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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Winkowski, right, seated next to as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate, left, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the problems with the increased rise in apprehensions at the Southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly becoming a political liability, giving Republicans a fresh opportunity to question his administration’s competence and complicating the debate over the nation’s tangled immigration laws.
Still, Obama is resisting calls to visit the border during his two-day fundraising trip to Texas, where he arrives Wednesday afternoon. Instead, Obama will hold a meeting in Dallas to discuss the crisis with faith leaders and Texas officials, including Republican Gov. Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016 and a scathing critic of Obama.
Obama’s trip comes one day after he asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency spending to get more resources to the border.
Meanwhile in Washington, Obama administration officials were defending their response to the immigration crisis in testimony prepared for a Senate hearing Wednesday. Several officials, including the Customs and Border Protection head, were arguing the administration is acting aggressively on multiple fronts and that they are trying to increase detention space.
The hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee was not focused on Obama’s request for emergency spending, but questions on it were expected.
“We have not been what I would say successful yet” in ensuring that the unaccompanied kids are processed by the Border Patrol as quickly as required, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate testified before the committee.
“The children continue to come across the border. It’s a very fluid situation,” Fugate said. “Although we have made progress, that progress is oftentimes disrupted when we see sudden influxes of kids coming in faster than we can discharge them, and we back up.”
Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, said that the number of children picked up since October now stands at 57,000, up from 52,000 in mid-June, and more than double what it was at the same time last year.
The situation, Kerlikowske said, “is difficult and distressing on a lot of levels.”
Obama’s discussion in Dallas is seen by the White House as a way to address the immigration issue while avoiding awkward scenes at the border. Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have arrived there in recent months, many fleeing violence in Central America, but also drawn by rumors that they can stay in the U.S. White House officials say most are unlikely to qualify for humanitarian relief and will be sent back to their home countries.
Obama’s decision to skip a border visit is likely to provide more material for the Republicans and handful of Democrats who say the president hasn’t responded quickly and forcefully enough to the mounting crisis. Perry says. The White House has failed to respond to his repeated warnings about a flood of minors at the border.
Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, raised the prospect that Obama’s failure to take a firsthand look at the border crisis could be similar to former President George W. Bush viewing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 from the air instead of on the ground.
“I’m sure that President Bush thought the same thing, that he could just look at everything from up in the sky, and then he owned it after a long time,” Cuellar said on Fox News.
Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the White House wasn’t worried about the scene of the president traveling to Texas without visiting the border. Officials also pointed to Obama’s request to Congress on Tuesday for additional resources at the border as a sign of the president’s engagement in the crisis.
If approved by Congress, the funding would go to increase detention, care and transportation of unaccompanied children, help speed the removal of adults with children by increasing the capacity of immigration courts and increase prosecution of smuggling networks. The money also would help increase surveillance at the border and help Central American countries repatriate border-crossers sent back from the United States.
Republicans criticized Obama for pulling back on plans to pursue legal changes that would allow the administration to send the minors back to Central America more quickly. The proposals had infuriated immigrant advocates, who say the changes could result in harsh treatment of children and eliminate their legal protections.
The border crisis has added a new wrinkle to the stalled immigration debate in Washington. With no sign that Republicans in the House of Representatives planned to move forward on a comprehensive overhaul bill passed by the Senate last year, Obama announced that he would seek to address the matter through executive actions.
Republicans say it’s that same approach that has led to the current crisis. They argue that Obama’s 2012 decision to allow some young people brought to the U.S. illegally to stay in the country has fueled the rumors in Central America that all of the minors crossing the border can stay.
But Democrats argue that Republicans are simply trying to shift attention away from the party’s inability to act on a politically potent issue for Hispanics, a key voting bloc Republicans have failed to attract in the past two presidential elections.
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Pxr- and Nrf2- mediated induction of ABC transporters by heavy metal ions in zebrafish embryos.
Transcription factors including pregnane X receptor (Pxr) and nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) are important modulators of Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in mammalian cells. However, whether such modulation is conserved in zebrafish embryos remains largely unknown. In this manuscript, pxr- and nrf2-deficient models were constructed with CRISPR/Cas9 system, to evaluate the individual function of Pxr and Nrf2 in the regulation of ABC transporters and detoxification of heavy metal ions like Cd2+ and Ag+. As a result, both Cd2+ and Ag+ conferred extensive interactions with ABC transporters in wild type (WT) embryos: their accumulation and toxicity were affected by the activity of ABC transporters, and they significantly induced the mRNA expressions of ABC transporters. These induction effects were reduced by the mutation of pxr and nrf2, but elevations in the basal expression of ABC transporters compensated for the loss of their inducibility. This could be an explanation for remaining transporter function in both mutant models as well as the unaltered toxicity of metal ions in pxr-deficient embryos. However, mutation of nrf2 disrupted the production of glutathione (GSH), resulting in the enhanced toxicity of Cd2+/Ag+ in zebrafish embryos. In addition, elevated expressions of other transcription factors like aryl hydrocarbon receptor (ahr) 1b, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (ppar)-β, and nrf2 were found in pxr-deficient models without any treatment, while enhanced induction of ahr1b, ppar-β and pxr could only be seen in nrf2-deficient embryos after the treatment of metal ions, indicating different compensation phenomena for the absence of transcription factors. After all, pxr-deficient and nrf2-deficient zebrafish embryos are useful tools in the functional investigation of Pxr and Nrf2 in the early life stages of aquatic organisms. However, the compensatory mechanisms should be taken into consideration when interpreting the results and need in-depth investigations. |
Q:
SQL querying over multiple tables
I don't have much experience in SQL so I think this is not a dumb question.
I have 2 tables like this.
A .. G are the members of a hierarchy.
Now my requirement is as follows.
I need to filter out the members which
has status = 0 from Members table.
But, If the selected set contains
children which has a parent with
status = 0, Ignore the child and
select only the parent.
As an example, in the above case the set with 0 status = {B,C,D,E,F,G}
But C,D,E,F has status 0 parents.
So my result should be {B,G}
Can I do this just by using SQL and related technologies? (i.e In database layer. I don't want to query into the data structures and then iterate. Can I write a single query for this?)
I will add some more examples if the question is confusing?
A:
select m.ID from Members m
left join Relations r on r.Child = m.Id
left join Members p on r.Parent = p.Id
where m1.Status = 0 and p.Status <> 0
But i think there will be a recursive query.
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Grand plans were made to post some lovely pink hued macarons in honor of Valentine’s Day! In my mind they were beautiful and delicious and enviable. How hard could macarons be, anyway? I’m pretty knowledgeable when it comes to baking. I’d say I’m an advanced amateur. And I’m seeing macarons everywhere. If all of those people can make them, then I can. You know what happens when you start thinking like that? You get humbled. Big time. I overestimated my kitchen abilities and wound up with some cracked and foot-less macarons. Apparently macaron baking is a skill that requires practice. Hats off to those of you who make them well. You have my respect forever and always. So I will keep working on my macaron making. Maybe some day you’ll see a post on them! That is if I don’t get too discouraged and give up. Sometimes I do that…
Instead of finicky macarons I went with something I am more comfortable and familiar with, pastry! This would make a lovely Valentine’s breakfast. You can bake it the day before and then just warm it up in the oven briefly before glazing. You could also let it do the second rise overnight in the fridge and bake it in the morning.
If your childhood was anything like mine you have fond memories of eating Pillsbury crescent rolls. You’ve likely watched someone experience, or you’ve experienced for yourself, the frustration of getting the tube open after not peeling the paper enough and then banging it on the counter to get it to pop open. Maybe your mom let you help roll them up and put them on the baking sheet. And then you got to enjoy their warm, melt-in-your-mouth goodness with dinner. Pillsbury will always have a special place in my heart, but these homemade crescent rolls might be what my kids remember enjoying.
These were surprisingly simple to put together and bake. You do have to let them rise twice, once after making the dough and once after forming the rolls.
So you’re looking at a minimum of 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. If you want to serve them to your kids for dinner start them with enough time. I didn’t, so my kids ate them for dessert!
Be sure not to over bake these. They get a tad dry when cooked too long. Nothing that a little extra butter can’t cure, though! If you’re planning to make these and then reheat them for later (think make-ahead Thanksgiving bread) bake them until just slightly golden so you can reheat them without fear of them drying out.
You will probably need to make three sheets of rolls, 8 per sheet, unless you have large cookie sheets and a large oven. It’s perfectly fine to bake the first two sheets and bake the other right after the first ons come out. Just be sure to keep them covered.
These do rise during baking, so don’t place them too close together. Also, try to cook similar sized rolls on the same baking sheet. Unless you can roll a perfect circle of dough, some wedges will be bigger than others. They’ll take longer to bake, and the smaller ones will take less time. If you have different sized rolls on the same sheet some will be over baked while others will be under baked. I emphasize this point only because I had one sheet that had some quite small and some quite large rolls and I had this problem. Aren’t you glad you have someone to make mistakes for you?!
The only thing I might do differently would be to brush these with more melted butter right after baking. Because there isn’t much better than that.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook (or a large bowl) mix 4 1/2 cups flour, salt and yeast.
Add in the milk mixture and mix on low until dough comes together, then increase the speed to medium and mix for about 5 minutes. If dough seems sticky add in a couple tablespoons of flour.
Turn dough out onto a well floured surface and knead a bit and shape into a ball. Place dough into a greased bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 1 to 2 hours, until doubled in size.
Melt the 1/2 stick of butter and set aside.
Prepare baking sheets (you’ll need 2 large or 3 regular) by lining them with parchment.
Turn dough out onto floured surface and divide into 3 equal sized pieces. Working with one piece, roll into a 10-inch circle. Brush with butter, then use a pizza cutter to slice dough into 8 wedges.
Take a sliced piece and roll, starting from the wide end, up to the pointed end and place pointed side down on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough. |
MBBS Fees and Scholarship details in Bangladesh Eastern Medical College (Kabila, Burichang, Comilla): The Comilla Education and Health Welfare Foundation established Eastern Medical College in the eastern region of the greater Comilla and Noakhali district in 2005. Eastern Medical College… |
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I use Bootsstrap v3.1.1 for building responsive UI. It works okay, except menu "eats" some space in mobile view. It can be seen from the following images.
At wide display:
and mobile view:>
HTML:
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<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
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Khan Learning Resources for CCSS Math
Last Updated: Jul 15, 2016 08:12AM CDT
Learning resources are adaptive items that are connected to standards and can be added to assessments for further instruction. Doing so is done through the curriculum maps feature. More information on this process is found on our support site and three articles are linked below.
We have just created new curriculum maps that have Khan Academy learning resources attached to the standard. These resources will take students to the Khan pages that are associated with the standards on your assessment for more practice, helpful tutorial videos, and more. Here is an example from and 8th grade math standard: Positive and Negative Exponents.
These new curriculum maps can be found by searching for "Common Core" in the curriculum maps tab.
This search will populate a list of the different grade levels.
Note that the middle grades are located at the bottom of the search. Once you select the map you want, you will need to re-assign the map to your classes. Do so from the actions drop down.
Then, select the classes that you want the map to be assigned to. You can select multiple classes by holding down the ctrl key while selecting.
Once the map has been re-assigned, it will be displayed on your curriculum map home screen. You now "own" that map and can edit and change it however you would like. Once you have assigned the map to your classes, you will be able to add the learning resources to your assessments.
Adding Resources to Assessments:
Once you have the curriculum map saved, you can add resources to your assessments. The first step is to add standards to your assessment. Once done, enable learning resources as an option for the assessment.
Once you have enabled the learning resources and have standards aligned to the CCSS. You will see a list of the learning resources from the standards on your test. To include them on your assessment, simply select the ones you would like to include. |
[Effect of chamomile on wound healing--a clinical double-blind study].
In a double-blind trial, the therapeutic efficacy of chamomile extract was tested on 14 patients. As objective parameters served the epithelial and drying effect on weeping wound area after dermabrasion of tattoos. The period of the healing and drying process was judged by the doctor. The decrease of the weeping wound area as well as the drying tendency was statistically significant. |
Mr IRONS (Swan) (10:36): I rise to speak on the proposal for a medical school of Curtin University to be established in my electorate of Swan. Ensuring adequate health care is provided to my community is something that I see as not only very important but imperative. Supporting our universities to grow and improve their services also provides huge benefits to our community. Curtin University has submitted a proposal to the federal government that will see a number of benefits to my electorate and to our health system. I stand to support this proposal. Curtin University has a long and proud history of providing high-quality health education. The university already educates more health professionals than any other Western Australian tertiary institution. Expanding Curtin's health education facilities will add to what is already a professional and well-regarded institution.
The proposal for a new medical school is particularly important given the growing evidence of a shortage of doctors in Australia. I note that shortages have been a significant problem for some time in my home state of Western Australia, especially in rural WA, where more than half of all doctors are overseas trained. It is clear that we need to grow the number of new doctors to keep up with the growing demands of our health system. A 2009 report in the Medical Journal of Australia showed that by 2025 Australia will need to import 25 per cent of its medical workforce if the current level of medical student placements is maintained. The National Health Workforce Taskforce has predicted that an additional 356 medical student placements would be needed from 2010. I note that Western Australia, being Australia's fastest growing state, will be in particular need of new doctors.
Curtin is proposing a five-year direct entry undergraduate bachelor of medicine and a bachelor of surgery, commencing in 2014. This new school will ensure a much needed increase in the number of new doctors entering the WA system. The new undergraduate degree will produce graduates for areas of particular need. As Curtin's vice-chancellor, Jeanette Hacket, has said, this issue is not just about numbers but about ensuring that we have the right skills in the right places. A recent inquiry report by the health department and Rural Health West highlighted that WA is facing a shortfall of up to 100 rural doctors. I also note comments made by the president of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia that Australia was becoming too dependent on foreign doctors and that instead we should invest more in training domestic medical students.
Establishing clinical schools in priority rural locations and focusing on securing placements in regional and remote area hospitals are key parts of this proposal. This should aid the bid by the WA Department of Health to attract more medical graduates to these under-resourced areas. This new facility will help meet the growing demand for health professionals and will provide lasting benefits to my electorate and the people of Western Australia. I urge the federal government to support the proposal for the Curtin University medical school. |
Amy Adams talks daughter's crush on 'Man of Steel's' Henry Cavill
Nardine Saad
Well, the Ministry isn't the only one with a Krypton-sized crush on "Man of Steel" star Henry Cavill. Apparently, Cavill's costar Amy Adams is dealing with a little fan of her own.
Sitting down for an interview on "Chelsea Lately" last week, Adams, who plays reporter/love interest to Cavill's Superman, said her 3-year-old daughter Aviana had quite a hankering for the leading man too.
"It started when she met him, she liked the look of the 'suit,' so when he turned around ... she goosed him," Adams told Chelsea Handler, demonstrating her daughter's impish behavior.
"It takes a second to adjust, because Henry's just so good-looking," Adams recently told Details of her big-screen costar. "He's dashing with just a hint of danger, and it's kinda great. It's super-hidden. But you know there's a steeliness within him that makes the gentlemanly qualities all the more interesting."
Adams, 38, said that she auditioned twice to be Lois Lane (one film never got made), a pursuit that appeared to stem from her own lifelong thing for the last son of Krypton.
"I think my first crush was Superman as well," she admitted. But it turns out that little infatuation didn't play out on set.
"The good thing is my crushes are still like I'm 5 years old. There's nothing. There's no game. There's nothing ever going to happen."
For anyone rooting for a real-life Lois and Clark matchmaking, you'll be disappointed. Cavill is dating MMA fighter-turned-actress Gina Carano, and Adams has been engaged to Darren Le Gallo since 2008. He's the father of Aviana.
Director Snyder and his co-producer and wife Debbie Snyder also hit "CBS This Morning" on Monday to talk about their modern take on the iconic character.
"We read the script and [screenwriters David Goyer and Christopher Nolan] got at him in a way that I think was so relevant, a way we haven't seen Superman. I think a way that we can really connect to his human side if he has one," Debbie Snyder said.
"I think, that he's more vulnerable. When we find him, he's kind of on this journey of self-discovery and he's lost in the world," she added. "Listen, I don't think you'll ever know what it's like to be able to fly or have heat vision. But if you can relate to he was bullied as a kid, he doesn't know quite where he fits in, those are things you can grasp on to."
As for casting Cavill, Zack Snyder said he really felt like the relatively unknown British actor "got" the role.
"There are lot of great qualities that Henry has. First of all, he's not an entirely ugly person. There's that." Snyder joked. "He kind of has a Superman persona but then he's an amazing actor. But also, what comes naturally to Henry, he comes from a military family. I look at Superman as kind of like, if you want to get in the head of a first responder or something -- it's all volunteer, completely anonymous, he's just there to help, nothing from me, I just want to help if I can -- and I think that Henry, that makes sense to him."
"Man of Steel" flies into theaters faster than a speeding bullet Friday. (Sorry, we couldn't save ourselves from one more Superman pun.) |
The Abbott government is planning a "repeal day'' in parliament in March when it hopes to axe more than 8000 federal laws in a push to cut red tape costs.
The Australian reports that the "repeal day'' is scheduled for the final parliamentary sitting week in March and is part of a federal government plan to slash red tape by $1 billion a year.
The Statute Law Revision Bill and the Amending Acts 1901-1969 Bill will propose slashing 8000 redundant laws going back around 100 years.
On the same day, parliament will be presented with a number of bills proposing the repeal of "burdensome regulations''.
The bills are to be debated in the coming weeks, with the government reportedly claiming they'll represent the ``biggest single reduction in federal laws ever put before the commonwealth parliament''.
The "repeal day'' concept is said to be borrowed from the US, where congress has regular repeal days.
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English cricket moves closer to setting up IPL rival
Clouds are seen as rain disrupts play during the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kings Punjab in Centurion, May 7, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
By Neil Robinson
LONDON (Reuters) - A new city-based Twenty20 tournament for English cricket intended to rival the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Australia's Big Bash moved a step closer on Monday following a key presentation by the sport's governing body.
In a break with 130 years of tradition, none of England's existing 18 counties are due to feature in the new event. Instead eight new teams, drawn from cities, would compete from 2020.
The proposed change would be one of the most sweeping ever introduced to the English game's structure, with the details set out for the counties by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in London on Monday.
"We have to think differently if we are going to be successful in attracting family audiences to our competitions," said ECB chief executive Tom Harrison. "This is about growth and creating something dramatically different for English cricket."
The counties are being asked to agree a change to the ECB constitution, which currently says each competition must be open to them all. In return each county would receive a financial inducement of 1.3 million pounds ($1.63 million) annually for five years.
On Tuesday a full ECB board meeting will be asked to ratify the decision.
The ECB urged counties and supporters not to regard the change as a threat.
"What we are doing here is future-proofing country cricket," said Harrison. "I don't think it's so much a gamble, I think it's about looking into the future and saying what do we want our business and our game to look like."
PLAYERS DRAFT
Eight as yet unnamed teams will play 36 games over a 38-day summer window in the season, with four home games per team. Eight of the games are planned for terrestrial television.
The tournament would feature a players draft, with each team having a squad of 15 that can include three overseas players.
The new franchises will be the subject of fierce dispute among counties each hoping to host lucrative games at their grounds. Potential new teams ventured in the British media include North London, South London, West, Red Rose, White Rose, Birmingham, Trent Bridge and South.
Scheduling also remains problematic in an already packed English season. The tournament may clash with Tests, meaning established England players may not feature.
"We'd like to find room to breath but it's difficult and ultimately we're a market that's hugely reliant on international cricket. A huge part of that diet is Test cricket," said Harrison, who added that the new tournament would not affect the existing T20 Blast competition among the counties but could "absolutely" rival the IPL.
However, former England captain Michael Vaughan said the new tournament will bring about a cultural shift in the game.
"In ten years' time cricket in this country could be very different," he wrote on the Daily Telegraph website (www.telegraph.co.uk).
"No longer will international cricket be king. We have seen this already happen in Australia. This winter the Big Bash eclipsed, in terms of popularity and exposure, Australia's home series with Pakistan." |
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Note:For discussion of Middle Eastern affairs, we, the good people of Et tu, Mr. Destructo? turn for insight to General Rehavam "Gandhi" Ze'evi, former Israeli Minister of Tourism. Having faked his assassination in the Mt. Scopus Hyatt Hotel, the General has been in deep cover, in Judea and Samaria, posing as an American goy pursuing graduate studies in the Middle East. He last joined us for Bela Lugosi's Dead, Part III: Killing the Bastard Bin Laden, Stage IV of the American Fever Dream.
Reflections in a Gimlet Eye
by GENERAL REHAVAM "GANDHI" ZE'EVI
"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."
— Voltaire
Hitchens was human trash, and his corpse should be interred in a grave worthy of his towering legacy, an eternally burning garbage fire, rising as high as a Baghdad sunrise, a smoky immolation of all the worthlessness that could be crammed in his "contrarian" paunch.
Even this dream, of the phoenix never rising from the ashes, preserves that peasant’s megalomania more powerfully than any embalming fluids currently coursing through his veins. Formaldehyde's more potable than his lifeblood's cocktail of lies and booze, a tincture only the diseased imbibe. Hitchens was strictly for suckers, a mouse that roared, a VH1 I Love the 80s panelist with a fancy accent, a rap sheet and cirrhosis. "Rationalist," "skeptic," "contrarian," "public intellectual" — court jester. He plied that ancient trade for the deadliest predators on Earth; his was the reflexive, suck-up, kick-down cruelty of the British madding crowd. That’s all, folks.
To cite an author he hamfistedly emulated (more or less successfully), Hitchens was Squealer the pig, a silver-tongued correspondent to the middlebrow, flattering of power, contemptuous of the weak, the bashful, the foreign — the sincere. He was a kept man to the bitter end, the part-time iconoclast. As Norman Finklestein recalled, "'The last thing you can be accused of is having turned your coat,' Thomas Mann wrote a convert to National Socialism right after Hitler's seizure of power. 'You always wore it the 'right' way around.'" Hitchens afflicted the weak and comforted the powerful, an abnegation of any public service a gadfly could perform. Though his Oxbridge accent and erudition were crucial in fleecing the provincials he knew the USA was composed of, it was his more American qualities that endeared him to the terminal-stage Republic.
The multiple comparisons to Lord Byron that Hitchens received are so disturbing as to deserve no response. I'll try anyway. Byron — a superhuman defender of the voiceless, an impossibly good-looking sex machine, the noble son of "Mad Jack" Byron and sole voice in excoriating the destruction of Ireland, a Bengal tiger capable of ripping apart any of Wordsworth's reactionaries in verse or in person, a man disgusted by the fatuous, self-satisfied corruption of the Tory elite and the once-radical Lake poets (who should "change their lakes for oceans"), a man contemptuous of an imperial masculinity defined by cruelty and weakness, fled that stinking island — died a hero's death in Greece, fighting empire.
Hitchens died in Houston, Texas, headquarters of Halliburton.
Stripped of his pretenses to dissidence, the record reveals Hitchens to be not merely ordinary but comically antediluvian in his beliefs: a chauvinist who despised female intellectuals; a bigot who subscribed to a crude belief in a clash of civilizations, of the West against barbarism; a warmonger who, ensconced in Georgetown, pictured himself on the frontline of the Third World War. Had he stayed in Britain, he would've been just another gadfly, bickering in the London Review of Each Other's Books. But, as Sam Elliott advises in The Big Lebowski, its titular hero's quest beginning "just about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis," well, "Sometimes there's a man. Well, he's the man, for his time and place. He fits right in there." And that's Hitch, in the post-9/11 destruction of Earth.
His was a Manichean view of the world, for whom those ranged against him were saps and relativists, no matter their opinion or whether he had once just as viciously espoused it. Kissinger, religion, Mother Teresa — these piñatas were strictly for the cheap seats, so he could get on with eliding any real responsibility to speak truth to power. After all, can a condemnation of Kissinger borne of moral outrage have any credibility following on the heels of an endorsement of Thatcher and preceding one for George W. Bush?
He was the rationalist who not only failed every — every — question in the greatest foreign policy test of his lifetime, but smugly snarled "just you wait" to the "potluckistas" who dared contradict his vision of Iraq, delivered ex cathedra from a throne of blood. He delighted in a global war against Muslims, whom he viewed as slightly sub-human, fecund zealots — agents of the "Islamofascist" (there's a phrase) threat, greater than Hitler and Stalin. The suffering of millions of people as a result of his nostrums mattered little to him, and he never sought to address them, unless there was some way to lash the corpses together into a crude cudgel, and batter some anti-war debating partner. Oh my, how uncompromising he could be in destroying through force of argument Saddam's "mafia state" or Milosevic's Fourth Reich — and how desperate he grew as Iraq ground on.
But, judging by the fulsome tributes his death inspired, Hitchens got away with it. He only adhered to three principles in his lifetime: never admit you're wrong, never admit self-doubt, and never apologize. Call it the Donald Trump law. Follow this sociopathic path to glory, and Americans — wandering through a ruined land, unable to comprehend the desiccation of the American dream into a dry, black lump of misery — will think you know something they don't. They won't stop believing, even as the aegis of the flag sinks, like the head of a dying brontosaurus, sagging to permanent rest.
We are a tired people, in a benighted world. Our national myths must either grow juicier, even grander, or wither on the vine. A learned limey assuring us of our fated place in the sun, of our necessity on the ramparts of civilization, indeed, of our significance even in the face of a godless existence — this was the rearguard gunsel who answered our prayers.
Martin Amis, a collection of psychiatric literature on malignant narcissism and dental anxiety masquerading as a novelist, eulogized the dear cretin last year: "Your corporeal existence, O Hitch, derives from the elements released by supernovae." This is accurate; a supernova is a stellar explosion, occurring when a star has taken on so much mass that it cannot sustain its own weight. Amis entirely misses the fact that the brilliance of a supernova only exists for those who can regard it at so great a distance that even at the moment it's witnessed, it's already lost to the past and boundless expanses of space. Anything within living distance is consumed, while anyone who stares at it burns out his eyes before being barbecued alive. Its illumination brings only blindness and death.
Will To Power: The Myth of a Contrarian
The sycophant—who in the pay of the English oligarchy played the romantic laudator temporis acti against the French Revolution just as, in the pay of the North American colonies at the beginning of the American troubles, he had played the liberal against the English oligarchy—was an out-and-out vulgar bourgeois. "The laws of commerce are the laws of Nature, and therefore the laws of God."
No wonder that, true to the laws of God and Nature, [Edmund Burke] always sold himself in the best market.
— Karl Marx, Das Kapital
Stripping away Hitch's self-proclaimed pretenses of iconoclasm and danger, we are left with an ordinary, unappetizing meal; True Hitchens is like an expired Hungry Man meatloaf dinner, congealing in the microwave. I'd say, in some act of penance, his remains should be donated to an Iraqi soup kitchen, but we've done that people enough backhanded favors already.
Hitchens' true achievement was, in the end, his only achievement. As masterfully distilled by Richard Seymour, the "hammering Hitchensian irony... [was the manner] in which the most consummately bourgeois opinion acquires the mould and fashion of resistance." Hitchens could've dramatized something as genial as a bar mitzvah into a gruesome surrender of free will, to a "celestial North Korea" — and he did! It's evident in his earliest incarnations; he never changed. He was a vodka-sweating boil from cradle to grave.
Looking through his past writings, going as far back as even the 1970s, the most surprising revelation is the rather open admission of his defining crime: his abdication of the basic duties of an anti-establishment social critic, in favor of the bananas of an organ grinder's monkey. In a 1989 article for The Nation, Hitchens articulated a moral code that would have seemed, at the very least, odd for a leftist to trumpet amidst the protracted, arrhythmic collapse of the Soviet Union
The real test of a radical or a revolutionary is not the willingness to confront the orthodoxy and arrogance of the rulers but the readiness to contest illusions and falsehoods among close friends and allies.
I had to read that quotation a few times to make sure I had the gist right. Conventional thought about Hitchens is that he was still left-wing in the 1980s, not some authoritarian twerp elevating a shouting match with Alexander Cockburn to the Lincoln-Douglas debates. But in the first months of the administration of George H.W. Bush — a man Hunter S. Thompson described as "a tall hyena with a living sheep in its mouth" — Hitch openly admitted that he didn't see it as his job to "confront" the most powerful people in the world, but rather, to bicker with his friends — the class of left-wing, intellectual elite that haven't been anywhere near the levers of American power since Franco shot them all.
An intellectual need not be one who, in a well-known but essentially meaningless phrase, "speaks truth to power"... however, the attitude toward authority should probably [my emphasis] be skeptical.
That's some real red meat. If Hitchens got in the rap game, he would've been fearlessly urging N.W.A. to "PROBABLY BE SKEPTICAL OF THA POLICE." If he'd been writing for Nathan Hale, the spy would've "probably regretted having one life to lose for my country, I guess." But while Hale and N.W.A. both spoke at least some measure of truth to power, have any of them even read or contributed to The New Statesman?
The usual duty of the intellectual is to argue for complexity and to insist that phenomena in the world of ideas not be sloganized or reduced to easily repeated formulae. But there is another responsibility [my emphasis], to say that some things are simple and ought not to be obfuscated....
Parse what Hitchens wrote here in 2006, knowing that his legacy outside beltway "thinkers" and his drinking group will consist solely of his warmongering against Iraq: he concedes that perhaps the world is too complex for reduction, into black and white, us versus them — before forcefully, crudely defending the need to slam the square into the circle. You can practically hear the crush of tweed as he crosses his arms at the sentence's end. On some deep, psychic level, the old Trotskyite was unable to accept gray; think, after all, how skillfully he could soar on black and white.
There's a reason why Hitchens plied his trade primarily in the United States, besides the obvious financial motive that attended all his work: in the United Kingdom, claiming expertise while trading in disingenuous or nonexistent fact is still something like bad form. You get called out for it over there; just ask Hitch's Iran War circle jerk buddy, Jeffrey Goldberg. Meanwhile, Americans treat serial, greedheaded mendacity like tax evasion, adultery or nose-picking — something only the rare and truly fucked get busted for, while a plurality of Americans goes right on doing all of them. The British have been humbled like only an empire can be, reduced to a vassal people, captive to German bankers and what remains of their zombified aristocracy, and, having been proved emphatically wrong by the forces of history, they now have the grace and wit to suspect that they will be wrong again in the future. Hitchens' pompous certitude was anathema even to his own nation's sense of humor.
So let's examine what was wrought of Hitch's brave pronouncements of fealty to the ruling class and incipient enmity of his closest friends.
Every Damascene conversion needs a first act. Later in life, Hitch made much of his glorious Balliol days, expelled from the Labour party for opposing what he termed as "Prime Minister Harold Wilson's contemptible support for the war in Vietnam." (Wilson managed to resist strong pressure from LBJ to send the British Army into Indochina, but never mind.) Who was Harold Wilson? Well, to hear Hitch tell it, Wilson's lower-class Yorkshire accent dripped with stupidity: "a grinning monkey on a stick" whose "pugnacious plain-man's dislike of 'intellectuals'" and "frequently-retrieved memory of the 'public-school Marxists' he had despised" evidently excised him from the Hitchens cocktail circuit.
Poor Hitch. Here he is, hitting the wildcat strikes of 1960s Britain, the Trotskyite naval officer's son lending his Oxford third-class degree to some striking factory workers, and the Prime Minister not only has the gall to be lower-class, but not Marxist?
This would not be the last time Hitchens would decry the commoner's disdain for those poor misbegotten "men and women who do their own thinking, who are willing to stand the accusation of elitism (or at least prefer it to the idea of populism)." Yes, indeed — whatever their sins, poor Harold Wilson was Hitch's punching bag, in preparation for the 1990s and his war against another down-home populist, Bill Clinton.
But what then are we to make of Hitchens — then in his 1980s incarnation, the man cryptofascist spawn Chris Buckley claims went to Washington to destroy the Reagan administration — and his grotesque infatuation with Margaret Thatcher? Which president did Thatcher prepare Hitchens to embrace?
[T]he Tories were having a reception in the House of Lords… Almost as soon as we shook hands on immediate introduction, I felt that she knew my name and had perhaps connected it to the socialist weekly that had recently called her rather sexy…. She maintained her wrongness with such adamantine strength that I eventually conceded the point and even bowed slightly to emphasize my acknowledgment. "No,” she said. "Bow lower!" Smiling agreeably, I bent forward a bit farther. "No, no," she trilled. "Much lower!" … [She] smote me on the rear with the parliamentary order paper that she had been rolling into a cylinder behind her back…. She looked over her shoulder and gave an almost imperceptibly slight roll of the hip while mouthing the words "Naughty boy!"
The most damning admission hasn't even come yet:
And the worst of "Thatcherism," as I was beginning by degrees to discover, was the rodent slowly stirring in my viscera: the uneasy but unbanishable feeling that on some essential matters she might be right.
The thing I've often tried to point out to people from the early days of the Thatcher revolution in Britain was that the political consensus had been broken, and from the right. The revolutionary, radical forces in British life were being led by the conservatives. That was something that almost nobody, with the very slight exception of myself, had foreseen… I couldn’t bring myself to vote conservative. That’s purely visceral… But I did realize that by subtracting my vote from the Labour Party, I was effectively voting for Thatcher to win. That’s how I discovered that that’s what I secretly hoped would happen. And I’m very glad I did.
Never mind economics; Hitchens certainly didn't. Given his apparent glee with the electoral victory of Thatcher, it is perhaps less surprising than it was to his socialist brethren that he supported the Falklands War — one of the stupidest conflicts of the Twentieth Century (and that is saying something), in which the brave dissident was "at one with Mrs. Thatcher."
The most memorable moment of that war was an incredible bit of television history, in which Thatcher was roasted by heroic British citizen Diana Gould about the sinking of Argentine cruiser Belgrano, sunk as it was fleeing the Falklands, with the loss of 323 lives. Ms. Gould repeatedly presses the "Iron Lady": what possible justification could have existed for killing these men, when they posed no threat to British forces? When their elimination was merely for sport?
Having admitted where his true sympathies lied, as early as the 1980s, it would nevertheless be two more decades before Hitchens faced his own Belgrano.
Baghdad Dangerous: The Good Soldier Hitchens
Cold-blooded, smooth-faced, placid miscreant
Dabbling its sleek young hands in Erin's gore,
And thus for wider carnage taught to pant,
Transferred to gorge upon a sister shore
The vulgarest tool that Tyranny could want,
With just enough of talent, and no more,
To lengthen fetters by another fixed,
And offer poison long already mixed.
— Lord Byron
There are Anne Geddes infant cowboy models who convey masculine authenticity more convincingly than Hitchens the Iconoclast. The addition of a holstered cap gun and Flintstones diaper would’ve made the spectacle of a puffing Hitchens only mildly more absurd. Cigarettes and alcoholism gave him the instant macho cred he wouldn't have gained any other way, perhaps apart from his repeated assaults on "black dyke" female comedians, "fucking fat slags" like the Dixie Chicks and abortion rights. Although he was "contrarian" enough to admit "he'd twice supported women he'd gotten pregnant in getting abortions": as was the case with his Iraq adventure, there was no price too dear for someone else to pay for Hitchens' liberty, and no way he was going to do the dirty work himself.
But as the 1980s ground on into the 1990s, and Hitchens become more trans-Atlantic than British, he was in the midst of a macho metamorphosis, what the radical MP George Galloway termed, "Evolution in reverse, from butterfly to slug."
Hitchens had, by this point, finalized his lineup of flunkies, a sneering klatsch of pals — Julian Barnes, author of the worst book I've ever read, Martin Amis, author of the worst books that Mobutu has read (note: link does not include Amis' casually luxuriant racism, because there are only 140 characters in a tweet) and Salman Rushdie, author of the worst book the Ayatollah Khomeini ever skimmed. It would still be a few years before the full import was made known, but it was the last crony, Rushdie, who illuminated Hitch's path to glory.
In later years, Hitchens made much of Khomeini's horrifying murder contract against Rushdie; it was, as he claimed in a 2009 essay, the first thunderclap of a "climate where every publisher and editor and politician has to weigh in advance [emphasis his] the possibility of violent Muslim reprisal." A faceless enemy, globalized zealotry, able to strike at every publisher, editor and, though unspoken, every writer, including Hitchens.
Yes, after 9/11 — though, notably, not before it — Hitchens would proclaim himself a Cassandra warning of the Islamic threat, a leftist mugged by the reality of Islamic extremism, decrying the decayed, liberal "culture that sustains [Rushdie], and that he helps sustain, [which] has twisted itself into a posture of prior restraint and self-censorship in which the grim, mad edict of a dead theocrat still exerts its chilling force." And so, in defiance of both the fundamentalists and lily-livered anti-war left, who would have seen the Bosnians, the Afghans and the Kurds ethnically cleansed, Hitchens, joined the vanguard of the war against Islamofascism, whom "we have a duty to oppose and destroy [alongside] any similar totalitarian movements."
I guess he's using the "royal 'we'" there: Hitchens admitted he was too old "to shoulder a rifle in any meaningful way." By "we," he means "somebody else" will destroy the amorphous Islamic menace.
Naturally, and in spite of Hitchens' preferred view of the world, the true story of Hitchens' winding journey to Baghdad is not so black and white, not the valiant obsession of the all-seeing modern-day Orwell, sticking up first for his token wog buddy and then for civilization itself.
Salad Days: I Love the 90s
Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
— George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language"
Despite how gruesomely — inhumanly — Hitchens came to demand more and more wanton violence against Muslims, in the name of liberating Muslims, Hitchens spent the late 1980s and 1990s largely concerned not with the even-then forseeable "existential threats" of Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein, but with a more typical pursuit: climbing the rungs of the Beltway cocktail ladder. Hardly the renegade he gloried in playing on TV, the 1990s saw Hitchens hew to a strident and profitable anti-Clinton talk-radio line of attack, his first point of contact with the "class of 1994" American right wing. This is not to say he stuck simply to easy targets; he also made fun of Princess Diana for being a whore.
Nevertheless, it was his flirtation with the "vast right-wing conspiracy" that would culminate in his and wife Carol Blue's affidavits to Ken Starr's blow-job bureau. In the stunning career-boosting move of a true contrarian, Hitchens claimed his good friend, Clinton administration lackey Sid Blumenthal, had privately smeared Monica Lewinsky to him over lunch, dismissing her as a crazed "stalker" whose statements held no water. Pressed to go further in implicating Blumenthal in a cover-up, and having been shown to have gotten the date of their luncheon wrong, Hitchens promptly clammed-up, refusing to testify publicly against Blumenthal — by which point he had already ruined his friend, saddling him with hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for possibly denigrating the president's mistress. It was yet another precedent for an essential quality of Hitchens that would nevertheless fail to shock the chattering classes that knew him long enough: he was willing to viciously betray any of his friends the moment he saw the tide breaking.
If Hitch's civic activism on behalf of presidential cocksuckers was not the stuff of Orwell, then his foreign policy prior to the Yugoslav War was reliably liberal and, indeed, for the U.S., largely non-interventionist. While admitting his support for the Falklands War in a 1983 C-Span interview, Hitchens had this to say about then-President Reagan's wrangling with the "Axis of Evil"
General Amin and the Ayatollah Khomeini would belong in any kind of central casting of rogues — nonetheless it doesn't give the United States the right to appoint the governments of those countries, in fact, the reason you have the Ayatollah is because the United States for so long did believe it should have a say in who governs Iran.
This skepticism seemed borne out by his stances throughout the 1980s and 1990s; Hitch's Iraq War bête noir, George Galloway, would wryly praise his opponent's opposition to the Gulf War, "appalled" as he was by "the 100,000-200,000 killed." This dovishness was embodied most vividly by his humiliation of the pro-war Charlton Heston on CNN, when, challenged by Hitchens to name the countries bordering Iraq, Ben Hur could not.
Finally, Hitchens later mocked those activists who wished to give weapons inspectors more time in Iraq, dismissing The Nation as "the voice and echo chamber of those who truly believe that John Ashcroft is a greater menace than Osama bin Laden" with his paws on nuclear weapons, and sparred heatedly with former weapons inspector Scott Ritter over his assertion that Saddam Hussein retained ten percent of his WMD capabilities in 2003 (itself an overestimation). In spite of this bellicosity, inter alia, Hitchens fiercely opposed the 1998 Desert Fox air strikes.
Moreover, Hitchens went on to smear Noam Chomsky as a 9/11 denier for stating the casualties of the 9/11 "atrocities… may not reach the level of many others, for example, the bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and killing unknown numbers of people." But shortly following the 1998 attack, in which air strikes destroyed a pharmaceutical factory incorrectly believed to be producing nerve gas for Osama Bin Laden, Hitchens said pretty much the same thing: "only one person was killed in the rocketing of Sudan. But many more have died, and will die, because an impoverished country has lost its chief source of medicines and pesticides."
Was Hitchens the flinty contrarian he imagined himself to be throughout the 1990s — or just as much of a sucker and relativist as the rest of the left-wing intelligentsia he would so loudly decry? A careful examination of his record reveals an almost quaintly typical politics. But while many of his colleagues, even on the left, even at The Nation, failed the post-9/11 test, the qualities that distinguished Hitchens as the loudest squawking chickenhawk were already apparent to anyone looking. He despised Clinton for his "mock-compassionate and pseudohumanitarian bilge," an insufficiently pure mish-mash to which Hitchens would be a clear-cutting, "authentic" antidote.
Hitchens' characteristic disloyalty, both to people and to ideals, as well as his up-close admiration of uncompromising power, had turned him into a closet Thatcherite, so struck as he was by the "revolutionary, radical forces in British life… led by the conservatives." Had his admiration of the far right's dynamism ended with his move across the Atlantic? His hatred for the feminized left was increasingly apparent in the late 1990s; it would take only the sharp shock of 9/11 to put him on the road to glory, as firmly as Thatcher's makeshift paddle across his wide, white ass.
If What I Think Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right: Deep Moral Vacuity
I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.... [It] would spread a lively terror.
— Winston Churchill, on how to handle rebellious Kurdish tribes
Christopher Buckley, son of longtime segregationist William F. Buckley, penned a florid tribute to dear Hitch that quickly made the rounds last week — a veritable collage of subhuman inanities, a straight-up soulfucker of an essay. I was struck by this sentence, which does, after all, seem to reflect the consensus forming about "Hitch": "His journalism, in which he championed the victims of tyranny and stupidity and 'Islamofascism' (his coinage), takes its rightful place on the shelf along with that of his paradigm, Orwell."
Indeed, perhaps it does take its rightful place on that shelf, as John Dolan wryly noted: Orwell was, after all, Britain's man in Rangoon, a cop in a colonized country, whose barely concealed loathing for the Burmese forms the rancid spine of his short story, "Shooting an Elephant."
Hitchens, stripped of his pretensions, could match Orwell's fear and loathing of the colonial subject, of "the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere." For Hitchens, it was a hatred that found its ultimate expression in the war in Iraq, merely one battle in the war against the "Islamist threat," a conflict that "will absorb all of our energies for the rest of our lives." His racism and bigotry against Muslims — excuse me, "Islamofascists" — extends to their children; having "staked everything on fecundity," the "deracinated young Muslim men" of Europe are not natural-born citizens, with the same rights as Hitchens. For Hitchens, demography and cultural masochism, especially in combination, hand a bloodless victory to the forces of Islamization.
There's no shading here: it is the Islamic community itself, and its very perpetuation, that is the threat. As Hitchens advised, "there is another responsibility, to say that some things are simple and ought not to be obfuscated," and this hatred of sexually vital young Muslims by moribund, paunchy European intellectuals is hardly an uncommon point of view and has been written about perceptively by writers like Michel Houellebecq. It is a fascistic racial hatred, a fact even Hitchens nearly concedes when he quotes "fellow atheist" Sam Harris: "The people who speak most sensibly about the threat that Islam poses to Europe are actually fascists."
A fierce racial hatred of antediluvian, scarcely human Muslims, coupled with a disgust at Western liberal accommodation — how ever did the Jeffersonian, Enlightenment thinker Hitchens sign up for the Iraq War?
Might is right, and in his insane, savage war of peace, Hitch really wanted us to win. And if you believe he may in fact be exaggerating the power of a small gang of Islamic extremists, or conflating all Muslims with a tiny, radical clique, well, that's where Rushdie comes in handy. With the Rushdie fatwa, Hitchens, the tough-acting, would-be warrior — whose one attempt at hands-on regime change in Lebanon resulted in his getting his ass kicked, along with two neocon remorae, by a single Syrian Nazi — could claim that "The Intellectual" was the target and that Hitch was now on the frontline.
It was a comical idea he elucidated further, largely to defuse the criticism that his wanton warmongering would kill scores and not affect Hitch in the slightest; Norman Finklestein found the money quotation:
Outraged at the taunt that he who preaches war should perhaps consider fighting it, Hitchens impatiently recalls that, since September 11, "civilians at home are no safer than soldiers abroad," and that, in fact, he's not just a but the main target: "The whole point of the present phase of conflict is that we are faced with tactics that are directed primarily at civilians…. It is amazing that this essential element of the crisis should have taken so long to sink into certain skulls."
Considering some of those "certain skulls" might be the family members of dead U.S. servicemen — not to mention, the voiceless, victimized Iraqis — it's easy to see how one might conclude that some British fruit is panicking about Al Qaeda.
Along with everyone of any importance and possessing any power in America, Hitchens bought the ticket to Iraq, in a series of vicious, smug columns which, as the war ground on, came to resemble the final pages of Kurtz's journal in Heart of Darkness, when he just gives in and scrawls "EXTERMINATE THE BRUTES" in grease pencil across the page.
It is almost unnecessary to run down the specifics of how Hitchens sold that moronic war; the given facts were hardly important for a man who in the 1970s described Saddam Hussein as "perhaps the first visionary Arab statesman since Nasser." To 1974 Hitchens, "there seems no getting round [the] point" that under Saddam, "from the festeringly poor and politically dependent nation of a generation ago, Iraq has become a power in every sense — military, economic and ideological." Does anyone care what Hitchens had to say to turn "Saddam-as-Robin Hood" into "Stalin and Hitler combined"?
Well, let's say someone did. Hitchens' motivation for the war appeared to spring from his Trotskyite impulse for dynamic revolution — the most potent vanguard of which was, inimically, the right wing — in a remaking of the world that would finally demolish the craven left, while marking the opening salvo in the post-9/11 fight back against the Muslim forces of darkness. There could be no shades of gray in this struggle, of good and evil; the stakes were simply too high.
Hitchens leered from strength to strength, arrogantly dismissing concerns over civilian casualties, non-existent WMDs, the likelihood of civil war, and the possibility of a mass exodus of refugees. In a 2003 debate with Tariq Ali, Hitchens flatly stated, "Of course, there was a weapons of mass destruction program. It's just been interrupted and now terminated," then went on to dismiss "all of the things that were predicted wrongly by the anti-war movement, such as mass exodus of refugees, humanitarian crisis, total social breakdown, ethnic and sectional civil war." His April 9, 2003 column was a thing to behold — a smug, comically premature rejoinder to all the nattering nabobs who had predicted things like a protracted war, or an insurgency:
"Stop the War" was the call. And the "war" is indeed stopping. That's not such a bad record.... What else? Oh yes, the Arab street did finally detonate, just as the peace movement said it would. You can see the Baghdad and Basra and Karbala streets filling up like anything, just by snapping on your television. And the confrontation with Saddam Hussein did lead to a surge in terrorism, with suicide bombers and a black-shirted youth movement answering his call.... We were told that Baghdad would become another Stalingrad—which it has. Just as in Stalingrad in 1953, all the statues and portraits of the heroic leader have been torn down.
But it was a wearying struggle, and, just as U.S. forces pulled out the day Hitch died, so too did Hitch have to redeploy. He tried getting lightly waterboarded, as a low-cost way of condemning part of the War on Terror; the Youtube deservedly went viral, as any video of Hitchens getting tortured should, but little else came of it.
No, Hitchens mostly got away with Iraq and his lifelong abdication to the powerful because he never admitted doubt, never said he was sorry, never said he was wrong. And so what we have for a legacy — for a coda — are the statements he never retracted, mutually contradictory, a multiplicity of beliefs and values that cannot be reconciled.
We can't live on the same planet as them and I'm glad because I don't want to. I don't want to breathe the same air as these psychopaths and murders [sic] and rapists and torturers and child abusers. It's them or me. I'm very happy about this because I know it will be them. It's a duty and a responsibility to defeat them. But it's also a pleasure. I don't regard it as a grim task at all.
This was the fantasy of the dashing wit, the bon vivant: slaughter and death on a massive scale.
So what did divide Hitchens from the Left? I think it may more reasonably be argued a sense of decency, which Hitchens too often lacked. In October 1992, Hitchens explained in The Nation that his "old comrade, David Dellinger" — one of the most extraordinary and inspiring men of the last century — had phoned to inform Hitchens of his impending protest on Colombus Day. Hitchens rejected this protest. Hitchens was not sure whether such a protest was "merely risible or faintly sinister." Such a protest is sinister "because it is an ignorant celebration of stasis and backwardness, with an unpleasant tinge of self-hatred."
"1492 was a very good year," Hitchens impatiently explained, and "deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto."
Those "who view the history of North America as a narrative of genocide and slavery" fail to understand that this is "the way that history is made, and to complain about it is as empty as complaint about climatic, geological or tectonic shift." The annihilation of the Native Americans was an instance that left "humanity on a slightly higher plane than it knew before," inaugurating an "early boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation."
Burn in hell, Christopher Hitchens — watched over by the loving grace of the Iraqi and Native American chattel, in the heaven I hope exists. |
Rotary dial telephones encode dialed digits by repetitively breaking the line current in a subscriber's loop, the number of breaks corresponding to the dialed digit. Dial pulse receivers and repeaters have from the early days of telephony utilized electromagnetic sensing of the dial pulses, by which a solenoid in a relay causes switch contacts to repetitively close, or in a stepping switch, contacts are caused to step along a row or column of switches.
While the repetitive line current breaking function theoretically provides square wave current pulses carried by the telephone line, in practice the form of the dial pulse current is usually far from perfect. Variations from the ideal square wave are usually caused by lines inductance, line leakage, leading and trailing edge ringing, cross talk, gliches, etc. While electromagnetic dial pulse receivers have been found to be somewhat tolerant of most of the imperfections in the waveform, more modern sensitive solid state dial pulse receivers have not had similar tolerance. Special circuitry has been incorporated into some solid state receivers for debouncing leading edge ringing waveforms, etc.
However it has been difficult to reliably detect dial pulses when there are gross distortions of the dial pulse current waveform. The present invention is directed to a reliable solid state circuit for dial pulse detection when the current pulses are grossly distorted. |
Nanofibers Produced from Agro-Industrial Plant Waste Using Entirely Enzymatic Pretreatments.
Cellulose fibers can be freed from the cell-wall skeleton via high-shear homogenization, to produce cellulose nanofibers (CNF) that can be used, for example, as the reinforcing phase in composite materials. Nanofiber production from agro-industrial byproducts normally involves harsh chemical-pretreatments and high temperatures to remove noncellulosic polysaccharides (20-70% of dry weight). However, this is expensive for large-scale processing and environmentally damaging. An enzyme-only pretreatment to obtain CNF from agro-industrial byproducts (potato and sugar beet) was developed with targeted commercial enzyme mixtures. It is hypothesized that cellulose can be isolated from the biomass, using enzymes only, due to the low lignin content, facilitating greater liberation of CNF via high-shear homogenization. Comprehensive Microarray Polymer Profiling (CoMPP) measured remaining extractable polysaccharides, showing that the enzyme-pretreatment was more successful at removing noncellulosic polysaccharides than alkaline- or acid-hydrolysis alone. While effective alone, the effect of the enzyme-pretreatment was bolstered via combination with a mild high-pH pretreatment. Dynamic rheology was used to estimate the proportion of CNF in resultant suspensions. Enzyme-pretreated suspensions showed 4-fold and 10-fold increases in the storage modulus for potato and sugar beet, respectively, compared to untreated samples. A greener yet facile method for producing CNF from vegetable waste is presented here. |
An Inside Look at the Electron Cash Wallet Coming to iOS
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the unique Electron Cash wallet alongside using the Cashshuffle plugin. Two weeks ago we were granted access to the Electron Cash iOS beta testing period, and we wanted to give our readers a sneak peek at what to expect when this bitcoin cash-centric light client launches.
Also Read: How to Shuffle Your BCH Coins Like a Boss
Electron Cash Is Coming to iOS
The Electron Cash wallet is a reputable bitcoin cash (BCH) wallet that’s been around for quite some time. At the moment the client is available for Mac, Linux, Windows, and Android for mobile phones. However, the wallet’s development team and lead developer Jonald Fyookball are in the midst of building the Electron Cash application for iOS users. Fyookball has allowed news.Bitcoin.com access to the beta testing using Apple’s Testflight system so we could experiment with the wallet, and share our experience with our readers.
Experimenting With Beta Version 3.2.0 on Testflight
When opening the wallet users are greeted by a neon-blue like screen that says Electron Cash, from here the user can choose a few options when they launch the app for the first time. The choices given are the usual create new wallet, import an existing seed, or use existing public or private keys. We created a new wallet and the Electron Cash iOS interface gave us a new twelve-word mnemonic phrase to write down. After finishing writing the seed down, the wallet asks you to re-type all twelve words, but it doesn’t take too long because words are predicted and easily-tappable after a few letters are typed. You also encrypt the wallet with a password, and are given the option to name it as well. Remember your password and mnemonic phrase give you access to your funds, and keeping them a secret is a top priority.
The Electron Cash iOS app always asks you for your password whenever you open it or if you want to sign an outgoing transaction. In the wallet interface there are five main settings which include wallets, addresses, coins, contacts, and the settings section. The wallet section is basically the main page you are greeted with after entering your password. It shows the name of the wallet(s) and you can toggle to different wallets in the first field on the top of the page. The page will also show you all the transactions that have occurred for that specific wallet. On the very top, there is a blue banner with a green light indicating the client is synced up and online. If it was red this would indicate the wallet is not online and synced to the BCH network.
Moving on to the addresses page it will show a bunch of addresses both used and unused. You can toggle between funded addresses and unfunded addresses, alongside if they are receiving or change addresses as well. The Electron Cash wallet allows users to create contacts by utilizing an individual or organizations’ address so you can easily send funds to any recurring contact. The coins area shows BCH transactions that have been sent or received but are not yet confirmed.
The Electron Cash Wallet Has Numerous Adjustable Settings
The wallet’s settings section is where you can make a bunch of changes to the wallet, like change your password, and view your mnemonic phrase if you needed to see it again. In the settings, the Electron Cash iOS client has an address converter so a person can change a legacy address into the Cashaddr format. This section also offers a variety of features like the ability to change the fee to max static or the user can choose a custom fee. Below that where it says transactions, you can choose to utilize change addresses, multiple change addresses, and whether or not the wallet will spend only confirmed coins. Following this section, you can change the appearance, choose what block explorer you want to use. From here users can also set the fiat settings so you can view the value of coins in USD, EUR, and many other monetary units.
The wallet works very well for being in its beta (3.2.0) testing phase and Electron Cash users will be sure to enjoy this wallet. There were a few occasions where it was difficult to remove the keyboard and view the lower fields on the screen in the earlier versions we tried prior to the 3.2.0 upgrade released just the other day. Since then we’ve found the app works like a charm, and haven’t found any difficulties using it. The Electron Cash developers have also been looking for testers on the subreddit /r/BTC over the past few weeks in order to get feedback.
What do you think about the Electron Cash wallet for iOS? Let us know your thoughts on this subject in the comment section below.
Images via Shutterstock, Electron Cash, and Jamie Redman.
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“Artificial intelligence technology” is too often just a hot buzzword for marketing, a thing one sticks on product labels, like “new and improved.”
The hype obscures what is in fact a revolution in computing. AI is not one thing, but a movement to use vast computing power to find patterns. It will have many years of very vibrant development.
That should be very good for the companies that are the arms merchants in AI technology, particularly chip companies like Micron Technology (ticker: MU) and Xilinx (XLNX). A new form of computing is emerging, and it demands new chips.
The change is every bit as profound as the rise of micro-computing in the 1970s that made Intel a king of microprocessors. It makes Micron and Xilinx more important, but it will probably also lead to future chip stars that aren’t public now or may not even have been founded yet.
Barron’s first explored the new AI in an October 2015 cover story, “Watch Out Intel, Here Comes Facebook.”
Some predictions made in that story have come to pass, such as Nvidia (NVDA) being a beneficiary. Its stock is up 770% since then. We also said Micron might be among the most valuable companies in the chip world, because AI can potentially use a lot more memory chips. The stock is up 270% since then.
It’s early in AI’s development; there may be more robust returns to come.
AI computing has been around for decades. What’s known as machine learning goes back to at least the 1970s. The problem with that kind of AI was that it involved human programmers laboriously coding explicit instructions for machines. They had to formulate rules for what aspects in a photograph, say, were essential to recognize an object, and then code all those rules into the computer. Machine learning moved at the speed that humans could formulate and code rules.
Then came the internet and cloud computing. Suddenly, internet giants had access to huge stores of data and computing power in their data centers. Computer scientists were able to create a new mode of machine learning, called deep learning, that didn’t require formulating explicit rules.
An example of deep learning is shown in the below graphic, in which a computer is taught to recognize pictures of cats. Millions of cat photos are fed into the computer, along with millions of examples of what’s not a cat, like a dog. The computer detects patterns of very basic shapes in the pixels of the image. It then discovers how those very basic shapes assemble regularly into discernible features that are relevant (pointy ears) and not relevant (floppy ears). That becomes a model for the computer to use to detect a cat in any new picture presented to it.
All the computing power Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google and Facebook (FB) have at their disposal plays an important role. It allows the computer to go through the pattern detection over and over again, taking the output and using it as a new input, thus refining the model. That recursive form of discovery is known as back propagation and was never practical before.
Such deep learning is a powerful new paradigm: Set a basic objective, like classifying pictures, and let the computer discover the patterns that lead to a solution. The sequence of steps the computer goes through is called a network, and there are all kinds of different networks that are good at different things. For example, something called reinforcement learning uses very simple information, just a scenario and a set of rules, and figures out an optimal course of action.
That approach was used by Google in late 2017 to make a computer system called AlphaGo Zero. It learned to play the ancient Japanese game Go with nothing more than an initial arrangement of pieces on the game board, and a knowledge of the rules of the game. No examples were needed of how humans play. After 40 days of trying moves in millions of games against itself, AlphaGo Zero was able to defeat the previous computer program, which itself had defeated all the top human players.
These networks are in some cases not just learning what they’ve been assigned to learn, they are making new discoveries. As Google researchers observed of AlphaGo Zero, it found new approaches to the game.
“AlphaGo Zero may be learning a strategy that is qualitatively different to human play,” they wrote in Nature magazine.
The important part for tech companies is that these networks can be helped by new forms of computing devices. The math they perform, and the stages they go through, like backpropagation, require new machines. That has already bolstered the fortunes of Nvidia’s GPU chips, which are more efficient than Intel’s microprocessors at some kinds of math.
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Demand for Micron memory chips has surged. Some kinds of networks function by storing the results of each operation in memory as they proceed through the many steps of pattern discovery. Micron executives last week identified a market for “data center” memory chips, the kind that could be used in deep learning, of $62 billion come 2021, more than double what it is today. (Click here for more on Micron.)
Deep learning is going to become much more widespread in computing. Over time, deep learning will take over other programming tasks from humans. Computer scientists have hardly begun that journey, which will require even more exotic chips and software. Investors should be looking far down the road.
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What happens when a woke and wealthy football player-turned-marketing activist appropriates a flag’s historical significance? Well, naturally, he convinces a multi-billion dollar, American-based company to pull merchandise out of stores immediately before it is set to be released—and they just do it. While some thumb their noses at a flag designed by Betsy Ross with the intent to represent the unity of the 13 original American colonies, millions of Americans will spend the 4th of July celebrating how grateful they are to live in one of the greatest, most prosperous nations in human history.
Colin Kaepernick reached out to Nike saying that he and others felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery https://t.co/6Y2mIlbAuT — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 2, 2019
Similar to Thanksgiving, the 4th of July is an invitation to reflect on how blessed we are. It is a call for gratitude. We could have been born in Venezuela or China—in fact, some Americans were—yet here we are, breathing the air of freedom and standing on the soil of liberty. In recent years, increasing numbers of Americans have struggled to grapple with how we can celebrate the birth of a nation that battled the demons of slavery, bigotry, and the mistreatment of Native Americans. How can a nation that deprived minorities and women equal treatment under the law be lifted up as an exemplar throughout the world? The nation that placed some of its own in internment camps in the wake of attacks on Pearl Harbor should never be celebrated, right?
Can we celebrate a flawed nation? The answer is an emphatic “yes.”
America's Hope
The 4th of July is a time to commemorate our freedom, to be grateful for the prosperity and opportunities we have been blessed with. It should not be a time for idolizing the past or blinkered nostalgia. Our founders, though many were brilliant and brave, were flawed, morally compromised men. But there is still plenty of reason to celebrate. Rightly done, the festivities of the 4th of July—parades, fireworks, neighborhood picnics, and kids with sparklers—are part of a modern ritual to remind ourselves and our children of the forward-looking hope and aspiration for freedom and justice that is woven into America’s DNA.
These forward-looking hopes and aspirations have resulted in reckonings throughout our history as we have sought to right our wrongs:
The hideousness of slavery was met with the heroism of abolitionists and a tidal wave of American blood spilled on the battlefields of Gettysburg, Bull Run, and Shiloh.
The 15th and 19th Amendments burst through the injustice of government-sanctioned inequalities.
The reparations issued to those directly affected by Japanese internment necessarily highlight the guilt of a nation’s unjust, knee-jerk reaction to fear.
The United States has a long history of seeking to bring justice where injustice once prevailed. This truth should help us recognize that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be celebrated.
The United States has a long history of seeking to bring justice where injustice once prevailed. This truth should help us recognize that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be celebrated. Think about all of the birthdays we would have to forego if perfection were a prerequisite for honoring our entrance into the world. And perhaps even more to the point: there is not a single nation that can meet the high standard of scrutiny and judgment that progressive activists and Hollywood performers hold their homeland to.
Colin Kaepernick and other critics of America are free to speak their minds about the United States and its flag—and we may not support all the things done under that banner. But the flag—and the concept of America—doesn’t belong to any one person, politician, or political party. For those of us who love this country and its people, we don’t have to let others take away the gratitude we feel for living here.
Below are a few truths we can steep ourselves in as we reflect on the importance of this day.
America: Land of Opportunity
Few nations in human history have ever laid the groundwork for such widespread economic opportunity as the United States. Even though there is much room for improvement, America ranks among countries with the highest quality of life and regularly receives high marks in personal and economic freedom. This is most soberly evidenced on our southern border as a surge of immigrants risk their lives to come here because they recognize the liberty and prosperity a life in the United States affords.
America: Land of the Free
The US may have 99 problems, but freedom ain’t one of them. To the Women’s March protestor fearlessly marching alongside thousands of others, consider the woman longing simply to take off her hijab in public or perhaps drive a car. To the man who freely rants on Twitter about his hatred for law enforcement, consider the untold victims killed under oppressive regimes for no other crime than yearning for freedom in their homeland.
America: Home of the Brave
The freedoms we enjoy on a daily basis have been bought and paid for by the blood of our fellow Americans, both past and present. Six of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence died as a result of the revolution. For them, the words, “We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” weren’t just platitudes. They recognized that once they signed that document, there was no going back.
On the battlefield, beginning with “the Shot Heard Round the World” in Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1775 to 9/11 and beyond, there are brave Americans who continue to lay it all on the line in order to preserve this hard-won, high-priced freedom.
America has always been made up of flawed people. Let’s teach its history to our children, showing them how to navigate the nuance and messiness of it all.
America has always been made up of flawed people. Let’s teach its history to our children, showing them how to navigate the nuance and messiness of it all. And then, perhaps when they are older, they won’t see a flag sewn by Betsy Ross—an entrepreneur, a wartime widow, and mother—as an intolerable affront. Instead, maybe they will see it as a beautiful invitation to celebrate how far we have come and a reminder of gratitude that there is hope to make our lives and the lives of our children even better. |
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How to change color on JFoenix's progress bar
I am trying to change the color of the progress-bar found on the JFoenix's library (http://www.jfoenix.com). I'm using Java and JavaFX, here is my sample css:
.progress-bar {
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It should work, but instead it disables the color.
With css enabled:
With css disabled (default color showing):
A:
It seems that your problem is caused by the background insets.
Add this to your stylesheet:
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}
Now the styling works:
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The background color may be messed up after doing this, you can fix it with this:
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Enzymatic treatment of whey proteins in cow's milk results in differential inhibition of IgE-mediated mast cell activation compared to T-cell activation.
Cow's milk (CM) hydrolysates are frequently used as milk substitutes for children with CM allergy. In hydrolysates, allergenic epitopes within CM proteins are diminished by enzymatic treatment. The aim of this study was to examine the allergenic and immunogenic properties of whey proteins during hydrolysis. During hydrolysis, samples were obtained at 0, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 min. Degradation was checked by HPLC and SDS-PAGE. Allergenic potential was analyzed by IgE crosslinking capacity of human Fcε receptor type 1-transduced rat basophilic leukemia cells sensitized with serum of CM-allergic patients. Whey-sensitized C3H/HeOuJ mice were ear challenged intracutaneously with the hydrolysates. Immunogenicity was tested using whey-specific human T-cell clones and T-cell lines at the level of proliferation and release of IL-4, IL-10, IL-13 and IFN-γ. After 15 min of hydrolysis, the majority of the proteins were degraded. Hydrolysis for 15 min resulted in 92% inhibition of mast cell degranulation and in 82% reduction of ear swelling in the mouse model. In contrast, T-cell-stimulatory capacity was less affected by hydrolysis: reduction of human T-cell proliferation was only 9%. This was further reduced to 57 and 74% after 30 and 45 min of hydrolysis, respectively. Cytokine production followed the pattern of T-cell proliferation. Via differential analysis of allergenic versus immunogenic properties of the time kinetics of hydrolysis of whey proteins, we have demonstrated specific hydrolysis conditions with reduced IgE-crosslinking responses but retained T-cell activating properties. This approach might be useful in better defining CM hydrolysates. |
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Unf--k Your Brain
By: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
Narrated by: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN
Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
Unabridged
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Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes - having meltdowns, getting addicted to things, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. Your brain knows it's not good to do these things, but it can't help it sometimes - especially if it's obsessing about trauma it can't overcome. That's where this life-changing book comes in. With humor, patience, science, and lots of good-ole swearing, Dr. Faith explains what's going on in your skull, and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately.... |
227 S.W.2d 633 (1950)
GRYTBAK
v.
GRYTBAK.
No. 4-9094.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
February 20, 1950.
Rehearing Denied March 20, 1950.
Geo. E. Pike, DeWitt, for appellant.
Milton G. Robinson, Stuttgart, for appellee.
MILLWEE, Justice.
At the time of their marriage on May 10, 1936 in Arkansas County, appellant, Emma Grytbak, was a widow with one son 16 years of age and appellee, O. E. Grytbak, was a widower with a daughter 11 *634 years of age. In June, 1937 appellee purchased a home in Stuttgart, Arkansas for which he paid $300 in cash and assumed certain debts against the property. The indebtedness was discharged by appellee in December, 1938 by the use of funds derived from cashing his soldiers bonus and the sale of a small tract of land he owned in another state. The deed was executed and delivered to appellee on the same date. The parties and the two children resided in the home at Stuttgart until May, 1939 when appellant left appellee, taking with her certain household goods which she owned at the time of the marriage.
On March 30, 1948 appellant sued appellee for divorce on the grounds of three years separation without cohabitation and general indignities on the part of appellee which allegedly forced her to leave home in 1939 and live apart from appellee. Appellant asked for temporary alimony, attorney's fees and a share of the home property at Stuttgart. Appellee answered denying the allegations of the complaint and pleading the statute of limitations as a bar to the charge of general indignities. He also filed a cross-complaint asking for a divorce on the grounds of desertion, three years separation without cohabitation, and general indignities.
After hearing the testimony, the chancellor entered a decree dismissing appellant's complaint, granting a divorce to appellee upon his cross-complaint on the ground of three years separation without cohabitation and ordering appellee to pay a fee of $100 to appellant's attorney. Both parties have appealed.
In the decree appealed from the chancellor found: "* * * that the failure of the marriage, and the separation of the parties, was brought on largely by the acts of the plaintiff; that she was principally at fault, and that defendant and cross-complainant was the injured party. * * *" This finding was made pursuant to the 7th Sub-section of Ark.Stats.1947, Sec. 34-1202 which provides that in a suit for divorce on the ground of three years separation, the question of who is the injured party may only be considered in the settlement of property rights and the question of alimony.
On the direct appeal appellant insists that the court's finding that appellee was the injured party is against the preponderance of the evidence and that she is, therefore, entitled to a division of the real and personal property acquired during the marriage under the provisions of Ark.Stats. 1947, Sec. 34-1214.
It would serve no useful purpose to review the conflicting evidence upon which the court based its finding. There is no evidence of immoral conduct on the part of either party and counsel for appellant correctly states in his brief: "There is testimony to the effect that there was some quarreling and bickering between the parties based upon jealousy for their respective children and the little ups and downs which go with all married life." But the preponderance of the evidence does not, in our opinion, support appellant's charges and present contention that appellee did not furnish adequate food for appellant and her son; that she was not allowed to buy her own clothing; that she was compelled to work too hard; that appellee discriminated against her son; and that he constantly nagged at appellant. Some differences arose between the parties because appellant entertained religious scruples against the manner in which appellee's daughter dressed and cut her hair, and some jealousy existed because appellee's daughter made better grades at school than appellant's son.
In an effort to determine the cause of separation the chancellor questioned appellant as follows: "Just what did bring about the actual leaving, something usually happens. What happened, did you have a big quarrel? A. No, we just disagreed. He was always nagging and would sometimes puff up and be mad two or three days, and I would say `Have I done something to wrong you'? I loved my home and I wanted to stay, but I was forced to leave."
When the parties married appellee owned some household furniture, an old model automobile and the tract of land which he sold to acquire the home place at Stuttgart. *635 During the three years they lived together, appellee worked for daily wages as a drag line operator. They accumulated no additional property or savings during this period and there is no proof that appellee spent his earnings foolishly or for any purpose except to support the parties and their two children.
Sometime after the separation appellee acquired a drag line of his own and began work on a contract basis. He bought another drag line shortly before the institution of this suit. The two machines cost $10,000 but were used and require expensive repairs. Appellee testified that his net income for 1948 was less than $600 but he was somewhat evasive as to his actual earnings. While the parties lived together, appellee's earnings were supplemented by maintenance of a garden and truck patch on 6 of the 8 lots comprising the home place.
The case of Ray v. Ray, 192 Ark. 660, 93 S.W.2d 665, 666, is one in which a divorce was granted to the husband on his cross-complaint and this court upheld the chancellor's action in refusing to award the wife certain real and personal property acquired by the husband during the marriage. It was there said: "Since appellant has been determined at fault in the wrecking of the matrimonial venture, she is entitled to no part of appellee's property as a matter of law. 9 R.C.L., p. 497, § 319; Sec. 3511, Crawford & Moses' Dig. [Ark. Stats. 1947, Sec. 34-1214], and her further assistance from appellee rests entirely within the discretion of the chancery court, Pryor v. Pryor, 88 Ark. 302, 114 S.W. 700, 129 Am.St.Rep. 102; Clyburn v. Clyburn, 175 Ark. 330, 299 S.W. 38." The court then modified and approved an award of alimony made by the chancellor. See also Clarke v. Clarke, 201 Ark. 10, 143 S.W.2d 540.
In the Pryor and Clyburn cases, supra, it was held that a chancery court has the power to allow alimony to a wife against whom a decree of divorce is granted. In the instant case it was appellant's primary contention in the trial court that she was entitled to the divorce and was the injured party within the meaning of the 7th Sub-section to Sec. 34-1202, supra. She apparently did not press her claim for alimony and there is no specific finding in the decree as to alimony. While the chancellor found that appellant was principally at fault in the separation, the evidence does not warrant the conclusion that she was altogether to blame or that appellee was not partially responsible for the separation. It was shown that appellant contracted tuberculosis about three years after the separation and appellee took her to the sanatorium at Booneville, Arkansas in his automobile and rendered other assistance in her illness but has never tried to get her to come back to him.
Under all the circumstances, we think justice would be best served by modification of the decree to allow appellant alimony in the sum of $20 per month from the date of the decree. This allowance is, of course, subject to modification by the chancellor to meet changes in the situation and condition of the parties.
We find no merit in appellee's cross-appeal from the allowance of the fee to appellant's attorney. Except for the modification as to alimony the decree is affirmed on both the direct and cross-appeals
On Rehearing.
Appellee insists that, by modifying the decree to allow alimony to appellant, we have arbitrarily granted her relief on an issue that was not before the trial court. Cases are cited which state the familiar rule that issues not presented in the trial court cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. In her complaint appellant alleged that she was without funds to support herself and pay the costs of litigation and prayed for temporary relief out of funds belonging to appellee and for all other equitable relief. Appellee denied that appellant was entitled to anything. With the issues thus joined, much of the testimony was directed to appellee's financial condition and ability to pay. We have held that the statement of facts in a complaint or cross-complaint, and not the prayer for relief, constitutes the cause of action, and that the court may grant whatever relief the facts pleaded and proved *636 may warrant, in the absence of surprise to the complaining party. Albersen v. Klanke, 177 Ark. 288, 6 S.W.2d 292. We conclude that the facts pleaded and proved warrant the allowance of alimony, and that appellee is not in position to plead surprise.
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Q:
My jQuery ,jQuerymobile code doesn't work on PC, but perfectly on server
I was working on a code using jQuery, jQuerymobile, and soundcloud API. The code works perfectly on server and on jsfiddle.net but when I run it locally it does not work. I've tried it with a local copy of jQuery library but it still does not work on a PC.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
A:
How are you loading the JavaScript files? Maybe you have script tags with a protocol-relative URL, such as:
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
If this is the case, things aren't working locally because it's looking in a local file system protocol instead of HTTP. You can just change this to use the absolute form of the URL:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
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TEPCO detects record levels of radioactive cesium near Pacific, more errors add to NRA's wrath
Feb 13,2014
TOKYO, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, said Thursday that samples of water tested contained radioactive cesium at levels never seen before by the embattled utility.
TEPCO, while admitting there may be a new leak at the site of a well located just 50 meters from the adjacent Pacific Ocean, confirmed that the levels of cesium found in its groundwater samples were as high as 54,000 becquerels per liter of cesium 137 and 22,000 becquerels per liter of cesium 134.
The levels of cesium detected in the latest readings, according to TEPCO, are 600 times higher than the government regulation for contaminated wastewater allowed to be released into the ocean, with the samples testing 30,000 times higher for cesium 137, compared to samples taken just a week earlier.
A spokesperson for TEPCO said that radioactive water is probably leaking from underground trenches that link the stricken reactor buildings to the sea.
The utility has failed to locate the source of the leak, in another major failing of TEPCO to contain the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
The Japanese government, on Jan. 15, green-lit a revival and restructuring plan for TEPCO, injecting 4 trillion yen (38.3 billion U.S. dollars) in additional state backing to help the ailing utility deal with a string of mishaps at its facilities as it works towards decommissioning its stricken, yet volatile reactors.
Despite the injection of fresh capital, TEPCO is still eyeing dumping toxic water into the Pacific Ocean as it fails to contain in makeshift storage tanks -- the source of a number of previous leaks -- a massive daily influx of water needed to cool the battered reactors, while nuclear experts believe that other methods need to be traversed before contaminating the ocean.
Dumping radioactive water into the ocean is of grave concern to local fisheries cooperatives as the potential for radioactive materials to spread to marine life remains a distinct possibility, despite TEPCO's assurances the levels of radioactivity will be kept well below the government's and regulator's limits.
TEPCO, in spite of extra financing to bring the crisis in Fukushima under control, has also been slammed by Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) Chairman Shunichi Tanaka for incorrectly measuring levels of radioactive materials in groundwater at its Daiichi facility.
Tanaka said that even though three years has passed since the reactor meltdowns at the plant, TEPCO is still utterly inept when it comes to taking accurate readings of radioactivity at and around its facilities and "lacks a basic understanding of measuring and handling radiation."
The overall decommissioning of the plant is expected to take around 40 years, with the removal of all nuclear fuel from the Number 4 reactor building being completed by the end of this year, however TEPCO said it had only successfully removed around 9 percent of more than 1,500 unused and spent fuel assemblies in the reactor building's storage pool. |
Q:
Blade bootstrap foreach get nice-looking grid-system
I'm having this piece of code in my Laravel's Blade view:
@foreach ($questions as $question)
<div class="col-xs-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4">
@if(isset($question->task))
<a href="{{URL::action('showTask', $question->task_id)}}"><h4> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-file'></span> {{$question->Task->name}}</h4></a>
@endif
<blockquote >
<a class="nostyle" href="{{URL::action('showQuestion',$question->id)}}" ><p
@if($question->status==1)
class="text-success"
@endif
>{{$question->text}}</p></a>
<footer>Gevraagd door <strong>{{$question->Author->getFullName('mij') }}</strong> op <strong>{{DateConverter::dateToString($question->created_at)}}</strong></footer>
@if($question->status==1)
<span class="label label-success">Beantwoord</span>
@endif
</blockquote>
</div>
@endforeach
Showing all the questions. I want them to be displayed in nice rows of 3. However, some texts ($question->text) are longer than others, therefore they won't always perfectly start a new row, but append to the shortest previous grid, as you can see in the screenshot.
What I want would be more like a table, three columns, and then a new row on the same height with three new items.
So I'm looking for a way to
either return all the columns the same height
or automatically adding and closing a row div after each three columns.
What would be the best way to do this?
A:
You may try something like this:
@foreach(array_chunk($questions->all(), 3) as $threeQuestions)
<div class="row">
@foreach($threeQuestions as $question)
// Do everything here
@if(isset($question->task))
<a href="{{URL::action('showTask', $question->task_id)}}"><h4> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-file'></span> {{$question->Task->name}}</h4></a>
@endif
// ...
@endforeach
</div>
@endforeach
Here, $threeQuestions contains three items per iteration, so .row will keep each three items within a div like this:
<div class='row'>
item-1
item-2
item-3
</div>
<div class='row'>
item-4
item-5
item-6
</div>
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/*
This file is part of the OdinMS Maple Story Server
Copyright (C) 2008 Patrick Huy <patrick.huy@frz.cc>
Matthias Butz <matze@odinms.de>
Jan Christian Meyer <vimes@odinms.de>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3
as published by the Free Software Foundation. You may not use, modify
or distribute this program under any other version of the
GNU Affero General Public License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/* Ali
* Adobis's Mission I: The Room of Tragedy (280090000)
* Zakum Quest NPC Exit
*/
function start() {
cm.warp(211042300);
cm.removeAll(4001015);
cm.removeAll(4001016);
cm.removeAll(4001018);
cm.sendOk("See you next time.");
cm.dispose();
} |
A large-scale fire has broken out outside Kyiv as fuel tanks at a depot in the town of Brovary have caught fire, according to dtp.kiev.ua, a news portal covering car accidents and other emergency situations.
As was reported earlier, an illegal landfill near the village of Rozhny in Kyiv's Brovary district caught fire on June 1. The fire spread across the entire landfill on an area 200 meters to 100 meters. Later that day, the fire covered an area of two hectares.
dtp.kiev.ua
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Geriatric emergency care: an annotated bibliography.
This annotated bibliography provides selected references to journal articles addressing general issues of the care of elderly patients in the emergency department. The bibliography was compiled by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Geriatric Emergency Medicine Task Force. Because the literature pertinent to geriatrics has continued to grow rapidly, only key articles of general interest to the clinician and academician are included in the bibliography. Preference is given to recent publications; most references date from the past five years. The articles cited are primarily concerned with the delivery of emergency care to geriatric patients; economic, legal, ethical, and sociological topics receive limited coverage. Some articles were selected to highlight current controversies or changes in viewpoint. Aging physiology, atypical characteristics of illness, and disease processes have been addressed elsewhere (J Am Geriatr Soc 1989;37:894-910). |
<?php
namespace Tests;
use App\Models\User;
class CheckRole extends TestCase
{
public function testHandle()
{
$this->actingAs(factory(User::class)->create())
->get('/admin')
->assertForbidden();
$this->actingAs(factory(User::class)->states('admin')->create())
->get('/admin')
->assertSuccessful();
$this->get('/admin/update')->assertForbidden();
$this->actingAs(factory(User::class)->states('superAdmin')->create())
->get('/admin/update')
->assertSuccessful();
}
}
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380 A.2d 1371 (1977)
Donna RIGSBY, Mary Rigsby, Michael Rigsby and Grace Turner, Plaintiffs,
v.
John H. TYRE, III, Defendant.
Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.
Submitted November 10, 1977.
Decided November 18, 1977.
Robert G. Carey of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, and Morton Richard Kimmel of Kimmel & Spiller, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.
*1372 Frank J. Miller, Wilmington, for defendant.
CHRISTIE, Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a motion for summary judgment by the plaintiff, Mrs. Donna Rigsby, as to the counterclaim filed by the defendant, Mr. John Tyre.
In a motion for a summary judgment, the facts will be construed in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.
At the time of the accident the plaintiff, Mrs. Rigsby, was driving an automobile in which her minor children, Mary (age 5) and Michael (age 3) and her mother, Mrs. Grace Turner, were passengers. While proceeding on State Route 300, near Smyrna, Mrs. Rigsby encountered a severe dust storm which caused her to slow down or stop on the travelled portion of the roadway. It appears that the defendant, Mr. Tyre, who was driving in the same direction on the highway came along shortly thereafter. When he encountered the dust storm, he removed his foot from the accelerator. As a result, his car coasted forward along the highway at an estimated speed of twenty-five to thirty miles per hour. Defendant says that about eight to ten feet before striking the rear of the plaintiff's automobile, he saw the taillights of the Rigsby automobile but he was unable to stop before hitting the car. A rear end collision occurred and injuries resulted. This suit is brought on behalf of Mrs. Rigsby and all of the passengers in her car.
Plaintiffs allege that negligence on the part of the defendant caused the accident. Defendant has filed a counterclaim against plaintiff Mrs. Rigsby alleging that the injuries to the minor plaintiff Mary Rigsby were proximately caused by negligence on the part of Mrs. Rigsby. Defendant claims that if he is liable to minor plaintiff Mary Rigsby, then he is entitled to contribution from Mrs. Rigsby because, in his view, she is jointly or severally liable with him for such injury.
Donna Rigsby has moved for summary judgment on the ground that the Delaware guest statute, 21 Del.C. § 6101, bars the counterclaim as a matter of law.
The Delaware guest statute states in pertinent part:
(a) No person transported by the owner or operator of a motor vehicle . . as a guest without payment for such transportation shall have a cause of action for damages against such owner or operator for injury, death or loss, in case of accident, unless such accident was intentional on the part of such owner or operator, or was caused by his willful or wanton disregard of the rights of others. 21 Del.C. § 6101
Under this statute, mere negligence is eliminated as a basis of liability where the suit is brought against a host automobile operator by or on behalf of a guest passenger. The guest statute bars recovery against the operator by a passenger guest unless the accident was intentional on the part of the operator or was caused by the operator's willful or wanton disregard of the rights of others. See Lutz v. Boltz, Del.Super., 9 Terry 197, 100 A.2d 647 (1953); Wilson v. Tweed, Del.Super., 209 A.2d 899 (1965). Negligence is characterized as carelessness, thoughtlessness, inattention or inadvertence, whereas willful or wanton conduct under the statute as interpreted is evidenced by a display of conscious indifference to circumstances in a situation where the probability of injury to others is reasonably apparent. Costello v. Cording, Del.Super., 8 Terry 322, 91 A.2d 182 (1952); Gerhauser v. Deemer, Del.Super., 10 Terry 328, 116 A.2d 175 (1955).
In the counterclaim, the defendant has alleged mere negligence on the part of the plaintiff Mrs. Rigsby as a cause of the injuries. His counterclaim does not raise the issue of whether Mrs. Rigsby's conduct was willful or wanton. The law under such circumstances was clearly set forth by Judge (later Justice) Carey:
*1373 Title 21 Del.C. § 6101 bars recovery by a nonpaying guest from the operator of a vehicle, unless the accident was intentional on the part of the operator, or was caused by his willful or wanton disregard of the rights of others. In the proposed counterclaim, there is no charge of any such intentional, willful or wanton conduct; it is clear, therefore, that the other three plaintiffs would have no cause of action against Martin Lutz for their injuries... Lutz v. Boltz, supra, 100 A.2d at 647.
Mrs. Rigsby has filed an affidavit in which she states that her minor children and her mother were non-paying passengers at the time of the accident. By the terms of the statute and the cases decided thereunder, Mrs. Rigsby cannot be held liable to her passengers (who are guests) absent an allegation of and proof of intentional or willful and wanton conduct on her part.
Since Mrs. Rigsby could not be sued directly by her passengers for mere negligence, she cannot be sued indirectly on account of that negligence. In order for a tortfeasor to be entitled to contribution from another tortfeasor whose negligence has concurred in producing an injury to a third person, such third person must have an enforceable cause of action not only against the tortfeasor seeking contribution but also against the one against whom contribution is sought. Strahorn v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Del.Super., 11 Terry 50, 123 A.2d 107 (1956); Miller v. Ellis, Del.Super., 11 Terry 11, 122 A.2d 314 (1956). "Without exception ... courts ... have all held that a host may invoke the state guest statute when sued for contribution and that such a host is liable for contribution only if he is sufficiently negligent to be directly liable to the guest under the guest statute." Troutman v. Modlin, 353 F.2d 382, 386 (8th Cir. 1965), citing Lutz v. Boltz, supra.
There is no charge that Mrs. Rigsby is guilty of anything more than negligence. It is clear that under the guest statute she is not liable to her guest passengers for that negligence. The defendant cannot rely on 10 Del.C. § 6302, which gives a right of contribution among joint tortfeasors, to do indirectly what cannot be done directly. "... (I)t is clear from the very language of the statute itself (§ 6302) that it has no application unless there is a `common liability' to the injured person. This liability may be joint or several, but there is no right to contribution unless the injured person has a possible remedy against two or more persons." Lutz v. Boltz, supra, 100 A.2d at 648.
The defendant, however, contends that the guest statute should find no application here because under defendant's theory a very young minor cannot be a guest in an automobile owned and operated by his own parent. It is contended that a very young minor is incapable of knowingly consenting to be a guest and, therefore, he cannot be regarded as a guest within the meaning of 21 Del.C. § 6101. Under this theory the parent-child relationship would place a young child outside the operation of the guest statute when riding with a parent. The Court finds this novel argument to be without merit.
It has been held in Delaware that a minor may be a guest in another's car when the parent consents. Lynott v. Sells, Del. Super., 2 Storey 385, 158 A.2d 583 (1958); Justice v. Gatchell, Del.Super., 325 A.2d 97 (1974). It should also be noted that the Lynott case cited the case of Tilghman v. Rightor, 211 Ark. 229, 199 S.W.2d 943, 945 (1947), where the Court said, "(i)t will be observed that in defining a guest the statute makes no exception in favor of minors and we have no authority to write that exception into the statute."
In Justice v. Gatchell, supra, the argument was made that a guest is one who is offered and accepts a free invitation from a host and that a child of tender years was incapable of knowingly giving the necessary *1374 consent. The answer was that the parent could consent for the child, and where there is an express consent by a parent, the minor is subject to the provisions of the guest statute. This Court does not see any meaningful distinction between a parent consenting to have her minor child ride with a third person and a parent consenting to have her minor child ride in the parent's own car.
The defendant has also cited the case of Williams v. Williams, Del.Super., 360 A.2d 669 (1976), wherein the doctrine of parental tort immunity was abolished in Delaware. In the Williams case the Supreme Court noted that parental immunity was a judicial doctrine and thus the Court felt that it had the power to modify the doctrine. Justice v. Gatchell, supra, was referred to and reaffirmed in the Williams decision. "The decision in Justice was grounded upon the doctrine of separation of powers and this Court's reluctance to set aside a public policy announced by the Legislature." Williams v. Williams, supra, 369 A.2d at 673.
The facts of this case clearly indicate that the guest statute has application. While Williams v. Williams allows a cause of action to be brought on behalf of an unemancipated minor against his parent, it does not free such cause of action from the limitations imposed by statutes governing causes of action in general. Thus, where a minor on whose behalf the suit is brought happens to be a guest, the guest statute applies, and the minor is treated as an ordinary guest. Under such circumstances, the statute bars his suit absent the allegation and proof of intentional or willful or wanton conduct by the host. Since the minor guest on whose behalf the suit is brought has no cause of action against the host driver, the third party cannot seek contribution from such host driver and do indirectly what cannot be done directly.
Summary judgment is granted for the plaintiff Mrs. Rigsby as to the counterclaim by the defendant Mr. Tyre. IT IS SO ORDERED.
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<% init_advanced_menu %>
<%= form_tag(admin_budget_budget_investments_path(budget: @budget), method: :get, enforce_utf8: false) do %>
<div class="small-12 column">
<%= link_to "#advanced_filters_content",
data: { toggle: "advanced_filters" },
class: "advanced-filters float-right clear" do %>
<%= t("admin.budget_investments.index.advanced_filters") %>
<% end %>
</div>
<div id="advanced_filters" class="<%= advanced_menu_visibility %>" data-toggler=".hide">
<div class="small-12 column">
<div class="advanced-filters-content">
<% %w[feasible selected undecided unfeasible without_admin without_valuator under_valuation
valuation_finished winners].each do |filter| %>
<div class="filter">
<%= check_box_tag "advanced_filters[]", filter, params[:advanced_filters].index(filter), id: "advanced_filters_#{filter}" %>
<%= label_tag "advanced_filters[#{filter}]", t("admin.budget_investments.index.filters.#{filter}") %>
</div>
<% end %>
<div>
<div class="filter">
<%= label_tag :min_total_supports, t("admin.budget_investments.index.filters.min_total_supports") %>
<%= text_field_tag :min_total_supports, params["min_total_supports"] %>
</div>
<div class="filter">
<%= label_tag :max_total_supports, t("admin.budget_investments.index.filters.max_total_supports") %>
<%= text_field_tag :max_total_supports, params["max_total_supports"] %>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
<%= select_tag :administrator_id,
options_for_select(admin_select_options(@budget), params[:administrator_id]),
{ prompt: t("admin.budget_investments.index.administrator_filter_all") } %>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
<%= select_tag :valuator_or_group_id,
options_for_select(valuator_or_group_select_options(@budget), params[:valuator_or_group_id]),
{ prompt: t("admin.budget_investments.index.valuator_filter_all") } %>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
<%= select_tag :heading_id,
options_for_select(budget_heading_select_options(@budget), params[:heading_id]),
{ prompt: t("admin.budget_investments.index.heading_filter_all") } %>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
<%= select_tag :tag_name,
options_for_select(investment_tags_select_options(@budget, "valuation_tags"), params[:tag_name]),
{ prompt: t("admin.budget_investments.index.tags_filter_all") } %>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
<%= select_tag :milestone_tag_name,
options_for_select(investment_tags_select_options(@budget, "milestone_tags"), params[:milestone_tag_name]),
{ prompt: t("admin.budget_investments.index.milestone_tags_filter_all") } %>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-6 column">
<div class="input-group">
<%= text_field_tag :title_or_id, params["title_or_id"], placeholder: t("admin.budget_investments.index.placeholder") %>
</div>
</div>
<div class="small-12 medium-3 column end">
<%= submit_tag t("admin.budget_investments.index.buttons.filter"), class: "button expanded" %>
</div>
<% end %>
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Q:
Typing function arguments in R?
I wrote the following snippet of code:
b=function(x=numeric()){print(x)}
What does x=numeric() do?
b('i') and b(3) both produce the correct output.
Thanks!
A:
You are specifying a default argument of numeric(), which I believe is just a numeric vector.
Thus, if you call the function with no arguments, that parameter will default to numeric().
If your question is about how to force arguments to be a particular type (as your title implies), then you want to look at this question.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rural America is losing population for the first time ever, largely because of waning interest among baby boomers in moving to far-flung locations for retirement and recreation, according to new census estimates.
Long weighed down by dwindling populations in farming and coal communities and the movement of young people to cities, rural counties are being hit by sputtering growth in retirement and recreation areas, once residential hot spots for baby boomers.
The new estimates, as of July 2012, show that would-be retirees are opting to stay put in urban areas near jobs. Recent weakness in the economy means some boomers have less savings than a decade ago to buy a vacation home in the countryside, which often becomes a full-time residence after retirement. Cities are also boosting urban living, a potential draw for boomers who may prefer to age closer to accessible health care.
About 46.2 million people, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, reside in rural counties, which spread across 72 percent of the nation’s land area. From 2011 to 2012, those non-metro areas lost more than 40,000 people, a 0.1 percent drop. The Census Bureau reported a minuscule 0.01 percent loss from 2010 to 2011, but that was not considered statistically significant and could be adjusted later.
Rural areas, which include manufacturing and farming as well as scenic retirement spots, have seen substantial movement of residents to urban areas before. But the changes are now coinciding with sharp declines in U.S. birth rates and an aging population, resulting in a first-ever annual loss.
U.S. migration data show that older Americans are most inclined to live in rural counties until about age 74, before moving closer to more populated locations. The oldest of the nation’s 76 million boomers turn 74 in 2020, meaning the window is closing for that group to help small towns grow.
“What baby boomers will do will be key to rural migration and growth,” said Jason Henderson, a former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City who is now associate dean of the Purdue University College of Agriculture. “Right now, we’re just at the forefront of baby boomers entering retirement age, but many have been delaying retirement.” Some will decide the time for moving back to the country has passed, he said.
Henderson expects a bit of a rebound for scenic retirement destinations as the economy improves, but nowhere close to the levels seen before the recession.
John Cromartie, a geographer at the Agriculture Department, calls the rural decline a potential turning point. “This period may simply be an interruption in suburbanization, or it could turn out to be the end of a major demographic regime that has transformed small towns and rural areas.”
The scenic retirement destinations experiencing lower growth stretch wide, from the Upper Great Lakes and Appalachia in the eastern U.S. to the Sun Belt, the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks and the Intermountain West. Boomer migration to many of these areas had typically yielded greater economic activity, including construction, landscaping and service-sector jobs that brought in workers of all age groups.
Signs of the recent bust are evident in places such as Fernley, Nev., a rural community in Lyon County, about 30 miles east of Reno. During the housing boom, Fernley prospered due to spillover residents from California’s expensive Bay Area who were drawn to Fernley’s affordable housing, temperate weather and lack of a state income tax.
By 2007, however, Fernley’s growth began to wane amid recession and rising gasoline costs. Since then, Lyon County has posted one of the nation’s worst population turnabouts: from 6.9 percent annual growth from 2000 to 2007, to a 0.7 percent annual loss between 2007 and 2012. The county now has a population of 51,000.
Retirees were “coming out of California, selling the house for a lot of money and coming up here and getting something nicer,” said Fernley Mayor LeRoy Goodman, 71, citing his town’s prime location near an interstate highway with easy driving access to Reno’s casinos. “People can also walk out their back door and go hiking in the desert. The climate is pretty good; we don’t have a lot of snow or rain.”
But after the housing bubble burst, the retirees stopped coming. On Main Street, the Wigwam, one of the town’s oldest restaurants, now does half the business it used to, according to Moe Royels, who opened the diner in 1961 and sold it five years ago.
“People moved out of town,” Royels said from his seat at the restaurant, where he returns every afternoon for a cup of coffee. “Some of these subdivisions are still sitting vacant, with the curb and the gutter in but nothing else.”
Due to changing baby boomer migration, rural retirement counties grew 0.4 percent annually from 2007-2012, down from 1.6 percent annually from 2000-2007. During the housing boom, these retirement destinations were growing faster than the rate of the nation as a whole but are now increasing more slowly. The overall U.S. population is now growing by about 0.8 percent each year.
In Florida, almost all counties experienced slower growth or a reversal of boomer population growth since 2010, said Mark Mather, an associate vice president for the Population Reference Bureau who analyzed the numbers.
Other counties showing sharp drop-offs in the boomer population include Forest County, Pa.; Trinity County, Texas; Middlesex County, Va.; and Banks County, Ga.
“The recent decline in migration rates among baby boomers is significant because boomers were expected to jump-start economic growth in rural America,” said Mather, noting that parts of the rural Midwest and Appalachia had been losing population for decades. “But since the recession, we’ve seen more boomers aging in place. This is bad news because as baby boomers get older, they are less likely to move.”
Other census findings:
—The 65-and-older population grew 4.3 percent between 2011 and 2012, to 43.1 million, or 13.7 percent of the U.S. population.
—Florida had the highest share of residents 65 and older, at 18.2 percent, followed by Maine and West Virginia. Alaska had the lowest share of older residents, at 8.5 percent, followed by Utah and Texas. By county, Florida’s Sumter County was tops in the share of the 65-plus age group, at 49.3 percent.
—The 85-and-older population increased by about 3 percent from 2011 to 2012, to almost 5.9 million. The number of centenarians rose to almost 62,000.
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Back in February, we told you about Seth Brigham's nipple-baring appearance at a Boulder City Council meeting -- a protest of sorts against a proposed nudity ordinance that would have criminalized the display of female nipples in the city. Brigham, who remained in his boxers, was arrested -- a move Boulder will now be paying for, to the tune of $10,000.
In June, attorney David Lane took on Brigham's cause. In a letter to council, Lane argued that actions preventing Brigham from speaking or being heard violated his right to free speech and hinted that sans a settlement, Brigham would "file a civil rights case in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado."
Apparently, Boulder took this threat seriously -- although Brigham points out that "they didn't admit to doing anything wrong. When they refused to do anything other than offer us $10,000, we said, 'Perhaps you should pay us another $10,000, since you're unwilling to admit any wrongdoing.' But they didn't."
Nonetheless, he continues, "writing a check proves they were in the wrong, whether or not they want to deny any wrongdoing or not formally apologize. And there was no confidentiality agreement, so I'm completely free to speak about it."
And he does. He expresses disappointment with the city's actions back in February and since then, particularly in respect to council restrictions limiting members of the public to two minutes' worth of comment time if more than fifteen folks have signed up to expound, as well as proposed decorum rules that would ban everything from nudity to mask-wearing at council meetings.
These new regs haven't been enacted yet, and Brigham is hopeful that Boulder's branch of the ACLU, which also objects to many aspects of the decorum guidelines, will succeed at modifying or nixing them.
As for what he accomplished by taking on the council, Brigham says, "I think they're more aware of the dangers of usurping somebody's right to free speech, even if they're not consciously favoring free speech" in the way meetings are conducted.
Page down to read the settlement agreement, which gives Lane a generous 40 percent cut of the final amount, as well as the attorney's statement about the Brigham case:
GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT 1. This GENERAL RELEASE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") resolves all claims by Seth Brigham, his heirs, assigns, creditors or anyone else deriving any interest from Mr. Brigham, stemming from or related to: events that occurred at the February 16, 2010 City Council meeting, including his arrest and any related event that occurred thereafter, including, but not limited to, his arrest, charging, detention or release ("the incident") which occurred in or around the City of Boulder, County of Boulder, State of Colorado. 2. For the total consideration of $ 10,000, I release: a. The City of Boulder, and b. The City of Boulder's affiliates, corporations, entities, successors, elected officials, administrators, attorneys, employees, agents, servants, and insurers from all liability resulting from or related to the incident. 3. The acceptance of the above-mentioned sum is in full accord and satisfaction of a disputed claim. Payment of that sum is not an admission of liability on the part of the City of Boulder or of any other persons or parties released by this Agreement. 4. This Agreement releases the City of Boulder and others noted above from all: a. Claims, demands, damages, costs, liabilities, losses of services, economic losses, expenses, compensations, reimbursements, actions, rights, and causes of action of any kind resulting from or related to the incident; b. Known, unknown, foreseen and unforeseen damages; c. Expenses, costs, losses, liabilities, and damages related to damage of property and all damages related to personal injuries including psychological injuries, and the consequences thereof, whether already incurred or incurred in the future; and d. Claims related to the incident and to the consequences of the incident, whether or not those claims were previously made against the City of Boulder and others released by this Agreement. 5. I agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City of Boulder, and others released by this Agreement, against claims by any person, firm, or corporation made pursuant to a theory of assignment, lien interest, subrogation right, or other right of substitution to my claims related to the incident, including claims already made and claims that may be made in the future. This provision shall have application to: a. Claims, costs, expenses, damages, recoveries and deficiencies, including interest or penalties, that the City of Boulder and others released under this Agreement may incur as a result of such claims based upon actions, claims, or demands by lien holders or by holders of subrogated interests; b. Claims by governmental entities or agencies, including but not limited to Medicare or Medicaid, or claims by other persons or third-party insurance carriers claiming a subrogation or other interest in the funds paid to me pursuant to this Agreement; and c. Claims, actions, or liability for attorneys' fees or costs incurred on my behalf in connection with the incident or its aftermath, including any fees or costs with regard to which reimbursement may be permitted under Federal or State law. If any other provision of this Agreement is deemed unenforceable or invalid for any reason, I understand that my obligation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless under this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. This element of the Agreement is a separately bargained for benefit and is independently enforceable. 6. All of the understandings between the parties are included in this Agreement. 7. My signature on this Agreement shall be binding and no rescission, modification, or release from the terms of this General Release will be made for any mistakes. 8. I am legally competent to execute this Agreement. I assume the risk of any mistake of fact and law as to any damages, losses, or injuries, whether disclosed or undisclosed, that I may have sustained as a result of the above-mentioned incident and as a result of all matters related to the incident. 9. I have read this Agreement, I know what it means and I have signed it voluntarily. 10. Two checks will be paid, one for $6,000 to Seth Brigham and one for $4,000 to Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP Dated: ______________________________________ Signature By : Seth Brigham
David Lane's statement on the Brigham case: |
安全措施 (Security)
========
跨站脚本攻击的防范
-------------------------------
跨站脚本攻击(简称 XSS)，即web应用从用户收集用户数据。
攻击者常常向易受攻击的web应用注入JavaScript，VBScript，ActiveX，HTML或 Flash来迷惑访问者以收集访问者的信息。
举个例子，一个未经良好设计的论坛系统可能不经检查就显示用户所输入的内容。
攻击者可以在帖子内容中注入一段恶意的JavaScript代码。
这样，当其他访客在阅读这个帖子的时候，这些JavaScript代码就可以在访客的电脑上运行了。
一个防范XSS攻击的最重要的措施之一就是：在显示用户输入的内容之前进行内容检查。
比如，你可以对内容中的HTML进行转义处理。但是在某些情况下这种方法就不可取了，因为这种方法禁用了所有的HTML标签。
Yii集成了[HTMLPurifier](http://htmlpurifier.org/)并且为开发者提供了一个很有用的组件[CHtmlPurifier]，
这个组件封装了[HTMLPurifier](http://htmlpurifier.org/)类。它可以将通过有效的审查、安全和白名单功能来把所审核的内容中的所有的恶意代码清除掉，并且确保过滤之后的内容过滤符合标准。
[CHtmlPurifier]组件可以作为一个[widget](/doc/guide/basics.view#widget)或者[filter](/doc/guide/basics.controller#filter)来使用。
当作为一个widget来使用的时候，[CHtmlPurifier]可以对在视图中显示的内容进行安全过滤。
以下是代码示例：
~~~
[php]
<?php $this->beginWidget('CHtmlPurifier'); ?>
//...这里显示用户输入的内容...
<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
~~~
跨站请求伪造攻击的防范
-------------------------------------
跨站请求伪造(简称CSRF)攻击，即攻击者在用户浏览器在访问恶意网站的时候，让用户的浏览器向一个受信任的网站发起攻击者指定的请求。
举个例子，一个恶意网站有一个图片，这个图片的`src`地址指向一个银行网站：
`http://bank.example/withdraw?transfer=10000&to=someone`。
如果用户在登陆银行的网站之后访问了这个恶意网页，那么用户的浏览器会向银行网站发送一个指令，这个指令的内容可能是“向攻击者的帐号转账10000元”。
跨站攻击方式利用用户信任的某个特定网站，而CSRF攻击正相反，它利用用户在某个网站中的特定用户身份。
要防范CSRF攻击，必须谨记一条：`GET`请求只允许检索数据而不能修改服务器上的任何数据。
而`POST`请求应当含有一些可以被服务器识别的随机数值，用来保证表单数据的来源和运行结果发送的去向是相同的。
Yii实现了一个CSRF防范机制，用来帮助防范基于`POST`的攻击。
这个机制的核心就是在cookie中设定一个随机数据，然后把它同表单提交的`POST`数据中的相应值进行比较。
默认情况下，CSRF防范是禁用的。如果你要启用它，可以编辑[应用配置](/doc/guide/basics.application#application-configuration)
中的组件中的[CHttpRequest]部分。
代码示例：
~~~
[php]
return array(
'components'=>array(
'request'=>array(
'enableCsrfValidation'=>true,
),
),
);
~~~
要显示一个表单，请使用[CHtml::form]而不要自己写HTML代码。因为[CHtml::form]可以自动地在表单中嵌入一个隐藏项，这个隐藏项储存着验证所需的随机数据，这些数据可在表单提交的时候发送到服务器进行验证。
Cookie攻击的防范
------------------------
保护cookie免受攻击是非常重要的。因为session ID通常存储在Cookie中。
如果攻击者窃取到了一个有效的session ID，他就可以使用这个session ID对应的session信息。
这里有几条防范对策：
* 您可以使用SSL来产生一个安全通道，并且只通过HTTPS连接来传送验证cookie。这样攻击者是无法解密所传送的cookie的。
* 设置cookie的过期时间，对所有的cookie和seesion令牌也这样做。这样可以减少被攻击的机会。
* 防范跨站代码攻击，因为它可以在用户的浏览器触发任意代码，这些代码可能会泄露用户的cookie。
* 在cookie有变动的时候验证cookie的内容。
Yii实现了一个cookie验证机制，可以防止cookie被修改。启用之后可以对cookie的值进行HMAC检查。
Cookie验证在默认情况下是禁用的。如果你要启用它，可以编辑[应用配置](/doc/guide/basics.application#application-configuration)
中的组件中的[CHttpRequest]部分。
代码示例：
~~~
[php]
return array(
'components'=>array(
'request'=>array(
'enableCookieValidation'=>true,
),
),
);
~~~
一定要使用经过Yii验证过的cookie数据。使用Yii内置的[cookies|CHttpRequest::cookies]组件来进行cookie操作，不要使用`$_COOKIES`。
~~~
[php]
// 检索一个名为$name的cookie值
$cookie=Yii::app()->request->cookies[$name];
$value=$cookie->value;
......
// 设置一个cookie
$cookie=new CHttpCookie($name,$value);
Yii::app()->request->cookies[$name]=$cookie;
~~~
<div class="revision">$Id: topics.security.txt 1173 2009-09-03 16:46:23Z i@imdong.net $</div> |
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>CSS Writing Modes Test: border-spacing - second value is specified and non-zero in 'vertical-rl' table</title>
<link rel="author" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/" />
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-writing-modes-3/#dimension-mapping" title="7.2 Dimension Mapping" />
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-CSS2-20110607/tables.html#separated-borders" title="17.6.1 The separated borders model" />
<link rel="match" href="s72-border-spacing-002-ref.xht" />
<meta content="ahem" name="flags" />
<meta content="This test checks that second value of 'border-spacing' represents, from right to left, a) spacing between logical table top padding (physical table right padding) and topmost cells and b) inter-row spacing and c) between bottommost cells and logical table bottom padding (physical table left padding)." name="assert" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="support/ahem.css" />
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
table
{
border-spacing: 0em 0.5em; /* computes to logical vertical border-spacing: 10px */
font: 1.25em/1 Ahem; /* computes to 20px/20px */
padding: 0em 1.25em; /* computes to padding-left: 25px and padding-right: 25px */
-ah-writing-mode: vertical-rl;
-webkit-writing-mode: vertical-rl;
writing-mode: tb-rl; /* IE11 */
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}
td
{
height: 1em;
padding: 0em;
width: 0.5em;
}
/*
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| padding-left | left | 2nd | middle | 1st | right | padding-right|
| of table | vert. | right | vert. | right | vert. | of table |
| | border | most | border | most | border | |
| | spacing| row | spacing| row | spacing| |
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div#reference-overlapping-green
{
background-color: green;
height: 6.25em;
position: absolute;
width: 6.25em;
}
div#reference-overlapped-red
{
background-color: red;
height: 6.25em;
position: absolute;
width: 6.25em;
z-index: -1;
}
table#test-overlapped-red
{
background-color: red;
}
table#test-overlapping-green
{
background-color: green;
}
]]></style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Test passes if there is a filled green rectangle and <strong>no red</strong>.</p>
<div id="reference-overlapping-green"></div>
<table id="test-overlapped-red">
<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
</table>
<div id="reference-overlapped-red"></div>
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<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
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</table>
</body>
</html> |
589 F.Supp. 198 (1984)
PUBLIC POWER COUNCIL, a nonprofit corporation, and Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, a municipal corporation in the State of Washington, Plaintiffs,
v.
Peter T. JOHNSON, Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Department of Energy, and the United States of America, Defendants,
Aluminum Company of America, Arco Metal Company, The Carborundum Company, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Intalco Aluminum Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Martin Marietta Aluminum, Inc., Oregon Metallurgical Corporation, Pacific Carbide & Alloys Company, Pennwalt Corporation, and Reynolds Metals Company, Defendant-Intervenors.
Civ. No. 84-248-PA.
United States District Court, D. Oregon.
May 15, 1984.
*199 David Sprayberry, J. Richard Baxendale, Public Power Council, Donald Russo, Blair, Schaefer, Hutchison Wynne, Potter & Horton, Vancouver, Wash., for plaintiffs.
Marcus Wood, Guy A. Randles, Pamela L. Jacklin, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., for amici curiae.
Jonathan A. Ater, Ronald L. Saxton, Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland, Or., Eric Redman, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, Wash., M. Laurence Popofsky, Dian M. Grueneich, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Direct Service Industries.
Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., District of Oregon, Jack G. Collins, Chief, Civil Division, Thomas C. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., John A. Cameron, Jr., Asst. General Counsel, David J. Adler, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Or., for federal defendants.
*200 OPINION AND ORDER
PANNER, District Judge.
This is an action by the Public Power Council, a nonprofit corporation representing publicly or municipally-owned utilities, public utility districts, and cooperatives, and one of its members, arising out of an alleged breach of contract by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Plaintiffs seek a declaration that the contract has been breached and a delay in the start of BPA's 1985 rate case until the breach has been remedied. Defendants are Peter T. Johnson (Johnson), BPA's Administrator; Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Department of Energy; and the United States. A number of direct-service industries (DSIs) have intervened as defendants. Defendants and intervenors moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. I took their motion under advisement on April 2, 1984, pending trial on the merits on April 27, 1984. I now GRANT their motion and DISMISS this action.
BACKGROUND
The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act, or Act), Pub.L. No. 96-501, 94 Stat. 2697 (1980), 16 U.S.C. § 839 (Supp. V. 1981), created new mechanisms for allocating federally-produced power in the Pacific Northwest and imposed new requirements with respect to ratemaking by BPA, the federal agency charged with marketing that power. See generally Finklea, Bonneville Power Administration Ratemaking: An Analysis of Substantive Standards and Procedural Requirements, 13 ENVTL.L. 929 (1983). Under the Act, BPA offered new contracts to its customers on August 28, 1981, and within one year nearly all of BPA's existing customers signed new contracts. See Mellem, Darkness to Dawn? Generating and Conserving Electricity in the Pacific Northwest: A Primer on the Northwest Power Act, 58 WASH.L.R. 245, 249 (1983). The contracts translate the Act's statutory requirements into detailed contractual provisions.
Section 7(b)(2) of the Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 839e(b)(2), establishes a rate ceiling for BPA's preference customers, that is, those customers entitled to preference in the sale of federally-marketed power under the Bonneville Project Act and the Northwest Power Act. See Finklea, 13 ENVTL.L. at 948. See generally Redman, Preference and Other Clauses in Federal Power Marketing Acts, 13 ENVTL.L. 773 (1983); Greening, Bonneville Power Administration's Preference Customers Meet the Northwest Power Act, 13 ENVTL. L. 809 (1983); Mentor & Jory, The Preference Clause Revisited: Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District v. Johnson and the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 58 WASH L.R. 413 (1983). Congress designed the rate ceiling to assure preference customers that "their rates will be no higher than they would have been had the Administrator not been required to participate in power sales or purchase transactions with non-preference customers under this Act." H.R.REP. NO. 976, 96th Cong., 2d Sess., Part I, at 68 (1980) (House Commerce Report) U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1980, p. 5989. The rate ceiling applies beginning July 1, 1985, and is measured using five specific assumptions set out in subsections (A) to (E) of section 7(b)(2), 16 U.S.C. § 839e(b)(2)(A)-(E). If the rate ceiling is triggered in any given rate period, preference customers' rates will be stabilized but revenues not recovered will have to be collected from BPA's other customers through a surcharge. See section 7(b)(3), 16 U.S.C. § 839e(b)(3); Finklea, 13 ENVTL.L. at 948-49.
The standard power sales contract entered into between BPA and its preference customers includes as exhibit B forty-eight pages of "General Contract Provisions." Section 8(e) of the General Contract Provisions provides in full:
Bonneville's wholesale power rates established on any Rate Adjustment Date shall be developed consistent with the provisions of section 7 of P.L. 96-501. Bonneville shall develop in consultation *201 with its utility Customers and shall publish by July 1, 1983, methodologies as required for implementing section 7(b)(2).
Complaint, p. 17. BPA and all of its customers subsequently agreed to change the July 1, 1983, date to March 1, 1984.
Plaintiffs contend BPA has breached section 8(e), as amended, by not publishing in the Federal Register by March 1, 1984, a final methodology as contemplated by the parties.
DISCUSSION
I. Overview Of Evidence.
On November 2, 1982, administrator Johnson wrote BPA's customers to propose that the July 1, 1983, date for publication of a rate test methodology be changed to March 1, 1984. In that letter, Johnson stated that "[t]his contract amendment merely postpones by 8 months, to March 1, 1984, the date by which the methodology to implement section 7(b)(2) must be published in the Federal Register." Exhibit 20, p. 2. See also Exhibit 16, p. 1. On February 29, 1984, BPA released a 39-page document entitled "Section 7(b)(2) Proposed Rate Test Methodology." Exhibit 7. Although General Contract Provision § 8(e) does not by its terms require publication in the Federal Register, exhibits 20 and 16 establish that BPA understood section 8(e) to impose that requirement. Defendants admit this document was not published in the Federal Register by March 1, 1984. They state the document was published on March 26, 1984. See Exhibit 121.
On January 26, 1984, BPA published a request for comments on its proposed legal interpretation of section 7(b)(2). See Exhibit 5. In that document, BPA outlined three tasks for the development of a rate test methodology:
The first task in the process to develop a section 7(b)(2) methodology will result in a legal interpretation of the statutory provisions of the rate test ....
To complete the second task, BPA will develop a working, documented computer model of the rate test ....
....
The third task is the release, in draft form, of portions of the 1985 initial rate proposal. This draft initial proposal will discuss the methodologies for BPA's implementation of the rate test. A preliminary draft of this document will be distributed for comment in February 1984. The proposal will outline the application of the section 7(b)(2) rate test in actual rate filings. It will describe how the statutory interpretation has been reflected in the computer model, how the results of the model will be used to determine the necessity for a reallocation of costs under section 7(b)(3) of the Northwest Power Act, and how the level of those costs will be determined for the 1985 test year ....
Id., pp. 1-2.
On March 6, 1984, Johnson stated in a letter that BPA would commence a formal hearing process under section 7(i) of the Northwest Power Act to develop a rate test methodology. See Exhibit 108. The process would culminate in a BPA "tentative decision" on June 26, 1984, and the release of a computer model on July 17, 1984. Id.
Exhibits 5 and 108 demonstrate that BPA understands section 8(e) to require the section 7(b)(2) rate test methodology to include a computer model. This understanding is further illustrated by the fact that BPA prepared a computer model to aid Congressional comprehension of the rate implications of alternative drafts of the Northwest Power Act. See S.REP. NO. 272, 96th Cong., 1st Sess. 56-79 (1979) (Appendix B).
On March 8, 1983, John D. Carr, acting chief of BPA's Wholesale Rates Branch, wrote a letter to "interested parties" noting that most customers had already agreed to Johnson's proposal to change the date in section 8(e) from July 1, 1983, to March 1, 1984. Carr stated that "[t]he success achieved to date in securing these amendments and waivers, while not complete, allows BPA to decide that the formal process for 7(b)(2) will be postponed until the fall of 1983, with a Final Methodology *202 to be published by March 1, 1984." Exhibit 2, p. 1. Carr had stated on October 1, 1982, that "a final methodology will be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER by July 1, 1983, in compliance with BPA contractual obligations." Exhibit 16, p. 1.
BPA has made clear that it does not view section 8(e) as imposing any requirement that the rate test methodology to be published by March 1, 1984, be "final." Johnson has declared:
The purpose of this first phase decision [leading to release of a computer model on July 17, 1984] is solely to provide input for BPA's 1985 general rate proceeding. No BPA customer will be affected by this decision until new rates are implemented on July 1, 1985. Thus, BPA does not consider the decision on section 7(b)(2) issues to be final for purposes of judicial review. Even if final, the decision would not be ripe for review until the completion of BPA's 1985 wholesale rate proceeding.
Exhibit 108.
BPA's position is supported by the language of section 8(e) which simply requires the publication of "methodologies as required for implementing section 7(b)(2)." Complaint, p. 17. In addition, Earl Gjelde, BPA's chief negotiator for the 1981 power sales contracts, states:
The language of GCP [General Contract Provision] section 8(e) represents the complete agreement reached by the contracting parties ....
I recall no discussion during the contract negotiations regarding whether the methodology required by GCP section 8(e) was intended to be a "final rate test methodology for the purposes of judicial review," as mentioned in the Third Supplemental Affidavit of Lincoln Wolverton, Attachment A, page 3 (March 28, 1984). The contracting parties generally discussed submission of the rate test methodology to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for confirmation and approval; however, the contracting parties did not reach any agreement on this matter.
The contracting parties never agreed that GCP section 8(e) would preclude BPA from changing the rate test methodology at any time if an error or anomoly [sic] were discovered, including errors discovered during the 1985 general rate proceeding. Such an inhibition could seriously impair BPA's ability to establish rates consistent with all requirements of the Northwest Power Act .... I believe that the ability to correct identified problems was an underlying assumption understood by the contracting parties.
Exhibit 114, pp. 2-3.
II. Jurisdiction.
Section 9(e)(5) of the Northwest Power Act provides:
Suits to challenge the constitutionality of this chapter, or any action thereunder, final actions and decisions taken pursuant to this chapter by the Administrator or the [Northwest Power Planning] Council, or the implementation of such final actions ... shall be filed in the United States court of appeals for the region .... Suits challenging any other actions under this chapter shall be filed in the appropriate court.
16 U.S.C. § 839f(e)(5). To summarize, the Ninth Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction to review (1) suits challenging the constitutionality of the Northwest Power Act or any "action" thereunder, (2) suits challenging final actions and decisions taken under the Act by BPA's Administrator or the Northwest Power Planning Council, and (3) suits challenging the implementation of final actions.
There is no contention here that the present lawsuit is a constitutional challenge. Cf. Public Utility Commissioner v. Bonneville Power Administration, 583 F.Supp. 752, (D.Or.1984) (Opinion and Order) (OPUC I).
Nor is there a contention that Johnson has taken any "final action" concerning the rate test methodology. Indeed, he states *203 he will not do so until completion of the 1985 rate hearing. When the Ninth Circuit dismissed the companion case filed by plaintiffs, it held that "[t]he facts alleged in the complaint do not comprise a final action by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration warranting review under the grant of original jurisdiction to this court in the Northwest Power Act." Public Power Council v. Johnson, No. 84-7154 (9th Cir. Mar. 20, 1984) (Order).
While plaintiffs' challenge is based on a provision in their power sales contracts, and those contracts are final actions, plaintiffs do not allege the "implementation" of a final action. Breaches of a contract do not "implement" the contract.
The fact that plaintiffs do not appear to state a case within the Northwest Power Act's grant of original jurisdiction to the Ninth Circuit does not ipso facto create jurisdiction in this court under the savings clause of section 9(e)(5). ("Suits challenging any other actions under this chapter shall be filed in the appropriate court.") 16 U.S.C. § 839f(e)(5). Rather, jurisdiction lies here only if (1) there is an affirmative basis for jurisdiction[*] (2) not precluded by the Northwest Power Act.
The Ninth Circuit recently held that it lacked jurisdiction to review certain BPA rates which had not yet been reviewed and confirmed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District v. Johnson, 735 F.2d 1101, (9th Cir.1984), reh'g denied (May 10, 1984) (Central Lincoln II), the court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain nonconstitutional challenges to rates where its decision might be mooted by subsequent actions of BPA or FERC. Id. at 1110 (as modified on rehearing).
I recently dismissed on jurisdictional grounds a case brought by the Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon challenging BPA's proposed changes to the methodology for determining a utility's "average system cost." OPUC I, supra. I noted among other things that exercise of jurisdiction by a district court would bifurcate judicial review of the average system cost methodology. See National Wildlife Federation v. Johnson, 548 F.Supp. 708, 710 (D.Or.1982), aff'd sub nom. Forelaws on Board v. Johnson, 709 F.2d 1310 (9th Cir. 1983).
The Ninth Circuit has never explicitly ruled that a lawsuit challenging BPA ratemaking action on other than constitutional grounds may be filed only in the Ninth Circuit and only after final FERC confirmation. Nevertheless, I believe that conclusion follows naturally from the language of section 9(e)(5), the Ninth Circuit's holding in Central Lincoln II, Judge Redden's reasoning *204 in National Wildlife Federation, and my decision in OPUC I.
No matter what methodology BPA ultimately devises to implement section 7(b)(2), plaintiffs will experience no effects of that decision until BPA decides its 1985 rate case. This is because the rate ceiling does not become effective until July 1, 1985. The reason plaintiffs are vigorously contesting BPA's process for developing the section 7(b)(2) rate test methodology is because the methodology chosen will have a direct bearing on how much BPA's preference customers will have to pay for their power after that date. Plaintiffs contend the process for developing a methodology is unfair because BPA will be able to manipulate the methodology as it develops its 1985 rates. Plaintiffs fear BPA will predetermine how much it wants to charge preference customers and then devise a rate test methodology which allows such charges. They argue that the methodology will be so complex that it will be easily subject to manipulation once BPA knows the numbers involved in the 1985 rate case.
The rationale behind the Central Lincoln II jurisdictional decision is illuminated both by the very complexity of the rate test methodology and by the fact that plaintiffs may have nothing substantive to complain about after completion of the 1985 rate case. BPA's complex ratemaking determinations should first be reviewed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and then by the Ninth Circuit. These are the two institutions charged by Congress to supervise BPA's rate decisions.
CONCLUSION
The Northwest Power Act vests exclusive jurisdiction in the Ninth Circuit to review BPA rate decisions, after those decisions are reviewed and confirmed by FERC. This court is precluded from reviewing BPA rate decisions whether those decisions are final or nonfinal. Accordingly, the motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
NOTES
[*] An arguable basis for district court jurisdiction is as follows. The interpretation of a contract to which the United States is a party and where there is need for application of a uniform rule is governed by federal law. See United States v. Seckinger, 397 U.S. 203, 209-10, 90 S.Ct. 880, 884-85, 25 L.Ed.2d 224 (1970). In contract cases, where Congress has not expressly provided otherwise, that law is the federal common law of contract. See Donham v. United States, 536 F.2d 765, 769 (8th Cir.1976). The United States district courts have federal question jurisdiction over claims founded on federal common law. See Illinois v. City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 406 U.S. 91, 99-100, 92 S.Ct. 1385, 1390-1391, 31 L.Ed.2d 712 (1972). In the Ninth Circuit, the Tucker Act does not bar district courts from entertaining actions for nonmonetary relief arising out of contracts to which the United States is a party. See Lehner v. United States, 685 F.2d 1187, 1190 (9th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1039, 103 S.Ct. 1431, 75 L.Ed.2d 790 (1983); Laguna Hermosa Corp. v. Martin, 643 F.2d 1376, 1379 (9th Cir.1981). Also in the Ninth Circuit, section 702 of the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, waives sovereign immunity in actions for relief other than money damages. See Lehner, 685 F.2d at 1190; Laguna Hermosa, 643 F.2d at 1378-79; Rowe v. United States, 633 F.2d 799, 801-02 (9th Cir.1980).
I need not decide whether the above analysis is correct, however, if I conclude, as I do, that another statute precludes my exercise of jurisdiction. See UMC Industries v. Seaborg, 439 F.2d 953, 955 (9th Cir.1971) ("It is well settled that if Congress, as here, specifically designates a forum for judicial review of administrative action, that forum is exclusive, and this result does not depend upon the use of the word `exclusive' in the statute providing for a forum for judicial review.") (citations omitted).
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Intrahepatic abscess due to gallbladder perforation.
Perforation of the gallbladder with cholecystohepatic communication is a rare cause of liver abscess. We report four cases of this condition and describe the imaging procedures related to its diagnosis and treatment. The medical and x-ray files of 39 patients with percutaneous drainage of liver abscesses were retrospectively reviewed. Four patients with hepatic abscess due to gallbladder perforation were identified. The patients presented with clinical features suggestive of cholecystitis. Sonography in four patients showed a hypoechoic lesion in the liver adjacent to the gallbladder. CT in three patients showed a hypodense area in the liver, corresponding to the sonographic findings. Percutaneous abscess drainage, followed by an abscessogram, was performed in all patients. Contrast material injected through the drainage catheter filled the gallbladder directly from the abscess cavity. Two patients subsequently underwent cholecystectomy, confirming perforation of the gallbladder fundus. In both cases the gallbladder was noted to be embedded in the liver and covered by adhesions. Perforation of the gallbladder is a rare cause of pyogenic liver abscess. We suggest, however, based on our two patients who underwent surgery, and several cases reported in the literature, that this condition may be more common when the gallbladder is partially or totally intrahepatic. |
Q:
Authenticate to Microsoft Graph api using powershell
*Update - Hacking away this afternoon and I discovered that I was trying to authenticate using ADAL authentication when I should be using MSAL. I changed my approach to use MSAL, and have been successful, but this question still stands for ADAL auth.
I have been having a difficult time being able to authenticate with the graph API using powershell. My end goal is to be able to query some of my OneNote pages, and I am able to use the graph explorer to authenticate using my personal Microsoft account.
I have been following this blog, and this more recent one.
I registered my app at https://apps.dev.microsoft.com and I have a application ID which I have plugged into the PS script as the $clientID and when I run the script I get an error: Method invocation failed because [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext] does not contain a method named 'AcquireToken'.
Looking at the .net documentation for the Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext class there is no method named AcquireToken, but there are a few similarly named ones, although I cannot figure out which one I need to use. Ideally I would like my script to prompt the user for their credentials similar to how the AzureRM module's Login-AzureRmAccount function does. If that is not possible than I could use guidance on how to rework the code below to use Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext.AcquireTokenASync
function Get-AuthToken
{
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
$TenantName
)
Import-Module Azure
$clientId = "00d16af4-d0c7-460a-a9dc-fd350eb4b100"
$redirectUri = "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"
$resourceAppIdURI = "https://graph.microsoft.com"
$authority = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/$TenantName"
$authContext = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext" -ArgumentList $authority
$Credential = Get-Credential
$AADCredential = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.UserCredential" -ArgumentList $credential.UserName,$credential.Password
$authResult = $authContext.AcquireToken($resourceAppIdURI, $clientId,$AADCredential)
return $authResult
}
Get-AuthToken -TenantName "common"
A:
I believe for ADAL you would pass a value from [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.PromptBehavior] into the AcquireTokenASync method in addition to the clientID, my apps' redirect URI, and the resource id "https://graph.microsoft.com". This code prompts me for credentials, but because I am not using Azure AD I can't get pass that point.
function Get-AuthToken{
param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $TenantName)
$clientId = "00d16af4-d0c7-460a-a9dc-fd350eb4b100"
$redirectUri = "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"
$resourceAppIdURI = "https://graph.microsoft.com"
$authority = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/$TenantName"
$authContext = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.AuthenticationContext" -ArgumentList $authority
$promptBehaviour = [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.PromptBehavior]::Auto
$authParam = New-Object "Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.PlatformParameters" -ArgumentList $promptBehaviour
$authenticationTask = $authContext.AcquireTokenASync($resourceAppIdURI, $clientId,$redirectUri,$authParam)
$authenticationTask.Wait()
$authenticationResult = $authenticationTask.Result
return $authResult
}
Get-AuthToken -TenantName "common"
For MSAL I found the MSAL.PS module's Get-MSALToken function which prompted me and returned a valid token that I could use.
Get-MSALToken -Scopes "Notes.Read" -ClientId "00d16af4-d0c7-460a-a9dc-fd350eb4b100" -RedirectUri "urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"
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John Turner Hopwood
John Turner Hopwood (1829 – 1 January 1900) was an English Liberal Party politician, and barrister.
He was the only son of Robert (1800–1860) and Elizabeth (née Turner) Hopwood (d. 1874). His paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was the second mayor of Blackburn. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple on 1 May 1854.
At the 1857 general election, he was elected unopposed as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Clitheroe in Lancashire. He was returned unopposed in 1859, and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1865 general election.
On 7 April 1858, Hopwood married Mary Augusta Henrietta Coventry (1841–1894), the granddaughter of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry. Their son, Aubrey, was a novelist who co-wrote the lyrics for A Runaway Girl, The Lucky Star, and Alice in Wonderland. Their third son, Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949) was referred to as the "poet laureate" of the Royal Navy by Time Magazine.
Hopwood had a particular passion for organ music and had a pipe organ installed in his home. The instrument is now in the Parr Hall Warrington.
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Category:1900 deaths
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Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Neutrophil extracellular traps in neuropathy with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated microscopic polyangiitis.
To clarify the roles of neutrophils in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitic neuropathy, we studied neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in peripheral nerve vasculitis. Stored nerve samples from 17 patients with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) were immunohistochemically analyzed using antibodies for citrullinated histone H3 (citH3) and various neutrophil enzymes. We defined merged citH3 and extracellularly released myeloperoxidase (MPO) as NET formation. We also compared NET formation between MPO-ANCA-positive/negative MPA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated vasculitic neuropathy. NETs were identified mostly in vasculitic small arterioles of 6 of 12 MPO-ANCA-positive MPA patients, and their frequency was higher (p < 0.05) than in ANCA-negative patients. NETs were not found in vasculitic neuropathy with RA or patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. NETs were also observed in the peripheral nervous system of MPA patients as well as in the lung and kidney. These results suggest that NETs may be involved in the pathogenesis of MPA neuropathy. |
U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,181 describes a device which monitors several selected conditions at a local area. If the selected conditions exceed predetermined limits or deviate from normal in some other manner, the device places a telephone call to one of several preselected telephone numbers and waits for the preselected telephone to be answered. If an answer is received, the device gives a speech message describing its location and the alarm condition detected. If the preselected telephone is not answered, the device calls another preselected telephone number in its list of telephone numbers in an attempt to reach someone and report the alarm condition. The device is exceptionally versatile in the types of conditions which can be monitored and in the means of providing information to persons designated when alarm conditions exist. The device had only a single mode of communication; however, this is through synthetic speech.
The Invention
The present invention contemplates a portable monitoring device for monitoring conditions at a selected location and communicating an alarm when conditions deviate from preselected ranges. The present invention communicates its alarm over the existing telephone network in either a synthesized speech format or in a digital data representation format.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable self-contained device for monitoring a selected local area having a standard telephone terminal connected to the commercial telephone network for the occurrences of any of a plurality of conditions adjacent the local area. These conditions can be high or low temperature, power interruption, operation of a smoke, fire or burgular alarm, existence of a high water level, entrance through a restricted area or virtually any other electrically monitorable condition. When one or more of the selected conditions deviate from preset ranges, an alarm signal is generated and the system of the present invention communicates such alarm signal to either a remote data reception terminal or a remote human being through transmission of an alarm signal in digital code or synthetic speech.
In accordance with the general scheme of the present invention, there is provided an electronic circuit and several sensors at the local area to be monitored. The sensors generate signals when the conditions being monitored vary from a preselected range or exceed certain limits. Analog processing circuits condition the signals from the sensors and supply appropriate signals to a microprocessor through an analog to digital converter. The microprocessor has associated with it random access memory (RAM) into which telephone numbers, identification codes and other data required for the operation of the circuit is loaded by means of a key pad. When the output of one of the sensors indicates that a preselected limit has been exceeded, an alarm condition is established and an alarm signal is generated. The alarm signal causes the circuit to generate telephone dialing signals initiating a telephone call on a standard telephone circuit interconnection. The system first attempts to reach the telephone number stored in its first preselected telephone number memory location. If an answer occurs at this location, the circuit looks for a digital acknowledgement signal or "handshake" informing the circuit that a digital terminal is connected at the number recalled. Once this handshake is received, the microprocessor applies digital signals to a modem which communicates with the terminal at the number called such that a code identifying the location being monitored and a message describing the alarm condition are sent to the terminal. If an answer from the first destination number is not received, the circuit continues to try this number until an answer is received or a predetermined period of time expires. After the expiration of this period of time, the circuit calls secondary preselected telephone numbers stored in its memory. A "speech" or "digital" designation signal is stored in association with each secondary preselected number. This designation signal tells the microprocessor the proper mode of communication for the number being called. An appropriate digital or speech format signal is generated and applied to a speech amplifier or a modem, and to the telephone lines informing the person or terminal at the preselected number of the alarm condition.
Further in accordance with the invention, means are provided for sensing the presence of a telephone call to the device and determining whether the call originating station is equipped to communicate in the digital format or should be addressed in speech. If the call originating station is digital capable, that is, the call originated from a computer-like terminal or teletype-like terminal, status information is given in digital machine readable form in one of two modes. First, if the digital inquirer so requests, the device disconnects from the call and calls the first preselected telephone number and gives a status report in machine readable form thereby reporting local conditions and verifying the operability of the call originating function of the device. Second, if the digital inquirer does not request a call back, the device gives a status report in machine readable form on the initial telephone connection. The device also has the capability of giving a synthetic speech status report in response to a telephone inquiry.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a local area monitoring device or system which will communicate alarm reports in either digital or synthetic speech formats depending upon the destination to which the report is directed. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system which will monitor a selected area while unattended and send reports on conditions at the selected area to a remote location in a form which can be recorded or displayed without the need of an attendant at the remote location.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a local area monitoring device which is usable by the hearing impaired.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a local area monitoring device which is usable to TTY subscribers.
It is yet another object of the present invention to supply a local area monitoring device which is usable by persons having a computer terminal or personal computer and wishing their computer terminal or personal computer to perform monitoring functions at a local area remote from the computer in an unattended or unsupervised mode.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a local area monitoring device which is easy to use, easy to install, reliable and inexpensive.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken together with the drawings which will be described in the next section. |
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Q:
How do I get the Video Id from the URL? (DailyMotion)
Example:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4xvnz_the-funny-crash-compilation_fun
How do I get x4xvnz?
A:
You can use basename [docs] to get the last part of the URL and then strtok [docs] to get the ID (all characters up to the first _):
$id = strtok(basename($url), '_');
A:
/video\/([^_]+)/
should do the trick. This grabs in the first capture all text after video/ up till the first _.
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Liver (B-type) phosphofructokinase mRNA. Cloning, structure, and expression.
Mouse liver mRNA enriched in sequences coding for liver phosphofructokinase by polysome immunoadsorption was used as a template for the synthesis of cDNA. The double-stranded cDNA was inserted into the expression vector lambda gt11 and cloned. Preliminary identification of clones containing cDNA sequences for phosphofructokinase was made by screening the library with anti-rat liver phosphofructokinase serum and horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG as second antibody. Subsequently, by selecting antibodies specific to fusion proteins expressed by putative clones and by reacting with Western blots of mouse liver proteins several clones were positively identified as containing liver phosphofructokinase sequences. A cDNA clone corresponding to 2708 nucleotides of liver phosphofructokinase mRNA was further characterized and sequenced. The liver phosphofructokinase mRNA has an open reading frame of 2343 nucleotides followed by a 3'-untranslated region of 303 nucleotides. The G/C-rich (76%) portion of the 5'-untranslated region precedes a characteristic translational start site of CCGCC(AUG). The mRNA coding sequence indicates that the liver phosphofructokinase subunit is composed of 780 amino acid residues and has a Mr of 85,000. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of mouse liver phosphofructokinase with the known rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase shows 68% homology. The N-half of the liver phosphofructokinase has conserved substrate binding sites for ATP and fructose-6-P. The 25 C-terminal residues, which contain the ATP inhibitory site, are the least homologous (20%) but contain a putative phosphorylation site (Arg-Arg-X-X-Ser). The liver phosphofructokinase mRNA is under nutritional and hormonal regulation. The liver phosphofructokinase mRNA level increased 4-fold when previously starved mice were refed a high carbohydrate, fat-free diet. This increase in mRNA level was blocked by 50% by the administration of dibutyryl cAMP. The induction of liver phosphofructokinase mRNA by fasting/refeeding was also diminished in streptozotocin diabetic mice. |
In lithographic printing, ink receptive regions, known as image areas, are generated on a hydrophilic surface. When the surface is moistened with water and ink is applied, the hydrophilic regions retain the water and repel the ink the ink receptive regions accept the ink and repel the water. The ink is then transferred to the surface of suitable materials upon which the image is to be reproduced. In some instances, the ink can be first transferred to an intermediate blanket that in turn is used to transfer the ink to the surface of the materials upon which the image is to be reproduced.
Imageable elements useful to prepare lithographic (or offset) printing plates typically comprise one or more imageable layers applied over a hydrophilic surface of a substrate (or intermediate layers). The imageable layer(s) can comprise one or more radiation-sensitive components dispersed within a suitable binder. Following imaging, either the exposed regions or the non-exposed regions of the imageable layer(s) are removed by a suitable developer, revealing the underlying hydrophilic surface of the substrate. If the exposed regions are removed, the element is considered as positive-working. Conversely, if the non-exposed regions are removed, the element is considered as negative-working. In each instance, the regions of the imageable layer(s) that remain are ink-receptive, and the regions of the hydrophilic surface revealed by the developing process accept water or aqueous solutions (typically a fountain solution), and repel ink.
Similarly, positive-working compositions can be used to form resist patterns in printed circuit board (PCB) production, thick-and-thin film circuits, resistors, capacitors, and inductors, multichip devices, integrated circuits, and active semiconductive devices.
“Laser direct imaging” methods (LDI) have been known that directly form an offset printing plate or printing circuit board using digital data from a computer, and provide numerous advantages over the previous processes using masking photographic films. There has been considerable development in this field from more efficient lasers, improved imageable compositions and components thereof.
Positive-working imageable compositions containing novolak or other phenolic polymeric binders and diazoquinone imaging components have been prevalent in the lithographic printing plate and photoresist industries for many years. Imageable compositions based on various phenolic resins and infrared radiation absorbing compounds are also well known.
A wide range of thermally-sensitive compositions that are useful in thermal recording materials are described in patent GB 1,245,924 (Brinckman), whereby the solubility of any given area of the imageable layer in a given solvent can be increased by the heating of the layer by indirect exposure to a short duration high intensity visible light and/or infrared radiation transmitted or reflected from the background areas of a graphic original located in contact with the recording material.
Thermally imageable, single- or multi-layer elements are also described in WO 97/39894 (Hoare et al.), WO 98/42507 (West et al.), WO 99/11458 (Ngueng et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,467 (Kitatani), U.S. Pat. No. 6,060,217 (Ngueng et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,060,218 (Van Damme et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,110,646 (Urano et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,117,623 (Kawauchi), U.S. Pat. No. 6,143,464 (Kawauchi), U.S. Pat. No. 6,294,311 (Shimazu et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,352,812 (Shimazu et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,593,055 (Shimazu et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,352,811 (Patel et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,358,669 (Savariar-Hauck et al.), and U.S. Pat. No. 6,528,228 (Savariar-Hauck et al.), and U.S. Patent Application Publications 2002/0081522 (Miyake et al.) and 2004/0067432 A1 (Kitson et al.).
Positive-working thermally imageable elements containing thermally-sensitive polyvinyl acetals are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,255,033, 6,541,181 (both Levanon et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 7,399,576 (Levanon et al.), and U.S. Pat. No. 7,544,462 (Levanon et al.), WO 04/081662 (Memetea et al.), and U.S. Patent Application Publication 2009/0004599 (Levanon et al.).
Other positive-working imageable elements are described in copending and commonly assigned U.S. Patent Publication No. 2009/0162783 and U.S. Ser. No. 12/025,089 (filed Feb. 4, 2008 by Levanon et al.), U.S. Ser. No. 12/125,084 (filed May 22, 2008 by Levanon et al.), U.S. Ser. No. 12/195,468 (filed Aug. 21, 2008 by Levanon et al.), and Ser. No. 12/339,469 (filed Dec. 19, 2008 by Levanon et al.).
Offset printing plates recently have been the subject of increasing performance demands with respect to imaging sensitivity (imaging speed) and image resolution as well as resistance to common printing room chemicals (chemical resistance). Often, the compositional features used to provide one desired property do not always improve other properties. While the imageable elements described in the patents, publications, and copending applications in the previous two paragraphs have provided useful advances in the art, additional improvements are still desired. |
Evaluation of a systemic antibiotic treatment of toxic puerperal metritis in dairy cows.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and economic efficiency of a systemic treatment of toxic puerperal metritis in dairy cows with ceftiofur. Cows with abnormal vaginal discharge at a postpartum examination (d 4 to 6 after calving) and a rectal temperature > or = 39.5 degrees C were assigned to three treatment groups. Cows in group 1 (n = 70) received 600 mg of ceftiofur intramuscularly (i.m.) on 3 consecutive days. Cows in group 2 (n = 79) received an intrauterine treatment with antibiotic pills consisting of 2500 mg of ampicillin and 2500 mg of cloxacillin and an additional 6000 mg (i.m.) of ampicillin. This treatment was performed on 3 consecutive days. Cows in group 3 (n = 78) received the same intrauterine treatment as in group 2. In addition, 600 mg of ceftiofur was administered i.m. on 3 consecutive days. Body temperature was recorded daily for 6 d after first treatment. There were no significant differences among the groups regarding clinical efficacy at d 6 after first treatment. The cure rates based on rectal temperatures declining to below 39.5 degrees C on d 6 after treatment were 82.9, 84.8, and 84.6% for groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Reproductive performance did not differ significantly between group 1 and groups 2 and 3 for any of the measures tested. A financial analysis with 87 different cost scenarios demonstrated that a systemic treatment of toxic puerperal metritis in cattle with ceftiofur is an effective alternative to the combination of local and systemic treatments. |
Oct 1, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wade Miley (38) pitches during the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Baltimore Orioles southpaw Wade Miley is set to return from the 10-day on Sunday against the New York Yankees.
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Wade Miley says he’s ready to come back after throwing 87 pitches in a simulation game at the team’s Double-A affiliate Bowie Baysox’s Prince George’s Stadium according to Peter Schmuck from The Baltimore Sun.
If you ever wondered what a simulated game looks like, here you go. #orioles pic.twitter.com/6xY0RdNuNc — Peter Schmuck (@SchmuckStop) April 4, 2017
Miley, who battled a bad case of the flu bug during spring training, was placed on the 10-day disabled list on March 30. However, with the MLB schedule makers presenting the Orioles with two off days within the first four days of the regular season, Miley won’t miss a start.
Miley’s unique simulation game Tuesday was not to work his way back from an injury, but to demonstrate that he has restored his conditioning after an extended period of inactivity. Miley expressed his thoughts to Schmuck after Tuesday’s sim game:
The sickness and missing two weeks in spring, I probably could have gone ahead and been ready for the year, but I think just to be safe and not getting (the team) into a bind. My biggest thing is the bullpen. I don’t want to go out there with an 85-pitch count and blow through 85 pitches in four innings and the bullpen’s got to cover the next five and right out of the gate they’re down.
According to MASN’s Roch Kubatko, Miley is set to make his season debut on Sunday in the series finale against AL East rivals New York Yankees.
#orioles #yankees starters: Fri: Jimenez vs Severino. Sat: Gausman vs. Tanaka. Sun: TBD (expected to be Miley) vs Sabathia — Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) April 3, 2017
Miley will join the Orioles starting rotation as the team’s fourth starter behind Opening Day starter Kevin Gausman, Dylan Bundy and Ubaldo Jimenez. Like last season, Miley is the lone southpaw in the Orioles unpredictable rotation. At the moment, the Orioles are sticking with a four-man rotation as they await the return of pitcher Chris Tillman.
The Louisiana pitcher was traded to the Orioles just one day before the 2016 MLB trade deadline in exchange for left-handed pitcher Ariel Miranda, who excelled during the second half of last season with the Seattle Mariners. In 10 starts with the Mariners, Mirando went 5-2 with a 3.54 ERA, along with 40 strikeouts.
On the other hand, Miley made 11 starts for the Baltimore Orioles last season, going 2-5 with a lofty 6.17 ERA. Miley’s best season came in his first complete major league season in 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks where he won 16 games with a career-best 3.33 ERA, earning himself his first All-Star selection and finished second in the voting for National League Rookie of the Year Award. |
The Poly Grip Lock is a cam-type locking system. This lock was designed for installation with 2 layers of 6 mil poly that is air inflated. It is a simple and secure lock with a track record of dependability. The lock consists of an aluminum base channel and aluminum locking ring. The ring is easily inserted into the base for quick application. This system is not flexible (bendable) and cannot be used on gable ends of quonset houses. |
A Neuro-behavioral test and algorithms for quantification of sleepiness and characterization of wake-sleep transitions.
A neuro-behavioral test has been developed that quantifies sleepiness by means of a convenient and relatively short-duration (15 minute) protocol, and using a class of algorithms that track wake to sleep transitions. Utilizing an ambulatory EEG monitoring combined with an auditory-based vigilance test, this method acquires both behavioral response (i.e., reaction time) and EEG waveforms that are simultaneously analyzed to produce a time-varying EEG-based Drowsiness-Sleepiness Index (DSI). DSI index is computed from the time-varying power spectrum of EEG using an algorithm whose coefficients were determined based on an optimization procedure that maximized the correlation between the time profiles of DSI and those of the behavioral response. Sleepiness is quantified using an algorithm based on the consistency of the neuro-behavioral indices over the test period as well as the degree and profile of their degradation when the subject is incapable of maintaining alertness. This test was administered to 5 volunteers (separate from the subjects whose data were used for the above optimization of DSI) under the conditions of adequate prior night sleep and sleep restriction. Cross correlation analysis showed a close agreement between the time profiles of EEG-based DSI and behavioral response indices. Statistical analysis showed significant difference between the alert and sleepy conditions for the whole group as well as in each individual subject. |
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McGruber writes "Gigaom's Jeff John Roberts reports that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO) has filed a lawsuit against Lodsys, a shell company that gained infamy two years ago by launching a wave of legal threats against small app makers, demanding they pay for using basic internet technology like in-app purchases or feedback surveys. In the complaint filed this week in federal court in Wisconsin, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia asked a judge to declare that four magazine iPad apps are not infringing Lodsys' patents, and that the patents are invalid because the so-called inventions are not new. The complaint explained how Lodsys invited the company to 'take advantage of our program' by buying licenses at $5,000 apiece. It also calls the Wisconsin court's attention to Lodsys' involvement in more than 150 Texas lawsuits. In choosing to sue Lodsys and hopefully crush its patents, Martha Stewart is choosing a far more expensive option than simply paying Lodsys to go away."
You make a good point about the approval from the top, however calculating the 'greater loss' can be complex, especially if you're considering long term. Sort of like how many/most companies today will fight 'frivolous' lawsuits to the hilt - it's more expensive in the short term, against that litigator, yes, but in the long run if you're seen as a target you face so many more lawsuits it's actually cheaper to fight.
I have a friend who worked for a couple of summers at her greenhouse and farmstand. This is basically minimum wage work at a small sideline business that isn't even supposed to make money so much as slightly offset the cost of having a full time maintenance and landscaping staff on her very large personal home and adjoining estate in Maine.
My friend never directly reported to her, and only "met" her insofar as on a handful of occasions she saw fit to check on things or wanted to have a camera crew shoot som
I worked on her TV show for 4 seasons (which is why I'm posting as AC - you never know) - and I can assure you, not only is she aware, but once someone came to her with this, she became a driving force behind it. She may not understand the nitty-gritty details, but once she's been told that someone's fucking with her, there's no messing around. She's in it for the kill.
My siblings and I used to joke about Evil Aunt Martha (she's no particular relation, except that all Stewarts are either descended from a 12th-century Scottish king or peasants on the land of his descendents, so we might be distantly related to her husband.)
She's going to shiv Lodsys, and it'll look fabulous when she does, with legal papers that are black and white and red all over, in nice wintery colors.
I've always had respect for Martha, yes she may be a bit of an elitist bitch, but she taught a generation of people (women and men) to cook and garden and fix up their houses, and she did it in a way that was accessible. She also paid the price for her arrogance and moved on. If she is willing to fight back against the trolls and stand up to their demands, It's a good thing!
There is one big problem with trying to engage in a appeal to authority with some random pastry chef.
There is a high probability that Julia would call that French pastry chef an idiot. Surprisingly, she did not have a lot of tolerance for the kind of elitism in French cuisine that makes it expensive or unapproachable.
The word of some random french chef? Less valuable than toilet paper as toilet paper is at least soft.
I always had sympathy for her after her jail sentence. She went to jail for a MINOR insider trading case (where they couldn't even prove that, just obstruction of justice), while those who collapsed the economy got off scot free.
Hope her company drives the patent trolls into the ground. And then she decorates the grave with some potpourri warning signs to other trolls or some such.
She went to jail for a MINOR insider trading case (where they couldn't even prove that, just obstruction of justice),
My understanding is that she went to jail for "lying" to Federal investigators, which is a felony. She said one thing, her stock broker said another. I suspect they wanted to teach her a lesson so they "believed" him and not her and off she went to the fed pen.
They couldn't prove insider trading simply because she wasn't an insider at that company. That is she had no business or employment r
This was an FBI interview. The only record allowed at an FBI interview are the FBI's notes. You are not allowed any other record. So the record can say whatever they want it to say after the fact.
The fed's started this high profile case against her, for whatever reason, and made a huge media splash. When it turned out that she hadn't actually done anything wrong, they were about to be left looking stupid. Can't have that, can we? So they nailed her on this completely
A lie in the moral sense of the term requires intent which is pretty difficult if not impossible to prove. So the entire idea is complete bullshit as the cops are free to lie or simply to disagree. Intent is not required. You can simply be imperfect (not even stupid or evil) and still run afoul of the law.
It's one of those "catch all laws" that really have no business being on the books in the first place. It's something that the authoriti
I always had sympathy for her after her jail sentence. She went to jail for a MINOR insider trading case (where they couldn't even prove that, just obstruction of justice), while those who collapsed the economy got off scot free.
Hey, but at least we're safer now that Martha has lost the privilege to vote and defend herself with arms.
Seriously, though, we can probably count on one hand the number of people who believe that the system worked for the benefit of society in that case. When department stores pro
I always had sympathy for her after her jail sentence. She went to jail for a MINOR insider trading case (where they couldn't even prove that, just obstruction of justice)
I have no sympathy for her at all. I met a woman in a bar just the other day who spent six months for obstruction of justice just like the rich bitch. Her crime? Criminal stupidity, a cop asked her name and she made one up. The dumbass had no warrants or anything, I guess she thought it was funny. If a cop asks a question, answer truthfull
Lodsys has finally encountered the perfect enemy - Queen bitch, completely self-absorbed, and very, very wealthy. Martha Stewart not only has the money, power, and influence to defend herself, but if she has taken personal offense to their tactics, she won't stop until she has completely and utterly destroyed Lodsys.
It may cost more. But maybe she's also considering the principal of the matter. She could be thinking "this might cost me some money, but those (whatever language older....so nice women use) SOBs shouldn't get away with this". Plus it might give other trolls the idea that going after patents/sueing for bullshit claims may not always end in their favor. Kudos to her!
Plus it might give other trolls the idea that going after patents/sueing for bullshit claims may not always end in their favor. Kudos to her!
In the bigger picture, it will only make a difference if the people responsible for Lodsys's antics are held personally responsible. Otherwise a troll isn't really going to care if their company goes under as long as they walk away with some money in the meantime.
In other words, patent trolls will now expend more effort on attacking the rest of us who are not phenomenally wealthy. Certainly Martha Stewart has every right to defend herself, and I'l probably cheer when she wins - but the outcome isn't really one we can be glad about.
Why wouldn't the company, if it saw itself getting close to losing, simply withdraw and sell it's "assets" (patents) to some other shell company and simply start the game all over again under a different entity?
Nope. The judge threw out the insider trading charges first thing in the morning.
She got jailed for Obstruction Of Justice(aka we caught you at a dishonesty while investigating you for a non-crime). Whenever you read charges like Obstruction, Wire/Mail Fraud, Consiparcy,... in a federal case then you read about the DoJ being a dick. They ain't got nothing, count on jury stupidity and plea bargains. Whatever DA gets results that way is not fit to run for a higher office since he took a huge dump on what ju
She was charged with insider trading, yes. But that got thrown out pretty soon.
Her broker got wind the CEO of another company was selling all of his shares. Neither Stewart nor her broker knew why. These were the facts as accepted by the court. And on that basis they concluded that insider trading laws didn't apply to her actions.
While you ARE entitled to an opinion you should take proper care to know at least a little bit. Otherwise you are an easy mark for populist opinion forming processes. I'm prett
Neither one of us were there. A jury convicted her, who are we to second guess? But I do agree that there are a lot of bullshit charges; my best friend's brother and half of his high school graduating class spent five years in prison on a bullshit charge.
His "crime"? Loaning money to a former classmate who happened to be a dope dealer. The charge was "conspiracy to distribute cocaine." Mike's brother wasn't a dope dealer and never touched the stuff, he
It seems to me that congress needs to revise the rules for obtaining and holding patents. I think that if the subject being patented can be recreated simply by having seen it in action or by a reading of the requirements, then it does not deserve a patent. So stuff like one-click or side to unlock would be excluded. There needs to be real hard work put forth on something before it should be considered an invention. We need to stop patenting mere ideas and obvious stuff. The hard work part should not be based on how hard the patent holder worked, but on how hard a challenger to the patent would have to work.
I do think a good system of rules would be hard to develop. The system should not be easily gamed. If it proves too difficult to write such a set of rules, then it seems to me that having a patent system is bad idea. Furthermore, most all inventions are going to be incremental improvements. Most fields have lots of people working in them. So if the increment of improvement is small and there are many people in the field, then clearly it won't be much work for others to achieve the same result, and hence the first to file concept seems grossly unfair. So now you have to decide what is a significant enough increment for something to warrant a patent. Perhaps if you have a mind like Tesla one could truly invent something stunning, but even then I have my doubts, for every Tesla there seems to a Marconi.
And all too many patent applications are crap for reasons of prior art or obviousness, but examiners at the USPTO don't have nearly the time to research all, or even most of them.
BUT, if you hear of a patent application (or patent) that is just BS due to prior art, you can just go to the Ask Patents website (run by StackExchange and free) and ask if it's a valid one based on prior art or obviousness. Anyone can also provide answers to the questions asked, and the answers will be crowd-ranked according to
People only look at their personal short-term gain, with no thought about the long-term consequences. It's paying the Danegeld [wikipedia.org], nothing less.
I read all the time about this-or-that injustice and oh! the outrage it sparks, but no one wants to do the right thing and fight because it's so hard!
When a cop violates your civil rights, do you take him to court? If no one does, then cops feel free to do whatever they want, and rights violations are everywhere.
When the BSA (business software alliance) demands to search your office without a warrant, when the RIAA offers to settle for less than the court costs, when the border patrol stops and searches your car, or when patent trolls demand license fees, it's all the same: bullies feel free to operate, it's the Danegeld in another form.
If people stood up for their rights and took the bullies to task, there would be a lot less bullying. It would be expensive for the first few people, but in the long run it would be better for everyone. Consider it an investment in your childrens' future: if you fight now, they won't have to fight later.
Next time you read about an injustice, think about what the victim could do to take the bullies to task. Then ask "why didn't they do that?"
Secondly, the money will at some point run out. Then you have to fight anyway.
Finally, it's not a simple matter of defeat or victory. There are victories that are worth it, and ones that aren't [wiktionary.org].
Convince them that even if they do win it'll be the latter and they'll go bother someone else. That doesn't work so well if the struggle is ideologically motivated, but that isn't the scenario here - it's about reso
Usually, because "doing the right thing" is not rewarded by society. You maybe potentially would win something, probably not enough to recoup costs, and for most people you couldn't even go the entire way through before finding your entire life in ruins thanks to the runaway costs of the legal system. I'd be happy doing the right thing, but not if it costs me everything in the process.
Note that there's a reason why trolls like Lodsys only sue small companies or even individuals. You never hear about them
Low? Huh?? $280 for a twenty year monopoly, Copyright costs $35 for a lifetime monopoly (it was $20 when I registered my first copyright on computer programs that are now obsolete). I don't see how the math works with your calculations.
I think it would be interesting if patents were treated a bit more like trademarks in that if you don't defend them you lose them. it may stop a few things from happening;1. Waiting till a product gets widely accepted and then suing. If you don't sue withing a certain number of years the patent is dead.2. Picking on the small guys who do not have the money to defend themselves. Require patent holder to sue all patent violators or the patent is dead.The main issue is would the patent holder know about the in
There's an old saying about knowing what's more expensive in the long run. It's "penny wise, pound foolish". Paying this patent troll to go away this time is cheaper than a lawsuit. How much cheaper is the lawsuit, though, than setting a precedent of being pushed around by patent trolls and paying them off? |
Q:
Datetime2 precision in .NET
Microsoft did introduce the Datetime2 type in SQL server 2008.
However, even with VS 2010 (made by the same compagny and realeased 2 years after MSSQL2008), I couldn't find a variable type that would handle Datetime2 with full precision.
Is there any variable type that would allow me to handle Datatime2 in .NET without any precision lost?
If the answer is no, do you know if Microsoft have any plan about creating such type in a near future?
A:
Take a look at the MSDN Page for Mapping CLR Parameter Data. According to MSDN, your best bet for mapping Datetime2 is using DateTime or Nullable<DateTime>.
If neither of those meet your requirements, then I'm guessing the answer would be no and I don't think Microsoft would be releasing anything in the near future.
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A quality assurance program for the evaluation of antimicrobic treatment of urinary tract infections.
In the course of a quality assurance (QA) activity on the use of antimicrobics the authors set out to assess the management of urinary tract infection (UTI) in 76 patients. From culture data they noted an excellent or correct use in 78% of the patients, but a misuse in 22%. A committee was organized, with representatives of all departments, which set out criteria for the correct treatment of UTI. Using these criteria, the medical records were retrospectively assessed and the results are described. The protocol will be communicated to all involved, and then a reassessment will be made, to evaluate change in behaviour. |
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Reference to a button from android system
I want to access some of the android already implemented buttons. Can i get a reference to them? For example, i receive a pairing request. This dialog have two buttons: cancel and accept. Can i access one of them and press them?
A:
Can i access one of them and press them?
No, sorry. That is from a separate application; you have no means of getting a Button object that represents them.
i want to automatically accept this pair device
That should be impossible, for obvious security reasons.
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/*
* Tigase XMPP Server - The instant messaging server
* Copyright (C) 2004 Tigase, Inc. (office@tigase.com)
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* along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.
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package tigase.osgi;
import tigase.annotations.TigaseDeprecated;
import tigase.conf.Configurable;
import tigase.xmpp.XMPPImplIfc;
/**
* @author andrzej
*/
public interface ModulesManager {
void registerClass(Class<?> cls);
void unregisterClass(Class<?> cls);
@Deprecated
@TigaseDeprecated(since = "8.0.0")
void registerPluginClass(Class<? extends XMPPImplIfc> pluginCls);
@Deprecated
@TigaseDeprecated(since = "8.0.0")
void unregisterPluginClass(Class<? extends XMPPImplIfc> pluginCls);
@Deprecated
@TigaseDeprecated(since = "8.0.0")
void registerServerComponentClass(Class<? extends Configurable> compCls);
@Deprecated
@TigaseDeprecated(since = "8.0.0")
void unregisterServerComponentClass(Class<? extends Configurable> compCls);
void update();
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}
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Music of Badakhshan
Badakhshan is a region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan with a unique musical heritage, especially that of the remote Pamiri Ismailis. Badakhshan's unique folk scene is said to be characteristed by the use of many chromatized tones (especially in falak) in a narrow melodic range, and the use of a characteristic minor-like scale .
Instrumentation
Lutes are an extremely important part of Badakhshani music, especially the three-stringed shortneck lute played with a wooden plectrum; this is called the Pamiri rubab. Other varieties of lute in Badakhshan include the komus, a three-stringed but unfretted lute played by the Kyrgyz of eastern Badakhshan, the tanbur, a seven-stringed lute with sympathetic strings, the setar, with three melody strings and a number of sympathetic strings; the imported Afghan rubab and Azerbaijani tar are also a major part of Badakhshan's lute heritage .
Other instruments include the ney, a kind of flute, and the Ghaychak, a spiked fiddle; the circular frame drum daf is also common, as is the accordion, brought by Russians.
Vocal music
Badakhshani music has a characteristic throaty, nasal sound which is a distinguishing characteristic of the area's vocal style. The madah is a kind of sung religious poetry, accompanied by rubabs and/or tanbyr with at least one daf .
List of Badakhshani musicians
Oleg Fesov from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Daler Nazarov from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Nobovar Chanorov from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Samandar Pulodov from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Temursho from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
Takhmina of Avesto from Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
References
Badakhshan
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#include "AdjacentMatrix.h"
__device__ __host__ glm::dvec3
middle_point(const glm::dvec3 &p0, const glm::dvec3 &n0, const glm::dvec3 &p1, const glm::dvec3 &n1) {
/* How was this derived?
*
* Minimize \|x-p0\|^2 + \|x-p1\|^2, where
* dot(n0, x) == dot(n0, p0)
* dot(n1, x) == dot(n1, p1)
*
* -> Lagrange multipliers, set derivative = 0
* Use first 3 equalities to write x in terms of
* lambda_1 and lambda_2. Substitute that into the last
* two equations and solve for the lambdas. Finally,
* add a small epsilon term to avoid issues when n1=n2.
*/
double n0p0 = glm::dot(n0, p0), n0p1 = glm::dot(n0, p1),
n1p0 = glm::dot(n1, p0), n1p1 = glm::dot(n1, p1),
n0n1 = glm::dot(n0, n1),
denom = 1.0f / (1.0f - n0n1*n0n1 + 1e-4f),
lambda_0 = 2.0f*(n0p1 - n0p0 - n0n1*(n1p0 - n1p1))*denom,
lambda_1 = 2.0f*(n1p0 - n1p1 - n0n1*(n0p1 - n0p0))*denom;
return 0.5 * (p0 + p1) - 0.25 * (n0 * lambda_0 + n1 * lambda_1);
}
__device__ __host__ glm::dvec3
position_round_4(const glm::dvec3 &o, const glm::dvec3 &q,
const glm::dvec3 &n, const glm::dvec3 &p,
double scale) {
double inv_scale = 1.0 / scale;
glm::dvec3 t = glm::cross(n, q);
glm::dvec3 d = p - o;
return o +
q * std::round(glm::dot(q, d) * inv_scale) * scale +
t * std::round(glm::dot(t, d) * inv_scale) * scale;
}
__device__ __host__ glm::dvec3
position_floor_4(const glm::dvec3 &o, const glm::dvec3 &q,
const glm::dvec3 &n, const glm::dvec3 &p,
double scale) {
double inv_scale = 1.0 / scale;
glm::dvec3 t = glm::cross(n,q);
glm::dvec3 d = p - o;
return o +
q * std::floor(glm::dot(q, d) * inv_scale) * scale +
t * std::floor(glm::dot(t, d) * inv_scale) * scale;
}
__device__ __host__ double cudaSignum(double value) {
return std::copysign((double)1, value);
}
__device__ __host__ void
compat_orientation_extrinsic_4(const glm::dvec3 &q0, const glm::dvec3 &n0,
const glm::dvec3 &q1, const glm::dvec3 &n1, glm::dvec3& value1, glm::dvec3& value2) {
const glm::dvec3 A[2] = { q0, glm::cross(n0, q0) };
const glm::dvec3 B[2] = { q1, glm::cross(n1, q1) };
double best_score = -1e10;
int best_a = 0, best_b = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
for (int j = 0; j < 2; ++j) {
double score = std::abs(glm::dot(A[i], B[j]));
if (score > best_score + 1e-6) {
best_a = i;
best_b = j;
best_score = score;
}
}
}
const double dp = glm::dot(A[best_a], B[best_b]);
value1 = A[best_a];
value2 = B[best_b] * cudaSignum(dp);
}
__device__ __host__ void
compat_position_extrinsic_4(
const glm::dvec3 &p0, const glm::dvec3 &n0, const glm::dvec3 &q0, const glm::dvec3 &o0,
const glm::dvec3 &p1, const glm::dvec3 &n1, const glm::dvec3 &q1, const glm::dvec3 &o1,
double scale, glm::dvec3& v1, glm::dvec3& v2) {
glm::dvec3 t0 = glm::cross(n0, q0), t1 = glm::cross(n1, q1);
glm::dvec3 middle = middle_point(p0, n0, p1, n1);
glm::dvec3 o0p = position_floor_4(o0, q0, n0, middle, scale);
glm::dvec3 o1p = position_floor_4(o1, q1, n1, middle, scale);
double best_cost = 1e10;
int best_i = -1, best_j = -1;
for (int i = 0; i<4; ++i) {
glm::dvec3 o0t = o0p + (q0 * ((i & 1) * scale) + t0 * (((i & 2) >> 1) * scale));
for (int j = 0; j<4; ++j) {
glm::dvec3 o1t = o1p + (q1 * ((j & 1) * scale) + t1 * (((j & 2) >> 1) * scale));
glm::dvec3 t = o0t - o1t;
double cost = glm::dot(t, t);
if (cost < best_cost) {
best_i = i;
best_j = j;
best_cost = cost;
}
}
}
v1 = o0p + (q0 * ((best_i & 1) * scale) + t0 * (((best_i & 2) >> 1) * scale)),
v2 = o1p + (q1 * ((best_j & 1) * scale) + t1 * (((best_j & 2) >> 1) * scale));
}
__global__
void cudaUpdateOrientation(int* phase, int num_phases, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q, Link* adj, int* adjOffset, int num_adj) {
int pi = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
// for (int pi = 0; pi < num_phases; ++pi) {
if (pi >= num_phases)
return;
int i = phase[pi];
glm::dvec3 n_i = N[i];
double weight_sum = 0.0f;
glm::dvec3 sum = Q[i];
for (int l = adjOffset[i]; l < adjOffset[i + 1]; ++l) {
Link link = adj[l];
const int j = link.id;
const double weight = link.weight;
if (weight == 0)
continue;
glm::dvec3 n_j = N[j];
glm::dvec3 q_j = Q[j];
glm::dvec3 value1, value2;
compat_orientation_extrinsic_4(sum, n_i, q_j, n_j, value1, value2);
sum = value1 * weight_sum + value2 * weight;
sum -= n_i*glm::dot(n_i, sum);
weight_sum += weight;
double norm = glm::length(sum);
if (norm > 2.93873587705571876e-39f)
sum /= norm;
}
if (weight_sum > 0) {
Q[i] = sum;
}
// }
}
__global__
void cudaPropagateOrientationUpper(glm::dvec3* srcField, glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* destField, int num_orientation) {
int i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
// for (int i = 0; i < num_orientation; ++i) {
if (i >= num_orientation)
return;
for (int k = 0; k < 2; ++k) {
int dest = toUpper[i][k];
if (dest == -1)
continue;
glm::dvec3 q = srcField[i];
glm::dvec3 n = N[dest];
destField[dest] = q - n * glm::dot(n, q);
}
// }
}
__global__
void cudaPropagateOrientationLower(glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* Q, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q_next, glm::dvec3* N_next, int num_toUpper) {
int i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
// for (int i = 0; i < num_toUpper; ++i) {
if (i >= num_toUpper)
return;
glm::ivec2 upper = toUpper[i];
glm::dvec3 q0 = Q[upper[0]];
glm::dvec3 n0 = N[upper[0]];
glm::dvec3 q, q1, n1, value1, value2;
if (upper[1] != -1) {
q1 = Q[upper[1]];
n1 = N[upper[1]];
compat_orientation_extrinsic_4(q0, n0, q1, n1, value1, value2);
q = value1 + value2;
}
else {
q = q0;
}
glm::dvec3 n = N_next[i];
q -= glm::dot(n, q) * n;
double len = q.x * q.x + q.y * q.y + q.z * q.z;
if (len > 2.93873587705571876e-39f)
q /= sqrt(len);
Q_next[i] = q;
// }
}
__global__
void cudaUpdatePosition(int* phase, int num_phases, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q, Link* adj, int* adjOffset, int num_adj, glm::dvec3* V, glm::dvec3* O, double scale) {
int pi = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
// for (int pi = 0; pi < num_phases; ++pi) {
if (pi >= num_phases)
return;
int i = phase[pi];
glm::dvec3 n_i = N[i], v_i = V[i];
glm::dvec3 q_i = Q[i];
glm::dvec3 sum = O[i];
double weight_sum = 0.0f;
for (int l = adjOffset[i]; l < adjOffset[i + 1]; ++l) {
Link link = adj[l];
int j = link.id;
const double weight = link.weight;
if (weight == 0)
continue;
glm::dvec3 n_j = N[j], v_j = V[j];
glm::dvec3 q_j = Q[j], o_j = O[j];
glm::dvec3 v1, v2;
compat_position_extrinsic_4(
v_i, n_i, q_i, sum, v_j, n_j, q_j, o_j, scale, v1, v2);
sum = v1*weight_sum +v2*weight;
weight_sum += weight;
if (weight_sum > 2.93873587705571876e-39f)
sum /= weight_sum;
sum -= glm::dot(n_i, sum - v_i)*n_i;
}
if (weight_sum > 0) {
O[i] = position_round_4(sum, q_i, n_i, v_i, scale);
}
// }
}
__global__
void cudaPropagatePositionUpper(glm::dvec3* srcField, glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* V, glm::dvec3* destField, int num_position) {
int i = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
// for (int i = 0; i < num_position; ++i) {
if (i >= num_position)
return;
for (int k = 0; k < 2; ++k) {
int dest = toUpper[i][k];
if (dest == -1)
continue;
glm::dvec3 o = srcField[i], n = N[dest], v = V[dest];
o -= n * glm::dot(n, o - v);
destField[dest] = o;
}
// }
}
void UpdateOrientation(int* phase, int num_phases, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q, Link* adj, int* adjOffset, int num_adj) {
cudaUpdateOrientation << <(num_phases + 255) / 256, 256 >> >(phase, num_phases, N, Q, adj, adjOffset, num_adj);
// cudaUpdateOrientation(phase, num_phases, N, Q, adj, adjOffset, num_adj);
}
void PropagateOrientationUpper(glm::dvec3* srcField, int num_orientation, glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* destField) {
cudaPropagateOrientationUpper << <(num_orientation + 255) / 256, 256 >> >(srcField, toUpper, N, destField, num_orientation);
// cudaPropagateOrientationUpper(srcField, toUpper, N, destField, num_orientation);
}
void PropagateOrientationLower(glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* Q, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q_next, glm::dvec3* N_next, int num_toUpper) {
cudaPropagateOrientationLower << <(num_toUpper + 255) / 256, 256 >> >(toUpper, Q, N, Q_next, N_next, num_toUpper);
// cudaPropagateOrientationLower(toUpper, Q, N, Q_next, N_next, num_toUpper);
}
void UpdatePosition(int* phase, int num_phases, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* Q, Link* adj, int* adjOffset, int num_adj, glm::dvec3* V, glm::dvec3* O, double scale) {
cudaUpdatePosition << <(num_phases + 255) / 256, 256 >> >(phase, num_phases, N, Q, adj, adjOffset, num_adj, V, O, scale);
// cudaUpdatePosition(phase, num_phases, N, Q, adj, adjOffset, num_adj, V, O, scale);
}
void PropagatePositionUpper(glm::dvec3* srcField, int num_position, glm::ivec2* toUpper, glm::dvec3* N, glm::dvec3* V, glm::dvec3* destField) {
cudaPropagatePositionUpper << <(num_position + 255) / 256, 256 >> >(srcField, toUpper, N, V, destField, num_position);
// cudaPropagatePositionUpper(srcField, toUpper, N, V, destField, num_position);
}
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1. Field of the Disclosure
The present disclosure relates to a display substrate, a method of manufacturing the display substrate and a display device having the display substrate. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a display substrate used for a display device, a method of manufacturing the display substrate, and a display device having the display substrate.
2. Description of the Related Art
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate, a color filter substrate facing the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate.
The TFT substrate includes a signal line formed on an insulation substrate, a TFT and a pixel electrode for independently driving a plurality of pixels. The color filter substrate includes a color filter layer including a red color filter, a green color filter and a blue color filter, and a common electrode facing the pixel electrode of the TFT substrate. There may be a decrease in quality if the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate are misaligned.
An LCD device having a color filter on array (COA) structure, in which a color filter layer is formed on the TFT substrate, has been developed in order to mitigate the decrease in quality due to misalignment between the TFT substrate and the color filter substrate.
The TFT substrate having the COA structure may include an inorganic insulation layer covering the color filter layer in order to prevent harmful gas from flowing out of the color filter layer.
When the inorganic insulation layer formed on the color filter layer is harder than the color filter layer, the compressibility of the color filter layer corresponding to a contact portion of the column spacer may be reduced. As a result, the spreadability of liquid crystal molecules may be reduced, resulting in the formation of portions of the LCD between TFT substrate and the color filter substrate that do not fill up with liquid crystal molecules. The areas that are not filled with liquid crystal molecules may produce a reddish defect when that portion or the LCD is in a black state. |
2 Rings! Astros' Carlos Correa makes post-title proposal
National Sports
Nov 2, 2017
Daniella Rodriguez, former Miss Texas shows off her engagement ring after Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa purposed after Game 7 of baseball's World Series Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, in Los Angeles. The Astros won 5-1 to win the series 4-3 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Correa and Daniella Rodriguez both left Dodger Stadium with rings.
The Astros shortstop proposed to his girlfriend on live television moments after Houston earned its World Series title with a 5-1 victory in Game 7 on Wednesday night.
The proposal from her boyfriend of over a year completely surprised Rodriguez, a former Miss Texas USA.“He had been so focused on the game,” Rodriguez said. “All he ever talked about was winning the World Series, so I never really thought something like this would be on his mind, so when it all went down, I was just shocked.”
She also had no idea Correa had been urged to put a ring on it by his mother, and he was plotting a proposal for several weeks. Even Correa’s teammates were in on the scheme: Carlos Beltran, the Astros’ 40-year-old slugger, helped the 23-year-old shortstop pick out the ring.
Correa said he gambled and waited for a dramatic finale to the Astros’ first championship year.“I knew we had championship potential, so I decided to hold out until the last game of the season,” Correa said.
Rodriguez said yes, once she regained the ability to speak.
While Correa went to the clubhouse to spray champagne, Rodriguez gleefully flashed the huge ring to her fellow Astros wives and girlfriends, including Kate Upton.
She’ll need a bit longer to get over the shock, however.“Everyone knew besides me,” Rodriguez said. “I’m really good at finding stuff out. Every time I had a surprise birthday party, I would always find out. So I was literally in just the complete dark about this. Everyone knew but me.”
Correa and Rodriguez are living together in Houston with a beautiful puppy named Groot . Correa, the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year, had five homers and 14 RBIs in an outstanding postseason, capped by eight hits in the World Series, including two homers.
But when he wasn’t raking, Correa was getting ready to surprise Rodriguez.“I saw a picture of the ring two days ago,” Astros third baseman Alex Bregman said. “We were supposed to do it (after) Game 6, but then we didn’t play our game. Came back today, won the World Series, the guy proposed to his girlfriend. It was unbelievable.”
The TV proposal brought back memories of Boise State running back Ian Johnson’s surprise on-camera proposal to his girlfriend , Broncos cheerleader Chrissy Popadics, after Boise State’s stunning 43-42 victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1, 2007.
Not for Rodriguez, though: She had never heard of it.
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Sex steroid metabolism and receptor status in hepatic hyperplasia and cancer in rats.
Both androgenic and estrogenic steroids have been implicated in the development and course of several liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate temporal changes in hepatic estrogen and androgen receptors and hormone metabolism in a rat model of liver hyperplasia and carcinogenesis. Rats were fed hepatocarcinogenic peroxisome proliferator agents for 3 days to 10 months. Livers were examined for proliferation markers, activity and cellular distribution of sex steroid receptors, and key enzymes in sex hormone homeostasis. At all times, liver weight and proliferation markers in treated rats were increased. Early exposure resulted in increased nuclear estrogen and androgen receptor activity in treated rats. Tumors that developed after 9-10 months showed a marked decrease in estrogen receptor activity and, in contrast, an increase in androgen receptor activity, as did liver surrounding the tumors. Both short-term and long-term exposure to the carcinogens resulted in dramatic reductions in steroid metabolism. This study supports the thesis that, in preneoplastic stages such as hyperplasia, there is an elevation of both receptor activities and that the progression from hyperplasia to cancer results in suppression of estrogen receptor expression but maintenance of androgen receptor. |
On this very special day, you need to celebrate the day with the most colourful and tasty dishes. Generally, for a festival, the most favourite part is the meal time, apart from this, it is the snacks time, which the whole family enjoys!
Yes, though we have a heavy meal in the festival, by the time the clock strikes five, we would love to taste some really yummy snacks. So, today, we shall tell you some of the best snacks that you can prepare for the Ramzan Eid day.
The snack recipes that we have mentioned today are the most tastiest snacks that will surely be loved by one and all. Prepare these snack recipes and serve it to your loved ones on the special day of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Tandoori Fish Tikka:
One of the best dishes that non-vegetarians love to eat apart from chicken is fish. Dishes that are prepared with fish taste the best. So, read to know how to prepare your favourite tandoori fish tikka recipe for Ramzan.
Kheema Samosa:
If veg samosas are boring, you can try preparing the kheema samosa, which tastes just out of the world. This is a very simple recipe that you can prepare on Eid and serve it to all your guests!
Chicken Sticks:
The chicken sticks look more like French fries. But only after you take a bite, will you realise that it tastes more amazing than any of the snacks. This is a latest snack recipe that you need to surely check out.
Chicken Lollipop:
Some believe that chicken lollipop is prepared for lunch, but it can be served as a snack too. Also, you can prepare the lip-smacking recipe within minutes. So, read to know how to prepare the chicken lollipop for Ramzan.
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Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), a natural dietary component, has been found as an antitumor agent by stimulating apoptosis and inhibiting cancer cell proliferation, their migration, and metastasis in diverse cancers including colon cancer. However, molecular mechanisms of its action have not been well understood. In recent years, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to play important roles in a broad range of biologic processes, such as cell growth, proliferation, apoptosis, or autophagy. These small noncoding molecules regulate post-transcriptional expression of targets genes via degradation of transcript or inhibition of protein synthesis. Aberrant expression and/or dysregulation of miRNAs have been characterized during tumor development and progression, thus, they are potential molecular targets for cancer prevention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of IP6 on the miRNAs expression profile in Caco-2 colon cancer cells. 84 miRNAs were analyzed in Caco-2 cells treated with 2.5 mM and 5 mM IP6 by the use of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) array. The effect of 5 mM IP6 on selected potential miR-155 targets was determined by real-time (RT)-qPCR and ELISA (quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay )method. The results indicated alteration in the specific 10 miRNA expression in human colon cancer cells following their treatment with 5 mM IP6. It down-regulated 8 miRNAs (miR-155, miR-210, miR-144, miR-194, miR-26b, miR-126, miR-302c, and miR-29a) and up-regulated 2 miRNAs (miR-223 and miR-196b). In silico analysis revealed that FOXO3a, HIF-1α, and ELK3 mRNAs are those of predicted targets of miR-155. IP6 at the concentration of 5 mM markedly induced FOXO3a and HIF-1a genes' expression at both mRNA and protein level and decreased the amount of ELK3 mRNA as well as protein concentration in comparison to the control. In conclusion, the present study indicates that one of the mechanisms of antitumor potential of IP6 is down-regulation of the miR-155 expression in human colon cancer cells. Moreover, the expression of genes that are targeted by miRNA are also modulated by IP6. |
Children who are socially inactive or have special needs can be treated well with the help of some group-based trainings and activities. LEGO therapy training is one such treatment that is very fruitful is opening up such children and making them socially active. It involves the use of some building blocks that are to be fitted at the correct places. These blocks need to be fitted in different shapes and sizes and it is actually a fun-involved brain-storming activity.
Children Learn to Team Up in LEGO Training Sessions
Children sit together and apply their own brains and respond to each other. Slowly but steadily, they open up to each other and develop friendships. Autistic children need such activities at broader level so that they could be able to gel up with others in society. Most of all, such activities are important for autism patients because at least they would be able to learn to express their own feelings and talk about their own requirements. This lessens the stress of such people’s parents and other closed ones, and also it helps them to lead a better life.
A Child’s Unusual Behaviour Should Not Be Ignored
If somebody’s child does not respond well and unable to express pain or happiness, this should not be taken lightly. At once, an able consultant should be contacted and accordingly a reputed doctor should be consulted for the same. At home, the child should be made to practice to be comfortable among people and should not be allowed to spend much time alone. However, it is such a state where treatment is compulsory and then only good results are obtained.
Swords are being used since ages for the purpose of defence. It is the great weapon that was used to gain protection from the enemies. In the present time, swords are no longer used for the protection due to the availability of other arms but they are widely used for the decorations and for the entertainment purpose. Craze for swords can be greatly seen among the people as they buy the old real swords from the auctions and have preserved the swords of their ancestors. The real swords are expensive as compared to the artificial swords for sale.
Types of swords
Asian swords are the most popular types of swords for which sword lovers are passionate. They look for the samurai swords, Katana swords, Chinese swords, folded swords, wooden swords, claymore and other types of Asian Swords. When you go for purchase of any of these swords, you should check out its specifications and quality before buying it. Swords types are based on the classification of swords that is done on the basis of its design, region from where it originated and blade type. You can get the swords with stainless steel blade, iron blade and bronze blade.
Important points for purchasing the swords
If you are also fond of swords, then you can buy it from the reputed seller who has a rich collection of different types of swords. You can either look for the real swords for sale or the fake swords for sale. Generally, the fake or artificial swords are used for the purpose of entertainment. It is purchased by the film directors or theatre artists for use in the mythological, adventurous and action plays and movies. These swords look exactly like the real swords but they are very light in weight and made up of steel and other materials that are used in the modern time. Blades of fake swords are blunt and are safe to use.
Online swords store
There are some online swords stores from where you can buy the sword of your choice. You can check out the models of the swords and its specifications before purchasing it. Along with buying the swords, you can purchase the sword accessories to increase the life of swords and to store it safely. Online sellers have higher credibility for selling the right type of sword and delivering it safely. If you are buying the real swords online, then you should get it checked by the expert on the delivery to ensure that you have received the right sword.
Almost everyone in Edinburgh wants to look unique and special which is why they look to paint a tattoo on the body or pierce one on the body parts. Piercing in Edinburgh has become very popular and especially the youngsters are quite attracted about this prospect. There are a number of shops in the city that can help you with different styles of piercing that will redefine your personality and make you look a bit different. To help you in making the right selection, here are some of the best ideas that you can make use of while going for piercing:
Love piercing:
This can be one of the hottest styles and will definitely make your hubby or boyfriend love you even more in addition to enhancing the looks that you possess. You can get the piecing done on the lower portion of the ear and can make use of expensive jewels to wear which will make everyone to take note of you. The style is getting very popular and the girls are getting different jewels on different letters of the word love to make the designs even more attractive and inspiring.
An arrow style piercing:
This is a rather unique idea that will set you a class apart from others and will bolster your beauty by a few notches. The best option that you have is to wear the ear piece with diamond jewels to attract everyone even more but you can also opt for the imitation in case you are not willing to spend heavy.
Heritage jewels are increasingly sought after nowadays, with prices ranging depending on factors like craftsmanship, durability, and age. This type of jewellery generally dates from the Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian and Art Deco periods, as well as from royal India times.
However, it is important to make the difference between antique and vintage before actually purchasing any heritage jewellery. Thus, genuine antique jewellery must be over 100 years old and less than 50% restored. On the other hand, pieces are considered vintage when they are between 50 and 100 years old. Obviously, antique items will be considerably more expensive than vintage ones.
Any antique piece makes a truly unique gift, considering how difficult it is to source, and that there is a limited number of 100+ years old jewellery available. These gems are not only beautiful and rare, but they are also shrouded in history, romance and mystery, leading some people to believe the stones possess magical powers.
Indian jewellery
Another important distinction to make is between genuine heritage and heritage inspired. To exemplify, let’s look at Indian jewellery, which is yet another popular, heritage inspired collection. Indian pieces generally draw from themes and patterns from royal India and Persia, dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries. They were popular with the British aristocracy, and have remained a favourite ever since.
The intricate Indian carvings and paintings are the inspiration for heritage Indian jewellery. While history is deeply embedded in each heritage inspired jewel, these beautiful pieces are modern creations for the modern woman, rather than authentic pieces. Nonetheless, they still are a stylish way to reconnect with history, as well as people and places long ago.
Designers use contemporary styling to make these jewels wearable, which is a huge perk when you consider that genuine antique pieces are generally too old for wearing. Each jewel takes several hours to make, and only the finest natural precious and semi-precious stones go into its making. The metal base is typically gold, silver or brass, styled to match or reflect the heritage story its designers wishes to tell to a contemporary audience.
With the number of advancements that have been made in the field of health and wellness, people can often find it difficult to decide which outlet, method, or product might be right for them. Oftentimes, people opt for products from mass produced pharmaceutical giants which may have chemicals and synthetic substances as compared to their organic and all natural counterparts but promise a quicker cure albeit the same outcome is promised by all natural products but with a slightly longer timeframe.
Lately there has been a new innovation through the introduction of natural therapy as an option to wellness. This method works by boosting substances that already normally occur in the body or that one would be ingesting with daily meals without having to take on supplements.
Vitamin therapy is intravenously given to people and hence takes on a much faster effect with the feeling of wellness at an almost immediate rate.
Who can have this kind of remarkable therapy?
Whether you might currently be suffering from a debilitating disease and are looking to give your immune system a much needed boost, whether you may be dehydrated or just beginning to feel its effects, whether you want to prepare for any upcoming events which will require you to be at 100% or if you simply just want to improve your health, this therapy is all natural and can be used by virtually anybody.
Are there any side effects or adverse reactions?Energy levels can be increased through this kind of therapy. This is because of its fast absorption and the body’s organs getting the nutrients they need directly from the source. Increased energy levels are considered a good effect and ensuring to a better and healthier you.
Vitamin therapy, however, is given intravenously and the only thing that may be considered as a negative effect would be a possible pain or soreness at the site which will usually go away within a few hours after the infusion is over.
Who will do it? When opting for this therapy, make sure that you are getting a qualified IV therapist. IV therapy is a qualification given to medical professionals after taking intrinsic training and an exam to assure their competence. Usually, IV therapy certified individuals will hold a degree relating to medicine such as doctors, nurses, midwives, medical technicians, and such.
The all naturally occurring ingredients used will not harm your body in any possible way; as a matter of fact, it will make you feel much better. If you still might be a little skeptic, then go ahead and give it a try. The all natural ingredients won’t harm you just as much as eating a healthy meal or a salad would. The mentioned therapy is infused with the nutrients that the body needs as well as the much needed electrolytes in order to maintain hydration and avoid the shutting down of the body so really, it might even be compared to downing an energy drink only with much more added value, a better outcome, and a faster effect.
Any fitness trainer would suggest you to have matcha or green tea on a regular basis. Yes, this organic tea has many health and fitness benefits associated with it and despite its unusual taste, it is the favourite of health freaks. However, new tea-makers have resolved the issue of its bitter taste and one can buy flavoured green tea from any well-known matcha store.
Matcha tea detoxifies the body and burns calories faster
It is believed that one who in-takes matcha tea every day can reduce weight faster. However, this is possible due to various health benefits of this organic tea. It is high in anti-oxidants that fight against the negative effects of ultra-violet radiation and make us look younger and healthier. This effect of matcha makes the skin look younger than usual. One bowl of this tea provides about five times more anti-oxidants than any other food. Not only this, but the anti-oxidant contained by it is the most beneficial one named as EGCg, which is a kind of catechin anti-oxidant.
Matcha green tea was earlier used by Buddhist monks in China for staying calmer and meditating. It has a higher rate of amino acid L-Theanine, which helps in this by inducing relaxation in the body and mind. Due to this amino acid, memory and concentration are also strengthened. Matcha green tea is known for burning calories four times faster than normal and thus increases metabolism. It removes the heavy metals and chemical toxins from the body to detoxify it, and makes one feel fresh for the entire day.
With the passage of time the taste and the preferences of people keep on changing. For example, old machineries are being replaced by the new and the smart ones. In the same manner people are switching towards the shower gel leaving the traditional soaps. There are various types of shower gels available in the market, for amazing experience and for knowing about different gels you can search the web. You can opt for purchasing the wholesale shower gel for keeping the price to the minimum. There are various online wholesale stores which help you to crack the purchases at minimal cost. The best part is that you can decide the quantity as per the need of your house.
Shower gels and the soap
Shower gels are considered better than the traditional soaps due to various reasons; some of them are listed below –
You can easily find the soap covered with the body hairs of someone else, which is quite annoying as well as unhygienic. On the contrary, the gels are more sanitary.
You can easily find shower gel with special effervescent and floral compounds. Many of the gels contain the fragrance of the compounds that are used in herbal baths. On the contrary, these compounds are not found in the soap.
Shower gels also create rich lather without the need of hard or excessive rubbing as in case of soaps.
In addition, many shower gels are especially designed for the people who perspire, as they have a chemical known as antiperspirant.
If you are involved in any kind of construction project then it is not only essential to know about design and various processes of construction, but you should also know how to manage them well.
Usually construction project management is a special kind of management method, which is slightly different from other methods applied in various corporate sector or businesses. In any construction project, the organization will cease after the mission is achieved. Following are the main attributes of any project management.
In case of construction project management, you must know how should you direct and coordinate your manpower, material and the construction process by using various modern techniques of management to fulfill your objectives within predetermined time, cost and quality.
In comparison with any industrial or corporate management, project management is much broader in outlook and there is greater continuity of operation. There are number of similarities as well as differences between general management technique and project management.
In case of project management you need to specify your objectives at the beginning of the project, which includes your budget, scope, project scheduling, manpower selection and their specific role/responsibilities and final outcome of the project.
Efficient use of various resources like manpower, material and various construction equipments to complete your project within your schedule and plan.
Coordination and control of various operations to implement various activities like design, plan, estimation and various construction processes.
Creating proper communication channels to resolve problems/disputes of various people involved in the project.
Maintaining your house does not only involve the inner decorations, furnishing and painting but also includes the exterior of the house. The outside look gives the first impression of the house. Since it is always exposed to the raw nature like sun and rain, it needs more attention. Especially the roof needs protection and maintenance.
The roof is exposed to the sun and rain. Over the time it gets black stains and growth of algae, bacteria and fungi. All these things reduce the lifetime of roof. Therefore it becomes extremely essential to take proper care of your roof.
Benefits of hiring roof cleaning services.
Increases the lifetime of the roof
Due to continuous exposure to rain and sun, the microorganisms like bacteria and fungi settle there. They make base of the shingles porous and loosed it. It becomes more prone to water damage. The limestone used in manufacturing of shingles becomes weak and therefore the overall life time of roof decreases. In order to avoid these conditions, contact roof cleaning Newton, NJ, they will help you.
Increases aesthetic value
The black stained roof gives a bad impression and deteriorates the beauty of the house. If you are selling the property then it will definitely create a problem since it increases the doubts in the buyer’s mind. By proper roof cleaning you will see noticeable change in the look of the house.
Reduces energy costs
The algae and plant growth on shingles trap more heat and therefore increase the temperature of your house, putting more loads on the air conditioning system. By roof cleaning this problem is solved and you can save on the cooling system.
Roof may be cleaned by water pressure system but it is not always the best way. Some detergents are also used sometimes with proper techniques under professional guidance. Thus roof cleaning is quite important.
There are specific principles and factors that play a more or less significant role in the operation of a business. When it comes to the telephone system, there are not too many other aspects that can outweigh its importance, especially when it comes to everyday operations. After all, this is the number on your business cards, official website, ads and commercials. From many points of view, it represents the cornerstone of your telecommunications, as well as the easiest and quickest way for your customers to get in touch with you. With these ideas in mind, telephone system maintenance should be among your main priorities. So how do you do it by the book?
Local interferences represent a nightmare
Several technologies like Bluetooth or wireless solutions might cause a lot of issues if the phones are simply placed in the wrong places, so this is one of the first things to consider during the installation. Keep in mind that cordless phones rely on pretty much the exact same frequency range as your wireless Internet equipment. Therefore, you are very likely to face a lot of interferences, not to mention about external radiations too.
In other words, the system and telecommunications can be easily improved if you take the phones away from strong WiFi routers or microwaves, only because you will reduce the signal related issues. Of course, a telephone engineer is a more appropriate option if your experience severe problems that cannot be handled by yourself, so never underestimate their necessity. |
Viacom tops Euro pay-TV channel revenues
Total revenues for Europe’s top pay-TV channels will reach $4.24 billion in 2012, according to a new report by Digital TV Research. The TV Channel Revenues in Europe report expects this figure to grow by $1.04 billion to reach $5.28 billion by 2017.
The report covers 195 international channels/networks (non-premium) from 11 groups. The estimates and forecasts in this report have been prepared using an analysis of a database of hundreds of financial records for individual channels, channel groups and corporate parents.
Co-author Nicholas Moncrieff noted that although it provided the bulk of the total, carriage fee revenue growth was slowing as markets mature. “Having said that, carriage fee revenues will climb by 11.6 per cent from $2.93 billion in 2012 to $3.26 billion in 2017. Most of the growth will come from a combination of higher penetration in Eastern Europe and the appearance of more HD channels that command higher carriage fees or at least allow channels to protect carriage fees in negotiations with platform operators,” he added.
“Advertising has more room for growth as non-traditional channels gain audience share and greater acceptance among ad agencies,” suggested Co-author Simon Murray. “However, the international players face great competition as traditional domestic terrestrial players push their thematic channels. Advertising revenues for the channels featured in this report will increase by 53.1 per cent from $1.32 billion in 2012 to $2.02 billion by 2017,” he explained.
Viacom is the top channel group by revenues generated (with $741 million anticipated for 2012), and will remain so for the forecast period (growing to just under $1 billion in 2017). The next group involves Discovery, Disney and Eurosport, which will all have similar revenues in 2012. Discovery is in talks with TF1 (Eurosport’s owner), which could create a combined group that would lead the market. In the third bracket, Fox, NBC Universal and Turner all have similar revenues.
This report estimates and forecasts revenue for the principal pay-TV channels of the major channel groups that operate across Europe. The channels are those that combine platform subscriber/carriage fees with advertising income as well as their group’s major free-to-air advertiser supported channel brands. Premium channels, principally movies and sport that require extra payment by the public, have been excluded together with a number of newer minor channels. |
Q:
Acceso a memoria
¿Alguien me puede decir qué hace las siguientes líneas?
num = *((int*)(direccion+sizeof(char)));
(*(ST_DATA*)(direccion+posTabla*sizeof(ST_DATA))).speed = num;
¿Las siguientes dos líneas significan lo mismo?
*((int*)(direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY+sizeof(int))) = sec2;
((int*)(direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY))[1] = sec2
A:
alguien me puede decir qué hace las siguientes líneas?
Por un lado podemos asumir que el valor típico devuelto por sizeof(char) es 1. Así pues y suponiendo que direccion va a ser un puntero:
char* direccion;
Entonces tenemos que esto:
direccion+sizeof(char)
Es aritmética de punteros y lo que hace es desplazarse una posición respecto a la dirección apuntada por dirección:
direccion
v
0x100 0x101 0x102
^
direccion+sizeof(char)
Otra forma de ponerlo es la siguiente:
&direccion[sizeof(char)]
Nota el & inicial para recuperar la posición de memoria.
Lo que lo rodea no es más que una conversión de tipo:
(int*)(direccion+sizeof(char))
^^^^
Conversion de char* a int*
Y finalmente obtenemos el valor apuntado por el puntero. Lo que pasa es que como ahora el puntero es de tipo int, recuperaremos 4 bytes en vez de solamente 1
*((int*)(direccion+sizeof(char)))
^
El equivalente en operaciones independientes sería:
char* ptr = direcciones+sizeof(char);
int* intPtr = (int*)ptr;
int num = *intPtr;
Y la segunda línea es equivalente pero con otro tipo de datos.
¿Las siguientes dos líneas significan lo mismo?
@abulafia ya te ha respondido a esto y no creo que merezca la pena añadir nada más.
A:
Las siguientes dos líneas significan lo mismo?
*((int*)(direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY+sizeof(int))) = sec2;
((int*)(direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY))[1] = sec2
La sintaxis puntero[entero] equivale a *(puntero + entero), y la aritmética de punteros hace que ese entero sea computado como entero*sizeof(tipo), siendo tipo el apuntado por el puntero.
En el caso anterior, puntero sería la expresión ((int*)(direccion+OFF_TABLE_KEY)). Aún sin saber el tipo a que apunta direccion, el resultado de direccion+OFF_TABLE_KEY nos devolverá otro puntero (a un tipo desconocido), pero ya que seguidamente el casting fuerza la interpretación de ese puntero como int*, entonces el poner un [1] después equivale a sumarle al resultado el tamaño de un entero.
Por tanto, sí, son equivalentes, siempre que direccion sea un puntero a un tipo que ocupa 1 byte (ej: char*). De lo contrario la dirección a la que accedería la primera expresión sería distinta, pues el compilador aún estaría multiplicando sizeof(int) por el tamaño del tipo apuntado por direccion, debido a que la expresión completa (direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY+sizeof(int)) es evaluada usando aritmética de punteros.
Ante la ausencia de información sobre el tipo de direccion, no se puede asegurar que equivalgan, pero sí puedo asegurar que las dos siguientes expresiones equivaldrían (al estar forzando el tipo de direccion a char*):
*((int*)((char*)direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY+sizeof(int))) = sec2;
((int*)((char*)direccion + OFF_TABLE_KEY))[1] = sec2
¿Alguien me puede decir qué hace las siguientes líneas?
num = *((int*)(direccion+sizeof(char)));
(*(ST_DATA*)(direccion+posTabla*sizeof(ST_DATA))).speed = num;
La primera ya te la ha explicado perfectamente @eferion. En cuanto a la segunda, de nuevo voy a hacer la hipótesis de que direccion es un puntero a char, pues de lo contrario la expresión no tendría mucho sentido.
La expresión se comprende si suponemos que direccion ha sido declarado como puntero a char, pero en este momento lo tenemos apuntando a una zona de memoria donde hay un array de estructuras, cada una del tipo ST_DATA. Lo que pretende esa expresión es acceder a una de esas estructuras (la que está en lugar posTabla) para guardar algo en su campo speed.
Si direccion fuese un puntero a estructuras, la cosa sería tan simple como:
direccion[posTabla].speed = num;
pero el hecho de que direccion sea un puntero a char nos obliga a hacer ciertos malabarismos con los punteros y los castings. Si "forzamos" a que el compilador vea direccion como un puntero a ST_DATA, entonces podemos usar una sintaxis muy parecida a lo anterior:
((ST_DATA*)direccion)[posTabla].speed = num;
Y la línea que tú has copiado no es más que otra forma (un poco más retorcida) de hacer lo mismo, haciendo en la expresión explícita la aritmética de punteros que en la expresión que yo he puesto resolvería el compilador de forma implícita.
Aún una forma más de decir lo mismo sería:
(ST_DATA*)(direccion+posTabla*sizeof(ST_DATA))->speed = num;
en este caso si desreferenciar el puntero obtenido por la expresión, sino usando ese puntero para acceder a un miembro de la estructura. (p->a es equivalente a (*p).a)
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“And then when you get your paycheque, half your paycheque is already gone to pay the lender. So then you have to borrow again.”
At one point, she said, she owed money to four different payday loan outlets – all the money taken out to pay existing loans, plus their rapidly accumulating interest, and get her through to the next paycheque, which was quickly swallowed up in more loan payments.
When Mignon decided to dig herself out of payday loan debt once and for all, she did so “painfully.”
“The last time I took [out a payday loan] I said, ‘Whatever my paycheque comes back as after I pay them back, I’m going to live on,” she said. “Painfully.
Neither Money Mart nor the Cash Store would speak with Global News for this article.
But Stan Keyes, a former Minister and Liberal MP for Hamilton, Ont., and head of Canada’s Payday Loan Association, argues these businesses – licensed and regulated by provinces, he notes – are filling a need no one else is meeting.
“What alternative do borrowers have?” he asked.
Squash or regulate the industry out of existence, he warns, and you leave people who need small cash infusions quickly without other options.
“If licensed payday lenders were forced to close their doors, say due to overregulation, the demand for the small sum short term loan does not dry up,” he said. “So I suppose those who claim to speak for payday loan borrowers, some of them often misinformed, don’t mind forcing those who need the small sum financing to, what? Take their television off the wall and take it to a pawn shop?”
Keyes said the fees and interest rates (about $21 for $100 at Money Mart, for example), often criticized as high, are necessary because of the risk taken on by lenders who don’t do credit checks. He also thinks citing annual interest rates of several hundred per cent is misleading because these are short-term loans.
There are about 1,500 payday lender outlets across the country. They skyrocketed in growth in the early 2000s, then levelled off. A 2005 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada survey found about 7 per cent of Canadians say they’d used the services.
A Global News analysis has found payday lenders overwhelmingly concentrated in low-income neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods with a high proportion of people receiving social assistance.
(Keyes, for his part, argues they’re simply located where the commerce is.)
Global News used tax data obtained from Statistics Canada and business location information from Red Lion Data to map payday loan locations against income and social assistance.
Interactive: Explore the map below to see how payday lending locations correlate with social assistance levels in your neighbourhood. Click a circle or coloured shape for more information; click and drag to move around.
But the heaviest users – the ones who get trapped in a cycle of high-interest debt – are the poorest borrowers.
“It’s those people closer to the edge who aren’t able to pay that payday loan off.”
So maybe they take out another payday loan to fill the gap. And then they’re stuck.
The problem, Buckland argues, is that payday lenders fill a need that traditional banks aren’t.
“Mainstream banks have, over the course of 30 years, shut down more branches in lower-income neighbourhoods,” he said.
“A big thing right now that I see the feds pushing is this financial literacy. And while on the one hand I think financial literacy is important, it certainly doesn’t solve the problem of financial exclusion.”
Maura Drew-Lytle, spokesperson for the Canadian Bankers Association, says banks have done a lot to make themselves more accessible, including offering low-cost accounts for about $4 a month. And as of January, 2015, she said, they’re offering basic, no-cost accounts for low-income seniors, people on disability assistance, students and youth.
She also notes the number of bank branches in Canada “has actually been increasing.”
“Banks have been very focused on customer srvice over the last decade or so. You’ve seen big changes in branches. … It’s not just a line of tellers any more.”
She and her colleagues will often accompany people when helping them open an account, she said, to help demystify the process and ensure they get what they need.
“Because we know once you walk in, you’re being sold a whole bunch of things,” she said.
“You just want a bank account: You don’t need an overdraft, you don’t need a line of credit, you don’t need a credit card. And every time, it’s the same pitch. And we say, ‘Okay, no we just need a bank account.’”
Many of the people Griffith works with are using credit cards to supplement their income, she said – not for luxuries, but just to get by. They pay the minimum payment as long as they can until the accruing interest becomes financially ruinous.
Vancouver’s VanCity credit union took matters into its own hands a couple of years ago, says Linda Morris, the bank’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Member and Community Engagement.
“We’d been seeing studies coming out of the States, but also Canada, about people who’d be underserved, or not served at all, by conventional banking,” she said.
So they did their own research – and found even some of the credit union’s own members reported using payday lenders of cheque-cashing facilities.
“That concerned us greatly, because we know the cycle of debt people can get into. … We have people come in who have three different payday lenders they owe money to.”
At the same time,” she added, “when you take a loan with a payday loan, you’re really not developing a credit history. And that’s really important also.”
Last April, VanCity launched its Fair and Fast loan program – essentially, small-scale loans, available within an hour. In July, they added a cheque-cashing component.
“We’re seeing very little delinquency. So far, people are paying back their loans. It seems to be working.
“The larger question, of course, is will we break the cycle.”
San Francisco is asking itself the same question.
In 2005, the city enacted a moratorium on new cheque-cashers and payday lenders.
In many cases, Phillips said, these were “second chance” banking products – for people with poor credit histories or who’d had bad experiences with banks in the past. They also addressed barriers ranging from identification requirements to often-incapacitating overdraft fees.
But while they surpassed their initial goal of getting accounts for 10,000 people in their first year, the program has been tougher to track since then. Phillips said it “looked like” about 80 per cent of those new clients kept their accounts open, which is good.
Just as importantly, she adds, “it’s made financial management a more concrete part of the anti-poverty conversation.”
‘That endless cycle … will drive you insane’
Jillanne Mignon got out of her payday loan debt – ‘painfully.’
Anna Mehler Paperny/Global News
Among the many things on Mignon’s to-do list once she graduates from her community economic development program at Toronto’s Centennial College is work with micro-loans.
“I like the model of microloans because it opens the lending market ot people who are normally shut out,” she said. “People who normally go to these, I call them loan sharks, these payday loan places these pawn shops, to get these monies and then they get caught in these ridiculous circles of high interest rates. …
“I know that endless cycle. It will drive you insane.”
Tell us your story: Have you been trapped in a payday loan cycle?
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“And then when you get your paycheque, half your paycheque is already gone to pay the lender. So then you have to borrow again.”
At one point, she said, she owed money to four different payday loan outlets – all the money taken out to pay existing loans, plus their rapidly accumulating interest, and get her through to the next paycheque, which was quickly swallowed up in more loan payments.
When Mignon decided to dig herself out of payday loan debt once and for all, she did so “painfully.”
“The last time I took [out a payday loan] I said, ‘Whatever my paycheque comes back as after I pay them back, I’m going to live on,” she said. “Painfully.
Neither Money Mart nor the Cash Store would speak with Global News for this article.
But Stan Keyes, a former Minister and Liberal MP for Hamilton, Ont., and head of Canada’s Payday Loan Association, argues these businesses – licensed and regulated by provinces, he notes – are filling a need no one else is meeting.
“What alternative do borrowers have?” he asked.
Squash or regulate the industry out of existence, he warns, and you leave people who need small cash infusions quickly without other options.
“If licensed payday lenders were forced to close their doors, say due to overregulation, the demand for the small sum short term loan does not dry up,” he said. “So I suppose those who claim to speak for payday loan borrowers, some of them often misinformed, don’t mind forcing those who need the small sum financing to, what? Take their television off the wall and take it to a pawn shop?”
Keyes said the fees and interest rates (about $21 for $100 at Money Mart, for example), often criticized as high, are necessary because of the risk taken on by lenders who don’t do credit checks. He also thinks citing annual interest rates of several hundred per cent is misleading because these are short-term loans.
There are about 1,500 payday lender outlets across the country. They skyrocketed in growth in the early 2000s, then levelled off. A 2005 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada survey found about 7 per cent of Canadians say they’d used the services.
A Global News analysis has found payday lenders overwhelmingly concentrated in low-income neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods with a high proportion of people receiving social assistance.
(Keyes, for his part, argues they’re simply located where the commerce is.)
Global News used tax data obtained from Statistics Canada and business location information from Red Lion Data to map payday loan locations against income and social assistance.
Interactive: Explore the map below to see how payday lending locations correlate with social assistance levels in your neighbourhood. Click a circle or coloured shape for more information; click and drag to move around.
But the heaviest users – the ones who get trapped in a cycle of high-interest debt – are the poorest borrowers.
“It’s those people closer to the edge who aren’t able to pay that payday loan off.”
So maybe they take out another payday loan to fill the gap. And then they’re stuck.
The problem, Buckland argues, is that payday lenders fill a need that traditional banks aren’t.
“Mainstream banks have, over the course of 30 years, shut down more branches in lower-income neighbourhoods,” he said.
“A big thing right now that I see the feds pushing is this financial literacy. And while on the one hand I think financial literacy is important, it certainly doesn’t solve the problem of financial exclusion.”
Maura Drew-Lytle, spokesperson for the Canadian Bankers Association, says banks have done a lot to make themselves more accessible, including offering low-cost accounts for about $4 a month. And as of January, 2015, she said, they’re offering basic, no-cost accounts for low-income seniors, people on disability assistance, students and youth.
She also notes the number of bank branches in Canada “has actually been increasing.”
“Banks have been very focused on customer service over the last decade or so. You’ve seen big changes in branches. … It’s not just a line of tellers any more.”
She and her colleagues will often accompany people when helping them open an account, she said, to help demystify the process and ensure they get what they need.
“Because we know once you walk in, you’re being sold a whole bunch of things,” she said.
“You just want a bank account: You don’t need an overdraft, you don’t need a line of credit, you don’t need a credit card. And every time, it’s the same pitch. And we say, ‘Okay, no we just need a bank account.’”
Many of the people Griffith works with are using credit cards to supplement their income, she said – not for luxuries, but just to get by. They pay the minimum payment as long as they can until the accruing interest becomes financially ruinous.
Vancouver’s VanCity established a short-term loan program for its members as an alternative to payday loans.
Photo by Daniel Paperny for Global News
Vancouver’s Vancity credit union took matters into its own hands a couple of years ago, says Linda Morris, the bank’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, Member and Community Engagement.
“We’d been seeing studies coming out of the States, but also Canada, about people who’d be underserved, or not served at all, by conventional banking,” she said.
So they did their own research – and found even some of the credit union’s own members reported using payday lenders of cheque-cashing facilities.
“That concerned us greatly, because we know the cycle of debt people can get into. … We have people come in who have three different payday lenders they owe money to.”
At the same time,” she added, “when you take a loan with a payday loan, you’re really not developing a credit history. And that’s really important also.”
Last April, VanCity launched its Fair and Fast loan program – essentially, small-scale loans, available within an hour. In July, they added a cheque-cashing component.
“We’re seeing very little delinquency. So far, people are paying back their loans. It seems to be working.
“The larger question, of course, is will we break the cycle.”
San Francisco issued a moratorium on new payday lenders and cheque-cashing locations in 2005.
Anna Mehler Paperny/Global News
San Francisco is asking itself the same question.
In 2005, the city enacted a moratorium on new cheque-cashers and payday lenders.
In many cases, Phillips said, these were “second chance” banking products – for people with poor credit histories or who’d had bad experiences with banks in the past. They also addressed barriers ranging from identification requirements to often-incapacitating overdraft fees.
But while they surpassed their initial goal of getting accounts for 10,000 people in their first year, the program has been tougher to track since then. Phillips said it “looked like” about 80 per cent of those new clients kept their accounts open, which is good.
Just as importantly, she adds, “it’s made financial management a more concrete part of the anti-poverty conversation.”
‘That endless cycle … will drive you insane’
Jillanne Mignon got out of her payday loan debt – ‘painfully.’
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Among the many things on Mignon’s to-do list once she graduates from her community economic development program at Toronto’s Centennial College is work with micro-loans.
“I like the model of microloans because it opens the lending market ot people who are normally shut out,” she said. “People who normally go to these, I call them loan sharks, these payday loan places these pawn shops, to get these monies and then they get caught in these ridiculous circles of high interest rates. …
“I know that endless cycle. It will drive you insane.”
Tell us your story: Have you been trapped in a payday loan cycle?
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York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan announced, on behalf of Environment Minister Peter Kent, that funding is available for clean-up projects through the Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Fund. The five-year $29-million fund aims to restore the ecological health of Lake Simcoe and South-eastern Georgian Bay and improve water quality for the residents and wildlife of the region. “Lake Simcoe and South-eastern Georgian Bay are important natural resources, vital sources of drinking water and regional economic drivers. Our government is proud to contribute to projects that will help ensure the long-term sustainability of Canada’s lakes and waterways,” said Mr. Van Loan in Jackson’s Point Monday morning at the De La Salle chapel, along the lake’s deep-water shores. The fund will support community projects that are focused on priorities such as reducing phosphorous inputs from urban and rural sources, restoring fish and aquatic wildlife habitat and populations and addressing near-shore toxic and nuisance algae growth. This “important” investment to clean up Lake Simcoe and South-eastern Georgian Bay is part of the government’s Action Plan for Clean Water, which includes projects such as the clean-up of contaminated sediment in Great Lakes Areas of Concern and action on pollution in Lake Winnipeg. It builds on the success of the 2007-2012 $30-million Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund. For additional information on the Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Fund, please visit our website. […] |
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Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press
Taylor Trupiano fought the law, and Thursday, the law won.
The 24-year-old man contested a $128 ticket that Roseville police issued him in January for violating a city ordinance when he left his running car unattended to warm up in the driveway of his home while he ran inside to get his girlfriend and her 2-year-old son.
But Roseville's 39th District Judge Marco Santia said that he believed Trupiano's car was in a place generally accessible to the public, and "I think it was reasonable the officer issued the ticket." He denied a motion by Trupiano to dismiss the ticket.
►Related: Roseville man gets $128 ticket for warming up car in driveway
"That's a little upsetting," Trupiano said after the hearing, adding that he doesn't think the ordinance "applies to my private property."
.
Trupiano's attorney, Nicholas Somberg, argued that the ordinance did not apply to one's driveway.
But City Attorney Tim Tomlinson argued that the law exists so people who are "nefarious" or want an easy way to steal a vehicle are stopped. Unfortunately, he said, the owner of the vehicle got a citation.
Tomlinson said the vehicle was left "wide open. The officer did his due diligence." He told the court that Trupiano's car was near the bottom of the driveway, about 2 feet off the sidewalk; and the officer who issued the ticket testified that he no took care to protect the vehicle or check on it in the 10-12 minutes he was involved in the total stop.
Tomlinson told the court that less than two weeks after the ticket was issued in early January on Waldorf, there were two vehicle thefts from people who started their vehicles and left them unattended, with one incident leading to a high-speed pursuit. Another incident, he said, occurred when a car was taken with two children inside.
"There is an important public safety goal this is trying to achieve by having these regulations on the books," he said.
Trupiano said he fought the ticket for two reasons — first, the principle of the matter, saying a person should be able to warm up their own vehicle in their driveway; and because secondly, "I think it's a little unfair. I think they want the money."
Trupiano said he didn't want his girlfriend's son, who has cerebral palsy, to have to get into a cold car on a freezing day. He said he sees valets, delivery drivers, school bus drivers and even police leave their cars running and unattended for various reasons.
Somberg said he thinks there is case law to support his position and he said he was surprised by the ruling.
In a separate, matter Somberg was cited by Santia for contempt of court for live-streaming the first part of Thursday's hearing on Somberg's Facebook page without notifying the court or asking for permission to do so. A contempt hearing for Somberg is set for May 25.
Trupiano posted his ticket on Facebook with his post having more than 14,000 shares. He said that his situation prompted a bill to be introduced in the Legislature.
State Rep. Holly Hughes, R-White River Township, introduced legislation in February that would repeal a section of the vehicle code that makes it a civil infraction to leave an idling car unattended. Her bill would let people leave their car running in their driveways without fear of getting a ticket.
The bill — HB 4215 — was approved last month by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, but hasn’t been taken up yet by the full House. It would still be a civil infraction if a person left their unattended, but stopped car running on highway.
The Roseville district court said that a third party sent in $128 for Trupiano's ticket, but it has not decided whether to accept the payment.
Somberg said he and Trupiano have 21 days to appeal the ruling to Macomb County Circuit Court.
Contact Christina Hall: chall99@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @challreporter. Staff writer Kathleen Gray contributed to this report. |
For the moment, Sir Giles was staggered. "Have you heard something that you haven't told me yet?" he asked.
"No, sir. I am only bearing in mind something which--with all respect--I think you have forgotten. The last tenant on that bit of land in Kerry refused to pay his rent. Mr. Arthur has taken what they call an evicted farm. It's my firm belief," said the head clerk, rising and speaking earnestly, "that the person who has addressed those letters to you knows Mr. Arthur, and knows he is in danger--and is trying to save your nephew (by means of your influence), at the risk of his own life."
Sir Giles shook his head. "I call that a far-fetched interpretation, Dennis. If what you say is true, why didn't the writer of those anonymous letters address himself to Arthur, instead of to me?"
"I gave it as my opinion just now, sir, that the writer of the letter knew Mr. Arthur." |
import * as React from 'react';
export const Component = ({optionalAny}) => <div />;
Component.propTypes = {
optionalAny: React.PropTypes.any,
};
export const Component2 = () => <div />;
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Lampkins at the double in festive trial
Lampkins at the double in festive trial
THE LAMPKINS hit the jackpot on Boxing Day at Howden Wood where Dougie and John topped their respective classes.
Dougie dropped one mark on section two on lap two of the annual Bradford & District Motor Club trial at Silsden, while John cruised non-stop through the 12 sections on his Fantic twin shock.
In the expert class the chief opposition for Dougie were his Hemingway cousins. Ben was working wonders with the four stroke Beta and was four marks down on his relative at the finish to come second, while Dan was third.
Silsden birthday girl Gabby Whitham, who turned 17 on Christmas Day, played safe and finished fifth in her class.
Course designer Nathan Wrigglesworth had problems at section 12. His Scorpa got out of hand after the sharp left hand turn and dived right, then left, before the south Craven rider took command.
The trial could be the club's last unless vital volunteers required to stage top-class events come forward.
The Busfeild Arms at East Morton were short of the landlord when Martin Crosswaite opted for some hard trials riding at Dob Park, where he won Yeadon-Guiseley Motor Club's Renee Smith Memorial Charity Trial, defeating some top county competitors.
Crosswaite attacked all 20 sections riding his powerful Montesa machine and defeated national trials winner Richard Sadler (Beta) by a single penalty. Ben Hemingway and Ashby de la Zouch MRS Teamster Luke Walker finished a distant third and fourth on the two lap all woodland course.
Osett's Thomas Housecroft grabbed the Inter class from a slightly jaded Rawdon Montesa rider Louis Haley, who had just jetted in from New York.
Liversedge competitor Jamie Stephenson was bang on form and won the Clubman A category from Barnoldswick's Anthony Ayrton and Buxton's Paul Turner.
Clubman B went to Neil Gaunt from Tony Holme and Fewston electrician James Noble who thundered round on a vintage 500cc Ariel machine.
His mighty efforts kept some very big names off the rostrum. Cullingworth's Robin Luscombe was placed fourth while former multi-world champion Yrjo Vesterinen got his BSA Bantam home in sixth place.
Mike Hinch and his crack team of Sam, Ben and Mark Yeadon, Andy Carter, Thomas Housecroft and Danny Cockshott plotted the two-lap 20 section format which shortened the time that the observers had to endure in sub-zero temperatures.
The West Leeds Motor Club closed their trials programme with the traditional end of season Presidents Trial at Post Hill on Boxing Day where 42 competitors battled with a soggy 13 section trials course and three short laps.
Pre-event rain just made the sections more difficult than planned and the penalties were higher than normal. On the hard route Sam Beecroft-Penny eased away on his new TRS to win the class. The Rawdon contender finished 20 marks in front of Cookridge builder Liam Walker to win the Frank Fletcher Trophy.
Bumpy club member Aaron Holmes was too sharp for Mirfield footwear retailer Andrew Jackson. Many of the trophies were won by non-club members but at least club secretary Mark Chippendale restored some order by winning the Clubman class from club colleague Mark Forster.
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The Mississippi Senate voted Wednesday evening to pass a religious freedom bill which some say could have sweeping anti-LGBT repercussions for the United States.
The Republican-dominated Senate voted 31-17 to pass the controversial bill, called the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience From Government Discrimination Act.”
The legislation says that businesses, social workers and public employees cannot be punished for denying services based on the belief that marriage is between a man and a woman or that “sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.” It also protects individuals who believe gender is determined at birth.
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There will be no armed guards in Spokane public schools. Spokane City Council tabled a proposal to put armed guards in schools after the idea, proposed by the city administration, withered on the vine. Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart suggested that it was an idea floated by Police Chief Frank Straub in the waning days before his ouster.
Law enforcement officials in Southern California have arrested Enrique Marquez for aiding Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack. According to court documents, Marquez had terrorist attacks of his own planned.
Sanders campaign penalized
Sen. Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination took a hit after a staffer was caught peeking at voter data being used by rival Hillary Clinton. The staffer has been fired and Sanders has been cut off from a Democratic Party list of likely voters. The Sanders campaign blamed it on a software glitch.
House passes spending deal
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion spending package. Included in the legislation is a range of tax cuts as well as $66 billion increase in federal outlays, which marks a reversal of years of sharp spending cuts.
Best news bloopers of 2015
We've all made mistakes over the last year. But at least they didn't occur on television. |
Q:
Dynamically changing Icons of tabs in Java JTabbedPane
UPDATED***
How do I dynamically change an icon of a tab in JTabbedPane?
This is the code. I need the icon to change from initial-processing-final
This code is just going initial-final
Code:
package tabs;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JButton;
public class ChangeIconTest {
private JFrame frame;
private JTabbedPane tabbedPane;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
ChangeIconTest window = new ChangeIconTest();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public ChangeIconTest() {
initialize();
addtabs();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setBounds(100, 100, 450, 300);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
tabbedPane.setBounds(0, 0, 434, 262);
frame.getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);
}
private void addtabs(){
tabbedPane.insertTab("tab name", displayInitial(), addButton(), null, 0);
tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
}
protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
java.net.URL imgURL = ChangeIconTest.class.getResource(path);
if (imgURL != null) {
return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
} else {
System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
return null;
}
}
public Icon displayInitial(){
ImageIcon initialIcon = createImageIcon("first.gif");
return initialIcon;
}
public Icon displayMid(){
ImageIcon midIcon = createImageIcon("second.gif");
return midIcon;
}
public Icon displayFinal(){
ImageIcon finalIcon2 = createImageIcon("third.jpg");
return finalIcon2;
}
public Component addButton(){
JButton jb = new JButton("The Big Button to change the Icon");
jb.addActionListener(new ChangeTabListener());
return jb;
}
class ChangeTabListener implements ActionListener{
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
tabbedPane.setIconAt(0, displayMid());
tabbedPane.revalidate();
tabbedPane.repaint();
tabbedPane.setIconAt(0, displayFinal());
tabbedPane.revalidate();
tabbedPane.repaint();
}
}
}
So what should I add or modify? Thanks!
A:
Why are you using Thread.sleep()? You are probably causing the Event Dispatch Thread to sleep which means the GUI can't repaint itself.
If you want to dynamically change the Icon for a certain period of time then use a Swing Timer to schedule the changing of the icon.
If you need more help then update your question and post a proper SSCCE that demonstrates the problem.
|
Tag: politics
I used to be a “News Junkie”. I kept my TV on cable news for hours each day – Not any more!
Every news channel spins the news to fit their agenda. Information is “leaked” to make political opponents look bad. Neither side tells the whole story. So I quit watching.
I can’t fix politics, but this I know: There is a world of hurting people out there. They are our neighbors whether they are citizens or not. There is one thing I can do, something that will actually make a difference. I can love.
We have endless opportunities to show God’s love right where we live and work. Where there is opportunity, I have a responsibility to demonstrate the love of Christ.
Paul said, “Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious]. 6 Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].” Colossians 4:5-6 AMP
As I meditated on this verse today, I thought about salt and what it does. Salt makes things taste good.It also makes us thirsty.
How I interact with those around me makes a difference. Am I salty or bland? Do I make people thirst for more or do I make them wish I would shut up? (Ouch!) If I’m preachy or judgmental, well that’s not good. Somebody pass the salt! If I’m loving and kind, it might just make somebody thirst for more.
Scripture References:
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3:15
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” Matthew 5:13
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:36-37 (Read Luke 10:25-37 for the whole conversation.) |
St. Joseph Health System and Petaluma Valley Hospital
We’re pleased to announce that this case settled on behalf of seven workers who were employed at the St. Joseph Health System facility in Petaluma, California.
Thanks so much to all of those of you who called and emailed us and helped us prepare our case. Our being able to talk with many of you really helped us achieve a very good result. We are grateful that we can report this result.
Similarly, to those of you who helped us reach the class members, we thank you all for your efforts and assistance.
If you have any questions or comments, whether on this case or any other matter, and whether in relation to St. Joseph Health System or elsewhere, please don't hesitate to call, whether you are still working for one of those restaurants or not.
In the spring of 2014, our firm filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who worked as Administrative Coordinators and Administrative Supervisors for St. Joseph Health System at Petaluma Valley Hospital in California. The case was filed in Orange County Superior Court as Case Number 30-2014-00715936-CU-OD-CXC.
In this lawsuit, Plaintiffs claim that the defendant did not comply with California law for payment of wages.
The parties recently settled that case as to those individuals who worked at Petaluma Valley Hospital, and an order of preliminary approval of that settlement was granted by the court on June 6, 2016. A copy of that order is attached hereto.
If you worked for St Joseph Health System with the title of or in the capacity of Administrative Coordinator or Administrative Supervisor in the State of California since April 4, 2010 we would like to speak with you. Please call us at 818-547-5200 or email us at tom@falveylaw.com. You can also mail us at 550 North Brand Blvd., 15th Floor, Glendale, California, 91203. |
Related literature {#sec1}
====================
For information on the fungicidal properties of the title compound, see: Demirci *et al.* (2011[@bb5]). For related crystal structures, see: Albinati *et al.* (1988[@bb1]); Caruso & Rossi (1998[@bb4]).
Experimental {#sec2}
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Crystal data {#sec2.1}
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C~17~H~12~ClFN~2~O*M* *~r~* = 314.74Monoclinic,*a* = 13.5772 (5) Å*b* = 9.3722 (4) Å*c* = 22.8756 (10) Åβ = 99.974 (2)°*V* = 2866.9 (2) Å^3^*Z* = 8Mo *K*α radiationμ = 0.28 mm^−1^*T* = 173 K0.23 × 0.19 × 0.02 mm
Data collection {#sec2.2}
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Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometerAbsorption correction: multi-scan (*SADABS*; Bruker, 2013[@bb3]) *T* ~min~ = 0.938, *T* ~max~ = 0.99449181 measured reflections6552 independent reflections5243 reflections with *I* \> 2σ(*I*)*R* ~int~ = 0.048
Refinement {#sec2.3}
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*R*\[*F* ^2^ \> 2σ(*F* ^2^)\] = 0.038*wR*(*F* ^2^) = 0.094*S* = 1.026552 reflections399 parametersH-atom parameters constrainedΔρ~max~ = 0.30 e Å^−3^Δρ~min~ = −0.33 e Å^−3^
{#d5e483}
Data collection: *APEX2* (Bruker, 2013[@bb3]); cell refinement: *SAINT* (Bruker, 2013[@bb3]); data reduction: *SAINT*; program(s) used to solve structure: *SHELXS97* (Sheldrick 2008[@bb6]); program(s) used to refine structure: *SHELXL2013* (Sheldrick, 2015[@bb7]); molecular graphics: *DIAMOND* (Brandenburg, 2010[@bb2]); software used to prepare material for publication: *SHELXTL* (Sheldrick, 2008[@bb6]).
Supplementary Material
======================
Crystal structure: contains datablock(s) global, I. DOI: [10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465sup1.cif](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465sup1.cif)
Structure factors: contains datablock(s) I. DOI: [10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465Isup2.hkl](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465Isup2.hkl)
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Supporting information file. DOI: [10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465Isup3.cml](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465Isup3.cml)
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. DOI: [10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465fig1.tif](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465fig1.tif)
The asymmetric unit of the title compound with displacement ellipsoids drawn at the 50% probability level. H atoms are shown as small spheres of arbitrary radius.
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Click here for additional data file.
a . DOI: [10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465fig2.tif](http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015013493/hb7465fig2.tif)
Crystal packing viewed along the *a* axis. The intermolecular interactions are shown as dashed lines.
CCDC reference: [1412613](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/cr.cgi?rm=csd&csdid=1412613)
Additional supporting information: [crystallographic information](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendsupfiles?hb7465&file=hb7465sup0.html&mime=text/html); [3D view](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendcif?hb7465sup1&Qmime=cif); [checkCIF report](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?hb7465&checkcif=yes)
Supporting information for this paper is available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: [HB7465](http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/sendsup?hb7465)).
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2014R1A1A4A01009105).
S1. Comment {#comment}
===========
Nuarimol, (*RS*)-2-chloro-4\'-fluoro-α-(pyrimidin-5-yl)benzhydryl alcohol, is a systemic pyrimidine fungicide, which has an effect on both conidial germination and mycelial growth (Demirci *et al.*, 2011). However, until now its crystal structure has not been reported. In the title compound (Fig. 1), dihedral angles between the planes of the pyrimidine ring and the chlorophenyl and fluorophenyl ring planes are 71.10 (6), 70.04 (5) in A, 73.24 (5), and 89.30 (5)° in B, respectively. All bond lengths and bond angles are normal and comparable to those observed in similar crystal structures (Albinati *et al.*, 1988; Caruso *et al.*, 1998).
In the crystal structure (Fig. 2), O--H···N and C--H···F hydrogen bonds and weak C--H···*Cg*1 interactions are observed (Table 1). In addition, weak intermolecular C19--Cl2···*Cg*1^i^ (*Cg*1 is the centroid of the C18--C23 ring) interaction with a chlorophenyl ring is present \[for symmetry code: (i), -*x* + 3/2, *y* + 1/2, -*z* + 1/2\]. A three-dimensional network is formed by the hydrogen bond and these interactions.
S2. Experimental {#experimental}
================
The title compound was purchased from the Dr Ehrenstorfer GmbH Company. Slow evaporation of a solution in CH~3~CN gave single crystals suitable for X-ray analysis in the form of colourless blocks.
S3. Refinement {#refinement}
==============
All H-atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a riding model with d(O---H) = 0.84 Å, *U*~iso~ = 1.2*U*~eq~(C) for O---H group and d(C---H) = 0.95 Å, *U*~iso~ = 1.2*U*~eq~(C) for aromatic C---H.
Figures
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{#Fap1}
{#Fap2}
Crystal data {#tablewrapcrystaldatalong}
============
------------------------- ---------------------------------------
C~17~H~12~ClFN~2~O *F*(000) = 1296
*M~r~* = 314.74 *D*~x~ = 1.458 Mg m^−3^
Monoclinic, *P*2~1~/*n* Mo *K*α radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å
*a* = 13.5772 (5) Å Cell parameters from 9868 reflections
*b* = 9.3722 (4) Å θ = 2.4--27.4°
*c* = 22.8756 (10) Å µ = 0.28 mm^−1^
β = 99.974 (2)° *T* = 173 K
*V* = 2866.9 (2) Å^3^ Block, colourless
*Z* = 8 0.23 × 0.19 × 0.02 mm
------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Data collection {#tablewrapdatacollectionlong}
===============
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------
Bruker APEXII CCD diffractometer 5243 reflections with *I* \> 2σ(*I*)
φ and ω scans *R*~int~ = 0.048
Absorption correction: multi-scan (*SADABS*; Bruker, 2013) θ~max~ = 27.5°, θ~min~ = 1.6°
*T*~min~ = 0.938, *T*~max~ = 0.994 *h* = −17→15
49181 measured reflections *k* = −12→12
6552 independent reflections *l* = −26→29
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------
Refinement {#tablewraprefinementdatalong}
==========
------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Refinement on *F*^2^ 0 restraints
Least-squares matrix: full Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites
*R*\[*F*^2^ \> 2σ(*F*^2^)\] = 0.038 H-atom parameters constrained
*wR*(*F*^2^) = 0.094 *w* = 1/\[σ^2^(*F*~o~^2^) + (0.0373*P*)^2^ + 1.2482*P*\] where *P* = (*F*~o~^2^ + 2*F*~c~^2^)/3
*S* = 1.02 (Δ/σ)~max~ = 0.001
6552 reflections Δρ~max~ = 0.30 e Å^−3^
399 parameters Δρ~min~ = −0.33 e Å^−3^
------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special details {#specialdetails}
===============
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Geometry. All e.s.d.\'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.\'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.\'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.\'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.\'s is used for estimating e.s.d.\'s involving l.s. planes.
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Fractional atomic coordinates and isotropic or equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å^2^) {#tablewrapcoords}
==================================================================================================
----- -------------- -------------- ------------- -------------------- --
*x* *y* *z* *U*~iso~\*/*U*~eq~
Cl1 0.63147 (3) 1.08339 (5) 0.58828 (2) 0.03329 (11)
Cl2 0.76439 (3) 0.87663 (5) 0.24544 (2) 0.04037 (12)
F1 0.63952 (9) 0.43385 (10) 0.56060 (5) 0.0435 (3)
F2 0.10747 (8) 0.85446 (14) 0.18266 (6) 0.0578 (3)
O1 0.84803 (8) 0.94613 (11) 0.46184 (5) 0.0252 (2)
H1 0.8638 1.0227 0.4467 0.038\*
O2 0.55752 (8) 1.03372 (10) 0.23794 (4) 0.0252 (2)
H2 0.5641 1.0449 0.2748 0.038\*
N1 0.59896 (11) 1.09694 (14) 0.35847 (6) 0.0306 (3)
N2 0.63234 (10) 1.29702 (14) 0.42266 (6) 0.0290 (3)
N3 0.59877 (10) 0.71612 (15) 0.08495 (6) 0.0307 (3)
N4 0.56029 (11) 0.96125 (15) 0.06519 (6) 0.0328 (3)
C1 0.81585 (11) 1.04686 (15) 0.55498 (6) 0.0215 (3)
C2 0.76148 (12) 1.09722 (16) 0.59716 (7) 0.0249 (3)
C3 0.80810 (14) 1.16167 (18) 0.64950 (7) 0.0347 (4)
H3 0.7691 1.1970 0.6770 0.042\*
C4 0.91094 (15) 1.17431 (19) 0.66147 (8) 0.0396 (4)
H4 0.9429 1.2177 0.6973 0.048\*
C5 0.96701 (14) 1.12369 (18) 0.62112 (8) 0.0346 (4)
H5 1.0378 1.1312 0.6292 0.041\*
C6 0.91950 (12) 1.06180 (16) 0.56867 (7) 0.0273 (3)
H6 0.9590 1.0284 0.5411 0.033\*
C7 0.77056 (11) 0.97330 (15) 0.49555 (6) 0.0214 (3)
C8 0.69528 (11) 1.06668 (15) 0.45545 (6) 0.0212 (3)
C9 0.64915 (12) 1.01376 (17) 0.40093 (7) 0.0278 (3)
H9 0.6534 0.9144 0.3935 0.033\*
C10 0.59480 (12) 1.23530 (17) 0.37161 (7) 0.0299 (4)
H10 0.5614 1.2958 0.3412 0.036\*
C11 0.68292 (12) 1.21098 (16) 0.46406 (7) 0.0249 (3)
H11 0.7117 1.2512 0.5012 0.030\*
C12 0.73077 (11) 0.82590 (15) 0.50925 (6) 0.0218 (3)
C13 0.62998 (12) 0.79740 (16) 0.50815 (7) 0.0263 (3)
H13 0.5819 0.8698 0.4959 0.032\*
C14 0.59850 (13) 0.66483 (17) 0.52473 (7) 0.0310 (4)
H14 0.5296 0.6455 0.5241 0.037\*
C15 0.66972 (14) 0.56261 (16) 0.54209 (7) 0.0303 (4)
C16 0.76940 (13) 0.58404 (17) 0.54206 (7) 0.0311 (4)
H16 0.8165 0.5096 0.5531 0.037\*
C17 0.80007 (12) 0.71699 (16) 0.52556 (7) 0.0274 (3)
H17 0.8690 0.7341 0.5254 0.033\*
C18 0.58321 (11) 0.78920 (15) 0.27131 (6) 0.0223 (3)
C19 0.68755 (12) 0.77899 (16) 0.28450 (7) 0.0265 (3)
C20 0.73552 (13) 0.69367 (17) 0.33029 (7) 0.0322 (4)
H20 0.8064 0.6877 0.3378 0.039\*
C21 0.68046 (14) 0.61731 (17) 0.36501 (7) 0.0325 (4)
H21 0.7133 0.5594 0.3965 0.039\*
C22 0.57749 (14) 0.62565 (17) 0.35365 (7) 0.0314 (4)
H22 0.5391 0.5736 0.3774 0.038\*
C23 0.52998 (12) 0.71057 (16) 0.30732 (7) 0.0265 (3)
H23 0.4590 0.7152 0.3000 0.032\*
C24 0.52929 (11) 0.89043 (15) 0.22322 (6) 0.0212 (3)
C25 0.55638 (11) 0.86464 (15) 0.16185 (6) 0.0216 (3)
C26 0.58502 (12) 0.73512 (17) 0.14135 (7) 0.0272 (3)
H26 0.5954 0.6566 0.1680 0.033\*
C27 0.58488 (13) 0.83070 (19) 0.05016 (7) 0.0331 (4)
H27 0.5935 0.8178 0.0102 0.040\*
C28 0.54549 (12) 0.97556 (17) 0.12101 (7) 0.0262 (3)
H28 0.5265 1.0666 0.1335 0.031\*
C29 0.41437 (11) 0.87642 (15) 0.21441 (6) 0.0213 (3)
C30 0.36495 (12) 0.75843 (17) 0.18589 (7) 0.0282 (3)
H30 0.4030 0.6824 0.1736 0.034\*
C31 0.26178 (13) 0.75007 (18) 0.17516 (7) 0.0318 (4)
H31 0.2286 0.6692 0.1559 0.038\*
C32 0.20876 (12) 0.86111 (19) 0.19289 (7) 0.0337 (4)
C33 0.25363 (13) 0.97840 (19) 0.22114 (8) 0.0384 (4)
H33 0.2147 1.0538 0.2331 0.046\*
C34 0.35716 (13) 0.98521 (18) 0.23203 (7) 0.0312 (4)
H34 0.3894 1.0660 0.2519 0.037\*
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Atomic displacement parameters (Å^2^) {#tablewrapadps}
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*U*^11^ *U*^22^ *U*^33^ *U*^12^ *U*^13^ *U*^23^
Cl1 0.0317 (2) 0.0379 (2) 0.0325 (2) 0.00085 (17) 0.01153 (17) −0.00473 (17)
Cl2 0.0281 (2) 0.0486 (3) 0.0437 (3) −0.00338 (19) 0.00418 (18) 0.0138 (2)
F1 0.0620 (7) 0.0226 (5) 0.0485 (6) −0.0083 (5) 0.0167 (5) 0.0002 (4)
F2 0.0242 (6) 0.0786 (9) 0.0697 (8) 0.0000 (6) 0.0055 (5) −0.0044 (7)
O1 0.0256 (6) 0.0270 (6) 0.0240 (6) 0.0028 (5) 0.0070 (4) 0.0001 (4)
O2 0.0362 (6) 0.0189 (5) 0.0183 (5) −0.0040 (4) −0.0011 (5) −0.0018 (4)
N1 0.0362 (8) 0.0295 (7) 0.0226 (7) 0.0029 (6) −0.0042 (6) −0.0005 (6)
N2 0.0334 (8) 0.0243 (7) 0.0278 (7) 0.0059 (6) 0.0010 (6) 0.0006 (6)
N3 0.0335 (8) 0.0334 (8) 0.0267 (7) −0.0027 (6) 0.0089 (6) −0.0052 (6)
N4 0.0407 (8) 0.0354 (8) 0.0210 (7) −0.0037 (6) 0.0019 (6) 0.0014 (6)
C1 0.0261 (8) 0.0173 (7) 0.0203 (7) 0.0007 (6) 0.0013 (6) 0.0026 (6)
C2 0.0300 (8) 0.0215 (7) 0.0230 (8) −0.0008 (6) 0.0037 (6) 0.0014 (6)
C3 0.0491 (11) 0.0319 (9) 0.0230 (8) −0.0022 (8) 0.0064 (8) −0.0061 (7)
C4 0.0514 (12) 0.0354 (10) 0.0270 (9) −0.0085 (8) −0.0072 (8) −0.0073 (7)
C5 0.0325 (9) 0.0314 (9) 0.0353 (9) −0.0058 (7) −0.0067 (7) −0.0004 (7)
C6 0.0281 (8) 0.0265 (8) 0.0257 (8) −0.0007 (6) 0.0004 (6) 0.0010 (6)
C7 0.0216 (7) 0.0227 (7) 0.0192 (7) 0.0027 (6) 0.0021 (6) −0.0012 (6)
C8 0.0223 (7) 0.0227 (7) 0.0184 (7) 0.0016 (6) 0.0032 (6) 0.0005 (6)
C9 0.0341 (9) 0.0221 (8) 0.0251 (8) 0.0023 (7) −0.0005 (7) −0.0013 (6)
C10 0.0308 (9) 0.0303 (9) 0.0266 (8) 0.0064 (7) −0.0012 (7) 0.0030 (7)
C11 0.0283 (8) 0.0240 (8) 0.0216 (7) 0.0017 (6) 0.0025 (6) −0.0018 (6)
C12 0.0262 (8) 0.0203 (7) 0.0177 (7) 0.0010 (6) 0.0008 (6) −0.0032 (6)
C13 0.0267 (8) 0.0245 (8) 0.0272 (8) 0.0019 (6) 0.0030 (6) −0.0026 (6)
C14 0.0310 (9) 0.0292 (9) 0.0341 (9) −0.0055 (7) 0.0090 (7) −0.0070 (7)
C15 0.0459 (10) 0.0188 (8) 0.0269 (8) −0.0057 (7) 0.0087 (7) −0.0043 (6)
C16 0.0380 (10) 0.0221 (8) 0.0316 (9) 0.0052 (7) 0.0013 (7) −0.0005 (7)
C17 0.0273 (8) 0.0248 (8) 0.0287 (8) 0.0025 (6) 0.0005 (7) −0.0017 (6)
C18 0.0288 (8) 0.0189 (7) 0.0184 (7) 0.0000 (6) 0.0013 (6) −0.0017 (6)
C19 0.0300 (8) 0.0230 (8) 0.0259 (8) −0.0008 (6) 0.0031 (6) 0.0015 (6)
C20 0.0322 (9) 0.0265 (8) 0.0347 (9) 0.0057 (7) −0.0035 (7) 0.0001 (7)
C21 0.0441 (10) 0.0227 (8) 0.0273 (8) 0.0053 (7) −0.0033 (7) 0.0036 (6)
C22 0.0458 (10) 0.0239 (8) 0.0239 (8) −0.0028 (7) 0.0045 (7) 0.0048 (6)
C23 0.0303 (8) 0.0253 (8) 0.0231 (8) −0.0022 (7) 0.0023 (6) 0.0000 (6)
C24 0.0269 (8) 0.0176 (7) 0.0183 (7) −0.0012 (6) 0.0015 (6) −0.0009 (5)
C25 0.0207 (7) 0.0235 (7) 0.0194 (7) −0.0028 (6) 0.0006 (6) −0.0014 (6)
C26 0.0317 (9) 0.0261 (8) 0.0242 (8) −0.0015 (7) 0.0060 (7) −0.0005 (6)
C27 0.0374 (10) 0.0417 (10) 0.0210 (8) −0.0070 (8) 0.0076 (7) −0.0043 (7)
C28 0.0298 (8) 0.0253 (8) 0.0217 (8) −0.0010 (6) −0.0003 (6) 0.0005 (6)
C29 0.0267 (8) 0.0213 (7) 0.0154 (7) 0.0012 (6) 0.0023 (6) 0.0027 (6)
C30 0.0304 (9) 0.0261 (8) 0.0275 (8) −0.0005 (7) 0.0037 (7) −0.0046 (6)
C31 0.0309 (9) 0.0358 (9) 0.0272 (8) −0.0071 (7) 0.0010 (7) −0.0041 (7)
C32 0.0236 (8) 0.0467 (10) 0.0305 (9) 0.0011 (7) 0.0040 (7) 0.0064 (8)
C33 0.0355 (10) 0.0344 (10) 0.0483 (11) 0.0073 (8) 0.0155 (8) −0.0017 (8)
C34 0.0346 (9) 0.0267 (8) 0.0337 (9) −0.0008 (7) 0.0096 (7) −0.0057 (7)
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Geometric parameters (Å, º) {#tablewrapgeomlong}
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Cl1---C2 1.7464 (16) C13---C14 1.388 (2)
Cl2---C19 1.7456 (16) C13---H13 0.9500
F1---C15 1.3653 (18) C14---C15 1.370 (2)
F2---C32 1.3560 (19) C14---H14 0.9500
O1---C7 1.4307 (17) C15---C16 1.368 (2)
O1---H1 0.8400 C16---C17 1.387 (2)
O2---C24 1.4209 (17) C16---H16 0.9500
O2---H2 0.8400 C17---H17 0.9500
N1---C10 1.335 (2) C18---C23 1.397 (2)
N1---C9 1.337 (2) C18---C19 1.400 (2)
N2---C10 1.324 (2) C18---C24 1.538 (2)
N2---C11 1.3392 (19) C19---C20 1.387 (2)
N3---C27 1.331 (2) C20---C21 1.381 (2)
N3---C26 1.347 (2) C20---H20 0.9500
N4---C27 1.329 (2) C21---C22 1.379 (3)
N4---C28 1.333 (2) C21---H21 0.9500
C1---C6 1.395 (2) C22---C23 1.391 (2)
C1---C2 1.395 (2) C22---H22 0.9500
C1---C7 1.553 (2) C23---H23 0.9500
C2---C3 1.392 (2) C24---C25 1.531 (2)
C3---C4 1.381 (3) C24---C29 1.544 (2)
C3---H3 0.9500 C25---C26 1.381 (2)
C4---C5 1.378 (3) C25---C28 1.388 (2)
C4---H4 0.9500 C26---H26 0.9500
C5---C6 1.387 (2) C27---H27 0.9500
C5---H5 0.9500 C28---H28 0.9500
C6---H6 0.9500 C29---C34 1.383 (2)
C7---C8 1.526 (2) C29---C30 1.395 (2)
C7---C12 1.535 (2) C30---C31 1.382 (2)
C8---C11 1.381 (2) C30---H30 0.9500
C8---C9 1.387 (2) C31---C32 1.366 (2)
C9---H9 0.9500 C31---H31 0.9500
C10---H10 0.9500 C32---C33 1.364 (3)
C11---H11 0.9500 C33---C34 1.386 (2)
C12---C13 1.390 (2) C33---H33 0.9500
C12---C17 1.395 (2) C34---H34 0.9500
C7---O1---H1 109.5 C16---C17---C12 120.66 (15)
C24---O2---H2 109.5 C16---C17---H17 119.7
C10---N1---C9 116.05 (13) C12---C17---H17 119.7
C10---N2---C11 115.64 (13) C23---C18---C19 116.40 (14)
C27---N3---C26 115.93 (14) C23---C18---C24 121.09 (14)
C27---N4---C28 115.25 (14) C19---C18---C24 122.33 (13)
C6---C1---C2 116.42 (14) C20---C19---C18 121.84 (15)
C6---C1---C7 118.18 (13) C20---C19---Cl2 116.40 (13)
C2---C1---C7 125.38 (13) C18---C19---Cl2 121.75 (12)
C3---C2---C1 121.72 (15) C21---C20---C19 120.19 (16)
C3---C2---Cl1 115.60 (13) C21---C20---H20 119.9
C1---C2---Cl1 122.68 (12) C19---C20---H20 119.9
C4---C3---C2 120.09 (16) C22---C21---C20 119.62 (15)
C4---C3---H3 120.0 C22---C21---H21 120.2
C2---C3---H3 120.0 C20---C21---H21 120.2
C5---C4---C3 119.64 (15) C21---C22---C23 119.81 (16)
C5---C4---H4 120.2 C21---C22---H22 120.1
C3---C4---H4 120.2 C23---C22---H22 120.1
C4---C5---C6 119.68 (17) C22---C23---C18 122.15 (15)
C4---C5---H5 120.2 C22---C23---H23 118.9
C6---C5---H5 120.2 C18---C23---H23 118.9
C5---C6---C1 122.42 (16) O2---C24---C25 105.59 (11)
C5---C6---H6 118.8 O2---C24---C18 109.76 (11)
C1---C6---H6 118.8 C25---C24---C18 113.46 (12)
O1---C7---C8 104.86 (11) O2---C24---C29 109.65 (12)
O1---C7---C12 105.51 (11) C25---C24---C29 105.35 (11)
C8---C7---C12 114.59 (12) C18---C24---C29 112.69 (12)
O1---C7---C1 109.53 (12) C26---C25---C28 115.66 (14)
C8---C7---C1 113.22 (12) C26---C25---C24 125.21 (13)
C12---C7---C1 108.71 (11) C28---C25---C24 118.97 (13)
C11---C8---C9 115.56 (14) N3---C26---C25 122.36 (14)
C11---C8---C7 124.14 (13) N3---C26---H26 118.8
C9---C8---C7 119.13 (13) C25---C26---H26 118.8
N1---C9---C8 122.61 (14) N4---C27---N3 127.17 (15)
N1---C9---H9 118.7 N4---C27---H27 116.4
C8---C9---H9 118.7 N3---C27---H27 116.4
N2---C10---N1 126.77 (14) N4---C28---C25 123.58 (15)
N2---C10---H10 116.6 N4---C28---H28 118.2
N1---C10---H10 116.6 C25---C28---H28 118.2
N2---C11---C8 123.29 (14) C34---C29---C30 118.14 (15)
N2---C11---H11 118.4 C34---C29---C24 120.33 (13)
C8---C11---H11 118.4 C30---C29---C24 121.44 (13)
C13---C12---C17 118.72 (14) C31---C30---C29 121.23 (15)
C13---C12---C7 123.32 (13) C31---C30---H30 119.4
C17---C12---C7 117.92 (14) C29---C30---H30 119.4
C14---C13---C12 121.05 (15) C32---C31---C30 118.30 (15)
C14---C13---H13 119.5 C32---C31---H31 120.9
C12---C13---H13 119.5 C30---C31---H31 120.9
C15---C14---C13 118.02 (16) F2---C32---C33 118.37 (16)
C15---C14---H14 121.0 F2---C32---C31 118.98 (16)
C13---C14---H14 121.0 C33---C32---C31 122.65 (16)
F1---C15---C16 118.70 (15) C32---C33---C34 118.56 (16)
F1---C15---C14 118.23 (16) C32---C33---H33 120.7
C16---C15---C14 123.07 (15) C34---C33---H33 120.7
C15---C16---C17 118.41 (15) C29---C34---C33 121.12 (15)
C15---C16---H16 120.8 C29---C34---H34 119.4
C17---C16---H16 120.8 C33---C34---H34 119.4
C6---C1---C2---C3 1.3 (2) C23---C18---C19---C20 1.0 (2)
C7---C1---C2---C3 179.80 (14) C24---C18---C19---C20 176.13 (14)
C6---C1---C2---Cl1 −178.40 (11) C23---C18---C19---Cl2 −177.32 (11)
C7---C1---C2---Cl1 0.1 (2) C24---C18---C19---Cl2 −2.2 (2)
C1---C2---C3---C4 −1.5 (2) C18---C19---C20---C21 −1.0 (2)
Cl1---C2---C3---C4 178.29 (13) Cl2---C19---C20---C21 177.38 (13)
C2---C3---C4---C5 0.4 (3) C19---C20---C21---C22 0.4 (2)
C3---C4---C5---C6 0.6 (3) C20---C21---C22---C23 0.1 (2)
C4---C5---C6---C1 −0.7 (3) C21---C22---C23---C18 −0.1 (2)
C2---C1---C6---C5 −0.2 (2) C19---C18---C23---C22 −0.4 (2)
C7---C1---C6---C5 −178.83 (14) C24---C18---C23---C22 −175.65 (14)
C6---C1---C7---O1 −5.94 (18) C23---C18---C24---O2 114.19 (15)
C2---C1---C7---O1 175.61 (13) C19---C18---C24---O2 −60.75 (18)
C6---C1---C7---C8 −122.57 (14) C23---C18---C24---C25 −127.96 (15)
C2---C1---C7---C8 58.98 (19) C19---C18---C24---C25 57.10 (18)
C6---C1---C7---C12 108.87 (15) C23---C18---C24---C29 −8.33 (19)
C2---C1---C7---C12 −69.58 (17) C19---C18---C24---C29 176.73 (13)
O1---C7---C8---C11 −106.42 (16) O2---C24---C25---C26 149.18 (14)
C12---C7---C8---C11 138.39 (15) C18---C24---C25---C26 28.9 (2)
C1---C7---C8---C11 12.9 (2) C29---C24---C25---C26 −94.79 (17)
O1---C7---C8---C9 60.67 (17) O2---C24---C25---C28 −35.57 (18)
C12---C7---C8---C9 −54.52 (19) C18---C24---C25---C28 −155.81 (13)
C1---C7---C8---C9 −179.99 (13) C29---C24---C25---C28 80.46 (16)
C10---N1---C9---C8 −0.5 (2) C27---N3---C26---C25 1.2 (2)
C11---C8---C9---N1 2.3 (2) C28---C25---C26---N3 −1.8 (2)
C7---C8---C9---N1 −165.84 (15) C24---C25---C26---N3 173.55 (14)
C11---N2---C10---N1 2.9 (3) C28---N4---C27---N3 −2.1 (3)
C9---N1---C10---N2 −2.3 (3) C26---N3---C27---N4 0.9 (3)
C10---N2---C11---C8 −0.7 (2) C27---N4---C28---C25 1.2 (2)
C9---C8---C11---N2 −1.7 (2) C26---C25---C28---N4 0.6 (2)
C7---C8---C11---N2 165.81 (15) C24---C25---C28---N4 −175.13 (14)
O1---C7---C12---C13 −140.63 (14) O2---C24---C29---C34 −12.53 (18)
C8---C7---C12---C13 −25.8 (2) C25---C24---C29---C34 −125.73 (14)
C1---C7---C12---C13 101.97 (16) C18---C24---C29---C34 110.05 (15)
O1---C7---C12---C17 41.66 (17) O2---C24---C29---C30 164.03 (13)
C8---C7---C12---C17 156.47 (13) C25---C24---C29---C30 50.83 (17)
C1---C7---C12---C17 −75.74 (16) C18---C24---C29---C30 −73.39 (17)
C17---C12---C13---C14 2.0 (2) C34---C29---C30---C31 0.3 (2)
C7---C12---C13---C14 −175.65 (14) C24---C29---C30---C31 −176.34 (14)
C12---C13---C14---C15 −0.2 (2) C29---C30---C31---C32 0.4 (2)
C13---C14---C15---F1 177.54 (14) C30---C31---C32---F2 180.00 (15)
C13---C14---C15---C16 −2.0 (2) C30---C31---C32---C33 −0.7 (3)
F1---C15---C16---C17 −177.36 (14) F2---C32---C33---C34 179.58 (16)
C14---C15---C16---C17 2.2 (2) C31---C32---C33---C34 0.3 (3)
C15---C16---C17---C12 −0.2 (2) C30---C29---C34---C33 −0.7 (2)
C13---C12---C17---C16 −1.9 (2) C24---C29---C34---C33 175.94 (15)
C7---C12---C17---C16 175.96 (14) C32---C33---C34---C29 0.5 (3)
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Hydrogen-bond geometry (Å, º) {#tablewraphbondslong}
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Cg1 is the centroid of the C18--C23 ring.
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*D*---H···*A* *D*---H H···*A* *D*···*A* *D*---H···*A*
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Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games
Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Dream Park Aquatics Center, Incheon, South Korea from 20 September to 1 October 2014.
Schedule
Medalists
Medal table
Draw
A draw ceremony was held on 21 August 2014 to determine the groups for the men's competition. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2010 Asian Games. The women were played in round robin format.
Group A
(1)
(4)
Group B
(2)
(3)
Final standing
Men
Women
References
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
)
ASANTE, et al., )
)
Plaintiffs, )
)
v. ) Civil Action No. 19-cv-2512 (TSC)
)
ALEX M. AZAR, SECRETARY U.S. )
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND )
HUMAN SERVICES, et al., )
)
Defendants. )
)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Plaintiffs Asante, Asante Rogue Valley Medical Center, Asante Three Rivers Medical
Center, Asante Ashland Community Hospital, Renown Regional Medical Center, Renown South
Meadows Medical Center, Sky Lakes Medical Center, and Yuma Regional Medical Center
(collectively, the “Hospitals”), eight hospitals located in Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona, bring this
action under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., against the
federal agencies and personnel responsible for administering Medicaid. The Hospitals seek a
preliminary injunction to prevent Defendants from approving California’s state plan amendment
governing California’s supplemental Medicaid payment program, and from providing federal
matching funds under the program.
The Hospitals claim California’s Medicaid plan improperly differentiates between in-
state and out-of-state hospitals to make out-of-state hospitals, like them, ineligible to receive
supplemental Medicaid payments. They argue this discriminatory scheme violates the
Commerce Clause, Equal Protection, and the Medicaid Act, and that Defendants’ approval and
funding of the scheme violate the APA. Defendants have moved, pursuant to Federal Rules of
1
Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), to dismiss the Complaint. Upon consideration of the
motions and the parties’ briefs, and for the reasons set forth below, the court will GRANT
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) and therefore will DENY as moot Plaintiffs’
Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 2).
I. BACKGROUND
The Medicaid program, authorized under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
establishes a cooperative federal-state program that finances medical care for people who cannot
afford medical services. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396–1396v. Defendants are the federal agencies and
officials responsible for administering Medicaid: Department of Health and Human Services
(“HHS”); Secretary of HHS, Alex Azar; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”);
and CMS Administrator, Seema Verma. (ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 10–13.) The HHS Secretary
is responsible for the program and has delegated its administration to the CMS, an agency within
HHS. See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Statement of Organization, Functions and
Delegations of Authority; Reorganization Order, 66 Fed. Reg. 35,437 (2001). States
participating in Medicaid must submit plans to CMS for approval that detail financial eligibility
criteria, covered medical services, and reimbursement methods and standards. 42 U.S.C. §§
1396a(a), 1396b. Once a state’s plan is approved, the federal government provides financial
assistance for necessary and proper costs of administering its Medicaid program. §§ 1396b,
1396d(b). States must also amend their plans to reflect changes in law or operation of its
Medicaid program. CMS is responsible for reviewing all amendments to state plans to
“determine whether the plan continues to meet the requirements for approval.” 42 CFR
§ 430.12(c)(2).
2
California participates in the Medicaid program through Medi-Cal. See Cal. Welf. &
Inst. Code § 14000, et seq. At issue here is the Medi-Cal method for paying certain hospitals
supplemental Medicaid payments through their Quality Assurance Fee (“QAF”) program. Under
the program, California collects fees from certain hospitals, receives matching funds from the
federal government, and disburses supplemental Medicaid payments to certain in-state hospitals
from the total funds. (Compl. ¶¶ 48–51.) Under past iterations of California’s QAF program,
certain in-state hospitals received supplemental payments while out-of-state hospitals did not,
(Id.), despite the fact that out-of-state hospitals, particularly those near the California border,
provide frequent and necessary services to Medi-Cal patients. (Compl. ¶ 2–5.) The Hospitals
allege that because of this differential treatment, the previous QAF programs, which ran through
June 30, 2019, unlawfully discriminated against out-of-state hospitals. (Id. ¶ 67, 69.) The
Hospitals further claim that the currently proposed QAF program, which covers a period starting
on July 1, 2019, (“2019 QAF Program”) will do the same. (Id. ¶ 69.) The Hospitals, however,
only seek relief from the proposed QAF program, as they have already settled claims with
California regarding the QAF program covering 2009 through June 30, 2019. (Id. ¶¶ 19–24,
Prayer for Relief ¶¶ 1–4.)
To operate the QAF program—previous and proposed—CMS must approve California’s
state plan amendments, which it did for plan amendments for the QAF program through June 30,
2019. (Id. ¶¶ 94–95.) It also granted two tax waivers for California to collect the underlying fee
to operate the QAF program. (Id. ¶¶ 89–92.) California now seeks approval for its state plan
amendments for the 2019 QAF program, but CMS has not decided whether to grant such
approval. (Id. ¶¶ 97–100.)
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The Hospitals assert three claims against the Defendants under the APA. In Count One,
they allege that “as it exists as of July 1, 2019, California’s methodology for making QAF
payments, as reflected in the California State Medicaid Plan, discriminates against interstate
commerce and is unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause,” and therefore CMS’s approval
violates APA § 706(2)(A), (B). (Compl. ¶¶ 105, 106.) In Count Two, the Hospitals claim that
“as it exists as of July 1, 2019, California’s differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state
hospitals under the QAF program, as reflected in the California State Medicaid Plan, bears no
rational relationship to any legitimate state purpose and thus violates the Equal Protection Clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment,” and therefore agency approval also violates the APA. (Compl.
¶¶ 110, 111.) Finally, in Count Three, the Hospitals allege that “California does not provide
supplemental QAF monies to the plaintiffs ‘to the same extent’ that it provides funds to in-state
hospitals” in violation of the Medicaid Act, and therefore agency approval again violates the
APA. 1 (Compl. ¶¶ 115–117.) The Hospitals seek declaratory relief and an injunction “as of July
1, 2019” barring “all federal QAF payments,” and preventing CMS from approving California’s
state plan amendments that include the allegedly discriminatory 2019 QAF program. (Prayer for
Relief ¶¶ 1–4.) Defendants move to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to
state a claim. (ECF No. 18 (“Defs. Br.”).)
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Count Four alleges a cause of action under the Declaratory Judgment Act. (Compl. ¶¶ 121
(citing 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202).) Declaratory relief, however, is not a freestanding cause of
action, but rather a form of relief for the Hospitals’ other claims. See Ali v. Rumsfeld, 649 F.3d
762, 778 (D.C. Cir. 2011). The court will therefore dismiss Count Four as a separate claim. See
Base One Techs., Inc. v. Ali, 78 F. Supp. 3d 186, 199 (D.D.C. 2015).
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II. LEGAL STANDARD
Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction and “may not exercise jurisdiction absent a
statutory basis.” Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs., Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 552 (2005).
“Limits on subject-matter jurisdiction ‘keep the federal courts within the bounds the Constitution
and Congress have prescribed,’ and those limits ‘must be policed by the courts on their own
initiative.’” Watts v. SEC, 482 F.3d 501, 505 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (quoting Ruhrgas AG v.
Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 583 (1999)). Such limits are especially important in the agency
review context, where “Congress is free to choose the court in which judicial review of agency
decisions may occur.” Am. Petroleum Inst. v. SEC, 714 F.3d 1329, 1332 (D.C. Cir. 2013)
(internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Watts, 482 F.3d at 505). The law presumes that “a
cause lies outside [the court’s] limited jurisdiction” unless the party asserting jurisdiction
establishes otherwise. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994)
(citation omitted). Thus, plaintiffs bear the burden of establishing jurisdiction by a
preponderance of the evidence. See Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 561 (1992);
Shekoyan v. Sibley Int’l Corp., 217 F. Supp. 2d 59, 63 (D.D.C. 2002).
In evaluating a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure Rule 12(b)(1), a court must “assume the truth of all material factual allegations in the
complaint and ‘construe the complaint liberally, granting plaintiff[s] the benefit of all inferences
that can be derived from the facts alleged.’” Am. Nat’l Ins. Co. v. FDIC, 642 F.3d 1137, 1139
(D.C. Cir. 2011) (quoting Thomas v. Principi, 394 F.3d 970, 972 (D.C. Cir. 2005)). But the
court “need not accept factual inferences drawn by plaintiffs if those inferences are not supported
by facts alleged in the complaint, nor must the Court accept [plaintiffs’] legal conclusions.”
Disner v. United States, 888 F. Supp. 2d 83, 87 (D.D.C. 2012) (quoting Speelman v. United
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States, 461 F. Supp. 2d 71, 73 (D.D.C. 2006)). A motion to dismiss under 12(b)(1) “is not
limited to the allegations of the complaint.” Hohri v. United States, 782 F.2d 227, 241 (D.C. Cir.
1986), vacated on other grounds, 482 U.S. 64 (1987). And “a court may consider such materials
outside the pleadings as it deems appropriate to resolve the question [of] whether it has
jurisdiction to hear the case.” Scolaro v. D.C. Bd. of Elections & Ethics, 104 F. Supp. 2d 18, 22
(D.D.C. 2000) (citing, inter alia, Herbert v. Nat’l Acad. of Scis., 974 F.2d 192, 197 (D.C. Cir.
1992)).
Conversely, a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim “tests the
legal sufficiency of a complaint.” Browning v. Clinton, 292 F.3d 235, 242 (D.C. Cir. 2002). “To
survive a motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true,
to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678
(2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). 2 A claim is plausible
when the factual content allows the court to “draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is
liable for the misconduct alleged.” Id. Plaintiffs’ factual allegations need not be “detailed,” but
“the Federal Rules demand more than ‘an unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me
accusation.’” McNair v. District of Columbia, 213 F. Supp. 3d 81, 86 (D.D.C. 2016) (citing
Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570).
2
The Hospitals argue that Defendants’ motion to dismiss is premature because the plausibility
standard is not applicable when a plaintiff challenges agency action under the APA. (Pls. Br. at
1.) They rely on a decision from the First Circuit holding that “the plausibility standard has no
place in APA review.” Atieh v. Riordan, 727 F.3d 73, 76 (1st Cir. 2013). Courts in this Circuit,
however, regularly review motions to dismiss APA actions under the plausibility standard. See,
e.g., L. Xia v. Tillerson, 865 F.3d 643, 657 (D.C. Cir. 2017). This court will follow suit.
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III. ANALYSIS
Defendants argue that the Hospitals’ claims are not ripe for adjudication, no final agency
action has occurred, the Hospitals lack standing, and the Hospitals have failed to state a claim
under the Medicaid Act. The court need only reach the first two arguments.
A. Final Agency Action
Defendants contend that the Hospitals’ claims are not ripe because CMS has not taken
final agency action on California’s 2019 QAF Program. (Defs. Br. at 13–16.) The APA limits
judicial review to “final agency action for which there is no other adequate remedy in a court.”
5 U.S.C. § 704. Finality is a “threshold question” that determines whether judicial review is
available under the APA. Fund for Animals, Inc. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 460 F.3d 13, 18
(D.C. Cir. 2006). “An agency action is final only if it is both ‘the consummation of the agency’s
decisionmaking process’ and a decision by which ‘rights or obligations have been determined’ or
from which ‘legal consequences will flow.’” Nat’l Min. Ass’n v. McCarthy, 758 F.3d 243, 250
(D.C. Cir. 2014) (quoting Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154, 177–78 (1997)) (emphasis in original).
The Hospitals concede that, because CMS has not approved or disapproved the 2019
QAF Program, there has been no final agency action on that program. (ECF No. 22 (“Pls. Br.”)
at 7); see also Douglas v. Indep. Living Ctr. of S. California, Inc., 565 U.S. 606, 613, 616 (2012)
(noting that final agency action on a Medicaid state plan amendment occurs after CMS approves
or disapproves the amendment). Nevertheless, the Hospitals seek judicial review of the 2019
QAF Program under the theory that Defendants’ previous approvals of California’s previous
state plan amendments to the QAF program are reviewable final agency actions.
But the Hospitals seek relief only from the 2019 QAF Program, on which Defendants
have taken no action. (Compl. ¶¶19–25.). Indeed, in more than ten places in the Complaint, the
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Hospitals state that the QAF program “as of July 1, 2019” is the program at issue. (Compl.
¶¶19–24, 105, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 118, 119, Prayer for Relief ¶¶ 1–4).) They also
acknowledge they have already obtained relief from California from the allegedly discriminatory
QAF program in place for the last ten years. (Compl. ¶¶ 19–24.)
The final agency action required for judicial review must be the action from which the
Hospitals desire relief. Cf. Lujan v. Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n, 497 U.S. 871, 892–93 (1990)
(explaining that a complaint must challenge specific, final agency actions and that individual
actions creating a “program” “cannot be laid before the courts for wholesale correction under the
APA, simply because one of them that is ripe for review adversely affects one of respondent’s
members”); Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. v. Consumer Prod. Safety Comm’n, 324 F.3d 726,
732 (D.C. Cir. 2003) (holding that without final agency action on an investigation plaintiff could
not challenge the agency’s jurisdiction to conduct the investigation). Therefore, the court cannot
review previous approvals of the QAF program in lieu of reviewing final agency action on the
2019 QAF Program. The Hospitals seek no relief from any harm inflicted by previous approvals
of the QAF program. Nor do they point to any policy, interim decision, or other action on the
2019 QAF Program that could plausibly be a final agency action for purposes of judicial review.
In short, there is no final agency action for the court to review.
The Hospitals also argue that CMS’s review for the 2019 QAF Program will be no
different from previous reviews. (Pls. Br. at 7.) But the fact that CMS has approved California’s
QAF program in the past does not necessarily mean the agency will approve the 2019 QAF
Program, especially where CMS has issued no interim decision. Cf. Teva v. Sebelius, 595 F.3d
1303, 1310 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (holding that the FDA’s tentative approval of an application left “no
suggestion” that “any possible deficiency or uncertainty . . . could thwart final approval.”).
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Judicial review is constrained where an agency has not taken final action because “[t]he interest
in postponing review is powerful when the agency position is tentative. Judicial review at that
stage improperly intrudes into the agency’s decisionmaking process.” Reliable Automatic
Sprinkler Co., 324 F.3d at 732 (quoting Ciba-Geigy Corp. v. EPA, 801 F.2d 430, 436 (D.C. Cir.
1986)).
The Hospitals also argue—without citation to any relevant caselaw—that the 2019 QAF
Program can be reviewed because it is ongoing without CMS approval. Whether California has
implemented the 2019 QAF Program without federal agency approval has no bearing on whether
CMS has taken final agency action on the program.
In sum, the Hospitals fail to state an APA claim because they do not challenge a final
action by Defendants.
B. Ripeness
Federal courts are vested with the power of judicial review extending only to “Cases” and
“Controversies.” U.S. Const. art. III, § 2. Courts have, in interpreting this limitation on judicial
power, “developed a series of principles termed ‘justiciability doctrines,’ among which are
standing ripeness, mootness, and the political question doctrine.” Nat’l Treasury Emps. Union v.
United States, 101 F.3d 1423, 1427 (D.C. Cir. 1996) (citing Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737, 750
(1984)). The ripeness doctrine requires that a litigant’s claims be “constitutionally and
prudentially ripe,” so as to protect (1) “the agency’s interest in crystallizing its policy before that
policy is subjected to judicial review,” (2) “the court’s interests in avoiding unnecessary
adjudication and in deciding issues in a concrete setting,” and (3) “the petitioner’s interest in
prompt consideration of allegedly unlawful agency action.” Nevada v. U.S. Dep’t of Energy, 457
F.3d 78, 83–84 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (quoting Eagle–Picher Indus., Inc. v. EPA, 759 F.2d 905, 915
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(D.C. Cir. 1985)). The court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction if a plaintiff’s claims are not ripe.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. FERC, 501 F.3d 204, 208 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (“[R]ipeness goes to our
subject matter jurisdiction.”).
1. Constitutional Ripeness
To show constitutional ripeness, “the plaintiff must establish constitutional minima akin
to that of standing by showing an injury-in-fact.” Oregonians for Floodplain Prot. v. U.S. Dep’t
of Commerce, 334 F. Supp. 3d 66, 73 (D.D.C. 2018) (citing Nat’l Treasury Emps. Union, 101
F.3d at 1427). Ripeness “shares the constitutional requirement of standing that an injury in fact
be certainly impending.” Nat’l Treasury Emps. Union, 101 F.3d at 1427. Where a plaintiff
seeks prospective declaratory and injunctive relief, they “must establish an ongoing or future
injury that is ‘certainly impending’” and cannot “rest on past injury.” Williams v. Lew, 819 F.3d
466, 472 (D.C. Cir. 2016).
The Hospitals allege they suffer an ongoing injury from the significant financial losses
they are incurring and will incur from their ineligibility for California’s 2019 QAF Program.
(Compl. ¶ 6.) They aver that based on the QAF Program payments to other hospitals from July
1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, they annually lose approximately $14 million in payments. (Id.
¶ 75–76.) Further, the Hospitals allege that the California agency responsible for Medi-Cal
implements the QAF Program before receiving federal approval, (Id. ¶ 101 (citing Cal. Welf. &
Inst. Code § 14169.63)), and is currently implementing the unapproved 2019 QAF Program
(ECF No. 22-1 (“Johnson Decl.”) ¶ 5.) 3 The court finds that, based on this ongoing economic
3
The Hospitals’ Johnson Declaration also incorporates by reference two declarations submitted
in a 2009 lawsuit by Medi-Cal administrators. (Johnson Decl. ¶¶ 7–8.) Those declarations state
that, ten years ago, California had a longstanding practice of implementing state plan
amendments before federal approval. But those declarations were written four years before
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injury from the 2019 QAF Program, the Hospitals have shown an injury in fact. See Carpenters
Indus. Council v. Zinke, 854 F.3d 1, 5 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (holding economic harm constitutes
injury in fact).
Defendants argue that the Hospitals must show “significant” injury to establish
“immediate and irreparable” injury. (Defs. Br. at 28–29). But Defendants’ argument rests on an
incorrect foundation; to establish injury-in-fact, the Hospitals need not establish irreparable
injury, and the economic harm need not be significant. Carpenters Indus. Council, 854 F.3d at 5
(“Economic harm to a business clearly constitutes an injury-in-fact. And the amount is
irrelevant. A dollar of economic harm is still an injury-in-fact for standing purposes.”). The
cases Defendants cite are not to the contrary; both cases discuss significant harm in examining
whether plaintiffs showed irreparable injury to support a preliminary injunction, not whether
plaintiffs showed injury in fact. See Save Jobs USA v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 105 F.
Supp. 3d 108, 114 (D.D.C. 2015); Air Transp. Ass’n of Am., Inc., 840 F. Supp. 2d at 325.
Defendants also argue that the Hospitals have not suffered an injury in fact because there
has been no agency action, and the Hospitals have not challenged the California statute that
permits the 2019 QAF Program to be implemented before approval. (Defs. Br. at 13; ECF No.
24 (“Defs. Reply”) at 6.) Essentially, Defendants argue that they did not cause the Hospitals’
economic injury and cannot redress it. But the questions of who caused the Hospitals’ injury and
enaction of a California statute permitting pre-approval implementation of its QAF Program (as
opposed to state plan amendments generally). See Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14169.63.
Therefore, those declarations have no bearing on whether California is implementing the 2019
QAF Program before federal approval pursuant to Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14169.63. Thus, the
only basis for the Hospitals’ factual allegation that the 2019 QAF Program is currently in effect
is a single sentence in the Johnson Declaration. Nonetheless, despite this minimal showing,
Defendants have not proffered any facts to the contrary.
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who can remedy it go to the traceability and redressability elements of standing, not injury in
fact. The court need not reach those issues in determining injury in fact for constitutional
ripeness. Nat’l Treasury Emps. Union, 101 F.3d at n.1 (explaining that for constitutional
ripeness, a plaintiff need only show an injury in fact that is “imminent” and not one that is
“‘concrete and particularized,’ ‘fairly traceable’ to the challenged action, or ‘likely to be
redressed by a favorable decision’”). 4
2. Prudential Ripeness
While the Hospitals can show injury in fact, they fail to satisfy the prudential elements of
ripeness, which requires that “courts consider ‘both the fitness of the issues for judicial decision
and the hardship to the parties of withholding court consideration.’” Am. Tort Reform Ass’n v.
Occupational Safety & Health Admin., 738 F.3d 387, 396 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (quoting Abbott Labs.
v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136, 149 (1967)). In actions against agencies, that inquiry focuses on: “(1)
whether delayed review would cause hardship to the plaintiffs; (2) whether judicial intervention
would inappropriately interfere with further administrative action; and (3) whether the courts
would benefit from further factual development of the issues presented.” Nevada v. U.S. Dep’t
of Energy, 457 F.3d at 84 (quoting Ohio Forestry Ass’n, Inc. v. Sierra Club, 523 U.S. 726, 733
(1998)).
Defendants argue that without final agency action the issues are unfit for review. (Defs.
Br. at 10.) The Hospitals respond that judicial intervention is unlikely to interfere with further
4
The Hospitals also argue that the past ten years of the QAF Program—and Defendants’
approvals over that time—show injury in fact. Because the court finds that the Hospitals have
shown injury in fact from the ongoing harm from implementation of the 2019 QAF Program, the
court need not reach the issue of whether their pleaded “past wrongs” establish a “real and
immediate threat of injury.” See City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 102 (1983).
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administrative action because CMS’s review will be the same as the last ten years, and that facts
do not need further development because the QAF program has been essentially the same for the
last ten years, and CMS has approved the previous versions. (Pls. Br. at 6.)
Again, the Hospitals attempt to shoehorn ten years of actions into a suit explicitly based
on the 2019 QAF Program, on which, as discussed above, CMS has not taken final agency
action. And without final agency action, a dispute is generally unfit for review. See, e.g.,
Holistic Candlers & Consumers Ass’n v. Food & Drug Admin., 664 F.3d 940, 944 n.4 (D.C. Cir.
2012) (noting that, at least in APA cases, a dispute is “not fit if it does not involve final agency
action”). Not only has there been no final agency action, CMS has not issued even tentative
approval of the 2019 QAF Program that would make the outcome of the pending review certain.
Cf. Ciba-Geigy Corp. v. EPA, 801 F.2d 430, 435–36 (D.C.Cir.1986) (finding that the agency
action’s degree of finality is the main consideration in evaluating its “fitness for judicial review”
under the ripeness doctrine); Teva, 595 F.3d at 1310 (holding that the posture of the FDA’s
tentative approval of an application left “no suggestion” that “any possible deficiency or
uncertainty . . . could thwart final approval”). Because there has been no final agency action,
judicial review at this point would interfere with further administrative action on the 2019 QAF
Program—that is, the agency’s duty to approve or disapprove California’s state plan
amendments that include the 2019 QAF Program. This court will not intrude on that process, but
rather afford “the agency . . . the opportunity to apply its expertise.” Pfizer, Inc. v. Shalala, 182
F.3d 975, 978 (D.C. Cir. 1999). Moreover, the court would benefit from further factual
development from the agency’s review of and decision on the 2019 QAF Program.
Finally, any hardship imposed on the Hospitals does not outweigh the agency and court’s
interest in postponing review until CMS has taken final action. To outweigh the strong interest
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in postponing review, a plaintiff’s hardship must be “immediate, direct, and significant.” Cronin
v. FAA, 73 F.3d 1126, 1133 (D.C. Cir. 1996); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Dole, 802 F.2d
474, 480 (D.C. Cir. 1986). Ordinarily, financial loss is insufficient. Abbott Labs., 387 U.S. at
153. The hardship must be such that without judicial review, a party would have to make
significant changes in its everyday business practices—such as costly changes to comply with a
regulation—or face the imposition of strong sanctions. Beverly Enters., Inc. v. Herman, 50 F.
Supp. 2d 7, 13 (D.D.C. 1999) (citing Gardner v. Toilet Goods Ass’n, 387 U.S. 167, 171–172
(1967); Abbott Labs., 387 U.S. at 154; State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 802 F.2d at 479.)
Defendants argue that the Hospitals will not suffer hardship because they have never
received payments under the QAF program. (Defs. Br. at 11.) The Hospitals counter (without
support from the record), that California is already disbursing funds under the 2019 QAF
Program and once those funds have been distributed the Hospitals will be unable to recover their
share. (Pls. Br. at 6.) But as the D.C. Circuit has explained, payment schemes that do not
require a significant change in a party’s business practice are not the type of hardship necessary
to outweigh the interests in delayed review. In Cohen v. United States, 650 F.3d 717 (D.C. Cir.
2011), plaintiffs challenged a tax refund scheme before they had applied for refunds. The Court
explained that plaintiffs had not shown hardship: “Unlike a regulation that imposes obligations
or prohibits conduct (backed by sanctions), a payment scheme like that established by the 2006
refund rules does not require ‘an immediate and significant change’ in plaintiffs’ conduct.” Id. at
743. The Hospitals have not alleged that they will be forced to make any immediate or
significant changes in their business practices. Indeed, over the last ten years, they have never
received payments under California’s QAF program and instead have successfully settled claims
with the state. (Compl. ¶¶ 19–24.) Thus, California’s continued payments to other hospitals
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under the 2019 QAF program do not cause the Hospitals the kind of hardship necessary to
outweigh the interest in delayed review here.
In sum, the court finds that the Hospitals have established some, but not enough, hardship
to outweigh the strong interest in delayed review here. Accordingly, the Hospitals’ claims are
not ripe, and this court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction.
IV. CONCLUSION
For the reasons stated, Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be GRANTED and therefore
Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction will be DENIED as moot. The complaint will be
dismissed without prejudice. A corresponding Order will issue separately.
Date: January 16, 2020
Tanya S. Chutkan
TANYA S. CHUTKAN
United States District Judge
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
___________
No. 98-3911
___________
Steve Winkle, *
*
Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the Western
* District of Arkansas.
Southwestern Bell Telephone *
Company, *
*
Appellee. *
___________
Submitted: September 16, 1999
Filed: November 4, 1999
___________
Before BOWMAN, LAY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
___________
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Steve Winkle ("Winkle") began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company ("SWB") on April 14, 1980, in the Operator Services Center located in Hot
Springs, Arkansas. In 1982, Winkle was promoted to a first line management position
and remained in that position until his termination in March 1997. SWB's stated
reasons for terminating Winkle included his refusal to comply with conditions of
employment1 and his inappropriate office conduct.
Winkle filed suit against SWB alleging that his termination violated the
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101, et seq. ("ADA"), Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII"), and the Arkansas Civil
Rights Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-123-107 (Michie Supp. 1997). Following discovery,
SWB filed a motion for summary judgment.
In a detailed fifty-seven page opinion, the district court2 thoroughly examined all
of the evidence. Winkle v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., No. 97-6147 (W.D. Ark.,
October 16, 1998). The district court held Winkle had failed to prove a prima facie
case of disability discrimination because he failed to provide evidence of a substantial
limitation on a major life activity and because he failed to provide evidence that his
recent job performance met the legitimate job expectations of his employer. The
district court went on to note that, assuming Winkle had made a prima facie showing,
his claim still failed because he did not present evidence that his termination was the
result of his disability.
With respect to the Title VII claim, the district court concluded Winkle failed to
create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he was meeting the legitimate
expectations of employment. Despite this conclusion, the court assumed such a
showing, and held Winkle had failed to meet his burden of proving that SWB's
1
In response to complaints regarding Winkle's office conduct, SWB personnel
met with him on December 10, 1996, and January 27, 1997, and informed him of
disciplinary measures taken and the conditions necessary for his continued
employment.
2
The Honorable H. Franklin Waters, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Arkansas, presiding.
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proffered reasons for termination were pretextual. With regard to the Arkansas Civil
Rights Act claim, the district court held the claim failed because Winkle did not
produce evidence that his termination was the result of sex or disability discrimination.
On appeal, Winkle argued the district court erred in three ways: 1) by looking
at the evidence in a light more favorable to SWB; 2) in finding Winkle failed to
establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination and failed to prove SWB's reasons
for termination were pretextual; and 3) by finding Winkle's depression did not
constitute a disability within the meaning of the ADA.
We review a district court's grant of summary judgment de novo applying the
same standard used by the district court. Lynn v. Deaconess Med. Ctr. West Campus,
160 F.3d 484, 486 (8th Cir. 1998). "Summary judgment is proper if the evidence,
viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, demonstrates that there is
no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to
judgment as a matter of law." Id.
We have carefully reviewed the record in this case and find the evidence
supports a finding that SWB articulated legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for
terminating Winkle and Winkle failed to produce any evidence that these reasons were
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pretextual.3 Consequently, we find Winkle failed to present a genuine issue of material
fact on his Title VII claim.
We also hold that Winkle failed to prove a disability within the meaning of the
ADA because he presented no evidence that a major life activity was impaired.
Consequently, we find Winkle failed to present a genuine issue of material fact on his
ADA claim.
We affirm the district court's decision granting SWB's motion for summary
judgment.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
3
Under the burden-shifting analysis of St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks, 509
U.S. 502 (1993), once a plaintiff establishes a prima facie case of discrimination the
burden of production shifts to the defendant to articulate a legitimate, non-
discriminatory reason for termination; if such a reason is articulated, the burden shifts
back to the plaintiff to demonstrate that such reason is mere pretext for discrimination.
In this case, Winkle's proffer of evidence on pretextuality consisted mainly of his
seventeen years of good employment history, together with assertions that his conduct
did not constitute sexual harassment and that males were treated differently than
females. Winkle, however, did not contest the occurrence of most of the conduct
which SWB relied on in terminating him. Consequently, we hold that Winkle's claim
of pretext does not constitute evidence of pretext or in any way prove that the
nondiscriminatory reasons articulated by SWB were false.
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Q:
How to disable excel suggestion of conditional formatting
On 2016, every time you select/copy/paste a range, there's a little icon at right-side lower corner of the selection, giving you some options.
If you use they keyboard extensively to navigate throughout Excel, you can unintentionally focus on these options using Ctrl.
I've already disabled the following
Excel Options > Advanced > Cut, copy, and paste > Show Paste Options button when content is pasted
Excel Options > Advanced > Cut, copy, and paste > Show Insert Options buttons
Now, there's one more button that suggests Conditional Formatting, and I want to disable that.
A:
File > Options > General > User Interface Options > Uncheck Show Quick Analysis options on selection
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NBC/WSJ/Marist poll: Romney gains in key swing states
A week after President Barack Obama’s lackluster debate performance, Republican challenger Mitt Romney has made some gains in three key swing states among those most likely to vote, according to the latest round of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
Romney and Obama remain in a virtual tie in Virginia and Florida, and the Democratic incumbent maintains a slight advantage in Ohio.
Romney saw his largest gain in Virginia, where he now edges the president 48 percent to 47 percent, a 3-point reversal from last week’s poll, released the day of the first presidential debate. The spread is within the poll’s margin of error.
In Ohio, where there has been a renewed focus by the Romney campaign after the former Massachusetts governor’s strong debate performance, Obama leads 51 percent to 45 percent. That’s a 2-point uptick for Romney.
But the Ohio poll also included an 11-point advantage for self-described Democrats --- 40 percent to 29 percent for Republicans. Last week’s poll had a narrower 5-point advantage for Democrats. . (In 2008, the party identification split was 39 percent Democrat and 31 percent Republican, according to exit polls.)
One factor that may have pulled the party ID more heavily toward Democrats in this poll was early voting. One-in-five respondents (18 percent) said they have already voted, and, of those, almost two-thirds (63 percent) said they voted for Obama.
The ideological makeup in this poll was 22 percent liberal, 32 percent moderate, 46 percent conservative, which is actually less moderate and more conservative than four years ago when it was 20 percent liberal, 45 percent moderate, and just 35 percent conservative, according to the exit poll.
When early voters are taken out of the equation, Obama’s lead shrinks to 48 percent vs. Romney's 46 percent.
"Perhaps the poll is picking up the Obama absentee push,” said Barbara Carvalho, director of the Marist poll.
“By way of methodology, last week there was no question about absentee voting in the Ohio survey. It had not yet started. … Those who said they voted absentee in the past week, since absentee voting started in Ohio, are overwhelmingly Democratic and they voted for the president by a wide margin. This can account for a difference in party identification among likely voters because last week they would have been ‘likely voters’ and this week because absentee voting had started, they are ‘definite voters.’”
There are signs that Romney’s debate performance had an impact with the narrow slice of persuadable voters.
In all three states, the overwhelming majority of voters said they made up their minds before the debate -- 92 percent in Florida and Ohio, and 91 percent in Virginia. Just 7 percent in Virginia, 6 percent in Florida, and 5 percent in Ohio said they decided after the debate. But in all three states, Romney won them.
Romney also made significant gains with independents in Virginia and Ohio. In Virginia, Romney jumped 7 points with the group -- from a 45 percent to 44 percent statistical tie to a 50 percent to 42 percent lead.
In Ohio, he got an even wider 12-point boost. He was down 47 percent to 43 percent with them. But now, Romney is up 49 percent to 41 percent. In Florida, there was little change.
Romney also improved his image post-debate in all three states, but he’s still viewed more negatively than positively in Ohio.
Romney’s favorable score has jumped to 49 percent in Florida and Virginia, up from 46 percent in Florida and 45 percent in Virginia. In fact, before the debate in Virginia, Romney was viewed more negatively than positively. Now, that’s reversed.
Neither score is as good as the president’s, who continues to enjoy favorable ratings above 50 percent in all three states.
Obama’s approval rating also held steady -- 48 percent in both Florida and Virginia and 47 percent in Ohio.
Obama continues to be bolstered by women. There’s a 13-point gender gap in Florida, and 12-point gaps in Ohio and Virginia.
In the key Senate races, Democrats lead, but the race in Virginia has narrowed back to a tie.
Many observers believe as goes the presidential race in Virginia, so goes the competitive Senate race. And that very well may be the case, as Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen are once again deadlocked.
Kaine holds the narrowest of advantages, 47 percent to 46 percent. Last week, Kaine led by 5 points, 49 percent to 44 percent.
In Florida, incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson continues to hold a sizable lead over Republican Rep. Connie Mack, 52 percent to 39 percent, about where it was last week. |
Fluorescence emission properties of 8-aza analogues of caffeine, theophylline, and related N-alkyl xanthines.
Fluorescence emission properties of 8-azacaffeine, 8-azatheophylline and other N-alkylated 8-azaxanthines (8-azaXan) have been examined. It is shown that N-methylated 8-azaxanthines, as well as 8-azatheophylline, are highly fluorescent in aqueous medium as the neutral, and, in some instances, also as the monoanionic, forms. 8-Azacaffeine exhibits moderate emission, but its isomer, 1,3,8-trimethyl-8-azaXan, is highly fluorescent. All three 8-azaxanthines monomethylated on the triazole ring, as well as 8-azaxanthosine, exhibit increased acidity in the excited state. Some fluorescent pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-5,7-diones, xanthine congeners of pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines, are also reported. Many of these are good fluorescent probes in enzymatic, receptor binding, and nucleic acid systems, some examples of which are presented. In particular, 8-azaXan is an excellent fluorescent probe for purine nucleoside phosphorylases, as a fluorogenic substrate in the reverse, synthetic pathway. |
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.navercorp.pinpoint.common.server.bo.codec.stat.v2;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.common.server.bo.codec.stat.AgentStatCodec;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.common.server.bo.codec.stat.AgentStatCodecTestBase;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.common.server.bo.codec.stat.TestAgentStatFactory;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.common.server.bo.stat.TotalThreadCountBo;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
import java.util.List;
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration("classpath:applicationContext-test.xml")
public class TotalThreadCountCodecV2Test extends AgentStatCodecTestBase<TotalThreadCountBo> {
@Autowired
private TotalThreadCountCodecV2 totalThreadCountCodecV2;
@Override
protected List<TotalThreadCountBo> createAgentStats(String agentId, long startTimestamp, long initialTimestamp) {
return TestAgentStatFactory.createTotalThreadCountBos(agentId, startTimestamp, initialTimestamp);
}
@Override
protected AgentStatCodec<TotalThreadCountBo> getCodec() {
return totalThreadCountCodecV2;
}
@Override
protected void verify(TotalThreadCountBo expected, TotalThreadCountBo actual) {
Assert.assertEquals("agentId", expected.getAgentId(), actual.getAgentId());
Assert.assertEquals("startTimestamp", expected.getStartTimestamp(), actual.getStartTimestamp());
Assert.assertEquals("timestamp", expected.getTimestamp(), actual.getTimestamp());
Assert.assertEquals("totalThreadCount", expected.getTotalThreadCount(), actual.getTotalThreadCount());
}
}
|
Improved acoustic coupling for shock wave lithotripsy.
Previous in vitro studies of acoustic coupling in shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) have shown that air pockets trapped at the surface of the treatment head significantly reduce transmission of shock wave (SW) energy to the focal zone of the lithotripter, reducing the effectiveness of stone breakage. Since there are no reliable means to monitor the quality of coupling during SWL, we looked for a practical protocol to improve how coupling is achieved. In vitro studies were performed using a Dornier DoLi-50 lithotripter. LithoClear gel was used to couple the treatment head to the acoustic window of a clear acrylic test tank. Numerous methods of applying gel were tested including common sense variations of routine protocols typically used with patients. For each method the coverage of air pockets (% defects) was determined using digital imaging. Different coupling regimes were tested for effect on the breakage of gypsum model stones. The quality of acoustic coupling was affected by how the gel was handled--how it was dispensed and applied, and whether the gel was applied only to the treatment head or to both the lithotripter water cushion and the test tank (surrogate patient). Dispensing gel from a squeeze bottle for application by hand created significantly more defects than when a large volume (approximately 250 ml) of gel from the stock jug was applied as a mound to just the treatment head (26.5+/-2.7 vs. 1.2+/-0.5% defects, P<0.001). The efficiency of stone breakage was better when gel was applied from the stock jug compared to application by hand (P<0.006). Poor coupling was substantially improved by using the inflation feature of the water cushion to collapse air pockets, but this strategy was not a substitute for establishing good coupling at the outset. The quality of coupling in shock wave lithotripsy can be improved by minimizing the handling of the coupling medium. Hand application of coupling gel is clearly not the best way to prepare for lithotripsy. Better results can be obtained by delivering lithotripsy gel as a bolus to the treatment head alone, and allowing it to spread upon contact between the treatment head and the skin. These in vitro tests also suggest that the inflation feature of the lithotripter may be useful in reducing defects in coupling. |
DURHAM, N.H. -- In the wake of a hot water pipe break Saturday, April 6, 2013, that left three female students with serious burns to their feet, University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston has called for an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“I was devastated to learn three of our students suffered serious burns when this pipe failed,” said Huddleston. “The safety of the campus community is our top priority and we need to do everything we can to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.”
The inquiry will be led by Paul Dean, executive director of public safety.
Officials found the pipe that delivered hot water to Hunter Hall for the heating system was located under a pipe that delivers hot water for sinks and showers. That pipe, which is several decades old, had been slowly leaking for some time, continuously spraying hot water on the second larger and newer pipe, corroding the exterior and causing premature failure.
The three students, who were burned while exiting the building, were transported to local hospitals and later transferred to Boston hospitals.
Huddleston noted that the university’s facilities staff works hard to keep mechanical systems running effectively and efficiently, and to improve processes that identify emergency issues before they occur. The university periodically employs a leak detection service to inspect water distribution mains, and officials are looking at increasing the frequency of that as well as extending the service to other types of buried services. |
Obtaining a precise understanding of the mechanism(s) by which endogenous neuromodulators such as dopamine (DA) regulate glutamergic excitatory transmission could lead to better for patients afflicted with epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia, and drug addiction. Activation of the D1 dopamine receptor subtype, in particular, modulates glutamate-induced neuronal excitability in frontal cortex, hippocampus and neostriatum. Little is known about molecular mechanism(s) by which D1 receptor signaling modulates excitatory transmission. We recently identified a single transmembrane protein designated Calcyon which interacts with D1 DA receptors and localizes to vesicles in dendritic spines. Via interaction with Calcyon, D1 receptors stimulate release of Ca++ from internal stores (Ca++i) in an activity-dependent manner in heterologous expression system. A similar activity-dependent, D1 receptor agonist stimulated response is detectable by Fura-2 Ca++ imaging of primary cultures of cortical and hippocampal neurons. Our overarching hypothesis is that Calcyon enhances D1 receptor signaling through Gq/11 by serving as a link connecting D1 receptors to IP3 regulated Ca++ stores. We will determine how D1 DA receptor signaling through Gq/11 is primed, and how Calcyon enhances D1 receptor-mediated IP3 signaling. Using Ca++ imaging and peptides to block the D1 receptor:Calcyon interaction, we will determine if Calcyon is required for D1 agonist stimulated Ca++i release in dendritic spines. We propose to identify other GPCRs and accessory proteins that interact with Calcyon by yeast two-hybrid and phage display screens. We will determine how these proteins are involved in regulating release of Ca++ from vesicular stores. The results of this research should provide insight into clinical strategies to selectively boost or dampen D1 receptor mediated neuromodulation of excitatory transmission. |
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