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Q: plot normal distribution given mean and sigma - python I have some data in pandas dataframe df['Difference'] = df.Congruent.values - df.Incongruent.values mean = df.Difference.mean() std = df.Difference.std(ddof=1) median = df.Difference.median() mode = df.Difference.mode() and I want to plot a histogram together with normal distribution in 1 plot. Is there a plotting function that takes mean and sigma as arguments? I don't care whether it is matplotplib, seaborn or ggplot. The best would be if I could mark also mode and median of the data all within 1 plot. A: You can use matplotlib/pylab with scipy.stats.norm.pdf and pass the mean and standard deviation as loc and scale: import pylab import numpy as np from scipy.stats import norm x = np.linspace(-10,10,1000) y = norm.pdf(x, loc=2.5, scale=1.5) # for example pylab.plot(x,y) pylab.show() | Mid | [
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Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey feels he didn’t play as well in the Magpies’ last league match against Brighton as he had done previously against Reading and Huddersfield Town. The 22 year old played in an advanced role against the Seagulls but his crucial contribution was a free kick that sealed a 2-0 victory against their Promotion rivals. The former Swansea player believes that modern football pundits and fans focus too heavily on goals rather than overall performances. He told the Evening Chronicle: “In terms of the game against Brighton, I played further forward, but I didn’t think I managed to get involved too much. But if you score a goal, you get all the praise under the sun. “I actually felt I performed better in the other two games (against Huddersfield Town and Reading), but I didn’t get the credit for those games because that’s what football is like nowadays.” Shelvey has found himself in an out the team under manager Rafa Benitez with starts coming against Brighton, Huddersfield and Reading but also finding himself benched for the opening match of the league campaign against Fulham, and again against Bristol City. It is something he says he will have to get used playing in the Championship with their being seven matches in total during September with the next against Derby County tomorrow evening. | Mid | [
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Governors in New Jersey and Maine shut down state government after lawmakers in their states failed to reach budget deals before Friday’s midnight deadline. Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is in his final year of two terms running the state, called the Democratic-led legislature back to Trenton for a special session on Saturday. In Maine, Republican Gov. Paul LePage put in place a partial shutdown until Monday afternoon. ... | Mid | [
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Community Health Centre About us Community health services are available to everyone. South Gippsland Hospital’s Community Health Centre is part of South Gippsland Hospital and our community services aim to keep you living at home and in your community as independently as possible. Our programs and clinics will help you develop a more healthy lifestyle and prevent or manage illness. First we find out the things that are important to you and what you want to achieve. Then together we help put in place the right solutions with you. We work with you to help you do as much as you can for yourself to help maintain your independence. We want you to be at the centre of every decision. We offer affordable health care. Some fees are charged according to your ability to pay but these can be negotiated or waived if payment is difficult. Health Care Card holders are charged a heavily discounted fee. The CHC provides a broad range of services and health promotion activities to help local residents develop healthy lifestyles and prevent and manage illness. The centre provides access to numerous health practitioners such as nurses, counsellors, diabetes educator, physiotherapist, podiatrist and dietician and specialised clinics. | Mid | [
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Incredible India! presents 100 years of Indian Cinema at NYIFF Recently, the 13th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) announced the lineup for their “100 Years of Indian Cinema” series presented by Incredible India! Ever since pioneer filmmaker D.G Phalke released his first feature film RAJA HARISHCHANDRA on May 3, 1913, India has continued to be the most prolific and diverse film industry in the world. To mark the global celebration of 100 years of Indian Cinema, NYIFF is featuring an exceptionally compelling array of films preceding Cannes. The lineup includes three rarely seen masterpieces from different time periods, as well as two world-premiere documentaries that explore different facets of Indian filmmaking. These classic films will celebrate recent efforts at film restoration, which are bringing some of India’s greatest cinematic treasures to an international audience. According to Film Festival Director Aseem Chhabra, “In the recent years, many scholars, film programmers and archivists have expressed deep concerns about the state of old Indian films.” However, he notes that recently, “There have been some valiant people who have stepped forward to restore some of the films. M.S. Sathyu’s GARAM HAWA underwent a restoration and was recently screened at the International Film Festival in Goa. In its time it was hailed as a landmark must-see film and credited with being at the forefront of a new wave of art cinema. Uday Shanker’s fantasy ballet KALPANA was unveiled at Cannes last year after being restored by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation. Kundan Shah’s JAANE BHI DO YAARO, a cult classic comedy, was restored by the National Film Development Corporation and enjoyed a theatrical release in many of India’s leading cities. NYIFF has the honor of presenting the first US screenings of all three films since their majestic new restoration in this incredible series that is fittingly sponsored by Incredible India!” Incredible India! is of the belief that the subcontinent’s remarkable diversity is what makes it such a rewarding destination to visit. Regional Director, Sujata Thakur states, “As a home to Indian Cinema, we are happy to present and celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema at NYIFF 2013.” The documentaries offer a modern retrospective on the Indian filmmaking industry. Jaideep Varma’s BAAVRA MANN follows the life and career of Sudhir Misra, a remarkable Hindi independent filmmaker whose influence can be seen in a generation of independent filmmakers today. Rudradeep Bhattacharjee’s THE HUMAN FACTOR draws from rare archival footage to explore how music composers and other musicians have crafted the sound behind some of Hindi film’s most iconic songs. In celebrating a century of Indian film, Festival Founder Aroon Shivdasani says, “We will screen critically acclaimed, award winning, recently restored masterpieces from the history of Indian cinema, juxtaposed with today’s young, emerging, globally aware, socially conscious films. I do believe it will be fascinating to compare the two sensibilities in filmmaking, subject matter, performance styles and all the other nuances of traditional films versus those pushing boundaries.” Festival Director Aseem Chhabra adds, “Together these five films will give New York audience a taste of Indian films and what makes our cinema so unique.” NYIFF runs from April 30 – May 4 at prestigious venues across New York City. NYIFF’s “100 Years” series will screen exclusively at Tribeca Cinemas. The following are the films featured in the 2013 New York Indian Film Festival “100 Years” series: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4pm – The Human FactorDirected by Rudradeep BhattacharjeeIndia 2012. 76 mins. EnglishCast: The Lord Family – This documentary investigates song and music in the context of the Indian filmic experience. Although singers, music directors, the lyricists are all publicly celebrated for their work and have attained almost legendary status in popular culture, many unseen – and uncredited – musicians make up the orchestras that played on those songs and the background scores. The Human Factor focuses closely in on the story of the Lords, a family of Parsi musicians whose contribution to Hindi film music parallels that of any of the great music directors or singers, yet is widely unknown. But the story of the Lords is not theirs alone, but represents thousands of other composers. This documentary is crucial to providing an obscure chapter in the history of Indian cinema, replete with rare archival material, which provides viewers with a subaltern history of Bollywood. Thursday, May 2, 2013, 9pm – Baavra MannDirected by Jaideep VarmaIndia 2013. 127 mins. Hindi (English Subtitles)Cast: Sudhir Mishar Synopsis: This documentary zooms in on the personal and professional life of Sudhi Mishra, one of Mumbai cinema’s longest lasting and relevant filmmakers, using his life as a lens to explore declining cultural life in India. Friday, May 3, 2013, 4pm – Jaane Bhi Do YaaroDirected by Kundan ShahIndia 1983. 132 mins. HindiCast: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Sah, Bhakti Barve, Satish Kaushik, Ashok Banthia, Neena GuptaSynopsis: Professional photographers Vinod Chopra and Sudhir Mishra open a photo studio in the prestigious Hajj Ali area in Mumbai, in the hopes of making enough money to sustain themselves. After a disastrous start, they are given some work by the editor of “Khabardar,” a publication that exposes the scandalous lives of the rich and the famous. They accept it and start working with the editor, Shobha Sen, on a story to expose the dealings between an unscrupulous builder, Tarneja, and corrupt Municipal Commissioner D’Mello. While working on their story, Sudhir and Vinod decide to enter a photography contest, taking photos all over the city. On developing their pictures, they notice a man shooting someone, and get caught up in a murder case that ends with them in prison. In the final scene, Vinod and Sudhir are shown several years later being released, still in their prison clothes. They turn to the camera and make a cut-throat gesture, signifying the death of justice and truth in an age of corruption. Friday, May 3, 2013, 9pm – Garam HawaDirected by M.S. SathyuIndia 1973. 146 mins. Hindi, UrduCast: Farooq Shaikh, Balraj Sahni, Gita SiddharthSynopsis: Based on an unpublished Urdu short story by Ismat Chughtai and adapted for screen by Kaifi Azmi, who also wrote its lyrics, this film is deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the post-partition India of 1947, as the film’s protagonist grapples with the dilemma of moving to Pakistan or not. The Mirzas, a Muslim family living in a large ancestral house and running a shoe manufacturing business in the city of Agra in the United Provinces of northern India (now Uttar Pradesh) is headed by two brothers; Salim, who guides the family business, and his elder brother Halim, who is engaged in politics and acts as a major leader in the provincial branch of the All India Muslim League, which led the demand for the creation of a separate Muslim state of Pakistan. Saturday, May 4, 2013, 4pmKalpanaDirected by Uday ShankerIndia 1948. 160 mins. HindiCast: Uday Shankar, Padmini, Usha Kiran, Amala Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta Synopsis: Part soap opera, ballet, and political treatise, Kalpana blends surrealism with the high art of Indian classical dance to tell a story loosely based on director Uday Shankar’s own experiences trying to found a dance academy. The film opens with an earnest film director who pitches a screenplay to the owner of a production company. The producer rebuffs the director, claiming he is only interested in films that will net the highest possible box office rather than works with cultural integrity. The director begs him to at least hear him out, and thus the story of Kalpana begins to unfold. Kalpana centers on Udayan, a boy who, despite a difficult childhood, becomes a great dancer. Udayan dreams of opening a dance academy, but must overcome a series of professional challenges, including a crooked theatre promoter, and navigate the competing affections of two women, Uma and Kamini. 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Anti-American Rallies Disguised as Anti-Trump Rallies Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the Presidency in the upcoming election, is being met with huge protests on the campaign trail. His messages of populism, definitively closing the southern border, and putting America First, resonate with a large percentage of citizens. Some of these protests originate from student groups and members of the opposition party, who protest against him due to his political ideology, which is to be expected. Democrats and Republicans will always battle one another and are polarized on issues such as birth control/fetal murder, crime and punishment, race relations, taxes and spending, and immigration, both legal and illegal. What's surprising is that for the first time in our history and on such a large scale, illegal immigrants - people who have broken our laws and are in this nation illegally - are standing up and demanding rights and have a high degree of expectation that their voice somehow matters in American politics. Free From the Shadows Natural born American citizens are mostly appalled by this notion. No one other than an American citizens should have a voice in American politics. Anyone here illegally should be arrested and deported under U.S. Law. President Obama often talks about illegal aliens or undocumented workers as he likes to call them, living in the shadows. Their actions demonstrate that they are no concerned with being deported and it could be deduced that they fully expect to receive amnesty at some future date. Our Federal Government is neglecting their duties by allowing this to continue and by that neglect actually encourages similar actions. Mexican Flags at Trump Rally This is NOT Mexico Mostly in the Southwest, angry Hispanics, some legal, some illegal, have fixated on Mr. Trump's hardline stance on immigration and have taken their battle to the streets. They "proudly" wave Mexican flags as part of their message and it's drawn the ire of countless actual citizens who express an opposing sentiment. In the United States of America we are united under a single banner, which is the American flag. Anyone flying a Mexican flag obviously is demonstrating loyalty to Mexico, not America. These illegal aliens are nothing more than terrorists - people who incite violence, destroy property, and attack American citizens should be dealt with severely under the law. Yet, the Marxist-leaning mainstream media has taken these protests and repackaged them as anti-Trump instead of anti-American. Hispanics demanding equal rights in a nation which they are not citizens of is totally meaningless and should be treated much differently than how it is being handled. Non-citizens are not entitled to any of the rights citizens have, nor do they have a voice in attempting to change our laws on immigration, border security, or deportations. Support for the Protesters American citizens are left to wonder why our media is supporting the protesters so strongly. Donald Trump has made it no secret that he intends to strengthen the southern border by building a wall and expelling all illegal immigrants. Mr. Trump has also expressed that immigration laws will be followed as they are written. Yet, because of this the media and the Democrats are calling him a racist. Protesters that are flying the flag of another nation inside America are calling Trump racist. People who are participating in violence against the United States are calling him racist. Latino's burning the American flag in America are calling him racist. What statements Mr. Trump made were not made based on race, but on facts, and since the left has no way to fight facts, they've employed armies of young people to champion playing the race card. Trump versus the World The pressure to see Mr. Trump fail in his bid for the Presidency comes from many groups, but primarily from those who have illegal alien family members present in the United States. With President Obama being overtly welcoming to kids of illegals with the DREAM Act and other programs designed to help them succeed, many of these mixed families were totally relaxed and probably expected to gain amnesty. Obama basically has ignored immigration enforcement and had all of his administration working overtime to downplay all of the criminal acts committed by illegal aliens, most often at the expense of actual citizens. The media, in their support of the open-border policies of the Democrats have attempted to play the emotional card to its fullest. They cite example after example of how families will be broken up, how dreams will be shattered, and how American will somehow lose something valuable if Trump is allowed to execute his deportation plan. Deep-pocketed supporters of cheap labor, Mexican Cartels, and even Mexican politicians are supporting the anti-Trump rhetoric which adds further fuel to the fire. Why Do Illegals Come One of the looming questions asked is simply why do people come here illegally when America has a fairly open immigration system? Well, the truth might be painful for some people to hear, but it needs to be said. America welcomes legal immigrants, but only those who are valuable to America. There is NO waiting line for people with low education or few skills to stand in and gain permanent U.S. residency. This may sound harsh, but it's necessary - thus the reason why many choose to break our laws and come here illegally - we wouldn't accept them as immigrants. Truth is, we don't want anyone to come here as a negative contributor to the economy. Generally, gaining permission to live and work in the United States is limited to people who are (1) highly trained in a skill that is in short supply here and offered a job by a U.S. employer, (2) escaping political persecution, (3) joining close family already here, or (4) winners of the green-card lottery. When Mr. Trump says Mexico is sending their worst to cross our borders illegally, he is referring to those who just do not qualify to become citizens. Trump's Plan Donald Trump's enforcement plan is simple, it creates jobs we need, and gives American citizens the confidence that our government is not only creating laws that keep us safe, but also following them as written. Mr. Trump has said he will build a fence, deploy 25,000 additional border agents, utilize Predator drones, and any other means necessary to enforce the southern border. He also pledged to enforce immigration laws - laws that are already in place. He does not believe in using the safety of our citizens as a political tool in pandering for votes in the Hispanic community. He will eliminate detention centers and deport illegal aliens immediately - no hearings, no court appointed lawyers, no access to our judicial system. Backfire - Perhaps There are many moving parts to this scenario, with some easier to spot over others. The fact that a Presidential candidate, regardless of party affiliation, is attempting to enforce existing laws and being met with such a high level of backlash demonstrates how flawed our system has become. We are a nation of laws and those laws need to be enforced or changed, not simply ignored for the benefit of special interest groups. This is the United States of America and not the world's hotel. If you break our laws, you deserve to be punished. Let's start calling these protests what they really are - anti-American - and proceed with the deportations sooner rather than later. Questions & Answers Questions must be on-topic, written with proper grammar usage, and understandable to a wide audience. Comments Submit a Comment You Must Sign In To Comment To comment on this article, you must sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. Leslie McCowen 3 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA im on phone, not knowing how to copy and paste. just google it. new restrictions on abortion. 231 if them, while your gun rights are expanded. and no, this is being done by states. republican run states. same ones that have new voter suppression laws and refuse to expand medicare and join exchanges. obama believes women are smart and entitled enough to make their own decisions, unlike you republicans who have to have your phony church in my pockets and my womb. I'd sure like to see that lengthy list - 200 things that Congress did? But doesn't the anointed one in the WH have to sign those things....hmmmm sounds complicated Please specify exactly when a fetus becomes a baby so we can understand when it's OK to kill and not Ok to kill....or maybe ask your Christian God his opinion. Leslie McCowen 3 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA they dont have to overturn it to prevent wonen from excercising free will. this teabaglixan congress has passed over 200 new restrictions on my kids freedom, while mouthing platitudes about the constitution. and no i have not murdered a baby. neither has any woman who had an abortion. now when a 2 yr old gets daddies gun and kills his brother, thats just the price they have to pay for YOUR freedom, huh? give it a rest. trump stands for anti freedom, like all antis. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 3 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho I guess your out of luck then - back to the kitchens for you woman!!!! The court could have 9 conservative justices and it wouldn't matter - unless you can overturn Roe V Wade (which no one can) nothing will happen - save your vitriolic rhetoric for a fight which matters. Hanging your cap on this false notion that anyone is taking any rights away is just political crack to gin up the masses. Say what you want, but I never murdered a baby...have you? It's not a right wing think to preserve human life..... Leslie McCowen 3 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA he said women should be punished for doing something thats none of his business in the first place. he said he would nominate the most conservative justice he could find: code for anti abortion, anti government, pro profit, pro wealthy uber allesand i shant watch anything. you rightwingers say whatever you want about anyone. ill treat you the same. accuse my gender of murdering babies? you need your mouth washed out, not me. now ill wait for your typical response and your clique to pile on, while whining about mean old lmc. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 3 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho What restrictions has TRUMP professed he'd make on your reproductive parts Leslie....... My weapons are guaranteed in the Constitution Maybe you should call Shrillary and ask her to sponsor an Amendment to insure you keep your right to murder babies in the womb. (I'm pro-choice, so watch your response) Leslie McCowen 3 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA youre the one not paying attention. of course, because it doesnt affect you. you get to keep your precious deadly weapons, while your conmen/cavemen make new laws and restrictions on my uterus. freedom? privacy? ha! youze are in for the surprise of your lives. heard of million rising? make that 3.5 billion. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 3 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Leslie - always so concerned about "women's rights" being taken away - like any President of either party could possibly overturn your precious RoeVWade. The protection of the 2nd Amendment is really what a conservative justice would do - which by the way is good for ALL Americans, not just women - the right to defend yourself against a tyrannical government is absolutely necessary in these troubled times. Maybe you aren't paying attention, so I'll remind you of the nearly 100 million people out of the Labor Force under the current President - maybe that's the VooDoo you were thinking of. Mr. Trump wants to put people back to work and preserve the job market in America for the future generations - can't see how your ideology has an issue with that. Ken Burgess 3 years agofrom Florida Unfortunately thinking Hillary and the Democrats represent anything other than the continued dismantling of America in the form of continued decline in wages, decline in jobs, and decline in protected rights is outright denial of reality and the last 25 years of American history. I am not arguing in favor of the Reps either, its the small minded who think the Reps represent something different, people seem to ignore the very reality in front of them, that Washington continues to pass one awful law after another, regardless of who is in power. Remember when Americans, mostly our elderly, were taking buses into Canada to buy their medications, because it was saving them thousands of dollars? Remember how others were using the internet to buy them overseas to save themselves money? What did our wonderful government do to help them out? They made it illegal for them to purchase the lower priced Meds, they forced them to buy criminally overpriced drugs here in America. To the benefit of no one other than the corporations making those drugs. That is but one small example, of the continued attack by Washington on the American working class, middle class, however you want to label them. Work hard, die destitute, that is what the Wall St. to Washington collusion wants for Americans. One big lower class for all. If you are arguing for Hillary you are arguing for all that Washington has stood for, all its corruption, of the last 25+ years. She is the poster child of the worst of it. Leslie McCowen 3 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Trump is not an outsider. Hes gone to the same cocktail parties, hangs in those circles, and worse--paid people in office off to turn a blind eye to his criminal dealings. He wont make America great for Americans, but the same old international robber barons that think they own us all. Trump is now being groomed. Hes being made into what The Party wants. Hes already promised to nominate the most conservative justice he can find. Bye bye womens rights. He also has the same voodoo economic plan weve been suffering under since Reagan. Not an insider? What other accuser gets to call their judge unqualified and get away with it? If hillary refused to release her tax returns, what do you think the media would say? Pulleaze, hes the biggest insider around. He uses hie money and his fame to get away with everything. Vetting is going to be extremely revealing. And trust its only just begun. Ken Burgess 3 years agofrom Florida ALL Politicians in Washington are corrupt... would be a far more accurate statement than blaming either the Dems or the Reps for being responsible for the state of our country today. During the Clinton Administration back in the 90s they helped pass along NAFTA, the 94' Community Reinvestment Act, the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act that actually deregulated the financial sector and allowed investment houses to also be banks, and so much more that has helped cripple a Worker's ability to make a good wage. And now Laws like TPP and WTO hang in the balance of Hillary being elected, as well as more than one Supreme Court Justice, without which the dismantling of the Constitution cannot be achieved, which is the ultimate goal, to permanently change what this country is to fall in line with the likes of China and Russia. So... Clinton means a continuation of the weakening of our economic and military might, a weakening of our rights, and the continued corruption to continue in Washington. In essence a continuation of the Obama & Clinton Administrations, run by Hillary who is even more corrupt and careless than either Bill or Obama could ever hope to be. Trump is an outsider to the Washington corruption, he has exposed it, mocked it, discussed how it has weakened the nation and how the politicians have only been serving their own interests and bank accounts. Just consider Hillary, worth over 100 million dollars... how is it that the Clintons have achieved so much wealth? The Roosevelt family, the Kennedy family, they made their wealth before they got into politics. Trump has made his wealth in business ventures over the course of 40 years. How is it Bill and Hillary became so rich, in politics? Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA And the right. Tea party threatened ballets or bullets. They love to cause trouble, blame others. Its called Gladio, and its real. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho I agree that anarchy and civil war are the objectives of the radicals on the Left. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Yes, well, a lot of "planners" want a civil war here. They want a race war, class war, war war war. Dont kid yourself, all decent protest movements get infiltraited by the same old bums. Legitimate complaints get forgotten and decent people are linked in with the cia/infiltraitor bums. And breitbart i give zero credibility to. Had enough right wingery for 5 lifetimes. You are dodging - when did Hillary speak up for women's rights while in the countries of the Arabs she collected all her cash from? When do any feminists for that matter ever go to the places where women are truly oppressed and try to make a difference? They don't - I guess that proves America is a place where women's rights exist very strongly and they can do and say whatever they want.......sounds like things here are A-OK and the feminists are just misandrists. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA When she was a lawyer, silly. And just as a fellow female being, I appreciate those on my side. Don't care much for the women who only want to please men. Hypocritical not at all. Money is money. Everyone takes it. But did she not speak up for Arab women as well? Women's rights are human rights includes Arab women. I mean, men politicians take money from everybody all the time. Like Dumpy and Shelly, Sanders and the nra. Do you think the donald is a hypocrit for taking money from a guy who regrets serving in our military? How about taking money at all! He said he was self funding. No, I don't think any of them are hypocrits unless they oh say claim to be for freedom but want to control my uterus. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Really, since Hillary really never had an elected job until she was a Senator, how could she possibly "fight" for anyone's rights - except here own of course. Don't you feel she is a total hypocrite - claiming to be so pro-female but taking money from the Arab world where females are treated like slaves and physically and mentally abused? I never hear her shouting for birth control rights or abortion rights when one of those Sheiks is handing her and slick Willey a big check....hmmm seems like she's either a poser her in America or she puts her own finances ahead of the feminist agenda. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA No, but oddly, she was fighting for my daughters rights before they were born. Unlike Dumpy, who was drooling over models and big bazongas. "Rights, what rights? Get a b**b job, what more do youze females need?" AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Did you go to high school with Hillary Clinton? That would make you, what, about 1000 years old? Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA No. It means charlatan whose grip is coming undone. "The Drumpf is showing its true colors." Slang we used in high school AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho What's a Drumpf - is that the Liberal word for "Future President that will destroy Hillary in the election" Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Adelson will try. Your boy Drumpf. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho No, Clinton won't be buying this election so we're all safe. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Anti americanism by people buying our election is quite on target....unless its just certain people that concern you. In which case, you get what you deserve. Cause its coming. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho So I'm supposed to be able to glean people's names from thin air when you post them in a comment now? I could care less about the Israel-US relationship, so save your preaching on that topic for another thread. I also don't care what Sheldon Adelson regrets or doesn't regret. In fact neither of these things even remotely come close to the discussion this thread is about - which is anti-American demonstrations by illegal Hispanics living in American and demanding rights they don't deserve. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA No. Bibi is, and you dont care. Hubpages will squeeze the last vestige from me if i dont shut up, and Adelson regretted serving in our military. Clear? AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Leslie - I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you agreeing that Obama is anti-American but we don't care? Is Trump planning on taking Oxygen away so you can't breathe? Are you feeling regret for not serving in the armed forces? Or is this all some conspiracy theory which ties to Israel? I'm sure that Obama snubbing old Netty has made you quite happy over the years. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Ronnie - agreed that the Capitalist class from both parties are to blame for the illegal problem. Even though Trump belongs to that group, I'd still be interested in seeing if he could implement his plan and perhaps make some real changes. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Because the leader is anti american. And Americans don't care. How's that for patriotism? Your boy Dumpy has da big man backer "my only regret is serving in the US military, not that of the country I love". You figure it out. I'll get banned from breathing. AUTHOR Ralph Schwartz 4 years agofrom Idaho Falls, Idaho Sorry - not the same thing. When an American criticizes an American President (which happens with both parties all the time) - that's a right of citizenship. Giving a foreign leader a standing ovation? How is that anti-American - it's not like bowing before a foreign leader...ouch. Ronnie wrenchBiscuit 4 years ago Let me help you out here Ralph. Those so-called illegals are here undocumented because the greedy capitalists want it that way. It's a modern form of slavery. Only in this case the slaves appear to be willing participants. But they are not. They are herded in this direction by the puppet masters. If the government granted them all citizenship, employers would be forced to pay a minimum wage along with other costs. This way, only the workers suffer, and the employers make out like bandits. As far as any public assistance they may get, it's the taxpayers who foot that bill. Your enemy is your own government, and Donald Trump, in spite of his posturing as a "man of the people", is first and foremost a capitalist. Leslie McCowen 4 years agofrom Cape Cod, USA Same as inviting a foreign "dignitary" without the presidents knowledge or wishes. Giving foreign leader standing ovations, calling our president "liar" . Anti Americanism comes in all shapes and sizes. And the ones I'm talking about hold real power. Connect with us This website uses cookies As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, soapboxie.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so. This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. 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tive of -2*f - 10 - 6*f**2 + 2*f + 6. Give s(o(d)). 24*d Let h(x) = -8*x**2 + 15*x**2 - 6*x**2. Let z(t) be the first derivative of -t**2 + 1. Calculate z(h(b)). -2*b**2 Let f(y) be the third derivative of 0*y + 0 - 11/60*y**5 + 0*y**3 + 3*y**2 + 0*y**4. Let s(a) = -2*a**2. Determine f(s(c)). -44*c**4 Let g(t) = 37*t. Let w(p) = 498*p**2. What is g(w(k))? 18426*k**2 Let z(u) = -15*u. Let f(t) = -249*t + 249*t - t**2. Give z(f(r)). 15*r**2 Let u(t) = 17*t**2 - 51*t**2 + 12*t**2 + 9*t**2 + 14*t**2. Let o(w) = 0*w**2 + 0*w**2 - w**2. What is o(u(v))? -v**4 Let t(r) = r**2. Let p(c) = -3*c**2 + 1350. Calculate t(p(l)). 9*l**4 - 8100*l**2 + 1822500 Let g(l) = l + 7. Let a be g(-5). Let i(f) = f + 0*f + a*f - 4*f. Let y(r) be the second derivative of -r**4/6 + r. Determine y(i(v)). -2*v**2 Let v(b) = -5*b - 3. Let h(t) = 5*t + 2. Let a(k) = 3*h(k) + 2*v(k). Let c(y) = 2*y**2. Calculate c(a(u)). 50*u**2 Let r(t) = 4*t + 3. Let f(u) = 9*u + 7. Let k(g) = -3*f(g) + 7*r(g). Let o(l) be the third derivative of l**5/30 - l**2. What is k(o(a))? 2*a**2 Let g(n) = 18869*n. Let m(r) = -2*r**2. Determine m(g(w)). -712078322*w**2 Let s(z) = 46*z + 1. Let u(c) = -34*c. Determine u(s(a)). -1564*a - 34 Let b(l) = -1 + 1 + 10*l. Let g(k) = -6*k**2 + 4*k**2 + 0*k**2. Give g(b(f)). -200*f**2 Let f(w) = -10*w**2 - 5*w. Let m = -4 - -9. Let n(o) = -9*o**2 - 4*o. Let k(y) = m*n(y) - 4*f(y). Let v(u) = 3*u**2. Determine v(k(a)). 75*a**4 Let r(f) = f**2 + 924*f. Let p(y) = -2*y. Calculate p(r(a)). -2*a**2 - 1848*a Let f(d) = -d. Let q be (-4 - (-3 + -2))*0. Let l(h) be the first derivative of 0*h - 2 + q*h**2 - 4/3*h**3. Determine l(f(p)). -4*p**2 Let z(w) = -3*w. Let c(g) = g**2 - 4*g. Let y(k) = k. Let x be 2 + 5 - (-9)/(-3). Let n(p) = x*y(p) + c(p). What is z(n(v))? -3*v**2 Let p(c) = -c**2. Suppose 0*h = 3*h. Let s(v) be the third derivative of h*v**3 - v**2 + 0*v**4 + 0 + 1/60*v**5 + 0*v. Determine s(p(r)). r**4 Let v(s) = -3*s. Let y(d) = 3 - 3 + 0 + 3*d. Calculate y(v(g)). -9*g Let v(m) = 0*m**2 - 4*m**2 - m**2. Let f(g) = -71*g - g**2 + 71*g. Determine v(f(w)). -5*w**4 Let f(b) = -8*b**2. Let n(m) = 10*m + 3. What is f(n(q))? -800*q**2 - 480*q - 72 Let n(w) be the first derivative of -3*w**2/2 + 9. Let u(i) = i**2. Give u(n(k)). 9*k**2 Let m(f) = 13*f**2 - 2*f - 2. Let b(w) = -13*w**2 + 3*w + 3. Let d(c) = 2*b(c) + 3*m(c). Let l(a) = 4*a. Give d(l(v)). 208*v**2 Let p(u) = -2*u**2 + 20. Let k(j) = 8*j. Give k(p(x)). -16*x**2 + 160 Let w(b) = -27*b + 4*b**2 + 27*b - 3*b**2. Let l(s) = 7*s**2. Give l(w(y)). 7*y**4 Let x(p) = -p**2. Let j(s) = 18*s**2 + 29*s + 1. Calculate j(x(f)). 18*f**4 - 29*f**2 + 1 Let r(j) = -j**3 - 8*j**2 + 7*j + 8. Let p be r(-8). Let u be 12/(-66) - p/22. Let v(w) = -6*w + 3*w + u*w. Let f(m) = -m. Calculate f(v(h)). h Let d(j) = -8*j. Let a(h) = -8*h**2. What is a(d(r))? -512*r**2 Let q(t) = -72*t**2. Let u(z) = 2*z. Determine q(u(i)). -288*i**2 Let n(u) = 5*u. Let i(t) be the first derivative of 3*t**3 + 63. What is n(i(p))? 45*p**2 Let f(p) = 2*p. Let z(s) = -13*s**2 - 2*s + 2. Let k(i) = 13*i**2 + 3*i - 3. Let u(x) = -4*k(x) - 6*z(x). What is u(f(h))? 104*h**2 Let m(r) = -r + 8. Let y(p) = 76 - 153 + 77 + p. Give m(y(d)). -d + 8 Let d(v) = 2*v. Let u(l) = -127*l + 1. Calculate d(u(s)). -254*s + 2 Let b(x) be the third derivative of x**7/5040 + x**5/20 - 9*x**2. Let y(a) be the third derivative of b(a). Let l(s) = -9*s. Give y(l(g)). -9*g Suppose -5*d - 3 + 23 = 0, -2*r - 5*d + 30 = 0. Let w(q) = 2*q - r*q + 2*q + 3*q. Let z(n) be the third derivative of -n**5/30 - n**2. Calculate w(z(l)). -4*l**2 Let m(i) = 0 + i - 2*i - 2. Let d be m(-6). Let j(g) = -d*g + 5*g - 3*g. Let n(u) = -u. Calculate j(n(o)). 2*o Let y(x) = -2*x**2. Let o(p) be the third derivative of p**7/2520 + p**4/12 - p**2. Let n(f) be the second derivative of o(f). What is y(n(d))? -2*d**4 Let q(c) = -113*c. Let g(p) = 19*p. Give g(q(h)). -2147*h Let r(o) = o. Let s(f) = -2*f**2 - 3*f**2 - 2*f**2 - f**2. What is r(s(w))? -8*w**2 Let k(f) = -7*f**2. Let j(b) be the third derivative of -b**4/4 - 6*b**2. Give j(k(l)). 42*l**2 Let l(f) = 3*f + 8. Let i be 2/7 + (-60)/14. Let b be 9/2 - i/8. Let y(j) = 2*j + 5. Let k(g) = b*l(g) - 8*y(g). Let z(u) = u**2. Calculate z(k(c)). c**2 Let z(s) = -5*s**2. Let k(f) = f + 1. Let i(n) = n**2 - 7*n - 7. Let h(x) = -2*i(x) - 14*k(x). Give h(z(m)). -50*m**4 Let p(f) = -2*f**2 - 24*f. Let h(i) = 3*i. Give h(p(n)). -6*n**2 - 72*n Let w(l) = -2*l. Let x be ((-1)/2*0)/3. Let j(c) be the third derivative of 0 + 0*c**4 - c**2 - 1/12*c**5 + 0*c**3 + x*c. Calculate j(w(n)). -20*n**2 Let p(y) = y**2. Let q(c) = -c. Let d(j) = -2*j**2 - 6*j - 4. Let a(i) = -d(i) + 6*q(i). Let g(s) be the first derivative of a(s). Calculate p(g(n)). 16*n**2 Let y(o) = 15*o. Let p(g) = -4 + g + 2 + 2. What is y(p(j))? 15*j Let u(c) = -12*c**2. Let t(a) = a + 2. Let v(d) = 6*d + 11. Let w(i) = 11*t(i) - 2*v(i). Determine w(u(h)). 12*h**2 Let l(o) = o**2 + 3*o. Let c(t) = t. Let a(s) = 3*c(s) - l(s). Let q(h) = -7*h**2 + 5083*h - 5083*h. Calculate q(a(j)). -7*j**4 Let j(m) = m**2 - 5*m. Let z be -2 + (-5 + -1)/2. Let a(t) = 2*t. Let x = 0 - 2. Let s(d) = x*j(d) + z*a(d). Let q(h) = -2*h**2. Determine s(q(y)). -8*y**4 Let k(a) = -9*a. Let y(q) = 2*q - 19. What is k(y(w))? -18*w + 171 Let u(w) be the first derivative of 0*w + 2 + 1/2*w**2. Let s(i) = -2*i + 2*i - i. What is u(s(p))? -p Let c(w) be the third derivative of 7*w**4/24 - 5*w**2. Let y(t) = t**2 + t + 1. Let d(x) = x**2 + 2*x + 2. Let i(u) = -d(u) + 2*y(u). What is i(c(z))? 49*z**2 Let s(g) = -7*g**2 + 5. Let h(u) = 2*u**2. What is s(h(l))? -28*l**4 + 5 Let h(v) = v**2 + 6. Let u(j) = -2*j**2 - 11. Let t(p) = 11*h(p) + 6*u(p). Let x(o) = o**2 + 2. Give t(x(n)). -n**4 - 4*n**2 - 4 Let x(t) = -3*t. Let l(v) = 407 - 407 + 9*v. Determine x(l(a)). -27*a Let q(b) = -b. Let y(g) = 88*g. Give y(q(o)). -88*o Let u(y) = 4*y**2 - 3*y**2 + y**2. Let i(v) = v + 7. Let h be i(-5). Let x(w) = 4*w - h*w - 4*w + 3*w. Determine x(u(j)). 2*j**2 Let b(h) = h + h + h + 0. Let t(m) = -7 - 5*m**2 + 3*m**2 + 7. What is b(t(q))? -6*q**2 Let r(o) = -5*o**2 - 7*o**2 - 3*o**2 + 18*o**2. Let c(p) = 7*p. What is r(c(j))? 147*j**2 Let k(r) = -28*r - 1. Let n(p) = -p + 1. Let x(b) = k(b) + n(b). Let l(f) = -4*f**2. Determine x(l(z)). 116*z**2 Let j(q) = 8*q**2. Suppose y + 2*y + m = -1, -2*y + 4*m + 18 = 0. Let h(a) = 1. Let n(v) = -v + 6. Let u(c) = y*n(c) - 6*h(c). Calculate j(u(l)). 8*l**2 Let h(f) = -2*f**2 + f + 1. Let g(z) = -z**2 + z + 1. Let v(t) = 2*g(t) - 2*h(t). Let y(q) be the first derivative of 0*q + 0*q**2 - 1/3*q**3 - 1. Give v(y(l)). 2*l**4 Let w(z) = -6*z. Let f(u) = -u**2 + 5. Determine w(f(v)). 6*v**2 - 30 Let h(x) = 8414*x**2. Let v(f) = 2*f**2. Determine v(h(y)). 141590792*y**4 Let t(c) = 2*c**2. Let o(n) = -9*n - n - 6*n + 2*n. Calculate t(o(x)). 392*x**2 Let o(a) = -a**2 - 988*a. Let r(p) = -2*p. Give r(o(w)). 2*w**2 + 1976*w Let a(r) = -6*r + 7. Let i(j) = 4*j - 5. Let c(s) = -5*a(s) - 7*i(s). Let y(d) be the first derivative of -4*d**2 + 1. Determine c(y(f)). -16*f Let u(o) be the first derivative of o**4/12 - 3*o**2/2 + 3. Let g(a) be the second derivative of u(a). Let j(i) = -6*i. Give j(g(w)). -12*w Let n(p) = 6*p. Let g(z) = 4*z. Give n(g(h)). 24*h Let d(c) = -6*c**2. Let i(z) = -246 - z + 246. Determine d(i(y)). -6*y**2 Let j(m) = 2*m**2. Let g(i) = 6*i + 5. Let q(a) = 6*a + 6. Let x(u) = -u + 3. Let y be x(-2). Let o(f) = y*q(f) - 6*g(f). What is j(o(c))? 72*c**2 Let r(a) be the third derivative of -a**4/24 + 2*a**2. Let n(v) be the third derivative of -2*v**2 + 0*v**3 + 0*v + 0 + 0*v**4 - 1/60*v**5. What is r(n(u))? u**2 Let x(f) = f**2 + 6*f**2 - 6*f**2. Let y(h) = -h**2. Determine y(x(t)). -t**4 Let t(v) = 3*v. Let c(o) = -6*o**2 - 9*o**2 - 7*o**2. Calculate t(c(m)). -66*m**2 Let c(z) = -z + 1. Let m(l) = -2. Let v(b) = 2*c(b) + m(b). Let o(k) = -12 + 2*k**2 + 4 + 8. Give o(v(q)). 8*q**2 Let a(f) = -f. 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Importance Of Elders In The Family In 200 Words Essays and Term Papers increased number of longevity and life expectancy for elderly people. Along with older age is more health conditions and need of social services or family assistance. Because of the growth in an aging population, the need for adult children to care for their parents has increased significantly, and will... Elder Abuse in the Family The elderly occupy a unique social niche in American society. Many are, and continue to be, active, involved, and independent individuals. However, due to disease processes and normal physiological changes, many elders experience what is euphemistically referred to as a "second... In towns like Miami, where real estate development is an economic engine, businesses’ focus on how to keep that growth growing for as long as they can. An altered south Florida, the coast would radically change by five feet of sea-level rise in 2100 (under consideration by multiple agencies planning... 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This relationship alone provides stability in a sexual, emotional, intellectual and social... be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant” (Zusak 550), he is acknowledging that very confusing aspect that makes humans so complex. He brings up the point that humans are so completely different, yet so much the same. These words are so poignant because the reader... Alyssa Niss Cultural Anthropology Section 02 Research on Family Today, people in society share many variations of the wordfamily. Anthropologists describe this as "a social group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live and reside together for an extended period... brain development, increased curiosity to learn to read and write. Inspiring children to create characters, see scenes played out, and imagining these words coming to life on the pages. Books were one of the driving forces in creating the person I am today, both in personality and morals. 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The present inventive concept relates to a voltage dropping apparatus, a voltage switching apparatus, and an internal voltage supply apparatus using the same. A device and a module used in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) have recently been minimized in terms of the sizes thereof. For example, a length of a channel in a semiconductor device and a thickness of a gate oxide have been decreased. Accordingly, a level of a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device has been reduced. However, a level of a required supply voltage is still higher than the level of the breakdown voltage of the semiconductor device by two times or more. Thus, there may arise an issue in that a semiconductor IC requires a protection circuit in order to prevent an internal semiconductor device from being damaged due to the breakdown voltage. In a case in which a semiconductor IC uses a device having a high level of a breakdown voltage, such an issue as above may be solved. In this case, the use of an additional layer is necessary in a semiconductor process. Further, this results in an increase of the overall size of a semiconductor IC. Patent Publication 1 below relates to a power gating circuit and a method thereof, which fails to disclose a solution to the issue detailed above. | Low | [
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Q: Powering a Fan with Raspberry Pi I have a 12V computer fan that I want to hook up to my Raspberry Pi. It has a 7V sensor, 12V power and ground. I know that the Pi can only supply 5v so I’m just wondering how to hook it up to the Pi and be able to control the fan through GPIO pins. I do have a 12V Power supply A: If you want to switch 12V with 5V, then you can use a PNP/NPN pair of transistors. A circuit I have used before: simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab When you apply 5V to the base of Q2, Q1 will allow the 12V to pass. I left the part numbers as the generic ones in the schematic editor so you will have to make sure you get ones that can handle the current requirements etc. There are plenty of PNP/NPN switching circuits online you can google if you want a more in depth look or if you want to do something a bit more sophisticated, but this should give you a starting point. Pretty sure there is a name for this configuration but I can't remember it! If anyone does, feel free to add it in! A: There are circuits where switching the high side of the load is necessary (for instance, when your load has a communication interface, or when you are reading back something from the load like the current). In this case, however, you don't need any of these features. So I recommend a single transistor solution (cheaper): simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab This circuit is fine if the current in the fan is up to let's say 50mA. If the current is higher, you'll need to either use a "two stages transistor" (aka darlington) or use a power transistor which can handle more current (and in order to provide it the required base current you'll need a smaller transistor): simulate this circuit In the first case you can choose any darlington (I found the 2N6426); in the second the PNP should be one which can handle the required current. You can also use a single nMOS: simulate this circuit In this case, you will have to choose a MOS transistor with a low Vgs-th; for instance the VN2222 or the 2N7000 can handle some hundreds of mA. Final note: since the load can have inductive behaviors, please remember to add a freewheeling diode | Mid | [
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Q: Why does `sym` need to be used in this case when using `rewriting`? Given the Peano definition of natural numbers: data ℕ : Set where zero : ℕ suc : ℕ → ℕ _+_ : ℕ → ℕ → ℕ zero + n = n (suc m) + n = suc (m + n) We can prove by different methods the property ∀ (m : ℕ) → zero + m ≡ m + zero. For example: comm-+₀ : ∀ (m : ℕ) → zero + m ≡ m + zero comm-+₀ zero = refl comm-+₀ (suc n) = begin zero + suc n ≡⟨⟩ zero + suc (zero + n) ≡⟨⟩ suc (zero + n) ≡⟨ cong suc (comm-+₀ n) ⟩ suc (n + zero) ≡⟨⟩ suc n + zero ∎ And more compactly: comm-+₀ : ∀ (m : ℕ) → zero + m ≡ m + zero comm-+₀ zero = refl comm-+₀ (suc n) = cong suc (comm-+₀ n) If we want, we can even use rewrite and forgo cong: comm-+₀ : ∀ (m : ℕ) → zero + m ≡ m + zero comm-+₀ zero = refl comm-+₀ (suc n) rewrite comm-+₀ n = refl But wait! That doesn't work. Agda will tell us that the expression is wrong because it can't prove the following: suc (n + 0) ≡ suc (n + 0 + 0) If we present Agda the symmetrical rewrite of the property, sym (comm-+₀ n), it will type check without errors. So, my question is: why do we need sym in this case? The proof worked perfectly fine without it with the other strategies. Does rewrite work on both sides simultaneously and not just the left side? A: In every cases, the goal when m is of the form suc n is: suc n ≡ suc (n + 0) To solve this goal by providing a correctly typed term, the right way is, as you noticed: cong suc (comm-+₀ n) However, when using rewrite with an equality a ≡ b you modify directly the goal by substituting all occurences of a by b In your case, using rewrite on the quantity comm-+₀ n whose type is n ≡ n + 0 leads to the replacing of every occurence of n by n + 0, thus transforming the goal from suc n ≡ suc (n + 0) to suc (n + 0) ≡ suc (n + 0 + 0) which is not what you want to do. Since rewriting replaces all occurences of the left side by the right side, reversing the equality using sym will instead replace the only occurence of n + 0 by n thus transforming the goal from suc n ≡ suc (n + 0) to suc n ≡ suc n which is your expected behaviour and let you conclude using refl direcly. This explains why you need to use sym. To summarize : rewrite interacts directly with the type of the goal. rewrite rewrites from left to right. rewrite rewrites all occurences it finds in the type of the goal. More on rewrite can be found here: https://agda.readthedocs.io/en/v2.6.0.1/language/with-abstraction.html#with-rewrite | High | [
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The case for dissemination research in health promotion and disease prevention. The case for dissemination research stems from the major imbalance in research funds available for preventive medicine, relative to needs. For examples, in the United States in 1992 prevention research was only 0.32% of the health care budget and dissemination research was a small proportion of prevention research. The Canadian Heart Health Initiative is an excellent example of successful dissemination research, based on needs assessment and evaluation of widespread demonstration projects. Other examples include the California Tobacco Tax Initiative, community projects and practitioner training. Continued professional and public education are needed to counter the prevalent philosophy favouring curative medicine; such policy documents as the Victoria Declaration for Heart Health and the Catalonia Declaration Investing in Heart Health are steps in this direction. The dissemination research agenda is broad, including replication of success in different geographic and cultural setting. The final goal is to hasten technology transfer of useful health promotion methods throughout the world. | Mid | [
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Wisconsin Non Owner SR22 Insurance Wisconsin Non Owner SR22 Insurance- Non owner SR22 insurance in Wisconsin is required if you need to file a financial responsibility proof with the state but don’t own a car. The policy is very similar to a standard auto insurance policy except the vehicle is assumed to be a car that is not owned by the driver. In most cases this is someone who had a traffic citation or license suspension and still needs the ability to drive. If you need non-owner SR22 insurance we can help you find the most affordable policy in Wisconsin just by comparing rates from multiple companies. Policies for drivers that don’t own a car will only include liability coverage since there is no vehicle to protect but the policy can still provide adequate coverage that the state requires. Check the requirements in WI for non-owner SR22 insurance below and get driving today. Wisconsin SR22 Insurance Requirements Non owner SR22 insurance requirements in Wisconsin are the same as if you own a car. The driver must insure they have proper protection in terms of liability coverage which is shown here: Bodily Injury Per Person Bodily Injury Per Occurrence Property Damage $50,000 $100,000 $15,000 It is a good idea to see what the insurance company or agent recommends given your financial situation. For example if you have a net worth higher than the lowest required amounts you may be putting yourself at risk in the event of a lawsuit. Higher liability limits are available even if you don’t own a car in Wisconsin. There may be other coverage options available such as medical payments coverage which could come in useful. How much is non-owner SR22 insurance in Wisconsin? Each company will charge a different rate so make sure you compare rates from at least 3 insurance companies. Non owner SR22 insurance does cost less if you don’t own a car because you don’t need to insure a specific vehicle but the policies are still expensive due to the nature of why you need to file the SR22. Most drivers need to file an SR22 due to a traffic violation such as driving under the influence of alcohol. | Mid | [
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Ca dei Frati 'Brolettino' Lugana is currently backordered. You may still purchase it now but it won't ship until it becomes available again. Country: Italy Region: Lugana, Lombardia Varietal: 100% Turbiana Vintage: 2015 Colour: White Style: Dry Producer: Cá dei Frati The Dal Cero family has transformed their Ca' dei Frati property, situated on... the southern shores of Lake Garda, into a model Italian estate over the past two decades. Back in 1987, they had 12 hectares of vineyard but now, following the purchase of a large chunk of prime vineyard in 2008, they have over 160 hectares. This increase in quantity has been matched by an increase in quality and today they remain the best producer in Lugana. Vineyards The secret to the success of the Ca' dei Frati wines is the outstanding vineyards. Most producers in the zone crop at high levels and train the vines high. At Ca' dei Frati, the vines are trained low, newer vineyards have a higher density of planting and yields are well below the average for the area. All grapes are grown in Ca' dei Frati's own vineyards, which are located on the south banks of Lake Garda, near the town of Sirmione. The vines from which 'Brolettino' is made were planted in 1971, with clay soils. The training system is single and double Guyot and the yield is eight tonnes per hectare. Vintage Information A wet spring led to pressure from fungal diseases, but dry, cool weather in August set the tone for September, which saw sunny and dry days matched with unusually cold nights. An exceptional harvest followed a long ripening period. The wines from 2013 have less concentration and lower alcoholic content than other years, but more fruit, with richer aromas. Vinification Fermentation took place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks before being transferred to small 225 litre barriques for 10 months. Malolactic fermentation was allowed to take place in a selected number of barrels. The wine then aged in bottle for three months before release. Tasting Notes: Light yellow in colour with a concentrated but fresh perfume of white flowers, peaches and ripe lemons. On the palate it has excellent depth and balance, with lovely richness and a crisp, lively finish. | High | [
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Livin' the dream-Round the World ramblings at 3o Menu NZ tourism and driving around We looked into renting a kayak ($20.60 U.S. per person/per hour, the only place I’d ever seen a rental kayak priced per person vs per kayak) on Lake Wakatipu in Queensland but nixed it when we found out we would only be allowed to go a few hundred meters from the rental point. If I didn’t like that, I had to hire a guide for a lot more money. At first, my cynical mind figured this to be another revenue enhancement scheme. Later, I found out its genesis was from an incident a number of years ago when a couple of kayakers drowned after a storm kicked up suddenly. The government had a similar reaction regarding white-water rafting. After a couple of rafters died because their life jackets were tied the wrong way, guides are now required to buckle the outside of every rafters’ life jacket for them. Signs remind you that ‘your safety is your responsibility’, but New Zealand, like its neighbor Australia, is in many ways a nanny state. Help! Help! The icon is drowning! Still, New Zealand deserves credit for developing and maintaining great hiking and biking trails. As for the nanny state, because of accidents and fatalities involving bicyclists, the government put up a lot of ‘share the road’ billboards. I sure wish they’d do that at home. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The tourist industry brought in $3.7 billion in 2013 accounting for 3.7% of the GDP. Another $9.8 billion indirectly flows in due to the effects of tourism. These are awesome amounts . In the words of our Fox Glacier guide, “Queenstown wants your money”. The same applies to the whole of New Zealand where there is extremely focused, concentrated and aggressive tourism marketing. And tour prices are extremely high. Another tour operator candidly told me the philosophy was that since people spent a lot to get here, they would naturally spend a lot on activities as well. It’s a dilemma for budget travelers since New Zealand is very expensive. Start with essentials like accommodations, food and (if you’re driving) gasoline, when you get to tourist and adventure activities, this place is a real budget buster. By comparison, I spoke with one kiwi traveler who was surprised at the low prices in NYC as she had heard it was supposed to be expensive. Say what? The most compelling attribute of New Zealand is its scenic beauty. There are lots of things to do but having done lots already and considering they cost double or triple than elsewhere, it became important to use discretion in the activities we chose. Did we really need to do another whale watch/zip-line/bungy jump…? I’m glad we like hiking. There’s an interesting system at the prolific iSite Tourist Information Centers. Most are owned and run by councils or local town governments; I was told some are privately owned but never entered one that was. They have lots of information but some centers also act as a retail store selling New Zealand clothes, memorabilia and kitsch, from clothes, hats and t-shirts to bottle openers and refrigerator magnets. Despite being primarily government-owned and operated, the i-Site centers are a mafia-like enterprise. They only service and support the businesses that pay membership fees plus charge them commissions– 10% of anything they book for their members. They don’t carry brochures of non-members and they often won’t tell tourists about anything which they don’t receive a fee. On more than one occasion, when finding out I wasn’t going to spend money, I got a ‘we don’t want to know from you’ attitude. When I asked about Milford Sound cruises, one desk-agent tried to convince me to book a tour which included the bus to and from the cruise instead of driving myself, reasoning that I could enjoy the scenery instead of driving, that the roads were very narrow and that the buses had the right of way. When I actually drove there, I determined the last two reasons to be outlandish. I had one or two other similar experiences with these government certified agents. These are the kinds of techniques I’d come to expect from third world up-sellers. Guide books may refer to these as ‘annoyances’. I don’t recall reading guide-book warnings for annoyances in first world countries but they are no less annoying. This is supposed to be a country that is environmentally friendly, however, the i-Site centers push paper like it was going out of style. It wouldn’t matter if I said I already had a map or brochure, they’d really want to give me another one anyway. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I’m happy taking various public or private transportation while traveling in foreign countries. But if you want to see places that are geographically spread out and require mobile flexibility, renting a car is necessary. I enjoy driving and have fun seeing a different part of the world pass by through the frame of a car window. It’s also interesting to see the people through that lens. One of the things I found counter to most experiences with the laid back, easy-going New Zealanders is on the road. It’s not unusual that if someone wants to pass you and you don’t pull over fast enough to let them by, they can get impatient and irritated pretty quickly. And don’t dally while crossing the streets as a pedestrian; you might get hit. The former reminds me of Massachusetts, the later reminds me of NYC. There are many similarities with Australia. The car culture is one of them. Like Australia, where cars are a necessity and driving distances can be long, it’s surprising to find a different type of car culture than we have at home. It’s very common to see people driving well-maintained cars that are 10 or even 20 years old. I like that. Related Post navigation 4 thoughts on “NZ tourism and driving around” Another interesting view of our home country! I agree with you entirely that the i-sites are discouraging and insulting to tourists, and it’s a disgrace that misinformation is given out rather than promote an attraction that might be more reasonably priced. Entry prices are very high to some attractions, and even family rates don’t make them particularly affordable. I’d not heard the view that tourists spend a lot to get to NZ so will pay higher prices once there !!! 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For Immediate Release: 06/23/2017; 3:55 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office **********************************Update******************************************* On Friday, June 23, 2017, at approximately 10:55 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle fatality crash westbound I84 at milepost 244.7, near Malta, Idaho. Samuel Taylor, 25, of Homedale, was driving a Dodge Neon westbound I84 at milepost 244.7. Taylor drove into the median and overcorrected. The vehicle rolled and came to rest in the right lane of travel. He was transported by air ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho. Taylor's passenger, Megan Erickson 29, of Boise, was ejected and died at the scene. Erickson's next of kin have been notified. Taylor was wearing a seatbelt. Erickson was not wearing a seatbelt. The westbound lanes of the interstate were blocked for approximately three hours. Cassia County Sheriff's Office and the Idaho Transportation Department assisted. 4033/3413 ********************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________________________ Idaho State Police is investigating a single vehicle injury crash westbound I84, at mile post 245, near Malta, Idaho. Both westbound lanes are currently blocked. Traffic is being diverted in that area. 4033/3413 ------------- | Low | [
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29 So.3d 928 (2009) Corey Demekus BRYANT v. STATE of Alabama. CR-08-0211. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. August 28, 2009. *930 Corey Demekus Bryant, pro se. Troy King, atty. gen., and Kristi O. Wilkerson, asst. atty. gen., for appellee. WELCH, Judge. Corey Demekus Bryant appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief and reinstatement of his original 60-year sentence. *931 The record reflects that Bryant pleaded guilty to murder on December 12, 1990; he was sentenced to 60 years' imprisonment on February 1, 1991. On February 5, 1991, Bryant filed a timely motion for sentence reduction. After several continuances, the trial court conducted a hearing on the motion on May 16, 1991, after which it entered an order reducing Bryant's sentence to 40 years' imprisonment.[1] Bryant filed a notice of appeal from that order, but this Court dismissed the appeal on May 28, 1991, as being from a non-appealable order (case no. CR-90-1221). Bryant subsequently filed three Rule 32 petitions attacking his conviction and sentence, all of which were denied by the circuit court; the denials were affirmed by this Court on appeal. See Bryant v. State (No. CR-01-2636), 876 So.2d 1196 (Ala. Crim.App.2003) (table); Bryant v. State (No. CR-95-0305), 683 So.2d 1075 (Ala. Crim.App.1996) (table); and Bryant v. State (No. CR-92-1598), 639 So.2d 586 (Ala.Crim.App.1993) (table). Bryant filed this, his fourth, Rule 32 petition, on September 3, 2008. In his petition, Bryant alleged: (1) that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his plea because, he said, the arrest warrant was invalid; and (2) that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce his sentence and that his reduced sentence was therefore illegal because, he said, he was not present at the hearing on May 16, 1991, when his sentence was reduced. On October 6, 2008, the State filed a "Response, Motion for Summary Dismissal of Defendant's Rule 32 Petition, and Motion to Reinstate Original 60-year Sentence," in which it argued, among other things, that Bryant's claims were barred by Rules 32.2(a), (b), and (c), Ala. R.Crim. P., and were insufficiently pleaded. (C. 42.) With respect to Bryant's challenge to his reduced 40-year sentence, however, the State nonetheless agreed with Bryant that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991, and that the reduced sentence was illegal, but on a different ground than alleged by Bryant. The State argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991, more than three months after he had originally been sentenced on February 1, 1991, because, it said, although Bryant had filed a timely motion for sentence reduction, which was construed as a motion for a new trial and that motion was continued several times before the May 16, 1991, hearing, the motion was not continued by agreement of the parties in accordance with Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P., and, thus, the motion was deemed denied by operation of law 60 days after Bryant's February 1, 1991, sentencing on April 2, 1991 and the trial court's May 16, 1991, order purporting to reduce Bryant's sentence was void for lack of jurisdiction. The State requested that the circuit court reinstate Bryant's original 60-year sentence. The circuit court issued an order on October 22, 2008, summarily denying Bryant's petition on the grounds that the petition was barred as successive under Rule 32.2(b), that the claims were insufficiently pleaded, and that Bryant's claim regarding his absence at the May 16, 1991, sentence-reduction hearing was moot because, it said, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce the sentence when Bryant's postjudgment motion for sentence reduction was not continued by agreement of the parties in accordance with Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P. The circuit court reinstated Bryant's original 60-year sentence. On November 4, 2008, *932 Bryant filed a motion objecting to the summary denial of his petition, arguing that the circuit court had not specifically "refut[ed]" his challenge to the arrest warrant. (C. 58.) Bryant filed a notice of appeal on November 7, 2008. On November 25, 2008, Bryant filed an untimely motion to set aside that portion of the circuit court's order reinstating his 60-year sentence, arguing in direct contradiction to the argument in his petition that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991 that the trial court did have jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991, because, he said, his motion for sentence reduction had been continued by agreement of the parties past the 60th day after sentencing. The circuit court purported to deny this untimely motion on December 22, 2008. On appeal, Bryant contends that the circuit court erred in summarily denying his petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing because, he says, both his claims are jurisdictional and, thus, are not barred by any of the provisions of Rule 32.2, and both are meritorious on their face. He also contends that the circuit court erred in reinstating his original 60-year sentence. We reject both arguments. Contrary to Bryant's contention, a challenge to an arrest warrant does not present a jurisdictional challenge. See, e.g., Bearden v. State, 825 So.2d 868 (Ala. Crim.App.2001); Duren v. State, 813 So.2d 928 (Ala.Crim.App.2000); and Sumlin v. State, 710 So.2d 941 (Ala.Crim.App.1998) (all holding that a challenge to an arrest warrant is not jurisdictional). Therefore, the circuit court correctly found this claim to be barred as successive under Rule 32.2(b), which provides: "If a petitioner has previously filed a petition that challenges any judgment, all subsequent petitions by that petitioner challenging any judgment arising out of that same trial or guilty-plea proceeding shall be treated as successive petitions under this rule. The court shall not grant relief on a successive petition on the same or similar grounds on behalf of the same petitioner. A successive petition on different grounds shall be denied unless (1) the petitioner is entitled to relief on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to render a judgment or to impose sentence or (2) the petitioner shows both that good cause exists why the new ground or grounds were not known or could not have been ascertained through reasonable diligence when the first petition was heard, and that failure to entertain the petition will result in a miscarriage of justice." Bryant's sole attempt to overcome the successive-petition bar was to argue, incorrectly, that this claim was jurisdictional. Bryant did not allege in his petition, in any of his other filings, or in his brief on appeal, that he had good cause for not raising this claim in any of his three previous petitions or that he could not have ascertained this claim through the exercise of reasonable diligence when his previous petitions were heard, nor did he allege that the failure to entertain this claim would result in a miscarriage of justice. See, e.g., Whitt v. State, 827 So.2d 869, 876 (Ala.Crim.App.2001) ("[T]he circuit court correctly ruled that Whitt's claims ... were successive under Rule 32.2(b) because they could have been raised in his first Rule 32.2 petition.... Whitt made no attempt to show cause why the claims could not have been raised in his previous petition or to show that failure to entertain the new claims would result in a miscarriage of justice."). See also Wallace v. State, 959 So.2d 1161 (Ala.Crim.App.2006), and Fortner v. State, 825 So.2d 876 (Ala. *933 Crim.App.2001). Because this is Bryant's fourth petition and because he failed to show good cause why this claim was not raised in any of his previous petitions, it is barred by Rule 32.2(b). In addition, as the State asserted in its response, this claim is also barred by Rule 32.2(c), Ala. R.Crim. P., because Bryant's petition was filed long after the two-year limitations period applicable to his conviction[2] had expired. See, e.g., Sumlin, 710 So.2d at 942 ("[B]ecause the claim [challenging the arrest warrant] is not a jurisdictional claim and because the petition was filed more than two years after this court issued its certificate of judgment, it is also procedurally barred by the limitations period of Rule 32.2(c), Ala. R.Crim. P."). Accordingly, summary denial of this claim was proper under Rule 32.7(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. As for Bryant's challenge to his reduced 40-year sentence, we note first that Bryant did not receive a true adverse ruling on this claim. Although the circuit court found that Bryant's specific challenge to the trial court's jurisdiction was moot, it nonetheless found exactly what Bryant argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991 albeit for a different reason than argued by Bryant in his petition. "[A]n adverse ruling is a prerequisite to appellate review...." Roberts v. State, 579 So.2d 62, 65 (Ala.Crim.App.1991). In addition, Bryant's argument on appeal that the circuit court erred in reinstating his original 60-year sentence because, he says, the trial court did have jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991 is in direct conflict with the argument he made in his petition that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991. "A party cannot assume inconsistent positions at trial and on appeal, and a party cannot allege as error proceedings in the trial court that were invited by him or were a natural consequence of his own action. Leverett v. State, 462 So.2d 972 (Ala.Cr.App.1984), cert, denied, 462 So.2d 972 (Ala.1985). A defendant cannot invite error by his conduct and later profit by the error. Timmons v. State, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert, denied, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.1986)." Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277, 282 (Ala. Crim.App.1991). Finally, Bryant's challenge to the reinstatement of his original 60-year sentence was not timely raised in the circuit court. Bryant did not raise this claim in his timely postjudgment motion objecting to the circuit court's order; rather, he raised it for the first time in his untimely motion to set aside the reinstatement of his original sentence. "The general rules of preservation apply to Rule 32 proceedings." Boyd v. State, 913 So.2d 1113, 1123 (Ala.Crim.App.2003). That being said, because Bryant's resentencing both at the sentence-reduction hearing in 1991 and in the circuit court's order denying Bryant's Rule 32 petition in 2008 implicates the jurisdiction of the court, we address the propriety of the circuit court's findings regarding Bryant's claim and its reinstatement of Bryant's original 60-year sentence. In its order, the circuit court found that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991, more than three months after his original sentence was imposed because, it said, the record did not indicate that Bryant's post-judgment *934 motion for sentence reduction was continued by agreement of the parties in accordance with Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P. Although, as explained below, we agree with the circuit court that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991, because Bryant's postjudgment motion was not continued by agreement of the parties, we point out that the circuit court's reliance on Rule 24.4 for this proposition was misplaced. As noted above, Bryant was convicted in December 1990 and was sentenced in February 1991. The Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure took effect on January 1, 1991, after Bryant's conviction, but before his sentencing. At that time, Rule 1.5, Ala. R.Crim. P., provided that "[t]hese rules shall govern all criminal proceedings commenced at or after 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1991." Rule 1.5 was amended effective April 21, 1992, to read: "These rules shall govern all criminal proceedings, without regard to when the proceeding was commenced." However, because that amendment occurred long after Bryant's conviction and sentence, it is not applicable to Bryant. See, e.g., Ex parte Ziglar, 604 So.2d 384, 387 (Ala.1992) (The amendment to Rule 1.5, Ala. R.Crim. P., "was not intended to be applied ex post facto in violation of Art. I, § 7, Alabama Constitution (1901), and Art. I, § 9, United States Constitution."). Rather, the original Rule 1.5, as it read at the time of Bryant's sentencing is applicable here, and that rule dictates that the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, including Rule 24.4, do not apply to Bryant's case because the case was commenced before January 1, 1991, the effective date of the current rules. See Prince v. State, 623 So.2d 355, 361 n. 1 (Ala.Crim.App.1992) (holding that the current Rules of Criminal Procedure were not applicable because the "amendment [to Rule 1.5] was not effective until April 21, 1992, some five months after the appellant's November 1991 trial"). See also Alderman v. State, 647 So.2d 28 (Ala.Crim.App.1994). Therefore, the circuit court erred in relying on Rule 24.4. However, at the time of Bryant's conviction and sentence, the Temporary Rules of Criminal Procedure were in effect. At that time, Rule 13(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. Temp., provided: "No motion for new trial or motion in arrest of judgment shall remain pending in the trial court for more than sixty (60) days, except as provided in this section. A failure by the trial court to rule on such motion within the sixty (60) days allowed by this section shall constitute a denial of the motion as of the sixtieth day. Provided, however, that with the express consent of the district attorney and the defendant or his attorney, which consent shall appear in the record, the motion may be carried past the sixtieth day to a date certain; if not ruled upon by the trial court as of the date to which the motion is continued, the motion is deemed denied as of that date, unless it has been continued again as provided in this section. The motion may be continued from time to time as provided in this section." This rule is very similar to current Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P.[3] Both provide for a *935 motion for a new trial to be denied by operation of law after 60 days, and both include the requirement that the parties' consent to having the motion extended beyond the time period must be express and appear on the record. The only difference between the two is that the 60-day period under Rule 13(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. Temp., began to run the day the motion for a new trial was filed, while the 60-day period under Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P., begins to run the day of sentencing. Given the substantial similarities between the two rules, established caselaw regarding Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P., is equally applicable to Rule 13(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. Temp. Therefore, although the circuit court incorrectly relied on Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P., its analysis and conclusion was nonetheless correct. "Generally, a trial court retains jurisdiction to modify a sentence for [only] 30 days after that sentence is pronounced; however, [a] motion to alter, amend, or vacate a sentence is the functional equivalent of a motion for a new trial and `should be treated the same procedurally as a motion for new trial or a motion in arrest of judgment....'" State v. Monette, 887 So.2d 314, 315 (Ala.Crim.App.2004), quoting Melvin v. State, 583 So.2d 1365, 1366 (Ala.Crim.App.1991). See also Dixon v. State, 920 So.2d 1122, 1127 (Ala.Crim.App. 2005) ("A motion to set aside or modify a sentence falls under the purview of Rule 24.4."). Thus, under Rule 13(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. Temp., a trial court had jurisdiction to modify a sentence based on a timely motion for sentence modification for at least 60 days after the motion was filed, and could have retained jurisdiction even longer if the motion was continued by express agreement of the parties. An express agreement by the parties however, must appear on the record "before the expiration of the 60th day," and the failure of the express agreement to appear on the record "may not be corrected after [the 60-day] period expires." Johnson v. State, 18 So.3d 969, 972 (Ala.Crim.App.2009). In this case, the record contains the case-action summary as well as the trial court's orders continuing Bryant's motion for sentence reduction. None of these documents reflect any agreement by the parties to continue the motion past the 60th day after Bryant filed his motion on February 5, 1991. To the contrary, the case-action summary and the orders reflect only that the trial court continued the motion once "[a]t request of Defendant" (C. 51), and four times with no indication as to the reason for the continuances. Bryant argues in his reply brief on appeal that the prosecutor did not object to any of the continuances and, thus, that the continuances should be considered as being based on the express consent of the parties. However, contrary to Bryant's contention, the failure of the prosecutor to object to the continuances does not constitute an express agreement on the record. See Taylor v. State, 905 So.2d 36 (Ala. Crim.App.2005), overruling Underwood v. State, 879 So.2d 611 (Ala.Crim.App.2003). Because Bryant's motion for sentence reduction was not continued by express agreement of the parties with that agreement appearing on the record before the expiration of the 60-day period in Rule 13(d), Ala. R.Crim. P. Temp., Bryant's motion was denied by operation of law 60 days after he filed the motion on February 5, 1991 or on April 8, 1991[4] and the *936 circuit court correctly found that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991. We note that in an amendment to his reply brief, Bryant makes an additional, and inconsistent, argument from the argument presented in his initial brief and reply brief he argues that a motion for sentence reduction is not the equivalent of a motion for a new trial and, thus, that an agreement on the record to continue his motion for sentence reduction was unnecessary. However, as noted above, this Court has already held that "[a] motion to alter, amend, or vacate a sentence is the functional equivalent of a motion for a new trial and `should be treated the same procedurally as a motion for new trial or a motion in arrest of judgment....'" Monette, 887 So.2d at 315, quoting Melvin, 583 So.2d at 1366. Moreover, even if Bryant was correct that a motion for sentence reduction is not the equivalent of a motion for a new trial, this does not help his cause. As noted above, absent a timely filed motion for a new trial or its equivalent, a trial court loses jurisdiction to modify a sentence 30 days after it is imposed. Therefore, if Bryant's motion for sentence reduction is not considered the equivalent of a motion for a new trial, the trial court lost jurisdiction to modify his sentence 30 days after he was sentenced on February 1, 1991, or on March 4, 1991,[5] more than two months before it reduced Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991. Thus, regardless of how Bryant's motion is construed, the trial court did not have jurisdiction to reduce his sentence on May 16, 1991. Because the trial court did not have jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence for this reason, the circuit court correctly found Bryant's argument regarding his absence from the May 16, 1991, sentence-reduction hearing to be moot. In addition, once the circuit court determined that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to reduce Bryant's sentence on May 16, 1991, it properly ordered that Bryant's original, and valid,[6] 60-year sentence be reinstated. When an order purporting to modify a sentence is void for lack of jurisdiction, the original valid sentence must be reinstated. See, e.g., Ex parte Hitt, 778 So.2d 159, 162 (Ala.2000) ("[T]he order purporting to modify Hitt's D.U.I, sentence is void. The original D.U.I, sentence must be reinstated."). See also Cruitt v. State, 893 So.2d 1236 (Ala.Crim.App.2003); State v. Trussell, 880 So.2d 1177 (Ala.Crim.App.2003); Estes v. State, 776 So.2d 206 (Ala.Crim.App.1999); and State v. Gagliardi, 747 So.2d 366 (Ala. Crim.App.1999) (all ordering reinstatement of original valid sentence when resentence was void for lack of jurisdiction). Contrary to Bryant's contention, the reinstatement of an original, harsher, sentence in this situation does not violate double-jeopardy principles. We agree with Bryant that "[o]nce a valid sentence has been entered, it cannot, in the absence of fraud or another compelling reason, be altered anytime thereafter so as to increase the severity of the sentence." *937 Ex parte Tice, 475 So.2d 590, 591-92 (Ala. 1984) (emphasis added). "Increasing a valid sentence after a defendant has commenced serving the sentence violates the prohibition against double jeopardy in both the United States and Alabama Constitutions." Snell v. State, 723 So.2d 105, 108 (Ala.Crim.App.1998) (emphasis added). However, "[a]n increase in sentence where the [previous] sentence is void is the `most common exception to the general rule prohibiting enhancement of an imposed sentence.'" Cline v. State, 571 So.2d 368, 369-70 (Ala.Crim.App.1990), quoting A. Campbell, Law of Sentencing § 59 (1978). "[I]n correcting an illegal sentence, the double jeopardy protection is not violated even if the defendant has begun serving the original sentence." Id. at 370 (emphasis added). "`[E]ven after the defendant has begun to serve his sentence, the trial court is obligated to alter an invalid sentence; further, any increase in the sentence does not raise double jeopardy problems.'" Greenhill v. State, 746 So.2d 1064, 1072 (Ala.Crim.App.1999) (emphasis added), quoting Love v. State, 681 So.2d 1108, 1109 (Ala.Crim.App.1996). See also Bozza v. United States, 330 U.S. 160, 67 S.Ct. 645, 91 L.Ed. 818 (1947), and Hughes v. State, 518 So.2d 890 (Ala.Crim.App.1987). Therefore, because the reduced 40-year sentence imposed on May 16, 1991, was void for lack of jurisdiction, the circuit court properly reinstated Bryant's original 60-year sentence. Based on the foregoing, the judgment of the circuit court is affirmed. AFFIRMED. WISE, P.J., and WINDOM, KELLUM, and MAIN, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] The written order was dated May 17, 1991; however, for purposes of this opinion, we refer to the hearing date as the date of Bryant's sentence reduction. [2] Rule 32.2(c), Ala. R.Crim. P., was amended effective August 1, 2002, to reduce the limitations period from two years to one year; however, for those cases that became final before August 1, 2001, the two-year limitations period applies. See Hyde v. State, 950 So.2d 344 (Ala.Crim.App.2006). [3] Rule 24.4, Ala. R.Crim. P., provides: "No motion for new trial or motion in arrest of judgment shall remain pending in the trial court for more than sixty (60) days after the pronouncement of sentence, except as provided in this section. A failure by the trial court to rule on such a motion within the sixty (60) days allowed by this section shall constitute a denial of the motion as of the sixtieth day; provided, however, that with the express consent of the prosecutor and the defendant or the defendant's attorney, which consent shall appear in the record, the motion may be carried past the sixtieth day to a date certain; if not ruled upon by the trial court as of the date to which the motion is continued, the motion is deemed denied as of that date, unless it has been continued again as provided in this section. The motion may be continued from time to time as provided in this section." [4] The 60th day was actually April 6, 1991; however, because that day was a Saturday, the motion was deemed denied the next business day, Monday, April 8, 1991. See Rule 1.3(a), Ala. R.Crim. P. [5] The 30th day was actually March 3, 1991; however, because that day was a Sunday, the trial court lost jurisdiction the next business day, Monday, March 4, 1991. See Rule 1.3(a), Ala. R.Crim. P. [6] The 60-year sentence was clearly within the statutory range for a murder conviction in 1991. See § 13A-6-2(c), Ala.Code 1975 (providing that murder is a Class A felony), and § 13A-5-6(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975 (providing that the punishment for a Class A felony is "life or not more than 99 years or less than 10 years"). | Low | [
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Contact Us Donations Toward the Research The Heritage Food Crops Research Trust is a registered New Zealand Charitable Trust working to find natural plant-based solutions to combat disease. We operate from funding received from charitable grants and donations from members of the public. Trustees and staff of the Trust work on an unpaid, voluntary basis. We would very much appreciate your support to assist us in the work that we do. Donations help to conserve an array of heritage plant material (from heritage fruit trees to heirloom bean varieties), and support the Trust's research endeavours to find the best fruit and vegetable varieties for human health. Donations may be made by cheque or bank deposit. Cheques may be sent to the following address: Adopt a Bean Play a part in conserving one or more rare and ancient bean varieties. Once imported, these varieties will be grown in Whanganui on the 2.2 hectare property managed by the Trust. As soon as we are able to produce fresh seed we will make them available to seed saving organisations around the country. Our goals are to maintain the seeds in our collection so that we can ensure their availability for present and future generations; to have an abundant supply to distribute as widely as possible; and to be able to research and discover their health potential. To make a donation toward this project, please contact us using the details below, from which we can provide you more information. Contact Us Alternatively you may use the contact form below to contact the Trust with any comments, feedback or queries you may have regarding our work. To contact a specific member of the Trust, please state whom in the message, and the mail will be passed on to them if possible. | Mid | [
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Home Grown Craftiness: A few local standouts from successful Kickstarter products Kickstarter: helping small town locals do big things. You’re a fan. You’ve probably even pitched in a few bucks in order to get a credit in someone’s indie film or be the first to receive a cocktail pressure cooker of sorts. But what really happens to those products that successfully raise enough money to become reality? Luckily there is now Outgrow.me, the first marketplace for successful Kickstarter products. We’ve gone ahead and picked out a few local darlings for you: Oneironautics – A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming You know those dreams where you, Pee Wee Herman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jesus all sit down together to break bread? Well, in a lucid dream you can apparently do just that. This book will help you learn how. The Present Clock A time piece that bucks the traditional duties of tracking the seconds/minutes/ hours of your day, The Present tells time by the seasons. The hand takes a full year to complete a rotation, passing through seasonal-appropriate color schemes. NOTE: Staring at this won’t make your year go by faster. Moustache Tie Clip No, Scoutmob did not commission these. However, “they’re functional, but not stiff”, just like us! The Glif An injection-molded stand that allows you to either mount your iPhone on any existing tripod, or prop it up on its own, essentially turning your smartphone into a TV/computer monitor/alarm clock/anything else you want to do hands free. | Mid | [
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You had light spotting on the 10th day after your periods Can it be implantation spotting your period is due today can you take an HPT so early to check if you are pregnant or not? 2006-08-05 20:48:40 2006-08-05 20:48:40 no if you have a regular period and then 10 days after you are spotting...may be this can be old blood--this can't be implatation bleeding--implatation bleeding only happen once and around the time you expected your period and days for two days -not after you have a period and not all women get implatation bleeding--if you still have concerns its best to talk to your doctor --best of luck It can be just from ovulation. However, if your periods are irregular, it can be a sign of implantation and you are pregnant if sexually active. Spotting before a period was due was my first sign that I was pregnant. | Mid | [
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#链接
-------
>牛客OJ：[从上往下打印二叉树](http://www.nowcoder.com/practice/7fe2212963db4790b57431d9ed259701?tpId=13&tqId=11175&rp=2&ru=/ta/coding-interviews&qru=/ta/coding-interviews/question-ranking)
>
>九度OJ：http://ac.jobdu.com/problem.php?pid=1523
>
>GitHub代码： [023-从上往下打印二叉树](https://github.com/gatieme/CodingInterviews/tree/master/023-从上往下打印二叉树)
>
>CSDN题解：[剑指Offer--023-从上往下打印二叉树](http://blog.csdn.net/gatieme/article/details/51204976)
| 牛客OJ | 九度OJ | CSDN题解 | GitHub代码 |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:| -------:|
|[从上往下打印二叉树](http://www.nowcoder.com/practice/7fe2212963db4790b57431d9ed259701?tpId=13&tqId=11175&rp=2&ru=/ta/coding-interviews&qru=/ta/coding-interviews/question-ranking) | [1523-从上往下打印二叉树](http://ac.jobdu.com/problem.php?pid=1523) | [剑指Offer--023-从上往下打印二叉树](http://blog.csdn.net/gatieme/article/details/51204976) | [023-从上往下打印二叉树](https://github.com/gatieme/CodingInterviews/tree/master/023-从上往下打印二叉树) |
<br>**您也可以选择[回到目录-剑指Offer--题集目录索引](http://blog.csdn.net/gatieme/article/details/51916802)**
#题意
-------
**题目描述**
>从上往下打印出二叉树的每个节点，同层节点从左至右打印。
#分析
-------
其实就是层次遍历，这个我们在我之前的一篇博客里面将的很清楚了
>[二叉树的遍历详解（前序中序后序层次-递归和非递归）](http://blog.csdn.net/gatieme/article/details/51163010#t10)
其中调试的时候使用了
>[剑指Offer--006-重构二叉树](http://blog.csdn.net/gatieme/article/details/51108612)来辅助我们通过前序和中序遍历的序列来生成二叉树
直接贴代码，只需要直接将我们层次遍历输出过程，变成将输入压入vector中即可
```cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
// 调试开关
#define __tmain main
#ifdef __tmain
#define debug cout
#else
#define debug 0 && cout
#endif // __tmain
#define undebug 0 && cout
#ifdef __tmain
struct TreeNode
{
int val;
struct TreeNode *left;
struct TreeNode *right;
TreeNode(int x)
:val(x), left(NULL), right(NULL)
{
}
};
#endif // __tmain
class Solution
{
vector<int> res;
public:
vector<int> PrintFromTopToBottom(TreeNode *root)
{
/// 方法1 -=> 循环调用递归打印每一层
LevelOrder(root);
/// 方法2 -=> 使用两个双端队列
LevelOrderDev(root);
/// 方法3 -=> 使用双指针标识当前指针和结束
LevelOrderUsePoint(root);
/// 方法4 -=> 使用aprent和childzsizesize标识前一层和当前层的节点个数
LevelOrderUseSize(root);
/// 方法4 -=> 在队列中插入结束标识来标识当前层结束
LevelOrderUseEnd(root);
return this->res;
}
/// 打印某一层的节点，递归实现
int PrintLevel(TreeNode *root, int level)
{
if(root == NULL || level < 0)
{
return 0;
}
else if(level == 0)
{
debug <<root->val;
res.push_back(root->val); /// add for result in vector
return 1;
}
else
{
return PrintLevel(root->left, level - 1) + PrintLevel(root->right, level - 1);
}
}
/// 循环每层输出其节点，调用递归函数
void LevelOrder(TreeNode *root)
{
res.clear( ); /// add for result in vector
if(root == NULL)
{
return;
}
for(int level = 0; ; level++)
{
if(PrintLevel(root, level) == 0)
{
break;
}
debug <<endl;
}
}
//////////////////////////
/// 使用两个双端队列
//////////////////////////
void LevelOrderDev(TreeNode *root)
{
res.clear( ); /// add for result in vector
/// deque双端队列，
/// 支持迭代器，有push_back()方法，
/// 跟vector差不多，比vector多了个pop_front,push_front方法
deque<TreeNode *> qFirst, qSecond;
qFirst.push_back(root);
while(qFirst.empty( ) != true)
{
while (qFirst.empty( ) != true)
{
TreeNode *temp = qFirst.front( );
qFirst.pop_front( );
debug << temp->val;
res.push_back(temp->val); /// add for result in vector
if (temp->left != NULL)
{
qSecond.push_back(temp->left);
}
if (temp->right != NULL)
{
qSecond.push_back(temp->right);
}
}
debug << endl;
qFirst.swap(qSecond);
}
}
//////////////////////////
/// 使用双指针标识当前指针和结束
//////////////////////////
void LevelOrderUsePoint(TreeNode *root)
{
res.clear( ); /// add for result in vector
vector<TreeNode*> vec;
vec.push_back(root);
int cur = 0;
int end = 1;
while (cur < vec.size())
{
end = vec.size(); /// 新的一行访问开始，重新定位end于当前行最后一个节点的下一个位置
while (cur < end)
{
debug << vec[cur]->val; /// 访问节点
res.push_back(vec[cur]->val); /// add for result in vector
if (vec[cur]->left != NULL) /// 压入左节点
{
vec.push_back(vec[cur]->left);
}
if (vec[cur]->right != NULL) /// 压入右节点
{
vec.push_back(vec[cur]->right);
}
cur++;
}
debug << endl;
}
}
//////////////////////////
/// 使用aprent和childzsizesize标识前一层和当前层的节点个数
//////////////////////////
void LevelOrderUseSize(TreeNode *root)
{
res.clear( ); /// add for result in vector
int parentSize = 1, childSize = 0;
TreeNode *temp = NULL;
queue<TreeNode *> q;
q.push(root);
while(q.empty( ) != true)
{
temp = q.front( );
debug <<temp->val;
res.push_back(temp->val); /// add for result in vector
q.pop( );
if (temp->left != NULL)
{
q.push(temp->left);
childSize++;
}
if (temp->right != NULL)
{
q.push(temp->right);
childSize++;
}
parentSize--;
if (parentSize == 0)
{
parentSize = childSize;
childSize = 0;
debug << endl;
}
}
}
//////////////////////////
/// 在队列中插入结束标识来标识当前层结束
//////////////////////////
void LevelOrderUseEnd(TreeNode *root)
{
res.clear( ); /// add for result in vector
queue<TreeNode *> q;
q.push(root);
q.push(NULL);
while(q.empty( ) != true)
{
TreeNode* node = q.front();
q.pop();
if (node)
{
debug << node->val;
res.push_back(node->val); /// add for result in vector
if (node->left != NULL)
{
q.push(node->left);
}
if (node->right != NULL)
{
q.push(node->right);
}
}
else if (q.empty( ) != true)
{
q.push(NULL);
debug << endl;
}
}
}
struct TreeNode* reConstructBinaryTree(vector<int> pre,vector<int> in)
{
// 前序遍历的长度跟中序遍历的长度应该相同
if(pre.size( ) != in.size( ))
{
undebug <<"the length of PRE and IN should be smae" <<endl;
return NULL;
}
// 长度不能为0
int size = pre.size( );
if(size == 0)
{
undebug <<"it's a NULL tree(length = 0)" <<endl;
return NULL;
}
int length = pre.size( );
undebug <<"the length of your tree = " <<length <<endl;
int value = pre[0]; // 前序遍历的第一个结点是根节点
TreeNode *root = new TreeNode(value);
undebug <<"the root is" <<root->val <<endl;
// 在中序遍历中查找到根的位置
int rootIndex = 0;
for(rootIndex = 0; rootIndex < length; rootIndex++)
{
if(in[rootIndex] == value)
{
undebug <<"find the root at " <<rootIndex <<" in IN" <<endl;
break;
}
}
if(rootIndex >= length)
{
undebug <<"can't find root (value = " <<value <<") in IN" <<endl;
return NULL;
}
/// 区分左子树和右子树
/// 中序遍历中, 根左边的就是左子数, 右边的就是右子树
/// 前序遍历中, 根后面是先遍历左子树, 然后是右子树
/// 首先确定左右子树的长度, 从中序遍历in中确定
int leftLength = rootIndex;
int rightLength = length - 1 - rootIndex;
undebug <<"left length = " <<leftLength <<", rightLength = " <<rightLength <<endl;
vector<int> preLeft(leftLength), inLeft(leftLength);
vector<int> preRight(rightLength), inRight(rightLength);
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
if(i < rootIndex)
{
// 前序遍历的第一个是根节点, 根后面的(leftLegnth = rootIndex) - 1个节点是左子树, 因此是i+1
preLeft[i] = pre[i + 1];
// 中序遍历前(leftLength = rootIndex) - 1个节点是左子树, 第rootIndex个节点是根
inLeft[i] = in[i];
undebug <<preLeft[i] <<inLeft[i] <<" ";
}
else if(i > rootIndex)
{
// 前序遍历的第一个是根节点, 根后面的(leftLegnth = rootIndex) - 1个节点是左子树, 后面是右子树
preRight[i - rootIndex - 1] = pre[i];
// 中序遍历前(leftLength = rootIndex) - 1个节点是左子树, 第rootIndex个节点是根, 然后是右子树
inRight[i - rootIndex - 1] = in[i];
undebug <<preRight[i - rootIndex - 1] <<inRight[i - rootIndex - 1] <<" ";
}
}
undebug <<endl <<"the left tree" <<endl;
for(int i = 0; i < leftLength; i++)
{
undebug <<preLeft[i] <<inLeft[i] <<" ";
}
undebug <<endl;
undebug <<"the right tree" <<endl;
for(int i = 0; i < rightLength; i++)
{
undebug <<preRight[i] <<inRight[i] <<" ";
}
undebug <<endl;
root->left = reConstructBinaryTree(preLeft, inLeft);
root->right = reConstructBinaryTree(preRight, inRight);
return root;
}
};
int __tmain( )
{
int pre[] = { 1, 2, 4, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8 };
int in[] = { 4, 7, 2, 1, 5, 3, 8, 6 };
vector<int> preOrder(pre, pre + 8);
vector<int> inOrder( in, in + 8);
Solution solu;
TreeNode *root = solu.reConstructBinaryTree(preOrder, inOrder);
solu.PrintFromTopToBottom(root);
return 0;
}
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Q: How do I use MinGW-w64 with Sublime? I am trying to code in C++ and I need a compiler. I got Sublime 3 and MinGW-64 and put MinGW-w64.sublime-build in packages. When I hit ctrl+shift+b the console gives me this error: 'g++' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. 'C:\Users\Rick\Desktop/test.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. [Finished in 0.1s with exit code 1] [cmd: ['g++', '-o', 'C:\\Users\\Rick\\Desktop/test.exe', '-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++', '*.cpp', '&', 'C:\\Users\\Rick\\Desktop/test.exe']] [dir: C:\Users\Rick\Desktop] [path: C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Users\Rick\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;] This is my code: #include <string> #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { std::cout << "Hello World! " << std::end1; return 0; } A: Add the folder containing g++.exe (.../bin) to your PATH. You can do so with the following (Windows) command: setx path "%path%;FOLDER_CONTAINING_G++" | High | [
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Mining data can help transform political campaigns The many uses for big data in the private sector have been well documented. By collecting information on consumers and their spending habits, retailers and marketers can improve the analytical processes they use to target potential customers. What's less publicized, though, is the effect that data can have on the public sector - in particular, it can be profoundly influential in political campaigns, as strategists have found ways to use big data analytics to help them win elections. By gathering information about swing voters - where they live, what demographic groups they belong to and what factors influence their voting choices - political parties can find ways to extract the most from every campaign dollar, targeting the voters who matter most. According to Corporation Service Company (CSC), using big data was a major reason why Barack Obama won the presidency both in 2008 and again in 2012. Obama's campaign researchers were able to use data analytics to research voters in swing states and predict their votes based on their past histories. Gary Jackson, CSC's director of business analytics, told CSC that Obama's campaign organizers were savvy in their ability to examine people's lives and determine their voting futures based on limited information. "The Obama big data team sought out those who were already advocates and did matchmaking using what CSC calls 'affinity ratios' - linking people with the same lifestyle and life-stage details with people in their social circles to drive action," Jackson said. "We believe that customer behavior changes only when influenced by other human beings - social circles - or by being compared to people like them." Social is next It can be difficult for political campaigns to gather enough information on voters to reach any concrete conclusions. The demographic information they have access to can only go so far, and to make further determinations about the voting public, campaigns might need to look to social media for more information. Patrick Ruffini, a Republican strategist and president of the digital agency Engage, recently told The New York Times that this is clearly the next step. "The social angle is clearly where this is going," Ruffini said. "There's only so much you can do with 'So-and-so drives a Volvo.' " There's always the concern when using social media for information mining that data quality will take a hit. Political strategists must be careful to proceed only with verified, accurate information in their campaign decision-making. Any slippage in this regard might be a political gaffe waiting to happen. | High | [
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Obama's Scary 3 p.m. Phone Call You remember that Hillary Clinton ad during the campaign: The red phone ringing in the White House at 3 a.m. The world's going haywire -- who do you want answering that red phone? A novice? Some wet-behind-the-big-ears senator who's never been responsible for anything larger than a campaign staff? Well, yes, the country decided. And it turns out that Obama seems fully capable of handling whatever the job throws at him. The Obama's-too-green argument can be safely put to rest: The guy is smart, politically skilled, and as poised as the day is long. He never gets a deer in the headlights look, and he's done well on big stages and small. He even seems to be enjoying himself. Cue the next rap on Obama last fall: That he's a radical, only pretending to be a moderate. But Obama took office and appointed a lot of very mainstream Democrats (and a few Republicans) to key posts. Many of his policies are only incrementally different from that of his predecessor. In Afghanistan he's boosted the U.S. military presence -- hardly a radical left maneuver. This spring we've heard a new attack: That he's a socialist. That Government Motors, for example, is a sign that we're heading toward some kind of Chinese-style central-planning economy. Sarah Palin, in her inimitable way, floated that notion the other night during her Fox interview: "Is this even more than you thought was going to be in terms of where the president would take the economy?" Hannity asked. Palin responded with an answer that was difficult to parse. "A lot of this is wrapped in good rhetoric," she said, "but we're not seeing those actions, and this many months into the new administration, quite disappointed, quite frustrated with not seeing those actions to rein in spending, slow down the growth of government. Instead, China's the complete opposite. It's expanding at such a large degree that if Americans are paying attention, unfortunately, our country could evolve into something that we do not even recognize, certainly that is so far from what the founders of our countries had in mind for us." Well, I THINK she's saying we're turning into China, but one can never be entirely sure. In any case, the "creeping socialism" meme, as Harold Meyerson has persuasively argued, ignores the history of socialism and its emphatic rejection in this country. Obama, in Meyerson's formulation, is trying to save capitalism: "Obama, like Roosevelt before him, is engaged not in creating socialism but in rebooting a crashed capitalist system. The spending in Obama's stimulus plan isn't a socialist takeover. It's the only way to inject money into a system in which private-sector investment, consumption and exports -- the other three possible engines of growth -- are locked down. Investing more tax dollars in education and research and development is a way to use public funds to create a more competitive private sector. Keeping our banks from speculating madly with our money is a way to keep banking alive." The GOP is now hoping that the long-term fiscal picture, and the burgeoning deficit and national debt, will give them leverage against Obama. The deficits are enormous in the short run, and you have to make a leap of faith to think they're coming down anytime soon [see this excellent David Leonhardt piece in the Times today that explains how the Clinton budget surpluses turned into huge deficits under Bush]. China owns greater and greater chunks of American debt. Obama makes the argument that we need to spend big money now on health care reform, education and energy to set the stage for long-term prosperity. Obama, the Republicans and the media all face tricky situations regarding fiscal policy. Obama has to persuade voters to think long-term, something that Americans don't do instinctively. The Republicans have to make the debt a big issue even though it's never been a wedge issue -- people fundamentally don't care. And the media have to do a lot more work examining the numbers and making sense of them. And we're never terribly good at that. In any case, you can imagine a new ad that takes on Obama. It's a red phone again. But it's not 3 a.m. this time. It's 3 p.m. The call doesn't come from a national security official but from one of his own bean-counters. It's OMB on the line. A harried aide says: We've just seen the new figure for the national debt: A killion. The killion, as every mathematician knows, is a number so big it can kill you. Newton discovered it, and Einstein insisted that all computers be equipped with a governor which would shut off the machine if the number killion was approached. -- More from the Leonhardt piece: "Things will get worse gradually," Mr. Auerbach predicts, "unless they get worse quickly." Either a solution will be put off, or foreign lenders, spooked by the rising debt, will send interest rates higher and create a crisis. The solution, though, is no mystery. It will involve some combination of tax increases and spending cuts. And it won't be limited to pay-as-you-go rules, tax increases on somebody else, or a crackdown on waste, fraud and abuse. Your taxes will probably go up, and some government programs you favor will become less generous. That is the legacy of our trillion-dollar deficits. Erasing them will be one of the great political issues of the coming decade. New Scientist recently ran a story on the anti-placebo effect. If you think you're taking a harmful pill, or have been hexed, or whatever, you will suffer harm. I wonder whether we'll soon have people dying because they think they've been hit by a killion. John Maynard Keynes would understand this sort of psychology. The CDC needs to set up an undercover squad to deal with the prospect of otherwise-healthy conservatives who read the wrong financial newspaper or listen to the wrong tv/radio shows will die because they believe they've been exposed to a killion. A placebo antidote for the killion could be extremely valuable, but it would have to be protected by powerful secrecy to ensure that its placebo nature wouldn't get out, triggering deaths due to what Latin Americans call "susto", roughly "fright". I'm sure the Republicans will conveniently forget how much the national debt increased on *their* watch. Just like those that decry the "nationalization" of banks deliberately finesse the fact that it began last September (under Bush). I don't mind good, healthy debate; just be honest about the facts. Since we (because of Joel, of course) are on the front page, has anyone checked to see if the bunker is available (not to mention secure and with a boatload of good food and drink and good music -- candles, perhaps, for mood)? Republicans and National Debt... great topic. There is only one thing that will always grow with tax cuts... National Debt. Accounting 101. Raysmom, the true affect of the eight years of Bush are clear when you take his deficit and then add in the need to recover from his pResidency. Pretty much most of the domestic infrastructure development came to a halt. The government paid for improvements in Iraq "over and over." ... same projects. We diverted many domestic dollars to Iraq under false pretenses. We gutted most business oversight agencies. Oh... listening to the harping of the likes of the Noootster is just unbelievable. Oh, Raysmom, remember that Bush II ran up a huge deficit WITHOUT having Iraq or Afghanistan on the books(to be fair, great portions). Obama puts it onto the books and the Republicans cannot stop screaming about the numbers. What wormy little creatures... Yeah, Rasymom, rt, et. al.: That Clinton fella had the budget under control. What happened? The Republicans are acting like the guys in "Hangover". They've woken up and see the place in shambles and now wonder how it got that way. Forgive this last post... have to go to work, anyway, but the most devastating impact of the two terms of Bush was the utter lack of Job Growth through most of his administration. Gingrich made his lame and "let's not shine a light on our own issues" claim that the Obama budget is blown because the unemployment rate is wrecking the model. Well, for pretty much eight years, the states have had to pay huge amounts of unemployment support to its citizens. States didn't become broke overnight. They suffered through the post-Clinton years with zero or negative employment numbers. Gingrich is correct to look at those numbers but the huge impact on the economy pre-dated Obama and somehow post-dated Clinton (WHO WOULD THAT BE?) The signs were there. The Republicans were crowing about improving workforce productivity, but it was just loss of jobs; Republicans were not noticing any problems, but it was just a huge drop in savings and growth of the personal debt; Republicans didn't see a problem with soaring home costs, but it was going to burst; Republicans didn't have a problem with the changes in the oversight brought to us by the Gramm's, but we certainly discovered it. All this and you didn't even need a job to qualify to buy a house. Now, we are crushed. ftb, slyness invariably takes wonderful care of the bunker and its supplies. I have every confidence it has been replenished up to her usual high standards. Of course, if you want to fax her some hard candies of your particular choice, I'm sure she'd have them available in a dish on the coffee table between the couches and chairs in the lounge, next to the latest issues of all the magazines and papers. I have to say that though I don't agree with all his decisions and I'm worried about Sotomayor's pro-choice bona fides, I am extremely impressed with Obama. He's just so fantastically presidential! I believe it when he says things, and more often than not, he tells it like it is, even the truth ticks people off. Meyerson is right of course, Obama is trying to save American Capitalism from destroying itself. While I think it would be really cool were the US to go all Finland, it wouldn't work with a country this size. So I'm so glad we've got a strong, confident, smart, pragmatic guy at the helm. And it is very sad to see Republicans maintain the sour grapes attitude of "he's not our guy so he MUST be evil". What did Al Gore say after 9/11? I stand by my commander-in-chief, right? Isn't the current situation more dangerous, and more wont for unity, than that? Could we send a bipartisan committee to Canada to find out how their government maintains financial sanity? There's also the problem of large ideas with killion-like properties running lose in our society. A decade or so ago, Paul Krugman compared Ricardo's idea of comparative advantage to Darwin's natural selection. A fair number of people don't, or can't, or won't "get" either of these notions. The notion that short-term stimulus is as necessary as long-term austerity seems to freeze peoples' brains. I think that Joel has identified the key challenge to Obama – seeking a balance between investment and solvency. It’s like taking out a student loan. Sure, being in debt is scary, but the prospect of a good high-paying job makes the fear tolerable. Except, of course, when you begin to imagine yourself dealing with massive loan payments while waiting tables because the industry you trained for has collapsed. Or worrying that increasing college costs will force you to take such a big loan that you will be paying it off into senility. And yet not borrowing for college seems foolish, since without that degree the lucrative future in your chosen field will be essentially impossible. To me, this are the same issues that Obama is dealing with. Will this debt really lead to increased wealth? When does the debt load become unsustainable? And, if it does, will Obama have the will and political skills to force America to make hard choices. ( I mean, we *hate* hard choices. ) These are the kinds of things that I really worry about. I take solace in the fact that I imagine Obama does too. Yellojkt, I hear you on the annoying New Yorker link but at least it provides the punch line. I guess I need to develop a rational linkage policy. What do real bloggers do?? That said, there are worse things in the world than a New Yorker subscription. Sure, it piles up, with lots of unread stuff, but it's probably still the best-edited magazine in the country. (Though I personally liked it more when Harold Ross was editor and Thurber and White were mainstays.) The truth is that very few people saw our current problems coming even though they should have been obvious. It not very likely that those same people have much useful insight into a future that is far from obvious. It appears that the biggest experienced impact of our current problems on government finances is going to be at the state and local level. Clearly in many places there is going to be a bitter conflict between public service wages, availability of public services, and the need for higher taxes to pay for them. It is very hard to know how that conflict will play out or what the consequences will be if there are drastic cuts in public services in places like California. As far as national politics go, the concrete reality that unfolds over the time between elections is likely to have much more impact on those elections than abstract ideological debates from narrow minded Republicans. Few will be worried about extending tax cuts that benefit the rich and their sense of entitlement to the benefits of a financial system that favors them. Even many of the most narrow minded Republicans will not be unhappy with some constraints on the abiltiy of a few Wall Street barons to plunder our finances. But the real pain that many are likely to feel as our economic contraction continue to unfold could be a problem for whoever they end up holding responsible. Maybe we need more "control knobs" which work in concert with the Fed's interest-rate controls. What if there was a 1% to 2% tax on imported goods, nothing big enough to really mess with foreign trade, but the "knob" could be slightly raised or lowered. Similarly a speed-limit control knob on our interstate highways, and a gasoline and diesel tax knob with instant application. How about a minimum-wage knob (set to go one way, of course!) Then again, I don't want a bunch of different people each with their own theory and their own fingers on each of the various knobs. This may not be a good idea. Maybe it's just something that economists dream about but is impractical. Sorry, completely off topic here, but since the Boodle is the source of all knowledge. . . I turned off the ceiling fan in the living room last night and there was a flash from the fan, I figured a light bulb had gone out. Very early this morning, I tried turning it on again (via wall switch) and could see a spark behind the wall plate. The wall plate switches (4 of them) also control several outlets which have lamps plugged in, they've been fine. I'm looking for an electrician, I've turned off the relevant electrical areas at the breaker box. Unfortunately, it's getting hotter and a window air conditioner normally would go into one of those outlets. I do not believe that Obama is a Socialist but will someone tell me what the hell is wrong with Socialism? Socialism attempts to take care of ALL the citizens of a country and if tht means high taxes that is the price one pays. This country has NEVER taken care of ALL its citizens. We have a 25 per cent poverty rate and over 50 million uninsured. Frankly, only a truly selfish and uncaring human being would be unwilling to give up those private jets and huge and unnecessary mansions to enable ALL the citizens of his or her country to live decent lives. So, again, what the hell is wrong with socialism? I used to read the New Yorker cover to cover but quit. Only the good stuff now (that is, if I ever renew my subscription). I just got stung by an actual yellowjacket, trying to kill some Carolina creeper or whatever the heck it is. My hedge clippers remain hastily abandoned in the clump. Vengeance will be mine. But not today. I quit. No more stinkin' yardwork today. I wouldn't worry about it, dbG, so long as you are near an outside access door each time that you operate the switch, and have all your favorite personal belongings stashed outside. That way, when the electrical short-circuit starts the fire, you'll be able to get out quickly. Bring a cell phone and a laptop (better set it up to use your neighbor's wireless access) so you can file your homeowner's insurance claim right away, then start your search for new furniture. When you have the house rebuilt, make sure to get central air. dbG, it's potentially bad. You've got a short in the fan and that whole stretch of line is affected. You need an electrician. In the meantime, I'd considered throwing the circuit-breaker for that line, if you can identify which one it is (and can find the circuit-breaker box). (What I'd do, after turning off the circuit-breaker is remove the switchplate and disconnect the wire leading to the fan, and maybe even remove the entire outlet switch, too, until it can be replaced. If you saw a flash there, there might have been some damage done. In any event, somebody's gotta look at it and make a determination if it's still good or not. It "probably" is OK -- but one doesn't mess around with "probablies.") dbG - that sounds like a short circuit. Somewhere an electrical connection is being made causing far more current to flow than should, resulting in arcing. This is probably a really easy fix, but not something you should do if you aren't comfortable with electricity. And since sparks in the wall can start a fire, keeping the breakers off is the prudent thing to do. Principals/teachers call at 3 pm to let you know what shenanigans the child was up to this time. Before, GWB would turn down the stereo, shush his friends, and then pretend to be the parent while continuing to eat junk food and play poker. Now, BO answers the phone, gets all the pertinent info (except the part about double-dare), makes appropriate decisions about how things are going to be 'from here on out' and enforces them. One of these scenarios produces a well-rounded adult. The other just produces a round adult. joel, I don't usually expect to get taken seriously. In answer to your question, the most common etiquette for pay sites is to add (sub. req'd) after the link. It's tricky because if you have cookies to a lot of pay sites, you might not even know which ones are which since they pass subscribers right through. In college I read the New Yorker cover to cover because I had a long bus commute to my job. But that was back before it had color pictures. Which was a long time ago. I really liked that Leonhardt piece, especially the frank tone of that excerpt Joel provides. It's sorta like losing weight. The solution is simple. You need to either eat less or exercise a lot more. But, as we all know, "simple" doesn't mean "easy." There will be pain. Electrical sparks are nasty stuff, dbG. That's how the Towering Inferno burned down. Unless you have a million gallon water tank on your roof and OJ Simpson on standby to open the valve, I would redouble your efforts to find an electrician. In the meantime, you can take down the ceiling fan and safely wire wrap each of the motor lead connectors. Except that "eating less and exercising more" has approximately a 95 percent failure rate. (Which is to say, yes "it works" -- only live actual humans just can't do it successfully 95 percent of the time.) "The killion, as every mathematician knows, is a number so big it can kill you. Newton discovered it, and Einstein insisted that all computers be equipped with a governor which would shut off the machine if the number killion was approached." And who is that Governor? Surely not Arnold Schwarzenegger. (As the Terminator or not...). LiT, I'm picturing that GWB afternoon poker game as a variation on the classic "A Friend in Need" painting of dogs playing cards, and Karl Rove slipping GWB an ace. And I think my Mom received a few 3:00 PM calls from the school to explain why her oldest son wasn't on the bus and may in fact have been serving detention... Physics leads to chemistry. I was checking photos and, sure enough, the asymmetric rear door of the US Nissan Cube I parked behind at Epcot is different than the Japanese Cube I photographed in 2006. Mirror worlds. @nyrunner101: the problem with socialism is that it puts too much power in the hands of government for rich people to stomach. That and they won't be as rich. A socialist democracy as most elements of the economy controlled by elected officials, whom the electorate can oust if they don't like what's going on. Capitalism allows huge corporations to control most of what goes on in economy, with executives and corporate boards who answer only to their peers. You take away the power of corporations and suddenly you have REAL representation in government, something nobody with power in US history has ever wanted, including the founding fathers. SciTim, Does that adage about a lawyer representing himself apply when you are your own dietitian? I've been known to excuse myself a lot of Klondike bars on the logic that I passed up an extra helping of something earlier in the day. I cleverly finished the fries before reading any of the responses. They went nicely with my oh-so-healthful Powerhouse sandwich (even though it contains cheese). The home-made (well, deli-made) ketchup was quite good, too. That 95% failure rate is kind of the point. In theory weight loss is simple, but in practice not. Our bodies are hardwired to resist caloric restrictions and unnecessary exertion. In the same way, in theory all we have to do is raise taxes a bit an cut spending a bit. But in practice these things are going to be very hard to achieve because the system responds to short term pain instead of long term benefits. Raise taxes and the voters will put in somebody to repeal them. Cut services and you risk the same thing. So how does the Obama Administration pull this neat trick off? Veering abruptly off-Kit, look in the yellow pages, dbG. If the company advertises that they're bonded, they'll probably be competent to do the basics for your problem. If you describe what happened I bet you'll find someone who can come today. Over years of quirky electric adventures we've come to appreciate the yellow pages as a starting source. If you don't like the work, use someone else next time. I think a few people don't actually understand the definition of "socialism" - both Obama critics and perhaps some posters - but I don't have time to go into it. Socialism is different from just people-friendly gummint, or even more than gummint hostile to rich people and private property. I could either eat the apple I brought from home or a bag of Cheetos from the machine. I *know* the apple is far better for me and will require no additional outlay of cash, but dangit, I want some Cheetos. Kurtz ends his column today with the following: "… people who engage in public combat ought to do so with their names attached. They may have personal reasons for wanting to stay behind the curtain, but there's always another option: don't blog." Since the comments to his column are usually a cesspool (not too bad, today -- yet), I'll re-post my comment here: I have to disagree with the notion that you either use your real public name or you keep your mouth shut (don't blog). Just as an example of maintaining a distinction between the persona used with different audiences, when I talk with children, I use a different tone and different vocabulary than when I talk with adults. In real life, it is easy to maintain the distinction based on who is physically present. In print, it is easy to maintain the distinction based on who is going to spend the money to buy the printed product. On-line, the only mechanism available to maintain the distinction is the choice of an alias/pseudonym. A name identifies a physical person, but it also identifies a personality. Using a pseudonym is no less honest than using a name, and permits a person to work with more than one audience without confusion. For the same reason, actors and radio performers have separate stage names and given names, and folks often maintain separate public names and nicknames, to distinguish the context of speech. ---------- And that is why it's so noxious that the WaPo registration requirements make it difficult to switch aliases. As long-time Boodlers well know, I used to maintain a modest stable of aliases by which I distinguished the context of my comments, depending on the extent to which I felt/feel a command of the subject matter. It's hard to do that now. @Ivansmom: modern socialism is essentially this: the government closely regulates business and industry to ensure fair pay and benefits, you pay a ton in taxes and in return have lots of free services with equal quality service for all. It relies on people having faith in the democratic process to use their money well. The Finnish government says that their high taxes have not only provided for a higher standard of living for all citizens, but the lack of lots of disposable income has discouraged materialism and apparently most Finns really like that. Go figure. Southwester, I think the import of Ivansmom's comment was not that she wanted to be schooled on the subject of "what is socialism?"; Ivansmom is a highly-educated person who knows her stuff rather well. I think her point was that many people who knowingly comment on socialism know less than they think they know. I am not competent to address which category applies to you. Looks like a security guard and the gunman were shot: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061001768.html?hpid=topnews The gunman is 88 years old...a white supremacist. Not so sure I like the title "Live Blogging" for the updates...Live Blogging is usually reserved for pop culture events...and Twitter is overloaded... @ScienceTim: I didn't presume she was looking for a lesson. But I do think many people tack on to socialism a lot of baggage that doesn't belong there. Socialism does not mean an end to individual liberty, as many people claim. It just means limited material liberty. One of the problems with capitalism is it leads people to equate your purchasing power with freedom. Hmmm. I haven't used my Christian name in years. Since....well, ever. And really, isn't a boodle handle a better descriptor than a birth name? Is anyone at all confused about who ScienceTim is? Or StorytellerTim? When I say Mudge, do you think of another Mudge? Yet you can't look up ScienceTim on yahoo and get his home address or the names of his children. If you use your actual honest-to-goodness what's-written-on-your-tax-return name, it wouldn't be that difficult to then find out if you and your family lived on Virgo Lane or Sagittarius Avenue. Where does Kurtz's theory end...social security numbers as public identities? Why does all of this make me think of Zamyatin? SciTim, Anonymous and pseudonymous writing is a time honored American tradition. Many of our founding fathers did it for very sane reasons, to prevent harassment because of one's political views and protection from governmental retaliation. In a world where people get 'dooced' for what they write in their private life and any employer current or potential has a wealth of resources to obtain information they can't legally ask in an interview, anonymity in blogging is one of the last bubbles of privacy left. Jon Swift (not that one, the other one) has waged a campaign in support of Pseudonymous-Americans, a class of Americans that is becoming increasingly harassed and oppressed. We need to stand up and be counted. As long as we don't have to sign our real names to anything. I bet this goes over like a lead balloon: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061001416.html?hpid=topnews Talk about socialism! (which I tend to think is not a bad thing) Well said, PerceptiveTim. In fact my essential point about all this socialism chatter, which I think tracks Joel's, is that it is a red herring. A distraction. A time-waster. An unnecessary complication to the discussion. Also, because so many people appear to have interestingly imprecise or situation-specific definitions of socialism, this distraction is potentially divisive. No doubt this is why many Obama opponents use it - anything to avoid discussion of the actual difficulties and potential solutions, which might be painful. Speaking of, how outrageous is it that the NY Senate essentially switched majorities because a wealthy Democratic backer didn't like the idea they were going to raise taxes on rich people after he gave them all that money? That story makes my blood boil on so many levels. This is exactly the sort of thing that hastens that Revolution we've been talking about since the sixties. Despite Obama's best efforts, and if Congress and state governors don't get on board, it may yet come. @Ivansmom: Sadly, there's no hope for the revolution. They never work out anyway. Maybe if there comes a time when people feel like they are really getting their money's worth in the taxes they pay, the prospects will change, but right now, most wage earners just few taxes as a loss and don't think about the everyday, tangible things those taxes provide them. The right has done a magnificent job of making it seem that tax money is only spent on welfare mothers and saving endangered butterflies. I agree, southwest, that regular taxpayers aren't likely to revolt anytime soon. I worry about the disadvantaged - those who have little to lose and, increasingly, little to gain by continuing within our current system. The poor get poorer (and more numerous), jobs get scarcer, wages get lower, and the safety net frays. At some point the sight of a very wealthy man essentially turning a state legislative body to his own ends - so he won't have to pay taxes which might, on some level, benefit someone else - may well push people over the edge. I don't know what part of the southwest you may be in, if any, but hereabouts we could probably field a state militia just by shouting loud in the grocery store. A critical mass of armed citizens with free-floating anger and nothing to lose: that's my concern. And that's why I object so heartily to all this inflammatory rhetoric. We face hard problems. The solutions won't make anyone happy. Throwing rocks (for all sides) is easier than governing any day, but it doesn't help the country. @Ivansmom: I'm actually lifelong local from SW DC, and though I find the American Southwest the most beautiful region in the world, I think it's immoral to live there. Maybe once they've reduced the Colorado river to a trickle, the Cactus League retirees will see my point. @Ivansmom: I think you hit on the biggest obstacle there is: the solutions will not make everybody happy. Our society today is so averse to sacrifice. Plus, most people, even the poor, really like consumer culture. They might get angry when something rouses them, but it's been 140 odd years since Haymarket and there haven't been many echoes since WW2. In the same vein, I'm sick to death of "multiple incidents," "multiple events," etc., when "many will do very nicely. Or "some," or "a few," or "a lot," or whatever. "Multiple" gives ya nothing except just "more than one." Just like multistriped really gives ya nothing beyond just striped. Southwester, I don't have any problem with people who live in the Southwest who've always lived there. It is all those folks who are moving there because it is so purty - especially the ones that want lawns! - with no conception of the resources issues. As you no doubt know, as a Boodle lurker, I myself live in Oklahoma. We combine elements of southwest, midwest and southeast, depending on the area of the state. I was just thinking your handle might connote storms, like sou'westers, but SW DC makes sense too. Too bad - I already picture you in a yellow slicker and one of those big boat-shaped yellow slicker hats. Maybe with a bucket of fish. It could be worse - I think of Engelmann as pastry. Actually, a good many revolutions "work" -- or at least, "succeed." It's what comes immediately after them that's highly problematic. (And thinking of Mao's quote that after the [successful] revolution, the first thing to do is shoot all the revolutionaries, because they are now the folks who are going to screw up the implementation -- precisely because they are revolutionaries.) @yellojkt: Glorious Revolution worked out fine, but does it really count? It was really a revolution in name only. Replacing the Catholic King with a Protestant King with a legitimate claim to the throne is hardly revolutionary. @Ivansmom: Yeah, I really mean the people who've been exponentially expanding the area in recent decades, not the natives. I have a lot of Navajo friends from from the backpacking days of my tender years and they're divided on the issue of newcomers in the desert. While they agree that it's killing the environment, there's a lot of money to be made off those folks and there ain't nobody poorer than Indians. @yellojkt: the @ convention predates Twitter by a lot. I hate Twitter. Re: the Holocaust Museum shooting: the shooter apparently is a Holocaust denier so I guess this was his attempt at violent censorship. According to his website, Hitler's greatest mistake was NOT gassing the Jews. I didn't know there was any context where @ meant "about" but it also doesn't bother me to see it the way our new Boodler Southwester (and you can't deny that you are now a Boodler!) uses it. Kind of nice to know exactly who he's (she's?) responding to. Of course, I Tweet and Tumbl too. (Now that's fun to say!). @Ivansmom... the links I clicked on certainly didn't mean multicolored stripes. Just striped. Dotc, we have decided to put fiscal sanity on hold up here for a while - hopefully it will be temporary while the economy reboots. Lost my glasses today, think I may have dropped them in a bush or a yard waste bag - still getting over the sticker shock of my daughters new glasses. They need to put remote signals on glasses so I can hear them beeping or flashing - I spend way too much time looking for them, since I only need them about half the time (computer, any type of reading, etc) I am constantly taking them on and off. @slyness: The thing about the unsuccessful revolutions is that the current regimes in places like Cuba or China think they were successful. It's all in the eye of the beholder. We idealists look at the Bolshevik Revolution and see it as a failure because the resultant government was authoritarian instead of being a worker's paradise. @Kim1: I'm happy too, though I've had so much fun boodling that I'm almost sad it'll soon be time to go home. ;) Oh, dear. After working my @ss off all day I've just now been able to browse the headlines online. Terribly sad about the shooting at the Holocaust Museum. But the worst part is that all the truly nutz people seem to be coming out of the woodwork -- and the right-wing had the gall to demonize the DHS report on homegrown domestic terrorism threats. It will be eons before *any* Republican denounces what happened today. And the security guard, who happened to be African American, has died. Mudge, I know you probably wear one of those yellow slicker and hat combinations but you also have a blue bottomed boat - even on sunny days. Tumbl? I've at least heard of Twitter, though I do not Tweet. Or Twit. Not formally at any rate. I'm glad for the @ explanation. I'll never use it, since I don't adapt that well, but at least I can read it now. You know, when set apart the sign @ looks like a little ear. So perhaps this began because someone wanted to respond to a particular person by saying, "Listen, [name]", and thought, hey, that @ looks like a little ear - that will be a nice visual substitute for "listen", an "I'm talking to this person" clue. The House of Bourbon would say that they weren't particularly successful in squelching the revolution. Nor the Romanovs. It's what happens after the revolution that seems to define the success or failure. @Ivansmom: I've never thought of it that way, but I like the theory. I just found it to be a quick way to point out when the comment is responding to someone's comment as opposed to a more general rant. I'm not too troubled about running into Venus, or the reverse. Whatever. I'm more inclined to accept the Invader Zim version, that the Martians drove themselves into extinction by converting their planet into a giant piloted spaceship, "because it's cooooool!" But not until after converting Mercury to a spaceship, as the prototype. Leading to a mighty battle of Bumper-Planets between Zim, as the Irkan Invader set to destroy humanity, and poor nerdy Dib, the human genius child who would save us (even though we are mean to him). Anyway, I suspect the authors may have over-estimated the time until the Sun inflates and eats its babies. Plus, the problem with these forward-calculations is that the mathematics become chaotic (which is acknowledged in the article, which I only skimmed), but chaotic mathematics do not necessarily translate into a chaotic reality. Only one that is not predictable in detail. What about South Africa and India? I believe they have undergone upheavals that differ from a revolution only in that our naïve expectations require that revolutions have a high level of violence and that the bourgeoisie be put "up against the wall." They have each had relatively successful political revolutions. The reports about the shooter's website say he was convicted by (his words) a "Negro jury" and sentenced by a "Jew judge" for storming into the Federal Reserve with guns. 'cause ya know they'd acquit a black guy if he did that! SciTim, there's the Polish revolution also. How would you describe the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of East Germany? And the collapse of the Soviet Union? I'm an English major, not an historian, but I'd guess the second Russion revolution isn't over yet. @ScienceTim: I think a real revolution is bloody business. Armed revolt, right? For old reds, the revolution has always been about the proletariat violently throwing off the shackles of capitalism. It's all semantics, really, but I think we'd be more likely to call what happened in India a revolution if Gandhi had been more like Rambo than ... well, Gandhi. dmd, I have to use reading glasses too, but so far haven't lost any (knock on wood). I keep the old ones, so I have half a dozen pairs now in various rooms and a pair in my purse. Yesterday, though, I lost my plant clippers in the yard waste bin while throwing clipped plantstuff in. I know better than to hold my clippers when I do that, as I've lost them in there before. And now that we throw kitchen waste in there, it's even more interesting to go diving in. I found the clippers, eventually. I would add the Romanian revolution, removing (permanently!) the evil Nicolea Ceausescu. It was fascinating to watch; after years of fear and oppression, a whole country, including the Army, stood up and said *enough* and it was over in the course of what seemed like a weekend. That seemed truly revolutionary to me. I'm going to try to stay awake to watch SYTYCD tonight. Not sure if that's gonna happen. I do need, after all, channel my energy for the hockey game on Friday night. It would not surprise me in the least (in the *least*) if all and sundry boodlers will be ecstatically happy once the Stanley Cup has been won (no matter, I'm sure, by whom) because *then* ftb will have to get fixated upon another topic, eh? Greetings all Back in wet west by god for a few days. I am sure the turtles are happy,had to stop twice and help my armored friends across the road.i was hoping for some fishing this evening or a bonfire,but the rain made me change my plans. Busy day, with lots of lifting. After tomorrow, I'll be liftless for as long as the MD says so. I need to report at 5.freakingthirty am. Might be home tomorrow, might have to stay overnight. June just started and I feel like the whole month is shot. R&R for the next few days will be welcome. Kinda hitting the Boodle theme, I just finished reading Mark Rudd's _Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen_. Really interesting, although I found myself (virtually) arguing with him more than once. One thing I'd never imagined was that if I became a revolutionary, went underground and was on the FBI's Most Wanted List that pictures of my dogz might be circulated to vets in the area of the country they supposed me to be, you know, just in case I took them in for shots or something. (Name: EmmaRose; Distinguishing characteristics: None. She's a black lab, they all look alike) Never fear, I have no plans to bomb buildings. I mean, I hesitate to safety tape the wires on my ceiling fan. Three members of my allergists' staff recommended the same electrician today, so I'll call him tomorrow. Else, Ivansmom's suggestion is next. Come to think of it, what's the percentage of recommendations you receive that don't really work out for you? For me, I'd say about 40-45% work out and the rest don't. I knew there were more successful revolutions in Eastern Europe, just couldn't think. How could I forget the Romanian? And the experience in India - I'd never thought about it being a revolution, but it was, wasn't it? I'm reading a book about faith, and Gandhi is cited as an example of the highest stage of faith, as is Martin Luther King, Jr. Boy, my grasp of that part of history is hazy at best, Yoki. You are right: Pakistan on two sides, one of which became Bangladesh. The book I'm reading says that Gandhi's biographer had to stop at one point and write him a stiff and disapproving letter - even though he had already been dead many years. It seems that Gandhi was ready to bring into his household members of the lowest rungs of Indian society, but he required his wife to remove their bodily wastes - a horrible insult to her. The biographer believed that Gandhi, having welcomed these people, should have done the hauling himself. The march to Indian independence was a revolution by any other name; indeed, a decades long series of mini-revolutions employing non-violent civil disobedience to thwart the state (e.g., non-cooperation movements, the salt march, and finally the Quit India movement spearheaded by Gandhi). A simple idea really--undermine the functioning of the state and thus destroy it...except with minimal damage to the idea of the state itself and, importantly, minimal collateral damage. One should, however, not underestimate the role of various violent revolutionary movements that chipped away at the structure, and the role of WWII, which decimated the British, in the successful outcome. The communal violence shouldn't be linked to the success of the resistance movement against the British. Muslim v/s Hindu passions are founded in ancient territorial battles between the Mughal invaders and native Indian peoples and, of course, religion. They could have erupted under any state, and continue to rumble at dangerous levels. The British withdrawal merely triggered a spectacular explosion. Laughing seasea, I would have more glasses around the house, but they are a special presription - eyes are different so I cannot just buy from the drug store - my back up pair lost a lense, my old glasses are like my old running shoes - very worn, missing an arm or so scratched as to be useless. After two years I am due for a new pair. I tried progressives that I could wear full time before but had a very difficult time adjusting found I could never quite see properly. Computer lenses work best for me as my vision is blurred to about 5-6 feet. The reason I was wearing them today was I was trimming dead wood from the underside of a weeping pussy willow tree and could quite see well enough to know which branch to trim (5' standard tree). Thought I put them in a safe place when I was done as I have lost gardening tools on several occasions. I suspect they may be in a yard waste bag - one of three - a search for another day. On a brighter note used our new (bought second hand) rechargeable lawnmower this evening - wasn't sure what to expect - but it was great - very happy. Feeling smugly eco friendly. Terrible what happened at the Holocaust museum, just don't understand how people can hate those they do not know, and that intensely. There is hope Yoki. Both my parents escaped emergent Pakistan by the skin of their teeth when they were ~ 10, losing everything in the process, including loved ones. They refused to tell my brother and myself any gory details when we were young and highly likely to develop lasting irrational hatreds. Now at least in my branch of the family, the bloody link to Partition has withered away. For this gift I love them almost more than I can bear. Perhaps some day, the Government(s) will issue an electronic ID (think of it as a sophisticated digital certificate) that one would be awarded for the right to use the Information Superhighway, much like a Driver's License on public roads or as an accepted form of ID. It could contain an individual's personal information in an encrytpted form, or some sort of an interface to access goverment data to corroborate data regarding that person. I hope to goodess this never ever happens, as it would mean that the Internet has become less of a relatively free vehicle of public communication and trade, and more of a resource requiring regulation and government management, like, let's say, Amtrak. Another Revoluion that didn't pan out so well - the Republican Revolution of the mid-1990s. Oops. Mudge, I think Sheldon preferred that her nom de plume be James Tiptree, Jr., though I can't recall exactly why. Veracity, perhaps. Revolution in these parts : Ferdinand Marco was brought down in the Philippines. Also, 7 months ago, in Thailand, opposition stormed the main airport and sat there 2 weeks. I'm waiting for a bloodless one to happen in M'sia. I thought that de Nugent thing was in the comments section until I read the article... *shaking my head, trying to wake up from this trip through the Looking Glass* Even with my journalist background, I'd almost prefer that, after today, reporting on the trial (and hopefully swift conviction) only mention the gunman's name and deed, and not give his venom any further airtime. This all ties in. We had our hit and run Denier a few days back. Obama's speech in Cairo got the wing nuts all frothing. That doctor in Kansas got killed. The Justice department had a report about rising right wing domestic terrorism that got hooted down as alarmist calumny by the conservative media. Like a cornered badger, the reactionaries are beginning to lash out. I predict it gets worse before it gets better. I hope I'm wrong. Morning all. My day was discombobulated from the start, but that's okay. Jack, you are in my prayers. Yello, I suppose we can be grateful that it took this long for the rightwing nuts to figure out what's going on and react. I am sorry that their reaction is so violent. It won't succeed and will completely disenchant the rest of the world. abeac – Regretfully, I couldn’t locate “Mr. Stripey” at the nursery I frequent. It is my fear that it simply didn’t go over very well. I can’t see why this would be, given the unique combination of insouciance and emotional fortitude that this variety offers, but I guess some people are just weird about tomatoes. Anyway, I had to settle for a pugnacious little Roma and an exotic new hybrid with boundless social aspirations. The economy certainly has us all in a quandry. What personal expenses must we cut? Can we make do with less? Recently, we had to let Horace and Rebecca go. It was wretching for us; Horace is as much a fixture to our home as the Radin in the foyer. And, Rebecca, well who really needs an upstairs maid nowadays anyway? We hardly go up there unless my brother's family comes by. We've even stopped running the piazza fountain 24/7. We only run it in daylight hours. It just seems more sensible, though Libby misses the water noise during mild summer nights. It just dawned on me on how to solve your WaPo alias problem. Resign in as GenericTim and then just put which sort of Tim you are representing in the last line of your post. I notice that bc, the master of brand recognition, gets his sig in at least three times on each post. "Rebooting crashed capitalism"? More like 'doomed' capitalism. If a capitalist system is run in a 'pure' manner..... somewhere along the way, at the end of the line.... One person owns everything eventually. Of course, the world has never seen 'pure' capitalism. Especially in the US. Imagine. Not only are we running up the deficit, but part of the calculation to help pay it back with, is reliant on the 'decreed' value of assets or the promise of interest being paid in the future based on the 'imaginary' value of these assets. Just like the ongoing real estate crisis. Are we sure.... about this 'money for nothing, hicks for free' approach? Is China? The rest of the worlds nations? Sounds like we need to work more. And on another type of approach.... somehow. | Low | [
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During a one-on-one with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump‘s lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed he’s “never said there was no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia. “Mr. Mayor, false reporting is saying that nobody in the campaign had any contacts with Russia,” Cuomo pressed. “False reporting is saying that there has been no suggestion of any kind of collusion between the campaign and any Russians. Because now you have Paul Manafort giving poll data that winds up leading to this coincidence.” “Well, you just misstated my position. I never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or between people in the campaign,” Giuliani shot back. “Yes, you have,” Cuomo shot back. “I said the President of the United States,” Giuliani insisted. “There is not a single bit of evidence the President of the United States committed the only crime you can commit here, conspiring with the Russians to hack the DNC.” The debate then turned to if President Donald Trump said “nobody” on the campaign colluded. “He didn’t say nobody!” Giuliani insisted, saying rather Trump said he didn’t collude. Cuomo insisted he did. By the way, here is video of President Donald Trump saying there was “no collusion, no anything” in November 2018. Trump: There was no collusion, no anything from CNBC. The President has also repeatedly taken to Twitter to demand that there was “no collusion” — a total of 13 times according to CNN’s count. Here is the latest time, which was just last month: “Democrats can’t find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey’s testimony. No Smocking Gun…No Collusion.” @FoxNews That’s because there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2018 Watch above, via CNN. Have a tip we should know? [email protected] | Mid | [
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haha my bag of dirt that I used on my tank was on sale for 1 dollar. Eco complete and flourite are ok, but roots do not love the texture as much as dirt, and it does not seem to use the fish waste in as good of a way as soil does. In a low tech setting, you don't have to worry about a dirt tank substrate for years... These companies just make a killing on people just getting into live plants(I was one of those people) only for them to learn they need put root tabs in every couple months. Dirt is the way to go in my opinion haha my bag of dirt that I used on my tank was on sale for 1 dollar. Eco complete and flourite are ok, but roots do not love the texture as much as dirt, and it does not seem to use the fish waste in as good of a way as soil does. In a low tech setting, you don't have to worry about a dirt tank substrate for years... These companies just make a killing on people just getting into live plants(I was one of those people) only for them to learn they need put root tabs in every couple months. Dirt is the way to go in my opinion No you don't. First hand knowledge with having Flourite for 15 years. I've got several corys that are perfectly happy with very long barbels. As far as why you may need additional stuff in your substrate - well, look at terrestrial plants. Do they grow in fairly clean soil or fairly messy stuff? It's pretty messy and filled with organics and other nutrients. Flourite and others help add some of what plants need. Dose the water column + detritus and you end up having what the plants do need. If you start CO2 dosing and pushing up your light, you might need to do more, especially for heavy root feeders. Root tabs for large swords, crypts, or other heavy root feeders is never a bad idea unless you plan to moving them around. Then it just gets the water column messy. I've used Jobe's plant spikes for years w/ no ill effects. Even when they get pulled up - just be particular about a WC and sucking up the extra bits. Quote: Originally Posted by Shimagoma florite is cracked clay and is very sharp you should put sand or mix it with some gravel if you have barbel fish going over it, like corys Dirt is great - but messy. If I knew I'd have a tank set up for years, and I didn't have 125 lbs of Flourite, I'd probably do a dirt + black sand substrate. I've done one for a couple years in a 20 gallon and it was a great tank. Grew everything well. QUOTE=mitchfish9;2284297]haha my bag of dirt that I used on my tank was on sale for 1 dollar. Eco complete and flourite are ok, but roots do not love the texture as much as dirt, and it does not seem to use the fish waste in as good of a way as soil does. In a low tech setting, you don't have to worry about a dirt tank substrate for years... These companies just make a killing on people just getting into live plants(I was one of those people) only for them to learn they need put root tabs in every couple months. Dirt is the way to go in my opinion[/QUOTE] Eco-Complete has no nutrients. It has room for the storage of nutrients, though. That is not true at all. How do you come to that conclusion. It provides several minerals and has a guaranteed analysis right on the bag. There are two type of nutrients plants use. Macro nutrients and minor nutrients. Minor nutrients are minerals. Macros are nitrogen, phosphate, potassium, calcium, magnesium... Clay or rock substrates only provide minerals, but they are inert and last forever. Roottabs, depending on who makes them usually contain some of both, but degrad, dissolve after a couple months or so. Soils contain a mixure of organic and inorganic material, and may provide both macro and minor nutrients. Organic matter of any kind decomposes at some point unlike a mineral substrate. Quote: but roots do not love the texture as much as dirt, and it does not seem to use the fish waste in as good of a way as soil does. Actually fish waste can help to turn the oxidized minerals found in clay gravels into the more readily used water soluble form. Iron for example. If you remember high school chemistry, the oxidized form of iron is Fe+3 the water soluble. chealted form is Fe+2. Plants use Fe+2 much quicker. The same thing happens using soil. Organic acids as well as fish waste act as a chealator. Quote: These companies just make a killing on people just getting into live plants(I was one of those people) only for them to learn they need put root tabs in every couple months. I have used Flourite and Eco complete for over ten years. I am no newbie! If you know what nutrients any substrate, including soils, provides for plants, then you know what else to add. Whats missing. Its not that difficult. When I bought Flourite at the nearby chain pet store I was under the impression it was basically mineralized dirt that would release nutrients to the plants over time. Now I find out it's basically smashed up terracotta pots. Sure it may release some nutrients over time. But it is far from being an ideal substrate for plants. All rocks, by definition, contain minerals. But you don't see plants growing in gravel beds. My next tank, and all future tanks, will be dirt. That's what plants need. Even wild aquatic plants grow in dirt at the bottom of whatever pond or stream they are in. Register Now In order to be able to post messages on the The Planted Tank Forum forums, you must first register. Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below. User Name: Password Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive. 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/********************************************************************* * Software License Agreement (BSD License) * * Copyright (c) 2010, Rice University * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following * disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided * with the distribution. * * Neither the name of the Rice University nor the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived * from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. *********************************************************************/ /* Author: Luis G. Torres */ #ifndef OMPL_BASE_OBJECTIVES_STATE_COST_OPTIMIZATION_OBJECTIVE_ #define OMPL_BASE_OBJECTIVES_STATE_COST_OPTIMIZATION_OBJECTIVE_ #include "ompl/base/OptimizationObjective.h" namespace ompl { namespace base { /** \brief Defines optimization objectives where path cost can be represented as a path integral over a cost function defined over the state space. This cost function is specified by implementing the stateCost() method. */ class StateCostIntegralObjective : public OptimizationObjective { public: /** \brief If enableMotionCostInterpolation is set to true, then calls to motionCost() will divide the motion segment into smaller parts (the number of parts being defined by StateSpace::validSegmentCount()) for more accurate cost integral computation (but this takes more computation time). If enableMotionCostInterpolation is false (the default), only the two endpoint states are used for motion cost computation. */ StateCostIntegralObjective(const SpaceInformationPtr &si, bool enableMotionCostInterpolation = false); /** \brief Returns a cost with a value of 1. */ Cost stateCost(const State *s) const override; /** \brief Compute the cost of a path segment from \e s1 to \e s2 (including endpoints) \param s1 start state of the motion to be evaluated \param s2 final state of the motion to be evaluated \param cost the cost of the motion segment By default, this function computes \f{eqnarray*}{ \mbox{cost} &=& \frac{cost(s_1) + cost(s_2)}{2}\vert s_1 - s_2 \vert \f} If enableMotionCostInterpolation was specified as true in constructing this object, the cost will be computed by separating the motion into StateSpace::validSegmentCount() segments, using the above formula to compute the cost of each of those segments, and adding them up. */ Cost motionCost(const State *s1, const State *s2) const override; /** \brief Returns whether this objective subdivides motions into smaller segments for more accurate motion cost computation. Motion cost interpolation is disabled by default. */ bool isMotionCostInterpolationEnabled() const; protected: /** \brief If true, then motionCost() will more accurately compute the cost of a motion by taking small steps along the motion and accumulating the cost. This sacrifices speed for accuracy. If false, the motion cost will be approximated by taking the average of the costs at the two end points, and normalizing by the distance between the two end points. */ bool interpolateMotionCost_; /** \brief Helper method which uses the trapezoidal rule to approximate the integral of the cost between two states of distance \e dist and costs \e c1 and \e c2 */ Cost trapezoid(Cost c1, Cost c2, double dist) const { return Cost(0.5 * dist * (c1.value() + c2.value())); } }; } } #endif | Low | [
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Synchronous coexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor and cyclooxygenase-2 in carcinomas of the uterine cervix: a potential predictor of poor survival. To evaluate the potential of the new prognostic information gained by analyzing the coexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in cervical cancer patients. Sixty-eight patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIB squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy between 1993 and 1996, were divided into the following four groups according to their immunoreactivities for EGFR and COX-2 in paraffin-embedded sections: (a). the EGFR-negative/COX-2-negative group (n = 11); (b). the EGFR-negative/COX-2-positive group (n = 8); (c). the EGFR-positive/COX-2-negative group (n = 27); and (d). the EGFR-positive/COX-2-positive group (n = 22). The clinical features, patterns of treatment failure, and survival data in the four groups were compared. Positive immunoreactivity for EGFR and COX-2 was observed in 49 of 68 (72%) and 19 of 68 (28%), respectively. However, no strong correlation was found between the levels of EGFR and COX-2 immunopositivity (R(2) = 0.05, P = 0.07). Patients in the EGFR-positive/COX-2-positive group had a higher likelihood of locoregional recurrence than those in the other three groups (P = 0.02). Of the patients in the four groups, patients positive for both oncoproteins were found to have the worst prognosis with an overall 5-year disease-free survival rate of 55% compared with 91% for the EGFR-negative/COX-2-negative patients, 88% for the EGFR-negative/COX-2-positive patients, and 69% for the EGFR-positive/COX-2-negative patients (P = 0.05, log-rank test). In addition, the synchronous coexpression of the EGFR and COX-2 oncoproteins was found to be an independent prognostic factor by univariate and multivariate analyses (relative risk = 4.0, P = 0.03). Given these observations, we conclude that the coexpression of EGFR and COX-2 immunoreactivity may be used as a potent molecular risk factor for predicting the poor survival of patients with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIB squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. | High | [
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An opinion and practice survey on the structure and management of data and safety monitoring boards. There is little to no empirical data available on how data and safety monitoring boards (DSMBs) are structured and how they operate. The purpose of this study was to provide data on this. To accomplish this goal, we administered a random survey on current structure and management practices and opinions as reported by principal investigators (PIs) and biostatisticians. We also surveyed Institutional Review Board (IRB) community members, as proxies for the public, as to their opinions on how DSMBs should be structured and managed. A final purpose was to compare opinions about what should be taking place to what is actually happening. | Mid | [
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Q: CSS Wordpress Blog on Iphone I am working on this wordpress blog http://www.taranmarlowjewelry.com/?page_id=7 (looks fine on a normal web broswer) I tried to edit the CSS so it looks good on an iphone...I added these lines in my iphone css file .wrapper{ position:relative; width:840px; margin:0 auto; } .blog #page{ width:840px !important; } .blog #main{ width:840px !important; } .blog #primary { width:220px !important; } .blog #content { width: 220px !important; } .blog #secondary { width:200px !important; float:right !important; } but there is a massive space between the blog and the sidebar and the width of this page is too wide, while my home, about page look good with the .wrapper at a width of 840px; What is going wrong here? A: Have you tried using initial scale? <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1"> Add that in and adjust your CSS accordingly. | Mid | [
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Bump bonding employing solder bumps, such as flip chip, is used for electronic component mounting involving electrical connections between a pixel-type CdTe detector (radiation detector) and a read-out circuit, for example. It is known that UBM is formed on connecting electrodes in bump bonding (Patent Document 1, for example). FIG. 1 schematically shows the bump bonding process between a CdTe (cadmium telluride) detector 1 provided with existing UBM, and an ASIC 2 which is a read-out circuit thereof. A pixel-type electrode 1a employing Al (aluminum), Ti (titanium) or Pt (platinum) etc. is formed by way of vapor deposition or plating etc. on the surface of the CdTe detector 1. A UBM layer 1b comprising an Au/Ni/Au (gold/nickel/gold) composite layer is deposited by way of vapor deposition or the like on the electrode 1a. The thickness of the UBM layer 1b in this process (the thickness of the whole composite layer) is set at around several hundred nanometers. A protective passivation layer 1c is formed on the surface of the CdTe detector 1 on which the UBM layer 1b was formed. The passivation layer 1c has an opening 1d for exposing the UBM layer 1b for the purposes of bump bonding. The ASIC 2 is also provided with a pixel-type electrode 2a corresponding to the electrode 1a, a UBM layer 2b and a passivation layer 2c, and a solder bump 3 is formed in the opening of the passivation layer 2c. The main aims in forming UBM are to form a connection between the solder bump and the electrode which is mechanically and electrically very stable, and to prevent diffusion of solder into the electrode. However, existing UBM structures do not adequately prevent solder diffusion. FIG. 2 is an SEM photograph showing the main parts in cross section of the UBM structure shown in FIG. 1 after bump bonding, and as can be seen, the UBM layer has been completely consumed and blended in with a solder bump 3, and ultimately the solder diffuses into the electrode 1a. Solder diffusion affects the performance of the CdTe detector and the reliability of the bump bonding connection. [Patent Document 1] JP 2009-182741 A | Mid | [
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LIVERMORE (KRON) — A 35-acre fire is burning in Livermore, according to Cal Fire. Around 9:44 p.m., Cal Fire initially reported the “Mines Fire” via Twitter. The fire is located near Mines Road in unincorporated Alameda County, south of Livermore. Alameda County Sheriffs reportedly went door to door to ask people to evacuate, per CAL Fire. The fire was originally reported as less than 8 acres. About 20 minutes later, the fire grew to 15 acres. The latest update is that the fire is 35 acres. Additional ground resources as well as an air attack are en route. No further details are available at this time, check back for updates. | Low | [
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Q: JQuery in a Visual WebPart won't load on the page with the webpart Hey I have a bunch of JavaScript/Jquery code that works really well when I use a Content-Editor webpart, but does not execute when I add the same code to the VisualWebPart mark up. I am referencing the JavaScript in the following way for both: <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> //Code here </script> Any idea why my JQuery code is not being recognized? (Yes I am using the $(document).ready(function() { .. }) ) Note: The JQuery code is not loaded on the page I am fairly new to SharePoint development, visual webparts in particular. If you could help out I'd truly appreciate it. Thank You, MyName. <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { alert('test!'); //move he last list item before the first item. The purpose of this is if the user clicks to slide left he will be able to see the last item. $('#carousel_ul li:first').before($('#carousel_ul li:last')); ... more Code }); </script> A: At least you should use the following approach instead of jquery ready function: <script type="text/javascript"> function TheFunctionToDoTheWork() { // Do the work here } // "Subscribe to the SharePoint "page load" _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push('TheFunctionToDoTheWork'); </script> The document.ready in many cases fires too early in the SharePoint page cycle. In the example above you can see the SharePoint interface for "subscribing" to the page loaded event in the SharePoint point of view. A: May be another jquery version loaded before yours? and conflict appear... | Mid | [
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Q: How to use @Where in Hibernate Searched for a few hours, but I'm stuck in a my learning curve for PlayFramework with JPA. I'm building a sample website where posts can be made. But these posts can have the states: PostDraft (post is a draft, do not publish) PostPublished (post can be published) These states are stored in a seperate table. Obviously, the draft state posts should not be visible yet. So I have these classes: Page class (getting the page information from table, 1 page can have multiple posts) Posts class (posts can be in draft and published) In my page class I have: @Column(name="POSTS_REF") @Where(clause="PostPublished") private List<Posts> userPosts; But this is not working! So, how can I specifify a where clause, to load only the posts that are in published state without using JPQL?? Thanks! UPDATE: 2011-10-11 Table: Posts with columns: - id - title - state_ref (reference to the ID of States table) - content Table: States with columns: - id - statename So I want to say something like: select * from posts inner join states on posts.state_ref = states.id where states.statename = 'PostPublished' UPDATE 2011-10-13 This is my current modification, in my page class: but it does not work either. /** link to the states */ @JoinColumn(name = "STATES_REF") @OneToOne @Where(clause = "states.statename = 'PostPublished'") public MyState state; UPDATE 2012-02-13 Emt's answer worked for me after all. A: Try something like: @Column(name="POSTS_REF") @Where(clause="state='PostPublished'") private List<Posts> userPosts; or @Column(name="POSTS_REF") @Where(clause="PostPublished=true") private List<Posts> userPosts; depending on the status field type on your Post entity. A: The where clause must be a complete condition - something like this. Assuming that state is a property on the post. @Column(name="POSTS_REF") @Where(clause="state = 'PostPublished'") private List<Posts> userPosts; EDIT Based on the data model - the following should work. I wouldn't recommend using it. Don't map the posts collection - just have a reference to Page from the POsts class, add a method to your DAO to retrieve the published posts for a page by using HQL or criteria query. @Column(name="POSTS_REF") @Where(clause="exists (select id from states where state_ref = states.id and states.statename = 'PostPublished')") private List<Posts> userPosts; | Mid | [
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These Rescued Kittens are Named After Canadian Political Party Leaders The upcoming 2015 Canadian federal election just got extra adorable with these recently rescued kittens named after the leaders of the top Canadian political parties. The 'Politicats' were recently found on the streets of Regina, Saskatchewan and were brought to the Regina Cat Rescue to be cared for by volunteers. Made up of three males and one female, the kittens were subsequently named Stephen, Justin, Thomas and Elizabeth after the four main party leaders competing to become the next Prime Minister of Canada. Each of the rescued kittens also has their very own collar that is color coded to represent the color of each different political party they represent. The kittens are currently looking for a new home, but before that happens they'll be on the campaign trail helping to raise funds towards their spaying and neutering surgeries. | Mid | [
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those pants are Celine?! wow =0 yes. I do love the electric blue color block + denim + black trench. actually love everything about this look, now that I've stared at it for a few seconds! the colour of her shoes complement ALL else. this is such a catchy outfit by Jenna, whilst looking so professional and quite inspirational ;) This is good work. I like your blog. We welcome such ideas, and you shoud see our Trendy Bits From Around the World of Trendy Lime. Trendy Lime is a social network for trendsetters and world travelers that started in San Francisco, California in 2009 and has become a global movement in 3 continents with chapters in San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Vienna, and Barcelona. Social & Networking events by Trendy Lime blend Fashion, Travel, Music, Technology, Photography and feature innovative businesses, as well as good cause initiatives. | Mid | [
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Story highlights The Florida senator sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Meanwhile, Trump critics and allies raced to define the international business executive Washington (CNN)Opposition to Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state heightened Tuesday as Marco Rubio, a key Republican vote on the panel that oversees his confirmation, said he had "serious concerns about his nomination." Donald Trump said Tuesday morning he would nominate the ExxonMobil CEO to the nation's top diplomatic post, and the announcement did not split Washington along strictly partisan lines. Some Republican foreign policy hawks, like Rubio, have expressed discomfort with Tillerson's ties to Russia. Rubio sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the panel that will have to approve the nominee before the full Senate can vote on Tillerson. Republicans will likely only hold a one-seat advantage on the committee, meaning that Democrats along with any single Republicans can possibly scuttle the nomination. "While Rex Tillerson is a respected businessman, I have serious concerns about his nomination," Rubio said in a statement. "The next secretary of state must be someone who views the world with moral clarity, is free of potential conflicts of interest, has a clear sense of America's interests, and will be a forceful advocate for America's foreign policy goals to the president, within the administration, and on the world stage. I look forward to learning more about his record and his views." Meanwhile, Trump critics and allies raced to define the international business executive. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, said the Republicans' initial reaction to Tillerson indicated there was "bipartisan concern" about his Russia ties. Read More "I'm sure he has excellent business credential, but Donald Trump has chosen to put someone in as the nominee who does not have foreign policy or diplomatic experience and has these ties to Russia," she told CNN's Poppy Harlow on "New Day." And Rudy Giuliani, the close Trump associate who was passed over for the secretary of state posting, told CNN's Chris Cuomo that while he did not know Tillerson well, he was confident in him and would not say that he would be a better State candidate than Tillerson. "It's hard to say: Who would've been better as secretary of state? You find that out three or four years from now," he said. | Mid | [
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Businessweek Archives Circuits Made Of Solid Aluminum: Unisys Is On The Trail August 22, 1993 Developments to Watch CIRCUITS MADE OF SOLID ALUMINUM: UNISYS IS ON THE TRAIL Unisys Corp. raised eyebrows two months ago by saying that it is considering a radical approach to making printed-circuit boards: putting the circuitry on solid aluminum sheets instead of laying copper patterns on a laminated base. What makes the idea especially novel is its source: the former Soviet republic of Belarus. By now, aluminum circuit boards should be coming off an experimental production line whose finishing touches were added on Aug. 6, says Thomas D. Watson, strategic planning director for electronic systems. How can conductive circuits be created in solid aluminum? By surrounding the flat "wires" on the board with aluminum oxide, which is an electrical insulator--and which is easily formed by treating the boards with common citric acid. That eliminates the need for the highly toxic chemicals now used in processing circuit boards. What's more, since aluminum oxide isn't a thermal insulator, the boards dissipate heat much faster, which means chips can be packed tighter without danger of frying. Someday, Watson speculates, even the chips themselves might be fabricated on aluminum to reduce the risk of overheating. That sounds as if Unisys is leaning toward licensing the technology from East/West Technology Partners Ltd., the Arlington (Va.) organization representing the Belarussians. But officially, that decision hasn't been made yet.EDITED BY OTIS PORT | Mid | [
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"I never would have guessed!" Boehner has told leadership colleagues when they’re focusing on the terrorist attack, they’re fighting on their political ground. “This is all Boehner,” said one senior Republican aide of the focus on Benghazi. “He’s obsessed with it. He brings it up all the time.” The sentiment was echoed with conversations throughout leadership, and the dynamic is acknowledged by his own aides. For Boehner and GOP leaders, specifically, it has also become an effective way help them win valuable points with a right wing that has distrusted — and at times embarrassed — the leadership. “More and more, I’m appreciating the wisdom of Boehner,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican on the Oversight Committee, who has been among those who has led the Benghazi charge. So it's true: House Speaker John Boehner sees Benghazi as a political gambit. And I know you're as shocked to learn this as the guy with that awesome mustache over there to right.And proving the already obvious point that Boehner's ploy has worked like a charm with the wingnuts, here's RWNJ congressman Jason Chaffetz:Yes, wisdom. Because in the GOP bubble, it's wise to spend enormous amounts of energy investigating why the administration got milquetoast talking points wrong, even though the issue was litigated in a presidential election, including the most memorable moment of the 2012 debates. It didn't work then, but apparently they think it'll work in 2016. And if it keeps them off his back, John Boehner is happy to play along. To borrow a phrase: "Please proceed." | Low | [
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Look at the science behind the prevention method To find a cancer prevention method with a proven track record, look at how the method was tested. The way tests are set up can affect the outcome, and sometimes can make it look like a method or substance prevents cancer when it really doesn’t. Pre-clinical tests Studies in cells (laboratory studies) Scientists usually start by testing a new prevention method or treatment on cells in a dish in the lab, to find out if it has any effect there. They may treat cells with a known cancer-causing agent and then add the compound they’re testing to see if it stops pre-cancerous changes in the cells. If it doesn’t, they may change the formula or use different types of cells to try it again. Sometimes studies like this show some effect on the cells, and they’re published. News broadcasters may then treat the study as proof that a cancer prevention method works. But just because a compound stops abnormal cell growth when it’s added to cells in a lab dish does not mean that it will work in the human body. This means that if you're looking at a report of a research study – even one that says a treatment “stops the growth of cancer cells” – you may notice that there’s no mention of people. Some of these lab studies use human cancer cells, but others use cancer cells from animals. (Either way, studies done on cells alone are called in vitro studies.) At this point, anything that stops cancer cells may sound like good news. But there are many compounds that can keep cancer cells from growing in a lab dish that don’t work or aren’t safe in people. Some reasons a treatment might not work for people is that the substance also hurts or kills normal cells, or because the body can’t absorb it and get it to the place where it’s needed to stop cancer. Sometimes, even if the substance can be absorbed, can reach all the body tissues, and doesn’t harm normal cells, the amount of the substance that gets to the tissues isn’t enough to stop the cancer cells. There are many hurdles between lab studies and human ones. Studies in animals If the researchers find the effect they want in cells in a dish, they may move on to animal tests. This can help them find out if the substance can be absorbed from the stomach or intestine, and learn how it’s distributed in the animal’s body. They may look for good and bad effects. Because some of these reports are published, you may also hear about them on the news. These are called in vivo studies. This means that they were studied in living creatures. If the study was done in animals, good outcomes may sound promising. But methods that work in animals don’t always work when they are tested on people. Animal studies often help scientists know which drugs may be toxic to people, and which may have unexpected effects. Sometimes a drug or food supplement turns out to do almost the exact same things in people as animals, but many don’t work for one or the other. And as any veterinarian can tell you, some foods and drugs that are safe for animals can hurt people, and some foods and drugs that are safe for people can hurt animals. So while animal tests can give researchers certain types of valuable information, they still may not show how the compound will affect people. News stories on lab and animal studies can mislead In both lab studies and animal studies, the research report may be published. Usually, the researcher’s own report makes it clear that more studies need to be done to see if the substance makes a difference in people. But if a news group picks up the story and publishes it, they may not mention how the study was done or that more study is needed. 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Clothing during the early part of the 19 th century consisted of simple lines and bright, Oriental inspired colors. But, by mid century, widespread use of the sewing machine started a revolution in clothing akin to the industrial revolution that brought it to the forefront. The stronger stitches and faster methods presented the possibility for more intricate details and trim. The poorer class still sewed the clothing by hand. But, for those with the means, Victorian clothing began to take on the fussy characteristics that we commonly associate with the era. Womens Clothing For women, dressing was all about layers…and layer, and layers. It was typical to find, from the inside to the outside: Lace trimmed drawers made of cotton or linen A corset with boning to provide structure A camisole to cover the corset A hoop skirt Stockings attached to garters Petticoat(s) A very full skirt, some dresses for daytime even had a train A bodice, with additional boning, that fastened in the front Some kind of outer garment, such as a shawl Mitts or gloves Boots with button closures A hat or bonnet to cover the head Numerous accessories like handkerchiefs and fans All of the pieces would have been made from rich fabrics accented with elaborate twists, tucks, and trims. Women had special dresses for everything from mourning, to ball gowns, to outdoor recreation. The improved railway system made travel more efficient. It was fashionable to spend weekends “in the country” for recreation. The multiple activities meant that women spent much of their weekend changing their clothing. Mens Clothing Prosperity afforded more leisure time and men’s clothing began to reflect a more casual lifestyle. Drab knickers and fitted coat tails gave way to more colorful fabrics and flowing lines. Coats were longer and fuller and echoed the small waist silhouette of women’s clothing. As the era progressed, it became common to see men with colorful scarves or ascots. The Victorian fussiness was also apparent by the addition of scarf pins, cuff links, and heavy watch chains crossing the waist to a pocket. Men carried canes with intricate carvings and silver knobs. As the Victorian era neared its end, men were seen carrying accessories used for cigar smoking. And, in a trend that would last until the middle of the next century, men sported the single lens monocle associated with an English dude. Later Victorian Clothing It is no surprise that the approach of the 20th century found Victorians weary with all of the detail. Late Victorian clothing was becoming simpler with more muted colors. It was the beginning of a design movement that would, within a couple dozen years, progress to the streamlined deco style. | High | [
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#605: pylab issuing a "reset" to IPython (or Idle) when trying to print a histogram title with the char ">" in it ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: kmckiou | Owner: somebody Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 0.7 Component: Other | Version: Severity: normal | Keywords: ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Code: def plothist(n, bins=10, mlabel='myplot', normed=False, mdir=None): """ This is a wrapper for the pylab.hist() function in which we do some customization of the plot. n = the data to be binned. bins= integer indicating the number of equal spaced bins. mlable = a label to put on the plot showit=True if a plot is to be displayed mdir= directory for saving the plot. if it is None, no plot will be saved """ itype=type(10) if type(bins)!=itype: raise ValueError('bins must be an integer indicating the number of bins') bins=_gethistbins(n,bins) #convert bins to an array #make label is a string mlabel=str(mlabel) #create a figure f1=pylab.figure(num=1,figsize=(12,6), dpi=80, facecolor='white', edgecolor='black',frameon=True) #create the axes in the figure matplotlib.axes ax=f1.add_subplot(111) #there is only one subplot #Turn grid on ax.grid(b=True) #Set the title ax.set_title(mlabel) #plot the histogram ax.hist(n, bins=bins, normed=normed) show() if mdir != None: pylab.savefig(mdir+'\\'+ mlabel+'.png') return #plot object ----- mlabel = 'PS IRAT HO Success Rate (UMTS -> GSM)' Causes IPython to Exit and Idle to Reset. If I remove the '>' character, all is well again. I attached a file of data that I am histogramming associated with this title. -- Ticket URL: <http://scipy.org/scipy/scipy/ticket/605> SciPy <http://www.scipy.org/> SciPy is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering. | Low | [
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Swashbuckling versus risk: a comment on marketing small hedge funds Laurence Fletcher wrote a piece in Reuters about how some hedge funds are losing their sex appeal. Only a minority of rich clients want a swashbuckling fund - one that has high returns (and maybe higher risk) and takes high profile bets (such as Paulson’s bet against subprime AAA securities or even more famously - Soros’s bet against the pound). To some extent he is right. For example (and I could choose many examples) Dan Loeb at Third Point is getting older. Third Point may be named after a surf break - but Dan is surfing less than he used to. He is not getting fat but he is no longer Mr Pink - the doyen of the yahoo chat boards and the man with the encyclopaedic knowledge of small cap stock promotes and frauds and the scumbags behind them. Moreover Third Point now occupies two levels of a Manhattan skyscraper - he has staff and responsibilities and guess what - 30-40 percent returns in 2010. [I am not sure that Dan ever admitted to being Mr Pink. He has however admitted to sharing many of Mr Pink's opinions.] Most of Third Point’s clients don’t want Dan to be Mr Pink or even associated with someone like that. They want him to be the suited well-staffed machine that Third Point has become. One thing I did not comment on in my review of The Ackman-MBIA book is how potential clients of Bill Ackman’s thought his obsession with MBIA was a negative. Some would invest provided Ackman actually dropped his obsession. I am not sure whether David Einhorn has the same trouble - but David Einhorn has a knack I wish I could emulate - he can say the most contentious things and seem reasonable and moderate when he says it. (I think that is partially because he looks so preternaturally young.) Laurence Fletcher is also right about the business of marketing a new hedge fund. The institutions are very powerful. On our trip to America (to market Bronte) we met lots of people who would be very useful clients if we wanted to increase our fund size from 750 million to 3 billion. We met very few people who would invest in a new fund. And this is a real problem if you have a strategy which is low risk (meaning negligible chance of true blow-up) but which does not scale well above a few hundred million under management. In that case you can’t get to $500 million - and if you get there you don’t want to grow - making the institutions and funds-of-funds doubly useless. If Laurence Fletcher is right - and there are a bunch of clients who are willing to bet on a swashbuckling fund they are not looking very hard. I have met more than a few bright ambitious and swashbuckling types. Recently for instance Kerrisdale Capital (two guys below 30 sitting in some dingy office in NYC) put out a detailed report on China Education Alliance (NYSE:CEU) - a Chinese for-profit education company listed in America. This included hiring private investigators in China to investigate their activities and produce videos (posted on YouTube) which supported their thesis that the company was (their suggestion) a complete fraud. It had the right effect too - the stock has more-than-halved since the Kerrisdale Capital research and I am sure the very few (adventurous) clients Kerrisdale had did pretty well out of that one. Kerrisdale’s actions are every bit as swashbuckling as Mr Pink. Now if Kerrisdale wants to scale their business beyond a few hundred million under management they will have - by the nature of the business - to become a little less out-there. They may have to turn into Dan Loeb. (If they still get over 30 percent returns as Third Point did last year I am sure the clients won’t complain too much.) Felix Salmon’s comment on the Laurence Fletcher piece misses the point of startup funds. Felix wonders why - if people want higher returns - they don’t just lever themselves into hedge funds (and implicitly he thinks the high returns of some hedge funds of yore came from putting the capital entirely at risk). This assumes (falsely) that risk-return is a continuum. Putting 10 percent of your capital into put options over China Education Alliance and then publishing your analysis is not a deadly strategy - you could lose 10 percent pretty rapidly or make 30 percent or much more - and given the research on CEU was so convincing it was likely to be extraordinarily profitable. I don’t know Kerrisdale’s returns (I have never asked) but if they got 35 percent doing that sort of thing during 2010 I wouldn’t describe it as “risky” but I would describe it as “swashbuckling”. I would also note that it is impossible to scale beyond even relatively small size (100 million would be a limit for that sort of investment strategy). Sure you might get 35 percent by leveraging into a bunch of 12 percent return hedge fund strategies as Felix suggests - but my guess is the risk would be considerably higher. At Bronte there are parts of our strategy that scale more or less forever. (We could manage billions.) And parts of our strategy (incidentally the parts on which we are doing well) probably top-out at a few hundred million. Its the same problem faced by a bunch of smaller funds (many of the managers of which are readers of my blog). I don’t know the potential clients that Laurence Fletcher was talking to. I wish I did (and if they would contact me I would be thrilled). If they want unconventional funds they are not going to find them in gleaming offices lined with modern art in NYC. They will find them in some dingy little office or outside the New York/London financial centers altogether. And they are going to have to do a little work because otherwise they are going to have to fall into Felix Salmon’s mistake and implicitly confuse high returns with high risk (by asking why not just lever into conventional hedge funds). There are high-return strategies you can employ when small which are not very high risk. The strategies however are often difficult to scale and potential clients have to work out whether they make sense and whether they should commit capital. One reason why the institutions don't invest in small funds is that the due diligence for a small fund is as hard (or harder) than the due diligence for a large fund. That is - they think - the adventurous client's burden. John PS. It's just not good enough to just buy small hedge funds. When you don’t understand either (a) the custody or (b) the strategy don’t do it - otherwise you are going to wind up investing in an Astarra or a New World Capital Management. Of these the first requirement - custody - is by far the most important. If the fund has genuine third parties holding the assets and doing asset valuation at least the returns are real. Once you have assessed custody - and only after you have assessed custody - do you make your decision on strategy. PPS. This is not a recommendation for Kerrisdale. The only thing I know about Kerrisdale is the work they did on CEU. I met them. Smart, young, ambitious and more than a little out there. Potential clients will have to do the work I described in the last paragraph - I did not do it for you. PPPS. Of course potential clients should make the same assessment of Bronte too. 2 comments: Felix misses the fundamental requirement that institutions/FoF are looking for in a hedge fund.Often it is simply returns that aren't corelated to the market.Alternatively it is LOWER volatility than the market combined with market beating returns. 2008 chased out all the funds who thought they were buying high volatility with low risk... General disclaimer The content contained in this blog represents the opinions of Mr. Hempton. Mr. Hempton may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Hempton's recommendations. The commentary in this blog in no way constitutes a solicitation of business or investment advice. In fact, it should not be relied upon in making investment decisions, ever. It is intended solely for the entertainment of the reader, and the author. 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Case: 14-10100 Document: 00512814191 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/24/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 14-10100 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar October 24, 2014 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. JACK O’NEIL HARGROVE, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:12-CR-320-7 Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Jack O’Neil Hargrove appeals the 324-month, within-guidelines sentence imposed by the district court following his guilty plea conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He argues that the sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the district court did not provide sufficient reasons for its selection and substantively unreasonable because it does not account for two factors that * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 14-10100 Document: 00512814191 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/24/2014 No. 14-10100 should have received significant weight, i.e., the disparity between his and his codefendants’ sentences and that he committed the offense shortly after losing a second adult son to accidental death in less than two years. Although Hargrove filed written motions requesting a departure or a variance based on these facts, Hargrove did not object when the district court overruled his arguments and imposed a sentence at the low end of the guidelines range. Accordingly, our review is limited to plain error. United States v. Powell, 732 F.3d 361, 381 (5th Cir. 2103), cert. denied, 132 S. Ct. 1326 (2014); United States v. Dominguez-Alvarado, 695 F.3d 324, 327 (5th Cir. 2012). On plain error review, a defendant who argues that his within-guidelines sentence is procedurally unreasonable due to insufficient explanation must show that a more detailed explanation by the district court would have resulted in its imposing a lower sentence. See United States v. Mondragon-Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 365 (5th Cir. 2009). Hargrove has not made such a showing. Before selecting Hargrove’s sentence, the district court reviewed the presentence report and written submissions of both parties, and it heard further argument at the sentencing hearing. The district court expressly found that the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors were adequately reflected by the guidelines calculations and did not support a variance. We will not disturb a within- guidelines sentence on plain error review “merely because an appellant disagrees with the sentence and the balancing of factors conducted by the district court.” United States v. Powell, 732 F.3d 361, 382 (5th Cir. 2013), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 1326 (2014). As Hargrove has not rebutted the presumption that his within-guidelines sentence is reasonable, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 2 | Low | [
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I’ve written at length this post-season about the various ways defencemen can put their imprint on the run of play at five-on-five. By keying in on specific sequences through the lens of microstat tracking, whether it be zone exit attempts or zone entries against, we’ve been able to grasp a better understanding of the ‘how’ and ‘what’ individual blueliners do to help tilt the ice. While it’s necessary to split those two facets into separate quantities in order to isolate different strengths and weaknesses, I’m a big believer that there’s still an inherent interplay between the two. Being able to effectively man the defensive blueline and disrupt the advances of the opposition in a timely fashion should theoretically feed directly into kickstarting the transition offence moving the other way. Or better put: the less time you spend defending, the more time you’ll spend attacking. There may be no better example of this than Joe Thornton, who drew legitimate Selke Trophy buzz for his play this season despite not generally being considered that type of player. But the reality is he’s stifled most of what the opposition has wanted to do simply because his team has seemingly had possession of the puck whenever he’s been on the ice. The inverse is true as well. What you typically see from players who make a habit of being hemmed deep in their own zone is that by the time they retrieve the puck, they’re all too happy to dump it out and get off for a change. By devoting all of their energy to defending, they’re not only suppressing any offence they may have generated, but they’re also putting the guys who come on the ice after them at a disadvantage. This brings us to the “Net Neutral Zone Scores” charted below, which is based on an aggregate total that combines the two aforementioned components. While it’s a figure that’ll certainly require tinkering and contextual adjustments in the future, for now it can serve as a proxy for identifying how well individual defencemen have controlled their blueline. In the simplest terms: it’s a ballpark estimate for the number of pucks that cleanly move across the blueline and through the neutral zone whenever a specific player is directly involved in the play. (Click for interactive chart) (The numbers are updated all of the way through the Conference Finals, and include only players who appeared in 5+ games this post-season. For a frame of reference: Upper Right Quadrant = Good, Bottom Left Quadrant = Bad.) The Penguins are an interesting case study here, because despite all of their tremendous team success they don’t really have any standouts here beyond Kris Letang (who himself is just managing to hover above the 50 per cent plateau with his zone exits). I suspect a large amount of that can be attributed to a deliberate system they’re running under Mike Sullivan, with their top-flight forwards being tasked with a larger share of the workload than we typically see. When you have players who can maneuver through the neutral zone like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Phil Kessel, it’s hard to argue with that preference. When their defencemen do attempt to make a breakout, they’ve developed quite the affinity for the “alley-oop” play where the puck is lobbed high in the air towards an open sheet of ice for the forward to go and retrieve it. While I’m generally not a huge fan of the play, Pittsburgh’s personnel and the tempo they execute the play with gives them a chance to convert a higher percentage of those plays than your average team. There’s very little hesitation with their decision-making and their north-south movement, which makes it next to impossible for the opposition to set up its defensive shell. The Penguins have proven to be an entirely different animal, and no one has been able to find an answer for neutralizing them. One final note on the Penguins: I don’t really have an explanation for how good the Schultz and Cole pairing has been since they were put together early in the Eastern Conference Final. Especially after Schultz didn’t even have a regular spot in the lineup early in the post-season, and Cole (along with Ben Lovejoy) was half responsible for one of the least effective pairings you’ll ever see. More power to these two, because they’ve helped the Penguins survive the injury to Trevor Daley. Fully acknowledging that there’s a certain level of nitpicking involved in finding flaws for a team that was one game away from making it back to a second consecutive Stanley Cup Final, I do think it’s worth calling into question the way the Tampa Bay Lightning have assembled their defence corps. Despite Victor Hedman’s herculean efforts to cover up many of the holes behind him on the depth chart, the Penguins eventually exposed this group. The common thread between many of these blueliners, who were routinely picked on by Pittsburgh’s speed, is the premium Steve Yzerman and his staff have placed on size. All things being equal, valuing size is perfectly fine. But you get yourself in trouble when you start sacrificing other skills. By putting so many of their eggs in that one basket, the Lightning were forced to give significant blocks of ice time to players like Braydon Coburn, Jason Garrison, and Andrej Sustr despite the fact they were having a hellish time keeping up with the pace. The end result wasn’t pretty. They were each completing well under half of their exit attempts, surrendering their own blueline to clean carry-ins more than half of the time, and ultimately wound up south of 50 per cent in both shot and expected goal metrics. If you include Matt Carle in that group, the most troubling thing of all is the Lightning have more than $15 million in cap space tied up in those four defencemen heading into next season. If the Lightning are going to keep pushing for Stanley Cups they’ll need to recalibrate the attributes they’re prioritizing on the back end. If they don’t, they won’t be optimizing their otherwise tremendously talented roster. On the other end of the spectrum is San Jose’s defence corps, whose balance and well-rounded composition held up exceptionally well through the first three rounds. Brent Burns justifiably garners the lion’s share of the attention because of his gaudy point totals, and the affable character he portrays on and off of the ice. His puck skills are obviously the driving force of his game, but his combination of aggressiveness, reach, and freakishly slick skating ability for a player of his size is underappreciated. These elements cause all sorts of trouble for the other team. A great example of that unique package is neatly captured in the sequence below, where he single-handedly thwarted a developing man advantage for the opposition and turned it into a scoring chance for his teammate in a matter of seconds: While Burns is more of an exception than a rule, the rest of San Jose’s top-four defenders still manage to be effective by doing a little bit of everything well in a more subtle manner. Players such as Paul Martin and Justin Braun tend to slip through the cracks because they don’t have one single skill that’s instantly noticeable to the eye in limited viewings, but they make up for that by always being in the right place at the right time. They understand their own capabilities and make smart, (purposefully) simple plays with the puck to keep it moving in the right direction. Unfortunately for the Sharks, the same can’t be said for all of their defenders. Their third pairing of Brenden Dillon and Roman Polak has been roasted all post-season long by whoever they’ve gone up against, with San Jose controlling just 44.9 per cent of the shots and 32.9 per cent of the goals scored whenever those two are on the ice together. While Dillon has had his own share of difficulties, it’s really Polak – who currently sits as the league’s least effective defenceman when it comes to transitioning the puck out of his own zone – who has been exposed as a liability. It’s a little bit of a head scratcher that the Sharks, who have put together a very skilled roster, went out of their way to acquire Polak for a premium. They knew what they were getting, and it hasn’t been very good. | High | [
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Monday, October 26, 2009 Italian director and screenwriter, Guido Zurli has died at the age of 80. In his career, spanning nearly 50 years, he worked in a variety of genres, from spaghetti westerns to peplum, from horror to porn (he worked on the film debut of Moana Pozzi, in "Valentina ragazza in calore" (1981), before leaveing the set). He also directed operas, documentaries and television programs. Born January 9, 1929, at Foiano della Chiana, Zurli had became especially popular in the Islamic world, after directing "Le verdi bandiere di Allah", which he’d originally scripted for Sergio Leone, and also because he worked regularly in Turkey, where he shot the western "Cowboy Kid" and others. Recently there was talk of him as being the possible director of a film on the life of Licio Gelli. Saturday, October 24, 2009 Lou Jacobi, a scene-stealing actor who made a film and stage career playing comic ethnic characters but was lauded for serious dramatic roles as well, has died in New York. He was 95. Jacobi made his Broadway debut in 1955 in “The Diary of Anne Frank,” playing a less-than-noble occupant of the Amsterdam attic where the Franks were hiding, and reprised the role in the 1959 film version. Among his other films were “Irma La Douce,” “My Favorite Year,” “Arthur,” Woody Allen’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex” and Barry Levinson’s “Avalon.” He also appeared frequently on television on such shows as “Playhouse 90,” “The Man From UNCLE,” “That Girl,” “Love, American Style” and “The Dean Martin Show.” Friday, October 23, 2009 Soupy Sales, the 60's era TV host who was adored by kids -- and their parents with a wild sense of humor -- died Thursday in New York at the age of 83. Sales once said he took more pies in the face -- probably 25,000 -- than any man who ever lived. And he was probably right. Sales, born Milton Supman in 1923 in North Carolina, was beloved by kids with a 60's era TV show notorious for its semi-adult humor and ribald sense of humor. He also recorded a novelty song "Do the Mouse" which became a pop culture hit and a dance he came up with, The Soupy Shuffle, was also a major fad. His crew loved to play pranks on him and vice versa. On one show, off camera but within his eyeline a naked woman danced and the crew convinced him the feed was going out live. In 1964, he got in trouble with his bosses when he jokingly told kids to send him money...telling them to go into their parents wallets -- while they were sleeping -- and send him those pictures of "George Washington...Lincoln...Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson on them." He mostly got Monopoly money but some money did come in and Sales was suspended for a week. His show, "Lunch with Soupy Sales" which was also known as "The Soupy Sales Show" aired from 1959-1962 and from 1962-67. His show, a precursor to Pee Wee Herman and his Playhouse concept, featured cartoons, and rotating "friends" like Mask, White Fang, Black Tooth, a naughty gorilla, Pookie the tiny lion, and a mob figure named Onions Oregano, known for having bad breath. By the 70s, Sales often showed up on game and trivia panels and appeared on shows like "The Love Boat" and "Love American, Style." Thursday, October 22, 2009 Collin Wilcox, who portrayed a young white woman who falsely accuses a black man of rape in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and went on to appear in numerous TV shows and films like 'Jaws 2,' died at her home in North Carolina last week. She was 74. Her husband, Scott Paxton, said the actress died on Oct. 14 of brain cancer, the New York Times reports. As the character Mayella Violet Ewell, who accused Brock Peters' character of rape, she delivers a court speech that stands out as one of the most memorable scenes in 'Mockingbird.' While being cross-examined by Gregory Peck's Atticus Finch, she tearfully responds: "I got something to say, and then I ain't gonna say no more. He took advantage of me! And if you fine, fancy, damn ... ain't gonna do nothin' about it, then you're just a bunch a' lousy yella stinkin' cowards ... the ... the whole bunch of ya. And your fancy airs don't come to nothin'. Your manners and your "Miss Mayella," it don't come to nothin' Mr. Finch!"'Mockingbird' was her major-film debut and she later appeared on TV show such as 'The Twilight Zone,' 'The Untouchables' and 'Gunsmoke.' She appeared in several more films, including 'Catch-22' and the 'Jaws' sequel, before moving back to her native North Carolina where she and her husband founded a children's arts center. In addition to her husband, Paxton is survived by her children, Kimberley and Michael. Thomas O'Rourke was a war baby, born in New York City in Greenwich Village. He was raised in Indiana,until his parents divorced and he returned to New York City's Upper Westside to live with his grandparents. He was ambitious and hardworking even at this young age. To help out with expenses, he bought a bike and delivered newspapers and laundry to the large, fancy apartments on Central Park West and Park Avenue. He always dreamed of someday living on Central Park West, and he was later able to achieve that dream, when he worked on a soap opera. He joined the Army at age eighteen and became a Paratrooper in the 101st Airborne. He served in Germany in the Military Police. While in the Army, he hitchhiked all over Europe. Running out of money in Italy, he sold his American jeans on the Spanish Steps for an outrageous sum, and went back to Germany in style. After the Army, he had many different jobs as he tried to figure out what to do with his life. But once he attended a performance of live theater, he knew exactly where he belonged. He got a scholarship to Goodman Theater School, then a part of the University of Chicago. And before he even graduated, he was cast in David Merrick's "Promises, Promises", got his Equity card and was on his way as an actor. He ended his tour in New York City. Here he did many commercials, more theater, met and married Marcy Casterline, a model with Eileen Ford, got cast on "The Guiding Light", and made many wonderful friends. After leaving the world of soap opera, Tom and his wife moved to Los Angeles, where his only son, Preston, was born on March 18, 1977. Here, also, he was lucky enough to work with many wonderful and talented people, and to call some of them friends. Tom did many serious roles, but his wit and sense of humor were also widely appreciated. Tom died in Manhattan, New York on September 13, 2009 after a two year battle with cancer. Joseph Wiseman, a longtime stage and screen actor most widely known for playing the villainous title character in “Dr. No,” the first feature film about James Bond, died on Monday October 19 at his home in Manhattan. He was 91. His daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, confirmed the death, saying her father had recently been in declining health. Released in 1962, “Dr. No” was the first in what proved to be a decades-long string of Bond movies. Starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, the film featured Mr. Wiseman as Dr. Julius No, the sinister scientist who was Bond’s first big-screen adversary. He had guest roles on many television shows, among them “Law & Order,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” “The Untouchables” and “The Twilight Zone.” In the late 1980s, he had a recurring role as the crime boss Manny Weisbord on the NBC drama “Crime Story.” On Broadway, Mr. Wiseman was seen most recently, in 2001, as a witness for the prosecution in Abby Mann’s stage adaptation of his film drama “Judgment at Nuremberg.” In 1994, he appeared Off Broadway in the Tony Kushner play “Slavs!” in the role of Prelapsarianov, “the world’s oldest living Bolshevik.” Writing in The New York Times, Vincent Canby said Mr. Wiseman played Prelapsarianov “to frail perfection.” Joseph Wiseman was born in Montreal on May 15, 1918, and moved to the United States with his family when he was a boy. His first Broadway role was in the company of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (1938). Among his many other Broadway credits are “Joan of Lorraine” (1946), “Antony and Cleopatra” (1947), “Detective Story” (1949); “The Lark” (1955) and the title role in “In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (1969). Mr. Wiseman’s first marriage, to Nell Kinard, ended in divorce; his second wife, the choreographer Pearl Lang, died in February. In addition to his daughter, Martha, from his marriage to Ms. Kinard, Mr. Wiseman is survived by a sister, Ruth Wiseman. Monday, October 19, 2009 Vic Mizzy, a film and television composer best known for writing the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sit-coms Green Acres and The Addams Family, has died. He was 93. Mizzy died of heart failure Saturday at his home in Los Angeles' Bel- Air neighborhood, said Scott Harper, a friend and fellow composer. A veteran writer of popular songs such as There's a Faraway Look in Your Eye and Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes, Mizzy launched his TV career in 1960 when he was asked to compose music for the dramatic anthology series ``Moment of Fear.'' Then came an offbeat assignment: The Addams Family, the 1964-66 TV series based on Charles Addams' macabre magazine cartoons and starring John Astin as Gomez Addams and Carolyn Jones as his wife, Morticia. For his theme song, Mizzy played a harpsichord, which gives the theme its unique flavor. And because Filmways refused to pay for singers, Mizzy sang it himself and overdubbed it three times. In the 1996 book TV's Biggest Hits: The Story of Television Themes From `Dragnet' to `Friends,' '' author Jon Burlingame writes that Mizzy's ``musical conception was so specific that he became deeply involved with the filming of the main-title sequence, which involved all seven actors snapping their fingers in carefully timed rhythm to Mizzy's music.'' For Mizzy, who owned the publishing rights to The Addams Family theme, it was an easy payday. ``I sat down; I went `buh-buh-buh-bump (snap snap), buh-buh-buh- bump,'' he recalled in a 2008 interview on CBS' ``Sunday Morning'' show. ``That's why I'm living in Bel-Air: Two finger snaps, and you live in Bel-Air.'' The season after The Addams Family debuted, Mizzy composed the title song for Green Acres, the 1965-71 rural comedy starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor. For Green Acres, Burlingame observed in his book, Mizzy ``again conceived the title song as intertwined with the visuals'' of the show's opening title sequence and telling the story of wealthy Oliver and Lisa Douglas moving from New York City to a farm in the country. Burlingame on Monday described the themes for The Addams Family and Green Acres as ``two of the best-remembered sit-com themes of all time.'' Saturday, October 17, 2009 Make-up artist Bob Westmoreland, best known for his work on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "1941" and the TV show "Hill Street Blues", died in Kauai, Hawaii Oct. 6from cardiac arrest. He was 74. Westmoreland worked on more than 19 films and seven TV shows. His feature makeup artist credits include "The Long Goodbye," "The Island," "Twilight Zone: The Movie," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Straight Time" and "Stay Hungry." He also worked on the TV shows "Attica," "Satan's Triangle" and the TV miniseries "How the West Was Won." Westmoreland also cameoed in small roles in the films he did make-up for, including "Close Encounters," "The Island" and "Inside Moves." Westmoreland is survived by his wife Susy; daughter, Cori Glazer, a script supervisor and a son. Actress Rosanna Schiaffino, one of the most beautiful faces of Italian cinema of the sixties, and who appeared in director Vincent Minnelli's "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962), and Roberto Rossellini's “Ro.Go.Pa.G” (1962), died today at the 69 years in Milan. She had battled breast cancer for 15 years according to a media release. Schiaffino was born Rosa Anna Schiaffino in Genoa on November 25, 1939 and died in Milan today Ocotber 17th. She will be buried in the Ligurian town of Portofino next to her mother, said her son Guy, who was her son from her second marriage to industrialist Giorgio Flack. Rosanna also has a daughter Annabella (39) from her first marriage to producer Alfredo Bini whom she married in 1963. Schiaffino began her modeling career, but soon opted for an acting career and her first film, in which he appeared alongside one of the legends of Italian cinema, the Neapolitan poet and actor Antonio De Curtis, known as Toto (1898-1967) . This film was "Toto lascia or radoppia" (1956) by Camillo Mastrocinque. She would later appear in "La sfida" (1958), Francesco Rossi, with whom he became one of the most promising Italian actresses of the time . It was in the early sixties when his name achieved a higher profile, when placed under the orders of directors as Minnelli and Rossellini. She repeatedly visited Spain, where he recorded such films as "El Greco", with Mel Ferrer and Italian-Spanish co-production "Crossroads for a Nun" (1967). During the second half of the '60s her career begans to stagger and she left the business. Thursday, October 15, 2009 Actor, director, writer and poet Martyn Sanderson, one of the founding fathers of modern New Zealand theatre, has died aged 71. He was involved with a new production, the African play Muntu, right up to his death. Born in Westport, Mr Sanderson was educated at Christ's College and Canterbury University. In 1956, he took up a scholarship at Britain's Oxford University, where he was taught Middle English by J R R Tolkein. In 1964 he set up New Zealand's first full-time professional theatre, Downstage Theatre in Wellington, with Tim Elliot, Peter Bland and Harry Seresin. Sunny Amey, herself a former artistic director of Downstage, says he was like the "father of modern theatre in New Zealand" to her, and current Downstage artistic director Hilary Beaton calls him the "grand old man" of New Zealand theatre. Over the years Mr Sanderson has appeared in many plays, TV dramas and films: he played a policeman chasing Mick Jagger in the film Ned Kelly and Arthur Allan Thomas's father-in-law in the film of the Crewe murders case, Beyond Reasonable Doubt. He joined Bruno Lawrence and others in touring the country with the Blerta troupe during the 1970s. In 1989, he was named best supporting actor in the New Zealand Film Awards for his portrayal of Frank Sargeson in An Angel At My Table. In later years he published poetry and was active in the Africa Connection Aotearoa Trust with his Kenyan-born wife Wanjiku Kiarie. Performances of Muntu, produced by the trust, will go ahead as planned in Otaki, Lower Hutt and Wellington this weekend. Mr Sanderson, who died of emphysema, was a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to literature and theatre. Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Daniel Melnick, a producer and studio chief who was widely respected as a bold risk taker, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 77 and had recently undergone surgery for lung cancer. Known for his biting wit and keen intelligence, Melnick came out of the television business and built a strong reputation as a film innovator. While studio chief at MGM, he presided over such hits as "Network," "The Goodbye Girl" and "The Sunshine Boys," and he served as exec producer of "That's Entertainment," one of the major hits of the Lion's later era. A compendium of MGM hits of the past, "That's Entertainment" was crafted by Jack Haley Jr. and Melnick in an atmosphere of secrecy. Jim Aubrey, president of MGM, was oblivious of the project as was Leo's owner, Kirk Kerkorian. Moving on to Columbia, Melnick fostered such notable pics as "Kramer vs. Kramer," "California Suite" and "Midnight Express," among others. "He was an extraordinary producer who was never afraid to take risks," said former Paramount Pictures chief Sherry Lansing. "Not only was he a good friend, but he always brought a perspective and rich sense of humor to everything he was involved in." Melnick graduated from NYU and began his career in entertainment when he was 20, becoming the youngest staff producer at CBS in 1954. During his time there, Melnick and partner David Susskind co-exec produced the TV series "East Side/West Side" and "N.Y.P.D." He and Susskind won Emmys for their production of "Death of a Salesman" and "Ages of Man." After leaving CBS, Melnick became VP of programming at ABC. He then became a partner for eight years at Talent Associates, where he developed numerous film, TV and stage productions, including the long-running Don Adams laffer "Get Smart" and "Straw Dogs." In 1972, Melnick joined MGM. He became head of production in 1974. Over the next three years, Melnick was responsible for a run of hits at the studio. Melnick later formed and headed IndieProd, which produced pics such as "Blue Streak," and "L.A. Story." He also served as exec producer on "All That Jazz," "Altered States" and "Footloose." Saturday, October 10, 2009 Pamela Blake, 94, a B-movie actress known for her roles in such late 1940s action serials as "Chick Carter, Detective" and "Ghost of Zorro," died of natural causes Tuesday at a Las Vegas care facility, her family said. Born in 1915 in Oakland, Blake came to Hollywood after winning a beauty contest at age 17. Originally known by her given name, Adele Pearce, she adopted the stage name Pamela Blake in 1942, the same year she signed with MGM, according to the All Movie Internet database. From 1934 to 1954, Blake appeared in about 50 films, and had a minor breakthrough in the classic 1942 film noir "This Gun for Hire" with Alan Ladd. That same year, she also appeared in the popular "Maisie Gets Her Man" with Ann Sothern and Red Skelton, and the western "The Omaha Trail" with James Craig. By the early 1950s, she was regularly appearing in TV westerns such as "The Cisco Kid" and "The Range Rider." In 1953, she moved to Las Vegas and permanently retired to raise her two children with Mike Stokey, who created the TV game show "Pantomime Quiz." That marriage, and an earlier one to actor and stuntman Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, ended in divorce. She was the widow of John Canavan, an Air Force master sergeant she married in 1983. Her son, Michael Stokey II, has been a military advisor on such films as "The Thin Red Line" (1998) and "Tropic Thunder" (2008). Tuesday, October 6, 2009 French actor Claude d'Yd died in Saint Maurice, France on September 25th of natural causes. Born Raymond Jean Claude Perret on September 16, 1922 in Paris, he was the son of actor Jean d'Yd. Claude was a stage, film and TV actor but was best known in France as a voice dubber and is best associated for dubbing the voice of William Devane. Claude appeared in one European Western as McGregor in "Dynamite Jack" (1961) with French actor Fernandel. Byron Palmer, 89, an actor and singer who broke through in the late 1940s in the hit Broadway musical "Where's Charley?" and later co-starred on the TV show "This Is Your Music," died of natural causes Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family announced. Born June 21, 1920, in Los Angeles, he was the second of four children of Harlan G. Palmer, publisher of the old Hollywood Citizen News, and his wife, Ethelyn. While attending Occidental College, Palmer wrote obituaries for his father's paper, then joined CBS as a page and eventually became a radio announcer. During World War II, Palmer joined the Army Air Forces and ran a radio station on an island in the Pacific. Between news broadcasts, he sang tenor on the air with a quartet called the Music Mates. Soldiers sent him fan mail that persuaded him to take voice lessons after the war, his family said. After acting as master of ceremonies for a touring "Hollywood on Ice" show, he starred with Ray Bolger in "Where's Charley?" in 1948. He also was featured in the early 1950s Broadway revue "Bless You All" with Pearl Bailey. In the movies, Palmer debuted in 1953 in "Tonight We Sing." He also appeared with Jack Palance in "Man in the Attic" (1953), with Gordon MacRae in "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1956) and in several other films. On television, he had guest roles on several series, including dramas, but may be best known for co-starring with Joan Weldon on "This Is Your Music." The show, which aired on KTTV-TV Channel 11, featured the pair singing "songs America loves best," according to a 1955 ad in Billboard magazine. Grace Keagy, Stage Actress of Woman of the Year and Carmelina, Dies at 87By Robert Simonson 06 Oct 2009 Grace Keagy, a former housewife who made her Broadway debut in 1950s, appearing in a series of 1970s musicals, died of ovarian cancer in Rochester, New York on Oct. 4, at the age of 87. Born Grace Stambaugh in Youngstown, OH, Ms. Keagy was trained as both a pianist and singer at the New England Conservatory. While still a student she sang in Leonard Bernstein's production of Copland's Second Hurricane. Her performing career was put on hold for two decades after marrying a career army officer and raising five children. After eventually settling in Minneapolis, she returned to the stage, graduating from dinner theatre to the Guthrie. In 1973, at the age of 51, she moved to New York and immediately landed the Ethel Merman role in the Equity Library Showcase production of Call Me Madam. Ms. Keagy made her Broadway debut in 1975 in Goodtime Charley with Joel Grey. 1979 was her busiest year; she created roles in Jerry Herman's The Grand Tour and the short-lived Carmelina, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and replaced Delores Wilson in I Remember Mama. She played Lauren Bacall's German maid Helga in Woman of the Year for its entire Broadway run, also working with Raquel Welch and Debbie Reynolds. It was her final Broadway role. She also performed in musicals and plays with many major regional theaters, including Yale Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage Company, Arizona Theater Company, and the Denver Center Theatre Company. Ms. Keagy made her television debut in 1985 and appeared numerous times on "As the World Turns," "One Life to Live, "The Doctors," "Ryan’s Hope," and "Search for Tomorrow." She came out of retirement in Tucson, Arizona in 1996 at Jerry Herman's request to play a featured part in the Christmas television special "Mrs. Santa Claus" starring Angela Lansbury. She was predeceased by her second husband Robert, and leaves behind two sons, a step-son, three daughters, 12 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. Jewell Jordan Mason, who was the stunt double for Luise Rainer in The Good Earth, died in Camarillo, Calif., at the age of 92. The Hollywood Reporter said Friday Mason also worked as the stunt double for Merle Oberon in the 1939 production of Wuthering Heights. Mason's Hollywood stunt career lasted from the 1930s into the '40s. While appearing in movies such as Ever Since Eve, New Moon and Tarzan Rides Again, Mason shared screen time with film greats like Bing Crosby, Clark Gable and Greta Garbo. Mason's strenuous career came at a cost as she endured back and wrist problems, broken ribs, and a dislocated shoulder and hip. Author Mollie Gregory will detail Mason's cinematic exploits in a University of California Press book due out for release in 2010, the Reporter said. Mason, who died Sept. 24 of unspecified causes, is survived by her husband Dan, a daughter, two sisters, a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter and a niece, producer Gale Anne Hurd. About Me Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010. | Low | [
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Line 5 (Shanghai Metro) Line 5 is a southern line of the Shanghai Metro network. It was opened on November 25, 2003 and despite its name was the fourth line to open. It is a light metro line. Alongside Line 6 it is often erroneously referred to as a 'light rail' line. The line connects the southernmost station of Line 1, with the in Minhang and Fengxian Xincheng in Fengxian, both in the suburbs of Shanghai. The line is colored violet on system maps. Construction Line 5 was built following Minhang District's own decision, and is the only line in Shanghai Metro system that was built only under a county-grade government's consensus. In 1998, the Minhang District Government signed a contract with Shanghai Jiushi Group. In 2000, Jiushi signed a contract between Alstom to buy trains and started its construction. In 2002, Shanghai Modern Rail Transit Incorporation, a subsidiary of former , starts its management of the line. On November 25, 2003, the line started its operation. It started using Shanghai Metro's IC ticket system in 2005, which enabled Xinzhuang Station's in-station transferring; in the meantime, the line's management was taken over by Shanghai Metro No.1 Operation Company. The branch line from the north side of goes straight at Humin Highway, and crosses the Huangpu River by Minpu 2nd Bridge to Fengxian District. It is the 1st metro service which goes through the Huangpu River by a bridge. The section which stretches from Dongchuan Road to Fengxian Xincheng began construction on July 30, 2014. The total length of the extension is 19.505 kilometers, with 7.74 kilometers running underground. The stops along the underground portion of this extension become the first underground stations on Line 5 when the extension entered operation in December 2018. Stations Note: Partial service between Xinzhuang and Jinping Road began on August 20, 2018 and ended on October 19, 2018. Separate service that split at Dongchuan Road, which appear as Xinzhuang - Dongchuan Road and Dongchuan Road - Minhang Development Zone began on October 20, 2018 and ended on December 29, 2018, due to the transformation of signal system of Dongchuan Road - Minhang Development Zone section and current 05C01 trains. Since December 30, 2018, Line 5 has two services routes as Xinzhuang - Fengxian Xincheng and Dongchuan Road - Minhang Development Zone. Passengers from the Minhang Development Zone branch line need to transfer at Dongchuan Road to continue journeys northbound, like Guanglan Road transfer on Line 2. Future expansion The 2nd phase may continue south to Haiwan town. History Rolling Stock References Notes Category:Shanghai Metro lines Category:Railway lines opened in 2003 | Mid | [
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Bryan Altman On Sunday night in Foxboro the Tom Brady-led Patriots crushed the Pittsburgh Steelers from the outset of the AFC Championship game to punch their ticket to Super Bowl LI in Houston on Feb. 5 where they’ll face Matt Ryan and the red-hot Falcons. Leading the charge alongside Brady (besides Chris Hogan) was long-time Patriots wide out Julian Edelman, who has been one of Brady’s go-to guys for the last several years, but often slips under the radar when the conversation of best receivers in the league comes up. Former Falcons great and NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders thinks he knows why Edelman — who had 98 receptions and 1,106 yards in the regular season and eight catches for 118 yards and a TD last night — is often underappreciated, and he says it has everything to do with “reverse racism.” “I’m going the say this, you can run with it, they can say what they want — it’s like reverse racism,” Sanders said on the NFL Network after the Patriots game on Sunday night. “I’m not lying. This is real talk. Julian Edelman, just because he is a caucasian receiver, they don’t give him the credit that he deserves. He deserves so much more. This kid can flat out play. There hasn’t been an answer for him over the last several years. Julian Edelman moves chains, he can get deep, he works between the numbers, works outside the numbers, he can throw the football, he can can run the football — he does it all, man.” Edelman does do it all for the Patriots and has averaged over 10 yards per reception every year since 2013 and has two 1,000-plus yard seasons in that stretch as well. However, Edelman certainly isn’t compensated like a guy who does it all. Edelman only made $2.5 million this year and will only take in $3 million in 2017, according to Spotrac.com. Those are hardly numbers to scoff at, but compared to the top-tier receivers in the league, that’s not a whole lot of money. In fact, Edelman’s “cap hit” — the amount it costs the Patriots against their salary cap — is 32nd in the league at $4,421,875. Ahead of him on that list? Names like Eddie Royal, Kenny Britt, Marvin Jones and many more that are arguably not nearly as good as Edelman at present time. The counter-argument is that Edelman is a possession receiver who has thrived in a role that countless Patriots wide receivers have thrived in before under Brady, including Wes Welker, Troy Brown and Deion Branch to name a few. Either way, the Falcons will have to be sure to give Edelman his due, because he’ll burn them big time in Super Bowl LI if they don’t pay close attention. [H/T: Breitbart.com] | Mid | [
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Remember Tom Brokaw? He was a major news dude when there were only a handful. Now, you’ve got news coming from everywhere — a beaucoup of channels, and people like me — typing this from a Panera Bread in an undisclosed location — all over the internet. By the way, I highly recommend the warm chocolate chip cookies. Bonus: they sell milk. Dip if you dare; I did. Anyway, Tom tried to sell something himself recently, and it didn’t go over so well with some. His idea? That Hispanics in the U.S. should “work harder at assimilation.” Que???? Tom flung the idea during Sunday’s Meet the Press.. The panel was discussing what could bring the people of America together. Brokaw brokered this: “A lot of this we don’t want to talk about, but the fact is on the Republican side, a lot of people see the rise of an extraordinary important new constituency in American politics — Hispanics, who will come here and all be Democrats. … I also happen to believe that the Hispanics should work harder at assimilation. That’s one of the things that I’ve been saying for a long time, that they ought not to be codified in their communities but make sure that all of their kids are learning to speak English and they feel comfortable in the communities. And that’s going to take outreach on both sides, frankly.” That troubled PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor: “I would just say that we also need to adjust what we think of as America. You’re talking about assimilation. I grew up in Miami, where people speak Spanish, but their kids speak English. And the idea that we think Americans can only speak English, as if Spanish and other languages wasn’t always part of America, is, in some ways, troubling.” Now get ready for the watchdogs of Twitter: SIC! SIC! .@tombrokaw, for a celebrated @NBCNews journalist who spent years chronicling American society you seem stunningly ignorant of the Hispanic community in this country. Unfortunate to see xenophobia pass for elevated political commentary @MeetThePress https://t.co/nKoLhjWdbk — Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) January 27, 2019 Julio thought Tom’s comments stunk; pew! Thank you, @Yamiche, for speaking up. This tweet was written by an “assimilated” Latina who speaks English. pic.twitter.com/p2kpnaXOTO — Andrea Leon Grossmann ☀️ (@AndreaLeon) January 27, 2019 Does Tom own a white hood? Possibly, according to one user. Oh, and by the way: when people say something you don’t like, call it a rant: Tom did what, in my opinion, few should ever do in such a case: apologize. It’s always better, it seems to me, to explain. Apologizing suggests you did something wrong. That vilifies, I think, whatever you actually meant. Explaining suggests your meaning was mistaken. Better. i feel terrible a part of my comments on Hispanics offended some members of that proud culture — Tom Brokaw (@tombrokaw) January 27, 2019 Yeah. Bad move. BUT: Here’s part of his quote that I saved for last. It’s the comment to which Aura Bogado was referring. And this one can certainly be filed under “Not a Good Idea”: “I hear, when I push people harder, ‘I don’t know whether I want brown grand babies.’ That’s also a part of it.” Why won't @tombrokaw name these people who've told him this? Why is he hanging around with and protecting them, if they exist? And why is @chucktodd having an accused sexual harasser on @MeetThePress in the first place? https://t.co/iUXJkylqCk — Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) January 27, 2019 He didn’t say those were Republicans, Derek. In its entirety: “A lot of this we don’t want to talk about, but the fact is on the Republican side, a lot of people see the rise of an extraordinary important new constituency in American politics — Hispanics, who will come here and all be Democrats. I hear, when I push people harder, ‘I don’t know whether I want brown grand babies.’ That’s also a part of it. It’s the intermarriage that’s going on and the cultures that are conflicting with each other.” Aw, Brokaw; you shoulda known better. -Alex See 3 more pieces from me: the dumbness of the pronoun war, the toxicity of masculinity, and the victory of hairy female armpits. Find all my RedState work here. And please follow Alex Parker on Twitter and Facebook. Thank you for reading! Please sound off in the Comments section below. If you have an iPhone and want to comment, select the box with the upward arrow at the bottom of your screen; swipe left and choose “Request Desktop Site.” You may have to do this several times before the page reloads. Scroll down to the red horizontal bar that says “Show Comments.” | Low | [
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The resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to chloramphenicol. A strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which was resistant to 400 mug/ml of chloramphenicol (CM), was isolated. The generation time of the resistant strain was the same in the presence or absence of CM and similar to that of the parent strain growing in the absence of chloramphenicol. Resistance is eliminated by treatment with acridine dyes, mitomycin C, and sodium dodecyl sulfate, suggesting that resistance may be expressed by a plasmid. The resistant strain does not produce the pigment pyocyanine and the addition of pyocyanine to this strain eliminates the resistance factor. A strain sensitive to CM was isolated. This strain does not produce the enzyme acetyl CoA : chloramphenicol transacetylase whereas the resistant strain does. The sensitive strain accumulates 14C-CM at a greater rate and to a greater extent than the resistant strain grown in the presence of CM. The results suggest that the resistant strain inactivates CM by acetylation and, in.addition, develops a "permeability" barrier towards chloramphenicol. | Mid | [
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UCLA Basketball: What Would Recruit Shabazz Muhammad Mean to Bruins in 2012-13? When I think of Pac-12 basketball from a year ago, I think uninspiring, unwatchable and boring. Shabazz Muhammad could change that with one signature. Muhammad is a 6’6”, 215-pound small forward that can fill up a stat sheet on both ends of the court. As a senior Muhammad averaged 30.2 points and 10.4 boards per game. He is the kind of player that gives you a shot to make a deep run into the big dance. Muhammad is the real deal—he is this year’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and UCLA sure could use him. According to Sports Illustrated, UCLA, Kentucky and Duke are Muhammad's final three picks. UCLA basketball was the mecca of all things college basketball at one point. This school ran off 11 national titles between 1962 and 1975. UCLA also made 14 Final Fours from 1962 to 1980, which is completely unheard of today. This is a program that had arguably the greatest sports dynasty ever. Since the national title in 1975, the UCLA Bruins basketball program has only won one title. The Bruins' season in 2011 was anything but something to remember. The Bruins failed to win 20 games for the second time in three years and couldn't even make the big dance. Then a Sports Illustrated story released in late February detailed how Ben Howland had lost control of the team. The good thing about sports is there's always a new season. The UCLA basketball program could be close to being relevant again on the national landscape. Muhammad could be that guy to make them relevant. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images If Howland and UCLA can somehow sway Muhammad to stay close to home and go to UCLA, then the program would immediately jump high into the preseason polls. Muhammad would take a program that has lost the respect of the basketball nation and put it back into where it used to be. Even if for one year, it could be a turning point for the program. The letters "UCLA" used to mean something when you would say them. Now most people under the age of 25 only know the stories of the glory days. Landing Muhammad could be a snowball effect. He could lead to more great players wanting to go to Los Angeles for school. They will be able to hang out with the movie stars and be within a rock's throw of the ocean. Which, when you think about it, is kind of surprising that most players don’t want to go to a school like UCLA or USC or Pepperdine. Instead, they are heading to the heart of America where bluegrass music can be heard. But, I’m not knocking what Kentucky is doing by any means. They are playing by the rules and getting the best talent. John Calipari has embraced the rules and until the NCAA changes them, there's no sense in knocking what Kentucky is doing. Landing Muhammad would make UCLA relevant for not only the short term, but the long term as well. Short term, the Bruins are probably going to win the Pac-12 and make a run deep into the tournament; they are also going to get more exposure. People are going to want to watch Muhammad play. You can bet the major networks are going to try to get more UCLA games on TV if he lands there. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Long term is what really matters to me. Muhammad would make it cool again for the big-time recruits to go out west. The long-term goals need to be embraced by the staff at UCLA, including Howland. They need to change the way they recruit and go after the one-and-done kids. Monday night was proof that it can work; think about the advantage UCLA would have if it embraced this. Howland could walk into a teenager’s home and tell him he is going to be going pro in a year or two. He can tell them to enjoy college out west, where UCLA has everything he could dream of. Muhammad would bring back that mindset that, “Hey, UCLA is on, why don’t we go watch them?” back to Westwood, and it would make the Pac-12 worth watching. The Bruins have already landed Kyle Anderson, so they already have one piece to making a run. Adding Muhammad would solidify the fact that UCLA is on the way back. | High | [
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Kiev hopes to get visa-free regime with EU in 2016 September 08, 2015, 10:58 UTC+3KIEVUkrainian Foreign Minister says there is hope that by December 15 Kiev will have a positive report on the reforms that Ukraine should complete within the framework of moving towards a visa-free regime KIEV, September 8. /TASS/. Kiev hopes that next year it will be able to get a "technical possibility" of introducing a visa-free regime with the European Union, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Tuesday. "We all hope that by December 15 we will have a final report, positive report on the reforms that Ukraine should complete within the framework of the so-called ‘second phase’ of moving towards a visa-free regime. And then, next year, we all hope that it will be technically possible to introduce a visa-free regime," he said in an interview with Radio Liberty. Klimkin also said that three missions of the European Commission have visited Ukraine this week to check the progress of reforms in the key spheres. "As I understand it, the results are quite positive," he said, noting that several more missions were expected to arrive in the coming weeks. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on August 27 after talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the country had made great progress towards a visa-free regime. However, he said, Ukraine still needed to take additional efforts, in particular, in the fight against corruption. | Mid | [
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Q: Can you setup an azure server to sync with a outside NTP server? I'm trying to correct some time drift we're seeing in out azure servers, mentioned in this article. Has anyone been able to setup an azure server to sync with a NTP server outside of the azure cloud? From what I've read NTP uses UDP which can be block in azure. Thanks A: here are the steps I used reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\VMICTimeProvider /v Enabled /t reg_dword /d 0 w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.org net stop w32time & net start w32time w32tm /resync /force w32tm /query /source | High | [
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Q: error with getting current week total amount from all rows with sql and php I have multiple rows with each their total amount, I want to sum them up to get a single value for the current week. I want to get the total sum amount for all rows for this current week and display it in a small widget. <?php $query = "SELECT SUM(total_amount) as total_current_wk_amount FROM orders WHERE yearweek(DATE(transaction_date), 1) = yearweek(curdate(), 1)"; $total_current_wk_amount = $heidisql->prepare($query); $total_current_wk_amount->execute(); $results = $total_current_wk_amount->fetch(); ?> <div class="">Total Revenue: <?php echo $results[total_current_wk_amount]; ?></div> Problem solved A: You have to get the result (by using a fetch method) instead of trying to display the statement object as a string. <?php $result = $total_current_wk_amount->fetch(); ?> <div class="">Total Revenue: <?php echo $result->total_current_wk_amount; ?></div> | Mid | [
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a power management system, and in particular, to power management system and power management method capable of controlling the power state of a processor complying with the “Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (hereinafter as ACPI)” specification. 2. Description of the Related Art ACPI are widely used in current computer systems to allocate system resources and manage the status of each component in the computer system effectively. Functions, such as power management of the system, peripherals, and the processor, and performance management, battery management, temperature management, system event management of the peripherals and the processor, have been defined in the ACPI specification. Further, the software and hardware behavior for implementing the aforementioned functions are also defined in the ACPI specification. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the power states of a central processing unit (CPU) defined in the ACPI specification. In the ACPI specification, it is defined that the CPU works normally in the working state (e.g. C0 state), such as executing each instruction and task. If the computer system has been idle for more than a certain period of time, the operating system of the computer system may control the CPU to enter one of the low power states, such as states C1˜C4. The operating system may determine which state the CPU may enter according to the bus master activity status (BM_STS). The low power states of the CPU defined in the ACPI specification comprise a first low power state (C1 state), a second low power state (C2 state), a third low power state (C3 state), and a more power-saving fourth low lower state (C1 state), wherein the degree of power consumption decreases from state C1 to state C4. In state C2, the CPU merely monitors the accessing operations of the bus master without executing any instructions, wherein the bus master indicates a component having the bus mastership in the computer system, such as the USB controller, the PCI controller, etc. In state C3, the clocking of the CPU is stopped, and the CPU cannot monitor the accessing operations of the bus master. Compared with state C3, the operation voltage of the CPU is lowered in state C4, so that the CPU may stay in a deeper sleep state. For example, the operation voltage of the CPU is 1.0V in state C0, and the operation voltage of the CPU may be lowered to 0.6V or even lower in state C4. When the operating system of the computer system has detected that there is no operation in the computer system for more than a certain time period, the operating system may control the CPU to enter state C3 or C4, so that the computer system may save power more effectively. In state C2, if there is an interrupt event generated or the CPU is requested to execute instructions, the CPU may go back to state C0 from state C2. In state C3/C4, if there is an interrupt event or accessing request of the bus master, the CPU may be awakened to state C0 or C2 from state C3/C4. Since the operation voltage changes, it may take a very long time (e.g. dozens of microseconds) to enter or exit state C4, thereby causing decrement of system performance. In some applications, it may cause problems of user experience due to the long wait time for entering/exiting state C4. For example, since a USB camera has to transmit data frequently, it cannot tolerate the delay caused by the wait time for exiting state C4. In addition, a high-definition audio device is also a common example, and it may cause noise due to the long delay for exiting state C4. In order to solve the aforementioned issues, the computer system may stop the CPU to enter state C4 when using the aforementioned applications, and thus it is evitable that the power consumption of the computer system is increased. A power management unit (PMU) is usually used to control the power state of the CPU, and it may require an additional voltage regulator may be required to control the CPU to enter state C4. However, in current computer systems, the voltage regulator and the power management unit operate independently, and the power management unit cannot retrieve the status of the voltage regulator. After the CPU exits the low voltage state (e.g. state C4 defined in ACPI), the power management unit has to control the computer system to wait for a sufficiently long, fixed period of time in order to assure that the voltage level of the CPU has recovered to the stable operation voltage of the working state. However, it may usually cause a reduction of computer system performance. | Mid | [
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 An Answer for Silvergull I read your blog about your change of politics. Whatbrought that on for you? Here is my answer, copied from my post on my little corner of Obama's campaign website, just as these thoughts poured out... Why I support Barack Obama: Obama will effect needed change in Darfur and Iraq and other places of conflict. He will not pander to corporations over the interests of the environment or the people. He will pass a universal health plan that will have the support of the people, instead of one that is rammed down our throats. Most of all because he will be the catalyst to bring all ages and races in this country together, instead of dividing us. He will work for fairness for the wage-earners, and stop corporations from stealing the retirement plans of their workers. Because he is the first Senator I have ever heard say that the American people should have the same health coverage that he has as a Senator, and that is something I have been saying for decades. Because his personal experiences growing up and the experiences of his family make him uniquely qualified to understand many different kinds of people, and his work as a civil rights lawyer proves that he is devoted to the cause of fairness and justice for all. Because he is the first candidate I've ever heard speak who I can believe really means it when he says disabled people should have fair treatment - and I am disabled. Especially because I believe he is the best hope for future generations in America to have a chance at the American Dream, to have a decent public education all the way through college, to have job opportunities with a livable wage for families. Because when he speaks, I know he is speaking his deepest dreams and feelings, and not just mouthing platitudes put together by pollsters and political speech writers. Because his wife Michelle says he can admit when he is wrong and fix it, that he is a good husband and caring father, because I don't expect or want a Messiah, I just want a man that has a wife that says that like she says it. Because I think he is the best choice to promote good legislation, put the bully pulpit of the presidency to the best and highest use, to achieve a well-organized and effective government, and to make treaties and if absolutely necessary, make war. Because I believe he will fulfill the many and demanding duties and roles of the president with a sincere and unfailing intention to work for the people, to the very best of his ability, and demand the same from all those he appoints to political office. | Mid | [
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The workshop will focus on the challenges of data processing and management in networks of remote, wireless, battery-powered sensing devices (sensor networks). The power-constrained, lossy, noisy, distributed, and remote nature of such networks means that traditional data management techniques often cannot be applied without significant re-tooling. Furthermore, new challenges associated with acquisition and processing of live sensor data mean that completely new database techniques must also be developed. | High | [
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Altered intrinsic functional connectivity in the latent period of epileptogenesis in a temporal lobe epilepsy model. The latent period, a seizure-free phase, is the duration between brain injury and the onset of spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs) during epileptogenesis. The latent period is thought to involve several progressive pathophysiological events that lead to the evolution of the chronic epilepsy phase. Hence, it is vital to investigate the changes in the latent period during epileptogenesis in order to better understand temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and to achieve early diagnosis and appropriate management of the condition. Accordingly, recent studies with patients with TLE using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) have reported that alterations of resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) during the chronic period are associated with some clinical manifestations, including learning and memory impairments, emotional instability, and social behavior deficits, in addition to repetitive seizure episodes. In contrast, the changes in the intrinsic rsFC during epileptogenesis, particularly during the latent period, remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the alterations in intrinsic rsFC during the latent and chronic periods in a pilocarpine-induced TLE mouse model using intrinsic optical signal imaging (IOSI). This technique can monitor the changes in the local hemoglobin concentration according to neuronal activity and can help investigate large-scale brain intrinsic networks. After seeding on the anatomical regions of interest (ROIs) and calculating the correlation coefficients between each ROI, we established and compared functional correlation matrices and functional connectivity maps during the latent and chronic periods of epilepsy. We found a decrease in the interhemispheric rsFC at the frontal and temporal regions during both the latent and chronic periods. Furthermore, a significant decrease in the interhemispheric rsFC was observed in the somatosensory area during the chronic period. Changes in network configurations during epileptogenesis were examined by graph theoretical network analysis. Interestingly, increase in the power of low frequency oscillations was observed during the latent period. These results suggest that, even if there are no apparent ictal seizure events during the latent period, there are ongoing changes in the rsFC in the epileptic brain. Furthermore, these results suggest that the pathophysiology of epilepsy may be related to widespread altered intrinsic functional connectivity. These findings can help enhance our understanding of epileptogenesis, and accordingly, changes in intrinsic functional connectivity can serve as an early diagnosis. | High | [
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Q: Package a command line script in a Mac OS X pkg I have a program (created by a colleague, ported from Linux but successfully compiles on Mac) that I need to deploy to lots of Mac workstations. Currently we do so by pushing out pkg files (not ones we created). My general question (that others may find the answers to useful) is how do I go about packaging a command line program/script into a pkg file that installs the program? The usual method to package an .app file seems documented well enough, but there is scant details about taking an arbitrary program and wrapping it in a pkg installer. The man pages for pkgbuild (etc) make a lot of assumptions - that you've already built an app with xcode, that you're intending to use an .app and can generate plists, etc. All we want to do is let the mac server install a non-app program, and it wants to use pkgs. It would be best if the solution were scriptable so that every time we update the program we can easily create a new pkg file. If a decent resource already explaining this process can be linked that of course would also work great. The question here: Making OS X Installer Packages like a Pro - Xcode Developer ID ready pkg doesn't match the need to simply install a basic cli program. A: I would recommend Packages. It's scriptable so it can become part of your build process and generates a nice mpkg for you. We are using it to automate the download of third-party libraries, and then the invocation of make to compile, as well as the installation of compiled files. As a note, although this will generate a mpkg, most distributions are done with disk images, so we also use hdiutil to create a sparse image, copy the mpkg into it, convert it to a compressed read-only dmg and then distribute that. An example of this procedure would be: 1) Create Sparse RW DMG file. hdiutil create -size 100M -type SPARSE -volname "MyInstaller" -fs HFS+ MyInstaller.dmg.sparseimage 2) Attach to image. Note disk and mounted volume name from output (ex. /dev/disk2s1 and /Volumes/MyInstaller) hdiutil attach MyInstaller.dmg.sparseimage 3) Copy in mpkg installer cp -R Packages/build/My_Packages.mpkg /Volumes/MyInstaller/ 4) Detech from image. hdiutil detach -force {mounted disk} (ex. hdiutil detach -force /dev/disk2s1) 5) Create compressed read only image from writable sparse image. hdiutil convert "MyInstaller.dmg.sparseimage" -format UDZO -o "MyInstaller.dmg" -ov -imagekey zlib-level=9 | High | [
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BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer has been proven safe, but debate continues over whether the available long-term survival data justify implementation of laparoscopic techniques in surgery for colon cancer. The aim of the COlon cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection (COLOR) trial was to compare 3-year disease-free survival and overall survival after laparoscopic and open resection of solitary colon cancer. METHODS: Between March 7, 1997, and March 6, 2003, patients recruited from 29 European hospitals with a solitary cancer of the right or left colon and a body-mass index up to 30 kg/m(2) were randomly assigned to either laparoscopic or open surgery as curative treatment in this non-inferiority randomised trial. Disease-free survival at 3 years after surgery was the primary outcome, with a prespecified non-inferiority boundary at 7% difference between groups. Secondary outcomes were short-term morbidity and mortality, number of positive resection margins, local recurrence, port-site or wound-site recurrence, and blood loss during surgery. Neither patients nor health-care providers were blinded to patient groupings. Analysis was by intention-to-treat. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00387842. FINDINGS: During the recruitment period, 1248 patients were randomly assigned to either open surgery (n=621) or laparoscopic surgery (n=627). 172 were excluded after randomisation, mainly because of the presence of distant metastases or benign disease, leaving 1076 patients eligible for analysis (542 assigned open surgery and 534 assigned laparoscopic surgery). Median follow-up was 53 months (range 0.03-60). Positive resection margins, number of lymph nodes removed, and morbidity and mortality were similar in both groups. The combined 3-year disease-free survival for all stages was 74.2% (95% CI 70.4-78.0) in the laparoscopic group and 76.2% (72.6-79.8) in the open-surgery group (p=0.70 by log-rank test); the difference in disease-free survival after 3 years was 2.0% (95% CI -3.2 to 7.2). The hazard ratio (HR) for disease-free survival (open vs laparoscopic surgery) was 0.92 (95% CI 0.74-1.15). The combined 3-year overall survival for all stages was 81.8% (78.4-85.1) in the laparoscopic group and 84.2% (81.1-87.3) in the open-surgery group (p=0.45 by log-rank test); the difference in overall survival after 3 years was 2.4% (95% CI -2.1 to 7.0; HR 0.95 [0.74-1.22]). INTERPRETATION: Our trial could not rule out a difference in disease-free survival at 3 years in favour of open colectomy because the upper limit of the 95% CI for the difference just exceeded the predetermined non-inferiority boundary of 7%. However, the difference in disease-free survival between groups was small and, we believe, clinically acceptable, justifying the implementation of laparoscopic surgery into daily practice. Further studies should address whether laparoscopic surgery is superior to open surgery in this setting. Prostate cancer is a common malignancy in men and the worldwide burden of this disease is rising. Lifestyle modifications such as smoking cessation, exercise, and weight control offer opportunities to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. Early detection of prostate cancer by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening is controversial, but changes in the PSA threshold, frequency of screening, and the use of other biomarkers have the potential to minimise the overdiagnosis associated with PSA screening. Several new biomarkers for individuals with raised PSA concentrations or those diagnosed with prostate cancer are likely to identify individuals who can be spared aggressive treatment. Several pharmacological agents such as 5α-reductase inhibitors and aspirin could prevent development of prostate cancer. In this Review, we discuss the present evidence and research questions regarding prevention, early detection of prostate cancer, and management of men either at high risk of prostate cancer or diagnosed with low-grade prostate cancer. Background: Radiotherapy reduces the risk of local recurrence in rectal cancer. However, the optimal radiotherapy fractionation and interval between radiotherapy and surgery is still under debate. We aimed to study recurrence in patients randomised between three different radiotherapy regimens with respect to fractionation and time to surgery. Methods: In this multicentre, randomised, non-blinded, phase 3, non-inferiority trial (Stockholm III), all patients with a biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma of the rectum, without signs of non-resectability or distant metastases, without severe cardiovascular comorbidity, and planned for an abdominal resection from 18 Swedish hospitals were eligible. Participants were randomly assigned with permuted blocks, stratified by participating centre, to receive either 5 x 5 Gy radiation dose with surgery within 1 week (short-course radiotherapy) or after 4-8 weeks (short-course radiotherapy with delay) or 25 x 2 Gy radiation dose with surgery after 4-8 weeks (long-course radiotherapy with delay). After a protocol amendment, randomisation could include all three treatments or just the two short-course radiotherapy treatments, per hospital preference. The primary endpoint was time to local recurrence calculated from the date of randomisation to the date of local recurrence. Comparisons between treatment groups were deemed non-inferior if the upper limit of a double-sided 90% CI for the hazard ratio (HR) did not exceed 1.7. Patients were analysed according to intention to treat for all endpoints. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00904813. Findings: Between Oct 5, 1998, and Jan 31, 2013, 840 patients were recruited and randomised; 385 patients in the three-arm randomisation, of whom 129 patients were randomly assigned to short-course radiotherapy, 128 to short-course radiotherapy with delay, and 128 to long-course radiotherapy with delay, and 455 patients in the two-arm randomisation, of whom 228 were randomly assigned to short-course radiotherapy and 227 to short-course radiotherapy with delay. In patients with any local recurrence, median time from date of randomisation to local recurrence in the pooled short-course radiotherapy comparison was 33.4 months (range 18.2-62.2) in the short-course radiotherapy group and 19.3 months (8.5-39.5) in the short-course radiotherapy with delay group. Median time to local recurrence in the long-course radiotherapy with delay group was 33.3 months (range 17.8-114.3). Cumulative incidence of local recurrence in the whole trial was eight of 357 patients who received short-course radiotherapy, ten of 355 who received short-course radiotherapy with delay, and seven of 128 who received long-course radiotherapy (HR vs short-course radiotherapy: short-course radiotherapy with delay 1.44 [95% CI 0.41-5.11]; long-course radiotherapy with delay 2.24 [0.71-7.10]; p=0.48; both deemed non-inferior). Acute radiation-induced toxicity was recorded in one patient (<1%) of 357 after short-course radiotherapy, 23 (7%) of 355 after short-course radiotherapy with delay, and six (5%) of 128 patients after long-course radiotherapy with delay. Frequency of postoperative complications was similar between all arms when the three-arm randomisation was analysed (65 [50%] of 129 patients in the short-course radiotherapy group; 48 [38%] of 128 patients in the short-course radiotherapy with delay group; 50 [39%] of 128 patients in the long-course radiotherapy with delay group; odds ratio [OR] vs short-course radiotherapy: short-course radiotherapy with delay 0.59 [95% CI 0.36-0.97], long-course radiotherapy with delay 0.63 [0.38-1.04], p=0.075). However, in a pooled analysis of the two short-course radiotherapy regimens, the risk of postoperative complications was significantly lower after short-course radiotherapy with delay than after short-course radiotherapy (144 [53%] of 355 vs 188 [41%] of 357; OR 0.61 [95% CI 0.45-0.83] p=0.001). Interpretation: Delaying surgery after short-course radiotherapy gives similar oncological results compared with short-course radiotherapy with immediate surgery. Long-course radiotherapy with delay is similar to both short-course radiotherapy regimens, but prolongs the treatment time substantially. Although radiation-induced toxicity was seen after short-course radiotherapy with delay, postoperative complications were significantly reduced compared with short-course radiotherapy. Based on these findings, we suggest that short-course radiotherapy with delay to surgery is a useful alternative to conventional short-course radiotherapy with immediate surgery. There are no data from prospective studies focused exclusively on patients with advanced lung and thymic carcinoids. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of long-acting pasireotide and everolimus, administered alone or in combination, in patients with advanced carcinoids of the lung or thymus. Methods LUNA was a prospective, multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial of adult patients (aged >18 years) with advanced (unresectable or metastatic), well differentiated carcinoid tumours of the lung or thymus, with radiological progression within 12 months before randomisation, and a WHO performance status of 0–2. At each centre, the investigator or their designee registered each patient using an interactive voice recognition system into one of the three treatment groups. The randomisation allocation sequence was generated by an external company; patients were randomly assigned (1:1:1) to receive treatment with long-acting pasireotide (60 mg intramuscularly every 28 days), everolimus (10 mg orally once daily), or both in combination, for the core 12-month treatment period. Patients were stratified by carcinoid type (typical vs atypical) and line of study treatment (first line vs others). The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients progression-free at month 9, defined as the proportion of patients with overall lesion assessment at month 9 showing a complete response, partial response, or stable disease according to local Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, version 1.1, assessed in the intention-to-treat population. Safety was assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug and had at least one post-baseline safety assessment. The trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01563354. The extension phase of the study is ongoing. Findings Between Aug 16, 2013, and Sept 30, 2014, 124 patients were enrolled from 36 centres in nine countries: 41 were allocated to the long-acting pasireotide group, 42 to the everolimus group, and 41 to the combination group. At month 9, the proportion of patients with an overall lesion assessment of complete response, partial response, or stable disease was 16 of 41 patients (39·0%, 95% CI 24·2–55·5) in the long-acting pasireotide group, 14 of 42 patients (33·3%, 19·6–49·5) in the everolimus group, and 24 of 41 patients (58·5%, 42·1–73·7) in the combination group. The most common grade 1–2 adverse events with a suspected association with long-acting pasireotide monotherapy were diarrhoea (15 [37%] of 41), hyperglycaemia (17 [41%]), and weight loss (8 [20%]); those with a suspected association with everolimus monotherapy were stomatitis (26 [62%] of 42) and diarrhoea (16 [38%]); and those suspected to be associated with combination treatment were hyperglycaemia (27 [66%] of 41]), diarrhoea (19 [46%]), and asthenia (8 [20%]). The most common grade 3–4 adverse events with a suspected association with long-acting pasireotide monotherapy were γ-glutamyltransferase increased (four [10%] of 41 patients), diarrhoea (three [7%]), and hyperglycaemia (three [7%]); those for everolimus were hyperglycaemia (seven [17%] of 42 patients), stomatitis (four [10%]), and diarrhoea (three [7%]); those for combination treatment were hyperglycaemia (nine [22%] of 41 patients) and diarrhoea (four [10%]). 11 patients died during the core 12-month treatment phase or up to 56 days after the last study treatment exposure date: two (5%) of 41 in the long-acting pasireotide group, six (14%) of 42 in the everolimus group, and three (7%) of 41 in the combination group. No deaths were suspected to be related to long-acting pasireotide treatment. One death in the everolimus group (acute kidney injury associated with diarrhoea), and two deaths in the combination group (diarrhoea and urinary sepsis in one patient, and acute renal failure and respiratory failure in one patient) were suspected to be related to everolimus treatment. In the latter patient, acute renal failure was not suspected to be related to everolimus treatment, but respiratory failure was suspected to be related. Interpretation The study met the primary endpoint in all three treatment groups. Safety profiles were consistent with the known safety profiles of these agents. Further studies are needed to confirm the antitumour efficacy of the combination of a somatostatin analogue with everolimus in lung and thymic carcinoids. Background Compared with placebo, prophylactic treatment with bisphosphonates reduces risk of skeletal events in patients with multiple myeloma. However, because of toxicity associated with long-term bisphosphonate treatment, establishing the lowest effective dose is important. This study compared the effect of two doses of pamidronate on health-related quality of life and skeletal morbidity in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Methods This double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial was undertaken at 37 clinics in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Patients with multiple myeloma who were starting antimyeloma treatment were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive one of two doses of pamidronate (30 mg or 90 mg) given by intravenous infusion once a month for at least 3 years. Randomisation was done by use of a central, computerised minimisation system. Primary outcome was physical function after 12 months estimated by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire (scale 0-100). All patients who returned questionnaires at 12 months and were still on study treatment were included in the analysis of the primary endpoint. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials. gov, number NCT00376883. Findings From January, 2001, until August, 2005, 504 patients were randomly assigned to pamidronate 30 mg or 90 mg (252 in each group). 157 patients in the 90 mg group and 156 in the 30 mg group were included in the primary analysis. Mean physical function at 12 months was 66 points (95% CI 62.9-70.0) in the 90 mg group and 68 points (64.6-71.4) in the 30 mg group (95% CI of difference -6.6 to 3.3; p=0.52). Median time to first skeletal-related event in patients who had such an event was 9.2 months (8.1-10.7) in the 90 mg group and 10-2 months (7.3-14.0) in the 30 mg group (p=0.63). In a retrospective analysis, eight patients in the pamidronate 90 mg group developed osteonecrosis of the jaw compared with two patients in the 30 mg group. Interpretation Monthly infusion of pamidronate 30 mg should be the recommended dose for prevention of bone disease in patients with multiple myeloma. BACKGROUND: Several studies in patients undergoing chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic carcinoma have linked a decrease in the concentration of the tumour marker carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 to lengthened survival. The aim of this study was to test the hypotheses that an early decrease in baseline serum CA 19-9 concentration (on day 42, after two cycles of chemotherapy) by at least 50% is associated with lengthened survival, and that a decrease in CA 19-9 concentration of at least 50% from the baseline concentration to the lowest value measured at any time during treatment (nadir) is of prognostic significance, enabling its use as a surrogate endpoint for survival. METHODS: CA 19-9 serum concentration was measured at baseline and every 3 weeks thereafter in patients with histologically proven advanced pancreatic carcinoma enrolled in a randomised trial of gemcitabine versus gemcitabine plus capecitabine. Patients were excluded if baseline serum CA 19-9 concentration was below the upper limit of normal (ULN) in the laboratory or if this measurement was missing. Comparisons of survival between patients with and without a CA 19-9 response were corrected for the guarantee-time bias by the landmark method. The trial on which this study is based is registered on the clinical trials site of the US National Cancer Institute website http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00030732. FINDINGS: 247 of 319 randomised patients were assessable for analysis of baseline serum CA 19-9 concentration, and, of these, 175 patients were assessable for tumour-marker response to treatment. Median overall survival for patients with a baseline CA 19-9 concentration equal to or above the median value (ie, 59xULN) was 5.8 months (95% CI 5.1-7.0), which was significantly shorter than that for patients with baseline concentrations below the median value (10.3 months [95% CI 8.6-12.8], p<0.0001). An early decrease in CA 19-9 concentration of at least 50% after two cycles of chemotherapy was not associated with a longer overall survival compared with patients who did not have a decrease of at least 50% (median 10.1 months [9.2-12.7] vs 8.6 months [6.9-11.2], p=0.53; hazard ratio for death 1.11 [0.81-1.52]). Furthermore, a decrease in CA 19-9 concentration of at least 50% reached at the CA 19-9 nadir concentration was not associated with a longer overall survival compared with those patients who did not have a decrease of at least 50% (median 7.8 months [6.5.10.1] vs 6.7 months [5.5-9.8], p=0.74; 0.95 [0.69-1.31]) after adjusting for the guarantee-time bias. INTERPRETATION: Pretreatment serum CA 19-9 concentration is an independent prognostic factor for survival, but a decrease in concentration during chemotherapy is not significantly associated with lengthened survival compared with those who did not have a corresponding decrease. Our data suggest that CA 19-9 response during chemotherapy is not a valid surrogate endpoint for survival in clinical trials. Background: 6 months of oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy is usually given as adjuvant treatment for stage 3 colorectal cancer. We investigated whether 3 months of oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy would be non-inferior to the usual 6 months of treatment. Methods: The SCOT study was an international, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial done at 244 centres. Patients aged 18 years or older with high-risk stage II and stage III colorectal cancer underwent central randomisation with minimisation for centre, choice of regimen, sex, disease site, N stage, T stage, and the starting dose of capecitabine. Patients were assigned (1: 1) to receive 3 months or 6 months of adjuvant oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy. The chemotherapy regimens could consist of CAPOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) or FOLFOX (bolus and infused fluorouracil with oxaliplatin). The regimen was selected before randomisation in accordance with choices of the patient and treating physician. The primary study endpoint was disease-free survival and the non-inferiority margin was a hazard ratio of 1.13. The primary analysis was done in the intention-to-treat population and safety was assessed in patients who started study treatment. This trial is registered with ISRCTN, number ISRCTN59757862, and follow-up is continuing. Findings: 6088 patients underwent randomisation between March 27, 2008, and Nov 29, 2013. The intended treatment was FOLFOX in 1981 patients and CAPOX in 4107 patients. 3044 patients were assigned to 3 month group and 3044 were assigned to 6 month group. Nine patients in the 3 month group and 14 patients in the 6 month group did not consent for their data to be used, leaving 3035 patients in the 3 month group and 3030 patients in the 6 month group for the intention-to-treat analyses. At the cutoff date for analysis, there had been 1482 disease-free survival events, with 740 in the 3 month group and 742 in the 6 month group. 3 year disease-free survival was 76.7% (95% CI 75.1-78.2) for the 3 month group and 77.1% (75.6-78.6) for the 6 month group, giving a hazard ratio of 1.006 (0.909-1.114, test for non-inferiority p=0.012), significantly below the non-inferiority margin. Peripheral neuropathy of grade 2 or worse was more common in the 6 month group (237 [58%] of 409 patients for the subset with safety data) than in the 3 month group (103 [25%] of 420) and was long-lasting and associated with worse quality of life. 1098 serious adverse events were reported (492 reports in the 3 month group and 606 reports in the 6 month group) and 32 treatment-related deaths occurred (16 in each group). Interpretation: In the whole study population, 3 months of oxaliplatin-containing adjuvant chemotherapy was non-inferior to 6 months of the same therapy for patients with high-risk stage II and stage III colorectal cancer and was associated with reduced toxicity and improved quality of life. Despite the fact the study was underpowered, these data suggest that a shorter duration leads to similar survival outcomes with better quality of life and thus might represent a new standard of care. Background Standard adjuvant chemotherapy regimens for patients with moderate-to-high-risk early breast cancer typically contain a taxane, an anthracycline, and cyclophosphamide. We aimed to investigate whether integration of capecitabine into such a regimen enhances outcome. Methods In this open-label trial, we randomly assigned (centrally by computer; stratified by node status, HER2 status, and centre) 1500 women with axillary node-positive or high-risk node-negative breast cancer to either three cycles of capecitabine and docetaxel followed by three cycles of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and capecitabine (capecitabine group, n=753), or to three cycles of docetaxel followed by three cycles of cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and fluorouracil (control group, n=747). The primary endpoint was recurrence-free survival. A planned interim analysis was done after 3 years' median follow-tip. Efficacy analyses were by modified intention to treat. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00114816. Findings Two patients in each group were excluded from efficacy analyses because of wthdrawal of consent or distant metastases. After a median follow-up of 35 months (IQR 25.5-43-6), recurrence-free survival at 3 years was better with the capecitabine regimen than with control (93% vs 89%; hazard ratio 0.66, 95% CI 0.47-0-94; p=0.020). The capecitabine regimen was associated with more cases of grade 3 or 4 diarrhoea (46/740 [6%] vs 25/741 [3%]) and hand-foot syndrome (83/741 [11%] vs 2/741 [<1%]) and the control regimen with more occurrences of grade 3 or 4 neutropenia (368/375 198%] vs 325/378 186%]) and febrile neutropenia (65/741[9%] vs 33/742 [4%]). More patients discontinued planned treatment in the capecitabine group than in the control group (178/744 [24%] vs 23/741 [3%]). Four patients in the capecitabine group and two in the control group died from potentially treatment-related causes. Interpretation The capecitabine-containing chemotherapy regimen reduced breast cancer recurrence compared with a control schedule of standard agents. Capecitabine administration was frequently discontinued because of adverse effects. Funding Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, AstraZeneca, Cancer Society of Finland. BACKGROUND: For men with localised prostate cancer, surgery provides a survival benefit compared with watchful waiting. Treatments are associated with morbidity. Results for functional outcome and quality of life are rarely reported beyond 10 years and are lacking from randomised settings. We report results for quality of life for men in the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study Number 4 (SPCG-4) after a median follow-up of more than 12 years. METHODS: All living Swedish and Finnish men (400 of 695) randomly assigned to radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting in SPCG-4 from 1989 to 1999 were included in our analysis. An additional 281 men were included in a population-based control group matched for region and age. Physical symptoms, symptom-induced stress, and self-assessed quality of life were evaluated with a study-specific questionnaire. Longitudinal data were available for 166 Swedish men who had answered quality-of-life questionnaires at an earlier timepoint. FINDINGS: 182 (88%) of 208 men in the radical prostatectomy group, 167 (87%) of 192 men in the watchful-waiting group, and 214 (76%) of 281 men in the population-based control group answered the questionnaire. Men in SPCG-4 had a median follow-up of 12·2 years (range 7-17) and a median age of 77·0 years (range 61-88). High self-assessed quality of life was reported by 62 (35%) of 179 men allocated radical prostatectomy, 55 (34%) of 160 men assigned to watchful waiting, and 93 (45%) of 208 men in the control group. Anxiety was higher in the SPCG-4 groups (77 [43%] of 178 and 69 [43%] of 161 men) than in the control group (68 [33%] of 208 men; relative risk 1·42, 95% CI 1·07-1·88). Prevalence of erectile dysfunction was 84% (146 of 173 men) in the radical prostatectomy group, 80% (122 of 153) in the watchful-waiting group, and 46% (95 of 208) in the control group and prevalence of urinary leakage was 41% (71 of 173), 11% (18 of 164), and 3% (six of 209), respectively. Distress caused by these symptoms was reported significantly more often by men allocated radical prostatectomy than by men assigned to watchful waiting. In a longitudinal analysis of men in SPCG-4 who provided information at two follow-up points 9 years apart, 38 (45%) of 85 men allocated radical prostatectomy and 48 (60%) of 80 men allocated watchful waiting reported an increase in number of physical symptoms; 50 (61%) of 82 and 47 (64%) of 74 men, respectively, reported a reduction in quality of life. INTERPRETATION: For men in SPCG-4, negative side-effects were common and added more stress than was reported in the control population. In the radical prostatectomy group, erectile dysfunction and urinary leakage were often consequences of surgery. In the watchful-waiting group, side-effects can be caused by tumour progression. The number and severity of side-effects changes over time at a higher rate than is caused by normal ageing and a loss of sexual ability is a persistent psychological problem for both interventions. An understanding of the patterns of side-effects and time dimension of their occurrence for each treatment is important for full patient information. FUNDING: US National Institutes of Health; Swedish Cancer Society; Foundation in Memory of Johanna Hagstrand and Sigfrid Linnér. BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is caused primarily by human papillomaviruses (HPV). The polymorphism rs1042522 at codon 72 of the TP53 tumour-suppressor gene has been investigated as a genetic cofactor. More than 80 studies were done between 1998 and 2006, after it was initially reported that women who are homozygous for the arginine allele had a risk for cervical cancer seven times higher than women who were heterozygous for the allele. However, results have been inconsistent. Here we analyse pooled data from 49 studies to determine whether there is an association between TP53 codon 72 polymorphism and cervical cancer. METHODS: Individual data on 7946 cases and 7888 controls from 49 different studies worldwide were reanalysed. Odds ratios (OR) were estimated using logistic regression, stratifying by study and ethnic origin. Subgroup analyses were done for infection with HPV, ethnic origin, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, study quality, and the material used to determine TP53 genotype. FINDINGS: The pooled estimates (OR) for invasive cervical cancer were 1.22 (95% CI 1.08-1.39) for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes, and 1.13 (0.94-1.35) for arginine homozygotes versus proline homozygotes. Subgroup analyses showed significant excess risks only in studies where controls were not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (1.71 [1.21-2.42] for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes), in non-epidemiological studies (1.35 [1.15-1.58] for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes), and in studies where TP53 genotype was determined from tumour tissue (1.39 [1.13-1.73] for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes). Null results were noted in studies with sound epidemiological design and conduct (1.06 [0.87-1.29] for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes), and studies in which TP53 genotype was determined from white blood cells (1.06 [0.87-1.29] for arginine homozygotes compared with heterozygotes). INTERPRETATION: Subgroup analyses indicated that excess risks were most likely not due to clinical or biological factors, but to errors in study methods. No association was found between cervical cancer and TP53 codon 72 polymorphism when the analysis was restricted to methodologically sound studies. Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are fairly rare neoplasms that present many clinical challenges. They secrete peptides and neuroamines that cause distinct clinical syndromes, including carcinoid syndrome. However, many are clinically silent until late presentation with mass effects. Investigation and management should be highly individualised for a patient, taking into consideration the likely natural history of the tumour and general health of the patient. Management strategies include surgery for cure (which is achieved rarely) or for cytoreduction, radiological intervention (by chemoembolisation and radiofrequency ablation), chemotherapy, and somatostatin analogues to control symptoms that result from release of peptides and neuroamines. New biological agents and somatostatin-tagged radionuclides are under investigation. The complexity, heterogeneity, and rarity of GEP NETs have contributed to a paucity of relevant randomised trials and little or no survival increase over the past 30 years. To improve outcome from GEP NETs, a better understanding of their biology is needed, with emphasis on molecular genetics and disease modeling. More-reliable serum markers, better tumour localisation and identification of small lesions, and histological grading systems and classifications with prognostic application are needed. Comparison between treatments is currently very difficult. Progress is unlikely to occur without development of centers of excellence, with dedicated combined clinical teams to coordinate multicentre studies, maintain clinical and tissue databases, and refine molecularly targeted therapeutics. Background Previous results of the EORTC intergroup trial 40983 showed that perioperative chemotherapy with FOLFOX4 (folinic acid, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin) increases progression-free survival (PFS) compared with surgery alone for patients with initially resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Here we present overall survival data after long-term follow-up. Methods This randomised, controlled, parallel-group, phase 3 study recruited patients from 78 hospitals across Europe, Australia, and Hong Kong. Eligible patients aged 18-80 years who had histologically proven colorectal cancer and up to four liver metastases were randomly assigned (1:1) to either perioperative FOLFOX4 or surgery alone. Perioperative FOLFOX4 consisted of six 14-day cycles of oxaliplatin 85mg/m(2), folinic acid 200 mg/m(2) (DL form) or 100 mg/m2 (L form) on days 1-2 plus bolus, and fluorouracil 400 mg/m(2) (bolus) and 600 mg/m(2) (continuous 22 h infusion), before and after surgery. Patients were centrally randomised by minimisation, adjusting for centre and risk score and previous adjuvant chemotherapy to primary surgery for colorectal cancer, and the trial was open label. Analysis of overall survival was by intention to treat in all randomly assigned patients. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00006479. Findings Between Oct 10, 2000, and July 5, 2004, 364 patients were randomly assigned to a treatment group (182 patients in each group, of which 171 per group were eligible and 152 per group underwent resection). At a median follow-up of 8.5 years (IQR 7.6-9.5), 107 (59%) patients in the perioperative chemotherapy group had died versus 114 (63%) in the surgery-only group (HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.68-1.14; p=0.34). In all randomly assigned patients, median overall survival was 61.3 months (95% CI 51.0-83.4) in the perioperative chemotherapy group and 54.3 months (41.9-79.4) in the surgery alone group. 5-year overall survival was 51.2% (95% CI 43.6-58.3) in the perioperative chemotherapy group versus 47.8% (40.3-55.0) in the surgery-only group. Two patients in the perioperative chemotherapy group and three in the surgery-only group died from complications of protocol surgery, and one patient in the perioperative chemotherapy group died possibly as a result of toxicity of protocol treatment. Interpretation We found no difference in overall survival with the addition of perioperative chemotherapy with FOLFOX4 compared with surgery alone for patients with resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer. However, the previously observed benefit in PFS means that perioperative chemotherapy with FOLFOX4 should remain the reference treatment for this population of patients. BACKGROUND: Temozolomide chemotherapy versus radiotherapy in patients with a high-risk low-grade glioma has been shown to have no significant effect on progression-free survival. If these treatments have a different effect on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), it might affect the choice of therapy. We postulated that temozolomide compromises HRQOL and global cognitive functioning to a lesser extent than does radiotherapy. METHODS: We did a prospective, phase 3, randomised controlled trial at 78 medical centres and large hospitals in 19 countries. We enrolled adult patients (aged ≥18 years) with histologically confirmed diffuse (WHO grade II) astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, or mixed oligoastrocytoma, with a WHO performance status of 2 or lower, without previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy, who needed active treatment other than surgery. We randomly assigned eligible patients (1:1) using a minimisation technique, stratified by WHO performance status (0-1 vs 2), age (<40 years vs ≥40 years), presence of contrast enhancement on MRI, chromosome 1p status (deleted vs non-deleted vs indeterminate), and the treating medical centre, to receive either radiotherapy (50·4 Gy in 28 fractions of 1·8 Gy for 5 days per week up to 6·5 weeks) or temozolomide chemotherapy (75 mg/m(2) daily, for 21 of 28 days [one cycle] for 12 cycles). The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (results published separately); here, we report the results for two key secondary endpoints: HRQOL (assessed using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer's [EORTC] QLQ-C30 [version 3] and the EORTC Brain Cancer Module [QLQ-BN20]) and global cognitive functioning (assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE]). We did analyses on the intention-to-treat population. This study is closed and is registered at EudraCT, number 2004-002714-11, and at ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00182819. FINDINGS: Between Dec 6, 2005, and Dec 21, 2012, we randomly assigned 477 eligible patients to either radiotherapy (n=240) or temozolomide chemotherapy (n=237). The difference in HRQOL between the two treatment groups was not significant during the 36 months' follow-up (mean between group difference [averaged over all timepoints] 0·06, 95% CI -4·64 to 4·75, p=0·98). At baseline, 32 (13%) of 239 patients who received radiotherapy and 32 (14%) of 236 patients who received temozolomide chemotherapy had impaired cognitive function, according to the MMSE scores. After randomisation, five (8%) of 63 patients who received radiotherapy and three (6%) of 54 patients who received temozolomide chemotherapy and who could be followed up for 36 months had impaired cognitive function, according to the MMSE scores. No significant difference was recorded between the groups for the change in MMSE scores during the 36 months of follow-up. INTERPRETATION: The effect of temozolomide chemotherapy or radiotherapy on HRQOL or global cognitive functioning did not differ in patients with low-grade glioma. These results do not support the choice of temozolomide alone over radiotherapy alone in patients with high-risk low-grade glioma. FUNDING: Merck Sharp & Dohme-Merck & Co, National Cancer Institute, Swiss Cancer League, National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK, Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute, National Health and Medical Research Council, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Cancer Research Fund. Variations in the reporting of potentially confounding variables in studies investigating systemic treatments for unresectable pancreatic cancer pose challenges in drawing accurate comparisons between findings. In this Review, we establish the first international consensus on mandatory baseline and prognostic characteristics in future trials for the treatment of unresectable pancreatic cancer. We did a systematic literature search to find phase 3 trials investigating first-line systemic treatment for locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer to identify baseline characteristics and prognostic variables. We created a structured overview showing the reporting frequencies of baseline characteristics and the prognostic relevance of identified variables. We used a modified Delphi panel of two rounds involving an international panel of 23 leading medical oncologists in the field of pancreatic cancer to develop a consensus on the various variables identified. In total, 39 randomised controlled trials that had data on 15 863 patients were included, of which 32 baseline characteristics and 26 prognostic characteristics were identified. After two consensus rounds, 23 baseline characteristics and 12 prognostic characteristics were designated as mandatory for future pancreatic cancer trials. The COnsensus statement on Mandatory Measurements in unresectable PAncreatic Cancer Trials (COMM-PACT) identifies a mandatory set of baseline and prognostic characteristics to allow adequate comparison of outcomes between pancreatic cancer studies. Transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are overexpressed in many malignancies. RTK signalling triggers cell proliferation, suppression of apoptosis, increased motility, and recruitment of neovasculature. Overexpressed RTKs are the molecular targets for an increasing number of anticancer drugs. Monoclonal antibodies block the ligands or their binding sites and prevent receptor dimerisation, thereby hindering RTK signalling. The antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity can boost the therapeutic effect. Small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) hamper downstream RTK signalling by targeting the intracellular kinase domain. These drugs have significantly increased survival in several patient groups. Improved patient stratification and therapy monitoring might further enhance the efficacy of anti-RTK therapy. Radionuclide-based molecular imaging can provide methods for localising and estimating the expression of RTKs. It can potentially identify patients who have tumours that overexpress RTK and would, therefore, most likely benefit from a targeted treatment. Monitoring changes in RTK expression during therapy could help avoid overtreatment and undertreatment. Radionuclide-based methods are less invasive and less sensitive to expression heterogeneity than more conventional sampling methods. The biochemical information is also obtained in an anatomical context. The development of radiolabelled anti-RTK drugs and their analogues is the subject of intensive preclinical and translational research. In this review, we present current approaches to developing imaging probes for in-vivo RTK visualisation and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Background The TME trial investigated the value of preoperative short-term radiotherapy in combination with total mesorectal excision (TME). Long-term results are reported after a median follow-up of 12 years. Methods Between Jan 12, 1996, and Dec 31, 1999, 1861 patients with resectable rectal cancer without evidence of distant disease were randomly assigned to TME preceded by 5 x 5 Gy radiotherapy or TME alone (ratio 1:1). Randomisation was based on permuted blocks of six with stratification according to centre and expected type of surgery. The primary endpoint was local recurrence, analysed for all eligible patients who underwent a macroscopically complete local resection. Findings 10-year cumulative incidence of local recurrence was 5% in the group assigned to radiotherapy and surgery and 11% in the surgery-alone group (p<0.0001). The effect of radiotherapy became stronger as the distance from the anal verge increased. However, when patients with a positive circumferential resection margin were excluded, the relation between distance from the anal verge and the effect of radiotherapy disappeared. Patients assigned to radiotherapy had a lower overall recurrence and when operated with a negative circumferential resection margin, cancer-specific survival was higher. Overall survival did not differ between groups. For patients with TNM stage III cancer with a negative circumferential resection margin, 10-year survival was 50% in the preoperative radiotherapy group versus 40% in the surgery-alone group (p=0.032). Interpretation For all eligible patients, preoperative short-term radiotherapy reduced 10-year local recurrence by more than 50% relative to surgery alone without an overall survival benefit. For patients with a negative resection margin, the effect of radiotherapy was irrespective of the distance from the anal verge and led to an improved cancer-specific survival, which was nullified by an increase in other causes of death, resulting in an equal overall survival. Nevertheless, preoperative short-term radiotherapy significantly improved 10-year survival in patients with a negative circumferential margin and Trim stage III. Future staging techniques should offer possibilities to select patient groups for which the balance between benefits and side-effects will result in sufficiently large gains. Background Cancer is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic diseases, but data on the association between prostate cancer and thromboembolic diseases are scarce. We investigated the risk of thromboembolic disease in men with prostate cancer who were receiving endocrine treatment, curative treatment, or surveillance. Methods We analysed data from PCBaSe Sweden, a database based on the National Prostate Cancer Register, which covers over 96% of prostate cancer cases in Sweden. Standardised incidence ratios (SIR) of deep-venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, and arterial embolism were calculated by comparing observed and expected (using the total Swedish male population) occurrences of thromboembolic disease, taking into account age, calendar-time, number of thromboembolic diseases, and time since previous thromboembolic disease. Findings Between Jan 1, 1997, and Dec 31, 2007, 30 642 men received primary endocrine therapy, 26 432 curative treatment, and 19 526 surveillance. 1881 developed a thromboembolic disease. For men on endocrine therapy, risks for DVT (SIR 2.48, 95% CI 2.25-2.73) and pulmonary embolism (1.95, 1.81-2.15) were increased, although this was not the case for arterial embolism (1.00, 0.82-1.20). Similar patterns were seen for men who received curative treatment (DVT: 1.73, 1.47-2.01; pulmonary embolism: 2.03, 1.79-2.30; arterial embolism: 0.95, 0.69-1.27) and men who were on surveillance (DVT: 1.27, 1.08-1.47; pulmonary embolism: 1.57, 1.38-1.78; arterial embolism: 1.08, 0.87-133). Increased risks for thromboembolic disease were maintained when patients were stratified by age and tumour stage. Interpretation All men with prostate cancer were at higher risk of thromboembolic diseases, with the highest risk for those on endocrine therapy. Our results indicate that prostate cancer itself, prostate cancer treatments, and selection mechanisms all contribute to increased risk of thromboembolic disease. Thromboembolic disease should be a concern when managing patients with prostate cancer. Management of neuroendocrine neoplasia represents a clinical challenge because of its late presentation, lack of treatment options, and limitations in present imaging modalities and biomarkers to guide management. Monoanalyte biomarkers have poor sensitivity, specificity, and predictive ability. A National Cancer Institute summit, held in 2007, on neuroendocrine tumours noted biomarker limitations to be a crucial unmet need in the management of neuroendocrine tumours. A multinational consensus meeting of multidisciplinary experts in neuroendocrine tumours assessed the use of current biomarkers and defined the perquisites for novel biomarkers via the Delphi method. Consensus (at > 75%) was achieved for 88 (82%) of 107 assessment questions. 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I have a Smith Corona Serial #SC177084 and it looks exactly like the portable Sterling model. It has chrome logo and Floating Shift emblem in the middle. The case is a light beige. But what is odd is that the word Clipper appears on the back of the typewriter instead of Sterling. Any information about this (is it odd or have I just not run across this yet online) would be helpful! Thank you. Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below. Shop for: Comments Alan Markwalter, 4 years agoI also have a typewriter just like this one. Identicle! However it does not say clipper on it. Same beige case, same floating shift chrome emblem in center. I'm trying to find out how old it is. Liz, 4 years agoI have the same thing, almost. It's in the same case but my keys are all the dark green. It doesn't advance when you type and I'm trying to fix it. My serial number is 5c240021. My email is eklueck at att.net Dirjas, 3 years agoThere are some things different like the leaver. If you'll look closely you'll see. That's also with the royals | Mid | [
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The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy announced that it received 370 dispensary applications by the deadline on November 17th. The agency is authorized to award up to 60 licenses as part of the process it described in September. The complete list of applicants was posted to the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program website. The applicants include at least two publicly-traded companies, with Liberty Health Sciences (CSE: LHS) (OTC: LHSIF) and MPX Bioceutical (CSE: MPX) (OTC: MPXEF) each submitting multiple applications. The entity for Liberty, Schottenstein Aphria III LLC, submitted four applications. The entity for MPX, GreenMart, submitted three applications. Several well known multi-state operators also applied, including Columbia Care (3), Cresco Labs (5), GTI (12), Harvest (10) and PharmaCann (6) all submitting multiple applications. Andy Joseph, the founder of Apeks Supercritical, submitted 5 applications under the Ohio Grown Therapies banner. Get ahead of the crowd by signing up for 420 Investor, the largest & most comprehensive premium subscription service for cannabis traders and investors since 2013. Published by NCV Newswire The NCV Newswire by New Cannabis Ventures aims to curate high quality content and information about leading cannabis companies to help our readers filter out the noise and to stay on top of the most important cannabis business news. The NCV Newswire is hand-curated by an editor and not automated in anyway. Have a confidential news tip? Get in touch | Low | [
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Charge-Transfer State Dynamics Following Hole and Electron Transfer in Organic Photovoltaic Devices. The formation of bound electron-hole pairs, also called charge-transfer (CT) states, in organic-based photovoltaic devices is one of the dominant loss mechanisms hindering performance. Whereas CT state dynamics following electron transfer from donor to acceptor have been widely studied, there is not much known about the dynamics of bound CT states produced by hole transfer from the acceptor to the donor. In this letter, we compare the dynamics of CT states formed in the different charge-transfer pathways in a range of model systems. We show that the nature and dynamics of the generated CT states are similar in the case of electron and hole transfer. However the yield of bound and free charges is observed to be strongly dependent on the HOMOD-HOMOA and LUMOD-LUMOA energy differences of the material system. We propose a qualitative model in which the effects of static disorder and sampling of states during the relaxation determine the probability of accessing CT states favorable for charge separation. | High | [
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CD40 engagement enhances eosinophil survival through induction of cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2 expression: Possible involvement in allergic inflammation. CD40 engagement enhances eosinophil survival, suggesting a role for this receptor in the development of eosinophilia. We examined whether CD40 enhances eosinophil survival by inducing the expression of antiapoptotic proteins. Three members of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family, namely cellular (c)-IAP1, c-IAP2, and XIAP, and 2 antiapoptotic proteins of the Bcl-2 family, namely Bcl-x(L) and Bfl-1/A1, were investigated. Blood and sputum were obtained from healthy subjects and atopic asthmatic patients. Blood eosinophils were isolated by means of magnetic selection. Expression of CD40, IAPs, and Bcl-2 proteins was investigated by using flow cytometry, immunoblotting, or both. CD40 stimulation was achieved with agonistic antibodies or soluble ligands. Apoptosis was assessed by staining with propidium iodide and FITC-conjugated annexin-V. c-IAP2 expression was inhibited with antisense oligonucleotides. Freshly isolated eosinophils from healthy and asthmatic patients did not express CD40. Conversely, eosinophils expressed CD40 spontaneously when cultured for 48 hours. At this time point, CD40 stimulation significantly delayed eosinophil apoptosis. Inhibition of eosinophil apoptosis was accompanied by induction of c-IAP2 but not c-IAP1, XIAP, Bcl-x(L), or Bfl-1/A1 expression. Antisense knockdown of c-iap2 abolished CD40-induced enhancement of eosinophil survival. Sputum cells from asthmatic patients, unlike those from healthy subjects, substantially expressed CD40 and c-IAP2. Moreover, a strong correlation was found between the percentage of eosinophils in the sputum from asthmatic patients and the sputum level of CD40 and c-IAP2 expression. The results demonstrate that CD40 engagement enhances eosinophil survival through induction of c-IAP2 expression and suggest a role for this mechanism in allergic inflammation. | High | [
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Browsed byCategory: shrimp I found cooked, peeled shrimp on sale the other day and decided to make gumbo. I have had gumbo a few times and loved it. I think I have even made it before, but this was different. I decided to look it up and find out what is unique about gumbo, if there was anything in particular that sets it aside from other soups. I found out that the thickening agents are the keys. The first one is the roux. The second can be okra or filé. Most say that you must choose one or the other – okra or filé, a few say it’s fine to use them together. I didn’t have a need to make the choice; I had filé on hand and no okra. RoastingRoast red onion, 1 bulbs garlic, 1 jalapeno, and 1 green chili, covered at 400 degrees for 45 minute to one hour. Allow to cool well enough to be handled and cut up (can be roasted and refrigerated the day before). GumboAdd stock, roux and water to a large sauce pan or stockpot. Whisk well. If the liquid is cool the roux will congeal and stick to the whisk. That is OK, just be sure to whisk well when it has warmed before adding other ingredients. Add all ingredients except the shrimp and file. Spices should be used liberally. Remember to adjust salt according to saltiness of stock. Bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 to 1 ½ hour. It will reduce. Add shrimp. Allow to return to a boil or simmer. Reduce heat and cook for 10 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and wait until it is no longer bubbling. Add file and stir well. Serve over white rice. This was inspired by a dish served at Viva Vallarta, in Canon City, Colorado. Theirs is different in a few ways and, as in most restaurants, to me the portion size is just a tease. They actually wrap their shrimp with the bacon. I don’t. That takes a lot of time and work out of this recipe. Cut bacon strips into quarters and cook on medium high in a large iron skillet (kitchen scissors work great for this and you do not have to cut the slices individually). DO NOT drain grease (the mushrooms will soak up most of it). When bacon is done or almost done reduce heat to medium and add green onions, garlic, green chili, and jalapeno. Cook for one or two minutes. Add mushrooms. Cook for one or two minutes. Add chili pequin, cayenne, and cumin. Cook for about twenty minutes, stirring occasionally. Shake salt and liberally shake paprika over the top, allow to cook for 5 to 10 minutes without stirring. Stir, remove from heat, and serve. Makes 2-4 servings, depending on how hungry you are!Today, I served this with a pasta salad (recipe coming soon!). It would also go well with refried beans and Spanish rice or over fettuccini. | Low | [
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More homeowners miss mortgage payments Delinquencies predicted to stall economic recovery A new $1.1 million, 5,200-square-foot home in Davie, Fla., is offered for short sale in this May 13 photo. The number of homeowners who missed at least one payment on their mortgage surged to a record in the first quarter of the year, a sign that the foreclosure crisis is far from over. Washington The mortgage crisis is dragging on the economic recovery as more homeowners fall behind on their payments. Analysts expect improvement soon, but the number of homeowners in default or at risk of foreclosure will have a lingering effect on the broader economy. More than 10 percent of homeowners with a mortgage had missed at least one payment in the January-March period, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. That’s a record high and up from 9.1 percent a year ago. A big jump in the number of borrowers who have missed three months of mortgage payments drove the increase. One encouraging sign is the number of homeowners just starting to show trouble is trending downward. As of March, nearly 3.5 percent of borrowers had missed one month of mortgage payments, down from about 3.8 percent a year earlier. Around 4.3 million homeowners, or about 8 percent of all Americans with a mortgage, are at risk of losing their homes, the trade group’s top economist estimates. They have either missed at least three months of payments or are in foreclosure. Should loan modification programs fail to help, their homes will go up for sale either as a foreclosure or short sale — when the bank agrees to sell the property for less than the original mortgage amount. Many analysts have been forecasting home prices will dip again as more of these homes go up for sale at deeply discounted prices. “It’s certainly a weight on the economy,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, who predicts home prices will fall about 5 percent and hit the bottom next spring. “Nothing works all that well in the economy when house prices are falling.” Federal tax credits boosted home sales this spring, but they expired last month. As a result, mortgage applications to purchase homes fell to the lowest level in 13 years this week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a separate report Wednesday. The latest foreclosure figures from the trade group are adjusted for seasonal factors. For example, heating bills and holiday expenses tend to push mortgage delinquencies up near the end of the year. Many of those borrowers become current on their loans again by spring. Without adjusting for seasonal factors, the delinquency numbers dropped, as they normally do from the winter to spring. More than 4.6 percent of homeowners were in foreclosure, also a record. But that number, which is not adjusted for seasonal factors, was up only slightly from the end of last year. Jay Brinkmann, the trade group’s chief economist, said the foreclosure crisis appears to have stabilized. Seasonal adjustments may be exaggerating the change from the previous quarter, he added. The Obama administration’s $75 billion foreclosure prevention program has barely dented the problem. About 25 percent of the 1.2 million homeowners who started the program over the past year had received permanent loan modifications as of last month. About 23 percent of those enrolled dropped out during a trial phase that lasts at least three months. Many more are in limbo. Economic woes, such as unemployment or reduced income, are the main catalysts for foreclosures this year. Initially, lax lending standards were the culprit. But homeowners with good credit who took out conventional, fixed-rate loans are now the fastest growing group of foreclosures. Those borrowers made up nearly 37 percent of new foreclosures in the first quarter of the year, up from 29 percent a year earlier. More like this story on LJWorld.com Comments "Nearly 15 million people are officially counted as unemployed in the United States, and more than 6 million of these have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks. Another 11 million are the “hidden” unemployed:" "So it is a myth to say that families can‘t spend more than they have. They can, and so can the government. And both are justified in borrowing if the size of the debt is manageable and if so doing helps to provide the income necessary to service the debt. " "We will leave a burden for our grandchildren if we don‘t address the urgent problem of unemployment, if we let parents and grandparents suffer the indignities and financial hardships of lost jobs. We will leave a burden for our grandchildren if we don‘t rebuild our aging infrastructure, break our reliance on fossil fuels, and provide all our children with an excellent education." | Low | [
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Q: How can I move the objects in a single direction? How can I move the objects in a single direction? Im tired of it going off course! A: Press X Y or Z to constrain the transformation to a single axis. You can also press ⇧ Shift X/Y/Z to constrain the transformation to two axes. For example, G+⇧ ShiftZ will constrain the transformation to the X/Y plane. | Mid | [
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/* * Copyright 2000 through 2004 by Marc Aurele La France (TSI @ UQV), [email protected] * * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright * notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and * that the name of Marc Aurele La France not be used in advertising or * publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, * written prior permission. Marc Aurele La France makes no representations * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided * "as-is" without express or implied warranty. * * MARC AURELE LA FRANCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, * INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO * EVENT SHALL MARC AURELE LA FRANCE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, * DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include "config.h" #endif #include "ati.h" #include "atimach64probe.h" #include "atimach64version.h" /* Module loader interface for subsidiary driver module */ static XF86ModuleVersionInfo ATIVersionRec = { MACH64_DRIVER_NAME, MODULEVENDORSTRING, MODINFOSTRING1, MODINFOSTRING2, XORG_VERSION_CURRENT, PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR, PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR, PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL, ABI_CLASS_VIDEODRV, ABI_VIDEODRV_VERSION, MOD_CLASS_VIDEODRV, {0, 0, 0, 0} }; /* * ATISetup -- * * This function is called every time the module is loaded. */ static pointer ATISetup ( pointer Module, pointer Options, int *ErrorMajor, int *ErrorMinor ) { static Bool Inited = FALSE; if (!Inited) { Inited = TRUE; xf86AddDriver(&MACH64, Module, HaveDriverFuncs); } return (pointer)TRUE; } /* The following record must be called mach64ModuleData */ _X_EXPORT XF86ModuleData mach64ModuleData = { &ATIVersionRec, ATISetup, NULL }; | Low | [
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旅行者の写真 レビュー Viatorの旅行者による口コミ 5.0 37 件のレビュー 5 ポイント 4 ポイント 3 ポイント 2 ポイント 1 ポイント W Wendy K , 8 2018 This excursion was AMAZING! You get to Coba and the Cho Ha Cenote before all the crowds! The Coba ruins are spectacular, we literally took over 200 pictures during the excursion. This is a must do excursion you will not be disappointed. We had a small group of 12 people, led by Pancho who was the best! The tour was in English and Pancho did an amazing job as the only other Spanish speaking person on the excursion was my boyfriend who speaks English as well, so he didn't let on he could speak Spanish so everyone else could enjoy. We chose to bike ride through the jungle so we could see as much of Coba as possible, climbing the holy mountain which is very high. Wear good sneakers and workout type clothes for this trip you will be drenched in sweat, bring your bathing suit and I would suggest bringing an additional change of clothes to change into after the swim in the cenote to change into. The Cho Ha Cenote was so tranquil and refreshing after trekking through the jungle. Our group was the only ones there along with one other couple, we had the whole cenote to ourselves, no crowds what so ever, I could have stayed there another hour! The spiral stairs to get down into the cenote and back out do get very slippery. Tulum was gorgeous and so well preserved, lots of iguanas everywhere, they do not bother you they just lay in the sun, but if you are scared of lizards like my BFF just a forewarning. Relaxing at Paradise Beach was nice, we got coconut water that they serve you the whole coconut with a straw in it, then they cut it open for us to eat the coconut meat! We also ordered bacon wrapped shrimp there that were seasoned with a little bit of spice that was divine! Mexico has a seaweed problem right now so there is a lot of seaweed pretty much on every beach but there is a shower available there to clean the salt and such off after a swim in the ocean! If you can do only one excursion I would highly recommend this one and ask for Pancho!!! This was an excellent day with a nice balance of activity and opportunities for rest. We were on a bilingual Spanish and English tour so we had 2 great guides, Poncho and Joel. They were exceptionally knowledgeable and had a clear passion for sharing their culture which made the trip even better. We were picked up very early 6:15am at our hotel and then we left to pick up 3 couples at 3 hotels and the 2 guides in Playa del Carmen. The van was very clean and comfortable and our driver Javier drove safely and made us feel welcome. They provided guests with a cooler of cold water. First, we went to Coba where we were able to climb the ruin. Joel climbed with us and took lots of photos of us from various angles. We also toured the grounds and learned about the history. Next, we drove to the cenote close by and swam there, which was exciting. There are changing stalls so you can change after swimming. Next,. we went to a lovely lunch on a small pond where we saw a croc snapping his jaws! Next., we went to Tulum which is the closest thing to paradise I've ever seen. Finally, we went to Paradise Beach which was underwhelming due to abnormally high levels of seaweed. Tips: Don't forget generous amounts of sunscreen and bug spray, wear a hat and sunglasses, bring at least one change of clothes and bathing suit as well as water shoes you won't want to go in the cenote barefoot, as well as 1 towel per person in your group, a selfie stick, and a small backpack. Because we were picked up so early, we were not able to eat breakfast. I think the tour could be improved by including a stop at a Starbucks or McDonalds or a market so the tourists who have no access to food that early could grab a coffee and a quick bite for the 45 min ride to Coba. Ladies, the bathrooms are minimal at best. You should bring a package of tissues with you because there was little to no paper, no toilet seats, and no flushing. The bathroom at the restaurant mid day was a fully operational rest room, so use your time there wisely. Also, no worries about your belongings. Javier stayed on the van and kept our things safe. There is literally no shade at all at Tulum, so if you're extra sensitive to the sun, bring an umbrella. Overall, great way to spend the day, but I would have preferred to skip Paradise Beach and just get back to the resort at an earlier time. A very early start with pickup at security gates of our resort at 6:20am which made for a long hot day, but well worth it, as we packed a lot into the tour. The group had a total of 14 people, and bus was clean and comfortable. Arrived at Coba early which is very good as it is cooler then and not crowded. Make sure to wear comfortable shoes flip flops aren't enough. It is a 2km walk to the pyramid - suggest conserving energy and hiring a bike limo. Climbing the pyramid is do-able but pretty strenuous and not for those afraid of heights. Next stop was Cho Ha Cenote which was wonderful. They have on-site change rooms so no need to wear bathing suit under clothes. Great buffet lunch and off to Tulum which is much larger than I expected, very crowded at that time of day, and no shade at all - so I would suggest you bring an umbrella for shade. Paradise Beach was great- all sand and no rocks in the water. Its ok to leave your stuff in the van as they have a driver that stays with it all the time, and it is always locked. Driver Joel, Guide Joel, and Guide Gabriel were all warm and welcoming, and the guides were very knowledgeable about Mayan history. A great day was had by all! Excellent trip, very interesting,the guide, Pancho, was friendly,very knowable about the sites and helpful. There is a lot of walking at the Coba ruins but if you don't like walking there are bikes for hire or you can get someone to pedal you around on a 'rickshaw' Absolutely worth it!!!!! I had the most amazing day, honestly no complains. From hotel pick up to Coba ruins, to Cho ha Cenote, to lunch, to Tulum ruins, to paradise beach and then back to the hotel it was a beautiful experience. our driver and guide Hores not sure I spelt that right where awesome, very attentive and knowledgeable. the sights are definitely worth seeing. Climbing the Coba ruin was an EXPERIENCE. I advise you do this one as I heard visitors will soon be stopped from climbing the Coba ruins like they have done at Chichen Itza. I only wish we spend more time at Paradise beach ...but even I was tired by then. It is definitely a WHOLE DAY affair. You'll be tired at the end but everything was definitely worth my time. Joel our guide and Xavier our driver were excellent!! Timely, safe and engaging. This tour was so worth the money. Our kids really enjoyed all the kid friendly tidbits Joel shared. Excellent tour...hitting up so many spots in a day. Time to relax between each location. Cho ha cenote was a beauty! Totally recommend this tour, Joel one of our tour guides was very nice, funny and really kept us interested. You get to Coba ruins very early and you have the option to rent a bicycle for around 3 and you can explore by yourself or you can just stay with the group. Tulum was beautiful too! Just make sure to bring comfortable/closed shoes, water the tour opperator offers free refreshments I do not recomend this for kids under 12 years old since there is a lot of walking. We had a beautiful experience This tour was amazing. Our tour guide Poncho was wonderful...very knowledgeable and answered any questions that we asked. The bus picked us up on time from our hotel and we arrived at Coba before the crowds started. Coba was awesome, nice to be so close up to the ruins. Then off to the cenote with its Crystal clear water. After swimming in the cenote we took a short drive to a restaurant for lunch which was very good. The Tulum ruins were different than the cobra ruins but also worth the visit. The day ended with time on the beach with a very fun outdoor bar. I highly recommend this tour. I would like to thank Poncho and our friendly bus driver for making this tour so enjoyable. Everything about the tour was great, highly recommended for anyone looking for a great but long and action-packed. Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the ruins especially Coba and the Cho Ha were highlights of my trip but be prepared for lots of stairs and walking as a lot is packed into one day. | Mid | [
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The Fisher Trust In a world full of supernatural threats, the Fisher Trust keeps the shadows at bay. Game 7 The Dragon flies just out of reach and lands on one of the compound’s towers only to have Flora surmise that it’s a female, then taunts it about going after it’s young and criticaling it in the head. It flies off to lick it’s wounds and the group decides to press on and try themselves against the guns below, that being their primary objective (and some worrying that the “International group for the Protection Of Dragons will come down on them if they try for the mamma again.) They manage, after some strategize, to take down the final robots and then are ordered to return to the helicopter. Just as they get to the pick up point a mean looking black helicopter comes from out of nowhere and fires missiles at the aircraft. The group just narrowly makes it out of the blast radius only to be hit hard by missiles of their own. A voice, heavily accented, announces over their earpieces that if they give up Flora, they will be let alive, Flora immediately complies, and after some tried persuading to stay, leaves with great sadness. The group is picked up by rescue workers, but until three days pass, and are air lifted back to the Trust headquarters. It turns out the whole mission was a trap for Flora. The game ends with Flora on a table, parts of her body removed and wires to and from everywhere. Her movement has been taken off line and a voice, familiar to the one over the intercom when the group first fought together to take down Nick’s robots, says some creepy things before she is put offline again. | Low | [
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Hyperloop, the vacuum-sealed train of the future, has the potential to completely change how we travel between cities — and once we get there, integrated self-driving vehicles will take us the extra mile. Hyperloop One, one of the companies aiming to bring Elon Musk’s vision for super-rapid transit to life, has a grand plan to bring together autonomous driving, smartphones, and superfast trains. “With a simple software push you can basically make anything Hyperloop enabled,” co-founder Josh Giegel said in an interview with Factor-Tech published Monday. “So were really extending it to go door-to-door faster than you’ve gone before.” The idea, which is still open to modification, is that users will download an app to key in their destination. A self-driving car will come and pick you up from your location: Hyperloop One could pick you up in one of their cars, or a third party like Uber could provide the same service. Alternatively, if you own an autonomous car of your own, you could summon it through the same app. Once you’re in the car, it will drive directly to the nearest portal. The car will exit the Hyperloop once you’ve reached the destination city, then drive you the rest of the way. The 700 mph train journey offers potentially major time savings: the train ride from Los Angeles to San Francisco, ordinarily a day-long trip, could take as little as 30 minutes. Hyperloop One recently announced the last 35 finalists for its grand competition to bring the technology to a metro area: one day, the company hopes to link these metro area trains together, meaning that one trip in a self-driving car could take you halfway across the world in unimaginably fast time. Pricing details are yet to be announced, but the company is aiming for affordability, as summarized in the company’s motto: “The speed of an airplane, the convenience of a metro, the comfort of an elevator, the cost of a bus ticket.” Watch a preview of Hyperloop One here: | High | [
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The present invention relates to a process for the purification of an inert gas containing impurities formed of organic compounds. The invention further relates to a process for the purification of an inert gas recycled from a polymerization reactor and particularly a solid-state polycondensation (SSP) reactor for aromatic polyester resins. Polymer resins are molded into a variety of useful products. One such polymer resin is polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin. It is well known that aromatic polyester resins, particularly PET, copolymers of terephthalic acid with lower proportions of isophthalic acid and polybutylene terephthalate are used in the production of beverage containers, films, fibers, packages and tire cord. U.S. Pat. No. 4,064,112 B1 discloses a solid-state polycondensation or polymerization (SSP) process for the production of PET resins. While for fibers and films the intrinsic viscosity of the resin must generally be between 0.6 to 0.75 dl/g, higher values are necessary for molding materials such as containers and tire cord. Higher intrinsic viscosity such as greater than 0.75 dl/g can only with difficulty be obtained directly through polycondensation of molten PET, commonly called the melt phase process. The SSP process pushes polymerization to a higher degree thereby increasing the molecular weight of the polymer by the heating and removal of reaction products. The polymer with a higher molecular weight has greater mechanical strength and other properties useful for production of containers, fibers and films, for example. An SSP process starts with polymer chips that are in an amorphous state. U.S. Pat. No. 4,064,112 B1 teaches crystallizing and heating the chips in a crystallizer vessel under agitation to a density of 1.403 to 1.415 g/cm3 and a temperature ranging between 230xc2x0 and 245xc2x0 C. (446xc2x0 and 473xc2x0 F.) before entering into the SSP reactor. Otherwise the tacky chips tend to stick together. The SSP reactor may consist of a cylindrical reactive section containing a vertical mobile bed into which the polymer chips are introduced from above and a frusto-conical dispensing section at the base for dispensing the product chips. The polycondensation reactor typically operates at temperatures between 210xc2x0 and 220xc2x0 C. (410 and 428xc2x0 F.). Various reactions occur during polycondensation of PET. The main reaction that increases the molecular weight of PET is the elimination of the ethylene glycol group: PETxe2x80x94COOxe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94OH+HOxe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94OOCxe2x80x94PETxe2x86x92PETxe2x80x94COOxe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94OOCxe2x80x94PET+HOxe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94CH2xe2x80x94OH An inert gas such as nitrogen is run through the polymerization reactor to strip the developing polymer of the impurities. The impurities present in the inert gas stream used in the production of polyethylene terephthalate in an SSP process generally include water and organics such as aldehydes and glycols, typically acetaldehyde and ethylene glycol and glycol oligomers. Also, volatile impurities include low molecular weight PET oligomers, such as the cyclic trimer of PET. Water is removed from the inert gaseous stream before it is recycled to the SSP because it can precipitate a reversal of the polymerization process. The organic impurities are removed to strengthen the polymer product and to assure that the impurities do not taint the compatibility of the end product with its use. Especially important is the prevention of organic impurities from leaching out of a resin container into the beverage contents. These impurities are stripped from polymer chips and accumulate in the inert gaseous stream. The organic impurities are present in the inert gaseous stream to be purified, in quantities, defined as methane equivalent, of about 2000 to 3000 ppm or more. U.S. Pat. No. 5,708,124 B1 discloses maintaining the ratio of inert gas mass flow rate to PET polymer solids mass flow rate to below 0.6 in an SSP reactor. It is also well known that polyamide resins, and among them particularly PA6, PA6,6, PA11, PA12 and their copolymers, find wide application both in the fiber and flexible packaging sectors, and in the manufactured articles production by blow and extrusion technology. While the resin relative viscosity for fibers is low at about 2.4 to 3.0, higher relative viscosities of 3.2 to 5.0 are needed for articles produced by blow and extrusion technologies. The relative viscosity is increased to above 3.0 by means of an SSP process operating at temperatures of between 140xc2x0 and 230xc2x0 C. (284xc2x0 and 446xc2x0 F.), depending on the polyamide types used. U.S. Pat. No. 4,460,762 B1 describes an SSP process for a polyamide and different methods to accelerate this reaction. An SSP process for polyamide resins is also described in the article xe2x80x9cNylon 6 Polymerization in the Solid State,xe2x80x9d R. J. Gaymans et al., Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 27, 2515-2526 (1982) which points out the use of nitrogen as a heating and flushing aid. The reaction is carried out at 145xc2x0 C. (293xc2x0 F.). It is also known that the molecular weight of polycarbonate can be increased through an SSP process. Developing polyamides and polycarbonates also emit organic impurities that must be purged by an inert gas stream that must then be purified. EP 0 222 714 B1 discloses a method for making polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene isophthalate with very low generation of acetaldehyde to reduce the amount of purification required of the inert gas. The conventional method used for the purification of an inert gaseous stream recycled from an SSP process includes an oxidation step for converting the organic impurities to CO2 and a drying step to eliminate the water formed in the polymerization process and the oxidation step. The oxidation step is carried out with oxygen or with gas containing oxygen, such as air, by using an oxygen concentration of no more than in slight excess of the stoichiometric quantity as regards the organic impurities. The oxidation step is controlled according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,612,011 B1 so that the inert gaseous stream at the outlet contains an oxygen concentration of not more than 250 ppm and preferably according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,652 B1 so that the inert gaseous stream at the outlet contains an oxygen concentration of not more than 10 ppm. These patents taught that a previously required deoxidation step of reducing the oxygen with hydrogen between the oxidation and drying steps was not required. The oxidation reaction is conventionally carried out at a temperature between 250xc2x0 and 600xc2x0 C. (482xc2x0 and 1112xc2x0 F.) by circulating the inert gaseous stream over a catalyst bed formed of a support coated with platinum or platinum and palladium. The low oxygen content present in the inert gaseous stream exiting the oxidation section allows for recycling the same to the SSP process after the drying step. Moreover, higher oxygen concentrations in the recycled inert gaseous stream present the risk of oxidation reactions which degrade the polymer product, for example, by xe2x80x9cyellowingxe2x80x9d the product. Japanese Publication 20885/71 discloses a method of reconstituting inert gas employed in the solid-state polycondensation or polymerization of linear polyesters comprising contacting the gas with one metal oxide at 150xc2x0 to 300xc2x0 C. (302xc2x0 to 572xc2x0 F.). The organic reaction products contained in the inert gas are oxidized to water and carbon dioxide. However, because the metal oxide loses its activity, it must be heated in the presence of air in a batch process. Accordingly, this publication does not pertain to a continuous catalytic gas purification process. The last inert gas purifying step is a drying step carried out by circulating the gas over a silica gel, molecular sieves or other beds of drying materials. In this step, the water both stripped from polymer chips by the inert gas stream and generated in the oxidation step is eliminated. After this step, the inert gas is recycled to the SSP process. The small traces of oxygen, when present in the recycled inert gaseous stream, do not cause oxidation effects and/or polymer degradation. Even when the oxygen quantity in the oxidation reactor is stoichiometric or a little higher, it is possible to reduce the organic impurities to acceptable levels, such as less than 10 ppm defined as methane equivalent. An article by E. V. Kuznetsova et al. entitled xe2x80x9cPurification of Industrial is Vapor-Gas Discharges and Wastewaters by Vapor-Phase Catalytic Oxidationxe2x80x9d discloses the use of platinum and other metal catalysts for the oxidation of organic substances in water vapor from a wastewater stream. The article indicated that as temperature went below 250xc2x0 C. (482xc2x0 F.), the degree of conversion of hydrocarbon substances is less than complete for the aluminum-copper oxide catalyst. The platinum or platinum and palladium catalyst previously used in the purification of an inert gas from a polymerization process had to be run at 250xc2x0 to 600xc2x0 C. (482xc2x0 to 1112xc2x0 F.) to ensure adequate oxidation of the hydrocarbon impurities from the nitrogen gas stream when substantially stoichiometric quantities of oxygen are used. The higher temperature used in the reaction zone requires relatively costlier equipment and operation to preheat the impure inert gaseous stream fed into the oxidation zone. Moreover, greater equipment and operation costs were necessary to recover heat from the oxidation step. Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a catalyst that will oxidize nearly all of the organic impurities from an inert polymerization reactor purge stream with substantially stoichiometric quantities of oxygen at lower temperatures. It has been unexpectedly found that catalysts of 0.1 to 2.0 wt-% platinum in which the platinum is in a reduced state nearly completely oxidizes organic impurities from a polymerization reaction with a substantially stoichiometric quantity of oxygen at much lower temperatures than previously practiced, namely, below 250xc2x0 C. (482xc2x0 F.). Accordingly, in one embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for the purification of a recycle inert gas stream leaving a polymerization reactor from organic impurities. The process comprises adding oxygen or a gas containing oxygen to the gas stream. The gas stream is contacted with a catalyst containing platinum, which has been subjected to reduction, at a reaction temperature of less than 300xc2x0 C. (572xc2x0 F.) in a reactor. The quantity of oxygen added is substantially stoichiometric with respect to the organic impurities such that a gas effluent from the reactor contains no greater than 250 ppm oxygen. The gas effluent leaving the oxidation reactor is dried to remove water from the gas effluent. The gas effluent is then recycled to the polymerization reactor. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for the purification of a recycle inert gas stream leaving a polymerization reactor from organic impurities. The process comprises adding oxygen or gas containing oxygen to the gas stream. The gas stream is contacted with a catalyst containing platinum in a substantially reduced state on a support at a reaction temperature of less than 300xc2x0 C. (572xc2x0 F.) in a reactor. The quantity of oxygen added is substantially stoichiometric with respect to the organic impurities such that a gas effluent from the reactor contains no greater than 100 ppm oxygen. The gas effluent leaving the oxidation reactor is dried to remove water from the gas effluent. The gas effluent is then recycled to the polymerization reactor. In a further embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for the purification of a recycle inert gas stream leaving a polymerization reactor from organic impurities. The process comprises adding oxygen or gas containing oxygen to the gas stream. The gas stream is contacted with a catalyst containing platinum, which has been subjected to reduction, at a reaction temperature of less than 250xc2x0 C. (482xc2x0 F.) in a reactor. The quantity of oxygen added is substantially stoichiometric with respect to the organic impurities such that a gas effluent from the reactor contains no greater than 10 ppm oxygen. The gas effluent is then recycled to the polymerization reactor. Additional objects, embodiments and details of this invention can be obtained from the following detailed description of the invention. | Low | [
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Spatial fidelity of image amplification in photorefractive crystals. We numerically studied the spatial fidelity of coherent image amplification by two-wave mixing configurations in photorefractive BaTiO(3):Ce using a three-dimensional analysis. The results are given for the case when the input one-dimensional rectangular amplitude of the image-bearing extraordinary beam is finite in the plane of incidence and when the amplitude is finite in the orthogonal plane. The fidelity and the gain versus the angle between the propagating direction of the image-bearing beam and the crystal c axis, the pump-to-image intensity ratio, and the input beamwidth, are analyzed. | Mid | [
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Favorite Answer I'm sorry. I live in Virginia too. Right now I'm in Norfolk and I hear some thunder and it is very rainy and very windy. I'm getting the storm that you just had so I understand you being nervous. When I get nervous, ~I talk to God. ~I also try to turn on the tv to a funny show and laugh. When you laugh, it makes you less afraid. So try to watch something funny on tv or on the internet. ~Also, if someone is awake, I talk to someone. ~Cuddling with a stuffed animal helps too, I'm 19 and I still do it lol. ~After a while you will get used to storms and they may not bother you anymore. So the more storms you go through, the more you will get used to them. It's okay to be a little nervous, we all are/ once were I'm sure. ~Also, try to think of the thunder as angels in heaven playing drums, or someone bowling. Close your eyes when it thunders and think of a bowling alley, or drums. ~When you see lightning, think of fireworks! :) ~Singing helps too. Whenever it thunders, think of it as drums and try to hum or sing a song to it. ~You can also listen to music. If you don't like the sound of thunder, turn up your headphones really high and close your eyes, and sing to the music. I used to do that when I was younger and it has worked. Music also gives you a burst of energy and confidence you may need to get through the storm. Dance around your room if you have to, be happy, and remember that the storm will be over soon. The worser the storm, the quicker it will go away. ~Learning about thunder and lightening can help too. A lot of people are scared because they don't know anything about it. Try asking your parents, to go online and find out what they are, what they do, an how to stay safe. Tornadoes? You're not in Kansas so don't worry about them okay? Also, try to think about the people in Kansas and Oklahoma who have tornadoes all the time. That'll make you feel better too. Knowing that it's not as bad over here in Virginia. Good luck :) | Mid | [
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<?php /** * ApexPlus.php * Trango Systems Apex Plus Wireless Sensors for LibreNMS * Author: Cory Hill ([email protected]) */ namespace LibreNMS\OS; use LibreNMS\Device\WirelessSensor; use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessErrorRateDiscovery; use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessFrequencyDiscovery; use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessMseDiscovery; use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessRateDiscovery; use LibreNMS\Interfaces\Discovery\Sensors\WirelessRssiDiscovery; use LibreNMS\OS; class ApexPlus extends OS implements WirelessRssiDiscovery, WirelessFrequencyDiscovery, WirelessMseDiscovery, WirelessRateDiscovery, WirelessErrorRateDiscovery { public function discoverWirelessRssi() { // GIGA-PLUS-MIB::rfRSSIInt $oid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.3.14.2.0'; $sensors = []; $sensors[] = new WirelessSensor( 'rssi', $this->getDeviceId(), $oid, 'apex-plus', 1, 'RSSI' ); return $sensors; } public function discoverWirelessFrequency() { // GIGA-PLUS-MIB::rfTxFrequencyInt, rfRxFrequencyInt $txoid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.3.1.1.2.0'; $rxoid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.3.1.2.2.0'; return [ new WirelessSensor( 'frequency', $this->getDeviceId(), $txoid, 'apex-plus', 0, 'Tx Frequency' ), new WirelessSensor( 'frequency', $this->getDeviceId(), $rxoid, 'apex-plus', 1, 'Rx Frequency' ), ]; } public function discoverWirelessMse() { // GIGA-PLUS-MIB::modemMSEInt $oid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.2.4.2.2.0'; $sensors = []; $sensors[] = new WirelessSensor( 'mse', $this->getDeviceId(), $oid, 'apex-plus', 1, 'MSE' ); return $sensors; } public function discoverWirelessRate() { // GIGA-PLUS-MIB::rfSpeedInt $oid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.3.6.4.2.0'; $sensors = []; $sensors[] = new WirelessSensor( 'rate', $this->getDeviceId(), $oid, 'apex-plus', 1, 'Rate' ); return $sensors; } public function discoverWirelessErrorRate() { // GIGA-PLUS-MIB::modemBER $oid = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.5454.1.80.2.4.1.1.0'; $sensors = []; $sensors[] = new WirelessSensor( 'error-rate', $this->getDeviceId(), $oid, 'apex-plus', 1, 'BER' ); return $sensors; } } | Mid | [
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/* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.plc4x.java.ads.api.serial; import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf; import org.apache.plc4x.java.ads.api.serial.types.*; import org.apache.plc4x.java.ads.api.util.ByteReadable; import org.apache.plc4x.java.ads.protocol.util.DigestUtil; /** * An AMS packet can be transferred via RS232 with the help of an AMS serial frame. * The actual AMS packet is in the user data field of the frame. * The max. length of the AMS packet is limited to 255 bytes. * Therefore the max. size of an AMS serial frame is 263 bytes. * The fragment number is compared with an internal counter by the receiver. * The frame number is simply accepted and not checked when receiving the first AMS frame or in case a timeout is * exceeded. The CRC16 algorithm is used for calculating the checksum. * * @see <a href="https://infosys.beckhoff.com/content/1033/tcadsamsserialspec/html/tcamssericalspec_amsframe.htm?id=8115637053270715044">TwinCAT AMS via RS232 Specification</a> */ public class AmsSerialFrame implements ByteReadable { public static final int ID = 0xA501; /** * Id for detecting an AMS serial frame. */ private final MagicCookie magicCookie; /** * Address of the sending participant. This value can always be set to 0 for an RS232 communication, * since it is a 1 to 1 connection and hence the participants are unique. */ private final TransmitterAddress transmitterAddress; /** * Receiver’s address. This value can always be set to 0 for an RS232 communication, since it is a 1 to 1 * connection and hence the participants are unique. */ private final ReceiverAddress receiverAddress; /** * Number of the frame sent. Once the number 255 has been sent, it starts again from 0. The receiver checks this * number with an internal counter. */ private final FragmentNumber fragmentNumber; /** * The max. length of the AMS packet to be sent is 255. If larger AMS packets are to be sent then they have to be * fragmented (not published at the moment). */ private final UserDataLength userDataLength; /** * The AMS packet to be sent. */ private final UserData userData; private final CRC crc; private AmsSerialFrame(MagicCookie magicCookie, TransmitterAddress transmitterAddress, ReceiverAddress receiverAddress, FragmentNumber fragmentNumber, UserDataLength userDataLength, UserData userData, CRC crc) { this.magicCookie = magicCookie; this.transmitterAddress = transmitterAddress; this.receiverAddress = receiverAddress; this.fragmentNumber = fragmentNumber; this.userDataLength = userDataLength; this.userData = userData; this.crc = crc; } private AmsSerialFrame(FragmentNumber fragmentNumber, UserData userData) { this.magicCookie = MagicCookie.of(ID); this.transmitterAddress = TransmitterAddress.RS232_COMM_ADDRESS; this.receiverAddress = ReceiverAddress.RS232_COMM_ADDRESS; this.fragmentNumber = fragmentNumber; long calculatedLength = userData.getCalculatedLength(); if (calculatedLength > 255) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Packet length must not exceed 255"); } this.userDataLength = UserDataLength.of((byte) calculatedLength); byte[] amsPacketBytes = userData.getBytes(); this.userData = UserData.of(amsPacketBytes); this.crc = CRC.of(DigestUtil.calculateCrc16(magicCookie, transmitterAddress, receiverAddress, fragmentNumber, userDataLength, userData)); } public static AmsSerialFrame of(MagicCookie magicCookie, TransmitterAddress transmitterAddress, ReceiverAddress receiverAddress, FragmentNumber fragmentNumber, UserDataLength userDataLength, UserData userData, CRC crc) { return new AmsSerialFrame(magicCookie, transmitterAddress, receiverAddress, fragmentNumber, userDataLength, userData, crc); } public static AmsSerialFrame of(FragmentNumber fragmentNumber, UserData userData) { return new AmsSerialFrame(fragmentNumber, userData); } @Override public ByteBuf getByteBuf() { return buildByteBuff(magicCookie, transmitterAddress, receiverAddress, fragmentNumber, userDataLength, userData, crc); } public MagicCookie getMagicCookie() { return magicCookie; } public TransmitterAddress getTransmitterAddress() { return transmitterAddress; } public ReceiverAddress getReceiverAddress() { return receiverAddress; } public FragmentNumber getFragmentNumber() { return fragmentNumber; } public UserDataLength getUserDataLength() { return userDataLength; } public UserData getUserData() { return userData; } public CRC getCrc() { return crc; } @Override public boolean equals(Object o) { if (this == o) { return true; } if (!(o instanceof AmsSerialFrame)) { return false; } AmsSerialFrame that = (AmsSerialFrame) o; if (!magicCookie.equals(that.magicCookie)) { return false; } if (!transmitterAddress.equals(that.transmitterAddress)) { return false; } if (!receiverAddress.equals(that.receiverAddress)) { return false; } if (!fragmentNumber.equals(that.fragmentNumber)) { return false; } if (!userDataLength.equals(that.userDataLength)) { return false; } if (!userData.equals(that.userData)) { return false; } return crc.equals(that.crc); } @Override public int hashCode() { int result = magicCookie.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + transmitterAddress.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + receiverAddress.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + fragmentNumber.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + userDataLength.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + userData.hashCode(); result = 31 * result + crc.hashCode(); return result; } @Override public String toString() { return "AmsSerialFrame{" + "magicCookie=" + magicCookie + ", transmitterAddress=" + transmitterAddress + ", receiverAddress=" + receiverAddress + ", fragmentNumber=" + fragmentNumber + ", userDataLength=" + userDataLength + ", userData=" + userData + ", crc=" + crc + '}'; } } | Mid | [
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MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at Mars MAVEN spacecraft and the limb of Mars. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On June 17, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) will celebrate 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the Red Planet. Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in September 2014, MAVEN has been exploring the upper atmosphere of Mars. MAVEN is bringing insight to how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world. "MAVEN has made tremendous discoveries about the Mars upper atmosphere and how it interacts with the sun and the solar wind," said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator from the University of Colorado, Boulder. "These are allowing us to understand not just the behavior of the atmosphere today, but how the atmosphere has changed through time." During its 1,000 days in orbit, MAVEN has made a multitude of exciting discoveries. Here is a countdown of the top 10 discoveries from the mission: 10. Imaging of the distribution of gaseous nitric oxide and ozone in the atmosphere shows complex behavior that was not expected, indicating that there are dynamical processes of exchange of gas between the lower and upper atmosphere that are not understood at present. 9. Some particles from the solar wind are able to penetrate unexpectedly deep into the upper atmosphere, rather than being diverted around the planet by the Martian ionosphere; this penetration is allowed by chemical reactions in the ionosphere that turn the charged particles of the solar wind into neutral atoms that are then able to penetrate deeply. 8. MAVEN made the first direct observations of a layer of metal ions in the Martian ionosphere, resulting from incoming interplanetary dust hitting the atmosphere. This layer is always present, but was enhanced dramatically by the close passage to Mars of Comet Siding Spring in October 2014. 7. MAVEN has identified two new types of aurora, termed "diffuse" and "proton" aurora; unlike how we think of most aurorae on Earth, these aurorae are unrelated to either a global or local magnetic field. 6. These aurorae are caused by an influx of particles from the sun ejected by different types of solar storms. When particles from these storms hit the Martian atmosphere, they also can increase the rate of loss of gas to space, by a factor of ten or more. 5. The interactions between the solar wind and the planet are unexpectedly complex. This results due to the lack of an intrinsic Martian magnetic field and the occurrence of small regions of magnetized crust that can affect the incoming solar wind on local and regional scales. The magnetosphere that results from the interactions varies on short timescales and is remarkably "lumpy" as a result. 4. MAVEN observed the full seasonal variation of hydrogen in the upper atmosphere, confirming that it varies by a factor of 10 throughout the year. The source of the hydrogen ultimately is water in the lower atmosphere, broken apart into hydrogen and oxygen by sunlight. This variation is unexpected and, as yet, not well understood. 3. MAVEN has used measurements of the isotopes in the upper atmosphere (atoms of the same composition but having different mass) to determine how much gas has been lost through time. These measurements suggest that 2/3 or more of the gas has been lost to space. 2. MAVEN has measured the rate at which the sun and the solar wind are stripping gas from the top of the atmosphere to space today, along with the details of the removal processes. Extrapolation of the loss rates into the ancient past—when the solar ultraviolet light and the solar wind were more intense—indicates that large amounts of gas have been lost to space through time. 1. The Mars atmosphere has been stripped away by the sun and the solar wind over time, changing the climate from a warmer and wetter environment early in history to the cold, dry climate that we see today. "We're excited that MAVEN is continuing its observations," said Gina DiBraccio, MAVEN project scientist from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "It's now observing a second Martian year, and looking at the ways that the seasonal cycles and the solar cycle affect the system." MAVEN began its primary science mission on November 2014, and is the first spacecraft dedicated to understanding Mars' upper atmosphere. The goal of the mission is to determine the role that loss of atmospheric gas to space played in changing the Martian climate through time. MAVEN is studying the entire region from the top of the upper atmosphere all the way down to the lower atmosphere so that the connections between these regions can be understood. | High | [
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Q: Java doc patterns I refactored a class by moving some of the methods to different class. Since this was like an Architecture refactoring and not code refactoring, I was wondering if it is a good practice to mention in the javadoc of the new classes that it contains the methods moved from previously existing X class?. For example /** Processor that sets sequence to the payment group. This processor has been added as part of checkout refactor project and xxxMethod() method has been moved from {@link XXXFormHandler} to this pipeline processor. **/ I like this approach since it gives clear picture to any developer involved in maintaining this code. My only concern is if this is exposed as an API, then those information will be shown to everyone. A: I don’t think that this is useful. You had strong reasons to refactor the code so developers knowing the new code only should not bother with the old architecture. Developers knowing the old code only don’t know where in the new code they have to look for that javadoc and once they know, they don’t need it anymore. So they need a migration guide which exists independently of the javadoc. Regarding the last concern, if API users shall not see the particular documentation, regular comments do the right thing as maintainer seeing the source code see the comments. | Low | [
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--- abstract: 'The Josephson junction noise detector measures the skewness of non-Gaussian noise via the asymmetry of the rate of escape from the zero-voltage state upon reversal of the bias current. The feedback of this detector on the noise generating device is investigated in detail. Concise predictions are made for a second Josephson junction as noise generating device. The strong nonlinearity of this component implies particularly strong feedback effects, including a change of sign of the rate asymmetry as the applied voltage approaches twice the superconducting gap.' author: - 'D. F. Urban and Hermann Grabert' title: Feedback and Rate Asymmetry of the Josephson Junction Noise Detector --- In the last decade there have been extensive theoretical studies of non-Gaussian noise generated by nonlinear electronic nanostructures[@Levitov; @reviews]. This new field of full counting statistics (FCS) has put forward numerous predictions indicating that the higher order noise cumulants contain valuable information about the electronic transport mechanisms within the noise generating element that are not accessible from more standard measurements of the conductance and the noise power alone. A few years ago, first experimental observations of non-Gaussian current noise have been reported[@Reulet; @Reznikov], and more recently quantum point contacts[@Fujisawa; @Ensslin] and Josephson junctions[@Pekola; @Pothier] have emerged as promising on-chip noise detectors. The current experimental efforts mainly focus on reliable measurements of the third noise cumulant ${\cal C}_3$, the skewness of the noise. A Josephson junction (JJ) in the zero-voltage state can detect the skewness of a noise current passing the detector since ${\cal C}_3$ is odd under time reversal and thus leads to an asymmetry of the rate of escape from the zero-voltage state of the JJ when the direction of the bias current is reversed.[@Pekola; @Pothier] After some primary suggestions for JJ noise detectors[@Tobiska; @Pekola1; @Heikkila; @Ankerhold1; @Brosco], concrete theoretical studies for the setup used in experiments have started recently.[@Ankerhold2; @Sukhorukov; @Grabert] Now, that the theoretical tools for predictions for JJ noise detectors with realistic parameters are available, we shall address here the feedback of the noise detector on the noise generating device and show that this feedback can modify the rate asymmetry, the quantity determined experimentally, quite considerably. A detailed understanding of this feedback is essential for reliable data analysis. But this issue is also of relevance for all on-chip detectors, since this very concept implies two mesoscopic devices, detector and measured device, that interact on the same chip and thus have to be treated on the same footing. To be concrete, we shall specifically investigate the detection of non-Gaussian noise generated by a another JJ biased by a voltage $V_N$ with $eV_N$ close to twice the gap $\Delta$ of the superconductor. Because of the strong nonlinearity of the noise generating device in this region, feedback of the detector leads to particularly pronounced modifications of the rate asymmetry. A typical realization of a JJ noise detector is sketched in Fig. \[fig:circuit\]: A JJ with capacitance $C$ and critical current $I_c$ is connected by two branches which act as noise sources. A bias voltage $V_B$ is applied to the first branch with an Ohmic resistor $R_B$ in series with the junction. This branch allows to control the detector by fixing the average bias current, applying current pulses, and reading out voltage signals. A second voltage $V_N$ is applied to another branch which includes a non-linear noise generating conductor, again in series with the detector. This noise generating element can most generally be characterized by its charge transfer statistics, respectively its voltage dependent current cumulants $\{{{\cal C}}_1(V),{{\cal C}}_2(V),...\}$. Current experimental set-ups are more sophisticated, but the circuit diagram in Fig. \[fig:circuit\] captures the essentials of a JJ on-chip noise detector. ![\[fig:circuit\] Circuit diagram of a JJ noise detector: A JJ with critical current $I_c$ and capacitance $C$ is biased in a twofold way. The branch to the right puts an Ohmic resistor $R_B$ is series with the junction and is biased by the voltage $V_B$. The branch to the left is biased by a voltage $V_N$ and includes the noise generating nonlinear element characterized by its cumulants ${{\cal C}}_j$.](figure1.eps) The state variables of the JJ detector are the charge $Q$ on the junction capacitance $C$ and the phase difference $\varphi$ between the order parameters of the superconductors on either side of the tunnel barrier. The phase dynamics of the detector can be described by classical physics, since the effective temperature determined by the strength of Gaussian noise from the two branches (see below) is typically much larger that the crossover temperature below which macroscopic quantum tunneling of the phase[@CL] becomes relevant. The stochastic dynamics of the setup can then be described in terms of a Hamiltonian ${\cal H}$[@GGG] which depends on the state variables $Q,\varphi$ and the conjugate thermodynamic forces $\lambda,\mu$. We note that the Hamiltonian of the stochastic theory has to be distinguished from the Hamiltonian of the microscopic theory. ${{\cal H}}$ depends only on gross variables of the system and is measured in the same units as the rate of change of entropy \[$k_B\omega$\] rather than energy \[$\hbar\omega$\]. For the setup in Fig. \[fig:circuit\] ${{\cal H}}={{\cal H}}_D+{{\cal H}}_B$, where $${{\cal H}}_D= \frac{2e}{\hbar}\frac{Q}{C}\mu-I_c\sin(\varphi)\lambda \label{HD}$$ describes plasma oscillations of the JJ detector, and $$\begin{aligned} \label{HB} {{\cal H}}_B&=&\left[\frac{1}{R_B}\left(V_B- \frac{Q}{C}\right)+{{\cal C}}_1\right]\lambda\\ &+&\left[\frac{T}{2R_B} + \frac{{{\cal C}}_{2}}{4k_B}\right]\lambda^2 +2k_B\sum_{j=3}^{\infty}\frac{{{\cal C}}_{j}}{j!}\left(\frac{\lambda}{2k_B}\right)^j \nonumber\end{aligned}$$ adds the two biasing branches. While the branch with Ohmic resistor $R_B$ generates Johnson-Nyquist noise and has only two nonvanishing cumulants ${{\cal C}}_{1}^B=\left(V_B- Q/C\right)/R_B$ and ${{\cal C}}_{2}^B=2k_BT/R_B$, the other branch is characterized by the cumulants ${{\cal C}}_j$ that are taken at voltage $V_N- Q/C$. The canonical equations of motion following from the Hamiltonian ${{\cal H}}$ determine the most probable path between a given initial state $i$ and a final state $f$, and the transition probability between these states may be written as a path integral[@GGG] $$\label{pi} p_{i\rightarrow f} =\int D[Q,\varphi,\lambda,\mu] \exp{\left\{-\frac{1}{2k_B} A[Q,\varphi,\lambda,\mu]\right\}}\, ,$$ where the action functional is given by $$\label{action} A[Q,\varphi,\lambda,\mu]=\int_0^t ds \left[\dot{Q}{\lambda}+\dot{\varphi}{\mu}- {\cal H}(Q,\varphi,\lambda,\mu)\right]\, .$$ During escape of the detector from the zero-voltage state, the dimensionless quantity $e\lambda/k_B$ can be shown[@Grabert] to be always much smaller than 1. Furthermore, the voltage across the JJ detector $$\label{vj} V_J=\frac{Q}{C}=\frac{\hbar}{2e}\dot\varphi$$ that builds up under noise activation is proportional to $\lambda$. Keeping in Eq. (\[HB\]) only terms that are at most of third order in $\lambda$ and $Q/C$, we obtain ${\cal H}= {{{\cal H}}}_2+{{{\cal H}}}_3$, where $$\label{eq:H2} {{{\cal H}}}_{2}=\frac{2e}{\hbar}\frac{Q}{C}\mu -I_c\sin(\varphi)\lambda +\left(I_{t}- \frac{1}{R_{\vert\vert}}\frac{Q}{C}\right) \lambda +\frac{{T_{\rm eff}}}{2R_{\vert\vert}}\lambda^2$$ describes the stochastic dynamics in presence of Gaussian noise, while $$\begin{aligned} \label{eq:H3} {{{\cal H}}}_3&=&\frac{1}{24k_B^2}{{\cal C}}_{3}^N \lambda^3 - \frac{1}{4k_B}\frac{\partial {{\cal C}}_{2}^N}{\partial V_N}\frac{Q}{C}\lambda^2 + \frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial^2 {{\cal C}}_{1}^N}{\partial V_N^2}\frac{Q^2}{C^2}\lambda\quad\end{aligned}$$ includes the leading order effects of non-Gaussian noise. Here we have defined the total bias current through the detector $$I_{t}=\frac{V_B}{R_B}+{{\cal C}}_{1}^N$$ and the parallel (differential) resistance $$\label{parallelr} \frac{1}{R_{\vert\vert}}=\frac{1}{R_{B}} + \frac{\partial {{\cal C}}_{1}^N}{\partial V}$$ of the circuit. Moreover, we have introduced the effective temperature $$\begin{aligned} \label{eq:Teff} {T_{\rm eff}}&=&R_{\vert\vert}\left[\frac{T}{R_B} + \frac{{{\cal C}}_{2}^N}{2k_B} \right]\end{aligned}$$ characterizing the strength of Gaussian noise. The ${{\cal C}}_j^N$ are the cumulants ${{\cal C}}_j$ taken at voltage $V_N$. In terms of the effective parameters introduced above, the leading order Hamiltonian ${{{\cal H}}}_2$ has the standard form for a biased JJ described by the resistively and capacitively shunted junction model.[@RCSJ] The phase $\varphi$ moves in the “tilted washboard" potential $$\label{potential} U(\varphi)=-\frac{\hbar I_c}{2e}\left[\cos(\varphi)+s\varphi \right]$$ driven by Gaussian noise. Here $s=I_t/I_c$ is the dimensionless bias current. For $0<s<1$, the potential has extrema in the phase interval $[0,2\pi]$ at $$\label{well} \varphi_{\rm well, top}=\arcsin(s)=\frac{\pi}{2}\mp \delta\, ,$$ with $\delta\approx\sqrt{2(1-s)}$ for $1-s\ll 1$. When the JJ is trapped in the state $\varphi_{\rm well}=\frac{\pi}{2}-\delta$, the average voltage $V_J$ across the junction vanishes. This zero-voltage state is metastable, and to escape from the well, the junction needs to be activated to the barrier top at $\varphi_{\rm top}=\frac{\pi}{2}+ \delta$ by noise forces. The weak non-Gaussian noise described by ${{{\cal H}}}_3$ also gives a contribution to this process, and the rate of escape $\Gamma$ may be written as $$\label{rate} \Gamma = f\,{\rm e}^{-\left(B_2+B_3\right)}\, ,$$ where $f$ is the prefactor of the rate, and the exponential factor is determined by the action of the most probable escape path, which is a solution of the canonical equations of motion following from the Hamiltonian with the boundary conditions $\varphi(t=-\infty)=\varphi_{\rm well}$ and $\varphi(t=+\infty)=\varphi_{\rm top}$. The exponential rate factor has a dominant contribution $$\label{b2} B_2=\frac{\Delta U}{k_B{T_{\rm eff}}}\,$$ arising from ${\cal H}_2$, where $$\label{DU} \Delta U = U(\varphi_{\rm top}) -U(\varphi_{\rm well})$$ is the barrier height of the metastable well. The correction $B_3$ due to non-Gaussian noise may be evaluated by treating ${{\cal H}}_3$ as a perturbation. Following the lines of reasoning of Ref. one finds $$\label{b3} B_3= -\frac{1}{\left(k_B{T_{\rm eff}}\right)^3} \left(\frac{\hbar}{2e}\right)^3 {{{\cal C}}_{3,\rm eff}}J \, ,$$ where $$\label{eq:C3eff} {{{\cal C}}_{3,\rm eff}}={{\cal C}}_{3}^N- 3k_B{T_{\rm eff}}\frac{\partial {{\cal C}}_{2}^N}{\partial V_N} + 3(k_B{T_{\rm eff}})^2\frac{\partial^2 {{\cal C}}_{1}^N}{\partial V_N^2}$$ is the *effective* third noise cumulant. The second and third terms in Eq. (\[eq:C3eff\]) arise from the feedback of the JJ on the noise generating device, which is a consequence of the finite voltage $V_J$ arising during escape. The quantity $$\label{jrelax} J=-\frac{1}{6}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} dt \, \dot\varphi_{\rm relax}^3(t)$$ is expressed in terms of the deterministic trajectory $\varphi_{\rm relax}(t)$ starting at $t=-\infty$ at the barrier top $\varphi_{\rm top}$ and relaxing (in the absence of noise forces) to the well bottom $\varphi_{\rm well}$ reached at time $t=\infty$. The coefficient $B_2$ is even under time reversal, while $B_3$ is odd, like the third noise cumulant. Accordingly, when the direction of the bias current is reversed, the rate coefficient shows an asymmetry which is a signature of non-Gaussian noise. The deviation of the rate ratio$$\label{asy} \frac{\Gamma(I_t)}{\Gamma(-I_t)} = \exp\left[-2B_3(I_t)\right] \approx 1 - 2B_3(I_t)\, ,$$ from 1 allows for an experimental determination of $B_3$ despite the fact that the corrections due to non-Gaussian noise are typically small. In the following we will focus on a specific noise generating element, namely a JJ with normal state tunneling resistance $R_t$ and capacitance $C_N$ biased by a voltage $V_N$ which is tuned close to twice the gap $\Delta$ of the superconductor. In view of the lead to the voltage source, this noise generating element is in series with an approximately Ohmic lead resistance $R_N$ in the range of a few $100~\Omega$. A corresponding setup is currently studied experimentally,[@PothierComm] and is well suited to examine the feedback of the detector on the noise generating element, since the behavior of the JJ is highly nonlinear for $eV_N\approx 2\Delta$. A JJ with parameters around those indicated in Tab.\[tab:Parameters\] has a very low sub-gap current, and for $eV>2\Delta$ the current is carried by tunneling quasiparticles. We can then employ the semiconductor model,[@Tinkham] where the superconductor is described in terms of quasiparticles with a density of states (DOS) $N_S(E)$ given by the familiar BCS expression $$\begin{aligned} \frac{N_S(E)}{N_0}&=&\frac{|E|}{\sqrt{E^2-\Delta^2}}\, ,\end{aligned}$$ where $N_0$ is the normal state DOS at the Fermi level. The mean current through the JJ can be written as $$\begin{aligned} \langle I \rangle &=&{{\cal C}}_1^{\rm qp}\;=\; e(\Gamma_{\rightarrow}-\Gamma_{\leftarrow})\, ,\end{aligned}$$ where the forward and backward quasiparticle tunneling rates across the junction interface are given by[@Falci; @Ingold] $$\begin{aligned} \label{eq:tunnelrate} \Gamma_{\rightarrow}(V)&=&\frac{1}{e^2R_t}\int dE dE' \frac{N_S(E)N_S(E'+eV)}{N_0^2} \nonumber\\&& \times f(E)\left[1-f(E'+eV)\right]P(E-E')\end{aligned}$$ and $\Gamma_{\leftarrow}(V)=\Gamma_{\rightarrow}(-V)$, respectively. Here, $f(E)$ is the Fermi distribution. The influence of the electromagnetic environment is described in terms of the probability $P(E)$ that a tunneling quasiparticle looses the energy $E$ to the environment. This dynamical Coulomb blockade (DCB) effect leads to a smearing of the expected discontinuity of $I(V)$ at $eV=2\Delta$. Since the phase dynamics of the JJ detector is very slow on the time scale of quasiparticle tunneling in the noise generating JJ, the impedance of the electromagnetic environment is essentially given by the resistance $R_N$ of the lead to the voltage source $V_N$. For this case of an Ohmic environment one has[@Ingold] ---------- --- -------------- ---------------------------------------------- $\Delta$ = 200$~\mu$eV superconducting gap $C_N$ = 1 fF capacitance of noise generating JJ $R_t$ = 30 k$\Omega$ tunneling resistance of noise generating JJ $R_N$ = $200~\Omega$ lead resistance of non-Gaussian noise branch $R_B$ = $200~\Omega$ lead resistance of biasing control branch ---------- --- -------------- ---------------------------------------------- : \[tab:Parameters\]Circuit parameters used for the calculations of the quantities displayed in Figs. \[fig:IVplot\] and \[fig:effective\] ![\[fig:IVplot\] $I$-$V$-characteristic of the noise generating JJ at $T$=50 mK (solid line) and $T=0$ K (dashed line) in presence of DCB. The dotted line shows the step-like discontinuity for a JJ without DCB. The inset displays the $P(E)$ function.](figure2.eps){width="\columnwidth"} $$\begin{aligned} \label{eq:PofE} P(E)&=&\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{dt}{2\pi\hbar}\, e^{iEt/\hbar}\\ && \times \exp\left[2\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{d\omega}{\omega}\frac{\mbox{Re}Z_{\rm eff}(\omega)}{R_K} \frac{e^{-i\omega t}-1}{1-e^{-\hbar\omega/k_{\rm B}T}} \right],\nonumber\end{aligned}$$ where $Z_{\rm eff}(\omega)=R_N/(1+i\omega R_NC_N)$ is the effective impedance and $R_K=h/e^2$. For the set of parameters given in Tab. \[tab:Parameters\], the resulting $I$-$V$-characteristics of the noise generating JJ is shown in Fig. \[fig:IVplot\]. The inset shows the function $P(E)$. The cumulants of the quasiparticle tunneling current are readily determined from the tunneling rates (\[eq:tunnelrate\]). One has [@LevitovReznikov] $$\begin{aligned} {{\cal C}}_{j}^{\rm qp} &=& e^j\left[\Gamma_{\rightarrow}+(-1)^j\Gamma_{\leftarrow}\right]\end{aligned}$$ which implies, in particular, ${{\cal C}}_3^{\rm qp}=e^2{{\cal C}}_1^{\rm qp}$. Although $R_N$ has a significant effect on the noise cumulants via DCB, in the region $eV_N>2\Delta$, its influence on the voltage across the noise generating JJ can safely be neglected since $R_N/R_t\ll 1$. Hence, the modifications of this voltage are essentially due to the detector feedback of order $V_J/V_N$ discussed above. Accordingly, in Eqs. (\[eq:Teff\]) and (\[eq:C3eff\]), we can put ${{\cal C}}_j^{N}\simeq{{\cal C}}_{j}^{\rm qp}(V_N)$. The highly nonlinear behavior of the cumulants for $eV\sim 2\Delta$ strongly affects the effective temperature ${T_{\rm eff}}$ and the effective third cumulant ${{{\cal C}}_{3,\rm eff}}$. Both quantities are shown in Fig. \[fig:effective\] as functions of the applied voltage, again for the representative set of parameters given in Tab.\[tab:Parameters\]. While the skewness of the noise ${{\cal C}}_3$ is always positive for positive $I_t$, the rate asymmetry (\[asy\]), which is proportional to ${{{\cal C}}_{3,\rm eff}}$, passes through zero as $V_N$ is decreased and it takes large negative values for voltages slightly above $2\Delta/e$. This change of sign constitutes a pronounced feedback effect that should be easily observable experimentally. ![\[fig:effective\] The effective third cumulant for $T$=50 mK (solid line) and $T=0$ K (dashed line). The inset shows the effective temperature.](figure3.eps){width="\columnwidth"} In summary, we have shown that feedback of the JJ noise detector on the noise generating device can be very pronounced if the device under investigation is highly nonlinear. 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DO NOT EDIT. // source: typedecl.proto package typedecl import ( fmt "fmt" _ "github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto" github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb "github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb" github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto" proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto" math "math" math_rand "math/rand" testing "testing" time "time" ) // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used. var _ = proto.Marshal var _ = fmt.Errorf var _ = math.Inf func TestDroppedProto(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Dropped{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } littlefuzz := make([]byte, len(dAtA)) copy(littlefuzz, dAtA) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } if len(littlefuzz) > 0 { fuzzamount := 100 for i := 0; i < fuzzamount; i++ { littlefuzz[popr.Intn(len(littlefuzz))] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) littlefuzz = append(littlefuzz, byte(popr.Intn(256))) } // shouldn't panic _ = github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(littlefuzz, msg) } } func TestDroppedMarshalTo(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false) size := p.Size() dAtA := make([]byte, size) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } _, err := p.MarshalTo(dAtA) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Dropped{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func BenchmarkDroppedProtoMarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*Dropped, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { pops[i] = NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false) } b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(pops[i%10000]) if err != nil { panic(err) } total += len(dAtA) } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func BenchmarkDroppedProtoUnmarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 datas := make([][]byte, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false)) if err != nil { panic(err) } datas[i] = dAtA } msg := &Dropped{} b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { total += len(datas[i%10000]) if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(datas[i%10000], msg); err != nil { panic(err) } } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersProto(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } littlefuzz := make([]byte, len(dAtA)) copy(littlefuzz, dAtA) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } if len(littlefuzz) > 0 { fuzzamount := 100 for i := 0; i < fuzzamount; i++ { littlefuzz[popr.Intn(len(littlefuzz))] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) littlefuzz = append(littlefuzz, byte(popr.Intn(256))) } // shouldn't panic _ = github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(littlefuzz, msg) } } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersMarshalTo(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false) size := p.Size() dAtA := make([]byte, size) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } _, err := p.MarshalTo(dAtA) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func BenchmarkDroppedWithoutGettersProtoMarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*DroppedWithoutGetters, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { pops[i] = NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false) } b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(pops[i%10000]) if err != nil { panic(err) } total += len(dAtA) } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func BenchmarkDroppedWithoutGettersProtoUnmarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 datas := make([][]byte, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false)) if err != nil { panic(err) } datas[i] = dAtA } msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { total += len(datas[i%10000]) if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(datas[i%10000], msg); err != nil { panic(err) } } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func TestKeptProto(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Kept{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } littlefuzz := make([]byte, len(dAtA)) copy(littlefuzz, dAtA) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } if len(littlefuzz) > 0 { fuzzamount := 100 for i := 0; i < fuzzamount; i++ { littlefuzz[popr.Intn(len(littlefuzz))] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) littlefuzz = append(littlefuzz, byte(popr.Intn(256))) } // shouldn't panic _ = github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(littlefuzz, msg) } } func TestKeptMarshalTo(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, false) size := p.Size() dAtA := make([]byte, size) for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } _, err := p.MarshalTo(dAtA) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Kept{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } for i := range dAtA { dAtA[i] = byte(popr.Intn(256)) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func BenchmarkKeptProtoMarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*Kept, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { pops[i] = NewPopulatedKept(popr, false) } b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(pops[i%10000]) if err != nil { panic(err) } total += len(dAtA) } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func BenchmarkKeptProtoUnmarshal(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 datas := make([][]byte, 10000) for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ { dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(NewPopulatedKept(popr, false)) if err != nil { panic(err) } datas[i] = dAtA } msg := &Kept{} b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { total += len(datas[i%10000]) if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(datas[i%10000], msg); err != nil { panic(err) } } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func TestDroppedJSON(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, true) marshaler := github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.Marshaler{} jsondata, err := marshaler.MarshalToString(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Dropped{} err = github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.UnmarshalString(jsondata, msg) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Json Equal %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersJSON(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, true) marshaler := github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.Marshaler{} jsondata, err := marshaler.MarshalToString(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} err = github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.UnmarshalString(jsondata, msg) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Json Equal %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestKeptJSON(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, true) marshaler := github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.Marshaler{} jsondata, err := marshaler.MarshalToString(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } msg := &Kept{} err = github_com_gogo_protobuf_jsonpb.UnmarshalString(jsondata, msg) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Json Equal %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedProtoText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.MarshalTextString(p) msg := &Dropped{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedProtoCompactText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.CompactTextString(p) msg := &Dropped{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersProtoText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.MarshalTextString(p) msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersProtoCompactText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.CompactTextString(p) msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestKeptProtoText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.MarshalTextString(p) msg := &Kept{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestKeptProtoCompactText(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, true) dAtA := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.CompactTextString(p) msg := &Kept{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.UnmarshalText(dAtA, msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !VerboseProto %#v, since %v", seed, msg, p, err) } if !p.Equal(msg) { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, %#v !Proto %#v", seed, msg, p) } } func TestDroppedVerboseEqual(t *testing.T) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { panic(err) } msg := &Dropped{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { panic(err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("%#v !VerboseEqual %#v, since %v", msg, p, err) } } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersVerboseEqual(t *testing.T) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { panic(err) } msg := &DroppedWithoutGetters{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { panic(err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("%#v !VerboseEqual %#v, since %v", msg, p, err) } } func TestKeptVerboseEqual(t *testing.T) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, false) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { panic(err) } msg := &Kept{} if err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Unmarshal(dAtA, msg); err != nil { panic(err) } if err := p.VerboseEqual(msg); err != nil { t.Fatalf("%#v !VerboseEqual %#v, since %v", msg, p, err) } } func TestDroppedSize(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDropped(popr, true) size2 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } size := p.Size() if len(dAtA) != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != marshalled size %v", seed, size, len(dAtA)) } if size2 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != before marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size2) } size3 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) if size3 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != after marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size3) } } func BenchmarkDroppedSize(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*Dropped, 1000) for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ { pops[i] = NewPopulatedDropped(popr, false) } b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { total += pops[i%1000].Size() } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func TestDroppedWithoutGettersSize(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, true) size2 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } size := p.Size() if len(dAtA) != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != marshalled size %v", seed, size, len(dAtA)) } if size2 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != before marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size2) } size3 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) if size3 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != after marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size3) } } func BenchmarkDroppedWithoutGettersSize(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*DroppedWithoutGetters, 1000) for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ { pops[i] = NewPopulatedDroppedWithoutGetters(popr, false) } b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { total += pops[i%1000].Size() } b.SetBytes(int64(total / b.N)) } func TestKeptSize(t *testing.T) { seed := time.Now().UnixNano() popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(seed)) p := NewPopulatedKept(popr, true) size2 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) dAtA, err := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Marshal(p) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("seed = %d, err = %v", seed, err) } size := p.Size() if len(dAtA) != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != marshalled size %v", seed, size, len(dAtA)) } if size2 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != before marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size2) } size3 := github_com_gogo_protobuf_proto.Size(p) if size3 != size { t.Errorf("seed = %d, size %v != after marshal proto.Size %v", seed, size, size3) } } func BenchmarkKeptSize(b *testing.B) { popr := math_rand.New(math_rand.NewSource(616)) total := 0 pops := make([]*Kept, 1000) for i := 0; 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Despite costly attempts to reduce bacterial contamination of water, meat, and vegetables, Shiga toxin- producing E. coli (STEC) and related enteric pathogens (e.g. Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia) are causing increasingly frequent outbreaks of food-borne diarrheal disease, thus constituting enormous health burdens. These pathogens use a type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject virulence proteins (effectors) into host cells. While T3SS effectors clearly play essential roles in bacterial virulence, the mechanisms by which they subvert the functions of host cells to promote pathogen survival are incompletely characterized. We are studying the mammalian signal transduction pathways targeted by STEC effectors, with the ultimate goal of improving our ability to prevent and to treat bacterial infections. We have made the important and unique discovery that the STEC strains associated with severe diarrheal disease outbreaks in humans express a pair of homologous effectors that differentially regulate host innate immunity by disrupting the transcriptional responses to infection that are normally coordinated by the NF-kB pathway. NF-kB activity at key innate immune response genes is regulated by ribosomal protein S3 (RPS3), which possesses an accessory nuclear function as an NF-kB subunit. We discovered that the NleH1 effector protein inhibits RPS3 nuclear translocation, reducing NF-kB activity at specific promoters. Specifically, NleH1 inhibits the Ik kinase complex (IKK) from phosphorylating RPS3, a critical requirement for its nuclear translocation. STEC strains also encode a homologous effector named NleH2. Despite sharing 84 % identity with NleH1, NleH2 stimulates rather than inhibits RPS3/NF-kB-dependent transcription. We hypothesize that the NleH1 and NleH2 effectors promote bacterial virulence by subverting the pro- inflammatory responses to infection normally regulated by RPS3/NF-kB and propose the following specific aims: 1) Quantify the importance of NleH effectors to bacterial virulence using animal models of diarrheal disease. 2) Characterize the molecular mechanism by which NleH1 inhibits IKK phosphorylation of RPS3 to prevent its nuclear import. 3) Elucidate mechanistic differences between NleH1 and NleH2 and their pathophysiological significance in regulating RPS3/NF-kB-dependent signaling. Successful completion of the proposed research will 1) reveal how these bacterial effectors selectively modulate innate immunity; 2) clarify how pathogens have evolved to co-opt the accessory nuclear functions of ribosomal proteins; and 3) characterize how bacteria have integrated their virulence proteins into host signal transduction pathways in specific spatiotemporal contexts. | High | [
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/* * Copyright 2016-2020 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query; import static org.springframework.data.repository.util.ClassUtils.*; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException; import org.springframework.data.domain.Page; import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable; import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice; import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort; import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult; import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext; import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity; import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty; import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.MongoParameters.MongoParameter; import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory; import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata; import org.springframework.data.repository.util.ReactiveWrapperConverters; import org.springframework.data.repository.util.ReactiveWrappers; import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation; import org.springframework.data.util.Lazy; import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation; import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils; /** * Reactive specific implementation of {@link MongoQueryMethod}. * * @author Mark Paluch * @author Christoph Strobl * @since 2.0 */ public class ReactiveMongoQueryMethod extends MongoQueryMethod { private static final ClassTypeInformation<Page> PAGE_TYPE = ClassTypeInformation.from(Page.class); private static final ClassTypeInformation<Slice> SLICE_TYPE = ClassTypeInformation.from(Slice.class); private final Method method; private final Lazy<Boolean> isCollectionQuery; /** * Creates a new {@link ReactiveMongoQueryMethod} from the given {@link Method}. * * @param method must not be {@literal null}. * @param metadata must not be {@literal null}. * @param projectionFactory must not be {@literal null}. * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}. */ public ReactiveMongoQueryMethod(Method method, RepositoryMetadata metadata, ProjectionFactory projectionFactory, MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext) { super(method, metadata, projectionFactory, mappingContext); if (hasParameterOfType(method, Pageable.class)) { TypeInformation<?> returnType = ClassTypeInformation.fromReturnTypeOf(method); boolean multiWrapper = ReactiveWrappers.isMultiValueType(returnType.getType()); boolean singleWrapperWithWrappedPageableResult = ReactiveWrappers.isSingleValueType(returnType.getType()) && (PAGE_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(returnType.getRequiredComponentType()) || SLICE_TYPE.isAssignableFrom(returnType.getRequiredComponentType())); if (singleWrapperWithWrappedPageableResult) { throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException( String.format("'%s.%s' must not use sliced or paged execution. Please use Flux.buffer(size, skip).", ClassUtils.getShortName(method.getDeclaringClass()), method.getName())); } if (!multiWrapper) { throw new IllegalStateException(String.format( "Method has to use a either multi-item reactive wrapper return type or a wrapped Page/Slice type. Offending method: %s", method.toString())); } if (hasParameterOfType(method, Sort.class)) { throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Method must not have Pageable *and* Sort parameter. " + "Use sorting capabilities on Pageable instead! Offending method: %s", method.toString())); } } this.method = method; this.isCollectionQuery = Lazy.of(() -> (!(isPageQuery() || isSliceQuery()) && ReactiveWrappers.isMultiValueType(metadata.getReturnType(method).getType()) || super.isCollectionQuery())); } /* * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.MongoQueryMethod#createParameters(java.lang.reflect.Method) */ @Override protected MongoParameters createParameters(Method method) { return new MongoParameters(method, isGeoNearQuery(method)); } /* * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod#isCollectionQuery() */ @Override public boolean isCollectionQuery() { return isCollectionQuery.get(); } /* * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.MongoQueryMethod#isGeoNearQuery() */ @Override public boolean isGeoNearQuery() { return isGeoNearQuery(method); } private boolean isGeoNearQuery(Method method) { if (ReactiveWrappers.supports(method.getReturnType())) { TypeInformation<?> from = ClassTypeInformation.fromReturnTypeOf(method); return GeoResult.class.equals(from.getRequiredComponentType().getType()); } return false; } /* * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod#isModifyingQuery() */ @Override public boolean isModifyingQuery() { return super.isModifyingQuery(); } /* * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod#isQueryForEntity() */ @Override public boolean isQueryForEntity() { return super.isQueryForEntity(); } /* * All reactive query methods are streaming queries. * (non-Javadoc) * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod#isStreamQuery() */ @Override public boolean isStreamQuery() { return true; } /** * Check if the given {@link org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod} receives a reactive parameter * wrapper as one of its parameters. * * @return */ public boolean hasReactiveWrapperParameter() { for (MongoParameter mongoParameter : getParameters()) { if (ReactiveWrapperConverters.supports(mongoParameter.getType())) { return true; } } return false; } } | Low | [
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Q: Can not get textbox or UIPickerView to interact within a UIView Container View I have been following this tutorial online: https://medium.com/@jannism/segmented-control-tutorial-for-beginner-in-swift-4-8588a63b8bfd It uses a Segmented Control to toggle UIView (container views) based on the index selection in the Segmented control. The switching of the containers works as described in the tutorial, but the key portion where I wish to add either textboxes or a UIPicker in the container. The elements are displayed in the container view but I can NOT interact with them!? Does anyone know how I can get this to work? The main view controller which holds the three UIViews (aka containers) class ViewController: UIViewController, TwicketSegmentedControlDelegate { // OUTLETS AND VARIABLES @IBOutlet weak var showHome: UIView! @IBOutlet weak var showProfile: UIView! @IBOutlet weak var showSettings: UIView! // BACKGROUND OF THE TOP SLIDER var segmentControlView: UIView = { var uiView = UIView() uiView.backgroundColor = UIColor.white return uiView }() // DISPLAY SLIDER var contentView:UIView = { var uiView = UIView() return uiView }() // DESIGN OF THE SEGMENT var twicketSegmentControl:TwicketSegmentedControl = { var twicketSegmentControl : TwicketSegmentedControl = TwicketSegmentedControl(frame:CGRect.zero) // SETTING THE TITLES let titles = ["Home", "Profile", "Settings"] twicketSegmentControl.setSegmentItems(titles) // SETTING THE TEXT COLOR OF THE CHOSEN SEGMENT TO WHITE twicketSegmentControl.highlightTextColor = UIColor.white // SETTING THE TEXT COLOR OF THE OTHER SEGMENTS TO A DARK GRAY twicketSegmentControl.defaultTextColor = UIColor.init(red: 171/255.0, green: 183/255.0, blue: 183/255.0, alpha: 1.0) // SETTING THE BACKGROUND COLOR OF THE CHOSEN SEGMENT TO BLUE twicketSegmentControl.sliderBackgroundColor = UIColor.init(red: 31/255.0, green: 58/255.0, blue: 147/255.0, alpha: 1.0) // SETTING THE BACKGROUND COLOR OF THE OTHER SEGMENTS TO A VERY LIGHT GRAY twicketSegmentControl.segmentsBackgroundColor = UIColor.init(red: 238/255.0, green: 238/255.0, blue: 238/255.0, alpha: 1.0) // SHOWS SEGMENTS return twicketSegmentControl }() override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // LOADING THE HOME SWITCH AS THE DEFAULT VIEW didSelect(0) super.viewDidLoad() configureViewHierarchy() } // VIEWS func configureViewHierarchy(){ view.addSubview(segmentControlView) segmentControlView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in make.top.left.right.equalTo(view) } segmentControlView.addSubview(twicketSegmentControl) twicketSegmentControl.delegate = self; twicketSegmentControl.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in // PUTS THE SEGMENT CONTROL 30px (= THE HEIGHT OF THE CONTROL) OVER THE VIEW make.top.equalTo(showHome).offset(-30) // DEFINE THE BORDERS TO THE SIDES make.left.equalTo(segmentControlView).offset(16) make.right.equalTo(segmentControlView).offset(-16) make.bottom.equalTo(segmentControlView).offset(-10) // DEFINE THE HEIGHT make.height.equalTo(30) } view.addSubview(contentView) contentView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in make.left.right.equalTo(view) make.bottom.equalTo(view) make.top.equalTo(segmentControlView.snp.bottom) } } override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() { super.didReceiveMemoryWarning() // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated. } // CHOSING VIEW BASED ON SEGMENT CHOSEN func didSelect(_ segmentIndex: Int) { switch segmentIndex { case 0: // SHOWING THE HOME VIEW showProfile.alpha = 0 showSettings.alpha = 0 showHome.alpha = 1 case 1: // SHOWING THE PROFILE VIEW showHome.alpha = 0 showSettings.alpha = 0 showProfile.alpha = 1 case 2: // SHOWING THE SETTINGS VIEW showHome.alpha = 0 showProfile.alpha = 0 showSettings.alpha = 1 default: break; } } } The Settings ViewController is a such: class SettingViewController: UIViewController { @IBOutlet weak var textField: UITextField! override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() // Do any additional setup after loading the view. } } As I said, I have it really simple so that I can debug the issue prior to including more complexity. Attached is the storyboard A: You are adding a UIView named contentView covering your container views. This contentView doesn't appear to do anything, other than prevent interaction with the views it is covering. If you comment-out (or delete) these lines in your configureViewHierarchy() func: // view.addSubview(contentView) // contentView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in // make.left.right.equalTo(view) // make.bottom.equalTo(view) // make.top.equalTo(segmentControlView.snp.bottom) // } You should be able to interact with elements in your container views. Although, your code is also setting .alpha values on your container views... I'd recommend using .isHidden instead: func didSelect(_ segmentIndex: Int) { showHome.isHidden = segmentIndex != 0 showProfile.isHidden = segmentIndex != 1 showSettings.isHidden = segmentIndex != 2 // if you need to run other code based on the selected segment switch segmentIndex { case 0: // SHOWING THE HOME VIEW // do other stuff here... case 1: // SHOWING THE PROFILE VIEW // do other stuff here... case 2: // SHOWING THE SETTINGS VIEW // do other stuff here... default: break; } } | Low | [
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