The conversation he has with them could change his life for good. ![]() Joey spots an unusual pairing heading into a local bar. The Land reposed in peace below The children in their glee Were. Language: English Words: 6,100 Chapters: 5/5 Comments: 15 Kudos: 23 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 350īemused_Writer Fandoms: Blackwell Series (Video Games), Unavowed (Video Game) I Where the wings of a sunny Dome expand I saw a Banner in gladsome air Starry, like Berenice's Hair Afloat in broadened bravery there With undulating long-drawn flow, As rolled Brazilian billows go Voluminously o'er the Line. Now, suddenly, their lives were full of people, and with those people came questions they did not yet known how to answer. There had never been a need to define themselves. How You're Feeling, Who You're Thinking Ofįor forty years it had just been the two of them, and a father who thought it best not to ask. Language: English Words: 72,737 Chapters: 23/23 Comments: 86 Kudos: 36 Bookmarks: 7 Hits: 526 Or: In which all my terrible time-travel related Blackwell ideas get lumped into a relatively coherent fic. As they both confront their own pasts, the people from them, and what could have been, they find themselves in a race against time itself to save their futures. Part Two: Rosa and Joey reunite on the day that he died, further back in time than either of them ever anticipated. Both Joeys are convinced that this is the worst thing that has ever happened. Future Rosa wakes up to find that nearly the last decade of her life has suddenly disappeared. Pre-Convergence Rosa wakes up in an odd universe where Joey isn't dead. It maybe starts getting existential after a certain point.Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. ![]() Rubber_Radish Fandoms: Blackwell Series (Video Games), Unavowed (Video Game)
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![]() I am not familiar with Developer Studio Pro 9 - but very interested as to how it compares with CNX-D. If I understand correctly, CNX-D itself is a Silkypix 'raw' convertor with a Nikon 'skin'. I did try a few other RAW processors like DXO, On1, and Capture 1 and may yet go back to one of those when my Silkypix trial period expires. I don't see any issues with the quality Silkypix output but I'm addicted to control points and "1 piece" file saving in NEF formate so continue my attachment to NX2. Right now I just open the NEFs in Silkypix, make some basic adjustments to exposure compensation, white balance, maybe saturation, the pass the file directly to NX2. Vintage1953 noted, the translation of nomenclature in the interface is a bit clunky but I could live with it if I had to. ![]() Anyway, Silkypix seems to do a decent job of reading the NEF files and is fast enough. For some reason NXD won't install on my machine and Nikon has been of no help with that and I need an interim solution for my workflow. I've been working a bit with SILKYPIX Developer Studio Pro 9 since I got my new Nikon D500. There are a lot of color styles, film simulations, to choose from, and in the "Fine Color Controller" you can get any colours you like.Īnd, Yes, I have tried DXO, and I prefer Silkypix output. You have to correct CA semi-manually, unlike the Nikon software. "Highlight controller" does something slightly different than it suggests. Highlights? - reduce the exposure - add some "dodge/color burn" (D lighting equivalent). It is pretty simple, though, particularly for an ex CNX-D user. Personally, in 7, I create a TIFF, and then do the local stuff in Photoshop (CNX-D the same).īiggest problem with Silkypix is that they don't/won't get a native English speaker to go through their instructions, documentation, and tutorials. The main difference in Pro is that it has some, local edit capability. Mainly as I am shooting Olympus, but I have used it for NEF. I have been using Silkypix Developer Studio (not Pro) 7 for a while. Spondylitismd edited this topic 60 months ago. Originally posted at 8:42AM, 25 January 2019 PST Has anybody tried this software for their NEF's? ![]() In patients with multiple tumors, there could be no more than three tumors, none exceeding 3 cm in diameter. In the original study’s methodology, Mazzaferro and his colleagues describe, “ For patients with a single hepatocellular carcinoma to be eligible for the study, the tumor could not exceed 5 cm in diameter. I understand the survival benefit, but why were the particular sizes in Milan criteria chosen? This is how Milan criteria became accepted! The dotted line demonstrates worse survival when criteria for tumor size was not met. Thus, the development of Milan’s criteria for HCC exception points!įigure 2. Effect of Anticancer Treatment before Transplantation on Overall Survival (Panel A) and Recurrence-free Survival (Panel B) in 48 Patients with Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinomas. A person with a very large tumor that has invaded vessels or has spread with distant metastases is unlikely to benefit from transplantation. On the other hand, transplanting a patient with advanced HCC would not necessarily make sense given post-transplant survival may not be better than survival without a transplant. This long waiting period in patients with HCC would lead to tumor growth and potentially metastases, thereby increasing mortality. As we know, listed patients with low MELD scores often wait seemingly indefinitely for transplantation. Most common reason for MELD Exception Points: HCCĪs described in the example above with Patient A, patients with HCC often do not demonstrate the degree of hepatic dysfunction sufficient to give them a MELD score high enough for transplant. The differences in listing for these two conditions is because of the very high mortality that they are associated with. If HAT occurs within 14 days after transplantation (even if it does not meet the other requirements), patients automatically get listed at a MELD of 40.įor primary hyperoxaluria, patients are listed at MMaT. ![]() Patients with HAT that occurs within 7 days of transplantation (along with AST≥3,000 U/L and at least one of INR ≥2.5, arterial pH≤7.30, venous pH≤7.25, or lactate≥4 mmol/L) get listed as Status 1A. There are two conditions (* in table above)-hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and primary hyperoxaluria-whereby patients are not listed at MMaT-3. She will be listed with a MELD of 28 rather than 15. Therefore, her MELD upgrade will be (31-3)=28. The median MELD at transplant for her transplant center is 31. However, she has HCC that falls within the criteria (reviewed below) necessary to achieve exception points. Patient A has a MELD score of 15 based on her labs.If patients have any of these conditions (and there are specific criteria for each one), they are eligible for an upgrade-otherwise known as an exception-in the MELD score at which they are listed.īut what does an “upgrade” or an “exception” mean?Ī MELD upgrade is defined as the median MELD score at transplant (MMaT) within a 250 nautical mile radius of the transplant minus 3. How can we best serve this particular population of patients? However, there are certain disease processes where mortality is actually higher than what would be captured by the MELD. Is everyone excited for Part 2? What are the exceptions to MELD allocation?Īs discussed in Part 1, we know that the MELD score accurately predicts short-term three-month mortality in greater than 80% of waitlisted candidates. We additionally discussed the history behind MELD, what is included in its calculation and why, and how it is used in transplant listing. In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed what came BEFORE the MELD score-Child-Turcotte-Pugh classification. To me, it was clear that this language served as a detection system to identify insiders and outsiders. They even made up abbreviations that took exactly as long to say as the full-length words, simply because it sounded more exclusive - harder for “un-cool people” to understand. At my cliquey old magazine job, employees spoke almost entirely in inscrutable abbreviations (or “abbrevs”). ![]() But garbage language does just the opposite - instead, it often causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. Of course, in any given professional field, specialized lingo is frequently necessary in order to exchange information more succinctly and specifically it makes communication clearer. The ’90s brought computer imagery: “bandwidth,” “ping me,”, “let’s take this offline.” In the twenty-first century, with a start-up culture and the dissolution of work-life separation (the Google ball pits and in-office massage therapists) in combination with movements toward “transparency” and “inclusion,” we got mystical, politically correct, self-empowerment language: “holistic,” “actualize,” “alignment.”Ī post shared by Corporate Natalie the global pandemic, as most of our communication has transitioned to email and Zoom, it seems many of us have become more keenly sensitive to garbage language’s eerie insincerity. In the 1980s, it reeked of the stock exchange: “buy-in,” “leverage,” “volatility.” And now, evidently, the meme-sphere has come to enjoy mocking it, tooīut where does garbage language come from? As it turns out, corporate-speak has been around for decades, though its themes change with the times. Personally, I was always creeped out by this cult-like conformism and enjoyed parodying it in my free time. ![]() My old boss especially loved when everyone needlessly transformed nouns into transitive verbs and vice versa - “whiteboard” to “whiteboarding,” “sunset” to “sunsetting,” the verb “ask” to the noun “ask.” People used these terms even when it was obvious they didn’t know quite what they were saying or why. ![]() I used to work as a full-time editor at an online beauty magazine, where my colleagues were always throwing around woo-woo garbage metaphors like “synergy” (the state of being on the same page), “move the needle” (make noticeable progress), and “mindshare” (something having to do with a brand’s popularity? I’m still not sure). In her memoir, Uncanny Valley, tech reporter Anna Wiener christened this unnatural vernacular “garbage language.” Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener, $15.30 Amazon ![]() In July 2023, Musk announced that Twitter would be rebranded to X and that the bird logo would be retired. Linda Yaccarino succeeded Musk as CEO on June 5, 2023, with Musk remaining as Chairman and CTO. However, the platform has been embraced for taking a different approach to content moderation. Since the acquisition, the platform has been criticized for the spread of misinformation and disinformation, facilitating an increase in hate speech, promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and transphobia. In October 2022, billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter for US$44 billion, gaining control of the platform and becoming CEO. As of October 2023, X is the fifth most-visited website in the world. In 2020, it was estimated that approximately 48 million accounts (15% of all accounts) were not genuine people. In practice, the vast majority of tweets are produced by a minority of users. By the start of 2019, Twitter had more than 330 million monthly active users. By 2012, more than 100 million users produced 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. Its parent company, Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, California and had more than 25 offices around the world. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. Although the service is now called X, the primary website address remains as of November 2023, with the x.com domain name redirecting to that address. Posting information to the site is often referred to historically as tweeting, retweeting and quote tweeting/retweeting (depending on the country). Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Users can also like, repost, quote repost, comment on posts, direct message, video and audio call, bookmark, join lists and communities, and join public Spaces with other registered users. On X, registered users can post text, images and videos. Provide leadership through innovation as a dynamic, diverse, learning organization which promotes personal and professional growth.X, formerly and commonly called Twitter, is an online social media and social networking service operated by the American company X Corp., the successor of Twitter, Inc. Safeguard the public by assisting law enforcement, decreasing traffic fatalities and injuries, and reducing crime and the fear of crime. Improve the quality of life for our citizens through unimpeachable integrity, public service, training, and education. Pride - Respect for Self, Others, and the Organizationīelieving in the integrity of our actions, the Illinois State Police takes pride in the results we achieve as individuals and as an organization. Public safety and strengthen relationships with citizens and the criminal justice community. The Illinois State Police is committed to performing duties to meet the needs of others and promoting proactive partnerships to identify problems and develop solutions to improve Service - Contribute to the Welfare of Others We are accountable for always having the courage to do what is right,Įven when no one is observing or evaluating. The Illinois State Police standard – respect, fairness, honesty, and ethical conduct – is exceedingly high. Integrity - Trust and Dependability to Act Responsibly The Illinois State Police will relentlessly protect public safety and pursue justice for the People of Illinois. The Illinois State Police will strive for excellence in all we do - seeking to be one of the premier policing agencies in the country. I shall strive to give thoughtful, intelligent obedience to the commands of my superiors, to make my conduct friendly but impartial, courteous but firm, and charitable to the inadvertent violator.īut I shall never compromise with crime and shall, at all times, uphold the Constitutions and laws of my country and the state of Illinois." I pledge to be honest in thought, word, and deed to maintain unimpeachable integrity to be just, fair, and impartial to be steadfast against evil and its temptations and to give my utmost to protect the rights, property, and lives of our citizens. "I solemnly vow to the people of Illinois, upon my honor as an officer and citizen, to discharge the duties of an officer of the Illinois State Police to the best of my ability, to adhere to the rules and regulations of the Illinois State Police, and to adopt the Agency's mission and goals into my everyday life. This oath an ongoing and enduring promise of our commitment to the Sole objective of being excellent Illinois State Police public service employees. These men and women take pride in embracing the core values of law enforcement, with the This is the oath taken by every Illinois State Police Trooper. Macs are known for their ease of use, even for people who are not tech-savvy. The design of Macs is simply stunning, making it an exciting and visually appealing computer to own.Īnother reason why people love Macs is because of their intuitive user interface. ![]() Apple puts a lot of effort into making its products visually appealing, and it shows. The sleek and modern design of Macs has been one of the reasons why people find themselves drawn to them. Mac computers have been gaining popularity among users over the years. Continue reading this guide for in-depth insights. We'll learn more about what's new in the latest delivery of Parallels Desktop for Mac 19, touch on its different Standard, Pro, Business, and ChromeOS variants, and you will also discover the usefulness this platform can bring to your daily activities. In this comprehensive guide, we'll show everything you need to know regarding this state-of-the-art virtualization platform for Mac computers. This platform offers seamless service when running guest OSs within the regular macOS environment. ![]() In this regard, Parallels Desktop has ensured the convenience and usability of other OSs on Apple's computers, no matter if it's Intel or M-series processor. Thanks to Parallels, running multiple operating systems on a Mac has always been easy, including the change in processors. It only followed that running Windows on Macs again became a challenge.Īll is not lost, though. This move meant that Boot Camp became old news. Apple has now moved to its own native M-series chips from Intel. However, there have been rigorous changes since then. This Apple's feature allows you to run one OS at the time (macOS or Windows), but not both. Today, using additional operating systems on an Apple computer in parallel isn't possible without Parallels Desktop which does exactly that – enables the use of macOS and Windows at the same time.īack in the day, around 2006, when Apple decided to shift to Intel CPUs, it became relatively easy to run Windows on Mac thanks to the inception of Apple's Boot Camp. It could be Linux, Windows, or some other OS. Parallels Desktop is a platform that gives users the ability to run multiple operating systems on a desktop. 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Upon being freed, she introduces herself as Icara and pleads guilty of accidentally killing the councilor, but the Source Hunters, having uncovered evidence of Sourcery, mass murder, and human sacrifice carried out by the Immaculates, choose to ally themselves with her against the common foe. Their search for her takes them to the fairy realm of Hiberheim, where they find her trapped in a block of ice by the Immaculates' leader, the Conduit. They also find evidence implicating the White Witch, guardian of the Luculla Forest, in the murder. Upon arrival, they find Cyseal under siege by orcs and undead and soon discover that it was orchestrated by a Sourcerer conspiracy linked to the Immaculates, a cult based in the Luculla Forest further inland. At the start of the game, the Source Hunters receive orders to investigate the murder of a town councilor by a suspected Sourcerer in Cyseal, a port town in southern Rivellon. ![]() ![]() In the single player mode, the player controls them both, while in the two-player co-op, each players takes control over one of them. The customizable protagonists of the game are a pair of "Source Hunters": members of an organization dedicated to eradicating a dangerous type of magic known as "Source" and its adepts. The game touts turn-based action and adventure, cooperative multiplayer, an interactive world, and includes a modding tool used for creating new content. Divinity: Original Sin concerns two heroes. Original Sin is an RPG in the Divinity universe. A sequel, Divinity: Original Sin II, was released in 2017. The game received acclaim from critics, with many praising its ability to modernize the RPG genre. ![]() A re-release titled Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, featuring an expanded storyline and new gameplay options, was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, and OS X in 2015. Partially funded through Kickstarter, the game ships with the editor that created it, allowing players to create their own single player and multiplayer adventures and publish them online. It was first released on Microsoft Windows on 30 June 2014. The fourth main entry in the Divinity game series, it is a prequel to the original game Divine Divinity, and to the other main games in the series. Divinity: Original Sin is a role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. ![]() This very rare side-effect has been observed more often among young adult males (aged 16-24 years). In very rare cases, myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) or pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart) may occur after vaccination. ![]() Most side effects are gone within 1-2 days. The side effects usually occur in the first two days after the vaccination. In children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years: A person may also be less resistant to infection if the virus has changed. That may vary from one person to another, for example if a child is using medication that suppresses their immune system. Vaccination probably offers 6 to 12 months of protection against severe illness due to COVID-19. How long does the COVID-19 vaccination keep working? However, after vaccination, it is much less likely that your child will become seriously ill or end up in hospital due to COVID-19. Is your child being treated by a paediatrician, and in a medical risk group with a higher risk of severe illness from a SARS-CoV-2 infection? 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To open or convert ACSM files, you can rely on an excellent desktop software – Adobe Digital Editions. > How to open ACSM file? How to Convert ACSM to PDF with Adobe Digital Editions Usually, this kind of file is used to authorize, legally download, and read purchased eBooks in Digital Editions. That's why so many vendors employ this eBook distribution method because they think it can give seamless fulfillment of books across devices. It acts as a connection between the Adobe Content Server and the book authorized Adobe Digital Editions ID, which means if you use the same ID on different devices, you are able to download and open the same. It cannot be read and opened like other eBook formats, like EPUB and PDF. It contains nothing but information and can communicate with Adobe servers, so it is just used to activate and download Adobe DRM-protected content but does not contain the eBook itself. The Adobe Content Server Manager file, also called ACSM, actually is not a real e-book file. pdf with or without Adobe Digital Editions. Here, we will share some ACSM to PDF converters with you to help you convert. ![]() acsm eBooks you downloaded from the public library on more devices, it is a nice choice to convert ACSM to PDF, which can be opened on nearly all devices without changing the layout and formatting. ![]() When you purchase an eBook from a public library, you may always find that it is in the ACSM format, which cannot be opened on some software and devices. Full stepsĬlick on the "CHOOSE FILE" button to select and upload the ACSM file that. ![]() The teacher did not report the allegation to authorities because she said that Alissa immediately denied it. Mike has previously denied that allegation.Īlissa’s third-grade teacher told authorities that the teen once confided in her that she was having sex with her father. In an interview with police, another friend said that Alissa described waking up to her father gagging her with a sock - and telling her to remain quiet about the event because no one would believe her, according to a recording of the interview obtained by “Dateline.” Three different sources - including Alissa’s then-boyfriend - told investigators that she described Mike driving her to the desert and touching her inappropriately, Andersen said. Other allegations of abuse came from several people who knew Alissa. “She seemed bothered by her home life,” he told “Dateline.” “But when she was at work, it looked like she was happier, you know? Like she was away from whatever it was.” Disturbing allegations He said it was possible Alissa was giving out her number to random guys, though he never saw it, nor did he know her to sleep around or do drugs. He made the disparaging comments, he added, because he discovered Alissa was doing drugs, having sex and lying to him.Ī co-worker of Alissa’s, Cris Ridenour, painted a different picture of his friend. ![]() Mike said he placed the camera inside the air-conditioning vent because someone had tried to break in when his children were home alone. He said he initially filmed Alissa at her job because she asked him to - he said she wanted to be recorded at her first job - and he later did so because he believed she was giving her phone number to men at the drive-thru. Mike said it was a “lie” that he disclosed his stepdaughter’s cheating. “It’s very much over the top.” Alissa and her stepfather, Mike Turney. ![]() Turney has stated that he would routinely show up an hour or two early to ensure she did not leave the premises with anybody else,” Andersen said. Mike also regularly appeared at Alissa’s job - she worked at a Jack in the Box - and filmed her from his car, Andersen said. Mike told “Dateline” he was trying to protect a teenager who he said was “very naive” and “easily influenced.” (Mike’s wife - Alissa’s mother - died when she was in second grade.)īut to James, the second oldest in the blended family of six children, his father is a “master manipulator” who routinely called Alissa “stupid” and “not that intelligent.”įrom the camera inside the vent, Mike saw Alissa kissing someone who wasn’t her boyfriend - then revealed to the boyfriend that his stepdaughter was “cheating” on him, William Andersen, the Phoenix police detective who led the investigation into Alissa’s disappearance, told “Dateline.” In an interview with NBC’s “Dateline,” the former Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy denied abusing his stepdaughter, whom he adopted shortly after he and his wife got together in 1986, though he acknowledged being a controlling parent, saying it was necessary because Alissa needed “constant supervision.” Mike has not been charged with any crimes in connection to the abuse and coercive control allegations. Before the case went to the jury, Mike’s defense attorneys argued there wasn’t substantial evidence to support the charge - a claim the judge agreed with. Though Mike, 75, was charged with second-degree murder after Alissa’s disappearance, he was acquitted during a six-day trial in a Phoenix courtroom. Want to go even further back in time? Try our Greek goddess costumes and Roman togas.Lawmakers in a handful of states, including California and Connecticut, have enacted laws in recent years allowing victims to cite the abuse in civil matters, including petitions for protection orders. ![]() If you are a history buff, we also have a huge selection of Renaissance costumes and medieval knight costumes. Maybe you picture yourself as a fairytale princess? If so, then look no more we have Cinderella costumes, Snow White costumes, and Belle costumes for adults and children. 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