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Tis the season for holidaying, and much the same as every other year (excepting one, but more on that shortly) I hopped on a train to take me from London down to the South of France to spend a week with my family. Usually I catch the overnight sleeper (and did on my return journey) but this time my family decided to have a bit of a race, and so we all left home on the same morning with the aim of arriving at our destination in not only the fastest time, but also in the most comfortable way.
On that bright Thursday in August I caught the bus across London to Kings Cross (slight panic as I hit the morning congestion – being a cyclist I tend to forget about such things); my mother and sister drove from Hampshire to Bristol to catch their flight to Bordeaux; and my father donned his leathers to leave at the break of day to catch the channel crossing from Folkstone – Calais, and then onwards South through the French countryside.
As I mentioned, my usual route is to leave London in the evening, catch the Eurostar to Paris, skip across town to hop onto the over-night sleeper to Toulouse, and from there a local train to Auch arriving bright and breezy the following morning. Not bad in terms of timing and comfort and those sleeper couchettes really are very easy to sleep in. (An exception being that time when a fellow passenger decided to bring his two cats onboard and in the middle of the night one of them escaped its travelling box and leaped on me. For a few seconds I genuinely thought I had found myself caught in an Agatha Christie plot and Poirot would be called upon to investigate the happenings in Coach IV!)
But I digress. Finding myself the unwitting protagonist of Murder by Cats has not been enough to put me off train travel and this year was no exception. I departed Kings Cross in the morning, did a lunchtime changeover in Paris and met my mum and sis at Bordeaux where we all then drove to Auch.
Whilst I was initially a bit put-off travelling during the day (feeling that it wasn't as efficient a use of time as the overnight) I found it very enjoyable to sit back, listen to my ipod, and read the first book of the holiday.
Fortunately from Bordeaux the roads were reasonably clear and with the aid of our trusty sat-nav, a couple of hours later we made it with five minutes to spare before the local vineyard closed for the evening – just in time to buy ourselves some of the local plonk to enjoy on the terrace and watch the sun lazily drop behind the fields of dancing sunflowers.
Having not heard a peep from my dad all day, by 11pm we were beginning to worry ever so slightly. But just as we were considering sending out a search party we heard the familiar growl of the engine as he zipped along the final few miles of the country lanes to arrive, rather parched (it had been a scorcher of a day) and somewhat dishevelled, but all in one piece.
A couple of toasts to the family Great Escape and much sharing of travel anecdotes later, we were happily planning next year's escapades. I must say (although of course I am biased) that I think I had the most pleasant journey of them all and am pleased to report that we are all going to travel in style – by train – to our French idyll next year.
I mentioned that I had travelled by train all but once. Last year my mother and I decided that we would give cycling a go and spent twelve days on our saddles pedal-powering our way over the 580 miles or so from Hampshire to Auch. What an adventure that was!
Below I have done an approximate calculation of the various modes of transport that the family took. For my journey to France, the two-and-a-half hour journey in the car completely blew my carbon budget, which is why my return (a ten minute journey by car and the rest by train) has such a smaller carbon figure.
The figures outlined are for illustrative purposes and offer a rough estimate of the total, but if anyone would fancy volunteering to do a more accurate calculation – by all means please do get in touch!
|Intrepid adventurer
|Mode of transport
|Carbon Footprint (kg CO2e)*
|Time (door to door)
|Me (aka "Climate Geekess")
|12 hours 50 mins
|Mum and Sis
|12 hours
|Motorbike – ferry – motorbike***
|18 hours
|Return journey
|Car – train
|Overnight, 14.5 hours
* Figures taken primarily from the Defra/DECC carbon conversion tables
** Flight conversion figures include high altitude climate forcing figure at 1.9
***Motorbike figure taken from Carbon Footprint Calculator
Thanks Jamie!
For the TGV trains in France (leg from Paris to Bordeaux) I used the conversion figure: 0.06025. Does this seem correct to you? Do you have a different figure to use?
And for car travel – I hadn't done that, just did an aggregate, so will re-calculate now (nice spot).
But what about planes? Should I be dividing the total by number of passengers on the flight? And the same for trains? Or is the equivalent per passenger km figure worked included in the conversion figures?
ps: Are you, by any chance, volunteering yourself to do a full carbon audit for me?!
Nice post.
Did you divide the car emissions by the number of passengers? (This is necessary to make it equivalent to the per passenger km figures for the train).
Also, it's worth noting that the reason French trains are so low carbon is because the electricity is nuclear. Food for thought (though of course renewably-generated electricity would also be very low carbon).


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Whole30 Day 20 for me!
I haven't weighed myself in almost 3 weeks...what a strange feeling...but, I recently saw pictures of myself and I am SHRINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This WOE is working for me, so I am looking at doing a Whole60! It hasn't been easy, but I feel so much better, and I am suddenly getting compliments left and right on my weight loss. I have NO IDEA if or what I've lost, but I know it must be something because I can feel and see it. I can't recommend this WOE enough. I think ditching dairy helped because I was abusing cream and butter. I adore both!
Great job! I'm on day 17 and wearing a pair of pants that didn't fit last month...
It's been easier than I thought, but I can't wait to have cream in my coffee again! :jumpjoy:
Thanks for posting about your success! I've been thinking about trying this, because I too eat too much heavy cream and cheese.
OMG, I bought a pair of pants this weekend that were too tight to wear comfortably. I'm wearing them today, 3 days later. Amazing... something's happening.
I'm totally planning on continuing this (with the exception of cream in my coffee). It's been pretty easy so far. I'll loosen up a bit, but aim for a 95% primal.
Amazed... :jumpjoy::eek:
Excellent job Juliekaboolie!!! You look great!! I had to laugh when you said you adored cream and butter...hahaha... me too! We own dairy cows and make butter and separate the cream and you have to spoon it out of the jar..oh my!!
This is definitely something I have been thinking about doing, the Whole30,but I am lovin' my dairy. What would I do about my chocolate bombs?? I guess I should give it up!!
wtg! I love paleo... maybe I can get you to do a sugar detox with me lol
You look wonderful!! I am so happy for you.
Where do you buy Ghee by the way? I saw it at my local Indian market.Perhaps that is the way to go?
I start Whole30 on the 25th of this month. I rarely weight anymore after years of obsessing. My goal is to wear my thinner clothes and get back to a 28" waist (vs 31" today)
Thank you, guys!! I'm so excited to be feeling physically better! Even my wedding ring is looser. When I started low carbing 2 years ago, I wore a tight size 20. My husband surprised me with two pairs of jeans this week after listening to me complain that I had only one pair I could wear. He bought me size 16's that I've been wearing and 14's for when I lose a little more. Well, the 14's totally fit!!!!!!!!!!! What a thrill!! I can also see my biceps and feel my ribcage again! LOL! Loving this woe!
Kerry, I'm already sugar free, so I would happily do the sugar detox with you. I could easily give up fruit, if necessary. ;)
Exciting isn't it! Congratulations you're doing a great job.
You look like a size 10 Julie!
Do you have a favorite salad dressing recipe you can share? And do you bulk cook sweet potatoes?
I was so encouraged by your success!!
I decided I would do a Whole30, the only thing I am holding onto is our own butter and heavy cream from our cows. I am struggling with giving those up!!!! Why is this so hard!!
I gave up coffee for lent and it was fairly easy, but I am struggling to give these 2 things up!!!
Did you all feel that much better without dairy, even raw dairy.
Aw. Thanks!! Dairy IS hard to give up!!! I could have a meal of cream and butter because I love both so much! The reason they say to stop consuming it is that it causes a rather large burst of insulin. I will double check on cream and butter, but I know this is true for milk and cheese, even raw. I don't consider myself lactose intolerant at all, but I attribute losing my bloat to cutting out dairy. You'll have to tinker with it and see!
Tina - I don't know that I feel much different. The first thing I'll be adding back in next weekend is cream in my coffee. We'll see if I get any ickys from it. :dunno:
I think dairy is one of those things that is very individual. You'll just have to experiment. I would suggest doing a clean 30 days without it, then adding it in one thing at a time, that way you can really see if there is an effect for you.
I know it's hard, I can honestly say that I don't miss anything else. Although I have developed an expensive tea habit...
Thanks Tamara,
I know that I need to do the 30 days without it!! I keep feeling this is the right thing to do.
I have tried coconut milk in my tea, wasn't bad at all.
I am also hoping that will help my weight loss.
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Robert Elms has a quick chat with Coach Judy about Herne Hill Velodrome and also its Youth Cycling Club.
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Prerequisite: Knowing how to make a simple gif
First of all, we choose the two gifs we want to use. I advise to use gifs with a dark background, because the final result will be better, but it can work with lighter images as well. We open both bits of videos we're going to use in Photoshop and crop them the way we want. If you just want to overlay to gifs, you can crop it simply. If you want the gifs to overlay AND to distinguish the characters on both gifs, you crop them with the character on the left for one gif and on the right for the other.
We open a new canvas in the size we want the gif to be (here 245*245 px). Then, we choose the layers from the first gif we want to use. For this size, I usually use 40 layers but you can go up to 60 if you want.
I select the layers I want and I copy the layers in the timeline menu.
Then, in the new canvas, I paste the images via the timeline menu. In the window that opens, I select "Replace Frames" and click on "Okay".
I create a new group and put all the layers in the group (I renamed it for the tutorial but it's optional as long as you know which group corresponds to which gif)
Then, with the same technique, I do the same with the second gif. You've got to be careful to use the exact same number of frames or the final gif won't work properly. When you paste the layers into the canvas, makes sure to paste them with the "Paste Over Selection" option. Put all the layers in group too.
Select the group on the top (here, Roman!Rory) and choose the blend mode you think give the better effect. I usually use Lighten but, depending on the gifs you chose and the effect you want to have, you can select another mode.
From here, you can check the result by going to Save > Save for web and Preview. The gif opens in your browser and you can check if you like the result. Here, we get that:
I'm not totally satisfy with the effect on Silence!Rory so I play with brightness and contrast to have a better effect and clip the adjustment layer to the group. (As Silence!Rory is the group at the back, the adjustment layer doesn't have an effect on Roman!Rory but if you wanted to add an adjustment layer to the group on the top, clipping it to the group would come handy as it wouldn't affect the group below it). I only played with the brightness but you can of course add other layers too until you get what you want.
Here with more brightness on Silence!Rory:
I'm satisfy with the result so I won't make other changes. From there, you can add a coloring, text, textures, your watermark, you can sharpen it, add other effects… Whatever you want!
Save for the web, make sure the gif is below 1000K and, tada!, we're done.
Sometimes when you overlay two gifs, there's some details from the background of one gif that will mess with the second one. For example, when I made this one:
The space background from Amy and Eleven's hug was messing with Eleven's sad face. When something like than happens, you can simply create a layer mask on the group and, with a brush, just erase the part of the gif you don't want to appear. It'll affect all the layers of the gif in the same time, which is really helpful and quick, but be careful not to erase important parts of the gif which can appears in the following layers (if the characters are moving, for example, which isn't the case here).
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In addition, another feature has been added which helps build searches more efficiently in in the mobile world of small screens and even smaller keyboards.
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$5.4 Million Spent on Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
April 21, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Judges, Law, Liberals, Public Employees Unions, Supreme Court, Taxes, Teachers Unions, Unions, Warner Todd Huston, Wisconsin | 3 Comments
-By Warner Todd Huston
It is an amazing amount of money to be spent on a mere state supreme court race but this one was for all the marbles in Wisconsin as far as both sides were concerned, so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign broke out its calculator and came up with a whopping amount of $5.4 million having been spent on the race by forces outside the candidate's themselves.
"The special interest groups," WDC says, "spent an estimated $2.7 million to support Prosser and $1.8 million to back Kloppenburg." Even though two other high court elections outspent the 2011 effort, it is still a major amount of money to go into a state-wide election, to be sure.
I have to say, these final numbers shock me in one respect. I am shocked that unions didn't put more into this race than they did. The unions sure spent a ton of cash in other areas in the Badger State (like the protests at the state capitol) so maybe they didn't have the spare cash to throw at Kloppenburg's race when push came to shove. Whatever the case, I was surprised it wasn't more.
It's also interesting that the cash spent on Prosser's behalf was spent by activists, advocacy groups, and business interests inside the state. The way the left was screaming about Prosser's support in this race one would have thought that the judge was getting billions from forces outside the state. Remember the screams from the left that the Koch brothers were underwriting Prosser's race? Turns out not so much.
It turns out that while Prosser and Kloppenburg both received support from outside the state, forces inside the state spent more than those outside.
The biggest single outlay was made by the left-wing "smear group" Greater Wisconsin Committee.
Leading the smear groups was the Greater Wisconsin Committee which spent nearly $1.7 million to support Kloppenburg. The Madison-based group has been a leading spender on outside electioneering activities in most partisan races for statewide office and the legislature and in nonpartisan state Supreme Court races since it was created in 2004 to support Democratic candidates.
Greater Wisconsin sponsored web ads, phone banks and four television ads to support Kloppenburg. One of the group's worst ads condemned Prosser for not prosecuting a Catholic priest in Green Bay accused of sexually abusing two boys when Prosser was Outagamie County district attorney in the late 1970s.
Some of Greater Wisconsin's other ads tied Prosser to the policies of newly elected GOP Governor Scott Walker who has been criticized for his efforts to abolish most public employee collective bargaining rights, provide tax cuts and regulatory breaks for corporations and other wealthy special interests and slashing hundreds of millions of dollars in state aid to public schools and medical assistance programs.
The two candidates themselves spent relatively the same amount on their own races. WDC found that Prosser spent $406,283 and Kloppenburg $351,259. Neither side was out spent in any meaningful way.
Check out the WDC report for more details.
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Hohum. Looks like that Netflix streaming on a Mac I reported on yesterday was a bit of tease. According to the Netflix blog they're:
"testing it with a small percentage of new Netflix members so that we can conduct a thorough analysis before rolling it out broadly. Rollout to all Mac users will happen as soon as we're done with the testing, then we'll roll out to all users by the end of the year".
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Although poet Mark Doty's memoir Dog Years was published over a decade ago, it is timeless in its generous goodwill toward canine subjects, and timely for artists and thinkers who are considering animals under the umbrella of Animal Studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that is now coming into its own. (See last year's New York Times article, which describes this "emergent scholarly community.")
Doty is not an ethologist (someone who studies animal behavior), nor has he declared himself an Animal Studies scholar. He is first and foremost, in Dog Years, a participant in relationships with his dying partner Wally, two dogs (and two cats, who go practically unmentioned in the book). Reading Doty's interpretations of canine moods and desires, I was struck by the seeming acuity of his vision, and was convinced of accuracy of his assessments. As those of us involved in the scientific study of animal behavior know, the rigorously direct language of science does not permit us to declare that dogs "intend" to do that which we assume they are doing. We can observe a behavior and describe it, but must surround our language with a cushion of metaphor. For example, the prudent scientist will say that a dog behaves as if she is trying to get another dog's attention in order to facilitate play, though in the scientist's heart the assertion is more certain.
Dog Years reminded me that to enter into a relationship with an animal (and indeed, a person), means that, for the duration of the relationship, you and the other will be involved in the dance of interpreting each other's behaviors (and spoken language) to work toward shared goals. In this way, relationships bloom. Dogs' speechlessness, Doty points out, makes them especially compelling interlocutors:
Maybe dogs remind us of that verge [of being able to speak], that passage from speechlessness; we have each done it individually, as tiny children; at some moment no individual can recollect, we apprehended a word, attached a sound to an object. … When we look at a dog who seems nearly pregnant with unsayable [that is, in our human language] meaning, we look back at some place distantly but faintly familiar.
For Doty, "saying" means speaking or writing in a language comprehensible by, and perhaps natural to, humans. In his ethonography of the Koyukon of Alaska, Make Prayers to the Raven, anthropologist Richard Nelson describes the language of dogs in the Distant Time: "In that ancient society the dogs could talk with humans, but Raven knew that if this continued people would become too fond of them. "When someone lost a dog it would be just like losing a person." So Raven took speech away from them."
Dogs also have their own subtle lexicons of gaze and gesture, position and vocalization, which they use among themselves ("their" language), and also when communicating with us. (For useful and appealing instruction in "Doggie Language," see Lili Chen's delightful poster, which may be of use to the dog owners reading). There is also the kingdom of smell, which remains ghostly and nearly unfathomable to humans. Poets work with many tools, both sensory and immaterial, but the most obvious is human language. So much of what the best poets do is shape the unsayable into something that can be said. This requires both a willingness to participate in the world and observe it, and the desire to imagine the world and its many inhabitants with clarity and tact—in short, to empathize with the world and its creatures.
My preliminary work on a study of dog vocalization, and my own weird and funny forays into howling together with my dog, remind me that dog vocal communication is complex, subtle, and bendable. Dogs, who consistently meet us more than halfway in the give and take of communication, have learned a small pamphlet's worth of our words too: their name, walk, dinner, etc. Perhaps the next step for poets writing about animals is to turn the technical rigors of this art form, conceptualized as "prosody," toward animal vocalization and the knowledge produced by the scientific study of bioacoustics. This past January, Cornell opened its Macauly Library online, making widely available the sounds of numerous nonhumans. Listen to a short recording of wolves howling again and again: its communicative particularity (its wolfishness?) recedes, and its gently sloping rise and fall become a music as entrancing as any human sound. When teaching the art and craft of Inuit Throat Singing, Tanya Tagaq says that people "have to spend one year trying to sound like their dog first…growling." If you are curious about throat singing, you can hear some of the sounds Tagaq discuses in this brief performance of "Dog and Wolf."
Returning to Dog Years, I want to share an aside Doty makes, later in the book. It stuck with me:
Those who don't believe in animal character or intelligence will probably have turned from these pages long ago, and with them safely out of earshot, I can relax into a confident assertion that a dog's eyes may brim with intelligence, preference, temperament, eagerness, forms of memory, assertions of desire. Anyway, if language is metaphor, a system of signs tacked none too firmly to the real, then our words point only imprecisely toward our own feelings anyway, and may as well point just as inexactly toward those of dogs.
It is in this spirit that I hope those of us who are trying to represent animals with human language proceed. This does not mean that we should mistake imprecision for outright sloppiness and the easy denigration of animal subjects into metaphors for all that is lacking or shameful in humans. An acknowledgement of limits, both in our ability to understand animal subjects and—an even more crucial reminder from Doty to those who are determined to see only the limited in the animal—our fellow humans will keep us humble and curious. As ethologists, we face similar challenges. Noted primatologist Franz de Waal outlines some of the issues facing, and exciting developments in, our field in this recent Wall Street Journal piece. Whether as poet or scientist or devoted human companion of a dog, cat or other creature, the choice to remain open to encounters with animals, and attuned to possibility instead of lack, will undoubtedly enrich our interactions with our fellow nonhumans, as it does with our fellow humans.
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Tobi's annoying Deidara and Dei ends us hurt from Sasori. How can he be helped?
"Tobi, get your ass back here, yeah," Deidara yelled running through the hideout after a crying and frantic Tobi.
"Tobi's a good boy. Tobi didn't mean to set all the bombs off in Deidara-senpai's room," he yelled ducking behind you. You didn't move at all, to defend or offend Tobi. You knew not to get in between their arguments so you went back to reading your boring magazine. That is, until you saw Sasori stick out his foot. You knew what was going to happen but there wasn't enough time for you to warn him.
"Down he blows!" Tobi shouted like a pirate. You snickered a little before going over to Deidara. Sasori had already made his way to the kitchen to get away from the argument that was sure to ensue.
"Are you okay DeiDei?" you asked before he could start shouting out obscenities. He looked up his face red. "Oh, no! Do you have a fever?" You put your hand to his forehead. He jerked his head away and shook it `no'. His face started to lighten filling you with relief. You grabbed his elbow and helped him up. You looked around to see Tobi had left as well. He acted as if his hand hurt.
"I have an owie on my hand, will you kiss it better?" he asked holding his hand out palm up. It was the first time you heard him say anything without using his speech impediment. You knew about his mouths and hid a grin. You kissed each of his finger tips instead.
"That better?" You looked up to see his pout.
"That's not where it hurts, yeah," he whined.
"Yeah, but I'd rather kiss the original," you replied pulling on his ponytail to your level. His hands went on your hips. You pressed yourself closer and he inched his hands up just underneath the hem of your shirt, his hands nipping and sucking at the skin leaving two marks. You ran your hands down his chest and….
"Deidara-senpai, Leader needs you-" he stopped seeing the position you two were in. He ran out snickering and shouting, "Deidara being a bad boy doing bad things to Miyuki-chan!" You blushed hearing him and laughed pulling away from him.
"You better go see what he wants. I'll see you later." You gave him a quick peck on the cheek before making your way to your room. Not five minutes later, Deidara comes in with a box of his clothes. He plopped it in a corner before lying down and pulling you to him, your back to his chest.
"Dei-kun?" you questioned. He knew what you wanted.
"Tobi blew up my room, yeah. I need a new place to sleep. Leader assigned me to sleep in your room, yeah," he said wiggling his eyebrows. You giggled and turned over in his grip.
"Oh, no. Whatever has he done wrong?" you joked.
"Not this, yeah," he said before lying on top of you. He kissed you while his hands inched your shirt up leaving hickies all along the edge of your sides, along your breasts (no bra on), and up to your neck before breaking the kiss just long enough to yank your shirt off.
"Oh, and Deidara, don't-" They looked in time to see it was Leader who closed the door.
"We get walked in on each time, yeah," he heard Deidara complain.
"We really need a lock," Miyuki agreed.
"Kids these days," he said shaking his head. He turned around and started to make his way back to Konan's room.
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PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers junior goalie Greg Havalchak (Corning, NY) has been named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American second team, the organization announced today.
Havalchak, who earned second team All-America honors last spring from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), enters his junior season with an impressive resume that includes consecutive ECAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. He was one of 15 nominees for the Tewaaraton Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top men's lacrosse player in the country.
In two years as a starter, Havalchak has 360 career saves with a 7.50 goals-against average. His 360 career saves already ranks ninth in school history. Against Dartmouth last season, he stopped a career-high 22 shots, and also had a 21-save effort in a 14-10 victory over eventual national-champion Syracuse on April 17.
Statistically, Havalchak finished last season as the ECAC leader in goals-against average (7.35), saves (172) and save percentage (.628). Nationally, he ranked fourth in goals-against average and second in save percentage.
Under the guidance of fourth-year head coach Jim Stagnitta, Rutgers returns six starters and 18 letterwinners in 2005. The Scarlet Knights, who have earned back-to-back at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament, open the season on March 5 when they travel to Newark, DE, to face Delaware. Rutgers' schedule features games against six teams that qualified for last season's NCAA Tournament.
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Jed Prossner, Sr, North Carolina
Joe Walters, Jr, Maryland
Kyle Barrie, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Ian Dingman, Jr, Navy
Kyle Harrison, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Bryant Will, Sr, North Carolina
Bill McGlone, Jr, Maryland
Matt Rewkowski, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Andy Corno, Sr, Georgetown
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Tom Garvey, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Mitch Hendler, Sr, Navy
Brett Moyer, Jr, Hofstra
Jack Reid, Jr, UMass
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Pat Walsh, Jr, Notre Dame
Matt Ward, Jr, Virginia
Chris Cara, Sr, Bucknell
Joe Boulukos, Jr, Cornell
Ben Grinnell, Sr, Dartmouth
Graham Gill, Sr, Navy
Matt Zash, Jr, Duke
Scott Davidson, Sr, Denver
Rob Bateman, Sr, Virginia
Oliver Barry, Sr, Princeton
Stephen McElduff, Jr, North Carolina
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Jon Urbana, Sr, Villanova
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Jason Doneger, Sr, Princeton
John Walker, Jr, Army
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Justin Redd, Sr, Cornell
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The first Clinical Activity Report for a newly certified perfusionist is due August 1st, in the year following the year in which he/she successfully completes the examination process. All Clinical Activity Reports are due on August 1st and cover the period of July 1st of the previous year through June 30th.
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The audit process is conducted by the Chief Perfusionist, Operating Room Director or other designated hospital authority. The Clinical Activity Report and the signed Authorization for Release of Information form are sent to the designated authority for verification.
It is necessary for each CCP to list a designated hospital authority for each hospital in which cases are reported. The designated hospital authorities and the addresses for the authorities must be listed on the Adding a Hospital screen online.
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Professional Activity Requirement
During each three-year reporting period every Certified Clinical Perfusionist must earn 45 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). A minimum of fifteen (15) CEUs must be earned in Category I. (See Summary of Recertification Activity table at end of this information.)
Recertification is automatic, provided all reports and forms are completed, filed on time and accompanied by the appropriate filing fee.
Professional Activity Report
Each CCP must file a Professional Activity Report every third year, which contains the following:
Recertification Filing Deadline
All reporting periods end on June 30th. All reports must be completed and filed online with the appropriate fee no later than midnight August 1st.
Late Fees
Certified perfusionists submitting recertification reports after August 1st through August 31st will be assessed a late fee of $75.00.
Extension of Certification Period
Certified Clinical Perfusionists who are unable to fulfill recertification requirements by the end of a reporting period may request an extension of the filing deadline as follows:
If none of the above requirements are completed by December 31 of the extended leave year, it will be necessary to successfully complete all steps listed in the "Re-entry into the Certification Process" section of the Booklet of Information.
Professional Activity
Individuals on clinical activity conditional certification and extended leave are required to complete the Professional Activity Report (PAR) during the conditional certification period.
Loss of Certification
A CCP will lose certification if he/she:
Continuing education units are categorized according to type of educational activity. The following is a description of the various continuing education categories.
Category I – Accredited Perfusion Meetings and Other Perfusion Related Activity.
Perfusion meetings are those programs and seminars in which a minimum of 75% of the contact hours consists of perfusion or relevant cardiac surgery related material. Only those events approved by the ABCP will qualify for Category I CEUs. Examples include:
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old vine cafe, how i love thee so.
as stella's birthday dinner approached, she and i decided we needed to finalize the menu plan (er, well kind of finalize) and just have some good ol' face time. when she and i get together, the conversation is naturally tons of fun and filled with laughter, and it is almost always done over a fantastic meal.
as plans for pinot provence ended up falling through, we had to put our heads together to figure out a new meeting spot. in the end, we decided on old vine cafe, located at the camp in costa mesa. i had been here once before when we took my mom out for her birthday brunch, and the menu was super solid. it's such a quaint setting, and i love the crunchiness of the whole atmosphere.
they do have a few tasting menus for dinner, but in the end we decided to just pick a few small plates and do work on a couple of glasses of vino
first up, the mac and cheese with porcini mushrooms:
i am a huge sucker for mac and cheese. this one was super legit. stella and i were both trying to break down the flavors of this dish, as it may make an appearance on the menu this saturday. the porcinis definitely made the dish, and the pasta was cooked to a perfect al dente. nomz.
shrimp with curry sauce:
these bad boys were gigantic. nicely grilled shrimp with a light curry sauce. party in my mf'in mouth for sure.
ravioli with duck mf'in filling:
gahdamn, this thing was out of this world. it looks so simple, yet the flavor profile of the filling was so complex. also, i just like the fact that it's just one big ass ravioli. kinda cute.
lamb chops in some tasty ass sauce with fried yucca shavings:
i tend to order lamb whenever it is available just for the fact that it is such a rare occasion that i get to eat it. lamb can be a very gamey meat, but i have been lucky to have eaten lamb that was prepared extremely well. the lamb preparation at old vine was super on point, and the meat was perfectly medium rare. the sauce paired with the crunchy yuca shavings were the icing on the cake.
though i'm not a huge dessert fan, whenever i eat out with stella, i feel this obligation to get at least one in order to make the meal whole.
bread pudding:
tasty as hell and not over the top sweet, which is just right up my alley when it comes to dessert. definitely 'bout it, 'bout it.
bleu cheese cheesecake:
both stella and i have pretty extensive palettes, so when we saw this dessert, we immediately said that we had to try it. the end result was, well… let's just say the flavor was interesting. to be more precise, stella said that it tasted like "cheesecake turned bad." i mean, it wasn't terrible, but i honestly might as well have shoved a spoonful of refrigerated bleu cheese dressing in my mouth.
oh, costa mesa, i suppose you do have a small piece of my heart. i guess i can forgive the fact that you're practically on the border of south county. ha!
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Close Leung campaign aides join interim team
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... Tanna Chong email@example.com Three of Leung Chun-ying's close campaign aides have joined the chief executive-elect's office. Former ATV anchor Cathy Hung Yee-man, who was responsible for media affairs during the former Executive Council convenor's election campaign, began working for the office on Thursday. Two project officer posts have been filled ...http://www.scmp.com/article/998216/close-leung-campaign-aides-join-interim-team
Long Hair's aide arrested for throwing flour at rally
Posted Apr 28th 2011, 12:00am
... Phyllis Tsang An assistant to lawmaker 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung was arrested yesterday for an incident that took place outside Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong last December. Penny Keung Ling-cheung, was arrested at his home in Sha ...http://www.scmp.com/article/966249/long-hairs-aide-arrested-throwing-flour-rally
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... Fanny W. Y. Fung and Kobi Chan Democratic Party lawmaker Kam Nai-wai's former aide Kimmie Wong Lai-chu yesterday gave her first public account of how her former boss had made advances ... 'there was no confidentiality agreement' between her and the party. Both Ho and Lau said the ex-aide had requested the party keep her case secret. 'Is she saying that I was lying?' ...http://www.scmp.com/article/700259/kams-former-aide-breaks-silence
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... Phyllis Tsang Headsets with interpretation services will be provided in the public gallery at the inquest of a Nepali shot dead by a policeman. The man's widow and ethnic communities had complained about the coroner's decision to conduct the hea ...http://www.scmp.com/article/690651/headsets-aid-inquest-translation
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... Ng Kang-chung A man will apply for legal aid today to sue Prince of Wales Hospital for compensation for alleged improper treatment of a kidney inflammation in October 2007. Wong Tin-yiu claims the treatment led to a lung infection and the hospital ignored his complaints. The hospital said Mr Wong had refused to follow doctors' instructions during treatment and had also ...http://www.scmp.com/article/666708/man-seeks-legal-aid-sue-hospital
Brother Fat's tome of on-set snapshots to aid quake victims
Posted Jun 27th 2008, 12:00am by Andrew Sun
... with Andrew Sun. Additional reporting by Clara Mak. When Louis Vuitton opened its Canton Road shop in March, they also mounted a photo exhibition by Chow Yun-fat of pictures he took on his film shoots. On Wednesday, the actor was back at the store for the ...http://www.scmp.com/article/643099/brother-fats-tome-set-snapshots-aid-quake-victims
$62m package to pay for Tsang's political aides
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Student finds volunteer force is way to give back
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... Lo Wei As a Pakistani left by her parents in the care of a Hong Kong foster family shortly after she was born, Maggie Cheung is thankful for what she has. 'I know I'm lucky to be able to live here,' she says of her city, 'so I want to contribute to Hong Kong.' The 22-year-old university student is the only non-ethnic-Chinese member of the Civil Aid ...http://www.scmp.com/article/734216/student-finds-volunteer-force-way-give-back
Bank chairman out of hospital
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... Danny Mok William Ma Ching-wai, 55, chairman of Tai Sang Bank and Tai Sang Land Development, yesterday left Queen Mary Hospital, where he was admitted on Monday night after collapsing at a banquet in the Four Seasons hotel. He was given first aid by a doctor at the scene and regained consciousness on the way to hospital. Ma is the son of late property developer Ma Kam-chan. ...http://www.scmp.com/article/703508/bank-chairman-out-hospital
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ehehehe off to Magaluf :D
see you in 8 days tumblr :)
actually shocking.
well 35 hours haha
No thanks dad i'm okay.
Making cupcakes for the hospice now :)
3 days till Magaluf
not getting underarms waxed again, I have coarse hairs under my arms or sommat, ended up her having to pluck a few hairs out which KILLED haha
legs didn't really hurt though :) and I'm used to eyebrows :)
hopefully they will be rather pretty but simple :)
I'm gonna be eating crap all week and drinking a load of alcohol which will just make me fat anyways so no point even trying to do anything over the next 4 days haha, wouldn't make much difference now anyways.
might write big paragraph about the going ons later if i can be bothered
should really go to sleep but i have so much energy
would go out tonight if i had money
lost a couple of pounds too
was it good? I go on tuesday?? so excited :)
Even though I've just been eating a load of smarties, I hope my dress still fits that I'm wearing tonight.
Having lunch, then having a shower, going to the salon to get my legs waxed (hope it doesn't hurt too much…) then taking rabbit to the vets, then come home have tea, get ready and go to beth's 18th :)
I cannot WAIT :D
now just to worry about results :']]
Gossip girl series 1-3 (and 4 when it comes out)
Big bang theory series 1-4
90210 series 1 & 2
How I met your mother series 1-5
Desperate housewives series 1-6
Grey's Anatomy series 4-6
Friend's series 7-9
The inbetweeners series 1-3
I.t crowd series 1-4
Skins series 1-4
Think I need a job haha
Go buy some hair dye.
Go get fondant cutter and pattern thing, and lustre dust for saturday.
Revise chemistry.
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Ten Commands Every Linux Developer Should Know
This is a more advanced tool and is not for the faint of heart. It's sort of a data-mining tool for object files. A treasure trove of information is encoded inside your object code, and this tool lets you see it. One useful thing this tool can do is dump assembly code mixed with source lines, something gcc -S doesn't do for some reason. Your object code must be compiled with debug (-g) for this to work:
objdump --demangle --source myobject.o
objdump also can help extract binary data from a core file for postmortem debug when you don't have access to a debugger. A complete example is too long for this article, but you need the virtual address from nm or obdump -t. Then, you can dump the file offsets for each virtual address with objdump -x. Finally, objdump is able to read from non-ELF file formats that gdb and other tools can't touch.
This article is not intended as a definitive reference but as a starting point to help you become more productive. Each one of these commands is well documented in the Linux man and info pages. Consult them for more information and more ideas.
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John Fusco is a software developer with General Electric Healthcare (formerly GE Medical Systems), where he designs Linux software and device drivers for GE's Lightspeed series of Computed Tomography scanners (www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/ct/products/light_series/index.html).
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Great article
This is the stuff I look for in LJ Magazine.
Kudos to Mr Fusco!
a few more
many of your commands are more beneficial to system administrators than programmers, imho (as i wear both hats), so i add the following:
lsof is the opposite of fuser: instead of what processes have open a file, it tells what files a process has open.
netstat tells what ports are bound to, and will even list the specific processes if you own them.
for debugging network applications, nothing beats ethereal. it's the strace of networking.
i really enjoyed the article and learned some new things (fuser, od, xxd). it's general articles like these (applicable to any serious linux user) that keeps me subscribed to the dead-tree lj.
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what is equivalent of "pstack" to view a core file in Linux.
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This Technology Solutions Company Looks Cheap
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Since the middle of 2012, John Bean Technologies (NYSE: JBT) has advanced significantly, from only $13.50 per share to nearly $21.70 per share at the time of writing. Interestingly, John Bean is in the portfolio of many famous investors including Mario Gabelli, Joel Greenblatt, and small cap guru Chuck Royce. Should we follow these investment gurus into John Bean at its current trading price? Let's find out.
Business snapshot
John Bean is a global provider of technology solutions, specifically for food processing and air transportation businesses, operating in two main business segments: FoodTech and AeroTech. Most of its operating income, $53.2 million, or 60.8% of the total operating profit, was generated from the FoodTech segment while the AeroTech segment contributed around $34.3 million in profit.
In the past four years, John Bean has delivered inconsistent results. While revenue fluctuated in the range of $842 million to $965 million, net income has stayed in the range of $31 million-$37 million in the same period. In 2012, John Bean produced $917 million in revenue, $36 million in net income, or $1.23 per share, and $61 million in free cash flow. The dividend came in at $0.28 per share with a conservative payout ratio of only 22.2%.
John Bean uses some leverage in its operations. As of March 2013, it had $106 million in equity, $15 million in cash, and as much as $102 million in both long and short-term debt. Moreover, it also recorded $99 million in pensions and other benefits. The market values John Bean at 8.34 times its trailing EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). The company offers its shareholders a dividend yielding 1.7%.
Relatively cheaper than its peers
Interestingly, John Bean seems to be cheap compared to its much larger peers Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) and The Manitowoc Company (NYSE: MTW). The market values Manitowoc at a higher EBITDA multiple of 10.5. Manitowoc derived most of its revenue, $2.4 billion, from the Crane segment while the Foodservice segment contributed around $1.5 billion in sales. The company is quite strong in the restaurant market, accounting for 66% of the total revenue in the Foodservice segment while in the Cranes segment, more than 65% came from the Energy/Infrastructure end market.
Looking forward, Manitowoc would look to strengthen its balance sheet. Since its Enodis acquisition, the company has repaid more than $1 billion in debt. However, it is still highly leveraged. As of March 2013, it had $602 million in equity, $104 million cash and short-term investments, and as much as around $1.95 billion in debt. In 2013, Manitowoc expects to reduce more than $200 million in debt. The company estimates revenue growth of the Crane business to stay in the high single-digits while Foodservice segment revenue might experience mid single-digit percentage growth.
Illinois Tool Works also has a higher valuation than John Bean. The market values Illinois Tool Works at 9.8 times its trailing EBITDA. Recently, the company expanded its footprint in China by acquiring Gold Pattern Holdings, which owns 100% of Vesta Global, the leading Western kitchen equipment maker in China. The company reported that Vesta's customers were restaurant chains, four and five star hotels, operating two manufacturing sites.
Chris O'Herlihy, ITW Executive VP, said: "We are pleased to add Vesta to our global food equipment business. This acquisition gives us entry to the fast-growing Chinese Western cooking industry with a differentiated product offering, attractive end market presence, and a well-established national distribution sales and service network."
Going forward, the company expects to generate compound annual growth of more than 12% beyond 2017 with ROIC of more than 20%. For full year 2013, Illinois Tool Works estimates its total revenue growth to stay in the range of 2%-4%. The diluted EPS might come in at $4.15 to $4.35. Interestingly, the company also expects to return more than $850 million in cash to shareholders in the form of share repurchases. Among the three, Illinois Tool Works pays the highest dividend yield at 2.2%.
My Foolish take
John Bean, with its market leading position, a decent dividend yield, and the lowest valuation among its peers seems to be a good pick now. According to Barron's, investors might like the fact that its aftermarket parts and services business, with higher margin than equipment sales, has been growing rapidly. Consequently, John Bean's overall operating margin has increased.
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