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The effect of temperature elevation on the cerebrovascular response to noradrenaline and 5-hydroxytryptamine.
Fever frequently complicates stroke and subarachnoid haemorrhage. A transient rise in transmitter monoamine levels of plasma and cerebrospinal fluid occurs in these diseases. The present study demonstrates an enhanced vasoconstrictor response of cerebral vessels to noradrenaline-but not 5-hydroxytryptamine-following a rise in temperature. The augmented response is more likely due to an impaired inactivation (re-uptake) of the amine than to an altered sensitivity of the post-synaptic alpha-adrenergic receptor, since it could be reproduced by pretreatment with cocaine. The finding indicates that it may be important to combat fever in these patients. |
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Reported by Colleen Hardy at 07:50, Tue 7 August 2018
Sent to Harare and Ward 26 4 minutes later
This was initially a burst pipe and after 6 years it was finally sorted out and it is a Rectangular shape. I reported in March 2018 that it needed filling as with the large amount of rain we had it filled up and was a nice breeding ground for Mosquitos, now with no rain, it is a rubbish bin for the lady that sits on the corner. It will become a health hazard, so it requires filling immediately. I am no road person, but I do not think it will require more than 1/2 1 tonner load of soil. PLEASE THIS IS URGENT. |
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 6 General Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected.
The following came from Marissa Kerns, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. There are three other candidates, including Democrat Josh Green, Green Party candidate Renee Ing and nonpartisan candidate Paul Robotti.
Go to Civil Beat’s Elections Guide for general information, and check out other candidates on the General Election Ballot.
1. Homelessness continues to be a major problem in Hawaii. What specific proposals do you have to help reduce homelessness?
Cut taxes first, help the business community first. The Hawaii small business is the engine of the Hawaii economy, let them keep their money so they can hire more people, including the homeless.
2. What should be done to increase affordable housing, especially for the middle class? What could you as governor do specifically?
Cut taxes first, help the business community first. Fast-track approving new and existing home construction, fast-track approving low income housing construction only for the next four years. Convert to fee simple like the condo in Hawaii Kai. Stop the Hawaii greed. Political corruption!
3. Do you support or oppose holding a state constitutional convention? Why or why not?
I oppose con con. No way! We do not trust the Hawaii Democrat supermajority-controlled Legislature. They just torpedoed the state of Hawaii constitution, reference to Senate Bill 2922.
4. Do you support or oppose allowing citizens to put issues directly on the statewide ballot through an initiative process? Why or why not?
I only support the online legislative process. Hawaii must change its ways hiding dirty politics from the taxpayers, especially when introducing those new taxes and stupid regulations for high roller lobbyists. Every bill must be exposed to the public Hawaiian taxpayers or else we will expose them and put them on the spot!
5. Hawaii’s public records law requires that records be made available whenever possible. Yet state agencies often resist release through delays and imposing excessive fees. What would you do to ensure the public has access to government records?
No more four four years of Democrats Ige and Hanabusa government! We do not trust our local government. They’re the deepest, biggest threat to our state. Democrat leadership is a big embarrassment, they’re hiding all of their dirty muddy swamp of corruption. They’re making those reports expensive because they’re hiding something and they’re not going to let the people know about their corruption. As-usual Hawaii government.
6. Illegal vacation rentals have proliferated throughout Hawaii. The state is not collecting tax revenue on many of these properties and residents worry about overcrowded neighborhoods and other problems. Do you see this as a problem given Hawaii’s booming visitor industry, and what do you propose to do about it?
There are so many legal local Airbnb operators. Who is helping the Hawaii tourism industry so that tourists can afford to come and visit Hawaii and don’t get ripped off and get busted up in Waikiki? Home-sharing business is very important, especially with all these bad reports about Hawaii is the most expensive place to live and run a business.
Home-sharing is another small business engine that generates income for middle class people of Hawaii. If the state is not collecting taxes, that’s not new because our Hawaii government is poorly run. No leadership and they must go away! Ige/Hanabusa are being run by the state union leaders and if we continue to let these Democrat career politicians to run our state, we’re all doomed! Innocent children of Hawaii, either Hawaiians or not, will suffer and will definitely pay for all the state union unfunded pensions, taxes and rail!
7. Is Hawaii managing its tourism industry properly? What should be handled differently?
State government leadership has no experience in running a business, again what’s new? It seems like it’s running but guess what? It’s probably another Ige sloppy move to have his political union friends get tourism jobs. Hawaii has a big, huge nepotism problem in hiring state employees and appointing leaders.
8. Do you support amending the state constitution to allow taxing investment properties to fund the public education system? How would you implement it if it passes?
No, I am opposing any new taxes for the next fouir years. Look now what happened to our Hawaiian taxpayer papaya exporters in the Big Island. It’s a disgrace.
9. Would you support using liquefied natural gas to generate electricity as the state transitions to renewable resources to supply power?
I am supporting a smart no-taxpayers-government-bailout for renewable sustainable energy or power sources.
10. What should Hawaii be doing to prepare for the effects of climate change, including sea level rise and threats to coral reefs?
As long as we the Democratic government is running our state nothing is going to change, all things will go down under the ocean.
11. The office of lieutenant governor is often viewed as irrelevant. What would you do to make it more productive?
I am the only candidate for lieutenant governor who is qualified to run our state. With my 30-plus years in private business sector I will definitely bring the result that our Hawaii taxpayers are looking for. From taking care of the dying small businesses, homeless, unemployed, fixed income, seniors, low income housing, crimes, drug trafficking, human trafficking, government entitlement abuse, broken education system, broken health care system, bankrupt rail, traffic, roads, highways, bridges, online government legislature, collection of unions dues for nonmembers, gambling, land zoning, construction and permitting backlogs, etc.
12. What other important issue would you like to discuss here?
Fix Hawaii election processes and leadership. Media must do their part to balance their reporting or else they will become part of the Hawaii Democrat machine who we cannot trust: irrelevant news media. |
The disclosed subject matter relates to batteries. More particularly, the disclosed subject matter relates to thermal batteries, methods of activating thermal batteries, and methods of providing safety control signals.
A battery is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. The battery is classified into two categories: a primary battery that is a non-rechargeable battery and a secondary battery that is a rechargeable battery. The batteries are used in various applications, such as automobiles, electrical devices, military applications, aerospace applications, etc. to provide electrical voltage. Each application has specific requirements and based on the requirements, an explicit type of battery is used. For example, for military purposes, batteries having longer battery life are needed, for electric automobiles, rechargeable batteries are required, etc. A key example of the primary battery is a thermal battery. Some applications require the need of having the primary battery for their operations, which irreversibly transform chemical energy to electrical energy. In addition, when reactants of the thermal battery are exhausted, energy is not re-stored in the thermal battery. The thermal battery provides various advantages, such as longer shelf life such as longer than few years, require less time for activation, etc. Once activated, the thermal battery supplies electrical power from a few seconds to an hour or longer. The characteristics of the thermal battery permit the use of the thermal battery in various applications. |
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Bangalore, its primary function is research and development of aero gas-turbines for military aircraft. As a spin-off effect, GTRE has been developing marine gas-turbines also.
Products
Principal achievements of Gas Turbine Research Establishment include:
Design and development of India's "first centrifugal type 10kN thrust engine" between 1959-61.
Design and development of a "1700K reheat system" for the Orpheus 703 engine to boost its power. The redesigned system was certified in 1973.
Successful upgrade of the reheat system of the Orpheus 703 to 2000K.
Improvement of the Orpheus 703 engine by replacing "the front subsonic compressor stage" with a "transonic compressor stage" to increase the "basic dry thrust" of the engine.
Design and development of a "demonstrator" gas turbine engine—GTX 37-14U—for fighter aircraft. Performance trials commenced in 1977 and the "demonstrator phase" was completed in 1981. The GTX 37-14U was "configured" and "optimized" to build a "low by-pass ratio jet engine" for "multirole performance aircraft". This engine was dubbed GTX 37-14U B.
GTX Kaveri
GTX-35VS Kaveri Engine was intended to power production models of HAL Tejas.
Defending the program GTRE mentioned reasons for delay including:
Non availability of state of the art wind tunnel facility in India
The technology restrictions imposed by US by placing it in "entities" list
Both hurdles having been cleared, GTRE intended to continue work on the AMCA (future generation fighter craft).
This program was abandoned in 2014.
Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT)
Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine is a design spin-off from the Kaveri engine, designed for Indian combat aircraft. Using the core of the Kaveri engine, GTRE added low-pressure compressor and turbine as a gas generator and designed a free power turbine to generate shaft power for maritime applications.
The involvement of Indian Navy in the development and testing of the engine has given a tremendous boost to the programme
Ghatak
The Ghatak engine will be a 52-kilonewton dry variant of the Kaveri aerospace engine and will be used in the UCAV(Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles). The Government of India has cleared a funding of INR 2650 Crores($ 394 Million) for the project.
K-Series Engine
DRDO K-9 kaveri (90 97 kN) turbofan engines project
K-10
K-10 (107 128 kN) turbofan engines project
Manik Engine
DRDO Manik 4.25 kN small turbofan powering Nirbhay missile
Testing
The KMGT was tested on the Marine Gas Turbine test bed, an Indian Navy facility at Vishakhapatnam.
The engine has been tested to its potential of 12 MW at ISA SL 35 °C condition, a requirement of the Navy to propel SNF class ships, such as the Rajput class destroyers.
References
External links
DIRECTORATE OF AERONAUTICS
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE)
Category:Defence Research and Development Organisation laboratories
Category:Research institutes in Bangalore
Category:Engineering research institutes
Category:Aircraft engine manufacturers of India
Category:Gas turbine manufacturers
Category:Marine engine manufacturers
Category:Research institutes in Lucknow
Category:Research institutes in Karnataka
Category:Engine manufacturers of India |
We assumed all along that deregulation was another name for "help the rich enrich themselves" ... and of course, we were right. In California, where the abuses started first, the clarion call of "guaranteed 10% rate reductions" was enough to obscure the fact that actual energy bills would be going up sharply due to inefficiency and the bail-out of selfish and stupid energy company "investments".
We urge you to look carefully at the article below, reprinted from Utne Reader, visit the Green Power forum, and follow the links to honest and thought-provoking opinions from Ralph Nader and many others. If you live in California, there appears to be one way to vote with your dollars: Cleen 'n Green Power -- too bad they had to go cutesy on us with the name.
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The Green Power Hustle:
"Clean" Energy's Dirty Little Secret
By Jon Entine (copyright October 1998)
Early last summer, a torpid air mass settled like a blanket over the
nation, touching off fierce thunderstorms and knocking out some
transmission stations. It sparked an unprecedented power surge and sent
the price of electricity on the newly-deregulated wholesale market from
$30 a megawatt hour to as much as $7,000. Power marketers, including a
number of so-called green power providers, scrambled for electrons
wherever they could get them - primarily from nuclear and coal
generators.
This jolt of free market reality has scrambled the conventional wisdom
of deregulation's most fervent backers -- a coalition of odd political
bedfellows including rightwing Republicans such as Tom Bliley of
Virginia and environmental lobbyists such as the Environmental Defense
Fund (EDF), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the
Conservation Law Foundation. They contend that deregulation of the $230
billion electricity market would bring lower prices and cleaner power
from windmills, solar panels and dams. Renewable energy, which does not
include large hydro projects, currently accounts for a paltry 2 percent
of US electricity.
In March, California became the first state to open its market, exposing
the best and worst of what deregulation offers. Everyone still gets
electricity delivered over local lines. But the rest of the
process -- energy generation, marketing, and billing -- is up for grabs.
The EDF and NRDC backed the California plan in exchange for $2 billion
in new investments for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and
low-income energy services. But the deal came with a pound of flesh.
Established utilities get to charge customers expenses already
accumulated for their "stranded" costs -- some $28 billion invested in
failed nuclear plants or outdated fossil fuel facilities. The utilities
say that's only fair since much of the outlays were mandated by the
state. Yes, customers get a 10 percent rate cut, but the stranded cost
payments reflected in their bill more than offset any savings.
Not surprisingly, marketers are scrambling for a piece of the huge
deregulation pie. One company proposes to sell Christian-to-Christian.
Another had an pyramid scheme before being shut down. Green marketers -
there are several in California-sell premium-priced electricity by
promising renewable energy.
"This is an opportunity to cast that vote [for clean energy] without any
lifestyle change," boasted Kevin Hartley, vice-president of Green
Mountain Energy Resources (GMER), to Reuters and the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette. "It can be done from your couch. Reduction of eco-guilt.
That's really what we're selling." (GMER refused to be interviewed or
supply background for this article.)
Green Mountain charges a whopping 19 percent premium for its "greenest"
offering in California while ballyhooing its plan to build new wind
turbines -- but only if enough people signed up. They didn't. Most
consumers are now being shuttled to a less "green" option which is
mostly repackaged existing renewable resources and system electricity
but no new wind or solar power.
"Just to repackage what's already being generated does not pass a
credible environmental test," says Bill Magavern of Public Citizen's
Critical Mass Energy Project. "They shouldn't be calling it 'green'
because it's not. They're saying 'we're selling the natural gas
electrons.' But there are no tags on electrons."
What eco-conscious consumers are buying will not displace dirtier
plants. And for the most part, for every slice of high-priced "green"
electricity, an identically "browner" slice goes to the rest of a
region's customers who buy on price. That's ominous news for the
environment. The Department of Energy predicts that deregulation will
result in a flood of cheap coal and a 34 percent increase in carbon
dioxide emissions by the year 2020. Deregulation could well result in a
double whammy - less renewable energy and a sharp increase in global
warming.
Controversy has dogged other deregulation pilot projects. Green
Mountain, majority owned by the Wyly family, known for its support of
rightwing politicians and causes, entices customers with Kenny Loggins'
CD's. Others offer bird feeders and tree saplings. In pilot projects in
New England, Working Assets, known for its long distance telephone and
credit card services, gave away Ben & Jerry's ice cream while touting
its commitment to 100 percent renewable energy" and "non-polluting power
from...solar or wind generators."
It later admitted that it offered no wind, no solar, and almost no
renewable energy. It sold a mix of natural gas and system energy,
including nuclear, large-scale hydro, and coal, purchased from New
England Energy Systems. Green Mountain pitched its green mix but drew
heavily on massive water dam projects, including Hydro-Quebec, which
environmental groups have sharply criticized for destroying thousands of
acres of Native American lands.
"They were basically reselling contracts that have been designated for
hydroelectric facilities," writes MIT economist Paul Joskow about the
New England pilots. "That has no short-run effect whatsoever on the
dispatch of generation in the area and no positive effect on the
environment in the short run."
Working Assets, which has since struck up a marketing partnership in
California with its former arch-enemy, GMER, later explained that the
New England pilots were hastily conceived. "Time constraints limited our
ability to incorporate more renewable sources and work more closely with
environmental groups in optimizing our strategy," wrote Laura Scher, CEP
of Working Assets, after she was criticized by energy activists. "We
have learned a great deal from the experience and look forward to
improving in all aspects."
The mounting hidden costs of deregulation have led to another unlikely
alliance, this time in opposition to the stranded cost bailout. Ralph
Nader's Public Citizen and libertarian free-marketers such as Citizens
for a Sound Economy have banded together to force a November vote in
California to revamp the entire deal.
"It's the people saying they don't want to bail the private utilities
out for their multibillion-dollar mistakes, fumes consumer activist
Harvey Rosenfield who has spearheaded the campaign. "If we're going to
have deregulation, we're going to have deregulation for everybody."
Both the NRDC and EDF oppose the citizen initiatives. They are gambling
that there are hordes of consumers willing to pay premium prices for
renewable energy. Their longshot hope is that power generators, sometime
in the distant future, will conclude that it might be profitable to
invest in developing new renewable energy generation. So far, it's been
a bad bet. Less than 10,000 customers - out of 11 million - have signed
up for green options in the first few months in California.
The real winners in all this are the new middlemen, power marketers,
preaching the easy way out of our environmental crisis. "Thanks to
electric utility deregulation," reads a Green Mountain flyer, "you don't
have to sign petitions, march in rallies or call Congress to help make
our planet cleaner and healthier. About the easiest thing you can do is
change your electric company."
Hear that couch potatoes? No need to hold utilities accountable for
wasteful investments and years of environmental degradation. Just lay
back, crank the air conditioner, and let the future take care of itself.
Utne Reader, November 1998, FINAL, p. 16
Jon Entine is a freelance journalist who specializes in business ethics,
sports and race. He won a National Press Club award in 1995 for "Shattered
Image: Is The Body Shop Too Good to Be True?", published in Business Ethics
magazine. Entine can be reached by email at
runjonrun@earthlink.net. |
The New Catfish Spinoff Will Focus on Unmasking Trolls
This September, MTV will air a new spin-off of Catfish that focuses on online trolls, appropriately titled Catfish: Trolls. While the original series focused on people who pursued online relationships using fake identities, the new series will “[unmask] the internet’s most vocal trolls to drag them out of hiding and into the light.” Charlamagne Tha God and Raymond Braun will host.
Back in April, MTV posted its first casting calls for the series. In Catfish style, they seem pretty focused on the drama. “Are you a highly opinionated, polarizing character?” asks one of the calls. “Have you been drawn into online debates over topics like Veganism, Feminism, LGBTQ Rights, Body Shaming, Politics, Race, Religion and other hot button social issues? Do you have a long time running feud with someone you want to finally meet in person?”
The second call asks “Do you have an online rival? Do you find yourself arguing with them all the time? Does this person drive you up the wall? Do you comment on almost all of each other’s posts? Think it’s time to finally meet in person?”
Based on the above casting calls, it looks like this series won’t focus on exposing members of various internet mobs, who anonymously attack and spam content creators they disagree with. Instead, it seems like it will focus more on trolls with established “personalities” and longstanding feuds or followings.
On the one hand, I think it’s important for us to try and understand what sort of people troll, and why they’re motivated to do so. I also don’t really believe you have some sort of inalienable right to spew garbage on the internet without consequences, so I’m not necessarily against unearthing the identities of trolls – but under the right circumstances.
And that’s where this new series gets a little murky for me. MTV has a long track record of hyping the drama and sensationalism of its reality-show topics, from True Life to the original Catfish to Teen Mom. The idea of naming a troll just because it will generate ratings for a massive corporation, or because it would be the most dramatic outcome, is troubling. I’m not sure that’s a power I’m comfortable assigning to MTV.
The idea of portraying trolling as some sort of two-way rivalry is also concerning. Trolls already have a sense that women and minorities who speak out about bigotry on the internet are “asking for it” by voicing their opinion. Trolls argue that they deserve to be “engaged with,” even when their engagement is abusive. These Catfish casting calls seem to suggest a similar idea about how trolling works: that these are battles between two parties who’ve both decided to engage with one another, who both “comment on almost all of each other’s posts.” In reality, most trolling is one-sided. The troll keeps attacking and commenting on the content of someone who has no interest in engaging with them.
For that reason, I’m glad that the hosts include a YouTube personality like Braun, who has had personal experience with trolls. I’m a little less excited about Charlamagne Tha God, who has a tendency toward problematic confrontations, but I can also appreciate that he’ll be able to speak to the internet’s racism. I do wish they’d hired a woman host, though. Gendered harassment is such a massive issue, and it’s something that a show about trolling will need to address. A woman who’d experienced such harassment – particularly a woman of color – would have been the best choice to speak to this.
Overall, my suspicion is that Catfish: Trolls will end up like most MTV reality shows: airing a few great episodes, spotlighting a few important issues, providing some solid educational resources – and pumping out a whole lotta problematic drama. But how’s this show looking to you?
(Via The Hollywood Reporter and Pedestrian; image via Merriam-Webster)
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Q:
R. Join with duplicates only once
I need help to join two data frames by one key with duplicates.
I want to merge only once for each duplicate, and I can't do it with dplyr::left_join.
Example:
ds1 <- data.frame(
id = c(1,1,1,2,2),
V2 = c(5,6,7,5,8)
)
ds2<-data.frame(
id=c(1,2),
Value=c(56,98)
)
ds3<-left_join(ds1, ds2, by="id")
In this case I have:
# id V2 Value
1 1 5 56
2 1 6 56
3 1 7 56
4 2 5 98
5 2 8 98
But I need:
# id V2 Value
1 1 5 56
2 1 6
3 1 7
4 2 5 98
5 2 8
A:
Keep your code and just add this:
ds3$Value[duplicated(ds3[c("Value","id")])] <- NA
# id V2 Value
# 1 1 5 56
# 2 1 6 NA
# 3 1 7 NA
# 4 2 5 98
# 5 2 8 NA
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Q:
How to make os.time() compatibility on a 32bit machine in Lua 5.1?
As a result of the Year 2038 problem（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem）, we get nil after calling os.time({year=2039, month=1, day=1, hour=0, sec=1}) on a 32bit machine.How to make it compatible in the lua layer,and get result like running on a 64bit machine?
Is it prosible to write a function like the following? Otherwise, how to achieve it?
local function time32Compatibility(timeTable)
local kMaxYearIn32Bit = 2037;
if timeTable and timeTable.year and timeTable.year >= kMaxYearIn32Bit then
local originalTable = clone(timeTable);
timeTable.year = kMaxYearIn32Bit;
local deltaTime = calculateDeltaTime(timeTable,originalTable)
return os.time(timeTable) + kMaxYearIn32Bit*;
else
return os.time(timeTable);
end
end
How to write calculateDeltaTime()?
A:
local orig_os_time = os.time
function os.time(timeTable)
if timeTable then
-- assume that all years divisible by 4 are leap years
local four_year_ctr = math.floor((timeTable.year - 2000) / 4)
timeTable.year = timeTable.year - four_year_ctr * 4
local result = orig_os_time(timeTable) + four_year_ctr * ((365*4+1)*24*60*60)
timeTable.year = timeTable.year + four_year_ctr * 4
-- make a correction for non-leap years 2100,2200,2300, 2500,2600,2700,...
-- subtract ("March 1, 2000" - 12 hours) and divide by 100 "wrong" years
-- It should work for all time zones from UTC-1200 to UTC+1200
local centuries = math.floor((result - (951868800 - 12*60*60)) / (25*(365*4+1)*24*60*60))
local wrong_feb29_ctr = math.floor((centuries * 6 + 7) / 8)
return result - wrong_feb29_ctr * (24*60*60)
else
return orig_os_time()
end
end
-- Example:
print(os.time{year = 1002017, month = 9, day = 27, hour = 0, min = 0, sec = 0})
-- Will Lua be alive after million years?
-- Will 32-bit Linux systems be alive after 2038?
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bool checkOverflow(unsigned short x, unsigned short y) {
return ((unsigned short)(x + y) < x); // GOOD: explicit cast
}
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Frequency of certain allergens in allergic bronchial asthma.
The frequency of some allergens involved in allergic bronchial asthma was studied in a group of 1177 patients who came for medical investigations to the Department of Allergy of the "N. Gh. Lupu" Institute of Internal Medicine--Bucharest between January 1980 and January 1982. The group presented a slight predominance of the female sex and the age group most affected was that of young adults. Of the allergens responsible for the onset bronchial asthma attacks the most frequent in the patients studied were: house dust (56%), moulds (53%), pollens (42%) and Dermatophagoides pteronissinus (28.3%). Of the pollens the most often involved was that of grasses. Almost a quarter of the patients started an attack of bronchospasm and presented positive reaction to certain drugs (24.39%) of which the most frequently involved was aspirin (17.4%), pyramidon (15.4%), biseptol, antibiotics (the latter being often used exagerately as self medication in the attacks of allergy mistaken for "colds"). The most frequent association of allergens were moulds--Dermatophagoides pt. (21%) and moulds--Dermatophagoides pt.--house dust (19%). |
After playing dueling 7-game LCS series, the teams did not disappoint and played a full set of 7 for the championship. After having been held to 3 runs in 18 innings of the first two games, the Dodger bats broke out for 12 runs in game three. Boston took game 4 with a walk-off run in the 9th after coming back from a 6-2 deficit…undeterred, Rick Wynne’s team scored 19 runs in the next two games to event the series before the Bosox took the decisive game by an 8-3 counts, with Steven Wright pitching 8 scoreless innings and JD Martinez capping off a great season by knocking out 2 homers and knocking in 4 runs…Benintendi and Martinez each hit .379 on identical 11-for-29 performances…Turner led the way for the Dodgers by hitting .357.
You gotta feel great for Tony Bernacchi, who’s been through some stuff lately. Now in his 18th ASFBL season, Tony has twice made it to the ASFBL World Series but this is his first year to win the whole bag of marbles…he led the Bosox to 106 wins and the series back in 2011, eerily prescient of this season, and as fate would have it he skippered the Dodgers for his first 2 years in the league. You can’t do better than first, and it couldn’t have happened to a better and more deserving guy.
And it means more when you can do it against a guy like Rick Wynne, who leads ASFBL in everything…best lifetime win percentage for anyone with more than one season…17 straight seasons of playoffs or WOR awards…the year that broke the streak was one where he still had 91 wins…*never* had a negative WOR season…four championships…and one of the truly great guys you can know inside or outside a fantasy league.
That’s a season wrap, guys. Thanks for all the fun and we’ll see you next spring!
BOSTON IN SEVEN: In a word, epic. Boston had to score at least 8 runs in each of their 4 wins to outdistance the Astros…Houston was up 1-0 and almost went up 2 when Boston squeaked out a 9-8, extra-inning win in game 2…Houston won the only pitcher’s duel in game 5 to go up 3-2 with Josh James beating Chris Sale…Boston evened the series at 3 each in Houston on the strength of dueling 3-RBI games from Martinez and Moreland…they clinched the series by getting 8 runs off of Verlander and sealing the deal 8-5…Jim Casey has had an incredible ASFBL career, going back to 1995…he’s had Houston in the playoffs 2 of the last 4 years and also got them to the LCS in 2017…He made it to the World Series in 2010 and won the whole shebang in 2011, in the middle of three consecutive 100-win seasons….he was the 2000 WOR champ with the Cubs…and is always a league stalwart, one of the first guys to get it going in spring training, and always a pleasure to chat with. Great year, Jim!
DODGERS IN SEVEN: After taking a 13-3 drubbing in game 1, the Brewers proved they were not going down easily by holding the Dodgers to 2 runs over the next 18 innings and winning 6-1 and 4-1… the momentum turn came in game 4, when the Dodgers squeaked out a must-win, 2-1, extra-inning victory…they went up 3-2 by winning game 5 before Milwaukee evened the deal at 3-3…in the decisive game 7, Ryu beat Chacin on the back of Max Muncy’s 3-run homer, while Ryu himself added all the insurance with a 2-run double on route to a 5-2 victory…Chris Zewiske just got into the playoffs in back-to-back years and 2018 is his best finish ever!…2018 was his sixth positive-WOR finish in the past seven years…he’s had 10 winning seasons since his entry into the league in 2001…you keep getting better and better, Chris, and you’re making the NL central one tough place to play! See you next fall!
By virtue of his strong finish, Rick hosts Tony in the ASFBL World Series! Hope to finish it up this weekend!
DODGERS OUTLAST NATIONALS: Andy’s club got down two on the road but put up a stern 7-3 showing in game 3…but the Dodger bats were just too much in game 4 and Ryu closed out the series with 8 strong innings…Mercado, Hernandez, Muncy, Taylor, and Grandal all hit 2 homers a piece and all hit better than .300. Can’t say enough good things about Andy, who is always the first to put sportsmanship ahead of winning, is a pleasure to trade with, and has shown some grace through some difficult personal times. He’s made the playoffs every year he’s been in the league, and he’s won the championship 3 of the past 4 season. He’s never had a losing season, and it took some pretty big WOR years to be able to say that. Thanks for a great season, Andy, and here’s hoping you have a blissful winter!
BOSTON OVER THE RAYS: The Minsky Magic was almost in full effect; having dropped the first 2 games Tampa won the next 2 at home to even the series…but Sale out-dueled Snell in game 5 and, much as they are doing tonight in MLB against the Yankees, the Bosox bats just unleashed and put up double-digit totals in the 6th and final game. Like Andy, Alan has been in the playoffs every year he’s been in the league, although in his cast it’s just one. But Somers won 85 games his first year and Alan won 91 with his upstart, small-market club. Alan is a great Dad, a great guy to catch a ballgame with, and guy with some national media chops. It’s been great having him in this year, and I’m hoping he ends up with enough free time to come back.
HOUSTON OVER CLEVELAND: The actual Indians got swept; Skrovan’s ASFBL group stole a game from the Astros for a better showing. The final game was epic….after pushing the game into 11 innings, the Indian bullpen collapsed and gave up 4 runs in the top of the inning. Undaunted, the offense pushed a tiring Tony Sipp to the wire and hammered a homer off of Matt Strahm to come within a run of keeping it alive before finally succumbing. Steve has had the Indians since 2012 and has made the playoffs three years running…he kissed the ALCS in 2016 and finished up-2 WOR in his first season. He’s a guy committed to making the world a better place, he made it in stand-up and TV, and he’s the kind of guy I’d love hanging out with even if he didn’t invite me to share the owner’s box seats at Anaheim once a year. See you in the spring, Steve!
MILWAUKEE OVER ATLANTA: After a brief stupidity delay (I mucked up the games so badly I had to re-run them from scratch), the Braves made a real series of it. The high-leverage games was game 4, where the teams dueled scoreless through 11 and 1/2 innings…Christian Yelich won it with a a walk-off homer off of starter Anibel Sanchez, who was still in the game having thrown only 101 pitches before the final one. Danny has been in the league since 2006 and managed four different teams; he’s taken Atlanta to the playoffs for the first time but finished in positive WOR territory for the third time in four years…and did so in the really competitive NL East where 3 teams had really strong WOR finishes…this is his 5th playoff appearance overall. He just changed jobs this week, and was very stand-up about my stammering into the playoffs. Look forward to having you back next year!
LCS: I’ll have the playoffs set up tomorrow and we’ll try to run the games by Wednesday. Dodgers host the Brewers, Bosox host the Astros.
After a tight pitching duel that Tampa took 3-1 in the opener, the Yankees used their bats to even the series in a 7-4 game 2 victory. Ray pitching held the Yanks to 5 runs in the next 18 innings to take the series in 4 games. Congrats to first-year owner Alan Minsky on making AND advancing in the playoffs!
Mark Yee took his Yankees to their 3rd playoff appearance in the last 5 years, and this is his 8th playoff appearance overall, which includes the 1996 league championship. Since 2008 he’s taken the Bosox, Yankees, and Cardinals to postseason play. He took Texas to 110 wins in 1993 and when the actual team crashes a year later he finished +11 WOR with the same bunch. If you’ve seen his facebook feed, its easy to tell he’s a good guy with a big heart, and one of my highlights of this season is when he put my in touch with his niece for a consult on a debate competition. He’s been a staple in the league since the inaugural 1992 season and has managed almost 4,000 ASFBL games. Another great year, Mark!
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Dbacks showed some constant offense by scoring 3 runs in every game, but didn’t get the pitching to slow down the National bats. The best effort came in the decisive game 3, but Wieters and Abreu went deep and had just enough to hold off a furious 3-run 9th by the Dbacks to take the game 4-3 and sweep the series.
Ben is a key part of the Leckie Family Dynasty in the ASFBL and, having been in the league for 5 years, just finished his 4th playoff appearance. This is his first foray outside of the NL East and his fifth year in five when he’s finished in positive WOR territory. It’s been fun watching him work his lineups and he undoubtedly has the best pedigree in the league. See you next year, Ben!
DCS MATCHUPS
Boston hosts the Rays and Cleveland travels to Houston in the AL. Dodgers are at home against the Nats and Milwaukee has the home-field vs. Atlanta.
The big news was in the NL West, where the white-hot Dodgers finished on a 19-1 pace, including a perfect 6-0 final week, to win the division by 5…but they got a major assist from the Padres, who went 5-1, including a 2-1 series win over the DBacks…Dodgers finished as the only triple-digit winner in the ASFBL this year…the Brewers coasted to a comfortable 12-game divisional win in the central, but didn’t sit on their laurels as they finished 8-2…Playing on the road, the Braves took 2 of 3 from the Mets and swept the Phils to take the NL East by a game…the spoiler team was the Rockies, who gave a huge assist by taking a series from the Nats….and the Bravos did it with more in-division wins than any other team but Arizona…
That sets up the Nationals hosting the DBacks in the NL wildcard…a special shout-out goes to the Cubs, who finished in the 3rd spot…
AL PLAYOFF RACES
Tony’s Bosox held serve with the best record in the league and the AL East crown…it’s no surprise that Cleveland claimed the AL central, ending on a winning note…The Chisox finished strong at 5-1…the big race was in the west, where the Mariners finished with a furious 5-1 as Houston stumbled at 2-5, but still had enough in the tank to finish up by 2…
That means that the AL East has 3 teams in the playoffs as the Rays host the Yankees…I owe credit to John Weerts for noticing this, but the Rays are the lone AL team to enter the playoffs with a positive WOR, while all 5 NL playoff teams are head of the actual clubs…great entry into the league by Alan Minsky…congrats to Adam of the Mariners and Greg of the Angels for just missing out on the final playoff spots.
One more special round of congrats goes the Orioles, who finished +31 in WOR, almost doubling the second-highest finisher,
RANDOM: If anyone on the east coast can prove that they watched the end of the San Diego vs. Arizona game on Sept 28 — two eliminated teams that played 15 innings over 5 hours, ending at 3am EST — I’ll give them 10 free waivers to start the year.
HOMER TIME: There are 10 former CSUF Titans in the MLB playoffs, including Kris Davis. Sure, he’s leading MLB in homers, but the stat nerd in me is far more impressed by this: He’s hit exactly .247 for four years in a row. That’s got to be a record, right? And maybe one that will never be broken. The odds against any other player ever hitting .247 for four consecutive years where they qualified for batting title have to be astronomical…and I am equally impressed by Terrance Gore; when I heard he had more career stolen bases than plate appearances I thought it must be like 3 and 2, but he’s played in 5 consecutive season and has 27 stolen bases (19 plate appearances)…I’m almost more impressed that he has 63 games and only 19 plate appearances…
PLAYOFF PROTOCOL: I’ll have the wild card schedule set up by tomorrow and will ask the Nats, DBacks, Rays, and Yankees to enter their lineups by Friday morning. We play a best-of-3 wildcard series, and the winner gets the top seed (Boston in the AL, Dodgers in the NL). Houston hosts Cleveland in the ALDS while the Brewers travel to Atlanta in the NL. Remember that regular season use stats are now frozen, so that while players continue to adjust they cannot become more (or less) overused than they are right now.
RACES: Washington turned a 5-1 week (and 9 of the last 10 run) into a half game lead in the NL East, where nobody else had more than 3 wins…Atlanta and the Nats are tied over the last 20 games and Atlanta has the edge over the last 30…Both teams are also in impressive WOR territory…The Cubs picked up a couple games on the Brewers, who might have a big enough cushion with only a few weeks left…The Dodgers had a perfect 7-0 week to bring themselves to within striking distance of the DBacks…Rockies had a winning week and Padres were an impressive 4-1…Boston edged forward by a couple in the East, and while Cleveland is coasting in the AL central the Chisox and Twins each had solid weeks…Houston has taken a solid-sized lead in the AL west, and Anaheim, who has the best AL west record over the last 20 games, has jockeyed into second place…Tampa Bay cooled off, kind of, and is now a front-runner for the second wildcard spot…Angels can now challenge for that…Cardinals are scraping for a playoff chance but don’t blame the pitching…their real team ERA is 3.16, behind only Houston…Tampa Bay is 3rd at 3.22…best real OPS goes to Washington, followed by the Dodgers….of all the ASFBL subjective decisions that have been made, I am happiest about keeping the Angels associated with Anaheim, as they are not in the Los Angeles city limits, or the Los Angeles county limits, and I refuse to drive to Los Angeles to see the Angels play…BIG WEEKS: Chris Sale struck out 27 in 18 innings last week…the real news is that opponents managed to score 2 runs…Zack Wheeler (now of the Nats) threw 16 innings…emerging Anaheim (yes, Anaheim) closer Ty Buttrey (who has the nickname “Butt”) stranded all 3 inherited runners while striking out 12…Jonathan Villar and Justin Smoak each hit 4 homers last week…Smoak knocked in 10…Justin Turner powered the Dodger surge by hitting .400 over 30 AB…
FEATS AND FAILURES
Charlie Morton of HOU had 11 strikeouts against DET on 9/10/2018
Josh James of HOU had 16 strikeouts against DET on 9/11/2018
Zack Wheeler of WAS had 10 strikeouts against PHI on 9/11/2018
Chris Sale of BOS had 11 strikeouts against TOR on 9/11/2018
Jose Quintana of CHC had 10 strikeouts against MIL on 9/11/2018
Reynaldo Lopez of CWS had 11 strikeouts against KCR on 9/11/2018
TEX and LAA played 13.5 innings on 9/11/2018
Anibal Sanchez of ATL struck out 4 times against SFG on 9/11/2018
Mike Clevinger of CLE had 10 strikeouts against TBR on 9/12/2018
Justin Verlander of HOU had 12 strikeouts against DET on 9/12/2018
Carlos Rodon of CWS had 12 strikeouts against KCR on 9/12/2018
Patrick Corbin of ARI had 10 strikeouts against COL on 9/12/2018
Marcus Semien of OAK struck out 4 times against BAL on 9/13/2018
Fernando Rodriguez Jr. of BOS had 10 strikeouts against TOR on 9/13/2018
Curtis Granderson of TOR struck out 4 times against BOS on 9/13/2018
Russell Martin of TOR struck out 4 times against BOS on 9/13/2018
Jack Flaherty of STL had 12 strikeouts against LAD on 9/13/2018
Yoan Moncada of CWS struck out 4 times against BAL on 9/14/2018
Avisail Garcia of CWS struck out 4 times against BAL on 9/14/2018
Blake Snell of TBR had 12 strikeouts against OAK on 9/14/2018
Ramon Laureano of OAK struck out 4 times against TBR on 9/14/2018
Whit Merrifield of KCR hit 3 home runs against MIN on 9/14/2018
Jorge Bonifacio of KCR had 5 hits against MIN on 9/14/2018
CWS and BAL played 13.5 innings on 9/15/2018
Charlie Morton of HOU had 10 strikeouts against ARI on 9/15/2018
Chris Sale of BOS had 16 strikeouts against NYM on 9/16/2018
Matt Olson of OAK hit 3 home runs against TBR on 9/16/2018
Matt Olson of OAK had 7 RBI against TBR on 9/16/2018
Let’s congratulate Steve Skrovan, lifelong Browns fan, on the first season opener that didn’t end in a loss since 2004. Of course, it did end in a tie, and those can’t happen in baseball, but still. As more proof that baseball holds more promise, Steve’s Indians went on a 7-0 tear and he wrapped his hands more firmly around the first place prize in the AL central…
CRUCIAL SERIES
The Brewers took 2 of 3 from the Cubs, a big series for them….and they really owe a debt of gratitude to the Nationals, who swept the Cubs in 4…the dust settled with a 4.5-game surge for the Milwaukeeans…in the NL East, the Braves ran into the buzzsaw of the Bosox (best AL record in the ASFBL) and the DBacks (best NL record in the ASFBL), which gave the Nationals a chance to pick up some ground…”Never Say Die” award goes to Pittsburgh, who ignored the standings and went 5-1…Tampa Bay just won’t stop; they weren’t paired against the top of the division this week but they did go 5-1, all in divisional games, and still have the best AL record over the last 30 games…by kind of a lot…saving the best for last, there have never been baseball races closer or better than our AL West, where 4 teams remain within 2.5 games of first…Oakland won series against the Yankees and Texas, while Houston swept Minnesota but dropped to Boston…Anaheim broke even with 2 road series…and all those teams owe Baltimore, who managed to take all 3 from the Mariners…Tampa is the hottest team and the Yankees are dangerous (they would lead the other 2 AL divisions), but the Bosox are holding down the fort, first place, and the top record in the ASFBL…
FEATS AND FAILURES
Austin Jackson of ATL struck out 4 times against BOS on 9/3/2018
BOS and ATL played 14.5 innings on 9/3/2018
Tyler Saladino of CWS hit 3 home runs against DET on 9/3/2018
Logan Forsythe of MIN struck out 4 times against HOU on 9/3/2018
CC Sabathia of NYY had 10 strikeouts against OAK on 9/3/2018
Jacob deGrom of CIN had 11 strikeouts against PIT on 9/4/2018
Carlos Carrasco of CLE had 13 strikeouts against KCR on 9/4/2018
David Bote of CHC struck out 4 times against MIL on 9/4/2018
Eduardo Escobar of MIN struck out 4 times against HOU on 9/4/2018
Carlos Gonzalez of SEA struck out 4 times against BAL on 9/4/2018
Jonathan Schoop of BAL robbed 3 hits against SEA on 9/5/2018
Kris Bryant of CHC struck out 6 times against WAS on 9/6/2018
CHC and WAS played 18.5 innings on 9/6/2018
Zack Greinke of ARI had 11 strikeouts against ATL on 9/6/2018
Matthew Boyd of CIN had 10 strikeouts against SDP on 9/7/2018
Hunter Renfroe of SDP struck out 4 times against CIN on 9/7/2018
Justin Verlander of HOU had 11 strikeouts against BOS on 9/7/2018
Jake Cave of MIN hit 4 home runs against KCR on 9/7/2018
Kyle Freeland of COL had 10 strikeouts against LAD on 9/7/2018
Patrick Corbin of ARI had 10 strikeouts against ATL on 9/7/2018
Giancarlo Stanton of NYY struck out 4 times against SEA on 9/7/2018
Carlos Gonzalez of SEA struck out 5 times against NYY on 9/7/2018
Mitch Haniger of SEA struck out 5 times against NYY on 9/7/2018
NYY and SEA played 17.5 innings on 9/7/2018
Corey Kluber of CLE had 12 strikeouts against TOR on 9/8/2018
Blake Snell of TBR had 13 strikeouts against BAL on 9/8/2018
Jack Flaherty of STL had 10 strikeouts against DET on 9/8/2018
Zack Godley of ARI had 10 strikeouts against ATL on 9/8/2018
Steven Souza of ARI struck out 4 times against ATL on 9/8/2018
HOU and BOS played 14.5 innings on 9/9/2018
Noah Syndergaard of BAL had 10 strikeouts against TBR on 9/9/2018
Vidal Nuno of TBR had 10 strikeouts against BAL on 9/9/2018
Jacob deGrom of CIN had 13 strikeouts against SDP on 9/9/2018
Mike Montgomery of CHC struck out 4 times against WAS on 9/9/2018
Walker Buehler of LAD had 10 strikeouts against COL on 9/9/2018 |
[The recurrence of pulmonary embolism during heparin therapy after thrombolysis in the acute phase: a clinical case report].
We report a case of a 61-year-old woman admitted to our Coronary Care Unit for pulmonary embolism following cholecystectomy. After thrombolytic therapy, and during treatment with heparin (administered as a continuous intravenous infusion in the standard dose), the patient had a recurrence of pulmonary embolism and a subsequent implant of a Gianturco-Rohem vena cava filter. The patient presented an initial reduction in the number of platelets from 477 x 10(3)/microliters to 360 x 10(3)/microliters that was ascribed to a heparin side effect or to a blocking of the platelets in a massive pulmonary thrombosis. A predischarge platelet count, however, showed an elevated number of thrombocytes (944 x 10(3)/microliters) and hyperfibrinogenemia (fibrinogen = 750 mg/dl). Essential thrombocythemia was demonstrated and treated with interferon alpha-2b-recombinant 3,000,000 U.I. on alternate days with a reduction in platelets to 450 x 10(3)/microliters. This case demonstrates the necessity of exploring, during pulmonary embolism, all possible causes of hypercoagulability in the course of thrombolytic therapy. |
Q:
How to read .txt file from assets in Flutter?
I have a .txt file in my folder assets in the Flutter project and when the app is open on a device a SQFlite database is created and should read from this file lines to insert them in the Database. I need to read each line of the .txt file and add them to a List<String> like this :
List<String> _list = await new File('$dir/assets/file.txt').readAsLines();
I have try to use rootBundle but I can't convert the result as a File and by trying to open the file directly like this :
String dir = (await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory()).path;
I always can't find the file and get an error.
var byte = await rootBundle.load('assets/bot.txt'); // Can't convert it to file
String dir = (await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory()).path;
List<String> _list = await new File('$dir/assets/file.txt').readAsLines(); // Error
error FileSystemException: Cannot open file, path = '/data/user/0/com.example.animationexp/app_flutter/assets/file.txt' (OS Error: No such file or directory, errno = 2) during open, closing...
Is there a solution for me to open and read this file ?
A:
It's not working because you just assumed that your assets directory is at ApplicationDocumentsDirectory, then you joined both directories and looked for the file in a path that doesn't exist.
Instead, you should save your file to disk in a known path, and then get the File from that path:
Future<List<String>> getFileLines() async {
ByteData data = await rootBundle.load('assets/bot.txt');
String directory = (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path;
File file = await writeToFile(data, '$directory/bot.txt');
return await file.readAsLines();
}
Future<File> writeToFile(ByteData data, String path) {
ByteBuffer buffer = data.buffer;
return File(path).writeAsBytes(buffer.asUint8List(
data.offsetInBytes,
data.lengthInBytes,
));
}
However, if your file is just a simple text file, you should try Julien Lachal's approach. Just keep in mind that rootBundle.loadString won't work for most file formats.
A:
After having declared the file in pubspec.yml you could simply get the content using:
String fileText = await rootBundle.loadString('assets/file.txt');
print(fileText);
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Discrete valuation
In mathematics, a discrete valuation is an integer valuation on a field K; that is, a function
satisfying the conditions
for all .
Note that often the trivial valuation which takes on only the values is explicitly excluded.
A field with a non-trivial discrete valuation is called a discrete valuation field.
Discrete valuation rings and valuations on fields
To every field with discrete valuation we can associate the subring
of , which is a discrete valuation ring. Conversely, the valuation on a discrete valuation ring can be extended in a unique way to a discrete valuation on the quotient field ; the associated discrete valuation ring is just .
Examples
For a fixed prime and for any element different from zero write with such that does not divide , then is a discrete valuation on , called the p-adic valuation.
Given a Riemann surface , we can consider the field of meromorphic functions . For a fixed point , we define a discrete valuation on as follows: if and only if is the largest integer such that the function can be extended to a holomorphic function at . This means: if then has a root of order at the point ; if then has a pole of order at . In a similar manner, one also defines a discrete valuation on the function field of an algebraic curve for every regular point on the curve.
More examples can be found in the article on discrete valuation rings.
References
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Q:
How does the de Broglie-Bohm picture explain the double-slit experiment with single particles?
If the particle has a single well-defined trajectory in the de Broglie-Bohm theory, how come that the interference pattern still appears even with single particles?
A:
To elucidate Luc's answer somewhat, the Bohmian wave function still travels through both slits and causes an interference pattern, it's just the beables (particles) being guided by this wave that only travel through one slit. Because they're being guided by a wave that's exhibiting interference, the particle positions on the screen reflect this interference pattern.
There's a good animation of this here that might clear things up somewhat, or in image form:
(found at this link from a Google image search; although this particular illustration I believe is by David Bohm originally)
It's apparent from this, and interesting to note, that Bohmian trajectories don't cross. It's therefore possible to a priori determine which slit each particle passed through from its position on the screen. Measurement of a particle in transit affects its momentum however, so we still can't observe them taking one of these paths. Because of this, whilst this may be a good visual aid for some, it doesn't help over standard quantum mechanics beyond that. Outside the scope of your question, but you may be interested to know that there are other applications where calculating such trajectories are useful though as they can allow for more efficient quantum simulations - this is seen particularly in quantum chemistry.
If anything's not clear or you have any follow-ups, please feel free to ask.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd 7201.T Chairman Carlos Ghosn was indicted on two additional charges of financial misconduct on Friday, bringing the number of charges against him to three.
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, reacts during a news conference in Paris, France, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo
Ghosn, credited for spearheading Nissan’s financial turnaround two decades ago, has already been charged for under-reporting his income.
He been in a detention center in Tokyo since his initial arrest on Nov. 19, and requests to end his detention have been denied. His legal team has said it would likely take more than six months for his case to come to trial.
Here are some key dates in Ghosn’s legal timeline:
NOV 19
Ghosn is arrested by Japanese police upon his arrival at a Tokyo airport in his private jet, accused by Japanese prosecutors of under-reporting his salary by roughly half over a five-year period through March 2015.
Hours before, police arrest Nissan board member Greg Kelly, a key ally to Ghosn, en route to Yokohama, where Nissan’s headquarters are located, following his arrival at an airport outside Tokyo.
Both Ghosn and Kelly are sent to a detention center in Tokyo, a spartan facility where small rooms have a toilet in the corner and no heater.
Nissan says it had been conducting an internal investigation into him for months, and believes he engaged in wronging including personal use of company money and under-reporting his salary for years.
Speaking at a news conference, Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa says that too much power was concentrated on Ghosn.
Nissan and partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp 7211.T separately say they will both remove Ghosn as chairman.
NOV 20
Renault SA RENA.PA, which owns a controlling stake in Nissan and where Ghosn serves as CEO and chairman, taps Thierry Bollore to serve as interim CEO in Ghosn's absence, stopping short of dismissing Ghosn and creating a standoff with Nissan.
NOV 30
Tokyo authorities extend Ghosn’s detention for an additional 10 days. Prosecutors decline to comment on the extension.
DEC 10
Ghosn and Kelly, along with Nissan, are formally charged for under-reporting Ghosn’s income over five years to 2015. Ghosn and Kelly are rearrested on allegations of understating Ghosn’s income for three more years through March 2018.
Both men have denied the allegations, according to local media.
DEC 13
Renault says its own audit of Ghosn’s salary has so far has found no irregularities.
DEC 20
A Tokyo court rejects a motion to extend the detentions of Ghosn and Kelly, potentially paving the way to bail.
DEC 21
Tokyo prosecutors re-arrest Ghosn on allegations of aggravated breach of trust, accusing him of shifting personal investment losses to Nissan in 2008 during the global financial crisis.
The legal team for Kelly, who suffers from spinal stenosis and is in need of surgery, requests his release on bail.
DEC 24
Kelly is released on bail, after paying 70 million yen ($646,711) in cash.
DEC 31
A Tokyo court extends Ghosn’s detention by 10 days.
JAN 8
Ghosn declares his innocence during a court hearing, his first public appearance following his arrest. Arriving in handcuffs with a rope around his waist and looking thinner than before his arrest, he says he has been wrongly accused and unfairly detained.
At the hearing, a judge says Ghosn’s continued detention is necessary due to flight risk and the possibility he could conceal evidence.
JAN 9
A second request to end Ghosn’s detention is rejected.
JAN 11
Ghosn is formally charged with aggravated breach of trust, and of under-reporting his income over three years to 2018. Nissan is also indicted on the latter charge.
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Analysis of commercial mini-bus accidents.
This paper presents a study of mini-bus traffic accidents aimed at gaining insight into the factors affecting accident occurrence and severity. Understanding these factors can help to bring forth realistic strategies to improve the safety of these buses. Two disaggregate models related to the time until accident occurrence and the number of accident injuries were specified and estimated. The models were estimated using data collected from 438 mini-bus drivers in Jordan. The estimated models yielded significant associations between the independent variables and both the time until accident occurrence (first, second and third accidents) and their corresponding number of injuries (accident severity). Higher accident rates were associated with drivers who were unmarried, took too few rest breaks and had short time intervals since previous accidents. Lower accident rates were associated with drivers who had long bus-driving and private vehicle-driving experience. The results indicate that the longer a mini-bus driver goes without an accident, the less likely it is that he will have an accident. The results also indicate that previous accident type affects the duration of the upcoming traffic accident. Greater accident severity was associated with single-vehicle accidents, rural intercity routes and speeding. Accident severity decreased and the time between two accidents increased when the previous accident was severe. The results seem to indicate that post- and immediate accident history affect the severity of upcoming accidents. Seven recommendations based on these findings are made in an attempt to improve mini-bus safety. |
Implementation of a province-wide computerized network in Quebec: the FAMUS Project.
General practitioners have busy schedules and are accustomed to working autonomously. But they will take an interest in research issues that could increase their efficiency or improve patient care. The use of medical informatics tools to facilitate collaborative research networks requires that participants accept the tools. This article describes the implementation of a province-wide computing network and discusses the opportunities afforded by the creation of a large central database documenting the process of care. |
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Is pigment grade titanium dioxide likely to contain any impurities that are toxic?
I have a bag of titanium dioxide of pigment quality, unknown source. I am curious to know if the manufacturing process of titanium dioxide makes it likely that it contains any toxic by products / impurities.
Would it for example be safe to use pigment grade titanium dioxide to manufacture sunblock?
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According to the MSDS for titanium dioxide, the substance itself is suspected of causing cancer. See, for example, this link.
My opinion is that, in general, it's not a good idea to use reagents from unknown sources for any purpose, especially something like sunblock.
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The graffiti stares back at you as soon as you leave John Paul II International Airport and set off on the drive into Krakow. It follows you into the city, on the sides of the roads and the little clusters of apartment blocks.
White supremacy symbols mostly, though it does not take a great deal to find the larger, more sinister pieces of work.
At least the authorities here are trying to do something about it. Maybe not enough, but more than you might realise given the way England’s host city has commonly been portrayed as shrugging its shoulders and wondering, bemusedly, why the rest of us are getting so worked up.
They spend around zloty 150 000 ($46 000) every year trying to remove the spray paint from Krakow’s walls. Interkulturalni, one of the organisations tackling racism, has a “Streets of Shame” section on its website, where the public can post photographs and report offenders. The city council has its own hotline and the Krakow Post is routinely filled with stories promoting multiculturalism. One recent front-page headline read simply: “Stamp Out Racism.”
The problem, according to Interkulturalni, is “institutional racism”, passively accepted by the public. Already we have had the monkey chants that polluted a Holland training session at the Wisla Krakow stadium and, just as shockingly, something that strayed suspiciously close to an attempted cover-up. Listen to the footage and it is not merely a handful of people involved, as Uefa tried to purport, but hundreds. It is the ghastly “ooh ooh” noises that symbolise only one thing, and it was pitiful in the extreme that Uefa, as well as a number of Dutch journalists, tried to pass it off as something it very obviously wasn’t.
The default setting for many is that Uefa got it wrong awarding the tournament to Poland and Ukraine when this could easily have been predicted during the bidding process in 2007. No doubt that line will be pursued even more vigorously if there are more problems over the coming weeks. Yet that is to presume the alternatives had a racism-free guarantee when that is plainly not the case given that the rival bids came from Italy and a joint package from Croatia and Hungary.
Croatia, to put it into context, were fined at Euro 2004 after their supporters targeted France’s Sylvain Wiltord and displayed banners bearing Celtic crosses, the symbol of the white power movement. The same kind of thing happened when they played Turkey in Euro 2008. Alternatively, think back to England’s game in Zagreb in 2008, when Emile Heskey got the full monkey treatment. Or the most sinister one yet: the friendly against Italy in Livorno in 2006, when the Croatian fans stood on the terraces in the formation of a swastika and made Sieg Heil salutes.
Italy had been favourites to land this tournament and, presumably, would have been a more popular choice, yet they, too, have demonstrated an apparent inability to embrace a multi-ethnic identity. Juventus supporters once held up a banner about Mario Balotelli, then 18, with the words: “A Negro cannot be Italian.” When he broke into the Italy team, another bore the message: “No to a multi-ethnic national team.” Balotelli has become a serial target in his young career, but whatever misgivings he might have about this tournament it is unlikely he will encounter anything so callous as his experiences in his own country.
This is not to avoid the very clear issue that Poland and Ukraine have a serious social problem, or the sense of deep unease that the black players in the Dutch squad cannot even do a lap of their training pitch without being hounded. It is just that before there is any more demonising of the co-hosts it is wrong to file this away as simply a problem for Eastern Europe. There is not a country in Europe where prejudice does not exist in some form, and that includes what some might class as more civilised football environments such as Italy or Spain or Portugal.
One of the reports into Euro 2004, compiled by Football Against Racism in Europe, talks of Spanish fans with tattoos and flags featuring neo-Nazi symbols such as Waffen-SS skulls, Celtic crosses and the number 88, the abbreviation for HH—Heil Hitler. More recently, consider the abuse directed at Balotelli on Manchester City’s foreign excursions last season, first at Villarreal, then Porto. Or remember the treatment reserved for England’s black players during a friendly against Spain at the Bernabéu in 2004 and the indignation in the Spanish media when their English counterparts had the temerity to complain. Antena 3 talked of “absurd accusations” and “gross exaggerations”. The sports daily As accused the English of being “very serious when it comes to race, politically correct to the extreme, which is just another way of hiding their own defects”.
There are people in Poland and Ukraine who are starting to suspect the same thing, and maybe with at least the basis of a point. Anyone who watched the Panorama documentary, Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate, will understand that a football match in Krakow or Kiev is very different to one in London or Manchester. Yet let’s not be too self-congratulatory or delude ourselves into thinking the English Premier League is devoid of racism, especially after some of the things that have happened over the past year. Or that just because the newspapers don’t like to give them too much publicity there are not groups of boneheaded men going on racist marches through various towns and cities on their weekends.
Of course, the issue is strikingly worse in Poland and Ukraine, where the anti-racism campaigners are only just starting to get their voices heard and there is still the sense that many people in high positions would rather turn a blind eye. Uefa, we know, are patently weak when, if they had been stronger, the two host countries would have been under greater pressure to clean up their act. But this is Uefa, an organisation that initially told us what happened in Krakow with the Dutch squad was not racism and would probably still be peddling that line were it not for Mark van Bommel taking it upon himself to tell it like it really was.
Now we hear reports of Russian supporters with far-right flags abusing the Czech Republic’s Theodor Gebre Selassie, and it is not being alarmist to look at, say, Ukraine’s games against France and England with a little trepidation. Before then, the Ukraine coach, Oleh Blokhin, will inevitably be asked to explain his comments, in the New York Times in 2006, that “the more Ukrainians that play in the national league, the more examples for the young generation—let them learn from Shevchenko or Blokhin and not some Zumba-Bumba they took off a tree, gave him two bananas and now he plays in the Ukrainian league”. |
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What is the passiveSupported ? { passive: true } : false called? The question mark and colon. I understand what it is doing, I just want to know what it is called so I can Google it.
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In most languages, this is usually referred to as the ternary operator. Here's some documentation as it pertains to Javascript in particular.
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Many studies have consistently reported an association between obesity and asthma.[@B1][@B2][@B3] Obesity-related reductions in pulmonary function as well as leptin and tumor necrosis factor-α production by adipose tissue have been suggested as the mechanisms underlying asthma development in obese individuals.[@B4] On the other hand, however, few studies have demonstrated an association between asthma and physical activity/seden-tary time/sleep time. Physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep time interact with each other, and they are also linked to obesity.[@B5][@B6][@B7] Physical activity is inversely associated with sedentary time, while low physical activity and high sedentary time are related to obesity.[@B8][@B9] Long sleep time is linked to obesity as an extension of sedentary time, whereas short sleep is also related to obesity.[@B9][@B10][@B11] Hence, it is essential to evaluate these conditions with a sophisticated model that accounts for all of these factors to identify those that contribute to asthma.
The relation between obesity and allergic rhinitis/atopic dermatitis is controversial. Allergic rhinitis was not associated with obesity in some reports;[@B12][@B13][@B14] however, it was clearly associated with obesity in another report.[@B15] Atopic dermatitis is associated with obesity in North America and Asia, but not in Europe.[@B16] Therefore, the association between obesity and allergic rhinitis/atopic dermatitis should be further evaluated. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no study on the relations between allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, physical activity, sitting time, sleep time, and obesity after adjusting for these factors in the same model.
In this study, we evaluated the relation between asthma/allergic rhinitis/atopic dermatitis and physical activity/sedentary time/sleep time/obesity, using a nationwide representative sample of Korean adolescents. We hypothesized that lower physical activity, longer sitting time for study or leisure, short sleep time, long sleep time, and obesity would be associated with these allergic diseases.
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Study population and data collection
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The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Korea (KCDC) approved this study (2014-06EXP-02-P-A). Written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to the survey. Because this web-based survey was performed at the schools with huge participants, the informed consent from their parents was exempted. This consent procedure was approved by the IRB of KCDC.
This study was a cross-sectional study using data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBWS). The study covered one nation using statistical methods based on designed sampling and adjusted weighted values. The data from KYRBWS that were collected in 2013 by KCDC were analyzed. Korean adolescents from 7th through 12th grade voluntarily and anonymously completed the self-administered questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the KYRBWS were documented by other studies.[@B17][@B18] The surveys evaluated the data from the South Korean adolescents using stratified, two-stage (schools and classes) clustered sampling analyses based on data from the Education Ministry. The sampling was weighted by statisticians, who performed post-stratification and considered the non-response rates and extreme values.
Of a total of 72435 participants, we excluded the following participants from this study: participants who did not provide their sleep time or who slept less than 2 h per night (14933 participants), participants who did not record their sitting times for study or leisure (2403 participants), and participants who did not record their height or weight (1330 participants). Finally, 53769 participants (26819 male; 26950 female) aged 12 through 18 years were included in this study ([Fig. 1](#F1){ref-type="fig"}).
Survey
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### Independent variables
The days of physical activity were measured as the days in the most recent 7 days on which exercise was performed for more than 60 minutes, sufficient to increase heart rate or respiration. Because the mean physical activity day value was 1.9, physical activity was divided into the ≤2 d group (low physical activity) and \>2 d group (high physical activity). The sitting time for study and leisure time within 7 days of the questionnaire was surveyed; sitting time for study included sitting time at school or a private institute, using a computer for studying, and watching educational broadcasting. Sitting time for leisure included watching TV, playing videogames, conducting internet searches not related to studying, and participating in online chats. Sitting time for study was measured in hours and minutes. The mean daily sitting time was calculated by adding the weekday sitting time and weekend sitting time and by assigning them 5/7 weight and 2/7 weight, respectively. Because the mean sitting times for study and leisure times were 6.3 h and 3.0 h, respectively, sitting time for study was divided into the ≤6 h group (low study sitting) and the \>\>6 h group (high study sitting), and sitting time for leisure was divided into the ≤3 h group (low leisure sitting) and the \>3 h group (high leisure sitting). Sleep time in the most recent 7 days was surveyed. Times of falling asleep and waking up were measured by the hour in 10-minute increments. The sleep time duration was calculated by subtracting the falling asleep time from the waking up time. The mean daily sleep time was calculated by adding the weekday sleep time and weekend sleep time and by assigning them 5/7 weight and 2/7 weight, respectively. Sleep time was divided into 4 groups: \<6 h, 6 h ≤time \<7 h, 7 h ≤time \<8 h, and ≥8 h. The National Sleep Foundation suggested that appropriate sleep duration for adolescents is 8 to 10 h. In Korea, only 1.1% of the participants reported sleeping \>10 h per day. This \>10 h sleep group was too small to be categorized as an additional group (long sleep group), therefore, we called the ≥8 h sleep group the \'relatively long sleep group\', despite most of the sleep times being in the normal range. The obesity levels were categorized into 4 groups according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines regarding body mass index (kg/m^2^) for children and teens:[@B19] obese, ≥95th percentile; overweight, ≥85th percentile and \<95th percentile; healthy weight, ≥5th percentile and \<85th percentile; and underweight, \<5th percentile.
### Covariates
The region of residence was divided into 3 groups based on administrative district: large city, small city, and rural area. Economic status was classified into 5 levels, from highest to lowest. The participants were asked to report how many days they had smoked in the last month and, based on these data, the participants were divided into 4 groups: 0 days per month, 1--5 days per month, 6--19 days per month, and ≥20 days per month. The stress level of participants was divided into 5 groups: severe, moderate, mild, a little, no stress.
### Dependent variables
The participants were asked about history of their allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis in the most recent 12 months and over their entire life. For example, the participants were asked, "In the past 12 months, have you been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis by a doctor?" and "Have you ever been diagnosed with allergic rhinitis by a doctor?" The participants who had been diagnosed by a medical doctor were recorded as positive.
Statistical analysis
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The differences in mean age, physical exercise days, sitting time for study, and sitting time for leisure according to asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis history (entire life and most recent 12 months) were compared using linear regression analysis with complex sampling. The differences in sleep time, obesity, gender, region of residence, economic level, and smoking were compared using chi-square tests with Rao-Scott corrections.
The odds ratios (ORs) of physical exercise days, sitting time for study, sitting time for leisure, sleep time, and obesity for asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis (entire life and most recent 12 months) were calculated by simple logistic regression analysis with complex sampling (unadjusted) and multiple logistic regression analysis with complex sampling adjusted by age, gender, region of residence, economic level, smoking, physical activity, sitting time for study, sitting time for leisure, sleep time, obesity, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis (adjusted model).
Two-tailed analyses were conducted, and p values less than 0.05 were considered to indicate significance. The 95% confidence intervals were also calculated. After applying the weighted values recommended by KYRBWS, all of the results were presented as weighted values. The results were analyzed with SPSS ver. 21.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA).
RESULTS
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Compared with the control group, the participants with asthma showed higher mean physical activity, higher rates of overweight and obese, a higher proportion of males, higher economic levels, and a higher smoking rate. The participants with allergic exhibited higher mean physical activity, economic level and mean sitting time for study as well as a lower mean sitting time for leisure and less sleep time. The participants with atopic dermatitis exhibited higher mean sitting times for study and leisure, a greater prevalence of females, a higher smoking rate, and less sleep time ([Table 1](#T1){ref-type="table"}). The general characteristics according to the entire life histories are described in [Supplementary Table 1](#S1){ref-type="supplementary-material"} (only online).
In the unadjusted model, higher physical activity was associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis, higher sitting time for study was associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, less sitting time for leisure was associated with allergic rhinitis, less sleep time was associated with allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, and overweight was linked to all the above three diseases ([Table 2](#T2){ref-type="table"}).
We analyzed the relation between the subjects\' recent 12- month history and these diseases (asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis) ([Table 2](#T2){ref-type="table"}). Higher physical activity was positively associated with all of them. Sitting time for study was positively associated with allergic rhinitis, whereas sitting for leisure was negatively associated with allergic rhinitis. Less sleep time was clearly associated with all of the above three diseases. Underweight was negatively associated with atopic dermatitis. Overweight was associated with allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. Obese was only linked to atopic dermatitis. The results of simple and multiple logistic regression analyses of entire life history of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis are described in [Supplementary Table 2](#S2){ref-type="supplementary-material"} (only online).
DISCUSSION
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High physical activity and less sleep time were consistently associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. Sitting times for study and leisure were associated with allergic rhinitis. Atopic dermatitis clearly showed dose-dependent association with obesity.
In 90% of asthma patients, the disease can be exacerbated by exercise.[@B20] Therefore, many children with asthma should restrict their exercise,[@B21] but exercise can reduce the risk of asthma.[@B22] We hypothesized that asthma might be associated with lower physical activity; however, the observed result was opposite. Asthma has been associated with lower physical activity.[@B2][@B23][@B24] whereas it has been linked to higher physical activity[@B13][@B25] or not associated with physical activity.[@B26][@B27][@B28] Participants with asthma might have exercised more to improve their health, or participants with high physical activity might have been over diagnosed with asthma due to exercise-induced symptom aggravation compared with those with low physical activity.[@B25] Sweating is the most commonly reported exacerbating factor for itching in patients with atopic dermatitis.[@B29] Consistent with a previous study,[@B13] we found that high physical activity was related not only to asthma but also to allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis. Confounding factors that we did not consider, such as residential environment, dietary habits, and the number of people in the household, might have affected these associations.
Previously, asthma was shown to be associated with sedentary behavior,[@B2][@B26] and asthma/allergic rhinitis/atopic dermatitis with sedentary time.[@B13] Furthermore, active and passive sedentary behaviors were found to be differentially associated with obesity.[@B30] In the present study, we divided sedentary (sitting) time based on specific purposes. As shown sitting time for study (mean, 6.3 h) was twice long compared to sitting time for leisure (mean, 3.0 h). Therefore, sitting time for study showed a potential relation with allergic diseases, while the relatively short sitting time for leisure showed inconsistent results. Differences in study and leisure sitting time locations might have affected the relations with allergic diseases.
Short sleep time (\<6 h and 6 h ≤time \<7 h) was associated with all of the diseases, whereas relatively long sleep time (≥8 h) was not. In a previous report, asthma in children was associated with sleep apnea, which was influenced by obesity.[@B31] In the present study, asthma was associated with a short sleep time, even after adjusting for obesity. Poor sleep hygiene in children with asthma and allergic rhinitis was previously reported.[@B32] Patients with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis experience sleep disturbances because of their symptoms, such as coughing and dyspnea,[@B33] nasal obstructions,[@B34] and itching,[@B35] respectively. Short sleep times are not only a consequence of these diseases but also a risk factor for them. In a healthy volunteer study, sleep deprivation was found to cause the release of various cytokines; IL-4 and IL-β, which increased in allergic diseases, were related to increased rapid eye movement sleep latency.[@B36] In some studies, sleep time itself was not associated with asthma, whereas missed sleep was indicated as a risk factor for asthma by inducing anxiety. In a study using polysomnography, children with asthma exhibited short sleep durations.
Asthma has been associated with obesity in many studies.[@B1][@B2] One study found this association specifically in women,[@B3] and another report found this association only in underweight individuals.[@B14] In many reports, allergic rhinitis was not associated with obesity,[@B12][@B13][@B14] and associations with atopic dermatitis were not consistent.[@B14][@B16] In our present study, underweight was negatively associated with atopic dermatitis, whereas obese was positively related to atopic dermatitis. On the other hand, the association between obesity and asthma was not statistically significant, and the relation between obesity and allergic rhinitis was inconsistent.
The primary advantage of the present study was the large sample population (53769 participants), which enabled us to evaluate a representative population to ensure external validity. Moreover, we analyzed various factors, such as physical activity, sedentary time according to purpose, sleep time, and obesity, as well as other confounding factors, such as region of residence, income level, and smoking status. In the present study, we examined short sleep time in conjunction with possibly related behaviors such as physical activity and sedentary time, and formed that short sleep time was associated with all three diseases after adjusting for obesity, whereas other study focused on obstructive sleep apnea and asthma.[@B31]
Despite these advantages, the present study had several limitations. First, the study used a self-reported survey. Therefore, physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep time were evaluated based on self-reporting, while asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis history were determined by verbal evidence, not by medical reports. This approach might have introduced inaccuracies due to recall bias; however, this method made it easier to inexpensively gather information from a large cohort. Therefore, objective measurements of physical behavior using an accelerometer would be desirable. Second, we measured physical activity days, not daily physical activity time. In contrast, sitting and sleep times were surveyed as daily times. Therefore, we could not sum the daily activity. Additionally, we did not measure moderate or vigorous physical activity separately. Third, the study is subject to the same limitations of all cross-sectional studies, including possible reverse causality; therefore, our calculated ORs should be interpreted with caution. Fourth, \~25% of participants were excluded due to incomplete questionnaire, which could act as the bias in this study. In conclusion, high physical activity, and short sleep time were associated with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. However, the associations between obesity and these allergic diseases were inconsistent after adjusting for other factors.
We gratefully acknowledge the participants and examiners of the Division of Chronic Disease Surveillance at the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for participating in this survey and for their dedicated work.
This work was supported by a Research Grant funded by Hallym University Research Fund and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (NRF-2015R1D1A1A01060860).
The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
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###### Supplementary Table 1
General Characteristic of Participants According to Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Atopic Dermatitis (Entire Life) History
###### Supplementary Table 2
Odds Ratios of Physical Activity, Sitting Time for Study, Sitting Time for Leisure, Sleep Time, and Obesity for Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Atopic Dermatitis (Entire Life) Using Simple and Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis with Complex Sampling
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###### General Characteristic of Participants According to History of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Atopic Dermatitis (Recent 12 Months)
Total Atopic dermatitis Atopic dermatitis Atopic dermatitis
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Total, n (%) 53769 (100.0) 52583 (97.8) 1186 (2.2) 44751 (83.2) 9018 (16.8) 50223 (93.4) 3546 (6.6)
Estimated, n (%) 2747627 (100.0) 2686554 (97.8) 61073 (2.2) 2270721 (82.6) 476906 (17.4) 2495304 (93.3) 252323 (6.7)
Age (yr) 15.0±0.0 15.0±0.0 14.7±0.1 \<0.001^\*^ 15.0±0.0 15.1±0.0 0.001^\*^ 15.0±0.0 14.9±0.0 0.009^\*^
Physical exercise (d) 1.9±0.0 1.9±0.0 2.3±0.1 \<0.001^\*^ 1.9±0.0 2.0±0.0 \<0.001^\*^ 1.9±0.0 1.9±0.0 0.489
Sitting time for study (hr) 6.3±0.1 6.4±0.1 5.8±0.1 \<0.001^\*^ 6.2±0.1 6.8±0.1 \<0.001^\*^ 6.3±0.1 6.5±0.1 0.014^\*^
Sitting time for leisure (hr) 3.0±0.0 3.0±0.0 3.2±0.1 0.003^\*^ 3.0±0.0 2.9±0.0 0.030^\*^ 3.0±0.0 3.1±0.0 0.015^\*^
Sleep time (%) 0.152 \<0.001^†^ 0.005^†^
\<6 hr 24.4 24.3 25.6 23.5 28.3 24.2 26.5
≥6 hr, \<7 hr 25.9 26.0 23.4 25.8 26.6 25.9 26.3
≥7 hr, \<8 hr 27.0 27.0 26.6 27.4 25.1 27.1 25.9
≥8 hr 22.7 22.7 24.4 23.3 20.0 22.8 21.3
Obesity (%) \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^
Underweight 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.6 6.2 4.1
Healthy 79.4 79.5 75.4 79.4 79.3 79.4 79.3
Overweight 11.2 11.1 14.7 11.0 12.1 11.0 13.1
Obese 3.4 3.4 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.6
Sex (%) \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^
Male 51.6 51.4 62.2 52.1 49.6 52.3 43.1
Female 48.4 48.6 37.8 47.9 50.4 47.7 56.9
Region (%) 0.539 0.002^†^ 0.307
Large city 44.4 44.5 42.9 44.3 45.1 44.4 44.4
Small city 49.0 48.9 50.0 48.9 49.4 48.9 49.6
Rural area 6.6 6.6 7.1 6.8 5.5 6.6 6.0
Economic level (%) \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^
Highest 7.0 6.9 11.4 6.8 7.7 7.0 7.5
Middle high 25.5 25.5 24.2 24.9 28.4 25.6 24.3
Middle 48.1 48.2 43.4 48.5 45.8 48.2 46.4
Middle low 15.6 15.6 15.7 15.9 14.3 15.5 17.2
Lowest 3.8 3.8 5.2 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.6
Smoking (%) \<0.001^†^ 0.269 0.116
0 day a month 91.5 91.6 88.3 91.5 91.5 91.6 90.8
1−5 days a month 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5
6−19 days a month 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2
≥20 days a month 4.8 4.7 7.4 4.7 4.9 4.7 5.5
Stress level \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^ \<0.001^†^
No 2.7 2.7 3.4 2.9 2.2 2.8 2.5
A little 14.3 14.3 13.7 14.9 11.6 14.5 11.2
Moderate 42.0 42.1 38.8 42.5 39.3 42.2 39.1
Severe 30.3 30.3 30.4 29.7 33.6 30.1 33.8
Very severe 10.6 10.6 13.8 10.0 13.4 10.4 13.3
^\*^Linear regression analysis with complex sampling, significance at *p*\<0.05, ^†^Chi-square test with Rao-Scott correction, significance at *p*\<0.05.
###### Odds Ratios of Physical Activity, Sitting Time for Study, Sitting Time for Leisure, Sleep Time, and Obesity for Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Atopic Dermatitis (Recent 12 Months) Using Simple and Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis with Complex Sampling
Simple logistic regression Multiple logistic regression^†^
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Physical activity \<0.001^\*^ \<0.001^\*^ 0.796 \<0.001^\*^ \<0.001^\*^ 0.030^\*^
≤2 d 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
\>2 d 1.45 (1.30−1.64) 1.10 (1.05−1.16) 1.01 (0.94−1.09) 1.29 (1.15−1.45) 1.15 (1.09−1.21) 1.09 (1.01−1.17)
Sitting time for study \<0.001^\*^ \<0.001^\*^ 0.011^\*^ 0.099 \<0.001^\*^ 0.134
≤6 hr 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
\>6 hr 0.78 (0.69−0.87) 1.25 (1.19−1.31) 1.10 (1.02−1.19) 0.90 (0.80−1.02) 1.17 (1.11−1.24) 1.06 (0.98−1.15)
Sitting time for leisure 0.059 0.006^\*^ 0.057 0.054 0.029^\*^ 0.423
≤3 hr 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
\>3 hr 1.13 (1.00−1.28) 0.93 (0.89−0.98) 1.07 (1.00−1.15) 1.13 (1.00−1.28) 0.95 (0.90−0.99) 1.03 (0.96−1.11)
Sleep time 0.147 \<0.001^\*^ 0.003^\*^ 0.001^\*^ \<0.001^\*^ 0.021^\*^
\<6 hr 1.07 (0.91−1.26) 1.31 (1.24−1.40) 1.15 (1.04−1.26) 1.38 (1.15−1.65) 1.20 (1.12−1.28) 1.15 (1.04−1.27)
≥6 hr, \<7 hr 0.91 (0.77−1.08) 1.13 (1.06−1.20) 1.07 (0.97−1.17) 1.07 (0.90−1.27) 1.08 (1.02−1.15) 1.08 (0.98−1.19)
≥7 hr, \<8 hr 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
≥8 hr 1.09 (0.93−1.29) 0.93 (0.88−1.00) 0.98 (0.88−1.08) 0.95 (0.81−1.11) 0.96 (0.89−1.02) 0.98 (0.88−1.09)
Obesity 0.001^\*^ 0.001^\*^ 0.001^\*^ 0.056 0.002^\*^ \<0.001^\*^
Underweight 1.03 (0.81−1.31) 0.91 (0.82−1.00) 0.66 (0.56−0.79) 1.06 (0.83−1.35) 0.93 (0.85−1.03) 0.70 (0.59−0.83)
Healthy 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Overweight 1.40 (1.19−1.64) 1.10 (1.03−1.18) 1.19 (1.07−1.32) 1.25 (1.06−1.47) 1.12 (1.05−1.20) 1.25 (1.13−1.39)
Obese 1.26 (0.94−1.68) 0.89 (0.78−1.02) 1.06 (0.88−1.27) 0.98 (0.73−1.32) 0.95 (0.83−1.09) 1.26 (1.04−1.53)
AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
^\*^Significance at *p*\<0.05, ^†^This model was adjusted by age, sex, region of residence, economic level, smoking, physical activity, sitting time for study, sitting time for leisure, sleep time, obesity, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis.
[^1]: ^\*^Man-Sup Lim and Chang Hee Lee contributed equally to this work.
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Jerusalem central bus station
The Jerusalem Central Bus Station (, HaTahanah HaMerkazit Shel Yerushalayim) is the main bus depot in Jerusalem, Israel and one of the busiest bus stations in the country. Located on Jaffa Road near the entrance to the city, it serves Egged, Superbus and Dan intercity bus routes. City buses and light rail trains pick up and discharge passengers across the street on Jaffa Road and on Zalman Shazar Boulevard, which can be accessed via an underground pedestrian passageway.
History
Starting in 1932, the main bus station was located in the heart of downtown Jerusalem, on Jaffa Road just east of King George street. The Pillar Building ("Binyan Ha'amudim") currently stands on this site.
In the 1960s a replacement station, designed by Ossip Klarwein, was built further west, at the site of the current station. The old station was a long, single-story building with an open-air bus depot behind it. Passengers embarked and disembarked at curbside on an outdoor platform.
The current Central Bus Station opened in September 2001 on the site of its predecessor. It was commissioned in order to accommodate the increasing flow of bus traffic as well as to implement security protocols for screening incoming and outgoing passengers. During construction of the new bus station, operations were moved to a temporary station, several blocks east on Jaffa Road, adjacent to the later-to-be-built HaTurim light rail stop.
Interior design
The new Central Bus Station has two levels of underground parking, three main levels, and five upper floors of office space. The first main level is a shopping concourse and food court. The second main level serves as both a shopping concourse and the arrivals hall for incoming intercity bus passengers. Since the building is constructed on the side of a hill, the first and second main levels both have a ground-level entrance/exit to Jaffa Road. Besides retail stores, the concourse includes bakery outlets, a video game parlor, and free-standing gift sellers.
The third main level serves as the departures hall, with 22 bus platforms. Passengers wait at numbered doors for the bus to pull into its slot in the indoor parking lot, then go through the door into the indoor garage to board. Large digital display boards post upcoming departure times.
While most platforms accommodate more than one bus route, popular routes, such as Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, have their own designated platform and run more frequently.
Passengers and their baggage are screened by security personnel every time they enter the Central Bus Station building. That is, departing passengers must go through security clearance when they enter the building from Jaffa Road and may then board buses without additional security checks. Passengers arriving in Jerusalem are dropped off in the garage on the other side of the building. They may choose to exit out to the street—in which case they do not need to pass through security—or to go into the bus station building—in which case they must go through a security check. People wishing to visit only the shopping concourses must also clear security. As is the case for most commercial security checkpoints in Israel, gun owners are exempt from security searches, it being presumed that anyone who has been vetted by the government to carry a loaded firearm in public has no criminal or terrorist intentions. In addition to building security, Egged has its own team of uniformed security personnel patrolling the indoor bus parking lots.
Indoor air pollution
In October 2013 the Environmental Protection Ministry of Israel officially declared the indoor garage where passengers board the buses to be "an excessively polluted space and an endangerment to public health". The levels of nitrogen oxide and respirable particulates generated by exhaust were said to be in violation of Israel's Clean Air Law. In 2012 the bus station received a fine of NIS 708,224 for air pollution, which is still being discussed in court, and in September 2011 the Environmental Protection Ministry ordered the management to "completely separate the bus platform and the building's interior due to high pollution levels".
Train stations
The Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon intercity rail station is located adjacent to the bus station, across Jaffa street. A Jerusalem Light Rail station, as well as the Jaffa street city bus stops, are situated between the bus and train stations.
Intercity platform list
Haredi buses
The decision to include a shopping concourse within the bus station was criticized by the Haredi community. After Haredi activists petitioned the Ministry of Transportation to allow Egged to open a departure point for buses traveling to Haredi destinations that would board outside the Central Bus Station, Egged opened a special platform where passengers boarding its Route 400 to Bnei Brak sit in relative privacy. In addition, the bus company agreed to launch a "mehadrin" Route 402 between Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. This route departs from Egged's city bus terminus at Har Hotzvim in northern Jerusalem, accommodating Haredi riders who wish to avoid the Central Bus Station altogether. The Har Hotzvim terminus has expanded to include "mehadrin" bus departures to other Haredi destinations such as Safed, Ashdod, Haifa, Arad, Kiryat Ata and more.
At one point, the "mehadrin" lines were gender segregated, with men sitting in the front rows and women in the back rows. In a 2011 ruling, the Israeli High Court of Justice stated the unlawfulness of gender segregation and abolished the "mehadrin" public buses. However, the court rule allowed the continuation of the gender segregation in public buses on a voluntary basis for a one-year experimental period. The system of separate lines terminating at Har Hotzvim remains unchanged.
Kosher McDonald's controversy
A second bone of contention was the opening of a McDonald's franchise in the food court. Most McDonald's restaurants, including the one in the Jerusalem city center, did not have kashrut certification from the rabbinate. Although this McDonald's franchise was in the process of applying for a kashrut certificate, and even completed its construction accordingly, the rabbinate conditioned its certification on McDonald's making its other outlets in the city kosher. When McDonald's decided to open a kosher branch but without a certificate, Haredi activists threatened a boycott. The Natzba real-estate firm which owns the bus station canceled McDonald's contract. McDonald's took it to court and won; Natzba was forced to pay it 100,000 shekels in trial expenses. McDonald's opened its franchise in the Central Bus Station, following halachic obligations, but without rabbinical supervision. The Haredi boycott never materialized.
In January 2010, McDonald's reopened with a kosher certificate from the Jerusalem rabbinate, after the company agreed to make changes to satisfy the rabbis. The signs are blue, instead of the traditional red, with "kosher" written in English and Hebrew in big letters. The disposable cartons, bags, wraps, and place mats, are also blue and bear no golden arches, and the staff wears special uniforms.
See also
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
List of Egged bus routes in Israel
References
External links
Dan homepage, English
Egged homepage, English
Superbus homepage, Hebrew
A nostalgic website dedicated to HAMEKASHER bus company operated in Jerusalem 1931-1967
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Category:Bus stations in Israel
Category:Buildings and structures in Jerusalem
Category:Shopping malls in Israel
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Q:
How can I optimise and improve this circuit for audio applications?
I am designing a basic preamp using the LM741 opamp to amplifier frequencies from 20 to 20KHZ to a 10Kohm load, input voltage is 0.5V and I get an output voltage of around 2V, what else can I do to reduce noise and distortion?
A:
Looking at the sine wave, there is no DC element. So using C1 polarity cap will distort the signal, you can use non-polarity aluminum cap.
C1 R3 is a high pass filter, 100 ohm is too low too drive properly for line output. Recommend value is 10uF and 10k ohm, the roll off frequency is 2Hz and below.
Increase R1 + R2 resistance to above 10k ohm, opamp would drive better.
The circuit gain is 5, you would get 2.5V instead of 2V.
Use a low noise opamp like MC33078.
Add a low pass filter by adding a small cap across R1.
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John Frank Schairer
J. Frank Schairer (13 April 1904, Rochester, New York – 19 September 1970, near Point No Point, Maryland) was an American geochemist, mineralogist, and petrologist.
Schairer studied chemistry at Yale University with a bachelors's degree in 1925 and a doctorate in 1928. He was the President and one of the organizers of the undergraduate club "Yale Mineralogical Society" in 1923. In addition, he earned an M.S. in mineralogy. From 1927, he was a chemist at the Carnegie Institution Geophysical Laboratory in Washington, D.C. where he remained on the staff until mandatory retirement in 1969, when he became a part-time employee. He worked there with Norman L. Bowen in experimental petrology until Bowen's departure to the University Chicago in 1937. During World War II, the lab worked on military research (erosion in cannon and machine gun barrels). From the 1950s Schairer worked with Hatten Schuyler Yoder and Cecil Edgar Tilley on basalt fusions.
Schairer served from 1957 to 1960 as Vice President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, in 1944 Vice President of the Geological Society of America, in 1960 President of the Geochemical Society and in 1943 President of the Mineralogical Society of America. He was also an accomplished botanist and co-founder of the National Capital Orchid Society (1947).
He married in 1940 and upon his death was survived by his widow, two children (twins), and four grandchildren.
Honors and Memberships
Schairer was elected in 1953 a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1968 an honorary member of the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (German Mineralogical Society).
He received in 1953 the Arthur L. Day Medal and in 1963 the Roebling Medal.
In 2012 he was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame for his extensive work in marking (under his leadership over 260 miles from 1928 to 1932 through the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club founded by him).
A mineral described by William F. Foshag in 1931 received the name schairerite in his honor.
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Electroplating and electropolishing of microelectronic workpieces, such as silicon wafers, typically involves immersing an electrically conductive surface of the wafer into a bath of liquid electrolyte. Electric current is passed through the electrolyte causing metal ions in the electrolyte to plate out onto the surface of the wafer, forming a plated layer or film. The electrical connection to the electrically conductive surface of the wafer may only be made in the so-called edge exclusion zone, as specified by industry standards. The edge exclusion zone is narrow, typically about 3 mm under current industry standards, and 2 mm or less in proposed future industry standards. In the past, contact rings having multiple spring-like contact fingers have been successfully used to provide the electrical connection to the wafer in the edge exclusion zone when processing standard wafers.
Newer wafer level packaging (WLP) applications use a mask design providing the equivalent width of an edge exclusion zone of as little as 0.1 mm (100 microns). To make contact in such a narrow zone requires that the photoresist placement (i.e. centering on the wafer), the wafer size, the wafer centering in the contact ring, the manufacture of the contact fingers, etc. must hold a tolerance within 0.1 mm to make good electrical contact all the way around the circumference of the wafer. If the contact fingers only touch the exposed seed layer on portions of the circumference, then poor electrical contact will cause poor plating uniformity reducing device yield. It is of course very difficult to provide an electroplating apparatus where all of the contact fingers can consistently contact a 0.1 mm edge exclusion zone.
In a similar WLP plating application, a wafer is sawed into individual dies which are tested to identify and discard defective dies. Then, only known good dies are placed into a molding compound layer on a substrate for further processing, essentially as a re-constituted wafer. In this way, only known good die are moved further in the manufacturing process. Use of re-constituted wafers also allows different types of dies to be placed next to each other with electrical connections between them made in subsequent processing steps. This approach is also beneficial for some manufacturing process such as multi-layer RDL (redistribution layer) Fan-Out. Generally, the molding compound layer on the re-constituted wafer results in a very small edge exclusion zone, of the order of about 0.1 mm. In addition, some manufacturing processes, for example multi-layer RDL, may involve wafers where the edge exclusion is different on each layer. These factors present engineering challenges in designing electroplating apparatus. |
Current techniques in protein glycosylation analysis. A guide to their application.
The importance of glycosylation in biological events and the role it plays in glycoprotein function and structure is an area in which there is growing interest. In order to understand how glycosylation affects the shape or function of a protein it is however important to have suitable techniques available to obtain structural information on the oligosaccharides attached to the protein. For many years the complexity of the structures required sophisticated analytical techniques only available to a few specialist laboratories. In many cases these techniques were not available or required a large amount of material and therefore the number of glycoproteins which were fully characterised were relatively few. In recent years there have been substantial developments in the analysis of glycosylation which has significantly changed the capability to fully characterise molecules of biological interest. A number of different techniques are available which differ in terms of their complexity, the amount of information which is available from them, the skill needed to perform them and their cost. It is now possible for many laboratories who do not specialise in glycosylation analysis to obtain some information although this may be incomplete. These developments do, however, also make complete characterisation of a glycoprotein a much less daunting task and in many cases this can be performed more easily and with less starting material than was previously required. In this review a summary will be given of current techniques and their suitability for different types of analysis will be considered. |
The Miami Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara is having a perfectly serviceable year as major league pitcher. He has started 17 games for the worst team in the National League and posted a respectable ERA of 3.82. But if you look under the hood of Alcantara’s season, there’s some cause for concern. His WHIP is 1.40, and his fielding-independent pitching (FIP) is an unsightly 4.61, both worse than the current MLB average.
And yet, Alcantara’s across-the-board mediocrity has earned him a spot on the National League All-Star team. One thing is certain: It’s probably not because of his numbers. Every MLB team needs an All-Star, and Alcantara got the call for the Marlins. (Miguel Rojas is perhaps a more deserving All-Star for the Marlins, with 2.6 wins above replacement to his name so far this season, but the shortstop position is more crowded in the National League.)
Alcantara’s dubious All-Star selection is nothing out of the ordinary for the Midsummer Classic. Every year, players find their way into the annual MLB showcase despite subpar statistics like Alcantara’s for multiple reasons: They are the best players on bad teams; the beneficiaries of overzealous fan voting; the winners of de facto lifetime achievement awards; and the players who look good from statistics of bygone eras.
With this in mind, we looked at some of the most curious All-Star selections in recent history from a statistical — both traditional and advanced — perspective. We also opted to take this one step further and isolate each All-Star’s numbers at the time of his selection in order to get a true gauge of what the team managers and fan voters were looking at when they selected these non-star All-Stars. Using FanGraphs’ splits leaderboards from March through June since 2002, we ranked the 516 All-Star pitching seasons and 792 All-Star hitting seasons — including players who were replaced on their teams because of injuries — by various metrics to find the biggest outliers. Good news, Sandy, you didn’t even make the list.
Mike Williams, RP, 2003 Pirates
5.58 ERA (516th out of 516), 5.41 FIP (516th), 5.52 xFIP (516th), 1.60 WHIP (516th), 5.6 BB/9 (515th), .334 wOBA (515th)
Williams’s selection is downright bizarre. When the Pirates reliever was announced as one of the top players in the National League, he had a 6.29 ERA and had just allowed five runs in 3.2 innings over four appearances to start July. Through June, Williams allowed 19 runs in 30 ⅔ innings with a 1.60 WHIP, also the worst of any All-Star selection since 2002.
This may be an example of the relevant statistics of the day taking precedence. Williams was credited with converting 85.7 percent of save opportunities and ranking third in the league in saves.
Mark Redman, SP, 2006 Royals
.357 wOBA (516th out of 516), 5.35 ERA (515th), 5.32 FIP (515th), 5.49 xFIP (515th), 1.52 WHIP (515th), 3.3 K/9 (515th), .291 average against (515th)
Redman was the lone tribute from a very, very bad Royals team. That team lost 100 games for the third-straight season and went into the All-Star break at 31-56. But every team needs one All-Star, so Redman was the choice.
In fairness, there may not have been anyone better on the 2006 Royals — their top hitters that year by OPS were Esteban German and Mark Teahen. But Redman was especially poor in the first half of the season. From April through June, Redman had a 5.35 ERA, allowing 41 runs in 12 appearances. He walked more batters than he struck out, and opponents were hitting .291 against him. Redman wasn’t just bad for an All-Star; his numbers were bad for any player.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Redman did not pitch in the 2006 All-Star Game.
Matt Capps, RP, 2010 Nationals
.297 average against (516th out of 516), .331 wOBA (514th), 1.44 WHIP (513rd)
In terms of closers on bad teams, Capps was not as egregious of a selection as Williams. As the Nationals’ only All-Star (though Ryan Zimmerman’s .909 first-half OPS would like a word), Capps had a 3.38 ERA through June with 22 saves. Capps was just remarkably prone to giving up hits — 43 in 34 ⅔ innings pitched to that point.
Capps found his way into the All-Star Game, where he faced one batter. He struck out David Ortiz to end the sixth inning, and that performance was enough to become the winning pitcher for the game.
Tim Wakefield, SP, 2009 Red Sox
5.39 xFIP (514th), 4.18 ERA (510th)
Redman or Williams take nearly every pitching category, but Wakefield is a solid third-worst with his 5.39 expected fielding-independent pitching. Put Wakefield under a different category of bad All-Star selection: the lifetime achievement award.
Wakefield had an ERA of 4.30 when he was selected. He led the league in wins at the time, but the longtime Red Sox knuckleballer probably reached the honor because it was his 17th year in baseball and he had not been named an All-Star before. Wakefield missed most of the second half of the season with injury and finished with a 4.58 ERA.
Salvador Perez, C, 2018 Royals
.212 average (792nd out of 792), .253 OBP (792nd), .275 wOBA (792nd), 69 wRC+ (792nd), .639 OPS (791st)
A lot of the worst-hitting All Stars are catchers. Perez was by far the worst. Known for his defense, Perez was the starting catcher for the American League as an injury replacement, and was decent defensively, but his hitting numbers were atrocious: a .212 batting average, 50 strikeouts to just nine walks, and a remarkable 14 double plays hit into. Perez was more than eight runs below average at the plate through June.
Unlike every other player on this list, Perez has been an All-Star fixture for most of this decade, making six-straight All-Star Games — mostly the product of the AL’s dearth of good-hitting catchers or even mediocre-hitting-but-famous catchers. Perez batted twice in the 2018 All-Star Game. He struck out both times.
Scott Podsednik, OF, 2005 White Sox;
Elvis Andrus, SS, 2010 Rangers
0 home runs (tied for 791st out of 792)
Podsednik and Andrus were the only two All-Stars since 2002 to enter the All-Star break without a single home run. In fact, both finished their All-Star season with zero dingers. For Podsednik, it was a 12-homer drop-off from the previous season. Andrus would go on to hit 20 home runs in 2017.
Neither had particularly great seasons to that point along with their low power totals. Andrus hit .296 with a 96 wRC+, below league average. Podsednik had a batting line of .288/.363/.336, though he led the AL at the end of June with 38 stolen bases.
Neither Podsednik nor Andrus was his team’s lone selection — the White Sox had four and the Rangers had five. (Cliff Lee was traded to the Rangers days after the rosters were announced, making six.) Both the 2005 White Sox and the 2010 Rangers would win the American League, with the White Sox going on to win the World Series. Instead, both of these All-Stars might have been selected as reserves as a nod to their teams’ successes. Several players had to be responsible for all that winning, right?
Josh Hamilton, OF, 2009 Rangers
30 hits (792nd out of 792), 26 games (791st)
Sandwiched between Hamilton’s breakout and MVP seasons is an injury-riddled middling year that still earned him an All-Star selection. Hamilton had played in just 35 games when the rosters were announced — among All-Stars since 2002, only Matt Wieters had played fewer, at 26 games. And in his 35 games, Hamilton hit just .240 with a .290 on-base percentage.
But as one of the game’s brightest stars at the time, he was voted the American League’s starting center fielder. Luckily, he recovered from injury in time for the All-Star Game, where he contributed an RBI in the AL’s 4-3 win.
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Last week, Wordbones had Cy Paumier on his podcast, and wrote a subsequent blog about it titled, “Captain of the Dream Team”. One passage stood out to me:
Some have called this the “dream team” of planners. Some have criticized CA for not bringing in new blood.
It’s a moot point. The Dream Team is “weeks away” from unveiling their master plan for Symphony Woods. What many don’t know is that Howard Hughes has also been busy with Merriweather Post Pavilion. HHC has retained Sasaki & Associates to develop a new master plan for the outdoor theatre. They have been working closely with CA to make sure both efforts are complimentary and the two parties may have found the formula to make the café in the woods concept work.
In an effort to meet the goals of Howard County’s General Development Plan, CA will be working with the Howard Hughes Corporation to develop a complete neighborhood plan for the Symphony Woods/Merriweather Post “Neighborhood.” The Columbia Association feels that the proposed neighborhood plan will fulfill the General Development Plan’s purpose of providing an exceptional cultural and recreational area in the new Town Center area. Additional details and negotiations with Howard Hughes will begin so that land uses and area amenities will benefit park and pavilion users. CA believes that this venture will meet the goals of the plan and will be a place that can be enjoyed by Columbians and those who will visit both the park and pavilion.
HCR then goes on to write:
“I believe this is the only way to go on this issue and am very happy with the manner in which this partnership has been able to develop. Respectfully, this was never about “big ideas” for Symphony Woods. It was about connectivity and congruence. This approach should meet both objectives and find its way through County vetting. “
I respectfully disagree with HCR when he says, “this was never about “big ideas” for Symphony Woods.” It was about “big ideas” when GGP engaged a world class team (Jaque Robertson of Cooper, Robertson & Partners, Alan Ward from Sasaki Associates and Keith Bowers of BioHabitats) to work on the plan for Downtown, including Symphony Woods. I remember hearing about the possibility of a having library or museum that would have fostered the growth and development of Howard County’s children in the Arts. As CA’s plan stands now, we’ll get a cafe, water feature and years more of underutilization.
I do agree that connectivity and congruence are important, but we could have had that a long time ago. The manner in which this partnership has developed goes back a long way and I can’t help think that it only came about after the County twice rejected CA’s plan for Symphony Woods. It all goes back to when CA first refused to work with GGP on Symphony Woods. They completely rejected their vision for it and decided to develop it on their own, despite the fact that they are not developers. I find it telling what Cy Paumier said about it three years ago in this interview with MIA reporter Jack Cole. In it he (Mr. Paumier) states:
“No one’s ever really cared enough about it to do a plan, CA hasn’t been encouraged, nobody in the community has been saying we ought to create a great park there. So along comes General Growth [Properties], General Growth’s got a couple hundred acres that they’ve got to develop right? They’ve got all the land in the world to develop, why don’t they just focus on what they own. I mean they don’t have to start taking CA’s land . . . its crazy!”
So there you have it. Mr. Paumier was upset that GGP had the gall to include Symphony Woods in their overall vision (“big idea”) for Downtown Columbia. So, fast forward a couple years, and now Mr. Paumier has convinced CA to hire him to come up with the plan that currently exists. You know, the one that’s been twice rejected by the County.
Look, I’m glad CA is finally getting in the game, and I hate to dig up the past. But the fact is, this should have happened years ago. To say that Symphony Woods isn’t about “big ideas” is to sell it short. As the father of young daughter, I want Symphony Woods to become a special place for her to enjoy now, and to hopefully one day bring her children to. After hearing about this partnership between CA and HHC, I am hopeful that, after all these years, it will be.
Del. Elizabeth Bobo, a Columbia Democrat, said she was unsure if pushing back the start date on the park would threaten the state funding, which was intended for “shovel-ready” projects.
Although she said she had never heard of bond money being withheld, she said the legislature, “was very precise about its criteria for bond bills. There weren’t that many because money is tight.”
Eligible projects, she said, were required to be planned and ready to begin, thus providing immediate jobs, and awarded matching funds from another source.
“We certainly presented the (Symphony Woods) project as one that’s ready to go and I believe we were telling the truth,” she said of vetting the project in Annapolis last winter. …
“Here they are, ready to go,” she said. “I’m bewildered by it.”
You’re bewildered, Liz? Not as much as we are.
First, how could she call this project “shovel-ready” or “ready to go” when the deadline for proposals for landscape architecture, planning, and engineering services was just twelve days ago, on Thursday, July 29?
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Shovel ready? The process has barely even begun. Typically, betweenconceptplanand “ready to go” is about six months: the actual design work ending in final, approved site plans; the bidding process; the awarding of the construction agreement(s); and – most important – the sometimes thorny process of regulatory approval, which includes approval through Planning and Zoning or Inspection Services. For our park, this process is further complicated by a very sensitive environmental component.
Second, a look at the Bond Bill Fact Sheet reveals that construction was slated to begin in April 2011- and to continue until summer of 2014, beginning with Phase 1 (a plaza and promenade), then onto Phase 2 (a fountain, parking lot, etc.), and, finally, “future phases” that include, among other things, a play area and small cafe. So where is the holdup if the groundbreaking date hasn’t changed since the bill was passed, months before this article appeared?
2010 Bond Bill Fact Sheet
Third, the state deadline for spending the money is seven years away. This is typical, since capital dollars from the State are hardly required to be “shovel ready” like stimulus projects but rather are for community enhancement projects that take years to build.
Delegate Bobo says she told the state the project was ready to go four months ago. In July,CA blamed the county for delaying its project. And yet, twelve days ago, designers and planners for the project hadn’t even been hired, let alone begun the designing and planning process.
Furthermore, the delegate implies that the funds are being jeopardized because of this imaginary delay due to “very precise” state criteria about the readiness of the project. This implication simply does not follow from a bill that allows seven years for the money to be spent and which includes “design” of the park in its description.
So: why so many discrepancies? We are just bewildered.
UPDATE: HoCoRising and Wordbones have picked up this story with these respective postings:“Is CA doing a good job?” and “Careening out of Control” (which, incidentally, has quite a heated debate going on in the comments section!) Get in on the discussion!
Columbia is characterized as being created from the very best community planning processes available. Our county’s planning process has been a thorough one, from Jim Rouse’s original, painstaking planning of this first community of its kind, to the five-year process we’ve just completed for the revitalization of Columbia’s downtown. Indeed, this most recent planning process was one of the most extensive planning processes in the history of Maryland. We are proud of our planning process, which is meant to ensure that nothing is rushed through, that every perspective is given equal consideration.
Some of the most vocal advocates of an extended planning process sit on the CA Board, including at least two members who collected signatures in an effort to take our downtown plan to a referendum by voters after it had been passed unanimously by the County Council with overwhelming public support. Time and time again, the folks on that side made unsubstantiated arguments that the process was being circumvented or hurried along and that the county was giving the developer special treatment.
Previously, the Board had opted out of the opportunity to participate with the community and the county during the planning of downtown, which included funding from the developer for special projects just like this. Instead, CA procured $250,000 in taxpayer money, and an equal amount in anonymous private funds, to draft its own plan with minimal, if any, community input. It is not clear yet how the remainder of the *$2 million plan will be funded, nor is it clear who exactly formed the consensus on the plan aside from, presumably, the eleven members of the board.
Last week I read with amusement the portrayal of Symphony Woods as “open-space parkland” in a letter to the editorin the Columbia Flier. That description is a little far-fetched for a place that has become basically a walk-through to Merriweather and hosts one community event a year. It may be open space, but it’s not a park. A park implies people. There are almost no people in Symphony Woods. For most of the year, it’s neglected and it’s empty. Take a look at the video (below) my sister and I made last year. It says it all.
Local blogger wordbones had a great post this past Friday in response to this article in The Flier.
In his post, wordbones calls Liz Bobo out for saying she, “remains skeptical about Columbia gaining mass transit anytime soon because of high costs.” He calls her, “shortsighted” for not trying to lay the groundwork now for mass transit in the future.
He also lays into CA Board Member Alex Hekimian for calling GGP’s traffic study, “not credible”. Wordbones says, ” It certainly would be valid for Alex to have some objections to certain criteria in the study but to say that a traffic study prepared by a professional traffic engineer is “not credible” is both a little over the top and insulting.”
We agree on both points, wordbones. It always seems to be something with Liz and Alex, not to mention Lloyd and Alan. They kind of remind me of Rachael Dratch’s character “Debbie Downer” on SNL. You remember her, right. She would persistently add bad news or her own negative feelings to a gathering, thus bringing down the mood of everyone around her. “Feline AIDS is the #1 killer of domestic cats.” Waa Waa Waa.
I guess it’ll always be something with these people. This time it’s too much traffic. Last week it was not enough affordable housing. Tomorrow it’ll be something else. It’s always easier to find an excuse not to do something than it is to roll up your sleeves and get it done.
After our initial launch last month, a few of you suggested we start a blog to better communicate our thoughts on the redevelopment of Town Center. We thought it was an excellent suggestion, so we are proud to announce that we are re-launching as a blog.
We’re currently working on a lot of exciting projects designed to bring awareness to our generation’s participation in this next phase of Columbia’s growth. More importantly, switching to a blog also allows us to hear from you in real time, which we always welcome.
So now that you’re up to date on our new look, let’s move on to some good news out of Columbia. We were invited to a press conference in Symphony Woods today given by a new group called Columbia Tomorrow. They held the event there to highlight the fact that it is unhealthy, underutilized and disconnected from the rest of downtown.
Phil Engelke, Columbia Tomorrow’s Vice President, stated the last time he was in Symphony Woods was when he took his now grown kids to the petting zoo that used to be there. Hint: that’s a really long time. I guess if you’re not into music (Merriweather) or wine (Wine in the Woods) there’s really not a lot going on in the woods.
Add to that the years of neglect and watershed mismanagement, and Symphony Woods is in bad shape. Columbia Tomorrow believes we have a crown jewel here in our backyard, and they want to see it live up to its potential. We think they have a great point, and look forward to working in conjunction with them to ensure that Symphony Woods will be enjoyed for many generations to come.
That’s all for now. But please check back often as we plan to be much more active, both online and in the community. |
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MUMBAI: Canada has introduced a faster and simpler visa processing mechanism for students from India and three other countries. The number of Indian students opting for studies in Canada is on the rise and this new program which cuts down the processing time for study permits (which are student visas) to within 45 days as opposed to within 60 days will be helpful.Students from India, China, Vietnam and Philippines who demonstrate upfront that they have the requisite financial resources and language skills to succeed academically in Canada are eligible to opt for the newly introduced ‘Student Direct Stream’ (SDS) program.The erstwhile Student Partners Program (SPP) that entailed less visa documentation and quicker processing was more narrow in scope and available only to students applying to 40 odd participating Canadian colleges. On the other hand, the SDS program, introduced in early June, is available to students opting for post-secondary courses (ie: college education) at all designated learning institutes, according to a statement issued by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which is the Canadian government’s immigration division.: 200% rise in invites to Indians for Canadian permanent residencyThis announcement almost coincides with the UK’s government decision to exclude Indian students from easier visa norms. Given the growing protectionism in UK and USA, the number of Indian students opting for Canada is steadily growing. Indian students obtained 83,410 study permits during 2017, a rise of 58% over the previous year.Earlier, including during 2015 and 2016, Chinese students were the largest class of international students to be allotted the study permits. India topped this list in 2017, with its students garnering 26% of the total study permits issued in that year, with China following closely behind. The trend of Indian students being the largest class of international students is is more pronounced during the period January to April 2018, with 29,000 odd Indian students obtaining the study permits as opposed to 16,925 from China. These statistics are based on an analysis done by TOI, of the open data available on the Canadian government’s website (see table).According to the Canadian Bureau for International Education, a non-profit agency in the educational domain, there were 4.95 lakh international students studying in Canada at the end of 2017, a rise of 20%. In an email reply to TOI, a spokesperson from the IRCC said that top source countries for international students, who were present in Canada as of December 3, 2017, were China (with 1.40 lakh students), India (with 1.24 lakh students) and Republic of Korea (with 23,050 students).Ontario-based Talha Mohani, immigration law specialist and managing director at Migration Bureau Corp, explains the nitty-gritty of the SDS program “A study permit application is assessed in terms of eligibility and admissibility, which include finance, language and medical. Under the SDS program several of these criteria are to be satisfied upfront. The student must pay the first semester tuition fee, in addition to buying a guaranteed investment certificate of Canadian $ 10,000. A minimum score of 6 for English in the International English Language Testing System is also required. The applicant also has to submit a copy of the upfront medical exam confirmation document. Given that some key criteria are met upfront when the application is made, enables the IRCC to reduce the time required to verify and complete the assessment process.”“Canadian education and work experience (internship experience counts) are extremely valuable when it comes to job prospects in Canada,” cites a job facilitator. Cynthia Murphy, interim India regional manager at Canadian Immigrant Integration Program, says, “Canadian college students including international students usually complete a work placement (internship) as part of their study course. This enables them to connect with future employers.”According to IRCC, “The SDS complements the express entry system as these students will be well placed to continue on the path to permanent residence and Canadian citizenship after completing their studies in Canada, if they wish to.”The express entry program for permanent residency in Canada is point based and a Canadian education helps garner extra points. Mohani explains that an applicant can get 15 extra points for a post secondary education program in Canada which is of a one to two year duration and 30 points if it is of a duration of three years or more. While official data is not available on the most popular courses that Indian students opt for, industry watchers say that business management, civil engineering, software engineering, medicine, and hospitality are some of the popular courses. |
Q:
BroadcastReceiver wake lock needed if only AsyncTask is executed?
I have got a class, which extends from BroadcastReceiver and gets called from AlarmManager. In the onReceive method I execute an AsyncTask, which fetches some data from the internet and stores the data in the local database of the application.
Do I need to acquire wakelock with:
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) context.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
mWakeLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "");
mWakeLock.acquire();
// execute AsyncTask
}
private void asyncTaskDone() {
mWakeLock.release();
}
in order to stop the CPU from sleeping or is it safe to execute the AsyncTask without a wake lock?
A:
I suggest you to read the docs about the receiver lifecycle. What you are trying to do is not good practice, If the onReceive() method returns the process can be killed. Hence your task can't complete the work. Because of this you should start a Service/IntentService to run the task and to keep the process alive.
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David Wagner guided Huddersfield Town to Premier League survival in 2017-18
Huddersfield Town boss David Wagner says he is "excited about the future" after signing a new three-year deal.
The Terriers finished 16th in the Premier League after winning promotion under Wagner in 2016-17.
The German, alongside coaches Christoph Buehler and Andy Hughes, has now signed a contract to keep him at the club until the end of the 2020-21 campaign.
"The decision to extend my stay at this club was not a difficult one," 46-year-old Wagner said.
"The relationship Christoph, Andy and I have with [chairman] Dean Hoyle, the rest of the board, the staff and the supporters is special. We've achieved some incredible things together in two and a half years and now I'm excited about the future.
"We still have a lot of work to do as we adapt to life in the Premier League, but this club and its people have the ambition, desire and attitude to take this challenge on."
Wagner took over at the John Smith's Stadium in November 2015 and, after keeping them in the Championship that season, guided them into the Premier League for the first time 12 months later.
Following their promotion, Town chairman Hoyle said the former Borussia Dortmund II coach had "defied the odds" and that the club would not be in the top flight without him.
The club appointed another German, Olaf Rebbe, as sporting director earlier this month to work alongside Wagner next season. |
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Dear Sony Customer: 5 Ways To Read Bad News
By Quentin Fottrell
The letter begins politely as all letters do delivering bad news. Sony’s came with those three little words at the top: “Customer Service Notification.” That’s when you should sit down. It’s usually all downhill from there. Announcements like these informing you that your data has been breached are becoming all too common.
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Sony’s missive addresses customers thus: “Dear Valued Sony Online Entertainment Customer.” That’s humble, polite, dignified: 10/10 for a good start. In short, the letter says that the data breach of 77 million PlayStation users now extends to 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment customers, so a contrite opening was important.
Jonathan Bernstein, president of Bernstein Crisis Management, was put off by the technical and sometimes confusing “corporate-speak” in Sony’s letter. “The theft itself undermines Sony’s perceived competency,” he says, “but I think they did a good job, overall, of factually communicating how they were getting back on top of the situation.”
Pay Dirt has already given some rules of thumb for customers whose information was breached as a result of the data theft at marketing company Epsilon. There will be an increasing amount of letters like these from other companies in the months and years to come, so here are the top 5 tips on how best to translate them.
Translation: A spokeswoman for Sony says the investigation is ongoing. This latest discovery happened on May 1 and the company told customers the next day, so it has been quick out of the traps with this update on its data breach. In this case, it’s good for bad news to travel fast. The sooner we know the truth, the better.
2. Have our details been stolen?
“We are today advising you that the personal information you provided us in connection with your SOE account may have been stolen in a cyber-attack. “
Translation: There’s one thing that’s possibly worse than being the victim of a crime, and when you are not sure if you are a victim or not: you see a vase lying upturned in a laundry basket when it should have been sitting on the mantel. Certain databases have been breached, but not all information therein may have been stolen. The two announcements are the cyber equivalent of realizing your TV was stolen and, on closer inspection, discovering that your favorite pair of earrings are missing too (24.6 million pairs in this case).
Translation: Technology blogger Joe Manna says “hashed” means that the cyber criminal may be able to decrypt it later. On the upside, Sony says there is no evidence that its main credit card database was compromised as it’s in a separate secure environment.
4. How did this happen?
“We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.”
A spokeswoman says they were “very sophisticated perpetrators.” (That won’t necessarily make customers feel any better.) Sony also says it has engaged a recognized security firm recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; the spokeswoman says some of those sensitive security details will remain confidential. Manna says, “It’s just a guess, but it appears they have no idea who executed the attack. This seems to be par for the course of compromises recently.”
5. What can customers do now?
“When Sony Online Entertainment’s services are fully restored, we strongly recommend that you log on and change your password.”
Translation: Yes, but you can’t change your date of birth. In future, if a company requires information for identification purposes only give a false date of birth, or phone number for an old prepaid phone. And whether you are a Sony customer or not, never give your personal details to anyone who emails or calls.
I am utterly diatopsinsed in Samsung. For some reason, Samsung makes the worst bluray and surround system in the market. Sure they are good looking but are not good working and product support is UGLLY!!. This is just my opinion and for those who bought Samsung’s bluray player, 5.1, or 7.1 surround system and if it’s working for you then consider yourself lucky. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great when it’s not faulty but beware the firmware updates. Long story short, after returning the Samsung models twice I decided to go with this Sony model and since the price was dropped to $529 I coudn’t resist it any longer. Both the LG and Pansonic models looked cheap and the standalone models by Denon and Yahama just didn’t have that best bang for your dollars mindset unless you already have a bluray player. This Sony system is the system that I should have bought in the first place. Everything was of higher quality. It is easy to setup and easy to use. The wireless rear speakers sound just like if you were to have it wired to the receiver. If you have a Playstation 3 then you are right at home with the GUI. The sound was sharp and clear. The subwoofer provided that boom without any distortion. For those IPOD, ITOUCH, AND IPAD users out there, you can download the remote media app to control the receiver. Also Sony have the best offering of music and video apps in the home theater market. I love listening to Slacker and Pandora in 5.1 surround sound. You will feel like you are at a dance club (seriously). Overall, this in my opinion is the best surround sound system in the market and for $529 it is a steal.
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Episode 730
Published time: 12 Mar, 2015 09:54 Edited time: 12 Mar, 2015 09:57
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Every week Max Keiser looks at all the scandal behind the financial news headlines.
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the stubborn facts of the disappearing middle class and the rising mortality rates in white women in America. In the second half, Max interviews Harry Cole (Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/mrharrycole) of the Spectator magazine and hit UK right of Centre blog, http://order-order.com. They discuss crack den economics and general elections. |
Trigger Warning: Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech?
In this blistering polemic, veteran journalist Mick Hume presents an uncompromising defence of freedom of expression, which he argues is threatened in the West, not by jackbooted censorship but by a creeping culture of conformism and You-Can’t-Say-That.
The cold-blooded murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in January 2015 brought a deadly focus to the issue of free speech. Leaders of the free-thinking world united in condemning the killings, proclaiming ‘Je suis Charlie’. But it wasn’t long before many commentators were arguing that the massacre showed the need to apply limits to free speech and to restrict the right to be offensive.
It has become fashionable not only to declare yourself offended by what somebody else says, but to use the ‘offence card’ to demand that they be prevented from saying it. Social media websites such as Twitter have become the scene of ‘twitch hunts’ where online mobs hunt down trolls and other heretics who express the ‘wrong’ opinion. And Trigger Warnings and other measures to ‘protect’ sensitive students from potentially offensive material have spread from American universities across the Atlantic and the internet.
Hume argues that without freedom of expression, our other liberties would not be possible. Against the background of the historic fight for free speech, Trigger Warning identifies the new threats facing it today and spells out how unfettered freedom of expression, despite the pain and the problems it entails, remains the most important liberty of all. |
A University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll released Thursday night showed Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the 2020 Democratic presidential field in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday state after doubling his support since last October.
The survey, conducted between Jan. 31 and Feb. 9, showed Sanders with 24% support among likely Texas Democratic primary voters. Former Vice President Joe Biden polled in second place with 22% support and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in third with 15%.
With the March 3 Texas primary just over two weeks away, the poll indicates a significant shift in the dynamics of the Democratic presidential race over a period of several months. In October, a University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll showed Biden leading the field with 23% and Sanders in fourth with 12%.
“Most of the movement has been Sanders and [billionaire businessman Michael] Bloomberg, with Biden [holding] still,” Joshua Blank, research director for the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, told The Texas Tribune. “To be unable to increase his vote share is pretty telling for Biden.”
The internet survey of 1,200 registered voters has an overall margin of error of +/- 2.83 percentage points and a margin of error of +/- 4.09 percentage points for the Democratic race.
NEW: Bernie Sanders is now the leading Democratic presidential candidate among Texas voters, according to our latest poll. Bernie Sanders: 24%
Joe Biden: 22%
Elizabeth Warren: 15%
Michael Bloomberg: 10%
Pete Buttigieg: 7% MORE: https://t.co/bV2EiOeWih #tx2020 — Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 14, 2020
The poll also found that President Donald Trump is leading all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates in Texas, with Sanders trailing the president by the smallest margin.
#Texas, @UTAustin/@TexasTribune GE Poll: Trump 46 (+5)
Bloomberg 41 Trump 46 (+5)
Klobuchar 41 Trump 47 (+5)
Buttigieg 42 Trump 47 (+4)
Biden 43 Trump 47 (+3)
Warren 44 Trump 47 (+2)
Sanders 45 — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) February 14, 2020
“The Trump trial ballots confirm what we’ve seen, that Trump is winning, but he clearly is under-performing, given the party profile in the state,” Daron Shaw, a government professor at the University of Texas at Austin who co-directed the poll, told the Tribune. “It is interesting when you put a flesh and blood Democrat up there, it drops that number, but here’s a Republican in a Republican state who’s not at 50%, which is a sign of weakness.” |
Q:
SQL query to relate 2 tables
I want to relate following 2 tables in sqlite3. What I understood from other examples is that we should have some common field between each table, so I added order_ID.
1) How to write sqlite queries for creating the relation between these tables?
2) How to manage Table 2, where same order can have multiple products, so order ID is repeated. An order can have min 1 and max 10 products. So it has dynamic range of 1-10.
table 1:
order_ID date buyer ship_chr
001 01/01 abc 15
002 05/01 xyz 10
table 2:
order_ID prod quantity rate
001 pen 50 2
001 paper 25 1
001 pin 50 2
002 paper 25 1
002 pen 100 2
A:
It looks like you want to store orders and information about those orders. First, make an orders table.
create table orders (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
created_at timestamp not null default current_timestamp,
buyer text not null,
ship_chr text not null
)
Note that instead of order_id, the primary key of a table is just id.
It's not required, but it is a convention I like as it keeps primary and foreign keys distinct.
Also note that I'm using the timestamp type to store dates, this will make working with those dates much easier as you can use SQLite date functions.
Now we need a table for information about what is in each order.
create table order_products (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
order_id integer not null references orders(id),
product text not null,
quantity integer not null,
rate integer not null
)
This sets up a one-to-many relationship betweeen orders and order_products.
One order can have many products. You can link these tables together using
a join. Here's how you'd get
the buyer for each product.
select o.buyer, op.product, op.quantity
from order_products op
join orders o on o.id = op.order_id
abc|pen|50
abc|paper|25
abc|pin|50
xyz|paper|25
xyz|pen|100
join orders o on o.id = op.order_id says for every row in order_products find one in orders where order.id matches the row's order_id and treat them both as a single row.
From here you'll probably want to make products and buyer their own tables
as well to store any information about the buyers and products. It also ensures
that the products and buyers exist avoiding typos.
create table buyers (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
name text not null,
address text not null,
phone text not null
);
create table products (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
name text not null,
stock integer not null default 0
);
create table orders (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
created_at timestamp not null default current_timestamp,
buyer_id integer references buyers(id) not null,
ship_chr text not null
);
create table order_products (
id integer primary key autoincrement,
order_id integer not null references orders(id),
product_id integer not null references products(id),
quantity integer not null,
rate integer not null
);
Then you can join everything together to get information about products and buyers.
select b.name, p.name, op.quantity
from order_products op
join orders o on o.id = op.order_id
join buyers b on b.id = o.buyer_id
join products p on p.id = op.product_id
name|name|quantity
abc|pen|50
abc|paper|25
abc|pin|50
xyz|paper|25
xyz|pen|100
SQL Fiddle
If you don't do this now it will be harder to do later.
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120 Cal.Rptr.2d 90 (2002)
98 Cal.App.4th 873
The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Christopher FRANCIS, Defendant and Appellant.
No. B151206.
Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Six.
May 28, 2002.
Rehearing Denied June 25, 2002.
Review Denied August 14, 2002.[*]
*91 Kent Baker, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kirsten Korn, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
COFFEE, J.
Appellant Christopher Francis appeals from the order of the trial court committing him to Atascadero State Hospital (ASH) as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). (Pen.Code, §§ 2962, 2966.)[1] He claims that double jeopardy and res judicata bar the relitigation of his mental state, which was the subject of a prior MDO proceeding. We reverse.
FACTS
Appellant was serving a prison term for burglary. While receiving psychiatric care, a team of correctional officers ordered him to leave his cell. He refused, and the officers entered and attempted to put him in restraints. Appellant became combative and placed one of the officers in a headlock. The team removed appellant, put him in restraints and administered psychotropic medication. He was subsequently convicted of battery upon a peace officer (the underlying offense) and sentenced to 16 months in state prison. (§ 243, subd. (c)) Before he was to be released on parole, the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) certified him as an MDO.
July 1999 MDO Proceeding
Appellant filed a petition under section 2966, subdivision (b) to determine whether he met the criteria for treatment as an MDO. He waived a jury trial and the matter was submitted on the basis of three reports. Two psychologists, doctors Allison Little and Judith Dietch, were of the opinion that appellant met the statutory *92 criteria and was an MDO within the meaning of section 2962.
Defense counsel submitted the report of appellant's treating psychologist at ASH, Dr. Christopher Roach, who had treated appellant for three months in 1999. Dr. Roach concluded that appellant did not qualify as an MDO because he did not have a severe mental disorder. He diagnosed appellant as suffering from polysubstance dependence and an antisocial personality disorder. This disorder caused him to react violently to authority figures and their attempts to restrain him. It was not, however, the result of a severe mental illness. The district attorney noted that Dr. Roach had prepared an unusually thorough report. Counsel stipulated that Dr. Roach's report represented the opinion of the treatment team. The court stated, "I don't know if I need to read [the reports], but I would rather take a look at them." It thereupon granted appellant's petition and he was released on parole without treatment terms.
Pre-Trial Motion
Three weeks after his release, appellant was found wandering in the middle of a freeway. He was arrested and his parole was revoked. Appellant was recommitted to ASH for another two years. In March 2001, before he was to be released on parole, the BPT again certified him as an MDO. Appellant filed a section 2966, subdivision (b) petition to determine whether he met the statutory criteria. Two months later he moved to bar the MDO proceedings. Appellant argued that the subject of his mental state had been litigated and decided in his favor in the 1999 proceeding. Thus, relitigation of this issue was barred by the principles of double jeopardy and res judicata.
At a hearing on the motion, the trial court considered the testimony of Dr. John Michael Rivard, appellant's current treating psychiatrist at ASH. He began treating appellant one month before the January 17, 2001 BPT hearing. Dr. Rivard testified that appellant suffered from a severe mental disorder, chronic paranoid schizophrenia. It was his opinion that appellant could never be "cured" of this disorder and would always have residual symptoms. The trial court concluded that an individual's mental status is not fixed, but a condition that is subject to change. (See People v. Coronado (1994) 28 Cal.App.4th 1402, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 835.) Thus, relitigation of this issue was not barred by the principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel and the People could seek another MDO determination.
May 2001 MDO Proceeding
At the second MDO proceeding, Dr. Rivard testified that appellant qualified as an MDO. At the time of the BPT hearing in December 2000, he had an intense and inappropriate affect. He was extremely paranoid and believed that people were going to attack him. Due to his dangerousness, an order was in place authorizing involuntary treatment with psychotropic medication.
Dr. Rivard considered appellant's severe mental disorder to be an aggravating factor in the commission of the underlying offense. Two weeks before the assault, appellant appeared to be suffering from a delusional disorder and displayed psychotic symptoms. He was agitated and paranoid, refused his medication, and required restraints. Haldol was administered and, five days later, he was admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville. At that time, his mental status was within normal limits, but he rapidly decompensated. Six days later he committed the battery.
*93 Defense counsel called Dr. Roach to testify to the findings made in his 1999 report. Dr. Roach stated that appellant did not have a severe mental disorder as of the BPT hearing in 1999. He had based his conclusion on his evaluation of appellant as well as the reports of other mental health professionals. Neither provided direct evidence of psychosis. Rather, appellant's resistance to mental health treatment was due to his antisocial personality disorder, as demonstrated by his distrust of authority figures. This disorder was exacerbated by being in a correctional setting. Dr. Roach emphasized the importance of a report prepared by CMF following the assault. The psychiatric officer on duty was quoted as saying that appellant's mental status had nothing to do with the incident. Dr. Roach testified that appellant had not qualified as an MDO when he issued his report in 1999.
The court denied appellant's 2966, subdivision (b) petition, finding that he suffered from a severe mental disorder which was an aggravating factor in the underlying offense. It ordered him committed to the California Department of Mental Health. Appellant appeals the denial of the motion and MDO petition.
DISCUSSION
Section 2962 lists the criteria that must be met to qualify a prisoner as an MDO. The trial court must consider whether 1) the prisoner has a severe mental disorder; 2) the prisoner used force or violence in committing the underlying offense; 3) the severe mental disorder was one of the causes or an aggravating factor in the commission of the offense; 4) the disorder is not in remission or capable of being kept in remission without treatment; 5) the prisoner was treated for the disorder for at least 90 days in the year before his release; and 6) by reason of his severe mental disorder, the prisoner poses a serious threat of physical harm to others. (§ 2962, subds.(a)-(d)(1).) Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. He argues that the principles of double jeopardy and res judicata barred relitigation of his mental state in the second MDO proceeding.
The principles of jeopardy are inapplicable to our analysis because the MDO statutory scheme is civil in nature. (People v. Robinson (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 348, 349, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 52; People v. Superior Court (Myers) (1996) 50 Cal. App.4th 826, 834, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 32.) However, under the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel, claims and issues that have already been litigated and decided cannot be relitigated in a subsequent proceeding. (Gikas v. Zolin (1993) 6 Cal.4th 841, 848-849, 25 Cal.Rptr.2d 500, 863 P.2d 745.) The People rely on People v. Coronado, supra, 28 Cal.App.4th 1402, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 835, to argue that collateral estoppel does not apply because the trial court made no findings in the first MDO proceeding.
In Coronado, the petitioner was convicted of a battery upon a police officer and sentenced to prison. Before his release, the BPT certified him as an MDO. At the MDO proceeding, the People indicated they could not go forward because they had medical evidence that the petitioner did not suffer from a severe mental disorder. He was released on parole. His mental state subsequently deteriorated and he was taken into custody. When he was due for release the second time, the People sought an MDO certification. (People v. Coronado, supra, 28 Cal.App.4th at pp. 1404-1405, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 835.) Where an MDO's mental state has deteriorated while on parole, and he has been reincarcerated on the same underlying offense, the People may seek an MDO determination *94 when he is due for release. (Id. at p. 1408, 33 Cal.Rptr.2d 835.)
The People's reliance on Coronado is misplaced because its facts differ from those before us. The Coronado court did not conduct a hearing before the petitioner was released on parole. Rather, the People indicated they could not go forward. Here, the court conducted a trial in response to appellant's 1999 petition. It admitted three mental health evaluations into evidence, requested the comments of counsel, granted appellant's petition and discharged him on parole. From these facts we can infer that the court impliedly found that appellant did not qualify as an MDO. Because the trial court did not articulate its findings, we look to the contents of Dr. Roach's report to determine the basis for its ruling. "We imply all findings necessary to support the judgment, and our review is limited to whether there is substantial evidence in the record to support these implied findings." (In re Marriage of Cohn (1998) 65 Cal.App.4th 923, 928, 76 Cal.Rptr.2d 866.)
In his 1999 report, Dr. Roach stated that appellant did not qualify as an MDO because he did not have a severe mental disorder. Dr. Roach diagnosed appellant as suffering from polysubstance dependence and an antisocial personality disorder. His diagnosis was supported by appellant's "[h]istory of assaultiveness and violence particularly in correctional settings. Fully warrants [diagnosis] of Antisocial P.D., with criminal [history] starting at age 8 and time spent in CYA [California Youth Authority] before reaching adult age."
Dr. Roach indicated that appellant's lack of a severe mental disorder precluded a finding that a serious mental disorder was an aggravating factor in the commission of the offense. "This patient has a [history] of being very antisocial and he reacts, violently by [history], to attempts to restrain him or adopt an authoritarian posture with him. He admits to lifelong problems with `authority figures' and his assault is consistent with [his] beliefs and personality, not influenced by [a] PC 2962 `serious mental illness.'" Dr. Roach concluded that the question of remission was likewise inapplicable because appellant "has no PC 2962 serious mental illness."
Although Dr. Roach confirmed that appellant had received the requisite 90 days of treatment prior to his release, he added, "He has been in [treatment], but I believe for a personality disorder, not a serious mental illness." Dr. Roach also concluded that appellant did not represent a substantial danger of physical harm to others. "[Appellant] is undoubtedly [potentially] violent as his extensive criminal history shows. However, ... he has been taken off psychotropic [medicines] and has not shown symptoms which would cause me to believe he represents a substantial danger of physical harm to others by reason of his severe mental disorder." (Emphasis in original.) Dr. Roach agreed that appellant had committed a crime of force or violence.
In his report, Dr. Roach stated five times that appellant did not suffer from a severe mental disorder. From this evidence, we can infer that the trial court impliedly found that appellant did not have a severe mental disorder at the time of the BPT hearing in 1999. We consider the effect of this finding on the remaining statutory criteria.
Of the criteria listed in section 2962, only three might be capable of change: the existence of a severe mental disorder; whether the disorder is in remission and whether the prisoner poses a serious threat of physical harm to others. The remaining three criteria concern past events that once established, are incapable *95 of change: whether the prisoner used force or violence in committing the underlying offense; whether he was treated for the disorder for at least 90 days in the year before his release; and whether his severe mental disorder was one of the causes or an aggravating factor in the commission of the underlying offense.
Appellant committed the battery in 1996. Based on the opinion of his treating psychologist in 1999, the trial court found that appellant did not suffer from a severe mental disorder. As a result of this finding, the trial court necessarily also found that a severe mental disorder was not an aggravating factor in the commission of the battery. Because this element is incapable of change, it may not be relitigated. To allow relitigation of the circumstances surrounding appellant's commitment offense would violate the principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel. Thus, where a trial court has found that a severe mental disorder was not an aggravating factor in the commission of the crime, the People are precluded from seeking a second MDO determination based on the same underlying offense.
The judgment (order of commitment) is reversed.
We concur: GILBERT, P.J., and PERREN, J.
NOTES
[*] Baxter, J., and Chin, J., dissented.
[1] All statutory references are to the Penal Code.
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Lincredible! Miracles Do Happen!
TAIPEI, Taiwan, February 24, 2012 – Lincredible phenomenon spreads around the world! Miracles did not only happen on the new basketball star Jeremy Lin, but also ASRock, the global top3 motherboard manufacturer! By updating the latest ME8 BIOS & Driver, ASRock today proudly announced their entire Intel H61 motherboard series now support Intel Rapid Start and Smart Connect Technologies! These new technologies are targeted to be supported with Intel next gen motherboard platforms, but ASRock offers an early chance to let users to experience new techniques on current H61 motherboard with 2nd Gen Intel Core Processor (Sandy Bridge).
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“High-performance functions are not exclusive for high-end motherboards. ASRock’s strength is to apply premium function on budget-level motherboards, making the function available by most of the users.” commented James Lee, V.P. of Sales and Marketing at ASRock. „This time, miracles do happen at ASRock! Thanks to the excellent R&D team, ASRock is the first motherboard company to apply these two Intel new functions on H61 series motherboard in the world!”
In addition to Intel Rapid Start and Smart Connect technologies, ASRock H61 Value Motherboard Series can also support Next Gen 22nm Intel Core Processor by updating the latest ME8 BIOS and Driver. With Next Gen 22nm Intel Core CPU, ASRock H61 series motherboard can even support up to amazing DDR3 2200+ (OC) high speed memory frequency!
Configuring your ASRock H61 motherboard to support the new CPU and features, all you have to do is easily update the latest ME8 BIOS and driver from ASRock website. |
Have you ever seen a run down old barn with its roof collapsing and the wall boards sliding to the ground? Maybe you’ve seen one in a picture or a movie. I live in Alberta so I see them quite often as we travel to see family or just go for a drive in the country side. They're on someone’s property and just kinda crumbling away. One day I'll meet someone who owns one and ask why let it just hang out and slowly twist itself to the ground.
Have you ever seen a video or read a story of someone who was obese but successfully lost most of the weight? They work and struggle through a major transformation and now they can once again do normal things like get their own groceries?
The only difference between the derelict building and the healthy-again person is action. The owner of the barn couldn’t fix it for whatever reason. But they couldn’t tear it down either so it just sits there. The weight-loss person on the other hand had to live in their body and couldn't stand living in that run down state and had to take action to get them selves back to a manageable weight.
I'm guessing if the barn owner had to live in their ramshackle building they would take action on it rather than letting it crumble.
So, that book you're writing. That graphic novel you want to finish. That portrait series of cats dressed as sailors. What ever your thing is ... Is it crumbling in the yard and you just keep looking at it? Or are you living in it and the aches and pains of not being able to move from the weight of your unfulfilled creativity is holding you in your chair.
Either way you need to take action. You need to do the work it takes to either blow it up or get it back to healthy.
Here’s where you get to do some thinking
Are you ignoring your project and letting it crumble?
What would happen if you just demolished the project, called it done and moved on?
Do you know your next project already?
What would happen if you just started working on it?
Are you weighed down by the size of your project feeling like it’ll never get done?
What action could you take now to get things moving again?
Could you break it down into smaller chunks?
What parts do you absolutely need to do that isn’t done yet?
Are there parts of the project someone could help you with?
Whether you decide to blow it up or get it healthy I’d love to hear about it. I’m always available on twitter @sh_tucker
If you know someone who seems to be struggling with a project and you think this episode might help them the easiest way to share it with them is to send them the url TheSparkAndTheArt.com/47
And if you haven’t already you can visit TheSparkAndTheArt.com and subscribe to the podcast via email. Right now as a thank-you I send you the commentary edition of my 5 song EP Born To The World. But I’ve just outlined a new giveway ebook planned for the one year anniversary of the podcast. This new little book will focus specifically on actions you can take to get creative projects from the spark of the idea through the work all the way to your art. A completed project. You can be one of the first to know about it by joining the mailing list at TheSparkAndTheArt.com. Plus you get an email each week when the new podcast episodes are published.
Thanks for listening and remember, you won’t get the art without the work and you won’t do the work with out the spark. |
The second of two principles contained in the "Just War Theory," Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello. Jus In Bellum in Latin means "The Law in Waging War." It defines standards by which a country can conduct war maintain that they have "just" actions in war. The term was coined in the same era in which the League of Nations originated. However, it was not used in doctrine until the late 1940s. Its principles include discrimination and proportionality.
Descrimination defines legitimate targets and proportionality defines how much force to be used.
Under the guidelines of Jus In Bello, the attack on Heroshimo, Japan by US forces with the use of the atomic bomb violates both the guidelines of descrimination and proportionality.
A group of principles intended as guidelines for the just prosecution of war whose origins go back at least as far as the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274 AD).
Includes the two principles of “discrimination” and “proportionality,” which attempt to define valid targets and acceptable applications of force, respectively.
Real understanding of the circumstances of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would lead one to conclude that the use of the atomic bomb was actually fully justified under the guidelines of jus in bello. |
Econet
Econet was Acorn Computers's low-cost local area network system, intended for use by schools and small businesses.
Econet software was mostly superseded by AUN, though some suppliers were still offering bridging kits to interconnect old and new networks. In turn, AUN was superseded by the Acorn Access+ software. Support for Econet was removed from the Linux kernel at version 3.5 in 2012, citing lack of use and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Implementation history
Econet was first developed for the Acorn Atom and Acorn System 2/3/4 computers in 1981. Also in that year the BBC Microcomputer was released, initially with provision for floppy disc and Econet interfaces but without the necessary hardware fitted, intended to be supplied as future upgrades.
In 1982, the Tasmania Department of Education requested a tender for the supply of personal computers to their schools. Earlier that year Barson Computers, Acorn's Australian computer distributor, had released the BBC Microcomputer with floppy disc storage as part of a bundle. Acorn's Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry agreed to allow it to be also offered with Econet fitted, as they had previously done with the disc interface. As previously with the Disc Filing System, they stipulated that Barson would need to adapt the network filing system from the System 2 without assistance from Acorn. Barson's engineers applied a few modifications to fix bugs on the early BBC Micro motherboards, which were adopted by Acorn in later releases. With both floppy disc and networking available, the BBC Micro was approved for use in schools by all state and territory education authorities in Australia and New Zealand, and quickly overtook the Apple II as the computer of choice in private schools.
With no other supporting documentation available, the head of Barson's Acorn division, Rob Napier, published Networking with the BBC Microcomputer,
the first reference documentation for Econet.
Econet was officially released for the BBC Micro in the UK in 1984, and it later became popular as a networking system for the Acorn Archimedes. Econet was eventually supported on all post-Atom Acorn machines, apart from the Electron (except in Australia and New Zealand where Barson Computers built their own Econet daughter board), the A3010, and the eventually-cancelled Phoebe 2100.
Econet was supported by Acorn MOS, RISC OS and RISC iX. Acorn once received an offer from Commodore International to license the technology, which it refused.
An "Ecolink" ISA interface card for IBM-compatible PCs
was available.
It used Microsoft's MS-NET Redirector for MS-DOS to provide file and printer sharing via the NET USE command.
Subsequent development
With the falling prices and widespread adoption of IP networking in the early 1990s, Acorn Universal Networking (AUN), an implementation of Econet protocols and addressing over TCP/IP, was developed to provide legacy support for Econet on Ethernet-connected machines.
The Econet protocol and AUN were also supported by the Linux kernel.
Supported systems
Econet was supported by a large number of different computer and server systems, produced both by Acorn and by other companies. As well as Acorn's MOS and RISC OS these also used other operating systems such as CP/M, DR-DOS, Unix or Microsoft Windows.
The Econet API includes an Econet_MachinePeek command, which can be used by software to determine if a machine is present on the network and its hardware platform. The machine-type codes which can be returned by that command
are a useful indication of the range of hardware that offered Econet as their primary networking function or as an option:
The manual includes an assembly language program to report a machine type, software version and release numbers.
An update to the list in volume 5A of the PRM
lists the following additions to the table above:
Physical and data-link layers
Econet is a five-wire bus network. One pair of wires is used for the clock, one pair for data, and one wire as a common ground. Signalling used the RS-422 5-volt differential standard, with one bit transferred per clock cycle. Unshielded cable was used for short lengths, and shielded cable for longer networks. The cable was terminated at each end to prevent reflections and to guarantee high logic levels when the bus was undriven.
The original connectors were five-pin circular 180° DIN types. On later 32-bit machines (notably the A3020 and A4000), the Econet connection was made via five of the pins on their 15-pin D-type Network port, which could also accept MAUs (Media Attachment Units) to allow other types of network to be connected via the same socket. This port looks similar to an AUI port, but is not compatible.
Each Econet interface was controlled by a Motorola MC68B54 Advanced Data Link Controller (ADLC) chip, which handled electrical transmission/reception, frame checksumming and collision detection.
Network and transport layers
Econet used a connectionless transmission model, similar to the current UDP, with no checksumming or error correction at this layer. Each packet had a four byte header consisting of:
The destination station number
The destination network number
The source station number
The source network number
A single data transmission consisted of four frames, each with a header as above:
The sending station sends a scout packet with a port number and a flag byte
The addressed receiving station returns a scout acknowledge to the sender
The sending station sends the data
The receiving station finishes with a final acknowledge, identical to the scout acknowledge
There was provision for broadcast transmissions, a single frame sent with its destination station and network numbers set to 255. There was also provision for promiscuous mode reception, termed wild receive
in the PRM, requested by listening for station and network numbers both being zero.
Technical details of packets and frames, the Econet API, and worked examples in ARM assembler and BBC BASIC
are given in the RISC OS Programmer's Reference Manual.
Network services
At the time and in the markets for which Econet was developed, the main purpose of computer networking was to provide local area shared access to expensive hardware such as disc storage and printers. Acorn provided software for the BBC Micro to implement a file server, and optionally a printer server also. The original file server was very basic, essentially allowing limited access to a floppy disc over the network. The server software was further developed over many years, and Acorn and other manufacturers also produced dedicated Econet servers based on various technologies. So the servers available fell into roughly three categories:
The Acorn Level 1 through Level 4, running on a standard computer (BBC, Master or Archimedes) and providing simple file and print services.
The dedicated Acorn FileStore units, running on dedicated hardware with higher capacity and more facilities.
Third party units (notably from SJ Research), again running on dedicated hardware and with their own implementations of the server software. These were compatible with the Acorn implementations, but with additional enhancements.
The machine type numbers listed in the "Supported systems" section above are an indication of the range of hardware that was available or planned.
Additional services could be implemented, using the network API provided. Short utilities such as network chat programs were often published in magazines or distributed by sharing among users; these made use of the Econet protocols to work alongside the basic file and print services. Larger software packages (some of them commercial) were available that provided services such as Teletext and modem drivers.
Comparison with modern systems
While Econet can be considered unique amongst network systems and specific to the Acorn range of computers, it does share many commonalities with modern network file systems and protocols:
Remote Procedure Call – Almost all network operations were performed via a primitive remote procedure call system, either by passing a command line direct to the file server, or by passing an operating system call parameter block. The logon command *I AM was processed by passing the whole command line and reading back the result code.
Access Permissions – By the time of the Acorn Level 4 File Server and the SJ Research MDFS systems, Econet file servers had a full user name and password system with public and private attributes. These worked similar to Unix permissions without the group field. Files could be set to be readable and/or writable by everyone, just by the user, or both.
Subnetting – A basic Econet would be a single network segment, which is usually assumed to be network 0. With the use of one or more bridges, it is possible to have up to 127 Econet segments with up to 254 hosts each, for a maximum of 32,258 possible machines.
Broadcasting – By using host 255, an Econet host could send broadcast packets to all hosts on the network segment. Later implementations of the client software used this to automatically locate file and printer servers.
Printer Spooling – Later versions of the Econet printer server software used printer spooling to locally cache print jobs before sending to the remote printer. This ensured whole print jobs were sent to the printer in one go.
Ports – Because the various protocols (file and printer servers, bridge discovery, and so forth) used defined port numbers, it was possible to for additional services such as BroadcastLoader, AppFS, a teletext server, and a range of chat programs and multiplayer games to coexist within the Econet system.
See also
LocalTalk
List of device bandwidths
References
External links
The Econet Enthusiasts Area
Chris' Acorns
Econet documentation at 8-bit software
RISC OS Programmer's Reference Manuals the latest versions as of May 2014
Category:Acorn Computers
Category:Computer buses
Category:Local area networks |
Use of home telehealth in palliative cancer care: a case study.
We conducted a mixed-methods case study to explore the perceptions of family caregivers and palliative cancer patients of home telehealth, and their experience with it. The intervention in the randomized controlled trial from which study participants were selected consisted of specialist nurses available 24 hours per day who communicated with patients and families using videophones, with optional remote monitoring. Qualitative data were collected from interviews with five patient/caregiver dyads and seven bereaved family caregivers, direct observation and nursing documentation. Quantitative data were collected from computerized nursing documentation and analyzed for patterns of use. During the study there were 255 contacts, including videophone, telephone or face-to-face visits, between tele-nurses and families. Overall the patients, family caregivers and tele-nurses felt that home telehealth enabled family caregiving, citing increased access to care, and patient and family caregiver reassurance. Pain management was the most common reason for initiating contact with the nurse, followed by emotional support. Concerns included lack of integration of services, inappropriate timing of the intervention and technical problems. The case study confirmed the importance of timely and accessible care for a group of clinically vulnerable, dying cancer patients and their family caregivers. |
INTRODUCTION
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The shape of a microcatheter tip is the most important factor for a successful aneurym coiling procedure. Several methods have been reported for shaping microcatheters.^[@ref1]-[@ref5]^ However, safe cannulation and stabilization of a microcatheter are sometimes difficult in small aneurysm coiling because a conventional in vitro steam-shaped microcatheter produces a straightening deformation following coaxial microcatheter insertion through a guiding catheter or microguidewire manipulation.^[@ref6]^
Once the microcatheter is placed and maintained in a patient's vessel, the microcatheter bends according to the actual vessel's shape as a result of its thermoplasticity.^[@ref5]^ We invented a new microcatheter tip shaping technique which bends a microcatheter tip in the intended direction by placing and keeping the tip in the selected branch of the parent artery for 5 minutes: in vivo "endovascular shaping" technique. The whole procedure is performed strictly inside a patient's body. This means that our endovascularly shaped microcatheter is not associated with any straightening deformation. To the best of our knowledge, no study has reported microcatheter shaping strictly inside a patient's body with cerebral aneurysm coiling. Present study assessed the feasibility and safety of an endovascularly shaped microcatheter in small terminal-type aneurysm coiling. Additionally, using an artificial vascular model, we evaluated the newly acquired bend angle of a microcatheter tip toward the placement branch after the endovascular shaping depending on the length of microcatheter tip inserted into the branch and placement time.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Patient Selection
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We applied the endovascular shaping technique to the patients with a small cerebral aneurysm (\< 5 mm) which failed to cannulate into the aneurysm with an Excelsior SL-10 straight microcatheter (Stryker, Fremont, CA, United States). Between January 2018 and December 2018, 55 consective patients (55 aneurysms) with intracranial aneurysms underwent endovascular coil embolization at our institute. Of these, 10 terminal-type aneurysms^[@ref7]^ treated with endovascular shaping were included in this study.
This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board, and performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent regarding treatment was obtained from all patients and/or their families before the procedure was initiated.
Endovascular Shaping and the Cannulation Technique
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Initially, the SL-10 straight microcatheter was navigated just proximal to the aneurysm with the aid of a microguidewire. Then, the SL-10 microcatheter was shifted toward the aneurysm, and the direction of the microcatheter tip against the aneurysm neck was confirmed ([Fig. 1A](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}). We selected the "placement branch" that ran opposite to the direction of the microcatheter tip against the aneurysm neck. A microguidewire was advanced to the placement branch, and this was followed by the insertion of the SL-10 microcatheter ([Fig. 1B](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}). The microguidewire was pulled into the parent artery ([Fig. 1C](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}). The SL-10 microcatheter was intentionally kept inside the placement branch for 5 minutes to establish the microcatheter tip shaping. Subsequently, the SL-10 microcatheter was advanced into the aneurysm using either a simple pull motion (direct proximal shift from the placement branch to the aneurysm; [Fig. 1D](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}) or simple push motion (distal shift from the parent artery into the aneurysm; [Fig. 1E](#fig1){ref-type="fig"}).^[@ref3]^ When both cannulation techniques failed, the SL-10 microcatheter was inserted into the aneurysm with a microguidewire: guidewire navigation.^[@ref3]^ The accuracy of the microcatheter shaping was assessed to be "excellent" in the case of a simple pull or simple push motion, and it was "moderate" in the case of guidewire navigation.^[@ref3]^
{#fig1}
Assessment
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We retrospectively analyzed the following: 1) the newly acquired bend angle of the microcatheter tip toward the placement branch after endovascular shaping, 2) the success rate of cannulation into the aneurysm, 3) the cannulation technique (the accuracy of the microcatheter shaping), and 4) the clinical outcomes (success rate and perioperative complications). Based on the Modified Raymond-Roy Classification (MRRC) system,^[@ref8]^ we assessed intracranial aneurysm occlusion using postprocedural angiography. Stroke and death within 30 days were considered perioperative complications. Patients with a new focus on magnetic resonance imaging within 30 days after treatment and neurological symptoms persisting for ≥24 hours were defined as having had a stroke.
Artificial Vascular Model Validation
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We performed a hollow vessel model experiment to confirm a newly acquired bend angle of a microcatheter tip after endovascular shaping. An artificial vascular model made of vinyl chloride resin that had an inner diameter of 4 mm and SL-10 straight microcatheters were used in this validation experiment. All catheters that were used in the experiment were new and were not used previously. The model was filled with saline solution warmed to 37°C. A placement branch at a right angle to the parent artery was created ([Fig. 2A](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}). The microcatheter was inserted into the model and distally advanced through this 90° angle into the placement branch for 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 cm, and the SL-10 microcatheter was placed for 1, 2, and 5 minutes within the model, respectively ([Fig. 2B](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}). Each microcatheter was proximally pulled, and the newly acquired bend angle was measured in each case ([Fig. 2C](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}).
{#fig2}
RESULTS
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Clinical characteristics of all patients are shown in [Table 1](#table1){ref-type="table"}. The mean age was 70.8 ± 11.8 years and the mean aneurysm size was 3.9 mm. Regarding locations of the aneurysms, three had a middle cerebral artery aneurysm, four had an anterior communicating artery aneurysm, and three had a basilar artery aneurysm. The endovascularly shaped SL-10 straight microcatheter acquired new bend angle of the microcatheter tip toward the placement branch in all 10 cases (mean: 21.7°). Microcatheters were cannulated into the aneurysm with a simple pull motion for two (20%) patients and a simple push motion for eight (80%) patients without re-shaping; the accuracy of the microcatheter shaping was excellent in all 10 cases. Coil embolization was completed successfully with MRRC Class I for 5 (50%) patients and II for 5 (50%) patients. The endovascularly shaped SL-10 straight microcatheters were maintained as stable until the completion of the procedure. There were no perioperative complications in all 10 cases.
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Patients with an intracranial aneurysm treated with endovascular shaping technique
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Case Age\ Sex Aneurysm Placement\ Newly\ Cannulation\ Accuracy of the\ Embolization\
(years) branch acquired\ technique microcatheter\ result
bend\ shaping
angle
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1 86 F BA tip Rupture 2.8 PCA 24° Push Excellent Class I
2 74 M ACoA Unrupture 4.5 A2 21° Push Excellent Class I
3 49 M ACoA Rupture 4.1 A2 21° Push Excellent Class I
4 81 F BA tip Rupture 2.7 PCA 26° Pull Excellent Class I
5 74 F ACoA Rupture 3.7 A2 18° Push Excellent Class II
6 80 F MCA Rupture 3.7 M2 24° Pull Excellent Class II
7 59 F MCA Rupture 3.9 M2 19° Push Excellent Class II
8 55 M BA tip Unrupture 4.5 PCA 21° Push Excellent Class I
9 80 F MCA Unrupture 4.8 M2 21° Push Excellent Class II
10 70 F ACoA Unrupture 4.3 A2 22° Push Excellent Class II
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A2: anterior cerebral artery second segment, ACoA: anterior communicating artery, BA: basilar artery, F: female; M: male, M2: middle cerebral artery second segment, MCA: middle cerebral artery, PCA: posterior cerebral artery.
Illustrative Case
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Case 1: An 86-year-old woman who presented with a ruptured small basilar artery tip aneurysm was treated ([Fig. 3A](#fig3){ref-type="fig"}). The SL-10 straight microcatheter was inserted toward the aneurysm. However, the catheter then advanced to the right side against the aneurysm neck ([Fig. 3B](#fig3){ref-type="fig"}). We applied the endovascular shaping technique using the left posterior cerebral artery as a placement branch ([Fig. 3C](#fig3){ref-type="fig"}). After 5 minutes, the SL-10 microcatheter was pulled into the basilar artery ([Fig. 3D](#fig3){ref-type="fig"}) and smoothly inserted into the aneurysm with a simple push motion cannulation technique ([Fig. 3E](#fig3){ref-type="fig"}).
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Results of the Artificial Vascular Model Validation
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As a result of the vascular model validation ([Table 2](#table2){ref-type="table"}), the newly acquired bend angle of the SL-10 straight microcatheter tip depended on both: 1) the "length" of the catheter tip inside the placement branch, and 2) the "placement time" within the model. Accordingly, the newly acquired bend angle of the SL-10 straight microcatheter tip was proportionate to the placement length and time into the branch; the deeper the insertion or the longer the placement time, the larger the bend angle toward the placement branch.
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Newly acquired bend angle of the SL-10 straight microcatheter tip after endovascular shaping in the artificial vascular model
Inserted length^b)^ (cm) Placement time^a)^ (min)
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1.0 15° 19° 22°
1.5 15° 22° 24°
2.0 19° 25° 32°
^a)^ The time of the SL-10 straight microcatheter tip maintained inside the placement branch.
^b)^ The length of the SL-10 straight microcatheter tip inserted into the placement branch.
DISCUSSION
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Our results demonstrated that endovascular shaping is a feasible and safe method for small cerebral terminal-type aneurysm coiling. The endovascularly shaped SL-10 straight microcatheter acquired new bend angle of the catheter tip toward the placement branch in all 10 cases. The microcatheter cannulation into the aneurysm and the subsequent procedure were successfully achieved without any complications for all 10 patients treated.
Conventional In Vitro Steam Shaping
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For successful coiling, an optimal catheter tip shape is an indispensable prerequisite for providing a stable catheter position, enabling proper placement of coils into the intracranial aneurysm.^[@ref1]-[@ref5]^ Several methods for selection and shaping of the microcatheter used in an aneurysm coiling procedure have been described. Namba et al^[@ref4]^ reported that a three-dimensional printer was used to make a patient-specific vascular model that corresponded to the actual size of the patient's own vessels, and the shape of the microcatheter was determined from that model. However, as a major limitation, such vascular models are not hollow and cannot imitate the actual curves inside the patient's body. Yamaguchi et al^[@ref5]^ reported that the SL-10 straight microcatheter, placed in the patient's vessel for 5 minutes, acquired the actual shape of the patient's own vessel as a result of its thermoplasticity. In their study, 1) the SL-10 straight microcatheter was advanced to the site of the aneurysm, 2) the catheter was positioned through the neck of the aneurysm (the distance through the neck of the aneurysm was the same distance that the tip of the catheter needs to reach to be in the appropriate position within the aneurysm, after the tip of the catheter has been shaped with steam) and maintained for 5 minutes, 3) the catheter was pulled out and the acquired shape was compared with the shape obtained by three-dimensional rotational angiography of each patient, 4) the tip of the catheter was steam-shaped for optimal positioning within the aneurysm, and 5) the newly shaped catheter was reinserted and advanced toward the aneurysm.^[@ref5]^ They confirmed that each microcatheter trailed the long axis of the parent artery faithfully after intravascular placement. They applied this method to 15 cases and succeeded in guiding the microcatheter into the aneurysm in 13 cases. However, simple pull or push motions (excellent guiding) were used in only 5 of 13 cases and guidewire navigation (moderate guiding) in 8 of 13 cases. Their method had two technical limitations regarding reinsertion after the steam-shaped microcatheter: 1) straightening deformation of the microcatheter; and 2) a rotation problem of the microcatheter inside the patient's body. Abe et al^[@ref6]^ reported that the microcatheter lost its shape through a guiding catheter or during passing of microguidewire due to straightening deformation of the microcatheter; reinsertion of the in vitro steam-shaped microcatheter caused a microcatheter deformity. Moreover, the optimal shaping of the microcatheter could not be utilized effectively because reinsertion of the microcatheter triggered rotation of the microcatheter inside the patient's body.^[@ref5]^
Novel In Vivo Endovascular Shaping
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In the present study, all endovascularly shaped microcatheters were excellently guided into the aneurysm, and all aneurysms were successfully treated without re-shaping. In vivo endovascular shaping is a simple technique that utilizes the patient's body temperature and patient's own vascular configuration without an additional device or additional shaping outside the patient's body. Our method can complete microcatheter shaping only inside the patient's body; an endovascularly shaped microcatheter will never face a straightening deformity and rotation problems of the microcatheter. Moreover, the endovascular shaping can shape not only the microcatheter tip in the intended direction, but also longitudinal axis of the microcatheter depending on the actual parent artery, which contributed to microcatheter stability during the procedure. Therefore, our method can provide accurate shaping and stability during microcatheter cannulation into the aneurysm and the subsequent procedure in aneurysm coiling.
Yamaguchi et al^[@ref5]^ reported that the SL-10 straight microcatheter was easily shaped using intravascular placement and a newly acquired angle stabilized after 5 minutes. We also applied a SL-10 straight microcatheter and 5-minute shaping time for endovascular shaping. In the case of excessive bending of the microcatheter with endovascular shaping, the tip shape may be corrected to some extent with intentional straightening by passing the microguidewire into the shaped microcatheter. When the microcatheter inside the aneurysm is in an inappropriate position, the microcatheter tip can be moved in the intended direction using endovascular shaping ([Fig. 4](#fig4){ref-type="fig"}).
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Newly Acquired Bend Angle of the Microcatheter Tip after Endovascular Shaping
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In our clinical experience, the endovascular shaping acquired new bend angle of the microcatheter tip up to 26° angle, approximately equal to the validation experiment. Our artificial vascular model validation supports our clinical results regarding newly acquired bend angle of the microcatheter tip after endovascular shaping.
Limitations
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First, the number of aneurysms treated was small and drawing a solid conclusion was limited. Second, our study was based on a SL-10 straight microcatheter only and may not be applicable to other microcatheters with different features or pre-shaped microcatheters. Third, our method cannot be applied to the patients without any placement branch that runs to the intended direction. Fourth, our method should not be applied to avoid arterial injury and ischemic events when the placement branch is narrow or tortuous. Fifth, when a neck-bridge stent is already deployed, this method cannot be effectively carried out. Sixth, it is challenging to accurately predict the bend angle of the microcatheter with our method because the angle between the placement branch and the parent artery and the diameter of the branch are different in each case. Finally, assessment of microcatheter stability was a subjective judgment and may suffer from bias.
CONCLUSIONS
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Based on our initial experience, in vivo endovascular shaping was a feasible and safe method for small cerebral terminal-type aneurysm coiling. Our method can move the microcatheter tip in the intended direction without straightening deformity and rotation problem associated with microcatheter reinsertion. An endovascular shaping technique can provide accurate shaping and stability during small aneurysm coiling procedure.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
[^1]: Corresponding Author: Tetsuyoshi Horiuchi, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
Tel: +81-263-37-2690, Fax: +81-263-37-0480, E-mail: tetuyosi\@shinshu-u.ac.jp
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Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that while the state continues to battle the coronavirus, it still hasn't reached the other side of the surge.
That means steps taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 — from shuttering nonessential businesses to social distancing — will remain in place.
"Until we start to see some of that kind of information about the peaking of the surge and the move in the other direction for some sustained period of time, we're not going to be interested in reopening anything," Baker said.
Baker said there has been some discussion about how the state might safely reopen the economy, but again emphasized the state is not at that point.
Health officials are keeping an eye on the number of people tested and what percentage have tested positive. The percentage of positive tests compared to all tests has fluctuated in the 20s, Baker said. On Thursday about 21% of those tests came back positive.
Baker, a Republican, also cautioned that the state has been focusing a good portion of its testing on locations believed to have high number of people who have contracted COVID-19, including nursing homes, which could in part account for the high number of positive tests.
Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Friday that he has been talking to Baker about extending the state's stay-at-home advisory beyond May 4.
"There's been no decision on that, but I'm expecting that will probably happen," Walsh said.
Walsh said Friday that the city has secured more than 1,000 additional coronavirus tests needed to test the city's homeless population.
Earlier tests indicated that as many as a third of the homeless people in Massachusetts' largest city have the virus, with many people not showing symptoms.
Walsh said the tests will let public health officials test all those in the city's shelter system over the next two weeks.
"This is a big step forward in protecting our most vulnerable populations," Walsh said in a press release. "Universal testing in Boston's homeless community is critical to allow us to provide individuals the targeted care they need."
As of Thursday, 1,340 individuals have been tested, and 453 homeless individuals who have been tested are positive, or 34%. |
A case of midgut malrotation presenting as multiple afebrile seizures.
Provoked seizures are a common pediatric problem and can be caused by multiple etiologies. However, there have been few reports of benign infantile seizures associated with gastrointestinal tract abnormality. We report on a 3-month-old male infant who presented with multiple afebrile seizures, EEG abnormalities and a midgut malrotation. Surgical treatment of the malrotation resulted in seizure resolution and EEG normalization. This case emphasizes that patients presenting with multiple seizures and symptoms of gastroenteritis should be evaluated for abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract. |
342 F.2d 746
Gladys WAXLER, Administratrix of the Estate of Homer LouisWaxler, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.WAXLER TOWING CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 15813.
United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.
Jan. 29, 1965.
Harvey Goldstein, New York City (Shepherd, Heiskell, Williams, Wall & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief; Goldstein & Sterenfeld, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.
Edward W. Kuhn, Memphis, Tenn., (Henry T. V. Miller, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief; McDonald, Kuhn, McDonald, Crenshaw & Smith, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel), for appellee.
Before CECIL and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and WEINMAN, District Judge.
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
1
In this appeal plaintiff-appellant, mother and administratrix of the estate of Homer Waxler, deceased, appeals from an adverse jury verdict. Suit had been brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. 688, alleging that decedent's death was due to the negligence of defendant, Waxler Towing Company.1
2
It is undisputed that decedent was drowned when he fell or was knocked overboard under circumstances which were unobserved by any witness. At the time decedent was engaged in fueling a barge owned by defendant company by use of a fuel line passed aboard defendant's barge from a refueling ship. The refueling ship and the defendant's barge were tied together, bows upstream, in the Mississippi River below Memphis.
3
The captain of the refueling ship heard the refueling pump start to race, heard a call for help, observed decedent in the water, and the refueling hose over the side of the barge. He sought life saving equipment, and finding none immediately at hand, ran back toward his own ship, procured a life jacket and threw it to decedent as he was being carried downstream. Failing to reach him with this effort, he then went back to his own craft, untied a small boat, and rowed to the rescue, just failing to reach decedent before he went down.
4
Decedent's father was the captain of the Waxler barge and in charge of it at the time of the accident. Defendant company is owned by members of the Waxler family.
5
Plaintiff claimed negligence on the part of defendant in failing to make the refueling hose secure in defendant's tank and in failing to have proper rescue equipment readily available. Defendant pled contributory negligence on the part of decedent. The jury returned a verdict of no cause for action for the defendant.
6
On appeal the only issues presented relate to the trial judge's charge to the jury. Plaintiff-appellant asserts that the charge was fatally deficient in that it did not adequately define negligence or burden of proof. No objection on either score had been made by counsel for plaintiff after the charge.
7
Rule 51 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides:
8
'No party may assign as error the giving or the failure to give an instruction unless he objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection. Opportunity shall be given to make the objection out of the hearing of the jury.' Rule 51 Fed.R.Civ.P.
9
The Court twice instructed on the standard of care required.
10
'The Court instructs you that the measure of care charged upon the defendant towing company and its employees in equipping and operating this motor vessel is ordinary and reasonable care. The defendant towing company is not an absolute insurer of the safety of its employees in such matters. If it were, it would not be necessary for the plaintiff to prove negligence as she has alleged in this case. So the rule requires, as I say, that the defendant towing company exercise reasonable and ordinary care with respect to the safety of the members of the crew.'
11
The charge pertaining to negligence must also take into account the following language included therein:
12
'The Jones Act, which is an Act of Congress, is applicable in this case because at the time of his death the deceased was a member of a crew of a vessel operating on a navigable stream. This Jones Act, when so applicable, provides that every owner and operator of a vessel on a navigable stream shall be liable in damages as the result of the death of any of its crew members, if this death results, in whole or in part, from the negligence of such owner and operator or any of its servants, agents, and employees. This liability may be based upon a negligent act, even though slight, and which contributes only in part, provided it does in fact cause or contribute to the death.'
13
In two other places the charge reiterated this 'in whole or in part' standard contained in the statute. See Title 45 U.S.C. 51.
14
While in what has been quoted above we find no language that directly defines negligence, we think the jury could accurately deduce the meaning of the term from the instructions we have quoted. We do not think that any prejudice to plaintiff resulted therefrom, or that the error is so clear as to take it out of the purview of Rule 51. McPherson v. Hoffman, 275 F.2d 466 (C.A.6, 1960).
15
We believe the same observation may be made in relation to the burden of proof issue. The trial judge defined the burden of proof as 'the greater weight and preponderance of the evidence.' Although defining these latter terms would have been better practice, we do not believe that the jury was confused or the plaintiff prejudiced by this omission. And, again, we note that the omission was not objected to or called to the attention of the Court.
16
Appellant's other two objections to the charge relate to failure on the part of the trial judge to give plaintiff's request to charge on the issue of defendant's duty to attempt rescue in the language requested.
17
In relation to this duty, the Court did charge as follows:
18
'It is further the theory and contention of the plaintiff that the death of her son resulted in whole or in part from the negligence of the defendant towing company in not having readily available a reasonable amount of life saving and rescue equipment.'
19
It is apparently appellant's point that the trial judge should have specifically instructed the jury that certain life saving equipment on the Waxler barge,2 which was not located at the point on the vessel where decedent fell or was thrown into the water, was not 'readily available.'
20
The testimony on which the appellant relies in this regard was submitted to the jury and we believe it was sound practice for the trial judge to leave that determination to them as a matter of fact after he had given them an understandable standard against which to consider the evidence.
21
Appellant's last point pertains to the fact that the trial judge did not, as requested, instruct that in relation 'to the duty of rescue there is no defense of contributory negligence on the part of the deceased.'
22
In this regard we note the charge on the topic of contributory negligence under the Jones Act, as given by the Court:
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'If you find that the deceased, Homer Louis Waxler, was guilty of contributory negligence which caused or contributed to the accident, such contributory negligence would not, under the Jones Act, prevent his mother from recovering, but the damages which might otherwise be awarded to her must be diminished or reduced by you in proportion to the amount of contributory negligence which you find is attributable to the deceased.'
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In the light of the Jones Act standards, as accurately stated in this paragraph (See Fitzgerald v. United States Lines, 374 U.S. 16, 19, 83 S.Ct. 1646, 10 L.Ed.2d 720 (1963); Title 45 U.S.C. 53), we can only read the jury verdict of no cause for action as a finding of no negligence in relation to the defendant. Obviously, if they had found any negligence on the part of the defendant, they were free under the instruction as quoted to render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, diminished only by such contributory negligence as appeared. We do not believe, taking the District Judge's charge as a whole, that the inadequacies3 we have referred to were such as to confuse or mislead the jury, or to prejudice plaintiff's case. Oliveras v. United States Lines Company, 318 F.2d 890 (C.A.2, 1963). On the contrary, it is our opinion that the charge considered as a whole was informative and eminently fair, and that this latter fact serves to explain plaintiff's counsel's failure to object before the jury verdict was returned.
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This statute allows suit by the personal representative of a seaman who suffers a fatal injury under the same statutory terms as applicable in the case of the death of a railroad employee. See Title 45 U.S.C. 51-60
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The evidence showed that there was a life ring at the bow and life jackets in the crew quarters
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Subsequent to release of this Court's opinion as printed herewith, a corrected transcript of the trial judge's charge was filed by the court reporter. It appears therefrom that the omissions criticized above may have resulted from the reporter's error rather than omission by the Judge. This appeal was argued, however, upon the record as originally certified, which contained the omissions, and no motion for rehearing has been filed
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UPDATE 1:57 CT: Amid the bug fixes in the latest server patch notes released by EA comes the incredibly important word that EA has "disabled Cheetah speed," the fastest simulation speed setting. Games set to Cheetah will now run at the noticeably slower Llama speed.
Presumably this is to give the servers more time to process the thousands of simultaneous city simulations that are all feeding into its global and regional networks. In any case, this is a core piece of the gameplay that's now being hampered by EA's continuing server problems; in my 16 or so hours playing the game, I'd estimate 15 or so have been spent running at Cheetah. Slowing things down, even temporarily, is likely to impact a whole lot of players negatively.
In other news, Amazon has stopped offering the PC download edition of SimCity, and is now warning shoppers that "many customers are having issues connecting to the 'SimCity' servers." on its product page, directing those concerned to EA's customer support.
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Those hoping that EA would quickly solve the server problems plaguing SimCity since its US launch Tuesday won't be happy with the publisher's latest news. Community Manager LadyCoconut announced this morning that EA is rolling out a server hotfix that improves stability but also "disables a few non-critical gameplay features (leaderboards, achievements, and region filters)."
None of the affected features are really central to the SimCity experience, but it's not an encouraging sign that EA is finding it necessary to scale back the game's capabilities as it struggles to keep up with server demand.
The feature rollback follows rolling patch deployments that temporarily shut down all servers yesterday and what EA describes as "heavy traffic" yesterday evening. "We are aggressively undergoing maintenance on the servers and adding capacity to meet demand," LadyCoconut posted in a middle-of-the-night message. "Performance will fluctuate during this process. Our fans are important to us, and we thank you for your continued patience."
Last night, Senior Producer Kip Katsarelis admitted to being upset. "Technical issues have become more prominent in the last 24 hours," Katsarelis noted. "We are hitting a number of problems with our server architecture which has seen players encountering bugs and long wait times to enter servers. This is, obviously, not the situation we wanted for our launch week and we want you to know that we are putting everything we have at resolving these issues."
Katsarelis promised the team would be rolling out even more servers in the next two days and is working hard to roll out more updates to fix any bugs that pop up. That said, he also noted the game has been immensely popular, with 38 million buildings plopped down in a single 24-hour period by players who were able to use the existing server architecture.
Meanwhile, customers in Japan and Australia are now able to download the game launcher ahead of the official release. That's a step in the right direction as EA works to avoid repeating the same problems for the game's international launch, though players will still have to download a massive update after the local game servers are officially turned on. |
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Two Local Teams Depart for National Championships
FORT WAYNE, IN (March 30, 2018) — Turnstone’s nationally ranked prep wheelchair basketball players (ages 8-13) and defending national champion sled hockey team members gathered at the Plassman Athletic Center at Turnstone to celebrate their journeys to their respective 2018 National Championships.
Each Turnstone Flyers team completed a full season of competitive play leading up to earning bids to the national tournaments. The prep wheelchair basketball team ended their season ranked #8 nationally with a record of 19-5. They will be competing April 13th -15th down in Louisville, KY at the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Tournament.
The sled hockey team ended their season with a record of 6-11-1. These athletes will be competing in West Dundee, IL from April 12th-15th in the American C Division National Championship.
“It’s a real honor to be able to represent Fort Wayne, IN at a national level with our teams,” said Turnstone Flyers wheelchair basketball coach Bob Walda. “I think it says a lot about how we prepare our athletes not just for competition, but for their future, too.”
“Both of these teams have grown this season in many ways. Our skills have improved and our numbers continue to grow with new athletes. The National events are what most players look forward to,” said Molly Cinker, Turnstone’s Competitive Sports Coordinator. “It is an opportunity for our athletes to experience new competition as well as showcase their skills.”
“After a long season that started at the end of August, I have seen our team develop our skills on the ice, and our comradery on the ice, we look forward to competing in the championship tournament at the National Disabled Festival in Chicago,” said Matthew Whitney, Turnstone’s Sled Hockey Head Coach.
Dwight Silvers and Matthew Whitney were also honored at the send-off celebration for their time spent investing in Turnstone’s athletes and sport programs in their final seasons as coaches of the Turnstone Flyers.
About Turnstone: Now in its 75th year of service, Turnstone’s mission is to empower people with disabilities to achieve their highest potential by providing one of the most comprehensive offerings of services and programs to people with disabilities and their families under one roof in the United States. Thanks to generous support and compassionate staff, Turnstone’s legacy of advocacy and innovation continues to contribute to a world that accepts and values people based on their abilities.
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Tyson Chandler is averaging 10.3 rebounds per game this season, but this number doesn’t quite tell the entire story, as Chandler’s tap-outs for extra possessions have become a staple of the Knicks’ offense this year. Nate Taylor at the New York Times has a nice piece about his remarkable talent, noting that Mike Woodson has embraced the star center’s specific talent and utilized it to the team’s advantage.
Woodson says he prefers to have Chandler’s teammates on the perimeter when the team takes a shot, rather than helping him chase rebounds, for two reasons: to get back in transition defense, or to be ready to shoot if Chandler taps the ball to them. When the Knicks do get offensive rebounds, the opposing team is usually scrambling on defense, which often leaves a shooter open on the perimeter.
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The whole piece is well worth a read. Chandler is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, but it’s been pretty remarkable how effective an offensive player he’s become. It’s really something. He can’t shoot, or dribble per se. He doesn’t have any offensive “moves” or things of that nature and yet he’s become a lethal offensive weapon. It’s quite exciting, and a testament to a guy knowing what he does well and then applying that to best help his team win. |
This may sound silly, but I plan trips to mountain towns around the brews that flow from their taps. What would you say are the East’s best craft and microbrews that come from mountain towns?
You can sometimes find Ninja Porter in bottles at local markets, but they sell out fast—so the only place to be assured of securing some is at one of the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company’s two locations. And this beer is worth the trip. It’s dark and full-flavored without being heavy, giving you soft hints of black coffee and chocolate. Bring a growler of this sweet, slightly hoppy brew to a party in Asheville and you’ll be a hero forever. |
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Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
Let me preface this to say that our main Drain in the bottom of the pool does NOT function - our olny source for water displacement is the Skimmer. As a result, it's tough to get any small debris off the floor of the pool to distribute enough in the water to filter out. So I'm looking to add the option of a manual vacuum to the mix.
Our skimmer basket & hole it fits into is round - probably something like 8" diameter (I haven't yet measured it, but will). Are there attachements that are meant to just "plug in" to the skimmer hole that I then attach a hose & vacuum part to? AAny recommendations/advice? Our pump is 1/2 HP (yea, older).
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
First thing: look in the skimmer. At the very bottom, are there two holes or one? And is there anything in there but a basket? The reason I ask is because my drain is plumbed up to my skimmer. There's supposed to be a diverter in there that adjusts flow from the skimmer and the drain. Mine was missing. I bought one for about ten bucks at Leslies. A little bit of trial and error and I found a good balance spot.
Now, about the vacuum. there are things called vacuum plates that sit above the skimmer basket and let you hook a vacuum hose to it. If you have two holes in the bottom of the skimmer and no diverter, it won't work. It's easier to suck the water through the pipes than through the hose, and no suction gets to the vacuum head.
I was unhappy with the plate, so I went browsing at the hardware store and bought a bathroom sink tailpiece and a PVC threaded adaptor that's a good fit, and I plug my vacuum directly into the suction line in the skimmer.
16K freeform gunite with spa; Pentair 4000 DE filter; Century Whisperflow 1 HP; Pentair Minimax heater.Troublefree does not mean Maintenancefree. It's like brushing your teeth: You can spend a couple minutes a day and pennies a week or go to the dentist once a year and spend several thousand dollars.A pool is like a pet - you have to feed it every day, even the days you don't want to play with it!
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
There is just 1 hole at the bottom (so no divertor, right?) ... The very bottom hole where the basket sits into is about 2.75" in diameter. The very TOP of the basket is about 5" ...
No diverter needed, you are correct. So a vacuum plate should work fine. I've seen them at Lowes for under 8 bucks.
You do have a main drain in the pool, correct? It could have been plugged, but I'd look around the equipment pad and see if there aren't any extra pipes that you don't know where they go.
I'm very happy I got mine working - there's no cold water stratification, and it cuts down on vacuuming. If there are just a few leaves or whatever, I can brush them towards the drain and they get sucked away.
16K freeform gunite with spa; Pentair 4000 DE filter; Century Whisperflow 1 HP; Pentair Minimax heater.Troublefree does not mean Maintenancefree. It's like brushing your teeth: You can spend a couple minutes a day and pennies a week or go to the dentist once a year and spend several thousand dollars.A pool is like a pet - you have to feed it every day, even the days you don't want to play with it!
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
The main drain is plugged - doesn't work ... The previous owner plugged it after some sort of leak somewhere in the drain pipe ... So all there is is the skimmer; hence why I want to somehow install a manual vacuum to get that "fine" dirt from the bottom of the pool ... so 1 main drain that doesn't function, and 1 skimmer which is the work horse.
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
Originally Posted by "Richard320
No diverter needed, you are correct. So a vacuum plate should work fine. I've seen them at Lowes for under 8 bucks.
So I just go to Lowe's and ask for a "vacuum plate" ? A specific size or will I have to cut it to proper size? Then what else do I need? I assume a Hose that is the proper size to fit to the Vacuum plate, right? Then just a matter of whichever vacuum head I want to suck the debris out ... And 1 last question: Is there any concern with "priming" the hose/head when attaching it ? I don't want just air getting into the Pump, right? thanks so much.
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
Originally Posted by cody21
Originally Posted by "Richard320
No diverter needed, you are correct. So a vacuum plate should work fine. I've seen them at Lowes for under 8 bucks.
So I just go to Lowe's and ask for a "vacuum plate" ? A specific size or will I have to cut it to proper size? Then what else do I need? I assume a Hose that is the proper size to fit to the Vacuum plate, right? Then just a matter of whichever vacuum head I want to suck the debris out ... And 1 last question: Is there any concern with "priming" the hose/head when attaching it ? I don't want just air getting into the Pump, right? thanks so much.
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Make sure and fill the hose with water before plugging it into the skimmer.
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
Originally Posted by cody21
Originally Posted by "Richard320
No diverter needed, you are correct. So a vacuum plate should work fine. I've seen them at Lowes for under 8 bucks.
So I just go to Lowe's and ask for a "vacuum plate" ? A specific size or will I have to cut it to proper size? Then what else do I need? I assume a Hose that is the proper size to fit to the Vacuum plate, right? Then just a matter of whichever vacuum head I want to suck the debris out ... And 1 last question: Is there any concern with "priming" the hose/head when attaching it ? I don't want just air getting into the Pump, right? thanks so much.
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I was just in my local Lowe's on lunch, picking up some Muriatic Acid. It was in the outdoor garden section, right next to all the other pool chemicals, attachments, hoses, fittings, etc. Thinking about your post earlier and the vacuum plate, I looked - and there they sat, a whole box of them, for just under $8 apiece.
Re: Advice for Vacuum attached to Skimmer (IGP)
Originally Posted by cody21
Originally Posted by "Richard320
No diverter needed, you are correct. So a vacuum plate should work fine. I've seen them at Lowes for under 8 bucks.
So I just go to Lowe's and ask for a "vacuum plate" ? A specific size or will I have to cut it to proper size? Then what else do I need? I assume a Hose that is the proper size to fit to the Vacuum plate, right? Then just a matter of whichever vacuum head I want to suck the debris out ... And 1 last question: Is there any concern with "priming" the hose/head when attaching it ? I don't want just air getting into the Pump, right? thanks so much.
[/quote][/quote]They're out in the garden section with all the pool supplies. I only saw the one size. If it's too big, you'll have to trim it somehow. You can buy a vacuum head and hose there, too. If the pool is plaster finsih, get a head with wheels. If it's vinyl, it will have brushes on it. I connect hose and head to the pole, set it in the pool, then push the hose down vertically so it fills with water, then keep the open end submerged while I push it through the skimmer opening and hook it up.
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Saturday, September 03, 2016
Absolute, Categorical Lies
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which was investigating the events surrounding the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others died.
On March 10, 2015, Hillary Clinton told reporters at a rare press conference that she had “absolute confidence that everything that could be in any way connected to work is now in the possession of the State Department."
No parsing required. Absolute confidence, she said. In any way connected to work.
On August 8, 2015, Clinton submitted a signed declaration to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., swearing "under penalty of perjury" that she'd directed all emails that "were or potentially were" work-related be turned over to the State Department.
Emphatic. Were or potentially were related to her time as secretary of state.
Then on October 22, 2015, Clinton testified under oath before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. "I provided the department, which has been providing you, with all of my work-related emails—all that I had."
Unqualified, absolute. All that I had.
In May of this year, Clinton told ABC News: "I have provided all of my work-related emails, and I've asked that they be made public, and I think that demonstrates that I wanted to make sure that this information was part of the official records."
Categorical. All of my work-related emails.
Clinton used such unequivocal language on purpose, of course. It was meant to convey certitude about her disclosure of work-related emails, to signal to voters (and reporters) that she was unafraid of being contradicted and, most important, that she had nothing at all to hide.
We know now that her claims were false.
A report by the State Department's inspector general concluded that Clinton had not turned over any of the work-related emails she sent in her first three-plus months on the job, between January 2009 and April 2009. The Defense Department found 19 emails Clinton and General David Petraeus exchanged that were not included in her production to the government. The Benghazi committee uncovered a batch of undisclosed work-related emails between Clinton and Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime Clinton adviser who wrote to share privately sourced intelligence on Libya and other pressing State Department matters. (At the time of their correspondence, the Clinton Foundation was paying Blumenthal $10,000 per month to serve as a consultant.)
It was clear long ago that Hillary Clinton and her team did not, in fact, turn over all work-related emails to the State Department. And in July, we learned that the number of missing work-related emails was exponentially higher than previous reports had suggested. FBI director James Comey stunned even reporters who had long worked on the story when he disclosed just how many Clinton had failed to produce.
"The FBI also discovered several thousand work-related emails that were not among the group of 30,000 emails that were returned by Secretary Clinton to State in 2014. . . . It's also likely that there are other work-related emails that they did not produce to State and that we did not find elsewhere and that are now gone."
How could this happen? Comey concluded that Team Clinton did not intentionally withhold the emails and may well have just missed them because their search wasn't comprehensive enough.
We are skeptical. Is it possible that a search of 60,000 messages might somehow miss a few work-related emails? Sure. A few dozen? Plausible. But several thousand? In a search conducted shortly before Hillary Clinton would launch her presidential campaign and conducted by people employed to protect her interests? Dubious.
Then, this past week, we learned that there was yet another set of work-related emails Clinton had failed to produce. Up to 30 emails related to Benghazi were among those Clinton deleted from her private server. We haven't yet seen those latest emails. The Clinton campaign is downplaying their significance, arguing that they may well be duplicates of earlier emails posted by the State Department. Perhaps. But there's little reason to take their word for it. Given that the inquiry into Clinton's emails grew out of the investigation into the Benghazi attacks, one might expect that anyone searching for work-related emails would have included Benghazi as one of the most important search terms. Anyone searching for work-related emails whose goal was to find them, anyway.
It doesn't take much guesswork to understand why Hillary Clinton set up a private email server and why she has lied so aggressively ever since: She didn't want her emails available to the American people. In an email exchange back in 2010, Clinton herself cited that as the reason she did not want to use State Department email. When top aide Huma Abedin suggested "putting [Clinton] on state email" or providing her email address to State Department officials, Clinton wrote back to say: "Let's get separate address or device but I don't want any risk of the personal being accessible."
Clinton didn't provide that one. That email—with a top State Department official about State Department business and concerning the very email set-up that investigators were seeking to learn more about—was not included in the emails that Clinton considered "in any way connected to work."
She got away with it. And, as regards the latest revelations, she will get away with it again. |
Q:
C++ How to delete a default object member which is a pointer
I have a type which has as a member a pointer to another object. When the object (Demo) is created, it initializes the other object (Property) in the constructor. I figure if I have a lot of these objects, I wouldn't want to waste heap space when I change property to something differently, so I free the initialized memory in setProperty, then in the Demo's deconstrucor I delete it again, since it will have been set to something different by that point. However, this causes the code to crash. Why does it crash if I'm reassigning property when it is reset?
class Property{ };
class Demo{
protected:
Property *property;
public:
Demo(){ property = new Property();};
void setProperty(Property *p){
delete property;
property = p;
};
~Demo(){
delete property;
};
};
int main(){
Property p = Property();
Demo * d = new Demo();
d->setProperty(&p);
delete d;
}
A:
You pass address of object not created by new and then try to delete it. This is undefined behaviour.
The most probable crash course explantion is that standard library also frees Property p. You free it first, then at the end of the program it again frees p.
The possible "fix" is to pass an object that is allowed to be deleted, i.e. created by new.
int main(){
Property *p = new Property();
Demo * d = new Demo();
d->setProperty(p); // Demo is responsible for freeing `p`.
delete d;
} // standard libraries do clean up objects from `main` here
Please note that there are better and cleaner ways of implementing what you are trying to do. This answer just explains the crash.
You should see this, that is pretty hard with this desing to chose whether you should free or not. So your code depends on parameter origin. That should be a red-flag for design.
A:
Eliminate all memory management woes by using the appropriate tools provided by the standard library.
#include <memory>
class Property{ };
class Demo{
protected:
std::unique_ptr<Property> property;
public:
Demo()
: property { new Property() }
{ }
void setProperty(std::unique_ptr<Property> p){
property = std::move(p);
};
// un-necessary
// ~Demo(){
// delete property;
// };
};
int main(){
auto p = std::unique_ptr<Property>(new Property); // or in c++14: = std::make_unique<Property>();
auto d = std::unique_ptr<Demo>(new Demo); // or in c++14: = std::make_unique<Demo>();
d->setProperty(std::move(p));
// no longer necessary
// delete d;
}
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Study finds conception of new billionaires coming from wealth families as a mistake.
It said that the increase in billionaires is due to massive local economy and globalised Indian enterprises.
New Delhi: India has seen a new billionaire almost every month since 2010 and majority of them are self-made, according to a report by UK based wealth consulting firm Ahmadoff & Company.
It said that the increase in billionaires is due to massive local economy and globalised Indian enterprises. “We have always imagined Indian private capital is in hands of ‘old wealth’ rather than self-made entrepreneurs, however our research explains that self-made Indians take care of 65 per cent of wealth of billionaires and it has been stabilised at this ratio since 2010,” said the report released early this month.
The Forbes list had 101 Indian billionaires among them at its record number historically which added twenty two new names in the last two years.
The report said that steady high growth rates of the economy created demand to new services and goods, specifically from pharmaceuticals, healthcare and construction industries.
The report noted that reducing poverty introduces opportunities for entrepreneurs who both understands basic needs of society deeply and is able to execute business operations in given economic situation.
“For example, healthcare and pharmaceutical industry has sent 10 business founders to the Forbes’ billionaires list in the last seven years more than any industry in India followed by retail industry which made 7 billionaires during that period,” it said.
While few people even among billionaire control a major chunk of wealth, it is coming down year after year due to fast growth of almost all entrepreneur-led industries in Indian economy.
“Enough competition for billions of dollars became intense during the last few years, average wealth level of the richest five men decreased to $16.5 billion this year from $20.3 billion of 2010 though entry ticket was same in these years. It means about $20 billion of wealth from only this group have been redistributed to other billionaires or brought 20 billionaires to the Forbes list,” said the report.
The total wealth of the richest fifty billionaires to Indian GDP decreased to 11.7 per cent from 13.4 per cent during 2010-17.
Interestingly marriage and family affairs play important role and only 2 per cent of billionaires have got married second time, in other cases they keep long and calm life with their family. “Average number of children in rich families is 2.3 according our research, smaller families with sons and daughters are billionaires’ existing major family structure in India,” said the report. |
Prearranged offer 50136 between Enron North America Corporation
and Boston Gas Company has been submitted. |
We were hoping to bring you a copy of the complaint from the EOnline site, but the link seems to be broken (we are keeping it here in case it comes back up). In any case, the EOnline provides the basics here. Apparently Elizabeth Travis served as manager for her husband, Randy Travis (pictured) for nearly 30 years, including throughout their 19-year marriage. After their divorce, the parties allegedly agreed that she was to continue to serve as his manager but Elizabeth Travis now claims that the singer breached that agreement. According to the complaint (as summarized on EOnline):
"[Randy] had a large truck, an armed guard and several other men" turn up at her Music Row office and remove "practically all of the property and business records" from her custody, including computers, photographs and framed record plaques.
It's not clear from these reports (and that's why we'd love to see the complaint) if her claim is that this conduct constituted a constructive termination of the management agreement or if there was some separate termination letter. If the former, than one is put in mind of Schwarzenegger's rather poorly delivered "Consider that a divorce."
According to HuffPo, Mr. Travis is unimpressed: "It is unfortunate that it's come to this," Travis said. "We believe the lawsuit lacks merit and that we have legal defenses to her claims." |
from b0mb3r.services.service import Service
class Multiplex(Service):
phone_codes = [380]
async def run(self):
await self.post(
"https://auth.multiplex.ua/login", json={"login": self.formatted_phone},
)
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Q:
How to handle string encoding in java?
I was really discouraged by java's string encoding.
There are many auto conversions in it. and I can't found the regular.
Anyone have good idea?
for example:
In a jsp page, it has such link
http://localhost:8080/helloworld/hello?world=凹ㄉ
And then we need to process it, so we do this:
String a = new String(request.getParameter("world").toString().getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),
"UTF-8");
a = "http://localhost/" + a;
And when I debug it, I found a is right.
And then I pass this to a session object:
request.getSession().setAttribute("hello", a);
Later in a jsp page with encoding "Big5", and i try to get the attribute and display,
And i found the characters "凹ㄉ" are corrupted.
How can I solve this?
A:
That is not how you convert between character sets. What you need to be worrying about is this part:
request.getParameter("world").toString().getBytes("ISO-8859-1")
Once you have it as a string, it is stored internally as 16 bit unicode. Getting it as bytes and then telling java to treat those bytes as if they were UTF-8 is not going to do anything good.
If you found it to be fine, that is just a coincidence. Once you call that getParameter("world").toString() you have your unicode string. The further decoding and encoding will just break certain characters, it just happens to not break yours.
The question is how you get that attribute to display later? You say the jsp page's encoding is not unicode, but rather Big5, so what are you doing to get that string out of the attribute map and put it on that page? That is the likely source of the problem. Given the misunderstanding about how to handle the character conversion in getting the parameter, it would be likely that there are some mistakes on that Big5 page as well.
By the way, do you really need to use Big5? Would UTF-16 work (if not UTF-8)? It could certainly remove some headaches.
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Parent-child relationships are very common in relational database schemas. For example, a database schema might indicate a relationship between a manager (the “parent”) and one or more employees (the “children”) who are subordinate to that manager. For another example, a database schema might indicate a relationship between a purchase order (the “parent”) and one or more lines (the “children”) that are a part of that purchase order. Data that contains such parent-child relationships is called hierarchical data, since the parent-child relationships form a hierarchy.
Typically, the way that a parent-child relationship is modeled within a relational database table is to include, within the table that contains the “child” records, a column that indicates a row identifier for a “parent” record that is related to those child records in a parent-child relationship (in a relational database table, each row of the table may have a unique row identifier). For example, in an “employee” table, an employee “Alice” might be a child record of another employee “Mel;” Mel might be Alice's manager, for example. The employee table might contain a “manager ID” (i.e., the parent ID) column. In the employee table, the row containing Alice's record might contain, in the manager ID column, the row identifier for the row (in the employee table) that contains Mel's record. Taking the example further, if Mel is also the manager for employees “Vera” and “Flo,” then, in the employee table, the rows containing Vera's and Flo's records might also contain, in the manager ID column, the row identifier for the row that contains Mel's record. If Mel himself has a manager, then the value of the manager ID in Mel's record might also indicate the row identifier for the row that contains Mel's manager's record.
Structured Query Language (SQL) has operators and constructs that allow an interested user to formulate queries that, when executed, will (a) cause all of the children of a specified parent to be returned, (b) cause all of the descendants (i.e., the children of, the children of those children, etc.) of a specified parent to be returned, (c) cause the parent of a specified child to be returned, and/or (d) cause all of the ancestors (i.e., the parent of, the parent of that parent, etc.) of a specified child to be returned.
Using such an approach, determining the immediate parent or children of a specified entity may be accomplished fairly trivially using a simple index lookup. However, determining more extended relationships, such as all ancestors or all descendants of a specified entity, can be much more complicated. Although SQL contains a “CONNECT-BY” construct that permits such complicated operations to be expressed in a relatively compact manner, evaluating a query that contains such a construct involves an N-step algorithm in which each step involves a separate index scan. For example, if a query requests all of the descendants of a specified entity, and if there are N levels of descendants represented in the hierarchy, then evaluating the query will involve at least N separate index scans.
Where N is very large, evaluating such a query can be very costly in terms of both time and computing resources. Database system performance can suffer when such a query is evaluated. What is needed is a way of obtaining, from a database, hierarchical relationship information, such as all of the ancestors or descendants of a specified entity, without incurring the high costs that are associated with large numbers of index scans. The approaches described in this section are approaches that could be pursued, but not necessarily approaches that have been previously conceived or pursued. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, it should not be assumed that any of the approaches described in this section qualify as prior art merely by virtue of their inclusion in this section. |
The Story of Frida
Frida Kahlo was a very courageous woman that made her own rules in life, not following conventions but following her own beliefs.
Inspired by Frida’s boldness, we took the fabric we used in this jacket and gave it the design we intended. So we brooke the convention of its own design and altered its shape. The result? A fantastic bolded printed jacket, comfortable and easy wearing. A statement piece that like Frida won’t leave anyone indifferent! |
Another 6 mile West End Run, using Sharp St
Popis
This route is still through the Historic West End, then heading south on Rockland to Sharp, down Hawthorn to take in Buttonwood Park, then back to downtown. This one can start and finish anywhere along the route, including in Buttonwood or a Wamsutta Club (Orchard and Union). |
Q:
Manipulating X and Y Properties Unity2D-Javascript
I'm new to Unity and Javascript, both of which I'm using for my new project, and my question is this: why must it be so difficult to simply access and manipulate x and y values? My whole life I've used AS for Flash and recall better days, when one could simply
trace(mc.x);
and
mc.x++;
But from the research I've done it seems that one can't even access a Game Object without typing out a tedious
GameObject.Find("mc")
And that's just for accessing the Object! As far as finding the object's position or for even moving an object to a point, I have no idea. I tried finding the answer online, but couldn't find anything.
And yes I understand that one can add to an object's position through
GameObject.Find("mc").transform.Translate(1,0,0);
But even that seems clumsy compared to the AS equivalent of a simple
mc.x++;
Thank you for your time.
A:
It sounds like maybe you need to learn more about components. Any public GameObject field in your script classes (as long as they extend Component, or even better MonoBehaviour) can be filled with a reference to another GameObject by dragging and dropping the object in the Inspector pane. You can then reference the variable like normal.
GameObjects by themselves are not particularly useful, but you can use GetComponent() to find parts you need on those objects -- like Transform, Renderer, Rigidbody, or your own Component classes. You can also create public fields that have the specific Component sub-type you need, and reference them directly.
For example:
var anObject : GameObject;
var aTransform : Transform;
function Start(){
if(anObject != null)
Debug.Log("I know about an object called " + anObject.name);
if(aTransform != null)
Debug.Log("I know about a transform at " + aTransform.position);
}
As a side note - GameObject.Find() is really slow! If you use it too much your game will not perform well.
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Wehrlein was left without a place on the 2018 F1 grid after losing his Sauber drive to Formula 2 champion Charles Leclerc and failing to find a seat elsewhere.
The German was announced as a Mercedes DTM driver on Wednesday morning.
Wehrlein said he had “not yet” given up on an F1 return and revealed that, in addition to him trying to impress suitors in the DTM, “one or two” other programmes could be on the cards.
“Yes, that opportunity still exists,” said Wehrlein, when asked if a Super Formula programme had been an option for 2018. “I could do an additional programme [besides DTM].”
Wehrlein became the DTM’s youngest-ever champion when he won the series in 2015, which led to his promotion to F1 with Manor.
Asked if a year in the DTM could boost his chances of an F1 return, Wehrlein replied: “I think so. If I can be strong from the beginning, it could put me in a better position.
"But I haven’t thought much about that. I just want to give my best this year. Then hopefully I will be in a good position next year.”
Wehrlein said it “has always been an option” to return to the DTM, and finally agreed the deal late last month.
He admitted the possibility of a sabbatical played on his mind.
“I never lost contact with the team and I went to some races,” he explained. “I was in touch especially with my team, the mechanics and engineers, with whom I won the championship in 2015 - and also with [Mercedes DTM boss] Ulrich Fritz.
“So, it was always an option for me to come back. And then [I also thought] that I would have a year in which I would not race - and at the age of 23, I could not imagine that.
“It took some time until I knew what I wanted to do.” |
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To make sure the MP21 earphone stays in place, included optional cable guides allow for the earphones to be worn over-the-ear enabling a secure fit. A wide array of accessories make this earphone package complete. SoundMAGIC MP21 earphones are iPod, iPhone and iPad compatible, with a mechanism on the cable allowing for call handling and track management at the touch of a button.
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Microphone Sensitivity: 2dB/mW
Rated Power: 2mW
Max. Input Power: 20mW
Plug: Gold-plated 3.5mm (L angled)
Cable: 1.2m
SoundMAGIC MP21 Features
Call Answering Button smartphone compatible
Connection to your PC as a headset
Make calls with your iPhone by using the built in microphone
Compact and portable design
Professional earphone, has very good noise cancel effect
Suitable for portable media players with standard 3.5mm connection
Comfortable, sound-isolating ear-tips reduce noise
Super bass response and outstanding clarity (same as PL21)
Very balanced sound quality with deep bass, smooth mids and well defined highs and the experience is pure high fidelity (same as PL21) |
International Desk
10 May 2018, 09:15
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Malaysia Polls
Mahathir-led opposition gets historic victory
International Desk
10 May 2018, 09:15
Kuala Lumpur, May 10 (Just News): Malaysia's veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, won a shock election victory yesterday, in a political earthquake that toppled the country's scandal-plagued premier and ousted a regime that has ruled for over six decades.
It was a stunning triumph that almost no one had predicted and ended the long hold on power of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which has ruled Malaysia since its birth as an independent country.
The victory capped a dramatic political comeback for Mahathir, who previously ruled the country with an iron fist for 22 years, and came out of retirement to taken on Prime Minister Najib Razak after the leader became embroiled in a massive corruption scandal.
When he takes power, Mahathir will be the oldest prime minister in the world.
His victory spells big trouble for Najib -- Mahathir has vowed to bring him to justice over allegations that billions of dollars were looted from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, which the scandal-plagued leader set up and oversaw.
But at a press conference, Mahathir vowed: "We are not seeking revenge. We want to restore the rule of law."
Mahathir's return to the political frontlines saw him throw in his lot with an opposition alliance filled with parties that he crushed while in power, and which includes jailed opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim -- his former nemesis.
As well as seizing control of the national government, several state legislatures across the country fell into opposition hands for the first time, including the highly symbolic bastion of Johor, the birthplace of Najib's party that was the lynchpin of the ruling coalition.
Official results from the Election Commission showed that Mahathir's opposition grouping Pakatan Harapan, along with an ally in the Borneo state of Sabah, had secured 115 parliamentary seats. 112 are needed to form a government. BN were on 79 seats with just a few left to count.
As it became clear that Mahathir had won, supporters took to the streets waving flags of the opposition alliance.
After polls closed earlier in the day, journalists had flocked to the headquarters of Najib's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the lynchpin in the ruling coalition -- but he failed to turn up to give a victory speech and the media were told to leave.
Huge numbers of voters earlier flocked to the polls across the country, despite Najib having called the election on a weekday in what critics said was a bid to keep turnout down.
The BN wipeout is a disaster for Najib, who had been under pressure to score an emphatic win after the government lost the popular vote for the first time at the last elections in 2013.
The controversy surrounding 1MDB has dogged Najib since the story exploded in 2015. Billions of dollars were allegedly stolen from the fund, which was set up and overseen by Najib. The leader and 1MDB deny any wrongdoing.
But in rural areas, the rising cost of living, which has hit poor Malays hard, was the main concern at the election particularly after the introduction of an unpopular sales tax in 2015.-AFP |
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Helpful little script that spits out a comma-separated list of
# language codes for Qt icons that should be included
# in binary bitcoin distributions
import glob
import os
import re
import sys
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
sys.exit("Usage: %s $QTDIR/translations $BITCOINDIR/src/qt/locale"%sys.argv[0])
d1 = sys.argv[1]
d2 = sys.argv[2]
l1 = set([ re.search(r'qt_(.*).qm', f).group(1) for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(d1, 'qt_*.qm')) ])
l2 = set([ re.search(r'bitcoin_(.*).qm', f).group(1) for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(d2, 'bitcoin_*.qm')) ])
print(",".join(sorted(l1.intersection(l2))))
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= class TrueClass < Object
true のクラス。
true は TrueClass クラスの唯一のインスタンスです。
true は真を表す代表のオブジェクトです。
== Instance Methods
--- &(other) -> bool
other が真なら true を, 偽なら false を返します。
@param other 論理積を行なう式です。
& は再定義可能な演算子に分類されていますので、通常は true & other のように使われます。
p true & true #=> true
p true & false #=> false
p true & nil #=> false
p true & (1 == 1) #=> true
p true & (1 + 1) #=> true
p true.&(true) #=> true
p true.&(false) #=> false
p true.&(nil) #=> false
p true.&(1 == 1) #=> true
p true.&(1 + 1) #=> true
--- |(other) -> bool
常に true を返します。
@param other 論理和を行なう式です。
| は再定義可能な演算子に分類されていますので、通常は true | other のように使われます。
p true | true #=> true
p true | false #=> true
p true | nil #=> true
p true | (1 == 1) #=> true
p true | (1 + 1) #=> true
p true.|(true) #=> true
p true.|(false) #=> true
p true.|(nil) #=> true
p true.|(1 == 1) #=> true
p true.|(1 + 1) #=> true
--- ^(other) -> bool
other が真なら false を, 偽なら true を返します。
@param other 排他的論理和を行なう式です。
^ は再定義可能な演算子に分類されていますので、通常は true ^ other のように使われます。
p true ^ true #=> false
p true ^ false #=> true
p true ^ nil #=> true
p true ^ (1 == 1) #=> false
p true ^ (1 + 1) #=> false
p true.^(true) #=> false
p true.^(false) #=> true
p true.^(nil) #=> true
p true.^(1 == 1) #=> false
p true.^(1 + 1) #=> false
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Instead, authorities said, Chahal suffered “substantial losses” on his investments and covered them via a Ponzi scheme, paying supposed profits to earlier investors with money collected from new ones.
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Three of the victims have Chahal’s last name, according to an FBI accountant’s report. While his clients’ brokerage accounts shrank, Chahal spent some of their money on a luxury car, rent, travel, dining and other living expenses, according to a separate civil complaint filed in April by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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In one instance, a McLean resident sent Chahal $100,000. In another, a New Jersey resident sent him $30,000. After Chahal told the victim that the initial investment had more than doubled in value, the person sent him another $150,000, according to the indictment.
The biggest investor lost $214,600, and another lost more than $91,000, according to the FBI accountant.
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Chahal pleaded guilty in November to one count of wire fraud and one count of securities and commodities fraud, according to online court records.
In sentencing Chahal, U.S. District Court Judge Leonie M. Brinkema also ordered prosecutors and Chahal’s lawyers to work out how much he should pay in restitution. If they can’t agree on amounts, the judge said, she would hold another court hearing, according to online court records.
Two defense attorneys listed for Chahal in court records did not immediately return emails or phone messages seeking comment Sunday. His lawyer in the SEC civil case, Allison Baker Shealy, declined to comment. There was no answer at a McLean number listed for Chahal in online records.
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Kane Capital’s website advertised a “flexible investment approach to any size portfolio,” according to the indictment filed in online court records.
Chahal was arrested in February 2018, two months after an undercover law enforcement agent posing as a potential investor met with him, and Chahal boasted that he had produced returns of at least 28 percent, the indictment said.
The separate civil complaint filed by the SEC said Chahal had almost no experience in the financial or trading industries even as he told clients he was “an experienced and successful trader.” |
Gwynt y Môr consists of 160 turbines that generate enough energy for more than 400,000 homes across the country. It extends over an area of about 80km² and includes two offshore substations and 134kms of onshore cable installations.
The contract with windfarm operator innogy was won via a competitive tender. It will see the Bristol-based ROV firm provide inspection services to the 576MW windfarm’s offshore assets as part of its ongoing maintenance plan.
Rovco will deploy its Sub-Atlantic Mojave ROV from its fleet, kitted out with 3D inspection equipment as part of the bespoke inspection program. These observation class ROVs are best suited to the issues associated with the strong currents found in the Liverpool Bay area.
This announcement is the latest in a series of significant contract wins for Rovco since the business launched in September last year. To date, it has worked with clients in the renewable and oil and gas industries, across the North Sea, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. |
Q:
Making borders for bottom\left on the inside of an element, none for top\rigth
I need to create a DIV with borders on the inside.
However, I only need borders on the bottom and left sides, like so:
+++++++++
+| +
+| +
+| +
+|______+
+++++++++
+ : DIV's boundary
| : border
Some solutions I've seen here that won't work:
box-sizing, because I need the right and top borders to be clear.
box-shadow, because I need it to be inside the div.
border-left \ border-bottom, because it won't be on the inside of my DIV.
Should I just set a border for the left and bottom sides and then set an appropriate margin of BORDER_WIDTH, or is there a better way of doing this?
Thanks.
p.s. pure CSS solution required.
A:
box-shadow has an "inset" property: so you can use this style
div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
border: 1px #ccc solid;
box-shadow: 10px -10px 0 0 #000 inset; /* use vendor prefixes if necessary */
}
Of course adjust the offset and/or the colour of the shadow as you need.
Example on codepen : http://codepen.io/anon/pen/LoFvj
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“It is the sort of play you can take anyone to. It’s not really frightening. It’s not really horrible. It’s not really a farce, but it has a little bit of all these things and perhaps that satisfies a lot of different people.” – Agatha Christie.
When The Mousetrap opened in the West End in 1952 neither Agatha Christie nor the producer, Peter Saunders, had very high hopes for it. 60 years on and the play is still running in the West End, and now there is a touring version to celebrate its huge success visiting theatres throughout Britain.
The play is set at Monkswell Manor, just opening to admit its first paying guests. Owned by young couple Mollie and Giles Ralston, married for a year and desperate for their new venture to be a success, with the addition of a snow storm the scene is set, ready for the strange assortment of guests to arrive.
Helpfully the radio informs us of a murder in London earlier that same day, with the description of the suspect vague – and of course it could match most of our newly arrived guests or even the hosts themselves. Then to complicate things further a young police sergeant arrives at the guest house to investigate as the address was found at the scene of the murder, implying that the murderer may strike again at any moment.
The set is impressive, with several entrances and exits and a corridor and staircase built at the back of the set. Snow falls outside the grand window and a lit fire in the hearth provides the atmosphere needed.
The production itself is reliable rather than overly thrilling. The performances are good but with most Agatha Christie stories it’s the plot that matters and with very little character development it’s hard to care about any of them.
The stand out performance comes from Ryan Saunders as Christopher Wren, always causing mischief and poking fun. His dialogue with Mollie (Joanna Croll) providing a glimpse of a relationship in a play where other interaction between characters is minimal.
Anne Kavanagh as the cantankerous Mrs Boyle also helps provide much comedy with her impossible to please attitude.
The mysterious foreign visitor Mr Paravicini was also a brilliantly created character and Karl Howman was impressive in the role.
At the end of the play we are asked by a cast member to “keep the secret” of who the murderer is and it does feel like a privilege to have joined the club. Simply a very enjoyable evening’s entertainment. |
William Gifford (Royal Navy officer)
Captain Sir William Gifford (c.1649-1724) was a Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament.
Career
Born the son of Sir Richard Gifford of King's Somborne, Gifford joined the Royal Navy around 1670 and was promoted to Captain in 1682. He became was appointed by the Navy Board Resident Commissioner, Portsmouth on 18 June 1702 until 14 January 1705 and the Governor of Greenwich Hospital in 1708.
Gifford also served as Member of Parliament for Portsmouth from 1702 to 1708 and from 1711 to 1713.
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Head mounted display systems have been developed for a number of different applications including use by aircraft pilots and for simulation. Head mounted displays are generally limited by their resolution and by their size and weight. Existing displays have relatively low resolution and are positioned at a relatively large distance from the eye. Of particular importance, is to keep the center of gravity of the display from extending upward and forward from the center of gravity of the head and neck of the wearer, where it will place a large torque on the wearer's neck and may bump into other instruments during use. There is a continuing need to present images to the wearer of a helmet mounted display in a high-resolution format similar to that of a computer monitor. The display needs to be as non-intrusive as possible, leading to the need for a lightweight and compact system. |
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Q:
Complemented subspaces of ultrapowers
It's a famous result of Maurey that a Banach space $E$ is finitely representable in $X$ if and only if it is a subspace of some ultrapower of $X$. Is there an analogous result for complemented subspaces? More specifically,
Let $E$ be a Banach space with an FDD $(E_n)$. Suppose that $E$ is isomorphic to a complemented subspace of some ultrapower $X^U$. Are the subspaces $(E_n)$ uniformly complemented in $X$?
A:
It is proved (but not explicitly stated) in
Heinrich, Stefan Ultraproducts in Banach space theory. J. Reine Angew. Math. 313 (1980), 72–104.
The result you want follows from what Heinrich calls "the local reflexivity of ultrapowers", which is Theorem 7.3 in the paper.
EDIT: Here is how to apply Heinrich's Theorem 7.3. It is an elementary observation that an $n$ dimensional subspace $E$ of a Banach space $Y$ is $C$-complemented iff there is an $n$ dimensional subspace $F$ of $Y^*$ that $C$-norms $E$. Suppose that $E \subset X^U$ is $n$ dimensional and $F \subset (X^U)^*$ is $n$ dimensional and $C$-norms $E$. If $F\subset (X^*)^U$, there is no problem pulling back to $X$, and Heinrich's local reflexivity principle for ultrapowers says that you can take $F\subset (X^*)^U$ (which is strictly smaller than $(X^U)^*$ when $X$ is not superreflexive).
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<p>Django下有一个比较隐含的函数<strong>url</strong>，在<code>django/conf/urls/defaults</code>模块中，虽然只有短短的10行代码，但功能却很了得。起初初学<code>Django</code>，并没有发现它，Templates的链接地址都是根据<code>urlpatterns</code>定义的地址，拼凑成地址字符串，很难看，而且Templates里拼凑成的地址，随着页面的增加而不断增加，一旦在<code>urlpatterns</code>里的某个地址改变了名称，那眼泪可是哗哗的，有多少的拼凑的地址就得改动多少处！这时发现了url函数，这下可都好了，不管<code>urlpatterns</code>里的某个地址叫法怎么改变，<code>Templates</code>里的地址都不用修改了。</p>
<p>比如没有采用url函数的时候：<code>urlpatterns</code>里定义了资讯的首页地址,</p>
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About
When I moved here from Chicago in 2013, everyone said that I would have no trouble getting a job because I'm so nice and hardworking.
Sure.
But, what most Midwesterners don't know, is that while those are indeed very important qualities: so is playing hard.
So, having fun is my focus. Most of the time I'm having fun acting. But I also have a lot of fun writing, filming/recording and editing short films, webseries and podcasts. I'm also trying to have more fun producing. This is a tough one for me. I'd much rather pretend to be a goblin on the C train and then write in my journal about how it made me feel.
Recent screen acting work includes: "A Crime to Remember" (IDTV) and "I Love You...But I Lied" (LMN), along with a handful of on-camera and voice over commercials for brands including Schick, Smirnoff and the NFL, as well as many short films.
I have a B.A. in Theatre Arts and Non-Fiction Writing from the University of Iowa. I have studied clowning, comedic improvisation and movement with: The Funny School of Good Acting (Chris Bayes), Movement Theatre Studio (Norman Taylor, Justine Williams), UCB and The Second City. I am proud to be part of the first graduating class at the Annoyance New York City and I continue to improvise with teams around the city. I have also worked extensively one on one with Voice Over coach John McKinney, of Pomann Sound, and in January I finished up a 2 year Acting program with seasoned Acting Coach Anthony Abeson, who once Tweeted: "Are we nuts? Broke AND not having fun?" So now I have rounded out the theme of this biography.
Currently, I serve as Head of Story for the short film series Project:Girl. Stay tuned for my companion podcast, which will be released summer 2018! |
I am currently working on a Go library to parse Starcraft2 replay files. These files are stored in binary format (called MoPaQ) where each sequence of bytes is related to a specific information. For instance, the four bytes at position 8 represents the header offset, which is 1024. It means that real game data are going to start at the 1024th byte.
I won’t cover the whole MoPaQ parsing in this post. I will probably write a dedicated article for it when I’ll get satisfactory results. Instead, here is an elegant way Go offers to parse binary files. As a support, you can download one of my replay file.
Browsing the Internet gave me the following truncated data structure for MoPaQ header:
Attribute Location Hexadecimal value Meaning ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format 0x0000 -> 0x0003 4D 50 51 1B MPQ\x1b (format name) UserDataMaxSize 0x0004 -> 0x0007 00 02 00 00 512 HeaderOffset 0x0008 -> 0x0011 00 04 00 00 1024 UserDataSize 0x0012 -> 0x0015 3C 00 00 00 60 0x0016 -> 0x0020 05 08 00 02 2C ? Starcraft2 0x0021 -> 0x0042 53 74 61 [...] "Starcraft II Replay 11" in binary
So, let’s start by loading our file:
package main import ( "fmt" "log" "os" ) func main () { path := "data/replay.SC2Replay" file , err := os . Open ( path ) if err != nil { log . Fatal ( "Error while opening file" , err ) } defer file . Close () fmt . Printf ( "%s opened
" , path ) }
This code is pretty straightforward: we use the os library to manipulate file, and just ensure we did not encounter any error during this process. The main point here is the defer statement: it ensures the file.Close() function is called as soon as we exit current function, whether it fails or succeeds.
Then, let’s ensure it is a valid Starcraft2 replay file checking the format name at the beginning:
func main () { // ... formatName := readNextBytes ( file , 4 ) fmt . Printf ( "Parsed format: %s
" , formatName ) if string ( formatName ) != "MPQ \x1b " { log . Fatal ( "Provided replay file is not in correct format." ) } } func readNextBytes ( file * os . File , number int ) [] byte { bytes := make ([] byte , number ) _ , err := file . Read ( bytes ) if err != nil { log . Fatal ( err ) } return bytes }
The most interesting part of this code is the readNextBytes function. It takes two parameter: the file pointer and a number of bytes to read. First step, we instanciate a slice of bytes to store our result. In this case, slice is equivalent to an array with a fixed size of number bytes. Then, we put into our slice as many bytes as we can through the file.Read function.
You can notice it returns several arguments (another great feature of Go). The first one is the number of read bytes. As we do not have any use of it, we simply ignore it via the use of an underscore (the equivalent of /dev/null for Go variables). The second returned value is error. If it is not nil , let’s log the error message.
Finally, we check the format casting our bytes array into a string and ensuring it is equal to MPQ\x1b .
Now we get a valid file, we may continue our parsing manually, using the readNextByte function to get every next sequences of bytes. However, there is a far more elegant way, achieved in two simple steps.
First, define a structure to store all the parsed attributes:
type Header struct { UserDataMaxSize uint32 HeaderOffset uint32 UserDataSize uint32 _ [ 5 ] byte Starcraft2 [ 22 ] byte }
According to our investigations, after format comes the UserDataMaxSize , encoded on 4 bytes. As it is an integer, let’s wrap it into an uint32 , which is also encoded on 4 bytes. Respecting fields length using correct types is the key point here, as binary parsing is based on structure fields memory allocation.
Notice the attribute _ . As previously seen, it means we don’t care about it. And as we got 5 unknown bytes, it is important to pinpoint this offset to not parse it. In this case, we simply move the cursor five bytes forward. We may get several _ if required.
Now, here is the magical glue between our structure and file:
import ( // ... "bytes" "encoding/binary" ) func main () { // ... header := Header {} data := readNextBytes ( file , 39 ) // 4 * uint32 (3) + 5 * byte (1) + 22 * byte (1) = 43 buffer := bytes . NewBuffer ( data ) err = binary . Read ( buffer , binary . LittleEndian , & header ) if err != nil { log . Fatal ( "binary.Read failed" , err ) } fmt . Printf ( "Parsed data:
%+v
" , header ) }
We read the first 43 bytes, corresponding to the size of our structure. Then, we instantiate a new bytes buffer we are going to map to our structure through a binary reader. The second argument specifies the Endianess of our data: in other words, the way bytes are stored. With binary.LittleEndian , it means the least significant byte is stored in the smallest address, at the end of a given bytes sequence.
That’s all folks! In simply three lines of code, we were able to parse our binary file. Go is so magic, isn’t it?
Note: the whole code is available as a Gist. |
"Single suture" for exposure of the heart in left ventricular assist device placement.
Using the "single suture" technique described for exposure of the heart during off-pump coronary surgery, all surfaces of the heart may be exposed with little hemodynamic compromise. Using this technique, the apex of the heart is easily elevated for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) insertion in patients with either ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy. This technique may provide the groundwork for routine placement of LVADs without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. |
The hexagonal model of heat exchanger brick is well known, with its hexagonal or circular longitudinal inside channels and with a lateral profile selected so that when the bricks are placed next to one another they form other similar longitudinal channels, and by modifying the lower part of the brick in the shape of a step to reduce the outside dimensions, the outside vertical channels can be made to communicate horizontally. Such a brick having a "step" in the lower part of the brick is disclosed in Romanian patent 107441B. These bricks of the prior art have the follow disadvantages:
as a result of the presence of the step to reduce the horizontal cross-section in the lower part of the contour of the brick, the vertical lateral faces of the brick are complicated and therefore cause additional problems during molding, handling during fabrication and shipment from the point of view of uniformity and of the integrity of the additional edges created; PA1 because of the position and dimensions of said lateral step, the surface contact of the peripheral vertical faces of the brick with the thermal agent is limited to a reduced percentage of their size. |
(London.28th March.13) Following successful first Safe MMA events, representatives from Cage Warriors, BAMMA and UCMMA met on Thursday 21st March to feed back on their experiences of their first Safe MMA shows and to initiate improvements.
The following areas were addressed:
Registering fighters
A number of improvements have been proposed to the overall fighter registration process to make the system smoother and as simple as possible to use.
A follow up administration and processes meeting took place with 76 Harley Street’s practice manager on Tuesday 26th March to discuss and implement the changes.
Registration Times
One major issue has been fighters leaving it to the last minute to register. Sufficient time needs to be allowed for the following:
· It can take a number of weeks to book a GP appointment.
· It may also take time for the blood vials and medical forms to be posted and to arrive at Safe MMA
· 76 Harley Street doctors will also need a number of days allowance to review the forms
· Blood screening times can vary depending on where bloods are tested, if processed outside Safe MMA.
· There is no room for error for if a problem arises (e.g. a fighter has trouble finding a GP; or tests need to be re-done for some reason)
· It is not always possible to take bloods in the last couple of days of a weight cut due to dehydration.
· In some situations treatment may be needed (such as a short course of medication), which if completed in time would still allow the fighter to fight.
Fighters need to be encouraged to register to Safe MMA as soon as they have signed the fight contract, so their blood packs and medical forms can be sent out in good time for them to book a GP appointment.
Cut-Off Dates for Registration
Safe MMA recommends that fighters register at least 3 weeks out from the fight.
Except in the case of late replacements, the cut-off date for Safe MMA registration is one week prior to a fighter’s first fight date.
Where the fighter elects to submit NHS blood results instead of using the Safe MMA bloods service, the cut-off date for the submission of NHS blood results is 2 weeks before the fight date. There have been a number of incidents where NHS blood results have not covered either Hep B or Hep C and have had to be re-done as late as on the day of the fight.
Doctors
Fighters in some parts of the country have been experiencing difficulties with booking in for GP medicals.
Safe MMA now has supporting doctors in Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle, as well as London who have been doing fantastic work to enable the success of the project.
We will continue to build a database of Safe MMA doctors around the country to form a supporting medical network.
Post Fight Medicals & Suspensions
· Safe MMA has been asked to stipulate more detailed requirements for cageside and post-fight medical professionals, including number of staff required and their qualifications.
· Safe MMA has been asked by medical professionals to stipulate standardised advised periods of suspension for different types of common injury.
· Advised suspensions MUST be given verbally to the fighter on the night by the post-fight doctor.
· Where there has for some reason been an issue and the medic has not advised a suspension, it is the promotion’s responsibility to advise a period of suspension (based on the standardised, advised time periods).
· Moving forward Safe MMA will publish the list of suspended fighters and their suspension periods, one week after each Safe MMA event (once Safe MMA doctors have reviewed the post-fight medical paperwork).
SAFE MMA Medical Meeting
Dr Mike Loosemore will be meeting with a number of medical professionals giving their support to the Safe MMA project on 10th April, for medical feedback and revisions.
Safe MMA Fighters Fighting On Non-Registered Shows
Usually if a Safe MMA fighter fights on a non-registered show he/she will need to have his/her bloods re-tested before returning to fight on a Safe MMA show. He/she will also be expected to submit any post-fight medicals from the other show to Safe MMA.
However, if the fighter fights on a show that upholds medical standards to the same level as Safe MMA or higher then they will not need to get their bloods re-tested before returning to compete on a Safe MMA show. (e.g. British Board of Boxing, UFC, Cage Warriors’ foreign shows). The fighter will need to submit their post-fight medicals to Safe MMA.
Where a Safe MMA promotion runs an event in a foreign territory, the promotion must submit the blood results of any non-registered opponent fighting a Safe MMA registered opponent. If this is done, then the Safe MMA fighter will not need to be re-tested before returning to a Safe MMA event.
Independent Safe MMA bouts
If a Safe MMA fighter fights on a non-registered show, he can make his own agreement with his opponent for it to be a SAFE MMA registered bout, if the opponent is also happy to register with Safe MMA. This would mean the fighter wouldn’t need to get their bloods re-tested to fight again on a Safe MMA show.
Staffing & Support
· 76 Harley St is employing a new member of clinical administrative staff to support their Practice Manager with the Safe MMA administrative work.
· At this stage promotions may need a dedicated Safe MMA rep to support them with getting fighters signed up ahead of shows. This is due to the fact that a lot of education is still needed
· A number of volunteers are now offering their help to Safe MMA; and at this time volunteers are most needed as Safe MMA reps supporting promotions with particular fight cards
· When a new promotion signs up to Safe MMA, another Safe MMA member will be allocated to provide support and advice to them for their first registered show and will be present at the event to offer help and guidance.
Responsibility to Safe MMA fighters
Safe MMA shows have agreed show support to the fighters who have paid to register for the year by offering them fights above others. |
1. Background {#sec1}
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Between 20% and 60% of stroke patients are diagnosed with depression/anxiety \[[@B2]\], and these are often newly diagnosed in stroke patients both during hospitalization and up to 3 years after discharge \[[@B2]--[@B20]\]. Depression is associated with longer institutionalization and poorer rehabilitation outcomes \[[@B21], [@B22]\]. Further, depression is more often diagnosed for females and white stroke patients \[[@B23], [@B24]\], and it is correlated with higher rates of suicidal ideation and stroke mortality \[[@B25]--[@B27]\]. Depression increases the risk of stroke \[[@B28]\] as well as increased healthcare costs \[[@B29]--[@B34]\]. As these and other stroke related factors are evaluated, understanding their impact on healthcare cost is necessary for better management, improved therapeutic outcomes, and reduced healthcare cost.
2. Depression and Healthcare Cost {#sec2}
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Several studies have reported the effect of depression/anxiety on healthcare costs. For example, while female Medicare patients had a higher prevalence of depression and higher use of outpatient services, inpatient hospital costs for male patients were 47% higher compared to females (\$15,060 versus \$10,240, *P* \< 0.001) \[[@B30]\]. In another study, the medical cost of depressed patients was 54% higher compared to nondepressed patients \[[@B34]\]. While higher cost among stroke patients is associated with greater number of readmissions, longer hospitalizations, and greater number of outpatient visits compared to a control group without depression, evidence is sparse about whether these costs vary by race and gender.
In this study of Tennessee stroke patients (*n* = 17, 010), we examine two issues: (1) prevalence of depression among stroke patients by race and gender and (2) the effect of depression on total hospitalization cost in 2008 by race and gender.
3. Methods {#sec3}
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3.1. Data {#sec3.1}
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We obtained inpatient discharge data from the 2008 Tennessee Hospital Discharge Data System (HDDS) compiled by The Tennessee Department of Health\'s (TDH) Division of Health Statistics. All hospitals licensed by the TDH are required by law to report patient-level discharge information. Data are reported on a uniform billing form developed by the National Uniform Billing Committee. Diagnoses in the administrative files are given by the attending physicians (according to the ICD-9 codes), and it is unclear what tests are used in arriving at those diagnoses. Further, these diagnoses appear only when the patient is treated for those conditions in the hospital. We extracted data on primary diagnosis of stroke (ICD-9 codes of 430--438) along with the secondary diagnoses of depression/anxiety (ICD-9 codes 296.2---major depressive disorder, single episode, 292.3---major depressive disorder, recurrent episode, 3000.4---neurotic depression, 309.0---brief depressive reaction, 309.1---prolonged depressive reaction, 311---depressive disorder, not elsewhere classified, and 300---anxiety states, hysteria, phobic disorders, and neurotic depression) for blacks and whites since they constitute 97% of Tennessee population. Since there is a high overlap in symptoms of depression and anxiety ranging from 48% to 74% \[[@B35], [@B36]\], we combined the diagnoses for depression and anxiety as a single variable for our analysis. Data extraction on stroke patients included sex, age, race, days of hospitalization, number of re-admissions, and costs associated with stroke treatment as well as the total hospital charges for the entire year of 2008 when the patient was readmitted for illnesses other than stroke. Extracted data also included co-morbidities such as atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, and cardiovascular events such as heart attacks. The stroke sample included whites (82%) and females (55%), and the average age in the sample was 70 years. Stroke rates were age adjusted per 2000 US population.
3.2. Statistical Analysis {#sec3.2}
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Analysis of variance compared the average hospitalization costs \[[@B50]\] for three groups of stroke patients: (1) stroke only (S^O^, *n* = 7, 850), (2) stroke + depression/anxiety (S^+D^, *n* = 3, 965), and (3) stroke + other mental diagnoses (S^+M^, *n* = 5, 195). The Fisher exact test was used for comparison of healthcare cost and prevalence of comorbidities by race and sex. Percentages of stroke diagnoses were compared using Pearson\'s Chi-squared test with Yates\' correction for continuity, and odd ratios (ORs) were obtained through logistic regression analyses, which controlled for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, and atrial fibrillation. A probability value of *P* \< 0.05 was the accepted threshold for statistical significance.
4. Results {#sec4}
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4.1. Prevalence of Stroke, Depression, Comorbidities, and Healthcare Cost {#sec4.1}
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Our analysis showed that 17,010 patients (4.3% of all 400, 235 adult patients) had a primary diagnosis of stroke with an age-adjusted prevalence rate of 370.6 per 100 K. Stroke was higher among blacks compared to whites (4.5% versus 4.2%, resp., *P* \< 0.0001; prevalence rates of 517.1 versus 322.0, resp.; OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.26--1.36 after controlling for risk factors, [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}). Stroke was more prevalent among males than females (5.1% versus 3.7%, *P* \< 0.0001; rates of 374.1 versus 369.2 per 100 K; OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 1.18--1.25). Further, stroke was more common among black males compared to white males (5.8% versus 5.0%, *P* \< 0.001; prevalence rates of 532.3 versus 351.0 per 100 K; OR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.23--1.39) and among black females compared to white females (3.9% versus 3.7%, *P* \< 0.02; prevalence rates of 505.7 versus 298.9 per 100 K; OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.22--1.37). Nearly one-quarter of stroke patients were depressed/anxious (23.3%). Depression among stroke patients was higher among whites than blacks (25.1% versus 15.2%, *P* \< 0.001) and among females than males (27.5% versus 18.3%, *P* \< 0.001).
[Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"} shows that nearly 20% (3,402 of 17,010) of stroke patients had congestive heart failure (CHF) and 4% had experienced heart attacks (MI). Coronary heart disease (CHD) was also more prevalent among the stroke patients (39% overall, 41% among whites versus 30% among blacks). Other stroke co-morbidities varied by race and sex. Hypertension (92%) and diabetes (45%) were more prevalent among blacks and atrial fibrillation (32%) and high cholesterol (17%) were more prevalent among white patients.
[Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"} further shows that treatment cost associated with stroke only (S^o^) was higher among blacks as compared to whites (\$41,370 versus \$30,215, *P* \< 0.001, a difference of 36.9%). This cost difference also exists when the average annual costs for the entire year of 2008 is examined for patients without stroke. Here again, nonstroke black patients compared to nonstroke white patients had higher 2008 cost (\$45,892 versus \$40,376, *P* \< 0.001), partly due to longer hospitalization for black patients (8.6 days for blacks versus 7.3 days for whites, *P* \< 0.001). The cost differential remained intact when the comparisons are made simply for stroke cost (\$74,338 for blacks versus \$55,884 for whites, *P* \< 0.001) or the cost for the entire year of 2008 with multiple re-admissions (\$74,338 for blacks versus \$55,884 for whites, *P* \< 0.001). Similar trends for stroke cost emerged for black males (\$74,006 versus \$59,403, *P* \< 0.001) and for black females (\$74,589 versus \$52,877, *P* \< 0.001). Again, higher costs among blacks reflected higher comorbidities and longer hospitalizations for blacks than whites. Thus, black stroke patients (due to high comorbidities and longer hospitalization) cost 62% more than nonstroke black peers (\$74,338 versus \$45,892, a difference of \$28,446) and more than 80% of the cost for white nonstroke patients (\$74,338 versus \$40,376). Comparable race and gender differences also existed in costs associated with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (see [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}). In summary, black patients had higher costs associated with hospitalizations compared to white patients no matter how the costs were examined.
4.2. Effect of Depression on Hospital Cost for Stroke {#sec4.2}
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We examined cost and associated co-morbidities including Charlson Index of comorbidity for three stroke groups including: (1) patients with stroke only (S^O^); (2) patients with stroke + depression (S^+D^); (3) stroke patients with other mental diagnoses (S^+M^). Within each stroke category, we compared cost and associated factors by race and gender. [Table 2](#tab2){ref-type="table"} shows that the average healthcare cost was nearly 63% higher for stroke patients with S^+D^ compared to S^O^ (\$77,864 versus \$47,790, *P* \< 0.001, a difference of 63%) or S^+D^ compared to S^+M^ (\$77,864 versus \$62,387, *P* \< 0.001, a difference of 24.8%). Clearly, these data show that depression among stroke patients is associated with higher hospital costs compared with stroke patients who have other mental illnesses.
[Table 2](#tab2){ref-type="table"} provides costs and comorbidities data for three groups of stroke patients, further illustrating that both stroke prevalence and annual costs were higher among blacks, and the race-sex differences are made evident. Among depressed stroke patients (S^+D^), black males had higher annual hospital charges compared to white males (\$97,196 versus \$88,115, *P* \< 0.001), in part due to longer hospital stays compared to white males (24.6 versus 20.2, *P* \< 0.001). Similarly, black S^+D^ females had higher cost compared to white S^+D^ females (\$95,269 versus \$68,184, *P* \< 0.001). For black males, the higher cost cannot be attributed to depression/anxiety as only 11% of black males had a diagnosis of depression; the higher cost here appears to reflect complexities (denoted by a higher Charlson comorbidity index) that develop from co-morbid conditions such as higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes. Similar race and gender trends also existed for black males and females across S^+M^ and S^O^ groups of patients.
5. Comments {#sec5}
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Previous studies on healthcare cost have reported substantially higher cost (54% higher) for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke in association with depression and anxiety \[[@B31]--[@B34]\]. Our analyses show that depression and anxiety among Tennessee stroke patients is associated with a 63% increase in the annual hospital care cost. Further, our findings of higher cost for depressed stroke patients, especially among women, are consistent with those reported previously \[[@B34]\]. Since depression can be considered as an independent risk factor for CVD \[[@B37], [@B38]\] and since women outnumber men in the population (as well as in our S^+D^ group---54% versus 46%), costs attributable to depression may be reduced by early diagnosis and treatment of depression. The stroke patients in our sample had higher prevalence of both hypertension (more than 80%) and diabetes (more than 35%). Addressing depression and reducing risk factors through preventive programs \[[@B39]\] could substantially reduce the morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs associated with stroke \[[@B39], [@B40]\].
The average healthcare cost among blacks compared to whites were higher regardless of whether the stroke was hemorrhagic or ischemic (hemorrhagic cost---\$64,643 versus \$48,246 *P* \< 0.001; ischemic cost---\$41,120 versus \$28,833, *P* \< 0.001). These higher costs remained intact when total stroke costs (combined ischemic+hemorrhagic+unspecified stroke + TIA) were compared between blacks and whites (\$41,370 versus \$30,215, *P* \< 0.001), particularly black males compared to white males (\$41,586 versus \$31,359, *P* \< 0.001). The same cost pattern emerges when the annual cost for the entire 2008 year was combined (blacks had higher annual cost compared to whites: \$74,338 versus \$55,884, *P* \< 0.001, [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}) and when racial comparisons for nonstroke patients were made. These differences suggest that blacks with chronic conditions may seek medical services later in the progression of their disease and that this late entry to care \[[@B41], [@B42]\] may require more services and longer hospitalization as is evident in our data (16 days for black patients compared to 12 days for white patients, [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}). Further, the higher cost among black males may in part exist because previous studies suggest that they are more likely to drop out of behavioral and pharmacological therapies \[[@B43]\] which in turn leads to more complications and readmissions (re-admissions are higher among blacks---see [Table 1](#tab1){ref-type="table"}).
The lower overall cost of care among women (particularly white women) compared to men may result from a number of factors including that women, in general, seek professional help earlier on in the development of their illness compared to men \[[@B44], [@B45]\] and this alone may reduce complications and hence reduce length of hospitalization and cost \[[@B44]--[@B46]\]. In order to impact CVD end points among women, depression/anxiety must be treated both as independent risk factors for preventing CVD and for reducing cost in females with known CVD \[[@B47]\].
Finally, Our findings of higher hospitalization cost of stroke is associated with depression and anxiety that consistently appear as a co-morbid condition requiring greater attention in managing healthcare cost. Findings of higher cost and greater utilization of services, though scantly reported (see [Table 3](#tab3){ref-type="table"} below), nonetheless are supportive of monitoring ways to contain higher treatment cost associated with stroke and other major events.
6. Limitations {#sec6}
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The administrative hospital discharge files do not provide clinical data regarding severity/duration of diseases, test results, or cost of pharmacological treatment provided. Further, these administrative files do not provide itemized cost, and hence it is impossible to determine the cost of pharmacological treatment for depression/anxiety for any patient. The administrative data only include the total cost for the entire hospital stay, number of admissions, and sometimes within the total cost per admission, the cost associated with major procedures such as CABG. In addition to the primary diagnosis, these administrative files provide data on secondary diagnoses (i.e., co-morbidities) only when treatment is provided for those conditions. These administrative files lack clinical details of diagnoses or co-morbid conditions which may shed additional light on racial and gender differences in healthcare cost. Our data are from a single state and for only one year (2008), and as such they may not reflect outcomes from other geographic areas/regions. Finally, based on this cross-sectional data, we were unable to differentiate prestroke depression from poststroke depression. However, in either case, the association of stroke with depression in our study seems to contribute to increased hospital stay, greater co-morbidities, and significantly greater cost of healthcare.
7. Conclusion {#sec7}
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Stroke patients with depression/anxiety have significantly higher healthcare costs compared to those with stroke only (i.e., without depression/anxiety) or those with other mental health diagnoses. Based on the patterns reported here, greater attention to prevent comorbidities and early detection of depression in stroke patients are all promising interventions aimed at reducing inpatient healthcare costs while improving overall care, with the greatest opportunities for improved health and cost savings in the black male population. Analytic epidemiologic studies are needed to examine whether the higher healthcare costs among blacks exist due to delays in seeking treatment and/or poor access to services, leading to more complex problems and longer hospitalizations. Additionally, research is needed to determine whether aggressive treatment of depressed patients that have suffered stroke might reduce the overall costs of stroke care.
This presentation at the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) meeting, Boston, July 8--10, 2011, was supported by a Grant from CDC Grant no. U58CCU422782 to Tennessee Department of Health (subcontract no. ED-07-20811-00 to Tennessee State University, B. Husaini, PI). Partial support for Drs. R. Levine, B. Husaini, and V. Cain is also provided by a NIH Grant no. P20-MD000516 (National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparity to Meharry Medical College). Dr. U. Sampson was supported in part by the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Age-adjusted stroke rates and characteristics by race and gender in 2008 (*n* = 17,010).
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Variables WF \ WM \ BF \ BM \ Total \ Any stroke blacks \ Blacks\ Any stroke whites \ Whites\
*n* = 7495 *n* = 6405 *n* = 1773 *n* = 1337 *n* = 17,010 *n* = 3110 no stroke \ *n* = 13,900 no stroke \
*n* = 65,595 *n* = 317,630
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*Stroke rate per 100* K 298.9 351.0 505.7 532.3 370.6 517.1 --- 322.0 ---
Age 73 69 64 61 70 63 49 77 57
MI% 3.8 4.2 3.6 5.3^+^ 4.1 4.3 3.1 4.0 4.4\*
CHF% 19.5 17.9 20.1 21.3\* 19.1 20.6\* 14.5\* 18.7 13.6
CHD% 31.7\* 31.4 23.6 24.3 38.9 29.8 17.5 41.0 25.8\*
At fib% 32\* 31 24 24 30 24 13.0 32\* 18.6\*
Hyp% 85 84 92 92\* 86 92\* 54 84.5 52
Diabetes% 31 36 47\* 42 36 45\* 27.4 34 22.7
Chol% 15.8 17.3\* 11.3 13.4 15.7 12.2 5.1 16.5\* 8.2\*
Dep/anx% 29.7\* 19.8 18.3 11.0 23.3 15.2 10.7 25.1\* 21.4\*
Number of readmissions 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.13 1.6 1.11 1.5
Hop stk day 5.0 5.1 7.1 7.3 5.4 7.2\* --- 5.0 ---
Tot hos day 11.3 11.7 15.7 15.4 12.2 15.6\* 8.6\* 11.5 7.3
Average ischemic \$ 27,071 30,904 43,074\* 38,710 31,460 41,120\* --- 28,833 ---
Average hemo. \$ 45,852 50,017 69,796\* 60,586 51,211 64,643\* --- 48,246 ---
Average\ 29,238 31,359 41,207 41,586\* 32,255 41,370\* --- 30,215 ---
Total stroke \$^+^
All 2008 admis \$ 52,877 59,403 74,589 74,006 59,259 74,338 45,892\* 55,884 40,376
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^+^Average cost for all strokes combined includes cost associated with ischemic + hemorrhagic + unspecified strokes + TIA; \# is average number of admissions/hospital days; CHF: congestive heart failure; CHD: coronary heart disease; all costs are reported in averages. Average of all total 2008 cost includes cost combined for all admissions in 2008.
\*Fisher\'s exact test differences are significant between nonstroke black and white patients at *P* \< 0.001.
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Three stroke group cost by race and gender, 2008.
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Stroke only S°, *n* = 7,850;\ Stroke + Dep S^+D^, *n* = 3,965;\ Stroke + other ment S^+M^,\
age = 71; entire 2008 cost = \$47,790 age = 68; entire 2008 cost = \$77,864\* *n* = 5,195;\
age = 69; entire 2008 cost = \$62,387
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Mean age 75 71 64 61 71 67 62 61 73 67 65 61
HTN% 84 83 91 91 87 89 96 93 83 83 91 92
Diabetes% 31 36 48 47 34 42 55 48 30 32 42 36
CHF% 17 15 17 21 23 25 26 29 20 19 22 20
MI% 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.4 6.5 3.4 7.5 5.0 4.2 4.1 6.4
Atrial fibrillation 31\* 30 22 23 32 36 24 31 32\* 30 26 24
Hospital days 8.1 7.8 12.7 12.8 15.7 20.2 21.9 24.6 11.6 12.2 16.9 15.6
Number of Admissions 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.2 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.3
Comorb Index^++^ 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.9\* 1.6 1.9 2.1 2.3\* 1.7 1.8 1.9\* 1.7
Total stroke cost combined \$ 27,601 28,926 39,500 40,866\* 31,369 32,488 39,482\* 37,773 29,630 34,209 44,914\* 43,140
Annual cost for all 2008 admissions \$ 42,329 46,210 63,072 64,622\* 68,184 88,115 95,269 97,196\* 53,575 61,155 80,849\* 77,076
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\*Differences significant at *P* \< 0.001; ^++^Charlson Comorbidity Index---higher score denote greater number of comorbid conditions.
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Increased medical care costs of stroke associated with depression. Recent peer-reviewed publications.
First author and year Country Type of study Participants Results Conclusions
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Bhattarai et al., \[[@B48]\] 2012 UK Population-based cohort 299,912 participants, ages 30 to 100 years 14% of male and 26% of female stroke patients with single morbidity had comorbid depression; patients with concurrent diabetes, CHD, and stroke had a very high prevalence of depression (men 23% and women 49%) Compared to those with no morbidity, depression was associated with higher rates of healthcare utilization and increased costs at any level of morbidity.
Sicras et al., \[[@B49]\] 2008 Spain Cross-sectional, retrospective 2,266 stroke patients Females (OR 2.1), obesity (OR 1.1), and neuropathy (OR 2.2) were significantly associated with depressive disorder in stroke patients Adjusted total costs of depressive disorder were higher in most components, euro 2, −37.55 versus euro 1,498.24 (*P* \< 0.001). Medication drugs accounted for 73.4% of the total costs.
Jia et al., \[[@B29]\] 2006 USA National cohort 5,825 Department of Veterans Affairs patients with stroke 41% of the sample had poststroke depression After adjusting for patient demographic and clinical factors, patients with stroke and poststroke depression had significantly *P* \< 0.0001, more hospitalization, outpatient visits, and longer length of stays, 12 months after stroke compared with patients with stroke but no poststroke depression
[^1]: Academic Editor: V. Padma
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Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires
The INSTN (National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology), in French: L'Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires, is a public higher education institution administered by the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) under the joint authority of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research, the Ministry of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector and the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs. It is the main center of education for nuclear energy in France.
History
The establishment of INSTN goes back to 1956 with the purpose to train engineers, researchers and technicians who were tasked with implementing the French civil nuclear development programme introduced in the 1950s.
Since its creation, the mission of INSTN has been to support the transfer of knowledge and know-how developed by the CEA and its industrial partners in order to support the growth of the nuclear industry worldwide. One of its main contributions has been to develop human resources required in both research and industry, at various level of qualification from operator to researcher in the nuclear industry.
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