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/** Zend_Log_Writer_Abstract */
require_once 'Zend/Log/Writer/Abstract.php';
/** Zend_Log_Formatter_Simple */
require_once 'Zend/Log/Formatter/Simple.php';
/**
* @category Zend
* @package Zend_Log
* @subpackage Writer
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
* @license http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
* @version $Id: Stream.php 23775 2011-03-01 17:25:24Z ralph $
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class Zend_Log_Writer_Stream extends Zend_Log_Writer_Abstract
{
/**
* Holds the PHP stream to log to.
*
* @var null|stream
*/
protected $_stream = null;
/**
* Class Constructor
*
* @param array|string|resource $streamOrUrl Stream or URL to open as a stream
* @param string|null $mode Mode, only applicable if a URL is given
* @return void
* @throws Zend_Log_Exception
*/
public function __construct($streamOrUrl, $mode = null)
{
// Setting the default
if (null === $mode) {
$mode = 'a';
}
if (is_resource($streamOrUrl)) {
if (get_resource_type($streamOrUrl) != 'stream') {
require_once 'Zend/Log/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Log_Exception('Resource is not a stream');
}
if ($mode != 'a') {
require_once 'Zend/Log/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Log_Exception('Mode cannot be changed on existing streams');
}
$this->_stream = $streamOrUrl;
} else {
if (is_array($streamOrUrl) && isset($streamOrUrl['stream'])) {
$streamOrUrl = $streamOrUrl['stream'];
}
if (! $this->_stream = @fopen($streamOrUrl, $mode, false)) {
require_once 'Zend/Log/Exception.php';
$msg = "\"$streamOrUrl\" cannot be opened with mode \"$mode\"";
throw new Zend_Log_Exception($msg);
}
}
$this->_formatter = new Zend_Log_Formatter_Simple();
}
/**
* Create a new instance of Zend_Log_Writer_Stream
*
* @param array|Zend_Config $config
* @return Zend_Log_Writer_Stream
*/
static public function factory($config)
{
$config = self::_parseConfig($config);
$config = array_merge(array(
'stream' => null,
'mode' => null,
), $config);
$streamOrUrl = isset($config['url']) ? $config['url'] : $config['stream'];
return new self(
$streamOrUrl,
$config['mode']
);
}
/**
* Close the stream resource.
*
* @return void
*/
public function shutdown()
{
if (is_resource($this->_stream)) {
fclose($this->_stream);
}
}
/**
* Write a message to the log.
*
* @param array $event event data
* @return void
* @throws Zend_Log_Exception
*/
protected function _write($event)
{
$line = $this->_formatter->format($event);
if (false === @fwrite($this->_stream, $line)) {
require_once 'Zend/Log/Exception.php';
throw new Zend_Log_Exception("Unable to write to stream");
}
}
}
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The Women in Business Network (WIBN) is a membership organisation for women who wish to gain new business opportunities through word of mouth. Whether employed or a business owner the network has a huge diversity of businesses involved. Our members support and encourage each other through collaboration and the sharing of business contacts and opportunities.
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With 55 en-suite rooms, civil ceremony licence and a wide range of party and conference facilities, Hitchin Priory is one of the leading bed and breakfasts, wedding venues, party venues and business meeting venues in the area.
It’s not every day you go shopping in Hitchin for beautiful nightwear or lingerie, but when you do there’s one shop you need to put at the top of your itinerary – lingerie boutique Je Te Veux on Sun Street (just along from Strada restaurant).
Featured in Lingerie in Hitchin
what local people say...
Tracie and the team provide, for me at least, a 40 minute experience that ranges from a great welcome, humour and a feeling that they all take pride in knowing you and wanting to make your visit memorable. The icing on the cake is Talents is a great place to get you hair cut!... |
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC), born at Sassina, Umbria, was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. The years of his life are uncertain, but his plays were first produced between about 205 BC and 184 BC.
Valour’s the best reward ; ‘tis valour that surpasses all things else : our liberty, our safety, life, estate, our parents, children, country, are by this preserved, protected : valour everything comprises in itself ; and every good awaits the man who is possess’d of valour. (translator Thornton)
Amphitryon, Act II, scene 2, line 16.
Variant translation: Courage is the very best gift of all; courage stands before everything, it does, it does! It is what maintains and preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things: a man with courage has every blessing. |
The basic fire policy covers loss of or damage to residential or commercial building, furniture, fixtures and fittings caused by or arising from:
Damage by fire & lightning
Damage by explosions of domestic boiler or domestic gas cylinder not forming part of a gas work
Damage by water or other extinguishing agents used to put out the fire
Damage resulting from gaining access to a fire
Smoke damages caused by fire
Interest Insured
Items that can be insured are:
Building, renovation
Furniture, fixtures and fittings
Office equipment, plant, machinery and utensils
Stock in trade
Rent
Removal of debris
Professionals fees
Personal Effects & Household goods
Premium & Extension
The basic premium is calculated based on a standard fire tariff rate prescribed by Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) and is affected by the class of construction of the building, trade carried out at the premise and sum insured.
At an additional premium, the basic policy can be extended to cover loss of or damage to caused by and not limited to the following:
Riot, strike and malicious damage;
Explosion of boilers and pressure vessels;
Impact damage by own vehicles and third party vehicles;
Aircraft Damage;
Bursting and / or overflowing of water tanks apparatus and pipes (excluding sprinkler system); |
Victoria Secret is sharing sneak peeks of their lingerie photo shoot with fans, including a couple with Martha Hunt. Their newest Instagram post shows the model flashing a white bra under a black robe, as she appears to be getting ready for a shoot in the dressing room area. Martha’s hair was worn down in loose waves, as she wore natural-looking makeup. A second photo was shared earlier that was likely taken around the same time, which showed Martha laughing as stylist Emma Jade Morrison grabbed a wardrobe bag and also smiled.
Meanwhile, Hunt’s been keeping her fans updated with a series of photos and videos on Instagram. Her newest post was a short video selfie, as she wore a tan turtleneck long-sleeved top and her hair down. It was geotagged in Beverly Hills, California, and a palm tree could be spotted in the reflection off the glass behind her. Although just posted two hours ago, it’s already been played over 28,400 times.
And her fans were thrilled to discover that she was on Celebrity Family Feud, as she and four others battled against Bachelor Nation. Martha shared a photo of Jasmine taking a group selfie on set. Hunt wore a light yellow suit, while Jasmine wore a shimmery, pink robe dress.
Prior to that, Hunt shared her support for Duke basketball in a photo where she wore an oversized Duke jersey, black leggings, and ankle boots. The dramatic black-and-white photo showed Martha holding a basketball in her right hand as she looked down to her left.
The model is now a fixture at VS, but she recounted what it was like for her at the beginning to W Magazine.
“My first Victoria’s Secret fashion show I was really nervous. I was just kind of figuring it out, because there’s no rule book to tell you how to do everything. It kind of takes awhile to come into your own.”
“What I love about Victoria’s Secret is that they represent strong, confident and empowered women. And as a model, I’ve always seen that as the ultimate goal,” Hunt also added.
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Plus, Martha noted the importance of her third VS show, which was her debut as an Angel.
“It was definitely different, also because I was closing the show. So that immediately just felt like more validation. Like okay, I’ve arrived, I’m here.” Since then, the model has continued to make her mark as a fan-favorite Angel. |
Tag Archives: range games
I have always liked puzzles. I really enjoy discovering a new puzzle. Sometimes when I have discovered a new puzzle, I enjoy it so much that I can’t seem to do enough of them. In such cases, I quickly run out of these puzzles to do and find myself looking for either a new puzzle or a way to generate them on my own.
Such was the case when I discovered the “Range Puzzles”. The rules are simple:
Every cell is marked either blue or gray No two gray cells can be next to one another The grid must be a connected (i.e. there is always a path from every cell to every other cell using horizontal and vertical connections. Some cells have a number inside. This indicates the number of cells that can be viewed (horizontally and vertically in both directions) by this cell, including the cell itself. |
Simplemente Lo Mejor (Ricardo Arjona album)
Simplemente Lo Mejor is a greatest hits album by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona that was released on December 2, 2008. The album is composed of Arjona's number-one hits, drawn from Animal Nocturno (1993) to Galería Caribe (2000). It served as his final project under the Sony Music label after signing a contract with Warner Music in 2008. A CD+DVD and a DVD edition of the album were released in several countries; these included a collection of music videos for the compilation's songs.
Simplemente Lo Mejor was made available one month after the release of Arjona's eleventh studio album, 5to Piso (2008). This led to speculation that the labels were in a fight to win Arjona's fanbase and sales. Simplemente Lo Mejor reached number seven on the Mexican Albums Chart, the US Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart and number 33 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. It was awarded platinum certifications in Argentina and Mexico.
Background and release
Background
After spending the majority of his career signed to Sony and Sony BMG, Arjona signed a long-term recording deal with Warner Music Latina in September 2008. Iñigo Zabala, chairman of Warner Music Latin America commented that "he's an artist that fits perfectly with our company"; he also stated "We are a label that has a major catalog of songwriters and quality pop and rock from the likes of Maná, Alejandro Sanz, Laura Pausini, and now, Arjona." Arjona announced his eleventh studio album, 5to Piso, on 18 November 2008. In the first month of retail sales, approximately 200,000 copies were purchased; it went Platinum in Mexico, the United States and several other countries. It debuted at number one on Top Latin Albums, becoming his second chart-topper on that list, and sold more than one million copies worldwide. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album and a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Singer-Songwriter Album.
Release
While Warner Music released Arjona's new studio album, Sony Music released Simplemente Lo Mejor. This led to speculation that the labels were in a fight to win his fanbase and sales. 5to Piso hit shelves on 18 November 2008 in the United States, and Simplemente Lo Mejor followed on 2 December 2008. A CD+DVD edition and a DVD edition of the album were released that same day in the United States and Spain. At that time, Univisión named Simplemente Lo Mejor "a true collector's item that every fan of Arjona or just happy to his poetry should not be without."
Reception
Simplemente Lo Mejor entered the Top 100 Mexico at number 35 the week of its debut. The following week, the album jumped to number 17 and, on its third week of release, reached its peak of number seven. It spent three weeks inside the top ten and 27 weeks on the chart. On the US Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, the album attained a peak of number 33 and stayed on the chart for 70 weeks. It performed better on the Latin Pop Albums component chart, where it reached a peak of number seven, remaining on the chart for 88 weeks. Simplemente Lo Mejor was awarded a platinum certification in Argentina and Mexico for 40,000 copies sold and shipped, respectively. Simplemente Lo Mejor received positive critical reception; Jason Birchmeier from Allmusic awarded the compilation four-and-a-half stars out of five and stated that the compilation is "nothing short of stellar, filled with major hits and showcasing perfectly Arjona's mid-'90s rise to fame."
Track listing
Following, the track list of Simplemente Lo Mejor as is shown on the iTunes Store.
Personnel
Credits are taken from Allmusic.
Ricardo Arjona – composer, direction, primary artist, producer, realization
Carlos Cabral Jr. – arranger
Carlos Greene – artist direction
Waldo Madera – arranger
Angel "Cucco" Peña – arranger, producer
Chart performance
Charts
Sales and certifications
Release history
References
External links
Official website of Ricardo Arjona
Category:2008 greatest hits albums
Category:Ricardo Arjona compilation albums
Category:Sony BMG Norte compilation albums
Category:Spanish-language compilation albums |
Neogalea
The catabena moth (Neogalea sunia) is a moth of the family Noctuidae, and the only species in the genus Neogalea. It is found from the southern United States, through the Caribbean (including Guadeloupe and Martinique) to Argentina. Furthermore, it has been introduced in Australia, on Norfolk Island in 1962. Since that time it has increased its range and is now common in Queensland and northern New South Wales. It has also been introduced on Hawaii.
The wingspan is about 33 mm.
The larva feed on Lantana species.
External links
Species info
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Category:Cuculliinae |
Tailored blockchain solutions
About Innovaetica
Innovaetica SRL is an Italian company established in December 2012, with a strong expertise in blockchain, cryptographic technologies and AI. Our core team consists in 9 international professionals in the fields of blockchain, cryptography, AI, web development and UX/UI.
We help companies and organisations develop tailored blockchain solutions, in any area of application. Our main expertise is intellectual property protection through public blockchain, private customised blockchains and digital timestamping. The projects developed by Innovaetica have been awarded several national and international prizes.
Prizes and achievements
Winner of H2020 SME Instrument - Open Distruptive Innovation
Winner of the "Inventing the future" prize
Winner of the "Fund for Creativity" Prize
Selected among top 100 startups by European Business and Innovation Network |
Structural shifts of fecal microbial communities in rats with acute rejection after liver transplantation.
Bacterial translocation and the development of sepsis after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) may be promoted by immunological damage to the intestinal mucosa or by quantitative and qualitative changes in intestinal microbiota. This study monitored structural shifts of gut microbiota in rats with OLT using PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). RT-qPCR targets six major microorganisms (Domain Bacteria, Bacteroides, Bifidobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, Lactobacillus and Clostridium leptum subgroup). Isograft, Allograft and Sham model were studied. Bacterial translocation to host organs and plasma endotoxin were determined. Alteration in gut microbiota was associated with the elevation of plasma endotoxin and a higher rate of bacterial translocation (BT) to liver in rats with acute rejection. Dynamic analysis of DGGE fingerprints showed that the gut microbiota structure of animals in the three groups was similar before the operation. But significant alterations in the composition of fecal microbiota in Allograft group were observed at 1 and 2 weeks after the OLT. The acute rejection was accompanied by the shifts of gut microbiota towards members of Bacteroides and Ruminococcus. Results from RT-qPCR indicated that Bacteroides significantly increased at 2 weeks after the OLT, whereas numbers of Bifidobacterium spp. decreased at 1 week and recovered at 2 weeks after the OLT. In summary, our data showed that rats with acute rejection after OLT exhibited significant structure shifts in the gut microbiota which dominant by overgrowth of Bacteroides and Ruminococcus, and these were associated with elevation of plasma endotoxin and higher rate of BT. |
Use of polypharmacy and self-reported mood in outpatients with bipolar disorder.
Objective. As polypharmacy is routinely used for the treatment of bipolar disorder, the relation between the daily number of psychotropic medications and self-reported mood was investigated. Method. Eighty patients (35 men and 45 women) with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder I or II, recruited from academic centres, entered their mood, sleep, and psychotropic medications for 3 months into ChronoRecord software. A total of 8662 days of data was received (mean 114.7 days/per patient). Results. Seventy-nine patients took a mean of 3.8 medications daily (SD 1.7; range 1-9); one took none. Of these patients, 73 (92.4%) took mood stabilizers, 47 (58.8%) took antidepressants, 31 (38.8%) took antipsychotics, 34 (42.5%) took benzodiazepines and 17 (21.1%) took thyroid hormones. Patients reporting normal mood more frequently took fewer medications; the Pearson correlation coefficient between the number of medications and the percent of days normal was -0.481 (P < 0.001). Grouping by number of medications, ANOVA analysis showed those taking fewer medications reported normal mood more frequently (P<0.001). Conclusion. Combination treatment regimens are routinely prescribed for bipolar disorder. Patients reporting normal mood more frequently took a fewer number of daily medications. Studies are needed to better identify those patients who would benefit from polypharmacy and to optimise the combinations of medications for patients with refractory disorder. |
Minted Giveaway
****giveaway is now closed*** To say I am a fan of Minted is a huge under statement. I can’t say enough wonderful things about them. I have ordered Christmas cards from Minted for the last two years and recently ordered stationary that I adore. Not only do they feature the work of such talented artists, but their customer service, timeliness, and adorable packaging makes the whole process pretty darn amazing. Today I am so excited to be offering one of my readers an art print from Minted! One lucky reader will get to choose ANY print. Even better, it can be up to 11 x 14 and framed! That’s huge. I have featured some of my favorites below, but if you hop on over to Minted you can check out their full collection. …. m i n t e d g i v e a w a y paper hearts by Amanda Bee … je t’aime by chocomocacino … love you so much by robin ott design … lovely balloons by BusyNothings … awning striped by kristie kern … ligurian houses by kelli hall … Maybe you have a spot in your home for one of these beauties. So many of their prints just make me smile. If you would like to win a framed art print for a child’s room, your kitchen, hallway, living room,bathroom or anywhere, just enter below! … m i n t e d g i v e a w a y 1. visit Minted and tell me which print you would love to win {for special Valentine Art you can browse here} for extra entries you can do the following: 2. follow a thoughtful place 3. follow a thoughtful place on instagram {@athoughtfulplace} *****just remember to leave a separate comment for each thing you do*** ****giveaway is now closed***
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I absolutely love Minted too! They are one of the few vendors of high-quality printed cards, announcements and invitations etc that are highly customisable and will ship to Australia. I made my sons birth announcement through them and will probably use them for his upcoming first birthday invites!
Browsing the art prints was dangerous! So many gorgeous prints! Kelli Hall's Ligurian Houses speaks to me particularly. Not only is it a stunning image that complements our decor beautifully, but we took our honeymoon to the Cinque Terre region of Italy and this is a gorgeous representation of the wonderful memories I have of our trip.
I LOVE the print with the rocking chair that says, "We will rock you!". :)But, since I don't have kids that are rocking age anymore, I think I'd choose the "Love, Love, Love You" print and hang it in the gameroom.
There are so many prints that I just LOVE, but my favorite is Three Wishes by Griffinbell Studios. I really liked the graphic & the quote, but love even more that the artist name incorporates the names of my two babies! What a lucky coincidence. 🙂
Okay, I would seriously love to win this…Hahaha. I love so much of the work–and I didn't know that they hard artwork like this that could be purchased framed! Awesome. I really think I would choose…. ligurian houses by kelli hall…Love it!
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In addition to occasional sponsored posts, A Thoughtful Place uses clickable affiliate links. That means that ATP may receive a small commission from sales at no extra charge to the buyer. As always, my opinion is 100% my own and I only recommend things that I truly love or use myself. Thank you for your loyal support. |
Q:
Keeping a NSManagedObject up to date while retaining it
I have a NSManagedObject instance that represents a user in my application. I am retaining this instance and passing it between view controllers for the interface to reference. The managed object context (MOC) the user instance belongs to is a main queue MOC that is a child of a private queue MOC that saves directly to the persistent store.
My core data persistent store is updated in the background on a separate background queue. These updates are saved to a private queue MOC that is then committed to the main private queue MOC and subsequently saved to the persistent store.
My question is, how can I be sure that the user NSManagedObject instance will stay up to date? I'm aware of the existence of refreshObject:mergeChanges:, however, it seems complex to set up a of NSManagedObjectContextDidSaveNotification observers to simply keep an object instance up to date. I can see this approach becoming unruly when trying to keep multiple NSManagedObject instances up to date.
A:
From experience, your best option is don't try to keep it up to date. You need to use implement the NSManagedObjectContextDidSaveNotification to keep your context up to date -- you can't get around that -- but to get a valid object, you'll need to re-query it after every update. The easiest approach to that will be application-dependent, but I frequently use unique, server-generated ID's to pass objects around, then fetch them out of the database using those when I need to use them. (The unique ID's are necessary because I'm generally consuming an API that uses them, so your results will vary) The only place where that technique may or may not work is where you're generating data locally, and haven't (yet) uploaded it to the database where it get's it's permanent ID. I generally special-case those and have a device ID separate from the 'real' ID, just to keep track of them until they get their real ID. Anything that doesn't have a 'real' ID is something my logic is aware of as something that needs to be persisted to server, so that works for me.
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Effects of calcium-phosphate-based materials on proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity of newborn rat periosteal cells in vitro.
The effects of dental materials, intended for bone substitution, on cell growth and alkaline phosphatase activity of newborn rat periosteal cells have been studied in vitro. Confluent periosteal cells were exposed to three apatite-based materials (400 micrograms/mL) with different physico-chemical properties. The materials were a beta-tricalcium phosphate with a microporous granular structure obtained by sinterization (Synthograft, Johnson & Johnson, East Windsor, NY), a 40-60-mesh microporous durapatite ceramic (Periograf, Sterling Drug, Inc., Rensselaer, NY), and a 1-2-mm-diameter hydroxyapatite ceramic (Osprovit, Feldmuhle Aktiengeselschaft, Plochingen, Germany) with macropores larger than 100 microns. Cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity were assessed by incorporation of 3H-thymidine into trichloroacetic-acid-precipitable material and by a fluorimetric method, respectively. Cell viability and compatibility with the materials were determined by morphology in phase-contrast microscopy. Periosteal cells showed increased proliferation following exposure to Synthograft, but were unaffected by Osprovit, whereas Periograf caused significantly reduced cell growth. Alkaline phosphatase activity was unaffected by Osprovit, but was decreased by both Synthograft and Periograf. The results indicated a differential response of periosteal cells to bone-substituting materials with heterogeneous physico-chemical characteristics. |
[A mass in the popliteal fossa and leucocytosis caused by a paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction].
A 65-year-old woman was referred with a mass in the right popliteal fossa, fever and leucocytosis reaching 105 x 10(9)/l. Her medical history included the excision of a melanoma from the right ankle more than 20 years before. Ultrasound, CT and positron-emission tomography showed the mass in the right knee but no other lesions. The process was drained. Histological examination ofa subcutis biopsy indicated malignancy. Due to deterioration in her clinical condition amputation of the right leg was performed after which her leucocyte count normalized. The pathology specimen revealed a high-grade undifferentiated soft tissue tumour of unclear origin. Preoperatively assessed serum levels of granulocyte-stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin 6 and interleukin 8 were elevated to 241, 91 and 82 pg/ml respectively. After the amputation these levels returned to almost normal. This extreme leucocyte count may be explained by a paraneoplastic leukemoid reaction. It is hypothesized that the tumour cells produce G-CSF and other cytokines causing leucocytosis. Normalisation of the cytokine levels postoperatively supports this hypothesis. |
Efficacy and outcomes of continuous peritoneal dialysis versus daily intermittent hemodialysis in pediatric acute kidney injury.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is associated with high patient morbidity and mortality. There is no consensus on the best RRT modality for pediatric AKI. The efficacy and safety of continuous peritoneal dialysis (cPD) and daily intermittent hemodialysis (dHD) were compared in 136 children aged 1 month to 16 years requiring RRT for AKI. Mortality, risk factors and causes of death, 1-month and 3-month renal recovery rates, and technique-related complications were assessed. Uremia control and the rate of catheter-related complications were comparable in the groups. Thirty-day survival was 60.7 % (51 out of 84) with cPD and 36.5 % (19 out of 52) with dHD (p = 0.019). Although age <1 year, extended time lag from disease onset to RRT initiation, mechanical ventilation, and extended vasopressor dependence independently predicted death, adjusted mortality was higher with dHD relative to cPD (hazard ratio [HR] 1.75, 95%CI 1.18-2.84, p = 0.022). Almost all fatalities in the dHD group (94 %) occurred during or within an hour of a HD session. Renal function normalized in 27 % of survivors after 4 weeks and in 51 % after 3 months. The risk of permanent end-stage renal disease was increased in patients with an intrinsic renal cause of AKI (HR 2.72; 95 % CI 1.37-3.83; p = 0.029) and in those with delayed RRT initiation (HR 2.17; 95 % CI 123-2.93; p = 0.015), but did not differ between patients treated with dHD and cPD. Favorable patient survival with cPD compared with dHD in children treated for AKI was evident in this study. |
Llew O'Brien
Llewellyn Stephen O'Brien (born 26 June 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Wide Bay, and deputy speaker of the House since February 2020. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP), and sat with the Nationals in federal parliament until his election as deputy speaker.
Police career
Prior to his election, O'Brien served as a police officer. He joined the Queensland Police in 1999. In his first speech in Parliament he spoke of his own decade long experience of living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder brought about while serving as a traffic accident investigator. In December 2013, O'Brien was accused of having misused police resources for political purposes. He was investigated and faced managerial action, but was cleared of the allegations by Queensland Police.
O'Brien has received both State and National medals for his Police service between 1999 and 2016. In 2010 he was awarded the Queensland Police Service Medal. In 2011 he was awarded the Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation. In April 2015 he was awarded a 15-year clasp to the Queensland Police Service Medal. In 2016 he was awarded both the National Police Service Medal and the National Medal for ethical and diligent service.
Political career
O'Brien became a member of the National Party of Queensland in 2006, and joined the Liberal National Party of Queensland upon its formation in 2008. He has served in many roles within the parties, including Vice President, Regional Chairman, State Executive, Branch Chairman and Campaign Chairman.
After the retirement announcement of long serving Member of Wide Bay and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss, O'Brien was preselected for the 2016 federal election and won the seat. He has served on the Joint Standing Committees for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity; and Law Enforcement; as well as the House of Representatives Standing Committees for Indigenous Affairs; and Infrastructure, Transport and Cities. In 2016, O'Brien was also appointed as the Queensland Chair of the Federal Government's Black Spot Advisory Panel for 2016/17 by Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester.
In February 2020, O'Brien moved a spill motion for Barnaby Joyce to challenge Michael McCormack for leadership of the National Party. The challenge failed, and on 10 February O'Brien announced that he would no longer sit in the Nationals party room, but would remain a member of the LNP and continue to support the Morrison government. O'Brien was subsequently elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, having been nominated unexpectedly by the Opposition against the Government's nominated choice, Damian Drum.
References
Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:Liberal National Party of Queensland members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Wide Bay
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Australian police officers
Category:21st-century Australian politicians |
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Prince Frog International Holdings
Ltd. plunged by the most on record after short-seller Glaucus
Research Group questioned the company’s sales and branded the
baby-care products maker a “strong sell.”
Prince Frog shares were halted in Hong Kong trading today
after dropping as much as 26 percent to HK$4.66, headed for the
biggest decline since its July 2011 listing.
The Chinese government’s tax records indicate Prince Frog’s
net income is “a fraction of reported figures,” Glaucus said
while initiating coverage of the shares at “strong sell.”
Queenie Hung from Wonderful Sky Financial Group, Prince Frog’s
public relations firm, declined to immediately comment and said
the company will issue a statement to the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange later today.
The allegations reflect the scrutiny that publicly traded
Chinese businesses are drawing from short-sellers. Vegetable
processor China Minzhong tumbled 48 percent, the most on record,
in less than two hours on Aug. 26 after Glaucus questioned the
company’s accounts in a report. Minzhong said it “strongly”
denied the allegations.
Glaucus’s statements on its performance were made with the
sole objective of driving down the company’s share price and
gaining from the decline, Minzhong said in a September
statement. Its shares have more than doubled since its Aug. 26
close, recovering from its decline after PT Indofood Sukses
Makmur, controlled by Indonesian billionaire Anthoni Salim’s
investment company, offered S$488 million ($393 million) cash
for the rest Minzhong, which it already had a stake in.
Baby Care
Besides Minzhong Food, China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd.
and China Medical Technologies Inc. have each separately been
the focus of reports by Glaucus. Liquidators were appointed to
China Metal in July and China Medical filed for Chapter 15
foreign-firm bankruptcy protection in New York last year.
Glaucus, which has an office in Newport Beach, California,
was founded by Matthew Wiechert, who has a background in
investment banking, to probe companies that appear “too good to
be true,” according to its website.
Prince Frog, based in southern China’s Fujian province,
sells skin care, bath products, oral care items, and diapers for
children, according to its annual report. It reported a 31
percent rise in profit to 241.1 million yuan ($40 million) last
year. Marketing investments and advertising with popular Hong
Kong singer Kelly Chen boosted awareness of its brand, it said
in the annual report. It also cited sales gains from selling on
Chinese e-commerce sites such as T-Mall and expanding in
hypermarkets such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Carrefour SA.
Prince Frog posted revenue of 1.6 billion yuan last year,
double the 838 million yuan it reported in 2010, according to
data compiled by Bloomberg. As of yesterday’s close, its stock
had more than doubled from its IPO price of HK$2.60 a share.
Ten of the 11 analysts covering Prince Frog recommend
investors buy the stock, while one rates the stock a hold,
Bloomberg data show. The stock is still up 43 percent so far
this year. |
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Film Review: Wrong Turn 5 (2012)
A small West Virginia town is hosting the legendary Mountain Man Festival on Halloween, where throngs of costumed party goers gather for a wild night of music and mischief. But an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals kill the fun when they trick and treat themselves to a group of of visiting college students.
REVIEW:
I’m not entirely sure how the watchable but unremarkable WRONG TURN has managed to spawn four sequels but then again it’s small fry compared to the prolific FRIDAY THE 13TH and HALLOWEEN franchises. Like those series, and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, the set up can be summarised as ‘youngsters terrorised by unstoppable killer’ and it’s a depressing thought that such a brief sentence can describe almost 30 ostensibly different films.
I suppose it’s something that WRONG TURN at least has unusual (and multiple) villains whereas Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers were / are to all intents and purposes interchangeable. But it’s an inescapable truth that all these films only show true originality when staging elaborate scenes of violence. All of which brings me to Declan O’Brien’s Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012), a film that exists solely for the purposes of depicting torture and murder in as many bizarre and sadistic ways that its makers can dream up.
Fairlake, West Virginia is host to the annual Mountain Man Festival which sees hordes of youngsters – and, apparently, one TV crew – descend on the town for a few days of sex, drugs and rock n roll. Among those arriving are five college friends: druggie Billy (Simon Ginty) and his girlfriend Cruz (Amy Lennox), tough guy Gus (Paul Luebke) and his girlfriend Lita (Roxanne McKee) and floppy-haired guitar-playing singleton Julian (Oliver Hoare). However, before they even reach Fairlake they narrowly avoid running down a man in the road, total their car, get into a knife fight and are arrested by the passing sheriff. And all this within the first fifteen minutes (and I haven’t even mentioned the sex scene and the murder).
With practically the entire cast now in jail, director O’Brien has to resort to ludicrous means to get his film going again. Selfless Billy – who has enough “party favours” on him to make Keith Moon think twice – tells Sheriff Angela (Camilla Arfwedson) that the drugs are all his, that his friends know nothing about it and that she should let the others go. Which, unbelievably, she does – thereby demolishing my preconceived notions about tough US policing. However, her more pressing problem is the old man she arrested with the kids: running his profile through her computer she learns he is Maynard Odets (everyone’s favourite Cenobite, Doug Bradley), a wanted fugitive. Having arranged for the US Marshals to pick him up the following morning all she has to do is make it through the night in one piece. But, as Odets informs her with relish, his three boys – grotesquely deformed inbred hillbilly cannibals – will be on their way into town to spring him from jail and slaughter everyone into the bargain.
What follows is some of the most gleefully sadistic, gloating brutal and almost nihilistically bleak horror that I have witnessed for some time. In fact “horror” is not what this is, for O’Brien’s purpose here is not to frighten or scare you; what he wants to do is revolt and disgust you to the point where you will feel like taking a shower after it’s all over. The methods by which he kills off his cast are absurd in their complexity and utterly illogical in plot terms but my word they are brutal.
Some may argue that their very absurdity leavens the effect of the violence but all I can say is that it didn’t work that way for me. I’ve seen some pretty extreme cinema in my time but I’ve rarely seen anything quite so relentlessly and determinedly sadistic. Moreover, Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012) denies any chance of mercy, salvation, justice, vengeance or even hope; there is no cavalry to ride to the rescue, much less a happy ending to send you home somewhat comforted. All this film has to offer is suffering and death. Call me old fashioned but I need more from my horror films than that. |
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progress.x = x + padding;
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[Late obstructions of aorto-bifemoral prostheses].
The factors underlying late thrombosis of aortobifemoral by-pass are analysed on the basis of personal experience and reported data. They are considered to be due to progressive degradation of the prosthesic tissue and, particularly, to the lack of an adequate back flow route, apart from any faults in the actual construction of the femoral anastomosis. Treatment of the thrombotic complication involves considerable technical and operating problems which have two main solutions: substitution of the thrombosed branch, or its disobstruction. Intimately linked with restoral of by-pass patency is the reconstruction of an adequate back flow route either by means of profundaplasty or by extending the branch as far as popliteal level. Of 83 patients discharged with patent prosthesis, thrombosis occurred in 7 and 10 reoperations were necessary. Reconstruction of branch patency was done in the majority of cases by thrombectomy. Profundaplasty was associated in 4 cases while in other 4 popliteal extension was necessary. Analysis of results shows that the operation of choice on the affluxion route seems to be replacement of the thrombosed branch. |
Gluten sensitivity in the rectal mucosa of first-degree relatives of celiac disease patients.
Rectal gluten challenge is a simple, sensitive, and specific test of mucosal gluten sensitivity. Our aims in this study were to evaluate gluten sensitivity in a group of relatives of celiac patients and to compare these findings with those obtained on small bowel histology, celiac disease-related serology, and HLA typing. A 4-h rectal gluten challenge was performed with 6 g of crude gluten in saline solution in 29 first-degree relatives, 20 well-diagnosed celiac patients, and 10 subjects in whom celiac disease had been excluded. The number of intraepithelial lymphocytes in pre- and postchallenge frozen rectal biopsies (pan T-cell immunocytochemistry) was quantified by computerized image analysis. The intraepithelial lymphocyte response after gluten instillation was significantly higher in celiac disease patients (median, 126% increase above the baseline count; 95% confidence interval: 61-213%) compared with control subjects (median, -5%; 95% confidence interval: -29-5%). Using a cut-off of 20% change in intraepithelial lymphocyte count, 14 relatives (48%) showed a celiac-like response. Two of these subjects had partial villous atrophy and increased lymphocyte counts in the small bowel mucosa. One of them also exhibited a positive celiac disease-related serology and the typical celiac human lymphocyte antibody (HLA) DQ2. The remaining 12, and all those relatives with a negative challenge, had normal small bowel mucosa and were negative for antigliadin and endomysial antibodies. The characteristic celiac HLA (DQA1 0501 DQB1 0201 heterodimer) was identified in five relatives with positive challenge (including the patient with more severe mucosal atrophy) but was also present in eight relatives with no evidence of gluten sensitivity in the rectal mucosa. Our study characterizes a subgroup of relatives of celiac patients who show mucosal evidence of sensitization after local instillation of gluten in the rectum but who have no other features of celiac disease. |
#include "../../../src/xmlpatterns/iterators/qtocodepointsiterator_p.h"
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Uesugi Tsunakatsu
was the third head of Yonezawa Domain from the Uesugi clan. In 1645, he became the third head of Yonezawa Domain. In 1654, he married Haruhime, daughter of Hoshina Masayuki. They adopted a son of Tsunakatsu's younger sister with Kira Yoshinaka, Uesugi Tsunanori. Later his wife died because she was poisoned by her mother. After his wife died, he had a concubine who died at a young age, Ofu no Kata.
References
Category:1637 births
Category:1664 deaths
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what? in any raid config, you'd generally need all your disks to be the exact same size. i guess in a raid 0, you could use a bigger drive, you'd just lose the space at the end of it.
bear in mind that, if you just use two disks, you'll lose half the capacity. i'd be more likely to do it across the 2 ssd's for the OS (since you don't need a ton of space on C:), then leave the 1tb for data. actually, i wouldn't just be more likely, that's what i do. 2 raid 0's for the OS (i'm not worried about data integrity, since there shouldn't really be anything important written to that disk), then 2 1tb drives in raid 1 for data (i don't care about speed, since most of it isn't being accessed frequently). ultimately, i'll probably chuck the 1tb drives into a NAS and replace them with 3tb drives. if i buy a third, i'll likely do raid5 on them.
Ah thought so I'll prob just raid 0 the ssd then, I just need more sata cables now.
replacing some fans; kept my stock ones on that came with the case they've been really quiet for a year now and recently they've been making a lot more noise than I'd like since I leave my computer on almost all the time it gets really annoying.
forenci, make it to the mun yet? i just finished a tug that went from kerbin to duna, eve and made the return with a ton of fuel to spare. it's easily the least complex thing i've ever built. i think next, i'll sent jeb to laythe and put together a base.
Damn it! Show me how!
I did make it to the mun...but sadly I did not have enough fuel to get off, haha.
My first Kerbin on the mun! He explored and is now stranded with three other astronauts.
I've been messing around with some rocket design for a while now and think I've gotten one that could get me to the Mun and back. I think I've gotten the hang of the fuel lines and how to implement them. I'm going to try and land it on the Mun and go back to Kerbin. Then I hope to launch a rescue mission to bring them all back safely. It's quite fun.
Post some screen shots of your stuff! I want to see how radically off my rocket designs are, haha.
replacing some fans; kept my stock ones on that came with the case they've been really quiet for a year now and recently they've been making a lot more noise than I'd like since I leave my computer on almost all the time it gets really annoying.
I'm in need of a card reader my external bugged out on me and will probably go with an internal one this time around.
It's been a year with this pc I will update it with another video again since I have nothing better to do and I want to show it off lol
I'm saving up for a giant upgrade in July with the 4770K (I live near a Microcenter so it'll be the same price most pay for a 4670K) and GTX 770. I pretty much have it all planned out. I was going to go straight for SLI, but decided against spending another $400 on a second GPU. Standard 8GB RAM inside an R4. Thinking I'll go with a U14S to cool the CPU, but the upgrade potential of the H220 is tempting. Probably a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD. Google Fiber (which is coming around that time) basically comes with a NAS. The new rig should be silent (U14S goes up to like 33dbs with full load).
Should be ~$1100 total. Man, I love Microcenter.
Should be fun to see the difference. I'm going up from an E8400 & GTX 260.
holy crap that rocket is too big. i used novapunch on this build, but mostly for the boosters and heavy struts.
in the vab, with some dV stats
post-launch, after dropping the boosters, but right before the gravity turn.
Dear god that thing is huge haha. I think my rocket actually looks bigger because I was so zoomed in. The actually lander is fairly small.
Interesting though. I will have to try and attempt to figure out some better configurations after seeing that. I kind of do the onion peel method where you shed tanks as things progress further. It seems to work pretty well.
Hah geez. That's insane. I'm actually playing as we speak. I've got a ton of fuel to get me into the orbit of the Mun. I think my only thing is going to be after I shed my current stage if I will have enough fuel to land and then get back to Kerbin.
heh, it's actually pretty small. and i have like, 2 stages i don't need on it. i have a heavy launcher that's like, 20-25 orange tanks. asparagus staging (rather than onion) makes such a huge difference. shedding weight is so hugely important in this game.
I'm saving up for a giant upgrade in July with the 4770K (I live near a Microcenter so it'll be the same price most pay for a 4670K) and GTX 770. I pretty much have it all planned out. I was going to go straight for SLI, but decided against spending another $400 on a second GPU. Standard 8GB RAM inside an R4. Thinking I'll go with a U14S to cool the CPU, but the upgrade potential of the H220 is tempting. Probably a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD. Google Fiber (which is coming around that time) basically comes with a NAS. The new rig should be silent (U14S goes up to like 33dbs with full load).
Should be ~$1100 total. Man, I love Microcenter.
Should be fun to see the difference. I'm going up from an E8400 & GTX 260.
I'm sort of close to a microcenter also and 4770k you say?? Need to check that out; If I can find someone to buy my mobo/processor as a package I might do that and just upgrade my mobo and go for a 4770k too I was willing to do about a $500 upgrade and that will fall into range with the new processor.
edit: eh at this point I'd rather upgrade my gfx card my current being a 7770 I want to go nvidia and get a 680 but I'd have to wait a few more months to hop on that. Already have the 3770 processor isn't much of an upgrade performance wise so I'll stick with that for another year.
Yeah, there's zero point in upgrading over an Ivy or even Sandy. It makes sense for me because I'm still on a Core2 Duo. The GTX 770 is basically the GTX 680 rebranded and with a $100 price drop. I forget where the 780 lies compared to the other cards out there. 780 comes out Thursday, 770 comes out at the end of the month.
WOOO! At long last I landed on the mun and returned safely to my home planet of Kerbin. I could have done it with a much smaller rocket (after watching some of Scott Manley's video's it appears clear) but nonetheless I landed on the Mun, planted a flag (new feature, woot woot), and got back safe.
It was a tough go for a while but it worked out in the end. I ended up pretty much flinging my self straight into Kerbin, avoiding the need for orbiting and touching down. I was FLYING at the planet, but fortunately my parachutes held up and slowed me down and I made a nice landing.
Haha, I'm so damn happy right now.
I think my next goal is to work on getting some sort of orbital refueling station up in the sky. First goal is to get something in orbit, then learn how to dock properly which looks hard from all the videos I've seen, hah.
a) why do you have lights pointing UP off of your command module?
b) why did you blow your parachute so high? or is that a useless docking node on the top?
if you want to land with more precision, look into aerobraking. it makes it really easy to conserve fuel while grabbing a stable orbit, and becomes really essential later in the game. with the rocket i posted earlier, i almost had enough fuel to visit moho, but i messed up my eve entry.
Oh haha. The lights and docking node were for future missions. I plan to use the the rocket I designed for future missions where docking may be relevant. Right now I'm trying to design a solid orbiter that I can attach some fuel to.
The rocket I used to land on the Mun was quite nice. I feel like I could reach some other places with it potentially but I'd like to just build a solid orbiter/lifter that can go up and drop some potential fuel stations in orbit. |
The German parliament has passed legislation making it easier to deport failed asylum seekers and monitor those deemed dangerous in a move that has been slammed by opposition parties and rights groups as an assault on the rights of refugees.
In legislation passed by the Bundestag late on Thursday, German authorities will be able to detain refugees due for deportation for 10 days rather than four, and monitor by ankle bracelet those deemed potentially dangerous.
The legislation also restricts freedom of movement for all failed asylum seekers. It grants the federal refugee agency BAMF and other government bodies more leeway to use and share data retrieved from migrants' mobile phones.
OPINION: Angela Merkel is not the great progressive messiah
Refugee organisation Pro Asyl criticised the measures, saying that they robbed refugees of their right to privacy.
"The agreed package of measures for tougher deportation policies is a programme that will deprive asylum-seekers of hope for protection in Germany and is aimed at discouraging them," the organisation said in a statement.
Defending the move, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere referred to the new measures as "a conclusion of efforts to tighten asylum laws in this legislative period".
The measures were decided partly as a response to a truck attack in Berlin in December in which 12 people were killed. Although attacker Anis Amri's asylum request had failed and he was under surveillance by police, the authorities failed to deport him.
Amri, a 24-year-old, had been living in Germany as an asylum seeker. He was killed in Italy after he pulled a gun and shot an Italian officer in the shoulder during a routine police check.
Hundreds of German investigators are investigating how Amri managed to flee Germany after the attack and whether he may have had accomplices or a support network that helped him escape. |
The recent discovery that neutrinos are massive particles has considerable impact on different domains of physics: in particle physics, where the description of non-zero masses and mixing requires the extension of the Standard Model of fundamental interactions; in astrophysics, for the comprehension of various phenomena such as nucleosynthesis; in cosmology with, for instance, the search for dark matter.
In the last few years positive oscillation signals have been found in a series of experiments using neutrinos produced with various sources [@sk; @lsnd]. In view of the importance of this discovery and its implications, a number of projects are running, planned in the near future, or under study in order to address many still open questions about neutrinos. Among them are those concerning their Majorana or Dirac nature, the mass hierarchy and absolute mass scale, the knowledge of the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, the possible existence of sterile neutrinos and of $CP$ violation in the leptonic sector.
In a recent paper [@zucchelli] Zucchelli has proposed an original method to produce intense, collimated and pure neutrino beams: the [*beta-beams*]{}. In contrast with the neutrino factory concept implying the production, collection and storage of muons to obtain muon and electron neutrino beams, the novel method consists in accelerating, to high energy, radioactive ions decaying through a $\beta$ process. A beta-beam facility consists of a radioactive ion production and acceleration to low energy (like at CERN ISOLDE), further acceleration to about 150 GeV/nucleon (using for example the PS/SPS accelerators at CERN) and storing of the radioactive ion bunches in a storage ring. At present $^{6}He$ and $^{18}Ne$ seem to be the best candidates [@zucchelli]. The resulting neutrino beam has three novel features, namely a single neutrino flavor (electron neutrino or anti-neutrino), a well-known energy spectrum and intensity, a strong collimation. Another important advantage: a beta-beam scheme relies on existing technology. The physics impact of such a beam has been discussed in [@zucchelli; @mauro] and includes for example oscillation searches, precision physics and $CP$ violation measurements. The feasibility of beta-beams is at present under careful study [@betabeam].
In this letter we propose to exploit the beta-beam concept to produce intense, collimated and pure neutrino beams of low energies [@cris]. Low energies means here a few tens of MeV, like those involved in nucleosynthesis and in supernova explosions, up to about a hundred MeV. We argue that the physics potential of such a facility would have an important impact on hot issues in different domains, in particular nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics. To illustrate this we focus on the specific example of neutrino-nucleus interaction studies and discuss some open questions that could be addressed with a low-energy beta-beam facility [@cris]. Finally, we analyze possible sites for such a facility.
Nuclei are used to detect neutrinos in experiments designed to study neutrino properties, such as oscillation measurements, as well as experiments where neutrinos bring information from the interior of stars like our sun or from supernova explosions. As a consequence, a detailed understanding of neutrino induced reactions on nuclei is crucial both for the interpretation of various current experiments and for the evaluation of the feasibility and physics potential of new projects. Examples are given by the use of [@sk]: - deuteron in heavy water detectors like in SNO for solar neutrinos; - carbon in scintillator detectors such as in the LSND and KARMEN experiments using neutrinos from a beam dump [@lsnd; @karmen]; - oxygen in Cherenkov detectors like in the Super-Kamiokande detector or in next-generation large water detectors like UNO and Hyper-K [@uno]; - lead-perchlorate [@elliott] and lead in new projects for supernova neutrinos such as OMNIS and LAND [@land]. Open issues in astrophysics provide important motivations for improving our present knowledge of neutrino-nucleus interactions. In particular, the role of these reactions for nucleosynthesis is under intense investigation [@qian].
So far, experimental data on neutrino-nucleus interactions are extremely scarce. The largest ensemble of data has been obtained for carbon [@lsnd; @karmen] where discrepancies between experimental and theoretical values have been the object of intensive studies in the last years [@cris1; @c12]. There is one measurement in deuteron [@deut] and one in iron [@iron]. In the case of deuteron, where theoretical predictions are very accurate, there is still an important unknown quantity, i.e. $L_{1A}$ [@kubodera]. Theoretical calculations are therefore of absolute necessity. However, getting accurate predictions is a challenging task and necessitates as much experimental information as possible.
The general expression for the cross section of the reaction ($l$ is the outgoing lepton), as a function of the incident neutrino energy $E_{\nu}$, is given by [@kuramoto] : $$\sigma(E_{\nu})={G^{2} \over {2 \pi}}cos^{2}\theta_C\sum_{f}p_lE_l
\int_{-1}^{1}d(cos \, \theta)M_{\beta},
\label{e:1}$$ where $G \,cos \, \theta_C$ is the weak coupling constant, $\theta$ is the angle between the directions of the incident neutrino and the outgoing lepton, $E_l=E_{\nu}-E_{fi}$ is the outgoing lepton energy and $p_l$ its momentum, $E_{fi}$ being the energy transferred to the nucleus. The quantity $M_{\beta}$ contains the nuclear Gamow-Teller and Fermi type transition probabilities [@cris1].
The energy which can be transferred to the nucleus in a neutrino-nucleus interaction does not have any upper value since the neutrinos can have any impinging energy according to the specific neutrino source. Typical neutrino energies cover the range from the very low (up to about 10 MeV for reactor and solar neutrinos) to the low (tens of MeV for e.g. supernova neutrinos) energy regime, to the intermediate (about 100-300 MeV) and high (GeV and multi-GeV) energy range of accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos. The nuclear degrees of freedom relevant in these various energy windows are very different and the models used to describe the transition probabilities in (\[e:1\]) range from the Elementary Particle Model, Effective Field Theories, detailed microscopic approaches (Shell Model, Random-Phase Approximation and its variants) for low momentum transfer, to the Fermi Gas Model at high momentum transfer [@kuboreview].
One of the difficulties in getting accurate theoretical predictions comes from the increasing role played by the forbidden transitions when the neutrino energy increases, as pointed out in [@cris1; @cris2]. The importance of the forbidden spin-dipole transitions in nucleosynthesis has been first pointed out in [@gail1]. As an example Fig.1 shows the contribution of various states, excited in the $\nu_e$(Pb,Bi)$e^-$ reaction, to the total cross section and its evolution with increasing neutrino energy. In particular we see that already for 30-50 MeV neutrino energy the contribution of forbidden states ($J^{\pi} \neq 0^+,1^+$) becomes significant.
The importance of forbidden states can also be seen directly in the flux-averaged cross sections – obtained by folding the cross sections (\[e:1\]) with the relevant neutrino flux – which are the relevant quantities for experiments. For low energy neutrino, such as supernova neutrinos, or neutrinos produced by the decay-at-rest of muons, the spin-dipole states ($J^{\pi}=0^-,1^-,2^-$) contribute by about $40 \%$ in $^{12}$C [@cris1] and $^{56}$Fe [@iron], and by about $68 \%$ in $^{208}$Pb [@cris2]. The contribution from higher forbidden states is about $5 \%$ and $25 \%$ in iron and lead respectively. Their role increases with increasing neutrino energy. Indeed, they contribute by about $30 \%$ in carbon [@cris1] and $60 \%$ in lead [@cris2] in the intermediate energy region corresponding, for example, to neutrinos produced from pion decay-in-flight.
Few data exists on the spin-dipole states, mainly from charge-exchange reactions [@pn] and practically none for the higher forbidden states[^1]. More experimental information is needed to constrain theoretical calculations of the centroid, the width and the total strength of forbidden states. For example, one of the open questions concerning these states is the possible quenching of their strength. Note that understanding the quenching of the allowed Gamow-Teller ($J^{\pi}=1^+$) strength, namely the reason why the observed strength is only a fraction of the predicted one, has been a longstanding problem in nuclear physics [@gt].
This has a direct impact on the physics potential of running experiments or projects under study. Let us consider the case of lead-based projects which aim at measuring supernova neutrinos. It has been shown, for example, that the a precise measurement of the energy of the electrons emitted in the charged-current neutrino-lead reaction can provide useful information about the temperature of the initial muon/tau neutrinos produced in a supernova explosion [@cris3]. Although this result seems little sensitive to the details of the calculations, a measurement of the differential electron cross section would bring an important piece of information. Moreover, the number of charged current events in coincidence with neutrons produced in the des-excitation of $Bi$ may be used to determine whether the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ is much larger or much smaller than $10^{-3}$. In the latter case, one would need – as far as the neutrino detection is concerned – a very precise knowledge of the reaction cross sections [@cris3]. Similar studies have been performed in various other nuclei. In [@petr] it has been shown that in Cherenkov detectors the detection of $\gamma$ rays produced in the inelastic neutrino scattering off oxygen allow to identify $\nu_{\mu,\tau}$.
A low-energy beta-beam facility would provide the possibility to perform neutrino-nucleus interaction studies with various nuclei and address the many open questions [@kuboreview; @orland; @baha1]. Examples are the measurements of reaction cross sections on deuterium, carbon, oxygen, iron and lead. In the latter case, the measurement of the differential electron cross section as well as of the neutral and charged current cross sections in coincidence with one- and two-neutron emission would be of great interest. A larger set of experimental data would allow us to make reliable extrapolation from the low to the high neutrino energy regime. It would also provide important information for the extrapolation to the case of neutrino reaction on exotic nuclei, which are of astrophysical interest. Finally, one should reanalyze, in the context of a low-energy beta-beam facility, the feasibility of the experiments proposed for the ORLAND project (Oak Ridge Laboratory for Neutrino Detectors) [@orland] which has been proposed a few years ago (these include, for example, oscillation searches, measurement of the Weinberg angle at low momentum transfer). Another aspect of beta-beams should be stressed : the neutrons emitted from some beta-decay candidates also open other axes of research besides the one mentioned here.
The future availability of intense radioactive ion beams at several facilities offers various possible sites for a beta-beam facility producing low-energy neutrinos. Among these are GANIL, GSI, CERN or the EURISOL project. Table 1 shows the capabilities (energy and intensities) which can be attained at these sites. Concerning GSI, lower intensities will be reached with the presently envisaged upgrade [@gsi]. We see that two configurations are possible. In sites like GANIL and for the EURISOL project (in the present shape where the ions are accelerated up to a 100 MeV/A and without a storage ring), the gamma of the parent ions is equal to one. Therefore, one can bring the ions in a $4\pi$ detector and dispose of intense neutrino sources. In sites like GSI and CERN, the ions will be accelerated and stored in a storage ring (at GSI with the future HESR). In particular, at GSI one will dispose of neutrinos spanning the tens of MeV energy range, whereas at CERN, one could span from tens to 100 MeV neutrino energy domain.
In conclusion, we propose to exploit the beta-beam concept to produce intense and pure low energy neutrino beams. Such a facility would have a considerable impact in different domains of physics. Possible sites include CERN, GSI and GANIL.
I am grateful to M. Lindroos for the discussions concerning the feasibility of a low-energy beta-beam facility as well as for suggesting the GANIL and GSI laboratories as possible sites. Thanks also to A. Villari and H. Weick for fruitful discussions and to R. Lombard and J. Serreau for careful reading of this manuscript.
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See http://www.gsi.de/.
Ion intensity $\gamma$
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GANIL $10^{12}~$ions/s 1
EURISOL $10^{13}~$ions/s 1
CERN $2 \times 10^{13}$ions/s 1-150
: The table shows the ion intensities and the gamma of the parent ion which could be available at possible sites for a low-energy beta-beam facility. The numbers refer to $^{6}$He as an example. Results for CERN are from [@betabeam].
[^1]: Some knowledge about the relevant states can be obtained through muon capture experiments.
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Q:
How to deny execution of any file on a specific apache directory?
I'm using apache2 and php. I built a form that lets the user to upload files to a specific directory. I already implemented some other security things, but I would also like to deny the execution of any file on that directory. They're meant to be only downloaded and not executed by users or scripts.
I've got the following code for htaccess, but it's a fake one, not sure of the syntax, nor if it's the best way of doing it:
<Location "/example/mydir/">
<Files .>
ForceType application/octet-stream
Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</Files>
</Location>
Could you please help me correct that code or point me to best practices?
A:
Providing file upload/download facilities is a huge can of worms. In addition to the possibility of attacking your server there's also questions about data smuggling. malware and intellectual property. But since you are specifically asking about the former...
Disabling PHP execution in this way only provides a single layer of prevention. if that layer fails for some reason then your security is gone. Also, this only prevents execution of the content if the webserver is pointed directly at the URL of the file - it doesn't provide any protection if someone can trick the existing php code into including the content.
A minimal approach would be to store the content outside of directories accessible by URLs (i.e. outside of the document root and any other mapped directories).
This does not prevent the inclusion vulnerability but eliminates the direct addressing vulnerability. All access to the content must then be mediated by a PHP script. But on the upside, its a lot easier to avoid OMGWTFs like:
ForceType application/octet-stream
Switching off PHP execution (php_flag engine off) is a better solution to disabling execution than changing the mime type. Forcing a mime type like this is always a bad idea.
An alternative/complementary approach, would be to encode the files thus preventing code inclusion vulnerabilities.
It's also a good idea to allocate your own filenames to the artefacts on your host filesystem.
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At least four Saskatchewan cannabis stores haven't opened yet because the province's liquor and gaming authority (SLGA) hasn't finished screening the would-be owners.
"I am in the unfortunate position of holding three lottery picks but no licence yet," said Jean Paul Lim, a doctor and teacher of internal medicine at the University of British Columbia.
In June 2018, Lim's numbered company — incorporated in B.C. only two months before — won the chance at running cannabis stores in Melfort, Outlook and Rosetown.
That's all it remains nearly a year later — a chance — because in order to officially obtain the licence to operate the stores legally, Lim must first come out of the other end of what he calls SLGA's "due diligence" screening process.
That process vets potential store operators to ensure, for example, they have a system that will properly account for all the cannabis they'll handle.
"I have no idea when I can open," said Lim via email Wednesday. "Two of my three sites are already completely built out and the third is about 75-per-cent complete and on hold until I rectify the SLGA situation."
Money invested, staff hired
Lim said he's now invested "hundreds of thousands of dollars" into the sites and is afraid of losing them.
"I am not in the driver's seat at this time," he said.
Under the rules set out by the province, stores must open by October 17 of this year — the one-year anniversary of when recreational cannabis became legal in Canada.
David Morris, an SLGA spokesperson, said via email Wednesday that If a store doesn't open within that timeframe, the opportunity may go to the runner-up that was drawn for that community.
"If the runner-up were not interested then SLGA would need to consider other options. At this point, it's speculative to say what may or may not happen in hypothetical situations," Morris said.
"The proponents that have not yet received their permit continue to move through the process. SLGA continues to work with these businesses to ensure all of the requirements necessary for obtaining a cannabis retail permit are achieved."
Morris said that permit applications are considered private information, meaning SLGA won't provide details about the status of a specific permit application, but that SLGA anticipates several stores will open "in the coming weeks."
Nipawin store waiting, too
Licensed shops have opened in 29 of the 51 locations approved to have a cannabis store in the province.
A planned shop in Nipawin has yet to open. As with Lim's locations, the store is ready to open. It has already hired two staff members.
Two partnering companies won the Nipawin slot: majority partner GreenTec Holdings, a B.C.-based cannabis grower and seller, and minority partner Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) Investments LP.
BATC's members include Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, Moosomin First Nation, Red Pheasant Cree Nation, Sweetgrass First Nation, Stoney Knoll First Nation, Saulteaux First Nation and Mosquito-Grizzly Bear's Head-Lean Man First Nation.
"We are still waiting for the SLGA to clear us in the security screening process," Shannon Forgues, GTEC Holdings' retail manager, said via email Wednesday. "Our store is built out and staff have been hired."
The companies filed their permit application shortly after the lottery winners were announced in June 2018.
SLGA good to work with: company
In a subsequent interview, Forgues and GTEC's chief operating officer, David Lynn, stressed that they don't fault SLGA. They said SLGA has been very good to work with compared to other groups and it's got a lot of paperwork to wade through.
Between GTEC and BATC, the SLGA has to do background checks on 16 board members, Lynn said.
"Let's say you were an individual entrepreneur and you were successful in this lottery — the amount of paperwork I think would be significantly less because we had to submit background checks for each board member," Lynn said.
Still, Lynn wondered whether the holdup isn't getting in the way of one of the federal government's stated reasons for legalizing cannabis.
"There is a real interesting irony to all this. The paperwork and the timelines are one of the reasons that the black market is still relatively strong," he said.
"If you don't open up the legal stores, if you don't provide a legal alternative to people, then a lot of them are going to go back to their previous source." |
Beijing stores cut gold prices on slump
The biggest weekly slump in the global gold price led Beijing’s gold stores to cut their prices for the first time this year. The price in Beijing declined by 10 yuan ($1.5) per gram on Sunday. This was the first cut, following six earlier price increases this year.
Gold had the biggest weekly loss in more than three years as investors debated prospects for higher US rates.
In China, prices declined as trading restarted after a week’s holiday. Bullion of 99.99 percent purity slumped 4 percent to 273.6 yuan per gram on the Shanghai Gold Exchange at 15:30 on Monday.
Huang Liang, a gold analyst at Guohua Jewelry, said the price cuts by Beijing’s gold stores were within expectations.
“There’s a stronger expectation that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates in December, so the dollar is rising and gold price is decreasing,” saidHuang.
Yu Guiying at Beijing-based All Love All Life Gold Store said their jewelry businesswas not influenced by the global price slump, and the price reductions at Beijing’s gold stores from Sunday would further promote their sales.
“But it is true that people are less interested in purchasing gold bullion as an investment product,” said Yu.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Thursday that a drop in gold prices significantly below $1,250 per ounce would present investors with a strategic buying opportunity, with the metal offering protection against risks to global growth and the limited effectiveness of central banks.
China's official gold reserves stood at 18.4 million metric tons in September this year, up 74 percent from that in June 2014, according to data of the People’s Bank of China. |
Robson seen as gold dust for UK women's tennis
LONDON (Reuters) - With One Direction star Harry Styles and Prime Minister David Cameron among her growing army of fans, teenager Laura Robson is seen as "gold dust" for women's tennis in Britain.
Robson, 19, became the most successful British woman at Wimbledon in 15 years after powering through to the second week of the prestigious tennis tournament but she lost her fourth-round match on Monday to Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.
While Robson struggled to hold back tears leaving the court, campaigners for tennis and women's sport praised her performance and the inspiration the British No. 1 gave female players.
The "Robson factor" has been credited for helping to double the number of young girls regularly competing in tennis in the past two years, according to the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) which is under pressure to increase participation in the sport.
"She is gold dust for women's sport," said Sue Tibbals, chief executive of the Women's Sports and Fitness Foundation which aims to boost the number of women playing sport.
"She has captured the nation's attention for her tennis and also because she is such a strong, inspiring woman. At 19 she has a great career ahead of her."
Robson has won praise among tennis fans for her destructive forehand but she added 20,000 people to her 280,000 following on Twitter last week when heart-throb boy band member Styles declared himself to be her fan.
Cameron joined her fan bandwagon from Kazakhstan on Monday, tweeting her his best wishes ahead of her match while some of her fans lined up for two days to get tickets for Wimbledon on Monday for the chance to see her play.
"That's unbelievable support .. I'm so happy that they decided to come," Robson told a news conference on Monday.
ROLE MODEL
Robson was bitterly disappointed by her failure to get the win which would have made her the first British woman quarter-finalist since Jo Durie 29 years ago.
Durie, a former world number five, said Robson was under enormous pressure as the only British female near the top of the rankings and now guaranteed to break into the world's top 30.
"Laura is out there on her own and so there is a lot of pressure on her .. but she is a great role model. She is young and with-it and people can relate to her," Durie told Reuters.
Robson's appeal is undeniable with a broad smile and typical teenage interests. She loves the TV show "Hannibal" and lists her hobbies as horse-riding, cooking and shopping.
"But she need to notch up some more victories to really become marketable," said Rebecca Hopkins, managing director of sports PR agency ENS Ltd.
Robson has emerged on the scene as the LTA is under pressure from Sport England, the body that distributes taxpayers' money to sports, to boost participation in tennis.
LTA spokesman Tom Harlow said Australian-born Robson had boosted the number of youngsters in tennis since winning silver in the doubles with Andy Murray at the 2012 Olympics. She also got through to the fourth round of last year's U.S. Open.
The number of under-12s competing regularly has nearly doubled to 8,000 and 11- to 18-year-old LTA memberships are up 10 percent to about 112,000.
But weekly adult tennis participation, of over-16s playing for at least 30 minutes, is still down from a peak of 530,000 in 2009 although numbers rose 19 percent last year to 445,000.
"We hope that Robson's success at Wimbledon will inspire more teenage girls to pick up a racket or stay in tennis. All sports struggle to get teenage girls playing," Harlow said.
A group of schoolgirls on an outing to Wimbledon for the day from Burgate School in Hampshire, said Robson was their idol.
"She's the first British female player I have ever known to do well and she's great," said 15-year-old Emily Bufton-Taylor. |
//
// PlayerStatsComponent.swift
// OctopusKit Project Template
//
// Created by [email protected] on 2020/07/02.
// Copyright © 2020 Invading Octopus. Licensed under Apache License v2.0 (see LICENSE.txt)
//
import SpriteKit
import GameplayKit
import OctopusKit
final class PlayerStatsComponent: OKComponent {
private(set) var score: Int = 0
}
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Q:
Failing to verify crypt password
What I am using to verify
// username and password sent from form
$myusername= filter_var($_POST['myusername'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$mypassword= filter_var($_POST['mypassword'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$sql = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM $tblname WHERE UserLogin='$myusername'");
$sql->execute();
$sql = $sql->fetch();
$password_hash = $sql['UserPass'];
/*** close the database connection ***/
$dbh = null;
if(crypt($mypassword, $password_hash) == $password_hash){
What I am using to create the password
$salt = blowfishSalt();
$mypassword = crypt($mypassword, $salt);
$stmt = $dbh->prepare('INSERT INTO Users(UserLogin, UserPass, UserEmail, admin) VALUES(:UserLogin, :UserPass, :UserEmail, :admin)');
$stmt->execute(array(
':UserLogin' => $myusername,
':UserPass' => $mypassword,
':UserEmail' => $myemail,
':admin' => $admin
));
blowfishSalt()
function blowfishSalt($cost = 13) {
if (!is_numeric($cost) || $cost < 4 || $cost > 31) {
throw new Exception("cost parameter must be between 4 and 31");
}
$rand = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < 8; $i += 1) {
$rand[] = pack('S', mt_rand(0, 0xffff));
}
$rand[] = substr(microtime(), 2, 6);
$rand = sha1(implode('', $rand), true);
$salt = '$2a$' . sprintf('%02d', $cost) . '$';
$salt .= strtr(substr(base64_encode($rand), 0, 22), array('+' => '.'));
return $salt;
}
had to remove {} for function so it would format correctly in stackoverflow.
I am also storing the password in the mysql database with char(128).
A:
You have this in verification code:
crypt($mypassword, $password_hash)
And this is the creation code:
$mypassword = crypt($mypassword, $salt);
Surely these should both use $mypassword and $salt?
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Thomas I de Gadagne
Thomas I de Gadagne, known as Thomas the Rich (26 or 27 August 1454, Savoy - 23 May 1533, Avignon) was a banker from a rich Florentine family who settled in Lyon in France, where he built up trading, banking and industrial business interests in Lyon and Florence. He made a huge fortune and lent large sums to the kings of France to support their military expeditions to Italy and to finance a French expedition to the Americas.
Life
His father brought his three sons (Thomas, François and Olivier) to Lyon in 1434. Thomas grew up in Geneva, where his family also had business interests, before following his family to Florence in 1463. He returned to Lyon in 1468 and became an apprentice in a Florentine banking family, the Pazzi. Thomas also based his own financial business in Lyon and became the richest man in the city. His two brothers then his nephews all worked for his company and he was its director until 1527.
He was recognized as the most important spice merchant in the city in 1500 and sixteen years later he appeared in the 'nommées' (fiscal registers estimating the wealth of each of the city's citizens for tax purposes) as the richest inhabitant of the city, taxed on 5000 'livres tournois' - for comparison the next two richest families, the Nasi and Bonvisi, were only taxed on 2500 and 2000 livres tournois respectively.. When a 'consulat' was imposed on foreign merchants in 1523 to fund work on the city walls, he sent sixty men, compared to thirty required of Robert Albisse, twenty of Pierre Salviati and fifteen of Antoine Gondi. In 1529 the Venetian ambassador Antonio Suriano wrote estimates of each Lyon merchant's wealth - he ranked Thomas at 400,000 ducats.
Florentine connections
The Florentines in Lyon lived and worked by statutes officially recognized by the Republic of Florence and had to ensure internal harmony in their own community whilst also getting it protection and representation in the city of Florence and the French court. These statutes were established on 27 November 1501, putting the community under the leadership of four counselors and a consul - as the leader of the most important mercantile and banking community in Lyon, the consul more and more had the privilege of leading the payments made at the end of each of the four annual fairs.
Thomas was made a counsellor in 1501 then consul in 1505.. He partly paid for the construction of the St Thomas Chapel in Notre-dame de Confort, the Florentine church in Lyon, and his heir and nephew later commissioned a painting for it of The Incredulity of Saint Thomas from Francesco Salviati. He also became a member of the wool guild back in Florence in 1497 and made major investments in Florence, mainly in the commercial and industrial sectors. - for example, he contributed 4000 florins to founding a wool textile factory in 1502 as well as owning a 60% share and sending his brother Olivier and nephew Niccolo Strozzi to manage the factory. Until his death, he remained very active in developing factories in Florence, gaining major commercial success by doing so.
Thomas and the King of France
Citizen of Lyon
Death
He died without issued in 1533 and is buried beside his wife - he left his large fortune to his nephew Thomas II de Gadagne.
Bibliography
M. Rocke, « The Guadagni of Florence : Family and Society », Medieval and Early Moderne Italy, 1955
Luigi Passerini, Genealogia e storia della famiglia Guadagni, Florence, Cellini, 1873, 171 p. (notice BnF no FRBNF31064839)
Georges Yver, De Guadagniis, mercatoribus Florentinis Lugduni, XVI, Paris, Cerf, 1902, 115 p. (notice BnF no FRBNF31677741)
Richard Gascon, Grand commerce et vie urbaine au seizième siècle : Lyon et ses marchands, Paris & La Haye, Mouton, coll. « École pratique des hautes études. Sixième section. Sciences économiques et sociales. Centre de recherches historiques. Civilisations et sociétés » (no 22), 1971, 2 vol., 1001 p. (notice BnF no FRBNF35371690)
Marie-Noëlle Baudouin-Matuszek et Pavel Ouvarov, « Banque et pouvoir au XVIe siècle : la surintendance des finances d'Albisse Del Bene », Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, t. 149-2, 1991, p. 249-291
Édouard Lejeune, La saga lyonnaise des Gadagne, Lyon, Éditions lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 23 mars 2004, 192 p. ()
Michel Francou, Armorial des Florentins à Lyon à la Renaissance, Éditions du Cosmogone, 1er mai 2009 ()
Patrice Béghain, Bruno Benoît, Gérard Corneloup et Bruno Thévenon (coord.), Dictionnaire historique de Lyon, Lyon, Stéphane Bachès, 2009, 1054 p. (, notice BnF no FRBNF42001687)
References
Category:History of Lyon
Category:1454 births
Category:1533 deaths
Category:People from Savoy
Category:Italian bankers
Category:French bankers
Category:French people of Italian descent
Category:15th-century businesspeople
Category:16th-century Italian businesspeople |
Structural characterization of the full-length response regulator spr1814 in complex with a phosphate analogue reveals a novel conformational plasticity of the linker region.
Spr1814 of Streptococcus pneumoniae is a response regulator (RR) that belongs to the NarL/FixJ subfamily and has a four-helix helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain. Here, the X-ray crystal structure of the full-length spr1814 in complex with a phosphate analogue beryllium fluoride (BeF3(-)) was determined at 2.0 Å. This allows for a structural comparison with the previously reported full-length unphosphorylated spr1814. The phosphorylation of conserved aspartic acid residue of N-terminal receiver domain triggers a structural perturbation at the α4-β5-α5 interface, leading to the domain reorganization of spr1814, and this is achieved by a rotational change in the C-terminal DNA-binding domain. |
Bucculatrix andalusica
Bucculatrix andalusica is a moth species in the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in southern Spain. It was first described by G. Deschka in 1980.
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Possibly creating a blotch mine.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Category:Bucculatricidae
Category:Moths described in 1980
Category:Moths of Europe
Category:Leaf miners |
Q:
How do I search a CVS repository for a particular file?
Is there any way to do it? I only have client access and no access to the server. Is there a command I've missed or some software that I can install locally that can connect and find a file by filename?
A:
You could grep the output of
cvs rlog -Nh .
(note the period character at the end - this effectively means: the whole repository).
That should give you info about the whole shebang including removed files and files added on branches.
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Morphology of the canine pyloric sphincter in relation to function.
The ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of the canine distal pyloric muscle loop, the pyloric sphincter, were studied. Cells in this muscle were connected by gap junctions, fewer than in the antrum or corpus. The sphincter had a dense innervation and a sparse population of interstitial cells of Cajal. Most such cells were of the circular muscle type but a few were of the type in the myenteric plexus. Nerves were sometimes associated with interstitial cell profiles, but most nerves were neither close to nor associated with interstitial cells nor close to smooth muscle cells. Nerve profiles were characterized by an unusually high proportion of varicosities with a majority or a high proportion of large granular vesicles. Many of these were shown to contain material immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and some had substance P (SP) immunoreactive material. All were presumed to be peptidergic. VIP was present in a higher concentration in this muscle than in adjacent antral or duodenal circular muscle. Interstitial cells of Cajal made gap junctions to smooth muscle and to one another and might provide myogenic pacemaking activity for this muscle, but there was no evidence of a close or special relationship between nerves with VIP or SP and these cells. The absence of close relationships between nerves and either interstitial cells or smooth muscle cells leaves unanswered questions about the structural basis for previous observations of discrete excitatory responses or pyloric sphincter to single stimuli or nerves up to one per second. In conclusion, the structural observations suggest that this muscle has special neural and myogenic control systems and that interstitial cells may function to control myogenic activity of this muscle but not to mediate neural signals. |
Development of a murine model of Helicobacter pylori infection.
A murine model for Helicobacter pylori infection could facilitate vaccine development. This study was designed to determine the effect of various conditions of dose, frequency of administration, and fasting on H. pylori infection of mice. Balb/c and C3H/HeN mice were inoculated orogastrically with clinical isolates of H. pylori grown in liquid culture. At 2-week intervals, the stomachs were removed for secondary culture on horse blood agar and for histological analysis. H. pylori from secondary cultures or homogenized stomach tissue from infected mice was inoculated a second time in naïve animals. H. pylori was cultured with high frequency only from the stomachs of C3H/HeN mice. Fasting the mice and increasing the number of organisms inoculated did not increase the rate of infection. Histological analysis detected no inflammation, but mucus depletion and erosion were present in the stomachs of C3H/HeN mice. H. pylori organisms were not observed. Secondary cultures of H. pylori or homogenized infected stomach tissue did not cause infection when inoculated in naïve mice. Clinical isolates of H. pylori transiently infect C3H/HeN mice. This murine model is suitable for testing oral vaccines. Effective vaccination against H. pylori could prevent transient infection and reduce subsequent gastritis. |
Aïn Kechra District (Oum El Bouaghi Province)
Aïn Kechra District is a district of Oum El Bouaghi Province, Algeria.
Category:Districts of Algeria
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Keanu Reeves in police corruption movie
Keanu Reeves is to star with Dennis Quaid in a US police drama. The film Time For A Killing is based on the Rolling Stone magazine article The Murder of Notorious B.I.G. The article covered an investigation by Los Angeles Detective Russell Poole into gangland killings and police corruption. His probe focused on police involvement in the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G, alias Biggie Smalls.
Reeves will play the investigating officer in the film about the scandal which swept through the Los Angeles Police Department. Quaid is to play the Mr Fixit who organises contract killings and payments to police officers who assist The Mafia.
The project, backed by FilmFour, is scheduled to go into production next summer. |
Q:
Where to get complete manpages
In Debian 7 and in Linux Mint 16 I don't get any parameters/options when typing
man insmod
or
insmod --help
But I know there are parameters, e.g insmod --probe
Where can I get complete manpages for my system or which distribution provides complete manpages?
A:
insmod was before provided by the module-init-tools project which has been replaced by the kmod project. The "new" insmod from kmod does not provide this options anymore.
Found a hint on Arch news about the change. This will apply for Debian too:
With module-init-tools being declared a dead project by its current maintainer, a new project has stepped up to take its place: kmod. This is intended to be a drop-in replacement, though deprecated functionality in module-init-tools has not been reimplemented.
The options -p, -s and -f are outdated and now ignored. Long option names for that params aren't valid anymore.
You can check the source code
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Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium, located in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida. The Dolphins are the oldest professional sports team in Florida. Of the four AFC East teams, they are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League (AFL).
The Dolphins were founded by attorney-politician Joe Robbie and actor-comedian Danny Thomas. They began play in the AFL in 1966. The region had not had a professional football team since the days of the Miami Seahawks, who played in the All-America Football Conference in 1946, before becoming the first incarnation of the Baltimore Colts. For the first few years, the Dolphins' full-time training camp and practice facilities were at Saint Andrew's School, a private boys boarding prep school in Boca Raton. In the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, the Dolphins joined the NFL.
The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI, losing to the Dallas Cowboys, 24–3. The following year, the Dolphins completed the NFL's only perfect season, culminating in a Super Bowl win, winning all 14 of their regular season games, and all three of their playoff games, including Super Bowl VII. They were the third NFL team to accomplish a perfect regular season. The next year, the Dolphins won Super Bowl VIII, becoming the first team to appear in three consecutive Super Bowls, and the second team (the first AFL/AFC team) to win back-to-back championships. Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games.
For most of their early history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula, the most successful head coach in professional football history in terms of total games won. Under Shula, the Dolphins posted losing records in only two of his 26 seasons as the head coach. During the period spanning 1983 to the end of 1999, quarterback Dan Marino became one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, breaking numerous league passing records. Marino led the Dolphins to five division titles, 10 playoff appearances and an appearance in Super Bowl XIX before retiring following the 1999 season.
In 2008, the Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to win their division and make a playoff appearance following a league-worst 1–15 season. That same season, the Dolphins upset the 16–0 New England Patriots on the road during Week 3, handing the Patriots' their first regular season loss since December 10, 2006, in which coincidentally, they were also beaten by the Dolphins.
History
The Miami Dolphins joined the American Football League (AFL) when an expansion franchise was awarded to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas in 1965 for $7.5 million, although Thomas would eventually sell his stake in the team to Robbie. During the summer of 1966, the Dolphins' training camp was in St. Pete Beach with practices in August at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport.
The Dolphins had a combined 15–39–2 record in their first four seasons under head coach George Wilson, before Don Shula was hired as head coach. Shula was a Paul Brown disciple who had been lured from the Baltimore Colts, after losing Super Bowl III two seasons earlier to the AFL's New York Jets, and finishing 8–5–1 the following season. Shula got his first NFL coaching job from then-Detroit head coach George Wilson, who hired him as the defensive coordinator. The AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, and the Dolphins were assigned to the AFC East division in the NFL's new American Football Conference.
For the rest of the 20th century, the Shula-led Dolphins emerged as one of the most dominant teams in the NFL with a strong running game and defense, with only two losing seasons between 1970 and 1999. They were extremely successful in the 1970s, completing the first complete perfect season in NFL history by finishing with a 14–0 regular season record in 1972 and winning the Super Bowl that year. It was the first of two consecutive Super Bowl wins and one of three appearances in a row. The 1980s and 1990s were also moderately successful. The early 80s teams made two Super Bowls despite losing both times, and saw the emergence of future Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino, who went on to break numerous NFL passing records, holding many of them until the late 2000s. After winning every game against the division rival Buffalo Bills in the 1970s, the two teams gradually developed a competitive rivalry in the 80s and 90s, often competing for AFC supremacy when Jim Kelly emerged as the quarterback for the Bills. The Dolphins have also maintained a strong rivalry with the New York Jets throughout much of their history.
Following the retirements of Marino and Shula and the rise of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, the Dolphins suffered a decline in the 2000s, including a 1–15 season in 2007 that was the worst in franchise history. They only made the playoffs three times in that decade and were unable to find a consistent quarterback to replace Marino, shuffling 13 quarterbacks and five head coaches. However, the Dolphins have been competitive against the Patriots despite their decline, with notable wins coming in 2004, 2008, 2014, 2018, and 2019. They also are the last team in the AFC East to win the division championship aside from the Patriots, doing so in 2008. While quarterback Ryan Tannehill provided some stability at the position throughout most of the 2010s, the team has nonetheless been mediocre, only having made the playoffs once during the decade.
Super Bowls
AFC Championships
Rivalries
The Dolphins share intense rivalries with their three AFC East opponents, but also have had historical or occasional rivalries with other teams such as their cross-state rivals Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their former divisional rivals Indianapolis Colts, the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers, Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas Raiders, and to a lesser extent, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Divisional rivalries
Buffalo Bills
The Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills have a long-standing rivalry, as there are stark characteristic differences between the cities of Miami and Buffalo, especially in climate and culture. The rivalry was extremely lopsided in favor of Miami during the 1970s, as the Dolphins won all 20 games against the Bills during that decade. Fortunes changed in the 1980s and 1990s when Jim Kelly became the Bills' starting quarterback. Though both teams were extremely dominant during that period, the Bills ultimately held the edge and dominated the Dolphins during their four playoff match-ups in the 1990s, with the Dolphins' only playoff win coming after Kelly's retirement. With the rise of Tom Brady and the Patriots during the 2000s and the retirements of Kelly and Dolphins great Dan Marino, the Bills-Dolphins rivalry has faded in relevance, but remains somewhat intense to this day. Some former Dolphins have gone to play for the Bills as well, most notably Dan Carpenter, Chris Hogan, and Charles Clay.
New England Patriots
The Dolphins dominated the New England Patriots during the 1970s and the 1990s, but there were some notable moments as well, including a game now known as the Snowplow Game. Fortunes changed when Tom Brady became the franchise quarterback for the Patriots, and since then, the Patriots have virtually dominated the AFC, especially the AFC East. Miami did pose more of a challenge to the Brady-led Patriots in the 2000s, however, winning more games against them than the Bills or Jets did during that decade. Notable wins over New England by the Dolphins include the Miracle in Miami, which involved a dramatic last-minute game-winning touchdown that paralleled "The Night that Courage Wore Orange", where in 2004, the Dolphins, at 2–11, upset the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots 28–29, and handed them the second of their 2 losses that season. The rivalry briefly intensified in 2005 when Nick Saban, Bill Belichick's former Browns defensive coordinator was hired as their new head coach and when Saban nearly signed quarterback Drew Brees, as well as in 2008, when the two teams battled for the AFC East division title. Miami and New England are also the only two franchises to have posted undefeated regular season records since the NFL-AFL merger, with Miami going 14–0 in 1972 and New England going 16–0 in 2007, but only the 1972 Dolphins were able to win the Super Bowl.
New York Jets
The New York Jets are perhaps Miami's most bitter rivals. Dolphins fans despise the Jets due to the sheer amount of New York City transplants who have moved to South Florida and the Jets' usual cocky demeanor. Just as the Bills-Dolphins rivalry is motivated by differences, the Dolphins-Jets series is also notable for the differences between New York and Miami. Unlike the former, this rivalry has been more consistent over the years. Some of the more memorable moments in this rivalry include Dan Marino's fake spike, Vinny Testaverde leading the Jets to a notable comeback on Monday Night Football, and former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington signing with the Dolphins and leading them to a divisional title. The two teams have also played in the 1982 AFC Championship, with Miami winning to face the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII.
Other
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Since the founding of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976, the Dolphins and Buccaneers have shared a mellow in-state rivalry and were the only two teams in Florida until the Jacksonville Jaguars joined the NFL in 1995.
Other AFC rivals
The Dolphins have also had history against other AFC teams. When the Baltimore Colts were inserted into the AFC East following the AFL/NFL merger, they sparked a heated rivalry with the Dolphins, as a controversy involving the hiring of former Colts coach Don Shula forced Miami to forfeit a first-round draft pick. The Dolphins and Colts faced off several times in the AFC playoffs during the 1970s, including the AFC championship game leading up to Super Bowl VI, which the Dolphins won. The rivalry cooled down in the 1980s after the Colts struggled and moved to Indianapolis, but heated up once again in the late 90s until the Colts were reassigned into the AFC South as a result of the 2002 realignment of the NFL's divisions.
The Dolphins also share historic rivalries with the Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, and Pittsburgh Steelers, stemming from often competing against these teams in the playoffs during the Don Shula era.
Facilities
Stadiums
The Dolphins originally played all home games in the Orange Bowl in Miami. They moved to the new Joe Robbie Stadium after the 1986 season. From 1993 to 2011, the Dolphins shared the stadium with Major League Baseball's Florida Marlins. The venue has had multiple naming rights deals since 1996, carrying the names Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, LandShark Stadium, Sun Life Stadium, New Miami Stadium and, as of August 2016, Hard Rock Stadium. The facility is located in Miami Gardens, a suburb of Miami located approximately north of downtown Miami. The Miami Dolphins share Hard Rock Stadium with the NCAA Miami Hurricanes. The 2015–2016 season was the first season in the newly renovated Hard Rock Stadium. The Dolphins spent more than two years and over $400 million on a major overhaul to Hard Rock Stadium. Every seat was replaced and the lower level seats were moved closer to the field. There are roughly 10,000 fewer seats.
Training
St. Petersburg Beach hosted the Dolphins' first training camp in 1966. St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton hosted training camp in the late 1960s. The Dolphins subsequently trained in Miami Gardens at Biscayne College, later renamed St. Thomas University, from 1970 until 1993.
In 1993, the Dolphins opened the Miami Dolphins Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University in Davie. In 2006, the facility added a domed field which allows the team to practice during thunderstorms which are common in the area during the summer.
Franchise information
Logos and uniforms
Leaping dolphin (1966–2012)
The Dolphins logo and uniforms remained fairly consistent from the team's founding through 2012. The team's colors were originally aqua and coral, with the coral color paying tribute to the Miami Seahawks and to the many natural coral reefs in Biscayne Bay. The team's original logo consisted of a sunburst with a leaping dolphin wearing a football helmet bearing the letter M. At their debut in 1966, a lighter & brighter orange was used instead of the deep coral color. The dolphin's head was near the center of the sunburst. In the 1967 season, the dolphin was centered on the sunburst, but it reverted to the original placement between 1968 and 1973. By 1974, the dolphin's body was centered on the sunburst in a slightly smaller logo than the 1967 version. The uniforms featured white pants with aqua and orange stripes, paired with either a white or aqua jersey. On the white jersey, aqua block numbers and names were outlined in orange, with aqua and orange sleeve stripes. These uniforms were used as the primary uniforms for road games and daytime home games, due to the extreme heat of South Florida. The team also had an aqua jersey used mainly for night home games or road games in which the opponent chose to wear white. The aqua jersey featured white block numbers and names with an orange outline, and orange and white sleeve stripes.
An update was given to the logo in 1997 – the sunburst was simplified and the dolphin was darkened and given a more serious game-face expression. The uniforms remained the same, however a different block number font was used and navy drop shadows were added.
On very rare occasions, an orange jersey was used for primetime games. The uniforms essentially swapped the location of orange and aqua from the aqua jersey. The orange jersey was first used on a Sunday night in 2003 against Washington, a Dolphin win. In 2004, the orange jersey was brought back for an Monday Night Football match pitting the 2–11 Dolphins against the 12–1 defending champion New England Patriots. The Dolphins scored a huge upset win after trailing by 11 points with less than 5 minutes remaining. Due to the unusual orange jerseys, the game has become known within some Dolphin circles as "The Night That Courage Wore Orange". The orange jerseys were used for a 2009 Monday night win against the New York Jets. However, the Dolphins would lose a 2010 Sunday night matchup with the Jets, their first loss in orange, and the jerseys would not be worn again until a 2016 Thursday night defeat in Cincinnati, although that set featured orange pants as part of the NFL Color Rush initiative.
In 2009, the Dolphins switched to black shoes for the first time since the early 1970s glory days, following a recent trend among NFL teams. However, by 2011, they returned to wearing white shoes.
The Dolphins' final game in the original style uniforms with block numbers and the iconic leaping dolphin logo was the final game of the 2012 season, a 28–0 shutout loss to the New England Patriots in Foxboro. The white jerseys were worn for the game, and as rumors of a new look had been swirling, many fans watching knew that it would likely be the last time their team would wear the leaping dolphin logo.
Stylized swimming dolphin (2013–present)
A radically new logo and new uniforms were unveiled shortly before the 2013 NFL Draft. The new logo features a stylized aqua dolphin swimming in front of a heavily modified version of the orange sunburst. The dolphin in the logo is more vague and artistic, and is not wearing a helmet as it is merely a silhouette of a dolphin cast in aqua and navy.
Navy was incorporated as featured color for the first time, with orange becoming greatly de-emphasized. The uniforms feature both white pants and aqua pants, with a white or aqua jersey. The Dolphins continue to wear white at home, just as they had with the previous uniforms, with aqua being used for primetime home games. The white jersey features aqua numbers and names in a unique custom font, with orange and navy outlines on the numbers, however the names only use navy as an outline color. The aqua jerseys use white numbers with an orange and aqua outline, and white names with a navy outline. The helmets are white with a white facemask, just like the final years of the previous look, however navy is a prominent color on the helmet stripe, joining aqua and a de-emphasized orange. Both jerseys have large "Dolphins" text above the numbers, written in the team's new script. The pants are either aqua or white, and contain no markings other than a small team wordmark.
In 2018, the team made some slight modifications to the logo and uniform set: The shades of orange and aqua were tweaked, and navy blue was removed from the color scheme, only remaining on the logo.
Throwback uniforms
In 2015, the Dolphins brought back their 1970s aqua uniforms for a few select games. Four years later, they brought back a white version from the same era as a second alternate uniform. The aqua throwbacks were worn during the now-famous 2018 Miracle in Miami play against the Patriots.
Fight song
The song was written and composed by Lee Ofman. Ofman approached the Dolphins with it before the 1972 season because he wanted music to inspire his favorite team. The fight song would soon serve as a good luck charm for the Dolphins that season. The Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to record an undefeated season, going 17–0 en route to victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII. The following season, Miami posted an equally-impressive 15–2 record and capped the season with another title, defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl VIII. The back-to-back championship runs, coupled with the popularity of the fight song amongst Dolphins fans, have ensured the song's longevity. The Dolphins revealed a new fight song by T-Pain and Jimmy Buffett featuring Pitbull on August 7, 2009 which was introduced for the 2009 NFL season. The fight song was played during the preseason home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 17, 2009, but was not played during the second preseason game against the Carolina Panthers on August 22, 2009, after being booed heavily in the first game. Furthermore, the team has preferred to play Buffett's song "Fins" after scores during the 2009 regular season instead of the traditional fight song. The Dolphins shorthand nickname, "The Fins," has been recognized and used by the team.
Cheerleaders
The team's cheerleaders are known collectively as the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders. The company had its debut in 1978 as the Dolphins Starbrites. (The name referred to the co-sponsor, Starbrite Car Polish.) The cheerleaders' founding choreographer was June Taylor, famed colleague of Jackie Gleason, who led the squad until her retirement in 1990.
Special Teams/Volunteer Program
In April 2010, the Dolphins started the first Volunteer Program in the NFL. Special Teams is a unique volunteer organization created to enlist and mobilize the ongoing services of the community with the Dolphins staff, players and alumni. The mission of the Special Teams is to offer hands-on services to communities and families in need, to partner with existing organizations on worthwhile social, civic and charitable programs, to provide assistance at Miami Dolphins Foundation events, and to support community efforts in times of emergency. This program is headed by Leslie Nixon and Sergio Xiques. Since its inception, Special Teams has given over 100,000 community services hours to the South Florida and Mexico community.
Mascots
T.D.
("The Dolphin")
On Friday, April 18, 1997, the first "official" mascot of the Miami Dolphins was introduced. The 7-foot mascot made his public debut on April 19 at Pro Player Stadium during the team's draft day party. The team then made a "Name the Mascot" contest that drew over 13,000 entries covering all 50 states and 22 countries. 529 names were suggested. The winning entry was announced at the annual Dolphins Awards Banquet on June 4, 1997.
Dolfan Denny
Denny Sym cheered on the Miami Dolphins for 33 years as a one-man sideline show, leading Miami crowds in cheers and chants in his glittering coral (orange) and aqua hat from the Dolphins’ first game in 1966 until 2000. Sym died on March 18, 2007. He was 72.
Flipper
From 1966 to 1968, and in the 1970s a live dolphin was situated in a water tank in the open (east) end of the Orange Bowl. He would jump in the tank to celebrate touchdowns and field goals. The tank that was set up in the 1970s was manufactured by Evan Bush and maintained during the games by Evan Bush and Dene Whitaker. Flipper was removed from the Orange Bowl after 1968 to save costs and the 1970s due to stress. In Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Snowflake, a live dolphin who does special behaviors after the Dolphins score a touchdown, was the basis of the film after he is kidnapped as part of a revenge plot against Dan Marino.
Radio and television
In August 2010, the team launched its own regional TV "network". The Dolphins Television Network comprises 10 South Florida TV stations that agreed to carry the team-produced coverage. Preseason games are broadcast on television through WFOR in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, WTVX in West Palm Beach, WBBH in Fort Myers, and WRDQ in Orlando. Longtime TV and radio personality Dick Stockton provides play-by-play commentary, with Dolphins Hall-of-Fame QB Bob Griese and former Dolphins WR Nat Moore providing color commentary. The radio broadcast team features Jimmy Cefalo providing play-by-play commentary and Joe Rose providing color commentary during preseason games, along with Griese for regular season games. Griese replaced longtime color commentator Jim Mandich, who played for the Dolphins under Don Shula. Mandich lost his fight with cancer in 2011, opening the door for Griese as his replacement. Radio coverage is provided on WQAM-AM 560 and WKIS-FM 99.9. Additionally, games can also be heard in Spanish on WNMA-AM 1210, with Raúl Striker Jr. and Joaquin Duro providing play-by-play and color commentary, respectively.
Preseason games are aired on CBS owned WFOR as does the regular season on the same station. If the team hosts an interconference opponent or plays on a Thursday night, WSVN, the local Fox affiliate will have the games being televised. When playing on Sunday night, the team's matches will be broadcast on WTVJ, the NBC O&O station.
The Dolphins' radio affiliates:
English
Spanish
Season-by-season records
Players
Current roster
Pro Football Hall of Famers
The Dolphins currently have ten players, and one coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, that have spent the majority (or entirety) of their careers, or made significant contributions with the Miami Dolphins. Three other players and four contributors that have spent only a "minor portion" of their careers with the Dolphins, and have been enshrined primarily with other teams, have also been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Retired numbers
The Miami Dolphins currently have three retired jersey numbers:
No. 12 for Bob Griese, which was retired on a Monday Night Football broadcast in 1985.
No. 13 for Dan Marino, which was retired on September 17, 2000, during halftime of the "Ravens @ Dolphins" game on Sunday Night Football.
No. 39 for Larry Csonka, which was retired on December 9, 2002 (30th anniversary of Miami's "1972 Undefeated Team"), during halftime of the "Bears @ Dolphins" game on Monday Night Football.
The Dolphins have other numbers that have currently not been issued to any player, or are currently in reduced circulation. They include:
No. 54 for Zach Thomas
No. 99 for Jason Taylor
Miami Dolphins Individual Awards
Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Miami Dolphins NFL All-Decade Team Selections
The following are Miami Dolphins (players and/or coaches) who have been selected to an "All-Decade Team" by the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Pro Bowl selections
Many former and current Miami Dolphin players have represented the franchise in the Pro Bowl. Below is a list of current or former players that play or have played for the Miami Dolphins that have been selected to multiple Pro Bowls. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Notable Miami Dolphins selected to one Pro Bowl:
WRs Nat Moore, Chris Chambers, and Brandon Marshall
RBs Ricky Williams, Ronnie Brown, Andra Franklin, Delvin Williams, and Jay Ajayi
DTs Ndamukong Suh
DEs Doug Betters, Trace Armstrong, Jeff Cross, and Adewale Ogunleye
LBs Kim Bokamper, A. J. Duhe, and Joey Porter
DBs Xavien Howard
O-Linemen Tim Ruddy, Wayne Moore, Richie Incognito, and Branden Albert
Ks and Ps Olindo Mare, Dan Carpenter, and Brandon Fields
The Miami Dolphins 50 Greatest Players
In 2015 to commemorate the Miami Dolphins 50th NFL season, the Dolphins organization announced through voting from the South Florida Media and Miami Dolphin fans the results of the 50 greatest players in Miami Dolphins franchise history. The results were announced during halftime on Monday Night Football between the Dolphins and the Giants. Here are the 50 greatest Dolphins broken down by position. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Offense:
QBs Bob Griese, Dan Marino, Earl Morrall
HBs Jim Kiick, Mercury Morris, Tony Nathan, Ricky Williams
FBs Larry Csonka
WRs Mark Clayton, Mark Duper, O.J. McDuffie, Nat Moore, Paul Warfield
TEs Bruce Hardy, Keith Jackson, Jim Mandich
Cs Jim Langer, Mike Pouncey, Dwight Stephenson
Gs Bob Kuechenberg, Larry Little, Ed Newman, Keith Sims
Ts Norm Evans, Richmond Webb
Defense:
DTs Bob Baumhower, Tim Bowens, Manny Fernandez
DEs Doug Betters, Vern Den Herder, Bill Stanfill, Jason Taylor, Cameron Wake
LBs Kim Bokamper, Bob Brudzinski, Nick Buoniconti, Bryan Cox, A. J. Duhe, John Offerdahl, Zach Thomas
CBs Brent Grimes, Sam Madison, Patrick Surtain
Ss Dick Anderson, Glenn Blackwood, Louis Oliver, Jake Scott
Special Teams:
Ks Garo Yepremian
Ps Reggie Roby
STs Jim Jensen
The Miami Dolphins Honor Roll
The Miami Dolphin Honor Roll is a ring around the second tier of Hard Rock Stadium that honor former players, coaches, owners and contributors who have made significant contributions to the franchise throughout their history. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Each of these players is honored with a placard on the facing of the upper level around Hard Rock Stadium including team founder-owner Joe Robbie. In place of a jersey number, Shula has the number 347, representing his record number of NFL coaching victories, 274 of them as Dolphins head coach.
In 1992, at the 20 year anniversary, Miami's "1972 Undefeated Team" was enshrined into the Honor Roll. At the 40 year anniversary, which enshrined former defensive coordinator Bill Arnsparger into the Honor Roll, his name went on the Honor Roll where the "1972 Undefeated Team" inductee previously and originally was enshrined, and an updated "1972 Perfect Season Team 17–0" inductee was put into one corner of Hard Rock Stadium with special placards of Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII included next to it on each side.
The inductees as of 2014 include:
The Joe Robbie Alumni Plaza "Walk of Fame"
The Joe Robbie Alumni Plaza Walk of Fame was first established in 2011, designed to be all encompassing and recognize the best of the Miami Dolphins alumni, including those in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Honor Roll, and as well as the many other players who were among the unsung heroes and community leaders that the organization has produced. The "Walk of Fame" is located at the north end of Hard Rock Stadium, with a life size bronze statue of Joe Robbie, the original founder and owner of the Miami Dolphins from 1966 to 1989. Bold indicates those elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The inductees as of 2018 (by yearly class) are:
Class of 2011: Nick Buoniconti, Larry Csonka, Bob Griese, Jim Langer, Larry Little, Joe Robbie, Dan Marino, Don Shula, Dwight Stephenson, Paul Warfield
Class of 2012: Tim Bowens, A. J. Duhe, Manny Fernandez, Nat Moore, Earl Morrall, Don Strock
Class of 2013: Kim Bokamper, Mercury Morris, O. J. McDuffie, Keith Sims
Class of 2014: Jeff Cross, Sam Madison, Tony Nathan, Ed Newman
No classes from 2015 to 2017, due to modernization and reconstruction at Hard Rock Stadium
Class of 2018: Dick Anderson, Mark Clayton, Mark Duper, Jon Giesler, John Offerdahl, Jason Taylor
All-time first-round draft picks
Staff
Head coaches
Current staff
Notes
References
External links
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Turner Publishing Company
Turner Publishing Company is an American independent book publisher based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company is in the top 101 independent publishing companies in the U.S. as compiled by Bookmarket.com and has been named four times to Publishers Weekly 's Fastest Growing Publishers List.
History
Turner Publishing Company was founded in 1984 in Paducah, Kentucky as a publisher of books.
From 1984 to 2005 the company published specialty and commemorative titles focusing on history. During this period, Turner Publishing Company produced over five hundred titles in the categories of military history, local history, and organizational history, including: History of the FDNY (New York City Fire Department) and History of the 101st Airborne Division.
In 2002 the company was sold to new management and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Turner launched its move into trade publishing with a program of regional history titles in 2005. This series of local history photography books, called "Historic Photos," numbered over four hundred titles and sold nationwide through all major retailers of books with numerous bestsellers in local markets.
After launching its first front list of national trade titles in 2007, Turner continues to produce a diverse list of an average of 25 new titles annually of fiction and non-fiction from leading authors.
In 2009 Turner commenced an acquisition program, beginning with the purchase of over 400 titles from the sale of Cumberland House. Turner acquired the book division of Ancestry.com the following year, as well as the assets of Fieldstone Alliance, a publisher of business books for non-profit organizations. Turner went on to acquire selected assets of Providence House, including the rights to bestselling author Eugenia Price.
Having reached capacity of its distribution facility by the year 2011, Turner outsourced distribution of its titles to Ingram Publisher Services. In 2013 Turner acquired over 1,000 crafts, pets, and general interest titles from John Wiley & Sons, including the backlist of Howell Book House. In 2014, Turner acquired Hunter House Publishers. In 2016, Turner acquired Jewish Lights Publishing and three other imprints from LongHill Partners. In 2018, Turner acquired Gurze Books.
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Turner has over 2,000 titles, including 14 bestselling authors.
Alan Dershowitz – The Case for Israel
Keith Olbermann - Worst Person in the World
Jack Cafferty – It’s Getting Ugly Out There
Don Felder - Heaven and Hell
Tedy Bruschi - Never Give Up
Barney Hoskyns - Hotel California
Barbara Wood - Domina; under the pseudonym Kathryn Harvey - Butterfly
Peter D. Kiernan - Becoming China's Bitch
Sheri Reynolds
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Deepak Chopra
Steven Pratt
Keith and Kent Zimmerman
Eugenia Price
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Scott Simon
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Jack Nicklaus
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Turner: The flagship imprint
Wiley: Turner publishes under the Wiley name, with permission, for over 1,000 acquired titles.
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Fieldstone Alliance: Business Books for Non-profits, acquired assets of Fieldstone Alliance
Iroquois Press: Fiction and Literature
Ramsey and Todd: Children's books
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Effects of the dihydrolipoyl histidinate zinc complex against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats.
This study investigated the effects of an antioxidant, dihydrolipoyl histidinate zinc complex (DHLHZn), on the hepatic fibrosis in the carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) rat model. The animals were divided into three groups: control, CCl4, and CCl4+DHLHZn. A histological assessment of the liver fibrosis was performed using stained liver samples. The oxidative stress and antioxidant levels were evaluated by measuring the malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels in the liver. In addition, cultured human hepatic stellate cells (LI90) were exposed to antimycin-A (AMA) and divided into four groups: control, DHLHZn, AMA, and AMA+DHLHZn. The effects of DHLHZn on AMA-induced fibrosis were evaluated by measuring the expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 and collagen α1 (I). The hepatic fibrosis in the CCl4+DHLHZn group was attenuated compared to that in the CCl4 group. The MDA levels in the CCl4+DHLHZn group were significantly lower than those of the CCl4 group, whereas the GSH levels in the CCl4+DHLHZn group were significantly higher than those of the CCl4 group. Furthermore, the relative mRNA expression of TGF-β1 and collagen α1 (I) in the AMA+DHLHZn group was significantly lower than that in the AMA group. DHLHZn may attenuate the hepatic fibrosis induced by CCl4 by decreasing the degree of oxidative stress. |
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By Lenora Dannelke
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A term that combines "geographical" and "cache," from the French word meaning "to conceal" – is the sport of searching for and finding a hidden object by means of GPS coordinates posted on a website. In other words, it’s a real life treasure hunting game.
In 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense stopped scrambling signals from their Global Positioning System, and techno-nerds quickly embraced a "treasure hunting" game that employed handheld navigational receivers. Using coordinates for locations posted on web sites, they searched for creatively hidden, weather-tight "cache" containers filled with inexpensive trinkets.
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Checking different web sites, the "Hidden Treasures" caches listed by Original Florida looked perfect for a novice cacher and meshed nicely with my travel route.
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Obviously, he's familiar with the sport and has watched other players stalking the park's cache. I consider being blunt and asking where it's hidden, but refrain from cheating. Instead, I thank him and take his advice.
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Unhinging the lid, I examine the contents of the cache. Lots of cool bracelets, stickers and miniature toys to choose from. I add a magnet from Wakulla Springs and remove a tiny bobble-head puppy - my first caching "treasure."
After recording the exchange in the cache's log book, I flip back to peruse notations left by previous cachers, and finally feel connected to the caching community. It turns out the prize I selected was left by my friend, Geo "K," four months earlier. Synchronicity is clearly at play.
During the following week, I locate caches at Steinhatchee Falls, Evinston Community Store and Post Office near Gainesville, Lafayette Blue Springs State Park along the Suwannee River and more. But the north of the state isn't the only place to look for geocaching in Florida. |
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The Kiss
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Commissioned by the French state in 1888, carved between 1888 and 1898. Joined the collections of the Musée du Luxembourg in 1901; transferred to the Musée Rodin in 1919.
The Kiss originally represented Paolo and Francesca, two characters borrowed, once again, from Dante’s Divine Comedy: slain by Francesca’s husband who surprised them as they exchanged their first kiss, the two lovers were condemned to wander eternally through Hell. This group, designed in the early stages of the elaboration of The Gates, was given a prominent position on the lower left door, opposite Ugolino, until 1886, when Rodin decided that this depiction of happiness and sensuality was incongruous with the theme of his vast project.
He therefore transformed the group into an independent work and exhibited it in 1887. The fluid, smooth modelling, the very dynamic composition and the charming theme made this group an instant success. Since no anecdotal detail identified the lovers, the public called it The Kiss, an abstract title that expressed its universal character very well. The French state commissioned an enlarged version in marble, which Rodin took nearly ten years to deliver. Not until 1898 did he agree to exhibit what he called his “huge knick-knack” as a companion piece to his audacious Balzac, as if The Kiss would make it easier for the public to accept his portrait of the writer. |
###### Strengths and limitations of this study
- Data linkage provides a comprehensive data set which allowed adjustment for confounding factors.
- This is one of the first studies to investigate the impact of reduced vision on educational attainment.
- The study is based in a large multiethnic population.
- The study is limited by its cross-sectional nature.
- Not all participants have complete data sets for all the variables.
Introduction {#s1}
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The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) recommends that vision screening should be provided to all children at age 4--5 years[@R1]; these recommendations form part of the Healthy Child Programme.[@R2] However, the evidence supporting this recommendation is weak. In particular, there are limited data on the prevalence of vision levels in children at age 4--5 years when they first enter school, and the effect of reduced vision on educational attainment in children has not yet been established.[@R1] [@R3] Early literacy is a key indicator of future reading performance and educational attainment[@R4] [@R5] which in turn affects long-term health and social outcomes.[@R6] [@R7] It is intuitive that poor vision will impact on a child\'s reading ability and lead to educational underachievement, yet there is little evidence to confirm this. At a time of change and uncertainty in the commissioning of vision screening services, it is important to understand both the level of vision in the population and the impact this is likely to have on future health and social outcomes.[@R8] [@R9] Better evidence is therefore required to inform child screening policy both in the UK and internationally.
The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of poor vision in a multiethnic population and explore the impact of reduced vision on developing literacy skills in young children as they start primary school at age 4--5 years.
One of the challenges to the investigation of a causal relationship between vision and literacy is the potential confounding effect of socioeconomic factors. It is well known that socioeconomic deprivation is associated with poor levels of literacy; therefore, any study seeking to explore the degree to which poor vision affects literacy over and above effects of socioeconomic and other demographic factors requires comprehensive data collection.
The city of Bradford in the UK offers the opportunity to conduct such a study because it is the setting for the Born in Bradford (BiB) birth cohort study[@R10] which collected detailed epidemiological data during pregnancy, at birth and literacy measures in a subgroup of the children in their first year of school. Bradford also has a comprehensive vision screening programme which provides a detailed profile of children\'s vision. These data provide the unique opportunity to explore the association between visual acuity (VA) and early developing literacy with adjustment for the effects of potential confounding variables.
Methods {#s2}
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Vision screening and literacy measures were prospectively collected from children in their first year of primary school within the same school term over two consecutive years (2012--2013 and 2013--2014). Vision screening data from all participants was used to determine the prevalence of poor vision. Baseline epidemiological data collected from mothers and children of the BiB cohort, literacy measures and data captured from the vision screening programme were linked in order to investigate the impact of vision on literacy. Details of each element are provided below.
Born in Bradford {#s2a}
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BiB is a longitudinal multiethnic birth cohort study aiming to examine the impact of environmental, psychological and genetic factors on maternal and child health and well-being.[@R10] Bradford is a city with high levels of socioeconomic deprivation and ethnic diversity. Approximately half of the births in the city are to mothers of South Asian origin. Women were recruited while waiting for a glucose tolerance test, routinely offered to all pregnant women registered at the Bradford Royal Infirmary at 26--28 weeks gestation. For those consenting, a baseline questionnaire was completed. The full BiB cohort recruited 12 453 women during 13 776 pregnancies between 2007 and 2010 and the cohort is broadly representative of the city\'s maternal population.[@R10] Ethics approval for the data collection was granted by Bradford Research Ethics Committee (Ref 07/H1302/112).
Literacy {#s2b}
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As part of a separate BiB 'Starting Schools Programme' exploring literacy, movement and well-being, children\'s literacy levels on school entry were measured in school by experienced research assistants. All 123 Bradford primary schools were invited to participate, 76 separate schools agreed to take part and 2929 BiB children received a literacy assessment between September 2012 and July 2014.
Early literacy skills that predict future reading performance include letter identification.[@R4] Letter identification measures the child\'s ability to identify single letters, an essential skill mastered prior to reading and one of the best predictors of reading achievement.[@R11] Letter identification was measured using the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised (WRMT-R) subtest: letter identification, a validated reading skill test.[@R12]
In addition, a measure of acquired or receptive vocabulary was recorded using the British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS).[@R13] It has been shown to be an important indicator of cognitive ability, providing a representation of the measure of IQ in young children. This measure is included to adjust for potential confounding due to levels of general cognitive ability.
Both measures are standardised taking into account the child\'s age and time of testing during the academic year, a mean score of 100 would be expected for a given population.[@R12] [@R13]
Vision {#s2c}
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A vision screening programme for school children aged 4--5 years has been established in Bradford. The screening programme is conducted in school by orthoptists. Owing to the nature of the programme being conducted after school entry, coverage is high at 97%.[@R14] In total, 11 186 children from 123 primary schools across the city participated in the vision screening programme. In total, 5836 BiB children were eligible for the study (started school between September 2012 and July 2014) and 4953 (85%) BiB children had completed the vision screening programme prior to the data linkage ([figure 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434F1){ref-type="fig"}). The vision screening assessment includes standard protocols for measurement of distance VA[@R15] [@R16] right and left eyes, with spectacles if worn. The VA test was administered by orthoptists, performed at a distance of 3 m and VA was measured to threshold (ie, best achievable VA with no defined endpoint). Additional tests carried out by the orthoptists were cover test, ocular motility and non-cycloplegic auto refraction (Welch-Allyn Inc Skaneateles, New York, USA). VA was measured with an age appropriate logMAR Crowded Test (Keeler, Windsor)[@R15] which has four letters per line each letter having a score of 0.025; the total score for each line represents 0.1 log unit. A matching card is used and knowledge of letters is not necessary to perform the test. In total, 4834 BiB children completed the vision screening and had VA recorded for both right and left eyes ([figure 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434F1){ref-type="fig"}). In total, 118/4834 (2%) of children were unable to match letters, they were tested using Kay Pictures Crowded LogMAR (Kay pictures, Tring UK).[@R17] [@R18] Refractive error is commonly associated with reduced VA in young children[@R19]; hence, non-cycloplegic autorefractor readings for the right and left eyes were recorded and a mean spherical equivalent (sphere plus half-negative cylinder) calculated for each eye of individual children.[@R19] [@R20] In total, 4578 out of 4834 children had a mean spherical equivalent calculated. Data from the vision screening programme used for the analyses include presenting VA (best VA right or left eye, with glasses if worn) and the mean spherical equivalent from that same eye.
{#BMJOPEN2015010434F1}
Presenting VA will be referred to as VA for the rest of the paper and in all tables. VA was categorised to examine prevalence of levels of vision. Four categories were established: better than 0.20 logMAR (a pass on visual screening), 0.225--0.30, 0.325--0.40, (referred to as 'poor vision' in many published studies)[@R19] [@R21] and worse than 0.4 (a category used to define visual impairment by the WHO).[@R22] VA was treated as a continuous variable in the statistical modelling allowing for letter-by-letter scoring.
Statistical analysis {#s2d}
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Multilevel regression analysis (children nested within schools) was undertaken in BiB children where complete data sets from both the mother and child were available, 84 of 2109 children were excluded due to incomplete data ([figure 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434F1){ref-type="fig"}). This was mainly due to incomplete data on the BPVS which was not recorded in 60 (3%) children. To analyse the effect of VA on literacy, unadjusted analysis was undertaken on BiB children with complete data (n=2025). Subsequent adjustment for demographic and socioeconomic (maternal and child characteristics) including BPVS score to account for cognitive ability was then undertaken. The characteristics included in the statistical analysis were those found to be associated with both educational and visual outcomes in the current literature. Demographic factors were: ethnicity (determined by the mothers' ethnicity), sex at birth, birth weight, gestational age, language of baseline questionnaire completed by mother, mothers' place of birth. Socioeconomic factors were: mother in receipt of benefits, level of mothers' education, mother smoked during pregnancy.[@R23] The characteristics are detailed in [table 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB1){ref-type="table"}.
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Distribution of characteristics in Born in Bradford (BiB) children with complete data
Characteristic Mean (SD)
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Letter ID score 107.07 (12.5) range 68--143
Visual acuity (logMAR) 0.13 (0.09) range 0.0--0.8
British Picture Vocabulary Score 100.97 (14.47) range 39--160
Mean Spherical Equivalent\* (D) 1.07 (0.64) range −2--+9.5
Birth weight (g) 3191 (541) range 680--5180
Gestational age (weeks) 39.14 (1.63) range 27--43
Sex at birth (M:F) 1010:1015
Ethnicity† n (%)
White British 671 (33.2)
Pakistani 1106 (54.6)
Other 248 (12.2)
Baseline questionnaire language† n (%)
English 1541 (76)
Other language 484 (24)
UK-born mother† n (%)
Yes 1177 (58)
No 848 (42)
Receiving benefits† n (%)
Yes 880 (43.46)
No 1145 (56.54)
Mothers level of education† n (%)
Low (\<5 GCSE equivalent and unknown) 567 (28)
Medium (5 GCSE and A level equivalent) 1050 (52)
High (higher than A level) 408 (20)
Mother smoked in pregnancy† n (%)
Yes 282 (14)
No 1743 (86)
\*n=1893 all other variables n=2025.
†Determined by mothers' response to the baseline questionnaire.
D, dioptres; F, female; GCSE, general certificate of secondary education; M, male.
The regression analyses were undertaken in three steps: first, demographic factors (listed above) were included in the model; a second model was then run adjusting for the socioeconomic factors (listed above); and finally a fully adjusted model was run adjusting for all demographic and socioeconomic factors and the BPVS score for general cognitive ability. In all these models, 2025 children from 74 schools were included.
Further regression analysis was undertaken to examine the impact of mean spherical equivalent on a subsample with complete data available (n=1893). A sensitivity analysis was also undertaken excluding children unable to carry out letter matching (n=1979). Multilevel analysis was undertaken in order to account for variability between schools; the variance in attainment attributed to differences between schools was calculated to provide a variance partition coefficient for each model. All analyses were carried out using Stata V.13 (StataCorp, College Station, Texas, USA).
Results {#s3}
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The overall mean (SD) VA for all children (n=11 186) who received vision screening was 0.14 (0.09) logMAR (range 0.0--1.0). In total, 8.7% (977/11 186) of children had a VA worse than 0.2logMAR, 4% (475/11 186) worse than 0.3logMAR and 1.8% (206/11 186) of children demonstrated a VA of worse than 0.4logMAR. There was no clinically significant difference between the BiB and non-BiB children (see online supplementary table S1).
The univariate and adjusted model analyses for the BiB children are shown in [table 2](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB2){ref-type="table"}. Unadjusted analysis of the BiB children (n=2025) showed that the literacy score was associated with the level of VA. The literacy score reduced by 2.42 points for every one line (0.10logMAR) reduction in VA (95% CI −2.98 to −1.87), p\<0.001. When adjusted to account for cognitive ability (BPVS), demographic factors or socioeconomic factors, the impact of VA remained significant and continued to remain statistically significant in the multivariable model after all factors are accounted for with the literacy score reducing by 1.65 (95% CI −2.17 to −1.13), p\<0.001 for every one line (0.10logMAR) reduction in VA. The association between VA and literacy remained after a sensitivity analysis was undertaken to investigate the effect of poor literacy by excluding children unable to carry out the letter matching (see online supplementary table S2). Adjustment for mean spherical equivalent made no material difference and by itself was not associated with literacy (p=0.164), it therefore was not included in the model. The variance in attainment attributed to the difference between schools was 9% in the unadjusted model and 12% in the fully adjusted model across 74 schools.
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Associations between Literacy (letter identification score) and visual acuity, British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS), socioeconomic and demographic (child and maternal) factors, n=2025 children, n=74 schools
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Factor Unadjusted\ Adjusted BPVS\ Adjusted demographic\ Adjusted socioeconomic\ Fully adjusted model\
Mean difference in literacy scores (95% CI) Mean difference in literacy scores (95% CI) Mean difference in literacy scores (95% CI)\* Mean difference in literacy scores (95% CI)† Mean difference in literacy scores (95% CI)‡
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Change in literacy score per one line (0.1log unit) of visual acuity −2.42 (−2.98 to −1.87)\ −1.79 (−2.32 to −1.26)\ −1.72 (−2.24 to −1.19)\ −1.72 (−2.25 to −1.19)\ −1.65 (−2.17 to −1.13)\
p\<0.001 p\<0.001 p\<0.001 p\<0.001 p\<0.001
Change in literacy score per one unit change in BPVS 0.27 (0.23 to 0.30)\ 0.26 (0.22 to 0.30)\ 0.25 (0.22 to 0.29)\ 0.25 (0.21 to 0 0.28)\
p\<0.001 p\<0.001 p\<0.001 p\<0.001
Ethnicity
White British Reference Reference
Pakistani 0.83 (−0.82 to 2.47)\ −0.14 (−1.86 to 1.58)\
p=0.325 p=0.872
Other 3.79 (1.86 to 5.73) p\<0.001 2.85 (0.88 to 4.82) p=0.005
Sex at birth
Male Reference Reference
Female 3.01 (2.03 to 3.99)\ 3.06 (2.09 to 4.04)\
p\<0.001 p\<0.001
Birth weight (g) 0.001 (0.0001 to 0.002)\ 0.001 (0.0001 to 0.002)\
p=0.028 p=0.036
Gestational age (weeks) 0.006 (−0.35 to 0.37)\ −0.01 (−0.37 to 0.34)\
p=0.975 p=0.937
Questionnaire language
English 1.78 (0.21 to 3.35)\ 1.61 (3.18 to 0.04)\
p=0.026 p=0.045
Other language Reference Reference
UK born
Yes −1.19 (−2.66 to 0.28)\ −0.97(−0.49 to 2.43)\
p=0.113 p=0.192
No Reference Reference
Receiving benefits
Yes −1.05 (−2.06 to −0.03)\ −1.03 (−2.04 to −0.03)\
p=0.043 p=0.045
No Reference Reference
Level of education
Low (\<5 GCSE equivalent and unknown) Reference Reference
Medium (5 GCSE and A level equivalent) 1.14 (−0.024 to 2.3)\ 1.13 (−0.04 to 2.3)\
p=0.055 p=0.059
High (higher than A level) 3.30 (1.8 to 4.8)\ 3.20 (1.71 to 4.70)\
p\<0.001 p\<0.001
Smoked in pregnancy
Yes −2.19 (−3.68 to −0.69)\ −1.82 (−0.25 to −3.39)\
p=0.004 p=0.023
No Reference Reference
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\*Demographic adjustment includes visual acuity, BPVS, ethnicity, sex at birth, birth weight, gestational age, language of baseline questionnaire, mothers' place of birth.
†Socioeconomic adjustment includes visual acuity, BPVS, receipt of benefits, level of mothers' education, mother smoked during pregnancy.
‡Fully adjusted analysis includes all factors: visual acuity, BPVS, ethnicity, sex at birth, birth weight, gestational age, language of baseline questionnaire, mothers' place of birth, receipt of benefits, level of mothers' education, mother smoked during pregnancy.
Discussion {#s4}
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This study is the first to reliably demonstrate that poor VA in young children is associated with reduced early developing literacy. The average receptive vocabulary and slightly above average literacy scores ([table 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB1){ref-type="table"}) of the children indicate that general low achievement does not influence our findings. The mean VA ([table 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB1){ref-type="table"}) of these 4--5-year-old children is similar to previously published normative data[@R29]; however, our findings indicate a high proportion of children (9%) had reduced VA with 2% classified as visually impaired.[@R22] This is likely to impact significantly on their early developing literacy. The Bradford cohort of children demonstrates a higher prevalence of poor presenting VA (defined as worse than 0.3logMAR) compared with that reported elsewhere[@R19] [@R21] [@R23] [@R30] ([table 3](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB3){ref-type="table"}).
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Comparison of studies reporting prevalence of poor visual acuity (worse than 0.30logMAR)
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Author Community Age (years) Number of participants Prevalence (%)
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Robaei *et al*[@R19] Australia 6--7 1738 0.9
Friedman *et al*[@R21] USA 2.5--5.5 1714 1.5
Williams *et al*[@R23]\ Bristol, UK\ 7\ 7825\ 0.6\
O\'Donoghue *et al*[@R30] Northern Ireland, UK 6--7 392 1.5
Bruce *et al* Bradford, UK 4--5 11 186 4.0
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For the majority of children in Bradford, vision screening at school entry is their first assessment of visual status with few having had any previous treatment; this is likely to account for the increased prevalence observed. In this study, 2% of children were wearing glasses at vision screening, similar to that found in an urban population of children aged 30--71 months in the USA (1.7%),[@R21] but substantially lower than the 4.4% of children aged 6 years in Australia.[@R19] Another UK cohort study[@R23] reported 0.6% prevalence of poor presenting VA at the age of 7 years; however, 3% of the children in their sample had undergone previous treatment. The prevalence reported in the US study was 1.2% in white children and 1.8% in black children.[@R21] In our study, 2.7% of white British, 5.2% of Pakistani children and 2.8% of other ethnicities had VA worse than 0.3 logMAR. In both studies, the differences in VA between the ethnic groups were not statistically significant.
It has been shown that children from socioeconomically deprived households have an increased prevalence of vision problems,[@R31] [@R32] which may in part be due to inequality in accessing health services.[@R33] The Bradford vision screening programme covers 97% of children[@R14] and therefore does not exclude children from the lower socioeconomic areas. The high levels of deprivation in the city may help explain the higher prevalence level of poor VA. Educational attainment is multifactorial and influenced by social disadvantage and demographic factors, differences manifest early and are demonstrable through gaps in literacy achievement.[@R27] [@R28] Factors known to be associated with educational outcome such as socioeconomic status,[@R28] [@R34] gender[@R35] and mothers' education[@R36] were also shown in this study to impact on literacy ([table 2](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB2){ref-type="table"}). There was no difference between the literacy scores of the white British and the Pakistani children; however, there was a positive association between literacy and VA for children in the 'other' ethnic category. A third of children in this category had mothers with high educational attainment and this may help explain the association. The association between the level of VA and literacy remains significant after adjustment for socioeconomic and demographic factors ([table 2](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB2){ref-type="table"}).
Low degrees of refractive error, in particular, hyperopia are normally reported in young children.[@R37] A few studies have found that low degrees of uncorrected hyperopia in young children have an impact on literacy.[@R38] [@R39] Non-cycloplegic autorefraction was used in this study to provide an indication of refractive status. Commonly non-cycloplegic refraction underestimates the level of hyperopia present in young children,[@R40] autorefraction using the Welch-Allyn has however been shown to have a small hyperopic bias[@R41] which could have increased the reported mean spherical equivalent of the Bradford population ([table 1](#BMJOPEN2015010434TB1){ref-type="table"}). All children who failed their vision screening assessment were referred for a cycloplegic examination to confirm refractive error; an ongoing longitudinal study of these children will examine the results. In this study, our analysis demonstrates an association between literacy and VA but not refractive error.
A small number of population-based studies have examined the impact of VA on educational outcome. A US study evaluating the effect of visual function on academic performance (children aged 6--9 years) found no association. However, the key indicator of academic performance (Metropolitan Readiness Test) was not available for a large proportion of the children and a proxy measure of attainment was used, neither did the study take into account the effects of potential confounding factors.[@R42] Retrospective analysis of the 1958 British birth cohort reporting outcomes at age 11 years found no association between unilateral amblyopia and educational, health and social outcomes; however, participants with bilateral visual loss were excluded from the study.[@R43] A large cohort study in Singapore reported no effect of presenting VA on academic school performance,[@R44] but the Singapore cohort of children at age 9--10 years only included a small number of children with poor vision which reduced the power of the study to detect any significant association.
Our paper reports the largest population-based study which explores the impact of VA on literacy and has a number of strengths. The cohort is set in a multiethnic population, and the use of data linkage has allowed us to undertake rigorous analysis taking into account the effect of potential confounding factors. However, there are limitations, 2929 out of 5836 (50%) of BiB children had received a literacy test at the time of data linkage; this reduced the number of children (n=2025) who had complete data sets and may compromise the representativeness of the sample. However, comparison of the BiB children (n=2025) with complete data demonstrated a similar percentage of children within each quintile of the Index of Multiple Deprivation and is comparable to the complete BiB cohort of children (n=13 773).[@R10] The prevalence of poor vision in this cohort of children (n=2025) is also similar to all Bradford children (n=11 186; see online supplementary table S1). As a proxy indicator for English as a second language, we used the language in which the baseline questionnaire was completed by the mother during pregnancy. Although all children are taught in school in English, this may not be the primary language of choice at home; this information was not available.
The study has the inherent limitations of a cross-sectional design, which reduces our ability to confidently infer causality. However, it is unlikely that poor literacy resulted in poor performance in the vision test; the majority of children (98%) performed the recommended age appropriate vision test and the association between vision and literacy remained after excluding children unable to accomplish the letter matching. In addition, if indeed poor literacy causes poor vision we would expect that those children with specific reading difficulties (dyslexia) would demonstrate reduced VA. In a recent study four out of five children with reading difficulties demonstrated normal visual function.[@R45]
By linking the clinical data set from the population-based vision screening programme with epidemiological data from a large birth cohort study, along with the baseline literacy assessments, this is the first multiethnic population-based study to have the statistical power to take into account the multiple factors that are known to impact on educational outcomes. Our results demonstrate a significant association between VA and early literacy. In a population with a high prevalence of reduced vision, this has important implications for children\'s future educational outcomes. The reduction in the literacy score by around 2% for every line of vision reduction is important in a population where there are poor levels of vision on school entry. This study strengthens the argument for a national vision screening programme. The impact of such a programme will depend on the degree to which detection of reduced vision at age 4--5 years results in effective intervention to improve vision and the impact this has on health, educational and social outcomes. Further research is required to determine the extent to which children with poor vision access treatment and the impact of such treatment not only on levels of vision but also on their educational attainment.
The authors thank all the families and schools who took part in this study, the orthoptists from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust who conducted the vision screening programme, the researchers from the Starting Schools programme who collected the literacy measures and the Data Support Team from Bradford Institute for Health Research who created and maintain the data linkage system.
**Contributors:** AB initiated the project, designed data collection, monitored data collection for the whole study, wrote the statistical analysis plan, cleaned and analysed the data, and drafted and revised the paper. She is the guarantor. LF wrote the statistical analysis plan, cleaned the data and revised the draft paper. BC and JW initiated the project and revised the draft paper. TAS initiated the project, wrote the statistical analysis plan and revised the draft paper.
**Funding:** AB is funded by a National Institute for Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award (PDF-2013-06-050). The Born in Bradford study presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) and the Programme Grants for Applied Research funding scheme (RP-PG-0407-10044).
**Disclaimer:** The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.
**Competing interests:** None declared.
**Ethics approval:** National Research Ethics Committee Yorkshire & the Humber-South Yorkshire (Ref 13/YH/0379).
**Provenance and peer review:** Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
**Data sharing statement:** No additional data are available.
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Q:
How to write an Android multi-pane app with very deep navigation
TL;DR:
How should multi-pane apps with deep navigation similar to the Spotify iPad app look and work on Android, and how to implement this?
Long version:
I'm working on an app, where the user sees lists of items and can then delve deeper into these items. These item detail pages can again open lists of related items, that in turn have detail pages and so on. As a phone app, these would be separate Activities that might look and link to each other like this:
In the mock-ups, the user sees an initial overview and then selects "Item #2" from the first list. A new Activity opens up, showing him details for Item #2. Here, he selects to see a list of Things relating to Item #2. The newly openend Activity in the third picture shows this list, and clicking on one opens the details for this thing. He can navigate as deep into the content as he likes.
This works quite well with the usual Android Activities. I'm working on bringing the app to tablets and am thinking on how to best implement this. The plan is to create a multi-pane layout with the same concept. It is very similar to how the iPad Spotify app works (it will be interesting to see how they bring this to Android once they create tablet-specific layouts).
In the tablet layout, each click on an item or list name opens the corresponding child item as a new pane that animates in from the right. The same workflow as in the example above would look like this:
I'm unsure how to best implement this navigation pattern. Multi-pane apps with a limited navigational depth like GMail can be built with a static ViewGroup (LinearLayout would be ok) containing all fragments, and going deeper into the navigation replaces the content of the next container to the right and animates to this (see CommonWares implementation of this on SO).
This suggests that a custom ViewGroup would be the way to go. If it has to display a subpage (i.e. "List of Things"), then it creates a new child in the ViewGroup that is half as wide the screen with the fragment and then scrolls the visible area so that the pane that was just interacted with and the new child are visible. To link this correctly to a FragmentTransaction, so that the back stack works correctly, I'd guess it would be something like this:
View newPane = container.addChild();
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(newPane, new ListOfThingsFragment(2));
ft.remove(paneOnRight, fragmentOnRight);
ft.commit();
container.animateToRight();
I don't see a way to do the animation within the FragmentTransaction.
Feedback welcome. My employer is generally favorable with respect to open sourcing frameworks we develop, so if this is something that is of broader interest and if I can come up with a reusable solution, I'd be glad to share it.
A:
I had some research time and came up with a solution to this question (a question that I've wanted to see the solution for LONG time, even before you asked it).
I can't really show the whole code as there's some IP boundaries, but I'll put it here the main parts for this animation to works.
There're two key tools: setCustomAnimations and LayoutTransition
Yes, as far as I've been able to do it, you need to separate set animations to make it work.
So let's get to some code, you'll define your XML with a horizontal LinearLayout and make sure to include the following line on it.
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
this will auto-generate a standard LayoutTransition which does translate the fragment/view that is staying in the layout and alpha (in or out) the fragment/view that is being included or removed from the layout. Give it a try.
So after this layout is inflated we gonna capture this LayoutTransition and trick it out to our needs:
LayoutTransition lt = myLinearLayout.getLayoutTransition();
lt.setAnimator(LayoutTransition.APPEARING, null);
lt.setAnimator(LayoutTransition.DISAPPEARING, null);
lt.setStartDelay(LayoutTransition.CHANGE_APPEARING, 0);
lt.setStartDelay(LayoutTransition.CHANGE_DISAPPEARING, 0);
with that code, we're removing the alpha animations and removing any delay from the transition (because we want all the translations to fire together).
And now it's just a few simple fragment transactions to make it work, during initialisation we inflate that layout and put a few fragments on it:
setContentView(R.layout.main); // the layout with that Linear Layout
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.add(R.id.main, frag1, FRAG_1_TAG); // it's good to have tags so you can find them later
ft.add(R.id.main, frag2, FRAG_2_TAG);
ft.add(R.id.main, frag3, FRAG_3_TAG);
ft.hide(frag3);
ft.commit();
now on the transaction it's a simple:
FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.setCustomAnimations(R.anim.push_left_in, R.anim.push_left_out, R.anim.push_right_in, R.anim.push_right_out);
Fragment left = getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(FRAG_1_TAG);
Fragment right = getFragmentManager().findFragmentByTag(FRAG_3_TAG);
ft.hide(left);
ft.show(right);
ft.addToBackStack(null);
ft.commit();
final notes:
to make deeper navigation it's just a matter of firing FragmentTransactions to add fragments to the LinearLayout and hide or detach the left side fragment.
Also to make the fragments work on the linear layout is important to set their LinearLayout.LayoutParams.weight during runtime, something similar to the following code applied to the fragment view
((LinearLayout.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams()).weight = 1;
to make it work on phones as well it's just a matter of applying the common multiple screen support patterns.
last note, be careful on proper managing the layout status during device rotation because it's not all automagically handled by the system.
Happy coding!
A:
We ran into the same problem with our app. The constraints we gave ourselves:
Dynamic numbers of panes
Each pane can be differently sized
Fragments inside of panes must be correctly retained on orientation changes.
In light of those constraints, we built a new layout we call PanesLayout. You can check it out here:
https://github.com/cricklet/Android-PanesLibrary
It basically allows you to easily add any number of dynamically sized panes and attach fragments to those panes. Hope you find it useful! :)
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Analytics tool predicts the traffic for Bay Area drivers
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in conjunction with the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), a research institute at the University of California-Berkeley, and IBM Research, unveiled a new predictive modeling and analytic tool to help San Francisco Bay area officials better plan and manage traffic flows, as well as help commuters avoid traffic jams.
The IBM Traffic Prediction Tool (TPT), part of the Bay Area’s Smarter Traveler Research Initiative, collects and analyzes traffic data from sensors in roads, toll booths, bridges and intersections and combines the information with GPS location data from participating individuals’ cell phones.
It compiles a commuter’s typical routes and uses the data to provide individuals with personalized travel recommendations to help them plan and share alternate routes - even before congestion is reported. Commuters receive alerts via e-mail or text message before their trip begins, including alerts on highways, rail lines and roads.
“As the number of cars and drivers in the Bay Area continue to grow, so too has road traffic," Greg Larson, chief of the Office of Traffic Operations Research for Caltrans said in an announcement by IBM. "However, it’s unrealistic to think we can solve this congestion problem simply by adding more lanes to roadways, so we need to proactively address these problems before they pile up,” he added.
By better understanding and predicting traffic flows, transportation officials will be able to proactively manage and optimize transportation systems, including improving traffic signal timing and ramp metering. Officials can also recommend better routes, predict whether or not a train will be on time, or train station parking availability.
Alerts will be sent to commuters only if there is something potentially problematic, such as an accident or construction, to avoid overwhelming people with alerts, said Stefan Nusser, functional manager of IBM's Almaden Services Research in a CNET article.
The tool is currently in trials and is not meant to be accessible while driving to avoid potential incidents because of cell phone usage behind the wheel, he added. |
Q:
Uniq many files in place
I have many *.dat files. What's a bash script that could remove duplicate adjacent lines in each one?
A:
You mean like this?
#!/bin/bash
for f in "$@"
do
cp "$f" /tmp/tmp.dat
uniq /tmp/tmp.dat > "$f"
done
Where you can run in the directory that has your many *.dat files. If you put this in a script called uniq_dat, and make it executable, you can run it like:
uniq_dat *.dat
A:
use sort!
sort -u foo -o foo
# is short for
sort --unique foo -o foo
# if you want to avoid sorting
sort —merge —unique foo -o foo
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So sit back, relax, watch the introductory video (fly the route) and then take a look at the planned route and track the expedition once they set off.
Lastly, if you want to learn how to build these types of maps into your website, take a look at the Virtual Earth interactive SDK at https://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ to see exactly what code you need to insert into your webpage. I got this up and running on my website relatively quickly, so think about how you might add this to your website. |
Before proceeding to this article, I suggest you reading: Strong Evidence of Alien Abductions – Complete.
1 – LOST TIME: A period of time, from minutes to several days, in which you cannot recall what happened to you or what you have done.
2 – UNUSUAL MARKS: On your body like scars, scoop marks, laser cuts in series on ankle, wrist or back. Any scars which you’re unable to explain where you got them from.
3 – TAPPING OR HUMMING NOISES: Hearing these sounds upon odd occasion such as bedtime, just prior to sleep. (Many times, just prior to bedtime, for a period of many years, traveling on the road in my job, I thought an 18-wheeler was idling outside my room. Never was any truck, just the sound in my head.)
4 – BEING WATCHED: A feeling you get, during or just prior to sleep at night.
5 – SLEEPWALKING: You wake up in a different place from where you went to sleep and do not know how you got there. (As detailed in my book, I did this from age seven to age sixteen.)
6 – SEEN A UFO: During your life you’ve seen UFO’s or seen strange lights in the sky. (Many times, in my teenage years, I saw silver discs, very high in the sky.)
7 – NEED TO TRAVEL: A strange compulsion to walk or drive to another location without any explanation. (This happened four times to me.)
8 – UNEXPLAINED MEDICAL PROBLEMS: Sudden illness, sinus problems, fatigue, migraines or rashes.
9 – UNABLE TO SLEEP: You experience insomnia by way of nightmares, dreaming of UFO’s or being devoured by animals with large black eyes. (Usually associated with common wild animals such as owls, coyotes or wolves.)
10 – IMPLANTS: Your physician or you discover small, strange object inside your body that cannot be explained. Common places are the hip, ankle, foot, nose or hand. (Both Peggy and I have implants in our bodies.)
11 – TERMINATED PREGNANCY: You become pregnant and within a few months the pregnancy is terminated, without any explanation or discharge.
12 – SPERM SAMPLES: You believe you have had intercourse in the night or have had semen extracted from your body.
13 – PSYCHIC ABILITIES: You suddenly feel as though you have obtained some degree of psychic ability without any explanation for it.
14 – PARALYZED IN BED: Waking with immobility. For some reason you cannot move your body for a few seconds or minutes.
15 – BALLS OF LIGHT: Flashes of light or beams of light glimpsed through the corner of your eyes or seen directly, head on in your bedroom at night.
16 – DREAMS OF FLYING: Repeated dreams of having the ability to fly or of flying over your house or a familiar area.
17 – STRONG MEMORY: A very strong memory of something unusual such as floating through the air, lying upon an examination table, seeing a hypodermic needle or seeing a strange, skinny baby.
18 – COSMIC AWARENESS: A sudden interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism or you just become very socially conscious for no apparent reason in your adult life.
19 – YOUR MISSION: You become aware of a strong sense of duty, a mission in life. You have a compulsion to fulfill a task in life but you don’t know exactly what it is or why you have this feeling.
20 – “SPECIAL”: You have a feeling that secretly, known only to yourself, you are special or chosen by someone, somehow.
21 – UNEXPLAINED EVENTS: You have had occurrences in your life which you cannot understand or explain to anyone.
22 – PSYCHIC: You have had the experience of knowing something was going to happen before it happened and then – it did happen!
23 – EYE DREAMS: You remember dreaming about large eyes. Usually familiar wildlife animals such as deer, elk, moose, owl, wolf or coyote. All you remember about the dream are the unusually large eyes.
24 – STARTLED: You awaken in the night, sometimes frequently, feeling a sense of panic or anxiety for no apparent reason.
25 – PICTURES OF ALIENS: You have an aversion to looking at any picture or drawing of an alien, similar to the greys shown on the cover of the book: “Communion”.
26 – FEARS OR PHOBIAS: You have inexplicable feelings of aversion to heights, snakes, spiders, large insects, certain sounds, bright lights, personal safety and/or a fear of being alone.
27 – SPECIAL PLACE: You have a memory of a special place with spiritual significance when you were a youngster.
28 – SELF-ESTEEM PROBLEMS: You have experienced that low worth feeling much of your life.
29 – SEEN IN SLEEP: Someone with you, a partner, become paralyzed, motionless or frozen in time, especially at or during bedtime.
30 – CRAFT OR ALIEN: You have someone in your life who claims to have seen a UFO, been abducted or has witnessed missing time.
31 – BLOOD: You have had times when you found blood, or small drops of blood on your pillow with no explanation how it got there.
32 – UFO’S OR ALIENS: You have had an interest in these topics in your mind with no idea why.
33 – AVERSION: You have an extreme aversion to talking, seeing or listening to any mention of the subject of UFO’s, aliens or abductions.
34 – BEING WATCHED: You have the feeling you are being watched most of the time, especially at night.
35 – SOLID OBJECTS: You have the feeling of having had your body pass through solid objects such as doors or windows.
36 – FOG OR HAZE: You have seen fog or haze when it should not have been there.
37 – NOSE BLEEDS: You have had nose bleeds at some time in your life without apparent cause or you have awoken with a nose bleed. (I had nosebleeds from childhood through my teenage years.)
38 – SORENESS: You awaken with soreness in your genitals which cannot be explained.
39 – BACK OR NECK PROBLEMS: Your back aches without cause or you awaken with unusual stiffness in any part of your body. (I still have that symptom, but it might just be arthritis at my age. Ha!)
40 – ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION: Certain electronic appliances, (computers, digital watches, etc.) seem to malfunction in your presence with no explanation. Street lights going out when you walk under them or radio and television being affected when you walk by.
41 – RINGING IN THE EARS: Frequent or sporadic ringing in your ears on just in one ear.
42 – BEHIND YOUR EYE: A headache, especially in the sinus, or in just one ear.
43 – MEDICAL PROCEDURES: Dreams of doctors doing medical procedures upon your body.
44 – GOING CRAZY: Having the feeling that you are going insane for even thinking about these sorts of things. (Both Peggy and I have thought that, many times.)
45 – PARANORMAL: Experiencing psychic or odd experiences including intuition.
46 – COMPULSIVE/ADDICTIVE: This behavior either throughout your life or onset at adulthood. (I have had this problem, throughout my life.)
47 – URGE TO TAKE VITAMINS: Do you feel compelled to take more vitamins as the years pass? Do you feel somehow it is helping ‘replenish’ your body? (I started taking a lot of vitamins at age 50. I kept telling myself it was just because I wanted to be ‘healthy’.)
48 – AFRAID OF THE CLOSET: Have you ever been or are you now afraid of your closet or any closet in the house, having to make certain the door(s) are always shut?
49 – SEXUAL OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS: Have had or are having an odd feeling that you must not become involved in a relationship because it would interfere with something.
50 – REMAIN VIGILANT: Fear that if you do not remain vigilant you will be taken away by someone.
51 – DIFFICULTY TRUSTING: Have trouble trusting other people, especially authority figures such as doctors. (I certainly have that now!)
52 – DREAMS OF DESTRUCTION: Dreams about catastrophes such as the end of the world.
53 – DON’T TALK: You have the feeling you should not talk about these things or that you are not supposed to talk about these things.
54 – SLEEP AGAINST THE WALL: You feel you must have your bed against the wall.
55 – LOCKING ALL DOORS: You double and triple-check locking up at night to prevent something or someone getting into your home. (I am still compulsive about that, from time to time.)
56 – CHILDREN OR PARENTS: Have talked about things on this list or you have heard them talk to others about things on this list.
57 – NO SUCCESS: You have tried to resolve some of these problems in your mind but with little success.
58 – NO RECALL: You have experienced many of these traits but cannot remember anything related to any abduction experience.
Related: The Testimony of Zulu Shaman Credo Mutwa: A Life of Mystery and Alien Contact;
Fourteen (14) Additional Signs Of Potential Alien Abduction
With grateful appreciation to Raymond Fowler in his most interesting book: SynchroFile: Amazing Personal Encounters With Synchronicity And Other Strange Phenomena he has listed, (among many others), fourteen signs that we had not found in any previous literature. With his permission we list them here:
59 – DREAMS OF FLOATING THROUGH WINDOWS
60- DREAMS OF FLOATING IN A BEAM OF LIGHT
61 – DREAMS OF ALIENS, DOCTORS AND OPERATIONS
62 – COMPULSION TO BECOME A VEGETARIAN
63 – COMPULSION TO STUDY ASTRONOMY
64 – COMPULSION TO STUDY QUANTUM PHYSICS
65 – EXPERIENCE SYNCHRONISTIC HAPPENINGS
66 – EXPERIENCE BEING OUT OF BODY (OBE)
67 – EXPERIENCE FLASHBACKS – (Strange craft, conference, corridors, glowing-misty oval room with table, alien exam, instruments, babies, hybrid children, ufo sightings, etc.)
68 – HAVE FEAR/WARINESS OF A CERTAIN PLACE (In my case, cell repeater towers, triangular in shape, make me afraid when I see them. Still do not know why.)
69 – HISTORY OF FAMILY UFO EXPERIENCES
70 – SEE SAME NUMBERS ON THE CLOCK LINED UP (Such as awakening at 1:11 a.m. or 3:33 a.m.)
71 – SEE HOODED FIGURES, STRANGERS DRESSED IN BLACK
72 – AWAKE IN OTHER POSITION/PLACE (I was sleepwalking, I thought, at a young age and my Grandmother awakened me in the front yard in the middle of the night!)
Reference: uforn via in5d | Buy book here |
Cellular wireless communication networks were originally designed to support voice communications. For example, the TIA/EIA-95 family of standards describe a code division multiple access (CDMA) air interface in which different codes define traffic channels that share a 1.25 MHz frequency channel. Each traffic channel can be used to transmit a digitally encoded voice signal, for example, at a data rate of 9600 bits per second (bps).
Cellular wireless communication networks have evolved to support higher data rates for communications over the forward link (from a base station to a mobile station) and the reverse link (from a mobile station to a base station). In the 1xRTT approach of cdma2000, different codes define fundamental channels and supplemental channels that share a 1.25 MHz frequency channel. A forward or reverse fundamental channel may be configured to support a data rate of up to 14.4 kpbs. A supplemental channel, however, may be configured to support a higher data rate. For example, a forward or reverse supplemental channel may be configured to support a data rate of up to 307.2 kpbs.
In order to achieve a particular data rate in a fundamental or supplemental channel, the signal is transmitted in accordance with predefined characteristics, including a particular type of modulation and a particular type of forward error correction (FEC) coding. The predefined characteristics that may be used to achieve different data rates are described in 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2, “Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems, Revision E,” 3GPP2 C.S0002-E, Version 1.0, September 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference. |
Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is the highest-ranking toxin on the U.S. substance priority list. Chronic exposure through natural water sources is linked to a broad range of adverse health effects, including pathological changes in the urinary bladder. Due to the make up of the urothelial cell, iAs readily accumulates to elicit toxic effects. However the specific mechanisms of arsenic-induced urothelial injury are not fully characterized. Upon cell injury there is rapid influx of inflammatory mediators and increase in cellular inflammatory signaling. The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is an anti-inflammatory transcription factor, critical o maintain the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory processes. iAs is classified as an environmental endocrine disruptor and is known to inhibit GR transcription factor function of target genes. Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) is a target gene of GR that plays a role in wound healing in response to epithelial injury. Notably, ANGPTL4 expression is decreased following iAs exposure in human urothelial cells (HUC). Moreover, treatment of HUC with inflammatory agents increases ANGPTL4 expression, and knockdown of ANGPTL4 decreases wound closure capabilities. However, it is unknown how arsenic disrupts the GR/ANGPTL4 axis in response to urothelial injury. Thus, the hypothesis of this proposal contends that iAs decreases GR-mediated expression of ANGPTL4 and disrupts normal urothelial response to injury by decreasing wound closure and sustaining the inflammatory response. The hypothesis will be addressed by completing the following two specific aims. First, the kinetics, specificity, and mechanism of arsenic inhibition on GR transcription factor function will be explored using reporter assays, DNA-protein binding assays, and mutations at suspected iAs binding sites within the GR DNA binding domain. Second, HUC with varying combinations of GR mutations and ANGPTL4 knockdown will be subjected to functional assays to assess changes in cell motility and inflammatory response. The changes in wound healing and inflammation will be observed with and without iAs treatment. Results from these aims will provide a mechanism of arsenical endocrine disruption in the bladder and validate ANGPTL4 as a novel GR target in response to injury and inflammation. Further, aberrant physiological responses and mechanisms after urothelial injury as a result of iAs exposure will be determined. The significance of this study applies to a broad range of arsenic-induced disease in the skin, lung, liver, and kidney. There may also be improved characterization of additional endocrine disease linked to chronic iAs, such as diabetes. Because inflammation is an underlying mechanism in many chronic diseases, this proposal has the potential to translate into preventative measures and bring more awareness to the role of the environment on human health, a concept that is not yet fully appreciated. Overall, completion of this study will ensure my comprehensive research training and contribute to the development of a successful career as an independent clinician-scientist of environmental medicine and disease prevention. |
Introduction
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As instruments for estimating the globe's size by measuring its axial length (AxL), mostly by ultrasonography, have become more readily available and user friendly ([@b19-opth-1-105]), it seemed beneficial to briefly explore their utility in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and strabismus with the aim of promoting their routine employment on the way to enhancing quality of care. Size being a geometrical entity, and pressure and motility being physical ones, the following meta-analysis focuses mainly on these disciplines as a starting point and foundation for ultimate clinical application, recognizing full well the limitation of physical models representing complex biological events.
Terms and definitions
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*Axial length* denotes here the linear distance clinically measured from the anterior apex of the cornea to the anterior surface of the opposite retina. Addition of the thickness of the retina and sclera renders the actual geometrical distance about 1--1.5 mm longer, but because of the higher curvature of the cornea the average external diameter of the entire sphere is about 0.5 mm shorter than this. For purposes of physical analysis we accept Duke-Elder (1973, p. 97--99): "On the whole it \[the eye\] is approximately spherical except in the higher degrees of axial myopia when the sagittal diameter is greatest." Only the principal forces, and ocular movements in abstract horizontal and vertical meridians, are here considered.
*Acrophthalmos* means here an abnormally long globe, similar to *acrocephalos* (long head) or *acromphalos* (long navel). *Brachomphalos* is a short globe, similar to *brachycephalos* and *brachydont* (short tooth). These terms, measured in millimeters, replace here *myopia* and *hyperopia* which were often used to designate the globe's size, because the latter are measured in optical units of diopters, and do not always relate to size, as Priestly Smith said (1891, p. 122): "Small eyes are not necessarily hypermetropic, and hypermetropic eyes are not necessarily small." For instance, the terms "Myopic disc" or "Myopic degeneration with retinal detachment" actually referred to physically long globes rather than near-sighted ones ([@b32-opth-1-105]), while Hyperopia as a risk factor in angle closure ([@b22-opth-1-105]), or in esodeviation, implied short globes. Furthermore, studies that related glaucoma to "myopia" did not usually distinguish between refractive myopia and axial myopia, an important determinant of the tonometric pressure reading in these two forms ([@b29-opth-1-105]; [@b13-opth-1-105]).
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is here given in 'units' instead of the wishful 'mm Hg' because the clinical tonometric measurements are not direct manometric ones but merely estimates which vary according to the instrument used and to the globe's physical structure. Precise language is of relevance when communicating clinical or other precise data ([@b3-opth-1-105]).
Intraocular pressure
====================
The newborn's globe is soft and small, growing larger as its IOP increases with the begining of aqueous humor production ([@b15-opth-1-105]). Some have therefore seen the IOP as the impetus to the globe's growth (similar to an inflating balloon) or to its excessive growth that leads to axial myopia ([@b1-opth-1-105]; [@b12-opth-1-105]). With increased volume the globe's coats also become thinner.
By definition, pressure (P) is directly proportional to its generating force (F) and inversely proportional to the surface area (A) to which it is applied perpendicularly: P = F/A. Goldmann chose for his tonometer a constant area of applanation where resistance of the average cornea to the applanating force was conteracted by the attractive force of the average tear film. Nevertheless, the force needed to applanate the flatter area of a large globe is smaller than the one needed for the steeper cornea of a small globe, where the volume displaced is also relatively larger ([Figure 1](#f1-opth-1-105){ref-type="fig"}), ([@b24-opth-1-105]).
Laplace's equation applies these circumstances specifically to elastic spheres, such as the growing globe: P = 2T/r, where T denotes the tangential (not perpendicular) shearing stress on the surface, and r stands for the radius, that is, the size of the sphere ([@b34-opth-1-105]; [@b2-opth-1-105]). It follows that for a given pressure P, its effect on stretching the sclera or retina is greater in a large globe \[2T = Pr\] than a small one, whereas at the same time the perpendicularly applied counter-pressure diminishes.
When Jonas [@b7-opth-1-105] began researching calibration of impression tonometers (Schiotz) he introduced an equation for 'scleral rigidity' where the tonometric reading was inversely proportional to ocular volume, the larger the globe the lower the reading on the tonometer for the same intraocular force ([@b36-opth-1-105]). The value of the coefficient itself was found to be considerably reduced in high axial myopia (acrophthalmia) ([@b5-opth-1-105]). Lower tonometric readings in high volume globes were then discovered also with the applanation method ([@b21-opth-1-105]). In 513 adult eyes we found a 0.29 unit ("mmHg") decrease in tonometric reading for every one millimeter increase in axial length, and the 30 longest eyes were over 1 unit softer than the 30 shortest ones ([@b25-opth-1-105]).
When pressure in a container of any shape is increased, it assumes the form of a sphere because a sphere contains the maximum volume under the minimum surface area. Therefore, as the IOP in en elongated ellipsoid globe is directed towards forming it into a sphere, it is more effective on the lateral walls than on the anterior-posterior axis ([Figure 2](#f2-opth-1-105){ref-type="fig"}); it thus stretches the retina in the fundus, as manifested by the myopic (acrophthalmic) cup and crescent ([@b4-opth-1-105]) and distorted brightness distribution ([@b37-opth-1-105]). For the same reason it is also easier to indent or applanate an ellipsoid shape, where there is room for expansion, than an already spherical one ([@b25-opth-1-105]). Acrophthalmic globes are in this manner exposed to triple jeopardy of damage due to increased IOP: 1.) According to Laplace the force of stretch on the surface is higher in larger globes. 2.) It is also higher in elongated globes. 3.) The tonometric reading is deceptively low. All this, not counting the as yet in vivo unmeasurable malleability or elasticity of the ocular coats. The fact that increased IOP was the cause of the glaucomatous visual-field defect was convincingly shown experimentally ([@b8-opth-1-105]).
On the other hand, smaller and shorter globes are at risk for angle-closure and acute glaucoma ([@b22-opth-1-105]). Our study confirmed that the globes of women were over one millimeter shorter than those of men, and women are well known to be affected by acute angle-closure more often than men.
Knowledge of AxL may thus clinically alert us to the potential for angle closure, suggesting provocative tests or peripheral iridotomy in short globes. Their higher tonometic record may partially explain "ocular hypertension". Large globes caution us to be vigilant to visual-field loss caused by deceptively low tonometric readings ("low/normal tension glaucoma"). Additional in vivo data of scleral thickness promises to further our knowledge on the effect of IOP and its measurement.
Ocular motility
===============
"Near-sighted eyes often have limited motility", said Helmholtz, who gave his own horizontal range of motion as 100° and vertically 90°. Having mentioned earlier that myopic eyes are longer, he must have meant acrophthalmic eyes rather than refractive "myopes" ([@b14-opth-1-105]). Southall called them "sluggish" ([@b33-opth-1-105]). This motility deficit is somewhat ameliorated by the enlarged visual-field due to the prismatic effect of corrective concave glasses (but not contact-lenses).
In order for a large globe to rotate a certain angle β ([Figure 3](#f3-opth-1-105){ref-type="fig"}, top) its surface at A is moved a certain *distance* AB (The small amounts under consideration here minimize the difference between arc and chord values). However, an equally large displacement on a smaller globe (CD = AB) results in a larger *angle* α of rotation (α \> β). Conversely, when both globes need rotate an equal angle (say β) the surface of the larger one moves a longer distance than the smaller (AB \> CE). The angle of rotation is proportional to the distance that the end-point A or C is moved and to the length of the radius OA or OC, where AB/OA = tangent β. That is, in order to rotate a globe a given angle, its surface must move the farther the longer its radius (AxL, size).
We deal here with basic kinematics rather than the more complex dynamics. There, Archimedes' principle of the lever would also apply, where for equal displacements a stronger force is required at the end of a shorter lever OC than a longer one OA. The effect of the rotational force depends therefore not only on the force of the muscle's contraction and its length but also on the length of the rotated arm -- the globe's size ([@b10-opth-1-105]).
A numeric example may illustrate the theoretical principle. In order to focus at a normal reading distance (d) of say 13" (330 mm), each eye separated by a normal papillary distance of 60 mm (2a) must rotate inward at an angle α of about 5° ([Figure 4](#f4-opth-1-105){ref-type="fig"}): a/d = 30/330 = 0.09; tan 0.09 = 5°. In order for small globes with a radius of say 11 mm (AxL about ∼22 mm) to converge this amount, their medial surfaces at C must move backwards almost 1 mm (CE, [Figure 3](#f3-opth-1-105){ref-type="fig"}) \[CE = 11 × tan 5° = 1\]. This surface of larger globes, with a radius of say 16 mm (AxL ∼ 32), must recede approximately 1.5 mm to achieve the same result \[AB = 16 × tan 5° = 1.5\], an increase of almost 50%. The opposite side of the globes (at S) must of course advance in the opposite (forward) direction.
When converging to a given near point, a pair of large globes must move farther than smaller ones, or, the stimulus for their convergence must be stronger (assuming equally strong muscles). With equal stimuli, the large eyes (often myopic) will show convergence insufficiency, a common clinical occurrence. For the same reason, small globes (often hyperopic) may exhibit excessive convergence at near, or esophoria. In cases of significant disparity in size of the same pair ("anisometropia") the smaller eye may overshoot its target, or the larger one will be deficient, solely by dint of their different sizes, no matter what their refractive or accommodative status. Recognizing at the same time that the accuracy of focusing at near depends on a number of other hard to measure and complex psychophysical factors of space perception, aside from simple mechanical and optical ones ([@b27-opth-1-105]).
The clinical applicability of these principles to surgery, which is more an art than science, has been well covered in the literature ([@b9-opth-1-105]; [@b20-opth-1-105]; [@b17-opth-1-105]). It is limited by the complex anatomical circumstances and functional variations ([@b28-opth-1-105]). Furthermore, in pediatric patients Axl measurements are difficult and the globe grows with age. Therefore "Experienced surgeons will establish their own 'tables' for the amount they will recess or resect a muscle for a certain measured deviation" ([@b35-opth-1-105]). Nevertheless, "We agree with Kushner et al that despite the approximation involved, the use of A scan is superior to other methods of estimating the amount of extraocular muscle surgery required" ([@b11-opth-1-105]). "A statistically highly significant negative correlation was found between the axial length and the response to strabismus surgery" ([@b16-opth-1-105]), that is, the larger the globe the smaller the response to the same surgery.
Suppose one wished to straighten an eye diagnosed with esotropia of 20 prism diopters (∼10°). If its AxL were about 22 mm, the medial rectus ought to be theoretically recessed 2 mm, and the lateral advanced (or shortened) 2 mm. If, however, AxL was 32 mm, the displacement of the insertions must measure almost 3 mm in order to achieve the same effect, for 2 mm of surgery will result in under correction.
In conclusion, I have tried to impress upon the reader the significant influence of globe size, measured by its axial length, on the effects and measurement of its intraocular pressure and on its motility. The geometrical and physical models serve as simplified skeletons upon which the complex biological components of anatomy, neurology, and biochemistry may then be fleshed. Future statistical data on the relation of AxL to eso and exo deviation, in addition to the customary refractive data, will be helpful. So may be in vivo data on scleral thickness. At present, the routine addition to our clinical armamentarium of measurable Axl data promises to enhance the quality of our diagnosis and management of glaucoma and of strabismus.
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Q:
How to make a folder accessible to users of a certain group on linux
I tried to make a the /opt/apps folder accessible to all users of the 'www' group. The main user of the group would be the 'jboss' user, so I runned:
sudo chown -R jboss:www /opt/apps
Both the 'jboss' and the 'ubuntu' user are in the 'www' group, but only the 'jboss' user can write in the /opt/apps folder.
How can I make the /opt/apps folder writable to all users in the 'www' group?
A:
Check the permissions of that folder as well as the group and owner.
ls -l
will show them.
If the group does not have write permissions then just
chmod g+w /opt/apps
and you might need to do that recursively with the -r flag to chmod
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Aleukemic leukemia cutis. An unusual presentation of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia is reported. He had presented erythroderma and atypical cellular infiltration of the skin 4 months prior to the detection of leukemia in the peripheral blood and bone marrow. Aleukemic leukemia cutis is a rare condition which is characterized by leukemic cells invading the skin prior to the observation of leukemic cells in the peripheral blood. The cases of aleukemic leukemia cutis reported in the literature show little or no conformity in their clinical appearance. Enzyme cytochemistry, immunocytological and electron-microscopic studies are of considerable help in differentiating the cutaneous infiltrates and in establishing early diagnosis. We report herein a patient with erythroderma which regressed spontaneously, whereas microscopic examination of a cutaneous biopsy showed atypical cells infiltrating the dermis. After a period of 3 months, during which the patient remained free of lesions, he showed recurrence of the erythroderma while developing acute myelomonocytic leukemia. We feel this unusual presentation of aleukemic leukemia cutis should be added to the evergrowing list of cutaneous manifestations of leukemia. |
New sedan gets new looks, new engines, and more tech
The Chinese-market Ford Escort has received a comprehensive update for 2018, likely in line with the all-new Focus also revealed overnight.
Upgrades include a revised exterior, which appears to draw inspiration from the new Focus range, a new 1.5-litre 'Ti-VCT' petrol engine, and additional luxury and technology features compared to the current model.
New HID headlights reside at the front end, incorporating C-shaped LED daytime-running lights and a chrome outer bezel. The five-bar chrome grille has also been revised for the upgraded model.
At the rear, there's new LED tail-lights (though we don't have any images of them, yet) with integrated reverse lights, while the rear fog-lights are separated into the rear fascia to give "a sense of symmetry and balance". |
One of the major preoccupations of the
Hopis is rain, upon which depends the corn
that is at the center of their life. If it rains, it
means the Hopis have performed their cere
monies properly and have lived a good life.
It takes little precipitation to make Hopi
corn grow-eight to twelve inches of snow
and rain a year-but that little bit is crucial.
I remember one dawn when we made our
way out on the desert floor just below the vil
lage of Shipolovi on Second Mesa. Leading
us were Darlene Quavehema, her older
brother, Phillip, and their father, Alonzo.
Alonzo lifted up a board from the dusty
ground, revealing a deep pit-a Hopi oven
for roasting corn. He filled the pit with sticks
and limbs of saltbush. Soon fire erupted
from the hole with a roar, tatters of flame
disappearing into the wind, and Alonzo told
us to go pick corn in a nearby field while he
tended the fire. "Usually an old man tends
the fire," Alonzo went on, adding that no old
man had been available that morning.
"You've got some gray hair," Phillip told his
father (who is in his 40s). "You'll do fine."
Shortly after noon we arrived back at the
smoking oven and dumped a truckload of
corn into the hole. Then we covered it for the
night. Next day at dawn Susanne and I met
the three of them at the oven.
Alonzo stood and held out sacred corn
meal in his hand. Praying in aloud voice that
reverberated through the thin air, he called
on the spirits of the place to enjoy the corn
roast with us. Then he lowered himself into
the pit. Soon buckets of corn emerged from
the hole. Before long Alonzo pulled himself
up out of the oven, drenched with sweat.
Phillip took his place. Then came my turn.
Though taller than most Hopis, I was way
over my head in that oven. Corn rested on
smoldering coals; heat penetrated through
the soles of my boots. I scooped ears into the
bucket and pushed it overhead-again and
again. Soon I came up for air.
"Pretty good, pretty good," hooted Phil
lip. It was a kind of competition: Who could
stay down there the longest? I lost.
We shucked some corn, eating amply.
Then, our truck loaded, we headed for the
Susanne and Jake Page are the authors of Hopi,
published this month by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
New York. Free-lance journalists, they live in
Waterford, Virginia.
village. There Alonzo's wife, Linda, de
lightedly called out "Askwali, askwali," the
word Hopi women use to say "thank you,"
and took charge of the corn. It had been Phil
lip's corn as it grew in his field, but once it
was placed in Linda's house it became her
property, as were the house and its furnish
ings in this strongly matrilineal society.
Sated with corn, I looked about. Four
ears, each a different color, hung in a bunch
on the living-room wall. "What are those
different colors about?" I asked Alonzo.
"The four directions," he explained. "Yel
low is north, blue is west, white is east, and
red is south. Those directions we came from
long ago when our clans gathered here."
The blue corn is used by a Hopi woman to
make traditional piki, a kind of corn bread.
She stirs ground blue corn, water, and a
pinch of ashes into a thin gruel. Then, in a
small stone house specially built for the pur
pose, she spreads the mixture on a smooth,
hot rock that rests above a fire. In an instant
the gruel turns into what looks like wet
parchment. She peels it off the rock, folds it,
and sets it aside to dry.
A Hopi woman may spend days in her
dark little piki house, making this important
blue corn bread-and developing a heavily
callused hand in the process. Before ceremo
nies and other important events such as
weddings, and even when a visitor drops by
a Hopi house, piki and other foods are given
out in astonishing bounty.
When Spirits Dwell Among Men
Having delivered the sweet corn to Linda,
Alonzo drove 18 miles to the Keams Canyon
boarding school, where he is a cook. After
work he would spend an hour or two tending
his cornfields and then proceed to his kiva,
an underground chamber where men pray
and make preparations for kachina dances
and other ceremonies. He would stay in the
kiva until after midnight, return home for a
catnap, and rise at dawn for the fields.
Summers are exhaustingly busy times.
Nowadays, many men like Alonzo have jobs
on the reservation and must still find time to
plant corn and keep vigil against weeds, ro
dents, and ravens. All the while, the villages
are in the midst of the cycle of ceremonies.
In the Hopi religion kachinas are benevo
lent spirits; from late July until December
Inside the Sacred Hopi Homeland
613 |
Wildflower students check out the bees at the school’s observation hive that was installed in 2017. Nelson city council has agreed to allow another hive built at Hume School. Photo: Tyler Harper
Hume School is getting its own bee hive.
Nelson city council passed a request Monday for an glass observation apiary to be installed on the third floor of Hume. Council approval was necessary because of a city bylaw that prevents apiaries from being built within city limits.
The hive, which is provided by the Bee Awareness Society, is the second council has agreed to allow in a Nelson school. Wildflower School was granted a honey bee hive for one year in 2017, and had an extension approved last year.
City staff said there have been no complaints about the Wildflower hive. |
Macs are connecting through SMB2 (early in 10.9 we had some issues with large files - over a few GB- failing to copy, which forcing CIFS worked around, haven't had to do that since 10.9.3) and getting 100 MB/s+ on transfers (with CIFS forced, it was 50 MB/s maximum)
We are not using dedup feature of Windows Server (I believe our storage level SAN - a 3Par is doing dedup).
And regarding the story "Mavericks ACL bug keeps Windows users locked out" from Monday August 18, 2014: Time Machine in Mavericks doesn't have a setting for locking files like Lion did. I can't remember if it was removed in 10.8 or in 10.9 now. I don't have a 10.8 machine available at the moment to double-check. |
After reaping a whirlwind of controversy over the past few days surrounding the screening of a film by anti-vaccination ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield, the Tribeca Film Festival says it will no longer be shown. Robert De Niro, Tribeca’s co-founder, released a statement Saturday afternoon announcing its cancellation.
The inclusion of Vaxxed proved immediately controversial for Tribeca; Wakefield claims there is a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, and that the CDC is engaged in a coverup, ignoring that the MMR vaccine increases autism rates, especially among African-American boys. (Vaccines, for the billionth time, do not cause autism and despite Wakefield’s claims, there’s no proof that the CDC is engaged in a vast coverup.)
Just yesterday, De Niro defended screening Vaxxed, saying it would promote “conversation.” A day later, per his statement, he has changed his mind:
“My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family. But after reviewing it over the past few days with the Tribeca Film Festival team and others from the scientific community, we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for. The Festival doesn’t seek to avoid or shy away from controversy. However, we have concerns with certain things in this film that we feel prevent us from presenting it in the Festival program. We have decided to remove it from our schedule.”
The link to Vaxxed on the Tribeca website, whose comments section devolved into an argument about vaccine efficacy, is now dead. Wakefield has yet to comment on the film being pulled; his last public post, on Facebook, urged his followers to thank Tribeca for screening the film.
De Niro at Tribeca 2015. Photo via Getty Images
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: classifications, oral manifestations, and dental considerations.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is the name given for 6 types of connective tissue disorders. While the prevalence of this disease is small, it is seen on every continent and affects both sexes and all races. The various types of EDS are reviewed with reference given to both the older Berlin nosology and the newer Villefranche nosology. Phenotypes of EDS vary depending upon which type of collagen is altered, leading the practitioner to the diagnosis before biochemical confirmation is obtained. In this regard, because collagen is present throughout the head and neck, oral and maxillofacial manifestations of the disease are discussed and are readily noticeable to the astute dentist. Specialists in several fields of dentistry are made aware of the complications EDS can pose on treatment, healing, and follow-up care. |
w = 8 + -3. Suppose 3*d + 928 = 2*u, w*d = -5*u + 968 + 1352. What is the tens digit of u?
6
Suppose -165720 + 274794 + 1900815 = 63*a. What is the units digit of a?
3
Suppose -17 = -0*z - 3*z - 2*w, 5 = 2*z - 5*w. Suppose -i - a + 608 = -0*i, -z*a - 3060 = -5*i. What is the hundreds digit of i?
6
Let f(z) = 3*z + 4. Let s be f(-1). What is the hundreds digit of ((-1)/s)/(1/(-237))?
2
Let v be (17 - 37)*1/(-5). Suppose -4*g + 1397 = 4*w - 431, 0 = 3*g + v*w - 1369. What is the units digit of g?
9
Suppose -3*p + m + 9032 = 0, 3014 = 587*p - 586*p - m. What is the tens digit of p?
0
Let q(y) = y**2 + 15*y + 11. Suppose 0 = x - 5, -2*x + 6*x = -2*p + 176. Suppose 2*g - 32 = -p. What is the units digit of q(g)?
5
Let x(z) = z**2 + 3*z. Let m(k) = 35*k**2 + 4*k - 2. Let o(h) = m(h) - x(h). What is the units digit of o(2)?
6
Suppose -9*g - 60 = -24*g. Suppose 0 = j - 3 - g. Suppose 33 + j = 4*z. What is the tens digit of z?
1
Let q(u) = -40*u**3 - 2*u**2 - 2*u + 1. Let s be q(-2). Suppose 2*l = s - 79. Let k = 32 + l. What is the hundreds digit of k?
1
Suppose 8*j + j = 54. Let r(i) = 25*i**2 + 10*i - 73. What is the hundreds digit of r(j)?
8
Let h be 2342/(-10) - (-5)/25. Let a be (22/(-12))/(-1) + (-39)/h. Suppose -a*s + 4*s = 88. What is the units digit of s?
4
Let d(n) be the first derivative of -n**4/4 + 13*n**3/3 - 12*n + 25. What is the units digit of d(9)?
2
Suppose 0 = -d - 4*m + 1914, -9642 = -5*d + 3*m + m. Suppose 24*l + d = 14166. What is the units digit of l?
0
Suppose -75 + 69 = -z, 0 = j + 2*z - 5091. What is the hundreds digit of j?
0
Let m be 2/5*(-4 + 6 + 3). Let w be m + (-2 - 4) - -39. Let u = w - 17. What is the tens digit of u?
1
Let m(f) = -1305*f - 5707. What is the hundreds digit of m(-11)?
6
Let u be -6 + (-4 - 86)/(-3). Let i(p) = p**2 - 17*p + 20. What is the hundreds digit of i(u)?
1
Let d(f) be the second derivative of 7*f**4/6 - 8*f**3/3 - 7*f**2/2 - 10*f + 7. What is the tens digit of d(5)?
6
Let p(v) = -28328*v + 1947. What is the units digit of p(-2)?
3
Let v = -14992 + 32511. What is the units digit of v?
9
Let x(h) = 3463*h + 4285. What is the hundreds digit of x(2)?
2
Let i(x) = 4*x + 25. Let h be i(-6). Let p be -5*-33*h/5. What is the tens digit of 2156/p + (-1)/3?
6
Let k(m) = 29*m**2 - 26*m - 401. What is the tens digit of k(-10)?
5
Let n(h) = 5*h - 9. Let k(w) = -1. Let j(s) = k(s) + n(s). Let q be j(9). What is the units digit of (-1233)/(-15) + (-7)/q?
2
Suppose -3*y + 1045 + 320 = 0. Suppose 4*p = 3*d - 0*p - 269, -5*d + 5*p + y = 0. What is the units digit of d?
5
Let u be (-2880)/10*(-33)/6. Suppose -10*z = 8*z - u. What is the units digit of z?
8
Let s(i) = i**3 + i**2 - 15*i - 35. Let k = -158 - -166. What is the hundreds digit of s(k)?
4
Suppose c = 2*q + 9822, -4*q - 5979 = -3*c + 23487. What is the tens digit of c?
2
Suppose c - 2*x = 19, 0 = 2*c + 3*c + 5*x - 20. Suppose 3*z = m - 44, -2*m + 107 = 4*z + c. What is the units digit of m?
7
Let a(n) = 412*n**2 - 5*n + 23. What is the thousands digit of a(-6)?
4
Suppose -i = 2*i - 90. Suppose -2*d - 2*d = -21*d. Suppose d = -5*j + 2*j + i. What is the units digit of j?
0
Let f = 9254 + 11840. What is the hundreds digit of f?
0
Let d(o) = -7*o**2 + 15*o - 11. Let b(m) = -13*m**2 + 30*m - 23. Let j = -39 - -28. Let y(x) = j*d(x) + 6*b(x). What is the tens digit of y(12)?
1
Suppose -4*j + 31 = 11, j - 3 = -2*v. What is the units digit of (v - 1 - -6)*(-837)/(-12)?
9
Let f(c) = -c**3 + 46*c**2 + 8*c + 71. What is the thousands digit of f(40)?
9
Let n = -310 + 907. Suppose -10*q = -4*q - 18. Suppose p + 248 = t + 53, -q*t - p + n = 0. What is the tens digit of t?
9
Suppose 22*t + 4*u - 37108 = 17*t, -5*u = -t + 7410. What is the hundreds digit of t?
4
What is the tens digit of ((2*14)/(-2))/(8*(-10)/50200)?
8
Let i(g) = 42*g**3 - g**2 - g + 1. Let n be i(1). Suppose -39*y = -n*y. Suppose y = 4*v + 125 - 981. What is the tens digit of v?
1
Suppose 9*b = 7*b + 636. Suppose 2*c + n = 3*n - 358, -5*c - 891 = -4*n. Let p = b + c. What is the units digit of p?
3
Let k = 734 - 726. Suppose 11*d + 5*a = k*d + 1580, -5*a - 1070 = -2*d. What is the units digit of d?
0
Let t(j) = 32*j - 142. Let z be t(9). Let r(v) = -15*v - 4. Let m be r(6). Let a = m + z. What is the units digit of a?
2
What is the units digit of 77/(-14)*(-17970 + 32)?
9
Let g = -72136 + 109799. What is the units digit of g?
3
Let j(w) = 5*w - 13. Let c be j(4). Suppose 0*t = -c*t + 294. What is the tens digit of ((-63)/t)/(3/(-64))?
3
Let g be 4/(2/1) - 2. Suppose g = o - 3*o. Suppose 2*c - 28 = -p + 28, 5*c - 5*p - 140 = o. What is the units digit of c?
8
Let l(p) = p**2 + 36*p - 88. Let y be l(-39). What is the hundreds digit of 0 - -385 - (-25 + y)?
3
Let v(i) = -65*i - 32. Let s(a) = -456*a - 225. Let z(y) = 4*s(y) - 27*v(y). Let d be z(-5). Let m = d - 178. What is the units digit of m?
1
Suppose 1076128 = 77*r - 362078. What is the thousands digit of r?
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Suppose 173069 + 246117 = 34*w. What is the units digit of w?
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Suppose 6 - 15 = o. Let g be -1*(-3)/o*(1 - -110). What is the hundreds digit of 12*(3/(-12) + 0)*g?
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Let b(x) = 2*x**3 + 77*x**2 - 35*x - 101. What is the thousands digit of b(-37)?
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Suppose 0 = -83*h + 85*h + 6170. Let y = -1598 - h. What is the thousands digit of y?
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Let t = 925 - 1380. Let n = t - -1442. What is the units digit of n?
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Let z(s) be the first derivative of -s**4 - 11*s**3/3 + 3*s**2/2 + 9*s + 54. What is the tens digit of z(-6)?
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Suppose -5*k + 173 - 133 = 0. What is the units digit of (-2)/(7/((-5292)/k))?
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Suppose 754*x - 11659475 = 5398267. What is the ten thousands digit of x?
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Let w be (9 + 3/(-1))*(-112)/(-42). Suppose -w*o = -41*o + 7950. What is the units digit of o?
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Let r = -416 - -434. Suppose r*v - 2*v - 6816 = 0. What is the tens digit of v?
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Let p = 3337 - 4754. Let s = -916 - p. What is the hundreds digit of s?
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Let y(f) = 101*f + 4. Let l be y(4). What is the hundreds digit of ((-86)/3)/(2 - 832/l)?
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Suppose 5002 = -5*z + 2*d, -2*d + 4*d + 2012 = -2*z. What is the units digit of (-1)/(((-6)/z)/(-1))?
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Let d = -27 - -27. Suppose 0 = -d*u + 5*u. Suppose u*z + z = 58. What is the tens digit of z?
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Let f(t) = -24*t + 2. Suppose 2*y - 1 = 5. Suppose 4*a = -5*r - 34 + 11, -16 = r - y*a. What is the hundreds digit of f(r)?
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Let q(a) = -3*a**2 - a + 28. Let u be q(0). Let y = u + 559. What is the units digit of y?
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Let v(j) = 5*j + 20. Let n(p) = p**3 - 17*p**2 - p + 13. Let i be n(17). Let t be v(i). Suppose -5*r + t*r = -140. What is the tens digit of r?
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Suppose 53 = -a + 57. Suppose -a*r + 99 = -1173. What is the tens digit of r?
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Let v(x) = -x**3 + 8*x**2 - 10*x. Let h be v(5). Let d be h/15*(-177)/(-1). Suppose -5*o = -d - 15. What is the units digit of o?
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Let y(a) = a**2 - 3*a - 4 + 11*a - 2*a**2 - 4*a + 9*a. Let c be 2/(-4) - 42/(-4). What is the tens digit of y(c)?
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Let x(k) = -2*k**3 + 10*k**2 + 5*k - 25. Let v be x(5). Suppose u - 573 - 634 = v. What is the tens digit of u?
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Suppose 19 + 16 = y - 2*j, -5*j - 23 = -y. Let q = y - 44. What is the units digit of q - (-4 - (137 + -4))?
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Let w be 0 - (-1)/(-2)*(-19 + 19). Suppose 7*h - 522 - 297 = w. What is the tens digit of h?
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Let y(c) = -c**3 - 4*c**2 + 2. Let w(p) = -p**3 - 3*p**2 + 2. Let v(a) = -3*w(a) + 4*y(a). Let b = 41 - 48. What is the units digit of v(b)?
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Let b(a) = 8*a**2 - a + 26. Let z(i) = -4*i**2 - 13. Let j(v) = 4*b(v) + 7*z(v). Let x be j(4). Let w = 24 + x. What is the units digit of w?
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What is the hundreds digit of 6495*(-13)/(975/(-30))?
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Suppose 5*q = g + 3*g - 1438, -2*g - 6 = 0. Let t = -275 - q. What is the units digit of t?
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Suppose 11*b - 175430 - 101234 + 51868 = 0. What is the units digit of b?
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Let x = 379 + -377. Suppose 4*k - x*k = 8, -6*j + 3968 = -4*k. What is the hundreds digit of j?
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Let d = 17691 - 3503. What is the units digit of d?
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Suppose -8*x = -5847 - 18153. What is the hundreds digit of x?
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Suppose -16*o - 2*z = -21*o + 5110, 1030 = o - 2*z. What is the hundreds digit of (-945)/10*o/(-119)?
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Let b = 2588 + -1212. Let d be (-7)/(105/(-48))*(-35 + 0). What is the units digit of (-4)/14 - b/d?
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Let o be (-32)/(-208) - 100/(-26). What is the units digit of 6929/13 - 5/(5/o)?
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Suppose -m + 907 = 2*g, -m = g + m - |
MARION — A Marion woman who admitted to slamming a toddler on the floor, causing him a serious brain injury, has been sentenced to the maximum of three years in prison.
Felicia R. Brown, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering children, a third-degree felony, in February after a toddler she was taking care of last year suffered a brain bleed.
Brown was initially charged with one count of felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in Marion County Common Pleas Court. That charge, which would have carried a maximum penalty of eight years in prison, was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
At Brown's sentencing Friday, Marion County Common Pleas Judge Jason Warner read aloud part of a statement written by Brown in which she detailed how the toddler was injured.
In the statement as read by Warner, Brown admitted to "slamming" the 21-month-old onto the floor out of frustration in September.
The toddler was the child of the man Brown was dating at the time, Marion County Assistant Prosecutor Demetrius Daniels-Hill has said.
In the statement, Brown recalled walking up the stairs of a Marion house behind the toddler, who she said kept stopping and tripping her.
"When we got to the top step, he stopped again, and I shoved him to keep him moving, and he fell forward and smacked his head on the step," Warner quoted from Brown's statement.
She wrote that when they got to his bedroom, she "went to change him and slammed him on the floor."
"I was aggravated with everything that was going on, ... and I let my anger and frustration get the best of me," Brown said in the statement, saying she deeply regretted how she reacted.
The toddler was taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus with a subdural hematoma, or bleeding around the brain, and with bruising to the jaw, pelvis, upper arm and fractures to both sides of the collarbone, according to court records and prosecutors.
The head injury required "emergent neurosurgery" and raised red flags among a hospital team specializing in child abuse, according to an affidavit filed in court and signed by Marion Police Lt. Ed Brown.
The child's grandmother told the court Friday that the boy was scheduled to undergo another surgery this month and that he will require further surgery when he is 8 years old.
She asked the court for justice.
Todd Anderson, the attorney representing Brown, asked the court for a mid-range sentence and pointed to Brown's lack of criminal history, to her family support and to her upbringing of a 7-year-old daughter without any prior child protective services involvement.
"This is definitely out of character for Felicia," he said. "These cases are hard to explain. ... I don't know how these things happen but they happen too frequently, which tells you it's a crime where certain people snap, and I think this is that case where she lost her temper."
He also pointed to the pre-sentence investigation's findings that Brown was unlikely to reoffend.
Brown briefly spoke to say she took full responsibility and that she was "very, very sorry" for her actions.
Before delivering her sentence, Warner acknowledged that Brown was unlikely to commit the crime again and noted that she did not have a prior criminal record and has expressed genuine remorse.
But he found that the seriousness of Brown's crime took precedence.
"The age of the child absolutely is a factor that makes your conduct in this case more serious than conduct in other endangering children cases," Warner said, adding that the 21-month-old couldn't have defended himself.
Warner said he had reviewed photos of the boy's injuries and called them "shocking."
"The photos very apparently document both recent and what appear to be old injuries to the child that seem to indicate certainly abuse of the child," he said.
Brown was taken into custody Friday. She will receive three days of credit for jail time already served.
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Mushroom Men The Spore Wars review
Videogames > Reviews > Mushroom Men The Spore Wars reviewRated 6 out of 10 By Gamesweasel on March 31, 2009
Gamecock and SouthPeak Interactive aren’t the big guns when it comes to software publishers but with Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, they’ve let Redfly Studio create the action platformer, the same guys who are making the Wii version of the new Ghostbusters video game. In this pleasant little platformer you play as Pax, a sentient mushroom who is the last one left of his tribe. When a meteor crash-landed on Earth, spores turned into mushroom men and these split into groups and decided to fight. Your tribe got wiped out and now you must explore and fight your way across the land to find your place amongst the other funghi.
The first thing you’ll notice is how well it’s presented. The intro has a B-movie feel to it and although they don’t speak, the characters all have distinct personalities. The locations are also ingenious, using everyday objects you’d see around the house and the garden, scaled up to be used as platforms, bridges and obstacles.
Gameplay is a bit more formulaic however. You use the analogue stick on the Nunchuck to walk and the Wiimote to hit things. You can also scavenge for items that you can combine to make better weapons, be it melee weapons or ranged items. Unfortunately, each successive weapon you make is more powerful than the last so there’s no incentive to chop and change. Some selective weapon changes for certain enemies would have been a nice touch. You can also use your little mushroom mind to move objects that are in your way, and collect spores round the environment to give you more power.
When it comes to difficulty, Red Fly have gone for a re-spawning system similar to Bioshock. If you die you’ll be sent back a bit in a level but everything will still be how it was when you died – luckily, they’ve provided incentives for beating a boss without dying which should stop gamers just ploughing into them until they’re defeated no matter how many times they die.
Mushroom Men is a fun distraction but it’s let down by really standard platforming gameplay. It’s sure to appeal to younger gamers but unfortunately, won’t have the same appeal for adults. Mushroom Men gets 6 out of 10. |
Chris Cline was the owner of a mining company in West Virginia, US.
Highlights Chris Cline was the owner of a mining company in West Virginia in US
The chopper was travelling from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale in Florida
It crashed near an outcrop in the country's north shortly after takeoff
Seven people have been reported dead in a helicopter crash off the Bahamas, including US billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline.
The chopper went down near a small outcrop in the country's north early on Thursday morning, the Nassau Guardian newspaper reported the minister of tourism and aviation as saying.
"We've located the craft. It seems as if the seven passengers are still onboard so therefore submerged, but we can't confirm anything yet," said Dionisio D'Aguilar.
"I guess it crashed shortly after take off", he said, adding authorities are trying to get "to the helicopter and retrieve any souls... and start the investigation."
The pilot did not ask permission before leaving, D'Aguilar said.
West Virginia newspaper The Register-Herald reported friends of Chris Cline said the helicopter was travelling from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale in Florida when it crashed.
"Today we lost a WV superstar and I lost a very close friend," the governor of West Virginia, Jim Justice, wrote on Twitter, confirming Chris Cline's death.
The businessman "built an empire and on every occasion was always there to give. What a wonderful, loving, and giving man," Justice said. |
Q:
Prevent member of administrator group loging in via Remote Desktop
In order to support some build processes on our Server 2003 development servers, we require a common user account that has administrative privs.
Unfortuantly, this also means that anyone that knows the password can also gain admin privs on a server. Assume that trying to keep the password secret is a failed exercise. Developers that need admin privs already have admin privs so should be able to log in as themselves.
So the question is a simple one: is there anything I can configure to prevent people (ab)using the account to gain administrator on servers they shouldn't have administrator on? I'm aware that devs could disable anything that is put in place, but that's then down to process and auditing to track and manage.
I don't mind where or how: it can be via the local security policy, group policy, a batch file executed in the user's profile, or something else.
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Found the "proper" way to do it -- through group policy, I've added the user to the setting: Windows Settings\Security Settings\User Rights Assignment\Deny login through Terminal Services
This seems to work, so the Deny list takes precendence over the allowed list, which is what I want. I'm sure I've gone through this list a few times and failed to spot this setting before though...
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International volunteering
International volunteering is when volunteers contribute their time to work for organisations or causes outside their respective home countries. In most such cases, volunteers work in developing countries on international development programmes with local volunteer organisations that conduct activities such as health promotion, education and environmental conservation.
Trends show that international volunteering has become increasingly popular across many countries over the past few decades. International volunteering is a broad term which is used to capture multi-year, skilled placements as well as short term roles, recently termed voluntourism, and a range of activities in between conducted by governments, charities and travel agents.
History
On a large scale, workcamp movements and early missionary service were the first expressions of international service. Formal overseas volunteering can be traced back over one hundred years to when the British Red Cross set up the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) scheme in 1909. The VAD volunteers, as well as volunteers from many other national Red Cross organisations, worked in battlefields across Europe and the Middle East during World War I to treat soldiers and civilians regardless of the side they fought for. One of the most prominent organisations, Service Civil International, was established in 1934 to reconstruct areas devastated by disaster and war.
Up to the mid-20th century overseas volunteering projects were mainly undertaken by people with direct connections to a particular cause and were considered more as short term in nature. The more formal inception of international volunteering organisations can be linked to organisations such as Australian Volunteers International (formerly the Volunteer Graduate Scheme) which formed in 1951, International Voluntary Services in 1953 in the United States, and Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in 1958 the United Kingdom. These services and that of the U.S. Peace Corps, established in 1961 during the Kennedy administration, paved the way for broader recognition of overseas volunteering in later years. During the 1960s and 1970s a movement of volunteerism and study abroad programs became popular among university students and graduates and the United Nations launched the UN Volunteers programme for young professionals to take part in a long-term (two year plus) overseas programme.
In recent years the accessibility of international volunteering has increased significantly with many smaller charities connecting volunteers with non-governmental organisations in developing countries. About half of all international volunteering from the US, for example, takes place through faith-based organizations. For-profit travel companies have also increasingly been offering paid-for volunteering opportunities, this growth coincided with the increasing number of young people taking gap years and has been termed volunteer tourism and voluntourism to denote shorter-term voluntary work that is not necessarily the sole purpose of the trip. However, many opportunities medium- and long-term opportunities for skilled international volunteers remain, for example, the publicised role of volunteers in addressing the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. According to US Current Population Survey, the most common activities volunteers engage in abroad include tutoring or teaching, mentoring youth, engaging in general labor, and providing counseling, medical care, or protective services.
Volunteer demographics
Global statistics on international volunteers are unavailable. However, about one million people from the US volunteer abroad each year--almost half for less than two weeks. Shorter-term voluntourism is therefore appealing to many, as it is targeted at travellers who want to make a positive change in the world, while still providing a touristic experience. Volunteering appeals to a broad cross-section of society, but the majority of volunteers are in their twenties and thirties, potentially due to perceptions of volunteering abroad being a more risky activity. The average age of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteers, however, is 38, showing a broad range of participation across age groups. Recently there has been an increase in baby boomer volunteers. One possible explanation for the increase is that these people are transitioning into a new stage of life and their focus may shift toward finding activities that give their life new meaning. As with domestic volunteering, international volunteering is more common among those with a higher education and from higher income households.
Critiques and challenges
Certain critiques and challenges are associated with international volunteering.
Outcomes
Measuring the outcomes of international volunteering is an ongoing challenge. Sometimes the costs invested in these partnerships are high. The intangible nature of impact and outcomes is hard to measure and research has been proposed in this area. Similarly, how to measure the success of a volunteer and the supporting organisation's performance is complicated. To allow volunteers to integrate properly into the community, it is essential that volunteers have some useful skills and are reasonably well-informed and trained before the placement. Shannon O'Donnell, a vocal critic of poorly designed international programs, contends that many volunteer organizations compromise the dignity of local populations—these programs often foster a cyclical dependency international volunteers within the communities the programs are designed to serve. Others have critiqued the mixing of models of volunteering designed for international understanding and those designed for social or economic development. Still others are concerned about it postcolonial and historical character, and the impacts this has on the identity of members of hosting communities.
High costs
Related to the impact of international volunteering, the cost of having an international volunteer has been cited as another area of concern, especially costs for air tickets, allowances (such as for housing and food), insurance, training and logistics. Local staff do not require long-distance travel costs, although they do require payment, and the local organisations could put these funds into other activities; however, many volunteers pay these expenses personally. Some institutions provide scholarships for international volunteering.
Still, volunteers are often cheaper than other forms of long-term technical assistance because they live and work under local conditions. Expatriates who work in the same capacity can be paid multiple times more than any allowances volunteers receive (if any). The cost-benefit of international volunteers is hard to quantify, though studies have highlighted improvements in well-being and inter-cultural understanding in communities and schools as a result of international exchanges and volunteers.
Undermining local organizations
One consideration is that volunteers may dominate the local workplace, replace local employment, and undermine management and work culture especially in small organisations and schools. This is due to volunteers often being considered more highly educated than local staff, even if they do not often have much direct experience.
Coming from a different culture can also lead to volunteers imposing their values on organisations. For example, different cultures have different ideas on whether it is more important to finish a project by a deadline, or to be active in the social life of the community, and a person who values punctuality may be annoyed that work stops for a funeral, while the person who values the community may be annoyed at the heartless-seeming person who wants to skip the funeral. Similarly, different cultures have different values about some business matters, with differing ideas about where the line is drawn between impermissible levels of nepotism and building valuable relationships and endorsements. Volunteers are often trained to respect the local working culture and ethics.
Since they report directly to local organisations, they can (and sometimes do) have their contracts terminated if they break any local regulations, which helps to reduce concerns of domination.
Low skills and experience
Young and unexperienced international volunteers sometimes do not have the correct skillset to achieve the project goal. While this may be fine for volunteer workcamps and volunteer trips designed around enhancing international and intercultural understanding, it is a significant problem for international development volunteering (IDV). On the other hand, many of the most prominent international volunteer cooperation organizations (IVCOs) – especially those funded by governments – have minimal educational and skill requirements.
Poor understandings of local context
International volunteers from outside the host community can lack an understanding of the local context. While there is often a vetting or selection process for volunteers before they are recruited to serve in developing countries, this process has at times been found wanting. Large international volunteer cooperation organizations (IVCOs) provide their volunteers with significant training before and often their placement, which can help address this deficit. On the other hand, countless smaller and for-profit IVCOs offering unskilled volunteer placements to any participant willing to pay the placement fee rarely provide the type of training and preparation that volunteers need to be successful and helpful in hosting communities. In these circumstances, there is conflict about whether the fees volunteers pay justify the time spent supervising and revising their work, and if a sufficient portion of the fees make it back to the local communities hosting volunteers who are typically responsible for their supervision and training.
Neo-colonialism
There have been allegations from some quarters of neo-colonial advances disguised as an effort to tackle poverty, as some volunteer organisations are connected to national governments, e.g. the Peace Corps, which was set up by the American government. Despite this challenge, most volunteer organisations are non-governmental (NGOs) and are not influenced by government policies. The present structures of international volunteering are also often aimed at impacts on a local, community scale which is sharply in contrast with the macro-political government strategies of the colonial era.
However, many academic journals elaborate that volunteers often have little knowledge or expertise in the work they do when volunteering abroad. This has raised concerns of its value. Frances Brown and Derek Hall write that this creates a neo-colonial narrative; they say the volunteer perspective is framed around the idea that Westerners with minimal experience can effect change in the Global South, just by nature of being from the West. This perpetuates the narrative of Western domination in a post-colonial world, and the need to "save" and "help" the Global South.
Motivations of volunteers
People volunteer for many reasons, but seldom does anyone volunteer strictly for monetary reasons, as very few organisations offer a stipend for volunteering. More compelling motives include experiencing another culture, meeting new people, and advancing one's career prospects. Such motivations are common among younger volunteers who are looking for experience or direction in their careers. People generally volunteer in order to increase their international awareness, to contextualize poverty and its effects, as an education opportunity, and to help people while having a morally rewarding experience. Many believe that the trip will change the way they think when they return home. However, others are just looking to give to others and do not believe that their experience will cause them to think twice about their lives back home. Many participants use these trips to boost their resumes, travel with friends, gain world experience, and see new countries.
A common motivation is to "make a difference" and to "achieve something positive for others" who are less fortunate than the volunteer. Many volunteers tend to concur that there are disadvantaged people in their home countries, but the scale of disadvantage outside their home countries is felt to be greater. Volunteering at home may elicit images of helping the less fortunate, or campaigning with a local pressure group. Volunteering abroad has tended to be associated with international development and bridging the divide between the rich and poor worlds. Volunteering abroad often seems a more worthy contribution in this context to the volunteers than work in their own country. This perspective is particularly true of volunteers who are older and looking for something more value-based as they near the end of their professional careers or after their children have left home.
Voluntourism (aka volunteer tourism)
Definition
Volunteer tourism, also known as "voluntourism", is a specific kind of international volunteering. It is a relatively new concept, combining the nonprofit sector and the tourism sector. Essentially, it is a form of international traveling to resource poor settings, with a primary purpose of volunteering and serving the host community. Voluntourism activities are generally temporary attempts to address education, health, environmental and economic issues. Ideally, voluntourism activities are conducted by non-profit organizations for the purpose of societal good, and poses a chance for volunteers to help and benefit others in an unconventional setting with their skills. Those activities are characterized by the age of the participants, and by the length of time they volunteer abroad. Participants are often young adults (ages 15–30), the length of the trip is often categorized as short term (under three months), and the volunteering is regularly packaged with adventure and travel activities. Voluntourism has undergone intense scrutiny over the course of the 2000s, and an increasing number of academic papers question volunteer tourists' motivations and experiences.
Growth of voluntourism
As a variation of international volunteering, voluntourism's development can be traced back to over a century ago. According to National Public Radio, it is one of the most rapid growing trends in modern travel, with more than 1.6 million volunteer-tourists spending around two billion dollars each year.
Criticisms
Voluntourism programs are more often conducted by profit-making companies rather than charities. Although the intention for volunteers to travel is to empower the local communities, the ultimate motivation of the volunteers is more self-serving. According to a study done by Rebecca Tiessen, the motivations identified by the participants generally fit under the category of personal growth (e.g. skill development, cross-cultural understanding, career choice, etc.), while motivations related to having a positive social impact or desire for social justice in the host communities was not found among the participants, reflecting a one-directional flow of benefits from the host communities to the volunteers. With this trend, communities, journalists, and those who have actually done volunteer activities start to question to which extent voluntourism activities can actually help with the local condition, or will they actually bring harm to the already underprivileged places.
Volunteer-sending organizations, such as Free The Children's Me to We trips, the British company Projects-abroad, and AIESEC, have been critiqued as furthering the aforementioned neo-colonial narrative to youth. The increased prevalence of promotional material regarding trips to "help" the Global South has "increased media exposure in the Global North to poverty in the Global South." Critics argue that the way in which these organizations advertise their trips stigmatizes and frames the developing world as helpless. This plays into Maria Eriksson Baaz's theories in the book Paternalism of Partnership: a Postcolonial Reading of Identity in Development Aid, in which she discusses discourse that frames the volunteer as a developed, paternalistic individual and the donor as underdeveloped. The framing and "othering" of cultures outside the West and Global North can also be found in Edward Said's text, Orientalism. His theory is rooted in the same idea, in which he describes West's patronizing portrayals of the East.
Other criticisms of the voluntourism industry are that not only are short-term volunteers often untrained in the projects they participate in (building schools, health centres, wells), but that projects can fuel conflict among communities, offer bandaid solutions, replace work locals could be doing, and reinforce neoliberal policies. Interactions with children are highly popular amongst voluntourism programs. As a consequence, children in these communities may become dependent and commodified when volunteers are constantly arriving and departing every couple weeks. Orphanage volunteering is also an emerging program, which can fuel human trafficking or child abuse in the host communities, and harm the children's development - according to UNICEF, in Nepal, 85% of all children living in orphanages has at least one living parent. The rhetoric of such volunteer-sending organizations has also been argued to inform a "consumer-capitalist" culture that plays to the wants and needs of the privileged North, at the disadvantage of the Global South.
See also
Institution for Field Research Expeditions
InterVol
Kibbutz volunteers
Peace Corps
Service learning
Virtual volunteering
Voluntary Service Overseas
References
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Here's a cool piece featuring snippets from an interview with Aamir's cousin Nuzhat (Imran's mom). An excerpt: As a brother, Nuzhat says, "Aamir never tries imposing his views on you. He accepts whatever decisions I have taken in life." Nuzhat though has one wish for her brother. "He is terribly vulnerable with people he is close to. I hope he remains like that," she ends.
Added July 18, 2009:
Aamir joined Hillary Clinton at a Teach India event at St. Xaviers College in Mumbai. This Times Of India article (also the picture source) has more. The Teach India initiative asks volunteers to donate two hours a week to teaching poor children. Aamir is a Teach India ambassador, hence his presence. Visit this page at the Bollywood Food Club for much more, including links to pictures and NDTV video from the event! Thank you Sita-ji!
Added July 17, 2009:
This Aamir and Katrina Kaif picture, published recently in Filmfare magazine (thank you Filmi Girl for the scan), has been discussed a lot for the last week and a half. They're posing as Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rahman did for this poster of Pyaasa (1957).
Here's what Aamir had to say (at his blog) about it:
"The photo of Katrina and me is for a coffee table book on romance in Indian Cinema. Its got nothing to do with a film on Guru Dutt."
a. I want that table book! andb. It would have been nice if it were for a movie! I'd vote for Kajol to play Waheeda, but Katrina and Aamir are looking great here too. Aamir's been asked about a Guru Dutt biopic in the past, and while he hasn't said no, he has always maintained that he has yet to read a final script on any such project. This could get interesting.
Added June 14, 2009:Celebrating Lagaan Week this week, marking the eighth anniversary of the film. More here.
Added May 25, 2009:
Here's the trailer for Raakh (1989), releasing on DVD (and select screens) in a little over two weeks:
Added May 19, 2009:Raakh (1989) is finally releasing on DVD! It's the only Aamir movie I haven't seen. More here. This is really exciting!
Added May 5, 2009:Aamir was in Berlin a couple of days ago, and I'd like to say a big thank you to lizii24 for sharing these videos from the TZP screening there! Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3 | Video 4
Added May 2, 2009:And following the previous update, here are a couple of interviews with Aamir at or around the polling station in Bandra, Mumbai. Video 1 | Video 2.
Added April 30, 2009:Here is a news story which discusses Aamir casting his vote in the ongoing national elections in India, although he doesn't endorse a candidate as it says he does. How difficult is fact-based journalism, ye Indian media? This interview to Live India in which he discusses his ideal candidate speaks to his philosophy on leadership. The lesson: Stay away from those who 1) try to buy votes; and 2) segment communities based on religion and caste. He's compared the leadership style to the Divide and Rule mantra of the British Raj, which immediately brings to mind a few of his films. :)Added April 27, 2009:My friend Katherine has a wonderful guest post on Rang De Basanti (2006) at this link. Added April 22, 2009:Here are Aamir's new Coca-Cola commercials: One and Two. Here's a related news story, which also involves Lyricist Prasoon Joshi. Also see the making of the Tata-Sky commercial shared in the April 10 update.
Here's video of Aamir and Shah Rukh at the press conference on the revenue sharing dispute between producers and distributors, including keynotes by both actors. The intro to the event in the first one by the news anchor is hilarious, but there's nothing hilarious about why they were there. Check them out. And please say a big thank you to SkorpionChik06: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4.Added April 6, 2009:
Watch all the commercials mentioned in the April 1 update at this YouTube link.Added April 1, 2009:
Reuters India has an interesting piece at this link, involving Aamir and his production house involved in filming three commercials encouraging individuals to vote in the upcoming elections. "We are not endorsing any political party, we are only asking voters to make an informed choice," he said. Here's the CNN-IBN related story.
The story also mentions Imran Khan, who was also in the news recently for saying he's a big SRK fan! Way to go, dude. Let's hope you say it enough times for the people to *finally* get the point.Added March 29, 2009:
Actor & Filmmaker Aamir Khan joins Earth Hour 2009, as the face of the campaign in India "Climate Change is undoubtedly and regrettably, the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to come to sound policy outcomes on climate change will not only have a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for all of us. Stand up and join us in the fight against climate change. Support Earth Hour."
Added March 21, 2009:
Interview with Aamir: Part 1 | Part 2. Fun and fact-based, hear it from him. He's playing a lead role in wife Kiran Rao's directorial debut Dhobhi Ghaat! Woo hoo! The other leads are Prateik Babbar and two (yet to be disclosed) actresses.
Aamir Khan Productions (AKP) update: The next AKP film, after Imran Khan starrer Delhi Belly, is a film based in Bhopal and focusing on the gas tragedy. Here's some related gossip, which also notes Lagaaniite Raghuvir Yadav stars in the lead.
Ghajini to be re-released in April: Here's the news story. Don't think it'll make its way outside India. The re-release of Jaane Tu after the inclusion of a popular song did not make its way here. Thank you Darshit for the update.
On his 44th birthday: Video 1 | Video 2. An interesting take on birthdays, and a great take on politics and the democratic process. A note on his 3 Idiots diet, and tips on staying young. Some of the questions asked are hilarious, and the clips worth watching for them alone! Thank you SkorpionChik for the videos.
Happy birthday Hindustan Ka Hero, and Ghajini DVD release
The frame is from Rangeela (1995). Happy birthday Aamir Khan! This March 14, let's confer upon you the title of Hindustan Ka Hero. There are few who understand their audience as well as you do, sir, and somehow, I don't think we need more than 21 years of consistency in the sustenance of excellence to appreciate all you've contributed to a medium we love.
I've been thinking of ways to add links to news, interviews, and updates on Aamir on an ongoing basis. There's plenty out there that I've resisted sharing for fear of boring those of you who aren't Aamir fans. So here's what's going to happen. This post will evolve into the Aamir corner (okay, the Aamir-worship corner ;) of this blog. It will be updated often (I hope at least fortnightly) with links to mostly fact-based sources of information*. A link to the post will be made available in the sidebar by the end of next week. The post will also be available at www.HindustanKaHero.com (I know it sounds more like a game show, but still). Added 3/13, 2120 PT: Here are a couple items to start with:
From here (great take on power): “My relationship with my audience cannot be defined by a number, it cannot be changed no matter what anybody says, and that relationship is proved on a Friday when my films release.”
Here is a must-read to better understand Aamir's points of view on power, being number one, and his run at the box office.
In other news, the Ghajini (2008) DVD released earlier in the week. On a not entirely unrelated note, here are a couple minutes from Aamir's guest lecture** at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad last month***. A big thank you to my good friend Dr. KB (that's not his real name) for sharing. Discussions here include the role of the test audience, and perceptions of a scene from the 2008 Christmas day release.
And finally, thank you Filmfare Magazine for featuring this blog in the 4 March 2009 issue. Fittingly, it has the ever-lovely Katrina Kaif on the cover! Below is the section on page 120. Here's the next page. Here's the post featured. There's no other film I'd rather be associated with, if only as a fan :)
* I'll try not to succumb to the allures of an Aamir v. SRK debate. That'll be too easy :P
** In other news, I realized a few days ago that I might just have attended the wrong business school and in the wrong country****.
*** I hope the students were required to read The Spirit of Lagaan by Satyajit Bhatkal. It's a Project Management classic which discusses the supply chain of Lagaan, and the numerous touch points being referred to in this lecture at IIMA. More importantly, for those of us external to the film industry, it's a magnificent eye-opener.
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Congratulations on having your blog featured, Aamir's birthday means Eros sell all his movies they have for £1 which means i get to buy loads of his movies, QSQT, JJWS and many more Aamir classics here i come
bollywooddeewana: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, I haven't tired of at all. Does Eros Entertainment (I'm assuming that's the firm you're referring to, but it might not be?) have these specials on stars' birthdays? They're not the distributors/publishers for the vast majority of Aamir films, although I'd totally buy a second set of Aamir's filmography at that price!
Nicki: That scene (and Aamir performance) in Rangeela was so perfectly done! LOL at the Mithun comment, might this be why? ;)
Ref: the domain name comment, thanks. It could be a film, right! Perhaps all of us bloggers should make one with that title some day! I'll hope to keep the page updated. The individual who compiled the piece for Filmfare magazine had contacted me for permission, so I knew beforehand.
Darshit: I see your blog header has the cake! I *hope* that issue sold out, LOL. I also have been wondering if it was distributed during the Filmfare Awards. I wonder, for instance, if Tabu came across it. I haven't come across info for the Ghajini DVD release in India yet (anyone know?). It's available at Nehaflix.com.
Bollyviewer: Thanks. There'd be nothing much at all without you all who make the blogging worthwhile. LOL at the controversy comment. It's true. But in my quest to appreciate fact-based approaches in journalism, I think it's best to stay away from this one in particular (I just don't feel it appropriate to heed much someone who feels the need to call himself the king -- if he needs to say it, he isn't, the end! ;). Fittingly, perhaps, the controversy even made it to the cover of this very edition of the magazine. :)
Ajnabi and Shweta: Thank you!
Pitu: Thanks, yaar! I have requests for the dawat (from daal makkhani and rumali roti to seekh kebab/tikka/tandoori chicken and parathas), you will be held accountable :P
Thanks, Bhargav. HindustanKaHero.com will basically redirect to this post, which I'll start updating next week with the content. The URL is working for me already, although I configured it this afternoon, and I know not all the resolution services globally work as fast. It'll be an interesting DVD, I'm waiting for it. I have yet to review the Jaane Tu DVD, is anyone interested in a DVD review? Have a great weekend, as well.
All, PS: Here are interesting bits from a recent Aamir Khan interview (link below, also added to the post):
I have been working in the industry for over two decades and I have never made any comments about anybody. However, over the years I noticed that Shah Rukh has been repeatedly talking about me publicly. In all fairness, I too decided not to remain quiet and respond to him publicly.
In his recent interviews, Shah Rukh sounds bitter about you. For instance, he has said that his kids will never be your fans or that his dog refuses to be called Aamir.Let me say one thing clearly, no matter what Shah Rukh tells his children, I will tell my kids to always love and respect him. What he teaches his children is entirely up to him. I have only warm regards for him and wish him all the very best. I do understand that Shah Rukh works very hard,which I think is a wonderful quality.
yeah i was referring to eros entertainment, they usually have all their dvds for about a pound whenever it's a stars birthday, i'm hoping they'll do it for Aamir although the only movies they seem to have of him are JJWS, QSQT, Sarfarosh, Ghulam & Awwal Number
I want to know what this big Aamirian did all day to celebrate b'day.And hey, check out Mtv india. It has hillarious lines abt Aamir's bday in its Tickr.And yup, FF must be there in Tabu's hands, so enjoy ur moment.
bollywooddeewana: They seem to have separate product availability by geography (which is not uncommon for online vendors), but thanks for the information!
Darshit: Great, now you too can get the Ghajini DVD! Thank you for sharing that information with all of us. T-Series and Aamir go back a very long way, that's for sure.
I'm celebrating Aamir's birthday a day later, i.e. Sunday, because I was stuck in a conference room all Saturday long (and I *mean* all 16 hours of normal human uptime *sigh*). Do you remember what lines MTV India had on the day?
Ahh..Mtv tickr was quite funny that day. See examples : there is a party at Aamir's place today.Hope it will be 'Perfect'"Program is tattoed all over his body" "if party goes longer, it will be tattoed on body of Govinda [for more space]" :D"Imran is thinking of getting his eyebrows colored" "SRK is missing from the party......oh there he is.....cornering Aamir's dog"
Hey Darshit, I hope you're right about either Nandita Das or Konkana Sen. They're both great, although Das would be fantastic here. Blogger ate up your previous comment, but I haven't seen Bhopal Express either. Good luck finding it! I'm surprised there are issues with it, though, it's fairly recent, isn't it?
Darshit: Since the same post is updated it's not going to show on the Dashboard; I can think of a couple of ways around this. One would be to have a 'Last Updated: Date' in the sidebar for the section. Or, I could put a note on my Twitter page every time I update something in the Aamir section...there is a Twitter feed that can be subscribed to using an RSS reader. Thoughts?
workhard: That picture is from Rangeela, right. Isn't it funny how it would almost remind one of his role in Raja Hindustani? :)
Hey Darshit. No worries, man. There is no way I can make time for a second blog. And because I'm going to be updating at least once every couple weeks, I think it might be best to try out the last updated note for certain, and Twitter if I can the chance. Until later.
Can you plz post some pictures, stills or videos from Aamir's film Raakh? I've read everywhere that Raakh is one of the best and most power-packed performances of Aamir. Can you please post a review on it? Please, please post something regarding Raakh.
Hi Anu, and welcome. You bring up an interesting film, one I haven't yet seen. Raakh is the *only* Aamir Khan film I don't own, and that is because it was never released on home video! I hear it's close to being released on DVD, and please know that as soon as I can get a hold of it, assuming the news on it being released some time over the next year is true, I'll get my hands on it and discuss it. Cheers.
Thanks! :) I know it is not available yet! It used to be available online, some time back. But its videos were removed due to some copyright issues. I hope the news about the release of its DVD is true. There are scores of Aamir fans who've been searching for its videos like crazy! I've found some trivia, some old reviews and a few stills from the film, but still the information isn't enough! I hope you get it and post all the info of that film here. Thanks and Good luck!
SRK has always been very media-savvy, and if it weren't for that trait, there was no way he could have sustained his popularity on the strength of his films alone. Almost like Salman, but the media can't stand Salman and he still comes through! :P
It's not surprising that there are all sorts of issues with the exhibitors, a lot of it, as Aamir says, not legal (let alone unethical). Let's hope something good comes of it all.
And finally, from this interesting TOI read, from their front-page today. So now there's a patch-up? The media needs stories, I think Aamir and SRK are way, way ahead in feeding them those stories!
When Aamir and Shah Rukh were together, the bonhomie and camaraderie was obvious, as they helped each other with answers, often scribbling notes to one another and whispering in each others ears when one was at a loss about some fact. Their body language loudly proclaimed friends. If this was an act, boy, these guys are thespians.
Nice. Thanks for sharing, Darshit. That's quite a statement. And I can't imagine the multiplexes won't resolve the issue before the next Aamir/SRK release, there's just too much they stand to lose from it. These next couple of months are going to be quiet :(
But isn't that a good thing, Darshit? All those brands, as you say, are good. And he's been doing them for a while, so I don't think fans should want to restrict the creativity that these ads present. They're all so...well made! Okay, I need to go get my supply of Monaco this weekend. :)
Thanks for the update! I knew about the theme of the farmer suicides and all, but didn't know the title. 'The Falling' sounds interesting. I can't imagine Kiran Rao wouldn't be involved in it somehow either. Of course, we look forward to it!
Anu: As always, thanks for all the great info! If true, it's sad how the producers of Raakh were timing it for the money while not paying attention to their own selling point! Fingers crossed for the DVD release, I'm sure some of us will get it day 1 :)
Well, as you must be knowing already, Filmfare has brought its special issue profiling the 80 Most Iconic performances in Hindi Cinema. They have listed four Aamir performances in this list - Rang De Basanti, Lagaan, Sarfarosh and Rangeela. Amitabh also has four performances listed there. The actor who had the most number of iconic performances listed there turned out to be Sanjeev Kumar - he had 5!
Check out the issue, if you haven't yet.Also, I'd like to know, which Aamir performance did you vote for? :)
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“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology,” Carl Saganfamously quipped in 1994, “and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.” Little seems to have changed in the nearly two decades since, and although the government is now actively encouraging “citizen science,” for many “citizens” the understanding of — let alone any agreement about — what science is and does remains meager.So, what exactly is science, what does it aspire to do, and why should we the people care? It seems like a simple question, but it’s an infinitely complex one, the answer to which is ever elusive and contentious. Gathered here are several eloquent definitions that focus on science as process rather than product, whose conduit is curiosity rather than certainty.
One of the classic conundrums in paleoanthropology is why Neandertals went extinct while modern humans survived in the same habitat at the same time. (The phrase “modern humans,” in this context, refers to humans who were anatomically—if not behaviorally—indistinguishable from ourselves.) The two species overlapped in Europe and the Middle East between 45,000 and 35,000 years ago; at the end of that period, Neandertals were in steep decline and modern humans were thriving. What happened?…
There is no shortage of hypotheses. Some favor climate change, others a modern-human advantage derived from the use of more advanced hunting weapons or greater social cohesion. Now, several important and disparate studies are coming together to suggest another answer, or at least another good hypothesis: The dominance of modern humans could have been in part a consequence of domesticating dogs—possibly combined with a small, but key, change in human anatomy that made people better able to communicate with dogs.
It is natural for those not deeply involved in the half-century quest for the Higgs to ask why they should care about this seemingly esoteric discovery. There are three reasons.
First, it caps one of the most remarkable intellectual adventures in human history — one that anyone interested in the progress of knowledge should at least be aware of.
Second, it makes even more remarkable the precarious accident that allowed our existence to form from nothing — further proof that the universe of our senses is just the tip of a vast, largely hidden cosmic iceberg.
And finally, the effort to uncover this tiny particle represents the very best of what the process of science can offer to modern civilization.
Over the next few years, Doeleman says, he and his group will combine as many as a dozen of the world’s most sophisticated radio-astronomy installations to create “the biggest telescope in the history of humanity”—a virtual dish the size of Earth, with 2,000 times the resolution of the Hubble Space Telescope. Tonight the Event Horizon Telescope astronomers have a more limited goal: They want to catch as much light from Sagittarius A* as possible and study its polarization to learn about the black hole’s magnetic field. But eventually (if all goes well) astronomers using the fully scaled-up Event Horizon Telescope—a machine with resolution high enough to read the date on a quarter from 3,000 miles away—will see the silhouette of an object that is, in itself, unseeable.
Imagine trying to learn biology without ever using the word “organism.” Or studying to become a botanist when the only way of referring to photosynthesis is to spell the word out, letter by painstaking letter.
For deaf students, this game of scientific Password has long been the daily classroom and laboratory experience. Words like “organism” and “photosynthesis” — to say nothing of more obscure and harder-to-spell terms — have no single widely accepted equivalent in sign language. This means that deaf students and their teachers and interpreters must improvise, making it that much harder for the students to excel in science and pursue careers in it.
The idea of building artificial life forms, whether in software or in synthetic cytoplasm, has always been controversial. Mary Shelley, almost 200 years ago, wrote a deep meditation on this theme: Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. In Shelley’s time the debate was framed in terms of vitalism versus mechanism. The vitalists argued that living things are distinguished from inorganic matter by some “spark of life” or animating principle. The opposing mechanist view had its greatest early champion in René Descartes, who compared animals to clockwork automata.
Within the world of science, the doctrine of vitalism is long dead, and yet there is still resistance to the idea that life is something we can fully comprehend by disassembling an organism and cataloging its component parts. In the brash early years of molecular biology, DNA was “the blueprint of life,” a full set of instructions for building a cell…Now that we read DNA sequences quite fluently, it seems clearer that there’s more to life than the “central dogma” of molecular biology.
The idea of simulating a living cell with a computer program stands in the crossfire of this argument between reductionism and a more integrative vision of biology. On one hand, the WholeCell project makes abundantly clear that the DNA sequence by itself is not the master key to life. Even though the transfer of information from DNA to RNA to protein is a central element of the model, it is not handled as a simple mapping between alphabets. The emphasis is on molecules, not symbols.
On the other hand, the very attempt to build such a model is a declaration that life is comprehensible, that there’s nothing supernatural about it, that it can be reduced to an algorithm—a finite computational process. Everything that happens in the simulated cell arises from rules that we can enumerate and understand, for the simple reason that we wrote those rules.
I would love to believe that the success of simulation methods in biology might forge a new synthesis and put an end to philosophical bickering over these questions. I’m not holding my breath.
What made antibiotics so wildly successful was the way they attacked bacteria while sparing us. Penicillin, for example, stops many types of bacteria from building their cell walls. Our own cells are built in a fundamentally different way, and so the drug has no effect. While antibiotics can discriminate between us and them, however, they can’t discriminate between them and them–between the bacteria that are making us sick and then ones we carry when we’re healthy. When we take a pill of vancomycin, it’s like swallowing a grenade. It may kill our enemy, but it kills a lot of bystanders, too.
Using simple behavioral tests, Wright’s research team showed that like other lab-tested brooders — which so far include us, monkeys, dogs, and starlings — stressed bees tend to see the glass as half empty. While this doesn’t (and can’t) prove that bees experience human-like emotions, it does give pause. We should take seriously the possibility that it feels like something to be an insect.
The concept that current humanity could possibly be living in a computer simulation was first seriously proposed in a 2003 paper published in Philosophical Quarterly by Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at the University of Oxford. In the paper, he argued that at least one of three possibilities is true:
The human species is likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage.
Any posthuman civilization is very unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of its evolutionary history.
We are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
Savage said, however, signatures of resource constraints in present-day simulations are likely to exist as well in simulations in the distant future. These constraints include the imprint of an underlying lattice if one is used to model the space-time continuum.
Is scientism defensible? Is it really true that natural science provides a satisfying and reasonably complete account of everything we see, experience, and seek to understand — of every phenomenon in the universe? And is it true that science is more capable, even singularly capable, of answering the questions that once were addressed by philosophy? This subject is too large to tackle all at once. But by looking briefly at the modern understandings of science and philosophy on which scientism rests, and examining a few case studies of the attempt to supplant philosophy entirely with science, we might get a sense of how the reach of scientism exceeds its grasp.
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Great stuff, PhiloDave!
I’ve looked at a few of the links and found them useful. Perhaps a reply to a couple of the links may be in the mix down the road. (Beer makes men smarter? Did someone down a six-pack while writing that one?!? Seriously? What a limited scope and disservice to science that was! Sorry, hope it wasn’t a personal favorite.)
Thanks for the post.
I really want to come back and comment on a few.
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Gating ratchet for cold atoms.
We demonstrate experimentally a gating ratchet with cold rubidium atoms in a driven near-resonant optical lattice. A single-harmonic periodic modulation of the optical potential depth is applied, together with a single-harmonic rocking force. Directed motion is observed as a result of the breaking of the symmetries of the system. |
Q:
Simulate checkbox hover effect with jQuery
How would I simulate the effect that happens to a checkbox when you hover over it using jQuery? When you do this in Chrome and Firefox, the checkbox input is highlighted blue.
To give a bit more context, I have a grid like so:
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" /></td>
<td>this is a checkbox</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table
I want to make it that the checkbox is highlighted the default blue colour when a user hovers over the <tr>
I realise I could put a label around this is a checkbox and reference the checkbox with the for attribute, however I would rather trigger this effect on hover over the <tr>.
I'm a bit suspicious about using CSS to style the checkbox input itself as it seems a bit hacky.
A:
/edit after your edit: Some browsers (like Opera) seem to allow you to do things like padding-right:100px so that hovering the mouse near the checkbox would highlight the checkbox as well. You can try waste some time with that, but I'd highly recommend you do it with libraries.
That blueish hover sort of thing is from the operating system. Only imaginable way would've been to focus it but obviously it doesn't work.
You can do what we've all been doing for the past decade, turn checkboxes into hidden inputs and use images. Plenty of libraries out there.
Here's one.
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Johnny Manziel's hopes of playing in the CFL may be dashed after he failed to agree on a contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats by Wednesday, which he had outlined as his final day of negotiations, ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert reported.
According to Seifert, the Tiger-Cats still have exclusive negotiating rights with Manziel, and the team released a statement in which it didn't eliminate the possibility of signing the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner.
"While the discussions with Johnny Manziel and his representative have been very cordial and informative, there is nothing imminent and nothing to report," the Tiger-Cats said. "We will continue to do our due diligence and will have no further public comment on the matter as we move forward."
Manziel's agent, Erik Burkhardt, released a statement January 8 saying Manziel would wait until this Wednesday "to work out a fair deal" with Hamilton. Were the deadline to pass, he and Burkhardt "will turn our focus to several other professional options."
One of those professional options may be pursuing an opportunity to play in the XFL, which is set to return in 2020. Manziel directed a tweet to WWE chairman Vince McMahon when McMahon was announcing his plans for the league:
McMahon had said anybody with a criminal record would be unable to play in the XFL, but ESPN's Darren Rovell reported the league had yet to formally remove Manziel from the possible player pool.
Manziel pleaded guilty to a charge of "failing to properly identify himself to police," which stemmed from an arrest in June 2012.
The 25-year-old hasn't played professionally since his final season with the Cleveland Browns in 2015. He threw for 1,500 yards, seven touchdowns and five interceptions in 10 games before the team waived him in March 2016. |
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VISUAL ART The global financial crisis continues to impoverish and displace those within reach of its residual tremors. Yet in the art realm, there have been signs of hope. Recent fairs — Frieze Art Fair in October and Art Basel Miami Beach earlier this month — brought reports of strong sales and optimism within the distressed economy. So why are artists everywhere worried about their futures, and more critically, panicking about their present tenses? The squeeze has to do with the work in artwork. More often than not, artists aren't getting paid for their work.
The general prosperity of the current art market does not reflect the financial success of most artists — it just means that artworks are selling, and many of those works are by artists who are already established or dead. The other artists, the worried ones, the ones scraping by on paint chips and uncreative, menial part-time jobs and unpaid internship after unpaid internship, are starting to organize. And talk. Worried as well, I recently attended two events, one in New York and the other in Oakland, that call for a shift of terrain in art/work.
The New York event, titled, "What Is the Good of Work?" — the second in a four-part series organized by Goethe-Institut New York — was more abstract in its approach, seeking to redefine work through film and literature. For instance, when British novelist Tom McCarthy roused Herman Melville's character Bartleby in order to express the potentials of "recess" in a "recession" and promote a politics of pause as escapist rather than reactionary, an audience member inquired: "But how can this be implemented in real life?" Here, McCarthy went quiet. The rest of the panel, too, including the nihilist philosopher Simon Critchley, only seemed capable of speculating on a new function of work, as opposed to how this new work would, well, work.
Comparatively, the Oakland event was more concerned with brass tacks. Organized by Sight School, an artist-run storefront newly opened in November, its aim "to create dialogue around new modes of living and being in the world in order to reveal connections between art and life" was actually visualized.
The evening began with local artists and writers reading primarily from a newspaper compiled by the Chicago-based collective Temporary Services. In it, more than 40 artists and writers pinpoint problematic issues and propose a way out. The front page introduction succinctly outlines its motivations:
We can see how the collapse of the economy is affecting everyone. Something must be done. Let's talk. No, it can't wait. Things are bad. We have to work things out. We can only do it together. What do we know? What have others tried? What is possible? How do we talk about it? What are the wildest possibilities? What are the pragmatic steps? What can you do? What can we do?
FREE / TAKE A COPY. MAKE AN EXHIBITION.
HOST A DISCUSSION IN YOUR TOWN.
The urgency of this situation was emphasized most strongly by Julian Myers, an assistant professor of curatorial practice at California College of the Arts. He fervently read the group Research and Destroy's "Communiqué from an Absent Future: On the Terminus of Student Life," which was drafted in response to the current University of California crises. Myers conveyed the text's uncomfortably accurate detail of a bankrupt future not just for students, but anyone not already financially secure. The text incensed everyone in the room, as they realized the gravity of student debts and of academia as a new factory — a neverending rabbit hole of false security. |
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Many of us know the disgusting smell of smokers who have just smoked a cigarette. You smell like an ashtray. Even if smokers themselves no longer notice or accept it – a non-smoking gets much stronger smell than the smoker can imagine.
If you switched to the e-cigarette, then you will have a new experience after only a few days.
So how is it with the E-Cigarette? You stink like the electronic cigarette as well?
So tastes are different. And the smell from the mouth is primarily on the liquid. However, we should say directly at this point that the intensity of the odor is much less than one might suspect that.
Someone who is staying in the same room as an e-smoker might perceive one or the other Geruchsnyance under certain circumstances, but it is actually very decent. Finally, the e-cigarette works with taste flavors – which were not designed to smell.
They smell, of course, a little bit. Some more, some less, and usually they smell of the aroma of the liquids.
So if, for example, the Wild Rose evaporated that spreads the fragrance of roses, the smoke, however, widespreads “Ashtray”
Who would actually voluntarily buy ashtray liquids?
The e-smoking even smells from the mouth a little after this liquid. However, not kinda weird but just according to what he has just evaporated. Wild roses, cola, peach, cherries – just what you want.
Whether someone has cherry smell – well, why not, but then there is no doubt that it stinks, but it smells just like it smells – and you might not like it, but it does not stink.
At least we don`t really know smelly liquids – but perhaps there are liquids with cheese flavor.
In this sense, if you ask yourself if your mouth stinks you use the e-cigarette. Of course not. And the clothes do not stink because the liquids in general rather than taste and smell when you smell, then usually discreetly in the background and not at all disturbing. Many of you take no notice.
Even one time when a non-smoker almost blew to a volunteer “in the face” (of course after approval) and he did not feel the smell as nasty or unpleasant. |
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Cost of clustering index vs non-clustering
I came across an exercise from an SQL and databases book I am reading and I am confused on how can I calculate the costs of clustering index vs non-clustering in I/O. For example:
R has a non-custering index on R.a:
20.000 rows
1000 pages (of memory) in size
R.a has 20 unique values
S has a custering index on S.c:
40.000 rows
400 pages (of memory) in size
S.c has 200 unique values
If I selected * from R where R.a = 100 what would the cost in I/O be ?
If I selected * from S where S.c = 50 what would the cost in I/O be ?
How is it possible to calculate that cost ?
A:
You can make some assumptions and guesstimate. For this query:
select r.* from R where R.a = 100
First you want to figure out how many records and then how many pages. Given that there are 20 values and then assuming that the distribution of values is uniform, then about 1/20 records will match. Each page contains about 20 records (20,000 rows / 1,000 pages). So, without getting into complicated statistics, there is about one matching record on each page.
So, the I/O overhead is about 1,000 pages plus whatever is needed for the index.
The second query needs to read about 1/200 records, or about 200 records. A page contains 100 records. However, the index is clustered so the 200 records are not distributed randomly; they are all on the adjacent pages. It is doubtful that a page starts exactly on a given value, so let's call this 3 pages of data plus the index overhead.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment gains surged in February, the clearest sign yet of labor market strength that could further ease fears the economy was heading into recession and allow the Federal Reserve to gradually raise interest rates this year.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 242,000 jobs last month and 30,000 more jobs were added in December and January than previously reported, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate held at an eight-year low of 4.9 percent even as more people piled into the labor market.
“Despite panic on Wall Street about impending recession, Main Street goes about its business as usual. This report will get the Fed’s attention, and raises the odds of another rate hike before too long,” said Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West in San Francisco.
The only blemish in the report was a three-cent drop in average hourly earnings, which in part reflected a calendar quirk and the proliferation of low-paying retail and restaurant jobs. The average length of the workweek also fell last month.
The employment report added to data such as consumer and business spending in suggesting the economy had regained momentum after growth slowed to a 1.0 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter.
Growth estimates for the first quarter are around a 2.5 percent rate, but risks are tilted to the downside after a report from the Commerce Department on Friday showed the trade deficit widened 2.2 percent to $45.7 billion in January.
Economists had forecast employment increasing by 190,000 last month and the jobless rate holding steady.
U.S. stocks were trading higher on the data, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt fell. The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies on concerns about wage growth.
Fears of recession in the wake of poor economic reports in December and slowing growth in China sparked a global stock market rout at the start of the year, causing financial market conditions to tighten.
Though financial markets have priced out bets of a rate hike at the Fed’s March 15-16 policy meeting, they now see a roughly 50 percent chance of an increase at the September and November meetings, according to CME FedWatch.
But economists believe the strong job market and improved growth outlook, together with signs that inflation is creeping up, could prompt the U.S. central bank to lift borrowing costs in June.
The Fed raised its key overnight interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade.
“The lack of a more marked pickup in wage growth is the only missing element,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics in Toronto. “But as far as the Fed is concerned, it is already seeing a clear acceleration in core price inflation. A June rate hike is coming.”
EYE ON WAGES
Average hourly earnings dipped 0.1 percent in February, the first drop since December 2014, after spiking 0.5 percent in January. That lowered the year-on-year earnings gain to 2.2 percent from 2.5 percent in January.
The average workweek fell to a two-year low of 34.4 hours last month from 34.6 hours in January, but economists cautioned that the series tended to be volatile.
“If labor demand was really about to fall, why was there such a sharp rise in employment?” said Harm Bandholz, chief U.S. economist at UniCredit in New York.
Job seekers break out to visit corporate employment personnel at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation "Hiring Our Heroes" military job fair in Washington January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
With labor market slack being absorbed, wage growth is expected to accelerate.
A broad measure of unemployment that includes people who want to work but have given up searching and those working part-time because they cannot find full-time employment fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.7 percent, the lowest level since May 2008.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the working-age population.
Also adding to the strong tone of the jobs report, the labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, increased two-tenths of a percentage point to 62.9 percent, the highest level in just over a year. The employment-to-population ratio hit its highest level since April 2009.
Job gains were almost broad-based in February, though manufacturing and mining employment fell. The services sector created 245,000 jobs after adding 153,000 jobs in January.
Mining shed a further 18,000 jobs after losing 9,000 positions in January. Mining payrolls have declined by 171,000 jobs since peaking in September 2014, with three-fourths of the losses in support activities.
More losses are likely after oilfield services provider Halliburton Co HAL.N said last month it would cut a further 5,000 jobs because of a prolonged slump in oil prices.
Manufacturing lost 16,000 jobs, reversing some of January’s surprise increase. Private education jobs rebounded after plunging in January. Construction payrolls increased 19,000 and government added 12,000 jobs.
Retail payrolls increased 54,900, adding to the 62,100 positions created in January. Leisure and hospitality jobs rose 48,000, with employment at restaurants and bars increasing by 40,200. |
What Color Balls for the MLL?
Welcome to Forum Friday! There are already some great conversations taking place in the all new LAS Community.
If you haven’t signed up yet, make sure you do! And while you’re at it, you might as well watch this silly video update we created too. We hope it provide you with an easy way to connect with other lacrosse fans all over the world.
Last week the MLL tested yellow and white balls rather than their usual orange ones, and the conversation heated up on twitter with #CanYouSeeMeNow. But did you know the discussion STARTED in our forums? Okay, so the discussion has actually been going on for awhile, but it started up again in the LAS forums right before the MLL’s most recent testing of different colored lacrosse balls. Here’s what the LAS community had to say.
I’m pretty sold on this opinion myself, but I’d love to hear what the rest of the LAS Community thinks. I really believe the MLL would be better off using a white ball. …
The orange ball is simply IMPOSSIBLE to see on television. Here’s a screenshot of the last Hounds/Machine game as seen on ESPN3. Can you find the ball in midair? Of course not: …
In contrast, a white ball actually glows in sunlight like this. In ESPNU broadcasts it’s practically a beach ball. For the sake of brevity I’ll simply cite the last 100 years of perfectly visible, white-balled college lacrosse. It didn’t need the MLL’s orange fix because it wasn’t broke.
About the author
Kevin Rowen
Kevin grew up in Irvine, CA where he started playing lacrosse in the 6th grade. He played for multiple teams in the Adrenaline Starz organization back in the days before Adrenaline was an official sponsor, and played four years for the Northwood High School Timberwolves. Now, Kevin attends UCLA and plays attack for the Bruins. Follow Kevin on twitter @krowen. |
Which products are Spanish consumers buying online?
06 July, 2016
Insights
Are you thinking about expanding your online business into Spain? Some insightful research reveals which products Spanish consumers are buying online and how they go about their purchases, from recommendations to payments.
German Ecommerce News has pulled together some of the latest statistics on e-commerce in Spain, citing respected specialists Cetelem and the National Observatory for Telecommunication and Information Society.
Cetelem’s ‘El Observatorio Cetelem Ecommerce 2015’ study reveals that leisure products are particularly popular with Spanish shoppers, with 65% buying entertainment tickets, books, music, and restaurant reservations online in the past year. With shoppers increasingly turning to the Internet to make their purchases, 30% of total retail sales were made online in 2015 ‒ a notable fact supported by Spanish consumers’ enthusiasm for other product categories, including:
Travel (63% of shoppers bought online)
Fashion (55% of shoppers bought online)
Electronics (54% of shoppers bought online)
Footwear and accessories (51% of shoppers bought online)
As these statistics reveal, Spanish buyers are looking to e-commerce for convenience in a wide range of product categories ‒ promising signs for cross-border retailers.
But what factors influence their purchases?
Cetelem’s study showed that shoppers turn to their friends and family for advice and recommendations, so having an excellent reputation is vitally important for retailers. Also, 35% of shoppers have bought using a mobile device (up from 23% in 2014), revealing the m-commerce potential of the market. Interestingly, 72% of Spanish consumers prefer to pay via PayPal ‒ another key consideration for online businesses.
With the Spanish e-commerce market worth €16.3bn in 2014 (according to the National Observatory for Telecommunication and Information Society), it’s clear that it offers potential to retailers.
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branding
Read about escape room branding and the 8 steps involved in building a brand in our guest post on HowToStartAnLLC.com. When you hear the word “brand,” what comes to mind? Most people think logos, packaging, signage, and advertisements — and while those things certainly make up a brand, they’re not the end-all-be-all. Brand, in essence, is … |
Jane English
Jane English (was born 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a philosopher, physicist, photographer, journalist and translator.
English received her B.A. in Physics from Mount Holyoke College in 1964 and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison for her work in high energy particle physics. She taught courses in Oriental thought and modern physics at Colorado College.
English is known for her collaborative translation of the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tsu which she illustrated through photography, in collaboration with her spouse Gia-Fu Feng.
Philosophy
English is the best-known proponent of the "friendship theory" in the philosophy of filial obligation. This is the view that we do not, contrary to popular opinion, owe our parents anything simply by virtue of being raised by them, because they made a choice to have us as children and all the effects of this choice should have been considered by them- they are merely fulfilling their immediate decision by raising us. We were unable to enter into any contract with our parents when we were being conceived, and so the decision is entirely theirs. English models a perspective that states that parents should be like friends to us: people that we choose to have a relationship with without any obligation. However, if we do not wish to be friends with them, then this is our choice and we are perfectly justified in choosing thus if we so wish.
Bibliography
"A Rainbow of Tao" (Earth Heart 2018)
"The Ceremony Cards:A Living Introduction to the Traditional Teachings of the Far North from Greenland" (Earth Heart 2014''
"Lao Tsu - Tao Te Ching" in collaboration with Gia-Fu Feng (Random House 1972 and 2011)
"Chuang Tsu - Inner Chapters" in collaboration with Gia-Fu Feng (Random House 1974, Earth Heart 1997, Amber Lotus 2000, Hay House 2014)
Co-editor with Ben English, Jr. of "Our Mountain Trips, Parts I & II" (Bondcliff Books 2005 & 2007)
"Different Doorway: Adventures of a Caesarean Born" (Earth Heart 1985)
Illustrated "Waterchild" (Hunter House, 1980). Jane's photographs of nature and Judith Bolinger's poems of pregnancy.
Photographic illustration of "Accept This Gift," "A Gift of Peace," and "A Gift of Healing" (Tarcher 1983, 1986, 1988), edited by Frances Vaughan and Roger Walsh
"Childlessness Transformed" (Earth Heart 1989)
"Mount Shasta: Where Heaven and Earth Meet," (Earth Heart 1995) with Jenny Coyle
"Fingers Pointing to the Moon," (Earth Heart 1999)
"Mount Shasta Reflections," (Amber Lotus 2002) with Renee Casterline
"Mount Shasta's Black Butte," (Earth Heart 2002) with Bonnie Eddy
Numerous calendars: Tao - 1991 to present, Mt Shasta - 1990 to 2011, IceWisdom 2011 to 2012
See also
List of Translators
References
External links
Official Publisher Website
Official Ceremony Cards Website
Official Cesarean Birth Website
Category:American translators
Category:21st-century American physicists
Category:1942 births
Category:Living people
Category:Mount Holyoke College alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:Particle physicists
Category:American women physicists
Category:21st-century American women writers |
Q:
WPF/Metro-style: Making ListView show only complete items
In my Metro application, I have a data source containing a certain number of items (say 25). I have a ListView that presents those items. My problem is that the ListView have a size that allows it to display, say, 6.5 items, so that the last item it displays is cut in half. If the resolution changes, it might display 4 items, or 8.2 items, or whatever. What I'd like is that the ListView shows exactly the number of items that fits in the height of the control, instead of clipping the last item.
Right now, I see two possible half-solutions, none of which is optimal:
Set the height of the ListView to a fixed height that is a multiple of the item size. This does not scale with changes in resolution.
Limit the number of items in the data source. This does not scale either.
So my question is, how can I get the ListView to only display complete items (items where all edges are inside the viewport/listview), and hide the rest?
Thanks in advance!
A:
ListView inherits from ItemsControl,
so one more optimized solution consists in injecting custom panel (overriding measure by custom clipping display) in ItemsPanel
something like this(sorry, i did not try to compile):
protected override Size MeasureOverride(Size constraint)
{
if (this.VisualChildrenCount <= 0)
return base.MeasureOverride(constraint);
var size = ne Size(constraint.Width,0);
for(int i = 0; i < this.visualChildrenCount; i++)
{
child.Measure(size);
if(size.height + child.desiredSize > constraint.height)
break;
size.Height += child.DesiredSize;
}
return size;
}
A:
My final solution was to combine the suggestions of @NovitchiS and @JesuX.
I created a stack panel override, and listened to the LayoutUpdated event. My final solution:
class HeightLimitedStackPanel : StackPanel
{
public HeightLimitedStackPanel() : base()
{
this.LayoutUpdated += OnLayoutUpdated;
}
double GetSizeOfVisibleChildren(double parentHeight)
{
double currentSize = 0;
bool hasBreaked = false;
for (int i = 0; i < Children.Count; i++)
{
var child = Children[i];
if (currentSize + child.DesiredSize.Height > parentHeight)
{
hasBreaked = true;
break;
}
currentSize += child.DesiredSize.Height;
}
if (hasBreaked) return currentSize;
return parentHeight;
}
double ParentHeight
{
get
{
ItemsPresenter parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(this) as ItemsPresenter;
if (parent == null)
return 0;
return parent.ActualHeight;
}
}
double previousHeight = 0;
int previousChildCount = 0;
protected void OnLayoutUpdated(object sender, object e)
{
double height = ParentHeight;
if (height == previousHeight && previousChildCount == Children.Count) return;
previousHeight = height;
previousChildCount = Children.Count;
this.Height = GetSizeOfVisibleChildren(height);
}
}
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Q:
Animation SVG or Canvas?
I was wondering whether it's better to make an animation like this in canvas or svg (performance wise)? I'm rewriting it now in jquery but I read somewhere that a canvas is redrawn every time it changes.
A:
For these "simple" animations and scene graphs it doesn't really matter if you use SVG or Canvas performance wise. Both should work fine without performance issues.
However it might be easier to create animation with SVG compared to Canvas.
In Canvas you have to redraw the whole scene and in SVG you could just create the ring once and then define a transformation (rotation) on it.
For SVG check out d3.js or raphael and for canvas you can check out processingjs, fabric.js, kinetic.js or paper.js
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The contact-mediated interactions between cells play an important role in generating and maintaining the multicellularity characteristic of higher animals and plants. When these interactions are disrupted serious aberrations of growth or development may result. Certain microbial systems offer the opportunity to study these interactions in the context of an experimental system that is available to biochemical and genetic analysis. The myxobacteria undergo the most complex of known prokaryote life cycles, throughout which they manifest a variety of cell-cell interactions. They have been thoroughly domesticated so they can be subjected to the sorts of genetic, molecular and biochemical analysis that are characteristic of work with bacteria. In particular, our efforts focus on characterizing various cell surface antigens and attempting to understand their role in cell-cell contact interactions. We have generated a large number of monoclonal antibodies against these antigens and have used them to define which antigens are involved in the interactions, to isolate the antigens, and to isolate mutants deficient in the antigens. We have used cholera toxin to show that a sensory transduction system characteristic of eukaryotic organisms seems to be present in Myxococcus xanthus. We are attempting to determine the role played by this system in transducing the contact signals perceived by the cell surface. |
Beryl Marsden
Beryl Marsden (born 10 June 1947) is a British R&B and pop singer, who first came to notice on the Liverpool club scene of the early 1960s. She recorded a number of "powerful and soulful", but unsuccessful, records, and has been described as "undeservedly neglected".
Life and career
She was born Beryl Hogg in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, Lancashire, England, one of a family of 10 children. She began singing as a child, and at the age of 14 won a local talent competition. She was invited to join local band the Undertakers, but was too young to travel with them to club dates in Hamburg. Instead, she started singing with local group Howie Casey and the Crew, often performing at the Cavern Club. Although she took the stage name Beryl Marsden, she was not related to musician Gerry Marsden.
In 1963 she started appearing at the Star Club in Hamburg, and on her return to Britain moved to London, where she was managed by Tony Stratton-Smith and was signed as a solo singer by Decca Records. She recorded two singles for them, a cover of Barbara George's "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)", followed by a version of the Supremes' "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes". However, neither was successful.
She supported the Beatles on their last UK tour in 1965 and in that same year was signed to the Columbia label. There, she released two singles that year, "Who You Gonna Hurt?", and "Music Talk". The B-side of the latter was a version of the Irma Thomas song "Breakaway" (later a hit for Tracey Ullman), arranged and produced by Ivor Raymonde. Her final solo single, "What’s She Got", was issued in April 1966.
In May 1966 she joined a new group, Shotgun Express, whose members also included Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Peter Green. After that group split up in early 1967, she joined all-female band The She Trinity before linking up with Liverpool musician Paddy Chambers to form the band Sinbad. In the 1970s, she also performed as a member of a group called Gambler, before forming the Beryl Marsden Band. She also worked as a session singer, recorded with former Shotgun Express member Phil Sawyer, and in the 1980s performed on stage with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.
She released an album, One Dream in 2004, the single "Baby It's You" in 2007, and another single "Too Late" in 2008. Some of her 1960s recordings have also been reissued on compilation albums.
On 10 and 11 June 2013, a musical, One Dream: The Beryl Marsden Story was staged at the Cavern Club, only the second time that a theatrical show had been performed at the club. The musical ran for two nights, with Marsden performing at the end of the show.
In 2014, she was portrayed by Gemma Sutton in Cilla, a three-part television drama series about Cilla Black.
Discography
Singles
"I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" / "I Only Care About You", Decca F11707, 1963
"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Love Is Going To Happen To Me", Decca F11818, 1964
"Who You Gonna Hurt?" / "Gonna Make Him My Baby", Columbia DB 7718 (Capitol 5552 in the U.S), 1965 (A-side reached the NME Top 30)
"Music Talk" / "Break-A-Way", Columbia DB7797, 1965
"What’s She Got?" / "Let’s Go Somewhere", Columbia DB 7888, 1966
"Baby It's You" LBM, 2007
"Too Late / Everything I Need" LBM, 2008
References
External links
Beryl Marsden article at "Old Memories..."
Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:British female singers
Category:British pop singers
Category:British soul singers
Category:People from Liverpool
Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians |
A conventional board connector is mounted on a board such as a printed circuit board and is used for connecting to a cable or the like. Such a board connector includes a plurality of L shaped terminals that protrude toward a back side of a connector main body and a guide plate that guides the terminals (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
FIG. 15 is a perspective view illustrating a conventional board connector as viewed from the back side.
In the figure, 811 denotes a housing made of an insulating material such as synthetic resin. A plurality of terminals 851, made of a conductive material such as metal, are attached to the housing 811. The terminals 851 are each an L shaped terminal that protrudes toward the back side from a back wall of the housing 811, and are each bent at approximately 90 degrees as a whole, to have a leg part 852 extending downward. The leg part 852 has a distal end, that is, a lower end connected by soldering and the like while being inserted into a through hole formed in an unillustrated circuit board.
The leg part 852 of each of the terminals 851 is long and thus is likely to deform upon being affected by external force such as vibrations. Thus, a guide plate 841 is attached to the housing 811, and the leg part 852 of each of the terminals 851 is inserted into a guide hole 842 formed in the guide plate 841, so that the displacement of the leg part 852 can be prevented.
This configuration ensures the prevention of the displacement of the leg part 852 of each of the terminals 851 and thus ensures a stable position of the lower end of the leg part 852. Thus, the lower ends of the plurality of leg parts 852 can be inserted into the through holes formed in the circuit board at once, whereby the board connector can be mounted to the circuit board easily. Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-042935 |
Leading green energy firm calls for clarity for onshore wind sector
by Search Gate staff.
Published
Tue 19 May 2015 15:40
New Energy Secretary urged to clear DECC position on onshore wind
Leading renewable energy company UrbanWind has today called for new Energy Secretary Amber Rudd to provide greater clarity and dispel the continued confusion surrounding the proposed Conservative ban on onshore wind subsidies.
Following her taking over the reins from wind advocate Ed Davey, Ms Rudd has spoken of her commitment to securing a binding worldwide carbon agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in late 2015, calling it “one of the most important things I am going to do this year”.
However, Ms Rudd has also reiterated the Conservative’s pre-election soundbite that they will withdraw subsidies for onshore wind farms and give local communities more power to block proposed wind farms.
Paul McCullagh, CEO of turbine developer UrbanWind, said: “Amber Rudd’s initial priorities for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) seem to be completely at odds with each other. While she must be commended for showing a real commitment to securing a global climate deal, to follow this by suggesting the complete withdrawal of support for one of our cheapest and deployable green energy technologies seems totally self-defeating.
“We are now approaching a situation where a policy that provided a good pre-election soundbite for a Conservative party, desperately trying to shore up their support against a then growing UKIP threat, is now in serious danger of becoming a hastily rushed through reality, despite an apparent serious lack of consideration into what impact this ban will actually have on the sector as a whole.
“The lack of clarity over what exactly constitutes an onshore ‘wind farm’ as distinctly opposed to distributed wind continues, despite repeated calls from leading industry figures to provide this urgently needed explanation. The situation is beginning to threaten a descent into farce, as the UK’s significant and growing Feed-In Tariff qualified wind industry is left with a completely unclear future.”
McCullagh commented: “There is a distinct difference between the large scale ‘wind farm’ developments seen in the UK (which are recognised as being key factors in helping the UK achieve its necessary carbon reduction targets) and ‘farm wind’ which offers smaller scale, geographically distributed wind development – governed by the local planning decision-making process and often supported by the local community.
“This requires funding support and is only sustainable if there is a transparent and consistent investor remuneration offerings on place – such as Feed-In Tariffs. Without this this opportunity will be lost.”
DECC forecast in 2011 that the UK would need to replace more than a fifth of its current fossil fuel-powered generation by 2020 to ensure we meet the UK’s binding carbon reduction targets.
It also identified risks to nationwide supply, including the danger of unexpected nuclear outages and the UK’s position as a net gas importer, vulnerable to the vagaries of the volatile global energy market.
McCullagh added: “Onshore wind is currently the technology closest to achieving price parity with the cheapest fossil fuel generation methods, and is set to overtake both coal and gas turbine as the cheapest method of energy generation available to us by 2020.
“Therefore, it has an incredibly important role to play in achieving the carbon reduction targets that Ms Rudd has identified as so crucial.
“An ill-thought through and rushed ban on all onshore developments would mean that the entire roadmap set out to ensure that we are able to meet these legally-binding reduction targets would need to be completely rewritten. We urge for greater consultation on this matter.
“It would also severely impact key inward investment to the UK in this sector, as well as put at risk the significant employment and UK supply chain opportunities that this sector brings. This would leave Britain exposed to the growing risk of a hike in energy prices to fund more expensive generation options and to address shortage of supply issues. Even more foreboding, we could face the real possibility of failing to hit these targets if subsidies are removed, and causing irreversible damage to our climate as a result.”
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Q:
How can I turn a delimited string into a nested hashtable in PowerShell?
I am struggling to find a neat way to turn a delimited string into a hashtable. For example given the string:
UK_Kent_Margate
I want to turn this into a PowerShell HashTable that looks like this:
$result = @{
UK = @{
Kent = @{
Margate = @{}
}
}
}
So I can easily break the string into an array using a split on the '_' character but then I am struggling (read stuck!) with testing and declaring each of the nested hashes in the results hash. I think I will need a recursive function which is no problem, but I cannot get my head around on how to test the right level in the results hash.
As the application I am writing could have an arbitrary number of '_' and thus nests I need to come up with a slick way of doing this, and I cannot think of how to do it.
Has anyone come across anything like this before and have any recommendations?
A:
Something like this, maybe?
$string = 'UK_Kent_Margate'
$result = @{}
$Parts = $string.split('_')
0..($parts.count -1) |
foreach {
iex "`$result.$($parts[0..$_] -join '.') = @{}"
}
To help understand you it works, just remove the iex (invoke-expression), and let it output the strings it's creating to execute:
$string = 'UK_Kent_Margate'
$result = @{}
$Parts = $string.split('_')
0..($parts.count -1) |
foreach {
"`$result.$($parts[0..$_] -join '.') = @{}"
}
$result.UK = @{}
$result.UK.Kent = @{}
$result.UK.Kent.Margate = @{}
A:
Rather than recursive you need to thing about doing things in reverse. Split to an array then reverse the array before building up the nested hashtables:
$s = "UK_Kent_Margate"
$t = $s -split '_'
[array]::Reverse($t)
[hashtable]$result = @{}
foreach ($w in $t) { $result = @{ $w = $result } }
$result
Name Value
---- -----
UK {Kent}
$result.UK.Kent
Name Value
---- -----
Margate {}
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Aadhaar: Technology and Architecture [pdf] - sa1
http://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarTechnologyArchitecture_March2014.pdf
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sa1
Aadhaar is India's national unique identity program, and has collected
biometric and other personal data of over 1 billion people. These people have
done an impressive work of deduplicating so many identities based on both
fingerprint and iris scan data.
There is controversy around Aadhaar at the moment, the Supreme court had ruled
that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for people, and the government is trying
to get around it using new legislation. There had been no legislation around
Aadhaar till now, and there are objections that it had been falsely
claimed/advertised as mandatory while trying to enroll people.
There is no privacy legislation in India right now, and it isn't clear if
privacy is a fundamental right, so this makes Aadhaar particularly
problematic, as it is not clear with whom the data can be shared.
The Aadhaar people, to their credit, have generally cared about privacy, and
have refused to divulge data on several requests. Whether they are technically
capable of securing the data remains to be seen. This pdf goes into some
detail of their high-level architecture. You can compare and contrast this
with other national id systems, such as Estonia's smart card id systems.
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Cyber-bullies can hurt even one of the toughest women in New York City.
Serbian fitness competitor and coach Yanyah Milutinovic held back tears as she read through comments on her Instagram photos calling her “gross” and a “fat cow” — some even wondering whether she is a man or a woman.
Despite the fact that the blonde’s abs are otherworldly thanks to her five workouts a day, she wants the fans and the internet trolls to know that muscles don’t shield her from everything.
“I go through my struggles as well. My life is not perfect. I’m just like them,” Milutinovic says of her worst critics.
Milutinovic — who was once homeless and who is a survivor of domestic violence — recalls getting her head “cracked for Christmas” one year.
It was Milutinovic’s struggles in her life, particularly with alcohol, that pushed her to change her body and enter the fitness profession.
“When I realized that I, basically, won the battle with myself, I started competing with people around me,” Milutinovic says of her road to recovery.
Even though Milutinovic has carved out a whole new life for herself, she still faces challenges because of her gender.
“In any field, it’s hard to be a woman, but particularly in the bodybuilding industry,” she told The Post.
“Because most of the time they want to portray us as muscular or masculine, or in a sexual or provocative way,” she added.
Milutinovic says she’ll get way more likes posting a video of her squatting at a certain angle than she will if she posts a diet or fitness tip.
While some flock to her page to ogle her, others simply try to belittle her because they seek to project their personal pain onto her.
“Don’t break down anyone’s happiness,” she says in a powerful message to the bullies.
“Focus on your own happiness. Don’t hate,” she says. |
Early diagenesis and clay mineral adsorption as driving factors of metal pollution in sediments: the case of Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal).
This work aims to define the factors driving the accumulation of metals in the sediment of the lagoon of Aveiro (Portugal). The role of initial diagenetic processes in controlling trace metal retention in surface sediment is traced by mineralogy, magnetic susceptibility and geochemical analyses. Although several studies have focused on the metal distribution in this polihaline and anthropized coastal lagoon, most of them have been solely focused on the total metal concentrations. This study instead represents the first attempt to evaluate in a vast area of the Aveiro Lagoon the role of biogeochemical processes in metal availability and distribution in three extracted phases: exchangeable cations adsorbed by clay and elements co-precipitated with carbonates (S1), organic matter (S2) and amorphous Mn hydroxides (S3). According to the sediment guideline values, the sediment is polluted by, for instance, As and Hg in the inner area of the Murtosa Channel, Pb in the Espinheiro Channel, Aveiro City canals and Aveiro Harbour, and Zn in the northern area of the Ovar Channel. These sites are located near the source areas of pollutants and have the highest total available concentrations in each extracted phase. The total available concentrations of all toxic metals are however associated, firstly, with the production of amorphous Mn hydroxides in most of the areas and, secondly, with adsorption by organic compounds. The interplay of the different processes implies that not all of the sites near pollution sources have polluted surface sediment. The accumulation of metals depends on not only the pollution source but also the changing in the redox state of the sediments that may cause alterations in the sediment retention or releasing of redox-sensitive metals. Results of this work suggest that the biogeochemical processes may play a significant role in the increase of the pollutants in the sediment of the Aveiro Lagoon. |
Q:
Last names that are English words with an extra 'e'
I noticed that there are a lot of last names that have an 'e' at the end. The pronunciation usually isn't changed from that of the base word.
Poole
Steele
Browne
Clarke
Why do English words not have the e?
Maybe the answer to this question depends on which came first, pool or poole.
A:
Looking up names like Steele and others with the e at the end reveals that before anything was standardized, there were many variations of every name, just as there were for every word. And that they still exist.
Changes in spelling of names, as well as words, were effected by all of English's transformations, as well as its influences from many other languages.
In the Middle Ages, for example, names like Steele could've been written as Steile, Steel, etc. depending on who was writing it. Whoever wrote at the time would spell things whichever way they heard them, and they may as well have all heard them differently.
Checking out this page (of questionable reliability) shows that spelling someone's name the same way during their entire lifetime is a more modern idea, and even names like Shakespeare were spelled differently (Shakespere, Shakespear, Shakspere, Shaxpere).
To answer your question, I think the fact that the "English word" currently doesn't have an e at the end means that that's just the variation of the word that stuck. You'll see people with the name Steele now, but, for example, one of my professors is named Steel because that's the name that ended up sticking. Or, who knows, maybe it was just spelled that way on a passenger manifest when his family traveled across the ocean for simplicity.
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I started filming ultimate in 2010 and I have had the privilege of traveling all over the world to film the sport I love. Ultimate is spectacular, and has the potential to be a great broadcast product that brings money into the sport. Let me explain why this is a good thing and how it relates to the WUGC Kickstarter.
Chicken and the egg
So before we went for the Kickstarter option, we were out hustling sponsors. We got a direct “No” from Nike and many other possible partners. The feedback was we didn’t have the viewer numbers or history to justify their monetary support.
We need sponsorship money to produce a great broadcast, but we need a great broadcast product and viewers to get sponsorship.
WCBU 2015 was great. Why do we need $75K for WUGC?
As you may recall, WCBU in Dubai had fantastic coverage and set the bar for what production of our sport can look like. To make that happen, Dubai Sports brought a $7 million USD broadcast truck, 6 cameras and crew to the beach for $0. Just a single lense on one of their cameras was worth more than all the equipment Skyd took to WUCC in 2014.
It would not be totally stupid to move all ultimate events to Dubai for the next 5 years. But I don’t think that is the solution.
Luckily, to reach the level of quality in Dubai, we don’t need a $7 million dollar budget, we need far, far less. Our intention is to go above and beyond that production with the support of the funds raised in Kickstarter.
If we don’t hit our proposed goal, quite frankly, we will probably work out a way to stream something (we don’t know what). But it will be more of the same shoestring budget we have done in the past, and it’s simply not going to inspire sponsors to get on board next time.
I am happy with how ultimate is growing, I don’t feel the need to contribute to this campaign
I totally get this point of view, ultimate is going gangbusters. However, ultimate is an unfair sport.
In many other sports, if you have the skills and talent you get selected and paid to play (or at least expenses covered.) To play in a representative ultimate team at WUGC you need skills, talent and MONEY! If you have skills, talent and you don’t have the $$$ you don’t play. It’s no surprise that we’ve seen so many individuals and even teams take to crowd-funding in order to even attend London this summer.
Top level players work their asses off to play at such a high level and compete at the World Championships. Imagine if with the broadcast revenue from WUGC we could eliminate player fees, pay for the travel expenses of players or even pay them a small amount for their efforts.
This is what I believe we are working towards with Kickstarter and our broadcast plan. This is the main reason why we as a community should get together and contribute.
As of writing we are almost a ⅓ of the way there, please do not wait until the last minute to chip in. If we can get close to the $75K before the end of the campaign we have some exciting stretch goals we can go for too.
So do not delay, pull out your credit card, go to the site and chip in what you can. Let’s change the path of our sport for a fairer future.
Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1044184606/share-the-sport-of-ultimate-with-the-world |
Typically, customers, when shipping items through one or more intermediaries, such as, for example, shipping services, want assurance of the integrity of the items, and will hold an intermediary accountable if the items are tampered with or lost. A package shipped nationally or internationally may be subject to tampering at various locations throughout its route, including for example, at a manufacturing facility, initial and intermediate shipping facilities, distribution facilities and point of sale locations. Some products of a relatively sensitive nature that are shipped, including, for example, pharmaceuticals, toys, and automotive and aircraft parts can cause harmful health and/or safety risks if tampered with.
Known attempts at preventing loss and/or tampering of packages include labeling or tagging the outside of a package. Such labeling or tagging techniques including, for example, bar codes, holographic labels, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, etc., have been used with some success. However, these codes, labels, tags, etc., can be lost, stolen or duplicated, since they are located on the outside of a package. |