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We’re in the process of reviewing how we make our data available to the outside world with the goal of making it easier for anyone to innovate and answer interesting questions with the data. If you use our current ftp solution to get data [http://www.imdb.com/interfaces] or are thinking about it, we’d love to get your feedback on the current process for accessing data and what we could do to make it easier for you to use in the future. We have some specific questions below, but would be just as happy hearing about how you access and use IMDb data to make a better overall experience.
1. What works/doesn’t work for you with the current model?
2. Do you access entertainment data from other sources in addition to IMDb?
3. Would a single large data set with primary keys be more or less useful to you than the current access model? Why?
4. Would an API that provides access to IMDb data be more or less useful to you than the current access model? Why?
5. Does how you plan on using the data impact how you want to have it delivered?
6. Is JSON format sufficient for your use cases (current or future) or would additional format options be useful? Why?
7. Are our T&Cs easy for you to understand and follow?
Thanks for your time and feedback!
I think it's great you have a flat file listing of all the data, however I want to read it with a Perl program, and parsing through your format is not a simple task. It would be much simpler if the fields were delimited by a '|', or something similar, and a code indicating movie, tv show, etc. I am looking at the actor/actress files specifically, haven't looked at the others as yet. I don't supposed you already have Perl scripts available that would read the file and insert the data into MySQL?
I just wrote a simple Java program that does just that, it doesn't put them to DB but outputs '|'-separated list that can then be Mapreduce-processed.
I could clean it up a bit and put it up to Github etc if someone else is interested?
Now this is something I would really like to see. If you would be so kind to share it with us... much appreciated.
I've looked at all the dump files, but I can't find how you figure out if a Title is a film or a Tv Show. The way I do it right now is by using the running-times.list file. If the running time is over 60 minutes I say it's a film otherwise it's a Tv Show. Is there a better way ?
The Type is defined by the formatting of the title.
A TV Series is wrapped in quotes : e.g. "Fresh Point" (1997) .
See Submission Guide: Title Formats for the way to recognize the other types.
Wow thank you, I was not aware of this guideline, really helpfull.
As a member of /dev/fort, it's really useful for us that you publish full dumps of all the data: we regularly go to locations without an internet connection to build new things, and we wouldn't be able to use IMDB data without access to a full, local mirror of the it.
1) I usually use a database (MS-Access) to manipulate data.
a) For this to work well I need to have all the data on each record. In some of the lists the primary key is missing from most of the records : e.g. in the Actress list is missing her name in all but the first record for each person. This would require my writing a routine to step through the created table, inserting the name in each blank field.
b) The supplied records need to have defined fields, possibly as a .csv or .tsv file. The use of a unique character such as the pipe (|) would be acceptable, although one of the standard formats would be easier to use.
c) The inclusion of the unique keys (t-const, n-const, etc) would be a tremendous help. While the full name can be used as a key, the consts will be easier to use and faster to process.
3) A single full database would be good to have, but it would also mean downloading a large data set even if I was only interested in one aspect.
4) A good API might be even better than the ftps, provided it is reasonably easy to use and the returned dataset meets the above criteria (all data on each record, unique keys, defined fields).
5) As noted above, I want to load this into a database; therefore a flat file with defined fields is the best option for me.
6) I have not worked with JSON and currently have no software to process such a dataset; as noted above a .tsv file would be the most useful to me.
2) I occasionally get data from other sources (such as tv.com) but IMDb is my primary source.
1. Once a parser is built for the data files, parsing them basically just works, with the one major exception that there are no primary keys, so there's a lot of babysitting the data over time.
2. Sure. FreeDB, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon, among other sources.
3. Primary keys, did you say?
4. I like being able to pull all the data down at once and make minimal calls to the server, but an API in addition would not be unwelcome.
6. JSON would be fine.
7. T&Cs could use some updating/examples/clarification in this mashup/integration/Web2 era.
I think the current format leaves a lot to be desired.
I checked e.g. actors, but there appears to be no way to get the IMDB URL associated with an actor. Same with movies, etc.
If I want to get some information from the DB, finding the right file for it is more like a guesswork. It should be documented which file contains what.
Having primary keys is always better. If the data has that, it does not even have to be in a single file.
Having everything in-place makes parsing easier.
Please use the IMDB URL (e.g. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/ for Tom Hanks) as the primary key.
They are complementary. APIs are good for occasionally issuing a few queries; bulk data models are good for working with large amounts of data. Having both is the best.
Please. JSON. Everybody can read JSON, it is the obvious choice. The current format mess is not really helpful.
Oh, and one more thing: utf-8, please!
I agree. JSON is a must. If carefully done, a unix friendly flat file is also great (ie one record per line, strictly delimited).
Still, JSON takes priority, because it has structure and it can be extended without breaking existing parsers. Using JSON also eliminates encoding issues (strings must use UTF8).
Do you really want a long string as a primary key? That seems like not a good idea. Especially if you want to join between two datasets. Joining on large strings is slow(er) than it needs to be.
I forgot about the weird encoding the data files use. UTF-8 would definitely be a very good upgrade. In my applications one of the first thing I do is convert the strings to UTF-8 encoding.
I just run into the issue. Anyone care to share what encoding they're using?
Not URLs but IMDb ids would be nice as primary keys, e.g. "nm0000158". And please describe its structure (characters, numbers, max length etc.).
I will followup with the answers to the questionnaire soon. Meanwhile, I want to know the answer to a very basic question. The introduction of the Alternative Interfaces mentions that a 'subset' of data is provided. What here is exactly not being provided?
We are not getting all the individual entities OR we are getting all the IMDb entities but the data against some or all is not complete or both? Thanks.
I'm using your data for a local movie database. For the movie thumbnails I'm using a different server.
Your data is very hard to parse, but I think there was documentation somewhere on the FTP.
First of all I'm missing some unique ID. I would be glad if you choose to use your ID (the one which is shown in the url).
Also, it would be much easier to parse and use your data if you're using a standardized format (JSON would be OK or an SQL dump would be fine, too).
I have a very fast internet connection, so I personally do not care if you provide an very big file with all the data, or several smaller files. But for most of the users I think multiple files with an different content type would be better.
An API would not improve the current situation. Sometimes I'm looking for a special movie and perform some complex search querys, cause I only remember some little details about one movie. I think that would not be possible with an API and a local search would be faster.
Thanks for providing the data. I'm looking forward to your changes.
i) The instructions and data are mixed, which means getting to the computer-readible part of a list requires manual (and brittle) code to skip the header. The archive should include a README file with instructions, and then a machine-readible file with just the raw data.
ii) Parsing the data is a pain; TSV would be a much preferable format.
3. Probably more useful, assuming it was easy to manipulate e.g. in SQLite. Currently, a lot of effort is spent on parsing the dataset.
Using a common delimiter makes so much more sense for your flat-file dumps. Having a variable number of parameters with a variety of delimiters makes my head hurt and my code slow.
I personally find using third-party (not internal) primary keys to be brittle.
Right now I'm using the IMDB for instruction and performance testing. If IMDB were to provide a JSON+REST API, it would allow me to teach more data access techniques with the same dataset. Right now I simply don't have an application for an IMDB API.
For real-time applications, having access to a live IMDB API would be awesome. Caching could be done with an internal policy (possibly influenced by IMDB) instead of simply waiting for the FTP dump to be updated. A live API has the potential to use less bandwidth of myself or IMDB depending on the load and the usage compared to the FTP dump.
I very much prefer JSON as most languages that I use have (near) standard libraries for parsing JSON. It's less verbose (read: smaller) and easier to read than XML. As a maintainer of such a large, plain text data set, I'd still consider keeping a delimited (CSV or equivalent) version if the size difference was noticeable.
I've never had a problem with your T&Cs.
This is sweet music to my ears. At least half a dozen times I have sat down determined to write a modern parser for the IMDb text data in .NET and ultimately given up because (a) the data is infuriatingly hard to work with and (b) it doesn't provide any way of interacting with personalised data such as my watchlist and ratings. As you must be aware there are several unofficial APIs to your data, all of which are either poor quality, unreliable or incomplete. Competitors like the Open Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes APIs simply can't compete in terms of data quality or completeness, so a modern IMDb API would be a dream come true and I would start using it from launch day.
Quite frankly the current model is horrendous. The raw data is presented in a format so proprietary and unstructured it's almost as if it was done deliberately to discourage uptake. I appreciate that probably isn't the case and it's just very old. I got relatively far with a parser once but found I was hitting error after error whilst hunting for specific text patterns rather than parsing a known format.
More importantly though, I have no need for or interest in locally storing the entire database. If you were to start presenting the data in say, XML or JSON as flat files I would most definitely consider using it, but I would MUCH prefer an API that allowed me to retrieve individual records or sets of records rather than parsing an enormous volume of data from which I might only ever use a tiny fraction.
I've investigated using the Rotten Tomatoes API, the Open Movie Database and various unofficial IMDb APIs but none of them really do what I want.
Yes, because it would be easier to construct a usable database from. Any modern application consuming this data is going to want to construct a relational or NoSQL database from the data, for which primary keys are essential. However, a single large dataset would be far less useful to me than a random access API.
MUCH more useful. Having a complete copy of the database locally may have it's advantages for some applications but it would be so large that it wouldn't make much sense on a mobile app for example, and would hence necessitate the construction of an intermediate database and web service API constructed from the dumped data files, which would be less reliable and less current than an API provided directly by IMDb. Most apps (certainly the kind I have in mind) would want to perform searches and maybe cache a small number of records locally for performance, but have no need for fully offline access.
Yes. The use case I have in mind right now means I would want to be able to access a user's watchlist and ratings (with their authorisation of course using OAuth or similar) and access key data about the movies that user has expressly registered their interest in through the watchlist and ratings features. That use case would be ruled out by a static data dump.
JSON would be my first choice of data format, although I'd argue that a choice of JSON or XML is best practice for a modern web API design. Ideally the API would adhere to REST best practice and employ content negotiation for format selection.
Yes, no issues in that regard.
I didn't know that the data was even available -- my own use for it would be to hook up to my off-line dictionary; the potential feature is: "type in a word, and see it in the context of movie tag lines and plots".
Answer: it's a slightly wierd-looking format, but nothing that looks too hard to parse.
Answer: JSON would be superior but not essential.
Answer; no, they are not. There's a set on the T&C page that don't really match the conditions in the files themselves. Also as an FYI: the "email us for T&C" technically only applies if I want express written consent. If I want to use implied consent, then I don't have to email you for alternative terms. But the terms for implied consent are pretty vague.
I would really love an SQLite database file. For simple use cases, this would be enough already. For more advanced use cases, creating a script that moves/syncs the data to a "real" database becomes a lot easier because the full relational schema is already there.
There is some good feedback already and while I have interest in the IMDB data I am not currently using it and don't have any specifics in mind.
The best thing you can do is provide a documented REST API with a STRONGLY documented data structure. Be clear with this part and everything else kind of falls into place.
If you want to provide data via FTP, why not have an option for full/incremental database backups? It doesn't have to be a dump of your full DB just the fields you want to provide. Then anyone who wants to use it can either load and translate as needed or just restore the backup and use the DB as is. Maybe consider a data warehouse type export? This would make sites that want to use your data be able to have fast read/report style access (since I would assume modifying it is not super useful).
Definitely include primary keys! If you have lots of surrogate keys (good) make sure there is some kind of unique identifier for each record.
If I was to build an application making use of the data I would prefer a readonly model that I could refresh from your source as needed. If I wanted to store additional information with the IMDB data I would have a metadata database/table structure that could be referenced via the IMDB PK fields. This way I can refresh that data at will and not lose any of my additional data.
I am a researcher at University of Verona, Italy.
With two collegues from CEA - Saclay in Paris we are doing a scientific research based on IMDb data, with the aim of identifying the determinants of movie success and their evolution in time.
To this purpose, we need to revert the database to some previous state in time, but unfortunately we noticed that some of the diff files are missing or empty (list below).
Is there any way to recover/obtain them?
I really appreciate your help on this matter, that is so important to carry out successfully our research on the movie industry.
Moreover this could be an occasion to fix the consistency of a database that, apart from the due improvement discussed in this page, is actually great to have publicly available.
Thanks for the feedback. We no longer keep historical diffs, so would be unable to provide.
Now all of the data can be accessed by joins. This structure avoids redundancy, so reduces space consumption.
I am very thankful that IMDB makes their data available in bulk format. I'm a big fan of film and have had fun playing around with the IMDB data.
That being said, the format is really terrible to work with. When I first started using it I figured that it must actually be formatted that way to discourage people from using it. Creating a regular expression to parse even just the title is quite tricky with so many optional fields and different delimiters which may or may not be present.
Some here have recommended delimited files, but I think that would be a mistake. While delimited files are perfect for tabular data, many of the files do not contain tabular data but instead blocks of data. (Such as a set of AKA titles for each movie title) A much superior solution, which would be usable by everyone very easily, would be to use JSON. A JSON file can easily include additional fields for some records and fewer for others. There are also robust, fast parsers for pretty much every language and platform out there. A big benefit to IMDB would be that changing the format would be very easy. If you wanted to include a new bit of information for some records, the data could be added without disrupting any existing parsers. It would just be a new field that they aren't looking for anyway.
As some have mentioned, having a sort of "primary key" to cross-relate the files would be extremely useful. IMDB already has such a key, of course, in the ID used in the sites URLs. I imagine that bit of information might not be provided in the files in order to discourage screen scraping, but if so that's not very effective. It just makes people looking to scrape info from your site hit your search engine before grabbing the movies page.
I find your Terms of Service very reasonable. I've never wanted to do anything that conflicts with them for my own playing around.
Whatever changes are made, I sincerely hope that you do not do away with the ability to get the data in bulk. Many APIs are designed such that they just service specific requests, but for the things I do at least (such as analyzing the differences between the ratings assigned to movies in different countries) such would be useless. My worst-case-scenario would be IMDB developing an API, doing away with the bulk data download, and limiting the number of requests per day. For applications that just let people see information about movies on a personal wishlist or watching for new productions from a favorite director or the like that would be sufficient, but for any statistical analysis it'd be useless.
Parsing the 50 files is cumbersome and error-prone due to different formats and errors in the data. It's also a pain to recombine the information into the separate entities persons and movies.
Having the data is great though.
See my answer to 1. Merging the information from separate files is annoying because there are about half a dozen different file formats. Having just one big data set would make all of these problems go away.
No, I prefer having the data in one download. APIs bring usage restrictions and force me to use it in a very specific and as such limited way and I want to be free in how I query the data.
Kind of. Like I said in answer 4, having a data set I can download is preferable to an API. I want to be able to run queries and combine the IMDb data with other data sets.
JSON would be completely sufficient.
at first, I'd like to thank you very much for making tha data available at all! I really apprecciate it, because i know how much work it is to create and maintain such a project.
But as you already know, the current data format is really hard to handle for most uses. I am IT developer and entrepreneuer, creating and running databases with hundrets of millions of entries. From my point of view, your kind of data is best suited for use within SQL databases, containing primary keys and foreign key relations. That way, a SQL dump would be awesome for anyone who uses SQL for querying the data.
A: The current model is not uniform, not scalable, it's hard to build an index on top and is therefore killing performance. Complex searches accross different fields are not possible, simply because there are no (delimited) fields. To use this data in a convenient manner, I have to convert it to a standard database format that allows to join datasets using primary and foreign key relations and to perform logarithmic scaled searches on B-tree indexes for best performance. But even a simple convertion to SQL is not made easy. Even more problematic: Information is not only stored within in the data itself, but also within the data structure, which is, at least, an absolute no-go when dealing with data structures. NEVER store information within your structure!
A: I consider to do so, yes. But this requires a clear type-to-subdata-attribution. That means that there should be a strong relationship model between a data entry and it's object entity. So, a name should be a film name OR a series' episode name, but not both. However, I know that changing a data model is not that easy as to just define a different data format. I guess we have to live with that.
A: I'm not really sure if I understand this question. Primary keys are most relevant, yes, but "a single large dataset"? A single SQL dump would be okay, becaus it contains several tables.
A: Less useful, because an api offers only a limited capability of querying the data. And it decreases performance on large-scale-queries. And it's OS and language (code) dependent.
A: It depends. ;-) I do always transform all source data in an overall standard structure like CSV, SQL, RDF OR XML. This standard structure can then be optimized for the way it will be accessed. Therefore, it would -of course- be nice to have this data already stored in such a standard format. But I don't really bother which standard format you choose. I cannot think of any situation, in that anybody profits from the data stored in a nonstandard format like it currently is. However, some projects may require nonstandard formats, but the probability it matches a nonstandard format like yours, is rather low.
A: Yes, so long. But I might contact you next year to clearify some special issues. You probably should think about updating your T&Cs for web2.0 usecases. We are currently working (internal) on web3.0 features. One major problem is that a lot of old T&Cs are rarely web2.0 compliant, so not web3.0 compliant at all.
I've got some questions, too. Are the flat files really the ones you're manually working with, e.g. adding and modifying data? Or do you already use a database for it? If yes, which kind? At least your web platform will make use of a database for performance reasons. So why don't you offer the data in just the format that you are using yourself?
Nowadays data exchange formats shall be well-defined and standard-compliant. That ensures that all data can be imported into totally different DBMS without interfering the data model itself or even data integrity. While XML is only suitable for small amounts of data, SQL-dumps target only SQL-type databases, of course. The question whether SQL is the best format may be answered by the question if there is anyone who doesn't use SQL. Lets assume the latter, and go on. RDF is a subset ob XML but more complex than simple XML: it introduces the possibility to store and set up a data graph. A data graph is -simply spoken- a set containig two types of elements: nodes and edges. Each node is an object, and each edge a relation between two objects. The difference to standard XML and even SQL is, that it allows to store objects and relations that may not be predefined, a graph can record data without modifying the data model. It would be great for IMDb-like data, but I guess that it's too complicated for simple usuage. So there remain CSV and JSON. To be not language-dependent at all, I would prefer CSV over JSON. Charset UTF-8, predefined field names, field delimiters and field enclosures with c-style escapes. Field names should be unique across different files, each file should contain one dataset per line, and each dataset should contain a numeric primary key. If this primary keys are uniqe across all files, users could still set up a graph on top of the data. Using JSON instead of CSV would be okay, if it still represents one dataset per line. But using one object for all data in JSON has no advantage over standard-csv in my opinion. I don't prefer having all data in one file, except for a SQL dump, which could come in 3 or 4 different files (films, series, actors/actresses, other data). For CSV and JSON it might be better to offer one file for each table.
If i can be of any help, please contact me using my email address imdb -at- abotech.de.
If I fully understand your data model and format, I might be able to provide serverspace and different formats for download and/or access as contribution to your project. Of course, regarding your T&Cs, this would require your explicit pemission first.
Do you have the available IMDb as RDF files? I'm working on a project and this format would save me a lot of time!
Any chance of an update on this from IMDb staff? The question was posted months ago now, and it would be nice to know what if anything you are working on in this area.
The data is somehow structured, but the format isn't documented and is very difficult to parse. Having any structured format would be helpful, especially correctly delimited csv, since the files might be a little too big for more sophisticated formats.
I'm using filmweb.pl data and looking into rotten tomatoes.
While I'm not sure if a single data file would be more helpful, having primary keys for each of the categories (movies, directors, actors, genres) and having them used in all the files would be very useful. Performing joins based on titles that are strings tens of characters long is inefficient and problematic. IMDB is already using integer-based id's in its urls (say tt0330243) so there shouldn't be any problem with exposing the ids.
It would compliment the current bulk data approach. An API would be good for lookup and smaller operations, but would be taxing to use for statistical/bulk purposes. You cannot replace the bulk access with an API, but on the other hand it's easy to create an API when you have access to flat files, so I wouldn't axe them.
Yes, but different use-cases would call for very similar formats.
JSON and flat CSV files would be sufficient.
They aren't too easy to find.
I think what you have works for the most part, I use perl and any textual data is pretty easy to read. My number 1 big, big, big, complaint is, there is no mapping of title and names to the unique IMDb id number, so there is no (supported) way to create a link back to the IMDb page. If I am creating an application, I would generally use the downloaded data to show some subset of information, but I still want to create a link back to the IMDb page. I don't want to recreate the entire IMDb page, plus there is some information, like the users own personal data (title rating, lists the title is on, etc.) that just isn't available unless you go back to the IMDb site.
Another small nit is the files are not very well documented.
Currently using TCM. Was using the Netflix API until they shut that down.
Either one. Large data set is appropriate for showing lots of data, smaller data sets is appropriate for showing small subsets of data. It depends on the application.
I think an API would be more efficient. I think it is more efficient to just go query for what you want than to download blocks of data all the time when you may not use a lot of the data.
1. What works/doesn't work for you with the current model?
YES . Ease of maintenance and simplicity again that word relational!
I work for QlikView and I often build my own models at home with real life data that's not boring, like bank or mine production data. I've been thinking about building a QlikView app for some time now, and I can't explain how delighted I was to find out that the data is actually availble outside of the web site or mobile app. I'm going to start now, and will be updating you on the progress, and how I find your current data structure.
It's awesome that you are willing to share everyone's hard work and passion.


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CineSat V4 is completely re-designed, and again faster in performance, with many new and enriched functions. The major innovation is an enterprise-ready and update-resistant configuration scheme that supports multi-level, hierarchical, and conditional configuration with any number of cascaded profile layers. Users can now easily create and test several variants of an existing configuration, collaborate in workgroups, and define enterprise and group defaults. This makes development, testing, and operational production of new weather products quite easy.
The comment of first customers using this sophisticated scheme: “It's magic”.
The synchronization of highly concurrent applications under heavy load requires fast, real-time process information - sometimes faster than standard Unix tools can provide it. Therefore, we designed and developed a fully decentralized and distributed process management system for the CineSat application.
This new secure task management is independent from the Linux flavor and operating system versions, benefits from multi-processor architectures, and can easily manage the negotiation and priorities between hundreds of processes fired up at the same time.
This makes CineSat very robust against failures of processes e.g. due to full disks, manual kill of processes, server shutdown, and power outage.
GEPARD has a long-term reputation for finding creative solutions to challenging tasks.
Just call us to discuss your wishes, projects, and requirements.


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MDT meetings are an almost ubiquitous feature of modern oncology practice. They were established in the 1990s and 2000s as a means of establishing the most appropriate treatment for a patient. There are often multiple doctors involved in a patient's care, including the GP, surgeon, a specialist physician, a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist, and palliative care physician. There can also be a number of allied health and nursing staff involved, including specialist cancer nurses, speech pathology, dietician and physiotherapy. In isolation, there is the potential for less appropriate treatment to be recommended in the absence of input from other specialists. Finally, clinical trials may be available to a patient but only known about by a non-diagnostic specialist (eg. radiation or medical oncology).
This is perhaps most relevant for cases where surgery is not always the best initial treatment, eg: locally advanced rectal cancer, oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
Colorectal and Oesophagus: Improved survival has been demonstrated for patients with these cancers by evaluating outcomes before and after implementation of MDT meetings.
Head and Neck: Outcomes in head and neck cancer were shown to be superior for patients who were presented at MDT in a UK study comparing patients who presented before and after MDT meetings were introduced.
Clinical members of MD teams typically report positive experiences (80-90%).
MDT meetings are typically introduced, and outcomes compared in the patient group treated before and after this introduction. This may confound the results, as newer treatments typically become available with time and outcomes improve regardless. Despite this, there does seem to be significant improvement in patient outcomes and satisfaction with MDT meeting presentation. It is also too late to run a randomised trial of MDT meetings as there is no longer clinical equipoise in most clinicians.
MDT Meetings may not capture all patients: A number of patients may not be presented at MDT meetings, or be presented after they have had radical surgery. This limits the usefulness of meetings. An example would be a patient with high risk prostate cancer who undergoes radical prostatectomy, and is then presented post-operatively after they are found to have positive margins and extracapsular extension.
MDT Meetings may impact on morale: In some institutions treatment decisions may be governed by an autocratic member who overrides team decisions through their behaviour. Other members of the MDT may feel powerless and have reduced morale; they may leave the institution and exacerbate problems with treatment.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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The 12ft Tie on Trampoline Cover will help protect your 10ft round trampoline from frost and being damaged by the sunlight ; both of which can seriously weaken your trampoline jump bed and pads. The cover its self is made from a UV resistant hard wearing material and is available in a deep green, a colour which complements any garden setting.
To attach the cover to the trampoline a series of 16 ties are positioned around the edge. These ties simply wrap around your trampoline frame and will ensure your cover does not budge what ever the weather may be.
Keep your trampoline protected from rogue bouncers!

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April 5 (UPI) — Canadian health officials on Friday announced they plan to halt the sale of implants linked to a form of cancer.
The decision comes after studies showing a link between the implants, which have a textured surface, and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a type of cancer. The disease develops months or years after breast implant procedures, Health Canada said, and presents as an accumulation of fluid between the implant and surrounding tissue.
In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 457 women with breast implants have been diagnosed with the form of lymphoma, including nine who died.
In December, Europe blocked Allergan, a French company, from selling some of its popular products after concerns grew that they caused cancer. After discussing the risk with French authorities, the FDA moved forward with its own warning on cancer risk from breast implants.
Health Canada said it will review clinical and scientific information on the safety of the breast implants, including any data submitted by Allergan. If government health officials don’t receive a satisfactory response in 15 days, they will suspend Biocell medical device licenses, preventing the implants from being sold in Canada.
No other company sells textured implants in Canada.
«The world of medical devices is constantly evolving, and the Government of Canada is working to ensure that regulations and guidance keep pace,» Health Canada said.


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This is the time to save yourself. This is the time for one more drink.
Skip the food coma with a bracing digestive tonic.
A vinegar elixir with a storied past.
Amp up your G&T's with these fancy tonic waters. You're welcome.
You know what seems to always make a cocktail better? Sparkling wine.
Feeling under the weather? This herbal tonic is one of our favorite home cough remedies.


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A penetrating intraosseous ganglion of the triquetrum causing ulnar nerve compression.
An intramuscular myxoma of the hand.
Ulnar nerve compression at the wrist by the accessory abductor digiti minimi muscle: wrist trauma as a precipitating factor.
Fanconi anemia with concurrent thumb polydactyly and dorsal dimelia: a case report with discussion of embryology.
Z-plasty for Tanzer type IIb constricted ears.
Juvenile mammary hypertrophy: is reduction mammaplasty always feasible?
Surgical treatment and results in 17 cases of open lacerations of the extensor hallucis longus tendon.
Congenital sporadic clinodactyly of the index finger.
Augmentation of the nasal dorsum with autogenous costal cartilage using the "edge-on" technique.
Congenital duplication of the palm syndrome.
The reverse sural artery fasciomusculocutaneous flap for small lower-limb defects: the use of the gastrocnemius muscle cuff as a plug for small bony defects following debridement of infected/necrotic bone.
The "central" approach for single-stage debulking of the reverse sural artery fasciomusculocutaneous flap.
The reverse sural artery adipofasciomuscular flap for the reconstruction of a heel sinus with underlying calcaneal osteomyelitis.
The reverse sural fasciomusculocutaneous "mega-high" flap: a study of 20 consecutive flaps for lower-limb reconstruction.
An alternative approach for correction of constricted ears of moderate severity.
Lower-limb reconstruction utilizing the reverse sural artery flap-gastrocnemius muscle cuff technique.
Classification of hand anomalies in Poland's syndrome.
Technical modifications and extended applications of the distally based adipofascial flap for dorsal digital defects.


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Alexandra Sokoloff: BITTER MOON cover and pre-order!
BITTER MOON cover and pre-order!
I'm very excited to reveal the cover of Book 4 of the Huntress/FBI Thrillers!
Bitter Moon is out November 1, and is now available for pre-order for just $3.99.
FBI agent Matthew Roarke has been on leave, and in seclusion, since the capture of mass killer Cara Lindstrom—the victim turned avenger who preys on predators. Torn between devotion to the law and a powerful attraction to Cara and her lethal brand of justice, Roarke has retreated from both to search his soul. But Cara’s escape from custody and a police detective’s cryptic challenge soon draw him out of exile—into the California desert and deep into Cara’s past—to probe an unsolved murder that could be the key to her long and deadly career.
Following young Cara’s trail, Roarke uncovers a horrifying attack on a schoolgirl, the shocking suicide of another, and a human monster stalking Cara’s old high school. Separated by sixteen years, crossing paths in the present and past, Roarke and fourteen-year-old Cara must race to find and stop the sadistic sexual predator before more young girls are brutalized.
I've already pre-ordered! Can't wait.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Southern Alberta Weed workshop - Transdisciplinary approaches to better weed research and management?
In June 2016 Sally Peltzer & I attended Andina III – a 5 day weed workshop in southern Alberta organised by a range of weedies including the notable Roger Cousens, University of Melbourne and Sonia Graham, a social scientist from the University of NSW.
The workshop was held at the Gladstone Ranch near Pincher Creek, in the eastern foothills of the Canadian Rockies and was attended by 32 ‘natural’ and 'social' scientists, agronomists and consultants, from seven countries. Australians and North Americans made up the bulk of the participants.
This was the third Andina workshop, with the first 2 taking place in Yellowstone National Park and Spain. Each conference has had a different theme. The theme for Andina III was “the transdisciplinary approach” to weed research and management and a few social scientists were thrown into the mix.
The general principle behind these get-togethers is to fill a perceived void left by traditional conferences by fostering international dialogue, collaboration and mentoring in a relaxed atmosphere. By spending 5 days together and doing a wide range of activities trust and relationships are built between the participants which will continue into the future once everyone has returned home to their normal lives and jobs.
So what is a "transdisciplinary approach"?
This was an interesting question because we asked “what is the difference between transdisciplinarity and a good research and extension program?” This was discussed at some length, for better or worse over the five days.
Integrative multidisciplinary research is thought to address complex real-world problems addressed systemically rather than as isolated problems. It involves harnessing scholarly and practical knowledge across many stakeholder groups such as scientists from different disciplines, private sector players, farmers, and extensionists at a range of geographic and political levels e.g. local, regional, landscape-wide.
Some of the participants in a 'break-out' session.
a wide range of knowledge to address a complex problem.
Normally what happens in research is that researchers concentrate on research directions and objectives and tack on some publicity, such as a dry press release, or ill-planned extension at the completion of the research. This is the old top-down approach to research - we know what’s good for you so you should use our research findings....... and be grateful while you’re at it.
We tried to test the multi-disciplinary approach in southern Alberta by doing a fair amount of pre-workshop communication between workshop members as well as reading up on the issues facing the diverse range of land users in southern Alberta.
Accesses land management funds for projects from Alberta Province and Federal Government, private donors and the co-operative.
Has an agreement with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect the land in a state similar to that prior to white settlement, except running beef instead of bison.
Makes the Waldron Coop an outlier with other beef ranchers in the area because they are seen as different because of their size and the way they access a range of external funds. This is then seen as the major reason why they can run above district average numbers of beasts and obviously has nothing to do with the pasture and grazing management being practised.
Has leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) as its major weed species. Leafy Spurge is a perennial with a spreading root system that isn’t eaten by cattle and has been spreading across North America since the early 1900s.
Mike, manager of the Waldron Cooperative, outlining his approach to range management.
Manage the grass first and the cattle second because without the grass you can’t fatten the cattle. Mike tries to emulate the grazing patterns of the bison with rotational grazing and lets the perennial grasses seed before winter to maintain species diversity in his pastures. Like in Australia most cattle ranchers set stock their pastures over summer leading to an increased density of leafy spurge, and a decline in species diversity and cattle weight gain.
To manage the leafy spurge Mike uses a biocontrol agent that is a root-feeding beetle. Many other ranchers have also established this beetle on their leafy spurge infestations while others use an ‘unplanned’ herbicide program in an attempt to contain weed infestations.
What is different with the Waldron Co-op is that they graze sheep (leased) on the spurge as well. We were told that the reason why the combination of biocontrol and grazing with sheep works so well was that the sheep disperse biocontrol agent. Interestingly no research has been conducted looking at the influence of defoliation in combination with the root feeding biocontrol. We thought that this is probably the reason why this combination works so well not the dispersal of the beetles. This is an excellent example where a multi-disciplinary approach to a problem would have paid off rather than leaving it to biocontrol specialists.
It is interesting to note that there also is a VERY negative attitude towards the grazing of sheep in the general ranching community going back to the time when homesteaders moved into the Canadian rangelands leading to ‘range wars’.
We thought that if you hate sheep, why not try a combination of slashing and biocontrol?
Unfortunately we did not meet any other ranchers that would be considered “typical”. The ranchers we sat down and discussed a weed management with were all organic beef growers. What all ranchers do seem to like doing is sit on a horse.
Canada has also experienced contraction of provincial agriculture departments with a reduction in production research and extension being available to landholders.
So what did we take home from Andina III?
Andina is a great opportunity to meet a range of international researchers and get to know them having a great time while you’re at it.
Multi-disciplinary approaches (which are hard to define – just read the peer reviewed papers on the subject) have merit because a number of the researchers we met did not work with anyone from outside their technical silo. Hmmmm. Several researchers said that they would not look at multi-disciplinary cooperation because it would not progress their career objectives i.e. pump out papers.
Multidisciplinary teams seem an obvious approach for someone with an extension/research background but was a new concept for a number of the researchers.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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My dog knows it's not bacon. He won't eat them.
My dog won't eat these for anything. They seem a bit too hard and not 'chewy' enough. My dog likes either soft or hard treats... she doesn't like rubbery ones, and that is what these are.
Not the best treat in the world my girl definitely likes them.
Beggin strips always get my little dogs attention. She loves them.
You know that saying will work for or whatever for.... Well my dog will do just about anything for Beggin Strips and she absolutely loves these treats above and beyond any others I've tried with her!!!
I have never given these to a dog that didn't like them!
All of my dogs have enjoyed these treats. I don't feel like it's a great snack; not much nutritional value and not for dogs with weight issues. But she does like them.
The smell to me is unbearable. Puppy won't even touch them.
My dogs love these. I have a Pomeranian and a poodle mix. The Pomeranian LOVES the flavor and the chewiness. The poodle requires that her treat be broken up into small bites but she will gobble these up also. I can't imagine that they're really healthy---just as real bacon is not especially healthy for humans---but an occasional treat is fine.
My dog is madly in love with these treats. They don't smell like bacon, really...and I assume they don't taste like actual bacon. But, she begs for them and will do most any trick to get them - every day!
Anyone who feeds these to their dogs obviously doesn't care about their well-being. This treat has absolutely no nutritional value, is made with by-products, and has had too many recalls. It's equivalent to garbage.


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We will add an option in the Privacy panel of System Settings.
This on/off switch enables to remove all internet connexion in any lens you have installed supporting the option (which are all lenses in the ubuntu repository).
All lenses components and libunity are impacted by the change, as well as gnome-control-center. A couple of new strings will be added to the latest for the option.
see on comment #27 the screenshot of the privacy settings dash panel. This one is in gnome-control-center (but the source is activity-log-manager for it).
msgid "When searching in the Dash:"
msgid "Include online search results."
The fact that this lens is installed by default means that users are shown commercial content as search results by default in the home screen, and that search queries are sent to an external (to the user) server. It's reasonable that one might want to turn this behaviour off. While it is possible to uninstall the package, this isn't a particularly intuitive route for most.
Other lenses have a 'Filter results' item, which would solve this if on the home screen. Otherwise, an option somewhere in the control centre (privacy?) would be good.
For that matter, I don't think this should be in the home lens by default. Every time I search for an application or a file, it seems that my search will be transmitted to the web. That should be opt-in, not opt-out.
Please, put these results in a separate lens, not in the home lens. They would still be easily accessible when users want them, but there would be no privacy issue. It also avoids the negative publicity now growing on tech news sites like Slashdot and Hacker News.
Thomas, could you file a separate bug about that please? I'd really like to keep this one about the one issue (and on topic).
I'm happy to do that if you prefer, but I see it as two alternative solutions to the same bug. As you described, the problem is that commercial items show up during local searches, and transmitting local searches to a remote server breaks an expectation of privacy. You propose making the opt-out more visible, while I propose making the feature opt-in.
If you still feel my comment should be a separate bug, let me know, and I'll open one.
Yes. I'm asking for a way to disable the lens. You want it to present its results elsewhere. To me, these are related but separate.
Thomas, yes please open a separate bug.
OK, I've opened bug #1054776.
describing this feature will be updated.
translated that would be ideal. The translators will be able to comment more.
don't think I'd consider looking in the latter for this kind of setting.
translators can update to Triaged if/when they approve this.
Removed the app lens, it's been descoped by the design team and they still want those results to be shown here.
+1 from the translations team, as I think such an important feature shouldn't block on translations. Please do send an e-mail to the ubuntu-doc and ubuntu-translators mailing lists as per the UIFe procedure, though.
In any case, if as Iain suggests, the messages shown to the user could be generic enough so that existing translations could be used, that'd be a plus for translators.
-1 from the Docs Team.
Adding a switch to System Settings means that our docs are out of date. These are the docs that I spent most of my weekend working on, since the Design Team really needed to get those dozens of UI Freeze Exceptions done beyond the last possible minute on Thursday, and even Monday (for the new launcher icons). Every one agreed that docs would freeze yesterday at 9 pm UTC. That still gave all day Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday for Canonical to scramble to find a fix for this problem.
This is why we shouldn't approve very late major Feature Freeze Exceptions/User Interface Freeze Exceptions. These features *will* need tweaking.
At some point, we actually do hit a hard User Interface Freeze/Feature Freeze. Considering that those "deadlines" passed a month ago, I believe we've already reached that point.
Also, I don't think we can approve this until it is explicit about what exactly the UI will look like. If that's not agreed upon in advance, then there is a decent chance that people will want to change it again.
From the docs side, you could just add an extra gsettings string. We don't document dconf-editor and while we do have some "gsettings set" instructions on other pages, you could say that arguably using Software Center to remove the lens is better since it's graphical and easier. Or you could remove the shopping feature. It's very easy to remove documentation.
Scott, we've been discussing this in #ubuntu-desktop. It's not as easy to disable all online results, and someone who wants to use the social networking integration (Gwibber lens, photo lens, even Google docs scope for files lens) but not the "ads" doesn't have a way to do that easily in the GUI.
Hi Jeremy! So, I understand that I shouldn't modify the Google Docs scope to respect this setting?
As the admin of the French localization team, you have my +1 too.
As a translator, three extra strings are not a big deal, so +1 on that account. I also think this option will address important privacy concerns.
However, I do feel there have been too many UIFE this cycle, as #11 indicates. It is a huge motivation killer to lose a couple of hours of work due to some external change you have little control over. Just imagine losing a couple of hours worth of work on some nice feature. Especially when you are a volunteer donating your free time to a project.
Ok, changing the UI this late most affects documentation (me) and the translators.
Since we now have 2 +1's from translators not counting dpm's +1, I'll change my -1 vote from the Docs Team to a +1. Please, please let's handle the feature & UI freezes better next cycle.
I'll update the documentation tonight and make sure the ubuntu-docs pot gets uploaded.
As another translator, I agree with Redmar, so +1.
FFe approved for the "Hopefully real final design" as long as it can be uploaded very soon. Can these all be uploaded by Monday? If we're going to churn the design again, then please ask again.
I've updated to activity-log-manager 0.9.4-0ubuntu4, but I can't see the new tab.
I don't appear to have the "com.canonical.Unity.Lenses" schema installed, even though I'm running unity.
@Michael: I only explicitely told it on IRC and G+, but the panel will appear only when next Unity release (with the lenses supporting the option) will be out. That's why there is this schema test.
Does this proposed fix prevent *display* of results, or *sending* of queries to the productsearch servers? The latter is clearly what's desired by the community.
Additionally, the proposed design in comment #27 is misleading. This setting doesn't guarantee that all online results will be omitted from the dash. The proposal in comment #18 is "correct" in describing the scope of this setting.
* Make libunity9 depend on unity-common >= 6.0.0-0ubuntu3 (LP: #1055019).
#32 is right: "Include online search results" sounds like the search is performed and the results are just not displayed. Please change it to something like "Search online"
@lpah012: The UI text cannot change anymore at this point, it has hardly been translated now, and we're very close to the release date.
The switch prevents Unity lenses to perform online searches, isn't that clear enough?
It looks like there's no further release team action for this bug, so unsubscribing the team.


text: A scarce and very desirable original British promo poster for the Beatles Revolver album. The 30" x 41" poster is in GD-VG condition and has been linen-backed with small areas of restoration. The restoration work is mainly confined to the corners where there was slight paper loss (likely a result of the poster originally being displayed using tape to the corners). The exception is a small area about six inches up from the bottom right corner. There is scattered soiling throughout the poster and some age toning. There were also a few tears, the worst of which appear to have been along the middle of the bottom edge. The poster displays well now that it's been line-backed. Don't miss this great opportunity to acquire a rare country of origin Revolver poster.


text: Punjab National Bank has following branches in Mahoba district. List as follows: Mahoba. You can find bank codes using the branch links.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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Two walks, a 3-hour train, an extremely choppy boat trip, a terrifying taxi experience, and an overcrowded bus ride. That’s all it took to reach the picturesque Isle of Capri. Five of my friends and I decided to take a weekend getaway, and ended up having the time of our lives.
The people of Capri are by far the friendliest. I think I speak for all of us when I say we feel extremely welcome here. Everyone wants to give us advice on the best places to go and the best things to see. What I love most about the people here is that they are genuinely interested in getting to know you. Whether it’s a waiter that sits down to talk to us, or a boat driver that wants to ensure we have the best nightlife experience, everyone I’ve come across has been extremely present.
As I travel, the more I realize living in the moment is extremely important to me. In relationships, friendships, and even just being present with yourself and your needs. It’s so easy for me to get caught up in trying to find the next best thing- I often neglect what’s been placed in front of me. Someone once told me, depression is living in the past and anxiety is living in the future; therefore, being present is the best way to find your bliss. I couldn’t agree more.
Saturday we took a private boat trip on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen. The water was so clear you could view everything below you. We swam in caves and climbed the beaches. It was a day I’ll never forget.
The evenings are spent making and listening to music. I’ve been writing lyrics without any instruments. It’s been a good challenge for me, and helps me to focus on the message I want to convey in my songs. Luckily, I was on the island with four other musicians; Tom Zampa of Don Soldi, Molly Kramer; a recording artist from NYC, and Niles Rooker and Ryan Lemp of the Niles Rooker Trio. It isn't hard to be inspired when you're surrounded by so many talented and creative beings.
I’m looking forward to spending some time in Florence this week.
Venice, or as it’s called in Italian, Venezia, was a rude awakening. To give you a glimpse of what my time here looked like, I’ll tell you about how I plummeted into the land of gondolas. I was travelling from Bologna by train with a backpack, massive duffle bag, and a 55-pound suitcase. I was bound to fall at some point. I accepted that it was going to be inevitable. As I stepped off the train, my bags in front of me, I realized in mid air I could either drop all of my luggage or I could hang onto it and try to stick the landing. I did not stick the landing guys. I found myself being pulled by my luggage and I did a (not so graceful) tuck and tumble face first onto the platform. I heard a chorus of “Mamma Mia’s” and an angry unsuspecting victim that (unsuccessfully) caught the wrath of my fall.
All tripping aside, Venice is definitely the most beautiful place I have ever been to. Located in northeastern Italy, it is composed of 117 tiny islands connected by canals. There is a post card view from every corner of the city. People use boat taxis to get from place to place, I’ve never experienced anything like it.
Speaking of new experiences, I was walking with a group of my girl friends and I noticed a fish pedicure spa. I had read about them and had always wanted to try it. I decided I had to do it. The girls hesitantly agreed to join me. We sat with our feet in a tank while these itty bitty fish gnawed the dead skin off of our feet. It was the most bizarre sensation. It looked like something from the show, Fear Factor. We couldn’t stifle our discomfort and the squealing commenced. When I finally looked up we had gained a crowd of people outside taking our picture and watching us through the windows in disbelief. They had to be thinking, who in their right mind would do this?! Me, that’s who.
My final hours in Venice were spent lost at night in the pouring rain. It was absolutely miserable, yet deliriously funny due to lack of sleep. To sum up the last 48 hours; it started with a fall and ended with a storm, but everything in between was pure beauty and for that I have no complaints.
I finally made it to Bologna, Italy. The land of all things food, perfume, and architecture. It’s been a wild 72 hours. I’m currently travelling this month with 20 other kids my age. In my little friend group, I’m the only one who can understand and speak a little Italian. It’s surprising how quickly you can pick up a language when you suddenly have to depend on yourself to communicate for everyone. The first day we woke up and climbed to the top of San Luca- which felt like a lifetime because we were so jetlagged. We climbed 113 stair cases - I counted. According to my friends pedometer app we walked 15,000 steps. Even though my legs felt like noodles it was 110% worth every step. The view from the top was breathtaking.
On the plane ride over, I met a photographer from Colorado, Niles Rooker. I was so impressed by his natural ability to capture people and places. He’s been travelling with me and my friends, and we enjoy doing shoots together when we go out. I love working with him because he’s so passionate about his art, and he’s a perfectionist- two qualities we have in common. He also plays guitar. We’re on a mission to find a guitar to travel with this month. I’ll let you know if we find one, but either way we’ll write when we have a free moment.
In the evening we went to a cooking school, Salotto di Penelope. There, we met two older women that taught us how to make homemade cavelli, flatbread, and tagliatella pasta. It’s tough to fathom the amount of time and effort that goes into preparing each meal. In America I feel like we’re always in such a rush to eat and keep going on with our day, but here eating is an event. You take time making it, and you take even more time eating it. It was fascinating to watch the process. We hand rolled. Every. Single. Noodle. Then we ate a massive four course meal consisting of prosciutto, various cheeses, flatbreads, two types of pasta, and an almond chocolate brownie.
We leave for Venice in the morning. I’ll check back soon.
PS. To see more of Niles’ work follow him on Instagram @NilesRooker!
Ciao bella! I’m moving to the motherland for the summer, aka Italy. I’d been toying with the idea of going abroad for awhile, and I finally decided to take a leap of faith. Just because I’ll be overseas does not mean I won’t be continuing the things I love—music and eating, and eating some more. But for real, mostly music. This is going to be a time for me to write, learn, record, experience, and develop my voice with a new perspective. I want this to be a way for us to keep in touch while I’m travelling.
My goal with this blog is to create a space that’s more personal. Over the next few months I’ll be writing and sharing pictures, lyrics, and whatever else I think is cool.
It has been a whirlwind year for me in music. From my first EP release, “Trilogy,” to my first performance, it’s been a super exciting time in my life and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve received. More importantly, I’m forever grateful for your willingness to listen to my music. Thanks for sticking with me. I can’t wait to show you all what’s next.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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ZOSYN should be administered by intravenous infusion over 30 minutes.
The usual daily dose of ZOSYN for adults is 3.375 g every six hours totaling 13.5 g (12.0 g piperacillin/1.5 g tazobactam).
Initial presumptive treatment of patients with nosocomial pneumonia should start with ZOSYN at a dosage of 4.5 g every six hours plus an aminoglycoside, totaling 18.0 g (16.0 g piperacillin/2.0 g tazobactam). Treatment with the aminoglycoside should be continued in patients from whom Pseudomonas aeruginosa is isolated. If Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not isolated, the aminoglycoside may be discontinued at the discretion of the treating physician.
The following compatibility information does not apply to the ZOSYN (piperacillin/tazobactam) formulation not containing EDTA. This information does not apply to ZOSYN in Galaxy® containers. Refer to the package insert for ZOSYN Galaxy containers for instructions.
ZOSYN is not compatible with tobramycin for simultaneous coadministration via Y-site infusion. Compatibility of ZOSYN with other aminoglycosides has not been established. Only the concentration and diluents for amikacin or gentamicin with the dosages of ZOSYN listed above have been established as compatible for coadministration via Y-site infusion. Simultaneous coadministration via Y-site infusion in any manner other than listed above may result in inactivation of the aminoglycoside by ZOSYN.
For patients on hemodialysis, the maximum dose is 2.25 g every twelve hours for all indications other than nosocomial pneumonia and 2.25 g every eight hours for nosocomial pneumonia. Since hemodialysis removes 30% to 40% of the administered dose, an additional dose of 0.75 g ZOSYN should be administered following each dialysis period on hemodialysis days. No additional dosage of ZOSYN is necessary for CAPD patients.
The usual duration of ZOSYN treatment is from seven to ten days. However, the recommended duration of ZOSYN treatment of nosocomial pneumonia is 7 to 14 days. In all conditions, the duration of therapy should be guided by the severity of the infection and the patient's clinical and bacteriological progress.
For children with appendicitis and/or peritonitis 9 months of age or older, weighing up to 40 kg, and with normal renal function, the recommended ZOSYN dosage is 100 mg piperacillin/12.5 mg tazobactam per kilogram of body weight, every 8 hours. For pediatric patients between 2 months and 9 months of age, the recommended ZOSYN dosage based on pharmacokinetic modeling, is 80 mg piperacillin/10 mg tazobactam per kilogram of body weight, every 8 hours (see PRECAUTIONS, General, Pediatric Use and CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY). Pediatric patients weighing over 40 kg and with normal renal function should receive the adult dose. There are no dosage recommendations for ZOSYN in pediatric patients with impaired renal function.
Reconstitute the pharmacy bulk vial with exactly 152 mL of a compatible reconstitution diluent, listed below, to a concentration of 200 mg/mL of piperacillin and 25 mg/mL of tazobactam. Shake well until dissolved. Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to and during administration whenever solution and container permit.
Reconstituted ZOSYN solution should be further diluted (recommended volume per dose of 50 mL to 150 mL) in a compatible intravenous solution listed below. Administer by infusion over a period of at least 30 minutes. During the infusion it is desirable to discontinue the primary infusion solution.
Lactated Ringer's Solution (Compatible only with reformulated ZOSYN containing EDTA and is compatible for co-administration via a Y-site).
‡ Maximum recommended volume per dose of Sterile Water for Injection is 50 mL.
ZOSYN should not be mixed with other drugs in a syringe or infusion bottle since compatibility has not been established.
ZOSYN is not chemically stable in solutions that contain only sodium bicarbonate and solutions that significantly alter the pH.
ZOSYN should not be added to blood products or albumin hydrolysates.
ZOSYN can be used in ambulatory intravenous infusion pumps.
ZOSYN is stable in glass and plastic containers (plastic syringes, I.V. bags, and tubing) when used with compatible diluents.
The pharmacy bulk vial should NOT be frozen after reconstitution. Discard unused portions after storage for 24 hours at room temperature (20ºC to 25ºC [68ºF to 77ºF]) or after storage for 48 hours at refrigerated temperature (2°C to 8°C [36°F to 46°F]).
Stability studies in the I.V. bags have demonstrated chemical stability [potency, pH of reconstituted solution, and clarity of solution] for up to 24 hours at room temperature and up to one week at refrigerated temperature. ZOSYN contains no preservatives. Appropriate consideration of aseptic technique should be used.
Stability of ZOSYN (piperacillin and tazobactam for injection, USP) in an ambulatory intravenous infusion pump has been demonstrated for a period of 12 hours at room temperature. Each dose was reconstituted and diluted to a volume of 37.5 mL or 25 mL. One-day supplies of dosing solution were aseptically transferred into the medication reservoir (I.V. bags or cartridge). The reservoir was fitted to a preprogrammed ambulatory intravenous infusion pump per the manufacturer's instructions. Stability of ZOSYN is not affected when administered using an ambulatory intravenous infusion pump.
Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter or discoloration prior to administration, whenever solution and container permit.


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Deutsch: Nationalwappen der Demokratischen Bundesrepublik Nepal mit Leitspruch auf rotem Band.
लेखक Defined by the Government of Nepal as the National emblem by the Constituent Assembly Secretariat.
०५:१२, २९ अक्टोबर २०११ १,५५०×१,३०० (९६० किलोबाइटहरू) Sagredo A small adjustment. Can you find it?

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A Canadian company is pushing wearable technology beyond fitness tracking and mobile alerts with a device that provides real-time feedback on what is happening in your brain while you meditate.
InteraXon’s Muse headband rests on your head like a crown, detecting electroencephalography (EEG) activity going on in your brain. It translates those signals into sounds, like waves crashing on a beach, as you meditate. The sound gets louder if you’re distracted and softer as you relax.
The Toronto-based company claims 20 minutes of meditation with Muse for three days in a row will reduce anxiety, improve mood and lower your heart rate. Longer sessions are said to cause positive changes in the brain, like decreasing amygdala activity associated with the body’s stress response.
The meditation aid can also pair with smartphones so users can track their progress with colour-coded charts.
The brain-sensing headband has attracted a lot of attention since its launch two years ago, drawing celebrity backers like Ashton Kutcher and Olympic skater Elvis Stojko. Now, the academic community is starting to take notice.
McMaster University psychology professor Allison Sekuler said she has long understood the benefits of meditation but lacked the discipline to adopt the habit. Now, she relies on Muse to help her stay mindful of distractions and achieve an optimal meditative state.
Sekuler -- who is a professor of psychology at McMaster -- was so impressed by Muse that she is conducting research for the company to better understand its effects and potential.
The global market for wearable tech is set to top US$14 billion in 2016, and grow to $34 billion by 2020, according to research from CSS Insights.
“People are recognizing that jogging or running or exercise is good for the heart. They’re (also) recognizing it is equally important to exercise the mind,” said InteraXon CEO Derek Luke.
Similar devices are on the market. NeuroSky's MindWave Mobile is one such EEG device. It has a single sensor and an entry-level price of $100. Emotiv Insight, at $659, is more advanced, with five sensors.
While EEG devices are being applauded by industry observers for injecting high tech into a centuries-old tradition, some meditation purists are not convinced.
Dr. Steven Selchen is head of mindfulness based therapies at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Like the health experts who say there is little evidence that fitness wearables lead to lasting weight loss, he questions the ability of gadgets to reproduce the same results as the ancient practice.
The company says studies are underway to assess the headband’s ability to reduce stress among breast cancer patients and to help those with anxiety and depression.
The device has even been used by researchers at the University of Victoria to analyze the brain waves of meditating monks.
While turning meditation into a game that can be quantified on a mobile device may be effective in luring younger tech-oriented individuals, Selchen worries assigning numbers and values to meditation, effectively turning it into another computer game, could defeat its purpose.
Surveys have shown that more adults are intrigued with the idea of brain relaxation, but don’t have the time to attend classes for traditional training. Proponents suggest that devices like Muse offers a potential short-cut while science determines if technology-assisted meditation is as good as the real thing.
InteraXon’s Muse headband is seen on monks who helped test the Canadian-made meditation device.

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text: Amy Albright is the Director of Global Recruiting Operations at CH2M. In her role, she is dedicated to leveraging technology, process and recruitment branding to help attract some of the world’s top engineering professionals. Before moving into an HR PMO, Amy worked for 17 years as a recruiter, sourcer and talent acquisitions leader, implementing applicant tracking, onboarding and performance management solutions in over 22 countries for 30 different companies. Amy’s natural progression into Recruiting Operations leadership has allowed her to approach talent acquisition from a unique perspective. She understands the particular challenges that recruiters and sourcers face in their day-to-day work, and has the hands-on technological knowledge to better engage with related professionals. Amy is passionate about recruitment branding and social media for talent engagement, and believes that when used properly, analytics and metrics can play a powerful role in enhancing the strategic direction of a company. She is excited to share her perspective with you today in the spirit of continuous learning.


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European Technology Platforms were introduced in 2002 as a way of bringing together basic research and industry to produce 'a long-term strategic plan for research and development of specific technologies with a significant economic and societal impact'. They now cover 34 diverse research areas, including road transport, space technology, wind energy, hydrogen and fuel cell technology, nanotechnologies for medical applications, robotics and water supply and sanitation technology, to name a few.
The evaluation was carried out at the request of the European Commission. Its main objectives were to map the functioning, concept development and objectives of the ETPs; list and analyse their output, results and impact; identify successes, limiting factors and best practices; and formulate recommendations for the future. The report made 18 targeted recommendations to policymakers and ETPs, and 12 concluding points. The evaluation recommended that EU and national policymakers 'clearly and unambiguously continue to support the ETP concept', promoting them more forcefully on the political level.
However, the evaluation also highlights the failure of the ETPs to make research results more easily translatable into new products and services. To remedy the situation, the evaluation recommends that ETPs "move beyond scientific and technological challenges" and instead start focusing on the application of research results. Those platforms which are more advanced and have already developed their SRAs should focus on "the regulations and standards that affect the commercialisation of research". In addition, the evaluation concludes that the platforms have "underachieved" regarding the identification of future education and training needs and recommends the introduction of more initiatives in this field in the near future.
The main conclusions of the evaluation were that, generally speaking, all ETP stakeholders are fairly satisfied (score of 3.5 out of 5). Commissioner Potočnik concluded by saying, 'Over 90% of the nearly 950 respondents to the evaluators' survey of your members and stakeholders said that they would, given their experience of ETPs' involvement so far, gladly renew their membership.


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Which method are you using to access Snarl? I only ask as, of V42, the request you send to Snarl can be in the region of 65,000 characters. If you can explain a bit more about the method (SNP, Win32) and the library (VB, .net, Ruby, etc.) you're using, that would help.
This is in progress. I have an app (Snarlicator) which identifies user sign-in/out for Office Communicator 2007 working already but it's not quite production ready just yet. Would this address your requirement?
Snarl provides Twitter integration via Nymphicus (http://www.li-ghun.de/nymphicus/) and via the Tweet-It style (http://tlhan-ghun.de/projects/snarl-styles/tweet-it/) - does this address what you need?
This has been started as part of the ongoing improvement to the Prefs Kit (which provides Snarl’s user interface).
Ok, so there is progress on this happening behind the scenes. One of my other projects (Desktopia) is currently piloting a modified Prefs Kit which allows for localisation which, if successful, will be rolled into Snarl. Please keep voting for this feature!
Sorry you're having problems with this. Can you point me to pre-compiled binaries for Linux and OS X? I have an Ubuntu 11 VM set up and Lion 10.7.3 which I can test it on. If its easier, please register at http://groups.google.com/group/snarl-discuss/ where we can help you faster.
Thanks for replying. I downloaded the pre-compiled gntp-send from https://github.com/psinnott/gntp-send and tested it using both UDP and TCP and it worked fine with no crash by Snarl. Can you post the command line you're sending so I can test that?
Snarl does support GrowlNet (Growl on UDP) - are you saying it's not working?
Certain display styles can implement custom positioning which allows them to appear in the centre of the screen already - is this what's required here?
Notifications usually begin at a screen corner so they can fill the screen vertically and horizontally as more appear. If a notification starts in the centre of the screen (for example), where should subsequent notifications appear?
Ideally, the emesene plugin developer would limit the length of text that is sent to Snarl themselves. That way, they can apply special formatting to the text at source rather than let Snarl guess at it.
Developers can't set a limit per se; it's the end user who can control the about of lines of text which are displayed in a notification.
You can already limit the number of lines of text a notification is allowed to display and we encourage application developers to be sparing with what they put into notifications. Can you post some examples of overly large notifications?
I downloaded aimp3 and it looks good. Does it support Winamp plugins (it seems to imply it does) as we have two Winamp plugins that support Snarl already.
I couldn't find a good screenshot of "wide band" but from what I saw, Snarl will most likely not provide that level of functionality, but that's not to say some users would still like to receive a notification through Snarl when the playing track changes.
I agree that Windows needs a centralised application package manager. All these different update engines are very frustrating. I'll take a look into creating a PAD and also see how easy integrating Google Updater will be.
Is this resolved, or do we still need a plugin for aMSN?


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The whole thing weighs less than 44 pounds and is operated with a laptop.
The World Health Organization has declared Zika a global health emergency, because it believes the risks are high enough for a global response. And yet, we understand little about the virus and its effects on people. Zika’s links to neurological conditions, such as microcephaly—abnormal brain development in newborns—remain unproven.
A team of Brazilian and African scientists (link in Portuguese) believe rapid and thorough testing for Zika will be key to solving that mystery. Given Brazil’s vast size and limited infrastructure, though, they’re having to deploy an inventive diagnostic tool to achieve that: A suitcase-sized laboratory.
Since the beginning of the year, researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of São Paulo University and the Pasteur Institute of Dakar, Senegal have been working to adapt mobile-laboratory technology, which was used in Africa to detect Ebola, to analyze Brazil’s Zika epidemic.
The whole thing weighs less than 20 kgs (44 pounds) and is operated with a laptop. The components used to test samples, which would have to be kept frozen in a traditional lab setting, are all in powder form, not unlike a boxed cake mix that only requires water.
The mobile lab will start testing patients’ saliva, blood and urine in the northeastern state of Sergipe, where dozens of microcephaly cases (Portuguese) have been reported, in mid-February. The test results will be available within 30 minutes, instead of the many hours or even days that commonly used techniques require.
In West Africa, a portable gene-sequencing device called MinION helped researchers map the spread of Ebola by linking the lineages of cases in Guinea and Sierra Leone. (The research has just been published in Nature.) The mobile lab in Brazil doesn’t do gene-sequencing—the MinION is too expensive, Daniel Ferreira, one of the researchers on the project, told Quartz. But it will still make disease-mapping easier and quicker, by identifying Zika samples that can then be sent to be sequenced at a full-fledged lab.
“Our goal is to understand what’s happening in remote areas of Brazil and actually interfere with the process,” Ferreira said.
Zika presents its own particular challenges, though. While not as deadly as Ebola, it’s harder to track, because many people who get infected never show symptoms. Those people won’t seek medical help, says Arthur Reingold, head of epidemiology at University of California, Berkeley, making it harder to collect information. “It’s just the tip of the iceberg that you can possibly identify,” he tells Quartz.
Zika is also hard to test for. Many tests based on blood serum can’t distinguish Zika conclusively from other mosquito-borne viruses in the same area, such as yellow fever or West Nile, says Nikos Vasilakis of University of Texas Medical Branch, who is working to develop better ways of identifying Zika.
“Basically, you can get false positives all the time,” he tells Quartz.
The other testing technique, which looks for the virus’s genetic signature, is complicated as well. To identify a virus by its genes, scientists need recent samples of it for comparison (since viruses mutate). But Zika is hard to isolate from infected patients’ serum samples, so there aren’t many publicly available gene sequences from the current pandemic.
Still, Ferreira believes mobile testing can help scientists understand and corral the disease. Rapidly identifying Zika flare-ups can help better target mosquito spraying, and the test data can offer clues about how the virus is evolving and proliferating.


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Sometimes you’re down and you start to wonder: is this normal? Is there more to my depressed mood or is it just a moment? If you’re unsure these are the signs to recognize depression. Read them to inform yourself, but always seek out the help of a licensed professional if you need legitimate advice.
You can’t enjoy the things that were normally pleasant to you and you barely feel up to it.
You’re down and you feel you have to cry a lot, feel empty for a greater part of the day and almost every day.
You have trouble sleeping. You either sleep a lot less.
You don’t have the energy to do anything. You’re just tired.
You feel unable to focus or think straight. Making choices is hard.
You lose or gain a lot of weight. Your appetite isn’t the same.
You feel guilty a lot of the time or worthless, even when it is not necessary.
You feel restless and agitated.
Death has gone through your mind, you’ve made plans for suicide or you might have even tried it.
If you experience 5 or more of these things for a longer period of time and they keep returning it’s possible you’re not just down but have a depression. It never harms to visit your doctor and if things are really heavy for you, you have all the more reason to have a talk with someone and seek help. Speaking out to someone is the first step to healing and getting better. Getting better will never be linear and will always fluctuate, but the only way really ís up, even if you might not believe it now. And it could be comforting to know: you’re not the only one and it is not weird. You are not weird, because depression is just as common as physical diseases and it is very real. There lies no fault in your sensitivity.
Luckily it is also treatable and giving yourself the opportunity to treat it is a gift to yourself.


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Posted by yangmei91 May 8, 2012 in the Group General Discussion .
This has probably been discussed somewhere already, but I haven't been able to locate a thread on which presents to give to your host or business partners. I hope that everyone with experience or knowledge can chime in in this matter. I've read some general advice like "something typical of your home country", but I don't the stuff you get at tourist shops (little copper Eiffel towers, Big Ben candy boxes, wooden figurines for burning incense cones, small cuckoo clocks, a chocolate Miss Liberty,... you get the idea) will elicit a lot of enthusiasm. What makes it even hard is the fact that you normally don't know much about your hosts (at least not in advance), so I'm unsure what to get before travelling.
- roomates (if that won't come across as awkward)?


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Near the end of the 127th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, a massive line of skywriting created by multiple planes appeared in the sky over thousands of parade attendees.
The writing said, “America is great. Trump is disgusting. Anybody but Trump,” and extended over the entire 5.5 mile parade route.
Stan Pate, 57, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama has taken credit for the display, saying that he is tired of the presidential candidate using hate to propel himself to the White House.


text: Unlike the other two Master System/Game Gear Illusion games, Mickey defeats enemies by throwing bars of soap (and later rocks) to defeat them rather than by bouncing on them. Frequently there are puzzles that need to be solved to progress through the stages. One of the stages is a scrolling shooter. If all gems are collected in the final level, the player is rewarded with an alternate ending after King Pete is beaten.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has the most improved anti-corruption campaign among 16 countries surveyed by Hong Kong-based think tank Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd (PERC).
In PERC’s 2016 Report on Corruption, the Philippines got 7.05 points this year – up from 7.43 points last year. This improved the ranking of the country to 10th place this year from 12th place in 2014.
The annual survey covers 14 countries in Asia, plus the United States and Australia. They were scored within a range of 0 (the best score) to 10 (the worst score) with the question, "How do you grade the problem of corruption in the country in which you are working?"
"The Philippines was the only country we surveyed where there was an improvement of more than 5% [in the score]. This is an example of how leadership really can make a difference," PERC said in the Asian Intelligence report.
PERC credited the Aquino administration in the improved anti-corruption campaign drive in the country.
"President Benigno Aquino has personally maintained an image for being 'clean' and for trying to reduce the problem. Consequently, as his term of office nears an end and a new election campaign gets underway, aspiring candidates are not accusing him of corrupt behavior the way candidates attacked the two previous sitting presidents in order to gain voter support," the report said.
PERC added that "those trying to succeed [Aquino] have adopted a tone that they will either carry on with his policies or do an even better job."
Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima also cited the current administration for this achievement.
“Over the past 6 years, we have registered marked improvements across every significant indicator and international ranking. It’s clear as day: President Aquino’s good governance agenda has driven up this virtuous cycle,” he said in an interview.
The country beat neighboring countries like China, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India.
“Countries with worse grades than the Philippines have lacked the top-level leadership that was able to convince the public of their own commitment to high ethical standards, let alone their determination to fix deep, systemic problems with corruption,” said the report.
Meanwhile, rich nations like South Korea, US, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Singapore ranked high in the survey.


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Technical fouls: Wofford Terriers-TEAM. Clemson Tigers-Akin Akingbala; TEAM.
Technical fouls: Wofford Terriers-None. Clemson Tigers-Akin Akingbala.


text: Motivate. Treat yourself better. Classic by R.e.a.l Wolfish Stranger Produced by R.e.a.l Dutch 2018 Indie Music Channel Awards Winner for best Rap/Hip Hop Song.


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← Two of my favorite people getting ready for a big day… my colleague Senator/Surgeon Al Olziewski is getting ready to operate on Paul (total knee replacement). Kind of scarey, but we know he’s in good hands with Dr. O. Prayers appreciated!
And the “crowd” goes wild! lol!!!
peeled off the sandals and sunk my toes into the grass 🙂 #LetFreedomRing!


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Vacant parcel of land consisting of 68.19 acres with varying topography. Quiet peaceful setting, with small stream on property. There are several buildable sections. It is ideal for a private woodland recreation.
35,539 SF Industrial Space Available Near I-81, I-84 and I-380!

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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These CDs are Full of Fun and Full of Learning. Mr. I (music educator), Gary Huntbatch (composer) and Anise Abdulla (Montessori educator) combine their many years of experience to put together these CDs. They contain information about the culture, the geography, animals, birds, plants, fish, the history and so much more about the particular theme. They provide an excellent resource for teachers.
Funny. Great songs about the land, the history, the animals, the plants, and the people of Australia. The GREAT BARRIER REEF, AYERS ROCK. Some extaordinary didgeridoo playing by DON PORTELANCE. SINGALONGTRACKS are included on the CD to be used as accompaniment during performances.
DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA: A fun song about Captain Cook. His ship was called the DISCOVERY and in finding Australia he discovered lots of leaks. EEK! Plus, he was lost.
THE AUSTRALIAN CLOCK: Imagine Australia as a clock. This songs teaches the names of the main cities of Australia by telling time.
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND: (New lyrics) A traditional Australian folk melody with added words that teach the names of the Territories, and more. Watch out for that boomerang.
WALTZING MATILDA: (Traditional) You probably have heard this one. Some verses are sung in aboriginal language.
BOWERBIRD: This crazy bird does crazy things. Crazy saxoophone solo in this song.
ABORIGINEES USED THE BOOMERANG: Day in the life of an aboriginee and his dog.
DINGO DOG: Short, silly poem to introduce the dingo dog. Is it true that they cant bark?
YONDI: Mythological song telling the aboriginal story of the lifting the sky.
ULURU/AYERS ROCK: Majestic song for the spiritual center of this fascinating continent.
BAOBAB TREE: Such interesting trees in Australia. This song mentions some of them. Great hit in the class.
DIDGERIDOO SONG: Mr. I tries to teach Gary how to play the didgeridoo. This was a mistake!
NUMALU: DIDGE STORY: A story about what a young aboriginee must do to become a man. Great effects played on the didge. Entertaining and educational.
DESERT POEM: We wanted a poem to describe the hot deserts of Australia. All Gary could think of was ice cream.
MARSUPIAL LAND: Great song about marsupials.
DEADLY LAND OF OZ: Eek! Are there really that many dangerous creatures in Australia?
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: Lovely, ocean-wave-bouncy song that teaches many facts about the Great Barrier Reef. Dont worry, there are no spiders in the ocean. Or are there?

industry_corpus2: Subject Education