Kirk Herbstreit Reacts To Miami’s Starting Quarterback Decision
“Like this approach. In an era where many Head Coaches are worried about the reaction of the other high profile QB’s (and their Dads) Manny owns and announces it from the rooftops!! Love this approach,” he tweeted.Like this approach. In an era where many Head Coaches are worried about the reaction of the other high profile QB’s (and their Dads) Manny owns and announces it from the rooftops!! Love this approach. https://t.co/Isjv1E8pSa— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) August 13, 2019Miami is set to open the 2019 college football season on a major stage, taking on Florida in “Week 0” on Saturday, Aug. 24.Martell, meanwhile, reportedly skipped practice on Monday, leading to speculation about his future with the program. 
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 23: GameDay host Kirk Herbstreit is seen during ESPN’s College GameDay show at Times Square on September 23, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit has weighed in on Miami’s starting quarterback decision, as the Hurricanes named Jarren Williams QB1 on Monday.Williams beat out former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell, who transferred to Miami after Justin Fields transferred to the Buckeyes.Many expected Martell, a former top recruit, to win the job, so the decision sent shockwaves throughout the college football world.Herbstreit is a fan of Miami’s decision, though – or, at least, a fan of the way head coach Manny Diaz handled things.
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zoom Japanese-based trading house Mitsui & Co. said it was pushing forward with the procurement of eight LNG ships to be used for the delivery of LNG mainly to its customers in Japan from the Cameron LNG Export Project in the U.S.On September 26, 2014, Mitsui signed time charter parties for five of the above eight ships for a total maximum charter hire amount of approximately 400 billion Japanese yen (approx. USD 3.64 billion).Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has signed a contract with Mitsui to charter two new 155,000m3 LNG carriers.The charter period will start around 2018 and will last up to 25 years.The LNG carriers will feature about 300 m in length, 48.9m in breadth and will have cargo tank capacity of 155,000m3.The builder of the said vessels is Kawasaki Heavy Industries.The remaining three ships have been chartered from a subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), one ship, and ship-owning companies in which Mitsui invests, two ships.Additionally, Mitsui is preparing to conclude time charter parties for the remaining 3 ships.The maximum charter period is 25 years with the commencement of charter scheduled for 2017-2018. Press Release, September 29, 2014
zoom Project partners Consolidated Marine Management (CMM), Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Wärtsilä Oil & Gas, and DNV GL presented a new LPG fuelled carrier design LPGreen, as a results of the parties’ joint industry project (JIP).The new concept design achieves state of the art performance on several fronts, according to the partners. Compared to the reference vessel, built to a standard design in 2016, there is an overall improvement of 6–9% in energy efficiency, depending on machinery configuration and fuel used.A redesign of the tank allows for a filling limit of 99% – a 1% increase in overall carrying capacity. Loading duration has been decreased by 30%, while the newly designed cargo handling system concept results in a 5% reduction in energy demand.“In order to increase the competitiveness of modern LPG carriers, novel ship designs need to simultaneously account for the market and trade route characteristics; excellent safety and ease of operation; cargo and fuel flexibility; and, overall energy efficiency combined with economic viability,” Nikolaos Kakalis, DNV GL’s Manager for R&D and Advisory Services in South East Europe and Middle East, said.“Therefore, a holistic approach to the design of modern LPG carriers is required, taking into advantage market insight, technology innovation, advanced computer tools and industry-wide collaboration with strong partnerships.”Launched at the Posidonia trade fair in 2016, the JIP sought to develop a more energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and safer vessel for the transportation of LPG products.George Dimopoulos, Principal Specialist in DNV GL and project manager for LPGreen, said that “LPGreen has demonstrated the technical feasibility of a LPG fuelled propulsion concept, which, depending on fuel prices and the development of a commercial and chartering framework, could result in a cut of up to 30% in fuel expenses.”
TORONTO – Two Hamilton paramedics accused of failing to respond properly to a dying teenager’s pleas for help have been fired, their union said on Wednesday.In a statement, the president of their local said the city had informed Chris Marchant and Steve Snively of their firing effective immediately — a week after they were charged with failure to provide the necessaries of life.“This harsh and unjust action will be grieved by the union in an effort right this wrong,” said Mario Posteraro, head of OPSEU Local 256.“This latest action sends a disappointing and unfortunate message to the City of Hamilton’s paramedics and all paramedics provincially that bad patient outcomes may not only result in criminal charges, but now, termination of employment as well.”Marchant, 29, and Snively, 53, were released after their arrests and are set to appear in court in September.The case arose after Yosif Al-Hasnawi, 19, was shot while trying to help an older man, who was accosted outside his mosque by two other men in December 2017. Police described Al-Hasnawi as a brave young man who had been trying to do the right thing.Witnesses alleged the responding paramedics accused Al-Hasnawi of exaggerating the extent of his injuries and took too long to treat him and take him to hospital.Hamilton police charged one man with second-degree murder and another with accessory after the fact shortly after the incident. Niagara regional police were then called in to investigate the way paramedics handled the case.Acting Hamilton Paramedics Chief Russell Crocker said in a statement Wednesday that the service had completed its own investigation into the response to the Al-Hasnawi call. However, it refused further comment.“As the matter is now before the courts and potentially involves both human-resource and labour-relations issues, we will not be providing details on the status of employment of the affected paramedics or the details of the internal investigation,” Croker said. “(Hamilton Paramedic Services) remains committed to maintaining the integrity of the process and the health and safety of its residents.”Posteraro, who previously called the criminal charges “precedent setting” and “game changers for our paramedic profession,” said he was confident the men would eventually be vindicated.“The employer had a number options it could have exercised while the criminal charges were being dealt with through the courts,” Posteraro said. “Instead, they decided to throw two of their paramedics under the bus by terminating their employment less than one week after (police) laid criminal charges.”Posteraro said the employer’s investigation — which he said included multiple interviews with the two paramedics — was focused on finding fault, not facts.Al-Hasnawi’s father and two brothers filed a still unproven civil lawsuit in January against Hamilton’s paramedics, alleging they failed to treat their relative properly and that his death had caused the family extreme emotional and mental distress. Among others, the suit also named Hamilton police and the two men charged with shooting him.
Tazmin Belkadi, 6, was found in hospitalCredit:Family of Tazmin Belkadi 
Desperate families of missing people caught up the inferno at Grenfell Tower have hit out at the lack of help they have received from authorities as they search for loved ones.Adel Chaoui, whose cousin Farah Hamdan as well as her husband Omar Belkadi are still missing – along with their six -month-old baby, told The Telegraph of the horrific struggle the family has faced in trying to find them. Mr Chaoui also spoke of how a female police officer eventually helped him when they got her sympathy and told their tragic tale – but that she was terrified of getting caught and reprimanded.He said: “Eventually people are giving you the information and it’s on a very hush-hush basis.”It’s all very cagey. First they try and push you away and eventually we get some information but only after we get their sympathies. Mr Chaoui told The Telegraph: “We have a six and an eight-year-old – one is traumatised and the other is in a coma. When she went into hospital she was just screaming. And rather than trying to identify who these children are and who their parents are, protocol means they can’t identify them at this time. She also wrote of the “chaos” caused as hospitals are swamped with worried relatives and “relying on pen and paper”. Ms Ruiz said the families feel “helpless”.Mr Chaoui said he understands police are busy keeping people safe, but wonders why protocol means they can’t reunite children with their families.He said: “Effectively it was us trawling our ward to find our family – it’s the protocol that means we can’t be helped.”Whats the point of following the regulations if they’re wrong?”The protocols right now is to not contact anyone – ask anybody who has a missing relative and they’d say ‘I’d rather go to Spain to try and find my relative or help someone find their relative than just have no information at all’. We just want to be able to do something.” Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Farah Hamdan and her baby are missing along with her husband Credit:Family handout He said protocol means hospitals and authorities are not allowed to give out information, and they have had to beg for scraps of news from sympathetic nurses and police officers, who implored him to keep quiet about their identities lest they get in trouble for helping.His cousin’s children, two girls aged six and seven, were eventually found in hospital yesterday after a gruelling search – with no help from authorities.The children, one of whom is in a coma and the other, who is sedated because of trauma, were in the same hospital, unidentified. The angry family of missing 12-year-old Jessica Urbano have complained of the lack of help they have received.Her aunt Sandra Ruiz wrote to Sadiq Khan, saying: “We the families of the missing need a named liason officer who can keep us directly informed and can assist in our search.”Yesterday, 12 members of my family visited the rescue centres as well as all the main London hospitals several times, while others were on the emergency lines.”We are still not aware of the whereabouts of my niece. The emergency line gives no information nor do the hospitals. Families are running from one hospital to another in desperation.” “We have had no help from the police, we understand that they’re busy but they’ve got casualties in the hospitals.”People are having to make contact with the hospitals themselves who are being told they cant get any information.”My family has been round all the hospitals asking for anyone who matches the descriptions.”One took pity on us and gave us information and lo and behold it was one of the children who was missing.”Our brother is wandering around the wards around and sees at a child two beds down and found that it was her sibling. “One of them is in a coma, and the other wouldn’t stop screaming because she was so traumatised so has been sedated. “The hospitals had no idea who these children were- they didn’t even realise they were related”.He said the authorities are following protocol they follow in a terrorist attack, when they need to have protocol in place for civil disasters.He says: “The police are following protocol they have in place during terrorist incidents. “There needs to be separate protocol for civil disasters. That’s what’s going wrong here.”They’re still treating everyone as suspects.” Families hoping for news from missing loved ones have had to run around London from hospital to hospital, with no help from police and no centralised police service. “I saw a casualty list for one of the hospitals and it was given to me by a police officer – she said she was scared of getting told off and they didn’t want the hospital or force to get identified”They respond after a long conversation and they are feeling for you.””The worst part is this casualty line – it’s a glorified answering machine. No one has got any information from it. We just want anything from them. It’ll stop us running around trawling all the hospitals.”We must have rung tens of times and every time they’d be so sympathetic and say they’d pass on our details but we got nothing, no contact back whatsoever from them. That’s us making the effort to call. I’m sure it’s the same for everyone else – it’s a disaster what’s happened”. 
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “Hundreds of calls have so far been received by casualty bureau and we have a team working around the clock to answer calls.”We appreciate people may have difficulty getting through but we urge them to keep trying. We are picking up messages and will respond.”As Commander Stuart Cundy has said, this is an incredibly challenging and complex situation affecting a large number of people and all the emergency services are working extremely hard.”We do have officers at all the reception centres and our thoughts are with those affected. We understand the worry and frustration people are feeling and are striving to help them as quickly as possible.”
Updated 21/04/13THE TWO PEOPLE who were arrested following Friday’s drug seizure in Kells, Co Meath, are to be charged in relation to the incident.An intelligence-led operation by the Kells Garda Drug Unit, assisted by the regional support unit, had resulted in Friday’s seizure of cannabis plants and herb with an estimated street value of €1.5m.The male (53) and a female (43) that were arrested at the scene are due to appear before Ardee District Court tomorrow morning.- Additional reporting by Paul HylandComments are now disabled as legal proceedings are no active
Poll: Did you stick to your Lent plan? How’s that sweet tooth of yours? Short URL Image: Shutterstock/won-sang kim Apr 15th 2017, 7:30 PM Yes, strictlyEh, kind of but I fell off a few timesNo, not at allVote*Go on, give us more details in the comments. 17,355 Views http://jrnl.ie/3340407 Share Tweet Email1 Eh, kind of but I fell off a few times (1460) Saturday 15 Apr 2017, 7:30 PM
FORTY DAYS WITHOUT chocolate? Over a month off the fags? More than five weeks without a drop of alcohol?Did you decide to give up something over Lent?Or maybe you took a more positive slant and tried to add something to your routine – a run every day? Or a book a week?Now that you’re on the final hurdle, we want to know how it’s been going for you.Did you stick to your Lent plan?* Yes, strictly (2263) No, not at all (5017) Poll Results: By TheJournal.ie Team Image: Shutterstock/won-sang kim 56 Comments Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article
SIDA : un gel microbicide pour bloquer l’infection par le VIHDes chercheurs du CEA, de l’Université Paris-Sud et du CNRS ont réussi à mettre au point un gel microbicide capable de bloquer l’infection par le virus du sida. Depuis plusieurs années déjà, les scientifiques travaillent à l’élaboration d’un procédé permettant de réduire le risque de transmission du virus du sida. L’application d’un gel microbicide a ainsi fait son chemin et semble aujourd’hui aboutir. En effet, des chercheurs du CEA, de l’Université Paris-Sud et du CNRS ont réussi à mettre au point un gel composé de peptides qui trompent le virus en imitant le récepteur (CD4) qu’il vise à la surface de ses cellules cibles.À lire aussiMaladie de Charcot : symptômes, causes, traitement, où en est on ?D’après les scientifiques, les miniprotéines utilisées permettraient d’améliorer l’efficacité des gels microbicides en bloquant l’entrée du virus dans les lymphocytes T (cellules du système immunitaire) grâce à cette supercherie qui détourne le micro-organisme de ses véritables cibles. Ces peptides miniCD4s ont ainsi pu neutraliser la transmission du virus lors de tests cellulaires in vitro. Testé sur des primates par les chercheurs, le gel composé de 0,3% de miniCD4s a permis de protéger 5 femelles macaques sur 6 de l’infection alors qu’une forte dose de virus (10 fois la dose nécessaire pour provoquer l’infection dans 50% des cas) leur avait été administrée.Aucune trace de virus n’a été retrouvée chez ces dernières et la protection a été confirmée par une absence totale de séroconversion (les animaux ne sont ni séropositifs, ni malades), rapporte un communiqué du CNRS. Ainsi, ces travaux, publiés dans le journal Plos Pathogens du 6 décembre, montrent que les peptides miniCD4s en gel peuvent constituer une alternative intéressante pour protéger efficacement l’organisme contre l’infection par le virus du SIDA lors de rapports sexuels. Un espoir qui pourrait permettre de faire baisser encore davantage le nombre de nouvelles infections. Le 10 décembre 2012 à 14:45 • Maxime Lambert
Michael Dubke (Facebook photo)The Wall Street Journal and other national news outlets are reporting that Mike Dubke is about to be named as President Trump’s new communications director. The Washington-based political strategist has worked on several Alaska campaigns. He helped Sen. Lisa Murkowski win re-election last year, and in 2014 his firm was the lead strategist behind Dan Sullivan’s election to the U.S. Senate.Listen nowSen. Sullivan said in a written statement he could think of no one better for the communications job than Dubke. He also said Dubke has a lot of experience advancing pro-growth issues and knows Alaska well.Dubke founded Crossroads Media and also co-founded Black Rock Group, a political consulting firm. He is something of a pioneer in the use of so-called “dark money” tax-exempt groups in politics, and one example of that took place in Alaska.Dubke worked with Alaska financier and lodge-owner Bob Gillam on an effort to stop the proposed Pebble mine in 2008. Dubke was accused of helping to route a $2 million donation from Gillam through an advocacy group to disguise the funding source for the anti-Pebble campaign. Alaska Public Offices Commission dismissed the case against Dubke as unfounded. The advocacy group paid a fine with no admission of guilt.As of Friday evening, the White House had still not announced his hiring. A communications director typically works behind the scenes to hone a president’s message and craft ways to deliver it while the press secretary –Sean Spicer – faces reporters.
The authorities of Bangladesh Railway start selling advance train tickets on Friday at Kamalapur station. Photo: Prothom AloThe authorities of Bangladesh Railway have started selling advance train tickets on Friday ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.Several hundred holidaymakers standing in long queues were seen collecting tickets for 10 June journey at Kamalapur railway station on the first day of advance train tickets sale.Each passenger will be able to buy a maximum of four tickets.Tickets for 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 June will be available on 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 June respectively.Besides, the return tickets for the journey of 19 June will be available on 10 June and that for 20 June on 11 June, for 21 June on June 12, for 22 June on 13 June and for 23 June on 14 June and for 24 June on 15 June.
News | February 05, 2009 CCTA May Expose Patients to High Radiation Dose Reports JAMA News | CT Angiography (CTA) | August 06, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Improves Heart Attack Risk Assessment When used with a common heart scan, machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), does better than… read more Video Player is loading.Cynthia McCollough explains new advances in CT technologyPlay VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 13:56Loaded: 1.17%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -13:56 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio Trackdefault, selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. 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Medical imaging plays an increasing role in the accurate… read more The CT scanner might not come with protocols that are adequate for each hospital situation, so at Phoenix Children’s Hospital they designed their own protocols, said Dianna Bardo, M.D., director of body MR and co-director of the 3D Innovation Lab at Phoenix Children’s. Video Player is loading.Pierre Qian explains radiotherapy to ablate VTPlay VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 7:34Loaded: 2.19%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -7:34 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio Trackdefault, selectedFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. 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News | Artificial Intelligence | August 05, 2019 Montefiore Nyack Hospital Uses Aidoc AI to Spot Urgent Conditions Faster Montefiore Nyack Hospital, an acute care hospital in Rockland County, N.Y., announced it is utilizing artificial… read more February 5, 2009 – Use of the imaging technique known as cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography (CCTA) has the potential to expose patients to high doses of radiation, and methods available to reduce radiation dose are not frequently used, according to a study in the February 4 issue of JAMA. The 64-slice (able to scan 64 images per rotation) CCTA has emerged as a useful diagnostic imaging method for the assessment of coronary artery disease and has been proposed to be useful for evaluating patients in emergency departments with chest pain. “With the constantly increasing number of CCTA-capable scanners worldwide, the volume of CCTA scans performed is likely to show substantial further increase,” the authors write. They add that the clinical usefulness of CCTA for the assessment of coronary artery disease has to be weighed against the radiation exposure of CCTA and the small but potential risk of cancer. Many clinicians may still be unfamiliar with the magnitude of radiation exposure that is received during CCTA in daily practice and with the factors that contribute to radiation dose, according to background information in the article. Jörg Hausleiter, M.D., of the Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Klinik an der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany, and colleagues investigated the magnitude of radiation dose of CCTA in daily practice, factors contributing to radiation dose and the use of currently available strategies to reduce radiation dose. The trial, the Prospective Multicenter Study On Radiation Dose Estimates Of Cardiac CT Angiography In Daily Practice I (PROTECTION I), an international, multicenter study (21 university hospitals and 29 community hospitals) included 1,965 patients undergoing CCTA between February and December 2007. Analysis was used to identify independent predictors associated with radiation dose, which was measured as dose-length product (DLP; equals the average radiation dose over a specific investigated volume multiplied by the scan length), which best mirrors the radiation a patient is exposed to by the entire CT scan, according to the authors. The researchers found that the median (midpoint) DLP of the patients in the study was 885 mGy-cm (a measurement of absorbed radiation), which corresponds to an estimated radiation dose of 600 chest x-rays. A high variability in DLP was observed between study sites (range of median DLPs per site, 331-2,146 mGy-cm). Independent factors associated with radiation dose were patient weight (relative effect on DLP, 5 percent); absence of stable sinus rhythm (type of heart rhythm; 10 percent effect); scan length (a 1-cm increase in the scan length was associated with a 5 percent increase in DLP); the use of electrocardiographically controlled tube current modulation (resulting in a reduction of DLP of 25 percent, applied in 73 percent of patients); 100-kV (kilo volts) tube voltage (46 percent reduction of DLP, applied in 5 percent of patients); sequential scanning (78 percent reduction; applied in 6 percent of patients); experience in cardiac CT (1 percent reduction); number of CCTAs per month; and type of 64-slice CT system (for highest vs. lowest dose system, 97 percent effect). “… the study demonstrates that radiation exposure can be reduced substantially by uniformly applying the currently available strategies for dose reduction, but these strategies are used infrequently,” the authors write. “… an improved education of physicians and technicians performing CCTA on these dose-saving strategies might be considered to keep the radiation dose ‘as low as reasonably achievable’ in every patient undergoing CCTA.” “As CCTA is being used more frequently worldwide for diagnosing coronary artery disease, all strategies for reducing radiation exposure will finally reduce the patient’s lifetime cancer risks. 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SEATTLE — To emphasize the fact that the Caribbean is open for business following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Windstar Cruises President John Delaney will be sailing on the cruise line’s first cruise departing from San Juan this season on Nov. 25.“Although areas of the Caribbean are still rebuilding after the recent hurricanes, so much of the Caribbean is open and welcoming visitors to their wondrous islands,” Delaney said. “Travellers should not be concerned about beginning or ending a cruise in San Juan, where the cruise terminal has been operational for weeks, along with the airport. I’ll be personally making the trip, arriving the day before my cruise to enjoy time in Old San Juan, giving updates on my Twitter account, and sharing first-person stories on Windstar’s Facebook page.”To encourage clients to book the Caribbean, Windstar is offering a special ‘Caribbean Is Open Cruise Package’ that includes significant savings, a US$200 shipboard credit and free onboard Wi-Fi, with rates starting at $1,499 per person.More news: AMResorts has a new Sr. Dir. of Cdn. Sales & Consortia Rel’nsMoreover, for travel agents, Windstar’s ‘Caribbean Take 5’ offer awards agents with a complimentary cruise when booking five staterooms or suites on any Caribbean voyage.With smaller yacht-like vessels (some of which still boast sails), Windstar can avoid overcrowded waterfronts and bring the much-needed vacationer to smaller islands and more intimate ports of call, contributing to the greater economy of the region. For example, Windstar just announced it will call at Anse Mitan in Martinique and Deshaies in Guadeloupe. While many ships will chart a course towards familiar harbors in the Western Atlantic and Western Caribbean, Windstar is going in the other direction to smaller, rarely visited jewels of the Caribbean islands.“Windstar can offer experiences and destinations others logistically can’t,” said Delaney. “We also do things many travellers think are long gone, like our open bridge policy, private beach barbecue experiences, and a water sports platform to jump right into the blue waters the Apollo astronauts swooned over from space. Not everyone has to chart the same course.” << Previous PostNext Post >> Friday, November 10, 2017 