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The occurrence of calcitonin-secreting primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder is extremely rare.
Case presentation
The case of a 68-year-old male with carcinoid tumor arising in the urinary bladder is presented. Transurethral resection of a polypoid small tumor 0.4 cm in diameter was performed. Immunohistochemical study using neuroendocrine markers allowed a straightforward diagnosis of a low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) of the urinary bladder. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated calcitonin immunoreactivity in the most of the tumor cells.
This tumor shows specific clinical, macroscopical and histological features and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of bladder neoplasms.
The occurrence of primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder is extremely rare. Two cases of these neoplasms have been reported recently by Martignoni and Eble [1]. According to a critical review of the literature performed by these authors, only four [2-5] of twelve previously reported cases showed convincing evidence od neuroendocrine differentiation and might therefore be regarded as pure carcinoid tumors of the urinary bladder. We report a case of a primary calcitonin-producing carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder.
Case presentation
A 68-year-old man was admitted in January 2004 for a macroscopic hematuria. The patient had no relevant past medical or family history, and laboratory data were all within normal limits. A cystoscopic examination was performed and a transurethral resection of a tiny, sessile polypoid lesion of the bladder neck was carried out. Clinical evaluation included ultrasonography and computerized tomography (CT) scan. The patients was seen at last follow-up 14 months after diagnosis and he was completely negative.
Grossly, the tumor was a well-circumscribed, small ovoid nodule of 0.4 cm in diameter. Histologically a polypoid tumor appeared to be covered by slightly attenuated normal urothelium. The tumor filled-up the lamina propria showing a predominantly glandular arrangement (Fig 1A), with scanty anastomosing cords of cuboidal cells with fairly regular nuclei. Foci of von Brunn nests were seen at the periphery near the urothelium (Fig 1B). Mitoses and necrosis were not seen. A panel of immunostains, including antibodies against keratin 7, βHCG, chromogranin, synaptophysin, S-100 protein, NSE, serotonin, calcitonin, TTF-1, progesteron, and p53 protein was applied to representative sections of the tumor using the avidin-biotin complex technique (tab 1).
Figure 1. Composite figure of carcinoid tumor of urinary bladder. A) a glandular arrangement of tumor cells is evident. B) normal urothelium lined the tumor. A von Brunn nest entrapped by the tumor is seen. C-D-E) diffusely positive synaptophysin, chromogranin, and calcitonin immunostaining of tumor cells, respectively. F) urothelium and tumor cells strongly reacted with keratin 7.
Table 1. Primary antibodies used for immunophenotyping
Immunohistochemically the tumor strongly reacted with synaptophysin (Fig 1C), chromogranin (Fig 1D), calcitonin (Fig 1E), keratin 7 (Fig 1F), and NSE. βHCG was positive in about 10% of the neoplastic cells. p53 protein, progesteron, S-100 protein, serotonin and TTF-1 were negative.
The urinary bladder can be the site of tumors exhibiting various degrees of endocrine differentiation. It has become the most common site of extrapulmonary small cell undifferentiated carcinoma [6]. The spectrum of endocrine tumors of the urinary bladder has widened considerably in the past concerning both its morphological feature and its clinical behaviour. The better differentiated members of this group, carcinoid tumors, have an organoid arrangement, with trabecular and glandular patterns of growth, and its origin in the urinary bladder is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge only 6 cases of primary carcinoid tumor of the bladder have been reported [1-5].
The present case shows clinically and microscopically the same features showed by two cases of carcinoid of urinary bladder reported recently by Martignoni and Eble [1]. Their review of the literature disclosed 4 previously reported pure carcinoid tumors of the urinary bladder. These 6 cases and the present case show a striking clinical and pathological overlapping, as shown in tab 2.
Table 2. Clinicopathologic profiles of patients with carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder.
All 6 cases presented with hematuria, most of the patients aged of seven decade. All tumors were small, polypoid nodules at cystoscopy and most of them were localized in the neck of the bladder or trigone. All previously reported 6 tumors and the present case show a glandular architecture. Previous study, and our results have demonstrated the neuroendocrine differentiation. Strikingly the present case showed, immunohistochemically, a strongly reactivity with calcitonin. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case of a well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the urinary bladder reported positive with this neuropeptide.
Some tumors could simulate carcinoid of the bladder, in particular the nested variant of transitional cell carcinoma; differences in the cytologic features and immunohistochemistry should establish the diagnosis. The distinction between carcinoid tumor and inverted papilloma with glandular differentiation can be very difficult, however strong staining for neuroendocrine markers support the diagnosis of carcinoid tumor. Like the classic carcinoid tumors of the appendix, small bowel, or lung, all of the carcinoid tumors of the bladder are histologically and clinically not aggressive.
In conclusion, we here add another case of carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder to the existing literature, this tumor shows specific clinical, macroscopical and histological features and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of bladder neoplasms.
Competing interests
The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
MM participated to write the manuscript
VA operated the patient and participated to draft the manuscript
CM carried out imunohistochemical study
GN operated the patient and participated to draft the manuscript
GDR participated in the design of the study
LI participated in the design of the study
Martignoni G, Eble JN: Carcinoid tumors of the urinary bladder. Immunohistochemical study of 2 cases and review of the literature.
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A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement.[1] KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity in which it engages. Often success is simply the repeated, periodic achievement of some levels of operational goal (e.g. zero defects, 10/10 customer satisfaction, etc.), and sometimes success is defined in terms of making progress toward strategic goals.[2] Accordingly, choosing the right KPIs relies upon a good understanding of what is important to the organization.[3] 'What is important' often depends on the department measuring the performance - e.g. the KPIs useful to finance will really differ from the KPIs assigned to sales. Since there is a need to understand well what is important, various techniques to assess the present state of the business, and its key activities, are associated with the selection of performance indicators. These assessments often lead to the identification of potential improvements, so performance indicators are routinely associated with 'performance improvement' initiatives. A very common way to choose KPIs is to apply a management framework such as the balanced scorecard.
There are four types of performance measures, which fall into two groups as shown in Exhibit:
The two groups of measures | The two types of measures in each group |
Result indicators reflect the fact that many measures are a summation of more than one team's input. These measures are useful in looking at the combined teamwork but do not help management fix a problem as it is difficult to pinpoint which teams were responsible for the performance or nonperformance. |
Performance indicators are measures that can be tied to a team or a cluster of teams working closely together for a common purpose. Good or bad performance is now the responsibility of one team. These measures thus give clarity and ownership. | Performance Indicators (PIs) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) |
KPIs represent a set of measures focusing on those aspects of organizational performance that are the most critical for the current and future success of the organization. KPIs are rarely new to the organization. Either they have not been recognized or they were gathering dust somewhere unknown to the current management team.[5]
KPI story is about a senior official who set about turning around British Airways (BA) in the 1980s, reportedly by concentrating on one KPI. The senior official employed some consultants to investigate and report on the key measures he should concentrate on to turn around the ailing airline. They identified one critical success factor (CSF), the timely arrival and departure of airplanes. (Finding CSFs and narrowing them down to no more than five to eight is a vital step in any KPI exercise, and one seldom performed.) While everybody in the airline industry knows the importance of timely planes, the consultants nevertheless pointed out that this is where the KPIs lay and proposed that he focus on a late plane KPI. The senior official arranged to be notified whenever a BA plane was delayed over a certain time and the BA managers at the relevant airport knew that if a plane was delayed beyond a certain threshold, they would receive a personal call from the senior official based around Banchard's one minute manager reprimand. Whatever the excuse it quite frankly was not good enough. The senior BA official would point out that the manager had over six hours of advance notice that the plane was already late and need to use this window to take actions that would bring the plane back on time. Prior to the "personal call policy," the airport manager (and many other airline employees ) had the "not our fault" syndrome. A late plane created by another BA team was "their problem not ours." But after receiving the personal call from the senior official, the airport manager undertook many proactive steps to recapture lost time, no matter who had created the delay. Actions included:
It was not long before BA planes had a reputation for leaving on time. The late planes KPI was linked to many other critical success factors for the airline including the 'delivery in full and on time' critical success factor, the 'timely arrival and departure of airplanes'; the 'increase repeat business from key customers' critical success factor, etc. The late planes KPI affected many aspects of the business. Late planes: 1. Increased costs, including additional airport surcharges and the cost of accommodating passengers overnight as a result of planes being curfewed due to late-night noise restrictions. 2. Increased customer dissatisfaction and alienated people meeting passengers at their destination (possible future customers). 3. Increased ozone depletion (environmental impact) because additional fuel was used in order to make up time during the flight. 4. Hurt staff development as they learned to replicate the bad habits that created late planes. 5. Adversely affected supplier relationships and servicing schedules, resulting in poor service quality. 6. Increased employee dissatisfaction, as they were constantly dealing with crises and with frustrated customers.[6][7]
From extensive analysis and discussions with over 3,000 participants in KPI workshops, covering most organization types in both public and private sectors, I have been able to define seven characteristics of effective KPIs. Exhibit : Characteristics of effective KPIs
Non-Financial | 1. Non-financial measures (not expressed in dollars, yen, pounds euro, etc.) |
Timely | 2. Measured frequently e.g., 24/7, daily or weekly |
CEO focus | 3. Acted upon by the CEO and senior management team |
Simple | 4. All staff understand the measure and what corrective action is required |
Team based | 5. Responsibility can be assigned to a team or a cluster of teams who work closely together |
Significant impact | 6. Significant impact i.e., it affects more than one of the organization's top CSFs and more than one balanced scorecard perspective |
Limited dark side | 7. They encourage appropriate action (i.e., have been tested to ensure they have a positive impact on performance, whereas poorly thought through measures can lead to dysfunctional behavior) |
Performance indicators differ from business drivers and aims (or goals). A school might consider the failure rate of its students as a key performance indicator which might help the school understand its position in the educational community, whereas a business might consider the percentage of income from returning customers as a potential KPI.
The key stages in identifying KPIs are:
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are ways to periodically assess the performances of organizations, business units, and their division, departments and employees. Accordingly, KPIs are most commonly defined in a way that is understandable, meaningful, and measurable. They are rarely defined in such a way such that their fulfillment would be hampered by factors seen as non-controllable by the organizations or individuals responsible. Such KPIs are usually ignored by organizations.[citation needed]
A KPI can follow the SMART criteria. This means the measure has a Specific purpose for the business, it is Measurable to really get a value of the KPI, the defined norms have to be Achievable, the improvement of a KPI has to be Relevant to the success of the organization, and finally it must be Time phased, which means the value or outcomes are shown for a predefined and relevant period.
In order to be evaluated, KPIs are linked to target values, so that the value of the measure can be assessed as meeting expectations or not.
Every performance measure has a dark side, an unintended negative consequence. The importance of understanding this dark side and the careful selection of measures should never be underestimated. David Parmenter has stated that well over half the measures in an organization may be encouraging unintended behavior. The frequency with which measures are set to fail by at best naïve or at worst corrupt management is breathtaking.[9]
As Dean Spitzer says "People will do what management inspects, not necessarily what management expects"
How performance measures can go wrong can be illustrated by two examples.
1 Late train measure backfires
A classic example is provided by a city train service that had an on-time measure with some draconian penalties targeted at the train drivers. The drivers who were behind schedule learned simply to stop at the top end of each station, triggering the green light at the other end of the platform, and then continue the journey without the delay of letting passengers on or off. After a few stations, a driver was back on time, but the customers, both on the train and on the platform, were not so happy. Management needed to realize that late trains are not caused by train drivers, just as late planes are not caused by pilots. Lesson: Management should have been focusing on controllable events that led to late trains, such as the timeliness of investigating signal faults reported by drivers or preventative maintenance on critical equipment that is running behind schedule.[10]
2 Timeliness of treatment measure fails in accident and emergency department
Managers at a hospital in the United Kingdom were concerned about the time it was taking to treat patients in the accident and emergency department. They decided to measure the time from patient registration to being seen by a house doctor. Staff realized that they could not stop patients registering with minor sports injuries but they could delay the registration of patients in ambulances as they were receiving good care from the paramedics. The nursing staff thus began asking the paramedics to leave their patients in the ambulance until a house doctor was ready to see them, thus improving the "average" time it took to treat patients. Each day there would be a parking lot full of ambulances and some even circling the hospital awaiting a parking spot. Lesson: Management should have been focusing on the timeliness of treatment of critical patients. Thus, they only needed to measure the time from registration to consultation of these critical patients. Nurses would have treated patients in ambulances as a priority, the very thing they were doing before the measures came into being.[11]
There needs to be a new approach to measurement—one that is done by trained staff, an approach that is consultative, promotes partnership between staff and management, and finally achieves alignment with the organization's critical success factors and strategic direction.
Dean Spitzer , an expert on performance measurement, has suggested the appointment of a chief measurement officer who would be part psychologist, part teacher, part salesman and part project manager. The chief measurement officer would be responsible for setting all performance measures, assessing of the potential 'dark side' of a given measure, abandoning broken measures and leading all balanced scorecard initiatives.[12][13]
Some examples are:
Many of these customer KPIs are developed and managed with customer relationship management software.
Faster availability of data is a competitive issue for most organizations. For example, businesses which have higher operational/credit risk (involving for example credit cards or wealth management) may want weekly or even daily availability of KPI analysis, facilitated by appropriate IT systems and tools.
Overall equipment effectiveness, is a set of broadly accepted non-financial metrics which reflect manufacturing success.
By Definition: Percentage of the actual amount of production time the machine is running to the production time the machine is available.
By Definition: Percentage of total parts produced on the machine to the production rate of machine.
By Definition: Percentage of good parts out of the total parts produced on the machine.
Businesses can utilize KPIs to establish and monitor progress toward a variety of goals, including lean manufacturing objectives, minority business enterprise and diversity spending, environmental "green" initiatives, cost avoidance programs and low-cost country sourcing targets.
Any business, regardless of size, can better manage supplier performance with the help of KPIs robust capabilities, which include:
Main SCM KPIs will detail the following processes:
Suppliers can implement KPIs to gain an advantage over the competition. Suppliers have instant access to a user-friendly portal for submitting standardized cost savings templates. Suppliers and their customers exchange vital supply chain performance data while gaining visibility to the exact status of cost improvement projects and cost savings documentation.
The provincial government of Ontario, Canada has been using KPIs since 1998 to measure the performance of higher education institutions in the province. All post secondary schools collect and report performance data in five areas – graduate satisfaction, student satisfaction, employer satisfaction, employment rate, and graduation rate.[14]
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In practice, overseeing key performance indicators can prove expensive or difficult for organizations. Some indicators such as staff morale may be impossible to quantify. As such dubious KPIs can be adopted that can be used as a rough guide rather than a precise benchmark.[citation needed]
Key performance indicators can also lead to perverse incentives and unintended consequences as a result of employees working to the specific measurements at the expense of the actual quality or value of their work.[15][16] For example, measuring the productivity of a software development team in terms of source lines of code encourages copy and paste code and over-engineered design, leading to bloated code bases that are particularly difficult to maintain, understand and modify.
Often times where there is a lack of understanding of how to develop good measures companies will resort to using percentages to quantify their measure. This is wrong and shows that the company did not do enough research on the measure.[citation needed]


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It gives me great pleasure to be able to welcome you to the Kirkcaldy High School web site. I see our web space as having two main functions. The first of these is to inform any interested visitor of the work of the school. Secondly we wish to develop a learning resource which will support the achievement of our learners in its widest sense. Our web site helps us to develop the home/school partnership which is required.
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It's traditionally at this time of year that we take stock and think ahead - looking back at the year past and forward to the one ahead. For Kirkcaldy High School, it has been a year of significant achievements, on many levels. In 2014, we were presented with a COSLA Excellence Award for our pioneering work in respect of teenage pregnancy prevention. We were also finalists in the "Daily Record" Scottish Education Awards, in the Health and Wellbeing category and, in August, we were selected as Kingdom FM's "Best School" in Fife. We are rightly proud of these accolades. And, whilst all this was going on, our young people continued to make very good progress in their SQA exams and in their personal achievements. I am sure that you will know this to be the case; you'll have seen our termly newsletters and our Standards and Quality Report, which highlight our strong progress. I could not be more proud of our young people.
I mentioned teenage pregnancy prevention, and I am pleased to report quite dramatic success in reducing the rate of under 16 pregnancy locally. You will be aware that we have introduced a hard hitting sex and relationships education programme, aspects of which are delivered by "peer educators" - young people specially trained to lead discussion groups on difficult subjects. We have also established a weekly "drop-in" clinic with condom distribution, pregnancy testing and referral for longer term contraception or infection screening.
In 2010, before we began our initiative, the rate of under 16 pregnancy across the KHS catchment was, at 14.2 per thousand, one of the highest in Fife. The latest data shows a big reduction, to 5.2 per thousand—the 4th lowest of any Fife secondary school catchment. I must commend our excellent Guidance Team, led by Mrs Houston and Mrs Ritchie and our terrific School Nurse team, led by Val Reid. This is a very significant achievement.
All parents/carers are invited to attend a special meeting of the KHS Parent Council on Tues 3 Feb. We seek your opinion on recent Fife Council proposals on adjustments to the school day — including the idea to have a shorter Friday for pupils.
May I extend a warm welcome to new teacher, Miss Samfat, in Business Education. Miss Samfat joined us in November after Miss Kelly took up a position in Paisley.
You will know that we make strenuous efforts to keep you informed about the life of KHS. As well as our Newsletter, there is our monthly diary in the Fife Free Press. We also email messages home - if you do not receive these, please contact the school and we'll add you to our mailing list. We use "Parentcall" too—this is a text message or email alert and it will be used to notify you of any school closure or other urgent matter. We regularly ask for updates, but if we do not have your current mobile number, please do advise us. Our website is an up to date resource with lots of "live" information and you perhaps know that we are also the leading Fife school in the use of "Twitter" - you can follow us @KirkcaldyHigh. Many of you already do, and we have almost 900 followers.
Thinking ahead … there remains much to do. We want to be the very best around. Thanks for backing the mission.
Our website is one of the most important ways of keeping in touch. Clicking on our pages, I hope that you will be informed about KHS and impressed by the achievements of our learners. This is becoming an increasingly useful place, a virtual learning space and a key means by which Kirkcaldy High School expands beyond its campus and engages ever more effectively with the wider world.
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The international homeopathic medical society Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis (LMHI), established in Rotterdam in 1925, represents homeopathic physicians in more than 70 countries all over the world. The purposes of the association are the development and securing of homeopathy worldwide and the creation of a link among licensed homeopaths with medical diplomas and societies and persons who are interested in homeopathy. The LMHI is exclusively devoted to non-profit activities serving philanthropic benefits.
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The Hans Walz Foundation at the Robert Bosch Stiftung announces herewith the Hans Walz prize for studies on the history of homeopathy which originated outside the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Stiftung.Hans Walz (1873-1974) was a right-hand man of Robert Bosch the Elder and for many years CEO of the Robert Bosch Company as well as member of the board of trustees of the Stuttgart Homoeopathic Hospital Corporation. Throughout his life he was professionally and personally engaged in advancing homoeopathy.
4th International Homeopathic Scientific conference 20156-7 February 2015, Dhaka-Bangladesh LMHI President Dr. Renzo Galassi and LMHI Treasurer Dr. Altunay Agaoglu were attended to a conference which held in Dhaka, Bangladesh as the guests of LMHI Bangladesh NVP Dr. Mohammed Ashrafur Rahman.
The assembly of the Slovenian MedicalChamber called on December 17, 2014 on the Ministry of Health to change regulations so that doctors practicing homeopathy would not get their licences revoked. The call on the ministry to change the medical doctors service act,which bans doctors from practicing homeopathy and envisages revocation of licence as a punitive measure, was endorsed in a 40-18 vote at the assembly.
On 27 October 2014 the Ministry of Health released the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Regulation. Homeopathy is regulated along with 15 other complementary treatments. These include chiropractic, osteopathy, acupuncture, phytotherapy, hypnosis, prolotherapy, homeopathy, cupping with blood letting, leach therapy, maggot therapy (larva), apitherapy, reflexiology and mezotherapy.
The Homeopathic Medical Association of the State of Rio de Janeiro, with the support of the Brazilian Homeopathic Medical Association and Homoeopathic Institutions participants and on behalf of the Organizing Committee, comes with engagement held in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the 70th Congress of the LIGA MEDICORUM HOMOEPATHICA INTERNATIONALIS.
Main Topics of LMHI Newsletter No.13• New members of the Executive Committee, by Renzo Galassi• Dr. Ulrich D. Fischer, president of Honor of the LMHI, by Renzo Galassi• Some Interesting Anecdotes about Case Taking and Case Analysis, by Andrè Saine• The Logic of Homeopathy, by Ulrich Fischer• Some Oncological cases, by Dario Spinedi• Scientific framework 2013 under revision, by Rajkumar Manchanda• Liga meets a country, Iran, by Marziyeh Shenavar• Quiz Corner, By Pietro Gulia
This joint publication of the Liga Medicorum Homeopathica Internationalis (LMHI) and the European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH) was revised edition after 69th LMHI Congress, July 2014 (Paris, France). The aim is to consider all important aspects of the scientific framework of homeopathic practice including ethical questions, evaluation of daily practice, looking at the level of scientific evidence of each of these aspects.
In March 2013, the LMHI moved its statutory seat from Geneva, Switzerland, to the original house of Dr Samuel Hahnemann in Koethen (Anhalt), Germany. One of the reasons for this decisive step was the intention to achieve the status of a non-profit organization for the LMHI. In August 2013, the German tax offices granted the LMHI this status of a non-profit organization. From now on, the LMHI has the possibility to receive donations and issue receipts.
The LMHI has moved its statutory seat from Geneva, Switzerland, to the original house of Dr Samuel Hahnemann in Koethen (Anhalt), Germany. This move was celebrated in the presence of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Economic Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt Marco Tullner, Koethen's Lord Mayor Kurt-Juergen Zander and other city representatives from the City of Koethen, the LMHI Executive Board, and more than 50 guests from all around the world, including India, Bangladesh, Japan, Turkey, and Serbia, but also from Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands, in a joyful and moving ceremony on 16 March 2013. From 1821 to 1835, Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, lived and praticed in "Wallstraße 47" and it is here where he wrote his work "Chronic Diseases" in 1828. His former residence has been extensively restored by the Hahnemannhouse-Society.
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Some of the Commerce Department's prime data will be easier for other agencies and the public to find, thanks to a collaboration with New York University. Their Governance Laboratory lists seven key areas for the agency to improve to make its data more valuable. Mark Doms is Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he explained how the partnership got started, how it will work, and who wins.
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You might be a dog on the Internet, but nobody can tell for sure. Confidence in who people say they are online is vital to a cyber secure future for government and industry. People at the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace have been working on this problem within the Commerce Department for a couple of years now. Jeremy Grant is senior executive advisor for Identity Management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss some recent progress.
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PTO's telework troubles open new pothole in feds' road to success
The Patent and Trademark Office's challenges demonstrate the need for the government to modernize its rules defining what it means to perform work. Experts say PTO's challenges are part of the growing pains of telework.
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The Census Bureau is doing a good job following directions as it prepares for the 2020 census in the face of mandatory budget cuts the past two years. Todd Zinser is Inspector General of the Commerce Department. He's looking at how closely the Census Bureau is following its financial guidance for absorbing the cuts and preparing for 2020 and can still see some room to improve.
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V.R.S. Natarajan, Chairman and Managing Director of BEML, has contested the April 29 report in these columns on the alleged irregular allotments of housing sites to the niece and a friend of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Adviser T.K.A. Nair.
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However, documents available with The Hindu show that in 2006, the BEML society made an unsuccessful attempt to amend its by-laws and facilitate allotments of plots to non-employees. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies thwarted this move, refusing to ratify the amendment.
Mr. Natarajan was quoted by PTI as saying: "There is a provision under the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act that five per cent of the sites can be given to people who have been nominated by farmers."
He claimed that the public sector defence undertaking's management had no control over the decisions taken by the elected board of the cooperative society. He termed "absolutely unfair and against the facts" the allegation that the allotments were made to secure the Prime Minister's Office's silence on the Tatra truck scam. He also said the plots might have been returned at the behest of Mr. Nair.
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This resolution was sent to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies on April 5, 2006, for approval.
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The overall decline may be attributed to a number of factors, including the closure of two large funders (The Irene Diamond Fund and The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund), at least five funders closing or reducing their HIV-specific portfolios, and several major pharmaceutical companies shifting some funding to other health areas such as Hepatitis C, chronic diseases and maternal and child health. Overall the field continues to remain strongly influenced by the world's largest philanthropic funder of HIV, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which represented more than a third of all funding and decreased grantmaking to HIV by $11 million from 2012 to 2013.
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20:26 » SkySports.comAndrew Shinnie scored a first-half winner as Birmingham grabbed a 1-0 home win over Blackpool in the Sky Bet Championship.
19:31 » SkySports.comLiverpool extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 with a 2-0 win over Burnley at Anfield.
19:15 » SkySports.comManchester United gained a vital 1-0 victory against Newcastle thanks to Ashley Young's late strike, but the match was overshadowed by allegations of spitting against Jonny Evans and Papiss Cisse.
19:14 » SkySports.comGoals from Jordan Rhodes and Adam Henley saw Blackburn to a 2-1 victory against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Wednesday evening.
19:09 » SkySports.comSwansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis collapsed on the pitch as his side were beaten 3-2 by Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.
19:05 » SkySports.comStoke City claimed their first league double over Everton since 1967 with a 2-0 win at the Britannia Stadium.
18:37 » SkySports.comAlexis Sanchez scored his first goal for seven games as Arsenal beat QPR 2-1 to maintain their imperious Premier League form.
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Want to see pure altruism in action? Go to Washington, D.C. - not to the federal government's marble buildings, but to the real city, where ordinary folks live.
"Progressivism leads inevitably to utter irrationality and eventually political, as well as moral, chaos."
The word "help" is so uplifting. It conveys our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this New York Times headline: "Banks' Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills."
Yes, the beautiful and brilliant former aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who, in a role she certainly never sought, has been playing "The Good Wife" on cable news.
Huma Abedin has graduated from sympathetic victim to pathetic enabler. I felt bad for Abedin in 2011 when, as a newly married and pregnant wife, her congressman husband, Anthony Weiner, embroiled her in his sexting scandal. With a baby on the way, she chose to stick with the marriage - a decision others must respect.
"The First Black President ... Spoke First as a Black American," ran the banner headline of Sunday's Washington Post.
It's back. The PATRIOT Act - a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors - has risen again. This time, it's got an added twist of Orwellian intrusiveness from the Obamacans.
Democratic California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has written a bill that would require public schools in his state to allow students to choose which bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams match their gender identity. Both the Assembly and state Senate have passed Assembly Bill 1266. It now sits on the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. If the governor allows the bill to become law, then public school administrators won't be able to assign transgender third-graders to use a separate bathroom or play on the team of their biological gender - even if their motive is to protect a vulnerable child.
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When Rosa Parks sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement by refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. on Dec. 1, 1955, many accepted the notion that she was simply tired and didn't want to get up.
In the aftermath of the acquittal of George Zimmerman, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton and Ben Jealous of the NAACP are calling on the black community to rise up in national protest.
Hunger strikes aren't really hunger strikes anymore. "Hunger strikes are a long known form of non-violent protest aimed at bringing attention to a cause, rather than an attempt of suicide," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., explained in a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Feinstein wants the military to curb the force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Force-feeding - to keep detainees alive - is the new waterboarding.
Crenshaw was one of the hot spots 21 years ago when Los Angeles exploded after the acquittal of the white police officers who had been captured on tape beating Rodney King. For years, the broad thoroughfare was lined with empty buildings. But things have been changing in one of the last African-American neighborhoods in the city. Back in 2006, an African-American investor led a major renovation of the "mall." It now includes a Wal-Mart where area residents both shop and work.
George Zimmerman exhibited the good sense not to flash a triumphant high-five after a jury found him not guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of an unarmed 17-year-old named Trayvon Martin. There was no public victory dance, only a quiet exit from the harsh public spotlight.
Someone did an experiment to test an old tale - that a frog placed in a pot of cool water, which is then slowly and continuously heated, will be boiled to death. By contrast, if thrown directly into scalding hot water, the frog jumps out. But it turns out that, no, once the water got hot enough, the critter hopped out of Dodge.
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The brilliant actor Benedict Cumberbatch is in hot water for getting his words wrong. Appearing on Tavis Smiley's show, the Oscar-nominated star of "The Imitation Game" took a strong stand in favor of greater diversity in Hollywood.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters descend on Washington every January to "March for Life," protesting the horror of more than a million abortions in America every year. Every year the "news" outlets report next to nothing, even when their reporters are there documenting the event as their cameras film it.
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First lady Michelle Obama made an important statement when she showed up in Saudi Arabia with her husband Tuesday to mourn the death of King Abdullah and meet successor King Salman. Though the first lady dressed in a fashion respectful of Saudi custom - in black pants and a long, loose jacket that fully covered her arms and legs - she did not don a headscarf. Saudi women do not have that choice. Thus, the first lady made a fashion statement that sent a politely assertive message to the all-male Saudi delegation.
Within hours after the Supreme Court announced it would decide whether the Constitution requires every state to recognize marriages between persons of the same sex, the New York Times published an editorial gleefully predicting the inevitable outcome. When its ruling comes down in June, the Times assures us, the Supreme Court will "end the debate once and for all."
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"I don't believe I'm poking anyone in the eye," House Speaker John Boehner asserted Wednesday. That was after His Speakership told the media that he had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress about "the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life."
I recently addressed a rather odd topic for an audience of political progressives: "Who was your sports hero growing up?"
Where's the Clint Eastwood Million Cowboy March on Hollywood? The case for bias against Eastwood is far stronger than that of the alleged "snub" of the movie "Selma." "American Sniper," a new film directed by Clint Eastwood, set box-office records for a film opening in January. Yet he was "shut out" of the director category. Was Clint Eastwood, a white, unabashed George W. Bush-supporting Republican, a victim of political discrimination?
The New York Times published a provocative news story called "The New Math on Campus." No, it's not about the failure of Common Core to teach arithmetic; it's about the changing ratio of males to females on most college campuses.
Until recent years, marijuana prohibitionists have been able to intimidate most reform-minded politicians by simply threatening to brand them as "soft on drugs."
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The girls seem to complement each other in terms of status and personality.
Ritsu is the boke, Mio is the tsukkomi. Mio is shy and wants to hide, Mugi is like from another world apart from the girls and wants experience what normal girls do, Yui wants to grow up a little. Yui is the cute non-thinking baka, Ritsu is the leadership and schemer baka. |
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LOL! I thought "Hmm, doesn't seem to be many Tsumugi fanarts..."
So I drew her :} My style doesn't really make her look like her usual self... ANYWAY LOLLIPOP! I was going to go into major detail butttt... I thought a washout piece would also workout![/lazy] Spoiler for OMG SIZE!!!!!:
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Thanks Btw does anyone have any information if this anime is gonna be short or long? Like how many episodes roughly? I know it's probably too early to ask, I'm just curious
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*edit* Actually, there isn't really any solid information regarding the number of episodes. ANN lists it as a 1 cour (13 episodes) series. We probably need more source, but it is very likely that it won't be more than 24 episodes, knowing the standards of the studio.
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I agree at this trying too hard to be moe...its even more obvious in the 2nd episodes.
Spoiler for Trying too hard to be moe moments 2nd episode:
I still like this anime, but sometimes it really feels like watching blobs of moe-ness. For some reason I'm not going moe at any moments but I'm still enjoy the show for what it is ._.
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A nice profile shot of the Nike Zoom Flight 95 "Mavs" from Jason Kidd's Career Pack.
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Not bad. The contrast stitching is a little much along with the midsole pods being reflective blue/green. These have always been classics in my eyes.
@foam – agreed on the pods…bit much with the reflective stuff. Still one of the most iconic Nike silhouettes of all time…
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This 3 credit course draws on literature, history, law, sociology, and anthropology to explore evolving conceptions of "race" in the United States. Students will contemplate perspectives of multiple writers, theorists, and community members. Special emphasis will be given to changing conceptions of "race" in Maine and New England. Experiential activities [may] include a field trip to Malaga Island, a walking tour of the Portland Freedom Trail, and participation in New Mainer's Day.
Posted January 16, 2015
Starting January 21st, join us every Wednesday (when classes are in session) for an hour of socializing and relaxation in the Honors Lounge (253 Luther Bonney). Enjoy tea and basic sandwich fixing, or bring your lunch. We hope to see you there!
Posted January 16, 2015
We are pleased to announce the official launch of our new Honors Program 1 credit course: Honors Dialogue. This course will engage our students in thoughtful discussions surrounding weekly topics. The course will collaboratively examine issues from multiple perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on questioning, listening, identifying-and-suspending assumptions, and developing shared meaning.
Posted October 31, 2014
Honors 105, taught by Professor Vassallo of the Political Science Department, transforms history, philosophy, social thought, literature, and the arts into paths for understanding logical and mathematical concepts and systems. Special emphasis will be placed on developing the skill of detecting logical and statistical fallacies. The scope and limits of logical and mathematical systems will be examined.
Posted October 28, 2014
Join us every Wednesday (when classes are in session) for an hour of socializing and relaxation in the Honors Lounge (253 Luther Bonney).
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Posted October 28, 2014
The USM Department of English once again is presenting its annual lecture series, offering three faculty lectures on diverse topics involving critical historical and cultural analysis. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, represent the interdisciplinary and cutting-edge approach taken to scholarly work by the department faculty.
Posted October 28, 2014
Come and join the Philosophy Dept. for a dynamic panel discussion on "William James in Focus: Willing to Believe", authored by Prof. William Gavin. Thursday, Oct 23, 1:15-2:30 pm, Glickman Library, 7th Floor, Portland Campus. Pizza will be served at 1:00 pm. Free & Open to the public.
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Listen to our very own Honors faculty, Professor Nancy Gish, interviewed on Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Dr. Gish discusses her recent trip to Scotland to witness their historic vote on independence.
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Join us for Honors Hour every Wednesday 12:30-1:30.
Posted September 18, 2014
Did you know that Honors has a new Peer Mentor program to support new students adjust to life at USM? Want to make friends and get tips on succeeding in your Honors classes? Join us for 2 special "meet and greet" sessions!
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Halo 4 Limited Edition offers multiplayer maps and moreToday, Microsoft shared what the Limited Edition of Halo 4 will entail, and I know what you're thinking. "That looks pretty standard," or something to that effect. Right? Well, if every special edition looked like this or this, they wouldn't be so special. And, more importantly, most of us have a finite amount of storage space. The $99.99 LE includes nine additional maps for War Games, the competitive multiplayer component of Halo 4. These will be distributed in three-map packs as post-launch DLC. Purchasers will also get early access to six Specializations (i.e., more customization) at launch. There's then the obligatory unique armor and weapon skin, some Xbox Live Avatar stuff, and an extended 90-minute version of the live-action Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. When you factor in the eventual cost of those map packs, the price doesn't seem too steep at all. What's in the Halo 4 Limited Edition: Comments not appearing? Anti-virus apps like Avast or some browser extensions can cause this. Easy fix: Add [*].disqus.com to your software's white list. Tada! Happy comments time again.
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After 10 years, it looks like Karev is finally going to hash out his troubled relationship with his father this season on "Grey's Anatomy."
According to TVLine, Alex Karev's (Justin Chambers) father will stop by Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital this season, and he'll look a great deal like "Dexter" star James Remar.
Remar, who played the father of the titular character on the hit Showtime series for several seasons, is on board for several episodes of "Grey's," likely giving his character some time to resolve the tension between his son.
Though Alex's father has never appeared, he has been mentioned on the series before, in an early episode when Alex confided in a patient who witnessed abuse in his home that his own abusive father left home when he was young.
"Grey's Anatomy" returns on Thursday, September 26 with a two-hour premiere on ABC.
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Hawk Attacking Water Balloon at 4000FPS Makes for Some Incredible Footage
With the rise in popularity and drop in price of high speed cameras, more and more incredible footage is getting captured of events our human brain would otherwise be unable to see in such detail.
And today, we have yet another one of those events, the protagonist being a Goshawk and the victim being a water balloon baited with a piece of the soon-to-be-dinner that, we'll be honest, never stood a chance. Read more…
A Slow Motion Look at the Fujifilm X100S' Shutter Speeds and Syncing
After reading the great reviews of the Fuji X100S, I decided to take the leap and buy one. I've been getting more interested in street photography lately, and this camera seemed like a good fit. Plus, it's supposed to sync at all shutter speeds, which is great for flash photography outside in bright sun. David Hobby and Zack Arias both have nice in-depth reviews.
But, things are rarely perfect. It turns out that the X100S can't sync at f/2 unless you're at around 1/1000 or slower on the shutter. Nice, but still, I was curious why that is. So I decided to run some tests to figure it out.
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What 10FPS on a Nikon D4 Looks Like in 1920FPS Super Slow Motion
It's not uncommon for digital cameras to have burst modes as fast as 10 frames per second these days — especially in mirrorless and pellicle mirror cameras — but do you think you have a good understanding of just how fast 10FPS is? If not, check out this video by YouTube user krnabrnydziobak, who pointed a Phantom Miro eX2 at a Nikon D4 to see what 10FPS looks like when captured at a staggering 1920FPS.
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Slow Mo: Bubbles Popping Captured with a 18,000FPS Camera and a Macro Lens
What do popping soap bubbles look like up close and slowed down? That's what Gav and Dan of The Slow Mo Guys recently decided to find out. They used a pricey and powerful high-speed camera: the Phantom v1610, which costs upwards of $100,000 and can shoot up to 1,000,000 frames per second.
They didn't up the FPS that high, though (the resulting videos would take an eternity to watch). Instead, they chose to record at a much-more-reasonable 18,000fps (at 720p), and used a macro lens in order to capture the beautiful details of the bubbles as they disintegrate. This is the slowest footage the Slow Mo Guys have ever captured, and the results are quite beautiful.
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BTS: How National Geographic Captured a Cheetah Running at Full Speed
Back in June, a National Geographic crew was given the task of filming and photographing a cheetah running at full speed. While there are plenty of videos and photos out there showing this, the magazine wanted to track alongside the cheetah as it ran (rather than simply capture it from a fixed location). The short behind-the-scenes video above shows how they went about doing this.
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Beautiful Slow-Mo Using $300K Worth of Camera Gear on a Hot Summer Day
What would you capture if you had a day off on a hot summer day with $300,000 worth of camera gear lying around the house? That was the happy situation filmmaker Brad Kremer found himself in recently. The gear he found himself with at the time included an uber-expensive Phantom Flex high-speed camera, Zeiss super speed glass, a Canon 5D Mark III DSLR, and Canon L glass. He decided to put the gear to use (and flex his creative muscles) by inviting the neighborhood children over for a water balloon party — the perfect recipe for epic slow-motion footage.
As summer comes to an end and Autumn begins, kids go back to school and dream of warm days filled with laughter and joy. This short film is a reflection of that dream. Shot with a Phantom Flex it captures the magic of the moment. With frame rates of up to 2564 fps at 1080p we see every detail, every smile and every sparkle in the kids eyes. And that is where the magic lies. Within the hopes and dreams of our children.
He titled the resulting short film (shown above) A Phantom Flex Summer Story. It does not disappoint.
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P.S. In case you're wondering, the song in the background is "Moonchild" by the band M83.
First Slow-Motion Phantom Miro M120 Video Doesn't Disappoint
Cinematographer Jim Geduldick was lucky enough to be the first to test out Vision Research's new Phantom Miro M120 high-speed camera in the real world, and — luckily for the rest of us — is kind enough to share the results. Falling on the smaller, more rugged side of the Phantom line, the M120 is made to take, well, exactly the kind of footage Geduldick captured. The camera can shoot a whopping 1540 at full 1080p HD, and is estimated to cost anywhere from $25,000 to $60,000 — a bargain compared to the price tags on its more expensive siblings.
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Stupid Things in Super Slow Motion
There's a Danish TV show called "Dumt & Farligt" in which two guys are given a house and the task of doing stupid and dangerous things that come to mind. In addition to recording the experiments in real time, the show decided to also use a Phantom Flex high speed camera to capturing everything at 2,500 frames per second. The video above provides a slow motion look at things ranging from setting off large fireworks indoors to microwaving a bottle of red wine.
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A DSLR Camera Shutter in Slow Motion
Destin of Smarter Every Day wanted to show how a DSLR shutter works, so he pointed a Phantom high speed camera at a Canon 60D and made this slow motion video showing the magic that happens every time you press the shutter.