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Educators vs. indoctrinators
More image than reality is involved in spelling out the difference between the two
Having spent the last 50 years as a student, a teacher, an administrator, and a board member in a variety of schools at all levels, I can tell you that I have yet to meet a professional educator who will stand up and say unambiguously: "We're here not to educate but to indoctrinate your child."
But why is it that the one term gets such good press and the other one such a bad rap? Why is it that in most people's minds education is a high and lofty thing while indoctrination is the work of Puritans and Nazis? Why is it, in contemporary parlance, that liberals are portrayed as the educators while conservatives get consigned to the role of indoctrinators?
Why, as a result, does almost everyone want his or her children educated, while almost no one wants them indoctrinated?
In fact, the dictionary definitions of the two words highlight no radical distinctions. "Teaching," "training," and "instruction" are part of both education and indoctrination, according to my trusty desk dictionary.
Yet the two are different in modern usage, and only a fool would deny it. Part of the difference has to do with 20th-century distaste for doctrine itself. For most people today, the word has a harsh, narrow-minded, and intolerant sound. When evangelical ministers, youth leaders, professors, and other leaders can go around saying-as they regularly do-that they don't want to get hung up on doctrine, it shouldn't be surprising that the population at large has a negative view of the word. To call someone "doctrinaire" is rarely a compliment.
Modern people, in fact, have been taught that it's arrogant to assert very much at all to be true. The becoming posture is not to affirm, but to question. Especially within education, we are told (and especially within the context of higher education), the assignment is to examine, explore, and evaluate, rather than to assert, proclaim, or indoctrinate.
There's just enough truth in those assertions (but weren't we doing away with assertions? Is somebody trying to indoctrinate us about the nature of education?) to be believable.
You have to be a pretty clumsy and amateurish communicator not to have discovered that a frontal approach is rarely the best means of being persuasive. Far better to walk tentatively about the subject, probing cautiously here, poking hesitantly there, and joining everyone else in a certain air of detachment before saying what you maybe believe. Even the parent of a teenager knows that such a roundabout approach is typically the best way to make a point.
But let's all stop pretending that the disjunct is between the truly objective folks on the one hand (the educators) and the sneaky, opinionated people on the other hand (the indoctrinators). In fact what we're really talking about are effective indoctrinators on the one hand and blunderbuss indoctrinators on the other. Some are deft at their work (they're the really good educators), and some are awkward and transparent in their efforts to win the hearts and minds of their students.
Where is the effective educator who has no mission? Where is the master teacher who hasn't got a list of goals and aspirations for every student? What does it mean to instill those values and those standards in the thinking process of another human being?
No matter how it's done, isn't it indoctrination?
Modern state education, pretending to be valueless, is of course one of the greatest-and most monolithic-purveyors of a value system in all of human history. As such, while pretending to be open-minded, it is also one of the greatest indoctrinators in all of history. That's what education does.
But christians have also often tended to get especially gun-shy on these issues. We've become scared to admit that we are indoctrinators. Instead, we should admit it right up front. And then we should explain quite openly how we go about the task of indoctrinating our young people and anyone else who will listen.
We do it by saying crisply, clearly, and winsomely what we believe. And then we say: Now let's take all that apart. Let's see whether what we've affirmed can withstand the light of day and the arguments of our opponents. Let's explore whether we've left out some criticisms and counter-opinions, which, if we had included them, would have prompted us to make our assertions in a different way.
Do you call such a process "education" or "indoctrination"? I suggest it's the best of both.
A few days ago, I found myself following a station wagon down the street. It was, of course, a Volvo. The back end was plastered with a predictable array of bumper stickers, including a pro-abortion slogan, a "Support Greenpeace" encouragement, and a call for "Free Needles for All." The sticker that really got my attention, though, in the middle of the mess, was one that said: "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Clutter Up."
I pity the teacher (or the magazine publisher) who expects his or her assertions and proclamations to be believed just because they've been asserted or proclaimed. But I pity even more the critics of indoctrination who don't seem to have a clue what they themselves are doing.


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|20 Jul 2010
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|21 Dic 2006
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|Robert L. Mehlberg, Reza Mohammad Mostofi Ashtiani, Keith A. Couch
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to apparatus and processes in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC). More specifically, this invention relates to increasing the mixing in regenerators.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Fluid catalytic cracking, as well as Resid FCC(RFCC), is a catalytic conversion process for cracking heavy hydrocarbons into lighter hydrocarbons by bringing the heavy hydrocarbons into contact with a catalyst composed of finely divided particulate material. Most FCC units use zeolite-containing catalyst having high activity and selectivity.
The basic components of the FCC reactor section include a riser, a reactor vessel, a catalyst stripper, and a regenerator. In the riser, a feed distributor inputs the hydrocarbon feed which contacts the catalyst and is cracked into a product stream containing lighter hydrocarbons. Catalyst and hydrocarbon feed are transported upwardly in the riser by the expansion of the lift gases that result from the vaporization of the hydrocarbons, and other fluidizing mediums, upon contact with the hot catalyst. Steam or an inert gas may be used to accelerate catalyst in a first section of the riser prior to or during introduction of the feed. Coke accumulates on the catalyst particles as a result of the cracking reaction and the catalyst is then referred to as spent catalyst. The reactor vessel disengages spent catalyst from product vapors. The catalyst stripper removes absorbed hydrocarbon from the surface of the catalyst. The regenerator removes the coke from the catalyst and recycles the regenerated catalyst into the riser.
The spent catalyst particles are regenerated before catalytically cracking more hydrocarbons. Regeneration occurs by oxidation of the carbonaceous deposits to carbon oxides and water. The spent catalyst is introduced into a fluidized bed at the base of the regenerator, and oxygen-containing combustion air is passed upwardly through the bed. After regeneration, the regenerated catalyst is returned to the riser.
Oxides of nitrogen (NOX) are usually present in regenerator flue gases but should be minimized because of environmental concerns. Regulated NOX emissions generally include nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but the FCC process can also produce N2O. In an FCC regenerator, NOX is produced almost entirely by oxidation of nitrogen compounds originating in the FCC feedstock and accumulating in the coked catalyst. At FCC regenerator operating conditions, there is negligible NOX production associated with oxidation of N2 from the combustion air. Production of NOX is undesirable because it reacts with volatile organic chemicals and sunlight to form ozone.
The two most common types of FCC regenerators in use today are a combustor style regenerator and a bubbling bed regenerator. Bubbling bed and combustor style regenerators may utilize a CO combustion promoter comprising platinum for accelerating the combustion of coke and CO to CO2. The CO promoter decreases CO emissions but increases NOX emissions in the regenerator flue gas.
The combustor regenerator has a vessel, a combustor, that burns nearly all the coke to CO2 with little or no CO promoter and with low excess oxygen. The vessel has a highly backmixed fast fluidized bed. A portion of the hot regenerated catalyst from the upper regenerator is recirculated to the lower combustor to heat the incoming spent catalyst and to control the combustor density and temperature for optimum coke combustion rate. As the catalyst and flue gas mixture enters the combustor riser, the velocity is further increased and the two-phase mixture exits through symmetrical downturned disengager arms into an upper chamber of the vessel. The upper chamber separates the catalyst from the flue gas with the disengager arms followed by cyclones and return it to the catalyst bed which supplies hot regenerated catalyst to both the riser reactor and combustor below. The regenerated catalyst recycling provides heat to accelerate the combustion of the lower phase of catalyst. Combustors are advantageous because of their efficient oxygen requirements.
A bubbling bed regenerator carries out the coke combustion in a dense fluidized bed of catalyst. Fluidizing combustion gas forms bubbles that ascend through a discernible top surface of a dense catalyst bed. Only catalyst entrained in the gas exits the reactor with the vapor. Cyclones above the dense bed separate the catalyst entrained in the gas and return it to the catalyst bed. The superficial velocity of the fluidizing combustion air is typically less than 1.2 m/s (4 ft/s) and the density of the dense bed is typically greater than 480 kg/m3 (30 lb/ft3) depending on the characteristics of the catalyst. The mixture of catalyst and vapor is heterogeneous with pervasive vapor bypassing of catalyst. The temperature will increase in a typical bubbling bed regenerator by about 17° C. (about 30° F.) or more from the dense bed to the cyclone outlet due to combustion of CO in the dilute phase. The flue gas leaving the bed may have about 2 mol-% CO. This CO may require about 1 mol-% oxygen for combustion. Assuming the flue gas has 2 mol-% excess oxygen, there will likely be 3 mol-% oxygen at the surface of the bed and higher amounts below the surface. Excess oxygen is not desirable for low NOX operation.
Refiners often use CO promoter (equivalent to 0.5 to 3 ppm Pt inventory) to control afterburn at the low excess O2 required to control NOX at low levels. While low excess O2 reduces NOX, the simultaneous use of Pt CO promoter often needed for afterburn control can more than offset the advantage of low excess O2.
The superficial velocity of the combustion gas is typically less than 1.2 m/s (4.2 ft/s) and the density of the dense bed is typically greater than 640 kg/m3 (40 lb/ft3) depending on the characteristics of the catalyst. The mixture of catalyst and combustion gas is heterogeneous with pervasive gas bypassing of catalyst.
The dilute transport flow regime is typically used in FCC riser reactors. In transport flow, the difference in the velocity of the gas and the catalyst is relatively low with little catalyst back mixing or hold up. The catalyst in the reaction zone maintains flow at a low density and very dilute phase conditions. The superficial gas velocity in transport flow is typically greater than 2.1 m/s (7.0 ft/s), and the density of the catalyst is typically no more than 48 kg/m3 (3 lb/ft3). The density in a transport zone in a regenerator may approach 80 kg/m3 (5 lb/ft3). In transport mode, the catalyst-combustion gas mixture is homogeneous without gas voids or bubbles forming in the catalyst phase.
Intermediate of dense, bubbling beds and dilute transport flow regimes are turbulent beds and fast fluidized regimes. In a turbulent bed, the mixture of catalyst and combustion gas is not homogeneous. The turbulent bed is a dense catalyst bed with elongated voids of combustion gas forming within the catalyst phase and a less discernible surface. Entrained catalyst leaves the bed with the combustion gas, and the catalyst density is not quite proportional to its elevation within the reactor. The superficial combustion gas velocity is between about 1.1 and about 2.1 m/s (3.5 and 7 ft/s), and the density is typically between about 320 and about 640 kg/m3 (20 and 40 lb/ft3) in a turbulent bed.
Fast fluidization defines a condition of fluidized solid particles lying between the turbulent bed of particles and complete particle transport mode. A fast fluidized condition is characterized by a fluidizing gas velocity higher than that of a dense phase turbulent bed, resulting in a lower catalyst density and vigorous solid/gas contacting. In a fast fluidized zone, there is a net transport of catalyst caused by the upward flow of fluidizing gas. The catalyst density in the fast fluidized condition is much more sensitive to particle loading than in the complete particle transport mode. From the fast fluidized mode, further increases in fluidized gas velocity will raise the rate of upward particle transport, and will sharply reduce the average catalyst density until, at sufficient gas velocity, the particles are moving principally in the complete catalyst transport mode. Thus, there is a continuum in the progression from a fluidized particle bed through fast fluidization and to the pure transport mode. The superficial combustion gas velocity for a fast fluidized flow regime is typically between about 1.5 and about 3.1 m/s (5 and 10 ft/s) and the density is typically between about 48 and about 320 kg/m3 (3 and 20 lb/ft3).
Conversion of gases to reduce NOX requires suitable temperatures, oxygen levels, and mean residence time. Cyclone inlet horns are usually positioned in the same direction, leading to the formation of streamlines of gas, and some catalyst, in the direction of entrance into the inlet horns. Cyclones are typically positioned at the top of both the bubbling bed regenerator and the upper chamber of a combustor-style regenerator. Streamlines generally follow along the wall of the regenerator. In the upper chamber of a combustor-style regenerator, streamlines start from the disengager and curve outward to the wall then follow the wall around and upwardly to enter through the cyclone inlet horns. The center is relatively stagnant and little overall mixing occurs. Mean residence time for the gases is decreased as a result of the streamlines rather than overall mixing. Temperature and oxygen level concentration differences may result.
An apparatus and process for increasing mixing in a regenerator. Streamlines of gas and some catalyst may form in a regenerator as a result of cyclone inlet horns positioned in the same direction. Overall mixing in the regenerator may decrease because of these streamlines.
A dampening device may be used to interrupt the streamlines to increase mixing in the regenerator. The dampening device may be a baffle and may direct streamlines from the outside of the chamber toward the center to collide and mix. In another embodiment, a dampening device may be a secondary disengager. The secondary disengager may be positioned above the disengager near the center of an upper chamber of a regenerator. The secondary disengager may be a T-disengager or may have an inverted can arrangement that may discharge gas and catalyst near the center of the upper chamber and interrupt the streamlines. The secondary disengager may increase mixing in the center of the upper chamber. In another embodiment, a dampening device may have swirl arms and may be positioned near the center of the regenerator. Streamlines may enter an inlet in a swirl arm and exit through an outlet facing a direction that directs the streamline counter to the direction of flow.
Such additions to a regenerator may be relatively unobtrusive, inexpensive, and simple for a retrofit or design modification and may result in an improved combustion efficiency at high rates by enhancing the lateral blending of spent and regenerated catalyst, increased lateral mixing of cool, fuel-rich and hot, O2-rich flue gases from opposite sides of the regenerator in the dilute phase. In addition, the mean residence time of flue gas in the dilute phase may result in NOX reduction.
An FCC process may use an FCC unit 10, as shown in
The blended catalyst and reacted feed vapors enter the reactor vessel 18 and are separated into a cracked product vapor stream and a collection of catalyst particles covered with substantial quantities of coke and generally referred to as spent catalyst or coked catalyst. Various arrangements of separators to quickly separate coked catalyst from the product stream may be utilized. In particular, a swirl arm arrangement 20, provided at the end of the riser 12, may further enhance initial catalyst and cracked hydrocarbon separation by imparting a tangential velocity to the exiting catalyst and cracked product vapor stream mixture. The swirl arm arrangement 20 is located in an upper portion of a separation chamber 24, and a stripping zone 26 is situated in the lower portion. Catalyst separated by the swirl arm arrangement 20 drops down into the stripping zone 26.
The cracked product comprising cracked hydrocarbons including gasoline and light olefins and some catalyst may exit the separation chamber 24 via a gas conduit 28 in communication with cyclones 30. The cyclones 30 may remove remaining catalyst particles from the product vapor stream to reduce particle concentrations to very low levels. The product vapor stream may enter into a reactor vessel plenum 31 and exit the reactor vessel 18 through a product outlet 32. Catalyst separated by the cyclones 30 returns to the reactor vessel 18 through reactor diplegs 34 and into a dense bed 36 where catalyst passes through chamber openings 38 and enters the stripping zone 26. The stripping zone 26 removes adsorbed hydrocarbons from the surface of the catalyst by counter-current contact with steam over optional baffles 40. Steam may enter the stripping zone 26 through a line 42. A spent catalyst conduit 44 transfers spent catalyst to a regenerator 50.
The regenerator 50 receives the spent catalyst into a vessel 52, or combustor in a combustor-style regenerator shown in
A combustor style regenerator may have an upper chamber 78. As shown in
Flue gas consisting primarily of N2, H2O, O2, CO2 and traces of NOX, CO, and SOX passes upwardly from the dense bed into a dilute phase of the regenerator 50. Combustion of coke from the spent catalyst particles raises the temperatures of the catalyst. The catalyst may pass, regulated by a control valve, through a regenerator standpipe 92, which attaches to the bottom portion of riser 12.
Mixing in the upper chamber 78 may be lacking due to streamlines. Analysis of gas flow through a regenerator indicates high velocities are outside the regenerator cyclones 82, and low velocities in the middle. Hot and cold spots may rotate 45° and 180′, respectively, when in the upper regenerator 78. Rotation may be caused by the regenerator cyclones 82 having inlet horns all facing the same direction and all drawing gas from the outer circumference. Cyclone inlets may induce the combustor flue gas to spiral clockwise, when viewed from above looking down. The location of the hot and cold spots would be explained by the hot and cold gas streamlines making ľ, 1 and ˝ or more turns as the spiral to cyclone horns without intersecting. By spiraling the gas makes a more gradual turn out of the disengager 80 and with enough turns can enter the regenerator cyclones 82 nearly straight on. The flue gas may also be accelerating to the horn inlet velocity. Mean flue gas residence time for NOX reduction may be a small fraction, less than 20% of the total space time available in plug flow. Moreover, the hot and cold streamlines never collide. The hypothesized spiraling downward and outward momentum of the disengager arms and outward acceleration of the flue gas may result in a very dead zone in the center of the regenerator and cause the mean flue gas residence time for NOX reduction to be a small fraction of the total space time available in vertical plug flow. Moreover, the spiraling hot and cold streamlines likely have very little mixing.
The locations of the dilute phase temperatures in the upper chamber 78 and afterburn, plenum—catalyst return temperature, the cool and hot spots rotate about 90° counter-clockwise, when viewing downward from above the regenerator 50. The temperature difference from the hot spot to the cool spot also increases to about 20° C. as CO is burned with far less entrained catalyst as heat sink.
A dampening device 94 may increase mixing in a regenerator 50. As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
In one example, about four baffles 94D may be made of four foot plates of stainless steel of varying widths at two elevations. Baffles 94D may split the streamlines three ways, up, down, and forcing some to the center and cause them to collide with other streamlines. The number and dimensions of plates, however, may be limited so as to not completely stop the general spiral streamlines altogether.
In the dilute phase of the upper regenerator, baffles 94D may be positioned between cyclone 82 sets to divert part of a hot or cold flue gas stream toward the center and mix streamlines of differing composition and temperature, which may improve mixing and increase mean residence time for NOX and CO reduction. The upper chamber 78 may be able to use the volume more effectively and reduce the magnitude of the hot and cold spots. Improve lateral mixing of combustion gases and increase mean vapor residence time resulting in more uniform dilute phase exotherm, afterburn across the regenerator vessel 52.
Increased mixing may increase mean time in the vessel 52 and lower NOX emissions. Increased mixing in the upper chamber 78 may be used to provide more even bed, dilute phase and plenum temperature profiles, with reduced and more uniform afterburn at low excess O2. The reduction in excess O2 could add about 5% to coke burn capacity with better utilization of the air while reducing NOX emissions to very low levels.
Refiners often use high levels of Pt CO combustion promoter and high levels of excess O2 to accelerate combustion and reduce afterburning in their FCC unit, especially when operating at high throughputs. These practices may increase NOX by up to 10-fold from the 10-30 ppm possible when no platinum is used and excess O2 is controlled below 0.5 v %.
A process for increasing mixing, including lateral mixing, in the upper chamber 78 of a combustor style regenerator 50, as shown in
The examples and figures provided are mostly in reference to embodiments used in FCC and RFCC regenerators; however, the invention should not be limited to only the regenerator or to the refining process.
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It ponders in your head, day in day out
Never sure how it got in there
What happened? Where did it all fall apart?
Is that the feeling?
Don't be sad or concern about it because it will drift away
All feelings do step aside just don't know when or you feel to weak to decide
Move on it will be hard but it has to happened
Or else you'll be in regret
There is no comfort in words it just feels like nothing
Having that feeling that nothing means anymore
I have that feeling
It kills me from the inside that I can't feel
I have gone numb
Lifeless just going day by day feeling, is it worth it anymore?
But it has to mean something
Why does stuff happen, there must be a reason behind it
But you may not know the answer to it
But I can't move on because I see something more to it
I see there is hope in this
That little hope will set me free
That hope will give you the strength to overcome it
That hope will strive for something better
That hope will give a new meaning
That hope will bring all this back together
I wouldn't be lost anymore
I would happy again but the only thing I have to ask, will you be there with me through this or would you go?
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You may be familiar with the humming start of the mechanical fan that turns on when booting up your laptop computer. Such a fan is necessary to prevent electronic devices from overheating, and the accompanying whirring sound of the cooling system is an unavoidable side effect. As electronic devices become smaller, this mechanical fan must decrease in size as well, and therefore spin faster and faster in order to deliver the same amount of heat dissipation as a larger fan. […]
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I recently stumbled upon a neat tool from Autodesk® called "Autodesk® Homestyler". It's surprising to see they have rolled out a tool that is more entertaining than utilitarian, but if a CAD company were to develop something fun for the general population, I suppose an interior design app makes sense. We took it for a test-drive. Here's how it went.
Pär Persson Mattsson | November 14, 2013
A little while ago we wrote about being Intel® Cluster Ready (ICR) certified and the advantages for companies in need of high performance computing (HPC). The conclusion of that blog post was that you can install and run COMSOL Multiphysics on any ICR cluster without additional preliminary work. There is a solution even simpler than that, thanks to a joint project between COMSOL Multiphysics GmbH and Fujitsu in Germany, called Ready-To-Go+ (RTG+). RTG+ is a complete solution, bringing you an […]
Pär Persson Mattsson | October 3, 2013
The future of high performance computing (HPC) is in clusters and parallel computing. The last single processor computers on the TOP500 list disappeared in 1997 — more than 15 years ago. Clusters allow us to compute larger and more detailed models faster than ever before, but taking the step into the world of HPC can be a challenge. A lot of time, money, and research must be invested when building a cluster from scratch. What kind of hardware should the […]
Walter Frei | August 30, 2013
Recently, I was given a copy of the book Finite Element Modeling Methods for Photonics, by B.M. Azizur Rahman and Arti Agrawal. This book proved to be a good companion to the RF Module and Wave Optics Module for graduate students starting in photonics and new users of COMSOL who would like a very targeted introduction to the field. The website accompanying the book comes with some sample computer codes used by the authors in simulation that readers can use […]
Daniel Smith | July 11, 2013
There are many necessary steps required in order to create a superior product. Based on some initial (or existing) design, you first need to evaluate the physical characteristics of the system. Once some level of understanding of the system has been obtained, it should then be possible to refine and optimize the design based on some reasonable choice of a figure of merit for a good design. The final stage is to prototype the design, which is where 3D printing […]


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Festive Feature: Top 5 Cutscenes of 2009
Written Tuesday, December 22, 2009 By Dan WebbView author's profile
We all love a good cutscene. It's the way in which the vast majority of developers decide to deliver their story and we don't know about any of you, but we sure love our stories around here.
In the third festive Top 5, we turn out attention to the year's greatest cutscenes, either using the in-game engine or CGI cinematics to deliver their message. To make our Top 5 this year, you had to do one of three things, either; deliver an action packed cutscene that's stunning to watch, try something new or last but not least, appeal to our emotional side. Hopefully all three, but that's probably a little too much to ask. Join us as we take a look at the year's best as we countdown our 5 favourite cutscenes.
Oh yeah, this one is pretty much spoilerific as well, so unless you've played all the year's top titles, you may want to wait and come back here when you have. You've been suitably warned.
Slipping in at 5th for the second time in our festive Top 5's is Resident Evil 5. The cutscene in question took place near the beginning of the game and it wasn't long after you took on the crazed chainsaw Majini for the first time.
Our choice cutscene from Resident Evil 5 involves some crazy motorbike Majini, Chris & Sheva in a spot of danger and BSAA agent, Josh, makes a stylish appearance to save the day. This scene is the only one in the top 5 that makes the cut entirely on action alone. It's too early in the story to have a lasting impact on us in any other way, but the cinematography in it and camera angles are the stuff of Hollywood. It's got explosions, suspense filled clichéd gun jams, a bit of gore and of course, a happy ending. Hollywood would be proud.
For our fourth favourite cutscene we move from the intense action of Resi 5 to a more emotionally engaging scene from Rockstar's latest downloadable GTA IV adventure, The Ballad of Gay Tony.
The scene in question takes place towards the climax of the game's main story and after being left to pick up after club mogul, Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, for so long, Luis has been offered an easy way out... to kill Tony and defect to a more grateful employer. Someone who can make his dreams of being more than a two-bit hitman come true.
Luis, a self confused nut job, goes through the notions of killing long time business partner and friend Gay Tony to save his own back, and at one time, you thought he might actually pull the trigger. Thankfully Luis's inner puppy got the best of him and Luis opted for a more fitting response instead. A tense and equally as gripping scene.
The third Arkham Asylum Scarecrow encounter was the scariest cutscene of the year, but not for the usual reasons, something entirely new. If you played Arkham Asylum on a 360, then it's probably a fear that you didn't want to face again. We're talking about the illusion of Arkham Asylum crashing your console and instantly making you look at the rings of the 360, praying to the gaming gods that those red rings hadn't returned. Thankfully they hadn't and it was all a clever tool by Rocksteady. A devious, evil, ploy to introduce the third Scarecrow cutscene... and we loved it.
Granted, we panicked at the time, but watching it back, all the signs are there; the cough, and the voice asking whether you'd caught the game are huge giveaways. The scene itself was quite a surreal one after the initial panic has subsided and Rocksteady did a fantastic job in switching the tables. Kudos.
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U.S. Navy Hospitalman Second Class Emmanuel Marquez with Echo Company, 4th Tank Battalion, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), provides medical aid to a wounded Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in Trek Nawa, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2012. 1st CEB supported ANA soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps during Operation Ibtikar 1 Echo.
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U.S. court asks Google to hand over Android development data
A U.S. court has asked Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to hand over information on Google's Android operating system, as part of a patent lawsuit filed by Apple in 2010.
U.S federal court judge Richard Posner has demanded information about Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola and documentation of Google's Android operating system.
In a March 2nd filing, Apple stated that many Motorola devices have infringed upon its patents involving touch screen interfaces and other technologies.
"The Android/Motorola acquisition discovery is highly relevant to Apple's claims and defenses," Apple's lawyers stated, requesting the judge's order.
Motorola Mobility Lawyers opposed Apple's request saying that Google is not a part of the lawsuit and Motorola cannot force Google to provide documents or witnesses over Google's objections.
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INDIANAPOLIS - After concluding the regular season 21-8 and 14-4 in the Horizon League, the Butler women's basketball team highlighted the league's women's basketball postseason awards. Senior Melanie Thornton was named Horizon League Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year while senior Susan Lester was voted the league's sixth player of the year.
Junior Alyssa Pittman was also honored, being selected for the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team. Pittman transferred to Butler this year after playing two seasons at Eastern Michigan.
"It's special for our players to be recognized by the coaches in our league," head coach Beth Couture said. "It's always nice to have individual achievements recognized.
Thornton was a force this season in all areas of the game, ranking in the top 10 in the Horizon League in seven different categories. The 6-foot-1 senior is second in the league in scoring with 15.7 points per game, third in rebounding (8.3), third in steals (2.3) and second in blocked shots (1.7). She has 10 double-doubles this season and has scored in double figures in 24 of her 26 games this season.
Thornton becomes the third player in BU history to be named league player of the year. Sarah Scheutz was Butler's last in 1998, and Julie VonDielingen won the award in 1992.
"Mel is a great example of a player who worked hard to improve during her entire career," Couture said. "As a senior, it has paid off. She has been a huge part of our success on both ends of the court. I couldn't be more proud of Mel."
Joining Thornton as first team all-league members were Kailey Klein (Cleveland State), Kayla Tetschlag and Celeste Hoewisch (Green Bay) and Brigid Mulroy (Detroit).
Lester, who came off the bench in 21 of her 27 games this season, won the reserve award after averaging 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds. Her .838 free throw percentage is fourth in the league, but her accomplishments are best measured over the course of her brilliant four-year career. Lester is 11th in Butler history with 1,222 points. She is also in the school's top 10 in 3-pointers made and attempted and steals.
"For the last four years Susan has been a big part of what we have done to build our program," Couture said. "She has battled through different injuries this year, but she kept at it and became a presence off the bench. She came through for us many times during our tough league schedule. She could start on many teams, and having her makes it difficult for other teams to defend us."
Pittman averaged 9.0 points per game this season while leading the team with 54 3-pointers made. She was third in the league in scoring among newcomers this season.
"Alyssa has explosive offensive skills and that's helped us win many league games," Couture said. "She also made big plays defensively in many of our close games."
Detroit's Yar Shayok was named the HL's newcomer of the year and UDM's Autumn Rademacher was the coach of the year.
The Bulldogs will be the No. 2 seed in this week's Speedway Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship. BU hosts either Youngstown State or Wright State Wednesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. Green Bay is the No. 1 seed and will host the semifinals and final if it wins Wednesday's quarterfinal.


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I was just thinking. Assume we manage to automate more and more occupations. What would be the last occupation to not be automated?
If you automate the work of a computer scientist, it's checkmate. You're done. That would be the end of it, because the automatic computer scientist would automate everything else.


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the print function on document of 5.x did not work.
the print function on document of 5.x did not work.
Is this bug fixed in 5.02?
It's fixed, but it seems it won't be in 5.0.2.
Then how is it fixed?
In the bugzilla it says "resolved" and "fixed" yet we have version 5.01 in which it is obviously not fixed.
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So when the engineers fix a problem it gets marked resolved. References to 'main' are like nightly/devel. Currently 5.0 is franklin & 4.5 is frank. It might then get verified by QA (quality assurance) at which point you'll see 'verified on build __'.
Disclaimer: I am not QA - but so far since the fix cal/doc print appears to working quite well on our own mailservers - we run every release ahead of time to make sure there's not problems, the concept is called 'eating your own dogfood'
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Hi Mike,
Thank you for the clarification and for 'eating your own dogfood' ahead of the rest of us!
Your great work, as always, is appreciated.


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vSphere / Hyper-V Health Check
A health check of a vSphere or Hyper-V environment involves checking the overall performance of the enenvironment including real time metrics as well as using historical data as captured by your vCenter and/or SCVMM platforms. This sort of health check is a good double check to ensure that your enenvironment is running as smoothly as you think that it is, especially when you do not have a full time virtualization expert on staff.
During the health check process the CPU, memory and disk metrics are reviewed looking for high load on any of the monitors as well as over subscription of resources as well as ensuring that the system will maintain high availability in the event of a host failure.
At the completion of the vSphere / Hyper-V Health Check process all the issues which are identified are documented into a report which is handed off to the client which the client's staff can use to correct the issues.
Pricing for the vSphere / Hyper-V Health Check is fixed at $399 per host computer (the machines which host the virtual machines) and requires a couple of hours of time being connected to the host machine to gather the servers metrics. After the data has been gathered I'll take the gathered data offline and analyze the data then write your personalized report. To schedule your vSphere / Hyper-V Health Check please contact me and we'll get some time scheduled. All health check work is done remotely at a time which is convenient for you.


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The University of Idaho's Nuclear Engineering Program offers a Graduate Certificate in the subject area of Nuclear Criticality Safety to students who successfully complete 12 credit hours (4 courses) of rigorous focused study. To earn the certificate, students will choose from the following list of courses;
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NE 450 Principles of Nuclear Engineering (3 cr)
An introduction to basic nuclear and atomic processes including radioactive decay, binding energy, radiation interactions, cross sections, reactor physics and neutron diffusion, radiation sources, health physics, types of reactors, nuclear fuel cycle and use of radioisotopes.
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Physics of criticality, factors that affect reactivity, hand calculation techniques, experiments and the development of subcritical limits, criticality accidents, standards and regulations, evaluations.
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Applications of criticality safety techniques to facility design and review, requirements for unique isotopes, criticality safety evaluations, connections to nuclear materials management, applications of monte carlo analysis.
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May 24, 2016
The money will come from Florida's communications service tax.
Gadsden County is growing by leaps and bounds with new development taking shape all over the area. The rural community is one of several in the state of Florida with low property values that's not putting enough money in its coffers
The state of Florida is now helping out by setting aside funding for fiscally constrained counties. That funding will be used to help in various area.
Commissioner Ed Dixon said, "More officers on the streets, buildings and planning, growth management issues, economic development issues. While we grow we don't want to be a housing community; we want to be a full service community so we can keep our tax bases here."
Thirty counties will share the $17 million set aside for fiscally constrained counties. Gadsden is set to receive $804,000, money they'll use for service oriented programs.
Commissioner Brenda Holt added, "We're looking at different projects, but we want to make sure that we have a project or several projects that will be seen. Right now we're at the planning stages. We want to make sure it's used wisely."
It's a wise decision for a county that relies on state and federal funding to help them get projects up and running. Some six rural counties in the Big Bend area were able to get money from the state.
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After rafting, we were dropped at the Guayabo Lodge, our accommodations for the next 2 nights. We had comfy rooms on the third floor. The small balcony had a view of the beautiful valley, and a local church on the hill, and just a glimpse of the top of the Turrialba volcano. I am glad we paid attention to the packing list as it was quite cool in the evening.


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Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born Lee Louis Daniels in West Philadelphia, PA, on Dec. 24, 1959, Daniels was the oldest of five siblings. His father, a police officer who often bullied the aspiring writer, was killed during a robbery when Daniels was a teen, and thereafter, Daniels was raised by a single mother. But his father's words of discouragement rang in Daniels' ears and he became determined to succeed in spite of his father's lack of belief in him. With dreams of becoming a Hollywood writer, Daniels moved to L.A. after several years of liberal arts studies at Lindenwold College in St. Louis. He took a job at an agency that placed home health care workers, and in only a short period of time, the enterprising yo... Continue Bio >>
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Patsy's Owner Does Burgers
Flat-griddled LaFrieda burgers are coming to Morningside Heights.
NYC Food Guy discovers that the owner of Morningside Heights's forthcoming Mel's Burger Bar is Nick Tsoulos of Patsy's Pizzeria, Angelo's Pizza, and Goodburger. When it opens in mid-June or July, it'll feature flat-griddled LaFrieda burgers, baby-back ribs, spaghetti and meatballs, and, of course, spiked milkshakes. [NYC Food Guy]


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Every Summer Dance Party
We blasted these songs out of car windows and at every house party, and we danced when they hit the speakers. Relive summers past with this unofficial -- but totally awesome -- list of pop songs that soundtracked the summer.
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Playlists Similar to Every Summer Dance Party


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If you prefer to pay your tuition and fees in installments instead of one lump sum, we offer several payment plans (personal deferments) to fit your needs. You can pay your bursar bill in two, three, or four payments during the Fall and Spring semesters and two or three payments during the Summer semester. The number of payments available to you will depend on when you register for classes. Payment due dates are determined for each semester.
A detailed breakdown of the plans are provided in the "Payment Plan" tab, but, if eligible, your account statement will include a notation of the minimum amount due to participate in a personal deferment/payment plan. In order to participate in a payment plan (personal deferment), you must pay the minimum amount due. The minimum payment consists of 25% of your balance for the Fall and Spring Semesters or 33% of your balance for Summer. There is a a $15.00 non-refundable personal deferment service charge for each installment.
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Payment plans are available only to students who maintain a favorable credit history. If eligible, the minimum amount calculation will appear on the account statement.
Students who do not qualify for a playment plan (personal deferment) are those who:
Payments can be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, and Novus/Discover), check, or money order, our preferred forms of payment. You may pay by using the Indiana University's online payment services or in person at the Office of the Bursar (Hawthorn Hall 102).
The payments will be due as billed for each plan. You may either pay an additional installment or pay your balance in full at each installment due date, with the final payment being due in full. (The value of installments will be calculated and appear on the billing for eligible students.) A payment received that is less than or greater than the required minimum payment will be treated as a personal deferment payment and the personal deferment plan will be invoked. The service charge will be applied to your account. The only way to reduce your total obligation is to officially withdraw from classes during the appropriate refund period.
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Thanks for all your comments regarding my London to Paris trip.
I'm taking advantage of the cyclescheme through my company so I can actually afford a better bike.
I went to my local bike shop today but only had about 5 minutes due to work commitments, I was looking at the Giant OCR2 - I'm going back later in the week to try it out however he also mentioned the Giant SCR as a step up in comfort although he didn't neccessarily think it was woth the extra. I just wondered if any of you have come across the SCR and had any feedback on it, I have to admit it's the first I had heard about it and I can't seem to find much info on them.
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E.Y. Harburg (1896–1981)
One of the great lyricists of American song, Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg) grew up in the working-class Jewish ghetto of Manhattan's Lower East Side. In high school, he befriended Ira Gershwin, later his collaborator on student literary ventures at City College of New York; both also contributed to F.P. Adams' column in the daily ... See full bio »
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BERKELEY - Both the Nov. 15 Cal-Oregon State and Nov. 22 Cal-Stanford games will kick off at 12:30 p.m. and be televised regionally by ABC. With the announcement, it means that every Golden Bear football game will be shown on live TV for the second year in a row.
The Bears will appear on ABC seven times, including five consecutive weeks from Oct. 25 (UCLA) through Nov. 22 (Stanford). Cal was also on ESPN for the game at Maryland and on Comcast SportsNet-California for the Washington State, Colorado State and Arizona contests. The last remaining game to be selected is the Dec. 6 date vs. Washington. It will air on either FSN at 12 noon or ESPN or ESPN2 at 5 p.m., and the decision will be announced approximately 12 days in advance of the game.
Because the Nov. 22 Big Game was not picked up for a national broadcast, Cal received a special exemption to allow ABC to show the game over the air in the San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Monterey markets in Northern California. Fans can also access the game nationwide through ESPN GamePlan. Visit the ESPN GamePlan website to learn how to get GamePlan in your area.
The coverage maps for this week's contest at USC (ABC TV, 5 p.m.) and the Nov. 15 game at Oregon State have not been determined yet.
Tickets are available for all remaining Golden Bear home games by visiting the Tickets link at CalBears.com or by calling (800) GO BEARS.


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Oregon promotes OC Helfrich to coach
Mark Helfrich is Oregon's next man in.
As usual, the Ducks wasted little time finding a replacement for Chip Kelly, promoting their affable offensive coordinator to head coach Sunday. Kelly left to become coach of the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday.
Helfrich is the third straight offensive coordinator at Oregon to be promoted to the top job, following Kelly and his predecessor, Mike Bellotti.
The 39-year-old Oregon native signed a five-year deal with the Ducks for a reported $9 million. His promotion does not come as a surprise: Even before Oregon defeated Kanas State in the Fiesta Bowl, the Ducks' quarterbacks guru was considered the front-runner as Kelly's successor.
"Going forward we will attack in all phases. We'll embrace innovation and we'll strive to do our best to win each and every day," Helfrich said at a news conference Sunday afternoon where he was supported by players including quarterback Marcus Mariota and running back De'Anthony Thomas.
Helfrich, who embodies Oregon's "Next Man In" philosophy of substitution without skipping a beat, became offensive coordinator of the Ducks when Kelly took over four seasons ago. The Ducks have appeared in BCS bowls each of those four years, including an appearance in the national championship game against Auburn in 2011.
The Ducks, ranked No. 2 in the final AP Top 25, finished 12-1 this season.
"Win The Day and all that - that doesn't change for us," Mariota said.
Kelly, credited with creating Oregon's innovative hurry-up spread offense, went 46-7 as head coach at Oregon. It had been widely expected that he would jump to the NFL, leaving many surprised when he announced he was staying at Oregon after interviewing with Philadelphia, Cleveland and Buffalo following the Fiesta Bowl. Nine days later, however, he changed his mind and decided to go to the Eagles.
Just hours after Kelly's departure was announced, Oregon posted a job for a new head coach on its website. Under state law, Oregon was required to interview at least one qualified minority candidate for the job.
Former Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton acknowledged Saturday that he interviewed with Oregon before he was hired by the Indianapolis Colts' to be their offensive coordinator.
Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens said Oregon had already started the process of finding a replacement for Kelly following the Fiesta Bowl. He said it was important to name a successor quickly, because letter of intent signing day for high school recruits is on Feb. 6.
Mullens said interest from an "impressive list of coaches for the job." In the end, he interviewed five candidates in person.
"We went through the process because we felt it was important to do our due diligence and we kept coming back to Mark," Mullens said on Sunday.
Before joining the Ducks, Helfrich was quarterbacks coach at Colorado from 2006-08. As Oregon's offensive coordinator, he also has been in charge of Oregon's quarterbacks, guiding both Darron Thomas and Mariota, a redshirt freshman.
This season Mariota set the team's single-season record with 38 touchdowns (32 passing, 5 rushing, 1 receiving), surpassing the previous mark of 36 held by Thomas (2011) and Akili Smith (1998).
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For centuries, lace has been made by hand using bobbins and thread. But a group of Tulane University architecture students used generative computer software and a laser cutter to create intricate lace patterns on corrugated plastic.
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A relative was watching my 2 yr old for several months, and things seemed fine. After about 6 months my toddler became very upset and crying all evening after picking her up. She was smacking me constantly and started crying and begging me not to leave her with this person. She also squeezed her face and told me her caregiver hurt her face and smacked her hands all the time. I confronted her, she denied and was very offended, refused to answer questions I asked her directly, and accused me of being psychotic. Needless to say, we no longer speak. Her and her husband continuously tell other family members that I made all of this up and coersed my child into behaving that way.
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The Big XII is pulling a collective 21-3 record, with losses by Kansas, Colorado, and us. From what I see scanning the NCAA Conference Standings page, that's the best record percentage-wise. Is it because we've played too many cupcakes compared to other conferences or is it a sign of the conference's strength in football?
i hope its the cupcake thing. we have to play these schools.
The Big12 has beat some BCS teams: Florida State, UCLA, Georgia Tech, Illinois, and Washington State. That's not too bad. There have definitely been some cupcakes, but not more than any other conference.
Oklahoma looks TOUGH! Not looking forward to playing OU and UT back to back.
i thought florida state was going to win that game. Damn, OU killed them. Props to them. Owens field is a tough place to play.
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Oklahoma looks TOUGH! Not looking forward to playing OU and UT back to back.
Yeah, but just think about how entertaining CF will be during that half month stretch
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This comes at a time when the more limited openings can't seem to find the same level of appeal even in their more limited starts. Two highly anticipated films -- Weinstein's "Kon-Tiki" and to an even greater degree Sony Pictures Classics' "At Any Price" -- both with hoped for crossover, general audience appeal -- didn't set the world on fire or suggested any breakout potential even with significant marketing support. IFC's more modestly supported "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" more than held its own in this group.
"Mud" (Roadside Attractions) - Criticwire grade: B+; Metacritic score: 77; Festivals include: Cannes 2012, Sundance 2013, South by Southwest 2013
$2,186,000 in 363 theaters; PSA (per screen average): $6,022
Jeff Nichols' previous acclaimed film "Take Shelter" took the conventional art house route (via Sony Pictures Classics) in late 2011 and ended up with $1,730,000. This followup film is more star-driven (Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon) and earned reviews almost as strong as the earlier film, but went much wider initially --and topped that gross by nearly a half million.
Acquired by Roadside Attractions in partnership with Lionsgate last August sometime after its premiere in competition at Cannes, then shown at Sundance last January, with Roadside doing the hands-on distribution duties, this Southern-set tale of two boys encountering a fugitive showcases yet another strong performance from the suddenly hot McConaughey (his potential Oscar-contender "The Dallas Buyers Club" was acquired by Focus last week; he also stars in Scorsese's upcoming "The Wolf of Wall Street"). But his presence alone didn't make either "The Paperboy" or "Killer Joe" get this level of interest, so the appeal seems to be combined with all of the film's elements.
The PSA is solid, but it's too early to predict its ultimate success. Going a bit more slowly, "The Place Beyond the Pines" in its third weekend expanded to more theaters (514) for a higher PSA ($7,521), although that came with a higher marketing expense. What is encouraging for "Mud" is that it climbed 53% Saturday from Friday, indicating early strong word of mouth. Roadside also reports some strong interest in non-typical venues, particularly in areas like Arkansas around where the film is set.
What comes next: Roadside will expand this further to over 500 theaters next week. With so much of the attention going to "Iron Man 3" starting Friday, this still could find room as an alternative and thrive in the weeks ahead.
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (IFC) - Criticwire grade: B-; Metacritic score: 49; Fesitvals include: Venice 2012, Toronto 2012
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Director Mira Nair has been one of the most consistently performing specialized directors in recent years, with four films since 2002 (including "Monsoon Wedding" and "Amelia") grossing $13-16 million, including two that ultimately played in over 1,000 theaters at their widest.
Like most of her films, this has as its theme a central character fighting societal barriers -- in this case, a young Pakistani working on Wall Street while facing pressures from the different cultures he lives in. Unlike some of Nair's earlier successes, this wasn't supported with consistently positive reviews, and as a result, the PSA is far below what "The Namesake" ($41,000) and "Monsoon Wedding" ($34,000) attained on their initial release.
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TROY, N.Y. -- Seton Health/St. Mary's Hospital today announced that it has submitted a proposal to the New York State Department of Health to build a freestanding emergency department next to its existing family health center, located at One Tallow Wood Drive in Clifton Park. The new emergency department will be the first of its kind in Southern Saratoga County and would provide needed emergency services to the growing population in that area of the Capital Region.
The proposed construction would add 10,750 square feet of space to Seton's already existing location. Last year, there were more than 76,500 patient visits from Southern Saratoga County residents at the Seton Health facility. The emergency department would provide an additional eight emergency beds and two inpatient beds to the campus. Currently, the campus provides urgent care, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, medical labs and pediatric care to the community.
The new emergency department will accept ambulance transports and walk-ins 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Working in conjunction with Seton's already existing and busy Urgent Care facility, the emergency department will provide more comprehensive health care options for community residents.
"Seton Health has been operating from this location for more than 20 years. We know and understand the residents of Southern Saratoga County and will remain faithful to serving these communities for decades to come," said Gino Pazzaglini, Seton Health president and CEO. "This addition will provide area patients with highly accessible, high quality and prompt healthcare in a most convenient setting."
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Hemophilia and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Important Points
- Strong muscles can protect your joints from injury, and aerobic exercise (e.g. aquatics, walking) can reduce your risk of heart disease.
- Careful monitoring of your weight and routine evaluations by a physical therapist can help you develop a plan for your overall fitness and maintenance of joint function.
- Because exercise for people with hemophilia can result in injury and potential bleeds, you should consult your doctor before starting an exercise program or engaging in sports activity.
Maintaining a healthy weight through exercise and eating healthy can decrease the effects of chronic joint disease that results from repeated bleeding into joints, one of the painful and severe health problems of hemophilia.
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14 Weeks to a Healthier You! Program
CDC's Division of Disorders (DBD) worked with the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD) to make their 14-Weeks to a Healthier You! program safe and effective for people with hemophilia to use. Healthcare providers can raise awareness in the hemophilia community of the importance of maintaining a healthy weight by encouraging safe and effective activities for people with hemophilia.
14 Weeks to a Healthier You! is an interactive website that helps people improve their health behaviors, including their physical activity. By looking at each person's interests and abilities, the 14 Weeks to a Healthier You! website meets individual needs by providing
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- Weekly email reminders when new content is posted
- Personal coaching via live chat, email, and a toll-free hotline to guide participants through the program and assist them in applying the content to their own lives
This personalized exercise program can be tailored to the specific needs of people with hemophilia based on
- Their readiness to start exercising and change eating habits
- What activities they are already doing or might be able to do
- What barriers might limit their activities
The main interactive parts of the 14 Weeks to a Healthier You! website for people with hemophilia include
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- Self-monitoring
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- Links to appropriate websites
- Supportive tools for behavior change
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- Tailored reinforcement messages
- Problem-solving and relapse prevention training
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April's webinar [550 KB] featured Guy Young, MD, presenting New Directions in Hemophilia. Dr. Young is Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
DBD has monthly webinars on bleeding and clotting disorders. Check out the schedule of webinars for the first quarter today!
World Hemophilia Day is April 17th!
All around the world individuals and groups work together to ensure better diagnosis and access to care for the millions of men, women and children who have a bleeding disorder, yet remain without treatment. This year's World Hemophilia Day's theme is "Speak out. Create change."
Three things you can do to speak out and create change are
- Share these great new videos for people with hemophilia on strength, flexibility, balance, and cardio:
- View the "Playing it Safe" video and find out how you can help people with hemophilia exercise safely
- Encourage healthy eating and exercise by sharing the links to the resources highlighted in this feature
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- Page last reviewed: April 14, 2014
- Page last updated: April 14, 2014
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