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1 killed as truck falls off bridge, lands on train Rayagada: In a nerve-wracking incident, a truck fell off an over bridge on to a moving train on Friday night in Rayagada killing one person on the spot. The accident occurred on Chatikana over bridge in Rayagada when a truck going from Rayagada towards Muniguda lost control and fell off the bridge. Unfortunately, a goods train was passing on the tracks below at the time. The truck landed on the train and was severely mangled. According to sources, the helper of the truck was killed in the incident. Moreover, the driver of the truck was seriously injured and has been shifted to Berhampur hospital. Meanwhile, train services have been affected on one track of the railway line where the ill-fated truck landed. Irate locals, concerned over the frequent accidents at the spot, are staging a road blockade in protest.

We're Going to Make You a Star We're Going To Make You a Star is a 1975 book Sally Quinn of her brief time with the CBS Morning News. In this book she discusses the CBS failure and reflects on her adolescence and how it, among other things, led to her failure as a television news anchor. Sally Quinn grew up a general's daughter. She was acquainted with many diplomats and obtained a string of odd jobs around Washington, D.C. until she settled as a society reporter for the Washington Post. Quinn became notorious for her tough reviews. This is where the book begins but the real story is addressed after she is offered an anchor job for the CBS Morning News. She describes how reluctant she was about taking the job alongside Hughes Rudd and goes on to chronicle the failure of the show. Quinn disclaims any responsibility for being unprepared and blames CBS for all that went wrong during the short life of this incarnation of the CBS Morning News. Scattered among the accounts of the broadcasting field Quinn offers an account of her personal relationships with big names such as Fred Friendly and Walter Cronkite. Critical reception Kirkus Reviews panned We're Going To Make You a Star saying the book was "embarrassing to read". References Category:1975 non-fiction books Category:Books about journalism

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Q: How to obtain dynamic polygon coordinates (from external file) using c# and display the polygon shape on a picture box I need to be able to obtain coordinates and draw a polygon based on the given coordinates. private void pictureBox1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) { System.Drawing.Graphics g; g = this.CreateGraphics(); g = Graphics.FromImage(pictureBox1.Image); Pen p = new Pen(Color.Black, 5); Point[] a = { new Point(100, 100), new Point(200, 100), new Point(300, 200), new Point(200, 200), new Point(100, 400) }; g.DrawPolygon(p, a); g.Dispose(); pictureBox1.Refresh(); This code is for drawing a simple polygon with predefined points, but i need to get the points dynamically from an existing file consisting of the points. A: private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string line; List<PointF> polygonData = new List<PointF>(); System.Drawing.Graphics g; //drawing on picture box g = Graphics.FromImage(pictureBox1.Image); Pen p = new Pen(Color.Black, 5); //a loop to collect all points available in the file while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null) { var tokens = line.Split(splitChars); lat = float.Parse(tokens[0].ToString()); longi = float.Parse(tokens[1].ToString()); polygonData.Add(new PointF(lat, longi)); } if (polygonData.Count > 1) { //draw polygon based on points parsed to the loop g.DrawPolygon(p, polygonData.ToArray()); }

The informationist in Australia: a feasibility study. A clinical informationist could provide the best available published evidence in response to clinicians' questions identified during the process of care. This study sought to assess the feasibility of an informationist service and to propose a model for its delivery in an Australian teaching hospital. Whilst similar services are increasing in the UK, with a long history in the USA, this is the first Australian study in an acute public hospital. The views of 40/49 (82%) medical staff at the Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia were canvassed using a questionnaire designed to address key issues relating to a proposed service. Doctors were receptive to its potential benefits, perceived it as relevant and likely to be used, and were interested in a pilot. They typically indicated a required response time of 24 h. They expressed limited concerns other than a likely high workload for such a service, and reported currently searching infrequently for evidence in response to clinical questions, citing time issues and unavailability of computers as current key barriers to pursuing clinical questions. An informationist service is feasible. Results suggest that a pilot could be run in an area of acute medicine where questions about therapy and diagnosis are likely to proliferate, and the informationist should attend consultant ward rounds and clinical meetings, aiming to provide a response within 24 h.

**To the Editor:** Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus *Enterovirus*, family *Picornaviridae*) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease ([@R1]). Most EVs have been implicated in aseptic meningitis, most notably echovirus (E) 30, 9, 6, and 11 and coxsackie B virus (CBV) type 5 ([@R2]); other serotypes are less frequently associated with neurologic disease. New EV serotypes have come to light, chiefly as a result of molecular typing methods ([@R3]*--*[@R6]). EV75 was proposed as a new serotype of the EV genus in 2004 ([@R5]). Retrospective analysis showed that it had circulated sporadically in Asia, the United States, and Africa since at least 1974. Only 8 isolates of this serotype have been reported worldwide, in 1974, 1985, 1986, 1987 (n = 2), 1998, and 2000 (n = 2). Infection in those cases was associated with respiratory disease, acute flaccid paralysis, neonatal jaundice, failure to thrive, or unspecified neurologic disease or was asymptomatic. At the time of writing this manuscript, EV75 had not been linked to aseptic meningitis. From May 2005 through January 2006, 106 EVs were received for typing from Spanish hospital laboratories; 46 of them were from patients with aseptic meningitis, 10 from patients or contacts of patients with acute flaccid paralysis, 27 from patients with fever, 7 from patients with respiratory diseases, and 16 from other patients. Twenty EVs could not be typed by serum neutralization ([@R7]); however, 3´ terminus VP1 gene sequence analysis ([@R8]) showed that they were E18 (n = 7), CBV3 (n = 1), and E16 (n = 2); 2 could not be typed with serologic or molecular methods because the 3´ terminus of VP1 gene amplification was negative. The analysis of the 3´ terminus of VP1 gene of the remaining 5 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and 3 nasopharyngeal isolates showed that they were similar to the recently proposed EV75 serotype ([@R5]). These 8 isolates were obtained from samples from children in Bilbao (n = 3), Granada (n = 3), Barcelona (n = 1), and the Canary Islands (n = 1). In 4 patients with aseptic meningitis, EV75 was isolated from CSF. EV75 was isolated from CSF of a fifth patient who had symptoms of fever and irritability. The remaining 3 EV75 isolates were from nasopharyngeal swabs of children who had fever, respiratory disease, or gastroenteritis. All isolates were grown in cell lines (rhabdomyosarcoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and human fetal lung fibroblast) and identified as EV by immunofluorescence with pan-EV antibody assays (Pan Entero Blend Chemicon, Temecula, CA, USA, and Monoclonal Mouse Anti-Enterovirus, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark). Phylogenetic analysis of the isolates from 2005 was performed on the basis of complete VP1 gene sequence (GenBank accession nos. DQ468137--DQ468142). The 5´ terminal domain was obtained by reverse transcriptase--PCR with specific primers EV75_sense: 5´-GAAAGCTTYTTCCAAGGGGA-3´ and EV75_anti: 5´-GAGAAGTGKGACCAWCCATC-3´. Phylogenetic analysis of the Spanish isolates and representatives of all other species B EVs showed that the Spanish isolates clustered (bootstrap value 100, [Figure](#F1){ref-type="fig"}) with strains USA/OK85-10362, ETH74-1341, USA/VA86-10363, USA/CT87-10364-5, OMA98-10366, and BAN00-10367-8 (accession nos. AY556063--AY556070), corresponding to the proposed EV75. The Spanish isolates constitute a subgroup (bootstrap value 100, [Figure](#F1){ref-type="fig"}). The similarity between the Spanish cluster and other EV75 isolates was 82.8%--85.4% at the nucleic acid level. Although the entire VP1 sequence was not available for the isolates from 2006, the VP1 3´ terminal analysis showed the strains belonged to the same cluster. ![Phylogenetic analysis of complete VP1 sequences of Spanish enterovirus (EV) isolates (GenBank accession nos. DQ468137--DQ468142), the new proposed EV75 sequences (AY556063--AY556070 and AY919545), and prototype EV sequences (echovirus \[E\] 5, AJ241425; E31, AJ241435; E2, AF081315; E15, AJ241429; E14, AJ241428; E17, AF081330; coxsackie B virus \[CBV\] 2, AF081312; E26, AJ241433; E27, AF081338; E1, AJ241422; E8, AF081325; E4, AF081319; E21, AF081334; E30, AF081340; E25, AF081336; E29, AJ241434; CBV5, AF114383; CBV6, AF081313; E13, AF081327; EV69, AF081349; E24, AJ241432; E33, AF081346; E3, AF081316; E12, X77708; CBV3, M16572; CBV1, M16560; E6, AF081322; coxsackie A virus \[CAV\] 9, D00627; E16, AY302542; E9, AF524866; E7, AJ241426; E32, AF081345; E19, AJ241430; E11, AF081326; CBV4, X05690; E18, AF081331; E20, AJ241431; EV70, D17602; CAV6, AF081297; CAV13, AF081303; EV74, AY208118). Phylogenetic trees were constructed with the neighbor-joining method (MEGA version 3.0, available from <http://www.megasoftware.net>) with Kimura 2-parameter substitution model. Significance of phylogenies was estimated by bootstrap analysis with 1,000 pseudoreplicate datasets. Closed and open circles show Spanish and previously reported EV75 isolates, respectively.](06-0353-F){#F1} To our knowledge, this is the first isolation of EV75 in Spain. Indeed, isolation of EV75 has not been reported in Europe. Given that the European EV75 isolate grows easily in a variety of cell lines, is detected by common EV genus-specific antibodies, and that EV surveillance and typing were performed in Spain since 1988 ([@R2]), EV75 might have begun to circulate in Spain recently. However, because isolates are not obtained from all aseptic meningitis patients and many EVs are detected by PCR but never typed, we cannot rule out the possibility of previous asymptomatic circulation. The European strains of EV75 appear to represent a different evolutionary lineage than those previously described in the United States, Asia, and Africa ([@R9]). Only 1 of those EV75s was obtained from CSF (a nonspecific neurologic syndrome). Thus, EV75 has not been associated with aseptic meningitis, despite the fact that EV infections are a common cause of aseptic meningitis. Most of the Spanish isolates (5 of 8) were associated with aseptic meningitis in children. Although the number of EV75-associated cases was not high (as a percentage of the number of EVs isolated from aseptic meningitis patients, 10.8%), the wide distribution of the cases may indicate wide circulation. To avoid outbreaks of aseptic meningitis caused by previously noncirculating EVs (EV13, 2001 \[[@R10]\]) and to help define the extent of circulation of newly identified EV types, careful surveillance of aseptic meningitis should be undertaken. *Suggested citation for this article*: Avellón A, Rubio G, Palacios G, Casas I, Rabella N, Reina G, et al. Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005 \[letter\]. Emerg Infect Dis \[serial on the Internet\]. 2006 Oct \[*date cited*\]. <http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060353>

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"Aw, come on, damen." "You'll miss it when it's gone." "Thanks for the panties!" "I love you!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Hello?" "You know what?" "I should be up there." "Tom, I gotta go." "No, seriously." "What is Ethan doin' up there?" "He doesn't even like slade." "I'm the biggest craven fan there is, and... but no, no, no." "Ben, you can't fly, remember?" "What do you mean, I can't fly?" "You can't fly." "Look, I got a few nosebleeds." "Big deal." "That's got nothin' to do..." "I'm countin' 'em in." "That's me, you know?" "I've been his fan since, like, puke hard, back in the eighties." "8, 7, 6... put some kleenex up my nose." "5, 4..." "Did you just do the count?" "3, 2, 1, go." "Right now I'm boarding z web TV's specially designed, absolutely radical 747 flying music station." "We've reconfigured the plane just so we can bring you slade craven's final concert." "Behind this curtain is the stage, and believe me, it's like no airplane you've ever seen." "40 lucky winners of the craven's last shot contest will join craven and his band for this smokin' party." "The first live, completely interactive, real-time Internet broadcast in history." "Follow me." "This plane is wired." "We've mounted tiny spy cams all over the plane so we can give you the action on the stage, in the fans' seating area, or wherever it's happening, and you don't want to miss a minute." "So stay online, call your friends or e-mail 'em." "We're lookin' for 10 million craven fans tonight." "That was good." "I have director stopnow from the federal aviation authority headquarters in San Diego standing by to answer some questions about craven's airborne concert." "Mr. stopnow, the public wants to know why the faa approved such a controversial flight." "We've been assured that all faa safety regulations will be followed, so there was no reason to deny the request." "And can you comment on the rumors that threats have been made against the faa if the concert doesn't happen?" "Absolutely not." "There haven't been any threats, and I would appreciate it if people didn't exaggerate the controversy over this flight." "I'm sorry, but that's all the time I have." "Idiots." "So, as you can see, the faa officially denies the threats, even though reliable sources have given us a very different story." "Now let's go back to the newsroom." "We've got some expected turbulence at flight level 3-1-0." "We'll stay below it if we can." "You log many hours on 747s?" "The last couple of years," "I got 1200 hours under my belt." "Before that, I flew choppers in the military." "Well, we'll be in good hands should we start spinnin' around." "So what do you think of this guy's music?" "I listened for about 10 seconds and got a headache." "I kind of like it." "It makes me think of 'nam." "It never stops." "Kate finally has somethin' on that hacker." "She's not lettin' this one go." "Bad case of obsessive compulsive disorder." "Heh heh!" "What's up?" "Fat lady's singing." "Specter." "This new program picked him up as soon as he was hot." "Same pattern." "He's covering his tracks by routing through these dormant websites." "Well, who's the target?" "I don't know yet." "Barrett, why don't you log onto the site while he's up, see if we can't get a trace?" "Yeah." "We got a bite." "He lives in those brand new condos." "Pretty fancy digs." "740 east 9th street." "Let's take this mother hacker down." "No." "We'll have field ops handle it tomorrow." "It's not our job." "You're kidding." "Your shift's over, Kate." "Good work." "Good night." "All right." "Craven's on." "Hacking's off." "¶ As I glare at ¶" "¶ my shiny blade ¶" "¶ does it love me?" "¶" "¶ will it share my pain?" "¶" "¶ I am the razor ¶" "¶ tear your skin ¶" "¶ I am trick metal ¶" "¶ scream in pain ¶" "¶ now you're staring ¶" "¶ right back at me ¶" "¶ and it's Scarlet ¶" "¶ all that it seems ¶" "¶ no, I can't stop ¶" "¶ looking for my Paris, the one with ¶" "¶ the silver scare ¶" "¶ I am the razor ¶" "¶ tear your skin ¶" "¶ I am trick metal ¶" "¶ scream in pain ¶" "¶ I am the razor ¶" "¶ tear your skin ¶" "Yeah, man." "You're on." "Yeah." "And then I, like, totally ran down the fire escape." "I'm surprised they don't bring out the rubber gloves." "Come on, man." "What's wrong with these, huh?" "I saw him at the staples center." "He's twisted, man." "Oh, I cannot believe we are actually going to see him live." "Oh, I know." "This is so wild." "Have you seen him live before?" "No." "I'm freakin' out." "Have you seen that video with the dog?" "The dog." "Oh, my God." "2 years." "2 years I have been sitting on my ass, chasing this guy..." "And here he is, and he's giving him to the field jocks." "We track 'em, they bring 'em in." "Screw you." "Kate, if you move now, you're gonna screw yourself up." "You know that." "I'm tellin' you as a friend, let it go, OK?" "You heard Frank." "Your shift is over." "Go home." "I'll watch things tonight." "Good night." "Go home, Kate." "Ok, crack." "Let's see how good their firewalls are." "Village pizza." "Hey, gino." "It's Nick." "Hey, Nick." "How you doin'?" "Large 23, right?" "You got it." "Be there in about 15." "Thanks a lot." "Coat off, please." "What's that mean?" "Sign of the devil." "I had to ask." "Lift your pant legs, please." "You know, you have the most beautiful eyes." "Aren't you the charmer?" "Lift your pant legs, please." "I'm not gonna ask you what that's about, am I?" "It's part of the job." "Gotta give the people what they want." "Can I go now?" "Just switch the feeds, and I'll have all the cameras on the plane." "Ok." "Don't forget their close-ups." "I want to see their faces when craven comes in." "Hold on." "They're buzzing me." "He's coming." "I think craven's coming." "Wow." "That's just about the scariest lot" "I've ever laid eyes on." "Well, let's get this pre-flight done, and then we can stick in our earplugs." "Ha ha ha!" "He's risen from his crypt and is coming to claim your souls." "Are you sure you're up for the ride?" "Well, then, let's party." "Slade." "Slade." "Oh, my God." "Did you see that?" "He is such a babe." "I love him." "You can't cut in the middle..." "Benny?" "Shit." "What now?" "Oh, how the hell should I know?" "Ok, OK, OK." "Roll another video while I sort this out." "Erica, who put the bug up craven's ass?" "Relax, Benny." "It's just his bad boy of rock schtick." "You take care of net traffic." "I'll take care of my end, OK?" "Ok." "Yeah." "I'll relax." "I'm relaxed..." "Bitch." "Ok." "Well, the website hits are comin' in hot and heavy, so you just keep stirrin' the pot, sweetheart." "Yeah. 'Cause you're number one." "Come on, baby." "Yes!" "Oh, baby!" "Into their mainframe." "You guys better make sure you behave yourselves, otherwise, I'll have to tell the captain." "We always behave ourselves." "Right, guys?" "Oh, yeah." "You know, well, except for craven." "His mind is controlled by the devil." "Hmm." "Ain't easy bein' the antichrist." "All those pentangles and human sacrifices." "Human sacrifice?" "Do you mind?" "I'm eating." "Trans con 619, good evening." "3275 lax to departure, push back at own discretion." "Contact ground 121." "Decimal 75." "3275 lax to departure 619." "All clear my side." "All clear on the right." "Ready for pushback." "Engines start." "Ready for taxi." "Checklist, please." "Flaps to 10." "Speedbreak armed." "Stabilizers and trims set." "Overhead panel set." "Front instruments set." "Crosscheck." "Crosscheck." "Ready for takeoff checks." "The floor lighting will automatically light up in the case of an emergency." "Please follow the lighting to the nearest exits." "Craven." "Craven." "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Excuse me." "This is my seat." "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "All right, boys." "Show time." "Let's do the hustle." "Let's go, kids." "It's party time." "All right." "It's time to screw with the masses." "Come on, shred, you derelict." "Let's go screw with the masses." "Hello?" "Hang on." "Gentlemen." "Gentlemen!" "You can't do that." "Yes, captain." "The band members have just left their seats and are headed for the stage." "Mary, we can't leave the cockpit yet." "You'll have to handle it, OK?" "Ok." "Yes, sir." "I knew we were gonna have trouble on this one." "Where do we hit that bad stuff?" "100 Miles west of Santa Fe." "Gonna be bumpy." "Well, that should put a lid on those whackos back there for a little while." "Ha ha ha ha!" "Yeah." "What?" "They can't." "We're still climbing." "Come on, Ethan." "We're going live." "Go." "You never know what's going to happen with slade craven on board." "He's just taken the stage and is going to start his first set... yeah!" "Craven's on stage!" "Let's go!" "Let's go." "Let's go." "Everyone, I need you to take your seats, please." "The captain hasn't turned the seat belt sign off yet." "Hey, are you guys excited?" "Oh, my God." "This is so cool." "Hey, everybody out there!" "Whoo!" "I feel like we're in the movies, and we don't know what's gonna happen next." "You know, some people say craven's music is too violent." "What do you guys think?" "It makes me so hot." "I love it." "All right." "And what do you think?" "Well, I guess if you take it literally, it might seem violent, but it's a show, and he's an artist, and it isn't meant to be taken seriously." "Thank you." "We'll get back to you later." "So..." "Ethan!" "The camera stays on me." "Don't do that again." "We go on 3." "Let's go." "And what's the prince of darkness up to behind this curtain?" "Planning his next ritual sacrifice?" "Conjuring up dark forces?" "Well, I'm sure we'll see soon enough." "Come on!" "Come on!" "It's like nothing you have ever seen before, as we climb into the belly of the beast and wait for the arrival of the self-proclaimed dark angel, slade craven!" "¶ There's a chill on my spine ¶" "¶ I got a feeling divine ¶" "¶ I crave chaos and control ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ she'll suck the life from me ¶" "¶ poor angel, squeeze the blood from your veins ¶" "¶ she's my little steel angel ¶" "¶ in a dirty magazine ¶" "¶ she's got an itch in my addiction ¶" "¶ and makin' me insane ¶" "¶ she's got a whole lot of lovin' ¶" "¶ to make you scream ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ give me your gun ¶" "¶ please, give me your gun ¶" "¶ there's no need to fight ¶" "¶ just want to murder light ¶ oh, my God." "He's coming over here." "He's coming." "¶ She's the maiden of death ¶" "¶ she's just a hell of a whore ¶" "¶ she'll kiss me, and then she'll beg for more ¶" "¶ she's got an itch in my addiction ¶" "¶ and makin' me insane ¶" "¶ she's got a whole lot of lovin' ¶" "¶ to make you scream... ¶ aah!" "Oh, my God!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "¶ Gun love ¶" "¶ call the murderer insane ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ I love this killing machine ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ I love the power to control ¶" "¶ I'll protect you all ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "I'll kill you all." "¶ My pretty little angel ¶" "¶ don't you scat away ¶" "¶ I'll pump you full of my love, baby ¶" "¶ and bring you ecstasy ¶" "¶ see you in pain ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ call the murderer insane ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ I love this killing machine ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ I love the power to control ¶" "¶ I'll protect you all ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ gun love ¶" "¶ just shoot me, baby ¶" "¶ gun love!" "¶" "craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Live?" "No." "No." "Die?" "Yeah!" "Aah!" "Screw your miserable souls." "The twisted mind of slade craven has once more drawn us into his dark, violent world." "What's the next unspeakable act in store for his innocent victims?" "Whoo!" "Rock 'n roll!" "Yeah!" "It's getting rough up here." "Craven's worldwide number one hit, razor electric, is up next, so tell your friends to get online." "Here's the video that sparked all the controversy." "What's she doing?" "Should I buzz her?" "Yeah." "Whoa!" "Where the hell did that come from?" "We must be pickin' up the edge of the storm." "We've got at least 30 minutes." "Hey, Benny." "What's up?" "What's up?" "Well, what's up is that we should have been into the second song by now, so I don't know, maybe we should get the show on the road, OK?" "Where's craven?" "How the hell should I know?" "He just bolted from the stage." "It's not like I'm gonna go chasing him all over the plane." "No, of course not." "No." "No." "You couldn't possibly do your job, could you?" "Oh, God." "I would just love to... what?" "What are you lookin' at?" "Um, I don't feel so good." "I have to use the bathroom." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "You sure?" "Yeah." "I'm fine." "What's the matter?" "What's wrong?" "I'm fine, Benny." "You sure?" "Yeah." "Is it like a woman's thing, or what?" "Benny, I'll be right back." "Well, hurry back, all right?" "Hey, you're not upset about what I said about Erica, are ya?" "'Cause, I mean, I think she's super-talented." "Whatever." "Was that for real?" "What can I do for you?" "Large 23." "Yeah, come on in!" "Yeah, the money's over there on the table." "Just keep the change." "Wow, that's quite a setup you've got there." "Yeah." "Well, thanks." "You're the new delivery girl?" "Hi." "Hi." "What is that?" "Slade craven's doing his final concert in flight, and I have access to all... you hacked into the mainframe?" "You into computers?" "You could get your ass busted for this." "Yeah, well, that's not gonna happen." "Oh, yeah, why?" "Because someone would have to be smarter than me, and that's not possible." "I guess someone was smarter than you." "FBI stand up, turn around, put your hands on your desk." "You wanna tell me what this is about?" "Ow!" "Hey!" "Right hand." "Ok, sit down." "That is real." "I think somebody just got whacked on here." "Well, that guy's famous for staging murders during his concerts." "No, this was a hidden camera, OK?" "If he's gonna whack somebody he's gonna do it on stage in front of an audience, otherwise what's the point?" "Hey, you at least gotta call your people or something, don't you?" "Check it out?" "Look, so what now?" "¶ I am the razor ¶" "Erica, the video is almost over, and we are losing viewers." "Damn it." "We have to get craven back on stage." "So how'd you track me down?" "Huh?" "Well, Mr. Attila the hun of the Internet, where would you like me to begin?" "The cable system job you did 2 years ago?" "Around the time you disrupted the governor's first web broadcast." "Do you remember when the power lines went down across half the grids in the pacific northwest?" "Hmph!" "So that was you on my ass the entire time, huh?" "And now it all makes sense." "Oh, about those power grids..." "They were gonna raise the rates." "I convinced them not to." "The end justifies the means." "Yeah, something like that." "So you still haven't told me how you tracked me down." "Well, I hacked into... oh!" "Oh, you hacked into..." "Ha ha!" "Ok." "Well..." "I guess you and I are a lot alike." "Give me a break." "No, seriously, I mean it." "The only real difference is that you protect the system and I protect the people." "Would you please be quiet?" "You're distracting me." "Oh." "Well..." "I can appreciate your frustration, but we've got some serious business to attend to here." "So, you must really love your job." "After a while it gets kind of lame." "So what do you do when you're not attending airborne rock concerts?" "Actually, I'm studying to be a broadcast journalist." "Uh, like her." "Uh, yeah." "I wouldn't call that journalism." "Heh heh!" "I'm going to be a news reporter." "Uh, look, I gotta go." "Um, I'll talk to you later." "I want you to get craven out here now!" "Hi." "Uh, Mr. craven?" "What do you want?" "Uh, your second song was supposed to begin about 10 minutes ago." "We were just wondering, uh..." "I'll be there when I'm ready." "Right." "Whenever you're ready..." "Sir." "4 years of film school for this." "He says he'll come out when he's ready." "Damn, we're losing viewers!" "Yeah, bring it on, bring it on, baby." "Ok, that's one the double mocha cappuccino?" "The skinny?" "This is the skinny, right?" "Great." "Ok, thanks, brother." "Mmm!" "Uh-uh!" "This one's yours." "Oh, great, great." "Ok, OK, OK, um..." "Ok, um, uh, go to gun love, gun love." "Again?" "Yeah, again." "Because, you see, the world is paying 10 bucks to watch craven and not a bunch of weirdos waiting for him to show up." "Well, how about getting Erica on to hype things?" "Right." "I'll cue it up." "Huh!" "Does that look like a setup to you?" "You sure do have good timing, detective." "So, do you believe me now?" "Jim, you might want to take a look back there, see what's going on before we hit the bad weather." "Right." "Make sure the inmates aren't running the asylum, hmm?" "I'll hold down the fort." "Excuse me, please, I need to get... are you listening?" "Excuse me, buddy." "That'll do, pal, that'll do." "Excuse me." "I'll go up top." "Yeah." "I can't believe this." "Did you see this?" "Were you watching that?" "Get your camera." "Come on!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Yeah!" "Woo-hoo!" "Woo-woo-woo!" "What's up, slade?" "It's time for the words, man." "Words mean nothing." "This means something." "What's he doing now?" "Oh, boy..." "It's the same gun." "Hey, what's with slade?" "Craven!" "Craven!" "Craven..." "Who's next?" "Is it you?" "Something's not right." "Heh heh heh!" "Maybe it's you." "Aah!" "Yeah!" "I've got an itch to scratch." "Who will be my next sacrifice?" "Me, me, me!" "We have a visitor." "The intrepid captain is here to see that we behave ourselves." "Isn't that right, captain?" "You're going too far." "No one touches me." "Ever" "it's a blank." "I didn't know the pilot was in on it." "Who cares?" "This is great!" "Ho ho ho ho!" "Oh, my God!" "Look at the number of hits we're getting." "Unbelievable." "Like, are you prepared to die?" "'Cause, like, it's fun when the bullets aren't real." "But what if they were?" "You're scared, aren't ya?" "What's it like to experience real terror?" "You're so young and so pretty." "You don't deserve to die." "Yet." "Let's kill someone who's already lived a long and boring life." "Ok?" "Now the party gets real." "Jeez, come on, this is ridiculous." "You're nuts, man." "Wait." "He's dead!" "He's dead!" "You killed him, you son of a..." "Oh, my God." "Jeez." "Yeah, I think maybe it's time to call your people." "You!" "Keep the camera rolling on me!" "What's the matter?" "Aren't we having fun anymore?" "Benny..." "Garner here." "Frank?" "Kate?" "I'm with specter." "Explain." "I busted specter." "You what?" "Before you begin the lecturing," "I need you to get Barrett to log on to the z web TV site." "There's a concert on a plane." "What plane?" "I would get Barrett if I were you, sir." "Well, what the hell are you talking about?" "I believe a pilot has been shot." "Wait a minute." "You decided to go against my orders and bust this guy on your own, and now you're tying to convince me there's some sort of plot on an airplane?" "Z web TV live broadcast, sir." "Kate?" "Kate!" "Shall we play a game?" "But I thought you liked games, especially the ones where people get killed." "Isn't that why you're all here?" "Well, the name of the game" ""is who dies next?"" "Is this guy for real?" "He's known for his bloody, theatrical stage shows." "Very controversial." "Who's next?" "Who's my next sacrifice?" "Is it you?" "Eeney..." "Meaney..." "Miney..." "Mo..." "Catch a... please, no!" "You keep the camera on me if you want to live!" "We don't want my public to miss a second of this." "Do we, Erica?" "Why are you doing this, man?" "Because everyone is watching." "Now you move!" "Anybody else wanna try being a hero?" "I didn't this so." "Something's not right." "I should've had him." "Damn it!" "What are we gonna do now?" "I'll..." "I'll figure out something." "Don't do anything stupid." "He'll kill you." "Erica..." "Come here." "I have something" "I need to discuss with your viewers." "Could we get a close-up?" "Ok, OK, kill the feed." "What?" "Kill the feed, kill the feed, kill the feed." "What's happening?" "Ethan, where's the feed?" "They cut us off." "Benny, get us back on line!" "What the..." "Uh, yeah, hello." "I need to, uh..." "Ahem!" "I need to speak to the FBI." "I..." "I think." "Y-y-yes, no, yeah, I'm serious." "Uh, well, we've got a situation here." "W-w-we're part of a web TV show a-a-and we're..." "we're shooting a... do you know who craven is?" "Slade craven?" "Well, if you uncuff me," "I can get the feed back." "Thank you very much." "Ow!" "Aren't you rough and tough?" "Garner." "Yeah, Agnes, we were just watching it before it cut out." "Benny?" "All right, let him know that we're on the way." "Let's go." "Who the hell is Benny?" "A very nervous Internet broadcaster." "You better find out where that plane is." "Yeah, I'm on it." "So what do we do now?" "Does anybody have any ideas?" "How about you, Erica?" "Agnes, this is Barrett." "Frank and I are on our way to z web TV." "Uh-huh." "Is that the f.A.A.?" "Yeah." "Always an emergency just before dinner." "Agent garner here." "Mr. garner, we haven't been able to establish contact with flight 619." "Uh-huh." "We believe their communications system has been disabled." "Clearly these people do not want to negotiate." "Ok, uh, get me everything you know on that plane." "If there's a change in course, speed, anything at all." "I have no idea what the hijacker wants, so I need the information." "Yes, sir." "We'll call with any news." "All right." "Keep me updated." "Thanks." "You know what the most exciting thing is for me?" "Anticipation." "I think that's why I'm so popular." "Because I figured out that everybody loves that feeling." "No one ever knows what I'm going to do next." "One moment I can be..." "Soft and sweet, and the next I can do something as ugly as..." "Kill my best friend." "But you see, that's only if I feel like it." "And right now, I don't." "You know what I mean?" "Here goes." "Ah, there?" "You get much better reception with the direct satellite feed." "Why do you think he's doing this?" "You know, when he came back out on stage, I..." "My first instinct was that..." "Who is this guy?" "I mean, he was walking completely different, he was acting completely different." "I'm just not sure it's him." "Let me..." "let me check something." "All right, there's the passenger manifest." "Can you crosscheck that with the bureau's databank?" "You need my help?" "Yes, miss FBI, I need your help." "Ahem." "My name is Kate Hayden, and I'm a Ms." "You sure are." "Did you get through to Kate?" "Can't get a signal." "Government issued phone." "Come on, work!" "I think it's just ahead." "Kate?" "It's Frank." "We're just arriving at z web TV." "Tell me what you know." "Uh-huh." "Yeah." "Your hacker has a direct feed into the broadcast?" "Ok, stay put and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." "The clock is ticking." "Your time's almost up, Benny." "Do you want me to scatter her brains all over this plane?" "What are we waiting for, Benny, the authorities to tell you what to do?" "Tell them to call the f.A.A. In San Diego, and they'll find out what makes me tick." "And you make it quick." "I want them to get that message." "Get the tower evacuated right away." "Agnes, patch me through to the f.A.A., San Diego." "Stopnow here." "Mr. stopnow, f.B.I special agent Barrett calling." "We have reason to believe that your tower is in danger." "You must evacuate immediately." "There's nothing unusual happening here, sir." "Everybody, out!" "The line just went dead." "But I heard the sound of an explosion just before it cut off." "Means he's got accomplices on the ground." "Are you Benny?" "Yeah." "Get back on line right now." "Ok, OK, get on line." "I thought that would be your response." "Transcon 619, request immediate status update." "Repeat, request immediate status update, over." "Transcon 619, this is Kansas City international air traffic control." "You're entering our... any idea what he's after?" "Me?" "I..." "No, no, nothing." "I mean other than, you know, keeping himself on the air so the whole world can watch him." "What do you know about him?" "Uh, uh, well..." "About as much as anybody else." "He... he's rich, he's famous, he's... he's very, very private." "All right, see if a background check comes up with anything." "We have a match." "His name is Simon flanders." "Yeah, I saw that guy on the plane earlier." "Let me rewind this." "I don't see him anywhere." "Do you have a voice analysis program?" "Yeah, it's in the, uh, "x" file." "Heh!" "Of course it is." "Ok, bring up the first song." "Ok." "¶ ...addiction and making me insane ¶" "¶ she's got a whole lot of lovin'... ¶ and the suspect's voice." "Damn rewind." "There we go." "Words mean nothing." "This means something." "Who's next?" "Two completely different voices." "Then where's craven?" "Ok, Simon flanders." "He's linked to a group of devil worshippers." "Oh, great." "They see themselves as the vanguard of the anti-Christ." "They believe they're gonna rule the next millennium." "Hmm." "Sounds like my neighbor Daphne." "They've been implicated in arson, violence..." "What do they call themselves?" "Guardians of the gateway." "Oh, that's catchy." "We have to get these people back to their seats." "Shut up!" "Unless you want to join the captain in LA-LA land!" ""Daughter of the gateway, the one that shall lead the 10 million."" "What does this have to do with what's happening on the plane?" "Satanic mumbo-jumbo." "The stull prophecy." ""Cataclysm of fire," ""death of the false prophet, release the dark angel."" "It seems pretty real to me." "Yeah." "Let's get to work." "Come on." "They're heading northeast towards Kansas City." "Still no word why they deviated from the normal flight path." "Hold on." "They can't seem to get in touch with the cockpit." "All right, keep trying." "Tell them to keep us informed." "I need to talk to this, uh, slade craven." "Can you make that happen?" "Yeah, just pick up a headset." "Erica, I have the FBI here, and they, uh, want to talk to craven." "Ok, Benny, they want to talk to you." "Who wants to talk to me?" "Slade craven, this is Frank garner of the FBI." "Mr. garner from the FBI, what a pleasure." "I didn't know I had fans in the bureau." "Look, you're back online now." "Let's talk." "But first you've got to let the woman go." "You got no reason to harm her now." "Mr. garner, I don't think you have any idea what my reasons are, do you?" "No, I don't, but that's what we'll talk about, but I think it would be a good idea if you let her go and it's just you and me." "Mr. garner, I'd just feel far too lonely without my arms around a beautiful woman." "She's so beautiful." "Wouldn't you agree?" "Yes." "Yes, she's very beautiful." "I, um, understand what you're saying, slade, but it makes it very hard for us to talk." ""Cataclysm of fire"... does that sound anything like a plane crash to you?" "It could be." "Where's the plane now?" "Over eastern Kansas." "Kansas, huh?" "Oh ho." "Guess what stull is?" "What?" "It's a very small town in eastern Kansas with a church with a very interesting history." "Look at this." "A church in Kansas is the seventh gateway to hell?" ""Even the pope in his visit to Colorado in 1996" ""would not fly over eastern Kansas." "It's reputed to be one of the unholiest places in the world."" "They're gonna crash the plane into a church?" "Release the dark angel." "This is getting weirder." "Yeah." "So what is it you want, slade?" "A world without the hypocrisy that's been afflicted upon us from the time we were born." "What kind of hypocrisy?" "Well, why should I tell you?" "I want to understand." "Look at the numbers." "This is amazing, Ben." "They're increasing by 10,000 a minute." "Yay, we're a hit." "...And I really don't think you're in a position to force me." "Do you understand me?" "Houston, we got a problem." "There's a lunatic on the plane." "Who is this?" "Where is that transmission coming from?" "It's coming from..." "From, uh..." "Right." "Uh, it's..." "it's coming from the communications center on the plane." "Hello?" "You there?" "All right." "Cut him off." "Oh, and then... sorry." "Can you patch me into the plane?" "Uh, yeah." "Yeah, just talk into that mic and push that red button." "Who is this?" "This is slade, man." "He's alive." "Craven's alive." "All right, uh, hold on." "I'll be right back to you." "Ok, put me back on with..." "Ok." "Ok." "Go ahead." "Now were you referring to religion, slade?" "Religion, the church, the state... whatever you want to call it." "It's the words we all use to hide behind." "Hide from what?" "The truth... the real truth." "Ok, I'll have to get back to you in a moment." "Cut him off again." "Put him back on." "Now how do I know you're the real slade craven?" "Excuse me?" "I didn't catch your name." "This is Frank garner, FBI field operative-in-charge." "FBI?" "Ok, FBI." "Last year I paid $4,200,057 in income tax." "I remember, 'cause it hurt." "You check it out." "Check it." "Agnes, Barrett here." "Pull up last year's IRS return for slade craven." "Yeah, uh-huh." "Slade craven." "Yeah, I'll wait." "Ok." "All right, Mr. craven, I want you to sit tight and we'll get back to you as soon as we can." "I don't think so." "Listen..." "We have a dangerous situation on board." "I don't want you getting involved." "Now, do you understand?" "I'm sorry, Mr. garner, y-y-you're breaking up." "I can't hear a word you're saying." "Craven!" "I wonder why they didn't kill him." "I don't know, but I like his style." "Ok, craven, let's find out exactly where you are." "It checks out. 4 million, 200... should have stuck to the clarinet." "All right." "Put him back online." "Ok, superman." "Right there." "All right, slade." "You talked about truth." "Let's do that." "Let's cut to the chase." "You tell me right now what is it that you want." "I want you to die." "Ok." "We'll write that down." "What else?" "Time, Mr. garner." "How much time?" "Well, actually, now that I think about it," "I don't need anything from you." "Look, slade, just stare into the eyes of the people around you." "They're scared." "Now, nobody wants to harm you." "Who's this?" "Hey, this is Nick." "Dude, you have no idea." "I'm such a big fan of yours." "It's... this is amazing." "How the hell did you find me?" "Oh, uh, I hacked..." "I... um..." "The z web TV mainframe." "I've, uh," "I've been monitoring your broadcast since you took off." "Right." "He hacked into the satellite feed." "Who's that?" "Special agent Kate Hayden." "Special what?" "Uh, she's just a special friend." "Uh, dude, you just have no idea h-how amazing it is to be, you know, just talking to you like this." "I mean, you're, like, you're the dude..." "Or chick or whatever you are, but you are it, man." "Thanks, man." "I didn't think I had any fans left." "What did you say you were?" "You say you're a hacker?" "Uh, no, no, no." "I didn't say that." "It's just... she said I'm a slacker..." "Or something." "Slade, I have a suggestion." "What do you want?" "To play a game?" "No." "We'll land the plane, and everybody will get to go home, OK?" "Oh, my God." "That's that guy." "I knew it wasn't slade." "It's him." "All right." "All right, they got him!" "Get him!" "Get him!" "Get him!" "Good." "She's got the gun." "Oh, my God!" "What happened?" "!" "She shot damen!" "Damen." "Nick?" "I can't just sit here." "Oh, my..." "What?" "We don't negotiate." "Cut the feed again and everyone dies." "Into the back of the plane." "I don't want anyone to get any hero ideas." "To the back of the plane, all of you!" "Except you." "We need to stay in touch with our fans around the world." "It pays to have friends in high places, Mr. garner." "Now that we have our 10 million followers thanks to your stupid little morality show, we move closer to our goal." "One that shall lead 10 million." "This woman organized the whole thing." "Daughter of the gateway... oh, boy." "Helter skelter live on the net." "It's time to end the reign of your false prophet." "Bring him here." "Oh, my God." "They're gonna execute craven." "Death of the false prophet." "Oh, uh, slade?" "Your evil twin is coming toward you." "We need to figure something out." "Now we get to play." "Their plan is to kill craven." "I think it's our only chance." "We have direct contact with him, Frank." "Let me get this straight, Kate." "You want the hacker you want to arrest to virtually guide the rock star through the plane so that he could overpower the armed satanic hijackers." "Yeah, I know it sounds crazy." "Do you have a better suggestion?" "Craven and the mad hacker have developed..." "A bond." "Oh, a bond." "Of course." "Well, why didn't you tell me that sooner?" "It's time to change course now." "Are you ready?" "The great slade craven..." "How the mighty have fallen." "Not so powerful without all your fans to hold you up." "You look better with the wig." "I wish you were there to see the look in their eyes, craven." "Today the world saw that violence can inspire." "Millions of... yeah, I know my own lyrics." "Get over it." "You really take all that crap seriously?" "I believe you know the answer to that question." "I thought so." "Damn!" "Bastard." "Nick, I hope you're taping this." "You're a lucky man, Ethan." "You're going to witness the event that'll change civilization." "You're sick." "You think?" "Put your heads between your knees." "Keep your heads down." "Look who's just walked on stage." "Erica's on her way toward you with a gun." "Look, you gotta do something." "What's your plan?" "I have no idea." "Improvise, I guess." "Oh, my God." "Yeah." "It's OK." "It's just a storm." "It's just a storm." "To better days." "Let's do the hustle." "Nick, I'm coming up on the cockpit." "Can you hear me?" "Yeah." "I copy." "What can I do for you?" "You can land this plane." "We'll be on the ground in 10 minutes." "You know how to fly?" "No." "Put down the gun." "It's useless." "I..." "I love this music." "It's so perfect." "We're in the middle of thunder and lightning gently rocked by turbulence and we can just sit here, relax, enjoy the music." "Where are we going?" "We're all in this together, and we're all going down." "Nick?" "Copilot just shot himself." "There's no one here to land the plane." "Who's gonna land the plane?" "We are." "We?" "As in you and... yeah, as in me and craven." "Oh, jeez." "You gotta be kidding me." "What do you know about flying?" "Well, it's simple." "Some kids grew up playing Nintendo." "For me it was flight simulators." "Look, you got a better idea?" "This plane's gonna crash into some town in Kansas within minutes." "All right." "Sir, we've located a pilot." "He's on his way." "Get garner." "Kate, are you crazy?" "!" "You can't allow this to happen." "Now, I'll have a pilot online momentarily." "Do you hear me?" "Under no circumstances are you to allow him to try this." "Do you understand?" "I'll hold you responsible." "Nick, you can't do this." "If anything happens to them, we'll be held responsible." "And what if the plane crashes in Kansas?" "Who's responsible then?" "Kate!" "Kate!" "2 minutes to impact." "All right, listen to me now." "You got to sit in the left chair, grab the wheel and pull it back." "Ok, you gotta pull it back now!" "We don't have any time." "You gotta get it out of the dive." "Pull it back, OK?" "Just pull back." "It's not working." "Look, grab the throttle control on your right and pull it back now!" "I am pulling, and it's not coming back!" "Plant your feet and pull it back!" "Oh, my God!" "Ok, we're leveling out." "My God..." "I think we're gonna make it." "All right." "All right." "You did a great job, man." "Great job." "Now just hold her steady, OK?" "All right, now I'm gonna..." "I'm gonna give you a tour of the controls." "You gotta listen up." "Transcon 6-1-9, number one for runway 1-9." "Turn left heading 2-3-0." "Intercept the I.L.S. Runway 19." "Eta Kansas, 8 minutes current speed." "Emergency response team has been dispatched." "I need you to access kci's navigational control center." "Are you out of your mind?" "!" "That's completely illegal!" "Fine, then." "Thanks." "Great." "All right, slade, we've got to reprogram the auto pilot for Kansas City international." "Now, beside your right knee there's a small keyboard." "Punch in 2-3-0 and enter." "Ok, now once you've punched in the coordinates, the computer will land the plane, OK?" "Ok." "Still singing that same old song." "Something's wrong." "They're diving again." "Slade?" "Slade, can you hear me?" "Slade?" "!" "Slade!" "What is up, man?" "!" "This is not a good time to go solo." "Slade!" "Talk to me, man." "Sorry, Nicholas." "I promise it won't happen again." "6-1-9 is veering wildly off course." "Sir, we have a visual." "Something is definitely happening up there." "The plane is veering off due north." "Well, where the hell's the pilot?" "!" "I'm right here." "I'm Jack Fletcher." "I've already been briefed." "Yes?" "Who is it?" "Mr. Fletcher." "Yeah?" "Nick, I'm Jack Fletcher." "I'm a pilot with kci." "I see the plane approaching." "It's banking a hard left." "You have to get him to level it off." "Ok, understood." "Look, slade... slade, you gotta turn the control column to the right until the plane levels out." "It's leveled out, Nick, but I'm having a hell of a time holding it here." "Yeah, all right." "Well, just look at the throttles on the center control panel, OK?" "Are they all lined up?" "No, the one on the far left's lower." "Ok, well, then just bring it up so that it's in line with the others." "What's going on there, Fletcher?" "Why aren't you doing anything?" "Mr. garner, your guys are doing all the right things." "Now, it's a very sensitive situation up there." "If I take over now, there's... there's a good chance that they'll crash." "The, uh, the two of them seem to have, um..." "Some kind of, um... yeah." "Yeah, I know." "I gotta get me one of these things." "Nick." "Yeah?" "This is Jack Fletcher again." "Yeah, glad to have you with us, Mr. Fletcher." "You're doing a great job so far." "Now ask him to engage the auto pilot again." "Ok." "Uh, slade?" "Let's re-engage the auto pilot." "Now, look up at the center of the dashboard, OK?" "Push the buttons marked "c-m-d."" "Now, the lights are gonna come on and then the auto pilot will take over." "Nick, it's not lighting up." "Damn." "Ok, look, slade." "You're gonna have to land the plane manually." "Please, God..." "Let us land safely." "Your approach angle's too steep!" "You're losing your glide slope." "Pull up!" "Pull back on the control column and move the flap indicator to 20 degrees." "It's located right next to the throttle." "Ok, it's steady." "All right!" "All right, you're looking good now." "Now just select full flaps and get it down." "Full flaps." "Gears are down." "All right." "Ok, now listen to me." "Just look straight ahead, all right?" "Now, there's a set of crosshairs." "You've gotta..." "you've gotta center them into a perfect cross." "Ok, they're centered, Nick." "They're still too low!" "All right, now pull up, slade." "Come on, pull it up!" "Increase power!" "I'm pulling up!" "He's a goner." "Ahhhhh!" "What?" "!" "I think I just killed them." "We're down!" "They're down!" "We did it!" "Yes!" "Hello?" "!" "How do I stop this plane?" "!" "Somebody talk to me!" "All right, look, just..." "Move the throttles all the way back, OK?" "Just grab that little lever and pull 'em up." "All the way, man." "Do it now." "We're still going too fast!" "Pull the speed brake lever up as far as it goes, all right?" "It's right beside your knee." "Ok, apply full pressure with your toes on the rudder pedal." "It's workin'!" "We're doin' it, Nick!" "All right!" "Whoo!" "Oh, yeah, man!" "All right, slade, baby!" "You are the dude!" "I'm tellin' ya!" "Oh, my God." "Yeah!" "Hah hah hah!" "Oh, wow!" "Yes!" "Ha ha ha ha!" "Nice job." "Yes." "Yeah." "Yes." "Very nice." "Nick." "Nick, how do I talk to the people in the back?" "Ho ho." "He wants to talk to the people in the back." "He is so cool." "Hey, man, just, uh, just hit that button by your right thumb." "This is your captain, slade craven, speaking." "I want everybody to sit tight, OK?" "We're just stopping in Kansas City to refuel, and then we're gonna head on to Toronto!" "You sit tight because we are gonna rock and roll!" "Yeah!" "Can you believe what just happened?" "No." "No." "Kate." "Congratulations." "And, uh..." "Tell your pilot there, uh, well done." "Thank you, sir." "Oh, ho, ho." "Ho, ho." "Wanna go get something to eat now?" "Please." "Oh, that was amazing." "Well done, guys." "Right on." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Whoo!" "Good job, Nick." "Yeah, you, too." "It was just..." "Unbelievable." "Ah." "So, uh..." "What now?" "You want to..." "Celebrate with some cold pizza?" "Oh, you gotta be kiddin' me." "Oh, come on!" "What?" "!" "Get up and turn around." "This is a joke, right?" "This is crazy!" "I don't believe this!" "I..." "I just saved a plane full of people." "I just saved the world's greatest rock star." "I mean, I just saved the world from Satan!" "This is absolutely ri... diculous." "I thought you said you were hungry." "Wait." "I can't believe we made it." "Yeah." "Pretty wild ride, huh?" "Are you OK?" "Yeah." "You OK?" "Yeah." "I think what you did up there was just so great." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "It was nothin'." "Hey, you ever been to Kansas before?" "No." "No?" "Well, I know this great little place..." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah." "Well, it's down by the river, under a tree." "Thank God we're here." "Told you we'd make it." "Hey, broadcast journalism, right?" "No." "Now's your chance!" "Ethan, no!" 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Agion Oros, or officially known as Holy community of Agion Oros is an "Autonomous Monastic State" in Greece (and perhaps unique in the world, except the secular Lasa in Tibet), in peninsula of Atho of Chalkidiki in Macedonia, which is considered the centre of Orthodox monasticism. It is one of the most important parts of not only the Balkans but of Europe and of the Eastern Church due to its great national, historical, religious, secretarial and cultural value, and also considered an important centre for the conservation and maintenance of rich material and rightly it is described as "shelter" and "museum" of unique treasure of Greek art and letters. Agion Oros is also named as "Garden of the Virgin", a name derived from the history: When Madonna travelled with John the Evangelist to visit Lazarus, the rough sea forced the boat to tie up in the safe harbor on peninsula. There, the Virgin Mary was impressed by the rare beauty of the place and asked from her Son to give it away to her. Agion Oros, a holy place, wrapped over the centuries by legends and history, religion and art, for a thousand years ago, now is designated as a precious world cultural heritage by UNESCO. The imposing Athos induce to people to associate it with myths due to its imposing volume, they personifie it as a giant who took a cliff from Thrace and threw to Chalkidiki created the Mount of Athos or when Neptune, god of the sea, threw a rock against Athos, killing him. The peninsula of Athos is the easternmost and roughest of the three individual parallel peninsulas of Cassandra or Pallini, Logos or Sithonia - centred and Atho or Mountain of Agion Oros, that make up the peninsula of Chalkidiki. This peninsula is covered by mountain of Athos, which culminates in a marble pyramid of height of 2033 m. from where it took its name, and ends at the Cape of Nympheo or Akrothoon. There are no rivers and lakes in the region. It is linked to Chalkidiki with narrow isthmus, low strip of land, 2 km long, known back to the Persian Wars in 480 BC. Between the peninsula of Athos and Sithonia or Logo, is the Gulf of Siggitikos or gulf of Agion Oros, while northeast the gulf of Ierissos. A few miles southeast of Mount of Athos is found the largest gulch of Aegean sea which from 80m in depth, abruptly reaches the 1070m. The first monks who settled at Mount of Agion Oros are recorded at the beginning of the 9th century, who initial lived in caves, while the monastic way of life changed radically with the arrival of Saint Eftimio of Mikrasia. In 883 the monks of Agion Oros according to imperial decision of Vassilios the First, ensured their right to be hermits freely, keeping it up today, while in the mid of 10th century the peninsula begins to get the name "Agion Oros". The Saint Athanasios the Athonite marked the monastic community with its intense presence and with the drastic changes who made and after ensured a major government owned funding, built the "Basilica" in Karyes, in the position of small temple of Protaton. "Basilica" was the beginning for further important structures, such as the monastery of Great Lavra, the Monastery of Zigo, the monastery of Iviron, of Vatopedi and others. The sacrosanct of Agion Oros occurred in the 12th century, when cattle-breeders settled in the peninsula, creating turmoil to the monastic life of monks. Thus, a royal intervention evicted the cattle-breeders and all secular, as well as the women, by introducing the ban on entry of them, which was only guaranteed in the 20th century by the European Union. During the Ottoman Empire and in particular in 1387, the Mount of Agion Oros was subjugated by the Ottomans for a while, until it returned in the sovereignty of the King of Thessaloniki. In 1423, it had been subjugated once again, this time volunteering, ensuring the milder treatment of the conquerors. The monks, taking advantage of this, managed to strengthen the sector of education and inter alia they found the Athoniada, a school that affect significantly the poor state of education of the enslaved Hellenism. Nevertheless, in 1821 the Mount of Agion Oros sided with the Chalkidiki and helped the Revolution, a fact which later paid dearly and economically but also with victims, men, women and children that had found then a shelter in Agion Oros. The first formal state which was ratified by the Emperor Ioannis Tsimiskis, Athos was simply called "Mount" that perhaps this was then the usual name of the land. The prevalence, however, of the name "Agion Oros" seems to be done in the first half of the 12th century, concretely with a golden seal document that Emperor Alexios I Komnenos send to the Monastery of Great Lavra in 1144 that was recognized finally and officially and was imposed the new name as this: "Henceforth the name of the Holy Mount Athos is this despite everything" Access To Agion Oros you can go only from the sea and has two ports of embarkation, Ierissos and Ouranoupoli. The most pilgrims are served by the port of Ouranoupoli due that it is more protected from the weather than the port of Ierissos. To go to Mount of Athos you will need to call the Office of Pilgrims in Thessaloniki (2310.252.575) in order to given to you the relative staying-list, the official document issued by the Holy Supervision which ensure you three overnight stays. You should ensure timely validation, especially during summer months since many pilgrims are arriving every year from each side of the planet and the number of daily visitors is limited to 120 individuals. The necessary data that required are: name, father's name, year of birth and the identity card number with the issuing authority. Once the procedure of staying-list is completed, you should contact the monasteries you want to visit. You will receive the staying-list from the Office of Pilgrims in Ouranoupoli, the day of your departure from 8:00 until 9:30 in the morning, with your ID. Then get the tickets for the ferry. The embarkation is from 9.30 until 9.45, departure time for "Daphne". The trip is enchanting and mysterious so it is necessary to take a camera with you. Agion Oros is an autonomous and self-governed department of Greek state, which belongs politically to the Ministry of Foreign and religiously to the Jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul. Geographically, it is divided into twenty self-governed territories. Each region consists of a cardinal monastery and some other monastic settlements that surround it (cloisters, cells, huts, "kathismata", hermitages). All the monasteries are communes, that is, they have common liturgy, prayer, shelter, food and work among the monks. Head of the monastery is the Abbot, who is elected by the monks of the monastery for lifelong. The Abbots of monasteries constitute the Holy Bevy and exercise the legislative power. Its is governed with base the Constitutive Charter of 1924. The Greek State is represented by the Political Governor of Agion Oros, who is responsible for keeping the regime of Agion Oros and is governed by the Ministry of Foreign and religiously is governed by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul. The executive power in Agion Oros is represented by the Holy Supervision of which the Chairman brings the name "Protepistatis". The Holy Supervision consists of 4 members elected by the 5 first hierarchical monasteries. The legislative power is represented by the Holy Community of Agion Oros, also the Holy Community has, inter alia, jurisdiction in affairs of Urban Right on delinquencies that occurred within the geographical limits of Agion Oros. For all remainder (crimes, etc.) responsible trial courts are those of the city of Thessaloniki. As High Judicial and Ecclesiastical Authority in Agion Oros is recognised the Double "Eniafseos" Bevy which meets regularly once a year, except if it is required differently and it can decide for all issues. And finally, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul is acting as Supreme Court for Ecclesiastical - Intellectual issues. Monastic institutions The monastic institutions of Agion Oros are divided into six classes: the Monasteries or Abbeys, the Cloisters, the Cells, the Huts, the "Kathismata" and the Hermitages. Monasteries The Simonopetra Monastery in Agion Oros, is located at an altitude of 300 meters above the shore. On the left, is visible the nearby aqueduct. All Monasteries of Agion Oros, are also called "Athonic", are religious and spiritual institutions and all classified as "Major", "Royal", "Patriarchal" and "Stavropegic". "Major" λbecause are retaining a self-maintaining ownership of their space, not a subject to any restriction on the number of the monks. "Royal" because their foundation is due to instruction or assistance of the Byzantine Empire, or their foundation was confirmed by the imperial bull. "Patriarchal" named after the issue of patriarchal relevant sigils when they were associated with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul which took over their intellectual and supervision only. "Stavropegic" from the cross which the emperors or the patriarch were sending to it and is placed in the foundation. The Athonic monasteries are all communes today, with nothing in private. Previously some of them had been peculiar. In the communes, the brothers have everything shared and nothing proprietary. The Abbot directs it for life, having around the Elder and the Commissioners. He is elected by the majority of the Elder with a secret ballot from a list of candidates, which is established by the majority of those voting (after 6 years since the monastic initiation) from the monks. For Abbot are required some mental and moral qualifications. There may be dismissed by decision of the Elder and from the majority of the Brotherhood, of those that have obtained the voting rights. If the elected Abbot has not the rank of Archimandrite, he takes it immediately after the election. In peculiar monasteries the monks are staying singularly, and the issues of the Monasteries are regulating by the Commission the Bevy of the Heads. Accordingly, the Administration of the Communes is almost monarchical but with common ownerships and for the peculiar is aristocratic oligarchic. The 20 operated dominant monasteries, are all communal. The number of 20 monasteries, was always recognized by the Church and the State, but may not be increased nor reduced. The 17 monasteries of them are Greek, one is Serbian, one is Russian and one is Bulgarian. According to the hierarchical order (from time of establish) the Monasteries of Agion Oros, also called Athonics, are as follows: The Monastery of Great Lavra (963) The Monastery of Vatopedi (972) The Monastery of Iviron (976)) The Monastery Chiliandariou or Chelandariou (1197, Serbian) The Monastery of Dionysios (1375) The Monastery of Koutloumousios (12th century) The Monastery of Pantocrator (1363) The Monastery of Xeropotamos (11th century) The Monastery of Zografos (1270, Bulgarian) The Monastery of Docheiariou (11th century) The Monastery of Karakalos (1070) The Monastery Philotheos (992) The Monastery Simonopetra (1363) The Monastery of St. Paul (11th century) The Monastery Stavronikitas (1542) The Monastery of Xenophon (1070) The Monastery of Grigorios (14th century) The Monastery of Esphigmenos (11th century) The Monastery of St. Panteleimon (or Russian) (since 1169 was given to the Russians) The Monastery of Konstamonitou or Kastamonitou (1086) All other institutions, the cloisters, the cells, the hermitages are parts of the monasteries. Except from the twenty sovereign monasteries, no one else has the right of property in Agion Oros. All the monasteries, as patriarchal and Stavropegic, are under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul and the reference of any other bishop, except the Ecumenical Patriarch, is forbidden (excluding the monastery of Esphigmenos, whose monks do not refer the Patriarch). The living is forbidden in Agion Oros to heterodox or schismatic. All the monks of Agion Oros, of whatever nationality they are, automatically entitled to Greek citizenship. The justice is awarding by the monastic authorities and the Holy Community, except the criminal cases. The Monasteries are self-governed and they are managed in accordance with their internal rules, which are voted by themselves and approved by the Holy Community. The Holy Community consists of twenty representatives of the monasteries and is located in Karyes as a permanent institution. At the peninsula of Athos, according to the old Byzantine system, the access is denied to women. This restriction is based on the spiritual virginity of the monks and on the dedication of Oros to the Virgin Mary. It is called "sacrosanct" and is effective from the beginning of the creation of the peculiar state, although in the past, at some times of need, had been nullified. Cloisters The cloister is a monastic institution belonging to the cardinal abbey or monastery. The Cloisters are small monasteries that are divided, as Athonics Monasteries do, into communes and peculiar. They are organized communities formed by several monastic huts. In the middle of each cloister there is the "Kyriako" which is the common temple for all built huts around it. The head of the cloister is the so-called "Dikaios" who is elected each year, usually in May 8, by the "Elders" of the cloister with the assistance of 2 or 4 consultants, of which half come from the Cloister itself, and half from the dominant Monastery where belongs the Cloister. The resident monks are called cloisters and dealing with agricultural and livestock tasks as well as the painting of Saints, the wood carving, the music, etc. In Greece the main Cloisters are the Athonics. At Agion Oros are located twelve Cloisters across the peninsula. Of these, communes are four: The Cloister of Prophet Elias (Russian), subject to the Monastery of Pantocrator, The Cloister of Baptist of Great Lavra (Romanian), subject to the Monastery of Great Lavra, The Cloister of St. Andrew, also called Seraglio, (Russian), subject to the Vatopedi, and The Cloister of Virgin Mary or Vogoroditsa (Bulgarian), which belongs to the Monastery of St. Panteleimon. The remaining eight are all Greek, peculiar or archetypal cloisters, which are: The Cloister of the Annunciation or Xenofontiki Cloister, which belongs to the Monastery of Xenophon The New Cloister or The Cloister of the Tower, which falls under the Monastery of Saint Paul The Cloister of St. Anna belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra The Holy Trinity Cloister or Kafsokalyvia Cloister, which belongs also to the Monastery of Great Lavra The Cloister of St. Demetrios or Lakkoskiti falling to the Monastery of St. Paul The Cloister of Baptist, which falls under Iviron The Cloister of Saint Panteleimon, which falls under Koutloumousio and The Cloister of St. Demetrios, which falls under Vatopedi. Cells The monastic cell, like cloister, is a monastic institution belonging to the dominant Abbey or Monastery. The monastic cells are relatively spacious buildings, look like rural houses, incorporating temple or church and to these have been granted a sovereign territory of by the major monastery, according to their size and their history. These are usually granted to very small groups of 2 to 3 monks who are working alongside with their religion duties in agricultural, farming, construction and other works. Besides the above, there are also cells in sanctuaries that granted specifically to cover the needs of pilgrims. They are one-floored or two-floored buildings around the holy shrines, or besides one side, e.g. the Monastery of Panagia in Tinos, of Argokoiliotissas in Naxos and others. Most monastic cells in Greece are located in Agion Oros, in Meteora, and in Monemvasia. Huts The monastic huts, as the cloisters and the cells, are monastic institutions that belong to an Abbey sovereign or Monastery. The monastic huts are also buildings of smaller size of cells that also have a temple, to which is not granted land by the sovereign Monastery, in contrast to the cells. The monks in these monastic institutions are living in small groups like the cells, mainly engaged in various crafts and needlework. It is possible several huts together to seem as a small town but do not maintain among themselves any organization or relationship. Most monastic huts in Greece are at Agion Oros and in particular at the south west end of Athonic Peninsula, in the areas: Little St. Anna, Katounakia and Holy Kingdom. Kathismata The monastic kathismata are monastic institutions such as the huts, belonging to a dominant Abbey or to a Monastery. These are small buildings, almost like the huts, which are usually very near and around the monastery they are belong to. These are small and mainly used for the residence of monks "individually", and are more for a temporary use. The monks of these institutions ensure their food from the dominant Monastery paying a small amount of money. The Monastic Kathismata are found in almost all the major monasteries, the most famous are these at Agion Oros. Hermitages It is an area that is generally characterized as a monastic institution and is subject to the sovereign Monastery. Besides the name "hermitage" are also used the words ascetic or ascetic cave. The hermitages are usually simple form and are most like huts or caves where monks live in stricter exercise, completely unobstructed and away from any secular challenge. The monks who live in them are the hermits. Their catering is done about once a week from the dominant Monastery. The hermitages are normally in remote and isolated areas mainly in rocky places designated as "eagle nests". The access to these areas is particularly inaccessible and difficult with narrow trails and steep slopes. Over the years many original hermitages developed to monasteries like those of Meteora. In Agion Oros there are several hermitages and are classified as settlements, such as the famous settlement of Karoulia, which is on the road after the Hut of St. Anna to the monastery of Great Lavra, on a steep area. Hermitages are found almost all over the Greek land, near the monasteries. The inclusion of Agion Oros to Greek state The regime of Agion Oros was there for the monks before the recognition of the sovereignty of the Greek state in Chalkidiki, with the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. By this treaty, Greece is obliged to recognize and preserve the traditional rights and the freedom of the monastic community of Agion Oros. The Greek state has ratified with the law 10/16 of September 1926 the statute map of Agion Oros, which under Article 186 prohibits the entry of women in Athos. Agion Oros was released by the Greek Navy. Specifically, in November 2, 1912 sailed and anchored in the bay of Daphne, the flagship of the Greek fleet, the legendary battleship "Averoff", the destroyer "Thyela" and the detectors "Ierax" and "Panther" with the accompaniment of joyous peal of the hundreds bells of the monasteries which were alerted for the mooring of the Greek fleet. A contingent disembarked and the head officer, "in the name of the King of Greece", confirmed the landing action featuring the Kaymakam, the employees and the small Turkish force "as prisoners of war without any military power", and then the Greek flag was raised. The next day, in November 3, there was a meeting of the representatives of all the monasteries, except the Russian, and signed the code of the practice session, with which declared the abolition of the Turkish authorities. The official session completed in November 5, 1912. During this period, were living there nine to ten thousand monks. Then the number decreased dramatically, when it was celebrating the Millennium from the establishment of organized monastic life from Saint Athanasios the "Athonite", the lack of monks was such that the celebrations were under intense pessimism about the future. The celebration typically characterized by some as the funeral of Agion Oros. After the mid-'70s was started a new revival in Athos. Men started coming in, many young people, often with one or more university degrees and generally highly educated, seeking the ascetic life. When the Germans occupied Greece during the World War II, the Holy Supervision asked Hitler to take the Athonic state under his personal protection and he agreed. Thus German and Bulgarian occupiers did not bother the monasteries. After the Germans had withdrawn, the Athos remained for a short time under the authority of the rebel groups, before the Greek authorities take over it. 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The T-test and clinical relevance. Is your beta error showing. The t-test, as usually performed in the clinical laboratory for methods comparisons, does not consider the clinical relevance of the difference between the methods. Two procedures are presented which incorporate medical criteria into the t-test thereby making it a more relevant statistical tool. This is done by defining beta error in addition to alpha error. Since a positive action; i.e., adoption of the "test" methods, is taken when there is no difference between the "test" and reference methods, commission of a beta error has a potentially damaging effect. Therefore, evaluation of beta error is an appropriate part of methods comparison in the clinical laboratory.

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Q: limit the bounds for google maps api search to only one area I would like to limit the search results for my google map to within a specific latLngBounds range. places search api - lists this this addListener function to change the bounds: google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'bounds_changed', function() { var bounds = map.getBounds(); searchBox.setBounds(bounds); }); I replaced this with: var defaultBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds( new google.maps.LatLng(-33.8902, 151.1759), new google.maps.LatLng(-33.8474, 151.2631)); searchBox.setBounds(defaultBounds); However it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone point me in the right direction to limit the search results to the default bounds regardless of current map viewpoint? Here is the current code I have based on the API: function initialize() { var markers = []; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), { mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }); var defaultBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds( new google.maps.LatLng(30.9128292, -98.8563538), new google.maps.LatLng(30.0964251, -97.9431152)); map.fitBounds(defaultBounds); // Create the search box and link it to the UI element. var input = /** @type {HTMLInputElement} */( document.getElementById('pac-input')); map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(input); var searchBox = new google.maps.places.SearchBox( /** @type {HTMLInputElement} */(input)); // [START region_getplaces] // Listen for the event fired when the user selects an item from the // pick list. Retrieve the matching places for that item. google.maps.event.addListener(searchBox, 'places_changed', function() { var places = searchBox.getPlaces(); if (places.length == 0) { return; } for (var i = 0, marker; marker = markers[i]; i++) { marker.setMap(null); } // For each place, get the icon, place name, and location. markers = []; var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds(); for (var i = 0, place; place = places[i]; i++) { var image = { url: place.icon, size: new google.maps.Size(71, 71), origin: new google.maps.Point(0, 0), anchor: new google.maps.Point(17, 34), scaledSize: new google.maps.Size(25, 25) }; // Create a marker for each place. var marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, icon: image, title: place.name, position: place.geometry.location }); markers.push(marker); bounds.extend(place.geometry.location); } map.fitBounds(bounds); }); // [END region_getplaces] searchBox.setBounds(defaultBounds); } google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize); A: This is not "TO CHANGE" the bounds but to listen when the bounds were changed: google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'bounds_changed', function() { var bounds = map.getBounds(); searchBox.setBounds(bounds); }); Pass {bound : new LatLngBounds.... } to: new google.maps.places.SearchBox( /** @type {HTMLInputElement} */(input)); So something like this Having your bounds object: var defaultBounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds( new google.maps.LatLng(-33.8902, 151.1759), new google.maps.LatLng(-33.8474, 151.2631)); Pass it to contructor : new google.maps.places.SearchBox(input, {bounds: defaultBounds}); Check out the reference for google.maps.places.SearchBox

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Q: Use of animation in a projector presentation Q: Is it a good idea to embed GIF or other animation into a Powerpoint presentation? I am working on a 50 minutes technical presentation and trying insert some "breaks" after each 10-15 minutes. The presentation is to be delivered live through a projector, but the slides are likely to be uploaded for public viewing. I saw other presentations on how to make beautiful slides (this one for example). No one seems to mention the use of animation. Bad idea? This question seems to be within the boundaries of this site, at least per this answer A: Some times ago I have a discussion with local folks from powerlexis (sorry, it's on Russian and burried deep). My point is presentation are divided on two types: for live presenting, for downloading, i.e. for learning without presenter. The requirements for both types are different. It's rather weird to watch some non-relevant animation in the middle of technical presentation which are learned without presenter. Because there is a lack of context! Obviously, in live presentation you provide some comments on your animation, which is not the case for the offline presentation. For live presentation some breaks is a good technique. Human attention and its concentration decrease over time. So periodical breaks are necessary. It could be cases, anecdotes, images and animations. The type of "break content" should be relevant to your audience. Providing analogy with learning process, Periodic breaks in lectures improve attentiveness and help develop the ability to concentrate. Students rarely come equipped to concentrate for the full lecture period. Successful television producers and radio commentators know well that people have a very limited attention span. The secret of success lies in the ability to control when the students are concentrating, and when they are not. If lecturers can control die timing of student attention, then they can feed the important material during those periods. Successful breaks in lectures, at short intervals, are a means to that control. Providing breaks is a technical aspect of good lecturing. Waugh, Geoffrey H. and Waugh, Russell F. (1999) "The Value of Lectures in Teacher Education: The group perspective," Australian Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 24: Iss. 1, Article 3. Ideally it's better to remove non-relevant animation from presentation for downloading.

Q: Show tooltip on textbox entry I have a textbox that requires data to be entered in a certain way. I have implemented some cell validating techniques to check the data after it has been entered, but I'd like to provide the user with some information before they enter the data. To that end, I'd like to add a tooltip to the textbox that pops up when the user enters the toolbox, then exits when they begin to type. For example I have the following code: private void YearEdit_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e) { ToolTip tt = new ToolTip(); tt.IsBalloon = true; tt.InitialDelay = 0; tt.ShowAlways = true; tt.SetToolTip(YearEdit, "Enter 4 digit year."); } This executes when the user enters the textbox, however the tooltip only appears when the mouse hovers over the textbox. Does anyone have any ideas to work around this? I thought that perhaps tt.ShowAlways = true might work, but obviously not. A: Hook into the textbox.enter event and use the following code: private void textBox1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e) { TextBox TB = (TextBox)sender; int VisibleTime = 1000; //in milliseconds ToolTip tt = new ToolTip(); tt.Show("Test ToolTip",TB,0,0,VisibleTime); } Play with X/Y values to move it where you want. Visible time is how long until it disappears. A: Tooltips only appear when the mouse is still by design. You could try setting the InitialDelay to 0: tt.InitialDelay = 0; But this would still require the mouse to be stationary for an instant. However there are other approaches. A common way of showing what input is required is to use a watermark (faded text) in the textbox that displays the formatting required until the user starts typing. If you really want a tooltip then you could either add an information icon (usually an "i") which will show the tooltip when it's hovered over, or implement your own. It might also work if you break the date into parts (separate day, month, year). This will allow you more control over what the user can enter - the month can become a drop down/combo box so it's always the correct format.

List of W.I.T.C.H. characters The following is a list of characters in the W.I.T.C.H. comics. The series revolves around five teenage girls who possess magical powers over the five elements of nature and are revealed to be the Guardians of Kandrakar. Main characters The main characters all serve as Guardians of Kandrakar. Wilhelmina "Will" Vandom – 13 -year-old leader of W.I.T.C.H. and the keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar. She moves to Heatherfield with her newly divorced mother after leaving her hometown of Fadden Hills. Will has power over absolute energy, allowing her to project electricity and call down lightning. She can bring electrical appliances to life, granting them distinct personalities and the ability to speak. She also develops animal empathy. In issue 80 (Emotions) Will's half-brother William was born. Later on, William found that he is magical like Will. Irma Lair – 13-year-old Irma is the comedic. The Guardian of Water, she has the power to manipulate water around her; she is later able to create water from thin air. She can implant mental suggestions into people's minds, and can see visions in water via hydromancy. Irma learned that Anna is her stepmother in issue 66. Taranee Cook – 13-year-old Taranee is shy but possess a high intellect. The Guardian of Fire, she can manipulate and project flame and heat. She later gains telepathy. During the New Power arch, Taranee's mother tells her that she was adopted after the house of her real parents had burned down and they were too stricken to care for Taranee on their own. Cornelia Hale – 14-year-old Cornelia is vain, but is very loyal and friendly. The Guardian of Earth, she can control earthen matter such as stone, dirt, certain metals and she can manipulate the growth of plants. She later gains telekinesis and prophetic visions. Hay Lin – 13-year-old Hay Lin is cheerful, creative, and sometimes enthusiastic. The Guardian of Air, she can control air and wind, and can use air to manipulate sound. She later develops psychometry. Secondary characters Boys Matt Olsen – Will's love interest, who sings and plays guitar for the band "Cobalt Blue". During the Trial of the Oracle story arc, he becomes aware of W.I.T.C.H., and after Will tells him of her secret, their relationship progresses. Later, during the New Powers arc, the old Oracle Himerish secretly makes him an emissary of Kandrakar and W.I.T.C.H.'s tutor for the ensuing crisis. Martin Tubbs – A student at Sheffield Institute and peer of the Guardians who is infatuated with Irma. Andrew Hornby – Irma's first serious crush, who she tries to flirt with, but ended up turning him into a frog. Stephen – Irma's boyfriend as of the seventh saga. He was her boyfriend when they went to camp together. He is a member of the U18, a group of young vigilantes living and working (literally) underground. Irma later tells him about her magical powers (though not about W.I.T.C.H.), and he becomes her confidante. Nigel Ashcroft – A former silent and reflective member of Uriah's gang, who eventually leaves their company when he develops feelings for Taranee. He tries his best to prove to Taranee and her family (especially her mother) of his good intentions. After Taranee started spending more time at the Jensen Dance Academy and less with him, they have an argument which leads Taranee to break up with him. After the breakup, he appears as a minor character in the comics. Caleb – Cornelia's first serious crush, who is leader of the rebel forces opposed to Phobos' rule and quickly gains popularity throughout Meridian. Later he becomes a denizen of Meridian under Elyon's rule. Peter Lancelot Cook – Taranee's older brother and Cornelia's current boyfriend. He is kind and loves to spend time with his family. He enjoys sports that require physical endurance. In the past, despite Cornelia's love for Caleb, she could not help but find Peter cute (a feeling which he reciprocated), leading her to avoid him. In the course of the Ragorlang saga, Peter and Cornelia start going out more and eventually admit their love for each other. Eric Lyndon – Hay Lin's crush and later boyfriend, who lives at the Heatherfield Observatory with his astronomer grandfather, Zachary. He is crazy about science and technology and has a great imagination. He owns an electric scooter and loves to play basketball. Hay Lin and Eric met when she was rollerblading and ran into his motor scooter. He moves away in the fifth saga, but continues to video-chat with Hay Lin. The Council of Kandrakar A few members of the Council/Congregation of Kandrakar are human, such as Yan Lin, but the others are alien—as seen by the Guardians after the demise of Nerissa. The Oracle – Originally a denizen of the world of Basiliade by the name of Himerish, he is the ruler of Kandrakar and gave the girls their powers. He possesses dimension-breaching powers, but acts as a guardian for the maintenance of the balance of power and is cautious in using his abilities. Originally aloof and occasionally committing errors. In the Endarno story arc the Oracle was deposed by the devious Phobos, who had assumed his friend Endarno's identity. After he is stripped of his name and position as the Oracle and banished to Basilíade, his experience as a mortal makes him more friendly towards the Guardians after his reinstatement. When the threat of the Dark Mother becomes known, he enacts a controversial and unsuccessful plan to defeat her, due to him underestimating the villain's powers. He steps down as Oracle and gives the title to Yan Lin, who had recognized the threat. In the final chapter of the arc Magical Sovereigns, Himerish returns to Kandrakar to meet the Girls. He is invited to celebrate with the Guardians after they successfully become Magical Sovereigns. Yan Lin – Hay Lin's grandmother, a member of W.I.T.C.H.'s predecessors and a member of the Congregation. She is a wise and perceptive person, offering advice to the girls. She was the previous Guardian of Air and the only ex-Guardian to remain faithful to the Oracle. In her last days on Earth, Yan Lin assisted her granddaughter and her friends in becoming familiar with their magical powers and gave them the Heart of Kandrakar; with her death, she passed into the halls of Kandrakar to join the Oracle's council. At the end of the New Power series, Yan Lin becomes the new Oracle. Halinor – see below Tibor – The first Oracle's faithful advisor. He has served the Oracle for centuries, and often argues with Luba. Minor Members Bolgo – An elfin old man who inquired if the Oracle recommended Kandrakar to intervene during the final battle against Phobos. He also discussed the Oracle's decision to simply wait and see "how events unfold" with other Council members, including Luba and Althor. Althor – An old man who resembles an elf or a dwarf who first appears asking the Oracle who should be the new Guardians, next appearing during the battle against Phobos where he listens to Bolgo when he discusses the Oracle's decision to simply wait and see "how events unfold". As-Sharwa – One of the oldest and wisest of the inhabitants of Kandrakar and the elected Voice of the Congregation. He has an elongated forehead tattooed with mystical runes, long gray hair and wrinkles. Representing the Council he informs the Oracle that the Congregation does not wish to use the destructive power of the Resonance, to counteract Nerissa's attacks on Kandrakar as the results might be catastrophic for Kandrakar and Nerissa. The Oracle insists that they activate the Resonance, as it may be their last hope. Below his chin is a device that might be a speech translator. The board of Northern Lords Board of Northern Lords – Governing board of a cold and mountainous country north of Meridian consisting of elderly gentlemen. They have a powerful army of humans and are independent. When Elyon sends homeless ogar north and unwittingly unleashes a war council, the Guardians agree with the Lords. Lord Regnar – one of the youngest councillors who helps W.I.T.C.H and is committed to preserving peace. Lord Balder – The grand master or lord supreme council of the north. Usually compels unanimous decisions, yet when settlers arrive does not hesitate to send an emissary. He is a great friend of Lord Regnar. Former Guardians of the Veil The original five Guardians of the Veil many decades before W.I.T.C.H. Their first initials make up the word C.H.Y.K.N. (pronounced "Chicken"): Cassidy – A russet-haired woman and original Guardian of Water. She was entrusted with the Heart after Nerissa's betrayal, but was later killed by an increasingly bitter and jealous Nerissa, in retaliation, by being pushed off a cliff on Mount Thanos. Cassidy's star appeared at Will's birth, and she eventually makes a spiritual connection with Will. Cassidy, before she was killed by Nerissa, was a caring and life-loving woman who was close to her mother and has the same water-based powers as Irma. Halinor – The original Guardian of Fire. A blonde-haired woman and past Guardian of Fire, now deceased. She kept a diary that told of the Star of Cassidy. Like Kadma, Halinor was banished from Kandrakar for questioning the Oracle's power. She was a founding member of the Rising Star Foundation and her diary talks about the Star of Cassidy. Before she died she was best friends and inseparable from Kadma. Halinor is kindhearted, although she can be aggressive and insecure, and has the same powers as Taranee. Yan Lin – see above Kadma – The original Guardian of Earth. She and Halinor were banished from Kandrakar for questioning the Oracle's power when Nerissa killed Cassidy out of envy. She secretly guides Will through the Rising Star Foundation in Fadden Hills until Will moves to Heatherfield and becomes a Guardian. She later helps Will in series two by giving her Halinor's diary, which Eric's grandfather decodes. She helps Will by getting rid of her greedy father who wants to take Will away. Kadma resides on Earth. Even though she is no longer connected to an Auramere, she still has the same earth-based powers as Cornelia. Nerissa (see also below) – The original keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar and Guardian of Quintessence, the fifth element. She was gradually consumed by the Heart's mighty power, and turned against her fellow Guardians. Enraged that the Oracle had given the Heart of Kandrakar to Cassidy, she had lured her into a trap and destroyed her. She was then imprisoned in a cave on Mount Thanos and would never be released until "the five powers were united." She came to covet the Heart of Kandrakar even more, and planned to steal it from Will at any cost. W.I.T.C.H. co-creator and designer Alessandro Barbucci has stated that himself and Barbara Canepa left the project before Nerissa's concept were created. Antagonists Part I antagonists Prince Phobos Escanor (originally known as "Prince Phobos Portrait") – The prince of Meridian, who rules his world while searching for his sister (rightful heir to the throne) to absorb her immense magical powers. Although considered an immortal possibly thousands of years old, he spends most of his time in his castle, granting few audiences. Phobos plans to use Elyon's powers and the Heart of Kandrakar to destroy the veil sealing him within Meridian and spread his life-absorbing powers to other worlds. The only ones standing in his way are the five Guardians of Kandrakar. His motives were eventually exposed to Elyon and after a climatic battle with his sister and the Guardians, Phobos was defeated and his place as ruler of Meridan rightfully given to Elyon. The name "Phobos" means "fear" in Greek, and came from the name of the Greek God. Lord Cedric – A general of Phobos' army, who is a shape shifter with two forms, one human and one animal. In his human form Cedric is a young and slender Caucasian man with neatly-kept blonde hair wearing a green robe. In his animal form, he is a green-tailed, red-banded snake-like creature with the power to slither up mountains, shoot energy blasts, raise magical barriers, trap others in impenetrable bubbles, disrupt other's memories, telekinesis and feel Will's presence. He was entrusted with the task of apprehending Caleb and finding Elyon on Earth, opening the "Ye Olde Book Shop" on Earth under a human identity, Cedric Hoffman. Despite his orders to deceive Elyon, he felt affection for her. In the comics, he falls in love with Orube, but dies shortly afterwards when he sacrifices himself to save her from Ludmoore. Princess Elyon Brown/Escanor (originally "Elyon Portrait") – Cornelia's childhood friend in Heatherfield, who is really Phobos' long-lost sister, destined to become the Light of Meridian, a savior position exclusive to the females of the Royal Family. Phobos eventually reveals her true heritage and abducts her to Meridian, but only to claim her power for his own. Thanks to his lies, Elyon gets the impression the Guardians are the enemies at the beginning. In time she realizes Phobos' viciousness, and in a climactic battle with her brother she is rightfully restored to the throne and renews her friendship with W.I.T.C.H. She rules over Meridian since that time, with Vathek and later Caleb as her advisors. Vathek – A blue-skinned, large denizen of Meridian. Originally Cedric's henchman, Vathek eventually turns against him and joins the Meridian rebel army under Caleb. He becomes a close friend to W.I.T.C.H., Elyon and Caleb, and following Phobo's first defeat, one of Elyon's most trusted servants and confidants. Frost the Hunter – Foremost among Phobos’ warrior's and a formidable tracker. Frost had never lost a battle prior to his defeat at the hands of the five Guardians. Frost swears revenge and devises plans for the Guardians' demise. In combat he rides a large green rhinoceros-like mount named Crimson and wields a magical blade that can deflect enemy spells and fire energy blasts at his opponents. When the Veil is lowered, he finds himself in Heatherfield. He takes the opportunity to take revenge although the weakened Guardians defeat him by intelligence rather than strength. He is imprisoned in the Tower of Mists. Part II antagonists Nerissa (see also above) – The previous keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar, who was consumed by the immense power the Heart gave her and eventually began to descend into evil. The Oracle senses this and decides that she is no longer fit to keep the Heart and entrusts it to Cassidy, driving Nerissa over the edge. Mad with jealousy, she turns on her fellow guardians and kills Cassidy. Subsequently, defeated, she is sentenced to be sealed in a coffin located in Mount Thanos until the Aurameres are joined together. That eventually comes to pass through the efforts of Luba, who is convinced that the girls are unworthy of their status as Guardians. Awakening from her slumber Nerissa creates the Four Knights of Revenge and, after capturing Caleb, she rejuvenates and declares war on Kandrakar. In issue 22 she attempts to escape and, when the Guardians combine their powers, she is destroyed by W.I.T.C.H. Shagon, the Hate – The most powerful and dangerous of the Four Knights of Revenge. In the comics, Shagon is a tall, strong demon wearing a blue metal vest that (like the other Knights) bearing Nerissa's seal. He has a tail that can be used as a weapon. His hair resembles a nest of snakes, giving him a Medusa-like appearance. As a human, he works as a geologist doing research near Mount Thanos. While searching for his dog, Miska, he eventually encounters Nerissa who wants a human as "material" for her right-hand man. Shagon represents Nerissa's hatred for Kandrakar and feeds on expressions of hate. His life essence is nearly absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle but he wounds her and reverts to his original form. Despite his hatred, he does not forget his feelings as a human about the transformed dog Miska. Khor, the Destroyer – One of the Four Knights of Revenge and the first to encounter the Guardians. He used to be the dog Miska, but has the misfortune of crossing paths with Nerissa who transforms him into a purple-skinned, muscle man (resembling Vathek) who carries a pair of massive cleavers. He represents Nerissa's anger when she was locked away and desires to destroy Kandrakar. Even in this form, Khor still has the qualities of a loyal dog, sensing a bond with his former master, Shagon. In the final battle he is nearly absorbed by Nerissa but reverts to his original dog form. In the animated series, Mr. Huggles is transformed into Khor by the Heart of Meridian and reverts to his dormouse form. In the comics, in the final battle, he is nearly absorbed by Nerissa but reverts to his original dog form. According to Nerissa, the name "Khor" means destruction. Ember, the Pain – One of the Four Knights of Revenge, created by Nerissa. Ember was created from the lava that flowed around Nerissa's tomb. She looks like a slender woman, made of smoldering lava, with bat-like wings on her back and hair made of flames. Befitting her nature, she attacks her foes with blazing hot beams from her weapon – a type of trident. She represents the pain that Nerissa felt while being locked away, pain that she now wants to inflict on Kandrakar. She is absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle. Tridart, the Despair – One of the Four Knights of Revenge, created by Nerrisa. Tridart was made from the numerous icy stalactites found in the cave where Nerissa was sealed. His form is that of a bald, muscular man with large, angel-like wings. His weapon of choice is a short, double-edged axe. He represents the despair Nerissa felt in her prison and is absorbed by Nerissa in the final battle. Luba – The first Protector of the Aurameres, Luba is a Cat-Woman and a Member of Congregation of Kandrakar, whose role is of the Aurameres. Luba is against the Oracle's decision giving the job of Guardianship to young, inexperienced Earth teenagers. She causes a lot of trouble for the girls by fusing the Aurameres together on purpose, awakening Nerissa in the process. Luba eventually redeems herself by sacrificing her immortality to save the Guardians and Caleb. Part III antagonists Ari – A young farmer in the world of Arkhanta and a man of little means who struggles to make ends meet. His wife, Jamayeda, died giving birth to his son, Maqui, who was born mute and a loner. In an attempt to heal his son, Ari captures a banshee named Yua in order to force three wishes from her in return for her freedom. Unable to fulfill his wish (since she can only grant material wishes), Yua instead helps him to claim rulership over Arkanta, but instead of releasing her, Ari uses his last wish to bind Yua as his eternal servant. While doing his best to improve the lot of the common man, Ari declares war on the Oracle when the latter refuses to aid him in curing his son, but in the end regains his senses and abandons his hate due to the Guardians. Yua – The mightiest banshee on Arkanta. Tied into eternal servitude by Ari, Yua's hatred grows in captivity. She plots against Ari by fanning his paranoia against the Guardians and Kandrakar. Eventually her plans come to naught, but due to the efforts of W.I.T.C.H. and because she has come to love Maqui like an own son, Yua let go of her hate and ceased the pursuit of vengeance. Raphael "Ralph" Sylla – An Interpol detective who specializes in mysterious and/or supernatural phenomena. He stumbles upon a report from an officer in Green Bay, concerning the witnessing of Khor. The names of the five W.I.T.C.H. girls grabbed his attention. To observe the girls he gets a job as computer science teacher at the Sheffield Institute. He soon discovers he is on the right track. When he joins the student's exchange course he follows Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin. Sylla's cover is blown when Taranee defends Hay Lin's Astral Drop against him. Doing so his suspicions are confirmed and the girls become his enemies. Later he is pushed aside by his superiors. As revenge, he warns the girls about the threat to them. In the end, his and his colleagues' memories of W.I.T.C.H. and their enemies are erased from his mind by the Oracle. Dr. Theodore Riddle – An elite psychic detective that is brought in to combat the W.I.T.C.H. girls when their supernatural secret is exposed to the Government. Although his skills are impressive, ranging from mind control to telepathy, he is not powerful enough to combat W.I.T.C.H. directly. He carries a handgun because of his motto "bullets are always faster than the mind". He collaborates with Interpol's goal to study the W.I.T.C.H. girls. Although he was hired by Interpol, he seems to have his own agenda. The Oracle later removes any and all traces, even his memories of the girls, from his mind. Astral Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin – Originally thought to be mere substitutes, the Astral Drops develop personalities and grow tired of their treatment by the girls, who only call upon them when they need chores done or to take their place when they go on a mission. They soon turn against them, causing horrible problems for the girls on Earth, such as turning friends and family against them. Eventually, however, they are released from servitude and granted new identities. Thomas Vandom – Will's biological father, a businessman who suffers from a ruthless win-or-lose drive that often gets him into trouble. For this reason, Susan Vandom separated from him before the start of the series, but Thomas rejects a divorce since he counts on her (most unwilling) financial support. To this end, he gives her the choice of either providing money for him or losing guardianship over Will in a court trial, but with ex-Guardian Kadma's help the crisis is averted and Vandom departs. Mark Zibosky – An infamous extortionist and criminal. He once held Jewell's friend Benjamin Crane hostage. He tried to escape, but is confronted by the Guardians and later apprehended. Part IV antagonists Endarno – A member of the Council of Kandrakar and a former warrior and close friend of the Oracle. His body is possessed by Phobos when he attempts to free himself and seize the power of Kandrakar by making the Council banish the old Oracle and promoted him to that position. After a long and hard struggle, the minds of Phobos and Endarno return to their respective bodies once Phobos is defeated, Himerish is restored to his old title, and Endarno became a friend and counsellor of W.I.T.C.H. Vaal – Endarno's loyal servant and a denizen of Meridian who unknowingly helps Phobos in his plans, believing he serves Endarno. He, in particular, does not understand why Endarno wants Elyon to abdicate since, like Meridian citizens, Vaal thinks of Elyon as a savior. His name is based on the Semitic god of fertility, vegetation and weather, named Baal. Part V antagonists Johnathan Ludmoore – Johnathan Ludmoore is the first Meridianite to travel to Earth. Phobos orders him to weaken the Veil by opening portals to enable travel between the two dimensions. He discovers that Heatherfield lies in a place where the five elements meet and tries to suppress them. When he fails, he disappears into his magic book of the five elements. When Cedric finds the book, Ludmoore uses him as a henchman to gather the five missing stones; representing the parts of the elements he could not suppress. When finished, he traps the Guardians, Orube and Cedric, in the book where Matt had already been imprisoned. In the end, the Guardians defeat Ludmoore after Cedric uses his own death as a means to open a portal to where Ludmoore resides. Part VI antagonists Tecla Ibsen – An old woman obsessed with regaining her youth, Tecla has the power to summon the Ragorlang and absorb vital energies of her victims through it. She sees the Guardians as rich sources of vital energy. After a final battle with Folkner and the Ragorlang, she and her husband Karl are welcomed in to Kandrakar by the Oracle and allowed to stay. Edward Folkner – The new doctor in the Sheffield Institute. He has travelled a lot looking for the Mark of the Ragorlang. He merges with the monsters trapped inside his magic box to drain the energy of every human being on Earth, but is defeated by W.I.T.C.H. Part VII antagonists Dark Mother – The evil and beautiful Elemental Queen of Earth who threatens both Kandrakar and the globe. Dark Mother used to be Meter, the Queen of Spring, but becomes a vile and bloodthirsty traitor when she uses her magic to transform herself into a monster, calling herself Dark Mother, and attempting to wipe Kandrakar off the map. The other Elemental Queens of Water, Fire, and Air fight and defeat her by banishing her beneath the woods of Heatherfield, trapped in a giant tree, though she could extend her roots through the earth to gather information. Her bonds are later unintentionally broken by Will, when she discovers the root to her powers.Dark Mother sends a black seed to Kandrakar, infiltrating its protective barrier, and slowly it took over the minds of the Elders. After she escapes from her earthly prison, Dark Mother infiltrates Kandrakar, turning it into her kingdom with the Oracle and the Elders under her control, save for Yan Lin. The W.I.T.C.H. near defeat, but in the end, the girls defeat her by sealing her in a stone tomb. Although Dark Mother is sealed away, her roots still threaten the foundation of Kandrakar, which the W.I.T.C.H. girls later save. Romur – A servant of Dark Mother along with his non-human brothers. Although he appears to be loyal to Dark Mother, deep down he is terrified and resents her. Romur helps Dark Mother by setting out her monsters to fight against W.I.T.C.H. when they try to find the roots of their new powers. Later he betrays Dark Mother by watering more star dust flowers (which Dark Mother used to penetrate Kandrakar's defenses), hiding them, and helping the W.I.T.C.H. girls use them to return to Kandrakar and fight against Dark Mother. Part VIII antagonists Professor Takeda – A cryogenics specialist who creates a unique device named "Coldness" which allows him to open a gateway to another world. When his older daughter Mariko discovers this, she ends up in a coma, with her mind dwelling in another dimension called the Fast Realm. Because of this tragic event, Takeda becomes an evil scientist conspiring to destroy everything magical, including the Guardians; he enlists help from a boy named Liam, who came from the alternate realm and is Mariko's first love. However, when his neglected younger daughter Shinobu turns his plans upside down, Takeda gradually returns to his senses and is reunited with his daughters. Arkaam, the White Queen – The malevolent and despotic ruler of the Fast World. She desires to kill Mariko and the Guardians, who stand in her way. She kills Liam when he tries to rescue Mariko and attempts to claim the Earth as part of her realm, but is destroyed by W.I.T.C.H., who combine their voices in a magical chorus that interferes with the vibrational frequency at which Arkaam and her army are vibrating, causing all of them to dissipate into nothingness. Liam – Professor Takeda's hitman and assistant in illegal activities. He comes from the Fast World to help Takeda bring Mariko, whom he loves, back to life and to spy on the Guardians. He is later sent to kidnap William and take him to the Fast Realm, but because William trusts him, Liam cannot harm him and later aids W.I.T.C.H. in locating him and the Takeda sisters. He is murdered by the White Queen when he stands in the way of her blade that is meant for Mariko. Part IX antagonists The Runics – Five magical boys who control the elements just like the Guardians, though they use their powers for evil. Their captain is Nashter, who rules energy. Darmon rules fire, Shalin rules air, Cromo rules earth and Ran-rah rules water. Nihila – As Queen of the Loom, Nihila rules over the signs of the Zodiac. She uses the zodiac (except for Libra) to destroy the lives of the family and friends of the Guardians, but is defeated by Hay Lin. Orristurr – King of the Sharks, he invades the territory of Wishstarr, King of the Starfish, whom he imprisons. Orristurr wants to marry Wishstarr's daughter, Mareeve, to rule over Wishstarr's territory, but she escapes to the surface. She then lives on land, carrying the name Mary for two hundred years. He is defeated by both Mareeve and Irma. Part X antagonists Lady Giga – Youngest of the 3 ladies. She can absorb any type of energy. Lady Crash – Middle sister who has the power to control motorized vehicles. She turns into a car and captures Cornelia in order to drain W.I.T.C.H. of their powers. However, Cornelia escapes and leads her on a chase which drains her gasoline reserves, leaving her starving and helplessly disintegrating into oblivion. Lady Kimikal – The strongest and the oldest of the 3 ladies. She drains the W.I.T.C.H. girls and the magical children from their powers. Her greed for power leads to an overload of magic and perishes by it. Other characters Recurring characters Uriah Dunn, Kurt Van Buren, and Laurent Hampton – The three bullies at Heatherfield High who love to cause trouble. Nigel was part of their gang until leaving to continue a relationship with Taranee. They are always getting themselves into mischief and detentions. They act as the girls' antagonists at school. Bess and Courtney Grumper – The scandalous sisters and the writers of the gossip section of the Sheffield Institute's newspaper. They love to ridicule and get people in trouble to see their reactions, but the W.I.T.C.H. girls – and especially Cornelia and Hay Lin – are their favorite targets. They are considered to be Principal Knickerbocker's pets, though they don't mind bribing students to stand behind them. Dean Collins – Will's History teacher. During the first story arc, he dates Will's mother, Susan, and after a while wins Will's acceptance; in the fifth story arc, he marries Susan, becoming Will's stepfather. Collins is kind and considerate, always thinking of his students and trying to help them, but he also tends to overreact. In issue 108, he reveals to Will (and only Will) that he was a lead singer in a band in college called "Greensuit", and after losing a record she bought, he gives her a complete record collection. William Collins – Will's half-brother is introduced into the story during part seven; he is usually called "Will", much to his sister's frustration. Willam proves to be magical from the first day of his life; his powers including floating bubbles to play in, enlarging his milk bottle for more milk, conjuring up astral butterflies and bringing plushies to life. He can read the minds of animals and humans. He can sense negative energies in others. Will is the only one who he shows his powers to. Will tries to teach him how to keep his powers under control while teaching others at the magic school in the Teach 2b W.I.T.C.H. saga. Grandmother Hale – The mother of Harold Hale, Cornelia's father. From time to time she visits the Hale family, who welcome her with mixed feelings. She is respected as an older family member, but hated for her high-strung, aloof opinions on her son's family, particularly her raising of Cornelia and some qualities of Elizabeth. Exceptions to the rule, include Mrs. Hale's offer to Cornelia of an opportunity that can be exploited for the benefit of W.I.T.C.H. Lillian Hale – Cornelia's younger sister by six or so years, who endlessly bothers her sister. She has a pet cat named Napoleon, originally a gift from Will to Cornelia after Phobos turns Caleb into a flower. In the Halloween special, sometime between the 7th and 8th sagas, Lillian sees the girls transform, but it is unclear if she retains that knowledge in the primary story line. Kandor – Appears at the start of the eighth saga. When the girls come to Yan Lin about the growing number of magical people in Heatherfield, Kandor is assigned to be their handler of the Teach 2b W.I.T.C.H. school. He also keeps the bus/magic-school in check, and travels the world looking for potential students (and procuring materials for his secret hobby, knitting). He is in a relationship with Margeret Hope at the end of issue 101. When the girls have to convince Margeret to believe in magic again to return her Raising Star, the essence of her magic; which she had abandoned after her first love moved away. It later returns but winds up in the engine of the W.I.T.C.H. bus. The girls were failing until Kandor arrived and the two quickly fell in love, which causes the star to return. He has the power to read the minds of others – only the surface of what they are currently thinking – and is kind-hearted. He occasionally struggles with the girls' pet friend We, who he is allergic to. We, Ew and Boring – a trio of Basiliade pets; white fur with plushy-ball tails with the power to become invisible, except their tails. Their names are due to the pattern on the bottoms of their feet that resemble the letters "W" and "E". We appeared at the end of the fourth saga and Ew early on in the ninth. We came with the then-Oracle Himerish, and was left in the care of Orube. We prefers to play with the girls when he feels like it, causing some mischief for them. Ew looks like We, but she has a small pink purse, is feminine, and sports short purple hair. She is constantly trying to kiss We, which he rejects, but allows out of guilt from her crying. Sometimes We carries a small briefcase with him, from which he can take objects much larger than himself. We has also the capability of flying, using blue miniature wings. Other characters Agent Maria Medina – An Interpol agent from the crime psychology department who is assigned to investigate the Brown family's disappearance. Due to her experience on the job she believes that Will and her friends know something about Elyon's family's disappearance that they are not sharing and decides to keep an eye on them. At the end of the first saga, she and her partner conclude that Elyon and her family are "illegal aliens" – not realising how close they are to the truth. Near the end of the Third saga, the Oracle removes the knowledge of the girls and their secrets from her mind. Agent Joel McTiennan – Another Interpol agent who is investigates the Brown family's disappearance with Medina. He is a quiet guy who thinks that Agent Medina's theories are off-the-wall and that the case is a dead-end from which they will return empty-handed. Because of their different builds, McTiennan and Medina are affectionately referred to as "Big Guy and Small Fry" by their colleagues. At the end of the first saga, he and his partner conclude that Elyon and her family were "illegal aliens" – not realising how close they were to the truth. Near the end of the Third saga, the Oracle removes the knowledge of the girls and their secrets from his mind. Orube – A warrior of Basiliade, like the Oracle Himerish. She was the apprentice of Luba, the former Guardian of the Aurameres, and was introduced in the beginning of the third saga. Orube is a skilled warrior who finds Earth customs difficult to understand. She is in charge of WE after he arrived, but gives him to the girls due to allergies. Orube temporarily fills Taranee's place as Guardian when the girls have to prevent Ari of Arhkanta from letting the Banshee become too powerful. As she continues to fight with the girls, she admits that she blames them for her master's death at the hands of Nerrissa. The girls change her view of them as she stays in Heatherfield trying to be more human, and she accepts the girls as her friends. Orube leaves for Basiliade after Cedric, with whom she has fallen in love, died to save her at the end of the Ludmoore saga. Yarr – A Commander from Basilíade who meets the banished Oracle (now referred to as Himerish) while traveling with his minions, Kilubi and Ih-Sui. He recognizes him from the past as a battle partner. Now he serves Himerish loyally using a sword. Kilubi – The feisty and colder minion of Yarr. She has dark purple hair and pointed elfen ears. She has red paint around her eyes, appears somewhat tomboyish, with a gold breastplate and shoulder plates as her battle attire. Her weapon is a sword. Ih-Sui – The calmer and tranquil minion of Yarr. She hardly talks. Like Kilubi, Ih-Sui has Orube's hair color and uses a sword. She has slanted eyes and her battle attire is a Chinese suit with long, wide sleeves. Shinobu – The younger daughter of Takeda. Because of her father's obsession with Mariko, she feels lonely and left out. She finds William when she enters the Fast World. Later, Shinobu reveals that she has the ability to turn invisible. Mariko – The older daughter of Takeda who discovers a parallel dimension and is sent into a magical slumber; her body is left floating in a tank full of liquid in Takeda's laboratory under stasis-lock. She battles the ruler of the strange dimension as the Black Queen, until the W.I.T.C.H. girls are fooled by the White Queen into attacking her, imprisoning her with Shinobu and William. In the Fast World, she meets Liam and the two of them fall in love. The girls rescue her and end Takeda's vendetta. References * Category:Comics characters introduced in 2001 Category:Lists of comics characters Category:Magical girl characters

The Massacre (The Exploited album) The Massacre is the sixth studio album by the hardcore punk band The Exploited, released in 1990 through Rough Justice. It's the second crossover thrash album by The Exploited. It's the band's most successful album so far. The intro was taken from the movie Faces of Death. Track listing All songs written by Wattie Buchan, except for where noted. "The Massacre" (Buchan, Campbell, Duncan, McCormack) – 3:03 "Sick Bastard" – 4:05 "Porno Slut" – 3:15 "Now I'm Dead" – 3:45 "Boys in Blue" – 3:58 "Dog Soldier" – 3:05 "Don't Pay the Poll Tax" – 4:25 "Fuck Religion" – 3:12 "About to Die" (Buchan, Campbell, Duncan, McCormack) – 3:30 "Blown Out of the Sky" – 4:21 "Police Shit" – 3:54 "Stop the Slaughter" – 3:40 2005 CD reissue bonus tracks "Scaling the Derry Walls" (Live) – 2:09 "The Massacre" (Live) – 1:58 "About to Die" (Live) – 3:05 "Death Before Dishonour" (Live) – 2:12 Personnel Wattie Buchan - Vocals Gogs - Guitar Smeeks - Bass, vocals Tony - Drums The Driffield Lager Louts - Backing vocals Engineered by Colin Richardson Produced by Wattie Buchan Terry Oakes - Illustration References Category:1990 albums Category:The Exploited albums Category:Albums produced by Colin Richardson

Q: Dynamics CRM - how to find unmanaged entities not within solution I'm using Dynamics CRM 2013. An entity has been imported via an unmanaged Solution. The Solution has been removed, but because it was unmanaged, the entity is still within CRM and causing issues. How can I see all entities installed under the "default" solution. E.g. not attached to a solution. I believe in CRM 2011 there was a customize button, but I cannot see the option in 2013. A: It is under Settings then Customization then choose Customize the System. This will take you to the Default solution.

Q: NumPy slicing gives IndexError: too many indices for array I have a sample numpy array read from a file like this: import numpy as np data = np.array([(b'M', 119., 76.), (b'M', 114., 73.), (b'F', 124., 79.)], dtype=[('gender', 'S1'), ('bps', '<f8'), ('bpd', '<f8')]) How to get the first column called gender? I tried: gender = data[:,0] # fails gender = [i[0] for i in data] # pass Is there easier way to get the first column without list comprehension? Can we unpack 3 columns like g,b,p=*data? A: First of all, your data doesn't have a column. It is just a 1d array. data.shape (3, ) So the slicing will raise IndexError as you passed 2d indices. Try: list(zip(*data))[0] # (b'M', b'M', b'F')

Pathfinder Flip-Mat: City Gates | RPG Miniatures Game Mat Pathfinder Flip-Mat: City Gates | RPG Miniatures Game Mat $10.55$13.99 Loading reviews... Welcome to wonderful world of Flip-Mats! A place where your RPG miniatures can call home. The Pathfinder Flip-Mat: City Gates will get you right into the action. No time wasted sketching rooms and dungeons, Flip-Mats are pre-printed on both sides with detailed fantasy set-pieces. Game Masters and players alike will be thrown into a rich environment to play out their adventures. Features Pathfinder Flip-Mat: City Gates Game mat printed on two-sides Coated surface allows wet and dry markers to erase from the mat Grid squares measure 1 in x 1 in Game mat measures 24 in X 30 in unfolded (8 in X 10 in folded) Works great for Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons, and other RPGs Share Out Of Stock! We will notify you when this product becomes available. Availability Date: Only 1 left in stock. Qty Questions? Delivery Reviews Have questions about a product or need help? We'd love to hear from you! Take a look at our FAQ page or contact us here. Dark Elf Dice ships fast! US customers usually receive delivery in 2-3 business days from the time a package is mailed (Priority Mail) or 4-5 business days (First Class Mail). Customers outside the US will usually receive delivery within 14-21 days. Delivery times are based on US Postal Service estimates. Although we ship fast, we unfortunately cannot guarantee an actual delivery date.

Following the success of Interweaving Dream Magics, Visionary Shamanics returns with Enchanted Explorations, a fresh collection of swampy night-time forest music compiled by Mystical Voyager. As before, this release is a synergy of visionary art, shamanic poetry, and mystical vibrations primed for ritual activation and paradigm-shifting transformation. Follow the pagan paths that lost shadow spirits walk…

Introducing the Google Analytics 360 Suite Now with a full enterprise stack of tools Unifying ever growing amounts of data, from every sort of device and channel, is a challenge that various digital vendors have undertaken over the last years – achieving a relative degree of success. However, in reality, the data was very siloed. The battle to win the grail quest of understanding every signal from potential and existing customers and to trigger a consistent response based on their on- and offline journey has never been as intense as it is now. The clear winners are the few integrated digital marketing suites with the tools and technologies to deliver on the needs of CMOs. A long standing contender in the Analytics and data management space has been Google on the back of the global success of Google Analytics, but until now the offering has been fragmented with some important pieces missing. However, the issues previously experienced have now been solved with the launch of the Google Analytics 360 Suite. This suite is made up of: Analytics 360, aiming to ease data analysis from all touchpoints in one place, for a deeper understanding of customer experience. Previously known at GA Premium, the Analytics 360 is a full enterprise Analytics solution with integrated DMP features for audience targeting in the Google channels where 3rd party pixeling isn’t allowed. Tag Manager 360, aiming to make tag management simpler, more reliable, and easier to implement to make decisions more swiftly. The stand-alone Tag Manager 360 now includes a full SLA and new advanced features not found in the free version. Optimize 360 (beta), A combination of a AB&/MVT test tool and a content targeting engine Optimize 360 will benefit from the power of having the full GA dataset available for the calculated predictions. Attribution 360, an enterprise Attribution tool with the ability to onboard e.g. TV and other “offline” data sources and provide advanced correlation studies and attribution modeling. Audience Center 360 (beta), finally, after more than 2 years of development, the DMP from Google will come out of beta later this year. It’s built on the powerful Google Cloud backend and will integrate smoothly between the 360 data and other data sources for audience building across millions of users. Data Studio 360 (beta), a huge disruption in the cross field between super easy to use drag-and-drop dash boarding and the power of having BigQuery on the Google Cloud Platform as the data backend, Data Studio 360 will change how we challenge data moving away from aggregated time series data to having the full raw data sets available for analysis – even when there are billions of rows of data – is extremely powerful. When Google launched the Universal Analytics version of GA and introduced “Measurement Protocol”, it took a huge step towards being able to collect data from all digital touch points, which is a key need to answer the core question of “What is the real customer journey and why is it like this”. With the integration between GA and Adwords the full granularity of the paid campaigns became available for analysis in GA, and in Premium (now Analytics 360) the integration with DoubleClick made it possible to track and cookie across almost all digital events for an even stronger understanding of the journey. But in the years following it’s become more and more clear that the strict schema applied to the data collected and the user interface for presentation of the data was a limiting factor on how the data can be used. Even the way the raw data is processed into the metrics and dimensions we use in our analysis have become a limiting factor on the full scope of the needed analysis. The missing pieces have now been addressed with the announcement of the Analytics 360 suite of enterprise tools. NetBooster believes that the Google Analytics 360 suite in combination with DoubleClick advertising technologies, Googles own channels and the Google Cloud Backend is the strongest Performance Marketing Suite in the market today. Having led data driven and analytics projects for over 10 years for international customers such as PSA Peugeot Citroën, Adidas Group, AccorHotels, Estée Lauder, BNP Paribas and hundreds more, NetBooster has a cutting-edge and an extensive understanding of this fast evolving world where one-to-one marketing models at scale can be achieved. Reach out to us to book a session discussing how your business is disrupted by the availability of raw real time data and responsive performance marketing, and we’ll be happy to share our vision, methodology and analysis of your opportunities.

The Royal Palace of Rabat The Royal Palace of Rabat, the residence of king of Morocco Mohammed VI, is considered the center of administrative and political life of the state. It is located in the old part of town - the Medina. The Palace, designed in traditional Arabic style, was erected in 1864 in the form of huge complex - a two story yellow-orange building with a green roof and small towers, decorated with carved arches, paintings and mosaics. The entrance is guarded by old cannons. The grounds of the Royal Palace can be accessed through the arch with carved gates. The high walls of the residence of the Palace protect it from unwanted guests. The territory of the Palace are decorated with rich flower beds and manicured lawns. Around grow hibiscus, banana and Fig trees. The garden also has a beautiful fountain with many jets, which is sacred. In the water you can see floating fish, snakes, turtles. This place is more like a fairy Paradise, than on political and administrative establishment. Next to the Royal Palace of Rabat on the square is the Royal family the Sultan AHL-FAS. Here every Friday afternoon, king Mohammed VI holds the prayer, and the Moroccan people can see their ruler. The Palace is guarded by Royal guards, military and police. According to tradition, the Royal guard, along with their relatives living in the residence. Directly in front of the Royal Palace of Rabat is a huge square Meshwar - "the place of the meeting of the Council."

Post navigation One Knitter’s Road To DC I saw a tweet from The White House (known henceforth as TWH) asking folks who’d like to be invited to a holiday event at TWH to apply online. I did, thinking, “They’ll NEVER invite me!” Well, they did. Apparently they tried to contact me several times, but for some reason our phone wasn’t connecting The woman at TWH said it might have been because their number comes up as ‘blocked’ so depending on folks’ settings, it might not go through – odd… We certainly have no problem getting a ton of 800 spam calls! On Friday they emailed me, I didn’t get it until late in the day (annual ModeKnit Yarn holiday lunch at Kyoto Sushi …) so it was pretty late on Friday when I learned we were invited for Monday. Yikes! Even if I weren’t someone who’d jump into a car and drive 16 hours without blinking an eye (and I am), this seemed like too good of an opportunity to pass up. I am allowed to bring one person, so it was between Gerry and Andy. The event was explained to me as a ‘decorating & craft event’ (apparently my knitting/craft chops AND my numerous twitter followers put me up on the potential invitees list..) I’m told we will me making Christmas ornaments! Gerry insists that it’s really more up Andy’s alley, Andy insists that Gerry should go – and Gerry won. Andy’s going with me. The problem was, this semester Andy had only two final exams, and they were both on Monday. Yikes again. Fortunately her professors are VERY understanding and one is allowing her to take the exam on Sunday, the other later in the week. Andy & Annie at the White House (artists rendering) Max was originally going to join us, but he confessed to us today that he just has too much he feels he needs to do at the end of his semester, and he’s helping a friend with a project at SPNN (where he has a part time job) AND he had a pretty important debate meet today (where he came in SECOND – which is amazingly good) We allowed Max to bow out of the event and stay at home. I’ve learned that when Max has a strong feeling about not participating in something, it’s really best to trust his gut. Every time I’ve forced him to do something he wasn’t really into, something has gone terribly wrong. We’re doing the trip in stages, tonight we’re in Beloit and I used some Hilton points to snag a $40 room at Hampton Inn (SUCH a lovely room!) Tomorrow we pick up Andy and continue to DC, where I’m using Starpoints for two nights at a nice hotel in Arlington. It’s such a bonus to be able to use different membership club points to make this (hotel-wise) an almost-free trip! I have to give a nod to Awardwallet.com, they REALLY help me keep my different memberships straight and monitor how many miles I have in 25 different programs. I find I’m able to use my points much more efficiently when I can access them so easily! So while Andy and I are at the White House, Gerry will be exploring the Smithsonian. Then we’ll meet up late in the day and have dinner, perhaps look at the lights, and sight-see. Tuesday we’ll have some time before we have to head back to Earlham to drop Andy off, we’ll stay overnight so she can take her exam, then we’ll all come home together. Did I mention I’m getting a tooth pulled on Friday?I wanted something to take my mind off of it, and this will certainly do that! Apologies for the lack of book review – I promised two reviews this week and I’m afraid I’ll be lucky to get ONE done! I can’t say I didn’t ask for this – I filled out the online request form – I just never really expected it to happen (and so QUICKLY!) Annie, what a great way for all of you to end the year! I would absolutely let a student reschedule a final to go a special event at the White House (I am professor — and yes, I would allow this even if the president were one I did not care for) — but I would probably ask for a first-hand report during office hours, too! Safe travels!

Q: Document versus Dynamic Document Property What is the key difference between Document and Dynamic Document Property? We were trying to use these properties in Boomi atomsphere process development but not able to decide which is the best to use. A: Document Properties: Document properties are additional information or "metadata" about an individual document as it executes through a process. Usage: I have used document properties of Disk, FTP, SFTP for creating file names. Also document properties of Mail can be used to create Body, filename, subject, from Address and To Address. Dynamic Document Properties: Dynamic document properties are properties that the process developer can define and use to temporarily store additional pieces of information about a given document. Usage: I have used this to create an ALL_INDEX to get all the data from data cache

Q: Async task completed abruptly. Debug View shows thread is stopped at Threadpoolexecutor.runWorker(ThreadpoolExecuter$Worker) line:1094 I'm trying to fetch Oauth token using GoogleAuthUtil.getToken and running the task as a separate thread using Async Task. LogCat ouput shows me that the arguments required by the Async Task has been passed to it.(in this case the context, email and scope). Here's the code of Async Task: public class GetUsernameTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void>{ Activity mActivity; String mScope; String mEmail; GetUsernameTask(Activity activity, String Email, String Scope){ Log.i(TAG,"Local variables are set from received arguments"); this.mActivity = activity; this.mScope = Scope; this.mEmail = Email; } @Override protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) { try { Log.i(TAG,"fetchToken is called"); String token = fetchToken(); mToken = token; //Stuff to do with the token comes here - (Consider sending it to the backend; } catch(IOException e){ } return null; } LogCat also tells me that fetchToken() method is called. Here's the code for fetchToken() private String fetchToken() throws IOException { try { Log.i(TAG,"attempts to getToken"); return GoogleAuthUtil.getToken(mActivity, mEmail, mScope); } catch (UserRecoverableAuthException userRecoverableException){ Log.i(TAG,"recoverable Exception Found"); //((MainActivity) mActivity).handleException(userRecoverableException); } catch (GoogleAuthException fatalException){ Log.i(TAG,"fataException found"); } return null; } The last logcat message before the debug mode opens up, is from Log.i(TAG,"attempts to getToken"); . I have no idea how to proceed from here or how to do debugging in this particular case. Any direction on where to go next will be great. A: There was a meta-data tag missing in the android manifest file. I added the followin code in the manifest file <meta-data android:name = "com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /> The error was pointed out after I had added RuntimeException which printed the suggestion. Here's the code I added for RuntimeException catch (RuntimeException e){ Log.i(TAG, "RuntimeException caught"); e.printStackTrace(); }

[Comparative analysis of the proliferative capacity of cholesteatomas]. Cholesteatomas of the middle ear are frequently aggressive and produce bone destruction. Stimulation of the surrounding inflammatory tissue and autocrine mechanisms could be responsible for the keratinocytic dysregulation of cholesteatomas, as well as for abnormal proliferation patterns. The proliferative capacity of human cholesteatoma of the middle ear was studied through the kinetics of the epithelial cells of cholesteatomas and external ear canal. The APAAP method was used to study the monoclonal antibody MIB-1, which recognizes an antigen of cells in the division phase. Biopsies taken from the outer ear canal (n = 7) revealed an MIB-1 level (the ratio of MIB-1 positive cells to all cells) of 7.6% +/- 2.2%. Cholesteatoma samples (n = 13) showed an MIB-1 level of 17.4% +/- 8.9%, and heterogeneity of the proliferative areas. Epithelial invaginations into the surrounding stroma were characterized by intense mitotic activity. The results confirmed a statistically significant increase in keratinocytes in the cholesteatomas, with an MIB-1 level 2.3 times higher than that of meatal keratinocytes. PCNA, a nuclear proliferation antigen which expresses the growth phase of cells in normal and tumoral tissue, was determined in 15 biopsies of meatal skin and 7 specimens of cholesteatoma in the phase of infection and 8 non-infection. Although the number of proliferative cells changed depending on the site of the cholesteatorna, the amount of PCNA-positive cells was significantly higher in the cholesteatoma (2.5-15, mean 9.3) than in normal skin (1-2.8, mean 1.5) (p < 0.001). Finally, AgNOR (argyrophyllic nucleolar organizer regions), which express proliferative activity, were determined in 12 specimens of meatal skin and in 19 acquired and 2 congenital cholesteatomas. A mean of 3.71 AgNOR dots were counted in the cholesteatomas and 1.54 dots in meatal skin specimens. The immunohistological study with three different markers expressing cellular proliferative capacity showed hyperproliferation associated with keratinocyte dysregulation in cholesteatoma samples, which could explain the clinically aggressive and destructive behavior of these lesions.

Messel Messel is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in Hesse near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The village is first mentioned, as Masilla, in the Lorsch codex. Messel was the property of the lords of Groschlag from ca. 1400 to 1799. After the extinction of the Groschlag male lineage, the village would have passed to the Archbishopric of Mainz but the population refused to accept this transition and paid homage to the daughters of the Groschlag family instead. The minister of the archbishopric, von Albini, consequently occupied the village with a force of 50 hussars. In 1806, the village fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. The nearby Messel pit is an important site for Eocene fossils. References Category:Darmstadt-Dieburg

Chromosomes, cancer and radiosensitivity. Some specific chromosomal abnormalities are associated with certain cancers. The earliest description of such a specific association is the one of the Philadelphia chromosome and myelogenous leukemia (1960). Other congenital karyotype abnormalities are associated with specific cancers. Examples of these are Down's syndrome with leukemia and Klinefelter's syndrome with male breast cancer. Genetic diseases of increased chromosome breakage, or of defective chromosome repair, are associated with greatly increased cancer incidence. Three such diseases have been recognized: 1) Fanconi's anemia, associated with leukemias and lymphomas, 2) Bloom's syndrome, associated with acute leukemias and lymphosarcoma, and 3) ataxia telangiectasia, associated with Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, and lymphosarcomas. Ten percent of individuals with ataxia telangiectasia will develop one of these neoplasms. Individuals with certain of these syndromes display an unusually high radiosensitivity. Radiation therapy for cancers has been fatal in patients who received as low as 3000 rad. This remarkable radiosensitivity has been quantitated in cell cultures from such cases. Evidence suggests that the apparent sensitivity may reflect subnormal ability to repair radiation damage. The rapid proliferation of information in this field stems from the interdigitation of many disciplines and specialties, including cytogenetics, cell biology, molecular biology, epidemiology, radiobiology, and several others. This paper is intended for clinicians; it presents a structured analytic scheme for correlating and classifying this multidisciplinary information as it becomes available.

In his new book, Pearl, now 81, elaborates a vision for how truly intelligent machines would think. The key, he argues, is to replace reasoning by association with causal reasoning. Instead of the mere ability to correlate fever and malaria, machines need the capacity to reason that malaria causes fever. Once this kind of causal framework is in place, it becomes possible for machines to ask counterfactual questions—to inquire how the causal relationships would change given some kind of intervention—which Pearl views as the cornerstone of scientific thought. Pearl also proposes a formal language in which to make this kind of thinking possible—a 21st-century version of the Bayesian framework that allowed machines to think probabilistically. Pearl expects that causal reasoning could provide machines with human-level intelligence. They’d be able to communicate with humans more effectively and even, he explains, achieve status as moral entities with a capacity for free will—and for evil. Quanta Magazine sat down with Pearl at a recent conference in San Diego and later held a follow-up interview with him by phone. An edited and condensed version of those conversations follows. Kevin Hartnett: Why is your new book called “The Book of Why”? Judea Pearl: It means to be a summary of the work I’ve been doing the past 25 years about cause and effect, what it means in one’s life, its applications, and how we go about coming up with answers to questions that are inherently causal. Oddly, those questions have been abandoned by science. So I’m here to make up for the neglect of science. Hartnett: That’s a dramatic thing to say, that science has abandoned cause and effect. Isn’t that exactly what all of science is about? Pearl: Of course, but you cannot see this noble aspiration in scientific equations. The language of algebra is symmetric: If x tells us about y, then y tells us about x. I’m talking about deterministic relationships. There’s no way to write in mathematics a simple fact—for example, that the upcoming storm causes the barometer to go down, and not the other way around. Mathematics has not developed the asymmetric language required to capture our understanding that if x causes y that does not mean that y causes x. It sounds like a terrible thing to say against science, I know. If I were to say it to my mother, she’d slap me. But science is more forgiving: Seeing that we lack a calculus for asymmetrical relations, science encourages us to create one. And this is where mathematics comes in. It turned out to be a great thrill for me to see that a simple calculus of causation solves problems that the greatest statisticians of our time deemed to be ill defined or unsolvable. And all this with the ease and fun of finding a proof in high-school geometry. Hartnett: You made your name in AI a few decades ago by teaching machines how to reason probabilistically. Explain what was going on in AI at the time.

Author Archives: hamiltonm09 Researchers halted a study in Africa testing whether a daily antiretroviral pill can prevent women from becoming infected with the AIDS virus. So far, women taking the pill are just as likely as those taking the placebo to become infected. Of the 1,900 women taking the pill and placebo, 28 in both groups became infected. Researchers are still hopeful about obtaining better results in future studies, however. The drug, called Truvada, was found to protect gay men in a study that was published in November. One question being asked is whether there was a difference in how often the women actually took the pills; some women taking Truvada complained of side effects. There is also the question of how much Truvada infused the walls of the vagina, where the initial infection takes place. Some argue that vaginal gels are more effective at getting antirectoviral drugs into vaginal walls. I apologize if this story has already been posted (I checked the website but so much stuff gets posted that it’s hard to keep up). This story talks about how surrogacy has been legal in India since 2002, and how poor women become surrogate mothers to try to supplement their husband’s income. Hundreds of women are now doing this, which is problematic for as of yet there are no laws or government oversight on surrogacy. India is ideal for surrogacy because of its low costs, and modern assisted reproductive techniques. There is debate, however, about how much surrogacy really helps the women. They may be treated poorly by the clinics; an example provided is coercion into repeated insemination. Surrogate mothers may also experience social ramifications, as they may be ostracized by their communities. Additionally, India already has one of the worst maternal mortality rates. Currently, the Indian Counsel of Medical Research has drafted a bill to govern surrogacy, but it will take some time to become law. I found a fun podcast on iTunes called The History Chicks. It’s a series run by two women discussing various female historical figures, and from what I gathered so far it seems to try to portray them in a more objective light (or at least to shed some light on them). There’s only been one podcast so far, and it is about Marie Antionette. If you can’t access podcasts you can go to their website: http://thehistorychicks.com and listen to the discussions there. It’s not really about women’s health or human rights, but I thought it was interesting.

Q: Force client disconnect using PostgreSQL Is there a way to force clients to disconnect from PostgreSQL? I'm looking for the equivlent of DB2's force application all. I'd like to do this on my development box because when I've got database consoles open, I can't load a database dump. I have to quit them first. A: Kills idle processes in PostgreSQL 8.4: SELECT procpid, (SELECT pg_terminate_backend(procpid)) as killed from pg_stat_activity WHERE current_query LIKE '<IDLE>'; A: Combine pg_terminate_backend function and the pg_stat_activity system view. A: This SO answer beautifully explains (full quote from araqnid between the horizontal rules, then me again): To mark database 'applogs' as not accepting new connections: update pg_database set datallowconn = false where datname = 'applogs'; Another possibility would be to revoke 'connect' access on the database for the client role(s). Disconnect users from database = kill backend. So to disconnect all other users from "applogs" database, for example: select pg_terminate_backend(procpid) from pg_stat_activity where datname = 'applogs' and procpid <> pg_backend_pid(); Once you've done both of those, you are the only user connected to 'applogs'. Although there might actually be a delay before the backends actually finish disconnecting? Update from MarkJL: There is indeed a delay before the backends finish disconnecting. Now me again: That being said, mind that the procpid column was renamed to pid in PostgreSQL 9.2 and later. I think that this is much more helpful than the answer by Milen A. Radev which, while technically the same, does not come with usage examples and real-life suggestions.

Major international organizations classify countries by different factors. One criterion that is often used is gross national income (GNI) per capita – the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population BRAZIL: ROUSSEFF WANTS SECOND TERM, SECOND CHANCE Advertisement Rousseff must get Brazil's fiscal house in order if given a second mandate. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be running for a second term in October, and if she can keep her momentum going, there’s a good chance she’ll win. A poll by Brazilian data provider Datafolha in July found that 36% of those surveyed said they’d vote to reelect Rousseff, down from 38% earlier in July but up from 34% in June. In a distant second place, Aécio Neves of the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party came in at 20%. In Rousseff’s first term, inflation rates have been high, coming in two percentage points over the country’s 4.5% target. Although not out of hand, rising consumer prices have irked the nation and eroded confidence. They helped fuel social unrest preceding the World Cup. Economists point out that, if reelected, Rousseff must push through fiscal reforms to get the economy on sound footing again. “Brazil is facing a structural weakness that has to do with lack of reforms in the past decade,” says Alfredo Coutino, chief Latin America economist at Moody’s Analytics. “This absence of structural changes has weakened the fundamental sources of growth: investment, productivity and technological progress. It is why prolonged policy stimuli have been ineffective to lift the economy from the low performance shown after the postrecession rebound. Therefore, what Brazil needs is to reform the economy, the institutions and the economic policy.” The Central Bank of Brazil has taken steps to curb inflation, but fiscal policy hasn’t followed suit—a development that, some analysts believe, is hindering recovery by creating a cocktail of rising interest rates, lower taxes and ramped-up spending on social programs. “While monetary policy is fighting inflation and trying to reduce the risk of imbalances, fiscal policy has been expansionary and widening the fiscal imbalance. A better fiscal synchronization is still a pending issue to resolve in Brazil,” Coutino says. This imbalance will be a key challenge, should Rousseff get a second term. It remains to be seen whether voters think she is ready for Round Two.

VoluMedic 3.5 - Plugin (Academic) Mfr PN: US-VPE-492Our PN: MSGN0280010Manufacturer:VoluMedic-OGPlatform(s): WinProduct Type:Electronic DownloadTime to Delivery:After 3PM CST electronic products may not be invoiced until next business day. Please allow up to 24 hours for delivery. $999.00 Qty: This product is discounted for academic sale and may have special licensing and purchasing requirements. Quick Overview This version of VoluMedic is meant for existing academic users of LightWave3D who want to enhance LightWaves toolset with the functionality of VoluMedic. The package includes VoluMedic installation CD, menu config files and printed manual. Proof of academic status and LightWave serial number required. Description Details Manufacturer Part Number: US-VPE-492 VoluMedic offers blazingly fast software volume rendering in highest and to date unseen quality as well as real-time hardware volume rendering for previewing and interactive workflow. In addition to this VoluMedic offers hundreds of functions for import and processing of volumetric data as well as tools to create geometry from volumetric objects. All this combined with LightWave`s own extensive toolset will allow you to see your volumetric datasets in a whole new light (and that literally). VoluMedic, the next generation of the award winning software for the editing, viewing, rendering and analysis of volume data. NEW Features in VoluMedic 3.5 Include: NEW Features in VoluMedic 3.0 Include: GPU accelerated raycasting in LightWave's Viewports. Among the many improvements in VoluMedic 3.0, is a completely rewritten OpenGL volume renderer that leverages the full power of the GPU for previewing volumetric objects inside LightWave's Viewports. New, streamlined user interface. Slice views are now available inside LightWave's viewports, replacing the Slice Editor panel (which is still available). The volume data is displayed and resliced according to three relative coordinate systems (dataset, object and world). Painting, measurement and segmentation of volume data can now be done directly in the LightWave viewports (3D and 2D views). Tools for automatic, semi- automatic and manual pre- orientation of volume data. This is particularly important if data always has to be aligned the same way for reliable measurement and analysis. Reoriented data is correctly resliced and displayed in real-time in the 2D and 3D Views. Eight new Shading Quality modes for the software renderer that do not only look better, but also render much faster than those available in version 2.0. The same Shading Quality levels also affect the new GPU- Raycaster, making a manual selection of shaders unnecessary. New requesters for the reduction of dataset and OpenGL texture sizes make very large datasets viewable even on systems with otherwise insufficient memory (at a slightly reduced quality). Improved support for the interactive ViewPort Renderer (VPR) in LightWave 10 and later. Switch between GPU and CPU rendering at any time! Use whatever fits your workflow and your hardware! Faster, multithreaded filters and importers. New compressed VoluMedic format for more efficient storage, as well as faster loading and saving. Improved Analyze and DICOM- Importers. NEW features in VoluMedic 2.0 include: Measurement Tools: Measure volumes, distances and angles. Store the results in a Sqlite database and export them into a customizable CSV- table- file. CSV files are widely supported by applications such as Microsoft Office and the Open Office suite. New Segmentation Tools, Selection Masks: In addition to our patented Volume Painting tools, VoluMedic now also supports segmentation via a 3d Magic Wand' like tool. Click on any voxel and select surrounding voxels of the same or similar Density. The resulting Masks' can be used as 3d- Alpha Maps or Clip Maps for volume rendering as well as VoluMedics Surface Mesh Creation tools. They can also be used for measurement. Like any other data set, Masks can be edited with all the other editing tools available in VoluMedic. Masks can be painted and filtered. Like VoluMedic's Volume Painting tools, the selection tools have a non linear Undo History. Filters: VoluMedic 2.0 includes a couple of powerful, new preprocessing filters. The new Gaussian and Median Filters help cleaning up noisy data sets. They also help with softening the transitions in the new Selection Masks. The filters are also tied into VoluMedic's non linear Undo History. VoluMedic Wizard: The new VoluMedic Wizard makes creation of VoluMedic projects easier than ever before. Let the Wizard take you from a DICOM file to a finished Animation in a just a few easy steps. Hounsfield Support: VoluMedic now supports Hounsfield Units. Support for Hounsfield Units allowed the VoluMedic team to implement presets that are valid for most DICOM- CT data. You will find the new Presets in the Wizard and the Slice Editor. Improved Import: The Importer has, once again, been improved. Besides the new support for Hounsfield Units, data sets can now be imported in a much more memory efficient fashion. Particularly multi channel datasets can benefit from this. Users can also manually reduce the precision of the imported data, to further conserve system memory. The DICOM importer also has seen another update, providing better compatibility with certain vendors. Improvements in Scalar Panel: The Scalar Panel has seen some fine tuning and cleanups. A new popup has been added to house a Selection Mask for rendering.Shading Softness can now be controlled via a percentage slider instead of a simple two value popup. Inverted' Opacity Ramps no longer require the use of Use Opacity for Normals'. This not only makes renderings look much better, it also allowed for the now obsolete option to be removed. New renderer optimizations made the Preprocessing' optimization obsolete and this control has been removed as well. Other Improvements: DICOM information can optionally be anonymized' when it is saved into a VoluMedic file. Painting information is no longer lost when the Slice Editor is closed. The Histogram is now in a Panel of its own. This improved the refresh rates in the Slice Editor. There are new scripts for the creation of Bounding Boxes and the Bounding Box Panel to the main UI. Another new script quickly creates a simple gradient backdrop. NEW features in VoluMedic 1.5 include: New and improved Importer : DICOM file support has been improved and more vendor specific DICOMfilevariations are now correctly recognized by the importer. A new panel opens if the selected DICOM file is in a folder, that contains more than one series of DICOM files. This panel shows all possible series defined by Patient Name, Study-ID, Series Description, Series Number, the Convolution Kernel, as well as the Number of Slices for each series. DICOMDIR file support : If a DICOM series is accompanied by a DICOMDIR file, this file can now be selected for import (instead of a DICOM file). A new panel will open allowing the user to select one of the series defined by the DICOMDIR file. This is now the recommended method for importing DICOM files into VoluMedic. RAW file import has been improved . It is now possible to import RAW files that contain more than one slice in a single file. There are more options for bit depth and bit order . Many otherwise unrecognized file formats can also be imported by specifying the header size. New options for how to treat the individual channels (e.g. to read RGBA as RGBA, or RGB, or just A, etc) help with managing the memory requirements of volumetric data. New DICOM Info panel : Extra information (study and patient information) that was imported from DICOM files is now stored in VoluMedic's native file format and can be viewed in this new panel, which can be accessed from the VoluMedic Editor panel. Volume Painting (patents pending):This is a new and very comfortable way for the manual segmentation of complex areas in a dataset. Just paint into the volume with three dimensional brushes. Lots of options and a fully editable paint history make this a very powerful tool currently not available in any other volumetric viz application. View flash presentation of Volume Painting Feature. Geometry to Volume Render Modes: These two new render modes in the Scalar Panel allow to render geometry into new or existing volumetric datasets. New Bounding Box panel : This new panel can be accessed through the Object Properties of the Bounding Box object. There are new settings that allow to assign a bounding Box to a different Scalar Object or to change the Bounding Box shape. Two new shapes are available (besides the 'old' Box Shape) 'Sphere' and 'Cylinder'. 64 Bit version: The size of datasets is now only limited by the amount of available system RAM.Data ImportVoluMedic can load data from virtually any biomedical imaging modality (including MRI, SPECT, PET, CT, ultrasound, and digital microscopy). The powerful Importer provides direct and automatic support for reading most standard computer image and picture formats, including the DICOM standard for radiological images and the very popular Analyze Format. Unknown data formats can be imported, as well, through RAW data import. Support for additional image formats can be added via plugins. PreprocessingPreprocessing of image data is possible through VoluMedic`s Slice Editor. This is an extremely useful tool when data needs intensity scaling, flipping, cropping or rotation. Volume ObjectsVoluMedic automatically converts image data into true volumetric objects. It offers a wide and comprehensive toolset for segmentation and coloring as well as settings to help defining the look in the final rendering. The integration with LightWave`s Preset Shelf allows to apply pre- made settings and to store settings for later use easily in a visual browser. A simpler version of the object control panel is also available, giving new users an easy start. Users familiar with the realities of volume rendering know that real- life datasets are rarely in ideal high resolution. To guarantee an ideal image even with lower res datasets VoluMedic offers different interpolation methods that help create clear shapes in situations where other imaging solutions fail. Object settings Rendermodes: (Volume, Solid and Xray) Interpolation (Nearest, Linear, Bicubic2/4 and BSpline). Color and Opacity Gradients Luminosity (self illumination) Diffuse Illumination Specularity Glossiness Color Highlights Shading softness Sampling Distance Shading quality and much more Bounding BoxesVoluMedic`s Bounding Boxes allow to show only those parts of the Volume Object that are within at least one Bounding Box. A single Volume Object can have an unlimited number of Bounding Boxes that can be parented and of course animated. Software Volume RenderingVoluMedic offers highest quality software rendering with support for all of LightWave`s Lighttypes (colored and animated distant, point, spot, linear and area lights, as well as radiosty lighting) and Cameras (fully animatable), offering a full integration into LightWave`s Floating Point renderpipeline (including raytracing and radiosity). Render imagesequences or videos into any of the supported I/OImage formats. Surface object creationVoluMedic allows to create polygonobjects from volumetric objects. These can later be manipulated in LigtWave`s Modeler and/or exported to other applications such as e.g. CAD Applications or WRML or Shockwave 3D files. Please check the gallery section for a VRML file demonstrating a possible application of this feature.

Spring District The Spring District is a transit-oriented development and neighborhood that is under construction in Bellevue, Washington. The 16-block, development is centered around the Spring District/120th station on the East Link Extension, a light rail line scheduled to open in 2023. It is located in the Bel-Red area between Downtown Bellevue and Redmond, currently used for light industry, roughly bounded on the west by 120th Avenue NE and the Eastside Rail Corridor rail trail, on the north by a King County Metro bus base, on the east by 124th Avenue NE, and on the south by NE 12th Street. The Spring District is being developed by Wright Runstad & Company in a joint venture with Shorenstein Properties. NBBJ is the project's master plan architect, though individual buildings developed by Security Properties and AMLI Residential are being designed by GGLO. Plans for the neighborhood were drawn up in the late 2000s and allowed after a 2009 upzone of the Bel-Red corridor. Demolition of a former distribution center on the site began in September 2013. Construction of the first phase, consisting of two apartment buildings, began in June 2015 and finished in 2017. The full development is anticipated to be completed by 2028, adding of housing, office space and retail to the area. , two major office tenants have confirmed their intent to occupy space in the Spring District: the headquarters of sporting goods outlet REI; and the Global Innovation Exchange, a planned educational institute formed from a partnership between the University of Washington, Microsoft and Tsinghua University. In 2016, the Puget Sound Business Journal ranked the $2.3 billion project as the second-largest construction project in the Puget Sound region, behind the East Link light rail extension. History Background The Bel-Red area (named for its location along Bel-Red Road between the city centers of Bellevue and Redmond) was originally developed in the 1960s for light industry, such as warehouses, as well as some pockets of commercial and office development. The area accounts for more than a quarter of Bellevue's industrial land. In 2005, with businesses moving out of the area, the city government began a planning study that reexamined existing zoning in the Bel-Red area, with considerations to future residential units and retail lots, in an attempt to direct growth. The Bel-Red area was selected in part due to plans for a light rail line through the area on the way to the Microsoft campus in Overlake near Redmond. The plan for light rail was approved by voters in 2008 as part of Sound Transit's East Link Extension and finalized in 2011 with two stops in the Bel-Red area at 120th Avenue and 130th Avenue. The Bellevue City Council adopted a rezone of the Bel-Red area in 2009, allowing for buildings up to 13 stories tall, approximately , as well as mixed-use development incorporating residential units and retail. Spring District plans In December 2007, Seattle-based real estate developer Wright Runstad unveiled plans for a transit-oriented urban village named the "Spring District" to be located in the Bel-Red industrial area. The firm had, together with Shorenstein Properties, bought a lot in the Bel-Red area in May 2007 for $68 million; the land was formerly owned by Safeway, who had a distribution center for its supermarkets at the site. The first phase of the project was to be completed in 2010, pending zoning changes approved by the city, and replace existing warehouses and light industry with 1,000 residences and of offices along with of open space. A master plan for the Spring District was unveiled by NBBJ in 2008, taking inspiration from the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon, and was approved by the City of Bellevue in 2012. In March 2013, it was announced that Security Properties would develop the first phase of the Spring District, beginning with a five apartment buildings with 316 units. A second developer, AMLI Residential, announced its intention to purchase a parcel in the Spring District for $13.3 million; AMLI plans to build a 220-unit apartment building on its site to open by 2019. Opposition and controversy The development of the Spring District, and its use of public funding to build roads and a light rail station to serve it, was opposed by Downtown Bellevue real estate developer Kemper Freeman. Freeman funded the campaigns of a set of Bellevue City Council candidates in the 2011 elections, while Spring District developer Wright Runstad funded a set of opposing candidates. Freeman had filed an appeal with the city prior to the election, arguing that the environmental impact of additional automobile traffic generated by the Spring District would require further study than the current master plan. It was settled in 2012, with the city requiring a future study of traffic impacts in exchange for the withdrawal of the appeal. Sound Transit's decision to build a light rail operations and maintenance facility adjacent to the Spring District was opposed by Wright Runstad, who argued that the facility would be damaging to the developer's vision and plans for the area. Bellevue's abandonment of plans for low-income housing in the district, allowing Wright Runstad to pay into a development fund instead, was criticized in a piece on Crosscut.com as part of trend with private developers shying away from building affordable housing around transit. Construction A groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 16, 2013, to celebrate the start of site demolition at the future Spring District. Demolition of the Safeway distribution center was completed in January 2014, and construction of the first phase, a 79-unit apartment building, began in June 2015. Construction of all five buildings in the first phase will be finished in 2017. The second phase began construction in November 2016. Construction of the Spring District is expected to last 15 years, ending by 2028, and be divided into three phases. The first phase will open from 2017 to 2022 and primarily consist of residential buildings and office spaces on the southernmost and easternmost blocks; the second phase will open from 2019 to 2022 and primarily consist of commercial space in the centrally-located blocks; the third phase will open from 2022 to 2026 and include residential and commercial buildings as well as a hotel adjacent to the light rail station on the north end of the site. Design and features The Spring District is centered around the Spring District/120th light rail station, located in the northern part of the planned neighborhood. Architecture firm NBBJ, inspired by the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon, designed the neighborhood with small blocks and a grid of interconnected streets integrated with the station and amenities, including parks, open space and mid-block pedestrian passages. The buildings will be staggered and oriented for views of Downtown Bellevue to the southwest and the Cascade Range to the east. NE 16th Street will be renamed to Spring Boulevard, which begins in the new district and continues east towards Overlake Village station. Part of the development will cross Kelsey Creek tributaries in the area, as well as three other creeks. The city has termed the creeks and wetlands "unhealthy" and has planned mitigation measures. Buildings and tenants The Spring District is planned to consist of 24 buildings on of land, totaling of leasable space. As a mixed-use development, the buildings are split between residential, commercial, and retail uses. The Spring District is expected to include over of office space and 1,500 residential units. City of Bellevue zoning allows for buildings as tall as , though buildings range from 3 to 12 stories. At full build out, the development will support an estimated 2,000 residents and 13,000 office workers. The first residential building opened in May 2017. The Global Innovation Exchange, a high-tech academic institute supported by the University of Washington, Microsoft, and Tsinghua University, was announced as the first major tenant for the Spring District in 2015. It opened in September 2017, with 43 students from China and the United States taking master's degree courses. By 2027, the facility is expected to have 3,000 students in various programs. Outdoor supplier REI announced in March 2016 that it intends to relocate its Kent headquarters to the Spring District by 2020. References External links NBBJ: Spring District Master Plan Wright Runstad: The Spring District Official construction webcam City of Bellevue: Spring District/120th Station Area Planning Category:Bellevue, Washington Category:Transit-oriented developments in the United States

1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sampling apparatus and, more particularly, to a sampling apparatus operable to collect material, such as fungible material, from a continuous stream thereof and to such a sampling apparatus having particular utility in the sampling of raisins during processing. 2. Description of the Prior Art There are many environments in which it is necessary to extract material from a substantially continuous stream of such material. For example, in the manufacturing or processing of products, it is frequently necessary to remove products from the production line for examination so as to confirm that they are of the desired standard of quality, or that they are not below an established minimum standard of quality. If the samples do not meet preestablished criteria, remedial action can be taken. Known as "sampling," it is desirable that those products removed from the stream for examination, to the extent possible, be selected in such a manner as to be as representative of all of the products passing in the stream. Where the material to be extracted from the stream consists of fungible food products, the standards for sampling are most stringent, either because of governmental regulation or because of internal concerns in the maintenance of predefined standards of quality. With the periodic public notoriety regarding instances of the contamination and adulteration of food products, the probability is that even more severe standards will be adopted. Independently thereof, it is certain that the manufacturers, processors and handlers of food products will seek to improve upon their own sampling, examination and testing procedures so as to maintain high standards of quality and to minimize the risk of injury to the public. An illustrative environment relative to these concerns is the production, processing and handling of raisins. Although sampling may be performed at other points in the production, processing and handling of raisins, perhaps the most notable example is the sampling of raisins for examination by inspectors on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture. The sampling of incoming lots of raisins for examination presents unique difficulties. The current method for collecting samples of raisins for examination is manual or, in other words, literally by hand. Typically, the collection process includes the sampling of raisins from the continuous stream of raisins released from the discharge chute of a device known as a "shaker table." The raisins are passed over the shaker table for the removal of foreign material from the raisins. The raisins collected as samples are literally removed by hand frown the stream at the discharge chute on a periodic basis. The samples are collected and representative portions thereof tested, on site, for moisture content, sugar content and the like. It is evident that such conventional sampling methods are prone to inaccuracy since the collected samples are frequently not truly representative of the lot from which they were collected; that is, the timing and location in the stream of the collection do not ensure the collection of samples representative of the whole. In addition, this method is time consuming for the inspectors who could more productively devote their attention to other duties. With or without conscientious effort, conventional methods are, as a practical matter, entirely inadequate for the purpose. Thus, the samples collected for inspection and the resulting dependability of the overall inspection process are adversely affected by the inaccuracy of the sampling method. Therefore, it has long been known that it would be desirable to have a sampling apparatus which is adaptable for use in sampling material, such as fungible goods transported in a substantially continuous stream; which is significantly more reliable than conventional methods and apparatuses intended for the same purpose; which is uniquely well suited to the sampling of incoming lots of raisins in such a manner as to ensure that the samples collected are representative of the lot sampled; which operates substantially automatically with little or no attention by personnel; which is entirely safe and dependable in operation, and is inexpensive to install, maintain and operate; and which is otherwise entirely successful in achieving its operational objectives.

Prevalence of human papilloma virus in esophageal carcinomas: a polymerase chain reaction-based study. Human papilloma virus (HPV) has been repeatedly found in esophageal carcinoma tissues. However, detection rates of HPV DNA in these tumors have varied markedly. Differences in detection methods, sample types and geographic regions of the sample origin have been suggested as potential causes of this discrepancy. This study was undertaken to analyze the prevalence of HPV in esophageal carcinoma. HPV L1 DNA was evaluated in a total of 49 esophageal carcinoma samples, including 44 cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 5 cases of adenocarcinoma. Seventeen control samples of esophageal brushings were also analyzed. The HPV L1 fragment was detected using MY09/MY11 primers. In test samples, 17/49 (34.7%) were positive for HPV L1 and, in comparison, none of the control samples were positive. HPV DNA was identified in 17/37 (46%) cases of non-keratinizing SCC and was not identified in any case of esophageal keratinizing SCC and adenocarcinoma. This study defines a significant association of HPV with esophageal non-keratinizing SCC. Our findings raise the possibility that HPV is involved in esophageal carcinogenesis, especially the non-keratinizing type of SCC. Further investigation with a larger sample size over broader geographic areas may be warranted.

Former Baltimore police detective Joseph Crystal, who resigned this summer, is now suing both the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and the police commissioner for not protecting him from retaliation. In 2012, Crystal reported an incident to prosecutors where a fellow cop assaulted a handcuffed suspect previously found in his girlfriend's house. While police officers often complain about the "no snitch" culture in crime-ridden communities, that same culture often appears alive and well among police too. Crystal says after he reported the misconduct he found a rat on the windshield of his car that was parked outside his house. That was just the beginning, as The Baltimore Sun reports: Crystal also alleges that other officers refused to back him up on the streets. He alleges that in November 2012, no one from his unit responded to a call he put out over the radio that he was involved in a foot chase as part of a drug investigation. Two days later, he stopped two suspects and called for backup. He contends his supervisor called his cellphone and "gave him a direct order to return back to the district and that he would not be given backup." "Nobody wants to ride with you," a detective told him later, according to the lawsuit. Crystal also alleges that a detective once pulled up alongside his police car and asked if he was "having a cheese party. I know rats like cheese." And he says a union official told him he should "look into going to another agency." BPD won't talk about the lawsuit while it says an unspecified outside investigation continues. The police commissioner, Anthony Batts, publicly promised to protect Crystal when news of his whistleblowing broke. Whether or not Crystal wins his lawsuit, this story doesn't really have a happy ending. While Officer Anthony Williams, who was off duty while he beat the suspect, was convicted of assault and obstruction of justice for the incident, he was sentenced to… 45 days in jail, this after telling the court he'd do it all over again. And he appears to remain employed as a Baltimore police officer.

Q: elasticsearch copy data from ec2 to local windows Already too much of snapshot and restore over internet..!! my basic problem is: My test environment is on EC2. For the dev team we have a local box to which developers connect and do the testing. Unluckily this local box crashed and we don't have any local data to test. The next thing was to create a copy of EC2 and using that create the local box again. Steps taken: 1.) Create snapshot on S3. 2.) Downloaded the snapshot on my windows box. Problem statement: How can I use this snapshot to restore the data on windows box. A: Well, the answers are there on internet but it's tough to find the proper process. And it goes like this: I have a snapshot on S3 of one of my instances. Problem statement was to use this S3 snapshot to restore the data on a newly created instance of elasticsearch(can be anywhere: windows/EC2 etc.) First and formost thing is to create a repository on the new instance. This repository has to be same as the one from which snapshot is created. In my case, the repository was created from EC2 instance on S3. On new instance, same repository has to be created. Now this repository will be pointing to the S3 repository which was created from EC2. Next is a simple restore on the new instance. Note that prefer restoring a specific index which is required. I had tough time resolving the issue created from Kibana snapshots as well. Any one facing any other issues can discuss here in this thread further.

Malaysian Parent Ratings of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Language Versions, Gender, Informants, and Race. For a Malaysian sample, the current study used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to determine the best model for parent ratings of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and then multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (MCFA) to confirm this model, and to examine measurement invariance across different language versions (Malay and English), child's gender (boys and girls), informants (mothers and fathers), and racial groups (Malay, Chinese, and Indians). In all 1,407 Malaysian parents completed SDQ ratings of their children (age ranging from 5 to 13 years). The EFA showed most support for a two-factor model oblique model, with factors for a positive construal factor and a psychopathology factor. CFA confirmed this model, and MCFA showed full measurement invariance (configural, metric. and scalar) across the groups in the different comparisons. For all comparisons, there were equivalencies for latent mean scores. The implications of the findings for clinical and research practice involving the SDQ in Malaysia are discussed.

CONCONULLY, Wash. -- An immediate evacuation was issued Tuesday night for the entire town of Conconully in north-central Washington and surrounding area for an advancing wildfire. Conconully has a population of about 210 people in Okanogan Conty. "The fire is coming off Funk Mountain and Sugarloaf area moving south towards the town of Conconully," Okanogan County Fires tweeted late Tuesday night. "Persons need to be aware of their surroundings and evacuate immediately. Law enforcement and fire crew are in the area to assist leaving the area on Conconully highway. "Do not wait for door to door notification, leave immediately," the county tweeted. "Listen to local radio stations for updates." The Okanogan Complex Fire has burned nearly 12,500 acres in north-central Washington since it was started by lightning last Saturday, state officials said. The fire is burning both trees and brush. The Okanogan Complex is made up of the Lime Belt Fire, the Blue Lake Fire, the Tunk Block Fire, the Beaver Lake Fire. The 4,204 acre Nine Mile Fire is also being managed under the complex.

(Corrects to show DH Corp fell ahead of, not after, earnings report in final paragraph) * TSX ends down 162.76 points, or 1.17 percent, at 13,790.90 * Nine of index's 10 main groups fall By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Monday as resources stocks weighed and investors remained skittish about Valeant Pharmaceuticals despite its attempts to address recent allegations made against it by an influential short-seller. Nine of the index's 10 main groups fell, led by a 5 percent retreat for the heavyweight energy group, a 4 percent loss for materials stocks, and a 5.2 percent drop in consumer staples. The losses among resource stocks were much sharper than any slips in prices for the underlying commodities they extract, refine or transport. "The month has been marked by this very strong move on very little information, and the market is now digesting it and saying 'there's not a lot here'," said John Stephenson, president at Stephenson & Company Capital Management. The most influential single weight was Valeant, down 4.8 percent at C$145.34, after it laid out a detailed defense of its relationship with a specialty pharmacy that failed to calm all investor concerns. "The nagging sense is why are we hearing about this at the last minute and given that we're hearing about it at the last minute, what else aren't they telling us," Stephenson said. The most influential movers in the energy group were pipeline operator Enbridge Inc, down 2.2 percent at C$55.63, and Canadian Natural Resources, which declined 2.5 percent to C$30.32. U.S. crude prices settled down 1.4 percent at $43.98 a barrel, while Brent crude lost 1.2 percent to $47.42. Gold miners were also among the weights even as bullion steadied after a three-day losing streak, with Goldcorp Inc declining 4 percent to C$19.66 and Barrick Gold Corp falling 3.2 percent to C$9.88.

Your lender returns a loan estimate to you along with any other required loan disclosures As an added bonus, at the bottom of this article, you can download a pre-approval document checklist. Save it to your hard drive and print it out. You can use it to keep track of your progress. Mortgage Pre-Approval Advantages If you plan to buy a home soon, getting a mortgage pre-approval is a good idea. Here’s why. You will save time because your home shopping will be more focused. You’ll be able to search for homes in a well-defined price range and not stray into properties you cannot afford. You’ll have an easier time dealing with your real estate agent and getting in-home viewings. Most agents won’t work with clients who are not pre-approved. And many sellers will only allow agents to show their home to pre-approved buyers. If you are pre-approved, those two barriers go away. Sellers will take you more seriously and that come in handy when it comes time to make an offer. You’ll be in better position to negotiate. Any offer coming from you is viewed as legitimate because the seller knows you are ready and able to buy. Lastly, pre-approvals reduce the risk of any unwelcome surprises because you have a much clearer picture of your mortgage situation going into the mortgage loan process. From start to finish, you can expect a smoother experience. Starting a Loan File Your point of contact with a lender, typically a loan officer, will create the initial loan file. The first two things that go into it are the mortgage application (also known as the Fannie Mae 1003) and credit report. Mortgage application The loan application begins with basic information about your employment history and financial assets. Applications may be filled out online or in-person. Today, the vast majority are started online by the borrower (basic information) and completed by the lender (who adds mortgage calculations and closing cost estimates). Credit report When the loan application is filled out, the credit report is pulled by your loan officer. The report is called a “tri-merge” because it shows three scores from the major credit agencies Experian, Trans-Union and Equifax. The middle of the three scores is used for underwriting. Credit reports give lenders an “official” look at your financial responsibility, which helps them assess risk. Here are some of the things that show up in a credit report: Credit score Credit history of trade lines, past accounts, past payment history (i.e. how many 30-day, 60-day or 90-day late payments have been noted, per account) Documents for Mortgage Pre-Approval Now that the application and credit report are in the loan file, it’s time to upload or send your pre-approval documents to your loan officer. In most cases, you’ll conveniently upload them online. As mentioned, very few loans these days require you to take mortgage pre-approval documents to a physical office space. There are four (4) main types of documents needed for a mortgage pre-approval. You may be asked for a few more, depending on your circumstances (covered below). Underwriters, the people who make approval/rejection decisions about loans, review the following: 1. Borrower Identification A state-issued photo ID driver’s license or identification card. A valid passport will also suffice. All borrowers/co-borrowers must provide ID. 2. Tax Returns 2 years of tax returns and W-2 forms if you work for a company. If you are self-employed, then you’ll most likely be asked for a profit & loss (P&L) statement and federal tax statements for the last two years. You may be asked for your business license or a letter from your CPA. 3. Pay Stubs Provide the most recent 30 days of pay stubs or profit/loss statement. 4. Bank Statements Provide 2 months of the most recent, complete bank statements. Include all pages for all accounts. Statements much show your complete account numbers. Savings Checking Brokerage statements 401k IRAs Roth 403b Other Documents for Pre-Approval Each loan is as unique as the borrower applying for it. If applicable, the following documents may also be requested of you: If you own other properties, you may be asked for current mortgage statements and a homeowner’s insurance declaration for each property Initial Disclosures During the pre-approval stage, your loan officer will provide “initial disclosures” to you. They are meant to help you understand the credit terms of the proposed mortgage. Initial disclosures are required by law and must be delivered to you within three (3) days of your mortgage application. You will receive a Loan Estimate, formerly called Good Faith Estimate (GFE). The loan estimate itemizes the anticipated costs of making the loan as well as the ongoing costs (e.g. monthly payments). You’ll also see how your mortgage payments might change in the future, if applicable, as would be the case with an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM). Here are main line items in a loan estimate: Loan amount Interest rate and APR Term Monthly payment Closing costs Prepayment penalties, if any Pre-Approval Letter After assembling and reviewing the application, credit report and documents needed for mortgage pre-approval, the mortgage underwriter will render either a “yes” or “no” decision. If the answer comes back “yes,” your lender can issue a pre-approval letter. The pre-approval letter spells out things like the maximum loan amount, type of home loan and any conditions that must be met before final mortgage approval is made. Conditions include things like a satisfactory property appraisal and proof of a clear title. The letter is not a guarantee to lend you the money, but it puts you one step farther down the path to owning a home. Why does this matter? Well, the pre-approval letter can be shown to your real estate agent and the seller of the home you’re interested in buying. You’ll be viewed as a serious buyer who is ready and able to make a purchase.

Rapid and accurate detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by real-time polymerase chain reaction with melting curve analysis targeting gyrB gene. Laboratory detection of Pseudomonas spp., particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is an important assay in the nosocomial control. The study was designed firstly to establish a new assay-applied LightCycler polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology with melting curve analysis (MCA). A total of 224 Gram-negative isolates were used to verify the assay system. The PCR with MCA method using the P. aeruginosa-specific gyrase B gene primers was rapid and accurate; the total run is approximately 3 h, and the sensitivity and specificity relative to the Vitek (bioMerieux, Hazelwood, MO) results were 98.1% and 100%, respectively. Vitek identification system was not able to identify the isolates from the new Pseudomonas otitidis spp. opposite to the real-time PCR. This assay was validated to be accurate with an overall sensitivity and specificity of 98.7% and 98.9%, respectively. Conclusively, this rapid and accurate PCR assay with MCA will help to manage and control infections with P. aeruginosa.

Jenkinstown Park Jenkinstown Park is a park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is situated off the N78 road about 10 km north of the city of Kilkenny and 11 km south of Castlecomer. Facilities Facilities include a picnic site, forest walks, deer park and a craft centre. A small garden to commemorate Thomas Moore's association with the house has been laid down on the site of the old house. There are walks of between one and three kilometres through a plantation of mixed broadleaf and conifers. History The park was formerly part of the old Bryan-Bellew Estate. Flora The main tree species in the park are beech, ash, oak, and Norway spruce. Some original park trees from the 1870s survive and include a number of rare species such as the Chinese necklace poplar, Populus lasiocarpa. A carpet of bluebells flowering in a beech and birch woods from mid April to late May is one of the special features of the park's other flora. Fauna The park is home to foxes, badgers, stoats, red and grey squirrels, and enclosed deer, as well as bats in the old church. Many species of birds – including pheasant, ravens, and the long-eared owl – inhabit the woods. Geology Limestone, adjacent to Dunmore Caves. References External links Jenkinstown Park - Discover Ireland Jenkinstown Park - Coillte Category:Forests and woodlands of the Republic of Ireland Category:Geography of County Kilkenny Category:Parks in County Kilkenny

Our Misson Our goal at Extra Care Animal Hospital is to offer the highest quality of medicine to Dogs, Cats, and Exotics. It is our belief that every pet enriches our lives and their love is the reason we love our job so much.

During the manufacture of integrated circuits from silicon wafers, the wafers are treated and processed in multiple co-ordinated steps. These steps are performed in sequence at different locations in a fabrication facility that includes a variety of different wafer processing equipment. One known processing step is the heating of a partially fabricated integrated circuit in the presence of a controlled environment to process a wafer. Another such process is the positioning of a wafer within an ion beam for beam treatment of the wafer to selectively dope regions of the wafer. Apparatus for curing silicon wafers and stripping away photoresist are also other known automation tools used in fabricating integrated circuits. These processes are performed without human contact with the wafers. Mechanical devices lift, rotate, transport and gently place the wafers during these multiple co-ordinated processing procedures. Proper set up of silicon wafer handling devices is important to minimize introduction of contaminants and avoiding damage to wafers due to inadvertent dropping, sliding or scraping of the wafers. Such set up can be difficult to perform when the wafer is located in a vacuum. Visibility and access to obtain physical measurements are limited. As a result, set up may be performed using nothing more sophisticated than a trained eye to look for slight movement, gaps and the like. Such set up is very subjective and inconsistent since there is no clear acceptable range or means to measure this range if it could be defined. Set up of devices can be affect by exposure to vacuum, making bench set up of fixtures less useful. If the set up is performed without exposure of the treatment chamber to vacuum, then the application of a vacuum after setup can cause the equipment to become misaligned. The vacuum chamber walls move as vacuum is being applied. This can result in a previously aligned fixture becoming out of align as the walls of the chamber move. Bench fixtures that do exist are generic and do not compensate for any part specific tolerances or manufacturing variances. Periodic inspection of the wafer handling devices also needs to occur. A means to verify alignment without requiring venting of the tool (for installation/removal of a test fixture) is a desirable goal to minimize down time and ill effects causes by venting to atmosphere of the workpiece treatment chamber.

Inhalation of an alkaline aerosol by subjects with mild asthma does not result in bronchoconstriction. Although it is recognized that inhalation of acid aerosols by subjects with asthma can cause bronchoconstriction, the effects of the inhalation of an alkaline aerosol are unknown. When supplemental inflatable restraints (automobile air bags) are deployed an alkaline aerosol is released. This aerosol is composed of particles of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate with some sodium hydroxide. The mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of the aerosol is approximately 1 micron, and the pH of the aerosol is 9.8 to 10.3. A group of 14 volunteer male subjects with mild asthma inhaled increasing concentrations of this aerosol for 20-min periods of mouth-only tidal ventilation. Pulmonary function tests were performed at baseline (preexposure), after inhalation of room air alone (control), and after each period of inhalation of the aerosol. A total of 5 subjects inhaled aerosols at nominal concentrations of 10, 20, and 40 mg/m3, whereas 11 subjects inhaled aerosols concentrations of approximately 30, 60, and 120 mg/m3. The mean changes in FEV1 and specific airways resistance (SRaw) for the 11 subjects who inhaled the higher concentrations (average highest concentration 126.6 +/- 7.5 mg/m3, mean +/- SEM) were -1.4 +/- 1.9 and +17.5 +/- 8.5%, respectively. Neither change in lung function was clinically or statistically significant. We conclude that the inhalation of relatively high concentrations of this alkaline aerosol by subjects with mild asthma does not result in bronchoconstriction.

1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device for a vehicle, which determines whether or not an air bag is to be deployed in the cabin inward from a window on a side of the vehicle, for example, when a vehicle rolls over, in accordance with a running state of the vehicle. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of control device for a vehicle, there has been known a control device having an acceleration sensor which can detect an acceleration in the width direction of the vehicle. The control device for a vehicle calculates a sideslip speed of the vehicle on the basis of a result of the detection made by the acceleration sensor, and changes a threshold value for determining a possibility of a roll-over in accordance with the calculated sideslip speed (for example, see Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2001-71844). The above-mentioned control device for a vehicle calculates a sideslip speed of the vehicle by integrating the acceleration in the width direction, which is detected by the acceleration sensor. The sideslip speed calculated from the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor is significantly deviated from the actual sideslip speed, and it is difficult to obtain an accurate sideslip speed. Therefore, it is difficult to deploy an air bag at an accurate timing with the above-mentioned control device for a vehicle.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review for the Town of Freedom, Sauk County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on May 24, 2018 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Town of Freedom Hall, located at 103 N Maple Street, North Freedom, WI53951 Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board: 1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to view the property. 2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board's final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person's objection, except at a session of the board. 3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board's first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board's clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board's first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting. 4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board's first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person's property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board. 5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person's estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person's objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate. 6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor's manual under s. 73.03 (2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests. The Town of Freedom has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court.* The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats. 7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone unless the Board, in its discretion, has determined to grant a property owner’s or their representative’s request to testify under oath by telephone or written statement. 8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

The list of big, imminent changes for the Haight and Stanyan area is growing steadily—from the redevelopment of McDonald's, to a redesign of Golden Gate Park's Stanyan Street frontage, to new traffic lights and bulbouts as part of the Upper Haight pedestrian realm project. The newest upgrade, as we reported last month, is a proposed partnership between Rec & Park and the Exploratorium, for a two-year temporary installation at Alvord Lake. As a first step in that process, the Exploratorium is soliciting neighbors' opinions on the future installation in the form of a survey. Next Tuesday, July 31 is the last day to submit feedback. In a reminder note to neighbors, the Friends of Alvord Lake's Susan Strolis encouraged them to complete the survey. "In order to create something that responds directly to the site, the project team is looking for some general feedback about your use of and experience in this part of the park," she wrote. In the meantime, if you're looking to get your hands dirty and help spruce up Alvord Lake in the short term, you can join the Friends of Alvord Lake this Saturday, July 28 from 9am-noon for weeding, planting, mulching, and general clean-up work. Volunteers convene there every fourth Saturday morning of the month. Improvements slated for the rest of the Stanyan frontage area—including improved paths, game areas, and new plantings—are expected to proceed later this summer.

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=============================== Structure of the PyObjC package =============================== Introduction ------------ This document gives an overview of the PyObjC for developers (of the package). One of the sections describes how all of it works, and some of the limitations. This document is a incomplete, it should be updated. Methods ------- Classes are scanned for methods when the Python wrapper for a class is created. We then create Python wrappers for those methods. This way users can use the normal Python introspection methods to check which methods are available. There are several occasions when these method tables are rescanned, because classes can grow new methods when categories are loaded into the runtime. Additionally, it is known that some Cocoa frameworks in Mac OS X change their method tables when the first instance is created. Subclassing ----------- It is possible to subclass Objective-C classes from Python. These classes end up in a structure containing both a Python type object and an Objective-C class. Instances of these classes also contain both a Python instance and an Objective-C object. The first Python subclass of an Objective-C class introduces a new instance variable in the Objective-C object to store the pointer to the Python half of the cluster. This variable is always referenced by name. The Python half is a subclass of ``objc_object`` that already contains a pointer to an Objective-C object. This first subclass also introduces a number of class and instance methods that the PyObjC bridge uses to maintain the illusion of a single object on both sides. Check class-builder.m for details. Directory structure ------------------- Doc/ Documentation Examples/ Example scripts and applets. Lib/ The pure Python parts of the packages that comprise PyObjC. Modules/ Extension modules related to the packages in 'Lib'. libffi-src/ A local copy of libffi, the Foreign Function Interface library used by PyObjC. Reference counts ---------------- The Objective-C rules for reference counts are pretty easy: A small number of class methods (``alloc``, ``allocWithZone:``, ``copy``, ...) transfer object ownership to the caller. For all other objects you have to call ``retain`` if you want to keep a reference. This includes all factory methods, such as ``[NSString stringWithCString:"bla"]``! When programming Cocoa in Python, you rarely need to worry about reference counts: the ``objc`` module makes this completely transparent to user. This is mostly implemented in ``[de]pythonify_c_value``. Additonal code is needed when calling methods that transfer ownership of their return value (as described above) and when updating a instance variable in an Objective-C object (retain new and release old, in that order). Both are implemented. Strings ------- Python ``unicode`` instances are proxied by the ``OC_PythonUnicode`` subclass of ``NSString``. This is a proxy, and will maintain the identity of the original ``unicode`` instance. ``NSString`` instances are represented in Python as a subtype of ``unicode``: ``objc.pyobjc_unicode``. This performs a conversion, because Python's ``unicode`` type is immutable, but it also maintains a *reference* to the original ``NSString``. ``NSString`` and ``NSMutableString`` methods are available from the ``objc.pyobjc_unicode`` object, though they do not show up via Python's introspection mechanisms. In order to get the latest Python representation of a ``NSMutableString``, use the return value of its ``self()`` method. Python ``str`` instances are proxied by the ``OC_PythonString`` subclass of ``NSString``. This is a proxy, and will maintain the identity of the original ``str`` instance. ``OC_PythonString`` will use the default encoding of ``NSString``, so its results might be surprising if you are using non-ASCII text. It is recommended that you use ``unicode`` whenever possible. In order to help you determine where you are not using ``unicode``, it is possible to trigger an ``objc.PyObjCStrBridgeWarning`` warning whenever a ``str`` instance crosses the bridge: .. sourcecode:: python import objc objc.setStrBridgeEnabled(False) To promote these to an exception, do the following: .. sourcecode:: python import objc import warnings warnings.filterwarnings('error', objc.PyObjCStrBridgeWarning)

In vivo diuretic effect of a new non-peptide arginine vasopressin antagonist, OPC-31260, in conscious rats. The present study was undertaken to determine whether a non-peptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) antagonist (5-dimethylamino-1-[4-(2-methylbenzoylamino)benzoyl]-2,3,4,5-tetra hydro-1H- benzazepine; OPC-31260) antagonizes the antidiuretic action of endogenous and exogenous AVP in conscious rats. OPC-31260, given orally at a dose of 5 mg/kg or higher, increased urinary volume (UV) and reduced urinary osmolality (Uosm) in a dose-dependent manner, in rats acutely denied access to water. Minimal Uosm was obtained 1-2 h after oral administration of OPC-31260. OPC-31260 caused sustained water diuresis for more than 12 h when water was available ad libitum since OPC-31260 (30 mg/kg) reduced Uosm to less than 230 mOsmol/kg H2O, significantly less than the control value of 600 mOsmol/kg H2O. Water deprivation for 24 h increased plasma AVP levels to 7.2 pmol/l and increased Uosm to 2160 mOsmol/kg H2O. In such water-deprived rats, oral administration of OPC-31260 at 100 mg/kg was diuretic; it markedly increased free water clearance and decreased Uosm to 202 mOsmol/kg H2O. In homozygous Brattleboro rats (with inherited AVP deficiency), given free access to water, subcutaneous infusion of the V2 agonist 1-deamino-8-D-AVP (dDAVP) at a rate of 1 ng/h markedly decreased UV to 12.6 from 148.7 ml/day and increased Uosm to 1762 from 231 mOsmol/kg H2O. OPC-31260 (30 mg/kg) promptly increased UV and reduced Uosm to levels similar to those before the administration of dDAVP; repeated OPC-31260 treatment had sustained effects. These results indicate that OPC-31260 is an orally effective non-peptide AVP antagonist to the antidiuretic action of AVP in the conscious rat.

After some initial uncertainty as to how they would try and dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders in Congress seem to be settling on a strategy: Vote to repeal the health reform law as soon as possible but delay implementing the repeal for several years while they figure out what should replace it. This sort of political logic is fantastically risky and has failed in the recent past, but Republicans are impelled to go down this path because they made political promises that they have to keep, even if it means putting health coverage for millions of Americans at risk. Advertisement: But House Speaker Paul Ryan is confident that not only will this incredibly risky repeal plan work, it will go off without so much as a single person seeing any disruption in his or her health insurance coverage status during the transition period between Obamacare’s repeal and its replacement. “Clearly there will be a transition and a bridge so that no one is left out in the cold, so that no one is worse off,” Ryan told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “The purpose here is to bring relief to people who are suffering from Obamacare so that they can get something better.” There is little reason to believe this is true. Advertisement: Obamacare “repeal” can come in many different forms, but the most likely (and quickest) way for Republicans to go about it will be through budget reconciliation, which will enable them to obviate a Democratic filibuster in the Senate. Reconciliation will allow them to repeal the parts of Obamacare they hate the most: the mandates, the premium subsidies, the Medicaid expansion and the taxes on rich people that fund the legislation. But, as Ryan said, there will be a “transition” period during which some of those provisions — likely the subsidies and Medicaid payments to the states — will continue, probably until safely after the 2018 midterm elections. This probably won’t make all that much of a difference for next year, given that health insurers have already signed agreements to participate in the state exchanges for 2017. For 2018, however, it poses a big problem, given that insurers will likely decide that there’s no point in renewing their commitment to the exchanges. Advertisement: “Many insurers are already losing money on their marketplace offerings,” NPR reported earlier this fall. “If they know that the health insurance marketplaces are being eliminated and replaced by something else in 2019, why would they stick with a sinking ship?” If those insurers bail, then consumers will lose their ability to buy federally subsidized health plans, which would leave them, to use Ryan’s words, “worse off” and “left out in the cold.” Advertisement: There is a way around this. Republicans could move to subsidize the insurers and help cover whatever losses they might incur from participating in the exchanges during the “transition.” In fact, congressional Republicans are, according to The Hill already “in talks with insurers about policies they could implement to help improve their financial situation in that interim period and prevent a breakdown in the market.” The Affordable Care Act already has mechanisms in place to incentivize insurers to participate in the exchanges and protect them against excessive losses. So Republicans are essentially trying to blow a hole in Obamacare and also temporarily patch that hole with more Obamacare. But that’s easier said than done. Those provisions of the ACA that protect insurers from market losses were viciously (and falsely) attacked by Republicans in Congress as insurance company “bailouts.” Ryan himself as sounded the alarm about “massive insurance company bailouts in the near future with Obamacare.” Advertisement: Republican senators introduced legislation just last month to block the administration from using taxpayer money to “shore up the finances of Obamacare insurers.” There is a high level of political animosity among Republicans toward using taxpayer dollars to assist insurers participating in Obamacare exchanges. So what’s going to happen? Well, no one knows. And that’s largely because Republicans like Ryan keep refusing to actually grapple with the realities of repealing and replacing Obamacare. All they know is that they want to get rid of it and replace it with . . . something. Eliminating a piece of legislation as far-reaching and consequential as the Affordable Care Act will obviously have negative consequences. But the speaker has nonetheless set a baseline to judge his party’s actions against: Zero people will be negatively impacted by Congress' voting to repeal Obamacare. We’ll see how well that promise holds up in the real world.

After lots of conflict and infighting, the elections reveal the new LSB members and delegates to Pacifica board. At the Jan 24 @ 1pm meeting , the rest of us, public-members of KPFK, can see and maybe meet, the board - those who can maybe influence how the radio station runs or continues to fail it's sponsors. At an easy to find location. see KPFK.org for details under 'events' on home page. see above link for a full list of those elected in January 2016 to KPFK's Local Station Board [LSB] who will sign in at the meeting on Jan 24 @ 1 pm in WLA. For address of LSB meeting and info see KPFK.org site and select "events" or see front home page. 'new' programs that include previously dis-allowed curse/ obscene/ sexual- explicit and derogatory words have been heard at the recently shifted hours of midnight to 3am programming, Mon-Thurs nights. many prior donors, volunteers, sponsors have veered away from such sudden loud and unexpected angry expressions - and so turned away from KPFK. this unusual and previously FCC prohibited language and 'slang' - that more often is used by rappers, 'the streets', the more deprived and undereducated, and also the criminal cultures, has been heard loudly and prolificately at KPFK. and since that version of the American-English language is less preferred or heard by those who want and have worked to obtain a better education and social status, many stakeholders of long-standing have complained and left the station, taking their $$$ and loyalties elsewhere in radio land. this new emphasis of 'rebellious' cultures, and of minority groups, now insisting and inflicting their cultural norms and versions onto many others in majorities has turned majority voices and funds away from the KPFK - even as that radio station repeatedly stresses it's need for more listeners, for needed money, for dedicated funders, and for more...more...more... while these unexpected shifts and drifts in programming reduces what KPFK needs. the hope that the younger styled and vulgar worded programers can also claim paid-up-donors to make up for the dismissed prior KPFK subscribers is dubious and may be a failing experiment. Pandering to the poorest, or lowest cultural norms, and using the language mostly used in prisons, in ghettos, in anger and with violence may be a poor choice made by management. The FCC will not ignore nor allow 1 radio station to claim defiance of USA rules and norms, just because they think they are "special" and can-do-whatever-we-want too. anyone who wants to hear the programs referred to above can listen to KPFK 90.7 FM at midnight - 3 am hours Mon-Thurs - to those who claim they are "awesomeness" and with that disclaimer, claim immunity from federal communication norms. The FCC can also be reached and questions asked of the US federal government directly on line or by telephone. [Federal Communications Commission that regulates TV, radio and more, not just for 'decency' but that too ]

Q: HttpUtility.UrlDecode turns %2b into space, but I need it to be '+' I'm using HttpUtility.UrlEncode to turn parameter value which concluds '+' to safe string deliverd among pages, so it turns '+' into %2b, but when I use Decode method it give me back a space. Why? A: Decoding %2b would give you back a +, but decoding a + would give you back a space. So, most likely your string is decoded twice. If you are reading it from the Request.Querystring collection, then it's already decoded, so you shouldn't decode it again.

// This file is part of arduino-cli. // // Copyright 2020 ARDUINO SA (http://www.arduino.cc/) // // This software is released under the GNU General Public License version 3, // which covers the main part of arduino-cli. // The terms of this license can be found at: // https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html // // You can be released from the requirements of the above licenses by purchasing // a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory if you want to // modify or otherwise use the software for commercial activities involving the // Arduino software without disclosing the source code of your own applications. // To purchase a commercial license, send an email to [email protected]. package i18n import ( "fmt" "io" "net/url" "os" "regexp" "strconv" "strings" "sync" ) var PLACEHOLDER = regexp.MustCompile("{(\\d)}") type Logger interface { Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, s string) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) Name() string Flush() string } type LoggerToCustomStreams struct { Stdout io.Writer Stderr io.Writer mux sync.Mutex } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { s.mux.Lock() defer s.mux.Unlock() target := s.Stdout if w == os.Stderr { target = s.Stderr } fmt.Fprintln(target, Format(format, a...)) } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) { s.mux.Lock() defer s.mux.Unlock() target := s.Stdout if w == os.Stderr { target = s.Stderr } fmt.Fprintln(target, str) } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) { s.mux.Lock() defer s.mux.Unlock() target := s.Stdout if w == os.Stderr { target = s.Stderr } target.Write(data) } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { s.Fprintln(nil, level, format, a...) } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) Flush() string { return "" } func (s LoggerToCustomStreams) Name() string { return "LoggerToCustomStreams" } type NoopLogger struct{} func (s NoopLogger) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) {} func (s NoopLogger) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) {} func (s NoopLogger) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) {} func (s NoopLogger) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) {} func (s NoopLogger) Flush() string { return "" } func (s NoopLogger) Name() string { return "noop" } type AccumulatorLogger struct { Buffer *[]string } func (s AccumulatorLogger) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { *s.Buffer = append(*s.Buffer, Format(format, a...)) } func (s AccumulatorLogger) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) { *s.Buffer = append(*s.Buffer, str) } func (s AccumulatorLogger) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) { *s.Buffer = append(*s.Buffer, string(data)) } func (s AccumulatorLogger) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { s.Fprintln(nil, level, format, a...) } func (s AccumulatorLogger) Flush() string { str := strings.Join(*s.Buffer, "\n") *s.Buffer = (*s.Buffer)[0:0] return str } func (s AccumulatorLogger) Name() string { return "accumulator" } type HumanTagsLogger struct{} func (s HumanTagsLogger) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { format = "[" + level + "] " + format fprintln(w, Format(format, a...)) } func (s HumanTagsLogger) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { s.Fprintln(os.Stdout, level, format, a...) } func (s HumanTagsLogger) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) { fprintln(w, str) } func (s HumanTagsLogger) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) { write(w, data) } func (s HumanTagsLogger) Flush() string { return "" } func (s HumanTagsLogger) Name() string { return "humantags" } type HumanLogger struct{} func (s HumanLogger) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { fprintln(w, Format(format, a...)) } func (s HumanLogger) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { s.Fprintln(os.Stdout, level, format, a...) } func (s HumanLogger) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) { fprintln(w, str) } func (s HumanLogger) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) { write(w, data) } func (s HumanLogger) Flush() string { return "" } func (s HumanLogger) Name() string { return "human" } type MachineLogger struct{} func (s MachineLogger) Fprintln(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { printMachineFormattedLogLine(w, level, format, a) } func (s MachineLogger) Println(level string, format string, a ...interface{}) { printMachineFormattedLogLine(os.Stdout, level, format, a) } func (s MachineLogger) UnformattedFprintln(w io.Writer, str string) { fprintln(w, str) } func (s MachineLogger) Flush() string { return "" } func (s MachineLogger) Name() string { return "machine" } func (s MachineLogger) UnformattedWrite(w io.Writer, data []byte) { write(w, data) } func printMachineFormattedLogLine(w io.Writer, level string, format string, a []interface{}) { a = append([]interface{}(nil), a...) for idx, value := range a { if str, ok := value.(string); ok { a[idx] = url.QueryEscape(str) } else if stringer, ok := value.(fmt.Stringer); ok { a[idx] = url.QueryEscape(stringer.String()) } } fprintf(w, "===%s ||| %s ||| %s\n", level, format, a) } var lock sync.Mutex func fprintln(w io.Writer, s string) { lock.Lock() defer lock.Unlock() fmt.Fprintln(w, s) } func write(w io.Writer, data []byte) { lock.Lock() defer lock.Unlock() w.Write(data) } func fprintf(w io.Writer, format string, a ...interface{}) { lock.Lock() defer lock.Unlock() fmt.Fprintf(w, format, a...) } func FromJavaToGoSyntax(s string) string { submatches := PLACEHOLDER.FindAllStringSubmatch(s, -1) for _, submatch := range submatches { idx, err := strconv.Atoi(submatch[1]) if err != nil { panic(err) } idx = idx + 1 s = strings.Replace(s, submatch[0], "%["+strconv.Itoa(idx)+"]v", -1) } s = strings.Replace(s, "''", "'", -1) return s } func Format(format string, a ...interface{}) string { format = FromJavaToGoSyntax(format) message := fmt.Sprintf(format, a...) return message }

1993 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles Hendrik Jan Davids and Libor Pimek were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year. David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy won in the final, 6–3, 7–5, against Menno Oosting and Udo Riglewski. Seeds Danie Visser / Laurie Warder (First Round) Steve DeVries / David Macpherson (First Round) Tom Nijssen / Cyril Suk (Quarterfinals) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (Quarterfinals) Draw Draw External links Draw Category:Portugal Open Category:1993 ATP Tour Estoril Open

Bell painted outdoors with Philip Connard who, like Bell, had studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. They shared ideas about how to paint, both of them enjoying the effects of loose brushwork and outdoor light. Portrait of Philip Connard, in its painterly approach and in its subject of an artist painting outdoors, can be compared with Sargent’sThe fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy.

A globular complex formation by Nda1 and the other five members of the MCM protein family in fission yeast. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Nda1, Nda4, Mis5 and Cdc21 proteins belong to the MCM (minichromosome maintenance) protein family which is thought to have six members. Each MCM member is required for the early stages of DNA replication, and has a well-conserved central 200-amino acid domain containing a putative ATP binding motif. However, the precise molecular functions of MCM proteins are not yet clear. We investigated the physical interaction of Nda1 protein with the other fission yeast MCM proteins using specific antibodies. Immunoprecipitation of Nda1 protein leads to the co-precipitation of all the other members of the fission yeast MCM protein family. We purified the MCM protein complex by a combination of column chromatography. The native molecular weight of the MCM complex was estimated by gel filtration to be 560 kDa. The purified fraction contained nearly equal quantities of the six MCM proteins. Electron microscope observation showed that the MCM complex has a globular shape with a central cavity. We have developed a procedure to purify fission yeast MCM proteins in a native hetero-oligomeric complex form for the first time, which opens an avenue to further biochemical analysis.

Too low to display The following theme will work great for boys as well as girls. You just need to know your child's favorite cartoon character. Then, get toys of those characters if they are available in the stores. Or else you will have to fall back on the same option of cutting out pictures from the photocopies of pages of your child's story book, or draw and color them yourself. What about calling your kids' friends over and playing a DVD of that cartoon character? To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip, Concord assembled this compilation of compositions that the pianist recorded for the soundtracks to various Peanuts television specials, some of which were previously issued on his Fantasy albums, plus a few alternate takes and songs that have never previously appeared on disc. A pair of songs recorded by for Windham Hill were also licensed for inclusion. , who earlier in his career had worked as a sideman with , recorded a few albums of his own, and won a Grammy for his composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," earned lasting fame for his infectious piece "Linus and Lucy," a piece that became so famous for its opening vamp alone that it is instantly recognizable to any fan of the Peanuts cartoon specials. Some songs have aged better than others. The pieces utilizing electric keyboards sound dated, particularly "Peppermint Patty," "Charlie's Blues," and "Joe Cool," though trumpeter is part of the band on the latter two tracks, but he doesn't solo. Alternate takes were located for "Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)" and "Schroeder," while the campy "Little Birdie" features a rare vocal by the pianist, though the muted trumpet and backing band (aside from the rhythm section) are uncredited. recorded a number of television soundtracks after the success of A Boy Named Charlie Brown, though his premature death from a heart attack at the age of 47 in early 1976 saddened both Peanuts and jazz fans. Since this collection focuses on pieces that are portraits of characters within the strip, and many of 's Peanuts-themed songs were previously issued on the Fantasy CD , the label would have been left with a rather abbreviated album, unless it chose to license tracks from 's sole Warner Bros. LP, , or recordings by other jazz artists for other labels. It is surprising that two tracks recorded by new age pianist (who recorded an album of 's Peanuts songs for Windham Hill in 1996) were included to get this collection to at least LP length. , who has frequently been savaged by jazz journalists (especially the late ), plays with a little more gusto than on his own pieces in "The Masked Marvel" and a reprise of "Linus and Lucy," though his playing has a mechanical feel to it and his improvising skills are not at the level of a jazz pianist. 's detailed liner notes give extensive background to each of the characters portrayed. The number of previously unavailable tracks will make of interest to fans of , though it falls short of being an essential CD by the late pianist. Rodney Thompson described themes as a “third pillar of character creation”, and I think this is where they really shine. Where race describes who a character is and class describes how a character approaches problems, a good theme can help define why a character is adventuring by tying the character to the world. The themes in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting largely take this approach and provide a link between a character and the setting that can’t easily be accomplished with the D&D races and classes alone. For example, the Templar and Veiled Alliance themes link characters directly to organizations in the world of Athas. Those strong story ties can then be used by players to guide roleplaying and by DMs as a source of adventure hooks and story complications during the game. Unfortunately, this idea doesn’t seem to hold up as well with some of the themes released so far in Dragon magazine. For instance, in the , Alchemist and Animal Master instead just seem like a collection of new powers that don’t really say anything extra about the character’s role in the world. I hope those two end up being an exception and future themes are more focused on being a link between the character and the game’s setting rather than just a way to introduce new powers. These PowerPoint templates come alive with memorable characters and animals. Suitable for a variety of presentations and slideshows the characters are the star of the show with these templates. These Power Point templates are best used for lighter presentations, lessons, and slideshows and for fun. Find such characters as farm animals, to rock stars, to cheerleaders to mermaids and more. Add fun and even a little humor to your presentations with one of over 100 character PowerPoint templates from Animation Factory. Becoming a member is simple and gives you access to download templates from Animation Factory. Become a member today and download a character-themed PowerPoint template for your next presentation. At last here are the character themes of the latest and also the 3rd installment of the franchise, Chronophantasma! Most of the added characters are newly introduced to the franchise while only a few of them are recognizable from the previous installments. At least the newcomers have their own unique and different personalities that you don't often see much while also having their own enjoyable play-styles. I hope you enjoy the conclusion of this game's character themes and as always have a nice day! Note: I am aware of Celica and Lambda-11's announcement and update for the arcade version, I'll add their themes once they have been confirmed. Character Education Themes - Lakeland Elementary School The world your characters inhabit need to be as interesting and unique as the characters themselves. The backstory consists of past events in your film world that directly affect the protagonist's emotional involvement in the plot as the story unfolds. Characters need emotions and attributes to really come alive, and these are developed through the backstory and character history. You need to define the limits of your film world in the backstory. Audiences will inspect your fictional world to find limits. These limits also help set up the conflict. 30 Creative Character Theme Parties for Kids - Tip Junkie What does your character do that might be described as an eccentricity, strange behavior, or unique way of doing things? Adding unique qualities to your characters make them seem more original and realistic. Do they listen to swing music while gardening in cocktail attire, drive around naked at night and shoot at mailboxes to relieve stress, put ketchup on their pizza, or have five little dogs with them at all times? Are they attracted to really fat people for relationships or blondes that drive old muscle cars? What do they do when they are sad? Do they eat chocolate chip cookies in a bubble bath? We need to see these things to feel like your characters are real. There are no vanilla people, so don't make characters without any special flavor or color.

ZFS Pooled Storage ZFS uses the concept of storage pools to manage physical storage. Historically, file systems were constructed on top of a single physical device. To address multiple devices and provide for data redundancy, the concept of a volume manager was introduced to provide the image of a single device so that file systems would not have to be modified to take advantage of multiple devices. This design added another layer of complexity and ultimately prevented certain file system advances, because the file system had no control over the physical placement of data on the virtualized volumes. ZFS eliminates the volume management altogether. Instead of forcing you to create virtualized volumes, ZFS aggregates devices into a storage pool. The storage pool describes the physical characteristics of the storage (device layout, data redundancy, and so on,) and acts as an arbitrary data store from which file systems can be created. File systems are no longer constrained to individual devices, allowing them to share space with all file systems in the pool. You no longer need to predetermine the size of a file system, as file systems grow automatically within the space allocated to the storage pool. When new storage is added, all file systems within the pool can immediately use the additional space without additional work. In many ways, the storage pool works similarly to a virtual memory system. When a memory DIMM is added to a system, the operating system doesn't force you to invoke some commands to configure the memory and assign it to individual processes. All processes on the system automatically use the additional memory.

Sheriff of Perth The Sheriff of Perth was historically a royal official, appointed for life, who was responsible for enforcing justice in Perth, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar. Following consecutive reorganisations of the Scottish sheriffdoms the position became the Sheriff of Perthshire in 1747 and the Sheriff of Perth & Angus in 1934. The sheriffdom was dissolved in 1975 and replaced by that of Tayside, Central and Fife. Sheriffs of Perth Kenneth (1164) Roger de Mortimer of Aberdour (1209) John de Moray (1210) Geoffrey de Inverkunglas (1219) William Blund (1228) Malcolm of Moray (1236) Adam de Lochore William de Munfichet (1245) William de Lauder (1251) David de Lochore (1255) Gilbert de la Hay (1262) John Cameron (1264) George de Cambrun (1266) Christian de l'Isle (1280) Nicholas de la Haye (1289) Walter Burdon (1295) John de Inchmartin (1305) Alexander de Abernethy (1305) John de Stirling (1334) Andrew Buthirgask (1344) John Denniston (1355) Harry de Fotheringay (1357) Hugh de Ros (1362) Andrew Buthirgask (1365) Robert Stewart of Innermeath (1369) Alexander Abercrombie (1370) Thomas de Wanchope (1373) Walter Stewart of Ralston (1381) Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (1433) John Spence - 1433 - Deputy Archibald Stewart - 1439 - Deputy Patrick Charteris (1440) John de Haddington (1441) William Ruthven (1443) Patrick Charteris (1446) Patrick Graham, Lord Graham (1459) William Graham (1465) Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant (1470) Robert Abercromby (1478) John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1695–1724) James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1724-1748) Sheriffs of Perthshire (1747) Patrick Haldane, 1747-1748 James Erskine, 1748–1754 John Swinton, 1754–1782 (died 1799) William Nairne of Dunsinnan, 1783– Archibald Colquhoun, 1793–1807 John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn, 1807–1824 Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay, 1824–1834 Adam Anderson, 1835–1841 Robert Whigham, 1841–1849 James Craufurd, 1849–1853 Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, 1858–1866 John Tait, 1866–1874 James Adam, 1874–1876 John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, 1880– William Gloag, Lord Kincairney, 1885–1889 Charles Pearson, 1889–1890 Andrew Graham Murray, 1890–1891 Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, 1891–1905 Christopher Nicholson Johnston, KC, 1905–1916 John Wilson KC, 1917–1920 James Condie Stewart Sandeman KC, 1920– Sheriffs of Perth and Angus (1934) Daniel Patterson Blades, 1934-1945 (Solicitor General for Scotland, 1945) James Frederick Strachan, KC, 1945–1948 Laurence Hill Watson, KC, 1948–1952 Thomas Blantyre Simpson, QC, 1952–1954 Christopher William Graham Guest, QC, 1954–1955 Sir James Randall Philip, QC, 1955–1957 Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, 1957–1958 Hector McKechnie, QC, 1958–1963 George Emslie, Baron Emslie, 1963–1966 Ian MacDonald Robertson, QC, 1966–1966 Margaret Henderson Kidd, QC, 1966–1974 William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, 1974–1975 Sheriffdom replaced in 1975 by the sheriffdom of Tayside, Central and Fife. See also Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms References * Category:Perth, Scotland

Real Money DARA Regains NASDAQ Stockholders' Equity Compliance RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DARA BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:DARA) today announced that, on January 5, 2011, NASDAQ notified the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum stockholders' equity requirement for continued listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, as set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). On December 30, 2010, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission evidencing stockholders' equity of approximately $5.6 million on a pro forma basis as of November 30, 2010, following completion of the Company's registered public offering, as variously described in the Company's press releases dated December 28 and 29, 2010, and January 4, 2011. Accordingly, the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") has determined to continue the Company's listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market and the previously announced delisting proceedings are now closed. On August 18, 2010, DARA received notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the "Staff") indicating that the Company did not satisfy the minimum stockholders' equity requirement and that its securities were therefore subject to delisting. The Company appealed the Staff's determination and appeared before the Panel in October 2010. About DARA BioSciences, Inc. DARA BioSciences, Inc. is a Raleigh, North Carolina based biopharmaceutical development company that acquires promising therapeutic candidates and develops them through proof of concept in humans for subsequent sale or out-licensing to larger pharmaceutical companies. Presently DARA has two drug candidates with cleared IND (Investigational New Drug) Applications from the United States FDA. The Company has a pipeline of diverse drug candidates at various stages of development, with 82 granted patents and 56 pending applications (U.S. and foreign). The first drug candidate KRN5500 has successfully completed a Phase 2 clinical trial treating neuropathic pain in patients with cancer. KRN5500 met its primary endpoint and was statistically significantly (p=0.03) better than placebo. A second Phase 2 clinical trial is planned during the first half of 2011. The second drug candidate DB959 is a highly selective, non-thiazolidinedione (TZD), first-in-class dual PPAR (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor) delta/gamma agonist in development for type 2 diabetes. A Phase 1a clinical study for DB959 was successfully completed in 2010 with a multiple ascending dose trial planned for the first half of 2011. In addition, DARA owns CPT-1 inhibitors intended for topical application for patients with psoriasis, a library of DDPIV inhibitors and a diverse library of approximately 1800 PPAR agonists of various molecular modalities. PPAR receptors are found throughout the human body and recent publications report that PPAR agonists may be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, liver disease, and a variety of autoimmune diseases. Because its diverse PPAR library has the potential to address the unmet medical needs of these diseases, the Company plans to explore several of these indications.

Q: Faceted navigation plugin problem installing I get the errors below in the Command Prompt when trying to install. helloswish/craft-faceted-navigation Does anyone know why this is not working? [InvalidArgumentException] Could not find a matching version of package helloswish/craft-faceted-navigation. Check the package spelling, your version constraint and that the package is available in a stability which matches your minimum-stability (stable). require [--dev] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--no-progress] [--no-suggest] [--no-update] [--no-scripts] [--update-no-dev] [--update-with-dependencies] [--update-with-all-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--prefer-stable] [--prefer-lowest] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--apcu-autoloader] [--] [<packages>]... A: At the time you tried this, that plugin wasn't available on Packagist, hence it's not available to install from the command line (see the tip here in the plugin developer documentation: https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/extend/plugin-store.html#registering-your-plugin). The plugin author has since added it on Packagist so your command should work now.

NAACP Is Looking For New President, 'Retooling' Entire Organization NAACP President Cornell Brooks speaks on the eve of President Trump's inauguration outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York on Jan. 19. After three years under Brooks' leadership, NAACP is looking for a new president. Bryan R. Smith / AFP/Getty Images Originally published on May 19, 2017 6:06 pm The NAACP, America's oldest civil rights group, is replacing its president, Cornell William Brooks, and planning a "transformational retooling," according to the group's board of directors. Brooks, who has been the president of the NAACP for three years, will not be retained once his contract is up at the end of June, the chairman and vice chair of the board of directors say. The NAACP says the change is part of "an organization-wide refresh." The group is changing its structure and tactics in response to what it calls "audacious challenges" and "today's volatile political, media and social climates." Brooks has been a high-profile leader of the group, engaging in protests — even getting arrested during a sit-in. The search for a new leader of the group will start immediately, chairman Leon Russell and vice chair Derrick Johnson told reporters on a conference call. In the meantime, Russell and Johnson will handle day to day operations, they say, and carry out a listening tour. "We want to be informed by those who are the people we serve," Russell said. "And to do so we have to see them, we have to meet them, and we have to listen to them." Explaining the choice to replace Brooks, Russell and Johnson didn't identify a particular thing that Brooks had done wrong — or even one thing that the NAACP, as a whole, had been doing wrong. But they said the group needs to be stronger in advocacy and education, and better equipped to support local activism. The NAACP, once the most prominent voice for the rights of black Americans, has recently been accused of losing relevance as new groups — like the Black Lives Matter movement — take the spotlight. In 2015, NPR's Adrian Florido reported on the generational shift, noting that Brooks gave a speech forcefully rebutting the idea that the NAACP is out of date: "Brooks gave a passionate defense against critics who he said think of the NAACP as a diminished organization: 'We do not crawl on the ground! We do not fall prostrate before problems! We are not relegated to the dust! We are not insects! We are an American iconic institution! We are the NAACP!' "It is still one of the nation's most influential black organizations. After all, both Presidents Obama and Clinton attended this week's convention. So why the need to defend the NAACP so vigorously? "For years now, some activists have said the NAACP has fallen behind the times. They recognize the crucial role it played in ending legalized discrimination during the Civil Rights Era. But they say it has been less effective in countering racism today, while Black Lives Matter and other protest movements have exploded." The Associated Press reports that Ernest L. Johnson Sr., president of the NAACP Louisiana State Conference, celebrated Brooks' leadership, saying Brooks "brought some young energy to this 108-year-old organization."

Q: android rotate animation reduce calculations and make animation smooth I'm trying to draw a custom rotating animation. This is the output of my code. Basically every circle has small sub circles. Only issue is, sometimes animation skip some frames and animation looks broken. My guess is since this calculation is time consuming some frames are missing. My question is what is the best way to improve this and keep animation smooth. Is it possible to just calculate for first frame and rotate the canvas so we can reduce the calculations? @Override protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) { super.onDraw(canvas); int startRadius = 20; int endRadius = 400; int circleCount = 20; int circleDistance = (int) (((endRadius - startRadius) / (float) circleCount)); for (int i = 0; i < circleCount; i++) { int radius = startRadius + i * circleDistance; canvas.drawCircle(center.x, center.y, radius, mPaint); int subCircles=i+1; double angleSegment = Math.PI * 2 / subCircles; for (int segment = 0; segment < subCircles; segment++) { double angle = angleSegment * segment + shiftAngle; double x = Math.cos(angle) * radius; double y = Math.sin(angle) * radius; canvas.drawCircle((float) (x + center.x), (float) (y + center.y), 6, pointPaint); } } } Animator public void startAnim() { rotateAnim = ValueAnimator.ofInt(0, 100); rotateAnim.setDuration(1000); rotateAnim.setInterpolator(new LinearInterpolator()); rotateAnim.addUpdateListener(animation -> { shiftAngle += Math.PI / 180; View.this.invalidate(); }); rotateAnim.setRepeatCount(ValueAnimator.INFINITE); rotateAnim.start(); } A: You can precalculate the center coordinates of the small circles at shiftAngle = 0 and store them in arrays. You can draw them first and then rotate them Math.PI / 180 with the following formula. newX = Math.cos(Math.PI / 180) * x - Math.sin(Math.PI / 180) * y; newY = Math.sin(Math.PI / 180) * x + Math.cos(Math.PI / 180) * y; Since Math.sin(Math.PI / 180) and Math.cos(Math.PI / 180) are constants. They can be calculated outside the loop in advance. You can push sin and cos calculations out of the loop by doing this.

81st Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line) 81st Street was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 72nd Street. The next northbound stop was 86th Street. References Category:IRT Ninth Avenue Line stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1879 Category:Railway stations closed in 1940 Category:1879 establishments in New York (state) Category:1940 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Category:Defunct New York City Subway stations located aboveground

The impact of community-based health insurance on utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures in Lao People's Democratic Republic. Community-based health insurance in Lao People's Democratic Republic targets the informal workforce. Estimates of the program's impact on utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPs) were obtained using a case-comparison study of 3000 households (14 804 individuals) in urban and semi-urban areas. We used propensity score matching to control for bias on observables and to account for heterogeneity. We check the sensitivity of the results using a weighted regression combined with propensity score matching, which leads to doubly robust treatment effect estimates. The results are robust across the two approaches and show that the insured have significantly higher utilization, lower OOPs and lower incidence of catastrophic expenditures, and are less likely to employ coping mechanisms. However, coverage of the scheme is extremely low, indicating negligible population level impact. Furthermore, the results show that the scheme provides greater protection to the better off than to the poor: the poor are less likely to enrol, and among the poor who are enrolled, there has been no significant impact on utilization of outpatient services, total OOPs or catastrophic expenditures. We discuss the policy implications in the context of the international debate regarding the prospects for the role of community-based health insurance in national financing strategies.

Crude oil normally contains fractions of light and heavier gases which cannot be transported together with the liquid fraction of the crude oil due to their volatility. Transport-technically it would be favourable if the crude oil were separated into a gas fraction, a wet gas fraction and a liquid fraction. However, separation and transport of the petroleum products in three fractions from a production field involve considerable extra expenses, and it is therefore more common for the crude oil to be separated into a gas fraction and a liquid fraction. The wet gas phase is therefore divided into a lighter fraction which is transported together with the gas fraction, and a heavier fraction which is transported with the liquid fraction. When a liquid petroleum fraction containing heavier gases, such as propane and butane, is being loaded at a moderate positive pressure, gages continuously evaporate from the liquid fraction. To prevent a pressure increase in the transport or storage tanks, the evaporating gases, the volatile organic compounds, must be drawn from the tanks and be carried away for combustion or they must be carried to a re-injection plant. It is known that there is relatively extensive evaporation of volatile organic compounds as oil is being pumped into larger tanks. Normally a pressure in the order of 1.05 to 1.07 bar is maintained in both storage and transport tanks. During the loading of a tanker for example, it is common for the oil to be pumped from a storage tank through a supply pipe to a position above the cargo tank, from where the oil is directed into the tank through a drop line down to the bottom portion of the tank. A drop line of this kind may have a length in the order of several tens of metres. When the oil enters the upper end portion of the drop line, gravity will accelerate the liquid flowing down the drop line, whereby, a lower overall pressure is created in the supply pipe and the upper portion of the drop line. In these pipes, in which there is a lower overall pressure, there is considerable evaporation of volatile organic compounds, which will be re-liquefied only to a minor extent when the pressure increases again to the normal pressure of the tank. The invention has as its object to remedy the drawbacks of known technique.

Gypsy Corner Gypsy Corner is the junction of the A40 road with the A4000 road (Horn Lane) in Acton, West London. The name originates from the Irish Travellers (sometimes referred to as gypsies), who would travel along this main road in and out of London and camp at this spot. An official caravan site is still maintained by the local council nearby, by North Acton station. References Category:Road junctions in London

Help plant trees at Northlake Nature Center: Mandeville Town Talk On the mornings of Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 at 9 a.m., volunteers are needed to plant more than 1,000 longleaf pine seedlings in areas of the Northlake Nature Center damaged by pine beetles and hurricanes. The seedlings were purchased with individual donations and support from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Arrangements can be made for large groups to plant seedlings on other dates. In the late 1700s longleaf pines covered more than 90 million acres of southeastern forest. Today, less than three million acres exist in the same area. Hundreds of plant and animal species are currently listed as threatened or endangered as a result of the decline in longleaf pine forests. The Northlake Nature Center is a nonprofit organization that provides nature related educational programs for school groups, scouts and the general public. The center also manages a 400 acre nature preserve east of Mandeville with more than seven miles of hiking and biking trails as well as a free canoe launch accessing Bayou Castine.

Dexter Season 7 Premiere Full Episode: Watch It Here The seventh season of Dexter is premiering on Showtime right now. But those who don't have access to the pay-cable network don't have to go without. Showtime was generous enough to put the full episode ("Are you…?") online. Check it out ahead! We'll weigh in with our thoughts on the season premiere in a little bit. In the meantime, the video below includes a quick recap of what you need to know (or be reminded of) before going into the Season 7 premiere, including the sixth season finale's shocking cliffhanger: Deb sees Dexter killing Travis! What happens next? Find out below! And once again, we're left with another jaw-dropper of a final moment. There's no stuffing that cat back into the bag (or air conditioner as it were). Keep an eye out for our full breakdown of the season premiere. In the meantime, here's our review of the first three episodes (Minimal spoilers mentioned).

The internal impact force is triggered by pressure using the palm of the hand. The MICRO center punch is practical, versatile and quick, and is capable of 100 lbs. of impact force. The MICRO comes with a center point stamp. Punch force is adjustable by tightening or loosening the rear spring cap. Unit offers very high sensitivity, precision, and repeatability. Front cap screws off for replacement of interchangeable steel stamp inserts sold separately. Interchangeable steel stamps are available in single characters, 0 thru 9, A thru Z, and Symbols. See "MICRO INSERT" to order.

Weekend Runner Sunset at Maidstone Beach I passionately believe that the weekends are for the 3 S’s: Sleeping, Supping and Socializing. During the week, I go to the gym 3 days and workout with Joe, my trainer, for the simple reason that if I didn’t workout with him, I wouldn’t workout at all. I can honestly say that most days on the way to the gym I’ve gone through my head every possible excuse to “call in sick”. But sure enough, the moment I’ve finished that hour of regimented torture I’m thrilled that I submitted. Running gear: ON So the idea of exercise on the weekend with only Anton as my conscience is totally against my normal inclination. His prodding that we should “do something” has led to a new program of running. Not the 5-7 mile runs we did up until a couple of years ago, that is until our knees and hips started showing wear. Those glorious runs that took place on deer paths through woods devoid of any humans, just deer and birds, were interrupted by the onslaught of ticks and chiggers so prevalent that we’d spend more time removing them from our legs, heads, and arms than the time it took to do the run. Running gear: OFF Now we do a run that takes about 20-30 minutes covering a respectable 3+ miles, divided into 3 minutes jogging, 20 seconds full on sprinting and back to the 3 minute jog, repeated 3-4 times. That shortened routine (the old one took 45-60 minutes) packs a huge punch and is no longer through the woods but along the bay. The views are different but so beautiful and just as varied as the woods. Depending on the time of day, the sky and water do all kinds of amazing things. Best of all, I’m distracted by the scenery and find myself at the end of my routine sooner than I expected. The best reward at the end is a jump in the pool and long hot shower. Whether you’ve got the city or the beach as your backdrop, get moving, keep fit and enjoy the sights.

Higher Versus Standard Preoperative Radiation in the Trimodality Treatment of Stage IIIa Lung Cancer. The management of potentially resectable stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is controversial. Options include induction chemotherapy or induction chemoradiation followed by resection, or chemoradiation without surgery. No trial has compared the outcomes of induction chemoradiation using different radiation doses. We reviewed our experience involving patients with clinical stage III disease treated with trimodality therapy involving two radiation strategies to determine the response rates, operative results, recurrence patterns, and long-term survival. A retrospective review was made of consecutive stage III NSCLC patients treated from 2004 to 2011. Fifty-two patients with clinical stage IIIa NSCLC were treated with trimodality therapy. Eighteen patients were treated to doses of 60 Gy or higher, and 34 to lower doses (45, 50, or 54 Gy). There were significantly more postoperative complications in the higher radiation group (p < 0.001). Pathologic complete response (50% versus 15%, p = 0.016) and mediastinal nodal clearance (75% versus 42%, p = 0.254) rates were also higher in the high-dose group. That did not, however, translate into better disease-free and overall survival rates. Importantly, long-term noncancer mortality was significantly higher after higher dose preoperative radiation therapy. In this series of patients with clinical stage IIIa NSCLC treated with trimodality therapy, a higher dose of preoperative radiation therapy resulted in better response rates but that did not translate to better cancer-specific survival. Of significance, we observed a notably higher delayed noncancer mortality in the high-dose group.

use FindBin; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/extlib/lib/perl5"; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib"; use File::Basename; use Plack::Builder; use Isucari::Web; my $root_dir = File::Basename::dirname(__FILE__); my $app = Isucari::Web->psgi($root_dir); builder { enable 'ReverseProxy'; enable 'Session::Cookie', session_key => 'session-isucari', expires => 3600, secret => 'tagomoris'; enable 'Static', path => qr!^/(?:(?:static|upload|js)/|([^/]+)\.(?:js|png|ico)$|asset-manifest\.json$|manifest\.json$)!, root => $root_dir . '/public'; $app; };

The United States has relinquished its status as Internet supervisor. After the Department of Defense developed the technology that runs the World Wide Web 40 years ago, the country has maintained a sort of advisory role over its continuity. That changed significantly 11 years ago when it loosened its grip by establishing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. However, ICANN was still subject to periodic U.S. review. That changed Wednesday. The two entities have signed a new agreement that eliminates the U.S. reviews. ICANN now will be reviewed by a broader-based group of stakeholders from around the world. "One thing this is not is Independence Day," [ICANN Vice President Paul] Levins said. "We were independent the day we were established. This is not somehow slipping nooses of accountability or cutting ourselves loose from the U.S." Click over to the Times Technology Blog for Dan Fost's breakdown of the online breakup. -- Mark Milian Get Twitter alerts by clicking here. Or folllow us @latimestot. Also on Facebook here. Photo: ICANN Vice President Paul Levins in 2005. Credit: Randi Lynn Beach / Los Angeles Times

// Type definitions for rc-banner-anim 2.0 // Project: https://github.com/react-component/banner-anim // Definitions by: jljsj33 <https://github.com/jljsj33> // Definitions: https://github.com/react-component/banner-anim import * as React from 'react'; import { IEaseType } from 'rc-tween-one/typings/AnimObject'; import Arrow from './Arrow'; import Thumb from './Thumb'; import Element from './Element'; export type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>; type ITypeString = 'across' | 'vertical' | 'acrossOverlay' | 'verticalOverlay' | 'gridBar' | 'grid'; export declare type IType = ITypeString | ITypeString[]; export interface IProps<T> extends Omit<React.HTMLAttributes<T>, 'onChange'> { prefixCls?: string; arrow?: boolean; thumb?: boolean; initShow?: number; type?: IType; duration?: number; delay?: number; ease?: IEaseType; autoPlay?: boolean; autoPlaySpeed?: number; sync?: boolean; dragPlay?: boolean; onChange?: (type: string, current: number) => void; component?: string | React.ReactNode; } export declare function setAnimCompToTagComp(item: React.ReactElement<any>, i?: number): void; export declare function switchChildren(hideProps: boolean, item: React.ReactElement<any>): void; export declare const animType: {}; export default class RcBannerAnim<T> extends React.Component<IProps<T>> { static Arrow: typeof Arrow; static Thumb: typeof Thumb; static Element: typeof Element; static setAnimCompToTagComp: typeof setAnimCompToTagComp; static animType: typeof animType; static switchChildren: typeof switchChildren; } export { Arrow, Thumb, Element, };

Q: Segmentation fault in C, can't figure why I have a function that is supposed to read (in a very bad way) a file. I expect it to modify a struct that I pass as a parameter to store the things that it has to read. But when I call it, it throws a segmentation fault. I have a print as the first thing the function does, and it doesn't do it. So I guess I have a problem with the declaration of the function or something. I can't figure it out. int main(int argc, char **argv){ //some parser here struct client_config *config; read_software_config_file(*config); //I also passed it as non pointer and & but nothing worked. } void read_software_config_file(struct client_config config){ printf("Hello"); //it breaks here } As someone pointed out I did this: struct client_config config; read_software_config_file(&config); But it still shows me segmentation fault. A: Here is a working example: #include <stdio.h> struct client_config { int data; }; void read_software_config_file(struct client_config *config); // Forward Declaration int main(int argc, char **argv) { struct client_config config; // Memory on stack. Use malloc/calloc for heap config.data = 10; // Init data read_software_config_file(&config); printf("config.data = %d\n", config.data); return 0; } void read_software_config_file(struct client_config *config) { printf("Hello\n"); config->data = 12; } I would generally advise to compile with -Wall -Wextra -pedantic to catch errors early. You have to forward declare the function read_software_config_file (or include a header etc.) s.t. the compiler knows the signature when you call it in main. As said in the comments you should take a pointer to the struct, s.t. it can be modified. The output after running main is: Hello config.data = 12

Differential suppression of epidermal antimicrobial protein expression in atopic dermatitis and in EFAD mice by pimecrolimus compared to corticosteroids. It has been suggested that the increased rate of bacterial infection in atopic dermatitis (AD) may be caused by reduced antimicrobial protein (AMP) expression. We were interested whether common treatments in AD affect antimicrobial defense. We investigated the effects of topically applied corticosteroids betamethasone valerate (BV) and triamacinolone acetonide (TA) and those of the calcineurin inhibitor pimecrolimus for 3 weeks on AMP expression in AD. BV and TA treatment in AD led to a significant reduction in AMP expression; protein expression of human beta-defensins (hBD)-2 and hBD-3, psoriasin, RNase 7 and cathelicidin LL-37 was below the level in skin of healthy controls. After pimecrolimus treatment, AMP expression was also reduced but less compared to BV and TA; the expression levels of hBD-2, psoriasin and RNase 7 still remained above the control levels. In essential fatty acid-deficient (EFAD) mice, a model of chronic skin barrier disease with inflammation, expression of the mouse beta-defensins mBD-1, mBD-3 and mBD-14 (orthologues for hBD-1, hBD-2 and hBD-3, respectively), was reduced by both treatments, again more pronounced by BV compared to pimecrolimus. In summary, we found that treatment for AD with corticosteroids in human skin and EFAD mice caused a strong reduction in AMPs; reduction was less with pimecrolimus. This result may explain the clinical observation that prolonged treatment with topical corticosteroids sometimes leads to bacterial infection.

**3 - b Let x(j) = 5*j**2 - j. Let m = 252 - 250. Let h(l) = 20*l + 14*l + 5*l**2 - l**m - 35*l. What is -7*h(y) + 6*x(y)? 2*y**2 + y Let x(h) = 22*h**2 + 4*h - 4. Suppose 2*b - 196 + 218 = 0. Let w(f) = -67*f**2 - 11*f + 11. Determine b*x(d) - 4*w(d). 26*d**2 Let h(v) = -v. Let o = 4 - 5. Suppose 5*a + 25 = -2*b - 3*b, 5*a = 4*b - 70. Let w be ((-12)/a)/(2 - (-48)/(-30)). Let k(t) = 1. Give o*h(i) + w*k(i). i + 3 Let s(b) = -3*b**2 - 10. Let r(x) = -x**2 - 5*x - 6*x - 1 + 15*x - 4*x. Give 4*r(g) - s(g). -g**2 + 6 Let m(j) = -504*j + 41. Let z(w) = -505*w + 48. Calculate -7*m(o) + 6*z(o). 498*o + 1 Let p be (-3)/(-12) + (-215)/(-20). Let l(w) = -p + w**2 + 4 - 6*w**2. Let u(y) = 2*y**2 + 4. Determine 3*l(o) + 5*u(o). -5*o**2 - 1 Let m(y) = -10*y - 15. Let b(f) = 2*f + 35. Let z(r) = -8*r - 156. Let j(v) = -9*b(v) - 2*z(v). Let k be (-504)/(-45) + (-1)/5. What is k*j(o) - 2*m(o)? -2*o - 3 Let a be 20/(-90) - (-10842)/(-54). Let s = a + 200. Let y(p) = 1. Let r(g) be the first derivative of -2*g**3/3 - g**2 - 4*g - 1. Determine s*r(v) - 5*y(v). 2*v**2 + 2*v - 1 Let w(y) = 2*y**2 + 7*y - 4. Let g(i) = -21*i - 1 - 40*i + 0 + 60*i. What is g(m) - w(m)? -2*m**2 - 8*m + 3 Let m(r) = -r + 2. Let f(n) = n - 1. Suppose -9*i = -22*i - 728. Suppose 3*o = -4*u + 213, 4*o + 21 = 1. Let q = i + u. Calculate q*m(a) + 2*f(a). a Let b(j) = -j + 5. Suppose 29*x = -4*d + 24*x + 29, -15 = 5*x. Suppose 0 = 2*i - 4*h + 22, 4*i - 8*i - d = 3*h. Let o(p) = 2*p - 10. Calculate i*b(s) - 3*o(s). -s + 5 Let g(n) = 4*n - 1. Let t(x) = x**2 + 10*x - 4. Suppose -3*o + 5*o = -12. Let a be t(o). Let z be 3*(a/12 + 4). Let k(w) = 6*w - 2. What is z*k(i) - 8*g(i)? -2*i - 2 Let o(p) = -6*p**2 - 7*p + 7. Let k(v) = -12431*v + 3107*v + 3110*v + 3103*v - 7*v**2 + 7 + 3103*v. Give -4*k(g) + 5*o(g). -2*g**2 - 3*g + 7 Suppose -d = -5*d + 28. Let u(m) be the first derivative of 9*m**4/4 + 3*m**3 + 5*m**2/2 - 1240. Let n(l) = -4*l**3 - 4*l**2 - 2*l. Give d*n(f) + 3*u(f). -f**3 - f**2 + f Let v(y) = -1. Let q(l) = 2*l**2 + l - 1. Suppose 0 = 215*p + 78 + 137. Calculate p*q(w) + 3*v(w). -2*w**2 - w - 2 Let u(j) = -33*j**2 + 39*j + 7. Let m(b) = -10*b**2 + b + 1. Calculate 7*m(k) - u(k). -37*k**2 - 32*k Let s(i) = -205*i - 4916. Let c be s(-24). Let n(p) = 9. Let u(g) = g - 1. Determine c*u(x) - n(x). 4*x - 13 Let w = 9 + -4. Let n(z) = -14*z**3 - 14*z**2 + 8*z - 11. Let b(u) be the first derivative of 7*u + 3*u**3 - 5/2*u**2 + 9/4*u**4 + 11. Give w*n(t) + 8*b(t). 2*t**3 + 2*t**2 + 1 Let b(i) = -87*i - 85. Let o(j) = -83*j - 106. Calculate 6*b(d) - 5*o(d). -107*d + 20 Let j(k) = k**3 - k**2. Let u(b) = b**3 + 13*b**2 + 15*b + 39. Let g be u(-12). Let c(o) = -o**3 + 4*o**2 - 7*o**g + 6*o**3 + 3*o**3. Give -c(m) - j(m). -2*m**3 - 3*m**2 Let q(i) = -i**2 - 3*i - 125. Let k(h) = -h**2 - 3*h - 123. What is 4*k(n) - 3*q(n)? -n**2 - 3*n - 117 Let z(l) = -2*l + 11. Let q(x) = x - 5. Suppose 0*b + 5*b - 33 = -2*c, 3*b = -2*c + 23. Suppose 0 = -2*j - 2 - c. Determine j*z(d) - 7*q(d). -d + 2 Let o(p) be the third derivative of -p**5/10 - 5*p**4/12 - 5*p**3/2 - 3000*p**2 - 2. Let y(s) = 3*s**2 + 5*s + 7. Give -6*o(t) - 13*y(t). -3*t**2 - 5*t - 1 Let g(o) = -5*o - 6. Suppose -13*i - 8 = -2*j - 12*i, -9 = -3*j + i. Let z(m) = m + 1. Suppose -8 = 2*r - 5*w + 1, 0 = 2*r - 2*w. Calculate j*g(v) + r*z(v). -2*v - 3 Let a(x) = 3*x**3 - 15*x + 4. Let b(q) = 3*q**3 - 16*q + 5. Let c be 24/60*(-4 - (-10 - 4)). What is c*b(u) - 5*a(u)? -3*u**3 + 11*u Let j(c) = 11*c**3 - 6*c**2 - 10*c. Let z be 1965/(-393) - (-5 - 2/(-2)). Let p(w) = w**3 - w**2 - w. Give z*j(n) + 6*p(n). -5*n**3 + 4*n Let q be ((-48)/8 - -7)*1*-201. Let m = 210 + q. Let x(t) = -4*t. Let r(s) = -7*s. Give m*x(b) - 4*r(b). -8*b Suppose 5*y + 38*s = 43*s + 45, 32 = 4*s. Let q(h) = -20*h**3 + 7*h**2 - 6. Let d(r) = -59*r**3 + 20*r**2 - 17. Calculate y*q(i) - 6*d(i). 14*i**3 - i**2 Let p(o) = -o**3 - 2*o + 7. Let m be p(2). Let r(s) = s**2 + 4*s. Let v be r(m). Let b(l) = -l - 8. Let w(h) = 4. Calculate v*w(z) + 2*b(z). -2*z + 4 Let l(m) = -7*m**2 + 5. Let f = -244 + 254. Let k(t) = -t - 3 - f*t**2 + 14*t**2 + t. What is 5*k(z) + 3*l(z)? -z**2 Let z(d) = -d**2 - d - 2. Let i(u) = 59*u**2 - 2*u - 4. Calculate 11*i(t) - 22*z(t). 671*t**2 Let i(z) be the first derivative of -3*z**2/2 - 2*z + 26. Suppose 9 = 3*r - m, 21*m - 19 = -r + 16*m. Let l(y) = -y - 1. Give r*l(s) - i(s). -s - 2 Let p(a) = -3*a + 1. Let c(y) be the second derivative of y**3/2 + 36886*y. Suppose 5*o = -g + 3, 3*g = -2*g + 2*o - 12. Determine g*p(k) - 3*c(k). -3*k - 2 Let m(i) = -169*i**3 - 2*i**2 - 2*i - 2. Let u(y) = 344*y**3 + 5*y**2 + 5*y + 3. Calculate 5*m(h) + 2*u(h). -157*h**3 - 4 Let v(x) be the first derivative of 0*x**2 - 2 - 1/3*x**3 + 0*x + 1/4*x**4. Let t = -2243 - -2244. Let q(p) = 4*p**3 - 5*p**2 - p. What is t*q(d) - 5*v(d)? -d**3 - d Let u(b) = 6*b**2 + 6*b. Let v(a) = 2*a**2 + 2*a. Let w be (1*-7)/(-3 - -4). Let r be (9 + w)/((-6)/9). Let q be (-2)/r*(-117)/26. Give q*u(i) + 8*v(i). -2*i**2 - 2*i Let z(i) = 25*i**3 - 111*i**2 - 20. Let s(t) = -20*t**3 + 110*t**2 + 17. Determine 6*s(p) + 5*z(p). 5*p**3 + 105*p**2 + 2 Let k(j) = -61*j**2 - 1597*j. Let x(q) = -33*q**2 - 797*q. What is -6*k(u) + 11*x(u)? 3*u**2 + 815*u Let x(t) = 13*t**3 + 39*t**2 - 6*t + 5. Let c(l) = 8*l**3 + 40*l**2 - 3*l + 5. Determine 3*c(j) - 2*x(j). -2*j**3 + 42*j**2 + 3*j + 5 Let y(t) = t**3 + 7*t**2 + 4*t - 9. Let o be y(-6). Let w(n) = -10*n + 27*n - o - 8*n. Let d be (-1 + 12/2)/(-1). Let v(a) = 5*a - 2. What is d*v(x) + 3*w(x)? 2*x + 1 Let r(f) = f - 1. Let k(p) be the third derivative of 3*p**4/8 - p**3 - 2*p**2. Let d be ((-178)/15 - -12)/(16/120). Give d*k(w) - 6*r(w). 3*w Let k(o) = -4*o - 5. Suppose -5*u - 3*v = -6, 17*u - 4*v - 21 = 14*u. Let d(g) = 5*g + 6. Determine u*d(h) + 4*k(h). -h - 2 Let r(o) = 2430*o**3 + 24*o**2 + 4*o - 6. Let u(d) = -2430*d**3 - 32*d**2 - 5*d + 8. Give 4*r(p) + 3*u(p). 2430*p**3 + p Let n(o) = -8*o + 10. Let x be (638/(-1595))/((-2)/30). Let y(s) = 9*s - 10. Calculate x*n(q) + 5*y(q). -3*q + 10 Let b(a) = -9*a + 25. Let j(o) = -o + 38. Let i(w) = -10*w + 241. Let z(m) = -i(m) + 6*j(m). Determine 6*b(d) + 13*z(d). -2*d - 19 Let g(s) = 19*s**2 - 30*s + 2. Let k(x) = -x. Determine g(c) - 6*k(c). 19*c**2 - 24*c + 2 Let z(a) = 6*a**2 - 1. Let h(f) = -5*f**3 - 51*f**2 + 16*f + 19. Let l(n) = -2*n**3 - 19*n**2 + 6*n + 7. Let j(m) = -3*h(m) + 8*l(m). Determine 3*j(s) - 3*z(s). -3*s**3 - 15*s**2 Let g(m) = 132*m**2 + 19*m - 24618. Let j(c) = 14*c**2 + 2*c - 2735. What is 2*g(q) - 19*j(q)? -2*q**2 + 2729 Let j(q) = 8*q + 5. Suppose 300*x - 297*x - 1068 = 0. Let p(b) = 358*b - 32 + x*b - 766*b. What is 32*j(c) + 5*p(c)? -4*c Let j(t) = 3*t**2 - 2*t + 1. Let c be 148/4 - 9/3. Let x = -33 + c. Let f(y) = x - y**2 - 7*y**2 + 15*y**2 + 1 - 5*y. Calculate 4*f(s) - 9*j(s). s**2 - 2*s - 1 Let o(c) = -6*c**2 - 1 + 7*c**2 - 3*c + 2*c. Let u be 0/(-6) + (-2)/(-2). Let t(b) = -b**3 - 2*b**2 + b + 2. Let s = 272 + -271. Give s*o(w) + u*t(w). -w**3 - w**2 + 1 Let b(a) = -123*a**2 - 17*a + 16. Let u(q) = 109*q**2 + 16*q - 15. What is 8*b(o) + 9*u(o)? -3*o**2 + 8*o - 7 Let s(f) = -13*f + 2. Let x be (103 - (5 + -1)) + -6. Let d = x - 86. Let r(v) = -4*v + 1. Give d*r(l) - 2*s(l). -2*l + 3 Let i(m) = -m**2 + 6*m - 1. Let t(u) = 5*u**2 - 43*u + 633. Give 7*i(s) + t(s). -2*s**2 - s + 626 Let h(f) = -1. Suppose 18*s - 8 - 10 = 0. Suppose 0 = -0*z + 3*z - 12. Let x(v) = 3*v + v - z - 5*v. What is s*x(q) - 5*h(q)? -q + 1 Let m(d) = 4*d**3 + 5*d**2 + 4*d - 2. Let f(t) = 8*t**3 + 6*t + 2*t - t + 9*t**2 - 3. Let k = 16393 + -16397. Give k*f(h) + 7*m(h). -4*h**3 - h**2 - 2 Let l(y) = -355*y**3 - 20*y**2 - 8*y + 3. Let h(o) = -237*o**3 - 13*o**2 - 5*o + 2. Give 8*h(n) - 5*l(n). -121*n**3 - 4*n**2 + 1 Let i(m) = -8*m + 37. Let y(t) = 47*t - 229. Give -37*i(r) - 6*y(r). 14*r + 5 Let d(g) = -10*g + 197. Let i(y) = 12*y - 177. Calculate -7*d(x) - 6*i(x). -2*x - 317 Let b(t) be the first derivative of 2*t**2 + 5*t + 464. Let k(r) = -6*r - 7. Suppose l + 0*l + 7 = 0. Calculate l*b(m) - 5*k(m). 2*m Let x(d) be the third derivative of -d**5/30 - d**4/4 - 5*d**3/6 + 10*d**2 - 3. Let g(u) = 3*u**2 + 11*u + 9. What is 4*g(t) + 7*x(t)? -2*t**2 + 2*t + 1 Let a(g) = 715*g + 26. Let p(j) = -358*j - 15. Gi

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The present invention relates to a frame for a solar module, wherein the frame comprises a plurality of aluminum extruded profiles, which form the sides of the frame and which are connected to one another at the corners thereof, wherein at least one aluminum extruded profile comprises at least one hollow chamber. Frames for solar modules are often produced from aluminum extruded profiles. The extruded profiles are in the process sawn to length and mitered and connected to one another by means of insert-able corner connectors. When frost occurs, any rainwater or condensation water which may have penetrated can damage or destroy the frame. To prevent this, it is essential to make sure that the water can flow out of the frame. Holes are drilled or punched into the hollow chambers of the frame for this purpose. The miter-cut profiles are connected to one another by means of corner connectors. The disadvantage with the above described frames is the extra effort required to produce the discharge holes and the holes for the electrical equipotential bonding.

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Exploration of threshold analysis in the relation between stressful life events and preterm delivery. Biologic evidence suggests that the hormones activated by stress affect gestational length, but the results of epidemiologic investigations are inconsistent. The authors of this paper know of no threshold models that have been studied; these models assume that stress does not affect preterm delivery until a certain amount of stress has been experienced but that each unit of stress above the threshold adds to the risk of preterm delivery. By using standard logistic regression, the authors compared threshold and nonthreshold models of the relation between number of stressful life events and preterm delivery in 11 US states. They used data on 1990-1995 births from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. The risk of preterm delivery among multiparas who gave birth in 1990-1993 increased 7% for each event over five they experienced, but no relation was found for 1994-1995 births. Among primiparas who gave birth in 1994-1995, the risk increased 5% for each event over two, but no relation was found for 1990-1993 births. These results suggest that a threshold model may fit the relation between stress and preterm delivery better than one with no threshold. However, the inconsistent results are difficult to reconcile with a biologic threshold in the relation between stress and preterm delivery.

Q: QM and Renormalization (layman) I was reading Michio Kaku's Beyond Einstein. In it, I think, he explains that when physicsts treat a particle as a geometric point they end up with infinity when calculating the strength of the particle's field as you approach the particle. First, did I get that part right? Second, how does (in very simple terms) renormalization try to fix this in Quantum Mechanics? If you can include some type of word picture that would be great. Accepted answer will go to the clearest explanation. Update I got a little further in the book (lol) and Kaku talks about using symmetry to remove the divergences in the math. I'd appreciate an answer that incorporates this also. Thanks guys! A: The best way to explain renormalization is to consider what at first looks like a complete detour: Mandelbrot's fractal geometry. Developed in the 1960s and 1970s, Mandelbrot's geometry is the key idea behind major advances in statistical physics in the early 1970s, pioneered by Leo Kadanoff (mostly independently), but also associated with Alexander Polyakov, Michael Fisher, Kenneth Wilson, and many others in the 1970s and 1980s, building on classical work of Fenyman and Onsager, and these ideas give renormalization theory its modern form. The basic idea can be summarized in one sentence: renormalization is the analysis of mathematical objects whose fractal dimensions at small distances are either different from what you expect because of nonlinear interactions, or incipiently different from what you expect, so that the naive scaling is modified by logarithms. It really belongs to pure mathematics, but it was developed almost entirely within physics, with Mandelbrot being the exception. Power laws if a quantity x depends on a quantity y in such a way that a rescaling of y can be compensated by a rescaling of x, then x and y are related by a power-law. $$x = C y^\alpha$$ Where C, $\alpha$ are constants. Power laws are important because they are scale free, meaning that once you choose a scale for y, the scale for x is determined by setting the coefficient of the power-law to 1, but there is no absolute scale, no absolute units for y. This is best illustrated with examples. Suppose you have pendulum of length L, and a mass swinging on the end. The period of the pendulum is $$ T = 2\pi \sqrt{L\over g} $$ The form of this relation gives you no information about any atomic length scales. Whatever units you choose for L, you can find appropriate units for T by rescaling to make the coefficient of the relation be order 1. On the other hand, suppose you look at the approximate density of the atmosphere as you go up in height y: $$ \rho(y) = C e^{- Ay}$$ The dependence is exponential, so it determines a length scale, 1/A. This length scale is related by a power law to the other parameters, like the density and acceleration of gravity, so it isn't an atomic length scale, but an emergent one. The difference between power-laws and other relations can be understood from dimensional analysis. The coefficient of a power law mixes up units of x and units of y, so it allows a simultaneous rescaling of both by compensating amounts. The coefficients in an arbitrary relation pick out a scale for variation, so they are not scale-invariant. Scaling limits When y has a tiny discreteness scale, like the length of a wire counted in number of atoms, you expect that at large numbers, the behavior of the p will be independent of the underlying discreteness. So that measuring the dependence of the period of the pendulum on the length will be useless in revealing how big atoms are. In order for this to be true, the information in y has to reach a scaling limit, the dependence of x on y has to be independent of the grain-scale at short distances which defines the continuum. Here are some trivial examples: let $\epsilon$ be the atomic size, and the parameter y is an integer multiple of the atomic scale: $$ y = n \epsilon $$ If x is a function of y which obeys the law $$ x(y+\epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon y $$ Then for small $\epsilon$, you get that $x(y) = {y^2\over 2} $, and this is standard calculus. If x obeys the law $$ x(y+\epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon x(y) $$ Then for small $\epsilon$, you find $x(y) = Ce^y$. In both cases, the change in $x$ in each $\epsilon$ step is determined by the change in y, and the stepsize becomes irrelevant in this scaling. But suppose you are perverse and you decide to scale the x-steps differently $$x(y+\epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon^2 x(y) $$ Then as $\epsilon\rightarrow 0$, you get a constant x! The quantity x stops changing as the discreteness parameter goes to zero. You need just the right power on the $\epsilon$ to get a nontrivial relation between x and y. If you chose the wrong power the other way $$x(y+\epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon^{.5} x(y) $$ Then x would blow up at any finite value of y as $\epsilon\rightarrow 0$. Only one exponent, namely the trivial exponent 1, gives the correct continuum limit. These are the classical calculus examples of microscopic scaling. The first nontrivial example is when x(y) is the sum of a random quantity, $\eta(y)$, which is a random number between -1 and 1, at each discrete position. Then you want to take the limit of $\epsilon\rightarrow 0$ of the sum of random numbers, to get a continuous version of a random walk. You try to do the calculus thing: $$ x(y+\epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon \eta(y) $$ But this choice converges to a constant x in the limit of small epsilon. The reason is that the sum of N random things only grows as $\sqrt{N}$, while the $\epsilon$ term suppresses it by 1/N. So to fix this, you need a different power law on $\epsilon$ $$ x(y+ \epsilon) = x(y) + \epsilon^{1/2} \eta(y) $$ This defines the stochastic calculus limit. There is a whole field of mathematics, Ito calculus, which only studies this scaling law for the continuum limit. It is important in fields like finance, where random walks appear everywhere, since any commodity price in an efficient market with bounded fluctuations must be a random walk. So when you have a discrete system, like a computer simulation taking discrete steps in time, you can find a converging continuous limit of small steps, but only if you choose the appropriate scaling law for the quantities which are changing. The scaling law for fluctuating quantities is different from the scaling law for smoothly varying quantities. For smooth quantities, $\delta x$ scales linearly in $\delta y$, or $\epsilon$, and this is the only case studied in ordinary calculus. Stochastic Ito calculus makes $\delta x$ scale as the square-root of $\delta y$, or as $\sqrt{\epsilon}$. Mandelbrot's advisor was Paul Levy, who had developed the theory of Levy flights, or random walks with power-law distributed steps, so that there is some probability of big steps which doesn't vanish when you take a scaling limit. In Levy flights, the continuum limit is obtained by scaling $\delta x$ as $\epsilon^\alpha$ where $\alpha$ is a continuous adjustable parameter. This means that Mandelbrot had an important new perspective--- he understood that in natural phenomenon, where the continuum always emerges at long distances as an approximation to something small and grainy, the scaling laws did not have to be confined to integer powers, or even rational powers. You could have arbitrary scaling laws which define different continuum limits. This behavior would define the regularities in fluctuations you see in nature, like the rough shape of coastlines, or the jagged shapes of mountains. These ideas are developed by Mandelbrot in "The Fractal Geometry of Nature", in a way accessible to anyone, because it does not presume any deep prior knowledge of mathematics. Fractal geometric scaling Consider a fractal shape, take the Koch curve for definiteness. If you calculate the length of the curve, you need to specify the length of the ruler with respect to which you calculate the length. As the ruler becomes small, the total length of the curve goes to infinity as a power, $1/l^d$ where d is the fractal dimension of the curve. The meaning of this is not obscure--- the shape is irregular at small distances, so that the notion of length is inapplicable, and the ordinary scaling laws of length for differentiable curves, that the number of copies of a ruler of length l which fit on the curve diverges as $L/l$ is violated, and the violation of the law is in the exponent. When you have microscopically fractal shapes, the scaling laws you would intuitively expect from the example of differentiable shapes change, and quantities which were originally finite, like the length, become infinite. Further, the process of defining the fractal shape is most conveniently expressed using what is called in physics a regulator--- using a fictitious finite length l which is the length of the ruler to measure the shape, and looking at quantities which are stable in the limit $l\rightarrow 0$. So the length of the Koch curve doesn't make sense, it is infinite, but the coefficient of the blow-up of the power-law relating the length to l is finite, and is the Hausdorff measure of the Koch curve, the analogous notion to length for a fractal curve. Fractal Fluctuations in Phase transitions Consider a statistical fluctuating quantity, like the density of fluid in thermal equilibrium. For ordinary temperatures, there are fluctuations at the atomic scale, and these fluctuations average out at the macroscopic scale, so that the fluid looks uniform. But when you tune the pressure and temperature to the liquid/gas critical point, the fluctuations become correlated, so that big macroscopic chunks of the gas-liquid hybrid are at higher density at certain regions, while they are at low density at other regions. This is obvious experimentally because a clear fluid at the critical point becomes milky white, because the density fluctuations on the scale of the wavelength of light are now significant. To describe this system, you need the average density over many atomic sized volumes as a function of position. Define the long-distance density function $\phi(x)$ to be the average density of the fluid at every point over a box of length $l$. You can make a lattice of size l, and there is a statistical law which tells you how likely the density is to be at a given value, considering the density at neighboring positions. The statistical law takes the form of a probability distribution for the density at a site x, given the density on the neighboring sites y. The law of the density can be expressed mathematically as follows: $$ -\log(\rho(x)) = \sum_{<y,x>} (\phi(x)-\phi(y))^2 + V(\phi) $$ This has a simple meaning--- the density at a point has a mean value which is determined by the value of the neighbors, with an overall pull to some preferred value described by $V(\phi)$. The form of $V$ can be taken to be a polynomial (this is explained later) $$ V(\phi) = a \phi^2 + b\phi^4 $$ where the parameter b must be positive. By tuning the parameter a, you can reach a point where the fluctuations appear at all length scales, and at this point, the lattice can be made arbitrarily small, and you find a continuum limit if you scale $\phi$ appropriately. The limit $\epsilon\rightarrow 0$, $\phi\rightarrow \epsilon^{\alpha} \phi $ can be taken so that the fluctuations become independent of the lattice. The parameter $\alpha$ is the fractal dimension of $\phi$. For $V=0$, the fractal dimension of the field depends only on the dimension, and has one value. But for the actual form of V, the fractal dimension is altered from the naive value. Quantum Field theory is the same thing Quantum fields are defined by a Feynman path integral over field values. They can also be understood to describe the fluctuations of particles, but the field picture is best here. The Feynman path integral says that one has to consider all possible quantum field fluctuations between the initial time and the final time to describe the quantum probability amplitude go from one time to another. This is the fundamental formulation of quantum mechanics in the Feynman Lagrangian approach. But there is a simple mathematical relation between Feynman quantum mechanical path integrals (at least for Bosonic fields) and statistical distributions. The two are related by a formal method called Wick rotation, or imaginary time formulation. The Wick rotation of ordinary quantum mechanics is Ito calculus of Brownian paths. The Wick rotation of field theory makes each (bosonic real-action) field theory into a statistical system, whose scaling laws have fractal (or anomalous) dimensions. The fractal dimensions mean that the typical field in the distribution looks the same after rescaling space by L and the field by a power of L. Renormalization logarithms In realistic quantum field theories in four-dimensional space-time, the actual scaling laws are only modified by logarithms. These logarithms are the sign of an incipient change in exponent. The reason is that in 4 dimensions, two random walks only marginally intersect, if you look at two random walks on a lattice starting at two positions a fixed distance apart, the probability that they collide goes to zero as the logarithm of the lattice spacing. A logarithm is just the limit of an exponent for small values of the exponent. If you look at a power-law with a slightly different exponent $$ x = y^{\alpha + \epsilon} = y^{\alpha} y^\epsilon = y^\alpha e^{\epsilon \log y} = y^{\alpha} (1 + \epsilon \log y + {\epsilon^2\over 2} \log^2 y + ...)$$ The original scale-invariance of the power-law relation seems to be broken by the logarithms, but it is just modified. If you scale y by an amount $A$, you scale $x$ by $A^{\alpha+\epsilon}$, which gives $\epsilon$ modifications to the dimension of $x$. The quantities in four dimensional quantum field theory have infinitesimally modified dimensions in this way, at infinitesimal distances where the length scale associated with the mass of the particles is no longer visible. These logarithmic corrections to scaling make the four dimensional theory both mathematically easier and conceptually more difficult, because the new fractal scaling laws are not as apparent. In three dimensions, scalar field theories just acquire anomalous dimensions. One of the more interesting ways to calculate the fractal dimensions is to use the known logarithms in 4 dimensions to find the dependence of the fractal dimension on the dimension of space, and this gives predictions for the fluid-critical scaling which match experimental data and computer simulations very accurately. A: In fact, there is no need to consider particles as a points. If you think of particle as of "cloud", there are no infinities both in classical and quantum theories. For instance, when physicists build a quantum mechanical model of the hydrogen atom, they consider electron as a cloud of negative charge smeared around proton. The numeric quantities obtained by using this model are in a very good agreement with experiment. But many modern physicists use models where particles are considered point-like. There are at least two reasons for that. The first reason is that if one wants to use model where particle is not point-like, he or she need to define the structure of the particle. But nobody knows the internal structure of the particles, so they cannot define it to use in the model. Please note that in a previous example of the hydrogen atom physicists are dealing with atom, not with particle. Physicists were able to develop such model because they knew something about the atom's internal structure (i.e. they new that positively charged proton is at the centre of atom, electron is smeared around proton, the electric field of proton was known, etc.). We cannot do the same thing with the particle because we know almost nothing about what is inside the particle. The second reason is as follows: there is a model that works very well for collisions of the particles at high energies. This model is used, for instance, for particle colliders such as LHC. The distance traveled by the particle in such collider is very large compared to the size (if any) that can be associated with the particle itself. So it is logical to consider particles as point-like objects in this model, because the size of the particle itself plays ALMOST no role. I wrote "ALMOST" because it does play role when one is trying to apply the model not to a number of very fast particles colliding at very high energies, but to a particle ITSELF. For instance, particle at rest is not traveling a large distance, and it's total energy is not much larger than it's self energy (which is $E=mc^2$ as you probably know). In this case there is no excuse to consider particle as a point-like object, and model fails to produce meaningful results. So, where infinities come from? They come from conjecture that particles are point-like, and they appear both in classical and quantum theories. See what Vladimir wrote about it for details. And the last thing related to your question: what is renormalization? Renormalization is the following: at the first step the particle IS NOT considered as a point-like object. Physicists say that it has a size $\lambda$ and perform all calculations for this "sizable" object. Of course, no infinities appear. at the second step physicists separate those terms that depend on $\lambda$ (the "size" of the particle) from those terms that do not depend on $\lambda$. The terms that do not depend on the $\lambda$ have some independent physical meaning and are relevant for describing some (but not all!) properties of the particles. They are accurately calculated. at the next step the size of the particle is made smaller and smaller, i.e. $\lambda$ is approached to zero. Those terms that depend on $\lambda$ are divergent, i.e. when you approach $\lambda$ to zero they grow by infinity. The truth is that these terms are not used for anything, they are simply dropped. So, the goal of renormalization procedure is to separate finite terms from the equations and get rid of other divergent terms. So, by using renormalization we can make the model "free" of divergences, but still we cannot use it for calculating some important properties of the particles. For instance, the mass and the electric charge of the particle cannot be calculated, because the model gives us no criteria to identify these quantities. Moreover, the particles that are known to have different masses (such as electron and muon) are indistinguishable in terms of this model. A: The point particle idealization that leads to the infinities is removed by introducing a small perturbation (large energy cutoff = small distance cutoff) into the problem that depends on the energy cutoff scale $\Lambda$. Thus we have a family of models depending on $\Lambda$ and the original parameters of the model. The physics should be independent of where precisely the cutoff is applied, as it shouldn't matter how small the particle is once it is small enough. The physics contained in a model must be independent of the parameters that happen to be used in the particular model. In many cases of interest, the experimental data can be empirically described in terms of a few physical key parameters, such as basic observable masses and charges. These are generally different from the mass and charge coefficients that appear in particular models. To distinguish these in a general context, one refers to the model-dependent coefficients – such as the quark masses mentioned above – as bare parameters and to the model-independent parameters chosen for the physical parameterization – measurable masses, charges, etc., related directly to experiment – as renormalized or dressed parameters. The purpose of renormalization is to reparameterize the $\Lambda$-dependent family of Hamiltonians in such a way that one can match physical parameters in a numerically robust way that is essentially independent of $\Lambda$ (once it is large enough), so that at the end of the calculations, one can take the limit $\Lambda\rightarrow\infty$ without difficulties. How to do this is explained in elementary terms in http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/ms/ren.pdf - the simplest example is a 2-state system! Other possibly helpful explanations (some elementary, others less so) can be found in Chapter B5: Divergences and renormalization of A theoretical physics FAQ.

The Little Steel Strike was one of the bloodiest strikes in 1937, and a setback for labor in a year characterized by a string of union victories. Scores of unionists, supporters and family members were wounded, and 18 of their slain brothers would never return to work again. Breaking this strike — under a Democratic administration in Washington and Democratic governors across the Midwest where the pickets were killed — exposed the violent nature of the capitalist state. “Little Steel” referred to eight companies — only “Little” in comparison to “Big” U.S. Steel — that had formed a bloc to resist unionization. The Feb. 11, 1937, victory of the United Auto Workers against General Motors in the Flint, Mich., sit-down strike had set off a wave of occupations and strikes. Seeking to preempt a strike in March, U.S. Steel agreed to let the Steel Workers Organizing Committee represent workers in its mills. In the next few months about 135 steel companies let SWOC come in. The union, barely a year old, now had 330,000 members. In taking on SWOC, the eight Little Steel barons were acting on behalf of the ruling class, which wanted to push back the forward march of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (originally the Committee on Industrial Organization). Beginning as a committee inside the craft-based American Federation of Labor, the CIO formed to organize the mass of industrial workers. In 1936 the CIO’s 12 member unions were expelled from the AFL. Yet workers, inspired by successes in rubber and later in auto, flocked to the militant CIO unions by the millions. Unlike the moderate AFL, whose member unions included some that actually barred African Americans from joining, the CIO opened its doors to the most oppressed. Women, workers of color and immigrants swelled its ranks. SWOC, formed by the CIO in 1936, was no exception. The Little Steel bosses’ united front — encompassing Jones & Laughlin, Pittsburgh, Crucible, Bethlehem, Youngstown, National, Republic and Inland steel companies, led by the notorious Tom Girdler of Republic — began to crumble in May when J & L signed with SWOC after a 36-hour strike. Then Pittsburgh and Crucible gave in. Steel workers unified in strike The union struck three holdouts, Republic, Youngstown and Inland, on May 26, and shortly thereafter workers walked out at one of Bethlehem’s plants. SWOC held off taking on National, whose president, Ernest T. Weir, was one of the worst anti-unionists in the whole country. Altogether 92,000 steelworkers in seven states were on picket lines; mills were shut down lock-tight. Just four days into the strike on May 30, Republic strikers in Chicago were having a Memorial Day social with their families at Sam’s Place, SWOC’s local headquarters. Leo Krzycki, of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and a leading figure in the CIO, pledged support. A statement from the Chicago mayor affirmed the right to peacefully picket. Having that statement in hand, the strikers at the social voted to march to the mill and picket. “Probably no group of people ever strolled more casually toward death and wounds,” wrote 1930s’ labor journalist Mary Heaton Vorse. “The testimony showed that the police had been eating in the mills and a platoon of fifty policemen was seen walking out of the mills that morning. The testimony goes to show that this was a planned attack; that the police came out with the intention of shooting down the workers and then arresting them wholesale. The police had planned to make this peaceful picket line seem like a Red plot to capture the mills. The brave policemen were to have warded off the revolution. But their plan failed. There were too many witnesses and too many cameramen.” (“Labor’s New Millions,” 1938) A newsreel showed strike leaders pleading with police to let them pass. Police instead opened fire and clubbed workers mercilessly. One died after some workers tried to get him in a car and drive him to the hospital; police dragged him out of the car and left him to die. Four were dead on the spot. In the next few weeks the death toll climbed to 10, nine from gunshot wounds and one bludgeoned to death. Over 100 were wounded, many incapacitated for life. The injured included infants and children. Social worker Guadelupe Marshall gave eyewitness testimony to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, formed to investigate widespread illegal union busting. She was clubbed on the head while trying to assist the wounded and then arrested. Hospitals were overwhelmed with the injured strikers and put out a call for volunteers, but police blocked volunteers from entering to give aid. Marshall was one of many Latinx immigrants who fought valiantly against Girdler and company. (LaFollette Committee, U.S. Senate, tinyurl.com/ybywnzfr) Every year, steelworkers and other Chicago unionists gather at the site of the slaughter to remember those who laid down their lives in the service of their class. Part 2: Strike violence continues. Seven murdered in Ohio.

Q: SELECT INTO OUTFILE permission denied but the user can write to the directory I have an issue trying to use SELECT INTO OUTFILE and using a directory other than /tmp. My Linux user is named datam, my MySQL user is lea, and MySQL runs as mysql. When datam runs mysql -u lea database and tries to do a SELECT INTO OUTFILE with a path of /home/datam/xfers/online/file.csv, I get an error code 13, permission denied. Using /tmp/file.csv works, so I'm fairly confident it is not an issue with permissions within MySQL. I've added mysql to the datam group and have verified this with: ~$ sudo id mysql uid=106(mysql) gid=114(mysql) groups=114(mysql),1001(datam) I have /home/datam/ set as 775 recursively. If I do sudo -u mysql /bin/bash and go to /home/datam/xfers/online/ and do touch file it writes a file. What do I need to do to allow mysql to write a file from SELECT INTO OUTFILE? I believe this is not a duplicate of other questions surrounding this subject, because I've looked at them and followed all of their instructions (setting execute on all directories leading up to the one I want, setting GRANT FILE ON, etc). MySQL user lea grants: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for lea@localhost | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT FILE ON *.* TO 'lea'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*9BB439A3A652A9DAD3718215F77A7AA06108A267' | | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `database`.* TO 'lea'@'localhost' | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A: This may be caused by mysql user permissions. As stated here https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/17029/cannot-output-mysql-data-to-file To give yourself FILE privilege, do the following: service mysql restart --skip-networking --skip-grant-tables mysql <hit enter> UPDATE mysql.user SET File_priv = 'Y' WHERE user='lea' AND host='localhost'; exit service mysql restart The linux user can write a file. But the mysql service may be blocked by apparmor. Check this file: /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld. Add your project folder there: /usr/sbin/mysqld { [...] /home/datam/xfers/online/ r, /home/datam/xfers/online/* rw [...] } Finally, do a sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor reload A: On modern systems mariaDB & mysql gets installed with systemd support. Among other things, it has this setting in /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service: Prevent accessing /home, /root and /run/user ProtectHome=true That's what stops it from writing in /home.

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Pakistani cricket fans leave for India at a Wagah border post near Attari, on Tuesday, March 29. Ordinary life will stop for several hours as hundreds of millions of fans tune in to follow the India-Pakistan semi-final in Mohali. (PTI/Pritam Thakur) Indian cricket fans wear masks of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second right, and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during an event to wish the Indian cricket team good luck ahead of the ICC World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan, in Patna. (AP)

#pragma once #include <caffe2/utils/proto_utils.h> namespace caffe2 { namespace cast { inline TensorProto_DataType GetCastDataType(const ArgumentHelper& helper, std::string arg) { TensorProto_DataType to; if (helper.HasSingleArgumentOfType<string>(arg)) { string s = helper.GetSingleArgument<string>(arg, "float"); std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), ::toupper); #ifndef CAFFE2_USE_LITE_PROTO CAFFE_ENFORCE(TensorProto_DataType_Parse(s, &to), "Unknown 'to' argument: ", s); #else // Manually implement in the lite proto case. #define X(t) \ if (s == #t) { \ return TensorProto_DataType_##t; \ } X(FLOAT); X(INT32); X(BYTE); X(STRING); X(BOOL); X(UINT8); X(INT8); X(UINT16); X(INT16); X(INT64); X(FLOAT16); X(DOUBLE); #undef X CAFFE_THROW("Unhandled type argument: ", s); #endif } else { to = static_cast<TensorProto_DataType>( helper.GetSingleArgument<int>(arg, TensorProto_DataType_FLOAT)); } return to; } }; // namespace cast }; // namespace caffe2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- file: crashHandler.lua -- brief: -- author: jK -- -- Copyright (C) 2007-2013. -- Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, v2 or later. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Addon Crash Handlers --// small helper local isDrawCallIn = setmetatable({}, {__index = function(self,ciName) self[ciName] = ((ciName:sub(1, 4) == 'Draw')or(ciName:sub(1, 9) == 'TweakDraw')); return self[ciName]; end}) local function HandleError(addon, funcName, status, ...) if (status) then --// no error return ... end handler:Remove(addon, "crash") local name = addon._info.name local err = select(1,...) Spring.Log(LUA_NAME, "error", ('In %s(): %s'):format(funcName, tostring(err))) Spring.Log(LUA_NAME, "error", ('Removed %s: %s'):format(handler.addonName, handler:GetFancyString(name))) return nil end local function HandleErrorGL(addon, funcName, status, ...) glPopAttrib() --gl.PushMatrix() return HandleError(addon, funcName, status, ...) end local function SafeWrapFuncNoGL(addon, func, funcName) return function(...) return HandleError(addon, funcName, pcall(func, ...)) end end local function SafeWrapFuncGL(addon, func, funcName) return function(...) glPushAttrib() --gl.PushMatrix() return HandleErrorGL(addon, funcName, pcall(func, ...)) end end function SafeWrapFunc(addon, func, funcName) if (SAFEWRAP <= 0) then return func elseif (SAFEWRAP == 1) then if (addon._info.unsafe) then return func end end if (not SAFEDRAW) then return SafeWrapFuncNoGL(addon, func, funcName) else if (isDrawCallIn[funcName]) then return SafeWrapFuncGL(addon, func, funcName) else return SafeWrapFuncNoGL(addon, func, funcName) end end end function SafeCallAddon(addon, ciName, ...) local f = addon[ciName] if (not f) then return end local ki = addon._info if (SAFEWRAP <= 0)or ((SAFEWRAP == 1)and(ki and ki.unsafe)) then return f(addon, ...) end if (SAFEDRAW and isDrawCallIn[ciName]) then glPushAttrib() return HandleErrorGL(addon, ciName, pcall(f, addon, ...)) else return HandleError(addon, ciName, pcall(f, addon, ...)) end end

Replacement of traditional light sources, such as incandescent light bulbs, by solid state light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), is often associated with a number of issues. For example, the light output provided by a LED typically has a different spectral composition than the light output of a traditional light source, for example based on an incandescent filament. Further, the spatial intensity distribution of the light output of a LED is typically different than the spatial intensity distribution of the light output provided by a traditional light source. Moreover, heat generated during operation of the LEDs may damage or deteriorate performance of the LEDs. Therefore, design of LED-based lighting devices typically involves considerations relating to heat management. WO 2010/080565A1 discloses a retrofit LED light bulb with additional features such as a backup battery, a camera, a detector/sensor, an audio device, a communication device, a camera, and/or a repeater. As LEDs are substantially smaller than incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, there is space available in the LED light bulb for housing such extra features. The additional features are arranged within a shell behind the LEDs together with circuitry for converting line voltage into voltage suitable for the LEDs. The positioning of the extra features within the shell behind the LEDs may prevent optimal performance or operation of at least some of the extra features since input to the extra features from the surrounding environment, and/or output from the extra features to the surrounding environment, may be obstructed by the shell and the LEDs. It would be advantageous to provide alternative lighting devices which allow improved performance for at least one such additional feature without adversely affecting the optical performance of the lighting device.