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Blackberry in Business a handicap as opposed to iPhone (Infoworld)
A thorough analysis of a 'state of the art' Blackberry and the iPhone finds the iPhone far and away a better and more productive platform for the business user. Specifically the evaluation indicates "That original comparison said it was time to bury the BlackBerry; the iPhone OS 3.0 simply piles more dirt onto the grave."
Bury your corporate supplied Blackberry and get efficient and effective with an iPhone. Even at HP the number of iPhone users is growing daily. Although short sighted management might see this as a problem (given HP makes a poor family of Windows Mobile based phones known as the iPAQ) executive management should recognize that I and my iPhone using peers are far more productive and effective than those HP employees who struggle daily to even make calls with their HP corporate devices.
In short, ditch the blackberry and other iPhone wannabe's and get the real thing.
Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 | Business Center | iPhone Central | Macworld

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Infrared Sauna Benefits
Infrared Saunas-The Benefits and Features
Most people have been in a steam sauna at some point in their lives, either at a hotel or a gym but infrared saunas are different, there's no steam!
Infrared saunas are just comfortable thermal heat but it's heat that is MORE effective than steam for health benefits including improved circulation and weight loss. Read on to find out why below…
How Does Infrared Heat Work?
Infrared waves travel deep into in the human body as gentle, warming heat, just as the infrared waves warm us gently from the sun (not the harmful UV rays).
In an infrared sauna, build up to spending 30-45 minutes per session which is quite achievable, can really achieve some great health benefits-see below…
Infrared sauna benefits:
- Led light therapy from infrared saunas penetrates upto 6 cms in the body, this gently heats cells and muscles from the inside out rather than the usual steam saunas that heat from the outside in,
- Infrared saunas improve blood circulation and oxygen delivery to cells which can ease back pain and sciatica pain in minutes,
- Fir saunas also encourage cells when they're warmed up to release lactic acid and other impurities from pollution such as mercury and lead
- Infrared saunas stimulate the body's lymph and drainage system to drain more effectively,
- Infrared saunas cause the body to sweat quickly and the cardiovascular system gets a good workout which stimulates weight loss
- Skin is rejuvenated and cleansed of impurities becoming radiant
- Infrared light for pain relief helps to improve muscle and nerve knots with improved circulation
- There are also many stress relief benefits and relaxation benefits attached to infrared saunas, not least being able to 'hide' from the world for 30 minutes!
In fact, weight loss through sitting is no mean feat, studies have equalled the weight loss results to a 30 minute workout at the gym.
If space (or money) is lacking, there are also portable infrared sauna options available and even infrared sauna slimming blankets!
BTW-energy consumption is surprisingly small for infrared saunas and most infrared saunas don't need any extra wiring, it's worth checking it out when you order though.
(Please note-Before embarking on any light therapy it is advisable to consult with a medical professional about your condition. Sufferers with skin allergies, eye problems or that are on medications may find that light therapy or infrared light may cause an adverse reaction. If you are in any doubt whatsoever consult a suitably qualified medical practitioner before using any type of light or heat therapy.)


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Bourne, Lincolnshire, June 27 2010
Entries for this 156-mile monster – the longest event on the UK sportive calendar – reached 450, yet only 350 signed on.
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Many stayed at home, due perhaps to the weather forecast of temperatures soaring above 30 degrees Celsius. Riders that did show, however, were eager and could leave straight away with a new registration-free number, posted out previously to be stuck on your helmet. A bunch of sunscreen-induced milky white Brits in Lycra set off – not a sight to be missed!
The shorter, super-flat distance of 112 miles, strategically placed six weeks before Ironman UK, was a paradise for Ironman athletes to TT their last long ride. Many chose to set off individually and stayed in the TT zone all day.
No easy rider
Flat terrain does not mean easy! Constantly on the pedals and working at a high cadence for most of the ride, many were fantasising about the luxuries of a cadence change in a hilly sportive. Much of the Fenland is just below sea level and includes the lowest point on the UK mainland.
There is debate about which is lower; Holme Fen or Ramsey Hollow. Riders got to go through both on the course and came back with varying negative readings on their Garmins, ranging from -2.75 metres to -4 metres. On such a hot day it was hard to think of the land flooding, and thanks to the brilliant civil engineering expertise imported by the Earl of Bedford in the 17th century, it never does. Until that time, the land was a wasted marshland.
The tarmac for miles ahead played tricks on the riders' minds. There was a feeling of being at the furthest place on earth from any hill at all – not one could be seen on the horizon.
A Pidley hill
The maximum rise was found at Pidley and at 35 metres could hardly be called a climb. It was a slight relief from the constant cadence, but barely enough to stretch the legs.
It wouldn't be a sportive without a climb to finish, and the best the organisers, Kilotogo, could find was 31 metres, six miles from the finish at Rippingale. Gasping riders drained the four feed stations, riders later down the pack found little left as the temperatures soared.
General chatter at the end of a sweltering day proclaimed this to be the longest, lowest and flattest sportive anyone had ridden.
My ride: Sarah Maidment (26)
Lives: Peterborough
Club: Peterborough CC
112 miles in 5-28
"For me, this sportive was all about digging deep, and when I really had nothing left, digging even deeper! It was a scorching hot, sunny day and it was quite a challenge to stay hydrated. I rode it 'flat-out'. I was rather amused that my average speed was higher than I would average for a 10 mile TT!"
My ride: Danny Watkins (36)
Club: CC Breckland
73 miles in 4-09
"I found the ride mentioned in a forum so entered and had a great day. It was very hot – a lot suffered. I am definitely doing it next year."
My ride: Neil Prendergast (45)
Lives: Hull
73 miles in 4-17
"It was a brilliant day with excellent organisation. I had a really enjoyable day. It was very flat and I prefer the hills. Being flat made it very easy."
Ride stats
Distance: 156/112/73 miles
Climbing: 900/550/344
Major climbs: 0
Terrain: Flat
Participants: 342
First finisher: 6-33/4-07/3-44
Last finisher: 12-19/10-41/10-08
Best: No hills
Worst: Hot day
Event website: www.kilotogo.com
Extra challenge: The long weekendSpreading two sportives across the longest weekend of the year gives riders maximum daylight to complete the Long Weekend's back-to-back challenge.
Extreme sportive riders can test themselves to a new level by completing both of the longest events on the calendar in one weekend – 282 miles of riding.
Slick logistical planning is needed to finish the riding and the 163-mile transit between the hilly Wiggle ride in the south to the flat Fens around Peterborough. No one was brave enough to take on the challenge this year.
If you are keen to enter the history books for completing the Long Weekend then you will receive free entry to both events if completed, a commemorative certificate, a High5 Race Faster Pack, and free photos from Sportive Photo. Race entries can be made at the beginning of 2011 at www.ukcyclingevents.co.uk and www.kilotogo.com


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Learning is both personal and social at the same time. In order to investigate the impact on learning and social behaviors of graduate level educational technology students, a social network, the University Commons, was developed using Elgg software. During the study, students participated in an online course which was conducted solely in University Commons. Findings suggest that students engaged in meaningful and productive collaborations and interactions while meeting the requirements for the course.
Structure of the presentation:
This talk will have two main parts:
Part 1 will be an overview of the design of a social network as a learning environment, which used Elgg as the social networking software. Data from a pilot study will be shared showing the benefits of such an environment. Mainly, these were increased autonomy and participation by the students, best explained as a distribution of the teacher presence within the Communities of Inquiry model of Garrison and Anderson.
Part 2 will give the participants hands-on experience in working with this kind of learning environment. In this way, the session will be blended.
Participants will leave the session with design principles for creating a social network as a powerful learning environment.
The Social Network of Early English Drama: A Digital Humanities Lesson Plan
By Adam Rzepka The Folger Shakespeare Library's recently launched Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama (DA) provides searchable, encoded, digital editions of 403 English plays first staged in London between1576 and 1642. A central Read more…


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We have decided to phase out the Mixed Reality Forums over the next few months in favor of other ways to connect with us.
The first way we want to connect with you is our mixed reality developer program, which you can sign up for at https://aka.ms/IWantMR.
The plan between now and the beginning of May is to clean up old, unanswered questions that are no longer relevant. The forums will remain open and usable.
On May 1st we will be locking the forums to new posts and replies. They will remain available for another three months for the purposes of searching them, and then they will be closed altogether on August 1st.
So, where does that leave our awesome community to ask questions? Well, there are a few places we want to engage with you. For technical questions, please use Stack Overflow, and tag your questions using either hololens or windows-mixed-reality. If you want to join in discussions, please do so in the HoloDevelopers Slack, which you can join by going to https://aka.ms/holodevelopers. And always feel free to hit us up on Twitter @MxdRealityDev.
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Both sides weigh in on assisted suicide bill in Hartford
HARTFORD -- Advocates for physician-assisted suicide to be made legal called it a way of "honoring the patients" who are suffering but still competent to decide to end their life.
State legislators and advocates for aid in dying held a press conference at the Legislative Office Building on Tuesday, setting the stage for legislation that will be introduced into the Public Health Committee.
While attempts have been made to pass such a bill, Rep. Betsy Ritter, D-Waterford, said legislators want to bring "the focus and the needs of the discussion to a more patient-centered discussion, a discussion with a focus on honoring the patients."
Modeled on laws in Oregon and Washington state, which were passed by referendums, Connecticut's law would apply only to terminally ill, mentally competent patients. A patient's competency would be determined by his or her doctor, unless the doctor determined the patient needed a psychological assessment because of depression or other mental condition.
The patient would then be given a prescription for a lethal dose of medication. In Oregon, only about one-tenth of patients who receive a prescription end up taking their own lives, according to Barbara Coombs Lee of Oregon, president of Compassion and Choices, which has opened a branch in Connecticut.
"I firmly believe that the writing of a prescription is a palliative care modality, relieving anxiety, relieving people of fear of the circumstances of their death," Coombs Lee said.
She said two doctors would determine a person's competency to make the decision to die.
There have been less than 1,000 assisted suicides in 15 years in Oregon, about two per 1,000 deaths, she said.
Opponents of physician-assisted suicide, including the Connecticut Catholic Public Affairs Conference and the Family Institute of Connecticut Action, argued that it will be easier for people to choose death when they have the potential for a longer, pain-free life, and that palliative measures are a better choice for a dying person.
"People can die naturally without pain and suffering," said Michael Culhane of the Catholic conference, which represents Catholic bishops in Connecticut.
Peter Wolfgang of the Family Institute said, "It's going to be easier and less expensive to invite people to take their own lives" rather than give them medication to help them survive. The elderly and disabled would be vulnerable, he said.
Proponents of the bill, however, said they believed such a law would be compassionate and offer dignity to patients who knew they had less than six months to live.
State Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, R-Glastonbury, a physician, said "intractable pain and suffering unfortunately is the harsh reality for several terminally ill patients." Assisted suicide "is an option. It is available to these patients after all due diligence is done."
Linda Clougher, president of the Connecticut branch of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, said nurses see how difficult it is for patients facing imminent death. "We have so much technology out there that we're keeping our patients alive longer and not always to the betterment of them," she said.
The law would protect doctors too, according to Dr. Gary Blick, who unsuccessfully sued the state to be able to provide lethal medication to a patient. Describing a patient who entered hospice care and was given six months to live, he said the man lived another torturous 19 months, past age 100. "He begged and he pleaded" to end his life, Blick said.
"I've committed a felony should I give those prescriptions to any patient that is terminally ill," he said.
Cathy Ludlum of Manchester, who has spinal muscular atrophy, said she has had ups and downs in her illness, but "I'm still here."
She opposes assisted suicide. "People with disabilities are already devalued in our society and there are already subtle forces that make it less likely for us to survive, and we're concerned that this is going to make things that much worse."
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java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Hi I keep getting this error.
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Im trying to make a basic remote desktop application, but I keep getting this error when I repeatedly create desktop images. Here is my code that causes the error. Any suggestions?
public void run()
Toolkit toolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Robot robot;
Dimension dim = toolkit.getScreenSize();
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle((int)dim.getWidth(),(int)dim.getHeight() );
BufferedImage buff;
int counter = 0;
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buff = robot.createScreenCapture(rect);
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My guess is that you are creating objects faster than they are being garbage collected. To avoid this, increase your heap size using the -Xmx command line option, and add a gc cleanup request after each 'writeObject'.
Also, you may be duplicating pixels by creating an ImageIcon (unsure of it's implementation). You might try instead getRaster().getPixels() on the BufferedImage returned by the robot, and send a byte array instead of an ImageIcon.
If the problem persists, your only hope may be to gracefully deal with the memory errors.
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Yes, that was my guess as well. I tried increasing the heap size but after a while my machine began to lag significantly. How can I add a gc cleanup request?
I put a System.gc() after the write object still with no luck.
I am running both the client and the server on the same machine. Do you think that could be the problem?
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Our Law Office – Our DNA
The law firm REINHARDT & KOLLEGEN traces back to the business law office established in 1994 by the German attorney-at-law Volker Reinhardt. At present, 20 attorneys-at-law, among them 8 insolvency practitioners, and an entire team of more than 70 employees are working for us at our locations in Berlin, Bonn, Chemnitz, Coburg, Cottbus, Dresden, Erfurt, Gera, Halle, Hof, Leipzig, Cologne and Nordhausen.
We provide support to business companies. Our specialist fields are reorganization and restructuring, insolvency administration and business law, in particular commercial and company law, employment, tax, banking as well as private building law. We do what we know best, so we know what to do.
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Leyton Orient will keep their 'finger on the pulse' regarding what next for successful academy reveals Martin Ling
PUBLISHED: 13:30 21 May 2018
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The director of football at O's has insisted no decision over the academy has been made, but the club will see what happens over the next year
Martin Ling has insisted no decision over Leyton Orient's academy has taken place, but has explained the changes which will affect the club from the summer of 2019 should they remain in the National League.
The O's youth set-up has produced a number of players over the past couple of years and several still remain part of Justin Edinburgh's first-team squad.
After relegation from League Two in 2017, Orient will now lose 50 per cent of their funding this summer and 100 per cent of it at the end of the 2018/19 campaign if they have not achieved promotion from the National League.
But the director of football discussed how the biggest issue is the fact O's could lose their Elite Player Performance Plan status next summer which will mean they receive no compensation when their under-16s are signed by other clubs,
Ling said: "We lose 50 per cent of our funding this summer and we lose 100 per cent of our funding next summer, so we will get no funding at all for the academy and the biggest thing I can say about it is we need to keep our finger on the pulse.
"We need to see what happens over the next year and people need to be aware of how it works.
"We have products across the road at the Score Centre and at the moment we have the protection of EPPP, but EPPP favours the big boys anyway so they can come and cherry pick your players.
"In a year's time we won't even have the protection of EPPP, so funding isn't the main issue.
"Next summer we will have no funding, but also no protection and so boys at the Score Centre can train with us and then walk out and people can just come and take them.
"I am not saying we are going to close the academy or anything like that, but we have got to be aware of what is happening.
"It is like having a car showroom across the road. Last summer if someone wanted the car they had to pay 100 per cent for it, this summer they still need to pay 100 per cent for it, but the summer after that, in 2019, the car is worth nothing because someone can just come in and walk away with it.
"Clubs are finding all different ways to do it and we will be actively looking for the right way forward with the club's academy and unfortunately it is something all clubs in non-league football have a problem with.
"Some clubs have shut their academy in the league because they don't feel EPPP is a big enough protection, so we haven't made any decisions, but we are actively aware there are some decisions to be made."
What might take a decision out of Ling's hands would be if Orient were to win back their place in the Football League at the end of next season and therefore regain their EPPP status, but as of now, nothing regarding the academy will change.
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Yesterday, my last patient of the day was a Greek physician, a survivor of the Holocaust, who wrote a book about the period, and went on to teach biochemistry in the U.S. Earlier in the week, sister Lin (Linda, the First) suggested that we get together for the holiday, and sparing wife, Lin (Linda, the Last, or Linda II) the dishes and preparation, that we go out for a Greek dinner. Lin I and Bob drove in from Malibu, and Josh, Tammy and our grandchildren, Myles and Danielle drove in from South Orange County to Christakis for a wonderful dinner of spanakopita, mousaka, souvlaki, gyro and baklava. Also, a wonderful custard in phyllo dough with cinammon. And a Berringer White Zinfandel!
There was a Hawaiian guitar player! We're cosmopolitan, so we like Hawaiian guitar players to celebrate Rosh Hashana in a Greek restaurant with California wine. Myles and Danielle are so well behaved and adorable. Danielle, 8 months old on the 29th of September, is about ready to walk. She is adorable. Myles brought his dinosaurs and cars to go with the festive occasion. We were serenaded out into the night air with "Rock-a-bye Baby."


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Here at Compare Cover, we're lucky to be a stone's throw away from the captivating Lake District National Park. Located in the North West of England, the Lake District is renowned amongst keen walkers for its dramatic scenery with rolling hills, imposing mountains, and of course, vast lakes.
If you're looking for a 'staycation' this summer, the Lake District National Park could be the ideal playground for you and your doggy companion, with lots of places to see and things to do, with a plethora of dog-friendly pubs, cottages and restaurants.
To celebrate National Parks Week, which will run from Monday 23rd July to Sunday 29th July, we've decided to take a look at some great walking routes for you and your furry friend to enjoy in our favourite national park.
Distance: 5 miles
At approximately 5 miles, this route offers walkers the chance to enjoy everything the Ullswater Valley has to offer. Starting from Pooley Bridge or Dalemain Mansion, it allows walkers to take in the sights along the banks of the River Eamont. The route leads walkers through historic pasture lands and the charming village of Dacre which boasts a castle and an ancient church with mysterious stone 'bears'. After your walk, take a visit to the splendid Dalemain House and sample their tasty award-winning marmalade. If you eat outside in the courtyard, all dogs are welcome on a lead.
Distance: 3 miles
The Barrow Fell walking route is perfect for a gentler walk, while still offering spectacular views. At a modest height of 455m, this route should suit dogs that can no longer tear across the fells but still enjoy pottering along. When at the top, you'll be rewarded with superb 360-degree views over Bassenthwaite Lake, Braithwaite Village, Derwent Water and Keswick.
Distance: 10 miles
At 10 miles long, this is a lengthy walk, but don't let this put you off! Taking you a full circuit around Derwentwater, often referred to as 'Queen of the Lakes', this walk consists of mainly flat paths, so shouldn't be too demanding for your dog, but will offer a great deal of exercise for him and you! Commencing from The Moot Hall in Keswick, you can find plenty of information for tourists and maps to guide you on your trek.
Distance: 20 miles
The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile walking route around Ullswater. The route can be walked in either direction and from any starting point. The terrain around this walking route is relatively simple to navigate with your dog as it is quite flat, but you don't have to tackle the whole 20 miles if you or your dog are not up for it. If you're looking for a shorter stroll, you can start your journey with a cruise on the Ullswater Steamer and discover some of the quaint villages around the lake, including Glenridding and Pooley Bridge, where there are many shorter walking routes available. Dogs are welcome on-board the steamer for a small fee and then you can sit back, relax and admire the amazing scenery.
In the Lakes there are a few thinfgs you should be aware of, including making sure your dog doesn't scare farm animals such as sheep and cattle, so keep your dog on a lead around these animals. Keep your pooch hydrated with plenty of cool water when out and about too and perhaps research some dog-friendly pubs and restaurants along the way that will provide a great place for a rest should you or your dog need it.
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A Trial on Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Axillary Thoracotomy for Resection of Early-stage Non-small Cell 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: NCT01102517
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2018 by Hao Long, Sun Yat-sen University.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : April 13, 2010
Last Update Posted : February 28, 2018
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The purpose of this study is to establish the effects of VATS lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
The aims of this study are:
- To evaluate the early clinical benefits of VATS lobectomy when compared with the axillary thoracotomy.
- To evaluate the late effects of VATS lobectomy on survival and quality of life when compared with axillary thoracotomy.
- To establish the normative pattern of VATS lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
- To explore the indication of VATS lobectomy for the lung cancer.
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|Procedure: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Procedure: axillary thoracotomy
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|500 participants
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|Parallel Assignment
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|January 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
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|Estimated Study Completion Date :
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Experimental: VATS group
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Procedure: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
axillary thoracotomy
Control group
Procedure: axillary thoracotomy
axillary thoracotomy lobectomy
- Disease-free survival and overall survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: the first year after the surgery ]Lung Cancer Symptom Scale
- Postoperative pulmonary function [ Time Frame: the first three months after the surgery ]
- Postoperative Karnofsky performance status [ Time Frame: the first year after the surgery ]
- Postoperative Chest Pain [ Time Frame: the first year after the surgery ]visual analogue scale and Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
- Perioperation data [ Time Frame: perioperation ]operation time, intraoperative blood loss, chest tube drainage amount, duration of the chest tube placement, and duratio
- Cytokines response [ Time Frame: the first 48 hours after the surgery ]IL-2,IL-4,IL-6,IL-10,TNF,IFN-r
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- Early stage NSCLC and no metastasis of hilum of lung and mediastinum lymph nodes (short diameter ≤ 1 cm) on computed tomography (CT) scan;
- No medical contraindications to lung resection
- Age ≤ 75 years old and ≥18 years old;
- Sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of invasion into neighboring organs;
- Extensive pleura adhesion;
- Central lesion;
- Not suitable for single-lung ventilation;
- Had history of thoracotomy and radiation for thoracic region ;
- Pregnancy or lactation female patients;
- Cannot sign the informed consent form because of psychological, family and society factors;
- Had history of other malignant tumors within 5 years except for non-melanoma cutaneous cancer, uterine cervix cancer in situ and curative early-stage carcinoma of prostate;
- Participants can not accept operation for other uncontrolled factors.
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): NCT01102517
|China, Guangdong
|Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
|GuangZhou, Guangdong, China, 510060
|Principal Investigator:
|Hao Long, professor
|Sun Yat-sen University
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|Hao Long, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University
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|April 13, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 28, 2018
|Last Verified:
|February 2018
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In our first post on writing with the Ephox Cognitive Assistant, we described how the technology can make the writing process easier for content creators. In this post, we look at the technical elements behind setting up the Cognitive Assistant.
Exploring the architecture
The Cognitive Assistant is an extension that is available in both of our standard Textbox.io and TinyMCE editors*. The extension appears as a sidebar HTML component that displays HTML embed snippets from the Ephox Cognitive Assistant Service. Users can then drag the embed snippets in the sidebar into the editor's main content pane. A JavaScript component sends the contents of the text editor window to our online service to search for relevant information.
As text is typed into the main editor window, it is periodically uploaded to the Ephox Cognitive Assistant cloud service for analysis. The Ephox Cognitive Assistant uses IBM's Alchemy Language for linguistic parsing and concept identification. The IBM Alchemy Language is based on IBM Watson's question-answering AI system. Yeah, the one that's famous for winning Jeopardy.
The IBM Alchemy Language returns DBPedia URIs for each identified concept. We used these as indexes into an RDF knowledge graph.
Implementing the Knowledge Graph
The Ephox Knowledge Graph service enriches the information that we receive from DBpedia. This allows us to display the items in the sidebar in a richer format, including images, video and other structures data.
We implemented our Knowledge Graph service using an Apache Tomcat3 Web application server with a RDF4J4 version 2.0 RDF database engine. Relevant portions of DBpedia were sharded into six RDF4J databases to speed both data indexing and assist query performance.
In the first version of the Cognitive Assistant, we access DBpedia topical concepts, SKOS categories, labels, image URLs, short abstracts, categories and their labels, transitive instance types, mapping-based objects and literals, and person data.
We used two SPARQL queries against the knowledge graph to construct the enriched embed concept snippets:
- The first SPARQL query is used to identify the type of concept, e.g. person, place, movie, species, product, or a general concept.
- The second SPARQL query is used to identify available data about a specific concept, as anticipated by its type.
For example, a concept of type "person" might have a birth date and a birth place. A place might have area and a population estimate, etc. The results of the second query are used to fill a type-specific HTML template. The filled template forms the embed code snippet which is sent back to the sidebar in the editor.
How Cognitive Assistant stacks up in user tests
We put our Cognitive Assistant to the test using the Validately service.
Our next blog post looks at some of the key findings into how the Cognitive Assistant can be used to make your next writing task easier.
* The Ephox Cognitive Assistant is currently available as a technology preview. If you would like to see the technology in action, please contact us here.
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A BIRMINGHAM nuclear physicist who created a super-computer to save the lives of cancer victims has been killed by the disease.
Inspirational Dr Lucy Zybert, from Bartley Green, lost her battle with colon cancer on December 15.
Dr Zybert and her researcher husband Richard Zybert worked together to create a pioneering network linking hospitals across Europe so doctors could compare mammograms and diagnose breast cancer more accurately.
The 62-year-old was only diagnosed with colon cancer 14 months ago, but cells had already spread to her liver.
Grieving husband Mr Zybert, who had been married to his wife for 36 years, said: "Lucy was driven. She had strong opinions and would fight for them.
"I will miss so much about her. She was special because everyone recognised that whatever they were doing, they wanted Lucy on their side. She never gave up and the research meant everything to her."
The couple, who were both born in Poland, came to live in Birmingham in 1982 to work as researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Lucy was a fellow in the physics department before setting up Zybert Computing, now based at Longbridge Technology Park, with her husband in 1987.
It was in 2004 that the pair developed the computer system, called the Gridbox, which gained European funding for a research trial to speed up diagnosis of breast tumours.
"Lucy was diagnosed with colon cancer when it was too late to do anything about it," said Mr Zybert. "She had no obvious signs and when she originally had a scan, the cancer was too small to show up.
"Our research was aimed at improving breast cancer diagnosis from scans as it is difficult to detect it in early stages when looking at soft tissue.
"The pilot is continuing. Millions of mammograms are being put on the network.
"Nuclear physicists often work on things that will be useful in 40 years time, but this was important to Lucy, seeing how people could benefit directly from our work."


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Northrop Grumman Awarded Command and Control Processor Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a potential $95 million indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for Next Generation Command and Control Processor (NGC2P) Technology Refresh and Link 22 development. The contract addresses obsolescence issues in the current NGC2P system and supports system capability enhancements and new capability insertion, such as Link 22. The contract is acquiring software and hardware system development, engineering services and technology refresh field change kits. The Space and Naval Warfare System Command, San Diego, Calif., was the contracting activity on behalf of its organizational partner, the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence.


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Renaming Temples, Renting Relics: An Offbeat Fix for Greek Debt Woes
In addition to its plans to increase taxes and cut benefits, Greece is also attempting to sell many of its assets. Last year, the government rejected a proposal to sell some of the Greek islands, but this year, it has placed many of its airports, railroads, energy companies and other public works on the auction block.
Most Valuable Assets
Not to dismiss the attraction of Greek sewers, utilities and vacant lots, but the country's most valuable treasure is its collection of cultural artifacts. Unfortunately, it's hard to put a price on these sites: Asked to appraise them, a representative of one U.N.-sponsored cultural heritage group stated that they "could only be described as 'priceless.'" Similarly, Sotheby's and Lloyd's of London both refused to hazard guesses about price tags for Greece's most invaluable resources.
Appraisal problems aside, there is certainly a precedent for selling old buildings and structures to aid in their preservation. For example, when the city of London decided to replace the old London Bridge in 1968, it sold the structure to Missouri entrepreneur Robert P. McCullough, who used it as the centerpiece for a British-themed community in Arizona. At the time, the bridge -- which was built in 1822 -- fetched $2.4 million, the equivalent of $16.3 million in 2011 dollars.
But when it comes to evaluating ancient sites, pricing becomes a bit tougher. Ancient archaeological sites very rarely trade hands, as most countries are dedicated to preserving their cultural heritage. One of the few exceptions is Egypt's Temple of Dendur, a Roman structure that dates to 22 B.C.E. When Egypt built the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s, it moved three temples that were on land due to be flooded by the massive hydroelectric project. One of these, Dendur, was given to the United States in return for $16.5 million in aid. While this sum -- plus $9.5 million in relocation costs that was provided by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art -- makes an interesting starting place for pricing ancient sites, Egypt's free-gift-with-economic-aid scheme makes it hard to actually determine the value of Dendur.
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In the end, selling its cultural assets would be a losing proposition for Greece. After all, tourism accounts for more than 15% of the country's income, and many visitors come to see the crumbling remnants of ancient Hellas. While getting rid of these artifacts might help shore up finances in the short term, they would eventually devastate the country's economy.
If all else fails, Greece could always try raking back some money from artifacts that have already found their way into foreign hands. The Elgin Marbles, sculptures that once decorated the Parthenon and Acropolis, are -- officially -- priceless. Stolen in the early 1800's by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin, the pieces ended up in the British Museum, where they are still on display.
While several art experts have argued that it is impossible to place a value on the Elgin marbles, the Acropolis Museum's far less impressive collection of antiquities was insured for $567 million in 2007. Given that the British Museum still refuses to repatriate Elgin's ill-gotten treasures, it seems reasonable to consider levying a toll on their continued usage. Perhaps $33.4 billion might be a good place to start the negotiations?
Bruce Watson is a senior features writer for DailyFinance. You can reach him by e-mail at email@example.com, or follow him on Twitter at @bruce1971.


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Team Name: Clayton Hewitt
Round 20 Scores:
Finals Wk 1 Result: Win (Qualifying final) straight to prelims :)
Studs: Rocky (C), Gawn, Simmo, Hanners, Doch, Rooey, Dusty, Laird
Duds: R. Gray, Naismith, Shaw, Vince, Collins, Steven, J. Selwood
On the Chopping Block: Clay Smith, Sexton, Pendles, Mathieson
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Did ok to win considering the injuries I had this week. Could have fielded O'Brien over Naismith for a better score but quite minimal. I'll take the 100 from Joey this week
Round 20 Score: 2100
40,44,55,62,72,75. I had three bench players who all beat these scores.AF dropped 900 places to 3200
Team Name: Gazzas Magpies
Round 20 Scores:2176
Finals Wk 1 Result: Loss (Qualifing Final)
Studs:Parker, Rocky, Hanners, Simmo, Doch, Sloane, Gawn, Laird
Duds:R.Gray, Naismith and Shaw
On the Chopping Block:C.Smith
Vent/Brag/Whatever: R.Gray and Naismith arguably cost me as I lost by 64 points. Opponent had C.Smith as well so no problem there. At least I finished top so get another chance next week.
Team Name: westcoastwreckers
Round 20 Scores: 2054
Finals Wk 1 Result: elim win
Studs: goldy, doc, the pig, dusty, Nroo, laird, a.smith, menegola
Duds: c.smith, pendles, shaw, buddy, naismith, vince, hunter
On the Chopping Block: c.smith, s.martin
Vent/Brag/Whatever: nothing…….
Team Name: Sunnyjim's Legends
Round 20 Scores: 2092
Finals Wk 1 Result: Lost QF now in semi final elimination
Studs: Rocky, Hanna, Doch, Gawney, Grundy, Parker, Voldt, T Lynch(GC), B crouch, Gibbs, Joey
Duds: Danger(C), thought he would be higher, Steven, Heater, Buddy, Gaff
On the Chopping Block C Smith, Buddy, M Mcgovern
Pretty annoyed with some players scores, but I did move up 1000 spots so can't complain. Good on ya Shlongawn ur a gun.
TrueBeavers bow out to a stronger team but it's been a long season and, not to take anything away from the opposition, there were just too many passengers on the day. Nonetheless True Beavers have had their best RDT season so far – highest score ever 2543, highest overall pos ever 652. We'll take that into the preseason and build for next year.
today's losing score = 2310
For 19 rounds my AFL fantasy team was chugging along quite nicely, with all the usual glitches along the way, but coping enough to get the double chance in 4 of the 5 leagues I am in and to finish 5 in the other league. Then came Round 20. It started on at Thursday's selection take when, after 3 of my players were dropped, I finished with only 25 players playing. I had to abandon my plan to bring in Swan Kennedy to concentrate on my backs to make sure I had 6 playing. I tossed up between Boyd and Kelly and went for Boyd. That cost me 21 points. For captain I tossed up between Dangerfield and Rockliff. I went for Dangerfield and that cost me 22 points. These are really minor setbacks – all part of the wonderful world of fantasy.
But what happened to the many of my players is something else.
Clay Smith Season average 80 Round 20 score 5 (on field, of course)
Robbie Gray Season average 99 Round 20 score 40
Jackson Trengrove Season average 71 Round 20 score 44
Bernie Vince Season average 94 Round 20 score 79
Lachy Hunter Season average 107 Round 20 score 75
Heath Shaw Season average 104 Round 20 score 68
Jack Steven Season average 108 Round 20 score 64; and to finish off
Andrew Gaff Season average 94 Round 20 score 46
I finished the round with a score of 2008, losing all 5 finals. If these 8 players had scored their average I would have scored 2333. I know that players score below their average (roughly in half their games) but 50 or 60 points below is ridiculous. After all we almost never have players scoring 60 above their average?
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Thanks, I was moaning about my underperforming uniques but looking at your result I now feel so much better
Good on you true beavers. I am still in it in 4 leagues because I had the double chance (at least I think I did), but geez, it's painful.
And sorry for the lousy formatting of my post above. Before pressing the Submit Comment button it looked fine. Sort of in the spirit of my team.
Team Name: The Deathly Swallows
Round 20 Scores: 2142
Studs: Rocky (c), Hanners, Titchell, Doc, Laird, Voldt & Dusty
Duds: C Smith!!, Pendles, Steven, Shaw,
On the Chopping Block: Pendles and C Smith both injured. Hoping to avoid any carnage :/
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Went down in ranking. Poo week. Not much money in the bank and inevitable carnage to follow. Delete.
HEY you beat me..what,s to complain about?
Can't split JPK and Sloane.
JPK big POD in my league, but I like Sloane's run. However Sloane plays PA in Rd 22( my leagues GF) whom he scored 67 against earlier in the year.
Also, worth trading Vince to JJ? (I have spare trades) Do you guys think JJ will score more than Vince in the next two rounds?
Really appreciate guys!
Would definitely recommend ditching Vince, his form is very ugly
Team Name: The Spudtaculars
Round 20 Scores: 2193
Finals Wk 1 Result: WWWW
Studs: Rocky (C), Doc, Laird, Hanners, Titchell, Gawn and Voldt
Duds: Shaw, Bartel, Jelwood, Pendles, Hunter, Gaff, Gray
On the Chopping Block: KK and Mathieson
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Some pretty shit scores this weekend especially Gaff and Gray. Thanks Rocky for outscoring Danger who I am looking to get in this week.
Team Name: Fyfe for Fighting
Round 20 Score: 2201
Studs: Hanners, Simpson, Docherty, Voldt, Rocky, Maxy
Duds: Pendles, Gray, Bartel, Naismith, Hunter, Steven, Danger (C)
Chopping block: Pendles-> Mitchell/Treloar/Neale and Stef-> Grunt
Vent: Went from 19th to 26th overall
Team Name: Cobra Kai FC
Round 20 Scores: 2288
Finals Wk 1 Result: Into the Prelim in all my leagues
Studs: Rockliff, Parker, Docherty, Simpson, Hannebery, Gawn
Duds: Shaw, Hunter, Pendlebury, Gray, Vince
On the Chopping Block: Clay Smith
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Crept up 4 spots to 27th overall.
Team Name: Ravalle
Round 20 Scores:2308
Finals Wk 1 Result: Won all 3…2 were sudden death whilst the other straight through to prelim now…Go you good thang!!
Studs: Simpson, Docherty, Laird, Danger(c), Rocky, Parker, Treloar, Gawn, Goldy, Dusty, NRoo & Montagna
Duds: Shaw, Vince, Hunter, Steven & ROBBIE GRAY!!
On the Chopping Block: All duds should be nervous the coach is on the warpath!!!
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Overall ranking improved 161 spots to be sitting exactly at 400 overall….Very happy with the score considering I did have quite a few below par scores from some players this week…
Tom Lynch lost 3 points a day late, a bloody day late. Because of that I drew with my opponent, and because they finished higher by less than a percent I lose. FML
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Finals Week One Review
Team Name: Absolute Muppets
Round 20 Scores: 2136
Finals Wk 1 Result: L
Studs: Simmo, Doc, Rocky, Kelly, Titch, Goldy, Dusty, Voldt
Duds: Everyone else, especially Robbie Gray
On the Chopping Block: Pendles
Vent/Brag/Whatever: Shit week ?
Score: 2260
Won all leagues
Studs: Hanners, titch,parker,bont,a.smith,dusty,simpson
Duds: R.Gray, h.shaw,silvagni,vince
Trades: downgrade currie and upgrade hams to premo fwd
Team Name:James Hird for Prime Minister
Round 20 Scores:2233
Finals Wk 1 Result: Won both leagues, into 2 prelims
Studs: Titchell, Gawn, A. Smith, Laird, Doc, Rocky, Parker
Duds:R.Gray, Zerrett, Buddy, Zorko, Hunter, Neale, Heater, Bartel
On the Chopping Block: Stef Martin's scoring output could see him get traded this week, and very disappointed in Hunter lately
Vent/Brag/Whatever: is Stefan Martin to Grundy/Goldy a good idea and if yes which one should I pick up??
you should give it away if you,re grizzling about slightly sub 100 scores.
Not grizzling, just annoyed that someone as good as Hunter has a 3-round average of 87, that's all. Also nothing else exciting to talk about, so ended up scraping the bottom of the barrel
Need to trade Walters but haven't got much cash. Has Isacc heeneys role changed, he's scored well the last two weeks?
Would be a massive POD I'm guessing, and probably low-risk considering his breakeven if he spuds it up
Team Name: Insideghe floodzone
Round 20 Scores: 2321
Finals Wk 1 Result: won main league g/f (played opponents during byes – boy that was a killer!)
Studs: Simpson, laird, Enright, Doc, Rocky, Gawn, Greene, Martin, Dangerfield, Mitchell, Parker, Sloane.
Duds: Shaw, Hunter, Steven
On the Chopping Block: nil
Vent/Brag/Whatever: round rank 585 and up to 2203 over all. Very happy to win main league with the week off after a win in the other by 600 odd points.
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- optimal range
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Use the chart below to find your blood pressure reading and in which category it falls. Keep reading to learn about normal ranges and high ranges.
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Systolic Blood Pressure (your top number) Diastolic Blood Pressure (your bottom number) Your Blood Pressure Category Less than 120 Less than 80 Optimal Less than 130 Less than 85 Normal 130 to 139 85 to 89 High to normal 140 to 159 90 to 99 Stage 1 hypertension 160 to 179 100 to 109 Stage 2 hypertension 180 or greater 110 or greater Stage 3 hypertension
The blood pressure values given in the chart above reflect those recorded by healthcare providers - not by home monitoring. Home monitoring values tend to run lower. This chart is not appropriate for children. It is also not appropriate for adults who take medicine to treat their high blood pressure or who have a short-term serious illness.
Normal blood pressure ranges. Normal blood pressure is a range of values. Don't be alarmed if your blood pressure is a bit higher or lower than normal at times. Blood pressure readings can fluctuate by as much as 15 to 20 mm Hg at various times of the day. However, if your readings are consistently high, you have high blood pressure.
High blood pressure ranges. According to the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, your blood pressure is considered high if either of the following is true after two blood pressure readings.
- Your systolic pressure, the top number, is 140 mm Hg or higher.
- Your diastolic pressure, the bottom number, is 90 mm Hg or higher.
Please note: If you have diabetes, kidney disease, or have had a stroke or heart attack, your doctor will want you to keep your blood pressure at an even lower number.
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Buying a new home can be a joyful event in your life. But you don't want to ruin it by entering a house which has a whole lot of plumbing issues. Imagine you have just settled in your new home and a few days later you find yourself in a pool of water with all your living room furniture floating around. In order to avoid a scenario like that it is best to be cautious while buying a new home. The ideal way to go about this is to have a plumbing checklist in place.Here is a plumbing checklist that you can follow while buying a new home.
Flushes and Showers
When you go see a new house, make sure you go and flush every toilet in the house to see if they are working properly. If there are any issues with the flush, then you can ask the owner to either replace the fixture or fix the problem for you. Also, check the water pressure of the shower in all bathrooms. Nobody likes a shower with low water pressure.
Size of the Pipe
Water pressure is important in not just the shower but in all other pipes and faucets as well. So to get a high enough water pressure the pipes have to be at least ¾" pipes from the water source to home, and ½" or more to faucets.
Water Heater
The next thing on your list should be to check the water heater. Check whether it functions properly. Look for signs of corrosion and ask the homeowner when it was serviced the last time. If you find the water heater is too old, then ask for it to be replaced.
Almost all house owners tend to neglect their basement. This is indeed not good in the long run. A damp basement is a clear indication of serious leaks. This can lead to harmful fungal growth. So make sure you go check the basement of the house.
Look for leaks
Watch out for damp walls, and leaks anywhere in the house. If you find any leaking pipes, ask the home owner to get them replaced. If there are damp walls, then the leak could be inside the walls in which case, there needs to be a lot of work done.
Sewage System
Find out the exit point of the sewage pipe. And ask your homeowner when it was last serviced. If the sewage system of the house is not good enough, then you might just want to consider checking out another house.
Drains and Sinks
Lastly, check all the drains and sinks. See if the water is getting clogged. Check for the pipes beneath the sinks and ensure there are no clogged pipes anywhere.
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"Rita's inside. It was me."
In the front yard, Dexter holds a crying Harrison. Police lights flash red, and Dexter seems to have no idea what to do or say. He did just find his wife dead in the bathtub, after all. A police officer approaches the kneeling Dexter and asks him if he was the one who called in the crime. He asks what happened. Dexter remains silent. He's watched 67 people die and each time, he and the dying both knew that they got what they deserved… but this isn't what Rita deserves.
As the cop tries to take Harrison, Deb arrives and tells him to back off. Dexter hands Harrison to her and says: "Rita's inside. It was me." Uh definitely not something you want to say when the cops are investigating a potential homicide, bro. But even though Dexter wasn't the one – would never be the one – to end Rita's life, he fully believes that this happened because of what he is.
Inside, Masuka and Quinn check out the scene. Masuka explains that the method fits Trinity's MO, but Quinn isn't convinced because the bathtub women were young and single. Angel and Maria join them, but Maria takes one look at the bathroom and has to step outside. She's seen plenty of dead bodies, but this is different. Maria informs the group that the FBI has taken over.
The coroner takes Rita out in a body bag and Dexter yearns for Harry, who is nowhere in sight. What does he do when it's his wife in the body bag, and everybody's looking, and Elliott is crying but Dexter's eyes stay dry? An FBI agent approaches Dexter for questioning. He wants to know why Dexter said, "It was me." Dex doesn't remember saying that at all. Deb is waiting for Dexter with the forensics guys; she tells him to take off his bloody clothes so they can leave. Later, Deb asks Dexter the same question: what did he mean by that?
Masuka and Quinn listen to the recording of Dexter's 911 call. He's strangely calm and emotionless on the phone. Quinn thinks Dexter's reaction to Rita's death is weird. LaGuerta angrily reminds them that the case is with the FBI and they need to work on their own cases. Privately, Masuka informs Quinn that he told Dexter about Rita and Elliott's Thanksgiving kiss when he should have just kept quiet. Quinn stores this interesting piece of information away for later.
Paul's mother calls Dex. Shit. This kids want to talk to their mother but she's not answering. Oh shit. Astor and Cody get on the phone and gush about how they're having the best time. My heart is breaking for these kids. Dexter tells them Rita is in the shower. He doesn't tell the grandmother about Rita but asks her to bring the kids to Deb's when she drops them off that night.
Deb and Dexter meet with a funeral director who does a lot of funerals for cops. Dexter only sits in the meeting for a couple of minutes before he excuses himself, leaving Deb to handle everything. He observes a funeral in progress and wonders if this is how normal people mourn. Dexter remembers his first date with Rita at a restaurant outside of town. Unfortunately for her, he only chose the place because a potential kill was there at the same time. Deb finds Dexter and lets him know everything is set for the funeral and the FBI released the house, so she's going over there to do some stuff. Also, he's worrying her.
Quinn meets Deb at the Morgans' house. They go to work scrubbing the bloodstained bathroom and they do a pretty great job. As Deb is taking care of the cleaning supplies, she finally gets a chance to break down a little. She's had to be the strong one for Dexter, something she's not used to. As the tears come faster, Quinn holds her. And then they're making out. And then they're naked. Oh. After they're finished, Deb grabs all of Rita's dresses for the funeral and leaves, not wanting to talk about what just happened. Quinn sees Neighbor Elliott outside and decides to ask a few questions about his relationship with Rita. Elliott recounts the events, including Dexter's punch. Oh, like you wouldn't do the same thing, Quinn. Your temper is ridiculous.
The kids are pounding on Deb's apartment door, excited to be home. Okay, deep breaths. Dexter explains that a man came to the house, Rita returned home, and the man killed her. Everyone is in denial, shock, feebly trying to say he's kidding but they don't believe that. Astor runs out of the apartment and Dexter finds her sitting on the curb outside. She is convinced Dexter doesn't even care that Rita's dead and it's his fault that she's gone because he should have protected her. Astor wishes that Dexter had never come into their lives – he should be the one that's dead.
Dexter goes to work getting rid of every trace of evidence of his murdering ways, starting with files on his computer. While Deb reminds him of what needs to be done before the funeral tomorrow, Dexter makes his own to do list: get his tools, torch his shipping container, and fill up his boat with gas. Going somewhere?
Quinn tells LaGuerta about his chat with Elliott. LaGuerta almost shuts him down, but Quinn reminds her that if it was anyone else but Dexter, they'd actually be thinking like cops. She always says if the wife is dead, 90% of the time the husband did it. Their conversation is interrupted by a phone call and she tells Quinn they'll talk later. The call is the FBI, informing LaGuerta that Dexter didn't show up for his interview. They want his personnel files. Deb promises to find Dexter and get him to the interview.
Dexter isn't home when Deb arrives. He asked a neighbor to watch Harrison. Deb calls Dexter and leaves him an angry voicemail. Dex is standing next to Rita's body at the funeral home. Only now can he tell Rita the truth about what he is: a serial killer. After his good byes, he torches the contents of the shipping container, boards his boat, and plans to disappear.
Dex stops somewhere on the coastline to fill up his gas tank. He goes inside to pay, where he meets an asshole customer who insults him. Dex knows he should keep moving, but he follows the jerk to the bathroom instead. Dexter explains he's had a bad week and his wife is dead, and the douchebag says that Dexter's "dead wife" can go do something not very nice. So Dexter kills him with a grappling hook and continues to beat him with it after he's dead. Harry finally shows up, telling Dexter that's the first human thing he's seen Dexter do since Rita died. He tells Dexter it's okay to show what he's feeling and Dexter finally breaks. Harry convinces Dexter to return to the kids and Deb and go to the funeral.
Everyone is waiting for Dexter to show up to the funeral. Maria feels guilty; she's worried that Dexter was being a witness at her wedding while Rita was murdered, which is why she didn't fight for the case. Quinn is growing more suspicious of Dexter with each passing minute. Two FBI agents are watching from across the street. Just as Quinn begins to tell Deb about his conversation with Elliott, Dexter shows up. As Dexter gives a heart-breaking eulogy, he realizes how much he truly loved Rita.
Dexter struggles with the fact that he is now a single father of three children. They cram into Deb's apartment with her, just until they find a new place. Astor doesn't understand why they just can't go back to their house. Dexter thinks starting over will be good for them. Deb reminds Dexter his FBI interview is tomorrow morning.
Apparently, the FBI isn't after Dex for Rita's murder. They know he was at Arthur Mitchell's house during the time of Rita's death, raiding it with the rest of the team (phew). They're trying to figure out why Trinity targeted Rita. Dexter gives them an obvious answer: because he's a serial killer. The agents assure LaGuerta that Dexter is good; the only lead they have on Trinity is Kyle Butler. LaGuerta remembers the Kyle Butler that was murdered a few weeks back. The Mitchell family is going to meet with a sketch artist. While Maria is busy, Angel opens her mail for her. She's got $268,000 in a secret bank account. Hey Maria, can you hook a girl up? I got college loans to pay. History isn't really a lucrative career.
Dexter rents a moving van. He selects one that has a bloodstain on the floor that he will look into later. Dex is busy packing with Neighbor Elliott swings by. I'll be glad when we don't have to see his giant forehead anymore. He drops off the mail and tries to give some single-parenting advice in a very condescending way. Just shut up and go away. Dexter is getting random urges to kill, but he can't act on that right now. He needs to take care of the kids.
While everyone is sleeping, Dexter and Harrison check out the blood from the moving van. Someone cleaned up well but forgot the door: a huge splotch glows in the beam of Dex's black light. Harry reminds Dexter that the kids are his number one priority, his responsibility and his salvation. But Dexter has to take care of his own needs, too, or else it will be bad for everyone. Back inside, Dexter researches the last person to rent the truck. One Boyd Fowler, employee of the Department of Sanitation, road kill division. Fowler is played by the awesome and talented Shawn Hatosy, who you probably know from SouthLAnd (and if you don't watch SouthLAnd, you should). The blood in the truck is human, not animal.
The next day, Dexter calls Boyd's department to come pick up a dead raccoon. Dexter makes small talk about moving and how it's a hassle; Fowler says he wouldn't know. He's lived in the same house for twenty years. Then why would he rent a moving truck? Fowler unceremoniously dumps the raccoon in the back of his truck and is on his way.
Quinn and Angel meet up at a crime scene. A female head is in the middle of some weird display with bones and a candle. She's missing her eyes and tongue and her mouth has been Heath-Ledger-Joker-slashed. A short female cop named Officer Cira Manzon tells Deb it looks like the work of Santa Muerte, a cult. If it is Santa Muerte, they used a machete.
Dexter tries to research ways to help kids cope with grief. Finding nothing helpful, he turns his attention to Mr. Fowler, who has a prison record – assault with a deadly weapon. Deb returns home and interrupts his research. After they say good night, she breaks down and calls Quinn, who offered to let her crash at his place. Five people is too many for that tiny apartment. The next morning Quinn tries to talk to Deb about what happened when they cleaned the bathroom, but Deb says nothing happened and she would never sleep with him. Guess that's still awkward.
At another crime scene, Quinn finds a photo of the victim, Francisco Alfaro, and the woman who was recently found beheaded. Quinn thinks it's a murder suicide, but Deb isn't so sure. Meanwhile, Dexter is snooping around Boyd Fowler's house. He needs to kill to keep himself sharp. Boyd returns home for lunch while Dexter is rifling through his stuff. Dex tries to slip out the front door, but it's barred and locked from the inside. Creepy. Dexter finds a hiding spot while Boyd listens to some self-help CD. The message is: if you want something, take it. Boyd repeats the mantra with the speaker. Before Dexter makes it out the back door, he finds a lock of female hair, labeled with the number 8. He pockets it and leaves.
Dexter follows Fowler to the middle of nowhere, even though all he has to go on is some old blood and a lock of hair. He watches as Boyd kicks a metal oil drum off of his truck and into some swampy water. The place is a dumping spot, filled with other people's junk. Deb calls to inform Dexter that the kids never went to class after seeing the grief councilor. Dexter knows where they are and makes his way to the house. He finds them staring at the bathtub. Dex apologizes for not bringing them back there sooner and that they can move back if they want. Astor refuses because it won't be the same, and Dexter made them think that things were going to be great forever. Cody defends Dexter. It's not his fault. Astor wants to move in with her grandparents. Dexter agrees.
LaGuerta returns to the station with the Kyle Butler sketches, which are no help at all: the mother and kids gave three very different versions of what Kyle looked like (and thankfully none of them look like Dexter). Quinn asks if he can keep a copy of the sketches. Maria returns to her office and Angel confronts her about her secret money. Maria assures him it's her retirement fund. Apparently Maria is the more financially responsible one in the marriage, so she wanted to make sure they were secure. She just ends up hurting Angel's feelings.
Angel drowns his hurt feelings in Cuervo Silver with Masuka. Some other cop at the bar congratulates him for marrying a "sugar mama" and says something in Spanish that is apparently very rude. Angel starts a brawl. Meanwhile, Dexter says goodbye to Astor and Cody. Cody wants to stay with Dexter, but Dex tells they need to go for now. After they leave, Dexter returns to the dump that Fowler visited earlier. Dexter opens the oil drum and is greeted by a dead girl. There are several more oil drums just like it. Fowler is busy, too, adding more numbered locks of hair to a scrap book and dumping another body into an oil drum filled with formaldehyde, which he then runs an electric current through.
Deb is grilling a young girl about her drug habits. Could it be a break in the Santa Muerte case? Nope, she's just interviewing potential nannies for Harrison. The prospects are pretty entertaining. They finally have a break when they interview Sonya, a sweet Irish woman with Mary Poppins qualifications. Harrison seems to like her, too.
Dex and Harrison have a meeting with the crisis councilor. She assures Dexter that Harrison is developing normally and his cognitive development is really just starting. Dex tells her that he saw something traumatic when he was three. Harrison is only ten months old, though, and there's a slim to none chance that it will have a negative affect on his development. The councilor tells Dex the most important thing he can do right now is to do something for himself.
Deb, Quinn, and Angel are recanvasing the neighborhood of the Santa Muerte case, but no one is talking. They all seem to be afraid of something. Angel doesn't think his Hispanic background is helping; he's Cuban and it's a Venezuelan neighborhood. He suggests bringing in Cira Manzon, since she lives in the area. Deb shares Cira's theory that the murders are connected to the "Saint Mierda" cult – Quinn, Angel, and I lol and they correct her that it's Saint Death, not Saint Shit.
Dexter is trailing Mr. Fowler. At a café, Fowler spots and recognizes Dexter. Took him long enough. Boyd brings his food over and has a seat. They exchange pleasantries (Dex is now Darryl Tucker). Even though Fowler is a creepy murderer, I can't help but have a crush on him because SHAWN HATOSY. <3 Dexter pretends he's looking for work and Boyd offers to let him ride around with him to see if he likes dead animal pick up. Dexter does some recon and drives along the patrol route, looking for a good place to do the job the next day. He sets up in an old tourist welcome center. Harry thinks it's a bad idea to kill during the day.
Cira and Deb meet with the owner of a store that sells religious items. He knows everything that goes on in the neighborhood. The front of the store sells statues of saints and the like, but the back end of the store sells things related to the Santa Muerte cult. Cira acts as a translator as Deb asks questions about the Alfaros' murders. He answers just like everyone else: "Yo no se nada." Cira thinks he's holding back and thinks she should have spoken to him alone. She'll go back tomorrow.
LaGuerta wants to know exactly what went down before the bar fight; Angel and Vince are sporting some battle wounds. We finally get to learn what the other cop said in Spanish: Maria takes first place in BJ skills. Yeah, I'd punch the guy too. Maria reminds Angel that men don't like a woman in power, so they spread rumors. Angel understands and he'll try not to pummel anyone.
While Dexter is waiting for Boyd to pick him up, he calls in a fake dead animal near the abandoned visitors' center to ensure they'll head out that way. Boyd is listening to his motivational speaker CDs – "Take It Now" by Jordan Chase – in the truck. They changed his life.
At the station, Quinn has taken pieces of each of the Mitchells' witness drawings and put them together to create a face resembling Dexter's. Uh-oh. Vince, on the other hand, thinks it looks like Justin Beiber. Cira comes in with new info for Deb after her second interview with the shop owner. No names, but he described two brothers with heavy accents who are probably recent Venezuelan immigrants. They head out to see if the shop owner could dig up anything else. Instead, Deb and Cira find his headless body on the floor and the head in a creeptastic display, same empty eye sockets, same slit mouth as the first crime scene.
It's been two hours since Dexter called in the fake kill and Boyd finally gets sent out there by dispatch (or whatever you call the HQ for dead animal pick up). Dex sticks Boyd in the neck with the needle, but before Boyd falls he shoots Dexter in the stomach with his own tranq gun. They both fall unconscious. Dexter wakes up later in an ambulance. Boyd is there with him. They glare at each other from their respective stretchers as they're wheeled through the hospital. When the doc goes to get stuff to draw blood for a tox screen, Boyd finds a huge knife on a table and sneaks to where Dexter is being examined – but Dexter already left. Boyd makes his own escape.
While the group investigates the latest beheading, Quinn finally gets a call back from the FBI. He wants to share his lead on Kyle Butler. Oh hell. He wants to show the Mitchell family a photo, and the agent, who seems to be an old friend, will try to see what he can do. Sorry Quinn, he probably couldn't hear you over that gaudy gold pinky ring you're sporting.
A guy from Internal Affairs asks to speak with Maria in her office. They're going to launch a formal investigation into the altercation that occurred between Angel and the other cop, Lopez. Lopez has been hospitalized with internal bleeding and is now pressing charges. It's worse than Maria thought: two witnesses claim Angel kicked Lopez while he was down. If it's true, it's assault with a deadly weapon and he could go to jail.
Boyd returns home. He's barely in the back door when he hears a noise. Grabbing his gun from the kitchen drawer, he makes his way through the house. Suddenly his Jordan Chase tape starts playing in the kitchen. Dexter sticks a needle into Boyd's neck. He gets Boyd on the table, improvising a kill room with newspaper and duct tape. Boyd says he was helping those women – they were suffering and he put them out of their misery. I'm sad we only got two episodes of Shawn. Killing Boyd didn't change anything; Dexter feels the same about Rita's death. He hears a noise from behind a locked door. Someone was watching him through a grate. He opens the door to find a very badly injured and weak woman wearing rags. She tries to escape but passes out. She saw everything.
Dexter kill count: 2


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[text] Cornelia Schleime
Cornelia Schleime: »Bis auf weitere gute Zusammenarbeit Nr. 7284/85«
Series of 14 works, 1993, screen-printed photographs, 100 x 70 cm
by Anke Hoffmann
Cornelia Schleime's work in this exhibition is probably unique in that it has developed from a highly personal experience of being spied on without her consent by a totalitarian, bureaucratic state apparatus. Bis auf weitere gute Zusammenarbeit Nr. 7284/85 (Here's to further fruitful cooperation No. 7284/85) came about after in the early 1990s the artist was allowed to look at the file kept on her by the GDR's secret police, and had to contend with the fact that she had been spied on for years in the GDR.
Born in East-Berlin in 1953, Cornelia Schleime studied mask-making/costume design, painting and graphic design in the late 1970s in Dresden. However, shortly afterwards the government imposed an exhibition ban on her work in response to her unwillingness to 'conform' and her ongoing activities in 'illegal' artist circles. She was subsequently subject to surveillance by agents of the GDR state security service, before being placed under close observation. The artist submitted four applications for an exit permit to the appropriate government offices, before she was finally granted permission to leave in 1984. Cornelia Schleime subsequently moved to West-Berlin. However, the authorities forbade her to take to the West even one piece of the work she had produced to date.
This is the period which spawned the highly-disturbing reports by the secret police agents, signed with code names such as "Martha Heine" or "David Menzer", in which their surveillance of Cornelia Schleime's private life reached the height of absurdity, reflected in the tortuous argumentation resorted to in the spy reports. The petty bourgeois failure to grasp the way artists understand themselves could hardly be revealed more strikingly than in reports such as this: »The apartment walls are painted with the figures of naked women. The side of the apartment door facing the hallway is covered in messages from her acquaintances scrawled in crayon«. Or: »Her appearance has been brought in line with the apartment's furnishings, and is likewise 'intended' to look very modern.« One wonders seriously whether such findings can really justify the efforts of such an enormous surveillance apparatus as that wielded by the GDR's state security service.
The cycle Bis auf weitere gute Zusammenarbeit Nr. 7284/85 consists of reports which are enlarged many times by silk-screening. Schleime has glued the self-orchestrated photos into the reports, where they seem to have become part of the original. The result: 14 Dadaist-like collages comprising selected files and photographs which comment on them. But the photographs do not seek to mimic the aesthetics of a truly investigative photograph, nor do they attempt to conceal the fact that they are artistic productions, indeed, some of them even resemble posed portraits. What the presence of the artist in her »biographical reconstructions« conveys is the intense irony she draws on to overcome the humiliation she experienced: Freezing on the snow-covered roof of a house but appearing content as she sits at the dining table under the light of a standard lamp, she illustrates the allegation of »self-isolation« raised by her neighbors in an East-Berlin house. In a wrecked truck we see the artist mocking flight from the GDR with impudent naivety, i.e. in a manner as senseless as possible. Dressed like a cleaning woman in a typical nylon overall, she raises her glass to a likeness of Honecker which has been reduced to a wall clock. A victory of the ridiculous over the tenacity of the surveillance team employed by the secret police.
Above all, the banality behind the zeal of the state security service's policing system is graphically illustrated by the allegations the files contain. The artist intensifies this aspect in her work. In her photographs, Cornelia Schleime forges the details of an identity over which she has no control, a »stolen life«, and constructs an absurd reality which never existed in this form. With the ironic exaggeration so typical for her she presents herself in selected roles – from housewife via assembly-line worker, cleaning woman, Rapunzel, teenager, Bohemian, aristocrat through to a diva – and in the process regains the power to define her own life. Arranging as a collage of photos and the agents' report (which seemingly indicate knowledge of the subject C.S. and her habits) is itself an act of liberation, as it breaks away from the sanctions of a power, which sought to wrest control over her life. The artist works through the painful process of re-writing her own biography by employing unmasking satire, in which she particularly explores the phenomena of narrow-mindedness and provincialism. It was only possible for Cornelia Schleime to embark on such an investigation once the immediate shock at being without home and identity had subsided, when years later she held in her hands the evidence of the surveillance, and time provided her with the necessary distance to confront the regime's absurdities with humor. This is evident in the text which serves as an introduction to her work, and in which she thanks the numerous assistants employed by the GDR's Ministry of State Security for their »assistance«.