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bash: make: command not found
hii dear ;
I want to do that lion 10.7 php on mssql make configure
I can not install
step1 download freetds-0.91 after
terminal cd freetds-0.91
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds --with
-tdsver=9.0 --sysconfdir=/usr/local/freetds/conf/freetds
and error bash: make: command not found
I'm doing wrong where
plase help
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You need to install the Xcode developer tools. You can get them from the Mac App Store.
thank you van smith ;
This is not something I'm looking for , because and only if Commands are not supported in this release
parameters need to write toward
I'm not sure what you mean here but it sounds as if you're using the just released Xcode 4.4 which, as I know remember, has changed that way that the command line tools are installed. Read the answer here for instructions.
that should not be so hard? This is not the right way,
Thank you again.
best regards
What version of Xcode are you using? Prior to 4.4 the tools were includes. If you're using 4.4, the post I linked to above should get you the tools you need. There's also this relatively new project that bundles all the command line tools together without Xcode.
No Xcode, no gcc. No gcc, no make. If you don't have xCode installed, you can NOT compile on your system.
It seems as if this process has been complicated with the recent release of Xcode 4.4 (see here). It would appear that the tools are included (naturally) but aren't added to the PATH. You can either add them to your PATH or install the command line tools independently of Xcode.
We can thank the App Store for this. Since everything has to be in an app bundle, Xcode had to be redesigned so that it could be a valid app for the MAS. Despite that, I don't understand why Apple couldn't design it in such a way that the symlinks were created.
Sure, but if he's using 10.7... it's Lion. Can you install xCode 4.4 with Lion? I haven't even bothered to look at the lessor cat.
Additionally, I see nothing in the OP's posts that confirms he's even installed xcode, nor what version (if any, and I suspect none are installed) is installed. So.. chasing down the 4.4 issues.. is a rathole, until proven otherwise.. at least IMO :)
Good point. For some reason, I had assumed that 4.4 was released for Lion. Goes to show how interested I am in ML development right now, haha. ;)
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Last night's House Democratic caucus meeting was explosive, with many members refusing to vote for the Obama-McConnell tax cut deal. However, for all the sturm and drang, if Boehner can deliver all of the Republicans they only need 39 Democratic votes.
Leading the charge for the tax cuts on the Democratic side? Jared Polis, whose net worth is somewhere between $97.4 million and $254.4 million. Polis was quite impassioned as he fought back against the tide of opposition in the caucus, arguing that this deal is "the best we can do."
But as Joan McCarter notes, and as Keith Olbermann said so eloquently last night, it is immoral that this deal does nothing for the "99ers," the 2 million people who are due to have their unemployment benefits cut off by the end of the year.
The fact that it's Polis pushing this deal in the House makes it brutally and transparently clear who this benefits: millionaires. Kevin Drum does the math, and finds that "most of most of us get a few hundred dollars while the rich get hundreds of thousands or even millions each."
"The rich are willing to make that deal every day," he says. "Wouldn't you?"
If you're one of the 99ers who doesn't know how your bills are going to be paid after the end of the year, give Jared Polis a call and ask him. This deal will be great for him. Maybe he can tell you why it's good for you, too.
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SAN ANTONIO - A West Side couple is in jail, facing charges of injury to a child, in connection with what San Antonio police describe as the beating of a 4-year-old girl.
Police said the child was brought to Christus Santa Rosa Childrens Hospital late Monday night, suffering from head trauma.
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Charlie Sheen's Live Show Bombs in Detroit
First, audience members heckled the warm-up comedian so badly, according to RadarOnline.com, Sheen had to step onstage and intervene -- to no avail. The comic was booed off the stage, and house lights soon came up, causing the impatient masses to grow even more restless.
When the headliner himself launched into his first 'Violent Torpedo of Truth' performance, an hour after the disjointed show first started, EW.com reports that a standing ovation for the former 'Two and a Half Men' star soon gave way to boos, jeers and walk-outs. Sources say many asked for their money back.
The concert is promoted by LiveNation as the launch of a 20-city tour with dates throughout the month of April. Inside, souvenirs were hawked to fans, such as $20 programs and $30 T-shirts ("F---ing Brilliant!" and "I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen").
The flailing show featured scores of video clips, including fan tributes from YouTube, violent film excerpts and one of Sheen just playing Call of Duty. At one point, the TV actor reportedly shrugged off his poor reception with the comeback, "I've already got your money!"
A witness to the disaster reported more of Sheen's remarks, many delivered while he leaned on a lectern: "Tonight is an experiment"...."I am finally here to identify and train the Vatican assassin locked inside each and every one of you"...."Show of hands here who has tried crack? (Crickets) I don't do crack anymore, but this is a good f---ing night to do some crack"...."Is anybody else as confused by this s--t as I am? I wrote every word!"
Sheen tried engaging the audience by asking if anyone had questions, but when a woman asked for his best porn star story, he allegedly declined to open up about that topic.
The actor is due to bring his live show to Chicago tonight. The Chicago Tribune reports that toward the end of the Detroit show, catcalls drowned out both a guest appearance by rapper Simon Rex and a video based on Snoop Dogg's collaboration with Sheen, a new song all about "winning."
The Detroit Free Press says Sheen's debut concert, advertised with the tag line 'Defeat is Not an Option,' ended 70 minutes after the star took the stage, with fans leaving "disappointed" and "angry." A local radio host, Drew Lane, said the tour will surely jeopardize Sheen's career: "It was bad...People were upset....He's a movie star, not a stand-up comic."
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- Sunday 03 AprilBy EH
No, he doesn't need help, he just needs to be locked up somewhere and forgotten about. He's not worth remembering.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy jenny
sheesh, right, what did anybody expect. of course there is yelling and booing and nobody is satisfied, the mindset going on would breed nothing else. charlie has a soul sickness at this point he is probably beyond aid. Nothing short of a profound spiritual awakening can relieve his condition at this point. just one girls humble opinion, i may be wrong but then again i may be right.
- Monday 04 AprilBy Lips
What a terrible thing to say about another human being. Especially one that appears to be having a serious mental break down. I guess I could see your point of view for someone like Charles Manson. I feel sorry for Charlie Sheen and his family and co workers. This didn't happen over night and it will not be fixed over night. I just hope that Mr. Sheen gets the real help he needs before it is to late.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Johnny Angel
Charlie Sheen,
The Fossilized Tooth so called Actor is now known as the:
OFFICIAL DIPSTICK of DETROIT.
Dude, Get some real talent
Johnny Angel
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Mary
Agreed, love your name!
- Sunday 03 AprilBy pumpkin0401
They were fools to buy the tickets to begin with.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Stacy
Yup agree 100%. Anyone who bought a ticket to watch this idiot spew his crap deserves what they got, a crap show of a moron saying moronic things. If you expected more than that you are a fool and deserve to NOT get a refund.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Sharon
I totally agree with you. I don't understand what these people expected to see, he has ranted on tv and on the internet for about 4 weeks now, what else would he have to say. Why pay good money to see this guy act like an idiot.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy rudewaitress
Sheen was heard mumbling 'So long suckers' as he snuck out the back door to avoid the mob looking to get their money back. These are the same schmucks who cause traffic to slow to a crawl, hoping to see a bloody head-on collision when it's only a fender bender.
- Monday 04 April
As the old saying goes a fool is born every minute.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy James D
Sad to see him go to this leval.. He really needs to go away and get his head on strait.. It should take about a YEAR!
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Bfrjds1981Lowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Tell me why he should go away when people like you who claim to dislike him still reads every story written about him?
As long as people like you keep reading and posting about him he is not going anywhere. Maybe you should think about that.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Gandalf
To bfrjds - huh? Seriously, what? So you're only reading everything written about CS to judge everybody else? Your post was hilarious.
- Sunday 03 April
leval? strait? Wow, you are quite the idiot!
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Sharon
What did these people THINK they were going to see? Duh
- Sunday 03 April
Im sorry I am such a LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!! " LOSING " !!!!!!!!!!
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Is this really Charlie Sheen?
- Sunday 03 AprilBy pugz
hello, Mr. Sheen? this is reality calling. hello? hello! well, still no answer. guess i'll just leave ANOTHER voice mail and hope he gets back to me soon. we have something very important to discuss.
- Sunday 03 AprilBy Kat Wuman
He WAS a movie star! The last movie he made was Hot Shots part Deux right? He has been on the small screen since playing exactly the same character he has always played- boozing, womanizing, shallow! TADA!! If folks who bought the tickets are disappointed, they are stupid! What did they expect? He is a RAVING LOONEY!! I hope they don't get their money back! That will teach them to be diserning next time!
- Sunday 03 April
I have to wonder what kind of a person would want to hear Charlie talk, and pay for it?
The man is in terrible shape, all self induced though.
Its hard for me to feel sorry for anyone who lives ths way.
Filthy rich, and chooses to use crack, not very bright.
It must be people whos life is a mess, that would pay to see this train wreck. I guess to them, seeing Charlie at his worst makes them feel better about their own lives.
Its Charlie's family I feel bad for.
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Is there a similar thread somewhere about store bought mac n cheese?
I have some boxes in my pantry.. actually shells n cheese. My original idea is that I wanted to try and make into a pie. Not sure how well that will work since it's not homemade.
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An active medical device having an improved discrimination between an awake phase of a patient and a sleep phase of a patient. This device measures a physiological parameter of a patient, delivers a physiological signal with a slow time response variation, in particular a signal of minute-ventilation (signal MV), and detects whether the patient is in a phase of awakening or sleep. An average (VE) of the signal MV is calculated over a given number of respiratory cycle and compared with a predetermined threshold (Threshold MV), such that a first state of awakening is determined when the average is higher than the threshold, and a first state of sleep is determined in the contrary case. The device also measures patient activity (signal G), using a signal having a short response time. The activity signal is compared with a predetermined threshold (Threshold G), and a second state of the patient is determined to be an awakening phase when the activity signal is higher than the threshold, and a sleep state in the contrary case. Detecting the phases of awakening and sleep also includes comparing the first state of awakening/sleep to the second state of awakening/sleep, and in the event of a discordance between these states, the response time of the physiological signal processing is modified, in particular by reducing the number of respiratory cycles over which the average MV signal (VE128, VE64) is calculated.
1. An active medical device, comprising:
(a) means for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient and delivering a physiological signal;
(b) means for detecting an awakening phase and a sleep phase of the patient, including: a first comparator means for computing an average value of the measured physiological signal over a first period, and comparing said average with a predetermined physiological threshold; and
(c) means for indicating a first state of the patient as an awakening state in response to the average being greater than said physiological threshold, and as a sleep state otherwise;
(d) means for measuring an activity parameter of the patient and producing a physical signal corresponding to said activity parameter;
(e) second comparator means for comparing the measured physical signal with a predetermined activity threshold; and
(f) means for indicating a second state of the patient as an awakening state in response to said activity signal being greater than said activity threshold, and as a sleep state otherwise;
(g) means for comparing the first state of the patient with the second state of the patient; and
(h) anticipating means for selectively modifying the period of said first comparator means in response to a discordance between the aforementioned first and second states of awakening or sleep.
2. The device of
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in response to the first state being an awakening state, the second state being a sleep state, and a decreasing trend, or
in response to the first state being a sleep state, the second state being an awakening state, and a stable or increasing trend.
8. The device of
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12. An active implantable medical device, comprising:
(a) a physiological sensor responsive to a physiological parameter of a patient having a first time response and a physiological output signal;
(b) a first a calculator responsive to said physiological output signal, a first period, and a predetermined physiological threshold, said calculator having an output corresponding to an average of successive values of the physiological signal over said period to provide an average physiological signal;
(c) a first state detector indicating a first state of the patient as an awakening state in response to the average physiological signal being greater than the physiological threshold, and as a sleep state otherwise;
(d) a patient activity sensor having a second response time and producing a physical signal output corresponding to an activity of the patient, the second response time being faster than said first response time;
(e) a second state detector for indicating a second state of the patient as an awakening state in response to said activity signal being greater than the activity threshold, and as a sleep state otherwise; and
(f) a comparator responsive to the first state of the patient and the second state of the patient having a first output corresponding to a discordance of said first and second states;
wherein the first calculator response time is modified in response to a discordance between the first and second states of awakening or sleep.
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in response to the first state being an awakening state, the second state being a sleep state, and a decreasing trend, or
in response to the first state being a sleep state, the second state being an awakening state, and a stable or increasing trend.
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The present invention relates to "active medical devices" as such devices are defined by the Jun. 14, 1993 Directive 93/42/CEE of the Council of the European Communities. Although described in the case of implantable active medical devices, such as cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and/or cardiovertors devices that are able to deliver to the heart low energy pulses for treating disorders of the heartbeat rate, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to such implantable active medical devices, but is rather directly applicable to many types of diagnostic and/or therapeutic active medical devices.
The invention more particularly relates to improvements in the diagnosis of disorders that occur when a patient is asleep. This includes disorders of a cardiac nature, and disorders of a respiratory nature, including disorders such as apnea or hypopnoea revealing in particular a pathology known as "sleep apnea syndrome" (SAS). An apnea is generally defined as being a respiratory pause of a duration greater than 10 seconds and occurring during a phase of sleep of the patient (because an apnea during phase of awakening (i.e., when the patient is awake) cannot in any case be the cause of an SAS condition).
A diagnosis of sleep-related disorders implies that the device can effectively discriminate between when the patient is awake (i.e., in an awake phase) and asleep (i.e., in a sleep phase). An analysis of the patient's respiration rate and/or cardiac rate to be carried out for this diagnosis is/are to be made only during a sleep phase.
The importance of a precise discrimination between sleep and awakening is made even more necessary when the device not only operates a diagnostic function but also applies a therapy: The therapy should be applied only during a sleep phase, and any therapy must be inhibited if the apnea occurs during an awakening phase, because such an apnea is a normal event and not pathological.
According to published European Patent Application EP-A-0 719 568 and its counterpart U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,428, commonly assigned to the assignee of this invention, Ela M�dical, it is known to operate a discrimination between awakening and sleep by analysis of a physiological signal, namely the minute-ventilation (MV) parameter representative of the periodicity and amplitude of successive respiratory cycles of the patient. The minute-ventilation is a known parameter that is defined as the product of the amplitude by the frequency of the respiration. The reader is referred to U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,428, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, for additional details. More precisely, EP-A-O 719 568 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,428 disclose a sensor MV which includes circuits to measure an impedance related to the patient's respiratory activity and process that impedance measurement to produce a series of successive samples of a minute ventilation signal (referred to herein as "signal MV") and to calculate an average of the samples over a given number of respiratory cycles, for example, the last 128 cycles, and to compare this average value with a reference value, for example, the average of signal MV over the last 24 hours. Indeed, the circadian variation of the frequency and amplitude of the respiratory cycles is well reproduced by the signal MV. The calculation of the average ventilation over 24 hours thus makes it possible to operate a satisfactory discrimination between ventilation of an awake patient and a ventilation of an asleep patient.
However, the signal MV has a natural variability because it is at the same time of a vegetative and of a controlled nature of the respiratory system. Thus, for example, none of the sighs, the voluntary apnea during speech, and the apnea of the sleep, that appear in an instantaneous measurement is representative of an effective level of the current minute-ventilation, i.e., of the level making it possible to analyse the state of activity of the patient.
For this reason the diagnosis of awakening or sleep can be operated in a reliable way only if one determines the current minute-ventilation by use of an average of a relatively high number of respiratory cycles, typically the last 128 respiratory cycles; this sample set is used in order to eliminate the natural variation as well as the artifacts that are related to the measuring equipment.
The consequence of proceeding in this manner is that, when the patient state changes based on the respiratory activity passing from a sleep phase to an awakening phase, the system of detection presents a certain delay at the diagnosis of the awakening. This is because the average value of signal MV needs to become higher than the reference threshold to make it possible to discriminate between awakening and sleep phases. The problem arises in the same way at the time of the passage of the patient state from an awakening state to a sleep phase. In certain cases, this delay is not awkward. For example, the progressive reduction in the cardiac stimulation frequency during sleep, intended to respect the natural physiology of the patient, does not require a significant reactivity.
On the other hand, the monitoring of an event or the follow-up of a parameter occurring exclusively during the sleep phase (respiratory disorder such as sleep apnea, particular cardiac events) can require a great reactivity in order not to miss the event. This is particularly significant when the patient has a de-structured sleep that presents many awakenings during the night, especially if these awakenings are, precisely, caused by the events which one seeks to detect (a typical example being sleep apnea).
Moreover, if the incidence of the analysed parameter is calculated as from the time of total sleep (as in the case of the calculation of a sleep apnea syndrome, which is defined as a minimum number of apnea per hour of sleep), it is all the more necessary to quickly identify the transitions between phases of awakening and sleep to evaluate correctly the time of total sleep and to operate a correct diagnosis. Such is the case, for example, the case when one defines that there is SAS when the apnea index exceeds a predetermined threshold, for example, more than ten apnea per hour of sleep.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to mitigate the disadvantages due to the delay in the diagnosis of an awakening phase or a sleep phase during a phase shift, a delay resulting from the need for averaging the signal MV over a relatively large number of respiratory cycles.
It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the devices proceeding by analysis of a physiological signal such as minute-ventilation, nor even of a signal representative of the respiratory activity of a patient. It is rather the most current configuration, and the present description will be made within the framework of this example. However, the invention applies equally as well to devices implementing other types of physiological sensors having a slow evolution of the signal over time, such as pH or temperature sensors, sensors of oxygen saturation of blood, etc.
It is another object of the invention to improve the reactivity of the active medical device to changes between phases of awakening and sleep, thus to improve the diagnosis, to avoid the false positive detection (i.e., detection of an apnea or an artifact at the beginning of a phase of awakening), and to avoid a false negative detection (non-detection of an apnea at the beginning of a phase of sleep).
The invention also has as an object to improve the conditions for triggering delivery of a therapy, to avoid applying a therapy that should be exclusively applied only during phases of sleep and is inappropriate during phases of awakening.
Broadly, the present invention employs an auxiliary sensor having a relatively fast response time, typically a sensor that is responsive to patient activity or acceleration ("sensor G"), having an output signal that makes it possible to detect the movements of the patient. Contrary to the aforementioned sensor MV, the information of this type of auxiliary sensor is not very specific to the phases of awakening or sleep; on the other hand its response is fast so that one can use the output signal delivered by this auxiliary sensor to improve the dynamic of the sensor MV during the phase shifts (change in state between an awakening phase and a sleep phase and vice versa), even if the diagnosis of the phases of awakening or of sleep remains based only on the signal delivered by the sensor MV.
It is certainly known to use jointly the signals delivered by two different sensor types, namely a sensor of effort having a slow response time, measuring a predominantly physiological parameter (typically the sensor MV), and a sensor of activity having a fast response time, measuring a predominately physical parameter (typically an accelerometer sensor G). The European Patent Application EP-A-0 750 920 and its corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,996, and EP-A-0 770 407 and its corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,766,228, also assigned herewith to Ela M�dical, describe devices implementing a combination of such sensors for different purposes, for example, to adapt the control of a cardiac stimulation to the real physiological situation of the patient, (EP-A-0 750 920 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,926) or to put out of service (to sleep) in certain situations the measuring equipment in order to reduce the energy consumption of the device (EP-A-0 770 407 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,766,228). In these documents, however, the combination of the different sensors does not have as an aim to operate a discrimination between phases of awakening and sleep, even less to modify, in this context, the analysis of a signal MV according to the information delivered by a sensor of activity. Nevertheless, the disclosures of U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,766,228 and 5,722,926 related to the structure, design, and implementation of the different sensors and their corresponding signal acquisition processing and shaping, are incorporated herein by reference.
One aspect of the present invention is directed to a medical device of the general type described in the EP-A-0 719 568 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,428 above mentioned, i.e., including: means for measuring a physiological parameter of a patient related to the patient's effort or cardiac output requirements and delivering a physiological signal that varies relatively slowly over time; and means for detecting the awakening and sleep phases of the patient, the detecting means including: a first comparator means for computing an average of the successive values of the physiological signal over a given number of prior periods, and comparing the average with a predetermined physiological threshold, and means for indicating a first state of the patient as being in an awakening phase when the aforementioned average is higher than the physiological threshold, and for indicating the first state as being in a sleep phase in the contrary case.
According to the present invention, this device also includes: means for measuring the activity of the patient and producing a signal corresponding to the physical activity of the patient having a relatively fast response time; a second comparator means for comparing the activity signal with a predetermined activity threshold; and means for indicating a second state of the patient as being in an awakening phase when the activity signal is higher than the activity threshold, and in a sleep phase in the contrary case. In addition, the aforementioned means for detecting the phases of awakening and sleep of the patient also includes: means for comparing the aforementioned first state (awakening or sleep phase) with the aforementioned second state (awakening or sleep phase); and means for selectively modifying the response time of the aforesaid first comparator means in the event of a discordance between the phases of the aforementioned first and second states.
In a preferred embodiment, the physiological signal is a minute-ventilation signal and the aforementioned prior periods are preceding respiratory cycles.
In a more preferred embodiment, the anticipating means is able to modify, in particular to reduce, and more particularly to reduce by at least 50%, the aforementioned given number of prior periods over which is calculated the aforementioned average of the successive values of the physiological signal.
In a preferred embodiment, the anticipating means is able to selectively reduce the aforementioned number of prior periods when the first state is an awakening phase, the second state is a sleep phase, and the value of the aforementioned average evolves in a decreasing direction, or when the aforementioned first state is a sleep phase, the second state is an awakening phase, and the value of the aforementioned average evolves in a direction that is stable or increasing.
The physical activity signal of the patient having a fast response time is advantageously a signal delivered by an acceleration sensor. It should be understood that the response times of the sensor having a fast response time and the sensor having a slow response time are essentially defined as fast and slow relative to one another (rather than in reference to particular absolute values) and are in accord with the response times of the known devices. However, the fast and slow response times of the sensors employed in the present invention are not to be considered as limited to those of the known prior art response times, but should be considered expansively while preserving the fast and slowness relative to each other.
The invention applies very preferentially if the device includes means for detecting the respiratory sleep disorders, in particular the detection of apnea and the calculation of an apnea index, these means being then activated only when the aforementioned first state is a sleep phase.
The invention can be advantageously implemented in an active implantable medical device of the cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiovertor and/or multisite type device.
Further benefits, features and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art in view of the following detailed description of the invention, made with in reference to the annexed drawing, which illustrates a series of chronograms explaining the way in which discrimination between awakening and sleep is operated in accordance with a preferred embodiment of this invention.
With reference to the drawing FIG. 1, the chronogram of line (a) represents the real physiological state of the patient, who is initially in a sleep phase (SLEEP). At the moment t1 the patient awakens (AWAKE), and this awakening phase has a duration that ends at the moment t8 when the patient enters a new sleep phase (SLEEP).
The chronogram of line (c) represents in full line the signal MV delivered by the minute-ventilation sensor MV, after the minute-ventilation measure was sampled and averaged over the 128 preceding respiratory cycles. This average value is indicated VE128 The signal MV is a predominantly physiological parameter obtained by an intrathoracic impedance measurement. This measurement is preferably obtained between two electrodes laid out in the rib cage, or between an electrode (for example, a stimulation electrode, if the implanted device is a cardiac pacemaker) and the case of the device. The impedance is measured by injection of a constant current of a few hundred milliamperes, at a frequency of a few Hertz, typically 8 Hz. This technique is, for example, described in Bonnet JL, et al., "Measurement of Minute-Ventilation with Different DDDr Pacemaker Electrode Configurations," Pace, Vol. 21, 98 Part 1, and it is implemented in the rate responsive dual chamber cardiac pacing functionality of the CHORUS RM, TALENT and SYMPHONY brand products sold by Ela M�dical Montrouge, France.
The period of sleep is of course diagnosed in an automatic manner, typically starting from the signal delivered by the sensor that is monitoring the respiration rate of the patient. However, although the minute-ventilation signal is generally easiest to use for the monitoring of the respiration rate of the patient, other signals coming from other types of sensors can be used in the alternative to or to complement the use of the sensor MV, for example, a sensor of blood oxygen saturation.
Until now, the transition between awakening and sleep phases was detected by comparing average value VE128 with a threshold, indicated "Threshold MV", determined from an average value calculated over 24 hours of signal MV. Thus, in the illustrated example, the awakening of the patient was detected at the moment t4 (reflecting a delay t4-t1 compared to the real moment of the awakening) and the falling-asleep at the moment t10 (reflecting a delay t10-t8 compared to the real moment of falling asleep).
To reduce these delays in the detection of the phase shifts, the invention proposes to use an auxiliary sensor, preferably and typically an acceleration sensor ("sensor G"). The signal delivered directly by the sensor G is then averaged over a relatively short duration (for example, 64 cardiac cycles) in order to eliminate artifacts and any short, non significant, variations. This averaged signal, indicated "signal G" is represented by the curve of the chronogram of the line (b) of FIG. 1. Signal G is then compared with an activity threshold, indicated "Threshold G", which, for example, is fixed at 10% above the value of the base line. The base line corresponds to a rest condition. If signal G exceeds Threshold G, one will define a state of the patient as being in an awakening phase according to the sensor G; in the contrary case, one will define the state as a sleep phase according to the sensor G. The device thus has two state indicators of awaking/sleep, defined starting from the two signals signal MV and signal G. These two states can be concordant or not.
The state of the patient being in an awakening or sleep phase continues to be diagnosed on the basis of signal MV but, according to the situation, the value having to be compared with Threshold MV will be either average VE128 (referred to herein as the "slow dynamic") or average VE64 calculated over a shorter period, typically over 64 preceding samples (referred to herein as the "fast dynamic").
The evolution of average VE64 is illustrated in dotted lines on line (c) of FIG. 1, where one can see that the characteristic presents a form more variable than that of average VE128 because the average taken over a shorter period has a larger variability. If the states (awake/sleep) given by the two signals, signal G and signal MV, agree, then the operation of the device is not modified, i.e., the state of awakening or sleep is given starting from signal MV by comparing VE128 with Threshold MV (the slow dynamic).
On the other hand, in the event of discordance between the two signals (i.e., they do not produce the same phase), an additional criterion is introduced, which is the trend of the signal MV: decreasing, stable or increasing. This trend is determined by comparison between current value VE128 and a value VE128 previously calculated. The trend is known as stable if the variation is less than 10%, and otherwise it is deemed as increasing or decreasing, according to the sign of the variation.
When a change of state of the sensor G occurs, and the signal MV indicates an appropriate trend, the operation of the device is modified so as to determine the state as being in an awakening or sleep phase starting not from VE128 (slow dynamic), but starting from VE64 (fast dynamic) so as to get a greater reactivity. The cases where the dynamic is made fast are summarized by the state table below.
Referring to the example illustrated on FIG. 1, initially the sensor MV indicates a sleep phase (VE128, Threshold MV); as long as the sensor G confirms this phase, the dynamic remains slow. At moment t1, the patient awakes, but none of the two sensors (MV, G) yet crossed a threshold defining a change of state.
At moment t2 the awakening phase is diagnosed by the sensor G, and as the trend of signal MV is increasing, the analysis of signal MV passes to a fast dynamic: it is the signal VE64 (and no more VE128) that is then compared with Threshold MV.
When, at moment t3 VE64 reaches Threshold MV, the two sensors each indicate a state of awakening phase, which is thus confirmed as such to the device, and the dynamic becomes again slow.
At the time of the episode between moments t5 and t6, which can, for example, correspond to a period of short rest, the sensor G indicates a of sleep phase (signal G passes again below Threshold G) but VE128 thus remains higher than Threshold MV. As a result, the device continues to consider the state to be awakening—and, trend MV not being decreasing, the dynamic remains unchanged (it remains slow).
The end of the awakening phase is characterized by a period of progressive rest of the patient that leads to the passing into the sleep phase at moment t8. For this period of progressive rest, falling asleep is detected at moment t7 by the sensor G, the trend MV signal being decreasing, and the dynamic becomes fast to be able to detect an apnea that could occur at the beginning of sleep, and being precise on the number of episodes. This fast dynamic is then maintained until confirmation of a sleep state, at moment t9 by the sensor MV, corresponding to the crossing of Threshold MV by signal VE64.
Ultimately, the detection of the awakening or sleep phases according to the invention makes it possible to advance the moment of detection of the awakening phase from t4 (as obtained by the prior art) to t3 (as obtained by the invention), and the detection of the sleep phase of t10 (with the prior art) with t9 (with the invention).
The invention thus makes it possible to improve in a substantial manner the diagnosis of the disorders occurring during sleep (respiratory and/or cardiac disorders), the corresponding counting of the events and the calculation of the parameters such as the apnea index, while preserving the advantages of calculation starting from a value of signal MV sufficiently averaged to eliminate the natural variations and the artifacts related to the measuring equipment.
It will be noted that the use of signals VE128 and VE64 is not restrictive, and that it is equally possible to use signals VE64 and VE32 or VE16, etc., in a comparable manner. In addition, it can be advantageous to envisage after each change of the dynamic a period of delay (for example, a duration of X respiratory cycles) or including a hysteresis loop, during which the dynamic is not modified, so as to avoid the undesirable phenomena of oscillations that might occur during changes of the dynamic.
Suitable devices for which the present invention has application include, but are not limited to, for example, the Chorus RM™, Talent™ and Symphony™ brand of implanted cardiac rhythm management devices available from Ela M�dical, Montrouge, France. These devices are capable of receiving software instructions by telemetry, storing them in memory, and then executing those instructions to perform the functions described above in implementing the present invention, including the use of the minute ventilation signal acquired by the existing devices. The creation of suitable software instructions for controlling an implant to perform the aforementioned functions of the present invention are believed to be within the abilities of a person of ordinary skill in the art.
The circuits for sensing a minute ventilation signal and an acceleration signal comprises substantially all of logic and hardware elements required to operate the sensors to sense the associated parameter and pro duce output signals corresponding to the sensed parameters, and to deliver signals utilizable by the main circuit of the implant. The main circuit includes a microprocessor and memory (RAM and/or ROM), as well as conventional latches, registers and power supplies (not shown) for processing the output signals provided by the respective sensors.
Furthermore, the preferred embodiment of the invention described herein is implemented in an architecture including a microprocessor having associated software instructions stored in memory (ROM) and analog and digital logic circuits that are themselves known. Such an architecture is, for example, employed in the aforementioned devices manufactured by ELA Medical employing dual chamber cardiac pacing capabilities.
Although it does not present all of the advantages of the preferred solution with a microprocessor, a design in hardwired discrete circuits having dedicated logic circuits is nevertheless perfectly foreseeable, and equally within the framework of the present invention.
One skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration and not of limitation.
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After almost 5 years of Genesis discussions, 707 games, and a Top 50 countdown that frequently made us question our sanity, on June 20th we'll finally have gotten to the last game.
And after that? Who knows.
Just like in high school, BHG is taking a long summer vacation. And also like in high school, most of that time will probably be spent playing 16-bit games and listening to grunge bands. Unlike high school, I'm not sure if or when I'm coming back.
Sorry to leave all of our dedicated fans with that kind of uncertainty, but after all this time we need a rest. Quite frankly, we're out of jokes. Plus we'll need to play some more games, or else there's not going to be much to talk about. I suppose a website where we talk about games we've been meaning to play but haven't gotten a chance to yet, where we are never funny would be kind of unique and avant-garde, but it probably would be much fun to read.
Also, I want to take a quick moment to recognize two people. When a successful comedian talks about who inspired them to go into comedy, they almost always mention some famous comedy legends. None of them ever say "The kid who sat behind me in 8th grade Biology" or "the third baseman from my little league team." Well, I am no successful comedian – I write an unpopular blog about Genesis games that about half of our readers (or in mathematical terms, three) don't even realize is meant to be funny – and my biggest inspirations really are the kid who sat behind me in Biology class, Chris Palistrant, and the third baseman from my little league team, Drew Novak.
Prior to meeting those guys, I wasn't someone who tried to be funny. But being around both of them, seeing how much fun they seemed to have, how much better they could make the people around them feel, and how they could turn something miserable, like a lecture on Gregor Mendel or a winless baseball season, and make it fun, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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By Sgt. Sara Wood, USAAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2005 USAA already is known for providing banking and insurance services to the military community, but it's also a strong supporter of its employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.
USAA was one of 15 employers to receive the 2005 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for its policies and programs that assist National Guard and Reserve employees and their families.
The company has about 200 employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserve, and about 30 of those are currently deployed, said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Joe Wehrle, president of USAA's property casualty insurance company.
"We have found out over the years that having employees that work here that identify with the military benefits us and also benefits our members," Wehrle said. "We can't get any closer to the action than somebody who's currently serving in the Guard and Reserve."
USAA has many policies in place to protect its National Guard and Reserve employees when they get activated or deployed, Wehrle said. Employees receive their full salary for the first four weeks of deployment, and a salary differential that makes up for the difference in their military and civilian pay for up to 23 months after that, he said. Any employee who is activated for National Guard or Reserve service in support of a state action also receives salary differential for up to four weeks, he added.
Deployed employees also receive all corporate and holiday bonuses they qualify for while they're gone, Wehrle said, and benefits coverage for themselves and their families continues for up to two years.
In addition to the financial protection USAA offers its deployed employees, company officials also work to provide emotional support for them and their families, Wehrle said. Operation Keep in Touch is a USAA program that keeps deployed employees in contact with their peers through e-mail, cards and pre-paid phone cards.
"We find that they love e-mailing back to their peers and hearing what's going on," Wehrle said. "That way, the employees can identify with each other."
Marine Corps Reserve Lt. Col. Paul Miller, a sales manager in USAA's life insurance company in civilian life, said he appreciated the support of his employer during his deployment to Kuwait and Iraq in 2002 and 2003.
"Supportwise, they definitely have made it easier for me to be a reservist," Miller said.
While he was gone, Miller received his pay and benefits, he said, and his family was well taken care of. Some of his coworkers even stopped by to help his wife with a major home-improvement project, he said.
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USAA also provides a deployment checklist for employees and members who are getting ready to ship overseas, Wehrle said. The checklist includes information about financial, legal and personal matters that need to be addressed to ensure the employees will have a worry-free deployment, he said.
"It's important for us to wrap our arms around our employees and their families that have volunteered to be in the Guard and Reserve and make sure that when they deploy, they don't have any fear while they're over there," he said. "What we want them to do is concentrate on the mission that they've been assigned to and not worry about what's going on back home, because we're going to take care of them and when they come back, everything will be back to normal."
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Ubisoft were touting the future of gaming back then and after seeing the video above, they seem to have slipped back a bit. Of course, our opinion is based on this video and we shall know soon enough since the game is due only a few days from now.
But if this video is anything to go, Ubisoft seems to have done a pretty solid job with the PC port. The videos above show how the game looks in different weather conditions.
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Grand five-bedroom art deco estate... Meadow Lea at East Lindfield had links to the racehorse Bernborough.
It's a trophy residence on a 4306 sqm Sydney Road holding built in the early 1940s for the prominent margarine industrialist James Armstrong. Its initial sale was in 1948 when bought for £17,000 by Azzalin Romano, who for decades ran one of Sydney's most stylish nightclub restaurants, Romanos.
The Romanos purchase was aided by the winnings of his racehorse Bernborough which he sold to Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer in 1946 for a record £93,000. The property resold in 1955 for £25,000. The home, with private central courtyard, now comes with lap pool, tennis court with lights and a pavilion.
Inside boasts a grand foyer, opulent formal dining room and a sprung-floor ballroom which is now the media room. The modern kitchen and a thermostatically controlled two zoned cellar that can hold 2500 bottles.
Entertainers' delight... Bower Street, Manly.
Meadow Lea has been listed with $7.5 million hopes through Chana Scotcher at Belle Property Killara. Victoria's Basement homewares is operated by the Kalanderian brothers, who opened their Mr Tablecloth store in the Queen Victoria Building in the mid-1980s.
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Equities trader David Wright and partner Savannah Daisley have secured $2.8 million for their residence in the converted former 1902 Presbyterian church at Bondi Junction through Brad Pillinger at Pillinger Real Estate in conjunction with Leonarder Collins Prestige Homes.
Anyone for golf? ... O'Sullivan Road, Bellevue Hill.
Designed by architects Baker Kavanagh, the four bedroom duplex apartment first traded at $2.6 million in 2007.
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Dale Holmes, the chief executive at the new AFL franchise Greater Western Sydney, and his wife Claudia have listed their Manly residence.
Contempory beach home... Headland Road, North Curl Curl.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom Bower Street property with north-facing entertaining deck and pool has been scheduled for auction on September 25 - grand final day - with $3.75 million-plus hopes. It has been listed by Steve Thomas at Belle Property Manly. The Holmes will buy closer to his team headquarters.
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Film and television director Mark Joffe has listed his Waverley abode through Goodyer Donnelley agent Pauline Goodyer.
Joffe's three bedroom Kent Street terrace has ocean views. It has been listed for September 25 auction with hopes of $1.4 million-plus.
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Arts administrator Shauna Wilson, the widow of Michael Wrublewski, the founding owner of the Sydney Kings basketball team, has listed their Bellevue Hill residence.
The five bedroom, four-bathroom house on a 555 sqm O'Sullivan Road block overlooking golf courses has been scheduled for September 27 auction through Gillah Altman at LJ Levi Real Estate, who expects about $3 million. It has council approval for a third level.
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Dominic and Serena Beirne, from Australian Fashion Partners, have accepted a $1,275,000 pre-auction offer for their Darlinghurst property through Bresic Whitney agent Brigitte Blackman. The Caldwell Street terrace cost $620,000 in 2001.
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Channel Ten sports commentator Lis Ellis, the much-capped netballer, and her landscaper husband Matthew Stocks have their North Curl Curl residence listed for sale.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home has $1.7 million-plus hopes through Belle Property Manly agent Ben
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It has been scheduled for auction on September 27, after which the couple will buy and build on acreage in the Northern Rivers district so Ellis can also be close to Coolangatta Airport to maintain her commentary commitments.
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Let's celebrate Bike Month with this family-friendly event, featuring a two-mile Kids Group Ride (Kidical Mass!) around Solite Park and along the American Tobacco Trail. We're looking for the best decorated bikes out there!
- The Durham Kidical Mass includes a pre-ride helmet and bike fitting and an overview of safe bicycling
- Registration begins at 1pm at the Solite Park Picnic Shelter, with the ride starting at 2pm.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WTVR) – If you plan on heading to Busch Gardens anytime soon, you may get the chance to meet the park's newest addition.
An orphaned gray wolf pup found wandering along the side of the road in Central Idaho, now has a home at Busch Gardens.
Idaho State officials transported the 8-week-old male earlier this week.
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A former Lincolnshire police officer who turned to a life of crime, faces losing his home after being jailed for his role in running a cannabis factory at the former RAF Hemswell.
Paul Lewsey, 50, who had also previously served in the Grenadier Guards, was a highly respected officer with the Lincolnshire force for 12 years.
But Lewsey switched to crime and in the summer of last year was arrested after police unearthed an underground cannabis bunker on the site of the former RAF base.
Lewsey, of Church Lane, North Carlton, pleaded guilty to producing a controlled drug at the former RAF Hemswell base between August 10 and September 23 last year.
He was jailed for three years and four months earlier this year and this week had his available assets seized on the orders of a judge.
Judge Michael Heath ruled that Lewsey benefited from his crime by £257,934 and ordered him to hand over his available assets of £12,954.
Lewsey was given six months to produce the money or face an extra eight months in jail.
The prosecution told Lincoln Crown Court: "There are available assets of £12,954 which can be seized. This will rely primarily on the house being sold. There was also an iPhone and a lap-top seized and these can also be sold."
Lewsey was arrested after undercover offices spotted him ferrying 25-litre containers of water into the specially constructed cannabis factory.
The building took weeks to build using steel beams and thousands of breeze blocks and was buried underground to avoid detection from heat seeking equipment used to trace cannabis-growing operations.
Cannabis plants found inside the bunker were capable of producing £150,000 worth of the illicit drug.
Lewsey also used his own home as a nursery. When police raided his premises they found 117 seedlings waiting to be transferred to the bunker.
Jeremy Janes, prosecuting, said: "It was a massive undertaking. The reason why it was sited underground is because it didn't produce a heat source as it was filled over with soil. Somebody laid out a lot of money to build it.
"The evidence is that 7,000 concrete blocks, which were typical breeze blocks, were used to construct the building with another 4,000 for the roof. It would have taken nine articulated lorry loads to deliver the blocks.
"Steel and concrete beams were supporting the roof. The floor was concrete. There were lights and it was all powered by three generators. It would have taken a minimum of four weeks to build with six men building it. It can only be described as an impressive bunker for the growing of cannabis. There were two separate rooms each about 20m by 3m in dimension.
"The two growing rooms were separated by a row of steel poles. There were three generators on site. It is estimated the cost of building the bunker and the extra bits and pieces would have been £35,000. Mr Lewsey was intimately involved."
One of Lewsey's accomplices was convicted killer Simon Hopps who was jailed in 1994 for manslaughter. Hopps, 38, of Dunholme, also admitted producing a controlled drug and was jailed for 16 months.


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In the aftermath of Robin Williams's death, suicide is in the news on an almost daily basis. But, it won't last for very long, and that's a shame. Because suicide, the 10th leading cause of death in this country, is a barometer that tells us what is going on in the world around us and how well we deal with
City Honors Samaritans Work Saving Lives
Samaritans was proud to be the recipient of a special City Council Proclamation in 2013 that honored the contributions of our volunteers and staff in "strengthening NYC's safety net for our most fragile, vulnerable and under-served residents, especially in their times of emotional distress, personal tragedy, man-made and natural disasters, providing immediate support to those in need and saving many
Elena, A Filmmaker Explores Her Sister's Suicide
A special screening of the award-winning film, Elena, Brazilian writer/director Petra Costa's cinematic search for meaning in her older sister's suicide was held June 2, at the IFC Movie Center, to benefit Samaritans suicide prevention programs. Described by Tim Robbins as a "a beautiful piece of work, elegant, poetic, visually stunning and viscerally moving," the film provides a poignant and, yet,
With A Little Help From Our Friends Project
With A Little Help From Our Friends, A Community Public Health Initiative, was designed and implemented by Samaritans in collaboration with New York City Council Members Fernando Cabrera, Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumaane Williams. The suicide prevention public health initiative's focus was to assist in the reduction of violent, self-destructive and suicidal behavior in the select NYC neighborhoods. It consisted of
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Samaritans and the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum were the recipients of the JAM for Life (The Johnny and Mikey Katsimatides Foundation for Life) 10th Annual Fundraiser "Color & Hope" on June 11, 2012 at the W Hotel and Memorial site. Steve Buscemi was the Celebrity Host and every guest received an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Memorial by


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Today I am immensely excited to share my co-founder Alex Laskey's TED talk, entitled "The Psychology of Saving Energy," delivered earlier this year in Long Beach. On the TED 2013 mainstage, Alex shares our story and discusses how the world can harness behavioral science to save energy at scale.
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Opower President Alex Laskey takes the stage at TED to explain the psychology of saving energy
Yesterday, our President Alex Laskey took the stage at TED2013 — the annual conference of movers and shakers, who assemble to give awe-inspiring lectures about their ideas and vision for the world. Alex fit right in, sharing his insights on the "Psychology of Saving Energy," and how Opower has tapped into it to help customers save more than $220 million on their energy bills in the past five years.
Alex was in great company: earlier in the day, Google co-founder Sergey Brin gave a presentation about the revolutionary Google Glass. Also in the spotlight was famed entrepreneur Elon Musk, who spoke about his groundbreaking initiatives on electric cars and space travel.
Alex's TED talk focused on the science behind Opower's approach, in particular highlighting the work of the behavioral scientists Robert Cialdini and Wesley Schultz. In the early 2000s, Cialdini and Schultz set out to determine what motivates people to decrease their energy use, and arrived at an eye-catching conclusion. They found that one of the strongest motivators of energy conservation was giving people information on how their energy usage compares with that of similar homes in their neighborhood — a sort of peer pressure.
Behavioral science has always been central to Opower's efforts to make the world more energy efficient, and the results of our behavior-based programs have been dramatic: in January, we achieved a milestone of achieving two terawatt hours of energy savings — enough to take all the homes in a city the size of Sacramento (~500,000 people) off the electric grid for a year.
Speaking at TED2013 was an exciting honor for Alex and for Opower. We can't wait to share the full video of his talk in the near future.
Want to bet that you can lower your energy bill?
A new viewpoint article published this week in the MIT Technology Review proposes that if you want to achieve your personal goals (such as becoming more energy efficient), then you may want to consider pulling out your wallet…and betting on yourself.
The article highlights the approach being taken by a new company called GymPact, which allows people to bet on their ability to work out at the gym (or run/walk) a certain number of days per week. If you slack off and miss a workout, you get penalized (e.g. your credit card is charged $5). But if you meet your gym-going goal, then GymPact pays you a small prize. The money that's awarded to the gym-loyalists comes out of the pool of money accumulated from the slackers. With this incentive framework in place, the company reports that 86% of people who enroll in GymPact end up doing the workouts they commit to.
Underlying the GymPact motivational model is a key principle in behavioral economics, called "loss aversion." The principle says that people hate losing something even more than they like winning it. The chief scientific officer at Gympact explains the concept: you'd be excited if you reached in your pocket and found an extra $10; but that excitement pales in comparison to the frustration you'd feel if you expected to find $10 in your pocket, but instead reached in and found a hole.
The behavioral-science underpinnings of GymPact immediately struck a chord with the Outlier team. Here at Opower we are constantly thinking about how different kinds of "nudges" can encourage people to achieve their energy efficiency goals. For example, we have found that telling people how their monthly energy usage compares to the average usage in their neighborhood prompts them to conserve energy, though a sort of peer pressure mechanism.
Do you think the GymPact model really works? Would it work for setting and meeting energy conservation goals? Would you bet on your ability to use less energy in 2013 than you did in 2012?


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About three years ago, my agent contacted me to see how things were coming along with my new novel, SILVER SPARROW. I told her that is was going well and she asked me if I had a hundred clean pages that we could submit to publishers. I was very excited. Who wouldn't want a new contract and the security (and ego boost) that would bring? She sent the pages out and.. well.. the manuscript was rejected all over town. This left me in an unpleasant predicament. I had a manuscript that was about one-third through, and was said already to be unpublishable. I wasn't sure if I should even bother to finish the novel.
For months, I wrote nothing at all. It seemed pointless. My characters which I thought were so loveable and complicated had been undressed and shamed. (Some of the rejections were so pointed that I cried. One even suggested that I didn't "understand fiction yet.") And this was to be my third novel.
I'll spare you the suspense by telling you that SILVER SPARROW will be published in May by Algonquin and I could not be more delighted. I am telling you this up front because this isn't a success story. It's a don't-forget-who-you-are story.


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Shaping up and shelling out at Texas Health Spas.
When we write a constitution for the first time in almost 100 years, everyone wants a piece of the pie. In spite of it all, the new draft turned out to be an improvement. Now it's the legislature's turn.
A fat 15-year-old inaugurated 1000 years of peace in Houston this fall. Don't look now, but the people you went to college with may be following him.
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To coincide with Police Week, the Community Police Office for Barrhaven is inviting local residents to "Fill a Cruiser" with food donations. The event will take place at the Metro grocery store at 3201 Strandherd Drive. Ottawa Food Bank volunteers will be on hand to collect donations from shoppers, so please donate generously!
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There is a road in Texas off HWY 290 that everyone should drive at least once in their life. It's HWY 237 and it's home to one of the largest antique shows in the world. This road will lead you past 150 year old live oaks and open fields and the simple life of country living. On this road 5 miles off 290 you will find Blue Hills at Round Top. This magical piece of Texas is known to host one of the fastest growing shows of Round Top Texas. From Movie stars with film crews to Heiresses and all in between they have been spotted searching for that perfect antique or design piece. The vendors are friendly and funny, the finds are unmatched to any other, and the trip to Blue Hills is simply a must!
Owners Dr. Milton Grin and partner Michael Peters have turned this 26 acres / cow pasture / cotton field into a one of a kind venue. In the last 8 years (bought August 2007) with the knowledge of Dr. Grin and the experience of Peters, who runs the day to day operations, the venue has become a true destination spot for the spring and fall antique shoppers.
Each Spring and Fall Blue Hills is host to the bi-yearly antique fairs that bring true excitement to the area. The number of quality dealers hosted by Blue Hills has increased and continues to grow providing more variety with each show. Blue Hills has been featured on both the Tori and Dean show and the Nate Burkus Show. Buyers visiting Blue Hills not only enjoy the top notch amenities offered including free entrance, free parking, Texas BBQ (See Menu) , coffee with pastries (See Menu), and most importantly - clean restrooms! What more could a "girl or guy" ask for? All in one stop! On top of all of this is well manicured landscaping and clean grounds!
Here at Blue Hills, dealers pick pieces from all over the world and bring them to Blue Hills twice a year for your shopping needs. Don't worry about buying more than you can carry. We have porters and can arrange for delivery services to your door. From large to small, painted, decorative art, jewelry and more, it can be ALL be found in this one stop shopping venue.
On behalf of Dr. Grin, Mr Peters and all the vendors, we would like to thank everyone who has helped Blue Hills at Round Top become what it is today and for helping us to continue to grow in the future. We look forward to providing each of you an outstanding shopping experience!
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