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Summer 2017 Workshops
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For a complete listing of workshops and their descriptions, see the list below and don't forget to reserve your seat via the Workshop Registration page; you'll receive an email confirmation and the workshop will be added to your Google Calendar.
February Workshops
Register Microsoft Excel Basics
2/9/2017 at 10:30am – Library 331
Basic terms and functions of Microsoft Excel and hands-on exploration of the Excel 2016 interface. Topics include basic spreadsheet formatting, working with formulas, and sorting options using the updated Excel 2016 interface. Additional topics may be discussed depending on individual interests if time permits. Prior Excel experience is helpful, but not necessary.
Register Sakai Lessons Tool
2/14/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
The Lessons tool in Sakai provides instructors with an integral framework for building, organizing, and presenting cohesive instructional content. With this tool instructors author Lessons pages. Lessons pages contain blocks of rich-text and direct links to other content that is stored in Resources, Assignments, Forums, and Tests & Quizzes. Lessons pages can also incorporate video and audio. This workshop will provide a quick-start for developing course pages with the Lessons tool.
Register Photoshop Basics
2/15/2017 at 1:00pm – Library Design Lab
Learn basic photo manipulation in Adobe Photoshop, including color balancing and face retouching.
Register Microsoft Word Basics
2/15/2017 at 2:00pm – Library 331
Overview of Microsoft Word with an emphasis on the updated design of the Word 2016 interface. Topics include formatting options, using tables, and creating mail merges. Additional topics may be discussed depending on individual interests if time permits. Prior Word experience is helpful, but not necessary.
Register Sakai Assignments Tool
2/16/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
Learn how to use the Sakai Assignments Tool to create assignments, grade them, use Turnitin and Grademark, and provide feedback to students.
Register for Development DayGetting to Know Your Mobile Devices: Android and IOS (Register for this workshop via Human Resources Development Day)
2/21/2017 at 9:30am – Library 331
Learn how to make high-quality flyers, magazine spreads, and more using Adobe InDesign. Workshop will include technical skills as well as design guidelines for creating attractive, easy-to-read documents for print or screen.
Register InDesign Basics
2/22/2017 at 1:00pm – Library Design Lab
Learn how to make high-quality flyers, magazine spreads, and more using Adobe InDesign. Workshop will include technical skills as well as design guidelines for creating attractive, easy-to-read documents for print or screen.
Register for Development DayTips for Taming Your Gmail Inbox (Register for this workshop via Human Resources Development Day)
2/22/2017 at 1:00pm – Library 331
Gmail Inbox got you down? Wondering where that particular email message is hiding? Want to better organize your messages? Learn some basic tips and tricks for searching, tagging, and filtering your messages.
Register Google Docs and Drive Collaboration
2/28/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
Interested in collaborating with your colleagues using documents, spreadsheets, and
presentations? This workshop will focus on using the collaborative features of the Google Docs tool set. Hands-on activities will include collaborative document editing using Google Docs tools.
March Workshops
Register HTML Basics
3/1/2017 at 1:00pm – Library 331
Part 1 of our Website Building Series. Want to build your own website? Wish you had more control over your blog posts? Want a better understanding of how the internet works? Come learn the basics of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)! This workshop will explain what HTML is, how it's used, proper syntax, and useful common tags.
Register Intermediate Excel
3/1/2017 at 2:00pm – Library 331
Go beyond the basics of Excel and learn new features of the program that can help you to better organize and present your data. Topics will include creating running totals, using pivot tables and utilizing IF statements in your formulas. Previous experience working with Excel is required.
Register Tips for Taming Your Gmail Inbox
3/2/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
Gmail Inbox got you down? Wondering where that particular email message is hiding? Want to better organize your messages? Learn some basic tips and tricks for searching, tagging, and filtering your messages.
Register Assessing Class Climate with Electronic Student Feedback Tools
3/7/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
How can you collect feedback from students outside the face-to-face setting and assess learner climate in order to pace content coverage and modify instruction? In this workshop we examine some tools you might use to collect student feedback, respond to questions and concerns, and maintain a presence outside class.
Register CSS Basics
3/8/2017 at 1:00pm – Library 331
Part 2 of our Website Building Series. Completion of HTML Basics or familiarity with HTML code is strongly recommended before taking this course. Now that you know how to set up and format your content, you're ready to learn Cascade Style Sheets (CSS). Learn how to structure, color, and design your site! Learn how to use external stylesheets, div tags, id and class selectors, hex codes, and much more.
Register Backups and Data Security at PLU
3/9/2017 at 1:00pm – Library 331
Learn about backup solutions at PLU including Netstor and Google Drive and best practices for storing your sensitive data. Topics will include data encryption options, appropriate use of cloud storage, and types of data that may need additional security.
Register Trello Basics: Managing Tasks and Projects
3/10/2017 at 12:30pm – Library 331
Juggling tasks, projects, and deadlines can be both fun and challenging. Trello provides a simple, yet flexible framework for collecting, organizing, and managing tasks and projects. Trello functions as an online version of a whiteboard with sticky notes. In this workshop we'll explore Trello's basic features including checklists, comments, due dates, file attachments, and notifications. And we'll examine Trello's collaborative functions and ability to integrate with other productivity tools.
Register Adding Interactivity to Videos with EDPuzzle
3/14/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
EDPuzzle provides a toolkit for selecting clips from online videos, annotating them with text, and asking multiple choice and open-ended questions. This hands-on workshop will explore tools and techniques for making your videos more interactive and engaging.
Register Easy Steps for Making Your Course Content Accessible
3/16/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
This workshop will explore several easy universal design strategies for making course content more accessible. Hands-on activities will include improving accessibility of Sakai pages, Word files, Powerpoint files, and YouTube videos.
Register Google Forms: Creating Online Surveys and Quizzes
3/17/2017 at 12:30pm – Library 331
Need to put up an online form to collect feedback or run a survey? This workshop will provide an overview of Google Forms and Spreadsheets for creating basic surveys or quizzes and collecting data online.
Register Powerpoint Basics
3/21/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
Get a hands-on overview of creating dynamic presentations. Understand key elements of presentation planning and design. Learn to work with objects, images, layouts, and designs. Make your presentations dynamic with slide transitions and custom animations of text and objects.
April Workshops
Register Google Hangouts Web Conferencing
4/6/2017 at 12:00pm – Library 331
Web conferencing provides faculty, staff, and students with opportunities to make connections and collaborate despite distance. This workshop will provide a quick overview of Google Hangouts along with best practices for making web conferences successful.
Register Prezi Basics
4/7/2017 at 12:30pm – Library 331
Interested in taking your presentations beyond Powerpoint? Learn to use Prezi to add motion and organizational structure to engage your audience. Review exemplary Prezis and create your own Prezi presentations, zooming in around your topics and graphics, without making your audience seasick.
Customized Workshops for Classes or Departments
Need a technology workshop for your class to support an assignment or class project? Or does your department want to learn more about a particular software or hardware? Instructional Technologies staff develop focused, customized workshops to meet your pedagogical and technological needs. If you want a specialized and customized technology workshops for your class or department, contact Jenna Stoeber (firstname.lastname@example.com, 253-538-5656) and we'll set up a consultation to investigate your needs.
One-on-One Consultations
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I roll my eyes, giving into his jibes at me as he smirks in my direction. I reluctantly ready myself in a defensive stance as James had shown me much earlier today, not wanting to give Aidan any satisfaction of me taking his threat seriously.
He lunges at me, and I, being totally unprepared and unintentionally lame, jump aside only just in time to not be hit. The embarrassment feels worse than any pain I could endure, my cheeks reddening at my weak strategy. Aidan must have seen this, and tries to encourage me.
"Watch closely. I'm sure you'll get it this time."
I do as he says, lifting my head stubbornly to spite my awkwardness and readying myself once more. I take a deep breath in through my nose, feeling my mind focus intently on the man before me. His eyes narrow, trying not to give away his next move although his vision deceptively looks to my right side while the muscle in his left leg flinches. He takes a swing at me, but for the first time today I'm able to deflect his attack.
My solid arm blocks his kick in good time, my other hand catching his hooked foot as it sails towards my side. A look of surprise causes my eyes to widen and my tired muscles to revel in the final, long awaited victory. I look up to see the same look cross Aidans face before it changes into an expression I would aptly name 'uh-oh'.
He begins to tip forward, his weight which a split second ago had been aimed at me pulling me along with him in the motion. We crash to the mats, my back ending up flush with the ground and him toppling on top of me whilst knocking some of my valued air out of my chest which I had only just started to recover.
"Ouch..." I manage to mutter through clenched teeth, his warm breath tickling my face while the scent of lemongrass and the sea assaults my senses. His hands planted on either side of my head shift so that he is able to lift himself up from crushing me. My eyes flicker open, absorbing the full blue-green of his with that luster of bronze around his dark pupils.
Even though he's supporting himself above me, I still feel acutely aware of the close proximity of our bodies. I can feel the warmth radiating off him as well as the trickle of sweat making its way down my back. My stomach tugs, like when I had been forcibly kicked out of my Crossover the first time I had really gotten to know Aidan and he had tried to kill me. The air I suck into my mouth seems to parch my cracked and thirsty throat more, Aidan's glance of concern down at me causing the air to hitch in my chest instead of dispersing to my oxygen-deprived body parts as it should. Stupid, messed up anatomy.
My lips stumble on the words, the mushy organ in my skull providing no intelligent or witty remark when I need it most. Typical.
"You were right. I landed on my butt"
I mentally face-palm myself when the words are aired out, but what else was I to do? Damn, but I can blubber like an idiot at the most strategic of times.


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Chapter 1Mature
Desperation makes people do crazy shit. There are points in most people's lives where any alternative would be welcome compared to their current situation. They make decisions they wouldn't normally make; usually because they're not left with many choices with happy foreseeable endings.
Fate had not been kind to me recently. For reasons beyond my understanding, my last semester at college had been incredibly stressful. A few small mistakes at the beginning of the semester quickly snowballed, leaving me eating and sleeping less, seeking psychiatric help, and ultimately abandoning two of my courses. I returned home for winter break in the hope that I could scrape by with two fails. The administration thought differently.
Not two days after Christmas, I was blindsided with an academic dismissal. That's fancy talk for "expulsion letter." I was losing it until something caught my eye. I could apply for an appeal. Perhaps I could still salvage my academic career. Too bad the letter was laced with false hope. Despite my best efforts (an eloquently written letter detailing my state of mind, with sprinklings of a sob story, and a referral from the psychiatrist I had been seeing) the administration saw fit to amputate me from their "pristine" student body. You'd think drug dealers, sex offenders, and violence threats would take priority over a couple fails, but you'd be mistaken.
Suffice it to say, I was distraught. Luckily, I was alone when I received the final decision, else some unlucky bystander would have caught a stray fist. I know it's unbecoming of a twenty-year-old man to throw a tantrum, but how else was I to deal with the news that my entire future was in shambles. I realize now that I could simply have changed schools, but at the time I felt utterly hopeless. Not to mention, it's hard to shatter a future that wasn't well put together in the first place. I had yet to pick a major after two years of college. I had hoped that if I just stuck to core subjects, I'd figure out what I wanted to do. I never got the chance to find out.
I received this final piece of news on New Year's Eve. I was quick to hand in my appeal, and the school was quick to deny it. I guess private schools had some streamlined method for kicking out students. Anyway, my parents weren't around to witness my breakdown because they were already at a party. I myself was due at my friend's party a couple of hours after I received the rejection letter. I rarely got to see my friends during the school year, so I wasn't missing the party for anything. Not even my expulsion.
After I finally regained my composure, I started for my friend's home. The shock had left me feeling hyper-award. My surroundings suddenly felt more real. I lived in a small town in Upstate New York. The denser part of the town - the school, library, shops, government buildings, and residences - was about a mile or two across. Past that border, there was a ring of farmlands, dense woods, and swamps. My friend hosting the party lived on the edge of town, across from a park with a forest on the other side. I was the last one of my friends to arrive, judging by the amount of cars outside their home.
My friends and I were a motley bunch, I guess you could say. There were about ten of us, and we all had some unique combination of political and religious views, sexual orientations, hobbies, and talents. The only thing we all had in common was a respect and acceptance of everyone's views and lifestyles and an understanding of just how fucked up the world is. I was met with an uplifting attitude that made me forget about my troubles for a bit.
As the night progressed, many of my friends became drunk. I didn't feel like drinking, but that didn't stop me from being dragged along into drunk games and discussions. About an hour before the new year, someone declared a game of hide-and-seek. The house was too small to hide nine people well, so we decided to play outside. That winter had been unusually warm, so no one objected. I was one of the hiders. At the start of the countdown, we all ran in separate directions. I made for the jungle gym in the park across the street. There were tubes connecting different platforms. A classic hiding place, and a bit of a challenge for the drunken seeker considering they'd have to do a bit of climbing to get to it.
When I found my spot, and huddled down in the smaller-than-expected tube, my thoughts returned to my expulsion. Reality hit me like a sack of bricks, and a heavy feeling developed in my chest. That initial feeling of crushing hopelessness returned, but was soon replaced by surprise when a heard a voice.
"Hey, Drake," it said. That's my name by the way. I looked to my right, immediately recognizing Cleo's voice.
Cleo was by far my best friend in the whole group. She was a feminist, left-wing democrat/socialist, writer and photographer with a love for natural science. She was double majoring in journalism and biology and wanted to be a journalist and photographer for a science magazine. She had electric blue tips in her long, jet black hair, another new look for her, and she dressed halfway between classy intellect and hardcore punk rocker. I'm not sure how, but she pulled it off and made it look easy. She was also a heavyweight drinker, despite everything working against her. She was easily a foot shorter than me and just as skinny, if not skinnier. But for whatever reason, she knew how to hold her alcohol. She probably drank the most of anyone at the party and was the least drunk. I'll admit, there was a time in high school when I had a crush on her, but my time in college convinced me she wasn't for me. Whenever I had a problem she was the first to know about it and she always helped in any way she could. If anyone could help me through this it was her.
"Hey," I responded sullenly, still feeling down. She picked up on it right away.
"What's wrong?" she asked. I immediately began spilling my guts out to her. I told her everything down to the hole I almost punched in the wall during my tantrum. Her initial response was one of shock and outrage. She ranted for a bit on how the school shouldn't have kicked me out after a single bad semester and that I should sue their asses off. That was likely the alcohol talking. She quickly realized what she was saying, and sobered up for me.
"I think the best course of action for you right now is to contemplate your options. There's a good chance the credits you got will transfer to another school. Maybe it's time you figured out what your major should be."
I thought about what she said. She was a very well-spoken drunk. She seemed to have pulled me back to reason without any trouble.
"Thanks," I said. Her expression lifted. She seemed to know she had succeeded in cheering me up. "I think I'm going to take a walk. While I'm in this mood, I'm going to figure out what I'm going to do. Tell the others they don't have to look for me?"
"Sure. Just don't take too long. The New Yearas countdown starts in half-an-hour."
"Right." I had nearly forgotten the world around me. I thanked her again and started to crawl out of the tube. Before I left she called me again.
"Wait. Before you go, can I ask you something?"
"Uh, sure." In the back of my mind I was worried she was going to ask me out. I'd hate to reject her after having a crush for so long. I probably gave off a lot of signals that told her I liked her. Signals that I'd never give off again.
"What do you think of my new hairstyle?" she asked. Relief spread through my body and I gave out a sigh.
"Like a pale sunrise," I replied. In truth, it did look like the sky just before a sunrise, light blue fading to inky black.
"What does that even mean?" she laughed. She was back to drunk again. I'll never understand how she does that. I climbed out of the tube, and down from the jungle gym. I decided the best place to walk without getting disturbed would be the woods behind the park. I snuck over to the tree line. I didn't want any seekers catching me. When I got there I picked a direction and started walking. I knew these woods well. We used to play here as kids.
I started analyzing myself. I knew that Cleo was talking about figuring out a major, but I was starting to wonder if I even needed to finish school. Could I utilize my hobbies or talents to make a living? I looked at my hobbies. Reading? Not likely that I could monetize that. Drawing? I wasn't all that good at it, so I doubt I'd be able to turn a profit my selling drawings. Video games? "Let's Players" were getting very popular online, but I don't think I'm interesting or funny enough to maintain a decent audience. It didn't look like my hobbies would get my life on track. I had to think harder. What about interests? Not many of those would support me, and the ones that could, I didn't have the looks for. There was something though. Something I had the drive for. Travel. For as long as I could remember, I wanted to see the world no matter the cost or dangers. This was my answer, or at least what would lead me to it. What could he major in that would let me see the world? Diplomacy? Archeology? Oceanography?
But as I got closer to the answer, I noticed something. Something very strange. A light was pulsing through the trees. It seemed as though someone set up party lights, but I heard nothing. No music to accompany the light and no people to explain why it was there. I made my way to it, weaving through the dense tree trunks and bushes. I reached a clearing, and my jaw dropped. This light was not man-made, as far as I could tell. A slowly twisting vortex of gleaming silver and blood-red mist was lightly hovering above the ground. My imagination immediately overpowered my reasoning. If this wasn't a figment of my imagination, it was surely a portal. Everything in my very being was sure about that. I had to tell someone. I had to let someone know this was here.
But something stopped me. In that moment, my dilemma seemed to have a solution. Portals lead to places. All I needed to do is step through. I was ready to go through, but my reasoning resurfaced. Where would it take me? Would I be able to get back? Would it kill me? Then I remembered the anger I felt when I was expelled, the grief when I realized my life was ruined, the helplessness of being stuck in a world that seemed to reject me. I didn't remember my talk with Cleo.
"Fuck it." I dove headlong into the portal.
Desperation makes people do crazy shit.


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Somalis carrying their belongings make their way to the refugee camp in Mogadishu. The United Nations estimates that more than 11 million people across East Africa need food aid because of a long-running drought.
October 30, 2011
Esha Chhabra
It's a familiar sight. What can I do about it? It's happened before. It's going to keep on happening, it's not going to stop because of my little contribution, plus, I have such a hectic schedule. I don't have the time.
I can understand all of the above, except for the last one.
For the last two to three months, we've heard snippets about the crisis in the Horn of Africa, the drought in the region that's led millions to flee their homes and farms in search of food. Thousands of children have passed away in the process. Images of mothers carrying their children, in a skeletal state, testing the limits of the human body, have stirred us and connected us to people enduring a life far removed from ours.
Currently, the solution is to get food to these people, provide them access to clean water, prevent disease from erupting, determine a way to deliver aid in a politically conflicted zone and address their health needs.
But, we don't have time. It's an afterthought.
Rather, we need gimmicky solutions to get our attention. The ONE organization run by Bono, U2's lead singer, put together a video titled "The "F word," filled with a starry cast of celebrities to get our attention. (The "F word" is famine, by the way).
UNICEF has partnered with Threadless, the Chicago-based online T-shirt company, to produce T-shirts, showcasing the different kinds of aid reaching these individuals — a mosquito for malaria protection, a worm for deworming tablets, a peanut for food aid (that often includes a peanut butter-like substance). Again, this is to get our attention.
While I appreciate all these efforts, I sometimes wonder why we need such gimmicky promotions to get our attention. Aren't the harrowing images, the distraught stories of desperate families enough? Aren't the reports from journalists enough to get us to stop, take a minute, read a story and act on it?
We're surrounded by tablets, phones, computers and laptops — all carry these stories. But can we not take a minute to read something of human importance? Yes, the Horn of Africa story is affected by environmental concerns, unstable politics, bad economics and poor agriculture.
But, right now, put that aside. It's a human story. And it deserves not only our attention, but our action.
Rather than bombarding you with statistics of the number of children killed, the families starved and the stream of refugees, I'd like to share with you the story of Backpack Farms, which saw immense potential in small farms and has been working on a solution, not a Band-Aid, for the region.
Ranging from two to five acres, these local farms come to Backpack to learn about better cultivation practices and water management because famines are often closely tied to poor management of food resources and water.
Backpack Farms started in south Sudan to address the root problem — ill-equipped farmers. So far, it has provided training to more than 13,000 farmers in the region, especially in Kenya. And it's not been for free.
To make sure that the farmers who come to the program are interested and willing to take it seriously, it charges a nominal $1 for a day's worth of training and a bag full of farming goodies (i.e. drought-resistant seeds, water tank, simple irrigation device).
With the help of mobiles, the Backpack team can also send farmers text messages and short videos with farming tips and news. The idea is to educate, educate, educate so that they become self-sufficient, not needing such aid in the long run.
Small farms are the backbone of many developing nations, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, and often their challenges are unaddressed because, well, they're small and disorganized. But if grouped together, they tend to create the majority of the agricultural base in developing nations like Sudan or Somalia.
That's what makes Backpack's work so pertinent and potentially powerful. Plus, organizations like this one will continue working in these areas after the spotlight has been dimmed, after the news outlets have found another story.
It's important for us, in moments of such crisis, to seek out not only the international players, such as U.N. agencies, but also these small enterprises. If we keep paying attention to these innovators, supporting their work, then we can help avoid larger catastrophic events like the one in Somalia.
Yet, this takes time, something that seems so elusive today. However, organizations like Backpack don't tend to have the marketing (or financial) muscle to do gimmicks to capture our attention.
So, they rely on us to find time to find stories of a human element. Whether it's the one in the Horn of Africa right now or that of the ongoing flooding in Pakistan or the next big humanitarian effort.
Find the human element. Find the story that moves you. And find the time to nurture it — financially, vocally or physically. Somewhere along the way, you'll also begin finding solutions. That's the most powerful feeling; making the effort worth your time.
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text: FRANKLIN, Ohio, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Designing Digitally, Inc., a full-service interactive design company, has partnered with Rutgers University (formerly The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) to create an interactive serious game utilizing the award-winning Unity3D development platform that will allow learners to edit virtual homes to be barrier free. Rutgers Professor Dr. Karen Huhn is spearheading this effort in collaboration with the team at Designing Digitally, Inc. When talking about this effort, Dr. Huhn stated, "This serious game will provide the opportunity to practice a skill (home assessment) in several simulated environments in a fun, interactive manner." (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130620/CL35939 ) This effort will allow students to interact with elements within virtual homes so they can be converted into barrier free living spaces. The learners will be able to walk throughout the virtual homes and select features of the home that need to be remodeled to be fully accessible. For instance, in some of the homes learners will be able to change the height of the countertops or even change the width of the doorways to accommodate a person who uses a wheelchair. Andrew Hughes, President of Designing Digitally, Inc., indicated that they "...partnered to create this serious game because it is a skill that is difficult to teach in traditional classroom format. Using 3D gaming allows us to simulate multiple home environments in real time and allows the learner to test his or her strategy in a safe, cost effective way that could not be done in the traditional classroom setting." Once completed, the 3D serious game will be available for purchase from OpenSesame for integration into school's learning management systems. The game will be available sometime during the fall of 2013.


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HeartWare Ventricular Assist System: Class I Recall – Updated with Multiple Reasons for Recall
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AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Nursing, Cardiology
ISSUE: Heartware recently conducted multiple recalls for this device. They are all outlined in the firm's June 8, 2015 press release. The FDA will update this page as new information becomes available.
HeartWare Ventricular Assist System - Damaged Alignment Guides / Connection Pins May Cause Pump to Stop
The alignment guides in the power supply connector ports may wear down over time. This can cause the connection pins to become twisted or bent, and eventually prevent the patient from connecting the device controller to their HVAD. An interruption in this electrical connection would cause the pump to stop, which could cause serious patient injury or death.
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Battery Failure May Prevent Alarm from Sounding (Added 6/19/2015)
The battery that powers an alarm in the controller may fail over time. If the battery fails, the alarm will not alert the patient in the event that both external power sources for the HVAD are disconnected.
The HVAD should never be disconnected from both power sources at the same time because the pump will stop working. If a pump stop occurs, the potential risk for the patient ranges from minimal temporary symptoms of hypoperfusion to cardiopulmonary arrest and death.
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Damage to the driveline connector may occur if the driveline is pulled too often with too much force. The driveline is a tube that connects the HVAD's pump to the external controller and power source. Severe damage or disconnection of the driveline from the controller can cause electrical issues or pump stops that may lead to serious patient injury or death.
The firm has received a total of three reports, including one serious injury and two reports of death related to damage to this issue.
BACKGROUND: The HVAD helps deliver blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It is used in patients who are at risk of death from end-stage left ventricular heart failure and who are waiting for a heart transplant. The system includes a pump implanted in the space around the heart (pericardium) and a controller that controls the speed and function of the pump.
Heartware sent their customers an Urgent Medical Device Correction notice on May 11, 2015 to alert them of the problem and actions to take. Heartware will replace all defective controllers by the end of June 2016.
RECOMMENDATION: Healthcare providers should:
- Forward HeartWare's voluntary safety notice to those individuals within your organization who need to be aware of its content.
- Identify the patients currently supported by the HVAD System.
- Distribute the patient communication to those patients directly by FedEx or other traceable communication method. Contact your HeartWare representative for any assistance with this process.
- Make appointments to see the patients subject to this recall as soon as possible, and inspect their device's power supply connector ports for wear, twisting, or bending. Consider replacing the controller if necessary.
- Continue to reinforce the messages described in HeartWare's voluntary safety notice with your patients during their regularly scheduled appointments.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report
- Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178
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It's true that in its most recent earnings report, after weeks of speculation by Wall Street that iPhone sales would finally hit a peak, Apple confirmed the news: IPhone sales grew at their lowest-ever rate in the last quarter. And the company projected total sales of as much as $US53 billion ($75 billion) in the current quarter that ends in March, which would be a decline of 8.6 per cent from last year and Apple's first revenue drop in more than a decade.
But if Apple is now hitting a plateau, it's important to remember that it's one of the loftiest plateaus in the history of business. The $US18.4 billion profit that Apple reported recently is the most ever earned by any company in a single quarter.
It's necessary to start with these caveats because people have a tendency to react strongly, almost apoplectically, to any suggestion of weakness on Apple's part. Like pickles, coriander and Donald Trump, Apple inspires extreme opinion. The doubters are now ascendant. Apple's share price has fallen more than 11 per cent over the last year, in stark contrast to gains by the other four American tech giants.
So this column will try to do something tricky: explore what's ailing Apple without going off the deep end. And after talking to several observers who watch the company closely, here's my ice-cold take: Apple is doing quite OK.
Could it be doing some things better? Sure. Are any of its problems urgent? Not particularly, and from what one can tell, it's working to address many of its shortcomings. Does it face existential threats? Yes, but no more than any other tech giant. Will it remain an outsize presence in the tech industry for years to come, generating profits on a scale that no other corporation can match? Almost certainly.
"I'm not worrying about Apple in 2015 or Apple in 2016," said Ben Thompson, an analyst who runs the site Stratechery, and who questioned Apple's far-off future in a recent piece. "I'm thinking about the arc of Apple from 1976 to Apple in 2046. The iPhone era has been the pinnacle of everything that Apple does best. Anyone fretting about Apple right now is totally overstating it. But if I look out 10 years, 20 years, each of Apple's advantages starts to fade."
Apple's biggest problem
I'll get to those long-run worries in a bit, but let's start with the present. At the moment, Apple's biggest problem is its own success. The iPhone turns nine this year. The iPad turns six. These devices have made Apple the world's most valuable company (until Google's parent company, Alphabet, overtook it this week).
Apple's iPhone business is now so huge it sounds almost fantastical. Apple books more revenue from the iPhone (about $US154 billion in its last fiscal year) than Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard or IBM generate from all of their operations. Two-thirds of the world's countries have gross domestic products smaller than annual sales of the iPhone.
Yet the very dominance of Apple's ageing mobile empire inspires doubts about its future. The bigger the iPhone gets, the harder Apple has to work to beat its previous milestones, and the more vulnerable it appears to some fatal technological surprise.
The primary criticism of Apple's recent performance is that it's doing too much, and as a result, the general quality of its products has slipped. Related to that is the notion that Apple has lost some of its innovative and design magic. It has put out a larger-than-usual number of features and products that have failed to thrill reviewers. As Gizmodo put it in a headline summing up 2015, "Everything Apple introduced this year kinda sucked."
Apple still does noteworthy new things, but I can understand Gizmodo's frustration. The Apple Watch is a work in progress. Apple Music and Apple News feel awkward, far less pleasant than dedicated music-streaming and news apps that have long been available in the app store (like Spotify and Flipboard). The Apple TV offers little I couldn't get on other devices, and its remote is heroically unfriendly. And 3D Touch and Live Photos, the new features in the latest iPhone, are nice but not groundbreaking.
Gripes of a technophile
But there's something worth keeping in mind about each of these criticisms. They're the gripes of a technophile, and they don't necessarily reflect mainstream consumer perceptions about Apple's products.
"Most of these critics are those who spend most of their time in this world of Apple analysis, so of course they're hypersensitive to their devices," said Horace Dediu, a fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a think tank, and an analyst who follows Apple at his site, Asymco.
The basic question is this: In the future, will physical devices matter less than they do now? If computers are more like the machines in the movie "Her" - ethereal, ambient computers that exist in the cloud, that respond to our voices and our bodies, anticipating our desires - what will happen to Apple then? This is a company whose entire existence hinges on the cultural appreciation of physical things. Can it prosper in an age of ambient computing?
These are interesting questions to pose. I had a long conversation with Thompson about these ideas, and Apple's apparent weaknesses - how it's not as good at artificial intelligence and voice recognition as Google, how it lacks the cloud infrastructure that Amazon has built, and how, most important, its entire corporate culture is geared toward making actual stuff, which could limit its capacity to create fantastic online services.
But ultimately the discussion felt academic. It seems obvious that as the tech world changes around it, Apple, over the next decade, will need to reinvent itself. But so will everyone else. That is just what you do in this industry.
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ReviewI recently purchased a 2005 Chevy Cobalt and love driving it. It handles very well around turns and has a deceptive suspension. What I mean by that is that you feel like you are doing 45 mph but really going 70mph. I am usually stuck in rush hour traffic and have the A/C on all the time, but I am getting over 30mpg which is great. The Cobalt has great seats that support your back and lumbar region, which is great if you have a bad back. My only complaint is the large coupe doors are hard to keep open, they want to close even before you are out of the car. Overall it has been a great car, with lots of features for the price.
Best FeaturesThe Chevy Cobalt has a large trunk, that can carry a tremendous amount of gear or luggage. Driver & front passenger seat have great lumbar support for drivers with bad backs. Dashboard display shows several displays, from coolant temp, avg. speed, and outside temp. Has plenty of options.
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Bond's death has brought home to Australians how the tide has finally turned in the confrontation between crocodiles and humans. In recent years, the number of fatal crocodile attacks on people has risen rapidly, reversing a 25-year pattern which saw the saltwater crocodile hunted almost to extinction.
Bond is believed to be the 13th person to be killed by a crocodile in the past 15 years in the mangrove swamps and tidal rivers stretching across Australia's vast tropical north. At least as many people again have been attacked but lived to tell the tale.
Up to 20 years ago, crocodile attacks were unheard of in Australia, because the animals had almost been wiped out after decades of killings by commercial hunters and casual shooters. After pressure from conservationists, crocodiles were made a protected species, and their numbers have increased to about 80,000 in the wild and more in commercial farms.
Cassey Bond was different from most other victims, some of whom were ignorant outsiders. He lived in crocodile country - in an Aboriginal community in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. On Christmas Eve, the Bonds drove to Jardine River to meet relatives. When the car ferry over the river broke down, Bond waded across twice to help the others. He was attacked the second time.
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Chennai, July 1: In a fresh development in Infosys employee murder case, Chennai police have released a latest CCTV footages today, in which S Swathi killer was seen escaping on a bike just after the brutal killing.
Swathi was dastardly killed by an unidentified person in a broad-day light at Nungambakkam railway station in Chennai on Friday, June 24 at around 6.30 am.
Swathi's friend and family members had informed the cops that "it was stalker who killed Swathi."
The cops had earlier released high resolution image of the suspect in the murder case. However, even cyber crime experts have shortlisted about 150 suspicious mobile phone numbers that were active in the towers in the premises of Nungambakkam railway station during the time of the murder. [Infosys techie murder: Swathi's friend reveals shocking information about the killer]
On Thursday, June 30 a senior police officer said that "Swathi was aware of the stalker but probably decided to ignore him and took no precautions. Since she informed her friends about the suspect, it is possible that she might have alerted her family as well. We are not sure whether the suspect stalked her to say something or it was a dry run to commit the offence."
Though police have so far got no clue about the accused who is at large, Chennai police is putting together all inputs to catch hold of the murderer. This footage will certainly facilitate the cops in a big way, given the fact that accused can be traced through the number plate of the bike in which he fled.
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Every year it happens: all of life engages in birth, death and resurrection.
Every year cocoons give up their treasures, a dandelion appears through the cement curtains of a cracked sidewalk. We hold images of people being pulled out of their tomb-like enclosures under rubble after the earthquakes in
Haiti and more recently in . Their bodies covered in dust and with profound injuries still fought to gasp for air and life again—resurrection! Japan
And we — are not our lives interwoven with experiences and memories of having shared these Paschal cycles? Don't we experience our death moments? moments of hope breaking through? The peak event of resurrection following the pattern of the passion and death in the life of Jesus, an anchor of hope for us always.
Every year the dull and dead in us meets our Easter challenge, to live on the frontiers of our existence, to see the Lazarus deep inside us pick up his cloak and walk toward the light, to be open to the unexpected, to welcome God in every form and situation and always trust in our own greening.
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In common with all Mediterranean areas, the night does not really begin until 12.00 midnight. The pubs are open until 3.30 a.m. while discos and clubs continue well into the morning light. - Once spring arrives, local people start to live in the street; thousands of open-air terraces appear where the wonderful climate can be enjoyed by moonlight.


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Discussion in 'Artwork Zone' started by TruBlueCowboy, Aug 1, 2006.
RW: Load your guns, we're going T.O. hunting!
KD: Guns?? where?? ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
Roy: "Great, I have to do warm-ups in the line of sight of the guy who gets shot more than 2 Pac."
we just doing the superbowl shuffle.
Roy: "Move over a little more, man. I don't want to be in the line of fire."
Roy: Hey KD, when did you change your number... and your appearance?
*Dancing like Carlton from Fresh Prince to Tom Jones' "It's not unusual (to be loved by anyone)*
Both: "...here is my handle, here is my spout..."
Dang you beat me too it
meet me at the camp its goin down
meet me at the press conference its goin down
meet me across the middle best beleive you goin down
So I guess I'm the only one that realizes that the guy on the right is now Keith Davis?
You sure? That looks like a 9 on the front and a 2 on the back.
Both: "... it's fun to stay at the Y. M. C. A. ..."
Looks like a 45 to me. The number, not the gun.
Edit: Ok the first number isn't a 4, but the guy's face doesn't look like KD to me.
"Let me tell you something BROTHER the Dallas Cowboys are gonna bring the pain starting Sept 10. and when we are done the whole world will know the dominance of the Dallas Cowboys and all the Cowboymaniacs So what ya gonna do BROTHER what ya gonna do when Cowboymania reigns down on you?"
KD: This is how I was driving before they started shootin'.
RW: Ah, the gansta lean. You should try carrying your helmet with you, like this. You can use it to block bullets.
KD: Ok Roy, right hand on the top of the wheel, left hand on the bottom...
RW: Like this?
KD: Yep, now lean way back, like you're in the back seat, and put on a little smirk.
RW: What's it called?
KD: I'm coming up with a name for it... maybe you can help me out... the Bullet Dodger, the Matrix, Stayin Alive on the 635... whaddya think?
Both players:
And, Ladies and Gentleman...if you look over here...to our right...and yoru left....over there!
You will see the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders!
Now let's try to dance like white guys!


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Fantastic Story, Horrid Narration
The only way to improve the performance would be to have hired a completely different
I read the book first and loved it and was so excited when it came out on audio. But the narration was so terrible that I could barely listen to it. This is one of the few audiobooks I've listened to where the narrator truly ruined it for me. The voices she creates for each character are completely off and the various accents she attempts to use are beyond cringe worthy. And really annoying when she mispronounces Spanish words considering the main character is of Mexican/Spanish decent and speaks Spanish. I would skip getting this audio book, but definitely read it! The story itself and the characters created are fabulous.
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Girl OneMature
A poem about dating.
The first time Billy fell in love, he didn't know about it
He was young and easily impressionable
She was young and very pretty
And when she laughed, Billy felt like his life was taken away
Little by little
Every time she laughed
Her eyes were big and she smiled pretty often
And they were both very, very young
How young?
About ten years old
Her hair was black most days
Some days it was dark brown
And Billy used to stare at her for long hours
Since by this age he still wasn't aware
That it's rude to stare
One day the girl asked another girl
To ask Billy if he wanted to be her boyfriend
Billy did not know what this meant
Should he say yes?
Should he say no?
So he did what his heart told him
He said no
But the girl insisted
This very young girl with big eyes
Who didn't know what she wanted
She insisted
Until Billy said yes
And sometimes the girl came over
And sometimes Billy went over
And they told each other jokes
And swam in the pool
And they never kissed
And never really held hands
And they were never really dating
And they never really broke up
Because they were ten
Then Billy moved away
And never saw her again


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Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, Jr: A Youth Theatre Production
Friday, February 6, 2015
7:00 pm
95 E Third St
Mansfield, OH 44902
Presented By: Mansfield Playhouse
A Youth Theatre Production
Lyrics and Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy Allen McDonald
Based on the book CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's WILLY WONKA, JR. follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka's rules in the factory--or suffer the consequences.
Showtime is 7:00pm each night
Show dates: January 23, 24, 30, 31 & February 1
ADDITIONAL SHOW DATES ADDED due to popular demand!
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Coral Link Bracelet
Designed by: Vicki Downes
Difficulty: Beginner
Cut 2 lots of 12 strand bundles from your silk cord approx 15cms long. Connect 4 links together, and thread your cord bundles through either end to the halfway point. Slide on a slider bead And knot your cords flush to the slider bead.
Measure the bracelet so far around your wrist, and trim each end of cords down, leaving approx 1.5" for the cord ends and clasp. Glue in the cord bundles to end caps and allow to dry. Attach jumprings and lobster clasp to the cord ends. Using more jumprings, attach a tassel charm, feather charm and teardrop to one cord end.
Glue in an SS37 Swarovski flatback to the base and attach the complete charm with a jumpring to the other cord end. Attach the heart charm using a jumpring. Attach this next to the links on one side of the bracelet using a jumpring through a section of the cord bundle.
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The White Feather.
Poem by: ladygothicka
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
Show me the time to meet life's end,
give me the time to share with friends.
Show me how to move one more step,
give me the chance to love once more.
Show me the way back to childhood joy,
give me the chance to express my fears.
Show me the way to dance along the last path,
give me eternal rest to meet true peace.
That's all I ask as the clock winds down.
Give me a life that won't fall apart,
show me a shield that will not die.
Give me a love that will not leave me,
show me a man who won't hate me.
Give me a home that still feels warm,
show me a mum who'll hold me close.
Give me a shoulder upon which to cry,
show me a life where I don't have to lie.
I hold the white feather you gave me,
and I weep for all that I lost. For
you are dead, and I never said goodbye.
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this was quite touching. i don't know what else to say except that i loved this. all the best
this was so very honest and well written and an incredibly moving sentiment.
keep it up jess,
really moving
Most effectively heartfelt. Well written and presented.
Gave it an "I Like It" vote. As with your other new postings. All well deserved. Appreciate the wide range of themes and your treatment of them.
Thank you for becoming a fan. You are most kind.
Happy trails,
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