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Puffers should be fed a carnivorous diet of pellets and freeze-dried and frozen foods, along with chopped squid, clams, shrimp and krill. To help wear down their hard shells, larger puffers should be offered shelled foods. The best way to maintain a healthy puffa is to keep them in a warm, dry, well-ventilated area.
They should never be kept in direct sunlight, and they should not be allowed to bask in the sun for more than a few hours at a time. If they are kept indoors, they will need to be provided with plenty of fresh air and fresh water.
Pufferfish are very sensitive to heat and cold, so it is important to provide them with a comfortable temperature range of between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature of the aquarium should also be maintained between 70 and 80 degrees F (21 and 25 degrees C).
Puffy fish can live for up to 10 years, but they can also die if kept too long in captivity.
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Can puffer fish eat anything?
Blue crab, mussels, clams, shrimp, and oysters are some of the foods that Claricoates recommends. “Puffers are omnivores, meaning they eat both plant and animal foods,” she explained.
Do puffer fish eat carrots?
The fish like to eat carrots. If you want to move puffserfish off of their go-to food and onto something new, be sure to give them plenty of time to get used to the new food. A puffball is a type of puff fish. A bubble, on the other hand, is an animal that floats in the water.
Can you keep a puffer fish as a pet?
In contrast to more common pet fish, puffer fish require very good water quality, a lot of aquarium space, and a good diet. They’re definitely not starter pets. If your fish is kept in a tank with other fish, you’ll need to keep it with you often as it requires feeding once a day.
Will puffer fish eat flakes?
Feeding. Spotted puffer fish will not eat flake foods or pellets. Pufferfish can be fed live or frozen. Live food is best, as it is easier for the fish to digest. Frozen food should be kept in a cool, dark place, away from direct sunlight. It should not be left out in the sun for more than a few hours at a time, or it will spoil.
If you are feeding frozen food, make sure it has been thoroughly thawed before feeding it to your pet. Do not feed live food to a fish that is sick or injured. Feeding live foods to fish is not recommended because of the risk of food poisoning.
Can puffer fish bite?
They don’t bite or sting, that’s right. Their bodies have a toxin that is 1,200 times more lethal than cyanide. Dozens of adventurous human diners are stricken with the poison each year. “It can kill you in a matter of minutes. It’s a very, very potent neurotoxin, and it’s very difficult to get rid of.”
Smith is the author of a new book, “Venomous: The Poisonous World of Venomous Insects,” which is due out next year. He’s also the director of the Florida Museum of Natural History, which has a collection of more than 2,000 species of snakes, scorpions, spiders and other arachnids, many of which have venom that’s as deadly as that found in cobras and cobra-like snakes.
Can you touch a puffer fish?
The ability to produce a poison known as tetraodotoxin is one of the adaptations that helps the pufferfish survive. When they’re in the water, the toxin is released across their body, making them even more dangerous to touch.
Puffers are also known to be able to change their color to blend in with their surroundings. They can also change the color of their gills to match the surrounding water, giving them the appearance of a fish.
Are puffers aggressive?
The freshwater puffer fishes are aggressive and territorial. During different stages of life, they will show different temperaments. Even though they are good community fish, they can become aggressive as they get older. This is why it is important to keep them in a tank that is well-maintained and has plenty of hiding places.
Can puffer fish survive out of water?
If a fish is frightened out of water, it will suck in air instead of water, which is dangerous for the fish. Pufferfish can be kept in tanks with other species of fish, but they are not suitable for aquaria with livebearers.

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For the second year in a row, I took the kids to String Camp in Knoxville. The youth symphony has four levels of orchestras during camp time and it is a wonderful time for the kids to grow, learn, and have fun while making friends and enjoying themselves.
My kids on day 2 of camp
This year, they were in two separate orchestras, as opposed to last summer, when they were both in the beginning orchestra. My son has gone to the next level, called Overture, while my daughter is still in the beginning orchestra, called Prelude. She has only studied violin for two years now and will need another year before she could go to the next level. Continue reading »
My children attended String Camp for the first time this year. Organized by the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestras, this five-day camp happened at Hardin Valley Academy in Knoxville. About 256 string players showed up and they were organized in five orchestras according to their skills and experience.
On the last day of camp, they wore “concert attire” – as you can see, very relaxed atmosphere.
Since my children had no orchestra experience, they were placed in the entry-level orchestra called Prelude. Erin Archer is the conductor of Preludium, the equivalent of this entry-level for the regular youth orchestra, and so she directed Prelude during String Camp. They played Over the Rainbow and the main theme from Pirates of the Caribbean. The theme of the camp was “That’s Entertainment!” and so all the repertoire was from movies and musicals. Continue reading »


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Public Health Nursing: Practicing Population-Based Careexplores the scientific discipline of public health and in particular public health nursing. This public health nursing perspective is applied throughout the chapters and demonstrates how public health nurses use various interventions based on best evidence in their practice, both to protect and enhance the health of the public.
This innovative text includes key topics such as a discussion of historical evidence in coming to know the meaning of the terms used to describe public health nursing; the exploration of the use of technology in public health; social epidemiology as well as the traditional content on epidemiology; and an innovatively designed assessment tool that uses Healthy People 2010, A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement, as its framework. The highlight of this text is the focus on the 17 intervention strategies identified in the Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice Intervention Wheel including a discussion of how these interventions may be applied to the three levels of practice: individual/family, community, and systems.
Each Chapter Includes:
- Key terms
- Case studies
- Chapter summaries
- A discussion of the process of evaluation and how the particular experience influenced the public’s health
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 What is Public Health and Public Health Nursing?
Chapter 2 Public Health Nursing in the United States: A History
Chapter 3 Assessment: Using the Public Health Nursing Assessment Tool
Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Social Epidemiology
Chapter 5 Evidence Based Practice From a Public Health Perspective
Chapter 6 Applying Technology in Public Health Nursing
Chapter 7 Considerations of Culture in the Health of the Public
Chapter 8 Hitting the Pavement: The Intervention of Case Finding: Outreach, Screening, Surveillance and Disease and Health Event Investigation
Chapter 9 Running the Show: Referral and follow up; Case Management; Delegated Functions
Chapter 10 Working it Out: Consultation; Counseling; Health Teaching
Chapter 11 Working Together: Community Organizing; Coalition Building; Collaboration
Chapter 12 Getting the Word Out: Advocacy, Social Marketing, Policy Development and Enforcement
Chapter 13 Protecting, Sustaining and Empowering: A Historical Perspective on the Control of Epidemic
Chapter 14 Historical Highlights in Disaster Nursing
Chapter 15 Public Health: Costs, Challenges and Considerations
Chapter 16 Nursing Education and Public Health

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This beautiful 4 bedroom villa conveniently located on the top of Jimbaran hill within 10 minutes walking distance to Jimbaran Bay beach, seafood restaurants, shops and supermarkets. Featuring 4 spacious bedrooms, cozy living and dining area, fully equipped kitchen, large sparkling pool and tropical garden, the villa is perfect for family retreats, friends get together and groups vocation!
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| Jan 16, 2015
| 8:53 PM
John Fox hoisted the Lamar Hunt trophy over his head a year ago Sunday in Denver, as orange, blue and white confetti fluttered in the mile-high air. His team had just surged to an AFC championship and a Super Bowl berth. The crowd roared.
| Jan 17, 2015
Having posted convincing victories over the Bengals and Broncos, the Colts unquestionably belong in the AFC championship game.
In a sense, though, the Colts are party crashers.
Andrew Luck is the only remaining quarterback without a Super Bowl ring, and...
| Nov 4, 2014
| 6:32 PM
Last week in parentheses.
1. Patriots 7-2 (2): Manhandling of Broncos could have implications in January and help gain home-field advantage in playoffs.
2. Cardinals 7-1 (3): They own the best record in the NFC in November for the first time since...
| Jan 13, 2015
| 5:41 PM
Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi. Terry Bradshaw and Chuck Noll. Joe Montana and Bill Walsh.
Great quarterbacks make great coaches.
Or maybe it's the other way around.
Regardless, stroll through the busts in Canton and, with few exceptions, the NFL's...
| Dec 15, 2014
| 7:27 PM
These quarterback audibles aren't about deception. They're about desperation.
With the clock winding down on the NFL regular season, several teams are being forced to make a change at the most pivotal position.
It's a case of next man up . . . and...
| Dec 21, 2014
| 7:30 PM
The fix is in — and it's working.
Five seasons ago, confronted with the problem of playoff-bound teams resting starters and coasting into the postseason, the NFL began scheduling only division games for the final week of the season. The theory...
| Dec 30, 2014
| 3:45 PM
The Bears have asserted their desire to hire a new general manager before they shift their full attention to landing a new head coach. But the organization hasn’t restricted itself on casting its net early for potential coaching hires.
| Nov 30, 2014
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The NFL regular season has reached the three-quarters pole, and there still are too many possibilities to predict who will make the playoffs.
But it's not too early to surmise that the Ravens put themselves in a very precarious postseason position...
| Dec 14, 2014
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The quarterbacks went down, and they went down hard.
Houston, Washington and Tennessee lost their quarterbacks Sunday. Even Denver had to do without Peyton Manning for a bit, with the Broncos star uncharacteristically missing a few snaps in San Diego...
| Jan 2, 2015
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What's typically a slugfest might wind up a shootout.
The Steelers and Ravens — bitter AFC North rivals whose grind-it-out styles often lead to close, low-scoring games — have shown the capability this season to put up points in bunches....
| Jan 3, 2015
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Joe Flacco threw two second-half touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 30-17, on Saturday night in an AFC wild-card game.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
2 ¶ Now these are the sons of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city,
2 which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
3 The sons of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
4 The sons of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
5 The sons of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
6 The sons of Pahathmoab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
7 The sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
8 The sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.
9 The sons of Zaccai, seven hundred and seventy.
10 The sons of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.
11 The sons of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-three.
12 The sons of Azgad, one thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
13 The sons of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-six.
14 The sons of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.
15 The sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four.
16 The sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
17 The sons of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-three.
18 The sons of Jorah, one hundred and twelve.
19 The sons of Hashum, two hundred and twenty-three.
20 The sons of Gibbar, ninety-five.
21 The sons of Bethlehem, one hundred and twenty-three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23 The men of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight.
24 The sons of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25 The sons of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
26 The sons of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty-one.
27 The men of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.
29 The sons of Nebo, fifty-two.
30 The sons of Magbish, one hundred and fifty-six.
31 The sons of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
32 The sons of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
33 The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
34 The sons of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
35 The sons of Senaah, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
36 ¶ The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three.
37 The sons of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two.
38 The sons of Pashur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
39 The sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
40 The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
41 The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.
42 The sons of the porters: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all one hundred and thirty-nine.
43 The Nethinims: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
44 the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon,
45 the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub,
46 the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan,
47 the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah,
48 the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,
49 the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai,
50 the sons of Asnah, the sons of Mehunim, the sons of Nephusim,
51 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,
52 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,
53 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Thamah,
54 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.
55 The sons of Solomon’s slaves: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Peruda,
56 the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
57 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, the sons of Ami.
58 All the Nethinims and the sons of Solomon’s slaves, were three hundred and ninety-two.
59 And these were those which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not show their father’s house and their seed, whether they were of Israel.
60 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
61 And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of Barzillai; who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore, they were, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
63 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
64 ¶ The whole congregation united as one man was forty-two thousand three hundred and seventy,
65 besides their slaves and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred men and women who were singers.
66 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five;
67 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
68 And some of the heads of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which was at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place.
69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drams of gold and five thousand pounds of silver and one hundred priests’ garments.
70 So the priests and the Levites and those of the people and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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Faces of the Boom: After return to hometown, 76-year-old struggles to stay
WILLISTON — Phyllis Larson, 76, decided to retire for good two years ago.
“I was just devastated,” said Larson, who spent her career as a health professional.
Larson, who returned from Spokane, Wash., to her hometown of Williston about 10 years ago to be closer to family, said rising rent prices in the oil boomtown have been a struggle for her.
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Rotator cuff tear it’s the most hazardous injury especially for athletes, laborers and for people from all walks of life. The rotator cuff comprises of four tendons and muscles which connect around the shoulder’s joint on the above of humerus the top arm bone above the elbow. Jointly they form a “cuff” that both holds your arms in place and let it move in many different directions. While your shoulder is very important mobile joints, so it may get weak. Having too much stress on this joint, can cause tears and swelling in the tendons of rotator cuff. Sudden stress makes tendons get a way from the bone or it can bring tear in the middle of the tendon.
Holding heavy weight is one of the frequent reasons of shoulder pain so avoid lifting heavy objects. Monotonous over head movement of your arms would stress your rotator cuff muscles and tendons which will cause tearing muscles. The size of a bone can increase at the part of the shoulder blade that obtrudes above the rotator cuff. This newly formed extra bone would irritate and weaken the tendons. As you get older, the risk of having rotator cuff injury increases. This particular pain has been seen in the people older than 40. Athletes are the most notable people if you talk about having shoulder’s injury as their chances of getting shoulder pain are much more than common people.
Many people prefer to exercise the frontal muscles of the chest, shoulder and upper arm. It is also important to keep the muscles strong in the back of the shoulder and around the shoulder blade to sustain shoulder muscle balance. You must consult a physical therapist that would help you have a guided plan of exercise. Always warm up before doing any physical work and prevent yourself from doing any activity which harms your shoulder muscles. Make it a habit to do some stretching exercises before and after an activity as it is a reasonable way of saving yourself from shoulder pain.
The treatment of shoulder pain is very steady and slow so you must have patience when you are recovering from it. Avoid any movement or activity that harms the muscles of your shoulders. Icing your shoulders three times a day would save you from having shoulder pain. Ask for a shoulder exercise plan from your doctor and make it the part of your daily activities. Physical therapy is the best way to make your shoulder muscles strong. Therefore, consult your physical therapist for that, at least once a month.

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North American audiences will soon have access to a wide range of independent Arab cinema through SVOD platform Movie Pigs, backed by US tech investor Dave McClure.
Soft launched at San Francisco’s Arab Film Festival in October, the New York-based platform streams independent features and documentaries such as Omar, Paradise Now, Wadjda and 678, along with Egyptian and Syrian movie classics.
The platform’s investors also include Hala Fadel, chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the pan-Arab region, and Tarek Nasr, managing director of Cairo tech start-up accelerator JuiceLabs.
“We focus more on movies that have global rather than just local appeal, including festival titles, as they appeal not only to Arabs living abroad but also non-Arabs interested in the Arab narrative,” said Peri Abouzeid who co-founded the company with CTO Hany El Kerdany.
“In the US, we’ve found that non-Arabs make up to 50% of the audience for Arab film festivals.”
On its official launch on January 1, 2016, Movie Pigs will also be made available in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Scandinavia.
In the US, the platform has three monthly subscription packages: $6.99 for standard definition and single device usage; $7.99 for HD and two devices and $10.99 for HD, unlimited devices and early access to some titles.
Movie Pigs is working with Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based MAD Solutions to aggregate content from the region.

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We found 18 providers named 'Rachel Leo' nationally.
Dr. Rachel Leonardi is a medical specialist in general obstetrics & gynecology. Dr. Leonardi is affiliated with Griffin Hospital. She is in-network for Medicare insurance. After attending Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine and the University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school, she completed her residency training at a hospital affiliated with Wright State University.
Dr. Rachelle Leong's medical specialty is general surgery. She has indicated that her clinical interests include breast surgery. She studied medicine at New York Medical College. For her professional training, Dr. Leong completed a residency program at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Her professional affiliations include Jersey City Medical Center and Clara Maass Medical Center.
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Arthur Moreira Lima laureat II nagrody VII Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina. Polonez-fantazja As-dur op. 61 I etap, luty 1965 r. Arthur Moreira Lima winner of second prize in the Seventh International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61 First stage, February 1965.
The International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held every five years since 1955. It is one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer, in this case, Frédéric Chopin.
Finale Presto Non Lento. Composed By – F. Chopin. Orchestra – Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej. Live recording - Made in Poland. Matrix, Runout (Side A Label): M-3 XW-523. Matrix, Runout (Side B Label): M-3 XW-524.
16 VII 1940 Rio de Janeiro. Arthur Moreira Lima – 2nd Prize winner, 7th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1965). Arthur Moreira Lima started his piano education at the age of six with Professor Lúcia Branco. Arthur Moreira Lima has won several piano competitions. In 1949, he claimed 1st Prize in a competition organized by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, allowing him to make a debut as a soloist at a symphony concert. In 1957, he took 10th Prize in the 1st International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro, organized by Polish virtuoso and Paderewski’s student Aleksander Sienkiewicz. Five years later, in 1962, at the same competition, Mr. Moreira Lima took 3rd Prize. He participated but failed to place at the 1961 Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris and the 1962 Van Cliburn Competition.
A: No it's not, the Beijing International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition is made for outstanding young pianists from all over the world, it's divided only by age, anyone who can complete the required tracks of the competition will be able to apply for the competition. Q: Is there going to be any sub division? A: The Beijing international Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Young Pianists use the exactly same rules and selection method as the International Chopin Piano Competition. The first prize-winners of each group would be accepted directly to the Preliminary Round of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (2020) in Warsaw.
Picture: Poster of the 1st International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, by Ludwik Gardowski, with the date 1926. Young titans of pianism. Those arriving from outside Warsaw stayed and practised in the private homes of families who had agreed to put them up. The jury – bar one – comprised solely Polish artists. And it was in that "Great Competition" that a spectacular victory was carried off by Martha Argerich, defeating the runner-up Arthur Moreira-Lima. Observers were fascinated by Martha; she was ascribed great delicacy and subtlety, but also a strong, fiery temperament. The public called her by the diminutive name "Martita". In her quick, energetic movements, in her slender, shapely figure, there is something of a weasel about her", recalled Zofia Jezewska.
Fresh from his win at the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the 21-year-old South Korean Seong-Jin Cho makes his debut with a live recording made during the competition. The Op 28 Preludes-played with a poetry that found favour with a jury comprised of Dmitri Alexeev, Martha Argerich, Philippe Entremont, Nelson Goerner and Garrick Ohlsson-are delightfully varied and full of life. The Second Piano Sonata is fleet of foot, commanding and very convincing. Traditional special awards include the Polish Radio prize for the best Mazurka performance (since 1927), the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw prize for the best Polonaise (since 1960), and the National Philharmonic prize for the best performance of a Piano Concerto (since 1980) 3rd Chopin Competition (1937). Among members of the jury (sitting on the left) Heinrich Neuhaus, Emil von Sauer, Guido Agosti, and Wilhelm Backhaus. It is one of few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer, in this case, Frédéric Chopin. The first competition was founded by the Polish pianist and pedagogue Jerzy Żurawlew. Traditional special awards include the Polish Radio prize for the best Mazurka performance (since 1927), the Fryderyk Chopin Society in Warsaw prize for the best Polonaise (since 1960), and the National Philharmonic prize for the best performance of a Piano Concerto (since 1980).
|Sonata B-Moll = Sonata In B Flat Minor Op.35|
|A1||Grave - Doppio Movimento|
|A4||Finale - Presto|
|A5||Nokturn Es-Dur Nocturne In E Flat Major Op.55 Nr.2|
|B1||Scherzo - B-Moll In B Flat Minor Op.31|
|B2||Etiuda - F-Dur Etude In F Major Op.10 No.8|
|B3||Etiuda - C-Moll Etude In C Minor Op.10 No.12|
|B4||Etiuda - E-Moll Etude In E Minor Op.25 No.5|
|B5||Etiuda - H-Moll Etude In B Minor Op.25 No.10|
|3 Preludia = 3 Preludes Op.28|
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Dr Robert Day, FACEM, Senior Staff Specialist, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
While atypical presentations or rare conditions can be the subject of litigation, most medico-legal cases concerning emergency department doctors still involve common diagnoses such as missed appendicitis, acute coronary syndromes, complications from infections or missed foreign bodies in wounds.
In contrast to other specialties medico-legal cases in emergency medicine mostly involve diagnostic errors rather than errors in treatment, inappropriate care or equipment failure. Diagnostic error can be divided into delayed, wrong or missed diagnosis and all three occur in Emergency Departments.
Developing good critical thinking skills is a vital part of emergency medicine practice. Common diagnostic cognitive errors that occur in ED are anchoring (prematurely settling on a diagnosis and failing to take new information into account), premature closure (stopping too early in the diagnostic process), confirmation bias (only using new information that supports the current diagnosis), and search satisfaction (stopping a search as soon as an abnormality is found). Some junior staff working in emergency departments are yet to develop solid cognitive skills and the ability to instinctively identify red flags. When specialist emergency staff do not identify and personally review high risk patients it results in incorrect or delayed diagnoses. In the same token, senior doctors also need to remain aware that cognitive overload and the constant flow of interruptions in busy emergency departments can adversely affect their diagnostic skills too.
Where a diagnostic error has occurred, clues to the actual diagnosis can often be found in retrospect in the ambulance summary and in the nursing triage, which are taken prior to any sorting of information and medical characterisation of the illness. Conversely doctors need to be aware of ‘triage cueing’ where a final diagnosis is highly influenced by a speculative diagnosis included in the triage or where the patient was mistakenly given a less urgent triage category.
Emergency medicine doctors are at higher risk of involvement in cases of delayed diagnosis leading to adverse outcomes in life threatening illness. More common cases include sudden onset headache in middle age, misdiagnosed as migraine, late recognition of sepsis including necrotising fasciitis and meningococcal disease, and more recently delayed diagnosis of stroke beyond the window for intervention.
A lack of timely communication about urgent cases to treating specialists, particularly where patients need transfer to a tertiary facility after hours, is a reason for litigation. A prime example is the patient with evolving spinal cord compression due to an epidural abscess or a cauda equina syndrome. Signs are initially subtle but delays in transfer until patients have established and usually irreversible neurological deficits will often lead to later legal proceedings.
Diabetics have a much higher than expected rate of involvement in medico-legal cases involving emergency medicine due to their increased risk of infection, high incidence of vascular disease and sometimes rapid unexpected deterioration with what would be an easily treated condition in other patients. Inadequate initial management of diabetic foot infections in the Emergency Department leading to later amputation is a common reason for patients to begin litigation.
Patients who represent with the same condition, often to multiple Emergency Departments and general practitioners are a well-known risk group but are still overrepresented in medico-legal cases. A senior doctor seeing these cases with an open mind regarding previous management is essential to alter the course of management.
Even in the era of the electronic medical record, documentation remains a pitfall. Inadequate documentation regarding examination of the area of concern, the lack of a written differential diagnosis or a specific diagnosis being made for non-specific symptoms (for example diagnosing gastroenteritis for non-specific abdominal pain that later declares itself as appendicitis) are common errors. Most importantly any documentation about the doctor’s thought processes coming to their diagnosis and management greatly assists in providing a robust defence of their care.
In the event of an unexpected or adverse patient outcome, and irrespective of your indemnity status (employer indemnified or private practice) contact MIPS in a timely manner to discuss. Our 24-hour Support and Advice team will be able to assist you with any concerns and/or statements, if required. Building a defence to any subsequent allegations of sub- optimal care is always best supported by contemporaneous enquiry records and statements. Documents may be emailed to email@example.com or contact us on 1800 61 113.
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On the Thursday “What Matters in North Carolina” program, host Mark Shiver spoke with Brian Balfour, executive vice-president of the Civitas Institute, to discuss the proposed Wake County sales tax increase on the Nov. 8 ballots, which will go to fund a mass transit plan. Among the things they talked about were the additional costs associated with the plan long-term — and thus the possible added tax increases; the lack of demand for transit expansion in Wake County; and the raising of vehicle registration fees to pay for the service.
Also on the show, Mark interviewed the Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. They discussed the tension people of faith are facing when they look at Hillary Clinton’s policy agenda, most notably her stance on abortion including partial-birth abortion, and compare that to some of Donald Trump’s words and behavior.
To hear the show, click here. The program starts with Dr. Creech’s comments; the discussion about the sales tax begins at the 33-minute mark.

domain: economics


Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam (MPUVN) Friday announced that it has achieved historic low tariff of Rs 1.38 per unit for central government buildings in its RESCO II rooftop solar tender, an official statement said.
State government medical colleges, also a beneficiary in the tender, have got a rate of Rs 1.63 per unit for the first year. The rates would increase by 3 per cent annually and would roughly double at the end of 25 years, MPUVN said.
“Madhya Pradesh has discovered the lowest rate of Rs 1.38 per unit for first year in central government buildings, which is one fourth of what the consumers are presently paying,” it said in a statement.
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The worldwide PC industry is now feeling the tremor of Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake. As Japan is one of largest chip suppliers in the world, post Japan earthquake, prices of NAND flash memory and DRAM rose sharply.
The price of NAND flash memory shot up as much as 20 percent since the earthquake hit Japan. Another type of chip, called DRAMeXchange, that provides assistance to NAND and DRAM also observed a price rise.
According to Jim Handy at Objective Analysis, Japan currently supplies as much as 40 percent of the world's NAND flash chips.
Top Japanese chip suppliers assured that their factories have not been affected by this earthquake and they would not suffer from electric blackouts.
Toshiba, one of the largest NAND suppliers in the world said that it has only one factory at the northeastern part where the earthquake and tsunami caused damage. The factory’s operation had been stopped as soon as the earthquake hit and it remained so.
IHS iSuppli, a market research firm, said that due to the earth quake there will be supply shortages resulting into price rise. Companies are finding it very difficult to ship their components, collecting raw materials and getting workers to the factories and power outages are slowing down productions causing a “major impact” on day-to-day operations. It said that prices of electronic components such as NAND flash memory, dynamic random access memory (DRAM), microcontrollers, standard logic, liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels, and LCD parts and materials would rise.


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I would love to say that I am #StayingAtHome, but I found this situation more complicated—and emotionally loaded.
When we first arrived in Peru, we were staying in a hotel. This was where we were when, halfway into our trip, a quarantine and curfew were set; all of the stores closed. Any place that we might have gone to have fun has been shut down for weeks.
After that, we left the hotel to spend the remainder of our trip at our grandmother’s house; there is still nowhere to go except for the grocery store.
Boredom can be painful.
I expected that quarantine of such a nature would give me inspiration to finish a book. Instead, I’m writing a few chapters, but they are good ones.
It’s hard to focus on creative writing when the media makes you so hyper aware of the bad things happening in the world. We are all feel a little out of place. We are all celebrating small victories, like finishing a chapter or reading a long book.
As we wait out the last three days, hoping the U.S. Government will get us home, I’m allowing myself to feel the negative feelings. They can lead to clarity. They can serve as inspiration. Ultimately, they can guide us.
I hope you’ve found something to keep you sane during this time. We are all seeing the world in a different way; how have these events changed your viewpoint?
2020 is young, and sweet progress is being made. I’ve written 10,000 words towards my first novella of the year. I am hoping for four of them.
As I wade through the tale of Isolde and Gareth, I can’t help reflecting on how my writing process has changed since I began. It’s more mature; for instance, though I do not outline much, I need a checklist of events. I sort through scenes in my head, and try to pick those that are absolutely necessary.
With a goal of 30-33,000 words max for The Price of a Unicorn, it is important to choose the most necessary scenes.
My writing prompt app said today, Imagine success. That sent a wave of excitement through me. Though success comes in many forms (for instance, writing 10k is success) the prompt made me think of what I want from my stories.
I have a mermaid series in the works, and a fantasy trilogy loaded with magic; now, I have my side project of novellas. These novellas play out in my head like television shows, more than my books did. I might rewrite them in screenplay form.
When the new year began, I made plans for the next ten years. I want to read all the classic novels, including obscure ones you won’t find in bookstores. I want to be decent at the piano.
Most importantly, by the time 2030 comes around, I want to have plenty of stories published. I have all that I need to succeed as a storyteller; until this year, I only lacked motivation.
You ask me to imagine success; I see a shelf full of books with my name on them. I see journals of poetry. I see memoirs of my travels, articles, and anthologies.
The next ten years, God willing, shall be full of ambition and learning. It’s possible, when I quit procrastinating. It’s possible, when I believe in myself. I have so many stories to tell!
I have a confession to make: I almost did not leave England. I can’t tell you what I would have done should I have stayed, being utterly unprepared for a move to a different country. Still, I cried on the night before we were to fly out. It had been lovely to walk the streets, take buses, and admire old buildings. I knew I was going to miss them, and I already do.
I can’t say that, during this trip, I found the London I read of in books. I didn’t expect to, either. A lot of time has passed between now and the England of Charles Dickens. Buildings have been torn down or made into shops; skyscrapers have been built that he would likely have thought hideous.
Yet beneath all this change, this modernisation, something felt familiar.
I might have been a tourist with only distant relations to England (ancestors from Derbyshire) and I might not have known where anything was. Still, there was something about the air as I walked. In my heart I couldn’t help but think, Ah, this is familiar. I am where I ought to be.
What is this magic that made me feel as if I had been there before? I can only think it is the power of story. The novels I read paint a different place than that which I saw, but those words captured the soul of that city like a sponge. When you tell a story about a person, you’re speaking of the person, whether they change or not. The same is true for cities.
I almost did not leave London. The only thought that got me into the plane out was the knowledge that I hadn’t the money to start over. I also did not want to make a rash decision blinded by the charm of tourism. However, I have every intention of going back, and perhaps the second time I will stay.
I was in love with England from the moment I stepped onto her soil.
Ten days in England was not enough to see all I wanted to, but it was possible to cover the basics. Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery, the Tower of London–it was all lovely. Having said that, my favorite place was the Charles Dickens museum.
You might call my love for his work an obsession. He had a grip with the English language that I cannot find with other authors; if you know of someone else whose work I might enjoy that much, I am open to suggestions.
We visited the Charles Dickens museum on our last day, with four hours to go before a rush to the airport. We rose earlier that morning and my mother asked me, “Do you want to see the Charles Dickens house?”
I had resigned myself to putting off my visit for the next trip; it was a sweet, unexpected surprise when she woke me to such an invitation. I dressed in a heartbeat and we called a taxi.
I felt chills as we wandered the museum, which is actually his house. It is encouraging as a writer to know that one of the greatest authors of all time had a desk to work at, a piano to play; he needed a bed to sleep on, and he had a library. His talent was great, but he was human like me. I can be a successful author while being myself.
There came a moment when I was alone in his library, and I told him, “Thank you for the stories.” Maybe he heard me; if not, at least I tried.
I think some of his inspiration rubbed off on me, because now that I am home I feel like writing again. I feel like publishing another book. I want to go back to being a writer.
Until the day comes when I can return to England, I will read more about her. There is so much to know. I will learn her literature and poetry, I will explore my roots, I will improve as a writer.
This trip to Europe has done wonders for me. I doubt I will have my house made into a museum like Dickens’, but I will at least have a reader or two. I will at least write again.
I know few people can travel for the sake of creativity. It isn’t the only way to overcome Writer’s Block, but it does work. I am blessed to have been able to visit lovely places and have new experiences.
It’s true that adventure, exploring the world, will do your creativity a wealth of good. Here in England, I have been brave enough to start a new novel.
There are many firsts in this novel. To start with, it’s inspired by what I see: old buildings, rides in the train, rainy weather. The first scene takes place in a train, albeit an older version. Secondly, I am not planning to make it a series. I don’t care about the length of the piece; what I want is a good story from beginning to end.
Leave your comfort zone and drink in what you see. I promise that eventually you will feel a new story growing in you, a flower pushing through hard dirt. It might take years for the seedling to see light, but if you’re patient enough, it’ll be something you love—something you want to write.
My favorite quote has always been by Vincent Van Gogh—
Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
I am fascinated by Van Gogh and his very sad story. I did not expect I’d be able to see some of his work in person.
Today we visited the National Gallery in London; I saw wonderful works, including his famous paintings of the chair and the sunflowers. I obtained a copy of his letters. I want to know how he saw the world, and connect with him a bit.
Museums give me chills. It’s a shame we went too late and were not able to see all the paintings, but I am happy with what I ran into. It’s possible we might return before we leave England, but if not, I have art books at home.
Reading about art isn’t the same; books are still magical.
I am not the same person I was when I left home. When a dream comes true, something in you feels brighter. You are like the flower pushing through the dirt, except the flower has bloomed. Eventually it’ll wilt and drop seeds for new flowers, new dreams. I have grown and I know it.
This morning we were late to Charles de Gaulle airport. Not only that, but a couple of our carry-on bags were overweight, and we had to check them. Someone sent us to the wrong gate, on the other side of the terminal.
By the time we crossed the terminal, everyone else had boarded the plane to Heathrow airport. They were calling our names on the speaker, waiting for us to show up and board. We stumbled into the plane red-faced, trembling and thirsty.
As we chugged cup after cup of cold water, the plane took off. What I had been told was an hour long flight from France to England felt like fifteen minutes. Perhaps it was exhaustion distorting my sense of time. It didn’t feel like very long at all.
I woke up when the plane began to descend. Once I realized where I was going, I teared up. As a child, I had dreamed of visiting England. My idea of it is probably different from the reality; this is fine, it means I will learn how it is.
I’ve been around the city today on buses, grocery shopping with a friend. I have enjoyed what I’ve seen. I recognized some street names from books I have read, which plunged me into disbelief.
Have the pages swallowed me up? Will I encounter characters I love up the street? Have I gone back in time?
Of course, I haven’t gone back in time. I see the traffic, hear the trains, see people on their cell phones and the flashing lights–no, I haven’t gone back in time. But I’m as close as I will be, and I will cherish the week spent here.
Perhaps I should have taken a nap instead of going to the supermarket; I’m nodding off. It’s just that I want to experience it all. I want to write a novel, and for that, I need to see.
But I’m nodding off, and I suppose a nap is in order. Later, we might visit a pub.
I mourn that I was unable to see all the works in the Louvre and appreciate them. It would require a lifetime studying each piece from every possible angle. I would have to make my home in the halls of the museum: each piece of art offers hours of contemplation.
I cannot live in the museum; this is the reason that art books exist, so that we can take the pieces home with us, in a sense.
However, books do not give us chills in the same way as the real works. Gazing at an original painting, we imagine the artist before his canvas, working to shade an eyelid or smile, or chiseling the look of agony on a statue’s face.
Books will not give us the same connection with the creator. Museums have this power: walking from frame to frame, statue to statue, goosebumps rise on our skin.
We feel mixed emotions. First comes hope—because such beauty is possible and can come from the human imagination, can be created by human hands.
Then follows a sense of despair, because to create such glorious pieces, we must dedicate our lives to practice. Most of us give up too easily.
But there is another despair: many of these artists had no way of predicting their work would be loved centuries later. They died in obscurity.
Does this not also give us hope? Art is not about fame, but fulfillment.
I choose to hold onto the positive feelings that gave me chills at the Louvre. My writing might seem scarce at this moment. I sense I am not doing enough to create something immortal. Fame is not the point. Perhaps my words will become famous after I have left this world.
What to do in the meanwhile? I will continue to create—because it heals me and fulfills me. I will not worry about fame.
In peace and in love, I will live a life of creating and learning.
All my life, I had wanted to meet her in person, wanted it desperately; I pined for it, as if anxious she would one day walk away. I feared she would vanish to a different spot if I kept her waiting, for no lady likes to wait.
But there she was watching, steady with wisdom from years she had seen go by, years of revolution, heroes and tragedy. Only the stars could compete with her light. No diamond can outshine her.
She stood in the same spot she’d been all the time I had wanted to see her. I like to believe she waited for me patiently. Perhaps she knew I would one day arrive and bask in her great shadow.
She stood as if I were the reason she had kept to that spot.
As the taxi made its way up the street, her light beamed over the city, settling on me. In that moment, I nearly cried.
Her light settled on me and she seemed to say, “Welcome. I’ve been waiting for you.”
When I first started reading books, I discovered their ability to transport the reader to different places. Between covers I have been to many locations, a good percentage of which are not real…but many that do exist somewhere on this planet. Of these I have enjoyed glimpsing between the lines.
How strange to think I am visiting these places. France? England? These were lands I knew because I read of them. For years I devoured written accounts from authors, fiction and nonfiction.
I’ve seen different versions of England, from Dickens to Rowling. Many French authors—classic and contemporary—have taken me to Paris. What a blessing to be going. I will have a chance to see these countries from my own angle; I will be able to tell readers of my own version.
I will have accounts of my own. My feet will tread cities ancient, sidewalks that have seen revolution and change. I’ll encounter buildings immortalized in beloved novels. I will have a chance to visit the graves of great authors, pray in old cathedrals, see castles.
As I packed, I listened to The Four Seasons and La Vie en Rose, letting the beauty of song mingle with my excitement. I have chosen Pride and Prejudice to read on the plane from San Francisco to Paris. I have daydreamed.
Oh! the stories I will write. My craft will be changed permanently. I will gather magic wandering these places so old but new to me. The stories growing in me! They might be novels or short stories, but whatever they are, they’ll be the most poignant tales of my life.
I had always thought that, if I were to see these places, I would be old and gray. No, I am blessed to see them with the energy of youth. Thanks to my mother for helping my dream come true so much earlier than I imagined. She is without a doubt the greatest and I love her.
Oh, the poems I will write. I am ready to meet the muses who helped build these great cities. I won’t have enough time to see all I want to, but there will be pictures, and the memories will stay. I won’t forget a moment of this visit—not a smell, taste, sound, flavor—I cannot forget.
Cold air stings my face. I think about conversations we have with taxi drivers about the most cliche of subjects, the weather. Is it not the topic that makes us all scoff? But when you’re from a different hemisphere, the weather becomes interesting.
We hear people in Peru talk of how cold it is outside, and it makes us smile. I think of our winters at home where the streets are coated with layers of snow and it’s difficult to crawl out of bed.
I find the Peruvian winter, at least in Lima, like the colder months of autumn—minus pumpkin spice fever. It’s a pleasant time when you can walk around with a scarf and think of carving pumpkins…but you don’t see any.
It’s disconcerting to feel this temperature and not see a pumpkin patch. You don’t think about such details at home, things so mundane as a pile of fat pumpkins in front of the grocery store.
Friends, you learn unexpected when you travel; apparently, pumpkins are a bigger part of my life than I thought.
When we describe winter at home, people smile and seem to give thanks they do not live somewhere so frosty. It’s as if, all of a sudden, the weather isn’t so cold.
They then ask where we live. Idaho, we respond, to confusion. Where is that? Did you say Ohio? Iowa? Where is Idaho? It’s up northwest. Is it near Arizona? Is it near Canada? Yes, it’s near Canada.
Sometimes, after these vague directions, the person gets an idea of where we are. Sometimes they remember having heard of Idaho at some point. Most of the time we leave the taxi feeling like tourists from Wonderland or Oz.
The taxi driver zooms away picturing us as living in a place like Monet’s Snow at Argenteuil. Sometimes Boise does look like that.
Traveling, you learn that the weather isn’t simple after all. What Peru lacks in snow is made up for with humidity. The hostel where we’ve been staying for three weeks is next to the ocean; if you open the window and lean outside, you smell it.
We breathe in seawater, and though it does not feel terribly cold on the outside, the body becomes cold. I had bronchitis the first week here. At home, I have never had such a bad cold, even in years when the snow has been terrifying. Perhaps it’s not impossible, but it’s never happened to me.
Travel helps you learn about the place where you live; you unearth gems of your tradition, habits you didn’t know had gotten under your skin, like choosing pumpkins when the weather is cool. Life is a painting, and you have to look for the contrasts.
What have I learned visiting a different hemisphere for two weeks? I could go on about the cliches. In a different country we discover new cultures, cities, customs. We encounter things of the past, ruins and cathedrals built centuries ago, structures with such detail few today can mimic them.
To be honest, I haven’t seen this trip with the eyes of a tourist. Cultures, cities, customs–these are things anyone can learn when they visit a different country. They can be learned online, as well, through a quick Google search.
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” -Gustave Flaubert
What do we learn about ourselves? Every human spirit is a castle with undiscovered rooms. Doors must be opened, and when they are, the traveler will find in themselves a stranger. If travel is done correctly, we should not be able to recognize ourselves.
We are all made of divine colors visible to ourselves and God. He is all-knowing, so the heavenly shades cannot surprise Him; the same cannot be said for ourselves. We become frightened running into a contrast we consider too bold, or a shade too soft for our comfort. It’s like asking a stranger what they are doing inside of our skin.
When forced to relearn things such as how to cross the street, you face the patterns of your soul. There is nothing so foreign to us as the gradients that make us. See how they merge so mysteriously! Ask yourself, What is going on here? Why does the person in the looking-glass resemble me but not feel like me? It is thrilling and terrifying.
After two weeks in Peru (and another because of the hurricane), I looked in the mirror. What I saw resembled the person who had gone to the airport, but she was not the same. She could smile and mean it. She liked the light in her eyes, and could converse with strangers in a different language.
Her soul was foreign, but it was her.
Other things came as a surprise, such as how I like pastels. In the past I was faithful to forest colors or shades of blue, but now I am drawn to lavender, yellow, shades that remind me of the ballerinas in an Edgar Degas painting. I do not like loud shades of pink, but soft ones, those that could almost be called white. You see it if you know how to look.
Is it color I like in myself, or what the color reminds me of? In Degas paintings I see color in motion, coming alive. That flash of yellow is doing a pirouette, the pink is securing a bow; they are alive and breathing. I believe that travel done correctly makes you see your own colors.
How sweet to feel colors in me that promise I am alive, a painting like every other soul. Travel done right uncovers them so that life is never the same.
They say to pay attention to what interests you most, because it is part of you. In the past, if asked what my passion was in life, I would likely have responded, “Writing.” I would have said without hesitation that I lived for story, nothing more and nothing less, but as we grow, we learn.
My recent interest in French seems to have come from a mix of things–the convenience of Duolingo, the lovely sound of the language, and my own stubbornness. I didn’t go into it thinking it was a passion, though: usually it doesn’t take long for me to quit a new hobby. This time, things were different.
For almost a month now I’ve been obsessively learning words and phrases in French, using not only Duolingo but Memrise and even Tumblr. (Of the three, Tumblr makes learning more enjoyable; it helps to see regular people blog in their native language.)
Though I cannot speak it aloud with ease yet, I’m getting the hang of reading it, and if I keep going at this rate–well, I can feel very optimistic. I already know Spanish because my mother is Peruvian, and she taught me. It will be nice to speak a third language now. This makes the world so much bigger for me, and also makes me wonder if my passion really was story all along.
Could it be that my passion is really language–that I am in love with the art of words, and not the stories they tell? Do I have the heart of a writer or a linguist? Am I a storyteller, or do I collect vocabulary used in lovely poems?
I have no plan on what I’m going to do with my French. I hope to learn well enough to write short pieces in the language; I most certainly hope to read French classics in their native languages. I enjoy meeting people who speak it–I’ve made many good friends since my journey began.
In the end, do we really need a reason to learn new things–to explore and see the world differently, even if it’s through the way things are said? I have no reason not to learn a new language, and as I slowly piece words together in the form of sentences, I feel myself changing as a soul.
I am growing, and the French might not be the only reason, but it certainly shows how I as a person have become stronger. I’ve lost 13lbs since August and I wrote a new book; I’m learning a new language and enjoying the process. For the first time in a while, I am comfortable with myself.
C’est la vie. I will keep you updated–and maybe one day I’ll have a blog in French!
Surfing the Internet years ago, I learned of a place in Concord, Massachusetts called Authors Ridge. It’s a corner of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery; if the mention of Sleepy Hollow doesn’t bring to your mind the Headless Horseman, don’t worry. The symbolism behind Authors Ridge deepens.
This is a place where several greats of literature are buried practically side-by-side. You can visit Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Ellery Channing, Louisa May Alcott and her family.
I haven’t been there, but the thought of it makes me dream. I don’t think cemeteries have to be frightening, and this place would inspire me. Not everyone believes in ghosts, but any creative knows of muses.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote something staggeringly appropriate: “Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.” Those monuments aren’t tombstones; they’re stories powerful enough to outlive their authors.
Writers and bookworms make pilgrimages to this surreal place, leaving pens, poems and notes at the graves of their favorite authors. Perhaps they hope some talent will rub off, or want to thank them for writing characters that never died.
Whatever the motive, Authors Ridge is full of wonderful mystery. It’s one place I hope to visit someday; perhaps I’ll leave a pen of my own.

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Modeling, implementation and evaluation of SLAM for determination of anchor configurations
|Betreuer:||Horst Hellbrück , Manfred Constapel|
Industry 4.0 applications become more and more important. Real-time data acquisition allows the construction of digital representation of real production lines. These representations ("digital twins") create great opportunities for process management and optimization. To achieve that, the system needs to be able to accurately pinpoint the location of goods, tools and production parts. Research and practice show that localization systems can be realized with a high degree of accuracy by using Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) technology. Anchors (transmitters) are placed all over the production line, all moveable objects can be equipped with or become a tag (receiver). Thus, a tag provides its position within the production line using distance measurements from several anchors. For this, positions of all anchors need to be known in advance. The determination of the precise positions of anchors in an unknown production line can be treated as a problem of SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping).
Consider a randomly placed robot (e.g. Roomba) equipped and connected to a UWB tag, is placed at an unknown position and unknown environment (the production line). The robot will (randomly) walk around the environment, in order to capture the positions of arbitrarily placed UWB anchors via distance measurements. The goal is to simultaneously create a map and estimate the own position and pose with noisy odometry readings. This requires prior knowledge of anchor positions. Due to non-perfect pose estimations, the anchor positions become inaccurate over time. On the one hand, the mutual aim of SLAM is to provide reliable pose estimation, on the other hand accurate anchor localization.
- Comprehensive and well explained system design
- Reasonably introduced models for the system dynamics
- Systematic analysis and proper evaluation of the proposed solution
- Development and evaluation of a solution to the previously stated SLAM problem
- Analytical modeling of relevant system dynamics and noise (e.g. motion, odometry readings, distance measurements)
- Simulation of the solution for a given production line with 44 anchors and an area of about 2000 square meters
- Good programming skills in Python or an akin programming language
- Basic knowledge about Bayesian filters (e.g. Kalman filter)
- Good knowledge of probability theory


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In the third episode of the series, presenter Mark Evans and garden designer Kim Wilde are in Horsham, West Sussex, putting two senior citizens to the test. Their knowledge of plants is quite good, as they only get one answer wrong.
Kim designs their small back garden with only one instruction: a rose that has stood in the garden must stay there. She divides the garden in diagonal spaces, making it seem much larger than it is.

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In October of 2007 the Navy decided to declare a large chunk of land on the West End of Alameda as “surplus.” The area, more commonly known as North Housing, went through a screening process to first offer up the property for “homeless accomodations” and then offered up to other government agencies in a “public benefit conveyance.” More details at the hyperlink above.
Fast forward to November of 2008 and the potential proposals have been selected by an Evaluation Committee, which includes 90 units of Permanent Supportive Housing and 32-units of below market rate housing rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity.
Fast forward to today and the Navy has finally put out its Environmental Assessment which outlines their preferred plan for the site which includes the two proposals mentioned above, a public benefit conveyance to the Alameda Rec and Park department for nine acres of open space, and the rest of the space will be auctioned to the highest bidder.
The video above was taken by the Alameda Bike Posse riding through the North Housing parcel.
[A] building…which was constructed or modified because the builder felt wronged by someone who did not want it there. Typically built to annoy someone, in most cases a neighbor, these buildings serve primarily as obstructions, blocking out light or access to neighboring buildings, or as flamboyant symbols of defiance. Because actually inhabiting such structures is usually a secondary goal at most, they often have strange and impractical layouts.
As luck would have it, Alameda has its own spite house, again with the Wikipedia:
At the turn of the 20th century, the city of Alameda, California took a large chunk of Charles Froling’s land away to build a street. Froling had planned to build his dream house on the plot of land he received through inheritance. To spite the city and an unsympathetic neighbor, Froling built a house 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, 54 feet (16 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) high on the tiny strip of land left to him.
The East Bay Express has a fascination with Alameda. With the exception of the biggies in the East Bay like Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville, EBX likes to cover Alameda issues. Although now that the EBX has moved from Emeryville to Jack London Square, they probably will set their focus away from E-ville.
Rin Kelly of the EBX has written a pretty good piece on the Alameda Point Initiative, but man, that headline and subhead really blows.
To be honest, the start and the finish were on the weak side, but the middle was really solid and speaks to why SunCal might have chosen to wait to submit the signatures for 2010 rather than 2009. And it has nothing to do with “pressure” from opposition groups but rather good old-fashion negotiation hard ball.
Although the numbers are small, the listed number of foreclosures for the Alameda market reached a 17-week high as of Sunday. It appears that the homes that are in default are being filtered into the market by banks at a trickle.
That’s right folks, the ballot signatures are due today to the City Clerk for the Alameda Point Initiative, as we all wait with baited breath.
As a reminder the Initiative needs 15% of the total registered voters in Alameda to qualify which is a little more than 6000 voters. About 160 folks have written to the City Clerk to have their name removed from the petition.
Even though only a few days ago the latest kerfuffle over the Alameda Point Initiative was over the size of the commercial and business space not being consistent in the Initiative itself. After the Alameda City Attorney has basically said, yeah, that letter was wrong, opponents of the Initiative are asking us all to look at that bright shiny thing over there!
Pay no attention to this thing that we have been hyping up for days, there is something else that is a huge massive problem.
According to Action Alameda’s — one of the opponent groups — own calculations (from the Action Alameda website):
…The current plan from SunCal, in their Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative, more than doubles the number of homes at Alameda point over the 2002 plan for 1,987 homes. Our estimates are that the new plan will double the estimate of 29,297 trips in the former plan, to 58,594 vehicle trips per day, just from Alameda Point alone…
If you do some more math (again with the math) that averages out to approximately 12 car trips per day per household.
I personally love my car, but I don’t make 12 car trips a day. And if every single household had to make 12 car trips a day, you better watch out for that chick in the photo. I heard she doesn’t use her blinker.
There are some areas that aren’t quite filled in and I’m sure some of the larger swaths might need a bit of tweaking. I’m not quite sure if Fernside extends as far south as indicated on the map. And Bay Farm, Harbor Bay, is the name interchangable or is Harbor Bay more appropriate for the business park and Bay Farm the residential areas.
So if you see your neighborhood not identified in the map, leave a comment on 94501 Real Estate and help to properly identify all the neighborhoods in Alameda.
In order to place the Alameda Point Initiative on the November ballot, the developer, SunCal, needs to collect signatures from 15% of registered voters to get on the ballot. They hire a signature gathering group to collect these signature.
Fast forward to the actual collection period, suffice it to say that a lot of accusations get thrown around about misrepresentation and folks opposing the initiative start their own counterprotests and complain to management at shopping centers and grocery stores where the signature gatherers are in order — I assume — to get them ejected.
Our own local newspaper, the Alameda Sun, decides to report on the drama behind the signature collecting process. In the process of taking a photo of one of the paid signature gatherers, the reporter’s hand is pushed away by another signature gatherer and cigarette smoke blown in his face. Criminal charges are filed.
Fellow In Alameda blogger, John Knox White, writes up a rather critical post on the wisdom of the Alameda Sun’s sensationalization of this entire incident by the editorial staff (not the reporter himself) trumpeting the incident as a “criminal assault.” The response from a member of the Alameda Sun’s senior staff was interesting, basically citing Law and Order episodes as legal reference.
Of course, if we are getting technical, since the reporter got hit, it was actually battery, but battery never sounds as scary as assault.
Anyway, it appears that the Alameda County DA has declined to prosecute. Oh and the signature gatherer was fired right after the incident.
As the campaign for and against the Alameda Point Initiative begins to build up a full head of steam, I think it’s important that when we debate about the pros and cons of the issue that try to keep everything as factual as possible.
It’s too easy to rely on hyperbolic statements and blurring the line ever so slightly to further one’s political point of view. On my blog, I attempted to deconstruct one letter to the editor (part one and part two) that I felt contained several problematic statements.
A healthy discussion is important when we are going to be deciding on what to do with nearly 1/3 of the land on the island of Alameda, but we should all be on the same page regarding what are facts and what is rhetoric — regardless of what side of the issue one is on.
I’ve read a large majority of it, skipping around to read the pieces that I am particularly interested, and I found it to be pretty fairly written. The attempt, I believe, was to make everything in as plain language as possible to avoid confusion given that the initiative itself is so lengthy.
Although my one criticism of the summary is that in some sections, like the Fiscal Impacts, because of the admitted lack of information and ability to calculate such things accurately, it left a lot more questions than it actually answered some outstanding concerns.
One section that I found particularly interesting, but that has been absent — so far — from much of the debate around the ballot initiative and the plan in general was the assessment of the Economic Development Benefits and Impacts.
There have been some concerns raised about the viability of building so much more commercial space while we still have a significant amount of vacant commercial/office space in Alameda, but the report indicates:
There is limited supply of land within the inner Bay Area that can accommodate large office and commercial users. The new supply of commercially-zoned land in Alameda Point could help the City attract new businesses and jobs to the City, as well as retain expanding business within the City limits. Additionally, the large, mixed-use nature of the project and the various transit, waterfront, open space, and park amenities envisioned for the site, if developed, could also help create a regional identity for the area and make the City more competitive in attracting and retaining businesses, resulting in the creation of new employment opportunities.


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The distance from South Bend Rgnl to Orlando Sanford Intl is 936.36 miles or 1506.61 Kilometres.
Flight Time Approximations: How long would it take to fly from South Bend Rgnl to Orlando Sanford Intl? If you were in a Boeing 747 and maintained an average cruising speed of 450 mph (724.1 kmh) through the duration of the flightit would take you around 2.6 hours to get from South Bend Rgnl to Orlando Sanford Intl. Flying estimates include a 15 min buffer for take off and landing.
Airport Name: South Bend Rgnl City: South Bend Country:United States Location: Latitude 41.708661 Longitude -86.31725 Elevation 799ft 3 letter Code SBN
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The following airlines are reported to fly out from South Bend, United States:Allegiant Air, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways,
Airport Name: Orlando Sanford Intl City: Sanford Country:United States Location: Latitude 28.777639 Longitude -81.237489 Elevation 55ft 3 Letter Code SFB
Timezone is GMT -5
The following airlines are reported to fly out from Orlando Sanford Intl, Sanford, United States:Allegiant Air, Thomsonfly,
For a full list of airports for United States visit the United States airports page.
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… must come to an end, and that includes the old veg plot and greenhouse.
The rabbit has been systematically working its way through the curly kale (you know, you wouldn’t think rabbits were all that systematic but they do seem to like to eat things in order).
In the greenhouse, the tomatoes are finished and we should really put the tomatilloes out of their misery, but the chillies are still staggering on and producing chillies. In fact, there’s a three-line whip in the town mouse household at the moment – if it’s possible to put chillies in a dish, then in they go (fortunately they’re not that hot)
Meanwhile, after five years of trying, I appear to have cracked the secret of growing a decent crop of leeks: move house before they are due to be ready.
Fun as it is to have a new garden to play with and a whole new vegetable plot of my very own, I’m really going to miss the old plot. Not many people get a proper walled kitchen garden to play with (even a part of it) and a big greenhouse to boot. I’ve learned a lot in the past few years – mostly of the ‘what not to do’ variety – and we’ve eaten well as a result, even if occasionally it’s felt like an effort to get through all of the bounty that’s been produced. If I’m feeling sufficiently sentimental, I may even go through some of the edit highlights before I finally say goodbye.
We’ll have to wait and see what lies beneath the carpet in the spring and start a whole new vegetable growing adventure …

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With this your trip has come to an end, and it’s time to bid adieu to Bhutan – The Last Shangri La on Earth. You can either choose to fly back to India from Paro, or head back to Bagdogra, halting at Phuentsholing on the way.
If you are driving back, add one more day, as you’ll be stopping at Phuentsholing on the way. Paro to Phuentsholing is a 5 hours’ drive, and Phuentsholing to Bagdogra is another 4-5 hours drive.
Recommendations to make the most out of your Trip to Bhutan
1. Bhutan is full of tourists from all over the globe, so make sure to try out different cuisines like Tibetan, Bhutanese, and explore the vibrant café culture in Thimphu and Paro.
2. Things to Shop in Bhutan to remind you of your Trip to Bhutan
• Baby Yak wool shawls
• Customised stamps from Thimphu Post Office
• Cordyceps or Cordyceps Tea
• Home Decorative items (Tankha, paintings)
• Bhutanese Peach Wine
• Bhutanese Beer and K5 whiskey
This article was first published on the Eat Travel Live Repeat blog
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WWE Considering Stable Name for Big Show and The Bar
As noted before, Big Show made a surprise appearance during the SmackDown Tag Team Championship match between The Bar and The New Day at last week’s SmackDown 1000 episode. Big Show interfered on behalf of The Bar to help them defeat The New Day and become the new SmackDown Tag Team champions.
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Big Show’s involvement with The Bar is currently planned to be a long term alliance and that WWE is currently considering the name “Showbar” for the new stable. The name was used backstage at SmackDown 1000 but it is not confirmed at the moment if that will be the official televised name of the new group going forward.
WWE Poll Asks Fans Which Match They are the Most Excited for at WWE Evolution
WWE.com is currently holding a poll asking fans which match they are the most excited for at WWE Evolution. The choices available are the Raw Women’s Championship match, SmackDown Women’s Championship match, Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Alexa Bliss & Mickie James tag team match, NXT Women’s Championship match, and the Women’s Battle Royal match.
At the time of this report, SmackDown Women’s Championship match of Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch leads with 43% of the fan vote, followed by Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Alexa Bliss & Mickie James at 20% of the vote.
Misc. Wrestling News & Notes
Netflix is currently scheduled to remove all of Season 1 and Season 2 of Lucha Underground from their service in the United States after November 15th.
NJPW Super Jr. Tag League 2018 tournament Night 4 quick match results:
* Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Chris Sabin & KUSHIDA (1-2) defeated Soberano Jr. & Volador Jr. (1-2).
* Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) (2-1) defeated Robbie Eagles & Taiji Ishimori (2-1).
ROH announced three more competitors for their Survival of the Fittest 2018 tournament in Columbus, Ohio on November 4th. They were revealed to be Stuka Jr. and Guerrero Maya Jr. from CMLL and Dalton Castle.
Revolution Pro Wrestling announced the card of their November 9th Uprising event in London, England features a British Heavyweight Championship match of David Starr versus Tomohiro Ishii (c).


Galwegians have spoken out about the worst towns and villages in the county and the result is quite divisive.
Today, October 6, the people of Reddit have been called to list their least favourite towns and villages in Co Galway.
The first comment reads Galway’s worst town is Tuam, because of the monstrous traffic when driving to the city.
Another resident ranked Tuam at the first place on the list, while many others mentioned Ballinasloe instead.
One said: “Ballinasloe, the place is rotting away”.
Another one commented that Ballinasloe “has very bad public transport connections as well to Galway City, I believe. The drive isn’t too bad with the motorway to Galway City but it’s the traffic that will kill you day-to-day.
“No mixed secondary school. High unemployment levels. Loughrea, the next town closer to Galway City does seem to have a lot more amenities.”
However, not everyone agreed as someone added things are getting better in town: “They’re trying to do it up, tbf it looks a lot better than it did even a year ago, they’re in the middle of building a cinema and they’ve opened a few new restaurants and shops plus they’ve finally decided to mix Ard Scoil Mhuire and Garbally in the upcoming years.”
But the list goes on and on as people listed many towns across the county, sometimes with little explanation.
One reddit user said: “Loughrea has great potential but at the moment it's a dying town... full of vape and phone repair shops...
Another one commented: “Athenry. Can't say why really, just never liked the place.”
A third one added with no other explanation: “Claregalway. Town shouldn't have been built in the first place.”
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When tragedy strikes our nation like it did this week in Boston, all of a sudden sports don’t matter as much anymore. Though we still want our teams to win, tragedy puts sports in perspective by showing that there are more important things in life. Games get postponed. Rivalries get pushed to the side.
But yet, it’s in times of tragedy that the sports world often shines brightest. Sports provide an escape as people try to return to normalcy by watching their favorite teams. And more importantly, moving displays of unity and patriotism happen like this one during the National Anthem prior to the Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres game last night:
We might be Wild fans, Blackhawks fans, Avalanche fans, Penguins fans, or fans of a whole host of other teams, but one thing unites us all… we’re all Americans.

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Chert from Jebel Waqf as Suwwan meteoritic impact structure
Khoury, Hani; Salameh, Elias; Khirfan, Maria
published: Sep 1, 2012
ArtNo. ESP155026503005, Price: 29.00 €
A complex, impact structure was recently discovered at Jebel Waqf as Suwwan, in the central part of the eastern region of Jordan. Shatter cones and cataclasis of sandstone and limestone from the outer side of the inner central uplift area confirm the impact origin of the Waqf as Suwwan structure. Cataclased and deformed chert fragments, nodules and concretions from the surface regolith layer of the outer inner ring were investigated. The microstructures of the collected samples were investigated using XRD (X-ray diffraction), XRF (X-ray Fluorescence) and ESM-EDX (energy Dispersive X-ray analysis) techniques. Brecciation, dislocation, recrystallization processes, and subplanar jointing and fractures of the chert are among the most important aspects. Additionally, feather features are common planar microstructures in the quartzite breccia. Some of the observations have previously been interpreted as sedimentary features, but since Waqf as Suwwan represents a confirmed impact structure, it is debatable as to whether some of the observed deformation effects are the result of the impact event.


text: Peanut butter blossoms are one of my favorite holiday cookies and I didn’t even make any this past Christmas. It was time to rectify that! So I made them for Valentine’s Day, well they are in my freezer awaiting Valentine’s Day. I am not the only one around here who likes peanut butter blossoms. A couple years ago when we had a holiday cookie exchange at my house I left my plate of cookies on the counter, never a good idea in this house. Before everyone left I went back in the kitchen to discover that the kisses were all missing from my peanut butter blossoms! Jack’s handy work!!