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Conducting research and development (R&D) on technologies for detecting, preventing, and mitigating terrorist threats is vital to enhancing the security of the nation's transportation system. Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress enacted legislation to strengthen homeland security, in part by enhancing R&D. The Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security are the two federal agencies with primary responsibility for transportation security.
Officials at the General Accountability Office considered transportation security R&D to encompass the research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies to protect the nation's transportation system from terrorist attacks or major crimes. The transportation system consists largely of infrastructure, such as airports, seaports, border crossings, rail stations, transit stations, highways, bridges, tunnels, and pipelines; and vehicles, such as aircraft, ships, ferry boats, trucks, buses, automobiles, and trains.
Several members of an expert panel on transportation security and technology that the US government convened believed the distribution of research and development projects by transportation mode was reasonable, while others believed that aviation has been overemphasized at the expense of maritime and land modes such as mass transit systems. Many security experts within the private sector believe research and development is necessary to maintain state-of-the-art security programs.
The Transportation Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have made some progress in managing their transportation security R&D programs according to applicable laws and R&D best practices, but neither agency has fully complied with the laws or implemented the best practices. For example, neither agency has prepared a strategic plan for R&D that contains measurable objectives. Although TSA has completed threat assessments for all modes of transportation, it has not completed vulnerability and criticality assessments in order to gauge the effectiveness of security measures.
The DHS also has not completed risk assessments of the infrastructure of transportation systems such as railways. Both TSA and DHS lack complete, consolidated data for managing their R&D projects. Finally, although TSA and DHS have made some efforts to coordinate R&D with other federal agencies, their outreach to consider the concerns of the transportation industry itself has been limited.
For fiscal years 2003 and 2004, TSA and DHS funded over 200 R&D projects designed to develop technologies for enhancing security in most modes of transportation. In fiscal year 2003, TSA spent 81 percent of its $21 million transportation security R&D budget for aviation projects, and DHS spent about half of its $26 million for projects related to more than one mode of transportation. In fiscal year 2004, TSA continued to budget most of its $159 million for aviation, and DHS also budgeted most of its $88 million for aviation. This left research projects for land mode transportation -- specifically railways and mass transit systems -- strapped for R&D funds.
According to the National Research Council, federal R&D programs should include some basic research, but TSA and DHS do not appear to be funding any basic research for transportation security. TSA and DHS have not estimated deployment dates for the vast majority of their R&D projects. Other federal agencies, such as the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also funded some transportation security R&D projects.
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This is probably not the sort of server news Hewlett Packard (s HPQ) wants customers to focus on, but there you have it: Proposed changes to how HP will offer server firmware upgrades mean that customers who are out of warranty and do not buy support will have to pay for some important updates going forward. ZDNet’s Ed Bott spotted the changes outlined in an HP blog post Monday. The HP post was titled, some might say ironically, “Customers for Life.”
The crux, per Mary McCoy, VP of servers and support for HP:
“[E]ffective February 19, 2014, we will provide firmware updates through the HP Support Center only to customers with a valid warranty, Care Pack Service or support agreement.”
The response of commenters to her post was, to put it mildly, unenthusiastic. HP’s stance is that these updates represent significant intellectual property, so they’re worth something. Commenters, however, pointed out that some HP server competitors, namely Dell, don’t charge for firmware upgrades. (Ouch.)
It’s unclear whether IBM charges for firmware updates for unsupported servers, Update: IBM’s policy is, in fact, similar to HP’s. But then again IBM is exiting the X86-based server business where Proliant plays.
McCoy subsequently issued a clarification that said the paid firmware decision applies to ProLiant system ROM and complex programming logic devices (CPLD) firmware. Security patches will remain free, as will upgrades to HP’s iLO server management, I/O and controller firmware.
ZDnet’s Bott warned customers there’s another wrinkle here to watch out for:
“End users who buy from resellers may find their warranties reduced without their knowledge. This server, for example, was purchased in August 2012, but the warranty clock started ticking when the reseller purchased the hardware from HP the previous month. It would not have been eligible for the firmware update that enabled an OS upgrade just over a year later unless the owner paid for an extended service agreement.”
Selling servers is an increasingly margin-stressed rough-and-tumble business — which is why IBM is bowing out and is also why HP is trying to push its higher-end, pricier entries, including converged hardware. It’s also why it’s trying to find some additional revenue from what had been freebie Proliant updates. Still, as we have learned in other contexts, taking away something that has been free is always risky and probably worth reconsideration.
Note: This story was updated at 9:17 a.m. PST February 12 with information on IBM’s firmware update policy.

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Most parents not only have the normal day-to-day expenses that go with having children, but they still carry around decades-old student loan debt. As parents, we don’t want that future for our children. That’s why since we’ve been through it, we’ve put together four tips to make 2023 the year you start saving for your child’s education. These tips come with the help of our expert, Patricia Roberts, COO of The Gift of College, Inc.
It starts with the separate account
Kinds of accounts to use to save
- Traditional savings
- Educational Savings Account (ESA)
- 529 Plan
- Roth IRA
- Custodial account
Whether you go for a traditional savings account or an educational-specific 529 Plan, the first step to get saving for your child is to set up the account. Moving money into your personal savings won’t do, as you’ll be tempted to use that in case of an emergency.
Talk with a trusted bank adviser to know which would be the best way to go for your child and your specific plan to save. And the best part is that if your child decides to go a different route, a lot of these can be used on things other than a standard college education, giving your kid even more options!
Once your child hits a money milestone, save that money
Diapers are so expensive, let alone also having to buy wipes, and the second your child is potty trained, you think of how much you’re going to save by not having to buy them. If your budget allows, keep taking that diaper money out and put it in savings for your child’s education. You could also go the other way. Every time you get yourself that delicious latte, move that same amount into their education account.
Go for the automatic debit
You put your bills on autopay every month so you don’t have to think about it. Do the same for your child’s education account. Even if all you could afford was $5 a week, in a year you’ll have added $260, which will be $4,680 over 18 years. Every little bit helps. If you have an automatic deposit but find during some months that you’ll be able to deposit extra money, that’s just extra help for your kiddo.
Ask for contributions instead of presents
For your kid’s birthday, Christmas, or any other holiday that family sends a card or a present, ask for a contribution instead, to go toward their college fund. Asking for straight cash sometimes makes family members uncomfortable, so set up that 529 so it’s easier for people to contribute. This also helps cut down on the number of toys in your house, unnecessary items your kids may receive, and the number of returns and exchanges you’d have to do with gifts. It’s an absolute win for everyone!
If you went to college, how would you have felt if someone handed you a few thousand dollars before you even thought about taking out a loan? It would have changed the whole landscape of your financial setup for college. Help your child have that experience by making 2023 the year you start investing in their future.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Five Mystical Songs (1911)
In 1911, Vaughan Williams pursued parallel interests [as Holst’s] in the mystical/religious poetry of George Herbert (1593–1633). The premiere of the Five Mystical Songs, to text of Herbert, was conducted by Vaughan Williams in September 1911 during the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. The songs, grouped together by the composer and not the poet, are settings of intensely religious verse. According to Hubert Foss:
In the Five Mystical Songs our Christian God appears in a religion which is uninstitutional: in a faith that accepts no local tradition, but only the Christian Church as England once saw it; a faith prone to pantheism rather than to conservatism of forms; a faith that might find in the external aspects of the Cathedral an inspiration, but would have little traffic with its later conventions. The Five Mystical Songs, in a phrase, give us the English faith without the trammels of weekly parish usage: they express the creed without the need for Dean and Chapter.1
The Five Mystical Songs can be performed by voice and piano alone, with chorus and organ, or with orchestra. In the second and third songs, wordless choral passages foreshadow the use of dramatic vocalization in Vaughan Williams’s later works. In the second song, “I got me flowers,” the words “humming tone” appear next to the chorus parts, and a footnote further clarifies: “Not with closed lips, but with the sound of a short ‘u’ as in the word ‘but’.”
Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs, no. 2, “I got me flowers,” mm. 33–382
Note the similarity to Holst’s score indication for Sāvitri, “They are to sing throughout to the sound of ‘u’ in ‘sun.’” 3 In this song, the chorus only hums these two phrases before joining in with the soloist for the last phrase of text, “There is but one, and that one ever.” Here the [wordless] chorus functions as instrumental color, a different timbre, like an organ stop, and does not play a dramatic role.
In the third song, “Love bade me welcome,” the chorus, marked pppp (senza espress.), enters singing the melody of “O Sacrum Convivium” on the vowel “Ah” before and after the soloist sings the last line of text: “‘You must sit down,’ says Love, ‘and taste my meat:’ So I did sit and eat.”
Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs, no. 3, “Love bade me welcome,” mm. 64–684
According to Hubert Foss:
“Love bade me Welcome,” . . . is a talkative piece, in style expository, but neither modal nor tonal. . . . We can find the mystical humility and faith of the poet. Our troubles are solved in the major tonality of “O Sacrum Convivium,” and though the words “go slack,” when this other love “took my hand,” we bridge the years in hopefulness. 5
“O Sacrum Convivium” is a traditional prayer honoring the Blessed Sacrament. The implied text of the prayer reinforces the mystical meaning of Herbert’s poetry:
O Sacrum Convivium, in quo Christus sumitur: recolitur memoria passionis eius; mens impletur gratia et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
[O Sacred Banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory given to us.]
Ultimately, the Five Mystical Songs are more striking for what they foreshadow than for what they achieve. Wordless chorus appears as dramatic vocalization in Vaughan Williams’s Pastoral Symphony (1921), Flos Campi (1926), Riders to the Sea (1936), the film score to Scott of the Antarctic (1948), and the ensuing Sinfonia Antartica (1952). Also, a musical motive included in the third of the Five Mystical Songs recurs in many of these same pieces.
Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs, no. 3, “Love bade me welcome,” mm. 18–216
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Alisyn Camerota Biography
A native of Shrewsbury Alisyn Camerota is an American journalist and political commentator. She is the co-host for CNN Newsroom from 2-4 pm with Victor Blackwell. She was the anchor of CNN’s morning show New Day and formerly a presenter at Fox News.
Camerota has covered stories nationally and internationally. She is an outspoken proponent of First Amendment rights. Before joining CNN, Alisyn worked for many years at Fox News, most notably as part of the Fox & Friends franchise and as co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend.
Alisyn Camerota Age and Birthday
Camerota was born on June 21, 1966, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, U.S. She is 56 years old as of 2022. She celebrates all of his birthdays every 21st of June every year.
Alisyn Camerota Height and Weight
Camerota stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches. She weighs 57 kilograms. Her body measurements are 34-25-36inches. She has blonde hair and brown eyes.
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Alisyn has not shared any information about her mother and father. She has kept a low profile when it comes to matters concerning her family. She grew up with her only brother who is an abdominal surgeon. Information about her family will soon be updated.
Alisyn Camerota Husband and Children
Camerota is a married man. She is married to her husband named Tim Lewis. The two have been married since 2002. The couple was blessed to have twin daughters who were born in 2005 and a son who was born in 2007.
Alisyn Camerota Education
The journalist graduated from the School of Communication of the American University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in broadcast journalism.
This segment features Fox & Friends anchors of Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, and Gretchen Carlson and sometimes along with earlier guests or crew members from the cable show and a toy monkey at the end of the Internet segment.
It is done live after the main while, America’s Newsroom is shown on the cable channel. The videos are available later on the Fox & Friends page on Fox News Channel’s website.
Before her maternity leave, she was a co-host of the weekend edition of the same program, in addition to regularly appearing on the Friday edition of Fox & Friends 1st. She has also been a guest panelist on Fox News late-night satire show Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld.
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Camerota joined the CNN news team to serve on July 14, 2014, as a TV anchor. She also co-anchored on CNN’s New Day on the morning of Friday, July 25, 2014, and Monday, August 25, 2014.
In 2015 Camerota became a permanent co-anchor of New Day, whose viewership has reportedly increased by 9% since Camerota was added to the program. On Monday, April 19, 2021, Camerota started co-hosting CNN Newsroom from 2-4 pm with Victor Blackwell.
Alisyn Camerota Net Worth and Salary
Camerota had an estimated net worth of around $7 million. Camerota earns an annual salary of between $67K to $95K.


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6. The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
When choosing songs for best of lists, one common strategy is going by what you listened to the most. Makes sense, right? If an album was the best, you’d want to listen to it repeatedly. Many things that result in pleasure, from smoking a cigarette to running five miles, are repeated to regain that initial pleasure. But is this an absolute metric of what is good?
The Knife’s Shaking the Habitual is unlikely to be the most played album in many iTunes libraries because it’s difficult, paranoia-inducing, at times plain unsettling, and relentlessly thought-provoking. The songs are long, demand attention, and Karin Dreijer Andersson sings in an exaggerated kink that makes her Swedish roots seem almost extraterrestrial. Yeah, it’s demanding. And, its subject matter is equally demanding, asking the listener to examine and abandon that which we do repeatedly, instinctually from conditioning, habitually. Like, say, listening to Yeezus.
The resulting album may not be the most enjoyable to all. It is, though, still experimenting with dance music and using pop-rooted Western melodies, directly and indirectly, with moments of fun (“Stay Out Here”, “Full of Fire”) and beauty (“Raging Lung”, “Ready to Lose”) not hard to find with a minimal effort.
But, beyond sonic pleasures, The Knife have created a useful and vital record, essentially calling everything from gender roles to religion to political traditions into question. That includes lists like this. Olof Dreijer told The Guardian, “We are constructed to like certain things. We’ve been teaching a bit at this summer camp for teenage girls who want to make electronic music, and there we often talk about this idea of quality in music and what informs our ideas of what is supposed to be good and bad music. You know that music history is written by privileged white men, so we can ask ourselves how important it is to repeat their ideas.” I think that means Yeezus is still cool. –Philip Cosores


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The Animals' ArkBook - 2016
A secular re-telling of the story of Noah's Ark. The animals are trapped on a hill and rescued by Noah. Most of the story describes how the animals pass the time on the ark, until they find land and a rainbow appears. Noah sails away and the animals say thank-you.
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any machine capable of flying by means of buoyancy or aerodynamic forces, such as a glider, helicopter, or aeroplane
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Any structure, machine, or contrivance, especially a vehicle, designed to be supported by the air, either by the dynamic action of the air upon the surfaces of the structure or object or by its own buoyancy. Also known as air vehicle.
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Any vehicle which carries one or more persons and which navigates through the air. The two main classifications of aircraft are lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air. The term lighter-than-air is applied to all aircraft which sustain their weight by displacing an equal weight of air, for example, blimps and dirigibles. Heavier-than-air craft are supported by giving the surrounding air a momentum in the downward direction equal to the weight of the aircraft. See Airplane, Helicopter
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Any structure, vehicle, or machine designed to travel through air supported by its own buoyancy or by the action of air on its surfaces. It includes airplanes, gliders, helicopters, and balloons. It does not include hovercraft, which obtain their lift from the reaction of air against the earth's surface. ICAO defines aircraft as “any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reaction of the air other than the reaction of the air against the earth's surface.” Aircraft has also been defined as “device(s) that are used or intended to be used for flight in the air, and when used in air traffic control terminology, may include the flight crew” (“AIM,” FAA).
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UK rapper-producer Knucks officially releases the deluxe version of his critically-acclaimed album Alpha Place, out now via NO DAYS OFF.
The album is now available on vinyl and the deluxe version is available digitally and features two additional recordings, including the new single “Don’t Look Up,” which arrives alongside the extended project. Listen to the deluxe project here.
Alongside the deluxe album release, Knucks also teases his two-part documentary KNUCKLES with a gripping trailer. Directed by Lauren Luxenberg and Alfie Barker, and produced by Untold Studios, the documentary is supported by YouTube Music and is inspired by the Alpha Place album, told through voices of Knucks’ friends, family and collaborators.
Sharing powerful messages about friendship and community, it reflects on Knucks’ childhood and his early beginnings, showcasing his discovery of his music talents and following his progression. Dropping in two parts, Part 1 will be released on 19th December, followed by Part 2’s release on 21st December.
Sharing words on the creation of KNUCKLES, director Lauren Luxenberg adds, “working with Knucks has been an absolute dream. He’s a complete visionary and incredibly considered with everything he feeds back and the ideas he communicates. He’s got a real eye for film and his storytelling nature really lent itself well to the film and narrative.”


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What you need to know about dividing property in a Georgia divorce
As part of your Georgia Divorce, many assets and liabilities will be divided between you and your spouse through a process called equitable division.
It can be hard to get your head around this idea – all you’ve worked so hard to build will now be divided.
And in a Georgia Divorce, “equitable” means fair, not equal – so property division can get really complicated.
The two options: 1. Negotiated or 2. Court Divided Property
1. Negotiated Settlement
You and your spouse can decide how to divide the family’s property yourselves. Some couples are able to do that. Others come to a property division agreement with professional help.
Without a negotiated agreement, a court or jury will decide who gets what. This is not the preferred way to go. Court determined property division can be avoided if negotiations are handled properly. Learn how divorce mediation can help you.
2. Court Divided Property
The court will classify property as either marital or separate, place a value on the property, and then divide the marital property “equitably” between you and your spouse.
The value used will typically be the fair market value as of the date of divorce. For some items, the fair market value will be easy to determine, while others will be more complicated.
Bank accounts, stocks and the marital residence are relatively easy to value.
Placing a value on a business interest is not so easy.
Business valuations are complicated and care must be taken not to harm the business if there is a value dispute. It’s difficult enough growing and running a business without a nasty messy time-sucking divorce getting in the way. If you’re a business owner, you have important work to do. A divorce can derail everything you’ve been building.
Divorce can sap energy, money, health, and redirects focus. It’s painful. Don’t let this happen to you.
Divorce Law Basics – Property Division in Georgia.
Georgia is an equitable division state. The primary goal of equitable division is to fairly divide the parties’ assets. Equitable does not mean equal.
In making the division, the judge or jury must consider all the relevant factors, including:
The age and health of each party
Typically during Phase 1 of your divorce both sides list all their assets, with stated fair market value, on a form called the domestic relations financial affidavit (called the “DRFA”, commonly pronounced: der’-fuh).
After all assets are listed on the DRFA, most lawyers next examine how and when each item of property was acquired and whether it should be classified as either marital or non-marital property
Only marital property is subject to equitable division. This classification is not always exclusively a question of law. Sometimes based on your particular facts a nonmarital property can fully or partially change into a marital property.
The judge or jury may also consider how the parties handled the property and their conduct in relation to the property in determining what is subject to division (whether your separate property was co-mingled with your spouses or marital property during the marriage).
if John acquired property before or during the marriage by gift or inheritance (usually non-marital), but Sally, his wife, actively contributed to the future appreciation of the property, the marital/non-marital distinction is not clearcut. John’s separate property may be part marital property and now available to Sally for equitable division.
Your separate property is usually not divided with your spouse. But as you now see, determining what exactly is or is not separate property can be very confusing and require a complex analysis by financial experts.
Finally, after a valuation process – the assets are equitably divided.


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Flash refers to small tattoo designs that are usually placed together on a sheet of paper as a set. Flash traditionaly hangs on the walls of tattoo shops for customers to be able to to pick from to get tattooed. Usually flash designs have a set price which only changes if the customer wishes to change any aspect of the design (size, colour, layout).
On STR Flash days, all artists will have one or two sheets drawn up specifically for that day and are available to tattoo them all day (usually 10am until late/whenever there's no one else waiting!). We only take walk-ins on those days, which means you can't book a time to get your tattoo, so it's basically first in first served. They're always really fun days with competitions, treats, movies playing on the projector and lots of other tattoo-getters hanging around!


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Katharine Birbalsingh will say that success is often defined too narrowly as stories of people rising from humble backgrounds to elite jobs
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Stop obsessing over rags to riches stories and celebrate smaller steps up the ladder, the social mobility government czar will say.
Tory darling Katharine Birbalsingh will say success is often defined too narrowly as stories of people rising from humble backgrounds to elite jobs.
In her first speech as Chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC), Ms Birbalsingh is expected to call for a greater focus on smaller steps up, e.g. B. the son of a postman who becomes a branch manager, or the children of unemployed parents who become stable workers.
Speaking to the Policy Exchange think tank, she says: “We want to move away from the idea that social mobility should only be about the ‘long’ rise from the bottom up – the person born into a family in social housing and becomes a bank clerk or managing director.”
Ms Birbalsingh added: “When a child of parents who have been long-term unemployed or never worked gets a good job close to them, isn’t that an achievement worth celebrating?
“Would we really say that because they’re not a doctor or a lawyer, it doesn’t count as social mobility?”
Ms Birbalsingh, who has been described as Britain’s ‘toughest’ leader, first came to prominence in 2010 with a candid speech at the Tory conference about the ‘broken’ education system.
She founded the high-performing Michaela Community School in London in 2014 and was appointed Social Mobility Tsarina by Equality Secretary Liz Truss last year.
But she’s also drawn her fair share of criticism for making controversial remarks.
Ms Birbalsingh recently made headlines for saying “physics isn’t something girls like to do” and that “there’s a lot of hard math in there that I think they’d rather not do”.
She also slammed “wake culture” as she launched a defense of No10’s divisive racing report last year, which said Britain was not marred by institutional racism.
The SMC is expected to release a comprehensive State of the Union report later this month.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/stop-obsessing-over-rags-riches-27181073 Stop obsessing over rags-to-riches stories, says Boris Johnson's social mobility czar


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American Heart Association:
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2021 Scientific Statement: Prevention of Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis
American Dental Association:
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Chairside Guide for Prosthetics
Oral Health and Well-Being in the Unites States
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Combatting Antibiotic Resistance
Medication for Antibiotic Resistant Infections
Center for Disease Control:
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Infectious Endocarditis: StatPearls
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2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis
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Prosthetic Joint Infection:
Analysis of Prosthetic Joint Infections Following Invasive Dental Procedures in England
Antibiotic Therapy for 6 or 12 Weeks for Prosthetic Joint Infection
Current Guideline for Diagnosis of Perioprosthetic Joint Infection: A Review Article
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On the translocation of bacteria and their lipopolysaccharides between blood and peripheral locations in chronic, inflammatory diseases: the central roles of LPS and LPS-induced cell death.
Bacterial cell wall components, such as the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative strains, are well known as potent inflammatory agents, but should normally be cleared.


Spain's hottest tennis star, Rafael Nadal, has been confident enough to wear a fully functional mechanical timepiece weighing less than 20grams including the strap. That equals three quarters and a dime, but the watch, utilising special materials, retails for over half a million dollars. It's a Richard Mille, of course. Now Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake gets to put on a super-light, ultra-high-tech timepiece, one that will make no difference to his 9.69-second record sprint, in spite of featuring a tourbillon.
Mille never stops delivering the wow to the watch world with what he calls his "race cars for the wrist." his timepieces are usually built of exotic high-tech materials borrowed from automobile racing or even space travel. Mille is not en engineer by profession, but rather a marketing expert who earned his first paychecks in the watch division of the French defense, autombile, and aerospace concern Matra in the early 1980s. This was a time of fundamental changes in technology, and the European watch industry was being confronted with gigantic challenges.
"I have no historical relationship with watchmaking whatsoever," says Mille, "and so I have no obligations either. The mechanics of my watches are geared towards technical feasibility." in the 1990s, Mille had to go to the expert workshop of Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi (APRP) in Le Locle to find a group of watchmakers and engineers who would take on the Mille challenge. Audemars Piguet even succumbed to the temptation of testing those scandalous innovations - materials, technologies, functions - in a Richard mille watch before daring to use them in its own collections (Tradition d'Excellence). Since 2007, Audemars Piguet has also become a shareholder in Richard mille, and so the three firms are now closely bound. The assembly of the watches is done in the Franches-Montagnes region in the Jura, where Richard mille opened the firm Horométrie.


Europe is starting to feel the consequences of the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
This week, all gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine were halted. Countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic and Turkey are seeing shortages in their gas pipeline, as their supplies are mostly filled by Russia’s Gazprom.
Russia delivers about one-fourth of Europe’s gas supply. About 80 percent of Russian gas pipelines run through Ukraine, with the remaining 20 percent running through Belarus and Turkey.
Gazprom is trying to compensate for the gas shortages by overfilling the 20 percent of non-Ukrainian pipelines. This is, however, physically challenging due to capacity restraints in those remaining pipelines for transporting large amounts of gas.
Countries like Bulgaria could be affected most severely because it is almost completely reliant on Moscow’s gas supplies. Bulgarian pipeline operator Dimitar Godov said that its gas supplies were enough only for a “few days.” It poses a very risky situation for Bulgarians who rely on gas to heat their homes this winter. Meanwhile, temperatures dropped to -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday night in Bulgaria.
Ukranian Naftogaz spokesman Valentyn Zemlyansky said that shipments to European countries had dropped from 300 million to 81 million cubic meters of gas in the past few days.
“That is all they are sending, in several hours Europe will feel it.” Zemlyansky told the Associated Press.
The gas conflict leaves Russia’s gas customers vulnerable. As an alternative to Ukraine, Gazprom is building gas pipelines in the Baltic and Black seas. The projects are still underway, but are encountering difficulties and resistance from many environmental organizations worldwide. Should these pipelines already be finished, the gas conflict with Ukraine would be a minor threat to continental Europe.
The Czech Republic, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, has dispatched a delegation to Kiev to meet with Ukrainian officials in an effort to help resolve the crisis.
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75 Years of Memorable Music
Brisbane City Hall will swing with a 1940s celebration to celebrate 75 years of free concerts with 75 Years of Memorable Music.
The main auditorium will become a dance hall with a showcase performance by the Empire Swing dancers to music by one of Australia’s most sophisticated swing bands.
Seventy-five years ago Council officially established a civic concert program that is now called the Clem Jones City Hall Concerts.
You are invited to come along and get in the mood. Arrive early, dressed in 1940s style and take ‘selfies’ with your friends in the themed photo booth before getting the best spot in the auditorium to dance.
This occasion will begin with a specially commissioned processional on the Henry Willis Organ by Brisbane-born William Lovelock, Australian composer and music educator.

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Never give up, because every effort will eventually pay off. Keep all the above tips in mind and let your skill level improve when you start learning to play the guitar. It is important to know where all the notes are on your guitar fingerboard, and to know which fingers which strings should play when playing chords and scales. The best way to learn is to just play with scales and chords. Use tabs to practice on guitar and let your fingers move where they should be. Different genres of music include different reproduction styles and unique music approaches.
Before you learn to strum the strings, make sure that the guitar itself is properly configured. Newly bought guitars are often false and not ready to play. You must first evaluate the guitar and tune the strings if necessary. Based on the experiences of others in learning to play the guitar, many say that the electric guitar feels easier to learn in the beginning than the acoustic one.
If you like pop / rock, you want to try to rip these open chords instead of wanting to choose them if you love people. And if you like heavy rock / metal, for example, you can even start learning two-note “power bodys”, these are crispy, heavier simplistic chords used in heavier music styles. Another advantage of first learning custom guitars acoustic guitar is the weight of the guitar. Acoustic guitars are generally lighter than electric guitars, only because of the nature of the guitar construction. Another big advantage of playing electric guitar first is the size of the guitar neck. An electric guitar generally has a thinner neck, making it easier for your hand.
While mastering basic beginner chords, you can move on to more advanced classes such as bar chords, small chords and power chords. You will quickly get rid of the guitar chords and learn to play every song. When you learn to play guitar chords, you start learning to read chord diagrams. Before you can read chord charts, however, number your fingers on your left. While there are several techniques for it, most guitar schools keep it simple. Like any musical instrument, it can take years of practice and music lessons to master the guitar.
Giving guitar lessons has definitely changed through online guitar lessons. Actually, the old ways of learning to play quickly become obsolete. Although each music style uses different chords, the three most commonly used guitar chords are G Major, C Major and A minor. With these three guitar chords you can play many simple songs.

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Arroyo 872, Buenos Aires
Though phone boxes, bookshelves and hidden doors do a good trade in speakeasy entrances, a florist has to be up there on originality. That’s where you’ll find the doorway to Florería Atlantico and, once through, stairs descended, a Latin take on a speakeasy lies in wait. But like many of the best interpretations of American bar concepts, Florería Atlantico brings its own history and culture to bear.
Based near the docks of Buenos Aires, it tells the story of the immigrants who arrived in waves from the Old and New Worlds. The bar’s décor and drinks continue this narrative, telling the stories of the American bartenders who brought the culture of cocktails, the English and the Dutch with their gin and genever, the Italians with their amari, the Cubans with rum, the Peruvians and their pisco, the beer from Germany, the anise from the Turks, and the wine from the Spanish, French and Portuguese. Aline Vargas and Renato Giovannoni’s Floreria Atlantico – the Best Bar in South America, sponsored by Asahi – is a liquid homage to the richness of immigration.
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The hot topic occupying news paper headlines in almost all States of U. S. is the foreclosure crisis for the past few years. The message has sunk into the minds of the people that the Real Estate business is not what it was during the commencement of this decade in 2000. The worst hit lot is the home owners, who have either forfeited their equity to foreclosure, or those who have put their property for sale in the market.
The statistics about foreclosures for sale overall in the country reveal the gloomy picture about the plight of millions of home owners. The top ranking States turning out highest number of foreclosure filings, as per November 2008 figures are - Nevada; Florida; Arizona; California; Michigan; Georgia; Ohio; Colorado; Utah and Idaho - in that order to get the 10 ranks.
Overall some 1,767,658 properties in US are lying under various stages of foreclosure, comparatively an increase of 28% from November 2007, although there is a marginal decrease of 7% in November, from the figure of foreclosures for sale in October 2008.
The Government has taken many steps towards mitigation of the distress by foreclosures to home owners and the recent decrease in November in the figures is attributed to these measures. But experts say that this is only a temporary lull and the indications are there is another foreclosure storm likely to hit the country in the coming months. One of those pathetic indications is half of the distressed home owners helped by the loan modifications, during the first half of 2008 by extending their mortgage terms or lowering the reduction in monthly repayments of the mortgage loans, are delinquent on repayments once again.
More precisely the properties coming under the purview of foreclosures for sale in the Top Five States are - California 397,636; Florida 275,996; Michigan 102,539; Arizona 89,441; and Nevada 62,030 properties as reported in the Real Estate sites.
It should be understood that just because these properties have come under foreclosure for sale, they may not good properties. The fact is the foreclosure crisis has not only affected the lower income groups of people alone, as believed by many, and as reliable surveys confirm, even medium income group of people have found the floating interest rates ballooning beyond their repayment capacities and rendered their housing properties into foreclosures for sale.
This is clear from the evidence that major metropolitan areas of the US, have turned out the major numbers of foreclosures for sale. The top 10 Metropolitan areas in this regard, among the 230 Metros are -
1) Cape Coral-Fort Myers in Florida;
2) Las Vegas, Nevada;
3) Merced, California;
4) Modesto, California;
5) Stockton, California;
6) Riverside-San Bernardino, California;
7) Fort Lauderdale, Florida;
8) Port Lucie-Fort Pierce, Florida;
9) Bakersfield, California;
10) Vallejo-Fairfield, California - in that order.
From the homebuyers view point, this is a best opportunity for buying excellent housing properties - single family custom homes as well as modern homes; multi-family residences in complexes and condominiums; secluded Bungalows in the suburbs of big cities; beach side Villas and so on.
It is also to be noted that these properties are listed for sale at a price, which is just a fraction of their fair value, because of the distress foreclosures for sale. You can never get them for this price, in such locations, if they are sold in the open market.
Search foreclosures by state or get more information on foreclosures for sale at http://www.ForeclosureRepos.com
Kevin Simpson, GM Sales & Marketing


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Fire Emblem: Awakening for the Nintendo 3DS is the newest game in the long running strategy RPG series, Fire Emblem. Although relatively new to Western shores, Fire Emblem games have been released in Japan since 1990. This game marks certain changes for the Nintendo franchise, including options to tone down it's notorious difficulty, making it especially friendly to newcomers to the series. The simple fact that it's also amongst the best games in the series is also an excellent reason for anyone not yet familiar with Fire Emblem to jump right in and play their hand at being a tactician.
The basic premise is simple enough, the player controls a squad composed of various unit types. There's a basic strength/weakness system, called the Weapon Triangle, where swords beat axes, axes beat lances, and lances beat swords. Of course there are several variations on this system, such as flying units which are especially vulnerable to bow attacks. On top of this, each one of your units has a distinct character and personality which you learn through scenes between the strategic field battles as well as private events that occur in the barracks over time. New to the series is the ability to pair two units up, raising their affinity as they work together in battle through several ranks, which finally can lead to marriage, gender permitting. Yes, there is no same-sex marriage in Fire Emblem: Awakening. No, I don't think it's a meaningful statement coming from the developers, but rather a necessary mechanic due to a plot and gameplay related point that I won't spoil here for those who haven't played yet. But trust me, there's a good reason! One of the trademark characteristics of the Fire Emblem series is permanent death of characters. Let your unit stay in the wrong place for one turn, and you'll be burying a newlywed husband and leaving his wife a grieving widow far too young. This plays a big role in attaching yourself to the characters, though it is an optional feature for the first time ever in a Fire Emblem game! Playing on the "Casual" setting allows you to retrieve dead units after the successful completion of the mission they passed away in. I don't recommend it for a first playthrough, however... the tension and drama of losing a character you like and have put a lot of work into is a huge part of the fun!
Chrom clashes swords with a masked swordsman
The game stars Chrom, the prince of the Halidom of Ylisse, as well as a rather mysterious, amnesiac tactician created by the player. When Chrom finds the tactician (known as "My Unit" henceforth referred to as "MU") unconscious in a field, he helps him find his bearings and together they defend a local town from a bandit raid. After a successful defense, MU finds him/herself drafted into the Shepherd's, Plegia's elite military group. From there, political tension from the neighboring Plegia combined with the mysterious new threat of the Risen, inhuman things that attack relentlessly, force the Shepherd's to go to war. The story that unfolds is one of trials and tribulation and is well written, but I found the connections I made to the characters themselves propelled me forward more than a desire to see what would happen next.
The game shifts between three distinct, and gorgeous, art styles. What you'll be seeing the most of is the map screen, a square grid that all units involved in a skirmish move upon. The grid itself is overlaid on the flowing terrain, giving a more natural feel to the typically stuffy grid-based strategy genre. The 3D effects are put to excellent use on the map, as birds fly by overhead and smoke from the battle clouds the sky it layers itself over the terrain. It's a simple and impressive use of the 3D capabilities of the console and I'd love to see more developer's take this approach. There are also several cinematics, a lot of dialogue, and the actual combat itself that uses 3D models of the characters textured lovingly and modelled similarly to the character's in Square Enix's Final Fantasy remakes on the original DS. There has been much ado about the models supposed lack of feet, but it's really just a stylistic choice. The last graphical style that makes an appearance is traditional anime portraits and animations that make excellent use of the 3D as well. Many of the marriage proposal scenes involving MU contain detailed portraits that take full advantage of the depth allowed by the 3DS. I really appreciate how these 3 different styles are blended into an absolutely breathtaking game.
The map screen is efficient and aesthetically pleasing
The title is largely a game of choice, with you choosing who pairs with who, who gets married, what equipment each unit carries, and even what order to do certain missions in. Beyond that, there is also a branching class system that allows you to use special items called Seals to upgrade a unit's class or even change it completely. Love a character but don't find her class very useful? Level her up to the maximum level, 20, use a Second Seal and turn her into a Wyvern Rider! The "Paralogue" system allows a lot of choice, too. Every few chapters you'll unlock a new Paralogue, basically a side mission, these often allow you chances to recruit an enemy character or to interact with an NPC. The way you prioritize your actions in a Paralogue chapter can have a huge impact on who you recruit or what items you receive!
I wouldn't necessarily recommend this title to someone who wasn't a fan of Strategy RPGs, but to someone who's never tried one I think it's a perfect game to dip your toes into the genre. The wide range of difficulty options allows you to truly take control of the experience you get playing through the game. Just interested in the story or meeting all the character's? Play on Casual Easy and never worry about making tough tactical decisions or losing a favorite unit. Avid number cruncher with an addiction to breaking games or a tactical mastermind? Play on Lunatic and strategize to your heart's content! I really think this game offers something to anyone willing to give it a go. I highly recommend anyone with a 3DS to go out and purchase this game. If you don't have a 3DS, there are a bunch of good reasons to get one, but Fire Emblem: Awakening ranks high on that list.
This is easily the best game I've played this year, and maybe last year, too. It's a crime not to at least give it a shot. The brilliant writing, likable characters, tough tactical decisions, and gorgeous graphics combine to make a package that is too good to pass by. Fire Emblem has always been a series I admired, but Fire Emblem: Awakening gives me hope for the future of the series I never had before. It's a little to early to say this for sure, but I have a good feeling Fire Emblem: Awakening is my Game of the Year. For all of these reasons, it's with no hesitation whatsoever that I rank this game as highly as I have.
@Anand Awesome niche games already have an unfair advantage though, which is that no one plays them except the people who already know that they will love them, for the most part.
Especially if it is a port like MH3U. I think the reason it is so high above MH3 is because for the most part the people buying it were the diehard fans of 3, while the solid to ok to not really fans of 3 passed on it.
I've determined, in my head, that MH3U is PROBABLY going to be my first 10.0 ever. Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III tried hard, but couldn't get there, and Ocarina of Time was never a 10.0 in my head (9.6), even though it is accepted as the greatest game of all time. And it should be in any conversation as such. But 3U...just wow.
I haven't pulled the trigger just yet, but it is very much on pace to be. As ridiculous great as MH is on Wii, 3U just went above and beyond.
@Mr_Mustache But you may as well say if it doesn't play like SMT, what SMT would be in there? Probably it will play as some kind of hybrid.
For instance, one thing you can do in the SMT: Devil Survivor SRPGs is have your main character and then up to two demons as a "team" that you move around the map, allowing you to return them to your stock and summon other demons, etc. to change-up your strategies as you go. Almost like Ogre Battle! I imagine this will work itself into this game in some form. As stated in the review, they already added the ability to team-up in this latest Fire Emblem, so I'll bet they take the team idea a bit further and work in the demon summoning and such in this crossover.
That's just one example. I think we will see all kinds of stuff mixed up between the two series. Maybe. Tough to say for sure.
Good review Sad Waluigi! Nice to see an ambitious new writer join the Negative World crew.
I'm very excited to play this game, hope to pick it up soonish. The only Fire Emblem game I haven't played yet, besides the 3DS game, is the DS remake Shadow Dragon. There are simply too many games to play and not enough time, whoa.
Haha, I have every Fire Emblem game, but have only put an hour into the first GBA one (in America) and Shadow Dragon. I was going to play them all in chronological order, starting with SD. Didn't go too well.
@Mr_Mustache REALLY? First 10, eh? It's a 10 for me, but I have a lot of 10s. I think I might give Tri the edge, though, just because of the difficulty balancing.
@Zero I prefer my lists, cigarettes, and Google searches unfiltered.


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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Lands Safely In Gulf Of Mexico
The Dragon capsule "Resilience" parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m.
Four astronauts on SpaceX's "Resilience" capsule safely returned from the International Space Station early Sunday morning.
The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m.
Three astronauts from the U.S. and one from Japan flew back in the same capsule they launched from in November. The trip home took about 6 and a half hours.
It's the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968. And it's the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk's company.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
Mount Washington to reach wind chills of -100F, as cold as Mars
The Mars Curiosity rover has recorded nighttime temperatures in recent days of 105 degrees below zero. Temperatures don't often get that low on Earth.By Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Researchers asking for public's help to create 'map of the universe'
A team of researchers is compiling the public's answers on certain space images to classify galaxies and stars.By NASA
First Native American woman in space talks to reservation's students
Students on the Flathead Indian Reservation asked Nicole Mann questions as she was aboard the International Space Station.By NASA
Planning a home project? Here's how supplies, prices will be in 2023
After two years of shortages and delays, things starting to improve.By Rogelio V. Solis / AP
Grammys could make history with Beyoncé, Bad Bunny wins
A win by Bad Bunny would mark the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top honor.By AP
Powerball jackpot grows to $747 million after no winner
The $747 million Powerball jackpot up for grabs Monday night is the ninth largest in U.S. lottery history.By Keith Srakocic / AP


Ericdsc: Simple High-Performance DIY EMG based on the Zoom H4N. High-Performance DIY EMG based on the Zoom H4N What is an EMG?
Like an EEG and an EKG, it measures the electrical impulses that make the human body work. Whereas an EEG measures the brain and an EKG the heart, an EMG looks at electrical activity over the rest of the body -- which pretty much means the muscles. To get your muscles to contract, the nervous system sends electrical pulses into the muscle fibers, which amplify those pulses and send them on to other fibers until the whole muscle is moving. Here's what a normal EMG might look like: What's it good for? Recording muscle activity! But people use EMGs for all sorts of physical therapy and sports applications. The DIY EMG The heart of the DIY EMG is a Zoom H4N audio recorder hooked up to three electrodes -- two measurement electrodes and a common ground. The Zoom recorder is recording at the highest quality setting, 24bit/96kHz.
The Electrodes I went through four designs for the measurement electrodes. Here's what the build looked like: Manufacturers of professional surface electromyography products ( emg / semg ) and biomechanical sensors. Bio-Sensing. How to measure it: Near-infrared spectroscopy - Electroencephalography (EEG) - How it can be used: Communication Prosthetics - Cursor control - Gaming - Toys - Marketing, focus groups Fashion - NeuroWear - Art - Music - Supplies Links: 1.
Neurosky EEG Headgear $30-200, mostly single channel dry electrode EEG systems/hackables mindwave - xwave for iphone - Chips - OEM - neurosky - diy - Hackable Toys: Mattel Mindflex Game - Uncle Milton Force Trainer - 2. >>> DIY ECG Machine On The Cheap « SWHarden.com. Note from the Author: This page documents how I made an incredibly simple ECG machine with a minimum of parts to view the electrical activity of my own heart.
Feel free to repeat my experiment, but do so at your own risk. There are similar projects floating around on the internet, but I aim to provide a more complete, well-documented, and cheaper solution, with emphasis on ECG processing and analysis, rather than just visualization. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact me. Also, if you attempt this project yourself I’d love to post your results! Good luck! Background You’ve probably seen somebody in a hospital setting hooked up to a big mess of wires used to analyze their heartbeat.
The goal of such a machine (called an electrocardiograph, or ECG) is to amplify, measure, and record the natural electrical potential created by the heart. ECG/EMG signal transmission to labview using arduino + xbee. DIY Muscle Sensor / EMG Circuit for a Microcontroller. Measuring muscle activation via electric potential, referred to as electromyography (EMG) , has traditionally been used for medical research and diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders.
However, with the advent of ever shrinking yet more powerful microcontrollers and integrated circuits, EMG circuits and sensors have found their way into prosthetics, robotics and other control systems. Yet, EMG systems remain expensive and mostly outside the grasp of modern hobbyist. This instructable will teach you how to make your own muscle sensor / EMG circuit to incorporate into your next project. Use it to control video games, robot arms, exoskeletons, etc. Click on the video below for a demonstrations on how to hook up and use your EMG circuit board! You can now also purchase EMG sensors, kits, cables and electrodes at www.AdvancerTechnologies.com!


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The series reconsidered the perspective of hostile and alienated identities – Christians, Muslims and Jews – that has shaped historical interpretations of the Early Modern Mediterranean, revealing a society with a far richer set of cultural, religious and social dynamics. We examined the extent of the hostility and division in the complex interaction of the peoples that inhabited the region around the Mediterranean Sea. Scholars from various disciplines and countries critically examined how their disciplines have increased our understanding of situations of religious and cultural contact. In addition they introduced new perspectives in the study of the "border-crossing" that took place in those centuries in an attempt to reconstruct multifaceted ways of interaction that unveiled a less divided and polarized Early Modern Mediterranean world.
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I have to agree. The motherboard and the processor, not including the cost of installation, would cost somewhere next to 200 US. Chances are, that with the new processing speed, you will find the other hardware lacking at sometime in the future, or have to begin to replace things that are wearing out, such as your hard drive.
If you shop around(you might consider AMD processors which are every bit as good as Intel), you can find towers, with generous RAM , HD space and even faster CPUs, for between 450-650 dollars after rebates, etc. In the long run, this would be more cost effective than replacing the MB and CPU in your current computer.
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Yesterday I was scrolling through my Feedly to see if something caught my eye enough to riff off of for today’s post.
There’s plenty in there for me to read; I’m woefully behind on my blog reading (and commenting, and sharing… sigh…). But as I scrolled through a number of posts, I could not find one that made me stop and think about a new way of saying something that everyone else has said before, related to public relations, or marketing, or social media.
Then I found Exercises for Writing Conversationally by Bethany Cramer, over on my friend Heather Whaling‘s blog.
So I decided to write about something else entirely. Something I love to do. Because we should do more of what we love, and less of what we don’t.
I love to dance
I believe I have mentioned before how much I love to dance. There is a reason my ringtone has been “Dancing Queen” ever since I got a cell phone; that, and the fact that I adore ABBA. I’ll Ally McBeal it like no one’s business when crossing a street, and you better watch out if you put me on a dance floor and don’t give my moves enough space. I love to dance.
I danced frequently up until my late 20s. For a long time, it was part of what I did (acting, directing and teaching theater), and for a long time it was part of what we did (friends hanging out, dancing the night away at the local Kolkata hot spots). Then I moved here (to the U.S.), and started my life all over again.
I love(d) to dance
While I danced occasionally (my husband still recalls catching me whirling like a dervish in our living room – this was in the few months after I emigrated and before I started my first job – in my bathrobe… to ABBA) for many years it was not a regular part of my life. I missed it dreadfully.
I started and stopped, due to one thing and another, and another, and another. And now I’ve finally started dancing again.
I love to dance
I’ve been taking lessons in a form of Indian classical dance called Kathak, which is one of the most beautiful, minimalist dance forms in the world. It’s all about telling stories through long, lean lines, fast footwork while wearing 100 bells on each ankle, and drawing the audience in through the merest arch of a brow, or flick of the wrist, or tip of the head.
My Kathak classes are temporarily on hold while my arm heals (the whole falling on ice and hurting my elbow thing), but I will resume them just as soon as I can.
I’ve also been taking swing dancing classes, which is wildly different from Kathak, and I love love love it. I’d learned the basics as a child – I get the dancing gene from my mom – but it’s a whole different ball game to actually learn steps like the “Suzie Q.” and the “Texas Tommy” and the “Swingout,” and then put them together in the Lindy Chorus. And assuming my husband and I actually make it to the Frankie100 celebration at Glen Echo Park next Saturday, I’ll be in jitterbug heaven.
I need to dance
You know my dog is going through ongoing treatments for cancer (we went for her third melanoma vaccine on Wednesday and she is learning how to eat neatly without half her jaw). Cancer seems to be all around.
From the relatively benign but irritating basal cell carcinomas my husband regularly sees a dermatologist for; to Suzy Q. (see there’s a swing move called “Suzie Q.?” How about that for a coincidence?!); to a friend of mine who is in the terminal stages of lung cancer, I don’t seem to be able to get away from it. At some point hopefully I will, but it doesn’t seem likely right now.
And so I dance
For release, for relief, for therapy, for exercise, for joy, for life.
I hope you do too.
dbvickery Okaaay! “All she wants to do is… all she wants to do is…” there, are you happy?
I’m very glad you lived to tell the tale. Be careful out there!
Shonali dbvickery Took my first ride on the Harley today…and lived to type this message. So life is good. Looking forward to a lot of tennis this weekend, hit a few graduation parties for friends’ kids, do a lot of grilling (pork steak tonight, chicken fajitas tomorrow, and queso burgers on Sunday)…and maybe take that Harley out for a few more spins.
C’mon, sing it with me, “all she wants to do is…all she wants to do is dance”
RobBiesenbach That would have been so much fun, Rob! Last year I think abbief got everyone singing, I have no idea why they didn’t have dancing! Well – we’ll just have to remedy that at #prsaicon in DC later on. :)
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
dbvickery OMG Don Henley is so… not who I want to dance to. ;) And yes, you DID see me dance after Social Slam – that was so much fun!
Thanks for stopping by, my friend. How are you?
Think I saw you dance after Social Slam, right? But, really…Dancing Queen? How about Don Henley’s “All She Wants to Do is Dance”?
This is awesome, Shonali””too bad they didn’t have dancing at CAPRSA! I love how they are certain songs that make us jump out of our chairs and bust a proverbial move. Very sorry for your pup!


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Summer Fun & Games: Treasured Time Capsules
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Summer Fun & Games: Treasured Time Capsules Drop by and create a vintage craft to take home during the final Summer Fun & Games program. Capture your favorite summer memories to keep in a Treasured Time Capsule. Bring blanket and picnic lunch to enjoy on the lawn. Best for kids ages 3-12, with adult.


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A Remembrance Day memorial service was held in front of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, in commemoration of the Japanese Canadians who participated in the war on November 11, 2021.
December 7th, 2021 marks the 80th anniversary since Canada’s declaration of war against Japan, in response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. All Japanese-Canadian were subsequently forced to leave their homes and were forcibly relocated to isolated internment camps.
Due to COVID-19, approx. 200 people attended from outside the restricted area
Due to COVID-19 regulations, the number of attendees allowed inside the restricted area was limited to 50 people. However, approximately 200 people attended from outside the area.
The ceremony began at 10:30 am with a greeting from the moderator, David Iwaasa. It was followed by Kevin Takahide Lee’s performance of “O Canada”, then proceeded by David Iwaasa introducing the representatives of each group who donated a wreath to the service, and a video showing footage of Japanese Canadian soldiers in World War II.
Reverend Roderick Hashimoto of the Konko Church in Vancouver then gave a touching speech, followed by a trumpet performance and a moment of silence.
At 11:00 am, a lament was performed on the bagpipes, followed by another song played on the trumpet. Eileen Kitamura then read “In Flanders Fields” and David Mitsui gave a speech commemorating the 90th anniversary since Japanese Canadian veterans from WWI won the right to vote in Canada.
Subsequently, three attendees, including the honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, MP of the Vancouver Center, gave heartfelt speeches. Finally, the representatives of each group donated their wreath to the memorial stand, and the one-hour ceremony ended with Kevin Takahide Lee performing “God Save the Queen.”
After the ceremony, other attendees started offering their own lapel poppies to wreaths at the memorial stand.
“I hope that the more recent Japanese immigrants coming to Canada will also be interested in this history.”
The Consul General of Japan in Vancouver, Takashi Hatori, attended the ceremony and told us that this is his fourth time attending the memorial since his first arrival in Vancouver as Consul General. He emphasized the importance of Remembrance Day in commemorating the Japanese immigrants and Japanese Canadians who suffered during the war. He additionally hopes that the more recent Japanese immigrants coming to Canada will also be interested in this history.
“You are your best advocate, so be grateful we are all in this position. Pave the way to be stronger than the last.”
Mike Yamauchi, a 29-year-old fourth-generation Japanese-Canadian whose grandfather fought and was a troop to Europe in World War II, said “I believe that Covid-19 has affected the economy and biased people towards racism and nationalism. However, I also think that it was a wake-up call for our society, as we were able to take a step back and realize what is important in life.
Reconciliation for Indigenous communities that faced the atrocity of residential schools are finally getting recognition.
People are standing up to their employers and demanding fair treatment. The everyday unnecessary actions are being rethought, moving to working from home, and meetings over zoom.”
He added, “The most important thing in my life is my current family and pets. It has taught me to cherish the items I have and the relationships I continue to have, as my family who didn’t go to war during WWII were stripped of their possessions and sent to internment camps.”
He advised the youth “to speak up and fight for what’s best for yourself even if it causes turmoil with others. You are your best advocate, so be grateful we are all in this position because before the war, it wasn’t like this. Spend time learning about the previous generations, what they experienced, what they went through, and pave the way to be stronger than the last.” On a final note, he suggested the youth to “learn from our elders so we don’t make the same mistakes.”
The live streaming of the memorial service has been released and can be accessed here. Remembrance Day 2021 at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Vancouver, live stream
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- S-20 & Nisei Veterans Association
- In honour of Roy Kawamoto
- Government of Canada
- Consul General of Japan
- VPD and Mounted Squad
- City of Vancouver
- Vancouver Parks Board
- Tonari Gumi
- VJLS & Hall
- BC Jodo Shinshu Temples
- Vancouver Konko Faith
- Vancouver Japanese United Church
- Vancouver Holy Cross Church
- Seicho-No-le Church
- North American Daughters of the Revolution
(Reporting in Japanese/Photos by Toru Furukawa; Translating and editing by Keiko Nishikawa; Video by Koichi Saito)

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) – Fire investigators are trying to determine what started a fire at a two-story apartment building in Fayetteville early Wednesday morning.
Firefighters were dispatched to 920 Pedro Drive at the Margarita Villas Apartments.
When crews arrived, there was heavy fire coming from an apartment on the second floor.
Fire officials said everyone was evacuated and there were no injuries.
The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation.
PWC was called out to disconnect utilities due to the amount of damage to one of the apartment units.
The resident denied assistance from the Red Cross. Fire officials estimated about $10,000 worth of damage.


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Klieverik announced the launch of its new GTC111-5400 extra large-format printing machine.
The industrial rotary thermo-processing equipment provider said that the solution allows users to achieve the best possible fixation results on materials up to 5m wide, as well as narrow width shafts from direct textile printers.
User will also benefit from reliability and consistency through the use of multiple heating elements over the full width, while other features include touch screen operation, pneumatic tension settings, incorporated textile through feed.
John Selfhout, head of marketing at Klieverik, said: “In our design we made all necessary provisions to ensure ease of operation. Because of the incorporated easy feeding it only takes two persons to feed the calendar.”
Klieverik’s new GTC131-2000 SP F high capacity single piece transfer printing calendar, with a 760 mm heating drum. Features on the machine include single piece transfer printing and roll-to-roll functionality, a long glass table and movable separation bar for easy paper feeding.
This presentation marks the extension of the portfolio of GTC products and will completed by a 3.2m roll-roll machine as well as a 1m-drum diameter calendar.
Selfhout added: “Our technology differs from the technologies our colleagues use. This makes our calendars reliable and easy to work with. And above all, our calendars deliver constant quality in the production process.


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Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes, has been elected into the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a lifetime distinction by the world’s largest general scientific society. She is honored “for innovative work on the neurovascular regulation of inflammation and tissue repair and the identification of the molecular interface that blood proteins utilize to interact with nervous system cells.”
“AAAS is proud to bestow the honor of AAAS Fellow to some of today’s brightest minds who are integral to forging our path into the future,” says Sudip Parikh, PhD, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals. “We celebrate these distinguished individuals for their invaluable contributions to the scientific enterprise.”
Akassoglou’s election as an AAAS Fellow recognizes her pioneering work on the relationship between the brain, immune, and vascular systems. She discovered that when blood proteins leak into the brain, they trigger inflammation and prevent repair, contributing to neurological diseases including Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis.
Akassoglou’s research team also uncovered that the blood-clotting factor fibrin hijacks receptors on immune and nervous system cells, which triggers inflammation and, eventually, nerve damage. With this knowledge, her team developed a new immunotherapy to neutralize the toxic effects of blood in disease. In mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis, this first-in-class immunotherapy targeting fibrin protected against neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and disease progression.
To study the neurovascular interface, Akassoglou’s lab developed cutting-edge imaging tools that reveal, in real time, the early triggers and progression of neurodegenerative disease. Her work has ushered in a new era of research and therapeutics to neutralize the damaging effects of blood in a wide-range of neurological and inflammatory diseases.
“I am honored and humbled to be elected as a fellow of AAAS in recognition of our work on blood proteins and neurovascular regulation of disease,” says Akassoglou, who is also director of the Gladstone-UCSF Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology, and professor of neurology at UC San Francisco. “I’m grateful to my lab members and collaborators for their immeasurable contributions to these studies over the past 20 years. Election to AAAS further encourages us to follow our curiosity about how brain diseases start and progress and we look forward to new discoveries contributing to the advancement of science.”
Akassoglou has previously received several prestigious awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. She received the Barancik Prize, awarded by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to scientists whose work in multiple sclerosis research has demonstrated outstanding innovation and originality. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Neurological Association, and was named among the Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business in 2021 by the San Francisco Business Times.
The 2021 class of AAAS Fellows includes 564 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. Each new lifetime fellow was nominated by existing fellows, reviewed by steering groups representing individual scientific disciplines, and then voted on by the full AAAS Council.
Akassoglou becomes the fifth AAAS fellow at Gladstone, joining Gladstone President Deepak Srivastava, MD, elected in 2011; Gladstone Senior Investigator Jennifer Doudna, PhD, elected in 2008; Gladstone Senior Investigator Warner Greene, MD, PhD, elected in 2004; Gladstone Founder and President Emeritus Robert Mahley, MD, PhD, elected in 1998; and former Gladstone President R. Sanders Williams, MD, elected in 1992.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine; Science Signaling; a digital, open-access journal, Science Advances; Science Immunology; and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement, and more. For additional information about AAAS, visit www.aaas.org.
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