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"It would be a good idea to prepone the meeting. Please revert back to me as soon as possible". Each time I see a mail like this, often many times a day, I cringe. And there is not a damn thing I can do about it!
After having experimented with and used the Samsung Note II for about 15 odd days, I reverted to my iPhone 4S and the iOS ecosystem yesterday, because of the release of Google Maps for iOS, whose absence was the main reason I had shifted to Android/Samsung. Yesterday, when driving from Taj Land's End to Matunga, I had Google Maps running on both instruments simultaneously and both versions work equally well. There is no reason now for me to use Samsung/Android and iOS is still far more elegant.
But that is beside the point. I "reverted" to my iPhone 4S…but I am not "reverting" to you with an analysis of Android versus iOS.
We "revert" to a previous state or situation. We don't revert to someone about something.
But then, who am I to complain!
Ever since I can remember, I have used "prepone" as the opposite of postpone. "Prepone" has been part of our lexicon for many, many years and I guess it just seemed logical that if "postpone" was an English word, its opposite would be "prepone". However, "prepone" is not really a word…it has only recently been included in the Oxford dictionary as a word of "Indian" origin, probably because it is universally used in our country.
I am afraid that "revert" as in "reverting to someone about something", which actually means "to get back with an answer" will also at some point in time make its way into the dictionary.
The two issues though are completely different. Prepone as an opposite of postpone makes some sense. But, to "revert" is to return back to an original or prior state. How does it suddenly start meaning that you will answer the person soon or take action and inform?
Each time I ask one of my managers a question, the reply I get is "I will revert soon". And each time, I have to stop myself from wanting to correct that person. If everyone from a CEO to a just-passed out student uses this phrase, how many people can you correct? I actually did try once and all I got was a blank look…the person had no idea what I was talking about!
And even if "reverting" to someone is eventually going to find its way into the dictionary as an "Indian" word, what in God's name, does reverting back mean? If you are going to get back to someone anyway, why would you want to get back twice? It's like ascending up and descending down!
Language is not a constant and obviously changes depending on the milieu and the situation. English particularly, is perhaps the most accommodating and fluid of the World languages. And what I find cringe-worthy today may perhaps become accepted usage in times to come.
But I still wonder how it all started. Perhaps, in some management school, someone somewhere, thought the word "revert" made sense when replying to someone about a task to be completed…and soon it became a meme that spread like wildfire across the country.
If nothing else, I hope this piece lets people know that one can't really "revert" back to someone about the preponement of a meeting…all one can do is to revert to using an iPhone instead of Samsung/Android. And in the process, lay to rest, questions about "commitment" issues.

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Version von AIGSolve. Eliminierungsbasiertes Verfahren zur Evaluation von QBF. Inklusive Branch für MaxQBF.
- AutoFault
Attacking block cipher with SAT solver
- antomantom is a C++ library for solving
- Unweighted MaxSAT,
- Partial MaxSAT, and
- #SAT problems.
- Various activity-based decision heuristics,
- Fast unit propagation via watched literals,...
- isat
iSAT has been developed to facilitate automated reasoning about large Boolean combinations of non-linear arithmetic constraints involving transcendental functions. The core of iSAT is based on a tight integration of recent DPLL-style SAT solving techniques (like lazy clause evaluation, conflict-driven learning, non-chronological backtracking, and restarts) with interval-based arithmetic constraint solving....
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iSAT3 is a satisfiability checker for Boolean combinations of arithmetic constraints over real- and integer-valued variables. Those constraints may contain linear and non-linear arithmetic as well as transcendental functions. iSAT3 is the third implementation of the iSAT algorithm. All three implementations (with HySAT and iSAT being the first two) share the same major core principles of tightly integrating ICP into the CDCL framework. But while the core solvers of HySAT and iSAT operate on simple bounds, the core of iSAT3 uses literals and additionally utilizes an ASG for more advanced formula preprocessing. iSAT3 understands the same input file format as HySAT and iSAT. So you may use the iSAT example benchmarks as well....
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SiSAT is an extension of the iSAT constraint solver to existential, universal and randomized quantification of finite-domain variables.
Downloads: SiSAT Linux binaries, SiSAT Manual, SiSAT Examples
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countAntom [1] is a multi-threaded #SAT solver based on the antom SAT solver.
The source code and a statically linked binary are available under the files tab.Furthermore we provide the following #SAT specific benchmark collection:
- Fault Injection: Encode the probability of a successful fault injection into a security circuit by clock manipulation [2]....
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Ihr Team wurde von einem namhaften Kaffee-Unternehmen beauftragt, die Logistikkette beginnend mit der Anlieferung der diversen gerösteten Kaffebohnen, deren Unterteilung in die drei Produktgruppen "milder, "normaler" und "starker" Kaffee bis hin zur Auslieferung der eingegangenen Kundenbestellungen auf ein effizientes, vollautomatisches System umzustellen....
Redmine-Projekt zum IEMS-Kurs PMSE
- BeyondSAT
Repository access:
git clone https://projects.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/git/sca
- Solver Proxy
SATSolverProxy is a C++ Framework to easily switch between multiple SAT solver.The following solver are currently supported:
- antom [1]
- CaDiCaL [2]
- Glucose 3 [3]
- Glucose 4.2.1 [3]
- CryptoMiniSAT 5.6.5 [4]
SATSolverProxy has served as the backend solver in several projects:...
- Solving Dependency Quantified Boolean Formulas
Solvers for Boolean satisfiability problems (SAT) are nowadays applied in numerous domains of Computer Science and Electronic Design Automation with great success: To mention only a few, they are most relevant in (formal) verification and test of hard- and software, e. g., for bounded model checking (BMC) and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG), but also have been successfully used in the area of artificial intelligence, e. g., for planning. In spite of the problem being NP-complete, modern solvers can handle formulas with hundred thousands of variables and millions of clauses. Therefore SAT solvers have gained high industrial relevance; most major chip manufacturers apply SAT-based techniques to find bugs in their hardware designs....
- UF Circuit ToolSuite
Family and Friends package of the University of Freiburg Circuit Testing ToolSuite
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European Champions' Cup
Preliminary roundDraw: 2 July 1958, Wednesday, in Cannes, France First Leg CDNA (Sofia) bye Second Leg CDNA (Sofia) bye
First round (1/8 финали)First Leg 5 November 1958, Wednesday: in Madrid, "Santiago Bernabéu" st.: Atlético (Madrid, Spain, 1) - CDNA (Sofia) 2:1 (0:0) Second Leg 26 November 1958, Wednesday: in Sofia, "Vasil Levski" national stadium: CDNA (Sofia) - Atlético (Madrid, Spain, 1) 1:0 (0:0); aggregate score: 2:2 * * - the rules of the competition are that in case of a draw in the aggregate score over the two legs away goals are not considered and no extra time or penalties are held. Instead a third match at a neutral venue is played.
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Have we all stopped sobbing? EH MEH GHED, THEY ARE THE SWEETEST. Okay, just be warned, I'm going to be squealing in dolphin noises, so. I mean, the MUSIC. They busted out the Roxy Music. Cannot. Deal. With all the emotions!! But let's get our drink out, because I need one to calm my nerves. (And HA, world, I stayed unspoiled!) Tonight's drink is in honor of…well, a certain special thing. Pink Pucker. (I can't help who I am, okay?)
Today's FREE SPACE is to take a drink every time Artie is woefully inappropriate.
Artie, rolling like baller through the halls, tells us in a voice over that he's found his calling. Bossing people around. (A.k.a. being a director.) Artie is the physical embodiment of enlightened man, y'all.
Funny moment: Artie and Rachel going through Bea Arthur's "Maude" wardrobe, apparently. Speaking of, Rachel and Blaine rehearse "Tonight" as West Side Story is gearing up to open in a few days. But something's off.
[Side note, each and every song does a wonderful job of furthering the plot, not to mention underscoring the character's emotional state, well done, Glee.]
Artie knows just what it is. They need to tap into their first times of doing it, they need passion, what with this while play being about horny kids and race wars. They…have had sex, right?
Cue: Bieste and Emma bailing. Also, [DRINK.] Rachel stammers while Blaine admits to waiting for the right time. Artie is all, "Yo, I don't have working legs and I hit that all the time. Get busy, fools." He rolls off singing, "Let's Get It On."
Finn helps hang some of Rachel's posters. "Put A Berry On Top." [Sexual innuendo: DRINK.] Rachel asks him who he's voting for. But Kurt's his brother! "You can't do this with your brother," she says, kissing him. UM, YES HE CAN. Also, two years ago, that was exactly what his brother wanted. Ahem.
Exposition: Rachel has tied for first place in polls (with who? Kurt? Brit?) the show will be a success, and she has the hottest BF evah. Finn has a Buckeyes recruiter showing up, Burt and Carole are super busy lately, hint, life is a bowl of cherries, let's pop some! Um. No worries, Finn, she's down.
CUE THE ROXY MUSIC. And then Blaine is dancing in his room for Kurt while saying how much he loves Brian Ferry while there is a framed presidential campain poster of Kurt on his wall, and I'm supposed to be coherent? Right. Sorry. Kurt, mixing Cheetah print with leopard print [DRINK], is as hot and bothered as I am. He also wants to know if Blaine thinks he's boring.
Blaine: No! You're the single most interesting kid in all of Ohio.
Kurt: Then why are we not granting our hands visas to travel south of the equator? Do you not have any urges?
Blaine: Every minute of every day, why do you think I jump on all the things? Also, masturbation: learn it, live it, love it.
Kurt: My god, it's hot in here.
Blaine: Hey, you need to be comfortable, so I'll be comfortable and then we'll be comfortable together. Watch me shake my butt, Kurt, watch me.
Kurt: Um, can't you rip off my layers? Oh, right, I have too many. DAMN THESE LAYERS.
They kiss chastely, I die, next scene. Oh, and [DRINK for the Klaine-ness.]
Bieste is welding sets when Artie decides that he needs to help her pop her cherry, too. [DRINK] Also, LA LA LA LA I AM NOT LISTENING. Oh, Bieste has the hots for a dude named Cooter, but he's not interested in her, woe. Artie strokes his invisible beard and machinates.
Cut to: DALTON! This time it's Blaine on the staircase, when soft, what sound through yonder Common Room breaks? It is the Warblers, and they're rocking it, son. "Uptown Girl," and there's a new guy! And he's totally eye-fucking Blaine, good lord, take it down a notch. Also desperate for a little Blaine-stank? Chubby Warbler! Damn, brother, didn't you get the hint when Blaine left?
Note: in the beginning when Blaine is in the doorway, Sebastian (the new guy) creeps up on him and pulls him into the mix. So he's a little shy.
A random hot French Teacher side steps with the Warblers so it's not a total sausagefest. Also note: Sebastian isn't a good singer. At all. The song ends, they're all hugs, Chubby Warbler begs Blaine to come back, just come back to him and give his life meaning! But Blaine's only there to give them tickets to the high school musical.
Sebastian: Hey, once a Warbler, always a have sex with me.
Blaine: I…are you a freshman?
Sebastian: [grabs junk] Does this look like it's a freshman?
Blaine: Gulp!
Sebastian: Say, I hear from everyone [Chubby Warbler] that you're sex on a stick. Wanna get poked? Or poke? I switch hit, baby. Also, why did you leave? Break all the hearts here? [I KNEW it was Gay Hogwarts!] Am I coming on too fast? I can come a lot slower. HEY-O. I'm into you, are you…are you getting that?
Blaine: Uh… McKinley is where my heart is?
There's a montage of Rachel and Santana as Rachel sings, "A Boy Like That," which serves a both a warning about Sebastian and a red herring that maybe Blaine is interested!
Sebastian has to head out to Lacrosse (of course he does) but he wants to see Blaine again. You know, to talk pitch. Blaine gulps again. Okay?
[Blaine is totally Ron Weasley with a fanboy wave to Viktor Krum as Sebastian leaves. It makes me laugh. Because Weasley is my King.]
Back at McKinley, Finn asks Puck for condom recommendations. No, he's not cheating on Rachel, he's finally going to go all the way, bro. Puck, sure it would have been him there first, is happy for Finn. But he doesn't wear condoms, come on. [Gross. Protection – it's awesome! STDs? Not so much.]
Blaine at his locker is interupted from his reverie by Kurt, who wants help destroying Rachel's posters. Blaine wants to know if they're just sheltered as artists, because they really should be adventurous, living life and tasting all of it's man fruits, er, fruits!
Kurt wants that, too, he even has a bucket list, including "having relations" with Taylor Lautner in a lilac meadow before he realizes how disgusting that guy's nose is. Blaine thinks that's hot. Kurt is…a little nervous about where this is headed. Blaine tells him they're young, dumb, and full of…oh, come on, Kurt, read between the lines.
We see Kurt watching him leave as he strokes his own hand, and good lord, Chris Colfer, you're gay, I can't have you, cut that out.
Artie finds this "Cooter" chap and tells him he needs to hook up with Bieste. Because that's appropriate. [DRINK]
AND WHAT ON EARTH, BLAINE IS AT THE LIMA BEAN WITH SEBASTIAN. Young man, that is KURT'S special place, how dare you!? And Sebastian is just the biggest douche that ever douched as he ordered his coffee with a shot of courvosier and tells Blaine how when he lived in an artists' commune in Paris, drinking wine out of the navels of beautiful Castro boys, he thought about how he wanted to bone Blaine.
Uh, Blaine has a boyfriend. Sebastian doesn't care, just don't tell him. Or do. Or invite him. Just get up on all of this, Blaine. But…Blaine loves his boyfriend!
"Who?" Saved by the Kurt! Blaine stammers and over corrects and Kurt eyes this new boy; he's got Sebastian's number. Sebastian wants them both to come out with him this weekend and hit a gay club, what do they say? Well, that's the night they do pumpkin enzyme masks. Blaine says, "We don't do fun things."
Kurt glares at Sebastian, hate-smiling, "SOUNDS GREAT, ASSHOLE, WE'RE THERE."
Rachel and Finn are at his place and oh my god, I laughed so hard when Rachel complemented his "meat substitute that tasted just like real meat." Because Finn totally forgot she was a vegan. They're sweet and cute and awkward, but Rachel drives that train right to the blanket in front of the fire (classy) and pushes Finn, who really just wants it to be good for her because he's a gentleman like that, he's been saving up for a Marriott! But she has opening night soon, so let's get this done.
Ooooooh. What? Young lady, you just hurt Finn's feelings, and he was trying to make it special! (Ouch.)
Mr Chang shows up at the school and hisses at Mike for being a lying dancer who lies. And he made his mother lie, so that's a triple liar, and he needs to quit this whole "I have a dream" crap and get on with being an adult. Mike yells at him, "No! I'm a dancer! I bleed Capezios!" Then it looks like Mr. Chang doesn't want you as his son. Fine, because then, mathematically, that means Mike doesn't want to have him as a father! (Ooooouch. Poor Mike.)
Bieste rocks the bench press when Cooter sidles up to her with some flowers and some sweet come ons. "I can bench press, too. A lot. Like, the amount of a lady football coach." She's not picking up what he's putting down. He lays it out plain: I like you. Let's go out and eat food and see what happens. She automatically assumes he's been forced to do this, because she's not a pretty girl.
One of the best lines of the night: "Good. 'Cause I don't date girls. Just women."
Rachel calls a girls meeting to find out what to do about this Finn situation.
Quinn: Sex is awful, it ruins everything. Including your character, ahem.
Santana: Sex with Finn is awful, it's like a sweaty, out of breath sack of potatoes soaked in body spray.
Brittany: I lost my virginity at cheer camp. He just came into my tent, boom. Alien invasion. [DRINK]
Tina: Hey, how about a healthy story? Because Mike and I waited until it felt right. Because we love each other. [Montage of Rachel singing "I have a love"] He's my first love. And I'll always look back on that as absolutely perfect.
No regrets, just love. [heart emoticons] Nice work, Miss Cohen-Chang. Also, Miss Lea Michele, sing all the songs ever, please.
Time for the Gay Bar! Kurt and Blaine pile out of Kurt's Navigator, looking at their fake IDs as if they won't get in. [That's what's so great about gay bars, folks, they're lax with carding. Well, that's my experience, at least. Thank you, "Sue Ellen's" for all of my underage gay club fun back in the day!]
And they are playing ABC's "Shoot That Poison Arrow" and I want to soul kiss whoever is picking the music. It's drag queen Wednesday, and… it's a little drab, a little sad at Scandals, gang. Oh, but Sebastian is there in a rugby polo and popped collar, looking like a gay prep boy's wet dream, but he's such a dick. He gets a beer for Blaine and a Shirley Temple, extra cherries for your viriginity, Kurt?
Meow, bro. Then he digs it in deeper, "I hear you're designated driver. Like, all the time." (I worried they were going to make Kurt feel pressured by all of this. I love you Glee for keeping Kurt Kurt.)
Kurt sits at the bar while Blaine is on the dance floor with Sebastian (what?! Too many dicks on the dance floor!) when DAVID KAROFSKY comes in and sits by him. Because he comes here all the time. He's at a new school, they don't know about him, and he just wants to live in peace. He and Kurt have a wonderful moment where they come around to being friendly with each other, now that Dave isn't beating people up anymore. Also, he mentions he's a bear cub, like this is a PSA for baby gays. Kurt tells him to let his freak flag fly, then jumps onto the dance floor with Blaine.
And constantly blocks Sebastian with every twirl and shimmy, and I love you, Kurt Hummel. [DRINK]
They're leaving, and Blaine's drunk. Not 'make out with Rachel' drunk, but make out with Kurt drunk. But Kurt's not interested in drunken make outs. Blaine gets really handsy and pulls Kurt into the back seat with him, trying to be exciting like Kurt said he wanted in the beginning, wanting to just go ahead and do it. (Tchuh, in a gay bar's parking lot? Not very original, Blaine.)
Kurt pushes him off and gets mad at him. He doesn't want to do that because A, Blaine's drunk and won't remember and that's hurtful and B, he spent most of the night dancing with another guy. So no, he's not feeling it. At all. (I am proud of you, Kurt.)
Blaine, upset, says that he was just trying to be spontaneous, and that he'll walk home. Kurt shouts after him, and did anyone else notice how deep his voice got? Or my heart breaking? [cry]
It's finally opening night, and Rachel and Blaine are worried about still being virgins and their performances ringing false. Ha. Artie also freaks out, thinks it will be a disaster and has his own performance anxiety. Ahem. The cast has several dozen roses for him, telling him how great he is. And then Kevin McHale knocked it out of the park with Artie's speech about how hard it is to be in a chair, because you never feel like a real grown up, as people are always doing things for you.
But this experience? Finally made him feel like a grown man. Hang on…I have something in my eye.
Cut to Finn in the shower, devastated and pounding his fist, leading into Puck pounding his fist in the lead up to "America." Seriously, awesome camera work and editing, really. There is so much happening in this episode, but it doesn't feel crowded. Funny moment: Rory Leprechaun trying to affect a Puerto Rican accent. The way they staged the number was awesome, as well.
And come on, [DRINK] for my girl Santana, who killed her number. Mike looks in the audience for his dad, who isn't there. But his mother is, and she is shining with love for him. (The Changs! I love Mike and Mama Chang.) Kurt looks out and sees the Warblers. One in particular seems very lit up. Sebastian is, too. But Chubby Warbler is the real unrequited lover here, folks, never forget Chubby "Smooth Dancer" Warbler. [lights lighter for him]
Blaine and Rachel in the wings wonder how on earth they can go out there, all stupid virgins and stuff. Hey, enough of that, they're both with their soul mates, and they'll draw on those feelings and it'll be great. Cut to black as they walk on stage.
Back to Blaine, in workout sweats, trying a dance step he missed in the night's performance. Trying to do it right, over and over. [Hearts. I see what you did there.] Kurt comes out in some awesome jeans [The guy is gorgeous, I can't help it. Also, DRINK.] and tries to talk with Blaine, who just looks miserable. Kurt mentions that he should be happy because his friends were all there. And Sebastian. Ahem.
Blaine says, "Come here." He takes his hand and puts it on Kurt's heart, just like in the play. His voice filled with emotion, he tells Kurt that Sebastian doesn't mean anything to him. "And you were right. Our first time shouldn't be like that. I was drunk, and I'm sorry." He's all choked up, and oh my heart, boys.
Kurt apologizes for not being his 'gay bar superstar,' but he's just a silly romantic, he guesses. "It's not silly," Blaine whispers as he kisses him. [DRINK!] (I can't help it, but they didn't kiss on the lips. Wah. It's the old side face fake out.) Kurt tells Blaine how proud he is to be with him. "I hope so. I want you to be."
Blaine mentions the after party, but Kurt's not interested. He wants to go to Blaine's house. [insert dolphin noises.]
Rachel, dressed as Little Pink Riding Hood, comes to the new Hummel-Hudson house (they've moved up to the east side, it seems!) Finn is downcast and sad. Kurt's with Blaine, his folks are in Toledo for the night, and he's all by himself. The recruiter didn't like him. And let's give Cory Monteith some props, here, because his moment where he's telling her how he's not a good enough quarterback for a scholarship and not a good enough singer for NYADA was pretty raw. His voice cracks when he tells her how the recruiter said his career is over after high school, basically. That's hard.
He's stuck. He's never getting out. He's out of dreams. Rachel tries to tell him that he can get new ones, he's just outgrown the others, that's all. And…this didn't work for me, and believe me, I would not mind seeing Finn get some happy time. But Rachel says she knows he's special, and why? Because she's going to give him something special. You know, her lady flower. Whaaat? I want them together, but that was weak writing. But enough of that.
Finn tells her she doesn't have to do this, but she wants to. She's just a girl in love with a boy, and wants to remember this night forever. Aww. [Well, minus that recruiter dashing your dreams stuff.]
And we have a BEAUTIFUL MONTAGE of FIRST TIMES. Really. It's sweet, it's not gratuitous, and it stresses the importance of loving someone because YOU MATTER. Don't throw yourself around like you don't. [I love you Burt Hummel, celebratory DRINK for a job well done with your son.]
The couples are inter-cut with Rachel and Blaine singing "One Hand, One Heart," on stage the next night, and you can tell that there's all sorts of new emotions added to their performance. Nicely done.
Finn and Rachel, in their underclothes, touch each other's faces lovingly in Finn's room. Kurt and Blaine [DRINK] are curled up in their undershirts, foreheads touching, holding hands. There's a close up of them entwining their fingers together ["That's why I love Broadway, the touch of a hand is as romantic as it gets."]
The song's lyrics, "Even death won't part…." Blaine is emotional as he sings, Kurt watching in the wings, smiling from ear to ear with love. Finn is in the audience amazed all over at how wonderful he thinks Rachel is, and Coach Bieste and her man are holding hands, as well. The night before seems to have been a success for all couples, hmm?
A final flash to Kurt and Blaine smiling at each other, and Finn and Rachel holding one another. Is it post? Pre? It's not the point. They love each other, and that is what made the difference.
GUYS I JUST CAN'T. It's so sweet and respectful of the characters, and I just love them to bits. [Edited to add: THIS IS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF KURT MEETING BLAINE ON DALTON'S STAIRCASE. How I failed to mention that before, it has to be because it was midnight and I was choking on ALL THE FEELINGS.]
And go to our store, buy the Klaine merchandise, and wear your shirt proudly to support the sweetest, cutest teen couple on television. Because guess what I'm wearing?
All of the hearts. Klaine is endgame, folks. No regrets, just love.


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Our goal is to help create a bridge between music communities.
- We aim to release a split each month
- Where one artist is from Oakland CA and the other is from any other part of the world.
- Each VHS tape is 30 minutes long, so each band gets 15 minutes.
- Each release will also feature video content to accompany the audio.
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You can download the latest updated database as an xls table.
A harbour is a place where ships can seek shelter. The concept of 'shelter' has to include anchorages, landing places on beaches, and ports including structures such as access channels, breakwaters, jetties, landing stages, quays, warehouses for storing commodities and equipment, shipsheds and slipways. Shelters of interest for this catalogue include all places which may have been used by seafarers sailing over long distances. Villae maritimae are also of interest, but shelters the likes of local fishermen, who may have landed their boats on the beach in front of their homes, are of less interest. In another limitation, only maritime harbours and some river ports that could be reached by deep sea ships are considered.
In a first stage, only ports were listed that are explicitly mentioned by each ancient author (portus, navale, statio, places where ships anchored or landed). Cities where the presence of a port was known from other sources were not attributed to an author who mentions the city but does not mention the port. This limitation was certainly questionable as one cannot imagine coastal settlements without at least a minimal shelter for boats. It was therefore decided to include all coastal sites mentioned by the authors of a Periplus for whom one might consider that all places they mention are harbours.
Furthermore, it was considered that all coastal settlements mentioned in the Barrington Atlas and in DARE must have had a shelter, and they were included too.
Finally, I added over 200 places that are mentioned in modern nautical guides ("pilot") as "excellent shelters", and which may be considered as "Potential Ancient Harbours".
This led me to try to position all ports of the present catalogue on Google Earth. This was done with near-total success, excepting a few places where ancient documents do not provide sufficient data or provide contradictory data. This occurred mainly for some peripheral areas (Black Sea, Red Sea, and Atlantic Ocean). In such cases I tried to make some suggestions, usually marked by « ? » and/or with bottom page notes.
The spelling of many names has changed over time (e.g. in Arabic countries) and the list gives the most common names but without trying to be exhaustive.
A nice evolution map of the Roman empire is shown on Wikimedia Commons.
The list of ancient ports is starting in the North Sea and ending in Morocco, via the Mediterranean Sea in a clockwise turn: Spain, South of France, Italy, Adriatic, Greece, Black Sea, Turkey, Red Sea, East Africa, Gulf, Indian Ocean and North Africa. This order has been followed as far as possible as some unknowns remain: disappeared ports, cities not yet located precisely … and probably some mistakes on my side.
Ports are grouped into 18 geographical areas in the lateral site map and in the following list:
- UK & northern Europe
- Spain & Portugal
- France
- Corsica & Sardinia
- Western Italy
- Sicily, Malta, Lampedusa
- Adriatic Sea
- Continental Greece
- Peloponnese
- Greek islands
- Crete & Cyprus
- Bosphorus & Black Sea
- Turkey
- Levant
- Red Sea
- Indian Ocean & Gulf
- Egypt & Libya
- North Africa
Each area has a link to Google Earth to show the position of each port.
If you are looking for the location of a specific port, use the search engine (top right of this page) that will lead you to the page where this port is mentioned.
If you are uncertain about the spelling, you may enter just the part of the name you are certain of into the search engine.
Once on the page containing your port, use your browser's search engine to find your port in the table.
Note that you can also download the complete xls table with the link at the top of each page and use that to work offline. This may be much more convenient if you have to conduct some kind of study on ancient ports …
… and if you are not an expert historian, this may help you to start …
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The suburbs and punk rock have never been a mutually friendly pair, and Rohnert Park is a special example. As a planned community inspired by Levittown, N.Y., the mother of all suburbia, its layout separates residents into alphabetical sections with the promise that all necessities—a grocery store, a school, a park, a pool—can be found within one's own neighborhood. Rohnert Park is a collection of boxes, essentially, and if there's anything punks hate more than the suburbs, it's being put in a box.
In 1986, some of those Rohnert Park punks started the power-violence band Capitalist Casualties, and the city was scorchingly condemned with the song "Planned Community." "We grew up in these planned communities," goes the track, "Rotting inner cities vomited married white couples with children seeking safer places with 'less color' / We ended up here, a town divided into alphabetical 'sections' / We call them cell blocks."
The sentiment remains alive in the younger generation. This week, the hardcore band Ceremony release their new album, dedicated to their hometown. Titled Rohnert Park, its cover photo sums up suburban complacency with a generic tract home, an American flag and a boy on a skateboard. Is there anything else to do in the town?
"I had a problem growing up in Rohnert Park," says Ceremony vocalist Ross Farrar by phone. "I wasn't stimulated as much as I could have been. I always had this pull to go experience different cultures."
That was achieved when Farrar and the rest of Ceremony got out of Rohnert Park as quick as they could, moving to San Francisco and Oakland in 2005. The underground embraced their first album, Violence Violence, and clung fast to its follow-up, Still Nothing Moves You. They've since toured the world with Converge and AFI, and are currently in Korea and Japan in advance of Rohnert Park's June 8 release.
But Rohnert Park is not a concept album about the manufactured city, even though Farrar explains that he "always knew that Rohnert Park was awkward. It's evident that it's not an organic place." Only one song directly addresses the town: "The Doldrums (Friendly City)," which damns the torpor of the suburbs as a "vacancy stuck in figure 8 where nothing ever happens."
Musically, Rohnert Park is slower and simpler than Ceremony's previous output, which is fitting for a band whose name derives from a Joy Division song. But their aesthetic is distinctly post-hardcore. Whereas most hardcore bands push to extremes of speed, spectacle and spazz, Ceremony deal in the rare commodity of restraint and show that the original genius of punk rock—letting urgency and purpose carry technically unvarnished music—is alive and well.
The three-and-a-half-minute "Sick," for example, begins with an ominous tom drum, subsequently joined by the snare drum and a two-note minor guitar riff. The bass drops in, as does a howling feedback. Forty seconds in, the guitar begins a torrential one-note downstroke; a minute in, the bass echoes it. After the pickup notes crash in unison through the speakers, Farrar tears into the one-chord chorus: "Sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! Sick! Sick! I'm sick! I'm sick! I'm sick!"
The irony is that in his personal life, the 25-year-old Farrar has started to calm down. "With this record, actually, I've tried to be a little more optimistic in my lyric writing," he says. "I'm not as heavy-set as I was before. I don't hate the world as much as I used to."
He also doesn't hate Rohnert Park as much as he used to back when he was getting in trouble with the law and being sent to jail for reasons he doesn't care to discuss. Last year, Farrar moved from West Oakland back to Rohnert Park to live in M section with his sister and to go back to school at the SRJC. It signals a turning point both for Ceremony ("Our fans won't like it," he bluntly says of the new record) and for Farrar, who enjoys reading books in the quietude of his backyard and seems to be making amends with his upbringing.
"I have mixed feelings about Rohnert Park," he says carefully. "I do have a little bit of tension. A lot of things happened when I was growing up here, but I realize now that I'm very appreciative of it. So calling the record Rohnert Park is a balance between homage and hatred."
Ceremony play at 924 Gilman in Berkeley on Sunday, June 13. 'Rohnert Park' arrives in stores on June 8.


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It's a hell of a thing. A brutal thing. But sometimes it yields something amazing. At least that's what I tell myself at night after failing time after time to discover some esoteric Rosicrucian society that will teach me the Great Work. Look it up. I'm not going to explain it.
So what does failure have to do with The Oliver? Well, it was Republica prior to being rebranded to The Oliver. It failed, so they changed it.
From the ash, a phoenix.
Welcome to The Oliver.
My parents were in town for the week so we wanted to try a new place out. The Oliver has only been open for a short time so we decided to give it a go. Pretty much just trying to show my parents that Katie and I are cool people that go to cool places with money we didn't get by selling plasma.
We've come a long way since 17.
Anyways, The Oliver is in the Plaza. Walking into it, we're all pleased. It's a pleasant looking place. It's cool but not too try-hard. And I personally really enjoy tuft couches.
It also has a bar. This image doesn't do it justice. It was kinda busy and I was feeling weird taking photos in front of everyone. All the Yums just doesn't have the gravitas yet for me to bust in and not give a fuck. I'm sorry.
Anyways, we order some drinks and apps. When you come here, try the pork nuggets.
I should have a joke about that. But I don't.
They were pretty much just fried BBQ pork balls. Very satisfying. As for drinks, we all had pretty normal stuff. Except for Katie. Who just had to be different and order the Summer Babe to remind me that I'm blessed to have tricked her into marriage.
It looked like a 1950s soda bottle. And since we watched the Sandlot before going to dinner, we felt it appropriate.
So what did we order?
Chicken Fried Chicken Sandwich – Diamond Crystal buttermilk battered, baby Swiss, spicy slaw, B&B pickles, lemon chive mayo, house brioche bun. Katie added a side of sweet potato mac'n'cheese because she's a mad-woman.
Angie's White Cheddar Enchiladas – kale slaw, borracho beans, corn bread. My mom got this. The sauce was straight money.
The O Burger – steakburger, aged white cheddar, B&B pickle, caramelized onions, dijonnaise, house brioche bun.
And the taco platter with red snapper. I took a photo of it but it looked dumb. So you'll have to take my word for it that it was very tasty. My dad ordered it and demolished it.
Overall the food was really good. Nothing was bad. A few of the dishes, like the enchiladas and chicken sandwich, were great. The burger was good, but you can get a better one at Pigwich. Try something different when you go. But overall it was a very nice meal. Worth the money (with the exception of the burger, which I would rate 6/10).
And the bathrooms? They looked like a Germany disco owners wet dream.
This is usually the part where I delve into some crippling self-introspection that attempts to let you into my steadily declining mental state while trying to make a profound statement about the world's apathy and the fact that Applebee's is still a thing. But you know what?
I got nothing. Life's been pretty rad recently. When I'm happy, I just can't write good.
Sorry, though. I'll work on being sad for the next review.
As for The Oliver?
Taste: 8/10
Environment: 8/10
Bathroom: 9/10
Verdict? Try it out.


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Whitsunday Regional Council today approved an application by Humphries Pty Ltd, for theextraction of 15,000 cubic metres of sand a year from the Don River bed.
Mayor Jenny Whitney said this follows the approval last month of an application by Fynbat Pty Ltd to extract 50,000 cubic metres of sand per annum from the Don River.
"The new extraction site lies between Millers Lane and Taloonda Road and is centredon the large sand deposits which are adversely affecting the hydraulic characteristics of theDon River when flowing," she said.
"The Queensland Government and Council agreed that removal of the sand deposits would be apositive outcome for improving the flow characteristics of the Don River.
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Chevrolet revealed new renditions of their performance cars at SEMA, including a real-life execution of their Gran Turismo 6 racer.
The car features a host of aesthetic touches including yellow tinted headlights, carbon fiber trim pieces, and a glorious blue GT6 color scheme. Power comes from the standard LT1 6.2L V-8 through the seven-speed manual.
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Mindfulness Therapy for Individuals With Lung Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01565980
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 29, 2012
Results First Posted : November 17, 2014
Last Update Posted : November 17, 2014
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|Lung Cancer
|Behavioral: symptom assessment Behavioral: Mindfulness Intervention
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|A Mindfulness Intervention for Symptom Management in Lung Cancer
|Study Start Date :
|March 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2013
Active Comparator: symptom assessment
6 weeks of symptom assessment phone calls.
Behavioral: symptom assessment
attention control receives a weekly symptom assessment phone interview for 6 weeks.
Experimental: Mindfulness intervention
Participants receive 6 weeks of the home-based mindfulness intervention, and weekly symptom assessment phone calls.
Behavioral: symptom assessment
attention control receives a weekly symptom assessment phone interview for 6 weeks.
Behavioral: Mindfulness Intervention
Participants will receive a weekly home-based mindfulness intervention, and symptom assessment phone interviews for 6 weeks.
- M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]Symptom Severity and interference were measured with the M.D. Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) . The MDASI is a multisymptom patient-reported outcome measure. The MDASI has 13 core items include symptoms found to have the highest frequency and/or severity in patients with various cancers and treatment types (pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, disturbed sleep, distress, shortness of breath, memory difficulties, lack of appetite, drowsiness, dry mouth, sadness,numbness and tingling. Patients rate the severity of each symptom "at its worst" using 0-10 numerical rating scales with 0 = "not present" and 10 = "as bad as you can imagine." The measure includes 5 symptom interference items which ask how much all symptoms, interfere with domains (walking, work, general activity, mood, relations with others, enjoyment of life) also rated on a 0-10 scale (0 = "did not interfere"; 10 = "interfered completely"). The 13 severity (range 0 - 130) and 5 interference items (range 0 - 50) are summed.
- SF-36 [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Indices (Physical/Emotional Function, Role Function, Pain, General Health, Vitality, Mental/Physical Health)HRQOL(SF-36) calculated using Quality Metric, Inc. an algorithm producing normal scores (1-100 range). With normed scoring, general population has mean=50, SD=10. For the minimum and maximum values in each of the scale ranges provided, higher values represent a better outcome.
- Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]The score is the sum of the 20 questions. Each item has a range of 1 - 4 for frequency of a behavior or mental state in the past week ; 1 - Rarely or none of the time (less than 1 day); 2 = Some or a little of the time (1-2 days); 3 = Occasionally or a moderate amount of time (3-4 days); 4 = Most or all of the time (5-7 days). Possible range is 0-60. There are 4 reverse-scored items (questions 4, 8, 12, and 16). A score of 16 points or more is considered depressed.
- Cancer Dyspnea Scale [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]
The cancer dyspnea scale (CDS) has 12 Likert scale items ( 1 = Not at all, 5 = Very much) that ask questions about breathlessness or difficulty in breathing during the past few days. The CDS has an overall score (range 0-42) and 3 subscales that measure the amount of effort with breathing, anxiety associated with breathing, and discomfort associated with breathing.
The 3 subscales are calculated by: 1) effort (items 4+6+8+10+12) - 5 [range 0 (no dyspnea effort)-20 (worst dyspnea effort)]; 2) anxiety (items 5+7+9+11) - 4 [range 0 (no dyspnea anxiety) - 16 (worst dyspnea anxiety)]; 3) discomfort [15 - (items 1+2+3) {range 0 (no dyspnea discomfort) - 12 (worst dyspnea discomfort)}]. The total dyspnea score is derived by adding the total subscale scores. The subscale score subtractions are to make adjustments for 0 as a state of absence of dyspnea (thus total dyspnea summary scores range from 0 to 42).
- Worry (Cancer-related and General) [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]Both cancer-related and general worry were measured with 3 item scales. Cancer-related worry had three statements asking about level of worry related to diagnosis, treatment, and worry interference using a 1 = "not at all" to 5 = "most or all the time" scale, range 3-15. Items are summed. General worry used an abbreviated brief Penn State Worry questionnaire with 3 statements that measure how typical that statements are in describing the person. Uses a 3 item scale with 1 = "not at all typical" to 5 = "very typical". the range is 3-15. Items are summed.
- Pittsburgh Sleep Symptom Questionnaire-Insomnia (PSSQ_I) [ Time Frame: Time 2 (week 8), Time 3 (week 11), and overall average for group comparisons. ]The PSSQ_I has 13 self rated questions. The first 5 items, used to determine sleep quality (presence; frequency of insomnia problems) are rated [0 = never to 5 = always, 5-7 days per week; (range 0-25)] and items 6 to 13 are aimed at identifying the degree of interference experienced from sleep impairment (rated 0=not at all to 4=extremely on Likert scale; range 0 - 32).
- Baseline Values for All Measures. [ Time Frame: Baseline. ]Description of all measures are described elsewhere. Provided are the means and standard deviations for baseline comparisons.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to understand and speak English
- at least 21 years old
- active treatment for a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer
- Karnofsky score > 80
- have a telephone by which they can be reached
Exclusion Criteria:
- current substance abuse other than tobacco
- active treatment for psychiatric disorders excluding depression, and/or use of antipsychotic medications that would impede study participation.
- cognitive impairment
- active participation in mindfulness-based classes, guided imagery, yoga, or relaxation therapy courses
- diagnosis of small cell lung cancer
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01565980
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60208
|United States, Michigan
|Michigan State University
|East Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48824
|Allegiance Health
|Jackson, Michigan, United States, 49201
|Principal Investigator:
|Rebecca Lehto, PhD
|Michigan State University
|Responsible Party:
|Rebecca Lehto, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
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|First Posted:
|March 29, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|November 17, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|November 17, 2014
|Last Verified:
|November 2014
Lung cancer
mindfulness therapy
active treatment (radiation and/or chemotherapy)
Lung Neoplasms
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Lung Diseases
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On Strategy: Low-Cost-Country Sourcing
In-house resistance can undermine sourcing from low-cost countries. Here is some advice from our experts on how to clear this hurdle.
Low-cost-country (LCC) sourcing initiatives have become crucial to the survival of many global companies. Yet, as our experience shows, when they go wrong, it is most likely due to in-house resistance. In addition to commercial considerations, some fundamental ethical and political value judgments also come into play here. Are such initiatives economically responsible? Aren't we digging our own grave by harming home suppliers? Can these "developing countries" possibly produce at global quality levels? The unfamiliarity with these low cost countries also make them appear a daunting prospect.
The success of these initiatives comes from having the right management attitude. Management must grasp how decisively the people within their own company can influence the outcome of the initiative and take their reservations seriously. On the basis of our experience, we have identified five factors that, in most companies, are central to the success of LCC sourcing initiatives.
Choose the right product groups
The success of the initiative stands or falls by the choice of product groups to be sourced. By making the right choice, management shows its people that it knows the true strength of the company's products and that it is working to consolidate these strengths.
- Analyze data to adequately plan and calculate total costs
It is critical to consider the total landed cost of LCC sourcing in order to make a like-for-like comparison before making a decision. Scoring models can be used to make it easier to understand and document the situation. Furthermore, it is important not to keep quiet about negative consequences. Rather, they provide an opportunity for management to demonstrate that it has thought through the initiative, has planned it carefully, and has considered all the possible costs and consequences. For example, logistics costs, quality, and inventory need to be considered for the total cost analysis.
- Invest adequate resources, including top management
A company needs, above all, its good and experienced people for the success of an LCC sourcing initiative. Freeing up staff for these tasks demands money and energy. Also, top management must find the time needed, so the initiative automatically can acquire higher priority, receive more support and, consequently, have a stronger roll-out. Top management can also smooth over any cross-functional tensions that may arise.
- Set up a cross-functional team
In addition to personnel from Purchasing, it is also important to bring in people from Product Development, Quality, Logistics, and Production for the LCC iniative. Moreover, a team member with experience in the country concerned should be part of the team, as that person can immediately deal with any reservations team members may have and generate greater trust in the initiative. Staff who are skeptical but amenable to rational arguments should be involved at an early stage.
- Use a transparent process
The initiative is most likely to be successful if management shows very clearly how individuals and functions must interact and depend on each other. In one case, a company went so far as to organize roadshows with presentations and brochures. It introduced the individuals and the team behind the initiative, clearly set out the objectives, tasks and the project plan, and shared the initial success stories. And the effort paid off by significantly boosting staff motivation. A policy of open information counters unfounded fears and enables the well-founded fears to be dealt with rationally.
Every organization can successfully carry out an LCC sourcing initiative. However, every company has just one chance to make the initiative work. If it fails, the subject will have to be dropped for a long time, if not forever. So companies must plan the initiative all the more carefully and avoid the most difficult hurdle, namely internal resistance, from the outset.
Companies must also be clear that the tasks associated with the initiative are more demanding than classic purchasing and procurement issues. It is not just about finding and evaluating suppliers and conducting negotiations. It also involves project management, change management and internal marketing. At the same time, a company must find the right way of dealing with the intricacies of new supplier countries. Companies must decide how they will build up the expertise they need—in-house or through external providers. They must make a conscious effort to make up for their lack of experience. How, then, can we sum up all these success factors? That's easy: "Do it right or not at all!"


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The Rise of Sneaker Culture Exhibit Is a Must-See for Sneakerheads
The Rise of Sneaker Culture exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta is still going through August 14, 2016!
For a girl that wasn't really aware of the impact that sneakers had made on our culture, I found the exhibit fascinating. Did you know Chuck Taylors date back to the 1930's? I didn't either! Sneakers, originally called plimsoles in 1873, have evolved into the staple in the wardrobe of millions of people – and into mainstream culture. With over 155 sneakers on display, you'll find yourself on a trip down memory lane with such shoes as the "Notorious" Air Jordan I of the 1980s and also creations from Adidas, Converse, Nike, Puma, and Reebok. There are even a few exclusives from private collectors such as famed sneakerhead Bobbito Garcia, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Dee Wells of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder.
We actually had chance to check out the exhibit last weekend, and we grabbed a few photos – Take a look below!
Not only did the exhibit feature an incredibly impressive collection of sneakers from the 1800s to present, but there was also design sketches and film footage which complimented the displays as well.
Are you a sneakerhead? Get additional details on the exhibition here, and be sure to check it out (and geek out) before it closes on August 14, 2016!


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Edward Hands and Lewis is now a nationally-acclaimed body. For over a hundred years Edward Hands and Lewis has been an established solicitors in the Leicestershire area, but now we have branched out across the UK.
If you're looking for reliable conveyancing solicitors in Nuneaton to help you in purchasing or selling your next home, you are in the right place. We have a simplified approach to conveyancing that you will find to be very helpful.
Step 1 – Conveyancing process for buying a house
If you would like us to step in and help you in the purchase of your next home, get in touch with us today. We will ask that you complete the initial paperwork, provide us with forms of identity and ensure funds are available for any searches you would like done.
Step 2 – Receive draft contract
The sender's solicitor will send us the draft contract and other related documents such as the electronic deeds and the property forms.
Step 3 – Searches and investigation of title
We will take the time to go through the paperwork we have received. We will also conduct the searches that you have requested and verify the title deed of the property. If we have any questions during this process, we will forward them to the seller's solicitor for answers.
Step 4 – Report
After we have the results of the searches and the investigation of the documents, we will send you a report. It will include the completion statement and your mortgage offer.
Step 5 – Signing
If you're satisfied with the report that was sent to you and the results obtained, a signing will be set up during which all the parties in the transaction should agree on a completion date. You will then be required to send your deposit to us.
Step 6 – Exchange of contracts
The next stage is the exchange of contracts which is critical because it makes the terms of the transaction legally binding. After the exchange, we will send the deposit to the seller's solicitor and request for a mortgage advance to be paid by your lender.
Step 7 – Completion of Conveyancing process
On the 'moving day' we will forward the remaining balance to the seller's solicitor. The keys will be left with the estate agent and you can pick them up once the money has been received by the seller's solicitors.
Step 1 – Conveyance process for selling a house (start)
To sell your house, we will need to start with a meeting and discuss the details of the property. We may take some notes that will help us start the process. You will be requested to provide us with forms of identity, fill out the initial paperwork and the protocol forms. If office copies will be required, we will ask that you make the funds available for this.
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Obstetric Imaging
1st Edition
Expert Radiology Series
Table of Contents
Part 1 Atlas of Selected Normal Images
Chapter 1 Atlas of Selected Normal Images
Part 2 Thorax
Chapter 2 Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung
Chapter 3 Extralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
Chapter 4 Hydrothorax
Chapter 5 Scimitar Syndrome
Chapter 6 Thymus
Chapter 7 Other Thoracic Tumors
and Masses
Part 3
Section One Kidney
Chapter 8 Abnormal Kidney Location
Chapter 9 Abnormal Kidney Size
Chapter 10 Bilateral Renal Agenesis
Chapter 11 Unilateral Renal Agenesis
Chapter 12 Renal Pelvis Dilatation
Chapter 13 Duplicated Collecting System
Chapter 14 Posterior Urethral Valves
Chapter 15 Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
Chapter 16 Autosomal Recessive (Infantile)
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Section Two Adrenals
Chapter 17 Fetal Adrenal Abnormalities
Section Three Other
Chapter 18 Ambiguous Genitalia
Chapter 19 Cloacal Abnormalities
Chapter 20 Gastroschisis
Chapter 21 Omphalocele
Chapter 22 Echogenic Bowel
Chapter 23 Intrahepatic Calcifications
Part 4 Gastrointestinal
Chapter 24 Abdominal Cysts
Chapter 25 Biliary Anomalies
Chapter 26 Intestinal Obstruction
Chapter 27 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Chapter 28 Hepatic Anomalies
Chapter 29 Intraabdominal Masses
Chapter 30 Megacystis-Microcolon–Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome
Chapter 31 Sacrococcygeal Teratoma and Fetus
in Fetu
Chapter 32 Fetal Spleen
Part 5 Central Nervous System
Chapter 33 Acrania, Exencephaly, Anencephaly,
and Encephalocele
Chapter 34 Cerebral Infections
Chapter 35 Choroid Plexus Anomalies: Cysts
Chapter 36 Corpus Callosum and Septum
Pellucidum Anomalies
Chapter 37 Cortical Development and Disorders
Chapter 38 Cerebellar Anomalies
Chapter 39 Holoprosencephaly
Chapter 40 Intracranial Hemorrhage, Cysts,
Tumors, and Destructive Lesions
Chapter 41 Neural Tube Defects:
Craniorachischisis and Spina Bifida
Chapter 42 Vascular Cerebral Anomalies
Chapter 43 Ventriculomegaly
Part 6 First-Trimester Complications
Chapter 44 Abnormal Intrauterine Sac
Chapter 45 Nuchal Translucency
Part 7 Limbs and Bones: An Overview
Section One Osteochondrodysplasias—
Chapter 46 Achondrogenesis
Chapter 47 Atelosteogenesis
Chapter 48 Asphyxiating Thoracic Dysplasia
Chapter 49 Short Rib–Polydactyly Syndrome
Amy Flick, Helen Feltovich, Lawrence D. Platt, and
Deborah Krakow
Chapter 50 Thanatophoric Dysplasia
Chapter 51 Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Chapter 52 Hypophosphatasia
Chapter 53 Campomelic Dysplasia
Section Two Osteochondrodysplasias—
Chapter 54 Achondroplasia
Chapter 55 Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
Chapter 56 Chondrodysplasia Punctata
Chapter 57 Diastrophic Dysplasia
Chapter 58 Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome (Chondroectodermal Dysplasia)
Section Three Findings—Spinal Defects
Chapter 59 Caudal Regression Syndrome
Chapter 60 Klippel-Feil
Section Four Findings—Anomalous Digits
Chapter 61 Abnormal Hands: Thumbs
Chapter 62 Abnormal Hands: Number of Fingers
Chapter 63 Abnormal Hands: Shape
Section Five Findings—Other
Chapter 64 Craniosynostosis
Chapter 65 Arthrogryposis
Chapter 66 Clubfoot (Talipes Equinovarus)
Part 8 Head and Neck
Section One Facial Anomalies
Chapter 67 Cleft Lip/Palate
Olga Gómez and Bienvenido Puerto
Chapter 68 Orbital Defects: Hypertelorism and Hypotelorism
Elisenda Eixarch and Bienvenido Puerto
Chapter 69 Choanal Atresia
Fatima Crispi and Bienvenido Puerto
Chapter 70 Micrognathia and Retrognathia
Magdalena Sanz-Cortés, Olga Gómez, and Bienvenido Puerto
Chapter 71 Facial Dysmorphism
Section Two Neck Anomalies
Chapter 72 Cystic Hygroma
Chapter 73 Neck Teratoma
Chapter 74 Fetal Thyroid Masses and
Fetal Goiter
Section Three Other
Chapter 75 Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome and Bronchial Atresia
Part 9 Heart and Great Vessels
Section One Normal Heart
Chapter 76 Ultrasound of Normal
Fetal Heart
Section Two Septal Defects
Chapter 77 Ventricular Septal Defect
Chapter 78 Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Section Three Right Heart Defects
Chapter 79 Tricuspid Atresia
Chapter 80 Ebstein Anomaly and Tricuspid
Chapter 81 Pulmonary Stenosis and Atresia
Section Four Left Heart Defects
Chapter 82 Aortic Stenosis and Aortic Atresia
Chapter 83 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
and Mitral Atresia
Chapter 84 Aortic Coarctation
Chapter 85 Interruption of the Aortic Arch
Chapter 86 Aortic Arch Anomalies
Section Five Conotruncal Anomalies
Chapter 87 Tetralogy of Fallot
Chapter 88 Transposition of Great Arteries
Chapter 89 Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
Chapter 90 Common Arterial Trunk
Section Six Other Anomalies
Chapter 91 Double-Inlet Single Ventricle
Chapter 92 Atrial Isomerism
Chapter 93 Anomalies of Pulmonary
Venous Return
Chapter 94 Anomalies of Systemic
Venous Return
Chapter 95 Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 96 Cardiac Tumors
Section SEVEN ARRHYTHMIAS
Chapter 97 Arrhythmias
Part 10 Placenta and Cord
Chapter 98 Placental Abruption
Chapter 99 Placenta Accreta
Chapter 100 Amniotic Band Sequence
Chapter 101 Chorioangioma
Chapter 102 Choriocarcinoma
Chapter 103 Placenta Circumvallata
Chapter 104 Cord Cysts
Chapter 105 Cord Varix
Chapter 106 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Chapter 107 Limb–Body Wall Complex
Chapter 108 Placenta Previa
Chapter 109 Vasa Praevia
Part 11 Fetal Growth
Chapter 110 Fetal Macrosomia
Chapter 111 Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Chapter 112 Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Part 12 Procedures
Chapter 113 Amniocentesis
Chapter 114 Cordocentesis and Fetal
Chapter 115 Chorionic Villus Sampling
Chapter 116 Radiofrequency Ablation
Chapter 117 Selective Laser Photocoagulation
Chapter 118 Fetal Shunts
Chapter 119 Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction
Part 13 Miscellany
Section One Amniotic Fluid Abnormalities
Chapter 120 Polyhydramnios
Chapter 121 Oligohydramnios
Section Two Fetal Fluid Abnormalities
Chapter 122 Lymphedema and Lymphatic Malformations
Chapter 123 Nonimmune Hydrops
Chapter 124 Immune Fetal Hydrops
Section Three PRETERM LABOR
Chapter 125 Cervical Length and Spontaneous
Preterm Birth
Part 14 Syndromes
Chapter 126 Charge Syndrome
Chapter 127 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Chapter 128 Cystic Fibrosis
Chapter 129 Fraser Syndrome
Chapter 130 Fryns Syndrome
Chapter 131 Goldenhar Syndrome
Chapter 132 Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber
Chapter 133 Larsen Syndrome
Chapter 134 Meckel-Gruber Syndrome
Chapter 135 Miller-Dieker Syndrome
Chapter 136 Multiple Pterygium
Chapter 137 Nager Syndrome
Chapter 138 Neu-Laxova Syndrome
Chapter 139 Noonan Syndrome
Chapter 140 Oral-Facial-Digital Syndromes
Chapter 141 Pena-Shokeir Syndrome
Chapter 142 Pentalogy of Cantrell
Chapter 143 Pfeiffer Syndrome
Chapter 144 Pierre Robin Sequence
Chapter 145 Poland Sequence
Chapter 146 Prune-Belly Syndrome
Chapter 147 Roberts Syndrome
Chapter 148 Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome
Chapter 149 Septooptic Dysplasia
Chapter 150 Shprintzen Syndrome
(Velocardiofacial Syndrome)
Chapter 151 Sirenomelia
Chapter 152 Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
Chapter 153 Treacher Collins Syndrome
Chapter 154 Tuberous Sclerosis
Chapter 155 Vater Association
Chapter 156 Walker-Warburg Syndrome
Part 15 Chromosomes
Section One Aneuploidies
Chapter 157 Triploidy
Chapter 158 Trisomy 13
Chapter 159 Trisomy 18
Chapter 160 Trisomy 21
Chapter 161 Turner Syndrome
(Monosomy X)
Section Two Deletion Syndromes
Chapter 162 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
(DiGeorge, Shprintzen,
Velocardiofacial Syndrome)
Chapter 163 4p− Deletion Syndrome
(Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome)
Chapter 164 5p− Syndrome (Cri du
Chat Syndrome)
Part 16 Multiple Gestation
Chapter 165 Chorionicity of Multiple Gestations
Chapter 166 Monochorionic Monoamniotic Twin Gestations
Chapter 167 Monochorionic Diamniotic Twin Gestations
Chapter 168 Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin
Chapter 169 Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Chapter 170 Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence
Chapter 171 Procedures in Multiples
Part 17 Infections
Chapter 172 Cytomegalovirus
Chapter 173 Parvovirus B19 Infection during Pregnancy
Chapter 174 Rubella
Chapter 175 Toxoplasmosis
Chapter 176 Herpes Simplex Virus
Chapter 177 Varicella
Chapter 178 Congenital Syphilis
Obstetric Imaging will help you detect fetal abnormalities with greater confidence and accuracy. Covering MRI as well as ultrasound and interventional procedures, it equips you with expert tips for recognizing and addressing problems that you might otherwise miss. Obstetric Imaging provides the advanced guidance you need to recognize fetal health challenges early and respond effectively!
Key Features
- Get advanced clinical guidance from a preeminent team of international maternal-fetal medicine specialists and obstetrician/gynecologists.
- See perfect examples of normal and variant anatomy, as well as the full range of fetal syndromes, with 1,318 images, 361 in full color.
- Know how to get optimal diagnostic accuracy from ultrasound and when to use MRI instead.
- Effectively perform image-guided interventions including amniocentesis, fetal transfusion, selective laser photocoagulation, radiofrequency ablation, fetal shunt placement, and more.
- Master important nuances of sonography by watching 69 videos online.
- Access Obstetric Imaging online at www.expertconsult.com, view all the videos, and download all the images.
- No. of pages:
- 832
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Saunders 2012
- Published:
- 1st June 2012
- Imprint:
- Saunders
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781455733576
"In this book the reader can find information on normal fetal anatomy, fetal malformation, invasive prenatal procedures, main fetal syndroms and prenatal infections... The book is rich in illustrative ultrasound images and videos of the ultrasound examinations and can be accessed on the web, which is another way of learning and can be seen as an advantage of this book...Despite detailed information provided on every malformation and syndrome, the book is easy read. Ultrasound images are illustrative and help examiners to interpret their findings and make differential diagnoses. Moreover, a web version of this book and video images of ultrasound examination are available...This is an advantage of the book. Video imaging not only helps us to more easily detect the abnormality and interpret the findings, but will also provide the reader with the information on examination technique when finding these malformations.
Obstetric Imaging is an excellent learning tool recommended for both experienced and less experienced sonographers, sonologists and clinicans."
ACTA Obstetricia et Gynecologica, September 2013
About the Author
Joshua Copel
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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It is likely that the familiar three-pillar structure of Horizon 2020 will be confirmed in the next framework programme as well, although with not irrelevant modifications.
Pillar one is expected to continue to support researchers through fellowships and exchanges as well as funding to projects defined and driven by researchers themselves, through the European Research Council and the Marie-Skłodowska-Curie
Pillar two is more likely to undergo significant modifications, which is reflected in changing the title of the pillar to global challenges. Elements from 'societal challenges' and 'leadership in enabling industrial technologies' sections are planned to be mixed in this pillar. Moreover, the seven existing societal challenges in Horizon 2020 are to be "rationalised" into five broad topics, namely: health, resilience and security, digital and industry, climate, energy and mobility, and food and natural resources.
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Horizon Europe won't be the only continent-wide source of science funding. InvestEU provides an EU guarantee mobilise public and private financing in the form of loans, guarantees, equity or other market-based instruments, to strategic investments in the support of Research and Development through a dedicated investment window. With a contribution from the EU budget of €15.2 billion, InvestEU will mobilise more than €650 billion of additional investment across Europe.
EU Cohesion Policy plays an important part of the EU funds for Research & Innovation through an increased focus on innovation and Smart Specialisation strategies. The "Seal of Excellence" allows projects successfully evaluated under Horizon Europe to be funded at regional level under the European Structural and Investment Funds.
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Last month, world-renowned small-scale organic farmer Eliot Coleman and his wife, professional horticulturist, author, and MOFGA board member Barbara Damrosch, opened their Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine to visitors from Unity College. The group included Unity students, Director of the Center for Sustainability and Global Change/Professor of Sustainable Agriculture Doug Fox, Unity College Instructor Jean English and Sara Trunzo, Unity College Farm + Food Projects Coordinator.
Unity College's agriculture and horticulture-related courses have long used Coleman's books as instructive texts and his theories as the basis for season-extension experiments on campus, however Fox's students had not made a visit to the farm since the 1990s. With the addition of a Sustainable Agriculture degree program and Unity's increase in agricultural programming (Veggies For All, animal initiatives, greenhouse), it was time to return for a refresher and establish a closer connection to the topics the Unity students have been studying.
On the day that the group visited the farm, Coleman and Damrosch offered their enthusiasm and insight, the group spending the day touring Four Seasons Farm and learning about various methods and tools that Coleman has developed over the decades.
Unity College instructor Jean English noticed that Coleman and Damrosch seemed genuinely interested in the Unity students' desire to create their own enterprises some day.
In her April 17, 2013 column in the Washington Post, Damrosch wrote about the Unity students' visit to the Four Season Farm, offering her impressions of what she gleaned from them as to why the future of food is of great importance to the next generation of food system workers.
English recalled that a "chore" of removing rocks from some of Coleman's fields turned out to be a valuable question and answer period between the Unity College students and Coleman, giving insight to the students and, as importantly, information on farming that they are likely to call upon in the future.
"This was one of those perfect days. A fantastic group of Unity students interacting with two great growers, collecting lots of creative ideas and enthusiasm that they might use in their own enterprises someday, and sharing their own interests with Eliot and Barbara," said English.
Students were able to witness small, organic, sustainable farming ideas and practices actually being put into use.
Student Marina Theberge said that spending time at the Coleman/Damrosch farm taught her a lot and she appreciated the stories that were shared. Theberge felt that what she learned from the visit was inspirational and she is eager to continue her own pursuit of sustainable agriculture.
"It was early spring when we visited and though the fields were not full of vegetation, there was still a lot to be seen. Eliot Coleman was eager to give us a tour of the farm, showing us prepared soil beds, greens-filled greenhouses, tools used on the farm, and many chickens. With every step we took, he had something to teach us and we listened eagerly," said Theberge. "Everything was very neat and tidy which was very appealing to the eye. After the tour they both invited us in for lunch and discussion. I liked hearing their stories and insights concerning farming. They were inspirational and I am glad to have had the opportunity to visit their farm and experience their way of living."
Director of the Center for Sustainability and Professor of Sustainable Agriculture Doug Fox felt that Coleman showed a genuine interest in offering the Unity students ideas for how they can make positive impacts on our food system, and was also interested in the students' input and suggestions on their suggestions for intelligent farming practices.
"Eliot Coleman is both an organic farmer and an inventor, and he is constantly looking for ways to improve sustainable farming processes, whether by inventing a new tool, creating a low waste transplant system or finding practical ways to extend the growing season," said Fox. "He is the model of someone who is always thinking of how to do things more efficiently and intelligently. I observed that some of his farming methods really resonated with the group and that they might like to incorporate his ideas into their own practices one day. He was very engaging with our students."
Unity College Farm + Food Projects Coordinator Sara Trunzo pointed out that the Unity students were particularly interested in how Coleman has turned himself into a hybrid of inventor/writer/farmer, utilizing his various resources in order to maintain his farm with integrity. She felt that his role modeling is of great benefit for the upcoming wave of sustainable organic farmers. Trunzo also noted that the visit was right in line with Coleman and Damrosch's plans to ensure that small scale, sustainable organic farming continues be relevant for the next generation.
"Eliot Coleman is an invaluable resource for aspiring food system professionals and is a nationally recognized, go-to person for organic small farming," said Trunzo. "He and Barbara were incredibly generous with their time and reflections and were interested in hearing the students' thoughts on sustainable agriculture, advocacy, and community. They made us so welcome."
In recent years Unity College has gained national attention for a variety of achievements including its focus on sustainability science, the leading-edge of 21st century ecological problem solving and the vanguard in the fight for the mitigation of global climate change; its ground-breaking "green" innovations such as the award-winning TerraHaus, the first student residence on a college or university campus built to the Passive House standard, the most energy efficient building standard in the world; and for being the first college in the United States to divest from investments in fossil fuels, igniting a growing national movement in higher education.
Unity College is a private college in rural Maine that provides dedicated, engaged students with a liberal arts education that emphasizes the environment and natural resources. Unity College graduates are prepared to be environmental stewards, effective leaders, and responsible citizens through active learning experiences within a supportive community.


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