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Ukraine's gas supply dispute with Russia stirs fears a 2006 and 2009 'gas war' situation could happen again
Ukraine has stopped importing Russian gas last Friday following a pricing dispute with Russia's state export monopoly Gazprom. The gas flow to Europe has so far been unaffected.
The announcement came weeks before Kiev is due to sign a free-trade agreement with the EU – a decision opposed by Russia who sees it as Ukraine escaping from its sphere of influence.
"There have been no supplies to Naftogaz since Friday," an industry source said, referring to the Ukrainian state-owned energy company that buys Russian gas.
A source in Ukraine's gas industry also said that the gas pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz had ordered Naftogaz to stop purchases of Russian gas on Friday.
Around half of the gas Russia supplies to Europe is transported via Ukraine, which makes the whole issue rather sensitive for the rest of the continent.
However an official at Gazprom said transit flows of Russian gas to European clients via Ukraine were continuing unaffected. "All requests for exports are being fulfilled," he said.
Both Gazprom and Naftogaz declined to comment.
The price of gas Ukraine pays to Russia has been at heart of the dispute that puts energy security of the whole Europe at risk. Ukraine pays around $400 per 1,000 cubic metres of Russian gas, one of the highest prices in Europe. Recently, it has asked Moscow to ease the terms, as it considers them to be excessive and unaffordable for its debt-ridden economy.
Last month, Gazprom raised the stakes in the stand-off, saying Ukraine had failed to pay for August deliveries in full.
The dispute has raised concerns of a new "gas war" over prices between the two countries, similar to those in the winters of 2006 and 2009 which caused supplies to be disrupted to Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
Kiev has been trying to reduce its dependence on energy supplies from Russia by fostering closer relation with Europe reducing gas intake from Russia.
The agreements with the EU on association and free trade, expected to be signed at a summit on 28 November, offer the 46 million inhabitants of the former Soviet republic the chance to shift west away from Russia.
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A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have been important since before recorded history, and have played a key role in trade, war, and migration. At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass.
Mountain passes make use of a gap, saddle or col (also sometimes a notch, the low point in a ridge). A topographic saddle is analogous to the mathematical concept of a saddle surface, with a saddle point marking the highest point between two valleys and the lowest point along a ridge.[1][2] On a topographic map, passes are characterized by contour lines with an hourglass shape, which indicates a low spot between two higher points.[3]
Passes are often found just above the source of a river, constituting a drainage divide. Passes may be very short, consisting of steep slopes to the top of the pass, or valleys of many kilometres, whose highest point is only identifiable by surveying.
Roads have long been built, and more recently railways, through passes. Some high and rugged passes may have tunnels bored underneath to allow faster traffic flow throughout the year.
The top of a pass is frequently the only flat ground in the area, a high vantage point, so it is often a preferred site for buildings. For countries whose borders are delimited by a mountain range, the pass is typically part of the border, and the facilities likely include a border control or customs station, and possibly a military post as well, as relatively few soldiers are required to guard a pass. For passes with roads, it is also customary to have a small roadside sign giving the name of the pass and its elevation above mean sea level. An example of this is Argentina and Chile that share the world's third longest international border, 5,300 kilometres (3,300 mi) long. It runs from north to the south through the Andes mountains, with a total of 42 mountain passes.[4][5]
As well as offering relatively easy travel between valleys, passes also provide a route between two mountain tops with a minimum of descent. As a result, it is common for tracks to meet at a pass; this often makes them convenient routes even when travelling between a summit and the valley floor. Passes traditionally were places for trade routes, communications, cultural exchange, military expeditions etc. A typical example is the Brenner pass in the Alps.
There are many words for pass in the English-speaking world. In the United States, pass is very common in the West, the word gap is common in the southern Appalachians, notch in parts of New England, and saddle in northern Idaho[citation needed]. Scotland has the Gaelic term bealach (anglicised "Balloch"), while Wales has the similar bwlch (both being British Celtic languages). In the Lake District of north west England, the term hause is often used, although the term pass is also common—one distinction is that a pass can refer to a route, as well as the highest part thereof, while a hause is simply that highest part, often flattened somewhat into a high level plateau.
There are thousands of named passes around the world, some of which are well-known, such as the Great St. Bernard Pass at 2,473 metres (8,114 ft) in the Alps, the Khyber Pass at 1,027 metres (3,369 ft) between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Khardung La at 5,359 metres (17,582 ft) in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The Marsimik La at 5,590 metres (18,340 ft) is a lesser-known pass; it is one of the world's highest motorable passes and lies in India, on the northernmost tip of the Changthang Plateau, near the Chinese border.
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Obamacare, the biggest change in the nation's health-care system in decades, is upon us.
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The Clemson women's golf team wrapped up play at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Invitational in New Orleans, La. on Tuesday.
In Monday's round, the Tigers shot 320 as a team at the English Turn Golf Club.
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The Clemson women's golf team improved their team score by nine strokes on Monday in the second round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic at the San Mar Country Club near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Clemson women will bring two freshmen and three sophomores to 15-team event in Puerto Rico.
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Unless you spent the last year on Venus, you've probably heard about the General Services Administration (GSA) 2010 Las Vegas conference scandal that kicked off investigations involving up to 77 other GSA conferences. It now appears these multi-million dollar employee conferences are only the tip of the GSA iceberg.
Yesterday the House Transportation Committee Chairman, John Mica, R-Fla., revealed that the GSA employees have reaped a staggering 10 percent of the entire federal government's bonus checks, totaling more than $44 million last year, when the GSA only represented one percent of the government workforce; the revelation eclipses earlier estimates exploding the scope of the investigations into the inner workings of the GSA.
Preliminary investigations have uncovered many bonuses worth $50,000 apiece, some of which have gone to employees under investigation in the GSA conference scandal. One GSA employee admitted to receiving a $79,000 bonus bringing his annual compensation to nearly $260,000, on par with the salary of the President of the United States.
The corruption continues to unravel like an onion as it was discovered that GSA also frittered away millions in overtime payments including one case where a GSA employee earned $115,000 in overtime on top of an $84,000 salary.
"There's something wrong at GSA when you have to pay an employee $115,000 in overtime," Mica said.
A spokesperson for the GSA said, "Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini is reviewing all bonuses and the entire performance award system as part of his comprehensive, top to bottom review of all agency operations. This review has already uncovered clear deficiencies in the area of performance awards. In response, Tangherlini has cut executive bonuses and instituted a hiring freeze across the agency."
Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., expressed concern at Wednesday's hearing that all the troubling news was casting ordinary GSA employees in a bad light. She called on Tangherlini, who was not present Wednesday, to appear before the committee. She said lawmakers should "defend" hard-working employees at the agency, but not the "garbage" that's wasting taxpayer dollars.
Apparently Tangherlini's memo wasn't read by too many at the GSA because while the House committee was holding its hearing the GSA was having yet another conference, this time at the Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
The 2012 GSA SmartPay Training Conference at Opryland runs from Tuesday to Thursday this week for banks investing in the agency's so-called GSA SmartPay system and includes a broad range of officials within GSA.
Doesn't it do your heart good to know our corrupt government is entertaining the corrupt banks?
Cynthia Metzler, a Clinton Administration appointee to the Department of Labor and currently the GSA's chief administrative services officer, attempted to defend the actions of the agency saying that under new leadership, GSA has canceled 37 previously scheduled conferences and is conducting a "top-to-bottom" review and that they had discovered a "pattern of mismanagement" spanning multiple administrations and said "it must stop."
It sounds like the GSA decided to start their budget diet tomorrow. Let's just slip in one more conference before the crack-down; unfortunately that diet was supposed to have started months ago.
In a statement from GSA to Fox News the agency said, "As of April 2012 all spending for events, including training conferences, leadership events, team building exercises, award ceremonies, were suspended. The 2010 awards ceremony was an annual event and has been in existence going back to 2002. Under the new GSA leadership these events and this type of spending are not tolerated."
Except, apparently, when there's a chance to strut your stuff at Opryland.
There's surely some bureaucratic excuse why the Nashville conference is going on right now, like "the money was already allocated," or "the conference had been scheduled before the April cut-off." In any case, it would seem much of our federal government, even when caught with their fingers in the cookie jar, just can't stop themselves.
Obama Stands By While GSA Corruption is Revealed
The optics of another lavish event in the midst of an investigation are not good for the Obama Administration. It's one thing when you're blind to the corruption; it's another thing when it's splashed all over the newspapers. Is there any question that the culture of corruption at GSA continues despite promises to the contrary?
Where's the president footprint on the backs of the administrators at GSA? While the government has rung up a near $16 trillion debt and are blowing through $1.2 trillion a year more than it brings in, you'd expect Mr. Obama would freeze all wasteful government spending, even if only to improve his re-election odds.
Logic and Liberals: a contradiction in terms.
With a single stroke of the pen the president could separate himself from the taxpayer-funded DC party scene. Democrats insist on raising the taxes of folks making over $200 thousand a year, which will only yield $5 billion a year, when that amount would be easily surpassed by simply yanking the "let the good times roll" budgets from government agencies and limit overtime to a figure in-line with commercial businesses.
Is it any wonder most people have little respect for their government?
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"I think the biggest thing is to start getting him in a game,
a little bit of game action," Allen said Friday. "I'm not ready to say that he
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mistakes the last couple of weeks but yet, Carson's been one of the reasons
why, specifically, earlier in the year, why we had a chance in certain games."
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see what it has in the second-year product of Ohio State.
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Carson Palmer than it does with the Raiders needing to see what they have in
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At present, several species of water-purifying plants, bacteria, and fish and other things are used in water purification, improving efficiency and/or ecosystem support. Purification implies removal of impurities from the water. Different organisms have different removal mechanisms, and some organisms may be ineffective at removing impurities of interest.
Parasites, bacteria and viruses may be injurious to the health of persons or livestock ingesting the water. These pathogens may have originated from sewage or from the excrement of domestic or wild animals or birds. Pathogens may be killed by ultraviolet sunlight unless that sunlight is blocked by plants or suspended solids.[1]
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Saprophytic bacteria convert dissolved organic impurities into living cell mass, carbon dioxide and water. These saprophytic bacteria may then be eaten by flagellates and ciliates which also consume suspended organic particles including viruses and pathogenic bacteria. Clarity of the water may begin to improve as the protozoa are subsequently consumed by rotifers and cladocera.[4] Purifying bacteria, protozoa, and rotifers must either be mixed throughout the water or have the water circulated past them to be effective. Sewage treatment plants mix these organisms as activated sludge or circulate water past organisms living on trickling filters or rotating biological contactors.[5]
Aquatic vegetation may provide similar surface habitat for purifying bacteria, protozoa, and rotifers in a pond or marsh setting; although water circulation is often less effective. Plants and algae have the additional advantage of removing nutrients from the water; but those nutrients will be returned to the water when the plants die unless the plants are removed from the water. Plants also provide shade, a refuge for fish, and oxygen for aerobic bacteria.[6] In addition, fish can limit pests such as mosquitoes. Fish and waterfowl feces return waste to the water, and their feeding habits may increase turbidity. Cyanobacteria have the disadvantageous ability to add nutrients from the air to the water being purified.
The choice of organism depends on the local climate different species and other factors. Indigenous species usually tend to be better adapted to the local environment.
Different plant species are necessary in each of four depth-zones.[7]
- 0–25 centimetres (0.0–9.8 in)
- 40–60 centimetres (16–24 in)
- 60–120 centimetres (24–47 in)
- Greater than 120 centimeters (47 in)
Water purifying[edit]
Plants purify water by consuming excess nutrients and by de-acidifying it by removing carbon dioxide.
- Nymphea alba; for temperate climates, depth 60–120 cm, is one of the best options.
- Phragmites australis, for temperate climates, is one of the best options. Now invasive in many areas.
- Sparganium erectum, for temperate climates, depth 60–120 cm, is one of the best options.
- Iris pseudacorus, for temperate climates, depth 0–20 cm, is one of the best options, is invasive.
- Schoenoplectus lacustris, for temperate climates.
- Carex acutiformis, for temperate climates.
- Stratiotes aloides, for temperate climates, depth 40–60 cm, is one of the best options.
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, temperate climates, depth 40–60 cm is one of the best options. Extremely invasive and is listed on the Washington State Noxious Weeds list.
- Acorus calamus, for temperate climates
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, temperate climates, depth 40–60 cm, is one of the best options.
- Nuphar lutea, temperate climates, depth 60–120 cm, develops floating leaf.
Different species required for each of 3 depth-zones. The fish need to be herbivores.
- Surface
- Middle
- Bottom
- Leuciscus leuciscus, for temperate climates.
- Leuciscus idus, for temperate climates.
- Scardinius erythrophthalmus, for temperate climates.
- Rutilus rutilus, for temperate climates.
- Tinca tinca, for temperate climates.
Indigenous bacteria are preferred to ensure that good adaptation to local conditions. Bacteria can be grown by submerging straw (or other plant material) in water for several days. The bacteria automatically populate the material.
- Alcaligenes[8]
- Bacillus[8]
- Beggiatoa[9]
- cyanobacteria
- Flavobacterium[8]
- Pseudomonas[8]
- purple sulfur bacteria[9]
- Sphaerotilus[9]
- Amoeba[9]
- Arcella[9]
- Blepharisma[8]
- Didinium[9]
- Euglena[9]
- Hypotrich[8]
- Paramecium[9]
- Suctoria[10]
- Stylonychia[9]
- Vorticella[9]
- Chironomidae bloodworm larva[9]
- Podura aquatica water springtail[9]
- Psychodidae drain fly or filter fly larva[9]
Extra considerations[edit]
For ecologic/self-purifying ponds, de-nutrified soil needs to be taken for the plants to prevent the possible growth of algae. Coconut fibre growing medium is best used to prevent soil from being spread around and to sometimes to let the plants root in.
Example system[edit]
The following choices occupy all depth-zone niches and are mutually compatible in the same pond.
- 0–20 cm—Iris pseudacorus, Sparganium erectum
- 40–60 cm—Stratiotes aloides, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
- 60–120 cm—Nymphea alba, Nuphar lutea
- Deep—Myriophyllum spicatum
- Surface—Leuciscus leuciscus, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, ...
- Middle—Rutilus rutilus
- Bottom—Tinca tinca
See also[edit]
- Fair, Gordon Maskew, Geyer, John Charles & Okun, Daniel Alexander Water and Wastewater Engineering (Volume 2) John Wiley & Sons (1968)
- Hammer, Mark J. Water and Waste-Water Technology John Wiley & Sons (1975) ISBN 0-471-34726-4
- Metcalf & Eddy Wastewater Engineering McGraw-Hill (1972)
- ^ Fair, Geyer & Okun pp.31-3&31-4
- ^ Hammer pp.29&35
- ^ Metcalf & Eddy pp.256-258&492
- ^ Metcalf & Eddy pp.380&381
- ^ Fair, Geyer & Okun pp.32-12,32-31&34-2
- ^ Several types of plants required to form a water-purifying pond
- ^ Several-depth zones of plants need to be determined
- ^ a b c d e f Hammer pp.54&61
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fair, Geyer & Okun p.34-8
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Now that we've seen P&O's new
, now docked at Southampton and offering pre-inaugural tours to industry and media types, including Cruise Critic, we're pretty sure that the line's pre-cruise hype on its innovative qualities was for real.
After spending a night onboard Monday, we can attest that the kid facilities onboard rate highly, Marco Pierre White's onboard eatery will be too popular for its own good, and Cirque Ventura, the ship's circus skills-school, will be fun for all ages.
And yet, the question obsessing most of the folks onboard was this: How much more innovative can cruise ships become in the future?
Believe it or not? Way more.
In "Celebrating 50 Years of Travel by Sea," a commemorative booklet jointly produced by the Passenger Shipping Association, which supports the cruise industry and travel agents, and Lloyds Cruise International, there are interesting futuristic ideas out there that haven't come to fruition. The booklet was left in cabins onboard Ventura.
Take a look at where it anticipates cruising will go:
You've heard of Royal Caribbean's Genesis-class ships, right? This pair of 220,000-ton, 5,400-passenger ships -- to be the largest-ever by more than 40 percent over the current title holder (Freedom of the Seas) -- launches in 2009. But rumors are afoot that an even more massive ship, a design put forward by an unnamed Japanese company, calls for a 370,00-ton, 8,400-passenger ship called Princess Kaguya. Alas, it could be a pie-in-the-sky project; no details are available.
Ironically, Royal Caribbean just today unveiled some details about its Genesis-class ship. Major? The ships will feature a
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U.K. cruise ship designer John McNeece is featured as noting that something "radical and innovative" would emerge at some point in the not so distant future and he gives one example. Some ships, he noted in the booklet, could have three interlocking parts. The "mother ship" would the main venue with mobile pods that could disengage -- and take passengers to different ports. Again, nobody's giving specifics but it could be a fantastic idea for places like Naples (one pod could go to Capri, another to the Amalfi Coast and the big ship to the city itself) and St. Thomas (same goes -- one pod to St. John, another to Virgin Gorda and the mother ship to Charlotte Amalie).
We have heard, incidentally, something along the same lines being put forward in the design of river boats. Because these vessels are limited in length by the size of the locks on the rivers they cruise, a larger ship could be divided into three parts and each could enter the locks individually.
Finally how about having a "Design Cruise Ship" exclusively designed for entertainment-- such as watching a haute couture catwalk show or an exclusive rock concert? That's another idea floating about, but again no one has yet come up with a prototype -- but aren't we getting close to this already? For example U.K. band Scouting For Girls are due to fly in by helicopter and perform onboard RCI's Independence of the Seas later this month.
Going back to the present day, here are some initial thoughts on the 115,000-ton, 3,100-passenger Ventura:
First impression? There's a lot of the wood look. This may not make sense until you are actually onboard but to me it felt like a lot of the interior was full of different wood paneling - from light pine on the walls leading to the cabins to dark mahogany in the main Baytree dining area.
Definitely the kids facilities are fantastic. The entire aft section of deck 16 is awash with colour (very bright) as it is completely dedicated to the young passengers. There are soft toys, a playhouse, computers and general adult free zones such as Toybox, Tumblers and The Den for the masses of youngsters booked onboard this summer. It seriously rivals Disney.
Lounge rats will have a blast. Yes, there are a dozen bars -- about what you'd expect on a ship of this size. But there's literally a style for just about every taste. If you want to get really comfortable with a pint (or two) then head to Exchange, the traditional British pub. The Red Bar's energy will undoubtedly come from its colours as much as the libations. The Havana, Ventura's Cuban-themed nightclub, was the "cool kids" place; people were packed onto the dance floor all night long.
The Oasis Spa feels special. Spacious, definitely. The adjacent Oasis Pool, with its raised seating area offering privacy away from the masses, looked like an ideal place to spend the afternoon lazing in the sun or shade. To me it had a kind of Grecian feel to it.
Marco Pierre White's The White Room was, incongruously, very dark in ambience.
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Day one of #PhRMA14 was a success! Celgene CEO and PhRMA Chairman Bob Hugin set the tone for the meeting by emphasizing the industry's commitment to the patient. It is because of that commitment that we have seen tremendous progress and a real prospect of producing dramatic breakthroughs. Yet, there are still challenges that must be addressed, and discussions tomorrow will speak to six key initiatives to help address them.
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Bonjour, Mon Ami!
(Or, in English, "Hello, my friend!") Inspired by all things French...
See more detail here. I took the blues and greens from Bella and added a pop of red!
What is your favorite print? Today mine is the brown one on top - it is called Grand Dame! But really it is the juxtaposition of all the prints that I like best. (There are two prints that aren't shown - in light aqua and cream.)
Shipping in April - if you like it please ask your local shop to order it from Blend Fabrics!
I CAN'T WAIT to sew with this collection!
Happy sewing!
P.S. The winner of the Dresden Giveaway is Crazy Amy - congratulations and thanks so all who entered!
11 comments:
- Tabatha said...
Bonjour Amanda, mon nom est Tabatha et j'ai grandi au Québec.
Jedoch ist mein Ehemann deutsch und wir besuchen häufig but I'm 100% Canadian!
I love your fabrics, they're more intriguing from the mainstream, more mature, a good thing! <3
~ Tabatha at BendingPins.com ~ - February 1, 2013 at 5:59 PM
- Sunnybec said...
Bonjour Amanda, Ca va? Love this fabric especially the greens, going to have to have some... hey I live in France so it's only right I have some.... (hope the Hubs isn't listening!) Linda xx
- February 1, 2013 at 11:29 PM
- Jenny said...
oooh, i think my favorite is not listed in this picture...the aqua all over smnall floral is just a perfect fabric for a solid, yet not solid...my favorite kind of fabric! lovely collection.
- February 2, 2013 at 2:27 AM
- Tammy said...
I love it all. It is so gorgeous.
- February 2, 2013 at 3:39 AM
- Sandy D said...
My favorite would be the one on the very bottom and the green print.
- February 2, 2013 at 5:16 AM
- Michele said...
Of course I love it. I love all your fabrics. Got to save my pennies now so that I can get some.
- February 2, 2013 at 5:41 AM
- Rosa said...
Bonsoir Amanda!!
Love your wonderful fabrics.Happy sewing!! - February 2, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- ~Diana said...
Love the colors...I can't wait! Your designs are always so vibrant and lovely!
- February 2, 2013 at 9:33 AM
- Rebecca Grace said...
I'm with you -- there's just something so yummy about that chocolate brown mixed with the deep jade green/teal/whatever. Very fresh, but still with a vintage flair. Reminds me of that anthropologie shop at SouthPark Mall, which I love (but unfortunately the sizing doesn't work for me. I think their size "large" is really "size large ASIAN SCHOOLGIRL!")
- February 2, 2013 at 2:16 PM
- Snoodles said...
Yum! Love the bottom two on the stack, together! So pretty!
- February 2, 2013 at 3:57 PM
- ikceb said...
I finally made it to the Bernina store to see your trunk show! Amanda, everything was gorgeous! I loved every bit of it! Love the way you quilted based on the print of the fabric. I've just started free motion quilting some of my own, smaller pieces and I had not thought of that.
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A hospital bed or hospital cot is a bed specially designed for hospitalized patients or others in need of some form of health care. These beds have special features both for the comfort and well-being of the patient and for the convenience of health care workers. Common features include adjustable height for the entire bed, the head, and the feet, adjustable side rails, and electronic buttons to operate both the bed and other nearby electronic devices.
Hospital beds and other similar types of beds are used not only in hospitals, but in other health care facilities and settings, such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, outpatient clinics, and in home health care.
While the term "hospital bed" can refer to the actual bed, the term "bed" is also used to describe the amount of space in a health care facility, as the capacity for the number of patients at the facility is measured in available "beds."
Beds with adjustable side rails first appeared in England some time between 1815 and 1825.[1]
In 1874 the mattress company Andrew Wuest and Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, registered a patent for a type of mattress frame with a hinged head that could be elevated, a predecessor of the modern day hospital bed.[2]
The modern 3-segment adjustable hospital bed was invented by Willis Dew Gatch, chair of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, in the early 20th century. This type of bed is sometimes referred to as the Gatch Bed.[3]
The modern push-button hospital bed was invented in 1945, and it originally included a built-in toilet in hopes of eliminating the bedpan.[4]
Modern features[edit]
Wheels enable easy movement of the bed, either within parts of the facility they are located, or within the room. Sometimes, movement of the bed a few inches to a few feet may be necessary in patient care.
Wheels are lockable. For safety, wheels can be locked when transferring the patient in or out of the bed.[5]
Beds can be raised and lowered at the head, feet, and their entire height. While on older beds, this is done with cranks usually found at the foot of the bed, on modern beds, this feature is electronic.
Today, while a full electric bed has many features that are electronic, a semi-electric bed has two motors, one to raise the head, and the other to raise the foot.[6]
Raising the head (known as a Fowler's position) can provide some benefits to the patient, the staff, or both. The Fowler's position is used for sitting the patient upright for feeding or certain other activities, or in some patients, can ease breathing, or may be beneficial to the patient for other reasons.[7]
Raising the feet can help ease movement of the patient toward the headboard and may also be necessary for certain conditions.
Raising and lowering the height of the bed can help bring the bed to a comfortable level for the patient to get in and out of bed, or for caregivers to work with the patient.
Side rails[edit]
Beds have side rails that can be raised or lowered. These rails, which serve as protection for the patient and sometimes can make the patient feel more secure, can also include the buttons used for their operation by staff and patients to move the bed, call the nurse, or even control the television.[8]
There are a variety of different types of side rails to serve different purposes. While some are simply to prevent patient falls, others have equipment that can aid the patient him/herself without physically confining the patient to bed.[9]
Side rails, if not built properly, can be of risk for patient entrapment. In the United States, more than 300 deaths were reported as a result of this between 1985 and 2004.[10] As a result, the Food and Drug Administration has set guidelines regarding the safety of side rails.[11]
In some cases, use of the rails may require a physician's order (depending on the laws of the place and the policies of the facility where they are used) as rails may be considered a form of medical restraint.
Specialist beds[edit]
Many specialist hospital beds are also produced in order to effectively treat different injuries. These include standing beds,[12] turning beds and legacy beds.[13] These are usually used to treat back and spinal injuries as well as severe trauma.
A hospital bed can average cost over $1000.00 USD; with different costs associated with completely manual functions, 2-motor functions and fully electric 3-motor functions (whole bed going up and down). Other costs are associated with bariatric heavy duty models that also offer extra width.[14]
Effect on health of patients[edit]
Hospital beds can make a patient's spine more rounded because a patient who sits up a lot, such as when watching television, tends to slip down.[15]
Patient safety has been a concern with hospital beds.
In 1982, a 3-year-old Milwaukee girl hospitalized for pneumonia was killed when crushed by a mechanical hospital bed.[16]
In 1983, an 11-year-old Illinois boy was strangled to death by a hospital bed.[17]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.askdeb.com/health/bed/
- ^ National Association of Bedding Manufacturers, March 1964, Nation's Oldest Family-Held Bedding Firm: Adam Wuest, Inc.
- ^ http://www.askdeb.com/health/bed/
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=4ksEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=F5Q8TMCeIsP68AbS-IWnBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=LDEZyZD36hYC&pg=PA215&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=oZk8TMf4E4KC8ga4kuSoBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CF4Q6AEwCDhG#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=h7fsEN7YDZoC&pg=PA125&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=fZU8TLfdEIP_8Abj0pimBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=h7fsEN7YDZoC&pg=PA125&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=fZU8TLfdEIP_8Abj0pimBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=B1BobaC-vLAC&pg=PA203&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=pZY8TMnoK4L88AbB0NinBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/understanding-different-kinds-of-hospital-bed-rails-1948094.html
- ^ http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/hospital_beds.html
- ^ http://ute.kendaloutreach.org/learning/HospitalBedSafetyWorkgroupHBSW.aspx
- ^ http://www.nexusdms.co.uk/professional-care-products/adjustable-bed-standingbed
- ^ http://www.nexusdms.co.uk/professional-care-products/product-legacy-bed
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=Ceuq9P4hLJMC&pg=RA1-PT115&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=Spo8TMGHIIH78AbAz5ioBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDsQ6AEwATha#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=0J-wdld5d8EC&pg=PA24&dq=%22hospital+bed%22&hl=en&ei=pZY8TMnoK4L88AbB0NinBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CF8Q6AEwCTge#v=onepage&q=%22hospital%20bed%22&f=false
- ^ Los Angeles Times, Jan 15, 1982 Girl, 3, Killed by Mechanical Hospital Bed, Her Family Says
- ^ The Sun Baltimore, Md. Apr 19, 1983 Illinois boy, 11, strangled in hospital-bed accident
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From a stylish breakfast through to a full a la carte lunch to a serious supper, the Brasserie is flexible, casual and welcoming. Your day might start with 'Pancakes with crispy pancetta and maple syrup', lunch might include a classic 'Steak frites with garlic and herb butter' and supper might finish with a 'Selection of cheeses from the Foodmarket with honeycomb and oatcakes'.
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Back Issue #22
- Posted by Johanna on July 2, 2007 at 5:51 pm
- Category: Books and Prose
It took me a while to start reading Back Issue #22 because I wasn't very interested in the cover feature.
Oh, it's a good one, with a lengthy article on how Robin became a character in his own right in the early 1970s, complete with cover gallery showing his transformation into Nightwing. It's just that I didn't particularly care about that era for that hero. There's also an interview with Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle and a writeup of how Captain America worked with the Falcon.
But after that… it's like they were writing for me. An interview with Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen covers their classic run on the Legion of Super-Heroes. I skipped the piece on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but the history of the founding of Dark Horse had some interesting lessons for today. Then came a slightly older interview with Scott McCloud about Zot!
I love that series dearly, and I'd never seen McCloud talk in depth about his work on it, so I was thrilled. I do wish there had been more of an answer to the question of whether/when we'd see the last set of issues, the best of the bunch, reprinted, but you can't make someone give the answer you'd prefer. I also wish the interview hadn't just stopped, as though the page quota had been filled — the usual "about the interviewer" blurb wasn't even included.
After that comes a look at Blue Beetle and Booster Gold circa the Justice League revamp. Overall, a lot more meat geared to my tastes than I expected just from the cover.
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- Michael Rawdon Says:
July 3, 2007 at 12:04 AMHeh. We have rather different outlooks on the contents of this issue. (I haven't read the issue, but I'm familiar with the subject matter you describe.)
I grew up watching Robin grow up from a teenager to a man, so I have a fondness for those days. I also very much enjoyed the early Tim Drake stories (before the regular series started).
On the other hand, the Levitz/Giffen Legion has always been in my mind the run which wrecked the Legion, changing the characters around for no good reason, given them some truly awful uniforms, and some really haphazard stories. While the run also gave us (eventually) Steve Lightle (one of my fave artists), that feels like scant consolation these days. Give me the Cockrum, Grell, Sherman, or – heck – even the Jimmy Janes Legion over this run any day. Naturaly I don't consider the Levitz/Giffen Legion "classic".
I've tried to read Zot! but was never able to get into it. I've heard the last stuff is the best, but I couldn't wade through the early stuff to reach it; it just felt frivolous, and the art was nothing special.
And lastly, I couldn't stand the Giffen Justice League. The earliest issues had a few decent bits (mostly Kevin Maguire's artwork), but it was dreadfully un-funny, and after the JLI formed what little storytelling there was evaporated right quick. Yick.
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When you play a move that you think is a blunder but it obviously is a winning move.
Every checkmate you accomplished was done by illegal move, such as promoting a white pawn to black knight or hyper-castling:
Your aunt Emily just told you a story of significant family history.
You see, it was she who had given you your genuine, authentic, Bobby Fischer memorabilia magnetic pocket chess set. But she never told you from whence (I like that word) it came. She is elderly and forgetful, as you know.
So, you just assumed that she or, more probably her now deceased husband, your uncle Louie...who, incidentally, happened to be a really bad chess player...had bought it at a flea market or such.
But no! Aunt Emily, with whom you've just visited for Mothers Day, showed you the photograph below of your uncle Louie on the A train back in 1962 with...with...take deep breaths!...and was presented with the chess set, in token of gratitude (for reasons unknown) and everlasting friendship.
The back of the photo is even signed...and with a note: "Dear Louie: Life is a mountain. Keep on chugging up it. Eat plenty of vegetables and fruit. Never hang around with losers." Signed: "Bobby, your pal".
Here, this chess set is being handed over to your beloved uncle Louie. Bobby maintains a solemn countenance, a forlorn goodbye, to his most prized and cherished possession in the whole, wide world:
You are a bad player when you come up with a new novelty and your move appears in a new book called "The dumbest moves of all-time in the history of chess"
Your Aunt Emily also shared this photo with you. It's your uncle Louie, back in '71, piloting his Cessna down to Buenos Aires.
He took along his pal, Bobby to a Candidates match with Tigran Petrossian. And (oh joy!) to celebrate the occasion and give Bobby an opportunity to "warm up" for the match, uncle Louie brought along the gift given to him earlier by Bobby.
Aunt Emily said that piloting the craft and taking this photo with the huge, old time camera was quite a feat in itself. God forbid if uncle Louie had crashed the plane. None of us would be here today playing chess! Now that would be a grevious pity...indeed!
More warming up for the big game, thanks to uncle Louie further loaning the magic chess set to Bobby:
Choosing the colors:
Pondering the moves:
And, the BIG WIN...a winning streak for Bobby of 20-0-0...all thanks to uncle Louie being Bobby's wing man...literally, in flying him down there and letting him warm up on the ersatz chess set that holds esoteric powers.
"Thank you, Louie...thank you...thank you!", is what Bobby told your uncle after the match. Bobby gave him a big, sloppy kiss on the cheek along with a bear hug, as well.
I guess the moral of the story is that there is a place in chess for really bad chess players. Where would Bobby be without his pal, your uncle Louie?
Probably still in Pasadena, washing dishes at the local cafe...that's what I think.
ther is good chess players.and better chess players ,sort saying the glassis half full.....gl
when you say "chess strength is relative" each time you lose
are any of u people masters .to them u r probably bad players,the differnceis they are not neagative toward the chess. com comminuity
Everybody sucks at chess, Jerry...even masters.
A sense of humor is an asset in this troublesome world, not a negativity toward any community.
Sure as hell beats crying.
you could be positive and still have a sense of humor,whats sad about being optamistic and respecting others.
There is no disrespect toward anyone.
That's just your opinion. And, you have a right to your opinion. But, you see, you seem to think that your opinion is objective and absolute.
Opinions simply don't function in that fashion.
I hatch grand schemes, think thru long lines of play, form brilliant strategies, then give the queen away because I "missed" the bishop.
i really love the look on their faces when i play en passant... lolz
Well, just imagine...devoting years, and years and years of your life to finally becoming a chess master. Neglecting your fortune, your family and your health (staying up past your bedtime and such)...all in pursuit of the noble pastime.
Then comes along a free cell phone with a free chess app. And it can beat the Dickens out of you! Shoot!!!
Now...thats gotta sting. Talk about bad. You are good but you feel BAD.
Thusly (good word)...even you are a bad chess player. Yes...I'm talkin' 'bout YOU...sucka.
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Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics
- Posted by Johanna on February 17, 2013 at 4:46 pm
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- CREDITS: by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
- PUBLISHER: Fantagraphics; $29.99 US
This collection of romance comics by the masterful team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is a hoot to read, a real time capsule. Most first appeared in Young Romance, the book that created the romance comic, during the period 1947 to 1959. Also included are a couple of Western love stories (a genre that had its own, multiple titles) and three from Young Love.
All have a dynamism to them that you'd expect from Kirby, even if the emotion is pointed towards heartbreak instead of saving the universe. Some of the stories are much longer than I expected — my familiarity with the genre comes from reading the later DC versions of the titles, with shorter stories than the 14- or 15-pagers that here delve deeply into emotional affects based on age or class differences.
I didn't expect to see stories that crossed genre boundaries, such as the crime-tinged murder story (highly melodramatic, and without the expected happy ending) or the piece set in just-post-War Germany about a girl in love with a visiting American soldier. The one set against the Korean battlefield was too abbreviated to have the desired full impact, but it was still effective.
I didn't care much for the two Westerns, but they're important to include as examples of the period. I really liked the two-page "advice column"-style strip that illustrated the girl's problem, advice, and lesson learned. I wish there had been more. The same goes for stories about women trying to balance work and love.
Michelle Nolan (Love on the Racks) writes an introduction that puts the work in historical context. In afterwords, editor Michael Gagné writes about the genre, shows examples of his restoration work, and notes that he was careful not to include any stories from an earlier collection, Real Love, to avoid duplication for fans.
There's also a cover gallery of the first dozen Young Romance issues, which sets the earlier material off from the later post-Comic Code work. In contrast to the earlier suggestions, those stories emphasize listening to parents and reform through hard work and medical struggles and obligations.
It's neat to read these long-ago tales of girls acting out of jealousy or determining how to make the right love decision in such an easy-to-hold hardcover with restored coloring. I love seeing more of this forgotten period of comic history, particularly since it was so widely popular and yet so ignored these days.
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- Tammy Brown Says:
February 17, 2013 at 5:02 PMJust ordered it! Thanks for the tip!
- Anthony Says:
February 17, 2013 at 5:17 PM"Ignored these days"? But DC just put out a "Young Romance" comic! Sure it's "Young Romance" in name only and involves just using it to promote their superheroes/satisfy trademark renewal requirements, but…uh, never mind…
- Second Young Romance Reprint Collection Due in April » Comics Worth Reading Says:
January 21, 2014 at 6:19 PM[…] thrilled to hear this, since I enjoyed reading the first Young Romance collection of work by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. They were the inventors of the romance comics genre, after […]
- Young Romance 2: The Best of Simon & Kirby Romance Comics » Comics Worth Reading Says:
April 20, 2014 at 10:16 PM[…] first Young Romance volume must have done well, because here's another collection of classic love stories by […]