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Андрій Сергійович Жмуд (9 жовтня 1989, Конотоп, Україна) — український спортсмен. Чемпіон України, Європи та світу з пауерліфтингу. Рекордсмен України та світу за версією WDFPF і AWPC.
Біографія
Народився 9 жовтня 1989 року в місті Конотоп, Сумська область, Україна. У 2005 році закінчив Школу-інтернат ім. М. В. Жужоми. У 2009 році закінчив з відзнакою Київський фінансово-економічний коледж та вступив на юридичний факультет Національного університету державної податкової служби України в місті Ірпінь (Київська область).
Спортивні досягнення
Срібний призер чемпіонату України 2009 року серед юніорів; срібний призер чемпіонату України 2009 року в категорії Open;
Чемпіон України з приседанию зі штангою 2010 року серед юніорів;
Чемпіон України з приседанию зі штангою 2010 року у категорії Open;
Чемпіон України по становій тязі 2010 року серед юніорів;
Чемпіон України по становій тязі 2010 року у категорії Open;
Рекордсмен України з приседанию зі штангою 2010 року;
Рекордсмен України по становій тязі 2010 року;
Чемпіон України з пауерліфтінгу 2010 року серед юніорів;
Срібний призер Чемпіонату України з пауерліфтінгу у категорії Open;
Майстер спорту України з пауерліфтінгу;
Майстер спорту України з приседанию зі штангою;
Майстер спорту міжнародного класу по становій тязі.
Чемпіон Європи з пауерліфтінгу серед юніорів 2010 року;
Бронзовий призер чемпіонату Європи з пауерліфтінгу у категорії Open;
Чемпіон світу за приседанию зі штангою серед юніорів 2011 року;
Чемпіон світу за приседанию зі штангою в категорії Open 2011 року;
Чемпіон світу по становій тязі 2011 року;
Рекордсмен світу з приседанию зі штангою 2011 року.
Всесвітня федерація пауерлифтинга:
Бронзовий призер Чемпіонату України з жиму штанги лежачи 2009 року;
Переможець кубка України з пауерліфтінгу 2009 року;
Рекордсмен України з 2009 року;
Майстер спорту України з пауерліфтінгу.
Посилання
Профіль Андрія Жмуда
Результати чемпіонату світу з окремим рухам (2011)
Персоналії за алфавітом
Народились 9 жовтня
Народились 1989
Уродженці Конотопу
Спортсмени за алфавітом | {
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Mobile Workplace- on Nokia E7, you can function with your formal and individual e-mail accounts on the same see. You will have here the VPN connection that will give you the safe intranet access. You can edit and create your formal documents right here easily with the MS workplace and it also supports the Adobe reader.
As I said earlier, if you're just comparing specifications the Samsung Galaxy s2 is the winner, with a longer battery life, greater display resolution and a digital camera with more megapixels, and so on.
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If people are in and out of the workplace it is not always essential to have a specific desk for every worker. If every member of employees has a laptop computer it indicates there can be a number of desks which they can use when necessary. So 1 working day a desk can be utilized by 1 worker and an additional day it can be used by an additional. So when this kind of an worker is in the workplace they will just function at one of the totally free accessible desks. This will save area and consequently workplace rent and other savings. It is, though, only workable if there is never a time when everyone is in the workplace at the exact same time.
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Eight. Once you are guaranteed that the dish community set up has gone perfectly, you need to alter the dish in accordance to the height of your place. This can be finished by shifting the dish up or down very small by small, till the height indicator is on a degree with the elevation quantity.
I have as a lot a feeling of humor as the subsequent aging techie, but it was sobering to see that the phrase 'PDA' was gone. PDA stood for 'personal digital assistant' back in 1992 and referred to a handheld computer. The post explained that "Today, the preferred generic term for a handheld like a Blackberry or an Iphone is a 'Smartphone'. Uh Oh! I broke the plastic situation for my beloved PDA yesterday and sent my spouse to Workplace Depot to choose up a new one.
The ringers on the Vonage VOIP Phone System depart a little bit to be preferred nevertheless. The saving grace there is that you have 3 handsets. Of program if I don't hear the telephone ringing, there is the voice mail which functions great. | {
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Harry Dunn death: Boris Johnson to raise issue of US driving with American officials
The Prime Minister says the government will "continue to work for justice for Harry Dunn and for his family".
By Bethany Minelle, news reporter
Sunday 19 January 2020 15:21, UK
Harry Dunn
Boris Johnson says he will raise the issue of road safety surrounding RAF Croughton
Boris Johnson says he will raise the issue of the driving standards of US personnel with American officials, in the wake of the death of Harry Dunn.
Speaking ahead of a conference in Berlin, the prime minister said: "We're certainly raising all those issues - about the driving habits of US personnel at the base - and we're continuing to work for justice for Harry Dunn and for his family."
Image: Harry Dunn was just 19 when he died in the incident near RAF Croughton. Pic: Facebook
The teenager died in a head-on crash with a car on 27 August last year near to RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire.
The driver of the car, Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the US, where she has been since Harry died.
Yesterday, police revealed that diplomatic cars were driven on the wrong side of the road in two separate incidents near the RAF base where the teenager was killed.
Mr Johnson has previously described the chances of the US handing over Anne Sacoolas as "very low".
Mrs Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence official, claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the US, where she has been since Harry died.
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She is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road.
Harry's mother, Charlotte Charles, and his father Tim Dunn have sought assurances that safety measures are in place to make sure there are no similar incidents.
Police say they have called for talks with the base commander at RAF Croughton to discuss driving standards on the roads around it.
Image: Anne Sacoolas returned to the US following the collision claiming diplomatic immunity
Image: Family spokesman Radd Seiger says an urgent safety review is needed
Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger told Sky News he welcomed the prime minister's comments, but said the family are "disappointed it's taken this long to get to this level of interest in [Harry's death]".
"It's not going to be resolved at leadership level, it's going to be resolved here [on the roads around RAF Croughton]," he added.
"What we want to see is a complete safety review, with risk assessments involving road safety experts, the police, the people on the base and the residents and we all sit down and look at all issues.
"It's not about the driving habits of American personnel on the base, that's just one small part of it, but there are lots of things that can be done to improve safety in the area and we need to sit down urgently."
Mr Seiger said it is down to "luck rather than judgement" that "no blood has been shed since Harry".
He said he has been informed of "dozens and dozens" of other incidents around the country of people "suffering harm or worse" at the hands of American drivers around these bases.
Mr Seiger said: "It's been a shock for me to learn about it, but it's all been swept under the carpet. Harry was not a one off."
He said while there is "lots of good discussion [around the case] at a diplomatic level", he is not holding out hope for any positive results coming from Mr Johnson's involvement.
Mr Seiger said it is essential Mrs Sacoolas returns to the UK in order to resolve the situation.
The British government has submitted an extradition request for Mrs Sacoolas, who has been formally charged over Harry's death with causing death by dangerous driving.
However, the US has called the request "highly inappropriate". | {
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether, by developing skill in understanding theory of mind skills as well as understanding how perspectives are formed, students would be able to identify more than one possible perspective in a variety of situations. The goal was for them to accept that other peoples' intent may be different from their interpretation of intent. Students were guided through a thorough understanding of the skills involved and the many ways in which the concepts impact interaction. They were taught how the neurotypical population interprets interactions. Skills were instructed individually and then combined with other skills to form the broader understanding of what comprises socialization. Social stories with thought bubbles, role-playing, peer partners and coaching where utilized to help students acquire understanding and the ability to apply skills. These structures helped this researcher's students to make progress in learning the thinking process behind social interaction. Students were evaluated and parents assessed their children's abilities prior to and after therapy. Students demonstrated understanding of concepts by identifying multiple possible intents for each individual in the same scenario when presented with five videos to evaluate. The study utilized a single subject AB design. The results of this research suggest that by utilizing these methods students increased their theory of mind and perspective taking skills. The results demonstrate that these skills can be instructed. Thinking of these deficits as skills that can be instructed instead of considering them acting out, rudeness, unreasonableness, or deliberate acts of carelessness of others' feeling can change how responses occur to these behaviors and empower teachers, parents, and therapists to work on helping the student acquire skills.
Twersky, Tziona, "Using social stories and trained peer partners to teach perspective taking" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 299. | {
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Hotel Hibiscus Garden is not responsible for any damages, losses or injuries in the hotel area or during trips that we organize.
Any trips or activities you book with us are due a cancellation fee of 50% of the total price if cancelled the day of the trip.
We change your towels and linens every third day. Extra towels or linens can be provided for $3 per towel and $5 per linen.
Hotel guests are not allowed to take hotel towels to the beach nor on any trips outside the hotel. If you need a beach towel we can provide one for $3 per towel.
Smoking in the rooms is prohibited.
Do not leave any food in the room; the ants will get into it immediately. Guests can use the fridge in the community kitchen.
Guests will be held responsible for any damages to the rooms, common areas, kitchen or grounds. | {
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The Duchess of Sussex meets Gary Barlow and Hamilton cast members.
Meghan wore a $1,149 glistening black-and-white top for the performance, paired with a black maxi skirt, both made by London designer Safiyaa.
The two, per the Daily Mail, took their seats in the royal box for the show, which is always attended by a member of the royal family (this is Harry's second time at the event, which was launched in 2015). The Royal Variety Performance is billed as a "mixture of music, dance, singing, and comedy" and supports the Royal Variety Charity.
Last year, Meghan traveled back to Los Angeles to celebrate Thanksgiving with her mother, Doria Ragland. People wondered this morning whether or not the duchess, who presumably will stay in London this year, will observe the holiday, noting she and Harry do not have any planned engagements on Thursday. | {
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Among many things, I'm the President of a non-profit. We need a new Web App building to replace our old defunct one.
Walk AS One is looking for a Django developer to work alongside an architect, project manager, and other developer(s) / designers. The new web app will involve integration with third parties (such as Fitbit) and will be hosted on AWS or similar service. The project is planned to start by the end of October (or sooner, if able) and should be completed before the end of January, to allow for beta-testing before our flagship event.
Walk AS One is a registered 501c3 non-profit registered in Maine. We serve the Ankylosing Spondylitis community by helping to raise awareness and by helping sufferers stay active, which is a vital component to the management of the disease.
Each year we hold a virtual walk-a-thon called Walk Your AS Off (walkyourasoff.com). Registered users use our website to track their step counts and "donate" them to our current goal of reaching Mars. Each user is also part of a team, and we have built a real community around the event.
I am both pleased and saddened to say that we have outgrown our current website and technologies. We are looking for an ambitious developer to build a new site from scratch that will help us add features and scale the web app as future funds allow.
Some key features of the web app will be: Responsive design, progressive web app features, in-app messaging (using third-party API), and user/team management functionalities.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a proposal for compensation after they have been interviewed and have reviewed our technical specifications document.
Please email any pertinent questions you have before applying to [email protected]. | {
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Q: testHarness ListState TTL not getting applied on Flink 1.8.2 I am testing a window function which has a listState, with TTL enabled.
Snippet of window function:
public class CustomWindowFunction extends ProcessWindowFunction<InputPOJO, OutputPOJO, String, TimeWindow> {
...
@Override
public void open(Configuration config) {
StateTtlConfig ttlConfig =
StateTtlConfig.newBuilder(listStateTTl)
.setUpdateType(StateTtlConfig.UpdateType.OnCreateAndWrite)
.setStateVisibility(StateTtlConfig.StateVisibility.NeverReturnExpired) // NOTE: NeverReturnExpired
.build();
listStateDescriptor = new ListStateDescriptor<>("unprocessedItems", InputPOJO.class);
listStateDescriptor.enableTimeToLive(ttlConfig);
}
@Override
public void process( String key, Context context, Iterable<InputPOJO> windowElements, Collector<OutputPOJO> out) throws Exception {
ListState<InputPOJO> listState = getRuntimeContext().getListState(listStateDescriptor);
....
Iterator<InputPOJO> iterator;
// Getting unexpired listStateItems for computation.
iterator = listState.get().iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
InputPOJO listStateInput = iterator.next();
System.out.println("There are unexpired elements in listState");
/** Business Logic to compute result using the unexpired values in listState**/
}
/** Business Logic to compute result using the current window elements.*/
// Adding unProcessed WindowElements to ListState(with TTL)
// NOTE: processed WindowElements are removed manually.
iterator = windowElements.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
System.out.println("unProcessed Item added to ListState.")
InputPOJO unprocessedItem = iterator.next();
listState.add(unprocessedItem); // This part gets executed for listStateInput1
}
}
....
}
I am using testHarness to perform the integration test. I am testing the listState item count when the TTL for the listState is expired. Below is my test function snippet.
NOTE:
*
*There is a custom allowedLateness which is implemented using a custom Timer.
private OneInputStreamOperatorTestHarness<InputPOJO, OutputPOJO> testHarness;
private CustomWindowFunction customWindowFunction;
@Before
public void setup_testHarness() throws Exception {
KeySelector<InputPOJO, String> keySelector = InputPOJO::getKey;
TypeInformation<InputPOJO> STRING_INT_TUPLE = TypeInformation.of(new TypeHint<InputPOJO>() {}); // Any suggestion ?
ListStateDescriptor<InputPOJO> stateDesc = new ListStateDescriptor<>("window-contents", STRING_INT_TUPLE.createSerializer(new ExecutionConfig())); // Any suggestion ?
/**
* Creating windowOperator for the below function
*
* <pre>
*
* DataStream<OutputPOJO> OutputPOJOStream =
* inputPOJOStream
* .keyBy(InputPOJO::getKey)
* .window(ProcessingTimeSessionWindows.withGap(Time.seconds(triggerMaximumTimeoutSeconds)))
* .trigger(new CustomTrigger(triggerAllowedLatenessMillis))
* .process(new CustomWindowFunction(windowListStateTtlMillis));
* </pre>
*/
customWindowFunction = new CustomWindowFunction(secondsToMillis(windowListStateTtlMillis));
WindowOperator<String, InputPOJO, Iterable<InputPOJO>, OutputPOJO, TimeWindow>
operator =
new WindowOperator<>(
// setting .window(ProcessingTimeSessionWindows.withGap(maxTimeout))
ProcessingTimeSessionWindows.withGap(Time.seconds(triggerMaximumTimeoutSeconds)),
new TimeWindow.Serializer(),
// setting .keyBy(InputPOJO::getKey)
keySelector,
BasicTypeInfo.STRING_TYPE_INFO.createSerializer(new ExecutionConfig()),
stateDesc,
// setting .process(new CustomWindowFunction(windowListStateTtlMillis))
new InternalIterableProcessWindowFunction<>(customWindowFunction),
// setting .trigger(new CustomTrigger(allowedLateness))
new CustomTrigger(secondsToMillis(allowedLatenessSeconds)),
0,
null);
// Creating testHarness for window operator
testHarness = new KeyedOneInputStreamOperatorTestHarness<>(operator, keySelector, BasicTypeInfo.STRING_TYPE_INFO);
// Setup and Open Test Harness
testHarness.setup();
testHarness.open();
}
@Test
public void test_listStateTtl_exclusion() throws Exception {
int allowedLatenessSeconds = 3;
int listStateTTL = 10;
//1. Arrange
InputPOJO listStateInput1 = new InputPOJO(1,"Arjun");
InputPOJO listStateInput2 = new InputPOJO(2,"Arun");
// 2. Act
// listStateInput1 comes at 1 sec
testHarness.setProcessingTime(secondsToMillis(1));
testHarness.processElement(new StreamRecord<>(listStateInput1));
// Setting current processing time to 1 + 3 = 4 > allowedLateness.
// Window.process() is called, and window is purged (FIRE_AND_PURGE)
// Expectation: listStateInput1 is put into listState with TTL (10 secs), before process() ends.
testHarness.setProcessingTime(secondsToMillis(4));
// Setting processing time after listStateTTL, ie 4 + listStateTTL(10) + 1 = 15
// Expectation: listStateInput1 is evicted from the listState (Fails)
testHarness.setProcessingTime(secondsToMillis(15));
// Using sleep(), the listStateTTL is getting applied to listState and listStateInput1 is evicted (Pass)
//Thread.sleep(secondsToMillis(15))
//Passing listStateInput2 to the test Harness
testHarness.setProcessingTime(secondsToMillis(16));
testHarness.processElement(new StreamRecord<>(listStateInput2));
// Setting processing time after allowedLateness = 16 + 3 + 1 = 20
testHarness.setProcessingTime(secondsToMillis(20));
// 3. Assert
List<StreamRecord<? extends T>> streamRecords = testHarness.extractOutputStreamRecords();
// Expectation: streamRecords will only contain listStateInput2, since listStateInput1 was evicted.
// Actual: Getting both listStateInput1 & listStateInput2 in the output.
}
I noticed that TTL is not getting applied by setting processing time. When I tried the same function with Thread.sleep(TTL), the result was as expected.
*
*Is listState TTL using system time for eviction (with testHarness)?
*Is there any way to test listStateTTL using testHarness?
A: TTL test should by the following way
@Test
public void testSetTtlTimeProvider() throws Exception {
AbstractStreamOperator<Integer> operator = new AbstractStreamOperator<Integer>() {};
try (AbstractStreamOperatorTestHarness<Integer> result =
new AbstractStreamOperatorTestHarness<>(operator, 1, 1, 0)) {
result.config.setStateKeySerializer(IntSerializer.INSTANCE);
result.config.serializeAllConfigs();
Time timeToLive = Time.hours(1);
result.initializeState(OperatorSubtaskState.builder().build());
result.open();
ValueStateDescriptor<Integer> stateDescriptor =
new ValueStateDescriptor<>("test", IntSerializer.INSTANCE);
stateDescriptor.enableTimeToLive(StateTtlConfig.newBuilder(timeToLive).build());
KeyedStateBackend<Integer> keyedStateBackend = operator.getKeyedStateBackend();
ValueState<Integer> state =
keyedStateBackend.getPartitionedState(
VoidNamespace.INSTANCE,
VoidNamespaceSerializer.INSTANCE,
stateDescriptor);
int expectedValue = 42;
keyedStateBackend.setCurrentKey(1);
result.setStateTtlProcessingTime(0L);
state.update(expectedValue);
Assert.assertEquals(expectedValue, (int) state.value());
result.setStateTtlProcessingTime(timeToLive.toMilliseconds() + 1);
Assert.assertNull(state.value());
}
}
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Dirt Bag
Megxit Twist! Meghan Markle's Dad Will Testify Against Her in Tabloid Lawsuit
Joan Summers
Filed to:megxit
Thomas Markle has become quite the aficionado of navigating the gossip press. In his brief tenure as one of the more obviously bad dads around he has: Peddled staged photos of himself looking sad with the paparazzi; sold his daughter's secrets,; and fueled the racist conflagration that consumed her life in the U.K. than any member of her family, The Diary Of Princess Pushy author Samantha Markle notwithstanding.
Page Six reports that Thomas, finding himself once again without a hobby or anything else to do, plans on testifying against his own daughter in her lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday, who published a private correspondence between her and Thomas after he declined to attend her wedding. Documents obtained by Mail on Sunday's sister-publication Daily Mail (of course), first filed with London's High Court, show that Markle "plans to be a key witness," in an effort to prove "the Duchess was behind a smear campaign against him in the run-up to her wedding." There are also text messages which Markle will use as evidence for this, including a tense conversation between he and Prince Harry. Page Six reports:
They include one that appears to be an angry exchange with Prince Harry when Markle claimed he was rushed to a hospital for emergency heart surgery and could not fly to the UK on health grounds, the Daily Mail said, citing the court filings. "I've done nothing to hurt you Meghan or anyone else," the dad wrote, according to the report. "I'm sorry my heart attack is … any inconvenience for you."
The paper also plans to defend its right to tell Thomas Markle's story, regardless of how it might affect Meghan Markle, including publishing the contents of the letter. He claims he only wants to rectify the public perception of himself as a bad father, and joining the lawsuit opposite is apparently the solution for that!
Here's an interesting argument put forth by the paper, however, that I foresee will divide public opinion on the matter. Court documents state: "[Royals] generate and rely on publicity about themselves and their lives in order to maintain the privileged positions they hold and to promote themselves." In choosing this life, the Mail on Sunday asserts, royals (or anyone) forfeit the right to privacy. I don't necessarily disagree, but I'd rather the U.K. press reckon with its own racist assault against Meghan, than indulge the whims of a greedy and malicious dad. [Page Six]
Love is dead, and Kaia Gerber has split from short-term hookup buddy Pete Davidson. Good for Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford, at least! As I reported at the tail-end of last year, the Crawford-Gerber clan were seen arguing outside of Kaia's NYC apartment after a tense standoff between Rande and Pete upstairs. Paparazzi overheard Kaia's dad claiming Pete needs "serious help," as well as rehab, and that the conversation had freaked him out. Cindy, meanwhile, stood aghast while Davidson later fled the scene in his Lincoln SUV
A source that spoke with Hollywood Life now claims the pair have split officially. This comes a day after E! News reported Davidson and Kaia's relationship was "cooling off" after the run-in with her parents in NYC. The source alleges the split happened last week, although neither have publicly addressed their relationship since Kaia told paparazzi that she "spent the holiday with the family" instead of Davidson.
Their first public date was October 23, when the two were photographed at NYC eatery Sadelle's. Throughout the following months, they were seen hopping around NYC nightlife, and even taking a beach vacation in Florida. Prior to Kaia, he was dating Kate Beckinsale and Margaret Qualley, although I'm too tired of his relationship rollercoaster to Google which was first. [Hollywood Life]
Molly Bernard and girlfriend Hannah Lieberman are engaged! Finally, some good news!
Bhad Bhabie is taking a break. [People]
Nick Jonas! Priyanka Chopra! [Hollywood Life]
DaBaby might get dragged back to court. [TMZ]
The View is living in fear of leakers. [Page Six]
Wendy Williams wants Howard Stern to get a life. [ET]
Vanessa Hudgens is going to be fine. [Us Weekly]
Kate Middleton and Prince William will probably not be fine. [People]
Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler Are Done
Meghan Markle Would Rather Just Text You
Gigi Hadid Is Pretty Sure She Could Be an Impartial Juror at Harvey Weinstein's Rape Trial
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A piano melody sets the mood, a welcoming armchair beckons you to browse through Shakespeare's classics, and it is so tempting to just sink in, forgetting the cares of the day to lose oneself in the lovely subtle magic of Robamimi's world. This is quintessential Robamimi, an escape game that is as much about escaping into serenity as it is about finding clues and solving puzzles all in pursuit of getting out: Kumakinoko.
Those of you who are familiar with Robamimi's style of escape already know the treat you're in for (in fact, you're already playing, not reading this review). For the rest of you, welcome to a place of seamless navigation, an intuitive inventory, changing cursors and a kindly hint function to assuage frustration and increase immersion.
In being so nice and friendly, Kumakinoko does tend toward being "too easy" for the practiced escaper, but it's only a fault because we don't want to leave so soon from this peaceful room of bears (kuma) and mushrooms (kinoko). Still, the puzzles are creative and do take some thought and nimble observation to solve. As always, Robamimi is a respite from all that is dull and inane, always charming and affable, and the only disappointment is saying goodbye.
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When you begin, you're facing a table, a door, a box, a safe and stacks of cups.
The cups have three different patterns on them.
The door has three mushroom buttons on it.
The box needs a key.
The safe is missing a handle.
The large box needs a 4-digit number code.
The small box has a 3x3 grid of buttons.
Pressing the red button reveals a bear behind the panel, but it won't stay open.
Top: "cups" needs a three-letter code.
Middle: five sliders with green buttons.
Bottom: a moon and two buttons, "a-m" and "n-z."
Turn right a third time.
Here you see a grey box on the wall, a light switch, some books, and a low window through which mushrooms can be seen.
The grey box needs a 3-digit number code and the light switch doesn't seem to work.
Perhaps it's also a good idea to observe the books now, though, taking note of their arrangement.
Now you should be ready to open some drawers.
When you open the door, take the DOORKNOB.
Note the pattern: stripes, dots, plaid.
Turn back to the table with the cups. Use the pattern you saw in the middle door of the chest to figure out a three-letter code.
...and click "OK" to open the door.
Put the DOORKNOB on the safe and open it.
Inside, you see a block of ice. Use the ICEPICK on the ice.
Three jars of jam. Note the letters on their label and whats inside them.
Take the bottle of WINE. Notice the number on its label.
Also look at the numbers on the brandy and whisky bottles.
Click enter and get the CABLE.
Insert the CABLE to the "in" slot in the grey wall box.
Back up and go over to the light switch. Now you can switch it up to "IN."
Look around the room. Notice something different?
Go back to the light switch and flip it to "OUT" position.
Now look at the mushrooms through the floor window; they're lit up.
Note: the door won't open until you look at the lit up mushrooms, even if you use the correct code.
Go over to the door and input that same pattern and click "OK."
Go inside the hallway and look at the picture to the left.
Everything you need to know about this wobbly picture is in the picture.
When you click the corners in the correct order, the PICTURE comes off the wall.
Make a note of the pattern you see on the back of the picture, then put it away.
Turn to face the doorway you just came through. Close the door.
Behind the door is the RED BEAR. Take him.
On the other wall is a niche with a place for four bears...time to go find the other two.
Go back over to the rectangular niche in the wall. Put the BOTTLE OF WINE on the big red button and the panel will stay open.
Inside is the YELLOW BEAR.
Make a note of his weight, then take him.
Then weigh the other three bears.
Go back out to the hallway and turn right to face the shelf for the four bears.
The door opens and you're automatically escorted outside to see the bears playing under the mushrooms.
Leave a bear on the scale, and then first wonder why you can't select it to put it on the shelf, and then when you realise you don't have it, wonder where it went???
For about a minute I was convinced it was a glitch.
hahaha mattOG I did EXACTLY the same thing. You are not alone.
Other than that, great game. Logical puzzles, some trial and error, and beautifully rendered as you would expect from Robamimi.
What really impresses me is that Robamimi continues to model new objects to put into their games instead of reusing the same models over and over. That's not a knock on Teshii.e, but a complement for Robamimi.
@neo1973 - exact same thing happened to me. Still, a lot of fun.
Did you try the alternative link, which is found just under the green "play" button?
It's also possible the connection timed out, depending on your internet connection speed, the game's server, and so on. Many of the reasons a game won't load are covered on our support page.
It wasn't too hard, but I am little disappointed - some puzzles were dumb (sorry), atmosphere in the game is awful. Not my cup of tea. It is not necessary to be original if it's showed with a lack of elegance and logic. Sorry again, I am fan of Robamimi, but this game is under his (or her) level, or they made us players spoiled, so, maybe, we expect too much from game designers.
I had the same issue, the game refused to load in IE9, but it loaded fine in Chrome.
As for the game itself, I thought it was great. Some of the puzzles were pretty unique, but seemed logical to me. Maybe that's just a result of my own warped mind. The only disappointment for me was that the title lead me to believe there would be a lot of puzzles in the "bear" and/or "mushroom" theme, not just one with each.
The game provides a lovely hint system, but sometimes it's just a bit too cryptic. Here are further hints to help you along if you're stuck. To use this, get the current in-game hint, and look it up below.
Look at the middle door of the three-door cabinet (to the right of the chair & lamp).
The cups are important "mark" and "position".
Combine the pictures behind the middle door, the top door of the same cabinet (where it says "cups"), and the cups themselves.
The door needs a three-letter code.
Notice how the shelves are arranged - doesn't it look kind of like an 8, but made up of segments like on a calculator?
Take one of the types of cups, say the plaid ones. Which shelves contain plaid cups? Draw the shelves; what does that look like?
Figure out what letter each type of cup spells, put them in order according to the picture behind the middle door, and use that code to open the top door.
You've acquired two items: a door handle and an ice pick. Both are used in the same place.
You've just acquired an item. Go find someplace to use it, already.
There are two crescent moons: one on the bottom door, the other on the box with the jam jars. Combine them to get the code.
The door has two buttons, labeled with two halves of the alphabet. So it's really just a left/right button puzzle in disguise.
Which half of the alphabet does B fall into? What about L? U? etc.
Is there a weight put on the switch?
The "switch" is the big red button on the right side of the alcove.
You're working on the code for the box in the middle of the alcove, the one that has ABC across the top and 123 down the side.
Look at the indicated items (the jam jars and the liquor bottles). Pair them up according to the labels on the jam jars.
Isn't it suspicious that the numbers on the liquor bottles all consist of the digits 1, 2, and 3?
View the blue cable in your inventory and look at the number.
There's only one place in the room you can use a three-digit number.
There's an item in the room labeled "IN". It didn't work before; try it now.
That switch on the wall is only half-working: it'll stay on IN, but not on OUT. Why?
Look at where you put the blue cable. Fiddle with the levers along the top.
You might want to look at that switch again, maybe it'll stay on "OUT" this time.
What's on the door that leads "out"?
Where else in the room are there mushrooms?
Look at the mushrooms behind the floor-level window. Note the flashing pattern.
Route map of the bus.
Find the bus. Hint: it's in a newly-opened area.
There's a path. Start at the top left.
Close the door behind you, silly.
Always examine things in your inventory. Is there anything you can do to them? Flip them around, maybe?
That's an odd way to write "bus": Why is the B lowercase? Why the overlap on the bottom right of the U? Maybe you're not looking at it correctly.
Remember writing messages on your calculator at school?
Where in the room do you need a four-digit code?
Look at the other side of the hallway for the graph. What does it say below the graph?
Place the bears according to their weights.
Got stumped by a terribly obvious point (same as neo1973), but otherwise everything else was a breeze. A bit easy, but I love the lack of random clicking to find POVs and items. Nothing extremely creative, but it's well polished game.
Thanks for the wonderful hint-through, Reka! (That should probably be put up at the top with Elle's walkthrough, I think, so others don't miss it by not scrolling down through the comments in fear of spoilers.) The extra hints were just what I needed the couple of times Robamimi's in-game hints didn't give me quite enough of a nudge. It's not often I can finish an escape game without having to resort to checking a walkthrough, so if there's a hint-through available, and it can get me through the game, I really enjoy the extra sense of accomplishment at not needing any answers handed to me.
I didn't think any of the puzzles were "stupid" -- neither illogical nor too-simple, nor misleading in a bad way -- and in fact I really liked that there was a balance between innovative and familiar puzzles.
This was one of the most enjoyable escapes I've played recently, in fact. Thanks to Elle for choosing it to feature this week! And, now that I've looked at it, Elle's walkthrough is up to her usual high standard; some escape games, I need a fair amount of hand-holding (i.e. consulting the walkthrough) in order to finish, so it's always good to know the answers are there if I need them.
With all due respect to justforfun I felt these puzzles were kinda easy but they were anything but dumb. The puzzles were logical and the clues were just challenging enough so you didn't just breeze through them. Although I will admit the clue for the ABC 123 box could have been a little more clever. Robamimi excels at logical puzzles that don't require guessing and giant leaps of faith and as a rabid room escaper I certainly appreciate that. Sure, some of the clues could have been more challenging, but sometimes it's nice to play a room escape game where you don't need an advanced degree in Rocket Science or have to look at the walkthrough every step just to make it out. | {
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It is the aim of SHAID to become a comprehensive provider of services to young people. To achieve this, our work is based on five objectives to become a more effective service provider and employer, these are:
To be the service of choice for young people at risk
To have a wide and diverse range of services to enable long term sustainability
To be the employer of choice for professionals and volunteers who have commitment to working with young people at risk of homelessness or social exclusion
To secure the future of shaid through effective financial management and building reserves
To continue to achieve appropriate standards of excellence across the organisation.
Continue to improve existing advice and support services
Investigate options for shaid to directly manage emergency and supported housing for young people itself
Work in partnership with other agencies to increase the housing and support options available to young people including more emergency accommodation
Support and develop supported lodgings schemes
Develop a volunteer mentoring scheme; to recruit and train volunteers to support young people in independent living
Education for Living
Evaluate, update and reprint SHAID's literature to the highest of standards to reflect the present market and legislation which is in force at any particular time
Investigate the need to produce other publications for young people
Increase the range of activities available to young people at SHAID's drop-in facility and replicate the model in other parts of Derwentside
Expand SHAID's homelessness prevention programme to more schools, colleges and youth groups
Promoting Social Inclusion
Continue supporting and further develop the multi-agency resource centre and signposting service for young people in partnership with other agencies
Develop initiatives to enable young people to access other essential services such as employment, training, education and healthcare
Develop community-based projects such as regeneration, arts and cultural projects to engage young people in society
Community Links & User Involvement
Expand SHAID's membership to ensure greater user involvement and community ownership
Broaden the skills and experience of the Board of Directors through securing representation from the local business community
Develop further innovative approaches to actively involve young people in the delivery of SHAID's services
Work in partnership with local housing providers, to develop a district wide initiative to explore different ways in which young people can get involved in decisions which effect their homes and the estates on which they live.
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Get To Cooking With Pomegranates This Winter
These juicy seeds can be used in many dishes
Linnea Covington January 9, 2015
We're always looking for ways to incorporate novel ingredient ideas into our cooking here at Food Republic. Our new column, Eat Globally, features looks at these ingredients from around the world, as well as their origins, uses and what makes them unique.
It's easy to get seduced by the ruby-red seeds of the pomegranate, that leather-shelled fruit you can find in everything: juice, cocktails (think grenadine), salads and sweets. For ages, people have believed in the healing property of pomegranate juice, from the health-conscious folk of today to the ancient Egyptians who thought it helped fight intestinal worms. This fruit shows up in early drawings and mosaics and in Moorish architecture. It is one of the three blessed fruits in Buddhism and is all over the Bible ("In the Song of Solomon, the sexy passage about seduction," says Louisa Shafia, chef, cookbook author and pomegranate connoisseur). Who knew such a hard-to-eat fruit could turn out to be not only interesting, but so precious worldwide?
Also see: Get To Cooking With Cranberry Beans
Where it's from: The pomegranate, or Punica granatum, has a rich history both as a food and as an icon. Originally grown in Iran and the Himalayas, this fruit was one of the first to be cultivated, a feat archeologists believe to have happened around the early Bronze Age. When the food came to Rome in about 700 BC, it was referred to as the "Phoenician apple," and became a symbol of marriage and fertility. Artworks by Sandro Botticelli and Raphael show this ruby orb along with the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, a sign, scholars say, of Christ's resurrection. Then later, artists Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí all included the fruit in paintings of their own. The city of Granada was named after the pomegranate, and in 1896 the plant was sown in California for the first time. With all of these powerful instances of the pomegranate in history and myth, it's no wonder modern day dieticians and food lovers have adopted this fruit.
When it's in season: This cold-weather fruit grows in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, which dictate its availability. In the North, you find them fresh from September to February. In the South they are harvested from March to May.
What to look for: Though the outside shell can be a vibrant red, the color doesn't dictate the arils, those plush, crimson seeds nestled inside. Instead, choose fruits that are heavy for their size, and one that is free of blemishes or soft spots.
How to store it: You can keep a plucked pomegranate for about a week in room temperature, or almost a month if you put it in the refrigerator. After you have removed the seeds, they will keep in an air-tight bag in the freezer for approximately three months. Fresh juice and syrup should also be kept cold.
How to prepare it: The best trick for getting the precious arils out of the shell is simple, says Shafia. "Starting at the crown, score the skin all the way around the fruit, then break it open into two halves," she says. "Hold the fruit over a large bowl, cut side down in your palm, and whack it with a heavy spoon to make the seeds come out. Pour in cold water to submerge the seeds, agitate with your hands, and pour off any pith that floats to the top." After that, you should strain the seeds and eat them plain by the handful, in a salad or garnished on top of main dish. Shafia also suggests juicing the seeds and cooking the liquid down to make a tart, flavorful syrup, a classic condiment in Iran.
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A artrite idiopática juvenil é uma forma de artrite juvenil idiopática, caracterizada por febre alta e erupções cutâneas passageiras, nomeada pelo médico inglês Senhor George Frederic Still (1861 - 1941). A doença foi descoberta primeiro em crianças, mas agora sabe-se que também acontece, menos comumente, em adultos.
Há várias teorias sobre a causa da doença de Still. Pode ser causada por uma infecção microbacterial. Porém, a causa da doença de Still permanece desconhecida. A patogênese da doença crê ser auto-imune.
Formas clínicas
Artrite sistêmica (Doença de Still)
É a AIJ em sua forma sistêmica, que recebe o nome de Doença de Still. Tem como principais características o quadro articular, febre alta intermitente, além de pelo menos um dos achados: rash, linfadenopatia, serosite ou hepatoesplenomeglia.
AIJ oligoarticular (ou pauciarticular)
A AIJ pauciarticular é a forma mais comum de AIJ, correspondendo a cerca de metade dos casos. É definida pelo acometimento de menos de 5 articulações. Afeta mais as meninas que os meninos, na proporção de 4:1.
AIJ poliarticular
A AIJ poliarticular é definida pelo acometimento de 5 ou mais articulações durante os 6 primeiros meses da doença. Pode ser dividida em: poliarticular com FR positivo ou poliarticular com FR negativo.
Sintomas
Pacientes com a doença de Still normalmente têm sintomas sistêmicos. Sintomas habituais incluem:
Ondas de febres altas que sobem a 40 °C (104 °F) que podem ser acompanhadas através de fadiga extrema
Uma erupção cutânea cor salmão e não coça pode ser também observada
Dor ao longo do corpo
Dor muscular
Dor e danos nas articulações
Diagnóstico
Devido a doença apresentar-se de muitos modos diferentes, a diagnose é difícil. É freqüentemente um processo laborioso que consiste na eliminação de outras doenças. É diagnosticado em uma base de características clínicas da doença, com os resultados de vários testes comuns combinados. Artrites persistentes (durando 6 semanas pelo menos) freqüentemente é um sintoma. Uma erupção cutânea é freqüentemente visível no corpo, e os pacientes normalmente sofrem febres altas. Exames de sangue freqüentemente indicam elevada sedimentação nas células brancas, sugerindo que há inflamação. Também, baixo nível de glóbulos vermelhos (anemia) é comum. Tipicamente, exames de sangue elevados indicam taxas de sedimentação altas, um indicador de inflamação. Também podem ser elevados outros indicadores de inflamação, inclusive CRP (proteína de c-reativa) e níveis de ferritina. Porém, os exames de sangue clássicos para artrites reumáticas e lúpus eritematoso sistêmico são normalmente negativos.
Prognóstico
A febre e a maioria dos outros sintomas tendem a passar dentro de vários meses. Porém, a artrite pode se tornar um problema a longo prazo como uma doença crônica que persiste na maioridade. Além, desde que a doença pode apresentar como uma doença aguda na maioridade, muitos pacientes adultos com a Doença de Still crônica nunca mostraram sinais ou sintomas da doença na infância. A febre e os sintomas sistêmicos nestes pacientes podem diminuir, deixando apenas os sintomas da artrite. Reciprocamente, todos os sinais e sintomas, inclusive os da artrite, ou podem remeter completamente durante a maioridade, ou, menos comumente, continua indefinidamente durante a maioridade.
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BAIDU INC ADS closed down -1.660 at 150.470. Volume was 90% below average (consolidating) and Bollinger Bands were 40% wider than normal.
Open High Low Close Volume___
152.440 153.335 150.010 150.470 408,244
Short Term: Neutral
Intermediate Term: Bearish
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Moving Averages: 10-period 50-period 200-period
Close: 151.44 180.28 206.43
Volatility: 73 64 44
Volume: 5,982,368 4,942,036 3,549,393
The current market condition for BAIDU INC ADS is:
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The close is currently Below it's 200 period moving average.
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The RSI shows overbought (above 70) and oversold (below 30) areas. The current value of the RSI is 37.78. This is not a topping or bottoming area. A buy or sell signal is generated when the RSI moves out of an overbought/oversold area. The last signal was a buy 2 period(s) ago.
The CCI shows overbought (above 100) and oversold (below -100) areas. The current value of the CCI is -24. This is not a topping or bottoming area. The last signal was a buy 2 period(s) ago.
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator (MACD) gives signals when it crosses its 9 period signal line. The last signal was a sell 24 period(s) ago.
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Mobile Related products and services include Baidu Mobile Search, Baidu Yi, Baidu Mobile Browser, Baidu Palm, Baidu Mobile Phone Input Method, Baidu Mobile App Search, Baidu Contacts and Baidu Netdisk. Baidu Mobile Search enables users to access its search and community-based products and services, such as Baidu News, Baidu Post Bar, Baidu Knows and Baidu Map Search using mobile devices, including WAP-enabled mobile phones. Baidu Mobile Search supports voice-activated search to serve users of mobile devices. Baidu Mobile Browser offers Web browser for mobile phones based on Windows, Symbian and Android. Baidu Palm is a user-end application designed specifically for mobile phone users. Baidu Mobile Phone Input Method is a user-end application that supports multiple methods of inputting Chinese characters on mobile phones. Baidu Mobile App Search is a user-end search application that enables users to find popular third party developed applications, including games for mobile devices by category or by typing relevant search terms in a built-in Baidu search box. Baidu Contacts is a contact management tool enhanced with special features. Baidu Netdisk is an online storage service, which provides users free space to store and access their materials online. It also includes Other Baidu Mobile Applications, which offers several other mobile applications which provide functions similar to those provided by their substitutes for non-mobile devices, such as Baidu Map Search, Baidu Travel, Baidu Video, Baidu Post Bar, Baidu Ting!, Baidu Knows, Baidu Encyclopedia, Baidu Wenku, Baidu Shenbian and Baidu News.
The Company's other products and services include Qunar, Baidu Baijob, BaiduPay, Baidu Games, Baidu Search and Store, Baidu Statistics, Baidu Ads Manager, Baidu Data Research Center, Baidu Top Searches and Search Index, Baidu Sky, Baidu Senior Citizen Search, Baidu Search for Visually Impaired, Baidu Patent Search, Baidu Translation, Baidu Missing Person Search Site and Baidu PhotoWonder. Qunar offers real-time searches on flights, hotels and packages, group-buying deals, visa and other travel-related information to consumers, and Internet and mobile technology solutions to travel industry players. Baidu Baijob, offered at Baijob.com, is a platform primarily offering online recruitment and related services. BaiduPay is a online payment service, which can be used by the online marketing customers, users of some of its and services, and users of some affiliated, associated or third-party Websites. Baidu Games is a channel where registered users can play Web games provided by its online game operator partners. Baidu Search and Store is a free online bookmarking service that allows registered users to bookmark, store and organize Website links in an online space and conduct searches within the bookmarked Websites. Baidu Statistics is a platform that helps its online marketing customers to evaluate its online marketing solutions by providing various data and analyses that could be used to monitor return on investments (ROI).
Baidu Ads Manager is a platform through, which Website owners could manage promotional links or ads on their Websites. Baidu Data Research Center is an online channel providing research reports, news and other content relating to more than 10 industry sectors, such as cosmetics, information technology training, automobiles, online games and real estate. Baidu Top Searches provides listings of top search terms based on daily search queries entered on Baidu.com. The listings are organized by categories and allow users to easily locate popular search terms on topics of Interest. Baidu Sky is a platform through, which its users can browse and download software. Baidu Senior Citizen Search is a new version of Web search designed for senior users. Baidu Blind Search is designed to assist visually impaired users to conduct a more search by removing certain advertisement, images and other content that may interrupt with the functioning of viewing software used by visually impaired users. Baidu Patent Search is operated in cooperation with the China Patent Information Center under the People's Republic of China State Intellectual Property Office. Baidu Translation supports online translation of texts and Web pages between Chinese, on one side, and English or Japanese, on the other side. Baidu Missing Person Search Site launched this missing person search site in support of those looking for missing persons. Baidu PhotoWonder is an application for users of smart phones based on iOS and Android to take and photos and shares them among some social networking sites.
The Company's Major Products and Services by Associated or Cooperative Websites include Baidu Youa and iQiyi Internet TV. In April 2011, Baidu Youa e-commerce platform was closed and Youa Life. In November 2011, Youa Life was spun off from the Company as an independent business operated by a newly founded company named Youa.com Inc. In December 2011, Youa.com Inc. launched a new product at Leho.com, which enables users to share their life-styles and experiences. iQiyi Internet TV allows users to search, watch for free copyrighted movies, television series, cartoons, range of shows and other programs. The programs are provided by content providers under licensing arrangements. The Company's International products and services include Baidu Japanese Products. Its Japanese search services offer Web Search, Image Search and Video Search. It also provides mobile search service in Japan. In addition, the Company offers Baidu Type, a Japanese input method editor for personal computer users and an acquired Japanese mobile phone input method editor for Android, named Simeji.
Products and Services for Customers
Baidu focuses on providing customers with targeted marketing solutions. The Company generates revenues from online marketing services. The Company's P4P platform enables its customers to reach users who search for information related to their products or services. Customers may use automated online tools to create text-based descriptions of their Web pages and bid on keywords that trigger the display of their Web page information and links. Its P4P platform features an automated online sign-up process that allows customers to activate their accounts at any time. Its P4P platform is an online marketplace that Internet search users to customers who bid for priority placement in the search results. It also offers certain customers consultative services, such as keyword suggestions, account management and performance reporting.
Using ProTheme contextual promotion technology, the Company offers Network Marketing, a service that enables its customers' promotional links to be displayed on both Baidu Web pages and Baidu Union members' Web pages where the customers' links are relevant to the subject and content of such Web pages. Online marketing services based on search behaviors of Internet users include, among others, Targetizement and Grand Media using its Targetizement technology, both of which enable the customers' advertisements to match their targeted Internet users who are automatically identified based on the users' past behaviors on the Internet. Online marketing services of display placements allow its customers to display links insensitive to search queries at a designated location on Baidu Web pages or Baidu Union members' properties. It offers other forms of online marketing services, including directing traffic to customer's content to allow more exposure of such content to users, and to enable users to purchase and use the content through non-mobile devices.
Baidu Union
Baidu Union consists of a number of third-party Web content and software providers. Baidu Union members, including those mobile and non-mobile oriented, can display on their properties its customers. Some Baidu Union members, including those mobile and non-mobile oriented, also embed some of its products and services, such as Baidu search box, Baidu Toolbar, Baidu Browser, Hao123, Baidu Palm and Baidu Mobile Browser into their properties.
The Company competes with Google, Sohu, Tencent, Alibaba, Microsoft and yellow pages.
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Q: Choosing an element of $W_x$ in a computable way If $W_x$ denotes the domain of the program with number $x$, the question is:
Is there a partial computable function $f$ such that if $W_x$ is not empty then $f(x)\in W_x$, and otherwise, $f(x)$ is undefined?
My attempt is to take $f(x)=x$ if $x\in W_x$ and otherwise, $f$ is undefined. But I don't know how to deal with the non-empty condition.
A: Your answer does not work, because there could be some element of $W_x$ other than $x$.
This is indeed possible. I will give an informal description of how to do this.
n <- 0;
Loop {
n <- n + 1;
For each i such that 1 <= i <= n do {
Attempt to run algorithm x on input i for n steps;
If this results in x halting on input i, halt and output i.
}
}
If $x$ halts on some input $i$, then this algorithm will eventually halt on or before the iteration where $n = i$. And if this algorithm halts and returns $i$, then it must be the case that $x$ halts on input $i$.
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OFFICES AND APPOINTMENTS: Barfield, Holland reelected Board officers; appointments made
Published 11:40 am Tuesday, January 3, 2023
By Anna Guizerix
Warren County Administrator Loretta Brantley, right, was sworn in by Chancery Clerk Donna Hardy during Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. (Photo by Anna Guizerix | The Vicksburg Post)
As part of its first meeting of 2023, the Warren County Board of Supervisors' first order of business Tuesday morning was the election of board officers and appointments.
In two unanimous votes, District 5 Supervisor Kelle Barfield and District 4 Supervisor Dr. Jeffery Holland were reelected as board president and vice president, respectively.
Barfield said she appreciated the support of her fellow board members and looks forward to working with the board to meet Warren County's needs in the last year of the supervisors' four-year terms.
"We work well together and know that this next year will be an opportunity to address so many of the long-standing issues, as well as those we don't even anticipate that arise. … such as our need for a jail to be designed, constructed and financed," she said. "We have large issues, and yet I tell people the day-to-day is just as important and needs just as much attention."
This vote marks the current board's last election of officers before the General Election on Nov. 7. The qualifying period for the 2023 election cycle opened Tuesday and closes on Feb. 1 at 5 p.m.
In addition to the election of officers, the Board of Supervisors also made appointments to various county positions on Tuesday.
County Administrator Loretta Brantley was reappointed and immediately sworn in during the meeting, followed by Board Attorney Blake Teller, County Engineer Keith O'Keefe and Road Manager Jamie Cain.
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Centre de Recherche Paul-Pascal, CNRS & University of Bordeaux, Pessac, FRANCE.
MatSE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
1Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, GERMANY.
Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY.
1Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, KOLKATA, INDIA, 2Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, KOLKATA, INDIA.
1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2IME, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1IME, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
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1University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics and Astronomy & LRSM, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA.
1Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
1Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
1Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
1Core R&D Formulation Science, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, 2Dow Coating Materials, Ret., The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI.
1Department of materials science and engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Department of chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
1Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
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Keeping Ottawa neighbourhoods safe is our collective responsibility. Improperly discarded needles, crack pipes, and other drug paraphernalia found in our communities have been identified as a serious concern. In an effort to promote community safety, Ottawa Public Health (OPH), along with numerous City and community partners, has implemented a variety of measures to address this issue.
Children should never touch a discarded needle, crack pipe or other drug paraphernalia.
If an adult chooses not to pick up a needle or crack pipe to safely dispose of them, call 3-1-1 to make arrangements to have the City pick them up immediately.
Treat all needles and crack pipes (glass stems) as contaminated.
Wear gloves (i.e. latex, rubber or leather gardening gloves). Gloves are meant to protect against fluid contamination, not punctures or cuts.
Pick up the needle by the plastic end (syringe).
Find the nearest needle disposal location. Do not flush needles down the toilet or put them in the garbage or recycling bin.
It is against the law to dispose of your needles, crack pipes (glass stems), or other sharps in the garbage or recycling (By-law 2012-370 Schedule G - Prohibited Material). As a result of this by-law, Ottawa Public Health created and administers the Needle Drop Box Program. This program provides Ottawa residents with secure and tamper-proof drop boxes located at approximately 80 locations across the City to allow for the safe and convenient disposal of sharps. In 2018, approximately 955,000 needles were retrieved from the Needle Drop Boxes. For information on the safe handling and disposal of needles, please visit What to do with used needles and crack pipes or if you would like to inquire about obtaining a Needle Drop Box for your business or community, please call Ottawa Public Health at 613-580-6744 and ask to speak with a Public health Inspector. In addition, residents can take used needles to Household Hazardous Waste Depots or make arrangements with a participating Take-it-Back pharmacy.
Used needles, syringes and glass stems are prohibited in the regular garbage. These items can be taken to a Take it Back! partner by phoning ahead to the retailer before returning an item.
The Needle Hunters Program is a major component of the City of Ottawa's corporate response to discarded needles, crack pipes, and other drug paraphernalia found in our communities. The Needle Hunters are a group of people who proactively search for and dispose of these items in priority neighbourhoods across the City. Their clean up routes are constantly monitored and adjusted in order to target areas of particular need.
In 2018, the Needle Hunters recovered approximately 20,000 needles.
Ottawa Public Health works with other City departments through the City Contact Centre 3-1-1 to respond to requests for the pick-up of improperly discarded used needles. The City makes an effort to respond to all needle retrieval requests within one hour. In 2018, approximately 2,000 needles were retrieved via collaborative action among City staff.
Ottawa Public Health provides information and training to service providers and community groups on the safe handling and disposal of needles. For more information on the safe handling and disposal of needles, please see What to do with used needles and crack pipes or call the Ottawa Public Health Information line 613-580-6744 to arrange for a training session.
Ottawa Public Health operates the Site Clean Needle Syringe Program. This program operates on the harm reduction principle of providing clients with an adequate amount of sterile needles to meet their requirements for safe injecting. The main goal of this program is to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, primarily HIV and Hepatitis C, and minimize the risks associated with substance use in the greater community. Our Public Health professionals also educate intravenous drug users on how to dispose of needles safely and the risks of failing to do so. We provide them with sharps containers and information on various disposal locations. In 2018, the Site Clean Needle Syringe Program, including all of their partner agencies, retrieved approximately 630,000 discarded needles. For more information please visit the Site Needle & Syringe Program webpage.
advocating for increased resources for needle clean-up and recovery programs.
Needle Drop Box Program - It is against the law to dispose of your needles, crack pipes (glass stems), or other sharps in the garbage or recycling. As a result, OPH created and administers the Needle Drop Box Program. This program provides Ottawa residents with appropriate, secure and tamper-proof drop boxes located at approximately 80 locations across the City to allow for the safe and convenient disposalof sharps.
The Needle Hunters Program - This program is a major component of the City of Ottawa's corporate response to improperly discarded needles, crack pipes, and other drug paraphernalia found in our communities. The Needle Hunters are a group of people who proactively search for and dispose of these items in priority neighbourhoods across the City. Their clean up routes are constantly monitored and adjusted in order to target areas of particular need.
Pharmacies involved with the Take it Back! Program - Used needles, syringes, and glass stems can be taken to a Take it Back! partner by phoning ahead to the retailer before returning an item.
Harm reduction programs - OPH operates the Site Needle Syringe Program. Our Public Health professionals educate all people who use on how to dispose of needles safely and the risks of failing to do so. We provide them with sharps containers and information on various disposal locations, and also encourage them to return their supplies directly to the program. OPH has approximately 30 harm reduction partners across the City.
* In 2012, in response to concerns that needle drop box figures underestimated the total number of needles retrieved out of the drop boxes, OPH implemented a more accurate method for calculating the contents of needle drop boxes, based on sharps weight from each box.
Please note: Data for Needle Drop Boxes and Household Hazardous Waste Depots are estimates based on weight. These weights and resulting estimates for numbers of needles may be affected by garbage and other drug paraphernalia. The collection of needles from City staff, Needle Hunters, and the Site program & partner agencies are largely true counts but may include some estimates based on weights. As a result of these factors, beginning in 2018, all counts are rounded to the nearest 100. | {
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[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=U48Nose31d4[/embed] This video explains a simple reflow PCB assembly technique. The board is first prepped with solderpaste using a stencil. Then a manual pick and place machine populates the board. This is followed by a 5-6 minute cook in the reflow oven.
We spotted an Open Logic Sniffer in Adafruit's weekly Ask an Engineer Chat. It looks like they're soldering it up on a reflow plate. We like the warning that the reflow plate may be a hot surface. | {
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Q: Handling JSON Post Request in Go So I have the following, which seems incredibly hacky, and I've been thinking to myself that Go has better designed libraries than this, but I can't find an example of Go handling a POST request of JSON data. They are all form POSTs.
Here is an example request: curl -X POST -d "{\"test\": \"that\"}" http://localhost:8082/test
And here is the code, with the logs embedded:
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"log"
"net/http"
)
type test_struct struct {
Test string
}
func test(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
req.ParseForm()
log.Println(req.Form)
//LOG: map[{"test": "that"}:[]]
var t test_struct
for key, _ := range req.Form {
log.Println(key)
//LOG: {"test": "that"}
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(key), &t)
if err != nil {
log.Println(err.Error())
}
}
log.Println(t.Test)
//LOG: that
}
func main() {
http.HandleFunc("/test", test)
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8082", nil))
}
There's got to be a better way, right? I'm just stumped in finding what the best practice could be.
(Go is also known as Golang to the search engines, and mentioned here so others can find it.)
A: There are two reasons why json.Decoder should be preferred over json.Unmarshal - that are not addressed in the most popular answer from 2013:
*
*February 2018, go 1.10 introduced a new method json.Decoder.DisallowUnknownFields() which addresses the concern of detecting unwanted JSON-input
*req.Body is already an io.Reader. Reading its entire contents and then performing json.Unmarshal wastes resources if the stream was, say a 10MB block of invalid JSON. Parsing the request body, with json.Decoder, as it streams in would trigger an early parse error if invalid JSON was encountered. Processing I/O streams in realtime is the preferred go-way.
Addressing some of the user comments about detecting bad user input:
To enforce mandatory fields, and other sanitation checks, try:
d := json.NewDecoder(req.Body)
d.DisallowUnknownFields() // catch unwanted fields
// anonymous struct type: handy for one-time use
t := struct {
Test *string `json:"test"` // pointer so we can test for field absence
}{}
err := d.Decode(&t)
if err != nil {
// bad JSON or unrecognized json field
http.Error(rw, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
if t.Test == nil {
http.Error(rw, "missing field 'test' from JSON object", http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
// optional extra check
if d.More() {
http.Error(rw, "extraneous data after JSON object", http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
// got the input we expected: no more, no less
log.Println(*t.Test)
Playground
Typical output:
$ curl -X POST -d "{}" http://localhost:8082/strict_test
expected json field 'test'
$ curl -X POST -d "{\"Test\":\"maybe?\",\"Unwanted\":\"1\"}" http://localhost:8082/strict_test
json: unknown field "Unwanted"
$ curl -X POST -d "{\"Test\":\"oops\"}g4rB4g3@#$%^&*" http://localhost:8082/strict_test
extraneous data after JSON
$ curl -X POST -d "{\"Test\":\"Works\"}" http://localhost:8082/strict_test
log: 2019/03/07 16:03:13 Works
A: I was driving myself crazy with this exact problem. My JSON Marshaller and Unmarshaller were not populating my Go struct. Then I found the solution at https://eager.io/blog/go-and-json:
"As with all structs in Go, it's important to remember that only
fields with a capital first letter are visible to external programs
like the JSON Marshaller."
After that, my Marshaller and Unmarshaller worked perfectly!
A: I like to define custom structs locally. So:
// my handler func
func addImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// define custom type
type Input struct {
Url string `json:"url"`
Name string `json:"name"`
Priority int8 `json:"priority"`
}
// define a var
var input Input
// decode input or return error
err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&input)
if err != nil {
w.WriteHeader(400)
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Decode error! please check your JSON formating.")
return
}
// print user inputs
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Inputed name: %s", input.Name)
}
A: Please use json.Decoder instead of json.Unmarshal.
func test(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
decoder := json.NewDecoder(req.Body)
var t test_struct
err := decoder.Decode(&t)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
log.Println(t.Test)
}
A: type test struct {
Test string `json:"test"`
}
func test(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
var t test_struct
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
json.Unmarshal(body, &t)
fmt.Println(t)
}
A: I found the following example from the docs really helpful (source here).
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"log"
"strings"
)
func main() {
const jsonStream = `
{"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Knock knock."}
{"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Who's there?"}
{"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt."}
{"Name": "Sam", "Text": "Go fmt who?"}
{"Name": "Ed", "Text": "Go fmt yourself!"}
`
type Message struct {
Name, Text string
}
dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(jsonStream))
for {
var m Message
if err := dec.Decode(&m); err == io.EOF {
break
} else if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", m.Name, m.Text)
}
}
The key here being that the OP was looking to decode
type test_struct struct {
Test string
}
...in which case we would drop the const jsonStream, and replace the Message struct with the test_struct:
func test(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
dec := json.NewDecoder(req.Body)
for {
var t test_struct
if err := dec.Decode(&t); err == io.EOF {
break
} else if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("%s\n", t.Test)
}
}
Update: I would also add that this post provides some great data about responding with JSON as well. The author explains struct tags, which I was not aware of.
Since JSON does not normally look like {"Test": "test", "SomeKey": "SomeVal"}, but rather {"test": "test", "somekey": "some value"}, you can restructure your struct like this:
type test_struct struct {
Test string `json:"test"`
SomeKey string `json:"some-key"`
}
...and now your handler will parse JSON using "some-key" as opposed to "SomeKey" (which you will be using internally).
A: You need to read from req.Body. The ParseForm method is reading from the req.Body and then parsing it in standard HTTP encoded format. What you want is to read the body and parse it in JSON format.
Here's your code updated.
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"log"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
type test_struct struct {
Test string
}
func test(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
log.Println(string(body))
var t test_struct
err = json.Unmarshal(body, &t)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
log.Println(t.Test)
}
func main() {
http.HandleFunc("/test", test)
log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8082", nil))
}
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaStackExchange"
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NCAA Hockey Tournament
Minnesota Men's Hockey
Minnesota Hockey: NCAA West Region Final Vs Minnesota State Preview
Can the Gophers get back to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2014?
By gopherguy05@yorka1982 Mar 28, 2021, 4:05pm CDT
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Kyle Cooper
We know that a Minnesota team will advance to the NCAA Frozen Four from the West Regional, but tonight we will figure out which team it will be. Will it be the Gophers getting back to their first Frozen Four since 2014? Will it be Minnesota State making their first ever Frozen Four after finally winning their first ever NCAA Tournament game on Saturday? in a few hours we will know.
Minnesota advanced to tonight's game with a 7-2 win over Omaha. The Gophers grabbed an early 3-0 lead and never looked back. Minnesota State needed to work much harder and came back from a 3-1 deficit to score the tying goal with the goalie pulled late in the third period and then won the game in overtime on a goal by Ryan Sandelin—UMD head coach Scott Sandelin's son. Not a bad 8ish hours or so for that family.
Both teams feel the pressure—for the Gophers it's living up to the #1 seed and trying to get to the Frozen Four from a non-Minnesota regional for the first time since 2003. For Minnesota State, the pressure is off somewhat as they won their first game finally and got that weight off of their shoulders. Now can they keep the momentum going and get to the program's first Frozen Four?
Minnesota got scoring from all over last night. Freshman Mason Nevers scored his first two goals as a Gopher in the win. Freshman Brock Faber ended up tying an NCAA Tournament record with five assists on the night. Ryan Johnson scored his first goal as a Gopher that was not a 190-foot empty net heave. Sampo Ranta got on the scoresheet once again as well too. If Minnesota can do that again tonight, it bodes well for the Gophers. But Minnesota would really like to get Sammy Walker or Blake McLaughlin on the points tally. When those two are clicking, the Gophers click as a team. Getting them in the action early and often should send Minnesota to Pittsburgh.
The Gophers will need to do it without senior Brannon McManus however. The forward suffered an upper body injury in a collision with an Omaha player midway through the second period last night and did not return to the game. After the game Gophers coach Bob Motzko said he would not be available for tonight's game. Nevers moved up to the third line and took most of McMannus' shifts in the third period, and that would seem to be the similar move tonight. Jonny Issacson who was the extra skater last night will move into the lineup on the fourth line, and they extra skater will most likely be defenseman Robby Stucker.
The Gophers will need to shut down Minnesota State's top scorers including Julien Napravnik who led the Mavericks with 26 points and 10 goals on the season. Reggie Lutz also has ten goals on the year for MSU. But the Mavericks are known for their goalie. Dryden McKay is a Hobey baker Finalist and a top three finalist for the Mike Richter Award—just like his counterpart in net Jack LaFontaine. McKay and LaFontaine have literally been the #1 and #2 goalies in the country this season. McKay has a 20-3 record and brings a 1.47 goals against average and a .928 save percentage into the game. He leads the nation with eight shutouts. However, cracks have been showing recently. McKay was pulled in Minnesota State's WCHA Semifinal loss to Northern Michigan after giving up five goals in two periods. McKay gave up three quick goals to Quinnipiac before settling down and being his usual brick wall the remainder of the game and overtime. If Minnesota can get to him early...that might be the way to put the pressure back squarely on the Mavericks shoulders.
The teams are fairly evenly matched. Minnesota averages 3.9 goals per game to rank #3 in the country, Minnesota State scores 3.54 to rank 5th. The Mavericks give up 1.58 goals per game, #1 in the country, while the Gophers are not far back in 5th with 2.0 goals per game. Special teams once again could be key. The Mavericks are 4th in the country with a 26.67& score rate on the power play. Minnesota's power play has struggled including going 0-2 last night. The Gophers 84.93% kill rate ranks 11th in the country. Minnesota State is right behind in 13th at 84.62. Minnesota needs to play their typically disciplined game and not give the Mavericks the man advantage.
Score early. Minnesota came out quick last night and showed no sense of a flat start. That needs to happen again. The Mavericks will be pumped up off of the adrenaline of winning the program's first ever NCAA game. They will be buzzing early. If the Gophers can score quick, they can take away that momentum, and hopefully get into McKay's head.
LaFontaine must be great. Jack had a few close calls yesterday including nearly passing the puck right to an Omaha player after playing it in the corner. Of the two goals he let in, one was one of the weaker goals he has given up all season. He has to be on his game tonight, especially if McKay is.
Get the top line in action. Walker and McLaughlin can not disappear. They must be a factor and must get on the scoresheet.
Play smart. Stay out of the box, don't try and get pretty and play your game. Minnesota State will be physical—but Omaha was too and Minnesota skated around them. It will not be as easy tonight, but the Gophers still should have a skill advantage. Use it.
KEEP ON THE GAS. If you take a lead...do not play safe. Keep running it up. The Mavericks came back from a two goal defecit yesterday. They easily can do it again.
NCAA West Regional Final
#2 Minnesota State Mavericks vs #1 Minnesota Golden Gophers
Where: Budweiser Events Center, Loveland, Colorado
When: 7 PM
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Q: Creating and saving a database in my project? I'm working on a Windows Forms application in VS 2013 that requires saving data. I can't find a good solution for this, since:
*
*A SQL Server database will work fine, but it will force the user
to have SQL Server installed on their computer.
*The same applies to Access or Oracle DB.
*DataSets require a database connection,which leads me to 1) and 3).
*Text/XML files don't satisfy the
security requirements and will seem like a very primitive solution.
*So , in essence, when the user installs the application, on its
first deployment it must create a database and keep it for future
access, without requiring the user to have any special programs
installed (e.g. SQL Server). I apologize if this question seems
stupid.
A: Use SQL Compact Edition .
Using LINQ to SQL you can create a Database/Tables for the first time deployment.
Please Refer the Link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb399420(v=vs.110).aspx
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Option 2 - create an Access database (an MDB or ACCDB file) with blank/empty tables and deploy this as part of your application. You can the access this with a suitable connection string - again, Google will solve that one.
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package com.chenpan.commoner.widget.scrollview;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Build;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ScrollView;
public class OverScrollView extends ScrollView {
private static final float ELASTICITY_COEFFICIENT = 0.25f;
private static final int NO_OVERSCROLL_STATE = 0;
private static final int TOP_OVERSCROLL_STATE = 1;
private static final int BOTTOM_OVERSCROLL_STATE = 2;
private static final int OVERSCROLL_MAX_HEIGHT = 1200;
/**
* Sentinel value for no current active pointer.
* Used by {@link #mActivePointerId}.
*/
private static final int INVALID_POINTER = -1;
private static final int TRIGGER_HEIGHT = 120;
private int overScrollSate;
private boolean mIsUseOverScroll = true;
private boolean isRecord;
private OverScrollWarpLayout mContentLayout;
/**
* OverScrol
*/
private OverScrollListener mOverScrollListener;
private OverScrollTinyListener mOverScrollTinyListener;
private OnScrollListener mScrollListener;
private float mLastMotionY;
private int overScrollDistance;
private int mActivePointerId = INVALID_POINTER;
private boolean isOnTouch;
private boolean isInertance;
private boolean mIsUseInertance = true;
private boolean mIsBanQuickScroll;
private int inertanceY;
private int mOverScrollTrigger = TRIGGER_HEIGHT;
public OverScrollView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
initScrollView();
}
public OverScrollView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
this(context, attrs, 0);
}
public OverScrollView(Context context) {
this(context, null);
}
private void initScrollView(){
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 9){
setOverScrollMode(View.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);
}else{
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(this, ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER);
}
}
@Override
public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
if(!mIsUseOverScroll){
return super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
}
switch (ev.getAction()) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
if (isOverScrolled()) {
isRecord = true;
// Remember where the motion event started
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY();
mActivePointerId = ev.getPointerId(0);
}
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
if(isRecord && Math.abs(ev.getY() - mLastMotionY) > 20){
return true;
}
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
if(isRecord){
isRecord = false;
}
}
return super.onInterceptTouchEvent(ev);
}
@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
isOnTouch = true;
if(ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || ev.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL){
if(mOverScrollTinyListener != null){
mOverScrollTinyListener.scrollLoosen();
}
isOnTouch = false;
}
if(!mIsUseOverScroll){
return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
}
if(!isOverScrolled()){
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY();
return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
}
switch (ev.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) {
case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
mActivePointerId = ev.getPointerId(0);
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY();
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN:
final int index = ev.getActionIndex();
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY(index);
mActivePointerId = ev.getPointerId(index);
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP:
onSecondaryPointerUp(ev);
if(mActivePointerId != INVALID_POINTER){
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY(ev.findPointerIndex(mActivePointerId));
}
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
if (isRecord) {
final int activePointerIndex = ev.findPointerIndex(mActivePointerId);
if (activePointerIndex == -1) {
break;
}
final float y = ev.getY(activePointerIndex);
int deltaY = (int) (mLastMotionY - y);
mLastMotionY = y;
if(Math.abs(overScrollDistance) >= OVERSCROLL_MAX_HEIGHT && overScrollDistance * deltaY > 0){
deltaY = 0;
}
if(overScrollDistance *(overScrollDistance + deltaY) < 0){
mContentLayout.smoothScrollToNormal();
overScrollDistance = 0;
break;
}
if((!isOnBottom() && overScrollDistance > 0) || (!isOnTop() && overScrollDistance < 0)){
mContentLayout.smoothScrollToNormal();
overScrollDistance = 0;
break;
}
if(overScrollDistance * deltaY > 0){
deltaY = (int) (deltaY * ELASTICITY_COEFFICIENT);
}
if(overScrollDistance == 0){
deltaY = (int) (deltaY * ELASTICITY_COEFFICIENT * 0.5f);
}
if(overScrollDistance == 0 && deltaY == 0){
break;
}
if(Math.abs(deltaY) > 20){
deltaY = deltaY > 0 ? 20 : -20;
}
overScrollDistance += deltaY;
if(isOnTop() && overScrollDistance > 0 && !isOnBottom()){
overScrollDistance = 0;
break;
}
if(isOnBottom() && overScrollDistance < 0 && !isOnTop()){
overScrollDistance = 0;
break;
}
mContentLayout.smoothScrollBy(0, deltaY);
if(mOverScrollTinyListener != null){
mOverScrollTinyListener.scrollDistance(deltaY, overScrollDistance);
}
return true;
}
break;
case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
mContentLayout.smoothScrollToNormal();
overScrollTrigger();
overScrollDistance = 0;
isRecord = false;
mActivePointerId = INVALID_POINTER;
break;
default:
break;
}
return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
}
private void onSecondaryPointerUp(MotionEvent ev) {
final int pointerIndex = (ev.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_INDEX_MASK) >> MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_INDEX_SHIFT;
final int pointerId = ev.getPointerId(pointerIndex);
if (pointerId == mActivePointerId) {
// This was our active pointer going up. Choose a new
// active pointer and adjust accordingly.
// TODO: Make this decision more intelligent.
final int newPointerIndex = pointerIndex == 0 ? 1 : 0;
mLastMotionY = (int) ev.getY(newPointerIndex);
mActivePointerId = ev.getPointerId(newPointerIndex);
}
}
public boolean isOverScrolled() {
return isOnTop() || isOnBottom();
}
private boolean isOnTop(){
return getScrollY() == 0;
}
private boolean isOnBottom(){
return getScrollY() + getHeight() == mContentLayout.getHeight();
}
private void initOverScrollLayout() {
setFillViewport(true);
if(mContentLayout == null){
View child = getChildAt(0);
mContentLayout = new OverScrollWarpLayout(getContext());
this.removeAllViews();
mContentLayout.addView(child);
this.addView(mContentLayout,new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
}
// mIsUseOverScroll = true;
}
public void setOverScroll(boolean isOverScroll){
mIsUseOverScroll = isOverScroll;
}
public void setUseInertance(boolean isInertance){
mIsUseInertance = isInertance;
}
@Override
protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
initOverScrollLayout();
super.onAttachedToWindow();
}
public int getScrollState(){
invalidateState();
return overScrollSate;
}
private void invalidateState(){
if(mContentLayout.getScrollerCurrY() == 0){
overScrollSate = NO_OVERSCROLL_STATE;
}
if(mContentLayout.getScrollerCurrY() < 0){
overScrollSate = TOP_OVERSCROLL_STATE;
}
if(mContentLayout.getScrollerCurrY() > 0){
overScrollSate = BOTTOM_OVERSCROLL_STATE;
}
}
@Override
protected boolean overScrollBy(int deltaX, int deltaY, int scrollX,
int scrollY, int scrollRangeX, int scrollRangeY,
int maxOverScrollX, int maxOverScrollY, boolean isTouchEvent) {
// Log.v("test", "deltaY "+deltaY+" scrollY "+scrollY);
return super.overScrollBy(deltaX, deltaY, scrollX, scrollY, scrollRangeX,
scrollRangeY, maxOverScrollX, maxOverScrollY, isTouchEvent);
}
@Override
protected void onScrollChanged(int l, int t, int oldl, int oldt) {
if(mScrollListener != null && overScrollDistance == 0){
mScrollListener.onScroll(l, t, oldl, oldt);
}
super.onScrollChanged(l, t, oldl, oldt);
}
@Override
protected void onOverScrolled(int scrollX, int scrollY, boolean clampedX,
boolean clampedY) {
if(mIsUseInertance && !isInertance && scrollY != 0){
isInertance = true;
}
if(clampedY && !isOnTouch && isInertance){
mContentLayout.smoothScrollBy(0, inertanceY);
mContentLayout.smoothScrollToNormal();
inertanceY = 0;
}
super.onOverScrolled(scrollX, scrollY, clampedX, clampedY);
}
public void setOverScrollListener(OverScrollListener listener){
mOverScrollListener = listener;
}
public void setOverScrollTinyListener(OverScrollTinyListener listener){
mOverScrollTinyListener = listener;
}
public void setOnScrollListener(OnScrollListener listener){
mScrollListener = listener;
}
public void setOverScrollTrigger(int height){
if(height >= 30){
mOverScrollTrigger = height;
}
}
private void overScrollTrigger(){
if(mOverScrollListener == null){
return;
}
if(overScrollDistance > mOverScrollTrigger && isOnBottom()){
mOverScrollListener.footerScroll();
}
if(overScrollDistance < -mOverScrollTrigger && isOnTop()){
mOverScrollListener.headerScroll();
}
}
public void setQuickScroll(boolean isEnable){
mIsBanQuickScroll = !isEnable;
}
@Override
public void computeScroll() {
if(!mIsBanQuickScroll){
super.computeScroll();
}
}
public int getScrollHeight(){
return mContentLayout.getHeight() - getHeight();
}
@Override
public void fling(int velocityY) {
inertanceY = 50 * velocityY / 5000;
super.fling(velocityY);
}
public interface OverScrollListener {
void headerScroll();
void footerScroll();
}
/**
* @author King
* @since 2014-4-9 ????4:39:06
*/
public interface OverScrollTinyListener{
void scrollDistance(int tinyDistance, int totalDistance);
void scrollLoosen();
}
public interface OnScrollListener{
void onScroll(int l, int t, int oldl, int oldt);
}
}
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Q: How to query songs list in android (excluding a specific folder) using cursorloader? Following is my code to fetch all the songs from android device:
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID,
MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA,
MediaStore.Audio.Media.DISPLAY_NAME,
MediaStore.Audio.Media.SIZE };
musiccursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,proj, null, null, null);
music_column_index=musiccursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DISPLAY_NAME);
music_column_index = musiccursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Audio.Media.SIZE);
The above gives me list of all the songs in any of the folders in the device however i dont want to fetch songs from a specific folder(say music_folder).Can somebody help to modify the query?
A: Try this:
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID,
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Common touch: Everything in this picture of a condominium in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, is commonly owned by the tenants and can't be changed. | PHILIP BRASOR
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When we were thinking about buying a condominium some years ago, we looked at older units and brand new ones, and one of our least favorite features was pebbled or fogged window glass, which was ubiquitous. Early on, when we didn't know any better, we asked a real estate agent how much it would cost to replace a set of pebbled windows with transparent ones, and he said that was not possible. We reacted with confusion, thinking that as owners of the unit, not renters, we could make any changes we liked. But as he explained to us, some of the features of a condominium are considered "communal" (kyōyō-bu), meaning they are owned by all the residents of a building, and one of those common features are windows, which means they can't be changed.
Most communal features and facilities are obvious — building foyers, elevators, hallways, mailbox areas — as are "private" features (senyū-bu), which incorporate almost everything within an individual unit. However, some features exist in a kind of gray area — nominally communal space that is nevertheless used exclusively by a certain owner. Examples include first floor or penthouse gardens attached to individual units, parking spaces, exterior front-door alcoves, trunk rooms and balconies.
Yes, balconies are considered communal features even though each one is attached to a particular unit, and in principle most condominium associations do not allow owners to place items such as sheds on their balconies. Even air conditioning units usually have to be placed in a specific space. One reason balconies are considered communal is that in the case of an emergency they can be used to evacuate residents from one floor to another.
The exterior of a front door is communal, while the interior of the same door is private: You can do anything you want to the inside of the door but must not do anything to the outside of it. This also explains why some condos don't even allow owners to put nails in the walls. Only the wallpaper is private. The wall itself, because one shares it with a neighbor, is communal.
But why are windows considered communal features? We've never received a satisfying explanation for this rule, but it seems to have something to do with privacy. Pebbled glass not only protects the privacy of the people who live in the condo, but also ensures that people outside the condo are not confronted with the residents' private goings-on against their will. Curtains aren't good enough.
Obviously, it's important for a potential owner to understand what's communal and what's private before he purchases a condominium, and not just to determine whether or not he can put a welcome mat in the alcove. When you own a condo, in addition to a monthly management fee (kanri-hi), you also have to pay a monthly repair fee (shūzen-hi), which covers large-scale repairs to and maintenance of communal features and facilities. Each tenant is responsible for the upkeep of his own private realm, while the shūzen fund provides for upkeep of the rest of the building.
According to housing journalist Yumi Fukuoka, shūzen-hi is one of the more contentious aspects of condo living. She once explained how she didn't know anything about the system when she bought her apartment and became a member of the building management committee. There was much she had to learn about the way shūzen-hi is collected and spent because the realtor didn't explain it at the time of purchase. One of the reasons she bought a condo is that she thought it would require less maintenance and expense than a house. But, as she found out, large buildings age and deteriorate as much as small buildings do, and repairs can be very expensive — even when the cost is shared by a group of people.
The most harmful natural element for a large building is ultraviolet rays, which damage the exterior and undermine waterproofing. Ideally, the exterior should be repaired every 12 years, otherwise the building's structure could receive a lot of water damage. Then there's wiring and plumbing, which can also fall apart after a dozen years or so. However, Fukuoka found that most condo associations put off the first large repair work until the building is 20 years old and, as a consequence, have to pay much more to bring the building back to a suitable state.
In any case, developers and the management companies they hire often set the shūzen-hi low so as not to scare off potential buyers, so when it comes time to carry out full-scale repairs, the fund is insufficient and each owner has to kick in extra money.
Fukuoka was lucky. Her association carried out its first major repair work after the recommended 12 years, and each owner only had to pay an extra ¥1 million. With each additional year you wait, that price goes up. She recommends that owners set aside an extra amount of money equal to the shūzen-hi every month, because they will probably need it when the work is carried out. In addition, prior to having the work done, condo committees usually have to hire a consultant to evaluate which features and facilities require work. That task alone can end up costing each resident up to ¥50,000. Some condos try to save money and don't hire consultants, but considering that estimates from one maintenance company to another can differ by several million yen, it's usually a good idea to know what needs to be done before you hire somebody to do it.
For that matter, tenants should also set aside money for private repairs, which also have to be carried out in a big way at regular intervals. The life span of a water heater, which is private, is 10 to 15 years, and it can cost between ¥250,000 and ¥300,000 to replace. Kitchen tops and sinks last between eight and 15 years and cost up to ¥100,000 to replace. Wallpaper is surprisingly expensive. It should be replaced every eight years and can cost between ¥50,000 and ¥100,000 per room, unless you do it yourself.
Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku blog about Japanese housing at www.catforehead.wordpress.com.
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7 Cryosphere No other single technological development has revolu- cover (see Chapter 6), detection of earlier spring thaw and tionized cryosphere research as much as satellite observa- associated lengthening of the growing season (Chapter 9, tions. Most of Earth's frozen regions are remote and access Box 9.4), the new perspective of the dynamic ice streams by land or seas involves often great risks; therefore, conduct- in Antarctica, the decrease in sea ice in the Arctic, and the ing in situ observations is logistically difficult and expensive. change in glacier extent. The synoptic view from satellites increases the data coverage by multiple orders of magnitude, and access is no longer Nonuniform and Dynamic Ice Streams in restricted by seasons. Antarctica Understanding changes to ice sheets, sea ice, ice caps, and glaciers is important for understanding global climate Field exploration of the Antarctic ice sheet is time change and predicting its effects. In particular, "shrinking ice consuming, logistically intensive, costly, and sometimes sheets" and their contribution to sea-level rise were identified dangerous. Prior to satellite observations, spatial coverage as the third most significant "Breakthrough of the Year" for was very sparse: information on the Antarctic ice sheet was 2006 according to Science magazine: acquired slowly over the years by numerous surface traverses (Figure 7.1). Glaciologists nailed down an unsettling observation this year: The world's two great ice sheets—covering In 1997, Radarsat data were used to create the first Greenland and Antarctica—are indeed losing ice to the complete radar-based map of Antarctica (Figure 7.1). oceans, and losing it at an accelerating pace. Researchers Analyses of radar images from various sensors through don't understand why the massive ice sheets are proving the years have enabled detailed measurements of surface so sensitive to an as-yet-modest warming of air and ocean velocity, and in turn these measurements have enabled water. The future of the ice sheets is still rife with uncer- calculation of strain rates and basal shear at the bed. tainty, but if the unexpectedly rapid shrinkage continues, For the first time, satellite data revealed the extent of low-lying coasts around the world—including New the ice stream network, leading to the discovery of new Orleans, South Florida, and much of Bangladesh—could ice streams and the ice stream tributaries (Joughin et al. face inundation within a couple of centuries rather than 1999). For example, satellite-based measurements of sur- millennia. face velocity within Antarctic ice streams reveal a com- —Science (2006) plex pattern of flow not apparent from previous measure- ments (Bindschadler et al. 1996). Furthermore, satellite This breakthrough is one of the examples of major observations led to the discovery that ice streams move at accomplishments in cryosphere science presented in this variable speeds, resulting in a more dynamic picture than chapter. Other examples include the change in seasonal snow the previously held view that ice sheets move at a constant velocity (Figure 7.2; Bindschadler and Vonberger 1998). The first-ranking breakthrough of the year was the proof of the Poincaré Satellites provide improved data collection methods to conjecture, a long-standing problem in mathematics. The second-ranking increase data density and to improve velocity estimates breakthrough was in the area of paleogenomics: the sequencing of Neander- substantially. thal DNA proves that Neanderthal evolution diverged from modern humans at least 450,000 years ago. 58
CRYOSPHERE 59 a b c FIGURE 7.1 Spatial coverage of data from Antarctica. (a) Surface transverses since the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year. SOURCE: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado. (b) Airborne surveys, over snow radio-echo sounding (RES), seismic surveys, gravimetric surveys, and ice-core missions since the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year. SOURCE: BEDMAP consortium. (c) Satellite coverage. SOURCE: John Crawford, Canadian Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulstion Laboratory. 7-1 a,b,c Accelerating Ice Sheet Flow in Antarctica thought to be determined by the difference between melting and Greenland and precipitation. Satellite observations have revolutionized this thinking One of the central questions in climate change and cryo- by allowing scientists to monitor precise ice sheet elevation, sphere research is how the warming climate will affect the ice velocity, and overall mass. Satellite images revealed that sheets because the amount of continental ice and melt water in fact the overall mass is declining (Luthcke et al. 2006). entering the ocean strongly contributes to the change in sea In addition to observing great variability in the ice stream level. Glaciologists and climatologists have long been debat- velocity over time and space, satellite images revealed that ing whether a warming climate would decrease ice mass. the overall velocities of the ice streams in Antarctica and However, early research focused on how increased melting Greenland have increased during the past decade, resulting would be offset by increased precipitation. The ice mass bal- in more ice flow into the ocean (Bindschadler and Vonberger ance and thus its contribution to sea-level rise was originally 1998, Joughin et al. 2001).
60 EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE: THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS 100 km haps from increased basal lubrication by meltwater pen- etrating from the surface. These new discoveries indicate that ice stream dynamics (the balance between the forcing, such as ice thickness and surface slope, and the resistance, such as internal stiffness) are the primary drivers of rapid sea-level change instead of the balance between melting and precipitation. D5 The ability to estimate the overall mass of ice sheets is a remarkable accomplishment of satellite observations. E3 Numerous techniques, including radar images, measurements E2 D4 of surface elevation from laser altimeters, and GRACE's gravity data, now show that both Greenland and Antarctica D3 have been losing ice over the past 5 to 10 years. From 2003 E1 to 2005, Greenland lost more than 155 gigatons per year at lower elevations and gained about 54 gigatons per year D2 at higher elevations, with most of the losses occurring dur- m/a 700 ing summer (Chen et al. 2006b, Luthcke et al. 2006, Rignot D1 M2 + + DDE 600 and Kanagaratnam 2006, Wahr et al. 2006). In Antarctica 500 the gravity data show mass losses of 70-200 km3 per year DDE + M3 + L4 400 (60-160 gigatons per year). Most of the loss is from West + K3 300 Antarctica, with East Antarctica in approximate balance K4 + 200 (Figure 7.3). 100 0 Declining Arctic Summer Sea Ice FIGURE 7.2 Velocity variations in Antarctica ice streams. Just as miners once had canaries to warn of rising con- SOURCE: Binschadler et al. (1996). Reprinted from the Annals centrations of noxious gases, researchers working on of Glaciology with permission of the International Glaciological climate change rely on arctic sea ice as an early warning Society, copyright 1996. 7-2 system. one column —Arctic Climate Impacts Assessment (2004) For many reasons, observing trends in sea ice reliably has been possible only with the advent of satellite observa- The discoveries of accelerating ice loss from Antarctica tions. Navigating the remote and frozen seas off Antarctica and Greenland and the importance of ice sheet dynamics in or in the Arctic to obtain in situ measurements of sea ice their mass balances rest on measurements by a suite of satellite extent is treacherous, and sea ice extent is highly variable and airborne sensors using novel techniques (Bindschadler in time and space due to wind advection and localized melt- et al. 1996, Chen et al. 2006a, Kerr 2006, Luthcke et al. ing. Before satellite observations became available, spatial 2006, Rignot and Kanagaratnam 2006). These discoveries coverage of sea ice was monitored by tracking the location are possible because of decades of optical and radar images, of the ice edge from ships. Because the ice edge is moving laser and radar altimeters, and more recently the National with winds and ocean currents, it is not a robust indicator of Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Gravity basin-scale sea ice extent. Thus, accurate and quantitative Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, which interannual comparisons of the basin-scale ice coverage measures ice mass directly through its gravitational pull. became only possible with the availability of the synoptic In addition, airborne laser altimeter data show thinning of view from satellites. ice near the coastline, radar data show faster flow, Landsat Sea ice has been monitored continuously with pas- data show retreat of the grounding line, and the Moderate sive microwave sensors (Electrically Scanning Microwave Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data show R adiometer [ESMR], Scanning Multichannel Microwave calving of large icebergs. Warming ocean waters seem to Radiometer [SMMR], Special Sensor Microwave/Imager have increased calving of the ice shelves, thereby allowing [SSM/I], and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer- the ice sheet's outlet glaciers to flow more quickly (Box 7.1). Earth Observing System [AMSR-E]) since 1979. Not limited Glaciers in Greenland have also increased in velocity, per- by weather conditions or light levels, they are particularly The location along the coast where ice is no longer supported by the ground and where it begins to float. 1 gigaton = 1 billion metric tons.
CRYOSPHERE 61 BOX 7.1 Ice Shelf Collapse The observation of the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf was astonishing in the sheer dimension and abruptness of change observed via satellite, and it alerted the Earth science community due to its potential implications for sea- level rise (Figure 7.3). The dynamics contributing to the collapse were documented by various satellites: the thinning of the ice shelf toward the coast by satellite altimetry, the accelerated flow by the interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), the retreat of the grounding line by Landsat, and the calving of the icebergs by MODIS. a 31 Jan 2002 b 17 Feb 2002 c 23 Feb 2002 d 05 Mar 2002 FIGURE 7.3 Collapse of the Larson B Ice Shelf in western Antarctica, January-March 2002. Two thousand square kilometers of the Larsen Ice Shelf disintegrated in just 2 days. SOURCE: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado. 7-3 a,b,c,d
62 EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE: THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS well suited for monitoring sea ice because of the strong warming associated with a thinner, less extensive ice cover. contrast in microwave emission between open and ice-cov- These observations of shrinking Arctic sea ice are consistent ered ocean. The long-term 35-year data set from the passive with climate model predictions of enhanced high-latitude microwave sensors has enabled us to produce trend analyses warming, which in turn are driven in significant part by beyond the strong interannual variability of sea ice. Recent ice-albedo feedback (Holland and Bitz 2003). In contrast estimates indicate that Arctic sea ice extent decreased by to the Arctic, no clear trend in the extent of Antarctic sea ice approximately 7.4 percent from 1978 through 2003, while coverage has been detected. multiyear ice area has decreased by approximately 7.0-11.0 Over the past few years, there have been a growing percent per decade (Comiso 2002, Johannessen et al. 2004; number of reports forecasting sea ice conditions, and these Figure 7.4). The past several years have been nothing short of reports are based entirely or mostly on data from satellites. extraordinary (NRC 2007c). Since 2000, record summer ice For example, the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA minima have been observed during 4 out of the past 6 years 2005) concluded that continued reductions in Arctic sea ice in the Arctic (Stroeve et al. 2005). Moreover, most recent might soon lead to a seasonally ice-free Arctic and increased indications are that winter ice extent is now also starting maritime traffic because shipping routes through the Arctic to retreat at a faster rate, possibly as a result of the oceanic Ocean are much shorter than routes through the Panama or Suez Canals. However, there is some evidence that a reduc- tion in the ice cover will be accompanied by greater interan- nual variability, at least in certain regions (Atkinson et al. 2006); the potential combination of increased maritime traf- fic, high interannual variability in the ice cover, and regional variations will require improved regional sea ice forecasts for maritime operators. Glacier Extent and Position of Equilibrium Line The study of glacier regimes worldwide reveals wide- spread wastage since the late 1970s, with a marked accelera- tion in the late 1980s. Remote sensing is used to document changes in glacier extent (the size of the glacier) and the position of the equilibrium line (the elevation on the glacier where winter accumulation is balanced by summer melt; König et al. 2001). Since 1972, satellites have provided opti- cal imagery of glacier extent. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is used to study zones of glacial snow accumulation and ice melt to determine climate forcing, and laser altim- etry is used as well to measure change in glacier elevation. For example, a study in the Ak-shirak Range of the central Tien Shan plateau used aerial photographs in the 1970s, along with the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery from 2001, to document a reduction in glacier area of 20 percent between FIGURE 7.4 Deviations in monthly sea ice extent for the northern 1977 and 2001 (Figure 7.5; Khromova et al. 2003). and southern hemispheres from November 1978 through December Because glaciers respond to past and current climatic 2004, derived from satellite passive-microwave observations. The changes, a complete global glacier inventory is being Arctic sea-ice decreases are statistically significant, with a trendline developed to keep track of the current extent as well as the slope of −38,200 ± 2,000 km2/year, and have contributed to much rates of change of the world's glaciers. Coordinated by the concern about the warming Arctic climate and the potential effects National Snow and Ice Data Center, the Global Land Ice on the Arctic ecosystem. The Antarctic sea ice increases are also Measurements from Space project is using data from ASTER statistically significant, although at a much lower rate of +13,600 and the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper to inventory ± 2,900 km2/year. The northern hemisphere plot is extended from about 160,000 glaciers worldwide. This effort will likely P arkinson et al. (1999), and the Southern Hemisphere plot is e xtended from Zwally et al. (2002). SOURCE: Courtesy of Claire P arkinson and Donald Cavalieri, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ice-albedo feedback is a positive feedback loop whereby melting sea ice Center, as updated from Parkinson et al. (1999) and Zwally et al. exposes more seawater (of lower albedo, or less reflective), which in turn (2002). absorbs heat and causes more sea ice to melt.
CRYOSPHERE 63 FIGURE 7.5 Location and changes of the Ak-shirak glacier system, 1943-2001. (a) ASTER image for September 14, 2001. (b) Location map. In the other insets the green lines indicate glacier outlines in 1943: (c) decrease in glacier size through climate change and direct anthropogenic impact, (d) decrease in size of a surging glacier and appearance of new glaciers, (e) increase in area of outcrops and in the perimeters of water divides between glaciers, and (f) disappearance of former small glaciers. SOURCE: Khromova et al. (2003). Reprinted with permission from the American Geophysical Union, copyright 2003. 7-5 result in major scientific advances in the near future with tant indicators of climate change and exemplify the value important ramifications for climate research. As for the other and importance of long-term data sets for understanding the examples of accomplishments listed in this chapter, these complex climate system. measurements and the resulting trend analyses are impor-
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Over the past 50 years, thousands of satellites have been sent into space on missions to collect data about the Earth. Today, the ability to forecast weather, climate, and natural hazards depends critically on these satellite-based observations. At the request of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Research Council convened a committee to examine the scientific accomplishments that have resulted from space-based observations. This book describes how the ability to view the entire globe at once, uniquely available from satellite observations, has revolutionized Earth studies and ushered in a new era of multidisciplinary Earth sciences. In particular, the ability to gather satellite images frequently enough to create "movies" of the changing planet is improving the understanding of Earth's dynamic processes and helping society to manage limited resources and environmental challenges. The book concludes that continued Earth observations from space will be required to address scientific and societal challenges of the future.
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1 Introduction 8–9
2 Earth Observations from Space: The Early History 10–17
3 Weather 18–25
4 Earth's Radiation Budget and the Role of Clouds and Aerosols in the Climate System 26–36
5 Atmospheric Composition: Ozone Depletion and Global Pollution 37–49
6 Hydrology 50–57
7 Cryosphere 58–63
8 Ocean Dynamics 64–72
9 Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle 73–83
10 Land-Use and Land-Cover Change 84–91
11 Solid Earth 92–97
12 Conclusions 98–106
References 107–118
Appendixes 119–120
Appendix A: Examples of Scientific Accomplishments and Relevant Satellite Missions 121–122
Appendix B: Acronyms 123–125
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 126–130
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AWAKENING THE ZODIAC (15)
Screenplay: Jennifer Archer, Mike Horrigan
Starring: Shane West, Leslie Bibb, Matt Craven
Review: RJ Bland
True crime has always been a popular subject amongst audiences, particularly genre fans. You know what's scarier than a terrifying bad guy (or gal) that kills people in horrible ways? A terrifying bad guy (or gal) that actually DID kill people in horrible ways. And what's even scarier than that? One that has yet to be caught – that is still out there. It's one of the reasons why there has always been a morbid fascination with killers such as Jack the Ripper and the Texarkana Moonlight Killer. The crimes they commit are unsettling enough, but the idea that those crimes can be committed and that no one is brought to justice? That sits just as uneasily as the crimes themselves. Another case that has captured the public imagination is the Zodiac killer, the murderer who killed five people (although he claimed to have killed a lot more) in California during the late 60s/early 70s. Several films have been released concerning the affair, including The Zodiac Killer (1971) and more recently David Fincher's mesmerising Zodiac (2007). Veteran film-maker Jonathan Wright's Awakening the Zodiac is the latest take on the killer and his mythology, so we tuned in to see if it's a worthwhile resurrection or if the whole thing should just be left alone...
This is how I imagine the pitch for Awakening the Zodiac went down...
Jonathan Wright, holding out one hand: 'You know the film 'Sinister', whith Ethan Hawke in?'.
One of the procucers nods.
Jonathan Wright, holding out the other hand: 'And....have you heard of the TV show, 'Storage Wars'?'
Producer: '..sure'.
Wright looks smug, bites his bottom lip and intertwines his fingers, ala David Brent.
And that isn't meant disparagingly by the way as the set-up for Awakening the Zodiac is actually pretty neat. Leslie Bibb and Shane West play a down-on-their-luck couple who are on the brink of financial ruin after the latter squanders most of their remaining savings on an abandoned storage locker, with the hope of selling it's (as yet unknown) contents on for profit. Unfortunately the contents appear to be a load of old toot, but local pawnshop owner (played by Matt Craven) takes a look through the contents and discovers something of interest – some old 8mm film cans. No, they don't contain footage of Bughuul hanging a family from a tree, what they do contain appears to be footage taken by the Zodiac Killer, fifty years previously, cataloguing his killings. Like Etahan Hawke's wickedly named Ellison Oswalt, the trio decide not to turn the tapes over to the police but to try and enearth some more evidence that will make them eligible for the lucrative $100k reward offered by the cops for information leading to the arrest of the enigmatic serial killer. However as they start to follow up leads and uncover clues, the trio soon discover that sleuthing can be a risky business...
Awakening the Zodiac is something of a frustrating move-going experience and much of that is down to the huge potential of the premise, much of which isn't realised. If handled differently, this could have been a dark, brooding, tense affair and although we get glimpses of all of those elements, they are too few and far between. Fortunately there is no huge logic gaps or even leaps of faith required for this to feel like an almost believable scenario though. We fully understand the protagonists desire to try and track down more evidence themselves rather than go to the police. The idea of a dormant serial killer emerging once again to protect his anonymity is effectively threatening too.
Tonally however, the film is a little muddled. Bibb and West play two characters clearly out of their depth and although they have good on-screen chemistry together, their bumbling shenanigans and lack of initial seriousness jars a little bit the longer it goes on. Their sleuthing, whilst offering some mild tension and a few light scares, mainly consists of snooping around a house they believe belongs (or belonged) to the Zodiac and of course, we get the classic 'researching stuff on a computer/microfiche in an empty library basement' scene. That's not to say some of these scenes don't offer any tension, they just feel like we've seen them done before – and to a better standard.
Technically, the film is solid enough. The acting performances are all perfectly fine but although the direction feels assured, you just feel that Wright doesn't eek quite enough tension and suspense from the (admittedly limited) opportunities he is given to ramp things up. It never really feels like it gets out of second gear until the last twenty minutes or so. We do get a bit more blood and drama in this last act but the reveal of the killer is a little underwhelming. It's always the danger when you unmask the villain of the movie. Much like an episode of Scooby Doo - he was a lot scarier when we didn't know who he was or what he looked like. Once the sense of mystery and intrigue is lost, Awakening the Zodiac turns into standard survival fare and with mixed results. The action and violence is a nice change of pace from the investigative/procedural second act.
However, characters (The Zodiac Killer in particular) seem to make choices and decisions that contradict their apparent intelligence/cunning. One of the criticisms of Fincher's 'Zodiac' was that it was too much of a slow burn and didn't deliver enough of a 'thrilling' finale. You almost feel as if Wright and co are doing their best to offer an alternative. The final scene of the movie also had a lot of viewers scratching their heads a little and it's not hard to see why. It almost feels as if they put it in there to add an extra level of ambiguity.
Awakening feels like a disappointment because it feels like the ingredients are all there for a really decent crime thriller/horror crossover and although the budget may have restricted those ambitions a little, there isn't quite enough here for the film to be considered a success. Fans of dark procedurals will get a kick out of some of this but for the rest of us it'll feel like a squandered opportunity.
HORROR FILMS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2020
SEASON 10; EPISODE 8
Awakening the Zodiac is a well-made crime thriller with an intriguing premise.
But whilst it offers a few mild scares it never really succeeds in creating or sustaining an effectively tense atmosphere and a hit and miss third act (and finale) will leave most with a sense of frustration. Worth checking out if you're after some light chills but don't expect a killer time. | {
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Scary Books
Creepy Classics
Creepy Classics was a series of 3 horror books for young adults. They contained old ghost stories and horror tales from famous authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edith Nesbit.
Hair-raising horror from the masters of the macabre. A haunting compilation of the scariest horror that literature has to offer – Classic short stories, poems, and excerpts from masters of the macabre.
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
Gabriel-Ernest by Saki
The Cremation of Sam McGee (poem) by Robert W. Service
The Dead Girl by Guy de Maupassant
Lost Hearts by M.R. James
Witches' Brew (poem) by William Shakespeare
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
Alone (poem) by Edgar Allan Poe
The Brazilian Cat by Arthur Conan Doyle
Frankenstein (excerpt) by Mary Shelley
Creepy Classics II
More hair-raising horror from the masters of the macabre. Just as creepy as its paralyzing predecessor, this macabre menagerie of terror-filled tales is written by immortal masters of the genre.
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
Between the Minute and the Hour by A.M. Burrage
A Tale of Terror by Paul Louis Courier
The Violet Car by Edith Nesbit
The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram
The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Thing in the Hall by E.F. Benson
Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley
Creepy Classics III
More hair-raising horror from the master of the macabre. The latest title in the popular Classics series presents midgrade horror buffs with a collection of short stories from the masters of the genre.
The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson
The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford
Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit
Ring of Thoth by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | {
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Greetings. I am an Ace hardware retailer. I use Penultimate in my iPad exclusively for my purchase conferences. I own an iMac. I back up using the cloud as well as my iMac. It recently became necessary for me to "restore" my iPad. I backed up my iPad on the cloud as well as my iMac as well as transferring all my photos to my iMac using iPhoto. Upon the restore, the iPad was upgraded to iOS 7. After the restore, the only application that had a problem was of course the only one i NEED :-( The Pen ultimate had a window/Fatal error sorry for the inconvenience...HELP !!! All photos taken with Penultimate are on iphoto and the camera roll but NO FOLDERS exist on my app. | {
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Krajewski, M., 2000. Lithology and morphology of Upper Jurassic carbonate buildups in the Będkowska Valley, Kraków region, Southern Poland. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 70: 151-163.
Krajewski, M., 2001. Upper Jurassic chalky limestones in the Zakrzówek Horst, Kraków, Kraków-Wieluń Upland (South Poland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 71: 43-51. | {
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A One Woman Army
By Andi Zeisler
Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.
THESE ARE THE FAMOUS opening words of 1968's SCUM Manifesto, issued from a brilliant, damaged mind. Over the years, the document and its author, Valerie Solanas, have been celebrated and debated, discovered and disowned. Both have been variously described as satirical, scatalogical, disturbing, prescient, gender-essentialist, hateful, radical, and transphobic — and indeed, they are all that and more. Breanne Fahs's The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol) is the first biography of Solanas, an attempt to piece together her controversial life in the context of the radical 1960s and '70s, when the women's liberation movement was splintering as quickly as it was flowering.
It becomes apparent throughout the book how dogged Fahs was in her quest to put all the pieces of her subject's itinerant life in some kind of order. "Isolation followed Valerie," she writes. This became a research problem, as many of Solanas's contemporaries refused to be interviewed. Some said that recalling memories of her would unsettle their lives; others, like longtime radical feminist Jo Freeman, simply argued that "Valerie should be forgotten." A few seem downright haunted by her memory. Among those is her son, David Blackwell, one of two children Solanas had and gave up as a teenager. Blackwell is the only one of the book's interviewees who wants desperately to remain associated with Solanas, appealing to Fahs to recognize his mother's intensity in him ("Listen, let me tell you, when you're talking to me, you're talking to Valerie") — it's both touching and troubling. Luckily, some of her more reasonable associates show up. Second-wave feminist thinkers like Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Vivian Gornick, street comrades like Ben Morea of the anarchist gang Up Against the Wall, Motherfuckers, and Solanas's longtime boyfriend Louis Zwiren bring nuance and dimension to a public image that has long verged on caricature.
The book does a solid job of setting the stage for Solanas's troubled life, with cobbled-together descriptions of a childhood marked by divorce, a heavy-drinking father who may or may not have sexually abused her, and a personality that simply did not mesh with what was expected of young ladies in the 1940s and '50s. But the centerpiece of Fahs's tale is the protagonist's life in New York City's East Village — the panhandling, trick-turning days that honed the needling dialogue in her first play, Up Your Ass; the start of her uncompromising attempts to get her work published; and the dark blooming of her fixation on Andy Warhol.
Mary Harron's 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol offered some backstory to Solanas's gripe with — and eventual assassination attempt on — the celebrated artist, but Fahs goes deeper, by explaining how much influence Warhol's Factory and its superstars (or, as Solanas called them, "stupidstars") wielded in New York's art scene at the time. "Andy created women as offshoots of the male imagination, something Valerie could never (and would never want to) live up to. She was a dangerously real product of a world hell-bent on treating women as mirrored distortions of the male ego," writes Fahs, and indeed, within the Factory's silver-lined walls Solanas was given about as much consideration as a stray wad of chewed gum. And yet, marginality was everything to Solanas. Why was she attracted to Warhol and the Factory scene in the first place? Fahs attempts to puzzle that out, surmising that Andy, who hardly treated Solanas well, nevertheless "stood in for a variety of emotionally charged, missing, or distorted figures" in her life. But, though Warhol may or may not have agreed to turn Up Your Ass and the SCUM Manifesto into movies (as Solanas believed he did), his interest in status and surface glamour was fundamentally at odds with both her voice and her goals. As Harron puts it, "She was a revolutionary, whereas Warhol had no desire to change the status quo."
The book's most interesting parts come with Fahs's exploration of the conundrum Solanas posed to the burgeoning women's liberation movement. In the wake of her attempt on Warhol's life, Solanas became the catalyst for seismic fractures within the National Organization for Women. New York chapter president Ti-Grace Atkinson and powerhouse lawyer Florynce Kennedy acted as her advisors and pro bono counsel; as part of NOW's radical faction, they believed that every woman deserved their support, and that Solanas was a symbol of the victimization of women everywhere. As Atkinson wrote her recollection: "finally some woman had done something that was appropriate to the feelings we were having."
But Betty Friedan, president of NOW, along with her fellow liberal feminists, argued that supporting a would-be assasin with clear mental health issues — not to mention a lesbian — would harm the women's liberation movement's legitimacy, and subsequently blocked all efforts to help her. For the frustrated radicals of NOW, this underscored that the organization's reactive, classist leanings were ossifying into irrelevance. Within a short time, both Atkinson and Kennedy would leave to form new orgnizations (the October 17th Movement and the Feminist Party, respectively).
Not that any of this really mattered to the woman who accelerated this dissatisfaction: Solanas herself had as many issues with organized feminism as she did with any other institution. In the years following the shooting, as she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and shuttled between various mental hospitals and correctional facilities, Solanas regularly lashed out and threatened feminists she believed had appropriated her work, sending barbed missives accusing Atkinson, Kennedy, and others who advocated on her behalf of being "professional parasites" who had committed the sin of "interpreting me & explaining me & expounding on my motives to the public." It's this section of the book that had me wondering what Solanas, had she lived, would make of the vast, varied, and very often contentious landscape of feminism that exists now. Despite her uncompromising stance on women's liberation and her scorn for the "daddy's girls" who populated liberal feminism, Solanas is actually a perfect example of what these days is known as "choice" feminism. Simply put, she believed that her behavior was liberation because she had chosen it. She was a lesbian who slept with men both companionably and vocationally; she was an anticapitalist who plied the world's oldest profession; she was an antiauthoritarian who sought out big names to legitimize her work. To her, these weren't compromises, but markers of freedom.
Certainly, current feminism has little interest in Solanas's politics. In the context of today's big-tent approach, her essentalist beliefs in the superiority of women and the uselessness of anyone with a Y chromosome comes across as transphobic bigotry. (In fact, a vocal group of transgender activists and allies protested a 2013 San Francisco event planned to mark the 25th anniversary of Solanas's death; the event was ultimately canceled.) Solanas's writing in both Up Your Ass and the SCUM Manifesto was so prescient that there's no doubt that she would want at least partial credit for everything from the rise of Queer Studies to the wry lampooning of handwringing articles about whether women can really have it all. But everything she hated about organized feminism is still in evidence today — its insufficient radicalism, its co-optation by capitalism, and especially its habit of anointing its own superstars to speak for the whole of the movement. And yet, her belief in her own exceptionalism mirrors much of contemporary culture, in which everyone from tech company founders to megachurch pastors believes that they alone have the calling and the power to change the world.
Ultimately, Solanas's belief in a one-woman revolution was untenable, in no small part because full-blown mental illness had convinced her that a nefarious entity called The Mob ("money men" who called the shots in publishing) was monitoring and conspiring to destroy her. It's interesting that Fahs's account of those final years—self-mutilating on the street in Phoenix and dying a lonely death in a San Francisco welfare hotel—are so viscerally presented, given the spotty biographical information available. There's no question that Solanas's belief in the necessaity of theorizing "from the gutter" would have her denouncing today's inclusive, increasingly professional landscape of feminism. But perhaps she can rest easier (if not in peace) knowing that Fahs has painted a sympathetic portrait of her uncompromising life that — for better and worse — wears its powerful ugliness on its sleeve.
Andi Zeisler is the co-founder and editorial/creative director of Bitch Media. An abbreviated version of this review appears in Bitch no. 63, Summer 2014.
Valerie Solanas
The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol)
By Breanne Fahs
The Feminist Press at CUNY
By Alison Barker
Empathy, Examined
By Suzanne Koven
PODCAST #56: Helen Wan, "The Partner Track"
By Megan Shank
The Paradox of Pluck: How Did Historical Fiction Become the New Feminist History?
By Lois Leveen
Rising Together: A Corrective to Hanna Rosin's "The End of Men"
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A class 0 AI is a basic control program for a robot or machine. It is capable of sensing the world, reacting to stimuli, plotting a course to a goal, and operation of the equipment it controls. A class 0 AI has no more intelligence than an animal, which makes it much brighter and more capable than early 21st century computers with regards to interacting with the physical world, but its behavior is simplistic and limited. Class 0 AIs do not handle unexpected situations well; they usually stop and signal for help when encountering unexpected situations or when conditions exceed certain thresholds for danger; however badly programmed Class 0 AIs have been known to simply plow on ahead (often resulting in damage to the robot or passer-bys).
Will and Per start at 10. Each +1 to Will or Per moves the complexity to one level of increased capacity (from (×3) to (×5) for example). Each -1 either results in one level of decreased capacity for the AI program.
A class 1 AI is a control program that allows equipment to act with a greater degree of independance and autonomy. Although still highly limited in behavior, the AI can make basic decisions regarding its primary functions beyond simple stimulus/response. This level of program has no personal initiative, sense of self identity, creativity, or a theory of the mind that lets it interact in a meaningful way with sapient beings. However, the program exibits goal oriented behavior and a limited flexibility of approach toward its programmed duties. In game terms, this level of program can have a high IQ, but is hindered by a set of highly restrictive disadvantages. Class 1 AIs can recieve instructions and give responses verbally (although this does not mean they can actually understand speach except in very limited cases). They have advanced optical recognition capabilities that lets them identify objects and read text.
A class 2 AI can act on its own to acheive long term goals, can learn from its experiences, and can adapt to new situations. It still displays fairly rigid behavior compared to naturally sapient beings, and lacks the understanding of emotions and behavior necessary for advanced interaction with true sapient beings (although those with good enough programming can fake it convincingly for a while). Class 2 AIs need not have high IQ, even an insect intelligence program that can learn and adapt can be useful in many situations.
Class 2a AI: To prevent computers from taking over, all programs that are capable of this level of initiative and have IQ 6 or more must be programmed to obey the law (military law for combat robots). Any AI that does not have this restriction on its behavior is considered a rogue program and will be hunted down and destroyed if discovered.
A class 3 AI has a limited theory of the mind that allows it to understand emotions in a rudimentary fashion. This allows for sophisticated interaction with intelligent beings, although the program will be more socially inept than most actual people without very sophisticated programming.
Even class 3 AIs are not considered people and have no legal rights. If you destroy an AI, you can be sued by its owner, but not tried for murder. This usually manifests as the disadvantage Social Stigma (valuable property), but this disadvantage is only available when it is immediately apparent that the AI is, in fact, an AI. It is thus applied to the AI's body, rather than a trait of the mind itself. If you only communicate with the AI by phone or email, or if the AI controls a body that looks fully human, this disadvantage will not come into play (although an AI that did this as a matter of course could have a 5 point Secret).
Traits from the Common Traits list will require additional programs, and take up additional capacity.
Combat Reflexes : An AI with the combat reflexes advantage increases the capacity required to run its program by one level (from (×3) to (×5) for example). If run on a computer that does not have this extra capacity, it loses the benifits of combat reflexes.
Compartmentalized Mind (alternate ability Duplication (digital -60%))[53/level]: Any AI can make digital copies of itself and even run multiple copies, but they do not remain the same character. From the moment a new copy starts up, it diverges and becomes a separate NPC. Software does exist, however, that allows an AI to keep in communication with one or more copies, sharing experiences and allowing the two copies to be later merged into one complete whole. If two copies of the AI program are running on the same machine, this gives Compartmentalized Mind. If running on separate machines, it gives Duplication. Duplicates do not necessarily keep in touch (although they can if the computers has telecommunication equipment), but can be merged together later to share experiences. The software that allows different compartments to keep in touch and duplicates to merge is one less complexity that the AI itself, and costs 1/10 as much. It does not need to be running when duplicates are acting separately, only when forming or merging, or when sharing experiences via Telecommunication.
Enhanced Time Sense (does not always act first -30%) : An AI with the enhanced time sense advantage increases the capacity required to run its program by two levels (from (×3) to (×7) for example). If run on a computer that does not have this extra capacity, it loses the benifits of enhanced time sense. Because the AI is limited in the speed of its physical response to the speed of any machinery it controls, it goes in combat according to its speed, as usual for characters without ETS.
Modular Abilities (Computer Brain) [6 per slot + 4 per point]: Most AIs have several modular skill slots, representing programs that can be run. Class 0 and Class 1 AIs can only use skills obtained through skill slots. Each skill slot is a separate program that takes up computing capacity when running.
Skills not based on IQ, Per, or Will do not actually need to be run by an AI, any computer can use that program. However, this requires either supervision by a sapient operator or an explicit set of pre-programmed instructions from which the computer will not deviate for any reason.
Puppet and Ally (Minion) [varies], or Puppet and Ally Group (minions) [varies]: Many AIs can switch between robot bodies. This advantage represents having more than one robot body available. If the AI can control many robot bodies simultaneously, it must also have Compartmentalized Mind (alternate ability Duplication (digital -60%))[53/level] from above.
Ally (Minion) [varies], or Ally Group (minions) [varies]: If an AI can command swarms of lesser robot AIs, but not control them directly, these are bought as Minions. If both the AI and its minions have appropriate Telecommunication advantages, the AI can micromanage its minions, almost as good as Duplication! This requires the minions to be constanty available (×4 cost).
Mind Reading (Cybernetic Only -50%) : This represents special software that allows the AI to monitor processes running on another computer. With enough points in Modular Abilities, this program can be run without spending additional points for it. Complexity 1, $10. | {
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If I was bad about updating this blog before I moved back to Indianapolis, I am even worse now. If that is even possible! Since moving home I've been pretty busy with work due to the Super Bowl and living at home has put a kink in my desire to cook for some reason. Here is another recipe that is LONG over due…Nutella and Peanut Butter Cookies. I made these and the Fried Nutella Pies right before I moved back from Chicago for my going away dinner. The cookies were ok, but I thought they were kind of dry. That may have been my fault as I didn't follow the recipe and added peanut butter, an egg, cinnamon and vanilla.
Preheat oven to 350° and bake for 10 minutes.
Add the Nutella, Peanut Butter, Sugar and Eggs to a large mixing bowl. Blend all ingredients together and slowly add the flour. Once the flour is mixed in well, add the cinnamon and vanilla.
Fold the dough until everything is mixed in. Form dough into 1-inch balls on a cookie sheet and bake!
In my rush to get ready for dinner, I forgot to take a picture of the final product, but unfortunately they didn't look a lot different from what you see above. | {
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PAUL LAMBERT reckons he's got a Big Ben who never chimes.
Christian Benteke (above right) is the man who strikes silently and the Aston Villa boss wouldn't have it any other way.
The Belgian is a man of few words but Lambert warned today's opponents West Ham it's the quiet ones you have to watch.
Benteke, 22, has five goals in nine matches and is itching to get back on the scoresheet at Upton Park after a couple of blanks – including a penalty miss at home to Everton last Saturday.
Lambert said: "I don't think Christian's confidence will ever be lacking but he is a very humble man. | {
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While there are so many exciting parts about starting a new job, one thing that I was really excited about beyond the realm of responsibilities I'd have was transitioning some of my "teacher clothes" to a more corporate business setting. While I am lucky that our dress code is pretty casual (we can wear jeans!), you see a bit of everything in the office. I will wear jeans occasionally but am reserving a lot of my jean time for when the temperatures get colder, and I want to live in sweaters. One piece that I added to my closet soon after starting this job was this adorable navy ruffled jumpsuit. You could definitely wear this in a variety of job settings, but there was something about working for a magazine and assisting stylists at photoshoots and running errands among other things that made a jumpsuit the perfect "professional" piece that requires minimum effort that still looks put together and chic. While the jumpsuit certainly makes a statement on its own, with the right accessories, it looks even more put together.
If I had to identify one thing in my closet that I may have too many of it would certainly be tote bags. Even knowing that fact doesn't tend to stop me from adding new ones to my selection. Over the past few years, however, the new ones I've found have all been by the same brand, Barrington Gifts. If you've been reading my blog for a while, then this is probably not the first time you've heard me talk about this brand. Their St. Anne Tote has been my go-to since early on in my college career. So much so, that this is my 4th pattern in this timeless style. What's so tempting about Barrington and discovering a style that you love so much is that there are countless pattern and monogram combinations that make it so challenging to decide on just one. With my love of navy and light blue, I loved that I could combine the new monogram and stripe style with their python pattern for a bag that pairs perfectly with brown or black and across multiple seasons.
Aside from the cute exteriors of this tote, the functionality of it is what keeps me coming back. I used to have to carry so much more in it but lessened that a bit now that I don't have to take my laptop to work. I have included my case and laptop in the picture since I thought it may be helpful to show how I like to keep it all orderly when everything is inside.
My biggest tip when it comes to organizing your work tote is finding one that has pockets and/or using pouches to ensure that everything has a place. I like using this combo because it helps me to ensure that my bag doesn't become a catch-all for random things I know that I don't need. The large zipper pocket in the St. Anne Tote is perfect for your laptop charger to help keep it from getting tangled. In the three front pockets, I like to keep my headphones, blue-light glasses, and store my Barrington Gift ID Key Ring so that they are easy to locate when it comes time to leave the office at the end of the day. In the main part of the tote I like to keep my planner (sometimes both my blog one from Sweet Caroline Designs and my everyday one by Day Designer), my laptop in its case, as well as writing utensils. Since I don't like having to dig for things and would hate for a pen to explode in my bag, I like to keep my pens in a pencil pouch by Truffle (they have the best small organizer pouches). Lastly, I have another pouch in the main part of my bag with a hairbrush, Chapstick, and other little miscellaneous items. Because everything is in its spot, it isn't a chore to pack or unpack my bag which is the last thing I'd want to deal with after a long day at work.
I'd love to hear any of the tips you may have when it comes to keeping your work tote organized!
This is definitely the perfect chic outfit that I can picture you wearing working in Bham at a magazine! Love the print on your tote! | {
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Q: Reading input fields separated by spaces How can I read in POSIX bash input like this:
<name>,<tag1> <tag2> <tag3>…
I tried
while read line;do done but this wants newlines, all I have is spaces.
(Is IFS solution? If yes, how? (I don't fully understand IFS.))
A: Use an array:
echo '<name>,<tag1> <tag2> <tag3>' | while IFS=" ," read -a foo; do echo ${foo[@]}; done
Output:
<name> <tag1> <tag2> <tag3>
From man bash:
IFS: The Internal Field Separator that is used for word splitting after expansion and to split lines into words with the read builtin command.
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Buying a home is like no other purchase – a Realtor® who understands the market, who can connect with you on a personal level, and will negotiate professionally and assertively, can be a great asset for you. I enjoy getting to know my buyer clients and helping them find a place that connects with their personality and lifestyle.
I will meet with you and discuss timing and what kind of home you would like to have – from architecture to lifestyle.
I will share with you my knowledge of different neighborhoods in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and the South East Valley and what kind of home you can expect within your price ranges. We'll talk about the aspects of each neighborhood, different architectural styles, the typical size of homes and lots, nearby schools, transportation.
We will discuss various ways of buying real estate – cash, conventional, FHA, VA, USDA or Seller financing – and what may work best for you and the current market. I will connect you with excellent lenders who have closed transactions on time and with great service on my previous transactions.
Once we know your time-frames and schedules, we will start looking at homes that you have selected through your Portal.
I set up the system to notify you when homes in your search change status - become under contract, or sold. That's a good way to keep an eye on the market dynamics.
We can also use the Lasso tool - where all your favorite listings from various sites could be organized in one place. Click on the Lasso.net link and set your account.
Once we find the home that you'd like to purchase, I'll prepare the offer. We may offer more than asking price, or less, or put contingencies. It all depends on many factors – how hot the market is that week, the condition of the property, the location of the property, how many other bidders there are, the seller's situation, how long the property has been on the market, how much you love the property, how long you plan to keep it.
I will prepare an easy to read one-page statistical market analysis, as well as a detailed view of comparable homes that are active on the market, have sold in the last couple of month, or are under contract now.
When writing the offer we will discuss the importance of the major elements: purchase price, earnest money, down payment, length of inspection contingency, loan and appraisal contingency, close of escrow date, special conditions, pre-qualification letter from your lender.
Sometimes, it is helpful to have a letter to the Seller highlighting your strengths as a Buyer – if we decide to write one, I will help you write it, too.
Escrow is the period between offer acceptance and transfer of title to you – it is a very intensive period, where you will have to review documents, make decisions on the condition of the property, and communicate with your lender, who will be asking you for various documents. I will be there for you – to find answers, interpret, and ease the stress, in general.
When your offer is accepted, we open escrow and the clock starts ticking.
I will prepare for you, the escrow officer and the lender a Critical Dates List, containing dates for inspections, loan contingencies, and important contacts – that way we can all be on the same page.
I will forward you the Seller Property Disclosure Statement (SPDS), which the seller will send us within 5 days of offer acceptance.
The title company will send you for your review Preliminary Title Report – the document which describes liens, encumbrances, possible easements or restrictions on the property.
I will attend the Home Inspection walk-through with you and the Home Inspector, I will review the Home Inspection Report with you and then, we will decide what to write on The Buyer Inspection Notice to the Seller (BINSR). I will remind you to obtain a home insurance quote within the inspection period, and review the CC&Rs.
Throughout the transaction I will stay in touch with your Lender and provide them with all the necessary contract documents.
I will accompany you to your signing the loan documents and settlement statement and we will review the statement line by line.
I will be happy to share with you my favorite contractor lists.
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This Pre-Qualification form is used in conjunction with the AAA Purchase Contract and is filled by your Lender and signed by teh lender and by the Buyer. | {
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Interfaith leaders in Trinidad express unity on traditional marriage
Port of Spain Archbishop Jason Gordon poses for a photo with other faith leaders June 11. Also pictured are Hindu Satnarayan Maharaj, Imam Yacoob Ali, evangelical Desmond Austin and Mufti Mohammed Haque. (CNS photo/Laura Ann Phillips)
By Laura Ann Phillips • Catholic News Service • Posted June 12, 2018
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) — Interfaith leaders, including Catholics, have declared their belief that marriage can only be between a biological man and a biological woman.
Claiming to jointly represent almost 90 percent of Trinidad and Tobago's population, in a June 11 news conference they also stated their intent to make two proposals to the Trinidad and Tobago government.
The first is that the Marriage Act be amended to include the words, "biological male and biological female." The second proposal is that the Equal Opportunity Act not be amended to include LGBT definitions of gender and sexuality.
"The Equal Opportunity Act adequately caters to all citizens," said the Rev. Desmond Austin of the Trinidad and Tobago Council of Evangelical Churches, "and the word 'gender' or 'sex' should not be redefined."
A High Court decision in April declared two sections of the Sexual Offences Act dealing with sodomy null and void, prompting LGBT groups to seek amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act.
Archbishop Jason Gordon of Port-of-Spain referred to remarks by Pope Francis and said: "For us, the body is very instructive, and reality is always more important than ideas. Children are born either male or female.
"The notion of a fluid gender is something that has no biological foundation and is a series of ideas," he explained, "and the further along it goes, is the more genders keep getting thrown up in the equation. And that is because it's not founded in anything that's called reality."
Satnarayan Maharaj, secretary-general of the Hindu organization, Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha, said that while his organization "accepts there must be room for respect, equality and debate for homosexuals, there is absolutely no room for same-sex marriages. It is important to state … that homosexual activity is prohibited according to the Hindu religion. So, this has always been our position: that a marriage is between a male and a female."
Mufti Mohammed Haque said that, in Islam, marriage was "not just a social construct, but a religious construct."
Interfaith co-operation has a long history in Trinidad, primarily under the Inter-Religious Organization. Founded in 1970, the group periodically issues joint statements on political and social events.
Following the presentations by each of the leaders, Archbishop Gordon pointed out that there was "no difference of opinion."
"Marriage has been at the very heart of many of our scriptures," he said. "It is at the heart, as you heard today, of the Muslim holy books, of the Hindu holy books and of the Christian holy books.
"In the essence of it, we all agree on what constitutes marriage, and we all agree on what we believe is best in terms of our society."
Archbishop Gordon said it was important for Trinidad and Tobago to be clear on what kind of society it wanted to become.
"We know that when America sneezes, the whole of the Caribbean catches pneumonia," he said. "And we know that what happened for the 2012 (U.S.) election with the granting of same-sex unions for political reasons is infectious for us down here.
"But, we are a sovereign society, and we are a different nation," he said. "And, I think, as a nation, we have to be able to think through these issues, see the challenges that they have brought to the other countries and, at the same time, understand what kind of society we want to become."
Pastor Clive Dottin, a Seventh Day Adventist who joined the conference by phone, expressed concern about the breakdown of society as a possible outcome of gender fluidity.
"When you look at the criminal population and the prison population, you find (there were not any) male actors in terms of fatherhood; you have a serious challenge there. We could only add to the problem, exacerbate the problem," said Pastor Dottin, "if we move in a direction undermining a traditional family.
"It would be foolish to think that we could have true national development without moral and spiritual development."
Archbishop Gordon voiced a similar concern.
"As civilization moves away from its moral foundations, civilization moves into murky and more murky waters where it no longer even understands what truth is," he said.
"We have a responsibility to protect truth. For us, truth is not a commodity to be bought and sold. … For us, truth is a person. That's Jesus Christ."
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McKinsey is committed to making a positive social impact through our work with our clients and in the way we run our firm.
As participants in the United Nations Global Compact, we support The Ten Principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.
We also work in collaboration with others to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, like Generation, the youth employment nonprofit we founded, which we hope makes a contribution towards Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.
We support the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights and employees' rights of freedom of association and to take part in collective-bargaining processes. Beyond our own firm, we take seriously our commitment to assist organizations and grass-roots initiatives that promote human rights and tackle forced-labor and child-labor practices.
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We have strict policies and professional standards that apply to every member of the firm. Any potential breach of these ethical standards is subject to comprehensive investigation, with appropriate action taken. We have clear internal procedures for firm members to report concerns about values, ethics and professional conduct. Additionally, our confidential and impartial Ombud program is available to help firm members with these and other issues, including managing interpersonal or inter-team conflicts or personal concerns. | {
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NATO AWACS helps protect European Union Summit in Romania
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NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft will help guard the airspace over the European Union Summit in Sibiu on Thursday, 9 May 2019. NATO AWACS routinely patrol the skies during major events, including meetings of world leaders and other high-profile public events, such as international football tournaments.
"NATO AWACS provides an important capability and we are proud to deliver support to this event", said United States Air Force Brigadier General Andrew Hansen, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations at Allied Air Command, Ramstein. "This shows the close cooperation between NATO and the European Union".
Today's mission comes at the request of the Romanian government, which is hosting the Summit of EU leaders in Sibiu.
NATO has fourteen E-3A AWACS aircraft, which are modified Boeing 707s, easily identifiable from the distinctive radar dome mounted on the fuselage. The E-3A usually operates at an altitude of around 10 km. From this altitude a single E-3A can constantly monitor the airspace within a radius of more than 400 km and can exchange information – via digital data links – with ground-based, sea-based and airborne commanders. An E-3A flying within NATO airspace can distinguish between targets and ground reflections and is therefore able to give early warning of any low- or high-flying aircraft operating over the territory of a potential aggressor.
Tags: AWACS, NATO, Romania
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Over a year ago I wrote this post showing how to check your MacBooks up time. That is when the last time the MacBook restarted or was shutdown, most users just put theirs to sleep.
It got me thinking as my Macbook Pro is currently at 156 days without a reboot. Its running just as well as day 1 when it came to life from a shut down. It hasn't stuttered, lagged or done any auto updates and restarts. Had this have been a Windows 10 laptop I have no doubt it would have been "reset" at some stage from day 1 to 156 either from a sneaky update behind the scenes or because it slowed and became cluttered.
It's not hating on Windows 10 but the whole operating system feels tacky especially with all the pre-installed bloatware and potential snooping to be happening. Mac OS (High Sierra) is smooth and as with all Mac OS you don't get rubbish pre-installed nor is there scenarios created for tracking and snooping to go on.
Of course the MacBook price tag is arguably high for what you're getting, but insert its the aesthetics and brand you're paying for. What you might not get in your MacBook for the price will be made up in the quality and performance?! Great debate topic.
I will drop this as the conclusion for this post, in my eyes the build quality (external and internal) of a MacBook often gets looked over when gauging prices and worth compared to a Windows laptop. In this case a MacBook sits above most offerings from a Windows machine regardless of the price tag. | {
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CSKA, which is just 5-10 against the spread this season, awaits difficult task in Vittoria.
Baskonia lost by 8 and 2 points in Moscow, but in both games CSKA wasted double digit lead. I can't say that Baskonia was much weaker side, but they defenitely need more quality to compete at this level on the road. At home things might change, because there basques has own public and believe in miracles. Looking at awful CSKA road trend (3-9 ATS in last 12 games) I might assume, that Baskonia has really good chances to fight for the victory today. But I really can't see them as true favs in Game 3, however numbers & history are pointing to that.
" We have not yet fully believed that we can win CSKA . Trying it does not suit me, you have to. You have to win everything to win a team of these characteristics, "said Sito Alonso.
CSKA has lost Game 3 in 5/6 playoff series, where they had 2-0 lead after 2 games. Everything is set for another upset, but I think that bookmakers & public already adjusted odds here. Last time Russian team played in Vittoria there were 4.5 points road favorite and lost 78:79. Now they are getting -1.5 spread and that looks like adjustment for me.
I see Baskonia as light favorite here, but far from position to see them as clear favs. Line is not right here, but value is too low to bet on hosts.
Total line is set few points higher, than it should. My system expects 154-170 points game tonight, but that also doesn't give us enough space to take under. | {
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Guitar maker John Guilford created the guitar in honor of the eight airmen and one contractor killed in Afghanistan April 27, 2011.
An electric guitar built in honor of eight airmen and a civilian contractor killed one year ago by an Afghan turncoat debuted at the Dallas International Guitar Festival over the weekend.
Guitar maker John Guilford spent two months crafting the custom instrument after he was approached by Maj. Henry Cecil and Lillian Axe, a hard rock band from New Orleans.
Cecil worked for a year as an air advisor in Afghanistan and served with three of the nine who died when an Afghan colonel turned his gun on coalition forces inside Kabul International Airport April 27, 2011. Cecil is also friends with Louisiana Music Hall of Famers Lillian Axe, which uses Guilford Guitars.
Guilford, who builds guitars in his backyard shop in Glasford, Ill., said he considered the request from Cecil and Lillian Axe for about a day before agreeing to take on the project.
The front of the guitar is covered in a portion of the airman battle uniform worn by Maj. Henry Cecil during his year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
Guilford covered the front of the guitar in the camouflage airman battle uniform Cecil wore in Afghanistan. The words "U.S. Air Force" cover the fingerboard in mother-of-pearl inlay. The back plate lists the names of the nine killed: Maj. Jeffrey Ausborn, Maj. Charles Ransom, Master Sgt. Tara Brown, Maj. Philip Ambard, Maj. Raymond Estelle II, Capt. Nathan Nylander, Maj. David Brodeur and Lt. Col. Frank Bryant and contractor James McLaughlin, an Army veteran.
The words "Take the Bullet" refer to a song the band wrote to honor military service men and women.
Cecil said the guitar will be raffled off to raise money for the Air Advisor Memorial underway at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. A drawing is planned for Veteran's Day.
Lillian Axe will tour with the guitar throughout the summer. For more information, visit www.airadvisormemorial.org/home/Tribute_Guitar.html.
It's a generous gesture, good luck with the fundraising events and raising money for the Air Advisor Memorial. | {
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Outdated Policies and Practices Contributing to Rise of Drug-Resistant TB Must End
MSF team visiting a TB patient at home
GENEVA/CAPE TOWN—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Stop TB Partnership today released the second edition of the Out of Step report, a 24-country survey of policies and practices used today to guide the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). If countries are to meet globally endorsed goals to reduce TB incidence and death by more than 90 percent over the next 20 years, aggressive efforts must start now to adopt and implement the 14 key policies and practices identified in the report, which are currently recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). TB is curable, but remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, claiming 1.5 million lives each year.
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"Outdated policies for TB treatment that put people at risk of increased suffering and death should be banished, including re-treatment regimens that potentially increase drug resistance, and mandatory hospitalization during treatment," said Dr. Grania Brigden, MSF Access Campaign TB advisor. "The use of rapid molecular tests that can effectively diagnose drug resistance hasn't yet reached the broad coverage needed. We won't be able to close the huge gaps in TB diagnosis and treatment unless the policies and practices known to reduce illness, death, and transmission are fully adopted and implemented in every country, including the best use of every effective tool available today."
In October, WHO revealed that only one in four (26 percent) of the 480,000 people estimated to have developed multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 2014 was diagnosed, with 111,000 people (23 percent) started on treatment and less than half of them successfully treated. Yet of the 24 countries surveyed for Out of Step, only about 30 percent of countries (8 out of 24) have put in place policies to ensure that rapid molecular tests for detection of TB and drug resistance are used as the initial test for everyone being evaluated for TB. Despite the upfront financial challenges related to this strategy, countries should consider expanding access to rapid molecular diagnostics in order to ensure early diagnosis and early treatment initiation; reduce the chain of transmission; reduce cost implications in the long run; and reduce the emergence of drug-resistant TB cases and the overall global burden of TB.
"To meet the targets in the Stop TB Partnership's Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020 and the longer-term goals outlined in WHO's End TB Strategy, country programs need to urgently bring their national policies and practices in step with international recommendations for optimal diagnosis and treatment of TB," said Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership
"We recognize that the adoption of TB policies to national and local situations can take time, but many countries are leading the way. Just one year after new pediatric guidelines were released, the report found that 30 percent of countries surveyed have already adopted the new guidelines, which benefits all children with TB. We hope the Out of Step report will bring a renewed focus on the importance of TB policies as the starting point for ensuring countries are equipped to scale up TB efforts," said Dr. Ditiu.
Almost 60 percent of countries surveyed (14 out of 24) continue to offer the "Category II" re-treatment regimen, which has poor outcomes in countries with high rates of MDR-TB and HIV/TB co-infection. Once countries upgrade their diagnostic protocols to rapid molecular testing for all TB patients, this treatment should be phased out completely in line with WHO recommendations. The survey also highlighted that nine countries still require DR-TB patients to be hospitalized for all or part of their illness.
"In MSF projects and beyond, we've shown that hospitalizing people with drug-resistant TB is not necessary, and that people can receive treatment while living at home, even in resource-limited settings," said Vivian Cox, deputy medical field coordinator for MSF in South Africa. "Decentralized drug-resistant TB care is cost-effective for treatment programs, as medically effective as centralized care, and is much, much better for patients, their families, and their communities. We also know it's critical for clinicians to have access to the full toolbox of new and existing TB drugs so they can give people the best chance to survive drug-resistant TB. When access to needed TB drugs is blocked, the results are too often deadly."
Only about 12 percent of countries surveyed are confirmed to have all of the existing drugs used to treat drug-resistant TB on their national essential medicine lists. While 65 percent of countries surveyed do have a process in place to access the newest TB drugs for patients who have run out of other treatment options, it is vital that drug companies submit their drugs for registration in the countries that need them the most, so that use of new and re-purposed drugs in treating drug-resistant forms of TB can be scaled up.
"As a first step, all countries with a high TB burden should implement rapid diagnostics, phase out the obsolete re-treatment regimen within a year, and do away with compulsory hospitalization," said Dr. Brigden. "We need all countries to upgrade their national policies and practices to fully meet WHO recommendations within the next three years to really address TB illness and death head-on." | {
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A little reminder that the 2014 Letterpress calendar, is available on pre-sale. I figure out few people only read the latest blog posts ! The other day, someone was really suprised when I told him I have an online shop, after saying he visits the blog every day ! So, I prefer to repeat myself !
The printing has now started and I will share first images as soon as possible. Half of the "deluxe edition" are now sold, and I am very please with this. Some people ask what was "deluxe" on the deluxe edition, as you can see each card of the calendar has it's own color, and has the paper is very heavy (700 gm), the edges will be painted on the same color. The idea is to have a kind of edges rainbow at the end ! You also can get the normal edition, final calendar should be ready to be send early november.
Every order done during the pre-sale stage will get a special extra item from my archives, AND you will also have the 2 first issues of THREE ebook for free ! As Georges Clooney would said "What else" !
Pre-order your copy in the shop !
I already present Stitch design works, here, here and there, as it is simply one of my favorit studio. The new bags and boxes they have done for the Rewined candles project make me want to highlight it ! It is smart, it is recycled, it is beautifull... So inspiring ! Rewined Candles are all natural soy wax candles poured into discarded wine bottles. And they just have a brand new site !
Some nice behind the scene images from the new web site.
This is the perfect exemple of one of the sentense from the Creative Manifesto : "If everything has already been done, try doing it even better". This is a better way to do candles !!!
Second selection of Bluerock Design projects less than a year after the first one.
I often wonder if there are some tutorials of my work, but I never had the time to really make some... and I also think it is good to found your own way to do something that inspire you. But I wanted to share a bit about the process of creating one of the 2014 calendar page and of the cover the last THREE ebook, since both use common elements.
Start with the source, after buying old letters dating from the late 1800s, I scanned them in high definition.
Before continuing, I want to thank those who have already pre-ordered the calendar (and those who will soon do it!). Half of the deluxe edition is already gone, it's very motivating for the future. Printing should start this week ... I also created a Facebook page dedicated to the project if you want to follow in detail.
You can pre-order the calendar in the shop.
The principle of composition is the same for the cover of Volume 2 of the eBook THREE, but this time keeping the texture of the paper and ink.
The THREE ebook is available here and contains all what was published on this blog from april to june this year. | {
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I'm supposed to be making a flier to convince people to take my yoga classes at Shall We Dance. I tried putting all the usual things on the screen: Do something great for your body and mind! Build inner and outer flexibility, strength, and balance! Check out my awesome credentials!
But my heart just wasn't in it.
You want to know why I do the physical practice of yoga? It may not be for the reasons you think.
I do yoga to help me get through the week. It's no secret that I have multiple anxiety disorders (OCD, panic disorder, generalized anxiety). But recently I've been diagnosed with Bipolar 1, which makes a lot of sense given my hugely productive upswings and staggeringly apathetic lows.
But no matter what mood I'm in when I get to the mat, by the time class is over I've moved back toward the baseline, back toward feeling like everything is going to be OK.
activates those parts of the brain responsible for feelings of peaceful equilibrium as well as patience, empathy, compassion, creativity, and the ability to concentrate.
Caveat: it works best if you move . . . very . . . slowly.
Feel your whole body: front, back, left, and right.
Be aware of the stretch, and on another level be aware of your entire body.
I say all this craziness and other stuff to remind us (myself as much as everybody else in the room) to "stay embodied," which is another odd thing I say. Because staying aware of being embodied is the trick to why yoga feels like magic.
So that's why I do yoga. The rest is bonus. Sure, it makes it so my body hurts less when I wake up in the morning. Sure, I'm more flexible than a whole lot of other women in their mid-40s. Sure, my lung capacity is huge, I can open my own pickle jars, and I feel secure standing on my tiptoes reaching for stuff on the top shelf. There's no doubt that a physical yoga practice helps maintain us physically. So would a lot of other types of exercise.
There are other classes, other teachers, other styles, that serve other purposes. And I would absolutely recommend them if you want to sweep through the beautiful flows of sun salutes or gain mastery of the more challenging acrobatic poses.
But if you want to practice slowing down, being present, and changing your outlook, at first temporarily and then maybe even lastingly, you should check out my classes at Shall We Dance.
Now, how do I fit that onto a flier? | {
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Canada has been the world's leader in e‑Government maturity for the last five years. The global average for government website usage by citizens is about 30%. In Canada, this statistic is over 51%. The vast majority of Canadians visit government websites to obtain information, rather than interacting or transacting with the government. It seems that the rate of adoption of e‑Government has globally fallen below expectations although some countries are doing better than others. Clearly, a better understanding of why and how citizens use government websites, and their general dispositions towards e‑Government is an important research issue. This paper initiates discussion of this issue by proposing a conceptual model of e‑Government adoption that places users as the focal point for e‑Government adoption strategy.
There has recently been an escalation of e‑Government initiatives in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, with South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles and Botswana leading the way towards this cause. Evidence indicates e‑Government implementation projects in this region either fail or succeed. Therefore it is important that before actual implementation is commissioned, there is need to understand the different challenges that come with e‑Government implementations such as investment risks, failure to be adopted by the general citizenry, abandoning already‑commissioned e‑Government activities, and so forth. uch problems can be avoided by putting in place a properly and carefully authored e‑Government adoption strategy that takes care of the local context and the multi‑dimensionality of e‑Government. This paper, with strong reference to Davis' 1989 Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theoretical underpinning, proposes a conceptual e‑Government adoption model that may be commensurate with promoting the growth of e‑ Government in the SADC region. However, the limitation of this proposed model is that it has not been empirically tested and leaves room for its further validation. The paper follows up on the status of e‑Government implementation in the SADC region by presenting two case studies that detail what interventions and initiatives have been put in place to encourage e‑Government in Botswana and Zambia. | {
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Video extension technology is increasingly being used to power digital signage such as plasma display panels, LCD displays, and kiosk stations. This enables the advertiser to replace and enhance traditional media, and replace static content with high impact moving video. Furthermore, advertisers now have the power to make quick and centrally updated changes to content. Audio-video extension is now also commonly used in large audience presentation and educational applications. The Avocent family of professional A/V extension solutions provide rich, multi-media content delivery using using both wired and wireless extension products designed to meet the criteria established by A/V professionals – the products are based on industry-standard, proven technology featuring high reliability and ease of installation. | {
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Космос-954 — радянський супутник радіолокаційної розвідки з ядерною бортовою енергетичною установкою типу УС-А системи морської космічної розвідки і цілевказівки «Легенда». 24 січня 1978 року впав на територію Канади, викликавши радіоактивне зараження частини Північно-Західних територій.
Призначення, особливості конструкції
«Космос-954» — один з супутників радіолокаційної розвідки типу УС-А, як джерело живлення яких використовувалася ядерна бортова енергетична установка. Причин використання ЯЕУ як джерела живлення було декілька. По-перше бортова РЛС, працюючи в активному режимі, потребує значної кількості енергії, у тому числі під час проходження супутника в тіні землі, що робить використання сонячних батарей неприйнятним. По-друге, радар вимагає якомога більш близького розташування КА до спостережуваних об'єктів, а отже низьку орбіту (270 км) польоту. Це теж не дозволяє використовувати як джерело енергії сонячні батареї.
Розробник супутника — конструкторське бюро ДКБ-52 Володимира Миколайовича Челомея, бортового ядерного реактора — ДКБ-670. Ядерна енергетична установка складалася з гомогенного реактора на швидких нейтронах БР-5А з тепловою потужністю 100 кВт. Реактор працював на урані-235, загальна маса якого при запуску становила 30 кг. Отримання електричного струму забезпечувалося напівпровідниковим термоелектричним генератором. Теплоносій — калій-натрієвий розплав. Ресурсом роботи 1080 годин. Вага — 1250 кг, що становило майже чверть від загальної ваги супутника. Від ЯЕУ з вихідною електричною потужністю 3 кВт живися бортовий радіолокатор бічного огляду. Супутник передавав на землю радіолокаційну картинку на фоні карти у смузі спостереження шириною 800 км і довжиною до 2000 км в залежності від параметрів витка, а також інформацію про місце цілей з точністю до 10 метрів.
Запуск, робота і падіння
«Космос-954» масою в 4300 кілограмів був запущений з космодрому Тюра-Там (Байконур) 18 вересня 1977 року, з пускової установки № 19 стартового майданчика № 90. Старт відбувся штатно і до кінця жовтня супутник працював в парі з «Космосом-952». Параметри орбіти «Космос-954»: перигей — 259 км, апогей — 277 км, нахил — 65°.
28 жовтня 1977 року апарат вийшов з-під контролю наземних служб. Перевести реактор на орбіту поховання не вдалося. 6 січня 1978 року відбулася розгерметизація космічного апарату: усі бортові системи вийшли з ладу, КА перестав відповідати на команди з центру управління. Під дією опору атмосфери почав обертатися з прискоренням і знижуватися, поки нарешті 24 січня апарат увійшов у щільні шари атмосфери і зруйнувався над північними районами Канади.
Причину виходу супутника з-під контролю встановити не вдалося. Існує низка версій катастрофи. Основна — вихід з ладу коригуючого двигуна. Найбільш екзотичною версією вважається озвучена офіційним органом ЦК КПРС газетою «Правда» — використання американцями лазерної зброї: в газеті повідомлялося, що проблеми на супутнику розпочалися після прольоту над полігоном Вумера в Австралії. Начебто там і був розгорнутий бойовий лазер, який збив радянський супутник.
Наслідки падіння супутника
О 6:53 ранку 24 січня 1978 року супутник увійшов в земну атмосферу над островами Королеви Шарлоти та зруйнувався в районі Великого Невільничого озера на півночі Канади. 37,1 кілограм ядерного палива головним чином розвіявся в атмосфері, але землі досягло близько сотні радіоактивних уламків, які впали на території площею 100 тисяч км². У місцях падіння деяких з них радіоактивність була значною — до 200 рентген на годину. За іронією долі, один з фрагментів реактора, в якому знаходився уран-235, впав недалеко від містечка Ураніум-Сіті. Через те, що супутник розсипався над пустельними малонаселеними районами людських жертв вдалося уникнути.
Практично відразу після аварії президент США Джиммі Картер зателефонував прем'єр-міністру Канади П'єру Трюдо і запропонував допомогу. Канадський уряд пристав на пропозицію американців у допомозі в пошуку радіоактивних залишків супутника і реактора. У той же день американські фахівці прибули до Канади. Штаб операції з пошуку базувався на канадській військовій базі в передмісті Едмонтону, провінція Альберта. Операція отримала кодову назву «Ранкове світло» (). В ході першої фази операції було здійснене зондування території з повітря з використанням літаків і вертольотів з метою оцінки ступені радіоактивного забруднення. Після того, як 800-кілометрова територія ураження була визначена, почалася друга фаза — пошук і утилізація залишків супутника, дезактивація території.
Перший об'єкт — залишки активної зони ядерного реактора — був знайдений 26 січня. Всього було знайдено понад 100 фрагментів у вигляді стрижнів, дисків, трубок і більш дрібних деталей, радіоактивність яких була від декількох мілірентген до 200 рентген/годину, загальною масою 65 кг. Загалом було зібрано понад 90% радіоактивних продуктів поділу з реактора супутника. Витрати на операцію склали 14 мільйонів доларів.
Падіння радянського супутника-шпигуна з ядерним реактором і подальше радіоактивне зараження території іноземної держави викликало міжнародний скандал. Уряд СРСР змушений був офіційно визнати факт запуску супутників з ядерними реакторами і виплатити компенсацію канадській стороні за забруднення території радіоактивними залишками супутника. Сума компенсації точно невідома, в різних джерелах фігурують суми від 3 до 7,5 мільйонів доларів. Згідно з документом «Врегулювання претензій Канади до Союзу Радянських Соціалістичних Республік з приводу збитків, завданих супутником Космос-954» () від 2 квітня 1981 року, Канада в своїй позовній заяві оцінювала витрати з ліквідації наслідків падіння в $6 041 174,70 і наголошувала на праві стягнути з СРСР додаткові невраховані витрати, які можуть виникнути в майбутньому. Згідно з документом, СРСР зобов'язався виплатити Канаді 3 млн. канадських доларів компенсації за всі обставини, які спричинило за собою падіння супутника. СРСР довелося майже на три роки відмовитися від запусків подібних супутників і серйозно удосконалити систему радіаційної безпеки супутника.
Примітки
Див. також
МКРЦ «Легенда»
УС-А
Література
А. Б. Землянов, Г. Л. Коссов, В. А. Траубе. Система морской космической разведки и целеуказания (история создания). — С-Пб.: 2002. 216 стор.
Железняков А. Тайны ракетных катастроф (Плата за прорыв в космос). — М.: Эксмо, 2004. 544 стор.
Джерела
Морская космическая система разведки и целеуказания на сайті Военное обозрение
Розвідувальні супутники
Супутники «Космос»
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Guest lecture by Tertius Kapp (05/04/2016)
Last updated by kprzemek on 2016-05-10. Originally submitted by jsterckx on 2016-03-31.
Tuesday 05/04/2016, 11:30
Collegium Chemicum 154
The acclaimed South African writer will give a guest lecture about The Number Gangs in South Africa and also talk about his recent creative endeavors.
Tertius Kapp is a writer based in South Africa. He works mainly in film and theatre, where his work is well-known for its unflinching approach to challenging subject matter. He went to school in Cape Town, then studied at the University of Stellenbosch, originally doing a BA, then a B.Sc, completing a Honours B.Sc degree in Physics. He later also obtained an MA in Creative Writing ("Kreatiewe Skryfkunde") in the Department of Afrikaans.
He worked freelance, spent a few years in the television industry appearing on many documentary programmes and television series, after which he lectured in the Department of Dutch and South African Studies at Adam Mickiecz University in Poznań, Poland for four years, then became a lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans at Fort Hare University.
In film he is best known for the adaptation of the bestseller Dis ek, Anna, while his most notable play was the multiple award-winning Rooiland. His work has won several awards, the most recent being the prestigious Hertzog prize for literature, for his two published plays (Rooiland and Oorsee). | {
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Björn Säfsten is a Swedish choreographer based in Stockholm. He created his first work "The adaption" in 2006 and has since continued to create choreographic concepts in various contexts, through Säfsten Production and through commissions. Focusing on the examination of movement as an ambivalent language and constructing methods for each new artistic endeavor, Björn Säfsten shines new light on the human body in a context of movement. His work focuses on the borders that divide gesture and movement and how fiction and identity are produced in choreography. Between 2011 and 2015, Björn Säfsten is connected as a researcher at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in a joint project with philosopher Per Nilsson. His latest creations are "Fictional copies" in 2013 and "Introduction" in 2012 as well as "…AND…", a commission for Skånes Dansteater 2013. In the fall of 2014, Björn holds a residency at Movement Research in New York. He is currently preparing "Idiots", opening at and in co-production with MDT in Stockholm October 2014. | {
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Boronia capitata, commonly known as the cluster boronia, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, spreading shrub with simple leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Description
Boronia capitata is a slender, spreading shrub that grows to a height of . It has simple, thick, linear to club-shaped leaves long. The flowers are pink and are arranged in clusters on the ends of the branches, each on a pedicel long. The four sepals are broadly elliptic to narrow triangular, and the four petals are broadly elliptic, about long.
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia capitata was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis from a specimen collected by James Drummond. The specific epithet (capitata) is a Latin word meaning "having a head".
In 1971, Paul G. Wilson described three subspecies:
Boronia capitata subsp. capitata has leaves and sepals that are glabrous or fringed with hairs and flowers from September to October;
Boronia capitata subsp. clavata has thick leaves covered with long, soft hairs, and broadly elliptic sepals fringed with hairs and flowers from April to October;
Boronia capitata subsp. gracilis slender leaves covered with long, soft hairs and narrow egg-shaped sepals with a hairy fringe and flowers from June to November.
Distribution and habitat
Subspecies capitata is only currently known from sandplain habitat near Pingelly;
Subspecies clavata grows in heath between Corrigin, Hyden and Kojonup;
Subspecies gracilis grows in winter-wet swamps between Yarloop and Margaret River.
Conservation
Subspecies clavata is classified as "not threatened" but subspecies gracilis is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. Subspecies capitata is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia). The main threats to this subspecies are clearing and fragmentation of its habitat.
References
capitata
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1863
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Cover Love Sunday is a weekly meme hosted at The Quiet Girl Talks, where you choose your 3 favorite covers for each weekly theme. Just check the Features page for themes ahead of time.
I love this cover because of the colors! Aren't they beautiful?
I'm in love with this cover! That might be because it looks all dark and mysterious!
And for those who follow me they know I have been obsessing over this book!
I also love the colors of this book cover, and is it just me or does the small squares look like smaller pictures?
Good luck on your first day of college!
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With her best friend slipping away and her parents recently separated, Tatum's life has turned upside down. Plus her good friend Aaron thinks that they are secretly boyfriend and girlfriend, all because of one little lie Tatum told. Accepting change isn't easy for Tatum, but just how much is she willing to give up to hold on to her friendship with Lori and life as she knows it? For Tatum, the best way to move forward may require a whole new formula . . .
Yay! I am huge fan of the Classof2k11 and of Amy! She is so darn sweet and totally hilarious. OyMG (2011) was her debut - totally still time to pick it up - and I'm happy there is another book coming! There are so many awesome middle grade books out and I've really been enjoying them. I just know Audition & Subtraction (get the pun?) will be great too!
Amy is hosting a contest, but you can enter right here! | {
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Q: NetworkXNotImplemented error : connected_components() method - undirected graph As I understand connected_components() method in NetworkX should generate components in a given undirected graph (There are strongly_connected_components() and weakly_connected_components() for directed graph). I have generated an undirected graph G and while trying to implement networkx.connected_components(G), I am getting the error NetworkXNotImplemented: not implemented for directed type.
Note: G was the interaction network of users of the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) algorithm (http://deim.urv.cat/~aarenas/data/welcome.htm). The network is a single giant component.
I have implemented the method for many other undirected networks.
import networkx as nx
G=nx.read_pajek("PGPgiantcompo.net")
C=max(nx.connected_components(G), key=len)
Expected result:
C contains the giant component which is G itself.
Actual result:
NetworkXNotImplemented Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-27a0ad1fa789> in <module>()
---> 27 C=max(nx.connected_components(G), key=len)
28 Giant_frozen=G.subgraph(C)
29 nx.draw(Giant_frozen, with_labels=True, font_weight='bold')
<decorator-gen-295> in connected_components(G)
F:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\networkx\utils\decorators.py in _not_implemented_for(not_implement_for_func, *args, **kwargs)
78 if match:
79 msg = 'not implemented for %s type' % ' '.join(graph_types)
---> 80 raise nx.NetworkXNotImplemented(msg)
81 else:
82 return not_implement_for_func(*args, **kwargs)
NetworkXNotImplemented: not implemented for directed type
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Because trauma patients admitted to an ICU have a significant mortality risk (15–20%), and families have consequent, immediate psychosocial needs, the intervention was designed to apply to all trauma patients and their families regardless of their prognosis. Because of the nature of trauma, its sudden onset and rapid trajectory from well to life-threatening illness, the intervention was designed to begin at admission to the ICU, with early communication and family support. The program consisted of five clinical steps grouped into parts I and II in a timed sequence from admission.... In part I, within 24 hours of admission, each patient had a palliative care assessment by physician and nurse. Each family received psychosocial or bereavement support. The palliative care assessment encompassed prognosis, advance directives, family support, and surrogate decision maker, and pain and symptoms. To assess prognosis, physician and nurse were asked the most likely outcome using a score 1-5 similar to the Glasgow Outcome Score, with 1 = death and 5 = independent functional recovery. In part II, within 72 hours, an interdisciplinary family meeting was held regardless of prognosis; during the meeting, likely outcomes, treatments, and goals of care were discussed. These meetings were assessed subjectively by counselors for discussion of goals of care, family understanding of information, and conflict. When the goals of care transitioned from curative to a completely palliative approach, a palliative care order set was implemented.
This paper compares aspects of care between the ~280 admissions in the baseline year with the ~370 in the year after implementation. About 70% of patients completed both steps 1 and 2 of the program.
Many outcomes didn't change: total mortality was the same in both years (15%); rates of DNR orders (~43%) and family meetings were similar (~60%) as was the timing of family meetings (nearly all within 72 hours of admission).
What did change were: rates of withdrawal of life-prolonging treatments were higher after the program started (37% of deaths vs 24% - again, however, overall mortality was the same); timing of DNR orders and withdrawals of life prolonging treatment were earlier; overall length of stay in the ICU and hospital was shorter in those patients who died after the program was implemented (mean hospital stay went from 14 days to 6.5 days in those who died).
Essentially, then, what this intervention did was accelerate the decision-making process between families and ICU staff about transition care goals to comfort in a dying patient - and this happened without any demonstrable effect on overall mortality. What's really interesting here is that even before the intervention this ICU team were having early family meetings at a high rate, suggesting that these were not responsible for the changes in care. Instead one wonders if it was the rapid and structured identification of patients very likely to die along with immediate opening of discussions about prognosis and patient/family values/goals. That, and a general culture shift that attended this formalization of 'palliative care' principles into the care of this population (for instance, the discussion notes that this group also introduced end of life peer review into their morbidity and mortality conference).
Thorax has a randomized, placebo controlled trial of inhaled furosemide for dyspnea in patients with COPD. Specifically, it was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled cross-over trial of inhaled furosemide in 20 patients with moderate to severe COPD. Subjects (mean age 61 years; mean FEV1 45% of predicted) were given inhaled furosemide or placebo on two different days and then a bunch of tests were performed (spirometry, exercise capacity using a cycle ergometer, etc.) about 30 minutes after the treatment. The specific treatment was inhalation of a 4 ml solution containing 40mg of furosemide (10mg/ml) or saline placebo, nebulized over 15 minutes.
Results: there were minimal differences in spirometry findings between groups. Those receiving furosemide had some statistically significant but modest improvements in exercise capacity (could tolerate an extra ~1.5 minutes of exertion) and exertional dyspnea (~1 point on a 10 point scale). They performed several subgroup analyses: essentially there were no clear-cut predictors of who responded. Of note, there were 7 patients whose dyspnea improved with furosemide but whose exercise capacity didn't. The authors discuss the multitude of hypotheses as to why inhaled furosemide could be effective.
My gloss on this is that this is some supporting data for further studies, but it is not compelling evidence for adopting this, particularly in a 'palliative care' COPD population. The outcomes looked at here were exertional dyspnea under controlled conditions within a very short time-frame of receiving a single treatment - and the magnitude of the treatment effects was not great. This is not dyspnea at rest or a clinical setting which resembles real life. I know inhaled furosemide for refractory dyspnea has been discussed anecdotally in the palliative care literature: anyone out there using it or know of other research supporting its use, particularly in refractory/rest dyspnea (from COPD or other causes)?
Archives of Internal Medicine has a literature review and discussion on relationship building and good communication skills, with a focus on what can be done in brief patient encounters. (It has a specific primary care focus.) To be sure, the literature is sparse, and this paper mostly discusses it in a narrative fashion, making some common-sense recommendations. I'm noting it because, as an educator, I'm constantly telling my residents/fellows/etc. that good communication does not necessarily mean a huge time commitment (and certainly, anecdotally, it can be a huge time saver - I believe this even though I have nothing to back it up), and so it's good to see a paper specifically addressing the time-issues involved in patient-centered communication.
Journal of Pharmacy Practice has a review article on symptom management of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (GI symptoms, psychosis, pain, dysautonomias, etc.).
JNCI has a commentary warning about the over-selling of epidemiological findings in cancer research. That is - findings that suggest X 'is associated with' Y, even though there is no experimental evidence to suggest there is a causal link (e.g. coffee consumption is associated with lower risk for liver cancer - findings like that). The article is mostly a critical overview of how, why, and when such associations turn out to be 'wrong' (not causal) and is a good one for the EBM teaching file. The topic is important for a variety of reasons, not least because our patients read sensationalistic (or at least over-sold, uncritical) accounts of these findings and they can create false hope or 'false-guilt' (I caused my cancer because I didn't do enough aerobic exercise, etc.).
The Oncology article is a fairly wide-ranging piece that begins by addressing what is meant by "futile care." The authors point out that there is no common or consensus definition [I imagine that at least some of this is one of those "I know it when I see it" phenomena]. A recurring theme in this paper is discordance of perceptions and perspectives between patient and physician. Expert panels struggling over guidelines, a physician facing a desperate or resolute patient, children not willing to contemplate "giving up" on Mom, a patient with a religious belief that "everything" must be done, third-party payers—whether private or government, and John Q. Public (i.e., "society") in the grip of a compelling drama may have varying and conflicting perspectives.
The authors quote a 1993 article in which the reader is advised to distinguish an effect from a benefit. That dovetails nicely with an observation later in the paper that some patients overestimate prognosis because they confuse response with cure.
There are several interesting tidbits provided that may be helpful to both experienced clinicians and to students or junior clinicians who are trying to get their heads around the issues related to futility dilemmas.
Another study showed only a 25% concordance between what patients said their decision-control preferences were and the provider's perception of the preference.
One-quarter of physicians will occasionally administer futile chemotherapy to maintain patient hope.
The median length of hospice stay is no longer lengthening, but getting shorter (down to 26 days in 2005 vs 29 days in 1995); one-third enroll in the last week of life and 10% on the last day.
Equally valuable as the main article, the reviews provide valuable nuance and perspective. One practical idea is the "differential diagnosis" of a patient request that the oncologist thinks is not in the patient's best interest. What underlies the request--unrealistic expectations? Fear of abandonment? Present hospice as a treatment [reminiscent of Andy Billings' statement that family meeting is one of palliative care's most important procedures]. "A 20-60 minute conversation between an oncologist and a patient . . . is miniscule when weighed against a lifetime of family values, traditions, culturally held beliefs, and deeply entrenched religious beliefs."
Randy Pausch, the famous professor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year died today at the age of 47. (I had blogged about him on Pallimed here and here.) His initial foray into the public eye was from his 'Last Lecture' at Carnegie Mellon being posted on You Tube and getting over 3 million views on how to 'Achieve your Childhood Dreams.' This popularity led to a wonderful and inspiring book and his further advocacy for pancreatic cancer research. He is a great example of how even in the face of death, meaning can still be found, and contributions can still be made.
One of my favorite parts of the book is when he relates a story about a football coach who was particularly hard on him in drills as a child. An assistant coach inquired about how Randy felt about the coach riding him. He replied he didn't care for it too much. The assistant coach shared that it actually was a good thing because when he stopped critiquing you it meant he had already given up on you. I think this is a great inspiration for timely feedback in medical education. If you don't give it, have you already given up on the trainee who needs support and teaching?
If you have read the book, please feel free to share a part that resonated with you.
ABC has been featuring residents from Johns Hopkins University on the reality docudrama "Hopkins" on Thursday nights. The show goes to where the action is by focusing on the emergency department, surgeons, and pediatric ICU. Overall the show manages to capture life as a resident pretty well even following the difficulties outside the hospital for one of the physicians going through a divorce. I had high expectations of palliative medicine being featured during the show given that over 6 hours there would likely be some end-of-life issues cropping up. But after 4 episodes the demonstration of palliative care skills has been mixed.
Have any Pallimed readers been watching this show?
I am curious to how some of you responded to a pediatric intensivist* who suggested to "just let the child die" during a informal doctors conference about a toddler with a dilated cardiomyopathy who had a cardiac arrest during anesthesia induction about to be put on ECMO? You can watch it yourself...EPISODE 4 available online; move to a little less than a quarter of the way through the episode. You have been warned by the way, seeing the child unresponsive and actually coding was very difficult to watch for me even being through lots of codes and seeing deceased, lifeless patients.
PICU Attending #1: We don't know hom much damage has been done. And there is some disagreement as to whether we can save the heart or not.
PICU Attending#2: It is my opinion that we just let the child die. ECMO would be a bad idea. But I suspect that I am in the minority.
#1: Why would you say that? We don't have the biopsy back yet. If the biopsy shows that he has acute myocarditis...then we could...uh..ride him thruough this storm. Now if it shows that he has got..uh you know scar there..well..yeah...then we got a problem.
#2: What do you think the biopsy is going to show?
#1: I agree that this is likely to be old.
"let him deteriorate and provide palliative care or attempt a risky heart transplant if one becomes available."
But they never actually talk about palliative care on the show. Can someone else remember where they said 'palliative care?' I can hear those words in the media from a thousand paces.
I think it is important to realize this scene and the doctor's words got a lot of outrage on the Hopkins/ABC website in the Episode 4 Talk Back Q& A section. People are calling for his firing, and saying he should not be a doctor. The child eventually made it through the situation causing more outrage on the message boards. And further anecdotal evidence for the public that 'doctors can be very wrong.' To me this scene is part of the frank discussions physicians may have every day, especially doctors in the ICU. Sometimes opposing views need to be heard even though they may be unpopular to make sure there is justification for the current plan of action. The attending even pointed that out by acknowledging his 'minority' view point.
While palliative medicine as a specialty is lacking on the TV show (Hopkins surprisingly does not have a palliative medicine fellowship), the Hopkins/ABC website has video responses from Dr. Holly Yang from San Diego Hospice about different situations in each episode that could have been approached in a different way. You sometimes might have to scroll through the responses to find Dr. Yang. Too bad they had some audio difficulties with some of her segments.
Hopefully we may run across good examples of palliative care in the last two episodes this Thursday night and next Thursday night on ABC. Check your local listings. (There I have finally said it. Now I need to cross off "Stop the Presses!") All the episodes are also viewable online and on Itunes.
We may have to do a code count for the show to see how they portray CPR. Any volunteers?
* One commenter dubbed him a "insensivist" I got to remember that one.
Dr. Anna Pou, the doctor who was accused of murdering patients during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina gave a rare interview covering her experiences and discussing a new law to cover medical personnel who assist in a disaster. The grand jury and attorney general eventually dropped the charges but she still faces two civil suits.
When nightfall came, the hospital and the city were in darkness. Water pressure dropped, toilets backed up and the temperatures began to swelter.
"The smell got to be rancid in no time," Pou said. "It burned the back of your throat."
Pou said staff struggled to climb stairwells, carry supplies, and spent two-hour shifts squeezing ventilators to keep patients alive.
"The heat was so terrible, it wore you down," Pou said. "We were trying to keep the patients comfortable. The 9-year-old daughter of one of the nurses even took shifts fanning them."
"I felt very alone," Pou said of her year of fighting the criminal accusations. "Even if people were around me I felt an intense loneliness. It was as if no one knew what I was going through."
My apologies to the email readers who got a screen full of flags for the last post on International Hastened Death Review. The original images were large when uploaded and shrunk within the Blogger program, but apparently that did not get translated to the email feed. So you got your whole screen filled with the Australian, Canadian, and other flags with a little bit of text scrunched in between. The error has been noted and the Pallimed writers informed of how to avoid this in the future.
This article describes people obtaining the medication without a doctor's prescription, therefore 'physician-assisted' is a disqualified descriptive. They merely need to show a picture of the medication they want at the Mexican veterinary stores. So I guess this is simply 'suicide?' Although I think 'suicide' is too broad to define the particulars about a situation where someone is in the terminal phase of a condition versus someone suffering from a severe depression but no terminal illness. But to label this 'terminal suicide', 'hastened death in the terminal phase' or some other contortion feels clumsy and is bound to cause even more confusion.
Regardless of the term used, the issue has been made more relevant with a couple high profile cases of medicine and hastened death.
In Australia, Exit International and Philip Nitschke have been making the papers and TV (and are featured in the NYT article) with a public campaign to legalize euthanasia including You Tube Videos, film screenings, book promotions (attempts at banning it are underway in Australia and New Zealand), workshops and political initiatives. More focus has been on Mr. Nitschke and his group since the recent manslaughter conviction of a woman who gave a barbiturate to her partner who had Alzheimer's. Another recent case is also being featured of a woman who was depressed but not terminally ill who supposedly relied on information form Exit International's materials to kill herself.
In Germany, a lawyer/politician advised, and videotaped a 79 year old woman who prepared and self-administered a 'lethal cocktail.' The woman was not terminally ill but chose hastened death because she did not want to go to a nursing home. The politician, Roger Kusch, was inspired by Dignitas, a pro-euthanasia organization based in Switzerland who has many people from Germany requesting its services.
In Scotland, a Member of Scottish Parliament, Margo MacDonald has filmed a documentary with the BBC and proposed legislation to adopt the euthanasia and assisted suicide laws similar to The Netherlands.
In Italy, a case eerily similar to Terri Schiavo and Nancy Cruzan is being discussed publicly and was recently covered in TIME magazine. A 20-year old woman in a car accident (in 1992) now comatose and with a feeding tube that her father wants to have removed (and has fought for since 1999) was allowed by Italian courts to stop her artificial nutrition via feeding tube despite much opposition. The case is now pending appeal despite already having gone to the Italian Supreme Court in 2002.
In Canada, Samuel Golubchuk, an 84 year old man whose family fought hard to continue aggressive life-prolonging measures died 9 months after doctors initiated discussions about end-of-life decisions. He died on full life support measures. If his life support was withdrawn it would have been illegal since a court ordered physicians and the hospital to continue partly based on the family's belief of hastening his death would be a sin under Orthodox Jewish law. The case was to be heard by a full court in September. Doctors refused to care for him, likening his medical treatment to 'torture.' In England, a man who was refused Sutent, a prostate cancer drug, by the National Health Service suffocated himself.
So why is this all important to palliative care?
and they may never bring it up with you for a multitude of reasons. Or they may hint at hastened death, but never start an open discussion. Or they may make a sly joke about it, waiting to see how you respond. Or they may assume what is good standard palliative care is really euthanasia.
Good hospice and palliative care practices can help people discover hastened death does not have to be the easy way out. If the lines are too blurred between the legal and illegal our field has significant trust to lose with the public and our peers. Being educated and aware of the public debate over hastened death is a responsibility for palliative medicine to ensure the safe, ethical, and legal care of the patients and families entrusted to us.
Chest has an article about the effects of treatment limitations in ICU patients on prolonged survival. I'm not going to discuss the article itself much: it's also well discussed in the July 2008 PC-FACS (although you have to be an AAHPM member to access it) and in an accompanying editorial in Chest. Instead I wanted to focus on its use of propensity scores, as the article is a good introduction to them.
Some background on the article. It's a single institution retrospective cohort study which compared 60 day mortality between patients for whom there was some sort of order/decision to withhold a life-sustaining treatment in the ICU (e.g. vent, dialysis, pressors, CPR, etc.) and patients who had no such decision/order. Patients who had any such treatment withdrawn were excluded, as well as patients who wanted comfort-only care. There were ~2000 patients in the study; ~200 had a WLST decision. As you'd expect, the WLST patients were older, sicker, with a higher in-ICU and in-hospital mortality than the non-WLST patients (16% vs 2%, 30% vs 5%).
The authors then created a propensity score model to describe the likelihood of having a WLST decision. Propensity scores (PS) are a way to try to minimize confounding differences between groups in observational research. Clearly one cannot do a RCT of WLST decisions. Instead all you can do is watch what happens to those who have a WLST decision and those that don't. Of course there are likely many confounding variables in such observations (things that are associated both with having a WLST decision and with death like being older and sicker - it's not fair, say, to compare these older, sicker patients with the younger, healthier ones and conclude that the WLST decision was responsible for increased mortality). What PS try to do is to mimic a RCT by creating a model which predicts the likelihood of a subject getting an intervention (in this case WLST) then comparing outcomes between subjects who got the intervention or not but who had an equal chance of getting the intervention in the first place (i.e. as if they were randomized to the intervention or a control).
To clarify.... A multivariate model is created from as many data points (hopefully) that the researchers have. This model creates a score (PS) which describes a patient's likelihood - within the cohort - of receiving the intervention (in this case a WLST decision). In this paper it was a 69-variable model and included things like demographics, markers of illness severity, etc. - the model was derived from data from the subjects in this cohort, and, again, predicts a subject's likelihood (propensity) of getting the intervention in question. A simplified example could be: a 67 year old white male with Medicare admitted to the ICU on hospital day 4 with an APACHE II score of 30 and gram negative sepsis would have a PS of X. X being some number which means something to statisticians about how likely this patient is to have a WLST decision in this cohort. (A 53 yo woman with diabetic ketoacidosis and an APACHE II score of 14 would have a lower PS, for instance.) What you then do is take a patient with a WLST decision, derive their PS, then match them as closely as possible to a patient in your cohort who did not have a WLST decision but who has a nearly identical PS. The idea is, again, to mimic a RCT in the sense that - as much as your model is accurate - both of these patients had an identical 'chance' or 'risk' of having a WLST decision and it 'just so happens' that one did and one didn't; you then can fairly compare outcomes. You repeat this matching across your entire sample of WLST patients and you can then compare outcomes between the groups because, ideally, the patients in the WLST group and the non-WLST group had an equal 'chance' of receiving that 'intervention' and so it's fair to then compare the outcomes.
The obvious problem with PS is that it all hinges on what is included in the multivariate analysis to derive the PS. Only things which are measured can be included, and so if there are important factors which aren't being measured or included, which could influence the outcome, the model breaks down. (For this study the editorialists points out that in this study clinicians' prediction of prognosis was not included).
Why am I rambling on about PS? They have been proposed and promoted within the palliative care research community as one 'get around' for the fact that controlled trials are often impossible or impractical for our patient population (like for instance this trial, or one looking at the effects of G-tube feedings in dementia, or the effects of early palliative care consultation on some outcome, etc.), and PS have some appeal because they approximate randomization (again, only as well as the models contain all relevant variables, which is a significant issue). They have been discussed in J Palliative Med here, and were the subject of a concurrent session at AAHPM last winter, and I've begun to see them used more often. I have been waiting for a good article to introduce into my program's palliative care-EBM curriculum about PS and this is the one I'm probably going to use (as it's relatively easy to understand and a little controversial which gets people excited and interested).
PS are not without controversy, not only because of the issues mentioned above, but there's some debate whether they actually add anything to 'routine' multivariate analysis; however this debate is quite statistical and well above my head. I haven't found any really good, simple (casually readable) summaries on PS: this one is OK.
European Journal of Pain has a review of transdermal buprenorphine for pain. It's an interesting article and makes some dizzyingly impressive claims on behalf of the drug, which I note below.
Buprenorphine is a partial mu-opioid agonist and a kappa-opioid receptor antagonist. The article states that despite being a partial agonist no ceiling effect of analgesia has been observed in humans, and that it acts like a full mu agonist when used at 'analgesic doses.' On the other hand they present data that there is a ceiling effect to buprenorphine's respiratory depression effects (meaning that it's theoretically safer than other opioids regarding that toxicity; they note that dangerous respiratory depression is nearly unheard of with buprenorphine unless other CNS depressing drugs are being used). The article notes that buprenorphine not only does not induce mu-opioid receptor internalization (one of the mechanisms for opioid tolerance seen in other opioids) but that it actually increased cell surface density of mu-receptors, which may be an explanation for the impression that less analgesic tolerance is seen with buprenorphine than other opioids. It has an anti-hyperalgesic effect (as opposed to the hyperalgesic effects seen with other opioids). It has been demonstrated to have fewer side effects in head to head studies with morphine. It can be taken safely with other opioids with additive analgesic effects. In placebo controlled trials rates of nausea, dizziness, and tiredness were no worse with TD buprenorphine than with placebo. It's less constipating than morphine or fentanyl. At least one patch formulation can be cut to decrease the dose. It's had decent studies in both cancer and non-cancer pain. Theoretically people are less likely to have problems with psychologic dependence on it.
Whew. Reading this article leaves one with the feeling that TD buprenorphine is (in the parlance of my former residency program) liquid Jesus (i.e. good for just about pretty much anything - we would use it to describe drugs like aztreonam, etc.). Let's see: better analgesic with less side effects/tolerance/hyperalgesia which is nearly impossible to OD on? It seems almost too good to be true (there is no mention of who sponsored the article) and I sat here reading this saying to myself if all of this is true then why hasn't this revolutionized opioid pain management and why hasn't TD buprenorphine become the opioid of choice for chronic pain? It raises the skeptic bug in me, but perhaps this is simply because we're behind the times here in the US.
Transdermal buprenorphine is not available in the US (or Canada?), but sublingual buprenorphine is (it's approved for opioid maintence therapy in opioid dependent patients). I'm told that one can prescribe it for pain without a special license however I'm not entirely sure if that's true (this seems to contradict what I was told).
My questions are: 1) is anyone using this or seen sublingual buprenorphine used for pain in the US, 2) does anyone know if transdermal or sublingual buprenorphine are being evaluated for approval (for pain treatment) in the US?, and 3) are any of our European readers using this and if so is it good as this article tells us?
medication); problem-solving treatment to teach the patients coping strategies designed to overcome feelings of helplessness; and communication about management of major depressive disorder with each patient's oncologist and primary-care doctor.
The primary outcome was a depression score at 3 months (they used the SCL-20 depression scale; grossly it's a 0-4 composite score from a 20-item scale with 4 being the worst and 0 being zero depressive symptoms). Depression scores decreased for both groups at 3 months (from a mean of 2.3 to 1.2 in the treatment group and 1.55 in the control group - this was statistically signficant). Many econdary outcomes were improved in the treatment group as well (68% of intervention group patients no longer met DSMIV criteria for major depressive disorder vs. 45% of control patients at 3 months, etc.).
One might note that these rates of 'therapeutic' drug doses are identical to the remission rate as defined by the DSM structured clinical interview criteria and wonder if the effect of this intervention was really pharmacologic (via encouraging the patients to talk with their docs about depression and be more open to pharmacologic therapy). To be clear, that was, in fact the point of the educational intervention and it appears it worked, albeit only modestly better than usual care.
There are three major problems with interpreting these sorts of trials. First, it's always impossible to get a good sense of what the actual intervention was (what it entailed, could this be something that's feasible at my center, etc.). Second, for these complex non-pharmacologic interventions one always wonders if there was some simple aspect of the intervention which actually lead to its salutary effect (i.e. something which would take 5 minutes once not 45 minutes 7 times) - there's no good way of knowing without more trials etc. etc. That is - despite its welcome findings as a clinician there's an off-putting-ness (forgive me for that hyphenated monstrosity) about it - 'sounds nice but I'm not convinced this whole thing is worth it and it seems too complex to really consider something like this). Third, as this is a constant issue with palliative-care-relevant (it strikes again) research, it necessarily involves scales and indices and numbers and as much as I'd like to know what the patient-relevant difference between 1.2 and 1.55 on the SCL-20 at 3 months is I don't. There is no way for the average clinician to appreciate what that means in our patients' lives (like we could, for instance, by knowing that the number needed to treat to gain a 50% reduction in pain at one month is 3 for drug X - and even some would argue we don't know what that means...).
Anyway, despite the above, it's great to see such well-designed research into treating depression in the setting of cancer, and I hope there's more to come. My own gloss on this is that it likely worked because it improved patients' 'access' to antidepressants; drugs which many patients, even those suffering greatly with depression, are reluctant to try.
wondered. Was there a therapy somewhere that could help Marni Adams?
Cancer has a paper about patient expectations and how they relate to chemotherapy related nausea. The data come from a multi-center trial comparing several anti-nausea regimens. This analysis looked at ~670 first-time chemotherapy patients who were all asked at baseline how likely they thought they'd have nausea, and how severe they thought it would be. After chemotherapy patients kept a nausea log (per the treatment trial protocol). Patients who were most expectant of severe nausea did, in fact, have worse nausea (worse average and worse peak nausea) than the other patients (those who had no nausea or a 'moderate' expectation of nausea had similar rates). Vomiting was not measured as far as I can tell.
A few thoughts about this.... It's possible from this study that patients who expected the worst were also more likely to give higher nausea scores than patients who didn't (that is - they were more likely to give higher nausea scores no matter what due to some underlying characteristic - this is akin to acknowledging that one group's 7/10 pain may be different from a 2nd group's 7/10 pain). I'm not sure you could get around this by measuring vomiting although it would have been interesting if nausea scores were different but vomiting episodes were the same. Not that nausea alone isn't dreadful. One interpretation here of course is that expectation indeed does correlate with symptoms. If this is so, you could argue that clinicians should therapeutically minimize the possibility of nausea when discussing chemo with patients. A similar approach has been proposed with procedural pain: I can't remember the reference but there have been findings that the more clinicians say things like 'this is going to hurt....' the more patients, in fact, hurt. Shutting up during procedures has been proposed as a superior technique based on these findings.
Pain Medicine has a practical, chatty case series plus clinical pearls piece about pain management in hospitalized patients with dementia. It's a good one for the teaching file and highlights many issues I imagine many of us see: patients can't ask for pain meds so never get them; patients placed on PCAs who can't understand what they are; patients unable to report side effects of or response to pain medications. Some practical advice is given. Of course no miracles here.
It does highlight the absolute importance of having well-trained nurses to monitor the patients, use PRNs wisely, record pain responses, etc.
Palliative Care Nurse: "We got a new consult in the ICU. A 55 year old who has been on the vent for 4 weeks with platelets of 75, on levophed and hemodialysis."
Palliative Care Doctor: "Sounds pretty serious. I wonder how he is going to do?"
Have you ever faced this dilemma of prognostication? If so, there is a new prognostic test developed for just this situation. If you are asking yourself, "Where is the prognostic dilemma? I already have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen" then you can go to the head of the class.
A reader sent me a well-executed study demonstrating the development and validation of a prognostic scoring system. This NIH funded study from UNC, Duke, and ECU was completed over 4 years (3 for the development cohort of 200 patients and 1 for the validation cohort of 100 patients).
Do you find this score to be clinically relevant? Would you use it to inform your decisions/prognostic estimates? Would you quote it to the family or patient? How about discussing with other clinicians? Personally, I am not too sure it is clinically relevant. We rarely see patients on vents longer than 21d still in the hospital. They are often already at the long term acute care hospital. I plan to give it a try and see how it compares with my own clinical judgement and that of my peers.
"Simple clinical variables measured on day 21 of mechanical ventilation can identify patients at highest and lowest risk of death from prolonged ventialtion."
If you have a ProVent score of 2 or more you have minimal chances at being alive and independent in all ADL's at one year.
Obtain clinician estimates for survival as a measure to compare your calculated prognostic score. Otherwise you risk making a score that is no better than current practice (communicated or not).
Condeming all clinical estimates of survival based on a small handful of poorly designed studies does not qualify statements like "we know that prediction of mortality by clinicians using clinical probability of ICU survival is not accurate." We have too much to learn about the practice of clinical prognostication to come to this conclusion.
Inclusion of the prognostic score is vital as a core part of the research to be examined and discussed amongst peers.
Clinically relevant prognostic time frames are important and are very situation dependent. Discussing the chance that someone may have a 90% chance of dying within 1 year or even 3 months is not typically being discussed in ICU palliative care family meetings. The range may be hours, days or maybe a couple of weeks.
Include palliative care consultation and decisions to withdraw or withhold key life support measures as baseline demographic or outcome variables. These two issues could have major repercussions on validity of data sets concerning mortality.
Consider using the ProVent score to stratify different risk groups in this select patient population.
The New York Times published an article on nurses being attacked on the job. 12x the rate of violent injuries compared to the rest of the private work force! I know many nurses could share stories about being a victim on the job. In March there was even a murder of an ICU nurse in the ICU as a retaliation by a son for the death of his mother. Sadly it was a case of mistaken identity. What implications it has for those who deal with dying patients all day no one has ever commented.
A team blog called Mothers In Medicine had a highly commented post on crying in medicine. They had another good post this week on being the child of a doctor. With a good follow-up post from a commenter.
The WSJ highlights the financial obligations oncologists are going through to obtain expensive (100k/year) meds for their patients. Surprise, now cost is being discussed upfront with patients!
Jennifer Bunn, RN blogs about a BMC article (open access) on how health care workers would respond during a pandemic. Think about if your city was flooded, or had a aggressive contagious deadly virus, or had a biohazard catastrophe? What would you do?
JAMA has an opinion article about being stalked online by patients (sub required). You may not think you have an online footprint, but try Googling yourself and see what you get. And no I am not the director of Middle Eastern studies for the School for International Training in Vermont.
Three recent methadone-related reviews, two by the same group, are well worth the reading. The first two, on conversion ratios and drug-drug interactions, respectively, are the long-awaited published versions of presentations made at the AAHPM/HPNA conference in Salt Lake City in 2007. They are among the most thorough and well-organized reviews on any topic that I have read in recent years. The third is a consensus guideline on parenteral methadone in palliative care.
The authors reviewed clinical trials, retrospective analyses, case reports, and case series published from 1996 to 2006; reviews were excluded. A total of 41 papers (22 studies, 19 case reports; N = 730) were reviewed. None of the studies were deemed to be of high value. Not surprisingly, they identified the heterogeneity of studies as the biggest challenge in their analysis. Not only were different methods and populations used, as well as different descriptive statistics and outcome definitions, but different conversion values and tables for non-methadone opioids were used. While most suggested conversion procedures recommend converting all opioids to morphine equivalents, some use oral equivalents and some use parenteral equivalents. Rather than just throwing up their hands in frustration, the authors recalculated many of the formulas presented, using consistent values.
It should be well known by now that there is not a simple ratio of morphine to methadone that works at all dose levels. Most studies stratified patients according to the pre-rotation morphine-equivalent dose because of the "dynamic inverse potency relationship between methadone and other opioids." The most common ratios reported were 4:1 and 10:1; the review authors estimate that 30% of all patients were converted using one of these ratios. However, the reported range was 4:1 to 37.5:1.
Using scatter plots, the authors sought to determine the correlation between prerotation morphine dose and the morphine: methadone ratio. They identify a "strong, positive linear relationship between the prerotation morphine dose and the postrotation methadone dose," but the dose ratio is not constant in relation to the previous morphine dose. When attempting to apply these findings to individual patients, there is confounding due to large interindividual pharmacokinetics with methadone. They emphasize that the "care process" or conversion procedure as well as the calculation of dose ratios varies considerably across studies. "It may be less important to determine an exact opioid ratio . . . than to be sure that the patient is an appropriate candidate for methadone rotation, the switch is carried out over a time period consistent with the therapeutic goals, and that the patient is monitored closely by medical staff throughout the process." They note that there is no consensus regarding the various published methods of conversion, but that the majority of patients are successfully rotated in all settings regardless of method employed and ratio used.
There is also acknowledgement that conversion ratios are not bidirectional and that there is almost no guidance in the literature for conversion from methadone to another opioid.
Finally, there is a long discussion of the deficits in the research literature and suggestions for the future direction of research.
I'm not sure that anyone already experienced in methadone conversions will change his/her clinical practice because of this paper, but it may well provide rationales for teaching and encouragement for reseach.
The consensus panel are almost all very well-known pain and/or palliative care clinicians. They review the very limited literature specific to parenteral methadone, then suggest clinical approaches to optimize it's use. The paper includes a pretty extensive discussion of the implications for QTc interval changes and the risk of torsades de pointes. This paper doesn't compare in thoroughness to the other two, but it is a useful review and probably unique in its focus specifically on parenteral methadone.
Shaiova L, Berger A, Blinderman CD, Bruera E, Davis MP, Derby S, Inturrisi C, Kalman J, Mehta D, Pappagallo M, Perlov E. Consensus guideline on parenteral methadone use in pain and palliative care. Palliat Support Care. 2008 Jun;6(2):165-76.
Annals of Internal Medicine has a discussion of surrogate-decision making that echoes (in a much more organized and erudite way) some of the murmurings we've made on the blog before about surrogacy, advance directives, etc.
Nevertheless, research suggests that patients, surrogates, and even their physicians often operate independently of these standards. For example, despite the formal recognition of the primacy of patients' stated wishes, there is growing awareness that patients do not value or even define personal autonomy uniformly. Moreover, many patients do not necessarily want their surrogates to adhere to their specific treatment preferences or to follow the standards in sequence, but instead wish them to respond dynamically to actual clinical situations in order to maximize their evolving, contemporaneous interests and to make judgments that integrate both medical and nonmedical considerations. One nonmedical consideration, for example, is that many patients consider placing trust in their surrogates more important than assuring their surrogates' ability to accurately predict the patient's own decisions. Some patients modify their preferences to accommodate their family members' concerns, and some give weight to the distress they anticipate their family will experience from unavoidable choices.
The 'alternative' model here being one of people caring about a process of decision-making (placing trust in a loved one, etc.) rather than pre-ordaining what those decisions should be.
For example, the statement "I never want to be fed through tubes" made by a now-incapacitated patient would require an interpretation of the phrase "to be fed." Did the patient mean only ongoing and indefinite support, or time-limited or goal-directed nutritional support as well? Ostensibly clear wishes that, in fact, require interpretation are at a point on the continuum somewhere between known wishes and substituted judgments.
For every patient I've met who's wishes were clearly consistent with a DNR/DNI order (and were full-code because no one had bothered to ask), there are ones whose families are struggling with their statements about 'not wanting any tubes' or 'not wishing to be hooked up to life support.' Did they mean never, under any circumstances? Or just when it would likely maintain them in a permanently incapacitated state, or prolong dying, or in some other way be non-restorative? Or patients who wrote (or checked the check-box on some forms) "I want cardiopulmonary resuscitation" or some similar variation. Always? Under all circumstances? When their physicians strongly believed it would not save their life and only prolong their death by a few ugly minutes or days? By writing that did they intend to communicate to families: "it is my intention that you ensure that I die ventilated with someone pushing on my chest no matter what"? Advance directives (as many of them exist) and even 'talking with your family' often can't fix these problems. Almost no one (...almost!) wants to be CPR'd to death, or to die on a vent, and these terrible decisions often come down to identifying when someone is 'really' dying, when these interventions are 'really' not going to help, to nurse families through the process of knowing when enough is enough so to speak. I.e. the real decision is not whether or not to perform CPR (or whatever) but whether or not the patient is 'dying' (or has reached some point of sufficient prognostic certainty and gravity).
There are good ethical/legal and regulatory reasons to be sure to have named a proxy decision-maker or makers (i.e. formalize at least one part of that process mentioned above) as well as to 'officially' give those decision makers some sort of empowerment to say 'No' (particularly given the evolving situation in the US regarding what's required to stop artificial nutrition and hydration in some circumstances). There are some patients (although I'm convinced it's not many outside of those in the final months of life) who do genuinely wish to have straight-forward/no exceptions/no-question-about-it treatment limitations (the COPD patient who knows what it's like to be intubated and has decided never again no matter what, etc.) - documenting those wishes meticulously is obviously a good idea. | {
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Working boots are what I wear.
For fancy dude shoes I don't care.
I'm stepping in cow-plop, not trendy restaurants.
What rich fellas vaunt don't match my wants.
To ferry me to and from some haughty bar.
Not a gaudy toy to help me strut and cluck.
My boots aren't made of ostrich or alligator or snake.
Just regular leather is what I always take.
I don't buy boots to impress folks here-abouts.
If I tried to do that, they'd laugh their insides out.
My boots have to work just as hard as I do.
They don't need to be green or purple or blue.
So I'll just stick to buying honest working man's boots.
Many thanks go to Paul Harwitz for his support of the "Cowboy Boot Web Page".
Please visit Paul's Cowboy Poetry Site to read more of his poetry. Mr. Harwitz also has a "featured guest" cowboy poet each month on his site…so keep checkin' back!
© Paul Harwitz, 1997. All poems are copyright the artist and should not be reproduced without permission. | {
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ISU's Workday problems still delaying state financial report
Wednesday, Apr 28 2021
The state of Iowa's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the 2020 fiscal year may be finalized by the end of June, six months later than the usual publication date.
Staff at the Iowa Department of Administrative Services compile the report using data provided by state government entities, and for many years have completed that work by December 31. However, Iowa State University (ISU) struggled to provide accurate, auditable data for the fiscal year that ran from July 2019 through June 2020. The reporting problems coincided with the year the university switched to the Workday computer system for accounting.
While other state government units sent their year-end financials by the usual deadline of October 1, 2020, ISU completed that process more than six months later, in early April.
DAS staff have prepared a "preliminary" version of the annual financial report, which the State Treasurer's Office posted on the Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) website on April 27. A disclaimer on the document's cover page warns, "The information presented within this report has not been reviewed or audited and is subject to change if any discrepancies are identified during the review and audit process." The EMMA website is the leading source of information on municipal bonds. Iowa would normally publish its annual financial report there by late January.
Karen Austin, chief of staff for State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, told Bleeding Heartland she couldn't say when the final report would be available, since the treasurer's office is not involved in producing it.
Sonya Heitshusen, public information officer for the State Auditor's office, explained via email on April 27 that putting a preliminary annual report online "is not typical practice," because Iowa has always had the final report ready well before EMMA's deadline. "However, posting draft information on EMMA until final information is available is not unusual for many governments."
Historically, the auditor's office "is the only state department to receive a draft" version of the annual report, Heitshusen said. "The initial draft typically goes through several changes. We just received a draft this morning, so we anticipate there will be changes. We cannot predict what those changes will be."
What are the next steps in the process? The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles team at the Department of Administrative Services "play a role in checking that the numbers and disclosures tie to supporting documentation provided by each state agency," Heitshusen said. "However, for a preliminary report to become final, our office must complete our audit work and provide our opinion" on whether the information in the report "is materially fairly stated."
Heitshusen said auditors are working with the goal of allowing the state to issue a final report by June 30.
The delayed report is unlikely to affect the state's credit rating or that of ISU. But it could be a warning sign of larger reporting problems to come. Iowa is under contract to start using Workday's financial software systems across state government during the summer of 2022.
ISU invested in training staff on the switch from cash-based to accrual accounting and how to process transactions through Workday. (Both transitions occurred on July 1, 2019.) Nevertheless, it took months and the collective efforts of many people to transmit fiscal year 2020 data to the state. ISU submitted "incomplete and very draft financial statements in February," more than four months after the university would normally have sent complete, auditable data to the Department of Administrative Services.
Editor's note: Bleeding Heartland's past coverage of this issue used a common acronym for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board and the Government Finance Officers Association now discourage use of that shorthand reference, because when pronounced it sounds like a racial slur.
Tags: analysis, Iowa State University, news, State Government, Workday | {
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January and February have been big months for a number of prospects looking to improve their NBA draft stock.
Many have risen from off the radar into the first-round conversation. There are also a few high-profile names starting to fade and lose ground. But for the most part, we've seen more risers who've helped strengthen their cases and the projected 2017 field as a whole.
The needle is moving for the following, alphabetically listed names with only three weeks to go until postseason play.
While Dillon Brooks absorbs most of the attention at Oregon, Jordan Bell has quietly built the more convincing NBA draft case.
Teams won't look at Bell for offense, but scoring upside holds less weight late in the first round; General managers are searching for bodies to fill their rotations and contribute on cheap rookie deals. And Bell has used this year to strengthen his image as a potential energizer.
Per-40-minute averages of 11.7 boards, three blocks and 1.9 steals—along with a 9.1 defensive plus/minus, good for No. 5 in the country—stand out as statistical selling points.
An explosive leaper, Bell impacts games by running, jumping and making plays on the ball at the rim. Given his exciting athleticism and motor, you get the impression those easy buckets, rebounds and defensive toughness can translate in a specialty role.
Assuming he can convince teams he's threatening enough as a mid-range shooter—he's made 48.9 percent of his two-point jumpers and 68.9 percent of his free throws, up from 51.9 percent—GMs may determine Bell brings just enough offense to support the off-ball activity.
Projected as a potential top-10 pick over the summer by ESPN's Fran Fraschilla, Marques Bolden has completely fallen out of Duke's rotation and the 2017 draft discussion in general.
Averaging 1.8 points and having totaled just four points over Duke's last six games, it seems impossible to think a first-round team would use a pick on Bolden this June.
A preseason injury and deep Duke roster haven't helped, but they don't change the fact he's shown almost nothing to scouts with March just two weeks away.
He's looked too raw and stiff for a one-dimensional center who doesn't shoot outside the paint or protect the rim at a notable level. Even with a bigger role as a sophomore, Bolden may have trouble restoring his credibility as a first-round talent for today's NBA.
Nine straight 20-plus-point games has catapulted John Collins from an unknown to the coveted.
He's doing it with relatively limited playing time, too (25.5 MPG). Per 40 minutes, Collins' productivity is off the charts: 29 points, 14.8 boards and 2.7 blocks (on 61.4 percent shooting).
Exciting athleticism helps back up the numbers when assessing his NBA potential. He's the nation's leader in player efficiency rating and passes the eye test with 6'10", 225-pound size and plenty of bounce around the rim.
Though not quite polished with advanced ball skills or post moves, he's still scoring in volume thanks to high off-ball activity as a rim runner, cutter and putback finisher on the glass. His 16.3 offensive rebounding percentage ranks top 10 in the nation.
He's consistently beating opponents down the floor or backdoor for lobs. In doses, we've also seen mid-range touch and believable shot-making with face-up rise-and-fire jumpers and fallaways.
Still rough around the edges and looking uncomfortable at times when forced to create his own shot, Collins is seemingly playing off natural ability. NBA teams may even find that appealing, given the room for growth it suggests and the fact he's dominating at his baseline level.
Justin Jackson is having the season scouts have been waiting on. Averaging 18.5 points, up from 12.2, it's clicked in Year 3 for the former McDonald's All-American.
Shooting has been the difference; Jackson's release looks smooth and his confidence sky-high. He's already sunk more threes (70) than he did as a sophomore (35) and freshman (28) combined.
He's also taken his shot-creating skills to another level, becoming more of a threat to separate one-on-one into pull-ups and floaters. Compared to last year—when 40 percent of his two-point jumpers were assisted—only 28.6 percent have been off dimes in 2016-17.
Jackson also has an underrated knack for scoring in transition, something he does better than higher-rated small forward prospects. With exceptional body control, he's converted 33-of-38 (86.8 percent) shots at the rim during the first 10 seconds of a shot clock. By comparison, Kansas' Josh Jackson is 29-of-42 (69 percent), Florida State's Jonathan Isaac is 12-of-18 (66.7 percent) and Duke's Jayson Tatum is just 13-of-25 (52 percent).
Jackson had initially established himself as a high-IQ player and passer—important traits for a potential role player. An improved three-ball and off-the-dribble game, as well as his scoring proficiency in the open floor, suddenly look like enough to earn Jackson first-round looks this June.
Donovan Mitchell's athleticism had always drawn attention, but now he's converting it to interest by leading the top-10 Louisville Cardinals in scoring.
Mitchell's skills have made significant strides toward matching his signature explosiveness. He now ranks No. 6 nationally in box-score plus/minus, averaging 15.2 points and 2.2 three-point makes per game.
With 58 threes, he's more than tripled last year's total (18), a significant development given his limited size (6'3") and point guard skills (2.8 assists per 40 minutes). Mitchell has taken over stretches of games lately with microwave offense in the form of shooting, pull-up scoring and slashing.
He just did it during a road win at Syracuse on Monday with 11 late points in crunch time.
Mitchell's game took off December 31 with a 25-point showing against Indiana. Since then, we've seen him pour 20 on both Notre Dame and Georgia Tech, 29 on Pittsburgh and 28 on North Carolina State.
At the least, he's positioned himself to be potentially viewed as a bench spark who can generate offense in spurts. The fact that he's strong, quick and averages 2.2 steals per game bodes positively for his defensive outlook as well, another key selling point.
He'll have the chance to strengthen his case further by carrying Louisville to wins in March or April.
With higher expectations for his second season and a number of athletic bigs having breakout seasons, Ivan Rabb suddenly looks vulnerable on draft boards.
Scoring at relatively the same rate (17.9 points per 40 minutes) as last year (17.5 points per 40), despite seeing his usage rise to 24 percent (from 20), Rabb hasn't dominated in a go-to role as much as scouts were hoping he would. He's starting to lose some luster coming off a season-low four points in a loss to Arizona on Saturday.
With John Collins now a routine 20-point scorer, Robert Williams shining defensively and Creighton's Justin Patton flashing eye-opening inside-out versatility, there are other exciting big men who've entered the picture for first-round teams.
Rabb still rebounds at a terrific rate (12.9 per 40 minutes), and he commands an excessive amount of attention from opposing defenses. But the inability to stretch the floor, protect the rim (1.5 blocks per 40 minutes) or guard the perimeter are major negatives in today's NBA.
At some point, Caleb Swanigan's production becomes too alluring, even if his flaws appear permanent. To a degree, he's making it easier for scouts to overlook his athletic limitations, which cloud his offensive upside and defensive outlook (0.5 steals, 1.0 blocks per 40 minutes).
Considered undraftable in 2016, Swanigan returned for his sophomore year at Purdue, where he's now averaging 18.7 points (up from 10.2) and ranks second in the nation in rebounds per game (13.0).
A 271-pound center at the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit, Swanigan has shed plenty of weight since (down to 247 lbs) but still remains a handful around the basket, where he uses his base to seal off opponents and strength to move them. Given his elite numbers (23.6 rebounding percentage), size, 7'3 ½" wingspan and instincts, there is some hope that Swanigan can always at least pan out as an NBA rebounding specialist.
His arrival into the first-round discussion is mostly due to a drastically improved jumper—a must-have weapon considering Swanigan's limited explosiveness around the basket. He's hit 28 threes at a 47.5 percent clip and 77.7 percent of his 157 free-throw attempts.
His conditioning looks better as well—Swanigan has already totaled 24 field goals in transition after making 23 all last season.
Throw in polished (though basic) post skills, including strong back-to-the-basket footwork, over-the-shoulder touch and passing ability (2.7 assists per game), and there are suddenly a number of reasons to buy in to Swanigan's chances of carving out a role.
Coming off three straight games of 18 points, Robert Williams is flashing signs of offense that suggest his ceiling may be higher than originally anticipated.
He'd already come out of nowhere to find the radar earlier in the season.
Williams started turning heads before conference play with explosiveness, length and defense. He's blocking 4.2 shots per 40 minutes, and not just around the basket. Williams has swatted 32 two-point jumpers and seven three-point attempts, highlighting his ability to cover ground and challenge around the perimeter.
He's recently looking more comfortable shooting in the mid-range, particularly against Florida on Saturday. Though not a polished post scorer or shot-creator, he's shown he can awkwardly convert one-handers over his man on the block.
Williams' appeal still stems from his 7'4" wingspan, destructive athleticism and defensive potential. But the scoring production in February may hint at untapped offensive potential. Though his draft range is wide, consider Williams a possible top-10 sleeper.
There was genuine excitement over Omer Yurtseven's debut with North Carolina State.
His scoreless effort against North Carolina on Wednesday was his second over the past month (the first was against Duke on January 23). Yurtseven doesn't compensate with strong tools or athleticism. He's overly raw offensively, bringing no intimidation factor to the Wolfpack's interior, where he registers a poor 13.1 rebounding percentage and 3.9 block percentage.
Size (7'0", 245 lbs), mobility and some outside shooting touch won't save him. He seems too far behind for the 2017 draft, both fundamentally and physically.
At this point, he doesn't appear to offer enough upside for teams to justify reaching with a first-round pick and waiting on his development. Expect Yurtseven to try to revitalize his stock by returning as a sophomore.
Stats accurate heading into Thursday's games and are via RealGM.com, Sports-Reference.com and Hoop-Math.com unless otherwise noted. All height and weight information via DraftExpress or school bios unless otherwise noted. | {
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Learn how to build a fake new classifier by yourself using Natural Language Processing techniques in Python! This course will teach you all the basic technique to process and parse text. Enjoy!
Pythonistas! We're launching a new course today: Natural Language Processing (NLP) Fundamentals in Python by Katherine Jarmul.
In this course, you'll learn Natural Language Processing (NLP) basics, such as how to identify and separate words, how to extract topics in a text, and how to build your own fake news classifier. You'll also learn how to use basic libraries such as NLTK, alongside libraries which utilize deep learning to solve common NLP problems. This course will give you the foundation to process and parse text as you move forward in your Python learning.
This chapter will introduce some basic NLP concepts, such as word tokenization and regular expressions to help parse text. You'll also learn how to handle non-English text and more difficult tokenization you might find as you explore the wide world of NLP.
This chapter will introduce you to topic identification, which you can apply to any text you encounter in the wild. Using basic NLP models, you will identify topics from texts based on term frequencies. You'll experiment and compare two simple methods - bag-of-words and Tf-idf using NLTK and a new library - Gensim.
This chapter will introduce a slightly more advanced topic - Named-entity recognition. You'll learn how to identify the who, what and where of your texts using pre-trained models on English and non-English text. You'll also learn how to use some new libraries - polyglot and spaCy - to add to your NLP toolbox.
Here, you'll apply the basics of what you've learned along with some supervised machine learning to build a "fake news" detector. You'll begin by learning the basics of supervised machine learning, and then move forward by choosing a few important features and testing ideas to identify and classify "fake news" articles.
Learn all the fundamentals of NLP today! | {
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features. The key to all this is the tModel.
Web services are becoming the mainstream in terms of system integration.
likely to use low-level Web services given that WSRP is still in its infancy.
for all types of Web service integrations.
you will come across when using WP.
such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, J.D. Edwards, Oracle, and so on.
Figure 23-1 is a conceptual depiction of what portals try to accomplish.
Figure 23-1 Integrated applications delivered through the portal.
portal is just an empty shell that allows you to manage a Web user interface.
environments. What exactly would you personalize?
Figure 23-2 Classification of integration patterns within WP.
will sometimes refer to these patterns as adapter-based integration patterns.
Web-based applications on your portal.
Which Tools Are Available to You?
tant such tool is the WeSphere Portal Application Integrator.
one package is not all that different than integrating with another.
case on the server that forms the underlying platform for the portal server.
Edition (WSADIE) is a useful tool for developing the integration code.
Java, they are distinct pieces of code and should be viewed in this manner. | {
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Home > About > News > UKST Announce Partnership with Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation
UKST Announce Partnership with Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation
Today the UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) announces a new partnership with the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF), which has awarded the Trust a substantial grant to help fulfil their aims of raising public awareness of sepsis, providing support for those affected, educating healthcare professionals, and instigating political change.
UKST will be working together with IFCF and combining resources to raise awareness of sepsis in schools and the community so as to improve children and families' knowledge of the life-threatening illness, which affects more than 250,000 people in the UK each year.
IFCF will be the official partner of the Schools Against Sepsis campaign, launching in North West England in March, and will facilitate the delivery of lesson plans to Key Stage 2 students and sepsis information cards to take home, as well as e-packs for teachers.
UKST will assist IFCF in educating and safeguarding Iceland's network of 24,000 employees around the UK. IFCF has also committed to including information about sepsis and how to spot it on the side of milk cartons, with the potential to reach millions and raise unprecedented awareness.
Tarsem Dhaliwal, CEO of Iceland Foods comments: "As a trustee of IFCF I feel strongly that we will be able to make a real difference via our partnership with The UK Sepsis Trust. By funding their North West awareness campaign, and also by educating our own colleagues about symptoms to look out for, we believe that together we can save lives."
Dr Ron Daniels, CEO of the UK Sepsis Trust comments: "We're thrilled to be partnering with the IFCF, who will be instrumental in the launch of our Schools Against Sepsis campaign in the North West. Their vital support will enable us to educate children in schools and give them the tools to safeguard themselves and even their siblings and parents. Working with IFCF will help us raise even more awareness, on an unprecedented scale, and bring us closer to achieving our goal of ending preventable deaths by sepsis and saving 14,000 lives every year." | {
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To Shipbreaking (Queenborough), Queenborough, Kent, about March 1977; exported to Trieste, Italy, March 1977. It was initially stored in the premises of or adjacent to Acciaieria Ferriera Adriatica (A.F.A.) in the docks area. A.F.A. itself was actually just a holding company (a steel warehouse in effect, used for import/export purposes), part of the much larger Lombarde Falck (now Gruppo Falck) enterprise. A.F.A. in Trieste seems to have gone out of business around 1973 and these buildings were reported out-of-use by 1974.
What then became of it is unclear although it has been recorded as having been used at the Lucchini Group steelworks at Servola, and then passing to Attilio Rossi, Rome, at an unknown date and scrapped by May 1997.
If indeed it did see use with Attilio Rossi and survived into the 1990s it is rather surprising no pictures or substantiated sightings of it have emerged. | {
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A is creeping in the corner.
I knew I wanted a large counter-height surface for cutting and laying out pattern pieces, as well as a sewing table if possible. I found some inspiration here and here. And then I started playing around with graph paper to figure out what would fit in the space.
We made a giant mess. | {
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: Stunning Photos Offer New Character Reveals
by Allison Keene May 4, 2015
May the 4th be with you — here are some new goodies to celebrate. Photographer Annie Leibovitz is known for her portraits of celebrities, and nothing is more famous these days than Star Wars. In these gorgeous photos for Vanity Fair's Star Wars: The Force Awakens issue, there are also a few revelations about what we might be seeing in the upcoming film.
As we are also reporting, we are getting our first look (and a confirmation) of Adam Driver as the evil Kylo Ren (who will also be wielding that three-pronged light saber). Further, Lupita Nyong'o's CGI character Maz Kanata seems to (as far as the rogue's gallery seems to suggest) playing some kind of a pirate.
Also, check out the dashing Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac), as well as some great photos of JJ Abrams directing on the set, as well as a portrait of the Star Wars brain trust (Abrams, producer Kathleen Kennedy, compose John Williams, co-writer Lawrence Kasdan).
And of course, the cover gives us another look at Han and Chewie, because feels (and that lil BB-8!) Vanity Fair also has a featurette of the cover shoot over on their site.
You can see the full photos below (click for full size):
Image via Vanity Fair
For more on Star Wars: The Force Awakens check out the links below:
New STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Trailer Features Familiar Faces
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: 17 Things We Learned from the Celebration Panel
First STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Poster
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Images: Check out over 40 Screengrabs from the New Trailer
New STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Images Reveal the Lead Cast
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Costumes, Props, and Kylo Ren's Lightsaber in High-Resolution
Here's the official rundown for Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opens in theaters December 18, 2015. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan & Abrams, and features a cast including actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. They will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker. The film is being produced by Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk, and John Williams returns as the composer. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is Episode VII in the Star Wars Saga
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: First Look at Adam Driver as Villain…
Collider Weekly TV Guide: WOLF HALL, INSIDE COMEDY, GAME OF THRONES, More
• Adam Driver • J.J.Abrams • Lupita Nyong'o • Oscar Issac • Star Wars: Episode VII • Star Wars: The Force Awakens | {
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Here are two of the four dishes we will be preparing and eating in my newest class at PCC Cooks, Elegant Vegan Dining! Along with Pea Pancakes with Mint Pesto and Cashew Creme, and Steamed Artichokes with Garlicky Potato Dip, I'll feature two more LesaCooks.com client favorites: Eggless Asparagus Quiche and Grilled Fava Beans with Sea Salt. Log in and sign up today! | {
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Is BORZOI a valid Scrabble word? How many Scrabble points is BORZOI worth? Find Anagrams, Scrabble information including points value, and more about the word 'BORZOI' below.
BORZOI is a valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
BORZOI is a valid Words with Friends word worth 18 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
BORZOI is a 6 letter word containing the letters b, i, o, o, r, z. | {
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The School is organised around three subject areas: Software Engineering, Cyber Security and Networking, and Creative and Social Informatics. This post is within the Creative and Social Informatics group which has a strong portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including BSc and MSc programmes in Business Information Technology. In addition, the group also delivers the BSc IT Management for Business to Graduate Apprentices studying for a degree while already in employment.
Edinburgh Napier University has around 18,500 students studying across our three campuses in Edinburgh and through transnational education overseas. We also have an international community with students from more than 100 countries and over 1,500 staff. We not only offer a competitive salary but also an attractive pension and a minimum of 46 days holiday per annum.
Further information on the University including facts and figures can be found here.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing area within the School of Computing.
Systems Analysis and Design, Enterprise Systems (including industry-standard management and intelligence tools), Business Analysis, IT Service Management, Project Management (emphasising contemporary industry-standard approaches), Information Governance, Information Behaviour, Knowledge Management.
Applicants for a Lectureship will have a developing profile, and academic publications, clearly underpinning one or more of these teaching areas and show potential for research and commercial income generation.
The group's research provides critical perspectives on, as well as analysis of, ICT trajectories, socio-technical and organisational issues with particular focus on information seeking behaviour and use, democratic digital engagement, online communities, open data and open government, information policy and knowledge management. You will bring complementary expertise and interests. Our research is funded by a number of bodies including the UK research councils (AHRC, EPSRC and ESRC); government (for example, Skills Development Scotland); business; and professional bodies (for example, CILIP). We have a vibrant community of part-time and full-time doctoral research students.
Applicants must demonstrate enthusiasm for enhancing our teaching in the area of information systems, including working with students on placement or otherwise engaged with industry.
Some of our course delivery occurs at locations across the UK and overseas, and so you may from time to time be expected to contribute to delivery of teaching at such locations.
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity please click here to view the role profile.
A doctoral level qualification in a relevant discipline.
Sufficient breadth and depth of experience in information systems to develop high quality teaching/learning and research programmes.
Evidence of a teaching specialisation.
Expertise in the design and application of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
A level of achievement appropriate to this Lectureship post.
Edinburgh Napier University is committed to the creation of an inclusive culture.
Please also note that the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment, as we are unable to sponsor any candidate for this role. | {
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SIMON IS A TRUE AKC REGISTERED TOY HAVANESE. HE IS THIRD GENERATION OF KNOWN TOYS. SIMON IS PORTIONED IN BODY WITH OUTSTANDIONG COAT, MOVEMENT AND TRUE HAVANESE TEMPERAMENT. HE HAS BEEN EVALUATED BY TWO HANDLERS AND A RARE BREED JUDGE WHO FOUND HIM TO BE TO THE HAVANESE STANDARD ONLY SMALLER IN SIZE. | {
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Why North Dakota's oil fields are so deadly for workers, one dead every 6 weeks
On average, someone in the Bakken oil fields dies every six weeks – at least 74 people have died on the job there since 2006. But the major oil companies that have profited most from the boom often evade accountability when accidents happen.
Across North Dakota, deeply entrenched corporate practices and weak federal oversight inoculate energy producers against responsibility when workers are killed or injured, while shifting the blame to others. Oil companies also offer financial incentives to workers for speeding up production – potentially jeopardizing their safety – and shield themselves through a web of companies to avoid paying the full cost of settlements to workers and their families when something goes wrong.
Reporter Jennifer Gollan investigates the death of Brendan Wegner and why the Bakken oil fields are so dangerous.
Jennifer Gollan, Reporter: When Brendan Wegner left Wisconsin for the Bakken oil fields, his parents had no idea North Dakota was the deadliest place to work in America.
Kevin Wegner, Brendan's Father: I was happy for him. I didn't know oil rigs were dangerous.
Jennifer Gollan: Brendan was hired to work for a small oil service company.
Kevin Wegner: The guy told him, you put your time in here and in a year, year-and-a-half, you'll be up over a hundred thousand dollars a year. For a 21-year-old kid, that's pretty exciting.
Jennifer Gollan: Brendan got the job because he worked as an electrical lineman and was good with heights.
Kevin Wegner: If you've ever seen a workover rig, there's stacks of pipes in there. His job would be to stand up there and uncouple them or couple them together. And the day of the accident was actually his first day working on the rig.
Jennifer Gollan: A blowout. Oil shot 50 feet in the air. Brendan was trapped. The well's operator had injected salt water to make the well safe to work on. Even so, the well exploded.
Jebadiah Stanfill, Former Oil Field Worker: Yeah, that looks like the rig site to me.
Jennifer Gollan: Jebadiah Stanfill was working on a nearby rig and rushed over.
Jebadiah Stanfill: I go out there and asked him where everybody's at and how many are there. He just says, "Derrick man's dead. The derrick man's dead."
That's when I looked up and saw what I later find out is Brendan burning in the derrick.
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Disbandment of Conference Promoters, their Current Position, and Their Views on Myanmar Union Mission and Its Action
Admin 10:43:00 PM Articles, Disbandments, English Version
The Negotiation Group
Elder C. Sangchia, MA
Lay Evangelist and Health Educator
Zarkawt, Aizawl, Mizoram, INDIA
PIN 796007
Contact PH: 09436151995
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
LIST OF ABREVIATION
ATI Adventist Theological Institute
CPC Conference Planning Committee
Dal Mr. Thang Khan Dal of USA
DKMang Dr. Dal Khan Mang, a PhD candidate of Myanmar Student at AIIAS
GC General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
KKPau Kham Khen Pau, (Former President of the Upper Myanmar Local Mission), Vice-Chairman of the MAC
KZDal Kai Za Dal, the Chairman of MAC
MAC Myanmar Adventist Conference
MYUM Myanmar Union Mission of SDA
SPDC State Peace and Development Council
SSD Southern Asia-Pacific Division of SDA
UMC Upper Myanmar Conference
UMM-EC Upper Myanmar Local Mission Executive Committee
Contents Page
List of Abbreviation ………………………… 2
a. Purpose …………………………………………… 4
b. Methodology ……………………………………………… 4
c. Statement of the Problem ……………………………… 4
Chapter 2: Summary of Facts Findings
a. Emergence of the Crisis …………………………………. 5 - 7
b. Retrospect and Prospect ………………………………… 7
c. Conclusion ……………………………………………. 8
Chapter 3: Voices from church Members
a. Explanation about Association with MBCF… 9 - 10
b. Voices from church members ……………………….. 11 - 39
c. Voices from Mission leaders ………………………… 40 - 42
d. Meeting With Churches …………………………………. 42 - 46
Chapter 4: Notary Copies Documents … 51 - 64
a. Summary of the Documents submitted to the
Government by MYUM ……………………………… 48 - 50
b. Copies of Notarial Translation of the documents 51 - 64
c. Certificate of Myanmar Biblical Christian Fellowship(MBCF)
d. MAC's explanation about the Disbandment ………………63 - 64
Chapter 5: Current Position of MAC
a. A Contract of Mutual Agreement between Two Parties: SDA Mission Group and SDA Conference Group. ……………………… 65 - 66
b. Official Declaration of MAS Current Position …………… 67 - 68
c. My Personal Declaration ……………………………….. 69 - 70
Chapter 6: List of Correspondent Letter on MYUM-MAC ……71 - 72
1. To find out the present position of the 17 churches (with more than 3500 church members) that had been disbanded by Myanmar Union Mission whether they are still faithful to the Adventist Fundamental Doctrines or not.
2. How to take care of them so that they should not be lost but turn out to be missionary force.
3. To get a true picture of them in order to bring them back into the fold of worldwide SDA organization.
1. Personal visit to Myanmar Union Mission after securing the consensus from the SSD President, MYUM, and the Conference group leaders.
2. Meeting with the Conference group, collecting written declaration and individual views about the issue.
3. Analysis and presentation of the findings.
Myanmar Union Mission disbanded 3500 Adventists on questionable ground. The MYUM leaders have accused the Conference group on the ground such as doctrinal apostasy, rebellion against the church, insubordination, unfaithfulness in returning tithe and offering, etc.
SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS
Out of more than 3500 Adventists who have been disbanded, 275 Adventists from six local churches were interviewed. Followings are the Conference group's answer and explanation on the issues raised by MYUM leaders.
Emergence of the Crisis
2001: Myanmar Union Mission held it Session in Yangon during December 10-14. The Union leaders introduce a strange procedure to nominate "the nominating Committee" without the approval of the delegates. The UMM delegates complained about it to Pr. Tin Tun, but in vain.
The same kind of procedure was arbitrarily introduced by the Union leaders at the UMM Triennial Session which was held at Kyuthonbin, Kalemyo in January, 2002.
2002: January 29, MYUM arbitrarily voted a resolution for the closure of ATI ( Adventist Theological Institute) which had been operated for four years (since 1998) under mutual agreement between the MYUM and UMM (voted 97-085, 086).
After announcing the closure of ATI, the new president began to attack to the students of the Institute and supporters of it. Because of this, church members began to doubt about the leadership of UMM and MYUM.
2003: The Union leaders have express their negative responses to church members' complaint about the election, the closure of ATI, and promotion of achievement to Conference status.
However, the visits of SSD officials narrowed down the gap that the MYUM/UMM and the Conference promoters could reach a mutual agreements to step forward for the Conference status unitedly despite of the crisis of 2001 and 2002.
Unfortunately the gap remains unabridged and became widen that the crisis became more intensified under the new leadership of the Union because of their refusal to fulfill their own promises (June, July, Sept, and Nov) at the Session of MYUM (December 2-5, 2003) and their denial to comply with the SSD Policy regarding the election in UMM Session (December 29-31, 2003).
2004: In order to justify all the failures of promises made by the Union Leaders mentioned above, the Union and Mission leadership consecutively voted resolutions against the Conference promoters and elevated the issues to the government officials instead of arranging dialogue to get a solution for the problems. This heightened church members distrust in the leadership of MYUM and UMM.
2005: Some church members in abroad who were very much concerned about this crisis seek way to solve the problem by proposing to have a dialogue for reconciliation. The proposal was accepted by the leaders of both parties (MYUM and MAC). During that situation, Pr. Muller (President of MYUM) circulated a letter of confession for his mistakes in election (of 2001 and 2003) among few church members but refused to address the leaders of MAC. Instead of making arrangement for dialogue proposed by the above mentioned concerned church members, he unaltered MYUM planned agenda for the disbandment had clogged all arrangements of dialogue, but only resulted the disbandment of 17 churches which comprised more than 3500 Adventists in January 18, 2006.
1. Regarding apostasy: The Myanmar Biblical Christian Fellowship (MBCF) is not a church, but an evangelical Fellowship in Myanmar. Registration in the MBCF was not doctrinal apostasy. There is no doubt that the Conference group accepted the 28 fundamental doctrines of SDA Believes. There is no evidence that the Conference group have deviated/departed from Adventist doctrines in their belief and in their practice. It is a flimsy excuse by MYUM to disband 3500 precious souls on this ground.
2. Regarding policies and church organization: The Conference group accepts The Church Manual and all the Constitutional by-laws and Working Policies of the SSD/GC.
3. Regarding the mission of the Church: The Conference group believes that they have a special message (the three angels' message Matt 28:19-20; Rev 14:6 – 12) to preach to the world. Especially they concentrate to evangelize among the non-Christians in Myanmar.
4. Regarding Tithe and offering: The Conference group wants to support the mission of the SDA church with their means. They are ready to submit their tithe and offerings to the SSD. The Conference welcomes and will work with Southern Asia Pacific Division (SSD) especially to control the tithe and offerings. They requested the SSD to make a special arrangement for the same.
5. Regarding Administration and leadership of the Union: The Conference groups have no confidence and trust in the leadership of MYUM and UMM because of inconsistency and lack of moral ascendancy.
6. Regarding CPC/UMC/MAC: The Conference Planning Committee (CPC) has evolved gradually and known as Upper Myanmar Conference (UMC) after MYUM arbitrarily voted a resolution (UMM EC voted No 2003-090) to disband the Conference group on December 29-31, 2003, and now it stands as Myanmar Adventist Conference of SDA (MAC) due to the MYUM leaders refusal to accept the offer made by CPC for unity and reconciliation. Instead of accepting the offer of unity, the MYUM leaders elevated the issue to the secular government (UMM resolution 017, 018-2004 of April 6-7, 2004). This action cast serious doubt on their sincerity to reconcile with CPC. At the earlier stage, MAC never intended to separate from MYUM. But it is the MYUM which separated itself from MAC. Since then MAC no longer has desire of returning into the fold of Myanmar Union Mission.
7. Regarding disbandment: They (MAC members) respect the resolution of duly elected representatives of the church. However, since there was no representative from Conference promoting churches in the Session of 2006, they (MAC members) do not recognize the disbandment for the following reasons: (a) MAC members were not invited (b) travel expense for the Session was not provided to MAC members by the Local Mission and (c) the MYUM leaders replaced duly elected delegates with their own men. Therefore MAC members saw it as unconstitutional and refused to recognize the disbandment.
8. Regarding denial to meet the SSD leaders in September 2005: MAC leaders are always willing to have a dialogue to settle the issues and ever willing to meet SSD leaders. However, during the SSD President's visit to the Headquarter of UMM in May 2-4, 2004, MAC leaders were not able to meet them because no official arrangement had been made.
9. Regarding the Accusation Reports Sent to the Government: The Conference group said they never initiated such reports. Already the Mission leaders had elevated the issue of the church to the government as early as January 2004 while the Conference groups were totally ignorant about such conspiracies against them. It came to their attention only in early January 2005 when the government officials came to them (Conference group) for investigation about the issue and asked them to submit a written explanation about the reports sent by Mission group. The opinion of Conference group is that any issue related to the church should be settled within the church and not in the government court or office.
10. Advantage and disadvantage on separation from MYUM
Advantages: Conference group experience the protection and the providence of God in ministry.
Less dependence on Mission for moral and financial support. Every individual member is valued for the service of God.
Less autocratic in leadership and less bureaucracy in ministry.
Disadvantages: Lost of trust in the leadership of MYUM, and lost of dependence on the Mission.
Retrospect and Prospect
The Conference group holds the spreading of the gospel news as a primary goal. Unfortunately, the political in-fighting within the church seriously undermined the growth of the church in Myanmar Union Mission. It was the Myanmar Union Mission leaders who demonized and ostracized the Conference group's aspiration for church growth in Myanmar. MAC envisions spreading of the three angels messages throughout Myanmar. It sees unity as an important factor to achieve its vision. It also believes in dialogues and reconciliation to settle differences with MYUM. However, a pattern of misdeeds, lack of leadership ability, dishonesty, lust for power and position, lack of Christian ethics and moral ascendancy, lack of credibility, and lack of burden for lost souls have caused lost of trust in the present Union leadership. MAC is praying for the rising of a godly, trustworthy, and credible leader(s) who will unite the church to proclaim Jesus throughout Myanmar.
The only solution to the issue in Myanmar Adventist Church is to recognize Conference Status as earlier as possible. Losing one soul is very painful in the side of God and I have a strong concern to loose 3500 pro-conference souls. As one of the church elder, I suggest you to consider recognition of Conference Status in Myanmar.
VOICES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS
A brief explanation about membership in Myanmar Biblical Christian Fellowship (MBCF)
This is a brief explanation regarding the prevailing misunderstanding about the Conference group's association with (registration in) MBCF.
Myanmar Union Mission (MYUM) leaders began to stamped out Conference aspiration and its promoters by attacking them verbally since 2002, and by taking arbitrary actions right after the Triennial Session of the Upper Myanmar (UMM) which was held on 29 -31 December 2003. Since 2002 MYUM leaders have shown a pattern of inconsistency and failure to fulfill their promises which seriously eroded their credibility as moral and spiritual leaders of the church. The following chronology of events gives a glimpse of the leaders' inconsistency and lack of moral ascendancy.
1. December 2-5, 2003: MYUM leaders blocked all possible diplomatic approaches made by the CPC for the achievement of Conference status and for the unity of the church. Moreover, the MYUM arbitrarily proposed to vote for the disbandment of the Conference group at the Triennial Session of UMM which was held during December 29-31, 2003.
2. January 1, 2004: MYUM/UMM officially declared the disbandment of the Conference promoters during the month of April after they have confirmed the disbandment on April 6-7, 2004 (UMM Voted No. 017, 018-2004) and then proceeded the issue to the government.
Due to these actions, the CPC proposed to name as the Upper Myanmar Conference of Seventh-day Adventist on 16th January 2004 only after all possible diplomatic approaches made by the CPC had failed.
3. February 2004: Pr. Muller Kyaw, MYUM President, delegated the Special Power of Attorney (SP) to the UMM officers so that they could proceed the issue of the church to the Criminal Courts. (We believe issues of the church should be settled within the church. We were very sad to see our spiritual father having no second thought about bringing his sheep to criminal courts).
4. April 19, 2004: after disbandment of Conference promoters (Ref No.1) Pr. Min Lwin, the President of Upper Myanmar Local Mission, publicly declared the Conference group as an illegal religious body which is not related to SDA Church. Copies of his letter were distributed among all levels of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and also submitted to the Government's Ministry of Home Affairs.
5. May 18, 2004: Pr. Neng Khan Suan, the church pastor of Tonzang Township sued the Conference gospel team as criminals and requested Township police and authorities to arrest the Conference gospel team.
6. September 2004: Pr. Samuel Thein, the circle pastor of Kachin State, with the help of policemen and village chief padlocked the SDA worship house at Mayan Village despite heartfelt pleas by church members not to do so.
7. October 5, 6, 2004: Tual Khan Mang, the church pastor at Sawbuayeshin submitted a written request to the village council and Township council for the closure of the church building and the church's school.
8. October 7, 2004: Tonzang church building was padlocked by the mission pastor Neng Khan Suan, following Pr. Kai Khan Khual's (the Secretary of Upper Myanmar Local Mission) fax message on 4th October. (A fax copy was kept for documentary evidence).
9. October 25, 2004: Pr. Min Lwin requested to Mayan Village Council to help protect the Mayan SDA worship house from the present use by the Conference group there for their worship purpose.(The whole Church of Mayan belong to the Conference group)
10. October 29, 2004: Pr. Muller Kyaw, MYUM President, sent a written request to the Chairman of Sawbuayeshin Village Council that he might dissolve the Conference group.
11. November 22, 2004: Pr. Muller Kyaw submitted a written request to the Township Religious Director to dissolve the Conference group on criminal ground. (Copy of notarial translation of Elder Muller's' letter is attached)
12. December 12, 2004: Pum Za Lian, a Mission loyalist who himself relayed publicly about his acceptance of 3 million kyats( 3000 US$) from Pr. Memory Tun, the Secretary of MYUM, padlocked the church at Pinlon, Kalemyo.
13. February 12, 2005, July 19, and August of 2005: UMM leaders constantly submitted reports and requests to Township and District, even to the Central office of the SPDC that they might close down the churches of Conference groups and their Bible schools.
Due to this kind of offensive attacks by the MYUM/UMM, it was seen necessary to have a legal protection, therefore Mr. Cin Sian Pau (Conference group member) secured a certificate of membership in the Myanmar Biblical Christian Fellowship(MBCF). The Conference group's association with MBCF has nothing to do with doctrinal disagreement with the world-wide Adventist church. Contrary to malicious rumors, the Conference group wholly embraces all fundamental doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
MBCF is the largest national Evangelical Fellowship in Myanmar and its basic stand is to encourage self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating efforts in ministry. (Dr. Michael Chong Luai, "Myanmar Theological Association," MBCF 30th Anniversary Magazine, vol 1, 2005-2006, p. 112.)
Kham Khen Pau, Vice-Chairman
Myanmar Adventist Conference
VOICES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS 1
1. I had endeavored in church planting for five years on my own expenses and could established churches without any financial aid from the Mission. I love the church and its mission.
2. I was one of the Conference promoters visiting from church to church. During my visits Mr. Biak Chawnna from a Lushai sub clan of the Chin wanted to know about privileges for them (job, positions, etc.) in exchange for their joining with the Conference group. Since it was only a promotion toward achievement of Conference status, frankly speaking, I could not assure and promise him of such things. The Lushai members were then reluctant to take part in this endeavor despite a few who actively participated in this movement.
3. Regarding Mr. Kai Za Dal's Leadership:
The Conference promotion was initiated by lay members. Since Mr. Kai Za Dal is an educated person with rich background of experience in denominational services, the lay people entrusted this auspicious task of leadership to him for the time being.
4. SSD President Visit:
SSD President visited my church and gave a speech. At the end of his speech I requested to exchange my thanks for his visit, but even a single minute was not granted to me by the MYUM leaders who accompanied him. Therefore, till today, I am sure that he is not truly informed about the issue of our church.
May God bless each one of us that love may prevail in our beloved church.
Nang Chin Khen, Elder
Tahan (B) SDA Church
Because of lack of love for souls, discriminations, attempts to destroy church members by might of the State, we are sure that the leadership denied any reformation in the church. I have no trust in them so we joined Conference groups. We enjoyed being a member of that group.
Tuan Khan Cin, Elder
SDA Church, Cikung
PAANGPI SDA CHURCH
Reason why we are not willing to join MYUM/Upper Myanmar Mission:
1. I believe growth is a Biblical mandate. Only about 20,000 Adventists in this Myanmar Union after 104 years indicates a very slow pace of growth. Therefore I believe a satisfactory level of growth will occur under the leadership of Conference.
2. Conference status was officially applied since 1987. But MYUM leaders have never forwarded the proposals to the Division despite verbal promises. (They were not faithful to their promises). If a satisfactory level of growth does not occur under the leadership of Conference, I will be willing to join the Mission groups again.
Lian Khaw Hau,
Paangpi Quarter, Kalemyo
Church buildings were dedicated to God for spiritual uplifting purpose. But the Mission leaders attempted to confiscate the churches by force so that no Conference members could worship in them. Bible schools operated by the Conference group were closed down by the MYUM/UMM leaders. To accomplish all these things they seek help from the local government authorities, and the police forces. God's money was wasted for such attempts to destroy the Conference promotion instead of spending it in winning many lost souls. That is the reason why I have no trust in MYUM's leadership and I could not support them.
Dear Elder Sangchia,
Great thanks to you for your love for us. During the Presidency of Pr. Thang Siangh in Upper Myanmar Local Mission, every church was assigned to conduct at least 15 evangelistic efforts. As the result, the membership of the church grew significantly. Unfortunately his term was cut short into only 2 years (before due date) by MYUM.
A College level Bible school was inaugurated at Pyin Oo Lwin by mutual agreement between the Union and Mission Executive Committee during the leadership of Pr. Kham Khen Pau (the President) and Pr. Gin Lian Pau(the Education Director). But newly elected MYUM officers harshly enforced to close down the college contrary to their previous promises to recommend it to the SSD.
Plus Two program (2 years pre-college program) was started in Anderson Adventist Seminary, Tedim, Chin State but terminated by Pr. Kenneth Suanzanang. Reach International Fund was diverted to another student from the original recipients merely because they belong to Conference group or attend the Revival meeting held by them. Conference promoters were disfellowship without sufficient reasons. Mission leadership has no qualm to tell lies in their attempt to destroy Conference aspiration.
For these reasons I have no trust in MYUM/UMM leadership. So I joined the Conference group.
Pum Khan Kham
Pyidawtha SDA Church
REASON WHY I REFUSED TO JOIN THE MISSION GROUP
The Myanmar Adventist church had been operated under the administration of MYUM for more than a century now. The Union leadership has become more and more dictatorial, autocratic, and position seeking. MYUM employees were involved in unethical sideline business. Discrimination of social status, race, and cruelty has become the norm in dealing with members and in dealing with any issue in the church.
The Conference is more spiritual, more supportive, less bureaucratic, and less dependent on Mission for ministry.
For these reasons I joined the Conference group. I accept all 28 fundamental doctrines. I want to support the church, and be part of the world-wide church.
WHY I WILL NOT RETURN TO MISSION
1. Because of MYUM leaders' constant attacks and false reports against Adventist members to government authorities. And also I did not see sufficient reasons to disfellowship more than 3500 Adventists just because they aspired to achieve Conference status.
2. Because MYUM leaders arbitrarily closed down Bible schools that were operated by local churches.
Attention: GC leaders and SSD leaders
C/o Elder Sangchia
1. I and my family are SDA members who believe and hold 28 fundamental belief of SDA and we are happy attending Church services. At the beginning we were neither supporters of mission nor conference. But every Sabbath our church (Paangpi SDA Church, Kalay) pastor, mission workers and pro-mission members kept criticized Conference group from the pulpit, instead of preaching the gospel news. We attend to church regularly because we long to hear God's words and not to hear criticism. It becomes irritating in our ears and this is the major turning point why we support Conference.
2. Another reason is the mission church leaders instead of finding a solution to the current problem, they gave reports to the government offices to punish the pro-conference. I have a feeling that Church matter should be solved within the church alone and it should not be taken to the secular court or office. Because we (mission and conference) are one family, all are SDA members. Mission plus Conference is Seventh Day Adventists. I want you to let our MYUM/ UMM leaders understand about this. This kind of worldly action of our leaders make we, the lay members distrust on them.
3. MYUM/ UMM leaders disband the Conference support churches and its members by announcing that only if you submit your tithe and offerings to Myanmar Union Mission, we will accept you again to the SDA organization. According to you, is this the way the SDA church leaders have to speak to their church members? We, pro-Conference have submitted faithfully our tithe and offerings to Conference churches and we want to handover these to the SDA organization(SSD), we the members do not have trust on the Myanmar Union Mission, so we had requested the SSD President to make a special arrangement for this purpose(to collect these) but so far it is not materialized.
4. Under the mission leadership, after 100 years of Adventist message spread in Myanmar there is only 24000 Adventists while other Christian denominations in Myanmar grow rapidly. This shows negligence from our church leaders or lack of motivation to the mission workers may be the leaders engaged more with other things and not to win many souls. I am not saying all but most of them. But there are handful mission workers who have sense of mission. By seeing this I feel that there is a need to change leaders and leadership style. That is why we support Conference.
5. I strongly feel that SSD leaders open their ears only for MYUM/UMM and closed their ears for Conference group. Whenever SSD officials or leaders visit Myanmar, it is MYUM leaders who received them first from Yangon International Airport and entertain them and shown a good hospitality to them. But by receiving this kind of hospitality does not mean that SSD leaders should show partiality in their dealing with and in solving the current problem or issues of (Mission and Conference) in Myanmar. I want unity in the SDA organization in Myanmar and as a lay member my earnest request to SSD leaders is that "please act as a big brother in our SDA family of Myanmar and listen equally to both side stories without showing partiality. Because SSD leaders are God's ordained ministers and you are not secular leaders, God gave you responsibilities to take care of us (His sheep) in a spiritual manner and not in a worldly manner. We Conference members and leaders have grieviances too and lend your ears to us. Don't wash your hand in this problem, and be a Godly mediator.
6. We, the pro-conference about 3500 Adventist are disfellowship by the MYUM/UMM by saying that the world SDA organization has disfellowship you all. Is this true or false? After hearing messages from SDA members from many parts of the world praying for us (Conference members), I realized that it is MYUM who disfellowship us and not the world SDA organization. This is the way how MYUM leaders cheated on its fellow church members. This make me lost of trust on their leadership and I feel that MYUM/UMM leaders under-estimate conference members and think we are a fool. I feel this type of our church leaders let Satan rule their mind to divide God's sheep and we the world SDA church need to pray hard for our Myanmar Union leaders so that the Holy Spirit should guide them in their action in accordance with God's plan.
7. Instead of appreciating them, the pensions of three retired MYUM Pastors, Pr. Daniel Nangno, Pr. Thang Khan Dal and Pr. Lal Kho Pau were cut off for five months as a punishment by MYUM/UMM leaders on the ground that they support Conference group and in order not to deviate to other denomination, they take care of the spiritual life of about 3500 Adventists disfellowship by their shepherds (MYUM/UMM leaders). These pastors have served the church faithfully for more than 30 years and they are genuine servants of God.
8. I also want the SSD leaders to aware that Upper Myanmar (Kalay Myo) is not a restricted zone; many missionaries from other denominations came to this place freely. There are flights every week and it is not a risky town to conduct a dialogue for reconciliation with both the parties (mission and conference). It may not be a fun to arrange this kind of dialogue but it is a necessity for church's unity and if you have a sense of mission and feel sorry for the 3500 precious souls disfellowship by the MYUM, kindly arrange for reconciliation.
9. MYUM President has confessed his fault in the election of 2001 and 2003 by circulating a pamphlet among the SDA Churches. If any of the SDA church members make a mistake or committed a sin, action is taken by the church by giving punishment (eg. Disciplinary action according to the situation) but why this is not apply on our MYUM President because he conducted wrong election intentionally, this is against the policy of the SDA Church. I wonder why punishment is applied only on lay members or ordinary mission workers and not on church leaders of Myanmar. The problem (Mission and Conference) begins mainly with wrong election conducted by MYUM President and he is the culprit so why are we still keeping him as MYUM President?
10. Last, but not the least, I would like to mention that I and my fellow conference members are not interested in other denomination. We will remain faithful in Seventh-day Adventist Church Organization, even though MYUM/UMM leaders have disfellowship us. We pray to God in unity and have a strong believe that our names are not erased in the Book of Life in God's Kingdom.
Mr. Neng Hau Thang
Paangpi SDA Church, Kalay Myo
REASONS WHY I REFUSE TO BE UNDER MYUM/UMM LEADERSHIP
1. MYUM Mission leaders lack love for souls.
2. MYUM/UMM leaders grossly violated the SSD Working Policies.
3. Relentless efforts to stamp out the Conference promoters by reporting them to all levels of government authorities and to criminal courts.
Vungh Za Do
Myothit, Kalemyo
VOICES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS 10
From Paangpi Church
1. Discriminations of social status and racism within MYUM/UMM leadership.
2. MYUM Mission workers taunted church members that their salary will not be reduced or cut off even if all the church members stop supporting them with their tithe and offerings because they are supported by the Division and the GC (this shows their uncaring attitude upon God's flock and it also shows their lust for position and power).
3. Pastors never visited church members who needed spiritual care.
4. Discrimination by MYUM/UMM in disbursing the Reach International fund.
5. In Contrary to dictatorial leadership of Mission leaders, there is a shared responsibility within the members in Conference leadership.
Zam Khan Khup
REASON WHY WE REFUSE TO RETURN TO MISSION
I and my family joined the Conference group solely because the Mission leaders are too cruel and autocratic in dealing with members and in handling problems of the church.
Sian Khan Mang
Elder of Cikung SDA Church
1. I conducted evangelistic meeting at Khaikam village in 1997 and 30 souls were converted. 22 souls were converted in Saikhua village, in July 23, 2000; 6 souls in Myaungsong village in 12/5/2002; 6 souls in Pyinkhonggyi in 12/5/2005; 12 souls in Kanmagyi village in 8/4/2004; 8souls in Zozang village in 12/5/2002; and 7 souls in Indaingale village in 10/5/2005.
2. Mission workers tried to take credit for themselves for the results of my evangelism and told the newly converted souls that they will not be saved unless they belong to the Mission.
3. Ordained ministers in UMM refused to officiate baptismal rites to people who have been won to Christ as the result of evangelistic meetings conducted by Conference group. Not only did they refuse to officiate baptismal services, they condemned me for performing baptismal services for souls who have been won to Christ.
Mr. Hmun Ling
Lay Evangelist
(11/32006)
REASONS WHY I REFUSE TO JOIN THE UMM/MYUM:
1. UMM leaders publicly promised to step forward for achieving conference status by letter (circular dated 18/7/2003) and verbally on 24/8/2003, but acted contrary to their own promises by attacking the Conference promoters.
Min Lwin, UMM President circulated a letter that appeal for unity for the achievement of conference status on January 6, 2005. But he himself led to vote for disbandment of his sheep three times.
2. Mission leaders violated policies
Local Mission leaders and MYUM leaders circulated a message of regret for their mistakes they have done ( by Kenneth Suanzanang on 18/7/2003, by Min Lwin on 6/1/2006, and by Pr. Muller Kyaw on 31/10/2005) but they took a firm stand against members till today.
3. They haven't shown their love toward their sheep. They disbanded their sheep three times instead of winning them back to the fold with love.
4. Mission workers locked up church buildings and closed down Bible schools at the following places:
1. Pinlong – Kalaymyo
2. Mayan Village, Moekaung Township, Kachin State
3. Teinkayah, Tamu Township (Mission leaders reported to the government authorities and then it was closed down.
4. Khampat Town, Tamu District (the same case with that of Theinkayah)
5. MYUM/UMM Leaders always gave warning to any mission worker who merely sympathizes Conference group.
6. MYUM/ UMM withheld money for retirement fund for Pr. Daniel Nangno, a retiree of MYUM Ministerial Dept. Secretary, and Lal Khaw Pau for five months merely because they joined the Conference group.
7. Mission leaders refused to disburse Reach Fund to recipients who merely belong to Conference group, and transferred the money to the account of their favored students. Before disbursement of funds a recantation or an affidavit from the recipients is required to prove that he or she is pro-mission.
8. Mission pastors demand rebaptism as a condition for the Conference group in order to join back with UMM/MYUM. This condition is bereft of Biblical justification.
9. Mission pastors preached that God no longer judge people on the basis of the Ten Commandments but He directly judge against the Conference groups as He did in the time of Moses.
10. Pr. Zen Do Lian heralded that the Conference promoters will not be saved by God.
11. Mission leaders gave false informations to foreign missionaries about Kalemyo as a restricted area so that they could not visit churches up there. But Kalaymyo is one of the tourist centers in Myanmar hosting many foreigners from other Christian denominations.
Eg: Elder Don Forkenberg came to visit Kalemyo in 2001. But MYUM personnels diverted his trip. The excuse was that there was "no flight". But there were four flights in a week to Kalemyo.
Kai Lun Mang
Pinlon-Kalemyo SDA Church
A FEW NUGGETS FOR CONFERENCE ASPIRATION
1. The Myanmar SDA Conference abides by the GC Guidelines in all manner of Beliefs and Practices, and adheres to the worldwide SDA Church. This is its passion, its lifestyle plus.
2. It is good, and it is better, and still it is best, to encourage members to make necessary changes as per policy and method, to meet the challenges of current trend of evangelization, rather than intimidating, evil surmising, condemning, threatening, and even anathemizing those who aspire to a more concerted move. The Myanmar SDA Church has so many things to update to be counted as a working church.
"For who hath despiseth the day of small things?"
Perfection and sufficiency seldom or never comes or happens overnight.
3. Why does the Myanmar Union of SDAs detest Self-supporting scheme? The answer is lurking in the question below- No. 4 .
4. One of our Division Presidents asked one of our former Myanmar Union President if he would like to rejoin the Southern Asia Division – at least twice.
5. To feel complacent with an almost stalemate success is alarming. It will spell a crime to neglect opportunities for progress and success.
6. President Dr. Otis C. Edwards dropped a few meaningful worlds for us just prior to his permanent return home –
"Attempt to attain to a Union Conference Status by year 2000."
I feel condemned, and ashamed, because year 2000 had swung away 6 years ago. And we appear retrograde or stand-still.
Application for conference status was submitted to the Division(FED) through the proper channel in 1987, and in 1992. But the Union objected.
In 7th January 2003, about 2500 member of Adventist in Upper Myanmar discussed for the achievement of conference status. As the result of three full days meeting they voted to submit an application for Conference status.
In 29th April, 2003 Dr. GT Ng encouraged to proceed it through the UMM EC and lay unitedly.
In 22-25th September 2003 SSD President Elder Gulfan, Jr. also encouraged and gave instruction positively toward the achievement of Conference status. Pr. Kai Khan Khual the Secretary of Upper Myanmar Local Mission publicly promised to the audience (about 300) that he himself will take necessary steps toward Conference status.
January 1, 2004. UMM EC voted to disfellowship the leaders of the Conference Planning Committee as their first step of offensive attack against the Conference. It was known as Vote No. 011-015-2004.
April 7, 2003 UMM-EC voted (No 2004-017, 018) to disfellowship or disband the Conference groups. Territorial assignment for the implementation was as follows:
Pr. Min Lwin to initiate all necessary actions against them in Tonzang district
Pr. Kai Khan Khual in Kale and Tamu district
Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin in Tiddim district
21/5/2004 Gospel Teams of Conference were reported to village Council of SPDC at Zampi village that they might be fined 50,000 Ks. But God intervened to protect us in time.
24/5/2004. 8:00pm: Mission pastor Neng Khan Suan agitated village authorities to fine the Conference gospel team at Zampi village and again threatened the Gospel team to be killed in Cikha.
7/10/2004 Tonzang church building was locked down by the circle pastor. He also reported us to be criminal victims to the Township Police and to the Military Intelligence, and to the Township SPDC that might imprisoned us or severely fine.
12/12/2004 Pinlon-Kalay church building, and school building were padlocked and watched day and night by Pum Za Lian. But it was re-opened on 24/12/2004 by the order of the Chairman of Township Council.
TO THE CRIMINAL COURTS
1. 30/7/2004: Van Pe Oo a mission employee now in the Union office and Gin Do Pau, the church pastor, requested the Ward authorities of Kalaymyo town to grant them authority to take over all the said building.
2. 4,5,6/10/2004: Gin Do Pau, repeatedly submitted a request to local civil authorities that they might grated him to take over and control the Church building at Sawbuayeshin.
3. 22/11/2004: MYUM President Pr. Muller Kyaw submitted a written request to the Township Director of Religious Affair in Kalemyo that he might fine and dissolve the Conference groups, as the victims of religious criminals."
4. 6/2/2005: Mission leadership submitted a request to the Township Council that they might dissolve the Conference along with their church schools.
5. 7/2/2005: The UMM officers requested the Government authorities that the school buildings and church buildings, and telephone might be taken up by the state.
6. 8/2/2005: Gin Do Pau repeatedly submitted reports against the Conference.
7. 9/2/2005: Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin, the Edu. Dir. of UMM submitted a request to the Township and District councils of Tiddim, Kale, and Tamu that they might close down all the church schools of the Conference groups. (As the result two Elementary Bible schools at Khampat Town and Teinkayah village are being closed down by local authorities)
8. 12/5/2005: Pr. Lal Chawnna, the Circle pastor of Tamu district, accompanied by the village chief and the Township Police went to Yangngophai (Yee Aye village) to dismantle the church building there.
9. 19/7/2005: Using an artificial document to be from the Central State Peace and Development Council, Pr. Kai Khan Khual, Pr. Myin Lwin, Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin, and Pr. Ngin Do Pau falsely accused us at the District Council office to be victims of criminal trespass.
10. 18/8/2005: MYUM/UMM leadership again submitted a report against the Conference to be criminal trespass of church buildings, and their related compounds. Authorities concerned assigned the Divisional personnel's to inquire about it. As the result we were summoned for hearing.
11. 2/11/2005 We are again summoned by the government authorities to appear and gave oral defense before the Chairman of Township Council, the District Council, the District Attorney, the Township Religious Affairs, and District Police officers due to mission leaders' false accusations us of religious criminals who have been expelled from churches and schools for liable of punishment. But thanks to the Lord for He was our Rock for refuge in times of need.
MYUM/UMM LEADERS LOST LOVE FOR SOULS
1. They disfellowship Conference group three times.
2. Promotion of position of in cash was practices toward workers outstanding in against the Conference.
3. Destroyed ATI with the expenses about 20 million kyats of God's money.
4. No social services to members who belong to conference.
5. Reach International Fund was being cut off to recipient students who belong to Conference.
6. Refused to accept church chosen delegates from Conference churches against SSD Working Policies on Receiving Representatives and despite of SSD instruction to invite and all churches regardless of Conference or Mission for 2006 UMM Session. (Eg: Chantagyi and Pyidawtha B, Yangngophai etc..)
7. An ordained Minister heralded that Conference should not be welcome in the house of Missions.
THEOLOGICAL APOSTASIES
1. They make Tithe as test of fellowship against the Church Manual
2. They proclaimed that Conference will not be saved by God.
3. They preached that God never judges accordingly to the law but directly.
4. They accused that conference groups are God's enemies
For theses reasons I and my family have no trust in the Leadership of MYUM and UMM. Therefore will not return to the Mission, but remain faithful to all the Fundamental Doctrines of SDA, it Organizations, its by laws, and mission of the Church.
Thang Za Pau, Ex Elder,
Pinlon-Kalay SDA Church
My Position:
1. I accept the 27 fundamental believes, the Church Manual, Bylaws and Constitution, and the SOP, and etc.,
2. I want to support the world church with my tithe and offerings. I strongly disappointed to support MYUM/UMM because they spent God's money for Court expenses against their sheep.
3. I want to share my tithe and offerings that due to the world church via SSD.
4. As MYUM/UMM acted violently toward us, we stop to support them financially.
5. We registered in MBCF only for one year (2005) because of MYUM/UMM constantly reported against us to the government.
6. Since baptismal services were refused to us by the mission leaders, ordained elders were authorized to perform or officiate it.
Langh Khan Suan, Elder,
Pinlon, Kalaymyo SDA Church
REASONS NOT TO JOIN THE UMM/MYUM
1. MYUM/UMM leaders intentionally violated SSD policy in 2001 and 2003 election.
2. Only pro-mission delegates were received by the leaders at the UMM Triennial Session January 18-21, 2006.
3. Pastors claimed that though all members stop financial support, they will not lose their salary. For this I lost my confidence and trust in them
4. Adventists had been for more than a century in Myanmar with only over 20,000 memberships. Conference system is better than Mission for growth.
5. A Mission pastors proudly heralded that he would rather have his neck cut if Conference group get salvation.
6. Mission leaders submitted false information and accusations to the Central Government of Myanmar that they might dissolve us. It was contradicted with the teaching of Bible and Working Policies.
7. Mission leaders withheld Reach International fund to recipient students merely because of joining the Conference group by their parents.
8. Mission leaders withheld pension to Pr. D. Nangno and Let Kho Pau
9. We lost trust and confident in the leadership because of their effort to imprison the leaders of the Conference group, and their attempt to locked up all the church buildings, and the schools.
10. In order to implement and fulfill their dream they plot to disband the leaders of Conference, by rejecting delegates duly elected by the local churches, and replacing them with their own selected pro-mission members in 2006.
11. Since they have disbanded us we no longer have relation with them.
12. We want to join any SDA organization except MYUM/UMM.
CHANTHAGYI
Elder Sangchia,
The Mission group treated us as Satanic, disbanded us twice in 2004, and 2006. During March 2006, they again forced us to sign for compliance with them. They misinterpreted us to be apostasy.
There are 3390 faithful Conference Adventists, who are faithful to the 28 Fundamental doctrines of SDA. Yet why the MYUM leaders disbanded such volume of Adventist Christians. Would God be happy with this kind of things?
Mission leaders acted like wolves in sheepskin. MYUM leaders cheated the GC leaders in such a way that in some cases MYUM applied new policies and rules to Conference group by saying "the new policy or rule is from GC".
I want to be part of the world church organization, but reluctant to be in UMM/MYUM leadership.
Thang Khan Dal, Elder,
Chanthagyi Church.
For more than 12 years since 1974, we have been under the leadership of Mission. During this course we have constructed two buildings for worship, 4 for church school, 5 for workers resident. All these buildings were built on self-supporting basis. That is one of the achievements due to the instruction given by the UMM/MYUM themselves.
The only thing we want to request the higher leaders is for recognition of us as fellow Adventists.
REASONS WHY I REFUSED TO JOIN UMM/MYUM ARE:
1. The way they officiate in election of Upper Myanmar Local Mission was not in accordance with the policy.
2. Debarment of pension/stipend for retirees.
3. Their main task was to disband Adventists members who have not complied with their egoism.
4. The way they disbursed Reach International Fund was questionable.
5. UMM/MYUM have promoted to higher responsibilities for a mission worker who have outstanding performance in offensive action against Conference groups.
6. Mission leaders are presumptuously kind enough to the SSD officers and the GC officers but behind the screen they brutally acted to their sheep.
7. They disfellowship and terminated workers who are not yes man to them.
Tual Lian Dal
1. Mission leaders are not mature in their leadership. They are dictatorial, oppressive, and pessimistic in their actions.
2. MYUM/UMM leaders have no vision for church growth. Had the leadership of Mission system be taken up by angels, there would not have been problems. But when it was taken up by man of such nature, it automatically turned out to be autocratic communism that caused thousands of souls perished in MYUM.
Thual Lian Thang
1. Verbally, Mission leaders pretended to be supportive to Conference but they suppressed with might.
2. They said that the Conference group will not be saved by God, or they would rather have their necks cut
3. Mission group always try to disfellowship us.
4. I wonder whether God discriminates Conference group and Mission group in heaven or not.
5. Children of Conference group are not allowed in Mission operated Bible schools.
6. Reach Fund was not disbursed to recipient students due to attending McNeilus Maranatha Christion College (MMCC), a layman operated college.
7. Pr. Lian Khan Dal lied that the Conference group in Yangon already banded their movement since the Dorcas group there made a negotiation. Was it true or not?
8. I belief that Only Adventist Church is a remnant church. I do not intend to join any other denomination at all.
Cin Do Langh,
1. MYUM is a Union mission for many years. Conference status is a desirable one and 18 out of 24 household in Chanthagyi support the Conference. We have been self-supporting for many years in operation of our church school, etc.
2. Mission leaders in MYUM herald that Conference will not get into heaven. If so, does it mean that all conferences in other countries are subject to doom?
3. Reach Fund was withheld to students of conference group.
4. Mission Circle leader, Pr. Lian Khan Dal told us that merely receiving of the Conference leaders as a guest means committing a serious sin. But we always receive and treated Mission and Conference group alike.
5. Mission groups raged battle against the Conference group in MYUM. Please grant us permission to reorganized so that misunderstanding between the two groups will be ceased and either group will not be disturbed.
VOICES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS 24a
A REASONS WHY I PREFER TO JOIN CONFERENCE TO MISSION
1. That workers and lay could participate in ministry of the church hand in hand. Due to the fear of losing their position; MYUM leaders bribed Mission workers to take firm stand against the Conference status now.
2. MYUM lost the love of God. Rather they are only eager to disfellowship souls for the sake of supporting Conference.
3. MYUM leaders violated the SSD Working Policy in Sessions.
4. We, Chanthagyi church desperately discouraged of the actions of mission leaders in MYUM for many reasons.
Eg: The Church pastor from the local mission allowed no one to occupy the pulpit or take part in Divine Service
Pr. Lian Khan Dal, the circle pastor heralded that grant to take part in church service to the Conference group meant serious sin. Even receiving of their leaders as a guest also is a serious sin. We would like to know whether such kind of teaching is biblical and Is this kind of teaching good to be entertained by Christian or not?
VOICES FROM CHURCH MEMBERS 24b
WHY I WILL NOT RETURN TO THE MISSION
1. As the MYUM leaders threatened us to be disfellowship for supporting the Conference, we are enforced by the mission leaders to sign a form for a firm stand for the mission, and otherwise local church properties will be confiscated by the Mission group.
2. Racial discrimination is clearly seen through the actions of our mission pastors and the mission employees.
3. We have been operating a primary school for several years. We sent our tithe to the local Mission.
4. We prefer the Conference to Mission.
REASON WHY WE HESITATE IN MISSION
1. That the Mission leaders said that Conference status is impossible in MYUM
2. That Mission leaders could spend more money in divisive measure or seeking mission loyalists.
3. We, the mission group are being supplied everything we need to fight against the Conference aspiration.
4. Even the SSD leaders believed everything what our pastor (mission employees) relayed to them about the Conference group. Thanks for it, for we always are on the winners' side.
5. Since, we, the mission side, by the help of the government, the SSD, and MYUM are sure that Conference status will never be achieved or recognized.
1. The Mission leaders cancelled Reach fund to the Conference group, then they transferred it for the students who are pro-mission.
2. Mission workers who support to get Conference status are terminated from their denomination service.
3. Pension of two retirees was cut off by the Mission leaders due to their support in Conference group.
4. MYUM/UMM leaders repeatedly violate the SSD Policy and Church Manual intentionally.
5. Local Church operated bible schools are closed down by the mission leaders. They threatened that such schools which joined the conference group will be closed down by the government.
6. The Mission leaders publicly heralded that failure to submit the tithe and offerings to the mission alone will result in lost of salvation.
7. The Mission leaders heralded that the Conference movement is a Satanic or a rebellion against God and it is like Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
8. Baptismal services for Conference members were refused by the Mission leaders.
9. The Mission pastors and leaders refused to visit Conference members and they failed to strengthen the weak.
10. For these reasons mentioned above, I am sure that the Mission leadership is always pessimistic to church growth while the Conference leadership encouraged to involve more lay members in ministry. Therefore I join the Conference group.
Mr. Song Khan Zam
Head Deacon, Chanthagyi.
I have been in SDA church for 44 years now. I accept the 66 books of the Bible, the 28 Fundamental Doctrines of SDA church, EGWhite writings as SOP, the SDA Church Manual, and, Working Policies.
MYUM leadership is not trustworthy. It is like Saul of OT time that was jealous to David.
My Request:
MYUM has been under Mission leadership for more than 100 years having about 24000 members. Since Conference status is one of the administrative goal of SDA church, I see the need of a paradigm shift in leadership style and ministry for the advancement of the gospel in Myanmar.
Elder Sian Cin Zam
REASON WHY I WILL NOT JOIN THE MISSION GROUP
1. Mission leaders harshly destroyed ATI kitchen, threatened students' parents and mission employees that if their children attend the Adventist Theological Institute (ATI), they will be dealt with a serious action.
2. Mission leaders refused to comply with the SSD Policy in Sessions (Eg: 2001, 2003, and 2006).
3. One of a Mission pastor had secretly plot to place narcotic drugs and explosive weapon in the compound of Mr. Kai Za Dal (Conference President), and then he plan to submit a report to the government official so that he might be arrested as a victim of treason.
1. Conference status was supported by lay members and mission workers alike at the time of the SSD President visit to Kalaymyo in 2003. But Mission leaders extremely against the Conference group again and MYUM leaders are not faithful to their words and promises, they are liar.
2. Sabbath School quarterlies were discarded to Conference group. And pension was cut off for five months to Pr. Daniel Nangno, a retired MYUM Ministerial Dept. Director
3. Mission workers who are being neutral in this issue were wrongly accused for their support to the Conference group. As a punishment, some of the conference support mission workers were transferred to the remote areas without transfer allowances.
4. Mission leaders threatened their fellow employees that their services will be terminated if their children attend the Adventist Theological Institute (ATI).
. Name withheld
PAANGPI CHURCH
Paangpi Church was organized into a church right after a series of evangelistic meeting conducted by Pr Thang Siangh, the Union Evangelist, in 1987. The present location of the church was donated by elder Khual Za Nang in 4/6/1988. A two storey building was constructed by the help of Mr. Kap Khan Hau(Ks 30,000), and ADRA(50,000).
As it could no longer accommodate the increasing membership and students, a new building was erected by the donation of Mr. Kap Lian Thang( Ks. 73.95 millions), Khual Za Nang, Kap Khan Hau from the Conference group and Nang Khan Cin (zinc for roofing), Sian Suan Pau( a meter box), and Pau Suan Mung(all the pews in the church).
Now we the pioneer donors of the said building are being disfellowship and are not allowed to worship in it without sufficient reasons.
Sdxxxxxx xxxxxx Sdxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sd xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sd xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Niing Lun Mang Khual Za Nang Zam Khan Khup Khup Ngaih Thang,
Remark: Picture of the new Church building and list of donation attached as 29A,B,C
REASON WHY I WILL NOT JOIN THE MISSION
1. I was a Mission employee in UMM, with 15 years of denominational service.
2. I attended ATI to upgrade my education. My daughter also attended ATI since 2000. As MYUM leaders launched operation against Conference in 2002, those who have sympathy and remain to be neutral in this issue were seriously dealt with (termination from employment). I was transferred to a remote area on my own expense merely because of showing sympathy to Conference group. Again, the UMM leaders blamed me of allowing my daughter to serve in the local church Primary Bible School which is run by Conference promoters. Then my service was terminated by UMM.
3. Such kind of MYUM leadership is not spiritual. I have no trust in them, and no more willingness to be an employee under their leadership.
Some important points:
1. MYUM/UMM officially inaugurated ATI in 1998. But hastily closed down by force in 2002 despite of improving it. They are not truthful to their promises.
2. UMM President, Kenneth Suanzanang, threatened and bribed (by giving 15,000 Kyats) the students to stop attending ATI .
3. Mission leaders submitted false accusations about the Conference promoters and Mr. Kai Za Dal to the government authorities so that they might stamped out the Conference and locked him up.
4. Mission leaders paid divisive visits to local churches (to discourage and to divide church members).
5. Mission leaders did not allow conference students to attend mission operated schools
6. Although MYUM/UMM leaders presumptuously expose themselves to be supportive verbally by saying had it were through the proper channel we would have been support it , but they stubbornly refused to fill up the Self study form for Conference Status.
7. Leaders of Conference group are firstly disfellowshipped in 2004, and then disband the Conference members twice in 2004, and 2006.
Due to these kind actions done by Mission leaders I have no trust in their leadership. But I accepted all the 28 doctrines of SDA.
Thawng Za Hau
1. I have been in SDA for 45 years. I have never experienced any discrimination between Mission and Conference.
2. As the Mission operated schools rejected admission to my children because my children hold transfer Certificates from a self-supporting school (Conference's operated bible schools), I have no choice but to admit them in the nearest Government School. I am facing a problem now because they have to attend classes on Sabbath.
3. Again, the mission leaders disfellowship us. I was confused about the Mission or the Conference. Were the Conference people not Seventh-day Adventists? I am neither a mission nor a Conference loyalist but a Seventh-day Adventist Christian.
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS I JOIN THE CONFERENCE GROUP
1. Growth in the Mizoram Conference is a practical instance for MYUM in church growth.
2. For this reason, I prefer Conference system to Mission
3. The Lord will be happy in soul winning than disbandment of thousands without proper reasons.
4. I want to see and feel love and unity in church leadership. Without it racial discriminations prevailed in the church administration.
5. Giving would rather expand the kingdom of God than receiving.
6. For these reasons I want to support Conference leadership to enlarge the tent of God.
Thuam Go Nang
TAHAN SOUTH
1. MYUM leaders created a debarment policy against the Spicer Memorial College (SMC) graduates in early 90s. Most of the SMC graduates were from Upper Myanmar. They have to produce a Ministerial Training Certificate in order to be eligible for church employment. This shows discrimination practiced by MYUM leaders.
2. There are only about 20,000 memberships in more than a century. A radical change or paradigm change is deeming necessary for church growth. Some workers heralded that although the present members are completely disbanded from the church their monthly salaries would not be decreased or deducted. This is a symptom of lack of love for soul but love for money.
3. The Union leaders enforced the lays and Upper Myanmar Local Mission to close down the Adventist Theological Institute (ATI) whose main objective is to reach the unreached, ATI was closed down by the MYUM/UMM leaders after it had been operated successfully for five years.
4. Foreigner missionaries who want to support the ministry in Upper Myanmar were debarred by MYUM leaders with unreliable excuses by saying that there was no flight to there. Despite, other denominations could stay for one month in Upper Myanmar.
5. Mission leaders' main interest is buildings, (material objects) rather than souls. They tried to take over all church buildings but disbanded thousands of precious souls who are the real owner of such buildings. For these reasons, we have no trust in them as spiritual leaders.
6. Regarding to Mr. Kai Za Dal, since he is an educated person who has experience of denominational service for years, he was requested to take up the leadership task in the Conference for the time being.
Tahan South SDA Church
REASONS WHY I DID NOT WANT TO BE IN MISSION
1. Only more than 20,000 members in MYUM after 100 years of Adventists Churches established in Myanmar. It shows something had been wrong with the leadership.
2. Mission leadership only interested in receiving tithe and offering from members. They threatened members to disfellowship if they refuse to support them with tithe.
3. Leaders live in luxurious life than nurturing their sheep.
4. Selecting church representative in elections had not been in accordance with the SSD Working Policy and the Church Manual.
5. Pr. Kai Khan Khual, the secretary of Upper Myanmar, publicly promised to proceed the proposals and self-study form for Conference status to the Union, but denied to fulfill his promise.
6. Mission leaders refused me to talk with the SSD President when he visited Tahan (B) church, Kalay.
7. Mission leaders bribed Pum Za Lian (Mission member) to fight the Conference group.
8. Tahan Circle pastor and his team came to lock up the church buildings and schools. These buildings are neither solidly owned by the Upper Myanmar nor Myanmar Union. But they were dedicated to God for worshipping purposes (to be used by church members of Conference and Mission).
9. We are hurt by such endeavors to confiscate the local church owned buildings (at Tonzang, Teinkayah, and Khampat) by the Mission leaders
10. Sabbath School quarterly was withheld to the Conference group by the leaders of Upper Myanmar Mission.
11. Children of Conference members were not allowed to attend mission operated schools.
12. Racial discrimination is practiced in Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary (MUAS), Myaungmya.
REQUEST TO WORLD WIDE ADVENTISTS
Dear fellow believers,
Be it known that we, more than 3500 Adventists who advocate Conference status, are sincere Christians and we request you to remember us in your prayer so that God will open a way that the true image of us may be seen by all.
MIZO GROUP IN CONFERECE
1. Achievement to Conference status is our goal. It is neither for racial aspiration nor prejudices. It is for the growth of the church that all tribal groups are inclusive.
2. Mr. Kai Za Dal, is an educated person with experience of denominational service. He was requested to resume the responsibility to lead us. He accepted it reluctantly since there is no other choice for him.
3. During my visit to churches on Conference, several Mizo were inquiring whether they would be granted position when Conference status is officially approved by World SDA Organization. I only explained about that we are just promoting toward achievement of Conference status. Distribution of such positions will be up to the nominating committee. Since then the Mizo group were reluctant to take part in this endeavor despite of some Mizo take part in this endeavor.
Nang Chin Khen
NGENNUNG CHURCH
1. Adventist Theological Institute (ATI) was open for the Upper Myanmar with mutual consent between the Union and the Local Mission. The Union leaders arbitrarily closed down the Institute by saying that the SSD asked to do so. Pr. Kham Khen Pau and Pr. Gin Lian Pau were seriously dealt with by Mission and Union leaders merely because of their support of such good thing (the ATI).
2. Conference supporters were falsely labeled as apostasies, heresies of the church subject to be disfellowship from the church.
3. Mission leaders always tried to confiscate church building of the conference regardless of local church owned.
4. Mission leaders falsely accused and continuously reported their fellow members (the conferences), and the gospel team as a criminal victim so that government officials might imprisoned and punished them severely.
5. Mission leaders refused to comply with SSD Policies in Sessions.
6. Mission leaders gave false information about the Conference on giving tithe and offering despite MYUM's failure to fulfill their promises given to the church.
7. MYUM/UMM leaders are always destructive to any church growth.
8. Due to these kinds of brutalities, the ministries of the church were despised and embarrassed.
Ngennung SDA Church,
Teddim Township, Chin State
a. We are Seventh-day Adventists who accept the 28 Fundamental Doctrines of SDA Church, SDA Church Manual.
b. MYUM has been under the Mission system for more than 100 years. We have experienced the advantages and disadvantages of present administration of MYUM leaders.
c. We support the Conference group for we felt the need of a paradigm shift in leadership in Myanmar.
Sakollam SDA Church
LEZAANG CHURCH
1. I live in Lezang village. Thirty-three out of 120 households in this village are Adventists.
2. I knew the Conference and Mission systems of SDA only in 1987 when pastors and elders of churches in Upper Myanmar Local Mission met in Mandalay to discuss and submit an application of Conference status to the Division. It was interesting to me.
3. Again in 2003 lay members discussed about the Conference status. But the Union and the Local Mission leaders visited churches to resist against the Conference status.
4. In April 2004, the Mission leaders were more serious in dealing with the Conference. Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin, Education Director of UMM, came to my church and disfellowship 48 church members of good standing, merely because of their support to the Conference. This is done by the vote of only 24 members but Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin falsely recorded this as if it were voted by the majority (105 members out of 153) of church members. That was not only a misuse of the Church's authority but also a violation of the Ten Commandments that forbids false witness against others.
5. The Mission leaders demanded rebaptism in order to re-admit the Conference group to the Mission church: only after the candidate submits an application for remittance, acceptance into membership should be done by rebaptism.
6. Although we are not officially recognized as a unit now, I would rather remain faithful in SDA church(Conference) till we are recognized.
Thang Do Pau
Elder of Lezang SDA Church
March 4, 2006(Saturday)
With my family, we accept all the Fundamental Doctrines of SDA church. We preferred the Conference leadership to mission leadership. We experienced more spiritual improvements in Conference leadership. That's the reason why we joined it and have never intended to return to the mission leadership. May God bless all to be optimistic regarding my decision.
Do Khawl Vung
I accept all the 27 Believes and the policies of the SDA church. I experience many improvements and growth in spiritual life among our church members after I joined the Conference group. There is loving care and warmly fellowship in it. I knew there is no love for souls in the leadership of MYUM/UMM. It is doubtful how the Great commission could be accomplished without love for souls.
For this I am disappointed with the MYUM leaders.
Lack of love is evidenced in the leadership of MYUM/UMM: their refusal to provide Sabbath School quarterlies to the Conference group by the Upper Myanmar was one of the indications that they have no qualities of spiritual leadership. We are SDA, and we never committed any apostasy on the doctrines of SDA church, the SOP, Church Manual, and Policies of the GC.
I hope God will send someone to take care of us so that we will be in line with the world church of SDA. May it be known to whole world that the Mission groups and the Conference group in Myanmar Union press on together to accomplish the great mission instead of disturbing each other.
WHY I PREFER MYANMAR ADVENTIST CONFERENCE TO MISSION
1. I and my family faithfully accept the 28 Believes of SDA church, the SOP, and all levels of Adventist church organization.
2. I see that the gospel mission will be more fruitful in Myanmar through the leadership of the Conference because evangelistic meetings are conducted through the participation of lay members. But the present leaders of MYUM/UMM lost love for souls and sense of mission.
3. Therefore I decided to be under the leadership of Conference group. But I want to be under a Union, Division, and the GC. I do not hate MYUM/UMM personally but could not support their leadership due to the mentioned reasons.
Sian Khat Mung and family
Dear Elder Sangchia,.
1. We accept all the Fundamental Believes of SDA Doctrines, and the SDA working policies. My spiritual life is strengthened after I joined the Conference group.
2. Regarding MYUM, I felt that there is no love in their administration and no sense of mission in their leadership.
3. I have decided to be faithful to Conference Leadership (SDA) that the gospel might be expanded to the unreached in a powerful way.
I and my family members accept all the 28 fundamental doctrines of SDA church. We, Conference supporters have a separate worship service from the central church of Yangon and I feel in our church there is more spiritual life in compare to the central church of Yangon. So I will be faithful SDA with the Conference group. I will pray to God that the MYUM/UMM leaders and the Conference group may have reconciliation for unity. May God bless you.
Kham Sian Cing
REASONS WHY I DO NOT WANT TO RETURN TO MYUM LEADERSHIP
1. Mission leaders preached that those who denied to submit tithe to the UMM/MYUM will not be saved by God while they themselves disobeyed the biblical teaching in their dealing about the issues of the church (1Cor 6:1-8) by reporting their fellow church members to government officials and unethically denied to comply with the Church Manual and the Working Policies of the SSD. This indicates lack of spiritual leadership qualities in them.
2. Therefore I have no confidence, trust, and credibility in the leadership of UMM/MYUM and also they have no love for souls and no sense of mission.
IMPROVEMENTS BY SEPARATION OF MISSION GROUP AND CONFERENCE GROUP
1. MYUM had celebrated its centennial Jubilee. The Conference movement was begun by God for the advancement of ministry. We began to have a separated worship service in 2003.
2. As we have a separated worship, we, Conference group could reach the unreached individuals.
3. Every member could take part in ministry: priesthood of all believers could be practically applied.
4. Regular attendance of worship services by every member.
5. I believe that God allows the Conference promoters for spiritual revival in Myanmar Union.
6. I and my family accept all the 28 doctrines of SDA Church. We respect the voice of GC and Division.
7. I did not see any ground to disfellowship Conference promoters because both of the pro-Missions and pro-Conference people are Adventists. I believe that God is guiding us.
Cin Sian Pau, MA(Theo)
We accept all the doctrine of the SDA church, its teachings, and Ellen G. White writings. We do join the Myanmar Adventist Conference (MAC) because of we felt that there is no love for souls in the leadership of MYUM and UMM.
We are happy of being a member of the Conference group and enjoyed worship services. We support the Division, but not the present leadership of MYUM and UMM.
We accept all the fundamental believes of SDA, the Church Manual, and the Working Policies of SDA Church with highest regards to the church as a living and working agency for Christ.
Because of lack of love for more than 3000 souls, lack of sense of mission, and unfaithfulness to policies and bylaws of the church I have no trust in the present leadership of Myanmar Union and Upper Myanmar Local Mission.
But I am willing to support the church with my tithe and offerings
Pau Kap Thang, BA, MDiv
I and my household accept the 28 doctrinal believes of SDA church, the SDA organization, and the SOP. The reason why we are not willing to return to the MYUM and UMM is that they have no love for souls.
We want to be part of any unit of SDA organization except the present leadership of MYUM and UMM.
Miss Muang Hoih
NO TRUST IN MYUM LEADERSHIP
Eg: Pr. Muller Kyaw confirmed the disbandment of the seventeen churches just right after he publicly confessed his mistakes regarding the election in 2001, and 2003.
Sabbath School Quarterlies were withheld; MYUM/UMM leaders treated us as enemies and they always reported church members to all levels of government authorities, and criminal courts. They have shown partiality in dealing with churches of the same case: No action was taken against one of a local SDA church in Yangon that withhold and disbursed tithes and offerings according to their own decision for more than a decade while the MYUM accused wrongly to Conference group in many ways.
MY DECISION
1. I and the disbanded 17 churches accept all the Fundamental Doctrines of the SDA church, and E G White Writings.
2. We are sure that the actions of MYUM against the Conference have no effect to the matter of our salvation.
3. Preaching the three angels' message in Myanmar is my main concern.
4. Therefore I do hope God will help us grow to be a missionary force.
Sdxxxxxxx
Mr. Khup Lam Thang
Myanmar Adventist, Yangon
WHY I AM RELUCTANT TO RETURN BACT TO MYUM
1. MYUM/UMM leaders have no respect to SDA Church Manual, and SSD Working Policies. They have no love for souls.
2. I felt love and care to individual believers after joining Conference group. Spiritually I am happier with Conference group.
3. I accept the Fundamental doctrines of SDA church, the SOP, and all the policies.
MY PERSONAL POSITION
1. The un-negotiatable and reconcilable two groups can not live in one apartment.
2. Achievement toward Conference status has been an aspiration of members in Upper Myanmar Adventists since 1987.
3. I accept the 27 Believes, Policies, and SOP of SDA church. I am not intending to join any other denomination.
4. I want the Division and the GC to look after us in spiritual matters. In case of any failure of care by the SSD, and GC, I know God still loves me and am sure he will provide spiritual nourishments to us for our spiritual survival.
5. I have no trust in the leadership of MYUM and UMM because they have been divisive in actions and shown no love for souls.
Mr. Kham Sian Kim
With my family I accept the 28 doctrines of SDA church, the Church Manual, Policies, and E G White's writings. I have nothing to blame about SDA, but the leadership of Myanmar Union on the ground that they have no love for us.
So I would rather be under the leadership of other Union in SSD. I enjoyed being one of the Conference group members. May the Holy Spirit guide Myanmar Union.
Sense of belonging, assurance of God's love for individual soul and many other new experiences are obtained by joining the Conference group in Yangon. With lively worship services and fellowship on Sabbath day are what I had never tasted in the mission group. It was only through the hearing the word of God in Conference worship services.
Due to the dictatorial leadership of MYUM and UMM, I and my family joined the Conference group. We never intended to join any other denomination, but will remain faithful to the SDA church doctrinally and organizationally.
I want to join any organization of SDA church except present leaders of MYUM and UMM that fraud and acted brutally against its members
Though we are disfellowshiped by the Upper Myanmar Mission due to their lost of love for souls and failure to negotiate with members, we still accepted the 27 Fundamental Doctrines of SDA church, the Church Manual, and the Working policies.
I want to be under the leadership of Union, Division, and GC but not of the present MYUM and UMM.
I accept all the 27 doctrines and E G Whites teachings and policies of the Church. I enjoyed spiritual and social fellowships after I join the Conference group. I felt that the MYUM and UMM administration and leadership have no love for souls. So I no longer intended to support the present MYUM and UMM leaders. But I want to be a part of any other Union, Division.
Nam withheld
Voices from Mission leaders
Dear Elder Sangchia
The following suggestions are important points to consider in order to win the disbanded group back to the fold of Upper Myanmar Local Mission. They are as follows:
1. They should be treated with love, mercy, kindness and patience.
2. Sabbath School quarterlies should not be discarded but made available to them so that they could buy.
3. Unitedly leaders of the Union and Local Mission must have meetings, dialogues, seminars and discussion with the Conference group representatives for the possibilities toward achievement of the Conference status through the right channel.
4. Separate worship services must be allowed by the leaders in case the uncompromisable situation arise among the church members.
5. Let the church leaders conduct seminars and revival meetings which will uplift the love of Christ and promote unity in the church.
6. Let the leaders have an effort to indoctrinate the church members that the SDA church is the only remnant church in the world.
7. Let the Union, the Division and the GC initiate all possibilities of efforts to the achievement toward Conference status.
I am sure that the Lord has inspired your heart with love to solve this issue. May God bless you!
Your fellow worker in Christ,
Pr. Rozama, Director, SS/PM
Upper Myanmar Local Mission
Cherry Rd, Pyin Oo lwin
Ph: 085 22487
1. Elder Kai Za Dal and his group separated themselves from the church for several reasons. It was not genuine aspiration for Conference. They did not obey the advices of SSD.
2. But there are many sincere members who want to achieve the Conference status. They seem to know that the course they are taking now is a short cut to Conference status.
3. All united members remain faithful to the Upper Myanmar Mission. Due to personal differences there is disunity in the church.
4. Two groups of people in one church building could not promote unity.
5. Therefore, providence of new building to such group for worship will rather help solve the problem soon, unity will then prevail.
6. Time will reveal the truth. I am not sure that the majority of them will return to the fold of UMM, yet they are sincere Adventists. But I hope they will return sooner or later.
7. I can not see the possibilities to support such groups outside the frame of policy. It is natural that the prodigal son was received by his father when he returned home. But no father could do anything with son who had never return to home.
Mr. Thang Lam Mung (Van Lalchunga)
Treasurer of Upper Myanmar Local Mission
Maymyo
Let those who refused to return to the fold of Upper Myanmar Mission be left alone, that they should not disturbed us. Please provide buildings of worship to them. Thus, unity could be prevailed soon.
If possible, provide worship houses to them. Unless I must support the mission group to take over the church buildings until a single member pro-mission remain in the local churches.
Sdxxxxxxxxx
Pr. Kai Khan Khual,
Secretary, UMM
Pyin Oo Lwin Phone: 085-22487
Residence Phone: 371759
Office: 371757/371758
Regarding the Disbanding of 17 church in Upper Myanmar Mission,
1. Whether they return or not there must be final call by visiting to them.
2. There must be fasting and prayer for this group.
3. If the Union Mission EC allowed me, I want to visit them to show my love for the final call.
Pr. Thang Lian Khai, Director, MYUM of SDAs
TAHAN (B) OR SOUTH SDA CHUCRH
Venue: Tahan B church
Mr Sangchia explained the purpose of his visit to them in detail. He discussed about the problems of Upper Myanmar Mission and the deadline of the probationary period of disbandment set up by MYUM/UMM.
Then he appealed them whether they are willing to return to the fold of Upper Myanmar Mission before March 25 or not. No one signaled willingness to return to the fold of the Mission. Then he collected the reasons from individuals why they were so determined that they refused to return to the Mission. The following points are a summary of reasons:
1. They want to have spiritual leaders who have love for souls and sense of mission. There was incredibility in leadership of the Union since 2001 because of they disrespect policies and bylaws to maintain their own position.
2. The leaders took firm stand against the Conference aspirants despite of their promises to support positively for Conference status for many times. For this reason members lost trust in the leadership of Myanmar Union.
3. Corruptions in financial matter and moral conduct are permissive to the mission loyalists in the present mission leadership.
4. They preached that there is no salvation outside mission organization.
5. Reach International fund for educational aid was mishandled by transferring to a non recipient due to the parents of the original recipients joined the Conference group.
MEETING WITH CONFERENCE GROUP LEADERS
Place: Conference office
Date: 7/3/2006(2:00 to 6:00pm)
Mr. Sangchia briefly explained about the purpose of his visit to them. Then he asked the audiences about their views to return to the fold of the Upper Myanmar Local Mission leadership. No one responded. Since then he asked them to give the reasons why they do not want to return to the leadership of UMM/MYUM. The following points are a brief statement of their reasons.
1. They have survived for two year on self-supporting by the providence of God.
2. MYUM and UMM leaders intentionally violated the SSD Working Policies several times ( in 2001, 2003, and 2006) by deceiving church members as if there were two systems of forming up the nominating committee in session. Then they appointed the nominating committee members by the already expired Executive Committee members of UMM in 2003. In 2006 Session the MYUM/UMM leaders rejected the local churches chosen representatives and replaced them with the person of their own choice to be pro-mission. Thus we the Conference churches have no representative present in the Upper Myanmar Session 2006 and it happened from the time they separated us from UMM. We knew that all these things are a serious violation of the SDA Policies.
3. The UMM disfellowshipped Hmun Ling, an outstanding lay evangelist who had won many souls to Adventist Church on the ground of his support to the Conference group.
4. The Church pastor of Chanthagyi refused to allow members to take part in the church.
5. Reach International Fund was diverted to a pro-mission students from the original recipient student who support the Conference. But the report was given in the original recipient. This is a defraud committed by Mission leaders in Myanmar.
6. Mission leaders did not permit the children of Conference advocators to attend mission operated schools.
7. Mission leaders did not allowed members of the Conference group to worship in their churches. They always blame and talked bad things about the Conference group from the pulpits.
8. Mission leaders always agitated and initiated to summit accusations against the Conference group to the government, but they blamed the Conference to be the agitators. (See reference will reveal the truth)
9. Students or members were expelled from the school or disfellowshipped from the church by the Mission leaders merely because of their parents attended revival meetings conducted by the Conference groups.
10. Conference members want the democratic style of election (transparency in election).
11. There are weeds and wheat growing together both in mission group as well as Conference group among Myanmar Adventists.
12. The most important point we, the conference members want to make SSD leaders aware is that in regards to the current problem, Conference members do not have hatred on any clan, racial and languages. If any of Myanmar Union leaders mislead you regarding this as a basic issue, kindly note that it is not true. The truth is that the fire started with the manipulation conducted by MYUM leaders in the election of 2001 and 2003 and as year passed by it has expand to the present situation in Myanmar Adventist circle.
They are sorry for the disbandment. However they are ever willing to unite with the Union under the leadership of spiritual leaders and they are praying to God for spiritual leadership in MYUM who emburdened with reaching the unreached non-Christians.
MEETING WITH PAANGPI CHURCH (MISSION GROUP)
Venue: Pr. Ngul Khaw Pau's Resident
Chairman: Pr. Ngul Khaw Pau
Mr. Sangchia, as usual, explained about the purpose of his visit to them. Then he asked about their views on the Conference groups.
Pr. Ngul Khaw Pau, a retired ordained pastor labeled them (Conference group) to be rebels and wicked people. The mission group have no concern for them even the wild beasts tier them into pieces.
MEETING WITH PAANGPI CONFERENCE GROUP
Venue: Mr. Kap Lian Thang's Resident
Chairman: Elder Khual Za Nang
Mr. Sangchia explained about his purpose of visit to them. He explained that he came to seek the 3500 members who have been disbanded by the Union. Then he inquired about their position toward the Adventist doctrines and church organization.
The Conference group exchanged their appreciation to Elder Sangchia for his visit based on loving concern for the Conference group. And they told him that they had never intended to derail from the SDA church and its 28 fundamental Doctrines.
Regarding church buildings, the Conference group believes that neither the Mission group nor the Conference group solidly owned them. They were dedicated worship houses of God for all people.
The group is ever ready to pay tithe and offerings to the church. They would like to request the SSD to arrange special people to receive their tithe and offerings. And they request the Division to guide them how to work in evangelism especially for the non –Christians.
The individual member submitted written declarations of his/her own position on the Church, its Doctrine, Organization, and leaderships of MYUM.
MEETING WITH PINLON-KALAY CONFERENCE GROUP
Vanue: Pinlon-Kalay SDA Church
Chairman: Mr. Kam Khan Mung
Mr. Sangchia explained about the purpose of his visit. Then asked the audience's view in regards with the disbandment and appealed to return into the fold of the MYUM and UMM leadership before the deadline was expired. No one uttered even a single word of desire to return to the UMM for the following reasons:
1. They want to have trustworthy and spiritual leaders for the speedy advancement of the mission of the church in Myanmar Union.
2. They accept the 28 fundamental doctrines of the SDA Church, its bylaws and Policies.
ZAMPI SDA CHURCH:
1. We, Zampi SDA Church members fully accept the 27 or 28 pillars of doctrines and Statements of faith.
2. We believe that SDA church is the true remnant church and we don't want to join any other denominations.
3. We fully or wholly accept the writings of Ellen. G. White, we accept her as one of the true prophets for our time.
4. We will honestly give tithes and offerings to support the church to expand services, ministries of SDA church world wide.
5. We want to comply our SDA's working policy, the church manual and also theological handbook.
Our Goals and Objectives
1. We will concentrate our minds, strength, and resources in preaching to non-christians and non-Adventists and we would strive for revivals among Adventists in Myanmar.
2. We will work for clean competition in working for God, in evangelism, in winning non Christian souls and non Adventist souls and for revival of our church members and let God and the world see whom God is using to work for Him in this last days.
1. A person who never attends Church before starts attending the church regularly.
2. A person who never sings or prays in the Church before becomes active in church activities such as singing, and praying.
3. Every members actively involve in church services and outreach activities, especially in preaching gospel, home cells etc..
4. Our tithe and offerings increase in compare to earlier.
NOTARY COPIES (DOCUMENTS)
SUMMARIZATION OF THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT BY MYUM/UMM AGAINST CONFERENCE GROUP
December 29-31, 2003: Upper Myanmar Local Mission (UMM) had its Triennial Session. There was a serious dispute between the MYUM leaders and the lay representatives because the Union arbitrarily approved the UMM-Executive Committee (UMM-EC) to form up the nominating Committee without approval of the delegates from local churches. As the result of that dispute MYUM leaders enforced the Mission to take action against the Conference group. Then a resolution to disband the Conference group was proposed by Pr. Muller Kyaw (Please see the UMM Voted No 2003-090). That rather intensified the issue.
January 1, 2004: Pr. Min Lwin, the UMM President circulated letters of notice to all churches in Upper Myanmar about the disbandment of several churches.
1. April 6-7, 2004: The UMM-EC arbitrarily voted a resolutions No 2004-017-018 for the implementation of UMM resolution No. 2003-090. Copies of the resolution were circulated to all Adventist churches of UMM and to the government office.
2. April 19, 2004: Min Lwin declared to all churches of Upper Myanmar territory that the Upper Myanmar Conference (UMC) was an illegitimate organization. Copies of his declaration were also submitted to the government offices to serve as notice for measure of necessary action against the UMC. (See 66A)
3. June 8, 2004: Pr. Min Lwin sent a notice letter of the disbanded churches to the District pastors so that they might have the legal hand to secure church buildings of the Conference group. (See 66B)
4. October 21, 2004: Pr. Memory Tun, the Secretary of MYUM circulated a letter to all churches of Myanmar Union that the UMC had been disfellowshiped by MYUM from Yangon with the resolution No. 2004-090. The letter conveyed that the said group is disobedient to the SDA church and had nothing to do with the MYUM. (See 66B1)
5. October 25, 2004: Pr. Min Lwin sent a letter to the Chairman of Mayan Village Council that he might knew the history of the SDA church and could be able to protect the church building from illegal use for personal benefits by the Conference group there. More over, he stated that he had informed the Conference issue to the authorities of the States and the Divisions so that they might take necessary action against the Conference group. (See 66C)
6. October 29, 2004: Pr. Muller Kyaw, President of MYUM sent a written request to the Chairman of Sawbyuayesin village Council that he might help dissolves the religious crime there. Copies of his letters were submitted to Township office of Religious Affairs. (See 66D)
7. November 22, 2004: Pr. Muller Kyaw requested the Kalaymyo Township Officials to help him for the dissolution of the self-supporting group (Conference). (See 66E)
8. November 25, 2004: Pr. Kai Khan Khual, the Secretary of UMM notified to the following pastors that the UMM has vested Special Power (SP) of Attorney to them that they could proceed the issues of the church to the government in Kalaymyo Township.
Pr. Lian Khan Dal, Circle Pastor for Teddim Chin,
Pr. Malsawma, Circle Pastor for Lushai Chin, and
Gin Do Pau Church pastor, Pinlon-Kalay (See 66F )
9. December 13, 2004: Pastors mentioned above (No. 8) submitted a written request to the government for the CLOSURE of Pinlong SDA Church so that no one could worship God in it. Copies of the request were submitted to the Chairman of District, Township, Ward Council, the Police Station, and MYUM, UMM. (See 66G)
Pum Za Lian, who himself confessed about his acceptance of 3 million Kyats (about 3,000 US$) from Pr. Memory Tun as a bribery for recruitment of people to be pro-mission, submitted a written notice to the Chairman of Township Religious Affairs that mentioned the said building was solidly owned by the Mission group. (See 66G1)
10. December 22, 2004: Gin Do Pau, the church pastor and Pum Za Lian again submitted a written request to the Township Religious Affairs that he should take action against Mr. Kai Za Dal in accordance with the law. (See 66G2)
In response to Gin Do Pau's letter the Ward Council called for both side to make negotiation on 27/12/2004. (See 66G3)
11. January 6, 2005: Pr. Min Lwin, UMM President, appealed to Upper Myanmar SDA churches that they might be united in Witnessing. (See 66G 4)
12. February 9, 2005: Pr. Suak Khaw Ngin, Director of Education Department, requested to the Chairman of Tamu Township Council to take action against the Conference group as criminal victims in accordance with the existing law. (See 66H )
13. February 24, 2005: Pastor, and elders of Paangpi SDA church informed to the government that the Conference promoters were a group of Gang that had been disfellowshiped by them, so that no one should have association with them even in case of sickness in accordance with the instructions of MYUM President, and that they might take action against them as they deem necessary. (See 66H 1)
14. February 21, 2005: Gin Do Pau submitted a letter to the Chairman of District Council that he might be familiar with the church organization and the right of the Local Mission to take over all properties of the disbanded Conference churches. (See 66 I)
15. September 20, 2005: Pr. Muller Kyaw sent an email to [email protected]. He mentioned himself to be tolerate and forgiving and humbling himself for the unity but accused of the Conference group to be the creator of problem. He had determined to do what he should do at the end of the year (2005). (See 66 I A).
16. October 31, 2005: Pr. Muller Kyaw distributed a letter of invitation to return to the fold of MYUM without addressing the Conference leaders. He confessed his mistakes for the unconstitutional election of 2001 and 2003 in the letter but blamed a responsible church official leader as the culprit for that mistake. (See 66 J)
17.December 30, 2005: Kham Khen Pau, vice-Chairman of Myanmar Adventist Conference, positively responded to SSD President's appeal for reconciliation.
18. January 24, 2006: Pr. Min Lwin informed about the disbandment to the Pinlon-Kalay SDA Church with the resolution 2006-06, and anyone who wants to be SDA should enlist their name in the Upper Myanmar Mission.
19. March 29, 2006: Thang Cin Khai, pastor of Anlangh SDA submitted a written paper that falsely accused the Conference group vandalized the minister's quarters. In fact, the Conference group renovated and enlarged the Church building as it could no longer accommodate growing membership. (See 66K)
20. March 29, 2006: The Village Council forwarded Thang Cin Khai's letter to Township Council, along with his personal endorsement, for necessary action. (See 66L)
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The registered trademark symbol (R) designates that the trademark is officially registered with the federal government. The symbol is a legal identification to the public that it is protected intellectual property.
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I might be the only Christmas-celebrating food blogger out there who hasn't been bombarding her readers with cookie recipes, ideas for edible gifts, and seasonal treats for the last few weeks. I don't know; I just wasn't feeling the baking bug yet.
Then on Sunday, Matt and I drove a hundred miles over (two) rivers and through the woods arriving at a terribly charming Christmas tree farm. I should add that we were traveling in near white-out conditions through a real-life winter wonderland, while rockin' out to some holiday tune-age.
Suddenly, I was feeling it. You can't have a day of near-death driving that results in a Christmas tree and a tangle of twinkle lights in the middle of your living room without wanting a little cookie to nibble. We'd better get down to business.
In other words, if you want to play along with my blog for the next couple weeks, you'd best be making a batch too!
You can probably buy candied orange peel, but it's awfully easy to make at home. Watch, I'll show you how to do it.
Cut off the top and bottom of a couple oranges. Score the skin in quarters, vertically. Remove skin, keeping peel and pith intact.
After you've removed the peels from all your oranges, slice each section into 1/4 inch strips.
The orange peels get twice-boiled. Round 1: Boil in water to remove bitterness. Round 2: Boil in simple syrup to sweeten and delish-en.
By the way, if you're feeling funky, you could certainly drop a couple of cinnamon sticks, cloves, a sprig of rosemary, or a hunk of ginger in the pot at this point. How do I know this would be tasty? Well, you'll just have to check back later this week to find out.
Let the orange peels simmer in their sugar bath for 45 minutes or so until they are soft and sweet. Drain. Don't toss the syrup; reward yourself for all your hard work with a cranberry-orange spritzer or stir it into a cup of Earl Grey.
Spread some sugar on a sheet pan and roll the pieces of orange peel around, coating evenly. Shake them off and place them on a rack to dry out for a day or speed things up by tossing the rack into a warm oven for half an hour.
And that's it- homemade candied orange peel. Check it off the list, let holiday baking commence, and bring on the Christmas cheer. We're ready now.
These candied orange peels can be eaten as is, dipped in dark chocolate, or added to other baked goods.
Meanwhile, cut tops and bottoms off each orange. Score the skin of each orange in quarters. Remove peel, keeping pith intact. Slice peels lengthwise into ¼ inch strips.
Place strips of orange peel in boiling water and boil 15 minutes. Drain and rinse orange peel.
Combine 3 c. sugar with 3 c. water in saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the orange peel to the boiling liquid, reduce heat, and simmer until the peel is soft, about 45 minutes. Drain. Reserve liquid for future use, if desired.
Spread remaining cup of sugar on a baking sheet. Roll the pieces of orange peel around, lightly coating with sugar. Shake off excess sugar and place on a baking rack to dry overnight.
I make old English plum pudding cakes for friends at Christmas and start early because they need to be aged. So far this year I have not been able to find citron or candied orange peel so I am really excited about trying your recipe. I will let you know how it turns out! Thanks. | {
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There is a wonderful new capability in pfSense to use Let's Encrypt to automatically and securely generate fully recognized TLS certificates.
This is a great thing because security is important. Using self-signed certs is annoying at best. You still completely control your private key when using ACME via services such as Let's Encrypt, so there is no security downfall to using it.
Under System / Package Manager / Available Packages you should find a package called acme. Click the install button and allow it to complete.
Once installed you should find Acme Certificates under the Services menu.
The first step is to create your account keys. Enter a name, select the production server if you want this to be live.
Click "Create new account key" to generate a key and insert it into the Account key box.
Finally click the Register button and Save.
The next step is to create your certificate. Under Certificates click the Add button.
Enter the details such as the name.
In the Table you will see I selected "standalone HTTP server" and in the options set the listen port to 8082. This is important because the ACME server needs to be able to access this standalone HTTP server on port 80. We will accomplish this with a port forward rule in the next step.
Under Firewall / NAT / Port Forward create a new rule that forwards port 80 HTTP to your pfSense IP address which is 192.168.1.1 by default.
This allows the ACME server to communicate with your device to verify ownership.
Of course you can use other methods, I just found this to be the simplest option assuming that you have something already running on port 80 like I do.
Now let's go back to Acme Certificates, and click the Issue/Renew button. If the domain name you used has correctly configured DNS, you should have a freshly minted certificate available for use under System / Cert. Manager.
To use this new certificate from the pfSense webConfigurator like I am, go to System / Advanced / Admin Access and select your new certificate under the SSL Certificate drop down menu.
What was happening before is that the sockets were being created with a mode (permissions) of 0666 which makes it possible in theory for any web site to connect to them. This could be a security issue for shared hosting as an example.
So the security fix was to have PHP-FPM create the sockets with a permission mode of 0660 instead.
Now the problem with most default web server configurations is that the sockets are created under the root user while nginx or apache are running as a web server such as www-data. This means the web server is not able to read the PHP socket.
You simply add the following 2 lines to your PHP-FPM web site configuration before or after you set the path to the socket itself.
This causes the the socket to be created with the owner and group of www-data which allows the web frontend to access the socket without any permission issues.
This drove me up a wall, yet it's so simple, and so easy to overlook.
Especially if you're on Amazon EC2 which uses public key authentication by default, this is very important when setting up new users. And with modern Linux distros like Ubuntu this is very easy.
Coming soon to a internet connection near you! Is somanypasswords.com. Every person on the internet is plagued with a problem. We have too many passwords.
Our other problem is how do we securely keep them in a central location?
There are many software applications out there that try to help with this problem. But most of them run on your computer, do not provide high level of security, and only require one-factor authentication making it easily crackable by brute force.
SoManyPasswords.com is an attempt to solve this problem. All data is encrypted using 256bit AES. In order to access your data you need 3 factors of authentication. This includes a username, a password, and a physical key. We are using the Yubikey for this. The Yubikey is a USB key that you plug into a computer or internet device, and each time you login in creates a one-time use password that is validated against a validation server. Without this key, it is not possible to login.
As part of the service when it goes live we will be providing the physical keys to clients who signup for the service. We have not yet determined exact pricing, so if you know how much you'd pay for such a service, leave a comment below. | {
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(BQ) Part 1 book "Fundamentals of fluid mechanics" has contents: Introduction, fluid statics, elementary fluid dynamics—the bernoulli equation, fluid kinematics, finite control volume analysis, differential analysis of fluid flow, similitude, dimensional analysis, and modeling.
Low specific speed centrifugal pumps have low flow rates and high heads. They are widely applied in the petroleum, chemical, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, and light industries, among others. With the development of space technology and petrol chemical industry, the highly stable cavitation performance of centrifugal pumps has been put forward. Poor cavitation performance is one of the key problems in low specific speed centrifugal pumps.
The book "Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research" is comprised of 33 chapters divided in five sections. The first 12 chapters discuss wind tunnel facilities and experiments in incompressible flow, while the next seven chapters deal with building dynamics, flow control and fluid mechanics. Third section of the book is dedicated to chapters discussing aerodynamic field measurements and real full scale analysis (chapters 20-22).
This book reports the latest development and trends in the low Re number aerodynamics, transition from laminar to turbulence, unsteady low Reynolds number flows, experimental studies, numerical transition modelling, control of low Re number flows, and MAV wing aerodynamics. This book focuses particularly on: (1) a review and brief information study on low Reynolds number flows and transition as an introduction to low Re number aerodynamics (Chapter 1), (2) transition modelling (Chapters 2-4), flow control (Chapters 5-7).
Valves are the controlling elements in fluid flow and pressure systems. Like many other engineering components, they have developed over some three centuries from primitive arrangements into a wide range of engineered units satisfying a great variety of industrial needs. The wide range of valve types available is gratifying to the user because the probability is high that a valve exists that matches the application.
Analysis and abatement of air pollution involve a variety of technical disciplines. Formation of the most prevalent pollutants occurs during the combustion process, a tightly coupled system involving fluid flow, mass and energy transport, and chemical kinetics. Its complexity is exemplified by the fact that, in many respects, the simplest hydrocarbon combustion, the methane-oxygen flame, has been quantitatively modeled only within the last several years.
If we consider that aerodynamics, from a modern point of view, is a branch of physics that study physical laws and their applications, regarding the displacement of a body into a fluid, such concept could be applied to any body moving in a fluid at rest or any fluid moving around a body at rest. The general concept outlined above is applicable to planes; cars; boats; big ships; missiles; wind energy generators; small flying objects, like UAVs; etc.
The centrifugal pumps with the actual configuration constitute a machine widely used for more than 150 years. The pumps are analyzed and examined in detail, a lot of experience from the design, construction and application of centrifugal pumps is accumulated worldwide but still there is an endless number of topics that need supplementary examination, mainly of topics arising from the interaction between the pump and the pumping installation.
(BQ) Part 1 book "Introduction fluid mechanics" has contents: Introduction, fundamental concepts, fluid statics, basic equations in integral form for a control volume, introduction to differential analysis of fluid motion, incompressible inviscid flow, dimensional analysis and similitude, internal incompressible viscous flow.
(BQ) Part 1 book "Introduction to fluid mechanics" has contents: introduction, fundamental concepts, fluid statistics, basic equations in integral form for a control volume, introduction to differential analysis of fluid motion, incompressible inviscid flow, dimensional analysis and similitud, internal incompressible viscous flow.
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that can occur during the various phases of oil and gas recovery from subsurface reservoirs including production, drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and workover operations. Formation damage assessment, control, and remediation are among the most important issues to be resolved for efficient exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Such damage is caused by various adverse processes, including chemical, physical, biological, and thermal interactions of formation and fluids, and deformation of formation under stress and fluid shear.
Following site characterization, working hypotheses about important mechanisms that control the behavior of injected CO2 are developed and tested. This approach has been studied extensively over the last decade from a risk assessment perspective (Savage et al., 2004; Lewicki et al., 2006). The mechanisms that have controlled past behavior, and will control future behavior, need to be understood through fluid flow simulation based on an understanding of the fluid and chemical processes active at the pore level and guided by available injection/production and monitoring data.
The transmission and control of power by means of fluid under pressure is becoming in creasingly used in all branches of industry. Pneumatics deal with the use of compressed air as the fluid whilst hydraulic power covers the use of oils and other liquids.
The key component of osteocyte's mechanosensing apparatus is the pericellular matrix. limited electron microscope studies reveal that this fluffy "jungle" consists of nanoscale fibrous structures, (about 100nm thick), filling the tiny gap between the cell membrane and the bone matrix. Mechanically, it controls the hydraulic permeability of the bone tissue, determining how easy fluid flows around the cells under external loading.
Chapter 5 (Part 1) - Mass and energy analysis of control volumes. We start this chapter with the development of the general conservation of mass relation for control volumes, and we continue with a discussion of flow work and the energy of fluid streams. | {
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Cyclist who apparently got lost making Grubhub delivery is struck and killed on Route 7
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020, 5:18 p.m. |
Published: Sep. 14, 2020, 2:24 p.m.
Construction on Route 7 in Kearny is seen on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, in the area where a man on a bicycle was struck and killed Friday night, Sept. 11.Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal
Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal
A man who was making a food delivery on his bicycle apparently got lost and was struck and killed Friday night on Route 7 in Kearny, authorities said.
Nour Boules, 32, of Jersey City, was coming onto Route 7 from Fish House Road at 8:26 p.m. when he was struck by a 66-year-old Totowa man who was traveling home from work, Kearny Lt. John Taylor said. The driver is not facing any charges.
Taylor said it appear that Boules was on a Grubhub delivery run and trying to get back to Jersey City on his battery-powered bicycle. He said roadwork associated with the ongoing Wittpenn Bridge replacement project may have confused the GPS system Noules was using to get back and forth.
"It looks like this was just a freak accident," Taylor said.
The roadway death is the 20th of the year in Hudson County, and the fifth in a 24-day span. Through Sept. 14 of 2019, there were 11 fatal crashes on Hudson roadways.
A Jersey City man died in a hit-and-run crash in Bayonne on Sept. 10. Four days earlier, a 74-year-old Jersey City man died in a crash at Garfield and Danforth avenues. On Aug. 22, a motorcyclist died in a crash at the intersection of Jewett Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City. | {
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While we have a Shutter Island review where you can leave comments, we've set up this as a place where you can discuss spoilers about the film without worrying about ruining it for folks who haven't seen it yet.
To help steer discussion we've added a lengthy analysis of the Shutter Island ending and an explanation of why our analysis of the film fits with the story Scorsese intended to tell. Does our Shutter Island explanation match your theory? Find out!
Sorry guys, there is no mystery or deeper meaning here. All the conspiracy theories about Shutter Island being some secret government facility - or the doctors "getting to" Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) by the end of the film - are simply off the mark. DiCaprio's character is actually Andrew Laeddis (a.k.a. patient 67), a disturbed inmate of Shutter Island who the doctors are trying to rehabilitate. Teddy's investigation of the island is actually an intricate role playing game designed by Dr. Cawley (Sir Ben Kingsley) and Teddy's partner "Chuck" (Mark Ruffalo), who is actually Teddy's primary shrink, the "missing" Dr. Sheehan.
Cawley and Sheehan are the more sympathetic doctors, who believe that with therapy and compassion madness can be cured in someone like Andrew Laeddis. On the other hand, Dr. Naehring (Max von Sydow) and the Warden (Ted Levine) believe that guys like Andrew are too unstable and violent for a therapeutic solution; strapping patients down and drugging them (in some cases lobotomizing them) are the solutions Naehring and the Warden believe in.
The role playing game is set into motion in order to give Dr. Cawley and Dr. Sheehan one last chance to prove that Andrew Laeddis can be pulled out of his "Teddy Daniels" fantasy and will accept the reality of his trauma: that his wife Dolores (Michelle Williams) was mentally ill and murdered their children, and that he, Andrew, murdered her in retaliation. Andrew feels guilty because he knew of his wife's insanity for a long time - but due to his own issues with drinking and post-traumatic stress after his experiences in WWII, Andrew never acknowledged the extent of her problems and it cost him his children.
Guilt and hurt are what cause Andrew to invent a secondary persona - one in which he is still a war hero and a federal Marshal named Teddy Daniels. Because he is intelligent, he invents an intricate mental narrative in which conspiracy theories about Shutter Island and a hunt for a patient who doesn't exist keep him occupied with a mystery that he cannot (or refuses to) solve: that he is patient 67.
The ending of Shutter Island seems ambiguous to many people, but again, to me it was pretty clear-cut. Teddy wakes up to the reality that he is actually Andrew Laeddis, though he is warned by Dr. Cawley and Dr. Sheehan that he has regressed into his fantasy world before. However, Andrew is smart: When Dr. Sheehan sits with him on the steps that next morning, Andrew knows that the doctors and Warden are observing his behavior. The thing is, his guilt and pain are still so heavy that he knows he cannot live with them; rather than live with the knowledge of his pain, he chooses to pretend that he is still Teddy Daniels and let them lobotomize him, so that he can finally be free of his burden.
That's what the line to Dr. Sheehan about 'living as a monster, or dying as a good man,' means - Andrew would rather be mind-wiped as "Teddy Daniels" than live with the sins of Andrew Laeddis. The End.
I teach classes on literature and literary analysis and one of the hardest techniques to teach students is how to accurately analyze a text, based on what is on the page. People read into things all kinds of ways - but you should have concrete evidence from the source material to back those theories.
When the film opens, "Teddy" is on a boat headed for Shutter Island (the boat is real, by the way). The room Teddy is in has manacles and shackles hanging in it - restraints for the prisoners being brought to the island, and likely where Teddy/Andrew was held before the role play experiment began. As for when Teddy "resets" his memory? I'll admit it's a bit of a plot hole.
In the lighthouse, Dr. Cawley tells Andrew that he is seeing things and feeling body tremors because of "withdraw." No, the cigarettes and pills Teddy takes throughout the movie are not meant to drug him - in fact it's the opposite. Cawley and Sheehan take Andrew off his meds for the role play experiment, in order to help him break through to reality. As the film goes on, Teddy begins to have more vivid hallucinations while he's awake - his meds were meant to suppress that type of psychosis, not inspire it. Going off the meds is what makes him go so nuts later in the film.
Fire is a symbol of Andrew/Teddy's insanity in the movie. If you watch closely, every time Teddy is around fire - the matches he lights in Ward C, the fire in the cave with "Dr. Solando" and when he blows up Dr. Cawley's car near the end - he suffers some sort of hallucination. Fire is the symbol of Andrew's fantasy world, while water (the opposite of fire) is the symbol of the reality of what happened to him. His wife drowns his children in water and it is water which makes Andrew so upset/uneasy/sick throughout the film. So that cave scene with "Dr. Solando?" Yeah, she isn't real - and therefore her whole spiel about Shutter Island being a secret government mind control lab isn't real either.
The hurricane is real. It's just Boston weather and a cinematic throwback to old pulp Noir movies like Key Largo. That's it.
Jackie Earle Haley's character, George Noyce, is a guy who knew Teddy/Andrew in the asylum. Noyce was a "repeat offender" who ended up back on Shutter Island and fed Andrew conspiracy theories for his fantasy. One day Noyce called "Teddy" by his real name, Laeddis, causing a psychotic outburst where Andrew beat him up. That assault is what caused Dr. Naehring and the Warden to push for Laeddis to be lobotomized, causing Dr. Cawley and Dr. Sheehan to create the role play game as a last-ditch effort to cure Laeddis. | {
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This New Year Started off with a bang over at The Hungry Jpeg!
They released their biggest bundle EVER, including a whopping 82 fonts!!
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Aleksiej Pawłowicz Kozyriew (; ur. 16 sierpnia 1968 w Moskwie) – rosyjski historyk filozofii, kandydat nauk filozoficznych, zastępca dziekana Wydziału Filozofii Moskiewskiego Uniwersytetu Państwowego im. M.W. Łomonosowa.
Życiorys
W 1992 roku ukończył studia na wydziale filozofii Moskiewskiego Uniwersytetu Państwowego. Następnie odbył staż naukowy na Uniwersytecie Genewskim (1992) i w w Paryżu (1997). Od roku 2001 pracuje jako docent w Katedrze Dziejów , a w październiku 2020 roku na podstawie rozkazu rektora uczelni Wiktora Sadowniczego został mianowany na stanowisko dziekana. Jest jednym z autorów Wielkiej Encyklopedii Rosyjskiej.
Przypisy
Bibliografia
Алексеев П. В. Философы России начала XXI столетия: Биографии, идеи, труды: энциклопедический словарь. — М.: Российская политическая энциклопедия (РОССПЭН), 2009. — С. 278–280. — 695 с. — 1000 экз. — .
Absolwenci Moskiewskiego Uniwersytetu Państwowego im. M.W. Łomonosowa
Wykładowcy Moskiewskiego Uniwersytetu Państwowego im. M.W. Łomonosowa
Historycy filozofii
Encyklopedyści
Rosyjscy filozofowie XXI wieku
Urodzeni w 1968
Ludzie urodzeni w Moskwie | {
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Q: Alternatives to os.sched_getaffinity for macOS Python's os.cpu_count() suggests using len(os.sched_getaffinity(0)). However, this is not available on my Mac:
>>> len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'sched_getaffinity'
From Interface to the scheduler:
They are only available on some Unix platforms.
Is there a good alternative (preference to built-in solutions) to os.sched_getaffinity for macOS?
Here is my short-term workaround:
import multiprocessing
import os
def _get_core_count() -> int:
try:
# NOTE: only available on some Unix platforms
return len(os.sched_getaffinity(0)) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
except AttributeError:
return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
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To help the government fight financial crime, Federal regulation requires certain financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information about the beneficial owners of legal entity customers. Legal entities can be abused to disguise involvement in terrorist financing, money laundering, tax evasion, corruption, fraud, and other financial crimes. Requiring the disclosure of key individuals who own or control a legal entity (i.e. the beneficial owners) helps law enforcement investigate and prosecute these crimes.
In compliance with this new regulation, Farmers and Merchants Bank will collect beneficial ownership information from legal entity customers starting May 1, 2018. This means that any time an account is opened or maintained for a legal entity, we will request information that identifies the ultimate beneficial owner(s) and controlling person of the legal entity. The required identifying information includes name, address, date of birth, identification number, and other information that will help identify those individuals. This information will need to be collected whether or not the person identified is a Farmers & Merchants Bank client. This information will also be collected for existing legal entity customers who establish or maintain accounts once this new regulation is implemented at Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Farmers and Merchants Bank will collect information regarding the ultimate beneficial owner(s) and control person of legal entities whether or not they have a personal relationship with the financial institution.
Does the beneficial ownership rule apply to sole proprietorships?
Does the beneficial ownership rule apply to public funds entities?
Why has Farmers and Merchants Bank asked to collect this information?
FMB, as well as all other financial institutions in the U.S., will be required to collect beneficial ownership information. The U.S. government implemented the new beneficial ownership regulation to help fight financial crimes. FMB is doing its part in upholding the new regulation to protect the financial system. Compliance with regulations has always been of utmost importance to FMB, and the new beneficial ownership regulation will be treated with the same level of importance.
Is FMB the only bank that is required to collect beneficial ownership information?
The change should not impact your existing accounts. However, please be aware that an FMB representative may request beneficial ownership information to update your account file, ensuring necessary compliance for any future financial requests.
What if the people who have been identified as beneficial owners or control persons are not clients of FMB? Do I still need to provide their personal information to FMB?
FMB will maintain beneficial ownership information in its secure account information environment . We maintain strict privacy policies and procedures. Any client information, including beneficial ownership information, will not be shared.
Will the information I provide for beneficial ownership be used for marketing to prospects that do not already have a relationship with FMB? | {
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2016MNRAS.462.2904A - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 462, 2904-2917 (2016/November-1)
A GMRT survey of regions towards the Taurus molecular cloud at 323 and 608 MHz.
AINSWORTH R.E., COUGHLAN C.P., GREEN D.A., SCAIFE A.M.M. and RAY T.P.
We present observations of three active sites of star formation in the Taurus molecular cloud complex taken at 323 and 608 MHz (90 and 50 cm, respectively) with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). Three pointings were observed as part of a pathfinder project, targeted at the young stellar objects (YSOs) L1551 IRS 5, T Tau and DG Tau (the results for these target sources were presented in a previous paper). In this paper, we search for other YSOs and present a survey comprising of all three fields; a by-product of the large instantaneous field of view of the GMRT. The resolution of the survey is of order 10 arcsec and the best rms noise at the centre of each pointing is of order 100 µJy beam–1 at 323 MHz and 50 µJy beam–1 at 608 MHz. We present a catalogue of 1815 and 687 field sources detected above 5σrms at 323 and 608 MHz, respectively. A total of 440 sources were detected at both frequencies, corresponding to a total unique source count of 2062 sources. We compare the results with previous surveys and showcase a sample of extended extragalactic objects. Although no further YSOs were detected in addition to the target YSOs based on our source-finding criteria, these data can be useful for targeted manual searches, studies of radio galaxies or to assist in the calibration of future observations with the Low-Frequency Array towards these regions.
Journal keyword(s): catalogues - surveys - radio continuum: galaxies - radio continuum: galaxies
VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/MNRAS/462/2904): table3.dat>
Nomenclature: Table 3: [ACG2016] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s N=2062.
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"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaCommonCrawl"
} | 4,613 |
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