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This week has been a whirlwind adventure in learning. Today I taught the first session of a grad class on Technology infusion which wraps up a week where I attended and presented at University School of Milwaukee's first ever Summer Spark Conference organized by the amazing staff including Chuck Taft @chucktaft. It was an amazing experience which included an phenomenal keynote by Dave Burgess and opportunities to connect with members of my PLN like Heidi Jones, Sandy Otto, Matt Miller, to name a few. I don't want to slight anyone who was there and I connected with, just didn't want to take up the entire post listing the dozens of people I was able to spend time learning with.
I am thankful for the efforts of those who organized and helped make the conference an amazing experience for all who attended. I appreciate the opportunity to share some of my ideas with those who attended my sessions on digital storytelling. It was great to hear how others could see using ideas in their own classroom.
I chose a diverse path in my sessions for the two days. I went to technology sessions, leadership, and even skipped a formal session to converse with other teachers as well as great conversations at dinner. I am always impressed with teachers who make a conscious choice to give up there time to connect and learn. How many other professions do people so freely give up their time and talents to learn and grow.
The conversations I was able to participate in brought up a variety of topics, but the overall theme that I am able to take away has been about improving schools and our own classroom environment. As we continue to expand our educational knowledge, we have a responsibility to help others grow for the sake of all of our students. Tonight we are looking at improvement.
Q1 What is one thing you would change about the current state of education? #sstlap
Q2 looking at Q1 what ideas for change are out of your control? Which are things you can help make happen? #sstlap
Q3 For hose in Q2 what will you do to make change in the system? In your own district school & classroom? #sstlap
Q4 What are the hurdles to educational change? How can we leap over these obstacles? #sstlap
Q5 If there are things you don't like about education what have you done to make those changes or why haven't you used your voice? #sstlap
Q6 What are the best things about education? What are things outsiders don't understand-should hear about? Spread message? #sstlap
Q7 Read the article- http://goo.gl/bb6Zf3 - 5 ways to recharge- what areas do you do well? which do you need to improve? #sstlap
Q8 Beyond making life better for others, what are personal goals for growth and opp to recharge? #sstlap
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Whether you are entitled to a percentage of your spouse's pension (or they of yours) is dependent upon a number of factors set out in section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act. People often wrongly assume that as they have made no contribution to their spouse's pension(s), they have no entitlement to the value of this asset. The reality of the situation is that upon marriage, the majority of the assets held in joint or sole names, become 'matrimonial assets' and are therefore subject to division in the event of divorce. Do not assume however, that all the 'matrimonial assets' will be divided equally upon divorce. The Court has wide powers of discretion and every case will differ based on the individual circumstances.
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Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 15.2% to 737,268 megawatt-hours on Monday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 37,120 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 23,898 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production totaled 740,132 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a 15.1% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from coal imports totaling 201,109 megawatt-hours. Natural gas and lignite followed with 131,981 megawatt-hours and 131,772 megawatt-hours, respectively.
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This time we had the combo pizza, sans pepperoni, added black olives.
Games are on Tuesdays sometime around 5:30PM at World's Best Comics, 9714 Warwick Blvd Newport News, Virginia 23601.
After the Party defeated the Troglodytes, they ripped out what appeared to be circular insignia poorly stitched on crude uniforms. I say 'ripped', because no one in the party had the tailoring skill. They left the Troglodyte bodies to rot, albeit slowly since it was cold in December. At least they camped upwind.
Regarding their own dead, Elefus used a Minor Raise Dead spell on Twitch, earning Twitch three character flaws, "Strange Body Odor", "Misguided", and "Trick Knee". The Party decided to wait another day to do the same for one of Huang's follower Monks who died in the battle, No Tsmo King.
That night those on watch espied a flying sleigh being pulled by eight tiny reindeer. (Yes it was the equivalent of 25 December in my campaign world.) It landed nearby and the red clad occupant was looking over a paper list marked Naughty and Nice then regarded the party. It turned out that the list was deemed to be irrelevant because the Party had not set up the appropriate Holy Shrine* before his visit. So he simply shrugged and tossed some dark objects on the ground and took off.
The dark objects turned out to be lumps of coal, each conspicuously attached with a ribbon and a slip of paper with runes of the names of a Party member. Curly, the party's Paladin cautiously performed a Detect Evil on the lumps which turned out negative. The coal was later conveniently used for the party's ongoing campfire.
(* The "Holy Shrine" usually consists of hanging socks near a fire and a sacrificial altar containing a glass of milk and a plate of cookies. Often next to a small decorated tree.)
The next Morning planned, Elefus again used a Minor Raise Dead spell on the other Monk and earned him two character flaws, of being "Obnoxious", and "Badly Proportioned", the latter should be contradictory and inconvenient for a martial arts Monk.
GM's note, why Elefus didn't use regular Raise Dead spells is unknown. He had two of those spells on hand and no one else in the Party was dead. There is no such thing has "being green" by conserving Cleric spells.
The next night a Wild Pony wandered near the camp. The party, having set a watch with two of Huang's followers, Won Hung Lo and Sum Ting Wong cautiously shooed it off. (This being HackMaster, they didn't know what nefarious plan that Wild Pony may have had.) Kudos to the two brave Monks! Having defeated the Pony without combat, they each earned half of half the experience points for a Wild Pony. A whopping 8.75! (35/2/2). Not to mention their war-story bragging rights at the bar next time they visit one. (They would have got more points for just killing it.)
The next day the party woke up early by Tujef's incessant beating on his drum to his gawd Thor. (Tujef was previously just a regular priest of Thor but recently became a Zealot. He was also inadvertently omitted from recent character lists and since reinstated.) Since it was Thors-day*, he wouldn't budge.
* There was a minor dispute over Thors-day, as HackMaster ascribes it to the 2nd day of the week. But then I checked again and HackMaster uses a different calendar on a different world with a 14-month year. Since I'm unwilling or unable to change my campaign's calendar, I'll have to relent and give the argument to the Player. (Albeit next time, as this happened on what some Europeans would call Tuesday, or the 2nd day of the Week.)
While Tujef was beating his drum (all day). The party had another encounter of a singular crested-skull, mauve colored three foot wide wingspan bat sporting a goatee that landed on a rock near the fire.
Rubbio approached the bat and started asked in a genteel manner, "How are you?"
A voice in Rubbio's head answered, "Fine, and how are you and how is your Lawful Good religious friend over there?"
Slightly taken aback, Rubbio answered "Fine".
Another question appeared in Rubbio's head, "So why does such a Lawful Evil fellow such as you are friends with him?"
Since no one could understand a one-sided conversation, Rubbio's reply was, "We're not really ... friends."
"Actually, I knew that.", said the voice in his head.
Rubbio asked another question, "What ARE you?"
"A bat." said the voice. "Aside from warming myself by your fire, I was looking for some nice tasty insects. Those Giant Hornets over there look real yummy." Referring to Elefus' spell-enlarged (and loyal) Giant Hornets that were ubiquitously present.
Rubbio answered, "I don't think that's a good idea, they'll probably beat you and have combat experience."
"You're probably right." said the voice, "I'll just be on my way."
With that statement the bat flew off to parts unknown.
Again this is HackMaster, Rubbio got only half experience points (325) for not killing it.
The next day the party continued on their road Southward and ended up at Fairfield Abbey. They were hailed outside the Abbey by a member of the church militant, who asking them to state their business. They related the story of the Troglodyte ambush and stash of round circle patches they ripped off their uniforms.
"So the enemy is sending out TRADOC cadets? Incompetent fools. In any case, come on in, you're welcome here." said the herald.
They sheltered for the night at the Abbey where the friars related all they knew of the resurgence of the local cult. Apparently they have four field units each with a different insignia. A circle, a square, a triangle, and an eight pointed star. And they don't even get along with each other which may be a good thing for us.
In return the Party related the death of Brother Richard, a senior member of their order and the regions leader before he went off adventuring with the party. He died a noble and honorable death fighting for the party and had not been turned by the zombie plants.
The party was told there are two villages along the way.
One called Tharp which seems to be holding their own even though their senior Cleric of Saint Bert moved out for reasons of her own. A Gnome priest of Pangrus moved in as a result of the religious power vacuum and has gained a following. There are also the local Druids and some Saint Bert holdouts. The town also has a good local militia irrespective of the three faiths.
The other town is called Nulb and is closer to the original evil temple. It hasn't been heard from lately.
The next day the party said their adieus and headed towards Tharp.
They were met along the way by a pair of wine merchants who sold them a dozen bottles of Elderberry wine. When the party set up camp for the night, Tujef the dwarf quaffed a bottle and passed out.
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CHARACTERS (Both PCs and NPCs)
Count Elefus, Human Male Abbot
Sir Huang - Master of the North Wind of the Stone Tiger Order, Baron of Catan
Dame Honda - Human Datai Samurai, Steward of Catan (formerly Temple of the Frog)
Numrendir - Human Conjurist
Tujef - Numrendir's sidekick and 3rd level Zealot of Thor (recently converted to Zealot)
Slade Wilson - Dwarven Professional (Left behind at Catan)
Gargoyle - Elefus's hench person (demoted from Sidekick)
Rubbio - Redeemed Footpad
Curly - Insane Keeper a.k.a 1st level Paladin and Elefus' other Sidekick (a Gargoyle really wouldn't do).
Twitch - Raised from the Dead (twice) Treasure Hunter.
Sum Dum Gai - Male 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
Won Hung Lo - Male 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
Bang Mi - Female 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
Stin Ki Poo - Male 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
Yu Too Fat - Male 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
No Tsmo King - Female 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
Hu Yu Hai Ding - Male 1st level Monk (a.k.a. Grasshopper)
MISSING or CAPTURED CHARACTERS (PCs or NPCs)
Junkbot Jackson - Tracker/Adept
Gerry Castagere, Human Fingersmith, and ever loving devotee of Elefus
Fundisha - Half-Elf Swordsperson
Sir Weasel, Human Guild Soldier, Warlock, & Champion and nine Pilgrim henchmen of various levels. (They wear hoodies.)
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The LA Auto Show is happening now and Detroit is in a little over a month, and that means an endless onslaught of small and medium-sized crossovers with 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder engines. So if you ask me, the world needs more weird and fun hatchbacks with three doors. The Hyundai Veloster is coming back, and here's a tease of the next generation.
It's hard out there for small cars right now, but it's good to know this one's making a comeback. While the three-door setup is kind of hidden in these photos—it's on the passenger side, and the pics only show the driver's side—the thicker B-pillar on the right indicates it will make a comeback.
And why wouldn't it? That's one of the Veloster's quirkier and more distinguishing features. A useful one, too.
Not a ton is known about the new Veloster yet, but Car and Driver says it's expected to continue using the 200 horsepower 1.6-liter turbo four-cylinder with a 160 HP naturally aspirated four as a base engine. It will also use the same platform as the new Elantra, which is surprisingly fun. A six-speed manual and a seven-speed dual clutch are also slated.
More importantly Hyundai's been teasing a hotter N version for years now. The Veloster has always been fun and weird, but it's stopped short of being the best hot (or warm) hatchback in its class. Since Hyundai seems to be more serious about performance these days, maybe this time around it'll get some extra power and be an even stronger contender.


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Vision loss severely debilitates the quality of life for many Canadians, preventing patients from working, using smartphones and computers, and basic life experiences that millions of Canadians take for granted. It is a problem that impacts one in seven Canadians who will experience vision disease at some point in their life.
Seventy-five percent of vision disease can be prevented with proper health care, but not enough Canadians get proper vision care due to costs.
But what many Canadians don't know is that Canada vision care insurance is more affordable than the regular cost of eyeglasses or contact lenses and maintenance.
Discover for yourself how attainable vision care can be for you and explore the best vision care insurance Canada has to offer.
Government Funding for Canada Vision Care Insurance
When it comes to vision care insurance in Canada that is funded by the government, the funding for visit care comes from the provincial program. Every province has its own formula for covering certain vision care needs in the province.
But most Canadians need to pay extra for vision care. Those costs can be significant if you are one of the one in seven Canadians with vision disease.
Every province has its own health care program, in Ontario, for example, the program is called OHIP.
Most provincial health care programs are very similar in terms, though specifics will vary.
If this isn't enough funding for you, when you are looking for Canadian vision care, pick a vision insurance provider that meets your needs.
Compare OHIP Terms With Your Province
OHIP mandates are a good example of how the rest of the country operates when covering vision care costs in Canada.
Patients between the ages of 20 and 64 are not covered for eye exams in Ontario. They will have to pay for all services at an optometrist, including eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Patients that are on public assistance, welfare, unemployment, or disability, may have different vision care coverage.
Patients that are older than 65 or younger than 20 are eligible for one routine eye exam every year. If a medical issue arises as a result of those exams, they will be eligible for coverage for whatever follow up appointments might be necessary.
Some eye problems that require extensive care are covered completely provincially. This varies on a case by case and province by province basis.
Macular degeneration, for example, is covered appointment-wise by provincial plans. However, things like eye drops for that disease aren't covered unless they are prescribed and you have prescription drug coverage.
Any little eye problem can be expensive and left ignored, vision disease could change your life.
The best vision care insurance in Canada is found in top private health insurance providers working hard to save you money. If you don't have any vision care insurance, follow our alphabetical breakdown of top providers.
Blue Vision From Blue Cross
As with most insurance providers, health care insurance is offered at tiers, with the lowest tiers receiving the least amount of coverage and the highest tiers receiving the most.
Blue Vision Global
Blue Vision Global or Express plans are available through Blue Cross, one of the world's most well-known private insurance providers.
Blue Vision Global Plan is the health care plan that provides the most amount of health care coverage to Canadians that need insurance or additional coverage. This plan for vision is available when you apply to Extended health plans, and not through regular health plans.
This coverage includes vision expenses of 100 percent per person on the beneficiary list, with zero deductible. For expenses such as eyeglasses and contact lenses, coverage amounts to $150 dollars every two years.
Some companies require a waiting period before you get benefits, but Blue Cross requires a three month waiting period. You will also be covered for optometrist exams for $50 every two years.
In the Global Plan, visual aids such as patches when deemed necessary are covered, as are ophthalmologist exams.
Blue Vision Express
The Blue Vision Express plan is a basic plan through Blue Cross that offers the most basic vision care insurance in Canada.
The monthly cost is low, but you are not covered at all for eyeglasses or contact lenses. Your optometrist visits, however, are covered for everyone that is on your plan every two years.
If you don't anticipate needing eyeglasses but just want to make sure your eyes are healthy once in a while, this is a good option of basic coverage that is there for your basic preventive needs.
Manulife Flex Care and Follow Me
Manulife is another insurance company that offers a tiered method of plans for health care, with add-ons available for vision. The top tier of Manulife health insurance is FlexCare, with an additional tier being FollowMe.
FollowMe is a plan for employees that are leaving their jobs and thus changing health care plans, or losing a plan when they change jobs. Manulife offers Follow Me as a means of bridging a gap to ensure you stay covered in between jobs.
FlexCare is a program that allows you to design your own insurance plan when you are buying private health insurance.
Flex Care
FlexCare is the plan that is going to offer you the most comprehensive amount of coverage. You will get 100 percent coverage with no deductible when it comes to glasses and laser surgery, with a maximum of $250 for eyeglasses every two years.
The coverage that is available with Manulife's Combo Plus Starter plan is a $150 maximum every two years, and the number goes to $250 when you purchase the Enhanced Vision plan.
Elite plans at Manulife can get you $500 every three years for glasses if you purchase the Add-On, and you will be given a $100 maximum for help with laser surgery.
Manulife's FlexCare also gives $70 maximum every two years for an optometrist exam.
There is no waiting period. Once you are approved for the benefits, you can book your eye doctor's exam and buy your glasses on the same day.
Follow Me Plan
The FollowMe Plan at Manulife allows you to maintain health care coverage if you are in between plans, or about to be in between plans or jobs.
This plan gives you 100 percent coverage with zero deductibles, and also offers the Basic, Enhanced, and Enhance Plus plans.
In your Basic plan, you will get $150 per person for every two years and $200 per person on your plan for the Enhanced Plan. In a Premiere Plan, you can get up to $300 per person.
There is $60 coverage for optometrist exams every two years.
There is no waiting period. Once you are approved you can get that eye prescription filled and start trying on some frames if you need them.
Find out more about the Manulife FollowMe plan to see if it is right or your family.
Great West Life
The third most common vision care insurance program in Canada is through Great West Life. Great West Life offers a tiered system as well.
That is the Core Plan, the Core Plus Plan, and the Elite Plan. For all, there is 100 percent coverage with no deductibles and different maximums at each level.
Each level offers $75 maximum for every two years for your optometrist needs. There is no waiting period for vision care.
At the Core Plan level, the maximum is $150 every two years. The Core Plus Plan offers a $200 maximum every two years.
The Elite Plan offers $250 for each person on your plan every two years.
Save Your Sight
When Canadians think of private health insurance for vision care, the most common names that come up are Manulife, Great West Life, and Blue Cross. You won't find more affordable or better coverage than through any of these companies providing Canadian vision care.
The Canadian Ophthalmological Society notes that 59 percent of the country likely experiences some symptoms of vision disease, and only 54 percent of those seek help for it. That is because government funding for Canada vision care insurance only provides for vision care until a problem has already started.
But an irreversible vision problem can be prevented with regular vision care that begins at any age. The Canadian Association of Optometrists recommends one eye exam every two years, and annually for the over 65 crowd.
Some optometrists will even offer free first eye exams if you agree to be taken on as their patient. For everything else, you will need to pay upfront, or use vision care insurance Canada plans from a leading vision care insurance provider in the nation.
Invest in Your Health With Vision Care Insurance Canada
Getting vision care insurance in Canada is easy, and more affordable than you think. You could even be seeing better as soon as next month if you apply online now, and it won't cost you a thing for a series of multiple private health insurance quotes today.
Sleep better tonight, and see better tomorrow when you get a free quote today for vision care insurance Canada.


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Single-Access Technique for Impella-Assisted High-Risk PCI
A review of the approach to access placement, sheath options, and limitations of the technique.
Percutaneous techniques for the management of complex coronary artery disease have grown with the use of hemodynamic support to facilitate safe, durable, and complete revascularization. Hemodynamic support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with Impella (Abiomed, Inc.) requires large-bore arterial access that can be challenging in patients with peripheral artery disease. Alternative access sites and facilitated large-bore access techniques have been described to help overcome some of these limitations.1,2 Historically, two or three access sites have been necessary, one for the hemodynamic support device and a second (and possibly third) for guide catheter delivery. This can be challenging in patients with obstructive peripheral vascular disease with limited access options. In addition, increasing the number of access sites may potentially increase the risk of vascular access complications. Recently, a single-access technique has been described wherein the second access for guide catheter delivery is placed through the hemodynamic support sheath alongside the drive shaft of the Impella.3 Although the motor unit of the Impella requires a 14-F sheath, the 9-F drive shaft of the Impella leaves room within the sheath for a second sheath/catheter. Given the ease, safety, and efficiency of this technique, it is now the default access option for all patients undergoing Impella-supported high-risk PCI in many institutions.
Arterial access is obtained into the artery (common femoral or axillary) using conventional techniques with either a standard 18-gauge access needle or a micropuncture needle. The same access needle is then used to obtain additional access through the diaphragm of the Impella sheath. The Impella sheath diaphragm is scored, which allows for the passage of the Impella and for the diaphragm to be split when the sheath is peeled away and removed. If the secondary access site for the interventional sheath disrupts the entry point of the Impella, excessive bleeding can occur. The orientation of the slits is vertical when the peel-away sheath tabs are oriented horizontally (Figure 1). Access is obtained through the Impella sheath diaphragm, with an access needle away from the slits as shown in Figure 2.
The access needle is advanced through the diaphragm (Figure 3) until blood returns, with care to ensure that the shaft of the Impella is not damaged. Once the diaphragm is punctured, a 0.035-inch wire is then introduced through the sheath; the stiff 0.035-inch wire that comes in the Impella CP works well for this step. An interventional sheath is then advanced over the wire through the diaphragm. Either the long or the short 14-F Impella sheath can be used for single access, with the long sheath typically used for patients with tortuous iliac anatomy.
After PCI is completed, the guide catheter and sheath are removed from the Impella sheath by simply pulling them out. The diaphragm seals immediately and there is no bleeding.
sheath options
Several types of sheaths have been used successfully with this technique. Sheath size is limited to 7 F, as larger sheaths are not compatible with the Impella shaft. Braided sheaths with an extended hydrophilic coating work well. Originally, a 6- or 7-F, 45-cm Pinnacle Destination sheath (Terumo Interventional Systems) with an extended hydrophilic coating (35 cm) was used, with the caveat that the last 10 cm of the sheath that is uncoated is difficult to advance through the diaphragm. The 6-F sheath can be advanced all the way to the hub of the Impella sheath, but the noncoated portion of the 7-F sheath has considerable resistance through the diaphragm and can only be advanced a few centimeters in. This leads to a portion of the sheath extending out from the Impella sheath (Figure 4). The shaft of the Impella should be fixed while advancing the sheath (particularly the nonhydrophilic-coated portion) to avoid inadvertent movement of the Impella. One advantage of longer sheaths is the lack of interaction with the Impella shaft when the guide catheter is advanced and manipulated.
Standard 10- or 25-cm Pinnacle sheaths have also been used successfully. This sheath can be advanced all the way to the Impella sheath, although there is some resistance passing it (Figure 5). These sheaths may be beneficial in tall patients or those with tortuous anatomy to ensure the guide catheter can reach the coronary arteries. Manipulation of the guide catheter can be somewhat difficult with standard sheaths because the diaphragm can compress the sheath. Other sheaths have been used without success, including the 7-F Brite Tip sheath (Cordis, a Cardinal Health company), whereby the tip could not be advanced through the diaphragm, and the 7-F Flexor Raabe sheath (Cook Medical), which did not have a long enough hydrophilic coating, leaving an excessive amount of the sheath outside the body. Slender sheaths have been used with mixed success. These may not have enough radial strength, making guide catheter manipulation difficult.
Sheathless guides have been used with varying degrees of success. Guide catheters with a hydrophilic coating (7.5-F Eaucath guiding catheter, Asahi Intecc USA, Inc.) have been used successfully. Standard 8-F guide catheters are very difficult to manipulate through the diaphragm, and guide catheter manipulation can cause an unacceptable amount of interaction with the Impella shaft, which can lead to movement of the Impella.
There are potential complications and limitations with use of the single-access technique. The sheath/guide size is limited to 7 F, and larger-bore guide catheters require a second access site. A second access site is also required for a contralateral guide catheter for dual angiography and retrograde access in the case of chronic total occlusion intervention. Another potential limitation is reaching the coronaries with the guide catheter. The second access sheath often cannot be advanced to the hub of the Impella sheath, leaving some of the sheath outside of the body (Figure 4). If the patient is tall or has a tortuous aorta and/or iliac arteries, a standard 100-cm guide catheter may not reach the coronaries if a significant amount of the sheath is out of the body. Sheath and guide choices may need to be altered or a separate access for intervention may be necessary in these instances. Care must be made in gaining secondary access so that the shaft of the Impella is not inadvertently stuck with the access needle.
Once the sheath and guide catheter are in place, there is limited ability to manipulate the Impella. Appropriate Impella position and motor current waveform should be confirmed prior to placement of the interventional sheath, and movement of the Impella must be minimized with sheath advancement. When the sheath is being advanced, the shaft of the Impella must be fixed so that the Impella is not pushed forward, which could lead to ventricular arrhythmia or even perforation. Likewise, the Impella shaft should be fixed during sheath removal to avoid pulling the Impella back out across the aortic valve.
Bleeding from the diaphragm can also be an issue if this second access disrupts the diaphragm of the Impella insertion site. If this happens, removing the sheath and sticking at a separate site in the Impella sheath diaphragm may be necessary. Bleeding around the Impella sheath has been described. Tightening a preplaced Perclose ProGlide suture (Abbott) can potentially minimize bleeding if this occurs. Finally, the peel-away Impella sheath can be disrupted, which can lead to bleeding and necessitates removal of the peel-away sheath and advancing the repositioning sheath. A second access for coronary intervention would then need to be obtained.
The single-access technique also lacks a second access for management of access site complications. Typically, the arteriotomy is preclosed with one or two Perclose suture-mediated closure devices. At the end of the procedure, the sheath is then removed and the sutures are tightened on the arteriotomy. If access site complications occur, they can be managed from a secondary access site. A dry closure technique can also be used from a second access site. This is done by passing a balloon proximal to the arteriotomy and inflating it at low pressure during sheath removal and vessel closure to minimize bleeding. A modified version of this approach can still be accomplished with the single-access technique. Before removing the sheath, a peripheral angioplasty balloon sized 1:1 to the proximal vessel is placed through the Impella sheath over a 0.035-inch guidewire. This is placed in the vessel proximal to the arteriotomy and inflated at low pressure (2–4 atm). The inflated balloon limits bleeding as the sheath is then removed. The Perclose sutures are pulled down onto the arteriotomy but not tightened. The balloon is deflated to check for bleeding. The balloon and wire can then be removed if there is reasonable hemostasis, after which the sutures can be tightened and cut. If adequate hemostasis is not achieved, an additional closure device can be deployed over the wire or manual pressure can be performed.
The single-access technique represents a significant advance for Impella-supported high-risk PCI, eliminating the need for a second access site for PCI and decreasing the potential risk associated with multiple access sites. Although this technique is particularly beneficial in patients with limited access options, its ease and safety have made it the standard option for high-risk PCI access for many operators.
1. Truong HTD, Hunter G, Lotun K, et al. Insertion of the Impella via the axillary artery for high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2018;19(5 pt A):540-544.
2. Riley RF, Corl JD, Kereiakes DJ. Intravascular lithotripsy-assisted Impella insertion: a case report. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019;93:1317-1319.
3. Wollmuth JR, Korngold E, Croce K, Pinto DS. The single-access for hi-risk PCI (SHiP) technique [published online October 26, 2019]. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.


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We have received so many great comments about the Tamara Kate Quilt Along pattern and blog posts. It seems like Tamara's rainbow palette, detailed instructions and walking foot quilting ideas were very well received. Thank you for sharing your comments, passing along the link to the Quilt Along and chatting with us about this beautiful quilt at our shows in Edmonton and Calgary.
As promised, a winner has been selected for the Janome Life prize pack, sponsored by Tamara Kate. Congratulations go out to Anita B of B.C. She will receive a rainbow charm pack of Tamara Kate Fabrics by Michael Miller.
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A cohabitation agreement, sometimes called a domestic contract, is a written contract that non-married partners can make that says how they will deal with their issues while they are living together, after they stop living together, or if one of them dies. They can make this kind of contract before living together, or while living together. For example, a cohabitation agreement can say how much spousal support one partner will pay the other if they separate. It cannot say who will have custody or access to any children.
Collaborative family law is an alternative dispute resolution process where you and your partner try to solve your issues without going to court. Collaborative family lawyers have special training and agree in writing not to go to court. You and your partner each have your own collaborative family lawyer. They work together with you and your partner to help you agree on your issues. Usually, this happens after many meetings.
If you or your partner cannot agree and later decide to go to court, you cannot use your collaborative family lawyers as your lawyers in court.
Collateral is an asset of yours that you use as security for a loan. This means that if you do not pay back the money you borrowed, your creditor can take the collateral as payment instead. For example, a house can be collateral for a mortgage, and a car can be collateral for a car loan.
A collection agency is a business that tries to collect unpaid debts for creditors. If you aren't paying back money that you owe, the person or business you owe the money to may hire a collection agency to try to get you to pay the money back.
When a workplace includes workers who belong to a union, a collective agreement sets out conditions of employment, such as wages, hours of work, and overtime pay. The collective agreement includes the process that workers need to use if the employer does not follow the agreement.
Collective bargaining is the process that unionized workers and employers go through to set the conditions of employment, such as wages, hours of work, and overtime pay.
When a document is "commissioned", it is signed in front of a commissioner of oaths. A commissioner of oaths has the power to certify a document that presents what someone says is true, such as an affidavit.
A committal after a preliminary hearing means that the judge has decided that there is some evidence that a judge or jury could use to convict you at a trial. You will be ordered to stand trial in the Superior Court of Justice.
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Canadian immigration law has its own definition of common-law partner. It's someone who you've lived with, for at least one year, in a conjugal or marriage-like relationship. They don't have to be the same sex as you.
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Fitbit and Google have entered a partnership focused on better leveraging wearables and cloud-based technologies for digital health, the companies announced this morning. The effort will be largely focused on refining EHRs to give medical practitioners a comprehensive look into a patient's health during treatment, according to a statement from Fitbit.
"Over the past decade, we have built an incredible foundation as the leading wearables brand, helping millions of people around the world make lasting behavior changes that improve their health and wellness through fun and engaging experiences," James Park, cofounder and CEO of Fitbit, said in a statement. "Working with Google gives us an opportunity to transform how we scale our business, allowing us to reach more people around the world faster, while also enhancing the experience we offer to our users and the healthcare system."
Among the biggest news to come out of the announcement is that the wearable maker will be using Google's Cloud Healthcare API to more smoothly integrate its day-to-day user health metrics within a patient's EHR. Adam Pellegrini, GM of Fitbit Health Solutions, told MobiHealthNews that the revamp of Fitbit's infrastructure not only allows the company to more securely manage and transfer users' health data across entities, but that it will drive more informed and coordinated clinical decision making.
"Data exchange is one piece, but it's the fact that we can enable doctors, care managers, dieticians, health coaches, all to work together in a care team format using this type of healthcare API; [that we can] tear down the silos of health information by bringing in [EHR] data and also bidirectional data," Pellegrini said. "I think this will enable us to really create a fantastic healthcare professional experience, and in my mind that's how I picture this as being different."
While Fitbit has largely focused its efforts on fitness and wellness, Pellegrini stressed that the wearables maker has been continuously looking to deepen its relationship with health plans and healthcare systems — not just employers and insurers interested in wellness programs.
A clear example of this is the February acquisition of Twine Health, a digital coaching platform focusing on the management of chronic conditions. That acquisition will also be boosted by today's announced partnership and the implementation of the Cloud Healthcare API, Pellegrini explained, as Twine's platform will soon be better able to help clinicians and patients better collaborate on care for chronic conditions such as diabetes
While the announcement came with promises to "innovate and transform the future of wearables," Pellegrini and a Fitbit representative were hesitant to describe the specifics of Google's potential impact on the former's flagship products outside of the possibility of further OS and software refinements. Pellegrini did, however, hint at the impact Google's AI and machine learning expertise could have on data collected through these devices and uploaded to a patient's EHR.
"Really the most exciting thing to me is the leveraging of their AI and machine learning capabilities [to] do predictive analytic algorithms," he said. "If you think about the fact that we have some of the largest health and fitness databases ever, in history, leveraging machine learning and AI on top of data, from a healthcare perspective, we can actually predict who needs help first. You can be proactive in care, and you can be efficient in care."
As part of the deal, Fitbit as a whole will be moving its efforts onto the Google Cloud Platform, according to a statement. This transition will come with services and engineering support to help Fitbit scale more quickly, as well as improve its data security and privacy, thereby accelerating the Fitbit Health Solutions business and permitting secure population health analysis.
In a Google blog post, Dr. Gregory J. Moore, VP of healthcare with Google Cloud, said that the collaboration fits within the company's overall vision of the healthcare industry, and shows how the company's technology can drive improved health outcomes at scale.
"Although we're just getting started in this collaboration, we're excited by what's possible," Moore wrote in the blog post. "To date, Fitbit has sold more than 76 million devices, built a community of more than 25 million active users and has one of the world's largest health and fitness databases. We hope that by helping them take advantage of our highly secure platform and support for open standards, we can bring better health to more people around the world."


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This page contains information regarding Star Trek: Discovery, and thus may contain spoilers.
"Cornerstones for successful cultures."
"Delusions that Terrans shed millennia ago. Destructive ideals that fuel rebellions and I will not let you infect us again."
Her most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius was a female Terran who was the Emperor of the Terran Empire during the mid-23rd century.
The rebellion against her rule appeared to have little information about her except that the emperor was ruthless. Her identity was not made public, being known as the faceless emperor. (DIS: "Despite Yourself", "The Wolf Inside")
In spite of the Empire's xenophobic tendencies, Emperor Georgiou had taken titles native to the Vulcan, Klingon, and Andorian subjects of her Empire, as she was addressed as "Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS," and "Regina Andor", among others, symbolic of her success at conquering and oppressing other species.
Her flagship, the ISS Charon, was commanded by Captain Maddox. (DIS: "The Wolf Inside")
After a coup by Gabriel Lorca that failed due to intervention by the USS Discovery, she was brought to the prime universe against her will. After a brief period as captain of the Discovery to end the Federation-Klingon War raging at the time, she was recruited into Section 31. (DIS: "What's Past Is Prologue", "Will You Take My Hand?", "Point of Light") She later assisted in the efforts of the crews of Discovery and the USS Enterprise in taking down the malevolent artificial intelligence known as Control. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")
Personal life
Georgiou indicated that she felt she had lost her mother too soon, in an incident that was too blurred in her mind to be sure if she killed her. (DIS: "Light and Shadows")
Describing children as ungrateful inconvenient "parasites," Georgiou indicated that she had offspring of her own that she had someone else care for while she kept busy. (DIS: "Point of Light") After the death of the latter's parents, Georgiou adopted Michael Burnham. She provided her the best education and training. (DIS: "Vaulting Ambition")
Sexually, Georgiou took an interest in both male and female partners, even at the same time. According to an Orion duo that serviced her after coming to the prime universe, she had taught them many new things. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")
In addition to her tactical skills, Georgiou was an engineer. (DIS: "Far From Home")
Reign as Emperor
Georgiou was responsible for rendering Qo'noS uninhabitable, and, together with Sylvia Tilly, she subjugated the Betazoids and wiped out Mintaka III. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?") She bombarded the Talosians in retaliation for trying to deceive her with their psychic illusions. (DIS: "If Memory Serves")
As Emperor, Georgiou became aware of the prime universe through the logs of the USS Defiant which were classified at the time. (DIS: "Vaulting Ambition")
Captain Gabriel Lorca became one of Georgiou's closest advisors. However, Lorca thought that Georgiou was unfit to lead, letting aliens come in their borders and attempted a coup against her. Even Burnham, by then a captain of immense prestige, collaborated with Lorca to kill her and take her throne. Unknown to Burnham, The Emperor was aware of her adoptive daughter's collaboration, but nonetheless, in what appeared to be a test of loyalty, Georgiou dispatched her to apprehend Lorca. (DIS: "Vaulting Ambition")
Lorca's followers destroyed Burnham's shuttle, allowing Lorca to escape; in retaliation, his ship, the ISS Buran, was destroyed. (DIS: "Despite Yourself", "What's Past Is Prologue")
Michael's "return"
After Michael Burnham of the prime universe posed as her counterpart returned from the dead, the Emperor was quick to assign her a new mission: destroy the Fire Wolf's base on Harlak. However, when Burnham proved too slow to carry out the order, the Emperor herself traveled halfway across the quadrant to confront Burnham. (DIS: "The Wolf Inside")
After Burnham confronted her in front of the Terran Court on board the palace ship Charon, Emperor Georgiou revealed that she was the adoptive mother of the "mirror" Burnham. At dinner with her she was initially amicable. However, she was mistrustful of her long-lost daughter: as Burnham struggled to accept the new role she was to play, the Emperor had her arrested and brought to the Lords of the Terran Empire for her execution. This order was countermanded when Burnham proved herself to be from the same universe as the Defiant. After ruthlessly murdering all of the Lords except for one, she discussed with Burnham the terms of her and her captain's liberation. However, during the discussion, her discomfort when adjusting to sudden bright light caused Burnham to realize that the Gabriel Lorca she had brought, who had claimed his own sensitivity to light was caused by eye damage, was actually his mirror universe counterpart. (DIS: "Vaulting Ambition")
Lorca's coup
Lorca then resumed his coup against Georgiou, quickly escaping from his confinement and rallying his comrades who had been condemned to the Charon's agony booths. They quickly took the ship with the assistance of the mirror Paul Stamets, who had helped them in their first coup attempt, only to sell out to Georgiou. During a confrontation in which most of the crew still loyal to her were killed, she performed an emergency site-to-site transport, hiding in her personal quarters and wearing a special bracelet that made her undetectable to the ship's sensors. Lorca then took control of the Charon and threatened to destroy the USS Discovery.
Burnham found Georgiou and proposed a plan, to exploit Lorca's desire to put her by his side once more. They pretended to surrender in exchange for letting Discovery go. When the Discovery came out of warp, Lorca was distracted by Saru and Burnham's conversation, giving her time to subdue the guards around her and Georgiou. The fight turned in their favor quickly, and when Burnham released Lorca from gunpoint, citing the Starfleet ethos, Georgiou executed him with a sword through the chest for his treason. He was then unceremoniously kicked through the "sunroof" into the super-mycelial reactor and his end. Georgiou finally warmed up to Burnham, saying that for one second, she was her daughter again, and volunteered to stay behind and give her enough time to escape as Lorca's forces surrounded them. Instead, as the transporter beam energized, Burnham unexpectedly lunged at her and took Georgiou with her to Discovery before the Charon was destroyed, along with all of Lorca's men. (DIS: "What's Past Is Prologue")
Escaping to the prime universe
With Georgiou and Burnham aboard, the Discovery engaged its spore drive and crossed back into the prime universe, having overshot their arrival time by nine months.
Saru was initially shocked at seeing Georgiou alive, believing her to be his former captain. She quickly corrected him and immediately demanded that he kneel as a slave. Burnham revealed that indeed this Kelpien was her captain. However, Georgiou was quick to remind Burnham that they had previously dined on entrails of his brethren.
Over nine months, the Federation war with the Klingons had taken its toll, with Starfleet losing one third of its fleet and over twenty percent of its territory occupied. Losses were so great, Admiral Katrina Cornwell and Ambassador Sarek wished all knowledge of Discovery's journey to the alternate universe be buried and locked down.
On meeting with Georgiou, Cornwell and Sarek found her resemblance to Captain Phillipa Georgiou to be remarkable. With Burnham's assurance that Georgiou's appearance in their universe was without motive, Cornwell admitted it remained complicated. Georgiou wished to return to the mirror universe. Burnham stated that she had escaped a violent revolution and should be granted political asylum within the Federation. Georgiou was to be held at Starbase I, until Starfleet Command determined a proper course of action, this changed when the Discovery learned that the starbase had been occupied by Klingons. (DIS: "The War Without, The War Within")
Assisting the Federation in their war with the Klingons
Georgiou's rule of the Terran Empire extended throughout every system in their galaxy, conquering places Starfleet hasn't dared to explore. Burnham wanted to know how Georgiou had defeated the Klingon Empire. Georgiou explained that the Klingons were like cancer cells, constantly dividing and the way to root them out was to destroy them at the source, Qo'noS.
As the Klingons were preparing to strike Sol system, the core system of the Federation, the response was to take the fight to Qo'noS. A coordinated attack against their planetary defense batteries, followed by the destruction of all military targets planet-wide. A single offensive so destructive, it would cause the Klingons to retreat back to their homeworld.
Georgiou provided Burnham with intelligence that Qo'noS is essentially a planet of caves, some large enough to house a Crossfield-class starship. The Discovery could use its spore drive to enter one of these caves and map the terrain from the inside-out, reducing the risk of detection.
Meeting with Sarek in private, Georgiou offered her help in winning the war. While she had provided Burnham with the intelligence she could handle, the Qo'noS of her universe was little more than a blackened mass of dust. Burnham's plan would prove effective, but only temporarily. Georgiou offered to bring the Klingons to their knees once and for all. If she got her freedom, she would assure victory for the Federation.
Sarek negotiated with the Federation Council and received approval of Georgiou's plan and that they had no choice but to proceed.
Georgiou took the role of Captain Phillipa Georgiou to chart the Discovery's course to Qo'noS. To cover up her alternate universe origin, Cornwell claimed that although presumed long-dead, she was rescued in a highly classified raid of a Klingon prison vessel. The mission was perilous expedition and Starfleet was confident she was uniquely qualified to get the Discovery there and do what needs to be done. (DIS: "The War Without, The War Within")
The war concluded when Georgiou planted a hydro bomb within a volcano on Qo'noS. Preventing Georgiou from detonating the device, Burnham gave the detonator to L'Rell, who used the threat of detonating the device to force the leaders of the Great Houses to accept her leadership and ordered Klingon forces to halt their advance on the Federation. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")
"Security Consultant"
Some months later, Georgiou paid a visit to Qo'noS, where she rescued L'Rell and Tyler from a coup orchestrated by Kol-Sha. Upon being addressed by her former title, Georgiou maintained her cover that she was a retired Starfleet Captain now serving as a security consultant and that she was there to ensure that L'Rell remained in power. To that end, she advised L'Rell in private to send Tyler and the baby away, as the fiercely patriarchal Klingons would continue to think her orders were actually Tyler's and would try to exploit the child. L'Rell took her advice and, after arranging to fake Tyler's execution by L'Rell, Georgiou brought Tyler and the baby to Boreth.
As the child was sent to the planet to become a monk, Georgiou mockingly invited Tyler to join Section 31; although Leland chided her for her tone and choice of words, Georgiou maintained that she was successful and Tyler was "in". (DIS: "Point of Light")
|Terran emperors
|Unnamed emperor (2155) • Empress Hoshi Sato (2155) • Emperor Philippa Georgiou (2257) • Unnamed emperor (2267)
|Commanding officers of the starships Discovery
|USS Discovery: Lorca • Georgiou • Pike • Saru
|ISS Discovery: Unnamed • Tilly
- "The Wolf Inside" (DIS Season 1)
- "Vaulting Ambition"
- "What's Past Is Prologue"
- "The War Without, The War Within"
- "Will You Take My Hand?"
- "Point of Light" (DIS Season 2)
- "Saints of Imperfection"
- "Light and Shadows"
- "If Memory Serves"
- "The Red Angel"
- "Perpetual Infinity"
- "Such Sweet Sorrow"
- "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2"
- "Far From Home" (DIS Season 3)
Background information
The title "Dominus of Qo'noS" was deliberately mispronounced as "Dominus of Kronos", though the subtitles retain the spelling as Qo'noS. [1]
On his Twitter account, Jordon Nardino, who wrote the episode "Vaulting Ambition", explain the meaning behind the titles and name of the emperor.
"All Hail her most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Kronos, Regina Andor, All Hail Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius. But what's it mean??!?
When we began digging into the Terrans last year, I had just read a newer history of Rome and was excited to use it as inspiration. (SPQR by Mary Beard, check it out.) Here's some of the titles Roman Emperors used: Wikipedia
So into her titles:
- Father of the Fatherland is easy, we turned that into Mother of the Fatherland (even tho we de-gendered Emperor, it felt right)
- Overlord of Vulcan: an early conquest of the Terrans, they see themselves as their protectors. It's paternalistic / delusional.
- Dominus of Kronos: Terrans are very proud of conquering Qo'noS. Dominus is a harsher title the Emperor at the time took as a result (and Georgiou kept for herself). "We OWN them." Qo'noS mispronounced out of cultural chauvinism.
- Regina Andor: Andoria is a jewel in the Terran crown. Subjugated warrior race. Early Terran conquest, pre-Sato. The title was created to celebrate this achievement.
Now as for Georgiou's many names...
"Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius"
- Philipa Georgiou: her given name and her family name, just like Prime.
- Augustus: the Terrans see themselves as inheritors of the Roman Empire so their Emperors take the title of its first Emperor.
- Iaponius is Latin for Japanese. This (in my fever dream) is a title Hoshi Sato adopted when she named herself Empress, to honor her homeland. So is Georgiou descended from Hoshi!?
Well... Hoshi was Empress. 100 years later, Georgiou is Emperor. Georgiou took one of Hoshi's titles as her own to connect them. So Hoshi's legacy as Empress must be good and Georgiou must either be connected to her in a chain of succession or might want to create that connection... But they have different ethnic backgrounds. Hoshi is Japanese, Philipa is Chinese-Malaysian. So I don't think it's likely Philipa is a direct descendant like a great-grandchild. Cousins is possible. More likely tho......whoever inherited Hoshi's throne was someone she adopted as a child & heir, the way most Roman emperors did. And that Emperor adopted his/her heir, and so on, until we get to Georgiou. And she is proud of the connection and flaunts it with the title Iaponius.
But... it's not canon until it's on screen so that's just one writer's opinion.
As for Centaurius, I figured it was the first system colonized by the Terrans since it's closest to Sol so it was a title the Emperor at the time took in tribute.
Hope someone found this informative!" [2]
Georgiou is the first character to use the terms "mirror universe" and "prime timeline" in dialogue.
External link
- Philippa Georgiou (mirror) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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