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The proband (IV:5) is a 38-year-old female who had the first diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at the age of 10 years. She has been asymptomatic for more than 20 years.
Arrhythmic phase of the disease
Few years after the diagnosis, she was given Verapamil therapy to prevent further worsening of the hypertrophy and development of symptoms. In September 2003 she suffered the first episode of atrial flutter that was successfully treated with external cardioversion. Further episodes of atrial fibrillation and flutter recurred in the following years all repeatedly treated with external cardioversion. Amiodarone treatment was started after one of the several arrhythmias episodes and withdrawn due to hyatrogenic hyperthyroidism. After atrial ablation in 2006 and an ICD implantation, the atrial flutter recurred in February 2007. Since then, the atrial arrhythmia was chronic.
Heart failure phase
The onset of mild dyspnoea on efforts and asthenia dates first month of 2007; in January 2008 the patient complained about thoracic pain: she underwent coronary angiography that showed normal coronary arteries.
She was first addressed to our Centre in June 2008. She was in functional NYHA class III-IV. We performed cardiologic evaluation, ECG registration, Holter monitoring, echocardiogram and genetic counselling and blood sample collection for molecular analysis.
Cardiologic Visit:
Arrhythmic heart sounds, apical systolic murmur. Fine crepitations on pulmonary bases, bilaterally. Hepatomegaly. Absence of leg swelling; presence of jugular turgor.
Atrial flutter with variable conduction to ventricles; mean ventricular rate of 60 beats/min; normal QRS axis; absence of indices of myocardial hypertrophy (negative Cornell and Sokolow-Lyon criteria).
Atrial flutter with variable conduction to ventricles.
Holter Monitoring:
atrial fibrillation/flutter over the 24 hours of recording. Single recording of 13 consecutive beats of aberrant conduction to ventricles. Absence of pauses; few PM interventions. In the report the patient described dyspnoea and fatigue which corresponded to the recording of increased heart rate.
- basal segments: interventricular septum thickness 10 mm; posterior wall 14 mm; inferior wall 15 mm;
- distal segments: inferior and posterior wall thickness, 26 mm;
- increased thickness of the right ventricular free wall;
- ejection fraction: 45-50%; decreased end-diastolic left ventricular volume (32 ml)
- biatral enlargement; presence of restrictive mitral inflow pattern (E/A 2,78, deceleration time 120 msec);
- Estimated pulmonary arterial pressure in systole: 35-40 mmHg;
- Hepatic veins and inferior vena cava: congested
Panel A and B: short axis views, basal and distal segments respectively. Worth noticing is the mild hypertrophy in the basal inferior and posterior segments, whereas in the apical segments the hypertrophy is much more evident. Panel C: long-axis view of the left ventricle. The severe hypertrophy of the posterior wall begins after the papillary muscles. Panel D: apical view showing the hypertrophy of distal segments and evidence of spontaneous smoke effect in the ventricle.
Result: Normal range:
- B-type Natriuretic Peptide 367 pg/ml 0-50
- Lactic Dehydrogenase 622 U/L 230-460
- Sodium 131 mEq/L 135-153
- Troponin I 0.123 ng/ml 0-0.04
Other biochemical parameters were normal (total serum CPK and CK-MB, creatinine, Lactic Acid, Myoglobin, haemochrome, C-reactive Proteine, ErytroSedimentation Rate).
The patient was admitted to the hospital August 2008 to optimize pharmacological treatment and to restore hemodynamics. She was put on the waiting list for heart transplantation. Heart transplantation was performed on 30th December 2008.
Family History and Screening:
The first step of the family screening study included the family nucleus from III:7 (within the blue line area. We traced medical records of the deceased maternal grand-mother (II:2), documenting that she was affected but reported data were descriptive only
The proband is the fourth offspring of non-consanguineous parents, with unaffected father and proven, affected mother. The proband (IV:5) is the fourth of six sibs. A younger brother died suddenly at the age of 28 years (IV:3); an older sister underwent heart transplantation for HCM at the age of 56 years (IV:2); one younger brother is affected by HCM (IV:7). Two sibs (IV:4, IV:6) are unaffected.
The proband is mother of a 9-year-old boy (V:5) who is affected by HCM (z score of the left ventricular wall thickness 4,05 with the exception of distal posterior wall that showed z score of 8,74) with normal mitral inflow pattern (Figure A). The ECG of the boy (Figure B) showed abnormal T waves (negative T waves in the inferior leads) but no left ventricular hypertrophy.
Figure A - Normal mitral inflow pattern in the 9-year-old boy (V:5) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Figure A - Normal mitral inflow pattern in the 9-year-old boy (V:5) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Figure B - Electrocardiographic examination of the 9-year-old son of the proband. No ECG criteria (Sokolow-Lyon and Cornell) for left ventricular hypertrophy. Negative T waves in inferior and lateral leads. Early repolarization on precordial leads (C2 to C4).
1) Could you hypothesise what is the causative gene of the disease in this family or indicate genes that should be screened with priority??
2) Figure 1: suppose you see this ECG without having the ECHO data: would you suspect an HCM? If yes, why?
(This material is original; it has not previously published and is part of a research on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies supported by funds from Cariplo Foundation and Health Ministry granted to EA).
Further family investigation:
The maternal cousin (relative III:3) of the proband (IV:5) was contributory for the final diagnosis (Figure 1, green arrow).
This patient came to our attention at the age of 56 years with the following history and clinical records:
Serial echocardiography studies (up to 2008): normal wall thickness (septum, z score -1.0 to 0,75), biatrial dilation, restrictive LV filling pattern.
On more recent examinations:
Severe intraventricular and intra-atrial spontaneous smoke (low flow due to the increased ventricular filling pressures) (Figure 2).
In the last two years she complained frequent episodes of congestive heart failure with hepatomegaly, pleural effusion, peritoneal effusion mild leg oedema.
Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB)
Interstitial and perivascular fibrosis; myocyte disarray; both normal and hypertrophic cardiomyocites.
The patient underwent heart transplantation at the age of 57 years.
Figure 2. Panel A: evidence of spontaneous intra-cardiac smoke in restrictive cardiomyopathy pattern (biatrial dilation, normal ventricular chamber size, normal ventricular wall thickness). Panel B: Pulsed Wave Doppler shows restrictive mitral inflow pattern.
Considerations on the genetic basis of RCM
Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiomyopathy clinically characterized by impaired relaxation and abnormal left ventricular filling, dilation of both atria and absence of significant left ventricular hypertrophy [1-3]. The genetic basis of primary restrictive cardiomyopathy includes mutations of the following genes: alpha cardiac actin [4], desmin [5,6] Troponin I [3,4] and Troponin T [4,7].
Results of genetic testing
The molecular analysis identified the p.Leu144Gln mutation of the Troponin I gene in the proband, her son, and the cousin who also underwent heart transplantation. The extension of genetic testing to live patients of the family confirmed the segregation of the mutation with the phenotype. Other sarcomeric genes tested negative.
TNNI3-associated phenotypes
TNNI3 patients may show pure RCM and HCM with or without restrictive pattern. Different phenotypes may coexist in the same family [4,8,9]. In the present family, as in other families observed in our centre with TNNI3-related cardiomyopathy, only the presence of a pure RCM without conduction disease in at least one member of the family seems to predict mutations of this gene. Differential clinical diagnosis includes pure restrictive phenotype caused by mutations of the Desmin gene, which are however characterized by the presence of atrioventricular block preceding the onset of restrictive haemodynamics and in some case, of clinically overt myopathy or increased sCPK. [6].
Although genetic testing was performed only in living members of the family, the clinical records of deceased relatives documented HCM or SD due to cardiomyopathy. The phenotypes associated with Troponin I gene defects (RCM, HCM with or without restriction pattern) seem to be rather malignant as shown by the family history: 12 affected relatives died suddenly, one patient underwent ICD implantation and three underwent heart transplantation.
Three phenotypes may coexist in families with cardiomyopathy caused by Troponin I gene mutations:
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Tutorial on how to open QFX files
What are QFX files?
QFX files are files that have a .qfx extension. These files are a financial format that is used to import data into a tool called Quicken financial software. QFX files are not widely used, but are quite interesting. They may include account balances, transactions, and many more information that has been recorded in a standardized format.
This type of file is generated by some financial institutions. For example, a credit card transaction history can be downloaded as a QFX file. And, for some reason, Windows XP can't open the file. Why is that?
Well, Windows can't open the file because it is not a recognized standard file type. Instead, it need additional software to open and manage these files. The software is called Quicken and is available in different packages. Let's see where to find this tool.
How to find and download the tool
To download the tool, we must go to the developer's official website. This is located at http://quicken.intuit.com/. Go there and you should see a page like the one below:
For this tutorial, we will learn how to download and install Quicken Deluxe. It is the basic version (aside the free online version) and it offers you a way to create a budget to help you save for things you want. However, we just need to open a QFX file so all of this doesn't really matter. What matters is that this tool costs $39.99. It is a little too much if you just want to open QFX files.
However, since it is the only trustworthy tool available, we will have to work with it. Go ahead and click Add to Cart on the Deluxe tab. Here is the next web page:
Make sure that the Delivery Method is set to Download, just like in the picture. The Quantity should be set to one. You can see that you save $20 and so on. When you are convinced you want to have the tool click Checkout. Here is where you will be sent:
You must fill in all the fields marked with an *. This is the account registration process. You will need an account to enter Quicken. After you have filled all the fields with your personal information, click Continue Checkout. You will be directed to the following web page:
This is the place where you should enter your payment information. You can pay through Visa, Discover, MasterCard, or American Express. It should have included PayPal, but let's leave it like it is. Choose what you use and enter the information. Make sure you have a secure computer otherwise this info might fall into the wrong hands. After your card is debited, you will reach the main download page. Download the file and save it somewhere safe on your hard drive. The next and final step is installation.
Installing Quicken Deluxe
First of all, it is best to save your file on a CD or DVD. This allows you to have easy access whenever you reinstall Windows or when a problem occurs. After the file is saved, double click it (on the CD/DVD or on the hard drive – it doesn't really matter). You will see a screen like the one below:
The file is basically a self extracting archive. It extracts the necessary files to a temporary folder on the hard drive. The tool is installed from these files. Here is how the next window looks like:
This is the install shield. It will guide us through the setup process. Click Next:
You must agree to their License Agreement. It is best to read it from start to finish. However, if you don't agree, the installation will be terminated. You are forced to accept the terms. Go ahead and check "I agree to the terms of the license agreement and acknowledge receipt of the Quicken Privacy Statement". The Next button will become available. Click on it:
This window asks you to where you want to install the file. It is best to leave the path as it is: C:\Program Files\Quicken. You will find most of your programs there. After you modify the path (if you want), click Next:
This is the last window before the installation begins. If you want to change anything, you can click Back. Once you click Install, the installation will begin. Remember that you need at least 100 MB of free space on the chosen partition. If you don't have anything to change, click Install:
After the installation is finished, you will be asked if you want to download and install additional updates. Updates are great, but we don't really need them at this point. You can get them at any other time:
Go ahead and click Next. You are told that the installation is a success and you can choose to open Quicken 2009 at once:
Click Done to launch the tool. Here is how the User Interface looks like:
Now that we have the tool working, we can test to see if it can open QFX files. Although you might think that you can click File and Open, this will not work. You must import QFX files. So click File and select Import:
You must choose to import a Web Connect File. Go ahead and click on it. This is what will appear next:
As you can see, the Web Connect Files are actually QFX files. Select your file and click open. You are now able to open and edit these files. Congratulations! Although it costs $39.99, this software is quite useful and powerful. To see what it can do and to learn how to use it, check the Help section or find online assistance on the developer's website. Have fun with your new acquisition!
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Try a few of these prep tips to ensure your staff meeting runs smoothly and efficiently:Pair the usual meeting agenda with goals of what is to be accomplished during the meeting. Send this out to each staff member prior to the gathering and invite their input and additions to action items or goals. If there are any specific items for individual teammates to prepare, be sure to note that on the agenda as well.Consider using an online project management tool to keep track of all agenda items and employee to-dos and allow for easier collaboration and staff input. Tools like Google Docs allow multiple contributors to access the same document, while more advanced programs like QuickBase, Basecamp or Clarizen offer other features like file-sharing, to-do lists and task assignment. Upload all prep documents, charts, etc. here so staff can absorb them before the meeting – this will avoid the all-too-common "group read-in" that many meetings fall victim to.When planning the meeting's time and length, consider a few things: Time of day (When is your staff most energetic and on-point?), meals/refreshments (If holding around the noon hour, lunch should be provided), and the shorter the better (Keep it under an hour, if possible). Discussing key information will be easiest if people are at attention and willing to participate, so try to avoid general meetings during hectic weeks or project crunch time.Continue the smooth sailing From start to finish, ensure that energy and involvement are kept high:After an initial welcome and quick overview of the agenda, kick off the meeting on a positive note. Go around the table and have each person share his or her biggest success or achievement since the group last met. This will boost entire organizational morale while also giving each team member an equal chance to be in the spotlight.One of the biggest detriments to a staff member's attention span during a meeting can be the "tech glaze" – when he or she maintains non-stop eye contact with a laptop or PDA. Encourage staff to leave these items at their desk by handing out Laptop Sleeves imprinted with the phrase: "I'm allergic to meetings – Leave me behind!" Assign one individual to take down minutes during the meeting to ensure greater participation and less distraction from an incoming e-mail or IM.Commit to only tackling items outlined in the agenda. Too many off-track discussions can quickly lead to a no-progress meeting. If conversation begins to stray, reign everyone back in by referring to the agenda and time. Then, immediately put the topic on next meeting's agenda if the item is worthwhile enough for group discussion.Halfway through the meeting, call for a quick mind break. 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John3Sobieski is a valued contributor to the Neomorphs series and has even helped to write and plot book 72: The Price as well as create the Ssri'Kai. On the subject of his aid to the series, capnnerefir states:
The only person who has done more for the series than John is me. In John, I found something that any writer would kill for: someone who could be trusted with the most intimate of plot details and help me in improving upon my ideas. I feel that John has helped me to take my writing to an entirely new level and the series just wouldn't be the same without him. If I am a metaphoric Tolkien, then he is undoubtedly my C. S. Lewis.
John3Sobieski is a member of the Animorphs Fan Forum, an aspiring writer, and a friend to capnnerefir. He is also the moderator of his blog, Turn Right America. There, John describes himself thusly:
"My name is Scott, and I'm an 18 year old… My Dad comes from Detroit. His family came from Poland, my great grandparents being straight off the boat. Polish is the side I celebrate most, because the German side has been very well diluted in American culture. I'm going to graduate from High School this year. After high school, I'm going to go into the Marines as a War Correspondent. I've studied warfare for as long as I can remember, and I love to write, so that should be the perfect job for me. It's putting the two together. I'm a Catholic of the Roman Right. I go to church every Sunday and try to be devout. The morality of the Church guides my thinking. I love the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. I'm currently writing a fanfic that I hope to publish some day called The War of the Yeerk Scourge."
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Placing my bets on the future, I ordered my seeds this week, from Territorial and a new place for me--Bountiful Gardens, in Palo Alto.
The Bountiful Gardens order gets me scorzonera and Tyfon, two crops I've had trouble finding seeds for.
|Scorzonera, from recipemuncher.com
Scorzonera is often called black salsify or black oysterplant, which I suppose only takes it up a notch or two on the recognition scale for most people. It's a long, slender, very dark-skinned root, extremely hardy, with a rich, mellow taste that I prefer to parsnips or rutabagas.One drawback is that it requires deep, workable soil, which is hard to come by in my clayey backyard, but I have a plan. My nephew-in-law Andrew has provided me a couple 50 gallon food-grade plastic barrels from his job at the fish processing plant. I'm already using two of these as rain barrels. These new ones are destined to be root towers. I'll cut them in half to create four containers deep enough for fingerling potatoes, sweet potatoes, and scorzonera, fill them with nice loose soil, and we're off to the races. When it's harvest time I can just tip them sideways onto a tarp collect the roots, give the soil a compost boost, and replant with a rotation crop. This is the time of year when all these plans seem foolproof.
Last year my sweet potatoes didn't get nearly enough heat, but as the global "hottest year on record" stats keep piling up, it's surely only a matter of time before Western Washington gets its turn and I am rolling in sweet potatoes, eggplants and tomatoes while my peas and lettuce wither or bolt.
Here are a couple of recipes for scorzonera. The first is from Winter Harvest, courtesy of Bruce Naftaly at Le Gourmand in Seattle
1 pound salsify or scorzonera
1 cup heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon chopped chervil, Italian parsley, or sweet cicely
1 cup heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon chopped chervil, Italian parsley, or sweet cicely
Peel salsify or scorzonera and cut into pieces the size of your little finger. Put cut pieces in acidulated water as you go. Drain, then steam until barely tender, about 5 minutes.
Combine cream, nutmeg, pepper, and herbs in a heavy, nonaluminum saucepan or sauté pan. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and cook gently until cream is reduced almost to the consistency of sauce. Add salsify or scorzonera and continue cooking until liquid makes a sauce. Add salt to taste.
Serves 3 or 4.
Vegetarian, gluten-free
Serves 3 or 4.
Vegetarian, gluten-free
Johnny's Selected Seeds in Maine is another good source for scorzonera and other unusual varieties, and their catalog includes this simple vegan treatment:
Oven-Fried Scorzonera
10 or 12 scorzonera roots
4 cups water or stock
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
chopped parsley
Wash scorzonera but do not peel. Parboil in water or stock for about 10 minutes. They should still be firm.
Drain thoroughly. Peel and cut in half—lengthwise. Brush slices with oil and arrange in a shallow baking dish.
Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Outside should be crisp and the inside tender. Garnish
with parsley.
Drain thoroughly. Peel and cut in half—lengthwise. Brush slices with oil and arrange in a shallow baking dish.
Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Outside should be crisp and the inside tender. Garnish
with parsley.
Serves 4-6
Tyfon is a very hardy mustard/broccoli cross that is used for livestock feed and green manure and is also a good kitchen green. I used to sow it as a winter cover crop in Sumas. It has vigorous roots that are supposed to be able to penetrate clay. That wasn't an issue in Sumas, but it certainly is here. When you cut off the tops come spring, the plants die, the roots decay, and the soil benefits from more organic matter and better drainage.
This just in: the Territorial order came today, minus the sweet potatoes, which will arrive in May. That was fast, and I am excited. In fact I'm heading out right now to do some soil testing.


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Process-in-Network: A Comprehensive Network Processing Approach
Division of Engineering and Exact Sciences, Anahuac Mayab University, Carretera Merida-Progreso km.15.5, Merida, Yucatan 97310, Mexico
Department of Technology and Information Systems, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Universidad, 4, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain
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Sensors 2012, 12(6), 8112-8134; https://doi.org/10.3390/s120608112
Received: 23 April 2012 / Revised: 30 May 2012 / Accepted: 4 June 2012 / Published: 12 June 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Select papers from UCAmI 2011 - the 5th International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI'11))
AbstractA solid and versatile communications platform is very important in modern Ambient Intelligence (AmI) applications, which usually require the transmission of large amounts of multimedia information over a highly heterogeneous network. This article focuses on the concept of Process-in-Network (PIN), which is defined as the possibility that the network processes information as it is being transmitted, and introduces a more comprehensive approach than current network processing technologies. PIN can take advantage of waiting times in queues of routers, idle processing capacity in intermediate nodes, and the information that passes through the network. View Full-Text
Keywords: middleware; heterogeneous; overlay; virtual QoS
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The VSO's May Concert Listing Featuring Carmina Burana, young piano sensation Joyce Yang, Mozart, Mahler, and more
Vancouver, BC – May bursts in with a bang at the VSO with Carl Orff's epic choral work Carmina Burana. Joining VSO Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama, the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Tokyo Academy Chorus (Maestro Akiyama, Music Director) for these performances are three esteemed soloists well-known and loved by Vancouver audiences: world-renowned Canadian soprano Tracy Dahl, acclaimed Canadian tenor Roger Honeywell , and celebrated baritone James Westman.Saturday, May 3 and Monday, May 5; 8pm, Orpheum Theatre.
Hot on the heels of Carmina Burana, one of the world's fastest rising and youthful piano sensations, Joyce Yang makes her much anticipated return to the VSO stage. Hailed as having "poetic and sensitive pianism" (Washington Post) and a "wondrous sense of color" (San Francisco Classical Voice) Joyce Yang's star is quickly rising. In an all-American concert featuring some of the most famous music by Aaron Copland,George Gershwin, and Samuel Barber, Yang will brilliantly tackle one of the most colourful piano pieces for the modern stage, Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety". VSO Conductor Laureate Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducts. Saturday, May 10, 8pm;Sunday, May 11, 2pm; Monday, May 12, 8pm: Orpheum Theatre.
Bard on the Beach's Christopher Gaze and VSO Assistant Conductor Gordon Gerrard team up once again for the last of VSO's ever-popular Tea & Trumpets concert of the season. To end this series with charisma (and of course a large dose of Gaze's signature wit and humour!) the music of the always popular W.A. Mozart ends this series on a high note, and is sure to leave you humming his most famous melodies all the way until next season. Thursday May 11, 2pm; Orpheum Theatre.
The VSO's popular Pops series punctuates the middle of the month at the Orpheum Theatre. TheVSO's Pops conductor, Jeff Tyzik, returns with prolific recording artist Chris Stigers and his signature blend of vocal and saxophone talents in Let's Fall in Love: A Romantic Evening of Classic and Modern Love Songs. Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17; 8pm, Orpheum Theatre.
The VSO's Tiny Tots and Kids' Koncerts celebrate their season finales in May as well. The endearing Lisa & Linda return to the Tiny Tots stage with Let Your Music Shine! With their wildly-popular ability to educate as well as entertain, Lisa & Linda's family themed shows are a hit with parents and children alike! Friday, May 16 10am and 11:30am; Vancouver Playhouse Theatre. Saturday, May 17, 10am and 11:30am; Terry Fox Theatre.
And to further entertain your wee ones, the Enchantment Theatre Company brings their imaginative and visually captivating Mother Goose show to the VSO's stage with the full orchestra and conductor Gordon Gerrard. This visually and musically enriching show will have your children falling in love with a story that you knew so well as a child. Sunday, May 18, 2pm; Orpheum Theatre.
A crowning achievement in VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey's career climaxes towards the end of the month with the completion of his Mahler Cycle. With the completion of this cycle, Maestro Tovey will have conducted the entire nine symphonies of Romantic-era composer Gustav Mahler'scatalogue with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. An event 13 seasons in the making, concerts of this magnitude are particularly rare as not only it is exceptional for a conductor to have the breadth of a career to be able to conduct all nine symphonies, it is even more extraordinary for a conductor to be able to conduct them all with the same orchestra. Join Maestro Tovey as he leads the musicians and audience alike through Mahler's epic and riveting Symphony No. 9. This monumental work for orchestra speaks profoundly of a deep love of nature and the earth, and the legendary late-conductorHerbert von Karajan described it as "... music coming from another world, it is coming from eternity." Join the VSO as history is made on the Orpheum stage. Saturday, May 24 and Monday, May 26;8pm Orpheum Theatre.
Closing out a spectacular month of music-making, the VSO welcomes one of Canada's preeminent orchestra leaders and horn players, James Sommerville. With an eclectic offering of music spanning the last 400 years, Sommerville brilliantly leads the VSO through well-known and well-loved works byG.F. Handel (two suites from his Water Music), W.A. Mozart (Horn Concerto No. 3), Maurice Ravel(Mother Goose Suite), as well as a concerto for Horn written specifically for Sommerville by Canadian composer Omar Daniel. In a concert offering new sounds and familiar melodies, it is sure to be an intimate concert experience for the veteran and seasoned concertgoer alike. Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31; 8pm, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC. Monday, June 2; 8pm, Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver. www.vancouversymphony.ca


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Next February, two months past a deadline set by Congress, Defense officials and industry partners will begin to field test a new military electronic health record system at a single site, the clinic-sized hospital on Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash.
Congressional overseers of this long-awaited capability aren't upset by the missed December start at Fairchild, or by a rescheduling of e-health record launches at three larger base hospitals across the Pacific Northwest.
Credit that calm to a wellspring of optimism on Capitol Hill over the new e-health records system called MHS GENESIS. Its acquisition team is seen as making all the right early moves to ensure a...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey address proposed budget cuts to the Pentagon.


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The turbine manufacturer's post-tax profits were just 72.1 million yuan ($11.3 million) for the first six months of the year, on revenues that were down by 32.9% to 3.484 billion yuan ($548 million). This was largely due a change in government policy last year that slowed the commissioning of projects in China.
Goldwind also attributed the poor performance to ferocious market competition, which reduced the sale prices of wind turbines.
In the first six months, Goldwind earned 3.199 billion yuan ($503 million) from the sale of wind turbines and components, down 37.09% year on year.
Though the firm's operating costs dropped 29.9% year on year to the value of 2.834 billion yuan, the rate of decline was smaller than that of the gross revenues, and this led to a big fall in gross profits. In the first half of this year, the gross profits from sales of turbines and components stood at 11.4%, down 9.13% year on year.
Among them, the gross profits of 1.5MW turbines were 10.8%, down 7.8% year on year, on total sales that were down by 44.5% at 2.524 billion yuan. The gross profits of 2.5MW turbines amounted to 7.2%, up 13.6% year on year, on sales of 133 million yuan that were up 0.4% on H1 2011.
Goldwind estimates that in the first nine months of this year, its net profits will drop by 50% to 100% compared to last year. In the first nine months of 2011, Goldwind secured 615 million yuan net profits. Goldwind says the expected decline in performances is mainly caused by slower growth of the wind power industry, more violent market competition, and fall of wind turbine prices.


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In a cold basement underneath a church on a busy inner city street, printers whirred and clanked turning simulated women into flesh and bones, into thoughts and desires – desires for unspeakable things, for acts drawn from the depths of worshippers' minds. The worshippers would never remember these thoughts. They could not have possibly come from their heads. They were people of God after all, not deviants.
The congregation sat in wooden pews, waiting, not sure why they waited but knowing their patience would be rewarded. They sat, hands resting in laps, ankles crossed. Expectation buzzed, emanating from each body, warming the old stone building.
Below, the first woman emerged from the printers. She was tall and thin, oh-so-thin, with grey eyes and long silver hair and the logo of Benchmark Beer blazoned across her chest. The company had outbid rivals almost two-to-one for this year's rights. More women lined up behind her, with identical eyes and hair and logos.
A second group stood against the far wall. These women were curvier with dark red hair and green eyes, fashioned from year-old whims. Their Jet-A-Lot logos had faded and were impossible to see but it didn't matter. Jet-A-Lot profits were up 400% compared with last year. These women had served their purpose. Their hearts stopped beating, one by one, as each new silver woman appeared. The red women fell, crumpled on the floor, to be collected later by the Chaplain and fed back into machines. They would become amino acids and lipids and nucleotides, ready to print next year's stock.
The Chaplain watched, palms pressed together under his chin. He made himself watch every year even though he wished he were deaf and blind and immune to the predatory look in these womens' eyes and their heated murmurs in his ear. They were prey, these women, but they didn't know it. He was prey too, in a way, but it was this or an empty church as the Governor loved to remind him.
When the last red woman fell and the silvers stood shining before him, he led them up into the church and set them free among the parishioners. Today was not the day for words, for sermons filled with right and wrong and love and hope. Today was about a different sort of fulfilment. The Chaplain forced himself to watch that too and to feel the excitement brewing inside him. He was a cog in the machine that created this mess and he didn't have the right to ignore it.
The last worshipper left when light began creeping into the night sky. He wouldn't remember the annual celebration but he would start drinking Benchmark Beer and wonder how he had lived so long without this delicious beverage that warmed his very soul.
The silver women filed into the rectory, exhausted but pleased with their work. They would shower and sleep and then they were free to roam the city until next year. That freedom made this okay, said the Governor and the corporate moguls. We are not exploiting these women. We are giving them the gift of life. And the profits give everlasting life to many more.
Beer cans filled the aisles of the empty church. The Chaplain bent down and picked up an unopened can that had rolled behind the pulpit. He cracked the lid and swigged the liquid, draining the can in one gulp. He emptied another and another and tried to tell himself it was worth it.
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Good job Verza for taking 1st at the Versus 3on thing the other day!
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Chanba RY, Gonze ZA, Ani EH, Bison Wakamatsu DJ, Ketsu ga Aoki Cyclone* ZA, Kikai GU, Numa BX, Ore GU
Bubbles RY, Kama-age RY, Raoh RY, Tomoza DI, Shin TH, Chabozu SG, Gucchi RY, Toukon CH
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Hello Vegas
The flight to Vegas this morning was good. A bit rough but I knit the whole way. Cathy's bag is the perfect size. Three 50gram skeins of sock yarn. Needles. Pattern. A small bag of pretzels. Everything you need when traveling.
The view from my room isn't very good this time but there won't be much time in the room. It is grey and raining. And only 8C. Not much better than at home.
Tonight is an early night. My flight to San Jose leaves at 6:45 in the morning. Then I'll be running to see everything. And get lots of pictures. I'm getting excited!
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By divine selection we are born to our parents.
You have allowed me to be a recipient
of my parents extraordinary love.
You, have weaved the fabric of their
character and values into my DNA.
You have made them the yardstick by which
I measure myself.
Thank you for choosing my parents for me.
They are the reason I have learned to
make things right, to not hold grudges.
They are the reason I have learned
unconditional love for family.
I am grateful to You for my extraordinary parents.
I am grateful to You for linking generation to generation
ancestors, grand-parents, parents, children and
those who have yet to be born.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report that a common gene variant may be linked to both early pregnancy loss and failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments.
The variant in a woman's genome, which causes errors in the cell replication process, is strongly associated with risk of aneuploidy -- an abnormal number of chromosomes in a cell, the researchers said. But they did not prove that the variant causes pregnancy problems.
"Early in human development, this [cell replication] process is particularly error-prone, affecting as many as 75 percent of embryos and often causing pregnancy loss as soon as five days after fertilization -- before the mother even knows she is pregnant," study first author Rajiv McCoy, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle, said in a news release from the American Society of Human Genetics.
Healthy human cells contain a total of 46 chromosomes, or 23 pairs. Aneuploidy results when chromosomes distribute unevenly. This condition is believed to be a major cause of early pregnancy loss. It may also prevent successful IVF treatments. A woman's age affects the risk for aneuploidy, but the study authors theorized that genetics also played a role.
In order to test their theory, McCoy and colleagues from Stanford University analyzed more than 46,000 embryos from about 2,400 IVF patients. The investigators found the gene variant known as rs2305957 was strongly associated with risk of aneuploidy. They also discovered that embryos with this uneven distribution of chromosomes were more likely to have come from patients who had a failed IVF treatment in the past, suggesting treatment failure may have been due to aneuploidy.
"Surprisingly, about half of women had this genetic variant, and that rate is fairly consistent across populations," McCoy said. "If it's so damaging to reproduction, why does it appear so often? Why isn't it selected against?"
One possible explanation is that having lower odds for a successful pregnancy may have promoted long-term bonding between ancient men and women, increasing their investment in the health and safety of each child. These children would also be more likely to survive and have their own children, the researchers said.
A nearby gene may also hold clues that could help scientists determine what causes aneuploidy. The study authors suspect PLK4, which governs the distribution of chromosomes as cells divide, may be involved.
"It would be great if we could positively identify the gene, the causal variant, and the molecular mechanism that the variant affects," McCoy said in the news release.
The researchers plan to investigate PLK4's role in development and why this gene variant linked to chromosome errors and early pregnancy loss remains common today.
The findings were to be presented Thursday at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in Baltimore. Research presented at meetings should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Individuals receiving mental health services are among the most vulnerable in our community. The nature of their illnesses often results in a variety of peripheral problems ranging from well-meaning slights and stigma, to disregard of basic civil rights. Part of the long history of psychiatric hospitals and hospitalizations is unfortunately the recurring problem of patient abuse and neglect. Although deinstitutionalization has resulted in resolution of many such problems, every solution has its own price. Deinstitutionalization caused a new set of problems, such as homelessness, lack of adequate follow-up treatment and support, and simple loneliness. The MHATC addresses the stigma and discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems. Additionally, we advocate for new and improved mental health services locally and at the state level.
Adult Services provides information and assistance to people using mental health services and to their family and friends. It can help people connect with local therapists, assist in coordinating services, help provide answers to questions concerning individual rights in different mental health environments, assist in resolving problems among people and systems, and help provide direct assistance to arrange referral to legal or other resources. Adult Services provides various training sessions to mental health recipients who are residents of Tompkins, Tioga, Schuyler, Seneca and Yates Counties. These trainings are free of charge and teach many skills which are useful in establishing a more productive and hopeful relationship with the world. The program seeks to develop in people a positive, progressive attitude toward personal responsibility.
- Adult Advocacy Program of the MHATC has the responsibility of monitoring mental health services and responding to individual and group concerns. It is this program that serves as a "watchdog" and advocates for the improvement of mental health services. The program also may identify and develop services needed but not currently provided.
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The Rich Kids of Instagram Tumblr embodied everything that is wrong with Instagram when it started over a year ago, and now E! has recruited some of the model citizens featured to star in a reality show because of course these kids would want to star in a reality show.
Nellie Andreeva of Deadline reports that E! is developing Rich Kids of Beverly Hills, which is described as "a new unscripted series that revolves around a group of 20-something friends living in a world of extreme wealth who caught notice on Instagram." What makes these kids different from the other young things that have graced our small screens with their obnoxious ways? Well, they use Instagram, and they don't seem to be representative of a particular ethnic stereotype.
While of course Beverly Hills has often been synonymous with young people and wealth (see: Beverly Hills, 90210 and Clueless), it's also appropriate that this news comes today as people celebrate the 10th anniversary of The O.C., a fictional drama that spawned reality shows like Laguna Beach.
What makes this new show different than the other innumerable reality shows about attractive young people living lives of privilege and doing stupid things? Maybe it'll be an experimental and artistic marvel, shot entirely in an Instagram filter. Which Instagram filter? Valencia, right? It's gotta be Valencia.
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Google has been hit with another US lawsuit alleging that its keyword advertising system AdWords allows the company to profit from trade mark infringement. The case has been filed in Virginia by language education company Rosetta Stone.
Google's massive profits are largely generated from search advertising, where the adverts that appear beside the 'natural' results are related to the query typed into the search engine.
Advertisers pay a premium for that advertising because it can be so easily targeted to potential customers. They bid on keywords and the highest bidders' ads appear beside search listings.
A growing number of companies have filed suits against Google claiming that their brands are being hijacked by rivals. They argue that rivals' sponsorship of their brands is trade mark infringement.
Rosetta Stone has now filed such a suit, claiming that Google profits by diverting people who seek Rosetta Stone products and services away from them and towards rival services. Internet law expert and US academic Eric Goldman is tracking the suits and claims that Rosetta Stone's is at least the ninth such suit to be filed in the US.
"Google has in fact sold to third-party advertisers the 'right' to use the Rosetta Sone Marks or terms confusingly similar thereto as part of Google's search engine-based advertising program," said the suit. "As a result, Google's programming utilizes the expressed interest of web users in the Rosetta Stone Marks to trigger advertisements to websites that are not Rosetta Stone websites, some of which even compete with Rosetta Stone."
"In face, many of Google's 'sponsored links' are expressly designed to draw consumers away from Rosetta Stone websites," it said.
The suit claims that Google's practice forces Rosetta Stone into paying it to keep consumers from being confused.
"These unauthorized 'sponsored links' appear in close and confusing proximity to both the listings generated by Google's purportedly 'organic search results' system and the 'sponsored links' that Google forces Rosetta Stone itself to purchase to reduce the likelihood that web users will be diverted to other websites," said the suit.
Google's policy in the US has long been that companies can pay to have other companies' trade marks as 'triggers' for their ads, but that the trade marked terms must not appear in the ads themselves.
It extended that policy to the UK and Ireland last year, and to another 190 countries earlier this year.
This year it said that US firms could include others' trade marks in the body of ads as long as the company sold the goods in question.
In 2006 A New York court threw out a case arguing that the use of a trade mark as a trigger was trade mark infringement. A previous case had been settled out of court.


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All platters will serve approx 20 – 25 people, depending on the nature of the event and the number of other items ordered. I would be happy to advise on appropriate amounts for your particular event.
Fresh cut carrots, celery, grape tomatoes, cucumber and mushrooms
With house made honey dill dip
Fresh cut pineapple, watermellon (in season), honeydew, cantaloup, red and green grapes and strawberries (in season)
House made whipped cream and Greek yoghurt dip with a swirl of my homemade strawberry or raspberry preserves
Fresh made spinach dip in a big, crusty pumpernickel bread bowl with extra bread on the side for dipping
A variety of aged and fresh cheeses on a board with an assortment of crackers. Gluten Free crackers available on request.
Home baked tortilla wedges with butter and sweet spices served with a big bowl of fresh fruit salsa made of kiwi, strawberry, pineapple and lime
Signature hummus whipped up with baked garlic pita for dipping. Gluten free wedges available on request
Home baked focaccia bread topped with garlic and rosemary, with basamic and olive oil on the side for dipping
Homemade guacamole and my signature fresh salsa with lime and cilantro
Served with a big pile of organic blue corn chips for dipping
All appetizers and canapes are sold per dozen, with a 4 dozen minimum order, due to the labour of love involved in creating many of these delightful bites
A client favourite! Feta, herbs and spinach wrapped in phyllo pastry and baked to a beautiful golden brown and served with a side of cucumber and mint tzaziki
That beautiful Italian combination of tomato, basil and garlic piled onto crisp baguette and topped with fresh Asiago cheese and balsamic drizzle
Piled onto crisp baguette topped with goat cheese and drizzled with balsamic reduction
Cucumber bites stuffed with dilled cream cheese and topped with a smoked salmon rosette
Shrimp and fresh avocado on a crusty baguette smeared with a spicy wasabi mayo
Greek- Chicken breast marinated in garlic and lemon, skewered and grilled, and served with a side of cucumber and mint tzaziki for dipping
Thai – Chicken breast marinated in garlic and ginger, skewered and grilled, and served with a side of thai peanut sauce for dipping
Marinated water chestnuts, wrapped in bacon and drizzled with pure maple syrup and roasted. The perfect blend of sweet and savoury!
Marinated figs stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped in bacon before being roasted to a golden brown
A client favourite! Mildly spiced Maltese made chorizo braised in red wine
Vegetarian samosas home crafted with a spicy potato and pea filling and served with mango chutney for dipping
Local grape tomatoes and basil from Debruins (in season) and Gouda from Thunder Oaks cheese farm
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It's been a very busy summer at Rebound from a business/publicity perspective. Event participation has really helped us A) get our message out and B) learn how we can better our company, technology and development strategy. We wanted to take a moment to highlight some of these events and lessons learned while thanking those organizations for including us.
TEDx Milehigh
In May, I was nominated and honored to give a talk at the 2013 TEDx Milehigh conference in Denver. I set off to give a talk not so much about REbound, but about our technology development philosophy: that tailored cleantech systems offer a cheaper and faster path to climate change mitigation.
TED style presentations create a challenge for those of us accustomed to technical PowerPoint talks, especially when attempting to describe a thermodynamically intensive idea to an audience demanding a broad, non-technical, 35,000 ft. explanation. It took more time and iterations than Kevin and I care to admit, but in the end, generating an engaging, flowing talk without visuals was extremely beneficial exercise in communication.
The day of the talk was fairly overwhelming due to the sheer number of people who turned out to watch me speak. I've presented to large groups at conferences, but more than 2,000 folks showed up for TEDx Milehigh and I was continually floored (and more than a little bit flattered) that so many people were willing to pay money to watch the group of us speak. It was interesting how many people approached me after to chat about how my talk affected their lives. To be one of the individuals at the center of this event was, to say the least, an honor.
Cleantech Open
In late May REbound was selected as a semifinalist for the Cleantech Open. If you are not familiar, the Cleantech Open it's the country's largest cleantech accelerator/business plan competition. It began in early summer with regional finalist announced in mid October and national winners announced in November.
While the Cleantech Open has a few faults that both Kevin and I struggle with, it has succeed in doing just what it's meant to: accelerate. It pushes a methodology devoid of robust technical discussion; an issue we've seen throughout all Cleantech circles and a trend that we feel has led to questionable investments in the sector. However, in the end, the Cleantech Open has been invaluable in helping us participate in the pitch-centric system while forcing us to tackle some tasks, such as dynamic financial models, previously left off the priority list. We may not agree with a system that at times appears completely uninterested in how a technology actually functions, but if a technically light presentation is what it takes to grab an investor's attention, we're all about conforming.
Since entering the program we have already had a few opportunities to pitch publicly around Denver, but the most important events are still upcoming: Cleantech Semifinals in October and, hopefully, the Cleantech Open Finals in November.
Denver Startup Week: Shark Tank
REbound was invited along with three other teams to this fun and light-hearted pitch competition comprised of a 7-minute pitch to an investor panel followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. There was a "People's Choice" winner as well as a winner selected by the judges.
Now, REbound is more than moderatly skeptical about how well the pitch-centric investment approach truly works. That said, I love pitching and we have spent a lot of time refining our pitch so that it is approachable, clean, and (not to brag) beautiful. So we were happy to see such a great reaction to our pitch at the shark-tank. REbound not only was the crowd favorite, but also managed to win over the judges. The prize: nearly $11k in in-kind services. Not to shabby for 7 minutes of talking!
Defense Technology Energy Challenge
REbound was one of 16 winners selected by the Defense Technology Energy Challenge to present at the Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo in Honolulu. The event took place September 9-11 and was REbound's first exposure to the defense funding community and a great learning experience at that. First, we learned that DoD funding is not right for our current stage. It was an honor to be named a winner among larger, established companies like Primus Power, Sheetak, and SEaB, but after my talk, it became clear that the DoD folks didn't exactly know what to do with a 1.5 year old company at the prototype stage. I did meet a handful of great contacts and believe that, instead of funding our R&D, the DoD would be a fantastic validation partner.
Special thanks to…
– Jason Dilg, Jeremy Duhon, and all the staff/volunteers at TEDx Milehigh
– all the Cleantech Open coordinators/volunteers
– Patrick Tierney, our Cleantech Open mentor
– David Talon of iGrowth Strategies for throwing us in the shark tank
– The DTEC for selecting REbound out of 200 other applicants