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We all saw it with Bruce Gradkowski at QB. This team was winning, it was efficient on offense and it was making plays in the fourth quarter of ballgames. Bottom line: It was good football. And good football is something we’ve seldom talked in recent memory when discussing this franchise. |
Yes, I fully understand that Cable has had some incidents off the field that have raised eyebrows among the public, but let’s cut the crap about that — because there are plenty of star players in the NFL who have their own issues. This league and this business don’t care about that. |
Instead, we’re talking about results, and results do matter when it comes to the head coach. But in saying that, why not let Cable work another season with his players? The foundation is there, the commitment — minus JaMarcus — is there, and if you want to see a winner in Oakland, give the man a chance to build one. |
I know from my own experiences as a player that coaching changes — while they bring excitement to the locker room — are frowned upon when they keep happening. Players want some structure, and they want to build on the previous season when they come back for the offseason program. To do that, the owner has to resist cha... |
So to answer the question I posed at the beginning of this post, I would have no doubts about brining Tom Cable back to the sidelines in Oakland — as long as JaMarcus Russell is holding a clipboard. |
No matter what the old man says. |
What is robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a small hole between the 2 upper chambers of the heart, the right and the left atrium. A robotic-assisted patent foramen repair is a type of surgery to fix this hole in the heart. |
Normally, a wall separates the right and left atria. No blood can flow between them. If a PFO exists, a little blood can flow between the atria. This hole is normal in the heart before birth, as part of the fetal circulation. But in most people, it closes soon after birth. If it doesn’t close, you have a PFO. |
A robotic-assisted patent foramen repair is a type of minimally invasive surgery. Minimally invasive means that the surgery uses smaller incisions than a traditional open heart surgery. You may have an easier and faster recovery. |
Along with smaller cuts, your surgeon uses a robotic instrument to help fix your PFO. The robot has special tools attached to it. Your surgeon puts these tools and a camera through the small cuts. During the surgery, your surgeon sits at a nearby computer and controls the robot’s movements. Your surgeon is able to see ... |
Surgeons do this surgery while you are asleep under general anesthesia. |
Why might I need robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
Most PFOs do not cause any symptoms. These do not need any treatment. But sometimes PFOs can lead to complications. The most significant of these is stroke. This happens when a traveling blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain. Though PFOs do not cause most strokes, having a PFO may slightly raise the risk for st... |
If you have no risk factors for stroke or any history of traveling blood clots, you usually will not get treatment. But if you have had such problems, your healthcare provider may want to treat your PFO. |
Treatment for PFOs varies. In some cases, your healthcare provider may still choose not to treat the PFO. Another choice is medicine that helps prevent blood clots, such as aspirin or warfarin. Sometimes your healthcare provider will suggest closing the PFO by using a catheter. Closing the PFO during traditional heart ... |
Compared with a traditional surgical repair, a robotic-assisted minimally invasive repair may ease your pain after surgery. It may also allow you to recover more quickly. Plus it may give your surgeon more exact control compared with other types of minimally invasive PFO repair. It may decrease your risk for complicati... |
What are the risks of robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
Abnormal heart rhythms. These can rarely cause sudden death. |
There is also a risk that the procedure will not successfully fix the PFO. Ask your healthcare provider about your specific risks. |
How do I get ready for robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
Talk with your healthcare provider about how to get ready for your surgery. If you smoke, try to stop smoking beforehand. It may lower your risk for complications. Tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take, including over-the-counter medicines. Ask whether you need to stop taking any medicine beforehan... |
What happens during robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
Before the surgery starts, you’ll get general anesthesia. It will help you sleep deeply and painlessly through the operation. |
During the operation, staff will closely watch your vital signs. That includes your heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and oxygen levels. |
Before and after the surgery, you may get antibiotics to help prevent infection. |
You will be attached to a heart-lung machine. This machine acts as your heart and lungs during the surgery. |
Your surgeon will make some small incisions in the spaces between your ribs. |
Your surgeon will put the robotic tools and a camera through these small incisions. |
While sitting at a nearby computer, your surgeon will do the operation using the robotic tools. The surgeon is always in control of these instruments. |
Your surgeon will look at continuous images from the robotic camera during this surgery. |
Your surgeon will fix the small hole between the upper heart chambers. A small surgical patch might be used to do so. |
Once the repair is done, the robotic tools, camera, and heart-lung machine will be removed. |
The small incisions on your chest will be closed. A bandage will then be applied. |
What happens after a robotic-assisted patent foramen ovale repair? |
After your robotic-assisted PFO repair, you will begin your recovery in the intensive care unit or a recovery room. When you first wake up, you might feel confused. You will be hooked up to several machines to monitor your vital signs more easily. You might also have a tube down your throat to help you breathe. |
You should expect a little pain after your surgery. But it shouldn’t be severe. You can have pain medicine if you need it. You can have normal foods as soon as you can tolerate them. You will likely need to stay in the hospital for about 3 days. |
Make sure someone drives you home from the hospital. You may also need some extra help at home for a little while. |
A little draining of fluid from your incisions is normal. Tell your healthcare provider if you have severe draining, redness, or a fever. Also let your healthcare provider know right away if you have severe symptoms like sudden shortness of breath. You may have your stitches removed at a later appointment. Your healthc... |
You should need less recovery time than you would have from a standard PFO repair. But you still may tire easily for a while after your surgery. Get more active as soon as your healthcare provider says it is OK. Avoid lifting anything heavy for several weeks. Also follow all your healthcare provider’s instructions abou... |
Sometime after your surgery, your healthcare provider may want to follow up with an echocardiogram with bubble study. This test can help make sure that you no longer have a hole in your heart. |
Ask what medicine you need to take. You may temporarily need to take medicines to prevent blood clots. Make sure all your healthcare providers and dentists know about your health history. You may also need antibiotics for awhile before some dental procedures. It helps prevent an infection of the heart. Ask your healthc... |
But, for many listeners, the radio is often more than just a background medium to provide good music and interesting chatter. There are scores of listeners for whom a favourite RJ is a lifeline, a dear friend and a confidante with whom they can share their deepest feelings, thoughts and aspirations. |
Having worked for a long time in television, I was used to the phenomenon of TV anchors being treated with awe and wonder. People would drop in at shoots, watch these celebrities from afar and take their autographs. Some of the bolder ones would walk across and request for pictures with which to dazzle cousins and rela... |
However, the RJs (radio jockeys) of a radio station have a unique connect with their listeners which, to my mind, is far more powerful and potent because it is extremely emotive in nature. |
Witness the many listeners who keep trying the phone lines for hours on end to talk to their favourite RJ, or the listener who has not missed a single show of her preferred RJ in the last three years, or the BPO listener who waits for two hours after her night shift, just so that her favourite RJ is the first person wh... |
We have had scores of women fasting on Karva Chauth for a much admired RJ, a woman coming all the way from Chembur (in Mumbai), having made payasam for an RJ, who on air mentioned her love for that particular dish. There are also a number of women who call up empathetic RJs and discuss intimate details of their married... |
And that is the power of the medium—it is far more personal and, therefore, perceived as friendlier and closer to the consumer than TV or print. |
Thus, it has no barriers in building a connect with the listener, making it so much easier for a housewife in Jaipur or a teenager in Hyderabad to pick up the phone and chat with her “friend", the RJ. |
Being an audio-only medium, it also frees the imagination and allows the mind to paint the RJ in hues that appeal to each distinctive listener. So, that particular husky tone could be a Bipasha (Basu) lookalike or a possible Rani Mukherjee clone. It is entirely up to the listener to build his personal fantasy, the poss... |
The cruise line Royal Caribbean is looking for someone to explore the shores of Alaska, Portugal, Japan, Norway and Dubai as part of a whirlwind three-week photography tour. |
There's even a handsome $12,000 remuneration package for shadowing the cruise line's photographer, Russ Francis. |
The perfect candidate will enjoy travel, trying new things and documenting their experiences via social media – essentially a world-class show off. |
The chosen 'Shore Explorer' will help influence the Royal Caribbean's shore excursion programme and will be responsible for shaping the holidays of thousands of passengers which are carried by RCI ships. |
The successful explorer will be selected by an independent panel of judges, on which travel writer Nadia El Ferdaoussi and guitarist James McVey will be sitting to judge their snaps. |
You might wonder what the Vamps bandmember is doing judging a travel photography contest, however he's recently emerged from the jungle as the winner of TV show "I'm a Celebrity" and full of wanderlust. |
Speaking of his travels McVey said: "My jungle experience taught me that you really can't beat the thrill of exploring new destinations and experiences - whether on land or sea - and that's what becoming a Shore Explorer is all about. |
"I'm so excited to be working with Royal Caribbean to find the perfect person for this new apprenticeship; someone who has a passion for travel, exploration and seeking out new and extraordinary experiences around the world. |
"And, of course, they have to be brilliant at sharing their adventure online, too." |
The scheme which was thought up by Royal Caribbean International aims to capture moments for cruise passengers to aspire to live out themselves. |
"We're looking for an adrenaline junkie who is not only hungry for adventure, but also has a unique ability to capture a moment and tell a story in a simple social media post. |
"We already offer a huge amount of incredible, once-in-a-lifetime, on-land experiences as part of our cruise holidays - from zip wires and white water rafting, to walking on glaciers and hot air balloon rides. |
"By launching this position, we're hoping that the winning candidate will take our shore excursion programme to the next level." |
The invention of the role comes after a study by the company revealed that Millennials- those aged 18 to 37 - are more focused on spending their money on experiences, rather than possessions. |
And of course sharing those experiences online. |
Winter not allowed here 🙅♀️ #PerfectDayCocoCay, May 2019. |
The "do" generation spend their money on experiences such as "seeing the Grand Canyon" or "walking the Great Wall of China". |
The study by Royal Caribbean International in to the spending habits of UK and Irish young holiday makers has allowed them to create a millennial bucket list of the top wished for experiences. |
A few of these will be experience by the lucky Shore Explorer – providing they post pictures to Instagram in the process. |
Its that time of the day that our inner-geek gets to bask in the glory of someone else's ignorance. Our course, it is a movie, so it is not exactly like it has to follow the rules of reality, as the author states, this is not Star Trek. "Enhance....enhance.....there, I can got an ID on him!" LOL! |
The credibility falters, though, in painful scenes of beeping computers with video game-style graphics or magical technologies like the "Enhance" feature that suddenly makes the blurriest picture crystal clear. Such wizardry is embarrassing in the era of Mr. Robot's tech verisimilitude, or simply in a modern world wher... |
Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and selector of the "@" symbol, has died. |
Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details were not immediately available. |
The first email was sent on the ARPANET system, a computer network that was created for the U.S. government that is considered a precursor to the Internet. Tomlinson also contributed to its development. |
At the time, few people had personal computers. The popularity of personal email wouldn't take off until years later but has become an integral part of modern life. |
"It wasn't an assignment at all, he was just fooling around; he was looking for something to do with ARPANET," Raytheon spokeswoman Joyce Kuzman said of his creation of network email. |
Tomlinson once said in a company interview that he created email "mostly because it seemed like a neat idea." The first email was sent between two machines that were side-by-side, according to that interview. |
He said the test messages were "entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them." But when he was satisfied that the program seemed to work, he announced it via his own invention by sending a message to co-workers explaining how to use it. |
Tomlinson chose the "@" symbol to connect the username with the destination address and it has now become a cultural icon. |
Why that symbol? Kuzman said Tomlinson was looking at the keyboard and needed something that would not otherwise be part of the address and that seemed to be a logical solution. |
"It is a symbol that probably would have gone away if not for email," she said. |
MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design added the symbol into its collection in 2010, with credits to Tomlinson. |
Tomlinson held electrical engineering degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tomlinson was an inductee to the Internet Hall of Fame and recipient of numerous awards and accolades but was described as humble and modest. |
Tomlinson was hired by Bolt Beranek and Newman, known as BBN, in 1967. It was later acquired by Raytheon Co., where he still worked at the time of his death, as a principal scientist. |
He lived in Lincoln, Massachusetts where he raised miniature sheep. Attempts to contact his family were unsuccessful. |
LOUIS VAN GAAL has warned Marouane Fellaini to keep his cool on his first return to Goodison Park on Sunday. |
Fellaini is likely to receive an adverse reaction from Everton fans following his £27.5m move to Manchester United on deadline day in 2013. |
And Van Gaal has spoken to the Belgium international this week to tell him to turn a deaf ear to any taunts and to ensure he doesn’t over step the mark in any of his challenges and end up with disciplinary problems. |
He said: “I have spoken with Fellaini because I know this [his temperament]. Fellaini is always dry in his answers. He said ‘it’s just another game’ Yes, I said, but it’s a special game for you. |
“I hope the fans shall receive him like the Chelsea fans received Juan Mata because I like that very much. I hope it’s like that. |
He added: “When players believe in you, they want to convince me, because every player playing for Manchester United has qualities. |
Fellaini’s form is keeping Robin Van Persie out of the team and Van Gaal has told the Holland international he will have to wait for his chance and prove his fitness and form in the reserves. |
Van Persie had a run-out for the under 21s at Leicester this week following a six-week lay-off with an ankle injury, during which time Fellaini has flourished in partnership with Wayne Rooney. |
And Van Gaal made it clear there will be no quick route back into the first team for the player who captained his Holland team in the World Cup last summer. |
Van Gaal added: “He has to train very hard and play in the second team and show his qualities again. |
Van Gaal refused to confirm or deny that he has met with PSV Eindhoven winger Memphis Depay this week to discuss a £25m summer move to United. |
NBC announced during last night’s Detroit Lions-New Orleans Saints football game that Madonna would be the headlining performer at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on Feb. 5, in Indianapolis. |
The pick is hardly surprising; the Super Bowl is watched by over 100 million people and the NFL historically picks major music acts. The Black Eyed Peas, the Who, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Prince and the Rolling Stones are some of the recent artists to grace the stage (on top of the football field). Madonna will li... |
Actually, the only thing that’s surprising about the NFL’s announcement is the realization that Madonna hasn’t played the Super Bowl before. What other acts have been overlooked? In coming years, we’d like to see some Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, or Lady Gaga. Although with Gaga’s flair for costumes, you’re almost guaranteed a... |
Re: ‘Carbon tax not the answer,’ Jim Shields, Key River, Jan. 19. |
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