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ICD-10 Code O45.092
Prem separtn of placenta w oth coag defect, second trimester
Diagnosis Code O45.092
Short Description: Prem separtn of placenta w oth coag defect, second trimester
Long Description: Premature separation of placenta with other coagulation defect, second trimester
Version 2019 of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O45.092
Valid for Submission
The code O45.092 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The following edits are applicable to this code:
Maternity diagnoses - Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
Diagnoses for females only - Diagnoses for females only.
Diagnostic Related Groups
The diagnosis code O45.092 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)
Convert to ICD-9
- 641.31 - Coag def hemorr-deliver (Approximate Flag)
- 641.33 - Coag def hemorr-antepart (Approximate Flag)
Information for Patients
Bleeding Disorders
Also called: Clotting disorders
Normally, if you get hurt, your body forms a blood clot to stop the bleeding. For blood to clot, your body needs cells called platelets and proteins known as clotting factors. If you have a bleeding disorder, you either do not have enough platelets or clotting factors or they don't work the way they should.
Bleeding disorders can be the result of other diseases, such as severe liver disease or a lack of vitamin K. They can also be inherited. Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. Bleeding disorders can also be a side effect of medicines such as blood thinners.
Various blood tests can check for a bleeding disorder. You will also have a physical exam and history. Treatments depend on the cause. They may include medicines and transfusions of blood, platelets, or clotting factor.
- Bleeding disorders (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bleeding time (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Prothrombin time (PT) (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Childbirth Problems
While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include
- Preterm (premature) labor, when labor starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
- Problems with the umbilical cord
- Problems with the position of the baby, such as breech, in which the baby is going to come out feet first
- Birth injuries
For some of these problems, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.
- Assisted delivery with forceps (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Brachial plexus injury in newborns (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breech birth (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Caput succedaneum (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Premature rupture of membranes (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Health Problems in Pregnancy
Every pregnancy has some risk of problems. You may have problems because of a health condition you had before you got pregnant. You could also develop a condition during pregnancy. Other causes of problems during pregnancy can include being pregnant with more than one baby, a health problem in a previous pregnancy, substance abuse during pregnancy, or being over age 35. Any of these can affect your health, the health of your baby, or both.
If you have a chronic condition, you should talk to your health care provider about how to minimize your risk before you get pregnant. Once you are pregnant, you may need a health care team to monitor your pregnancy. Some common conditions that can complicate a pregnancy include
- High blood pressure
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Kidney problems
- Autoimmune disorders
- Obesity
- Cancer
- Infections
Other conditions that can make pregnancy risky can happen while you are pregnant - for example, gestational diabetes and Rh incompatibility. Good prenatal care can help detect and treat them.
Some discomforts, like nausea, back pain, and fatigue, are common during pregnancy. Sometimes it is hard to know what is normal. Call your health care provider if something is bothering or worrying you.
- Bed rest during pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hydramnios (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hyperemesis gravidarum (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Insufficient cervix (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Placenta abruptio (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Placenta abruptio (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Placenta previa (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Cologne, German Köln, fourth largest city in Germany and largest city of the Land (state) of North Rhine–Westphalia. One of the key inland ports of Europe, it is the historic, cultural, and economic capital of the Rhineland.
Cologne's commercial importance grew out of its position at the point where the huge traffic artery of the Rhine (German: Rhein) River intersected one of the major land routes for trade between western and eastern Europe. In the Middle Ages it also became an ecclesiastical centre of significance and an important centre of art and learning. This rich and varied heritage is still much in evidence in present-day Cologne, despite the almost complete destruction of the Inner City (Innenstadt) during World War II. Cologne is the seat of a university and the see of a Roman Catholic archbishop. Its cathedral, the largest Gothic church in northern Europe, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996; it is the city's major landmark and unofficial symbol. Area city, 156 square miles (405 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) 989,766.
City site
Cologne is situated about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Bonn and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Düsseldorf. It lies 210 feet (65 metres) above sea level, just below where the Rhine enters the fertile North German Plain. The river at this point is navigable to seagoing vessels. The immediate surroundings of Cologne are varied. The picturesque hills of the Bergisches Land lie to the east, while on the west is another group of hills forming a chain called the Ville. The North German Plain stretches away to the north and northwest, and the Rhine Valley winds to the southeast toward Bonn.
The greatest distance across the city from west to east is about 17 miles (27 km) and from north to south about the same. There are 85 districts, divided into nine Bezirke (city areas). Most of the city lies on the left (west) bank of the river, but it also incorporates a cluster of suburbs on the right bank, some of which were annexed in 1975. The climate of the region is temperate but humid. Average temperatures in the Cologne area are 36 °F (2 °C) in January and 64 °F (18 °C) in July.
City layout
The semicircular shape of the Inner City was originally determined by a defensive wall, 4 miles (6 km) long, that was completed in about 1200. The wall enclosed several formerly separate parishes and afforded protection for some 35,000 to 40,000 people. (At that time Cologne was bigger than Paris.) The flat side of the semicircle was formed by the Rhine. In the 1880s the medieval fortifications were demolished and replaced by a chain of ring roads, called the Ringstrassen.
Although Cologne has spread far beyond the confines of the Ringstrassen, its focal point is still within this area, the Inner City. There are found the main shopping and business streets—such as the Hohe Strasse (north-south) and Schildergasse (west-east), both of which have been closed to motor vehicles—as well as the city's historic buildings. Several bridges span the river at Cologne; five of them were rebuilt after World War II, and the rest were postwar additions.
A large proportion of Cologne's area consists of parkland, woods, lakes, sports facilities, and open areas. Two major park systems follow roughly the concentric patterns of old fortifications around the Innenstadt. The first is just outside the Ringstrassen and includes (from north to south) zoological and botanical gardens, the Stadtgarten, and the Volksgarten. The second, the Outer Greenbelt, is a wooded area that stretches for miles around the western and southern edge of the city and contains extensive recreation grounds and the Müngersdorfer Stadium. On the right bank of the river is the Rhine Park, a large green area adjacent to the KölnMesse, a convention centre with halls for fairs and exhibitions. Also located on the right bank is a covered multiuse arena offering space for sporting events and musical concerts.
Cologne Cathedral eclipses in its size and grandeur all other historic buildings in the city. Its twin towers rise 515 feet (157 metres) above the city centre. After an earlier cathedral on the site was destroyed by fire in 1248, it was decided that a new one would be built in the Gothic style, emulating the cathedrals of France. The choir was completed in 1320 and consecrated in 1322. Construction continued until 1560, when it came to a halt. The cathedral stood unfinished until 1842, when work was resumed. In 1880 the enterprise was finally completed. The building was badly damaged by air raids in 1944, but by 1948 the choir had been restored and was again in regular use, as was the rest of the interior by 1956. Ongoing work is needed to repair the effects of acid rain on the cathedral's stonework.
The 14th-century stained-glass windows in the choir are considered especially beautiful, and the cathedral is also noted for its other art treasures. On the high altar is a massive gold shrine containing what are said to be relics of the Magi, sent to Cologne from Milan in 1164. This shrine, begun by Nicholas of Verdun in 1182 and completed in about 1220, is considered one of the finest examples of medieval goldwork. The altar in the Lady Chapel (on the south wall of the choir) has a triptych, The Adoration of the Magi, painted between about 1440 and 1445 by Stefan Lochner, an outstanding painter of the Cologne school.
By the south side of the cathedral lies a reminder of Cologne's still more ancient past: the mosaic floor of a banquet hall in a great Roman villa, discovered during excavations near the cathedral in 1941. The floor is now incorporated in the Roman and Germanic Museum. Other Roman remains in Cologne include a well-preserved 1st-century-ce tower from the earliest city wall, the remains of the North Gate, a large portion of the Praetorium visible in the basement of the restored Gothic Town Hall, and a mausoleum in Weiden on the outskirts. The Ubier-Monument, discovered in the 1960s, dates from the period of the Ubii occupation of the area (see below). Remains of the medieval walls can still be seen, and three of the original 12 gates survive: Eigelstein Gate, Hahnen Gate, and Severins Gate. The medieval Bayen Tower stands near the Rhine.
Apart from the cathedral, the Inner City possesses many other noble churches, largely built in the prosperous Middle Ages. Particularly in evidence is the Romanesque style, of which the best examples are Sankt Gereon, Sankt Severin, Sankt Ursula, Sankt Maria im Kapitol, Sankt Kunibert, Sankt Pantaleon, Sankt Aposteln, and Gross Sankt Martin. After sustaining severe wartime damage, these churches underwent a program of restoration, the completion of which was celebrated in 1985. The 14th-century Antoniterkirche, a secularized monastery church, was made over to the Protestants in 1802 and became the first public Lutheran church in Cologne.
Among Cologne's secular medieval buildings that suffered in World War II and have undergone reconstruction are the Overstolzen House, a 13th-century Romanesque house, and the Town Hall, with its 16th-century porch. The Gürzenich, or Banquet Hall, of the merchants of the city (1441–47), reconstructed as a concert and festival hall, and the 16th-century Arsenal, which contains a historical museum, were both restored to their medieval form only on the outside.
These ancient buildings share the crowded city centre with modern offices, shops, a theatre and opera house (opened in 1957), and, just north of the cathedral, the railway station. Near the perimeter of the city is the new town hall. Located about a mile from the cathedral is the 798-foot (243-metre) Telecommunications Tower (1981).
Cologne is the fourth largest of Germany's cities (only Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich are larger). Some four-fifths of its population is of German nationality; of the remainder, most are southern European guest workers who have moved to the city since the 1970s, chiefly from Turkey and Italy but also from the Balkan states. The predominant religion of the German community is Roman Catholicism, but there is a large Protestant minority. There is also a sizable Muslim community and a small Jewish one.
Finance and industry
The city remains a banking centre, as it was in the Middle Ages, and it is the site of one of the world's oldest commodity and stock exchanges. It has been a centre of the automotive industry—notably engine manufacture—since the late 19th century and is now the headquarters of the European operations of the Ford Motor Company. But business activity has become greatly diversified. Insurance has assumed a major position, and Cologne is a leading media centre with many publishing houses and production companies for radio and television. Engineering, electrical engineering, machinery, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals also are significant. Other manufactures include chocolate and the city's famous eau de cologne, which was first produced commercially at the beginning of the 18th century. In addition, several prominent economic organizations have their headquarters in Cologne, and numerous major trade fairs are held annually in the KölnMesse. The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research is headquartered in the city.
Cologne's geographic position and commercial importance have combined to make it a focal point for communications. The city is the busiest rail junction in the country and a major node for Germany's and Europe's evolving high-speed passenger rail network. Autobahns radiate outward from the peripheral road that encircles the city. An international airport located midway between Cologne and Bonn offers international passenger service and is a hub for air cargo.
The Rhine harbour, important since Roman days, has become one of the larger inland ports in Germany. Small oceangoing craft use the river, and there are several ship lines for sightseeing on the Rhine. Intracity transport consists of streetcars, buses, and a subway system.
Administration and society
Cologne is the administrative centre of one of the five major administrative districts of North Rhine–Westphalia. The city is governed by an elected council, which is presided over by an Oberbürgermeister ("chief mayor"). Many governmental services, such as welfare, planning, transportation, and cultural affairs, however, are controlled by the state government.
The University of Cologne, founded in 1388, was dissolved in 1798 (during the period when the French occupied the city) and refounded in 1919. Teacher-training colleges, a school of sports, and colleges for the study of music, engineering, administration, and other professions and trades are also located in the city.
Cultural life
Cologne is rich in museums and galleries. These include the Wallraf-Richartz and Ludwig museum complex, with an exceptionally comprehensive collection ranging from paintings of the medieval Cologne school to contemporary art; the Schnütgen Museum of medieval ecclesiastical art; the Museum of Oriental Art, with artworks from China and Japan; and the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, with ethnological collections. The Roman and Germanic Museum houses artifacts from the period of the migrations of the Germanic peoples and that of the Roman occupation. Special exhibitions are held in the Josef-Haubrich Hall of Art exhibition centre near the Neumarkt. A city museum and museums of photography and chocolate are also notable. Cologne contains several important libraries, including the state archives.
Throughout most of the year, Cologne provides a variety of musical programs. Particularly notable are the Gürzenich concerts and those held in the concert hall of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR; "West German Radio"), the high reputation of the latter being largely due to the WDR's encouragement of contemporary music. A full repertoire is offered in theatre and opera as well, and the municipal theatre has its own ballet ensemble.
The annual Rhenish pre-Lenten carnival is celebrated with great ceremony, culminating in the Rose Monday festival before Ash Wednesday. Long known as a tolerant city, Cologne is home to a vibrant homosexual community and hosts a large annual gay pride celebration. Notable citizens of Cologne have included the Dominican scholar Albertus Magnus, the novelist Heinrich Böll, and the statesman Konrad Adenauer.
Early settlement and medieval growth
After Julius Caesar destroyed the Eburones in 53 bce, the Roman general Agrippa colonized the area with another tribe called the Ubii, who came from the right bank of the Rhine. A fortified settlement was established on the site about 38 bce. This was the birthplace of Julia Agrippina, who was the wife of the emperor Claudius, and it was at her request that the title of Roman colony was conferred upon the town in 50 ce. It was named Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, shortened to Colonia; later it was made the headquarters of the governor of Lower Germany. After 258 ce it was for a time the capital of a splinter empire ruled by Postumus and comprising Gaul, Britain, and Spain. In 310 the emperor Constantine the Great built a castle and a permanent bridge to it across the Rhine. Ceramics and glass were manufactured in Cologne in Roman times. About 456 it was conquered by the Franks, and it soon became the residence of the kings of the Ripuarian part of the Frankish kingdom.
A Christian community existed in Cologne probably as early as the 2nd century, and the town is first mentioned as a bishopric in 313. Charlemagne made it an archbishopric in the late 8th century; by the 10th century the archbishop dominated the city, receiving a wide range of tolls, customs duties, and other payments. The city's industry and trade grew during the Middle Ages, especially from about the 10th century, and increasingly bitter conflicts developed between the wealthy merchants and the archbishop. The former sought commercial and political freedom, the latter the preservation of his temporal power, which was augmented from the 13th century when the archbishop became one of the electors privileged to choose the German king. It was not until the Battle of Worringen, in 1288, that the archbishop was finally defeated, and the city of Cologne secured full self-government. From that time, Cologne was in fact a free imperial city, although it was only officially recognized as such in 1475.
Until the end of the 14th century, the government of the city was in the hands of the wealthy patricians, but in 1396, after a bloodless revolution, a new municipal constitution was established under which the 22 branches of the guilds became the basis of the government, for they elected a council that had power over all internal and external affairs.
This medieval period was a splendid one for Cologne. It was a prominent member of the mercantile Hanseatic League, and its merchants had probably the most extensive connections and the most varied trade of all the German towns. Crafts included textile manufacturing, bookmaking, leatherworking, enameling, and metalworking, the work of Cologne's goldsmiths being particularly fine. The arts and religion flourished there also. Three of the greatest Roman Catholic scholars and theologians of medieval Scholasticism—Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus—all taught in Cologne's schools. After the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), however, the city declined. As late as 1794, when the French occupied Cologne, public Protestant services were still banned, and the city has remained predominantly Roman Catholic. The Jewish community, which had existed from the time of Constantine the Great, was expelled in 1424, and until 1794 Jews were forbidden to remain overnight in the city.
Cologne since the 19th century
Cologne's history as a free imperial city ended when it was taken by France in 1794, and, when the archbishop elector died in 1801, the see was left vacant and not restored until 1821. In 1815 Cologne passed to Prussia, and from that time a new era of prosperity began. A wide range of industries flourished, and a chamber of commerce was established, the oldest in Germany. When the railways were built, Cologne's geographic position made the city an ideal railway centre. The population grew from 41,685 in 1801 to 372,529 in 1900. Liberal points of view were represented in the 19th century by the Rheinische Zeitung, edited (1842–43) by Karl Marx and Moses Hess, while the socialist Neue Rheinische Zeitung was edited (1848–49) by Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Ferdinand Freiligrath.
The city's growth was interrupted by World War I. Under Konrad Adenauer—the future chancellor of West Germany who was oberbürgermeister of Cologne from 1917 until he was deposed by the Nazis in 1933—growth resumed, especially in suburban areas and in the laying out of new industrial parks. By 1939 the population had reached 768,352. In World War II, Cologne sustained 262 air raids. There were 20,000 casualties, and the city was left in ruins, with nearly all the dwellings in the old town damaged and 91 out of 150 churches destroyed. In March 1945, the war's end for Cologne, the population had sunk to 40,000. By December, however, there were some 450,000 people in the city, and the population continued to rise rapidly while the work of clearance and reconstruction was undertaken. Since the war the process of growth has continued with the development of new industrial areas and satellite towns and the improvement of transportation, and Cologne has regained its place as the economic and cultural centre of northwestern Germany. By the late 20th and early 21st century, the economy shifted away from traditional industry and toward high technology, such as telecommunications.
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This is game 9 in playtesting my ancient rules. Previous games used my rules called Ancient Warrior Battles. The renamed latest version is Ancient Battlelines Clash (ABC) on its own blog page. I am playtesting the rules by replaying all the Peter Sides scenarios from his Historical Battles books. ABC is designed to finish in under an hour on 2'x2' tables.
Battle of Cunaxa
Cyrus the Younger rebels against his brother Artaxerxes II, the latter being the king of the Persian empire. Famous as the historian Xenophon, who was on the losing side, wrote about the long march of the Greek soldiers back to Greece.
Here are links of interest:
Wikipedia article
Caliban's Cunaxa scenario (scroll down the page)
Changes to the Bill Banks Scenario
The scenario is designed to play on a 77"x22" board. The width and size of Cyrus's army is about 1/2 that of Artaxerxes II. I reduced the forces by about two-thirds (reducing Cyrus slightly less) to play on a 24"x24" board. The game also has the two sides starting 6" (or 3 heavy infantry moves apart) hence the short 22" depth. I will start them about 20cm, or about 2.5 heavy infantry moves so the short depth translates OK.
2 Skirmisher, SI, javelin
2 Light Infantry, LI
1 Heavy Cavalry, HC
1 Light Cavalry, LC, javelin
2 Light Infantry, LI
1 Heavy Cavalry, HC
1 Light Cavalry, LC, javelin
1 +1 General
1 Camp
1 Camp
Artaxerxes II
3 Median Infantry, HA, bow
5 Subject Infantry, LI, bow
4 Skirmishers, SI, bow
2 Heavy Cavalry, HC, bow
2 Light Cavalry, LC, bow
1 Scythed Chariot, SCH
4 Skirmishers, SI, bow
2 Heavy Cavalry, HC, bow
2 Light Cavalry, LC, bow
1 Scythed Chariot, SCH
1 -1 General
Breakpoint: 9
|Cyrus below, Artaxerxes above.
The Game
Cyrus advances his left flank, the Persians do the same.
|Cyrus advances on his left, Artaxerxes advances his left.
Persians fire at the rebels. The rules are reaction based so a Median infantry firing on a hoplite usually sees the hoplite advancing and then the medians have an opportunity to fire again, the hoplites then advancing into melee with the Median infantry. There is always a small chance that the hoplite will be disordered by the firing and not advance.
|A hoplite makes it through the line
The clash did not go so well for the rebels - no real breakthrough and only a loss of a skirmisher to the loyal Persians.
|Lots of holes in the loyal line where the hoplites went through, , but on the right of the picture it is still intact. Green markers are disorder markers.
Persians continue to advance their left flank, leaving opportunity for Artaxerxes to push through the gap.
|The loyal Persian lest advances towards the camp. In the foregorund are the two rebel camp defenders.
Cyrus moves up to proximity range (4cm) of some Median infantry threatening the flank of the rebel battleline.
|Cyrus and his cavalry charge some median infantry....
Cyrus then charges in forcing the Medians to retreat, and then routs them next turn.
|...who are no more next turn.
Loyal Persians are 5 into a breakpoint of 9. The rebels are 1 into a breakpoint of 6.
|A happy median infantry that actually won a melee.
|The rebel left is mostly clear, but at the expense of disordering the hoplites.
|Cyrus forced to pursue a previous melee and landed near Artaxerxes, who pivots.
While the loyal Persian right flank makes a lot of progress towards the camp. There are only two rebel defenders - skirmish javelineers and horse archers.
|While the rebels are getting closer to the camp, hampered by poor order dice.
|Cyrus is hit on two sides and is subsequently captured.
The loyal Persians continue close in on the rebels camp:
|The loyalists still slowly advancing on the enemy camp.
..and eventually destroy it and rebels reach their breakpoint and game over - a win to the Persians.
|Surrounded the camp with light infantry and eventually is was looted.
Nothing much more happened with the hoplites of the Rebel left flank. With no general around, it was difficult to get them moving. And they were all disordered and no possible way to rally (no support and no general). Note that I forgot that a +1 general (Cyrus) should be replaced by a +0 general - after capture I did not do this replacement as I am used to playing with +0 generals that are not replaced). This may have helped the hoplites move a bit further, but would not have changed the outcome of the game.
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|Game end - hoplites to the lower left, camp captured to the lower right, Artaxerxes in the middle.
Game was fast to start with but bogged down halfway. This was because Artaxerxes is a poor general, and all units are at -1 to order rolls with a poor general. So it too forever to get the Persians to the camp. Of course, all was not great for the Rebels. They cleared their left flank fairly fast heavy infantry is not that manoeuvrable and were slow to redeploy. This slowed down even more when Cyrus was captured and their order roll was at -1 too. A good game but took awhile overall (it was played over about 6 weeks), maybe 45 minutes for the games without note taking. This was mostly due to a lot of failed order rolls that does not occur so much in most games. Oh, and the game went roughly along historical lines which is always good when testing rules.
It takes a while to write up reports this long and it has taken me 12 months to play 9 games out of at least 100. It takes longer to write them up than play! So I think I will be shortening the battle reports using the rules from now on and just post game highlights. And it takes me away from testing out new rules so getting back to that is a good thing as well.


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The students were perplexed. They had just heard the latest updates on the Curiosity rover, a complex piece of space hardware that is slowly rolling its way up a layer cake of rock known as Mount Sharp. Its mission? To decipher Mars' wetter past.
"OK," said the students. "But what if during this slow-motion ascent, Curiosity passes a rock riddled with tiny bits of protoplasm. Would it pounce on the biggest discovery ever made on the Red Planet? Would it recognize life?"
Maybe not. The rover is on the hunt for interesting mineralogy, not biology. If it encounters life, Curiosity could remain as oblivious as a French waiter.
Well then, what's the hang-up, here? The "water found on Mars" story is as perennial as Christmas. NASA doesn't need to tell us that again. So why not cut out the seemingly endless stream of robotic middlemen, and just send hardware that will search not for new data on geology or hydrology, but for life, big or small? Isn't it time to cut to the chase?
That's what the students wanted to know.
Well, I suggested that there were three possible reasons for the space agency's apparent slow motion. I laid them out as follows:
1. NASA has already found life on Mars. The agency is hiding lander and orbital photos showing artifacts such as pyramids or other structures that indicate not just biology, but biology of a high order. However, NASA doesn't want to tell you this, because -- after all -- you would just spin around on the ground if you heard this disturbing news, and society would implode.
Right. Except that this conspiracy theory is nuttier than a bowl of cashews, not least because it ignores the fact that nothing -- nothing -- would increase NASA's funding and prestige more quickly than to announce it had found extraterrestrial life.
2. NASA has been spooked. In 1975, it sent two Viking landers to Mars, the most sophisticated, and most expensive spacecraft it had ever built. They sampled and sniffed the Red Planet's dusty dirt, looking for microbial metabolism. They didn't find it (although one member of the experiment team isn't so sure.)
NASA had gambled big, but walked away from the table empty-handed. It was a sobering experience.
Then in 1993, the agency's SETI program -- a bold initiative to find signals from intelligent life far beyond the solar system -- was canceled in a myopic move by the U.S. Senate. Efforts to look for life were getting a bad rap, and once burned, NASA was twice shy. Or perhaps more accurately, it was twice burned and quadruply shy.
There's no doubt that this is an appealing explanation for the agency's current reluctance to make a forthright search for Red Planet biology. But appeal doesn't make it true.
3. The third possibility is that neither conspiracy nor failure account for NASA's caution. The real explanation is simply a display of good sense: NASA is doing the right thing.
To begin with, in the nearly four decades since Viking, we've learned that the martian surface is as hostile to life as hot lye. It's bone dry, and stung by strong ultraviolet from the Sun. If there's biology on Mars, it's almost certainly sequestered in aquifers hundreds of feet or more below the surface. That's a hard place to investigate with our current crop of robot explorers.
In addition, if you're going to build a machine that can recognize biology, you have to deal with the "pornography problem." How to you know it when you see it? Or sample it? The Viking landers were designed to find life that's analogous to terrestrial biology. That's a pretty specific filter, a bit like sending someone with a butterfly net into the Canadian arctic. It might not be the right tool to snag a sample of the local wildlife.
Michael Meyer, the lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, points out that looking for extant life is incredibly restrictive. "It's focused on the here and now, a thin slice of time in which the conditions for life are apparently not so favorable. If you look for extinct life, you have all of martian geologic history to search."
In other words, NASA's step-by-step reconnaissance can identify places where life might once have existed -- even life that died out billions of years ago. And those places could be both more plentiful and more accessible than the regions where life might be around today.
Meyer adds "Looking for extant life is akin to a treasure hunt. Each time you look, the answer is yes or no, and your knowledge gain is either incrementally disappointing or, maybe, eureka!"
So NASA's approach may seem tentative, but the agency is being smart about playing the odds.
The students understood all of this, but with the exuberance that is the hallmark of youth, many still wanted to immediately go for the brass ring, to make the long bet. And of course, it's hard not to smile, be sympathetic, and secretly envision a world in which caution is occasionally thrown to the winds.


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An Amarillo pilot who was one of the first to fly Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger jet grounded by FAA regulators after battery fires during two flights said the problems won't keep the aircraft from the skies for long.
"This is a highly technically advanced aircraft that Boeing made, using state-of-the-art systems, including the battery, and any time you press the envelope forward, you're going to run into issues that will be worked out," said Greg Dodson, a pilot for United Airlines who started working with the Dreamliner in October 2011.
"I feel that it will be worked out soon, and they plan to correct the problem and to get it back up," he said.
The Dreamliner became the fastest-selling jet in history, with 800 advance orders for the plane before it was even built. The aircraft was touted as the most technologically advanced plane to date from the aviation company responsible for some of the major developments in flight history.
The planes were grounded after a battery fire was reported on a landed 787 in Boston and after an overheated battery caused an emergency landing in Japan this month. Inspectors have focused on the plane's lithium-ion batteries and its complicated electrical system, which were developed by subcontractors in Japan, France, Arizona and North Carolina.
Boeing declined to comment about the past, but said its engineers are working around the clock to fix the recent problems.
"Until those investigations conclude, we can't speculate on what the results may be," the company said in a statement. "We are confident the 787 is safe, and we stand behind its overall integrity."
Dreamliners don't fly out of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, but occasional mechanical problems do occur with other aircraft. Steven Picou, deputy director of aviation, reported four occasions since mid-December when a plane experienced an operational defect severe enough to lead to an accident.
Boeing marketed the Dreamliner as the next step in commercial aviation. It was a plane that promised to be lighter and more technologically advanced than any other. Half of it would be built with new plastics instead of aluminum. The cabin would be more comfortable for passengers, and airlines could cut their fuel bills by 20 percent.
"There are a lot of advances on the passenger side that make it a unique airplane and make it a plane people want to fly in as a passenger," Dodson said.
The Dreamliner is the first to make use of lithium-ion batteries to power cabin-pressurization and other functions. It also is unusual in its reliance on electrical systems, rather than hydraulic or mechanical ones.
It also was the first time Boeing outsourced the development and production of the majority of one of its planes to other countries, including Germany, Japan and Sweden. Only 35 percent of the plane was manufactured in the U.S.
Several problems weren't discovered until the parts came together at the Boeing factory outside of Seattle. Since then, in addition to the issues with its batteries, problems like oil leaks and cracked cockpit windows have been reported.
Dodson said problems like the ones reported with the 787 aren't unusual with new planes.
"United has brought on many new aircraft in the past, and they all have squawks - issues that need to be addressed," Dodson said. "The number of issues is low for a new aircraft, in my opinion, and this issue with the battery, of course it's serious, and it will be resolved."
No accidents, injuries or fatalities have been associated with the plane, which Boeing has continued to produce, although the company has stopped delivery to its customers.
Dodson said that mechanics maintain aircraft in between flights, and they are constantly being worked on to correct and keep an eye on any possible issues.
"To say there are no other airplanes that have these issues isn't true, but the Dreamliner is unique and high-tech, so it gets press attention," Dodson said.
"We've had issues before, and aircraft have been grounded by FAA before."
The Dreamliner is the first aircraft to be grounded since 1979, when the DC-10 was grounded because of several fatal crashes.
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The first-ever aerial tour of Yellowstone National Park reveals Yellowstone as never seen before - virtually all of the park from the air - to celebrate its natural wonders and to provide a brief contextual history of its geology, Native peoples, wildlife and its current status as a destination for 3.6 million annual visitors. Included: The Lamar Valley, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Forest Fire, The Geyser Basins and parts of Yellowstone as seen during the flight of a Bald Eagle.
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This is a series of close-up views of the complex gas structures in a small portion of the Carina Nebula. The nebula is a cold cloud of predominantly hydrogen gas. It is laced with dust, which makes the cloud opaque. The cloud is being eroded by a gusher of ultraviolet light from young stars in the region. They sculpt a variety of fantasy shapes, many forming tadpole-like structures. In some frames, smaller pieces of nebulosity can be seen freely drifting, such as the 2.3-trillion-mile-long structure at upper right. The most striking feature is a 3.5-trillion-mile-long horizontal jet in the upper left frame. It is being blasted into space by a young star hidden in the tip of the pillar-like structure. A bowshock has formed near the tip of the jet.
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You won't believe the stuff I saw today (part 3)
Whenever a patient visits the doctor's office, there is always an idealized hope that the patient and physician will work together to come up with a treatment plan. Part of the management of disease involves making sure the patient understands the risks and benefits of a particular therapy. In order to do so, patients must have capacity to understand what treatment entails. The patient may refuse any treatment for any reason, so long as he has the capacity to understand what the risks are when refusing treatment. For example, a Jehovah's Witness could refuse to take a blood transfusion even when his anemia is so bad that he could die from poor oxygen perfusion. Similarly, any adult can fill out a Do Not Resuscitate order with the understanding that if he should have a heart attack and suffer cardiac arrest, no one will come to his aid.
In psychiatry, however, many of our patients lack capacity. One might be so psychotic that he does not understand his negligence may cause harm to himself or others. Psychiatrists are constantly asked to determine a patient's ability to understand treatment decisions. Sometimes, a person might be forcefully admitted to a hospital for treatment if his mind is so disorganized as to cause immediate, life-endangering health problems. Psychiatrists can hold a patient in a hospital for a given number of days to provide treatment for medical or psychiatric illness. During this time period the patient has the right to legal representation and may petition a court seeking discharge from the hospital.
Today, I got to sit in on a court hearing for a patient to was so psychotic that he did not notice that the cellulitis on his legs had become necrotic. In my state, the district attorney's office serves as the hospital's legal representative to keep the patient involuntarily committed for treatment. The public defender's office represents the patient. Our attending began giving a summary of the patient's hospital stay over the previous week. He mentioned that the patient has been washing his face in the toilet, shouting racial slurs, making sexually inappropriate comments about nurses, and talking about the fourth Reich. At this point the patient then began doing the Nazi salute and stated, "Black people are dangerous." When the defense attorney began questioning the patient, the conversation with something like this:
Attorney: I understand that you are a veteran. Are you willing to take treatment at the VA?
Patient: They are all robots there. I would kill every one of them.
Attorney: Do you want to stay here in the hospital? And if so, how long?
Patient: I want to stay here for 60 years.
Attorney: Do you understand that you are sitting in front of a judge and have the chance to be discharged from the hospital? Now I'm going to ask you again, how long do you want to stay in this hospital?
Patient: 60 years!
Attorney: What do you plan to do once you're discharged from the hospital?
Patient: I want to go to the South hospital for six years.
I was pretty sure that our side was going to win the verdict when the judge began laughing.
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Anon MS3 said,
What's more frightening is when those psychotic patients get free because their lawyer wants to win a case.
I have a 6'4, 240lb sociopath on my floor who has beat up his father, punched staff members, has 2 restraining orders out against him (by his siblings), and states that mentally disabled people should be killed. However, his mom is rich and gets him a good lawyer. The lawyer has been trying to get this guy released into the community for the past 4 weeks, but is afraid to meet with the client alone without a guard.
My hate of lawyers is growing quickly.


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Technically you can use tweezers, but I find most tweezers too thick and clunky to use, blocking my vision and ability to move the lash after it has started dry. You can really get into the inner corner with the thin ends, and get it close to the root of the lashes.
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These scissors are THE BOMB. They are super sharp, super easy to handle. I use them for brows and fringes at the moment. The come in a crappy leather case (eek – no idea where mine is), and they are so effortless, that using anything else makes it hard to use anything else.
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I know, I know – HOW MUCH?! It's easy to buy some cheap scissors, and cheap tweezers of course and that's not to say cheaper goods don't work just as well. However – the product mentioned above are excellent.
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President Barack Obama has declared that his goal in health care reform is "expanding coverage to all Americans." So what's the price tag on universal coverage?
Some reformers are throwing around numbers like $1 trillion or $1.5 trillion. But according to the Urban Institute, the cost would be closer to $2 trillion.
Jack Hadley and his colleagues estimate, "If all uninsured people were fully covered [in 2008], their medical spending would increase by $122.6 billion." If we assume that the cost of covering the uninsured will grow at the same rate the federal government assumes for all health spending growth (6.2 percent), then from 2010 through 2019, the cost of covering the uninsured would be $1.8 trillion.
That's at a minimum. According to Hadley et al., their estimate "is neither the cost of a specific plan nor necessarily the same as the government's costs, which could be higher, depending on plans' financing structures and the extent of crowd-out." Crowd-out is like collateral damange. When you're dropping money from the sky, some will inevitably strike innocent bystanders (i.e., the insured). To ensure you hit the uninsured with $122.6 billion, you need to drop a lot more than that amount.
Thus the full cost of covering the uninsured would be closer to – and possibly well over – $2 trillion.


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On November 21st, 2016, the Minister of Digital Affairs Anna Strężynska chose members for the Ministry Council for Digitization. Amongst this prestigious group is Prof. Grzegorz Mazurek, the Kozminski University Vice-Rector for International Relations.
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Saginaw Valley State University
At Saginaw Valley, our students experience opportunities of self-discovery, leadership, growth and international experiences. Our faculty are here to teach and mentor students to become all they can be.
We believe that global connections, international experience and worldwide networks are a critical part of the 21st century. SVSU offers distinctive cultural opportunities for students and faculty alike. Students from around the world study at SVSU, and domestic students participate in international study abroad experiences all year long.
SVSU offers low tuition costs and first year scholarships that allow international students opportunities to study in the US at a low cost.
Each year more than 500 students from 50 countries choose to attend SVSU. Learning, living and interacting with an international community enhances the college experience and workplace preparation for everyone. Soon, you too will say, "It's a great day to be a Cardinal."
School Information7400 Bay Rd
University Center, Michigan 48710
Locale: Rural: Fringe
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission
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Total Tuition $28,591.00
ACT Scores:
25th-75th percentile18-24
Note: 25th-75th percentile ranges show the range of scores achieved by the middle 50% of students who were admitted to the school.
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ASUS GTX750 Ti Review
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3D Mark Vantage
We have a reduced testing range of benchmarks today as we're mainly looking at how well the 750Ti performs with a better cooling solution. In 3D Mark Vantage at least there is a good hike in performance. Not earth-shattering, but a nice bump.
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I think there is a typo in the AVP graph for the Club3D 7950 Royal King though.
EDIT: No typo, just seems the 7950 royal king got worse performance than all the other 7950s in AVP for some reason. The HIS 7950 got 78fps for example.Quote
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Red Bull and Mellowparks.cn are once again teaming up to bring you the 9th Red Bull Nanshan Open, China's largest slopestyle snowboard competition held just outside of Beijing on January 22nd and 23rd.
Continuing its legacy as one of the most rider-friendly and well-organized events around, the Nanshan Open offers riders a week's worth of luxury hotels, great food, crazy parties and sightseeing – with a bit of snowboarding chucked in. Now who could resist that?
A 4Star TTR World Snowboard Tour slopestyle event, the competition offers up US$30,000 in prize money and 500 TTR points. To be held in the recently announced NIKE 6.0 Nanshan Park, the event has previously attracted top riders including Transworld's 'Rookie of the Year' Austin Smith as well as the 'Nitro RoadWarriors' and 'Pirate Movie Productions' crews. Past winners of the event include Juuso Laivisto (2010), Freddy Austbo (2009), Jakob Wilhelmson (2008) and Hampus Mosesson (2007).
The local qualifier round, held one week prior on January 15th, offers the chance for up to six local Chinese riders to qualify for the main event. In addition to competing and shredding with the international pros, the Open is a great chance for these riders to make a name for themselves both on the local and international stage.
The Nanshan Open planted its roots as the first snowboard competition to be held on Chinese soil nine years ago, and has grown into one of the most popular snowboard events around. As one of the few 'by-riders-for-riders' events left, the Mellowparks.cn crew focuses on creating a great atmosphere as opposed to simply another competition. Judging by it's successful past, the event's ninth incarnation is guaranteed to be its best yet!


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NEW ORLEANS, April 27 (UPI) -- Oil company emergency teams worked to place a containment dome over a Gulf of Mexico well leaking oil following an explosion that destroyed a massive oil rig.
A week after a fiery explosion on the rig Deepwater Horizon, likely caused when workers unexpectedly hit a hydrocarbon pocket that caused pressure to build, teams from BP were trying to cap the well about 1 mile below the surface of the Gulf.
Workers had been using robotic submarines but they weren't able to shut off the flow and stop the approximately 1,000 barrels a day escaping the wellhead. Teams were also racing to drill a second well to pull oil from the original source but that solution isn't expected to be completed for several weeks.
So engineers were fashioning a dome to be fitted over the wellhead to hold the oil until the second well can be completed. The plan has the dome trapping escaping oil so it can be transferred to surface storage tanks.
Officials estimated the oil slick associated with the Deepwater Horizon explosion has spread over nearly 2,000 square miles. Workers hoped to keep the spill from reaching Louisiana's Gulf shore about 50 miles north of the incident site.
The slick floated near another drilling rig -- the Ocean Endeavor -- leading to an evacuation of that facility.
Eleven workers from the Deepwater Horizon, which had more than 100 people on board when the April 20 explosion occurred, are missing and presumed dead.


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Mr. Verlin D. McDowell, age 67 of Canton, passed away Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 at his residence.
Mr. McDowell was a logger and he loved the outdoors. He was Baptist.
Survivors include his mother, Syble McDowell, Canton; children, Virgil (Kellie) McDowell, Weldon (Candy) McDowell and Sherry McDowell, all of Canton, and Michelle Foster, Woodstock; sisters, Virginia Blankenship, Alice Luther, Winnie Priest, Hazel Abernathy, Rosa Bruce and Mildred Woolum; and brothers, Vernon, Bennie Rickey, William and Eddie McDowell. Twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Randy Cloer and Chris Taylor officiating. Interment followed in Cherokee Memorial Park.
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Mr. Luke Holcomb, age 85 of Talking Rock, Ga., passed late Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 8, 2009 at St. Joseph?s Hospital in Atlanta.
Survivors include his wife, Aline Holcomb, Talking Rock; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Kerstin Holcomb, Talking Rock; daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Bill Bryan, Marietta, and Jean and Greg Hines, Kennesaw; and sister, Laura Garrison, East Point. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held Friday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. LeRoy Kelly officiating. Interment followed in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Bill Bryan, Greg Hines, Ralph Mathews, James Satterfield Jerry Brooks and Pheron Turner.
Lucille Thrasher
Mrs. Lucille Hauf Thrasher, age 87 of Smyrna, died Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
Mrs. Thrasher was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church since 1968. She was a homemaker and was employed with the ATF and was a secretary for The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Atlanta for 10 years.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Wanda and Ronnie Dyer, Jasper. Ga.; grandson, Christian Bilich, Hahnville La.; great-grandchildren, Alexandria and Jesse Bilich, Hahnville, La.; and nephews, Warren Lindner, Leesburg, Fl. and Wesley Lindner, Cedar Lake, In.
The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Tuesday from the Chapel of Carmichael Funeral Home in Smyrna with Father Jim Kuczynski officiating. Entombment followed the Mausoleum at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in Marietta. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Alzheimer?s Association, Georgia Chapter 1925 Century Boulevard, NE Suite 10 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-3315 Attn: Houston; phone, 404-728-1181.


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Bombay To Bangkok ( 2008 ) , Hindi
Synopsis: Shankar (Shreyas Talpade), a petty thief, steals from the local Don and escapes his way into a team of doctors who are heading for relief work to Bangkok Unfortunately for Shankar, he loses the all important moneybag in the chaos. In Bangkok he comes across a Thai girl, Jasmine and falls head over heels in love with her. The only problem is that he cannot converse with her at all. However, a ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor! Shankar posing as a doctor jumps to help while Jasmine soon gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the Don and his henchmen.
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|Posted: November 7, 2007
UTSA, UT Austin lead national nanoscience team
|(Nanowerk News) The University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Texas at Austin are two of five research universities in a nationwide consortium awarded $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) grant will enable researchers to explore ways to concentrate optical energy on a scale of nanometers and develop means to control optical energy for applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
|Harvard University, Cornell University and Case Western Reserve University are additional members of the consortium.
|According to Andrey Chabanov, NIRT principal investigator and UTSA assistant professor of physics, the team was selected for the competitive NSF grant on its scientific merit and the potentially broad social impact of the proposed research.
|"We want to attract college and high school students to participate in nanoscience research in our laboratories," said Chabanov. "As we continue to develop, we plan to send several students from the San Antonio and Austin areas to summer school programs in nanoscience at Harvard's research laboratories."
|UTSA's nanoscience research focus involves fabrication and optical characterization of nanostructures for energy concentration in the infrared and visible spectral ranges. The grant will help purchase an atomic layer disposition system that will deposit materials by atomic layers. The equipment will allow for manipulation of materials at a nanoscale level.
|Areas that could benefit from focusing small measures of light include the medical field where higher resolution imaging could be used on living tissues to detect diseases. The semiconductor industry could also benefit by making chips smaller through the use of light at a nanoscale level.
|"The development of future imaging applications and nanophotonic devices is impeded by light diffraction, which prevents confinement of light in the regions smaller than half of its wavelength," said Chabanov. "We have promising ideas to circumvent the diffraction limit by utilizing polaritonic and plasmonic materials. This might enable super-resolution imaging, which can revolutionize label-free detection of biological and chemical substances."
|According to Gennady Shvets, UT Austin associate professor of physics and grant co-principal investigator, the interdisciplinary nature of the work in nanoplasmonics, a new and promising area of science and technology, requires collaboration between scientists and engineers, particularly synthetic chemists, material scientists, and experts in modeling, simulation and optics.
|"Our group will be conducting experiments and theoretical modeling on a mid-infrared 'superlens' -- a novel device capable of resolving nanoscale features," said Shvets. "We hope that by the end of the project we can integrate the superlens with a nanofluidic delivery system and image various biological objects in their natural water environment."
|Besides introducing high school students to the world of nanoscience, the grant will help support students in UTSA's joint master's and doctoral program with Southwest Research Institute. Since it was established in fall 2005, the program has more than doubled in enrollment to 27 students.
|Source: University of Texas at San Antonio
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James - Getting Away With it (All Messed Up)
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\"Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)\" is a song by popular Indie band James. It became an unofficial themetune to their final tour in 2001. The final show with Tim Booth in December 2001 was released on DVD under the title Getting Away With It Live. The idea of surviving against the odds is an echo of James\' career as a whole. \"Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)\" was one of the songs on the soundtrack for the 2005 film The Big White which featured Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, and Holly Hunter. It has recently been remixed by Sean Quinn. James are an English rock band from Manchester. They formed in 1982 and were active throughout the 1980s, but most successful during the 1990s. Their hit singles include \"Sit Down\" and \"Laid\". Following the departure of lead singer Tim Booth in 2001, the band became inactive but re-formed in January 2007, returning for a new album and international tour. James were formed in 1982 in Whalley Range, Manchester, when Paul Gilbertson convinced his friend Jim Glennie to buy a bass guitar and form a band with him. Their line-up solidified with the acquisition of Gavan Whelan on drums. They played a string of gigs under the names Venereal and The Diseases and, later, Volume Distortion, before settling on the name of Model Team International, then shortened to Model Team. They performed mostly improvised material derived from jam sessions, supporting The Fall at an early gig. Vocalists and other musicians drifted rapidly in and out of their line-up, until the band encountered Tim Booth at a student disco. Gilbertson invited him to the ban...


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Connecting with Cable Exec Top of Mind Issues
We recently concluded another NCTA Cable Show. Despite Boston's cloudy weather, after hundreds of meetings with our cable service provider customers, the common pain points across the industry are clear. Cutting across geography, subscriber footprint, and budget, were the common challenges of responding to the threat of OTT content delivery, evolving existing infrastructure, and supporting multi-screen experiences.
When we launched Videoscape at CES 2011, we introduced a platform to leverage the inter-networking of cloud + network + client architectures. Videoscape enables our service provider customers to rapidly launch compelling new revenue generating services while transforming the cost structure of their network operations.
It is gratifying to see how our key principles are being appreciated by our MSO customers. We are helping our MSO customers evolve the home environment for their subscribers. This means supporting next generation services across proliferating devices, and bridging both managed and unmanaged device experiences. As our recently updated VNI data shows, the trend towards IP-enabled experiences is accelerating; in a few short years, there will be 19 Billion IP devices generating 1.3 Zettabytes of traffic – of which over 86% will be video.
And we are enabling our MSO customers to stay relevant to the next generation of subscribers, shaped by their social and mobile experiences. With Videoscape, our MSO customers can integrate companion devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.) into an interactive and cloud-based video experience, fulfilling subscriber aspirations for a more social, immersive engagement with content.
So how do we get there? Evolving the existing cable infrastructure to meet the needs of the next generation sounds expensive. But it does not have to be. Our DOCSIS strategy incorporates a phased approach that avoids forklift upgrades to migrate towards the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP). Throughout the phases we can take our customers from initial opex savings, to ROI benefits and dramatic gains in scale. And we are applying the same evolutionary approach to video as well.
While no two MSOs are on exactly the same path, we can help our customers navigate the journey towards IP video from any starting point. So, regardless of where you start, the time to start is now.
Check out the discussion between our Cable Segment Vice President, Marc Aldrich, and Jason Blackwell from Strategy Analytics on how MSOs can embark on the journey to evolve their infrastructure for an IP video future and maintain relevance with the next generation of viewers.
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Bull Tule Elk
Taken During the Rut, August 2015, at San Luis NWR, Los Banos, CA
Bugling to His Ladies
Locking Antlers
Taken During the Rut, September 2015, at San Luis NWR, Los Banos, CA
Bulging Elk
Young Bull Out of Luck
Taken in August, 2015, San Luis NWR, Los Banos, CA
Young Bull
Grass in the Antlers
Ghost Elk
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Cow Elk and Her Calf
A Herd of Cows
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Bull Elk and His Harem
Late Season Spotted Tule Elk Calf and Its Mother
Tule Elk calves are usually born in May. This calf was born in mid August. This photograph was taken on August 20, 2018 and it was only a few days old.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A Cairo court on Wednesday ordered the release from prison of one of deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's closest aides after he was granted a retrial in a corruption case.
Four other high-ranking officials from Mubarak's government, including a former prime minister, were also given retrials in their graft cases, according to state media.
Many former officials have been convicted on graft and other charges since Mubarak fell to a popular uprising in February 2011, but activists say the long, complicated legal proceedings have failed to produce real justice.
Zakaria Azmi, Mubarak's former chief of staff, was sentenced last May to seven years in jail and fined 36.4 million Egyptian pounds ($6 million) on charges of making illegal gains.
An appeals court recently ordered a retrial in that case, and a separate criminal court ruled on Wednesday that Azmi must be released under a law that says a suspect can not be held in prison for more than 18 months.
Azmi has been in detention for about 22 months, state news agency MENA reported.
The former top aide, one of the most senior members of Mubarak's inner circle, will still face travel and financial restrictions but not be confined to his home.
Mubarak is in a military hospital. Last month a Cairo court granted him a retrial after he was jailed for life over the killing of protesters by security forces trying to quell the uprising against him.
Also on Wednesday, an appeals court annulled the verdicts of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former interior minister Habib al-Adli and former finance minister Youssef Boutrous-Ghali in a separate graft case, MENA said.
Boutros-Ghali fled abroad before his trial, while the other two have been in prison.
The three had been convicted of squandering 92 million Egyptian pounds in public funds in a case involving irregularities in the procurement of vehicle license plates.
Former tourism minister Zoheir Garrana was also granted a retrial in a case in which he is accused of illegally issuing licenses to tourism companies, MENA said.
All four former officials also face separate graft cases, while Adli is further charged with involvement in the killing of protesters.
(This story corrects 8th paragraph to say Mubarak is in a military hospital, not prison hospital)
Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Paul Taylor and Mark Heinrich