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Wakefield and MMR: New Revelations
A guest blog post from a UK Doctor
New revelations and implications about Andrew Wakefield's research work.
For anyone who doesn't know about the ramifications of the Andrew Wakefield saga, here is a brief recap. In 1998 he published a paper in the Lancet journal along with 11 colleagues, detailing bowel changes found in a sequence of children supposedly consecutively referred to his department of Gastroenterology at the Royal Free Hospital in London. The suggestion was that these children's parents had noticed behavioural or gastrointestinal abnormalities within a very short interval following MMR vaccination. The inference drawn was that MMR might damage the bowel, leading to neurological changes of autism. In a press conference called after the paper was published, Wakefield expressed no faith in the MMR vaccine, and called for single measles vaccines to be used as an alternative.
The media picked up on and widely publicised this dangerous and erroneous message, and soon MMR vaccination rates were falling, from a high of 92% in England in 1998 to around 80% in 2003, well below the levels needed to maintain herd immunity for measles. Matters began to unravel for Wakefield in 2004, following the revelations from a freelance journalist, Brian Deer, who exposed Wakefield's financial conflicts. 10 of Wakefield's co-authors, who were unhappy with the linkage drawn to MMR and who were seemingly kept in the dark about Wakefield's numerous ties with antivaccine litigants and other fatal conflicts of interest, issued a "retraction of interpretation" of the paper.
Formal investigation processes were started by the UK General Medical Council in 2007, and Wakefield and two research colleagues were brought before the GMC on charges of medical misconduct. In 2010 Wakefield was found guilty on all charges and struck off the medical Register, although he refused to acknowledge any culpability and continued to attempt to link vaccines with bowel disease and autism, despite the total lack of any corroborating scientific evidence.
In January this year, Brian Deer published further evidence about the study in the BMJ in a series of articles entitled "How the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed", which questioned the histological evidence used by Wakefield to show the children in his study suffered from colitis (bowel inflammation). Based upon evidence from the GMC hearings and new evidence from Brian Deer's investigations, the BMJ described Wakefield's study as an "elaborate fraud", and the original publication of the study was formally retracted in full by the Lancet.
Now there have been some new revelations as revealed in this week's BMJ. It appears that whilst attending a "vaccine safety" conference in the Caribbean last year, Wakefield gave records of the histological gradings used on all the subjects to a fellow conference attendee, David Lewis. Presumably he felt the reports might exonerate him from any responsibility in writing a paper where the reported normal pathology findings somehow changed into "abnormal" findings by the time the paper was submitted, and published. In fact they do nothing of the sort. The pathology grading scores were passed on to the BMJ by Lewis, and the BMJ then sent these out for independent analysis by a panel of expert pathologists.
The results of their review are devastating for Wakefield and his pathologist co-authors. In the majority of cases, bowel biopsies were graded as normal or "non-specific", in other words there was no evidence of significant colitis (which is what was claimed in the published article). The independent review by the BMJ's pathologist concurs that these gradings indicate no evidence for colitis. One professor comments:
"We came to an overwhelming and uniform opinion that these reports do not show colitis. Findings for all but one child represent changes within the normal appearance of bowel biopsies, and the changes reported for this child do not amount to colitis. The grading sheets make no provision for quantitative analysis, and the sheets themselves fall far below the standards expected for a research study.
We saw no evidence of enterocolitis, either histologically or in assumed association with reported endoscopic findings of ileal lymphoid nodular hyperplasia, which is a normal feature of young children that sometimes persists into adulthood. In my opinion, and that of those to whom I spoke, there is no justification whatsoever for calling this an enterocolitis."
So two questions arise. Firstly, who could have changed the interpretation of these negative biopsies and turn them into reports apparently showing active colitis?
And secondly, why did the pathologists who initially correctly graded the biopsies as being "normal" or "non specific" agree to put their names to a paper where the reports were altered to read that they showed major pathological changes?
We can only make a highly educated guess as to the answer to the first question. Perhaps Dr Wakefield, as principal author of the study, who had a vested interest in proving his hypothesis that MMR caused bowel damage and autism, is the likeliest culprit.
As to why the pathologists who co-authored the paper allowed their names to be linked to it, who knows? In academia, one can see the desire to publish research papers is sometimes overwhelming, and might distort otherwise reasoned and rational thought processes. The pressure to get one's name on a prestigious paper might be enough to make someone turn a blind eye to different emphases or interpretations within a study, or bow to any pressure was brought to bear upon anyone "rocking the boat" by questioning the interpretation of the biopsy results.
Now the BMJ is calling for an independent enquiry into the whole affair, specifically to see whether any underlying institutional research misconduct is revealed at University College London (which took over the Royal Free), and if necessary a Parliamentary inquiry.
This is important. This is not just about Wakefield, it goes to the heart of all studies done by all researchers everywhere. It is vital that those putting their names to research have fully accepted and agreed the content of the research paper and are willing to stand by it. It is imperative that researchers are not pressurised into acceding to the views of other coauthors if they disagree with the study conclusions, interpretation, or the way in which their own work has been presented for publication.
Perhaps one way to ensure that this happens is for every author on a paper to explicitly state that they are in full agreement with all aspects and conclusions of the paper, and that should the paper be found wanting in any aspect of its research methodology or its conclusions, then all authors will accept the ramifications on an equal basis, with no-one being afforded to option of saying "Oh, I just did some statistics, I never actually helped write the study".
Let's hope an independent investigation helps reveal the scenarios where any institutionalised misconduct is likely to happen, and that appropriate safeguards can be put in place to preserve the integrity of scientific research and research governance. And let us not fool ourselves that episodes like this Wakefield farrago are rare aberrations, since they are unlikely to be so. Hopefully some good will come out of this whole tawdry episode, and UK research will emerge stronger than ever.
And finally, it would be quite wrong for me to end without quoting one delicious vignette from the BMJ editorial concerning Wakefield's original 1998 Lancet publication:
"The paper's first sentence reads: "We investigated a consecutive series of children with chronic enterocolitis and regressive developmental disorder." The only truth in this sentence is that the patients were children."
Ouch! That one's gotta hurt.
48 Comments
Alan Henness said,
Wondering how Wakefield's supporters are going to be able to contort this one…
mike ward said,
I love that end bit!!!!
Cybertiger said,
The 'UK doctor' dribbled,
"Let's hope an independent investigation helps reveal the scenarios where any institutionalised misconduct is likely to happen, and that appropriate safeguards can be put in place to preserve the integrity of scientific research and research governance."
One thing is certain about this 'guest blogger', who ever he is, is that he's a priceless pompous prat.
Cybertiger said,
The puddled professor piddled out the following priceless poppycock,
"We came to an overwhelming and uniform opinion that these reports do not show colitis."
And the overwhelming and uniform opinions came without looking at a single histological slide. You can't make this stuff up!
pv said,
A fool wrote, "And the overwhelming and uniform opinions came without looking at a single histological slide. You can't make this stuff up!"
But if Saint Andy of Wakefield presents it in his defense, without a histological slide, that would be ok. You can make that stuff up.
The idiot ex-GP of Flitwick has been at the meths again and spews forth a stream of ad homs.
Cybertiger said,
The evidence suggests that you may be a little dim-witted.
But you are right; a case series lies at the bottom of the traditional hierarchy of evidence, and proves absolutely nothing. This may be why Wakefield et al stated in their [retracted] paper,
"We did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described."
However, the case series is often considered to be hypothesis generating: this may be why at the end of their [retracted] paper, Wakefield et al stated,
"We have identified a chronic enterocolitis in children that may be related to neuropsychiatric dysfunction. In most cases, onset of symptoms was after measles, mumps, and rubella immunisation. Further investigations are needed to examine this syndrome and its possible relation to this vaccine."
Cybertiger said,
@Chris, one of the dim-witted disciples of McScience
Professor (Dame) Trisha Greenhalgh is a very important GP and ever so scientific. She wrote an awfully clever book called, 'How to Read a Paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine'. I don't suppose you've read it.
While she acknowledged that the case series provides weak scientific
evidence, Professor Greenhalgh, in her book, gave a good example of the case series providing an early warning of vital importance to science and public
"A doctor notices that two babies born in his hospital have absent limbs (phocomelia). Both mothers had taken a new drug (thalidomide) in early pregnancy. The doctor wishes to alert his colleagues worldwide to the possibility of drug-related damage as quickly as possible."
(Dame) Trisha went on to say that "anyone who thinks 'quick and dirty' case reports are never scientifically justified should remember this example."
pv said,
As I said,
"The idiot ex-GP of Flitwick has been at the meths again and spews forth a stream of ad homs."
Boringly, boringly boring and predictable.
Ben said,
" It is imperative that researchers are not pressurised " don't you mean "pressured"? They would explode otherwise.
Cybertiger said,
Of course, jdc523's guest blogger is not the only priceless prat in the UK,
If only the fat lady of MMR had stuck to singing, making cabinets, inventing nappies and having Gordon Brown's babies.
deetee said,
Chris, that is really fascinating about John Stone.
It is quite clear he was posting a comment sent directly to him by David Lewis with instructions to send it to Nature and to pretend it was all Stone's own work. Yet Stone miserably failed to even get this simple task right, despite 2 attempts at doing so.
Pehaps Cyberpussy can inform his close friend who the prat really is.
deetee said,
"The paper's first sentence reads: "We investigated a consecutive series of children with chronic enterocolitis and regressive developmental disorder." The only truth in this sentence is that the patients were children."
And if I were the GMC, I'd ask to see the originals of the study childrens' birth certificates.
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deetee said,
Chris, you won't get an answer, not even an argumentum loquator cum inconsequentia (though he might try his usual argumentum ab contumelias).
It is patently clear that the announcements given by Wakefield at the press conference had nothing to do with the Lancet paper, since as you say there was zero evidence to implicate MMR.
Indeed, his advice to have single measles vaccine seems highly illogical, since he was trying to implicate not MMR as the cause of the autistic bowel problems, but specifically *measles virus* from the vaccines. So why recommend measles vaccine at all? To do so would be nonsensical if the measles virus was the culprit as he supposedly thought.
Instead, I think Wakefield was deliberately trying to muddle the distinction between his Lancet research work on the one hand, and his ongoing litigation work against MMR and the incorrect notion that kids might be harmed if they developed what was a rare, mild and inconsequential complication (meningitis) from the Urabe strain mumps virus in the MMR vaccine on the other. He merely wanted to say something bad about the evil MMR, so used the press conference as an opportunity to do so. But the Urabe strain MMR had been withdrawn in 1992, and the problem (meningitis) had not been reported since.
Cybertiger said,
The original pompous prat has arrived in town. Dr. DeeTee, I presume. How's the weather in Blackpool?
Cybertiger said,
Medical evidence guru, Professor (Dame) Trisha Greenhalgh, has always shovelled sh*t for a living and is now hailed as the champion dung spreader.
Of course, Dr Godlee is not the only prat to sit atop the medical establishment muck heap.
In April 2004, the dim-Dame deposited a hot, steaming turd over at Deer Brian's place (aka http etc, briandeer.com). The prof's droppings were an allegedly scholarly appraisal of the 'case series' paper by Wakefield et al. The daft-Deer loved the fragrance and the noxious poop secured pride of place on the site for more than six years. The Department of Health website – home to Professor (Sir) David Salisbury – even directed people to Brian's pad,
http://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-greenhalgh.htm *
Wakefield's paper did not state a research hypothesis so the clever professor made one up. She then went on to state that the study design – a descriptive report on only 12 children – was incapable of proving the hypothesis that had never been stated. Were the study's conclusions supported by the data? The data supported Wakefield et al's conclusions, but not the dim-Dame's made up hypothesis, of course.
Prof Trish is the original embarrassing body. Yuk!
* Trish's crap analysis has now been pooped from Brian's place. Perhaps the embarrassment finally became too much.
Cybertiger said,
Chris innocently asked,
"I also want to know why he did not take up the Royal Free's offer to do a larger study."
Why would Wakefield – or any reasonable scientist – want to do a study under the direction of a mercenary to**er like Professor (Sir) Mark Pepys?
And the cleverly dim-witted Chris also asked,
"I really want to know what evidence Wakefield used when he announced at the 1998 press conference that the MMR should not be used, but to only use single vaccines. Despite a version being used safely in the USA since 1971."
You could read Andrew Wakefield's book, 'Callous Disregard: autism and vaccines – the truth behind a tragedy'. Or this video might be a help,
Cybertiger said,
Chris offers convincing evidence that the dim get dumber and solid proof that he/she's a pudding.
Martin said,
"As to why the pathologists who co-authored the paper allowed their names to be linked to it, who knows?"
You could include in your list that the co-authors didn't bother to check the paper at all, rather than that they semi-knowingly turned a blind eye. After all, whose job is it to check? What form should those checks be? Who checks that the checks have been done? As you say, this goes to the 'heart of all research everywhere', but it's just another example of why this way of disseminating knowledge is not trustworthy.
Cybertiger said,
@Martin, yet another brainless prat
"You could include in your list that the co-authors didn't bother to check the paper at all, rather than that they semi-knowingly turned a blind eye."
Have you got a shred of evidence to back up that slur?
Cybertiger said,
Yesterday, the editor of the BMJ provided readers with treat in corrupt and contorted publishing ethics. There was something of the 'James and Rupert' in her offering,
To quote the best bit,
"The second point is that, even if we had concluded that we were obliged to obtain consent, we reasonably anticipated that we would have been unable to obtain it. The BMJ is not and never has been in contact with the patients or their families to the extent that, apart from one parent who has written to us, we don't know their identities. Furthermore, given (a) the fact that most of the families of the patients in question are known to be dedicated supporters of Andrew Wakefield and opponents of Brian Deer and his work and (b) the tenor of the articles that we were proposing to publish alongside David Lewis's letter, we reasonably believed that even if we could establish contact with the patients or their families, we would not obtain consent."
And then lady of the MMR goes on to say,
"Third, we considered that there was an overwhelming public interest in publication of the grading sheets and the data they contained …"
Eh? Overwhelming public interest? Surely the only interest comes from pedantic prats like jdc352 and hateful village-idiots like dr. deetee from Blackpool.
Cybertiger said,
It is obvious that the public interest would be well served by subjecting dr.deetee to a thorough forensic psychological investigation.
The investigating authorities will no doubt be able to report a full house of ploys deployed by this mean spirited consulting physician from Blackpool.
deetee said,
Interesting that out of the tactics mentioned in that article, most of them can be applied to Dr Wakefield.
Cybertiger said,
"It was still just a case study of 12 children … There was absolutely no reason it should have been given any weight whatsoever."
Hurrah! Give the guy a Nobel prize for his stunning quick-wittedness.
Cybertiger said,
"Interesting that out of the tactics mentioned in that article, most of them can be applied to Dr Wakefield."
Whoopee! Give the quack a Nobel prize for stunning originality.
Cybertiger said,
Whoops, sorry … my mistake … I meant the igNoble for the prize ducks who quack so pathetically … it'll be Andrew Wakefield who'll get the real Nobel.
mike ward said,
Cybertiger – have you not thought of seriously reconsidering your debating tactics after they cause you work problems? At one time I thought you could have a point about statins but lost interest when you started hurling continuous insults like this
pj said,
To be fair, it has been known for quite some time that these histology findings were being over interpreted:
"Significant bias was introduced to the studies from the Royal Free by the interpretation of histological changes seen in normal lymphoid follicles as pathology…It is also disturbing that the investigators have not attempted to re-inforce the histopathological diagnosis of enterocolitis by having the slides examined in an open forum by independent pathologists, especially since another small series has found no abnormalities…
There is no evidence from the papers discussed above that a significant number of autistic children have 'enteritis', i.e. inflammation of the small intestine. The only consistent abnormality seen in these children may be ILNH, but we have explained why this finding is not unexpected in constipated individuals…"
Cybertiger said,
@mike ward, tuneless chorister for the goon show
What have my opinions on statins – whatever they are – or however they're phrased – got to do with the price of fish? And I naively thought you sciencey types looked dispassionately at the evidence, and only the scientific evidence. Idiot!
Cybertiger said,
Come on, give us a song: what do the goon show choristers think of this recent letter to the BMJ? Or is it all a bit too sciencey?
The choristers = UK doctor, dr. deetee of Blackpool, Chris & mike ward (aka dim and dumber) and jdc352, tweeting twitterer.
Cybertiger said,
Of course the chorister line up also includes, UK scientist, dr.drippy draust, pj the tittish banana-pyjama, Martin, that other brainless twat, and pv the poppycock prat.
Cybertiger said,
Of course the lead singers in the cabaret are Deer & Godlee (aka dr.evadne and dame hilda unhinged).
Mike Ward said,
Cybertiger – who would have won in a fight between you and that guy you threatened? You lost your job over it so you must have thought about it. Satisfy my curiosity as I have given up getting any sense out of you
Cybertiger said,
Dim & Dumber are singing for their supper. Twits.


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Personality Redux
Maybe you go to the house of a neighbor, or someone you've just met, and you glance around the rooms, wondering what, if anything, the decor says about the person. How do you distinguish the objects that have been put there for show, for the sake of would-be visitors, from those objects that reveal something true and significant about the owner of the home?
This is the subject of Sam Gosling's book, Snoop. The results of his research may surprise you. Our personalities do indeed appear to be reflected in the stuff we accumulate and display. But maybe not always in the way you'd think.
Gosling writes with a light touch. He tells you just enough about his research to get the nuances without bogging you down with technical details.
If personality fascinates you, this book is well worth your time.
The OCEAN of Personality
How would you describe the person you think you know best? What adjectives might you use to describe his or her personality?
It turns out that when descriptors of personality are subjected to rigorous research, with modern measurement techniques, five basic dimensions occur again and again, across personality tests, across cultures, and across researchers. In the world of personality research, this is BIG news. It's the closest personality psychologists have come to reaching consensus about the basic dimensions of the human personality.
The five dimensions are:
Openness to Experience
(Sometimes dubbed the "ocean" model because of the first letters.)
We all have the same five traits in varying degrees. Each of these traits are on a continuum from very low to very high, though most people fall near the middle on any given dimension (sort of like height).
If you are high in Openness to Experience, you are open to new ideas, feelings, values, actions. You are likely to show divergent thinking and have a keen appreciation for art, literature, and possibly science, as well for fantasy and imagination. If you are low on this dimension, you are more like to be down-to-earth, practical, more a preserver of status quo than and explorer of new experience.
As for Conscientious, think focus. Getting things done. Doing what one is suppose to do as opposed to letting things ride.
Extraversion is about how gregarious you are. How much social stimulation do you need? The classic extravert likes to have lots of people around because they make him feel good. By contrast, the classic introvert (the low end of extraversion--introversion-extraversion are not different types, but one continuous trait), needs only a few good friends, and is easily overwhelmed by too much social stimulation.
People high on the trait of Agreeableness are trusting, friendly, souls. They make great friends. People low in this trait tend to be antagonistic, possibly even aggressive at times. They make good lawyers.
If you are emotional reactive, prone to stress and negative emotions, you are likely high on neuroticism, a NORMAL dimension of personality. But if you are nonreactive, even-keeled, seldom upset, and rebound quickly after stress, you are probably lower in this dimension.
Want to know more? Take a free personality inventory that uses this model. Or, type in FIVE-FACTOR MODEL into your favorite search engine. In my psychology practice, I use an instrument called the NEO-PI, which gives detailed information about the five personality dimensions, as well as their facet scores.
Know Thyself
Why does it pay to have a clear picture of your own PERSONALITY?
1. It helps you be true to yourself.
For instance, if you are an introvert, and you know this about yourself, you will be more able to resist an extravert's attempts to get your to be more like him. (Extraverts seem especially prone to trying to change the introvert's character.)
2. It helps you know where you fit in the world.
"Birds of a feather flock together" or "opposites attract"? According to research, it's more the former than the latter. So the clearer you are about your own personality, the easier it will be to choose a mate, an occupation, or a group of people to hang out with.
3. It helps you identify potential blind-spots.
No personality trait is all good or all bad; there's always an upside and a downside. But it helps to know what the downside is because sooner or later you'll have compensate for it.
4. It helps identify your strengths.
Although it seems paradoxical at first glance, sometimes real growth comes, not from working on your weaknesses, but on developing your strengths. Unlike popular wisdom, which suggests people can "re-invent" themselves, it's much more valuable to become MORE yourself. That is, as time goes on, as you mature and gain self-understanding and self-complexity, you expand those aspects of yourself that are uniquely you. The goal is not to become like your spouse, your neighbor, or even the person you most admire. The goal is to become who you really are, who you were mean to.
Know yourself truly and deeply, and you will find yourself place in the world.
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In our museum there are two stores that contain printed and souvenir production.
In the gift shop you can purchase the products by many manufacturers from the Moscow region and other regions. There is exquisite porcelain of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, products from Dulyovo, elegant porcelain from Verbilki, the famous Gzhel production, Yaroslavl majolica. You can easily choose something from a diverse range of shawls and scarves by Pavloposadsk manufacture, Zhostovo trays, and Bogorodskaya Klimovskaya toys for children. Orenburg shawls, Lipetsk lace, handicrafts made of wood and bark, dolls, jewelry boxes and many other art products are waiting for you in our shop.
The store printed materials - books on the history of the New Jerusalem, the collections of the museum, booklets and postcards. We have a variety of travel guides, books on Russian and world history, art albums, children literature available in the shop. Here you can buy original children's toys as well.
In our stores you can buy souvenirs with logos of the Museum "New Jerusalem" and the other museums of the Moscow region. There are T-shirts and baseball caps, umbrellas, magnets, mugs, decorative plates and panels.


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800 total adults drink coffee and 200 do not. Therefore, there is 4 coffee drinkers for every 1 non-coffee drinker. That ratio is $\frac{800}{200}=\frac{4}{1}$
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A green logrolling classic
Credit: By The Editorial Board | The Wall Street Journal | Nov. 18, 2018 | www.wsj.com ~~
For a perfect example of green daydreaming gone awry, look to the waters off Virginia Beach, which will soon feature two wind turbines with blades rising as tall as the Washington Monument. It's impressive engineering, but it makes zero economic sense, according to Virginia's utilities regulators. They've issued a scorching order that . . . approves the project. Yes, the surprise ending is that their factual analysis doesn't matter under a green fiat from the state Legislature.
Dominion Energy, Virginia's biggest utility, plans to spend $300 million to build the two turbines 27 miles off the coast. Together they will produce 12 megawatts of power, enough for 3,000 homes. This first pair of turbines is a "demonstration project" to let Dominion gather data and experience. Then, as soon as 2024, it could begin dotting the adjacent waters with hundreds more, enough to generate 2,000 megawatts and light 500,000 homes.
This summer Dominion asked Virginia's State Corporation Commission, which regulates electric utilities, to deem the plan "prudent." As reason to act swiftly, it cited pressure to cut carbon emissions. Senate Bill 966, championed by Dominion and signed in March by Gov. Ralph Northam, set a state objective of 5,000 megawatts of solar and wind power by 2028.
The commission's 20-page order, issued Nov. 2, is a takedown from front to back. "Dominion's customers will pay the costs of this Project," it says. The two turbines will generate electricity at 78 cents a kilowatt-hour—compared with 9.4 cents for new onshore wind, 5.6 cents for new solar, and around three cents for energy bought on the open market.
Other utility companies, the order adds, have pursued offshore wind by signing agreements to buy power from outside developers. Instead Dominion "proposes a construction model, which places essentially all the risk on Dominion's customers."
What about the $300 million cost? "The proposed Project is not the result of a competitive bidding process," says the commission. Dominion admits that it lacks "detailed information" on the cost of other wind projects, and if overruns occur, "it may seek additional cost recovery from customers."
Trying to justify the two turbines as proof of concept doesn't work either, given that big offshore wind farms generate electricity at 13.1 cents per kWh. Since that's still higher than alternatives, what's left to prove? "Customers will pay at least $300 million (plus financing costs) to demonstrate a large-scale project that, based on Dominion's own studies, will not be a competitive option for the next 25 years," the commission says.
Not that reality matters. "As a purely factual matter," the commission says, the proposal "would not be deemed prudent." But the Legislature has declared that offshore wind is "in the public interest." Voilà, the petition is approved.
This could hardly be improved as an illustration of environmental logrolling—among a Republican state Legislature, a Democratic Governor, green activists and a utility company with a regulated monopoly. The State Corporation Commission deserves credit for calling attention to the fiasco. But if its hands are tied, then who's looking out for Dominion's 2.6 million customers? Nobody.
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Human Error Found in Walla Walla Motor Failure
WSF to improve communications and maintenance procedures
A three-month safety investigation recently concluded that human error was responsible for the failure of an electric drive motor that removed the 188-car ferry Walla Walla from service.
According to the final report, investigators determined the motor failure was avoidable and resulted from mistakes made by Washington State Ferries personnel. The motor failure occurred Nov. 4, 2012 when the Walla Walla was undergoing routine annual maintenance at Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility on Bainbridge Island. Mistakes included:
• Communication between engine crew and maintenance staff was insufficient.
• Eagle Harbor maintenance staff and the Walla Walla's engine crew improperly prepared electrical equipment for a complex maintenance procedure.
• No written procedures or checklists were available for this maintenance work, which is rarely performed on the Jumbo-class Walla Walla.
Immediately after the incident, WSF followed agency protocol and opened an internal safety investigation. WSF also hired the Cadick Corporation, an electrical power system engineering firm, to assist in the investigation as a third-party expert.
"We conducted a thorough and detailed investigation into what happened and why," said David Moseley, Washington State Department of Transportation assistant secretary, ferries division. "Safety is our number-one priority at WSF. We need to learn from these mistakes and focus on improving complex maintenance practices."
WSF is taking necessary steps, based on the investigative panel's recommendations, to prevent future incidents of this nature, Moseley said. These steps include:
• Give appropriate training prior to the specific work for infrequent complex maintenance activity.
• Establish and follow checklists and associated written procedures for the infrequent complex maintenance activity.
• Mandate pre-work meetings prior to work being performed on vital equipment with all associated personnel.
• Explore the feasibility of either additional alarms or interlocks to handle the situation of a non-rotating motor with loop current flowing through it.
• Reinforce established lock out/tag out procedures, and ensure detailed entries of equipment components rather than non-specific descriptions.
Immediately following the panel's recommendations, WSF implemented pre-work meetings prior to work being performed on vital equipment, and developed checklists and written procedures for the maintenance activity that resulted in the motor failure of the Walla Walla. WSF has established a timeline to implement the other recommendations in the report over the next several months.
The November incident occurred during a scheduled procedure on an electric drive motor, one of four propulsion motors aboard the Walla Walla. The procedure required WSF vessel engineers and maintenance staff to engage an electrical current to power two of the motors in separate motor rooms located at each end of the vessel. According to the report, crews improperly set electrical circuits to prevent the current from reaching an inactive motor in an unstaffed motor room. The current melted vital parts of the inactive motor over a period of 40 minutes.
Investigators concluded that two separate crews each assumed the other had taken proper steps to safely contain the electrical current. The crews' lack of familiarity with the system's circuitry and reliance on inadequate institutional knowledge were contributing factors, as well.
No one was injured in the incident.
To return the Walla Walla to service, WSF has been working with the drive motor manufacturer to refurbish WSF's only spare motor for Jumbo-class ferries. After installing the refurbished motor, crews will begin extensive testing and sea trials. The Walla Walla should return to service in April. The total cost of repairs is estimated at approximately $3 million.


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Compressing BD rips
Hey all
I am using a Mac Pro with Snow Leopard OS to rip and backup blurays.
I have MakeMKV and it can successfully back up my bluray discs or extract individual titles.
However, some of them are too large to fit onto a 25gb disc and the 50gb discs are oppressively expensive.
Is there a native application anywhere to compress either an M2TS or an MKV to a smaller package? Like DVD2OneX for bluray?
I tried BD rebuilder under VMware and it works and completes the operation successfully but the video was not pristine. I watched about 30 minutes into a movie and the video started breaking up every minute or so.
I know if there are no native applications I can restart into windows and try running BD rebuilder native. Maybe that will fix the breaking up problem.
Your constructive ideas would be appreciated.
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Not using it for windows but Handbrake (0.94) is available for Macs:
It should be able to use mkv as source; if not start over with the BD.
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Thanks for your input RunningSkittle and BigDid.
The MKVtoolnix looks interesting when i need to mux to an MKV I will be using that.
I used BD rebuilder to compress "Hurt Locker" to a 25GB bluray and it turned out fine. I restarted and ran it native in windows XP and in 5 1/2 hours it turned out a compressed copy with no artifacts and still included the subtitles. I like that since it seems nowadays every movie has some garbled speech or fast talking actor with an accent that you can't understand what they say.
I will try another title soon to verify this workflow can be trusted.
Handbrake is pretty slow at encoding but I may give that a try for single-title bluray movies and then try to mux the result with tsmuxer to be burned to bluray. The only thing with handbrake is that it appears to not see the subtitles on the m2ts file or the mkv file. MKVtoolnix will not load a transport stream and I can't see how it could be used to compress a file it seems to only mux files to MKV containers.
Thanks again guys for the tips.
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If you are interested in a "fire and forget" solution for the command line, I provide a collection of scripts (see my Sig.) (utilizing mencoder, x264, and many other programs). All my scripts run on all UNIXoid systems (on the command line that includes OS X), the ones written in Perl should run also on Windows. I don't know about the dependencies though. And I cannot test, as I do not own a Mac.
My program collection supports multiple audio, subtitles, chapter marks and multiple output container formats. mkv is supported best with all features mentioned, but also output to .ts, .m2ts, .avchd, .mp4 or .ogm is possible. Including automatic audio format conversion if the output container does not support the source format.
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The Project Manager is working with stakeholders for identifying requirements; one of the stakeholders asks to share the project schedule. What should the project manager do?
A. Explain that Project Schedule gets prepared after scope baseline
B. Share the project charter since it has the broad timelines
C. Prepare the schedule if not done already and share.
D. Share the Work Breakdown Structure
Let us look at the core question; do you have a schedule before having the requirements?
The work for schedule preparation starts with a process called Define Activities, and you do see Scope baseline as an input to this process. Does this mean Define Activity can only happen when you have a scope baseline?
PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition defines Define Activities
"Define Activities is the process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables."
It's a misconception that schedule gets prepared after scope baseline. We also need a schedule for planning and executing activities leading to the scope baseline.
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Behavior Change in Business with Dr. Nicolas Lucas
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Do you ever get in front of people and your confidence suddenly goes out the door? Even if you're perfectly prepared to give a stunning speech or network like a pro? According to today's guest, Dr. Nic Lucas, you're being haunted by neurotags, and he's here to talk about how you can bring about real behavior change.
How difficult is it to change your behavior?
Dr. Lucas says it's not always as difficult – or time consuming – as you might think.
- At 4:00 – Dr Lucas explains how brain science affects everything in an entrepreneur's life, from his or her success to whether or not customers will receive the message and product with open arms.
- At 6:00 – Dr. Lucas talks about neurotags. These are the things that happened to you before that affect what you do today without you even realizing it. They can shape your future for better or worse.
- At 16:00 – Dr. Lucas talks about changing behavior, from the smallest things like habitually checking social media, to the very biggest things that have an 'emotional charge' to them.
- At 20:00 – It's not impossible to break habits and thought patterns, and Dr. Lucas shares some of his techniques with Danny.
- At 26:00 – Dr. Lucas addresses the point of having amazing achievements but still feeling empty in other areas of their lives, especially dealing with anxiety.


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Berry picking, root cellars, cod jigging, and baked goods are all staples of Newfoundland heritage. But how relevant are island food traditions today?
All Around the Table is a series of 12 short films featuring interviews with 12 seniors who share their personal stories about food skills.
"The interviews highlight the unique perspectives of individuals and communities across the Avalon Peninsula," explained Sarah Ferber of the Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador (FSN).
The films were created by FSN as part of its Root Cellars Rock initiative.
FSN is a provincial, non-profit organization that was founded in 1998 in response to a number of poverty and food insecurity issues in the province.
"Food for all"
"(Our) mission is to actively promote comprehensive, community-based solutions to ensure physical and economic access to adequate and healthy food for all," Ferber wrote in an email to The Independent.
Root Cellars Rock focuses on local food production through food heritage, she explained. "Through engagement with community-based initiatives across Newfoundland and Labrador, FSN began to recognize the gap between the extensive knowledge that seniors in our province hold around food skills and the growing interest among younger people to create a more sustainable local food system, who were seeking such knowledge because it hadn't necessarily been passed down."
The films are a means to expose these traditions in a beautiful, interesting and accessible fashion.
With traditional Newfoundland music playing in the background and each elder speaking from memory, viewers are likely to feel a personal connection to the film and can use the information shared through the stories to bring the food traditions to life again.
A film a week
FSN will debut a new film on the Root Cellars Rock blog every Wednesday from May 1 to July 17.
The first film featured Lewis Cole of Carbonear, whose family had a vegetable garden, pigs, and chickens. They went berry picking and made jam. Each member had a specific role linked to food. Cole said he hopes more Newfoundlanders will begin growing their own gardens again, and that the first vegetable that comes in will spark a desire to grow more.
"The strong food heritage that we possess in Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the greatest assets we have for fostering food security," said Ferber, who believes summoning longstanding knowledge will help islanders sustain local food production. "We can utilize some of the ideas and techniques from the past, that still make practical sense today, to build a more sustainable and healthy local food system."
All Around the Table is effective in not only explaining how to preserve such traditions, but also in exposing us to new ideas.
One of the interviewees, Leonard Ruby, a farmer from Killbride, explained that one year he and his wife grew 24 varieties of vegetables for their roadside stand, Ferber explained.
Old knowledge + new knowledge = great potential
"As more people learn to grow new things in backyard and community gardens, harvest berries and other non-traditional wild foods, and reconnect with heritage food skills, the options truly become endless. There is great potential in combining the heritage skills and knowledge that we have in this province with people's expanding appreciation for a variety of foods and flavours," she said.
An All Around the Table launch was held May 3 in Carbonear, but Ferber encourages any community groups interested in hosting a screening event to email her at [email protected]
The films can be viewed as they are released on The Root Cellar Rock's blog: rootcellarsrock.ca/all-around-the-table, so butter up a sticky bun, get a notebook and pencil, and sit down for a fine conversation with the seniors of our province to learn more about the food you already love.


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"…I know most of you boys are of the rural sort," Allen says to a group of young men sitting on benches under an open sided awning, "and to many you are not worth handing a weapon and expecting to fight longer than it takes you to shit your pants and miss your momma."
Amongst them the younger ones chuckle, the older ones snarl under their breath.
"It is okay to laugh now. But those of you grumbling better have a good time while you can. As you, we are volunteers." Amarok steps out of a nearby communication tent and seems dazed as Allen continues, "Under certain conditions set upon us four, your training instructors," Ursus and the nearly featureless Odachi stand on the ends of the lines facing Allen, "we hold only the rank of private and will only be addressed by our call signs. The stout fella to my right is training instructor Ursus. The hardass to my left is training instructor Odachi. Training instructor Amarok will be with us shortly. I am Training Instructor Rider. As I have told you before we all hold the rank of private. For everyone our call sign is our name. We hold no static unit. We do what we are told when we are told to do it. Usually the upper echelon sends us on outings much like this one. You have already received your basic combat training but we are here to enhance your woodcraft and prepare you for operations behind enemy lines."
Amarok joins Allen standing before the group. He seems visibly shaken.
"You all have been chosen from separate parts of the 'verse for various reasons. One. You all showed exceptional levels of knowledge in several fields. Two. You all have shown an acceptable amount of independent thought and reasoning. Three. You all come from out of the way parts of the 'verse making you all virtual strangers. "Allen turns and looks at Amarok for a moment before continuing.
"I want all of you to think long and hard about the call sign you choose. Maintain some identity to you people or home world, but try not to attach yourself to any family names or identities. Clan, village, tribe, and family names are not acceptable. This call sign will stick with you throughout your service and probably beyond. There are a few encyclopedias here if you need further reference. "Allen signals Amarok to follow him to a shade tree nearby.
"What's going on?" He asks. Amarok stands in a state of shock before him.
"It is all gone. Ekchlee o'n cl'ee etch. *The land and the people* it is all gone." Amarok waivers a bit as tears begin streaming from his eyes. Beginning to fold physically Allen holds on to Amaroks shoulders before he can fall.
"Where, what are you talking about?" Allen asks Amarok. He strains a little holding up Amarok as he gets heavier.
"Peechta, Shadow, it is been destroyed." Amarok stands a little as to take the weight off of Allen. "They bombed it. All of it. The towns and the villages. They say it because we volunteer so many. Do we do this thing to them?"
"No. we face them, remember." Allen tells Amarok, slowly backing away so he can stand on his own.
At a moments passing the world goes dark. Allen and Amarok sit opposite each other at a small campfire. Rocking back and forth Amarok cradles a small leather bag in his arms. As he stops Allen moves over to him as Amarok begins handing him small items one at a time. First a small wooden mixing bowl and grinder, next some stringy root and some dark berries. After firstly breaking them into bits Allen drops them into the mixing bowl and begins grinding them together. After a few moments Amarok pours a small vial containing a shiny black mineral into the bowl as Allen continues mixing. Once ground into a consistent dry paste Amarok pours a small bit of clear liquid from another vial into the bowl. Allen quickly mixes it into a thick paste grinding leftover bits as he finds them.
Amarok pulls a small instrument from the bag. It appears to be a small sharp talon attached to a short hard wood handle by a thin leather strip. Looking up Amarok seems to fall into a state of meditation as Allen moves closer to him. Handing Allen the instrument they trade as Allen hands him the bowl. Amarok holds it cupped in both hands so that Allen can dip the talon into the liquid.
The markings already on Amaroks face are highlighted by the gentle campfire sway. A series of nearly a hundred dots form a triangle over his left eye, a thick line from the tip of his nose to the top of his forehead, a series of lines' extending from his bottom lip outward on his chin as would the final rays of sunlight on water, and three horizontal stripes under his right eye.
Wincing lightly as Allen makes the first mark Amarok continues to hold the bowl. As Allen dips the tip of the talon in the bowl Amarok breathes deep before the sharp talon again pierces the skin on the right side of his face. Slowly what was three horizontal stripes under his right eye became three long horizontal stripes extending to his ear. Slow and agonizing is the process. What were three stripes become four, then five, then six. The sixth stripe runs along Amaroks jawbone and to the hairline on his neck.
As Allen finishes the last bit of stripe six Amarok shudders from the trauma his body had just endured. The shock of the marking he endured gives way to the realization of what happened to his home. Weeping Amarok struggles to finish the ceremony. Extending his hand Amarok retrieves the hunting knife handed to him by Allen. Using the blade Amarok slowly saws bit after bit the longer parts of his hair off. The first bit is set in the bowl with the talon. Reaching for the fire Amarok tosses it in where it quickly begins to burn, the black liquid crackles and pops lightly.
What was once covered in dark straight locks is now a tussle of clumps and bald spots. Amarok stands, Allen does not help him. He seems to gather strength as he grips the knife tightly in his right hand. Holding up his left arm Amarok stares into the fire.
"e'ch'klee ohn'day ohn'duc ohn'too cl'ond." *In time we live laugh love* Amarock says in a strong yet strangely soft tone. Reaching with his right hand he slashes three times over the top of his left forearm. Holding the arm over the fire only a slight trickle sizzles on the coals and smokes out of existence.
As Amarok hands the knife back to Allen it is not wiped clean. The blood mingles with the steel then the leather as it is sheathed.
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Wall Street casts doubt on GrubHub's growth plan; shares tank
Updates shares, adds analyst comments
Oct 29 (Reuters) - GrubHub Inc's GRUB.N plan to expand its network will need heavy investments and take years to realize, analysts said on Tuesday, casting doubts on the online food delivery company's ability to boost profits in the face of burgeoning competition.
Shares of the company crashed 42%, after it forecast slowing revenue growth for the fourth quarter, pushing at least two brokerages to downgrade the stock and cut their price targets.
The stock was trading at $33.60 in afternoon trade - set to wipe out more than $2 billion in market value - and a far cry from the median price target of $86. The stock plunged to its lowest level in more than three years earlier in the session.
"Most concerning is that the new strategic plan is unproven, creating greater uncertainty," Guggenheim analysts said, downgrading the stock to "neutral" from "buy".
GrubHub, one of the pioneers in the industry, has been battling growing competition from startups such as DoorDash and Uber Technologies' UBER.N Uber Eats.
In response, the Chicago-based company has spent heavily on promotions and has also tried to increase market share by striking partnerships, including a recent deal with Dunkin' Brands Group Inc DNKN.O.
BofA Merrill Lynch analysts said the food delivery market was growing increasingly irrational as competitors flood the market with rewards and incentives, making online diners less loyal.
"GRUB's answer to this irrationality, however, seems confusing. Its management letter seems to suggest that it will double down on its competitors' poor economic decisions," the analysts added.
Diners were becoming "more promiscuous" and the company would reduce its advertising spending and instead focus on growing the number of brands on its platform by adding non-partnered restaurants, Chief Executive Officer Matt Maloney said in a letter to shareholders on Monday. (http://bit.ly/2WkUQl2)
"We will be moving quickly, spending more and trying many different strategies over the next 12-18 months to increase restaurant supply aggressively while making our diner experience more sticky - effectively taking action to remove any reason for diners to look anywhere else."
Typically, online food delivery often has one clear winner as users download and use only one app, constricting the market to one or two major players.
GrubHub's strategy to invest more to add restaurants and increase customer loyalty through various rewards and incentive programs could take several years to bear fruit - and will not be well received by investors, said BTIG analyst Peter Saleh.
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Welcome to Another Weekend Coffee Share.
How are you all holding up under the varying strains of the coronavirus? Although they're calling it a pandemic, it's not affecting all countries equally and there's also such a variation in how it affects those who've become infected, that there's far from a shared, universal experience.
I suspect I've now been in lock down now for about six weeks with Geoff and the kids being home for four. The kids have been on school holidays for the last two weeks, although I don't really feel it's quite fair to call what they've had "a holiday". It's really been more of a continuation of limbo, and at times lock down feels very much like being in jail. Australia's a pretty mellow country most of the time, however, Police powers have ramped up and we are living in a Police state. Of course, it is for our own good, and some idiots need to be controlled by external forces. However. that doesn't mean we need to like it.
I've also been getting a bit annoyed with people in the media calling this the worst thing that's happened. It's not. There are still survivors from Jewish concentration camps alive. There are still others who went through the horrors of WWII. Our recent bush fires here in Australia, have affected us a lot more than the cononavirus has so far. I simply don't see the need for them to turn this crisis into anything bigger than it already is. It's already bad enough.
What we have really enjoyed and appreciated lately on TV, has been two music specials. There was One World Together At Home organized by Lady Gaga. However, we also had our own Australian version, Music from the Home Front which was held on the night of our ANZAC Day to honour those who have served our country in war as well as those in our hospitals who are the front line warriors in the battle against Covid 19. Fortunately, the Australian concert overcome the sound engineering difficulties which made it difficult to hear some of the performers in the world concert. I absolutely loved it, and much preferred the Australian concert. These were my people.
I have also been getting out for "My Walk". By the way, you can put that up there in lights. Due to my health issues, Geoff is doing all the shopping and the odd bit of other running around. So, the only time I'm legally allowed to leave the house, is to go for my walk. If I didn't know better, I'd be thinking this was some sort of conspiracy between my physio and the WHO. She's been trying to get me to go for a daily walk for years. Of course, in the end I had to accept that this was fake news. As if the physio could conjure up the coronavirus and kill all these innocent people just so that Rowena in distant Australia would finally go for her daily walk.
However, while there are some days where I can't be bothered and doing exercise comes with its usual expletives. However, I've also found there's a fine, almost imperceivable line between being a proud Super Sloth on the couch, and doing a Bruce Banner metamorphosis into the Incredible Hulk. Indeed, cabin fever's snuck up on me a few times, usually late at night or when I'm trying to sleep. OMG! It's unbelievable. It's like an insatiable itch you just can't scratch. I had a couple of really difficult days last week, where I felt totally trapped, and there was a blast of unbridled angst surging through me body and soul. It was quite horrible and for awhile there I felt like I was going to self-destruct, only I've been through this before and knew I just needed to ride it out. That like all storms, this too would pass.
That's why I'm trying get out for my walk most days now, and I've even taken the camera with me a couple of times. Last week, I went for a walk around the Woy Woy Waterfront right on dusk. The sun was setting and I managed to get some beautiful photos of the orange sun setting behind the silhouette of the wharf. I also spotted some kind of white crane, which was quite resistant to letting me get close up for that knockout shot. It was also rather confronting seeing the local playground closed up due to the virus and there was one park bench in particular which brought it all home. It was wrapped up in so much red tape, it could have been a government department. The mannequins all lined up in the opportunity shop, also seemed rather eerie and goodness knows how long they're going to be shut away behind the glass.
Later on in the week, I went for a walk at nearby Pearl Beach. I've been finding the repetitive routine of simply walking down the road to our beach a bit tiresome and I've needed a change of scenery. I went walking with my usual coffee and writing buddy Roland, who is in his 70's and lives alone. Whil we were there, a kookaburra came right up behind us and sat on the park bench. I was pleased Roland pointed it out and the kookaburra didn't seem at all camera shy, although it did seem to be looking for a feed.
I've also been continuing through the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is Places I've Been, which I chose to overcome the claustrophobia of being locked down at home. I've accomplished quite a lot, and it's great to have collated this collection of my personal travel stories. It's actually helped me to appreciate how much I love travel and exploring places both through the lens and my pen, and how that hasn't changed although I haven't been overseas for almost twenty years. It's been such a long time, and something I fully intend to rectify once these travel bans are lifted. This jail bird will be fleeing the coup!!
The series has also re-engaged me with blogging, which is good. It's been an excellent tonic during the madness of the covid 19 pandemic and it's helping to keep me somewhat sane.


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Last month, the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition (RRGCC) made the final loan payment on the Miller Fork Recreational Preserve in Beattyville, Kentucky. In 2013, RRGCC and Access Fund teamed up to acquire the 309-acre property, which includes several miles of cliff line, much of which was undeveloped at the time of purchase.
Photo courtesy of Elodie Saracco
The previous owner saw the RRGCC's involvement in community meetings and climbing's positive economic impacts on the local community, and she approached the RRGCC with the opportunity to buy the land. Knowing that the acquisition would create a brand new destination for climbers in the region and help to relieve climber impacts on other crags in the Red River Gorge, RRGCC jumped at the opportunity and reached out to Access Fund for help.
Access Fund provided both a $10,000 grant and a $200,000 loan from the Climbing Conservation Loan Program, the revolving loan fund that provides local climbing organizations with the funds and expertise to quickly save threatened climbing areas. The RRGCC pulled from its own funds to make up the difference and purchase the property for $245,000.
Over the last four years, the RRGCC has successfully fundraised to pay back the Climbing Conservation Loan, allowing Access Fund to invest those dollars to save other climbing areas. Today, Miller Fork features over 485 routes across 25 climbing areas. RRGCC and Access Fund have worked together to improve access points and build sustainable trails.
Congratulations RRGCC for securing this gem in The Red!


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Talk about a home run!
The annual Travis Roy Whiffle Ball Tournament, held last weekend in Essex, Vt., raised more than $500,000 — its second-highest collection — for spinal cord research.
The proceeds will go to the Travis Roy Foundation, which benefits and creates awareness for people with spinal cord injuries, according to the Associated Press.
The tournament was held in Essex, Vt., residents Pat and Beth O'Connor's three backyard fields.
All told, it has raised more than $4.6 million in its 16-year run. Wow!


text: World / Tehran Iran Wants to Change Uranium Deal But Tehran proposal would make the agreement pointless By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff Posted Oct 27, 2009 5:26 PM CDT Copied Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, center, makes his way as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) View 2 more images (Newser) – Iran continues to waffle on the details of the deal under consideration to ship its enriched uranium to Russia. Now it's saying that if it does agree to the deal—a formal response is due Friday—it won't send all of its uranium at once. Instead, it will send shipments to Russia in installments, a condition that would make the agreement largely pointless. "One of the problems would be that a part of the stockpile would remain in Iran, so the risk of breakout capacity would still be there," one researcher tells the New York Times. Other analysts suggest that Tehran's latest declaration may simply be a trial balloon to see how the West reacts. (Read more Tehran stories.) View 2 more images


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An interesting set of statistics surfaced yesterday. Amidst a great deal of BBC and UK-level handwringing over worsening employment statistics, (England's rising to 2.53m people out of work) Scotland bucked the trend, dropping 16,000 to 218,000 or 8.1%. And that was achieved while shedding 18,000 public sector workers and helped by 14.3% growth in construction employment.
This could be transient, or luck…or it could be the result of a savvy SNP government working with responsive SNP councils to slim Scotland's bureaucracy while pumping investment into infrastructure and housing. Why else should Scotland buck a UK trend?
Looking more closely at statistics for the economic regions—as the Scotsman did—highlights a more subtle pattern. Labour rushed in to rubbish any positive reading of the favourable Scottish statistics but they would be better occupied considering why it is that, after over half a century of their dominance across much of the UK, poverty and economic blight should, from Dagenham to Dennistoun, remain the embarrassing hallmark of their dismal dominance. The table ranks UK 'regions' by unemployment.
What is striking from the table is that Labour is inextricably linked with areas of high unemployment or low economic activity. To hear the Labour party, this is because it is the champion of the poor, the oppressed and the vulnerable. It is this loyalty to their champion that makes these areas such heartlands. However true this might have been back in Edwardian times, a century on is this still valid?
Or is it that those areas are condemned to economic hardship by Labour 'leadership' that is institutionalised nepotism that holds entire communities in social dependency and 'jobs-for-the-boys' paternalism? If Labour showed any ability to—let alone interest in—really helping those people on whose votes its existence depends they might grow out of dependency and actually gain the better life to which we all aspire.


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Accept the challenge to transcribe and analyze this historical document from Ol' Myrt's personal family history. The only additional clue I'll give you is that I found this on Fold3.com.
|IMAGE: If I cited this, I would be giving away too much information for this exercise.
With any document, I recommend following Birdie Holsclaw's practice to transcribe the document word-for-word, including typed, stamped and handwritten text.
Let's answer these questions:
- What is this document?
- How would you describe the physical appearance of this document?
- What does this document say about Ol' Myrt's ancestor?
- What other people are mentioned in this document?
- What information items do you find most reliable in this document?
- What information items do you find less reliable in this document?
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- Can you craft a citation for this document?
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- What other record groups should Ol' Myrt consider after analyzing this document?
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Nola by Benjamin Yusupov Given Serbian Premiere
The Swiss flutist Matthias Ziegler commissioned Benjamin Yusupov's concerto work "Nola" in 1994. This concerto for various flutes and string orchestra was premiered in Zurich on 31 Mai 1995 by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and Ziegler himself conducted by Edmond de Stoutz.
This work by the Israeli composer Yusupov will now be given its Serbian premiere in Belgrade on 28 September 2012, performed by Matthias Ziegler (flutes) and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Aleksandar Marković.
28 September 2012
Kolarac Hall, 8 PM
Serbian premiere: Benjamin Yusupov
"Nola". Concerto for various flutes and string orchestra
Matthias Ziegler (flutes)
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Aleksandar Marković (direction)


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Defect #30489
Internal server error when click middle mouse button link add watcher
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Clicking middle mouse button on the add wathcer link in the context menu fails
ActionController::UnknownFormat in WatchersController#new WatchersController#new is missing a template for this request format and variant. request.formats: ["text/html"] request.variant: []
#1 Updated by Marius BALTEANU over 3 years ago
- Status changed from New to Confirmed
#2 Updated by Marius BALTEANU over 3 years ago
Maybe it is enough to return 404 when the request format is HTML?
diff --git a/app/controllers/watchers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/watchers_controller.rb
index 3f080e9..cec2519 100644
--- a/app/controllers/watchers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/watchers_controller.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ class WatchersController < ApplicationController
accept_api_auth :create, :destroy
def new
- @users = users_for_new_watcher
+ respond_to do |format|
+ format.html { render_404 }
+ format.js { @users = users_for_new_watcher }
+ end
def create
#3 Updated by Marius BALTEANU over 3 years ago
All tests pass with the above patch applied:
Test results: https://gitlab.com/marius-balteanu/redmine/-/jobs/155499251
Patch: https://gitlab.com/marius-balteanu/redmine/commit/bcf9de280551a69d5b449a5d569560cb191926aa.diff
#4 Updated by Marius BALTEANU over 3 years ago
- Target version set to Candidate for next minor release
#5 Updated by Go MAEDA over 3 years ago
Since I use MacBook Pro and don't have a mouse with a middle button, I cannot reproduce the problem. Adding issue watchers works fine for me.
Could someone tell me how the middle button works and causes the error?
#6 Updated by Marius BALTEANU over 3 years ago
Yes, middle button means Open link in new tab. To reproduce, go to an issue, right click on the Add watchers link and then Open link in a new tab. Technically, instead of an Ajax request you will do a simple get request.
#7 Updated by Go MAEDA over 3 years ago
Marius BALTEANU wrote:
Yes, middle button means Open link in new tab.
Thanks, I understand. I think this issue is not a big problem, so the fix that simply returns 404 is enough.
I found that this issue also affects the following links.
- "Watch" link
- "Search for watchers to add" link on "New issue" page


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KEHOE, James (Jim)
August 16, 1923 – December 24, 2006
Passed away peacefully at Qualicum Manor on Christmas Eve with his loving wife Ann by his side. Jim will be sadly missed by his six children and their families.
Funeral service at Church of the Ascension December 30. 2006 at 11am.


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Olympic medalist plans to remain in the game
June 2, 2015 South African Olympic breaststroke gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh, has said he will have to keep up with his efforts to remain among the top swimmers in his specialist event this year if he is to successfully defend his title at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Since winning the Olympic gold medal in the men's 100m breaststroke in a world-record time of 58.46 seconds at the London Games, Cameron is very aware of young and also talented swimmers who desperately seek his crown.
The talented swimmer doesn't seem to have too much reason to be worried though, he started the season on a good note with the fourth fastest time in the world this year of 59.78 seconds, at the South African National Aquatic Championships in Durban in April.
He is quoted as saying "The main goal in the year before the Olympic Games is to try and be in contention for the gold next year. If you are not in the medals this year, you are sort of falling behind and in 2011 the main goal for me was to work my way up to the 100m breaststroke and get up there."