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Christian Friedrich Müller (* 10. März 1776 in Karlsruhe; † 31. August 1821 ebenda) war ein deutscher Buchhändler, Drucker und Verleger. Er war der Gründer des C.F. Müller Verlag.

Leben und Wirken
Christian Friedrich Müller wurde als Sohn des Hofbuchbinders Christian Andreas Müller und seiner Frau Marie Elisabeth geb. Burkhart im Jahr 1776 in Karlsruhe geboren. Er erlernte zunächst 1½ Jahre von seinem Vater die Grundkenntnisse des Buchbinderhandwerks. Danach begab er sich ab 1791 auf eine fünfjährige Wanderschaft. Ab 1796 war er als Buchhändler in Karlsruhe tätig und erhielt schon ein Jahr darauf am 1. September 1797 von Markgraf Karl Friedrich von Baden-Durlach das Privileg zur Aufstellung einer Druckerpresse. Trotz des Einwandes seines Bruders Johann Carl Müller, der nach dem Tod des Vaters die Funktion des Familienoberhauptes übernommen hatte, heiratete er 1798 die 9 Jahre ältere Dichterin Wilhelmine Müller geb. Maisch (1767–1807), Tochter des Neipperger Pfarrers Michael Maisch. Er wurde zu ihrem Verleger und veröffentlichte im Jahr 1800 in einer Sammlung ihre Gedichte und Episteln. Sie gab in seinem Verlag zwischen 1801 und 1807 auch das "Taschenbuch für edle Weiber und Mädchen" heraus. Am 12. Dezember 1807 verstarb Wilhelmine Müller im 41. Lebensjahr an einem Nervenfieber.

Im Jahre 1800 verlegte Müller seinen Wohnsitz nach Pforzheim und übernahm dort die seit 1794 bestehende und von Karl Friedrich Macklot gedruckte Zeitung "Pforzheimer Wöchentliche Nachrichten". Wieder zurück in Karlsruhe wurde Christian Müller 1803 zum kurfürstlich badischen Hofbuchdrucker ernannt und erhielt das Privileg zum Druck des Provinzialblatts der Badischen Markgrafschaft. Ebenso erhielt er von den Brüdern Macklot das Druckprivileg für das Karlsruher Wochenblatt. 1804 wurde der Betrieb um eine Kupferdruckerei und 1813 um eine Lithographische Anstalt erweitert. Von Johann Peter Hebel druckte und verlegte er 1811 und 1812 den "Rheinischen Hausfreund". Im Jahre 1815 wurde Müller zum Hofbuchhändler ernannt.

In seine Zeit fallen die bedeutenden Gesetzgebungswerke wie die Sammlung der Landrechte, Landes-Ordnung der Markgrafschaft Baden-Baden, wie auch der Statuten der neu akquirierten Länder von Offenburg, Gengenbach u... / Baden-Baden. Karlsruhe: Müller, 1805/1806 sowie der Code Napoléon mit Zusätzen und Handelsgesetzen als Land-Recht für das Großherzogtum Baden (1809), bearbeitet und in einem sechsbändigen Kommentar (1809–1812) erläutert von Staatsrat Johann Nicolaus Friedrich Brauer, und die erste amtliche Karte Badens von Johann Gottfried Tulla (1812).

Auf dem 1811 erworbenen Grundstück Ecke Ritterstraße/Innerer Zirkel wurde nach Plänen Friedrich Weinbrenners das neue Geschäftshaus erbaut. Dieses Gebäude wurde 1816 und 1817 um Anbauten auf den Grundstücken am Zirkel und in der Lammstraße erweitert. Bis zum Jahr 1958 war hier der Sitz des Unternehmens C.F. Müller.

Nach seinem Tod führte seine zweite Ehefrau Ernestine Müller geborene Bouginé (1780–1844), Tochter des evangelischen Theologen Karl Joseph Bouginé, den Verlag von 1821 bis 1843 weiter. Danach übernahmen die Söhne Wilhelm Müller (1815–1890) und Carl Friedrich Theodor (1817–1866) den Betrieb.

Literatur
 Manfred Schaeffer: 3 Generationen: Wilhelm Müller, Robert Müller-Wirth, Christof Müller-Wirth. Abschied Robert Müller-Wirth von der aktiven Verlagstätigkeit. Hofbuchhandlung, Druckerei und Verlag Christian Friedrich Müller, Bilder und Fotos, Portraits, 1972.
 Jutta Stehling: Von der Buchbinderei zum Verlag Christian Friedrich Müller: die Entstehung seines Unternehmens, zugl. ein Beitrag zur Familiengeschichte; Darstellung und Dokumentation. 1978
 Code Napoléon - Badisches Landrecht: Wegbereiter deutscher Rechtsgeschichte; Ausstellung in der Badischen Landesbibliothek anläßlich des 200. Jahrestages der Gründung des Verlages C. F. Müller 1797. Verf./Hrsg./Bearb.: Müller-Wirth, Christof, 1930–2022; Wagner, Christina. 1997, Karlsruhe ISBN 3-7880-9908-9

Weblinks

 Christian Friedrich Müller: Friedhof Karlsruhe
 Hofbuchdruckerei und Verlag C. F. Müller
 Eileen Purnama: Verlag und Druckerei C.F. Müller

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The results of a new study are described as 'remarkable'.
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Therapy dogs have become a popular fixture on North American university campuses.
Both male and female students reported equal puppy-induced reductions in stress and feelings of happiness. These effects were strongest immediately after the session but were still evident ten hours after the session. Lead author and UBC research assistant Emma-Ward Griffin, Ph.D. explained in a statement that these findings reveal that even a single drop-in therapy dog session can have a "measurable, positive effect" on humans. She and her co-authors encourage universities to schedule dog visits to campus during particularly stressful times, like exam periods.
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Q: Obtain the survival function plot by building an overall survival regression model I need to build an overall survival regression model that can show the survival plots for id's with multiple rows.
I have used the Weibull function to define the baseline hazard function h0(t) and Cox hazard model to evaluate the effect of covariates.
Then I evaluated the hazard function h(t), followed by cumulative hazard function H(t), and finally the survival function S(t).
Can somebody please let me know if the steps that I have followed is correct or not in Python?
Here is what I have done:
Step-1: Import libraries
#Load the required libraries
import pandas as pd
pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 50)
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 10)
pd.set_option('display.width', 1000)
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from lifelines import WeibullFitter, CoxTimeVaryingFitter
from scipy import integrate

Step-2: Create dataset
The dataframe has 4 id's/machines each having multiple rows and columns as 'cycle', 'start','Covariate', and  'breakdown'.
id-1 has 8 cycles.
id-2 has 6 cycles.
id-3 has 10 cycles.
id-4 has 4 cycles.
At the end of each cycle the event/breakdown of that specific id/machine is 1
data = {'id': [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
           2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
           3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
           4, 4, 4, 4],
    'cycle': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
              1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
              1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
              1,2,3,4],
    'start': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
              0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
              0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
              0, 1, 2, 3],
    'Covariate: x': [1.4,  1.9,  2.7,  3.8,  5.3,  7.4,  10.3,  14.4,
                  1.3,  1.6,  2.1,  2.7,  3.5,  4.2,
                  1.0,  1.1,  1.2,  1.3,  1.4,  1.5,   1.6,   1.8,  1.9,  2.1,
                  0.5,  1.0,  1.5,  2.0],
    'breakdown': [0, 0 ,0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
                  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
                  0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
                  0, 0, 0, 1],
    }

#Convert to dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print("df = \n", df)

The above dataframe looks as such:

Here, the plot of cycle vs covariate/feature for each id/machine until breakdown is as shows:

Step-3: Instantiate CoxTimeVaryingFitter() to calculate partial hazard ratios: HR = exp(x−x¯)'β
The partial hazard ratios is represented as:

The value of "exp(x−x¯)'β" is evaluated as such:
## Instantiate the Cox Time Varying Fitter
## Reference: https://lifelines.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fitters/regression/CoxTimeVaryingFitter.html
ctv = CoxTimeVaryingFitter(penalizer=0)

## Fit the Cox Time Varying Fitter model
ctv.fit(df,
        id_col="id",
        event_col='breakdown',
        start_col='start',
        stop_col='cycle',
        show_progress=True)

## Print the summary of the model
ctv.print_summary()

## Plot the Regression coeff β
fig_verify = plt.figure(figsize=(15,7))
ctv.plot()
plt.title("Regression coeff β")
plt.show()

## Evalauate the partial hazard ratios: HR = exp(x−x¯)'β
df_LogPartialHazard = ctv.predict_partial_hazard(df)

## Append the partial hazard ratios (HR) to the dataframe
df['exp(x−x¯)′β'] = df_LogPartialHazard

The dataframe now looks as such:

Step-4: Instantiate WeibullFitter() to calculate the scale (λ) and shape parameters (ρ)
Here, we assume that the baseline hazard function for all the rows of a particular id is same.
The baseline hazard function is represented as:

The scale (λ) and shape parameters (ρ) are evaluated by considering the last row of every id when the machine breakdown by Instantiating the WeibullFitter().
## Get the last value of ['cycle','breakdown'] for every 'id'
weibull_data = pd.DataFrame(df.groupby('id')[['cycle','breakdown']].max()).reset_index()

The above data for WeibullFitter() looks as such:

## Instantiate WeibullFitter class
## Reference: https://lifelines.readthedocs.io/en/latest/fitters/univariate/WeibullFitter.html
wbf = WeibullFitter()

##Fit the WeibullFitter to data
wbf.fit(weibull_data['cycle'], weibull_data['breakdown'])

## WeibullFitter summary
print("\n wbf.summary = \n",wbf.summary)

## WeibullFitter model parameters
print("\n Scale parameter = λ_wbf = ",wbf.lambda_)
print("\n Shape parameter = ρ_wbf = ",wbf.rho_)

## AIC of Weibull model
print ("\n Akaike information criterion = ", wbf.AIC_)

## Loglikelihood for weibull dist
wei = wbf.log_likelihood_
print("\n Loglikelihood = ", round(wei,2))

The shape and scale parameters are evaluated as:

Step-5: Create baseline hazard function [ho(t)] for all the rows in the dataset using the scale (λ) and shape parameters (ρ)
## Create baseline hazard function [ho(t)] for all the rows in the dataset
def baseline_hazard(t,ρ,λ):
    h_0 = (ρ/λ) * ((t/λ)**(ρ-1))
    return h_0

## Baseline hazard function
df['ho(t)'] = baseline_hazard(t = df['cycle'] ,ρ = wbf.rho_, λ = wbf.lambda_)

The dataframe looks as such:

The baseline hazard function 'ho(t)' for all the id's looks as such:

Step-6: Create hazard function [h(t)] for all the rows in the dataset
The hazard function is given as such

## Hazard function: h(t) = ho(t)* exp(Xβ)
df['h(t)'] = df['exp(x−x¯)′β'] * df['ho(t)']
print("\n df = \n",df)

The dataframe looks as such:

The hazard function 'h(t)' for all the id's looks as such:

Step-7: Calculate the cumulative hazard function H(t)
The cumulative hazard function H(t) is represented as:

Here we apply the simpson integration rule to evaluate the H(t) for every id
## Create function to evaluate cumulative hazard finction H(t)
def CUMULATIVE_HAZARD(complete_dataframe):

    ## Get the total number of cycles for each id
    grouped_by_unit = complete_dataframe.groupby(by="id")

    ## Create empty array for all the unique number of id's
    Cum_Haz_func_id = np.empty((np.int64(np.shape(complete_dataframe['id'].unique())[0]),0))

    ## Iterate over unique umber of id's
    for j in range (0,len(complete_dataframe['id'].unique())) :

        ## Rows of a particular id
        df_each_id = grouped_by_unit.get_group(j+1).reset_index()

        ## Empty array for rows of a particular id
        Cum_Haz_func_j_id = np.empty((np.int64(np.shape(df_each_id.index)[0]),0))

        ## Iterate over all the rows in a particular id
        for i in range (0,len(df_each_id.index)) :
            x = df_each_id['h(t)'][0:df_each_id.index[i]+1].reset_index()
            X = x['index']
            Y = x['h(t)']

            ## Integration via simpson rule
            Cum_Haz_func_in_j_ID_i_DataPoint = integrate.simps(Y, X)

            ## Append for the rows of a specific id
            Cum_Haz_func_j_id = np.append( Cum_Haz_func_j_id, Cum_Haz_func_in_j_ID_i_DataPoint)

        ## Append for all the rows for all the id's
        Cum_Haz_func_id = np.append( Cum_Haz_func_id, Cum_Haz_func_j_id)

    return Cum_Haz_func_id

## Cumulative Hazard function
df['H(t)'] = CUMULATIVE_HAZARD(df)

The dataframe looks as such:

And the Cumulative Hazard function 'H(t)' for each id looks as such:

Step-8: Calculate the survival function S(t)
The survival function is written as:

## Survival function
df['S(t)'] = np.exp(-df['H(t)'])
print(" \n df = \n", df)

The above dataframe looks as such:

The survival function of each id looks as:

Now, can somebody please let me know if the above process to obtain the survival function plot for each id is correct or not?
Edit-1
The cumulative baseline hazard can be extracted from CoxTimeVaryingFitter() as such:
## Cumulative Baseline Hazard: Ho(t)
CTV_Baselines = pd.concat([ctv.baseline_cumulative_hazard_,    ## Baseline Cumulative Hazard function: Ho(t)
                           ], axis=1).reset_index()

CTV_Baselines.columns = ['Last_cycle',
                         'Ho',
                          ]

print(" \n CTV_Baselines = \n", CTV_Baselines)

The cumulative baseline hazard looks as such:

A: As I understand your code, there's a problem with your baseline hazard estimate. It should be the same for all individuals and represent the situation when all covariates are at their mean values. Instead you seem to estimate separate baseline hazards for each individual based on the covariate value at failure.
You could instead extract the cumulative baseline hazard from your initial Cox model and find the best-fitting Weibull parameters to match that.

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Royals Rumblings - News for March 25, 2022
Today's Rumblings definitely weren't thrown together between basketball games last night
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Where's my helmet go?
If Tweets don't show up well on your screen, sorry in advance. There were a lot of stories that came from Twitter today.
The Royals improved to 5-0-1 in Cactus League play.
Daniel Lynch started and pitched 2 2/3:
Lynch made some mistakes — the slider that Joey Votto rocketed over the right-field wall missed its spot in the first inning — but he also came back to settle in and pitch more aggressively, finishing the third inning better than he started the first. The defense didn't help with an error and a fielder's choice that didn't result in an out, and Lynch saw some bad-luck balls land for hits. But his takeaway was overall positive.
"There's nothing like getting out there," Lynch said. "The adrenaline, on the field with the fans in the stands. You're playing another team. That was good to just to feel that."
Bobby Witt Jr. (who?) hit another home run and Vinnie Pasquantino walked the Royals off for a 5-4 win.
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Lynn Worthy at The Star also covering the game:
"I think my delivery got a little bit away from me, but I did do a good job of bringing it back in," Lynch said of his takeaways from the outing. "So that would be a positive takeaway. And maybe next time, not lose it for two batters. Have a couple pitches. Realize it. And rein it back in. "But that's definitely an improvement from last year where the delivery could get away from me for an inning at a time and I wouldn't realize it and [pitching coach] Cal [Eldred] would have to tell me. So that would be, obviously, a negative thing to walk someone, but a positive thing that I was able to come back and not let that inning get away."
Worthy also profiles veteran reliever Brad Peacock:
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The Royals covet versatility. It's part of what made veteran right-hander Ervin Santana so valuable last season. He could make spot starts, pitch in long relief or pitch in shorter relief outings. Peacock has pitched in similar roles before.
Alec Lewis with the first of two from The Athletic:
NEW — Inside the Royals' off-season plan for Adalberto Mondesi: https://t.co/0kyI7mrz5b
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) March 24, 2022
Here's a bonus Athletic article about an ex-Royal:
Death, taxes and @BrownieAthletic tracking down a former ballplayer who goes into the beer or wine business and writing a nice profile story. https://t.co/Aegwlqu66Z
— Rustin Dodd (@rustindodd) March 24, 2022
Wait a second. That's like 20 minutes north of San Antonio. Dude, I am so there, maybe sometime this summer or fall. /scribbles note into future travel spreadsheet/
Affeldt was always a good dude in the autograph lines after games. I swear, I have a half dozen things signed by him. My baseball life partner had a ball that he brought to get signed and I think Jeremy signed it 3 different times across the course of a few years.
There were a couple of NLBM stories of note yesterday:
Were you one of the 7K+ fans who attended the museum in February? Then part of this giant novelty check was from you!
In February, we partnered with our friends at @NLBMuseumKC to provide free admission to the community in support of Black History Month.
A special thank you to all 7,723 of YOU FANS who helped the Museum TRIPLE its attendance rate and learned the history of the game! pic.twitter.com/8fcXy0mxRs
— Royals Charities (@royalscharities) March 24, 2022
Unfortunately, they will also be adding another sad article, marking our racist past and present:
The vandalized Jackie Robinson marker will head to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City where it can serve as a reminder that the ugliness of America's past persists to this day.https://t.co/KSAamBP2Wd
— Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (@NLBMuseumKC) March 24, 2022
Since at least February 2021, though, that marker has looked much different. It was then, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a reckoning over race in the United States, that locals discovered that the plaque celebrating Robinson's beginnings had been peppered with gunfire. It was the latest marker recognizing Black Americans to have been vandalized in Georgia in recent years.
Onto Royals blogs.
Craig Brown writes "The case for Kyle Isbel" and dissects his swing:
There are some similarities in the swings, but the differences are what powered Isbel to a much better month. The hip slide in the above gif has him seemingly off balance to where he pops up an elevated fastball. While the pitch in the gif from September is lower, you can still tell how eliminating the hip slide has let to better bat control, allowing him to get a meatier part of the barrel on the ball.
At Royals Farm Report, Alex Duvall looks at potential college players the Royals could snag at #9:
Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly
++ Hit tool
+ Raw power
Switch hitter
Might have to move to 3B long-term
This might be the last time that I include Lee on this list. He's simply hitting way too well to think he could still be available at #9. Lee is slashing .430/.531/.785/1.316 with 4 HR and 14 doubles. He's walked 18 times and struck out just 5. The big three prep bats may go first, second, and third overall in June, but Lee has as good a chance as anyone right now for the fourth pick.
With options limited to 5, what will Edward Olivares do in 2022? The Royals Reporter, Kevin O'Brien, tackles this question:
In all honesty, if the Royals are not going to use him because they do not see him as a future player, then they should simply trade him and see if they could get some kind of bullpen asset or perhaps another high-level prospect, especially at centerfield who may be defensive-focused. The Royals lack center field options in the upper minors, and it seems obvious that the Royals do not believe that Olivares could play the position full time at Kauffman Stadium in the near future.
In many ways, Olivares' story feels a lot like Brett Phillips and Brian Goodwin, who were talented outfielders who the Royals acquired from other organizations, but failed to garner a lot of faith with the organization in one way or the other.
While Phillips and Goodwin didn't quite turn out to be full-time regular players after they left Kansas City, they have found niche roles off the bench for various clubs over the past couple of years. Goodwin producing some solid moments with the Angels in 2019 and the White Sox in 2021, and Phillips had a World Series moment in 2020 against the Dodgers.
Beyond the Box Score penned their Royals season preview. They have the team coming in at 80-82:
All in all, the Royals are slowly crawling back to contention, but they are not quite there yet until they can develop some pitching. They have the prospects: now they have to show they can give them the necessary tools to succeed against the best hitters in the world.
I am fairly confident that the Royals can finish with a better record than the Cleveland Guardians, and may be able to challenge the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers if they can get something out of Singer, Kowar, Lynch, and Bubic. They are more of a 2023 or 2024 play, though.
Darin Watson's look back at 1977 continues:
At the owners' meeting in Tampa, representatives from both leagues seemed receptive to interleague play, beginning in 1978. With the American League expanding to 14 teams in 1977, and the National League stuck at 12, there was a plan to move an AL team–most likely the Oakland A's–to Washington, D.C. and to the NL. That followed a rumor that other owners would try to buy out Oakland owner Charlie Finley. There was less enthusiasm for a three-division setup in both leagues.
I'm not sure if this qualifies at bloggery or whatnot, but Yahoo's Zach Crizer scoops up some internet takes about how Bobby Witty Jr.'s home run swing looks like Mike Trout's.
Royals blog roundup:
Mike Gillespie at KOK: "Look who's staking a solid 2022 roster claim" (spoiler: it's Olivares)
Mark McCarthy at KOK: "Kyle Isbel is in outfield mix"
Around MLB, transactions continue to trickle in:
Toronto sends OF Randal Grichuk to Colorado in exchange for OF Raimel Tapia
Angels extend Max Stassi
Reds sign Tommy Pham
Dominant reliever Andrew Miller retired. I can't find the article from Posnanski where he all but said the Royals should have drafted him instead of Luke Hochevar. Actually, I'm pretty sure this is the link (from the awesome folks at The Purple Row), but I can't find the text of the article and it was over 15 years ago. I remember Poz didn't mention Miller by name but kept calling him "consensus #1 pick" or something like that.
Some side Posnanski I found while futilely looking for said article:
See, in the years that have passed, though, I've developed a theory about what happened in 2006 — it's a a theory I often apply to difficult decisions. I call it the Option J theory. I remember something Ladnier told me during the madness: "I'd rather lose my job making the right choice than keep my job making a choice based on public opinion."
The Royals were TRYING to make the right decision under the most bizarre and extreme circumstances. And in that setting, I'm sure they went round and round and round on their choices, to the point where none of them sounded too good. My guess is that they had gone over each player so many times that they could only see the negatives. They could only the injury risk with Lincecum. They could only see the low ceiling with Lincoln. They could only see the inconsistent delivery of Miller. And so on. And so on.
And — haven't you been here when making a decision? — you finally get to the point where you're not excited about any of your choices. Option A? Blech. Option B? Worse. Option C? Gross. You need something totally different, something entirely out of the box … you need Option J.
And then … Luke Hochevar became available. Whoa! Who would have thought that? He was supposed to be on the Dodgers. He was supposed to be out of reach. And that idea started sounding pretty good. And then they went to see Hochevar pitch independent ball and … whoa! He looked good! Electric stuff! And, suddenly, the Royals saw a way out of their mess. They could just take Option J. Option J flopped because Option J always flops.
This was cute. Roger Clemens has visited Detroit Spring Training the past couple of years as the Tigers drafted his son. Well, yesterday...
"They roasted me," Clemens said with a laugh.
In the meeting, the team showed the video of a 20-year-old rookie named Miguel Cabrera homering off Clemens in Game 4 of the 2003 World Series, capping an at-bat that began with a fastball up and in.
"We talked about uncomfortable at-bats," manager A.J. Hinch said. "He threw at [Cabrera's] face, and then Miggy took him deep. The boys had fun with that."
It was a valuable lesson, but they didn't stop there. "We also learned that [Hall of Famer Alan] Trammell owned him, and that I took him deep," Hinch added. "We made sure Roger was reminded of all that."
Considering Clemens is supposedly a jerk of the highest order, that's kindof funny.
I didn't realize Dave Roberts's job was in jeopardy. But you don't usually say things like this unless you're going to win the World Series or get fired trying:
During the interview with Patrick, the host asked Roberts to finish this sentence: "The Dodgers will win the World Series if ..."
Roberts' response? "We play a full season and there is a postseason. We are winning the World Series in 2022. I know where you are going with that. We will win the World Series this year. Put it on record."
Finally, Forbes came out with their franchise valuations. The Yankees are on top once again at a whopping $6 billion (with a B) valuation. Let's take a look at them as an example of how bad the owners have it, after all we heard during the lockout. They had an operating loss of $40M last year, one of 10 teams with an estimated loss last year. That's a lot of money. Meanwhile, their franchise valuation went up 14%, which, using calc.exe and my sleepy brain, comes out to an increase of... $736M! So, yeah, they lost $40 in revenue while the franchise value went up more than $700M. Boo hoo.
Well, how about the Royals? Forbes estimates them at 28th, worth $1.11 billion, an increase of 5% with operating income of $47M. So, again, using sleepy math skills and calc.exe, that gives me an increase of almost $53M in franchise valuation and $47M in operating income for a cool increase of $100M last year.
In a year that had limited fans due to the pandemic.
For a team that was not very good.
In one of the smallest markets in baseball.
And with a work stoppage looming.
Is that inequity a problem for competitive balance? Heck yeah! But any system that takes more money out of the players hands just puts more money into the hands of the George Steinbrenners and John Shermans of the world who already have assets worth $1B+. So, how about a system where we aren't using city and state revenues to finance stadiums for these people - going to cost more to build a stadium in NYC than in KC - so that will help level the playing field some. And we can keep those taxes at home in the community with schools, police, fire, public transportation, and other public services? How about some way to keep tickets cheaper? Hah! Instead, we're inundated with blather about millionaires vs billionaires. I'm not going to begrudge someone the chance to make money. But I'm also not going to give them one iota of sympathy when they try to pretend they are losing money, try to strike a deal with players that is less fair than the other leagues and their players, or pass the hat in the community for a stadium, especially when they're still going to charge top dollar for those tickets.
I've been listening to the Chrono Trigger soundtrack this week so we're going to revisit that one. I was looking for the track "Magus Confronted" (or "Battle with Magus", depending on your track translations) and I stumbled across this fan remake of the battle with a 2 1/2D engine. I thought it was pretty fun:


1953-05-22 SC C76 Block 4 stamps, Aereo, 15 cents.
Cuban Air Mail Stamps block of four, Scott Catalog C-76 1953. Mint, with original gum.
Estampillas de correo cubanas de 1953.
Nuevos, sin usar, con su goma original.


Temperatures are soaring across Canada, and while we welcome the warmer days, it's not always easy living with heart failure in high levels of heat and humidity. In fact, these conditions can make things incredibly dangerous for people with cardiovascular health problems. At present, there are approximately 600,000 Canadians living with heart failure, as reported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
"Your body shouldn't get too hot (or too cold). If your temperature rises too far, the proteins that build your body and run virtually all of its chemical processes can stop working," as stated in 2011 Harvard Health blog post titled: Heat is hard on the heart; simple precautions can ease the strain.
When you get too hot, your body tries to get rid of extra heat through radiation and evaporation, both of which stress your heart. Additionally, the rate of bodily "heat gain" is more than the rate of "heat loss" in hot environments, as reported by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety. For most healthy people, dealing with these changes is manageable, but for those with heart failure, or those on the verge of it, hot, humid weather can be especially hard.
According to Patrick J. Skerrett, former executive editor at Harvard Health, the extra work that heat brings for the heart, "compounded by the loss of sodium, potassium, and the internal flood of stress hormones, can push some people into trouble." For heart failure patients, this can be enough to cause "dizziness or falls" due to the "combination of increased blood flow to the skin and dehydration" which can drop blood pressure significantly lower.
In hot and humid workplaces, the "cooling of the body due to sweat evaporation is limited because the air cannot accept more moisture," as noted by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety.
This doesn't mean that you can't be exposed to heat or that you'll never be able to go on a vacation in the sun again, rather, you can make some small changes to avoid any complications or "heat stroke" due to hot weather. To help you, we've compiled a list of six tips for managing heart failure in the heat.
Make sure you're as comfortable as you can be when it comes to dressing for hot and humid weather – even if you're not spending a lot of time outside. Loose, light, breathable clothing will help you feel more at ease and wearing a hat while outdoors can also help.
Take it easier when exercising in warmer weather and avoid putting any extra strain on your body. Early in the morning or later in the evening are often better times to exercise outside when the temperatures are not at peak.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation states that at least half of a heart failure patient's daily fluid intake should be water. On hot days, you may want to increase your fluid intake to reduce your chances of overheating. If you're on a fluid restriction, diuretics, or have bowel problems, this could make staying hydrated more difficult. Try freezing a 500 ml bottle of water overnight and sipping on it throughout the day if you have to limit fluids (DB Roberts, Pumping Marvelous). Caffeine-based drinks act as a diuretic so it's best to try avoiding them.
One of the best ways to beat the heat is by breathing in chilled air. You can do this by spending time in the shade, taking a cool shower or bath, putting a wet cloth or ice pack under your arm, or setting your air conditioning to a cool mode if you have one. Spending time indoors and closing windows and blinds at home on hot days can also help.
Avoid overloading your stomach in the heat by eating lighter meals such as salads, cold soups, and fruits. These options give you extra fluid while helping to satisfy your hunger. If, however, you're on a fluid restriction, you could try sucking on ice cubes or frozen grapes, or perhaps using a mini water spray bottle.
The use of spa facilities such as baths, saunas, jacuzzis, and steam rooms, is generally not recommended for heart patients. In hot weather it's especially important not to expose yourself to sudden temperature changes between hot and cold pools. Always make sure to speak to your doctor before you use any such spa facilities.
Heat exhaustion symptoms include nausea or irritability, dizziness, muscle cramps, feeling faint, headaches, fatigue, thirst, heavy sweating, and a high body temperature, as outlined by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety.
It's crucial to seek medical attention immediately if you experience any of these symptoms.
The HeartLife Foundation was established in 2016 when two heart failure patients determined that there needed to be a dedicated advocacy group, led by patients, for those living with the chronic illness. Those two patients are our founder and president, Jillianne Code, and our co-founder and vice president, Marc Bains.
After a series of tests and misdiagnoses in Jillianne's case, the initial shock of being told they had heart failure was felt by both. Marc's first question to his doctor was: "Am I going to die?" And when Jillianne's cardiologist said she knew what do to do about her diagnosis, her first feeling was "relief" – she was just 28 years old at the time.
Living with heart failure doesn't have to mean that you can't do certain things like work out, play sports, or travel, but it does mean you have to do them differently. Marc notes how it limited his travelling, but he can now continue to go on trips once he knows that "an environment is safe" for him to visit and that medical services are within reach.
"I used to commute to work by bike, pretty aggressively," says Tracy. "Now, we ride on paths, take breaks, and enjoy the scenery." Despite Jillianne's diagnosis with heart failure, she fought on to continue her PhD studies, and even though she was getting work to do in her post-doc, she continued on to get her professorship.
"You have to be patient and find alternative solutions to what you want to do," says Marc. "Embrace moving forward with what you're doing, there's going to be tweaks, there's going to be tough times, but at the end of the day, you still need to live," adds Nick.
For Tracy, living well with heart failure means being active and finding a way to incorporate the things you love to do into your new life. "I think it's really important to remember that you're never alone in this. I've been fortunate to find the HeartLife Foundation, benefit from the online support group, and the information that they have to share," Tracy concludes.
Heart failure is the most rapidly rising cardiovascular disease in Canada, according to the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. There are approximately one million Canadians living with heart failure.
There's a common misconception that those most likely to have heart failure are older. When in reality, heart failure affects people at every stage of life - from infants to retirees.
There's no single cause for the chronic illness and it can occur as a result of heart attacks, high blood pressure, heart valve disease, congenital heart defects, obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, genetics, a cold virus, or as a side effect of medications used to treat cancer and other inflammatory diseases, according to research conducted by the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research from 2015 to 2017.
Today, we're putting a spotlight on those directly affected by heart failure - the patients. We spoke with three inspiring individuals from different regions across Canada to hear their stories of when they first noticed symptoms, when they were diagnosed, and how they manage living with a chronic illness.
Each story and experience of heart failure is unique, and we hope that you take something from reading them collectively. Whether it's a greater understanding of the disease, valuing your independence, or why it's wise to take action when you're feeling that something isn't right.
Towards the end of the summer in 2014, Vancouver resident Pegga de Albreit was experiencing flu-like symptoms. She was just 40 years old, and since she has seasonal asthma, two doctors dismissed her symptoms as nothing out of the ordinary.
Pegga told us how her heart issues were masked by many factors that women suffer from as she was menopausal and on an endometriosis diet at the time. She experienced symptoms like shortness of breath, severe fatigue, palpitations, perspiration, weight loss, coughing, racing heartbeats, dizziness, as well as a loss of appetite. Then, on November 29th, 2014 Pegga was diagnosed with heart failure.
Exercise is limited to walking and swimming for Pegga as she can't tolerate extreme heat and extreme cold, she has a hard time breathing, and feels tired easily. "I cannot get emotionally, physically, and psychologically stressed. I feel as if my heart is being squeezed, I feel dizzy, and have chest pain." She notes how she got depressed, felt isolated, and lost her independence with heart failure.
To help manage living with heart failure, Pegga takes naps in between daily activities, limits her salt and fluid intake as recommended by her cardiologist, and maintains a Mediterranean pyramid concept diet. She listens to her body when it needs rest and thinks positively.
"I have a support group on Facebook that have heart failure and other heart conditions. I live one day at a time. I learned to focus on my abilities rather than my disabilities. I live in my own world, not driven by consumerism; I am minimalist that brings me joy to live with less," added Pegga.
At just 28 years old, Ontario-based Kevin Powers began to experience raspy breathing when he was laying down, as well as constantly feeling tired, as though he wasn't sleeping enough. When he sought medical help, he was initially misdiagnosed with having asthma and given an inhaler to help with his breathing.
After just one month, he was admitted back to hospital with suspicion of pneumonia. "The doctor on staff wasn't happy and I was sent for a CT scan and echo cardiogram. That's when the fluid was discovered around my heart. The cardiologist saw me two days later," stated Kevin.
On November 2nd, 2006 the first day that Kevin had seen a cardiologist, he was diagnosed with heart failure. This is a moment he can still remember clearly. Fast-forward to 2018 and Kevin finds that in many ways, he's not limited in living with heart failure.
"My EF is at 35% and I now have an ICD (implanted cardioverter defibrillator). I find stairs are still a little rough on me, if I'm going more than a floor at a time." EF stands for Ejection Fraction, which is a measure of how efficiently the heart is pumping blood. A normal ejection fraction is typically between 55 to 70%, according to the Canadian Heart Failure Network.
Kevin also notes that his three-year-old both helps him manage living with heart failure and allows him to notice his illness a lot more: "Keeping up with him tires me out the most." Although he explained how he has had some low days, Kevin takes living with his illness one day at a time and has adopted several mottos.
"It's not a life sentence, and you can continue to live a full life with heart failure," said Kevin.
When Winnipeg resident Jarmila (Jackie) Ratz was 24 years old, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She had a tumour in her chest that was putting pressure on 25% of her heart and it was six rounds of CHOP chemotherapy treatment over nine months, followed by daily radiation for 30 days, that got her through it.
Then, when Jackie was 45, she woke up one morning with what she thought was the flu, accompanied by brutal fatigue, shortness of breath, and fluid retention.
A couple of weeks later at her annual physical exam, an EKG (electrocardiogram – a test that checks heart function by measuring its electrical activity) revealed that she had suffered a cardiac event. This led to a cardiologist appointment and eventually her diagnosis of heart failure in 2016, when she was 48.
"When I was diagnosed with heart failure I did not have any symptoms that I was aware of, my diagnosis came as a surprise to me," said Jackie.
She had fatigue and heart palpitations as part of her diagnosis with chemo-induced cardiomyopathy, but she had follow-ups for 10 years after the chemo and there were no indications that she had suffered any damaging effects to her heart. However, Jackie lost her fertility as a result of the chemotherapy treatments.
Heart failure has affected many areas of Jackie's life. She has a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) that's integral to her care as it sends electrical impulses to both lower chambers of her heart to help them beat together, in a more synchronized pattern. She can no longer work and has been on long-term disability since earlier this year. She notes how her chronic illness has aggravated her personal life, as she doesn't have the capacity and energy to participate or host events like she used to. "It has affected the amount of travel my husband and I get to do," she added.
Yet despite her illness, Jackie has discovered a passion for advocacy and has shifted her energy to trying to improve processes and systems for care in Manitoba.
We asked each of our interviewees what advice they would give to someone who is worried that they may be experiencing symptoms of heart failure. If that individual is you, these three perspectives may help you in taking the next step that could be crucial to your health.
If you're living with heart failure, or care for someone who is, visit our Facebook support group and join the conversation.
It's 2018 and we're stepping out for heart failure patients in Canada because the need for advocacy is greater than ever.
One million Canadians are living with heart failure and 50,000 are diagnosed with the illness each year, according to the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. Meanwhile, heart failure is costing the Canadian healthcare system up to $2.3 billion annually, with the majority being spent on acute care.
However, there is a strong desire within the healthcare community to improve the overall quality of the patient experience. In fact, physicians who effectively communicate can make a profound difference in their patients' quality of life, even in chronic care.
This is conveyed in the 2017 feature titled 'How the Patient's Voice Advances Safe Care' which was published by the Risk Management Magazine of the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA). It indicates how powerful patient voices can be in leading to better healthcare outcomes.
As Canada's first and only national patient-led heart failure charitable organization, we're working to engage patients, families, and caregivers, to provide education and support. We're facilitating access to the latest research, innovations, and treatments, with one common goal – to advocate better care for all.
Our founder and president, Dr. Jillianne Code first met our co-founder and vice president, Marc Bains, at the Heart and Stroke Roundtable in 2016. They were both invited to provide their perspective on heart failure care in Canada, and they were the only two patients at the table.
"We got to chatting and determined that there needed to be a dedicated advocacy group for those effected by heart failure. There was no other advocacy organization focused on heart failure that was run by patients for patients," says Marc.
In their discussions with healthcare leaders in Canada, the lack of organized patient advocacy efforts, led by patients, was identified as a gap. They were challenged by Dr. Sean Virani to do something about that and the concept of the HeartLife Foundation was born.
Now, two years later, the HeartLife Foundation is working to raise awareness of heart failure and taking action for patient care while building a local, regional, and national, network of heart failure advocates.
As a member of the Better PharmacCare Coalition, we're collaborating with stakeholders to ensure patient access to the latest innovative therapies; we sit on panels, committees, and boards to provide patient perspective and contribute from a foundational level. At present, we're participating in research being undertaken at UofA, UHN, UNBC, UBC, UofT, and UOIT.
The HeartLife Foundation mentors, supports, and guides, patients, families and caregivers, in times of need and operates a closed Facebook support group. Additionally, we educate and empower patients online to effectively self-manage their illness and share information detailing the latest research, trends, and tips on our social media channels.
Marc has been instrumental in obtaining grants to support opportunities to expand our reach, bring patients in to national conferences, and get plans in motion for a nationwide patient registry. Meanwhile, Jillianne has been a strong driver building relationships and in roads in the scientific community.
A 2016 report on 'The Price of Public Health Care Insurance' by the Fraser Institute noted how the average payment for public health care insurance ranged from $3,620 to $11,795 for six common Canadian family types.
Between 2006 and 2016, the cost of public health care insurance for the average Canadian family "increased 1.4 times faster than the average income, 1.3 times as fast at the cost of food, and at about the same pace as the cost of shelter," according to the report. And this is before the cost of what could be life-saving prescription medications.
To help heart failure patients get access to the medications they need, The HeartLife Foundation advocates at government level, in meetings with MLAs, as well as writing letters to the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) and PDCI Market Access to support specific medications.
The Heart Failure Update is Canada's largest meeting devoted to heart failure which features both clinical and scientific segments. This year, the HeartLife Foundation will once again be attending the meeting as faculty.
Including patients in major cardiology conferences in Canada is relatively new, but Jillianne and Marc were the first two patients to break through this barrier in 2016. Since then, they have participated as faculty at both the 2017 Heart Failure Update as well as the 2017 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
"In 2017, we had our largest presence at the Heart Failure Update with 26 patients and caregivers in attendance. It [the meeting] gives us the opportunity to interact with healthcare professionals and patients/caregivers from across the country," says Marc.
HeartLife's Jillianne, Marc, and Dr. Virani, wrote an article in collaboration with Canadian doctors and scientists which was published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology in November, 2017. Titled 'The Need for Heart Failure Advocacy in Canada', the article delves into the key challenges facing the advancement of patient-centred heart failure care in Canada.
It provides a detailed look at targets for health care system redesign and policy initiatives that need to be addressed in order to bring about meaningful change for the state of heart failure. You can read the article here.
What you've heard is true: Canada does in fact take longer than the U.S and the European Union to approve new drugs. According to a study published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), delays in submitting new drugs to Health Canada for review have had a huge impact on this, with certain products being delayed for up to two years.
Of course, proceeding with caution is paramount when the side effects of new drugs are unknown. However, for those living with chronic disease, this means an extended delay in access to what could be life-saving medication.
Before prescription drug products are authorized for sale in Canada, scientists at Health Canada assess them for safety, efficacy, and quality. Firstly, new drugs must undergo a series of preclinical tests, if the results of which prove desirable and non-toxic, the sponsor (individual or company taking responsibility for the application) can apply to the Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) of Health Canada for a clinical trial.
If the trial results show greater potential therapeutic value than the risks associated with drug use, the sponsor (typically a pharmaceutical company), can then apply for a 'New Drug Submission' with HPFB where another round of tests take place. Although the HPFB does have a priority review process in place for drug products used for "life-threatening" or "severely debilitating conditions", access can be further delayed at a provincial level.
Chronic heart failure patients in Canada now have access to the prescription drug Entresto, yet there are still limitations on Indigenous populations. Meanwhile, the drug Ivabradine which can be used for the treatment of stable heart failure, was only approved by Health Canada in 2017. Here's the reality: It had been authorized by the European Medicines Agency five years prior to this, in 2012.
Canadians with public health insurance have access to medical and hospital care, but not full prescription coverage. This is, according to the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care, because access is a mix between public prescription drug plans and private insurance plans.
The tragic result is that one in ten Canadians cannot afford out-of-pocket costs for the prescription drugs they need. At least one million go without food or heat and forego other household spending in order to purchase the drugs.
Yes, the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada does provide "universal prescription drug coverage to eligible patients through the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program." The problem? More than half of all Indigenous people in Canada don't qualify for this coverage.
The Government announced an "Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmcare" in the 2018 Federal Budget. The Council will be studying and analyzing domestic and international programs for full prescription drug coverage before recommending options for implementation in Canada. But how long will those suffering from chronic illness have to wait?
According to a report on provincial public expenditures on medications by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), in the time between December 2014 and November 2016, BC only launched 31 (15%) of a possible 209 single source products. Over the same period, Alberta launched 55 products, Ontario 52, Manitoba 64, Quebec 40, Nova Scotia 63, and New Brunswick launched 80.
Overall, medication spending represents only 7.4% of the total provincial/territorial government spending nationally, as stated in a pharmaceutical payer analysis by CIHI.
Provincial spending ranges from a high of 9.1% in Ontario to a low of just 4.9% in British Columbia. The BC government spent $942.6 million on medication in 2010-11, but since then strict budgeting has reduced the sum - it was $927.4 million in 2015-16. A news release issued by the Better Pharmacare Coalition in February 2018, noted that BC's expenditure on prescription medications is the lowest in Canada on a per capita basis (34% below the national average).
This translates to approximately 40 drugs not being listed for coverage on the BC public formulary that are covered in at least one other Canadian province.
It's estimated that $14.5 billion (42.7%) of prescribed drug spending was financed by the public sector in 2017. By comparison, $12.1 billion (35.5%) was financed by private insurers, and the remaining $7.4 billion (21.8%) was funded by Canadian households, according to CIHI's 2017 report on prescribed drug spending.
In January 2018, Ontario became the first province to cover the cost of prescription medications for youth under the age of 25. While this is a great start, it may not benefit many heart failure patients. Health Canada have confirmed that approximately 2.4 million individuals living with heart disease in the country are 20 years of age or older.
The disparity between provincial public expenditure on medications and the high cost of prescription drugs once they are approved for distribution in the market mean that the need for patient advocacy is greater than ever before.
At HeartLife, we're advocating for better care and working with organizations to help give patients access to the latest therapies and often life-saving medications. The road ahead is long, and we're committed to supporting heart failure patients nationwide, every step of the way.
BC Heart Failure Patient Advisors Needed ASAP!
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package org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
import org.objectweb.asm.util.ASMifier;
import org.objectweb.asm.util.CheckClassAdapter;
import org.objectweb.asm.util.TraceClassVisitor;
import org.pitest.classinfo.ClassByteArraySource;
import org.pitest.classinfo.ClassName;
import org.pitest.classpath.ClassPathByteArraySource;
import org.pitest.functional.F;
import org.pitest.functional.FCollection;
import org.pitest.functional.FunctionalList;
import org.pitest.functional.predicate.Predicate;
import org.pitest.functional.predicate.True;
import org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.Mutant;
import org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.MutationDetails;
import org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.inlinedcode.InlinedCodeFilter;
import org.pitest.mutationtest.engine.gregor.inlinedcode.NoInlinedCodeDetection;
import org.pitest.simpletest.ExcludedPrefixIsolationStrategy;
import org.pitest.simpletest.Transformation;
import org.pitest.simpletest.TransformingClassLoader;
import org.pitest.util.IsolationUtils;
import org.pitest.util.Unchecked;

public abstract class MutatorTestBase {

  protected GregorMutater engine;

  protected FunctionalList<MutationDetails> findMutationsFor(
      final Class<?> clazz) {
    return this.engine.findMutations(new ClassName(clazz));
  }

  protected FunctionalList<MutationDetails> findMutationsFor(final String clazz) {
    return this.engine.findMutations(new ClassName(clazz));
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(final Predicate<MethodInfo> filter,
      final MethodMutatorFactory... mutators) {
    this.engine = new GregorMutater(new ClassPathByteArraySource(), filter,
        Arrays.asList(mutators), filteredClasses(), inlinedCodeFilter());
  }

  private Collection<String> filteredClasses() {
    return Arrays.asList(Logger.class.getName(), StringBuilder.class.getName());
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(final ClassByteArraySource source,
      final Predicate<MethodInfo> filter,
      final Collection<MethodMutatorFactory> mutators) {
    this.engine = new GregorMutater(source, filter, mutators,
        filteredClasses(), inlinedCodeFilter());
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(final Predicate<MethodInfo> filter,
      final Collection<MethodMutatorFactory> mutators) {
    createTesteeWith(new ClassPathByteArraySource(), filter, mutators);
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(final Predicate<MethodInfo> filter,
      final Collection<String> loggingClasses,
      final Collection<MethodMutatorFactory> mutators) {
    this.engine = new GregorMutater(new ClassPathByteArraySource(), filter,
        mutators, loggingClasses, inlinedCodeFilter());
  }

  private InlinedCodeFilter inlinedCodeFilter() {
    return new NoInlinedCodeDetection();
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(
      final Collection<MethodMutatorFactory> mutators) {
    createTesteeWith(True.<MethodInfo> all(), mutators);
  }

  protected void createTesteeWith(final MethodMutatorFactory... mutators) {
    createTesteeWith(True.<MethodInfo> all(), mutators);
  }

  protected <T> void assertMutantCallableReturns(final Callable<T> unmutated,
      final Mutant mutant, final T expected) throws Exception {
    assertEquals(expected, mutateAndCall(unmutated, mutant));
  }

  protected void assertNoMutants(final Class<?> mutee) {
    final Collection<MutationDetails> actual = findMutationsFor(mutee);
    assertTrue(actual.isEmpty());
  }

  protected <T> T mutateAndCall(final Callable<T> unmutated, final Mutant mutant) {
    try {
      final ClassLoader loader = createClassLoader(mutant);
      return runInClassLoader(loader, unmutated);
    } catch (final RuntimeException ex) {
      throw ex;
    } catch (final Exception ex) {
      throw Unchecked.translateCheckedException(ex);
    }
  }

  private ClassLoader createClassLoader(final Mutant mutant) throws Exception {
    final TransformingClassLoader loader = new TransformingClassLoader(
        createTransformation(mutant), new ExcludedPrefixIsolationStrategy());

    return loader;
  }

  private Transformation createTransformation(final Mutant mutant) {
    return new Transformation() {

      @Override
      public byte[] transform(final String name, final byte[] bytes) {
        if (name.equals(mutant.getDetails().getClassName().asJavaName())) {
          return mutant.getBytes();
        } else {
          return bytes;
        }
      }

    };
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private <T> T runInClassLoader(final ClassLoader loader,
      final Callable<T> callable) throws Exception {
    final Callable<T> c = (Callable<T>) IsolationUtils.cloneForLoader(callable,
        loader);
    return c.call();

  }

  protected List<Mutant> getMutants(
      final FunctionalList<MutationDetails> details) {
    return details.map(createMutant());
  }

  private F<MutationDetails, Mutant> createMutant() {
    return new F<MutationDetails, Mutant>() {

      @Override
      public Mutant apply(final MutationDetails a) {
        return MutatorTestBase.this.engine.getMutation(a.getId());
      }

    };
  }

  protected Mutant getFirstMutant(final Collection<MutationDetails> actual) {
    assertFalse("No mutant found", actual.isEmpty());
    final Mutant mutant = this.engine.getMutation(actual.iterator().next()
        .getId());
    verifyMutant(mutant);
    return mutant;
  }

  protected Mutant getFirstMutant(final Class<?> mutee) {
    final Collection<MutationDetails> actual = findMutationsFor(mutee);
    return getFirstMutant(actual);
  }

  private void verifyMutant(final Mutant mutant) {
    // printMutant(mutant);
    final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    final PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
    CheckClassAdapter.verify(new ClassReader(mutant.getBytes()), false, pw);
    assertTrue(sw.toString(), sw.toString().length() == 0);

  }

  protected void printMutant(final Mutant mutant) {
     final ClassReader reader = new ClassReader(mutant.getBytes());
     reader.accept(new TraceClassVisitor(null, new ASMifier(), new PrintWriter(
         System.out)), ClassReader.EXPAND_FRAMES);
  }

  protected void assertMutantsReturn(final Callable<String> mutee,

      final FunctionalList<MutationDetails> details,
      final String... expectedResults) {

    final List<Mutant> mutants = this.getMutants(details);
    assertEquals("Should return one mutant for each request", details.size(),
        mutants.size());
    final FunctionalList<String> results = FCollection.map(mutants,
        mutantToStringReults(mutee));

    int i = 0;
    for (final String actual : results) {
      assertEquals(expectedResults[i], actual);
      i++;
    }
  }

  private F<Mutant, String> mutantToStringReults(final Callable<String> mutee) {
    return new F<Mutant, String>() {

      @Override
      public String apply(final Mutant mutant) {
        return mutateAndCall(mutee, mutant);
      }

    };
  }

  protected void assertMutantsAreFrom(
      final FunctionalList<MutationDetails> actualDetails,
      final Class<?>... mutators) {
    assertEquals(mutators.length, actualDetails.size());
    int i = 0;
    for (final MutationDetails each : actualDetails) {
      assertEquals(each.getId().getMutator(), mutators[i].getName());
      i++;
    }
  }

  protected Mutant createFirstMutant(
      final Class<? extends Callable<String>> mutee) {
    final Collection<MutationDetails> actual = findMutationsFor(mutee);
    return getFirstMutant(actual);
  }

  protected Predicate<MethodInfo> mutateOnlyCallMethod() {
    return new Predicate<MethodInfo>() {

      @Override
      public Boolean apply(final MethodInfo a) {
        return a.getName().equals("call");
      }

    };
  }

  protected F<MutationDetails, Boolean> descriptionContaining(final String value) {
    return new F<MutationDetails, Boolean>() {
      @Override
      public Boolean apply(final MutationDetails a) {
        return a.getDescription().contains(value);
      }
    };
  }
}

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Q: Matching the Values of Two Column in Sql Table and save it into another column I am making a tool which select UCPost value from column of table and match it with UCPre of same table and insert it into other table with all the other detail.
Table:
  **UCID   UCName     Author        UCPre                          UCPost**
    UC01   Login      Bilal Haider  User must be Registerd         User is Loggined sucessfully
    UC02   Add User   Bilal Haider  User is Loggined sucessfully   User is added
    UC03   Add file   Bilal Haider  User is Loggined sucessfully   File added
    UC04   Delete file Bilal Haider File is selected              File is deleted

From this table I am selecting
UCId
UCPre
UCPost
and inserting into another table Name Test
**UCId  UCPre                           UCPost                          UCNext**
UC01    User must be Registerd          User is Loggined sucessfully    NULL
UC02    User is Loggined sucessfully    User is added                   NULL
UC03    File must be selected           File is added                   NULL
UC04    File is selected                File is deleted                 NULL
UC05    User is Loggined sucessfully    User is deleted                 NULL

I want to fill the UCNext column of test table with the UCId of that use case which UCPre is matched with UCPost of the selected Use case.
Like UC01 UCPost is User is loggined successfully when I execute query it matches UCPost of UC01 with UCPre of all Use cases and UC02 and UC03 has same UCPre so UCNext must be filled with UC02,UC03 but it is giving error.
Problem:
When I try to execute the below statement
Update test set  UCNext=(select UCId from UCDetails where test.UCPost=UCPre)
it give following error
Msg 512, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression.
The statement has been terminated.

Kindly tell me how can I solve this .

A: test.UCPost =User is Loggined sucessfully from test table  has more than one row in UCDetails thats why you got that error. Try this instead
UPDATE A
SET    a.UCNext = b.UCId
FROM   test a
       JOIN UCDetails b
         ON A.UCPost = b.UCPre


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'Tales from Planet Earth' film festival explores humanity's connection to nature
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Over the weekend, various theaters on the Madison campus played a part in the sixth annual "Tales from Planet Earth" film festival, aiming to bring concepts, concerns and discussion on the environment to movies — perhaps one of the most publicly accessible mediums of the modern age. The festival covers various topics each year, shifting between interdependent themes of hope, justice, belief, futures and environmental soundings. More often than not, these films are about humanity's connectivity with nature as opposed to its inherent capacity to fulfill these ideas.
The program began in 2007 through the efforts of Gregg Mitman, an award-winning author and filmmaker. Mitman entrenches his work into the Madison community, currently holding the title of Professor of History of Science, Medical History and Environmental Studies. His most recent, personal film project, "The Land Beneath Our Feet," depicts his collaboration with UW-Madison graduate, Sarita Siegel. Siegel's Liberian roots are brought into the analysis as the duo travel to Liberia to intertwine 1926 archival footage of the Firestone tire company's mass deforestation efforts and echoing socioeconomic impacts on the people. As Siegel aims to understand past events that lead Liberia into the modern age, this one-hour documentary yields harrowing remarks on overtones of imperialism, capitalism and moral destitution.
Perhaps the most popularly-recognized film of the festival was Neil Blomkamp's 2009 feature, "District 9." Conveyed solely through found footage formats, the near-future, sci-fi action film offers discourse on racial injustice when a passive population of alien life forms visit Earth and remain stranded on the planet's surface. Subsequent government action rounds these "prawns'" into a decrepit shantytown, reducing the sentient beings to a life of poverty. When the bureaucratic Wikus van de Merwe helms the relocation of these aliens, plans go awry after he is sprayed by mysterious, black fluid contraband hidden by one of the prawns. Wikus begins to notice anatomical changes to his human form and develops characteristics of the alien beings; the film's substance stems from Wikus and alien Christopher's growing partnership and their efforts to revert Wikus back to his total, human form before they are captured, or worse. "District 9" received immense international acclaim at its release for shamelessly criticizing racial prejudice and governmental hyper-authority.
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Father: Muhammad Sharif
Mom: Shaim Akhtar
Marriage: Kulsoom Sharif (till September 11, 2018, her demise)
Youngsters: two sons and two daughters
Training: Authorities School Lahore; Punjab College Legislation School, Legislation diploma, Lahore, Pakistan
Different Details
Though elected prime minister on three separate events, and is Pakistan's longest-serving prime minister, he by no means accomplished a full time period.
1977 – Opens Ittefaq Industries, a household enterprise concerned within the metal, sugar and textile industries.
1981 – Is appointed Pakistan's finance minister.
1985 – Turns into chief minister of Punjab province.
October 1990 – Is elected as Pakistan's prime minister.
November 6, 1990 – Is sworn in as prime minister.
April 18, 1993 – Sharif's authorities is dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan after costs of corruption and mismanagement are raised. Sharif's family-owned enterprise grew tremendously throughout his tenure in workplace, inflicting suspicion of corruption.
Could 26, 1993 – Pakistan's Supreme Court docket orders the reinstatement of Sharif, calling his dismissal unconstitutional and the costs false. Sharif and Khan each later resign.
February 3, 1997 – Is reelected as prime minister.
February 17, 1997 – Is sworn in as prime minister.
October 12, 1999 – Military Normal Pervez Musharraf overthrows Sharif in a cold coup.
January 2000 – Sharif goes on trial for costs of hijacking/terrorism and conspiracy to commit homicide.
April 6, 2000 – Is convicted of airplane hijacking/terrorism and sentenced to life imprisonment. He's charged with hijacking as a result of he tried to forestall a airplane Musharraf was flying in from touchdown at any airport in Pakistan, when the airplane was low on gasoline. Sharif knew of Musharraf's coup intentions.
July 22, 2000 – Is convicted of corruption and sentenced to a further 14 years in jail whereas already serving a life sentence. His failure to declare property and pay taxes led to the conviction.
December 2000 – Is launched from jail by a deal brokered by the Saudi royal household.
December 2000-August 2007- In exile in Saudi Arabia.
October 29, 2004 – His father dies and Sharif seeks a short return to Pakistan to attend the funeral, after serving solely 4 of his 10-year exile in Saudi Arabia. The request is denied.
August 23, 2007 – Pakistan's Supreme Court docket lifts the exile imposed on Sharif. He served solely seven of his 10-year exile.
September 10, 2007 – Makes an attempt to return to Pakistan however is deported simply hours after his arrival.
November 25, 2007 – Sharif returns to Pakistan from exile in Saudi Arabia, flying into the town of Lahore.
February 18, 2008 – In parliamentary elections, Sharif's get together Pakistan Muslim League-N wins 67 seats, inserting second to the get together of the late Benazir Bhutto, the PPP.
February 20, 2008 – The PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-N announce that they are going to type a coalition authorities.
August 25, 2008 – At a press convention, Sharif proclaims his get together, the Pakistan Muslim League-N, is splitting from the coalition authorities it fashioned with the PPP, following disagreements over the reinstatement of judges Musharraf dismissed.
Could 26, 2009 – The Supreme Court docket of Pakistan guidelines that Sharif is eligible to run in elections and maintain public workplace. In February 2009, the court docket had dominated that Sharif was ineligible for workplace as a result of he had a prison conviction. He's nonetheless ineligible to run for prime minister on account of time period limits.
July 17, 2009 – Pakistan's Supreme Court docket clears Sharif of hijacking costs, paving the best way for him to legally run for workplace.
April 19, 2010 – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari voluntarily indicators the 18th Modification to the structure, considerably diminishing his powers. Among the many sweeping modifications is a measure eradicating the two-term restrict for prime ministers, permitting Sharif to vie for a 3rd time period.
June 5, 2013 – Is elected prime minister of Pakistan.
August 30, 2014 – Sharif proclaims in a press release that he won't resign. He has vowed to stay on the job regardless of violent demonstrations. The protesters have accused him of rigging final yr's elections that allowed his get together to take energy.
December 16, 2014 – Sharif lifts the 2008 moratorium on the demise penalty after the Taliban assault a college, killing 145 folks, most of them kids. He additionally proclaims "that the excellence between good and unhealthy Taliban won't be continued at any degree."
November 1, 2016 – The Supreme Court docket proclaims {that a} fee will examine Sharif's funds after leaked paperwork confirmed that his kids owned shell corporations within the British Virgin Islands. The paperwork have been launched as a part of the Panama Papers, a trove of secret monetary kinds related to a Panamanian regulation agency.
November 30, 2016 – In violation of diplomatic protocol, Sharif's workplace releases a press release quoting his latest dialog with US President-elect Donald Trump.
April 20, 2017 – A panel of judges orders a brand new probe of Sharif's funds, calling on the prime minister and his household to testify.
July 28, 2017 – Sharif resigns shortly after Pakistan's Supreme Court docket guidelines that he has been dishonest to Parliament and to the judicial system and is not match for workplace.
July 6, 2018 – Sharif is sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined £8 million ($10.5 million) referring to corruption costs over his household's buy of properties in London. His daughter Maryam, seen as his inheritor obvious, receives a seven-year sentence and a £2 million ($2.6 million) advantageous. Captain Muhammad Safdar Awan, her husband, receives a one-year sentence. They're barred from partaking in politics for 10 years.
July 13, 2018 – Sharif and his daughter Maryam are arrested and held in Islamabad after they fly again from the UK to face jail sentences. Earlier than the touchdown, Sharif tells supporters his return is a "sacrifice for the longer term generations of the nation and for its political stability."
September 19, 2018 – The Islamabad Excessive Court docket suspends a corruption sentence in opposition to Sharif and his daughter Maryam. The 2 are ordered to pay bail of $5,000 every. Sharif is launched after serving lower than three months of a 10-year sentence.
December 24, 2018 – Sharif is discovered responsible of recent corruption costs referring to the acquisition of Al-Azizia Metal Mills the place prosecutors alleged that the Sharif household misappropriated authorities funds to purchase the mills. An accountability court docket in Islamabad sentences him to seven years in jail and fines him $25 million. Sharif is straight away arrested and brought into custody by courtroom officers.
October 2019 – Sharif is launched on bail on account of well being points.
November 19, 2019 – Sharif flies to London for medical therapy.
December 2020 – The Islamabad Excessive Court docket declares Sharif a proclaimed offender for his continued absence from the court docket.
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