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Knife laws may also be less restrictive in a given area than those for concealed carry, making the defensive knife a potential alternative to thwarting off a violent attack.
There are so many knives on the market and it can be confusing to those exploring this unfamiliar world. The selection is vast. There are knives that fold and those with fixed blades, those that are custom-made or those that are mass-produced, just to list a few. Knives come in every shape, size and price range. For those who are serious about carrying a knife for self-defense, a basic understanding on knife selection is an important place to start.
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The most important criteria to consider before investing in a knife for self-defense is to make sure your purchase is legal. It's important to research the applicable federal, state and local laws in regards to carrying a knife for self-defense. These laws vary from one jurisdiction to another, and they tend to prohibit the possession of knives with characteristics that are perceived as having a sole purpose of inflicting death or great bodily harm. Such knives that are frequently enumerated in these statutes include daggers, dirks, switchblades, butterfly and Bowie knives.
Laws may also restrict blade length (most states allow for blades that are less than 3, 4 or 5 inches long). Certain blade shapes/styles are also restricted. Some laws may also prohibit locations where knives can be carried, such as into courthouses or other public or government buildings. Once the legal parameters are identified, some basic knowledge about knives coupled with some instinctual decision-making can help consumers make an informed decision.
Get A Grip
The first consideration is an intuitive one—finding a knife that feels good and fits well in hand. Before purchasing a knife, ask to hold it. While grasping the knife, consider how it feels. Does it feel good? If the knife is a folding knife, how easy is it to open the blade one-handed and unassisted? If the knife doesn't feel comfortable or is difficult to open, chances are it is not the right knife.
One reason a knife may not feel good when held has to do with the size of the knife's handle. Make sure that a proper grip can be achieved. While grasping the knife in a hammer grip (fingers and thumb wrapped around the handle) there should be minimal gaps between the fingertips and the meaty portion of the palm, to ensure a secure grip. If gaps exist, retention of that knife may be difficult during a defensive situation. Likewise, a knife with a handle that is too small can present problems if the amount of surface area the hand has in contact with the knife handle is insufficient to maintain a secure grip. Inadvertent injury to the user can also occur if the hand envelops the knife's handle along with a portion of the blade.
Handle shape can also cause discomfort and impact retention. Weapon retention is impacted by the dynamic nature of a knife fight, not to mention a threat's active attempt to disarm you. For that reason it is important to avoid knives with exotic handle shapes. In a life-or-death situation, how the knife is initially grasped is likely to be the way it remains throughout the encounter. Handle features like finger grooves or sloped handles may cause physical discomfort and a weakened grip if grasped incorrectly.
The materials used in the construction of the knife handle may also negatively impact a knife's first impression. The handle of a folding knife may be made of metal, thermoplastic, fiberglass or another material. For the purposes of self-defense it's best to find knives that have handles with scales. During a knife fight, possible sources of moisture from perspiration and blood may create conditions that make retention a challenge. Unlike the smooth surface of metal knife handles, the scaled handles will allow for better retention.
Fixed Blades Vs. Folders
When it comes to choosing a knife for self-defense, it is important to remember that the law will dictate many of its characteristics. The law aside, many experts opine that a fixed blade is the best option. Folding knives have blade-locking mechanisms that can fail, causing the knife to fold up. Even though any mechanical device can fail, it is important to recognize that there are many knives created by reputable companies that have very reliable locking mechanisms. When choosing a knife, beware of those with locks positioned in such a way that they could inadvertently be released while squeezing or twisting the handle. A locking mechanism on a knife made by a reputable manufacturer is more likely to fail due to operator error than from a manufacturing flaw.
A second concern with using folding knives for self-defense has to do with the loss of dexterity that occurs during a high-stress event. The physiological changes that many people experience during a life-and-death situation can make opening a folding knife difficult for some, and impossible for others. This loss of dexterity also means that if a folding knife is selected for carry, it should be one that can be easily opened one-handed and unassisted. It requires practice drawing and opening the knife from the location of concealment with the goal of achieving muscle memory.
Folding knives may have one of several different types of opening mechanisms, such as:
1.Thumb Stud: These knives have a stud on the blade of the knife. The thumb pushes the stud to open the blade.
2.Disc/Thumbhole: These knives have cutouts on the face of the blade. The thumb pad falls into this recess slightly, allowing for the thumb to assist the blade open.
3.Flipper: These knives have a stud on their spine. By pushing on the stud with the index finger, the blade is deployed and the stud becomes a finger guard.
4.Wave: These knives have a hook or "wave" on the spine of the blade. When pulled from the pocket, the hook will catch the lip of the pocket and open the blade.
5.Out The Front Knives: These knives have a blade that slides out of the front of the knife by a stud in the sheath.
Some of these opening mechanisms require more skill and practice to operate than others. Choosing one will boil down to an ability to operate the opening mechanism and personal preference.
If opening knives one-handed and unassisted proves too difficult, it may be an indication that the knife is too big or too small. The blade on an unassisted folding knife swivels open into a locked position. Most importantly, be patient and don't settle for a knife that doesn't feel right.
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Mix It Up: This elaborate woodwork intermingles cutout panels with spindles of various designs.
Tie the Look Together: The wood handrail, spindles and newel posts are all painted bright white for consistency.
Duplicate Details: The carved wainscot links the landing and inner stairwell to the paneled foyer.
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Create Variety: This balustrade meshes boxy newel posts and spindles with spheretopped caps.
Go Monochroma Tic: Wood-paneled walls that match the stairway create a unified, soothing appeal.
Add Stylistic Flair: Newel posts with Arts and Crafts-style cutouts echo the shape of the spindles.
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Vary Hues: This dark-stained wood balustrade offsets the white paneling and bright yellow walls.
Incorporate Geometry: Whitepainted wood paneling with square and rectangular molding plays off the beadlike forms of the spindles and posts.
Photography by Eric Roth
Mix the Motifs: This wrought-iron balustrade combines ornate scrollwork with turned spindles.
Infuse Warmth: Wooden treads soften the dark, cool look of the metal balustrade.
Make a Statement: The black balustrade stands out against white walls.
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Video showing movements of water drops resulting from the condensation of steam on a vertical surface that has a periodic gradient of surface energy. Here, the condensing drops move sidewise by surface energy gradient, collect in the hydrophilic channels and ultimately drain downward by gravity. This kind of combined action of surface energy gradient and gravity can be used to enhance the efficiency of heat exchangers having large surface area.
A water drop is confined between a gradient (lower) and a hydrophobic (upper) surface. The drop at first does not move due to hysteresis. However, as the upper substrate is vibrated vertically (here it is 1 Hz), the drop moves towards the region of higher energy. When the drop is squeezed, its contact angle tends to be larger than the advancing angles at both the left (i.e. towards high surface energy) and right (i.e. toward the lower surface energy) edges. However as the advancing contact angle at the left edge is smaller than the right edge, the former experiences a greater uncompensated force and advances toward higher wettability, whereas the right edge remains pinned. During the reverse stroke, the right edge experiences a greater uncompensated force; therefore, it retracts whereas the left edge remains pinned. The successive pinning and depinning of contact lines cause a net
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confined drops being vibrated vertically. The lateral channel has a surface energy
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another drop moving northward. This sequence is repeated.
Two water drops are placed on a hydrophobic silicon wafer that is vibrating laterally with a sawtooth wave of frequency of 70 Hz. Each drop experiences an asymmetric inertial force and moves on the surface. The large and the small drops move in opposite directions due to a difference in phase. They eventually collide and coalesce; the resultant larger drop continues to move to the right.
Demonstration of migration and mixing of liquid drops on a prototype fluidic device aided by lateral vibration having a sawtooth waveform. Three water drops were brought together from different areas on a PDMS coated glass slide, which has been embossed to confine the drops within predefined channels. The drops mix and cycle through a serpentine channel toward a detection area. If each drop contained a reaction component, for example, a candidate drug, a collection of target cells, and nutrients, these could be brought together, mixed and given sufficient time to react before arriving at the detection zone. A serpentine channel allows a certain residence time for the reaction to complete, and the drop could span several temperature zones to simulate various reaction conditions.
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Celebrated across the world, Yuri's Night is a global party in honor of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. Yuri's Night's mission is to support space programs and make space exploration cool again. Founded in 2000 by the UN's Space Generation Forum, Yuri's Night has evolved into a planet-wide event celebrating man's scientific achievements.
Hosted in the Bay Area at NASA Ames Research Center, the local party will feature demonstrations and seminars by NASA employees, cosmically-themed art exhibits, and a live music by a quadruple-threat of a lineup: Common, the Black Keys, N*E*R*D, and Les Claypool.
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San Francisco, CA, March, 29, 2010 – Ankh Marketing, Symbiosis Events and Lumatech Lighting, in association with NASA Ames Research Center, are proud to announce the return of Yuri's Night, an event celebrating humankind's curiosity with space and technology. The two-day event will be held at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10. Over 10,000 people are anticipated to join astronauts, installation artists, musicians, scientists and engineers for two days of learning, exploring and honoring the stellar achievements in space exploration over the last 50 years. Tickets for the April 10th festival are now on sale at www.ynba.org.
The first of the two-day extravaganza is an education day free to all Bay Area elementary, high school and college students. With a variety of interactive exhibits, hands-on activities, and guest speakers, the education day boasts a full day of nonstop action and fun, to explore art, space, and the future of the world being built in Silicon Valley.
"This year's free education day is the realization of a vision we've held since the first Bay Area Yuri's Night event at NASA Ames in 2007," noted Karen KoChen of Symbiosis Events. "Our team has brought together some of the Bay Area's leading minds for this unique opportunity to engage and inspire the next generation of scientists."
Day two brings together some of the biggest acts in music to the festival on April 10th. With highly anticipated performances by blues rock duo the Black Keys, hip-hop legend and actor Common, musical visionary Les Claypool (of Primus), chart-topping super group N.E.R.D., along with a host of other live performers, the festival will feature dynamic art installations, flying demonstrations, special guest speakers from NASA and more.
"We're thrilled to be a part of such a progressive and important event that bridges education, entertainment and exploration," said Ankh Marketing's Kamel Jacot-Bell. "We are really excited about the activities and talent lined up for both days and can't wait for people to experience what's in store."
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Dalarna University has some digital ambassadors who blog in English about their studies and their experiences as international students in the middle of Sweden. Last year I was one of them. With my fellow bloggers and our coordinator we would meet once a month to discuss any sort of blogging-related issues or brainstorm and inspire each other, but truly the greatest outcome of every meeting was learning the art of fika and socialization. Business meetings the Swedish way.
It was on one of those blogger meetings that I was taken for the first time to Torsångs Café, the oldest café in Dalarna. It lays not too far from Borlänge, one of the twin cities where Dalarna University is located (the other one being Falun, where I live). I fell in love deeply with that place from the moment I stepped inside and felt like being thrown back in time. If I had ever had a dreamy idea of a Swedish happy place, I swear it looked pretty much like that café there.
If the interior is not beautiful enough, a look at the view outside on a sunny day will just melt your heart. On our latest visit we ate outside, just by the river. Some customers arrived by boat, docked by the riverbank and just jumped ashore on the grass in front of the café. We also happened to be visited by a re-enactment Viking party, longship and bearded dudes included.
The café serves hot and cold drinks, ice cream, home-baked pastry and dishes such as savoury pies and a selection of Swedish open sandwiches, smörgåsar. My favourite option is the Tacopaj, a slice of meat pie served with salad and nachos. This one contains ground beef and corn, but they also make a savoury pie with horse sausage and feta. They're both delicious. My friend went for something more Swedish and ordered a smörgås with meatballs, hardboiled egg and beetroot salad. For dessert we had a cinnamon bun and a piece of carrot cake.
We like to take our guests there and eat outside on a sunny day because this café pretty much sums up everything we love about this country: beautiful setting, laid-back atmosphere, home-made food. A little Swedish happy place for real.


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Journal European Heart Journal a study dedicated to all those whose work involves permanent seat on one place. Research fellow the University of Queensland (Australia) Genevieve Healy explained that the benefit of Jogging is completely void if the next few hours to spend at the Desk, his nose buried in a computer monitor. The only way that she sees — gymnastics.
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While the little kids took a nap this afternoon, we gave Julianne room a little makeover. I fell in LOVE with a pink, tulle bed skirt I saw a few weeks ago and it inspired the change :o)
A little back story on her "old" room. When we were in the court process in Ethiopia, our house sold. I can't remember the details, but it seems like we sold our house one day and passed court a few days later (and got travel clearance). We had to move FAST. Luckily, we found this house and the sellers agreed to move and let us move in ONE WEEK after we saw it for the first time! We moved on a Thursday and left for Ethiopia a week later! We tried our best to get as much done before we left as possible including painting Julianne's room. We chose a light pink and I have disliked it since the day we painted it. It was SO pale and b.o.r.i.n.g! But with a new baby and then another new baby, her room got put on the back burner. The story of my life :o)
Here is the After:
When Julianne got up from her nap and we showed her "new" room to her, she said, "I like it." Haha! Sweet baby!
It is crazy what a difference small changes can make in a room. There are still a few walls that need some type of artwork, but I am so happy with the new paint color and new bed skirt..haha!
The bedspread and valances are from Hillary Ashton's room (at our old house) when she was 2 years old! I found it in the attic when I was looking for some old curtains. I LOVE being able to reuse things!
Here is Hillary Ashton's old room...
Man, looking at that room brings back memories of a simple, calm, quiet life. My house was always clean and tidy. Ahhhh. I can't lie...I miss my clean house. I have a really hard time staying ahead of four little tornadoes! However, I wouldn't trade my little tornadoes for anything :o)
It was by complete chance that the "new" quilt matches the table and chairs she got for Christmas!! Whoo hoo!
She LOVES her little Ethiopian food basket I set on her table :o)
Thanks to everyone that linked up yesterday! I have really enjoyed reading your blogs and I am looking forward to following you ALL year :o) It's not too late to link up if you haven't already :o)
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What's Old is New Again...
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- Renee said...
WOW!!! It looks great!! I would put the thingy on my new blog, but haven't figured out lots of things yet. I feel like my MOM trying to check email! haha!
- January 2, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- Emy said...
Love the new room! We have the same bedskirt for Eva, love it!!
- January 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Marianne said...
Precious room. Love the colors.
- January 3, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Kim said...
New room is really cute!!!
- January 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Julie said...
I love the room. Adorable!!
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Grant Tribbett knew that the woman of his dreams came as a package deal.
He couldn't ask for her hand in marriage without including her 5-year-old daughter in the proposal.
So when he asked Cassandra Reschar to be his wife, he bent down and asked Adrianna if he could be her dad.
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"The dream of every mother is for her daughter to grow up happy," Reschar told InsideEdition.com Thursday. "She has always wanted a daddy."
The couple had met on Facebook, through mutual friends. They have been dating about seven months.
Tribbett hatched a secret plan to pop the questions.
He had Reschar's photographer friend, Mandi Gilliland, hiding in the woods, and he told Cassandra and Adrianna to get dressed up because he was taking them out to breakfast.
So they got dolled up on a recent morning, only to arrive at a Cracker Barrel, which Cassandra thought was odd.
"I was kind of taken aback that he took us to Cracker Barrel," she said. "He was just acting so strange. I knew something was up. But I was hoping that he wouldn't do anything inside (the restaurant). It was too crowded, there were too many people."
After eating, Tribbett drove them to the Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve in Fishers, Indiana. Then he led them through the trees for about a mile, with Cassandra in heels, until they came to a wooden bridge.
That's when Tribbett got down on one knee and her friend, Gilliland, popped up from her hiding place.
"I just froze," she said. "I couldn't even tell you exactly what he said."
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Then he bent down again and took out another jewelry box, this one holding a heart-shaped necklace.
He asked Adrianna if he could be her father. "I was bawling by then," her mother said. "The photographer was crying."
The little girl was beside herself with glee.
"She was yelling, 'I finally get a daddy, mommy! I finally get a daddy!'''
Now she is focused on being the flower girl at the wedding, which planned for December. And she is anticipating being a big sister.
"She thinks that as soon as we get married, a baby will just appear," Cassandra said, laughing. "We're trying to tell her it might be a year or two."
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Investigational Product: Furosemide Injection, 8 mg/mL, (total dose =80 mg) administered subcutaneously by the sc2Wear Furosemide Infusor using a biphasic profile with 30 mg over the first hour and then as 12.5 mg per hour over the subsequent 4 hours. Participants may be prescribed a total of 3 days initial treatment followed by an optional additional 4 days of sc2Wear furosemide treatment based on initial clinical response.
Study Objectives: 1.) Evaluate the clinical effect of sc2Wear furosemide Infusor in the in-home management of mild to moderate decompensated heart failure.
2.) Evaluate the safety and tolerability of sc2Wear furosemide Infusor in the in-home management of mild to moderate decompensated heart failure.
Screening Phase:
The cardiology service will screen patients with mild to moderate fluid overload. Patients who present with other serious or life threatening condition for which hospitalization would be indicated are excluded. Women of child bearing potential will be screened for pregnancy with a urine pregnancy test. Eligible participants will be educated on device preparation, placement, removal and care in accordance with the Instructions of Use Manual. The screening phase includes evaluation of the home situation to ascertain that sufficient support is or can be made available for at home treatment as an alternative to inpatient care. In appropriate settings, lay caregiver will also be trained.
Pilot Phase. Patients will be visited daily by Steward Home Care and Hospice for home health nursing services in accordance with standard procedures. Nursing services will include checking vitals, obtaining blood samples and evaluation for clinical improvement or worsening. The first visit will be performed within 24 hours after enrollment.
Study Procedures: The first sc2Wear Infusor will be prepared and placed on the patient as part of the training. The patient will go home with the sc2Wear furosemide Infusor in place on the abdomen to be activated upon arrival at home. Participants will be treated with the sc2Wear furosemide Infusor daily for 3 consecutive days at home. Participants will be evaluated by the cardiology service of SEMC within 24 hours after the 3rd dose of sc2Wear furosemide. If a patient was found to have responded satisfactorily but requires additional parenteral diuretics an additional 4 days may be prescribed for a total of 7 consecutive treatments. If additional units are prescribed patients are to be evaluated the cardiology service of SEMC within 24 hours after the last dose of sc2Wear furosemide Infusor. If the subject requires further parenteral diuresis after the 7 days of at home treatment, they will be converted to usual care at that time, which may require inpatient care. Participants will be instructed to record daily morning weights during and after treatment until the second post treatment evaluation. Interim clinic visits and laboratory assessments may be required based on clinical considerations.
The following parameters will be studied at Baseline and follow-up treatment visits.
- Body Weight
- Vital signs
- HF Physical examination
- Dyspnea scale
- Routine laboratory panel (incl. electrolyte, pro-BNP)
- Adverse events
- Injection site assessment Participants will visit the clinic 30 ± 3 days after the start of the study for a post treatment evaluation.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|60 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|Intervention Model Description:
|This is a prospective, open-label, descriptive two-phase study to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a novel formulation of furosemide delivered by subcutaneous administration. Participants with mild to moderate signs of fluid overload will be included in the study. The study involves at home treatment with a novel formulation of subcutaneous furosemide. In the Pilot Phase (20 patients) will undergo 3 days of at home treatment for fluid overload. If determined to require more, will undergo an extra 4 days of treatment. The Investigator and her team will review the results for the first cohort and depending on the results will proceed to the Evaluation phase (40 patients).
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Open Label, Descriptive Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of a Novel Formulation of Furosemide Delivered Subcutaneously in Patients Presenting With Early Signs of Fluid Overload
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 5, 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|January 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 2019
Experimental: In-Home Subcutaneous Furosemide Treatment ARm
Prospective, open-label arm to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a novel formulation of furosemide delivered by subcutaneous administration.
Combination Product: sc2Wear Furosemide Infusor
Subcutaneous furosemide for the treatment of fluid overload
- % weight loss between enrollment/screening compared to Post Visit #1 and Post Visit #2 [ Time Frame: In between screening (day zero) and treatment (day 3 and or day 7) ]Weight loss
- Reduction in pro-BNP between enrollment/screening compared to Post Visit #1 and Post Visit #2 [ Time Frame: n between screening (day zero) and treatment (day 3 and or day 7) ]pro BNP change
- % of patients alive 30 days post enrollment [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Survival
- % of patients without hospitalization for worsening HF within 30 days after enrollment [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Hospital admission for heart failure
- % of patients without a significant Heart Failure related medical events within 30 days after enrollment. [ Time Frame: 30 days ]Heart failure related events
- Proportion of patients requiring additional 4 days of diuresis [ Time Frame: 7 days ]Extra furosemide treatment
- Discontinuation due to presence of skin reaction to drug or device/adhesive. [ Time Frame: 7 days ]adverse events
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:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age≥ 18 years
- Symptomatic and chronic heart failure (NYHA Class II and III).
- Patients on guideline directed medical therapy 90 days prior to enrollment.
- Adequate home environment for at-home treatment.
- Presenting or referred to the clinic because of evidence of worsening heart failure with fluid overload (decompensation).
- A modification in oral diuretics is not clinically appropriate as deemed by the investigator.
- Estimated excess fluid weight of 4 lbs. or more from euvolemic state.
- Participant able to give informed consent for participation in trial. Agreeing to sign informed consent and HIPAA authorization.
- Understanding and willing to comply with the protocols of the trial.
- Ability of the participant or caregiver to independently apply the investigational device and medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- ACC/AHA Stage D heart failure or patients requiring IV inotrope therapy.
- Massive volume overload (e.g. >20 lbs. of estimated fluid weight) or anasarca.
- Suspected high risk clinical instability with outpatient treatment.
- Pregnant females or women of child-bearing age who are not willing to use an adequate form of contraception.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) moderate or worse: FEV1/FCV ratio <0.7 and FEV1 <60 percent predicted.
- Rapid atrial fibrillation (AF) (HR >100b/min)
- Hypoxia (resting O2 saturation <90%).
- Hypotension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) BP < 90 mmHg).
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) (admission glucose levels > 300 mg/dL).
- Advanced renal disease (eGFR < 30mL/min/1.73m2).
- Acute coronary syndrome.
- Serum potassium (K) <3.2 mmol/L or > 5.5mmol/L.
- On experimental medication or currently participating in an interventional cardiovascular research study, other than an observational or registry study.
- Having received intravenous furosemide within 24 hours prior to enrollment.
- Urinary tract abnormality or disorder interfering with urination.
- Allergy to the active and inactive ingredients of the study medication.
- Inability to comply with study requirements.
- Ongoing substance abuse.
- Concern that the current episode of decompensation was precipitated by a serious medical condition which may require additional evaluation or treatment.
- Dementia
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): NCT03359161
|Contact: Margaret Michaelian, MD
|Contact: Maxwell E Afari, MD
|United States, Massachusetts
|St ELizabeth's Medical Center
|Brighton, Massachusetts, United States, 02135
|Contact: Margaret Michaelian, MD 617-789-3041 email@example.com
|Contact: Maxwell Afari, MD 6177893000 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Lana Tsao, MD
|St Elizabeth's MEdical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Lana Tsao, Director of Advanced Heart Failure at ST Elizabeth's Medical Center, Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Clinical Protocol Version 4.0
|First Posted:
|December 2, 2017 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 18, 2018
|Last Verified:
|April 2018
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Heart Failure
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Natriuretic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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2019 CESJ Call for Awards
The Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) SIG is pleased to invite nominations for our 2019 awards, including the Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Scholar Activist and Community Advocacy Award, and the Revolutionary Mentor Award. See below for descriptions of and nomination processes for each award. Nominations are due by 11:59 PM PST on February 1, 2019.
Outstanding Dissertation Award
This award recognizes doctoral level research that utilizes critical theory and focuses on the struggle for social, environmental, racial and/or economic justice or human rights. This award includes a $300 stipend towards the cost of attending the AERA conference. All materials should be submitted to the Dissertation Award Co-Chairs Sosanya Jones (email@example.com) and Tanja Burkhard (email@example.com)
Eligibility Requirements:
• Nominee must be an active AERA member
• Nominee must have successfully defended their dissertation between Spring 2017 and Fall 2018 (no later than December 31, 2018).
• Recipient is strongly encouraged to attend the CESJ annual business meeting in New York, NY
Submission Requirements:
• A nomination letter including name, title, institution, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address (Self-nominations are acceptable)
Curriculum vitae
A two page memo describing the following (single-spaced):
An overview of the dissertation including:
Definition of the problem or question
Rationale for the problem
Theoretical framework
Research methodology
Most compelling findings
A narrative explicitly connecting the dissertation work to the CESJ mission of employing critical theory in working for social justice, environmental, racial and/or economic justice, or human rights through research, teaching, and activism within our classrooms, schools, and communities.
A 20-25 page synopsis of the dissertation (double-spaced)
A letter of support from the dissertation supervisor that also indicates the completion date of the dissertation.
The applicant must remove all identifiable references to individuals, institutions and, places that might bias reviewers on memo and 20-25 page synopsis.
All materials MUST be submitted in ONE email.
Evaluation Criteria:
Definition of the problem/question is clearly articulated
Alignment with mission of CESJ (see: http://www.cesjsig.org/about-cesj.html)
Rationale for the study is persuasive
Research approach is appropriate for the problem and rationale
Findings are well established and articulated
Conclusion(s)/interpretation(s) are grounded in data
Contribution to the fields of critical education and social justice
Committee members
Sosanya Jones (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Tanja Burkhard (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Ashley Patterson (email@example.com)
Sherry Deckman (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Denise Yull (email@example.com)
Erin Dyke (email@example.com)
Ben Kirshner (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Scholar Activist & Community Advocacy Award
This award recognizes a scholar-activist (any rank) who has made significant contribution to the promotion of social (e.g., racial, environmental, gender and sexual diversity, linguistic, economic) and intersectional justice, and/or human rights through collaboration with community partners. Community activism can be broadly conceptualized and can include political action, service, grassroots organizing and any other advocacy work that directly benefits community members, and especially those who are multiply- marginalized in schools and society. For more information about this award, please contact the committee chairs, Subini Ancy Annamma: email@example.com and Kari Kokka: email@example.com
Eligibility Requirements
Nominee must be an active AERA member
Nominee may not be a paid member of any community organization involved in the advocacy work.
Nominee may not have received any compensation (excluding grant funding) from community groups or members involved in the advocacy work.
Nominations must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM PST on February 1, 2019. Please submit all nomination materials within a single email to email@example.com; incomplete packets will not be reviewed.
Evaluation Criteria
Focus on issues of social justice in education from a critical perspective: The scholar-activist must demonstrate a commitment to the struggle for equity, human rights and/or democracy for diverse communities centered on social, environmental, racial, economic, intersectional justice, and/or human rights within our classrooms, schools, and/or communities.
Evidence of linking academic scholarship to activism: There is evidence that the scholar-activist uses scholarship broadly defined as a vehicle to rethink traditional research methods and theoretical frameworks, builds upon indigenous knowledge(s), and/or center marginalized perspectives for the benefit of the community organization.
Impact of scholar-activism: The impact of the scholar-activist will be evaluated through evidence of the purposeful ways they are making social justice change (i.e. has their work created positive change for students, communities, and institutions towards equity).
Nomination Materials
A nomination letter including name, title, institution, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address of the scholar-activist and parallel contact information for a representative(s) of the community partner. (Self-nominations are acceptable).
Curriculum vitae of the scholar-activist
Two letters of support providing evidence of how the nominee has contributed to community activism related to issues of social justice in education. One letter must be from the community partner.
For more information about this award, please contact any of the following members of the award committee:
Subini Annamma, University of Kansas, email@example.com
Ayana Allen-Handy, Drexel University, email@example.com
Deanna Chappell Belcher, University of Oregon, firstname.lastname@example.com
Kristin Cipollone, Ball State University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Cati de los Rios, University of California Davis, email@example.com
Kari Kokka, University of Pittsburgh, email@example.com
Madeline Perez De Jesus, University of Saint Joseph, firstname.lastname@example.com
Verónica N. Vélez, Western Washington University, email@example.com
Revolutionary Mentor Award
This new CESJ award recognizes the essential role mentorship plays in supporting critical scholarship. This award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished contributions in the mentoring of PK-12 students, undergraduate, and graduate students, and/or junior scholars, as a means of helping to develop critical social justice scholars, educators, and activists.
We seek to honor a scholar (at any rank) who has been vital in supporting others in their research, teaching, and/or critical community engagement. We want to highlight scholars who encourage, support, and help guide critical scholarship inside and outside of the academy. For more information about, or to submit nominations for, this award, please contact the committee co-chairs, Denisha Jones (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Alison Dover (email@example.com)
Nominee must be an active AERA member
Nominee must have an active research agenda
Nominations must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM PST on February 1, 2019.
Nomination Materials:
A nomination letter including name, title, institution, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address (Self-nominations are not acceptable)
Curriculum Vitae
Two letters of reference providing evidence on how the nominee has mentored others in ways that promote social justice within and/or outside the academy.
Please submit all nomination materials within a single email sent to both Denisha Jones (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Alison Dover (firstname.lastname@example.com); incomplete nominations will not be reviewed.
Evaluation Criteria:
Focus on social justice: Demonstrates commitment to the struggle for equity, human rights and/or democracy for diverse communities.
Commitment to revolutionary mentorship: Commits in words and actions to supporting other scholars and students through the academy in ways that encourage critical social justice engagement and radical self-care.
Creates supportive, inclusive environment for others: Takes action and risks within departments and other levels of the academy to dismantle oppressive structures and policies, address microaggressions, and promote the nurturing of colleagues and students.
For more information about this award, please contact the committee co-chairs, Denisha Jones (email@example.com) and Alison Dover (firstname.lastname@example.com)
For more information about this award, please contact any of the following members of the award committee:
Erica Dotson, Clayton State University
Alison Dover, California State University Fullerton
Elyse Hambacher, University of New Hampshire
Denisha Jones, Trinity Washington University
Jung Kim, Lewis University
Congratulations to the 2018 CESJ Award Winners!
Outstanding Dissertation:
Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University Wisconsin Whitewater & Cati de los Rios, UC Riverside
Scholar-Activist & Community Advocacy:
Dani O'Brien UMass Amherst
Revolutionary Mentor:
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College Columbia
Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University Wisconsin Whitewater & Cati de los Rios, UC Riverside
Scholar-Activist & Community Advocacy:
Dani O'Brien UMass Amherst
Revolutionary Mentor:
Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College Columbia
2017 CESJ Award Winners
2016 CESJ Award Winners
This year's CESJ award winners highlight the amazing and influential people our SIG attracts and the difference social justice educators can make in academia and their communities. We encourage you take a closer look at the work these individuals are doing.
2016 Scholar-Activist Award: Winner – Patrick Camangian
Patrick Camangian is an associate professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of San Francisco. He has been an English teacher since 1999, beginning in the Los Angeles Unified School District where he was awarded "Most Inspirational Teacher" by former mayor Richard Riordan and the school's student body. Professor Camangian currently volunteers in the Oakland Unified School District teaching English. He has collaborated with groups such as California's People's Education Movement, the Education for Liberation national network, and San Francisco's Teachers 4 Social Justice.
Honorable Mention – Luz Murillo
2016 Community Advocacy Award: Winner - Mary Hermes
Mary Hermes moved to the Lac Court Oreilles reservation during graduate school in 1993 where she spent 20 years raising her family and becoming immersed in the Ojibwe language. As a mixed-cultural-heritage person, Mary is proficient in the language and passionate about helping to return it to people like herself, whose ancestors spoke it for generations. She helped found the Waadookodaading School in Lac Court Oreilles and is the lead researcher for the Ojibwe Conversational Archives project. Today, her work takes her into the homes of elders recording the language. It also takes her into the homes of young families to investigate the effectiveness of various teaching methods and technologies.
Honorable Mentions-
Katherine Bruna
Erin Dyke
Jaime Del Razo
Joyce Elaine King
Valerie Kinloch
Mariana Pacheco
Mark Warren
Rachael Wendler
2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award: Winner- Sakeena Everett
Dissertation Title: Disrupting the Single Story: Cultivating More Complete Stories about Academically High Performing Young Black Men.
Sakeena Everett is the director of research and outreach for the College's Black Male Early Literacy Impact Project. Her dissertation defined traits of Black male success in secondary education settings Her study began in an academic enrichment summer program for rising juniors that focused on understanding Black male success through narrative. Participants possessed GPAs of 3.0 or better, high ACT scores and eventual full-ride scholarships to college. Students engaged with critical theories of education to compose narratives describing their experiences in education, essays that in some cases served as college application material. After the summer program, she built on these writing experiences, working to equip her students with language to defend and define themselves. Her students read Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and scholarly journal articles, examining how research reflected—and did not reflect—their experiences as students. Everett tracked these students as they completed their high school education, interviewing students, teachers, administrators, friends and family to gain a nuanced understanding of how the students conceptualized their academic success and what informed and sustained these successes. She witnessed students' confidence as writers growing as they progressed through these experiences.
This new CESJ award recognizes the essential role mentorship plays in supporting critical scholarship. This award recognizes a scholar who has made distinguished contributions in the mentoring of PK-12 students, undergraduate, and graduate students, and/or junior scholars, as a means of helping to develop critical social justice scholars, educators, and activists.
This AERA-sanctioned award recognizes a dissertation of exemplary conceptual, methodological and rhetorical quality on an important topic that specifically and skillfully addresses social justice issues in education. Click on the button above for more information about past winners and how to submit an application.
This AERA-sanctioned award recognizes a junior, mid or advanced-career scholar-activist (Assistant, Associate or Full professor) who has made distinguished contributions linking scholarship with activism focused on issues of social justice to improve the educational conditions of students, families and/or communities. Click on the button above for more information about past winners and how to submit an application.


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Great Britain has been allocated five places in the men's cycling road race at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the maximum number allowable.
The maximum Olympic allocation comes on the back of a highly successful year for British riders, which culminated in Mark Cavendish winning the world road race title in September after a host of top-level wins and podium positions.
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"This is a very satisfying achievement for us and the contribution of all the riders and the support team has been fantastic," said British Cycling performance director David Brailsford.
"Our progress over the past 12 months in particular has been good, meaning we have been able to steadily build up Olympic qualification points and achieve the aim of taking a full squad to the Games."
The men's road race takes place on a circuit around Surrey on July 28 2012. Two of the five road race riders will also take part in the cycling time trial three days after the road race, on August 1 in Hampton Court Palace.
Cavendish ranks as one of the favourites to win the Olympic road race title having won the London-Surrey Cycle Classic test event in August.
Other nations to be allocated five places in the Olympic road race are Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and USA. France and Denmark qualified for four places, Ireland has three.
A total of 140 riders will take part in the road race, with 40 in the time trial.
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Mavericks vs Clippers Betting
Earning a win and covering the posted spread will be the goals for Los Angeles when they hit take on the Mavericks on Tuesday in pro hoops betting action.
Dallas will face the 17-26 Clippers, who own a 23-19-1 ATS mark on the season. In totals betting, the Mavericks are 22-21 favoring the UNDER so far this season while the Clippers are 23-19-1 favoring the OVER.
View LA Clippers vs Dallas Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
If you're going with the Mavericks in this one, they're listed as 6-point favorites on the betting line for the contest. Totals bettors have seen that number set at 195.5 for Monday.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game pits the Mavericks, currently #11 in the Odds Shark NBA Power Rankings, against the Clippers, who rate #15 in the most recent survey. Meanwhile, math and computer handicapping models run on this game predict a 100-96 victory for the Mavericks.
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How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Dallas's #23-ranked offense (96.3 PPG) against a Clippers defense that ranks #19 at 101.7 PPG. The Mavericks have averaged 46.3% from the field per game, more than the Clippers have managed so far this season (45.9% on average).
Defensively, the Clippers feature the league's #23-rated defense on the road, allowing 106.4 points per game. Dallas, meanwhile, comes in at #24 in the league in scoring at home.
In their last action, Los Angeles was a 113-109 winner at home against the Warriors. They failed to cover the 8.5–point spread as favorites, while the combined score (222) was profitable news for OVER bettors. The Warriors were burned for 30 points by Blake Griffin on Saturday as the Clippers picked up a 113-109 win at STAPLES Center.
The Mavericks were an 87-86 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Nets. They failed to cover the 4.5–point spread as favorites, while the total score (173) made winners of UNDER bettors. The Mavericks grabbed an 87-86 win over the Nets on Saturday, behind a 23-point effort from Dirk Nowitzki at Prudential Center.
Los Angeles Clippers Trends:
When playing on Tuesday are 4-6
Before playing Houston are 3-7
After playing Golden State are 5-5
After a win are 6-4
Dallas Mavericks Trends:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Houston are 8-2
After playing New Jersey are 5-5
After a win are 6-4
A few Clippers at Mavericks trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Clippers last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of the LA Clippers last 7 games
LA Clippers are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 18 of the LA Clippers last 24 games when playing Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
Dallas is 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 18 of Dallas's last 24 games when playing LA Clippers
Next up:
LA Clippers at Houston, Wednesday, January 26
Dallas home to Houston, Thursday, January 27


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Algerian giants MC Alger have officially completed the signing of Al Ahly & Ethiopian striker Saladin Said on a free transfer.
The 26-year-old had departed Wadi Degla to join the Reds in the summer of 2014, having finalised the deal towards the end of April that year.
However, despite impressing at Degla – Saladin Said endured a traumatic spell in Gezira, scoring just four goals and making two assists in 17 appearances, including the winner against Al-Ragaa – thus prompting the Cairo giants to release him.
On Tuesday, the striker was present at the Algerian consulate to obtain a visa, before landing in Algiers the following day to finalise his transfer to the seven-time Algerian champions, penning a two-year deal in the process.
It is also worth mentioning that Mouloudia finished the 2014/2015 season in a lowly 12th place, one point clear of relegated MC El Eulma.
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Have you lost, had stolen, found, or perhaps been offered, materials such as lead roofing or copper cable imprinted with a MaRC reference? Report this to us
Following the successful trials on a small number of sub-stations in and around Leigh, Lancashire, Signature Materials have been commissioned by Electricity North West to undertake a larger marking trial. A sample of just over 740 stations have been identified by ENWL and work started 3-4 weeks ago putting down a permanent, readable mark on the copper within these stations. This mark will allow the metal to be tracked back to the owner and location by ENWL, Police and also Recyclers allowing metal thieves to be apprehended via a national database containing the marks.
Signature Materials has been in the local news. Catch up with these links.
Lead roofing at St Peter's Church and the Northampton Guildhall have been elected for Signature Materials initial trials.
Electricity North West Ltd ( ENWL) are responsible for approximately 45,000 sub-stations in the North West Of England. Following involvement in networking meetings ENWL have been working with Signature Materials to develop marking techniques suitable for use on the copper earthing straps found in sub-stations and which have been prone to theft. Initially 5 sub-stations previously targetted by thieves, in some cases more than once, in and around Leigh in Greater Manchester have now had the copper marked by Stuart Preston of Signature Materials.
Theft of lead sheet from roof tops is a problem across the length and breadth of the country, due to the high scrap value currently seen and the ease of removal in many cases. Signature Materials has been working with the Lead Sheet Association (LSA), and various other bodies such as English Heritage and the Church Conservation Trust to identify methods to mark lead, to act as a further deterrent when used with alarms for example.
Signature Materials through close links with two large organisations affected by metal theft, have successfully put customer specfied permanent marks on a range of copper wire from approx 0.5mm diameter to 3.25mm diameter.
Signature Materials has run the first batch of training to show Roofing Contractors how to permanently mark lead sheet materials. The course was held at the Boilerhouse in Grantham using the new test rig built for Signature Materials which mocks the lead installations a typical roofing job would include. Contractors who were members of the Lead Sheet Association ( who have worked very closely with Signature Materials) were the first to be shown how to mark lead, and got certificates and photo ID cards as approved lead markers.
David Arthur, Manager and Co-ordinator of Signature Materials, chatted live on BBC Lincolnshire Radio on 15 August about the project.
The Financial Times talks to IOM3 CEO Bernie Rickinson about the Signature Materials project.
Materials Today reports on Signature Materials.


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It's not challenging to see why glass staircases, in unique glazed aspect panels, have grow to be so well-known in current situations. As new-establish homes seem to be to get smaller sized and smaller sized, and rising price ranges drive many buyers to settle for modestly sized qualities, dwelling proprietors are locating innovative strategies to make the finest of what area they have.
Making use of glass alternatively of wooden or steel in your stair banisters can convey quite a few positive aspects:
The hallway is frequently the darkest aspect of the household, which is just not ideal for building a excellent 1st perception on guests. A standard staircase balustrade, consisting of a handrail and foundation rail related by wooden or steel spindles (also identified as balusters), will add to the gloom by blocking valuable organic light-weight. Making use of glass panels as the banister infill will right away brighten the place by encouraging light-weight to stream far more freely.
It's amazing the way glass can make a place experience so a great deal even larger. A transparent balustrade provides minimal or no barrier to the eye, growing the feeling of area. This is particularly valuable for staircases positioned in a living or eating place, as obvious panels make the composition seem to be considerably less obtrusive.
Design and style
Glass is a great deal favoured by interior designers at the second, and will accommodate virtually any age of property. It can enhance the seem and experience of a present day household, boosting its modern qualifications and bringing it bang up to day. At the other finish of the age scale, glass can give an intriguing twist to a period dwelling. A dim cottage with beamed ceilings and smaller home windows, for illustration, can be brightened up and produced far more attractive by replacing good wooden balusters with light-weight-enhancing glass panels.
Which sort of glass ought to you pick?
Very good high quality glazed panels ought to be produced from toughened safety glass at least 8mm, and preferably 10mm, thick. Substantial one panels will develop the most impression and allow maximum light-weight stream. These ordinarily have to be produced to evaluate, so be ready to hold out a little bit for a longer period bust enhancers and spend a little bit far more than for typical sizes. Installation can be difficult, and is finest remaining to professionals. Tiny panels are considerably less showy, but far more flexible and frequently the finest option for uncomfortable layouts. They can also be put together with wooden or steel spindles if ideal.
How is the glass equipped?
Depending on the staircase design and personalized taste, you can commonly pick irrespective of whether to take care of the panels to the balustrade with steel clamps (possibly at the best and base or at every single aspect) or slot them into pre-minimize grooves in the handrail and foundation rail. It is occasionally also probable to attach the panels to the handrail only, without working with a foundation rail, so that the glass is suspended just higher than the actions. From an aesthetic level of view, fitting the panels straight into the wooden banisters outcomes in a cleaner outline, but some men and women like the modern seem of shiny steel clamps, or brackets. These are most frequently identified in a chrome or brushed nickel complete. You can also use stainless steel discs if you might be immediately after a particularly hanging design.
Which handrail?
Wooden handrails are the most well-known, and the most relaxed to use. A reduced profile (smaller and narrow) type will deliver the most streamlined, present day influence, while a chunkier design may be far more suitable for period qualities. Metal handrails go very well with glass for a modern seem, and can be connected working with brackets or grooves.
What about other glass stair parts?
Treads and risers are both of those obtainable in glass. Treads can be produced in a range of thicknesses, commonly between 20mm and 40mm. The glass ought to be toughened and laminated for extra energy, and incorporate a non-slip complete. Glass risers are increasing in reputation as well. They can be equipped to the back again of glazed treads or, far more unusually, to wooden kinds. This is guaranteed to deliver the wow element, letting light-weight glow via the actions while maintaining the safety positive aspects of a closed tread staircase.
Summing up
When it comes to making a light-weight and airy experience in your dwelling, glass stairs are ideal – and the panels are obtainable in these kinds of a wide range of styles and sizes that there is certainly a excellent prospect of locating some thing to accommodate your unique circumstances. Just continue to keep a cloth useful immediately after set up, as smudges and fingerprints could spoil the impression of your gorgeous new staircase.


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- Owl_Doctor
- 7 years ago
- Wedding: June 2014
I was wondering what you did in place of a daddy/daughter dance if your father was deceased.
I lost my dad 7 years ago and Fiance lost his just a few months ago. We decided not to do any type of dance at all (except for our first dance) because we feel like no one could replace our dads and it is too much for us to watch other people's parent dances at other weddings.
We would still like to do our first dance but was wondering if we should just leave it at that or do something else during the reception to honor our dads. I'm already planning on lighting a candle/candles for them but don't want to make the reception too much like a funeral, however I don't want to not acknowledge them at all.
Any bees have/had a smiliar situation? What did you do? Thanks.


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University Advancement - 3/6 - AZ Tech Beat
U of A receives $20M gift to reach for the starsDecember 18, 2014 | Ryan Loebe
A gift of $20 million from Richard F. Caris will support the University of Arizona's (UA) participation in the Giant Magellan Telescope Observatory (GMT). The UA is one of eleven institutions that have come together to build the GMT, a … Read More
Solar Zone brightens Ariz. energy industry with completion of 165-acres of solar panelsNovember 17, 2014 | Alyssa Lee
While the weather may be cooling down, Arizona's solar industry is warming up as businesses and the University of Arizona completed the first phase of the Solar Zone, a renewable energy research initiative now complete with 165 acres of photovoltaic solar … Read More
Tech Parks Arizona celebrates 20 years and plans for 20 moreOctober 16, 2014 | Alyssa Lee
When people pictured the Sonoran Desert 20 years ago, they may have thought of a wasteland filled with tumbleweeds, coyotes and other critters. While the natural landscape may not have changed since then, the technological environment in southern Arizona certainly … Read More
ASU teams up with New America to address cyberwarfare challengesOctober 14, 2014 | Travis Arbon
The future of war is here and Arizona State University has teamed up with New America, a Washington D.C. based think tank, on an initiative that aims to analyze and address the difficulties of dealing with modern warfare.
The Future … Read More
ASU's Startup Village is a cul-de-sac of entrepreneurshipOctober 9, 2014 | Ashley Garcia
It may take a village to raise a child, but it can also take a village to build a startup. ASU's new Startup Village is the perfect collaborative space to hone in on your creativity.
Startup Village is a diverse residential … Read More
Soldiers hope to gain superpower speed with new jetpackSeptember 24, 2014 | Travis Arbon
Ever wonder what it might be like to be the fastest superhero in the world? Well that dream is getting closer to reality through the work of several Arizona State University students on a jetpack designed to help soldiers run … Read More
From jetpacks and LEGO sorting to better barbecues, ASU eProjects excite – slideshowSeptember 22, 2014 | Travis Arbon
Arizona State University students are building everything from jetpacks to LEGO sorting machines as part of the eProjects program.
The eProjects initiative, formerly known as iProjects, challenges students to take innovative ideas and work with university faculty and outside sponsors … Read More
Arizona's universities get down to business and rise in national rankingsSeptember 15, 2014 | Travis Arbon
Looking for a business school to help you get the know-how necessary to succeed? You can't go wrong when both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona are ranked in the Top 30 of business programs nationwide, according to … Read More
Campus shooting survivor launches safety app for ASU studentsAugust 25, 2014 | Ashley Garcia
With campus shootings and crime rattling the country in recent months, tech firms and universities have taken an advance turn to supply students with in-palm methods of alerting authorities about on-campus crimes.
Last week Arizona State University announced its launch … Read More
Edu-tech startups launch apps to help college freshmen succeedAugust 21, 2014 | Ryan Loebe
As the summer season fizzles and the autumn colors flourish, college students across the nation will begin to embark on another semester of school. Here are some apps and web services that can ease the transition back into endless hours of homework and … Read More


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Impact Kona
What is Impact
Impact is a series of events providing the opportunity to interact one-on-one with key media, influencers and targeted audiences. Impact is the gateway to forming authentic relationships by providing those crucial touchpoints.
Why Impact Kona
Kona is where the triathlon world congregates and is the most iconic destination in the sport. It represents the pinnacle of achievement for all the competitors and provides the ideal setting for brands to get in front of media, influencers and consumers alike to highlight their latest innovations.
CrankTank curates both display touchpoints and lines up opportunities to tell brand stories to select international triathlon media.
Impact Kona Overview
Impact Kona is centered at the heart of the triathlon universe right on Ali'i Drive in Kailua. CrankTank does a takeover of the iconic Island Lava Java cafe, providing custom curated displays to connect with attending media and consumers.
The cafe also serves as the meeting point for a range of engagements. It serves as an excellent venue for consumer facing activations with sponsored athletes, as well as a prime location for hosting branded receptions and media touchpoints.
Impact Kona Programming
Impact Brand Suite
The Island Lava Java cafe on Ali'i Drive is the classic meeting places for triathletes visiting the Big Island and serves as CrankTank's brand activation spot for the week of the World Championships. It is the best spot in Kona to get in front of the core triathlon audience.
Impact Product Launch Service
CrankTank has historic relationships within international endemic triathlon media and can give your innovations the jumpstart they need when you want to launch in Kona. Using Island Lava Java as a meeting point, we arrange presentation opportunities for you to deliver your brand message to the media who matter.
Impact Social Activation
Part of the week in Kona is bringing people together. Our brand suite and main touchpoint at Island Lava Java also serves as an ideal venue to host an industry mixer during the lead up to race day on Saturday or a send off party after the last competitor has crossed the finish line. Leave a lasting impression. Go big and then go home!


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The children of Indian, Philippine and Chinese immigrants are outperforming their Australian-born classmates by significant margins, according to a global education report.
But kids whose families migrated from England, New Zealand, Scotland and Vietnam performed worse in school than the children of native-born parents.
That's according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that looked at the literacy, numeracy, and science performance of students in 72 countries.
It ranked Australia seventh in the world for the academic performance of migrant students behind Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, Canada, Ireland and Estonia.
NAPLAN results last year revealed children who grew up speaking a language other than English were outperforming native English speakers in spelling in some states.
The OECD report goes further, showing how well specific migrants groups perform at school.
Associate Professor Ken Cruickshank, who is an education lecturer at Sydney University, said when you look at why people came to Australia, it was often for their kids.
"I think it's part of being a migrant that it's the chance to succeed perhaps where the parents didn't, and it's the importance of that success for the family, and that idea that success in life comes through education."
Certain migrant groups do better than others
The OECD report found the likelihood that migrant children would be academically, socially and emotionally resilient depended on the nation they came from, and the country in which they settled.
For example, for families from China, Australia is one of the best places in the world to settle.
And, even though Indian migrant children outperform native-born children in Australia, they are likely to do even better at school if their parents had emigrated to the UK.
Migrants from South Africa are more than twice as likely to achieve baseline levels of proficiency in their education in Australia than if they went to school in New Zealand.
Dr Cruickshank said the report's findings reflected Australia's highly selective migration program, as well as excellent literacy instruction in Australian schools for children who spoke a first language other than English.
"The research seems to show it doesn't matter what age they come at, it's really the amount of education in the first language that counts," he said.
"But what the overall statistics hide is the fact that students from refugee backgrounds, students who have missed out on education, score much lower than average.
"It's a real hidden tale of low achievement. It's these students that need the help, and often they could even be born in Australia."
The OECD report also reveals an overall decline in academic performance of Australian students by world standards.
It found baseline levels of proficiency declining for all Australian students between 2006 and 2015.
'Get a good education and work hard'
St Felix's Catholic Primary School, in Bankstown, south-west Sydney, educates a very high proportion of migrant kids.
Despite 30 per cent speaking limited English in kindergarten, by year three they are performing among the best in the country in NAPLAN tests.
Sisters Mary Moussa and Antoinette Hanna have five children between them at St Felix's.
Their parents came from Lebanon in the 1970s during the civil war.
"Our parents told us everything they'd been through, how hard it was," Ms Moussa said. "They'd seen the worst. And I guess when you do see the worst, you appreciate life a bit more.
"And it just makes you work towards a better life and a better future for your children."
Ms Hanna said the children in her family all understood implicitly that education was the path to a better life.
"I'm forever repeating myself," Ms Moussa said. "I say, 'Do you want a good life? Get a good education and you must work very hard'."
The OECD report, entitled The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background: Factors that Shape Wellbeing, was published on Tuesday.


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Determining whether the cyanobacteria present in a water body are producing toxins requires laboratory testing. However, detection of microcystins is a challenging problem for water testing laboratories.
For decades, food security was viewed exclusively through the lens of shortages. In the 1960s, when daily food availability in emerging countries was just 1,850 kcal per person as many as half of the world's… Read more >


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|on Dec 10, 2013 at 05:21 UTC ( #1066377=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )
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geoffleach has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
I am (for my sins) the maintainer of Audio::TagLib. There, I said it. My question arises out of constructing code that creates a 32-bit header for MPEG files. The header consists of bit fields of various widths.
This question concerns the ordering of bits in a 8-bit byte, packed into an integer. If I number the bits 7..0, the assignment results in a value when unpacked with 'b*' gives me the expected result: 11110010, with bit #7 on the left. The TagLib C++ library with which I communicate expects the field to look like this: 01001111, which is what one gets when unpacking with B*.
A pointer to doc that explains what's behind b vs B decoding would be greatly appreciated.
The actual code is attached.
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Saskatoon Community Foundation exists to enable philanthropy by providing opportunities for individuals, families, and business who are committed to addressing the pressing issues of Saskatoon in lasting ways with a goal to make Saskatoon the best community in which to live.
Every endowed fund at the Saskatoon Community Foundation represents a legacy created by a donor or group of donors. The reasons for establishing a fund are as varied as the individuals who make up a community. They may support a charity of choice or a favourite cause. They may support an area of focus in the community, or support a student in achieving educational goals. They may create a vehicle so that future generations of a family can be involved in philanthropy, or they may remember loved ones, community leaders, or events that shaped Saskatoon's history. They may be created by gifts of cash or securities, life insurance or bequests. All our funds have one thing in common. All the donors gave to establish a permanent legacy of support for the Saskatoon community, and every one of these endowed funds will continue to give back to Saskatoon forever.


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While I sip coffee at Starbucks, waiting on my interviewee to arrive, I begin to wonder what I've gotten myself into. I've been assigned to write a blog article about a volunteer who has won what amounts to a lifetime achievement award for nursing in the Red Cross. Being a relative Red Cross newbie, I can't help but feel in over my head. But after an incredible two-hour conversation, Susan Denavit, RN has convinced me the Red Cross can be the perfect volunteer fit for so many people, in so many ways.
Susan was awarded this year's Red Cross Ann Magnussen award, which is the highest national honor given to a Red Cross nurse. Susan's story with the Red Cross began over 30 years ago by answering a Denver newspaper advertisement call for mass care volunteers. As a stay-at-home mom taking care of her children, Susan was looking to use and maintain the nursing skills she learned from attending Northern Illinois University's nursing program. After joining the local Red Cross Denver chapter in 1987, she immediately jumped into Red Cross action. Since those early days, Susan has volunteered locally in Denver and Portland and has responded to 35+ deployments, including the crash of Continental Airlines Flight 1713 in a snowstorm. But she is also quick to say, "We need to recognize the people helping at home as much as the national disaster responders."
Today Susan's focus is serving as the Pacific Division Nursing Network leader. She is responsible for supporting regional nursing leaders and other Red Cross business lines. Susan believes she is making a difference by being in this leadership group. For instance, she recently participated in an International Day of Advocacy as a Red Cross representative on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. She was an integral part of a team lobbying congressional members for increased CDC funding to provide measles immunizations.
Today Susan's focus doesn't consist solely of nursing activities. For example, she believes in growing the volunteer network at Red Cross, whether it's for local or national responses. While Susan encourages volunteers to find the jobs they love, she also enthusiastically recommends they take courses outside their area of expertise by cross-training in other groups and positions at the Red Cross. By expanding their horizons, volunteers can transfer these new skills to their personal and professional lives outside the organization. That's not something many volunteer groups can offer.
"Don't think that only one job is the one that you can do," is a theme Susan repeats--encouraging words for this first-time blog writer.


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"Spread across 9 lakh square feet, the FCs will help Flipkart significantly scale up its supply chain infrastructure in North India. The FCs will enhance the company''s ability to support the delivery and supply chain logistics of a wide selection of large and non-large products (including furniture and large appliances)...," a statement said.
The facilities will also amplify Flipkart''s capabilities to cater to more consumers in the country, it added.
Unlike traditional warehouses, fulfilment centres are equipped with highly automated pick, pack and shipping processes to facilitate safe and timely processing of orders.
With these two FCs, Flipkart now has 12 assets in Haryana, including supply chain infrastructure for large appliances, non-large (including mobiles, apparel), grocery and furniture, taking the total asset capacity in the state to over 20 lakh sq ft.
These assets are spread across various regions in the state including Binola, Bilaspur, Luhari and Ballabgarh.
During the last festive season, Flipkart''s FCs in Haryana served up to 40 per cent of the total number of orders from across India, the statement noted.
"Flipkart''s new investment in the state will create over 5,000 jobs, which will also include employment opportunities for women and people with different abilities. The company currently employs more than 10,000 people in Haryana across its supply chain and has created thousands of indirect jobs in the state," it added.
It has also partnered with the National Skill Development Corporation''s Logistics Skill Sector Council to provide training on nuances of supply chain and delivery to ensure skill development, career progression and growth for its employees.
"Today we have one of the strongest supply chain networks in the country, making over 40 million deliveries every month and employ more than 120,000 people across the country," Flipkart Senior Vice President Amitesh Jha said.
He added that the the addition of these two facilities will further strengthen Flipkart''s supply chain and building capabilities to enable a strong ecosystem for MSMEs, local manufacturers and in the process create quality local jobs. PTI SR RVK
Disclaimer :- This story has not been edited by Outlook staff and is auto-generated from news agency feeds. Source: PTI


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You're a business or an individual that understands that websites are one of the most effective web marketing sales tools. It's a fact that most people surf the Web either at work or at home, and these same people look to websites to find the products or services that they need. The days of flipping through the phone book are on the way out.
Your website is organized and presentable, but is that all it takes to attract customers? No. That's just the first step to creating websites that work as web marketing sales tools.
Your website must include content that will draw your customers in and that can compete with the other websites that are marketing the same products or services. The best types of content to accomplish that important goal are SEO articles.
Michigan SEO articles are articles that have been search engine optimized. Articles that have been search engine optimized contain key words that major search engines can identify. When search engines pick up these key words, the article is placed in a position on the search engines. The stronger the key words, the better the placement. The better the placement, the more sales and the more money for you and your business.
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In today's economy, spending money wisely is the key for many consumers. It is a fact that some SEO copywriting services are expensive and are therefore not an option for some individuals and small businesses. Should you attempt to write your own SEO articles?
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