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Every Pet Deserves A Good Home… Todd Palin Excited to Bring Iditarod to TV Todd Palin Hosts Iditarod Unleashed Palin-Cruz 2016: Iditarod Unleashed got Todd Palin to host: Sportsman Channel debuted its Iditarod Unleashed series on Tuesday March 25, 2014, getting a little help from none other than Iron Dog champ Todd Palin. Todd, the husband of former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is hosting a one-hour special introducing the race to fans. The network, which is also set to begin a show with Sarah premiering in April, is using Todd to draw viewers in to its 12 hours of Iditarod coverage. Palin cites his connections with Iditarod mushers like Martin Buser and Rick Swenson as cred for hosting the show, as well as his experience as a champion snowmachine racer. The Sportsman coverage is set to begin Tuesday at 3 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday and airs throughout the rest of the week. Sarah Palin isn’t the only one in the family who will be in front of the camera on the Sportsman Channel. While the former Alaska governor gets set to host Amazing America with Sarah Palin next month, it’s her husband Todd who will be showcasing the beautiful state of Alaska first. The Iditarod has not had a national television network partner since 2009. Until now, that is. In a groundbreaking agreement with Sportsman Channel, the event organizers will continue to produce the annual sled dog spectacle and provide extensive, in-depth coverage, video and updates through an online platform. As the Official Network of The Iditarod, Sportsman Channel will exclusively showcase the stories of The Iditarod. In a multi-week stunt entitled Iditarod Unleashed, Sportsman Channel will air 12 hours of programming and specials – including the national television premiere of shows from The Iditarod library – timed around the 2014 event. That’s where Todd Palin comes in. Iditarod Unleashed programming begins March 25 at 7 p.m. ET/PT with a one-hour special hosted by Palin. Palin is usually a behind-the-scenes guy. The supportive spouse. But he felt compelled to get the word out about the Iditarod. “I’ll do whatever I can to promote this great race,” Palin told Breitbart Sports. “I know some of the mushers and I know how much work it is to take part in it.” While not a camera hog by any stretch of the imagination, Palin enjoyed filming the special programming. “I don’t like to watch myself on TV,” said Palin. “But this was a lot of fun.” The Palin family is no stranger to the iconic Iditarod. “They used to have the restart in Wasilla before they moved it to Willow for the more consistent snow,” Palin said. “We watched for many years with the kids on snowmachines. It’s a big event for all Alaskans.” While Palin is not a musher, he is a champion Iron Dog racer. His success in Alaska’s other big race gives him a special appreciation for those who take part in the Iditarod. “Both are the ultimate,” Palin said. “In certain stretches, you can actually go faster than a snowmachine when mushing with a dog team. They’re so powerful, sometimes you’re just hanging on.” The Iditarod is more sophisticated than ever. Palin had a chance to visit sled dog champion Martin Buser’s facilities recently and he was blown away by the latest technology. “The use of carbon fiber has made these dog sleds better than ever,” Palin said. “The sport has come so far. You think back to the old days and wonder how they did it.” There are personal connections to the Iditarod for Palin as well. Buser teamed up with Palin during the 2008 campaign to help stump for the McCain-Palin ticket. Rick Swenson “King of the Iditarod” ran pro class when Palin started Ion Dog racing in 1993. Meantime, DeeDee Jonrowe serves as an inspiration to all. She beat cancer and got back to mushing. Palin speaks glowingly of John Baker and all he has done for the sport. “The people involved in this are just like the Iron Dog family,” Palin said. “A tight knit group that will help anyone, anyway they can.” Todd and Sarah Palin attended the Iditarod Mushers Banquet in Anchorage this year to show their support for the big race and all those who participate in it. “I’m just thankful that Sportsman Channel was excited to show the Iditarod and to come up here to share these ultimate races with the rest of the nation,” said Palin. The conclusion of the 2014 Iditarod Sled Dog Race was evidence that this event is like no other. Now, viewers across the country will have an opportunity to reconnect with the race on Sportsman Channel. Plus, viewers will be introduced to the special people who live the lifestyle of Iditarod musher. Sportsman Channel will look back at Dallas Seavey’s record-breaking win, and showcase the incredible stories of this year’s historic race, along with stories from previous years. Iditarod Unleashed will deliver dramatic stories of the dogs, mushers, volunteers, history, wildlife and rough terrain. The Iditarod is known as The Last Great Race on Earth. For Sportsman Channel viewers though the in-depth coverage of the race will be the first of it’s kind. “You don’t want to miss this,” Palin said. “It’s just incredible.” Also, 2014 Akiak Dash winner: On Sunday evening, John George won the 2014 Akiak Dash, bringing home $3,400 as he pulled into Bethel with seven sled dogs. The Akiak Dash, one of the series of races held by the Kuskokwim 300 Race Committee, ran from the Southcentral community of Bethel to Akiak and back to Bethel. George finished with a time of 6 hours, 39 minutes and 51 seconds. Coming in second was George Manutoli with a time of 6 hours, 45 minutes and 46 seconds. Herman Phillip took third with a time of 6 hours, 51 minutes and 24 seconds. Total purse for the race was $12,100, split between the top 10 finishers. […] of the Tesoro Iron Dog, the world’s longest snowmobile race, which traces the path of the Iditarod race with an extra journey of several hundred miles to Fairbanks added, has dedicated his 2015 Iron Dog […] Save a Life…Adopt Just One More…Pet! Everyday we read or hear another story about pets and other animals being abandoned in record numbers while at the same time we regularly hear about crazy new rules and laws being passed limiting the amount of pets that people may have, even down to one or two… or worse yet, none. Nobody is promoting hoarding pets or animals, but at a time when there are more pets and animals of all types being abandoned or being taken to shelters already bursting at the seams, there is nothing crazier than legislating away the ability of willing adoptive families to take in just one more pet!! Our goal is to raise awareness and help find homes for all pets and animals that need one by helping to match them with loving families and positive situations. Our goal is also to help fight the trend of unfavorable legislation and rules in an attempt to stop unnecessary Euthenization!! “All over the world, major universities are researching the therapeutic value of pets in our society and the number of hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and mental institutions which are employing full-time pet therapists and animals is increasing daily.” ~ Betty White, American Actress, Animal Activist, and Author of Pet Love There is always room for Just One More Pet. So if you have room in your home and room in your heart… Adopt Just One More! If you live in an area that promotes unreasonable limitations on pets… fight the good fight and help change the rules and legislation… Save the Life of Just One More…Animal! Recent and Seasonal Shots As I have been fighting Cancer… A battle I am gratefully winning, my furkids have not left my side. They have been a large part of my recovery!! Ask Marion Photos by the UCLA Shutterbug are protected by copyright, Please email at [email protected] or find us on twitter @JustOneMorePet for permission to duplicate for commerical purposes or to purchase photos. By JoAnn, Marion, and Tim Algier This past week, we lost our dear family member Rocky who had just outlived his “huep – na-napbdad”, Tom, by just a few months. His perspective would have been interesting!! Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been […] By JoAnn, Marion, and Tim Algier This past week, we lost a dear family member, Rocky, who had just outlived his “human pet-dad”, Tom, by just a few months. It certainly would have been interesting to know what they thought and what experiences they had had in common!! Just this side of heaven is a […] Bristol Palin: Fellow SixSeeds blogger Zeke Pipher has a great question: If they were dead puppy parts, or parts from homosexual babies, or babies that self-identified as adults, it’d be a different story. Meaning, it would be a story. But as it is, the fact that these fetuses don’t look like puppies, and their sexual […] Family and friends of G.R. Gordon-Ross watch his private fireworks show at the Youth Sports Complex in Lawrence, Kan., Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Mercury News – Originally posted on July 02, 2013: The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. Hot dogs, potato salad and, of course, fireworks. But Independence […] Very few dogs have the experience of being parents these days and especially seeing their litters through the process of weaning and then actually being able to remain part of a pack with at least part of their family. Apachi is our Doggie Dad. He is a Chiweenie and here he is is watching his […] By Marion Algier – Just One More Pet (JOMP) – Cross-Posted at AskMarion Anderson Cooper met Chaser, a dog who can identify over a thousand toys, and because of whom, scientists are now studying the brain of man’s best friend. Chaser is also the subject of a book: Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog […] By Tamara – Dog Heirs – Cross-Posted at JOMP Quebec, Canada – Animals will be considered “sentient beings” instead of property in a bill tabled in the Canadian province of Quebec. The legislation states that "animals are not things. They are sentient beings and have biological needs." Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis proposed the bill and […] […] Flickr Photos Meta Great Book for Children and Pet Lovers… And a Perfect Holiday Gift One More Pet Emily loves animals so much that she can’t resist bringing them home. When a local farmer feels under the weather, she is only too eager to “feed the lambs, milk the cows and brush the rams.” The farmer is so grateful for Emily’s help that he gives her a giant egg... Can you guess what happens after that? The rhythmic verse begs to be read aloud, and the lively pictures will delight children as they watch Emily’s collection of pets get bigger and bigger. If You Were Stranded On An Island… A recent national survey revealed just how much Americans love their companion animals. When respondents were asked whether they’d like to spend life stranded on a deserted island with either their spouse or their pet, over 60% said they would prefer their dog or cat for companionship! | Mid | [
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Under India’s labour laws, women engaged in "informal" work - such as domestic work - have few workplace rights. This makes it harder for women to have sustainable jobs, let alone a career. Nearly 400 million people live in cities in India and during the next 40 years that number will >more than double. Not only is the proportion of India’s total female population that is economically active is among the lowest in the world, but urban areas do even worse. Data from the 2011 census shows >only half as many urban women work as their rural counterparts. Few states – including Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – >do worse than India when it comes to women’s participation in the workforce. Others such as Somalia, Bahrain and Malaysia do much better. Among the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) which are comparable emerging economies, India has the lowest female participation rate, with only 29% of women over the age of 15 working. As the chart below shows, even among the >MINT countries – Mexico, Nigeria, Indonesia and Turkey – only Turkey has the same participation rate as India. In mainly agricultural economies, urban women often find less work than rural ones. Half the working population in India is employed by the agricultural sector. But agriculture’s contribution to Indian economy has been steadily falling and is now less than half that of the services industry. This should have corresponded with rapid growth in numbers of working women in cities, but that hasn’t happened. Economists have tried to understand this discrepancy. Some cite the problem to be India’s unemployment rate >among the young, who make more than half of the population. But such joblessness should affect both men and women, and it also doesn’t explain the long-term trend of low women’s workforce participation rates. Others believe that younger people in cities are staying in education for longer. While that certainly contributes to the overall picture, it cannot explain the large difference between urban and rural figures. Some discrepancy may arise because many women are involved in home-based work and are part of the informal sector, where their contribution tends to be under-reported. “Better enumeration will help, but measurement is not the only reason participation rates are so low in India, especially in urban areas,” Sher Verick, a senior fellow at the International Labour Organisation, said. Patriarchy rules According to Verick, the two main factors keeping women at home are social customs and very low education levels among women. Breaking such customs is hard. Preet Rustagi, joint director of Institute for Human Development in Delhi, said: “To a certain extent, men control women’s lives. And women have internalised this as the norm. In such situations, the little work they do is the result of compulsion, such as when the household income is not enough, rather than choice.” The power of social norms may be partially explained based on data from the city of Leicester in the UK, where one in four city-dwellers is of Indian background. According to a >2010 report by Sheffield Hallam University: “Economic activity rates among Indian women in Leicester are nine percentage points lower than for Indian women nationally.” In a large enough group of Indians, those social norms are more strongly held than when Indians are widely dispersed in the rest of the UK. Although education levels have improved in recent decades, not as many educated women have found work. “In India, there is a U-shaped relationship between education and participation of women in the workforce,” Verick said. “Illiterates participate more out of necessity. Women with a middle-level education (below graduate) have different aspirations and can afford to remain out of the workforce. Only better educated women have been ‘pulled’ into the labour force in response to better paid opportunities.” Rustagi said a skills shortage among women is also to blame. “There is a large divide between what they can do and what jobs are on offer.” For instance, the lowest worker sex ratio is seen in construction, manufacturing and the retail trade, which are booming in cities. The safety of women is also a concern in Indian cities, as was highlighted after the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. Better governance and improved policing ought to help, but urban India’s gender imbalance is a deeper cause for worry. The national average is 940 females per 1,000 males, but that drops to 912 for cities with a population larger than 1m. The imbalance is greater still in India’s biggest cities, with Delhi at 867 females per 1,000 males and Mumbai at 861. The discrepancy in these figures may be partly explained by the mass migration of workers, mainly men, from rural to urban areas, according to Varsha Joshi, director of India’s census operations. But the drop is large enough that further investigation is needed to spot other reasons. Empty promises There are >some positive signs. According to India’s National Sample Survey, the proportion of working women in urban areas has increased from 11.9% in 2001 to 15.4% in 2011. Rustagi said: “One of the fastest-growing sectors for urban working women has been domestic work. About 1.5m urban women were added to that sector in the last decade, which is more than one in ten jobs created for women in that time.” But the areas that have shown the most significant growth, such as domestic work, tend to fall into the category of “informal” work – and under India’s labour laws, these workers have >few workplace rights. This makes it harder for women to have sustainable jobs, let alone a career. Indians go to the polls in April and, partly as a result of the focus of women’s issues, most parties have adopted promises about women’s empowerment as part of their campaigns, but none have spelt these promises out in any detail. Related: >The revolution for India’s urban women must start at home This article was originally published on >The Conversation. Read the >original article. | Mid | [
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18 Ill. App.2d 523 (1958) 152 N.E.2d 752 Town of City of Champaign and Pearl Ewing, Plaintiffs. Town of City of Champaign, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Overmeyer's Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Gen. No. 10,179. Illinois Appellate Court Third District. August 11, 1958. Rehearing denied October 3, 1958. Released for publication October 3, 1958. *524 Greaves & Harper, of Champaign, for plaintiff-appellant. Wilson, Siebert, Lynaugh & Abney, of Springfield (John P. Lynaugh, of counsel) for defendant-appellee. PRESIDING JUSTICE ROETH delivered the opinion of the court. The question involved in this appeal is a narrow and limited one. It is so conceded by both parties. The plaintiff is a township. It commenced an action under the 1955 Amendment of the Dramshop Act, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, Chap. 43, Section 135, against the defendant dramshop keeper claiming that it was injured in its property. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss, assigning as the sole and only ground for dismissal the following: "The Town of the City of Champaign is not a proper plaintiff within the purview of the Illinois Dramshop Act, under which this Complaint is filed." The trial court sustained the motion and dismissed the complaint. From that order this appeal was taken. Plaintiff in its brief states that the issue on this appeal is a limited one and that it is whether a Township as a body politic is to be considered as a "person" within the language of the 1955 Amendment of the Dramshop Act. Defendant at the outset of its brief also states that this is the sole issue. We therefore expressly limit our opinion to the sole issue as defined by the parties. Prior to the adoption of the 1955 Amendment to section 135 of the Dramshop Act that section, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, Chap. 43, provided: *525 "Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured, in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall have a right of action in his or her own name, severally or jointly, against any person or persons who shall, by selling or giving alcoholic liquor, have caused the intoxication, in whole or in part, of such person; ...." In a series of decisions, Economy Auto Ins. Co. v. Brown et al., 334 Ill. App. 579, 79 N.E.2d 854; New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Gerin, 9 Ill. App.2d 545, 133 N.E.2d 723; and Eager et al. v. Nathan et al., 14 Ill. App.2d 418, 144 N.E.2d 629, the courts of Illinois in construing the phrase "other person," applied the principle of ejusdem generis and held that the phrase meant a person of like classification as "husband, wife etc." The construction was succinctly laid out in New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Gerin, supra, where the court said: "There is a good basis in the principles of legislative construction for the conclusion of the Economy case. The act states that `every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, ... shall have a right of action....' Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, Chap. 43, Section 135. The act itself and the cases decided on the point indicate that since it is remedial the act should be given a liberal construction. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, Chap. 43, Section 94; Economy Auto Ins. Co. v. Brown, 334 Ill. App. 579, 583. But even under a liberal construction we cannot construe the act beyond the intent of the legislature. The well known principle of construction, ejusdem generis, precludes extension of the term `other person' beyond the classes specifically enumerated. To be included, therefore, within the term *526 `other person' the injured party must be of the same general classification as a `husband, wife, child, guardian or employer.' There is no indication that the legislature intended `other person' to include an insurance carrier." The court noted, however, as follows: "The Economy case was decided in 1948 and if this decision did not truly interpret the legislative intent, ample time has intervened during which the legislature could have clarified its intention by amendment." Following these decisions the Legislature in 1955 amended Sec. 135 of the Dramshop Act. It now provides: "Every person, who shall be injured, in person or property by any intoxicated person, shall have a right of action in his or her own name, severally or jointly, against any person or persons who shall, by selling or giving alcoholic liquor, have caused the intoxication in whole or in part, of such person; ..." [1-3] Thus it will be observed that the Legislature has eliminated the enumeration of specific classes of persons. When the Legislature revises a statute it must be presumed that the Legislature took cognizance of the prior decisions of the courts construing and interpreting the prior law. If, after a statute has been construed and interpreted, the Legislature makes radical changes in phraseology, an intention is thereby shown to establish a rule different from that announced by the courts. Where by amendment or revision, words are stricken from a statute it must be concluded that the Legislature deliberately intended to change the law. I.L.P. Statutes Par. 161; McLaughlin v. People, 403 Ill. 493, 87 N.E.2d 637; Towers v. Schull, 3 Ill. App.2d 358, 122 N.E.2d 62. We are therefore of the opinion that by the elimination of the enumeration of *527 the specific classes of persons, the Legislature has evinced an intention to broaden the classification of an injured party. By Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, Chap. 131, Sec. 1, it is provided "In the construction of statutes the provisions of Sections 1.01 to 1.22, inclusive, shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute." and by Section 1.05, it is provided "`Person' or `persons' as well as all words referring to or importing persons, may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals." [4] We are therefore of the opinion that plaintiff as a Township and body politic comes within the 1955 Amendment as a "person" and that the Circuit Court of Champaign County was in error in holding to the contrary. The judgment of the Circuit Court of Champaign County is therefore reversed with directions to overrule the motion of defendant and for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion. Reversed and remanded. REYNOLDS and CARROLL, JJ., concur. | Mid | [
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The leaves of sweet fern make a pleasant tea. Gently steep a few leaves to a cup of water. The Mi'kmaq used the leaves to treat poison ivy rash. The leaves were steeped or boiled in water, and the liquid used to bath the poison ivy rash. The treatment should be repeated on a regular basis. [Photograph adapted from Foster & Duke: 1990] | Mid | [
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Fred Agnich Frederick Joseph Agnich, known as Fred Agnich (July 19, 1913 – October 28, 2004), was a Minnesota-born geophysicist who served from 1971 to 1987 as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 1972 to 1976, he was the Texas Republican National Committeeman. Background Agnich was born in Eveleth in St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota at Saint Paul, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in geology in 1937. He immediately moved thereafter to Texas to work for Geophysical Services, Inc. The company sought to locate petroleum within the United States and abroad in such locations as Venezuela, Sumatra, and the not-yet-established Pakistan. Geophysical Services became Texas Instruments, headquartered in Dallas. In 1951, Agnich became the executive vice president of the company; president in 1956. He retired from the board at the age of forty-eight in 1961. In 1939, Agnich married Ruth Welton, also a native of Eveleth, Minnesota. The couple had three sons, William Frederick Agnich (born c. 1942) of Richardson, Texas, Richard John Agnich (born 1943) and wife, Tory, of Dallas, and James Randall Agnich (born 1950) and wife, Betsy, of Houston, Texas. Ruth Agnich died in November 1975. Two years later, Agnich married Brooksie Jeanne Penland Willie (born 1932), the mother of three daughters and two sons. From 1955–1959, Agnich was chairman of the board of Greenhill School in Addison, the first co-educational, non-denominational pre-kindergarten through grade 12 private school in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. He was a trustee for the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, since the University of Texas at Dallas. Agnich served as a director for the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Opera, the Dallas Historical Society, and the Dallas Petroleum Club in the Chase Tower. Political life Agnich raised funds for the Texas Republican Party during the 1950s and in the unsuccessful 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns for Richard M. Nixon and Barry M. Goldwater, respectively. From 1967 to 1969, he was the Republican chairman for Dallas County, a position held prior to 1962 by then state chairman Peter J. O'Donnell, a Dallas investor and philanthropist. Agnich was elected national committeeman at the state Republican convention in 1972. Four years later he was succeeded as committeeman by another oilman, Ernest Angelo, then the mayor of Midland, who held the post until 1996. From 1974 to 1976, Angich was the vice chairman of the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., as well as Texas national committeeman. In 1970, Agnich was elected to the state House of Representatives in then District 33-R, renamed District 114 in 1983. He was the first Republican elected countywide in Dallas County since Reconstruction. He won as a Republican in a heavily Democratic year with the Texas statewide candidates for U.S. senator and governor, George Herbert Walker Bush and Paul Eggers both going down to defeat at the hands of Lloyd Bentsen and Preston Smith, respectively. In 1972, Agnich considered running for governor against Preston Smith but never filed his papers of candidacy. Instead Smith was denied re-nomination, and the Republicans chose State Senator Henry Grover of Houston, who then lost to the Democrat Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde. Agnich was also a fundraiser for Republican U.S. Senator John Tower of Texas, who won his third term in 1972. Agnich was tapped as minority leader in 1972 by his Republican House colleagues. In 1974, Representative Agnich was part of the state constitutional convention held that spring to draft a document to replace the Texas Constitution of 1876. However, the new constitution fell three votes short, 118 votes instead of 121, of the two-thirds majority required in the combined state House and Senate. In 1977, he hired young Karl Rove to his first job in Texas as a legislative assistant in Agnich's Dallas office. Agnich served on House Appropriations and Finance and was the chairman of the Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on Wildlife throughout his 18-year career in the legislature. His interest in the environment was an outgrowth of the management during the 1960s of his 3,500-acre ranch near Athens in Henderson County east of Dallas. He built a 3,000-foot dam to fill a 500-acre lake. He turned his ranch into a wildlife refuge for the undertaking of research into habitat conservation. In 1979, Agnich endorsed former Democratic Governor John B. Connally, Jr., for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination, which instead went to Ronald W. Reagan, the former governor of California who then unseated Jimmy Carter, thus far the last Democrat to have won the electoral votes of Texas. Agnich was considered generally conservative. In 1975, he criticized higher education in Texas for excessive spending. Yet, he was also a member of the "Dirty Thirty" legislators who exposed the Sharpstown banking scandal in Houston and challenged the power of Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Gus Mutscher of Washington County. He did not hesitate to use state power to promote his favorite interests, environmental legislation, and wildlife preservation, specifically the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1983. In 1989, Agnich, with his wife Brooksie, retired to their homes in Dallas and Athens, Texas, and on Lake Lenore in Ouray, Colorado. He died of a lengthy illness in Dallas at the age of ninety-one, just days before the reelection of U.S. President George W. Bush. His widow, Brooksie, died on April 26, 2016 at the age of eighty-three. Agnich is honored through the Fred J. Agnich Scholarship Fund at the Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists in Austin. Tory Agnich of Dallas described her father-in-law, accordingly: Fred lived an absolutely full life. He was well-loved by people from all sides of the political spectrum. He probably had enough excitement, energy, ups and downs, successes and risk-taking for two whole people and two whole lives. 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Generally, a secondary battery may be rechargeable and have increased capacity. A representative example of the secondary battery includes a nickel cadmium battery, a nickel hydrogen battery, a lithium ion battery, and the like. Among them, the lithium ion battery has been spotlighted as the next generation power source due to excellent characteristics such as a long lifespan, high capacity, and the like. Among them, a lithium secondary battery, which has operating voltage of 3.6 V or more, is used as a power supply of a portable electronic device or several lithium secondary batteries are connected in series with each other to thereby be used for a high output hybrid vehicle. Since this lithium secondary battery has operating voltage three times higher than that of the nickel-cadmium battery or the nickel-metal hydride battery and is more excellent in view of energy density characteristics per unit weight than the nickel-cadmium battery or the nickel-metal hydride battery, the use of the lithium secondary battery has rapidly increased. The lithium secondary battery may be manufactured in various types. A representative type of the lithium secondary battery may include a cylindrical type and a prismatic type that are mainly used for the lithium ion battery. A lithium polymer battery that has been recently spotlighted is manufactured in a pouch type having flexibility, such that it has a relatively free shape. In addition, the lithium polymer battery has excellent stability and light weight, such that it is advantageous for slimness and lightness of the portable electronic device. Meanwhile, in a case of a power supply for driving a motor of an electric automobile, or the like requiring a large amount of power, several tens of secondary battery cells are connected in series or parallel with each other to thereby configure a battery module. When a plurality of battery modules are charged or discharged, heat is generated from the cell and charging or discharging performance of the battery cell may be varied depending on a temperature of the cell. Therefore, it is important to maintain an internal temperature of the battery at appropriate temperature. A secondary battery module disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2007-0014631 according to the related art includes a plurality of unit cells which are stacked and arranged to efficiently cool heat generated from the unit cell, and a plurality of partitions installed between the unit cells and having a cooling passage formed therein and protrusions formed on both surfaces thereof. Therefore, the related art relates to a method of cooling the plurality of cells while a heat transferring medium is circulated in the plurality of partitions. However, since the related art has a configuration of cooling only regions in which the protrusions formed on the both surfaces of the partition and the plurality of unit cells are in contact with each other, there is a problem that regions in which the protrusions and the plurality of unit cells are not in contact with each other are not cooled. | Mid | [
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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 eBook Over all such trials Charlotte found assistance to rise in her own inward feelings. She knew her own determination. Her own affection, fair and noble as it was, she would utterly renounce. And sorely she longed to go to the assistance of the other two. Separation, she knew well, would not alone suffice to heal so deep a wound. She resolved that she would speak openly about it to Ottilie herself. But she could not do it. The recollection of her own weakness stood in her way. She thought she could talk generally to her about the sort of thing. But general expressions about “the sort of thing,” fitted her own case equally well, and she could not bear to touch it. Every hint which she would give Ottilie recoiled on her own heart. She would warn, and she was obliged to feel that she might herself still be in need of warning. She contented herself, therefore, with silently keeping the lovers more apart, and by this gained nothing. The slight hints which frequently escaped her had no effect upon Ottilie; for Ottilie had been assured by Edward that Charlotte was devoted to the Captain, that Charlotte herself wished for a separation, and that he was at this moment considering the readiest means by which it could be brought about. Ottilie, led by the sense of her own innocence along the road to the happiness for which she longed, lived only for Edward. Strengthened by her love for him in all good, more light and happy in her work for his sake, and more frank and open toward others, she found herself in a heaven upon earth. So all together, each in his or her own fashion, reflecting or unreflecting, they continued on the routine of their lives. All seemed to go its ordinary way, as, in monstrous cases, when everything is at stake, men will still live on, as if it were all nothing. CHAPTER XIV In the meantime a letter came from the Count to the Captain—two, indeed—one which he might produce, holding out fair, excellent prospects in the distance; the other containing a distinct offer of an immediate situation, a place of high importance and responsibility at the Court, his rank as Major, a very considerable salary, and other advantages. A number of circumstances, however, made it desirable that for the moment he should not speak of it, and consequently he only informed his friends of his distant expectations, and concealed what was so nearly impending. He went warmly on, at the same time, with his present occupation, and quietly made arrangements to insure the continuance of the works without interruption after his departure. He was now himself desirous that as much as possible should be finished off at once, and was ready to hasten things forward to prepare for Ottilie’s birthday. And so, though without having come to any express understanding, the two friends worked side by side together. Edward was now well pleased that the cash-box was filled by their having taken up money. The whole affair went forward at fullest speed. | Low | [
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42 Cal.2d 129 (1954) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Respondent. L. A. No. 22570. Supreme Court of California. In Bank. Jan. 22, 1954. Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, A. Curtis Smith and Gerald G. Kelly, Assistant County Counsel, and John H. Larson, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant. LeRoy M. Edwards, Oscar C. Sattinger and Frank P. Doherty for Respondent. Louis W. Myers and O'Melveny & Myers, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent. TRAYNOR, J. This appeal involves the same basic problems as those presented in City of San Diego v. Southern Calif. Tel. Corp., ante, p. 110 [266 P.2d 14]. Defendant is a public utility engaged in purchasing and selling illuminating gas. It produces a small amount of the gas it sells. Its system is an integrated one and extends through six counties, including the County of Los Angeles. It holds franchises granted by these counties and many cities therein. By this action for declaratory relief and an accounting, plaintiff seeks a judgment establishing the basis on which *132 defendant must compute the amount due for four franchises granted it by plaintiff to lay its pipes in the public roads, streets, and highways in the county. Each franchise was granted by a separate ordinance pursuant to the Broughton Act. (Stats. 1905, p. 777, now Pub. Util. Code, 6001-6071.) Section 3 of that act fixes the amount that must be paid for the franchises at "two per cent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of the person, partnership or corporation to whom the franchise is awarded, arising from its use, operation or possession." Each ordinance contains substantially the same provision. [fn. 1] Defendant filed statements and made payments for the years 1936-1939, which plaintiff claims were incorrect. Although this case is based on statements and figures for 1939, it will control all payments due from 1936 to the termination of each franchise. There is no dispute as to the figures in the accounting processes or what they represent and no dispute as to the end result for the other years once it is determined which of the accounting methods is correct. The trial court made findings and entered judgment sustaining defendant's computations and return of the amount due. Plaintiff appeals, contending that the judgment is not in accord with section 3 of the Broughton Act as construed by this court in County of Tulare v. City of Dinuba (1922), 188 Cal. 664 [206 P. 983]. Defendant made the following computation of the amount due plaintiff for 1939, the year selected by the parties for presenting the issues: From its total capital, $31,216,087.13, defendant deducted its intangibles, $152,351.98, leaving $31,063,735.15 as its total investment in operative property, i. e., property used and useful in purchasing, producing, and distributing gas. It then segregated the amount invested in property not on rights of way, public or private, $9,955,707.06, and the amount invested in facilities on all rights of way, public and private, $21,108,028.09. Defendant then divided its total gross receipts, $9,620,838.45, by its total investment in operative property, $31,063,735.15, which gave $0.309713 of gross receipts per dollar invested. The amount invested in operative property on all rights of way, public and private, $21,108,028.09, *133 was then multiplied by $0.309713, which gave a total of $6,537,430.70 as the gross receipts arising from the use of rights of way. Defendant then prorated this amount between public and private rights of way on a mileage basis. Defendant uses 3,249.225 miles of rights of way; 2,969.673 miles thereof, or 91.3963 per cent, are public rights of way. The amount of gross receipts attributable to all rights of way, $6,537,430.70, was then multiplied by 91.3963 per cent, the percentage of miles of right of way subject to franchises, which gave $5,974,969.77 as the amount of gross receipts attributable to such rights of way. Of the 2,969.673 miles of such rights of way, 456.829 miles or 15.3831 per cent are public rights of way in Los Angeles County. Multiplying $5,974,969.77 by 15.3831 per cent gave $919,135.57 as the gross receipts arising from the use of the franchises granted by plaintiff. Two per cent of that amount is $18,382.60, the charge for 1939 for the use of such franchises. The foregoing computations were based on the following principles, which defendant maintains, and which we agree (see City of San Diego v. Southern Cal. Tel. Corp., ante, p. 110 [266 P.2d 14]), are in accord with the principles enunciated or implicit in the opinion of this court in the Tulare case: [1] 1. Defendant's gross receipts arise from all of its operative property, whether or not such property is located on rights of way, public or private, or on land owned or leased by it or on land owned by others. [2] 2. Defendant's operative property consists of various kinds of real and personal property, including land leased or owned, compressor stations and equipment, meter stations and equipment, regulator stations and equipment, gas production equipment, pipe lines, valves, general office buildings, warehouses, transportation equipment, laboratory equipment, etc. Pipe lines and appurtenances on public and private rights of way are but a component part of defendant's over-all system. [3] 3. Since the 2 per cent charge applies only to gross receipts arising from the use of the franchises, gross receipts arising from operative property other than franchises must be excluded from the base to which the 2 per cent charge applies. [4] 4. As in rate making, there is a relationship between the value of the property and the amount it earns; the dollars invested in the property produce the dollars that form the gross receipts. Since every dollar invested in operative property *134 earns an equal part of the gross receipts, gross receipts are attributed to a particular item or class of operative property according to the dollars invested in it. Moreover, the factors in the proration must be measured in the same terms, and since the gross receipts are measured in dollars, the property giving rise to them must be measured in dollars. (City of San Diego v. Southern Cal. Tel. Corp., ante, p. 110 [266 P.2d 14].) Although this court's opinion in the Tulare case did not specify how the gross receipts were to be apportioned between the property on various rights of way and other property, the method here described is the only feasible method of making that apportionment and was used on the retrial of the Tulare case (87 Cal.App. 744, 745-746). It is fair, practical, readily understood, and easily verified. [5] 5. Gross receipts that arise from the use of the franchises are the gross receipts attributable to that part of the property using the public rights of way pursuant to the franchises. [6] 6. Gross receipts attributable to the various rights of way are apportioned between public and private rights of way according to mileage, "not necessarily as an exclusive method," but as a practicable one, as suggested in the Tulare case. (188 Cal. 664, 681.) Defendant could have made this apportionment according to the amounts invested in rights of way as in (4) above (City of San Diego v. Southern Cal. Tel. Corp., ante, pp. 110, 122, 125-126 [266 P.2d 14]), but plaintiff raises no question as to this method of apportioning gross receipts between rights of way and, in fact, adopts it in its own computations. [7] Plaintiff contends that in arriving at the base to which the 2 per cent charge applies, defendant and the trial court erred in deducting all gross receipts attributable to (1) its office and other general facilities; (2) the part of its distribution system on private property owned by consumers and not under lease by defendant; (3) the part of its distribution system on private property owned or leased by defendant. Since this contention would not permit the allocation of any of defendant's gross receipts to the foregoing classes of property, it necessarily involves a repudiation of the principle that defendant's gross receipts arise from all of its operative property and that gross receipts arising from all operative property other than franchises must be excluded from the base on which the 2 per cent charge is computed. *135 Plaintiff would justify this repudiation on the grounds that the Tulare case decided that the total gross receipts of a public utility can only be divided into two categories: (1) that which is credited to its distribution system and (2) that which is credited to its production system; that the gross receipts attributable to its distribution system constitutes the fund from which the 2 per cent charge shall be ascertained; that the only gross receipts of defendant from its operative property that can be attributed to its production system and therefore excluded from the fund from which the 2 per cent charge is ascertained is the $134,111.96 investment in facilities for manufacturing the small amount of gas it produces and does not buy from others; and that the only gross receipts of defendant attributable to its distribution system that are not subject to the 2 per cent charge are the gross receipts attributable to the use of private rights of way. In support of this contention, plaintiff cites the following language from the Tulare case: "The gross receipts of this defendant accrue from two distinct agencies. One is the generating plants or powerhouses of the company, located in three separate counties; the other is the distributing system. ... The first step in this accounting should be to determine as a question of fact what proportion of the total annual gross receipts of the public utility should be justly credited to its distribution system over various rights of way, as distinguished from its power plants or other producing agencies." (188 Cal. 673, 681.) This language, however, must be read in the light of the conclusions this court had reached as a basis for the steps in the accounting. Among these conclusions were: "The corporation's gross receipts, to refer to the language of the Act arise from the 'use, operation or possession' not alone of these franchises over the streets and highways, but likewise from the use, operation, or possession of the powerhouses and private rights of way. The two last named are not subject to any franchise charges and the county or municipality is not entitled under the law to any part of the gross receipts attributable to these privately owned parts of the system." (188 Cal. 673-674.) It should be noted that the reason for the conclusion that the county or municipality was not entitled to any part of the gross receipts attributable to powerhouses and private rights of way, was that the company's gross receipts arise, not alone from the "use ..." *136 of the franchise, but from the use of powerhouses and private rights of way, which are not subject to any franchise charges. [8] It is clear from the opinion in the Tulare case that the principle that this court there enunciated was that the county was not entitled to any part of the gross receipts from utility property not subject to franchise charges. The gross receipts attributable to generating plants, powerhouses, and private rights of way were excluded, not because the court regarded them as the only source of gross receipts other than the use of franchises, but because they were privately owned parts of the system not subject to any franchise charges. (See, also, City of San Diego v. Southern Cal. Tel. Corp., ante; City of Monrovia v. Southern Counties Gas Co., 111 Cal.App. 659 [296 P. 117]; Ocean Park Pier Amusement Corp. v. Santa Monica, 40 Cal.App.2d 76 [104 P.2d 668, 879].) Since that reason applies with equal force to all operative property of the company not subject to any franchise charges, it cannot reasonably be implied that this court meant that only operative property of the kind mentioned contributes to gross receipts. That such an implication is absurd is apparent from the statement, "The absurdity of the position that any integral part of an electric distributing system like this is entitled to credit for the whole of the earnings from deliveries and sales in a given county or municipality when a large part of such service is over parts of the system not subject to such franchise permit may be shown by various illustrations." (188 Cal. 674.) [9] Operative property other than generating plants, powerhouses, and the distributing system consisting of poles and wires, are just as much an integral part of an electric or gas system as generating plants, powerhouses and private rights of way. Office buildings to house engineers and executive and administrative staff, warehouses, transportation equipment, communication equipment, meter devices, laboratory equipment and other facilities are all essential to an electric or gas company's operations and all contribute to its gross receipts. If it is absurd to say that any integral part of such a system is entitled to credit for the whole of its gross receipts, it is equally absurd to say that any number less than the whole is so entitled. Plaintiff's contention is based on the erroneous conclusion that in the Tulare case this court regarded all property of a public utility other than generating plants and powerhouses as part of its distributing system. This court was there concerned, not with labels or a division of the *137 property into producing system and distributing system, but with property that was and property that was not subject to any franchise charge. The arbitrary classification of land, office buildings, warehouses, garages, construction equipment, automotive equipment, laboratory and other equipment as entirely part of the distribution system rather than as part of the production system or as part of both production and distribution systems or as "other [revenue] producing agencies" (188 Cal. 664, 681), would not only be unreasonable but pointless. [10] Even if all of the property other than generating plants and powerhouses could reasonably be regarded as entirely part of the utility's distribution system, it would not follow that gross receipts attributable thereto should be included in the fund to which the 2 per cent charge applies. Thus, property in private rights of way is admittedly part of the distribution system. Yet this court in the Tulare case made it abundantly clear that gross receipts attributable to such property were not subject to the 2 per cent charge, since such property was "not subject to any franchise charges." For the same reason gross receipts from any other parts of the distribution system that are not subject to franchise charges are not subject to the 2 per cent charge. Plaintiff does not quarrel with the capital investment method as such for allocating gross receipts to a particular item or class of operative property in it. In fact, it uses that method itself in its own apportionment between production and distribution. Plaintiff contends that although this method is "plausible" and "entirely correct," there is no occasion to use it as defendant uses it and that unless it is limited to the use plaintiff makes of it to apportion gross receipts between production and distribution, defendant will get a double deduction for the same purpose: (1) the deduction taken by the proration on a mileage basis for gross receipts attributable to private rights of way and (2) the deduction taken, before the proration on a mileage basis, for operative property not located on rights of way. This contention assumes the validity of the distinction, discussed at length above, that plaintiff would make between production and distribution and the conclusions it would draw therefrom, and is simply another way of asserting that only gross receipts attributable to generating plants and private rights of way can be excluded from the base to which the 2 per cent charge applies. There is no double deduction for the same purpose. *138 [11] Gross receipts attributable to private rights of way and gross receipts attributable to private property not located on rights of way are separately excluded from the base to which the 2 per cent charge applies, without duplication or overlapping, and for the same reason--they arise from property not subject to any franchise charges. [12] Plaintiff would also justify its repudiation of the principle that defendant's gross receipts arise from all of its operative property and that gross receipts arising from all operative property other than franchises must be excluded from the base on which the 2 per cent charge is computed, on the following theory: The Broughton Act allows the utility to retain 98 per cent of its total gross receipts as the percentage applicable to its private property and requires it to pay to cities and counties 2 per cent of its gross receipts (less those attributable to private rights of way) for the use of public property; if it were allowed to take any more of its gross receipts as applicable to its private property, it would get a double deduction: (1) the amount so taken and (2) the 98 per cent it is allowed to retain. This theory ignores the limitation in the Broughton Act that the 2 per cent charge applies, not to defendant's total gross receipts, but only to its gross receipts "arising from the use" of the franchise. Thus, by its express terms the Broughton Act allows the utility to retain not only 98 per cent but 100 per cent of its gross receipts from its private property not subject to franchise charges, as well as 98 per cent of its gross receipts arising from the use of the franchises. It is not 2 per cent of its total gross receipts but only 2 per cent of its gross receipts "arising from the use" of the franchises that is exacted as a payment for the use of such franchises. The foregoing theory of plaintiff's is simply a slight modification, purportedly made in obedience to the Tulare case, of another contention suggested by it that the Tulare case should be disregarded and that there should be only a proration of the entire gross receipts between rights of way on a mileage basis. [fn. 2] As we have pointed out at some length above, and *139 in City of San Diego v. Southern Cal. Tel. Corp., ante, pp. 110, 124 [266 P.2d 14], that is not what the statute provides. There is no more justification for prorating the total gross receipts between rights of way than there would be for attributing the total gross receipts to each franchise used and requiring the utility to pay 2 per cent of its total gross receipts to each of the numerous cities and counties granting the franchises. The judgment is affirmed. Gibson, C.J., Shenk, J., Edmonds, J., Schauer, J., and Spence, J., concurred. CARTER, J. I dissent. It appears to me that the gas company formula, accepted by the majority, attempts to deduct every possible dollar of invested capital from the distribution system before they compute the value of the distribution system attributable to either public or private ways. In this manner they seek to base the county's share on little more than pipe in the ground. This is a complete misconception of the Broughton Act and its interpretation by this court in the Dinuba case. (County of Tulare v. City of Dinuba, 188 Cal. 664 [206 P. 983].) The Broughton Act provides that the utility "shall during the life of the franchise pay to the county or municipality two percent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of the grantee arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise." In giving an interpretation to the meaning of these words this court, in the Dinuba case, supra, stated (p. 673) that the corporation's gross receipts "arise from the 'use, operation or possession,' not alone of these franchises over the streets and highways, but likewise from the use, operation, or possession of the power- houses and private rights of way. The two last named are not subject to any franchise charges and the county or municipality is not entitled under the law to any part of the gross receipts attributable to these *140 privately owned parts of the system." This court then went on to say (p. 681) that "The first step in this accounting should be to determine as a question of fact what proportion of the total amount of gross receipts of the public utility should be justly accredited to its distributing system over various rights of way, as distinguished from its power plants or other producing agencies." "This will establish the fund from which the percentage of earnings 'arising from the use, operation or possession' of the various franchise easements shall be ascertained." "The percentage of this fund to be apportioned to the respective public franchises will not include the proportion of such gross receipts of the distributing system as are attributable to the use of private rights of way occupied by the utility, as such part of the system is not subject to franchise charge." (Emphasis added.) The clear import of this language is that we are first to deduct from gross revenue that amount attributable to the production system. This leaves us with the amount of gross revenue attributable to the entire distribution system. We then must determine what proportion of these earnings of the entire distribution system to attribute to the distribution system on public ways as contrasted to the distribution system located on private ways. Such was clearly this court's view in the Dinuba case when it said (p. 676): "The reasonable construction of the language used is that each county or municipality is entitled to its percentage of the gross earnings arising from the use of its highway, in the proportion that the receipts arising from the use of such highways bears to the receipts attributable to all the rights of way of the entire system." In determining what share of the distribution earnings to attribute to the public ways and what share to the private ways this court felt that the relative mileage of each was the most appropriate basis. This was illustrated by the following statement on page 681: "We have adopted this appropriation, to the various rights of way, according to mileage, not necessarily as an exclusive method of distribution of the gross receipts, but as a practicable one where the contribution of the various franchise easements to the gross earnings cannot be otherwise determined. ... There may be instances where the extent or value of the distributing system over a given right of way may indicate its earning capacity; or where the service of lateral lines may be differentiated from that of main conduits in the value of their use *141 of the easements. In such cases these conditions should be taken into account. But where, as will often happen, contribution to the earnings of the various rights of way is general and indistinguishable, we can see no reason why the proportionate mileage basis should not be used in apportioning the statutory percentage of gross receipts." (Emphasis added.) Thus we see that once we have determined what proportion of the gross receipts is attributable to the entire distribution system, we must find some method of determining what proportion is attributable to private ways and what portion is attributable to public ways. The most practical method of so doing is by use of the relative mileage basis. An example of its application was given by this court in the Dinuba case (p. 676) where it said: "It may be assumed that the distributing system covers six hundred miles of easements. The proportion of the gross receipts derived from and chargeable to the use of the distributing system should be credited to this entire mileage. One-third of this mileage may extend over private rights of way which are not subject to any franchise liability. The remaining two-thirds of the mileage covered by county franchises is entitled to two-thirds of the two per cent of the gross amount, and each county is entitled to the percentage of this two-thirds in the proportion that the mileage of its franchises bears to the total mileage covered by all the franchises." (Emphasis added.) By its language this court, in the Dinuba case, made it extremely clear that the 2 per cent was to be taken from that portion of the gross receipts of the total distribution system attributable to the distribution system on public ways; that the exact earnings of each mile in the system cannot always be accurately determined; that the value of each portion of the distribution system is not necessarily indicative of its earning capacity and therefore the best method of prorating the earnings of the entire distribution system between public and private ways is to use the mileage basis. All of this makes it apparent that this court established a rather simple formula whereby we first determine what portion of the total gross receipts is attributable to the distribution system, and then, as the best practical method of prorating these total distribution receipts between public and private ways, we use the relative mileage basis. From the gross receipts attributable to public ways the governmental bodies granting the *142 franchises are entitled to 2 per cent of their proportionate interest. What could be clearer? As stated by the District Court of Appeal in its opinion in this case (see County of Los Angeles v. Southern Counties Gas Co., (Cal.App.), 259 P.2d 665): "The Broughton Act recognized the justice of allowing a public utility a credit for its private property by exempting 98 per cent of the gross receipts from the franchise charge. The Dinuba case went a step further in allowing an apportionment of the 2 per cent toll so as to eliminate any charge for that proportion of the mileage over private rights of way. The gas company is not satisfied to accept the benefits granted by both the Broughton Act and the Dinuba decision, but in addition thereto it takes the additional deduction for the facilities located on private property by the utilization of the so-called 'capital investment method' of accounting." The formula proposed by the county and accepted by the District Court of Appeal follows the pattern as established in the Dinuba case. The gas company, on the other hand, seeks to use a combination formula which includes some of the suggestions of the Dinuba case but which also includes several other calculations designed to reduce to a bare minimum the amount due the county. For a clearer understanding of the gas company's departure from the formula in the Dinuba case, it may be well at this time to compare the methods used by the county and by the gas company. To begin with it should be noted that both the county and the gas company are in accord as to certain calculations even though they are made at different stages of the respective formulae. As a starting point both the county and gas company agree that in 1939 total invested capital equalled $31,216,081.13. From this both deduct intangibles, capital in general facilities and office and capital invested in production facilities. This leaves a total of $28,548,380.17 as that portion of the total capital which is invested in the distribution system. Once the extent of the distribution system, as contrasted to the producing system, has been ascertained, the next step should (under the Dinuba case) be to determine what proportion of the gross receipts can be attributed to the total distribution system. This is required under the Dinuba formula and is done by the county. Thus the county calculates that the amount of capital invested in distribution is 99.1306 per cent as contrasted to .8694 per cent invested in production facilities. Since 99.1306 per cent of the production *143 and distribution capital is invested in distribution facilities it follows that 99.1306 per cent of the gross receipts should be credited to the entire distribution system. This is the logical approach, this is the reasoning of the Dinuba case and this is the formula used by the county, but the gas company seeks still another deduction. Rather than determine the amount of capital invested in the entire distribution system they seek a figure which includes only the distribution capital invested in rights of way. To do this they deduct $7,556,603.15, which is the value of all distribution capital on consumer's property or on leased property. It is in this major respect that the gas company formula departs from the Dinuba case and differs from the county formula. By so doing the gas company deducts over 25 per cent of the value of the entire distribution system before computing the gross receipts attributable to the distribution system. This leaves only the capital invested in rights of way and has the effect of basing the gross receipts attributable to the distribution system on little more than the value of the pipe in the ground. It is a departure from the strict mileage formula established by the decision in the Dinuba case. The net result of the gas company formula is that it does not compute the gross receipts for the entire distribution system as required by the Dinuba case, but it tries to limit the fund to those receipts attributable only to rights of way. It attempts to exclude some of the distribution system which is located on private property in this preliminary calculation, when such exclusion should properly be made only on the mileage basis when the ratio of public to private system is determined. As has already been pointed out in the Dinuba case the value of an isolated portion of the distributing system is not necessarily indicative of its earning capacity. Certain portions which are new may have a greater value but far less earning capacity than some of the older sections which have little book value but a great deal of earning power. The terminus of a gas conduit may be one of the most extensive parts of the line but that does not mean that the meters and terminal equipment account for most all the earnings and that the transporting conduit earns little or nothing. Thus we can see that while the amount of capital invested in an entire system may be some indication of its earnings, we cannot segregate isolated portions of a system and determine that its dollar value is a correct measurement of its earning *144 power. For this reason this court in the Dinuba case preferred to compute all the gross receipts attributable to the entire distribution system and then prorate them between the public and private ways on a mileage basis rather than deducting part of such system on a dollar value basis. This is necessary since as a practical matter the contributions of the various portions of the distribution system to the gross distribution receipts cannot otherwise be determined. The majority fails to recognize the fact that some portions of the distribution system which are low in dollar value may have an earning power as great or greater than other portions which have a high book value. Based on this misconception it states that "As in rate making there is a relationship between the value of the property and the amount it earns; the dollars invested in the property produce the dollars that form the gross receipts. Since every dollar invested in operative property earns an equal part of the gross receipts, gross receipts are attributed to a particular item or class of operative property according to the dollars invested in it." Granted that there is a relationship between the value of a corporation's property and the amount it earns, we must recognize the limitations of such a broad generalization. Thus it might be said that there is a relationship between the value of the entire production system and the extent of its earning power; or it might be said that there is a relationship between the value of the entire distribution system and the amount it earns; but such a general relationship between the value of the property and the degree of earning power cannot be carried too far. For example, assume that every building on Block "A" has a direct conduit connection with the main gas line; that each conduit has a book value of $100; that one of the buildings serviced is a restaurant using gas ranges; that one of the buildings is a bakery using gas ovens; that two of the buildings are unoccupied; that one of the buildings is occupied by a frozen food locker; and that one of the buildings is occupied by a meat market. From this type of factual situation it can clearly be seen that the amount of gas consumed by the various customers serviced will vary to a considerable extent even though the value of the conduit into each building has the same $100 book value. Thus we see that the earning power of the various conduits will vary in spite of the fact that the same number of dollars is invested in each; and therefore the generalization that earnings have a relationship to dollars invested has its limitations. *145 Granting that there is a relationship between the dollars invested in an entire system and its earnings, there is not always an accurate relationship between the value of a particular portion of the system and its earnings. In view of this it is not correct to say (as the majority has) that "every dollar invested in operative property earns an equal part of the gross receipts," and that "gross receipts are attributed to a particular item or class of operative property according to the dollars invested in it." (Emphasis added.) By this reasoning the majority (following the theory advanced by the gas company) contends that the earning power of the public ways must be limited to the actual value of the investments in rights of ways after various other portions of the distribution system have been deducted. Thus they compute the dollars earned on a particular portion of the distribution system on a dollar investment basis even though such a method is only feasible when applied to an entire system as contrasted to an isolated part. These limitations were recognized by this court in the Dinuba case when it stated (p. 682): "There may be instances where the extent or value of the distributing system over a given right of way may indicate its earning capacity; ... But where, as will often happen, contribution to the earnings of the various rights of way is general and indistinguishable, we can see no reason why the proportionate mileage basis should not be used in apportioning the statutory percentage of gross receipts." Thus in order to compute the gross receipts arising from the use, operation or possession of the public franchise we must first determine the gross receipts of the entire distribution system and then on a mileage basis prorate these gross receipts between public and private ways. By seeking to deduct the $7,556,603.15 as part of the distribution system on consumers' property or on leased property and later seeking to deduct 8.603 per cent of the mileage as being located on private ways the gas company is attempting a form of double deduction. The portion of the distribution system located at the terminus of each line is high in value ($7,556,603.15) but low in mileage so the gas company seeks to deduct this portion on a dollar basis. The other portions of the distribution system on private ways do not account for as much value (approximately $2,400,000) so the gas company is willing to compute these portions on a *146 mileage basis. Thus the gas company attempts to divide the distribution system on private ways into two parts. The one part having a high value ($7,556,603.15) they seek to deduct on a dollar basis. The other portions having a lower dollar value (approximately $2,400,000) but a higher mileage value they seek to deduct on a mileage basis. Actually the gas company is only entitled to one deduction from the receipts of the distribution system and that is a single deduction for the proportion of the distribution system on private ways. This should include that portion of the system running over private ways owned by the company, private ways leased by the company, private ways merely used by the company and all other forms of private ways including the conduits and equipment running to each consumer. Why should there be a distinction between private ways on consumers' property and other private ways? It is all part of the distribution system and the gas company will be credited with that portion of the distribution system on all private ways on a mileage basis. By these calculations the gas company has reduced the total of distribution receipts to $6,537,430.70 rather than the total of $9,537,137.16 reached under the county formula. Since 91.3963 per cent of the distribution mileage is on public ways the gross receipts fund attributable to public ways, from which the 2 per cent is to be taken, should total $8,716,590.49 instead of $5,974,969.77 as computed by the company. 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Is there any doubt then that the Legislature intended for the utility to pay as a toll for the use of public highways on which to lay its pipes, tracks or cables, 2 per cent of its gross receipts?" "These conclusions are fortified by the doctrine of strict construction. The basic franchise ordinance (No. 1107, New Series, 1924) provides that 'the franchise is granted upon each and every condition contained herein, and in the ordinance granting the same and shall ever be strictly construed against the grantee.' When a franchise provides for the protection of the public interest, it is a fair assumption that the board of supervisors endeavored to perform its duty as trustee for the public and that the provisions were inserted for the purpose of securing for the public all substantial advantages. (38 Am.Jur. 214.) It is a general principle of construction that franchises granted by the state to private persons or corporations must be construed most strongly in favor of the public. If a doubt arises, nothing is to be taken by implication as against public rights. (Clark v. City of Los Angeles, 160 Cal. 30, 38 [116 P. 722]; Sacramento v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., 173 Cal. 787, 791 [161 P. 978].)" "From all that is said above it is unavoidable that the franchise must be construed strictly in favor of the county and as so construed respondent should pay its full 2 per cent of its gross receipts each year of the life of its franchise with no deductions except those attributable to production capital and the proportion of the distribution system belonging to the utility." It would also appear that the cases cited by the majority and the gas company were adequately distinguished by the District Court of Appeal (County of Los Angeles v. Southern Counties Gas Co., supra, (Cal.App.) 259 P.2d 665) in the following discussion: "Ocean Park Pier Amusement Corp. v. City of Santa Monica, 40 Cal.App.2d 76 [104 P.2d 668, 879], *148 cited by the gas company in support of its position, is readily distinguishable. In that case the city exacted the full statutory toll for the use of its own property and in addition sought to exact a charge for the use of the corporation's property. It was therefore properly held that no franchise payment need be made for the use of private property with respect to which no public property was contributed or used. In the case at bar, however, the gas company has consistently utilized public property in its operations and of course could not operate for an instant without public franchises, but the record discloses no attempt by appellant 'to include in the grant, land over which it had no proprietary interest,' as was true of the City of Santa Monica in the last cited authority, page 86." "Respondent cites also City of Monrovia v. Southern Counties Gas Co., 111 Cal.App. 659 [296 P. 117], as authority for its contention. The court said at page 660, 'In accordance with this method [from the Dinuba decision] the defendant ... [eliminated] that portion of its earnings attributable to the use of its properties located on private property.' The context of the above sentence, a portion of which respondent quotes, makes it clear that the mileage allocation formula of the Dinuba decision, under no dispute in the instant case, is referred to. But in any event, the only issue involved in the Monrovia action was whether or not the city was entitled to 2 per cent of the gross receipts collected within the city, a point not at all involved in the instant controversy." If we are to abide by the decision of the Dinuba case, if we are to insist on a fair and consistent formula without double deductions, and if we are to construe the franchise most strongly in favor of the public (as is required by law), then we must reverse the judgment rendered by the trial court. For these reasons I would reverse the judgment. NOTES [fn. 1] 1. Ordinance 500 (New Series) is typical. It provides: "... the said grantee and his or its successors or assigns shall, during the life of said franchise, pay to the county of Los Angeles ... two per cent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of such grantee, and his or its successors or assigns, arising from the use, operation or possession of said franchise." [fn. 2] 2. In advancing this contention plaintiff makes the specious argument that gross receipts means all receipts without deduction and that there is no more justification for deducting a cent from gross receipts than there would be to deduct manufacturing costs from the retail price of gas appliances in computing a sales tax based on gross receipts. There is no deduction here of manufacturing costs, cost of gas, costs of operation or other costs. Gross receipts that are attributed to the use of franchises and to other operative property are still gross receipts. 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But in recent weeks, a flood of all-too similiar stories about sexual harassment in Silicon Valley has reopened the old wounds — and inspired her to speak up. "I can't believe after all these years it still hurts, you know?" she told CNN Tech. The tide is starting to turn. In the past three weeks, two powerful Silicon Valley investors — 500 Startups' Dave McClure and Binary Capital's Justin Caldbeck — have resigned over allegations of sexual harassment. Both men have issued broad apologies for their behavior. As a result, multiple women have come forward to share their own experiences about working in an industry rife with sexism and harassment. Cecilia 2:08 CNN Tech talked to six of these women about tech's systemic problems — and their hopes for the future of the industry. Women tell their stories Entrepreneur Bea Arthur was going over financial projections with an investor when he exposed himself to her. "He stood up, and he pulled out his erect penis," she said. "It was awkward. It was uncomfortable. It was unfair." Arthur said she tried to shrug off the awkwardness and never confronted him about it. "He probably thinks we're close friends," she said. There's a frequently touted ethos that investors fund people, not just ideas. Because of that, investors need to get to know founders, according to entrepreneur Susan Ho, one of the women who went public about Caldbeck's alleged harassment. Bea 1:36 "Much of that building of camaraderie happens in social settings," said Ho. "It happens over drinks. It happens over dinner." Ho said there's nothing wrong with drinks or dinner, but the undefined relationship between entrepreneurs and investors — coupled with the industry's power dynamics — can complicate those casual meetings. It's especially complex for female founders, as men control the vast majority of capital. 89% of those making investment decisions at the top 72 firms are male, according to one survey. And in 2016, VCs put $64.9 billion into male-founded startups, compared to $1.5 billion into female-founded startups, according to new data from PitchBook. This means female founders are primarily pitching men. And it's typical to meet investors in informal locations — restaurants, bars, coffee shops. It's also the norm to take meetings after working hours, especially for younger founders. Arthur said that when the investor flashed her, she felt a "very deep and sudden and overwhelming sense of shame. Like, 'I'm stupid. I should have known this was going to happen. Why did I think he was taking me seriously?'" I would say to him,"I’m here to talk business, and nothing else." Lisa Wang Cofounder, SheWorx Lisa Wang, cofounder of female entrepreneur collective SheWorx, was caught off guard at Consumer Electronics Show this year when a pitch meeting quickly went south. "We're sitting at the Starbucks, and he grabs my face and tries to make out with me, and I push him back in surprise, and just didn't know what to do, because he continued to try again, and was so aggressive." Wang said the investor tried to follow her to her hotel room. "I said, 'I'm not getting in this elevator until you leave." "If [the male investor] looks at another man, he sees them as an opportunity, a colleague, a peer, a mentor," said Arthur, who founded a mental health startup. But if you're a female founder, "he just sees you as a woman first." The risk of speaking out Three weeks ago, The Information published a story in which six women accused investor Justin Caldbeck of sexual harassment. Three of the women came forward anonymously, but three put their names by their accusations. That's a rarity in Silicon Valley where the prevailing advice is to stay silent and avoid repercussions — both financial and emotional. There's fear of earning a reputation as someone who's difficult to work with, which could make it difficult to secure funding. Investors may avoid financing a company with a founder they don't "trust" if they're nervous she may speak out about their behavior, too. That's helped keep those who've behaved inappropriately in positions of power, according to Arthur. "People at the top stay at the top, and they understand each other," she said. "They have vouched and, more importantly, covered for each other." SOLVING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN TECH: ASK THESE FEMALE CEOS 3:35 Even so, Susan Ho and Leiti Hsu, cofounders of travel startup Journy, came forward with their stories about Caldbeck. "When you talk about sexual harassment in tech or in any other industry, it's like dropping a nuclear bomb on your career," Ho told CNN Tech. "That fear of retaliation, of it impacting your business in some way, is so, so real. We have a financial responsibility to do what's best for our business, and if speaking out is going to harm our business, is that OK?" It was the decision to go public — and have their names attached to the accusations — that set off a firestorm in Silicon Valley. Countless other women have come forward since then, sharing their own stories of sexism in tech. "Ultimately, we spoke about it in hopes that at the very least, there would be an article high enough on Google that the next time [Caldbeck] met with a female founder, she would Google him and see this article and at least be extra on her guard or think twice before meeting him," Ho said. "[Caldbeck] preyed on a group of women who [he] felt were too afraid, or not in the position to speak out against [his] behavior, and [he] was wrong." When you talk about sexual harassment, it's like dropping a nuclear bomb on your career. Susan Ho Cofounder, Journy The emotional repercussions of speaking out are something Gesche Haas, founder of Dreamers // Doers, is all too familiar with. Haas went public with sexual harassment allegations against investor Pavel Curda in 2014. While at a conference, he propositioned her in an email that read, "I will not leave Berlin without having sex with you. Deal?" Curda first tweeted that his email account had been hacked, but apologized one day later claiming he was drunk. She's been picked apart on the Internet and received death threats on social media. "I got people tweeting [at me], 'I will cut your throat you f***ing c***,'" she said. People have accused her of being "a damsel in distress," suggesting she spoke out for "attention." Despite it all, Haas said she stands by her decision. "The risk of not saying anything, living with this forever is way worse. I felt because I had so much evidence, it was so clear cut. I had a responsibility to say something," she said. Still, three of the women CNN Tech spoke to — Arthur, Pagkalinawan and Wang — declined to publicly name the men they say harassed them. This was partly because they didn't have any tangible evidence that could confirm the specific encounter. "The most difficult part of reporting is ... the fear of being in a compromised position if you are the only one to speak up about the offender," added Wang. Real change requires more than just optics When Ho and Hsu spoke out, they were concerned their stories wouldn't appropriately outrage people in the tech industry. They credit LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman for focusing people's attention on it. One day after The Information's story came out, Hoffman published a post on LinkedIn that called on investors to sign a "decency pledge." He proposed that tech actively work on building an industry-wide HR function so venture capitalists who engage in inappropriate behavior face consequences. "It took [Hoffman's post] to really give the issue weight," said Ho. "It's my hope in the future that the accounts of countless women is going to be enough to give an issue like this weight." There are early signs that companies may start taking swifter action once alerted to harassment. This week, early stage VC firm Ignition Partners said its managing partner, Frank Artale, had resigned over misconduct. The firm released a statement, disclosing that they'd investigated a report of "inappropriate conduct" by Artale in 2016. Artale has not publicly released a statement about his resignation. The firm did not reply to CNN Tech's request for further comment. According to Nathalie Molina Niño, cofounder of female-focused BRAVA Investments, pledges may be a start, but they certainly aren't a cure-all. "Women can't pay the rent with symbols and PR gestures. What's needed is real outcomes, and it starts by accepting we, in all corners of tech, have a systemic problem," she wrote. WHEN COVERING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN TECH GETS PERSONAL 3:08 Niño says until the gender gap is actually closed at tech companies, the "institutional dysfunction" will still exist. She argues for outcomes over optics, which she told CNN Tech includes focusing not just on funding women but on funding all types of women from all economic backgrounds. "Women exist. We aren't the exception, we're the norm," she said. "Yet places that treat us as humans are, in fact, outliers." Sixteen years after Pagkalinawan was sexually harassed, she said she was disheartened to hear that little has changed. "It really, really saddened me that this is happening [so] prevalently," she said. "I really think sometimes that they don't look at us as if we're humans, let alone their equals. I want to look at them in the eye and say, 'How would you deal with this if it happened to your wife or your daughter and [yet] you did it yourself?'" We're still reporting this story. 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Call to scrap religious worship in schools St Andrews Church, Congresbury Archant EDUCATION chiefs from across North Somerset have spoken out after a new report pressured the Government to consider scrapping religious assemblies in schools. Share Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. A report by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) wants the Government to rethink policy and replace assemblies with acts that are ‘broadly Christian in character’ but do not favour a single religion. South West National Union of Teacher’s (NUT) secretary Jon Reddiford said most people would favour changes which reflect today’s multicultural world. He said: “In a largely secular and multicultural society, a daily act of Christian worship has little relevance to the majority of children, and as such ending the compulsory requirement (which most schools ignored anyway) seems like a good idea.” In 2004, it was revealed that 76 per cent of secondary schools were failing to provide daily acts of worship. Data from the 2011 census revealed only 61 per cent of people in North Somerset class themselves as Christian, with a non-religious population of 29.5 per cent. The ARHC says daily acts of collective worship – which are a requirement of current UK law – could be discriminatory. But the Department for Education says assemblies help forge British values of tolerance, respect and understanding in children. A Government spokesman said: “It is for schools to tailor their provision to suit the needs of their pupils, and parents can withdraw their children from all or any part of collective worship.” However, Iain Kilpatrick, headteacher of Sidcot School, a private Quaker school in Winscombe, said religious worship remains important in schools. He said: “While the majority of pupils and staff at Sidcot are not Quakers, the whole senior school community meets together in a morning assembly once a week. “This is a time when staff and pupils – of whatever faith – share a 20-minute period of quiet reflection; a rare opportunity in today’s world. “The meeting for worship gives pupils the opportunity for spiritual development, enabling students and staff of many faiths to worship together – Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox, Hindus.” Stephen Evans, campaigns manager of the National Secular Society, said: “The AHRC report is the latest to recognise that the legal requirement for Christian collective worship not only undermines parents’ rights but also young people’s right to freedom of religion and belief. | Mid | [
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In standard operation with the new version of VMCM, the PIC microcontroller in the VMCM front-end samples the rotors and compass at the rate set by the TT8 initially. At each sample, rotor and compass readings are accumulated for vector-averaging and, at the chosen sample interval, the vector averages Vn and Ve are relayed to the TT8 for further processing and/or storage. User interface / Setup software The main setup program gives the user the ability to choose from the following commands: record interval, which parameters to log (it is possible to add measurement of other parameters such as temperature, conductivity, oxygen, word time updated with each record, tilt, battery voltage), sample intervals for each selected parameter, start time to begin logging end time to stop logger. In the new version of the VMCM, the ease and flexibility for setting up and adding sensors has decreased the time needed for pre-deployment instrument preparation in port. How VMCM computes horizontal velocity The two orthogonal cosine response propeller sensors directly measure the components of horizontal velocity parallel to their axes. The flux-gate compass senses the orientation of the instrument with respect to magnetic North and permits to evaluate the direction of flux. The microprocessor rotates the coordinates in the conventional East-West and North-South components of velocity. This is done once each sample interval and, at the end of the record interval, the conventional components of velocity are averaged and the averages are stored. The rotation of the propeller sensors is detected by the magnetodiodes. As a result of the asymmetry in placement of the magnetodiodes, a staggered pair of pulses is produced each quarter revolution; the phase relationship indicates the sense of direction of rotation and the pulse rate indicates the rate of rotation. In order to calculate and record the velocity components, the vector averaging circuitry is turned on by a rotor count, which is signaled by a proper sequence of changes in the levels of the magnetodiodes. The instrument heading () is determined and stored in a register and updated at a 1-Hz rate (once each second). If either propeller rotates sufficiently (the original version of VMCM had a speed threshold of less than one centimeter per second ), a pair of pulses is produced by the magnetodiodes of one hub and a count occurs from the rotor. Then, the cosine and sine of the heading (that is currently stored in the heading register) are added to the proper register that stores the and velocity components. To accomplish this, at the end of each sampling interval over which the averaging is performed, the following sums are evaluated: and where N is the number of quarter revolutions by the sensor oriented east-west when = 0, M is the number of quarter revolutions by the other sensor, and and are the headings of the instrument in the heading register when the ith and jth pairs of pulses were supplied by the two propeller sensors. The velocity components are stored in a 12-bit registers and, at the end of each sampling interval, they are written as 16-bit words (12 bits of data, 4 bits identifying the channel) on a flash drive support (in its original design of the late 1970s, a cassette tape with more limited storage capacity was used). The instruments typically record average and average every sample interval and time every hour. Two other channels of information, such as temperature and pressure, can be recorded. Various sample intervals can be selected. As the vector averaging circuitry is turned on only when a pair of magnetodiode pulses occurs, the current drain is proportional to the flow rate of the water. Comparison with other measuring instruments Based on the intercomparison of the test data obtained from the VMCM and from other measuring instruments such as Aandera, VACM, electromagnetic current meters, and ACM, it has been experienced that VMCM sensor introduces the least error in relatively small mean flows when high frequency oscillatory fluctuations are also present. (because of surface waves, mooring motion, or both). This quality, together with the accuracy of the propeller sensors experienced in steady, unsteady flows, and combinations of both, make the VMCM appropriate to make accurate measurements in the upper ocean. References Category:Oceanography Category:Oceans | Mid | [
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I think this letter looks fine. For the hororarium, I suggest we use whatever we paid Kudlow for his participation (I believe Ken also entered into a consulting contract with Kudlow, but I'm referring only to the one-time payment for the advisory council meeting he attended). ---------------------- Forwarded by Steven J Kean/NA/Enron on 07/06/2001 07:03 AM --------------------------- [email protected] on 07/05/2001 08:58:38 PM To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] cc: Subject: Draft letter to Paul Joskow for Ken Lay I INFORMALLY SOUNDED PAUL OUT, AND HE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IF THE DATES WORK. Possible letter to Paul Joskow from Ken Lay Dear Paul: As you may have heard, Enron has an advisory committee consisting of leaders in the academic and business communities (list attached). This committee meets twice each year, along with invited speakers on subjects of interest to Enron. Top executives of our company do their best to attend. Starting on the afternoon of October 30, and concluding late in the day on October 31, we will be meeting in London. I was most impressed with your presentation at the Aspen Institute energy forum, and am hoping that you might consider joining our meeting to discuss "Where do we go from here: how to preserve the momentum of deregulation after California." We would be delighted to cover business class travel costs and all other expenses incident to your trip to London, including hotel costs should you choose to extend your stay for several days. In addition, there would be an honorarium of $XXXXXX. Do try to join us: you will find the other speakers interesting, and London a delightful place in which to spend a bit of time. And we would benefit enormously from your participation. Sincerely, | Low | [
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/* * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. * * Copyright 2019, Blender Foundation. */ /** \file * \ingroup draw_engine */ #include "DRW_render.h" #include "draw_cache_impl.h" #include "overlay_private.h" #include "BKE_paint.h" #include "BKE_pbvh.h" #include "BKE_subdiv_ccg.h" void OVERLAY_sculpt_cache_init(OVERLAY_Data *vedata) { OVERLAY_PassList *psl = vedata->psl; OVERLAY_PrivateData *pd = vedata->stl->pd; DRWShadingGroup *grp; DRWState state = DRW_STATE_WRITE_COLOR | DRW_STATE_DEPTH_EQUAL | DRW_STATE_BLEND_MUL; DRW_PASS_CREATE(psl->sculpt_mask_ps, state | pd->clipping_state); GPUShader *sh = OVERLAY_shader_sculpt_mask(); pd->sculpt_mask_grp = grp = DRW_shgroup_create(sh, psl->sculpt_mask_ps); DRW_shgroup_uniform_float_copy(grp, "maskOpacity", pd->overlay.sculpt_mode_mask_opacity); DRW_shgroup_uniform_float_copy( grp, "faceSetsOpacity", pd->overlay.sculpt_mode_face_sets_opacity); } void OVERLAY_sculpt_cache_populate(OVERLAY_Data *vedata, Object *ob) { OVERLAY_PrivateData *pd = vedata->stl->pd; const DRWContextState *draw_ctx = DRW_context_state_get(); struct GPUBatch *sculpt_overlays; PBVH *pbvh = ob->sculpt->pbvh; const bool use_pbvh = BKE_sculptsession_use_pbvh_draw(ob, draw_ctx->v3d); if (pbvh_has_mask(pbvh) || pbvh_has_face_sets(pbvh)) { if (use_pbvh) { DRW_shgroup_call_sculpt(pd->sculpt_mask_grp, ob, false, true); } else { sculpt_overlays = DRW_mesh_batch_cache_get_sculpt_overlays(ob->data); if (sculpt_overlays) { DRW_shgroup_call(pd->sculpt_mask_grp, sculpt_overlays, ob); } } } } void OVERLAY_sculpt_draw(OVERLAY_Data *vedata) { OVERLAY_PassList *psl = vedata->psl; OVERLAY_PrivateData *pd = vedata->stl->pd; DefaultFramebufferList *dfbl = DRW_viewport_framebuffer_list_get(); if (DRW_state_is_fbo()) { GPU_framebuffer_bind(pd->painting.in_front ? dfbl->in_front_fb : dfbl->default_fb); } DRW_draw_pass(psl->sculpt_mask_ps); } | Mid | [
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Effect of water velocity on hydroponic phytoremediation of metals. The influence of flow velocity on the uptake of cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc by hydroponically grown soft stem bulrush (Scirpus validus) was investigated. The roots of the plants were exposed to a continually recycled, nutrient enriched, synthetic stormwater. Plants were divided into groups and the roots of each group exposed to different but constant water velocities. The metal concentrations in the roots and stems were compared after three weeks. Metal accumulation in roots was increased for water velocities between 1.3 and 4.0 cm s(-1). In a second experiment, the roots of all plants were exposed to a single velocity and the root and stem metal concentrations were determined as a function of time. Metal concentrations in the roots approached a constant value after three weeks. After this time, accumulation of metals depends upon root growth. The results suggest that long-term accumulation by the roots of hydroponic Scirpus validus can be increased by increasing water velocity, which implies that floating islands with movement will retain more metals from the water column. | Mid | [
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A large study of people living in the United Kingdom found that those who reported having poor oral health, such as sore or bleeding gums or loose teeth, had a 75% higher risk of developing liver cancer. Share on Pinterest Maintaining good oral hygiene may have implications for the health of our liver, new research suggests. Previous studies have already established that gums and teeth that are in poor health are a risk factor for a number of long-term conditions, including stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers. “However,” says Haydée W. T. Jordão, from the Centre of Public Health at Queen’s University Belfast in the U.K., “there is inconsistent evidence on the association between poor oral health and specific types of gastrointestinal cancers, which is what our research aimed to examine.” Jordão is the lead author of a recent United European Gastroenterology Journal paper on the study. Cancers of the digestive, or gastrointestinal system, are a major worldwide public health issue. The authors cite a global study that estimated that approximately 28% of new cases of cancer and 37% of deaths to cancer were due to gastrointestinal cancer in 2018. The number of people with digestive cancers is rising. Aging populations and increases in “certain environmental and behavioral risk factors” are among possible reasons. Some previous studies have connected poor oral health with cancers of the digestive system. However, the extent to which smoking, nutrition, and use of alcohol might influence the relationship remains unclear. Study looked at digestive system cancers Cancers of the digestive system include, for example, cancers of the: esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus, liver, bile ducts, and pancreas. For their investigation, the researchers included the digestive organ cancers that the World Health Organization (WHO) list in the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) Version 2016 C15–C26 classification codes. They drew on data from the U.K. Biobank project. The final dataset included information on more than 490,000 adults from England, Scotland, and Wales who were between 40 and 69 years of age when they signed up during 2006–2010. The team did not include individuals who reported insufficient detail about their oral health or who had a history of cancer when they joined the project. In all, the analysis took in data on 469,628 people, among whom 4,069 developed gastrointestinal cancer over an average follow-up of 6 years. Of the individuals who developed digestive cancer, 13% had reported having poor oral health at the start of the study period. From the other information that the participants had given, the researchers found that those who reported poor oral health were more likely to have obesity and to be female, of younger age, and “living in deprived socioeconomic areas.” They were also less likely to be nonsmokers and eat more than two daily portions of fruits and vegetables. The researchers defined poor oral health as “painful gums, bleeding gums, and/or having loose teeth.” They tracked the incidence of gastrointestinal cancer through cancer registries. Oral health and liver cancer risk The analysis found no link between oral health and overall risk of gastrointestinal cancer. However, when they examined cancers of specific organs, they did find links between poor oral health and hepatobiliary cancers, which are those that occur in the liver, gallbladder, or bile ducts. The strongest of these links was with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common of the adult cancers that start in the liver. The analysis showed that having poor oral health was tied to a 75% higher risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the incidence of liver cancer in the United States “has more than tripled since 1980.” The ACS estimate that in the U.S., doctors will diagnose about 42,030 people with cancers that start in the liver and close to 31,780 people will die of these diseases during 2019. | High | [
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Progressive frustration with the Democratic leadership is boiling over following the House's near-unanimous passage Thursday of an interim coronavirus relief package that provides no direct relief to vulnerable people and kicks life-or-death priorities to next month even as tens of millions of people and families don't know how they're going to afford rent and other basic necessities. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck (D-N.Y.) both promised that while they failed to secure funding for states and localities, an increase in nutrition assistance, or protections for frontline workers in the interim bill, they will be sure to push for the inclusion of those proposals in the next Covid-19 package. "That will be the centerpiece of our next legislation," Pelosi said in a speech Thursday. "The people of this country have shown incredible patience, but that patience is wearing thin. When we get to the next CARES Act, it better be one hell of a package." —George Goehl, People's Action Outside advocacy groups and a handful of progressives in Congress are expressing outrage at the Democratic leadership's repeated "we'll do better next time" approach in the middle of a deadly pandemic. The House is not expected to return to Washington, D.C. again until May 4 at the earliest. "'Just wait until the next bill' is not good enough anymore," Morris Pearl, chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, said in a statement. "If these are truly legislative priorities for members of Congress, as they should be, they need to start fighting for them." "It is absurd that over a month into a national lockdown, we still do not have universal paid sick leave, forcing essential workers who feel ill to put themselves and everyone around them at risk just to pay their bills," said Pearl. "It is absurd that as bills continue to accumulate for millions without steady streams of income, the federal government is giving no more than a one-time payment of $1200." George Goehl, director of People's Action, urged Congress to quickly pass three bills that have already been introduced in the House: Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) plan to cancel all rent and mortgage payments for the duration of the coronavirus crisis; Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Rashida Tlaib's (D-Mich.) plan to provide all U.S. households with $2,000 monthly payments; and Jayapal's plan to provide no-cost emergency healthcare for all. Progressives are also demanding that Congress approve emergency funding for the U.S. Postal Service, money for nationwide vote-by-mail, funding for cities and states, hazard pay for frontline workers, an increase in federal nutrition assistance, and more. "Speaker Pelosi and Democrats have made big promises for the next rescue package," said Goehl. "The people of this country have shown incredible patience, but that patience is wearing thin. When we get to the next CARES Act, it better be one hell of a package, because [the interim bill] is a raw deal when we need the next New Deal... We need Congress to get a grip." Our favorite statement headline today definitely goes to our friends at @PplsAction: We need Congress to get a grip. https://t.co/tgoOP6IKIs — Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) April 24, 2020 In a letter (pdf) to Pelosi and Schumer on Friday, nearly 50 progressive advocacy groups said that as Republicans attempt to exploit the coronavirus crisis to "further enrich their already-wealthy donors, and undermine democracy," Democrats "must put forth and fight for a relief package that puts people first." "We need Democrats to be bold and fearless in fighting for our families and our communities, advancing solutions that are commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face and helping us build toward a better future for our people, our economy and our democracy," the groups wrote. "Congress just voted for the first time in a month on a bill that doesn't address the core issues facing working families. Then they adjourned again until further notice. 'Someday' and 'next time' doesn't cut it." —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Prior to the passage of the $480 billion interim coronavirus package, which President Donald Trump signed into law Friday, progressive activists warned that rubber-stamping Republican funding priorities without including money for vulnerable people would leave Democrats with little leverage in negotiations over the next spending package—assuming there is one. Pearl wrote in an op-ed in Common Dreams Friday that Republicans' demand for hundreds of billions more in small business funding was "the single biggest piece of leverage House Democrats had to negotiate a better deal for workers." "Instead of using that leverage," Pearl wrote, "Democrats told Americans who work for a living to just wait until the next bill for the changes they desperately need." SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Never Miss a Beat. Get our best delivered to your inbox. After the interim bill passed the House Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)—suddenly concerned about the growing national debt now that he has secured money for big corporations and the rich—made clear that he is in no rush to approve any additional relief spending. Congress should "press the pause button" on new coronavirus aid, McConnell said shortly after new Labor Department data showed that more than 26 million Americans have filed jobless claims since mid-March. In a speech on the House floor Thursday, Pelosi accused McConnell of "notion mongering to get attention" and promised that the next bill—which she dubbed the Heroes Act—is coming soon. "Let us be clear, the health and safety of our country will be endangered if we cannot pay the heroes who sacrifice to keep us safe," Pelosi said, referring to frontline workers. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Omar, and Tlaib—collectively known as "The Squad"—are pressing the Democratic leadership to provide a clear timeline on when the next relief package will come together and get a vote. Ocasio-Cortez was the only House Democrat to vote against the interim bill. "Congress just voted for the first time in a month on a bill that doesn't address the core issues facing working families. Then they adjourned again until further notice," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Thursday. "'Someday' and 'next time' doesn't cut it. Struggling families need a timeline." Congress just voted for the first time in a MONTH on a bill that doesn’t address the core issues facing working families. Then they adjourned again until further notice. “Someday” and “next time” doesn’t cut it. Struggling families need a timeline.https://t.co/nC1eegtlbY — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 24, 2020 Congress should be voting on immediate relief for families today. We need a clear timeline of when. People are demanding: -Recurring inclusive payments -Water + utilities shutoff protection -Support of Local Governments #PutPeopleFirst! https://t.co/TYYmgguJC1 — Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) April 23, 2020 Jayapal and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a joint statement Thursday that House Democrats "must lead with vision and urgency" by passing legislation that "meets the immense needs of this moment." Earlier this month, the Progressive Caucus unveiled a slate of demands for the next coronavirus package that includes $2,000 monthly stimulus payments to all U.S. households, opening Medicare to the unemployed and uninsured, and suspension of all consumer debt collection. "More than 47,000 Americans have died, 26 million people are unemployed, and there is no end in sight to this crisis," said Jayapal and Pocan. "Congress must do far more to direct relief to the everyday families who need help the most." | Mid | [
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Wolfgang Neuss Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989) was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he also became famous for his political engagement, first for the SPD, then for the extra-parliamentary opposition, APO. He died in 1989 from a longtime cancer. At the age of 15 he went to Berlin to become a clown but was dismissed. When Germany entered into the Second World War Neuss was drafted, first to the Reich Labour Service where he was occupied with road construction. Later he was sent to the Eastern Front where he became injured and was rewarded with the Iron Cross. It was during his stays in military hospitals and, after the war during military detention that Neuss began to discover his interest in acting and for Kabarett. Selected filmography The Man in Search of Himself (1950) Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950) as Uwe Lauterbach You Have to be Beautiful (1951) as Moritat singer Pension Schöller (1952) as Ballmann Mikosch Comes In (1952) as Franzek I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1952) as Karl You Only Live Once (1952) as Boxer-Willy All Clues Lead to Berlin (1952) as Martin The Uncle from America (1953) as Conferencier We'll Talk About Love Later (1953) as Detektiv Leonhard Pingel Dutch Girl (1953) as Mr. Zimt Not Afraid of Big Animals (1953) as Zauberkünstler The Empress of China (1953) as Wonderful No Way Back (1953) as Comedian Hooray, It's a Boy! (1953) On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954) as Nigrantz The Phantom of the Big Tent (1954) The Beautiful Miller (1954) The Devil's General (1955) as Polizei-Fotograf Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe (1955) Die heilige Lüge (1955) Sergeant Borck (1955) as Krüger I Was an Ugly Girl (1955) as Journalist Mopp Bandits of the Autobahn (1955) as Chansonnier The Happy Wanderer (1955) as Regisseur Kneppke Unternehmen Schlafsack (1955) as Hauptmann Z. My Leopold (1955) as Charly Sky Without Stars (1955) as Vopo Edgar Bröse The Three from the Gas Station (1955) as Prokurist Bügel Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1955) as Gefr. Krawutke Le chemin du paradis (1956) Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956) as Polizeiarzt Küß mich noch einmal (1956) as Peter The Captain from Köpenick (1956) as Kallenberg Without You All Is Darkness (1956) as Apotheker Zu Befehl, Frau Feldwebel (1956) as Lemke (1956) as Knacker-Karl Tired Theodore (1957) as Direktor Noll Spring in Berlin (1957) as Bankräuber Ferien auf Immenhof (1957) as Gast The Spessart Inn (1958) as Räuber Knoll The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958) as Neumann (1958) as Egon The Muzzle (1958) as Wilhelm Donnerstag The Star of Santa Clara (1958) as Matteo Wir Wunderkinder (1958) as Narrator Here I Am, Here I Stay (1959) as Presenter (1959) as A butler at Rieselkalk Castle The Night Before the Premiere (1959) as Gavrilo Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) as Paul (1959) as Willibald Pauke Liebe verboten - Heiraten erlaubt (1959) as Jakob Wilkins (1960) as "Pulle" Kulka We Cellar Children (1960) as Macke Prinz Immer Ärger mit dem Bett (1961) as Gabriel Ernst, Bildhauer The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) as Chauffeur (1962) as Oskar Puste (1963) as Bowlingbahnangestellter Wolfgang Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964) as Ben Serenade for Two Spies (1965) as Secret Service Chief (1966, TV film) as Jones (1967) as Pilenz Rotmord (1969, TV film) as Erich Mühsam (1974) as Herr Draeger Das fliegende Chaos (1983) (1984) as Annemarie Renger (final film role) Bibliography Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009. References External links Category:1923 births Category:1989 deaths Category:German male film actors Category:People from Wrocław Category:People from the Province of Lower Silesia Category:20th-century German male actors Category:Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor people | Mid | [
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Q: select from table where condition like %{list of values}% I want to get all rows in table, which column "comment" can contains a value of another table: row name in table T1 contains a list of names. row comment in table T2 compound a string, one name can be embedded in comment. I tried to execute the next PLSQL code: BEGIN SET @SearchCriteria = (SELECT * FROM names); SET @SearchCriteria = '%' + @SearchCriteria + '%'; SELECT * FROM ticket WHERE comment LIKE @SearchCriteria; END but it returns: subquery returns more than 1 row Also, I executed the below procedure, but I didn't get any result: BEGIN DECLARE nm VARCHAR(16); DECLARE cur1 CURSOR FOR SELECT nm FROM names; OPEN cur1; read_loop: LOOP FETCH cur1 INTO nm; set @name = '%'+nm+'%'; SELECT * FROM ticket WHERE comment LIKE @name; END LOOP; CLOSE cur1; END The previous code demands a long time to get result, so I changed value of max_execution_time in phpmyadmin.conf. MYSQL version: 5.6.17 How can I get the correct result? A: You can do this with a single query: select t.* from ticket t where exists ( select 1 from names n where t.comment like concat('%', n.nm, '%') ) This brings all rows from table ticket whose comment contains a nm that can be found in table names. | Mid | [
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// Test that we can capture only the N newest frames. // This is the maxFrameCount argument to JS::CaptureCurrentStack. load(libdir + 'asserts.js'); function recur(n, limit) { if (n > 0) return recur(n - 1, limit); return saveStack(limit); } // Negative values are rejected. assertThrowsInstanceOf(() => saveStack(-1), TypeError); // Zero means 'no limit'. assertEq(saveStack(0).parent, null); assertEq(recur(0, 0).parent !== null, true); assertEq(recur(0, 0).parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(1, 0).parent.parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(2, 0).parent.parent.parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(3, 0).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent, null); // limit of 1 assertEq(saveStack(1).parent, null); assertEq(recur(0, 1).parent, null); assertEq(recur(0, 1).parent, null); assertEq(recur(1, 1).parent, null); assertEq(recur(2, 1).parent, null); // limit of 2 assertEq(saveStack(2).parent, null); assertEq(recur(0, 2).parent !== null, true); assertEq(recur(0, 2).parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(1, 2).parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(2, 2).parent.parent, null); // limit of 3 assertEq(saveStack(3).parent, null); assertEq(recur(0, 3).parent !== null, true); assertEq(recur(0, 3).parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(1, 3).parent.parent.parent, null); assertEq(recur(2, 3).parent.parent.parent, null); | Mid | [
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Value of pelvic embolization in the management of severe postpartum hemorrhage due to placenta accreta, increta or percreta. To evaluate the role, efficacy and safety of pelvic embolization in the management of severe postpartum hemorrhage in women with placenta accreta, increta or percreta. The clinical files and angiographic examinations of 12 consecutive women with placenta accreta (n=4), increta (n=2) or percreta (n=6) who were treated with pelvic embolization because of severe primary (n=10) or secondary (n=2) postpartum hemorrhage were reviewed. Before embolization, four women had complete placental conservation, four had partial placental conservation, three had an extirpative approach and one had hysterectomy after failed partial conservative approach. In 10 women, pelvic embolization was successful and stopped the bleeding, after one (n=7) or two sessions (n=3). Emergency hysterectomy was needed in two women with persistent bleeding after embolization, both with placenta percreta and bladder involvement first treated by extirpation. One case of regressive hematoma at the puncture site was the single complication of embolization. In women with severe postpartum hemorrhage due to placenta accreta, increta or percreta, pelvic embolization is effective for stopping the bleeding in most cases, thus allowing uterine conservation and future fertility. Further studies, however, should be done to evaluate the potential of pelvic embolization in women with placenta percreta with bladder involvement. | High | [
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There were many questions that remained unanswered after the ALSYMPCA study, which led to the approval of radium-223, said Nordquist. One area where uncertainty remains is proper dosing. While this drug is approved at 50 kBq/kg monthly for 6 months in mCRPC, a higher dose may have more benefit. To investigate this, a study was conduced with 44 patients who had mCRPC. The patients received up to an additional 6 doses of radium-223 after the original 6. The primary endpoint of the study was safety, but there were exploratory endpoints with radiographic progression and progression-free survival looking at PSA. In terms of safety, there was no marked differences compared with the safety of the ALSYMPCA trial. There was not a difference in the hematologic toxicity with the additional 6 doses, and there were no grade 4/5 hematologic toxicities reported, said Nordquist. There were many questions that remained unanswered after the ALSYMPCA study, which led to the approval of radium-223, said Nordquist. One area where uncertainty remains is proper dosing. While this drug is approved at 50 kBq/kg monthly for 6 months in mCRPC, a higher dose may have more benefit. To investigate this, a study was conduced with 44 patients who had mCRPC. The patients received up to an additional 6 doses of radium-223 after the original 6. The primary endpoint of the study was safety, but there were exploratory endpoints with radiographic progression and progression-free survival looking at PSA. In terms of safety, there was no marked differences compared with the safety of the ALSYMPCA trial. There was not a difference in the hematologic toxicity with the additional 6 doses, and there were no grade 4/5 hematologic toxicities reported, said Nordquist. | Mid | [
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David Cameron faces a battle with Cabinet colleagues over the future of pensioner benefits as the Conservatives start to draw up their manifesto for the 2015 general election. The Prime Minister promised a Tory government would protect the basic state pension from cuts until at least 2020 by retaining the "triple lock" guarantee. But his failure to rule out a squeeze on other pensioner benefits raised speculation perks such as winter fuel payments, free bus passes and TV licences could be stripped from better-off OAPs. 2014 year of hard truths: Osborne George Osborne will paint 2014 as "the year of hard truths" as he warns voters only further austerity measures can pay for tax cuts and better job prospects. In a speech setting out his priorities for the year, the Chancellor will warn that, despite a much-improved economic outlook than a year ago, there was "still a long way to go". But Labour wanted to take Britain back to "borrowing and spending and living beyond our means - and let the next generation pay the bill", he will suggest. More floods as storms whip up waves Strong winds and large waves are expected to cause further coastal flooding today. The Environment Agency issued one severe flood warning in Dorset - meaning "there is significant risk to life" - and 87 flood warnings where flooding is "expected" across almost every region in England and Wales. The Met Office issued a "be aware" yellow warning for wind as gusts of up to 70mph are expected on the west and south-west coast of Britain and the east coast of Northern Ireland today. Shivering US in grip of big freeze Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds have made travel treacherous from the Dakotas to Michigan and Missouri as much of the US prepared for dangerously cold temperatures that could break records. A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a "polar vortex" was expected to suppress temperatures in more than half of the continental US beginning today and tomorrow, with wind chill warnings stretching from Montana to Alabama. The forecast is extreme: minus 25F( minus 31C) in Fargo, North Dakota, minus 31F (minus 35C) in International Falls, Minnesota, and minus 15F (minus 26C) in Indianapolis and Chicago. Courts ‘inoperable after walk-out’ Criminal courts across England and Wales will be "effectively inoperable" this morning, the man leading a walk-out by barristers over legal aid cuts predicted. Criminal Bar Association chair Nigel Lithman said the "strike" had the backing of almost every chamber and said he expected "solid support" for the unprecedented action. | Mid | [
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With lots of new Digimon products coming out, it was just a matter of time until we hit something that was both ludicrous, fun, and just a bit crazy.Yes, Agumon and Patamon themed hats/caps (sitting next to the Meicoomon plush that I believe we first saw at DigiFes 2016.)They will both go for 4,000 yen with no announced release date.Those both look amazingly fun.I see the Patamon one especially being very popular. The Agumon one looks great, but it seems like that might be uncomfortable.Thanks to boku for the heads up and digimon_info and digimon_tt for the images. | Mid | [
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Note: Javascript is disabled or is not supported by your browser. For this reason, some items on this page will be unavailable. For more information about this message, please visit this page: About CDC.gov. Career Fire Fighter Dies While Exiting Residential Basement Fire - New York Death in the Line of Duty...A summary of a NIOSH fire fighter fatality investigation F2005-04 Date Released: June 13, 2006 SUMMARY On January 23, 2005, a 37-year-old male career fire fighter (the victim) died while exiting a residential basement fire. At approximately 1337 hours, crews were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire. Crews began to arrive on the scene at approximately 1340 hours and at approximately 1344 hours, the victim, a fire fighter and officer made entry through the front door and proceeded down the basement stairwell to conduct a search for the seat of the fire using a thermal imaging camera (TIC). At approximately 1346 hours, the victim and officer began to exit the basement when they became separated on the lower section of the stairwell. The officer reached the front stoop and realized that the victim had failed to exit the building. He returned to the top of the basement stairs and heard a personal alert safety system (PASS) alarm sounding in the stairwell and immediately transmitted a MAYDAY for the missing fire fighter. The victim was located at approximately 1349 hours, and numerous fire fighters spent the next twenty minutes working to remove the victim from the building. At approximately 1413 hours, the victim was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead. INTRODUCTION On January 23, 2005, a 37-year-old male career fire fighter (the victim) died while exiting a residential basement fire. On January 25, 2005, the U.S. Fire Administration notified the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of this incident. On March 23, 2005, three Safety and Occupational Health Specialists from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program investigated this incident. Meetings were conducted with the Chief Officers assigned by the department to investigate this incident and representatives from the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. Interviews were conducted with officers and fire fighters who were at the incident scene. The investigators reviewed the victim’s training records, autopsy report, and death certificate. NIOSH investigators also reviewed the department’s fireground standard operating procedures (SOPs)1, a transcription of the dispatch tapes, and the department’s report of this incident. The incident site was visited and photographed. Fire Department This career department consists of approximately 11,500 uniformed fire fighters that serve a population of about 8,000,000 in a geographic area of approximately 321 square miles. Training and Experience The department requires all fire fighters to complete the fire department’s 13-week Probationary Fire Fighter’s School. Candidates must be Certified First Responders to become probationary fire fighters. Probationary fire fighters are instructed in hydraulics and learn the basics of fire suppression systems and fire-fighting tactics. The victim had 10 years of experience with this department and had completed an extensive list of training courses which included: Fire Suppression and Control, Building Construction and Firefighter Safety, Tactical Roof Operations, Hazardous Material Operations, Ladder Company Chauffeur and Tactical Private Dwelling Fire. Additional units were dispatched; however, only those units directly involved in the operations preceding the fatal event are discussed in the investigation section of this report. Structure The incident site was a detached two family, two story, wood frame structure measuring approximately 25-feet wide and 50-feet in length. The entrances to the first and second floor residences were located in the front of the building at the top of a concrete staircase approximately 5-feet above grade level. There was an external below-grade entrance to the basement located in the rear (Side 3) of the structure (Diagram 1). There were security bars on the basement and first floor windows, and security gates on both of the front door entrances (Photo 1) and the rear basement entrance. Door “A” allowed access only to the second floor residence. Door “B” only allowed access to the basement and first floor residence. The interior stairwell to the basement was located approximately 3-feet from the first floor entranceway (Door “B”). Weather A recent snow storm had deposited 12 to 18 inches of accumulated snow. The department’s report stated that the snow had slowed, but did not significantly delay response times. The approximate temperature at the time of the incident was 20 degrees Fahrenheit with an estimated wind chill of 0 degrees Fahrenheit. The average wind speed was 24 miles per hour (mph) with gusting winds reaching 48 mph from the north. INVESTIGATION On January 23, 2005, a 37-year-old male career fire fighter (the victim) died while exiting a residential basement fire. At approximately 1337 hours, crews were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire. At approximately 1340 and 1341 hours, Engine 290 and Ladder 103 arrived on the scene, respectively. The officer from Engine 290 was informed by the resident of the structure that the fire was in the basement. The officer verified the location of the fire as being in the basement when he opened the interior basement door. The Engine 290 crew began stretching a 1 ¾-inch handline toward the front of the building. Ladder 107, Engine 332, Engine 236, Ladder 175 and Battalion 44 arrived on the scene. At approximately 1343 hours, the officer, victim and Fire Fighter #1 from Ladder 103 donned their SCBA face masks at front door “B” as the Ladder 107 crew made entry through front door “A” to conduct a primary search for occupants on the second floor (Photo 1). Fire Fighter #2 and Fire Fighter #3 from Ladder 103 proceeded to the rear (Side #3) of the structure (Photo 2 and Diagram 1) as Engine 231 arrived on the scene. At approximately 1344 hours, the Ladder 103 officer, victim and Fire Fighter #1 made entry through front door “B” and proceeded down the basement interior stairwell to conduct a search for the seat of the fire (Diagram 2). The officer carried a thermal imaging camera (TIC). Fire Fighter #1 stopped on the stairwell’s half-landing while the victim and Ladder 103 officer continued toward the basement. The Engine 290 officer and Fire Fighter #4 advanced a 1 ¾-inch handline down the interior stairwell, until they reached the half-landing. Fire Fighter #5 remained at the top of the stairs and assisted in feeding the handline down the interior stairwell. Note: The Engine 290 officer’s helmet was knocked off of his head by a large loop of hose in the handline. His helmet fell down the stairs and he operated without it for the duration of the interior operations and received first and second degree burns to his forehead while working on the half-landing. Fire Fighter #2 and Fire Fighter #3 from Ladder 103 forced open the exterior basement door on Side #3. A second 1 ¾-inch handline was stretched from Engine 290 toward the front of the structure. Fire fighters from Ladder 107 began removing the window bars on the front basement window (Side #1). Note: Several fire fighters reported to NIOSH investigators that they had to don their SCBA face masks while operating on Side #1 of the structure due to the heavy thick smoke pushing out the front door. At approximately 1345 hours, the officer from Engine 290 ordered Fire Fighter #4 to open the nozzle in an attempt to cool the stairwell area. Fire Fighter #4 hit the stairwell, leading down into the basement, with a short burst of water. The officer ordered the nozzle to be opened again as the heat increased. Fire Fighter #2 and Fire Fighter #3 from Ladder 103 made entry into the basement on Side #3 as two fire fighters from Ladder 107 vented the middle and rear basement windows on Side #4 while they attempted to remove the window bars (see Photo 2). At approximately 1346 hours, a heavy fire condition was observed in the basement by interior and exterior crews. The Battalion 44 Chief Officer (Officer in charge) arrived on the scene and observed fire venting from the basement window on Side #2 and the officer from Ladder 107 observed fire and heavy smoke venting from the basement door and window on Side #3. The officer radioed the Battalion 44 Chief Officer and requested that a handline be brought to Side #3. The Battalion 44 Chief Officer ordered the Engine 332 crew to take their handline to Side #3. His plan was to utilize the basement entrance on Side #3 as the point of access for the attack line (Engine 332 handline). The Engine 290 Officer ordered Fire Fighter #2 and Fire Fighter #3 to exit the stairwell. The Ladder 103 Officer, standing near the victim in the basement, approximately 10 feet from the stairs, heard the crews on the half-landing operating their handline. Unable to see the screen on the TIC due to the heavy smoke conditions, the officer told the victim “Let’s go.” The victim responded with an “Okay.” The Engine 290 Officer then ordered Fire Fighter #4 and Fire Fighter #5 to exit the stairwell. As the Ladder 103 Officer and victim reached the stairs they heard the Engine 290 officer yell “Get out.” The officer and victim began ascending the lower section of the interior stairwell. Fire Fighter #4 was knocked over while operating on the half landing. His face mask and helmet were dislodged as the members attempted to ascend the stairwell. Fire Fighter #4 was forced to then place the nozzle on the stairwell to adjust his face mask and helmet, and then exited the building. The officer continued up toward the first floor, not knowing that the victim was not with him. Two fire fighters from Ladder 107 vented the basement window on Side #1 after removing the window bars. At approximately 1347 hours, the victim became separated from his officer while ascending the lower half of the interior stairwell. The Ladder 103 officer exited the structure and found Fire Fighter #1 out on the front stoop. The officer quickly realized that the victim had failed to exit the building. At approximately 1348 hours, the Ladder 103 officer returned to the interior front basement stairs where he heard a personal alert safety system (PASS) alarm sounding in the stairwell. The officer was unable to descend the stairs due to the extreme heat conditions. He immediately transmitted a MAYDAY for the missing fire fighter. Note: The Battalion 44 Chief Officer did not hear this transmission. Ladder 120, dispatched as the fire fighter assist and safety team (FAST), equivalent to a rapid intervention team (RIT), arrived on the scene and heard the MAYDAY transmission. The Battalion 58 Chief Officer also arrived on the scene at this time. The Engine 290 officer, standing next to the Ladder 103 officer at the front door, pulled the handline up the stairs and had members begin spraying water down the stairwell in order to protect the Ladder 103 officer and Fire Fighter #1 as they descended the stairs. The officer followed up with a second MAYDAY transmission at approximately 1349 hours when he found the victim. Note: Numerous crews on the fireground believed that the MAYDAY was made by the fire fighter in distress. The Battalion 44 Chief Officer heard this MAYDAY transmission and immediately radioed a request for a second alarm. The victim’s upper body was lying on the half-landing; his facemask was dislodged, and the rest of his body was on the lower half of the stairs (Photo 3). The victim’s PASS was in full alarm. The Division 15 Chief Officer arrived on the scene and assumed command (Incident Commander) after a brief exchange of information from the Battalion 44 Chief Officer. Numerous fire fighters spent the next twenty minutes working to remove the victim from the building. The narrow stairwell, objects on the half-landing and extremely high heat and zero visibility conditions hampered the rescue effort (see Photo 3 and Photo 4). The hook at the end of the life rescue rope was attached to the victim’s SCBA harness and stretched to the front lawn where fire fighters were able to assist with getting the victim up the stairs. At approximately 1410 hours, the victim was removed from the building. At approximately 1413 hours, the victim was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead. INJURIES Nine members involved in the rescue effort were injured. Two members suffered from smoke inhalation and seven members received burn injuries. Cause of Death The autopsy report listed the victim’s cause of death as smoke inhalation (Carboxyhemoglobin level was 24% saturation) and burns of the head, torso and upper extremities (third degree burns on approximately 63% of body surface area). RECOMMENDATIONS/DISCUSSIONS Recommendation #1: Fire departments should ensure that the first arriving officer or incident commander (IC) conducts a complete size-up of the incident scene. Discussion: The initial size-up conducted by the first arriving officer or incident commander (IC) allows the officer to make an assessment of the conditions and to assist in planning the suppression strategy. The following general factors are important considerations during a size-up: occupancy type involved, potential for civilians in the structure, smoke conditions, type of construction, age of structure, exposures, and time considerations such as time of incident, time fire was burning before arrival, and time fire was burning after arrival.2 The evaluation of risk is an assignment that the first arriving officer or Incident Commander is designated to conduct. The Incident Commander or Officer in Charge must perform a risk analysis to determine what hazards are present, what the risks to personnel are, how the risks can be eliminated or reduced, the chances that something may go wrong, and the benefits to be gained.3 The fire department involved in this incident has an established standard operating procedure (SOP) on the requirements and purpose of providing a preliminary report. The SOP defines a preliminary report as: The report of the Incident Commander at a fire or emergency. The preliminary report shall include a brief description of the situation, the identity of the units at work and the status of the balance of the assignment.1 The preliminary report is transmitted to the dispatcher and provides Chief Officers and fire department officials with a clear and accurate sense of the conditions existing at the scene of the fire or emergency. The first arriving officer conducted a partial size-up in terms of evaluating the conditions and type of building, the location of the fire (basement) and exposures. A complete size-up would have involved a walk-around of the entire building allowing the officer to evaluate all four sides of the building. The partial size-up only allowed the officer to see Sides #1, #2 and #4, and not Side #3 that had a basement level access. Entering and attacking the fire on the basement level provides fire fighters with better access and less exposure to high heat conditions and products of combustion. In contrast, an interior stairwell usually provides the only vent to the below grade fire exposing fire fighters to smoke, heat and flame venting up the stairwell. Taking a hose line down a burning basement stairway makes this type of incident one of the most dangerous jobs a fire fighter must perform.4 A size-up report was not provided to Central Dispatch or responding units. There were no reports of civilians inside the structure nor were any civilians located in the building at anytime during or after the incident. Discussion: Frequent progress reports are essential to the Incident Commander’s (IC’s) or Officer in Charge continuous assessment and size-up of the incident and are required as per the fire department's standard operating procedures.1 Interior crews and crews working in areas not visible to the IC are the eyes and ears of the IC. Progress reports also provide everyone on the fireground with information on other aspects of the fire that relate to their own particular operations (e.g., ventilation, suppression, primary search, etc.).2 The interior crews experienced high heat conditions with zero visibility. The crew advancing the handline down the interior stairwell had difficulty in descending the narrow stairwell and never reached the basement level where the seat of the fire was located. Progress reports were not provided to the IC by the interior crews. This information is needed by the IC in order to establish a plan of action and continually assess the risk versus gain. Discussion: The fire department involved in this incident did not have an established standard operating procedure (SOP) regarding thermal imaging camera (TIC) use at structure fires. The fire department had posted a training bulletin (October 26, 2000) regarding thermal imaging camera use and maintenance prior to the incident. The training bulletin addressed the camera’s operating features (e.g. how temperature variations appear on the screen) and when the camera is to be used to augment existing department procedures for search and rescue. The training bulletin listed some possible applications such as whenever a search rope is used, at high-rise fires, etc. There is no mention in the training bulletin of how the officer utilizing the TIC will coordinate their assignment (e.g., size-up, primary search, etc.) with other crews operating in their vicinity. SOPs would provide a basis for operations involving the use of a TIC in conjunction with other crews operating on the fireground. For example, if the TIC is to be utilized in conjunction with the initial attack line, the user of the TIC must be within the vicinity of the nozzle operator. This serves two purposes: 1) The handline would be in a position to provide protection for the TIC operator and crew members operating in the vicinity of the nozzleman, and 2) The operator of the TIC could guide the nozzleman in stream placement after pointing out the hot spots, the seat of the fire, and any high heat conditions that may pose a hazard to crews operating in the vicinity. Fire departments should also provide training on the proper use and the limitations of TICs. This would help fire fighters understand how the TIC can best be utilized to support and enhance basic fire fighting tactics. The Ladder 103 Officer utilized a TIC as part of the interior size-up as he entered the structure with the victim. The officer and victim entered the structure ahead of the crew advancing the handline, reached the basement level, but were unable to see the screen on the TIC due to the zero visibility environment. Recommendation #4 : Fire departments should ensure that MAYDAY procedures are followed and refresher training is provided annually or as needed. Discussion: As soon as fire fighters become lost or disoriented, trapped or unsuccessful at finding their way out of a hazardous situation (e.g., interior of structure fire), they must recognize that fact and initiate emergency traffic.5 They should manually activate their personal alarm safety system (PASS) device and announce a “MAYDAY” over the radio. A “MAYDAY” call will receive the highest communications priority from Central Dispatch, Incident Command, and all other units. Information regarding last known location, crew assignments, and identity of the lost fire fighter provides the RIT with important clues in locating the missing/lost member. The sooner Incident Command is notified and the RIT is activated, the greater the chance of the fire fighter being rescued.6 The steps included in the department’s standard operating procedures require that “If possible, the officer will immediately press his/her emergency alert button, and then contact the Incident Commander in the following format: “MAYDAY-MAYDAY-MAYDAY. Ladder 103 to Battalion 44, MAYDAY.”1 The SOPs also require that the person transmitting the MAYDAY identify who they are, what the MAYDAY is for, and the victim's location. Investigators were unable to determine, through interviews, whether the victim had manually activated his PASS device or if the device had gone into alarm mode. Investigators were also unable to determine if the victim had attempted at any time to transmit a “MAYDAY.” The victim’s officer radioed “MAYDAY” when he heard a PASS alarm sounding in the stairwell where he believed the victim was located. The victim’s location and his identity were not provided in the first “MAYDAY” transmission and the “MAYDAY” was not received or acknowledged by the IC, the FAST team, or Central Dispatch. The victim’s officer transmitted a second “MAYDAY” upon finding the victim (approximately 1 minute after initial “MAYDAY”) that was heard by the IC and the FAST team staged on the front lawn. Recommendation #5 : Fire departments should ensure that a rapid intervention team (RIT) is on the scene and in position to provide immediate assistance prior to crews entering a hazardous environment. Discussion: Fire departments should have a rapid intervention team (RIT) standing by during any fire to rescue a trapped, injured, or missing fire fighter.5 NFPA 1500, 8.5.5 states “In the early stages of an incident, which includes the deployment of the fire department’s initial attack assignment, the rapid intervention crew/company shall be in compliance with 8.4.11 and 8.4.12 and be either one of the following: 1) On-scene members designated and dedicated as rapid intervention crew/company, or 2) On-scene members performing other functions but ready to re-deploy to perform rapid intervention crew/company functions.”7 NFPA 1500, 8.5.7 states “At least one dedicated rapid intervention crew/company shall be standing by with equipment to provide for the rescue of members that are performing special operations or for members that are in positions that present an immediate danger of injury in the event of equipment failure or collapse.”7 A fire fighter assist and safety team (FAST), equivalent to a rapid intervention team (RIT) or rapid intervention crew (RIC), was assigned and en route to this incident. Ladder 120 was the designated FAST and arrived on the scene when the initial “MAYDAY” was transmitted. Fire fighters standing by on the front lawn were the first to assist the Ladder 103 Officer and Fire Fighter #1 with the victim. The narrow stairwell, high heat/low visibility environment and objects on the stairwell landing made it difficult to move the victim up the stairwell. Numerous fire fighters, in an attempt to assist with the rescue effort, blocked the area on the landing to the front door making it difficult for fire fighters entering and exiting the front door during the rescue attempts. The RIT must have an unobstructed entry/egress point in order to facilitate the rescue effort. Assigning a Chief Officer to monitor the entry/egress point would ensure that the area would remain clear and unobstructed and that only those members assigned to the rescue assignment are working in the area. Recommendation #6 : Fire departments should educate homeowners on the importance of installing and maintaining smoke detectors on every level of their home and keeping combustible materials away from heat sources. Discussion: When fire breaks out, the smoke alarm, functioning as an early warning system, reduces the risk of dying by nearly 50 percent.8 In the event of a fire, properly installed and maintained smoke alarms will provide an early warning signal to occupants. This allows for early reporting to emergency services and a quicker response by fire department personnel allowing fire fighters to reach and attack the fire in an earlier growth stage. Homeowners should follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions.8 Witness statements provided to investigators from the Fire Marshal’s Office mention that there were two smoke detectors and one fire extinguisher located in the basement. However, there were no statements regarding whether the smoke detectors were operational at the time of the fire. There were no reports of anyone hearing a smoke detector alarming at anytime. The homeowners were in the kitchen and dining room area of the first floor when they first noticed the smell of smoke. One of the residents opened the door leading down to the basement and observed smoke in the stairwell. He got the fire extinguisher from the kitchen and attempted to descend the stairs but was turned back due to the high volume of smoke. He closed the basement stairwell door and evacuated his family from the house while calling 911. The fire had been burning for an undetermined time prior to the family discovering and reporting the fire. This delayed report of the fire may have led to the fire growing to a more advanced stage making it more difficult and dangerous for the fire fighters to establish an initial attack. The fire was listed by the fire investigators as being accidental in nature as a result of combustibles in close proximity to a portable electric heater. Fire departments can provide public service announcements educating the residents of their communities on the hazards of storing flammable materials close to ignition sources (e.g., portable electric heaters). Recommendation #7 : Although there is no evidence that the following recommendation could have specifically prevented this fatality, NIOSH investigators recommend that fire departments should ensure that fire fighting teams check each other’s personal protective equipment (PPE) for complete donning. Discussion: The key to proper and effective use of PPE is the development of good habits that include fast, proper and complete donning of the appropriate PPE ensemble. Fire fighting teams should check each others’ PPE to help ensure that the equipment is fully and completely donned. This team check will help prevent burn or injury. To minimize the risk of burn injuries to the head region, it is important to ensure that the hood is donned correctly to provide maximum protection to the ears, neck and face (not protected by the SCBA face mask). Care must be taken to ensure that the hood does not interfere with the face-to-face seal. Collars must be turned up to protect the wearer’s neck and throat (the front of the collar must be fastened to protect the throat area). The ear flaps on the helmet must be pulled down to protect the back of the neck and the ears. The chin strap on the helmet must be fastened around the chin without obstructing the SCBA’s regulator hose to ensure that the helmet stays in place upon impact.6 INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION This incident was investigated by Mark McFall, Virginia Lutz and Steve Berardinelli, Safety and Occupational Health Specialists, Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH. The report was written by Mark McFall. | Low | [
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Q: Finding expected value of variance estimator (sum expansion problem) I am trying to show that variance estimator $\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i-\bar{X})^2$ is biased. I have an example in the book, and there is one step of this derivation I cannot understand: $\frac{1}{n^2}E \left (\sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i-\mu) \right)^2 = \frac{1}{n^2}E \left (\sum_{i=1}^{n}(X_i-\mu)^2+2\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j>i}(X_i-\mu)(X_j-\mu) \right )$ Where E is expected value, $\mu$ is population expected value, X is random variable. A: Let’s get the clutter out of the way: let $x_i=X_i-\mu$, so that what you’re trying to show reduces to $$\left(\sum_{i=1}^nx_i\right)^2=\sum_{i=1}^nx_i^2+2\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j>i}x_ix_j\;.\tag{1}$$ You’d probably see what’s going on if you took $n=4$, say, and wrote everything out longhand, without the summation notation, but let’s see if we can do it in general. Let $z=\sum_{i=1}^nx_i$. Then $$\begin{align*} \left(\sum_{i=1}^nx_i\right)^2&=\left(\sum_{i=1}^nx_i\right)\left(\sum_{i=1}^nx_i\right)\\\\ &=\left(\sum_{i=1}^nx_i\right)z\\\\ &=\sum_{i=1}^nx_iz\\\\ &=\sum_{i=1}^n\left(x_i\sum_{j=1}^nx_j\right)\\\\ &=\sum_{i=1}^n\left(\sum_{j=1}^nx_ix_j\right)\\\\ &=\sum_{i=1}^n\sum_{j=1}^nx_ix_j\;. \end{align*}$$ In other words, the lefthand side of $(1)$ is just the sum of all possible products $x_ix_j$ as $i$ and $j$ range independently from $1$ through $n$. These products can be naturally organized in a square array: $$\begin{array}{cc} \color{red}{x_1x_1}&x_1x_2&x_1x_3&\dots&x_1x_n\\ x_2x_1&\color{red}{x_2x_2}&x_2x_3&\dots&x_2x_n\\ x_3x_1&x_3x_2&\color{red}{x_3x_3}&\dots&x_3x_n\\ \vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\color{red}{\ddots}&\vdots\\ x_nx_1&x_nx_2&x_nx_3&\dots&\color{red}{x_nx_n} \end{array}$$ The terms down the main diagonal are the ones of the form $x_ix_i=x_i^2$; their sum is $$\sum_{i=1}^nx_i^2\;,$$ the first term on the righthand side of $(1)$. The products are symmetric across the main diagonal: if $1\le i<j\le n$, the product $x_ix_j$ is above the diagonal and is equal to the product $x_jx_i$ below the diagonal. Thus, the sum of the terms off the main diagonal is twice the sum of the terms above it. And that is simply the sum of all products $x_ix_j$ in which $i<j$, so it’s $$\sum_{1\le i<j\le n}x_ix_j\;.$$ Break this up by the possible values of $i$: the largest row number that has an entry above the diagonal is $n-1$, so $i$ actually runs from $1$ to $n-1$, and for each $i$ we must have $j$ starting at $i$ and running across to column $n$. Thus, the sum of the elements above the diagonal is $$\sum_{1\le i<j\le n}x_ix_j=\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j=i+1}^nx_ix_j\;,$$ written just a little sloppily as $$\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\sum_{j>i}x_ix_j$$ in $(1)$. Doubling that gives the total of the products off the diagonal, and $(1)$ is established. | Mid | [
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An experimental model for the study of transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation and motor function of the proximal stomach in humans. A simple and reliable experimental model would be useful in human research on new drugs which target transient lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) relaxation. The aim was to investigate the effect of repeated distensions on the rate of transient LOS relaxation, LOS pressure and motor function of the proximal stomach. Twelve healthy subjects were studied with a multilumen manometric assembly incorporating a sleeve sensor for the LOS and a bag positioned in the proximal stomach and connected to a barostat. Intrabag volume was set at 75% of the threshold for gastric discomfort and maintained for two 30-min distension periods separated by a 45-min washout with the bag deflated. The studies lasted 145 +/- 2 min. The rate of transient LOS relaxations was similar during the two distensions, 3.5;2-4 vs 3;2.5-4 (median;interquartile range) and so was LOS pressure. Baseline intrabag pressure, as a measure of gastric tone, and the number of pressure waves, as a measure of phasic contractions, were also similar, 11.3;9.3-12.3 mmHg vs 10.8;9.3-12.5 mmHg and 16;13-28 mmHg vs 19;15-29 mmHg, respectively. Our model allows to perform 1-day studies which can assess two experimental conditions on transient LOS relaxations and motor function of the proximal stomach within an acceptable time span. | High | [
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Empathy: Empowering Students, Changing the World! Education literature and blogs agree that teaching empathy in the classroom is difficult. “Empathy refers to various ways of being oriented and responsive to the thoughts, actions, feelings, and experiences of others” (Fry & Runyan, 2018, pg. 1). When we examine empathy in relation to education, we see that it is more of a soft skill. While important, it is not always a priority in the classroom, where day-to-day responsibilities, high-stake assessments, and mastery of standards take precedence. Nonetheless, it’s important. Empathy A Future of Jobs Report (2016), lists a variety of skills including: complex problem solving, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, and service orientation (Gray, 2016). While empathy isn’t listed, it’s hard not to see it in the top five skills. It’s a critical soft skill that often gets pushed to the side in favor of more measurable and quantifiable skills. Librarians & makerspace teachers to the rescue! We are fortunate to live in a society with individuals who have passions for reaching others and providing free resources to schools. One such organization is Project E-Nable. The Project E-Nable “community is an amazing group of individuals from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to create free 3D printed hands and arms for those in need of an upper limb assistive device” (Enabling the Future, 2018). Schools such as Attea Middle School in Glenview, IL and Hubbard Woods Elementary in Winnetka, IL are doing their part to reach those in need by 3D printing prosthetic hands for children. The Process Through the makerspaces in these two schools (and many others across the country), students engage in 3D printing parts, filing and sanding, problem-solving, re-engineering, and constructing prosthetic hands. In order to start building prosthetics for potential recipients, an individual needs to get certified through Enable the Future badging system. Each type of hand that someone would like to get approval on has to be built and a video produced showing specific aspects of the hand that is submitted for certification. There are 12 different hands categories that one can receive certification for. Through the Build A Hand page on Enable the Future website, you can explore the various types of prosthetics available. Once a hand is selected, a link is provided to download the design files from Thingiverse. Engineers have already created the files and tested them so that no major modifications are needed on the builder’s part. If you are matched with a recipient, small modifications may have to be made such as proportionally increasing the size of the hand. Detailed instructions on how to construct the prosthetic hands are also available with the 3D files. These instructions include required and suggested tools such as: small sanding block, file, buffer, screwdriver. There will be a small kit that needs to be purchased that has a foam plate (to avoid chafing and increase the comfort of the fit), as well as the screws, wire, and bands to complete the assembly. Although building a prosthetic hand may seem complicated, it is a relatively simple process that is very rewarding. Reflections Many residual benefits have come from this project as expressed by students. These include: teamwork, problem-solving, perseverance, resilience, and empathy! TThe students who participate in these school-sponsored programs express feelings of purpose; they were doing something to help someone else have a better life. Students are not only learning skills through a STEM project, but they are also developing skills in empathy. The students at Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka, IL started a Project E-Nable chapter, the second half of the school year, with several 3rd and 4th-grade students. Going into this project, students were given a survey to ascertain the level of understanding of 3D printing and their personal reflections on a few community service topics. Students rated five topics on a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 representing not very comfortable, and 3 being very comfortable. The comparison of the pre- and post-survey results were enlightening. Prior to engaging in this after-school activity, students self-reported they were very aware of individuals with disabilities feelings (empathy), but at the conclusion of this year’s Project E-Nable group, students’ average self-reported response decreased. This is indicative that students learned more about what children with disabilities go through than what they originally thought. Engaging in hands-on, authentic activities were more meaningful than a regular classroom lecture. Here’s what the Hubbard Woods students had to say on their last day! Kaylee Calito proposed starting a Project E-Nable chapter at Attea Middle School in Glenview, IL. She went to her instructional technology facilitator, Helene Davitz, who embraced Kaylee’s passion for helping others, and brought it to several 7th and 8th graders during an elective period during the 2017-2018 school year. Check out their Enabling the Future website for videos and pictures of these extraordinary students. We interviewed Kaylee to find out more about her experiences, and specifically, a challenge she had encountered. Interestingly, Hubbard Woods & Attea Middle school share a connection. Kaylee had visited Hubbard Woods School the Summer of 2017. Upon a tour of the makerspace by Todd Burleson, she was inspired to bring Project E-Nable to her school. Hubbard Woods Elementary is a K-4 school. The 3rd and 4th graders were offered the opportunity to participate in an after-school club. So what inspired Todd to take on this endeavor? Let’s ask him! When we think of education and the incorporation of social-emotional skills, such as empathy, it’s relevant to discuss authentic and engaging ways that students can develop and grow. A lecture once a month or a worksheet does not provide meaningful connections for students to obtain and retain these much-needed skills. What we have experienced in our greater community, through our network of educators, is a ripple effect of inspiring students and teachers to provide engaging activities that change the lives of others. Jennifer has 20 years of experience as a trainer in various industries including: retail, healthcare, banking, and education. She recognized the importance that technology would have earlier in her educational journey. As such, she holds four degrees including a master’s in educational technology and a doctorate in educational leadership. She continues to participate in educational research and professional development speaking engagements. Todd Burleson is a Teacher-Maker-Librarian at the Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, IL. The community helped develop, as part of their school library a makerspace they call The IDEA Lab. Todd’s passion is the awakening of curiosity in learners of all ages. His team works hard to maintain a balance of books and bytes. | High | [
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by The Democrats deserve the scorn they’re getting, and much more. Among other things, they deserve scorn for helping to elect Trump. When Trump said Make America Great Again, and Clinton responded by saying that it’s already great, she dismissed the suffering of working people. By abandoning the notion that the Democrats are the party working toward social justice, she allowed Trump to play that card. That helped her to lose to a vile opponent far more than when she described Trump supporters as a basket of deplorables. Not only do the Democrats deserve scorn for creating the conditions out of which Trump grew – income inequality, deeper levels of permanent unemployment, never-ending war, a way of life that’s not just stagnant for most but is slowly getting worse – they deserve scorn for not effectively stopping Trump. Clinton and the Democrats didn’t say they were going to fix these things and build a better future. Clinton said America’s already great. She said she’d be a third Obama term, when Obama has no substance. He’s just an image. Only the Bernie Sanders crowd (denigrated and libeled and cheated out of so much by the Democrats) addressed the suffering that people are experiencing. And what did the Democrats do in response to this? The Democrats topped off their injuries with the insult of Tim Kaine. They willfully abandoned the working class for suburban Republicans. And now they can’t stop blaming Russia for their loss. All along it was their politics and their economics. That is, it wasn’t the Russians, but the Democrats’ fidelity to the rich, and to a capitalist economy, that, ironically, led them to lose to Trump, a capitalist. Because though Trump is a capitalist, he at least promised to change things. Though most understood there was a slim chance of this actually happening, it was clear that there was more of a chance than with Hillary. The Democrats promised to Not change things. At this point Immanuel Wallerstein’s pithy definition of capitalism should be mentioned. He defined capitalism as the privatization of everything, with the aim of generating profit. And the opposite of privatization is to socialize, or nationalize resources. Trump’s image, of course, is that of a businessman (some say he’s not a businessman at all but is instead a conman, as though there’s a difference between the two), and as a businessman he’s interested in privatizing everything. But let’s not forget, Clinton, also, was interested in privatizing everything. Like Cory Booker and other Democrats, she also championed the privatization of public schools, public utilities, water supplies, etc., and claimed that health care would never Not be for profit. The Democrats aren’t prepared to give up on privatizing everything. Maybe they no longer even know what else to do. Trump is weak, very few people actually like him. The Republicans are weak, too. Although they control the government, they don’t have popular support in much of the country. They have control of a house about to collapse. And yet, instead of striking their weak adversaries, who are pursuing such proven failures as tax cuts for the rich, the Democrats are wasting everyone’s time focusing all of their attentions on Russia (which, even if true, doesn’t really make Trump much worse than he already is). For all of this, and much, much more (like welfare reform, drone strikes, Obama’s attacks on whistle blowers, for profit health care, the sprawling prison system, failure to prosecute the banksters that left millions without homes and jobs, etc.), the Democrats deserve scorn, and more; they deserve to be abandoned – in favor of a movement that will not just stop privatization, but will reverse it. A movement that will not merely manage poverty, but will eliminate it. | Mid | [
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Ultrasound may improve sensory perception, according to a new study in humans. By directing ultrasound to a specific brain area, researchers were able to improve people's ability to discriminate between sensory inputs. Ultrasound is sound far above the upper limit of what humans can hear. It's useful in medical imaging. Doctors and technicians send bursts of ultrasound through tissue and record the echoes, creating a picture of what's inside — whether it's an injured knee or a fetus in utero. Ultrasound also has potential for mapping the connectivity of the brain. Neuroscientists are particularly interested in understanding how brain areas chat with one another; in fact, a new federal project, the BRAIN Initiative, has the goal of mapping the healthy human brain. [Inside the Brain: A Photo Journey Through Time] Ultrasound is one of several noninvasive methods that stimulate the brain. Another is transcranial magnetic stimulation, which stimulates the brain with magnets. A third is transcranial direct current stimulation, which uses electrodes to deliver a weak electrical current to the brain through the scalp. The new study suggests that ultrasound may be the best of the bunch. "We can use ultrasound to target an area of the brain as small as the size of an M&M," study researcher William Tyler, a neuroscientist at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, said in a statement. "This finding represents a new way of noninvasively modulating human brain activity with a better spatial resolution than anything currently available." Surprising improvement Tyler and his colleagues focused on sensory perception from the hand. They first placed an electrode on the wrist, over the nerve that carries impulses from the hand to the brain. Using a small electrical current, they stimulated that nerve while focusing ultrasound on the brain region that processes the nerve's signals. The researchers recorded the participants' brain responses with electroencephalography (EEG), electrodes on the scalp that measure the electrical activity of the brain. The ultrasound weakened the brain waves that encode the tactile stimulation, they found. But the next set of experiments revealed something truly strange. The researchers conducted two tests of sensory perception. In the first, participants feel two pins against their skin and must distinguish whether they are being touched at one or two points. The closer the pins are to each other, the harder the task. In the second, researchers blow a series of air puffs against the participants' skin, and they must determine how many individual puffs they feel. The faster the puffs, the harder they are to discriminate. Instead of these weak brain signals translating to poorer sensory perception, people's performance actually improved on both tests. "Our observations surprised us," Tyler said. "Even though the brain waves associated with the tactile stimulation had weakened, people actually got better at detecting differences in sensations." Tweaking the brain What might explain this seeming paradox? The answer might have to do with how neurons function. When brain cells communicate, they can urge their neighbors to become active (excitation) or tell everyone to quiet down (inhibition). The ultrasound may have affected the brain region's balance of excitation and inhibition, Tyler said. As a result, the excitation impulses may not have spread so far, essentially giving the brain a better triangulation of where the sensory inputs were coming from. The boost in sensory perception vanished when researchers moved the ultrasound's focus just a half inch (1 centimeter). That means the method is a fine-grained way to "tweak" brain circuits, both to map their activity and potentially to treat brain disorders. "In neuroscience, it's easy to disrupt things," said Tyler. "We can distract you, make you feel numb, trick you with optical illusions. It's easy to make things worse, but it's hard to make them better. These findings make us believe we're on the right path." Follow Stephanie Pappas on Twitter and Google+. Follow us @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on LiveScience. Copyright 2014 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | High | [
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Q: Permutation matrix and simple directed graph I have some code that works with simple directed graphs, but it is kinda slow. So I converted it to use an adjacency matrix instead of keeping a list of pairs of nodes. The code finds the equivalence classes of graphs (see here and here) by permuting the names of the nodes in the list of pairs. This works but is slow. I was thinking one could use a permutation matrix to permute the nodes. So I tried to use p*m*p (where p is the permutation matrix and m is the adjacency matrix). This does not work very well as it seems to map edge 0->1 to 0->0. Is there an easy way to permute the nodes of an adjacency matrix? A: Let P be a permutation matrix such that $[x_1, ... x_n]P=[x_{\sigma^{-1}(1)},...,x_{\sigma^{-1}(n)}],$ where $\sigma$ is a permutation - that is, each row vector is sent to the one with $\sigma(i)^\text{th}$ component the original $i^\text{th}$ component. Then, treating a matrix $A$ as a row vector, $A_{ij}=(AP)_{i\sigma(j)}=(AP)^T_{\sigma(j)i},$ so $(PAP^T)_{\sigma(i)\sigma(j)}=((A^TP)^TP)_{\sigma(i)\sigma(j)}=(A^TP)^T_{\sigma(i)j}=(A^TP)_{j\sigma(i)}=A^T_{ji}=A_{ij}$. Therefore $PAP^T$ re-indexes $A$ by a permutation $\sigma$ of the indices, as required. Since re-indexing the identity matrix's indices leaves it unchanged, a corollary is that $PP^T=\operatorname{id},$ so that $PAP^T=PAP^{-1}$ is similar to $A$. | Mid | [
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Can you provide me a little background info about the rosters? How many of you guys work on them? Anyone you'd like to name specifically? How many years has it been this same group? First of all thank you for allowing us to talk about this amazing project and what we do. We take pride in what we do and strive to release a top quality product. We have had past releases downloaded well over 500,000 times. It is a community effort at Operation Sports, a sports gaming community. These rosters were first started by a man named Michael Koncz, or Knight as we know him. We have continued, on I am Scott Spindler a father of 2, and married guy who does this as a hobby. This year's team is led by myself as well as Chase Bast, also known as Showtyme on OS, Billy Brent, Aka Willard and Christian Weber also known as Bacon. He is a University of Milwaukee college student. I have been involved for over 10 years and the other guys came on board in the last few. I originally partnered with Knight to do it, but he has since stepped aside to live life but still gives his blessing. I dedicate every set each year to him. OTB: With the annual launch of MLB The Show, the OSFM rosters have become a must have for Franchise players. What made you decide to take the plunge on what is no doubt, a very time consuming process? OSFM: It's my love of the game. All of us, we want perfection. The baseball community is tight knit and wants the best. Same for the sports gamers. Sony has given us a great game to take and make the what we can of it and the response has been amazing. We are not affiliated with Sony at all. It is very very time consuming. This current roster is based on past years and we work on it year round. When the new game comes out I put in over 200 hrs of work alone, and the other guys do the same. Its incredible. OTB: Year after year, the OSFM rosters highlight some of the best young prospects in the game. Have you had interaction with any players you've created? OSFM: Absolutely, I have had many many interactions with minor league guys asking if I will put in a certain stance or bat, or if I can boost some rating. It's all good and the players love the set as well. OTB: If you can think back over the past few years, is there a prospect you really nailed and were incredibly proud of? Anyone that has significantly beaten your ratings that sticks out to you? OSFM: I am a Phillies fan so obviously I take heart with that team, but in no way let that affect the way we do any ratings. We are such perfectionists that we won't release if a career minor leaguer's height and weight aren't accurate. We make sure when we release it's as perfect as can be. Obviously we are human and have errors but for a project involving us to create thousands and thousands of players, our quality control is top notch. OTB: Given the time commitment, and the overall quality of the OSFM rosters, have you ever considered charging for the end result, or at least noting that donations are appreciated OSFM: We have been approached many many times. Its not about money or getting paid to do it. We do it for the love of baseball and the show. We have thought about some kind of donations or fundraising so who knows maybe at some point we will do something with that but not now. Make sure to check out the @OSFMRosters on Twitter to find out exactly when you can get your hands on the latest version. You won't want to be playing MLB The Show 17 without them. I also happened to reach out to Steve Noah, the owner of Operation Sports. The community itself fosters a lot of these exciting projects, and rosters are built for a handful of different games. He had some thoughts he wanted to share as well. In relation to the site itself, he said " It's all about the love and passion the community has with the games. I'm just happy they have somewhere to gather details and generate discussion to make the best rosters possible. I'm not sure how they do it, but every year, they get better at what they do." Operation Sports has created an incredibly strong community, and a go to forum destination. Fans and developers alike access the website, and both the content as well as the user base in top notch. Steve also directed a comment specifically to the guys behind the OSFM rosters saying, " As for OSFM and all of the other rosters that are worked on at OS, I can't thank them enough for providing fans an updated roster every year. It takes a lot of time, more time than people realize. I can't thank them enough." Each year, the highlight of spring training is the annual release of Sony's MLB The Show franchise. Developed for Playstation 4, MLB The Show 17 has raised the bar once again when it comes the sports video games. While the game itself is always spectacular, there's an incredible group of people behind it that take the level of immersion up a notch. Enter the Operation Sports Full Minors creators.I reached out to Scott Spindler, the man behind the @OSFMRosters handle on Twitter. it is through the efforts of Scott and a few confidants, that Franchise mode in The Show is transformed into the most realistic organizational experience in console based gaming. While MiLB players are not allowed to be created in video games as they aren't represented by the MLBPA, it's due to the efforts of the OSFM guys that each of these up and coming talents not only gets in the game, but is also realistically represented.Sure, names, heights, and weights are all imported, but the OSFM rosters encompass complete facial representations, attribute accuracy, and a deep dive into how each player should be reflected for their respective franchise. 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import {player} from "../../../main/main"; import {Vec2D} from "../../../main/util/Vec2D"; import puff from "./index"; export default { name: "THROWNMARTHUP", canEdgeCancel: false, canGrabLedge: [false, false], canBeGrabbed: false, offset: [[-10.38, 7.51], [-11.19, 6.91], [-11.33, 6.67], [-10.92, 6.78], [-10.55, 6.91], [-10.51, 6.93], [-7.57, 17.47], [-7.57, 17.47]], init: function (p, input) { player[p].actionState = "THROWNMARTHUP"; const grabbedBy = player[p].phys.grabbedBy; if(grabbedBy === -1){ return; } if (grabbedBy < p) { player[p].timer = -1; } else { player[p].timer = 0; } player[p].phys.grounded = false; player[p].phys.pos = new Vec2D(player[grabbedBy].phys.pos.x, player[grabbedBy].phys.pos.y); puff.THROWNMARTHUP.main(p, input); }, main: function (p, input) { player[p].timer++; if (!puff.THROWNMARTHUP.interrupt(p, input)) { let timer = player[p].timer; if (timer > 0) { const grabbedBy = player[p].phys.grabbedBy; if(grabbedBy === -1){ return; } if(timer > puff.THROWNMARTHUP.offset.length){ timer = puff.THROWNMARTHUP.offset.length - 1; } player[p].phys.pos = new Vec2D(player[grabbedBy].phys.pos.x + puff.THROWNMARTHUP.offset[timer - 1][0] * player[p].phys.face, player[grabbedBy].phys.pos.y + puff.THROWNMARTHUP.offset[timer - 1][1]); } } }, interrupt: function (p, input) { return false; } }; | Mid | [
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Jon Stewart will call on legislators to extend health benefits for 9/11 first responders Jon Stewart and 100 first reponders to the September 11 attacks will call on Congress next week to permantently extend legislaiton that provides healthcare to those with 9/11 related illnesses. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act became law in January 2011. While it has ensured monitoring, care and compensation for those who worked or… | High | [
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Review of the Neurological Implications of von Hippel-Lindau Disease. von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease-associated central nervous system (CNS) lesions include hemangioblastomas and endolymphatic sac tumors (ELSTs), which are associated with significant neurological morbidity and mortality. Recent studies provide critical new biological, diagnostic, and management insights into these tumors. Biological features, natural history, clinical findings, and management strategies of VHL disease-associated CNS tumors are reviewed. The VHL disease results from a germline mutation of the VHL gene (located on the short arm of chromosome 3), a tumor suppressor that encodes for the VHL protein. Whereas VHL disease is associated with visceral manifestations, CNS lesions are the most common source of morbidity and mortality. Craniospinal hemangioblastomas are almost entirely (99%) found in the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord. These tumors arise from multipotent hemangioblasts. Peritumoral cysts frequently underlie the clinical findings associated with hemangioblastomas (>90% of symptomatic tumors). Prospective natural history studies demonstrate that CNS hemangioblastomas typically grow in a saltatory pattern. Due to this unpredictable growth pattern, surgical resection is reserved for symptomatic lesions, as many tumors do not become symptomatic. Recent studies indicate that VHL disease-associated ELSTs cause audiovestibular morbidity (hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo) via 3 mechanisms-otic capsule invasion, intralabyrinthine hemorrhage, and endolymphatic hydrops. Specialized magnetic resonance imaging techniques have been defined to elucidate each of these mechanisms, even when a tumor mass is not identified on imaging. Endolymphatic sac tumors cause audiovestibular morbidity unrelated to size or progression, and resection is now recommended at initial discovery of a tumor mass or a tumor-associated mechanism of morbidity. New insights into the development, pathobiological origin, natural history, and long-term outcomes of VHL disease-associated CNS tumors have redefined their management and treatment indications and potentially provide new targeted therapeutic strategies. Resection is reserved for symptomatic hemangioblastomas, but early resection of newly detected ELSTs is now recommended. | High | [
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69 F.3d 1109 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Tommy Brown REID, aka, Tony Carr, John Richard Bullard,Lloyd Andre Miller, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-8112. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Nov. 29, 1995. Steven Howard Sadow, Atlanta, GA, for Reid. Michael Saul, Marietta, GA, for Bullard. Robert George Fierer, Atlanta, GA, for Miller. Gerrilyn Brill, Acting U.S. Atty., Lawrence O. Anderson, Amy Levin Weil, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, GA, for U.S. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Before EDMONDSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and FAY, Senior Circuit Judge. FAY, Senior Circuit Judge: 1 In December of 1991, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia returned a four-count indictment charging Lloyd Andre Miller, Tommy Brown Reid, aka Tony Carr, John Richard Bullard, and five other men with conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute and other drug related charges.1 In April of 1992, those same defendants were named in a superseding indictment charging them with conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute in Count One and the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute on or about November 15, 1992 in Count Two. Miller was charged in Counts Three and Four with travelling in interstate commerce from Florida to Georgia with the intent to carry on the unlawful activity of the distribution of cocaine on or about November 2, 1990. 2 Before trial, defendants-appellants moved to suppress evidence found in the residence during the securing process, alleging that the warrantless entry into the residence violated their Fourth Amendment rights. This motion was referred by the district court to a United States magistrate judge who held an evidentiary hearing on the matter. In his report and recommendation the magistrate recommended denial of the motion, rejecting defendants-appellants argument that the warrantless entry was without exigent circumstances to justify the intrusion. District Court Judge Richard C. Freeman accepted and adopted the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge. A three week jury trial resulted in the conviction of all defendants on all charges. Miller was sentenced to a term of life in prison, and Reid was sentenced to a term of 292 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. On appeal, both defendants challenge the district court's denial of their motion to suppress. Defendant Reid challenges the district court's ruling on the admissability of certain evidence and the calculation of his sentence. For reasons explained below, we affirm the defendants' convictions and sentences. I. The Motion to Suppress 3 A. The Evidence Offered at the Suppression Hearing 4 On November 7, 1991, Jethro Pitts became a confidential informant ("CI") when he was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine. He agreed to cooperate with law enforcement officers and told them that he could buy fifteen kilograms of cocaine for them. 5 Pitts contacted Lloyd Andre Miller, whom Pitts knew as "Chief", and informed him that he knew of someone who wanted to make a buy. On November 14, 1991, the CI and an undercover agent posing as a cocaine purchaser met Miller at the Atlanta Airport to negotiate a purchase of approximately fifteen kilograms of cocaine. Pitts and Miller drove to an apartment in Cobb County where they met with T.Y. Grant and J.R. Bullard. During the ride from the airport a conversation was recorded in which Miller talked about receiving large quantities of cocaine into the Atlanta area from California, Miami, and New York. Miller made arrangements for Grant to meet Pitts and the undercover agent the next day at a shopping center in Fayette county to deliver the cocaine. 6 Grant arrived at the shopping center at approximately 9:00 a.m. on November 15, 1991, but indicated that he did not want to conduct the deal there and started to leave. At that time Grant was arrested by surveilling special agents. A search of his automobile revealed secret compartments, indicative of the transporting of illegal drugs, but no drugs were found. 7 The CI contacted Miller and told him that Grant had failed to show up for the deal. Soon thereafter, Miller arrived at the shopping center. Miller and Pitts left in Pitts' automobile and were gone for approximately three hours. On their return to the shopping center, Pitts used a cellular phone to alert agent McCain that they had the drugs with them. When they arrived, Miller was arrested and fifteen kilograms of cocaine were found in a secret compartment in Pitt's automobile. Miller's arrest occurred at approximately 1:28 p.m. 8 The CI then advised law enforcement officers that he knew the stash house where more drugs were located and that people were at that time making pick-ups for delivery. He also advised Agents Hogan and Stevens of the Fayette County Sherriff's department that they needed to get to the house as soon as possible because deliveries of the cocaine were being made out of the house. Agent Noe of the Clayton County Narcotics Unit and Agent Hogan drove with the CI to the "stash" house location at 113 Honeycreek road in Henry County. Pitts pointed that house out as the drug house when a white pick-up truck was spotted in the driveway. Pitts told Noe that when they were at the house earlier, Miller was directing the delivery of cocaine out of the house. 9 Agent Noe contacted Agent Roger Stubbs of the Henry County Police Department who in turn contacted an assistant district attorney from Henry County. Stubbs was to meet Noe near the Honeycreek location to see about a search warrant. Noe also assigned agents to watch the house and directed them to stop any vehicles that left the house. Stubbs arrived and met with Noe at approximately 2:00-2:30 p.m. Noe informed Stubbs of the events which led up to their presence at the Honeycreek location. At approximately 3:00-3:30, Noe met with some of the agents and officers at the scene to inform them of the circumstances involved, as well as to instruct them as to their duties. At around 4:00 p.m., Noe and Stubbs drove by the house so that Stubbs could get a physical description of the residence for a search warrant application. Stubbs was to be the affiant on the search warrant. 10 Before the search warrant was obtained, certain events transpired which caused the police to enter and secure the Honeycreek residence. Upon their departure from the residence area, Noe and Stubbs were informed of a blue and silver pickup truck leaving the residence. Noe and Stubbs, along with other agents, stopped the truck. The truck was driven by Daniel Robert Kaeslin who was using the alias of John Francis Baker. Agents searched the truck for money, drugs or secret compartments but none could be found at that time. The agents released Kaeslin at approximately 4:35 p.m., fearing they had been holding him too long without probable cause to arrest him. Although Kaeslin was released, his truck was retained for further inspection. 11 Agent Stubbs left the scene where the truck had been pulled over in order to meet with Henry County Assistant District Attorney McBerry who had arrived at the location at approximately 4:00 p.m. During this meeting Stubbs informed him of the sequence of events which led up to their presence at the Honeycreek location. Stubbs and McBerry also met with the CI in order to ensure they had all of the facts and information necessary to secure a search warrant. The CI informed McBerry of the events that had transpired earlier and what he had observed at the "stash" house. 12 Meanwhile, during Stubbs' meeting with McBerry and the CI, a black Cutlass pulled into the driveway of the residence and then backed up and left. Upon its departure from the residence the car was stopped and a search revealed hidden compartments along with some fabric softener towels, which are often used to mask the scent of drugs from drug detection dogs. No drugs were found in the compartments. Three individuals in the Cutlass were arrested, Stephen Shaw, David Hill and J.R. Bullard. Hill had a small quantity of cocaine on his person. 13 At about 5:15-5:30 p.m. a van pulled into the Honeycreek house driveway and the garage door opened. The van entered the garage and the garage door closed. It was at this time that Agent Noe believed it was imperative that they secure the house. Noe discussed the decision with Agent Stubbs and Mr. McBerry before acting. 14 Agent Noe testified that his decision to secure the residence was based on his primary concern that evidence would be lost. Noe further stated that he was concerned that someone might flee on foot or in a vehicle and put the public or officers in danger, and that if someone had fled through the small subdivision, there was a chance they could get away with the evidence. 15 The entry into the residence was conducted by Fayette, Henry, and Clayton County agents. The house was secured and appellant Reid was found inside, along with Franklyn Williams. In the process of securing the house, agents discovered approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine and about $1,164,000.00. The officers were repeatedly told not to search the house until the execution of the search warrant. 16 Affiant Stubbs and assistant district attorney McBerry left the house for purposes of obtaining a search warrant approximately ten to fifteen minutes after the house was secured. Affiant Stubbs presented a Henry county superior court judge with written and oral information concerning the circumstances which transpired earlier in the day but not the details learned during the securing of the house. The warrant was signed at 7:15 p.m. and affiant Stubbs returned to the Honeycreek residence between 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. to execute the warrant. The house was searched along with the blue and silver truck and the Plymouth Voyager van. During the search the agents seized cocaine, guns, money, miscellaneous documents and other items. B. The Standard of Review 17 Rulings on motions to suppress evidence involve mixed questions of law and fact. We therefore review the district court's factual findings for clear error and its application of the law to those facts de novo. United States v. Ramos, 12 F.3d 1019, 1022 (11th Cir.1994); United States v. Diaz-Lizaraza, 981 F.2d 1216, 1220 (11th Cir.1993). Similarly, we will not overturn a district court's decision that omissions or misrepresentations in a warrant affidavit were not reckless or intentional unless clearly erroneous. United States v. Cancela, 812 F.2d 1340, 1343 (11th Cir.1987). When considering a ruling on a motion to suppress, all facts are construed in the light most favorable to the prevailing party below. United States v. Behety, 32 F.3d 503, 510 (11th Cir.1994); United States v. Magluta, 44 F.3d 1530, 1536 (11th Cir.1995). C. The Issues on Appeal 18 Miller and Reid present three arguments in support of their contention that the district court erred in denying the motion to suppress the items seized at the Honeycreek residence. We find it necessary only to address two of these arguments. First, defendants contend that their due process rights were violated when contraband seized in violation of their Fourth Amendment constitutional protections was introduced at trial. Specifically, they argue: "Law enforcement officers conducted a warrantless entry into 113 Honeycreek Road without exigent circumstances to justify the intrusion."2 We disagree with this contention. 19 "It is a 'basic principle of Fourth Amendment Law' that searches and seizures inside a home without a warrant are presumptively unreasonable." Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 586, 100 S.Ct. 1371, 1380, 63 L.Ed.2d 639 (1980). "A warrantless search is allowed, however, where both probable cause and exigent circumstances exist." United States v. Tobin, 923 F.2d 1506, 1510 (11th Cir.1991) (en banc), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 907, 112 S.Ct. 299, 116 L.Ed.2d 243 (1991). With respect to this contention, it is not disputed that the agents had probable cause to search the Honeycreek residence. The issue that remains is whether exigent circumstances existed to justify the warrantless intrusion. 20 The test for whether or not exigent circumstances exist is whether the facts would lead a reasonable, experienced agent to believe that evidence might be destroyed or removed before a warrant could be secured. United States v. Rodgers, 924 F.2d 219, 222 (11th Cir.1991). Recognized situations in which exigent circumstances exist include: "danger of flight or escape; danger of harm to police officers or the general public; risk of loss, destruction, removal, or concealment of evidence; and hot pursuit of a fleeing suspect." United States v. Blasco, 702 F.2d 1315, 1325 (11th Cir.1983). This court has held that the need to invoke the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement is "particularly compelling in narcotics cases" because narcotics can be so easily and quickly destroyed. United States v. Young, 909 F.2d 442, 446 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 825, 112 S.Ct. 90, 116 L.Ed.2d 62 (1991). 21 The magistrate, and by adoption of his findings the district court, made several factual findings in support of the warrantless, exigent circumstances entry of the Honeycreek house. The agents had probable cause to believe, based on what they perceived to be reliable information, that the house contained large quantities of cocaine. Agents also had reason to believe that deliveries of cocaine were being directed out of the Honeycreek residence. Based on the foregoing information, as well as additional information obtained from the CI regarding the "stash" house and its contents, recorded conversations between Miller and the CI, the search results of two vehicles leaving the house, and the arrival of the van at the house, the agents had an objectively reasonable basis to believe that there was an imminent risk of losing the evidence, risk of someone fleeing with the evidence, and danger of harm to the public or officers. 22 More specifically, Agent Noe, who was directing the investigation, testified that he remembered a recorded conversation which revealed that Miller had purchased a van with secret compartments. Secret compartments such as these are indicative of the transporting of illegal drugs. Thus, Noe believed that the arrival of the van indicated that the cocaine would be loaded for purposes of delivery to another location. In addition, Noe believed that because it was time for nearby residents to be getting home from work, and because the roads in that particular subdivision were especially narrow, a suspect could flee with the contraband, and while alluding arrest endanger both the public and the officers involved. These facts were sufficient to justify a warrantless intrusion into the residence while a search warrant was being sought. Our review of the record convinces us that the agents were objectively reasonable when they believed that they were confronted with an exigency in which the delay necessary to obtain a warrant under the circumstances threatened the removal of evidence. We find no error in the district court's application of the law to the facts.3 23 Second, defendants argue that the evidence seized pursuant to the search should have been suppressed because the affidavit to support the search warrant contained misrepresentations which were purposeful and intentional or made in reckless disregard for the truth. Further, they contend that when these misrepresentations are set to one side, the remaining content is insufficient to establish probable cause. In Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154, 98 S.Ct. 2674, 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978), the Supreme Court considered the issue of whether "a defendant in a criminal proceeding ever [has] the right, under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments ... to challenge the truthfulness of factual statements made in an affidavit supporting [a] warrant." Franks, 438 U.S. at 155, 98 S.Ct. at 2676. The Supreme Court held that where the defendant makes a substantial preliminary showing that an affiant knowingly and intentionally included a false statement in an affidavit, or made the false statement with reckless disregard for its truth, and the false statement was necessary to the finding of probable cause, then constitutional mandate requires that a hearing be held at the defendant's request. Franks, 438 U.S. at 155-156, 98 S.Ct. at 2676-2677. However, "[i]nsignificant and immaterial misrepresentations or omissions will not invalidate a warrant." United States v. Sims, 845 F.2d 1564, 1571 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 957, 109 S.Ct. 395, 102 L.Ed.2d 384 (1988) (quoting United States v. Ofshe, 817 F.2d 1508, 1513 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 963, 108 S.Ct. 451, 98 L.Ed.2d 391 (1987)). The magistrate who heard the motion to suppress found that the alleged misrepresentations did not represent material misrepresentations and were not knowingly or intentionally made. The district court agreed with the magistrate. Our review of the record leads us to conclude that this judgment was not clearly erroneous. II. The Plea Colloquy 24 Reid contends that the district court erroneously excluded co-defendant Shaw's plea colloquy as evidence of impeachment, an admission of party opponent and a statement against interest. We disagree. The standard of review to determine whether or not evidence is properly admitted is to determine whether or not the trial court abused its discretion. United States v. Orr, 825 F.2d 1537, 1543 (11th Cir.1987). 25 At trial, Reid sought to introduce evidence of co-defendant Shaw's affirmation of the governments's statement regarding Shaw's involvement in the instant offense which was made during the taking of Shaw's guilty plea. Reid contended that this colloquy would contradict testimony given by co-defendant Kaeslin that appellant Reid was one of the men involved in unloading cocaine from a truck in the garage, and therefore, would give the jury the basis on which they could reject the rest of Kaeslin's testimony. It appears the district court excluded the plea colloquy because it did not necessarily contradict Kaeslin's testimony, and therefore, any probative value was outweighed by other considerations under Federal Rule of Evidence 403. We find the district court did not abuse its discretion in this matter. III. The Sentencing 26 Reid raises two arguments regarding his sentencing. First, he contends that the district court erred in increasing his offense level based on his possession of a firearm. The officers found three weapons in the residence, two in a room that was deadbolt locked, the other in a bedroom that contained some of Reid's clothing and personal belongings. Relying on the presence of the firearms in the residence, the district court increased Reid's offense level by two pursuant to U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1).4 Reid argues that he had neither actual or constructive possession of the guns seized, and in the alternative, argues that the three-prong test set out in United States v. Otero, 890 F.2d 366, (11th Cir.1989), was not met. We find no error in the sentencing court's firearms enhancement against Reid. Because the grounds for possession under Otero are entirely sufficient, we need not address the evidence of direct possession. 27 Under Otero, a co-conspirator's possession of a firearm will support enhancement of another co-conspirator's offense level if three requirements are met: (1) the possessor must be charged as a co-conspirator; (2) the co-conspirator must be found to have possessed the firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy; and (3) the defendant who is to receive the enhanced sentence must have been a member of the conspiracy at the time of the firearm possession. Id. at 367; see also United States v. Nino, 967 F.2d 1508, 1514 (11th Cir.1992) (noting that "nowhere in the Otero opinion is it said that enhancement is allowable only if the three conditions set out in the opinion are met."), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 113 S.Ct. 1432, 122 L.Ed.2d 799 (1993). 28 In the instant case, Miller was charged as a conspirator. Evidence at trial established that Miller purchased the firearms that were discovered in the Honeycreek residence. These guns were found in a "stash" house which contained approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine and $1.6 million dollars, thus substantiating the fact that the firearm was possessed in furtherance of the conspiracy. Reid was a member of the conspiracy during the time of the firearms possession. Therefore, Reid's argument is without merit. We find the firearms enhancement satisfies the conditions set out in Otero. 29 Furthermore, Reid contends that the second prong in Otero is not met because none of the conspiracy members either plead guilty or were convicted of possession of a firearm. "As Nino makes clear, a coconspirator need not be found guilty of a firearms charge; rather, a sentencing court need only make a factual finding for sentencing purposes that a coconspirator possessed a firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy while the defendant was a member of that conspiracy." United States v. Delgado, 56 F.3d 1357, 1372 (11th Cir.1995). Thus, this contention is also without merit. Accordingly, the district court did not err in enhancing Reid's sentence under U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) based on his possession of a firearm.5 30 Second, Reid challenges as error the district court's denial of his claim for a reduction in his offense level based on his mitigating role in the offense pursuant to U.S.S.G. Sec. 3B1.2.6 Specifically he argues that "[he] is entitled to at least a two level decrease for [a] minor role."7 We disagree. 31 A sentencing court's determination under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines of a defendant's role in the offense is a factual finding. United States v. Castillo-Valencia, 917 F.2d 494, 501 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 499 U.S. 925, 111 S.Ct. 1321, 113 L.Ed.2d 253 (1991). We do not disturb the sentencing court's findings of fact absent clear error. United States v. Davis, 902 F.2d 860, 861 (11th Cir.1990). Nevertheless, we review de novo the sentencing court's Federal Sentencing Guidelines application to those facts. United States v. Rodriguez, 959 F.2d 193, 195 (11th Cir.1992), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 113 S.Ct. 649, 121 L.Ed.2d 563 (1992). 32 Based on the evidence adduced at trial and the pre-sentencing hearing, the district court ruled that the defendant was not a minimal or minor participant in the offense and was therefore, not entitled to a reduction in his offense level. Specifically, the district court found that although Reid did not fill a leadership role in the conspiracy, he and the other co-conspirators were no less culpable than the leader. We agree with these findings. Accordingly, we find no clear error in the denial of Reid's claim for a reduction in his sentence. IV. Conclusion 33 After a careful review of the record and the arguments presented, we find no basis on which to suppress the evidence, disturb the district courts's ruling regarding the admissability of evidence, nor disturb the sentence imposed. Therefore, the judgement below is AFFIRMED. 1 The judgement of conviction and sentence imposed by the district court as to John Richard Bullard was affirmed on May 25, 1995, by a separate panel of the Eleventh Circuit 2 Appellants brief at 12 and 20 3 Because we find exigent circumstances existed to justify the warrantless intrusion, we need not address the independent source doctrine 4 U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1(b)(1) provides: "If a dangerous weapon (including a firearm) was possessed, increase [the base offense level] by 2 levels." 5 "As with all factual findings under the guidelines, this determination is entitled to deference and can be reversed only if it is clearly erroneous." United States v. Smith, 918 F.2d. 1501, 1514 (11th Cir.1990) (quoting United States v. Rowland, 906 F.2d 621, 623 (11th Cir.1990)) 6 U.S.S.G. Sec. 3B1.2 provides: "Based on the defendant's role in the offense, decrease the offense level as follows: (a) If the defendant was a minimal participant in any criminal activity, decrease by 4 levels[;] (b) If the defendant was a minor participant in any criminal activity, decrease by 2 levels. In cases falling in between (a) and (b), decrease by 3 levels." 7 Appellants brief at 45 | Mid | [
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# TypeScript in the browser [](https://designtsx.com) If you are using TypeScript to create a web application here are my recommendations to get a quick TypeScript + React (my UI framework of choice) project setup. ## General Machine Setup * Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) * Install [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) ## Project Setup Quick Use [https://github.com/basarat/react-typescript](https://github.com/basarat/react-typescript) as a base. ``` git clone https://github.com/basarat/react-typescript.git cd react-typescript npm install ``` Now use it as a base and jump to [develop your amazing application](#develop-your-amazing-application) ## Project Setup Detailed If you want to learn more about the details of how that project is created (instead of using it as a base), here are the steps on how its setup from scratch: * Create a project dir: ``` mkdir your-project cd your-project ``` * Create `tsconfig.json`: ```json { "compilerOptions": { "sourceMap": true, "module": "commonjs", "esModuleInterop": true, "resolveJsonModule": true, "experimentalDecorators": true, "target": "es5", "jsx": "react", "lib": [ "dom", "es6" ] }, "include": [ "src" ], "compileOnSave": false } ``` * Create `package.json`. ```json { "name": "react-typescript", "version": "0.0.0", "license": "MIT", "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "https://github.com/basarat/react-typescript.git" }, "scripts": { "build": "webpack -p", "start": "webpack-dev-server -d --content-base ./public" }, "dependencies": { "@types/react": "16.4.10", "@types/react-dom": "16.0.7", "clean-webpack-plugin": "0.1.19", "html-webpack-plugin": "3.2.0", "react": "16.4.2", "react-dom": "16.4.2", "ts-loader": "4.4.2", "typescript": "3.0.1", "webpack": "4.16.5", "webpack-cli": "3.1.0", "webpack-dev-server": "3.1.5" } } ``` * Create a `webpack.config.js` to bundle your modules into a single `app.js` file that contains all your resources: ```js const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require('clean-webpack-plugin'); const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin'); module.exports = { entry: './src/app/app.tsx', plugins: [ new CleanWebpackPlugin({ cleanAfterEveryBuildPatterns: ['public/build'] }), new HtmlWebpackPlugin({ template: 'src/templates/index.html' }), ], output: { path: __dirname + '/public', filename: 'build/[name].[contenthash].js' }, resolve: { extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.js'] }, module: { rules: [ { test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: 'ts-loader' } ] } } ``` * `src/templates/index.html` file. It will be used as the template for the `index.html` generated by webpack. The generated file will be in the `public` folder and and then served from your webserver: ```html <html> <body> <div id="root"></div> </body> </html> ``` * `src/app/app.tsx` that is your frontend application entry point: ```js import * as React from 'react'; import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; const Hello: React.FunctionComponent<{ compiler: string, framework: string }> = (props) => { return ( <div> <div>{props.compiler}</div> <div>{props.framework}</div> </div> ); } ReactDOM.render( <Hello compiler="TypeScript" framework="React" />, document.getElementById("root") ); ``` # Develop your amazing application > You can get the latest packages using `npm install typescript@latest react@latest react-dom@latest @types/react@latest @types/react-dom@latest webpack@latest webpack-dev-server@latest webpack-cli@latest ts-loader@latest clean-webpack-plugin@latest html-webpack-plugin@latest --save-exact` * Do live development by running `npm start`. * Visit [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) * Edit the `src/app/app.tsx` (or any ts/tsx file used in some way by `src/app/app.tsx`) and application live reloads. * Edit the `src/templates/index.html` and the server live reloads. * Build production assets by running `npm run build`. * Serve the `public` folder (which contains the built assets) from your server. | Mid | [
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit __________________________ JANICE L. MANNION, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Respondent. __________________________ 2011-3089 __________________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in case No. PH315H080586-I-1. ___________________________ Decided: July 11, 2011 ___________________________ JANICE L. MANNION, Hingham, Massachusetts, pro se. MATTHEW F. SCARLATO, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent. With him on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, DEBORAH A. BYNUM, Assistant Director. __________________________ MANNION v. TREASURY 2 Before NEWMAN, SCHALL and MOORE, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Ms. Janice L. Mannion, appearing pro se, appeals the Merit Systems Protection Board’s (Board) decision deny- ing her request to reopen and reinstate her appeal. Resp’t’s App. 6-9. Because the Board did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the Board’s decision to deny her request to reopen and reinstate her appeal. BACKGROUND The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) hired Ms. Mannion in 1987 as a Revenue Agent. After serving a one-year probationary period, Ms. Mannion continued working for Treasury until she resigned in August 2004. Nearly three years after her resignation, Treasury rehired Ms. Mannion as a Revenue Agent on August 6, 2007. As a condition of her rehire, Treasury required Ms. Mannion to complete another one-year probationary period. During her probationary period, Ms. Mannion’s man- ager John Greenwood allegedly observed repeated defi- ciencies in Ms. Mannion’s performance. Based upon these observations, Mr. Greenwood gave Ms. Mannion failing or unacceptable ratings in several aspects of her Critical Job Elements. Because Ms. Mannion allegedly failed to satisfy her Critical Job Elements, the agency terminated Ms. Mannion effective August 2, 2008, before she com- pleted her one-year probationary period. On August 7, 2008, The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed a grievance challenging Ms. Man- nion’s termination. On August 29, 2008, Ms. Mannion filed an appeal to the Board challenging her removal arguing that when Treasury rehired her, she was a ten- ured employee and did not have to complete a new proba- tionary period. Ms. Mannion also claimed that her 3 MANNION v. TREASURY termination was the result of discrimination based upon her marital status, age, sex, and as an act of reprisal. The parties entered into settlement negotiations with the assistance of the administrative law judge. As a result of these negotiations, Ms. Mannion agreed to settle her appeal. The settlement agreement indicates that Ms. Mannion agreed to settle after consulting with her attor- ney and the administrative judge regarding “the state of the law regarding probationary employees and the limited grounds available to challenge a removal . . . .” Id. at 68. Probationary employees have a limited regulatory right of appeal, but have no statutory right of appeal because they are excluded from the definition of “employee” under 5 U.S.C. § 7511(a)(1)(A). On January 29, 2009, she voluntarily withdrew her appeal pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement and the administrative judge dismissed Ms. Mannion’s appeal in an initial decision dated February 12, 2009. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Treasury agreed to, inter alia, pay Ms. Mannion $25,000 in attorneys’ fees and issue a new Standard Form 50 (SF-50) reflecting a voluntary resignation “for personal reasons.” 1 Id. at 69. Ms. Mannion agreed to: [V]oluntarily waive[ ] any and all right to file, pursue or litigate in any forum, including, but not limited to the . . . MSPB . . . any and all claims of any kind, legal, equitable, or otherwise, which re- late to or arise from her employment with the Agency occurring prior to the date of full execu- tion of this Agreement. This waiver includes but is not limited to any claims raised or which could 1 This portion of the settlement agreement contains a clear typographical error and should refer to Standard Form 52, not SF-50. MANNION v. TREASURY 4 have been raised relating to her removal from employment, and any claims of discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation, or the like, pending or which could have been raised relating to her removal from employment . . . . Id. at 68-69. On March 8, 2010, Ms. Mannion filed a petition for review with the Board. In the petition, Ms. Mannion argued that the Board should reconsider her appeal in light of its later decision in Abdullah v. Department of the Treasury, 113 M.S.P.R. 99 (2009). Because Ms. Mannion previously withdrew her appeal, the Board treated Ms. Mannion’s petition as a request to reopen and reinstate the withdrawn appeal. Id. at 7. Applying the “unusual circumstances” standard, the Board rejected Ms. Man- nion’s request because the settlement agreement pre- cluded reopening and reinstating the appeal. Id. DISCUSSION Our review of a Board decision is limited by statute. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703, we must sustain the Board’s decision unless it is: 1) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; 2) obtained without procedures required by law, rule, or regulation having been followed; or 3) unsupported by substantial evidence. We review the Board’s decision to not reopen or reinstate an appeal for an abuse of discre- tion. See, e.g., Zamot v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 332 F.3d 1374, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2003). The Board has long held that the “withdrawal of an appeal is an act of finality that removes the appeal from the Board’s jurisdiction, and . . . the Board will not rein- state an appeal once it has been withdrawn in the absence of unusual circumstances such as misinformation or new 5 MANNION v. TREASURY and material evidence.” See, e.g., Brown v. Dep’t of the Navy, 71 M.S.P.R. 451, 453-54 (1996) (citing Natividad v. Dep’t of Health & Human Servs., 63 M.S.P.R. 114, 117 (1994); Scarboro v. Dep’t of the Navy, 55 M.S.P.R. 494, 498 (1992)). Ms. Mannion, however, did not withdraw her appeal in a vacuum. Instead, as a condition to settlement, Ms. Mannion “withdrew and terminated with prejudice her appeal before the MSPB . . . [and] voluntarily waive[d] any and all rights to file, pursue or litigate in any forum, including . . . the MSPB . . . any and all” of her claims against Treasury. Resp’t’s App. 68. As the Board correctly determined, because Ms. Mannion waived her claims by executing the settlement agreement, it would be improper to allow Ms. Mannion to reinstate or reopen her appeal. Id. at 8. Ms. Mannion contends that we should set aside the settlement agreement, because she decided to settle after receiving erroneous advice from the administrative judge. Specifically, Ms. Mannion contends that her decision to settle was based on the administrative judge’s “false assumption” that she was a probationary employee and, thus, not entitled to full appeal rights. Ms. Mannion contends that the Board’s later holding in Abdullah indicates that that administrative judge was incorrect and she was a non-probationary employee with adverse action appeal rights. Ms. Mannion also cites to other evidence, including the 2010 Federal Personnel Hand- book, numerous government websites, and an email from an attorney she hired to review her case, that she con- tends support her argument that she was not a proba- tionary employee at the time of her termination. We see no reason to set aside the settlement agree- ment in light of the Board’s decision in Abdullah or any of the other evidence cited by Ms. Mannion. “It is well- established that in order to set aside a settlement, an MANNION v. TREASURY 6 appellant must show that the agreement is unlawful, was involuntary, or was the result of fraud or mutual mis- take.” Sargent v. Dep’t of Health & Human Servs., 229 F.3d 1088, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2000). As a letter from Ms. Mannion’s legal counsel to the Board illustrates, prior to settlement, the parties disputed whether Ms. Mannion was a probationary employee. The letter states that “[a]lthough [Treasury] contends that Ms. Mannion is a probationary employee, please note that she disputes this allegation and maintains that she was a tenured em- ployee who completed any probation to which she may have been subject.” Resp’t’s App. 46. Even if the admin- istrative judge during settlement informed Ms. Mannion that she was unlikely to prevail on her arguments that she was a tenured employee, Ms. Mannion was fully represented by counsel during this process. Although her attorney previously contended that she was not a proba- tionary employee at the time of her termination, Ms. Mannion decided to forgo her claims against Treasury in exchange for, inter alia, $25,000 in attorney’s fees and the issuance of a SF-50 stating her removal was a voluntary resignation “for personal reasons.” Id. at 69-71. Public policy favors settlement and a party cannot set aside a settlement agreement simply because changing precedent or new evidence makes its chances of achieving success on the merits more likely. To hold otherwise would mean no settlement agreement would truly be final, and the government would have no incentive to enter into settlements that reach fair compromises and avoid costly litigation. There is also no evidence that Treasury breached the settlement agreement. Ms. Mannion insinuates that Treasury breached the settlement agreement by failing to provide a SF-50 that reflects her career tenure. Pet’r’s Br. 6. The settlement agreement only requires that the form 7 MANNION v. TREASURY indicate Ms. Mannion’s “reason for resignation” as “re- signed for personal reasons.” Resp’t’s App. 69. The settlement agreement, however, says nothing about career tenure and nowhere requires the government to indicate that Ms. Mannion had career tenure. The Board did not abuse its discretion when it deter- mined that Ms. Mannion may not reopen and reinstate her appeal after withdrawing it with prejudice and waiv- ing any right to further pursue the appeal or any other action before the Board. We have considered Ms. Man- nion’s other arguments and find them unpersuasive in light of the settlement agreement. CONCLUSION For the reasons discussed above, we affirm the Board’s denial of Ms. Mannion’s request to reopen and reinstate her appeal. AFFIRMED COSTS Each party shall bear its own costs. | Low | [
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/*============================================================================ The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK) Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be found in the LICENSE file. ============================================================================*/ #ifndef MITKFILEWRITERSELECTOR_H #define MITKFILEWRITERSELECTOR_H #include <mitkIFileWriter.h> #include <mitkMimeType.h> #include <usServiceReference.h> #include <string> #include <vector> namespace mitk { class BaseData; class MITKCORE_EXPORT FileWriterSelector { public: class MITKCORE_EXPORT Item { public: Item(const Item &other); ~Item(); Item &operator=(const Item &other); IFileWriter *GetWriter() const; std::string GetDescription() const; IFileWriter::ConfidenceLevel GetConfidenceLevel() const; MimeType GetMimeType() const; std::string GetBaseDataType() const; us::ServiceReference<IFileWriter> GetReference() const; long GetServiceId() const; bool operator<(const Item &other) const; private: friend class FileWriterSelector; Item(); struct Impl; us::SharedDataPointer<Impl> d; }; FileWriterSelector(const FileWriterSelector &other); FileWriterSelector(const BaseData *baseData, const std::string &destMimeType = std::string(), const std::string &path = std::string()); ~FileWriterSelector(); FileWriterSelector &operator=(const FileWriterSelector &other); bool IsEmpty() const; /** * @brief Get a sorted list of file writer info objects. * * <ol> * <li>Confidence level (ascending)</li> * <li>File Writer service ranking (ascending)</li> * </ol> * * This means the best matching item is at the back of the returned * container. * * @param mimeType * @return */ std::vector<Item> Get(const std::string &mimeType) const; /** * @brief Get a sorted list of file writer info objects. * * The returned objects will have the same mime-type as the currently * selected item. * * @return Ordered list of file writer items. */ std::vector<Item> Get() const; Item Get(long id) const; Item GetDefault() const; long GetDefaultId() const; Item GetSelected() const; long GetSelectedId() const; bool Select(const std::string &mimeType); bool Select(const Item &item); bool Select(long id); std::vector<MimeType> GetMimeTypes() const; void Swap(FileWriterSelector &fws); private: struct Impl; us::ExplicitlySharedDataPointer<Impl> m_Data; }; void swap(FileWriterSelector &fws1, FileWriterSelector &fws2); } #endif // MITKFILEWRITERSELECTOR_H | Mid | [
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Trends in binge drinking and alcohol abstention among adolescents in the US, 2002-2016. Binge drinking accounts for several adverse health, social, legal, and academic outcomes among adolescents. Understanding trends and correlates of binge drinking and alcohol abstention has important implications for policy and programs and was the aim of this study. The current study examined trends in adolescent binge drinking and alcohol abstention by age, gender, and race/ethnicity over a 15-year period. Respondents between the ages of 12 and 17 years who participated in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) between 2002 and 2016 were included in the sample of 258,309. Measures included binge drinking, alcohol abstention, and co-morbid factors (e.g., marijuana, other illicit drugs), and demographic factors. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the significance of trend changes by sub-groups while controlling for co-morbid and demographic factors. Findings indicated that binge drinking decreased substantially among adolescents in the US over the last 15 years. This decrease was shown among all age, gender, and racial/ethnic groups. In 2002, Year 1 of the study, 26% of 17-year-olds reported past-month binge drinking; in 2016, past-month binge drinking dropped to 12%. Findings also indicated comparable increases in the proportion of youth reporting abstention from alcohol consumption across all subgroups. Black youth reported substantially lower levels of binge alcohol use and higher levels of abstention, although the gap between Black, Hispanic and White youth narrowed substantially between 2002 and 2016. Study findings are consistent with those of other research showing declines in problem alcohol- use behavior among youth. | High | [
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package operation import lib.NotificationType import model._ import model.typebinder.{ ArticleId, CommentId } import org.joda.time.DateTime import scalikejdbc.DBSession import skinny.PermittedStrongParameters /** * The operation for comments. */ sealed trait CommentOperation extends OperationBase { def getAll(articleId: ArticleId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Seq[Comment] def get(commentId: CommentId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Option[Comment] def create(article: Article, permittedAttributes: PermittedStrongParameters)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Comment def update(origin: Comment, permittedAttributes: PermittedStrongParameters)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Comment def delete(user: User, commentId: CommentId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Long //returns comments_count } class CommentOperationImpl extends CommentOperation { override def getAll(articleId: ArticleId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Seq[Comment] = { Comment.findAllByArticleId(articleId) } override def get(commentId: CommentId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Option[Comment] = { Comment.findById(commentId) } override def create(article: Article, permittedAttributes: PermittedStrongParameters)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Comment = { // commnet val commentId = Comment.createWithPermittedAttributes(permittedAttributes) // counter val counter = Comment.countByArticleId(article.articleId) Article.updateById(article.articleId).withAttributes('comments_count -> counter, 'updated_at -> DateTime.now) // notification (ignore errors) try { val commenterId = CommentId(getParameterAsLong("user_id", permittedAttributes)) // to author if (article.userId.value != commenterId.value) { Notification.createWithAttributes( 'user_id -> article.userId.value, 'article_id -> article.articleId.value, 'fragment_id -> commentId.value, 'sender_id -> commenterId.value, 'type -> NotificationType.Comment.value ) } // to commenters Comment.findAllByArticleId(article.articleId) .map { _.userId } .toSet .filter(cid => (cid.value != commenterId.value) && (cid != article.userId)) .map { cid => Notification.createWithAttributes( 'user_id -> cid.value, 'article_id -> article.articleId.value, 'fragment_id -> commentId.value, 'sender_id -> commenterId.value, 'type -> NotificationType.Reply.value ) } // } } catch { case e: Throwable => { logger.error(s"Failed to find an article; article_id=$article.articleId", e) } } Comment.findById(commentId).get } override def update(origin: Comment, permittedAttributes: PermittedStrongParameters)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Comment = { val commentId = origin.commentId Comment.updateById(commentId).withPermittedAttributes(permittedAttributes) // history CommentHistory.createWithAttributes( 'comment_id -> commentId.value, 'new_body -> getParameterAsString("body", permittedAttributes), 'old_body -> origin.body ) get(commentId).get } override def delete(user: User, commentId: CommentId)(implicit s: DBSession = Comment.autoSession): Long = { Comment.findById(commentId).map { comment => val deletedCount = Comment.delete(user.userId, commentId) // history if (deletedCount > 0) { CommentHistory.createWithAttributes( 'comment_id -> comment.commentId.value, 'old_body -> comment.body, 'deleted -> true ) } val counter = Comment.countByArticleId(comment.articleId) Article.updateById(comment.articleId).withAttributes('comments_count -> counter, 'updated_at -> DateTime.now) counter } getOrElse 0 } } | Mid | [
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Full Synopsis Revealed for Ender's Game Adaptation Colllider: Things have been a bit quite on the Ender’s Game front recently, but Summit Entertainment has revealed the full synopsis for the film. Fans of the Orson Scott Card classic will find nothing new here, but those of you who are unfamiliar with the story might find the synopsis surprisingly spoilery. There are no major reveals ruined, but it does give a way more than is necessary as to the progression of title character Ender Wiggin’s promotions in the Battle School. (Cinema, Ender's Game) | Low | [
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Mike Desmond Reporter Mike Desmond is one of Western New York’s most experienced reporters, having spent nearly a half-century covering the region for newspapers, television stations and public radio. He has been with WBFO and its predecessor, WNED-AM, since 1988. As a reporter for WBFO, he has covered literally thousands of stories involving education, science, business, the environment and many other issues. He also hosts “You and the Law,” a popular segment that involves interviews with local lawyers. Mike has been a long-time theater reviewer for a variety of publications and was formerly a part-time reporter for The New York Times. Area unions are pushing back against the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus v. AFSCME decision, which allows public employees to gain pay and benefits under union contracts without paying union dues. Union leaders made clear during a news conference Monday they expect a future push to do the same to private sector unions. The long-discussed expansion of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery shifted from a bunch of architects around a computer screen to a project Monday, as the $155 million project went before the Buffalo Planning Board. When St. Bonaventure University first-year students begin classes next month, it will be different in a very key way. They will be the first students in the Southern Tier school's major expansion into health sciences. Let's say you have the greatest medicine and it meets a vital need, but you can't persuade doctors to use it. The University at Buffalo has a federal grant to bridge that gap, what's called implementation science. The Erie County Legislature locked itself up Thursday in a round of recesses, legislative clarifications and proposed amendments of proposed amendments. It was over a U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting public employee union rights to collect dues from non-members. Buffalo Common Council President Darius Pridgen says he hopes the next owner of the Towne Gardens housing complex and shopping plaza, located on Clinton Street and bordered by William Street and Jefferson Avenue, will be a better landlord than the individual being forced out in a foreclosure. Two Buffalo council members are arguing the city is putting so much money into its outdoor pools for two months use a year that maybe it is time to look at additional indoor pools that would useable year-round. Erie County legislators will be asked Thursday to make some budget transfers to cover costs from the Hepatitis A rush vaccinations in February. Covering the costs of staff and vaccines meant a county Health Department account is $74,000 over budget, with half a year to go. Someone sent the Erie County District Attorney's office a bomb threat letter that included a white powder. DA John Flynn says he has a lot of people investigating the letter, which was sent from a state prison. Affordable housing in Buffalo is an issue that affects thousands of people and it’s made worse by rising rents in some parts of the city. In the second part of a series, WBFO’s Mike Desmond asks: What can be done? In Buffalo, the economy is improving and that’s generally good news, but it’s driving up rents in some neighborhoods. That’s bad for people who can’t afford to pay much. In the first of a two-part series, WBFO’s Mike Desmond takes a look at the issue of affordable housing. First Calvary Missionary Baptist Church is expanding from its William and Jefferson neighborhood. The congregation plans to turn its current church into a family life center and then build a new church connected to the building along Jefferson. For 75 years, the state's Cancer Registry has been collecting detailed information about cancer among New Yorkers. The data has identified fours areas of the state where there are significantly elevated levels of certain cancers. Among those areas is Buffalo's East Side and adjacent western Cheektowaga. Buffalo Common Councilmembers are looking at potential changes to the city's development approval process because it is so intricate it can lock up. Council President Darius G. Pridgen says the process can be inconvenient for residents trying to monitor a project. Anyone who has dealt with the building approval system in Buffalo City Hall knows it is complicated, tangled and somewhat circular. That could show at Tuesday afternoon's Common Council Legislation Committee, as NOCO asks for a zoning change for a house and double lot it recently bought on Elmwood Avenue. A young resident of Niagara County was diagnosed with leukemia in 1966 and eventually died of it. But leading edge medical research kept Eric Wendel alive and with his family for years, rather than the months anticipated when he was diagnosed. Vitamin D might seem like just another chemical on the long list of vitamins on the side of a multi-vitamin bottle. However, as University at Buffalo research suggests, it is a key chemical for living a long life. Medicare and Medicaid are good for everyone, even those who don't use either federal program. WBFO’s Mike Desmond reports those are the views of a Cornell University faculty member speaking to a group of university alums Thursday evening in Buffalo. Since 2000, CSX railroad has faced a persistent theft problem, with freight cars broken into while trains were changing crews in Frontier Yard. That's the rail yard which sprawls along Broadway in Buffalo and Cheektowaga. | Mid | [
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[Results of the open multicenter prospective study of safety and tolerability of rivastigmine (exelon) in different titration regimes in mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease]. Treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors can cause tolerability-related problems in many patients. To facilitate the titration process, rivastigmine, a novel form of the drug (solution), has been elaborated. An objective of the study was to compare efficacy, safety and tolerability of rivastigmine (exelon) used in conventional capsules and/or solution and to assess adherence to this drug in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease. A prospective uncontrolled multicenter study included 207 patients: 126 (60,8%) received rivastigmine capsules and 81 (39,2%) - a solution and capsules with flexible doses of titration regime. In the latter group, the mean dose of rivastigmine was 8,5+/-1,1 mg daily to the end of titration period that was significantly differed from the daily dose used for capsules 4,8+/-1,9 mg (p<0,01). The treatment resulted in the significant improvement of the state of cognitive functions on the MMSE (from 18,5+/-3,8 to 21,9+/-4,3 scores), reduction of intensity of psychotic disturbances and positive changes in evaluation of satisfaction with the therapy given by caregivers of these patients (p<0,001). Due to statistically significant correlations (r=0,48; p=0,017) between MMSE scores and the final dose of rivastigmine, it is necessary to achieve the maximum tolerable dose level. Six patients receiving capsules were withdrawn from the study whereas all patients receiving the solution and capsules completed the study. The flexible titration regime and using the solution of rivastigmine allow to achieve better tolerability and higher dose of the drug to the end of titration period. | High | [
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#!/usr/local/bin/ruby -ws $s ||= false abort "#{File.basename $0} max_length files..." unless ARGV.size > 1 require 'rubygems' require 'image_science' max_length = ARGV.shift.to_i msg = $s ? :cropped_thumbnail : :thumbnail ARGV.each do |file| begin result = ImageScience.with_image file do |img| begin img.send(msg, max_length) do |thumb| # add _thumb and switch from gif to png. Really. gif just sucks. out = file.sub(/(\.[^\.]+)$/, '_thumb\1').sub(/gif$/, 'png') thumb.save(out) end rescue => e warn "Exception thumbnailing #{file}: #{e}" end end p file => result rescue => e warn "Exception opening #{file}: #{e}" end end | Low | [
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has a modest, tongue-in-cheek suggestion for people in New York City who support his agenda: move to North Dakota. The idea drew laughs in what was otherwise a somber speech at a $32,400-per-ticket fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the posh Upper East Side apartment of investment banker Blair Effron, co-founder of Centerview Partners. In the second of two fundraisers on Wednesday, Obama bemoaned how Democrats face some "structural disadvantages" in elections - winning with large margins in places like Brooklyn but losing to Republicans in red states. Obama described buying cheesecake at Junior's Restaurant in Brooklyn in October while campaigning with Bill de Blasio two days before the mayoral election. "The streets were filled, everybody was waving," he recalled, describing being hugged by a woman whose sister got health insurance because of Obamacare. "'We love you - what can we do to support you?'" he recounted the woman saying. "I said, 'Move to North Dakota!" "If I could just get about a million surplus votes in Brooklyn out to Nebraska, Wyoming," he said, drawing laughs from the crowd of about 50 people. Obama has been busy on the fundraising trail ahead of November midterm elections, where Republicans are expected to retain control of the House of Representatives, and Democrats face a tough fight to retain control of the Senate. Democrats traditionally have a difficult time getting supporters motivated to vote in midterm elections. "We have to break that cycle," Obama said, explaining he needs a Democratic-controlled Senate to help him advance his agenda to fight climate change and reform immigration laws in his last two years in office, 2015 and 2016. "I have to have partners in Congress," he said. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Ken Wills) | Low | [
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Both the learning of an aversive CS-US pairing in classical fear conditioning and the extinction of a fear response critically rely on the amygdala to occur. Additionally, several lines of evidence suggest that extinction learning is not simply an erasure of the original fear memory, but a distinct and parallel form of learning that suppresses the expression of the conditioned fear response. Thus there appear to be two forms of learning that occur in the basolateral amygdala which have opposing effects on the expression of conditioned fear through the output of the amygdala (the central nucleus). We hypothesize that these two forms of learning will produce differential patterns of second-messenger and transcription factor activation within the sub-populations of excitatory and inhibitory neurons that constitute the associative learning circuit in the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA). Furthermore, we hypothesize that by using pharmacologic and genetic manipulations targeting one particular sub-population of BLA neurons, we may be able to selectively alter one of these two types of learning while leaving the other intact. | High | [
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Referring to the drawings, a conventional method for producing a semiconductor device is explained. FIGS. 10 to 12 show cross-sectional views for illustrating the conventional method for producing a semiconductor device step-by-step. FIGS. 10 to 12 are fractionated for convenience of the drawing. Referring to FIGS. 10 to 12, a thermally oxidized film 12 is formed on a silicon substrate 1 to a thickness of 10 nm (FIG. 10b), and a nitride film 13 is deposited thereon to a thickness of 120 nm (FIG. 10c). This nitride film 13 is patterned to a field pattern, using a known lithographic technique (FIG. 11d). The resulting assembly is thermally oxidized at 980.degree. C. to form a field oxide film 3 to a thickness not less than 400 nm (FIG. 11e). The nitride film 13 then is removed and the oxide film 12 beneath the nitride film 13 also is removed. Then, boron 6 is implanted on the entire wafer surface at an acceleration energy of 100 kev at a doze of 1.times.10.sup.12 to form a channel stop layer 14 (FIG. 12g). Here, the field oxide film is explained. For a semiconductor device formed on the semiconductor substrate, local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) is routinely used for device isolation. However, as the device size becomes finer, the device region is reduced, such that bird's beak like defects (termed as "bird's beak" herein) at LOCOS ends tends to affect the device region to an increasing extent. Since the bird's beak at the LOCOS end can be reduced by reducing the LOCOS film thickness, the LOCOS is recently reduced in thickness and is formed to a thickness on the order of 300 nm. | High | [
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INTRODUCTION {#uog20096-sec-0005} ============ Twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a fetofetal transfusion syndrome in monochorionic twins, in which chronic net intertwin blood transfusion through minuscule placental anastomoses leads to large hemoglobin differences between donor and recipient, without signs of twin oligohydramnios--polyhydramnios sequence[1](#uog20096-bib-0001){ref-type="ref"}. TAPS occurs spontaneously in 2--5% of the monochorionic twin pregnancies and develops in 3--16% of twins with twin--twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) after fetoscopic laser surgery, as a result of the presence of small residual anastomoses[2](#uog20096-bib-0002){ref-type="ref"}, [3](#uog20096-bib-0003){ref-type="ref"}, [4](#uog20096-bib-0004){ref-type="ref"}, [5](#uog20096-bib-0005){ref-type="ref"}. Antenatal diagnosis of TAPS is currently based on discordant middle cerebral artery (MCA) peak systolic velocity (PSV) Doppler measurements. To identify TAPS before birth, the following MCA‐PSV cut‐off values have been proposed: \> 1.5 multiples of the median (MoM) in the donor twin, suggestive of fetal anemia, and MCA‐PSV \< 1.0 MoM in the recipient, indicating fetal polycythemia[6](#uog20096-bib-0006){ref-type="ref"}, [7](#uog20096-bib-0007){ref-type="ref"}. Recently, the predictive value and clinical usefulness of the lower cut‐off level for polycythemia was questioned in a study by Fishel‐Bartal *et al*.[8](#uog20096-bib-0008){ref-type="ref"}, which revealed that monochorionic twins diagnosed with polycythemia at birth often showed MCA‐PSV values \> 1.0 MoM prior to delivery. In the same study, the delta MCA‐PSV correlated strongly with the intertwin hematocrit difference and was thus proposed as a better indicator for the antenatal detection of TAPS[8](#uog20096-bib-0008){ref-type="ref"}. However, the study consisted of only nine TAPS cases, highlighting the need for additional studies with a larger population to investigate the potential value of this alternative antenatal diagnostic criterion for TAPS. This study sets out to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM and to compare its predictive value to that of the fixed cut‐off values of MCA‐PSV (\< 1.0 MoM in the recipient and \> 1.5 MoM in the donor) used currently for the detection of TAPS in monochorionic twin pregnancy. METHODS {#uog20096-sec-0006} ======= This was a retrospective study of all consecutive uncomplicated monochorionic diamniotic twin pairs and monochorionic twins with TAPS diagnosed postnatally, managed between 2003 and 2017 in the Dutch national referral center for fetal therapy. Cases in which MCA‐PSV ultrasound Doppler measurements were performed in both fetuses within 1 week prior to delivery were considered eligible for analysis. The postnatal diagnosis of TAPS was based on an intertwin hemoglobin difference \> 8 g/dL and at least one of the following: reticulocyte count ratio \> 1.7 or the presence of minuscule anastomoses (diameter \< 1.0 mm) on the placental surface, detected through placental color dye injection[9](#uog20096-bib-0009){ref-type="ref"}. Since a large difference in hemoglobin levels is essential for the postnatal diagnosis of TAPS, all cases with incomplete postnatal hemoglobin values were excluded from this study. MCA‐PSV values were obtained retrospectively from obstetric records. MCA‐PSV was measured according to the technique described by Mari *et al*.[10](#uog20096-bib-0010){ref-type="ref"}. The reference ranges for monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy published by Klaritsch *et al*.[11](#uog20096-bib-0011){ref-type="ref"} were used to convert MCA‐PSV values (cm/s) to MoM. When twins exceeded both cut‐off values for TAPS, i.e. \> 1.5 MoM in one twin and \< 1.0 MoM in the cotwin, this was named a cut‐off MCA‐PSV diagnosis. When there was an intertwin difference in MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM, the term delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM diagnosis was used. The following obstetric, fetal and neonatal data were collected from our database: gestational age at birth, antenatal fetal intervention, indication of TAPS on ultrasound, type of TAPS (spontaneous or post‐laser), Quintero stage of TTTS preceding post‐laser TAPS, mode of delivery, birth weight, postnatal hemoglobin values, postnatal intervention, severe neonatal morbidities and neonatal mortality. Adverse outcome was defined as either neonatal mortality or severe neonatal morbidity. Severe neonatal morbidity included at least one of the following: respiratory distress syndrome requiring mechanical ventilation or surfactant, necrotizing enterocolitis Stage 2 or higher, patent ductus arteriosus requiring medical therapy or surgical closure, severe cerebral injury (at least one of the following: intraventricular hemorrhage Grade 3 or higher, cystic periventricular leukomalacia Grade 2 or higher, ventricular dilation \> 97^th^ percentile or porencephalic or parenchymal cysts) or severe anemia or polycythemia requiring blood transfusion or partial exchange transfusion (PET), respectively, within 24 h after birth. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 23.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA). Data are reported as median and interquartile range (IQR). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio and negative likelihood ratio were calculated using 2 × 2 tables and standard formulae for binominal proportions. Wilson\'s interval method was used to calculate the 95% CI[12](#uog20096-bib-0012){ref-type="ref"}. Group differences of continuous variables were compared using the Mann--Whitney *U*‐test. The chi‐square test was used to calculate differences in proportions. Spearman\'s correlation coefficient was used to measure the correlation between delta MCA‐PSV and intertwin hemoglobin difference. All analyses per fetus or neonate were performed using the generalized estimated equation module to account for the fact that observations between cotwins are not independent. A *P*‐value \< 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS {#uog20096-sec-0007} ======= A total of 45 uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies and 35 twin pairs diagnosed postnatally with TAPS were included in this study. Figure [1](#uog20096-fig-0001){ref-type="fig"} shows the derivation of the study population. In total, 183 uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies and 38 twin pregnancies with TAPS were excluded due to missing or incomplete MCA‐PSV records within 1 week prior to delivery. Baseline characteristics of both groups are presented in Table [1](#uog20096-tbl-0001){ref-type="table"}. Compared with uncomplicated monochorionic twins, TAPS twins were delivered more frequently via Cesarean section, showed a lower gestational age at birth and were characterized by a larger intertwin difference in hemoglobin level and birth weight. {#uog20096-fig-0001} ###### Baseline characteristics of uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies (controls) and pregnancies diagnosed postnatally with twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) Characteristic Controls (*n* = 45) TAPS (*n* = 35) *P* ---------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------- ----------- Female sex 23/45 (51) 14/35 (40) 0.163 Cesarean section 39/90 (43) 52/70 (74) \< 0.0001 Gestational age at birth (weeks) 35 (33--36) 32 (29--34) \< 0.0001 Birth‐weight discordance (%) 11.6 (5.9--17.3) 14.5 (7.9--20.8) 0.114 Birth‐weight discordance ≥ 20% 4/45 (9) 12/35 (34) 0.005 Intertwin Hb difference (g/dL) 1.2 (0.3--3.6) 12.7 (10.8--15.1) \< 0.0001 Data are given as *n*/*N* (%) or median (interquartile range). Hb, hemoglobin. A 2 × 2 cross table of the cut‐off MCA‐PSV diagnostic accuracy for TAPS is presented in Table [2](#uog20096-tbl-0002){ref-type="table"}. Of the 35 pregnancies with a postnatal diagnosis of TAPS, 16 fulfilled the cut‐off MCA‐PSV diagnosis antenatally, reflected by a sensitivity of 46% (95% CI, 30--62%). The specificity of this antenatal diagnostic criterion was 100% (95% CI, 92--100%), positive predictive value was 100% (95% CI, 81--100%), negative predictive value was 70% (95% CI, 58--80%) and negative likelihood ratio was 0.54. The cross table of the diagnostic accuracy of delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM for TAPS is shown in Table [3](#uog20096-tbl-0003){ref-type="table"}. Of the 35 TAPS cases diagnosed postnatally, 29 were characterized by a delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM ultrasound measurement prior to delivery; thus, the sensitivity of this antenatal diagnostic criterion was 83% (95% CI, 67--92%). In the control group, there was no case which fulfilled the delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM criterion, reflected by a specificity of 100% (95% CI, 92--100%). The positive and negative predictive values of this criterion were 100% (95% CI, 88--100%) and 88% (95% CI, 77--94%), respectively, and the negative likelihood ratio was 0.17. Due to a specificity of 100% for both antenatal MCA‐PSV criteria, the positive likelihood ratios could not be calculated. ###### Prediction of twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) using fixed cut‐off values of middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA‐PSV) \< 1.0 multiples of the median (MoM) and \> 1.5 MoM in recipient and in donor twin, respectively, in monochorionic twin pregnancy diagnosed postnatally with TAPS Postnatal diagnosis of TAPS ------- ----------------------------- ---- ---- Yes 16 0 16 No 19 45 64 Total 35 45 80 Sensitivity, 46% (95% CI, 30--62%); specificity, 100% (95% CI, 92--100%); positive predictive value, 100% (95% CI, 81--100%); negative predictive value, 70% (95% CI, 58--80%); positive likelihood ratio, not calculable; negative likelihood ratio, 0.54. ###### Prediction of twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) based on intertwin difference in middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA‐PSV) \> 0.5 multiples of the median (MoM), in monochorionic twin pregnancy diagnosed postnatally with TAPS Postnatal diagnosis of TAPS ------- ----------------------------- ---- ---- Yes 29 0 29 No 6 45 51 Total 35 45 80 Sensitivity, 83% (95% CI, 67--92%); specificity, 100% (95% CI, 92--100%); positive predictive value, 100% (95% CI, 88--100%); negative predictive value, 88% (95% CI, 77--94%); positive likelihood ratio, not calculable; negative likelihood ratio, 0.17. In total, 13 TAPS cases did not fulfill the cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria, having normal MCA‐PSV values in either the donor (*n* = 9) or the recipient (*n* = 4), but showed delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM. Table [4](#uog20096-tbl-0004){ref-type="table"} shows fetal and neonatal characteristics of these 13 cases in comparison with the TAPS cases that met the cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria (*n* = 16). TAPS pregnancies that did not reach both MCA‐PSV cut‐off levels but had delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM were non‐significantly less likely to be treated antenatally with intrauterine transfusion and/or PET, were delivered at a later gestational age and were characterized by a larger birth‐weight discordance compared with twin pregnancies that fulfilled the cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria. There were no noteworthy differences with respect to postnatal treatment and neonatal outcome between the two groups. ###### Fetal and neonatal characteristics of 16 pregnancies with twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) that fulfilled cut‐off middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA‐PSV) criteria and 13 TAPS pregnancies that did not reach MCA‐PSV cut‐off levels in both twins but had delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 multiples of the median (MoM) Characteristic Met cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria (*n* = 16) Normal MCA‐PSV but delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM (*n* = 13) *P* ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- ------- Male sex 6/16 (37) 11/13 (85) 0.007 Type of TAPS 0.452 Spontaneous 3/16 (19) 4/13 (31) Post‐laser 13/16 (81) 9/13 (69) Quintero stage 0.646 I 1/13 (8) 2/9 (22) II 4/13 (31) 2/9 (22) III 7/13 (54) 5/9 (56) IV 1/13 (8) 0/9 (0) Antenatal therapy 0.087 None 8/16 (50) 11/13 (85) IUT 4/16 (25) 2/13 (15) IUT and PET 4/16 (25) 0/13 (0) Difference in placental echogenicity on ultrasound 6/16 (38) 6/13 (46) 0.716 Starry‐sky liver in recipient 8/16 (50) 3/13 (23) 0.135 Gestational age at birth (weeks) 31 (28--32) 34 (31--35) 0.430 Intertwin Hb difference (g/dL) 13.9 (12.3--16.0) 12.7 (10.2--15.8) 0.350 Reticulocyte count ratio 3.9 (2.7--4.6) 4.5 (2.5--5.8) 0.384 Postnatal therapy on day 1 BT 11/16 (68) 9/13 (69) 0.978 PET 11/16 (68) 6/13 (46) 0.219 BT and PET 8/16 (50) 4/13 (31) 0.296 Birth‐weight discordance (%) 11.5 (5.8--20.3) 19.7 (13.4--38.2) 0.070 Birth‐weight discordance \> 20% 4/16 (25) 7/13 (54) 0.111 Severe neonatal morbidity[\*](#uog20096-note-0005){ref-type="fn"} 14/32 (44) 7/26 (27) 0.227 Neonatal mortality 2/32 (6) 1/26 (4) 0.665 Data are given as n/N (%) or median (interquartile range). Severe neonatal morbidity defined as at least one of: respiratory distress syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus requiring medical or surgical intervention, necrotizing enterocolitis and severe cerebral injury. BT, blood transfusion; Hb, hemoglobin; IUT, intrauterine transfusion; PET, partial exchange transfusion. The correlation between delta MCA‐PSV and intertwin hemoglobin level difference is displayed in Figure [2](#uog20096-fig-0002){ref-type="fig"}. There was a strong correlation between delta MCA‐PSV and intertwin difference in hemoglobin level (*R* = 0.725, *P* \< 0.01). {#uog20096-fig-0002} DISCUSSION {#uog20096-sec-0008} ========== This is the first study evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of delta MCA‐PSV for the prediction of TAPS. The criterion of delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM showed high sensitivity and specificity for the prediction of TAPS and proved to be a superior predictor compared with the current criteria of fixed MCA‐PSV cut‐off values. Moreover, we showed that TAPS twins with delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM but with normal MCA‐PSV values (in either the donor or the recipient) were comparable with respect to perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity to the TAPS twins that met MCA‐PSV cut‐off criteria. Based on these findings, we propose a new antenatal classification system for TAPS (Table [5](#uog20096-tbl-0005){ref-type="table"}). ###### Proposed antenatal classification system for twin anemia--polycythemia sequence (TAPS) Antenatal stage Previous criteria Proposed criteria ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 1 MCA‐PSV donor \> 1.5 MoM, recipient \< 1.0 MoM; without signs of fetal compromise Delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM; without signs of fetal compromise Stage 2 MCA‐PSV donor \> 1.7 MoM, recipient \< 0.8 MoM; without signs of fetal compromise Delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.7 MoM; without signs of fetal compromise Stage 3 As Stage 1 or 2; with cardiac compromise of donor[\*](#uog20096-note-0006){ref-type="fn"} As Stage 1 or 2; with cardiac compromise of donor[\*](#uog20096-note-0006){ref-type="fn"} Stage 4 Hydrops of donor Hydrops of donor Stage 5 Intrauterine demise of one or both fetuses preceded by TAPS Intrauterine demise of one or both fetuses preceded by TAPS Defined as critically abnormal flow: Doppler shows absent or reversed end‐diastolic flow in umbilical artery, pulsatile flow in umbilical vein and/or increased pulsatility index or reversed flow in ductus venosus. MCA‐PSV, middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity; MoM, multiples of the median. In the new classification system, Stage 1 TAPS is changed from MCA‐PSV \> 1.5 MoM in the donor and \< 1.0 MoM in the recipient to delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM, while Stage 2 TAPS is changed from MCA‐PSV \> 1.7 MoM in the donor and \< 0.8 MoM in the recipient to delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.7 MoM. We chose a lower delta MCA‐PSV value (\> 0.7 MoM) for TAPS Stage 2 than would be expected based on the previous criteria (MCA‐PSV cut‐off values \> 1.7 MoM and \< 0.8 MoM in the donor and recipient, respectively, would indicate delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.9 MoM) because our data show that using delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.9 MoM as the criterion, five of seven TAPS twins with delta MCA‐PSV of 0.8 and 0.9 MoM would have adverse outcome. These twins could benefit from antenatal treatment with intrauterine transfusion or laser surgery. Based on the proposed treatment flowchart for TAPS which indicates that antenatal intervention is recommended from Stage 2, we therefore accept delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.7 MoM for Stage 2 TAPS[13](#uog20096-bib-0013){ref-type="ref"}. Our findings show that TAPS twins with delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM but with normal MCA‐PSV values in either the donor or the recipient have a similar perinatal outcome to that of the twins that fulfilled the MCA‐PSV cut‐off criteria. Notably, these TAPS twins were delivered at a later gestational age and were treated less often with an intrauterine intervention than the twins that fulfilled MCA‐PSV cut‐off diagnosis, although the differences were not statistically significant. Perhaps this group was regarded as having mild or atypical TAPS, resulting in a more reluctant attitude towards antenatal intervention. The group with delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM but with normal MCA‐PSV values in either the donor or the recipient comprised significantly more male twin pairs than the group that fulfilled the cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria, but this difference may be a result of the small sample size and is not likely to be related to the pathophysiology of the disease. Interestingly, a higher rate of birth‐weight discordance was found in TAPS twins with delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM but normal MCA‐PSV compared with the cut‐off MCA‐PSV group. It is possible that coexisting selective intrauterine growth restriction is of influence on the hemodynamic balance in this population. Between the two groups, no statistically significant differences were found with respect to the type of TAPS, placental anastomoses and perinatal outcome, corroborating the fact that these two groups probably share the same elemental pathological mechanism responsible for the intertwin difference in hemoglobin level. Although TAPS derives its acronym from the presence of anemia and coexisting polycythemia, our results show that the interfetal net blood transfusion responsible for this condition does not necessarily lead to equally discordant MCA‐PSV levels or an equally severe anemia or polycythemia. This idea has already been accepted when the primary postnatal criterion for TAPS was changed from presence of anemia and polycythemia based on fixed hemoglobin cut‐off levels into an intertwin hemoglobin difference, because it was a more logical approach to describe this form of fetofetal transfusion[14](#uog20096-bib-0014){ref-type="ref"}. To provide continuity between antenatal and postnatal diagnostic criteria, changing the fixed MCA‐PSV cut‐off values into delta MCA‐PSV would be a suitable next step, and the greater diagnostic accuracy of this new criterion, combined with its correlation with postnatal intertwin hemoglobin difference, shows its potential clinical benefits. Our findings seem to contravene the previously published studies regarding the diagnostic accuracy of MCA‐PSV cut‐off values for the antenatal detection of TAPS, including one performed by our own research group in which we found high sensitivity rates for both MCA‐PSV \> 1.5 MoM for anemia and \< 1.0 MoM for polycythemia[6](#uog20096-bib-0006){ref-type="ref"}. It should, however, be stressed that this particular study was performed in TAPS pregnancy only, which might have resulted in an overestimation of these criteria. Moreover, in the current study, the MCA‐PSV criteria were not tested for the presence of anemia and polycythemia at birth, but for a postnatal TAPS diagnosis, which is based primarily on an intertwin hemoglobin difference. These results should be interpreted with caution due to the retrospective nature of this study and the limited sample size. Since TAPS was discovered only a decade ago, MCA‐PSV measurements are not performed routinely in every monochorionic twin pregnancy. Therefore, many TAPS cases in our database were diagnosed only postnatally and were excluded due to missing MCA‐PSV values. Furthermore, in this study, the diagnostic accuracy of delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM is only assessed in a TAPS group and in a control group consisting of uncomplicated monochorionic twin pregnancies. MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM as a diagnostic tool for TAPS may perform less well in a larger, more heterogeneous monochorionic twin population. To further evaluate the true potential of delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM as an accurate and reliable screening tool to detect TAPS, a large prospective study of monochorionic twin pregnancies is needed. In addition, the effect of the new proposed classification on intervention protocols, perinatal survival and long‐term neurodevelopmental outcome needs to be evaluated. In conclusion, this study shows that delta MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM has a greater accuracy for diagnosis of TAPS than the cut‐off MCA‐PSV criteria used currently; to improve antenatal detection of TAPS, we propose a new antenatal classification system. In monochorionic twin pregnancies with an intertwin difference in MCA‐PSV \> 0.5 MoM, but with normal MCA‐PSV values in either the donor or recipient, obstetricians should be aware of the pathogenesis, therapeutic implications and neonatal morbidities associated with TAPS. | Mid | [
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<?php /** * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the MIT License. See License in the project root for license information. * * UserSettings File * PHP version 7 * * @category Library * @package Microsoft.Graph * @copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT License * @link https://graph.microsoft.com */ namespace Microsoft\Graph\Model; /** * UserSettings class * * @category Model * @package Microsoft.Graph * @copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT License * @link https://graph.microsoft.com */ class UserSettings extends Entity { /** * Gets the contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled * * @return bool The contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled */ public function getContributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled() { if (array_key_exists("contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled", $this->_propDict)) { return $this->_propDict["contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled"]; } else { return null; } } /** * Sets the contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled * * @param bool $val The contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled * * @return UserSettings */ public function setContributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled($val) { $this->_propDict["contributionToContentDiscoveryAsOrganizationDisabled"] = boolval($val); return $this; } /** * Gets the contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled * * @return bool The contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled */ public function getContributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled() { if (array_key_exists("contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled", $this->_propDict)) { return $this->_propDict["contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled"]; } else { return null; } } /** * Sets the contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled * * @param bool $val The contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled * * @return UserSettings */ public function setContributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled($val) { $this->_propDict["contributionToContentDiscoveryDisabled"] = boolval($val); return $this; } /** * Gets the shiftPreferences * * @return ShiftPreferences The shiftPreferences */ public function getShiftPreferences() { if (array_key_exists("shiftPreferences", $this->_propDict)) { if (is_a($this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"], "Microsoft\Graph\Model\ShiftPreferences")) { return $this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"]; } else { $this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"] = new ShiftPreferences($this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"]); return $this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"]; } } return null; } /** * Sets the shiftPreferences * * @param ShiftPreferences $val The shiftPreferences * * @return UserSettings */ public function setShiftPreferences($val) { $this->_propDict["shiftPreferences"] = $val; return $this; } } | Mid | [
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/* * Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Team XBMC * http://xbmc.org * * This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with XBMC; see the file COPYING. If not, see * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * */ // NfoFile.cpp: implementation of the CNfoFile class. // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include "NfoFile.h" #include "video/VideoInfoDownloader.h" #include "addons/AddonManager.h" #include "filesystem/File.h" #include "FileItem.h" #include "music/Album.h" #include "music/Artist.h" #include "settings/Settings.h" #include "utils/log.h" #include <vector> using namespace std; using namespace XFILE; using namespace ADDON; CNfoFile::NFOResult CNfoFile::Create(const CStdString& strPath, const ScraperPtr& info, int episode) { m_info = info; // assume we can use these settings m_type = ScraperTypeFromContent(info->Content()); if (FAILED(Load(strPath))) return NO_NFO; CFileItemList items; bool bNfo=false; AddonPtr addon; ScraperPtr defaultScraper; if (CAddonMgr::Get().GetDefault(m_type, addon)) defaultScraper = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<CScraper>(addon); if (m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_ALBUMS) { CAlbum album; bNfo = GetDetails(album); } else if (m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_ARTISTS) { CArtist artist; bNfo = GetDetails(artist); } else if (m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_TVSHOWS || m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_MOVIES || m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_MUSICVIDEOS) { // first check if it's an XML file with the info we need CVideoInfoTag details; bNfo = GetDetails(details); if (episode > -1 && bNfo && m_type == ADDON_SCRAPER_TVSHOWS) { int infos=0; while (m_headPos != std::string::npos && details.m_iEpisode != episode) { m_headPos = m_doc.find("<episodedetails", m_headPos + 1); if (m_headPos == std::string::npos) break; bNfo = GetDetails(details); infos++; } if (details.m_iEpisode != episode) { bNfo = false; details.Reset(); m_headPos = 0; if (infos == 1) // still allow differing nfo/file numbers for single ep nfo's bNfo = GetDetails(details); } } } vector<ScraperPtr> vecScrapers; // add selected scraper - first proirity if (m_info) vecScrapers.push_back(m_info); // Add all scrapers except selected and default VECADDONS addons; CAddonMgr::Get().GetAddons(m_type,addons); for (unsigned i = 0; i < addons.size(); ++i) { ScraperPtr scraper = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<CScraper>(addons[i]); // skip if scraper requires settings and there's nothing set yet if (scraper->RequiresSettings() && !scraper->HasUserSettings()) continue; if( (!m_info || m_info->ID() != scraper->ID()) && (!defaultScraper || defaultScraper->ID() != scraper->ID()) ) vecScrapers.push_back(scraper); } // add default scraper - not user selectable so it's last priority if( defaultScraper && (!m_info || m_info->ID() != defaultScraper->ID()) && ( !defaultScraper->RequiresSettings() || defaultScraper->HasUserSettings() ) ) vecScrapers.push_back(defaultScraper); // search .. int res = -1; for (unsigned int i=0;i<vecScrapers.size();++i) if ((res = Scrape(vecScrapers[i])) == 0 || res == 2) break; if (res == 2) return ERROR_NFO; if (bNfo) return m_scurl.m_url.empty() ? FULL_NFO : COMBINED_NFO; return m_scurl.m_url.empty() ? NO_NFO : URL_NFO; } // return value: 0 - success; 1 - no result; skip; 2 - error int CNfoFile::Scrape(ScraperPtr& scraper) { if (scraper->IsNoop()) { m_scurl = CScraperUrl(); return 0; } if (scraper->Type() != m_type) return 1; scraper->ClearCache(); try { m_scurl = scraper->NfoUrl(m_doc); } catch (const CScraperError &sce) { CVideoInfoDownloader::ShowErrorDialog(sce); if (!sce.FAborted()) return 2; } if (!m_scurl.m_url.empty()) SetScraperInfo(scraper); return m_scurl.m_url.empty() ? 1 : 0; } int CNfoFile::Load(const CStdString& strFile) { Close(); XFILE::CFile file; XFILE::auto_buffer buf; if (file.LoadFile(strFile, buf) > 0) { m_doc.assign(buf.get(), buf.size()); m_headPos = 0; return 0; } m_doc.clear(); return 1; } void CNfoFile::Close() { m_doc.clear(); m_headPos = 0; m_scurl.Clear(); } | Mid | [
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Let’s talk about: Last night’s Bachelor and the damsel in distress complex Those are two phrases I cannot stand. No one wants to get hurt and mostly everyone has. Duh. That doesn’t mean you can use those phrases as excuses not to get close to someone, for attention and/or to act like a jerk and not have to apologize for it. Those two phrases only inadvertently sabotage happiness. On The Bachelor last night, Ashley H. had major trouble opening up to Brad and answering any and all questions he was asking about their possible future together. She side-stepped them like a champ and went back to eating her dinner as if nothing was happening. Thankfully, Brad wasn’t letting her off the hook and when he pressed on about why she was avoiding his questions, she finally responded with, “I guess I’m just protecting myself.” Lame. In real life, we’re not as closely competing with others for the heart of our “one true love.” If you are, it’s because you’re in high school. But, as far as the show goes, when you’re one of the three remaining women, it’s a little (lot) late to use that line of BS. It’s completely acceptable — and almost tradition — to use it in the beginning of the show when you’re one of many women. But then the bachelor, like a knight in shining armor, breaks through the wall, holds a shield in front of the fair maiden and assures her she’ll never get hurt again. The fair maiden then opens up completely to the bachelor/knight as if she forgoes any idea or fear she’ll be sent packing — and they live happily ever after until the show is over. If people are able to do that for a TV show, whether they’re faking it or not, why can’t we do that in real life? To me, there is nothing attractive, endearing or interesting about someone who says they have a wall up, have been burned in the past and don’t want to get hurt again. I think, “OK. Then I’ll stay away.” It’s baggage, plain and simple. I’d make a terrible knight. p.s. After watching last night, I really, really want to go to South Africa. Amanda Talar 27 Responses I knew Ashely would go, they are not on the same page at all, I don’t think after last night they are not even reading the same book. I said from the beginning its Chantel and Emily and I love Emily! South Africa looks beautiful!! I loved the tree house, how cool would that be! Me too! The best part of the episode last night was seeing South Africa. That’s pretty much the only reason I kept it on. As for Ashley, too little wayyyy too late. I mean, what did she expect? It’s not like she was the only one there, of course she was going to have to open up to even be considered for the top 2. Totally her fault. Unfortunately, Ashley is going to be alone until she realizes being afraid or having the wall is not helping. Many people have this problem completely being open to another and hopefully its something we all get over eventually and live life and relationships to the fullest. I’m gonna go a different way and say that I think Ashley is the only one being realistic and not just blindly saying “I am truly falling in love with you, Brad” like the script calls for. She’s just not sure if she wants to uproot her life to be with Brad. She certainly could have expressed herself better than she did, but really, who can say with certainty that they are feeling 100% ready to make this leap. I thought she was trying to say that she is “open” to relocating but she needs to see where this relationship is going to go before she can state, “Yes, I want to move to Austin!” She appears to have had a successful, fulfilling life before this show and it would take a lot to make her leave all that behind and move to Austin. Reading between the lines now…she seems to have some awareness that this is all unrealistic fantasy land and too early to tell if it’s worth changing her whole life for. I think that’s an entirely more realistic way of thinking! IMO, the remaining 3 (now 2) are all too good for Brad! No personality at all! does the girl on the far right of the platform look like she either has an itch or got stung by a bee in the photo??? She (they all) signed up to be on a reality show to maybe find their husband, maybe fall in love….and they are gonna play the I don’t wanna get hurt card??? LAME…..unless her fantasy date didn’t go so well??? Did Brad have to call his therapist???? How annoying is it that Brad says “this is the most beautiful place in the world” each week?!? Don’t get me wrong – a trip to South Africa is definitely on my travel wish list, but really? Each week he says the same.damn.thing! Amanda, I love your thoughts on this .. You are so right on so many levels. It made me think the next time someone tells me they have a wall up or dont want to get hurt again to realize it is baggage. Baggage I dont need. Amanda, I agree with you about “I don’t want to get hurt” and “I have a wall up” because it does portray baggage, but a lot of people use those lines all the time. I really think its a crock of BS and people really need to stop playing BS games in the dating world. thats right manders, love is a risk, and if you dont take risks you wont find REAL love! you cant control it no matter how hard you try! you cant manage it, or even have a pageant to find it! Love is risk, its about taking a chance! and sometimes you do have to open up! To me, it’s obviously going to be Chantel “winning” the fiance. Brad chose the wrong girls to bring to the end. In my opinion, Brad still wants to party, walk the red carpets, travel, etc… Chantel is the one he can do those things with. I know he said otherwise, but I don’t believe, one bit/not at all, that he’s ready to be a stepdad… so, bye bye Emily. Also, I think the show is reaching, or reached last night, unwatchable status. I totally agree with no. 4 (mytwocents). Also, I think brad has an out-of-synch problem. He says things like, I really love seeing you but he is not looking at the person when he says it. Weird! I kind of feel sorry for him. I like Brad but I think he’s a mess and I think we haven’t seen the real Brad. Why do I say this? When Brad talks it sounds like he reading a childs book to children. You know, Spot jumped over log. In my opinion, Ashley woke up from this fantasy she was in and realized by Brads questioning that she really didn’t desire a relationship with Brad if it meant leaving her family and friends- That’s why she couldn’t answer his question. You witnessed Ashley waking up to what Brad was there for. A wife to take back to Austin. I thought Emily was going to go home last night, and then it would be Chantal and Ashley H. in the final episode. Now that I think about it, he has spent a lot of extra time with Emily and I can tell he really likes her. I thought it was dumb that he was afraid to kiss Emily while Ricky was upstairs going to bed. Well, Brad, if you pick Emily, Ricky is never going to leave and will always be upstairs for bed, right? OK, I watched the final 3 show before Idol last night…..my opinion based on “looks” now is def. Emily. Chantal scares him IMO, I think Brad is intimidated by her ability to say it like it is. After watching his conversation with Emily, where she said she is falling in love with him, he puts his head down and then he said, “I don’t care but I have to respond” and say he is falling in love with her…I’d be willing to bet lunch with anyone that Emily is who he picks…the Bachelor/ette NEVER reveals his or hers feelings in any prior show before the final rose ceremony. His reaction to her telling him that was more of a look of relief or internally saying YES she is falling for me….like I said…would be willing to bet a lunch on it!! 🙂 I was soley basing my opinion last week, saying Chantal was the most attractive, on the pic. shot you posted of the 3 gals…..after watching (finally) to see what I thought abuot the girls, I think Em is the most attractive easily over Chantal and the former contestant Ash…veneer dentures or not….. also, watching that safari with Chantal made me want to go to Animal Kingdom, climb the tree of life and play SIMBA……. 😉 My 2 cents = I like both Chantel and Emily. Chantel is more open and seems like she’d be fun to be around. She’s spontaneous and doesn’t have any problem telling him what she thinks. Emily is VERY wholesome. She’s very sweet and quiet (if I heard her say “oh my gosh” “Oh my Heavens” one more time I was going to scream!). If he’s looking for someone to take care of, he should pick Emily. If he’s looking for someone that is ready to have adventures and fun, he should pick Chantel. Lisa — I agree. I like Emily better, but not for Brad. Chantal and Brad seem to click the most, personality-wise. And, she’s 28, while Emily is only 24. Brad is 37. I think Brad is smitten with Emily because she’s so easy to like and completely gorgeous. She’s the girl he is happy to know he can “get” and I think that’s where it would stop with him. It also seems Brad is looking for someone who has money or comes from money. BlacqButtafly — Deal. But I don’t think I’d like a helicopter ride. Scary! I don’t watch the show but I totally agree with you that those phrases are lame excuses for being indecisive and selfish. Just say what it is you really feel. If it’s true that Ashley ‘woke up from the fantasy,’ as No. 4 suggested, then she should just say, ‘Look Brad, I’ve had a change of heart and I don’t think you/this is for me.’ Plain and simple. Anyway, I wanna go to South Africa sooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly so let me know when you plan your trip Amanda! 🙂 I also agree with #4 and #13. I personally think Ashley was too smart for Brad and he isn’t looking for someone educated or who wants a professional career. It also seemed like he had all ready made up his mind before the date with Ashley even began. In many instances he didn’t let her answer him or his questions were so disjointed it made it difficult for her to give him a cohesive answer. It is my understanding that he picks Chantel and that Ashley is the next Bachelorette. Amanda – I think we might see a different side of her if she is the next Bachelorette. I think the Bachelor brought out a lot of insecurity in her from competing with lots of other women for one man and hopefully there will be men who can actually hold a conversation. Brad’s lack of really being able to communicate is frustrating. | Low | [
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NEW DELHI: Railways today dismissed reports about the leak of email and mobile numbers from user profile data of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's ( IRCTC ) e-ticketing system and said everything is safe and secure.There is no hacking nor any leakage of IRCTC ticketing website and everything is safe, Railway Board Member (Traffic) Mohd Jamshed told PTI.He was replying to a query about reports citing cyber officials in Maharashtra regarding alleged leak of email and mobile numbers from user profile data of IRCTC e-ticketing system.He said the security system has already been reviewed twice in the recent past.Railways constituted a committee comprising cyber experts and vigilance officials from IRCTC and Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on May 3 to check the possible theft of data and found no such case."The committee has submitted the preliminary reports and there is no leakage. We are constantly monitoring it," Jamshed said.The e-ticketing system is managed in-house by CRIS, the IT arm of Indian Railways. The data centre is in the premises of CRIS.According to Railways, the report of possible theft of data came to light on May 2 and a thorough investigation was carried out to ascertain its veracity.However, no such incident was detected by technical teams of CRIS and IRCTC.The data of e-ticketing system can be broadly divided into two categories - sensitive information like debit/credit card details, login ID, passwords, which could cause potential financial risk. PAN card detail is not required for booking e-ticket.No sensitive data is alleged to have been leaked.It is clarified that other data like mobile numbers and email ids is available with a large number of electronic service providing entities such as e-commerce firms and telemarketers.Email and mobile numbers have to be shared with service providers for providing catering services, cab services, hotel bookings, SMS services etc. Till now, leak of data through none of the service providers of IRCTC has been established.E-ticketing website has been working normally thereby eliminating any chances of unauthorized interference, IRCTC said.According to IRCTC, about 5.48 lakh tickets were booked in a single day in April, 2016 with 2.66 lakh peak concurrent users which means about 13,600 tickets were booked per minute.The e-ticketing system has several components viz. internet gateway, network security devices such as gateway router and Firewall, Application Delivery Controller, Security Information Event Management System (SIEM) web server and database server access logs.According to railways, each component has been checked and none of them has been found to have any unusual activity. Technical investigations have also not indicated any unusual activity with respect to various system components.The IT security of e-ticketing system is ensured through regular security audits by Standardization Testing Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate of Department of Electronics and IT.IRCTC CMD AK Manocha said auditing is an ongoing process and security audit of e-ticketing system is undertaken biannually.Audit trails are maintained for access to the system and all sensitive data like passwords are stored in encrypted form."24x7 monitoring of the system is done throughout the year by technical team of experts. Strict physical checks are already in place in the data centre like restricted access to data centre, CCTV cameras at entry and exit points of data centre," Manocha said. | Mid | [
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Pneumosinus dilatans as the aetiology of progressive bilateral blindness. Pneumosinus Dilatans is a rare condition of the craniofacial skeleton which was diagnosed in an adolescent male who presented with progressive bilateral blindness and many features of osteodysplasty (Melnick-Needles Syndrome). The clinical course and unusual pathology of this case which included the compression of both optic nerves within long tubes of bone are described, together with the surgical intervention performed to arrest the patient's loss of vision. | High | [
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Q: Segmenation fault in file handling operations in C? I'm a newbie to file handling in UNIX, and I can't figure out where and how I'm getting a segmentation fault. Is there any memory that I'm not allocating or is it a problem with the actual opening and reading of the file. Note: There is an empty text file called "hi.txt" in the same directory. read.c #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> FILE *fp; FILE *wp; void open(char *name) { char *outname = strcat(name, ".rzip"); fp = fopen(name, "r"); wp = fopen(outname, "w"); } char read() { return getc(fp); } void write(char c) { putc(c, wp); } void close() { fclose(fp); } main.c void open(char *); char read(); void write(char); void close(); int main() { open("hi.txt"); write('c'); close(); return 0; } A: BLUEPIXY's comment is spot on. You are misusing strcat on a character string constant. To quickly debug segmentation faults in Linux you should use the core dump facility provided by the OS. It is plain simple: Compile with -g option $ gcc -o read main.c read.c -g Remove the limit on core dump file size $ ulimit -c unlimited Run the program $ ./read Segmentation fault (core dumped) Check that the core file has been generated $ ls -l -rw------- 1 user01 users 258048 Jun 17 10:30 core -rw-r--r-- 1 user01 users 144 Jun 17 10:23 main.c -rwxr-xr-x 1 user01 users 14960 Jun 17 10:24 read -rw-r--r-- 1 user01 users 300 Jun 17 10:23 read.c Run gdb on the core file $ gdb ./read ./core GNU gdb (GDB; openSUSE Leap 42.2) 7.11.1 Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ... [New LWP 24468] Core was generated by ./read. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0 0x000000000040071b in open (name=0x400834 "hi.txt") at read.c:9 9 char *outname = strcat(name, ".rzip"); Thus you know the exact line where the segmentation fault occurred. On modern distributions generating the core files became more complicated with the transfer of control over core files to systemd. Depending on your distribution you might use coredumpctl utility to retrieve core files. | High | [
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Purification, characterization and sequencing of the major beta-1,3-glucanase from the midgut of Tenebrio molitor larvae. The major beta-1,3-glucanase from Tenebrio molitor (TLam) was purified to homogeneity (yield, 6%; enrichment, 113 fold; specific activity, 4.4 U/mg). TLam has a molecular weight of 50 kDa and a pH optimum of 6. It is an endoglucanase that hydrolyzes beta-1,3-glucans as laminarin and yeast beta-1,3-1,6-glucan, but is inactive toward other polysaccharides (as unbranched beta-1,3-glucans or mixed beta-1,3-1,4-glucan from cereals) or disaccharides. The enzyme is not inhibited by high substrate concentrations and has low processivity (0.6). TLam has two ionizable groups involved in catalysis, and His, Tyr and Arg residues plus a divalent ion at the active site. A Cys residue important for TLam activity is exposed after laminarin binding. The cDNA coding for this enzyme was cloned and sequenced. It belongs to glycoside hydrolase family 16, and is related to other insect glucanases and glucan-binding proteins. Sequence analysis and homology modeling allowed the identification of some residues (E174, E179, H204, Y304, R127 and R181) at the active site of the enzyme, which may be important for TLam activity. TLam efficiently lyses fungal cells, suggesting a role in making available walls and cell contents to digestion and in protecting the midgut from pathogen infections. | High | [
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New Drinking Mag on the Block: Mutineer I know the print magazine business is tough: I’ve worked at four glossies in my career, all of which are now defunct. (Hence all the drinking.) Gotta love Mutineer for giving the biz a try with a bimonthly magazine for the younger, cocktail-centric crowd. It’s heavy on features and contains no alcohol reviews at all. Features in issue #1 include an interesting piece on drinking in the movies, a deep dive into sake, and a nice story about the classic Harry’s Bar in Venice. While a couple of stories seem superfluous (“How to Order a Drink in a Retaurant [sic]” is not just saddled with a painful typo but should be obvious, Drinking 101 stuff for anyone in the target demographic of Mutineer), most are thoughtful and well-written. Aside from a desperate need for a copy editor, the mag’s only other real failings are that it’s terribly short (40 pages) and needs to rectify some cartoonish font choices. The crossword could probably go, too. And really: What’s wrong with some reviews? | Low | [
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/* * Copyright 2012 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 * * 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 com.bmuschko.gradle.nexus import org.gradle.api.Project import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency import org.gradle.api.plugins.MavenPlugin /** * Defines Sonatype Nexus plugin convention. * * @author Benjamin Muschko */ class NexusPluginExtension { String configuration = Dependency.ARCHIVES_CONFIGURATION Boolean sign = true String repositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/' String snapshotRepositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/' String getUploadTaskName() { "upload${configuration.capitalize()}" } String getUploadTaskPath(Project project) { isRootProject(project) ? ":$uploadTaskName" : "$project.path:$uploadTaskName" } String getInstallTaskPath(Project project) { isRootProject(project) ? ":$MavenPlugin.INSTALL_TASK_NAME" : "$project.path:$MavenPlugin.INSTALL_TASK_NAME" } private boolean isRootProject(Project project) { project.rootProject == project } void setConfiguration(config) { configuration = config instanceof Configuration ? config.name : config } boolean usesStandardConfiguration() { configuration == Dependency.ARCHIVES_CONFIGURATION } } | Mid | [
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Sharing is caring! 17588 shares As a full-time traveler, sometimes it becomes second-nature to refer to a place as beautiful, stunning or simply the best place you’ve ever been. I know I’m extremely guilty of this. I love everywhere. But after a while beaches blend together, capital cities blur into one, and it becomes hard to distinguish one place from another in our memories. What makes a country special? Of all the places I’ve been fortunate enough to lay eyes on, Iceland has to be one of the most memorable. Why? From its jurassic landscape to mossy lava fields to sharp mountains interspersed with active volcanoes and rumbling glaciers, it only takes about half a day in this northern land to realize you’re somewhere pretty damn special. No where is quite like Iceland. After 7 jam-packed days driving around Iceland with Tiny Iceland this summer, apart from falling head-over-heels in love with this arctic land, I also learned a variety of important lessons. Here are 10 things I learned in Iceland 1. Iceland or…Mars? No two ways about it, Iceland is beautiful, and not in your average, “oh isn’t that pretty” kind of way. I’m talking jaw hit the floor, tears in your eyes, camera jammed in your face every minute kind of way. Iceland is beautiful in the fact that it’s so unique. There is no where that looks quite like it. Iceland is wild. It’s savage. It’s untamed. The best part is that the landscape changes so drastically. One minute you’re driving over beautiful green mountains in the south, next your on a black sand beach, then you’re driving by a glacier then you’re in a stinky geothermal area. And don’t even get me started on the waterfalls. Everywhere you turn in Iceland you’ll see a waterfall twinkling between mountains or roaring over bizarre rock formations. Iceland has the kind of landscape that will leave you wondering if you’re still on earth. 2. The weather is really, really unpredictable If I learned one thing in Iceland in July, it’s that you can’t predict the weather. Don’t even try. No matter where you’re going, make sure you have clothes for all weather. In the span of 7 days I went from wearing a parka and wool hat to wearing rainproof everything to shorts and a bathing suit. Seriously? Driving from one spot to another, sometimes we’d go from blue skies and sunshine, to visibly entering fog so thick you could only see 10 feet in front of you. Sometimes it would pour rain all day on one side of the mountains and then be clear on the other side. It’s bizarre but fascinating. 3. Elf culture That whole thing about how Icelanders believe in elves and fairy folk, yeah that’s not too far from the truth. Huldufólk or the Hidden People, hold a special place in Icelandic folklore and legend, and generally take the blame for unexplained problems and weird occurrences during building projects around the country. In a 1995 study, 70% of Icelanders believed in elves while 6% didn’t, and 23% were unsure while 1% refused to answer. That’s right 6% of Icelanders don’t believe in the hidden people. Holy crap, how awesome is that? In the far reaches of eastern Iceland, way off the Ring Road and over unsealed mountain roads, you’ll find Borgarfjörður Eystri, a small elf town thought to be home to the elf queen. In this remote part of Iceland, where you’ll drive for hours without seeing a single soul and with no 3G either, you can begin to understand why people still believe in mysterious creatures. 4. Stock up on your booze in the airport No two ways about it, Iceland isn’t a cheap country to visit, and booze is no exception. While there are definitely ways to explore Iceland and not spend heaps of money, one of my best tips is to buy your alcohol in Duty Free in Keflavík airport before heading out. At the risk of sounding like an alcoholic, I could tell you just to save your money and not drink at all in Iceland, but where’s the fun in that? And let’s be honest, would you listen? How do I phrase this delicately? Icelanders know how to throw down. I bet you $100 any Icelander can AND will drink you under the table. There is a fascinating booze culture just waiting to be explored in Iceland, make sure you’re prepared. Because of outrageous alcohol taxes in Iceland, there is over a 100% markup in price on booze from Duty Free to bars and liquor stores in Iceland. Keflavík makes it easy too. Before heading to collect your luggage, the airport is structured in a way that you have no choice BUT to pass through the world’s biggest Duty Free alcohol store, with shopping carts and everything So don’t forget to stock up on your Viking beer before leaving because you will need it later. Especially if you’re doing a road trip with friends, you know, because Iceland also has no open container laws for cars (now I do sound like an alcoholic). Image source 5. Bring your bathing suit! Because of Iceland’s geothermal landscape, there are tons of great spas, hot springs and warm pools to soak in all around the country. Some are off in the mountains in the middle of nowhere, while others have been more commercialized. They are all fabulous. One of my favorite hot springs is at Seljavallalaug, the oldest swimming pool in Iceland. Tucked up in the mountains next to a river in the south, it’s a bit of a walk to get to but it’s so worth it. The water is a bit dirty, still pretty ashy from the volcanic eruption in 2010, but it’s a great place to hang out for the afternoon. If you’re a bit more civilized, head to Laugarvatn Fontana, geothermal baths near the Golden Circle. We spent a late afternoon hopping from hot pool to hot pool in the damp fog, relaxing in the warm water after a long flight over to Iceland. While hunting elves in Borgarfjörður Eystri, we also took the chance to jump into the ocean while hanging out at a local spa at the Blábjörg guesthouse. You can sit in various hot tubs out in the sunshine overlooking the harbor and beach, but I don’t suggest jumping in the ocean. That hurt like hell. So don’t forget your swimsuit and a towel, you never know when you’re going to need it! 6. Don’t be a dumbass To say that tourism has exploded in Iceland in the past few years is a massive understatement. This means that there is not always the infrastructure or safety net in place that you would often find in more popular tourist destinations. Because Iceland is such an unpopulated place with wild weather and occasionally dangerous landscapes, it’s really important to be smart when traveling there. You wouldn’t believe the amount of stupid shit people do while there. I think perhaps the most dangerous thing is pulling over on the side of the Ring Road to take photos. Yeah I get it, it’s not a busy road; you can definitely drive for a while and not see other cars, but that doesn’t mean you can just park your car on it and get out. There are always pull-off areas and farm entrances, just wait until it’s safe. Driving the south coast of Iceland is beautiful… don’t ruin it for everyone else. A lot of the huge waterfalls and major (and minor) natural wonders are not properly monitored; i.e., there aren’t ropes or guardrails to keep idiots from falling off them. It’s left up to you to be safe. So don’t get to close and fall off! 7. I can’t pronounce ANYTHING Icelandic is hard. Like really hard. Have you seen some Icelandic words before? But the fun part is just trying. Luckily Icelanders are patient and friendly, so you never feel bad about completely butchering their beautiful language. Equally lucky, almost everyone in Iceland speaks perfect English so you’re never stranded for long. By the time I left Iceland, I was lucky if I remembered how to pronounce the names of the places we visited. 8. Don’t call the horses ponies! Driving around Iceland you will see lots of fields with the famous Icelandic horses; pony-sized with beautiful manes and a distinct face, it’s so easy for you (girls) to go “awwwww what cute ponies,” but beware if you do. Nothing pisses off Icelanders and Icelandic horses like being called ponies – they’re horses, ferocious and strong descended from Vikings. It’s insulting to compare them with ponies. In fact, Iceland takes its horses so seriously that other horses aren’t allowed to enter the country and once an Icelandic horse leaves, it can never return. I guess you can call it a pony then. 9. There’s a surprising hipster culture No two ways about it, Reykjavik is hipster city. In a good way. There are tons of awesome cafes, bars, and places to chow down in town, all independent and all quirky. And there are plenty of great hotels in the Reykjavik city center as well. From sipping white russians at the Lebowski Bar to eating fusion Mexican at Vegamot to laughing at the quirky posters at the Laundromat Cafe while your clothes dry downstairs, there is no shortage of hip spots and delicious food around town. Just don’t be surprised when you see horse, puffin, sheep’s head, whale and rotten shark, you don’t have to order those. There is vibrant street art scattered around the downtown area and during the midnight sun in summertime, the streets are packed with locals out and about enjoying the good weather, in their thriftshop finest. An artistic, creative and independent mindset dominates Icelandic culture nowadays, adding another colorful layer to a fascinating viking character. 10. Icelanders are actually the happiest people in the world I had heard rumors of how friendly Icelanders were long before stepping off the plane, and let me just say, it is not false. One way in which a place often stands out for me is how friendly and helpful the locals are, and Iceland is no exception, if it doesn’t top the list. I think it has something to do with the fact that Iceland is consistently ranked one of the happiest countries in the world. Yup, that’s right, there’s such a thing as happiness studies, and this brutal wild country that’s swaddled in darkness for half the year tops them all, go figure. But you see everywhere in Iceland, and it’s another little fact that makes it such a wonderful place to visit. Have you ever been to Iceland? What did you think? Have you ever learned some lessons on the road? Liz Carlson is a fan of strong coffee, impractical dresses and brutal sarcasm, not necessarily in that order. You can find usually find her wandering around the world, most likely in a cafe or bookstore, frantically trying to finish a story and planning her next trip. She blogs over at Young Adventuress, where she rambles on about things like traveling alone as a woman and how to not be a douche on the road. Sharing is caring! | Mid | [
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/******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2020 Intel Corporation * * 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 * * 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. *******************************************************************************/ #ifndef GPU_OCL_GEN9_WINO_CONVOLUTION_HPP #define GPU_OCL_GEN9_WINO_CONVOLUTION_HPP #include <assert.h> #include "common/c_types_map.hpp" #include "common/primitive.hpp" #include "gpu/compute/compute.hpp" #include "gpu/gpu_convolution_pd.hpp" #include "gpu/gpu_eltwise_pd.hpp" #include "gpu/gpu_primitive.hpp" #include "gpu/gpu_resource.hpp" #include "gpu/ocl/ocl_stream.hpp" #include "gpu/ocl/ocl_utils.hpp" #include "gpu/primitive_conf.hpp" namespace dnnl { namespace impl { namespace gpu { namespace ocl { struct gen9_wino_convolution_fwd_t : public gpu_primitive_t { struct pd_t : public gpu_convolution_fwd_pd_t { pd_t(const convolution_desc_t *adesc, const primitive_attr_t *attr, const convolution_fwd_pd_t *hint_fwd_pd) : gpu_convolution_fwd_pd_t(adesc, attr, hint_fwd_pd) {} DECLARE_COMMON_PD_T("ocl:gen9:wino", gen9_wino_convolution_fwd_t); status_t init(engine_t *engine) { using namespace prop_kind; using namespace data_type; assert(engine->kind() == engine_kind::gpu); auto *compute_engine = utils::downcast<compute::compute_engine_t *>(engine); auto src_data_t = this->desc()->src_desc.data_type; auto dst_data_t = this->desc()->dst_desc.data_type; const auto attr_skip_mask = primitive_attr_t::skip_mask_t::post_ops; bool ok = set_default_alg_kind(alg_kind::convolution_winograd) && utils::one_of(this->desc()->prop_kind, forward_training, forward_inference) && this->desc()->alg_kind == alg_kind::convolution_winograd && utils::one_of( true, expect_data_types(f32, f32, f32, f32, f32)) && compute_engine->mayiuse( compute::device_ext_t::intel_subgroups) && IMPLICATION(src_data_t == f16, true && compute_engine->mayiuse( compute::device_ext_t::khr_fp16) && compute_engine->mayiuse( compute::device_ext_t:: intel_subgroups_short)) && !has_zero_dim_memory() && attr()->has_default_values(attr_skip_mask, dst_data_t) && post_ops_with_binary_ok(attr(), dst_data_t); if (!ok) return status::unimplemented; status_t status = init_conf(); if (status != status::success) return status; init_scratchpad(); ok = set_default_formats_common( conf.src_tag, conf.wei_tag, conf.dst_tag); return ok ? status::success : status::unimplemented; } status_t init_conf(); void init_scratchpad(); status_t init_kernel_ctx(compute::kernel_ctx_t &kernel_ctx) const; conv_conf_t conf; }; gen9_wino_convolution_fwd_t(const pd_t *apd) : gpu_primitive_t(apd) {} status_t init(engine_t *engine) override { std::vector<const char *> kernel_names = {"gen9_wino_conv_fwd", "gen9_wino_wei_transform", "gen9_wino_src_transform", "gen9_wino_dst_transform"}; compute::kernel_ctx_t kernel_ctx; status_t status = pd()->init_kernel_ctx(kernel_ctx); if (status != status::success) return status; std::vector<compute::kernel_t> kernels; create_kernels(engine, &kernels, kernel_names, kernel_ctx); kernel_ = kernels[0]; wei_trans_kernel_ = kernels[1]; src_trans_kernel_ = kernels[2]; dst_trans_kernel_ = kernels[3]; if (!kernel_ || !wei_trans_kernel_ || !src_trans_kernel_ || !dst_trans_kernel_) return status::runtime_error; return status::success; } status_t execute(const exec_ctx_t &ctx) const override { return execute_forward(ctx); } private: status_t execute_forward(const exec_ctx_t &ctx) const; const pd_t *pd() const { return (const pd_t *)primitive_t::pd().get(); } compute::kernel_t kernel_; compute::kernel_t wei_trans_kernel_; compute::kernel_t src_trans_kernel_; compute::kernel_t dst_trans_kernel_; }; } // namespace ocl } // namespace gpu } // namespace impl } // namespace dnnl #endif // vim: et ts=4 sw=4 cindent cino+=l0,\:4,N-s | Low | [
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The overall objectives of this proposal are to study the effect of measurement errors by the standard mercury sphygmomanometer (SMS) on the management of hypertension and to determine if more accurate but more expensive, alternative technologies such as random zero sphygmomanometer (RZS), electronic automatic recorders (AR) and 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitors (ABPM) lead to improved clinical decision making and cost effective blood pressure management. Ambulatory hypertensive patients followed in the general internal medicine clinic at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics will be studied with concurrent BP measurements by SMS, RZS, AR and ABPM. The specific aims are: 1) to determine the frequency of misclassification of hypertension using the SMS, RZS and AR in comparison to the ABPM as the reference standard; 2) to assess the impact of misclassification of hypertension status due to measurement errors with the SMS on treatment decisions of clinic physicians; 3) to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an intervention strategy to reduce inappropriate treatment decisions due to errors with SMS by providing physicians BP values obtained with the newer methods; 4) to determine if more accurate measurements with the improved technology lead to more appropriate management decisions and better BP control; and 5) to analyze the cost effectiveness of different BP measurement techniques in classifying BP status. The ultimate objective of the study is to determine if there is justification for the widespread use and high investment cost of newer technologies in the clinical setting. The results of the study will contribute to improved decision making in the management of patients with established hypertension, who are subject to life-long treatment with antihypertensive therapy. The study has important societal benefits given the high prevalence of hypertension in the general population. Directors of outpatient clinics, and all personnel involved with the care and decision making of hypertensive patients would benefit from the results of the study. The study will consist of 2 phases: an initial, observational phase and a sequential, interventional phase. The initial, pilot phase will provide the baseline information of hypertension misclassification by SMS and its impact on clinicians' treatment decisions in managing BP. The appropriateness of treatment decisions based on the SMS measurements will be compared to the management appropriate for the BP as measured by the ABPM. In the interventional phase, readings obtained with more advanced methods (RZS, AR, and ABPM) will be provided to the clinicians. The appropriateness of BP management after the intervention will be compared to that of the baseline. A formal cost effectiveness analysis will be performed by evaluating the medical care and patient costs associated with treatment of hypertension and its sequelae relative to clinical impact of the four different methods of measuring BP. | High | [
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726 S.W.2d 618 (1987) Raymond BENHAM, Appellant, v. D.E. BENHAM, et al., Appellees. No. 07-85-0276-CV Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo. March 17, 1987. Rehearing Denied April 15, 1987. *619 Marilyn Phelan, Phelan, Moreland & Goff, Levelland, for appellant. Cecil Kuhne and Brad Crawford, Crenshaw, Cupree & Milam, Lubbock, for appellees. Before REYNOLDS, C.J., and DODSON and BOYD, JJ. *620 REYNOLDS, Chief Justice. Raymond Benham perfected this appeal from a take-nothing judgment rendered after a jury trial on his action. Raymond, suing individually and as a shareholder, as well as on behalf of other shareholders, of B & B Cattle Company, brought the action against D.E. (Gene) Benham, W.C. (Mutt) Benham, B & B Cattle Company, and Morton Leasing, Inc., d/b/a Baileyboro Farms, to rescind the conveyance of the assets and liabilities of B & B Cattle Company to Morton Leasing, Inc., to compel the return of the properties, to impose a constructive trust on the real property conveyed to Morton Leasing, Inc., and for other relief. Upon the following explication, we affirm. Raymond, Gene, and Mutt each owned one-third of the shares, and were officers and directors, of B & B Cattle Company, a Texas corporation. Gene owned 50% and Mutt owned 35% of the shares, and were the principal officers and directors, of Morton Leasing, Inc. On 1 May 1975, a noticed annual meeting of B & B Cattle Company's shareholders was held without attendance by Raymond, who sent his agent with a power of attorney. During the meeting, Gene, Mutt, and Raymond were elected as directors for the ensuing year. At a following board of directors meeting, B & B Cattle Company, acting through Gene and Mutt in the absence of Raymond, transferred its assets and liabilities to Morton Leasing, Inc. The conveyance of B & B Cattle Company's land, together with its mineral and royalty interests in other land, located in Bailey County was evidenced by a deed dated 1 May 1975 and recorded 2 January 1976. Thereafter on 16 March 1981, the charter of B & B Cattle Company was forfeited by the Texas Secretary of State for its failure to pay franchise taxes. Raymond filed his original petition on 13 May 1983. In his live trial pleadings, Raymond alleged, inter alia and in brief, that the 1 May 1975 transaction, which he did not learn about until 15 July 1981, was, in effect, illegal for the lack of authorization, not fair, and constituted fraud by Gene and Mutt to deprive him and B & B Cattle Company of their entire interest. By his action, Raymond sought to secure for B & B Cattle Company damages, the rescission of the 1 May 1975 sale and the return of all assets, an accounting of the revenues and expenses accruing from B & B Cattle Company's assets since 1 May 1975, and the imposition of a constructive trust upon the real property for the benefit of B & B Cattle Company and its shareholders. He also sought exemplary damages, together with his expenses and reasonable attorney's fees, from Gene, Mutt, and Morton Leasing, Inc. Gene, Mutt, Morton Leasing, Inc., and B & B Cattle Company answered. In their answer, they included special exceptions, a general denial, and affirmative defenses, which embraced limitations and, on behalf of Morton Leasing, Inc., adverse possession. The jury affirmatively found, in response to the first five special issues submitted, (1) the elements of false representation by Gene and Mutt; (2) that the 1 May 1975 transaction was not fair, honest and reasonable; and that, had the 1 May 1975 transaction not taken place, the sum of money to fairly and reasonably position (3) Mutt, (4) Gene, and (5) Morton Leasing, Inc. was "None." Special issue no. 6 was submitted and answered in this language: Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that Raymond Benham knew or should have known by or prior to May 12, 1979, of the transactions whereby the assets of B & B Cattle Company were conveyed to Morton Leasing, Inc.? You are instructed that any knowledge that the agent of Raymond Benham has, is knowledge to Raymond Benham. You are further instructed that actual notice means those things of which the one sought to be charged has express information. You are further instructed that notice also includes those facts which reasonable inquiry would have disclosed, the duty of inquiry extending only to matters that are fairly suggested by the facts really known. In other words, whatever fairly puts a person upon inquiry is actual *621 notice of the facts that would have been discovered by reasonable use of the means at hand. Answer "He did know" or "He did not know." ANSWER: He Did Know By special issue no. 7, the court inquired whether, and the jury found that, Morton Leasing, Inc. held peaceable and adverse possession of the land in controversy for a consecutive period of five years prior to 20 August 1981. In answering the eighth special issue, the jury found that $18,000 should be assessed against Gene as exemplary damages. And, lastly, the jury fixed, by its special issue no. 9 answer, $18,750 as Raymond's reasonable attorney's fees. After all litigants moved for judgment, the court, reciting that the verdict of the jury was against Raymond, rendered judgment decreeing that Raymond take nothing by his suit. The court made no recorded response to Raymond's requests for findings of fact and conclusions of law and motion to modify the judgment, by which he sought the court to declare the basis for the judgment. In appealing with nine points of error, Raymond mentions that while the trial court refused to state why it ruled, it could have based its decision on the jury's affirmative answer to special issue no. 6. The answer was a finding of the submitted, pleaded defense of bar to Raymond's action by the four-year statute of limitation, then expressed as: Every action other than for the recovery of real estate, for which no limitation is otherwise prescribed, shall be brought within four years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued and not afterward. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5529 (Vernon 1958) (repealed 1985).[1] Nevertheless, Raymond challenges both the applicability of article 5529 and the form of its submission. The latter challenge is noticed first. With his third point of error, Raymond presents his trial court objections that special issue no. 6 is erroneous because (1) the inquiry whether he "knew or should have known" of the transaction lessened the defendants' burden of proof, and (2) the jury was not specifically instructed that the burden of proof was on defendants to prove that he had notice of the transaction. However, the presentation, consisting only of a general argument without citation of any authority to maintain the point, is not in minimal compliance with the briefing rules and, therefore, the point can be considered waived. Tex.R.App.Proc. 74(f); Estate of Blardone v. McConnico, 604 S.W.2d 278, 283 (Tex.Civ.App.Corpus Christi), writ ref'd n.r.e. per curiam, 608 S.W.2d 618 (Tex.1980). Moreover, since Raymond alleged a fraudulent conveyance that he did not learn about until 15 July 1981, the pleaded defense of limitation raised the question when he knew or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known of the conveyance. Wise v. Anderson, 163 Tex. 608, 359 S.W.2d 876, 879 (1962). The framing of the defensive issue to inquire if the jury found from a preponderance of the evidence that Raymond knew or should have known by or prior to 12 May 1979 of the transaction properly placed the burden of proof on the defendants. Lloyds v. Hale, 405 S.W.2d 639, 643 (Tex.Civ.App. Amarillo 1966, writ ref'd n.r.e.). The third point of error is overruled. By his second point, Raymond submits that the four-year statute of limitation does not bar his recovery because article 5529 expressly does not apply to his suit to recover land. This results, he contends, because in the earlier appeal from a venue ruling, we held, in an unpublished opinion issued in Benham v. Benham, No. 07-83-0230-CV (Tex.App.Amarillo, Jan. 4, 1985, no writ), that his action is a suit to recover land. Therefore, he declares, our holding became the law of the case. Terrell v. *622 Lomas & Nettleton Financial Corp., 496 S.W.2d 669, 672 (Tex.Civ.App.Tyler 1973, writ ref'd n.r.e.). We do not agree with the declaration. In the venue appeal, our attention was focused upon the privilege of Raymond to compel the trial of his action in Bailey County under the then existing authorization of subdivision 14 of article 1995, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated (Vernon 1964) (repealed 1985).[2] At the time of the action, subdivision 14 provided that: Suits for the recovery of lands or damages thereto, or to remove incumbrances upon the title to land, or to quiet the title to land, or to prevent or stay waste on lands, must be brought in the county in which the land, or a part thereof, may lie. Then, upon invocation of this venue provision and proof that the land is located in Bailey County, where Raymond filed his action, the only issue before us was whether Raymond's petition showed the other necessary venue fact of subdivision 14 subject matter so as to defeat defendants' plea of privilege. Cowden v. Cowden, 143 Tex. 446, 186 S.W.2d 69, 71 (1945). Although defendants interposed the objection that Raymond did not allege he individually owns or is entitled to any interest in the land, we determined that his petition, albeit joining distinct causes of action, was formally sufficient to show venue under subdivision 14, for he was not required to establish title in the venue hearing. Id. at 72. In making the determination, we gave no consideration to the merits of Raymond's pleaded causes of action, comprehending that the statutory hearing upon the issues made by defendants' plea of privilege and Raymond's controverting affidavit was a trial on the question of venue, not a trial on the merits of the action. Stockyards Nat. Bank v. Maples, 127 Tex. 633, 95 S.W.2d 1300, 1304 (1936). Thus, the venue proceedings were, and considered to be, merely to determine whether the defendants were suable in Bailey County, but the trial there upon the merits and underlying this appeal was to determine whether they were liable. Farmers' Seed & Gin Co. v. Brooks, 125 Tex. 234, 81 S.W.2d 675, 677 (1935). Given this distinction of considerations and proof, we agree, contrary to the holding of Terrell v. Lomas & Nettleton Financial Corp., supra, that the finding of a venue fact in a venue proceeding does not become the law of the case or in any way bind the court or jury in a subsequent trial on the merits. Middleton v. Palmer, 601 S.W.2d 759, 766 (Tex. Civ.App.Dallas 1980, writ ref'd n.r.e.). To reiterate, our focus in the venue appeal was upon the form of Raymond's pleading; however, the entertainment of his second point in this appeal focuses our attention upon the nature of the title he asserted. This results since the title asserted determines whether his action is one for the recovery of lands within the exception to the applicability of the four-year statute of limitation. Miles v. Martin, 159 Tex. 336, 321 S.W.2d 62, 69 (1959). To be an action for the recovery of lands within the exception to the four-year statute of limitation, the title asserted must be one that will support an action in trespass to try title. Id.; Carl v. Settegast, 237 S.W. 238, 241-42 (Tex. Comm'n App. 1922, judgmt. adopted and holding approved). And to recover in trespass to try title, the plaintiff must rely upon the strength of his own title, not upon the weakness of the defendant's. Hunt v. Heaton, 643 S.W.2d 677, 679 (Tex.1982). But even then, if the equitable powers of the court must be invoked to cancel a deed before an action can be maintained at law to recover the land, the four-year statute of limitation applies, except where the deed is absolutely void, Slaughter v. Qualls, 139 Tex. 340, 162 S.W.2d 671, 674 (1942), or when the grantor has not parted with equitable title because he was fraudulently *623 induced to sign the deed. Miles v. Martin, supra. In his pleadings, Raymond did not assert his own claim of title to or interest in the land, and rightly so, for it is undisputed that the only ownership interest he has or claims is that of a shareholder of B & B Cattle Company, the former owner and conveyor of the land to Morton Leasing, Inc. He, therefore, did not position himself at the trial on the merits to claim that his action was for the recovery of lands within the exception to the four-year statute of limitation, or, alternatively as he does, that his action is a trespass to try title for recovery of either equitable title or because of a void deed. It follows that Raymond's pleaded causes of action are subject to the four-year statute of limitation. The second point is overruled. Still, Raymond, who does not challenge the jury's special issue no. 6 answer, contends in his sixth point that, assuming the four-year statute of limitation applies, article 7.12 of the Texas Business Corporation Act expressly permits him three years after B & B Cattle Company was dissolved on 16 March 1981 to bring his action, which was filed before the three-year period elapsed. On the contrary, the article is not equal to the task Raymond assigns to it. As pertinent to the contention, the statute provides that: The dissolution of a corporation either (1) by the issuance of a certificate of dissolution by the Secretary of State, or (2) by a decree of court when the court has not liquidated the assets and business of the corporation as provided in this Act, or (3) by expiration of its period of duration, shall not take away or impair any remedy available to or against such corporation, its officers, directors, or shareholders, for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred, prior to such dissolution if action or other proceeding thereon is commenced within three years after the date of such dissolution.... Tex.Bus.Corp. Act Ann. art. 7.12(A) (Vernon 1980). By its specific language, and interpretation, the statute applies only to existing pre-dissolution claims by or against a dissolved corporation, its officers, directors, or shareholders. Hunter v. Fort Worth Capital Corp., 620 S.W.2d 547, 549 (Tex.1981). With this character, the statute can have no application in this cause, for B & B Cattle Company was not dissolved by one of the means statutorily specified to effect a dissolution, and the forfeiture of its charter for the failure to pay franchise taxes did not effect a dissolution of the corporation. Stephens County v. McCammon, 40 S.W.2d 67, 69 (Tex. Comm'n App.1931, opinion adopted); Federal Crude Oil Co. v. Yount-Lee Oil Co., 35 S.W.2d 111, 114 (Tex. Comm'n App.1931, opinion adopted). Accord, Isbell v. Gulf Union Oil Co., 147 Tex. 6, 209 S.W.2d 762, 764 (1948). The sixth point of error is overruled. In a similar vein, Raymond presents his seventh-point contention that article 5523a of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated (Vernon 1958) (repealed 1985)[3] applies to grant him ten years after the 2 January 1976 recordation of the 1 May 1975 deed "to recover his interest in the land." As the statute existed, it provided, as bearing on Raymond's contention, that: Any person who has the right of action for the recovery of land because of any one or more of the following defects in any instrument ... because the record does not show authority therefor by the Board of Directors and Stockholders (or either of them) of a corporation ... shall institute his suit therefor not later than 10 years next after the date when such instrument has been ... actually recorded in the office of the County Clerk of the county in which such real estate is situated and not afterwards.... *624 The statute controls, Raymond argues, because the record fails to show authority by the directors or shareholders for the transaction, a technical defect. We cannot agree the statute is applicable. The operation of the statute is conditioned on an "action for recovery of land." As earlier explicated, Raymond does not assert that he has any title to the land; instead, his action is to rescind the 1 May 1975 sale, secure the return of all assets, real and personal, to B & B Cattle Company, to impose a constructive trust on the properties conveyed to Morton Leasing, Inc. for the benefit of B & B Cattle Company and its shareholders, to force an accounting, and to recover damages. Just as his action is not one for the recovery of lands within the exception to the four-year statute of limitation, for the same and further reasons, his action is not one for recovery of land within the purview of the ten-year statute of limitation. B & B Cattle Company's deed conveying the land to Morton Leasing, Inc. was signed by Gene as president, attested to by Mutt as secretary, and recorded, thereby constituting prima facie evidence that the conveyance was duly authorized. Tex.Bus.Corp. Act Ann. art. 5.08 (Vernon 1980). Then, as it has been long recognized, even though the deed was a transaction involving the same principal officers and directors of both corporations, the deed was not void, but at most only voidable for the pleaded fraud and unfairness. Tenison v. Patton, 95 Tex. 284, 67 S.W. 92, 95 (1902). Accord, Popperman v. Rest Haven Cemetery, Inc., 162 Tex. 255, 345 S.W.2d 715, 717 (1961). As we previously held, Raymond, sans asserted title to the land, does not possess a title that permits him to recover the land in a trespass to try title action, but he seeks to establish the superiority of B & B Cattle Company's right to the land over that of Morton Leasing, Inc., the record owner. However, before he can establish B & B Cattle Company's superior right to the land, he must first secure a decree setting aside the deed under which Morton Leasing, Inc. holds title. This being the situation, it was long ago determined that his action is not one for the recovery of land in the sense of a limitation statute, Deaton v. Rush, 113 Tex. 176, 252 S.W. 1025, 1031 (1923), and thus his action is barred by the four-year statute of limitation. McCampbell v. Durst, 40 S.W. 315, 321 (Tex.Civ.App.), writ dism'd w.o.j., 91 Tex. 147, 40 S.W. 955 (1897). The seventh point is overruled. Because the four-year statute of limitation bars Raymond's recovery of his pleaded causes of action, Miles v. Martin, supra, it is unnecessary to address his remaining points of error by which he complains of the inapplicability and submission of the five-year statute of limitation, and asserts his right to a constructive trust and the recovery of monetary awards commensurate with the jury's verdict. Accordingly, the points are overruled. The judgment is affirmed. NOTES [1] Article 5529 was repealed upon enactment of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, effective 1 September 1985. Act of June 16, 1985, ch. 959, § 9(1), 1985 Tex.Gen. & Spec. Laws 3242, 3322. The enactment of the Code expresses the limitation in slightly different language. See Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 16.051 (Vernon 1986). [2] Article 1995, as it existed in amended form, was also repealed upon enactment of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, effective 1 September 1985. Act of June 16, 1985, ch. 959, § 9(1), 1985 Tex.Gen. & Spec. Laws 3242, 3322. The enactment of the Code expresses the venue for land actions in similar language. See Tex. Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 15.011 (Vernon 1986). [3] Article 5523a was another one of the statutes repealed upon enactment of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, effective 1 September 1985. Act of June 16, 1985, ch. 959, § 9(1), 1985 Tex.Gen. & Spec. Laws 3242, 3322. 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While some countries still struggle actually getting 3G or 4G connectivity from their service providers, apparently, the age of 5G is almost upon us. Well, that is, if you live in South Korea. A 12-man delegation from their Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning went to the meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in San Diego, and based on their suggestion, the organization agreed to define 5G as a 20 gigabits per second network. The technical name of the 5G network has also been agreed upon as IMT-2020 (3G was IMT-2020 and 4G was IMT-Advanced). It will refer to any network that can give users more than 100 megabits-per-second on an average data transmission to more than a million devices within one square kilometer. In layman’s terms, you can download one movie, and in ultra high-definition mode at that, in just 10 seconds. And those video content services that have holographic technology will be able to function on this kind of network with its expanded data capacity. It was also discussed during the meeting that they will be targetting 2020 as the year when the 5G network will be available commercially. So they will start asking for applications for technology that can be used as a standard for the network. Both the ITU and South Korea are looking at showcasing the technology during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. KT Corp, one of South Korea’s largest telcos will be the official sponsor of the Winter Olympics and will be the one to demonstrate just how fast 5G will be. Last week, KT announced they will finally be commercializing their Giga LTE, giving you speeds of 1.17GBps. which is already 15 times faster than their current LTE. Now, just imagine how fast 5G can be and you might want to immediately move to South Korea. VIA: The Korea Times | High | [
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Q: How to call a function of a react class from a service worker object? I am trying to do unintrusive updates in a react web with my own service worker. I want to display a notification when there are new updates to teh website. I am using a component to handle service worker logic. The problem is I don't know how to call a function of my class in an event listener of the service worker, where this references the service worker itself. Any tips? Here is the class that deals with the service worker: import * as React from 'react'; import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router'; export class ServiceWorker extends React.Component<RouteComponentProps<{}>> { constructor() { super(); } registerServiceWorker() { if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) { window.addEventListener('load', () => { navigator.serviceWorker.register('/ServiceWorker.js').then(reg => { console.log('SW registered: ', reg); if (!navigator.serviceWorker.controller) { return; } if (reg.waiting) { console.log("update ready1"); //Can call updateAlert() here, because still using the same object this.updateAlert(); return; } if (reg.installing) { reg.installing.addEventListener('statechange', () => { if (reg.installing.state == 'installed') { console.log("update ready2"); //Can't call here //this.updateAlert(); } }); return; } reg.addEventListener('updatefound', function () { reg.installing.addEventListener('statechange', () => { if (reg.installing) { if (reg.installing.state == 'installed') { console.log("update ready3"); //or here //this.updateAlert(); } } if (reg.waiting) { if (reg.waiting.state == 'installed') { console.log("update ready4"); //or here //this.updateAlert(); } } }); }) }).catch(registrationError => { console.log('SW registration failed: ', registrationError); }); }); } } updateAlert() { console.log("success"); } public render() { this.registerServiceWorker(); return null; } } A: You can probably try arrow function to use class's scope: registerServiceWorker = () => { ... } By the way, calling this.registerServiceWorker(); in render is probably not a good idea if you only want to add event listener once, try calling it in componentDidMount. | Low | [
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/* Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Alibaba Group Holding Limited 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 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. ==============================================================================*/ // Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format // Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved. // https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/ // // 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 Google Inc. 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: [email protected] (Kenton Varda) // emulates google3/testing/base/public/googletest.cc #include <google/protobuf/testing/googletest.h> #include <google/protobuf/testing/file.h> #include <google/protobuf/stubs/io_win32.h> #include <google/protobuf/stubs/strutil.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <errno.h> #include <stdlib.h> #ifdef _MSC_VER // #include <direct.h> #else #include <unistd.h> #endif #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <iostream> #include <fstream> namespace google { namespace protobuf { #ifdef _WIN32 // DO NOT include <io.h>, instead create functions in io_win32.{h,cc} and import // them like we do below. using google::protobuf::internal::win32::close; using google::protobuf::internal::win32::dup2; using google::protobuf::internal::win32::dup; using google::protobuf::internal::win32::mkdir; using google::protobuf::internal::win32::open; #endif #ifndef O_BINARY #ifdef _O_BINARY #define O_BINARY _O_BINARY #else #define O_BINARY 0 // If this isn't defined, the platform doesn't need it. #endif #endif string TestSourceDir() { #ifndef GOOGLE_THIRD_PARTY_PROTOBUF #ifdef GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_TEST_SOURCE_PATH return GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_TEST_SOURCE_PATH; #else #ifndef _MSC_VER // automake sets the "srcdir" environment variable. char* result = getenv("srcdir"); if (result != NULL) { return result; } #endif // _MSC_VER // Look for the "src" directory. string prefix = "."; while (!File::Exists(prefix + "/src/google/protobuf")) { if (!File::Exists(prefix)) { GOOGLE_LOG(FATAL) << "Could not find protobuf source code. Please run tests from " "somewhere within the protobuf source package."; } prefix += "/.."; } return prefix + "/src"; #endif // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_TEST_SOURCE_PATH #else return "third_party/protobuf/src"; #endif // GOOGLE_THIRD_PARTY_PROTOBUF } namespace { string GetTemporaryDirectoryName() { // Tests run under Bazel "should not" use /tmp. Bazel sets this environment // variable for tests to use instead. char *from_environment = getenv("TEST_TMPDIR"); if (from_environment != NULL && from_environment[0] != '\0') { return string(from_environment) + "/protobuf_tmpdir"; } // tmpnam() is generally not considered safe but we're only using it for // testing. We cannot use tmpfile() or mkstemp() since we're creating a // directory. char b[L_tmpnam + 1]; // HPUX multithread return 0 if s is 0 string result = tmpnam(b); #ifdef _WIN32 // Avoid a trailing dot by changing it to an underscore. On Win32 the names of // files and directories can, but should not, end with dot. // // In MS-DOS and FAT16 filesystem the filenames were 8dot3 style so it didn't // make sense to have a name ending in dot without an extension, so the shell // silently ignored trailing dots. To this day the Win32 API still maintains // this behavior and silently ignores trailing dots in path arguments of // functions such as CreateFile{A,W}. Even POSIX API function implementations // seem to wrap the Win32 API functions (e.g. CreateDirectoryA) and behave // this way. // It's possible to avoid this behavior and create files / directories with // trailing dots (using CreateFileW / CreateDirectoryW and prefixing the path // with "\\?\") but these will be degenerate in the sense that you cannot // chdir into such directories (or navigate into them with Windows Explorer) // nor can you open such files with some programs (e.g. Notepad). if (result.back() == '.') { result[result.size() - 1] = '_'; } // On Win32, tmpnam() returns a file prefixed with '\', but which is supposed // to be used in the current working directory. WTF? if (HasPrefixString(result, "\\")) { result.erase(0, 1); } // The Win32 API accepts forward slashes as a path delimiter as long as the // path doesn't use the "\\?\" prefix. // Let's avoid confusion and use only forward slashes. result = StringReplace(result, "\\", "/", true); #endif // _WIN32 return result; } // Creates a temporary directory on demand and deletes it when the process // quits. class TempDirDeleter { public: TempDirDeleter() {} ~TempDirDeleter() { if (!name_.empty()) { File::DeleteRecursively(name_, NULL, NULL); } } string GetTempDir() { if (name_.empty()) { name_ = GetTemporaryDirectoryName(); GOOGLE_CHECK(mkdir(name_.c_str(), 0777) == 0) << strerror(errno); // Stick a file in the directory that tells people what this is, in case // we abort and don't get a chance to delete it. File::WriteStringToFileOrDie("", name_ + "/TEMP_DIR_FOR_PROTOBUF_TESTS"); } return name_; } private: string name_; }; TempDirDeleter temp_dir_deleter_; } // namespace string TestTempDir() { return temp_dir_deleter_.GetTempDir(); } // TODO(kenton): Share duplicated code below. Too busy/lazy for now. static string stdout_capture_filename_; static string stderr_capture_filename_; static int original_stdout_ = -1; static int original_stderr_ = -1; void CaptureTestStdout() { GOOGLE_CHECK_EQ(original_stdout_, -1) << "Already capturing."; stdout_capture_filename_ = TestTempDir() + "/captured_stdout"; int fd = open(stdout_capture_filename_.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_BINARY, 0777); GOOGLE_CHECK(fd >= 0) << "open: " << strerror(errno); original_stdout_ = dup(1); close(1); dup2(fd, 1); close(fd); } void CaptureTestStderr() { GOOGLE_CHECK_EQ(original_stderr_, -1) << "Already capturing."; stderr_capture_filename_ = TestTempDir() + "/captured_stderr"; int fd = open(stderr_capture_filename_.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_BINARY, 0777); GOOGLE_CHECK(fd >= 0) << "open: " << strerror(errno); original_stderr_ = dup(2); close(2); dup2(fd, 2); close(fd); } string GetCapturedTestStdout() { GOOGLE_CHECK_NE(original_stdout_, -1) << "Not capturing."; close(1); dup2(original_stdout_, 1); original_stdout_ = -1; string result; File::ReadFileToStringOrDie(stdout_capture_filename_, &result); remove(stdout_capture_filename_.c_str()); return result; } string GetCapturedTestStderr() { GOOGLE_CHECK_NE(original_stderr_, -1) << "Not capturing."; close(2); dup2(original_stderr_, 2); original_stderr_ = -1; string result; File::ReadFileToStringOrDie(stderr_capture_filename_, &result); remove(stderr_capture_filename_.c_str()); return result; } ScopedMemoryLog* ScopedMemoryLog::active_log_ = NULL; ScopedMemoryLog::ScopedMemoryLog() { GOOGLE_CHECK(active_log_ == NULL); active_log_ = this; old_handler_ = SetLogHandler(&HandleLog); } ScopedMemoryLog::~ScopedMemoryLog() { SetLogHandler(old_handler_); active_log_ = NULL; } const vector<string>& ScopedMemoryLog::GetMessages(LogLevel level) { GOOGLE_CHECK(level == ERROR || level == WARNING); return messages_[level]; } void ScopedMemoryLog::HandleLog(LogLevel level, const char* filename, int line, const string& message) { GOOGLE_CHECK(active_log_ != NULL); if (level == ERROR || level == WARNING) { active_log_->messages_[level].push_back(message); } } namespace { // Force shutdown at process exit so that we can test for memory leaks. To // actually check for leaks, I suggest using the heap checker included with // google-perftools. Set it to "draconian" mode to ensure that every last // call to malloc() has a corresponding free(). struct ForceShutdown { ~ForceShutdown() { ShutdownProtobufLibrary(); // Test to shutdown the library twice, which should succeed. ShutdownProtobufLibrary(); } } force_shutdown; } // namespace } // namespace protobuf } // namespace google | Low | [
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Dietary zinc addition influenced zinc and lipid deposition in the fore- and mid-intestine of juvenile yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. The present study explored the mechanisms of dietary Zn influencing Zn and lipid deposition in the fore- and mid- intestine in yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, and investigated whether the mechanism was intestinal-region dependent. For this purpose, yellow catfish were fed three diets containing Zn levels of 8·83, 19·20 and 146·65 mg Zn/kg, respectively. Growth performance, intestinal TAG and Zn contents as well as activities and mRNA expression of enzymes and genes involved in Zn transport and lipid metabolism in the fore- and mid-intestine were analysed. Dietary Zn increased Zn accumulation as well as activities of Cu-, Zn-superoxide dismutase and ATPase in the fore- and mid-intestine. In the fore-intestine, dietary Zn up-regulated mRNA levels of ZnT1, ZnT5, ZnT7, metallothionein (MT) and metal response element-binding transcription factor-1 (MTF-1), but down-regulated mRNA levels of ZIP4 and ZIP5. In the mid-intestine, dietary Zn up-regulated mRNA levels of ZnT1, ZnT5, ZnT7, MT and MTF-1, but down-regulated mRNA levels of ZIP4 and ZIP5. Dietary Zn reduced TAG content, down-regulated activities of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), malic enzyme (ME) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) activities, and reduced mRNA levels of 6PGD, G6PD, FAS, PPARγ and sterol-regulator element-binding protein (SREBP-1), but up-regulated mRNA levels of carnitine palmitoyltransferase IA, hormone-sensitive lipase (HSLa), adipose TAG lipase (ATGL) and PPARα in the fore-intestine. In the mid-intestine, dietary Zn reduced TAG content, activities of G6PD, ME, isocitrate dehydrogenase and FAS, down-regulated mRNA levels of 6PGD, G6PD, FAS, acetyl-CoA carboxylase a, PPARγ and SREBP-1, but up-regulated mRNA expression of HSLa, ATGL and PPARγ. The reduction in TAG content following Zn addition was attributable to reduced lipogenesis and increased lipolysis, and similar regulatory mechanisms were observed between the fore- and mid-intestine. | Mid | [
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Opinions Course programme The college offers number of Postgraduate and Graduate courses.Kamala Nehru College stands for the empowerment of today's women and continues to exercise a strong influence on the personal, social, cultural and economic upliftment of the life of the modern Indian woman. We believe in infusing positive energy in generations to come and in taking affirmative actions towards making each of us independent and capable of living life on our own terms. The most important contribution of KNC is to inculcate in its students the ability to think independently, and choose a way of life that enables one to live confidently and courageously. Kamala Nehru College was founded in 1964 based on the idea that women deserve, need, and have a right to the same level and quality of education as men. We as a women's college, nurture and educate with the knowledge of what a woman is and what a woman can be or do. The place of women in our society is changing quite radically today, and with this change we believe in forging ahead, free from discrimination and prejudice. Kamala Nehru College envisions its students to become rightful participants in this democracy and towards creating new horizons for other not-so-fortunate men and women in our society. We always choose to emphasize on thinking and knowing and we believe in cultivating in our students a sense of curiosity and a passion for questioning. | Mid | [
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Acceptability and feasibility of phone follow-up with a semiquantitative urine pregnancy test after medical abortion in Moldova and Uzbekistan. To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of phone follow-up with a home semiquantitative pregnancy test and standardized checklist, and compare the alternative method of follow-up with in-clinic follow-up after medical abortion. Two thousand four hundred women undergoing medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol in Moldova and Uzbekistan were randomized to phone or clinic follow-up. All women in the clinic group returned to the clinic 2 weeks later. Women randomized to phone follow-up used a semiquantitative pregnancy test at the initial visit and repeated the test at home 2 weeks later when they also filled out a symptom checklist. Women were called at 2 weeks to review the test results and checklist. Participants who screened "positive" were referred to clinic to verify abortion completion. Most women in the phone group were successfully contacted on the phone (97.6%). Staff were unable to contact one woman in the phone follow-up group, and all women in clinic group returned to the clinic. The ongoing pregnancy rate was similar in both groups (0.4-0.6%), and the semiquantitative pregnancy test identified all ongoing pregnancies in the phone follow-up group. Women in the phone group found the test and checklist easy to use, and most (76.1%) preferred phone follow-up in the future. Overall, 92.8% of women in the phone group did not undergo in-clinic follow-up. Phone follow-up with a semiquantitative urine pregnancy test and symptom checklist is a feasible and a highly effective approach in identifying ongoing pregnancy after medical abortion. The semiquantitative pregnancy test can make home follow-up after medical abortion possible for many women and provide reassurance that ongoing pregnancies will be detected. | High | [
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Tohko Mizuno is a Japanese manga artist who wrote and illustrated Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time, a manga series based on the video game of the same name, of which Mizuno had worked on the character design. Haruka was serialized in LaLa DX from 1999 to 2010, and had an English serialization in Shojo Beat magazine. Hakusensha published Haruka in 17 volumes, while the English translation was pushed by Viz Media. The series was also adapted into an anime television series and a feature anime film. She has worked on several other Haruka installments. Works Manga Video games References External links Tohko Mizuno at Hakusensha Category:Manga artists Category:Manga artists from Tokushima Prefecture Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) | High | [
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Q: friendly_id, Seeding database, Undefined method 'friendly_id' In a Rails 3 app, I am trying to write seeds (in db/seeds.rb) for a model that uses friendly_id: # /db/seeds.rb Page.create(:title => "Default page", :content => "Default content of the default page") When I run rake db:seed the task fails. Below is the gist when running with --trace: rake aborted! undefined local variable or method `friendly_id' for #<Class:0x007fa1de992ac8> /Users/cornelius/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290@usg/gems/activerecord-3.2.5/lib/active_record/dynamic_matchers.rb:50:in `method_missing' /Users/cornelius/Sites/usg/app/models/page.rb:2:in `<class:Page>' /Users/cornelius/Sites/usg/app/models/page.rb:1:in `<top (required)>' ... Here is the model: # /app/models/page.rb class Page < ActiveRecord::Base extend friendly_id friendly_id :title, use: :slugged end I am using friendly_id as a Gem: # /Gemfile gem 'friendly_id' Any help? A: In your model you need to extend the class properly, the classname is FriendlyId, rather than friendly_id. As a convention in Ruby and Rails, classnames are CamelCase and filenames are snake_case. Your Page model should read: class Page < ActiveRecord::Base extend FriendlyId friendly_id :title, use: :slugged end | High | [
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/*############################################################################ # Copyright 2016 Intel Corporation # # 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 # # 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. ############################################################################*/ /*! * \file * * \brief Intel(R) EPID 1.1 constant parameters data. * */ {{{ // p 0x00, 0x00, 0x89, 0x57, 0x3F, 0x17, 0x47, 0x30, 0x8C, 0x43, 0xD5, 0xEE, 0x41, 0x97, 0x96, 0x19, 0x72, 0xBB, 0x86, 0x88, 0xED, 0x4B, 0xEF, 0x04, 0xAB, 0xAE, 0xC3, 0x8E, 0xEC, 0x51, 0xC3, 0xD3 }}}, {{{ // q 0x09, 0xF9, 0x24, 0xE5, 0xD9, 0xBC, 0x67, 0x7F, 0x81, 0x0D, 0xF0, 0x25, 0x58, 0xF7, 0x53, 0x13, 0xA9, 0x8A, 0xA6, 0x10, 0x47, 0x65, 0x5D, 0x73, 0x9E, 0xF1, 0x94, 0xEB, 0x05, 0xB1, 0xA7, 0x11 }}}, {{ // h 0x00, 0x00, 0x12, 0x97 }}, {{{ // a 0x05, 0x53, 0xD7, 0xC8, 0x81, 0xF7, 0x78, 0xC2, 0x2C, 0x37, 0xB6, 0xC0, 0x16, 0x3E, 0x68, 0x24, 0x3A, 0x84, 0x78, 0x1C, 0x0A, 0xDF, 0x9B, 0xB3, 0xED, 0x21, 0xC4, 0x46, 0xE5, 0xA7, 0xA3, 0x92 }}}, {{{ // b 0x00, 0x3A, 0x2E, 0x39, 0x0E, 0x10, 0xD8, 0xAC, 0x47, 0xCB, 0x29, 0xC8, 0xF1, 0x2C, 0x7F, 0x11, 0x99, 0x2A, 0x18, 0xB7, 0xEF, 0x73, 0x48, 0xA6, 0xBE, 0x70, 0xA6, 0x8B, 0x97, 0x34, 0x8A, 0xB1 }}}, { // coeff {{{ // coeff[0] 0x02, 0x16, 0x7A, 0x61, 0x53, 0xDD, 0xF6, 0xE2, 0x89, 0x15, 0xA0, 0x94, 0xF1, 0xB5, 0xDC, 0x65, 0x21, 0x15, 0x62, 0xE1, 0x7D, 0xC5, 0x43, 0x89, 0xEE, 0xB4, 0xEF, 0xC8, 0xA0, 0x8E, 0x34, 0x0F }}}, {{{ // coeff[1] 0x04, 0x82, 0x27, 0xE1, 0xEB, 0x98, 0x64, 0xC2, 0x8D, 0x8F, 0xDD, 0x0E, 0x82, 0x40, 0xAE, 0xD4, 0x31, 0x63, 0xD6, 0x46, 0x32, 0x16, 0x85, 0x7A, 0xB7, 0x18, 0x68, 0xB8, 0x17, 0x02, 0x81, 0xA6 }}}, {{{ // coeff[2] 0x06, 0x20, 0x76, 0xE8, 0x54, 0x54, 0x53, 0xB4, 0xA9, 0xD8, 0x44, 0x4B, 0xAA, 0xFB, 0x1C, 0xFD, 0xAE, 0x15, 0xCA, 0x29, 0x79, 0xA6, 0x24, 0xA4, 0x0A, 0xF6, 0x1E, 0xAC, 0xED, 0xFB, 0x10, 0x41 }}}, }, {{{ // qnr 0x08, 0x66, 0xA7, 0x67, 0x36, 0x6E, 0x62, 0x71, 0xB7, 0xA6, 0x52, 0x94, 0x8F, 0xFB, 0x25, 0x9E, 0xE6, 0x4F, 0x25, 0xE5, 0x26, 0x9A, 0x2B, 0x6E, 0x7E, 0xF8, 0xA6, 0x39, 0xAE, 0x46, 0xAA, 0x24 }}}, {{ // orderG2 0x00, 0x03, 0xDF, 0xFC, 0xBE, 0x2F, 0x5C, 0x2E, 0x45, 0x49, 0x7A, 0x2A, 0x91, 0xBA, 0xD1, 0x3E, 0x01, 0xEC, 0x5F, 0xC2, 0x15, 0x14, 0x10, 0xB3, 0x28, 0x5E, 0x56, 0xCC, 0x26, 0x51, 0x24, 0x93, 0x0E, 0x6C, 0x99, 0x96, 0x38, 0xE0, 0x7D, 0x68, 0x8C, 0xB7, 0x97, 0x23, 0xF4, 0xAC, 0x4D, 0xBC, 0x5E, 0x01, 0x15, 0xFF, 0x45, 0x60, 0x08, 0x13, 0xCD, 0x59, 0xD7, 0x73, 0xB0, 0x0C, 0x20, 0x5E, 0xAB, 0xAA, 0x24, 0x31, 0xE2, 0x2A, 0xA2, 0x53, 0x8A, 0xF7, 0x86, 0xD5, 0x19, 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The Pharma Marketing Glossary An alternative way for drug companies to provide risk information about a drug in a broadcast ad. Drug companies generally must include all of a drug's risk information in a product claim ad. In print ads, they usually do this in the "brief summary." This brief summary would take many minutes to read or scroll down a TV screen. The law allows broadcast ads to include only the most important risk information if the ads tell viewers or listeners how to get the full FDA-approved prescribing information, which has all the drug's risks. To meet the "adequate provision" requirement, the broadcast ad must provide ways to find the drug's FDA-approved prescribing information. Broadcast ads can meet the "adequate provision" requirement by giving a number of sources for finding a drug's prescribing information. These include: Percent of doses of a drug taken as prescribed for entire period of study (compliance + persistence); to combine the proper self-administration of treatment with a patient's sticking with it. Where to find more information: An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is an injury caused by taking a medication. ADRs may occur following a single dose or prolonged administration of a drug or result from the combination of two or more drugs. The meaning of this expression differs from the meaning of "side effect", as this last expression might also imply that the effects can be beneficial. The study of ADRs is the concern of the field known as pharmacovigilance. An adverse drug event (ADE) refers to any injury occurring at the time a drug is used, whether or not it is identified as a cause of the injury. An ADR is a special type of ADE in which a causative relationship can be shown. An adverse drug reaction is "an appreciably harmful or unpleasant reaction, resulting from an intervention related to the use of a medicinal product, which predicts hazard from future administration and warrants prevention or specific treatment, or alteration of the dosage regimen, or withdrawal of the product." Such reactions are currently reported by use of WHO's Adverse Reaction Terminology, which will eventually become a subset of the International Classification of Diseases. Adverse drug reactions are classified into six types (with mnemonics): dose-related (Augmented), non-dose-related (Bizarre), dose-related and time-related (Chronic), time-related (Delayed), withdrawal (End of use), and failure of therapy (Failure). Timing, the pattern of illness, the results of investigations, and rechallenge can help attribute causality to a suspected adverse drug reaction. Management includes withdrawal of the drug if possible and specific treatment of its effects. Suspected adverse drug reactions should be reported. Surveillance methods can detect reactions and prove associations. The definition of "adverse event" for both prescription drugs and dietary supplements is "any health-related event associated with the use of a that is adverse". This could include any unfavorable and unintended sign including an abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease, and, more seriously, death. FDA defines an Adverse drug experience as "Any adverse event associated with the use of a drug in humans, whether or not considered drug related, including the following: An adverse event occurring in the course of the use of a drug product in professional practice; an adverse event occurring from drug overdose whether accidental or intentional; an adverse event occurring from drug abuse; an adverse event occurring from drug withdrawal; and any failure of expected pharmacological action." FDA's MedWatch Form, which is used by physicians and consumers to report adverse events, includes the following outcomes attributed to adverse events: Death Life-threatening Hospitalization Disability or permanent damage Congenital abnormality Required intervention to prevent permanent impairment or damage The FDA requires pharmaceutical companies to monitor and report all adverse events it learns about relating to its products. The agency expects "entities responsible for reporting will promptly review all adverse event information received or otherwise obtained, which potentially includes information from the Internet and social media tools." Such events should be reported to FDA if there is knowledge of the four basic elements for submission of an individual case safety report, namely: An identifiable patient An identifiable reporter A suspect drug or biological product An adverse experience or fatal outcome suspected to be due to the suspect drug or biological product FDA guidance states that those entities should review any Internet sites sponsored by them for adverse experience information, but are not responsible for reviewing any Internet sites that they do not sponsor; however, if they become aware of an adverse experience on an Internet site that they do not sponsor, they should review the adverse experience and determine if it should be reported to FDA. FDA requires manufacturers, packers, and distributors of marketed prescription drug products to establish and maintain records and make reports to FDA of all serious, unexpected adverse drug experiences associated with the use of their drug products. Pharma companies must also develop written procedures for the surveillance, receipt, evaluation, and reporting of postmarketing adverse drug experiences to FDA. FDA law requires pharmaceutical companies to periodically report any adevrse events it has knowledge of. Before considering any clinical incident for submission to the FDA in an expedited or periodic safety report, applicants, manufacturers, and licensed manufacturers should have knowledge of the following four dats elements: An identifiable patient; And identifiable reporter; A suspect drug, biological product, or device; and An adverse event or fatal outcome. According to the FDA, "Reporting of adverse events from the point of care is voluntary in the United States. FDA receives some adverse event and medication error reports directly from health care professionals (such as physicians, pharmacists, nurses and others) and consumers (such as patients, family members, lawyers and others). Healthcare professionals and consumers may also report these events to the products’ manufacturers. If a manufacturer receives an adverse event report, it is required to send the report to FDA as specified by regulations" (see "Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS)"). Where to find more information: Relating to a stage in a patient's behaviorial progression with regard to a medical condition in which the patient is just finding out about the condition and whether it pertains to him or her. Addiction recovery programs often refer to three stages of behavior leading to recovery: Awareness, Acceptance, and Action. This progression may be called "The Three A's" and is used as a tool to help people come to terms with their addiction. The same behaviorial progression is seen with patients coming to terms with a chronic medical condition. Patients need different information from prospects and marketing messages need to change as prospects go through the behavioral progression starting at Awareness (just finding out about the condition and whether it pertains to them), moving to Acceptance (the potential risk has been personalized and the prospect is considering seeking information and/or evaluation), and finally arriving at Action (ready to talk with physician about treatment or is already on therapy). Pharmaceutical marketers often use the term "Disease Awareness" and try to increase the market size of a therapeutic area by using DTC advertising and physician marketing to "build" awareness of a particular medical condition. An example would be ads for "overactive bladder," which have been successful in building awareness among consumers of a medical condition (urinary incontinence or urgency) that many thought was only of concern for senior citizens. POPULAR CATEGORY The Pharma Marketing Network® was established in 2003 by John Mack (aka Pharmaguy). Our ongoing mission is to continue the work John started; speaking truth to power, asking tough questions, and building this ever-growing community of conscientious professionals. | Mid | [
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Q: PHP/JSON - stdClass Object I'm pretty new to arrays still. I need some help - I have some JSON, and I've run it through some PHP that basically parses the JSON and decodes it as follows: stdClass Object ( [2010091907] => stdClass Object ( [home] => stdClass Object ( [score] => stdClass Object ( [1] => 7 [2] => 17 [3] => 10 [4] => 7 [5] => 0 [T] => 41 ) [abbr] => ATL [to] => 2 ) This actually goes on and on - BUT - my problem is the stdClass Object part. I need to be able to call this in a for loop and then iterate through each section (home, score, abbr, to, etc). How would I go about this? A: You can use get_object_vars() to get an array of the object's properties, or call json_decode() with json_decode($string,true); to get an associative array. Example: <?php $foo = array('123456' => array('bar' => array('foo'=>1,'bar'=>2))); //as object var_dump($opt1 = json_decode(json_encode($foo))); echo $opt1->{'123456'}->bar->foo; foreach(get_object_vars($opt1->{'123456'}->bar) as $key => $value){ echo $key.':'.$value.PHP_EOL; } //as array var_dump($opt2 = json_decode(json_encode($foo),true)); echo $opt2['123456']['bar']['foo']; foreach($opt2['123456']['bar'] as $key => $value){ echo $key.':'.$value.PHP_EOL; } ?> Output: object(stdClass)#1 (1) { ["123456"]=> object(stdClass)#2 (1) { ["bar"]=> object(stdClass)#3 (2) { ["foo"]=> int(1) ["bar"]=> int(2) } } } 1 foo:1 bar:2 array(1) { [123456]=> array(1) { ["bar"]=> array(2) { ["foo"]=> int(1) ["bar"]=> int(2) } } } 1 foo:1 bar:2 A: You can iterate on the stdClass with foreach. | Mid | [
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Quality assurance in the social- and educational sector – an empirical analysis to assess the actual situation of quality and educational controlling concerning the day nurseries of Berlin Child care has been getting never known public attention within the last years. Accordingly, the crucial question is whether, to what extent and in what way the introduction of quality and educational controlling is used in practice. The method used in this study is triangulation, which includes three parts: tQuality assurance in the social- and educational sector – an empirical analysis to assess the actual situation of quality and educational controlling concerning the day nurseries of Berlin Child care has been getting never known public attention within the last years. Accordingly, the crucial question is whether, to what extent and in what way the introduction of quality and educational controlling is used in practice. The method used in this study is triangulation, which includes three parts: the literary analysis, the qualitative investigation (interviews with ten bodies responsible for nursery schools and evaluation by content analysis) and the quantitative investigation (standardized interviews with 49 day nursery heads and evaluation by SPSS). This study comes to the following conclusions: - The sector of day nursery is fixed by several laws (federal laws, national/regional laws and educational plans). - The sector of day nursery can be described by a pluralism of quality, which has been systematized by the introduction of the Berliner Bildungsprogramm. - The sector of day nursery has changed in literature, society and practice because of the introduction of the Berliner Bildungsprogramm, which gives orientation and quality security. - This sector is located between the social and the educational sector. - The possibility of implementing the quality and the educational instruments depends on political general conditions. - The demand for better general conditions, like the improvement of the personnel key, can be established without exception.… | High | [
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Chronos Will Turn Any Watch into a Smartwatch - prostoalex http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-05/chronos-will-turn-any-watch-into-a-smartwatch ====== nyc Recognizing that people like their existing watches is a great idea. The hardware looks really slick too. The big problem, one that afflicts pretty much every smartwatch, is one of battery life. One of the great things about non-smart watches is that they run for years, not days. Chronos doesn't bypass this limitation (although one nice thing w/ Chronos is that if one forgets to charge, the main watch will continue to work). ~~~ keehun I think that's the crux. Its core functionality (time keeping) is not nulled when you forget to charge. Also, battery life is 3 days (EDIT: 36 hours), apparently, so better than any other smartwatch out there! (EDIT: Except the pebble) Plus, it looks like it adds nothing to the current watch in terms of weight/volume! ~~~ iancarroll The Pebble is able to for a week without needing to be charged. [https://help.getpebble.com/customer/portal/articles/1564016-...](https://help.getpebble.com/customer/portal/articles/1564016-battery- life) ~~~ rtpg and when it runs to 0%, it goes into "watch only" mode for a day or so , where it just shows the time ------ Vexs That's... a really good idea. Just reading over the article I was trying to find some issue with the Chronos, and I really can't. Half the utility of my pebble is it vibrates when I get a notification, which is really all you need. The LED aspect of it seems like a good solution for it's lack of screen. The only issue I can see with the device isnt actually related to the device- it looks like it depends on proprietary standards, meaning it needs its own apps and hooks.If noone wants to support another smartwatch in their app, this is dead before it hits the water. ~~~ ghostbrainalpha Agree totally about the Pebble vibrate function. I hate hearing my phone ring and ALWAYS keep it on vibrate, but sometimes you don't feel a pocket vibration in your pocket. After realizing a hated all of Pebble's apps, and not needing a watch face to tell time, Pebble just became a wrist vibration band for my text messages. But that feature alone is enough for me to keep the device around. ------ robotcookies How about something like this except make it as a watch strap? You could just replace your strap and not make your watch thicker (my pet peeve when it comes to watches). You could probably even have a larger battery and have it last for several days. Most watch straps are standard and either 18mm or 20mm. You'd also be sure it wouldn't fall off - I know they say the chronos won't fall off but come on, many people aren't going to trust micro suction. ~~~ fridek [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113076301/unique- make-...](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113076301/unique-make-any- watch-a-smartwatch) is a smart strap like you describe. Unfortunately it seems to be rather thick. I doubt it can look and feel as good as a thicker watch. ------ PeterWhittaker Clever. Appeals to me: I have a scuba watch with a rubber strap, the only watch I've ever been able to wear comfortably for extended periods. I'm so used to it (and I miss it _a lot_ when it goes in for service) that I will likely never replace it - despite having far more means than when I bought it, and some interest in smart watches. Chronos means I get to keep it _and_ get smart watch functionality. Cool. ~~~ bpicolo Depends. I'm curious if waterproof includes scuba-depths. I feel like it doesn't tend to ~~~ gaius No watch is "water proof", they are only water-resistant. The test goes like this: put the watch in a chamber full of water, pressurize it to the equivalent depth, bring it back to the surface, does it still work? What this test overlooks is that that doesn't reflect how watches are used e.g. do the buttons stand up to pushing when at depth? Does moving your wrist cause the case to flex imperceptibly, etc? This is why diving watches have ludicrous depths on them, 300m and 600m, because you need that kind of static strength to stand up to normal use at 30m or 50m. There is no way that this device will be suitable for scuba. Probably OK for swimming tho' as it has no buttons. But since it's removeable, as another diving watch wearer, I'm interested... ------ DonHopkins This hidden smart watch really captures what Mark Weiser meant when he wrote about Ubiquitous Computing in his Scientific American Ubicomp article "The Computer for the 21st Century" [1]: "The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." "Such a disappearance is a fundamental consequence not of technology, but of human psychology. Whenever people learn something sufficiently well, they cease to be aware of it. When you look at a street sign, for example, you absorb its information without consciously performing the act of reading.. Computer scientist, economist, and Nobelist Herb Simon calls this phenomenon "compiling"; philosopher Michael Polanyi calls it the "tacit dimension"; psychologist TK Gibson calls it "visual invariants"; philosophers Georg Gadamer and Martin Heidegger call it "the horizon" and the "ready-to-hand", John Seely Brown at PARC calls it the "periphery". All say, in essence, that only when things disappear in this way are we freed to use them without thinking and so to focus beyond them on new goals." "How do technologies disappear into the background? The vanishing of electric motors may serve as an instructive example: At the turn of the century, a typical workshop or factory contained a single engine that drove dozens or hundreds of different machines through a system of shafts and pulleys. Cheap, small, efficient electric motors made it possible first to give each machine or tool its own source of motive force, then to put many motors into a single machine." Mark Weiser on Ubiquitous Computing: [2] "Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning. First were mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we are in the personal computing era, person and machine staring uneasily at each other across the desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives. Alan Kay of Apple calls this "Third Paradigm" computing." [1] [https://www.ics.uci.edu/~corps/phaseii/Weiser- Computer21stCe...](https://www.ics.uci.edu/~corps/phaseii/Weiser- Computer21stCentury-SciAm.pdf) [2] [http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html](http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html) ~~~ xj9 This is my mantra. ------ lips This is one step closer to when I think wearables will turn an important corner: when they're commoditized as OEM parts that can be built into enhanced versions of things you already want. Rings, shoes, bracelets. Oh, and when people resign themselves to wait another 5-10 years for parting the workspace from the device form factor. ~~~ such_a_casual I disagree completely. The players in those markets are so big that they are constantly on the look out for differentiation. It just so happens that in the watch market analogue is worth more than digital (ie $30k for a fancy time telling watch and $350 for an apple watch). Digital watches have been big for a while and so they have a designated place in the market. Digital rings, shoes, bracelets... not so much. ~~~ lips TBH, I don't entirely understand your point, so a reply is maybe out of order, butt ... :) < The players in those markets Wearable market = created by people who want wearables. Enhanced shoe market = created by portion of people who wear shoes. ~~~ such_a_casual players in those markets > example Nike: Nike makes shoes. They are looking for differentiation in that market. They have massive resources. So it makes more sense for Nike to make a new model that incorporates technology than it is for them to make something that attaches to their existing models (and presumably everyone else's). ------ anonu This is an interesting twist on an idea I've had to bring the aesthetics of automatic-wind mechanical watches to the smartwatch world. The principles would be to have a power-source powered by the motions of the user - and notifications would be through mechanical movements of watch hands or whatever. Chronos tries to address the gap between what mechanical aficionados look for and smartwatches... but I think it misses the mark. ------ eyeareque Since it doesn't have a screen I don't think you can call it a smart watch. It does seem like it could appeal to some people who don't need the convenience of reading a text or app notification from a regular smart watch. ~~~ jonas21 Why does a smart watch have to have a screen? ~~~ eyeareque That's the main buying point for me, a small screen on my wrist that can give visual notifications so I don't have to pull my phone out. ~~~ weisser That's the main reason I haven't bought a smart watch. ~~~ TeMPOraL And the main reason I didn't buy a tractor is because a tractor would let me to start a farm. The point is, people have different needs. Some like getting notifications on their wrist. Myself, I like smartwatches more for the input side - ability to control stuff without interacting with the smartphone directly. Also, that's good that some people just don't see the need for it. It means the tool is useful. I hate the trend that hit the mobile market (and already affects the smartwatches) that makes companies design for lowest common denominator - it means people like me, who would like to use a specialized, feature-laden device can't get anything, because they don't exist on the market. ------ egypturnash I don't wear watches. I don't wear smartwatches either. But I... I kinda want this. I want to stick it to the back of a pendant or something, and have a piece of smart jewelry. Sadly I doubt it'd work well for the fitness tracking uses if I used it that way. It'd have to be on a wrist to track pulse and whatnot. ------ sandij Similar project that just launched on Kickstarter: [http://www.trivoly.com/](http://www.trivoly.com/) ------ aldo_k Check [http://maintool.me](http://maintool.me) Very elegant, up to 20 days battery life. Fits on any watch ------ nickysielicki I wish I could get a fitness band that doesn't rely on a smartphone. I don't take my smartphone on runs with me. I don't have it on me when I'm working out... Pretty much any time I'd like to know my heartrate, I'd like to not have my smartphone on me. I want one with a tiny LCD on it to show me my footsteps and heartrate, and I want to plug it into my computer and get a CSV. That's it. For the 99% of normal people who don't want to play with their data in python, you can give them a simple OTG cable and have your app do everything there. I don't need a smartwatch to read me my text messages or buzz for notifications. ~~~ tetrep that product already exists[0], running watch have been around for many years and do exactly that. [0]: [https://www.google.com/search?q=running+watch](https://www.google.com/search?q=running+watch) ~~~ melindajb Indeed. but I also want to listen to spotify while I run. Doesn't seem any of those can do that, but if I'm missing something I'd love to know. I also want that data to go into runkeeper. ------ cptskippy When I saw this I immediately thought of the Xiaomi Mi Band. The Mi Band isn't meant to affix to the back of a watch but otherwise the two devices are feature equivalent. They both have a vibrator, an array of multicolored LEDs, accelerometers, and Bluetooth. The primary differences being battery life and software. While they're radically different form factors, they appear to be similar in volume. The battery life on the Mi Band exceeds 30 days which makes me wonder why this thing can only manage 36 hours. Speaking of software, this thing seems to do everything I wish the Mi Band did. The Mi Band is such a waste in this regard. ------ hxw 2.5mm is too thick. Thickness is an important criteria on watches for me, so the idea of adding 2.5mm to a watch with a thickness of 13mm is not very appealing. ------ superuser2 The Pebble is useless to me because you have to dismiss every notification twice: once on the phone, once on the watch. I like getting notifications on the watch when my phone is in my pocket, but when carrying on an extended iMessage conversation I have to deal with notifications on all 3 of watch, iPhone, and computer. Does anyone know if there is a way to solve this problem? ~~~ bmsleight_ yes, a setting. (Are you running the latest version of app?) Also Pebble Notification Centre is a good alternative. ------ evan_ I wonder if I could just stick it to the back of my hand or inside of my wrist with a gentle glue, since I don't wear a watch. ~~~ lvs I'll tell you where to stick it... to your phone. ------ paxtonab This is absolutely perfect for my needs. I've wanted a smartwatch solely to be able to track exercise and steps, but I have been unimpressed by the aesthetics of the current offerings (square design of the Apple watch, the tacky looking FitBit). The notifications system (simple vibration & optional LED) seems discreet as well. ~~~ therobotking Have you checked out the Microsoft Band 2? ------ sfredd I've never been able to use my smartwatch (Pebble) frequently enough. It's a combination of battery life and the fact that it doesn't look enough like a real watch. This might change that for me. ------ ixwt I like the idea. Like others have said here, the Pebble is nice for the notifications. I've been curious to try something that acts solely as a notification device such as this. It could be very discrete, placed in a band on the upper arm or around the ankle (if you want to keep track of steps). I wish the battery life were longer (that way I could use it as a sleep device as well, but I think with it's life of ~36 hours, I could probably work with it), but I like the concept, and look forward to it being compatible with Android. ------ Killswitch This interests me. I originally wanted to get a Apple Watch but I am not a fan of their overall look. I like traditional watches. ~~~ Steltek What do you think of the Pebble Time Round? Thin, round, and an unbacklit display. ~~~ Killswitch I just could never get into the Pebble's look. Knowing I can get a classic watch and turn it into the things I'd use an Apple Watch for is pretty appealing to me. ------ leeleelee Great idea. ~~~ leeleelee Odd that I got 2 downvotes for "great idea." ~~~ TeMPOraL I.e. _only_ 2 downvotes? I sometimes too want to express my appreciation for something with more than just an upvote, but find myself without anything insightful to say. The current solution is to get an "yes, it's ok to just upvote" counseling, but I sometimes wonder if there isn't something to improve there. Upvotes signal everything from "it's a great idea!", through "oh, cool", to "headline looks interesting, I want to save that for later reading". On the other hand, since posting "it's great" doesn't seem like much of a contribution, even the best ideas (or Show HNs) end up having lots of criticism in comments here, despite that most HNers may actually really like it. A way to signal "it's a great idea" besides upvotes could correct the comment bias. ~~~ leeleelee Here's how it should work, IMO: (1) An upvote signals a positive sentiment (2) A downvote signals a negative sentiment (3) A subject's "newsworthiness" is measured by the sum of upvotes and downvotes (i.e. 5 upvotes and 5 downvotes = 10 newsworthy points) (4) A subject gets buried by measuring the square of the difference between downvotes and upvotes, divided by total votes squared (i.e. 5 downvotes and 1 upvote has a newsworthy score of 6, but it will have a "bury" score of (5-1)^2 / 6^2. This would only apply to subjects with more downvotes than upvotes. Currently, upvotes end up being a mixture of "positive sentiment" and "newsworthy" \-- there needs to be a method of distinction between those. ------ adnam Useless tat | Low | [
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Please print Wellesley schedule - I think that I have a conflict with the date that they need me. Let's discuss. ---------------------- Forwarded by Sally Beck/HOU/ECT on 02/05/2001 03:16 PM --------------------------- Geynille Dillingham 02/02/2001 05:53 PM To: Cindy Olson/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Jean Mrha/NA/Enron@Enron, Mariella Mahan/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Sally Beck/HOU/ECT@ECT, Michelle Cash/HOU/ECT@ECT, Christie Patrick/HOU/ECT@ECT, Kelly H Boots/HOU/ECT@ECT, Jennifer Fraser/HOU/ECT@ECT, Stephanie Goldman/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Mog Heu/NA/Enron@Enron, Sabina Rank/NA/Enron@Enron, Grace Kim/NA/Enron@Enron, Richard Schneider/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Bryan Garrett/Enron Communications@Enron Communications, Kim Wilkie/ET&S/Enron@ENRON, Carol Jean Marshall/HOU/ECT@ECT, Elizabeth Shim/Corp/Enron@ENRON cc: Kathy McMahon/NA/Enron@Enron, Melissa Graves/HOU/ECT@ECT, Isabel Romero/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Patti Thompson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Twanda Sweet/HOU/ECT@ECT Subject: Wellesley Revised Strategy Hello Team!!! Due to scheduling conflicts the strategy has been adjusted. Please review the strategy for the changes and adjust your schedules accordingly. If you have problems or concerns, please feel free to contact me. I will be out of the office until the 16th but will be checking e-mail and voice mail. Thanks, Geynille Dillingham Recruiter 3-1546 Corina Taylor Recruiting Coordinator 5-7344 | Low | [
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Meet the Transgender Grand Marshals of Pride 2014! By Jack Dunn, Communications and Operations Associate This year across the country we’re seeing more and more positive representation of our trans communities in LGBT pride celebrations. LA pride put the ‘T’ before ‘LGB’ in naming their celebration, and many pride celebrations have named transgender Grand Marshals. Here we focus on some major cities and the trans folk they’re honoring! Seattle Danielle Askini Danielle Askini is a social worker and internationally influential trans* activist. Based in Seattle and Stockholm, Danielle is the founding Executive Director of Gender Justice League, Washington State’s trans* and allied activist collective. Danielle has served as Program Manager for Q-Law, the National Program Director for GSA Network and is currently the Policy Director for Basic Rights Oregon. Her work has also spanned to Sweden where she helped RFSL – The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights – change the 1972 law “regarding sex-changes in some circumstances” that required trans* people to undergo forced sterilization. Danielle’s work has spanned a number of progressive causes including safe-schools work and reforming HIV/AIDS policy, though the underlying focus has always been on elevating trans* community and experiences. Danielle will be Grand Marshal for Seattle’s 40-years-of-Pride celebrations on June 29. San Francisco Janet Mock Janet mock is a writer, an advocate, and the New York Times bestselling author of ‘Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More’, the first memoir of a young trans woman, that celebrates self-actualization and self-love. In 2012 she launched #GirlsLikeUs, a movement that encourages trans women to live visibly. Janet is a board member at the Arcus Foundation, a global organization advancing social justice and conservation issues, and an advisor for the {young}ist, a young people-powered media site. The Anti-Violence Project, ADCOLOR Awards and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project have honored Janet for her work. She was also named Woman of the Year in 2013 by the feminist site Vitamin W and named to OUT magazine’s Out 100 list, GOOD magazine’s GOOD 100, the Center for American Progress’s 13 Women of Color to Watch, the Huffington Post’s 23 Inspiring Women Blazing Trails for the LGBT Community and The Grio’s 100 most influential African-Americans. Her work has been nominated for a Women’s Media Center Award and a GLAAD Media Award. She has been chosen as ‘Celebrity Grand Marshal’ for San Francisco Pride, which will take place June 27-29. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy A participant in the Stonewall Riots, incarcerated at Attica State Prison, politicized by the prison riot in 1971 and now Executive Director of the Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Miss Major dedicated her life to community building and providing direct care and services to other trans women, PARTICULARLY TWOC, including years of activism and advocacy on behalf of prisoner’s rights. Miss Major has inspired generations to get involved in their local communities. She was involved in numerous HIV/AIDS organizations in the 80s, helped establish the AIDS Memorial Garden in San Diego, and in the 90s moved to San Francisco and became active in the City of Refuge and Tenderloin AIDS Research Center as their Transgender Services Program Coordinator. While at TARC, she innovated unstructured “drop-in” services enabling her to reach previously unsupported parts of the community, and her physical presence alone – accompanying physicians to prisons or providing direct health services – had a direct impact on community members’ ability to trust these institutions, affecting hundreds of lives. She has been the recipient of dozens of awards by municipal and state organizations, most recently the building housing five NYC organizations committed to social justice for LGBTQGNC people of color & low-income people was renamed after her. She has been chosen as ‘Community Grand Marshal’ for the San Francisco pride, which will take place June 27-29. Jewlyes Gutierrez Like many young #girlslikeus, 16 year-old Jewlyes Gutierrez loves taking family vacations, going to theme parks, shopping, and singing along with her favorite artist, Carrie Underwood. One day she would like to be a cosmetologist, and cuts, dyes and styles her family members’ hair. Jewlyes came out to her family when she was 14 and although her family sometimes struggled to understand what this meant for her life, she always had their strong support. This wasn’t always true at Hercules Middle/High School in Contra Costa County, where she is now a sophomore. She went through many years of abuse and bullying, seeking help from school administrators to no avail. Last November she finally fought back and, in spite of video evidence showing her punched and kicked while trying to run away, she found herself charged with battery while the three students who harassed her received no charges. An online petition in support of dropping the charges gathered over 200,000 signatures in just a few weeks and in February, after weeks of public scrutiny, the case was referred to a conflict resolution program, which will allow the charges to be dropped. But while the legal case may be over, her struggle highlighted the bullying and mistreatment LGBTQ youth endure in the school system and the need for change. She has been chosen as ‘Community Grand Marshal’ for the San Francisco pride, which will take place June 27-29. Chelsea Manning Enlisting in the army in 2007, Chelsea Manning, became an intelligence analyst, and rose to the rank of Specialist, receiving a high level security clearance. Deployed to Iraq in 2008, living and working under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Manning experienced severe isolation and bullying from her fellow soldiers. In 2010, Manning began to share information with the website Wikileaks, ultimately releasing hundreds of thousands of files with far-reaching consequences including exposing controversial excesses by the American Military. Arrested in May 2010 and convicted in August 2013, Manning is currently confined at the military correctional facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Only history will inform us of the ultimate impact of her disclosures. The 2013 SF Pride Board’s controversial decision to revoke her status as Grand Marshal fueled an international controversy and created intense strife within the local LGBT and progressive communities. In January, in the spirit of community healing, and at the behest of SF Pride’s membership, the newly elected SF Pride Board of Directors reinstated Manning’s status as an honorary Grand Marshal for the 2014 Celebration and Parade. Trans March The mission of the San Francisco Trans March is to inspire all trans and gender non-conforming people to realize a world where we are safe, loved, and empowered. They strive to create a space for our diverse communities to unite and achieve the social justice and equality that each of us deserves. Several activists answered the call and organized the first Trans March on June 25, 2004 with a gathering in Dolores Park followed by a march to Civic Center. A few hundred people attended the first march, twice as many the next year and it’s been growing ever since. The San Francisco Trans March is San Francisco’s largest transgender Pride event and one of the largest trans events in the entire world. It’s always the Friday of Pride weekend and thousands of people attend. Philadelphia Christian Axavier Lovehall Revolutionary, artist, poet, and man of trans experience Christian Axavier Lovehall participated in his first protest at the age of seven, and founded Philly Trans* March in 2012. He is a conscious HipHop artist (Wordz the Poet emcee) dedicated to creating art for social change. He is a part of the Philly Trans* Health Conference planning committee for 2014, and is featured in a documentary ‘HISphoria’ that addresses his daily struggles with gender dysphoria and premieres June 19. He currently works at ‘Morris Home’, a one-of-a-kind holistic residential treatment center for at-risk trans and gender variant individuals in Philadelphia. He was chosen as Grand Marshall for Philly’s festivities, which happened June 8. New York City Laverne Cox Laverne Cox is a critically acclaimed actress best known for her role in the Netflix original series ‘Orange is the New Black’ where she won the Dorian Rising Star Award for her groundbreaking role as Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African-American transgender woman. Laverne is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on mainstream television (Time Magazine named Sophia the 4th most influential fictional character of 2013), produce and star in her own TV show (‘TRANSform Me’, nominated for a GLAAD Media Award), and appear on an American Reality TV Show (‘I Wanna Work for Diddy’, which also won a GLAAD Award.) She has won the Courage Award from the Anti-Violence Project, the Community Leader award from the LGBT Community Center, and the Reader’s Choice award from Out Magazine. She has been named one of The Grio’s ‘Top 100 Influential African-Americans’, Huffinton Post’s ‘Top 50 Trans Icons’, Out Magazine’s ‘Top Out 100’ and Metro Source Magazine’s ’55 People We Love’. Laverne is a renowned speaker on gender expectations and living authentically, featured on CNN, MSNBC, HLN, VH1, Fox News Latino, and has recently signed a book deal with Harlequin. She is also working on a documentary titled ‘Free CeCe’ in order to heighten visibility surrounding CeCe McDonald – a transgender woman who was controversially sentenced to 41 months in a men’s prison for second-degree manslaughter after defending herself against a racist and transphobic attack. She has been named Grand Marshal for New York city pride, which will take place June 24-29. Queens, New York City Melissa Sklarz Melissa Sklarz is a longtime political activist working with the Democratic Party and the LGBT communities of New York. She became the first transgender person elected to office in New York in 1999 when she was elected Judicial Delegate from the 66th Assembly District. In 2004, Melissa became the first transgender person from New York to be part of the state delegation at the Democratic National Convention, by being appointed to the Credentials Committee in 2004 and again in 2012, and the Rules Committee in 2008. Melissa was also the President of the Stonewall Democrats of New York City for the past two years. She helped bring civil rights to transgender people in New York City when INT 24 became law in 2002, served on the Working Group with the New York Human Rights Commission to flesh out the law, and has been a lobbying leader for GENDA (Gender Expression Non Discrimination Act) since the bill was developed. Locally, Melissa served on Community Board 2 in Manhattan for 6 years, is the current secretary of Northern Regular Democrats of Queens, sits on the NYPD Commissioner’s LGBT Advisory Committee, helped Hetrick-Martin Institute with its new transgender program for young adults, and was on the SAGE Advisory Committee for LGBT seniors. Melissa is currently serving on the Board of the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), the LGBT state wide political lobbying group based in New York and in Albany. Bushwick, New York City Reina Gossett Reina Gossett is the membership director at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) as well as the 2014-2015 Activist-In-Residence at Barnard College’s Center for Research on Women. Prior to joining the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Reina worked at @Queers Queers For Economic Justice where she directed the Welfare Organizing Projected and produced A Fabulous Attitude, which documents low-income LGBT New Yorkers surviving inequality and thriving despite enormous obstacles. Prior to her work at Queers for Economic Justice Reina was awarded the George Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship by the Open Society Foundations to work with LGBT people navigating criminalization.She has been named Grand Marshal for Bushwick Pride in New York, which will take place July 12. Lourdes Ashley Hunter Originally from Detroit Michigan, Lourdes Ashley Hunter was an original Globe Bushwick member, co-founder and core member of the Audre Lorde Project’s TransJustice, and co-founder of the Trans Women of Color Collective of Greater New York. She has influenced trans* inclusive policy reform resulting in revised employee training, and the development and implementation of cultural competence training and best practices at government entities such as New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS), New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and The New York City Police Department (NYPD). A 2013-2014 LGBTQ Advocacy Fellow at The Rockwood Leadership Institute, a member of the LGBTQ Advisory Board of Essex County, Executive and Director of The Healing and Restoration Ministry at Rivers at Rehoboth. Ms. Hunter has dedicated her career to civic engagement, public service, social change and racial justice.She has been named Grand Marshal for Bushwick Pride in New York, which will take place July 12. Hawai’i Kaleo Ramos Kaleo Ramos is a licensed special education teacher and LGBTQIA activist from Kane’ohe on the Island of Hawai’i. Since 2007 Kaleo has served as an active part of Hawai’i’s LGBTQIA community, earning pageant titles including Mr. Glam King Casanova 2007, Mr. Fashionista 2008, and Emperor of Hawai’i 2009. Following his reign as Emperor Kaleo became involved in a number of organizations including co-chair of GLSEN Hawai’i, board member and camp mentor with CREATE One ‘Ohana, chair of the Privy Council for the Imperial Court of Hawai’i, administrator of Trans Spectrum Hawai’i, and council member to the LGBT Hawai’i Youth Coalition. Kaleo also serves as a liaison for a number of organizations, which include the Life Foundation Hawai’i, GSA Hawai’i, Pride at Work Hawai’i, YWCA Kaua’i, PFLAG Kaua’i, Equality Hawai’i, and the Hawai’i Youth Services Network. He most recently joined in as an active resource to Family Court here in Hawai’i, working to support our LGBTQIA youth within the juvenile justice system. Other involvements include the Hawai’i youth suicide prevention task force, University of Hawai’i’s Safe Zone trainings, and advisory committee on effective practices for LGBT persons reporting sex abuse, as well many as other engagements, which provide services for the betterment of conditions for our LGBTQIA community. Outside of his activism work, Kaleo is currently working on a Masters degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis on Multicultural Education. Fresno Karen Scot Karen Scot is an award-winning teacher and film producer/screen-writer. She has taught Science at Yosemite High School for 24 years, she is a multiple Who’s Who in America’s Schools teacher, being awarded that accolade over ten times. She has been awarded the Eastman Kodak Award for Excellence in Teaching, and is a California Distinguished Educator. She has been many times a teacher of the month, and has educated over five thousand students. Over her thirty year educational career she has coached and trained California State Champions in Science Fair, Science Olympiad and Odyssey of the Mind, with her OM team taking fifth place in world competition defeating Russia. She has received honors for excellence in teaching science students by the Department of Energy/Cray Research Foundation. Miss Scot’s Native American Science team took fifth place in the all tribe western Native Science Championships. Karen has written and/or produced eleven feature films, as well as being a Major in the California Cadet Corps and graduating first in her police academy class. She plays piano, guitar, bagpipes and sings, as well as being a plumber, electrician and a carpenter. Do you know of more? Let us know in the comments section below! | Mid | [
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The present invention relates to a security element in the form of a thread or strip to be embedded in a security document comprising a carrier sheet and at least one marking substance applied thereto. e.g. in the form of a coating, to allow for visual and/or machine detection of authenticity, and to a method for producing and testing the same. It is a known measure to protect security documents by embedding in these documents security elements which either have special machine detectable physical properties or are designed in terms of their visual appearance so as to serve as an authenticity feature for the security document. Such security elements are e.g. threads or strips directly embedded in the paper ply as it is being formed during the manufacture of the paper. Such a security thread is known e.g. from German laid open print no. 27 54 267, whereby a carrier sheet made of polyester or cellulose is coated with various materials. The visually and/or machine readable authenticity features are e.g. an aluminized coating, a magnetic coating, a coating of X-ray absorbent material and/or luminescent material. This publication shows various structures of such security threads which differ in their layer arrangement and/or the materials used thereby. However, all examples shown therein have at least one, usually even several, of the disadvantages stated below. For example, the layer materials susceptible to mechanical abrasion and atmospheric influences, such as the metal coating, usually form the outside of the thread. However, mechanical stresses during production of the thread can easily destroy the metal coating, and during subsequent use it is often the case that the metal coaxing loses its original shine and eventually turns dull. In serious cases the metal layer may even be completely interrupted, so that the security thread loses not only its reflectiveness but also its machine testable electrical conductivity over the entire length of the thread. Furthermore, the structure is usually asymmetrical and this asymmetry leads to curling of the thread and the formation of garlands. Thus, the thread cannot always be embedded readily in the same flat position in the fibrous layer of a paper ply being formed. The areas of the paper web in which the security thread does not come to lie on the plane of the paper ply must subsequently be eliminated as being useless. This reject rate leads to higher costs for the paper production. Finally, manufacturing errors in the coating process cannot be ruled out. For example, there may be wide fluctuations in the layer thickness and also complete interruptions In the coating. Such interruptions in a metal layer, for example, result in an interruption of the electrical conductivity. These security documents must also be eliminated as rejects since these irregularities prevent reliable detection of authenticity. | Low | [
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"Now, one person who was snapping images of the Sun believes she saw a huge UFO followed by a massive fleet of smaller UFOs passing behind the sun leading some to believe that this is why the solar observatories were closed down so the FBI could keep the discovery under wraps.The image was taken by Maria Hill from Salem, Indiana, on September 11 and appears to show UFO spaceships lurking near to the Sun.Ms Hill wrote on Facebook alongside the images: This is what showed up in my camera after I took a picture of the sun in the eastern sky this morning. iPhone 8 with a camera lens adapter.A green circular door-like object is at the center of the vortex/worm hole and a serpent snake at the top right above it, by a circular disc. I am sure this has a symbolic meaning with the snake and the disc.Website UFO Sightings Hot spot believes this is the reason the observatories have been closed down."Mystery Eclipse & UFO Sightings captured by closed down Solar Observatory. | Low | [
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package org.matsim.contrib.osm.networkReader; import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Coord; import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Id; import org.matsim.api.core.v01.TransportMode; import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Link; import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.NetworkFactory; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; import java.util.function.BiPredicate; import java.util.function.Predicate; /** * Network reader which adds bicycle specific properties to the generated matsim-network. These include: * - {@link TransportMode#bike} is added as allowed transport mode * - Surface, smoothness are stored as link attributes * - Cycleway and restriction attributes are set as link attributes as well * - sets bicycleInfrastructureSpeedFactor to 0.5 on each link which has allowed mode {@link TransportMode#bike} * <p> * Additionally the osm-highway-tags cycleway, service, track, footway, pedestrian, path, steps are parsed from the * original osm-network. */ public final class OsmBicycleReader extends SupersonicOsmNetworkReader { public static final String BICYCLE_INFRASTRUCTURE_SPEED_FACTOR = "bicycleInfrastructureSpeedFactor"; private static final double BIKE_PCU = 0.25; private static Set<String> bicycleNotAllowed = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(OsmTags.MOTORWAY, OsmTags.MOTORWAY_LINK, OsmTags.TRUNK, OsmTags.TRUNK_LINK)); private static Set<String> onlyBicycleAllowed = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(OsmTags.TRACK, OsmTags.CYCLEWAY, OsmTags.SERVICE, OsmTags.FOOTWAY, OsmTags.PEDESTRIAN, OsmTags.PATH, OsmTags.STEPS)); private SupersonicOsmNetworkReader.AfterLinkCreated afterLinkCreated; public OsmBicycleReader(OsmNetworkParser parser, Predicate<Long> preserveNodeWithId, BiPredicate<Coord, Integer> includeLinkAtCoordWithHierarchy, SupersonicOsmNetworkReader.AfterLinkCreated afterLinkCreated) { super(parser, preserveNodeWithId, includeLinkAtCoordWithHierarchy, (link, tags, direction) -> handleLink(link, tags, direction, afterLinkCreated)); this.afterLinkCreated = afterLinkCreated; } private static void handleLink(Link link, Map<String, String> tags, SupersonicOsmNetworkReader.Direction direction, AfterLinkCreated outfacingCallback) { String highwayType = tags.get(OsmTags.HIGHWAY); setAllowedModes(link, highwayType); setSurface(link, tags, highwayType); setSmoothness(link, tags); setCycleWay(link, tags); setRestrictions(link, tags); // do infrastructure factor link.getAttributes().putAttribute(BICYCLE_INFRASTRUCTURE_SPEED_FACTOR, 0.5); outfacingCallback.accept(link, tags, direction); } private static void setAllowedModes(Link link, String highwayType) { HashSet<String> allowedModes = new HashSet<>(link.getAllowedModes()); if (!bicycleNotAllowed.contains(highwayType)) allowedModes.add(TransportMode.bike); if (onlyBicycleAllowed.contains(highwayType)) allowedModes.remove(TransportMode.car); link.setAllowedModes(allowedModes); } private static void setSurface(Link link, Map<String, String> tags, String highwayType) { if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.SURFACE)) { link.getAttributes().putAttribute(OsmTags.SURFACE, tags.get(OsmTags.SURFACE)); } else if (highwayType.equals(OsmTags.PRIMARY) || highwayType.equals(OsmTags.PRIMARY_LINK) || highwayType.equals(OsmTags.SECONDARY) || highwayType.equals(OsmTags.SECONDARY_LINK)) { link.getAttributes().putAttribute(OsmTags.SURFACE, "asphalt"); } } private static void setSmoothness(Link link, Map<String, String> tags) { if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.SMOOTHNESS)) { link.getAttributes().putAttribute(OsmTags.SMOOTHNESS, tags.get(OsmTags.SMOOTHNESS)); } } private static void setCycleWay(Link link, Map<String, String> tags) { if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY)) link.getAttributes().putAttribute(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY, tags.get(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY)); } private static void setRestrictions(Link link, Map<String, String> tags) { if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.BICYCLE)) link.getAttributes().putAttribute(TransportMode.bike, tags.get(OsmTags.BICYCLE)); } @Override Collection<Link> createLinks(WaySegment segment, NetworkFactory factory) { Collection<Link> links = super.createLinks(segment, factory); if (links.size() == 1 && isReverseCycleWay(segment.getTags())) { Link link = links.iterator().next(); Link reverseLink = createReverseBicycleLink(link, factory); links.add(reverseLink); // test whether the reverse link is actually reverse relative to the segment Direction direction = reverseLink.getFromNode().getId().equals(Id.createNodeId(segment.getFromNode().getId())) ? Direction.Forward : Direction.Reverse; this.afterLinkCreated.accept(link, segment.getTags(), direction); } return links; } private Link createReverseBicycleLink(Link forwardLink, NetworkFactory factory) { String linkId = forwardLink.getId().toString() + "_bike-reverse"; Link result = factory.createLink(Id.createLinkId(linkId), forwardLink.getToNode(), forwardLink.getFromNode()); result.setAllowedModes(new HashSet<>(Collections.singletonList(TransportMode.bike))); result.setCapacity(1500 * BIKE_PCU); result.setLength(forwardLink.getLength()); result.setFreespeed(30 / 3.6); result.setNumberOfLanes(1); for (Map.Entry<String, Object> attribute : forwardLink.getAttributes().getAsMap().entrySet()) { result.getAttributes().putAttribute(attribute.getKey(), attribute.getValue()); } return result; } private boolean isReverseCycleWay(Map<String, String> tags) { if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.ONEWAYBICYCLE) && tags.get(OsmTags.ONEWAYBICYCLE).equals("no")) return true; if (tags.containsKey(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY)) { String tag = tags.get(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY); return (tag.equals("opposite") || tag.equals("opposite_track") || tag.equals("opposite_lane")); } return false; } public static class Builder extends AbstractBuilder<OsmBicycleReader> { @Override OsmBicycleReader createInstance() { addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.TRACK, new LinkProperties(9, 1, 30 / 3.6, 1500 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.CYCLEWAY, new LinkProperties(9, 1, 30 / 3.6, 1500 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.SERVICE, new LinkProperties(9, 1, 10 / 3.6, 100 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.FOOTWAY, new LinkProperties(10, 1, 10 / 3.6, 600 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.PEDESTRIAN, new LinkProperties(10, 1, 10 / 3.6, 600 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.PATH, new LinkProperties(10, 1, 20 / 3.6, 600 * BIKE_PCU, false)); addOverridingLinkProperties(OsmTags.STEPS, new LinkProperties(11, 1, 1 / 3.6, 50 * BIKE_PCU, false)); OsmNetworkParser parser = new OsmNetworkParser(coordinateTransformation, linkProperties, includeLinkAtCoordWithHierarchy, Executors.newWorkStealingPool()); return new OsmBicycleReader(parser, preserveNodeWithId, includeLinkAtCoordWithHierarchy, afterLinkCreated); } } } | Mid | [
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Advertisement Tag Archives: Marvin Miller An epic part of labor history passes on. Marvin Miller, the founder of the Major League Baseball Players Association passed away at the age of 95. The MLBPA made the announcement in a statement this morning. Focus on Sport/Getty Images “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Marvin Miller,” said Michael Weiner, current MLBPA executive director. “All players — past, present and future — owe a debt of gratitude to Marvin, and his influence transcends baseball. Marvin, without question, is largely responsible for ushering in the modern era of sports, which has resulted in tremendous benefits to players, owners and fans of all sports. “Miller served as Executive Director from 1966-82. During his tenure and through the collective bargaining process, Miller led players to unprecedented levels of improved pension and health benefits and compensation, while also providing players a greater voice in the rules and regulations of the game. It is often said that Miller helped form and create one of the strongest unions in American labor history.” Miller began his career as labor economist for the US Government. He later worked for the International Association of Machinists, the United Automobile Workers, and the United Steelworkers. “With a combination of charisma and clarity of vision, Miller convinced the initially skeptical players of the strength they could wield through solidarity and collective bargaining.”From the MLBPA Miller Bio Page [mantra-pullquote align=”left” textalign=”left” width=”33%”]Hank Aaron once said Miller was “as important to the history of baseball as Jackie Robinson.”[/mantra-pullquote]Miller created Free Agency. This allowed players to choose their own path and which teams they would play for. This also allowed the players to walk away from a team who was not willing to pay the wages the player desired or deserved. Prior to the Free Agency rules, players were covered by a ‘reserve clause’ which would basically lock them into a team and a pay rate for as long as a player would play. “Miller likened the reserve clause, which tied a player to the team holding his contract, as little more than 20th century slavery.” Miller also helped to create a process to handle players grievances through arbitration. This gave the players a chance to have their grievances heard by someone outside the owners boxes. “In all, Miller helped players collectively negotiate enormous advances in salaries, benefits and working conditions over five collective bargaining agreements with the owners during his tenure. To reach those agreements, Miller guided the players through strikes in 1972, 1980 and 1981 as well as lockouts in 1973 and 1976.”From the MLBPA Miller Bio Page By the time Mr. Miller retired at the end of 1982, he had secured his place on baseball’s Mount Rushmore by forging one of the strongest unions in America, creating a model for those in basketball, football and hockey. Marvin Miller understood the financial issues of the team owners and the personal issues of the players. He used his knowledge of both to make the game, the players, the owners, and the union flourish. “I never before saw such a win-win situation my life, where everybody involved in Major League Baseball, both sides of the equation, still continue to set records in terms of revenue and profits and salaries and benefits,” Miller said. “You would think that it was impossible to do that. But it is possible, and it is an amazing story how under those circumstances, there can be both management and labor really winning.” (ESPN) Through strength, determination, solidarity, and collective bargaining, players in every professional sport today and for years to come will benefit from the work that Marvin Miller did as the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. NHLN Note:ESPN.Com posted an amazing video of the life of Marvin Miller, I encourage everyone to watch it. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Never miss another post! Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Never miss another post! Join 160 other subscribers Email Address DON’T Forget To Like Us On FACEBOOK! Please help keep the NH Labor News Going If you would like to help keep the NH Labor News going please give us a donation. Money goes to keeping the website running and more. Search The NH Labor News Older Posts Advertise on the NH Labor News NHLN Supported Charity The Second Wind Foundation is a non-profit charity that donates 100% of their earnings. The organization is run by retired union activist and friend of the NHLN. Click the image above to go directly to their site to learn more. | High | [
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Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter. To verify weather mangroves act as sinks for marine litter, we surveyed through visual census 20 forests along the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, both in inhabited and remote locations. Anthropogenic debris items were counted and classified along transects, and the influence of main drivers of distribution were considered (i.e. land-based and ocean-based sources, density of the forest and properties of the object). We confirmed that distance to major maritime traffic routes significantly affects the density of anthropogenic debris in Red Sea mangrove forests, while this was independent of land-based activities. This suggests ocean-based activities combined with surface currents as major drivers of litter in this basin. Additionally, litter was more abundant where the mangrove density was higher, and object distribution through the mangrove stand often depended on their shape and dimension. We particularly show that pneumatophores act as a sieve retaining large plastic objects, leading to higher plastic mass estimates in mangroves compared to those of beaches previously surveyed in the Red Sea. | Mid | [
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1 Introduction ============== There has been growing discussion of the 'data deluge' and the perceived problems surrounding it, namely how to store, process and visualize data, and how to combine multiple heterogeneous data sources. For many working in the cross-disciplinary environment of systems biology research, the challenge of combining these data sources can be great, but the rewards of doing so can be even greater. One of the hurdles facing researchers is the wide variety of data sources available. Therefore, computational tools to assist in the analysis of this data are essential. Tools to assist the modeling of biochemical networks, such as SYCAMORE ([@btu784-B12]) or MetNetMaker ([@btu784-B6]), can simplify the construction of metabolic models, although most require knowledge of database identifiers for the biological entities of interest. Such tools show the utility of integrating data from several sources and simplifying the handling of multiple database identifiers. LigDig uses the strategy of accessing multiple data sources and assisting the user to interpret results that might not be possible by visiting a single data source alone. Additionally, LigDig assists users in performing basic manipulations of protein structures that can help researchers to gain new insights into their system of interest. 2 Design ======== LigDig was developed to assist a user with a set of example questions that might be encountered in a typical systems biology workflow. Aware that new examples could be encountered during software development, we used a modular design that allows component reuse and easy inclusion of new features. An overview of the workflow for the individual tools is given in [Supplementary Figure S1](http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu784/-/DC1). We developed most functionality using Python 2.7, since many powerful toolkits \[Biopython ([@btu784-B4]), Open Babel ([@btu784-B11]), LibSBML ([@btu784-B2])\] are available. The front-end was developed using Play Framework 2, a Model-View-Controller framework allowing code to be written in Java or Scala, with templating of HTML pages using Scala templates. Long running jobs can be provisioned through the Akka framework (an actor-based concurrency model), which allows the website to remain responsive to users. Twitter bootstrap (a front-end web development framework) was used as a way to provide user interface elements that can be viewed on mobile and desktop browsers. 3 Examples ========== LigDig includes examples for each tool. These provide new users with an overview of its functionality and usage. Here, we briefly discuss two examples. When user input to the tools is required, the text is shown in *italic*. 3.1 How and where can information be found for the compound fructose 1,6-bisphosphate? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the example query 'fructose 1,6-bisphosphate', we find no compounds in the ChEMBL database ([@btu784-B7]). We do not believe that this is a deficiency of the ChEMBL database, rather a reflection on the typical user of ChEMBL, who is not likely to provide an InChI ([@btu784-B9]). Re-querying ChEMBL using 'fructose 1,6-diphosphate' yields the desired compound (CHEMBL97893); however, this is a sodium salt of the compound, and the search does not find (CHEMBL1089962) which is stored in ChEMBL as 'Fructose-1,6-Diphosphate'. Similarly, searching using ChemHITS ([@btu784-B8]), a user could find a compound in SABIO-RK (SABIO-Compound-ID: 20960) ([@btu784-B13]), but not in ChEBI ([@btu784-B5]) or KEGG ([@btu784-B10]). Additionally, in the case of the compound found, no 2D chemical structure is provided; thus, it is difficult to check that the correct compound is found. LigDig provides a solution to the compound searching problem, by searching the PubChem database using a relatively broad search term. *The user inputs text that describes the compound of interest, e.g. fructose 1,6-bisphosphate or similar, LigDig then returns several possible results*. These results are grouped by the atomic connectivity. The user is then shown a table with the possible compounds, including their 2D structures, as well as a disambiguation to other databases, which is provided through the UniChem tool. For the search 'fructose 1,6-bisphosphate', LigDig identifies nine possible compounds, of which six compounds are classed into two groups of identical connectivity (size four and two, respectively). The group containing four PubChem chemical identifiers (CIDs: 172313, 10267, 445557, 718) contains links to the two correct ChEMBL compounds: CHEMBL97893 and CHEMBL1089962. LigDig enables the user to easily search for their compound of interest. *The user can now choose to follow links in the results table directly to the original data source, or to continue with further investigations in LigDig by using checkboxes or buttons to submit to further analysis tools.* LigDig also provides the number of structures in the Protein Database (PDB; [@btu784-B1]) which contain the compound of interest. 3.2. Which proteins does my ligand inhibit and why? --------------------------------------------------- Consider the case of the Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling network. A user interested in the human protein ERK1 (Uniprot P27361), would use the 'Find inhibitor' tool. *They would enter the uniprot identifier if already known. Otherwise the user can do a text search which is autocompleted using a typeahead javascript. The user also needs to select two cutoff values to define which compounds are considered to bind to the target and to off-targets; here, we use 10 nM and100 000 nM, respectively.* The tool identifies the compound CHEMBL475251, which using the UniChem web service ([@btu784-B3]) is disambiguated as the drug Tamatinib (see [Fig. 1](#btu784-F1){ref-type="fig"}). There are currently two protein structures containing this compound available (PDB: 3piy and 3fqs). The cytoscape.js (an open-source Javascript graph theory visualization library) and tabular views of the search show that Tamatinib can also bind to the FLT3 tyrosine protein kinase receptor. Clicking on the edge linking CHEMBL475251 and FLT3 shows the binding affinity of this interaction. *LigDig enables the user to investigate the structural basis for this binding using the 'Superpose ligand binding sites' tool by entering the PDB codes provided for ERK1 (2zoq), FLT3 (1rjb) and a structure containing Tamatinib, here a Bruton's tyrosine kinase (3piy).* Since there is currently no structure of Tamatinib bound to FLT3 in the PDB, superposition of the latter two structures gives a suggestion for the probable binding pose of Tamatinib in the FLT3 binding site. If the user is interested in the structural basis for Tamatinib binding to ERK1 and FLT3, the user can also superpose ERK1 onto the Bruton's tyrosine kinase structure at the same time. Comparisons of the binding site to the reference structure, here FLT3, can be displayed, along with root-mean-square deviation values, in this case indicating that the binding sites of these protein kinases are highly conserved. Fig. 1.Illustration of the output of the LigDig web server for the example '*Which proteins does my ligand inhibit, and why?'*. See text for details Supplementary Material ====================== ###### Supplementary Data We thank members of the Molecular and Cellular Modeling group and Nadine Veith for their help in testing LigDig. Funding ======= This work was supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Virtual Liver Network \[0315749\] and SysMO-LAB2 \[0315788B\] projects and the Klaus Tschira Foundation. *Conflict of interests:* none declared. [^1]: Associate Editor: Jonathan Wren | Mid | [
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Janus Green B Janus Green B is a basic dye and vital stain used in histology. It is also used to stain mitochondria supravitally, as was introduced by Leonor Michaelis in 1900. The indicator Janus Green B changes colour according to the amount of oxygen present. When oxygen is present, the indicator oxidizes to a blue colour. In the absence of oxygen, the indicator is reduced and changes to a pink colour. References Category:Staining dyes Category:Azo dyes Category:Phenazines Category:Chlorides Category:Aromatic amines Category:Anilines Category:Diethylamino compounds | High | [
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"This looks well balanced." "Eww." "This is like that movie, Angela's Ashtray." "Jake." "Did you forget to buy lasagna?" "We are through paying through the nose for second-rate frozen food." "That's a relief, the coins were making my nostrils bleed." "Thanks to Basement Bob's Bulk-Rate Steak and Sausage dot com, tonight, we luxuriate in the majesty of near-wholesale prime rib." "What?" "If the Fashion Club finds out I'm eating bulk-rate." "Or eating at all." "Dammit!" "We've got four mouths to feed." "Food costs money." "I knew it." "But Daria will be away at college soon, and then there will only be three mouths to feed." "Yes." "I'm sure the sudden windfall will more than make up for tuition, room and board." "Tuition?" "Oh, God." "Daria, I know." "Why don't you get one of those scholarship thingies?" "Why Quinn." "That's an excellent idea." "Yeah." "If only they didn't give them to people with well-rounded, balanced interests." "You know, somebody else." "That must be the prime rib!" "I'd just assumed it would be dead." "And here it is, ringing the doorbell." "You know, Daria." "There are scholarships exclusively for academic achievement." "Winning one of those could make up for your lack of extracurriculars come college admissions time." "It wouldn't hurt to look into it." "Right?" "All right!" "Feast your eyes on this!" "Huh?" "Eww." "They look like hot dogs." "Many hot dogs." "Hey!" "That's not what I ordered." "Jake." "Hey!" "Meat guy!" "Come back here!" "Criminals, beware." "This detective won't talk, but you will!" "Mime and punishment, next on Sick, Sad World." "I don't like where this is going." "I haven't said anything yet." "So there's still time to flee?" "Look, Daria." "The more I think about applying for an academic scholarship, the more I like it." "There's almost nothing on your high school record to show you're motivated and involved." "Could that be, because I'm not?" "Daria." "Are you telling me you don't plan on going to college?" "Of course I do." "Okay?" "Not for me, not for your father, for you." "All right." "Damn." "These scholarship foundations all want you to be an expert in something:" "concert violinist, nationally-ranked gymnast, published author." "God, Daria." "What have been doing all this time?" "Acting like a teen-ager?" "Hey, here's one for you." "Have you ever had anything shown in a museum?" "Regional's okay." "Yeah, like I'm going to fill out a five-pound application and kiss the butts of some review board just for a few thousand bucks to go to a school I'll probably hate anyway." "Um... not that you shouldn't do it." "Hmm." "Here's something." "The Wizard Foundation will award a ten-thousand dollar prize who best embodies the Wizard pursuit of excellence." "You've got to admire their vagueness." "The pursuit of excellence." "So, you don't actually have to catch it?" "Great." "There's an essay:" "How would you change the world if you could?" "I knew I should have taped the Miss America Pageant." "Well, if you need any illustrations for your essay, I'm pretty good at painting mushroom clouds." "Hey, Daria." "I know I'm crazy to ask, but one of the paper's editors quit." "Could you use another extracurricular activity for your transcript?" "Technically, no." "Since another implies I have any to begin with." "What are you gonna do about your college applications?" "Gee, how refreshing." "A lecture from a fellow student just like the ones I get from my mother." "Thanks to her, I spent the whole night on the web, looking into scholarships." "Really?" "Find anything?" "The closest I came was the Wizard Foundation Prize." "The software company?" "Just to apply, they make you fill out a form, and write an essay." "Um, Daria." "That's pretty much par for the course." "Darn." "I guess there's no such thing as a free ten thousand dollars." "Hmm." "Well, good luck." "If I actually follow through." "But, I'm hoping to come to my senses before that happens." "In sum, my world would be made fairer to the simple step of eliminating all money." "Politicians could serve the people they represent, instead of the ones paying for their attack ads." "CEO's could stop fouling the planet and cheating their workers just to keep their stock prices pumped." "And, of course, promising young students such as myself, could actually study, instead of spending their time groveling in scholarship essays." "Wow." "You're really going to send that in?" "Why wouldn't I?" "The whole point of these scholarships is to show how marvelously well-adjusted you are." "You're coming all observant and honest." "You know, anti-social." "Look, this is how I write." "I wouldn't want to get the prize based on some phony essay and phony personality." "What are you looking for?" "The umbilical cord." "Since you were obviously born yesterday." "Daria, did I hear you reading your scholarship essay?" "Judging by how calm you are, I'd say no, you didn't." "Daria." "You girls ready for some more hot dog slices?" "Um, thanks Mr. Morgendorffer, but I think I'm exactly as woozy as I want to be." "Hey, honey!" "How does hot dog jalapeno hotties sound for tonight?" "Kind of like the sound of four people racing to beat each other to the bathroom." "Jake!" "Send those hot dogs back!" "I can't." "I broke the seal." "But they made the mistake!" "Well, uh, if you want to get technical about it, I made the mistake." "I kind-of typed in the wrong product number." "Damn fuzzy computer screen!" "Yes, you can eat over." "Is this what you in the legal profession refer to as discovery?" "Um, this is for you." "It's from the Wizard Foundation." "I didn't realize you'd already sent in the application." "You weren't meant to." "Oh, great." "Now I have to be interviewed by these people." "Oh, Daria!" "You got an interview?" "Yeah, me and ninety-nine other finalists." "Talk about feeling special." "But, you should feel special." "You're a finalist!" "You're on your way." "Besides, even making it this far will impress a college admissions board." "It means the" "Wizard Foundation's recognized what a unique individual you are." "Huh." "Why does this say occupant?" "Hey, Daria." "What's up?" "Actually, you know that Wizard scholarship I told you about?" "I made the finals." "That's great." "So did I." "You applied?" "Yeah." "Thanks for letting me know about it." "Letting you now about it?" "Colleagues, confreres, amigos de scholasticos." "Gee, trilingual obnoxiousness." "I see from this list I downloaded that we've all been deemed worthy of the title, Wizard Foundation Finalist, and I for one, am basking in the glow of you two lovely ladies." "Not to mention, my own luminescence." "Rrroww." "How many people did you tell about this scholarship?" "Are you kidding?" "The fewer people who know about this, the better." "I mean," "You know, I'm kind of surprised you applied, what with the way you were talking." "Hmm." "Surprise, surprise." "Yeah." "Well, No hard feelings, right?" "Why would you have any?" "But, did you know that finely sliced fried wieners are a fun and proteinaceous party food?" "Daria, what are you doing to prepare for the Wizard interview?" "Nothing." "With America's studious sweetheart, Jodie Landon in the competition," "I don't stand a chance." "Jodie applied, too?" "After she heard about it from me." "Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, you might as well get used to it." "Gee, I don't think I can get any more used to eating dogs than I am right now." "I mean there's nothing wrong with competition, as long as you rise to the occasion." "Even if you need a little outside help." "Okay, that was shoe number one." "I just happened to hear about a coach who could help you prepare for the interview." "What a mad coincidence." "A couple sessions with Dr. Danada and you're a guaranteed master of special interviewing techniques and strategies." "Isn't having someone tell you how to act and what to say cheating?" "He's just teaching you what you'd eventually have learned from experience anyway." "You mean; that a scholarship supposedly based on merit can be bought?" "Feisty..." "lady!" "No, I won't show you my belly button." "Hmm." "But, perhaps you can enlighten me on some of the special effects you're planning for your Wizard interview." "Accompanying visuals, charts, graphs, dancing animals?" "Sorry, it's just going to be me, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir." "You know, since we are in the competition together." "Actually, we're in it separately." "Technically." "But, we can still help one another." "Say, by swapping essays to gain a broader perspective on what they like?" "Not interested, thanks." "Drive home safe." "Oh, tart-tongued temptress." "If you help me, I might afford you an opportunity to invest in my dot-com company." "You've started a dot-com?" "A modest exotic candies venture, not unlike the small business that Wizard's illustrious CEO, Mark Straum began in his high school days." "Care for a wasabi gummy-fish imported from Tokyo?" "It's just the kind that Mr. Straum happens to enjoy." "How do you know?" "Extensive research into his likes and dislikes, and the order he's already placed on my site. no way I'm going to win that scholarship without some kind of highly uncharacteristic butt-kissing." "Oh, I' sure you'll find a characteristic way to do it." "What does that mean?" "Nothing." "You gonna eat that?" "Don't you think I'm in a lousy position?" "Sure, sure." "I just can't get worked up about it, that's all." "Hey, guys." "Mind if I join you?" "The more, the merrier." "That's your motto, isn't it?" "Look, I didn't do anything wrong." "That scholarship is open to everyone, and you said you didn't even think you were going to apply." "Can't we just hope that one of us gets a break?" "Gee, which one of us do you hope gets a break?" "Let's level the playing field." "My dad found a coach who preps people for interviews, and I wanted you to know about." "Here's his card." "Dr. Danada." "Of course." "I already knew about him, but um... thanks." "Oh, a coach." "That sounds fair to everybody else." "Is something bugging you?" "Not a bit." "I think after school, I'll go home, surf the web, see if there are any scholarships for underachievers." "At least I'll know I'm not competing with anyone who was coached." "She almost sounds like you." "Does that mean I've been sounding like you?" "Hi!" "If any of us starts to sound like her, it's time to panic." "Hi, Mr. Morgendorffer." "I'm here to see Daria." "Sure thing!" "But first, care for a caramel pop-up corn dog?" "Um... thanks." "You know, I can be onto something here." "A pushcart, a nice big umbrella, and hey," "I'm open for business." "Um..." "I've got to help Daria prepare for her interview, now." "Why, God?" "Why are those computer screens so damn hard to read?" "Hey, thanks for helping me out." "I just hope this little run-through will be enough to do any good." "Okay, now I'm a humorless suit from the Wizard Foundation, and you're some jaded, high school snot." "In other words, you." "How flattering." "All right, Daria." "Let's say that we hire you to work at Wizard." "Not very likely, but hey." "Now, your first assignment is to fire half your employees." "Do you:" "A, fire by lottery, B, fire by seniority, or C, just get rid of any women and minorities who happened to have snuck through the gates." "Okay, thanks Tom." "Very helpful." "I'm trying to represent Wizard accurately." "So you'll be comfortable with the face of evil when it stares into your soul." "What are you talking about?" "You've heard about their hiring policies, haven't you?" "I must have fallen behind in my annual reports again." "So, then you don't know about their measly two women VP's and one" "African-American in senior management." "Really?" "I wonder if Jodie's heard about this?" "That's it?" "No righteous indignation?" "No protesting of sexism and racism?" "This is where you usually leap up and swear you won't be co-opted by these bottom-feeding weasels." "Yeah, it is." "So why aren't you leaping and swearing?" "Um, my foot's asleep." "So basically, they're hiring practices and employee relations aren't that different from the Ku Klux Klan, if you disregard the dental plan." "Well, You may be overstating things a little, but I get your point." "They're not what you'd call progressive." "Not progressive?" "Hey, Daria." "Summit meeting of the Wizard finalists?" "Dad, Daria found out some kind-of questionable things about Wizard's personnel policies." "No kidding." "I guess you didn't see the interview with their CEO in the" "Journal." "Talk about your redneck billionaires." "You already knew about this?" "They haven't promoted a woman or a minority in three years." "So?" "Who better to win the prize than a brilliant young woman?" "Especially, if it turns out to be a brilliant young black woman." "That is a good point." "I thought you wouldn't want anything to do with Wizard, once you found out." "Trying to reduce the competition by getting me to drop out, huh?" "No." "I thought we'd both drop out." "And who will win the scholarship then?" "Huh?" "Look Daria, Wizard's policies have been prehistoric, yeah." "But someone, somewhere in the organization, is trying to address that." "Or, they wouldn't have created this prize." "Now, do you walk away because the guy at the top is an idiot, or do you join the people trying to change the way he does business?" "How do I know they're not just trying to make him look good, without changing anything at all?" "They won't change anything at all, if kids like you two don't push your way onto their radar and show them the error of their ways." "If you don't go up to the gate and ring the big bell, they've kept you out without having to do a thing." "Ring the big bell, Daria!" "Ring the big bell!" "Big bell?" "Okay, so my dad thinks he's Martin Luther King, Jr." "Or Quasimodo, I'm not quite sure." "Listen, I've gotta go, or I'll be late for my coaching session." "Did you sign up with Dr. Danada yet?" "Make no mistake about this, Daria." "Knowledge is power." "The key to scoring big on any interview is knowing what they want, and then delivering that product." "I'm must praying that they want bulk-rate hot dogs." "Daria, the product is you." "Successful alumni reflect well on colleges and foundations, so you need to project 'winner' the moment you walk in the door." "Dress for success." "Look that interviewer in they eye, and dazzle them with a million-dollar smile." "Squander my million-dollar smile on a ten thousand dollar prize?" "That's crazy talk." "Daria, if you don't mind my saying so, you're giving off mixed signals about wanting this award." "You do want the scholarship?" "I guess." "But not if it takes dishonesty to get it." "Is it dishonest to say you're deserving of the Wizard prize?" "See now, that speaks directly to the ambiguities at issue here." "The prize is given by a company with less than stellar ethics." "So, which would make me more deserving of the prize?" "Acting ethically, or acting unethically?" "Let's talk about what you're going to wear." "So basically, Danada was a complete waste of time and money." "I'll never learn to suck-up like Jodie." "You shouldn't, anyway." "You're right." "You've gotta be yourself when you suck-up." "Why do you keep saying that?" "My whole problem is that I'm not sucking up." "Really?" "Then, why did you go to the coach in the first place?" "For that matter, why apply for a scholarship at all?" "What?" "It's all part of buying into the system, and buying into the system is another way of saying sucking up." "Who made you the Chicago Eight?" "This isn't the way you usually think." "What do you know about how I think?" "Just because a person doesn't go around applying for scholarships and using every ten-dollar word they know." "It doesn't mean they're stupid." "Who said you were..." "Mr. Brower, allow me to personally welcome you to Lawndale High." "We are very happy to have three finalists for the Wizard Scholarship." "We'll talk later about some of your surveillance software." "Let's begin." "Ms. Landon." "What would you say are your strengths as a student and a human being." "That's a good question." "My strengths are that I question, and I care." "And, I'm not afraid to go for it with my whole heart and soul." "Mr. Ruttheimer, your strengths?" "Aside from my far-flung reputation as a people person, I'd say my strengths include a daring entrepreneurial bent, coupled with an unquenchable need to succeed." "Nice tie, by the way." "Ms. Morgendorffer?" "I would say that my main strength is that I don't babble." "Um..." "Ms. Landon." "What is your greatest weakness?" "My believe my greatest weakness is that sometimes I care too much and try too hard, and as a consequence, I don't always take time to smell the roses." "To tell you the truth, I have a weakness for wasabi gummy-fish." "Care for one?" "My main weakness is my inability to answer stock questions with stock answers." "Now, for my last question." "Why do you deserve the Wizard Scholarship?" "Ms. Landon." "Mr. Brower, I believe in myself and I hope to achieve a lot in this world." "And then, use everything I've learned to give back to my community, the way" "Wizard is doing now with this wonderful scholarship." "Mr. Ruttheimer." "Awesome question." "I was thinking about just that when I started my dot-com company." "Because, I'm just the kind of go-getter the Wizard Scholarship was created for." "Thank you!" "Ms. Morgendorffer." "Why do you deserve the Wizard Scholarship?" "Whether or not I deserve anything is irrelevant, assuming you run your scholarship program the same way you run your company." "Since the token women and minorities you hire rarely move into upper management, and since I won't give the answers you want to hear, in hopes of somehow bucking the odds, I guess you can just pass on me, as if I were one of your female employees up for promotion." "Ms. Morgendorffer, you seem to have a bit of an attitude problem." "Are you trying to sabotage yourself?" "I'm responding to your questions truthfully." "So, I guess the answer is yes." "Too bad." "According to my notes, you got high marks for the light-hearted spoof you wrote for an essay." "Light-hearted spoof?" "So none of us is Wizard Scholarship material." "I really thought I had a good shot." "Oh, hell." "Maybe my answers were too damn pat." "Is it possible I imported the wrong wasabi gummy-fish?" "Well, I know why I didn't get it." "Oh, yeah." "No question there." "Definitely." "Hey!" "Come on, Daria." "You didn't want it." "No, I did want it." "It just took me a while to figure out how badly I wanted it." "How badly was that?" "Not badly enough to smile and lie for the award, but badly enough to get mad at you for applying." "Sorry." "I'm sorry." "I should have told you I was applying." "I can't believe I didn't." "I can't believe I went to that coach, after all my high and mighty posturing about integrity." "What about both of us sucking up to the racist, sexist goons at Wizard?" "Yeah." "Who would have thought we'd be able to pursue excellence and scumminess, both at the same time." "Oh!" "Why couldn't it have been me?" "Jodie told me about the big brush-off from Wizard." "Sorry, kid." "Why were you so anti-scholarship?" "No reason." "Except maybe... seeing the big brains compete for a prize based on their academic achievement." "Well deserved, don't get me wrong." "Might possibly have made little Janey feel a bit..." "I don't know." "Left out?" "Look, I'm good at the things I'm good at." "Grades isn't one of them." "We never used to think about stuff like this." "I know." "What's happened to us?" "I don't know." "Selling out?" "Buying in?" "Joining the system?" "Being co-opted?" "Maybe we're just getting older." "Yeah, I felt a twinge of osteoporosis when I woke up this morning." "So, you willing to admit yet that you're more competitive than you thought?" "Come on." "If I were really competitive, I'd be in the parking lot right now, squaring off with the rest of them." "Welcome to Lawndale High's first annual Hot Diggity Dog Eating Contest, courtesy of Jake Morgendorffer Consulting." "First prize is a year's supply of Grade A, quality bulk rate delicious hot dogs." "So, without further ado." "Let's begin the festivities, and may the best porker win!" "Synchro by Janez" | Low | [
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Q: Apache 2.2 multiple VirtualHosts I have several PHP and python projects running under apache 2.2. In my httpd.conf file: DocumentRoot "/var/www/html" NameVirtualHost xx.my.ip.xxx:80 ... # Virtual host for xx project <VirtualHost xx.my.ip.xxx:80> ... DocumentRoot /var/www/html/xx.com ServerName xx-project.com </VirtualHost> ... When accessing by server name (xx-project.com), [/var/www/html/xx.com] is used as DocumentRoot without any problems. However I have added a new project under [/var/www/html]. Since I have not yet server name for this project, I try to access it with xx.my.ip.xxx:80/mynewprojectPath... but [/var/www/html/xx.com] was used as DocumentRoot. Any ideas ? Thank you for reading A: I would use a temporary NameServer (say yy-project.com) and overwrite the /etc/hosts file in both your server and your developer machine. That way you can specify a second VirtualHost and start testing your application. When you get a second domain, you only have to replace it in your VirtualHost and remove the lines in your /etc/hosts files. (edited) The temporary vhost: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName yy-project.com ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/yy-project_error.log TransferLog /var/log/apache2/ryy-project_access.log LogLevel warn DocumentRoot /var/www/html/yy.com .... </VirtualHost> Add this line in the /etc/hosts file in the server: 127.0.0.1 yy-project.com And add this in the /etc/hosts file in your client machine: IP_OF_THE_SERVER yy-project.com | High | [
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Q: How to save image in a file? On my page I use a script to get a new image: $targ_w = $targ_h = 150; $jpeg_quality = 90; $src = $_POST['image']; $img_r = imagecreatefromjpeg($src); $dst_r = ImageCreateTrueColor( $targ_w, $targ_h ); imagecopyresampled($dst_r,$img_r,0,0,$_POST['x'],$_POST['y'], $targ_w,$targ_h,$_POST['w'],$_POST['h']); header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); imagejpeg($dst_r,null,$jpeg_quality); Currently, the script receives $_POST data, extracts an image from it, then displays that image back to the user. Now I would like to add logic to save the image in a file, but I don't know how to go about it. Any hints will be appreciated. A: You need: imagejpeg($dst_r, "filename", $jpeg_quality); Check the manual of imagejpeg(). bool imagejpeg ( resource $image [, string $filename [, int $quality ]] ) filename The path to save the file to. If not set or NULL, the raw image stream will be outputted directly. To skip this argument in order to provide the quality parameter, use NULL. | High | [
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