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Garlands Independent living members range in age from 62 to 100. We suggest you visit the community and meet a full range of active individuals–both junior and senior–who have chosen to call The Garlands home. Although it may sound cliche, the most common advice we hear from Garlands members is, "Do this while you are young so you can fully enjoy it!"
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Goldman Courts India With Board Meeting
By Isabella Steger from WSJ's Deal Journal blog.
As the WSJ reports, Goldman Sachs will hold its annual board meeting in India later this month for the first time ever. While the bank ranks third so far this year in equity capital markets with bookrunner revenue of US$298 million, investment banks have struggled to do well in Asia's third-largest economy. By comparison, Goldman Sachs ranks 10th in ECM bookrunner revenues in China, where it has made $252 million year-to-date. Read more.


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Millennials back up that belief with their wallets: 73 percent of us - more than any other generation - typically shop on Black Friday, whether that's in a store, on our web browser, or in apps.
The bull's eye retailer has started Cyber Monday 2016 sales online on Sunday, November 27 throughout the following day, Monday, November 28th.
CCTV America's Mark Niu reports the story.
US shoppers snapped up Cyber Monday deals on what is usually the single biggest day for internet shopping, after stellar online sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
- People are shopping online more than ever, and the big companies, like Amazon.com get most of the attention, but local stores are getting in on Cyber Monday, too.
"Once they started doing free shipping, that did for me", said Judy Kruschke, a shopper in Edina.
Of that figure, mobile shopping in the first ten hours accounted for $205 million, Adobe said.More news: Qamar Bajwa is new Pak Army Chief
Indeed, other data released this weekend offers evidence that online spending was strong on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. The same thing is happening with Cyber Monday evolving to Cyber Monday starting on Friday at certain vendors and even earlier.
"People can actually shop in more situations than they've been able to do in the past", said Sam Shrauger, Visa senior vice president of digital products. Adobe pegs Thanksgiving and Black Friday ecommerce sales for both desktop and mobile at a 17.7% growth rate, bringing the total to $5.27 billion. Amazon in a statement said its Thanksgiving sales via mobile devices beat the sales registered on the eve of Cyber Monday a year ago.
Despite the records, stocks of some major online retailers were lower in early trading Monday.
The firm reiterates its bullish target prices and stock ratings of Buy on all its top picks, namely Amazon, Facebook and Google. It's also offering an extra 20% off eligible online and in-store purchases with the code DEALSEEKER over the four days. Overall, mobile drove 55% of all visits to retail sites on Black Friday, with mobile phone ascribing to 45% on online visits, while tablets made up 10%.
Cyber Monday sales increased by 10% to $540 million in early data from Adobe Digital Insights, with Star Wars Lego sets and Samsung 4K televisions among top sellers. For more, CCTV America's Michelle Makori spoke with Scott Schober, president and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- CC Sabathia is the rare baseball player who not only makes the people around him better, he makes them who they are.
Last year, he turned Joe Girardi into a World Series manager. He made it possible for Alex Rodriguez to change his reputation from Mr. Choke to Mr. Clutch. He let the Core Four slip on another ring in old age.
While they all, of course, had a huge hand in redefining themselves, Sabathia led them there, pitching every three days in October and November. He made it possible.
Now, the New York Yankees are prepared to ask him to do it again. At least in the Division Series.
Sabathia, the 6-foot-7, 300-pound ace, ended the Yankees' near-decade long drought without a title. When he picks up the baseball at Target Field on Wednesday, he will try to turn this current group of Yankees into a dynasty.
He does it having pitched more than 1,000 inning (including the playoffs) the past four years. That is more than anyone in baseball.
"He is a horse," Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Sabathia, 30, is the most indispensible Yankee and the closest thing to a sure thing they have going. Andy Pettitte has groin and back problems. Phil Hughes is scheduled to make his first postseason start at Yankee Stadium. A.J. Burnett is nursing a bad head.
So Sabathia will try to deliver championship No. 28, just as he did No. 27.
"You've got to have a guy like that if you are going to be successful in the postseason," Yankees designated hitter Lance Berkman said. "The postseason is 100 percent about pitching. Pitching. Pitching. Pitching."
Sabathia is to consistency what Burnett is to flakiness. Sabathia's 2009 and 2010 are nearly identical. He had the exact same amount of strikeouts (197) and starts (34), while his WHIP and batting average against were percentage points different. Overall, he finished 21-7 with 3.18 ERA, which might be good enough to win this season's AL Cy Young.
If Sabathia matches last fall's postseason numbers, the Yankees might have another parade in November. After continually throwing on three days' rest, allowing Girardi to have a minimalistic approach to starting pitching, Sabathia was 3-1 with a 1.98 ERA in five postseason starts in 2009. He had one no-decision.
He beat the Twins 7-2 to begin last October, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing just one run.
It sounds crazy now, a year after that start, but heading into it there were some who questioned Sabathia's big-game ability. Sabathia had started only five playoff games before last season and two of them were terrible. He failed to go more than six in any of them.
Sabathia admits he tried to do too much in those games, looking to throw a no-hitter instead of just throwing well.
But Sabathia is built for these big moments, in body and mind. He has the physical skills, but he also has that carefree attitude that allows a player to maintain his routine as though it were a regular-season game.
"I am the same," Sabathia said.
What is different is the way the schedule sets up. Girardi will not be able to just ride Sabathia. While he can pitch on three days' rest in the ALDS, it will be much more difficult, schedulewise, in the ALCS.
But that is for another day. On Wednesday, it is Sabathia again, trying to start the Yankees off with a win.
Last October Sabathia not only allowed Girardi, Rodriguez and the old Core Four to redefine who they are, he allowed himself to as well. This October, he is trying to go from defining to dynasty.
Andrew Marchand covers baseball for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.


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Discussion in 'The Vestibule' started by NBAman619, Aug 21, 2012.
I know this is a long and drawn out debate that's gone on for years...but I'm curious.
Batman with prep time.
I'm by no means a comic book person....but isnt Superman the answer?
First page?
oh god, not this question.there are TONS, but I'll go with the spectre.
Batman with green lantern ring.
I was expecting you
I was really hesitant to even enter, but I'd figure I might as well before we get some dumbasses who have only seen the movies say something stupid.
The One Above All, though that hardly counts as a character.
SuperBatman with Green Lantern cock ring?
one above all when I write his comic.
isn't Dr Manhattan pretty much god?
Gandalf with a lightsaber.
see, he was the only one in the universe with powers so you really can't say that. his analogue, however, is pretty powerful.
Well if were talking Marvel, there really is no debate. The most powerful being in Marvel is....
The One Above All
And the 2nd most powerful in Marvel is....
The Living Tribunal
It has to be the Spectre
Well it depends if you include those with Cosmic powers. In which case there are a ton of ridiculously OP characters.
But both the Marvel and DC universe have a 'God' figure so those if you count them.
Squirrel Girl.
Can't Franklin Richards blink the universe out of existence?
He's pretty powerful, but his potential hasn't been reached yet...well in the main time line anyway.
It's been mentioned already
The One Above All
AKA Naked Gold Man with Multi-heads and Some Sort of Light Things For His Chest and Eyes?
I see you've heard of him....Oh you forgot one thing, I fixed it for you.
yeah, I forgot to put Floating Mult-heads but you know how it is when your typing can't keep up with your brain
If you don't count the The Presence and The One Above All(who are basically the Judea-Christian God) characters(as they're hardly characters), I don't see how anyone can not say Superman Prime.
Wonder Woman
Aunt May
because guys like the spectre and galactus exist.
Potential doesn't matter, he could destroy the whole marvel universe on a whim if he desired and make it into something he wanted. Hell, he created a whole universe in his closet. Now that's powerful.
Numbers 1 and 2 have been mentioned in this thread, so I find this list to be reliable.
Hulk listening to a Hopsin record on repeat
He could hardly get one to spark up when Hal gave him his to try out
Anyway I'd say an elite Green Lantern (Sinestro, Hal Jordan, Abin Sir) would make the majority of comic book characters their bitch
In Marvel either Sentry or Franklin Richards. In DC I don't know.
For DC, I would have to say the flash. The dude can completely change a whole universe by time traveling. He'll always be a huge threat after flashpoint.
I dunno, maybe Data.
I think the most powerful person in the DC universe, or at least within the new 52 run, is Captain Atom. The flash is also a considerable factor as well.
Marvel: Franklin
Dc: Flash (if you disagree, then you don't understand the character)
probably one of the Proemial Gods, Galactus the Planet Destroyer or some shit.
Superman may have that nice cape, but he can't fuck wit being a God.
Careful cuz you can't un-know that ish once you read it
Strength Level: At full power, Galactus possesses Class 100 strength, enabling him to lift well over 100 tons, and he can use his vast power to increase his strength immeasurably beyond that. However, Galactus invariably relies on his energy powers in combat rather than his physical strength.
Known Superhuman Powers: Galactus possesses cosmic power beyond the abilities of human beings to measure. Galactus is able to use the vast energies within him for an incalculable number of effects. Some of his most rudimentary abilities are the molecular restructuring or conversion of matter, the projection of energy with enormous concussive force, the teleportation of objects across space or even time, and the erection of invincible energy-screens and force fields. Even his heralds, whom he has endowed with a small fraction of his ever-renewing power, are able to manipulate matter and energy in ways far beyond human comprehension."
Class 100 strength dawg
Sorry but you're wrong. I can name at least 2 characters more powerful than Franklin (in fact I mentioned both of them in this thread).


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Occupational therapy (OT) helps people achieve independence in all facets of their lives – the skills for the job of living. While OT for people with autism is often thought of in terms of the skills necessary for handwriting, dressing and eating, it also encompasses skills necessary to perform daily chores, eating, dressing, basic hygiene and personal care, as well as using one's muscles to sit, stand, and perform other physical activities.
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- Contract successful # of provider agreements on a monthly basis that meet program guidelines.
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- Must have a strong desire for professional growth.
- Basic knowledge of workers compensation and auto and general liability a plus
- Basic knowledge of diagnostic procedures and diagnosis
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel, data manipulation and anomaly detection
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment Required Experience
- BS / BA or equivalent work experience
- 3 years of network experience in a managed care or healthcare environment
- Prior contracting experience desired
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PHILADELPHIA - The Penn Quakers won their home opener for the 2007 season, 3-1 (30-19, 28-30, 30-9, 30-23), over the Temple Owls in the first round of the Sheraton-Penn Invitational. Junior Kathryn Turner led the Quakers (4-4) with 16 kills, good for a .387 hitting percentage. It was the Red and Blue's first victory over the Owls in head coach Kerry Carr's 10-year tenure.
"We were able to outhit them," Carr said of the victory. "We got our blocking game going strong in Game Four. We had strong serving, better passing, and we limited our offensive mistakes."
Penn, which wasalso aided by 14 kills from senior Laura Black and 11 from freshman Julia Swanson, hit .275 for the game, making just 18 errors as a team. "We haven't seen that sort of play in a long time," Carr said.
Penn came out in Game One and benefited from balanced play to take a 30-19 victory over the Owls. Turner, Black, and Swanson each had three kills to lead the team. The Quakers jumped out to a 9-3 lead and never looked back, as a late 5-0 run keyed by two Black kills put the game away.
The Owls came out and grabbed a big lead in the second game, leading as much as 20-12 before the Quakers mounted a furious comeback. Turner, who had five kills in the game, helped Penn tie the score at 24, but the Owls rebounded and pulled out a close 30-28 triumph.
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"Kat was able to adapt to what [the Owls] were doing tonight," Carr said. "She is very good at realizing what she needs to do and figuring out how to get better and stronger as the game goes along."
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Paul: I have recently been made aware of your significant contributions to the Lucene project. I own a highly focused and radically specialized talent agency, Core Search Group. Our sole mission is to represent the top software development talent in the US to the companies who are integrating open-wource technology into their strategy to develop the best systems in their industry. We have a client who is very interested in using Lucene or something similar as their springboard into a new industry. And we work with many other companies who would be interested in your background. I'm sure you have had the experience of trying to deal with subpar recruiters and want to assure you this is different. With 5 years of experience working only for people like you, the "rock stars" of software development, we know how you want to be treated. My only objective at this point is to talk with you and learn about your career goals and aspirations. Then my goal is to help you reach your goals. When can we start with a phone call? Thank you, Dave Freireich President Core Search Group "Where software development talent is number one" www.coresearchinc.com Original Message: ----------------- From: Paul Elschot email@example.com Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 01:11:48 +0200 To: email@example.com Subject: Re: Regexp Query On Wednesday 25 August 2004 22:06, Naseeruddin Mohammad wrote: > I want to develop regular expression based search for lucene. Figured > that I need to write a Query which processes it for regular > expression. I am planning to use apache regexp api. > I need suggestions and tips in doing so. > > I think it is analogs as WildCharQuery. Or PrefixQuery. One possibility is to split the regex into a constant prefix and the remainder. Then walk the terms (much as in PrefixQuery) that have the prefix and match their remainders to the remaining regex. You then have all the terms to pass to a BooleanQuery. There is a default maximum of 1024 clauses there, so it might make sense to have a minimum length for the constant prefix. (The maximum nr. of clauses exists because each search Term requires a buffer.) Regards, Paul Elschot P.S. This might be useful, just ignore the defined class name and its superclass. (It's a part of earlier posted code.) /* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 */ import org.apache.lucene.index.Term; import org.apache.lucene.index.TermEnum; import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import java.util.regex.Matcher; public class SrndTruncQuery extends SimpleTerm { public SrndTruncQuery(String truncated, char unlimited, char mask) { super(false); /* not quoted */ this.truncated = truncated; this.unlimited = unlimited; this.mask = mask; truncatedToPrefixAndPattern(); } private final String truncated; private final char unlimited; private final char mask; private String prefix; private Pattern pattern; public String getTruncated() {return truncated;} public String toStringUnquoted() {return getTruncated();} protected boolean matchingChar(char c) { return (c != unlimited) && (c != mask); } protected void appendRegExpForChar(char c, StringBuffer re) { if (c == unlimited) re.append(".*"); else if (c == mask) re.append("."); else re.append(c); } protected void truncatedToPrefixAndPattern() { int i = 0; while ((i < truncated.length()) && matchingChar(truncated.charAt(i))) { i++; } prefix = truncated.substring(0, i); StringBuffer re = new StringBuffer(); while (i < truncated.length()) { appendRegExpForChar(truncated.charAt(i), re); i++; } pattern = Pattern.compile(re.toString()); } public void visitMatchingTerms( IndexReader reader, String fieldName, MatchingTermVisitor mtv) throws IOException { boolean expanded = false; int prefixLength = prefix.length(); TermEnum enumerator = reader.terms(new Term(fieldName, prefix)); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(""); try { do { Term term = enumerator.term(); if (term != null) { String text = term.text(); if ((! text.startsWith(prefix)) || (! term.field().equals(fieldName))) { break; } else { matcher.reset( text.substring(prefixLength)); if (matcher.matches()) { mtv.visitMatchingTerm(term); expanded = true; } } } } while (enumerator.next()); } finally { enumerator.close(); matcher.reset(); } if (! expanded) { System.out.println("No terms in " + fieldName + " field for: " + toString()); } } } --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Plain English Summary
Background and study aims
A stroke is a serious condition where the blood supply to a part of the brain is cut off. Around 80% of strokes are ischemic strokes, in which the arteries that supply the brain with oxygen become narrowed or blocked, causing severely reduced blood flow (ischemia). This can lead to serious complications, depending on which part of the brain is deprived of oxygen and for how long. One of the most common complications of stroke is impaired movement in the arms or legs, caused by lack of oxygen to the area of the brain which controls movement. This study aims to analyse the brain's electric activity during the motor (movement) learning process, in order to find out if the brain activity of stroke patients during learning to perform a movement would be different from healthy people of the same age.
Who can participate?
Right-handed adults who had a stroke which affects their arm function, and healthy right-handed adults of the same age (preferably from the stroke patient's close social circle).
What does the study involve?
All participants attend four study visits. The first study visit takes place soon after stroke, while the patient is still on the stroke ward. This involves an assessment of hand function through a questionnaire and simple movement tests rated on a scale. For the stroke patients, if an MRI scan of their brain is available, this is reviewed in order to look at the characteristics of the damage caused by the stroke. On the second study, which takes place a month later, participants have their hand function measured again. On the third study visit (one month after stroke), participant's brain skills are tested, which involves undergoing a number of puzzle-solving, memory and recall tasks. In the final study visit (one month after stroke), participants movement skills are further assessed. This involves being hooked up to an EEG machine (which records the brain's electrical activity) while completing 96 reaching movements, then another 96 with a robot adding force against the movement and then 96 without any force applied.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
There are no direct benefits or risks involved with participating in this study.
Where is the study run from?
Queens Hospital, Romford (UK)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
October 2015 to October 2018
Who is funding the study?
University of East London (UK)
Who is the main contact?
Ms Adela Desowska
Trial website
Contact information
Primary contact
Ms Adela Desowska
Contact details
University of East London
School of Health
Sports and Bioscience
Water Lane
United Kingdom
+44 20 8223 3000
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
Are there brain-based predictors of the ability to learn a new skill in healthy ageing and are they altered by having a stroke?
Study hypothesis
Primary hypothesis:
Well recovered stroke patients show the ability to learn new movements with success.
Secondary hypothesis:
Well recovered stroke patients show a different pattern of brain activation than age matched controls while performing the same motor adaptation task.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Single-centre case-control study
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Case-control study
Trial setting
Trial type
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet.
21 patients who have had their first-ever stroke, affecting initially their right hand function and 21 age-matched controls attend four study visits.
Visit 1:
On the first study visit, all participants undergo an initial hand function assessment on stroke ward. This involves the following two tests:
1. Fugl-Meyer Assessment – Upper extremity: The Fugl-Meyer assessment is a scale of motor function impairment designed for post-stroke hemiplegic patients. The maximum score is 100 points, with 66 points dedicated to upper limb function assessment - achieved when the participants function is not affected. The participant's task is to perform specific movements of the upper and lower arm and hand. The movements and reflexes are rated on a 3 point scale. We will only use the upper extremity assessment which takes approximately 30 minutes depending on the level of residual arm function (thus a score of 66 corresponds to full recovery of arm function).
2. DASH (Disabilites of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand test, Hudak et al., 1996): This is a self-reported hand and arm function questionnaire, focusing on assessing the ability to perform everyday life actions.
If there are clinical MRI available in the hospital archive, the participants are asked for consent to use them to record lesion characteristics.
Visit 2:
Approximately one month post stroke, the patients are contacted by telephone and the DASH hand function measure is administered once again to assess recovery. If the hand function is recovered, the participants are invited to take part in Visit 3 and 4. If not, they are contacted again by telephone approximately 6 months after stroke.
Visit 3:
On the third study visit, participants complete a battery of neuropsychological tests. This involves:
1. Graded Naming Test: In which the participant's task is to name the pictures presented by the experimenter
2. Bells test: The participant is required to circle all bell signs that are presented among other symbols
3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment: A 10 minute assessment in which the participant solves 11 cognitive tasks assessing his attention, memory, visual skills, naming, verbal fluency and orientation. It is administered in 10 minutes
4. California Verbal Learning Test – Revised: Each participant is asked to learn a 16-item shopping list
Visit 4:
On the final study visit, participants have their motor function and motor adaption tested. This involves:
1. Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI): A five minute questionnaire designed to assess the severity of fatigue in the last 24 hours and the impact that it has on the daily functioning in 6 items.
Following this, the motor abilities of each participant are also measured in order to differentiate the effects of learning, motor function and motor learning during the data analysis. The motor function of the participants will be tested in four tasks:
2. Robot-mediated evaluation test: This test engages upper arm and forearm muscles. It will be administered using the same robotic manipulandum in the end of the motor adaptation procedure. The tests take approximately 12-15 mins to complete.
3. Grip force measure and pinch force measure will be measured using a dynamometer and pinchmeter– electronic sensors attached to the same amplifier as the EMG electrodes (Biometrics Co Ltd UK). The participant's task would be to squeeze the dynamometer or the pinchmeter as hard as they can for three seconds following one practice trial. The test will be administered to both dominant and non-dominant hand.
4. Finally, motor adaptation is tested. This is done while the participant is undergoing an EEG and complete tasks with a robotic arm. On the screen of the robot, the participant can see a circle with a centre point and 8 peripheral points. The position of the robotic arm is shown on the screen as a circular cursor point. The central point is the starting position at each trial. The task of the participant is to move the cursor towards a lit-up point at a certain time after the point is lit. The participants receive feedback whether their movement was early, late or on time. Whilst a movement is performed, the robot can impose a force field disturbance to the movement of the participant.
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Neural correlates of motor adaptation are measured using EEG recording during the motor adaptation task on the fourth study visit.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Motor adaptation is measured using robot's kinematic recording during the motor adaptation task on the fourth study visit
2. Motor adaptation is measured using EMG recording during the motor adaptation task on the fourth study visit
3. Motor function is measured using :
3.1. The robot-mediated evaluation test on the fourth study visit
3.2. A dynamometer on the fourth study visit
3.3. A pinchmeter on the fourth study visit
3.4. The Fugl-Meyer assessment on the first and third study visit
3.5. The DASH assessment on the first and second study visit
4. Verbal learning is measured by CVLT on the third study visit
5. Lesion size is measured using a clinical MRI scan, if available and this measure doeas not involve any additional study visits
Screening measures:
1. Fatigue is screened using the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) on the fourth study visit
2. Aphasia is screened using the Graded Naming Test (GNT) on the third study visit
3. Visual neglect is screened using the Bells test on the third study visit
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Adults over 18 years old
2. Left middle cerebral artery stroke
3. Stroke affecting arm function
4. Right handed before the stroke
5. With no neurological history before the stroke
6. Recovered 6 months after stroke or earlier
7. With no history of seizures post-stroke
8. With good command of English
1. Participants matched with patients by age and socioeconomic status, preferably from their close social circle
2. Adults over 18 years old
3. Right handed
4. With no neurological history
5. With good command of English
Participant type
Age group
Target number of participants
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Neurological disorders that could influence the EEG data recording
2. Left-handedness before stroke
3. No recovery of arm function 6 months after stroke
4. Inability to be assessed due to not sufficient command of English
1. History of neurological disorders that could influence the EEG data recording
2. Left-handedness
3. Inability to be assessed due to not sufficient command of English
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Queens Hospital
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals and Trust Rom Valley Way
Romford Essex
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University of East London
Sponsor details
Stratford Campus
Water Lane
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Funder type
Funder name
University of East London
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Planned publication in a peer reviewed journal.
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not expected to be available
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary


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It was 3 seasons to the day that Rilret was killed, well night. A mouse redwaller was wandering the woods of mossflower enjoying the night. The he saw something, Something the made his mouth dry with fear. He didn't even have a chance to scream his death cry.
Chapter 1
Abbot Mordalfus was worrying over the Shar, a mouse who had been a slave who had left the last night. He was thinking this when he herd many voices singing.
Hey ho a travelin' we go
On the river,
Hey ho on waters so swift
It sent a duck to the dark woods,
Hey ho it twas a hard work
To sail da longboats in,
But we did it no proplimo because of wot someone did......
Hey ho a squirrel named Dann
A stuck his sword away,
Hey ho but it twas not in vain
It went deep 'to a rock and held there fast,
Hey ho but they would not last
So a smart ole Squirrel named Song
Did climb up so fast, and threw down a rope and they made it safely at last.
"Logalog how are you?"
"Good, you seem none the worse Matthias ole pal!
After the greetings had been made and the shrews fed the Abbot had a request for the shrews.
Five shrews led by a shrew named Golger were out in mossflower woods looking for Shar, they had been out there most of the day and were going to go back to the abbey. As they saw that abbey in sight it was dark out, they were just about to run the the building and have a good meal when the herd a hissing. The walked to where they herd the sound and saw something that looked as though it was from their worst nightmares. A Goliath Tarantula was rubbing his legs together making a hissing noise. The shrews where surrounded before they could think. The all drew their raptors none of them having any slings. One came at them but was pricked a few times by Golgers raptor in till he backed. The Tarantula rubbed his legs together making the sound again, all the tarantulas raised their front legs. The shrews waited for the attack hoping that they could hold them back with there raptors. The tarantulas moved their legs in a way that flicked a long hair at the shrews. The hairs where not deadly but stung very badly. As the shrew where busy trying to pull them out or were just laying in great pain the tarantulas charged and stuck their fangs into them.
It had been to long since the shrews had left looking for Shar, the abbot was worried. The abbot had the bells ring to tell that all woodlanders were to come to the abbey, he also had sentries posted on the ramparts.
And it was that a little way away from the abbey there lived a family of mice, there was the mother a kindly looking mouse named Mathula (Math u la) and the father, a strong mouse with a kindly heart named torlan (tor lan). They had two girls named Telya and Marta, and a mouse that they have found wandering in the woods named Taseecu Brcub (tas-ee-cu br-cub). Taseecu was a strange mouse in his attitude, he always blamed others but never himself.
So it happened that hey were out one evening and the sound of the bells of redwall reached their ears. They packed and left at once.
A wandering otter named Taracite (Tara-cite) and his pal Merlom the mole had also herd the sound of the bell. The followed the sound not knowing what it meant unknowingly walking towards the family of mice.
"Why do I have the heaviest pack, you always make my job the hardest!" Wined Taseecu.
"You don't have the heaviest pack for one thing, and for another all the stuff that you are carrying is your own, you packed it yourself." Said Torlan.
"Well, you helped the girls pack theirs!"
"I went to help you, and you just told me to go away."
"Thats not fair, Mathula is that fair?"
"Humph! It's dark, I want to go to sleep."
"We have to get to the abbey as soon as we can." Said the mother.
Torlan stopped suddenly and Taseecu said, "Shore, he gets to stop whenever he wants."
But Torlan put out his hand and said, "Stop, run now!" And pointed.
"Why, what are you going to do, have a nice rest?" But Mathula pulled his ear so he had to run with them.
Torlan picked up a strong stick that was much like a staff and said, "I hear you, you don't need to hide anymore." and before he was ready a tarantula came charging at him.
Chapter 2
Golger woke up, he tried to open his eyes but they were stuck closed, he tried to move his arms to they were stuck to. He tried moving everything to no avail, he kept trying. After a little while (he was still trying to get loose) he felt a sharp pain in his leg, he never woke up again.
Taracite and Merlom turned a curve in the path to see a mouse, held in the legs of a extremely large spider and with a strong stick keeping the fangs from reaching is body. Taracite grabbed his sword (It was a strange sword, Ever seen a hand that was cut off and replaced by a hook? It was like that just it but it went further up the arm, almost to the elbow. Instead of a hook there was a blade, it was made so you could use your arm for extra strength so you could hold about 3 swords off with only one.) Taracite was fast (he would have been faster but it takes a bit to slip your hand into a sword like that), he charged, with a slash he cut one of the back legs and as the spider fell he stabbed at where he guess the spiders heart would be, he was right. The spider fell, dead, as Torlan rose from the dead spiders legs he said to Taracite, "Thank you, who may I have the joy of addressing?"
"The names Taracite."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Torlan."
"Will you help me find my family seeing that you are well armed?"
"Very well, do you know where they are?"
"If I knew where they were, I wouldn't need to find them would I?"
Taracite sighed and said, "Do you know where they might be near?"
"No, but I know what way they went."
"Then lets go."
They had been running for a long time when the sat down to rest, as usual Taseecu started to complain,
"Owwwwwwww why did you have to pull my ear like that, it hurt!"
The family was not in the mood to hear complaining, with anger in her voice Marta said, "Zip it."
"Why should I, you didn't have your ear almost pulled off!"
With a glare she said, "Because if you don't I will make your jaw hurt worse than your ear!"
"Thats not fair, Mathula is that fair?"
The look he got told him he would get no help from there.
A little way away from them a bush shook, they jumped up, but in was only a old hedgehog.
"Hello, wot are you doing here?"
"Very well, if your going to sit in my part of the woods will you at least tell me your names?
"My name is Taseecu Brcub, and it isn't your woods."
"Wots that, Eustace Scrubb? And keep a civil tong in your head."
"No, Taseecu Brcub dummy."
The hedgehog him him so hard with a stick that it stunned him and walked away. When Taseecu woke up he was met with nothing but glares.
She could hardly move, she however had not always been this way. Her mate had been killed by the Redwall mice. She had been injured almost to fatality but survived. When here husband died she had been carrying about 30 babies, they had grown up and had babies. She now was queen of an army 300 spiders strong, and they were all out to get the Redwallers. For one reason, revenge. And another, It took a lot of feeding to support a band of 300 spiders. After this battle though she planned on letting her army disperse and travel all over Mossflower!
Taracite and Merlom the mole and Torlan all made in safely to Redwall the next day. After being greeted by the abbot they asked about Torlan's family. It almost broke Torlan to find that his family had not made it to abbey.
"We must send out search parties!"
"No!" All turned and looked at Taracite, "There are to many, all the people on the search would just be killed, it is to late for them. Abbot, I'm afraid your abbey is under attack!
Chapter 3
The spiders marched to Redwall, luckily, that was the other way from Torlan's Family.
After a few hours marching they made it to Redwall, but were dismayed that it was prepared for them. The General of the spider army took the army into the ditch and told them of the attack strategy he had prepared if this happened, it was all round approved.
On the ramparts of Redwall the woodlanders about 500 strong waited for the storm, they did not have to wait long, a storm of needle like hair told them that the storm and begun.
Many of the archers on the ramparts had to be removed to the infermery. Matimeo seemed to be everywhere, giving leadership to all near him. The spiders began climbing the walls, long pikes were brought out by the defenders. Taracite, putting on his armor, waited for the storm to reach the top of the wall. The spiders were kept at bay for near and hour, 17 died from arrows or pike thrust, and a score and a half were said to injured badly, and few had escaped without a minor injury of some kind. The defenders on the wall had not done as well, though only some 5 fell it's said about 42 had to be taken off the wall due to the stings of hairs.
It was starting to look as if they might drive the spiders back when the spiders made a rush, pushing the pikes out of the way they ran up the wall, and at the same time spiders who had killed the few lookouts on the other walls charged and the defenders found themselves outflanked, they had no choice but to retreat from the walls, the woodlanders had lost many, and the spiders only a few. A spider lept from the wall onto Mattimeo's head but was stabbed in the head by his father, Matthias. As the spiders came down in from the walls the Redwalls in disoray ran to whatever safety they could find. The otters to the pond, the squirrels to the orchard where they could better defend themselves against the spiders and everyone else onto the abbey. A guard was posted by the spiders around the pond to flick hairs an a head whenever it popped up, but the otters went to the middle of the pool and the hairs seldom hit anything but water, a small army of 50 was kept harassing the orchard where the squirrels where, and were often refreshed so that the squirrels could have no rest. After this was done, the spiders retired and waited for the next day, and occupide themselves making holes to sleep in.


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The first iOS 4.3 beta was released to developers today. Unfortunately, it drops support for the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G. However, it brings some fantastic features.
Mobile hotspot: When the Verizon iPhone was announced, the mobile hotspot feature was mentioned. The iOS 4.3 update brings mobile hotspot capabilities to the iPhone 4 (does not work on the iPhone 3GS or the iPad). The mobile hotspot allows one to create a WiFi network from the iPhone, allowing up to 5 devices to connect and utilize the iPhone's Internet connection.
Gestures: iOS 4.3 brings more gestures to the iPad. With either four or five fingers, one can:
Swipe up to reveal multitasking bar
Swipe to the left to go to back the last used app
Swipe to the right to go forward
Pinch to go back to the home screen
Note to developers: Gestures may not be enabled in beta by default. Connect your iPad to Xcode and enable the iPad for distribution.
Rotation Lock: When the iPad was originally released, the switch on the right side acted as a rotation lock (prevents the ipad from adjusting when you turn it sideways… Which is important for when you want to read your iPad when lying on your side.) When the iOS 4.2 was released, it changed the switch on the iPad to a mute button (the rotation lock was then placed on the multitasking bar). Many users greatly preferred having the switch be a rotation lock, so Apple is bringing that back with iOS 4.3.


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I wonder if it is possible to add an option like "Backup to image" and "Restore from image" into the inventory pane, pretty much like remote access currently is.
Shure that SW is not able to do this task by itself, but it did not invent VNC or RDP either. So it can rely on an external solution like FOG, Ghost or Acronis.
Imagine how cool this could be: Just click on "Restore vom image" and the PC is up with its last good configuration. One could recover from stupid users installing everything they found in the internet, re-rollout bugfixes making more troubles than they prevent, and much more.
All is needed was an API to call an appropriate service to do this. Maybe this can be done as an plugin.
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Mar 27, 2010 at 6:19 UTC
akp982 is an IT service provider.
Your right this would have to be a plugin, spice up Report and Plugin Request section would be a great help to everyone.
If fog had a API it wouldn't be too hard to do this.
Mar 27, 2010 at 8:00 UTC
Lawrie Dalman Consulting is an IT service provider.
That would really be a good feature by plugin or however it came to be there it would be super useful.
Nice idea OliverG, thanks.
Mar 28, 2010 at 5:50 UTC
Keep IT Simple Technology Group is an IT service provider.
Awesome idea!
Mar 28, 2010 at 2:38 UTC
So what's needed for this is a Windows or Web-Based software which is able to backup a remote client to a given repository. This needs some configuration, e.g. where to place the backup. To make this handy a global repository should be given, along with a number of backups to keep (rotating slots).
The imageging software itself should be able to exec all needed commands on the remote client. Any suggestions on that?
A web-based solution might use FOG to do this. To create a backup the MAC address of the PC in question (known to SW) is to be transferred to the FOG-server which itself sets it in it's DHCP/TFTP. This causes the PC to be imaged next time it boots. PXE-boot must bin enabled for that. In combination with WOL (wake-on-lan) even shutdown PCs could be imaged that way. A remote exec "reboot" bring the PC in the desired state.
To recover a broken (or kiosk) PC nearly the same can be done. (we would use this to prepare an existing PC for a new employee. This is really cool, because the device must not return into our IT office, nor must an IT technican drive out to it).
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The sun glinted off the Titanium Sword as it swung aimlessly in an arc, sending a fractured beam of light through the red haze. The exile was ready to venture out and claim his place with the Terrarian Legion again. To get out of this hellish land of blood and gore, to redeem his place in the land, to do good once again.
He was an honorable man; one can tell that much by seeing his lack of fury at his unjust exile, and his perseverance in making things right once again. He was a great warrior; his armor and sword had never broken, not even in the most violent battle. He was an exile; by chance only, by unjust means, by the deceit and guile of an evil one. But not for much longer.
He trudged out of the vine-covered cave, the blood from the ground squishing and splashing around his heavy, booted feet. His boots were stained red at the end of every day; that was one of the many drawbacks of his secluded, hidden Crimson home. But it was hidden, away from the evil eyes of the one who sought to kill him.
The army camp was far to the east of here, past the leafy Jungle, past the deceitful Hallow, in a secluded tundra. He would travel there if it killed him - which it might.
He started his journey. The Jungle posed very little problem, as he vaulted over the Arapaima-ridden pools. The Hallow nearly killed him, Unicorns attempting to stab through his armor with their sharp horns. But in the end, he reached the base and strode into the main tent.
"I come back from exile, Nimbian, and reclaim the post which you stole from me with deceit and cunning!"
"Never," hissed the hunched figure at the back of the tent, cloaked back all that was visible.
"Then we shall settle this through single combat, the unviolable trial of the ages!" the exile replied stalwartly.
The battle occured on a long, snow-covered strip of grass outside the army camp. A lone referee was there. He raised his gun and yelled, "This is single combat to the death. The winner is the winner of the debate you seek to settle, the leadership of the Terrarian Army! No alliances with others! No backing out! Ready... set... START!"
The exile charged at Nimbian, his sword raised in a crushing blow. Only too quickly, a shield of purple-red light appeared around the mage, shielding him from the worst of the blow. Bright red fissure lines appeared where the sword struck, and both combatants reeled back. This went on and on, the purple shield growing weaker.
Finally, it shattered on impact, and the sword sliced through part of the mage's left hand. He screamed in agony, a high-pitched sound that only dying wildcats are supposed to make. However, green flames blasted out all the same, smashing into the exile and carrying him backwards.
The two approached, both wounded badly, and both attacked.
The sword struck first.
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The Green Party has lodged a complaint with police over illegal spying on internet millionaire Kim Dotcom - and is calling on Prime Minister John Key to support the investigation.
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) carried out surveillance on Dotcom, but did not check his residency status. Instead it relied on the Organised and Financial Crime Agency (OFCANZ).
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Co-leader Russel Norman says the GCSB illicit surveillance broke a law which bans interception of private communications.
Last year Prime Minister John Key claimed freelance cameraman had breached the same law by recording his conversation with ACT leader John Banks. No charges were laid over the so-called 'teapot tapes' scandal.
Inspector-General Paul Neazor's report, released yesterday, concluded agents had acted unlawfully because they failed to make basic checks on Dotcom's residency - and failed to grasp changes to immigration legislation.
Norman repeated Key's assertion that he called in police because '' it was a "matter of principle".
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Norman believed GCSB agents breached Section 216(B) of the Crimes Act.
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"Our spies are subject to the laws of this land. They must be held accountable by the police and the courts when they violate those laws.''
Dotcom has backed calls for an independent inquiry into how government spies illegally intercepted his communications.
Key yesterday apologised to Dotcom and expressed his disappointment in the GCSB, for which he has ministerial responsibility.
"If things had been done properly it would have been quite clear [Dotcom] was protected," Key said
"It is quite a basic error. They have failed at the lowest hurdle. It's quite frankly not good enough."
Neazor's damning report released yesterday called for a review of cases back to 2009.
He found there was confusion between the agencies about changes to the Immigration Act in 2009 and the subsequent effect on the GCSB legislation.
"Dotcom...is however one of a category of people who is treated in New Zealand as if he ought to have protection against collection of his information," he wrote.
Labour, NZ First and the Greens all called for an independent inquiry.
Dotcom said on Twitter that he accepted Key's apology.
"Show your sincerity by supporting a full, transparent & independent inquiry into the entire Mega case," he wrote on the social media site.
He asked Key to "show the world that your government is not an American dancing bear".
Norman said the Inspector-General was the wrong person to investigate wrong-doing by GCSB.
"One of the Inspector-General's main functions is ensuring that the GCSB does not spy on New Zealand citizens or permanent residents."
Neazor had not been able to monitor the GCSB in the Dotcom case in the first place, Norman said.
"The Inspector-General's report fails to explain why once a mistake had been made by the GCSB they failed to bring this to the attention of their the so-called watchdog - the Inspector-General himself."
Labour leader David Shearer said Neazor's report was a "whitewash".
"A broader inquiry is needed that looks at the failures at the top echelons of Government," he said.
GCSB director Ian Fletcher apologised to Key and said he would "'take every step to rebuild public confidence in his organisation".
Fletcher issued a statement apologising to Key and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English, who was left red-faced when it emerged he knew about the GCSB's role in the case and signed a document to prevent it becoming public.
"I am very sorry for the way the Bureau has handled its part in the Dotcom case," he said.


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You might say that's a good description of who I am. It takes something extra to put yourself out there and to make bold statements, especially about what families need and what they often do not receive from the professional community. I wish I could do more, and do it faster, and that I could be perfect in breaking ground and putting teams together, but better to do now than to wait for perfect, I believe.
I'm often asked why I do what I do, or am reminded of the many hurdles, including the expense. Yes, life would be easier just focusing on my own family, on marketing and social media, on sports and charity, but then there's this little conviction that something more is needed – – and needed yesterday. Besides, easy doesn't make for happily ever after, does it?
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So being an advocate isn't easy, but it's worth it. Every day. No matter the situation. Doing the right thing and doing it well also brings out the best in others, and that is a worthy goal…the best use of my time and energy. Of course this includes my children, as my most important task as a parent is protecting them and bringing out the best in them.
Another angle on perspective:
When visiting a friend in the hospital I heard a revealing and sentimental conversation between two successful men. It had to do with the fact that both men were in bad accidents. One man was able to walk away and recover, while the other man – his dear friend – was not so fortunate. He was permanently injured and life as he knew it is over. [Notice I did not say his LIFE is over; it's just very different. They both acknowledge disappointment, gratitude for each other and for what they do have…which is a loving family and great friendship, and they can both laugh!]
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They both still have a lot to give because they have their minds, their intellect, their heart, their families and friends. But they are different having experienced major and unexpected hits. What they are able to do in giving to and inspiring others is unique and valuable.
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I am the parent who was hit by the freight train without warning, but by the grace of God I am able to recover; I will recover because I was able to learn – the hard way – what it was that I needed to recover from.
…No, it's not a pretty or inexpensive recovery! But at least I get to recover and do something with this experience.
Many others are not recovering, and most have a hard time speaking up or articulating what happened, if they even know what caused the collision.
Someone has to put up the warning signs, the flashing lights, revise the drivers manual and alert the train switching stations before more are disabled from the wrecks that are the many family conflict situations we hear about. And I can't do it alone, so social media and news media are critical tools for reaching those who are capable of helping and motivated to follow through.
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Advocacy for adults, teens and children who need a leg up comes naturally for me; you can go back in time and credit my mother for the example she set as she was always finding a way to support someone else, to lift them up and make life easier. How she managed with four kids to still give so much to others is beyond me, but the desire to give and serve was absorbed from being around her. I came to find out later in life that you don't have to be perfect to make a difference, and there's no better place to start than here – with those who are right around you. I'm so grateful to those who have trusted me and believed in this mission!
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Successful advocacy programs, for me, mean increasing certainty, lowering the risk of attack and speeding recovery.
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Who is Jacob? Personally, I believe that Jacob is nobody we are currently familiar with, but that's just me. Nevertheless, I've decided to turn this question into a weekly blog series that I call the Jacob Pick of the Week.
("Jacob Pick of the Week" is meant only as a humorous parody. By taking this blog post seriously and/or attempting to engage in a debate over its contents, you accept full responsibility of me thinking you're an idiot.)
For this week's Jacob Pick of the Week, I've chosen...
The convenience store clerk who sold Hurley the winning lottery ticket with the Numbers and appeared in Hurley's dream wearing a chicken costume.
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