In April 2015, Lynda.com sold for $1.5 billion in cash and stock. But part of the deal was that Weinman and Heavin could not shop around for other offers, so only after they accepted did they discover that there had been other interested parties.
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The company started as a brick-and-mortar classroom, but after the economic decline that followed the tragic terror attacks of September 11, 2001, Weinman was forced to take Lynda in a new direction. To weather the economic storm, she transitioned to the online subscription business model of Lynda.com.
And so I taught myself a lot about computer graphics, and it just became sort of natural where people started to ask me how I was doing things. And I slowly realized that I really enjoyed teaching, and then shifted from animation and special effects to becoming a computer graphics teacher.
And so I became a teacher. I kind of gradually transitioned from doing animation and special effects, and I started to write articles and teach at universities. And so when I first discovered the web, I was already a teacher, and I was already writing articles. And so it just hit me like a thunderbolt that this is a really important, new medium and that I was in a good position to learn how to use it and teach other people how to use it.
So that was how, really, lynda.com was formed as first, it started as my own personal website that I used to teach myself web design. And then, it ultimately became the company name and, you know, a bigger idea.
And the sales of the book, which were, you know, high, there were a lot of sales, gave everybody the website lynda.com, and so that was how our readers found the website. And then on the website, we were advertising classes, and we eventually opened a full-time classroom.
And then some of the other teachers that we brought on were other experts in that space. So we had the physical classroom for many years, and after the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, a lot of things changed. The U.S. economy took a nosedive. The dot-com bloom had its first crash, and people stopped traveling, and budgets dried up.
And I knew a lot of teachers because I was working in the space for a long time before we started with lynda.com. You know, I mean, that was my career. I was a career teacher of technology, mostly computer graphics. Like, that was what I did. So yes, we kept expanding it, and it was just not a huge return on the investment right out the gate.
These data are consistent with those observed in the phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of vosoritide, where the increase in annualized growth velocity approached that of average-statured children of a similar age [5, 6]. They provide further, robust clinical evidence that vosoritide is an effective precision therapy for children aged 5 to 18 years with achondroplasia [5, 6]. No adverse effects on bone maturation have been observed in these trials. This, combined with the improvements in body segment proportionality, suggests that longer periods of treatment with vosoritide commenced at an earlier age might result in sustained enhancement of skeletal growth, with clinically and functionally beneficial consequences. Due to the inherent variability of growth and the lesser magnitude of the pubertal growth spurt in children with achondroplaisa, these long-term effects will only be known once these children reach final adult height [2].
Results: Mean MEP amplitude significantly increased by approximately 40% immediately after 2mA a-tDCS (pre: 0.36 0.1 mV; post: 0.47 0.11 mV; P = .001), but not with 1 mA or sham. Maximal voluntary contraction measures remained unaltered across all conditions. Sensory threshold significantly decreased over time after 1mA (P = .002) and 2mA (P = .039) a-tDCS and did not change with sham. F-wave persistence showed a nonsignificant trend for increase (pre: 32% 12%; post: 41% 10%; follow-up: 46% 12%) after 2 mA stimulation. No adverse effects were reported with any of the experimental conditions.
[CHICAGO, IL] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Illinois advocates for seniors, working families, disability rights, and mental health care today to outline the devastating effects Trumpcare would have on the state of Illinois. Speaking on a press call, Duckworth discussed how the version of Trumpcare Senate Republicans revealed on Thursday after weeks of secret negotiations would increase health care costs for working families and jeopardize the health care of hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans - all while giving millionaires and billionaires a massive tax cut. Audio of the press call is available upon request."Trumpcare would force working families to pay more money to receive significantly worse care and put Veterans, women, seniors and people with disabilities on the chopping block - all to give massive tax cuts to President Trump's billionaire friends," said Duckworth. "The Republican healthcare bill isn't just unacceptable. It's downright shameful. While Republicans leaders are taking extreme measures to shut down real debate and rush this bill through Congress, I will do everything I can to stop Trumpcare in its tracks."Other speakers on the call included National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare President/CEO Max Richtman, Citizen Action Illinois Co-Director Lynda DeLaforgue, Access Living President/CEO Marca Bristo, National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago Associate Director Jennifer McGowan, and EverThrive Illinois Health Reform Initiative Director Kathy Waligora.
"The Senate's version of the American Health Care Act is an exercise in political expediency that does nothing to safeguard access to quality healthcare for older Americans," said National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare President/CEO Max Richtman. "It would end the Medicaid program as we know it, astoundingly making even deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House did - costing millions their Medicaid coverage in the process. This is devastating news for today's and tomorrow's seniors suffering from Alzheimer's, cancer, the after-effects of stroke and other serious conditions who depend on Medicaid to pay for long-term care. The Senate legislation will also make healthcare unaffordable for many near seniors aged 50-64, allowing insurers to charge older Americans five times as much as younger adults. Older patients with pre-existing conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease will pay sky-high premiums. Americans of conscience must demand that theirSenators put people before party and defeat this mean and heartless legislation before it's too late.""Illinois already is in a state of crisis after more than 700 days without a budget, but the American Health Care Act (AHCA) threatens to take the chaos to a new level, chiefly via massive cuts in federal support to Illinois via Medicaid," added Citizen Action Illinois Co-Director Lynda DeLaforgue. "This bill will upend the lives of seniors and people with disabilities, make women a second class for healthcare and blow an even bigger hole in the Illinois budget, eliminating $40 billion in Medicaid funding over 10 years. Other governors have taken a clear stand against the cascading impact to their state stemming from the GOP healthcare plan. When the AHCA passed the U.S. House -- Rauner said 'We will continue to voice our concerns as the bill moves to the Senate.' Governor Rauner has said nothing publicly about how he will blunt the impact of these disastrous cuts to our state Medicaid program. The healthcare of more than 700,000 seniors, children and people with disabilities hangs in thebalance and the Governor has given them nothing but platitudes.""Reducing access to mental health services is a step in the wrong direction, making it harder for people to get medications, therapy, case management and support services that they need to live in recovery," added from National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago Associate Director Jennifer McGowan. "Continued reductions to our already fragile and under-funded mental health treatment system would be devastating to nearly one third of the Medicaid population living with mental health or substance use disorders. Government cannot turn its back on those that are living productive and fulfilling lives because of the treatment they are receiving. We need more coverage for mental health care, not less.""EverThrive Illinois is horrified at the proposals put forward by Republican members of Congress in the American Health Care Act and now the Better Care Act," said EverThrive Illinois Health Reform Initiative Director Kathy Waligora. "These bills are shockingly cruel and seem intentionally designed to make women-and by extension their children-less healthy. In crafting their health plan, it is clear that the GOP is not concerned with truly improving health outcomes, reviewing the evidence, or employing compassion in a complicated system; they are concerned with winning and women and children will be the ones to lose."
Objective To investigate the effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) intensity on corticospinal excitability and affected muscle activation in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Design Single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled, crossover study. Setting Medical research institute and rehabilitation hospital. Participants Volunteers (N=9) with chronic SCI and motor dysfunction in wrist extensor muscles. Interventions Three single session exposures to 20 minutes of a-tDCS (anode over the extensor carpi radialis [ECR] muscle representation on the left primary motor cortex, cathode over the right supraorbital area) using 1mA, 2mA, or sham stimulation, delivered at rest, with at least 1 week between sessions. Main Outcome Measures Corticospinal excitability was assessed with motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) from the ECR muscle using surface electromyography after transcranial magnetic stimulation. Changes in spinal excitability, sensory threshold, and muscle strength were also investigated. Results Mean MEP amplitude significantly increased by approximately 40% immediately after 2mA a-tDCS (pre: 0.360.1mV; post: 0.470.11mV; P=.001), but not with 1mA or sham. Maximal voluntary contraction measures remained unaltered across all conditions. Sensory threshold significantly decreased over time after 1mA (P=.002) and 2mA (P=.039) a-tDCS and did not change with sham. F-wave persistence showed a nonsignificant trend for increase (pre: 32%12%; post: 41%10%; follow-up: 46%12%) after 2mA stimulation. No adverse effects were reported with any of the experimental conditions. Conclusions The a-tDCS can transiently raise corticospinal excitability to affected muscles in patients with chronic SCI after 2mA stimulation. Sensory perception can improve with both 1 and 2mA stimulation. This study gives support to the safe and effective use of a-tDCS using small electrodes in patients with SCI and highlights the importance of stimulation intensity. 2ff7e9595c
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