oral radiologist and the head and neck radiologist in PTG scans was mostly moderate. Agreement in the CT scans was mostly fair. The greatest disagreements in PTG and CT scans were in recording the vertical bone loss [Table 2].
When evaluating the agreement between the oral radiologist and the dental student in PTG scans, the inter-observer agreement was either poor or fair. The greatest disagreement was in recording the periapical lesion. Agreement in the CT scans was mostly fair. The greatest disagreement was in recording vertical bone loss [Table 2].
When evaluating the agreement between the oral radiologist and the ENT -and rhino specialist in PTG and CT scans, the inter-observer agreement was mostly poor. The greatest disagreements in both scans were on recording vertical bone loss [Table 2].
We studied inter-imaging accuracy between sinus CT and PTG scans based on the records by the oral radiologist. Correlation in vertical bone loss was good, for horizontal bone loss very good and for periapical radiolucency moderate [Table 3].
|Table 3: Inter-imaging accuracy between panoramic radiography and sinonasal computed tomography scans|
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Intra observer agreement was studied from the records by the oral radiologist for the validation of reliability. Intra observer agreement was from good (0.770) to very good (1.000) [Table 4].
| Discussion|| |
The aim of this study was to see how the opinions of four observers with different expertise and experience differences with an oral radiologist and is PTG scans as reliable as CT scans for diagnosing local horizontal bone loss, vertical bone loss and periapical radiolucency. Our study demonstrated considerable variation in the evaluation of radiological periodontal findings between the observers.
Our study also showed that PTG is as reliable as CT for diagnosing local horizontal bone loss but not for vertical bone loss or periapical radiolucency. PTG scan is used for overview radiological periodontal situation especially to evaluate level of alveolar bone margin in whole jaw.
Diagnosing periodontal diseases is based on patients' symptoms and clinical signs, and supported by the evidence from radiographs. The color, shape, texture, and bleeding on probing of the gingival tissues are evaluated when making the diagnosis of periodontal diseases. Occasionally, histopathology, microbiology or serology are also needed for the diagnosis., Periodontitis is mostly asymptomatic. Periapical periodontitis, however, may cause painful symptoms to a patient like in cases with acute periapical periodontitis but it may also be asymptomatic like chronic apical periodontitis. Treatment plan is made based on the clinical and radiological findings.,
There can be variation in inter-observer agreements. Shahzad et al. examined inter-observer agreement between four viewers; dental implantologist, oral surgeon and two dental radiologists. The aim of their research was to study radiological interpretation of the variable views of the mental foramen in panoramic radiography. Observes analyzed 130 panoramic radiographs of adult patients using the classification of mental foramins. The agreement varied from 0.34 to 0.49 according to the Kappa statistics. Their conclusion was that there were significant differences in analyzes among four examiners.
Fuhrmann et al. compared objective measurements between high-resolution CT scans and intraoral radiographs regarding the evaluation of vertical and horizontal alveolar bone loss. When horizontal bone loss was evaluated, they found no significant difference. While vertical bone loss was evaluated, 60% of the infra-alveolar bony defects could be identified from intraoral radiographs and vertical depth was underestimated by an average of 2.2 mm. In comparison, 100% infra-alveolar defects was identified from the CT scans and vertical depth was underestimated by a mean of 0.2 mm. Tang et al. suggested that panoramic radiographs are as reliable as cone beam computed tomography when evaluating horizontal and vertical distances in alveolar bone, but not as reliable to evaluate alveolar bone volumes in patients with periodontal diseases.
In Finland university studies in dental sciences last 5½ years, a 3rd year dental student can practice dentistry under supervision and make dental treatment plans with clinical and radiological diagnoses. University trains bachelors to evaluate PTG scans well but evaluation of CT scans is trained in higher grades. An ENT-and rhino specialization takes 5 years, of which about 3½ years focus on ENT. During specialization and clinical careers, ENT doctors are trained to recognize sinonasal anatomical variations and signs of sinonasal diseases of the sinus CT scans, magnetic resonance imaging images and X-rays. There is a little training for detection of radiologic periodontal signs, but the training usually focuses on detection of periapical radiolucency.
To the knowledge of the authors, this study is the first one to evaluate inter-observer agreement and inter-imaging accuracy from sinus CT and PT scans.
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This study showed surprisingly great variation in diagnostic accuracy between the assessors with different professional background when recording radiological signs of periodontitis and periapical periodontitis. The results were in contrast to what we had expected and indicate subjectivity in diagnostic radiology. The findings emphasize the importance of consulting and need for clinical dental examination before deciding a treatment plan. The results also show that PTG scans are not as reliable as CT scans for diagnosing local pathology of dentoalveolar bone loss and periapical radiolucency.
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The Bronx woman on trial for methodically disabling and then gutting a pregnant bride in order to steal her unborn child hid her face Tuesday as prosecutors presented chilling photos of the bloodbath — and jurors looked on in sheer horror.
Ashleigh Wade, on trial for first-degree murder, wiped frantically at her eyes as the aghast panel was shown crime scene photos of Angelique Sutton’s hacked and blood-soaked remains. The snapshots included closeups of lacerations on the mom-to-be’s face, neck, and hands.
One juror covered his mouth in shock and another brought her hand to her chin as they were forced to look upon Sutton’s bloodied face. The victim’s family left the courtroom before the photos were shown.
Baby Jenasis miraculously survived the attack — and is now living with her father Patrick Bradley — but one photo revealed the newborn received two gashes on her right thigh as Wade cut her from Sutton’s body.
Yet another set of eerie photos depicted Wade’s tranquil bedroom — complete with a crib, changing table and baby clothes — and the bloodied knife, laying on the floor.
Wade and Sutton had known each other during childhood, and reconnected on social media over their allegedly mutual pregnancies. Wade, 23, had invited Sutton to her apartment on Nov. 20, 2015 — as she was en route to marry Bradley at the courthouse–saying she had a gift for her.
Instead, the wannabe mom attacked the bride with a paring knife, slicing her larynx so she could not scream and then cutting out her uterus, taking the baby and discarding the organ on the bathroom floor, prosecutors have said.
Then, as Sutton bled out, Wade prepared a bottle of formula and swaddled Jenasis, telling responding officers the tot was her own. She later told cops she’s “rescued” the baby.
Additional photos show Tuesday depict a blood splattered suitcase in the living room, near the attack, and a lone sandal sitting in the bathtub.
NYPD Det. Hector DeLeon testified it appeared that Wade had attempted some clean-up, as blood-soaked sponges were recovered in what appeared to be the shower curtain. Both the sponges and plastic had been stuffed in another bag.
Wade’s ex-boyfriend begrudgingly took the stand Tuesday, admitting the two dated for five or six years.
Andrew Praylow told jurors Wade had told him she was pregnant, and he never questioned it, because her stomach was growing and he “felt the baby.”
The day of Sutton’s murder, she suddenly called him and told him she’d “just had a baby,” adding, “I think I killed somebody.”
He rushed to the apartment, and “saw blood. I turned to my left and I saw legs on the floor.”
Praylow recalled how, through his own tears, he saw Wade looking at him “with a face I never saw before.”
She then told him she’d just “given birth.” He grabbed the baby and a blanket and waited outside for cops, all the while believing the little girl was his.
Praylow also revealed that Wade had previously feigned a 2013 birth, claiming the child lived for two or three days and then died. He never saw the tot, and never found any record of its birth.
If convicted on first-degree murder charges, Wade faces up to life in prison without parole.

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I’m an author/illustrator. I was dragged (kicking and screaming) in to illustration when a family friend asked me to illustrate Hummingbird Heaven. The project seemed daunting but when I finished, I decided that the next book I illustrated would be my own. That decision became Imagination Vacation Yellowstone.
Here’s an interview from the My Writing Process Blog Tour, that sums up quite a bit about who I am as an author/illustrator:
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
Right now I’m wrapping up the illustrations for Goldibear and the Three Campers (now in print). The idea came to me as I sat in the car in a parking lot in Boulder, Colorado. We spend a lot of time in the mountains there and I’d read The Beast in the Garden, an account of the cougar related tragedies that shook the Boulder area in the late 1980s. It had me thinking about the complicated relationships between wildlife and people who live on the fringes of the wilderness. From that heavy material the idea for a retelling of the classic fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, emerged. I’m hoping that this book will spread the word that responsible, bear-conscious living will keep both bears and people safe.
HOW DOES YOUR WORK DIFFER FROM OTHERS OF ITS GENRE?
I try to write with a venue in mind. I travel a lot and sometimes a story just seems to grow from a place. This was definitely the case with the Imagination Vacation Series. Having a venue in mind makes my books enticing to the gift shop market and keeps my work from getting lost in the shuffle of traditional bookstores.
WHY DO YOU WRITE WHAT YOU DO?
I write with an education/conservation mindset. My family spent a lot of time traveling, camping and exploring the great outdoors. My dad is a geologist and my mom an artist so family vacations had a way of turning into field trips and artistic and scholarly expeditions. I always felt that my parents were my best and first teachers. They’ve definitely been the inspiration for the Imagination Vacation series. The series teaches geology as it follows the fictional family on their adventures. Lesson plans in the back of the book make it easy to expand learning. My hope is that it will inspire families to see vacation time as an opportunity for a memorable, educational adventure.
Conserving biodiversity is the theme behind P is for Pangolin, an alphabet of obscure, endangered and underappreciated animals. There are so many creatures that are on the brink of extinction and yet are practically unheard of to the general public. The book has lesson plans in the back that teach conservation and a “Learn More or Donate” section where I’ve listed reputable conservation organizations that work to protect the forgotten species.
HOW DOES YOUR WRITING & ILLUSTRATION PROCESS WORK?
This question makes me laugh because sometimes it seems to work so slowly! I guess it begins with a quick jotting down of the general story or idea. I do all of my own illustration, layout and book design so the next step is choosing a format/size for the book. Then I set up a file and add the pages, deciding how the text will fall and where page breaks will be. Once I have an idea of how much text will occupy the pages I move on to story-boarding with thumbnail sketches. Somewhere along the way the process of researching and fact-checking kicks in. I love research and I’ll spend hours on details, like making sure that the plants and animals are appropriate to the geologic era I’m depicting. Illustration is definitely the most difficult and time-consuming part of the process but I also find it to be the most rewarding part of the process. I illustrate in a watercolor collage style. I have kind of a mad scientist approach to watercolor; tossing everything from salt, rubbing alcohol, string, plastic, leaves, spaghetti, even hair onto the paint to get the effects I’m looking for. Once I’m happy with a painted piece I scan it and assemble the collage in PhotoShop. Layout is completed in InDesign and then it’s off to my wonderful editor, Ashley Argyle.


Back in March, I purchased a new system. My old one was built in 2008 and the Windows 10 upgrade was breaking things.
As you can see (go look 🙂 ), a nice video setup.
I don’t watch a lot of videos on my computers. I had four monitors on the old system for screen real estate. Coding and reading websites. The new system had an even larger monitor so more space in one screen.
But there was a small problem. When I watched a video or listened to music, the system would pause and buzz. I did some checking on the ‘net and tried a few suggestions, even a 15 year old’s youtube video 🙂 Most pointed to the onboard RealTek sound chip or RealTek wireless network chip. As I didn’t have wireless and it only affected youtube, itunes, and media player, things I really didn’t do much of, I felt it wasn’t something I needed to spend much time on. There were discussions on compatability with Windows 10 that was being worked on and since I received somewhat regular BIOS updates from Asus, I figured it would eventually get straightened out.
Besides, games like Rocksmith, Carmageddon, and Doom worked fine.
Until Windows 10 Anniversary.
Then games had problems. The same problem.
Time to get serious then. I checked again online for solutions. Nothing new had popped up. I purchased a SoundBlaster ZX sound card. I figured if there was a problem with the onboard sound, an external sound card would correct the problem.
Sadly, the SoundBlaster had its own problems. YouTube videos would have the voices muted but music clear. Plus the buzzing and pausing didn’t go away. A driver update reversed the SoundBlaster problem to the music muted and voices clear. I disabled the RealTek in the BIOS but no change. I disabled all sound except the SoundBlaster but no change. Eventually I disabled the SoundBlaster and reenabled the RealTek. At least it was just buzzing and pausing
More research. In troubleshooting the SoundBlaster, I realized my speakers weren’t working in 5.1 mode. I switched the configuration to stereo but it didn’t fix the buzz/pause. It did fix the muting issue on the SoundBlaster though. Still, not 5.1.
At this point I figured it was a Windows 10 issue. It was there day one and worse with the Anniversary update.
With the RealTek wireless network chip, maybe it was some network activity. I brought up Task Manager to monitor the system and disabled the network. Buzzing was still there but I was seeing CPU spiking. Reenable the network. Check the startup tray programs. Maybe the buzzing is some app checking the home site for updates. Disable everything not clearly needed for the system. Still the problem exists.
Maybe the 4k monitor was just too much for the video card. Turn off the monitor and reboot the system.
I played videos on my two Acer monitors. No problem. I played Rocksmith. No problem. Well. This will be annoying but maybe it’s just the card can’t drive the 4k monitor. Well, but, I did check before purchasing and the card did say it could easily support a 4k monitor. Heck, I bought two of the video cards just to keep the two Acers off the main card.
Testing time. I powered off the system between each configuration change.
Card 1: 4k DisplayPort Monitor
Card 2: 2 Acer Monitors
Card 1: 4k off
Card 2: 2 Acers
Card 1: 2 Acers
Card 2: Nothing
Problem exists. Hey, maybe it’s the card!
Card 1: Nothing
Card 2: 4k
No problem. It’s not the monitor then. Plus moving windows around with the mouse is smooth. On Card 1, it’s a little jerky and if I move too fast, I lose connection with the window.
Card 1: Nothing
Card 2: 4k and 2 Acers
I figured the problem is with the card then. I tried setting up SLI then just to try something different but it didn’t change anything. SLI seems to work best with 3D or Surround and I wasn’t interested in either,
It appears I have a problem with the first video card.
I posted on the MSI forums and there’s a suggestion to check the VBIOS and maybe update. We’ll see but I suspect it’s a bad card. Note the serial numbers are sequential.
I posted the BIOS versions and posted a link to the video documentation of the problem.
Yesterday I tried moving the video cards to see if the problem followed the cards, to see if it was a slot problem or a problem with the actual card.
Card 1 to Card 2 slot
Card 2 to Card 1 slot
No video. System came up and no sound but no video.
Card 1 back to Card 1 slot
Card 2 back to Card 2 slot
Video but only on the two Acers on Card 2. Sound was disabled.
Remove power cords to Card 1.
Card 2 – 4k DP Monitor plus 2 Acer DVI monitors
Video on all three but Sound still disabled.
Remove Card 1.
Video on all three and Sound enabled.
This was even worse.
Later on I removed all cables and pulled the system out, put it on its side. I removed Card 2 (the “good” card) and put Card 1 back into Card 1 slot. Success! Sound enabled. Everything works. I then removed all cables again, pulled the system out and put it on its side and put the Card 2 back into Card 2 slot and plugged its original configuration back in. 4k DP in Card 1, 2 Acer DVIs in Card 2.
It’s all working now and I don’t know why. I can speculate.
The cards have two female power plugs for additional power for the fans and such. An 8 port plug and a 6 port plug. But the power cords themselves are 6 prong male plugs but each have a separate 2 prong male plug. So you can plug the two 6 prong plugs into the 8 and 6 ports and then push the 2 prong plug into the two remaining ports on the 8 port plug. In putting the 2 prong plug into the last 2 ports, there is an audible click as it seats. Maybe the plug wasn’t fully seated so the card was under powered.
Also, the PCI-E slots have a holder that lifts up to hold the back part of the card in the slot. These cards are quite large. If the holder wasn’t snapped up, it’s possible the card wasn’t fully seated into the slot, had gradually migrated out.
I will continue to keep an eye on the cards. One thing I noted, with one card in the system, the two fans on the card were spinning. When I first booted the system after both cards were installed, none of the fans (2 on each card) were moving. So I don’t know if there may be an issue the longer the system stays up or if there was more of a load with three monitors (one a 4k) on one card vs the DP on one card and the two Acers on the second card.
Maybe put the Logitech webcam in the box with a light to see if the fans are moving, or locate tools for the card and monitor the fan speed from the system.


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COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will welcome the public to its Open Houses on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from 12:00noon until 3:00 p.m.
"Anyone interested in providing input and participating in Ohio's professional wildlife management process is welcome," said David M. Graham, chief of the Division of Wildlife. Graham adds that fish and wildlife biologists along with law enforcement officers will be on hand to answer questions.
Open houses will be held at the same day and time in Akron, Athens, Columbus, Findlay, and Xenia. Information recorded at these open houses is forwarded to the division's central office in Columbus, where proposed rule changes to the Ohio Administrative Code are considered.
Topics for the Open Houses include:
- The prohibition of possessing or propagating wild boar.
- Establishing a minimum fence height for captive white-tailed deer, and requiring mandatory tissue testing of captive deer 12 months of age or older that die or are killed on a permit holder's premises.
- Giving the ODNR Division of Wildlife authority to enforce the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact agreement. States participating in the agreement share information about fish and game violators and honor each other's decision to deny licenses and permits. For example, if an Ohioan is convicted of a wildlife violation in a participating compact state, the individual's right to hunt and fish also can be suspended or revoked back home, providing a similar action would have resulted had the violation occurred here in Ohio.
- Fishing regulations regarding blue catfish bag limits, stream smallmouth bass length limits, and striped bass regulations.
For more information or directions to the open house, please call 1-800-WILDLIFE (945-3543). Proposals and directions can also be access via the Internet at www.wildohio.com.
A statewide hearing on all the proposed rules will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 25 at the wildlife division's District One Office, located at 1500 Dublin Road in Columbus. After considering public input, the Ohio Wildlife Council will vote on the proposed rules during its October 15 meeting.
Open House Location Information:
Wildlife District One Office, 1500 Dublin Road, Columbus
Wildlife District Two Office, 952 Lima Ave, Findlay
Wildlife District Three Office, 912 Portage Lakes Dr., Akron
Wildlife District Four Office, 360 E State St., Athens
Wildlife District Five Office, 1076 Old Springfield Pike, Xenia


Sherri Tippie, of PBS Documentary – “Leave it to Beavers” – fame is going to speak at Alma Town Hall on March 16th at 7pm. The name of her talk is “Beaver: Nuisance or Opportunity?”
Sherri Tippie, the top live trapper of the beaver species in North America, rescues unwanted beavers in the Denver suburbs and then places them with farmers and beaver enthusiasts who eagerly provide new homes for them. Whether displaced from their pond, now part of a new housing development, or singled out for gnawing on trees at a golf course, Tippie has relocated over 1,000 beavers to date and her chief priority remains to keep families together. According to Tippie, “We’re asking so much of these animals and we’re displacing them. They’ve moved into a place where they should be and we don’t want them there. So if we’re going to mess around with them then we need to treat them as well as possible and then put them at a place where they can live out their lives.”
Please join us for this engaging and inspirational talk from Sherri at the Alma Town Hall!
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BEIJING, May 24 -- China Mobile Ltd, the country's largest mobile phone operator, saw the number of its 3G service subscribers increase by 700,000 to 8.4 million in April, sources reported.
The company's total mobile subscribers hit 544.2 million, added 5.3 million new users in April.
China Mobile last week announced that it sees more than double the number of its 3G base stations to 200,000 this year in a push to expand its TD-SCDMA coverage nationwide.
China Mobile's net profit in the first quarter of the year was RMB 25.2 billion, 1.1% more than a year earlier. Revenue for the first three months grew 7.7% from a year earlier to RMB 109.09 billion.

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Bitcoin mining is a delicate balance of many moving parts. Miners already have to deal with capital and operating costs, unscheduled repairs, product launch delays, and unexpected regulations that can vary from country to country—and in the case of the United States, from state to state. On top of that, they had to contend with the sharp drop in bitcoin from $69,000 to $17,600.
Although the price of bitcoin is down 65% from its all-time high, miners agree to be calm and keep piling sats, but that does not mean that the market has already reached its lowest level.
During an exclusive panel of bitcoin miners hosted by Cointelegraph, Nick Hansen, CEO of Luxor, said, “There will definitely be a shortage of capital in publicly listed companies or at least not only in publicly listed companies. There’s probably close to $4 billion in new ASICs that have to be paid for as they come out, and that capital is no longer available.”
“Hedge funds explode very quickly. I think the miners will take 3-6 months to explode. So we’ll see who has good operations and who can survive in this low-margin environment.”
When asked about the future challenges and prospects for the bitcoin mining industry, Magdalena Gronowska, Consultant with PRTI Inc., said, “One of the biggest challenges we face in this transition to a low-emission economy and the reduction of GHG emissions is to be there the underinvestment in technology and infrastructure by the public and private sectors. What I find most fascinating about bitcoin mining is that it offers a whole new way to finance or subsidize the development of energy or waste management infrastructure. And it is a way that goes beyond the traditional paths of taxpayers or electricity consumers, because it is based on a very ingenious system of economic incentives.”
Will bitcoin destroy the environment?
As the debate turns to the environmental impact of BTC mining and the widespread assumption that Bitcoin’s energy consumption is a threat to the planet, Blockware Solutions analyst Joe Burnett said:
“I think bitcoin mining is not bad for the environment, period, I think if there’s one thing bitcoin mining does is it encourages more power generation, it improves grid reliability, and resiliency and I think it’s probably going to reduce that’s retail electricity rates in the long run.”
According to Burnett, “Bitcoin mining is a bounty to produce cheap energy, and it’s good for all of humanity.”
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Will industrial bitcoin mining catalyze the long-awaited mass adoption of the cryptocurrency?
Regarding the dominance of bitcoin mining, the future of the industry, and whether the growth of industrial mining could lead to mass adoption of cryptocurrency, Todd Esse, CEO of Hashworks, said, “I believe that the majority of mining activity will occur in the Middle. East and North America, and to some extent in Asia. It will depend on the amount of resources they will be able to cut in the end. And it depends a lot on the availability of natural resources and the cost of energy. »
While it’s easy to assume that the growing synergy between major energy companies and Bitcoin mining would add to BTC’s validity as an investment asset and perhaps facilitate its mass adoption, Hansen disagrees.
“No, definitely not, but it’s what will change everyone’s life, whether they know it or not. By being a buyer of last resort and a buyer of first choice energy. It will change energy, energy markets and how it is produced and consumed here in the United States. And overall, it should greatly improve the person’s condition over time.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said that Republicans will subpoena Hunter Biden when the time is right as lawmakers get serious about gathering information on the shady dealings of the Biden family.
The embattled GOP leader, who could soon face an official motion to vacate, appeared on Fox News where he discussed a wide range of topics with “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo including the just-announced impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, telling her that the presidential son will be brought in at the “appropriate” time without giving specifics on when that might be.
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“Will you subpoena Hunter Biden?” Bartiromo asked, pointing out that Democrats grilled former President Donald J. Trump’s son Don Trump Jr. for twenty hours. “They didn’t have any evidence and yet they brought him in, they questioned him, how come you haven’t brought in Hunter Biden?”
“Well, the first thing is I don’t subpoena anybody….I let committees do their work,” McCarthy answered, passing the buck to his fellow House Republicans. “But think about this, Maria. You wouldn’t know any of this if we weren’t in charge.”
“The one thing the American public has to understand is there’s a strategy behind everything,” he continued. “We only follow facts. Hunter Biden will get subpoenaed, but when’s the appropriate time? Do you do it because television wants it? Or do you do it around the facts and the timing?”
“I think we should have the bank statements to actually know where did the money go so you would know the questions to ask Hunter Biden,” McCarthy added. “To just to subpoena Hunter Biden because you want to fundraise or you want to do something, that’s not how you run it effectively.”
“Don’t you have emails that say Hunter Biden was complaining that he was paying all the family bills? Bartiromo asked.
“That came from the laptop but we also have 5,400 emails that Joe Biden used as vice president, a false name that we have not been able to get yet,” the Speaker said, referring to information obtained from the National Archives through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by a watchdog group that Biden used a variety of pseudonyms in communications when he was vice president.
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“Wouldn’t it be smarter in an investigation that you were able to get all of those emails?” McCarthy said. “Cause what that show… we saw one where it was sent to Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, about a phone call with the President of Ukraine. Wouldn’t you want to know all that information so you can ask all the right questions?”
“So I think let them do their job,” he said of the GOP investigators. “They’re doing a very good job and let them follow it and take it at the right time.”
Responding to Bartiromo’s question if any other members of the Biden clan may also be subpoenaed, the speaker said, “It looks to me like nine Biden family members got money. I want to see bank statements, I think they’d have to come before us to answer the questions.”
“Remember what impeachment inquiry is, it empowers Congress in a legal ability to get the information we need,” he added. “That’s gonna be bank statements, that’s gonna be credit card statements, that’s gonna be family members coming in and answering the questions so the American public can know.”
Whether McCarthy’s vague answer on when the key witness will be brought in is enough to satisfy conservative hardliners who have suggested that he’s slow-walking the process remains to be seen but the heat under the speaker’s seat continues to be dialed up by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida who has emerged as the California Republican’s most vocal critic.
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This year's Art On Fire project is a challenge to paint every day for 100 days. TI auction a new 8x10" painting on Instagram for 24 hours. If no one bids, I light it on fire as an act of letting go and embracing the journey.
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Women’s Day Celebration Main Office
The Arab Community Centre of Toronto celebrated international women’s day at the Etobicoke Civic Centre on March 8th. This event was to honour the women in our community and appreciate the hard work they do to love and support their families. Many women from the nearby communities attended the festival and listened to presentation done by Zainab Shebeita, settlement counsellor. Huda Bukhari, executive director made a speech shedding light on the importance of their roles in society.


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Chepstow Castle in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built along the English-Welsh border in the Welsh Marches.
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Sr. Scientist I, Non Clinical Pharmacology & ToxicologyLocation San Rafael, California Apply
Scientist II / Sr Scientist, Toxicologist / Pharmacologist
BioMarin's Pharmacological Sciences Team
The Pharmacology and Toxicology Department at BioMarin is seeking a Scientist (Scientist 2 to Senior Scientist 2 depending on experience) to provide toxicology and pharmacology expertise for the development of BioMarin’s novel drug candidates. This individual will provide scientific leadership and play a pivotal role in support of all phases of drug development from discovery through clinical trials, market application and commercialization. Each BioMarin scientist has the opportunity and is expected to actively contribute to the discovery and development of life-transforming drugs.
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and overseeing the execution of non-clinical studies that evaluate the safety and/or efficacy of drug candidates, including pivotal studies to enable first-in-human clinical trials. This individual will work collaboratively with internal and external cross-functional teams, and consultants to support the successful and timely advancement of drug-development programs. Additional responsibilities include presenting data and be an active member on cross-functional project teams and/or lead project sub-teams.
A strong toxicology and pharmacology background as well as an understanding of mechanisms of disease will be required to provide broad-based support for the company’s opportunistic philosophy of drug development. Key to the role, is the ability to analyze and interpret complex data to help elucidate the toxicological and pharmacological profile of drug candidates. S/he will need to communicate data, findings and interpretations both in oral and written form. The candidate will deliver a balanced assessment of the risk/benefit profile associated with a drug candidate, bridging across studies and animal species.
- Design and implement a nonclinical and clinical toxicology strategy to support drug development at all stages.
- Analyze and interpret nonclinical data to support the progression of gene, cell or enzyme replacement therapies.
- Author and/or review study protocols, study reports and regulatory submission documents.
- Interact and collaborate with various BioMarin functions, CROs, universities, analytical laboratories, business partners, as necessary to ensure appropriate/timely progression of BioMarin projects.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary drug-development teams.
- Required: Doctorate (Ph.D.) in pharmacology, toxicology or a related relevant field.
- DABT certification is desirable.
- Toxicology/pharmacology background with 4-7 years of experience working in biopharmaceutical industry.
- Experience supporting rare disease indications is desirable.
- Experience working with biologics, small molecules and/or gene therapy.
- Designing and implementing the non-clinical strategy for drug-development programs, and interpreting GLP and non-GLP nonclinical pharmacology and toxicology studies.
- Expertise in in vivo and in vitro pharmacology and/or experience with animal models of disease.
- Understanding drug development and regulatory processes, as well as Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs).
- Drafting regulatory submission documents.
- Strong data analysis and data interpretation skills.
- Strong statistical analysis and bioinformatics capabilities.
- Strong critical, scientific, and strategic thinking skills.
- Strong problem solving and decision making abilities.
- Strong communication (verbal and written) skills.
- Ability to meet aggressive time-lines.
- Ability to build/foster productive cross-functional collaborations both within and outside BioMarin.


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Thank you for your suggestion. I have put this in our product feature backlog. Please vote for this feature if you are interested so we can move it up the priority list. If a workaround is discovered, it will be posted here.
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Fully support this, MDT Uses this method. you create a deployment and then link the image to be installed and what applications. Really if you think about about, the "task groups" is almost what it needs to be. Just change it to where task groups is really deployments, and give the ability to link an image to it that it will use. Having to create multiple images and then link tasks to the image takes away from the entire idea of imaging and deploying with a single driver-less master image.
An error occurred while saving the commentJames Dolph commented
Instead of picking an image file that has tasks assigned to it, give the ability to create Build Groups where you select the image and applications to be installed. Right now its static, if you want to use the same image but different programs you have to duplicate the image and assign a different set of applications tasks to it. This takes away from usable drive space. It would be easier to build the deployment groups that calls a certain image and application groups.
Please refer to this improvement idea.


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Mobile Photoshop.com flirts with Android geeks, b*tch-slaps Apple
The mobile world is the new digital frontier these days, and a new Apple vs Adobe rivalry seems to be developing. Adobe is making its mobile Photoshop.com application available to Android developers to use in their applications, and in that announcement, points Mobile Crunch, they b*tch-slap Apple for not being able to offer this for the iPhone.
For more on this developing development for developers, be sure to check Techmeme.
Perhaps this is a little bit of payback because as you may recall the iPad ignored the hogware that is known to many as Flash :) Speaking of the iPad, it is expected to make its US debut on April 3rd.
Speaking of the mobile frontier, being a poor blog, we can't afford flashy mobile applications, but we do offer a free full-text RSS feed which you can read on any mobile device that can either read RSS feeds natively or has widgets that can display RSS feeds.


Huge congratulations to Lancaster Jazz Festival headliners Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band who have won the 2023 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award.
Find out more about this year’s winners: The 2023 Peter Whittingham Jazz Award: meet the awardees
They’ve won £5,000 in financial support towards their work and one-to-one business advice from experienced music industry professionals.
Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band are in great company, previous winners include some familiar faces from Lancaster Jazz Festival including Lara Jones, Tom Rideout, Skeltr, Fergus McCreadie, Roller Trio and Led Bib.
Run by Help Musicians, the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award was set up to invest in emerging jazz talent.
Thinking of applying? Find out more: Peter Whittingham Jazz Award


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25-27 September 2015: Kidwelly to Llansteffan
Kidwelly to Ferryside: 5.7 miles (9.2km) +204m -198m (25 September 2015)
We all met up at the Quay in Kidwelly and set off for a short walk to Ferryside. We walked in and then out of Kidwelly to be faced with the only climb of the day up to the village of Llansaint. The path then took us across rolling farmland until we came to Ferryside.
From here we could see across the River Towy to Llanstffan, a distance of 0.7 miles. Unfortunately we couldn’t walk straight across, we had a further two days walking and 17 miles to get to that same spot.
We then drove into Carmarthen and the Boars Head Hotel where we would all be staying for the weekend.
Ferryside to Johnstown: 9.8 miles (15.7km) +248m -246m (26 September 2015)
The next two days would be just walking up and down the River Towy from Ferryside to Llansteffan. The walk today had some wonderful views over the river but also some hard climbing.
Eventually we arrived at Carmarthen but this wasn’t the end of our walk, we still had a short distance to go down the river the Johnstown Leisure Centre where the cafe was closed. What’s new!
Johnstown to Llansteffan: 8.0 miles (12.9km) +196m -202m (27 September 2015)
We were finally walking back to the coast but we wouldn’t be seeing it for a few miles yet. It seemed a long trek across farmland until we arrived at Llansteffan where, for a change, the cafe was open and we could have a cup of tea before starting our journey home.
Total walked over the weekend: 23.5 miles
Total around Wales: 546.9 miles
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Illusions – Introducing Kwame
Remember the summer of 2020. It seemed everything was amiss. The world was shutting down due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, The murder of George Floyd had occurred, and protesters from all walks of life gathered in mourning and cried for justice. In some cities, violence erupted, windows smashed, fires set, looting occurred, and people died. Politically, the United States was ramping up for the presidential election, and the process could not have been uglier. Friendships ended, and families divided as the lines between who’s ideas were right versus wrong became more important than relationships with one another. Even the Earth seemed angry as wildfires in the West claimed countless acres of wildlife habitat, the flora and fauna that resided there, and the lives of nearly 50 people.
The summer of 2020 was when I met Kwame Kamu to speak about his life experience as an African American man, racism, and Black Lives Matter. It was one of the most peaceful, thought-provoking conversations I had all year, to my surprise and delight. I expected an angry man filled with outrage demanding immediate action to make amends for all the wrongs that have occurred. Instead, I found a philosopher-poet with a gentle voice and heart. It is not to say that Kwame does not feel or experience anger, but the way he chooses to process and articulate it is thoughtful and nonthreatening.
Another curious thing occurred as the conversation between Kwame and I unfolded. We spoke like two old friends, freely and easily for nearly two hours. Yet, instead of the interview I planned, we weaved together our personal experiences related to Jesus, Christianity, and our mutual passion for self-expression through our art. Though we did talk about racism and Black Lives Matter, it seemed secondary to faith and hope.
Kwame grew up in Los Angeles, California. He and his family were heavily involved in a Black Evangelical Church in the neighborhood. His faith was strong, then and now, but it has evolved heavily. Kwame describes his former self as an egotistical evangelical Christian concerned with living the “right way.” Unfortunately, that left very little room for those that believed differently and created a space where it was easy to judge others. A case in point is that he felt sorry for his gay brothers and sisters and believed they would never be allowed in the kingdom of heaven.
Kwame’s rigid Christian beliefs began to disintegrate one day as he rode in the car with his father. Kwame’s father, a rugged individualist determined to live life his way, challenged Kwame. He said, Kwame, you know Jesus was black, right? Kwame had seen the pictures. Not only did fourteen-year-old Kwame know what Jesus looked like, but he was also solid in his understanding of the gospel. So, he said, no, dad, I did not know Jesus was black. Where would you get such an idea? His father, not taken aback by his son’s confidence, explained that the people living in the Mediterranean 2000 years ago were not White. Suddenly it made sense to Kwame that his image of a light-skinned fine-featured Jesus was incorrect. But what difference does it make if he is black or white? Kwame asked his dad. His father’s response gave Kwame pause and propelled him into a full-fledged deconstruction and reconstruction of faith. His father said, “If it didn’t make a difference, they would not have changed it.”
Kwame feels that most folks want Christianity to be easy but that the 21st Century Christian must delve more deeply into what it means to be a Christian. For example, is the gratification of being right more important than being fair or just? Kwame encourages us to see Jesus alive in each other. In doing so, we would see one another in a different light. The illusion of separateness would fall away, and we would find that we are far more similar than we acknowledge. As a result, we would become more compassionate, understanding, and less judgmental.
Kwame firmly believes that everything is as it should be and exactly where we start from to move forward. These days Kwame experiences a more profound sense of contentment around the difficulties we have getting along. He understands that every individual has their own lens with which they view life. Considering that over 7 billion people live on the planet, the idea of embracing one another though we may live differently is unfathomable. However, Kwame has hope that one day we can achieve a more just world.
Though we are living during a turbulent time, Kwame sees it as a period of growth. His view is that Black culture is bringing the gift of humanity to the rest of the world by teaching us to get along. For example, the murder of George Floyd created greater awareness of disparities that Black people experience. Since then, Kwame witnessed more white people becoming enraged, getting involved, questioning, and helping to change unjust systems.
It is a start, but difficult conversations about complex and sensitive topics must continue to move forward. White supremacy, white privilege, Black Lives Matter, and defunding the police trigger deeply emotional responses from nearly everyone involved. Kwame uses defunding the police as an example to make his point. He compared the defunding of education and defunding of the police and how differently people reacted. Kwame stated that no one misunderstands that defunding education means reducing revenues, consolidating resources, and finding less expensive solutions to preserve education. But that defunding the police is wholly misunderstood though the principles are very similar.
As for white supremacy culture, Kwame sees it as a way of making oneself better or more important than someone else. He also feels that there is a lot of fear related to sharing resources. In part, he blames the way that history has been recorded and taught in public schools. There is just so much of our history that has been left out or erased, especially related to slavery, African Americans, and Native cultures.
When I asked Kwame about the Black Live Matter movement, he laughed and quickly rattled off several examples of memes he had seen on Facebook demonstrating the difference between All Lives Matter versus Black Lives Matter. However, the image that stuck most for me was a distressed person calling the fire department. Please help, the panicked caller shouts into the phone. My house is on fire, please come quickly. The operator calmly states, I am sorry, sir, but all houses matter. Her words are accompanied by an image of firefighters hosing down homes that are not o fire. His point is that we cannot honestly say that All Lives Matter until all lives are valued the same. Black Lives Matter is seeking justice for all, a concept that anyone that has ever heard the pledge of allegiance understands at least conceptually.
Kwame shares his final thoughts with grace and optimism. We’ve hit turbulence, and the ship is shaky. But we can thoughtfully redirect ourselves and come out of the other side of this crisis better. We need to stay grounded and be on each other’s side. He refers to another great philosopher, Woody Guthrie, and reminds us that, This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land. This Land was meant for you and me.
Thank you, Kwame.
Kwame is a musician. You can learn more about Kwame Kamau James and Soulstice Wind at [email protected].
Also, check out the Facebook Group: What’s Mine to Do to join the conversation for racial reconciliation.
A To Heal is a project that promotes peaceful and constructive conversations related to difficult topics. Topics are related to the events of 2020. They include but are not limited to Covid-19, Essential Workers, Race, Racism, the LGBTQIA community about the recent supreme court ruling, and more.
Please Note: The purpose of the project, A Time To Heal, is to create a safe space to allow others to express their feelings and opinions. The opinions of those interviewed may not be the same as my own or the reader. If you choose to comment on a post, please do so respectfully.
Gail is the owner of Lakehouse Photo LLC and The Gratitude Project By Lakehouse Photo LLC. Learn more about Gail, The Gratitude Project, and her photography at the sites listed below. Additionally, Gail’s photography can be purchased from Lakehousephoto.com, City Center Arts in Muskegon, http://citycenterarts.com/, NCCA-Artplace in Fremont, http://www.ncca-artsplace.org/ or directly from the artist.
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A network of faculty and alumni provide insight and advocacy as students seek meaningful job opportunities.
EOU interns have interviewed over 30 individuals, whose stories will form a unique stage performance.
Faculty and students will provide socioeconomic analysis so communities can better understand trends, support planning efforts, and undertake economic impact analysis of specific projects or investments in the region.
Two EOU students will help bring the Urban-Rural Theatre Program to life by turning real-life stories into scripts for the stage.
The university will host 15 student internships in 2020-21, creating opportunities for mentoring and career development.
Board of Trustees postpones naming an interim president LA GRANDE, Aug. 9, 2022. – Eastern Oregon University’s board of trustees held its annual retreat in Boardman, Oregon on Aug. 8 and 9. The board convened at the Sage Center, located at the Port of Morrow, where they met with local leaders and discussed important changes […]Read more
EOU President Returning to Timber Roots LA GRANDE, Ore. – Tom Insko, Eastern Oregon University’s president, announced today that he is leaving his post at the end of September. Insko has been named President and Chief Executive Officer at Collins, a wood products company based in Wilsonville, Oregon. Insko was appointed EOU’s 12th President in […]Read more
EOU Board of Trustees to hold annual retreat in Boardman July 20, 2022 LA GRANDE, Ore. – Eastern Oregon University’s board of trustees will hold their 2022 annual retreat in Boardman, Oregon. The meetings planned for Aug. 8-9 will include engagement with area and regional business leaders, local representatives and regional stakeholders to discuss EOU’s […]Read more


By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent
British Leyland is seeking planning permission to build an engine factory costing an estimated £15m at Longbridge, near Birmingham, the group’s biggest car manufacturing complex. The Department of Trade and Industry has already granted an industrial development certificate for the project.
To make way for the 750ft- long building it will be necessary to demolish part of the existing 300,000 sq ft North Works which produces the B series engines fitted in the Austin and Morris 1800 models, and more powerful versions of the Morris Marina. North Works, one of the oldest in the group, was Herbert Austin’s original engine factory. This is the first news of the site chosen by British Leyland to produce one of the four advanced car engines foreshadowed by Lord Stokes, BLMC chairman, two months ago.
At that time he disclosed plans for the largest expansion programme ever undertaken in the British motor industry, calling for an estimated £400m to £500m over the next five years. He said a substantial part of the money would be devoted to the production of new engines. No official figures are available for the overall cost, of designing the engines, tooling and installing the huge in-line transfer machines needed for mass production of the engines.
Industry sources suggest however that at least £60m will have to be earmarked. In addition a new aluminium foundry is planned to integrate engine building still further. It is understood that tooling will soon be ordered for the first of the new engines, described by Lord Stokes as “of an exciting specification and incorporating increased amounts of aluminium alloy as an aid to meeting present and future exhaust pollution laws”.
The absence of new engines, particularly one suitable for small cars such as the Mini, has handicapped British Leyland’s attempts to build up its European sales. The Morris Marina and the more recently announced Austin Allegro, the two models which carry the group’s hopes in the popular saloon market, are mainly powered by A and B series engines, first seen more than 10 years ago.
Some versions of the Allegro use the five year-old E series engine but the output of this unit has been disappointing and its development painfully slow. All the existing engines were designed, and with the exception of the remarkable Jaguar V-12 and Triumph Dolomite Sprint power units, in production before British Leyland was formed in 1968. Since then there have been notable advances in engine design by French, German, Italian and Japanese competitors.
The introduction of a completely new family of engines is an extremely costly business and one that has been plagued by the stringent United States anti-pollution targets set for 1976. The vast sums spent by the world’s motor industry on researching this problem have cut deep into investment budgets. Now however the situation has been considerably eased by the American Environmental Protection Agency’s belated admission that so far as nitrous oxide pollution is concerned it had set its sights too high.
But the announcement most eagerly awaited remains the choice of site for the new totally integrated car plant which Lord Stokes revealed would probably be built “away from the corporation’s traditional areas of car manufacture”.


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Royston, Herts, United Kingdom, 2013/03/18 - The French aerospace research centre, ONERA, has acquired a 200-channel Brüel & Kjær PULSE™ acoustic data acquisition system for wind tunnel testing - BKsv.com.
The system’s first use will be for scale-model, aero-acoustic measurements at the S1 large sonic wind tunnel in Modane, after which ONERA will use the system in a number of its other wind tunnels.
This system integrates with the wind-tunnel control system at the Modane facility, which can remotely control the data acquisition process. During data recording, process data is simultaneously displayed together with real-time acoustic data in the form of time/frequency plots.
Based on Brüel & Kjær’s standard PULSE LAN-XI Data Acquisition Hardware and analysis platform, the system provides a dedicated, streamlined workflow to handle the system setup, data recording and post-processing analysis - and is suitably sized to handle the large data throughput.
Acoustic measurements in wind tunnel systems are categorised by the large number of channels needed, high data sampling frequencies, tight phase matching between channels and the high dynamic range of recorded levels.
About Brüel & Kjær
Brüel & Kjær is a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of sound and vibration solutions for use in a wide range of applications including: environmental noise measurements, building acoustics, vibration measurements and quality control for use in the automotive, aerospace and consumer industries, as well as by local authorities.
We design and manufacturer sound level meters, microphones and accelerometers, conditioning amplifiers, calibrators, noise and vibration analysers and software.
Brüel & Kjær also runs a variety of training courses throughout the year, from basic introductions on noise and it’s effects to more specialised classes teaching customers how to get the most out of their equipment.
Free, online training courses - conducted by our expert engineers - run throughout the year too.
Brüel & Kjær has two laboratories in the Royston Facility, which are UKAS accredited to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025. Brüel & Kjær can provide traceable or accredited calibration for sound level meters, microphones, calibrators, artificial ears, conditioning amplifiers and accelerometers.


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Lindy Brodie and Heather Anderson will exhibit in respective solo exhibitions at Brisbane’s Suzanne O’Connell Gallery.
It is fitting that the pair, who share a grandmother and grew up together on Alroy Downs Station, will each see their first solo exhibitions open within a week of one another.
Two of Tennant Creek’s most prolific artists have both drawn on their early experiences at Alroy Downs station, with this forming the catalyst for Heather Anderson’s exhibition, Station Scenes.
“I grew up at Alroy Downs Station. My father was a Bore Runner. He took me out with him while he checked on the bores. The station was always busy, lots of bullockies and goanna and kangaroo, bush turkey, everything! I paint the bores to share and remember my land, my culture.”
Alroy Downs, by Heather Anderson
Depictions of the landscape around her childhood home of Alroy Downs Station have come to constitute a large part of Heather’s oeuvre as she reflects on fond childhood memories. Through these station paintings Heather has established a number of recurring motifs such as the windmill and bore, work cars, bullockies and the “cheeky roo” that peers out from behind anthills.
A prolific artist, Heather’s palette is influenced by seasonal changes, which she pays close attention to in her depictions of the daily rituals of station life. Heather’s playful palette and distorted approach to perspective are a nod to the naïve style and the significant influence of Lindy, her older cousin. View the exhibition at Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane or online here.
Cowboys at Alroy Downs by Heather Anderson
Like Heather, Lindy’s work has been significantly influenced by her childhood on Alroy Downs Station, often exploring human interventions on Country. In her most recent series Lindy brings elements of Country into the domestic space, with her exhibition of Still Lifes.
“When I go out bush, to hunt and visit country I always look for the bush flowers. I collect these and bring them home, so I can have some of the outside, inside, in the kitchen or the lounge room. My Flower Paintings show the bush flowers inside, like some whitefella paintings I’ve seen.”
Flower Painting by Lindy Brodie
Lindy Brodie’s practice has long involved collecting bush medicine and tuckers for detailed studies. Her love of bush flowers and her interest in art history inspired her to incorporate these studies into domestic scenes in what she dubs Flower Paintings.
With her Flower Paintings, Lindy portrays elements of the desert landscape within her home. Lindy’s process involves painting compositions of bush flowers in vases or mugs among the trappings of daily life.
Flower Painting by Lindy Brodie
In adopting the genre of Still Life painting to depict bush medicine and flowers, Lindy portrays elements of Indigenous knowledge within the paradigm of Western visual culture. View the exhibition at Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane or online here.
Lindy’s life and work and her close relationship with Heather was the subject of a Barkly Regional Arts produced documentary, Lindy Brodie: My Art, My Culture. Watch below:
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