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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis animal shelter said seventeen dogs have died at the facility after an outbreak of a virus called distemper.
Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim said most of the dogs are puppies. About 24 dogs at the facility have tested positive for the virus.
The virus can affect a dog's respiratory and central nervous systems. The virus is treatable but there is no cure, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Grim said he believes the outbreak was caused by distemper-infected raccoons in the area and introduced to the facility by a pregnant dog that was rescued about two months ago. The mother and her puppies were among the dogs who died. According to Grim, it's customary not to vaccinate pregnant dogs when they arrive at the shelter. Dogs with lower immune systems and no vaccinations carry the highest risk of infection.
"I have cried so much," Grim said about the outbreak. "I mean, I love them. I rescue them."
The animal shelter usually cares for as many as 400 dogs at a time, but will not be accepting any rescues for the next 30 days. For dogs currently at the shelter, staff is taking precaution by quarantining ill dogs and making sure all dogs are both tested and vaccinated.
Stray Rescue is hoping to raise $100,000 to cover treatment costs, and is also requesting towels and cleaning supplies, such as laundry detergent and bleach.
"This could bankrupt us," Grim said.
Shelter staff has been calling families who have adopted dogs from them in the last two months to warn them their dog could be at risk of distemper. The shelter team may have to call at least 300 people who have adopted or fostered dogs from their facility since September.
"This is 100 percent preventable if people vaccinate their animals," Stray Rescue manager Valerie Strobo said. Grim suggested that pet owners vaccinate their dogs so the disease doesn't spread to other dogs. Distemper cannot be transferred to cats or humans.
According to an employee at Banfield Pet Hospital in South City, the distemper vaccination is one of the core recommended vaccines by veterinarians, but it isn't required by law.


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- Open Access
Unravelling a fulvene based Replicator: Experiment and Theory in Interplay
© Dieckmann et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
- Received: 9 May 2010
- Accepted: 18 August 2010
- Published: 18 August 2010
A self-replicating system based on a cycloaddition of a fulvene derivative and a maleinimide is investigated using a two-pronged approach combining NMR spectroscopy with computer simulations. In the course of the reaction, two diastereomers are formed with identical rates in the absence of replication. When replication is enabled, a network emerges in which one diastereomer takes over the resources as a "selfish" autocatalyst while exploiting the competitor as a weak "altruist". The structure and dynamics of the reaction network is studied using 1 D and 2 D NMR techniques supported by dynamically averaged ab initio chemical shifts and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. It is shown that this combination is a powerful means to understand the observed experimental behaviour in great detail.
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Autocatalytic Reaction
- Fulvene
- Background Reaction
- Free Energy Profile
As most signals of different product isomers in the autocatalytic reaction overlapped due to structural similarities, it was impossible to determine the composition of the product mixture from 1D-NMR. Again, we applied ROESY after the reaction was completed (see Fig. 2c). The obtained spectra clearly showed that the amide NH-proton of one isomer does not undergo chemical exchange, while it was observable for the remaining two isomers. Only XX is expected to exhibit intramolecular hydrogen bonding and therefore no chemical exchange; its existence in the mixture was further supported by cross peaks indicating an exo-Diels-Alder product. The presence of XN could be ruled out by the following reasoning: ROESY spectra and HPLC plots of the background reaction using methylester A' did not show any exo-products. The occurence of an exo-product in the presence of recognition sites then means that a recognition-mediated reaction pathway is exploited. Such a pathway is only available for the XX isomer via an A·B-complex. The remaining two products were identified as the NN (main product) and NX isomers (side product).
Although the composition of the experimental product mixture could be elucidated by 2D-NMR and calculated free energy profiles, an assignment of isomers to 1D-NMR signals was still necessary for a kinetic modelling of the system. The assignment of the NN isomer is straightforward, as it is the main product, but it is difficult to distinguish between the NX and XX isomer on the basis of the available data. For a direct assignment of the experimental NMR spectra we calculated thermally averaged ab initio chemical shifts. A comparison of calculated and experimental shifts for the set of non-overlapping protons used to extract time-dependent concentrations (see Fig. 2a/b) shows a remarkable agreement for both isomers with a deviation of just 0.05 ppm for XX and 0.03 ppm for NX, respectively. Our final assignment was supported by these shifts and corroborated by the fact that an inverse assignment did not allow for a good fit of the experimental kinetic data to models that were in accordance with results from our calculations. A 16:1 diastereoselectivity for NN was determined by integration of the respective NMR peaks, which is a true emergent property, as it results exclusively from the interactions between templates and precursors. It even reverses the slight selectivity for NX in the background reaction.
Our kinetic model was constructed based on information about possible reaction channels from AIMD simulations (see Figs. 1 and 4). Complex equilibria of A·B·NN and A·B·NX complexes were modeled with the same association constant, while A·B·NX* was modeled with a separate association constant to account for different relative complex energies. For the same reason all three duplex equilibria were attributed different association constants. Different rate constants were assigned to autocatalytic and crosscatalytic ligations. The rate constant for uncatalyzed reactions to NN and NX was known from separate measurements of the background reaction. Complex associations were assumed to be limited only by diffusion. In order to quantify the rate constants for these processes separate classical MD simulations of A, B and NN in chloroform were performed and the diffusion constant -- which is proportional to the rate constant in this scenario -- was determined from the center-of-mass mean square displacement via the Einstein relation. Thus we arrived at rate constants of the order of 1010 M-1s -1 for all diffusion limited processes. Kinetic data was fitted to the model using Simfit [30] to obtain rate and equilibrium constants. According to the model, the cycloaddition of A+B is rather efficiently catalyzed in the presence of NN or NX, the rate constant kauto being about 50 times larger than knon for a non-catalyzed background reaction (corresponding to an effective kinetic molarity of 50 M). The crosscatalytic mechanism is less efficient, its rate constant kcross is predicted to be approximately one half of kauto, which is in agreement with our calculated free energy profiles. Furthermore, kauto is four orders of magnitude larger than the rate constant kXX of the XX formation via an AB channel. This means, although still present, this undesirable pathway is sufficiently suppressed. Template duplexes are predicted to be more stable than termolecular complexes, suggesting that the system suffers from product inhibition. Interestingly, association constants for different termolecular complexes and duplexes reflect the relative order of calculated complex energies. All in all, the model is able to describe the dynamic behaviour of the system very well. Nevertheless, one has to keep in mind the system's complexity and very limited amount of accessible observables. As a consequence, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters obtained by kinetic fitting cannot be expected to be highly accurate. On the other hand, our method allowed us to construct a meaningful model in the first place, which would have been impossible without access to free energy profiles of all major reaction paths.
Complex reaction networks with interesting dynamic signatures in which obstacles like chemical lability or similarity lead to an incomplete base of solid chemical knowledge are expected to challenge chemistry in the future. Our approach of merging experimental NMR kinetics with ab initio dynamical chemical shifts and free energy landscapes enabled us to comprehend a dynamic puzzle which otherwise would have had to remain unsolved.
This work was supported by FP6-IST/FET IP "Pace", COST Action CM0703 "Systems Chemistry", FP7-IST/FET Projects ECCELL, MATCHIT and Thomas Young Centre, London.
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Throughout my life, I've experienced lots of things.
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There will always be a bad apple in a bunch of good apples.
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If we asked God to grant us strength in times of adversity,
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6 Harmful Misconceptions About Eating Disorders
By Jeanette Suros--While in recovery, a lot of people have said, "I understand what you went through. I have been on diets and have struggled with my body." I would become frustrated as I struggled to explain how EDs and disordered eating are related, but not the same thing. People with eating disorders use their bodies as a way to gain control, mask their emotions, hide from pain, etc. Eating disorders are diagnosed by professionals and need treatment specifically for eating disorders to combat the disorder. There are many misconceptions with eating disorders, such as:
1. If you have body image issues you have an eating disorder.
Struggling with body image does not mean you have an eating disorder. Media and society affect the ways we think about our bodies. Body image is how you see yourself in the mirror and how you see yourself in your mind. With eating disorders, the media and poor body image can be triggers, but not the cause.
2. People with eating disorders did this to themselves.
Honestly, this is like telling someone with any other illness that their illness is their fault. Eating disorders are never brought about on purpose. You don't wake up one morning with it and wake up the next morning without it. Eating disorders develop gradually over time. The earlier the diagnosis, the easier EDs are to treat. No one can make themselves have an eating disorder.
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Most of the time, it's just the opposite. People with eating disorders often try to hide their illness. For many, it's their secret and they want it to stay that way. They use their eating disorders to hide; for me it was to be invisible. The disorder can often be used to mask emotions. It is their way of feeling better by not thinking about the deeper issues.
4. "Just eat." As if it's that simple.
Eating disorders are complex and for someone with an eating disorder it is not that easy. It is not about the food. Yes, food is what the eating disorder takes it out on but it's more a way to gain control. It is a way to avoid thinking about the painful things; the eating disorder has you focused on the food and weight. So it is much deeper than not wanting to eat food.
5. It's just a phase.
Eating disorders are not just a phase. They are not something that you just go through and grow out of. When people don't take EDs seriously, it makes recovery harder. Eating disorders are serious, often deadly disorders. Sometimes medical professionals even minimize EDs. That's also why it is so important for someone who is suffering to have healthcare professionals who specialize in eating disorders.
6. Once you leave treatment you should be "fixed."
Once you leave treatment, your recovery truly begins. You are no longer in an environment where you are watched. Now it's up to you to make your own choices. Recovery is not easy but it is worth it. Having an ED isn't like having pneumonia. When you leave the hospital, it doesn't mean you're all better.
The more we spread the awareness, the more we can combat these misconceptions and fight EDs on a global scale.


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So it is with this bailout mess. Now that the package has been approved, all eyes are looking for a scapegoat. Surprise, surprise, the luminaries on the Right have lit upon their various whipping persons: people of color, poor people, affirmative action, immigrants and even the nice fuzziness of multiculturalism.
You can catch reaction to this line of spin at Feministe and Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose thread includes a very good parsing of CRA lending policy.
(No, I'm not going to link to Malkin, Coulter or Sailer. You can Google them yourself and gag in the privacy of your own desk.)
Of note is Tim Wise's essay that not only takes this line of thinking to task, it also pokes some holes in the 'personal responsibility' canard the Right is so fond of trotting out:
So there you have it: white conservatives who simply cannot bring themselves to blame rich white people for anything, and who consistently fall back into old patterns, blaming the poor for poverty, black and brown folks for racism, anybody but themselves and those like them. That anyone takes them seriously anymore when they prattle on about "personal responsibility" is a stunning testament to how racism and classism continue to pay dividends in a nation whose soil has been fertilized with these twin poisons for generations. Unless the rest of us insist that the truth be told--and unless we tell it ourselves, by bombarding the folks who send us their hateful e-mails with our own correctives, thereby putting them on notice that we won't be silent (and that they cannot rely on our complicity any longer)--it is doubtful that much will change.
When conservatives say things like 'Oh, if only those darkies hadn't whined about equal access and equal opportunity, we wouldn't be in this mess!' I realize that there is a huge gulf between us that will never be bridged.
Conservative anger always seems to float downward, blaming people who always get the shorter end of the privilege stick; my anger floats up. I'm not going to blame the folks who use pay day loans to make their tiny paychecks last a little longer; I'm gonna look fish eye at the greedy white-collared sonofabitch who calculated that he could fleece more sheep by putting a pay day loan office on every corner in the south side.
I know, very noblesse oblige of me. But it's not, really. It's called freaking compassion!
I'm working on a complicated piece I've been wanting to write about intentional motherhood so I've been snapping up essays on motherhood, birthing and contraception. This is one linking increase demand for food and family planning.
This is also one about black midwives fighting the AMA for the opportunity to provide black maternal care.
And, of course, the asshat from Louisiana who thought it was a good idea in a brainstorming session to throw out 'sterilize black women' as a way to combat poverty. Uh-huh. No, that's not racist or problematic as shit at all.
Oh, and then there's this - it only took one month for the bloom to be permanently rubbed off the rose. (Yeah, there are huge problems if Parker thinks Palin is a picture of modern feminism but to get a huge, horking female conservative to admit Palin was a bad pick? I'll gloat.)
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Could we get a Daniel Craig-less sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
While THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGOON TATTOO was not the massive blockbuster Sony envisioned, that does not mean they are not looking to make a sequel. Rooney Mara would likely be back and David Fincher is still a possibility, but it looks like they may be looking for a way to excise Daniel Craig from the project.
The Hollywood Reporter says that after the massive success of SKYFALL, Craig is commanding a much larger salary which would make it difficult to move forward with production on THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE. While the novel does not feature nearly as much screen time for Mikael Blomkvist, he is still a vital character to the story. But, it would not be impossible to rework the story around his absence.
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE picks up right after the events of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO and follows Lisbeth Salander as she returns to Sweden after spending a year abroad. She falls under suspicion of having committed the murder of a journalist and his girlfriend as well as her guardian, Nils Bjurman. Mikael Blomkvist has to do what he can to find her before the authorities do.
Fans of the novel will surely be upset at the change to the novel and there is no way to gauge if it would affect the box office to lose the biggest movie star in the cast. Whatever the case, with Sony having major financial woes these days, do not expect to see this movie any time soon. If we do, it may be vastly different than the novel.
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The shihonage that I worked myself into has me drop center as I enter under the use's arm, as I turn to the outside I stay down, keeping the held wrist/hand circling out and around, with the arm brushing the top of my head as I pivot through. I keep the arm out and extended to keep uke on the edges of their feet and destabilized.... If I dropped further anytime during this motion or just pulled down it would likely result in damage. I take use's wrist/hand right back into their shoulder.....once that is reached I do what some might call a scissors cut.....stand up and bring my hands to my waist as if cutting with a boken. My center rises up as my hands/arms come down to meet. If uke has been destabilized this motion drops them right at my feet with no injuries and without giving them back their center.
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from nage's side, I recognise your description as very similar to the way I approach things.
Where things may differ is in uke's part. As I described in the 'following' thread, as uke, I would follow all of nage's movement and their attempt to stretch and turn me. I do see, via video, that many uke's stand pretty stationary and 'let' the technique be applied to them. Either way, shihonage is a technique that is effective if applied correctly, as well as easy to get quite spactacularly wrong.
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2. Every time that somebody "likes" your business page, a notification appears as a post on that person's personal page. Each of her friends will read that she "likes" your business. They will automatically tend to Know, Like, and Trust you even if they have never done business with you before. They will be curious as to why their friend "likes" you and with humans being the funny creatures that humans are, they will want in on the action and check you out. ....and so on and so on. This is what is meant by "going viral" and it really works.
3. Search Engines like activity. They pay attention to the traffic that you are getting on your links and posts. Accordingly, your search engine rankings will improve as you become more adept at social media marketing.
Even though you know you should get on the bandwagon, I can hear many of you groaning. Resistance is futile, earthling. Here are some common objections and the logic that destroys them:
"I already have a personal Facebook page, so I don't need a business Facebook page."
|Sometimes, silence is the best option!
On another note, I try not to upload the same post on both pages as the news will be repetitive ---and therefore BORING--- to anyone who is a fan of my business page AND a friend on my personal page. I want people to be willing to engage in both pages so I try to be the perfect hostess on each.
"My life is boring! No one needs to hear about what I ate for lunch!"
Every life is interesting, it just depends upon where you look. The food you ate for lunch would not be the place to look for an inspiring business post, unless you happen to be dining with the Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Food. A photo of you eating a worm would make for a good post, while a photo of you eating a baloney sandwich....not so much. Of course, if you want to post a picture of a beautiful meal that you were just served at a new restaurant in your area, rave on. It is always nice to give another small business a boost.
The posts that get the most feedback for me are those that feature pictures of my work,free tutorials, or my pets. One of my most "commented on" posts was nothing more than a photo of my hand next to a HUGE lemon from my yard. It was so bizarre that it evoked interest.
|This photo of a ginormous Ponderosa Lemon from a tree in my yard was a very popular post on my business Facebook page. It was just odd/unusual enough to garner attention. (The lemon weighed over 2 pounds! Yowza!)
"I don't have the time!"You are preaching to the choir on this one, sister! Time is ALWAYS the challenge, but the payoff is big enough that you should absolutely, positively, no matter what...MAKE the time. It is like everything else, you must make it a priority for it to happen. Don't assume that you will "get to it." There is always a squeaky wheel that will steal your time. It is kind of like cleaning the baseboards. I swear that I am gonna do it....but I don't. Fortunately, I can still function at a high level with dirty baseboards. Your business WILL NOT function at a high level without social media. Set aside an hour twice a week that will be devoted to Facebook.
"I cannot build my fan base so I am not seeing any results."
This was a tough one for me until I finally cracked the code. Mind you, it was not a difficult code to crack once I tried to figure it out. Facebook is like anything else....there is a learning curve. What seems impossible at first will soon be second nature. Here are some relatively painless ways to increase your "Likes":
1. Invite your friends. There is an Admin Section at the top of the page. Click it and you will see your administrative dashboard. There is a Tab at the top right of the page called "Build Audience." The drop down bar offers a number of ways to increase your fan base.
I periodically "invite friends" which results in sending a message to those friends who have not yet "Liked" my business page. There is an option to Share your Page and an option to Invite Email Contacts, which I have not yet explored. The new baby goats have been taking up a whole lot of my spare moments. I will need to schedule some learning curve time in between bottle feedings!
2. Create an Ad. Facebook Ads are WONDERFUL! My business page is part of a new branding program as I promote my workshops and pursue teaching opportunities. The page was created in July 2011 and by mid January 2012, had only 123 fans, most of whom were Pity Likes from those who love me....very frustrating! Accordingly, I was delighted to have a chance to pick the brain of Paula Rosenberg, a Crafty Retail Rock Star and Marketing Genius while in Columbus, Georgia for a family visit. Paula told me that it was all about Facebook Ads and she was absolutely correct. I spent a pittance and immediately saw results. In two short months I went from 123 to 749 fans....not as many as I hope to get, but better than a poke in the eye! In addition to the increased fan base, I am filling more workshops, which is gratifying. The cool thing about the ads is that you are able to drill down to define your ideal customer so that you have a highly targeted ad campaign.
Business Facebook pages are effective and easy, once you master the mechanics. Here are a few other things to consider:
1. The new Facebook Timeline will become mandatory at the end of the month. Thank you to Crafty Retail Rock Star Carol Garfield for giving me the push I needed to get on the Timeline bandwagon. I was just understanding the whole Facebook thing and was none to pleased to see that I would have to learn the new system. Fortunately, I read a post Carol had written about attending a Timeline Webinar so that she could learn the ins and outs. BINGO! I did a quick Google search and found lots of online tutorials to cut my learning curve in half. There is no need to reinvent the wheel...you can watch it yourself HERE.
2. Beware of which pages YOU choose to "Like." One of the ways that Facebook Ads are effective is that when an ad appears on a page, it will list the names of YOUR friends who have "Liked" the page in an effort to get you on the Liking Bandwagon. This is all well and good if the page is relatively innocuous. However, you might want to think twice about Liking a Vendor's Facebook page unless you want that Vendor's name to be visible on the Facebook pages of your customers. Moreover, there are some Likes that just don't need to be all that public....after all, Preparation H has a Facebook page but that doesn't mean you have to Like it!
3.Go through your Customer List and search for them on Facebook. If you don't know them well enough to outright "Friend" them, you can send them a message asking them to Like you site. Offer an incentive such as a free gift or a coupon for a percentage off the next sale. Ideally, you will establish enough of a connection to "Friend"them at some point, providing a wonderful opportunity to engage them on a more personal level. You can congratulate a customer on the birth of a new grandchild that you might never have heard about otherwise, simply because you saw pictures of the baby on her Facebook page. It is a quick and painless way to learn about your customer base.
4. Use your Facebook page to announce last minute sales and special events. One post I saw recently touted a "Rainy Day Discount" in an effort to get customers to brave the bad weather. You want your posts to have value so that your audience will come back for more. If you find a great free tutorial on another site, post the link. If you cooked a delicious meal last night, share the recipe. Write the stuff that you would like to read.
5. Join some of the Facebook Crafting Groups that have sprung up. These groups are a valuable resource for you! You will learn what the craft world is excited about and what your customers will likely want to find on the sales floor. A great wool group can be found here, a fiber group here and a nice group of beaders can be found over here. Craft magazine pages are another goldmine of inspiration...one of my favorites is the Bead Design Studio page.
6. Facebook provides the ability for you to assign your friends to different lists, which makes Facebook Life much more manageable. I press the link for my Beady Friends and I catch up on all that sparkles. I press the link for my Tampa Friends and I get the local news. Easy Peasy.
7. Spread the love. Spend some time commenting on the posts of others. Visit relevant pages and engage in dialogue where possible. You will increase the Facebook presence --and SEO ranking---of that user's page. She will likely return the favor by posting on your page. Moreover, when you post something interesting on another page, you will attract attention from that user's group of friends. They will click onto your page, become captivated by your wit, and decide to be a Fan....BINGO! Yup, Facebook Business Pages are a boon to the small business owner. The juice is definitely worth the squeeze. Now go and Like my page....and I will be sure to Like yours, too!


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Location: Sunnyvale, California
Company Description:
Who is Intuitive Surgical? The numbers tell an amazing story. Learn more about our company.
"Building the bridge between clinical and technical to shape future surgical technologies"
Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority.
Primary Function of Position: Roles and Responsibilities:
The Clinical Development Engineer (CDE) uses their in-depth knowledge of the da Vinci® Surgical System to work with design engineers and clinicians to develop safe and highly effective products for our multi-port surgical robotic system platforms. The CDE is responsible for establishing and validating data-driven clinical requirements to ensure a high quality patient outcome and for conveying the clinical value throughout the organization.
Roles and Responsibilities:
This position has responsibility and authority for the following:
New Product Development:
• Applying in-depth knowledge of the operating room environment and of the da Vinci® Surgical System to become an expert on the clinical application of Intuitive's products
• Collaborating closely with product management and product development teams to define clinical performance goals and potential risks for new products
• Collaborating with research teams to help with quick design iteration and assessment of products
• Assessing and documenting clinical risks, and advising engineering regarding risks and mitigations
• Work with clinical sales representatives, surgeons, and marketing to identify clinical needs and complementary devices in the marketplace
• Collaborate with other organizations within the company as needed: regulatory, human factors, training, quality, manufacturing, marketing and sales
• Conducting pre-clinical validations and design iteration assessments of products both internally and with external key opinion leaders
• Conducting formal validation testing for new products, product updates and modifications to existing designs, to ensure the clinical safety and efficacy of the product
• Support clinical evaluation of new or enhanced products at key customer sites
• Identify potential product enhancements & new product ideas by applying an analytical approach to understanding the clinical needs of surgeons
• Product Requirement Documents (owning clinical requirements)
• Clinical Risk Analysis (owner)
• Clinical Design Validation/Chronic Animal Study/Histopathology Protocols & Reports (owner)
• 510K/regulatory submission content (subject matter expert)
• User manual and training documentation (subject matter expert)
• Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action
• Performs other duties as required to support the company's overall strategy and goals
Skill/Job Requirements:
To adequately perform the responsibilities of this position the individual must have:
• Minimum of B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in medical device industry
• Experience working with surgeons in an operating room environment
• Fluent in surgical terminology and sound knowledge of anatomy and surgical technique
• Excellent mechanical aptitude, and intuition for spatial relations, including the ability to understand complex mechanical products
• Excellent analytical capability and practical skills to develop and test a thesis and draw succinct conclusions
• Excellent teamwork skills with proven ability to cultivate collaboration across multiple disciplines to insure timely project success
• Effective communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
• Proven success recognizing critical issues and driving them to closure by taking coordinated action
• Self-starter needing minimal supervision
• Self-confident and able to react quickly under pressure
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time, internationally and domestic
We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer.


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Design Collective for Evans showcases our collaboration with designers including Giles Deacon, Clements Ribeiro and Lulu Liu. Get to know the designers and their key pieces, fresh from the catwalk.
Keep It Sleek
You'll be in good company wearing something gorgeous by this designer; Giles Deacon who has dressed Princess Beatrice, Scarlett Johansson and, on her wedding day, Abbey Clancy.
This modern metallic two-piece needs minimal accessories – the cut and fabric add up to understated glamour. As separates, they'll add an on trend tone to your look – the top was selected by the Daily Mail's fashion team as ideal to wear for a wedding.
Lulu Liu orange dress is bright and beautifully versatile. Liu works in luxury fabrics and chose silk for her Design Collective piece. She recommends styling it to suit your mood – roll up the sleeves and belt it, or leave it loose and laidback.
Lulu told #STYLEHASNOSIZE that the distinctive print – she hand paints her designs - was inspired by one of her dreams.
You have to feel this coat to fully appreciate how well it's cut and understand why it's a fashion magazine favourite. The soft draping detail makes it luxe and in pillar-box red it's a head-turning cover-up.
This was chosen as a highlight of the Design Collective in USA Marie Claire and on the front of the Sunday Times magazine worn by superstar Ashley Graham.
Bright Ideas
Long term Evans collaborators Clements Ribeiro designed a selection of powerful prints for our first catwalk show . Model Katy Syme loved modelling it on the runway. "As plus-size models, it's so refreshing and so exciting to wear high fashion and really beautifully tailored clothes that are innovative and well made," she says.
Vita Gottlieb's own SS15 collection was inspired by futuristic coral reefs and the underwater world. "I'm bringing those elements into my Evans collaboration," she says. "So some of the fabrics I'm using are floaty and diaphanous but they can be layered up to create a full look." This sheer dress is a delight to layer – you can show a hint of see-through or cover-up according to your own taste. In khaki green, it's a girlie take on the military trend's favourite shade, too..
"As plus-size models, it's so refreshing and so exciting to wear high fashion and really beautifully tailored clothes that are innovative and well made."
One of summer's sweetest dresses, with a soft print, drawstring waist and on-trend cut-out to add to its femininity. Designer Gottlieb studied fine art and worked in film and textile design before going into fashion, and she loves attention to detail. "It's really exciting to be part of the Evans show," she tells #stylehasnosize. "I'm interested in opening up fashion to women of all ages and sizes."
Modern Metalic
Central Saint Martins graduate Jamie Wei Huang was picked out by the fashion teams at Cosmopolitan and Glamour as one of the most covetable of the collection. It features the young designer's signature leather strap detail and clean tailoring, and even a fun hip pocket.
Wei Huang likes crisp, masculine cuts and adds some glamour with soft shades and rich fabric. This baby blue top has an iridescent sheen, which makes it look and feel fabulous. Teamed here with the chic and sharp kick-pleat skirt, this is an ideal way to add a touch of the metallic trend to your wardrobe.
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So for my Advanced Photojournalism course, we are selecting a semester-long documentary project on a topic of our choice. For my project, I chose to do a series that I'm titling "Abandoned."
Georgia is littered with abandoned buildings–some from the plantations era, some far more recent–and I want to chronicle their decay.
I've always been fascinated by the idea of these stagnant relics, forgotten icons of years past. Older buildings, dating back perhaps around the Civil War, have so much history and culture surrounding them and, oftentimes, they are left to rot away in the overgrown woods. Newer buildings–out-of-service factories and half-built subdivisions–are a testament to our contemporary lives, especially of the economic difficulties of the present.
So I am going to tell the stories of these buildings–once homes, businesses, workplaces, livelihoods–and, hopefully, at the same time tell the stories of the people whose lives revolved around these abandoned sites.
(Below: A truck drives by an abandoned barn in a field, part of a largely intact farm on the adjacent dirt road, in Watkinsville, Ga.)
(Below: An old stable, part of the same farm, still houses disintegrating bales of hay as cows graze nearby)


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The work of Jeff Hawkins, head of Numenta, Inc. [6], addresses many of these issues from the perspective of formulating a theoretical synthesis. For a number of years, he has been interested in a unified theory of the human brain. While there are challenges in terms of both testing such a theory AND getting the field to fit it into their conceptual schema, Jeff has nevertheless found success building technological artifacts based on these ideas.
Jeff's work illustrates the balance between integrating what we do know about a scientific field with what we don't know. This involves using novel neural network models to generate "intelligent" and predictive behavior. Computational abstraction is a useful tool in this regard, but in the case of empirical science the challenge is to include what we do know and exclude what we don't from our models.
According to this viewpoint, the success of scientific prediction (e.g. the extent to which a theory is useful) is dependent upon whether findings and deductions are convergent or divergent. By convergent and divergent, I mean how independent findings can be used to triangulate a single set of principles or predict similar outcomes. Examples of convergent findings include Darwin's finch beak diversity to understand natural selection [7] and the use of behavioral and neuroimaging assays [8] to understand attention.
There are two ways in which the author proposes that ignorance operates in the domain of science. For one, ignorance defines our knowledge. The more we discover, the more we discover we don't know. This is often the case with problems and in fields for which little a priori knowledge exists. The field of neuroscience has certainly has its share of landmark discoveries that ultimately raise more questions than provide answers in terms of function or mechanism. Many sciences often go through a "stamp-collecting" or "natural history" phase, during which characterization is the primary goal [9]. Only later does hypothesis-driven, predictive science even seem appropriate.
The second role of ignorance is a caveat, based on the first part of the word: "to ignore". In this sense, scientific models can be viewed as tools of conformity. There is a tendency to ignore what does not fit the model, treating these data as outliers or noise. You can think about this as a challenge to the traditional use of curve-fitting and normalization models [10], both of which are biased towards treating normalcy as a statistical signal signature.
If we think about this algorithmically [11], it requires a constantly growing problem space, but in a manner typically associated with reflexivity. What would an algorithm defining "what we don't know" and "reflexive" science look like? Perhaps this can be better understood using a metaphor of the Starship Enterprise embedded in a spacetime topology. Sometimes, the Enterprise must venture into uncharted regions of space (but one that still corresponds to spacetime). While the newly-discovered features are embedded in the existing metric, these features are unknown a priori [12]. Now consider features that exist beyond the spacetime framework (beyond the edge of the known universe) [13]. How does a faux spacetime get extrapolated to features found here? The word extrapolation is key, since the features will not necessarily be classified in a fundamentally new way (e.g. prior experience will dictate what the extended space will look like).
With this in mind, there are several points that occurred to me as I was reading "Ignorance" that might serve as heuristics for doing exploratory and early-stage science:
1) Instead of focusing on convexity (optimal points), examine the trajectory:
* problem spaces which are less well-known have a higher degree of nonconvexity, and have a moving global optimum.
* this allows us to derive trends in problem space instead of merely finding isolated solutions, especially for an ill-defined problem. It also prevents an answer marooned in solution space.
2) Instead of getting the correct answer, focus on defining the correct questions:
* according to Stuart Firestein, David Hilbert's (Mathematician) approach was to predict best questions rather than best answers (e.g. what a futurist would do).
* a new book by Michael Brooks [14] focuses on outstanding mysteries across a number of scientific fields, from dark matter to abiogenesis.
3) People tend to ask question where we have the most complete information (e.g. look where the light shines brightest, not where the answer actually is):
* this leads us to make the comparison between prediction (function) and phenomenology (structure). Which is better? Are the relative benefits for each mode of investigation problem-dependent?
Stepping back from the solution space-as-Starfleet mission metaphor, we tend to study what we can measure well, and in turn what we can characterize well. But what is the relationship between characterization, measurement, and a solution (or ground-breaking scientific finding)? There are two components in the progression from characterization to solution. The first is to characterize enough of the problem space so as to create a measure, and then use that measure for further characterization, ultimately arriving at a solution. The second is to characterize enough of the problem space so that coherent questions can be asked, which allows a solution to be derived. When combined, this may provide the best tradeoff between precision and profundity.
Yet which should come first, the measurement or the question? This largely depends on the nature of the measurement. In some cases, measures are more universal than single questions or solutions (e.g. information entropy, fMRI, optical spectroscopy). Metric spaces are also subject to this universality. If a measure can lead to any possible solution, then it is much more independent of question. In "Ignorance", von Neumann's universal constructor, as applied to NKS theory by Wolfram [15] are discussed as a potentially universal measurement scheme.
There are two additional points I found intriguing. The first is a fundamental difference between scientific fields where there is a high degree of "ignorance" (e.g. neuroscience) versus those where there is a relatively low degree (e.g. particle physics). This is not a new observation, but has implications for applied science. For example, the interferometer is a tool used in the physical sciences to build inferences between and find information among signals in a system. Would it be possible to build an interferometer based on neural data? Yes and no. While there is an emerging technology called brain-machine interfaces (BMI), these interfaces are limited to well-characterized signals and favorable electrophysiological conditions [16]. Indeed, as we uncover increasingly more about brain function, perhaps brain-machine interface technology will become closer to being like an interferometer. Or perhaps not, which would reveal a lot about how intractable ignorance (e.g. abundance of unknowable features) might be in this field.
The second point involves the nature of innovation, or rather, innovations which lead to useful inventions. It is generally thought that engaging in applied science is the shortest route to success in this area. After all, pure research (e.g. asking questions about the truly unknown) invoves blind trial-and-error and ad-hoc experiments which lead to hard-to-interpret results. Yet "Ignorance" author Firestein argues that pure research might be more useful in terms of generating future innovation than we might recognize. This is becuase while there are many blind alleyways in the land of pure research, there are also many opportunities for serendipity (e.g. luck). It is the experiments that benefit from luck which potentially drive innovation along the furthest.
[1] One example is Brian Greene, a popularizer of string theory and theoretical physics and faculty member at NYU.
[2] via researching the literature and internal conversations among colleagues.
[3] for an example, please see: Frijters, R., van Vugt, M., Smeets, R., van Schaik, R., de Vlieg, J., and Alkema, W. (2010). Literature Mining for the Discovery of Hidden Connections between Drugs, Genes and Diseases. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(9), e1000943.
[4] Yong, E. (2012). Bad Copy. Nature, 485, 298.
[5] Ioannidis, J.P. (2005). Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. PLoS Medicine, 2(8), e124 (2005).
[6] Also the author of the following book: Hawkins, J. and Blakeslee, S. (2004). On Intelligence. Basic Books.
[7] here is a list of examples for adaptation and natural selection (COURTESY: PBS).
[8] for an example of how this has affected the field of Psychology, please see: Sternberg, R.J. and Grigorenko, E.L. (2001). Unified Psychology. American Psychologist, 56(12), 1069-1079.
[9] this was true of biology in the 19th century, and neuroimaging in the late 20th century. There are likely other examples I have not included here.
[10] here are more information on curve fitting (demo) and normalization (Wiki).
[11] this was discussed in the HTDE Workshop (2012). What is the computational complexity of a scientific problem? Can this be solved via parallel computing, high-throughput simulation, or other strategies?
Here are some additional insights from the philosophy of science (A) and the emerging literature on solving well-defined problems through optimizing experimental design (B):
A] Casti, J.L. (1989). Paradigms Lost: images of man in the mirror of science. William Morrow.
B] Feala, J.D., Cortes, J., Duxbury, P.M., Piermarocchi, C., McCulloch, A.D., and Paternostro, G. (2010). Systems approaches and algorithms for discovery of combinatorial therapies. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 2, 127. AND Lee, C.J. and Harper, M. (2012). Basic Experiment Planning via Information Metrics: the RoboMendel Problem. arXiv, 1210.4808 [cs.IT].
[12] our spacetime topology corresponds to a metric space, a common context, or conceptual framework. In an operational sense, this could be the dynamic range of a measurement device or the logical structure of a theory.
[13] I have no idea how this would square away with current theory. For now, let's just consider the possibility.....
[14] the citation is: Brooks, M. (2009). 13 Things That Don't Make Sense. Doubleday.
[15] NKS (New Kind of Science) demos are featured at Wolfram's NKS website.
[16] this is a theme throughout the BMI and BCI literature, and includes variables such as type of signal used, patient population, and what is being controlled.


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